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EPRO (disambiguation)

Hello, my friend. I guess I'm a little rusty, but why is EPRO (disambiguation) needed if nothing links to it and nobody will search for it? Best wishes, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 02:21, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

@Anna Frodesiak: WP:INTDABLINKS explains. There are links to EPRO (disambiguation) from other disambiguation pages where the convention is used to mark them as intentional links. older ≠ wiser 12:04, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Ah, okay. Thank you kindly. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 21:57, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

And I am sorry. I should have dug into it and found out myself. I've been so busy off-wiki I just dumped it into your lap. My humblest apologies. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 22:26, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Please re-insert my Bobo art collective entry...

Bobo the art / music collective have been around for 10 years and deserve an entry on this page. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drewgillespie11233 (talk • contribs) 01:54, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

You deleted the "Silicon Mountain Disambiguation page"

Why did you delete the Silicon Mountain Disambiguation page I was working on? As you can see, the page / article was under development (just newly created and pending content which was coming), why didn't you create a thread on the talk page then I give you my reason for creating the page rather than just delete, it's not fair. You would have asked me first before going ahead to delete if at all you are supposed to. --Alangi Derick (talk) 12:37, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

@Alangi Derick: There was no indication that anything was forthcoming. On the face of it, there was nothing being disambiguated by that page. If there are in fact existing Wikipedia articles on other topics that are ambiguous with the term, please feel free to recreate the page, but familiarize yourself with the guidelines WP:DAB and WP:MOSDAB on what is appropriate content for a disambiguation page and instructions for structuring and formatting. older ≠ wiser 12:59, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

Bkonrad, Thank you! --Alangi Derick (talk) 13:03, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Acme, Michigan

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Changing dab page

By this edit you made the James H. Lane (general) dab page a redirect to the more general James Lane. This, however, was not an incomplete disambiguation. The unusual circumstance about James H. Lane (general) is that there were two different Civil War generals with the same name and even the same middle name. Anyone who lands on that page is looking for one of those generals, not to any of a whole bunch of other James Lanes with different middle names and different vocations. Obviously the generals should both be listed on James Lane, as they are, but the more specific dab page should be retained to make the readers' lives easier. JamesMLane t c 15:28, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

It is incomplete disambiguation. In a sense it is doubly-incomplete disambiguation. Both James H. Lane and James H. Lane (general) are ambiguous and redirect to the base disambiguation page at James Lane. I don't think there are so many James Lane's as to make the it unusually difficult for readers to find the correct general. By your reasoning, we should also have a separate disambiguation page at James Henry Lane, since there are no others with the middle name Henry on the main disambiguation page. older ≠ wiser 15:44, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

No such place

There is no such place as Southern Ireland. It is the Republic of Ireland. An independant country. We do not call it Southern Ireland. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.43.167.100 (talk) 20:02, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

Beaver Creek (White River tributary)

B, the trouble with this title is that there's another one in Alaska. Probably there's a better way to distinguish them, but this is one way that I've seen. The Alaska one is listed at List of rivers in Alaska, but doesn't have an article. I didn't add that one at the disambig page at Beaver Creek, but did make other relevant changes there, in case you want to come up with a better scheme and fix these. Dicklyon (talk) 20:18, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

If disambiguation by tributary doesn't work, the other option is to use smallest appropriate political entity. Granted, with an names like "Beaver Creek" and "White River" there is going to be some risk of overlap. I see there is also another "Beaver Creek" in Missouri. Perhaps Beaver Creek (southern Missouri) would work, similar to Black River (Southwest Michigan), Coldwater River (Western Michigan), and Huron River (northern Michigan). Not sure whether there are similar names used elsewhere. Probably worth querying on the project page. older ≠ wiser 20:40, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

OK, I poked at WT:WikiProject Rivers#More disambiguation issues – help needed. Dicklyon (talk) 22:29, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

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Moscow Metro station vandalism

Stop it! 85.182.115.130 (talk) 19:37, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

No. These are all quite clearly incomplete disambiguation. There is no reason to have a disambiguation page at a title with a parenthetical disambiguation term. older ≠ wiser 19:39, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Discussing is a start. "There is no reason to have a disambiguation page at a title with a parenthetical disambiguation term" - can you prove that? RE WP:incomplete disambiguation - why can other place names have it? And WP:SIA exists too, right User:Ezhiki? 85.182.115.130 (talk) 19:42, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

