User talk:Clarityfiend/2023

Happy New Year, Clarityfiend!

Happy New Year!

Clarityfiend,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
— Moops ^⋠T⋡ 00:07, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Something fishy going on...

Have you got a problem with haddocks? A bad experience at a fish-and-chip shop? I see a common theme in these nominations... (no offence intended; it just amused me as I read through AfD; have a great weekend). Elemimele (talk) 13:55, 20 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Elemimele: I was tidying up Haddock (disambiguation), and one thing led to another. Clarityfiend (talk) 10:31, 21 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

... what fish next? I shall have to mull-et over, and get my skates on... Elemimele (talk) 10:45, 21 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Elemimele: Shakespeare said it best: "Cry 'Haddock!' and let slip the dogs of deletion." Clarityfiend (talk) 11:56, 21 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Terry edit in The Adventures of Rusty

Hello, thank you for pointing out that Terry is not listed on the IMDB page for The Adventures of Rusty, I added a source (albeit not a super great one) and I thought I'd run it by you. CardboardWolf (talk) 18:59, 26 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@CardboardWolf: Hmmm, I seem to have missed this request. Better late than never. I searched, but couldn't find any other sources to corroborate this claim. Since your source also stated that Toto broke her paw in The Wizard of Oz (which would have required longer than two weeks to heal), I don't consider it to be reliable, so I'm going to remove the uncredit from both Adventures and Terry's own article. Clarityfiend (talk) 06:32, 27 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Snake Davis - userify

Hi

I was wondering if you would be willing to revist the article by sticking it in my user pages so I can add a cople of refs.

It was deleted due to failing notability under WP:MUSICBIO ... However, I feel it does meet 1. and 10. for a couple of counts, and so would like the chance to see what was there and try to get the article on main again.

There were several tracks he performed in that are notable, as well as him performing the theme tune for a TV show, which all fulfil 10., I guess that just leaves 1.

I can see a couple of reliable sources interviewing him, for example https://www.recordproduction.com/interviews/snake-davis, which is an award winning site, so surely must fulfil 1.?

There is also an article on the Yanagisawa saxophpones manufacturer website, https://www.yanagisawasax.co.jp/en/artists/view/118, which I believe is independent enough and reliable enough to give 2x 1.

If you feel that would probably be enough, as well as me finding other refs, please go ahead and stick it in my user pages for me to at least look at and work on.

Thanks Chaosdruid (talk) 22:28, 7 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Chaosdruid: I'm not an admin, so I don't have the ability to recover deleted articles. WP:REFUND is "a central location to request that deleted content be userfied, restored as a draft or emailed to you so the content can be improved upon prior to re-insertion into the mainspace". I should note that interviews are not independent. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:26, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Some rant about your deletion of my article

