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Albanians vs Ethnic AlbaniansHi Johnpacklambert, Since we have been involved in an interesting topic, I'd like to jump ahead and avoid any unnecessary edit warring.
In case of Eshref Ademaj, we could say "...a Kosovar Albanian mathematician...", or "...a Kosovar mathematician..." and describe the ethnicity down below. But you can't tag him as "Ethnic Albanian mathematician". Who would be the non-ethnic Albanians in that case? Regards --Mondiad (talk) 03:57, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
If I care to friendly intrude:
Therefore, I think that adding the word ethnic in articles introduction and categories is not the right way to do it, as was explained to you (Johnpacklambert) here. Wikipedia has plenty of categories regarding ethnicity which you are invited to use, such as Kosovar Albanians and People of Albanian descent and their subcategories. Also, assigning someone (especially a BLP) to an ethnicity, or even a citizenship, must always be supported by a source and mentioned in the body of the article. Place Clichy (talk) 15:11, 14 December 2015 (UTC) Natinal isnot the same thing as citizenship. At times tgere are nationals who are not citizens. Beyound that ethnic Albanians in Kosovo are neither nationals or citizens of Albania. They are people who are by Ethnicity Albania but not part of the nation of Albania, any more then Armenians in Lebanon are part of the citizenship of Armenia. In both cases their identification with the ethnicity predates the modern natiin state. Also in both cases it is not related to migration out of a given area but a complex process of ethnic identity. A person of Albanian ethnicity living in Kosovo is by nationality only Kosovoan. A person of Armenian ethnicity living in Lebanon is by nationality only Lebenese. The factors that make an Armenian in Lebanon Armenian are the same that make a Jew in Britain a Jew. So in the case of the Armenian we have ambiguous meanings. We have chosen to use Aarmenian to designate a nationality not an ethno-linguistic group. This means we need some disambiguated term for those not such by nationality. The same applies for Greeks and Albanians. Terms that are ambiguos need to be made not so. People need to stop empying these categories out of process and bring them to a real discussion if they disagree with them. However The fact is that by nationality categories have long incorporated all permanent residents of a place without regard to citizenship. On the other hand they need to avoid merging unlike things that have the same name.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:09, 15 December 2015 (UTC) Let me explain this another way if in 1 week Kurdistan became independent that would not change a writer who was Kurdish who died 10 years ago into a Kurdish writer by nationality. We would have to split the Kurdish writers category into one by ethnicity and one by nationality. James Arena-DeRosaHow can I revive this deleted article? Mr. Arena is now the CEO of Foodshare. (see http://www.courant.com/hartford-magazine/features/hc-hm-james-arena-derosa-foodshare-20151201-story.html). Stagophile (talk) 02:35, 12 December 2015 (UTC) Disambiguation link notification for December 12Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited 8th Virginia Cavalry, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Albert Jenkins. 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Catholic-Hierarchy.orgHello. I noticed that you have edited a number of articles on Catholicism. A discussion is taking place as to whether the website Catholic-Hierarchy.org is a reliable source that can be utilized on Wikipedia or whether all references and information derived from it should be deleted. This topic is currently being discussed at the Reliable Sources Noticeboard [1]. As the website's removal as a reference will affect several thousand Wikipedia articles, I believe that the broadest range of opinions should be obtained before action is taken. Please contribute if interested.Patapsco913 (talk) 22:07, 3 February 2016 (UTC) A barnstar for you!
