User:BD2412/Archive 014
March 2014[edit]
DC Meetups in March[edit]Happy March! Though we have a massive snowstorm coming up, spring is just around the corner! Personally, I am looking forward to warmer weather. Wikimedia DC is looking forward to a spring full of cool and exciting activities. In March, we have coming up:
We hope to see you at our upcoming events! If you have any questions, feel free to ask on my talk page. — Harej (talk) 05:10, 3 March 2014 (UTC) Template[edit]Are you serious. Template the regulars. Done close a move discussion thats clearly valid nor should you ignore the evidence presented. Disgracefully poor.Blethering Scot 17:48, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
Gaucho pants listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]![]() An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Gaucho pants. Since you had some involvement with the Gaucho pants redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. BDD (talk) 18:22, 4 March 2014 (UTC) Proposed move of Irish parliament (disambiguation) to Irish parliament[edit]You commented in this discussion but didn't vote. So, can I ask you if you understand the proposal? I'm thinking of closing this. As I see it now, it's a fairly innocuous proposal. And I don't see why it would require a lot of redirects to be fixed. Normally there would not (I assume) be very many links to a DAB page such as Irish parliament (disambiguation). If I'm wrong please let me know. It is puzzling that there is a redirect Irish parliament which goes to the pre-1801 parliament, while Irish parliament (disambiguation) is admitted to be ambiguous. I guess it's not up to me to make this arrangement sound logical. Thanks, Mew Gull[edit]Please see the message before yours on my talk page. It's been through Requested moves, and in the absence of a clear consensus, I was asked to move it (over a redirect, so it needed an admin) to IOC name, the default authority for the bird project in the absence of a consensus to do otherwise Jimfbleak - talk to me? 16:19, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
Move review for Common Gull[edit]An editor has asked for a Move review of Common Gull. Because you closed the move discussion for this page, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the move review. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 04:16, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Other bird moves[edit]Can I ask if it's your intention to move the other pages identified by Pymoutside on the Bird Project page back to their original, British English, names? It's clear from your comments that you do not accept the Project's attempt to adopt international standardised names as valid, so I think it's only fair to indicate if you intend to mass revert. And there are a few hundred more where we have changed the names (without move review) less conspicuously, either because the species are little-known in the west, or the changes are smaller (eg removing hyphens where IOC has done so). It's a near certainty that for most of these, people won't bother with hundreds of formal move requests, so we are back to pick a name, any name. Sigh... Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:07, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
NFCC[edit]This is a completely separate issue from the trademark issue, but per WP:NFCC, non-free images cannot be used at all on talk pages. Links are fine, but they can't be displayed. --MASEM (t) 17:52, 7 March 2014 (UTC) [edit] |
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Here, I reward you with the key to THE ROOM THAT HOLDS THE SCROLLS OF WIKIPEDIA SECRETS! For being the tenth wikipedian to pass 500,000 edits! Yutah Andrei Marzan Ogawa123|UPage|☺★ (talk) 02:34, 15 March 2014 (UTC) |
Another award
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Mistake
[edit]You disambiguated to Gaza City in this edit, but the other two terms are regions, so it should probably be Gaza Strip. Debresser (talk) 00:01, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
- Gaza City has historically been its own formally recognized region, whereas the Gaza Strip has never been a "region" in the same historical sense that Judea and Samaria have been. In fact, "Gaza Strip" has only recently had any geographic meanings, as a convenient lumping together of lands that passed through various controlling governments over the past half-century or so. I don't think that it is likely that a rabbi who probably wouldn't even recognize the existence of the division of government controlling the land would, in 1993, have included this modern invention, "Gaza Strip", with ancient regional designations. bd2412 T 01:02, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
RfD DNA Testing
[edit]You added a comment about DNA Testing but I think accidetally you missed cos it is added under the section for Katherine Cooks Briggs, immediately above. I don't like to change others' comments but I think you might like to move it. Best wishes Si Trew (talk) 16:47, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
My Watchlist
[edit]Dear BD24112, you were previously on my watchlist, but I have removed it. Nevertheless, my watchlist continues to be cluttered every time you start moving all those articles out of your sandbox. Like today. There seems to be a wire crossed, so to speak. Any help would be appreciated. thanks. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 14:20, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
- For those to show up, you must still be watching something of mine. I would suggest that you try the [Edit raw watchlist] link on your watchlist page, and then search and delete anything with "BD2412" in it. Cheers! bd2412 T 14:24, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
- thanks. I am manually removing them. I thought I had done that, but will try again. Cheers. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 14:30, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
- Otherwise, I have a few dozen more of these to do over the next few days, and then I should be done with them for good. Cheers! bd2412 T 14:31, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
- I have the same question. I don't have your user page or your user talk page on my Watchlist but I'd say 50% of my Watchlist right now consists of page moves you are doing. And you have a few dozen more?! Liz Read! Talk! 16:24, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
- Yes, but once they're done, they're done for good and should quickly fade into the past. I honestly don't know why my userspace stuff is showing up on anyone's watchlist who is not intentionally watching it, except that I have archived my talk pages there from time to time. bd2412 T 16:27, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
- All done. Cheers! bd2412 T 17:05, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
- I have the same question. I don't have your user page or your user talk page on my Watchlist but I'd say 50% of my Watchlist right now consists of page moves you are doing. And you have a few dozen more?! Liz Read! Talk! 16:24, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
- Otherwise, I have a few dozen more of these to do over the next few days, and then I should be done with them for good. Cheers! bd2412 T 14:31, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
- thanks. I am manually removing them. I thought I had done that, but will try again. Cheers. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 14:30, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
Proper close?
[edit]Hello.
Thanks for closing and moving as proposed in the discussion at Talk:Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's super-G. The only thing I wonder about is if your close was technically correct, as the newly created redirects to the moved talk pages immediately afterwards were updated as if there were a new discussion. (I noticed it, because they're on my watchlist.) In addition, the link to the original discussion wasn't removed from Wikipedia:Requested moves/Current discussions by the bot. From my experience, this usually doesn't happen.
But it could possibly be attributed to a bug in the RMCD bot. What do you think?
