User talk:Mandarax

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A barnstar for you!

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	Witch-hunts in Nepal was featured at DYK yesterday and received almost 10,000 views! I really appreciate your help in improving the article during the approval process. Thank you very much! Usedtobecool ✉ ✨ 18:29, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Thank you very much, Usedtobecool. It's nice to know that my minor contributions are appreciated. Congratulations on your DYK's performance; I'm not surprised, as it was a compelling hook. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 08:03, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Hello

And thank you for updating the link on my page. A pleasant surprise to hear from you, even obliquely. Very best, 2601:188:180:1481:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 01:28, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for dropping by. I just looked up those archived links to satisfy my own curiosity, wondering about the result of someone issuing you a level 4im vandalism warning, then going on to lecture you (incorrectly) about how to deal with copyright violations and further threatening a block. I was pleased to see that you were found to be completely in the right, and the other user ended up with the block. Based on that user's attitude, I suspect this is one instance where it didn't matter much that you were an IP. But I know that most of the reverts and warnings you get wouldn't've happened to a registered user. I admire your fortitude in continuing to edit as an IP despite the vast quantity of IP bigotry around.

Anyways, I hope you're having a good Labor Day/Burn Day weekend! MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 02:40, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Hey

Hey, Mandarax, long time no see! Your thanks reminded me, if they come up with a You're Welcome feature I'll use that too! – Athaenara ✉ 21:47, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

Good to see you, Athaenara. Maybe your "you're welcome" idea will catch on!

BTW, in case I never mentioned this before, I like your signature gallery. (I've got a mini-gallery of all the signatures I've used before settling on my current one many years ago.) MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 22:55, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

Athaenara, another thing I never mentioned to you.... You used to have a note on your user page about how long it took you to discover that the arrow in edit summaries was a link to the edited section. Well, that was a very long time ago, but I think when I first saw that, I was unaware of that functionality. So thanks for teaching me! Of course, that was back in the Olden Days, when you had to click on that tiny "→", unlike nowadays when you can also click anywhere on the text of the section heading in the edit summary. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 23:01, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

I was paring down my userpage awhile ago, that one went in February. – Athaenara ✉ 04:15, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Lowercase "l" for litre/liter

In this edit you changed the abbreviation for litre/liter from "L" to "l". A standard reference (note page 124) notes that "L, l" are preferred, and one page 130 notes that an exception (from lowercase units) has been made to avoid confusion of "l" with "1" ("An exception, adopted by the 16th CGPM (1979, Resolution 6), is that either capital L or lower-case l is allowed for the litre, in order to avoid possible confusion between the numeral 1 (one) and the lower-case letter l (el)."). In medical contexts, the capital letter is often urged for that reason. Just wanted to ensure you're aware of these considerations - it's not a battleground for me, but I do think the "L" is a better choice (I care more about clarity than tradition). — soupvector (talk) 21:58, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

I wasn't aware of that convention. (Of course, there's no chance of confusion in this context, as it's "mg/l".)

{{Convert}} handles "mg/L" and "mg/l" differently. The default conversions are to "lb/cu in" and "oz/cu in", respectively. In any case, I've changed it to "mg/L", converting to "oz/gal", which seems like a better conversion than either of the defaults. Please feel free to change it if you prefer something else. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 22:34, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

thanks for your help

		The Original Barnstar
		for helping with DYK nomination Sm8900 (talk) 01:32, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

thanks so much for your help. I was ready to give up. I am going to study what you did. you really helped with my DYK nomination!! thanks!!!--Sm8900 (talk) 01:31, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

You're very welcome. I appreciate your taking the time to leave me the barnstar and the note. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 01:38, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

I'd give you a dog, but maybe you have a day job and I'd hate for the puppy to be crated while you're at work. Thanks for all your help and your friendship, Mandarax.

Drmies (talk) 00:29, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, Drmies. Kittens are cute.

As for this, I specifically left the other ones unchanged for that very reason (although I consider it a bit of a grey area regarding MOS:CONFORM). About the one I did change, all I can say is "D'oh! I didn't notice that it was in a long quote", because I was just quickly looking for any edit to make so I could give you that edit summary notification. I see that you put the quotation mark exactly where I thought it would go, but there were a coupla other possibilities. (In retrospect, I should've just added the quotation mark and asked you in the edit summary to verify its position.)

And about the friendship, I'll quote Patrick Swayze: "ditto". MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 04:36, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

A page you might be interested in

The painting in question

Hi Mandarax! I came across this stub about a painting the other day via random article, and thought it was really interesting. I did a little bit to improve it, but I really know nothing about art! I just wanted to bring the page to your attention in case it's something that interests you. Ganesha811 (talk) 21:24, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. If anyone's able to expand it sufficiently, possibly with text from the Swedish Wikipedia page, I hope it becomes a DYK. (BabbaQ's the first Swedish-speaking DYKer who comes to mind, if they're interested.)

BTW, Ganesha is one of my favorite deities, and I have used that name for myself on occasion. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 23:13, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Mandarax, it's a good name! :) Glad you're interested. Ganesha811 (talk) 00:18, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

Thank you. I will expand it tomorrow when I am back home at my computer. Looks interesting.BabbaQ (talk) 17:55, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

Excellent! Thanks, BabbaQ. I'll look forward to seeing the expanded article and its DYK. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 18:15, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

Long, strange trip

Robert Hunter
(1941–2019)

I haven't listened to a cassette tape in many, many years, but today I spent considerable time searching for my Robert Hunter bootlegs. Alas, I've, so far, been unable to find them. Fortunately, there's plenty available at archive.org.

