User talk:Shearonink/Archive 12

Season's Greetings


Hello there! 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) wishes you & yours the very best of the season!

Whether you celebrate Christmas, Diwali, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Festivus (for the rest of us!) or even the Saturnalia, here's hoping your holiday time is wonderful and - especially -

that the New Year will be an improvement on the old. CHEERS!

Share these holiday wishes by adding   to your friends' talk pages.

(Sent: 17:47, 24 December 2023 (UTC)) Plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery. 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 17:47, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Awwwwww...thankseverso. Shearonink (talk) 18:02, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Christmas greetings
May the bells of Christmas ring for freedom!

May peace be upon us.

And have a happy and prosperous New Year. 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 18:42, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

2024


Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht

Happy New Year

2024

Like 2019, remember? - Enjoy your break. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:52, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks Gerda. Shearonink (talk) 01:39, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
 * On the Main page: the person who made the pictured festival possible --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:42, 16 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Yesterday was a friend's birthday, with related music. - I'm on vacation - see places. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:14, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Benjamin Franklin Graves (soldier)
Hi, per, I'm well aware there are differing style approaches for number ranges external to Wikipedia (and is documented in the article you linked), but as I'm sure you know, for the English Wikipedia, we have a manual of style that governs these things here. The change I made was done according to that. The source's title may well show a hyphen in a number range, but nevertheless we style it to an en dash per MOS:RANGE, MOS:DATERANGE ("For ranges between numbers, dates, or times, use an en dash") and MOS:CONFORM, MOS:TITLECONFORM ("Formatting and other purely typographical elements of quoted text [also applies to titles of works] should be adapted to English Wikipedia's conventions without comment, provided that doing so will not change or obscure meaning or intent of the text"). There is no other consideration I can see for the titles of works to let them keep their hyphens in cases like these (i.e. "Do not change hyphens to dashes" in MOS:RANGE doesn't mention titles of works). If you can find any guideline that backs up keeping the hyphen, I will be happy to consider it. Stefen Towers among the rest!  Gab • Gruntwerk 05:24, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm an editor who always retains what the source states. If one changes the hyphen to an n- or m-dash and one looks up the source by the title given as the title given...will it work? probably yes but maybe not. I will always choose to retain the source as it is written and regardless of what is written down now as Wikipedia guidelines/policies they aren't necessarily encased in stone. Maybe hyphens will make a comeback since they are common usage almost everywhere else. In any case, do what you will. I'll continue to disagree in my little editing heart of hearts but change it back - it's fine. Shearonink (talk) 15:09, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I understand your point of view. I don't always feel total agreement with guidelines. But I think here is Wikipedia's effort for the work that is Wikipedia to have a common appearance for the reader. The key here is they do have limitations on the restyling so searching on the titles or quotes will ordinarily work. Also, per AGF I don't mind that for the efficiency of editors' GTD (gettin' things done), they do more or less direct copying of title or quote appearance. That's what correcting gnomes like me are for. :) Stefen Towers among the rest!   Gab • Gruntwerk 16:46, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!
Thanks to you and the Birthday Committee!!! Shearonink (talk) 02:46, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

Lincoln
I replied to you on my Talk page. I'm not sure whether you are sent an email informing you of that, but I think that you will be sent an email informing you of this comment. Maurice Magnus (talk) 20:39, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

I replied on my Talk page again. Are you alerted to that? I just want to get straight how this works. Thanks.

SPI
Regarding your comment here, I've been working down the list from the oldest and those that don't really need to be reviewed by a Clerk, and am currently on NickJr Fanon2021. Yours is only about 5 cases past that, so I should be able to get to it this afternoon. Don't give up on us yet :)-- Ponyo bons mots 16:25, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Oh you're a shining star around here, I didn't want to cast aspersions on anyone with my comments at Talk:SPI, we're *all* volunteers and this is all a labor of love and/or lunacy. I've just never seen it take so long and the state of SPI right now worries me. It's an indication of a serious underlying situation, like a canary in the coal mine... Shearonink (talk) 18:20, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
 * No, it's right to be concerned. SPI is a bit of a mess at the moment and your canary in the coal mine analogy is apt.-- Ponyo bons mots 18:50, 23 April 2024 (UTC)