User talk:Danbloch/Archive 2

Archive 1

Archive 2

Nothing from Nothing

Since you reverted my edits at the Nothing from Nothing pages without acting on my advice that to assert a primary topic, move the primary topic article to the base name, that is what I have now done. I also fixed incoming double redirects and G14'd the disambiguation redirect. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 19:45, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Afantasia

Thanks for the response. So, am I correctly inferring from the sentence you quote that "normal people" can conjure up touch, sound, taste, smell, and balance? If so, is there a term for not being able to do this for senses in general or for each individual sense? (I'm asking You here since this question doesn't really belong on the Afantasia talk page.) Kdammers (talk) 03:12, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

That was my reading, yes. I don't think there are terms for the condition with other senses or senses in general. This could change, but the article suggests that there isn't much research on the condition. Dan Bloch (talk) 14:06, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Macaron page edit

Hi, thanks for going deep enough to fix that garble at the macaron page. Very excellent that you do that sort of thing. 2601:196:180:DC0:EDE4:335F:A084:51B4 (talk) 23:18, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

Polar bear

Thanks for the copyedit. Could you mark it "done" at the request page? LittleJerry (talk) 13:55, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

I don't have a problem doing this but just to be clear, I'm a polar bear fan who has the page on my watchlist; I don't have a connection with the Guild of Copy Editors. My copyediting wasn't done to any particular formula. Let me know. Dan Bloch (talk) 15:19, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

@LittleJerry: Dan Bloch (talk) 19:15, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Let you know what? LittleJerry (talk) 19:18, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

@LittleJerry: Whether you want me to sign off on the request page even though I don't represent the Guild of Copy Editors. Dan Bloch (talk) 19:29, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Yes please. LittleJerry (talk) 19:56, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Millennials Talk Page

Hi, further to our recent communication, I have posted to the Talk page and await response. Kind regards. Richie wright1980 (talk) 19:00, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

MacGuffin

Apologies, I should have checked the citation for the quote before removing brackets, and I didn't understand why the brackets were there. Thanks for fixing my error. CAVincent (talk) 04:56, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

"Roadworks Gifts and Souvenirs" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Roadworks Gifts and Souvenirs has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 August 27 § Roadworks Gifts and Souvenirs until a consensus is reached. 65.92.244.99 (talk) 11:42, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

Minor edits

Please review WP:MINOR. The minor flag should be used only for things like fixing obvious typos. Johnuniq (talk) 03:56, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

​I'm familiar with WP:MINOR. Thank you. Dan Bloch (talk) 04:04, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Please read it again. Diff1 is minor but diff2 is very much not. Consider diff3 which removed 87 bytes from Code (disambiguation)—by definition, such an edit might be great but it cannot be minor. It's not just me—see diff5 by HaeB which is what I noticed. Johnuniq (talk) 04:17, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

diff2 is specifically called out as minor in WP:MINOR#What to mark as minor changes ("formatting that does not change the meaning of the page"). Reasonable men might disagree on diff3 and diff5. As I read WP:MINOR, the key point, from the page in a nutshell, is "any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit". Neither of those diffs did, so they're minor in spirit. Having said that, I really don't care whether a change is called minor or not. I can veer toward other people's interpretation. Regards, Dan Bloch (talk) 05:02, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Move review for List of spaghetti Westerns

I have asked for a Move review of List of spaghetti Westerns. Because you were involved in the discussion, you might want to participate in the move review. --В²C ☎ 04:42, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

Heinlein

Just read the Heinlein page. Have you considered adding a section about his treatment of the multiverse as a concept? DivaStuff (talk) 18:55, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

I'm more interested in earlier Heinlein so I'm unlikely to do this myself, but you're welcome to. Or you could suggest it on the Heinlein talk page. Regards, Dan Bloch (talk) 20:24, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

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Literally 1984 edit

Hi! I believe that there is some merit in the edit you just undid. The phrase does not originate from Donald Trunp J.R. (as the the edit stated.) However, it is an example of reception. I believe the it would be helpful to write something about the phrase on the 1984 wiki page. Thank you for reading- Nesser. NesserWiki (talk) 01:29, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

Hi. I don't necessarily disagree with you, but I couldn't find any sources which would be considered reliable for Wikipedia. The one you had looks like content written by a student at that university, and other sources I found, like Urban Dictionary and Reddit, are WP:USERGENERATED. Regards, Dan Bloch (talk) 02:00, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