The songwriting team of Garcia/Hunter was extraordinary, rivaled only by Lennon/McCartney. As a solo performer, I consider "Promontory Rider" to be the quintessential Hunter song. The amazing songwriter and poet Robert Hunter will be greatly missed. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 08:25, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

Kant's teleology

Thanks for your edits there, and also for pointing me to Walter Baxter. Although I don't think that pun can ever be forgivable! Andy Dingley (talk) 09:21, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

You're welcome for my minor edits. I assume you're referring to the April Fools' hook on my user page: ... that Walter Baxter wrote about the gay Batman–Kent relationship? I wrote the article specifically to create a hook about a gay Batman, but somehow the "Kent" thing eluded me until I had a moment of inspiration. Thank you for declaring it unforgivable – that's quite a compliment! BTW, the article ended up being one of my favorites. And, this being Banned Books Week, I'd like to finally read Baxter's books one of these days.... MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 10:26, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

Just to clarify: I'm not aware of Baxter's novels technically being banned, but I would be surprised if they weren't banned somewhere. I love the statement from his courageous publisher in response to calls for withdrawal – "We have not withdrawn the book, it just isn't for sale any more" – which amounts to a de facto ban. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 19:57, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

The surprising thing was that in all the coverage I've read of the Chatterley trial etc., I've never heard of him – even though Mervyn Griffith-Jones was involved in both. Andy Dingley (talk) 21:07, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

Mandarax, I wonder if I haven't looked at that article before; maybe I should just get the book, after I'm done reading every Mexican and African book I have on my stack here--about a dozen or so. Hey, if you have a moment, can you "do" your thing with hyphens etc. for Among the Lost? (I'm not as dumb as I seem, but as I'm preparing a book for publication all we use is "-" and "--"; I suppose the typesetter does the rest. Do typesetters still exist?) Thank you so much! Drmies (talk) 02:03, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

My hook may have alluded to superheroes, but you were the true superhero regarding the Walter Baxter article. You rescued it after someone had declined the submission at Articles For Creation. You mentioned it somewhere or another, and I noticed the April Fools' potential and expanded it. I really felt good writing it, as though I was giving a little recognition to this guy who was persecuted right out of writing. I see that his other book, Look Down in Mercy, is in your university library.

I'm always happy to do my hyphen thing for you.

Will this be your first book? Either way... how exciting! MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 07:07, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

Ha, yes, the history refreshes my memory. And I appreciate you picking up on these things. I was surprised that Monge didn't have an article yet--I suppose a lot of writers slip through the cracks. Yes, first book--fingers crossed. Thanks again, Drmies (talk) 14:08, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

Redirects

Thank you for fixing redirects, but I sometimes wish I could say please no when it's a bad redirect, such as Staatsoper Dresden, which should be an article, to Semperoper which didn't exist at the time. Eventually I may write Der Ring in Minden, - it would be pointless having to fix links then. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:55, 3 October 2019 (UTC)

I understand. I never "fix" such redirects in articles; I just do it when they'll only be on the Main Page briefly, per MOS:DYKPIPE. (The other redirects I fix are ones with typos.) I've noticed that when it's not done before it hits the MP, someone inevitably reports it to WP:ERRORS, and it gets taken care of then. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 01:27, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

I understand. In this case, I created the article, and changed the Thomas Mohr DYK nom. In case you know of other areas where you changed, please fix. I know the problem from Surtsicna regularly running into problems with the faithful believers in no redirects ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:33, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

As I said, I only change redirects where the MOS specifies that they should be: for brief appearances on the MP, or for typos. There's no place other than Template:Did you know nominations/Thomas Mohr (tenor) where I piped Stadttheater Minden to Der Ring in Minden. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 21:40, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

All fine. Looking forward to the singer's quirky hook on his birthday tomorrow ;) - quite a feat, Loge, Siegmund, Siegfried, Siegfried, often sung by four different singers, and all beautifully sung, with thougtful phrasing and lyricism on top of powerful thundering of extreme notes! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:54, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of the North Inch

I believe that I have made the required amendments to Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of the North Inch. Please confirm. Regards. QuintusPetillius (talk) 19:13, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

Yes, QuintusPetillius, thanks for adding the required links; I've made them bold. Your new ALT1, however, is 4 characters over the limit of 200. A reviewer may allow the extra few characters, but in general shorter hooks are preferred, so you might consider trimming it a bit. BTW, in one of your edit summaries, you refer to me as an admin, but (as you may have seen from my Editnotice here), I'm not one. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 19:36, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

I have trimmed ALT1. Regards. QuintusPetillius (talk) 20:25, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for adding spaces

Your work is appreciated.

Any feedback is welcome. Uziel302 (talk) 13:02, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for your note, and for providing such a useful and easy way to make corrections. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 19:49, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

The glass is half empty

Now, of course, I'm constantly hitting "enter" on my edit summary, staring at the screen, and getting frustrated that it isn't posting. It takes an embarrassingly long time - each time - to remember what's happening. I need a script that, when you press enter in the edit summary field, causes a big red flashing window to pop up saying "hit save you idiot". --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:25, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

I tried the snippet, it was too uncanny for me. –xeno^talk 16:05, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

(Context for curious stalkers.)

Well, first of all, Floquenbeam, I've warned you before, so watch it!

As for your feature request, the following is close:

// Prevent accidental submits
$(document).ready(function(){
    $('input#wpSummary').keypress(function(e){
        if(e.which==13) {
        	if(confirm("Publish changes?")) {return;}
			else {e.preventDefault();}
        }
    });
});

If you hit ↵ Enter in the Edit summary field, a window will pop up, asking "Publish changes?", but it's not big or red or flashing. Select OK to submit or Abbrechen to... uh... cancel. You may, of course, change the prompt from "Publish changes?" to something more self-deprecating if you'd like. Maybe this is sufficiently less uncanny for you, xeno? MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 22:15, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

I ... I really thought I was just kidding. That's fantastic. Thank you. I did change the prompt, but to avoid giving you an excuse to block me, I left out the "idiot" part. --Floquenbeam (talk) 23:08, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Preview! You’ll never hit 100k edits using preview old boy. –xeno^talk 00:27, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

