User talk:GuardianH/Archive 2

Adding More Citations Needed tags on University Articles
Hello, I just removed the More Citations Needed tag on University of Maryland, but it looks like you are adding that rather freely on several other educational institution articles. Respectfully, it would be more helpful to place that tag with the section limit on sections where additional citations are needed, or use a Citation Needed tag on specific paragraphs/sentences. Saying an article with more than 275 citations on it needs more citations when for the most part it appears to be adequately sourced doesn't help me understand your concern or guide me in improving it. &mdash;Carter (Tcr25) (talk) 19:37, 20 April 2023 (UTC)


 * @Tcr25 The citation needed tag was primarily for the purpose of notifying readers that some information in the article may be unverified, and that editors ought to place respective citations where necessary. The section for Women's basketball is completely unsourced, as is substantial portions of the Campus section and Residential Life. There's some other clauses that need citation, and you're right that a section tag might be better. GuardianH (talk) 19:50, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks! &mdash;Carter (Tcr25) (talk) 13:39, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

Recent College/University Edits
Hello GuardianH, regarding some of your recent edits to college and university articles; it looks like you may not be applying the same standards objectively across the board, which, if true, would amount to a detriment to the principle of the free dissemination of accurate knowledge.

For example, it appears your recent edits to University of Wisconsin–Madison and San Diego State University, in which you removed paragraphs describing well-cited alumni accomplishments consistent with the layout of most peer articles, are at odds with your changes to Connecticut College:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=University_of_Wisconsin–Madison&oldid=1151447180

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=San_Diego_State_University&oldid=1151610611

The first edit cites "an additional paragraph dedicated to alumni is excessive, may find better placement in body; WP:UNDUE". Conversely, you've added a very similar alumni paragraph to Connecticut College, which would also be also guilty of advertisement if we apply the same standard that you did in this edit:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=University_of_Wisconsin–Madison&oldid=1151447318

I respectfully ask that you reconsider your approach to articles of this nature. Thank you. ConsistentStandards (talk) 05:15, 25 April 2023 (UTC)