Regards
HandsomeFella (talk) 22:27, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
WP:USCJ marked as inactive
[edit]Just notifying you that somebody has marked WP:USCJ as being an inactive wiki-project. Safiel (talk) 16:31, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
Talk:Hän people
[edit]I think that you may have made your comment in the wrong section. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 03:31, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
thank you
[edit]thank you for your support of the RMs I filed, which my regular opponent who created the problems with those title is trying to shut down discussion on. He doesn't want the proposals to get the support they deserve, point-blank, and is trying all sorts of manoeuvres to prevent the reversions; he rarely worked on any article he changed, in fact I don't think he even read them.
Noting your interests on your userpage, I'd like to draw your attention to indigenous legal and constitutional cases in Canada; there is no list or article on that yet, though there is a category which should be findable by Delgamuukw v. the Queen, wherever that redirects to now. this is an important legal topic across Canada; in BC complicated by the absence of treaties per the mandate of teh Royal Proclamation of 1763. 'Nuff said for now, though if I create List of aboriginal legal cases in Canada I'll let you know. Interesting reading for a law fan, btw.Skookum1 (talk) 03:32, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
- It will probably be quite a while before I clear my plate of my current set of projects and begin adding new ones. Cheers! bd2412 T 03:56, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
- Well, here's Category:Canadian Aboriginal case law if you feel like some interesting reading. Many things are not in that category as of yet as the court battles are ongoing and most more recent ones have not yet been added as articles, though many such cases are on band government pages and elsewhere. Then there's things like Fred Quilt inquiry which was not a court case but an inquiry into the death of an aboriginal leader beaten to death by RCMP. Canada's really not the "peaceable kingdom" its international presskit presents it as.Skookum1 (talk) 04:42, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
- here's another much more recent case not concerning an aboriginal person's death, but a Polish visitor at Vancouver airport Robert Dziekański Taser incident; there is a subsequent legal case beyond the Braidwood Inquiry. For another aboriginal death by RCMP see Darren Varley.Skookum1 (talk) 04:47, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
Dabs vs SIAs
[edit]In this edit[1] you converted a dab page to a SIA. This means that any editors that create a link to that page won't get a bot notification that the link is ambiguous. Is there any advantage in that page being a SIA rather than a dab? DexDor (talk) 21:58, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
- The thing is, it's not really ambiguous, since the subjects are related, and can be referred to at the same time (e.g. "Joe took both AP English tests") in a way that truly ambiguous subjects generally can not be. In fact, this is exactly the kind of usage that appears in articles like Daniel Hand High School. bd2412 T 22:10, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
Request for administrative close at Talk:Pablo Casals
[edit]Before I continue, I would like to thank you for the extensive time you have spent editing Wikipedia. It is due to editors like you that Wikipedia is as successful as it is.
There is currently a request for comments at Talk:Pablo Casals that appears likely to warrant an administrative close. I saw how excellently you handled the situation at Talk:Bradley Manning a few months ago and immediately thought of you when considering the current request for comments. The dispute is similar in that it concerns issues such as common name, but in the sense of differences between languages (so MOS:FOREIGN and WP:EN). The standard thirty day duration ends in one week. Would you accept an invitation to close the discussion after this, as you did at Talk:Bradley Manning? The disagreement is self-contained, with references given at Talk:Pablo Casals and no prior knowledge or research of the subject being necessary. I believe that all would benefit from an administrator as familiar and thorough with Wikipedia policy as you. 86.137.43.20 (talk) 19:37, 24 March 2014 (UTC) This is the same user as 131.111.185.66 (talk), the original nominator of the request for comments, who has relocated since the beginning of this dispute.
- I have made a request at WP:ANRFC for an administrator to assess the consensus at Talk:Pablo Casals now that the thirty days are over. If you have sufficient time and would like to do this, then I am sure that the editors there would appreciate your expertise. Of course, if you are busy, then I apologise for troubling you. 86.137.43.20 (talk) 11:39, 31 March 2014 (UTC) This is the same user as 131.111.185.66 (talk), the original nominator, who has relocated since the beginning of this dispute.
- BD2412, can I suggest please don't close this. I think it will only encourage 131.111.185.66 in these kind of approaches, best to let the RfC close happen by itself. This is nothing like Bradley Manning - this is more akin to an English/Irish article content dispute where the name of an Irish person must be put in English across all of several 100 articles. However I am at a loss to provide a parallel, since I have never seen a similar case before. In ictu oculi (talk) 13:38, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
An exciting month of wiki events!
[edit]Hello there,
I am pleased to say that April will be a very exciting month for Wikipedia in Washington, DC. We have a lot of different events coming up, so you will have a lot to choose from.
First, a reminder that our second annual Women in the Arts Edit-a-Thon will take place on Sunday, March 30 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
Coming up in April, we have our first-ever Open Government WikiHack with the Sunlight Foundation on April 5–6! We are working together to use open government data to improve the Wikimedia projects, and we would love your help. All are welcome, regardless of coding or editing experience. We will also be having a happy hour the day before, with refreshments courtesy of the Sunlight Foundation.
On Friday, April 11 we are having our first edit-a-thon ever with the Library of Congress. The Africa Collection Edit-a-Thon will focus on the Library's African and Middle East Reading Room. It'll be early in the morning, but it's especially worth it if you're interested in improving Wikipedia's coverage of African topics.
The following day, we are having our second annual Wiki Loves Capitol Hill training. We will discuss policy issues relevant to Wikimedia and plan for our day of outreach to Congressional staffers that will take place during the following week.
There are other meetups in the works, so be sure to check our meetup page with the latest. I hope to see you at some of these events!
All the best,
James Hare
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Thank you!