You're welcome, Floquenbeam. And, if I may be egotistically presumptuous, thanks for this, although I'm quite undeserving of your praise, assuming it was even intended to be about me. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 00:35, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

You are, and it was. --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:13, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

:-)

I rarely literally LOL around here, but you made me do it with this. BTW, no, I don't have Writ's page watchlisted; I was just going to reply with the smiley, but clicked on my link and noticed your humorous reply. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 20:37, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

A cupcake for you!

for promoting the DYK on Louie Cullen (19 December 2019) - exciting for a new user - thank you very much Kaybeesquared (talk) 21:30, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, Kaybeesquared, for the cupcake, which I will enjoy even though I received it under false pretenses. I didn't actually promote your hook. I noticed that the bot which issues credits had complained about the credit template, and failed to give you your credit, so I took care of posting it on your talk page. I'd be happy to share the cupcake with Gerda Arendt who approved the nomination, 97198 who promoted the hook to prep, and Casliber who promoted it from prep to queue.

In any case, welcome to DYK! MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 21:56, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks - and first thanks are due to paul2520 who suggested this as a DYK and filled template. Kaybeesquared (talk) 22:10, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Vision in 2020

missing Brian

I like sharing, thanks for the party, and sorry for my silly mistake to have caused the credit not issued the normal way. With Cullen and Clara Schumann, we had four women on DYK today! I remember my first DYK, back then "on" for six hours. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:24, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Happy Holidays

	Season's greetings!
	I hope this holiday season is festive and fulfilling and filled with love and kindness, and that 2020 will be safe, successful and rewarding...keep hope alive....Modernist (talk) 02:13, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, Modernist. Ditto! And I hope you have a wonderful new year! MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 07:28, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

Happy New Year Mandarax!

Happy New Year!

Hello Mandarax:
Thanks for all of your contributions to improve the encyclopedia for Wikipedia's readers, and have a happy and enjoyable New Year! Cheers, Donner60 (talk) 00:04, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks (static)}} to user talk pages with a friendly message.

Thanks, Donner60. I hope you have a great new year too! MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 02:15, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Quarry Moor, Orobanche reticulata

Since this is a two-in-one DYK nomination, does it require TWO QPS? I'm not sure on multiple DYK nominations - OR is just one QPQ needed? You have more experience, so would have a better idea on this than myself. What if I wanted to do a five-in-one DYK nomination, does it just need ONE (1) QPQ or 5 QPQs????? Please answer here, as I have a Watch on your User Talk page--Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:02, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

One review is required for every nominated article. For a double nomination, this could be satisfied by reviewing one other double nom, or two singles. The relevant rule is WP:DYKSG#H4. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 00:03, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! Now I know to submit FIVE QPQs for my upcoming 5-in-1 nomination.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:38, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

You're welcome. Have fun with your quintuple. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 18:02, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, I am having fun with Template:Did you know nominations/Michigan Stove Company. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:23, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

I'm glad you made it clear about having a review for every nominated article. I previously then did the reviews prior to nominating the "quintuple" and your two made the number then at five done. The reviewer said "QPQs have been done" and the 5 article hook got approved. Now it is just a matter of the promoter promoting either ALT3 or ALT4.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 22:46, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

Mount Rittmann

Yes, "cosmopolitan distribution" is correct. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 19:21, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for answering my request to verify my disambiguation. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 19:34, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Re: Republican National Committee

You might be entertained to know the person who made the edit you wisely reverted boasted about it on Daily Kos. People there did not find his edit funny. -- llywrch (talk) 00:31, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

I actually reverted them on three articles, even though I sympathized with what they wrote (as one might presume from the MAAA banner at the top of this page). Oh, the burden of being a responsible user! I didn't bother warning them, but I thought my conciliatory edit summaries might do more to help prevent them from reinstating their edits than issuing stern warnings. Still, it's good that the people he was trying to impress told him not to do stuff like that. Thanks for letting me know. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 07:07, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

Brendan Kavanagh

Hi Mandarax, could you please take a look at my DYK nomination for this article? Thanks Crum375 (talk) 00:29, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

I see someone else began reviewing it shortly after your request. Sorry I was unable to do so, but the name was just too close to "Brett Kavanaugh", and it was simply too painful for me to even think about looking at it. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 07:40, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Eight years!

and today - flowers - Valentine --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:44, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Gerda! It's nice to know that I've been Precious for more than half of my fifteen years on Wikipedia. Happy Valentine's Day! MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 19:24, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

I bet you have been precious all the time, just I didn't notice ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:54, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

Hehe, thanks again. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 22:03, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

I wanted to click thanks, but my tired finger hit rollback, - sorry. Thanks for all these fine fixes! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:52, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

You're welcome. Some time ago, I decided to prevent my own accidental rollbacks, so I created a script to require confirmation of all rollbacks (as well as offering the option between standard rollback or using a customized edit summary). Anyways, I hope you're keeping safe and well. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 22:05, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

...and don't forget to smash that talk button, thank, and watchlist

Thanks. :) — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 20:16, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

 Wie   MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 20:45, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

Paris Breathes, etc.

