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I think Superhero's who possess a professional skill should be listed as that profession even if it is not their job. I've been adding categories to super hero's such as sole survivor and roboticist to Superman. Superman is clearly quite good at making his Superman duplicate robots. Some of the best known runs of Batman address that he has a split personality issue. Batman comics are psychological fiction even if Batman doesn't count as a psychologist; which according to checkmate he is treated is. Martson run Wonder Woman is the most familiar to feminist theorists, the version of Wonder Woman with telepathy and electro kinesis. The original Spiderman invented web shooters which he could augment for different situations or give to people. I think the policy of using only the best known aspects of the character instead of the comics canon version tends to ignore a lot of their more memorable dark and edgy aspects that would never make it to a film, cartoon or even video game. [[User:CensoredScribe|CensoredScribe]] ([[User talk:CensoredScribe|talk]]) 17:33, 5 February 2014 (UTC) |
I think Superhero's who possess a professional skill should be listed as that profession even if it is not their job. I've been adding categories to super hero's such as sole survivor and roboticist to Superman. Superman is clearly quite good at making his Superman duplicate robots. Some of the best known runs of Batman address that he has a split personality issue. Batman comics are psychological fiction even if Batman doesn't count as a psychologist; which according to checkmate he is treated is. Martson run Wonder Woman is the most familiar to feminist theorists, the version of Wonder Woman with telepathy and electro kinesis. The original Spiderman invented web shooters which he could augment for different situations or give to people. I think the policy of using only the best known aspects of the character instead of the comics canon version tends to ignore a lot of their more memorable dark and edgy aspects that would never make it to a film, cartoon or even video game. [[User:CensoredScribe|CensoredScribe]] ([[User talk:CensoredScribe|talk]]) 17:33, 5 February 2014 (UTC) |
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:The applicable guideline here is [[Wikipedia:Categories#Articles]]. Do reliable sources ''commonly'' and ''consistently'' define Batman as a chemist? No? Then do not categorize Batman as a fictional chemist. If you disagree with the guideline, work to achieve a consensus to change it. Otherwise, please follow it. - [[User:SummerPhD|<span style="color:#D70270;background-color:white;">Sum</span><span style="color:#734F96;background-color:white;">mer</span><span style="color:#0038A8;background-color:white;">PhD</span>]] ([[User talk:SummerPhD|talk]]) 17:35, 5 February 2014 (UTC) |
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Calvin and Hobbes, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article.
Draft space pages
Draft:Beth Sotelo, Draft:David Morgan-Mar, Draft:Jason Holmgren, Draft:Klaus Scherwinski, and Draft:Steve Crompton are draft space pages related to this WikiProject. If you have any independent reliable sources to add to any of these articles, we may be able to get them moved into article space.
If you are interested in helping out with more drafts, please see my list of draft space pages, and help me reach my goal of eventually getting them all to article space! BOZ (talk) 00:06, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Follow up regarding archive links
On 18 November 2013, I posted here regarding an incident on the Doctor Strange article regarding the unexplained removal of WebCitation and Internet Archive links from that article on 16 October 2013. See here:Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Comics/Archive 47#Archiving online links.
On 20 January 2014, a similar incident occurred on the Inhumans article as well. I posted on that article's talk page here: Talk:Inhumans#WebCitation and Internet Archive links
Both times the WebCitation/Internet Archive links (and the author names/bylines as well) were removed by an IP user from Norfolk, England (86.140.207.5 for Doctor Strange and 86.169.192.128 for the Inhumans) I would like to follow WP:GOODFAITH but am rather perplexed as to why someone is removing things without explanation or rationale, especially something that is there per the Wikipedia:Link rot policy. I wanted to let other editors know about this as I'm trying to avoid losing my cool over it.