 * All university pages contain a section dedicated to alumni in the lede, the problem was that oftentimes these become excessive and overly detailed, such as the case in UW-M and SDSU. These are WP:UNDUE and generally embellish a school's reputation in addition to being disproportional to the article. GuardianH (talk) 17:54, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 * An additional note: Conn's lede alumni section is relatively standard, unlike what was that in UW-M and SDSU. A notable FA example would be that of Pomona College. GuardianH (talk) 18:20, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your thoughts. Whether or not the edits I reference above are WP:UNDUE is not relevant to the matter I wish to bring to your attention; they are an example of what appears to be a lack of objectivity evident in your recent changes to many college and university articles.
 * Another example of this concerning bias is your removal of the acceptance rate from the lede of the Hamilton College article, which you attribute to "trim puff":
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hamilton_College&diff=1151282884&oldid=1150152115
 * Meanwhile, you have added the acceptance rate of Connecticut College to the article lede:
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Connecticut_College&diff=1151606199&oldid=1149047343
 * Not applying the same standards objectively in your edits is a neutrality violation: Neutral point of view. This would amount to a detriment to the principle of the free dissemination of accurate knowledge upon which Wikipedia is founded. In the interest of this principle, I implore you to reconsider your approach to articles of this nature. Thank you. ConsistentStandards (talk) 20:34, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 * The pre-existing clause for HC stated Hamilton places among the most selective colleges in the country, with an 11.8% acceptance rate. The first portion of the sentence was WP:UNDUE, and was not supported by the sources (both of which were primary). That was why I removed it; I hope that clears some things up. Your perhaps right in that it may be better to include the acceptance rate back in the lede; I've re-added it now that the puff has been trimmed. GuardianH (talk) 23:19, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Well done; I trust my greater point has been taken. Connecticut College is an excellent school, and you've done a great job with the article. ConsistentStandards (talk) 03:10, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I think you are doing good work in decreasing puff and boosterism on university pages. May I ask your opinion about my work reducing Greek puff? I have been starting out on the talk pages of the various universities and colleges, proposing my deletions there first. But no one has answered so far, and there seems to be Wiki-consensus about reducing Greek puff. So: do you think it is necessary for me to start on talk pages or is it ok to delete without talk? --Melchior2006 (talk) 06:41, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Hey @Melchior2006, thank you for what you say about my effort to reduce puff; though there has been some movement, there is still a lot to be done. If no one responds in the talk page, it is likely that you can make your deletions without discussing them first—this is especially true if you believe your edits are relatively uncontroversial (i.e. if you are fixing grammar or obvious MOS:PUFFERY). You can also make edits you believe might be controversial (i.e. a removal of a puff-riddled section), per WP:BOLD. I'm not familiar with what you mean by Greek puff, but from what I've seen from a cursory look at your edits you've been making both good effort and progress to clean up higher education pages. GuardianH (talk) 14:21, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Hey @GuardianH, thanks for the support and the green light. By "Greek puff," I meant all of the lists and superfluous information about fraternity houses. I will go ahead and make a few edits without discussing them on the talk pages and let you know if I get any reactions. --Melchior2006 (talk) 07:57, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment Hi! In your recent edit to University of California, Los Angeles, you added an ambiguous edit summary “neut”. Normally this wouldn’t be a big deal, but given the above discussion, it might be helpful if you were to leave clear and detailed edit summaries. Cheers, RadioactiveBoulevardier (talk) 00:17, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
 * No problem. It's just short for "neutral", so in that case I just reworded it using a more neutral term. I hope that clears some things up. GuardianH (talk) 03:08, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
 * @GuardianH
 * It's not acceptable to rewrite the truth the way you see fit. I've reverted recent vandalism to the Northeastern and Connecticut College articles (your edits to the second are strange considering you appear to have written most of the reverted content yourself). I suggest you read over the Neutral Point of View FAQ guidelines, specifically: WP:POVDELETION.
 * "It is a frequent misunderstanding of the NPOV policy, often expressed by newbies, visitors, and outside critics, that articles must not contain any form of bias, hence their efforts to remove statements they perceive as biased. The NPOV policy does forbid the inclusion of editorial bias, but does not forbid properly sourced bias. Without the inclusion and documentation of bias in the real world, many of our articles would fail to document the sum total of human knowledge, and would be rather "blah" reading, devoid of much meaningful and interesting content."
 * If you have further controversial edits, I suggest opening discussion in article talk pages. Relativebalance (talk) 18:20, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * You have a misunderstanding of WP:VAND, and you are labeling any edits you dislike to be vandalism in order to justify their removal. I removed content on Northeastern University because they were unsourced, were puff, unnecessarily excessive in detail concerning minor programs, or to remove undue information from the lede. These removals are valid per WP:NOSOURCES, WP:NPOV, WP:PROMOTION and WP:BOLD, among others, and removed MOS:PUFFERY, MOS:EDITORIAL, and WP:UNDUE. If you have a particular issue on an edit, you should seek consensus on the talk page and I will go through the material with you.
 * Colleges and universities have a problem with WP:ACADEMIC BOOSTERISM because they are often edited by alumni or affiliates (in a WP:COI), which leads to the addition of excessive, promotional, or entirely unsourced material, as was there in the article for Northeastern. My edits to Connecticut College were all self-reverts of my own additions—again, not even close to vandalism. GuardianH (talk) 19:13, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * All the information you removed was sourced. Puff, unnecessarily excessive detail, and undue information are all debatable. WP:BOLD specifically suggests not becoming upset if others revert your changes, because the nature of your changes are bold. WP:POVDELETION states properly sourced bias is not forbidden. Even if you believe the Northeastern article is biased, the bias is sourced and therefore permitted.
 * Your edits to Holy Cross are just as biased, it seems like you are willing to ignore these issues for the certain colleges while applying them stringently elsewhere. Relativebalance (talk) 19:24, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * You are using WP:POVDELETION to justify promotional, puff, and undue material, which it doesn't—that's why there are policies such as MOS:PUFFERY and MOS:EDITORIAL in place. Prime examples in the Northeastern article include:
 * This is not to mention the unsourced information which also puffs the article and remains to be verified. GuardianH (talk) 19:49, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I've reverted your changes and opened a discussion on this topic quoting your reasoning on the Northeastern Talk page to gather a consensus and get the opinion of more editors. I hope we can hold off on an edit war until the broader community weighs in. Relativebalance (talk) 19:44, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I'll go through the particular issues on the talk page you've opened up. I'll reinstate the conncoll edits; as mentioned above, neither constituted vandalism and removing my own additions to an article is far from it. GuardianH (talk) 19:59, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Also, I've now trimmed some MOS:PUFFERY and MOS:EDITORIAL on the College of the Holy Cross in regards to your concerns. GuardianH (talk) 20:30, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Although I've already made you aware of this on the Northeastern talk page, I'm additionally notifying you of this DRN here per the guidelines. Dispute resolution noticeboard Relativebalance (talk) 03:27, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
 * This is not to mention the unsourced information which also puffs the article and remains to be verified. GuardianH (talk) 19:49, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I've reverted your changes and opened a discussion on this topic quoting your reasoning on the Northeastern Talk page to gather a consensus and get the opinion of more editors. I hope we can hold off on an edit war until the broader community weighs in. Relativebalance (talk) 19:44, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I'll go through the particular issues on the talk page you've opened up. I'll reinstate the conncoll edits; as mentioned above, neither constituted vandalism and removing my own additions to an article is far from it. GuardianH (talk) 19:59, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Also, I've now trimmed some MOS:PUFFERY and MOS:EDITORIAL on the College of the Holy Cross in regards to your concerns. GuardianH (talk) 20:30, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Although I've already made you aware of this on the Northeastern talk page, I'm additionally notifying you of this DRN here per the guidelines. Dispute resolution noticeboard Relativebalance (talk) 03:27, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I'll go through the particular issues on the talk page you've opened up. I'll reinstate the conncoll edits; as mentioned above, neither constituted vandalism and removing my own additions to an article is far from it. GuardianH (talk) 19:59, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Also, I've now trimmed some MOS:PUFFERY and MOS:EDITORIAL on the College of the Holy Cross in regards to your concerns. GuardianH (talk) 20:30, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Although I've already made you aware of this on the Northeastern talk page, I'm additionally notifying you of this DRN here per the guidelines. Dispute resolution noticeboard Relativebalance (talk) 03:27, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

