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:Thanks for alerting me. It's OK if they move back and we discuss later. [[User:Dicklyon|Dicklyon]] ([[User talk:Dicklyon#top|talk]]) 22:28, 8 December 2017 (UTC) |
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I'm not sure why you haven't picked up a bevy of these already, but thanks for all your effort, particularly in tracking down good sources with diagrams, etc., on the photography- and color-related articles (not to mention fighting vandalism). Those areas of Wikipedia are much richer for your work. Cheers! —jacobolus (t) 02:05, 27 February 2008 (UTC) |
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To Dicklyon on the occasion of your photograph of Ivan Sutherland and his birthday! What a great gift. -User:SusanLesch 04:40, 23 May 2008 (UTC) |
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For your hard work in improving and watching over the Ohm's law article SpinningSpark 00:59, 18 January 2009 (UTC) |
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For your improvements to the Centrifugal force articles. Your common sense approach of creating a summary-style article at the simplified title, explaining the broad concepts in a way that is accessible to the general reader and linking to the disambiguated articles, has provided Wikipedia's readership with a desperately needed place to explain in simple terms the basic concepts involved in understanding these related phenomena. Wilhelm_meis (talk) 14:29, 6 May 2009 (UTC) |
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For your comment here which at once admits your own errors with humility yet focusses our attention upon the real villain Egg Centric (talk) 17:09, 9 February 2011 (UTC) |
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For your great contribution to Wikipedia in adding pictures and illustrations to articles improving the reader's experience by adding a visual idea to the written information.--Xaleman87 (talk) 05:57, 26 February 2014 (UTC) |
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I could not find a barnstar for standing up to an outrageously unjust block so you get a special one. Hang in there. В²C ☎ 23:25, 3 February 2015 (UTC) |
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For your work in standardising article titles in line with the now consistent MOS:JR guidance, I present you this accolade. Your continued work in this regard, and in others, has been appreciated. It may have taken years, but much was accomplished. RGloucester — ☎ 14:44, 30 July 2016 (UTC) |
thanks but
Thanks for the !vote at Talk:Trübsee, but could you move it to the correct section? Andrewa (talk) 05:55, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
User talkpage reversion
Hi Dicklyon, I'm curious as to how you came to/why you saw fit to make a 3rd party 'drive by' edit to my talkpage on behalf of User:Checkingfax? --Kevjonesin (talk) 06:46, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
- I think my reasoning was well expressed in the edit summary. See if you agree. Dicklyon (talk) 06:48, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
Regarding recent refactoring/deletion in my user space and name calling
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WP:ANI notice
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Kevjonesin (talk) 13:27, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
Congratulations...
...on being published. If you have time you should write a quick essay on how you managed to write it in a style different from the one you are accustomed to using. It seems to be an inordinately difficult task for some folks. Primergrey (talk) 01:06, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
- It's really not a big deal to follow a style guide. And I wouldn't say that WP is what I'm accustomed to; I never did LQ before (but I like it), and most styles do use Title Case for titles and headings; for good reasons, WP does not. It's all good. Dicklyon (talk) 01:25, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
- Oh, one more thing: buy a copy: [1]. Or email me for a free preview. Dicklyon (talk) 05:47, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
- Nice, congrats. I'll suggest the book to my local library. Back in the day I knew a blind fellow, Harvey Lauer, who tested and promoted one of the first braille-to-sound machines (added link), which at the time seemed to be a pioneering machine in the field (don't know if that's related to the book, and haven't thought of Harvey in years). Randy Kryn 18:53, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
Bad faith
In short, a "bad faith user" (as you can probably guess) is just a user that primarily edits in bad faith. DarkKnight2149 01:53, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
- Oh, like a bad-faith user! I get it! Dicklyon (talk) 01:58, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
- I guess you didn't get my friendly hyphen ribbing. Dicklyon (talk) 01:59, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
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Fringe
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Slatersteven (talk) 18:49, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
Generation Snowflake move closure
Hi, this is just to let you know I intend to ask for a review of the closure. Normally a non-admin shouldn't make a "no consensus" closure of a move or deletion discussion and I think this needs to be re-examined. REgards. MaxBrowne (talk) 09:21, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
Move review for Generation Snowflake
An editor has asked for a Move review of Generation Snowflake. 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. MaxBrowne (talk) 09:32, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
Rail line templates
Just as an FYI, I haven't been touching the templates of any rail line move discussion that has been closed as move. I've been trying to cleanup the articles to use the new title, but didn't want to mess with the templates since I'm not particularly familiar with the rail line ones. TonyBallioni (talk) 18:31, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
- Right; me, too. I tried fixing a template or two some time ago and got scolded for not understanding how their names and contents interacted with other stuff, so I'll let that to the project experts to decide what to do with. Dicklyon (talk) 19:26, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
- And thanks for all your work closing and cleaning up! Dicklyon (talk) 19:26, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
- Yes, the last thing I want is to get into a discussion on the complexities of rail line templates, so leaving it to them does seem to make the most sense. Not a problem on the closes. I hate seeing backlogs, and decided to take a break from the NPP backlog today. Glad to be of help. TonyBallioni (talk) 19:42, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
That's what I said
What I said was it is not an analogy, which it isn't. What I said in my edit comment was was "reflection from the ionosphere etc" -- the etc meant things like "refraction." The paragraph AS WRITTEN is incorrect. It should be re-written, and in fact I don't know any secondary source who would agree with evident intentions. I am re-reverting you edit until we clarify this. Using the word "analogy" as the previous edit said is incorrect -- it is NOT an analogy -- and WP needs to be correct. LaurentianShield (talk) 16:24, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
- And my point was that light is a poor analogy for radio, since the straight-line propagation model is an approximation for short wavelengths, which is not so applicable to radio until you get up to pretty high frequencies (that is, your edit summary assertion that "they are exactly the same and do travel in straight lines" is not true enough to justify your edit). I'll see if I can find a source to support this interpretation of what Hertz was thinking, or something somewhat different that would support a rewrite. Dicklyon (talk) 16:50, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks for the response. I think you see that the problem I have is saying light and radio waves are merely analogous, not that they don't have different properties at different wavelengths (insofar as their interaction with matter). In fact I seriously doubt that Hertz would have thought they did. However, was he possibly wrong about the necessity of line-of-sight? A good source that I have right here is The Making of the Electrical Age by Harold Sharlin. According to a quote on page 90, Hertz believed radio waves needed to be focused with mirrors. This is a different issue altogether than not anticipating ionospheric reflection (which is the most important phenomenon in long-range propagation) or refraction (which actually hardly matters for ordinary radio waves). LaurentianShield (talk) 17:02, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
- Well, books generally say he understood quite well the wavelengths, diffraction, reflection, etc. But I don't see any explaining why he dismissed practical use for communications and such. The stuff about straight lines is generally attributed to other scientists skeptical of Marconi, a bit later, before anyone thought of a reflecting layer in the atmosphere. Dicklyon (talk) 18:07, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
- Maybe move this discussion to the Hertz Talk page? I started a thread: Talk:Heinrich Hertz#Removal of paragraph on radio wave/light analogy on it. --ChetvornoTALK 21:45, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
- Well, books generally say he understood quite well the wavelengths, diffraction, reflection, etc. But I don't see any explaining why he dismissed practical use for communications and such. The stuff about straight lines is generally attributed to other scientists skeptical of Marconi, a bit later, before anyone thought of a reflecting layer in the atmosphere. Dicklyon (talk) 18:07, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
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Badgering
Your continual badgering of myself and other editors who disagree with you, as you did here is getting rather wearing. We may or may not be correct but we have a right to state our opinions without having them continuously questioned. Please stop it. Optimist on the run (talk) 05:38, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
- How does my citing of observations from evidence get interpreted as questioning of opinions? Or badgering? I don't get it. Dicklyon (talk) 06:07, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
- Ah, there were two parts to my edit you linked. In the second part, I pinged you to remind you that I had asked if you had any evidence, or if the presentation of evidence had changed your mind. I guess the answer is no to both. It's cool. Dicklyon (talk) 06:10, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
- Anyway, since it closed just after I pinged you, I realize that may be annoying. Sorry about that. Dicklyon (talk) 06:12, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
Daily News
Hi. Booo. But on your comment that the title can't be partially italicized, yes, it can by using a 'DISPLAYTITLE' template. So that option is there, if you'd like to explore it or change your close. Thanks. Randy Kryn 18:02, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks for clarifying; I updated there. Dicklyon (talk) 18:56, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