Thanks for listening (er...reading.) Mtminchi08 (talk) 01:40, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
- This is definitely an issue. You should go to ANI or ANV with these two IPs and pretty much just say what you did here. I too feel that there is no reason for these things to occur. As a side note, I recently started a bit of Doctor Strange work, as I am helping to prep the film page. While most of the info that is there in that section is archived, it did need a bit of an update. But that doesn't seem to be what this user is doing. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 15:46, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
- I posted a notice here to the talk page of the IP user who edited the Inhumans article. Let's see what happens next before kicking it up to ANI or ANV. Thanks again for the feedback. Mtminchi08 (talk) 01:30, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
If anyone has any insight or input on this situation, please post your thoughts at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Crashsnake. Thank you. BOZ (talk) 23:31, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
- The discussion has moved on to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Proposal for indefinite block/ban, if you have a viewpoint to share. BOZ (talk) 19:16, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
Tomm Coker
Would anyone be able to find any reliable sources for Tomm Coker? I suspect there must be something for him out there. BOZ (talk) 13:15, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
Is comicbookroundup a reliable source?
The current critical reception section of MIND MGMT says "Later issues continued to receive praise" with a group ref to 6 reviews of random issues. I'd like to replace it with one ref to the the book's page on comicbookroundup. A wiki search shows it used on one other page - Valiant Comics - in an identical situation.
Is this a reliable source? If so, should I leave in the other links, since not all of them are included by the aggrigator? Argento Surfer (talk) 17:05, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
- I've never heard of this site, but to me, it looks similar to Metacritic. I don't see any issue with its inclusion, if worded as one would a Metacritic source (see The Avengers (2012 film) for a good example if needed). However, if the reviews you want to remove are not included on the site, and they provide worthwhile commentary, I'd keep them. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 20:01, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher
This is a neutral request for comments regarding the inclusion of Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher at Template talk:Avengers#Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher.--TriiipleThreat (talk) 19:21, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
Emily Osborn
The recently created Emily Osborn article has been nominated for deletion. Please post comments for or against on the discussion page. Thank you. Spidey104 14:14, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
Are these sources reliable for an M3 article?
Hi. I want to create an article on the graphic novel M3, and was looking through the sources I came across. One is a mention of it in my local paper, The Hudson Reporter, so I know that it's reliable, but I need to know about the other three:
- http://whatchareading.com/2012/05/09/review-of-m3-from-hound-comics/
- http://www.amberunmasked.com/ep1219-m3/
- http://www.popstarsplus.com/houndcomics_m3_review_001.htm
I had never heard of these websites when I came across them. Are they reliable? What does everyone think? Nightscream (talk) 02:55, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
- I've stumbled upon Whatchareading once before. It seems to be perfectly reliable; at the least, it has editorial oversight. With the others, it's harder to say. I'm leaning against Amber Unmasked, since it lists only three people for staff (and one of them is a tech guy), and my first impression is that it's very niche, but I'm not sure. PopStarsPlus... I just don't know either way.--NukeofEarl (talk) 16:14, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
Category:Fictional characters with radiation abilities
Do we want to populate Category:Fictional characters with radiation abilities based on rationales such as this or this? 129.33.19.254 (talk) 00:16, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
- No no no no no. Kill this vague, pointless category. Doczilla @SUPERHEROLOGIST 05:19, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
- Was moved to Category:Fictional characters with nuclear abilities instead. 2601:D:9400:3CD:C833:60C:82BD:3342 (talk) 20:19, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
- Both categories are populated, and poorly defined. Probably need a CFD for both. 129.33.19.254 (talk) 16:31, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
- Both need CfDs. Kill them! Kill them now before they grow! Doczilla @SUPERHEROLOGIST 20:56, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
- Both categories are populated, and poorly defined. Probably need a CFD for both. 129.33.19.254 (talk) 16:31, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
- Was moved to Category:Fictional characters with nuclear abilities instead. 2601:D:9400:3CD:C833:60C:82BD:3342 (talk) 20:19, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
Back in the day, most if not all of the characters by superpower categories got deleted at CFD, due to most powers classifications either being too vague or overly specific, the degree to which comics characters change or temporarily get endowed with new and different powers (i.e., Spider-Man in a number of powers-related categories just for once being Captain Universe for a few episodes), interminable arguments over whether a character truly had the power of "flight" or instead glided, levitated, used flying technology etc. So these were all supposed to have been converted to lists. Was that reversed at some point, or just subject to category entropy? postdlf (talk) 21:06, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
