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Osborne_Reef

Edit Osborne_Reef. Sir ! Of course artificial reef is NOT a seamount. It's definitely so !!! What I've done simply used template for UNDER the sea level structure. The other option will be to use Template:Infobox islands which in my view is more appropriate for something ABOVE the sea level. Unfortunately there are no infoboxes for reefs. Please provide your suggestions. Thank you ! User:Abune (talk) 18:07, 7 June 2019 (UTC) P.S. There is also Template:Infobox landform which some articles use for artificial reefs. But landform ≠ seaform !!! Also I feel that ALL types of reefs should preferably use the same sea related infobox. Suggestions ? User:Abune (talk) 18:41, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

I would recommend either (a) collaborating with the appropriate WikiProject (e.g. Wikipedia:WikiProject Oceans) to develop {{infobox reef}} or something similarly appropriate, or (b) not implementing an infobox at Osborne Reef at all, since nobody has needed and created one in the last 18.4 years. — fourthords | =Λ= | 18:43, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

Do you know who can help to build {{infobox reef}}  ? I haven't build infoboxes yet ( and I'm here since 2006 ) As to use Template:Infobox seamount it actually has option to indicate origin of the "mountain" and I specifically indicated there – artificial reef. Besides someone with background in GEOLOGY actually thanked me for work I have done ! So there are different opinions on how to proceed. User:Abune (talk) 19:06, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

I don't know anybody who builds infoboxes; you may want to check at Wikipedia:WikiProject Infoboxes. You may also find that no such template has been made because either there's no need, or there may be a contingent of editors in opposition to such (see Wikipedia:Disinfoboxes). There's also {{infobox}} itself—I've used it occasionally when I felt an infobox would be helpful, but couldn't find an appropriate one. — fourthords | =Λ= | 19:22, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

Very interesting read - Wikipedia:Disinfoboxes ! I need to study this as I'm generally PRO infoboxes. Need to know arguments of opposition !!! As to your argument "because either there's no need" that's a weak argument ... it's amazing how many things are still very poorly developed in Wikipedia. And definitely reefs are among these poorly developed subjects. I'll check with Wikipedia:WikiProject Oceans if they are interested in creating {{infobox reef}} or Template:Infobox seamount with indication artificial reef will serve the purpose just fine. Depending on the outcome of discussion in Wikipedia:WikiProject Oceans I might reverse Osborne_Reef back to my edit. User:Abune (talk) 19:50, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Canada–Philippines waste dispute

Hey, Fourthords! This article was tagged for an update after the hook was moved to prep, so an admin moved it out of queue at DYK. Would you be able to update the page? The hook is currently in prep 6, which won't go back into queue for several days, so no huge urgency, but I thought I'd give you a heads up! --valereee (talk) 10:20, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

I entirely forgot about that after I nominated it! There was an update in the incident itself at the end of May, but I haven't sifted through those sources yet. Thanks for the heads-up! — fourthords | =Λ= | 23:08, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

Glad to help! --valereee (talk) 13:20, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

I've given the article an update with sources as recently as today! — fourthords | =Λ= | 18:15, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

Great, it's in prep now, should go to queue in the next couple days! --valereee (talk) 21:11, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

DYK for Canada–Philippines waste dispute

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Hey, thanks! — fourthords | =Λ= | 00:57, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

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Mark Dice

Thank you, you did an awesome job on this. Let's see what will happen next by the people trying to keep the article to a minimum though. Bollyjeff | talk 01:17, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks so much! I used all the reliable sourcing from the previous version, and just tried to spit-and-polish everything. — fourthords | =Λ= | 01:56, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

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I swear I checked that page, and it wasn't a DAB. No worries; I've removed the link. — fourthords | =Λ= | 15:26, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi my friend

Thank you for supporting me. My interest in true crime is a specialist subject not an obsession. An obsession you cannot control. I feel that victims should have a voice after the media spotlight has changed. Love and care to you, my friend. Paul Benjamin Austin (talk) 09:23, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

Hey, Paul. I generally try to avoid drama, but that was getting out of hand (and in wild violation of the rules), and I just tattled to the authorities. All the best, mate. — fourthords | =Λ= | 16:39, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

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Italics in hatnote--why did you do that?