Heads up
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capitalizing "court"
Regarding this revert, the capitalization of "court" was quite inconsistent in the article before I edited it, and simply undoing that work probably wasn't the best course of action. I don't find in MOS:INSTITUTIONS any justification to capitalize, but there's always another guideline or policy and you're likely drawing on one I just don't know yet. I'd be curious to know which it is. In any case, if you want to capitalize "court" then you should take the time to be consistent about it, as I did. ~TPW 14:20, 11 May 2023 (UTC)


 * The guideline I was drawing on was MOS:INSTITUTIONS, we simply had different interpretations of it. The capitalization of the Supreme Court as "Court" is consistent with the generic plural or plural legal examples given. All Supreme Court FAs — Wiley Rutledge, Melville Fuller, Sherman Minton, Antonin Scalia — capitalize the term and passed their respective reviews having done so. GuardianH (talk) 14:24, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

Do you go to LHS?
I saw you edited the page and your page says you're a MA HS student. GrahamSH-LLK (talk) 15:13, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

Your edit on Luo Wenzao
Dear GuardianH:

You recently made an edit on Luo Wenzao. Specifically, you combined "Chinese Catholic" (linking to Chinese people and Catholic church respectively) into "Chinese Catholic" (now linking to the Catholic Church in China). The edit link is here.

It's on me that I did not follow MOS:LINKSTYLE, that I shouldn't have put "Chinese" and "Catholic" side-by-side. However, putting the single "Chinese Catholic" link here is misleading: Luo is not the first Bishop in the Catholic Church in China. There are other apostolic vicars (with the title of bishop) before him, such as Francois Pallu. To quote from the article:


 * In 1658, Pallu became Bishop of Heliopolis, and Vicar apostolic of Tonkin (which consisted of northern Vietnam, Laos and five provinces of southwest China).

As such, I am modifying the lede and in a way reverting your edit. I hope I made the point clear, and I thank you for your attention to the article. Now the lede should say "... was the first Catholic bishop of Chinese ethnicity".

P.S. I also went to high school in somewhere in Massachusetts, about 40 minutes to the north of Boston, and headed the Wikipedia club there... ;)

Cheers. --TheLonelyPather (talk) 22:06, 29 May 2023 (UTC)


 * An excellent article @TheLonelyPather; of course, I take no issue with any of your changes. Your work on Wenzao is prodigious, as one might expect of an educated person who headed a Wikipedia club in Massachusetts. GuardianH (talk) 22:40, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

"Correcting" university degrees
Be careful when altering a degree awarded, as you did in Elena Kagan. Kagan's degree was not a BA, as you have altered the article to read; it was an AB. See the information Kagan herself supplied to the Senate for her confirmation hearings.

If you are making similar edits to other article, please confirm you have it right before making such "corrections". TJRC (talk) 02:55, 6 June 2023 (UTC)


 * @TJRC An A.B. and a B.A. are identical — the former stands for artium baccalaureus and the latter, baccalaureus artium. Regardless, they both are terms for a Bachelor of Arts. What's of note is that some schools — i.e., in this case, Princeton University — keep the original Latin tradition of labeling a degree A.B., that's why Kagan labeled her degree an A.B. Most readers are familiar with B.A., but otherwise unfamiliar with an A.B.
 * Per the use of the most easily identifiable label, it is better to label these degrees as a B.A,; the only exception likely being if the user received their degree before the advent of widespread highered (i.e. the days of Harvard College). Harvard also still uses the antiquated method of labeling their BA as AB, and this includes their master's degrees and other graduate degrees (BS as SB, MS as SM, MA as AM) but, for the aforementioned reason above, we don't reflect this use for sake of readability. GuardianH (talk) 22:01, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I think it's better to note it as the degree actually awarded by the institution. TJRC (talk) 00:19, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

