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Bob Gibson
Please discuss these changes on the article talk page first, that's considered a major change. - FlightTime  ( open channel ) 20:28, 12 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Some of the external links provide little to no information. I am removing those and adding links that provide extra information on this person. All The Knowledge in the World (talk) 20:35, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

April 2023
Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Bob Gibson, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. If you only meant to make a test edit, please use your sandbox for that. Thank you. - FlightTime  ( open channel ) 20:33, 12 April 2023 (UTC)


 * There are important statistics missing and not highlighted in Bob Gibson's page. Some external links also provide no information which is why I was replacing them with more informative ones.
 * Allow me to do so. Thank you. All The Knowledge in the World (talk) 20:39, 12 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Only if you include reliable sources with each change. -  FlightTime  ( open channel ) 20:42, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I will do so. Thank you. All The Knowledge in the World (talk) 20:44, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * Will do so. Thank you for informing me as this is the first time I've tried to add an image to a page and was quite confused about what do to. All The Knowledge in the World (talk) 11:25, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * Thank you for the warm welcome, @Hipal! And thank you for the advice and all the policy links. I will be sure to read them.
 * I've been editing for quite some time and only just created this account so I could contribute more in my spare time. So all advice as to improve this wonderful site is welcome! Once again, thanks for the welcome! All The Knowledge in the World (talk) 21:01, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

May 2023
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 * I would appreciate if you only undid the one edit you think is wrong rather than undo all my work.
 * I was merely reorganizing the page so it is more readable and adding more information and context. I am a baseball fan and this ballplay deserves a better page than the one he has at the moment. A little patience next time will be much appreciated. Thank you. All The Knowledge in the World (talk) 12:12, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

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 * Oh, alright. I did not know this. Thanks for the info. I was actually just adding the dashes in order to distinguish the quote from the source and just did it because I saw one quote box like on another page.
 * Will be mindful next time of both quote boxes AND edit summaries. Thank you! -- All The Knowledge in the World (talk) 20:39, 27 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Much obliged. Wehwalt (talk) 20:45, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

Baseball Reference
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 * Thanks for clearing up the misunderstanding. Usually I don't have issues with finding sources but, when I do (which is rare), then I take the first thing I find. I'll be more careful next time around.
 * I've read all the discussions on 'BR Bullpen' and will try and find seperate citations for all the others and crosscheck with WP:RS. And I will be more careful with sources from now on. Thanks a bunch for your help. Always appreciate it! -- All The Knowledge in the World (talk) 13:05, 28 May 2023 (UTC)

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 * It's okay. All a part of the experience, right? Thanks for informing me about the Teahouse; did not know about it. Much appreciated. -- All The Knowledge in the World (talk) 21:50, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

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 * Thank you for informing me. I have fixed the issue. -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 07:46, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * Issue has been fixed. Omnis Scientia (talk) 10:13, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

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Grant
Thank you for working on the lead paragraphs, and particularly for removing the reference to his horsemanship. I tried to convince some other editors that it should not be in the lead, but I didn’t have enough persuasive power. Bruce leverett (talk) 19:19, 20 July 2023 (UTC)


 * No problem! I agree with you. The mention of his horsemanship was, to me at least, unnecessary info for the lead paragraphs. -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 19:40, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

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Deprodding of Glenn H. Greenberg
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 * Thank you for your suggestion. I've never attempted to delete a page before so really appreciate the advice. -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 19:27, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

Mickey Mantle GA Nomination
Hello! I will be reviewing the above article. A preliminary read through tells me that you have carried out a load of work on this: well done! All being well, we should complete the task in the not-too-distant future - but there is no deadline. As you may know, the process is recorded at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Mickey_Mantle/GA1 I must remember that the article is in American English and that you are at least five hours behind me. Please bear with me as we go through this important article to bring it back to GA standard. Any questions, go ahead and ask me on that Talk page. All the best Billsmith60 (talk) 11:53, 4 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello again! Would you mind adding in (say) this book in "Books", as (part) justification for his nickname "The Commerce Comet": Winter and Payne, "Mickey Mantle: The Commerce Comet" (Schwartz & Wade, 2017)? I'd no sooner upgraded the article to GA when it occurred to me that I'd overlooked both evidence for or discussion of that nickname and "The Mick" one! In case anyone complains, would you mind adding in somewhere appropriate in the text about each nickname, with a reference to each? Thank you and all the best for the future! Billsmith60 (talk) 12:47, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Sure thing! -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 14:50, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Okay so I couldn't find a link to the book but I did find a SABR article on the 1956 All-Star Game which has the nickname in the title. I've added it to the line where the 1956 All-Star Game is mentioned.
 * Also, I should add that you accidentally added Disambiguation links to the article while going through it one last time. Would you mind just checking it yourself? I tried to find it but I couldn't. -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 15:02, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Hiya! Oh dear, the dreaded disamguation... No problem, I'll fix that and add in the book. Also, I heard 'the Mick' nickname years ago but not the 'Comet' one. Could they be swapped round in the first line, and I'll do so? Billsmith60 (talk) 15:37, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
 * You're sort of right. While the "Commerce Comet" came first (a hotshot nickname by a sportswriter), people call him "The Mick" far more often so I'll reverse the order on that basis.
 * I'll double-check if the book is on Internet Archive in case I missed it. Found the book. Added to 'Further reading'.-- Omnis Scientia (talk) 15:45, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Brilliant! Yes, go ahead with the nickname reversal. Incidentally, and what might be useful for legacy: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/rare-mickey-mantle-card-sells-record-126-mln-2022-08-29/ !! Billsmith60 (talk) 16:03, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Done and done! -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 16:50, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Mickey Mantle
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Koufax line 121
I had noticed that the article erroneously stated that Koufax had invested in an electronics business without any substantiating information. I corrected the article to state that he had invested in an FM Radio Station and provided a link to the evidence (KNJO Thousand Oaks, CA). His business partner stated in the linked article was Sy Blonder - my father. While the article stated that KNJO began broadcasting in 1963, The station was built from scratch beginning in 1960. I was a child at the time but do recall meetings between my father and Sandy in those years. Please update the article with the information I have provided. Sblonder (talk) 17:40, 6 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello there!
 * To clarify, I didn't add the electronics business; it was already there when I began working to improve this article. However, I think you may be mixing the timeline a little. In 1960, according to Koufax's autobiography and Jane Leavy's bio on him, Koufax had already invested in an electronics store which he then sold out to his then-partner after deciding to give another go at his baseball career.
 * The radio business came later. It started in 1960, yes, but Koufax invested in it around 1962/63, after he became a star - source: Leavy's book; Koufax himself confirmed it, according Leavy. Hence, both the electronics business and radio station are true.
 * If it were possible, I would definitely add his radio investment - along with the famous Sandy Koufax Motel - but it isn't central to his career. It was simply one of the businesses he invested in. The electronics business is since Koufax, in his autobiography, said he threw away his equipment after the 1960 season, deciding to fully focus on his electronics business.
 * Hence, as per the rules of a baseball article, I cannot add that Koufax invested in a radio station in 1963. Otherwise, I would have to add other non-baseball activities he may have done. I hope you understand why I cannot. -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 18:04, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
 * The famous Sandy Koufax Motel? Seriously? The reason I put forth my view on this was because I was told that the reason Sandy was a partner in the business was because he was an avid audiophile. This radio station was the first FM Stereo entity in Southern California. You could say there was a common theme to this business and his electronics venture.  Anyway, thanks for indulging me - it would be nice to see Sandy once again before he's gone but I have some nice memories in any event. Sblonder (talk) 03:59, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Well, it's the Tropicana Motel. It wasn't as well known when Koufax owned a share of it - known as the 'Sandy Koufax Tropicana Motel' and his name certainly helped its popularity grow - but became so afterwards as a stop for rock n' roll bands on tour. Jim Morrison, Joan Jett, all those types.
 * Also, you are absolutely right! Koufax was and is an avid audiophile and it would not surprise me to know that was one of the reasons he bought a share in the FM radio. He also liked tinkering with electronics around the house - built his own stereo system when living in L.A. in the 60s.
 * You should know though, I looked around and Koufax and your father Sy Blonder are both mentioned in KYLA which is the main article for the FM Radio station you refer to.
 * I must ask, though. Did you really meet Mr. Koufax? Did you get to watch him play as well? -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 08:29, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes - Sandy came to our home a few times and I went with my Mother to his small house up in the hills where he lived with his mother. I particularly remember a charity event the station did where he came and played with the other DJs and I acted as autograph broker for him - annoying him endlessly with gloves, balls, caps, and whatever else people had on the other side of the fence. He dated my cousin and we thought of his family. Another memorable episode is when we went to a practice at Dodger Stadium and I got to go into the locker room and met the whole team. Koufax said that if I was older maybe I could be a bat boy.  My parents went to a lot of games as he gave them tickets to many but also he gave them tickets to the 1963 World Series. I got a Pennant. Of course I watched him pitch on TV but that was about it. Sblonder (talk) 14:22, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Wow... What an amazing memory to have with you. I'm sure that, if you ever met him again, he would remember you. From what I've read and heard, he's a gentle and kind human being who doesn't forget old acquaintences.
 * I wish you well, good sir. Thank you for a wonderful conversation! -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 15:00, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Well that sentiment was tested. It was 1966 and Sandy was setup at the May Company downtown to sign autographs for his autobiography. I heard on the radio that he would be there and my Dad, who was recently divorced, had me for the day nearby. I went over there expecting a happy reunion and found him sitting there like Santa Claus with tons of people lined up with their books. I didn't have any money with me tp buy a book so I tried to get his attention by yelling my name to him and asking if he remembered me. He didn't look happy in the first place with all the mayhem and with his retirement I'm sure he must have been struggling. Anyway he finally looked at me and said yeah yeah I remember and waved me away. I was crushed I was about 9 at the time and must have cried for two days. I begged my mother to call him up and straighten things out but at this point, the radio station had been sold and Camelot was over.
 * Many ears later my stepbrother (my Dad had remarried and adopted 2 kids) ran into Sandy at a sporting event. He introduced himself as Sy Blonder's son and Sandy looked at him very puzzled and said "Stevie"? at which point my stepbrother explained the adoption. I guess it was a happy ending to a very emotional disconnect that happened decades earlier.  Thanks for the opportunity to share my experience. Sblonder (talk) 04:39, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Your story actually rather humanizes him in my eyes. I imagine 1966 was in fact a very painful year for him what with his retirement and the pain he had in his arm... must have been a very stressful time. I'm glad this had a happy ending for you.
 * And I should be thanking you for sharing your experience.
 * Just a reminder, as I mentioned above, your father and Mr. Koufax are both mentioned in KYLA, with Mr. Koufax as co-owner and President of the radio station and Mr. Blonder as having built it. First paragraph in the 'History' section. The call letters have changed since from 'KNJO' to 'KYRA'. I hope this was helpful! -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 08:08, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for adding the reference to that page. If only I still had the personalized autographed picture he gave me when I was a kid.  I stupidly brought it to school and it was promptly torn up by the school bully. If only I would have just framed it and not tried to be a big macher :-) Sblonder (talk) 17:11, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Bad luck there with the autographed picture! :)
 * And no problem! I'm happy to help! -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 17:25, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Mickey Mantle
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 * A word of warning about the DYK system: while something like the 150 HR from each side of the plate might be a decent fact to promote there, be advised that what should be a straightforward process is an absolute torture! After getting a hook approved in principle for my one and only GA nomination, it sat for ages and ages before obfuscation and bureaucracy made me withdraw it Billsmith60 (talk) 15:41, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Hello again, I've tweaked the Lead to remove Mickey's wife's name and the ref. to the Betty Ford Center. These are well addressed in the text and not needed in the Lead, which should be all about him. Those are things my review should have noted but better late than never. Regards Billsmith60 (talk) 19:40, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
 * No problem at all! Thanks for fixing it! -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 21:50, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi there: of any interest? Billsmith60 (talk) 12:28, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
 * https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/27/realestate/mickey-mantle-baseball-yankees-house.html Billsmith60 (talk) 12:28, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
 * It's an interesting article for sure! Alas, there is already a New York Times article about his house and hometown in the 'further reading' section. Two would seem rather excessive, I think. -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 13:26, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