[edit]Thanks for fixing the links for Elitserien → Swedish Hockey League! Bandy boy (talk) 18:24, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
FYI
[edit]In case you didn't notice yet, User:Tvoz and User:Dezastru have indicated that your notifications about the survey may have been incomplete or otherwise inadequate. Please double-check, and complete whatever notifications are missing. It would be a shame for all this participation to yield no valid outcome. Cheers.Anythingyouwant (talk) 05:12, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
- Well done.Anythingyouwant (talk) 13:51, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
- Since we are still at the very beginning of the process, this should resolve any issue with the appropriateness of the notification process. In order to avoid notifying people who were already participating in the discussion, I had filtered out all of the names on the talk page (which accidentally included more than the names in the discussion). Cheers! bd2412 T 13:55, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
- Well done.Anythingyouwant (talk) 13:51, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
WP Law in the Signpost
[edit]The WikiProject Report would like to focus on WikiProject Law for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Multiple editors will have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions, so be sure to sign your answers. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. –Mabeenot (talk) 03:34, 7 April 2014 (UTC)
- Is it too late to respond to this? I was on an extended Wikibreak, and missed the posting. Cheers! bd2412 T 15:52, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
Hillary panel
[edit]They've had it a week now. What do you think is going on? Impasse? Personally, I thought they closed the discussion prematurely. Just because 7 days have gone by does not mean discussion is complete. It was still very active. --B2C 22:11, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
- @B2C,User:BD2412 - Ditto on B2C's comments. RfC could have been longer. Hillary Panel could have returned its judgement faster. This is beginning to look like shenanigans to me. NickCT (talk) 12:46, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
- @TParis, Adjwilley, and BrownHairedGirl: - Pinging involved panel members to see if we can get a response. NickCT (talk) 13:16, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
- Sorry folks, the delay has been entirely my fault. It was quite a complex discussion to analyse, and I needed more time to think about than I had envisaged. I hope that we will have a decision within the next few days. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 14:05, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
- @BrownHairedGirl: - Thanks for the update, and thanks for paying so much attention to the issue! No problems on the delay. Understand that there are a lot of potential complexities here.
- May be worth posting a note to the talk page in case anyone else is wondering. NickCT (talk) 14:14, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
- Sorry folks, the delay has been entirely my fault. It was quite a complex discussion to analyse, and I needed more time to think about than I had envisaged. I hope that we will have a decision within the next few days. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 14:05, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
- @TParis, Adjwilley, and BrownHairedGirl: - Pinging involved panel members to see if we can get a response. NickCT (talk) 13:16, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
I'm back. Cheers! bd2412 T 23:32, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
Hillary Appeal
[edit]What happened at the Talk:Hillary_Rodham_Clinton#Requested_move_8 was shenanigans. @Calidum: & I were wondering who was going to lead the charge on an appeal. We were wondering if you wanted air your sentiment on the topic? NickCT (talk) 16:55, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
- I'd rather not. I strongly disagree with the close, but I would not go so far as to overturn it. This issue crops up every few months, and if you look over the history of the previous discussions, every time the evidence and the support for the move grows stronger. In six months or a year, someone else will propose this again, and the proposal will carry, and that will be the end of it. I do feel that the subpage I created was overlooked, but it is there, and there it will remain. bd2412 T 17:01, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
- Ah well.... For the record, we think overturning should be attempted and would lend our support if it was. I'm not sure how much stronger the support for a move can get than in that last discussion. I also think the move will be tougher to make the closer we get to 2016. NickCT (talk) 17:13, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
BD2412, I added some info to your subpage while you were away. I hope it's no problem. Cheers.Anythingyouwant (talk) 17:31, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
Romanian river disambiguation pages
[edit]Here are some Romanian river disambiguation pages for longer descriptions:
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- Thanks, I will add this to my list of projects to get to. Cheers! bd2412 T 11:43, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
Two edit-a-thons coming up!
[edit]Hello there!
I'm pleased to tell you about two upcoming edit-a-thons:
- This Tuesday, April 29, from 2:30 to 5:30 PM, we have the Freer and Sackler edit-a-thon. (Sorry for the short notice!)
- On Saturday, May 10 we have the Wikipedia APA edit-a-thon, in partnership with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, from 10 AM to 5 PM.
We have more stuff coming up in May and June, so make sure to keep a watch on the DC meetup page. As always, if you have any recommendations or requests, please leave a note on the talk page.
Best,
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Invitation join the new Physiology Wikiproject!
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Hoping for your cooperation! DiptanshuTalk 12:27, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
Category:Songs written by Lisa (musician)
[edit]It is much easier, quicker and simpler to use WP:CfD when you want to change the name of a category to match the article name and other technical moves. Give me a shout if you need more help on it. --Richhoncho (talk) 06:15, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
- I am not trying to rename the category, just to fix the disambiguation link on the page. bd2412 T 11:42, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
- Then you wouldn't have made this edit here. Not a problem, it's sorted,--Richhoncho (talk) 22:30, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
- Now that you mention it, the category probably should be changed, since it is clearly ambiguous. bd2412 T 23:22, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
- Too late now you have emptied the category, as I said, it is sorted. --Richhoncho (talk) 23:29, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
- Now that you mention it, the category probably should be changed, since it is clearly ambiguous. bd2412 T 23:22, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
- Then you wouldn't have made this edit here. Not a problem, it's sorted,--Richhoncho (talk) 22:30, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
May 2014 disambig contest
[edit]Thanks for the message - this is new to me - is there a link to this? Colonies Chris (talk) 09:00, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
- This month's contest is at Wikipedia:Disambiguation pages with links/May 2014 - fixes start counting as soon as the month rolls over. General contest information is at Wikipedia:Disambiguation pages with links. Cheers! bd2412 T 11:46, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
- Hi, thanks for the invite. I've been using Dab Solver, and I wondered if I need to sign in at the top right of the tool page. I tried a couple of times, but didn't get anywhere. Is that one way the points are counted? - Gorthian (talk) 06:33, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
Have you ever considered including the File and/or Portal namespaces in the contests? Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 19:49, 3 May 2014 (UTC)
- I think that would be great, but I am not the originator of the contest, nor do I have any control over how points are awarded. bd2412 T 20:18, 3 May 2014 (UTC)
- Oh, sorry about that! I posted to Wikipedia talk:Disambiguation pages with links#Additional namespaces for contest? instead. Thanks for setting me straight! GoingBatty (talk) 21:18, 3 May 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors!
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Meet up with us
[edit]Happy May!