- Short memories. We kept the biggest ones - which seemed at the time to be rather useful - and the ones which seemed to relate to types of characters in fiction ("Magic users," "psychics") and then the rest crept up again as new editors came along, found it fun, and tried to help. The same mistakes everyone (myself included) made 8(?!) years ago!Zythe (talk) 23:51, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
- One of the people who got banned for persistently creating such categories (among other sins) may be at it again. Things like Category:Fictional characters with plant abilities have been popping up at about the same time and appear to be getting created by the a single person using multiple IDs and addresses. Doczilla @SUPERHEROLOGIST 06:29, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
- Most of the stuff at Category:Fictional_characters_by_superhuman_feature_or_ability seems a bit silly - although a handful ought to stay.Zythe (talk) 11:01, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks for that one Doczilla... "Chlorokinetic abilities", oh boy. :) 129.33.19.254 (talk) 16:15, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
- Most of the stuff at Category:Fictional_characters_by_superhuman_feature_or_ability seems a bit silly - although a handful ought to stay.Zythe (talk) 11:01, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
- One of the people who got banned for persistently creating such categories (among other sins) may be at it again. Things like Category:Fictional characters with plant abilities have been popping up at about the same time and appear to be getting created by the a single person using multiple IDs and addresses. Doczilla @SUPERHEROLOGIST 06:29, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
Gods' Man at FAC
I've nominated Lynd Ward's wordless novel Gods' Man as a Featured Article Candidate, and would appreciate anyone willing to donate their time to review the article. Thanks, Curly Turkey (gobble) 08:06, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
A Contract with God Peer Review request
The article for Will Eisner's graphic novel A Contract with God has recently become a Good Article. I'm planning on nominating it as a Featured Article Candidate and would appreciate any feedback to help it get there. The Peer Review is here, so please stop by! Thanks, Curly Turkey (gobble) 08:20, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
Category: Marvel Comics characters for Transformers, GI Joe and others
I had added some tags into Transformers characters articles calking them "Marvel Comics characters", just the ones who appeared in actual Marvel comics. Another editor has been removing these tags under the argument that all Transformers characters are tagged as "comic characters", therefore tagging them as "Marvel Comics characters" is redundant. I don't think this is legitimate because not all Transformers characters specifically appeared in Marvel comics. The reader of a wikipedia page of a Transformers character won't know if that character appeared in a Marvel Comics from the categories unless you specially call him a "Marvel Comics" character. Some newer Transformers characters appeared in Dreamwave Productions comics, or IDW Publishing comics. So I planned to list the specific comic companies. A broad "Comics character" does not inform the reader if the character was Marvel, Dreamwave, IDW or whatever. Anyone else have an opinion on this? Mathewignash (talk) 15:28, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
- Just because certain Transformers characters appeared in the The Transformers (Marvel Comics) comic book, does not mean that they belong in Category:Marvel Comics characters. And besides, all Transformers characters are already included as a subcategory of Category:Comics characters, so including them in another subcategory is indeed redundant. I understand where you're coming from, but per WP:BRD you should have waited for the results of this discussion, before edit warring to make a point [1]. Hopefully we can come to a consensus as to whether these characters are actually considered "Marvel" characters. I for one, do not believe that they are. Fortdj33 (talk) 15:43, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
- I see two possible points against the inclusion of the category for TF and GI Joe characters as I understand it. One is that they don't belong to the "Marvel Comics character" category because they are already listed as comics characters. I don't agree with this simply because its not specific enough. The second is that these characters may have appeared in Marvel Comics, but they are not specifically Marvel Comics characters, just toy character licensed to Marvel for comics. To this I would argue that the first Transformers biographies were written for Hasbro by Marvel Comics writers, and they very first appearance of many of the Transformers characters in ANY fiction was in the Marvel Comics. Transformers #1 by Marvel Comics predates the Transformers TV series, books and movies. The original Transformers are Marvel characters before anything else. The "Category:Marvel Comics characters" specifically states "This is a catch-all category for all fictional characters originating in Marvel Comics" Optimus Prime's first appearance in any fiction was in a Marvel comic book. Mathewignash (talk) 17:18, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