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As far as I can tell by typing "redact" to google, the only meaning of the verb is to censor text, usually by blacking it out. Bruce leverett (talk) 13:02, 25 August 2023 (UTC)


 * I thought it meant "to edit or remove text". God, have I been using that word wrong!? Edit: I think you're right. It does mean "to edit" but in the sense that edit out sensitive information. Oh dear... Thanks for bringing attention to it. I'll use something else now... I need a minute first though. -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 13:52, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

RE "you removed all the information of his childhood..." ???
Greetings, Omnis Scientia.

In light of all the hard work you've been putting in on the Clemente article, I can't believe this is anything other than a good-faith misunderstanding, or mis-read (or, on my part, a failure to make a case clearly). In any event, for convenience sake, here is a side-by-side screenshot of my recently reverted changes—i.e. Early life & Personal life—alongside your previous version https://www.mediafire.com/view/guu3llg0eialm5p/Screenshot_2023-09-02_at_3.47.42_PM.jpg/file

It should be plain to see that I did not remove material but rather expanded the sections in question—and did so with material directly addressing his religious upbringing, regarding which there was nothing prior to my edit. As for Early life, what had been sentences 2 thru 4 of the 1st paragraph of a 3-para section simply became a paragraph unto itself in a 4-para section.

As for Personal life, I did remove the categorical—and, at best, wildly misleading–declaration, "He was a devout Catholic" (misleading because of his relatively well-documented Baptist upbringing), while retaining the cited William Doino article in order to support my sentence acknowledging the very real possibility of an official conversion by RC to Catholicism around the time of his marriage in November 1964.

As for the verifiable facts of the case (as I'd thought my edit made clear), Clemente's mother specifically states to RC's 1973 biographer Kal Wagenheim—who, btw, was fluent in Spanish—that not only had they raised RC as a Baptist, but that he enjoyed the experience (i.e "went to church and liked singing the hymns"), while acknowledging that "he married in the Catholic Church"—which, presumably, was done out of respect for—or in deference to—his Catholic fiancé and her family. And remember, this marriage did not take place until a few months after his 30th b'day.

Likewise, Clemente's 1998 biographer Bruce Markusen unambiguously states, "Although her youngest son would eventually marry in the Catholic church, the Baptist upbringing would help lay the groundwork for Roberto's strong sense of values." Moreover, the Manny Sanguillen quote cited by Wagenheim—in which Sanguillen, who did not come to the Pirates till '69, recalls that Roberto not only still "loved those hymns" but had actually told Manny he "felt Baptist"—does tend to make whatever conversion Clemente may have undergone seem a tad less than whole-hearted.

In fact, the only thing I can think of—and the more I think of it, the more I think this must be THE thing—that might lead one to believe Clemente was raised a Catholic is the aforementioned William Doino article cited in Personal life. Given his out-of-the-blue mention of a Father Alvin Gutierrez who "knew the Clementes well," one might reasonably infer that "Clementes" refers to RC's family of origin, and that Father G was a Puerto Rican whose acquaintance with said "Clementes" dated back to—or even well before—Roberto's birth. However, given the evidence I've already cited, I assumed this was not the case; but just to be certain, I did a search for said priest, and, not surprisingly, Gutierrez is a Pittsburgh guy: https://www.newspapers.com/image/141496516/?clipping_id=131114688 Thus, the only Clementes he would've known would be the family started by Vera & Roberto in Nov '64, an ever-expanding family he presumably saw in church on many regular-season Sundays from that point forward.