Are lists of sports teams puffery?
I find lists of sports teams to be a lot like advertising. Often, there is no way of verifying the information. I am sure that in some cases they are inaccurate because teams have died or new ones have been founded. In general, the value of such lists as encyclopedia information is questionable. What do you think? -- Melchior2006 (talk) 13:34, 8 June 2023 (UTC)


 * If sports teams sections are completely unsourced, it's likely that you can remove the longstanding material — this is especially true since, given there is little way of verifying the information, it may have been placed with the goal to inflate the schools reputation. In fact, some unverified lists of, e.g., a school's victories in sports may be supplemented by completely fabricated information. See WP:PROMOTION; if it is blatant or explicit in this fashion, it should definitely be removed. GuardianH (talk) 02:09, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

Franklin & Marshall College, boosterism
Howdy, I've recently overhauled the Franklin & Marshall article and I agree, it appears to be boosterism. I'm not trying to bolster the college's reputation, I just got caught up in improving the article. It's a bad look, I agree.

I'll refrain from touching the article and I'll let other able Wikipedians have at it. This is a formal apology for the appearance of impropriety.

Your buddy, R. J. Dockery (talk) 20:42, 10 June 2023 (UTC)


 * No worries. Some material that is WP:PROMOTION will need to be trimmed. GuardianH (talk) 23:01, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Hotel Northampton


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Your edits on Ted Kaczinksi
Please explain why you should leave leftism and not conservatism. Have you read his manifesto? You say he attacked other political ideologies, but that is not true.

He only attacked those two political ideologies.

You're not giving a good reason why conservatism should be left out.

I hope there is no POV pushing going on with your edits, which goes against NPOV.

By the way, I'm a centrist so I definitely don't engage in biased editing. Nashhinton (talk) 23:40, 26 June 2023 (UTC)


 * @Nashhinton Both his critiques of conservatism and leftism are in the body, but just his critique of leftism is warranted in the lede to maintain WP:DUE weight. Kaczynski knew his philosophy of anarchism was generally tied with left-wing politics, so he deliberately chose to focus the manifesto as a rejection of left-wing politics. Not only is the manifesto a polemic against leftism, but most of it is entirely dedicated to it — see The Psychology of Modern Leftism and The Danger of Leftism. The manifesto is rife with these critiques of leftism. Alternatively, his critique of conservatism is minute by comparison; the only worthy section dedicated to it is paragraph 50. I reverted your edit because the lede addresses the most important parts of his manifesto — his rejection of leftism is one of those important parts, not his rejection of conservatism. GuardianH (talk) 00:16, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

Fair enough. Nashhinton (talk) 04:53, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

Reverts on Angela Davis article
You very quickly reverted on the Angela Davis article, without any explanation. Instead I would encourage you to help fix the error that you believe exists instead of quick reverts.

Thanks in advance! Jjazz76 (talk) 00:27, 4 July 2023 (UTC)


