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Happy editing! Peaceray (talk) 01:17, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
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Overlinking
Hello there
Please stop linking common words, names of well known countries and cities etc. Links should only be used to help readers understand an article. Just because there is a separate article relating to a word is not sufficient reason to link it. Please see policy on linking: MOS:OVERLINK
Thank you Aemilius Adolphin (talk) 21:50, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Deletion discussion about Pete Glidewell
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While your contributions are appreciated, I wanted to let you know that I've started a discussion about whether an article that you created, Pete Glidewell, should be deleted, as I am not sure that it is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia in its current form. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pete Glidewell.
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Vanderwaalforces (talk) 23:32, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- @Vanderwaalforces: I see. Can you please elaborate on why it you do not think that it may be suitable for inclusion in wikipedia in its current form, and furthermore, what can I do to try to make said article suitable for inclusion?
- RedactedHumanoid (talk) 23:35, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- Hi there. I would just be repeating what I already said at the AfD page. A politician is not automatically notable because they contested in an election (which the lost). They have to win the seat, and the seat has to be a notable one (either on a federal or state level) before they can be considered notable by all means. Glidewell did win the election he contested in, and he also does not meet the general notability guidelines, which makes him non-notable. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 23:41, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- Ah, I didn't see the link to the AfD page in your original comment. Well, if the page doesn't meet the general nobility guidelines, I have no objection to the deletion of the article. RedactedHumanoid (talk) 23:46, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- Yeah, I guessed correctly that you didn't see the link above :) Vanderwaalforces (talk) 23:50, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- Just by the way, in case you are interested in politicians generally, you might want to take a look at the complete guideline on creating an article for a politician. You might also find this list/guide useful for state-level politicians. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 23:52, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for that. Do i need to follow those guidelines for creating a page about any politician, whether they are, say, a president, or a just a lowly mayor? I ask since I am currently working on a page about the mayor of Poulsbo. RedactedHumanoid (talk) 23:55, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- Yeah, you know, WP:NPOL for example is a specific notability guideline (obviously because it applies to only politicians), so any article on a politician would first be judged in line with these guidelines, and if they do not pass, would now be judged in line with another specific notability guideline depending on the subject in question. Let's say a subject is a politician, academic and published author, the subject would first be judged based on WP:NPOL (for politicians), WP:NACADEMIC for anyone in an academic field, and WP:NAUTHOR for authors. If they fails to pass any of these SNGs, the would now be judged generally, say based on WP:GNG or WP:ANYBIO.
- Articles on mayors are mostly nominated for deletion when the city/town in question does not have much population to make their mayors to be presumptively notable, see WP:POLOUTCOMES for more details, especially the Mayor part. Poulsbo has small population compared to, say Manchester, which is way bigger (also population-wise) and yet the mayors of Manchester are not automatically notable for just being mayors. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 00:10, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for that. Do i need to follow those guidelines for creating a page about any politician, whether they are, say, a president, or a just a lowly mayor? I ask since I am currently working on a page about the mayor of Poulsbo. RedactedHumanoid (talk) 23:55, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- Ah, I didn't see the link to the AfD page in your original comment. Well, if the page doesn't meet the general nobility guidelines, I have no objection to the deletion of the article. RedactedHumanoid (talk) 23:46, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- Hi there. I would just be repeating what I already said at the AfD page. A politician is not automatically notable because they contested in an election (which the lost). They have to win the seat, and the seat has to be a notable one (either on a federal or state level) before they can be considered notable by all means. Glidewell did win the election he contested in, and he also does not meet the general notability guidelines, which makes him non-notable. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 23:41, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
The article Becky Erickson has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
Does not meet WP:NPOL as a local politician who has not been elected to a higher office and lacks significant coverage.
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Kamala Harris
The article says she's the first African American and the first South Asian American in some office. Which is it? Her parents seem to make it the latter. 96.234.119.40 (talk) 03:33, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
- Both, as her mother was from India, and her father is from Jamaica but is of African descent. RedactedHumanoid (talk) 03:45, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
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Help with creating a good user page
Hi, i'm QuantusYeetus, and i'm pretty new to wikipedia. I noticed that you have a very good, well decorated user page, and i was wondering if you could help me to decorate my user page with stuff like user boxes, et cetera. Thanks. QuantusYeetus (talk) 19:35, 26 September 2024 (UTC)
- Hi Quantus. I'd love to help you improve your user page. Can you please tell me what sort things you would like to add to your user page (such as info, user boxes, etc)? RedactedHumanoid (talk) 19:45, 26 September 2024 (UTC)
- I think I just want to add information similar to what you have on your userpage. A short desc about myself, major contributions ive made, etc. As for user boxes, I'm not sure, so could you provide me with a list of some generic user boxes? QuantusYeetus (talk) 19:53, 26 September 2024 (UTC)
- Here are a few examples of user boxes (use double curly brackets, I'm only using single CBs to show you the text you need to input to add the user boxes):
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- {User [insert gender]} Says what gender you are. RedactedHumanoid (talk) 20:21, 26 September 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks. is there like a list of all the userboxes somewhere? QuantusYeetus (talk) 19:05, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
- I'm not sure. I would suggest asking around in the Teahouse for info about that. RedactedHumanoid (talk) 19:14, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks. is there like a list of all the userboxes somewhere? QuantusYeetus (talk) 19:05, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
- I think I just want to add information similar to what you have on your userpage. A short desc about myself, major contributions ive made, etc. As for user boxes, I'm not sure, so could you provide me with a list of some generic user boxes? QuantusYeetus (talk) 19:53, 26 September 2024 (UTC)
Test.
:'''Support move''' RedactedHumanoid (talk) 20:06, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
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U.S. versus United States (versus US)
In an edit to Michael Giacchino,
I noticed that you changed U.S.
to United States
because some people might not know that "U.S." stands for United States.
I think that you may get some resistance or reversions on changing this commonly used abbreviation, particularly in infoboxes where space is at a premium.
The relevant guidelines governing these usages are at MOS:Abbreviations#Countries and multinational unions and MOS:US. Peaceray (talk) 16:01, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
- Ah, I see. Thank you for informing me. RedactedHumanoid (talk) 16:03, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
- One question though, can you explain to me why space in infoboxes is premium? Thanks. RedactedHumanoid (talk) 20:39, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
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- Ok, thank you for telling me. Will keep this in mind. RedactedHumanoid (talk) 04:09, 25 October 2024 (UTC)