User talk:Stephane mot

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Page relooking
See below and history for previous episodes (including notices of potential spam, conflict of interest, and third degree clumsiness). Stephane mot (talk) 11:26, 29 December 2011 (UTC) PS: if you're hungry, there are a few delicious cookies below - and don't worry, they're not tracking! Stephane mot (talk) 09:12, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Disruption in Korean cuisine (20090728)
I linked to my blog to avoid paraphrases, and now I know I shouldn't (Uw-spam4im notice from Ukexpat for disruptive editing):


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 * July 2009
 * [[Image:Stop hand nuvola.svg|30px]] This is the only warning you will receive for your disruptive edits. The next time you insert a spam link, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Spammers may have their websites blacklisted as well, preventing their websites from appearing on Wikipedia. Also applies to all your other edits referring to your blog. ukexpat (talk) 15:09, 28 July 2009 (UTC)''
 * July 2009
 * [[Image:Stop hand nuvola.svg|30px]] This is the only warning you will receive for your disruptive edits. The next time you insert a spam link, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Spammers may have their websites blacklisted as well, preventing their websites from appearing on Wikipedia. Also applies to all your other edits referring to your blog. ukexpat (talk) 15:09, 28 July 2009 (UTC)''
 * [[Image:Stop hand nuvola.svg|30px]] This is the only warning you will receive for your disruptive edits. The next time you insert a spam link, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Spammers may have their websites blacklisted as well, preventing their websites from appearing on Wikipedia. Also applies to all your other edits referring to your blog. ukexpat (talk) 15:09, 28 July 2009 (UTC)''
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20111228 township disambiguation pages
I've done some editing among US townships, developping a new disambiguation category... Bkonrad accurately pointed out redundancies:


 * Hi, please don't add township disambiguation pages to Category:Townships. It is sufficient to add them to Category:Township name disambiguation pages which is a subcategory. older ≠ wiser 13:16, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

20120102 more on township disambiguation pages
Thanks again Bkonrad. I did repeat things I saw for the first point, and try to fix all 3. Happy new year. Stephane mot (talk) 12:49, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Addendum regarding point 3): as I mentioned in the WP:INTDABLINKS discussion page, I don't think we should consider that "There is nothing wrong with linking to a redirect instead of linking directly to the disambiguation page; redirects are cheap and are basically transparent to the reader" (section "How to link to a disambiguation page"). When you consider mobile access, it may not be always neutral (time, money). Stephane mot (talk) 07:57, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
 * No, an intentional link to a disambiguation page should always use the form with "(disambiguation)" in the title (and not a piped link as you did here. It may be necessary to create the redirect if it does not already exist. It is recommended to add this template to the redirect to help identify it: R to disambiguation. older ≠ wiser 12:53, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Noted, thank you again. Indeed, pages with "(disambiguation)" are less ambiguous :). Stephane mot (talk) 08:52, 4 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Three things to note: 1) Please don't add extra links to words like "United States" or the state name as these are not ambiguous; see WP:MOSDAB for more information. Some older or less noticed disambiguation pages may already have such extra links which should be removed if you happen to edit such pages. 2) In some cases, for example Casco Township, the generic township redirects to a disambiguation page for a specific state. In such cases, there is no point to adding a see also that contains a generic page that redirects back to the same specific disambiguation page. 3) When intentionally linking from one disambiguation page to another disambiguation page, the link should always use the form with "(disambiguation)" in the title, even if that is a redirect. See WP:INTDABLINKS for more information. older ≠ wiser 12:40, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Township disambig pages (20120109-10)
Thank you for your remarks. Disambiguation should include all occurences, but I'll systematize blue links and avoid all redlink pages. To spare the reader, I suggest to shrink the red to the twp name and to keep the county in blue, like this. Stephane mot (talk) 09:48, 9 January 2012 (UTC) NB: MOSDAB also states "A disambiguation page should not be made up completely of red links or have only one blue link on the entire page, because the basic purpose of disambiguation is to refer users to other Wikipedia pages".