Mandarax, It looks like I need to review the MOS. Thanks for fixing my mistakes. Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 22:36, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

You're welcome. After your kind note, I looked again and made some further edits. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 23:07, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Typo

Dear Mandarax. Thanks for fixing that Christy Smith typo. I just realized I'd made it and went back to fix it, only to find you'd already done so. Activist (talk) 08:02, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

You're welcome. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 09:43, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/George Sidney Herbert

Thanks for that. I was wondering how to unbold the apostrophe... --Usernameunique (talk) 22:31, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

You're welcome. I've taken care of hundreds, maybe thousands, of those over the years. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 22:36, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Pancho Medrano

Hi, I can't figure out what's wrong with this template. I can access it through the Approved page, but the bot placed this line on the talk page and it's turning up red. Can you figure it out? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 16:37, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

Hmm. Now I see a new page, Template:Did you know nominations/Francisco "Pancho" Medrano. Was the old page deleted properly? Yoninah (talk) 16:38, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

The reviewer, who moved the article, also attempted to fix the template to reflect that move, but did so incorrectly. I've fixed the template, but the transclusion on Talk:Pancho Medrano still shows two incorrect links. I've done a little investigating to try to find the source of the problem, but may not do any more, since I'm not really very motivated – I think that transclusion on an article talk page is annoying, useless clutter. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 19:26, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

I decided to go back and take a look. I've requested a fix. Thanks, Yoninah, for pointing out the issue. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 20:49, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for your edits at DYK nominations

Thanks for your edits at Camus DYK and at Ad hominem DYK. It is my first nominations and I appreciate all the help. Cheers! Cinadon36 09:06, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

You're welcome, and welcome to DYK! MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 17:50, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

DYK:Stephen Dee Richards

Hello Mandarax, A week ago you let me know that my hooks for my DYK nominations of Stephen Dee Richards were too long. I added shortened versions of them the day after you pointed it out and I was waiting for your input.--Paleface Jack (talk) 17:10, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

I had been fixing various issues on dozens of nominations. When I noticed your too-long hooks, I left you an edit summary comment rather than a note on the nomination page because I find that once anyone comments, it tends to keep people away, and delays a review. I've tweaked the nom some more, including the removal of the overly long hooks, leaving just the trimmed versions of them. I think that too many hooks can also keep reviewers away. But someone should be along to do the review soon. (You wouldn't want me to do the review, because I tend to be overly picky, and always find things that need fixing.) Please be patient; there are lots of nominations these days. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 22:37, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Ervaticine

Hi, PubChem says that Ervaticine and Conolidine are same. Gyimhu (talk) 09:59, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

I had no idea why you were telling me this. Then I saw that I had fixed a typo in Ervaticine, which I guess sort of explains it. I see that you've been doing a lot of redirect work, so I don't know why you didn't just convert Ervaticine into a redirect to Conolidine. If you're sure they're the same, you should do that. Note that there's a discrepancy: the conolidine article says that it was first isolated in 2004, but the ervaticine article has this 1985 ref describing its isolation. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 18:29, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

I am not sure but thought you are. I found Ervaticine by name in PubChem under article address Conolidine. Ervaticine is between other names but "other names" are not trusty and not unique. There is no data on article Ervaticine that identifies the molekule (IUPAC name, InChI, SMILES) but you must have other sources as me. Often PubChem (and ChemSpider) have separate articles for several stereoisomers and one for molecule without stereo information. There are some samples to this method in wiki too. Gyimhu (talk) 19:08, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Angels Ain't Listening

Hi. Thanks for your advice. I improved the first hook (I don't know if it is okey now and I will later improve the same in article) but I'm not sure about second. My proposal is order change in the end "that "Angels Ain't Listening" feels very 1980s and with disco-themed vibes it reminds song of Pet Shop Boys like done by them?". Eurohunter (talk) 08:31, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

The first hook looks better now. Thanks for taking care of it. In ALT1, I just changed one word, and it seems okay, more or less. You and whoever comes along to review your nomination can work out any final hook tweaks. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 21:02, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Eurohunter (talk) 22:26, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

The da Vinci Barnstar

		The da Vinci Barnstar
		For all you technical DYK work --evrik (talk) 04:27, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

Thank you very much! Most of my DYK work is kinda invisible, behind the scenes, so it's nice to know that someone's noticed. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 05:10, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

Drury / Dury

Thanks for your typo fixing on Ian Drury → Ian Dury. I've always called him Drury and now stand corrected! Mujinga (talk) 19:46, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

You're welcome. "Drury" actually sounds more correct, and there are lots of people with that name (much more than Dury). Thanks for the note. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 20:49, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

MAAA

I rarely break into laughter while watching the news, but I sure did today, when I saw that the White House press secretary declared that Donald Trump is "the most informed person on the planet Earth ...". I usually rely on Stephen Colbert (and Samantha Bee) for humorous commentary on Trump, so it's nice to know that Kayleigh McEnany is managing to make me laugh while Colbert is on vacation. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 03:55, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Just a niggle!

Thanks for your edit to Bendix Lasson Bille which is correct for 2020. The spelling of Puerto Rico which you "corrected" was in fact the spelling used in the original reference, and thus not a spelling mistake but an anachronism. Viking1808 (talk) 07:02, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

I thought it might be something like that. That's why I used the edit summary "Portorico is a redirect which is listed as a misspelling of Puerto Rico" (rather than saying something like I was fixing a typo), to indicate that I wasn't convinced it was truly a "misspelling". I had done a quick Googling and couldn't find anything relevant, and I hoped that my edit summary would draw the attention of someone knowledgeable, which it did. So thank you, Viking1808, for that. I have edited the Portorico redirect: it used to have {{R from misspelling}}, which I changed to {{R from historic name}}. I will leave it to you to decide which is better in Bendix Lasson Bille: leave it Puerto Rico, restore it to Portorico (now that it's no longer listed as a misspelling, people will be less likely to "fix" it), or pipe [[Puerto Rico|Portorico]]. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 07:51, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Many thanks for this. So many places have changed names over the last 250 years (Copenhagen, Oslo and Tallinn to name but three of interest to me). Let's leave it at Puerto Rico. Viking1808 (talk) 09:30, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

• I'm concerned about this section heading's casual use of the N-word. EEng 12:26, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
  • Hehe. BTW, I think the quote from the previous thread would make a fine exhibit in your Museum of Delusional Alternative Realities. MANdRUSS • ƧƧUЯbИAM (Oops. I got confused.) MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 18:55, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
  • EEng, I just wanted to explain why I undid your addition to my user page. While I appreciate the sentiment, my page should reflect my own feelings, and at this point, I don't think Trump should resign. It would've been great any previous time in his term, but by now I'd much rather see him suffer the humiliation of a resounding defeat at the polls (assuming he's unable to sufficiently suppress voting), plus the added humiliation of having to be removed by military force when he refuses to leave office. Of course, if both he and Pence resign, that would be amazing – I'd love to see acting President Pelosi for a few months. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 21:36, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

