User talk:Clarityfiend/2017

Happy New Year, Clarityfiend!

Happy New Year!

Clarityfiend,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of administrative subdivisions of Southeast Asia by fertility rate

I expanded the scope of this AfD to include List of administrative subdivisions of Africa by fertility rate; you !voted before I did that and I just wanted to give you notice. Jytdog (talk) 19:23, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

Prehistoric films

Two things

• I have reverted the change you made to 'List of historical period drama films and series'. I have presented my arguments for inclusion of the prehistory section on the talk page. I decided to revert your change based on the long-standing presence of the prehistory section. I argue inclusion of the section with a possible preamble as explanation
• I noticed that you have removed many films from the 'Films set in prehistory' category. This seems to be based on a literal interpretation of the title of the category (though you have given no explanation for these removals), whilst ignoring the additional explanation given on the category page, namely 'Usually set in prehistoric times or depict a group of contemporary explorers coming across a "lost world" of primitive and/or prehistoric people who live anomalously from the civilized outside world.'. In other words, the previous editors had intended to include all films where some sort of representation of prehistoric life was made, even if it occurred from the narrative sense, in the current world (due to limitations in plot possibilities). If you disagree with this viewpoint of inclusion, you need to make it clear why, and make the appropriate changes on the category page, and allow other editors with an interest to make comment.Jameel the Saluki (talk) 07:11, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

• @Jameel the Saluki: I see no argument for keeping prehistoric films on that talk page. All I see is a preexisting complaint that they don't belong in the list. It violates the criteria that they be "based upon historical events and famous people." Must have been really slow updating. I see it now and will continue the discussion there. Clarityfiend (talk) 08:01, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

I put it on the wrong talk page, sorry Jameel the Saluki (talk) 08:05, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

User:Betty Logan has suggested differing between period dramas and historical dramas as a way of either splitting or culling the list based on categorisation by AllMovie (amongst other splits/culling). I would be happy with this as a suitable way of reducing the length of the list and removing pre-historic films from those aimed at covering historical events. How are you getting on with getting other opinions at the film project? Is there a way that we can come to a resolution on this? In the meantime I think that I will go through all of the movies and summarise each based on historical, period, fictional and myth content Jameel the Saluki (talk) 12:08, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

Oops

I'm sorry about this glitchy edit. I don't know how that happened. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 14:56, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

Re Style of comments in the Edit Summaries

I was wondering if possible you could tone down the inflammatory style of the comments you put in the Edit Summaries. A recent case came to my notice where you removed the Category 'Lists of historical period drama films' from the article 'List of films based on the Bible'. Whilst I agree with your edit (due to the hierarchical nature of the category system), I thought the reason for doing it namely "absurd category" was unnecessarily inflammatory, The editor who put it there most likely did so for good reason, and probably could present an argument as to why they did it. Surely you'd have to agree that there are a great many people who believe that the Bible is historical fact. I do not think it's particularly helpful or fair that you have described their work or what they believe as absurd. It certainly got my back up (again), and I think that the Bible is mostly a work of fiction. Jameel the Saluki (talk) 12:37, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Phebe Starr has been accepted

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Thanks, on behalf of me and my client. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:36, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

Comic strips, charges and cartoons (read below:)!

Hello, exist a problem in several articles and verbets of Wikipedia and Wiktionary in Portuguese, English and Spanish!

Was be saying that comic strip, charge and cartoon are synonymous, when, in really, are different things!

Below, the explanations of that are the comic strips, charges and cartoons:

• Comic strip: comics of short duration with the charts disposed and organized in form of a strip, how the proper name already implies. The comic strips may or may not be humoristic and contains strong critics for the social values. They also can be daily, published in smaller quantities, and, generally, in black and white (although that some are colored) or Sunday, published in big quantities, ever colored and occupying a space equipollent to, in at least, a whole page. The term comes from the American English, comic strip and means comics strip.

• Charge: humoristic comics of short duration and that contains strong critics of the people and things of the contemporaneity. The term comes from the Franco Belgian French, charger and means load or exagere.

• Cartoon: humoristic comics of short duration and that contains strong critics of the daily to daily situations. Because of the similarities between the first animation short films and the cartoons printed and published in newspapers, magazines and books from the epoch, the animated drawing also is called of cartoon (or, unabbreviated, animated cartoon), be or not humoristic. The term comes from the British English, cartoon and that of the Italian, cartone and means piece of big card, stub or study.

