User talk:Geo Swan/archive/2020-09

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Actresses

It's a simple fact, that can be plainly observed by finding any article about an actress whose page title has a disambiguator in it. And if you still don't believe me, feel free to take a gander at the list of disambiguated actresses I've compiled for you at User:Bearcat/Altomedia. Bearcat (talk) 06:00, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

• This is a reply to [1]. I don't know why Bearcat replied here, rather than {{ping}}ing me from a reply on User talk:Bearcat#Actor or actress....

• Have you ever read my essay User:Geo Swan/Nothing is obvious. I asked if you could point to a wikidocument. Instead, it seems to me, you have claimed your opinion is, well, obviously correct.

• In my experience here I come across my respondents claiming, all the time, that their personal opinion is "obviously" true - so obviously true there is no reason for them to make the effort to actually explain themselves.

• A decade ago there was this very aggressive guy who was convinced everyone with an Arabic name should be sorted as if they had they had an inherited European style surname. If you don't know, if Arabic countries, people do take their father's name, as part of their name, but not in the European style. Their last name is their father's first name, like Eric the Red's son's name was Lief Ericson. This very aggressive guy took the minority position that since "al" was an article, roughly equivalent to English "the". He spent months changing the {{DEFAULTSORT:}} in every article about someone with an Arabic style name from {{DEFAULTSORT:Mohamed al-Example}} or {{DEFAULTSORT:al-Example, Mohammed}} to {{DEFAULTSORT:Example, Mohammed al}}. He was dogmatic about it. Wouldn't budge. Wouldn't even consider counter-arguments.

• Don't be like that guy. If you can't point to a wikidocument, please consider acknowledging you can't point to a wikidocument.

• That you can list 500 instances of female actors with the disambiguator (actress) as part of the title of their article may only mean someone aggressively moved hundreds of articles, without considering whether what seemed too obvious to question actually merited discussion. Geo Swan (talk) 06:28, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

• Lots of highly respected female actors refer to themselves as actors, not actresses. I see no reason to show them disrespect by referring to them using archaic terms they eschew. Geo Swan (talk) 15:04, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

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Nomination of Sandra Hodgkinson for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Sandra Hodgkinson is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sandra Hodgkinson until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Page: Stanley_Walter_Croucher_Pack

Hello, You seem to be the main main contributor to the page on SWC Pack. I'm currently reading Pack's book on Anson's Voyage round the world. The "author's bio" on my book contains material which you might by able to integrate into the article. I've put the text on the article talk page along with a scan of the book cover. I'm really not sure how to combine this material with what is already there. There is also a photo of Pack which is interesting but likely presents a copyright problem. OldBoar (talk) 09:59, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

My impression is that Stanley_Walter_Croucher_Pack was pompous and narrow minded. But he still merits improved coverage. I'll take a look. I am going to have to look at your contribution history to figure out where that material is. Do you know how to use diffs? Geo Swan (talk) 18:00, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

Some user drafts moved to draftspace

FYI, another user moved some of your userspace drafts into draftspace (where they may be eligible for G13 deletion if not actively worked on).[2] Just letting you know in case you care and/or want to move them back into userspace. Thanks, Calliopejen1 (talk) 21:15, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

• That is highly annoying. Thanks for the heads-up. You don't happen to know what in the name of heck they thought they were doing? Geo Swan (talk) 03:02, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

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Brides of ISIL

Hi Geo Swan,

Thanks for your edits on the article Brides of ISIL. Just a friendly reminder, when entering a new row, please make sure to do the following:

1. Use the same formatting as previous rows for the "Home country" column.

i.e

{{BEL}} instead of [[Belgium]]: (renders as Belgium)

{{CAN}} instead of [[Canada]]: (renders as Canada)

{{FRA}} instead of [[France]]: (renders as France)

etc

2. Update the table in the "Statistics" section appropriately.

Thanks!

Kvwiki1234 (talk) 10:02, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

"05-2106" listed at Redirects for discussion

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