User talk:Swpb/Archive/2017

Tag removal revert
You reverted the copyedit tag removal. The problem is that merging and copyediting are different things. It makes no sense to try to attract the attention of copyeditors before the merge question is resolved. It just wastes their time. The time to add a copyedit request is after the merge proposal is settled. You appear to be a dedicated editor (thanks for that!) Can you help me understand your thinking? Lfstevens (talk) 23:58, 23 January 2017 (UTC)


 * . I erred; I scanned too quickly and thought you'd removed the merge tag, not the copyedit tag. I actually don't care whether the copyedit tag is there pre-merge or not, so you can re-remove it if you like. Apologies. — swpb T 14:28, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

Re: mathematical universe hypothesis
I added a section to mathematical universe hypothesis and it looks like you marked it as confusing and needing clarification. From examining personality psychology, it seems 90% to 99.9% or more of modern-day people won't understand mathematicism/Pythagoreanism, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's confusing--it means they'd have to seriously study mathematics and its standard classic philosophy... anyway I'd like to improve the section. Would stating Euler's formula help (to show it's two-dimensional, though it's not clear which of several higher-dimensional versions would be used) or can you state what further improvements seem needed?--dchmelik (t|c) 02:27, 24 January 2017 (UTC)


 * I don't think it's the subject matter that's inherently confusing, but the writing style. You have a lot of long, complex sentences, with little in the way of context: what, briefly, are these philosophies, and what is the significance of their association with the article subject? What does Euler's formula have to do with all this, in whatever number of dimensions? Has anyone besides the one author/group you cite commented on this connection? Is it considered a significant development in the discourse around the MUH (which the size of the section suggests), or just one viewpoint, that may not be that significant to the overall topic? I don't know the answers to these questions, but they would ideally be inferable from the text. Someone in WikiProject Philosophy might be better equipped to address them. — swpb T 14:38, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

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Recent edit to Achen
Hello, and thank you for your recent contribution. I appreciate the effort you made for our project, but unfortunately I had to undo your edit because I believe the article was better before you made that change. Feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions. Thank you! Quinton Feldberg (talk) 04:00, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Read Disambiguation and/or WP:DDD. This is a disambiguation page, not an article, and as such, it should not have more than one link per entry. This is the most frequently and firmly reaffirmed consensus in WP:DAB. You reverted in good faith, but you were incorrect. I am restoring my edit. If you have a problem with it, you need to take it up on Wikipedia talk:Disambiguation, where this consensus was established. (And maybe next time, you'll consider that a ten-year veteran editor might have some idea what they're about, before you leave a condescending talk message worded for a new user.) — swpb T 13:44, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of Carl Marci for deletion
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apostrophe
Your WP:DDD is adding in an extra " ' " when making bold. I have fixed the ones on my watchlist.


 * Thanks for the heads up! This was a malformed regex in my AWB settings; I've fixed it. — swpb T 15:35, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks!! — swpb T 15:44, 14 February 2017 (UTC)

Cleaning
Thank you — Gorthian (talk) 02:14, 17 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Thank you! — swpb T 13:50, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

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Default sort
Hi, I've noticed that you are changing the default sort in some articles, such as this one. The surname is not just Castro, in this case, it is Fernandez de Castro. I created a Category:House of Castro and now most are under the letter C and this makes it difficult to find them. There are more that will be added to that category in the future. Are all going to be under "C"? Regards, --Maragm (talk) 19:51, 24 February 2017 (UTC)


 * I think I've figured out how these are supposed to go - first surname takes precedence. I'm correcting the rest, including the ones I did wrong. — swpb T 19:52, 24 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks! --Maragm (talk) 20:08, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

thanks

 * You're welcome! — swpb T 14:22, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

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mistakes made by user ZzeonBlue
Hello, have seen the notice and warning - I also responded to it on my talk page where you placed the warning, I have been doing a lot of reading and becoming more familiar with proper process for communication - please delete this at your will & thank you! ZzeonBlue (talk) 04:16, 16 March 2017 (UTC)ZzeonBlue

