User talk:Jeppiz/Archives/2013/September

With all due respect, you are mistaken
... In thinking that there are consistent non-English spellings to cross link to in the first place, and a number of other points I have brought out in a reply to your comment on my talk page. PMLawrence (talk) 23:31, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Paris strangeness
I thought that the 'Paris-La Défense' debacle was over (the talk page hadn't moved since a week), but since User:Der Statistiker's post this morning, no fewer than three anon or 'one time only' contributors have a) voted and b) tried to muddle the conversation further by adding more nonsense 'arguments' - and even complaining on the Paris article talk page. We could use a second opinion, I myself don't know what to think. THE PROMENADER  12:16, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
 * It could be that the 'parachuters' are editors from French wikipedia responding to the 'mega-controversy' post left there by an anon user, but users without an account on English wikipedia. Doh… but still, all of this is not an 'over the table' way of getting consensus: it is sure that, by generating a false controversy, the French-article revisionists (snubbed on their own-language article) would come running to help spread their message to more ignorant folk. Sneaky as hell, but well calculated - talk about WP:GAME. THE PROMENADER  12:28, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Correction: Two of the parachute editors are from 'skyscraper city.com'. Go figure. THE PROMENADER  13:24, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

Strangeness Bis: I was looking through the article history to find out who did what to create all this fuss, and I see that, on the 5th of May 2013, User:Der Statistiker made his first edit to the Paris article, which was of course replacing the lead image with his own (the precious 'Marsfeld2' La Défense image, of course), and immediately starts a revert war over it. The the same day (after ~years~ of inactivity there) Minato-ku and Metropolitan appear on the talk page to defend Der Statistiker. There has obviously been some sort of networking going on here from the start. THE PROMENADER  23:32, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
 * About your revert ealier today: perhaps justified, but perhaps it wasn't the best thing to do while the 'move request' was still open. Anyhow it's probably going to be reverted back in the solitary 'gleefest' following the of the Paris aire urbaine article's move to "Paris metropolitan area".
 * Cue commentator: "And suddenly, in spite of (and ahead of) most every fact and reference, Wikipedia alone takes the initiative of transforming an obscure statistical tool into an imaginary 'mega-city' that no Francilen has ever heard of…" …what's most tiresome is the predictability of the abuses to come when this decision is brandished as 'proof' of its existence. THE PROMENADER  20:13, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I could use your help in the debate whether to move the 'Paris aire urbaine' article. Would you support a move to 'Paris urban area'? That's what most references do (including the creators of the aire urbaine themselves), and I would support that as well. If you do agree, perhaps a word to that end (as you suggested) would help the admin closing the discussion. Thanks. THE PROMENADER  14:36, 15 September 2013 (UTC)