Okay, I think I've covered it all as best I can. And, just so you know, I don't do reverts (much less un-reverts), outside of a blatant case of vandalism—which this is obviously not. In any case, it's easy enough to recreate my edit at any point without reverting. But even that is something I would much prefer not do until I know we're on the same page. So, again, thanks for all the work you've done, and I look forward to hearing back from you. DavidESpeed (talk) 04:02, 3 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Firstly, I believe you are putting too much emphasis on his religion in "Early life". That part should go in "Personal life" IF it is true.
 * Secondly, my apologies. I thought you removed info about his parents on a quick glance and that is on me. It was quite late where I live and I was doing final rounds and saw that first paragraph talking not about his family but about his supposed Baptist religious upbringing. Again, my apologies; I only realized my error now when you pointed out to me.
 * Thirdly, I have done some research since and, respectfully, you are mistaken about Clemente's religion. He was very much a Catholic.
 * In David Maraniss' book on Clemente, he states that his mother Luisa was born a Baptist and converted to Catholicism when she married her second husband, Clemente's father. Markusen's book says that his mother's OWN Baptist upbringing shaped Clemente, mostly because his father Melchor was not that religious. Hence the heavy emphasis of Baptism in his early life. However, he was never an ACTUAL Baptist. Clemente was Catholic for his whole life; he loved Baptist hymns, yes, but he was baptized as a Catholic. Later on, when he married Vera, he became more devout to the Catholic Church than he was before.
 * You can write it like this in the "Personal life" section. But it is incorrect to say that Clemente was Baptist. He never was. -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 08:05, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I appreciate the respect and the prompt reply. But I have to believe that the research you referenced took place some time ago, and that now you're just speaking extemporaneously (at least I hope that's the case), because the statements you’ve attributed to Markusen and Maraniss bear little relation—and in the latter case, are almost diametrically opposed—to what they actually wrote. But before I address those (accompanied, in each case, by the relevant page image), we need to take a look at the most pertinent and credible source of all, which, for whatever reason, you've neglected to mention.
 *  1 — Wagenheim's 1973 bio, Clemente!, the one book written while Luisa was still alive and in which she—as does each of the book's principal interview subjects–has an entire chapter in which to recount her recollections of–and relationship to–Clemente (which, not surprisingly, almost immediately cites her own early conversion from Catholic to Baptist):
 * Wagenheim, Kal (1973) Clemente. Praeger Press. p. 14.
 * Three sentences later, Luisa plainly states, "We raised Roberto as a Baptist—he liked singing the hymns,” before adding, “but he was married in the Catholic Church.” Now, if you have any actual evidence of Clemente converting to Catholicism and/or abandoning the Baptist faith prior to meeting Vera, please cite it—with a link and/or publication, with page #—and I will gratefully incorporate it in a revised version of my original edit. But also bear in mind the later passage in Wagenheim, p. 161, wherein we learn from his teammate and close friend, Manny Sanguillen, that, as of no later than 1967 (Sangy's first season as a Pirate), Roberto not only still "loved those hymns," but still "felt Baptist" [emphasis added], even expressing the wish that some of those hymns be played at his funeral.
 *  2 — Markusen:
 * Markusen, Bruce (1998). Roberto Clemente: The Great One. Sports Publishing. pp. 1–2
 * As you can see, the relevant quote comes three paragraphs into his book, prior to which he makes zero mention of Luisa’s “own upbringing,” religious or otherwise, much less the religious conversion she underwent. After 2 paras & one sentence (all of which deal with her strictly as an adult), Markusen writes, “Luisa attended church regularly, bringing Roberto with her to Baptist services in Carolina. Although her youngest son would eventually marry in the Catholic Church, the Baptist upbringing would help lay the groundwork for Roberto’s strong set of values.” This clearly is not referring to Luisa’s own upbringing, but rather that which she gave her son. In fact, it’s completely consistent with Luisa’s own account in Wagenheim.
 * Moreover, I would argue that the point Markusen makes absolutely belongs in "Early life", precisely because that “strong set of values” so obviously impacted his off-field endeavors, not to mention his most famous quote (about not “wasting your time on this earth”), and, of course, his all too famous death.
 *  3 — Maraniss:
 * Maraniss, David (2006). Clemente: Baseball's Last Hero. Simon & Schuster. p. 19
 * This one’s really troubling. Rather than stating, as you claim, that Luisa converted from Baptist to Catholic when marrying Melchor, the conversion Maraniss actually recounts is that of Luisa from Catholic to Baptist, along with her entire family, while still a child. Again, much like Markusen, perfectly consistent with Luisa’s statement to Wagenheim, "I converted to the Baptist faith when I was quite young". DavidESpeed (talk) 13:27, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I read the part about Luisa wrong; thank you for pointing that out. But it is still incorrect to say that Clemente was a Baptist. He was christened a Catholic but attended Baptist services with his mother. He was raised by a Baptist mother, not in the Baptist Church. There is a difference between the two. What I will say is that it definitely had an influence on his life. Hence, it should definitely be touched on.
 * Please do this but write it in the "Personal life" part because that is almost always where personal matters - relationships, religion, etc. - are discussed. And the section on this page NEEDS info like this because, at this moment, it only discusses his marriage very briefly and his Catholicism very more briefly. -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 14:17, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
 * In case you're wondering, what I took from my initial reading was that Luisa converted to Catholicism as a formality upon her marriage but remained Baptist in practice. I was mistaken. However, it is clear she did not convert to Catholicism when she married her second husband - Clemente's father. Her children from her second marriage, however, were christened in the Catholic faith.
 * Melchor was elderly when his children were born and was, as I stated, not that religious. So, he did not have as much of a hand in his childrens' upbringing as Luisa did. All this is to say that Clemente did not have to convert to Catholicism when he married Vera: he already was one.
 * And I would not trust oral histories, by the way; that is what Wagenheim's book is. Peoples' direct accounts are often bias and they can remember things incorrectly. Markusen and Maraniss are far more reliable because they are well researched biographies. -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 14:28, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Omnis, ¡Ay, caramba!
 * Ah, where to begin...
 * First of all, neither Maraniss nor Markusen contradict Luisa’s statement, much less support the as-yet-undocumented claim that he was "christened in the Catholic faith”. (As I said before, if you do have documentation, please bring it on.) As I already pointed out, that 2-sentence passage from Markusen not only echoes Luisa’s comment, it takes it a step farther, stating that all those years spent, attending Baptist services with his mom, played a significant role in shaping Roberto's values. And seeing as how “values”—precisely because of the circumstances of his death—are, for better or worse, almost certainly what Clemente will forever be remembered for, even more so than for his remarkable career, it does seem inconceivable to me that one would not include this in “Early life.” That doesn’t mean one can’t or shouldn’t touch on it in “Personal life” as well (as I attempted to in my reverted edit), this time emphasizing the later-life–i.e. Catholic–part of the equation.
 * BTW, Maraniss, for his part, doesn't even address the issue of Clemente's religious upbringing or affiliation. The word “Catholic” appears exactly twice in his book:
 *  1)  re Melchor’s presumably less than devout Catholicism (that being the quote from Roberto’s older brother Justino, which, literally, is “not very Catholic”; and  2) , regarding the church at which the mass was held following Roberto’s death (the same one that had hosted his wedding).
 * BTW #2, regarding Wagenheim and oral history. Actually, that's not what his book is. It's a hybrid: biographical chapters, alternating with the relatively brief chapters featuring first-hand accounts by a number of hugely important people in his life and career: e.g. Luisa, Roberto Marin, Pedrin Zorilla, Arturo Garcia, Phil Dorsey, and other close friends like attorney Efren Bernier and Pirates trainer Tony Bartirome. But really, to a greater or lesser extent, all three of these books are hybrids. Both Markusen and Maraniss draw heavily on interviews, the problem being that in their cases, the interviewees are either 25 or 33 years older and farther removed from the events in question, making their recollections far less reliable than those who spoke with Wagenheim.
 * BTW #3, the cruelest irony of this whole "devout Catholic" business is that the person who was the source of this description—added to Wikipedia on January 19, 2021—was none other than Richard Rossi, erstwhile would-be wife killer turned pseudo-lifelong Clemente fan who, with minimal knowledge but considerable cunning, employed Roberto as a means of self promotion for the better part of the two thousand teens, and was at that moment promoting his short-lived, obviously futile, but headline-grabbing Clemente canonization campaign (in a 'scoop' which, btw, was, the very same day, shot down by the Vatican). DavidESpeed (talk) 04:56, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
 * While I cannot absolutely guarantee that Clemente was christened Catholic, it is far more likely he was because, at the time, that was the practice. His father came from a Catholic family so his children were going to be Catholic.
 * There is a reason why there is only one line about Clemente's religion in this article: that is all we know. If you write was raised a Baptist and converted to Catholicism, it will eventually be removed because even in the sources you are giving, nothing says the same EXCEPT a first person account by his mother which is looked down up here since it is the word of only ONE person. However, you can write about his mother's influence on his religious upbringing because we have reliable sources on that.
 * And, again, not in the "Early life". Religion was not just his early life, it was his whole life. It is why it should be in the "Personal life" section. Look at Hank Aaron's page; religion is discussed in the Personal life section.
 * And I don't know who Richard Rossi was until you just told me (Full disclosure: I'm not American or Christian). He definitely sounds like a terrible person.
 * As for the mention of the canonization effort: my recent edits to the page were because someone made two seperate pages which violated WP:NPOV and I had to move a lot of material from there back to the main page. Personally, I think it is fine there; it shows how highly esteemed he is among Latin-American Catholics even if it was unlikely to have happened. -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 11:52, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm basically saying you should write it but don't make him into Baptist - we don't have any solid proof. Maraniss, Markusen, and the Society of American Baseball Research all say he was Catholic so it is safe to say he was definitely Catholic. Instead, write about what we DO know. His mother and her Baptist faith clearly had an influence on his life and it should be highlighted. -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 11:56, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Omnis, I appreciate your honesty in disclosing the fact that you're not American (and, in retrospect, perhaps I should've then posed the obvious follow-up question). Based on both that disclosure, not to mention the fact that, as best I can tell, many of the sources you've cited—and, now, regarding the Clemente lede, the Wiki style guide link provided—seem not to support your claims and/or edits, it finally occurs to me to ask—for lack of any better explanation (since you seem to be eminently reasonable, civil and open to discussion)—whether English is perhaps also not your first language. (No offense meant; indeed, if it's not your native tongue, then you've already gained far greater command of it than any I can now or will ever claim, of any besides my own.) I'm just trying to get my head around this seemingly immovable impasse—wherein very little of what I say, or evidence I convey, seems to sink in—and find some way past it.  In any event, let me address, in reverse order, this Clemente edit and some key points of your previous message.
 * 1) First off, I suppose I posted that "thank you" for this last edit simply for having had at least the good sense, this time around, not to completely obliterate the info (even if its current placement makes little sense to me).
 * But regarding that lede and, more to the point, the guideline you've cited, back on July 19, 2015, shortly after having stumbled upon the relevant Clemente quote in the 6/7/55 Post-Gazette, I added the middle name "Enrique" to his wiki, along with the explanatory note—without which such an addition would obviously, and justifiably, have quickly been reverted. Does it not seem odd—dare I say instructive?—that in the intervening 8 years-plus (especially as regards so high-profile an article as this), not one editor has seen fit to relocate that note, much less delete it?
 * But getting back to your edit, that guideline takes great pains to stress that ledes are NOT automatically exempt from citation requirements, and that "[t]he presence of citations in the introduction is neither required in every article nor prohibited in any article." As it says, a "case-by-case" determination. In fact, the type of material it recommends presenting without references is strictly confined to that which is covered, usually in greater detail, within the body of the article. But by definition, the person's full name—as per long-established Wiki practice—does not fall into that category. Moreover, this particular full name, as per the description accompanying my last edit, definitely meets the guideline's criteria—i.e. "Complex, current, or controversial subjects [which] may require many citations." (Potential controversy, in this case, stemming from the relative obscurity of RC's actual full name, as opposed to the longstanding, seemingly indestructible story of uni # 21 representing the number of letters in his full name [so indestructible, in fact, that said story is currently stated as fact within the wiki itself]; and complexity involved in simply explaining how we've come to learn the truth.)
 * BTW, I'm almost scared to do this—for fear you'll feel compelled to 'fix' this as well, but speaking of obscure birth names (and thus putting aside several other examples I could offer of b'ball player ledes containing multiple, miscellaneous citations), here's one precedent particularly relevant to this case. One from baseball's inner circle (and who, for the very saddest of reasons, has probably already been mentioned in the same breath as Roberto more times than anyone could hope to count, or care to remember), whose full name fully warranted the lede citation—which, in turn, has, quite properly, gone untouched for well over a decade:
 * Lou Gehrig.
 * Wow. This has taken a bit longer than I thought. Maybe I'll just leave it at that for now, see what you make of all this, and address the other points later. DavidESpeed (talk) 23:10, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
 * English is one of my two main languages. The other is indeed my native language.
 * With regards to citations in lead: of course I cannot check every single page for lead citations. Sometimes I miss them. I am simply following the Wikipedia rules where I can as I have been told by other editors.
 * Look. Clemente's page is a mess and it has been neglected. Most of the recent editing was me because I found the citations to be a mess and a lot of wrong information. If you wish for more discussion on Clemente and any potential major additions to this page, please continue in Talk:Roberto Clemente.
 * Also, thank you for being polite despite the disagreements we've had. It is very much appreciated. -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 23:56, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Look. Clemente's page is a mess and it has been neglected. Most of the recent editing was me because I found the citations to be a mess and a lot of wrong information. If you wish for more discussion on Clemente and any potential major additions to this page, please continue in Talk:Roberto Clemente.
 * Also, thank you for being polite despite the disagreements we've had. It is very much appreciated. -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 23:56, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

