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Where was the consensus to move List of Universal Pictures films? The name of the film distribution arm of the company is Universal Pictures. Koala15 ( talk) 22:02, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
Cu, apologises but once again another article uses Celtic in all the wrong contexts, so I felt obliged to revise. Not going out of my way to be difficult here, there simply seems to be almost no correct uses of the term. Fergananim ( talk) 19:01, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
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Thanks for the page protection on Dôn. I'm in the process of making out an editwar/3RR report on the Admin's noticeboard however he hasn't quite violated 3RR so it's just editwarring. I've tried to engage with User:Cagwinn on the talk page but I'm afraid it's degenerated into ad hominum a bit. I warned Cagwinn that 3RR was imminent on his talk page a little earlier. Obviously I couldn't do page protection myself since I'm involved in the content dispute. Again, thanks for the intervention. Cheers, Pigman ☿/talk 02:37, 25 November 2016 (UTC)
As Wikipedians, of course the priority is the 'pedia. But we cannot create and maintain articles as a collective when a participant insists on WP:OWNing, disrupting, verbally assaulting and making it impossible to collaborate. While I of course care about the quality of the Dôn article, and the articles with which it is interconnected, my larger concern in this particular instance is Cagwinn's ongoing disruption of the working environment, and how it is making work on quite a few articles difficult. And how this keeps happening. What should be a simple matter of calmly updating sourcing and text in collaboration with other experienced editors has instead turned into a drawn-out, draining, ad hominem swamp, as usually happens when one disagrees, even slightly, with this individual. If long-term admins are put off by it, what does this atmosphere do to those less committed to the project? - CorbieV ☊ ☼ 01:51, 27 November 2016 (UTC)
Re this edit, could you find some reliable sources that justify the claim that the term is "sometimes" used, and add them to the article, as I suggested on the article talk page? It may help stop the edit warring. Thanks. Ghmyrtle ( talk) 10:53, 27 November 2016 (UTC)
Hi Cuchullain,
Now that the Orlando Predators have folded and that South Florida and UCF are the only team playing a War on I-4, would you be amiable to moving the rivalry to the War on I-4 page as well as putting it as the main article on that page as opposed to the Orlando Predators and Tampa Bay Storm rivalry?
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Niagara Falls Customhouse and Interpretive Center is the official name of the station as seen here https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oQ8ZxoDSUpw/V50cM6vI80I/AAAAAAABecE/Au-q28kOsewlAaTKsS67RcJgL64EMRjxQCKgB/s1600/IMG_20160730_132550.jpg Mo2010 ( talk) 21:34, 06 December 2016 (UTC)
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I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Cado for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly say why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.
If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can 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. Mark Dask 14:29, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
(Asking you because Shii, Yunshui and pretty much every admin who could remember why I was editing logged out is gone.)
Only the foggiest connection to any recent stuff in particular, but how would you deal with a NOTHERE account that appears to be doing nothing but trolling, but only does so in very infrequent, small doses, so they have not been blocked yet, and their last edit was a year ago so reporting them on ANI seems inappropriate?
I was trying to locate the "laughed off BLPN" incident I referred to here, and it turns out the reason I couldn't was because it was during my "afraid of JoshuSasori's off-wiki harassment so only editing from a dynamic IP" phase, and was somewhat different than I remembered. BLPN was not consulted, and it was one really unusual account showing up out of the blue and making a string of complete nonsense posts in which the only part that kinda-sorta made sense was their claim that BLP didn't apply. [1] [2] [3] I checked their other contribs, and they aren't much better, and their user page consists of the words "Thank you". Umm... you're welcome, I guess?
I actually tried reporting them on ANI when these diffs were fresh, but was essentially ignored for any number of several possible reasons, the most likely of which being that (a) the two users who commented had been too careless to read the diffs I provided and (b) no one wants to agree with a " self-confessed IP sockpuppet". Chances are that if anyone ever tries to report the account again they'll get the same "discuss on the talk page first" spiel I got three years ago, and by that time the account will have become inactive again so the point will be moot.
It honestly looks like the account might be part of a sock-farm that has evaded notice, but I've gone fishing on SPI in cases like this too many times in recent months so CU won't help.