Xenia DeliHello. I have replied to your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Xenia Deli (2nd nomination). I would appreciate it if you could come back to the discussion. --Odysses (○) 20:26, 9 February 2016 (UTC) Category:Expatriates in Great Britain has been nominated for discussion Category:Expatriates in Great Britain, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. AusLondonder (talk) 07:26, 22 February 2016 (UTC) Category:American expatriates in Great Britain has been nominated for discussionCategory:American expatriates in Great Britain, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. AusLondonder (talk) 07:30, 22 February 2016 (UTC) Category:Dutch expatriates in Great Britain has been nominated for discussionCategory:Dutch expatriates in Great Britain, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. AusLondonder (talk) 07:30, 22 February 2016 (UTC) Category:French expatriates in Great Britain has been nominated for discussionCategory:French expatriates in Great Britain, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. AusLondonder (talk) 07:30, 22 February 2016 (UTC) User page concernsI am concerned about a statement on your user page, namely "This user supports man/woman marriage as the definition needed to protect the integrity of the family, preserve the true meaning of marriage, and keep it as a child-focused institution". I believe this violates WP:UPNOT and also WP:SOAP. For example, WP:UPNOT states "There is broad agreement that you may not include in your user space material that is likely to bring the project into disrepute, or which is likely to give widespread offence". WP:UP#POLEMIC says "Polemical statements unrelated to Wikipedia, or statements attacking or vilifying groups of editors, persons, or other entities (these are generally considered divisive and removed, and reintroducing them is often considered disruptive". Could you tell me whether you think it is appropriate to include such divisive and offensive statements on your userpage? AusLondonder (talk) 07:41, 22 February 2016 (UTC) It is in no way an attack on anyone to stad for the definition of marriage that has prevailed throughout history. Considering that peoe can proclaim radical support for the LGBT movement I see nothing wrong with my statements. Your attempts at political correctness would destroy the effectiveness of Wikipedia. My statements are far less soapboxing than your one sided characterization of the Kim Davis issue which ignores conscince rights. Unlike you I have not engaged in personalized attacks on others on my accout page. There is nothing wrong with proclaiming a consistent understanding of marriage based on well reasoned philosophy and unless you have read What is marriage: Man, Woman a defense I question if you have ever grappled with the philosophy involved.20thJohn Pack Lambert (talk) 18:23, 22 February 2016 (UTC) Considering your assumltion that those accused of racism, sexism and related frowned upon behaviors are probably guilty I see no reason to give head to anything you say especially your attempts to attack my attempt to clearly articulate my views as a polemic when it is clearly not such.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:28, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
My statement attacks no one. If speaking the truth is divisive so be it. If having editors that support man/woman marriage brings Wikipedia into disrepute than no wonder there is under coverage of the global south. Beyond that you did attack Kim Davis. Your characterization of her actions is extremely one sided. Your brand of assuming guilt is what we do not need on Wikipedia. I will not back down from my support of man/woman marriage.John Pack Lambert (talk) 05:20, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
My statement makes no attack on LGBT editors. My statement is grounded in fundamental understanding of what marriage is about and the importance of outward forms. Broad forms do not have to do with individual people and their goals. It is about the purpose and goals of marriage and redefining marriage changes those purposes and goals and thus the social goods the institution imparts and the docial goals it advances. Stating such is an attack on no one.John Pack Lambert (talk)
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Valid ref. links to undelete 'Anandmurti Gurumaa' pageDear Johnpacklambert, This is the reference to the wikipedia page of Anandmurti gurumaa" which has recently been deleted following the deletion debate at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Anandmurti_Gurumaa . I had requested to resume this page,in response to which I have been directed to contact you (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_undeletion#anandmurti_gurumaa). I would like to bring to your kind notice that the reason mentioned in the debate is lack of independent resources and dead links, whereas lot of sources and independent links exist featuring work of Anandmurti gurumaa as a renowned Indian spiritual master. Moreover these reliable links belong to national newspapers like Times of India, DNA, The Hindu, India today, Amar Ujala etc. Below are the sources for your reference Tedx talk: [1] (Times of India) Speaking tree: [2] DNA Newspaper: [3] The Hindu Newspaper: [4] The Hindu: [5] Amar