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Hello, I would like help with the creation of Portal:District of Columbia. There is a lot of history in Washington, D.C. however, unlike Puerto Rico (Portal:Puerto Rico), it does not have a portal of its own. The process of creating one is very complicated, I have found. I would like some help with it. Thank you. -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 17:42, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Last I knew, there was a campaign to get rid of portals, but you would not know it from WP:WikiProject Portals. Go there, and to its talk page, to see if you can drum up support for your idea.  — jmcgnh (talk) (contribs) 19:21, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
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Hi Omnis Scientia! I noticed that you have reverted to restore your preferred version of an article several times. The impulse to undo an edit you disagree with is understandable, but I wanted to make sure you're aware that the edit warring policy disallows repeated reversions even if they are justifiable.

All editors are expected to discuss content disputes on article talk pages to try to reach consensus. If you are unable to agree, please use one of the dispute resolution options to seek input from others. Using this approach instead of reverting can help you avoid getting drawn into an edit war. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 19:18, 24 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello Liz. I was resorting/cleaning up a few categories which caused a VERY minor issue with one user. No worries though; we have talked it over! -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 19:22, 24 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Please do not edit war over categorization, Omnis Scientia. If an editor has reverted your edit, adding or removing the category, the proper action is to start a discussion which I see you've done on the editor's talk page which is a good step. However, you persisted in removing articles from these categories. You say that some of these were small categories but that wasn't always true and, in fact, emptying a category just because it might be small isn't always justified.
 * I recommend you revert your edits, especially when you are removing dozens of articles from a category. But edit warring is something that often results in a loss of editing privileges so please do not do this in the future. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 19:24, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I promise there is no edit warring going on. We have talked it over. There was a misunderstanding. Additionally, I did not empty out any category but merely resorted them to more specific categories where they will be easier to find.
 * May I ask if you have an issue with the resorting that I have done? I thought I had done it rather reasonably and by the rules. -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 19:31, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
 * And if I have caused an issue, I do apologize for it. I didn't mean to do so. -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 19:35, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Hello @Liz. This reply is to tell you that the issue between myself and the other user has been resolved and was done so amicably! I admit that I may have acted rather defensively in the heat of the moment and I sincerely apologize for that. The edits I made have been reverted.
 * I also want to thank you for taking the time to reach out and I wish you well. -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 11:14, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

Categorizing people by century
Just a quick reminder to be careful when you're moving people to a "by century" subcategory — I've come across two examples today alone where you typed "cenutry" instead of "century".

The typo obviously isn't a big deal itself — we all make 'em sometimes — but the problem is that if you leave the typo there and don't fix it, then the page is stuck sitting in a redlinked category that doesn't actually exist, and somebody else ends up having to come in and fix it for you. So when you're adding articles to categories, don't just walk away: check the page afterward to make sure that the category you've added is actually a blue link. If it's red because you made a typo in it, then you need to take a second to fix your own typo instead of making it other people's job to fix it for you.

Thanks. Bearcat (talk) 18:35, 25 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Oh dear. I'm so sorry, I didn't notice. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I will be more vigilant. -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 18:37, 25 November 2023 (UTC)
 * One other thing you might want to consider, if you're going to be recategorizing articles on a regular basis, is to add HotCat in your preferences — it's a plug-in script that can really simplify the process, because it adds little buttons next to each category so that you can modify, remove or add categories a lot more easily. It also becomes a lot easier to tell if you're trying to add a category that doesn't exist, or have made a typo when trying to add a category, because as you're typing a category name it'll give you "autocomplete" suggestions kind of like the search bar — so if those suddenly disappear, you'll know there's a problem with the category you're typing before you click save. It really is a helpful tool, so you may want to check it out if you're going to be modifying categories a lot. Bearcat (talk) 20:44, 25 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the suggestion! I will do so! -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 20:46, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

Jews and Judaism in Portland, Maine
Why did you attempt to depopulate this category without a discussion and then nominate it for deletion? If you disagree with its existence, you can nominate it for discussion.--User:Namiba 16:32, 27 November 2023 (UTC)


 * I moved the articles - all were notable Jewish people from Maine - to Category:American Jews from Maine which I fashioned after the categories in Category:American Jews by state or territory specifically for people. It was empty afterwards by complete chance.
 * Understand that I did not do so intentionally. I was merely moving articles about people in categories with "Jews and Judaism from..." to populate the categories with Jewish people by state.
 * I will put it up for discussion. Apologies. -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 17:01, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
 * You also removed two articles about synagogues, not just biographies. See and .--User:Namiba 17:08, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Because they were already in Category:Synagogues in Maine. The category "Jews and Judaism in Portland, Maine" is, IMO, redundant.
 * This is a misunderstanding on my part as well. I apologize. I won't do it again. Thank you. -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 17:29, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
 * @Namiba, thank you for adding the Jewish day school to the category! Omnis Scientia (talk) 17:39, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
 * When you add a subcategory (like Category:Jewish American state legislators in Maine to a category, it is not helpful to add categories like Category:American Jews from Maine as you did here. This is because of WP:SUBCAT.--User:Namiba 17:52, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Alright, I will keep that in mind going forward. Thank you. Omnis Scientia (talk) 17:53, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I hope this isn't too personal a question but are you from Maine by any chance? Omnis Scientia (talk) 17:59, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I ask because you were quick to respond to the Maine categories! Omnis Scientia (talk) 18:00, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Chiming in here. Thanks for your enthusiasm @Omnis Scientia! When you make categories like this please be sure to integrate them into the existing categories. For example Category:American Jews from Nevada, should also be added as a non-diffusing subcategory of People from Nevada.  Based on what  It's probably a good idea for you to familiarize yourself with how categories work as that should help prevent problems in the future. I'd encourage you to check out Categories for discussion to learn some more about this area of wikipedia. Mason (talk) 23:09, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Also I spent some time repairing the category Category:Jews and Judaism in Portland, Maine, as Omnis removed many of the people from that category. There are a lot of other categories like this (Category:Jews and Judaism in the United States by city). I would strongly encourage you not to remove people from them because that's an out of process deletion. If you think that the categories are redundant, you are welcome to nominate them. Mason (talk) 23:21, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I was actually modelling these after the existing categories. Thank you, I will do that as well. Omnis Scientia (talk) 23:24, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
 * @Mason, and I will read further into the Categories for discussion.
 * I should also explain: I found Category:American Jews by state or territory which were created by a user who has since been blocked and hence left the work unfinished. The options were to either delete them or populate and I decided to fill them.
 * In hindsight, I have made a few mistakes while doing which I apologize for. I'm still quite new to categorization so I do appreciate the patience everyone has shown and the advice they have given, including you. So thank you! Omnis Scientia (talk) 23:34, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Sure thing! I figured that was the situation. Anyway, what I did was nominate the category you found to be unhelpful, Categories_for_discussion/Log/2023_November_28, so you can see how to do it next time 😁 Mason (talk) 23:43, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much! Omnis Scientia (talk) 09:00, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