There are a few meetups in DC this month, including an edit-a-thon later this month. Check it out:
- On Thursday, May 15 come to our evening WikiSalon at the Cove co-working space in Dupont Circle. If you're available Thursday evening, feel free to join us!
- Or if you prefer a Saturday night dinner gathering, we also have our May Meetup at Capitol City Brewing Company. (Beer! Non-beer things too!)
- You are also invited to the Federal Register edit-a-thon at the National Archives later this month.
Come one, come all!
Best,
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Conchita
[edit]Could you please add the photo that I have placed in the ITN nomination for Conchita Wurst. She is now mentioned at the ITN section but no photo has been added.--BabbaQ (talk) 00:51, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- Sorry, busy at the moment. Cheers! bd2412 T 00:56, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- All I was asking for was a edit that takes about 1 minute to complete and is in line with the decided inclusion of Wurst at ITN. You must be really busy.. But ok.--BabbaQ (talk) 01:10, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- It would take a bit longer than that, since I don't know what photo you are referring to, or what an ITN nomination is. bd2412 T 01:20, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates#.5BPosted.5D_Eurovision_Song_Contest (I imagine the user wants that image used on the front page, but why he is contacting you about it? Beats me czar ♔ 01:50, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- I see, ITN = In The News. What is the image? bd2412 T 01:51, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- Likely the one associated with the nom. @BabbaQ: I'd recommend asking someone on ITN's talk page rather than here czar ♔ 02:00, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- I see, ITN = In The News. What is the image? bd2412 T 01:51, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates#.5BPosted.5D_Eurovision_Song_Contest (I imagine the user wants that image used on the front page, but why he is contacting you about it? Beats me czar ♔ 01:50, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- It would take a bit longer than that, since I don't know what photo you are referring to, or what an ITN nomination is. bd2412 T 01:20, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- All I was asking for was a edit that takes about 1 minute to complete and is in line with the decided inclusion of Wurst at ITN. You must be really busy.. But ok.--BabbaQ (talk) 01:10, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
Why make the reader click through twice?
[edit]Is there any purpose in this? The disambig page has only two items—obviously someone's not going to click through just to get back to the page they came from, so if they're clicking through they're doing so to get to that other item, so why not just redirect directly to covenant (religion), as the hat was already doing? Curly Turkey (gobble) 23:47, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- I didn't realize that there was only one other meaning - in fact, I'm quite surprised to hear that! bd2412 T 00:03, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
- Well, there could very well be other "contracts with God" that nobody's gotten around to adding to the disambig page. Curly Turkey (gobble) 00:20, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
- I would have thought that there would be books, films, songs, etc. bd2412 T 01:43, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
- It looks like someone dug something up. Curly Turkey (gobble) 02:40, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
- I would have thought that there would be books, films, songs, etc. bd2412 T 01:43, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
- Well, there could very well be other "contracts with God" that nobody's gotten around to adding to the disambig page. Curly Turkey (gobble) 00:20, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
Congratulations
[edit]How on earth did you delink the University of the Arts, Prestina? I took one look and burst into tears. Brilliant effort. Gareth E Kegg (talk) 12:28, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- It was actually embarrassingly easy once I started looking into it. Faculty of Arts, Univerzitet u Prištini lists their faculty, and virtually all of the links were to pages on these faculty members. bd2412 T 12:42, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
Centijimbos
[edit]Well, I didn't even know what a centijimbo was until today, but it appears I have 5.8 of them. Finally, a Wikipedia statistical category where I'm ahead of you! They are putting on their parkas in Hell today. Never mind, you just didn't format the template correctly. :-( R'n'B (call me Russ) 21:13, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
- Half of my edits are from fixing links identified on subpages that you create, though! bd2412 T 21:16, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Photographer's Barnstar |
For the image of your own belly-button link. Bearian (talk) 17:38, 15 May 2014 (UTC) |
- Thanks! I had actually recently finished revising the Lint (material) article when I noticed the accumulation in my belly button one afternoon, and I got unreasonably excited about the opportunity to photograph it. bd2412 T 17:54, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
SYSTAT (statistics)
[edit]SYSTAT (statistics) was a case of oopsie. It was a rather disastrous DP, what I have split into four articles. This was the original version. I had the idea that I did every right when creating SYSTAT and the relating articles, but missed the template. The Banner talk 21:58, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
Pseudoscientists
[edit]Is it just that section which is only for panel members, or the whole page? --Atethnekos (Discussion, Contributions) 04:42, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- I would rather not have to deal with this at all. bd2412 T 13:09, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
- Having looked at the subpage where y'all are discussing the close: can I suggest that you start an RfC to determine whether there is consensus for the idea you've formed? Perhaps it will gain support from the community, but the fact is that it's not something that was supported via a consensus of participants in the AfD. Closing it the way you have in mind would be ultra vires. My particular concern is that a good number of the people currently in the category are identified in reliable sources as "pseudoscientists" without a more specific notion as to what "kind" of pseudoscience they're into -- and I can't see why we would then refrain from categorising them as such. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 10:28, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
- It is within our remit to delete the category completely if it can not be conformed to WP:BLP, so it must also be possible to employ a solution that comes close to accomplishing that without going so far as deleting it. I don't see how a reliable source can usefully identify a subject as a "pseudoscientist" without saying what pseudoscientific beliefs that subject has. bd2412 T 12:59, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
- Can I ask that you respond to the core of my post, which is that it would be desirable to hold an RfC to determine whether there is community support for your proposal? thanks. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 16:36, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
- Anyone who wants to start an RfC can start an RfC, and it may yield further insight. However, I don't think that this is necessary for the determination that we have reached. bd2412 T 16:46, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
- I've had a look, and I don't see anything in the deletion policy or guides that authorises a close mandating that a category be unpopulated. I think an RfC would be necessary. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 16:57, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker)3 uinvolved admins, and an uninvolved editor all came to the same conclusion about what the consensus is. Asking for a consensus about the consensus is a type of forum shopping by taking a second bite at the apple imo. If you disagree with the panel's evaluation of the consensus in their closure, you can certainly ask for a review, but those typically don't gain much traction unless you can show there is a major flaw in the close. It is a apparent that the status quo is not acceptable. The #2 solution supported by the RFC is probably to delete the cat all together, which I think you would like even less. Do you have any specific examples of articles that are currently categorized as pseudoscientists, that could not be put into a subcat? Regarding ultra vires " A consensus can be found by looking for common ground and synthesizing the best solution that the group can achieve at that time." - the policy that mandates it is WP:BLP and WP:CON a very clear majority of editors argued (quite persuasively) that leaving the category as is runs afoul of BLP. Gaijin42 (talk) 17:13, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