1960 US elections hatnote

Hi Danbloch,

I think you've certainly raised a reasonable point of MOS:RELATED regarding "related elections" hatnotes at the top of U.S. elections, but I would point out that almost every election since 1996 in the U.S. excepting the 2016 United States presidential election has one of these links (see 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2020 presidential election articles). Personally, I think these links are helpful enough to readers where it could be beneficial to ignore the guideline here. Cheers, estar8806 (talk) ★ 02:07, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

Fair enough. I put them back. Regards, Dan Bloch (talk) 02:18, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

The FC article

"A version of the chart and the phrase “flatten the curve” first appeared in a 2007 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about ways to control the spread of a pandemic. With interventions like social distancing and mask wearing, the CDC said, the peak of infections could be delayed and lowered, and the total number of infections could be reduced."

It did not originate as the opening sentences suggest - — Preceding unsigned comment added by BeingObjective (talk • contribs) 19:10, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

I note you monitor this article - I am not sure it is in the least contentious and I m not playing semantics - I do not know your background and this does matter if you have such strong opinions.

I am a retired US Physician.

It is an 'expression' describing a set of policies - nothing mysterious about that - it also goes back to 2007 - I worked at the UWHospital when this term popped up - there is no contention from me - but I sense some folks are sensitive - it is an old EXPRESSION - but as another editor stated - it is not a precise thing - seeking to be polite and acting in good faith. BeingObjective (talk) 18:50, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

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I shouldn't need to discuss this with you

I reverted your edits to Lodestar (Anderson). The book fails WP:NBOOK and WP:GNG. I can only imagine why you, with your tenure, thought it appropriate to add a large, uncited synopsis of the book. That's not the sort of content this encyclopedia needs. Per WP:SPINOUT, you can develop this content in the bibliography article, in a sandbox entry, or in a draft until you have it ready. Chris Troutman (talk) 18:37, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

​And I shouldn't need to be replying to you, but here we are. This story was published in the Locus Award-winning original anthology Astounding: John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology, and almost certainly passes WP:GNG based on the four reviews of this book listed on isfdb[1]. But since they predate the internet by decades and I'm not prepared to hunt down fifty-year-old hardcopies, I'll let it lie.

Re one other observation of yours, as I'm sure you're aware, synopses don't require citations. Regards, Dan Bloch (talk) 21:43, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

Red links

Hi Dan. Any features that are likely to ever have their own articles should be left as red links. See WP:REDLINK. — kwami (talk) 21:56, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

It isn't likely. Editors aren't interested in Pluto any more. There's been one new article for a Pluto region in the last five years. Dan Bloch (talk) 04:00, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Red links are also bot-collected, with a list of priority articles for creation based on how many incoming links there are. This one has only 2, so pretty low, but if red links are deleted that number can't increase. — kwami (talk) 08:50, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

I'm still not convinced. The New Horizons flyby was in 2015. The data is back, the papers have been written, and people have already created all the Pluto articles they care about. Also for features without a lot of science or a lot of PR, the USGS Planetary Names website entries, e.g., WGPSN, which are linked from the List of geological features on Pluto tables, probably have more information than a Wikipedia article would have. Dan Bloch (talk) 05:34, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

True. But we created articles for named features, and these were named only recently. Are they less deserving of articles?

But you're right: interest has diminished, and we're less likely to get new articles than we were. Or at least they'll be created at a slower pace. Maybe this is a question for the REDLINKS talk page. — kwami (talk) 06:49, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

How about if we put in the redlink for six months, and remove it some time after that? Dan Bloch (talk) 21:01, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Hardly worth it, I think. Unlikely to happen that quickly. There are also all the other unlinked features; this one's only different in that it would have a second incoming link. — kwami (talk) 23:22, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

I had an epiphany and realized that this has come up before and there's already a standard solution in place for many of these features. The What links here? page shows features which are redirects to the appropriate section of the features list article. Unless you have an objection I'll add a redirect for the Safronov Regio (which will turn the redlink in the Viktor Safronov article blue). Dan Bloch (talk) 01:34, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

That should work. — kwami (talk) 02:33, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Images cohort articles

Sorry I did not see the image because in mobile view the infobox isnt shown. Thanks for pointing it out. Nsae Comp (talk) 18:02, 19 January 2024 (UTC)