 * @Jjazz76 I provided an explanation in the edit summary. Per the summary, the information added by the IP editor synthesized info from multiple sources, without any of those sources explicitly reaching its conclusion. See WP:SYNTH, which prohibits such additions. GuardianH (talk) 00:30, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Did you look at the underlying sources? Have you checked the German wikipedia page for a discussion on this very same topic? Before you make quick edits take a few hours to review the sources. They are all over the map on the issue and don't come to the consensus you are claiming. Jjazz76 (talk) 00:32, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
 * @Jjazz76 We can't use other Wikipedia articles, much less other versions of Wikipedia, as sources to material nor to follow their particular consensus on a topic; this is central per WP:CIRCULAR. There are dozens of different versions of Wikipedia, and all of them can come to different conclusions about the same topic. GuardianH (talk) 00:39, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Ok well then I encourage you to read the materials cited, and then loop back. Jjazz76 (talk) 00:40, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
 * @Jjazz76 I read them already, and none of them support the conclusions reached by the IP editor. In fact, the majority of them are all supplements to the IP editor's opinion on the topic without explicit mention, which is an abridgment of WP:NOR. For example, in the sentence "Other biographies make no mention of an earned PhD", the sources accompanying it don't say explicitly that any biographies make no mention of a PhD, so it's original research and due to be removed. GuardianH (talk) 00:47, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I've already flagged your reverts as vandalism and you seem to engage in a habit of this as noted on this talk page. Jjazz76 (talk) 00:50, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure how you are coming to the conclusion that my reversion of the IP edits constitute vandalism in some way. The IP edits contain original research, so they are due to be removed, which I did. You reverted my removal, saying I never provided any explanation, but I did in all of edit summaries; you then posited that I should have looked at the German Wikipedia, but I told you we can't use other Wikipedias as a source. Note that all of your revisions of my edits never had any edit summaries themselves.
 * There is a stringent definition of what constitutes vandalism on Wikipedia, and you can't simply label edits you dislike as such. By the way, I even restored some material by the IP editor that was properly sourced, but you once again reverted that re-addition — again with no edit summary. GuardianH (talk) 01:04, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I'd certainly like to improve this article with you. Some of the existing information is very poorly cited from weak sources and there are sources out there that dispute the findings. How do we make sure the article represents a NPOV on these issues? Jjazz76 (talk) 01:13, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Well, removing the original research would be a good start. Any more additions to the article should be properly sourced — in other words, ensure that each source explicitly, in in-text attribution, supports any claim. The first problem is that a substantial portion of the sources stem from German sources; I don't speak German fluently, and its likely that most other editors who wish to read about Davis don't either. So if there is to be any more additions, they should also ideally be from English sources. GuardianH (talk) 02:14, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
 * @Jjazz76 Per our discussion here, I have reverted the additions back to the original as part of a WP:PRESERVE. What's necessary are sources that explicitly — not indirectly — challenge Davis' having completed a dissertation and/or a PhD. Given your mention of a controversy on the German Wikipedia, it seems likely source(s) are out there; I have yet to find any, so maybe you could be of help in finding some. Also, this is best discussed on the page for Angela Davis rather than on my talk page. GuardianH (talk) 06:42, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi Guardian H,
 * I posted the note on the Angela Davis talk page, but also wanted to loop back with you on it here. I encourage you to take a look at - Sophie Lorenz - »Schwarze Schwester Angela« – Die DDR und Angela Davis, which was published in 2020. Of particular interest is footnote 383 on p 249.
 * "Dass Davis eine entsprechende Doktorarbeit abgeschlossen hat, ließ sich im Rahmen dieser
 * Untersuchung nicht bestätigen. Die Existenz einer Promotionsakte von Davis im Universitätsarchiv
 * der Humboldt-Universität Berlin konnte auf Nachfrage ebenfalls nicht bestätigt
 * werden." Jjazz76 (talk) 14:16, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

My condolences
Hi GuardianH. I don't believe we've ever directly interacted. I'm KyleJoan. I learned about your loss on your user page after coming across it in the edit history of. I wish you strength and hope you find healing during this time. KyleJoan talk 05:33, 8 July 2023 (UTC)


 * @KyleJoan Thank you so much for taking time to say such kind words. Thank you. GuardianH (talk) 03:03, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

Sending my condolences
Dear GuardianH,

I am writing to send my condolences. I feel sorry for your loss of a loved one. Please take a good break and prioritize your mental health.

--TheLonelyPather (talk) 06:45, 8 July 2023 (UTC)


 * I am very sorry to hear about your grandfather's passing. I will include him in my prayers. Thank you for all your good work on Wikipedia; take a good rest. -- Melchior2006 (talk) 07:06, 8 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you. He very much enjoyed the things I wrote during his time. GuardianH (talk) 03:03, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I offer my condolences to you, too. He must mean a lot to you, and you honor him by taking a moment in this busy world to note his passing on your talk page. Godspeed. Brad606 (talk) 19:44, 8 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you. To see you and others' comments is heartwarming beyond words. GuardianH (talk) 03:04, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I cannot tell you how much it means to be to see these comments. GuardianH (talk) 03:03, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

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Jan Crawford
You added a birth year for Jan Crawford without a reference. Is there one? -- Pemilligan (talk) 12:36, 2 August 2023 (UTC)


 * I guess not. I thought I saw Crawford state her birthdate in a publication that showed up on Google, but that just turned out to be some random website that I don't think qualifies as an RS; I'll remove it now. GuardianH (talk) 00:11, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

Ted Kaczynski
My edits to remove the claim that Ted Kaczynski was ever diagnosed with cancer have been repeatedly removed. I understand I shouldn't act on my own hand but then what am I to do? It is fact that this rumor first appeared on a reddit post where a user claimed that Ted Kaczynski wrote a letter back. The cancer was never confirmed. Besides, in this alleged letter, these two people converse as if they are plotting to start a revolution. These kinds of letters and even to a lesser degree have been denied from being given to Kaczynski due to them not being conducive to his rehabilitation. Besides this, the handwriting in the letter and his other letters as well as his manifesto do not match. I can keep trying to prove my point but the question I'm asking is what do I do to combat this obvious hoax? Wikipedia is no place for misinformation, especially when it happens as effortlessly as this. DeVoery (talk) 00:37, 3 August 2023 (UTC)


 * @DeVoery You might have to look for a WP:RS that contradicts the statement, in which case both viewpoints might be represented. GuardianH (talk) 00:43, 3 August 2023 (UTC)