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"X by state" categories
Please do not include Washington, D.C. in "x by state" categories, as it is not a state. ―Justin ( koa v f ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 15:03, 30 November 2023 (UTC)


 * I did this after a discussing on Cfd. Omnis Scientia (talk) 15:06, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Kindly undo your reverts if you have reverted the recategorization. Thank you. Omnis Scientia (talk) 15:08, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Where was there consensus for this? ―Justin ( koa v f ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 15:08, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
 * If I misunderstood, @Mason, I do apologize but I believe you said there has been talk of combining the two. Indeed that was you rationale to oppose my speedy renames that would have restricted two categories to state only.
 * I was actually going to Cfd to change the name of the category to "American Christians by state and territory", to match Category:American Jews by state or territory. Omnis Scientia (talk) 15:15, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
 * To be clear, Washington, D.C. is also not a territory. ―Justin ( koa v f ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 15:18, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
 * In the legal sense, D.C. can be and has been referred to as a territory. It also shares the characteristics of U.S. territories like Puerto Rico. The one difference is, due it being the capital, the people can vote for President.
 * Side note: an online search also refers to it as "territory". Omnis Scientia (talk) 15:28, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
 * "In the legal sense, D.C. can be and has been referred to as a territory." ―Justin ( koa v f ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 15:40, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
 * It was in one law but, reading further, the politician who refered to is as "territory" in the bill did so in bad faith.
 * So how would you name the category if not "state or territory" if you don't consider D.C. either? Because I don't think it is correct put in the insular areas of the U.S. into such a category but leave out the country's capital.
 * I think we need to find a solution to this. Omnis Scientia (talk) 16:02, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
 * "By city" or just higher up in the category tree. It is also not an insular area. ―Justin ( koa v f ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 16:04, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Howdy all!
 * @Omnis Scientia in response to your question about movement towards state or territory. I meant that several categories have been changed from state to state or territory; not that the change had been approved for the entire tree.
 * @Koavf, Omnis is still learning the ropes of categories. But you're right that until there's a broaden category name, like state or territory, dc shouldn't be included in a "by state" category. But I think that the idea with "by state or territory" is that the the specific nature of how the region relates to the united states isn't a defining feature for that specific category.  Mason (talk) 18:40, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
 * If we want to include Washington, D.C. in "x by state" or "x by state or territory" categories, then we should do so systematically and with some uniformity, e.g. by always having a sortkey of "+Washington, D.C." or somesuch. So if users think this is valuable, there should probably be an RfC on this. Either way, I don't want anyone to waste his time, so I value and appreciate OS doing what he's doing and don't want to see it undone for no reason. ―Justin ( koa v f ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 18:46, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
 * One correction, @Koavf: I'm a woman! And thank you to both you and @Mason. The dialogue is appreciated because I learn a lot from it! Omnis Scientia (talk) 18:55, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up and thanks for being a woman willing to edit Wikipedia: I know we haven't always been as friendly to women as we need to be. Please let me know if you ever see anything unwelcoming on this site. ―Justin ( koa v f ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 20:26, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
 * That's very nice of you, thank you. Omnis Scientia (talk) 20:30, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

Please stop. If you don't, I'll have to escalate this. ―Justin ( koa v f ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:48, 22 December 2023 (UTC)


 * The category (Category:American sports coaches by state) is being renamed to state or territory. What is there to escalate? Mason (talk) 17:52, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Washington, D.C. is not a state or territory. It needs to not be added to those categories and I've discussed this multiple times. ―Justin ( koa v f ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:53, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * The entire point of state or territory is to include dc and other categories like it. Mason (talk) 17:55, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Washington, D.C. is not a state or a territory. I don't know how to say this again. It is a federal district and can be in categories of things like "American [x] by city". ―Justin ( koa v f ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:57, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * @Koavf, not sure what you mean. There was a Cfd consensus on this matter - here. Omnis Scientia (talk) 17:53, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I solicited this CfD above and you didn't give it to me (likely as it didn't seem to exist at the time). Washington, D.C. is not a state or territory so it should not be categorized as one. ―Justin ( koa v f ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:55, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * per Categories_for_discussion/Log/2023_December_1 "other recent consensuses to use "by state or territory" includ[e] Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and other insular areas." Mason (talk) 17:56, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * What other recent consensus? Also, Washington, D.C. is not an insular area. ―Justin ( koa v f ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:57, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * My point is that the norm is for Washington, DC as well as Puerto Rico and other insular areas are to be included in this type of category. Mason (talk) 18:00, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * What other recent consensus? The nomination is evidently flawed. ―Justin ( koa v f ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 18:01, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I am not going to dig up the consensuses for you . You can search for them https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?fulltext=Search+archives&fulltext=Search&prefix=Wikipedia%3ACategories+for+d&search=%22state+or+territory%22&ns0=1&ns10=1&ns14=1 Mason (talk) 18:03, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * @Smasongarrison, I'm assuming I can continue realigning the categories. Of course, I will now wait until the pages have been renamed to clear up the confusion entirely but just to be safe, I thought I should ask. Omnis Scientia (talk) 20:18, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it's probably easier than getting into an edit war Mason (talk) 20:19, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * burden of proof (philosophy). ―Justin ( koa v f ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 22:31, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry but I'm not sure what you mean by this. Omnis Scientia (talk) 17:58, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * See above: "Where was there consensus for this? ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 15:08, 30 November 2023 (UTC)" and you never responded. ―Justin ( koa v f ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 18:00, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * That was a seperate conversation and I did respond and @Mason did explain what had happened. But the Cfd was started by somebody else and well after this conversation took place. Omnis Scientia (talk) 18:05, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * But there was a speedy Cfd (which was used as a basis for the Cfd) where the informal consensus was "state or territory" should be the norm. But the consensus for what are U.S. territories began at the Cfd which I did not start.
 * I did not do anything wrong here so I don't see why you want to escalate. Omnis Scientia (talk) 18:14, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Since Washington, D.C. is not a state or territory, it shouldn't be categorized as a state or territory. That is what is the wrong thing here. ―Justin ( koa v f ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 22:32, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * @Omnis Scientia, I'm going to turn off notifications for this thread. The WP:IDIDNTHEARTHAT from koavf is wearing on my patience. Mason (talk) 22:37, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Sure thing. I can handle it from here. Omnis Scientia (talk) 22:38, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * lol, whatever, buddy. If you don't want to provide proof of your claims which are incorrect, that's not my fault. ―Justin ( koa v f ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 22:40, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * That is incredibly rude, Justin. We have showed you the consensus and that should be enough for you to drop this subject. Omnis Scientia (talk) 22:49, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I have asked over and over again and you have not. From the second comment I made here, you just ignored it. You have shown me a CfD that states "other recent consensuses to use "by state or territory" includ[e] Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and other insular areas". Where was this decided? I have asked this over and over again and someone else responded with "Hey, it's your responsibility to prove my claims". That is rude. I am asking again: do you have any evidence of this prior consensus? Where was this decided? What evidence did anyone provide that Washington, D.C. is a territory, when it isn't? I am still waiting for this almost a month later and asking a half-dozen times. ―Justin ( koa v f ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 22:51, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * There was no such consensus at the time you began this conversation but there have been quite a lot since. And you ended that conversation amicably.
 * And now that you have asked, we gave you links to the current discussion. And your reaction here is surprising and disappointing to me. Omnis Scientia (talk) 22:58, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * As I just wrote:
 * You have shown me a CfD that states "other recent consensuses to use "by state or territory" includ[e] Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and other insular areas". Where was this decided?
 * Can we both agree that it is factually not true that Washington, D. C. is not a state, territory, or insular area? We are agreed on that, correct? ―Justin ( koa v f ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 23:13, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * And I am telling you I do not know!
 * I'm restraining myself because you are a veteran editor of Wikipedia but I think you are being incredibly unfair. Perhaps ask one of the other editors in the Cfd below who have been involved in Categorization longer than I have.
 * Categories for discussion/Log/2023 December 1
 * I won't respond here now. Omnis Scientia (talk) 23:18, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * @Koavf, I think you are making too much of a big deal about this. I was simply following the consensus per Cfd which we have linked.
 * I suggest you let it go and move on. I don't want to escalate this any further. Omnis Scientia (talk) 22:40, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Do you have any evidence of a prior consensus to consider Washington D.C. a territory (which, again, it is not)? ―Justin ( koa v f ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 22:43, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I think it's time for this discussion to end. koavf, Omnis Scientia has replied multiple times. I see that you are not satisfied with their response but I think they have no more to say here and it's verging into harassment territory. It can be difficult to track down where in the myriad of CFD discussions that any precedent was set and there are only 1 or 2 editors here that I think have the encyclopedic knowledge to be able to track down the answers you are looking for. I think it's time for you both to move on from this issue or proceed with a new CFD nomination where the issue can be fully discussed. This back-and-forth and escalating tension doesn't serve any purpose to resolve a dispute. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 03:44, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
 * The conversation had ended. ―Justin ( koa v f ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 20:35, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Removal of cats, using tools
Hello. Without any explanatory edit summary, and using tools, I noticed you have removed a number of cats from articles. The removal is not only unexplained, but I cannot divine the reason. Perhaps you can explain. See, for example,


