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Dear Darranc,
Thank you for
recent edits you have applied on the subject, to several articles on my watchlist. Please would you help me understand the benefit obtained by replacing [[RTÉ]] with [[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]], when both forms of the link (
RTÉ and
RTÉ) point to the same article anyway?
I may be wrong, but it seems to me that this edit simply adds more characters into an article for no apparent benefit to the reader. Therefore, I am sure there must be a compelling reason but since it is eluding me, I would be grateful if you would enlighten me. Thank you very much for letting me know, at your convenience, as I am always eager to learn new tricks.
With kind regards;
Patrick. ツ
Pdebee.
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13:47, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
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Was waching an old movie on Netflix and ine of the main characters started quoting the scout law...in order.
"There's no business like show business" 1954 Ethel Merman, Donald O'Conner and Marilyn Monroe
Neat right?! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:248:4401:A60:CDCD:7EB9:582A:D921 ( talk) 03:24, 9 July 2016 (UTC)
I'm new here. I'm trying to locate family in Ireland. My surname is Traynor. My great great grandfather was James Traynor born 1812, married to Mary Burns. Ctraynor62 talk 15:00, 4 August 2016
Hi Darranc, I have noticed on the infobox for Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest, that you have twice added false information that went against a prior decision made by WikiProject Eurovision in regards to differentiating between best and worst. Since the introduction to the semifinals at Eurovision, it was decided that any placing in the semifinal would place worse than any placing in a final. So 1st in a final would be the highest position, whilst last in a semi-final would be worst. As would last in a final be better, than 1st in a semifinal. It is merely because of the ranking the EBU uses. Therefore, this edit and this edit are factually incorrect; especially as the last places that you state occurred since the introduction of the semifinals. So please, in future, stick to what has been agreed, and avoid making deliberate mistakes. Thanks! Wes Mouse T@lk 08:15, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
|Current=
which was a result of the debate on
25 May 2015.{{Ping|Wesley Mouse}}
at the start of your comment here would have alerted me to the fact you left me a response. I never even mentioned anything about edit wars, nor did I accuse you of such either. SO please do not put words into my mouth. I would appreciate that you retracted that statement. And I engage very friendly, unless of course people come out with illogical comments without thinking first, then the sarcasm comes out of me. I am one to be dry-tongued and blunt with my words. Its a big bad world out there, nothing comes in bubble-wrap. And I did
WP:AGF you view and comments. Have you forgotten that you are also to
WP:AAGF (assume the assumption of good faith). I understood that you couldn't find anything on
WP:EURO, which is why I further explained to you that the discussions you pointed out where in regards to templates that no longer exist. Those templates that were discussed in 2012, were before the redesigned versions in 2014 - to which are in current use now. All of the country articles highlight a semifinal result as lower ranked (worse) than a final result (best). I had also provided sources that show the same method as is used on Wikipedia articles, by using the rankings of all entrants for a particular year, and not just concentrating on the finals. If we were to go off your method, then Andorra, Monaco, and Slovakia who have all yet to qualify for a grand final would all have nothing in the best/worst fields, because your "style" only includes results outcome of a final. But yes, you might be wise to just stay clear of Eurovision articles, just in case I spit out acid again.