Apparently, the About hatnote template (like all hatnotes) italicizes all text by default. Why do you insist on adding "{{!}}" to "Apollo 13 (film)", which has the effect of removing the italics areund "Apollo 13"? I don't think it makes sense to try to mess with italizication of a movie title inside a hatnote. Apparently no one else does either, since the hatnote has existed for a long time without the "!". If you have a good reason for this, please educate me. JustinTime55 (talk) 18:19, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

Sorry, I tried to explain in my edit summary ("IAW WP:HAT#Examples of proper use & italic type#Italics within italics"), but I'll elaborate further here. (a) At the Wikipedia:Hatnote editing guideline, it has examples of properly using hatnotes; one of them deals with an italicized article target, and employs the coded piping to add disitalicization to the name: WP:HAT#Hatnote(s) above maintenance tags. (b) Then, at our own artcle on italic type, it says "If something within a run of italics needs to be italicised itself, the type is normally switched back to non-italicized (roman) type: 'I think The Scarlet Letter had a chapter about that, thought Mary.' In this example, the title ('The Scarlet Letter') is within an italicised thought process and therefore this title is non-italicised." Does this make sense? — Fourthords | =Λ= | 18:30, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation. If that's the recommended way, I think it should be made more prominent. The topic of handling italicized article titles should be explicitly called out in WP:Hatnote, and not just depending on users to infer it from an example. And if switching back to unitalicized within italicized is our recommended style, it should also be mentioned in MOS:ITALICS, not just in Italic type. JustinTime55 (talk) 20:39, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

Coincidentally, that explicit clarification was added only 88 minutes after your reply here! It's located at WP:HAT#Hatnotes with italics in the links. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 17:48, 31 August 2019 (UTC)

Monica Witt

Is she a hacker? Personisgaming (talk) 21:31, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

Nothing in the article nor its reliable sources describes her as such. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 22:14, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

Since your notice I made the Charming Kitten Page --Personisgaming (talk) 00:51, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

Abbreviations for Star Trek

What is the disruption? DIS is the community based abbreviation for Discovery, in the same way that ENT is for Enterprise and VOY for Voyager, PIC for Picard.

Shows with one word titles have abbreviations using the first three letters of said title, whereas shows with multiple word titles such as The Next Generation have abbreviations consisting of the first letter of each word, TNG, DS9. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.236.99.51 (talk • contribs) 21:45, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

The abbreviations used on Star Trek articles have been determined by consensus at the Star Trek WikiProject. We're not declaring that any given abbreviation is 'right' or 'official', we're just agreeing on them for consistency in the articles where {{Star Trek abbreviations}} is transcluded.

(a) "DIS" is in contravention of consensus; you should take it up with WT:TREK if you feel it should be changed. (b) That's unlikely because John Van Citters has gone on record that "DSC" is the official abbreviation for Discovery. (c) For the transcluding pages to use "DSC", but for the legend to say "DIS", is patently problematic. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 21:56, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

Considering that you appear to be the main person making said changes and are the one that is threatening me with the proposed banning of editing I brought it up with you, particularly since it seems you are the person making decisions regarding it on the WTTRek page. Furthermore, I'm not saying to only use it there, but throughout the Trek pages. Furthermore, don't attempt to use John's Twitter for defense of DSC when you argued against it regarding VGR. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.236.99.51 (talk) 22:00, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

If you want the abbreviation for Star Trek: Discovery to be "DIS" across the English Wikipedia as opposed to "DSC", especially in the face of an official CBS-connected verification of the latter, you will need to bring it up for discussion at WT:TREK. Don't think that CBS→SOP, but instead consensus→SOP, with CBS influencing consensus. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 22:15, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

Clearly you want to be in charge of your little fiefdom, so I'm done trying to debate it with you. But considering that Wikipedia is losing money, this site won't go on forever. So have fun while it lasts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.236.99.51 (talk) 22:19, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

I have no idea to what you're referring, across the board.