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2603:7000:2101:AA00:A043:72FB:85CE:2E30 (talk) 20:59, 7 December 2023 (UTC)


 * It was moved to Category:Jewish American basketball players. Additionally, the Category:Jewish men's basketball players is up for merging with Category:Jewish basketball players.
 * I suggest you do not undo work which I have done after a discussion. Thank you. Omnis Scientia (talk) 21:33, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I see an ongoing discussion about this. I don't see a closure. Are you referring to the discussion that was not closed, but which you were part of? And the assertions in that discussion have problems, as pointed out, insofar as they call for merge. For example, apart from common sense and aiding readers, the fact that there are so many similar cats by gender in basketball players. Even with fewer women. 2603:7000:2101:AA00:A043:72FB:85CE:2E30 (talk) 22:48, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Only nationalities are divided by genders, not ethnicities or religions; this is part of a bigger clean-up. As for my moves: I moved the categories for American players only while the rest are there awaiting the closure of discussion. Omnis Scientia (talk) 22:50, 7 December 2023 (UTC)


 * (ec -- was rewriting the above) I see an ongoing discussion about Jewish basketball players by gender. I don't see a closure. As to these, I only saw a deletion and not an add. And no explanatory edit summary - which is appropriate. Extra important when deleting. In the current discussion seeking to delete as a cat Jewish women basketball players and merge it, the assertions in that discussion have problems, as pointed out, insofar as they call for merge. For example, apart from common sense and aiding readers, the fact that there are so many similar cats by gender in basketball players. Even with fewer women.
 * The rationale - which is all important - is the same for Jewish basketball players (btw, Judaism is as our Supreme Court Justice Brandeis pointed out, a nation, as well as a religion) as it is for nationalities. We want to aid the reader. Whether they are looking for a woman from Nepal who is a basketball player or a woman who is Jewish who is a basketball player. And the argument made at that discussion of "common sense" is wrongheaded, for that reason (among others). And the argument that "let's get rid of the gender category because there are only 8 women in it is - similarly - unavailing. For the same reason. You're making a distinction without a logical difference. We're here to help readers. 2603:7000:2101:AA00:A043:72FB:85CE:2E30 (talk) 22:58, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
 * If you want to make an argument against, do it in the discussion, not in my talk page. And Brandeis can say anything he wants: Jewishness and Judaism is an ethnic as well as a religious identity, not a national one. And it is not to do with "let's get rid of the gender category due to few players" but with WP:OC.
 * And do not undo work. I diffused only American players to a category of Jewish American basketball players as per a discussion I had about categorization a while ago. The rest are in the very categories awaiting closure of discussion. Omnis Scientia (talk) 23:06, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Tennis players from Idaho


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 * @Liz Category is in Cfd for merging with Category:Tennis people from Idaho. Omnis Scientia (talk) 04:26, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
 * @Liz Added a page; category is no longer empty. Omnis Scientia (talk) 04:39, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

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Soviet people
I think you are right that we should rename to People from the Soviet Union. I think calling people "Soviet" can have political implications. Especially since Soviet meant some other things.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:50, 16 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Soviets were thd workwes council. Some may assume "Soviet" means people who support the cause of the Soviet government. What we are trying to categorize is people who were nationals of the Soviet Union. I know the Chemists from the Soviet Union, Engineers from the Soviet Union, Writers from the Soviet Union will be harder to write, but we do not want domeone saying "Alexader Solzinitzyn was an anti-Soviet writer do I will eemove him from Soviet writers." People go in their nationdlity category no matter how much thry detest their nation. So I think from the Soviet Union would be a better title. I really think with Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia were could argue a from form is better as well. However I think the Soviet Union case is the strongest.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:57, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
 * @Johnpacklambert, glad you agree! I would also agree with Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia for the same reason but we should start with the Soviet Union. Omnis Scientia (talk) 07:09, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I think you want to give a very strong and in depth explanation as to why the change should occur.John Pack Lambert (talk) 23:07, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, we can argue that the policy for former states is to format it the way the categories in Category:Austrian Empire and Category:Russian Empire are. Omnis Scientia (talk) 06:46, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Majority of former states are formatted in this manner that I think it is policy. And it would be less ambigous as well, IMO. Omnis Scientia (talk) 06:47, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Recreating deleted categories
Hello,

Do you see a warning notice, when attempting to create a category, in case it was previously deleted following a community discussion? I usually see such a notice with a pointer to the discussion left in comment by the deleting admin. I see that you recently created several categories that were previously deleted after conclusive CfDs, sometimes almost immediately after they concluded:
 * and, deleted after
 * and, deleted after
 * , deleted after

Note that pages (not just categories) created again after a deletion discussion, even with a slightly different name, are eligible to speedy deletion, under criterion WP:G4. They don't need a full discussion again.

You may very well understand how creating and discussing again and again the same pages and categories, in hope of a different result, is considered non-cooperative behaviour. The policy page WP:Gaming the system explains how this defeats the purpose of civil and cooperative editing that makes Wikipedia what it is. Place Clichy (talk) 01:54, 22 December 2023 (UTC)


 * @Place Clichy, I honestly did not know about the WP:G4 rule until you mentioned it yester. And I hope you understand I am NOT trying to game the system.
 * I DO know why I created Jewish martial artists - it was because of Categories_for_discussion/Log/2023_December_6 where there were Category:Jewish male martial artists and Category:Jewish female martial artists and no parent category, unlike Category:Jewish footballers.
 * I sincerely apologize. I am very new to categorization and still learning. Omnis Scientia (talk) 07:30, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I will add speedy delete by author on all but for martial artists and hockey players due to ongoing Cfd after I manually merge them. Omnis Scientia (talk) 07:46, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * No worries, I have no reason not to assume good faith. I'd just like to invite you to pay attention to the banner and link to the previous deletion discussion when that happens, and ask yourself why the rationale would no longer apply before creating it again. This nearly always amounts to WP:EGRS/I in the case of Jewish people categories, so I would also amicably suggest you to ask yourself why a number of editors consider that some such categories are trivial while some others are legitimate, a point I'm not sure where you stand at the moment. Indeed I believe I have mostly seen you so far in the spirit of attempting to link the dots and cover the map, pardon me if that's not the case. It is a legitimate feeling, but it needs to take into account the triviality element, as expressed by consensus in past discussions (or absence thereof) and editing guidelines.
 * The case of Category:Jewish male martial artists is strange because at first we deleted it and then in another discussion it was decided to merge the male and female martial artists back into it. I think we cannot avoid a new discussion to sort this apparent contradiction. Place Clichy (talk) 13:09, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I will take care in the future.
 * My approach to sportspeople is that I don't create categories unless there is precedence for it. As in if a sport has been divided by ethnicity then I will make a category for it. I thought it was okay to create the ice hockey category because Category:Black ice hockey players exist.
 * And there are MANY examples of American sportspeople divided by sport and ethnicity, including Category:African-American ice hockey players. Omnis Scientia (talk) 13:20, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Quite frankly, as it is much easier to create a category than to delete one, there are just categories that stand there but to which many editors would object. That's why WP:Other stuff exists is a trap argument. Natural inertia and the fact that a number of discussions also end in "no consensus" (which is quite different that a consensus to keep a category) make that the pace at which categories are created is just higher than the pace at which bogus categories are deleted. That's why it is wrong to assume that because categories for some sports/ethnicity intersections exist, it is OK to create them for other intersections. Place Clichy (talk) 13:36, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Understood.
 * Personally, I don't see an issue with further categorizing in the case of Category:American sportspeople because the category would be too big otherwise. Unless you want to do away completely with Sportspeople by ethnicity and keep it simply to states and sports. Omnis Scientia (talk) 13:46, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * @Place Clichy, I agree the martial artists category is odd. What I think happened was the person only nominated the parent category and missed the two subcategories completely. Omnis Scientia (talk) 13:21, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * @Place Clichy, while you are here I wanted your opinion on the Cfd of Category:People of colonial West Virginia. Just for some consensus. Omnis Scientia (talk) 14:19, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Soviet
I think you want to explain the ambiguity of Soviet in your nomination. Both how there were smaller Soviets that then become the Soviet Union, and how Soviet is often used more as a synonym of Communist than as a nationslity identifier. Explain that alone it has broad policy related implications, and we are not trying to include any of those in the category.John Pack Lambert (talk) 17:12, 22 December 2023 (UTC)


