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Your edits to the doc have created an inconsistency. I pointed that out when I reverted you. Your second change still has the same issue. --
Gonnym (
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14:05, 2 July 2020 (UTC)reply
In the category name, "type" will always be enclosed in parentheses, but "series name" will not be. To me, it's clearer and more helpful to show them likewise in the documentation.
I thought you were pointing out in your edit summary that when I inserted an underscore in "series_name", it looked similar to the usage for parameter names, and it is not the name of a parameter in the calling template; hence, my first edit was also confusing; so you reverted it, which I accepted.
My revert was for both, but I have less issue with series-name than with series_name. You left [[:Category:series-name (type)|*]]. Regarding the substance of the edit though, do you really think "type" will be understood in your edits as a variable and not as the actual word? --
Gonnym (
talk)
14:36, 2 July 2020 (UTC)reply
@
Gonnym: perhaps "series-type" would be an improvement.
Actually, would it be useful to document the functionality using "series-type" for "TV series"/ "video game series" etc, plus "content-type" for "episode"/ "character"/ "location"/ "element"? The template is doing more than currently stated in the doc, e.g. the given example
Category:Arrow (TV series) episode redirects to lists is placed in
Category:Arrow (TV series) episodes.
Just realised, I may have been misunderstanding "type" all along. I thought "type" referred to series-type, since you raised the need for "(TV series)" at
Wikipedia_talk:Categories_for_discussion#RFC_on_including_disambiguators_in_category_names. That was why I left "type" in parentheses, and thought I was being consistent. However, "type" in the current doc means content-type, doesn't it. Well, that needs to be explained in the doc.
Sorry for not responding sooner to your ping
[2] to
WP:CFDWM.
I assumed that I couldn't edit that page. I now see that I can edit it ....but it still feels wrong for a non-admin to be poking in there.
There is a further issue that most of the backlog results from my nominations. Given arbcom's bizarre ruled that cleaning up after my own nominations were implemented by someone else was sufficiently
WP:INVOLVED to justify stripping me of adminship, I am not gonna go there.
Fair enough. Yes, it was because part of the backlog was from your disambiguation nominations that I pinged you; I thought you might enjoy creating dab pages, or at least have a list of potential cat dab pages to be made. But if that's your interpretation of how things stand, you'd better leave it, as you say. –
FayenaticLondon08:25, 17 July 2020 (UTC)reply
Yes, notice the preceding edit "Update category". My main work in Wikipedia is
WP:CFD administration. The job (renaming/deleting categories) is not done until links to old pages are checked.
I come across old user drafts, among other more useful pages, when checking backlinks to former category pages (redlinks in "What links here"). The second edit (blanking) is to save any similar maintenance being required on that page in future.
I do always check whether there are usable edits in the page history that have yet to be merged into the live article. If there are, sometimes I merge the content myself
WP:AGF, giving attribution; sometimes I tag it for merging, and leave a note in the live article talk page.
But when I blank, it is not blanking for no reason, which was an accusation made against me some months ago. COPYARTICLE says it shouldn't be hosted indefinitely. Blanking saves work for me or other admins checking backlinks after future moves.
I began blanking abandoned user pages after realising what a drain they were on admins' time and attention. Time after time I found that their recent page history showed a series of edits by admins updating various links and tags. Even when no edit is made, the presence of abandoned user drafts in a list of "what links here" takes time and effort to check whether an edit is desirable.
I just wanted to say a quick thanks for two things you did at CFDS:
Withdrawing
[3] your proposal to move
Category:Albini (cognomen) to
Category:Albinus (cognomen). As I noted at speedy, my original move proposal had a bit of a coin toss, and your questioning of it was wise. The fact that my original move turned out on scrutiny to be OK was mostly a matter of luck.
removing
[4] the disambiguation section heading as no longer needed. For the last 3 or 4 weeks, I had been working in reverse alphabetical order through a list of ~7,800 articles not included in their eponymous categories, and that section was being used to disambiguate the false positives. The last edit on that list
[5] was late on Thursday night, so the job is done. You were very eagle-eyed to spot that it was complete.
You're welcome, of course! As for the second one, I was not stalking your list, but that section had recently become much shorter than before, so when it became empty I simply removed the heading as apparently no longer helpful. –
FayenaticLondon11:19, 25 July 2020 (UTC)reply
Following progress on the list would not have been in any way stalking, but your other path to the same decision was sound. The subsection was no longer helpful.
