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Why are those listings redundent?
On Criminal law template. deisenbe (talk) 00:39, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of List of unsolved problems in finance
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Thank you for resolving the issue.--RuleTheWiki (talk) 01:42, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Further note I have just redirected List of unsolved problems in finance to List of unsolved problems in economics. Because the first page was merged into the second page, the edit history of the first page must be kept for attribution purposes, thus deletion is inappropriate. Safiel (talk) 19:06, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

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I think you should restore the content about 200+ scientists who signed a petition and their warning. This is a basic fact that should have been evaluated separately from the content about the study and has not been addressed by your edit summaries. Seraphim System ( talk ) 04:13, 14 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Fact of the matter is that is just speaking to Argumentum ad Populum, just because 200+ scientists believe something to be true, doesn't mean that it is, take for instance IARC's classification of Glyphosate which is still controversial to this day. Look, i am happy enough for the concerned letter to be published on the Mobile_phone_radiation_and_health because thats where the main topic is, also i have a problem with the fact that this letter is not generic, 2.4ghx is what microwaves use and thats where the usual hysteria comes from yet they fail to mention this as a concern + the fact we are already bombarded by radio waves across the spectrum every single day. By the way, the opinion from the vast majority of physicists, epidemiologists, biophysicists et al. is in favour of the conclusions i reached in the edit summary. Relevant policy: WP:FRINGE/PS - &#124;&#124; RuleTheWiki  &#124;&#124; (talk) 04:24, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Please restore this content and do not continue to remove reliably sourced content without a policy-based justification. We follow reliable sources when editing Wikipedia. Seraphim System ( talk ) 04:32, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Unless you can justify having a non-consensus and/or scientifically sound physical explanation for this section being on the article, then i will not replace the section. A)It's not generalizable as this discussion has been around for ages, B)There's a genuine dedicated article, if you want to add a footer linking to said article i would be fine with that. Fact is its not consensus and this could lead to alarmism without justification. Also we try not to use primary sources WP:SECONDARY & WP:ANALYSIS. ArbCom has an even greater justification: Neutral point of view as applied to science. So theres some Wikipedia policy for you, now as i said, i am happy to add the radiation and cell phones part in the footer as 'more references'/'see also'. One of those paragraphs was a primary source, the other was generalised, so from a NPOV i'd say that instead of adding a stub section that there should be a link to a larger discussion. - &#124;&#124; RuleTheWiki  &#124;&#124; (talk) 04:56, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

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 * @ Nakon, thanks for the advice and extra thanks for granting me Rollback permissions, i will do my best to adhere to your guidelines. :) - &#124;&#124; RuleTheWiki  &#124;&#124; (talk) 05:22, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

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 * I mean, I'm just soliciting opinions on these articles if they fail the AfD and are closed as being not the right venue then i will happily oblige i am in no rush. - &#124;&#124; RuleTheWiki  &#124;&#124; (talk) 16:35, 12 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Both AfDs have now been closed, for the reason I gave above. AfD is not an all-purpose bludgeon to wield to force others to improve articles. Please see WP:MERGEPROP for how to propose a merge (or, indeed, you can just be WP:BOLD and do the merge yourself). -- The Anome (talk) 12:46, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

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I can see no reason whatsoever to interpret the multiple "Scan The World" images you have recently added to Wikipedia articles as anything but spam, intended in violation of Conflict of interest guidelines to promote a commercial product, 'MyMiniFactory', and have accordingly removed them. I strongly advise you to not to restore them, or add more, without prior confirmation that this is acceptable according to policies. AndyTheGrump (talk) 09:56, 13 January 2022 (UTC)


 * @AndyTheGrump What are you talking about? These are artefacts under Creative Commons-Share Alike 4.0 and not from any specific company indeed that is irrelevant whether they are from Scan The World, plus there are more on Wikimedia Commons. - &#124;&#124; RuleTheWiki  &#124;&#124; (talk) 09:58, 13 January 2022 (UTC)


 * That is demonstrably false. The captions you added state 'click to interact'. Doing so links to the file page which contains the following description:


 * ''"This object is part of "Scan The World". Scan the World is a non-profit initiative introduced by MyMiniFactory, through which we are creating a digital archive of fully 3D printable sculptures, artworks and landmarks from across the globe for the public to access for free. Scan the World is an open source, community effort, if you have interesting items around you and would like to contribute, email stw@myminifactory.com to find out how you can help."