Old edits
Hi Swpb, quick question...I'm noticing some dab pages have sections names "In..", years ago you added this one and if my memory serves me, on other dabs, which until now I normally just fix. I just wanted to check if you're still creating them, and if you'd like to fix ones that you've added? (big ask I know). Regards Widefox ; talk 12:26, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Too big an ask, since there has never been a consensus against "In" in any guideline. You're not "fixing" anything, just changing things to your personal preference. I won't stop you from doing that, but I see no reason to help you. — swpb T 12:46, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Agree that MOSDAB is only a style guide, but MOS:DABGROUPING has only the style without "In". Examples MOS:DABORDER. The wording did have "In.." for the (not now reccomended) short lists without sections - now removed . (Changing section names does have a maintenance aspect only if there's a WP:INCOMPDAB, but that's a side issue.) After a quick look, I see MOSDAB is linking to Organizing disambiguation pages by subject area which is good work, but the talk page has the same issue raised on it, so this is far from anything to do with me or a personal preference, as that seems like consensus, I'll put a link there to this. Widefox ; talk 14:12, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
 * So I see we're agreed that it's not in any guideline. — swpb T 14:16, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, a guideline that says to keep section names as small as possible. Do we agree the consensus is to remove it from the useful guide you wrote (per talk page)? Hardly fair to write that it's personal when that seems the consensus, but the supplement still has it. Widefox ; talk 14:21, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
 * No, there is not. It is only there under "People", which only you objected to. I see good reason to keep it there, in that and several other cases, and I do not see a consensus otherwise. If you want too see "In"s banned across the board, you need agreement to put that in the guidelines. You haven't done the work. Do that work before you ask for my help again. — swpb T 14:26, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I've struck the ask to make it clear that as soon as you objected it wasn't pursued further. Now I've reread the talk, there's only three editors, I'd read the other two names but they hadn't commented, so I'll leave your page as more opinions are welcome. Widefox ; talk 18:34, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I have and still do consider you a thoughtful editor, and I'm happy to help on the areas where we don't disagree, which is most of them. — swpb T 19:10, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, me too, and I do think the further guidance you've created is useful. Widefox ; talk 13:06, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Samurai Gourmet listed at Redirects for discussion
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Cat:Basketball trophies and awards in US
Thank you for deleting this. I depopulated it when I soon discovered there was aleady a Category:American basketball trophies and awards. Eagle4000 (talk) 02:01, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

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Thanks so much
Thank you for helping with the bat article categories. I was having a hard time figuring out the template and it all works so much better now! I appreciate the help. Enwebb (talk) 19:46, 11 May 2017 (UTC)


 * No problem! — swpb T 19:57, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

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NPVIC
Swpb, thank you for your contributions to the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact page. I'm involved with a group NPVgrassroots.org, which is working to encourage the passage of the Pact, and we have found your page very useful. I'm interested in tracking key opponents of the bill in states where it's in play, and I wonder if adding some of this info to your current-year table might be helpful. What do you think? Atmur01 (talk) 22:44, 20 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi Atmur01, thanks!


 * That's a tricky question – as a supporter of the compact, I love the idea of having a public place to track opposition. However, as a Wikipedia editor, I feel a responsibility to make sure the article stays in line with our content standards. This includes maintaining an appropriate balance with respect to different aspects of the topic. We've tried to strike a balance between the mechanics of the compact, the points of debate surrounding it, and its history. Wikipedia articles are aimed at a general audience; the details of legislative maneuverings in each state may be of interest to an activist, but other readers may see it as clutter, or as giving undue support to the pro-NPVIC position. There's a term Wikipedians use, "fancruft", that's usually applied to pop-culture trivia, but probably applies here too. The other issue I see is maintainability; this is the sort of information that becomes dated quickly, and it's already a chore to stay on top of the status information that the article gives now.


 * However, I do like the idea of this info being available to people who are interested. I think the right answer may be to host it on an external site (maybe something editable, like a Wikia page or a Google Sheet, or on your organization's website), and link to it in the Wikipedia article's "See also" section. I'd certainly make use of such a page.


 * That said, I'm not the last word on this or any article – if you think there's a way to present the info without creating a balance problem, you should propose it on the article's talk page, ideally with a mock-up of how you think the table should look.


 * Thanks for asking the question, thanks for your work supporting the compact, and welcome to Wikipedia! — swpb T 15:48, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:School of Languages
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Electronic music groups
Would you mind clarifying where you got the notion that it was appropriate to comprehensively categoryredirect the entire tree to ? There's a clear distinction between "musician" (an individual person) and "musical group" (entities composed of multiple people), which is consistently observed for every other musical genre in existence, and I can find no indication anywhere of any consensus to merge the two trees in the isolated case of electronic music. So what's the deal? Bearcat (talk) 05:05, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
 * All these categories were completely empty. Empty categories are speediable; redirecting made more sense to me. If you want a separate tree to exist, populate it instead of copping a ridiculous attitude at me for doing what should have been done. — swpb T 13:12, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

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SWEET! Edit notice for infopages
Hi, That is an awesome editnotice. These are tools I'm just learning about, and it looks great. Question.... please compare


 * Help:IPA is tagged with Template:Infopage. The editnotice is displayed when trying to edit the talk page.  So far so good.  Here's where I get confused....


 * Help:Editing is tagged with Template:Wikipedia how-to but when trying to edit the talk page the editnotice is also displayed, even though the editnotice says it is for infopages and this talk page is for a so called "wikipedia how-to" page.