What other places name have a disambiguation page at a title that is already parenthetically disambiguated? older ≠ wiser 19:44, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Remember your 2007 Acme Township? Calling it "Acme (township)" or "Acme Township" is only a convention. You can also move "Prospekt Mira (Moscow Metro)" to more correct "Prospekt Mira (Moscow Metro station)" or to "Prospekt Mira Station" to match the style of South Station (disambiguation) or Southern Region (disambiguation) or your very own Acme Township. Your current actions skew reality be removing ambiguous names of Russian stations from Category:Station disambiguation pages. As if this kind of ambiguity does only exist outside Russia. Or do it all like Moskovsky (inhabited locality) - which User:Ezhiki created to work around WP dab page restrictions. 85.182.115.130 (talk) 19:55, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Acme Township is not merely a convention. These places are known as "Acme Township" and that title has no parenthetical disambiguation, so I really don't see how that supports your point. Yes, you could frame them as being a sort of set index, although in majority of cases there is no value added by such a change and a very significant downside in that mistaken links to set index articles are not readily identified as needing to be fixed.

"Prospekt Mira (Moscow Metro station)" would not be a more correct title for a disambiguation page. That is merely a different parenthetically qualified title and would be a similarly incomplete disambiguation. Such a move would do nothing to match the style of South Station (disambiguation) or Southern Region (disambiguation). Neither of those titles are parenthetically qualified. You can add Category:Station disambiguation pages to the main disambiguation pages. This is common for many of these sub-categories of disambiguation pages. older ≠ wiser 20:20, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

In fact, if you really want to maintain consistency in the form of the pages in that category, you could add the category to the redirect pages. older ≠ wiser 20:24, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Why don't you do it the latter way, but add Avtozavodsky to the station dab category without any station named so in enWP?

"You can add Category:Station disambiguation pages to the main disambiguation pages." - I would prefer to not add false claims to enWP. 77.179.75.183 (talk) 22:29, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

What false claims. That's ridiculous. There is absolutely no reason nor any precedent for subcategories of Category:disambiguation pages to contain ONLY the specific type of entity. Most of these categories include disambiguation pages that contain heterogeneous entries. If you want to add the category to the redirects, go right ahead. older ≠ wiser 22:40, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Admin right abuse

In content conflict you violated 3RR and used admin rights. That's abuse, newbie. 85.182.115.130 (talk) 19:44, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Uh huh. older ≠ wiser 19:45, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Newbie, learn to behave. 85.182.115.130 (talk) 19:56, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Don't engage in tag team editing against guidelines. older ≠ wiser 20:21, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

"tag team editing against guidelines" - what is that? And why not? 77.179.75.183 (talk) 22:31, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

It's when a bunch of ill-mannered and uninformed IP editors gang together to make edits contrary to guidelines. older ≠ wiser 22:45, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Pollution of Category:Station disambiguation pages

Let It Be, newbie. Not a single station is named Avtozavodsky ... , idiot. 77.179.75.183 (talk) 22:26, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Please come and help...

Should MoS shortcut redirects be sorted to certain specific maintenance categories? An Rfc has been opened on this talk page to answer that question. Your sentiments would be appreciated!  Paine Ellsworth  ^put'r there  16:53, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

NSA Disambiguation

I read your rationale for reverting the NSA disambiguation edit but also certain that you have not considered the anonymous IP source of the first disambiguation for the NSA nor are considering the proper service of the purpose behind disambiguation. The Talk was posted with purpose and the National Security Administration article does not deserve ownership of initials in the English language considering the sheer number of other things which may be called NSA! It would have been civil to make replies to the Talk before reverting or forcing your personal edits and also considering the number of relative edits that needed to be made. Problemsmith (talk) 12:52, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

Sorry, but you are the one wanting to make a change and it is incumbent on you to establish consensus for such a change when it is questioned. I'm not sure if you are referring to your edit at NSA (disambiguation) or to the redirect at NSA. In either case, there are guidelines for such situations. older ≠ wiser 12:58, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