Ujala Newspaper: [6] Wikiquote: [7] Verified Facebook page: [8] Youtube channel: [9] Wikipedia other pages reference: [10] BBC News: [11] Interview: [12] BBC Interview: [13] Interview: [14] Red Fm Vancouver ( Canada) Interview: [15] Interview: [16] Gurumaa with swami ramdev in an event: [17] MTV: [18] Life positive: [19] Life positive: "[20]" Life positive: [21] Life positive: [22] Life positive: [23] Life positive: [24] Life positive: [25] Official Website: [26] Life positive: [27] Life positive: [28] Life positive: [29] Life positive: [30] Hungama: [31] Life positive: [32] Karmapa: [33] Karmapa: [34] Karmapa: "[35]" Karmapa: [36] Wikipedia page references: [37] Wikipedia page references: [38] Wikipedia page references: [39] Wikipedia page references: [40] Wikipedia page references: [41] India Today Newspaper: [42] PS: This information has also been posted to other admins of the debate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.111.135.192 (talk) 15:38, 6 June 2016 (UTC) References
I'm sure there's a good reason why you removed a dozen categories from the article. Would you care to share it? Thank you. — MShabazz Talk/Stalk 16:00, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
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Nomination of Cree-L Kofford for deletionA discussion is taking place as to whether the article Cree-L Kofford 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 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cree-L Kofford 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 notice from the top of the article. pbp 14:44, 9 July 2016 (UTC) River categoriesI'm startubg a new discussion at WP:CFD about the naming of river categories. Since you have participated in t least one of the recent discussions in the matterm you nay want to express your opinion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 July 11#Rivers. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 02:40, 11 July 2016 (UTC) Cornelius JohnsonYou recently added the portrait painter Cornelius Johnson to the category "Dutch emigrants to England". I'm not sure how he qualifies for this category since he was born in England and is usually considered to be an English painter. Rjm at sleepers (talk) 05:42, 12 July 2016 (UTC) Disambiguation link notification for July 12Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Misquamicut, Rhode Island, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Algonquian. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 10:11, 12 July 2016 (UTC) Talkback Message added 20:26, 12 July 2016 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Slashme (talk) 20:26, 12 July 2016 (UTC) Establishments for buildingsHallo, please see discussion at Talk:Leighton_Hall,_Lancashire#.22Establishment.22_category. PamD 07:20, 13 July 2016 (UTC) Disambiguation link notification for July 19Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Mattituck, New York, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Algonquian. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 10:22, 19 July 2016 (UTC) General inquiryPer the current drama, do you know of non-sectarian sources that routinely cover the general news of the LDS church? Or, for that matter, the Catholic church (at levels below Pope)? Or the Southern Baptists? And, by the way, you know we disagree often on other matters, particularly as regard articles about notable women, so I hope you will remember my support on this one in the future. Montanabw(talk) 22:30, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
CategoriesWhen you're removing {{uncategorised}} from an article because it's got Category:Living people (and even if it has a birth &/or death date cat and/or a "Alumni of xyz college" etc), please consider adding {{catimprove}} to replace it, until the article has some category which actually indicates something about the person which might indicate their field of notability. Thanks. PamD 16:29, 23 July 2016 (UTC)
Proposal to rename categoryPlease see my proposal to rename Category:California military personnel etc Hugo999 (talk) 04:39, 25 July 2016 (UTC) Removal of referenced material without explanationIn this edit, you removed material and a reference without explanation. Perhaps you could give one? DuncanHill (talk) 21:47, 25 July 2016 (UTC) I'd also like an explanation of both your edits to John Rowe Moyle, which removed valid categories supported by the content of the article. DuncanHill (talk) 21:56, 25 July 2016 (UTC) Disambiguation link notification for July 27Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited List of state leaders in 1707, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Ahom. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 10:30, 27 July 2016 (UTC) Disambiguation link notification for August 3Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Lew W. Cramer, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Jon Huntsman. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 09:54, 3 August 2016 (UTC) Thanks for removing the speedy tag. This is the second time that this article is subjected to mass removal of info and subjected to csd/afd. Both times by anon users. I'm sorry if I had to revert your added references as well. If this goes on then I'll be asking for semi-protection --Lenticel (talk) 13:02, 3 August 2016 (UTC) Deletion reviewI am notifying everyone who took part in the AFD discussion on Daniel Romanovsky. Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2016 August 3 Thoughtmonkey (talk) 18:57, 3 August 2016 (UTC) Pageant navboxesHmmm. I'm seeing a movement to document state-level pageant winners in general. What do you think of this: [3]? Montanabw(talk) 18:28, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