Hijiri 88 ( 聖 やや) 06:11, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
I saw you moved Bororo people to Bororo (Brazil) and made Bororo people a redirect to Bororo, on the basis that there is a group in West Africa with the same name. This resulted in a whole lot of articles getting a link to the disambiguation page, one of which I noticed by accident. The Wodaabe of the Sahel are sometimes given the pejorative name Mbororo (Cow Fulani) but all articles that refer to the Bororo people refer to the South American people. I moved Bororo (Brazil) to Bororo (Amerindian people), on the basis that their original territory was in parts of what are now Brazil and Bolivia, sort of like moving Celts (United Kingdom) to Insular Celts. But the article really should be moved back to Bororo people. May I count on you to do that? Aymatth2 ( talk) 01:40, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
I would be fine with a move to straight "Bororo", with the dab page going to Bororo (disambiguation). I am used to "ABC people" as a convention, but agree that the simpler "ABC" is usually the more common usage. The Library of Congress defines Bororo Indians as the heading for the people of Bolivia and Brazil, a term used by the Brazilians, but this may be politically incorrect.
The article on Wodaabe is right in saying that other ethnic groups may refer to the Wodaabe as "Mbororo", but wrong in implying that all people called Mbororo are Wodaabe. Some sources distinguish the WodaaBe pastoralists of Niger from the Mbororo pastoralists of northern Cameroon, and some say the Bororo and Wodaabe are separate groups in Niger too, but others plausibly say "the term Bororo is thus used to signify a much greater variety of groups than is the term WoDaaBe." I gather that a) M'bororo is a breed of Zebu cattle. b) Fula pastoralists who rely on them are often called Mbororo/Bororo people, or cattle people. c) Some but by no means all Fula cattle people call themselves WoDaaBe, people of the taboo. Aymatth2 ( talk) 14:04, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
looks like Talk:Am I Wrong still points to the DAB. Nohomersryan ( talk) 18:39, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
Hijiri here. Don't ask. I wasn't sure if you were aware ("jokey name" was ambiguous), but the latest Kauffner sock's username was likely a reference to this. Kauffner's being active on the creationist wiki Conservapedia makes it look even fishier than if it were just his usual random jokes. 182.251.140.111 ( talk) 02:05, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
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Hi. I see you moved the articles citing primary topic. Not sure it follows convention for people/language pairs, but if one topic is primary, you can always do WP:PRIMARYREDIRECT without sacrificing convention. Thanks-- RioHondo ( talk) 16:41, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
FYI Unfortunately two editors refuse to let this issue go: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#Talk:Planet_of_the_Apes_.282001_film.29.23Lincoln_Memorial_issue_again SonOfThornhill ( talk) 15:22, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
The info box and indeed the article make it appear as though this was a real battle. I can't recall if anything was ever decided about military Infoboxes for "battles " like these. Doug Weller talk 22:10, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
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Unfortunately, my collection around 2002-2004 is the most spotty (as well as the final 2 or 3 years), as it is neither from the era where my cousins subscribed nor where I subscribed. Because of my current living situation I don't have immediate access to my NP magazines, though I'll see what I do have when I get a chance to access it again hopefully within the next few days. TheListUpdater ( talk) 17:14, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
Hi Cuchullain. Here's the Famitsu review: 1. It's not as good resolution as the original, but I think that was caused when I uploaded it so let me know if it's too small to make out and I'll re-upload a better copy. I'll get a scan of the Games review soon. - Thibbs ( talk) 22:29, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
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Thanks for your edits to the intro. The version earlier today - before I hacked it around a bit - was in my view way too long and confused, but I'm happy that you've now improved my version. Ghmyrtle ( talk) 17:59, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
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Where was the consensus to move List of Universal Pictures films? The name of the film distribution arm of the company is Universal Pictures. Koala15 ( talk) 22:02, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
Cu, apologises but once again another article uses Celtic in all the wrong contexts, so I felt obliged to revise. Not going out of my way to be difficult here, there simply seems to be almost no correct uses of the term. Fergananim ( talk) 19:01, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
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Thanks for the page protection on Dôn. I'm in the process of making out an editwar/3RR report on the Admin's noticeboard however he hasn't quite violated 3RR so it's just editwarring. I've tried to engage with User:Cagwinn on the talk page but I'm afraid it's degenerated into ad hominum a bit. I warned Cagwinn that 3RR was imminent on his talk page a little earlier. Obviously I couldn't do page protection myself since I'm involved in the content dispute. Again, thanks for the intervention. Cheers, Pigman ☿/talk 02:37, 25 November 2016 (UTC)
As Wikipedians, of course the priority is the 'pedia. But we cannot create and maintain articles as a collective when a participant insists on WP:OWNing, disrupting, verbally assaulting and making it impossible to collaborate. While I of course care about the quality of the Dôn article, and the articles with which it is interconnected, my larger concern in this particular instance is Cagwinn's ongoing disruption of the working environment, and how it is making work on quite a few articles difficult. And how this keeps happening. What should be a simple matter of calmly updating sourcing and text in collaboration with other experienced editors has instead turned into a drawn-out, draining, ad hominem swamp, as usually happens when one disagrees, even slightly, with this individual. If long-term admins are put off by it, what does this atmosphere do to those less committed to the project? - CorbieV ☊ ☼ 01:51, 27 November 2016 (UTC)
Re this edit, could you find some reliable sources that justify the claim that the term is "sometimes" used, and add them to the article, as I suggested on the article talk page? It may help stop the edit warring. Thanks. Ghmyrtle ( talk) 10:53, 27 November 2016 (UTC)
Hi Cuchullain,
Now that the Orlando Predators have folded and that South Florida and UCF are the only team playing a War on I-4, would you be amiable to moving the rivalry to the War on I-4 page as well as putting it as the main article on that page as opposed to the Orlando Predators and Tampa Bay Storm rivalry?