 * @John Pack Lambert, I think you should make that argument at Cfd. I agree with you but if you do it there, it will count as part of the consensus. Omnis Scientia (talk) 17:14, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I am not sllowed to make arguments at CfD. I seem allowed to make general comments about category names, but direct participarltion in CfD is considered too close to deletion. I have to admit I think that we should use less demonyms period. However I think Soviet is too ambiguous to be useful.John Pack Lambert (talk) 17:18, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

British North America
I am pretty sure pre-1867 we should only use "Canada" to refer to what was then called Canada. This is not currently the practice in articles. I found one article that said a person was born in Canada West, but they were really born in Rupert's Land. More often articles say the person was born in Canada in cases of births in New Brusnwick and Nova Scotia when they were not part of Canada. I think our categories currently place all places later in Canada under the heading of "pre-Confederstion Canada". I really think we need to scap this ahistorical naming. If the East Africsn Confederation happens, and they chose a name, will we then call things in current Tanzania and whatever else joins as "pre-X Confederstion Kenya" or what have you. So far I am only back to 1838, so I have not had to deal with too many issues. Except the fugitive slaves Category says "Canada", but what is really meant is British North America. Most went to either the Province of Canada or Upper Canada or Lower Canada before Feb 1841, but I do not think we mean to exclude the few who went to New Brunswick, Nova Scotia or Rupert's Land. Some would say "but what did Canada mean in common usage". That does not matter. In common usage in 1967 "Russia" meant "the Soviet Union" and "Russians" meant "people from the Soviet Union", but if you put an engineer from Kiev who lived 1925-1985 and never went to anywhere at the time considered Russia in a Russian Category people would rightly object. Common name should not be followed when it is just plain wrong. Calling someone in the Colony of New Brunswick "Canadian" is not quite that wrong. It is still more wrong than calling an ethnic Albanian person from Tirana who lived 1823-1901 "Turkish". That would be arguably what we would do if Wikipedia were created in 1902 and it was 1909.I have a pre-Balkan War World Atlas that has a map entitled "Turkey in Europe". However common name is tempted not just when it is wrong, but when it is confusing. Basically the only way to work categories is for Turkey to refer to the country created in 1923 and Turkish to refer to its nationals. People by ethnicity are called "Turks", and we use Ottoman Empire for the country that died at the end of 1922 and "from the Ottoman Empire" for its nationals. We do not call its nationals "Ottomans" which is worth bringing up in the Soviet discussion. The Ottomans were basically the ruling class of the Ottoman Empire. It would be similar if the Qing Emoire were called the "Manchu Empire" and we then tried to call all its residents "Manchus". I still think having "Qing Dynasty" categories which are meant to include all nationals of the Empire ruled by the Qing Dynasty is off, I think we should have "writers from the Qing Empire". Some would say "but the standard is to use X Dynasty as an adjective". Yes, but most often with artifacts, not people.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:07, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

The problem with "colonial Phillipines"
The problem with "Spanish people in the colonial Philippines" is that after Spanish rule the Philippines were under American colonial rule until about 1946. I think actually British people in colonial India is misnamed, since what we want is British people living in British India, not those in Portuguese, French or other European colilonial Indias. We also of course want to make sure people who were expatriates in the Mughal Empire are not included. I think the intent is to intepret "British India" as both British East India company and direct Imperial rule, and to include those in princely states, but to exclude any cases of British expatriates in areas that were not yet under directvor indirect rule.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:13, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

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RM for Louisville
I was going to respond in the statue RM discussion but it was closed. Anyway, starting the RM discussion for Louisville is entirely up to you. But if you do it, I recommend coming prepared, unlike what happened in the previous attempt. Not only does there need to be strong reasons in favor (and I think there are), but also we're fighting a seemingly settled guideline where the AP choice is strictly followed. It's an uphill push. Stefen Towers among the rest!  Gab • Gruntwerk 21:01, 8 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Definitely seems like an uphill battle. But given that there are smaller cities in other countries without the state/province/county name with them, I don't see why this one shouldn't either. Omnis Scientia (talk) 21:08, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I very much agree. I think the rub here is that the special US guideline was seeking a clear boundary for what US cities could be shown without their state. I haven't reviewed how that guideline came about, but my (wiki-experiential) hunch is that when we had a lot more editors, there needed to be a way to keep article names for US cities in check, thus a guideline was written. And as the AP is a respected news source in the US, their boundary was selected. We would be arguing for an exception to a settled guideline. It might be easier to convince the AP to whittle down its byline for Louisville. :)  Stefen Towers among the rest!   Gab • Gruntwerk 21:21, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I was checking the original debate (here) and it seems that it was a "let's get it over with" discussion rather than spending months debating each and every city in the U.S. But it seems there is little room for exceptions there. Omnis Scientia (talk) 21:37, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I just reviewed a lot of that, and there are useful points to both sides of that debate. And perhaps that is what we need at this point, a debate in RfC format rather than RM, as in an RM, we would have to deal with snow closers per the guideline. In an RfC, it could be an open debate where we have some time to get all the facts out and discussed. And admittedly, I can see why Louisville would be associated with Kentucky in a global sense (e.g. Kentucky Derby, which takes place in Louisville), so that colors the debate, despite Louisville in Kentucky clearly being by far the predominant 'Louisville'. Stefen Towers among the rest!   Gab • Gruntwerk 22:31, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * It could be an RfC entitled "Should 'Louisville' be used alone per its predominant meaning in titles for entities in or disambiguated to be associated with Louisville, Kentucky?". Stefen Towers among the rest!   Gab • Gruntwerk 22:40, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * What's especially useful for this discussion is article naming has gone either way for Louisville-related subjects (e.g., Central Station (Louisville) and Ballard High School (Louisville, Kentucky)), both conventions used by myself over the time I've been here. Stefen Towers among the rest!   Gab • Gruntwerk 23:12, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Good idea! I'll start one and leave the arguments to you. Omnis Scientia (talk) 08:03, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for starting the discussion. I have finished adding my initial thoughts on the matter. Stefen Towers among the rest!   Gab • Gruntwerk 20:36, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
 * No problem! :) Omnis Scientia (talk) 20:40, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
I think you've been doing a really good job with your category work!

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Italians of Croatia
Hi there. I noticed you had filed for the category for the Italians of Croatia to move to Italian diaspora in Croatia. Please note that we had to revert this, because it doesn't match the reality described at Italians of Croatia. The use of the relatively strange phrasing with "of" was intentional, and should have been a hint that this is not a perhaps more conventional immigrant/emigrant situation. Perhaps that was too subtle, but still, when the article is linked through a cat main or a cat more template, I would still advise always reading it before proposing changes. Also, the same would apply to a lot of the other ethnic groups in Croatia. --Joy (talk) 13:31, 20 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hello @Joy. Thank you for informing me about the reason for this phrasing. I will keep it in mind going forward. Omnis Scientia (talk) 13:35, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Tennis players by state
Hi, I have no objection to the outcome at Categories for discussion/Log/2023 December 21, provided that any coaches etc who were removed were suitably categorised along the way.

However, I see that at least some of the target categories were newly created by yourself, whereas the old category pages ended up being deleted. This means that Wikipedia loses the attribution of the original pages. We try to avoid this where possible. I think it would have been preferable to nominate the original set for purge and rename from tennis people to tennis players. That way, the page history would have been preserved, and I think it would have been less work for you too.

