User talk:Aciram/Archives/2021/November

Thank you for your edits to articles on pre-modern Japanese women, and an offer to collaborate
Over the last 24 hours, I've edited a couple of articles you started. I hope this doesn't come across as WP:HOUNDING or some such. I saw your articles on "Fujiwara no [Nantoka]shi", and figured I'd check if you'd written any other articles on ancient/medieval Japanese history (one of my main areas of interest) to see if there was anything I could improve. While I tend to be very specific as to what I'm changing and why (which probably comes across to some of those who don't know me as needless snark), I should say that, in all honesty, your work is substantially better than a lot of what I've seen written by people who claim to be primarily interested in Japanese history. I won't name names, but you must have noticed who wrote that pre-modern majority of our Japanese royalty articles... Anyway, if you ever want assistance in one of these articles, I'd be glad to help with any points that need clarification.

Cheers, and happy editing!

Hijiri 88 ( 聖やや ) 01:02, 5 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your kind words. I wrote the articles you refer to as a part of my great interest in women of history rather than a focus on Japanese history as such, but I am happy to know that my work is appreciated. I am sure there are (unintentional) flaws to correct in them and I know many need to be expanded, so I am happy to hear that you are taking an interest in them. And thank you for your offer, I will remember it. Happy editing! --Aciram (talk) 03:02, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

Category:Slavery in Persia has been nominated for merging
Category:Slavery in Persia has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. 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. Marcocapelle (talk) 15:18, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

Category:Slavery in the Fatimid Caliphate has been nominated for deletion
Category:Slavery in the Fatimid Caliphate has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. 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. Marcocapelle (talk) 15:23, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

Edit summaries
Thanks for your revert at First wave feminism; I was about to do the same thing, when I noticed you had beat me to it, so thanks for that. On the other hand, the edit lacked an edit summary. The first section of Help:Edit summary says this (emphasis in the original) :"It is considered good practice to provide a summary for every edit, especially when reverting (undoing) the actions of other editors or deleting existing text; otherwise, people may question your motives for the edit." This is especially true when when the editor is a student or is new to Wikipedia, as was the case here. Wikipedia has a big problem with editor retention, and we don't want to do anything to discourage new editors. In a case like this one, besides leaving an edit summary, I try to also stop by the new user's Talk page and add a few words of explanation to soften the blow; after all, it's discouraging for any editor&mdash;even a very experienced one&mdash;to have their edit removed, and we don't want to scare away the new editors. Thanks again for your contributions to Wikipedia, and in particular for the fix to First wave feminism. Happy editing! Mathglot (talk) 19:30, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

AfDs
Hello, Aciram,

Thank you for participating in AfDs initiated by User:Mr.NuggetGuy, a 4 day old account. He has been editing disruptively, erroneously tagging pages for speedy deletion so he has been given a brief block. I doubt he is a new editor but I'm unsure of who he is. Liz Read! Talk! 03:21, 17 November 2021 (UTC)
 * And now he's blocked as a sockpuppet. Liz Read! Talk! 04:00, 17 November 2021 (UTC)