- I was wrong, on a practice edit the newspaper infobox seems to override any new 'DISPLAYTITLE' code. Am pretty sure there's a way around it, I've just never memorized it. Randy Kryn 21:14, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
- Yes, a parameter would need to be added to the ibox,
|italic title=no
, so either {{DISPLAYTITLE}} or {{Italic title}} could be used external to the ibox. Also, the Italic title's "string" parameter makes it even easier:{{Italic title|string=Daily News}}
Paine Ellsworth put'r there 08:43, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
- Yes, a parameter would need to be added to the ibox,
- I was wrong, on a practice edit the newspaper infobox seems to override any new 'DISPLAYTITLE' code. Am pretty sure there's a way around it, I've just never memorized it. Randy Kryn 21:14, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
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Please comment on Talk:Ty Law
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Undiscussed moves
I was very tempted to revert your move of Sutton Park Line on a technicality - you may have discussed on at WT:UKT, but you made no mention that you were doing so on the article's talk page. There may be other editors like myself who have specific railway line articles on their watchlist but not necessarily WT:UKT, so if you are discussing a move it is essential that notification is placed on the appropriate talk page. Please ensure you do this for any other articles you are discussing. Optimist on the run (talk) 22:56, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
- Optimist, please do revert the move if you think it's incorrect or needs discussion. It's unlikely that I'm going comply with your request, since the people who care about such things all appear to be involved on the project page. Dicklyon (talk) 23:02, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
- So you have full information about who's watching any given article? Interesting - please share how you do this. Optimist on the run (talk) 23:05, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
- I'm only suggesting that most British rail fans who care about such things, such as yourself, are likely to be involved in the project. Others who are watching will see the move, with the link to the discussion, and can join in at that time, or revert the move. As I pointed out before, reverts are cheap; there's no big cost of an error, and errors are rare, so adding extra work is not justified except when there's reason to think the move might be controversial. Dicklyon (talk) 23:22, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
- Do you believe you are following due process? If so, fine; if not, is your argument basically 'due process is too much like hard work' ? Rjccumbria (talk) 00:11, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
- What process do you believe is "due" here? I'm following part of the process that I proposed at the project talk page, which so far nobody has objected to. The alternate process that Mjroots had me following before, involving lots of RM discussions on things that had no chance of being controversial, did get some pushback, and didn't even make him happy; it just created lots of extra work and noise for everyone. But let me know if that's that you would prefer. Dicklyon (talk) 00:16, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
- As I understand it, before making a page move you are seeking the views of those watching the project page, but are not attempting to take on board the views of those watching the page to be moved. Offhand, it would seem to me that - whatever the fine detail of 'due process' - if the move doesn't merit discussion, it doesn't merit discussion with anyone: if it does merit discussion, then that discussion should be with everyone who has an interest in the page. The observation that those watching the project page have not objected doesn't address the more interesting question of what those left out of the discussion might feel about that approach. ('I have already discussed this with the people who matter, but I didn't think it was worth asking you' would be one interpretation of it.)
- A simple mention on the talk page of each page under discussion that that a potential move is under discussion on the project page would seem to me to avoid any unnecessary apparent/unintentional discourtesy to those who are not 'railfanboys' but watch individual lines (perhaps because they are their local lines). That, I would have thought, could be done without too much extra effort by a standard message ; to minimise 'old ground being gone over again' it might be wise for the standard message to explain the methodology, and hence why objections to down-casing are unlikely to be sustained, but I would see that as advisable rather than essential.Rjccumbria (talk) 20:03, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
- Each proposed move absolutely must be listed on the article’s talk page. Time and time again I have come across editors who have only a single—or very few—railway lines on their watch list, because their interest/expertise is for a particular locale. Useddenim (talk) 12:25, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
- What process do you believe is "due" here? I'm following part of the process that I proposed at the project talk page, which so far nobody has objected to. The alternate process that Mjroots had me following before, involving lots of RM discussions on things that had no chance of being controversial, did get some pushback, and didn't even make him happy; it just created lots of extra work and noise for everyone. But let me know if that's that you would prefer. Dicklyon (talk) 00:16, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
- Do you believe you are following due process? If so, fine; if not, is your argument basically 'due process is too much like hard work' ? Rjccumbria (talk) 00:11, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
- I'm only suggesting that most British rail fans who care about such things, such as yourself, are likely to be involved in the project. Others who are watching will see the move, with the link to the discussion, and can join in at that time, or revert the move. As I pointed out before, reverts are cheap; there's no big cost of an error, and errors are rare, so adding extra work is not justified except when there's reason to think the move might be controversial. Dicklyon (talk) 23:22, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
- So you have full information about who's watching any given article? Interesting - please share how you do this. Optimist on the run (talk) 23:05, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
Cambrian Line
Just to let you know I've requested a reversion of the move of Cambrian Line at User talk:Anthony Appleyard, for reasons specified there. Incidentally, whilst reversions of edits can be considered "cheap", this does not always apply to page moves, especially where administrative actions are required. Firstly page moves often always require updates to any redirects to the page (such as Cambrian Coast Line). Secondly, where an administrator is required to move a page, reversion may be considered wheel warring, which is usually against policy. (In this case, reversion may be allowed, but I take a 0RR view of reverting admin actions, i.e. I choose not to). Optimist on the run (talk) 13:00, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
- Yes, good, that's been reverted per your request; happy to discuss that one, even though the proposal to move it at the project page was unopposed for a week. Dicklyon (talk) 15:22, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
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Please comment on Talk:Donald Trump
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Dash/hyphen in a title?
I think List of highest funded equity crowdfunding projects needs a dash/hyphen in its title, though I am dumb as to exactly where. Can you help? --Izno (talk) 13:30, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
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Mark Barr has been nominated for Did You Know
Hello, Dicklyon. Mark Barr, an article you either created or to which you significantly contributed,has been nominated to appear on Wikipedia's Main Page as part of Did you know. You can see the hook and the discussion here. You are welcome to participate! Thank you. APersonBot (talk!) 12:02, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
Xxx Tunnel/tunnel
You might want work on fixing this titling. Useddenim (talk) 12:28, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
- What do you have in mind? Did you notice some with unnecessary capitalization? Why not go ahead and fix them yourself? Dicklyon (talk) 02:57, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
- Twin Peaks Tunnel. Working on other things; this seems to be your area of interest. Useddenim (talk) 15:12, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
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«Zeiss formula»
Dear Dick,
re: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeiss_formula
Under https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Zeiss_formula I've added the new address of the source in question.
--SR-7v (talk) 11:19, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
A favor, SVP
I wonder if you'd be so kind as to do a GA review, when the time comes, of Harry R. Lewis? I'd like to get it promoted to GA, and then through DYK, by mid-April. EEng 03:18, 24 March 2017 (UTC)
- I could try; I have no experience doing GA reviews. Point me at some instructions or hints? Dicklyon (talk) 23:15, 25 March 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks! Wikipedia:Good_article_nominations/Instructions#Reviewing, but also WP:GANOT. It's meant to be a quite lightweight process. We're not quite ready to nominate the article yet, though. EEng 03:19, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
- I've made the nomination. If you're still willing to do this, if at all possible I'd like the review complete by about 4/7 because (as mentioned) I'd like to take to to DYK next in time for 4/19. Don't hesitate to tell me if you're not up to this now.
- Thanks! Wikipedia:Good_article_nominations/Instructions#Reviewing, but also WP:GANOT. It's meant to be a quite lightweight process. We're not quite ready to nominate the article yet, though. EEng 03:19, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
21st century fossil fuel regulations in the United States
Hello; a few minutes ago I moved what was the article "21st century fossil fuel regulations in the United States" to Draft:21st century fossil fuel regulations in the United States. I did this because it was and is seriously defective as an article (I thought it risked being sent to WP:AFD and deleted) but very promising as a draft -- simply, I demoted it in the short term in order to improve its chances in the medium term.
Most moves leave a redirect, but moves from article space should not. For those who have previously worked on this draft, it may seem to have disappeared. This is why I'm posting this message to the talk pages of Hmthorner, Alexis1621, Conservationyear, Fairweatherfriend, and Dicklyon. Please feel free to inform others, and to improve the draft, which I hope can soon become a fine article.