Here they here the articles for be revised in the respective idioms: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tira_de_banda_desenhada, http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/charge, https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoon, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editorial_cartoon, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoon, https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tira_de_prensa, https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exageraci%C3%B3n_burlesca, https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/tira_cômica, https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/charge, https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/cartum, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/comic_strip, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/charge, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cartoon, https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/tira_cómica, https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/charge and https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/cartón!

Including and principally, the certain is that the Wikipedia articles (described soon above!) should receive the following names in each idiom: Tira de banda desenhada, Charge and Cartum (desenho humorístico) - in Portuguese, Comic strip, Charge (humoristic drawing) and Cartoon - in English and Tira de historieta, Charge (dibujo humorístico) and Cartón (dibujo humorístico) - in Spanish!

Remembering and highlighting that the caricature has nothing to do with the other three because isn't a form of comic: is, simply, a humoristic exaggerated drawing of something or someone, be real or not, does not even have texts!

And well, as you can see, the cartoon isn't a type of comic strip, neither the charge is a type of cartoon, if possible, please, warn to your fellow editors to make the changes, very thanks since now for all attention and interest and a hug!

Saviochristi (talk) Saviochristi (talk) 12:00, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

There doesn't seem to be any problem in the English Wikipedia. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:12, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

Wings of Mercy

Hi C,, can you look over the Wikipedia article Wings_of_Mercy. I am interested in your observations, comments, critique, etc. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 18:35, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

Done. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:38, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 18:45, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Dab talk pages

Hi! When you make an edit like this, don't forget to update the talk page of the article. Cheers! — Gorthian (talk) 18:46, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

WP DAB banner

Hi, just letting you know that there's generally no need to create new talk pages containing only the {{WikiProject Disambiguation}} banner. There was a discussion about that a few months ago. Of course, you're welcome to put the banner on already existing talk pages and to create talk pages if they will contain something other than the WP DAB banner (like old rfd notices, a discussion, or banners for other projects). Thanks! – Uanfala (talk) 12:05, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

Okey dokey. Clarityfiend (talk) 12:11, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

One World or None

Check it out. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 20:27, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

That's all, folks. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:02, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

R U checkin' out? FWiW Bzuk (talk) 16:11, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

In the words of Bizarro Oliver, "Please sir, I want no more." Clarityfiend (talk) 23:12, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Eppie

I know about the rule. However, her name is not Esther Eppie Lederer and that has to be fixed. It is Esther "Eppie" Lederer.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 18:17, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

Eppie isn't the name of most of the other people listed. Why single her out? Clarityfiend (talk) 22:46, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

After I fixed her name I realized that was the case for most of them, so I fixed them too.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 16:45, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

A fairly premature heads-up, a challenge and a community service

Hey. I used to be User:Ling.Nut. About a million years ago, I made File:Cherry crashing into primordial Earth2.png for you in return for some copy editing. I think the ce was on Taiwanese aborigines, but not sure. Either way... I consider myself a reasonably decent writer/copy editor, but your edits raised my eyebrows. They were quite nice.

So here's the long story: I'm working on a sandbox top-to-bottom rewrite of Bengal famine of 1943 here. It won't be done for 2 or 3 or maybe even 4 weeks (hence "fairly premature"). It's pretty darn big now and gonna get somewhat bigger (hence the "challenge"). And it will soon replace a shoddy mainspace article about the (probably preventable) deaths of at least 1.5 million innocent people (hence the "community service").

So... in a few weeks... would you be interested in doing a ce on it? I'm sending it eventually to MILHIST A-review and then hopefully to FAC.

Tks for your time.  Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 03:58, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

Sure. That was one eximous, prestantious, deevy image. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:36, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

Tks... When I was a skinny high school boy with braces and a full head of hair, my favorite exclamation was "Transcendental and phantasmagoric!" My all-time favorite word is probably "corybantic", which I learned from The song of Mehitabel.  Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 08:17, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Len Gabrielson

Hello Clarityfiend. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Len Gabrielson, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Please establish a consensus for this move. Thank you. Primefac (talk) 16:25, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day

Happy First Edit Day, Clarityfiend, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Chris Troutman (talk) 03:35, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

Today was the day I got hooked? Is it possible to figure out what my first edited article was? Clarityfiend (talk) 10:38, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

By clicking the 'oldest' button on Special:Contributions/Clarityfiend, I found that this was your very first edit, which you made on this day eleven years ago. Happy First Edit Day! Lepricavark (talk) 21:38, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:54, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

The Eternal Sea

Worked on this a bit. Take a look. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 18:25, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

99.99% done. Really.