"Descent" categoriesI noticed you've been removing categories that are of the form "Category:American people of Scottish descent" (and variations as to nationalities). Was there a discussion somewhere about doing this? — Gorthian (talk) 06:36, 5 August 2016 (UTC)
The beauty queensYou know, instead of AfD drama, if you just redirected most of those clearly not-notable articles to the appropriate pageant, that might be easier. Montanabw(talk) 07:06, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
RedirectsHi, I'd just like to let you know that while I do agree with you that many of the Miss USA titleholders' articles are non-notable, not all of them are (such as Deshauna Barber and Chelsea Hardin). However, please stop just redirecting them because you want to and discuss it with other editors before you do so. While I'm sure most of them will go through as a redirect, it's just generally a good idea to discuss it first. { [ ( jjj 1238 ) ] } 16:19, 12 August 2016 (UTC)
Nomination of Luis Garza for deletionA discussion is taking place as to whether the article Luis Garza 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 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Luis Garza 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 notice from the top of the article. ansh666 20:18, 12 August 2016 (UTC) Assalum-u-Alikum New Requestassalum u alikum dear, I am article writer not in wiki on other sides I write article almost 500 but I tried to write article of person Rauf Chandio with different names but it was unsuccess I see your profile on wiki so I think you will help me so for contact use my email abdulshakoorart@gmail.com I request to write article for this person Rauf Chandio (Journalist) or any name the material which you have to use or write in Wikipedia page is through link you can take meterail of this person and create it this is my request to you I Hope that you will do it! the link which you have to take bio and other information for this person is
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Thanks I am sure you will do it! 45.116.233.24 (talk) 13:36, 13 August 2016 (UTC) ANYBIO1It looks like you have your hands full with AfDs of state-level Miss USA winners. :-) Pageant contestant AfDs is not the area I normally participate in, but I was amazed to see that ANYBIO1 was being used as an argument for keeping a related article. I've seen ANYBIO1 misapplied in other areas; it's making me wonder if it needs to be reformed (rewritten, abolished, etc). Do you have any thoughts on this? K.e.coffman (talk) 05:42, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
There's no equivalence between #1 (if applied to "state-level pageant winner") and #2 described as "part of enduring historical record". K.e.coffman (talk) 07:29, 14 August 2016 (UTC) @Montanabw: I believe most would have "List notability" (if at all) rather than "Individual notability". I.e. it may be appropriate to include the state level winners on Miss Utah USA, for example, rather than individual articles. K.e.coffman (talk) 07:32, 14 August 2016 (UTC) The pageant discussion is at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Beauty_Pageants#RFC_on_creation_of_consensus_standard. I actually agree with you, K.e.coffman, but they are creating navboxes for every state's pageant winners, and so on. There is a significant disconnect between the project participants and AfD. I see nothing but rough weather ahead. Montanabw(talk) 05:26, 16 August 2016 (UTC) Misjudged AFD nominationsHi, how are you? I'd recommend you to please take a closer look at WP:FPL. All of those leagues are considered fully professional according to our guidelines, and so are the players who appeared in them. You created wrong AFDs at Javier Álamo Cruz, Artyom Antipov, Nícolas Andrade, Sergei Aleksandrovich Andreyev and so on. I'm not sure if you're just some troll or if you didn't read FPL before, but I'd recommend you to stop creating these kinds of AFDs before you get yourself a WP:BLOCK. Cheers, MYS77 ✉ 04:18, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
An other CfR discussion for US city categoriesThere's a new Categories for Renaming discussion going on about categories of US cities listed in the AP Stylebook. As you have participated in at least one of the more recent discussions in the subject, you may want to participate in the discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 August 17#Seattle. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 20:37, 17 August 2016 (UTC) Mass conversions of articles to re-directsOn August 14, you converted approximately 100 articles on pageant titleholders into re-directs, doing so without explanation and without discussion. This was in addition to several dozen more that you have recently nominated for deletion. On August 16, you converted a few dozen more into re-directs. Some of these conversions have been undone by myself and by USer:Jjj1238. However, many more still need to be restored. I call on you to spare other editors the burden of restoring these articles by undoing the remainder of these conversions yourself. Will you do so? NewYorkActuary (talk) 14:16, 18 August 2016 (UTC)