Wes Mouse
T@lk
07:41, 2 September 2016 (UTC)I apologise for my tone of words too. I didn't come here to reprimand you though. On the contrary I did not know about the edit made on 5 June, until I had looked back on the revision history following the edit of 31 August. Had I of noticed the first edit, then this issue would have been raised a lot sooner. As for linking to the exact discussion, that would be good if I can remember where exactly it took place. As I noted earlier, trying to get project members to hold a conversation in one place at the project talk page is a difficulty; especially with matter like this that concern every a large number of articles. Members tend to open discussions where they feel like, and then people can never find them ever again. As you will probably appreciate, there are 1000's of talk pages on ESC articles/template. But anyhow, this issue does need addressing, and showing the "worst" results is probably not a good idea anyway - purely because some would see 25th in a final as being worse then 15th in a semi-final. All they see are the numbers, and natural instinct is that 25 is worse than 15. What they don't take into account is that a semifinal placing is worse than a final placing. Take football for example. The winners of the semifinals, play each other in a final, whilst the losing teams play for the third-place playoff - in order to determine the ranking. The easiest way to remember it - and you are probably right that it needs to be outlined as guidance somewhere in the project space that the rankings go from BEST 1st—last finals then 1st—last semifinals WORSE. Or if there are 42 countries in a contest, then ranking from 1 to 42 based on scores, remembering to treat the final placings as higher ranked than the semifinal placings. Wes Mouse T@lk 09:29, 2 September 2016 (UTC)
Hey, how do you know about Dan Boyle? My name is Charlotte Boyle, I'm a descendent of his. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.9.71.134 ( talk) 20:45, 5 September 2016 (UTC)
Please check your web browser because you probably have a browser extension that can damage articles.
Happy editing! Johnuniq ( talk) 04:28, 27 October 2016 (UTC)
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I am reading the page on 'Antisemitism'. It says that is a reference to Jews but I read elsewhere on Wiki that 'Semite' applies to Arabs too. Even the Palestinians. /info/en/?search=Semitic_people
Was looking for a place to comment about that but couldn't find one.
I could be wrong but wanted to raise the point. -Gary. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GaryCarlyleCook ( talk • contribs) 11:35, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
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He Darranc, you changed the official ISO3166 code of Czechia back to its earlier version (Czech Republic) using awb. Now I don't know AWB very well, but was this you own initiative (then my rever suffices) or is there an error in AWB automatic change suggestions? L.tak ( talk) 09:08, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
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Dear Darranc,
Thank you for
recent edits you have applied on the subject, to several articles on my watchlist. Please would you help me understand the benefit obtained by replacing [[RTÉ]] with [[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]], when both forms of the link (
RTÉ and
RTÉ) point to the same article anyway?
I may be wrong, but it seems to me that this edit simply adds more characters into an article for no apparent benefit to the reader. Therefore, I am sure there must be a compelling reason but since it is eluding me, I would be grateful if you would enlighten me. Thank you very much for letting me know, at your convenience, as I am always eager to learn new tricks.
With kind regards;
Patrick. ツ
Pdebee.
(talk)(
guestbook)
13:47, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
![]() |
The Typo Team Barnstar | |
Dear Darranc;
![]() I have great pleasure in awarding you the present Typo Team barnstar for your determination to add the missing fada to RTÉ in so many articles! Thank you also for all your contributions to our encyclopedia. ![]() With kind regards; Patrick. ツ Pdebee. (talk)( guestbook) 23:43, 15 June 2016 (UTC) |
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Hi!
Was waching an old movie on Netflix and ine of the main characters started quoting the scout law...in order.