Hey again. User:Lingzhi/sandbox is 99.99% done. Really. I think... the lede is an unorganized list that doesn't attempt to show the chronology of events... but I am not sure if I wanna change that or not. And there is really no discussion of the Army's large-scale relief efforts at the end of the famine (it's mentioned once or twice, but not discussed), but I am not sure that needs to be elaborated either. I am really burned out and don't wanna touch it much more. So I think it's basically done. So... if you still wanna copy edit it...

• First, if you have some really strong reason why you'd prefer to edit it while it's in article mainspace rather than in my userspace, I suppose I could move it now, but that runs the genuine risk of editors with a bone to pick or an axe to grind butting in and arguing with you.
• Second, if you use Visual Editor, be aware that VE is incapable of handling larger articles without hanging or even crashing. If you use VE you'll wanna edit section by section instead of the whole thing at once.
• Third, as a favor, while you're working, if ever even for a moment you think something doesn't make sense, or something is missing, or... anything like that... or the lede's chronology.. or... anything.. please as a favor to me make a note of it and tell me somehow, either on that page's talk or on my talk or somewhere. Thanks!
• Fourth, another experienced editor has suggested that it has too many direct quotes, but I personally like the direct quotes. I think they sometimes add a sense of "newsreel" immediacy or whatever, but I certainly could be mistaken. So... use your best judgment. If you think they look clunky in some spots, then change them. If you think they add immediacy or whatever, leave them. If you're unsure, add that to the "notes" in the third point above.
• I think that's all. Ninety-nine billion thanks!  Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 05:36, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
  • Oh! I think it goes back and forth between BrEng and AmerEng, because I couldn't make up my mind! Sorry. I think the mainspace is in AmerEng, but I think the topic calls for BrEng. Your call. Tks!  Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 10:29, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
    • British Raj, so British English is indicated. Clarityfiend (talk) 10:43, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Section heading is obvious opportunity to plug one of our more unusual FAs: 0.999... --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 10:47, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

• • • • Hey I see your edits reached all the way down into the final section last time. Awesome! Please do drop me a line on my talk page when you feel you are totally and completely done. If I see that little orange rectangle (remember when it used to be a huge and glaring orange bar across the whole top of the page? I kinda miss that thing sometimes actually) then I'll have hope that it's finally time to move the darn thing into mainspace. A million thanks!  Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 10:11, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

Superior Scribe of Wikipedia

		The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia
		You sterling contributions are appreciated. A full year of work was not finished until you were. Cheers!  Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 11:37, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

Cheyenne (disambiguation)

I removed the items that just include Cheyenne in it's name. This page has gotten out of control in the past with attempts to add anything that includes the world Cheyenne. That's what the intitle and prefix parameters are there for.–CaroleHenson (talk) 00:30, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

Hotels are typically referred to without "Hotel". Look at The Ritz Hotel, London, for example. It is called "the Ritz" at least half a dozen times in the intro section alone. Same with high schools. The actress and business are a little iffy, but the standard is not whether they are frequently or predominantly referred to that way, but if it is reasonably likely, and IMO they are. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:44, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

I would agree with "The Ritz" - as I would with "The Plaza" - but generally if you call a school "Cheyenne" or whatever, you know that it's full name is "Cheyenne High School", for instance. If "Cheyenne Cher" goes by "Cheyenne" I'd be with you. Personally, I dislike pages like Columbia (disambiguation) because they are overloaded and get away from the original intention of the disambiguation page, thus the "See alsos" for prefix and intitle in the Cheyenne page. We may have to agree to disagree, but that's my opinion and reasoning.–CaroleHenson (talk) 22:04, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

If someone attended Harvard University, they'd say they went to Harvard. Same with high schools; I don't normally add "Senior High" when referring to my alma mater. The main purpose of a dab page is navigation. If there's a lot of possible meanings, what can you do? Clarityfiend (talk) 22:10, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

Yep, I didn't think you and I would come to consensus.

Regarding Cheyenne - there were long discussions about the disambiguation pages, including this one. Including the List of places page.–CaroleHenson (talk) 22:27, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

It's odd that you would link to that discussion, since it doesn't appear that the other editors agreed with your position. older ≠ wiser didn't like your title for the list, and Steel1943 suggested merging partial title matches into other articles, not creating a list in the first place. Clarityfiend (talk) 22:50, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

My point that the "List of... " didn't come out of a vacuum. I hadn't even remembered that I created the page. I'm not sure that you read the discussion:

older ≠ wiser is basically saying what I've been saying and was the one that recommended the "List of..." approach.