- Again, I see where you're coming from, but your logic is flawed. The Transformers and G.I. Joe characters did not originate in Marvel Comics, they are as you stated just toy characters licensed to Marvel. And, if Category:Marvel Comics characters is a "catch-all" category, then it should not be used to mark specific Transformers who have appeared in Marvel Comics anyway. The best solution to this would be to add the specific categories to Category:Transformers characters, rather than add them redundantly to character articles already in that category. Fortdj33 (talk) 17:42, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
- Just going by what other wikipedia article have done, look at Rom the Spaceknight. He's a Parker Brothers toy who is listed in the Category Marvel Super Heroes. Just because he's a licensed toy doesn't exclude him from a Marvel category. Same could be said of any of the Micronauts heroes, who originated as Mego toys. Mathewignash (talk) 17:48, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
- Rom and the Micronauts are not good examples, because those articles specifically state that those characters are in the Marvel Universe. They are not like Transformers or G.I. Joe, which both have hundreds of characters, many with their own articles, some of whom appeared in Marvel publications. I understand that you would like to tag those characters specifically, but it is simply unnecessary, when they are already tagged with subcategories of Category:Comics characters that are much more specific. Fortdj33 (talk) 18:15, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
- I don't see any problem with the examples of Rom and the Micronauts, as they have the same toy origins. I would argue that "Transformers characters" should NOT be place in the category "Comics characters" as not all Transformers characters have appeared in comics. Most of them have appeared in some comic book at one time, but not all of them. So my correction would be to remove the Comics characters category from the Transformers characters page. This would be more technically accurate. Mathewignash (talk) 18:53, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
- In the interest of accuracy, I moved Category:Transformers characters to Category:Marvel Comics characters, and added categories for the other companies that have published Transformers comics, similar to what was done with Category:G.I. Joe characters. But this still means that adding those categories to specific Transformers character articles is redundant, because they already have specific Transformer categories on their articles. The category "Marvel Comics characters" specifically states that it is for characters that are not already covered by one of the subcategories. Fortdj33 (talk) 19:25, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
- Your solution doesn't really address the flaw. Looking at the way it's organized now it looks like every Transformers character is a character of Marvel Comics and IDW comics, and Dreamwave comics, etc! which is inaccurate. Is there is there any reason why you are against all the Transformers characters who appeared in Marvel comics as "Category:Marvel Comics characters"? It seems the most accurate way of doing things. The ones who appeared in Marvel Comics get that category, and those who did not don't get that category.Mathewignash (talk) 01:00, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
- In the interest of accuracy, I moved Category:Transformers characters to Category:Marvel Comics characters, and added categories for the other companies that have published Transformers comics, similar to what was done with Category:G.I. Joe characters. But this still means that adding those categories to specific Transformers character articles is redundant, because they already have specific Transformer categories on their articles. The category "Marvel Comics characters" specifically states that it is for characters that are not already covered by one of the subcategories. Fortdj33 (talk) 19:25, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
- I don't see any problem with the examples of Rom and the Micronauts, as they have the same toy origins. I would argue that "Transformers characters" should NOT be place in the category "Comics characters" as not all Transformers characters have appeared in comics. Most of them have appeared in some comic book at one time, but not all of them. So my correction would be to remove the Comics characters category from the Transformers characters page. This would be more technically accurate. Mathewignash (talk) 18:53, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
- Rom and the Micronauts are not good examples, because those articles specifically state that those characters are in the Marvel Universe. They are not like Transformers or G.I. Joe, which both have hundreds of characters, many with their own articles, some of whom appeared in Marvel publications. I understand that you would like to tag those characters specifically, but it is simply unnecessary, when they are already tagged with subcategories of Category:Comics characters that are much more specific. Fortdj33 (talk) 18:15, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
- Just going by what other wikipedia article have done, look at Rom the Spaceknight. He's a Parker Brothers toy who is listed in the Category Marvel Super Heroes. Just because he's a licensed toy doesn't exclude him from a Marvel category. Same could be said of any of the Micronauts heroes, who originated as Mego toys. Mathewignash (talk) 17:48, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
- Again, I see where you're coming from, but your logic is flawed. The Transformers and G.I. Joe characters did not originate in Marvel Comics, they are as you stated just toy characters licensed to Marvel. And, if Category:Marvel Comics characters is a "catch-all" category, then it should not be used to mark specific Transformers who have appeared in Marvel Comics anyway. The best solution to this would be to add the specific categories to Category:Transformers characters, rather than add them redundantly to character articles already in that category. Fortdj33 (talk) 17:42, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
