User talk:Charles Matthews/Archive 44

Facto Post – Issue 17 – 29 October 2018
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 * Hi Charles,
 * Is there a list of the 53 Wikidata properties that link to Commons images? You wrote:

It should be noted, though, that there are currently 53 Wikidata properties that link to Commons... cm&#610;&#671;ee&#9094;&#964;a&#671;&#954; 15:56, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Also if it's not too late to update the post, could you hyperlink "53 Wikidata properties that link to Commons" to point to that list?
 * Thanks,

It's actually in the next paragraph: this query. Charles Matthews (talk) 16:04, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Excellent; thanks! cm&#610;&#671;ee&#9094;&#964;a&#671;&#954; 20:46, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Old wikitext editor retirement
The deprecation described in this announcement might affect you - I think you might be using that old toolbar? Deryck C. 11:36, 6 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Ah, thanks. A button went missing, so a sign of the times, it seems. Charles Matthews (talk) 11:55, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of Dilemma for deletion
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Hi Charles, please check this problem
Hi Charles, please check vandalizing edits made by user Moalli who has continuously deleted the entire sourced content of a section in the article Cantonese intentionally  (31 October),  (14 November), under the mask of Clean up section despite having this user's vandalism reverted. Thanks. 153.205.14.229 (talk) 21:40, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

Metallic currency listed at Redirects for discussion
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Facto Post – Issue 18 – 30 November 2018
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 * Feedback a good link is last week videos from SWIB Semantic Web in Libraries in Bonn playlist - Salgo60 (talk) 12:06, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

Charles Matthews (talk) 12:19, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

Background color for Facto Post
Since the change in background color from green to blue I have been unable to read Facto Post without first editing it to remove the color. The contrast between such a dark blue and the black text is too small, as is the contrast with the blue wikilinks. Please reconsider the color. Thankyou. StarryGrandma (talk) 17:52, 1 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks for letting me know. I think it must depend on the browser. Charles Matthews (talk) 18:36, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I've tried two other browsers now with the same effect. The color setting is just an instruction passed on to the hardware to set pixel intensities. The browser shouldn't matter. But a user's screen settings will. I am old so I need a bright screen. StarryGrandma (talk) 20:28, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

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Your objective opinion is needed
Hi. It's been a long time, I think, since we've spoken. I hope everything is going well. Years ago, you participated in some of the initiatives intended to resolve the problem of a serial policy violator. For some time now, I've been having trouble with an editor who's been exhibiting similar persistent behavior, and he seems to be escalating. I could really use your help. I've outlined the evidence of his behavior here. A summary list of his behavior is located near the bottom of that post, beneath the heading "Summary", in case you want to read that first. If you could offer your objective opinion on that evidence, I would appreciate it. Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 02:25, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

Some better approaches needed. Draft articles, before the event, can reasonably be written in the Draft: namespace. Talk pages for articles/drafts are the appropriate places for suggesting improvements, and coming to some consensus. I find it is generally better to let minor stuff go by, rather than making it a matter of principle, which is not to say that I'm agreeing with them. Charles Matthews (talk) 08:56, 12 December 2018 (UTC)


 * It's not minor. This guy has been causing trouble with his arbitrary changes, his misrepresentation of policy/guidelines and various other behaviors since he started editing the South Park articles. It's not going to stop, and I dont' see how writing drafts has anything to do with it. Nightscream (talk) 14:21, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

I understand that there is a dispute. I don't feel that ANI necessarily resolves disputes, and I have much more experience of the ArbCom approach to which you made some reference above. I certainly got it that you are annoyed, but one thing I recommend is to de-escalate. Look, these things can become a time sink, as we all know. There are expectations of everyone who edits here, and they are symmetric: the two parties in a dispute can expect to hear the same things from me. You only have to look around the world today, to see that the divisive and the adversarial can be pretty unhelpful. Charles Matthews (talk) 15:43, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

IETF/ISOC
As discussed: IETF Newcomers Presentation (2016) Zazpot (talk) 18:09, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

DOAJ
I think you made a note of this, but in case not: Directory of Open Access Journals. Zazpot (talk) 19:25, 15 December 2018 (UTC)


 * , thanks, that was a helpful steer. On this topic, do you consider List of open-access journals satisfies WP:LSC? Charles Matthews (talk) 20:57, 15 December 2018 (UTC)


 * List of open-access journals seems to me to satisfy WP:LSC, except perhaps in that none of its entries possess footnotes justifying their inclusion. WP:LSC states,
 * There has been some discussion, but not necessarily "dispute"; nor do the membership criteria seem to me, at the moment, to be sufficiently subjective to warrant serious concern. So, the article (well, list) is probably OK. I am quite tired, though; it is possible I have overlooked or misunderstood something. If you feel that I did overlook or misunderstand something, please ping me and I will take another look when feeling fresher! Zazpot (talk) 22:19, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