    No problem, I just grabbed the opportunity as inspiration struck. And I agree with you completely, though best of all, really, would be 25th Amendment with Pence leading the charge. Slow asphyxiation by Covid would be pretty good too – Biblical, really. So, in order, my thinking would be: (1) 25A (followed by (2) of course); (2) electoral landslide w/ Senate; (3) slow asphyxiation by Covid; (4) resign. Probably Stabbed through heart by Melania while she yells "Get off me you grotesque slug" should be in there too but I can't decide where exactly it belongs in the hierarchy. EEng 00:25, 6 July 2020 (UTC) P.S. The foregoing are not, of course, personal fantasies but merely a ranking of the estimated box-office potential of various proposals acquaintances have made for fictional dramatic works.

    Another not entirely unlikely possibility is that he withdraws from the race, just serving out the remainder of his term. That way he saves face and leaves on his own terms, retiring undefeated. I must admit that the COVID scenario had occurred to me, but it's better that he live to be prosecuted for his many crimes, and either spend the rest of his life in prison, or be executed for treason. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 05:22, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

    To be clear... I don't want him to withdraw. I believe he's just about the most beatable candidate possible. Then again, that's what I thought last time – I even suspected that Democrats must've been voting in Republican primaries to get the most unelectable person on the ballot. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 19:13, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

    He could be asphyxiated by Covid just enough for the motor damage to paralyze his hands. Then he can't tweet or grab pussies anymore. Or tuck his hands in his armpits when he feels intellectually overtaxed, or make that stupid accordion motion while he's talking. EEng 22:34, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago

Awesome

Ten years!

Excellent work all these years, thank you! - We have a featured topic to review. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:20, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, Gerda! MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 07:08, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

Well, thank Rlevse ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:34, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

Yes, but since Rlevse disappeared a few months after issuing this, thank you for taking over. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 10:40, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

... which is absolutely my pleasure, and about the most rewarding thing I do around here. Can you do me a favour, copy the above to my talk page on 3 August which as "my" day? ... same as Brian, by another award-giver, - and could you serve him as well (even if he can't see it). I still cherish your "excellence" which was among the first to make me blush. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:49, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

July

pale globe-thistle above the Rhine

Take some extra flowers for a diplomatic solution for a DYK error --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:55, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, Gerda. I have on occasion let an artichoke – a variety of thistle – go to flower. It's very pretty; so pretty that I use it as an iPad lock screen image. My main plant was attacked and destroyed a year ago, but I've got several small replacements in place. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 18:59, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

Lovely. I took this pic last year in the wild, but have a blue variety which just began to open the flowers, and bumblebees love them. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:09, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

Monteverdi's operas are now a featured topic! ... on the day 10 years after both Brian and I were declared awesome, I reminded by you ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:25, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

User:AnomieBOT/Auto-G8

I see in Special:Diff/966738268 you removed a transclusion of User:AnomieBOT/Auto-G8 from Bring-Gerrard form, with a comment "I don't think this is necessary". FYI, AnomieBOT adds that template to redirects it creates for en-dashed titles because without it people were wasting time and effort taking them to WP:RFD when deletion is a foregone conclusion and WP:CSD#G8 could apply. If we assume Bring–Gerrard form will never be deleted then true, it's unnecessary, but at the same time it doesn't hurt anything for it to be there. Also of note is that AnomieBOT will replace it if it ever has to update the target of Bring-Gerrard form to match Bring–Gerrard form. Anomie⚔ 22:15, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

Anomie, It's not true that "it doesn't hurt anything for it to be there". I removed it because I work on cleaning out Wikipedia:Database reports/Linked misspellings, and I finally got tired of having to skip over Bring–Gerrard form every single day litterally forever (i.e., almost a month, since you edited the template). I didn't notice until now that it had most recently been edited by a human; I thought your bot had done it. I had read over the template documentation before removing it, and it didn't seem relevant here. G8 doesn't seem to apply without major contortions. While obviously related, the hyphen redirect is not dependent on the en dash version except, apparently, in the way your bot treats it. It points exactly where it should, regardless of where the other one points, or whether it even exists. If the en dash one were deleted, and I certainly don't know why that would ever happen, the hyphen version could still conceivably stick around – it's the more useful one, because it's much more likely to be typed in. (Anyone attentive enough to use the en dash may be more likely to spell it correctly too.)

Anyways, I really don't care about any of that. All I'm interested in regarding the matter is that the "Linked misspellings" page not be polluted with permanent, irrelevant entries that can't ever be fixed without removing that template. Can the template be changed so it doesn't link to the misspelled redirect? As it is now, any time it's used for a misspelled redirect, it will be a constant source of irritation for everybody who patrols the "Linked misspellings" page. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 08:05, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

If the en-dash-using redirect were to be deleted, there's basically no chance that the exact same reasoning would apply to the ASCII-hyphen-using redirect. After exactly that happened multiple times, I created that template and had the bot start creating it. I later came across {{R avoided double redirect}}, which covers redirects needing update rather than only those needing deletion.