Now I gotta wait for the CFD backlog to clear before I do re-run of all my list-making, and see what's left over. There are some exceptions which should stay, but some will be resolvable, so it will be a time for lots of manual scrutiny. --
BrownHairedGirl(talk) • (
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11:56, 25 July 2020 (UTC)reply
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Hi, I removed the categories on the above page because I redirected the whole page to a section in another article. This was because the page was only a couple of sentences long and didn't make sense to be its own article. When I did that I replaced the entire page contents with the redirect code (as per instructions
here). I'm not sure what the purpose of having categories attached to a redirect page is - could you advise, please?
Itsfini (
talk)
16:58, 7 August 2020 (UTC)reply
Hi @
Itsfini: please see
Wikipedia:Categorizing redirects. I don't see anything on
WP:Redirect that contradicts that guideline. Basically, we categorise redirects when they fit in a category better than the target page. So if a stub is merged and redirected to another article, categories which are not on the target page should often be left in place. –
FayenaticLondon21:42, 7 August 2020 (UTC)reply
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Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. LizRead!Talk!17:30, 9 August 2020 (UTC)reply
Hello, I think you may be an administrator for the moving of catgories? A whole slew of categories were moved overnight from "Conservation in X" to "Nature Conservation in X" as a speedy move, and I would like to dispute this move, which as far I can see was carried out without discussion. To take as an example, Category:Nature conservation in Scotland clearly includes both nature conservation and heritage/built environment, and the lead article,
Conservation in Scotland, is written to reflect this. So moving this to nature conservation does not really make sense. As I say, it looks like lots of categories were moved at once, so it may be appropriate for some, but certainly not all of them. Another user (
Oculi) had alerted me to the fact that the former "Conservation in X" included conservation of both natural and built heritage.
Grinner (
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17:54, 10 August 2020 (UTC)reply
If you receive a warning, it doesn't matter who left it; just consider the content of the warning. The point of that one is that genres need to be supported by citations, especially when giving genres to an album that are different from the genres listed for the band. –
FayenaticLondon23:12, 10 August 2020 (UTC)reply
Citations are like links are they? I'm not sure what that means can you please
Explained what do you mean by that?
Citations are references to reliable sources, which show that what we write is not just our opinion. See
WP:Verification and
WP:Reliable sources.
Now Binksternet is making the Spandau Ballet The Story weird and he is trying to wreck the article now.
Please
WP:Assume good faith. If you disagree with edits by an established user, discuss it on the article talk page, in this case
Talk:The Story – The Very Best of Spandau Ballet, or on the user's talk page. This will be clearer than trying to have a conversation in edit summaries.
I see that Binksternet thinks you are the same person as
User talk:Ben2719941, an account that was blocked for using multiple accounts. Wikipedia is very strict about that. If you are the same person back again, this account will be blocked as well, all the more if you still have not learned how to collaborate constructively with other editors. –
FayenaticLondon05:52, 11 August 2020 (UTC)reply
what do you believe? Do you think Binksternet is right or wrong about what he said? Didn't the other user say that he hurt himself I think the other user disappeared or something like that?
Well, I can see straight away that you write like the other user, and are interested in the same sorts of articles, and seem to be well informed about the history of the other user. It does look as if you are the same person.
How do I write like the other user?, the other user added The Essential albums right? Have you seen this user adding The Essential albums this year? No you haven't so how do you know anyway?
You're adding so much evidence that you are practically confessing. You have convinced me that you are the same person, so I've half a mind to block you myself. –
FayenaticLondon11:07, 11 August 2020 (UTC)reply
Like I said I haven't add any The Essentials albums this year. I didn't even confess anything to you if I did I will be using my real name would I?
For reference, this obvious sockpuppet is talking about the recently deleted category
Category:The Essential (for album articles e.g.
The Essential Run-D.M.C.) which was populated by Ben2719941.
According to this it says Do not link to or include material that may reveal personal information about an editor. Doing so is outing and will be dealt with accordingly.
What the Heck are you sending me anyway? huh? Are you trying to say that you want me to add Essential albums? No way I don't plan to add anymore The Essentials to Wikipedia you do that yourself do not ask me to do your dirty work.
I only wanted to know why you did that it doesn't mean I will get back into it I was only asking a question okay? Are questions not allowed anymore Mr London?