There were two different topics - Steel1943 had no problem with the "List to.." solve an issue with a user who created the Cheyenne, Colorado article. You're referring to Steel's comments re: Cheyenne Mountain, which was about making sure that anything that referred to Cheyenne Mountain should be included in the Cheyenne Mountain article (also my position) - which at about that time was about NORAD / Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station (and not the mountain itself. I rewrote Cheyenne Mountain.) Basically, no one from the disambig project had a problem with what I summarized as the net approach.–CaroleHenson (talk) 23:15, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

You're welcome to your own interpretation of their comments. I don't see any agreement to your current list, especially as currently titled, nor any particular relevance with the current dispute. What I do see is your continued opposition to the established consensus. Just at random, see Lincoln (disambiguation) (schools and businesses). Clarityfiend (talk) 23:42, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

Let's wrap this up. This is becoming a much bigger issue than it needs to be. Regarding the discussion, just as clarification, I am not exactly seeing what is open to discussion. Older ≠ wiser did recommend the use of the "List of places..." I wouldn't have created the page otherwise - had zero interest in creating except as a kind of compromise for the person that worked on Cheyenne, Colorado (a list of anything in Colorado that contained the word Cheyenne in it). Steel1943 recommended inclusion of Cheyenne Mountain topics in the Cheyenne Mountain article, which is what I did, what I agreed with, and what I had proposed in other discussions. I see it - and used it as a discussion to resolve the Cheyenne, Colorado page and to further discuss clean up the Cheyenne Mountain page (which had been 100% military), you see it as a disagreement.

From the Cheyenne disambig page, I left the school and something else - but removed Cheyenne Cher and moved over a couple of places that wouldn't just be called Cheyenne (county/township) to the List of places page. From my perspective, it's all good and if the List of places page is removed, it's contents can be dealt with at that time. Are you good at this point?–CaroleHenson (talk) 00:33, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

Rivers and creeks should be added (see for example Life on the Mississippi, "Roll On, Columbia, Roll On") and the list ought to be renamed List of places named after the Cheyenne as suggested in your previous discussion, otherwise it would be inaccurate. I can live with the rest. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:43, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

It originally was named List of places named after the Cheyenne, see this diff. The moved article name was discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cheyenne, Colorado. For the life of me, I cannot find the discussion about the change... but I know it was talked about... and I wouldn't have changed it on my own. There were too many Cheyenne conversations that had been taking place for me to have done that on my own. I don't think I should change it back without talking to people that had been involved in the conversation earlier.

Unless you're interested in withdrawing the AfD, can we wait to figure out what to do with rivers and creeks until the Afd discussion is finished? It could change what happens to that entire page.–CaroleHenson (talk) 01:01, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

I don't see how that changes anything. After all, you have Cheyenne, Oklahoma, and Cheyenne, Wyoming, on both pages. I'm kind of curious to see what would happen with the AfD, but I suspect it would be kept (now that I see there are others of its ilk), so I'm willing to withdraw that. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:08, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

I moved the creeks and river from List of places named Cheyenne.–CaroleHenson (talk) 01:22, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

WP:ROWN

How about you fix errors and revert only when necessary? Nobody likes to be treated like a vandal for an honest mistake. SteveStrummer (talk) 01:37, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

I didn't use Twinkle's vandal reversion option. Didn't you see the auto comment which refers to "good faith edits"? Clarityfiend (talk) 01:40, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

I have an alert that says I was reverted and your edit summary says as much :/ SteveStrummer (talk) 01:49, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

I didn't know Twinkle sent a message to the editor. Still, other than that, what's the difference between me deleting the entry and letting Twinkle do it for me? Clarityfiend (talk) 01:51, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

It's Wikipedia etiquette. And again, see WP:ROWN. SteveStrummer (talk) 02:08, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

ROWN states "revert an edit made in good faith only after careful consideration", which I did. Where's the breach in etiquette? Clarityfiend (talk) 02:14, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

Try reading the whole page – or at least the very first section, titled "Reverting drives away editors". SteveStrummer (talk) 02:34, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

What about the next section: "Acceptable reversions"? You admit your edit was a mistake, yet you're wasting my time and busting my chops over it. I'm not spending any more time on this. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:42, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

Actually, I don't see in your talk page history any such Twinkle message. So I'm not responsible for how your alerts are worded (or interpreted). Clarityfiend (talk) 01:53, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

Never mind, I'm out of here. Keep up that careful pace. SteveStrummer (talk) 02:34, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of John Sheardown for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article John Sheardown 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/John Sheardown 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.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. PriceDL (talk) 19:13, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Seb Zillner

Hi Clarityfiend,

I have received a message that you've nominated Seb Zillner for deletion and would like to understand what the site is lacking, and what improvements need to be made?

