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User script to detect unreliable sources
I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like
- John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14. (
John Smith "[https://www.deprecated.com/article Article of things]" ''Deprecated.com''. Accessed 2020-02-14.
)
and turns it into something like
- John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.
It will work on a variety of links, including those from {{cite web}}, {{cite journal}} and {{doi}}.
The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.
Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.
This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:01, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
Undiscussed move
There has been an undiscussed move from Shane O'Neill (Irish chieftain) to Sean O'Neill (Irish chieftain) (not, to note, "Seán"), with attendant changes of name throughout the article, including to quotes. From the rendering in refs and from the fact that in move discussions on the talk page, the issue was not the rendering of the first name but what to put in parenthesis after the full name, I assume "Shane" is the customary rendering for this individual, in English. Mutt Lunker (talk) 09:17, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
Vandalism on Fenian Rising article
Please be aware that there is ongoing vandalism at Fenian Rising. See the discussion at Talk:Fenian Rising#Killed on the day (5 march 1867). --Scolaire (talk) 08:47, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
Access to Irish newspaper sources
Hi. Does anyone have access to Irish newspaper sources that may or may not help with this AfD? Thank you. Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 17:00, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
Ireland Portal Missing
There is no portal for Ireland, as P:IRL relates specifically to the island. It's absence is conspicuous from the "Related portals" section of that portal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cashew.wheel (talk • contribs) 16:01, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
WP:SOFIXIT Xx78900 (talk) 16:24, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
- Happy to do the grunt work on it.
- Before starting though, I believe it would be much clearer if "Portal:Ireland" was moved to "Portal:Island Of Ireland" and the shortcuts P:ÉIRE and P:IRL being made available for use with the new portal. It would be great to get consensus on such changes. Cashew.wheel (talk) 16:50, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
What would go into your proposed new Portal:Ireland that isn't already in the current Portal:Ireland? Creating a new portal to effectively mirror an existing one (with a few topics removed), and changing the name and shortcuts for the existing portal, just for the sake of being able to say "the name of the 26-county state is Ireland", seems utterly pointless to me. Portals are on the way out anyway; they are very infrequently updated and probably very rarely used. Scolaire (talk) 09:43, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
- I too question the value portals bring to the site (a lot like Doras.ie they're very 1996), so discussing the merit of creating one is wise. Many articles (such as Politics of the Republic of Ireland) link to the portal as if it is for Ireland (country) rather than Ireland (island), even Portal:Republic of Ireland incorrectly redirects to P:IRL (not because of the name, but because it suggests the island and country are the same). Perhaps cleaning up those articles to unlink the portal would be an alternative solution.
- It feels like the historial mixed use of P:IRL resulted in the omission of a distinct portal for the country. Adding a seperate portal now would be for the sake of completeness, with it's content and design evolving over time. Just as the Northern Ireland portal is distinct, so too would the portal for the Republic Of Ireland. Cashew.wheel (talk) 13:23, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
- Agree with Scolaire. The existing P:IRL has only had one (technical) edit so far this year. Readers don't read them, & editors don't edit them. Johnbod (talk) 13:29, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
- @Cashew.wheel: You haven't answered the key question: what would go into your proposed new Portal:Ireland that isn't already in the current Portal:Ireland? I would oppose creating a redundant portal just "for the sake of completeness". Scolaire (talk) 17:04, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
AfD
Hi. You may or may not be interested in this AfD, as the subject was born in Belfast in 1900. Thank you. Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 08:39, 9 June 2022 (UTC)