I'm not watching your talk page; if you have a question about the draft, please ask in Draft talk:21st century fossil fuel regulations in the United States. Thank you. -- Hoary (talk) 03:03, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
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Please comment on Talk:Robert Plant
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DYK for Mark Barr
On 1 April 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mark Barr, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that erection engineer Mark Barr had a business making rubbers, said bicycles stimulated ball development, and was elected to the screw committee? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mark Barr. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Mark Barr), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Re: your email
I do chime in on RM discussions where I think I have a valid opinion. There haven't been many de-capitalization discussions lately, except those I have instigated, but if you ever see some, feel free to wake me up. The making of lots of edits is made possible by sharp tools, such as AWB. For job titles, I have over 500 various rules for over 100 ranks/titles in different situations (followed by full stop, preceded by "promoted to", linked, unlinked, etc.), and for those I wrote a program that produces the rules in XML format that I can splice into an AWB settings file. Knocking out an article with a dozen cap fixes can be done in 15 seconds if there are not many false positives. If I stop to do a full half-hour copyedit on one out of a hundred articles, I'll obviously get four times as many articles edited than if I stop to do it on four out of a hundred. Happy editing! Chris the speller yack 15:17, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks. I looked at using AWB, but saw that it needs Windows, which put me off. Maybe some day. Dicklyon (talk) 15:24, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
Jeffrey Long
Please vote keep at Jeffrey Long. It is really hard working on that subject. You should check, what they did last days with the article near-death experience. If I work on other articles, there are not these problems. Wega14 (talk) 22:05, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
- Yes, the anti-fringe people go overboard to not let Wikipedia talk about fringe topics. But I don't want to take on fixing that one. You can add refs from reliable news sources, and then I'll vote to keep. Dicklyon (talk) 22:49, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
- I think it is not only anti-fringe people, that is a kind of religion. I try to work on that subject with academic research results. That subject is very interesting from point of artificial intelligence. Could you tell me please, if the sources I added so far to the article, are ok? Well, I don't know all these newspapers and TV-Stations, so I don't know, if that are serious one, which position they have and so on. So it is very difficult for me to find sources, which would convince other people. If you would still know one or two, I could add, please let me know. Thank you. Wega14 (talk) 15:36, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
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Lower case stuff
Greetings. You may find the recent activity and talk on the Richard O'Connor article interesting or amusing. Chris the speller yack 13:24, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
- Odd that he would just revert when you've started a discussion. I followed up there. Dicklyon (talk) 14:31, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
Please comment on Talk:Abraham
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Nominee
Hello, and I hope all goes well. How about this fellow for the List of computer pioneers? Seems to me to fit the basic definition presented in the lead, which is quite loose but maybe still gets the job done. How does he look from your point-of-view? Thanks. Randy Kryn 02:39, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
- Looks good. Dicklyon (talk) 04:14, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks, and done. Will see if it sticks. Randy Kryn 18:28, 30 April 2017 (UTC)
Book spam
To all my talk page lurkers: buy my new book: Human and Machine Hearing: Extracting Meaning from Sound. Dicklyon (talk) 04:22, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
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Move requests at Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests concerning commas
Hi. This message is concerning your constant requests for article moves to remove the comma from article titles (e.g. here). Please cease these requests for the time being, and discuss and gain consensus for the inclusion or exclusion of a comma (per WP:JR, as you say) at a different wider community page, where you can gain more views on the issue. Too many of your requests have come back to the technical requests page to be moved back (e.g. here), and discussions have ensued (e.g. Talk:Buffalo Bill Jr.#Requested move 13 July 2017). Once you have a clear consensus on the topic from the wider community, then it would be best to start these requests again, but only after that. Thanks. -- AlexTW 07:22, 27 July 2017 (UTC)
- Alex, there has been more than ample discussion as to removal of the comma for bios, and the consensus is clear. I have moved hundreds of them myself, using the WP:RMT mechanism for the technical moves. No further consensus is needed in that area, but I have avoided moving any articles about fictional/creative works, and Dicklyon should be fine if he does the same for the time being. Those titles constitute perhaps one percent of the total. ―Mandruss ☎ 10:01, 27 July 2017 (UTC)
- Clearly not enough discussion if the requests come back under "Requests to revert undiscussed moves" and discussions are started for the moves. -- AlexTW 13:22, 27 July 2017 (UTC)
- @AlexTheWhovian: Has that happened for ordinary bios? How many? Example? None linked above, as far as I can tell. ―Mandruss ☎ 13:31, 27 July 2017 (UTC)
- Clearly not enough discussion if the requests come back under "Requests to revert undiscussed moves" and discussions are started for the moves. -- AlexTW 13:22, 27 July 2017 (UTC)
- Alex, the consensus is well established. A very few exceptions (not bios) have been discussed with different results. I don't think I'm treading in that territory with my move requests. These are bios that are several thousand down in the ranked lists of articles you get by searching for "Jr" in title. Basically very obscure people, because everyone that anyone has heard of was fixed already over the last couple of years. Dicklyon (talk) 06:14, 28 July 2017 (UTC)
- The near uniformity of WP style is apparent in this search of the top 2000 page hits with "jr". Search the hits for ", Jr." and you'll find only a handful; a few movie and tv show titles, and some redirects. Every time removing a comma from a bio was discussed, the consensus was to follow the recommendation that had been cemented by a big RFC. We're still working slowly through the implementation on pages way down in popularity. Dicklyon (talk) 06:51, 28 July 2017 (UTC)
- See Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style/Biographies/2016_archive#About_done from over a year ago, when we were "about done". Dicklyon (talk) 06:57, 28 July 2017 (UTC)
- Or see the RM close at Talk:Steamboat Bill, Jr., which reiterated that WP:JR applies to actual people and not movie titles. At the very least, respect protocol and begin a requested move discussion rather than unilaterally making title changes under the radar. If your cause is just, then you should have no problem reaching consensus with other editors. There is no reason not to request such moves out in the open. --Tenebrae (talk) 21:03, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
- It didn't really reiterate; that was the closer's supervote position. Most discussion about application of WP:JR to non-bio topics have concluded in favor of following the style advice of no comma, with Steamboat Bill, Jr. as a notable exception. But here we're just talking about bios anyway. Dicklyon (talk) 03:58, 3 August 2017 (UTC)
- Being sarcastic as you were to me on my talk page was hostile and unnecessary. You know very well that we address stylistic lower- and uppercasing in proper nouns and titles, which is why we don't title articles "TIME (magazine)" and "addidas." And as I recall, your objection to the closer was taken to appeal, and the appeal also supported the closer's decision. This desire to eliminate commas in movie and TV titles though they appear in the copyrighted / trademarked / onscreen titles is beginning to feel like an unhealthy obsession. --Tenebrae (talk) 13:34, 3 August 2017 (UTC)
- The ironic thing is that I'm an editor and journalist and, like you, judging from the stylistic-tip box at the top of this page, a stickler for grammar. I'd like to think that if we can get past this unusual issue that we could actually be very good colleagues. --Tenebrae (talk) 14:57, 3 August 2017 (UTC)
- Group hug! C'mon guv'nor, leave a few commas for the boys in the Antiquities Department to marvel over. Randy Kryn (talk) 17:20, 3 August 2017 (UTC)
- Yes, group hug as Randy says. Sticklers are us. But the idea of "respect" coming by aping the on-screen style where the comma is concerned (on a film with not even the same words in the title in this case), while being OK with our style for the caps and such, seems rather unlike what I'd expect from a stickler. Hence my sarcastic question about where do you stop. Dicklyon (talk) 02:57, 4 August 2017 (UTC)
- And if you'll re-read the close review you linked, you'll see that it was concluded that "the closing statement was unfortunately worded at best". At worst, it was way off base. Certainly not precedent setting. Dicklyon (talk) 02:59, 4 August 2017 (UTC)
- First, I still don't believe sarcasm is constructive, and I think we're proving here that we can speak among each other with civility and in good faith. Second, yes, let's do re-read the appeal closing in its entirety, including the conclusion "I would also have closed it with the same result." We can't go around changing an author's titles. That's like saying Steinbeck wrote Of Mice & Men or that the Dick Wolf TV series is Law and Order.
I see a rough consensus that the ultimate decision to move is consistent with the state of the RM discussion at the time it was closed, but that the closing statement was unfortunately worded at best. In light of the strongly worded concerns about the closing admin's involvement from several editors, I have also independently examined the original RM and am satisfied that I would also have closed it with the same result.