- I see two possible points against the inclusion of the category for TF and GI Joe characters as I understand it. One is that they don't belong to the "Marvel Comics character" category because they are already listed as comics characters. I don't agree with this simply because its not specific enough. The second is that these characters may have appeared in Marvel Comics, but they are not specifically Marvel Comics characters, just toy character licensed to Marvel for comics. To this I would argue that the first Transformers biographies were written for Hasbro by Marvel Comics writers, and they very first appearance of many of the Transformers characters in ANY fiction was in the Marvel Comics. Transformers #1 by Marvel Comics predates the Transformers TV series, books and movies. The original Transformers are Marvel characters before anything else. The "Category:Marvel Comics characters" specifically states "This is a catch-all category for all fictional characters originating in Marvel Comics" Optimus Prime's first appearance in any fiction was in a Marvel comic book. Mathewignash (talk) 17:18, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
- Can we get any disinterested third parties to comment on this? The two ways that seem to be possible is: 1. Just list all the Transformers as generic comics characters, which is simple, but inaccurate, or 2. List each one if they appeared in comic brand, which is a bit longer, but much accurate. Mathewignash (talk) 01:00, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
- Mathewignash, with all due respect, you are trying to create a problem that doesn't need to be solved. More than one reason has already been shown, as to why it is unnecessary to place Transformers character articles in specific comic categories. You even state that you "see two possible points against the inclusion of the category for TF and GI Joe characters", but your argument is that you just don't agree with it. The fact is, that these characters are not "Marvel" characters, and apparently no one else thinks that it is necessary to mark which characters were published by certain companies. That is simply overcategorization, which is redundant and unnecessary. Fortdj33 (talk) 14:22, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
- I hope you don't think I'm being any trouble. I simply saw a category that seemed appropriate to an article, and you removed it based on the idea that it was redundant because all Transformers are listed as Marvel characters. I'd argue that this is inaccurate, and simply want to be more specific. I have not really heard a good argument from you as to why being specific with each character (as opposed to painting all the Transformers articles with a broad brush) is a bad thing. Mathewignash (talk) 00:19, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
- Mathewignash, with all due respect, you are trying to create a problem that doesn't need to be solved. More than one reason has already been shown, as to why it is unnecessary to place Transformers character articles in specific comic categories. You even state that you "see two possible points against the inclusion of the category for TF and GI Joe characters", but your argument is that you just don't agree with it. The fact is, that these characters are not "Marvel" characters, and apparently no one else thinks that it is necessary to mark which characters were published by certain companies. That is simply overcategorization, which is redundant and unnecessary. Fortdj33 (talk) 14:22, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
- Transformers characters have appeared in Marvel Comics, but they are not Marvel Comics characters, because Marvel does not own (most of) the fictional elements from the comics. That's why Dreamwave, IDW, and Fun Publications could use ideas from the Mavel books without crediting Bob Budanski or anyone else, but cannot use Circuit Breaker, Death's Head, or any of the human characters. On the other hand, they do own virtually everything in the ROM books except for the likeness and name of the title character. Since there's only one page for the character and the series, and because the character was much more involved in the larger Marvel U, it has a stronger claim to the category.
- Here's another way to think about it - Do you think this tag should be added to the Barack Obama article? He appeared in an issue of Spider-man. Argento Surfer (talk) 17:51, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
- I agree but would say that's a poor example, because the obvious issues with Barack Obama are that he is a real person, not a character, and his fictional representation in comics is limited to a couple of non-notable appearances. Neither of those issues are the case with the Transformers cast. A better example would be whether the category should be added to Luke Skywalker.--NukeofEarl (talk) 15:54, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
- Barak Obama is a bad example because he's a real world person, however, The article Ronald Reagan in fiction does have the tag of "Marvel Comics character", since Ronald Reagan's fictional likeness has appeared in Marvel comics. I would point AGAIN to characters like Rom or the Micronauts, who were licensed character based on toys who Marvel wrote comics for. They are listed on Wikipedia as Marvel heroes. So if they qualify, is there ANY reason why Transformers would not? Anyways, to be honest the debate between myself and Forddj33 is NOT whether Transformers should be considered Marvel character, as he also has them listed as Marvel characters as a group, but lists EVERY Transformer as a Marvel character. I'm the one suggesting limiting it to only Transformers who appeared in Marvel comics as Marvel characters.Mathewignash (talk) 00:12, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