Hello! I have just noticed that you nominated and successfully deleted an article about Helen Graham, the main heroine in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. I don't deny that the article was not very informative and needed reworking. However, there are numerous articles about fictional heroes of the same quality. I don't mention it because I want them to be deleted too, quite the contrary. I think reworking articles about Dickens', Brontes', Austen's etc. heroes would benefit the project much better than a speed deletion. Anyway, I plan to write the article about Helen all anew with the better sources and I hope there will be no edit war. And please, next time you nominate not so well written article about an important topic for deletion, consider contacting its author(s)/contributor(s). Not that I want to dictate you what to do, but once again, discussions about articles' quality surely will benefit Wikipedia. The Terrible Mutant Hamster (talk) 12:10, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@The Terrible Mutant Hamster: Twinkle automatically notified the article's creator, which is not you. Nobody goes around notifying everyone who made an edit. Also, it was not your article: see WP:OWNERSHIP. Furthermore, WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS is not a justification for keeping something. Finally, it was not "speed" deleted. A consensus was reached, with none of the participants raising any objections. Clarityfiend (talk) 05:04, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Clarityfiend: ideally, substantial contributors should be notified as well, not just creators (according to WP:AFD: [w]hile not required, it is generally considered courteous to notify the good-faith creator and any main contributors of the articles that you are nominating for deletion). @The Terrible Mutant Hamster: as you can see, this is recommended but not a formal requirement. In practice, the majority of people who nominate articles for deletion use the tool WP:TWINKLE, which will send a notification only to the author of the first edit in the page's history (and if that edit was the creation of a redirect, then the person notified won't even be the creator). Unfortunately, it's rare that nominators would take the trouble to track down and notify substantial contributors. If you'd like to keep abreast of what's happening to the articles you're interested in, you can add them to your watchlist, and then check that watchlist every couple of days (if you don't want to do that so frequently, you can change your settings so that you get an email every time someone makes an edit to a page on your watchlist). And as for this AfD, the community agreed with Clarityfiend that this article wasn't needed in its current shape. As far as I can see from the discussion, there was also rough consensus that the topic was notable and that an article could be recreated, provided it's more in-depth and it doesn't duplicate the relevant content in the article about the novel (that's my understanding at least; if you'd like to play it on the safe side, you may want to double-check with the closer of the discussion: Star Mississippi). – Uanfala (talk) 12:28, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Uanfala: Absolutely agree. I've already have an eye on several such articles that require improvement, so this little drama is actually for the best. The Terrible Mutant Hamster (talk) 12:46, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No need to be that rude. Actually, I've made it with my previous account, but it's of no importance now. I know about WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS, I just inform you that your deleting of the pages that will be restored (hopefully in better quality) is a waste of time. Yes, I fully admit that many articles about fictional heroes require improvement. However, we need a more comprehensive approach to the problem. The Terrible Mutant Hamster (talk) 12:34, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@The Terrible Mutant Hamster: No need to be that rude? Look in the mirror sometime ("rant"?). Also, you have this odd notion that I somehow wield such power that I can unilaterally delete articles. It was discussed by multiple lvoters, and they all agreed. Clarityfiend (talk) 08:00, 7 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Clarityfiend: It's time you knew about Sarcasm (word "rant" didn't mean an actual rant). I never told that the deletion was your personal fault, I told that wikipedians need a more comprehensive approach to the problem. Also, let's appreciate the common goals, we both want Wikipedia articles to be more informative. Peace 😉 The Terrible Mutant Hamster (talk) 10:29, 7 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

So sarcasm isn't rude? Telling me what I should or shouldn't do isn't rude? Claiming I'm being rude for daring to disagree with you and refuting each of your points is somehow unacceptable? Trying to have the last word to justify your behavior. If the deletion isn't my fault, why are you even here? Clarityfiend (talk) 02:01, 8 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Carlton - People

Hello, User:Clarityfiend, I have noticed you reverted my edit at Carlton (disambiguation) and will assume this is a contribution in good faith. It appears you added "and fictional characters" to the subtitle to section People. This, however, is a disputable edit. Please seeWP:MOSDAB. Jones#People, Johnson (disambiguation)#People, Smith#People, Anderson#People, Sebastian#People Goodman#People Baker (disambiguation)#People. BurgeoningContracting 03:06, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@BurgeoningContracting: How is it "disreputable"? MOSDAB says nothing about fixing incorrect section titles (why would it?). As for your examples, they're just errors that need to be (and are going to be) corrected. Clarityfiend (talk) 03:45, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Go ahead and re-read MOSDAB. Pray do tell me where it says these sections need "fixing". I have looked at other Dab pages with surnames and the only ones that read "People and fictional characters" are ones that you have edited, like Jackson BurgeoningContracting 04:30, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Show me where MOSDAB (or any other guideline) says to ignore inaccurate section titles. Fictional characters are not people. Clarityfiend (talk) 04:31, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

WP:LONGDAB suggests that the section name be People. That combined with existing precedent leads me to believe that it would be best to leave these sections as People for the sake of Wikipedia's general appearance of matching pages when it comes up to DABs, since most DAB pages have only People and it looks like you are a one-man operation. BurgeoningContracting 04:54, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

LONGDAB does not support your claim. Enough of this nonsense. I'm opening a discussion at ~~Help talk:Section#Section title dispute~~ Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style#Section title dispute. Clarityfiend (talk) 05:14, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It would have been best if you had not "corrected" the examples I provided until we receive input at the dispute thread you created. BurgeoningContracting 08:53, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I am that confident. Further comments should be made at the MOS talk page. Clarityfiend (talk) 09:53, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

WP:LONGDAB is a guideline

And guidelines should be followed except when there is a good, articulatable reason not to. On Mac, you made some improvements, but you also ignored this bit of WP:LONGDAB (emphasis in original): "all entries that belong in that subject area must be there". If a dab has a section called "Organizations", then all organizations must be found there, either directly or (less ideally) via a hatnote. Likewise "Places". (Schools are both places and organizations, and we should expect readers to look for them in either of those sections.) I'm not sure what you meant by "overly broad" with respect to "Organizations" and "Places" - there is no guidance limiting the number of entries in a section, so long as they are appropriately organized into subsections.