Alan Bleviss AfDHello Johnpacklambert, I have expanded and referenced the article. Will you be so kind as to take another look? Thanks. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 06:58, 20 August 2016 (UTC) Louisiana floodsHello. Do you know if the LDS has sent volunteers to the 2016 Louisiana floods?Zigzig20s (talk) 17:18, 20 August 2016 (UTC)
An example of Global South under-representationAll members of national parliaments are default notable. In theory Wikipedia should have articles on every person ever elected to a national parliament. This is probably not doable. However in the case of the US we have articles on every person ever elected to congress. On the other hand in Ghana they have a national parliament with 275 seats. Just of those elected in 2012 we only have articles on 30 of the 275. There are resources to create articles on all 275, it is just no one has bothered to as of yet.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:50, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
Disambiguation link notification for August 21Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Greater Accra Region, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Ewe. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 10:27, 21 August 2016 (UTC) Nomination of Henry of Bremen for deletionA discussion is taking place as to whether the article Henry of Bremen 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 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Henry of Bremen 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 notice from the top of the article. AndreasPraefcke (talk) 15:51, 23 August 2016 (UTC) AFDsSorry, I probably should have assumed good faith with the AFDs. I was not aware of Wikipedia having a terrible reputation with the public however, with academics and teachers perhaps. Have a good day! ~EDDY (talk/contribs)~ 18:23, 23 August 2016 (UTC) CfD nomination failing to refer to talk pageI see (too late, and while I am away from home) that you nominated Category:Christians of Jewish descent for deletion. Although you took the time to set out a very long rational for deletion, followed by an even longer comment, you omitted to mention the reasons originally given for creating the category, as stated specifically on the category talk page and endorsed by a second editor, and as referred to in the category page history. It was rather hard to trace the former contents of the category, but for reference they are here.[6] Had you considered the rationale, you might have considered the option of making the category into a container category, so that it would have been purged leaving only the three sub-categories in it, instead of full deletion. You also chose not to notify the category creator, which is considered good manners. Worse, your omitting to refer to the original rationale either means that you did not look at it, which IMHO was careless, or chose to conceal it from the CfD, which would have been intentionally disingenuous. Please check page history and talk pages before nominating categories that appear unjustifiable. – Fayenatic London 04:55, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
Why the revisionist category was a horrible ideaI was reading the discussion of the recently deleted category Category:Revisionist and have come to think that the issue is even worse than presented. One problem is that There are too broad types of historical revisionists. One is those who work within the established historical profession, the other is those who work at its fringes. However sometimes "revisionist historian" is an insult thrown by people who do not understand how the historical profession works at its practitioners. However even people who put on the air of understanding the nature of the historical profession often get this issue wrong. A Historical revisionist is one who revises the understood framework of the coverage of an era. I once saw someone argue "In the context of Mormon history, a revisionist is one who takes the anti-Mormon view". This is just plain a show of ignorance. A historical revisionist is one who changes our perception of the past. This can come in lots of ways, from Kathleen Flake arguing that Reed Smoot should not be pegged as primarily a secular, non-religious Mormon figure as some before him had argued, to the works of Patrick Q. Mason and J. Spencer Fluhman contextualizing the situation of Mormons in the 19th-century in a much wider context than had previously been done. To make things even more fun, yesterday's revisionist historian may well be revised again by today's revisionist historian. So historical revising is not based on ideological or methodological issues. It is at times helped by the rise of cultural history, the rise of post-modernist approaches to documents, and especially Said's arguments in "Orientalism" on approaches to various cultures. However at other times revisionism can occur because new documents surface, or in a few cases because documents are shown to be forgeries.John Pack Lambert (talk) 05:59, 27 