Thank you and all the best, Greenhouseeffect — Preceding unsigned comment added by Greenhouseeffect (talk • contribs) 21:22, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

See the guidelines in WP:MUSICBIO. Basically, he's received no significant recognition for or reviews of his works. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:14, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

Missing AfD template on Battle of Djebok

Hi there, I just saw your AfD here and wanted to let you know that Battle of Djebok (which you list) does not have the AfD template on it. --TheSandDoctor (talk) 05:47, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. Clarityfiend (talk) 06:14, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

You're more than welcome :D --TheSandDoctor (talk) 06:20, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

Hi Clarityfiend

Hi User:Clarityfiend, can you make an edit (when your not busy) to Maiorana surname article, because you've made great edits to surname pages in past:

• "Daniel Maiorana (born 1977), leader of the criminal network Fucked For Life" -
• And there's a new source on page ([1], saying famiglia francese) for French origin at the bottom of "references" section that User:Narky Blert kindly added, you'd just have to turn into a proper reference and change the top sentence to "Maiorana is a surname of french origin". That's it, I'd just rather a surname user do it than myself. All best.--Theo Mandela (talk) 12:12, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

He doesn't have a standalone article, and I question whether the "criminal network" (est. 40 members) deserves an article either. I'm going to nominate it for deletion. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:27, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

Before you do that please talk to Users JesseRafe and Agricolae. There is a reliable source I have found ([2] in Swedish), which puts them among the most notorious Mafia clans in Sweden.--Theo Mandela (talk) 19:37, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

And this SVT2 documentary from YouTube [3].--Theo Mandela (talk) 20:29, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

Too late. I expect the gang article will be kept anyway, after seeing the previous Afd discussion. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:37, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

Do you know which users are editing FFL page now, who could use the source I gave here please?--Theo Mandela (talk) 00:39, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

Either check the history tab of the article or better yet, comment at the current Afd discussion. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:42, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Maurine

The article Maurine has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this biography of a living person will be deleted after seven days unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp/dated}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within seven days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. Blue Edits (talk) 14:11, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

Precious four years!

Precious

Four years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:37, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

Has it been that long? Tempus fugit. Clarityfiend (talk) 10:41, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

List of recipients

Hi, per your question at AfD/List of Knight's Cross recipients 4th SS Polizei Panzer Grenadier Division, I'm using this template as a guide of sorts:

• Template:Footer Knight's Cross recipients.

After the first AfD, I had indeed started PROD'ing them, but my PRODs have been reverted by an admin who suggested I take these to AfD. I've been nominating the lists in batches. Among the divisional list articles, only a few remain (Estonian SS & French SS, I believe). Please let me know if you have other questions. K.e.coffman (talk) 04:12, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

Deletion discussion about Voice of Doom

Hello, Clarityfiend,

I wanted to let you know that there's a discussion about whether Voice of Doom should be deleted. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Voice of Doom .

If you're new to the process, articles for deletion is a group discussion (not a vote!) that usually lasts seven days. If you need it, there is a guide on how to contribute. Last but not least, you are highly encouraged to continue improving the article; just be sure not to remove the tag about the deletion nomination from the top.

Thanks,

Onel5969 ^{TT me} 16:19, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

Richthofen

The article: Richthofen (film) has me confused. Apparently, the film came out in Germany in 1927 as a silent film and then was purchased by Bud Pollard's American production company, re-dubbed with sound and music and re-released in 1929 in the United States with a new title, Richthofen, the Red Knight of the Air that was subsequently changed later in distribution to Richthofen, Red Ace of Germany. I have found references to the film in Celluloid Wings by James Farmer, Aviation in the Cinema by Stephen Pendo and From the Wright Brothers to Top Gun: Aviation, Nationalism, and Popular Cinema by Michael Paris. What to do? Leave this article as is and expand it? Make a new article on the revised version which appears to be the ultimate version released in the United States? FWiW Bzuk (talk) 15:57, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