Clearly you want to be in charge of your little fiefdom First of all, feudalism died circa the 15th century. Secondly, how do you interpret "gain consensus" (an English Wikipedia policy) as WP:OWNership? But considering that Wikipedia is losing money, this site won't go on forever. Wikipedia is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit and charitable organization. It's not in the business of making money. As for its revenues, however, they went from US$91.2 million in 2017 to $104.5M in 2018, an increase of 15 percent. As for "go[ing] on forever", you're correct in that nothing will. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 22:30, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

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Oh for goodness' sake! I knew better. Thank you; I've fixed it. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 14:50, 24 October 2019 (UTC)

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That was actually intentional this time! Thank you, though. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 15:16, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

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That was apparently a typo, accidentally typing {{cc-by-sa-30}} instead of {{cc-by-sa-3.0}}. I didn't realize the uploader would accept invalid licenses, so I didn't check after the fact. I've fixed it. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 22:06, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

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Thanks for catching that! I've fixed it. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 15:28, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

Dang, you and Deepfriedokra are fast

@Fourthords and Deepfriedokra:

Thank you to you both for your edits at Talk:Sunshine Mall. I was just going to add the {{olddelrev}} tag to the article, but noticed Deepfriedokra had already added the old AfD tag and you added an article history template (of which I was not aware). This article, indeed, has some interesting history when you consider:

• its result at the 2007 AfD was to delete;
• it was re-created in 2019 and incorrectly speedy deleted by A7 per Bbb23;
• consensus was virtually unanimous that A7 didn't apply and it was overturned at DRV on 27 January 2020; and,
• as Deepfriedokra mentioned, TenPoundHammer was, ironically, both the original AfD nominator and a passionate advocate at DRV to overturn the A7 speedy deletion following its re-creation

Very interesting! Nevertheless, it's proof positive that consensus can change at any time, sometimes with surprising turns of events. ;)

Cheers,
--Doug Mehus T·C 15:39, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

Dmehus, I think you mean Ten Pound hammer, not myself :)CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 15:43, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

CaptainEek, Yep, sorry, just corrected it now. My bad. You were the nom of the DRV. Thanks for doing that, by the way! One of the most unanimous DRV overturn decisions I've seen. Doug Mehus T·C 15:44, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

Just a case of right place at the right time. When I commented at the DRV, I put the page on my watchlist to alert me of the consensus decision. I happened to check right after the restoration, so I added the {{article history}} since I saw it lacking. I'm always happy to contribute! — Fourthords | =Λ= | 16:30, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for reference in Talk:American_submarine_NR-1#source(s)

Your suggested reference of 21:02, 26 July 201(UTC) in the talk page is now in the article, and also in USS_Akron#Aftermath_of_loss. Thanks! Lent (talk) 09:09, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

No problem! — Fourthords | =Λ= | 15:43, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Alexis Georgoulis Page

Hi , why were the sections on Personal Life, Career and Filmography removed from Alexis Georgoulis page ? The information is based on valid references .