What determines whether the edit notice is triggered?

I'm going to ping too, who I know is interested in these issues as well. If either of you want to move this thread somewhere else, fine by me, just let me know. NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 23:13, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
 * We could setup a different notice....like this because how-to pages are a Sud cat of info pages.

....--Moxy (talk) 03:06, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'll have to study this later. Meanwhile, it makes little sense to work on a custom edit notice for "wikipedia how-to" pages since that template has been proposed for name change to "wikipedia help page".  But it may make sense later, after the rename is resolved.  For now, I just wanted to comprehend what makes the editnotice trigger . NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 03:16, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

....just FYI Template talk:Editnotices/Page/Wikipedia talk:Access to nonpublic information.--Moxy (talk) 03:31, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

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Edits to Category:Taxa named by Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle
Sorry I accidentally rolled back your edits but I reverted them afterwards. I misclicked a button. Just wanted to clear the air so it didn't seem like I was trying to mess with you. Thank you for categorizing! snood1205(Say Hi! (talk)) 13:45, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
 * No worries, I figured as much. Cheers! — swpb T 13:49, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

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Rotating locomotion in living systems
As part of the FAC mentoring process I've left some detailed comments in the above article's peer review page. These comments are directed towards the article's prose; I'll raise other issues later. Overall the article is in pretty good shape, and I'm sure it will be able to step up to featured standard. Brianboulton (talk) 11:59, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Parent category issue
Could you take a look at this edit? A user keeps adding a parent category, but I'm having difficulty putting together an explanation for the user. (Writer's block.) Can you help? Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 19:30, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

Northern Mexico
Is there any reason why that article wasn't deleted?Shrian (talk) 13:46, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

Became there was no consensus to delete the article at Articles for deletion/Northern Mexico. - BilCat (talk) 18:45, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

Languages by decade of introduction
Thanks for making these, but, apparently, the correct term is "attested from the (decade)" which makes the intro by decade cats redundant.--Bellerophon5685 (talk) 22:52, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

If you want to help out the intro sorting Category:Train-related introductions by year and Category:Food and drink by year of introduction if you want to sort by decade.--Bellerophon5685 (talk) 22:54, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

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Nomination for deletion of Template:NPVIC chart
Template:NPVIC chart has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. P p p er y 21:07, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

Rotating locomotions
Congratulations on the article'spromotion to FA. It's been a long wait, but worth it. The first of many more. I trust. Brianboulton (talk) 08:31, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I don't know if I have anything else that's close to FA condition, but I'm certainly encouraged to do this again when I do! — swpb T go beyond 22:16, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

Roman limes cats
Just FYI and related cats were emptied out of process despite an extensive discussion a few months ago that led to the current structure. I notified some of the relevant people/projects but I'm not sure any effort has been made to reinstate them.Le Deluge (talk) 22:09, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

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Rotating locomotion in living systems scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that the Rotating locomotion in living systems article has been scheduled as today's featured article for November 22, 2017. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Today's featured article/November 22, 2017. Thanks! Ealdgyth - Talk 16:22, 21 October 2017 (UTC)


 * One question about this: why wasn't it scheduled for the first open date? Sea mink, which was nominated later, is scheduled for 11/6.
 * Thanks, — swpb T go beyond 16:34, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
 * The image is there - I just added it in a second edit. As for the date, we try to avoid running too many of the same thing close together - I was trying to spread out categories. We schedule an entire month at a time, so that I can look at the "big picture" rather than just schedule a day or two in advance. Some of the articles I scheduled have been waiting over 10 years to go on the main page ... trying to keep some balance does take some juggling. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:37, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
 * But I don't see anything else biology-related close to either date? Sorry to bug, just wondering how that happened. — swpb T go beyond 16:47, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Well, that's the point. I don't want anything biology related close to the date it runs. So I wouldn't want to have run it and sea mink near each other. It just so happened that I pulled sea mink first ... are you upset that it's not running before sea mink for some reason? I could switch the two, but since you didn't nominate it for a specific date, I didn't think there was much worry about when exactly it ran... Ealdgyth - Talk 16:51, 21 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Yes, I was imagining you might switch the two. I didn't nominate for a specific date because there's no significant date relevant to the article, but I am anxious to see my first FA on the main page sooner rather than later. I just assumed the non- specific date nominations were scheduled on a "first come, first served" basis. If it's too much trouble, the 22nd will be fine. — swpb T go beyond 16:55, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Oh, you poor newbie to the main page... (grins). Let me finish the month out and I'll switch them. Ealdgyth - Talk 17:00, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I know, world's tiniest violin :) I can't help getting excited. Thanks a ton for bothering with what I realize is, for everyone but me, a very minor detail. — swpb T go beyond 17:05, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
 * It's all good on this end in case you're wondering  User:Dunkleosteus77 &#124;push to talk 17:56, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for being cool with it, sorry! — swpb T go beyond 18:12, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Precious
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:37, 6 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks!!! — swpb T go beyond 14:41, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Barnstar

 * Thank you!! — swpb T go beyond 00:15, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

John Tye (whistleblower) GA nomination
Swpb, I was puzzled by your actions today with regard to this article: first, when you manually removed your GA nomination from the WP:GAN page—this page is created by a bot, and should not be edited by nominators, since the "GA nominee" template on the article's talk page determines what's listed on the GAN page—and then when you changed the October nomination date in the GA nominee template to today's date.