- --Tenebrae (talk) 21:32, 4 August 2017 (UTC)
- Sure, but "I would also have closed it with the same result" isn't saying much when the complaint was primarily about the closer's previous involvement in the issue and his over-reaching super-vote in his closing statement. If an uninvolved editor had been given a chance to close it and closed it the same way but with a reasonable closing statement, you wouldn't have seen such an uproar about it. It still amazes me that he was not even admonished for that beyond "unfortunately worded at best". I think we're in agreement on MOS:AMP; why not on MOS:JR? Dicklyon (talk) 04:05, 5 August 2017 (UTC)
- I don't believe we're in agreement about MOS:AMP if your feeling is that we should change the actual copyrighted, trademarked, common-name, onscreen title of movies and TV shows. MOS:JR is solely about people's names and not movie or TV or book titles. --Tenebrae (talk) 15:30, 5 August 2017 (UTC)
- Tenebrae, you keep insisting "MOS:JR is solely about people's names and not movie or TV or book titles", like a broken record, but it simply is not true, and you know it, because we've been over this a dozen times before. We don't apply MOS:JR to a title if and only if it's consistently given with the comma both in RS and by the author/producer. Thus the result at, e.g. The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., but the opposite result at Hank_Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits, and numerous similar results for ships, monuments, libraries, schools, fictional characters, etc., etc. Please stop re-re-re-asserting total WP:BOLLOCKS. PS: I actually argued to keep the comma in the Williams case because it was a little more common in RS and in "official" materials, and this argument did not prevail, yet it is the one you are relying on. — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼ 17:36, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
- Sure, but "I would also have closed it with the same result" isn't saying much when the complaint was primarily about the closer's previous involvement in the issue and his over-reaching super-vote in his closing statement. If an uninvolved editor had been given a chance to close it and closed it the same way but with a reasonable closing statement, you wouldn't have seen such an uproar about it. It still amazes me that he was not even admonished for that beyond "unfortunately worded at best". I think we're in agreement on MOS:AMP; why not on MOS:JR? Dicklyon (talk) 04:05, 5 August 2017 (UTC)
- The ironic thing is that I'm an editor and journalist and, like you, judging from the stylistic-tip box at the top of this page, a stickler for grammar. I'd like to think that if we can get past this unusual issue that we could actually be very good colleagues. --Tenebrae (talk) 14:57, 3 August 2017 (UTC)
- Being sarcastic as you were to me on my talk page was hostile and unnecessary. You know very well that we address stylistic lower- and uppercasing in proper nouns and titles, which is why we don't title articles "TIME (magazine)" and "addidas." And as I recall, your objection to the closer was taken to appeal, and the appeal also supported the closer's decision. This desire to eliminate commas in movie and TV titles though they appear in the copyrighted / trademarked / onscreen titles is beginning to feel like an unhealthy obsession. --Tenebrae (talk) 13:34, 3 August 2017 (UTC)
- It didn't really reiterate; that was the closer's supervote position. Most discussion about application of WP:JR to non-bio topics have concluded in favor of following the style advice of no comma, with Steamboat Bill, Jr. as a notable exception. But here we're just talking about bios anyway. Dicklyon (talk) 03:58, 3 August 2017 (UTC)
- Or see the RM close at Talk:Steamboat Bill, Jr., which reiterated that WP:JR applies to actual people and not movie titles. At the very least, respect protocol and begin a requested move discussion rather than unilaterally making title changes under the radar. If your cause is just, then you should have no problem reaching consensus with other editors. There is no reason not to request such moves out in the open. --Tenebrae (talk) 21:03, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
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Please read the talk page, where I explain why I moved this back, and get a consensus for moving this before you do it again. Thanks. Beyond My Ken (talk) 06:04, 8 August 2017 (UTC)
Did you...
...plan to go to Wikimania? Randy Kryn (talk) 11:30, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
- No plan. When/where? Dicklyon (talk) 01:21, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
- Now, Montreal. WP:WYWH for that beer I owe you. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:16, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
- You'll have to owe me still. Dicklyon (talk) 15:18, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
- This might have worked. Randy Kryn (talk) 11:06, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
- You'll have to owe me still. Dicklyon (talk) 15:18, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
- Now, Montreal. WP:WYWH for that beer I owe you. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:16, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
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RM for Benjamin Franklin, Jr.
Your move of Benjamin Franklin, Jr. to remove the comma was controversial, so I have reverted it and started an RM at Talk:Benjamin Franklin, Jr.#Requested move 26 August 2017. You also did 2 moves back and forth on 28 July 2017. Please stop move warring. GeoffreyT2000 (talk, contribs) 04:35, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
- Ah, sorry, careless of me not to notice that this one had been previously moved and moved back. Dicklyon (talk) 06:20, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
If you move pages, such as this one, please don't forget to adjust/update the associated Wikidata item otherwise the links to the foreign language wikipedias will get lost.--Kmhkmh (talk) 19:12, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
- @Kmhkmh: This is done automatically on the Wikidata side in most cases. It is good to verify after a day or two if you are concerned it might have happened that the script on the Wikidata side didn't take care of it, but in most cases I've seen, it works just fine. --Izno (talk) 19:19, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
And I have no idea how Wikidata works. Please tell me where to look for things to fix. Dicklyon (talk) 19:31, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
- Well click on the Wikidata item link (among the links on the left side) and un the wikidata page look for the Wikipedia section/entry, it contains all language wikipedias and you can and and remove entries there. There you can remove the old name (now being a redirect or deleted) and then add the new name. That's one way to do it by hand at least.
- However if a script is doing such changes automatically after a move as Izno says above, there is probably nothing to worry about (assuming it works reliably). I've just noticed that foreign language wikipedias were (still) gone shortly after the move as I have the article on my watch list.--Kmhkmh (talk) 20:01, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
- Why would anyone need to do this anyway, except for the rare instance that a title being moved from is flat-out wrong and no redirect is left behind? Even if the wikidata-updating bot failed for some reason, the incoming reader from another Wikipedia would still end up at the right page, via the redirect left behind after the move. — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼ 17:24, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
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Little Ricky
Hi, I didn't know you made the request. It's one of the 'juniors' I had watched-listed back in the days of the comma wars, and before the intervening RMs. Are you saying that individual characters should be de-commaed if their character isn't the name of the show? I'd go the opposite way on that, but it could make for a good discussion, and I haven't memorized the guideline wording enough to know if characters are covered (I would think they would be allowed the comma). Haven't really thought of "Little Ricky" in years. Randy Kryn (talk) 22:23, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
- Actually the common name should probably be Little Ricky! That's what the character was known as. Randy Kryn (talk) 22:27, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
- Oh yeah, no doubt. Little Ricky is the name used throughout the article, and there are quite a few I Love Lucy show titles which use the name 'Little Ricky'. Randy Kryn (talk) 22:29, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
- Little Ricky would be OK by me, except that it's already taken for the actor instead of the character; could fix that (most uses of the redirect look inappropriate as it is; could ask for a technical to fix this). The comma is not OK, as we don't do names that way. Dicklyon (talk) 22:30, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
- See also this page and images. Dicklyon (talk) 22:39, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
- Also most books. Not clear why you'd ask for a comma. Dicklyon (talk) 23:01, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
- The doll you found does seem to give the edge to the commaless form, at least in how the show was portraying the name (unless a screen shot shows the comma). The actor using the name 'Little Ricky' gets quite a few views a day, but not many come from the redirect 'Little Ricky' (at least as recorded on the redirect page). Don't know why the actor would get the redirect for the character he played, but he does seem to have used and been given the name 'Little Ricky' during the show's run. But yes, if you want to go back to the commaless jr. of the fictional name for now I wouldn't object, unless someone comes up with a screen shot of the name with a comma. Randy Kryn (talk) 03:32, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
- As a technical again? Dicklyon (talk) 03:34, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
- Sounds good. Randy Kryn (talk) 03:39, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