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Facto Post – Issue 19 – 27 December 2018
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Wikipedia talk:Did you know
Comments appreciated. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 20:46, 27 January 2019 (UTC)


 * My comment is that I don't think DYKs should be such a big deal. Charles Matthews (talk) 07:43, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

Great French War listed at Redirects for discussion
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Facto Post – Issue 20 – 31 January 2019
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Note to self: fr:Sobia Tahir. Charles Matthews (talk) 21:13, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

The Linux Command Line, etc
William Shotts's book; helpful, I hope: http://www.linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php/ Zazpot (talk) 13:36, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Timothy Richard Matthews


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Facto Post – Issue 21 – 28 February 2019
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Draft:Charles Henry Blake
Just to let you know, this draft is stale and is eligible for a G13 speedy deletion. -- Dolotta (talk) 16:25, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

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John Cornford Family
Hello. My husband’s uncle was John Cornford and I wanted to say hello. I have some questions about historical family members and I wonder if you might be able to help me. Let me know a good place to message. Thanks, Sandra Kethertomalkuth (talk) 09:51, 10 March 2019 (UTC)


 * You can mail me from the sidebar link. Charles Matthews (talk) 09:52, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Jeremiah Smith (Manchester Grammar School)


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 * Contested. The text is old: see the attribution link at the bottom. Charles Matthews (talk) 08:04, 16 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Just a heads up, I have just moved a speedy deletion notice because I accidentally thought is a copyright infringement that it's clearly not for purpose. Sorry for the inconvenience. Sheldybett (talk) 08:09, 16 March 2019 (UTC)


 * OK, good faith error then. Charles Matthews (talk) 08:10, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

Spelling error
In the February issue of the Facto Post there is a spelling error in the last rectangle of the image File:PRISMA flow diagram.jpg. I don't think it is a big deal but thought you might like to know. Best Regards,   Barbara    ✐  ✉  02:43, 25 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Ah, thanks. It is a JPG, and so not so easy to edit, I guess. Charles Matthews (talk) 05:57, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

Facto Post – Issue 22 – 28 March 2019
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 * I have done my best to ignore the topics in these past few issues, but with a good intro and links to further reading from a trusted source I have run out of excuses :) Thank you Charles, sincerely, cygnis insignis 12:15, 28 March 2019 (UTC)


 * "Just doing my job.", you are very welcome. Charles Matthews (talk) 12:24, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of The Complete Works for deletion
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Cudworth
Hi Charles, Thanks for your notification about Ralph Cudworth (died 1624). After spending ever so many hours on the four articles about Ralph Cudworth, its offshoot Ralph Cudworth (died 1624), James Cudworth (colonist) and Damaris Cudworth Masham, over several years, they are now all being furiously tweaked and re-tweaked, and many bold headings added in and careful wordings "compressed", without very substantial content improvement (or verification) by an editor without a userpage - who has so far declined to communicate with me in any way at all (despite an opening gambit on my part), and seems determined to apply his/her reformations to nobody else's work but mine. That, of course, is Wikipedia, but it has made me feel rather disheartened with those articles altogether. Personally I prefer sentences to contain verbs (and I don't think "Snr" is an improvement on "the elder"). But to complain could only cause trouble, so I just keep hold of my own versions for my own use and turn elsewhere. There are plenty of other centuries to keep one amused on a rainy Sunday in the shadow of Bigod's Tower. Thanks again, and kind regards, Eebahgum (talk) 15:00, 7 April 2019 (UTC)


 * That's someone without a great deal of editing experience, so AGF applies. Thanks for alerting me. Charles Matthews (talk) 15:29, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Fuzon (Blake)


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John Rouse Bloxam
Hi since you created the article: is this  the father of John Rouse Bloxam? Thank you for your time. Lotje (talk) 14:04, 29 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Correct. The date of death agrees with the ODNB article about John Rouse Bloxam, and that article also says the father was rector of Brinklow, which is what the CCEd link says. Charles Matthews (talk) 15:06, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Facto Post – Issue 23 – 30 April 2019
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ArbCom 2019 special circular
   

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Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular)
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 * I accept. Charles Matthews (talk) 19:07, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

