User talk:Mramoeba/Archive 3

Blue Whale (game)
Hello Mramoeba, a few days ago you reverted my changes on the title article, citing the reasons being that a) I was "refbombing with articles about 'unconfirmed sources' which don't support the information added", and b) using the names of minors. Now while the latter reason is very valid and I should be more sensitive and sensible about it, the former point is definitely not true, the references actually had interviews with the father of one of the victims believed to have committed suicide as a result of the game, the Algerian minister of communication discussing the game, news reports detailing the location, time, names of victims, and more details, all reported by known news outlets, and I've used the words "claim" and "allegedly" at every chance. Now I am just as skeptical as the next guy about this Blue Whale game frenzy which is most probably a moral panic, but I'd like to think that I followed best practice to include reported cases in Algeria. What's frustrating is that I had to convince another member of the Wikipedia community not to take down my contribution, and followed his/her instructions to make sure my contribution is up to the standards of Wikipedia. Could you please either educate me on how I can make my contributions more durable, or allow me to add the same part again after removing the minor name? --Modi mode (talk) 12:52, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Firstly the first sentence about the boy is entirely speculative, parents in distress are not reliable sources for Blue Whale. This should not be on the page at all. Besides which the BBC reference you cited did not appear to mention this case. The next sentence “many other reports of claimed attempted suicides linked to the game” is also deeply problematic. It is basically reliant on clickbait citations which use terminology like “other sources told Al-Arabiya.net that...”, and “According to informed sources...” it just isn’t good enough for an encyclopaedia. Does it sound encyclopaedic, does it add anything solid and informative to the page? No. Refbombing refers to the insertion of no less than 3 poorly formatted citations (take a look at the reflist for the version in question. I would suggest if you find articles which confirm beyond any doubt the influence of Blue Whale and they add informed content to the page, and is not a newspaper article about a death or attempted suicide, then it may be worth adding, but adding another country and another distraught parent’s comments in a newpaper is not adding anything but fuel to the fire. Thank you for your question and I bet you have some great content to add to other maybe more factual pages in the mean time. Mramoeba (talk) 17:58, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

Women in Red
Hi there, Mramoeba! I'm glad to see you've become a member of Women in Red. If you need help or run into any problems, please let me know or post a message on the WiR talk page. Happy editing.--Ipigott (talk) 15:53, 16 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Why thank you. Glad to be there. Mramoeba (talk) 16:09, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

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 * Hello I'm still waiting on a response to the email. Without a response I can not continue to process your request for an account through Newspapers.com Thanks! --Cameron11598 (Talk) 19:36, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Hello, I replied as soon as I got it, confirming the email was correct. I will go send it again. Thanks. Mramoeba (talk) 20:17, 28 February 2018 (UTC) OK sent again at 20:22, hope it arrives this time. Mramoeba (talk) 20:25, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

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Canada
Have a look at this link to the Canadian Biennale (which strangely includes a lot of foreign artists)... but has a fairly complement of female artists. And Janet Cardiff. And Althea Thauberger headlining the Canadian Art web site. And this ROM show where more than half the artists are women. I'm not saying we are perfect, but please don't confuse American problems with Canadian problems. 104.163.147.121 (talk) 04:06, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
 * The source I linked wasn’t solely the USA. Here is a different analysis of Canada where the same problem exists. All of this is tangential, it is a worldwide phenomenon. We are all presumably on the same side with the same aims, creating and maintaining good informative pages. No one doubts the existance of successful female Canadian artists, what and I were referencing is the particular difficulties faced in sourcing press and eliminating gender imbalance on Wikipedia, which is also a thing. Mramoeba (talk) 16:52, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Robert Bartholomew (sociologist)
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Merger discussion for Assisted Death in the United States
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 * Thanks for the heads up Mramoeba (talk) 13:16, 11 June 2018 (UTC)

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