- I've had a look, and I don't see anything in the deletion policy or guides that authorises a close mandating that a category be unpopulated. I think an RfC would be necessary. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 16:57, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
- Anyone who wants to start an RfC can start an RfC, and it may yield further insight. However, I don't think that this is necessary for the determination that we have reached. bd2412 T 16:46, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
- Can I ask that you respond to the core of my post, which is that it would be desirable to hold an RfC to determine whether there is community support for your proposal? thanks. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 16:36, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
- It is within our remit to delete the category completely if it can not be conformed to WP:BLP, so it must also be possible to employ a solution that comes close to accomplishing that without going so far as deleting it. I don't see how a reliable source can usefully identify a subject as a "pseudoscientist" without saying what pseudoscientific beliefs that subject has. bd2412 T 12:59, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
- Having looked at the subpage where y'all are discussing the close: can I suggest that you start an RfC to determine whether there is consensus for the idea you've formed? Perhaps it will gain support from the community, but the fact is that it's not something that was supported via a consensus of participants in the AfD. Closing it the way you have in mind would be ultra vires. My particular concern is that a good number of the people currently in the category are identified in reliable sources as "pseudoscientists" without a more specific notion as to what "kind" of pseudoscience they're into -- and I can't see why we would then refrain from categorising them as such. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 10:28, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi BD2412, Helen and Scott Nearing was recently discussed at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2014 May 2#Helen and Scott Nearing. Given that, unilateral deletion didn't seem appropriate; an IP raised this concern at the RFD, and I think he or she was correct. Especially since it's effectively a different redirect, now that it has a different target, you can bring it up again there if you'd like. --BDD (talk) 03:39, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
- It may be useful to redirect somewhere, but it certainly can't point to Nearing as it is not a synonym for the term. We have an entire project dedicated to wiping out exactly these kinds of links. bd2412 T 03:41, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
- It's an ambiguous search term, so it goes to a disambiguation page that includes the items that it could potentially cover. Is it really that problematic? --BDD (talk) 03:46, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
- It's compound disambiguation, a bad habit to get into. By this theory, every married couple in history where both spouses are notable should have a redirect from their his-and-her name combination to the surname page or disambiguation page that matches their surname. George and Martha Washington, Robert and Kris Kardashian, Jane and Tony Smith, Robert and Elizabeth Dole, the list is lengthy, if not endless, and should not be ventured upon at all. bd2412 T 04:01, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
- It's an ambiguous search term, so it goes to a disambiguation page that includes the items that it could potentially cover. Is it really that problematic? --BDD (talk) 03:46, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
Move review notification
[edit]Because you participated in the most recent discussion regarding the proposed move of Hillary Rodham Clinton, you are hereby notified per Wikipedia:Canvassing#Appropriate notification that the administrative determination of consensus from that discussion is being challenged at Wikipedia:Move review/Log/2014 May. Please feel free to comment there. Cheers! bd2412 T 19:20, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
- You rock bd2412. Thanks for sending these out. NickCT (talk) 19:22, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
Bd2412, I was thinking about my last comment to you (about the benefits of large polls of less-informed voters vs. small polls of more-informed voters) combined with your proposal of re-opening the move discussion, and it made me think of an old RfC I participated in once. You may remember it: WP:Requests for comment/Jerusalem. Even though it was one of the most controversial issues to hit Wikipedia and was plagued by editors with deeply entrenched viewpoints, I think the outcome was right. I think the RfC was successful for a number of reasons. First, the rules were clear (the Arbcom mandate helped that to some extent). Second, it had a lot of community input from outside the topic area (fewer entrenched opinions). Third, the outside input was still informed input, as the RfC began by educating users unfamiliar with the topic area on some of the sources and underlying issues, but in a neutral manner. The result was a neutral and informative lead paragraph made stable by a strong community consensus. While I'm not aware of precedents of having RfCs for article titles, this might be an opportunity to try something like that: have interested parties from both sides frame an RfC that both sides can agree on, and then open it up to the community with the understanding that the result would be binding for x number of years (hopefully long enough to get us through the 2016 election season). Anyway, it would obviously take some time and planning, and would have to wait until this MR thing blows over, but I think it would be a better path forward than another requested move or a re-opening the old discussion. ~Adjwilley (talk) 19:59, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
- I am not against the idea, but I wonder how an RfC would be functionally different from a new move request? bd2412 T 20:02, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
- The main difference I think would be the neutral statement of explanation at the beginning and the understanding that the result would be binding. ~Adjwilley (talk) 20:06, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
- I kind of like the idea, but would want to see it very clearly delineated into sections (I find that discussions become chaotic where supporting comments, opposing comments, and evidence/discussion are all mixed together). I think the goal of such a process would also need to be clearly spelled out - to determine the best title for encyclopedic purposes, irrespective of both the recent discussion and previous discussions. bd2412 T 20:15, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
- I couldn't agree more. ~Adjwilley (talk) 20:27, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
- Adjwilley, are you interested in putting together an RfC? Obviously I have a strong opinion on the issue, but as you were one of the admins who closed the last discussion, I don't think anyone could accuse you of having a nefarious motive in raising the question. There are a number of issues that I think need to be addressed here - how much weight to give to a subject's expressed preference as weighed against that subject's actions in contradiction of that preference; whether "high level" sources should be weighed more heavily in making a common name determination, and if so, how much more heavily; and if so, then what exactly should be counted as "high level sources" (respected newspapers? peer-reviewed scholarly publications? biographies, whether neutral or partisan)? There are a lot of matters to be settled here going forward. Cheers! bd2412 T 17:14, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
- @BD2412, I wouldn't mind helping out a bit. And I think it would be helpful to get input from involved parties on both "sides" to make sure the wording in neutral. Also, my intent here is not to have it be a policy RfC...I understand that there are debates going on elsewhere over that, and in my opinion the questions of subject preference, weighting of sources, etc., would best be addressed in another venue where there is less at stake with fewer involved users who are emotionally invested in fate of a high profile article. ~Adjwilley (talk) 18:50, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
