User:Maproom/archive 11

March

Please comment on Talk:1976 Tangshan earthquake

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Please comment on Talk:Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome

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Please comment on Talk:Conspiracy theory

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Please comment on Talk:Fermat's Last Theorem

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Please comment on Talk:Camera

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Please comment on Talk:Rigel

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April

Please comment on Talk:The NeuroGenderings Network

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Please comment on Talk:Detransition

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Please comment on Talk:35 mm film

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Please comment on Talk:Black and white

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June

Thanks for the help!

Thank for responding my message ☺️

PedrixCake (talk) 09:23, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

Fenn Treasure

Hi Maproom. As noted in my edit, my source material is the illustration in the epilogue of Fenn's book - it's Fenn. I don't have the right to publish that image on Wikipedia, but it is accurately referenced, and others have published it elsewhere without permission. See the superimposition of the two images here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bje1128 (talk • contribs) 18:54, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

But that superposition is your own original research, and so is not acceptable in Wikipedia, until published in a reliable independent source. Maproom (talk) 19:27, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

Dr. Saroj Gupta

Please help with cite this article Draft:Saroj_Gupta Amit15110003 (talk) 15:37, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi talk:Amit15110003. I see that Draft:Saroj_Gupta currently cites no references (though it does list some). It will certainly not be accepted as an article until it cites enough reliable independent sources to establish that Dr. Gupta is notable, in the sense in which Wikipedia uses that word. I'll go through the sources in turn.

1. is his obituary in The Times of India. That is a good source; but it needs to be cited in the draft.
2. is a listing which shows that he has won a Padma award. This needed to be cited – I've done that for you.
3. is to a Wikipedia article, and so is not acceptable as a reference. Anyway, reference #2 already confirms that he received a Padma award.
4. is also to a Wikipedia article. So you can't use this reference. That article does have three references, but none of them says enough about Dr. Gupta to be useful in establishing that he is notable. (The article Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre and Research Institute does not have enough references to establish that it is notable, and may be in some danger of being deleted.) Maproom (talk) 16:56, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

I have updated some cite please check Amit15110003 (talk) 16:37, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

You're a 'Featured Host'

You may have seen this announcement that all the 'Featured Hosts' - whose names and pictures randomly cycle round in the Teahouse Header - have just been updated.

As you are currently one of the 29 most active editors at WP:TH, your name and an image has now replaced that of an inactive host. But because you haven't yet added yourself to the full list of active hosts, I have chosen what I hope might be an acceptable image to you (over the default picture of a cup of green tea). It would be great if you would now do two things:

• Check or change the 'featured host' image allocated to you. Edit it at Wikipedia:Teahouse/Host/Featured/15, or undo my changes if you don't wish to be 'featured'.
• Create a 'host profile' for yourself, and choose a relevant picture - click the 'Experienced editor?' button in the TH Header to formally sign up to create a separate entry on the full list of all 89 current hosts which new editors can view.

Many thanks, Nick Moyes (talk) 09:45, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

July

Help with readability

Hi @Maproom:...hope you are well...long time. Could I ask for your assistance with these 2 articles;

• Stephen J. Challacombe
• The Unsafe Asylum

I don't understand when to use and not use capitals ....see Challacombe article. Is he Professor or professor? etc. The asylum book doesn't read as well as it could. I am reviewing it for dyk...looks serious and needs to be better. If you can edit it, ...much appreciated. Whispyhistory (talk) 19:00, 10 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi Whispyhistory, it's good to see you again! I've done a bit on Challacombe, despite frequent "edit conflict"s which seem to be a recent bug in the editor. Is it possible that, despite the source, he worked in Sierra Leone, not with her? Maproom (talk) 21:29, 10 July 2019 (UTC)

Thank you as always...I don't think he was in Sierre Leone, but I will investigate. Whispyhistory (talk) 08:36, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

August

The Vineyard Beverly Hills

You're welcome for the "Thank." But incredibly, Roxy has just reverted me again! I'm going to bed now but will be going to Admins Noticeboard tomorrow, for sure. Textorus (talk) 10:51, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

September

Minnow

Plip!

For this. —pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 22:12, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Khetwadichaganraj\sandbox

A tag has been placed on User:Khetwadichaganraj\sandbox requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

Note the backslash. User has a ./sandbox already. This was a mistake and is likely to cause future confusion.