"There's no business like show business" 1954 Ethel Merman, Donald O'Conner and Marilyn Monroe
Neat right?! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:248:4401:A60:CDCD:7EB9:582A:D921 ( talk) 03:24, 9 July 2016 (UTC)
I'm new here. I'm trying to locate family in Ireland. My surname is Traynor. My great great grandfather was James Traynor born 1812, married to Mary Burns. Ctraynor62 talk 15:00, 4 August 2016
Hi Darranc, I have noticed on the infobox for Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest, that you have twice added false information that went against a prior decision made by WikiProject Eurovision in regards to differentiating between best and worst. Since the introduction to the semifinals at Eurovision, it was decided that any placing in the semifinal would place worse than any placing in a final. So 1st in a final would be the highest position, whilst last in a semi-final would be worst. As would last in a final be better, than 1st in a semifinal. It is merely because of the ranking the EBU uses. Therefore, this edit and this edit are factually incorrect; especially as the last places that you state occurred since the introduction of the semifinals. So please, in future, stick to what has been agreed, and avoid making deliberate mistakes. Thanks! Wes Mouse T@lk 08:15, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
|Current=
which was a result of the debate on
25 May 2015.{{Ping|Wesley Mouse}}
at the start of your comment here would have alerted me to the fact you left me a response. I never even mentioned anything about edit wars, nor did I accuse you of such either. SO please do not put words into my mouth. I would appreciate that you retracted that statement. And I engage very friendly, unless of course people come out with illogical comments without thinking first, then the sarcasm comes out of me. I am one to be dry-tongued and blunt with my words. Its a big bad world out there, nothing comes in bubble-wrap. And I did
WP:AGF you view and comments. Have you forgotten that you are also to
WP:AAGF (assume the assumption of good faith). I understood that you couldn't find anything on
WP:EURO, which is why I further explained to you that the discussions you pointed out where in regards to templates that no longer exist. Those templates that were discussed in 2012, were before the redesigned versions in 2014 - to which are in current use now. All of the country articles highlight a semifinal result as lower ranked (worse) than a final result (best). I had also provided sources that show the same method as is used on Wikipedia articles, by using the rankings of all entrants for a particular year, and not just concentrating on the finals. If we were to go off your method, then Andorra, Monaco, and Slovakia who have all yet to qualify for a grand final would all have nothing in the best/worst fields, because your "style" only includes results outcome of a final. But yes, you might be wise to just stay clear of Eurovision articles, just in case I spit out acid again.
Wes Mouse
T@lk
07:41, 2 September 2016 (UTC)I apologise for my tone of words too. I didn't come here to reprimand you though. On the contrary I did not know about the edit made on 5 June, until I had looked back on the revision history following the edit of 31 August. Had I of noticed the first edit, then this issue would have been raised a lot sooner. As for linking to the exact discussion, that would be good if I can remember where exactly it took place. As I noted earlier, trying to get project members to hold a conversation in one place at the project talk page is a difficulty; especially with matter like this that concern every a large number of articles. Members tend to open discussions where they feel like, and then people can never find them ever again. As you will probably appreciate, there are 1000's of talk pages on ESC articles/template. But anyhow, this issue does need addressing, and showing the "worst" results is probably not a good idea anyway - purely because some would see 25th in a final as being worse then 15th in a semi-final. All they see are the numbers, and natural instinct is that 25 is worse than 15. What they don't take into account is that a semifinal placing is worse than a final placing. Take football for example. The winners of the semifinals, play each other in a final, whilst the losing teams play for the third-place playoff - in order to determine the ranking. The easiest way to remember it - and you are probably right that it needs to be outlined as guidance somewhere in the project space that the rankings go from BEST 1st—last finals then 1st—last semifinals WORSE. Or if there are 42 countries in a contest, then ranking from 1 to 42 based on scores, remembering to treat the final placings as higher ranked than the semifinal placings. Wes Mouse T@lk 09:29, 2 September 2016 (UTC)
Hey, how do you know about Dan Boyle? My name is Charlotte Boyle, I'm a descendent of his. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.9.71.134 ( talk) 20:45, 5 September 2016 (UTC)
Please check your web browser because you probably have a browser extension that can damage articles.
Happy editing! Johnuniq ( talk) 04:28, 27 October 2016 (UTC)
Hello, Darranc. 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.
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Hi,
I am reading the page on 'Antisemitism'. It says that is a reference to Jews but I read elsewhere on Wiki that 'Semite' applies to Arabs too. Even the Palestinians. /info/en/?search=Semitic_people
Was looking for a place to comment about that but couldn't find one.
I could be wrong but wanted to raise the point. -Gary. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GaryCarlyleCook ( talk • contribs) 11:35, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
![]() | This user is or was involved in Scouting and Guiding in Ireland. |
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He Darranc, you changed the official ISO3166 code of Czechia back to its earlier version (Czech Republic) using awb. Now I don't know AWB very well, but was this you own initiative (then my rever suffices) or is there an error in AWB automatic change suggestions? L.tak ( talk) 09:08, 22 April 2017 (UTC)