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The next time you move British railway stations, please follow Wikipedia:Naming conventions (UK stations). Thank you. Useddenim ( talk) 20:18, 21 May 2017 (UTC)
@ Useddenim: wrote: "a new multi-move discussion will probably be seen by WP:UKT as yet another attempt by Dicklyon et al. to impose their opinion onto the project." That's funny; I had nothing to do with this; consistency and conventions are not really my thing, so much as minor style items of capitalization and punctuation. I would think the project would be generally in favor of consistent naming conventions, but if they're not, it's not me that will be arguing with them. But thanks for dragging me into this. Dicklyon ( talk) 16:26, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
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I draw your attention to Talk:List of tallest buildings in New Brunswick#Requested move 22 May 2017 as you have prevuoulsy been involved in similar discussion. Djflem ( talk) 06:40, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
First off, I also posted this question at the help desk, but thought I would also personally notify you, as you have experience with the same issue/volunteer. Recently I had an RFC which was closed (inappropriately I feel) by user:WingedBladesOfGodric. When I went to his page and asked (very politely I might add) for an explanation, I was at first told "No - I see no need". Upon further inquiry, he agreed to explain the reason for his closure, and then promptly disregarded his commitment to do so. Further entreaties were met with radio silence. Here is a link to said discussion - My apologies for bothering you on your page, but how in the world do I find a reason for the closure to the RFC?? 2600:1012:B068:9A8C:51CA:D45C:30DF:BD0E ( talk) 00:25, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
Hi,can you help in executing the closure at Talk:Travis Knight (animator)#Requested move 1 June 2017.Am a little bit confused as to the fate of the DAB!(Does it get deleted?)Cheers! Winged Blades Godric 09:57, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
FYI. You have created Churchill station while there is also Churchill railway station. I know you can easily fix that. Secondarywaltz ( talk) 22:39, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
I've noticed your recent moves of the Edmonton LRT station pages. However, these moves contradict with the official names of the stations. For example, the name of Century Park isn't "Century Park station", it is "Century Park LRT Station", per https://www.edmonton.ca/ets/century-park-lrt-station.aspx. It is also used on various other sources https://www.epl.ca/locations/EPLLCP/, http://www.arcinteriorsltd.com/projects/century-park-lrt-station/, http://globalnews.ca/news/2819566/up-to-75-of-park-and-ride-stalls-in-edmonton-will-go-to-paying-customers/. I believe, as it is both the official name and the most commonly used name, WP:COMMONNAME takes precedence. What are your thoughts? Thankyoubaby ( talk) 04:45, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
I completely agree with you that the new name of Centre Street is awkward, but it actually is correct. Please see this map provided by the Maryland Department of Transportation: https://mta.maryland.gov/sites/default/files/201%20LR%20Light%20Rail%20_JPEG%20Map_5_16_2017_0.jpg Scott218 ( talk) 15:30, 23 June 2017 (UTC)
Why is Dalhousie station (Calgary) preferred over Dalhousie station (CTrain)? 117Avenue ( talk) 02:44, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
This building's notability derives in large part from it once being a railway station. Why have you changed it to "Salmo station"? Britmax ( talk) 17:31, 3 July 2017 (UTC)
Hi - was wondering if you could help arbitrate a dispute on the Holy Grail article? I am trying to remove a couple non-sensical, totally irrelevant sentences from the article, but user DonQuixote keeps undoing my edit (now to the point of an edit war). The sentences in question are: "The arrival of the Grail in Britain may stem from the introduction of Christianity there. Though the Anglo-Saxons were Christianized by the 6th and 7th centuries, this was not the case with the Normans who at the time of the Grail would have still been close to heathendom." Both sentences cite a non-scholarly, fringe book by Emma Jung and Marie-Louise von Franz - neither of whom are Arthurian scholars, but Jungian analysts. The former heathendom of the Anglo-Saxons and Normans is utterly irrelevant to the article, as no scholars believe that the Anglo-Saxons are responsible for the development of the Holy Grail motif in medieval Arthurian literature and, while the Normans were certainly involved in its spread, the Normans who did so were thoroughly Christianized - and had been so for hundreds of years by the time Chretien de Troyes (who was neither Norman, nor Anglo-Saxon) wrote the very first romance mentioning the Holy Grail. In fact, the scholarly consensus is that Chretien, while likely influenced by earlier Celtic fairytales of magical vessels, invented the Holy Grail (as it appears in his story) himself. The sentence "(t)he arrival of the Grail in Britain may stem from the introduction of Christianity there" makes ZERO sense, as the Holy Grail is unknown in Britain until manuscripts of Chretien's Grail romance were brought there in the late 12th century. Any assistance you can provide here is most welcome. Cagwinn ( talk) 16:50, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
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May wanna proof read your edit summaries a bit more there pal. You definitely caused at least three seconds of intense confusion. TimothyJosephWood 15:23, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
You are a respected admin with over a decade of Wikipedia experience and you think its a good idea to go to a highly visible article patrolled by an active Wikipedia project and overturn a naming consensus (albeit not a widely discussed one) dating back to 2007 without any discussion? Really?!? I don't care how the name ends up, but that is not appropriate decorum. Indrian ( talk) 18:23, 27 July 2017 (UTC)
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Regarding your comment at Talk:Menorca for the page move Rfc, your heart was in the right place because you tried to back up your intuition with data, but unfortunately you got a bit bamboozled trying to construct the right search query and interpret the results, and ended up with the conclusion that " 'Menorca' is about twice as common in Google Books results from the 21st century. " If anything, the opposite is the case, in line with your original intuition about this. (And that search isn't the final word, either; although this case seems like a dead letter, and I don't really care, because either is okay.)