Did they recut it in any way? Did they change the cast? If not, why would it need a second article? The only difficulty then would be the categories: both silent and sound? Clarityfiend (talk) 16:05, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

There's this list of silents rereleased with sound, so maybe a new category is in order. Clarityfiend (talk) 16:11, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

The film seems to be left intact with just the addition of music and sound. The only thing is it then what to title the article? most sources have it listed as Richthofen, the Red Knight of the Air, but it was originally simply called Richthofen. I coould see that a new category has to be created. Metropolis was one of the films that was re-mastered with sound. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 20:22, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

See the edits at Richthofen. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 21:54, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

I'd go with the original title, since the longer one is for the US only. Clarityfiend (talk) 11:29, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

1990s Music

Dear Clarityfiend do you know any network of volunteers that can help my issue which you partial addressed at the reference? Hit me back A.S.A.P. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pharonic91 (talk • contribs) 16:41, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

Music isn't one of my primary fields of interest. You'd get a better response at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Music. Clarityfiend (talk) 21:12, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

Quistion please ?

Hi Clarityfiend , i have read the article of List of people known as the Stammerer b4 about 1 month , and it was very good , filled with many useful informations , and too long , but now it's really the opposite . Was it one of your edits who shortened that article ? . Please , if it's u , revert your edits . Thanx TDLWH (talk) 21:10, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

There have been no major changes on that list. Check the history tab at the top of that article's page. Maybe you're thinking of List of stutterers. Clarityfiend (talk) 21:18, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

* Guru Ram Das (1534–1581), Sikh guru

   I expect you'll approve my restoring of your deletion of said entry from the Ram Dass Dab, now that someone created the biostub. (And i'm working on the mess i made correcting the previous unrelated mess.)
--Jerzy•t 05:03, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

   Oops, i'm advocating for the admiral, not the Sikh, and now i see that your reason may have been bcz the two-word given name is not likely to be article-worthy. I'm less sure against that argument, tho i'd question foreign given names being found less encyclopedic than the (Western) given-name pages i seem to recall as fairly abounding here.
--Jerzy•t 05:25, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

You sould consider running for admin!

You seem very suitable. Antrocent (♫♬) 19:21, 19 September 2017 (UTC)

A couple of other have suggested it over the years, but it's not worth the bother. There's only a couple of minor things I could do as an admin that I can't now. Thanks for the compliment though. Clarityfiend (talk) 04:39, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

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Lenzi filmography

Hey Clarityfiend, I reverted your edits on the Lenzi filmography. Most of the films we do not have a sourced release date for them. As there many conflicting dates, we should not add information without a source. The user who asked for help did not seem to explain the situation thoroughly. Andrzejbanas (talk) 14:18, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

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I have unreviewed a page you curated

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BLP at RD

I've removed your comments on living people at the ref desk. Not only are they BLP violations, they are outside the OP's stated scope. μηδείς (talk) 17:15, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

The truth shall set you free ... or get you reverted. Clarityfiend (talk) 06:13, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of Adam Murciano

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Marune: Alastor 933

Hello. I admit that I've added it there just because I absolutely LOVE that book. But, I think that we would need less subjective criteria about which works are notable and which ones are not. In the math biographies we add to the infobox all prizes and students who have their own articles (see, for example, Fernando Codá Marques and Richard Schoen). Best, Flannán (talk) 08:42, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

I'm a BIG Vance fan, but no serious critic counts Marune among his major works. His Hugo- and Nebula-winning stuff sure, but are you really advocating including anything he wrote? How about Ports of Call (yuck)? Charles Dickens produced many masterpieces, but his article's infobox doesn't list every single novel.

Also, comparing this situation to that of mathematicians is apples to oranges. Clarityfiend (talk) 03:13, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Okay. I admit I am biased when it comes to that little lovely book (I have twenty copies, please don't judge me ^^). Flannán (talk) 03:49, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

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Your help desk question

You didn't get a response. You were asking about a bot which should be diffusing, whatever that means. Do you have any other ideas? It sounds like a WP:VPT question to me.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 22:39, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

See WP:DIFFUSE. I've decided to go back and manually restore the categories (that I replaced with subcategories). The hard part seemed at first to be identifying which articles had been affected, but I figured out an easy way to do it. Thanks. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:04, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

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American military personnel by war discussion

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Jesse L. Brown

I would be grateful if you would comment on the talk page discussion about the biographies of Brown. Pinkbeast (talk) 00:52, 31 December 2017 (UTC)