- There are, however, policies at issue here. bd2412 T 18:52, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
- Indeed there are, but I still think they should be determined separately from the move RfC. If the policy issues are sorted out first, that will make the move rfc easier with more clearly defined policies. If the move rfc comes first, we would have a small section listing relevant policies, where we would note that the policy about x and y is unclear on the matter. What we don't want in my opinion is people trying to change policy because they have strong feelings about an issue. (Imagine for instance people trying to change the BLP policy because they have a specific BLP in mind where they want more liberty to soapbox.) It's like trying to redefine what a foul is in the middle of a basketball game. ~Adjwilley (talk) 19:00, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
- There are, however, policies at issue here. bd2412 T 18:52, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
- @BD2412, I wouldn't mind helping out a bit. And I think it would be helpful to get input from involved parties on both "sides" to make sure the wording in neutral. Also, my intent here is not to have it be a policy RfC...I understand that there are debates going on elsewhere over that, and in my opinion the questions of subject preference, weighting of sources, etc., would best be addressed in another venue where there is less at stake with fewer involved users who are emotionally invested in fate of a high profile article. ~Adjwilley (talk) 18:50, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker)If you do, you're going to have to word it in a manner that will be more likely to pass. We are not going to consider an articles subjects preference in cases where the preference is unreasonable or isn't the name that the subject became notable under, unless there is a significant event and evidence of reliable sources following suit. Most of the examples([1,2) you gave on the HRC move review wouldn't be accepted. We are not going to change the Snoop Dogg article to Snoop Lion based on preference when the subject became notable under the former and most sources don't refer to the subject as the latter. Or add a non-alphabetic character to an artist that became notable under another name. Then again, it's perfectly reasonable to consider preference(as a factor, but not the only factor) when an article subject has been known by a certain name over a long period of time, but reliable sources often refer to the subject by another name in recent sources. For the life of me, I don't understand why some of the fuss is causing so much discussion. But perhaps an RFC that is worded in a manner that would be accepted by the community would help alleviate some of the problems. Dave Dial (talk) 17:35, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
- I certainly agree that any RfC would need to be worded as neutrally as possible. On a separate note, I've been arguing the P!nk case for quite a while, and I can tell you that the subject (birth name Alicia Moore) has consistently and unwaveringly used "P!nk" since the release of her very first single in 2000, which predates her notability. She became notable under the name "P!nk" and has never used any other name on anything she has put her name to; the only reason her Wikipedia article is titled differently is because the MOS:TM prefers to avoid "special characters". bd2412 T 17:46, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
- Hmmm. Well that is certainly something I didn't know. Not that I don't know the subject, I have heard or seen her many times and have read stories about her. It can be the way ones mind works when reading. I have certainly seen the "P!nk" reference, but in my mind that was only recently. I always thought she was "Pink". I don't have a problem with either title, but I do know that based on some bots, CMD/DOS scripts that adding such non alphanumeric characters can be a problem. Or at least that's the way it used to be. I'm old and haven't kept up with new technology as much as I used to. heh-heh Dave Dial (talk) 17:55, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
- The technical aspects of it don't bother me - we have thousands of titles with exclamation points in them (e.g. Wham!, Stop! In the Name of Love, and most egregiously of all, Adults!!!: Smart!!! Shithammered!!! And Excited by Nothing!!!!!!!). To me there is some discrepancy where an inconsistently used "Rodham" is included while a consistently used "!" in "P!nk" is excluded. For the record I would include the "!" in "P!nk". bd2412 T 18:09, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
- That's something else I didn't know. So if non alphanumeric are included, I don't see the problem of using P!nk. I can see that many don't want to put in an exclamation point in a name, because it requires a "Shift + 1" action, but it shouldn't matter if that's her stage name and has been consistently referred to as such. In my opinion. Dave Dial (talk) 18:33, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
- The technical aspects of it don't bother me - we have thousands of titles with exclamation points in them (e.g. Wham!, Stop! In the Name of Love, and most egregiously of all, Adults!!!: Smart!!! Shithammered!!! And Excited by Nothing!!!!!!!). To me there is some discrepancy where an inconsistently used "Rodham" is included while a consistently used "!" in "P!nk" is excluded. For the record I would include the "!" in "P!nk". bd2412 T 18:09, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
- Hmmm. Well that is certainly something I didn't know. Not that I don't know the subject, I have heard or seen her many times and have read stories about her. It can be the way ones mind works when reading. I have certainly seen the "P!nk" reference, but in my mind that was only recently. I always thought she was "Pink". I don't have a problem with either title, but I do know that based on some bots, CMD/DOS scripts that adding such non alphanumeric characters can be a problem. Or at least that's the way it used to be. I'm old and haven't kept up with new technology as much as I used to. heh-heh Dave Dial (talk) 17:55, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
- I certainly agree that any RfC would need to be worded as neutrally as possible. On a separate note, I've been arguing the P!nk case for quite a while, and I can tell you that the subject (birth name Alicia Moore) has consistently and unwaveringly used "P!nk" since the release of her very first single in 2000, which predates her notability. She became notable under the name "P!nk" and has never used any other name on anything she has put her name to; the only reason her Wikipedia article is titled differently is because the MOS:TM prefers to avoid "special characters". bd2412 T 17:46, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
- Adjwilley, are you interested in putting together an RfC? Obviously I have a strong opinion on the issue, but as you were one of the admins who closed the last discussion, I don't think anyone could accuse you of having a nefarious motive in raising the question. There are a number of issues that I think need to be addressed here - how much weight to give to a subject's expressed preference as weighed against that subject's actions in contradiction of that preference; whether "high level" sources should be weighed more heavily in making a common name determination, and if so, how much more heavily; and if so, then what exactly should be counted as "high level sources" (respected newspapers? peer-reviewed scholarly publications? biographies, whether neutral or partisan)? There are a lot of matters to be settled here going forward. Cheers! bd2412 T 17:14, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
- I couldn't agree more. ~Adjwilley (talk) 20:27, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
- I kind of like the idea, but would want to see it very clearly delineated into sections (I find that discussions become chaotic where supporting comments, opposing comments, and evidence/discussion are all mixed together). I think the goal of such a process would also need to be clearly spelled out - to determine the best title for encyclopedic purposes, irrespective of both the recent discussion and previous discussions. bd2412 T 20:15, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
- The main difference I think would be the neutral statement of explanation at the beginning and the understanding that the result would be binding. ~Adjwilley (talk) 20:06, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
Barnstar for you!
