User talk:CaptivatingtheKing

Canadian politicians
Please note that Canadian politicians are subcategorized by province or territory and role, and are not thrown directly into at all. There have been literally tens of thousands of Canadian politicians throughout history, so throwing all of them directly into one "catch-all" category would make it an unbrowsably massive megacategory that would not actually be useful to a reader at all — so they aren't all thrown into the parent category, and instead are subcategorized for the province they served, the roles they held, and on and so forth. So please don't add to articles that are already in something like  or, because those are already subcategories of the base politicians category. Thanks. Bearcat (talk) 15:44, 26 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Thank you for clarifying! This is very helpful and I'll keep it in mind going forward. CaptivatingtheKing (talk) 18:47, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

March 2024
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 * Thank you for the message. May I ask what page I moved erroneously? I renamed a new page I had created with a disambiguated title and I accidentally made a page which I then had to move to drafts. I don't want to unknowingly repeat any mistakes so please let me know. I appreciate the help! CaptivatingtheKing (talk) 02:44, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I just checked my notifications and believe the issue you're referring to is H. & J. Ryan, which I moved to H. & J. Ryan (railway company) and has been renamed back to H. & J. Ryan. I thought the brackets could help searchers since the company is no longer in operations and is closely tied to the history of the Canadian Pacific Railway; for which is was a major development firm. If that has been decided to be an unnecessary detail for inclusion then I will defer to your judgement!  CaptivatingtheKing (talk) 02:49, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

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Close paraphrasing on Hugh Ryan (railway magnate)
Hi CaptivatingtheKing. Thank you for writing the article on Hugh Ryan. I've reviewed it as part of the new pages review process here, and it seems like an interesting addition to Wikipedia — it's always nice to have better coverage of historical figures. One thing I noticed, though, was that a couple of the sentences in the article were quite close to one of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography articles used as a source. While I don't believe it is anywhere near extensive enough to be considered an issue under our copyright policy, so it's not as much of a big deal, I am supposed to leave a heads up and a pointer to our guide on Close paraphrasing.

For an example of close paraphrasing, consider the following sentence: The source says:
 * A well-read man, Ryan was particularly interested in events in his native Ireland. He gave generously to help the Irish representatives in the British parliament

The article says:
 * A well read man, Ryan was particularly interested in the political happenings in his native Ireland—often giving generously to the Irish Parliamentary Party [...]

There are one or two other examples that I could see. As I mentioned, this is a very limited issue, and I found your article quite good overall, but in the future, it can be worth keeping a closer eye on these things and paraphrase these sentences a bit less closely. Less closely adhering to the word choice used in the source may also allow adjusting the tone, for example by omitting phrases that appear to be more a matter of opinion.

Again, thank you for your work on this article, and let me know if you have any questions! Alpha3031 (t • c) 06:56, 18 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Dear Alpha3031,
 * My apologies for the delayed response; I have been finishing my thesis and haven't been able to check or work on editing Wikipedia articles as much as I would like.
 * Thank you for your message and for going out of your way in clarifying what you mean by close paraphrasing (super helpful!). I completely understand and will endeavour to review the article and fix any phrases that might meet the criteria in the coming week.
 * On a related note, I'm delighted to hear you enjoyed the article overall! My passion is forgotten or little known historical figures (any discipline or nationality) and it's always encouraging to hear that there is value in spotlighting them.
 * Best Wishes CaptivatingtheKing (talk) 05:39, 29 May 2024 (UTC)