And, less significantly, LONGDAB also says: "List groups of people (such as ethnic groups) and titles shared by several people separately from individuals."

Thanks, —swpb^{T • beyond • mutual} 19:44, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I would hardly call a school an organization, except in the broadest sense. In any case, that section heading is redundant, and I have removed it. Clarityfiend (talk) 06:34, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Then we have a problem, because 1) "Organizations" is recommended by the guide, and 2) a school is an institution and therefore, no two ways about it, an organization. So says our category structure, Wiktionary, and Wikidata, for starters. I'm happy to try to convince you of that, but I don't need to, because as you know, in a dispute, the status quo ante bellum stands. A consensus involving a number of other editors will be needed to change it, if you choose to seek one; I stand firm on that. —swpb^{T • beyond • mutual} 14:15, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Swpb: You are misinterpreting LONGDAB. It says "if Organizations is used", not that it is "recommended". What you are ignoring is "most disambiguation pages will only use a few of these headings" and "Readers should be able to find their target with minimal reading". You have complicated things and made it more difficult for the reader by added one or more unnecessary layers of sections and subsections. In addition, you have stretched "Places" to include entries that are not normally placed there in other dab pages, e.g. schools, museums, art centers, train stations. Why not add yet another layer of "Things" while you're at it. Other quibbles include that "mac" is not short for "macaroni" by itself (do a search of "mac short for macaroni" and you will find that it is all about "mac and cheese", not plain pasta). Clarityfiend (talk) 10:54, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"You are misinterpreting LONGDAB". Friend, observe the edit history of WP:LONGDAB. —swpb^{T • beyond • mutual} 14:12, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

For what? Does the fact that you had a hand in writing it invalidate my points? It does not. Clarityfiend (talk) 11:00, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see value in continuing talking here; your talk page is not where this is going to be resolved. I'm only writing now because, for some reason, probably my fault, the edit summary I wrote for this edit got cut off. The summary I wrote was something like: "'Contrived' and 'problematic' are opinions, and ones I disagree with. Macau is absolutely referred to as MAC in documents using the ISO codes; such codes are always put under "Places". And per LONGDAB, repetition of entries is not a problem." Now since I'm here, I'll just re-iterate my most recent summary: on two points where we can't agree, I'm going to stand hard on WP:STATUSQUO. If you want those two changes, you're going to have to do it the long way. —swpb^{T • beyond • mutual} 20:36, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Challenge accepted, and on your home ground too. Clarityfiend (talk) 21:28, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Lee Mavers

I’ve added a section on the talk page of List of Recluses where we can discuss why I disagree with you as to why you remove him from the list Bob3458 (talk) 20:07, 18 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Recluses

I know some of my additions to the list may be highly debatable and you’re justified to remove them but I feel Bill Watterson and Terrence Malick fit the description of a recluse.

If you disagree then please let me know. Bob3458 (talk) 14:28, 22 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Bob3458: I do disagree. I go by the definitions in various dictionaries:

"a person who lives alone and avoids going outside or talking to other people" Cambridge Dictionary
"a person who lives alone and deliberately avoids other people" Collins Dictionary

I draw a distinction between "reclusive" and a "recluse". To me, the former describes someone who dislikes being in the limelight and protects their privacy (an anti-Kardashian, in other words), while the latter is someone who essentially cuts themself off from society in general. In Watterson's case, his own words put him in the former category: "Besides disliking the diminished privacy and the inhibiting quality of feeling watched, I valued my anonymous, boring life." Mallick is a borderline case, though I would still not call him a recluse. He certainly isn't one now; he is still making films, so unless he's a one-man jack-of-all-trades, he interacts with his film crew, financiers, etc. Does his roughly 20 year interlude between Days of Heaven (1978) and The Thin Red Line (1998) make him a recluse? How can we tell? He could have been out partying all night, every night, for all we know. Lack of knowledge of his "lost" years doesn't mean we can conclude he was a recluse. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:41, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Out of curiosity, is there anyone not on the list who you consider a recluse? Bob3458 (talk) 10:42, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Bob3458: Not sure if it counts, but while searching, the name of Marcel Proust came up. It appears I deleted him before (I'd forgotten), but upon further digging, I was wrong to oust him. Clarityfiend (talk) 10:36, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Do you feel Steve Dikto belongs on the list because I see him on a lot of these "Famous Recluses" lists. Bob3458 (talk) 22:42, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Well, there are some sources that label him one, but his family doesn't think so, nor does this website of uncertain reliability ("Comic Legends: Was Steve Ditko Really a Recluse?"). I don't have time right now, but I will think about it later. Clarityfiend (talk) 22:56, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Shubnikovs

Hi Clarityfiend, you removed the hatnote on Alexei Vasilievich Shubnikov with the comment "silly hatnote". You also removed a similar hatnote from Lev Shubnikov. I respectful disagree with your removals for the following reason.