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For implementing AWB for someone who knew not how. NickCT (talk) 19:36, 20 May 2014 (UTC) |
Pussy (second nomination)
[edit]I saw your entry on the nomination page for this particular entry and think parts of the article should be split and formed as a new article called Pussy (Slang) or something similar. JasonHockeyGuy (talk) 00:38, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
- Split into what, though? Dick (slang) must be at such a title because there are prominent uses of the word as a given name or nickname, as a surname, and as a business name. I don't see anything at Pussy (disambiguation) that comes close to competing with the slang term for primacy. bd2412 T 00:44, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi BD. I'm not sure why the EU redirect is considered "unstable" and needs changing to European Union on hundreds of articles. I've asked a question about this at Talk:European Union. It may just be my own ignorance; if so, I apologise in advance. --Bermicourt (talk) 15:05, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
- Agreed. My watchlist is full of edits which appear to have zero value. I think that mass changes like this could be OK if done in conjunction with other useful edits, and I recognise that some editors like high edit counts, but these changes en masse, on their own, it seems to be a good way of consuming other editors' time in return for negligible reader benefit. bobrayner (talk) 21:47, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
- How else do we find out if there are pages that link to EU, but intend some meaning other than the primary meaning? I have combed through links to primary topic pages before, link Mouse, to find errant links intending another meaning, and it is far more time consuming than this. bd2412 T 22:41, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
- That is not relevant. We would find bad links by reading and understanding articles to see if there were any subtle mistakes in links. You did no such thing, because you were making thirty edits a minute, which is simply pressing a button lots of times, rather than applying any serious thought. bobrayner (talk) 23:11, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
- Let me walk you through my thought process in deciding to undertake this task. Every day I check the list of most linked-to disambiguation pages. If a page with an unusually large number of links shows up, I check to see why - this usually happens because a redirect has been turned into a disambiguation page. In that case, I check to see if the disambiguation page is a WP:TWODABS situation (which this wasn't) or if it is otherwise reasonable for the term to be considered ambiguous. If it is, I fix the links, period. If the link goes back and forth between being a redirect and being a disambig, I don't worry about that because someone else considered the term to be ambiguous enough to make the change, and my own review determines this to be a plausible solution, meaning 1) that unintended links might be pointing at the redirect target, and 2) other editors could think the same and implement the change again. Some acronyms, like FBI, are highly stable, with no likelihood of an errant link or a future change in status. This is not one of them, which makes it unstable. Also, please do not mistake the speed with which I work for rote button-pressing. I check every single link before I press a button to see if the fix is correct in context. I am able to do this by having multiple application windows open at the same time spread laterally across the screen, and by checking each window before making the save across all the windows. Cheers! bd2412 T 00:17, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
- That is not relevant. We would find bad links by reading and understanding articles to see if there were any subtle mistakes in links. You did no such thing, because you were making thirty edits a minute, which is simply pressing a button lots of times, rather than applying any serious thought. bobrayner (talk) 23:11, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
- How else do we find out if there are pages that link to EU, but intend some meaning other than the primary meaning? I have combed through links to primary topic pages before, link Mouse, to find errant links intending another meaning, and it is far more time consuming than this. bd2412 T 22:41, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
By creating the new category - but saying that nothing could be put in it until subcategories were created, but saying that everything must be removed from Category:Pseudoscientists immediately, you have effectively blown up all the work put into categorization before letting it be rebuilt from the rubble.
It is almost impossible to find out what used to be in a category, so slow, careful guidance is needed if you wish to not throw out years of categorization work. You did not do this in your closing decision
A sensible way would have been either to leave the category in place during the recategorization, or keep a list of pages to be categorized. Now? Information has been lost that will have to be ereconstructed. Please behave in a more sensible manner in future. I agree recategorization is reasonable, but there was no reason whatsoever to do it in a manner that basically deleted the work needed to find pages tat should be categorized into the new tree. Hell, they could have been auto-moved into the container category temporarily with a deadline to recategorize. That the most destructive abnd stupid option - to blow the category up and start over - was taken shows a severe lack of judgement.