- I asked User:Jcc; you can comment on his talk page if you wish. Also, in looking for commas to take out, I came upon my old Caltech classmate Taras Kiceniuk Jr. and took his. Dicklyon (talk) 03:54, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
- Okay, will drop a note there. Avoid Taras at the next reunion? Randy Kryn (talk) 03:59, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
- I asked User:Jcc; you can comment on his talk page if you wish. Also, in looking for commas to take out, I came upon my old Caltech classmate Taras Kiceniuk Jr. and took his. Dicklyon (talk) 03:54, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
- Sounds good. Randy Kryn (talk) 03:39, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
- As a technical again? Dicklyon (talk) 03:34, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
- The doll you found does seem to give the edge to the commaless form, at least in how the show was portraying the name (unless a screen shot shows the comma). The actor using the name 'Little Ricky' gets quite a few views a day, but not many come from the redirect 'Little Ricky' (at least as recorded on the redirect page). Don't know why the actor would get the redirect for the character he played, but he does seem to have used and been given the name 'Little Ricky' during the show's run. But yes, if you want to go back to the commaless jr. of the fictional name for now I wouldn't object, unless someone comes up with a screen shot of the name with a comma. Randy Kryn (talk) 03:32, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
- Oh yeah, no doubt. Little Ricky is the name used throughout the article, and there are quite a few I Love Lucy show titles which use the name 'Little Ricky'. Randy Kryn (talk) 22:29, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
- Talk-page stalker just has to say: It's so very nice to see a calm discussion about commas and Jr. for a change. Yay! — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼ 05:07, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
Brazilian political party moves
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Komma Warz
Hi. Could you maybe switch back the comma in the title Brisco County Jr. (character). Thanks. Episode summary, 10th episode, third season: "Brisco Feels Naked Without Something, But Can't Quite Put His Finger On It". Brisco, a fictional character with a name that rhymes with 'Crisco', has to time-travel into an online universe to retrieve his comma. Randy Kryn (talk) 10:17, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
- Reliable sources seem to be comfortable with this styling of the name. Dicklyon (talk) 15:34, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
- Yes, but seems that the current Wikipedia choice is to keep these commas for fictional representations. This one is different than Little Ricky for several reasons, the most important being that the entire show is named after this character and contains the comma (the page on the show is also a featured article), although any fictional character who doesn't, say, have a era-timed toy named after them, i.e. Little Ricky discussed above, would probably retain the comma. You could do an RM and reopen the comma wars (it's now a cold war, with small skirmishes), which would add clarity but would probably result with it being kept with the comma. Randy Kryn (talk) 16:03, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
- Although, this seems to be timed perfectly for an interesting discussion, if you or a talkpage reader put it up for an RM. The source-consistency argument/guideline would say that yes, the comma should be taken off, because the sources are not overwhelmingly consistent. You've proven that above. I and hopefully others would say that, from another guideline or just from common sense, that the more familiar name in English should have prevalence, and that his core familiarity comes from the television show that is named after him (at least named after the commaful version of his alternate selves). Randy Kryn (talk) 21:02, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
- You would argue that for TV shows, using the comma makes the name more recognizable? Even though that argument was considered bogus for people names? Dicklyon (talk) 01:19, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
- And didn't we just go through this for a fictional character? And what would we do for the sound track [2], [3]? Why not just respect standard WP style instead of the occasional exception? And what's going on here? Can you move that horse's ear so I can see if it looks familiar? Dicklyon (talk) 02:01, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
- Good finds, although the soundtracks were released way after the original creation, and someone thought it would be good to either remove the comma or try to diminish the 'Jr.' by downsizing it. The horse's ear can either be hiding the comma or, in an artistic sense, is acting as the comma (commas come in many shapes and species). I think a good consensus was made by exempting fictional characters or names of fictional works from the no-comma Jr., and there are not really that many of them compared to the real people whose articles have been defined as commaless. On Wikipedia, in this small corner of titling, works of art now have a right on their pages that people don't have on theirs, and it's a good historical remnant (like a diorama or stuffed passenger pigeons in museums) of when the Jr.-commas had their day. Randy Kryn (talk) 12:47, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
- Although, this seems to be timed perfectly for an interesting discussion, if you or a talkpage reader put it up for an RM. The source-consistency argument/guideline would say that yes, the comma should be taken off, because the sources are not overwhelmingly consistent. You've proven that above. I and hopefully others would say that, from another guideline or just from common sense, that the more familiar name in English should have prevalence, and that his core familiarity comes from the television show that is named after him (at least named after the commaful version of his alternate selves). Randy Kryn (talk) 21:02, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
- Yes, but seems that the current Wikipedia choice is to keep these commas for fictional representations. This one is different than Little Ricky for several reasons, the most important being that the entire show is named after this character and contains the comma (the page on the show is also a featured article), although any fictional character who doesn't, say, have a era-timed toy named after them, i.e. Little Ricky discussed above, would probably retain the comma. You could do an RM and reopen the comma wars (it's now a cold war, with small skirmishes), which would add clarity but would probably result with it being kept with the comma. Randy Kryn (talk) 16:03, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
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A tale of two crooks
Two crooks, John Gotti and Bernie Madoff. On their respective Wikipedia pages Gotti is described as Italian-American whereas Madoff as simply American. Why specify one and not the other? A coincidence? Perhaps. Mtlkid (talk) 06:25, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
- It's unlikely that there's any explainable relationship between those pages. If that motivates you to edit one or the other, you at least need to leave an edit summary to say what you're doing. You don't just add and remove things like ethnic identities without even a hint of a reason. Dicklyon (talk) 07:01, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
- That was just one example; there seems to be a pattern on here. Why not be consistent? And what is there to explain? Is there a reason why Gotti's ethnicity is hyphenated and Madoff's isn't? Either way, there is nothing really to explain, but you have to remain consistent across the board. Mtlkid (talk) 19:40, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
- Drive-by comment: Hyphenation is a matter of whether whoever's writing at the time bothered to read the WP:MOS material on when to use hyphens. "I am an Italian American" doesn't get a hyphen; "I'm Italian-American" does, because it's a compound adjective. Whether an ethnic term of this sort is used in a particular article is determined by what the sources do, and for recent subjects may also be a WP:ABOUTSELF / MOS:IDENTITY matter. There does not have to be consistency in terminology across all articles at all. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ >ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ< 21:03, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
- M, your edits that I reverted removed "Italian-" in one place, and added "Jewish-" in another. I obviously could not have guessed that those were motivated by a desire for consistency. If you want to go that way, or for any kind of edit for that matter, leaving an edit summary that gives a clue to your intent will usually attract some help if it's needed, rather than a revert. So start over, heed the advice to look at WP:MOS and such if it bears on what you're trying to do. Movement toward consistency is a good thing, often appreciated, but not if it's just consistency with your own seat-of-the-pants idea as opposed to consistency with documented guidelines. Let me know if you have questions, and I'll be happy to help. Dicklyon (talk) 01:33, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
- Apparently at least one editor found the addition of "Jewish-" to be offensive: [4]. I'm not sure why; it's well document that Mr. Madoff's fraud specifically took advantage from his Jewishness and Jewish friends, but maybe when writing about his wife this doesn't come off well. Anyway, my revert was primarily to get your attention to using edit summaries; I'll let others take on the more subtle and/or substantive issues of when it's appropriate to mention ethnic and national things. Dicklyon (talk) 05:24, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
- That was just one example; there seems to be a pattern on here. Why not be consistent? And what is there to explain? Is there a reason why Gotti's ethnicity is hyphenated and Madoff's isn't? Either way, there is nothing really to explain, but you have to remain consistent across the board. Mtlkid (talk) 19:40, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
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How do you find pages with Sr/Jr commas in their names?
