User talk:Kramer John

LGBT people from Great Britain

Welcome to Wikipedia! Just as a heads up, we already have a category of Category:LGBT people from the United Kingdom (as well as subcategories of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland). Unless your "LGBT people from Great Britain" edits are the result of a policy discussion somewhere, you're just duplicating information. --McGeddon (talk) 15:40, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Okay, that's a fair enough argument to make, but you'd be better off raising it at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject LGBT studies first. You could suggest actually replacing the UK template with a GB one - as it stands, you're making articles which are now in both categories, which seems needlessly confusing. --McGeddon (talk) 15:51, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi Kramer John, I and another editor have replied to your message at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject LGBT studies about the above categories. Please bear in mind that the system of categorisation is quite complex at Wikipedia. There are, for example, already hundreds of categories to do with the United Kingdom, not Great Britain, and I am sure much discussion has gone into doing it that way. To change the name of a category, you need to bring it up for discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion. It may be that the category you created will end up being deleted but I won't do anything about that just yet as I think it's in all of our interests to discuss the issue. Regards, --BelovedFreak 19:15, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

A further note... please be very careful about adding unsourced information to articles. It is vital that all information, particularly about living people, is verifiable. If you add any information that could be argued with, you need to add references to reliable sources. This definitely includes putting people into the LGBT categories.--BelovedFreak 19:21, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hello, Kramer John! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! BelovedFreak 19:11, 3 August 2008 (UTC) Getting started A tutorial • Our five pillars • Getting mentored How to: edit a page • upload and use images Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community Portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Pages needing attention • Peer review Miscellaneous User name • User pages • Talk pages Clean up: General - Spam - Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

CfD nomination of Category:LGBT people from Great Britain

Category:LGBT people from Great Britain, which you created, has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 05:44, 4 August 2008 (UTC)