User talk:Jón/Archive

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   == IRC cloak request ==
   I am jo-n on freenode and I would like the cloak wikipedia/jo-n. Thanks. Jón 10:05, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Stefán

I nominated the article on Stefán for deletion because I don't think the name itself is notable enough to have its own article on English wp. You may want to comment and watch the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stefán. Stefán 01:05, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Adoption

Hello, I noticed that you were interested in being adopted, so if you still are, I'd like to take up the task. Please let me know on my talk page; thanks! -- Cielomobile ^{talk / contribs} 22:09, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Excellent, let's get started. I see you've been active in articles relating to Iceland; I'd recommend checking out WikiProject Iceland, which is a group of editors interested in maintaining articles relating to Iceland. Do you have any specific questions, about process, policy, community and so forth? If there's anything in particular you want to know, I probably could help you more easily. -- Cielomobile ^{talk / contribs} 20:05, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi over there, once again, first I want to thank you for your help. Well, I'm interested in the disambiguation policy. In Jón, another user has put the disambiguation template away, while in Stefán, an administrator decided not to delete the page and to let it stay as an disambiguation page. In Stephen, there is also the template. What's the right way to handle it? Best regards, Jón 21:53, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I admittedly don't have a lot of experience with disambiguation, but as I understand it, pages on first (given) names are actually articles, not disambiguation pages, as they explain the etymology of the word and so forth. According to that convention, Jón shouldn't have a disambiguation tag. However, I'm not sure if this is the convention used. For example, John (name) uses that convention, but Ivan (name) does not. I couldn't find what to do on any guideline pages (nowhere on Wikipedia:Disambiguation), but I would lean towards not disambiguating the page. It's not like someone would search for a person by their first name, as first names are very common, so the purpose of the page isn't to redirect people to more specific articles. You have disambiguation pages for last names because people might actually search for a person by their last name, but this isn't the case for first names.

Hope that helped. None of this seems to be written anywhere (maybe we should bring it up at the village pump). -- Cielomobile ^{talk / contribs}

First, thanks for your answer. It might be a good idea to bring it up at WP:VP - but we have to regard the special situation of Icelandic names, there the first name is that what you are looking for (if you want to read about it, there's a link in the introduction of Jón). So, there actually is disambiguation needed. But you are right, there isn't any rule - like the Ivan / John (name) example shows. So, can you post it at WP:VP? Thanks, Jón 11:54, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, I did have your page on my watchlist, so I'm not sure how I missed your response. Anyway, do people really refer to famous people by just their first name in Iceland? For example, if one was discussing politics with a friend, would you refer to the president as simply President Ólafur, and not President Grímsson or something like that? In the English-speaking world, we only refer to people by their first names if we are familiar with them (the phrase "on a first name basis" has actually entered the English language as an idiom, see the end of the lead to given name), but if this is not the case with Icelandic names, then I think it would definitely warrant disambiguation. -- Cielomobile ^{talk / contribs} 18:44, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi there, again, if put your question here and I've got already an expected answer... so, what to do next? Jón 22:13, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Alright, then articles on Icelandic first names definitely deserve disambiguation pages. -- Cielomobile ^{talk / contribs} 06:18, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

I went ahead and reverted and left a note on the talk page for Jón. Remember how useful talk pages are. -- Cielomobile ^{talk / contribs} 06:25, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi there, I've noticed your engagement with the disambiguation thing at the Jón talk page, thanks. I'm curious what will be the result. Best regards Jón 15:30, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Reversion

Lately I just use my admin rollback tool. But WP:Vandalproof is pretty cool and I see a lot of people using something called Twinkle. Check out ~~WP:TOOLS~~ Wikipedia:Cleaning up vandalism/Tools . Cheers. Dina 19:41, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Also, there's the "undo" feature. If you look at a diff, there should be a link that lets you undo it. Mango juice^talk 15:54, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

1900 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles speedy declined

Hi, we don't delete articles for inaccuracies. We correct the inaccuracies and cite verifiable sources! Please feel free to boldly correct errors if you have verifiable sources. Thanks and happy editing. Dloh cierekim 22:40, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi Dlohcierekim, I've just put a message to the author's talk page: [1]. Many of these tables are completely wrong, but I can't correct them as I only know that the final and the result is wrong. This seems to be an automatically generated page. So it can't be right that there are such mistakes in it, can it? Jón ₊ 22:43, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Jón, for your enthusiasm. That is the correct course-- discussion, consensus seeking and bold editing. If it was generated by a bot, then it might be screwey. Human correction is the thing. You let the creator know, and that's where to start. Thanks. 22:47, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm not very common to the English WP, but is there a button that at least can show that the article has mistakes in it and has to be changed? Jón ₊ 22:50, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Indeed! Copy and paste this-- {{disputed}} to the top of the article and explain you reasoning on the article talk page. You might want to contact other editors of the page and seek their input/help in fixing things. Hope that helps. Dloh cierekim 23:06, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I've put it there and on the dispute page - I hope this is correct in the way I've done it. Jón ₊ 23:14, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi Jón, thanks for the sharp eyes in noticing this inaccuracy. I agree that this is a major problem, but do you have any basis for saying that the table is "completely wrong"? I suspect I know what's going on. The very earliest Wimbledons were played using a "challenger" system. The winner of the main draw would earn the right to challenge the previous year's champion. My suspicion is that the draw in 1902 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles is the main draw only. Lawrence Doherty won that draw, and earned the right to challenge Arthur Gore, the previous year's champion (see 1901 Wimbledon Championships). This is the final listed at 1902 Wimbledon Championships. So while there is clearly an inconsistency, it does not invalidate any of the data in the draw sheet.

I suspect many of the early draw pages could use cleaning up. The problem is that it's very difficult to find independent sources for this material. I hope this clarifies things. I should write a bot to fix this problem on all those Wimbledon pages, but I haven't had the time to do so yet. --dantheox 00:47, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi Dantheox, thanks for your answer. What you are telling me, seems to be very plausible. I've seen the pages and the history and it seemed to me like a bot has automatically created them. So I thought there must be a problem with it, because of the finals were "wrong". - It would be nice, if you could add the information about the finals on the pages, so that the reader does not wonder about it. Thanks and best regards! Jón ₊ 09:57, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Ministers of Iceland

Category:Ministers of Iceland, which you created, has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 03:04, 14 July 2008 (UTC)