User talk:Brainiac242

Revert of Duff Reform Deletion
I have reverted your deletion of content in Elections to the European Parliament : 1. Discuss such a deletion first on the talk page as per WP:REMOVAL 2. Don't delete, improve! Add information in order to make it up-to-date. What happened to the proposal of transnational lists? As per WP:IMPROVE ("try to fix it rather than delete it") and WP:PRESERVE C-Kobold (talk) 16:33, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

Hello
Is it possible to update the summary table or more precisely the obstacles part with the lasted obstacles of each country? I mean the sources are old and these countries have made reforms, either big or small ones. S.G ReDark (talk) 14:35, 25 June 2022 (UTC)


 * I assume you're talking about this table, but I don't understand your question. Are you asking me if it's literally possible to update it? Are you asking me to update it? Perhaps you meant to post it here instead? Brainiac242 (talk) 15:10, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

Sorry for the confusion, yeah that table and yes I'm asking you :p S.G ReDark (talk) 16:07, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

I actually tried there but no one responded https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Potential_enlargement_of_the_European_Union#Summary_table_needs_to_be_updated S.G ReDark (talk) 16:08, 25 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Honestly, I think that entire column should be deleted. I explain my opinion here. Brainiac242 (talk) 20:10, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

Your proposal is very good! I think you should do it. S.G ReDark (talk) 17:38, 26 June 2022 (UTC)


 * OK, I'm done. Brainiac242 (talk) 07:55, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

Good job! I couldn't reply to you earlier due to my account being locked which was just resolved. S.G ReDark (talk) 19:18, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for explaining the capital punishment map
I saw that the map had been changed, and went back through the editing history of the Death Penalty article for six months and couldn't figure out when the change had occurred or how to find the old version of the map. Didn't appreciate that I should have been looking at the history of the map file on Wiki-commons. Thanks for explaining it to me. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 16:13, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

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Would appreciate your thoughts
Hi Brainiac242, Happy New Year! I have a question about a picture in the Commons that I think is mislabelled. Would appreciate your thoughts? File talk:Antoine-Charles Taschereau.png Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 20:59, 1 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Your explanation makes sense to me, but I don’t know anything about 19th-century Quebec. I’m sorry I can’t be of any help. Perhaps you should discuss this with users who have edited Taschereau’s article. Brainiac242 (talk) 22:50, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks, will try that. (The Taschereaux were a huge clan, very successful and very prolific: two chief justices of Canada and one third judge on the Supreme Court, plus a Premier of Quebec.  Would not be surprised if there were some mixups in ident. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 00:53, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I poked around a bit on the Commons page, and found that inquiries like this get posted on the Village Pump there, so I started a post on it: Mislabelled photo:  Antoine-Charles Taschereau.  Will see if anyone responds. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 16:50, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

Removing Croatia in Template:Euro convergence criteria (2022)
I made a comment in Template talk:Euro convergence criteria (2022), that removing Croatia breaks some pages one-eyed pirate 07:24, 2 January 2023 (UTC)


 * I agree with you and followed your suggestion. Brainiac242 (talk) 08:41, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

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Current events Sidebar
Your aside, there are still obvious problems with the edits you are pushing onto the Current events/Sidebar and your reasoning behind them.

First, as far as your, the explanation for why disambiguation is not necessary for the latter is laid out in your own edit summary about it. There is, in fact, only one subject on WP who is identified as 'Michael Boyd'. In a list such as the Recent Deaths section of the Sidebar, those other examples which you cited would otherwise be properly differentiated from the theatre director - by either having a middle initial, or from their first name shortened as 'Mike'.

Also, have you already forgotten about ? Why are you suddenly against using that same template now? Farolif (talk) 09:34, 25 August 2023 (UTC)


 * I replied to you in Portal talk:Current events/Sidebar. Brainiac242 (talk) 16:26, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Replying here as my reply is not directly related to the original issue being discussed on Portal Talk.

I came across the dispute since I had the sidebar on my watchlist. I frequently edit Portal:Current Events, therefore I want to keep track of the changes on the sidebar as well. As previously stated, Brainiac242 did not contact me in any way. Canvassing and meatpuppertry accusations are serious and should not be made without evidence.

As I mentioned in my revert, my concern was with the uncivil tone of the replies by Farolif. Replies such as surely, at this point, you simply protest too much and maybe it's time to switch over to a device that's meant for displaying English text? are not acceptable when the other editor is making an attempt to discus the dispute civilly.