I don't think there was any malice here, but you need to be far more careful in future. Adam Cuerden (talk) 22:44, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
- We never said that the category content had to be removed immediately. I would have thought that whoever was engaged in that process would have first created the necessary subcategories, then done the recategorization, and I don't imagine that this would have taken more than a few hours. I would also think that editors who were aware that this category was the subject of a dispute might keep their own record of which articles were in the category for exactly such a purpose. The closing panel only determined the consensus of the discussion, we did not implement that consensus. bd2412 T 23:01, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
- So you don't accept there was a failure of judgment here? Nomoskedasticity (talk) 07:35, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
- What would you suggest constitutes "a failure of judgment"? The close reflects the desire of a substantial majority of participants on the discussion to impose a substantially restrictive change on the status quo. Anyone who disagrees with the determination of the closing panel is free to take the matter up at Wikipedia:Deletion review. Cheers! bd2412 T 16:01, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
- Obtuse. The point was explained clearly enough by Adam, and it's unfortunate to see that you're not able to take it on board. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 20:29, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
- The community made the decision. All we (the closing panel members) did was to summarize it and institute a resolution that would implement the clear consensus for a change of the status quo. If you believe that the closing panel made an incorrect determination of consensus, your solution is to seek a review of that determination. If you think that the community itself was wrong, then your displeasure is misdirected. bd2412 T 20:39, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
- Obtuse. The point was explained clearly enough by Adam, and it's unfortunate to see that you're not able to take it on board. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 20:29, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
- What would you suggest constitutes "a failure of judgment"? The close reflects the desire of a substantial majority of participants on the discussion to impose a substantially restrictive change on the status quo. Anyone who disagrees with the determination of the closing panel is free to take the matter up at Wikipedia:Deletion review. Cheers! bd2412 T 16:01, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
- So you don't accept there was a failure of judgment here? Nomoskedasticity (talk) 07:35, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
Closure of Category:Pseudoscientists CFD
[edit]Hi BD2412 and ThaddeusB and BOZ
Your close of Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 May_1#Category:Pseudoscientists appeared to offer a compromise between deletion and retention, but the discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 May 22#Pseudoscientific_fooers suggests that it has merely pushed the problem down to lower levels of the category tree. It seems to be leading to the recategorisation of individuals from Category:Pseudoscientists if it is simply replaced on individual articles by Catefory:Pseudoinsert-your-own-branch-of-science
ists ... which is no progress.
So, I think it's time to reassess the close. Neither the closing statement nor the discussion notes show any sign of evaluation of the arguments that the category is subjective and WP:POV, and fails policies such as WP:ATTRIBUTEPOV. It appears to be based on a head count, but as you know WP:NOTAVOTE.
Have I missed something? Can you explain how you evaluated the policy arguments, and why you dismissed those advocating deletion?
Sorry to come back to you on this, but I think that the compromise isn't working. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 16:46, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
- I would not say that we "dismissed" those advocating deletion; there was no consensus to delete. WP:NOTAVOTE does not empower us to ignore the sentiment of the community where consensus is required to take an action. If that were the case, we wouldn't have discussions at all, we would have rule by administrator fiat - which I believe would ultimately lead to the collapse of the project. The subjectivity of the category is an element of the BLP and verifiability aspects that we discussed, but beyond that our role as encyclopedists requires us to report where a subject is described across reliable sources as an advocate of a pseudoscientific theory. The panel did not suggest the creation of any "Pseudoinsert-your-own-branch-of-science" categories, but categories based on the specific pseudoscientific theory described in reliable sources as being advocated by the subject. Modern-day phrenologists, for example, should be categorized as phrenologists, and the category of phrenologists is properly categorized as a pseudoscience. bd2412 T 17:10, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks for the reply.
- There are two points there. The first is that arguments should be weighed against policy, and weighted according to their foundation in policy. That's the bit of that analysis that seems to me to be missing.
- Naturally, we are required to report what the sources say about someone, and per WP:WEIGHT we do so in proportion to the weight of the sources. A point repeatedly made in the discussion was that categories are binary (on-off) switch: 100% in or 0%, with no weighting possible, and that similar POV categs had been deleted for the same reason. Can you explain how you evaluated that argument against policy?
- Secondly, with in the terms of the decision you made, some editors appear to be interpreting it differently to how you describe. The way I undertsood your close was that if someone was a proponent of the pseudoscientific discipline of Foobargensarianism, then shoukd be ctaegorised in Category:Foobargensarianists. That's fine; it describes them by theory they themselves advocate, and readers can draw their own conclusions about what to make of the theory of Foobargensarianism.
- However, not all of those described as pseudoscientists appear to fall neatly into one of those particular theories, which is why there is a move to try to classify them as pseudo-somethings. I thought that the whole point of the of the your close was to get away from direct labelling any of these people as a pseudo-something? The problem could be resolved if your close had said that articles could go in a subcat ... but as worded, it appears to be being read as a requirement. Instead of saying "must be recategorized to remove this category and replace it with a subcategory" ... you could say "must be recategorized to remove this category. It may be be replaced with a subcategory". --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 19:33, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
- I would say that if there is no specific subcategory of pseudscientific theory advocacy into which the article can properly be categorized, then the "Pseudoscientists" categorization was erroneous in the first instance. There are similarly lots of people who are widely thought of as idiots, but we have no Category:Idiots, nor subcategories for Category:Idiot politicians or Category:Stupid reality show personalities. As we noted in the close, our determination addressed only Category:Pseudoscientists, and the particular arrangement of subcategories was only advice, not a mandate drawn from the discussion. bd2412 T 19:40, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
Note: if it comes up, I have moved the panel's discussion notes to Category talk:Advocates of pseudoscience/Move discussion notes. Cheers! bd2412 T 03:21, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
Washington, DC meetups in June
[edit]Greetings!
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Wikimedia DC has yet another busy month in June. Whether you're a newcomer to Wikipedia or have years of experience, we're happy to see you come. Here's what's coming up:
- On Wednesday, June 11 from 7 to 9 PM come to the WikiSalon at the Cove co-working space. Hang out with Wikipedia enthusiasts!
- Saturday, June 14 is the Frederick County History Edit-a-Thon from 11 AM to 4 PM. Help improve local history on Wikipedia.
- The following Saturday, June 21, is the June Meetup. Dinner and drinks with Wikipedians!
- Come on Tuesday, June 24 for the Wikipedia in Your Library edit-a-thon at GWU on local and LGBT history.
- Last but not least, on Sunday, June 29 we have the Phillips Collection Edit-a-Thon in honor of the Made in America exhibit.
Wikipedia is better with friends, so why not come out to an event?
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May 2014 disambig contest
[edit]Hmmm, not a clue if I am ending exceptionally high. But ending 10th respectively 5th (assuming that no strange things happen) is very satisfactory. Funny to see that I have not even 12% of your recorded edits overall.
Do you have any records of prior months? The Banner talk 11:43, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
- We have a Hall of Fame that displays the top four winners from prior months. bd2412 T 17:28, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
- LOL, I do not even come close to those numbers.
The Banner talk 17:55, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
- LOL, I do not even come close to those numbers.
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