User talk:Sim man

Welcome!

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~&#126;); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Where to ask a question or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! Blank Verse 23:02, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * How to edit a page
 * Help pages
 * Tutorial
 * How to write a great article
 * Manual of Style

ECO code articles
Hi Sim man!

Thanks for your excellent work on the chess articles! I am wondering a bit about the articles you have made about various ECO codes, such as A01 (chess opening)... to me it looks like they duplicate most of the information in the other chess opening articles. A00 (chess opening) is useful as a disambiguation between several different openings, and some other codes such as C40 (Damiano, Latvian and Elephant) might also serve such a purpose, but do you think it is best to let most of the other ECO codes be redirects to the appropriate opening articles? For example have A01 (chess opening) redirect to Larsen's opening?

Yours, Sjakkalle (Check!)  14:12, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Yes, that's an excellent point. I'll take care of it immediately in the case where the ECO code and the article cover the same opening, like A01 (chess opening) and Larsen's opening. And if it has a disambiguation function like A00 (chess opening), I'll leave it. In the case of articles like Sicilian Defense, Dragon Variation, where more than one code is covered, I'll add info about the codes to the article and then create a redirect page. I'm also planning to create redirect pages like A00 for the codes I've created, though some cases (like B52) will merge with existing info, and others might be un-redirected in the future. Sim man 18:03, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

When I looked at the ECO code articles, I found that none had a disambiguation function. The disambiguation appears in the text article (Irregular openings (chess) and King's knight opening). Three fell into the exact-match category: A01, B01, and C41. Sim man 22:37, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Alpha-number combinations
You are making dis-ambiguation pages for Alpha-number combinations. How much do you plan to do?? The first one that doesn't have one yet is A15. Georgia guy 00:55, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

The ECO codes for chess openings are A-E/0-9/0-9, 500 codes in all. They each refer to a specific sequence of opening moves. Most chess opening articles talk about a group of codes, as Alekhine's Defence covers B02, B03, B04, and B05. When there's nothing there, I've been making a redirect (like A60). When there's an article there, I've been moving articles to more specific titles (like C86 to C86 (music)), creating a disambiguation page, and cleaning up the links. Of course, if there's already a disambiguation page, I just add the chess-related entry to it. I'm planning to go through all 500 if my patience holds out. Note that the codes include leading zeros: A00, A01, A02. Sim man 01:28, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Well, now I updated User:Georgia guy/Letter number combinations and until you made the dis-ambiguation pages, the Mike section was in the lead. Now, however, the Alpha section is in the lead (A32 is the smallest for which no dis-ambiguation page exists; in contrast to M31 for Mike.) Georgia guy 22:34, 29 December 2005 (UTC)


 * In turn, I saw A32 can be made into a dis-ambiguation page for the English Opening and the A32 road. Now the smallest Alpha-number combination for which no dis-ambiguation page exists is A41. Georgia guy 22:43, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

I now see you also worked on dis-ambiguations for Charlie-number combinations as well. However, I can't add them yet to User:Georgia guy/Letter number combinations because the first you worked on is C30 and the first that doesn't have a dis-ambiguation page yet is C14. Georgia guy 00:51, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

I'm going at it somewhat randomly. For pages like A70, where there was nothing, I've been creating redirects - I could create a disambig page instead if I had a second thing to disambiguate. What's the easiest way to find something? Sim man 01:12, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Now look. You wrote on your user page to make D9 into a dis-ambiguation page, which I finally did, but I can't yet put it on User:Georgia guy/Letter number combinations; it's supposed to go up to the first that hasn't been made yet which is D7 for Delta. Georgia guy 01:20, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Moreover, you said that you planned to make A67 a re-direct only on your user page, but I see it can be made into a dis-ambiguation page. Georgia guy 01:23, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Cool! I put D7 and D9 onto my user page because if I do D00 through D99, those two would have been "missing". I'll go ahead and do D7. I also found 19% of the answer to my previous question: there are roads in the UK named A10 to A99. Sim man 01:39, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Now guess what?? I always thought that it was highly unlikely that any of the 26 sections at User:Georgia guy/Letter number combinations will reach 99 articles at any time soon. However, the Alpha section appears that it will very likely do so within the next few weeks based on your edits. Georgia guy 02:29, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Now you edited a lot in the A60's through A90's. Does this yet mean all 99 Alpha-number combinations are dis-ambuguation pages now?? Not yet. Check all from A41 to A99 to see if all of them are. Georgia guy 02:40, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

I think only A40 through A59 remain now. Because I discovered that there were roads in the UK with all A10 through A99, I made disambiguation pages out of all the redirects I had previously made. Sim man 02:47, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Nomination of Poole versus HAL 9000 for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Poole versus HAL 9000 is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Poole versus HAL 9000 until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:49, 6 October 2012 (UTC)