I fear that your zeal to clear out that one report may have negative effects, as it will preclude using templates like {{User:AnomieBOT/Auto-G8}} and {{R avoided double redirect}} to track redirects that need to be updated when their nominal targets change. There's no way to change these templates/modules to avoid links, as that's how MediaWiki tracks when a page needs to be updated due to an edit to another page. It would probably be better to see if the bot creating your report can ignore links that are due to these templates. Anomie⚔ 13:06, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

The problem isn't my "zeal". There are other entries on the list that I accept as items I have to skip over for various reasons. The problem is the faulty documentation on the template (as well as its name), which only says that it's used for applying a G8. I only removed it from the redirect because it seemed inapplicable. I'm sure there are some people who agree that G8 could be contorted to this use, but there are certainly people who agree with me that it's not applicable. If the documentation had used something like G6, and, more importantly, had mentioned that the template is also used for updating the redirect when the target changes, I never would've removed it. Now that I know that, I've restored it. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 18:33, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

{{User:AnomieBOT/Auto-G8}} is only for applying speedy deletion. {{R avoided double redirect}} is for all manner of updates but calls for more human thought. Anomie⚔ 20:49, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

I just took a look at the source of the template. I see that even you acknowledge that admins may view G8 as being inapplicable. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 20:14, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

G6 is also arguable, as the situation or anything like it is not described there as an example of uncontroversial maintenance. So to avoid arguments over whether G8 and/or G6 is valid I have the resulting CSD request mention all three of G8, G6, and G7. Personally I find most convincing the argument that since for R→T then R will be G8-ed if T is deleted, then the same should apply for R→T1→T2 (which becomes R→T2 after avoiding the double redirect) when T1 is deleted. Anomie⚔ 20:49, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

Update:​ I said above that there were other unfixable entries on the list that I had to skip over, but there currently are not any others. I don't really care, even though I consider the template's use there to be of questionable usefulness at best (who's gonna go around deleting perfectly plausible redirects?), but ... whatever.... Yes, I wasn't convinced that G6 would exactly be applicable, which is why I said "something like G6", but it's more of an umbrella criterion, so, I still think, certainly better than G8.

What the bot should do instead of adding the template is monitor a list kept in its user space, and if a redirect on the list gets deleted, change the other redirect to point to the deleted one, and do a G8, which would then actually be applicable. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 02:12, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

I see that someone else (this time an admin) made an edit similar to mine, and you reverted them (with an unnecessarily brusque edit summary). This is likely to continue happening as other users make what is a very logical edit. Have you considered implementing my suggestion, which is a far superior method of attacking this non-problem? MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 03:05, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Angels Ain't Listening

Hello. I think it shouldn't be duplicated from obious reasons. Reference is just three sentences further. Eurohunter (talk) 19:51, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

I just noticed "Each fact in the hook must be supported in the article by at least one inline citation to a reliable source, appearing no later than the end of the sentence(s) offering that fact.". So it will be removed after DYK? Eurohunter (talk) 19:52, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

I attempted to make it very clear in my edit summary (and explained on the nom page) why I did it. After the DYK is complete, you may either leave it in place or remove it, as you wish. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 20:07, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

Jaybee Sebastian death

Hi! The official news was only released awhile ago that’s why you can’t find any articles regarding the death of this high profile inmate yesterday. I brought back my edits in the said article. Jsnueva1022 (talk) 06:12, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for supplying sources, as I had requested in my edit summary. Now, nine hours later, I'm able to find some English sources. The Filipino sources, such as you added, may have been available sooner. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 06:56, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Joy Parr DYK

Thanks for fixing the DYK. I wasn't sure how to make it into a double nom. SL93 (talk) 17:36, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

You're welcome. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 18:20, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

Sulpher

Why did you revert my change to “Sulpher”? “Sulpher” is most likely a misspelling of “sulphur” (the British spelling), as opposed to a misspelling of “sulfur” (the American spelling). Gorobay (talk) 21:02, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

I did not revert your change. If you check, you'll see that most of your addition was still there. I didn't realize that it was an acceptable British spelling. I thought someone had accidentally added an incorrect partial correction of the spelling, and there seemed no point in listing a version of the word that differed from the correct one being redirected to. I had almost changed the redirect to point to Sulfur (disambiguation). That seemed (and still seems) like the best redirect target; I only left it as is because the dab page is just one click away via the hatnote on Sulfur. I had gone through and fixed all of the pages that linked to Sulpher, and most of them were not typos at all – they intended to link to the correctly spelled band Sulpher (featuring Rob Holliday). In any case, I've restored the word. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 21:54, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Belva Cottier

Hi, what did I do wrong? Yoninah (talk) 16:25, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

Found it. Yoninah (talk) 16:47, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

Good job. An extra "[" can be difficult to track down. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 17:46, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

August

August

Sunflowers in Walsdorf

A first for me today: a featured list (= a featured topic in this case) on the Main page, see Wikipedia:Main Page history/2020 August 21, an initiative by Aza24 in memory of Brian. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:22, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

Congratulations! MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 20:41, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, also for fixing more of those DYK formalities! Today: Rhythm Is It! - I expanded that stub on my dad's birthday because we saw the film together back then, and were impressed. As a ref said: every educator should see it. Don't miss the trailer, for a starter. - A welcome chance to present yet another article by Brian on the Main page, Le Sacre du printemps. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:39, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

You're welcome. I watched the trailer; looks like a good film. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 17:48, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

To tired to start September: instead of fixing DYK templates that are transcluded, you could also drop the transclusions, which I always do (unless I forget) once the DYK credit comes. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:34, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

That would definitely be my preferred solution. I think it's completely unnecessary, redundant clutter. But I would never undertake such a project (using AWB) without consensus. So, for now, I'll just continue fixing the existing faulty transclusions. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 23:43, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Nominating Walter Mears for DYK, fix?