This category really shouldn't have been split and I don't think that was the consensus. I have corrected the errors, but it is a bit of a mess (e.g. NatWest people and litigation included under RBS sub-categories).
2.24.81.227 (
talk)
00:52, 10 September 2020 (UTC)reply
Hi, it helps if you provide links when you leave comments, e.g. in this case to
Category:NatWest Group.
Hi, I see you lcosed the CFDs for Kiev/Kyiv categories. Since they are successful, can I manually rename some and move the contents? unless they have to go through a bot? Thank you.
Starzoner (
talk)
21:02, 5 October 2020 (UTC)reply
@
SpinnerLaserzthe2nd:: I have split the nomination, and suggested upmerging those categories which now contain only one editor (yourself).
It would be nice if you would reply there to the question that was addressed to you: why did you not add yourself to these categories earlier? –
FayenaticLondon21:59, 9 October 2020 (UTC)reply
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"Definition of pace (Entry 3 of 3)contrary to the opinion of —usually used as an expression of deference to someone's contrary opinionEasiness is a virtue in grammar, pace old-fashioned grammarians" Merriam-Webster
Oculi (
talk)
17:04, 26 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Thank you for your feedback on our Professor
Rajendra Srivastava's Wiki page recent updates.
This is to let you know we put the factual information about the Professor on the page, could you please specify any particular reason? and also
Please suggest if you any suggestions and we will try and incorporate those.
Who is "we"? It's all right to have somebody helping with research or with your writing, but you should not be sharing your account. If more than one person is editing as Sireesha EV, please would each of you set up your own user account on Wikipedia. On the other hand, if "we" means you and the Professor, then you need to disclose your interest, see
WP:Conflict of interest. –
FayenaticLondon10:50, 27 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Sysops will
once again be able to view the deleted history of JS/CSS pages; this was restricted to
interface administrators when that group was introduced.
Twinkle's block module now includes the ability to note the specific case when applying a
discretionary sanctions block and/or template.
Hey, could you tell me what the point of
this edit is? I commented in the CfD that if the redirects aren't deleted that they will still be categorized. You supported the deletion of the category but then recategorized them anyways. Now instead of actually being in a relevant category, you've placed them in
Category:Episode redirects to lists, which states at the top, that is is a container category and should contain only sub-categories. --
Gonnym (
talk)
14:26, 5 November 2020 (UTC)reply
Ah, sorry, I think I intended to put them in
Category:Redirects from episodes. Would that be of any use to anyone? If not, I'm happy to revert those edits.
OK, so I should remove that Rcat template from the Homeland redirects to episode articles. I think I used that Rcat on
Homeland Series 2 Episode 4 & similar because I could not find any other applicable template. I could either leave them with no Rcat at all, or take them to Rfd. –
FayenaticLondon17:50, 5 November 2020 (UTC)reply
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Just a quick note to let you know that an apparent find-and-replace error
broke a template transclusion in an article in August 2020. If you have performed similar batch edits, you might want to check that you did not break any other transclusions. I fixed this one for you. Thanks! –
Jonesey95 (
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22:28, 30 November 2020 (UTC)reply
I have partially reverted that edit to remove anachronisms, along with a few others in the same series of edits. I checked back and forth a few days of my contribs and didn't spot any similar errors. Thanks again. –
FayenaticLondon11:21, 1 December 2020 (UTC)reply
Thank you for your conscientious editing. I make mistakes all the time, and I am always happy (sometime later, after I freak out) to have them pointed out to me. –
Jonesey95 (
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14:02, 1 December 2020 (UTC)reply
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Cornish categories
Hello, Fayentatic london,
What's up with these Cornish occupation categories? Some of them are showing up on the
Empty category list. The
CfD discussion was closed a few days ago so the closer removed the CfD tags from the categories. But then you reverted them. Can they be tagged as empty cats now? LizRead!Talk!04:02, 22 December 2020 (UTC)reply
It all got worked out in the end which is the important thing. Seriously, it's really a marvel that 99.99% of discussions regarding category names are resolved without any problems. LizRead!Talk!01:58, 23 December 2020 (UTC)reply
I had forgotten that old draft was even still among my userpages. I imagine people often complain, but in this case I appreciate your reminder of policy.
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18:17, 22 December 2020 (UTC)reply
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16:27, 23 December 2020 (UTC)reply
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17:50, 23 December 2020 (UTC)reply
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