 * That is unambiguous promotion. Furthermore, you may well be asked who 'we' refers to, since Wikipedia does not permit multiple-user accounts. And for that matter, I don't think Commons would accept 'Scan the World' as the 'author' of a work under such circumstances.


 * I suggest you self-revert, and find an appropriate place to discuss this (e.g. WP:COI/N) before proceeding further. Failing that, I will report the matter at WP:ANI. AndyTheGrump (talk) 10:08, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Ok take David (Michelangelo) as an example, the author in that 3d object clearly states that it is from MyMiniFactory and Scan The World. Because you are the only editor who seems to have a problem with objects from this organization i will only be asking you. - &#124;&#124; RuleTheWiki  &#124;&#124; (talk) 10:13, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
 * @AndyTheGrump in a further counter https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scan_the_World_-_Venus_of_Willendorf.stl is listed as one of wikimedia commons finest works regardless of the similar caption - &#124;&#124; RuleTheWiki  &#124;&#124; (talk) 10:17, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
 * @AndyTheGrump further evidence, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scan_the_World_-_Venus_de_Milo.stl - &#124;&#124; RuleTheWiki  &#124;&#124; (talk) 10:20, 13 January 2022 (UTC)


 * If nobody has noticed the issue before, it may well be because the file descriptions were less obviously promoting the MyMiniFactory product, though in my opinion, they are still problematic. Anyway, If you are happy that what you are doing is compliant with Wikipedia policies, I assume you will have no objections to me raising the matter at the Conflict of Interest noticeboard - where I shall incidentally be asking who the 'we' refers to in the file descriptions, as well as raising the issue of promotion of a commercial product's website, and the obvious copyright issues in describing 'Scan the World' as a file author. AndyTheGrump (talk) 10:30, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
 * If you say so go right ahead, i think you're taking the caption far too literally IMHO. - &#124;&#124; RuleTheWiki  &#124;&#124; (talk) 10:41, 13 January 2022 (UTC)


 * New thread at WP:COI/N: AndyTheGrump (talk) 11:40, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

The Internationale
...is hugely important, but having all those different translations, without any kind of background or explanations verified by secondary sources, makes this just a terrible article. If you want to improve it, find the proper sourcing to write text, without dumping in just a bunch of translations. All that is primary material, and that's what WikiSource is for. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 17:06, 2 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Yeah, on second thought, i agree a lot of the translations didn't have proper structure/translation or even authoritative sources backing them up some even without historical backing. There should be a way to get the Chinese translations in there though. - &#124;&#124; RuleTheWiki  &#124;&#124; (talk) 17:18, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Maybe, but I suggest that there's definitely a difference to be split here, rather than one blanking and another reinstating. I agree with Drmies about the lyrics dumps, but I expect it to be both possible and easy to have an analysis of the translations.  There was no mention of Li Dazhao in the article as-was, for example; but consult an actual professor of Chinese literature about the song, and there Li is.  Alongside expert analysis of the song in television and film, and even Qu Qiubai's cousin's organ.  Forget lyrics dumps.  There's actual explanation to be written, and the lyrics dumps are (as they always do, I have found over the years) concealing the fact that the article is in reality poor.
 * Uncle G (talk) 19:47, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Uncle. That's the kind of attention this article needs--RuleTheWiki, my uncle usually sticks to show tunes, but he's apparently knowledgeable in this area as well. Meaningful selections of translations, with secondary sources explaining why they are meaningful, that's the ticket. For instance, Jaap van de Merwe's "new and improved" Dutch version was not uncontroversial, but citing just the opening line, with a source that compares its tone to the earlier version, that would be useful. I can't find those sources (yet), because they've fallen into that black internet hole of the pre-1990s or so. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 20:10, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Uncle G (talk) 19:47, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Uncle. That's the kind of attention this article needs--RuleTheWiki, my uncle usually sticks to show tunes, but he's apparently knowledgeable in this area as well. Meaningful selections of translations, with secondary sources explaining why they are meaningful, that's the ticket. For instance, Jaap van de Merwe's "new and improved" Dutch version was not uncontroversial, but citing just the opening line, with a source that compares its tone to the earlier version, that would be useful. I can't find those sources (yet), because they've fallen into that black internet hole of the pre-1990s or so. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 20:10, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

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