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Loneather (talk • contribs) 18:12, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

Everything removed in this edit wasn't cited to any reliable sources in the article. I removed it IAW the verifiability policy, and then re-built the article with the reliable sources that were present. I'm also currently (literally, right now) harvesting other sources to expand the article, so some of that removed information may return, but only if I (or anyone else) can cite it. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 18:26, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

Ok got it , sorry I thought the content was removed permanently . Ι found this source in Greek with biographic information , it's on the website of one of the schools he was a part of , its also included in his page on the greek wiki . Tell me if it meets the verifiability criteria , I can add it to the career section . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Loneather (talk • contribs) 19:53, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

That appears to be the website for Iasmos Higher Drama School. I have no reason to suspect it of being unreliable, so it would be appropriate for including in the article, yes. In fact, I've added the source and citation to the article, already; to source more prose to that page, just copy-and-paste the new citation. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 20:07, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

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You'd think I'd be better at catching these by now. I'll fix it later from work; I'm currently IP-blocked and don't have time to rectify that. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 13:45, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

Love this reply. It's good to see our bot overlords getting due respect. Regarding the IP block, perhaps you just need to have your IP block exemption updated? (talk page stalker) Doug Mehus T·C 13:52, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

I figure there're people behind these bots (they don't code themselves …yet), so I'm appreciating them. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 15:35, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

DPL bot,  Done for Fourthords. Doug Mehus T·C 13:55, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

Thanks so much! — Fourthords | =Λ= | 15:35, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

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Seriously‽ Why am I so bad at that‽  ::sigh:: Thanks, I've fixed it. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 16:42, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

The Pet Goat

Could you please clarify why "Fictional goats" is an incorrect category for The Pet Goat? The goat in the story is clearly fictional, and most of the things in the category are about works prominently featuring fictional goats rather than the goat characters themselves (who in most cases don't have their own article.) Smartyllama (talk) 13:14, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

"The Pet Goat" would belong in category:fiction about goats (or perhaps category:fiction about mammals or category:fiction about pets) if it existed. Category:Fictional goats would be for Chef Gustav, Butter (The Timbertoes), Gobo (Big Barn Farm), and Asriel Dreemurr (Undertale): goats that are fictional. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 19:59, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

Many of the pages in that category (and equivalents for other animals) are indeed "fiction about goats." Smartyllama (talk) 20:59, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

Be bold and rectify that. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 03:01, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

I'm not "fixing" literally hundreds of categories when it's clear consensus is to keep them as is. Smartyllama (talk) 12:52, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

I have elected to go the opposite approach and list the category at CFD to rename it to reflect its actual and established usage. You are welcome to participate. Smartyllama (talk) 13:02, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Tyler Honeycutt

Hi there. Your edit at Tyler Honeycutt cited "unverified claims", but I was able to find sources and restored the material (with a minor tweak or two). Perhaps this was just a one-off, in which case you can ignore this, but unsourced text can be handled per WP:FAILEDVERIFICATION—tagging the text as unsourced and inviting others to WP:PRESERVE and source it. Regards.—Bagumba (talk) 17:24, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

The claims I removed had no reliable sourcing; the verifiability policy says that "Any material lacking a reliable source directly supporting it may be removed and should not be restored without an inline citation to a reliable source." As such, I typically remove unverified material everywhere I see it. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 20:21, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

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Oh! Thank you very much! — Fourthords | =Λ= | 23:41, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

DYK for The McLain Family Band

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Wow, that's a 13.5-year-old blast from the past. You'll get no objections from me, of course! — Fourthords | =Λ= | 17:22, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

MOS:TENSE changes

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Thanks for the heads-up! — Fourthords | =Λ= | 22:27, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

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10-4, I've replied there. Thanks for the heads-up. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 19:57, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Talk:Rick Dantzler/GA1

Hi there, just a note that there are still two things left to discuss on this GA review. Hope all is well! Best wishes, Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 16:28, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Hey! I haven't had much dedicatable time for Wikipedia stuff, so I was putting off the GA until I had a good chunk. Turns out I didn't need to, and it was only a few little things that needed attending. My apologies for the unnecessary delay! — Fourthords | =Λ= | 23:19, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

That's perfectly fine, but for the future most reviewers would appreciate it if you took a minute to drop them a line on the GA page or their talk saying something along the lines of 'I have seen these and intend to respond when I have time on DATE'. Best wishes, Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 13:03, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