- How do you find pages with Sr/Jr commas in their names? Template:Intitle does not work here, as it seems to ignore punctuation. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:35, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
- You wrote "There are only 112 more of these Jr Sr comma removal technicals to go after these, then we'll be done with them forever.)"; but likely people after now will still start new pages with Sr/Jr commas in their names, or rename pages putting the comma in. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:01, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
- I got help from a couple of editors who knew how to query the database. See Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Tasks#Comma_before_Jr._and_Sr.; and User:Certes/JrSr/titles where I counted the blue links in the right-hand column after eliminating any that had moved already. Dicklyon (talk) 16:44, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
- I don't mean there won't be a bit of ongoing maintenance, but no more batches needing technicals. Dicklyon (talk) 16:45, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
- Speaking of which, I completed the most recent batch. Please let me know if I made any mistakes. SkyWarrior 01:57, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
Looks like Tom.Reding has done GSD G6 requests for the rest of the list, to have the redirects deleted so that all the moves can be automated. Seems smarter, so I'll relax and watch. Dicklyon (talk) 04:23, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
Page moves reverted
I have reverted your page moves of the Tubbs Fire, et al. Please discuss your proposed changes on the article talk page. See, for example, all other articles about wildfires in the modern era of the Incident Command System and wildfire naming (South Canyon Fire, Station Fire (2009), etc. That's how fires are officially named. If you disagree with this longstanding consensus and practice, please open a discussion on the relevant article talk page and gain consensus. Thank you. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 05:32, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
- Note that I don't really have a quibble about older fires that predate any official naming system or protocol, so I'm unconcerned about Peshtigo, et al. My concern is with the very clear and standardized terminology in use at least since the 1960s by wildland fire agencies to designate fire incidents. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 05:37, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
- I was not aware of that standard, and assumed that the usual WP style applied, which is to treat as proper names things that are consistently capped in reliable sources, specialist sources notwithstanding. Dicklyon (talk) 05:43, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
- Journalistic sources vary, though. The Chronicle, the largest newspaper in Northern California, capitalizes it, as does the Arizona Republic, KRON, the Sacramento Bee, KQED, CNBC, and others. So *at the very least* we have a situation where journalistic sources vary. Official sources such as CalFire, USFS, etc. do not vary - they invariably capitalize it. Where one set of sources is inconsistent while another set is entirely consistent, I would argue that we should stick with those that are consistent. At a minimum, we have a situation that calls for a return to status quo and a discussion rather than reversion. If there's a clear consensus in favor of lower-casing it, I'll defer to that consensus. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 05:49, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
- NorthBySouthBaranof—Actually, we tend to downcase if there's some evidence out there of such in publications. Bear in mind that organisational docs, and marketing and PR materials, tend to cap everything in sight. There's obviously a boosterism factor here—a kind of arms race. But serious publications tend to be more considerate of readers' eyes. So the fact that a certain fire organisation caps is only one consideration in our decision-making here. Note that WP downcases lots of names, such as those of models, hypotheses, theories ... even when coupled with a person's name. Constrast this with, say, US vs UK spelling: changing that is a definite no-no. Note that publishers upcase or downcase paper and chapter titles in reference lists according to their own house style, harmonised, rather than reproducing casing decisions made by the original publisher. By convention, though, academic journal and conference titles are titled-cased. Tony (talk) 06:00, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
- Also "official", by which NorthBySouthBaranof means governmental, writing uses government publication capitalization expectations, which are extremely liberal with capital letters. WP follows its own style manual, not that of the US Government Printing Office or similar works. But all this is probably better saved for RM discussion. [end talk-page-stalker mode] — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ >ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ< 07:04, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
- NorthBySouthBaranof—Actually, we tend to downcase if there's some evidence out there of such in publications. Bear in mind that organisational docs, and marketing and PR materials, tend to cap everything in sight. There's obviously a boosterism factor here—a kind of arms race. But serious publications tend to be more considerate of readers' eyes. So the fact that a certain fire organisation caps is only one consideration in our decision-making here. Note that WP downcases lots of names, such as those of models, hypotheses, theories ... even when coupled with a person's name. Constrast this with, say, US vs UK spelling: changing that is a definite no-no. Note that publishers upcase or downcase paper and chapter titles in reference lists according to their own house style, harmonised, rather than reproducing casing decisions made by the original publisher. By convention, though, academic journal and conference titles are titled-cased. Tony (talk) 06:00, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
- Journalistic sources vary, though. The Chronicle, the largest newspaper in Northern California, capitalizes it, as does the Arizona Republic, KRON, the Sacramento Bee, KQED, CNBC, and others. So *at the very least* we have a situation where journalistic sources vary. Official sources such as CalFire, USFS, etc. do not vary - they invariably capitalize it. Where one set of sources is inconsistent while another set is entirely consistent, I would argue that we should stick with those that are consistent. At a minimum, we have a situation that calls for a return to status quo and a discussion rather than reversion. If there's a clear consensus in favor of lower-casing it, I'll defer to that consensus. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 05:49, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
- I was not aware of that standard, and assumed that the usual WP style applied, which is to treat as proper names things that are consistently capped in reliable sources, specialist sources notwithstanding. Dicklyon (talk) 05:43, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
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Goddess forsaken mess
Hi, and belated Happy Halloween. Have you followed any of the various topics on the talk page of List of pioneers in computer science over the past couple of weeks? On a quick glance I didn't see your name (may have missed it) and I haven't read the wall-of-text sections as it seems many editors are handling the concerns well. The topic that your expertise would help clarify is the section (multiple sections?) on criteria for list inclusion. If I missed your comments in there, as Gilda Radner used to say, never mind. Randy Kryn (talk) 11:41, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
- Yes, it's a mess. I notice Lynn Conway is not listed, even though she won the Computer Pioneer Award. I think we need to work out objective criteria, like which awards qualify one. Probably should include people who have been specifically called out in books as pioneers of some sort (slightly open ended, but not as much as now). It's still going to be western/male biased, I'm sure, but that's hard to help. Dicklyon (talk) 16:26, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
Speedy deletion declined: EMC Fundamentals
Hello Dicklyon. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of EMC Fundamentals, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Not a recently created redirect - consider WP:RfD. Thank you. TonyBallioni (talk) 05:04, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
Thoughts on caps for this? See [5] and [6] Regards, Cinderella157 (talk) 00:21, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
- I don't see that much capping in sources besides the headings and titles in title case, and references to Jack Cade's Rebellion of 1450 and The Historical Literature of the Jack Cade Rebellion. Dicklyon (talk) 00:54, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
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Why did you revert a constructive edit by N3bulous to the article CIE 1931 color space?
You reverted an addition to an image caption that said "The dotted curve is the Planckian locus". I see nothing wrong with this statement, because the Planckian locus curve in the picture really has superimposed black dots, and hence your reason for reverting ("It's not really a dotted curve") isn't actually valid.
Furthermore, I see no reason for mentioning the assumption of "good faith" in the edit summary either, because there's really nothing in the edit by N3bulous that could even remotely be interpreted as purposefully unconstructive. In my opinion, mentioning the Planckian locus curve in the image caption was a totally welcome addition, as it really is a piece of information that was missing.
Perhaps you would like to return the mention of the Planckian locus to the image text? If the wording "dotted curve" is not exact enough for your taste, how about e.g. "curve with superimposed black dots"? Nephelococcygia (talk) 19:06, 9 November 2017 (UTC)
- I don't see the dotted curve you're referring to; just some tic marks outside the color region. I'm pretty sure it was a good faith edit, and didn't want to imply that I thought otherwise.. Dicklyon (talk) 17:25, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
- Are you sure we're looking at the same picture? I can clearly see a dotted curve in this image near the center of the chromaticity diagram. Anyway, I took the liberty to return the mention of the Planckian locus curve to the image caption and elaborated it a little. I hope you find this ok. Nephelococcygia (talk) 19:12, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
Removal of references in contravention of WP:LISTCRITERIA
Hi, in this edit, you removed numerous references, despite WP:LISTCRITERIA, which says, "In cases where the membership criteria are subjective or likely to be disputed ... it is especially important that inclusion be based on reliable sources given with inline citations for each item." Rather than just reverting your edit, I thought it more polite to ask you here if you would restore those references yourself. Thanks, Zazpot (talk) 19:10, 9 November 2017 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) But only one ref is needed in that list for him; see WP:OVERCITE. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ >ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ< 01:54, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
- SMcCandlish, look at the edit closely, and you will see that Dicklyon removed all of the references for Nakashima's entry. I hope you can therefore agree that my complaint was justified. Zazpot (talk) 16:14, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
- I'm saying only the most reliable one should be put back, not that whole festival of over-citation. Nothing's precluding you from doing it. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ >ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ< 16:47, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
- SMcCandlish, look at the edit closely, and you will see that Dicklyon removed all of the references for Nakashima's entry. I hope you can therefore agree that my complaint was justified. Zazpot (talk) 16:14, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
- I moved the references to the article that I created on him; if you think the references can also do some good in the list, feel free to put them back. Dicklyon (talk) 17:22, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
Hong Kong railway station names