There is no need to renominate an article after you've done further work on it; I don't see any reason why this nomination shouldn't retain its original October date. I would be happy to restore the original date; since there is an extremely long backlog at GAN, having a December date instead of October makes the likely wait for a review a significantly longer one. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:54, 8 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks, I was aware of all of that. The point was to test Legobot. Legobot is supposed to include a count of the number of reviews a nominator has completed, but it doesn't always do so. I did some digging yesterday, and found that this is due to a failure in the bot's code to recognize certain signatures. So I modified my signature, re-nominated the article, and watched for Legobot's handling of it. I could have just added my reviews count manually, which I've done before, but I wanted to check the bot's behavior. I'm not particularly concerned with a couple extra months on the waitlist, especially since I know GA reviews don't always happen in date order, but if you want to change the date back, I'd be happy with that. — swpb T go beyond 12:53, 8 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Swpb, testing Legobot won't help very much beyond possibly satisfying your curiosity, unfortunately, since the bot's owner hasn't done code maintenance in years, and was at one point trying to find a new owner for the GAN-related functionality but both sides couldn't get it together to do anything along those lines. Right now, not only does Legobot sometimes fail to count the reviews, sometimes it adds far too many to the count when an issue prevents a review from getting added to the GAN page due to any of a number of formatting problems in the GA nominee template. The number of reviews there cannot be relied on to be accurate. I've restored the original date and time to the GA nominee template. BlueMoonset (talk) 20:31, 8 December 2017 (UTC)


 * I knew the code wasn't being maintained, but I didn't know about the other parsing issues. That's disheartening. Thanks. — swpb T go beyond 20:33, 8 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings. The parsing has to do with invalid values in the GA nominee template, such as an incorrect status or subtopic, so it's nothing that hasn't been the case even before the current bot owner. (The subtopic is particularly sensitive to issues, from case to spelling to punctuation.) The review count is comparatively recent functionality for the bot, but the code was never smart enough not to add to the count if the review ultimately couldn't be included on the GAN page due to other issues. BlueMoonset (talk) 20:45, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Category:Indian National Congress politicians by region has been nominated for discussion
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Speedy deletion nomination of Azercosmos
Hello Swpb,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Azercosmos for deletion, because it seems to be promotional, rather than an encyclopedia article.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&action=edit&section=new&preload=Template:Hangon_preload&preloadtitle=This+page+should+not+be+speedy+deleted+because...+ contest this deletion], but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions.

Famous dog   (c) 13:09, 18 December 2017 (UTC)


 * The user you want is User:Aysel.soltanova. I created the page as an appropriate redirect; I was not the one who put content there. I've restored the redirect. — swpb T go beyond 14:01, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

Ben Wizner
Thanks for creating Ben Wizner. It's long overdue. KalHolmann (talk) 20:43, 20 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks. — swpb T go beyond 14:21, 21 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Heads-up: I intend to remove the three "significant person" claims you added to Ben Wizner's Wikidata:
 * Stephen Reinhardt
 * Khalid El-Masri
 * Edward Snowden
 * The reason is that the {infobox person/Wikidata} template at Ben Wizner displays significant persons as Employer, thus re-creating the confusion I tried to remedy yesterday by removing your employer claims for each of those individuals. Please discuss this at Wikidata Discussion and/or Talk:Ben Wizner. KalHolmann (talk) 17:27, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Before you do, empty your cache and reload your page. The "significant persons" should not appear as employers; they do not for me. At any rate, we should not be removing accurate statements from Wikidata because of how they display on Wikipedia; if they were displaying as employers, it would be the template that needed fixing, not the statements. — swpb T go beyond 17:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
 * OK, that makes sense. I'll follow up along those lines. Thank you. KalHolmann (talk) 17:51, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

New Years new page backlog drive
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Help
Ningxiang was reformed as a county-level city on April 10, 2017. As a county-level division, The name of Ningxiang is unambiguous, the names of titles should be simple. Help me move the title Ningxiang City to Ningxiang, thanks. cncs (talk) 07:59 12 april, 2017