Hi I just nominated an article for review. I'm new and am still confused about how to do it. I just found you in my watch list and the word fix. I'm wondering if it's because I did something wrong? Thanks in advance for your help :-) PS. Love your user page! Hopefully, I will be able to list so many milestones! Mollifiednow (talk) 22:36, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

Yes, Mollifiednow, it can be confusing for newcomers. The proper way to insert your nomination into WP:DYKN is to add {{Did you know nominations/Walter Mears}} under the date when creation or expansion began. I took care of that for you. Now, you need to add one or more hooks to your nomination. A hook will be an interesting fact from the article. For example: ... that Walter Mears compared Donald Trump to Huey Long, citing historical comparisons? I haven't read the article; I just took a very quick glance, and that one jumped out at me. Feel free to use it if you want, but there may be more interesting things. Please see WP:DYK for more information. Welcome to DYK! Thanks about my user page. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 07:04, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

Thanks very much. Now I understand what Rotideypoc41352 must have been nudging me to do in a comment that he made.

I'm embarrassed to say this, but I think I got myself into a pickle by making this nomination. I'm in over my head =-O I'm going to attempt to add a couple of hooks.

Thanks for your help, I do appreciate the help and patience :) Mollifiednow (talk) 13:28, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

fyi. I just added three hooks under the question asked by @Rotideypoc41352 Hopefully, that fixed the problem. Again, thanks very much for your help! Mollifiednow (talk) 13:57, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

You're welcome. I did a little formatting of your hooks. Whoever comes along to review the nomination may suggest changes to them, and may also tell you if anything else needs to be done, so keep your nom page watchlisted. Good luck with your first DYK! MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 18:05, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

I can't thank you enough! This is for you --->🏆 ;-) Mollifiednow (talk) 19:10, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

You're welcome again. Thanks for the trophy. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 19:51, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

OSCE

The British spelling is used in UK and Ireland, as I understand it there is no need to change the "s" for a "z". Do you have any objection to me changing it back? Boynamedsue (talk) 22:50, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

Just checked, the government of Ireland, UK and the EU use the "s" spelling, given Hungary is in the EU, I think that means we should use the "s" spelling in an EU related article. I may be wrong in this interpretation, though. Boynamedsue (talk) 22:55, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

No matter what any regional spellings may be, the MOS says that "proper names use the subject's own spelling". See OSCE's information page to verify that my edit changed it to the correct spelling. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 03:46, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Fair enough, that does seem clear. Thanks. Boynamedsue (talk) 06:36, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Hi

Loved the little fixes on this article. I am not a native English speaker and definitely not a "writer", and such things often keep eluding me. After making 800+ edits to the article, and some help from the copyediting team, I still can moan and groan about the copy. Can you, if you have some time to waste, do some more of the stuff you did for that article?

The biggest motherload of s**t the article is sitting on right now is the cite formats. Nowhere near the MOS. I positively feel that the burden of fixing them would be upon my poor self. Till then I will be grateful for the tweaks you made. Cheers... and Y a cup of tea. It's better than beer, you know. Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 12:01, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

I went to the page because it was listed as having a typo, and after fixing it, I noticed a few other things to tweak. I'll take a quick look and see what else jumps out at me as in need of fixing. However, I must take issue with your tea/beer assertion! MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 19:17, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

		A beer on me!
		There is nothing better than to argue about beer while finishing a very big mug of the same stuff, chilled. Let's drink to that and typos, till morning. If we still can walk, we can go home then. How does that sound? Cheers. Aditya(talk • contribs) 01:47, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Sounds good. Thanks! MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 02:51, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

A smile for you! Thanks for looking out for me!

Hello Mandarax, Mollifiednow (talk) 20:09, 15 September 2020 (UTC) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Thank you! I'm so glad I was able to persuade you to withdraw your withdrawal of your first DYK nomination. I see that it's been approved, so congratulations and welcome to DYK! MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 20:27, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

OMG 😲 I didn't know it was approved! I haven't seen any conversation about the article except that it met the requirements. I'm so surprised. I gotta do a happy dance 💃💃💃 ha ha. Do they notify me when it's posted? (I'm still lost when it comes to the process) Mollifiednow (talk) 20:35, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

The icon indicates that it's been approved. It could take quite a while until it makes it to the Main Page. Keep the nom page watchlisted, and you'll see when the nomination is closed and one of the hooks is added to a Prep area; there you can see in the "Local update times" when it'll tentatively be scheduled to run. The hook may be edited and/or moved to a different prep, before it's moved to a queue, until it eventually hits the Main Page. When it does, a bot will issue a credit to your talk page (as well as the article's talk page). MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 20:56, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for explaining in simple English. I've had the page on my watchlist.bI thought the check ✔ was just a review and there'd be a conversation before it was "officially" accepted to go on the DYK page. you've been so helpful and patient( honestly, I had done the withdrawal because I had embarrassed myself too much, by not understanding the process well enough). I'm grateful for your input. Now I feel much more comfortable with the articles that I have expanded and written, which was my original goal. Cheers! (I've been working on my user page :) I'm trying to get into my own groove here!) Best, Mollifiednow (talk) 21:33, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

There was certainly no need to be embarrassed; we were all new once. You're very welcome for my help. I was happy to do it, and I'm glad to see that you're feeling more comfortable around here. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 00:59, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

You're probably watching it already, but just a reminder: your hook is currently in Queue 3 and is tentatively (everything's subject to change) scheduled to hit the Main Page tomorrow at 8 am New York time (I dunno where you are). BTW, I hope you don't mind, but I fixed what I'm 99.999% sure was a typo on your user page. If you've seen my user page, you know that we share an overwhelming sadness on the passing of the great Ruth Bader Ginsburg. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 20:52, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! I'm so excited! I never expected something like this, I really just needed to know if my work was good enough. I'm east coast, I will see it in the morning :-)

NP about edit on my user page either, I appreciate the extra set of 👀. Yes, RBG was one-of-a-kind. I was heartbroken to learn of her passing. BTW, we also share the same attention to the countdown to election day ;-) PS love your user page. Hope to build mine up as well. This is so much better than wasting time on social media all day :-) I have always enjoyed research and writing. I'm very luck to have met you and I can't thank you enough for the encouragement and the time you've spent helping me out.