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DampFrijoles ( talk) 19:52, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
Niagara Falls Customhouse and Interpretive Center is the official name of the station as seen here https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oQ8ZxoDSUpw/V50cM6vI80I/AAAAAAABecE/Au-q28kOsewlAaTKsS67RcJgL64EMRjxQCKgB/s1600/IMG_20160730_132550.jpg Mo2010 ( talk) 21:34, 06 December 2016 (UTC)
Hello Cuchullain,
I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Cado for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly say why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.
If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can 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. Mark Dask 14:29, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
(Asking you because Shii, Yunshui and pretty much every admin who could remember why I was editing logged out is gone.)
Only the foggiest connection to any recent stuff in particular, but how would you deal with a NOTHERE account that appears to be doing nothing but trolling, but only does so in very infrequent, small doses, so they have not been blocked yet, and their last edit was a year ago so reporting them on ANI seems inappropriate?
I was trying to locate the "laughed off BLPN" incident I referred to here, and it turns out the reason I couldn't was because it was during my "afraid of JoshuSasori's off-wiki harassment so only editing from a dynamic IP" phase, and was somewhat different than I remembered. BLPN was not consulted, and it was one really unusual account showing up out of the blue and making a string of complete nonsense posts in which the only part that kinda-sorta made sense was their claim that BLP didn't apply. [1] [2] [3] I checked their other contribs, and they aren't much better, and their user page consists of the words "Thank you". Umm... you're welcome, I guess?
I actually tried reporting them on ANI when these diffs were fresh, but was essentially ignored for any number of several possible reasons, the most likely of which being that (a) the two users who commented had been too careless to read the diffs I provided and (b) no one wants to agree with a " self-confessed IP sockpuppet". Chances are that if anyone ever tries to report the account again they'll get the same "discuss on the talk page first" spiel I got three years ago, and by that time the account will have become inactive again so the point will be moot.
It honestly looks like the account might be part of a sock-farm that has evaded notice, but I've gone fishing on SPI in cases like this too many times in recent months so CU won't help.
Hijiri 88 ( 聖 やや) 06:11, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
I saw you moved Bororo people to Bororo (Brazil) and made Bororo people a redirect to Bororo, on the basis that there is a group in West Africa with the same name. This resulted in a whole lot of articles getting a link to the disambiguation page, one of which I noticed by accident. The Wodaabe of the Sahel are sometimes given the pejorative name Mbororo (Cow Fulani) but all articles that refer to the Bororo people refer to the South American people. I moved Bororo (Brazil) to Bororo (Amerindian people), on the basis that their original territory was in parts of what are now Brazil and Bolivia, sort of like moving Celts (United Kingdom) to Insular Celts. But the article really should be moved back to Bororo people. May I count on you to do that? Aymatth2 ( talk) 01:40, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
I would be fine with a move to straight "Bororo", with the dab page going to Bororo (disambiguation). I am used to "ABC people" as a convention, but agree that the simpler "ABC" is usually the more common usage. The Library of Congress defines Bororo Indians as the heading for the people of Bolivia and Brazil, a term used by the Brazilians, but this may be politically incorrect.