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, pages that meet certain criteria may be deleted at any time.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 18:54, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Yes, that was my cockup. I'm pleased to see that the page has gone already. Thank you. Maproom (talk) 21:30, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

October

Hide and Seek comment

How is it that you knew I made a comment in this article? Your response was so quick. In Ohio, USA we said "Hide and Go Seek" We also used the phrase "your it" that was deleted. It is learned from child to child (oral history) and there will be no references to cite and wiki rules does not like original research. And then again who cares. Is it worth our time? Eschoryii (talk) 12:58, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

No need to respond. Thanks. Eschoryii (talk) 06:29, 3 October 2019 (UTC)

Draft:Walewijn_van_der_Veen

Hi, could you have a look at the article I am writing and give any suggestions on what it looks like and how to improve it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Walewijn_van_der_Veen

Thanks for your help.

 Gabby 09:25, 8 October 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vedlagt (talk • contribs)

Vedlagt: some comments.

• The long paragraph changes tense from past to present, for no good reason. I think it would be better to stick to the past tense throughout.
• Most of the last two paragraphs are not about the subject at all, but about sources. This material should be removed, though of course it should be cited where relevant.
• Two of the references are to Wikipedia. These should be deleted, as Wikipedia does not regard itself as a reliable source.
• One of the references is to an Amazon page about a book. This Amazon page is not a source of information about the subject (though the book itself may be), and should be deleted.

Maproom (talk) 13:01, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

Teahouse vandalism

I think we're stepping on each other's feet trying to clean up the vandalism at the Teahouse. I'll leave it alone for now... but your last reversion might have unintentionally restored some vandalism edits. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 16:19, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

So I just saw. Sorry. I'm a bit busy this evening - could you please take over, I'll stop editing for now. Maproom (talk) 16:21, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

November

A survey to improve the community consultation outreach process

Hello!

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Please fill out this short survey to help us improve our community consultation process for the future. It should only take about three minutes.

The privacy policy for this survey is here. This survey is a one-off request from us related to this unique topic.

Thank you for your participation, Kbrown (WMF) 10:44, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

I don't believe the WMF has any interest in "community consultation outreach process", whatever that means. This is just the WMF trying to find data they can distort so as to justify their actions. Maproom (talk) 20:33, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

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Disambiguation

Dear Maproom, Regarding your revision to the title of the article https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Oliver_(artist)&action=history there is a problem of causing ambiguity as there are 2 Victorian William Olivers 1804 -1853 and 1823 -1901. This hs caused problems in the past and they have wrongly been assumed to have been father and son (see first para of the article). The perhaps rather inelegant title was given by another editor to avoid ambiguity. Any further misapprehension should be avoided and maybe the previous title should be retained. Regards BFP1 (talk) 20:02, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

Dear BFP1, the purpose of parenthetical disambiguation words and phrases is to distinguish between articles which would otherwise have the same name. And I don't see how adding their birth dates would avoid the idea that they are father and son, when they were born 19 years apart. But I won't oppose it if you revert my edit move.

I see that neither of those William Olivers is listed at the disambiguation page William Oliver. I will add them. Maproom (talk) 20:18, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

I find that the 1804-1853 guy does not have a Wikipedia article, though he does have a Wikidata "article". He is commonly described as a "landscape painter", which would serve to distinguish him from the "artist", should someone ever create an article for him. Maproom (talk) 20:26, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

OK i'll go along with things and hope that two Victorian artists called William Oliver are not confused on Wikipedia. Regards BFP1 (talk) 07:54, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

December

Comment at the Teahouse

Hi, I'm Clovermoss. I noticed your comment to this question after I had just finished adding my two cents. I guess we think alike, because that's exactly what I was thinking when I saw that question! I agree that it's hard to know without knowing the specific page, but I was wondering if you thought the answer I gave was okay in this instance? I'm technically a host at the Teahouse, but I haven't participated as often as others have. Clovermoss (talk) 00:17, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi, Clovermoss. It seems that we're in full agreement. Your response was longer, more explicit, and more welcoming. Mine was terse (like my response to the following Teahouse question). This difference may be because I've been disillusioned with Wikipedia for around a year now, or just because I'm a grumpy old bastard. Either way, I can't fault your "two cents". Maproom (talk) 00:35, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply here, it means a lot to me. As for being "disillusioned with Wikipedia for around a year now", I started editing in September 2018, so I'm still fairly optimistic about the future. That said, I don't have that much to compare it to. Clovermoss (talk) 00:45, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Happy holidays

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Your Teahouse response

I can't link to the question you responded to, but this is the question just below your response, which was the last one.

I think we in the US call it a "record player" too. At least that's what I've always called it. I don't think "phonograph" is used much, though not that many people are using them these days anyway.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 21:47, 26 December 2019 (UTC)