Screw it then it was a waste of time to try to make an improvement, your understanding of the guideline is erroneous. I was talking about the statistical analysis we did relative to how many visitors intended to find the National Security Agency as opposed to anything else (disambiguated) uses for NSA. The simple fact that NSA are initials that represent something (not necessarily the NSA) are discriminatory and overbearing. The NSA is NOT the National Security Agency!!! The National Security Agency is the National Security agency and is today the "most common" reference when using the initials NSA but it is also representative of over 30 other things and other things pre-date the existence of the National Security Agency. Then on top of it all you insist on saying in this disambiguation page, NSA is the National Security Agency; and this is not a fact nor do they hold a copyright or patent on it. Problemsmith (talk) 13:15, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

What statistical analysis? Who is "we"? Making unsubstantiated claims is easy. Providing evidence and establishing consensus is essential. And no, I don't think my understanding of the relevant guidelines (WP:PRIMARYREDIRECT, MOS:DABPRIMARY, and WP:MALPLACED) is erroneous. older ≠ wiser 13:34, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

I knuckled down and read everything obviously you like the rules and so do I; our understanding may be different based in babel as opposed to literal common law English in which the US and English systems are well-understood. The whole ideal of Primary is facetious when the author is an IP address instead of an Wikipedian; despite that the Oxford dictionary does not say NSA is the National Security Agency so it is not; although it is common knowledge what it stands for or represents the National Security Agency. Despite this people in general will be hard-pressed to discover or learn that NSA has other meanings and can also refer to other security agencies in other countries or anything at all unless they reach the disambiguation page which you want to prevent or at least make it harder. I looked for a consensus for your way as well and there is none, I am not here to battle on Wikipedia so put a feather in your hat. We will work on a term in our own realm to better represent non-state actors so they are not mistaken for the NSA. Problemsmith (talk) 14:05, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

You might want to make the domination of the term NSA more complete by getting the NSA template in accordance too, it refers to the British government's National Security Advisers to the Prime Minister, maybe we will look into registering the term as a trademark for something that will confuse everyone enough to screw up the governmental agency that never should have let anyone know they exist at all, our governments today are a joke so are its protagonists! Problemsmith (talk) 14:29, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

whole ideal of Primary is facetious when the author is an IP address instead of an Wikipedian -- first, there is no reason to presume that edits made by an IP editor have any greater or lesser value than edits made by "an Wikipedian". If you understood anything about how Wikipedia works, you would know that IP editors ARE Wikipedians just as much as any registered editor. Second, NSA has been a redirect to the National Security Agency for most of its existence, and previous attempts to place a disambiguation page there have been repeatedly restored to a redirect by various "Wikipedians". The point is, is that YOU need to establish consensus to change what is essentially long-standing consensus. older ≠ wiser 15:29, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

Acronym fetishist

Hi Bkonrad, would you mind blocking Acronym Addict per Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/DeepNikita? Thanks. Sro23 (talk) 04:17, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

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About Georgia

I guess that the parser function didn't work for some reason. It didn't work for me, but I assumed that that was because I was using an IP. Maybe replacing 0 with 0 would make it work? Or maybe 7500 has to be positive (and the > sign replaced with a < sign) or have a numbers comma. I know that Wikipedia has some way of figuring out which side of the Atlantic the reader is on because the please donate messages state the country that the reader is in. A request for an editor with more technical knowledge could be put out if all else fails. What do you think?98.197.198.46 (talk) 19:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Knapton Hill, Smith's Parish, Bermuda

Hiya, noticed you have been removing Knapton Hill from placenames on the Knapton disambiguation page, repeatedly. A citation (yes, even on a disambig page) should be fine in case there is no wikipedia article to reference (should create new article, really, that would avoid the bot or the tag). Anyway, I'm new at this, so if you could make improvements, that would be great! Thanks and Happy Christmas! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.228.171.106 (talk) 23:05, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

No, external links and references do not ever belong on disambiguation pages. Either there is an existing article that supports the usage or there is nothing to disambiguate within the context of Wikipedia. Mere existence is not sufficient for inclusion on a disambiguation page. older ≠ wiser 23:16, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

Hello, Dolly!

Thanks for completing the disambiguation of Hello, Dolly! (album). Much much better. I went ahead and got rid of all the ambiguous links meant to point at Hello, Dolly! (Ella Fitzgerald album)--Toploftical (talk) 02:42, 28 December 2017 (UTC)