 * I've noticed you've created a few Township/Town disambiguation pages lately, although many of these have few, if any, bluelinks in them. The style page for disambiguation pages doesn't typically allow redlinks in dab pages unless they'll be created soon, and while I think redlink articles for inherently notable subjects is fine, I think maybe you need to review whether that's realistic before you create more. Of what I've seen some of yours have blue links (although they're overwhelmed by redlinks), but some are pure redlink articles, which clearly do not satisfy the MOSDAB criteria. Please review that policy, and ask me if you have any questions. Shadowjams (talk) 09:10, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Stop creating pages way out of the manual of style. And don't refactor my talk page contributions either. Shadowjams (talk) 10:10, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I stopped creating pages and only intended to test reedits on my latest contributions: I'd like to settle for a policy regarding the existing township disambiguation pages, before starting to cleanup those I contributed to.
 * => Status: if you consider all township disambiguation pages, redlinks are present in hundreds of them, mostly as 'full redlinks' (township name, county name, state name), and sometimes mixed (generally the full redlink followed by bluelink to county/state, which can result in double bluelinks)
 * => Target: disambiguation pages must be accurate (the reader doesn't have an inexact or partial view of existing occurences), but also limit redlinks to the minimum.
 * => That's why I first tried a redlink limited to the township name, followed by a bluelink to county/state (a blue link for every occurence, that's already an improvement for existing pages). But States being unequal in the speed of development of township pages, I think that for some of them (eg AR, OK, SD...), when the page hasn't been created yet, I should abandon the link to the township name and keep only the link to the county name. The question is sould I do the same for all occurences for which the page is not available yet, and get rid of all redlinks? I think the decision should depend on the page context, for instance it's OK to have 10% of occurences with partial redlinks, but not if it means 75% for one particular state. I'll start with the few all redlinks pages.
 * Sorry about the 'refactor'. I'm a newbie for user talk. Stephane mot (talk) 02:20, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

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Formatting (20121004)
Hello. I've just changed a few of your edits on geographical disambig pages; i don't want you to think i'm harassing or stalking you, so i'm just dropping a note here. If you take a look at what i've done here, you'll see that essentially i've changed some section headings so they have two equals signs instead of the three you gave them, and so that See also sections are given a heading, rather than the format you gave them. If you're interested, the setup is given here. Cheers, LindsayHello 17:31, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Hello. I've used all 3 systems (";", "- -", "- - -") depending on what I came across. Thank you for helping me opt for one. From now on I'll stick to "- -". --Stephane mot (talk) 05:02, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Excellent. I just didn't want you to take offense; thanks for being understanding.  Have fun! Cheers, LindsayHello 12:21, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

A belated welcome!
Thanks for the delicious cookies, Hallows AG! Your welcome was also very warm. Stephane mot (talk) 09:07, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
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Infobox Korean Film
I saw your ID on WikiProject and so I thought you might be interested in a debate at Template Talk on the topic of merging Infobox Korean Film into the generic Infobox Film category, deleting the Hangul/hanja/RR/MR information, or keeping it separate (as it currently is). I would appreciate it if you to contribute your thoughts or at least glance over it. The more people looking/thinking about it will give us better ideas as to what should be decided. Thank you. ₪Rick n Asia₪ 09:53, 13 October 2012 (UTC) Thank you for the invitation. I just added my two cents. --Stephane mot (talk) 09:41, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks for the invitation. I can't promise you massive participation but I support the cause, and joined the crew. Stephane mot (talk) 05:05, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

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Looking for help
Greetings: My name is Ivan Robaina Bychko, I am a 19 years old Cuban wikipedian who is very interested in Korean history and culture. Currently I am working in several articles about South Korea in Spanish wikipedia, also I am writing an article about your country for Santiago University (Universidad de Oriente). I kindly would like to have your help to make clear certain points about current South Korea that are not very easy to find at another wikipedias. As my internet connectivity is very limited, you should write to me at my e-mail account if you are interested in helping me. I would be very grateful if you could help me. My e-mail: nayesda.daria@medired.scu.sld.cu

Greetings, Ivan — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.220.215.13 (talk) 15:16, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

An RfC that you may be interested in...
As one of the previous contributors to Infobox film or as one of the commenters on it's talk page, I would like to inform you that there has been a RfC started on the talk page as to implementation of previously deprecated parameters. Your comments and thoughts on the matter would be welcomed. Happy editing!
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June 2014
Please do not add or change content, as you did to Prostitutes in South Korea for the U.S. military, without verifying it by citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Oda Mari (talk) 08:10, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

I understand that you are not comfortable with certain parts of history, but blind censorship is not the answer. If you read the references, they clearly support the edition.--Stephane mot (talk) 07:49, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

August 2014
And Oda Mari, please stop censoring documented facts that don't fit your points of view. This is the second time that you delete blocks on the Prostitutes in South Korea for the U.S. military that are supported by quotes (latest: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prostitutes_in_South_Korea_for_the_U.S._military&oldid=612333753&diff=prev, and the first time, you had the gall to write on my user page and negate the existence of quotes that already existed before and still stand now). I understand that we don't share the same appreciation of a dark moment of history, and that - judging by your edits - you stand on the side of revisionism, but deleting documented facts is contrary to the spirit of Wikipedia. Stephane mot (talk) 03:06, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

Reference Errors on 8 November (20141109 solved)
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