The article on A.V. Shubnikov was created specifically for the purpose of distinguishing the two scientists, as on 17-11-2020 user Parcly Taxel had created a link to Lev Shubnikov from Magnetic space group where it referenced Shubnikov groups. In fact these groups are named after A.V. Shubnikov not Lev Shubnikov. Two days later I created the A.V. Shubnikov article and added hatnotes to both articles to prevent other users confusing the two scientists in the future. Please consider reverting your removal of these two hatnotes. GreatStellatedDodecahedron (talk) 11:53, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@GreatStellatedDodecahedron: I see what you're trying to do, but you're going about it the wrong way. Nobody is going to specifically type "Lev Shubnikov" looking for the other person, and vice versa. It appears to me (correct me if I'm wrong) that neither scientist towers over the other (c.f. WP:PRIMARY TOPIC). In that case, Shubnikov should not redirect to one or the other, but should rather become a surname page listing both, which I will now create. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:53, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Now if one was significantly more famous than the other, the correct procedure would be to use Shubnikov as a redirect to the better-known person and add one hatnote only there, using the redirect hatnote template to link to the less well-known individual. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:58, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your explanation and for creating the Shubnikov surname page. GreatStellatedDodecahedron (talk) 08:53, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Oscar Holmes

On 2 May 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Oscar Holmes, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during World War II, Oscar Holmes became the first black US naval aviator only because the still-segregated Navy initially thought that the light-skinned Holmes was white? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Oscar Holmes. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Oscar Holmes), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

BorgQueen (talk) 12:03, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 10,406 views (867.2 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of May 2023 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:27, 3 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Time-Date-City wristwatch

In the Chucklevision episode Market Forces, Paul got a wristwatch that tells the time & date in 12 cities at the same time. And when Barry asked when did he get it, he said "A week next Thursday". Funny, strange or silly, whenever Barry asked what time it was and what day it was, Paul would say the month rather than the number or day (e.g. Hour: 20-past June. Day: January), and Barry does not say "What do you mean, 20-past June?" nor "I said day, not month." When today was actually Saturday, Paul's watch said Friday, which is one of the days the markets open, only the markets were empty today. So maybe it was only Friday in Tokoyo. See the episode on Youtube. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Miscellaneous#Time-Date-City_wristwatch 86.130.77.121 (talk) 20:03, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In Traditional Chinese medecine...

Would it be possible to remove this sentence from your User page, it is a bit rude to Chinese people? 2001:48F8:3004:FC4:48EA:35CE:A536:B342 (talk) 05:32, 10 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No, it isn't. It's mocking people who believe in nonsensical things, not Chinese people in general. (See, for example, this article about all the nasty stuff that could be found in bat guano.) Clarityfiend (talk) 06:05, 10 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You don't even have to be Chinese to believe in it. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:48, 10 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Always precious

Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:14, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Request on 13:31:46, 17 July 2023 for assistance on AfC submission by HWilson Archivist

HWilson Archivist (talk · contribs)
- Draft:Stephen Manson Benson (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Hello, I am following up on the recent rejection and feedback on our submission on Stephen Manson Benson. This article was created as part of the Wiki GLAM initiative, the stated mission of which is to " share their resources with the world." We are following the example of others in our sector, for example the Frick Collection GLAM project which has successfully published articles such as these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winthrop_Kellogg_Edey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Johnson_Howell

I do not see how our content differs from this, in the significance of the subjects/individuals discussed nor the nature of the sources referenced. Both are highlighting prominent individuals and collections within our respective institutions collections. Stephen Manson Benson may not have left a mark on a global scale, but his collection of photography is extremely significant for documenting the early history of our county. I would have thought the intention of GLAM wiki would be to highlight the history of smaller institutions and communities equally with that of larger or more prominent ones. I therefore am left wondering why their articles were approved while ours was rejected. Are we missing a tag on our article to mark it as part of the GLAM initiative?

Thank you for your help.