August 2016 (UTC) There were other issues not well discussed. One was that the whole category grouped people by shared name, not by shared characteristic. Revisionist Zionist, historical revisionists, literary revisionists and Marxist revisionists have nothing in common except having the name revisionist applied to them. To make things more fun, not only is historical revisionism a complex term with no clear definition, too often used either to claim one historian was deeply impactful in a particular field or to disparge a particular persons work, but Marxist revisionism is equally non-coherent. It is essentially an attack by some Marxists on others. Two men who saw the term applied to them were Tito and Stalin. However not only did Tito and Stalin persue different policies on many fronts, but the states they forged came to be arch enemies.John Pack Lambert (talk) 06:03, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
The Revisionist Zionists may be a manifestation of more broad territorial revisionism, which is a term at times used for either those who want to create new indepdent countries, or those who want to expand their current country or restore it to past borders. However there is not much talk of Adolf Hitler as a "German revisionist", seeking to resore pre-World War I and earlier boundaries of Germany. There is talk of him having these goals, but not often describing him as a revisionist. Likewise Mussolini's dreams at times bordered on restoring the Roman Empire, while in 19th-century Greece there was the "Large Idea", which sought to bring all majority Greek areas into a Greek state, especially key zones in western Anatolia. Yet these and other similar movements most often have their proponants descibed as "nationalist", "expansionist" or "imperialist". The broad, undisciplined use of "revisionist" to describe people with these ideas is not consistent with relialbe sources.John Pack Lambert (talk) 06:13, 27 August 2016 (UTC) I did come across an article by Charles Krauthamer from last month that in the headlined seemed to use revisionist as a term to apply to Vladimir Putin and those who have supported his annexation of Crimea. However the term does not seem to have been used in the body of the article, and lacks a clear indication of exactly who it is meant to apply to.John Pack Lambert (talk) 06:18, 27 August 2016 (UTC) MormonsThanks. I'm taking a break from Wikipedia due to continued harassment, so I've archived your comment.Zigzig20s (talk) 08:17, 3 September 2016 (UTC) Nomination of Linda Hunter Adams for deletionA discussion is taking place as to whether the article Linda Hunter Adams 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 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Linda Hunter Adams 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 notice from the top of the article. Boleyn (talk) 16:31, 4 September 2016 (UTC) A discussion you may be interested inI have just made a new nomination for renaming categories for those U.S cities where the article doesn't include the state name. Since you participated in a recent discussion about this, you may want to express your opinion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 September 6#Major US cities. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 16:18, 6 September 2016 (UTC) Disambiguation link notification for September 8Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Kwadwo Akyampon, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Wasa. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 09:33, 8 September 2016 (UTC) Disambiguation link notification for September 15Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited John Edward "Chiripula" Stephenson, you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages Ngoni and Robert Codrington. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 09:55, 15 September 2016 (UTC) EstablishmentsNeed to keep an eye on Good Olfactory who is sneakliy making edits like this [7]. Tim! (talk) 10:15, 17 September 2016 (UTC) This one is even worse as the current country is Croatia not Italy [8]. Tim! (talk) 10:19, 17 September 2016 (UTC) AFD requestYou commented in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matt King (producer) on September 5 with a delete vote. However, there were two people batched in the nomination, but fully half the commenters (including you) only addressed one of the two — with the result that while one of the two articles has been deleted, the other one is still open and has been relisted another two times because nobody else has participated in the discussion since September 18. Could you please return to express an opinion one way or the other about the remaining article? Thanks. Bearcat (talk) 07:46, 28 September 2016 (UTC) Corrected Rob GalluzzoI expanded the filmography and fixed links including Variety and The SMH entertainment pieces as well as the patents. Do you mind having a look now Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Rob_Galluzzo. Thanks! Warbler21 (talk) 04:29, 30 September 2016 (UTC) HelloJust a note to say hello. We edit a lot of the same articles, and you seem to have a very common sense approach. All the best. Magnolia677 (talk) 23:35, 28 October 2016 (UTC) Nomination of Clinton L. Cutler for deletionA discussion is taking place as to whether