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You can see my reasons for speedily reverting Guillaume2303 from this conversation on their talk page:
Guillaume2303, I'm sorry to say I found your cuts to the Feminist Africa to be unhelpful, bordering on vandalism. You delete several paragraphs worth of material that detail the journal's significance—and then slap a notability template on the top of the article! (Bad enough even if we didn't live in a world where African women are inherently at a disadvantage with respect to internet media, and Feminist Africa has nevertheless succeeded in establishing notability online.) I echo the concerns of users above in the discussion about Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra Jaume Almera, right down to the unjust dismissal of "in passing" discussion in references. groupuscule ( talk) 11:48, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for the peace offering on my talk page. Consensus > fighting. As far as the citation is concerned, I do prefer to avoid the template, since it significantly increases load times (particularly as articles get longer)—and this effect has been reported as a particular problem in areas of Africa where connection strength is not good. I don't agree that the template is the only proper citation format, but I do understand that there are advantages to using the template. Also, one citation does not make a big difference, so we can change it if you feel that it's necessary.
I will look for more information and sources discussing the journal. I think the source of our disagreement is that I am viewing it as an important social phenomenon, resource, and achievement for African feminists, not as a an academic journal per se. I think it would be great for the article to contain all the information that is due to academic journals, but at the same time there is additional content that should be included. (See Encounter for another publication of this type.) Thanks again for your offer to cooperate, and I will do my best to consider your perspective when we disagree. I'll start compiling those sources as soon as I finish the edit I'm working on now. groupuscule ( talk) 14:00, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
No worries, either way, was just trying to help out and format the talk page with WikiProjects, etc. Feel free to modify as needed. :) Cheers, — Cirt ( talk) 03:31, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
I've added some links and portals, diff, feel free to take 'em or leave 'em at your discretion, no worries, either way! :) Have a wonderful day! Cheers, — Cirt ( talk) 07:51, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
I've added some different relevant links to "See also" sect, please see diff link. Feel free to add/trim/prune as needed. Have a great day! :) Cheers, — Cirt ( talk) 17:45, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
You can see my reasons for speedily reverting Guillaume2303 from this conversation on their talk page:
Guillaume2303, I'm sorry to say I found your cuts to the Feminist Africa to be unhelpful, bordering on vandalism. You delete several paragraphs worth of material that detail the journal's significance—and then slap a notability template on the top of the article! (Bad enough even if we didn't live in a world where African women are inherently at a disadvantage with respect to internet media, and Feminist Africa has nevertheless succeeded in establishing notability online.) I echo the concerns of users above in the discussion about Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra Jaume Almera, right down to the unjust dismissal of "in passing" discussion in references. groupuscule ( talk) 11:48, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for the peace offering on my talk page. Consensus > fighting. As far as the citation is concerned, I do prefer to avoid the template, since it significantly increases load times (particularly as articles get longer)—and this effect has been reported as a particular problem in areas of Africa where connection strength is not good. I don't agree that the template is the only proper citation format, but I do understand that there are advantages to using the template. Also, one citation does not make a big difference, so we can change it if you feel that it's necessary.
I will look for more information and sources discussing the journal. I think the source of our disagreement is that I am viewing it as an important social phenomenon, resource, and achievement for African feminists, not as a an academic journal per se. I think it would be great for the article to contain all the information that is due to academic journals, but at the same time there is additional content that should be included. (See Encounter for another publication of this type.) Thanks again for your offer to cooperate, and I will do my best to consider your perspective when we disagree. I'll start compiling those sources as soon as I finish the edit I'm working on now. groupuscule ( talk) 14:00, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
No worries, either way, was just trying to help out and format the talk page with WikiProjects, etc. Feel free to modify as needed. :) Cheers, — Cirt ( talk) 03:31, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
I've added some links and portals, diff, feel free to take 'em or leave 'em at your discretion, no worries, either way! :) Have a wonderful day! Cheers, — Cirt ( talk) 07:51, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
I've added some different relevant links to "See also" sect, please see diff link. Feel free to add/trim/prune as needed. Have a great day! :) Cheers, — Cirt ( talk) 17:45, 30 October 2012 (UTC)