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Eagle Eye

It appears that the editor did not take the hint. I have rangeblocked 2601:18F:602:6970:0:0:0:0/64 x 1 week. If there is any more trouble let me know. "There comes a point where forbearance ceases to be a virtue." -Edmund Burke... -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:28, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

Thank you so much for following up on that while I've been offline! — Fourthords | =Λ= | 03:56, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

Tuvix

Was it intentional to replace the OGV version with includes audio+video, with a WEBM version that includes video only? AlistairMcMillan (talk) 03:31, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

It was. The reliably-sourced commentary specifically discusses Mulgrew's acting/performance, but only that. Stripping the audio brings the file better into compliance with WP:NFCC#3b. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 05:29, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

Astronaut Kim

Hello, we have followed a patterned infobox for degrees, but I am always open to listen/read. Can you please explain why you reverted Johnny Kim's infobox degrees? I am used to #university #(abbrev). Thank you. Snowfalcon cu (talk) 23:57, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

The only SOP of which I'm aware is the template's instructions themselves, which say for |education=: Education, e.g., degree, institution and graduation year, if relevant. If very little information is available or relevant, the |alma_mater= parameter may be more appropriate. So I read that as (for example): "BA, UMSL (2015)" or "PhD, WashU (2015)"; degree, institution, and graduation year in that order.

Also, this version of the Kim article included <small>...</small> tags, but the manual of style says that Reduced or enlarged font sizes should be used sparingly, […] Avoid using smaller font sizes within elements that already use a smaller font size, such as infoboxes, navboxes, and reference sections. This means that <small>...</small> tags, and templates such as {{small}} and {{smaller}}, should not be applied to plain text within those elements. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 00:10, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Source of birth date

You added a birth date for Bridgette Andersen. I can't find an online copy of that article. Do you have access to it still? Can you confirm that it contains the birth date? Thanks. Mo Billings (talk) 20:48, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Yes, that article from the Statesman Journal gave a date of birth for Ms. Andersen. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 21:02, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks. By any chance do you have a copy of it or a link to it? Mo Billings (talk) 21:56, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

If I use a newspaper source without an online link, it's usually because I accessed it via my local public library or my academic library, and not online. On rare occasions I will contact sources themselves and have received PDFs of articles, but there's nothing in my collection like that for the Andersen article. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 00:11, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

I was hoping if it had a birth date it might also have a place of birth. Thanks for checking. Mo Billings (talk) 02:42, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for September 1

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Brigette Lundy-Paine, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Director.

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Ah drat. I've fixed it. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 15:44, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Michael Landes article

Hello! Thank you for the warning and for correcting my mistake. I am new to wikipedia, but I'll do my best to learn quickly. Regarding the edits, I found the date and place of birth on Landes' imdb page, which was already linked under external, so I assumed that that was enough. Thank you again, I'll try to edit it the right way. Eva Auer Zigman (talk) 10:37, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

No worries! There are a lot of rules, guidelines, policies, manuals, and more to consider at times. (Almost 16 years later, I'm still stumbling across stuff I didn't know before!) Regarding that edit, one of the English Wikipedia's more important policies is that everything must be verified to reliable secondary sources. I'd love to have Landes' date-of-birth in that article, but I didn't find any good sources for it. Because the IMDb is a user-editiable source, our consensus is that it can't be used to cite articles. Does that make sense? — Fourthords | =Λ= | 17:37, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

O;Neill and Redskins

Re this edit, I'm not following this and Twitter is an unreliable source, but I did some googling out of curiosity and found this. I just thought I would mention it. Cheers. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 19:18, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

I was saying that the source described O'Neill's fandom when the team was so-named, and to say that he's a fan of the sports team under the new name would be saying he's a fan as of a later date. It would be anachronistic. However, we can cite that tweet under WP:ABOUTSELF, saying that "O'Neill said in July 2020 that if the team changed its name^[1]—as it did four days later^[2]—he would cease supporting the team.^[1]" First cite to the tweet IAW ABOUTSELF, the second to cite the name-change. What think ye? (Lastly, this all might be undue; I'm aware I lean towards including everything and anything I can source.) — Fourthords | =Λ= | 19:41, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