the article Clinton L. Cutler 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 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Clinton L. Cutler 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 notice from the top of the article. North America1000 06:09, 3 November 2016 (UTC) 2nd nomination of Sofia RichieOnce again, a discussion is taking place as to whether the article Sofia Richie 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 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sofia Richie (2nd nomination) 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 notice from the top of the article. --Tenebrae (talk) 19:10, 6 November 2016 (UTC) Nomination of List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States from BYU for deletionA discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States from BYU 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 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States from BYU (2nd nomination) 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 notice from the top of the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prince-Archbishop of Wikipedia (talk • contribs) 21:41, 11 November 2016 (UTC) ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open! Hello, Johnpacklambert. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC) Jen Richards AfDHi, I'm writing to follow up on the Jen Richards AfD. The Wikipedia Manual of Style instructs us to refer to subjects using the pronouns that "reflect that person's latest expressed gender self-identification" MOS:GENDERID. Would you please update your comment to conform to policy? Thank you. Innisfree987 (talk) 05:38, 22 November 2016 (UTC) 
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice to inform you that a tag has been placed on Category:1842 establishments in South Carolina requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, a "See also" section, book references, category tags, template tags, interwiki links, images, a rephrasing of the title, a question that should have been asked at the help or reference desks, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content. If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. JustAGuyOnWikipedia (talk) 18:53, 22 November 2016 (UTC) Association for Mormon LettersHi John--I know that you're active in AfD and well-versed in LDS topics, so I figured I'd run this one by you. I'm trying to figure out whether Association for Mormon Letters and the associated AML Awards are actually notable or not. I see some occasional mentions in Deseret News, but it doesn't look like anything substantial. What gives me pause is that BYU seems to have a collection related to its papers. If this is a more prominent organization than it seems (or if it used to be and maybe isn't anymore), I don't want to nominate too hastily. agtx 22:42, 30 November 2016 (UTC) The 2015 Mormon Studies Review has an essay entitled "the brief history and perpetually exciting future of Mormon Literary Studies" which has stuff to say on the Association for Mormon Letters. That is as far as I ever got in that the one volume of the journal I have. I will see if I can add information from that source the next time I'm at a computer instead of just using my phone. Idea to run by youI see that you nominate a number of articles for deletion - and are involved in a lot of AfD discussions - and it would be really helpful to have your input on an idea. I am wondering if it would help streamline decision-making about articles nominated for deletion by using a checklist, kind of like what is used for {{DYK checklist}}. That seems to be pretty effective, but I'm not sure how well the concept translates. Here's a potential draft, based upon WP:DEL-REASON {{AfD checklist
|One or more CSD criteria =
|plagiarismfree =
|vandalism =
|SPAM =
|content forks=
|sourced =
|fail to find sources =
|notability=
|meet notability for type of topic=
|eligibilityother =
|breach BLP (if applicable) =
|neutral =
|policyother =
}}
It seems like the quality of the conversations are based on who weighs in and how much they know about applicable policies. I am wondering if this might streamline the discussions - make it more objective - and make it easier to judge what should be deleted. I'm thinking about running this by Wikipedia:Village pump (idea lab) or one of the other WP:Village pump tabs (not sure which would be right. Or, maybe it's better to bring to one of the talk pages about article deletion. I have no idea where's the best place to take the idea. What do you think about the idea?--CaroleHenson (talk) 04:46, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
Check for SPHi John, I have nominated the article, Mrs Globe Australia 2016 for [AfD HERE] and the discussion is currently ongoing. Do you know how to check the users for sockpuppet? I’d like to find out if Duckgo111 is a sockpuppet of Australianblackbelt. They have the same editing patterns. They both have interest with Mrs Globe Australia 2016 article. CheckUser is necessary to determine if they try to influence the outcome of the AfD. Duckgo111 is a newly created user name while the discussion for the article is on-going. I will check your response here. Thanks.--Richie Campbell (talk) 19:18, 12 December 2016 (UTC) |
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