 * @DeVoery The article cites an Associated Press story which reports that he was suffering from late-stage cancer. AP is a reliable source. -- Pemilligan (talk) 00:51, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't know where AP got their information. When dozens of other news organizations repeat the same thing, most writers wouldn't bother to check its legitimacy. When the staff at the medical center Kaczynski was transferred to were asked about the cancer rumor, they didn't confirm it. Fact is no news organization started mentioning Kaczynski had cancer until a reddit post appeared. DeVoery (talk) 01:02, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
 * @DeVoery I think you are confusing some things a bit. Two things can be true at once: that Kaczynski had cancer, and that a Reddit post said he had cancer. The fact that a Reddit post mentioned him having cancer does not mean that all subsequent media coverage got their information from that Reddit post, that itself is an ignorance fallacy. It's more likely that the AP and other media sources got their information from somewhere else. GuardianH (talk) 01:08, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
 * AP article doesn't specify how they got ahold of that information. They certainly didn't get it from the medical staff or Kaczynski, which leaves only the rest of the articles and the Reddit letter itself as their sources of information DeVoery (talk) 01:17, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia articles are based on reliable sources. AP is a reliable source. End of story. -- Pemilligan (talk) 02:20, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

Discussion about recent edits to UC Berkeleys article
Hello,

We recently discussed the lede in Berkeleys article and you removed the section in question with the note that "a consensus had been reached". I would like to draw your attention to these replies from elkevbo, the person originally opposing the inclusion...

''your recent edits are much closer to what we need to support this kind of claim in accordance with WP:HIGHEREDREP. Several of the sources, however, are pretty weak - single-year rankings and ephemeral news articles - and should be replaced with much better sources written by scholars and higher education experts.''

multiple sources were added and elkev responded-

''The first, third, and eighth sources are pretty good; I have no notes. The second and seventh sources aren't too fantastic but they're relatively recent news articles in reputable venues by reporters who work the higher education beat so they're alright. The fourth source is 20 years old so not usable for a claim about the university in the present tense. The fifth source is just a book review so shouldn't be cited here at all (although the reviewed book is likely a good source). The sixth source is about 12 years old so it is also too old to cite for a claim about the university in 2023.''

Frankly, I recommend just removing the two old sources and the book review and seeing where we stand then.

The consensus seemed to be that there was an issue with SOURCES, with only the first, third, and eighth being strong enough to include. However, the issue was not with the claim itself, as elkev agreed that 3 sources were appropriate. Given this, I think the previous version of the article should be reinstated and the two bad sources removed. In the end, the consensus was not complete removal. Nightshade2000 (talk) 07:36, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

Please add edit summaries!
Hi, I was reviewing the article about Clarence Thomas, where you have made a good number of edits recently. However, I was surprised to find very few edit summaries, which makes it difficult to see what is going on without reviewing the changes directly.

Going forward, please consider including a brief summary of the changes you are making with each edit, as is customary. It's incredibly helpful so that other editors can more easily understand the evolution of the article. Thank you! 72.14.126.22 (talk) 19:59, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

I'd like to add my encouragement to that of the editor above. Please use edit summaries. Always. Even if very brief or a code of your own usage. Effective large communities like Wikipedia's tend to benefit from excellent lateral communication. Useful edit summaries are an excellent way to help admins or other interested editors quickly sort good guys from bad (in the case of disrupters), sort wheat from chaff (in the case of large page histories) or to improve clarity of assertion (in talk disagreement). Think of it as swinging big elbows at the family table, so everyone can get a sense of each others' space. Please consider reading WP:EDITSUMMARY. As part of WP:CIVILITY policy, every edit should be explained. Thanks for your individual edits, which are very helpful. BusterD (talk) 01:34, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

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DP
I would suggest accepting defeat on the DP alma mater issue. I don't see anything wrong with having it (though I also don't see any issue with removing it). The problem is when you can't establish consensus the edit warring is a bad look. A while ago I realized that even if I technically could "win" (ie they would hit a revert limit before me), in the end it didn't help. Springee (talk) 23:11, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

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Consensus at Richard Lynn
Hi GuardianH,

There is a consensus to describe Richard Lynn as a "controversial psychologist", so technically your recent edit is against consensus. This has actually come up several times. Here is the most recent discussion: Talk:Richard Lynn/Archive_5. While consensus can change, you should self-revert to avoid being in violation of consensus at this time. Thanks for your understanding. Generalrelative (talk) 17:24, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

WP:DISRUPTIVE
Just stop editing British biographies. You refuse to take advice. Changing * Trinity College, Cambridge * Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge to * University of Cambridge is again incorrect. You clearly have no desire to learn, despite multiple editors trying. This is your final [soft] warning as you just don't get it. Gaia Octavia Agrippa Talk 19:00, 8 February 2024 (UTC)