Contested PROD

Hi, Fourthords, I have contested your PROD of Gang of Four (Afghanistan) and sourced it. Feel free to take to AFD if you want. Best wishes, Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 13:03, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

No objections at all! It appears to be completely verified, now. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 01:16, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

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Query

Hi Fourthords, I noticed that you deleted a large chunk of the Simutronics article, including the removal of some major products, which themselves have their own Wikipedia articles, such as DragonRealms, Lara Croft: Relic Run, and CyberStrike 2.[1] I'm not going to revert, since it's a company that I worked at several years ago. However, I'm curious why you took the drastic action of deleting so much, rather than simply adding a couple {{cn}} tags? There are definitely plenty of sources that could easily be found on a quick search, or pulling them in from the linked articles. --Elonka 17:17, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

The verifiability policy says that "Any material lacking a reliable source directly supporting it may be removed and should not be restored without an inline citation to a reliable source." While it does provide for "consider[ing] adding a citation needed tag as an interim step", that is not a requirement. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 17:29, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

WP:V is indeed one of the core policies of Wikipedia, you are correct. However, in actual practice, citations are generally only essential for direct quotes, negative items, or things that are likely to be challenged. In this case, it seems that a large amount of fairly neutral information was removed without warning, without a request for citations, and without any attempt to engage in discussion on the talkpage. Be aware that "section blanking may be considered vandalism", see WP:MINREF. Note that I am not accusing you of vandalism, as I do not believe that that was your intent.

For now, would you be willing to restore the information, and allow an opportunity to provide sources to those things that you had questions about? --Elonka 22:27, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

Because of its cruciality to the project's goals, we don't take the verifiability policy and its implementation lightly. At Wikipedia:Inline citation#When you must use inline citations, it says that they're needed for "[a]ny statement that has been challenged (e.g., by being removed[).]" I have so challenged. I've never seen anyone concerned that contributors couldn't find the page history, but I've placed the removed claims on that article's talk page, now. As for concerns of vandalism, I try to be consistent and thorough with my edit summaries to avoid others drawing that conclusion. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 00:38, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

The McLain Family Band

This revert and this revert both have the same edit summary as the empty parameter is intentional;. The bot wouldn't have made the second edit except that a human, me, copied the underscore-separated form of the article name into the bot's skip list when it should have been the space separated form.

Still, my question to you is: how is any bot, or, for that matter, a human, supposed to know that |year= in this template:

{{cite AV media notes|title=On the Road |year= |type=[[Liner notes]] |publisher=Country Life Records |location=[[Berea, Kentucky]]}}

is intentionally empty. The follow-on question is: why does it matter? cs1|2 ignores empty parameters so what it the importance?

And, since I'm asking questions, what is the meaning of all of the <!--exhausted--> comments?

—Trappist the monk (talk) 22:36, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

I should think that the three edit summaries in the article history would explain the intentionality sufficiently. [W]hy does it matter? That's a bit more philosophically deeper than I'm going to ponder, but the parameter's purpose is to remind myself and other editors that the datum is available for that source, and it should be included. (I should be getting my hands on it soon after COVID-19 isn't restricting travel, but another contributor might have it handy sooner.)