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Parliament Diagram
Dear Braniac242,

indeed, the pie chart is only a temporary workaround because of the problems with the graph extension (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Parliament_diagram). I like the dots better too, we should just be patient a little longer. It is simply much easier to keep a parliamentary article up to date with the template. Kind regards, Alektor89 (talk)


 * I'll answer here: The points you mention (essentially the possibility of visually representing the CSU) can also be seen differently. Here, the impression could very quickly arise that the CSU has something like an independent status in the Bundestag, which is simply not the case. Its deputies are fully part of the Union parliamentary group - the CSU has no right to its own vice-president, no committee representation, no separate speaking time, CDU and CSU act as one party in the Bundestag. And a diagram should reflect this fact (German Wikipedia does so too). I have always been of the opinion that the best possible solution is to show all Union MPs in black in the diagram (since they form a uniform block in parliamentary procedure) and to break this down in the political groups by indentation. By the way, that's how it was before the graph extension failed. So I would be in favour of returning to this - regardless of whether with dots or pie charts. If you see it differently, we should discuss it on the talk page of the article to involve other users. I have started a discussion about this there. Alektor89 (talk)

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Howdy. Your 'second version' is (visually) better. But I still don't see it as either an overall improvement or being neccesary. I wish you'd respect WP:BRD & bring your proposed changes to the talkpage. Anyways, we'll let others check over your latest change & see what they think. GoodDay (talk) 03:24, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

European Council
Hello, Brainiac242. Could you modify the political affiliation of Dimitar Glavchev from (EPP - Ind.) to (Ind. - Ind.)? It's also necessary to change the colour of the stripe from blue (EPP) to grey (Independent like Cyprus or Lithuania). I leave you the following link so you can verify what I say: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2024/608781/EPRS_ATA(2024)608781_EN.pdf I've tried to do it but I don't know how. Thanks a lot. Fernan860 (talk) 18:09, 18 February 2024 (UTC)


 * I assume you are talking about Template:Members of the European Council. If so, done. Brainiac242 (talk) 07:29, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
 * @Brainiac242 Yes, thank you. Fernan860 (talk) 17:51, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Composition of European Council by European political party
Hi @Brainiac242, I am taking the liberty to undo your undoing the addition of the table showing the composition of the European Council by European political party. Your reason for doing so was that the table was not supported by the source. This is my mistake, as I initially copy-pasted the table below (composition by political group) and forgot to change the source. In future instance, before entirely undoing a change, kindly check whether a better course of action is available (such as indicating that a source is needed for instance); it just feels more constructive. Of course, I am now updating the source. Thanks! Julius Schwarz (talk) 06:41, 17 June 2024 (UTC)


 * First of all, Wikipedia is not a source. You can’t just link another article to support unsourced information. But even if you could, that article doesn’t support the information on the chart. The article claims PES has 5 Council members and ALDE has 3; your chart says PES has 4 and ALDE 5. That’s not the only problem with the chart. ALDE’s bar is shorter than that of PES, even though it’s supposed to have more members. And the percentages don’t match the number of members either. The entire chart is a mess. I tried to fix it before removing it (that’s why I checked the source), but because you copy-pasted the source from the chart below and I could’t find a reliable source to replace it with, I decided to remove it. And I’m removing it again. You’re free to add the chart back once you’ve found a reliable source for it and you’ve corrected it accordingly. Brainiac242 (talk) 08:08, 17 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Ok, let me take a step back and review the chart to make sure it's correct before adding it again.
 * As for the source, what would work? Because I am assuming we should not add links to all the membership pages of the various European political parties represented in the European Council, should we? In the absence of a consolidated document (as the European Parliament drafted for political group affiliations), what would be the way to go about this? Julius Schwarz (talk) 08:27, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Happy not to lose momentum on this; any proposal for proper sourcing? Julius Schwarz (talk) 10:22, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Just saw your edit and I'm really not getting it. Firstly, why reinstate the less precise "political alliances"? Secondly, in the second paragraph, the source clearly states that European political parties organise gatherings ahead of Council meetings and not "These alliances" (which here includes political groups). Finally, for the charts, why place the one according to European party in between the two according to political group? Surely you have a reason, but it would be useful to explain. Julius Schwarz (talk) 10:46, 21 June 2024 (UTC)


 * The sources provided look good, though I did make a few changes to the chart. According to your source PES only has 4 members in the Council, not 5. I also split members of a national party unaffiliated at the European level and independent members, for consistency with the other charts and the rest of the article.
 * To answer your questions, Renew Europe is a political group and not a political party, but it still organizes meetings before the Council summits. Renew meetings have, in fact, largely replaced ALDE meetings since 2019. See for example this article from ALDE. Saying “political alliances” is just more concise than constantly repeating “political parties and political groups”. I just don’t think it’s necessary to write “European political parties and/or political groups frequently hold pre-meetings with their European Council members, prior to their meetings. However, the European Council represents the members states rather than political parties or groups […]”. Finally, I was going to move the chart about parties to the bottom, because the article focuses more on political groups (see the table above, the map), but having the chart about population between the other two looked weird to me. You are free to move it there, though.
 * PS: I was going to explain the edit here (hence my edit summary), but I had to step away for a moment that took longer than it should have. Sorry about that. Brainiac242 (talk) 11:44, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Fair points all. Indeed, Romania is represented by its President, not Prime Minister (from PES). I hadn't seen that Renew had meetings as Renew instead of as ALDE. I personally would not have separated indep from unaffiliated (as there is no such distinction from the perspective of European party membership), but I see the consistency argument. I would also spell our European parties and political groups instead of "alliances", especially since people are not very often familiar with the nature of political alliances and it may be useful to spell them out more often than not, but I see that it is indeed in the first paragraph and that is probably just a personal preference. Julius Schwarz (talk) 11:52, 21 June 2024 (UTC)