User talk:Johnpacklambert/Archives/2024/March

Category:People murdered in New Spain has been nominated for deletion
Category:People murdered in New Spain has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 22:19, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Category:Phycologists from the Russian Empire has been nominated for splitting
Category:Phycologists from the Russian Empire has been nominated for splitting. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 23:35, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Source about Hollowayville, Illinois
Hello Mr. Lambert, in 2017 on the page Hollowayville, Illinois, you linked to a source listed as "Photographic Tour of Hollowayville" in the history section, however the link leads to a website about Bureau Junction. Was this the intended source or was there a different one that you meant to source there? I'm just wondering because I'd like to find sources about Hollowayville's history. Thanks! Sean30303 (talk) 03:28, 3 March 2024 (UTC)


 * That was 7 years ago. I do not remember. I may have misunderstood the source when I kinked yo it. I may have done something wrong with the link. I have no memory of the source after so many years.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:08, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:American expatriate male actors in the United Kingdom has been nominated for discussion
Category:American expatriate male actors in the United Kingdom has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Also, Category:American expatriate actresses in the United Kingdom Largoplazo (talk) 15:20, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Watercolorists
10 of our 45 watercolorists by nationality categories have only 1 article.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:39, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Wrongly placed 20th-century people
In the last week I have deleted 2 articles from 20th-century categories on people who died well before 1900. I am not at all sure how articles get placed so incorrectly in articles. I would question almost all placements of people who died in 1905 and earlier in 20th-century categories, but if they died in 1899 and sooner there is no question at all.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:54, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I think I found another 3 such articles over the last hour or less.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:18, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Flautists by nationality
23 of the 52 by nationality sub-cats of this category have 4 or fewer articles. 5 of those cases involve having said articles in more than 1 category. This all seems to be cases of too narrow categories.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:17, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Nomination of Brant Gardner for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Brant Gardner is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Brant Gardner until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished. jps (talk) 19:28, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Brett Stewart (musician)


Hello, Johnpacklambert. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Brett Stewart".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 19:29, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Etchers from the Russian Empire


A tag has been placed on Category:Etchers from the Russian Empire indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. ✗ plicit  14:52, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Puppeteers from the Russian Empire


A tag has been placed on Category:Puppeteers from the Russian Empire indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. ✗ plicit  14:52, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:Mass shootings in West Germany has been nominated for splitting
Category:Mass shootings in West Germany has been nominated for splitting. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 03:06, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Soviet herpetologists


A tag has been placed on Category:Soviet herpetologists indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. ✗ plicit  14:50, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Soviet malacologists


A tag has been placed on Category:Soviet malacologists indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz Read! Talk! 20:37, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Overly small categories of chemists
There are about a dozen or more sub-categories of chemists by nationality that only have 3 or fewer articles. In a few of these cases there 3 or fewer articles are in more than one total category. This is a case of excessively splitting of a category. It would work much better if we upmerged all categories with under 6 articles to the respective Fooian scientists category and the Chemists category.John Pack Lambert (talk) 19:38, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

John Whipple Potter Jenks
When I found John Whipple Potter Jenks the article was in the living people category. Per the article he died in 1894. This is one of the worst miscategorizings of an article I have seen.John Pack Lambert (talk) 12:57, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Women opera singers from the Austrian Empire


A tag has been placed on Category:Women opera singers from the Austrian Empire indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. ✗ plicit  14:54, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Serial killers from Austria-Hungary


A tag has been placed on Category:Serial killers from Austria-Hungary indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz Read! Talk! 19:05, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

We need to end all 1 article categories
We have probably 10s f thousands of categories with 1 article. This makes no sense at all. 1 article categories are never necessary. There is always a better way to categorize at a higher level. I say this as possibly the leading creator of 1 article categories. They serve no useful function. We do not need to categorize by every detail or as precisely as possible in all cases. Categories only help navigation when they have multiple articles. I am thinking this should in general be over 10, 5-10 are OK if part of larger schemes, but it We have a series of categories where none, or at most 2 have over 10 articles We should really question if we need any of them. Not ever occupation needs to be divided by nationality. Not every sport should have players divided by US state, there is no reason why American college football coaches cannot have direct articles. I also in the last case think we should have divided by state first, and only by college where we have 10 plus articles.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:02, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

1820s births
I am about to start reviewing the 1823 births category. The current size for 1820s births categories is as follows.

1820s - 641

1820 - 1818

1821 - 1696

1822 - 1793

1823 - 1749

1824 - 1755

1825 - 1753

1826 - 1695

1827 - 1742

1828 - 1859

1829 - 1788

John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:22, 11 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi Mr. Lambert,
 * It looks like you have been editing my Wikipedia page. It's very disconcerting to see that I've been labeled (not sure by whom) as a "run-of-the-mill businesswoman." I've had a very meaningful career, with the opportunity to help a lot people succeed in their own careers, I've been volunteering for years in mental health and homelessness. Admittedly, I don't understand the back-end of Wikipedia, so I hired a professional years ago to set it up. As far as I know, it has only been lately considered for deletion. I'm an author, so listing books is a big piece of my background, not a promotion or advertising. I would appreciate any help or advice you can offer. Thank you!
 * Sincerely,
 * Libby Gill 97.82.112.89 (talk) 23:06, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Hoping someone to create a Wikipedia page for you is a very clear violation of the rules of Wikipedia and its purpose. Wikipedia is not Who's who, one does not buy one's inclusion.John Pack Lambert (talk) 23:08, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

1820s births - 770
 * Now that I am about to start on 1821 births the numbers are thus:

1820 births - 1821

1821 births - 1707

1822 births - 1703

1823 births - 1669

1824 births - 1763

1825 births - 1758

1826 births - 1696

1827 births - 1743

1828 births - 1860

1829 births - 1789 John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:32, 14 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Here is the 1810s and 1820s reports and 1810s reports now that I have completed the review of 1820s births.
 * 1820s births - 974
 * 1820 births - 1,632
 * 1821 births - 1,641
 * 1822 births - 1,713
 * 1823 births - 1,672
 * 1824 births - 1,768
 * 1825 births - 1,760
 * 1826 births - 1,698
 * 1827 births - 1,748
 * 1828 births - 1,863
 * 1829 births - 1,795
 * 1810s births - 238
 * 1810 births - 1,574
 * 1811 births - 1,432
 * 1812 births - 1,581
 * 1813 births - 1,510
 * 1814 births - 1,521
 * 1815 births - 1,635
 * 1816 births - 1,596
 * 1817 births - 1,702
 * 1818 births - 1,759
 * 1819 births - 1,811John Pack Lambert (talk) 19:26, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Watchmakers by nationality
I do not think we have enough articles on watchmakers to justify having any sub-categories by nationality.John Pack Lambert (talk) 12:38, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:1618 establishments in Iran


A tag has been placed on Category:1618 establishments in Iran indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. ✗ plicit  14:51, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:1611 establishments in Iran


A tag has been placed on Category:1611 establishments in Iran indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. ✗ plicit  14:51, 27 March 2024 (UTC)