Sometime in the near future, I'd like to ask for help in adding pictures to a couple of articles, if you don't mind. The copyright thing is very confusing. I don't even know if I can upload a picture, properly. Take care! Mollifiednow (talk) 21:24, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

You're welcome again. You're also welcome to ask about adding pictures, but I'm not sure how helpful I'll be. Most of the ones I've added have been paintings by long-dead artists, so the copyright issue is easy to deal with. Congrats again on your upcoming first DYK! MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 22:08, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for re-editting the Page I just created!

Dear wikipedian,

Thank you very much for reediting my new article.

I would like to ask, what is your advice for me concerning the article I created as I am still learning and I observed you have 16 straight years of experience.

One regard, James Moore200 (talk)

You're welcome for my very minor edits. The advice I would normally give to a new editor would be to include sources, but they're already present in the article, including inline refs. So, just keep doing what you're doing. Welcome to Wikipedia! MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 07:41, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Morrison Heady

Hi, is this a real thing? I've never seen anyone do this before. If it's new to you too, would you mind commenting there? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 23:59, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

I hadn't seen it before. I would guess that it might become common as users try to push Wikidata. I hope people don't go around changing existing infoboxes, but I bet one day a bot will do just that. I see the advantage, in that articles in every Wikilanguage will use the same data, so it could potentially prevent some errors. The good thing is that {{Infobox person/Wikidata}} will accept the usual parameters to override or supplement the default ones supplied by Wikidata. So you didn't have to change the image on Wikidata – you could've added an |image= parameter to the infobox. Of course, one will still have to know or look up the names of the parameters one wants to add. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 08:09, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

OK, thanks. I'll continue making infoboxes the old way and hope I don't come across these techie users too often :) Yoninah (talk) 10:56, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

K. Hepburn

Thank you for rescuing me just now. Your edit summary "typo" was too kind: it wasn't a typo but pure ignorance, alas. I am indebted to you. Tim riley talk 22:38, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Well, I think you're being too hard on yourself. I've fixed that typo many times, so lots of other people do the same thing. Thanks for your note. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 22:45, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

• It's very rude to make nosey (talk page stalker)s trawl though your contributions to find what you're talking about. Please provide a link so we can join in pretending to salve the OP's ego while, in reality, subtly making fun of them. EEng 00:41, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
  • I did provide a link to the relevant diff, but you may not have recognized it as such since it doesn't include a "_". Or, if you meant links to the many times I've fixed it over the years, I'll leave that as an exercise for you to undertake; unfortunately, my edit summary is usually just "Fix typo", so that wouldn't be an easy undertaking.
    I guess when I label things I fix as typos, it's AGF-ish, as most of the ones I fix are probably words the misspeller actually doesn't know how to spell, rather than something they just mistyped.
    While I have your attention, I'll note that it appears that your scenario number 3 may be happening. Of course, you don't exactly have to be Nostradamus to have predicted that Trump would get COVID. I wish him a full recovery, and hope he lives a very long life.
    And one more thing.... When I revert someone, I half expect to be re-reverted or to have an angry note left on my talk page. So it was refreshing when you Thanked me for this. You are a class act. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 07:16, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

    Thanks for taking the time to say so. I just try to be the best editor I can. EEng 07:41, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

Notes

My typos

Re this edit: Yes, I make typos, lots of them. It's something to do with the way my brain works. My practice with these shipwreck lists is that when I get to the end of researching through newspapers for each year, I go back the the January list and check through for obvious errors such as malformed entries, redlinks that should be blue links, etc. I then work through Feb - Dec similarly before starting the splitting of the list for the next year. Obviously I fix any typos I spot as and when I spot them. Don't get stressed over fixing typos, they are not deliberate. Mjroots (talk) 05:20, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

I certainly don't "get stressed over fixing typos", and I obviously don't think they're deliberate. (Hmmmmm, if one is deliberately misspelling something, then they have a typo, the word may end up spelled correctly....) I actually had no idea who was making the typo. I just knew whenever the typo "United Kingdom of Great Britian and Ireland" showed up, that when I checked "What links here", it would always be a shipwreck article. So I was pretty sure it was the same person doing it over and over and over, but I never cared enough to check any histories to see who it was.

The purpose of my edit summary was threefold: 1) I figured that whoever kept making the same mistake time and time again was probably copying and pasting from something with the misspelling, and I thought they might see the summary and fix whatever they were copying from. 2) I like to use the word I coined, "litterally", whenever I can, in hopes that it will catch on. 3) I also liked the juxtaposition of fixing a typo while using an edit summary word which the uninitiated may erroneously think is itself a typo. So, to summarize, my summary was intended to be informative while also a bit playful. I hope you didn't take it any other way. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 08:55, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

No, we're good, but it's a straight typo rather than a c&p, which is why I sometimes get it right . It would be helpful if that redirect didn't exist though, as that way it'd show up as a redlink and I would be better able to spot it. Mjroots (talk) 09:17, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

Ah, well, they say one should never assume, and my assumption was wrong. I imagine the repeated typo may be the result of some kind of muscle memory. I know that whenever I try to type "think", I usually end up typing "thing". I agree that misspelled redirects are often not very helpful since they prevent a redlink which would otherwise reveal a typo. And you don't catch the typo when you proofread the rendered page because you pipe it to a correct spelling. In that sense, it's not that important to fix the piped misspelling, but according to WP:BRINT one shouldn't link to a misspelled redirect, so I do go around fixing 'em. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 20:50, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

Message for you

Hi,

I've left a message for you at Talk:2020 Australian Grand Prix. (I messed up {{re}} so I came here).
SSSB (talk) 12:09, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

Threats

I do not take kindly to threats from you or anyone else. You said that I "vandalized" the article Impressionism, and you threaten me with banishment. I refute your accusations. I never even looked at the article Impressionism let alone edited it. Take your terrible threats elsewhere. Thank you. Wallie (talk) 11:21, 26 October 2020 (UTC)