Per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (capitalization), the word "Station" should be capitalised as these are proper names in the Hong Kong context. For any mass name changes, please seen consensus at WPHK. Thanks, Citobun (talk) 03:22, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
- Are you saying that Hong Kong is special? Most countries don't treat these as proper names (e.g. see WP:USSTATION, WP:UKSTATION). What makes you think these are proper names? Dicklyon (talk) 03:25, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
- Please join the discussion at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#RFC_on_Chinese_railway_station_title.2Fstyle_conventions. Dicklyon (talk) 03:28, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
- And note that in many (most? all?) of the article where you re-capitalized Station, "Station" does not appear as part of the title in the infobox; and sometimes not in the lead. This and common use of lowercase in sources suggests that "Station" is not really part of the proper name. Just like in other countries. Dicklyon (talk) 04:11, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
- They are treated as proper names in all government and MTR documents. Station is capitalised on/in the stations themselves. If the US and UK are "special" and have their own naming conventions, then I don't see why HK wouldn't either. Again, please seek consensus at WPHK. Citobun (talk) 08:06, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
- Example of MTR use, example of Legislative Council use, example of government use, example of appearance on the stations themselves. Citobun (talk) 08:31, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
- Sure, but wikipedia style is different. We don't follow official and governmental styles in capping. In that first doc, for example you find "The Smoke Extraction system was activated by the Environmental System Controller (ESC) in the Operations Control Centre (OCC) to relieve the workload of Station Controller (SC)." In WP, we would write "The smoke extraction system was activated by the environmental system controller (ESC) in the operations control centre (OCC) to relieve the workload of station controller (SC)." In the second doc, the fist station mentioned is Racecourse Station (MTR), which we represent in the article, as on the sign at the station, as just "Racecourse", because that's the station's name. No need to cap the station bit when appending it; lots of sources don't, e.g. [7]. Dicklyon (talk) 16:44, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
- @Citobun: SCMP and HKFP both often use "Admiralty station" or "Admiralty MTR station", and furthermore use "Kwun Tong MTR line", "Kwun Tong line" and sometimes "Disneyland line" (without "Resort", which is incorrect). It would be valid to rename them to lowercase based on WP:RS though I'm not sure how much of this is down to a lack of editorial consistency on the newspapers' part. Jc86035 (talk) 01:26, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
- Sure, but wikipedia style is different. We don't follow official and governmental styles in capping. In that first doc, for example you find "The Smoke Extraction system was activated by the Environmental System Controller (ESC) in the Operations Control Centre (OCC) to relieve the workload of Station Controller (SC)." In WP, we would write "The smoke extraction system was activated by the environmental system controller (ESC) in the operations control centre (OCC) to relieve the workload of station controller (SC)." In the second doc, the fist station mentioned is Racecourse Station (MTR), which we represent in the article, as on the sign at the station, as just "Racecourse", because that's the station's name. No need to cap the station bit when appending it; lots of sources don't, e.g. [7]. Dicklyon (talk) 16:44, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
- They are treated as proper names in all government and MTR documents. Station is capitalised on/in the stations themselves. If the US and UK are "special" and have their own naming conventions, then I don't see why HK wouldn't either. Again, please seek consensus at WPHK. Citobun (talk) 08:06, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
- I wouldn't argue that "Station Controller" or similar term should be capitalised as a proper name on Wikipedia based on the above source, as it most probably wouldn't be capitalised in common use or by news media. But a station name is much more ambiguous and not comparable to those other terms. SCMP is inconsistent – sometimes they capitalise "Station" within the station name, sometimes they don't – and other media outlets like EJInsight and The Standard tend to be more inclined to capitalise than otherwise. I ask that any changes of this magnitude please be agreed upon at WPHK. The discussion cannot be lumped in with Chinese railway stations as the context is entirely different – English is not an official language in mainland China, English station naming there is highly inconsistent, and there isn't really a popular English mass media to refer to. Thank you, Citobun (talk) 14:13, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
- Of course, I know you would not argue to cap Station Controller. That's why it makes no sense to point to a doc that does that when arguing to cap the station name. Some styles cap a lot; WP doesn't. When sources are inconsistent, we downcase. What would suggest doing differently for Hong Kong? Dicklyon (talk) 16:07, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
- And if EJInsight is "more inclinded to capitalized", but sometime don't as here, doesn't that mean they don't see station as part of the proper name? Dicklyon (talk) 16:11, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
- I wouldn't argue that "Station Controller" or similar term should be capitalised as a proper name on Wikipedia based on the above source, as it most probably wouldn't be capitalised in common use or by news media. But a station name is much more ambiguous and not comparable to those other terms. SCMP is inconsistent – sometimes they capitalise "Station" within the station name, sometimes they don't – and other media outlets like EJInsight and The Standard tend to be more inclined to capitalise than otherwise. I ask that any changes of this magnitude please be agreed upon at WPHK. The discussion cannot be lumped in with Chinese railway stations as the context is entirely different – English is not an official language in mainland China, English station naming there is highly inconsistent, and there isn't really a popular English mass media to refer to. Thank you, Citobun (talk) 14:13, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
- Drive-by comment: signage and internal agency usage is irrelevant. Both signs and governmentese rampantly overcapitalize and we all know this. They're primary sources and not reliable for how to write encyclopedic English for a general audience. WP has its own style manual and does not follow the house style of a government transit agency or any other external publisher. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ >ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ< 19:16, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
Railway stations
I've split the first two sections of User:Certes/Railway station into subsections. The two sections can probably be merged, but I've left them separate for now in case you were working through one of them. I've suggested a treatment for each article but it's very tentative, so please feel free to ignore it and do something else. The main open question for me is about historic stations: is the article about a museum called "Deadville Railway Station" (big R big S), or about the defunct "Deadville" railway station (small r small s)?
It's possible that some of the "probably incorrect" entries need to keep a capital R. For locations I've not heard of, I've assumed that "Foo Bar Railway Station" means the railway station in Foo Bar City, but it may sometimes mean the Bar Railway's facility at Foo City. Certes (talk) 23:02, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
- Right, these need to be looked at carefully. I'll see if I can get some rail fans to help. Dicklyon (talk) 23:17, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
@Certes: can you get a count of total titles containing "railway station" in any case? Dicklyon (talk) 05:00, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
- 17,500; see VPP discussion for details. Certes (talk) 11:12, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
Spam Links?
Hi Dick, I see that you have removed some links to ControlSystemsAcademy.com. I thought the links would be useful to readers since the portal provides interactive examples not found on wiki. Could you please comment? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NorthEastResearcher (talk • contribs) 14:57, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
- When an editor does nothing but add external links to a site, that's a WP:SPA, and the links are spammy until shown otherwise. What is your relation with the site? If you're involved (e.g. see WP:COI), it would be better to propose the links on the article talk pages, and let other editors decide. Dicklyon (talk) 02:36, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
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Undid page moves
I've moved Hamgyeong Line and Pyeongwon Line back to where they were. These are proper names - the 'Line' is formally part of the name. Just like in Expo Line (TransLink), or Sunset Boulevard, or Yonge Street, the Line or Street or Avenue is capitalised. I see this isn't the first time you've made such moves overeagerly and had them reverted. 2Q (talk) 23:56, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
- See centralized discussions Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#RfC_on_naming_of_Chinese_railway_line_articles and Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#RfC_on_naming_of_Chinese_railway_line_articles. There seems to be a broad consensus that China, Korea, and other countries with overcapitalized railways lines and stations are worth fixing. Are you suggesting we need a specific discussion for Korea or other places that still cap Line? Dicklyon (talk) 16:59, 26 November 2017 (UTC)
- Perhaps I am, then. But if we in proper English capitalise "Hollywood Boulevard" or "Fifth Avenue" or "Crescent City" or "Brooklyn Bridge", then these cases of railways wherein 'Line' is part of the proper name need to be capitalised too. Secondly, there are/were numerous railway lines in Hamgyeong Province... saying "Hamgyeong line" (or "Tohoku line" etc) is not specifically referring to any of said lines, whereas "Hamgyeong Line" ("Tohoku Line" etc) is specifically referring to the one line that is commonly known by that name. Proper names are capitalised, this is a basic and universal rule of English orthography. 2Q (talk) 01:58, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
- I've never seen a source that would use "Hollywood boulevard" or "Fifth avenue" or "Crescent city" or "Brooklyn bridge". Have you? Railways are not like that; see for example this book on North Korea even. Dicklyon (talk) 02:16, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
- Of course I haven't - because they're *proper names*, and in proper English - whether it's Commonwealth or American English - all parts of a proper name are capitalised. Just look at how many of the lines on List of rail transit systems in the United States have a capitalised "Line", because it is part of the line's proper name. 2Q (talk) 02:45, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
- Actually, the problem with the Korea and US lines is that they are capped even though they are not proper names, as you can tell by looking at sources. Proper names are consistently capped in sources, like the ones you listed are, unlike the Korean and US railway lines. Dicklyon (talk) 02:49, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
- Actually, they *are* proper names, but I'm not going to argue anymore because I can see that there's no possible way to convince you otherwise. Do what you will, I have better things to do with my time here, such as contributing meaningful content. But WP is going to hell in a handbasket... soon you or others like you will be arguing that proper spelling doesn't matter, either, so I might just leave this all to you lot. 2Q (talk) 03:01, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
- The way to convince is simply to show that they are consistently capped in sources. We each do what we can to improve WP; thanks for doing your part. Dicklyon (talk) 03:03, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