The article on Wodaabe is right in saying that other ethnic groups may refer to the Wodaabe as "Mbororo", but wrong in implying that all people called Mbororo are Wodaabe. Some sources distinguish the WodaaBe pastoralists of Niger from the Mbororo pastoralists of northern Cameroon, and some say the Bororo and Wodaabe are separate groups in Niger too, but others plausibly say "the term Bororo is thus used to signify a much greater variety of groups than is the term WoDaaBe." I gather that a) M'bororo is a breed of Zebu cattle. b) Fula pastoralists who rely on them are often called Mbororo/Bororo people, or cattle people. c) Some but by no means all Fula cattle people call themselves WoDaaBe, people of the taboo. Aymatth2 ( talk) 14:04, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
looks like Talk:Am I Wrong still points to the DAB. Nohomersryan ( talk) 18:39, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
Hijiri here. Don't ask. I wasn't sure if you were aware ("jokey name" was ambiguous), but the latest Kauffner sock's username was likely a reference to this. Kauffner's being active on the creationist wiki Conservapedia makes it look even fishier than if it were just his usual random jokes. 182.251.140.111 ( talk) 02:05, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
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Hi. I see you moved the articles citing primary topic. Not sure it follows convention for people/language pairs, but if one topic is primary, you can always do WP:PRIMARYREDIRECT without sacrificing convention. Thanks-- RioHondo ( talk) 16:41, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
FYI Unfortunately two editors refuse to let this issue go: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#Talk:Planet_of_the_Apes_.282001_film.29.23Lincoln_Memorial_issue_again SonOfThornhill ( talk) 15:22, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
The info box and indeed the article make it appear as though this was a real battle. I can't recall if anything was ever decided about military Infoboxes for "battles " like these. Doug Weller talk 22:10, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
I've been going back and forth with a user who wants to remove the 1995 Sports Illustrated cover featuring Danny Wuerffel from Danny W's article because he claims that it fails NFCC. As I've repeatedly explained on the article's talk page, I think that it pretty clearly fits WP:NFCI #8 as an iconic image in Wuerffel's life, and I've found and added sources spanning 20 years to back up my claim. User:Hullaballoo Wolfowitz has basically repeated "no it doesn't" and removed the photo several times. I trust your judgement, so I'd appreciate your opinion on the matter when you have time. Thx. -- Zeng8r ( talk) 15:14, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
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Already looks about GA-ready—just needs some source tightening czar 19:08, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
I beg your pardon, sir. I just happen to have the thought of moving the page for the past few days. I was hesitant to reinstate another RM for two reasons. One, we just had one and people could be potentially annoyed with a second one. Two, from experience, I can conclude that a civil RM discussion on this particular topic is close to impossible. However, seeing that you are an administrator, you would know that the protocol better than I do. Therefore, do you have a better solution? Thank you. LakeKayak ( talk) 21:06, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for the information. And only for humor, I actually did see a YouTube that used "Transatlantic/Mid-Atlantic accent". LakeKayak ( talk) 21:19, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
Hello, Cuchullain. When you changed South Georgia from a redirect into a disambiguation page, you may not have been aware of WP:FIXDABLINKS, which says:
It would be a great help if you would check the other Wikipedia articles that contain links to "South Georgia" and fix them to take readers to the correct article. Thanks. R'n'B ( call me Russ) 12:19, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
Unfortunately, my collection around 2002-2004 is the most spotty (as well as the final 2 or 3 years), as it is neither from the era where my cousins subscribed nor where I subscribed. Because of my current living situation I don't have immediate access to my NP magazines, though I'll see what I do have when I get a chance to access it again hopefully within the next few days. TheListUpdater ( talk) 17:14, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
Hi Cuchullain. Here's the Famitsu review: 1. It's not as good resolution as the original, but I think that was caused when I uploaded it so let me know if it's too small to make out and I'll re-upload a better copy. I'll get a scan of the Games review soon. - Thibbs ( talk) 22:29, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
And here's the Games review:
It would probably be a good idea to blank the url=
field so that it isn't pointing at the scan in the final version if you use this source. Sorry the words at the left edge got a little blurred due to the spine of the magazine. Let me know if you need any help deciphering any of it. -
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I wanted to be sure you saw this comment of mine and knew that I meant every word of it. It's pretty rare to see such solid logic as you used in any disagreement on a fringe subject, and I thoroughly enjoyed our discussion, even if it seems like I might not have. You have, actually given me quite a bit to think about, and for that I'm very appreciative. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 13:18, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for your edits to the intro. The version earlier today - before I hacked it around a bit - was in my view way too long and confused, but I'm happy that you've now improved my version. Ghmyrtle ( talk) 17:59, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
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Thank you Cùchullain, for your Support vote on my X2 (film) Requested Move. Cheers. Wufan10304 ( talk) 20:36, 17 April 2017 (UTC) |
Hi, I know you needed Nintendo Power, can you tell me again which issues you needed? Andrevan @ 00:01, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
I have repaired the naming conventions defined in Via, AMT and Amtrak stations templates to reflect your move. Although it's a much better name choice, this was a singular move and it would have been an easy to clean up some of the mess you leave behind. Thanks. Secondarywaltz ( talk) 19:21, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
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