- Mathewignash, you said on my talk page to "please feel free to add your input, and I'll abide by the project's decision". Two other editors have now given reasons why it is not appropriate to place Category:Marvel Comics characters on specific articles for Transformers characters. Yes, I added the category to Category:Transformers characters, because just like Category:G.I. Joe characters and Category:Gargoyles characters, they were at one time published by Marvel. But at that point, those subcategories are sufficient enough to differentiate those characters from others, so marking certain characters as "Marvel Comics characters" is inaccurate and completely unnecessary. I'm sorry if you cannot understand why, but I feel like we are going around in circles, because it has already been explained to you more than once. Please consider dropping the stick and moving on. Fortdj33 (talk) 03:31, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
- Barak Obama is a bad example because he's a real world person, however, The article Ronald Reagan in fiction does have the tag of "Marvel Comics character", since Ronald Reagan's fictional likeness has appeared in Marvel comics. I would point AGAIN to characters like Rom or the Micronauts, who were licensed character based on toys who Marvel wrote comics for. They are listed on Wikipedia as Marvel heroes. So if they qualify, is there ANY reason why Transformers would not? Anyways, to be honest the debate between myself and Forddj33 is NOT whether Transformers should be considered Marvel character, as he also has them listed as Marvel characters as a group, but lists EVERY Transformer as a Marvel character. I'm the one suggesting limiting it to only Transformers who appeared in Marvel comics as Marvel characters.Mathewignash (talk) 00:12, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
- I agree but would say that's a poor example, because the obvious issues with Barack Obama are that he is a real person, not a character, and his fictional representation in comics is limited to a couple of non-notable appearances. Neither of those issues are the case with the Transformers cast. A better example would be whether the category should be added to Luke Skywalker.--NukeofEarl (talk) 15:54, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
Invitation to User Study
Would you be interested in participating in a user study? We are a team at University of Washington studying methods for finding collaborators within a Wikipedia community. We are looking for volunteers to evaluate a new visualization tool. All you need to do is to prepare for your laptop/desktop, web camera, and speaker for video communication with Google Hangout. We will provide you with a Amazon gift card in appreciation of your time and participation. For more information about this study, please visit our wiki page (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Finding_a_Collaborator). If you would like to participate in our user study, please send me a message at Wkmaster (talk) 17:25, 4 February 2014 (UTC).
Accidental ping
My apologies to everyone on this page who received a notification ("echo" or "ping", the numbers to the right of your name at the right hand side top of the screen). We are experimenting with Flow, a new talk page system, and it has some serious bugs. Feel free to join the tests at Wikipedia talk:Flow/Developer test page or to leave your feedback at Wikipedia talk:Flow. I'll try not to repeat the accidental mass-pinging, but accidents can happen... Fram (talk) 14:30, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks, I wasn't sure what that was about. :) BOZ (talk) 16:12, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
- Same. No worries. However, my will not let me clear it. Is there some way to do this without clicking the notification box? - Favre1fan93 (talk) 16:39, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
- Never mind. I figured it out. If you have this issue, go to preferences, notification, then uncheck the new notification option for Flow (the web one). That will clear it. Reenable if you wish. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 16:42, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
Super hero's and villains should fall under several categories when applicable
I think Superhero's who possess a professional skill should be listed as that profession even if it is not their job. I've been adding categories to super hero's such as sole survivor and roboticist to Superman. Superman is clearly quite good at making his Superman duplicate robots. Some of the best known runs of Batman address that he has a split personality issue. Batman comics are psychological fiction even if Batman doesn't count as a psychologist; which according to checkmate he is treated is. Martson run Wonder Woman is the most familiar to feminist theorists, the version of Wonder Woman with telepathy and electro kinesis. The original Spiderman invented web shooters which he could augment for different situations or give to people. I think the policy of using only the best known aspects of the character instead of the comics canon version tends to ignore a lot of their more memorable dark and edgy aspects that would never make it to a film, cartoon or even video game. CensoredScribe (talk) 17:33, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
- The applicable guideline here is Wikipedia:Categories#Articles. Do reliable sources commonly and consistently define Batman as a chemist? No? Then do not categorize Batman as a fictional chemist. If you disagree with the guideline, work to achieve a consensus to change it. Otherwise, please follow it. - SummerPhD (talk) 17:35, 5 February 2014 (UTC)