The "exhausted" comments that follow sources denote that the preceding source is exhausted. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 22:58, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, but what I meant is how is a bot or a human editor supposed to know that a value for |year= is available and that the empty parameter is serving as a reminder? Bots don't and, I suspect, humans don't read article history listings before they make edits. A |year=<!--don't-delete-message-here--> might be a good idea (if the message is unique-ish to you, insource: cirrus searches can help you keep track of them). If you have other articles employing this sort of aide-mémoire, give me a list of them and I will add them to the bot's skip list.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 23:17, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

Well, I rarely have incomplete sources available to me, I've never seen anybody editing out empty citation parameters, and it's really just never come up before. You're right to ask. I can't think of any other incompletely-filled-out sources lingering in the Wikiaether, but if I intentionally leave such in the future, I'll definitely try and remember to leave a comment as you suggested. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 22:22, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

Star Trek Generations FAC

After the better part of a decade since you assisted, finally got around to getting Generations to FAC. If you had the time I'd love your input or review. Hope you're having as best a holiday season as possible in 2020, cheers. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 14:25, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

Heh, I'm happy to help! I do want to ask, first: are we allowed or supposed to make suggested edits ourselves, or should we note them all in the nomination page? — Fourthords | =Λ= | 23:01, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

You can make edits yourself; especially if they're not really significant (prose stuff etc) it's probably faster to do them yourself, but some reviewers prefer not to really touch it much themselves. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 14:08, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

Gotcha. When I have some time (maybe this evening), I'll do a deep-dive and try to help! — Fourthords | =Λ= | 17:43, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

Just checking in to see if you were still planning on looking. If you're busy with the holiday, that's fine. Sorry to put you on the spot, I was bad and didn't really bother shaking the trees for reviews until late in the process. Happy new year! Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 18:37, 27 December 2020 (UTC)

No no no, you're fine! I made my way through the article up to the "Production" section, meaning to go back, but I forgot! So sorry! I'm free today, so lemme lend some time to it now. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 17:19, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

Ta- and -da! — Fourthords | =Λ= | 18:23, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

Thanks. I followed up on your comments on the FAC page. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 01:01, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

…am I supposed to give some sort of ultimate judgent at the FAC? — Fourthords | =Λ= | 01:51, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

If you support it meeting the criteria, it's helpful to note that in your heading. If you don't have any further comments, that's fine too. Happy new year, Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 15:33, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

I'm on it. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 21:28, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

Cor

Regarding Cor. I'm sorry but I reverted your edit, but wanted to explain so you don't feel your efforts are wasted. Disambiguation pages have a specific set of guidelines and while there is plenty of room for interpretations, almost none of your set of changes was an improvement to the style. You may find WP:LONGDAB helpful for headers on longer pages. Good headers are "Arts, entertainment and media" (not just Media, which has as specific meaning), and "Other uses" not "Other". Regards, Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 09:40, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

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A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Spider-Man 11. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 January 23#Spider-Man 11 until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Dominicmgm (talk) 05:02, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

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Bypassing redirects

Greetings. I noticed that you recently added piped links in order to bypass redirects on several pages, including Cara Dune and Pizzagate conspiracy theory. This is generally not recommended where the redirect is a term that fits well within the text. Linking via redirects reduces visual clutter for editors and helps identify redirects with possibilities. Thank you. —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 20:51, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

The Manual of Style on piping and redirects says not to pipe redirects because articles may later be written at those redirects' page, and it indicates that the redirect is an article that is wanted. The category of redirects with possibilities is making the same argument. I generally pipe to bypass redirects when experience tells me that the redirect doesn't meet those qualifiers.

For example, in the "Cara Dune" edit, I bypassed a link to tap dancing because jazz dancing was already piped immediately in the text; furthermore, I've never seen where we've preferred an article to be at verb of noun rather than noun itself. In the "Pizzagate conspiracy theory" edit, adjectives like antisemitic and white supremacist have longstanding consensus to always have those articles at their noun counterparts, instead. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 21:51, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Regardless, it's still not ideal to add unnecessary piped links, since it makes the article more difficult to read in page source form. We have templates like {{R from verb}} and {{R from adjective}} to categorize such parts of speech; therefore, such redirects are clearly seen as useful and shouldn't be bypassed unnecessarily. —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 22:59, 11 February 2021 (UTC)