 * @Gaia Octavia Agrippa It's a MOS:EGG and MOS:OVERLINK. Actually, you've been the only one who had raised this so far. Fixing redundant links doesn't mean the user has to stop editing British biographies — as if only American biographies are okay to fix? GuardianH (talk) 20:09, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
 * No the above example is not MOS:EGG or MOS:OVERLINK.
 * Looking above and at your talk page history, User:Special-T has picked you up on American degree abbreviations (this has been mentioned before); User:Johnbod has agreed with me here; you've been picked up for errors to a German article although you actually chose to engage with that. You did not engage with me here, here or here.
 * I'm not going to go through your edits to see which have been reverted or otherwise corrected after you have swept through.
 * Your incompetence relating to British academia is clear, your errors have been pointed out (and those relating to American academic post-nominals) and yet you plough on regardless. So, stop, breath, educate yourself and continue correctly or stop editing British biographies. Gaia Octavia Agrippa Talk 21:05, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @Gaia Octavia Agrippa There's been articles with both condensation and no condensation here. Your assumption is that there's a consensus for keeping them separate, but I've only been aware of a broad consensus for listing colleges under a person's education, not their institutional affiliation. Listing every college under institutions gives redundancies, especially when they are under the same institution (University of Cambridge, University of Oxford). I.e., we condense an academic at Harvard Law School or Harvard Business School to just Harvard University. GuardianH (talk) 21:19, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @Gaia Octavia Agrippa To clarify, it looks like University of Oxford for a person's institutional affiliation is acceptable. Given an apparent lack of consensus, it may be something more appropriate for an RfC for the article. GuardianH (talk) 21:32, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
 * No, for Oxford, Cambridge and London universities, all essentially bands of affiliated institutions, it is correct and usual to give the college or what ever London calls them, NOT the faculty nor the plain overall university. Believe it. Johnbod (talk) 03:31, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @Johnbod Is there anything in policy that supports this? I have seen both the college name and the full institution (University of Oxford) in use for a scholar's institutional affiliation, and two things can be true at once here: that either is acceptable. Also, universities have seldom dictated policy on the site. I know Gaia pinged you so I think a RfC might be appropriate to avoid a WP:CANVASS, given that you've also disagreed with me in previous discussions. GuardianH (talk) 03:40, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
 * We follow WP:RS here, and that is what they normally do. You obviously don't understand the British system at all, and just won't be told. There is ample consensus here - it's just you on the other side. Do a Rfc if you must - it will sink like a stone. I've no idea where "you've also disagreed with me in previous discussions", but I'm not at all surprized - you do far too many small fiddling edits, with too low quality control. Johnbod (talk) 03:56, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Oh, this I suppose. Perhaps you should leave the UK alone. Johnbod (talk) 04:04, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @Johnbod First of all, I think both of you are edging on WP:UNCIVIL here, both by belittling my perspective (WP:ICA) by assuming it to be that I'm uneducated and obstinate instead of that I'm pointing out that there is no policy justification or formal consensus established, like you mentioned. That by condensing it down to University of Oxford instead of having a list of all the constituent colleges amounts to stop editing British biographies and to stop, breath, educate yourself and continue correctly or stop editing British biographies.
 * Like I said, there are articles both naming the colleges and the institution as a whole (i.e., University of Oxford), and from the looks of it it seems both have been acceptable to editors. In other words, is there anything that grounds the listing of all the colleges in policy rather than just preference? GuardianH (talk) 04:10, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
 * We follow WP:RS here, and that is what they normally do. — Which RS are you referencing? GuardianH (talk) 04:12, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Nearly all of them! There are many FAs of people educated at these universities - find one where your formula has survived WP:FAC. Johnbod (talk) 04:16, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm not talking about where they were educated, I'm saying that in regards to their institutional affiliation (i.e., infobox academic under 'institutions') there are articles with either the individual colleges listed and there are articles with just the university (i.e., just University of Oxford instead of [x] college, [y] college, [z] college). Do you see what I'm saying? GuardianH (talk) 04:22, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @Johnbod I knew I saw it somewhere! Look at this. At the Featured article R. A. B. Mynors under 'institutions' it condenses Mynors positions at Pembroke College, Cambridge and Corpus Christi College, Oxford as just "Oxford University" and "Cambridge University". That's where I thought 'institutions' were/could be condensed. So, here's a FA that passed what I've been saying. I know I've seen others too like it. GuardianH (talk) 04:27, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Ok, as we are saying, you don't understand the system. "...he read Literae Humaniores at Balliol College, Oxford, and spent the early years of his career as a Fellow of that college. He was Kennedy Professor of Latin at Cambridge from 1944 to 1953 and Corpus Christi Professor of Latin at Oxford from 1953 until his retirement in 1970." Professorships are university positions, though a fellowship to a college is attached. Students and fellows belong to a college. Want to try again? Johnbod (talk) 04:36, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @Johnbod Mynors was both. "He was elected to a fellowship at Balliol and became a tutor in Classics." + "He also became a fellow of Pembroke College." So, by what you're saying, it should be:
