Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Contract bridge/Archive 2022

User script to detect unreliable sources
I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like and turns it into something like
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from cite web, cite journal and doi.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- &#32; Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

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Standard naming convention for Bridge players who have common names?
In all usage I have seen on Wikipedia so far, the default standard is to add (bridge) to a name which is common or in conflict with others.

For example David Berkowitz (bridge), Larry Cohen (bridge), Steve Robinson (bridge). All of these have people with the same name that are Wiki-notable.

I recently added Kevin Collins (bridge). Another Wikipedian, immediately changed it to Kevin Collins (bridge player) claiming that it sounded like a Bridge called "Kevin Collins Bridge" and was confusing.

I believe that we should have consistency with the naming extensions.

Anyone else have any thoughts? Nicolas.hammond (talk) 15:49, 26 July 2022 (UTC)


 * I posted on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Saksapoiss and have asked them to comment here to discuss. Nicolas.hammond (talk) 15:59, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
 * The contract bridge project article has a proposed standard usage in its Manual of Style for naming people articles and would be the best place for redirecting debate. I recall that this particular issue has been resolved previously with the continued adoption of "Firstname Lastname (bridge)" as the appropriate naming convention. The reasoning is that when an article is about a physical bridge structure named after an individual, the article would best be named "Firstname Lastname Bridge", i.e. no parenthesis and with capitalization of the 'B' as being part of a proper noun. While subtle to some, the distinction is usually accepted without further debate. I will update the project Manual of Style to more directly address this question. Newwhist (talk) 00:02, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
 * In wikiproject chess, we disambiguate chess terms with (chess) as in Queen (chess), but chess players with (chess player) e.g. Michael Adams (chess player). I don't think we ever drew up a formal standard for it, it just came about organically, butit makes logical sense to me. MaxBrowne2 (talk) 01:07, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your comment. A similar approach for contract bridge has the problem that many individuals wear more than one hat. They can be players, writers, or administrators or combinations thereof. Some may be deemed to excel in one category or in several. The contract bridge project uses categories to recognize memberships in these various sets. We remain open to more workable solutions but for the time being our editors seem comfortable with the current approach - I acknowledge that I have no proven consensus on this except for the longevity of the application of this approach. Best regards. Newwhist (talk) 13:16, 1 August 2022 (UTC)