One of these days I'm going to write an essay about how to use search counts properly. As has been pointed out before, where?[ I can't remember! the google search counts are estimates, you can get 400 hits as a result count, and then forward through the pages, and see that the true count is only half that, or a quarter. Beyond that, people don't understand how to compare apples with apples. Please take great care when using search counts, especially when it affects your Rfc !vote. Feel free to ping me on my talk page if a particular case comes up in the future that you need some data for, and would like to discuss it. Mathglot ( talk) 02:00, 6 August 2017 (UTC)
Would you please delete Grandin/Governmnent Centre station as an implausible typo? Thanks, 117Avenue ( talk) 21:10, 6 August 2017 (UTC)
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Just wanted to say well done on a brave but good close. I'm sure there'll be some flak heading your way, so thought some praise would also be in order. Cheers, Number 5 7 18:04, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
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Hi, i noticed that you moved the Central Terminal LRT station article to Central Terminal station article as per WP:CANSTATION. While I agree about your move, it seems that User:Hiwilms and other users are ignoring it and complicating things. Mind to mediate? Thanks Korean Rail Fan 11:30, 9 September 2017 (UTC)
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In the last several months, you've participated in a discussion on Talk:Zoë Quinn about which preferred gender pronouns to use in the article. So I thought I'd give you a heads up that I'm starting a WP:RFC to hopefully resolve this issue! You can find the relevant discussion here.
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Hey, I noticed that you reverted my changes to The Wind Waker. The sales information in that article is badly outdated (those "last reported numbers" are from 2004), and Aonuma's offhand mention that the game reached 1 million sales in the United States is not a definitive statement about its total sales figures—it's just an aside. The figures I added, which are from July 2006, offer a much more accurate picture of the game's sales in the United States. They were published by the Edge affiliate Next Generation, a highly reliable source. I understand the concern about getting things right, but there's simply no reason not to update the article with them. JimmyBlackwing ( talk) 01:57, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
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Hi Cuchullain. While I admit that the discussion has been meandering, I think we had a working consensus at Talk:Jesuit Garden: have a dab page at the base title (as the small park in Beirut is not the primary topic) and move the current one to Jesuits Garden (Beirut). I even meant to implement it myself, but didn't feel necessary to be in rush. WP:BURO notwithstanding, would you please reconsider your close? No such user ( talk) 20:15, 26 September 2017 (UTC)
What are your further thoughts on this? (Respond at linked page). I've posted some dictionary entry links you might want to take a look at. The Transhumanist 17:33, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
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Bill, the same user who originally moved Confederate Arizona had also moved Arizona Territory at about the same time. I've moved it back. Would seeking full move protection for these articles be a good idea? Thanks. - BilCat ( talk) 23:13, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
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Please look in to the matter and read my edit summary . [1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 39.50.79.74 ( talk) 17:25, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
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The next time you move British railway stations, please follow Wikipedia:Naming conventions (UK stations). Thank you. Useddenim ( talk) 20:18, 21 May 2017 (UTC)
@ Useddenim: wrote: "a new multi-move discussion will probably be seen by WP:UKT as yet another attempt by Dicklyon et al. to impose their opinion onto the project." That's funny; I had nothing to do with this; consistency and conventions are not really my thing, so much as minor style items of capitalization and punctuation. I would think the project would be generally in favor of consistent naming conventions, but if they're not, it's not me that will be arguing with them. But thanks for dragging me into this. Dicklyon ( talk) 16:26, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
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I draw your attention to Talk:List of tallest buildings in New Brunswick#Requested move 22 May 2017 as you have prevuoulsy been involved in similar discussion. Djflem ( talk) 06:40, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
First off, I also posted this question at the help desk, but thought I would also personally notify you, as you have experience with the same issue/volunteer. Recently I had an RFC which was closed (inappropriately I feel) by user:WingedBladesOfGodric. When I went to his page and asked (very politely I might add) for an explanation, I was at first told "No - I see no need". Upon further inquiry, he agreed to explain the reason for his closure, and then promptly disregarded his commitment to do so. Further entreaties were met with radio silence. Here is a link to said discussion - My apologies for bothering you on your page, but how in the world do I find a reason for the closure to the RFC?? 2600:1012:B068:9A8C:51CA:D45C:30DF:BD0E ( talk) 00:25, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