- Thing is, the vast majority of sources which write about these lines are written in scripts that do not have anything like the capitalisation we use in English, as such it's impossible to show that - and what there is in English literature is extremely inconsistent, in part because a lot of that literature is written in... substandard English. So, the only option is to use the standards of English spelling, which specify that proper names are capitalised. Like I tried to show with the Hamgyeong and Tohoku examples, the differentiation matters. Sorry for getting flustered, but capitalisation is one of my pet bugaboos. Remember the humorous observation, "Capitalisation is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse, and helping your uncle..."? It matters. 2Q (talk) 03:09, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
- I agree it matters; that's why I care, too. And in WP caps strongly imply proper noun or proper name, unlike in other styles where anything important to the field gets capped. The inconsistent capping of railway lines (in all countries) in English language sources does not imply substandard sources, but does imply that these are not proper names, and that's why WP should not cap them. Dicklyon (talk) 03:15, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
- At least we agree on something! That's a start, anyways. My main point is that they *are* proper names, though. Like I mentioned earlier, there is a huge and important difference between "Hamgyeong Line" and "Hamgyeong line", the former referring to *one specific line*, the other can be any of the railway lines in the province. A specific railway line is just like any specific street; if the street's designation is a proper name, then so is the railway line's. 2Q (talk) 04:01, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
- In the reference I showed you, "Pyeongwon line" refers to *one specific line* between Pyeongwon and Gowon. Many specific references are not proper names. I don't see an English source mentioning Hamgyeong line, but don't see a reason to assume it should be treated as a proper name when most lines are not. Dicklyon (talk) 04:22, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
- At least we agree on something! That's a start, anyways. My main point is that they *are* proper names, though. Like I mentioned earlier, there is a huge and important difference between "Hamgyeong Line" and "Hamgyeong line", the former referring to *one specific line*, the other can be any of the railway lines in the province. A specific railway line is just like any specific street; if the street's designation is a proper name, then so is the railway line's. 2Q (talk) 04:01, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
- I agree it matters; that's why I care, too. And in WP caps strongly imply proper noun or proper name, unlike in other styles where anything important to the field gets capped. The inconsistent capping of railway lines (in all countries) in English language sources does not imply substandard sources, but does imply that these are not proper names, and that's why WP should not cap them. Dicklyon (talk) 03:15, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
- Thing is, the vast majority of sources which write about these lines are written in scripts that do not have anything like the capitalisation we use in English, as such it's impossible to show that - and what there is in English literature is extremely inconsistent, in part because a lot of that literature is written in... substandard English. So, the only option is to use the standards of English spelling, which specify that proper names are capitalised. Like I tried to show with the Hamgyeong and Tohoku examples, the differentiation matters. Sorry for getting flustered, but capitalisation is one of my pet bugaboos. Remember the humorous observation, "Capitalisation is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse, and helping your uncle..."? It matters. 2Q (talk) 03:09, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
- The way to convince is simply to show that they are consistently capped in sources. We each do what we can to improve WP; thanks for doing your part. Dicklyon (talk) 03:03, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
- Actually, they *are* proper names, but I'm not going to argue anymore because I can see that there's no possible way to convince you otherwise. Do what you will, I have better things to do with my time here, such as contributing meaningful content. But WP is going to hell in a handbasket... soon you or others like you will be arguing that proper spelling doesn't matter, either, so I might just leave this all to you lot. 2Q (talk) 03:01, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
- Actually, the problem with the Korea and US lines is that they are capped even though they are not proper names, as you can tell by looking at sources. Proper names are consistently capped in sources, like the ones you listed are, unlike the Korean and US railway lines. Dicklyon (talk) 02:49, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
- Of course I haven't - because they're *proper names*, and in proper English - whether it's Commonwealth or American English - all parts of a proper name are capitalised. Just look at how many of the lines on List of rail transit systems in the United States have a capitalised "Line", because it is part of the line's proper name. 2Q (talk) 02:45, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
- I've never seen a source that would use "Hollywood boulevard" or "Fifth avenue" or "Crescent city" or "Brooklyn bridge". Have you? Railways are not like that; see for example this book on North Korea even. Dicklyon (talk) 02:16, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
- Perhaps I am, then. But if we in proper English capitalise "Hollywood Boulevard" or "Fifth Avenue" or "Crescent City" or "Brooklyn Bridge", then these cases of railways wherein 'Line' is part of the proper name need to be capitalised too. Secondly, there are/were numerous railway lines in Hamgyeong Province... saying "Hamgyeong line" (or "Tohoku line" etc) is not specifically referring to any of said lines, whereas "Hamgyeong Line" ("Tohoku Line" etc) is specifically referring to the one line that is commonly known by that name. Proper names are capitalised, this is a basic and universal rule of English orthography. 2Q (talk) 01:58, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
river naming conventions
Hello,
I see you have moved several articles from "abc creek (def river)" to "abc creek (def river tributary)". I don't recall a discussion on this. We used to disambiguate these as "abc creek (California)" or some more specific geo location. Then there was a discussion and I thought the result was to just list the body into which the river/creek flowed (without the word tributary). I haven't seen this before. Can you point me to the discussion. MB 05:13, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
- Hi. Thanks for noticing. The discussion is here: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Rivers/Archive 4#RfC on Rivers: updating the naming/disambiguation conventions. Closer says "editing community shall be flexible on all the choices on a case-by-case basis" even though most supported this approach. So I remain flexible, and solicit your preferences on these. Dicklyon (talk) 05:48, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
- See also Talk:Rio_Puerco_(Rio_Grande_tributary) and User_talk:Gjs238#Tributary_naming. I've now fixed all the New Mexico and Arizona rivers, and I think most of California. Dicklyon (talk) 05:51, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
- OK, it does seem clearer and more consistent with standard disambiguation to add the word tributary. You "fixed" an article I created in the past year - I thought I was following convention. I do prefer using the tributary instead of the "political entity" which I thought had been deprecated. I missed this RFC - if there was a notice at Wikipedia talk:Disambiguation I didn't notice. MB 03:41, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
- I just opened a new RFC at WP:VPPOL. I didn't know about Wikipedia talk:Disambiguation as a place for listing such things, but now I do so I will. Dicklyon (talk) 03:43, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
- I think the political entity is still preferred when it's adequate. Dicklyon (talk) 03:47, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
- I'm a little confused. I created Thunder River (Tapeats Creek), and you changed it to Thunder River (Tapeats Creek tributary) - which I agree is better. But if the political entity is preferred, then shouldn't it be Thunder River (Arizona) since the only other one is in Wisconsin? The guideline at Project Rivers is vague on this, saying rivers have "usually" been disambiguated by political region and "can" be disambiguated by the body they flow into. Shouldn't this say which is preferred, and ultimately we should work towards moving them all to one way? I'll make these comments at the RFC but wanted to get your feedback first. MB 02:51, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
- Yes, I agree that Thunder River (Arizona) would probably be better. I wasn't looking at that, just fixing the style of the tributary relationship. I suggest you move it and propose a clarification to the conventions; we'll see if people agree. Dicklyon (talk) 02:55, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
- Agreed. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ >ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ< 10:07, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
- Yes, I agree that Thunder River (Arizona) would probably be better. I wasn't looking at that, just fixing the style of the tributary relationship. I suggest you move it and propose a clarification to the conventions; we'll see if people agree. Dicklyon (talk) 02:55, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
- I'm a little confused. I created Thunder River (Tapeats Creek), and you changed it to Thunder River (Tapeats Creek tributary) - which I agree is better. But if the political entity is preferred, then shouldn't it be Thunder River (Arizona) since the only other one is in Wisconsin? The guideline at Project Rivers is vague on this, saying rivers have "usually" been disambiguated by political region and "can" be disambiguated by the body they flow into. Shouldn't this say which is preferred, and ultimately we should work towards moving them all to one way? I'll make these comments at the RFC but wanted to get your feedback first. MB 02:51, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
- OK, it does seem clearer and more consistent with standard disambiguation to add the word tributary. You "fixed" an article I created in the past year - I thought I was following convention. I do prefer using the tributary instead of the "political entity" which I thought had been deprecated. I missed this RFC - if there was a notice at Wikipedia talk:Disambiguation I didn't notice. MB 03:41, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
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Tributary
Why are you adding tributary to every title it's not needed and a waste of time just like whoever added (state) to everything with New York in the title. Bacardi379 (talk) 18:59, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
I know there was a discussion but it also said not to go on a huge page renaming mission Bacardi379 (talk) 19:03, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
If you click on the river and go to the page it will tell you if it's a tributary, next you're going to want us to add the coordinates to the title Bacardi379 (talk) 19:05, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
- See WP:VPPOL#RfC about river disambiguation conventions. Your comments would be welcome there. Dicklyon (talk) 19:09, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
- In summary, it's not about a desire to get more info into the title, but rather to make titles more interpretable in light of usual WP disambiguation patterns, instead of this uniquely river-oriented pattern that has been in use there and is uninterpretable to most readers. Dicklyon (talk) 19:37, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
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Rivers
Before moving on to a new page to rename I would recommend also correcting all the other pages that link to the page you are changing the name to. Thanks Bacardi379 (talk) 18:56, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
- Not sure what you mean. Give an example? Did I leave something broken? Dicklyon (talk) 20:18, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
Pullman Strike
Please alert all of the projects listed on the page of this requested move. Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 20:03, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
In case you haven't noticed
Some moves you made are being requested to be moved back at Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests. older ≠ wiser 22:14, 8 December 2017 (UTC)