Also, using the bot to merge from a parent to a sub-cat puts the category into itself; in this case seems to have done the necessary cleanup afterwards. It would have made for better processing to nominate for merging upwards rather than downwards.

Hope this helps! – Fayenatic  L ondon 11:26, 21 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hello @Fayenatic london! I should explain; this was actually one of my earlier attempts at categorization and Cfds so I did make quite a few mistakes and a lot of errors, including creating new categories for players and making a lot of unnecessary work for myself and others.
 * If I had a chance to do it again, I certainly would do it the way you have described (and subsequently did so with similar categories for German, English, and Australian players by country subdivision).
 * As it is, someone did finally explain to me a while ago that upmerge is an easier way to go about merging so I take care to set the right target categories now. I didn't know about the lost attribution though so thank you for telling me. I will also send appreciation to DMacks; didn't realize they had to do the heavy lifting.
 * Thank you for reaching out! Much appreciated! Omnis Scientia (talk) 12:19, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for taking that well. Please can I also ask you to exercise an even greater measure of self-checking when using the Speedy CFD page, as there is less time for others to identify and correct any typos there? When there are a large number of listings, the admins (usually, and I) may not have time to check them thoroughly before processing.
 * Category:Afro-Nicaraguan was incorrectly listed for renaming to Category:African diaspora in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and was moved to that name, following which Category:Afro-Vincentians was merged there and deleted.   I happened to spot this inconsistency when doing final checks to clean up the Working page used by the bot, so I have put things as they should be (manually moved & split to Category:African diaspora in Nicaragua), but such cannot be taken for granted, and bulk processing can easily lead to mistakes being implemented. – Fayenatic  L ondon 12:36, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Oh my goodness, I'm so very sorry! I COMPLETELY missed that. I will definitely triple check next time I make large nominations like this. Thank you. I do hope this is the only such error. If not, please inform me and I will manually fix it myself. Omnis Scientia (talk) 12:42, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Glad to help! I haven't played tennis since high-school gym class, but this was an interesting set that popped up on radar while I was looking at some graph theory ideas related to categorization. Feel free to ping me if you need further help with this sort of thing. DMacks (talk) 18:37, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

CFD closures
Hello, Omnis Scientia,

Please do not remove the CFD tag from categories unless it is decided to Keep them. If they are to be deleted, then there needs to be a link in the deletion log to the CFD discussion where it was determined that they should be deleted (or merged). If you just remove the CFD tag and they are empty, then they will be deleted after a week as an empty category (CSD C1). Empty categories can always be restored at any time upon request while categories that are deleted through a CFD discussion shouldn't be restored. If you have questions about how to fix up a CSD tag for categories marked for deletion through CFDs, then I suggest asking Marco or Mason who do this frequenty after they have emptied or merged a category when a CFD is closed. I've found them to be very helpful. Thank you. Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 22:09, 23 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hello, @Liz. Yes I will ask either Marco or Mason about the correct procedure. I'm sorry if I caused any inconvenience. Omnis Scientia (talk) 22:15, 23 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Oh, it was no inconvenience, in fact, I only noticed it on one category about the 3 millennium. Categories operate very differently than, say, redirects or articles (templates are tricky, too) that's why we have a small group of smart editors who know how to handle CFD closures. It's so tricky that this is why sometimes CFD discussions can stay open for weeks or even months, because we don't have a big pool of administrators who are knowledgeable about closing CFD discussions especially if merging or emptying categories is part of the closure. That's why I want to encourage you to learn how to do this and then we'll have one more editor who can close CFD discussions! Thanks. Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 22:20, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Category:American male sportswriters
You seem to be emptying this category while a discussion is ongoing at Categories for discussion/Log/2024 January 20. Please stop this action and restore the category in the articles until the discussion is closed. Tewapack (talk) 17:22, 26 January 2024 (UTC)


 * @Tewapack, only moved them to Category:American sportswriters by state just to get a headstart of what was discussed in the Cfd. But I won't go further and restore the ones I placed Category:American sportswriters. Omnis Scientia (talk) 17:31, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Closing logistics
Howdy!

So I've noticed that quite a few categories that you close end up tagged by for empty speedy deletions, as opposed to just deleted. I'm not sure how the logistics of closing work, but this category history shows the typical order of operations. . I think it might be helpful to leave the nomination up, until the category is processed. However, I'd love some wisdom from folks who do a lot of closings, like. To see if there's a better ordering. (Also the decisions are very solid/reasonable! So nice job on that.) Mason (talk) 20:51, 27 January 2024 (UTC)


 * (Oh, nevermind, I should have looked at the talk page! `facepalm)Mason (talk) 20:52, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @Smasongarrison, ha ha! No worries! At the time there was quite a backlog of Cfds left to be closed so I did so. But quite a few people have told me since its no big deal and not to hurry things along. Omnis Scientia (talk) 20:55, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
 * FYI, I found that rolling back the removal was the easiest way to facilitate the processing. So I'm really sorry about all the revert alerts you're getting. I tried to find another way, but none of the templates were behaving. Mason (talk) 19:20, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
 * No worries! Thank you for helping out! Omnis Scientia (talk) 19:27, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

January 2024
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 * @Diannaa, thank you for informing me of what was an oversight on my part. Genuinely did not realize; I will be more careful in the future. Omnis Scientia (talk) 14:53, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

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Death and funeral of Babe Ruth
I want to ask you to allow me to edit the article according to MOS and based on conventions that I am familiar with. It will be appearing on the main page as an approved DYK but I may have to withdraw because it is not stable when you make so many changes. You are undoing to your preferred version and I am trying to follow MOS. for instance MOS:BLOCKQUOTE says, It is conventional to precede a block quotation with an introductory sentence (or sentence fragment) and append the source citation to that line. You have reverted it twice. And you have introduced grammatical errors by rewriting large portions of the article. You also prefer the article without attribution but that is not my preference. You have changed the name and scope of the article without discussion as well. So I want to appeal to you to allow me to restore MOS and allow the article to appear as it was approved. Bruxton (talk) 21:03, 18 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Hello there. I'm sorry, I'm not sure what you mean about DYK. Do know that whatever I did I did to try to make the article more easier to read because I felt there were a lot of repetative info in there. I'm sorry if you don't like the changes but I didn't remove any of the details, I merely cleaned it up a little bit.
 * As for the article name: I merely made it consistant with what I've seen in similar articles. But if you aren't happy with the name, you can request move it via WP:Requested moves. Also, this way you can get the feedback of others.
 * Personally, I would disagree with moving it back to "Funeral of Babe Ruth" because majority of articles about funerals have the title "Death and funeral of..." (or "Death and state funeral") unless there is already a seperate article on their death. I would also disagree that the move changed the scope of the article. It is still about his funeral, with basic details of his death mentioned. Omnis Scientia (talk) 21:18, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
 * The scope was changed and many of your edits were helpful, I am familiar with MOS from my work in DYK and GA. MOS:LQ and MOS:BLOCKQUOTE were two that were not followed. Then there are preferences for image location and use of news outlets for attribution which are just preferences. I do not prefer to use waffling words like "around" so I attribute the quotes. There was also unnecessary peacocking in the lead which is not needed. Bruxton (talk) 21:29, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
 * The article is approved in a much different version and title for the DYK section of the main page and one of the requirements for an article to appear is stability. Bruxton (talk) 21:31, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Oh I see! So do you want me to move the article back the "Funeral of Babe Ruth"? Omnis Scientia (talk) 21:34, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
 * No that would be the third move, and it screws up the template. I have to find an admin to see how to fix it. Bruxton (talk) 21:37, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @Bruxton, I'm really sorry if I caused a big problem for you. I don't know anything about DYK and it wasn't on my mind when I moved the article. Omnis Scientia (talk) 21:41, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
 * No worries, I hope to work with you on another article maybe in GA. Bruxton (talk) 21:43, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
 * If its baseball related, I will be more than happy to help out! Omnis Scientia (talk) 21:50, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

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Don Drysdale Stats Line Revert
Hello. Recently, about a month ago, I added a hits allowed column to Don Drysdale's pitching stats line and you reverted it. Why? A perfectly legitimate statistic for a pitcher. Just wanted to know why you reverted the stat. Thank you for your time.Theairportman33531 (talk) 12:20, 6 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Hello there!
 * So I just checked and I apparently did do that. If I'm being honest, I have NO idea why I did that because, of course, you're right. It is an important and informative statistic. I can't think about what I was actually trying to do when I did so. Sorry for removing it and thank you for bringing it to my attention! Omnis Scientia (talk) 12:32, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I've reverted my edit. Again, thank you for bringing it to my attention and also my apologies. Omnis Scientia (talk) 12:35, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Hey, no worries! We came to a consensus. Have a good day and week ahead.Theairportman33531 (talk) 12:56, 6 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Thank you! And the same to you as well! Omnis Scientia (talk) 13:00, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

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