Hi,can you help in executing the closure at Talk:Travis Knight (animator)#Requested move 1 June 2017.Am a little bit confused as to the fate of the DAB!(Does it get deleted?)Cheers! Winged Blades Godric 09:57, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
FYI. You have created Churchill station while there is also Churchill railway station. I know you can easily fix that. Secondarywaltz ( talk) 22:39, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
I've noticed your recent moves of the Edmonton LRT station pages. However, these moves contradict with the official names of the stations. For example, the name of Century Park isn't "Century Park station", it is "Century Park LRT Station", per https://www.edmonton.ca/ets/century-park-lrt-station.aspx. It is also used on various other sources https://www.epl.ca/locations/EPLLCP/, http://www.arcinteriorsltd.com/projects/century-park-lrt-station/, http://globalnews.ca/news/2819566/up-to-75-of-park-and-ride-stalls-in-edmonton-will-go-to-paying-customers/. I believe, as it is both the official name and the most commonly used name, WP:COMMONNAME takes precedence. What are your thoughts? Thankyoubaby ( talk) 04:45, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
I completely agree with you that the new name of Centre Street is awkward, but it actually is correct. Please see this map provided by the Maryland Department of Transportation: https://mta.maryland.gov/sites/default/files/201%20LR%20Light%20Rail%20_JPEG%20Map_5_16_2017_0.jpg Scott218 ( talk) 15:30, 23 June 2017 (UTC)
Why is Dalhousie station (Calgary) preferred over Dalhousie station (CTrain)? 117Avenue ( talk) 02:44, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
This building's notability derives in large part from it once being a railway station. Why have you changed it to "Salmo station"? Britmax ( talk) 17:31, 3 July 2017 (UTC)
Hi - was wondering if you could help arbitrate a dispute on the Holy Grail article? I am trying to remove a couple non-sensical, totally irrelevant sentences from the article, but user DonQuixote keeps undoing my edit (now to the point of an edit war). The sentences in question are: "The arrival of the Grail in Britain may stem from the introduction of Christianity there. Though the Anglo-Saxons were Christianized by the 6th and 7th centuries, this was not the case with the Normans who at the time of the Grail would have still been close to heathendom." Both sentences cite a non-scholarly, fringe book by Emma Jung and Marie-Louise von Franz - neither of whom are Arthurian scholars, but Jungian analysts. The former heathendom of the Anglo-Saxons and Normans is utterly irrelevant to the article, as no scholars believe that the Anglo-Saxons are responsible for the development of the Holy Grail motif in medieval Arthurian literature and, while the Normans were certainly involved in its spread, the Normans who did so were thoroughly Christianized - and had been so for hundreds of years by the time Chretien de Troyes (who was neither Norman, nor Anglo-Saxon) wrote the very first romance mentioning the Holy Grail. In fact, the scholarly consensus is that Chretien, while likely influenced by earlier Celtic fairytales of magical vessels, invented the Holy Grail (as it appears in his story) himself. The sentence "(t)he arrival of the Grail in Britain may stem from the introduction of Christianity there" makes ZERO sense, as the Holy Grail is unknown in Britain until manuscripts of Chretien's Grail romance were brought there in the late 12th century. Any assistance you can provide here is most welcome. Cagwinn ( talk) 16:50, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
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Hello, I apologize if I upset you by requesting those moves for Pretty Hurts. I have set up a move request at Talk:Pretty Hurts#Requested move 24 July 2017, and I encourage you to participate in the discussion if you would like to get your point across. Thank you. 2601:8C:4001:DCB9:E559:381A:F74C:F65B ( talk) 22:41, 24 July 2017 (UTC)
May wanna proof read your edit summaries a bit more there pal. You definitely caused at least three seconds of intense confusion. TimothyJosephWood 15:23, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
You are a respected admin with over a decade of Wikipedia experience and you think its a good idea to go to a highly visible article patrolled by an active Wikipedia project and overturn a naming consensus (albeit not a widely discussed one) dating back to 2007 without any discussion? Really?!? I don't care how the name ends up, but that is not appropriate decorum. Indrian ( talk) 18:23, 27 July 2017 (UTC)
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Regarding your comment at Talk:Menorca for the page move Rfc, your heart was in the right place because you tried to back up your intuition with data, but unfortunately you got a bit bamboozled trying to construct the right search query and interpret the results, and ended up with the conclusion that " 'Menorca' is about twice as common in Google Books results from the 21st century. " If anything, the opposite is the case, in line with your original intuition about this. (And that search isn't the final word, either; although this case seems like a dead letter, and I don't really care, because either is okay.)
