User talk:Headbomb/Archives/2016/April

fyi
good read Nocturnalnow (talk) 04:10, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletions of redirects to EBSCO Information Services
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Elonka#April_2016 for rationale. For ambiguous ones, I'm creating a discussion at WP:RfD. &mdash; Vano 15:55, 1 April 2016 (UTC)


 * This is a completely bunk rationale for deleting likely search terms. These are nowhere near the criteria for WP:CSD. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 16:00, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
 * The company is not a synonym for those general phrases, so the redirects are completely bogus. Anyway, point taken, taking all the entries to RfD. &mdash; Vano 16:08, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
 * These are not general phrases, these are specific services and databases offered by EBSCO (and other providers). Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books}


 * Vano, please tell me where those are so I can figure out how to do "speedy close" on an RfD. I have restored Criminal Justice Abstracts, of course. Thanks Headbomb. Drmies (talk) 16:13, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
 * , perhaps you should check how many incoming links these redirects have. These are almost all very important indexing services for academic journals. Several of them are most likely notable and will eventually be expanded into articles, I hope. Thanks Drmies! --Randykitty (talk) 16:16, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I did check links for a few and they were irrelevant. The topic is at Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2016_April_1, but please note that since I have valid arguments, "speedy closing" it or whatever without a proper discussion would lead nowhere. Ivan Pozdeev (talk) 17:19, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I dispute the basic validity of your arguments, and after you warned Elonka for disruptive editing I'm beginning to have doubts about good faith--either that, or your knowledge of policy and practice. But I thank you for changing your signature. Drmies (talk) 17:23, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

About Women
Hi Headbomb. I'm an editor of the Italian Wikipedia. I'm trying to participate to an IEG with the project "Women are everywhere". You will find the draft at this link https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Women_are_everywhere It would be great if you could have a look at it. I need any kind of suggestion or advice to improve it. Support or endorsement would be fantastic. Many thanks,Kenzia (talk) 12:33, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

Journal titles in citations
Can you point me to where there's guidance saying that we shouldn't put full journal titles, including any subtitles, in citations? We're not short of space here, which is why we don't abbreviate, and an English subtitle to a German title is helpful to readers (after all, if it were a book we would often include a translation of the title). Peter coxhead (talk) 15:03, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
 * It's simply standard practice in pretty much all of academia. Subtitles (which here is not a translation of Zoologische Anzeiger, which would be something like Zoological Gazette when translated) are left out. Which is why everyone cites the European Physical Journal C as European Physical Journal C (or variants like EPJ C and Eur. Phys. J. C and not European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields. I don't see why we should do it any differently here, or what the subtitle adds. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 15:15, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

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Elizabeth Alexander
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. I think this situation needs outside eyes. WormTT(talk) 19:51, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

Fortifying wikiquanta
Hi, I seek volunteers for this. Boris Tsirelson (talk) 20:07, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Heliac
Hello, Headbomb. I wanted to let you know that I’m proposing an article that you started, Heliac, for deletion because I don't think it meets our criteria for inclusion. If you don't want the article deleted:


 * 1) edit the page
 * 2) remove the text that looks like this:
 * 3) save the page

Also, be sure to explain why you think the article should be kept in your edit summary or on the article's talk page. If you don't do so, it may be deleted later anyway.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 20:19, 24 April 2016 (UTC)


 * I see you are still as hot-headed as you were 10 years ago when I had a run in with you when you claimed our British Royal Family was not notable. (Yeah, I have an exceptionally good memeory). Can't you ever AGF? What I did was obviously a complete, but extremely rare mistake. I'm not a newbie as I was then when you almost drove me off Wikipedia, but it;s no excuse to be rude. Calm down buddy. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 05:20, 25 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Calling that prod ridiculous and reverting is hardly what I call 'hot-headed' or 'assuming bad faith'. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 09:20, 25 April 2016 (UTC)


 * And your memory can't be as good as you think it is, given I never even edited British Royal Family. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 09:23, 25 April 2016 (UTC)