HWilson Archivist (talk) 13:31, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@HWilson Archivist: Both Edey and Howell have New York Times obituaries, indicating that that newspaper considered them notable. Edey has other ~~good~~ sources. I am actually a bit uneasy about Howell, as her short obituary is the sole independent source. However, in Benson's case there are none. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:48, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

So for some one to be notable they must be of high profile. That's essentially what this works out to. How does that allow for balanced content on wikipedia? How are we, stewarding the history of a smaller community, able to contribute to the GLAM wiki initiative? 199.48.103.194 (talk) 13:07, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:BIO. Reliable independent sources have to have written about them. It's not Wikipedia's function to spotlight people whom others have not. Clarityfiend (talk) 13:10, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

States attorneys

On that category you might want to point out we have one article. I think it would help if people read through that article, and maybe our helpful (in seeing how messy this is) article List of district attorneys by county

The latter is truly a mess. Each state calls them by their own name. Districts often correspond with counties. In Iowa they call them County Attorneys, but 2 of the 97 cover 2 counties.

Some of these are appointed, some elected. However all are head prosecutors for a local prosecuting office. I do not think the notion of merging them into the American prosecutors really makes sense. At least we want to think about it. There are essentially 4 American attorneys who would count as prosecutors. 1-US Attorneys, used to called US district attorneys. They lead offices that do prosecuting for the US government. Each state has 1 or more judicial district, each district has a US attorney. They also handle civil as well as criminal cases, so they do more than just prosecuting. 2- Assistant US attorneys. A lower percentage of these are notable, and some it might be harder to say it is defining. They are usually the poeople doing the main work, and far out number the Distict Attorneys. 3-The state level district/states/county (attorney or prosecutor) officers, I have not covered all the names. They oversee the prosecution of most crimes in the US. There are thousands of them at any given time. 4-The attorneys under those attorneys who handled the actual prosecutions in most cases, unless it is a very small district. There are a lot more of these, but they do generally serve longer. So we have 2 questions. 1-do we want to distinguish the state-level and federal level prosecutors by cat. 2-do we want to have sepeate categories for the people who act as leads of office, as opposed to those who work in actual prosecution in the court room. My initial guess is we want cats for US attorneys, who in most cases are notable for the office and often do other notable things, being an assitant US attorney is an important part of someones bio and worth having cat as such, I also think the nature of the lead local prosecutor whatever it is called makes it a notable office, and having sub-cats for each state makes sense because the legal system is different in each state, and having one US cat would become huge. To me the biggest question is weather those who work in the prosecuting office but not as the lead local prosecutor are distinct enough from other attorneys to justify a category for them, but I am pretty sure the other 3 are, and by state for state level makes sense. However I think the thing you nominated is a case of grouping people by shared name, instead of by actual nature of the office. There are distinctions between state attorneys in various states, If they are appointed or elected and if they are elected in partisan or non-partisan election, and probably other distinctions, but those are not in ways that would correspond to what they are called.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:26, 11 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ack. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:06, 12 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Check redirects when splitting dab pages

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Fritz Lang film 'M'

You appear not to have read the linked star chamber article. The modern usage is not limited to the British courts. As the article states that it is a general term: "In modern times, legal or administrative bodies with strict, arbitrary rulings, no "due process" rights to those accused, and secretive proceedings are sometimes metaphorically called "star chambers"." The use of the phrase 'kangaroo court' currently in the article is very poor; if you do not like 'star chamber' for whatever reason, then at least change 'kangaroo court' to something more useful indicating its criminal and malign nature. HenryRoan (talk) 23:38, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Kangaroo court is correct. It is for entities with "little or no official standing", unlike star chambers. Also, the term does strongly indicate a "criminal and malign nature". Clarityfiend (talk) 00:10, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Texas Shootout for deletion

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Thanks

For this. I did something similar to the Enterprise list (moved, started main cast). _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 00:43, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Hoarders has been nominated for deletion

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Category:War criminals has been nominated for deletion

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CfD nomination at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 December 22 § X in fiction X

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Sharpe

Just read through a bunch of your Sharpe articles. Great stuff! Sbierwagen (talk) 03:23, 23 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yo Ho Ho

★Trekker (talk) is wishing you a griffin's claw full of Seasons Greetings! Whether you celebrate your hemisphere's Solstice or Christmas, Diwali, Hogmanay, Hanukkah, Lenaia, Festivus or even the Saturnalia, this is a special time of year for almost everyone!

Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:WereSpielChequers/Dec21}} to your friends' talk pages.

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Category:Films about paraplegics or quadriplegics has been nominated for renaming

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