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Facto Post – Issue 24 – 17 May 2019
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Capuche
Young Charles, hope you're well. I was surprised to see this article missing. Just took me a few hours to do that, I've lost my old diligence of editing, I find it fiddly writing articles nowadays! The source says something about brown becoming the norm by the 19th century yet I associate medieval monks with brown. Can you check the facts on this and expand it if you can as I remember the Franciscans were in your realm. Thanks.♦ Dr. Blofeld  09:21, 9 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Good to hear from you. I've never found it easy to keep the medieval mendicant orders sorted out: Blackfriars were Dominicans, Greyfriars Franciscans, Whitefriars were Carmelites. The other medieval mendicant order was the Servites. The Capuchins, being 16th century, were formed as part of the Franciscans, and were called Brownfriars (and hence the coffee connection). Of course monks generally means something different from friars, both being regular clergy subject to a rule, but operating differently. To complicate matters of religious habit, it seems that Franciscans do wear brown, but St Francis began by wearing grey sackcloth, peasant dress in Italy of that time. The brown woollen habit is associated with penitence. Charles Matthews (talk) 06:50, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for clarifying Charles. Sometimes when you can only find scraps (at least with what you're permitted to read online) it can get contradictory or confusing. As long as the article is accurate! ♦ Dr. Blofeld  07:47, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

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William Mitchell Ramsay
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List of municipalities in Soria
Hi Charles. I notice the population data is way out of date, a lot of them have lost half of their population since through younger people moving to larger towns. I was wondering if you could get the lists to feed off of Wikidata which has 2018 figures? Thanks.♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:27, 30 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Looks like the best that can be done is 2013, at least in some cases. Charles Matthews (talk) 11:31, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

Adradas uses 2018 from wikidata but I think it's estimated. ♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:33, 30 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Ah, OK, confused by the numbering. Charles Matthews (talk) 11:35, 30 August 2019 (UTC)


 * So this query works to extract the data you want:.

Suppress columns, use the download button options and so on, to wrangle things further. Let me know how you get on. Charles Matthews (talk) 12:07, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

Eeks, I presumed there was some sort of bot you could use to update the table using wikidata figures!♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:51, 30 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Well, yes, the Listeria bot can make tables from queries like that one. But as far as I know it is not allowed in mainspace here. It could be set up in your userspace, and some use made of it that way. Charles Matthews (talk) 16:26, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Navratilova, Martina


A tag has been placed on Navratilova, Martina requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

"redundancy - it just a revers of a name and redirect"

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, pages that meet certain criteria may be deleted at any time.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. --Loginnigol 09:23, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Take this to Redirects for discussion, where there were recent related debates. Charles Matthews (talk) 09:29, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Your qid
Hi. I'm building to help automate the Wikipedians_in_Residence table. Do you have an existing qid? T.Shafee(Evo &#38; Evo)talk 12:53, 23 September 2019 (UTC)


 * No, I don't. Charles Matthews (talk) 13:19, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

Structured Data - blogs posted in Wikimedia Space
There are two separate blog entries for Structured Data on Commons posted to Wikimedia Space that are of interest:


 * Working with Structured Data on Commons: A Status Report, by Lucas Werkmeister, discusses some ways that editors can work with structured data. Topics include tools that have been written or modified for structured data, in addition to future plans for tools and querying services.
 * Structured Data on Commons - A Blog Series, written by me, is a five-part posting that covers the basics of the software and features that were built to make structured data happen. The series is meant to be friendly to those who may have some knowledge of Commons, but may not know much about the structured data project.

I hope these are informative and useful, comments and questions are welcome. All the blogs offer a comment feature, and you can log in with your Wikimedia account using oAuth. I look forward to seeing some posts over there. -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 21:33, 23 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Wikidata is under-documented. It looks like SDoC is going the same way. Serious consideration should be given to providing actual documentation of basics. Blogposts are not the same thing at all. Charles Matthews (talk) 04:04, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Hello, Charles. The blogs are not meant to supplant canon documentation. Is there a particular type of documentation are you looking for? Technical? Community policy on usage? Something else? Perhaps I can help you find it, or work towards filling the gaps if I can't. Keegan (WMF) (talk) 17:04, 24 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Well, a dozen years ago I was facing the writing of How Wikipedia Works, from an outline supplied to a publisher, as co-author. This is going to be a "call me old-fashioned" moment. But there is nothing resembling an O'Reilly book for Wikidata: I mean a reference work, and there is also nothing resembling that No Starch book. For SDoC you cannot make assumptions about technical background.


 * I'll put it another way. It is well known that developers dislike writing documentation, except as peer-to-peer, in other words expert writing for expert fashion. Having worked with developers on a Wikidata+Wikibase project for 12 months, it is quite clear to me that Wikimedia has an issue with its documentation also assuming people come to it from a MediaWiki background: which was not the case with the two developers in question.


 * "Informative and useful" is always relative to audience. Please consider the need to be inclusive. Charles Matthews (talk) 03:55, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

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2020 London mayoral election
Hello Charles, there is an edit war going on here. Someone is refusing to allow the LibDem candidate Siobhan Benita to be there, and also Rory Stewart. I hope this can be fixed. All the best meanwhile ixo (talk) 13:11, 4 October 2019 (UTC)


 * I have taken a couple of steps there. Charles Matthews (talk) 15:02, 4 October 2019 (UTC)


 * Thanks very much for your wise input ixo (talk) 16:30, 4 October 2019 (UTC)