One of these days I'm going to write an essay about how to use search counts properly. As has been pointed out before, where?[ I can't remember! the google search counts are estimates, you can get 400 hits as a result count, and then forward through the pages, and see that the true count is only half that, or a quarter. Beyond that, people don't understand how to compare apples with apples. Please take great care when using search counts, especially when it affects your Rfc !vote. Feel free to ping me on my talk page if a particular case comes up in the future that you need some data for, and would like to discuss it. Mathglot ( talk) 02:00, 6 August 2017 (UTC)
Would you please delete Grandin/Governmnent Centre station as an implausible typo? Thanks, 117Avenue ( talk) 21:10, 6 August 2017 (UTC)
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Just wanted to say well done on a brave but good close. I'm sure there'll be some flak heading your way, so thought some praise would also be in order. Cheers, Number 5 7 18:04, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
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News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2017).
Hello Cuchullain ,
I wanted to make you aware of discussions concerning the page move discussion you recently participated in at Catholicism (term):
Thanks! – Zfish118⋉ talk 07:15, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi, i noticed that you moved the Central Terminal LRT station article to Central Terminal station article as per WP:CANSTATION. While I agree about your move, it seems that User:Hiwilms and other users are ignoring it and complicating things. Mind to mediate? Thanks Korean Rail Fan 11:30, 9 September 2017 (UTC)
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Hi Cuchullain,
In the last several months, you've participated in a discussion on Talk:Zoë Quinn about which preferred gender pronouns to use in the article. So I thought I'd give you a heads up that I'm starting a WP:RFC to hopefully resolve this issue! You can find the relevant discussion here.
Regards. -- Shibbolethink ( ♔ ♕) 18:31, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
Hey, I noticed that you reverted my changes to The Wind Waker. The sales information in that article is badly outdated (those "last reported numbers" are from 2004), and Aonuma's offhand mention that the game reached 1 million sales in the United States is not a definitive statement about its total sales figures—it's just an aside. The figures I added, which are from July 2006, offer a much more accurate picture of the game's sales in the United States. They were published by the Edge affiliate Next Generation, a highly reliable source. I understand the concern about getting things right, but there's simply no reason not to update the article with them. JimmyBlackwing ( talk) 01:57, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
FYI Academicoffee71 (still unblocked) has just created a BLP Krzysztof Wojciechowski presumably as another personal shot at a senior Polish Wikipedian. There is no way that this sock is Kauffner, he would never stoop to this sort of behaviour. In ictu oculi ( talk) 11:38, 26 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi Cuchullain. While I admit that the discussion has been meandering, I think we had a working consensus at Talk:Jesuit Garden: have a dab page at the base title (as the small park in Beirut is not the primary topic) and move the current one to Jesuits Garden (Beirut). I even meant to implement it myself, but didn't feel necessary to be in rush. WP:BURO notwithstanding, would you please reconsider your close? No such user ( talk) 20:15, 26 September 2017 (UTC)
What are your further thoughts on this? (Respond at linked page). I've posted some dictionary entry links you might want to take a look at. The Transhumanist 17:33, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Gisela, daughter of Charlemagne 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/Gisela, daughter of Charlemagne 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.
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Bill, the same user who originally moved Confederate Arizona had also moved Arizona Territory at about the same time. I've moved it back. Would seeking full move protection for these articles be a good idea? Thanks. - BilCat ( talk) 23:13, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
"while several people suggested merging with the article Race and crime in the United States, others opposed this on solid grounds" – Diffs please.
On second thought, please just remove the merge-related material from the close. It's out-of-scope for an RM closure. Some competing and incompletely formulated merge ideas mentioned on the side can't be used to declare a generalized consensus against merging. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ >ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ< 02:23, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
This edit summary is bizarre. I presume you are referring to how different wiki-editors are storing characters rather than the characters themselves? I have no control over what the editor saves and if you consider something the WMF software does for WYSIWYG as "changing other peoples comments" please file a bug with WMF. It's not something I can do anything about and it's plainly obvious that only a machine or program would have made the alteration. I certainly didn't edit anyone's comments to replace ansi or iso or any other standard the wikieditor prefers. -- DHeyward ( talk) 02:45, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2017).
FYI, this is not a MOSDAB-compliant version as most entries fail WP:DABRL. I've removed non-compliant entries and tagged the page for cleanup.— Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • ( yo?); October 3, 2017; 20:32 (UTC)
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