User talk:GimliDotNet/Archives/2014/July

List of Middle-earth weapons and armor
Hello. Quick question about the edit. I am not familiar with editing Wikipedia so just wanted to ask why this section is English english versus American english? Do different parts of Wikipedia have different English forms of English from United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia or New Zealand depending on article? Any explanation would be great. i have seen several articles with or words having uor and was always wondering since I thought more US people used English Wikipedia percentage wise and number wise and thought it was default. 67.85.20.13 (talk) 10:47, 9 July 2014 (UTC)July 9, 2014
 * The general rule is to follow the source material and or Language of origin, so in this case Tolkien articles use British English, whereas articles on novels written by American authors would use American. this guideline explains it fully, cheers GimliDotNet ( Speak to me,  Stuff I've done )  10:51, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

I just realized right after my first post how Tolkien is English so presumably Lord of the Rings, Hobbit Silmarillion and his other works would use English english and seeing your post now I see my connection is right. Thanks for help and understanding and the language thing makes sense. Another question how does it work if the book has a totally different subject from authors country of origin say if an American author wrights a book taking place in England? Would it use English? And would sci-fi stuff just be another category? 67.85.20.13 (talk) 10:58, 9 July 2014 (UTC) July 9, 2014
 * In that case we would use the same version the author did, so an American author writing a story set in England but using American English would have it's articles in American English. It gets even more confusing with British English because Harry Potter articles are in British English but Tolkien articles are in Oxford British English, a slight variance!  GimliDotNet ( Speak to me,  Stuff I've done )  11:07, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

That good to know with the LOTR and Harry Potter difference. I did not know that. Thanks for the cool fact. 67.85.20.13 (talk) 20:05, 9 July 2014 (UTC)July 9 2014

Significance of Brandon Nuw Crawford
Hi. I'm curious which part of Brandon Nuw Crawford you considered to be an indication of significance, disqualifying him from WP:CSD A7. —Largo Plazo (talk) 21:06, 12 July 2014 (UTC) "criterion does not apply to any article that makes any credible claim of significance or importance even if the claim is not supported by a reliable source or does not qualify on Wikipedia's notability guidelines." the article makes the claim he's an actor who has appeared in TV and films, which seems to be supported by Imdb. Ergo it doesn't qualify for A7. GimliDotNet ( Speak to me, Stuff I've done )  21:10, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * OK. I don't see being an actor as inherently significant, any more than being, say, a software developer. And for actors, being listed in IMDb is WP:ROUTINE. —Largo Plazo (talk) 14:57, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Then let AFD take care of it, A7 is for blatant cases. GimliDotNet ( Speak to me,  Stuff I've done )  15:00, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I think it's not so much a matter of being blatant as being a way to avoid having people waste their time in discussions on WP:SNOWBALL articles (the kind of discussion where half the contributors write "This should have been speedied.") My own practice when filing A7 is to check whether there's notability beyond what the article creator had even implied, so I don't inadvertently treat an article as snowball fodder when it isn't. —Largo Plazo (talk) 15:32, 13 July 2014 (UTC)