 * Institutions: Balliol College, Oxford (fellow); Pembroke College, Oxford (fellow); and Oxford University (prof.), Cambridge University (prof).
 * But that's not it. It's condensed into just Oxford University and Cambridge University. GuardianH (talk) 04:45, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
 * SIDENOTE: And I found another one. The featured article for Niels Bohr — who had been based at Trinity College, Cambridge (it seems that he was a fellow) — passed FAC (2013) with the institution just being "University of Cambridge". GuardianH (talk) 05:43, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
 * SIDENOTE, again: And...another one — not just that, but one that passed FAC recently (August 2023) and, even more, was TFA. Featured article Howard Florey. Flowey was a fellow at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge; he was also a fellow at Lincoln College, Oxford, and would assume more positions at Oxford. But what's under institutions? Just "University of Oxford" and "University of Cambridge". GuardianH (talk) 05:49, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @Johnbod You've been editing after this discussion. Maybe you didn't see my responses? Yes? GuardianH (talk) 19:34, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Oh yes, but you don't get to take over my life. I've being doing more useful stuff, but will return to this in my own good time. Johnbod (talk) 04:09, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @Johnbod So just now you're busy? It seems you've been more than happy to engage in this discussion previously. But now that I've provided the FAs that show editors have accepted University of Oxford and University of Cambridge under institutions, now you need to take the time to think? There's some irony to this. I take it you will respond in the near future. GuardianH (talk) 04:22, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
 * It's 5 in the morning here, & I'm going to bed. There you are. Johnbod (talk) 04:55, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I can only say for you to sleep tight. Like I said, I take it you will address it in the near future. GuardianH (talk) 05:00, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Johnbod It's been a couple of days now. Since that time you've been participating in a few other discussions; I don't really see much point in prolonging this one on your end. It's due for a response (when you're not editing at 5 in the morning?). GuardianH (talk) 17:20, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello again, I have been busy in real life and continue to be so this is a flying visit. This highlights the difference between Oxford colleges and the University of Oxford: Academic College job are offered by individual Oxford Colleges, each of which is an independent employer with its own terms and conditions of employment which are different from the University terms and conditions and The appointment of an Associate Professor is a joint exercise of two employers: the college and the faculty/department.. The same applies to Cambridge colleges. While in the modern age teaching is shared between colleges and the university, its still the teaching by the colleges that is the central aspect; undergraduates are admitted to a college not to the university. While it is common now for lecturers to hold both a university teaching post (in a faculty/department) and a college fellowship this was not always the case: this is still two posts in two different institutions. In the past, it was common for fellows to not hold a university post, and is still possible today. This is especially true of early female academics who were employed solely by a college due to contemporary sexism (eg Maude Clarke), and more recent example would be Nan Dunbar (died 2005), so it is simply incorrect to simplify things to just "University of Oxford". It is fully possible that someone has been purely educated by their college and their only contact with the university is sitting the same exams as set by the university alongside people from different college. This is also why the college is given as an alma mater rather than Oxford/Cambridge University.
 * On the other hand, the colleges of Durham University are not teaching institutions (except for St John's College, Durham which has a seminary and (historically) St Chad's College, Durham). The colleges of the University of York and Lancaster University are residential and therefore don't meet the Oxbridge standard.
 * Similarly, but on a much larger scale, the University of London is a federal university with multiple member institutions. The teaching and admission applies to these rather than the UoL and as such its the London School of Economics or the Institute of Classical Studies that is the alma mater or employment institution. As I've said before, it would be like putting University of California instead of University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Los Angeles. Someone can concurrently hold positions at different UoL institutions or move consecutively: it would be incorrect to reduce this to "University of London".
 * Why are you so certain your interpretation of the complicated mess that is British higher education is correct? Gaia Octavia Agrippa Talk 17:58, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Gaia Octavia Agrippa, my point has been what has been acceptable to editors regarding the British higher education system, and that condensation has been accepted. You've provided ample evidence that the colleges are autonomous from the university, but none of what you've said shows a consensus among editors to always name separate colleges under a subject's institutional affiliation. There's been at least four FAs that have condensed a person's institutional affiliation to just University of Oxford/University of Cambridge regardless of their fellowships or professorships at different colleges, and those have all passed FAC. Like I said, both condensation and no condensation has been accepted, rather than only no condensation. GuardianH (talk) 18:13, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @Johnbod It's been long enough — multiple weeks have passed now. See the FAs I mentioned, and maybe you could give a response. GuardianH (talk) 22:17, 5 March 2024 (UTC)