User talk:Aspenkiddo

Welcome![edit]

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Teahouse talkback: you've got messages![edit]

Hello, Aspenkiddo. Your question has been answered at the Teahouse Q&A board. Feel free to reply there!
Please note that all old questions are archived after 2-3 days of inactivity. Message added by Nick Moyes (talk) 10:27, 19 December 2019 (UTC). (You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{teahouse talkback}} template).[reply]

Editing articles[edit]

Adding Wikilinks to 'orphan' articles is good, but don't over-link (Example: there is an article red, but the use of the word 'red' in an article does not need to be linked.) As for articles with no refs, if you believe the article has merit, can try to find and add refs. David notMD (talk) 04:07, 23 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Is this in response to my Teahouse question?? If so, thanks :) Aspenkiddo (talk) 04:09, 23 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Over-rating articles[edit]

I see that you have been adding rating templates to article Talk pages, which is a good thing, but you tend to rate articles too high, in some instances C-class or even B-class when by the rating criteria the articles are Starts or even Stubs. See Wikipedia:Content assessment for guidance. David notMD (talk) 04:58, 24 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Bojo[edit]

Please note that disambiguation pages like Bojo have guidelines that are different from articles. From the Wikipedia:Disambiguation dos and don'ts you should:

Only list articles that readers might reasonably be looking for
Use short sentence fragment descriptions, with no punctuation at the end
Use exactly one navigable link ("blue link") in each entry that mentions the title being disambiguated
Only add a "red link" if used in existing articles, and include a "blue link" to an appropriate article
Do not pipe links (unless style requires it) – keep the full title of the article visible
Do not insert external links or references - Wikipedia is not a business directory
Do not add articles to acronym or initials disambiguation pages unless the person or entity is widely known by that name (in which case it should be stated in the linked article).

In this case, I think that the redirect Bojo Jinul is preferable to piping the title, although including Bojo at all is questionable since his full name is Jinul Puril Bojo Daesa and he apparently wasn't known as 'Bojo'. Leschnei (talk) 23:57, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your thread has been archived[edit]

Hi Aspenkiddo! You created a thread called Featured pictures at Wikipedia:Teahouse, but it has been archived because there was no discussion for a few days. You can still find the archived discussion here. If you have any additional questions that weren't answered then, please create a new thread.

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H — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:6C50:777F:C5C5:3D54:8E27:562E:48C2 (talk) 06:47, 22 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Editing redirects[edit]

Hi Aspenkiddo, please be careful not to remove links from redirects. It can seem counterintuitive, but the reasons are explained here: WP:NOTBROKEN. -Thibbs (talk) 14:12, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, thank you for the heads up :) Could you please give me an example of when I did this? I just want to make sure I don't do it again. Aspenkiddo (talk) 11:52, 12 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. This is just a completely random example, but here, for example. There's no good reason to change the target of the link just to avoid the redirect. It's nothing too major obviously. The link still works and the appearance looks identical from the reader's side so I wouldn't bother to make a huge effort to revert everything you've done, but as the NOTBROKEN guideline explains it's generally unhelpful to change redirects simply to bypass the redirect and in some cases it actually has negative effects (e.g. in determining WP:COMMONNAME). -Thibbs (talk) 12:25, 12 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thank you very much for explaining this to me. I will read up on it! I appreciate your helpfulness with this :D Aspenkiddo (talk) 12:28, 12 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your song: Tools[edit]

I am here to respond to your "song" which you left unsigned on my user page.

First of all, I must object to the structure of the song which you have subjected me to. What meter is this? I'm counting syllables, and I see... 9969 9979? This inconsistency doesn't meaningfully contribute to the musicality of the song. I recommend inserting an additional syllable for flow -- "You must think that we're all fools", perhaps. I am also critical of the duplication in lines 5-6, for while it is appropriate for such a song to open with repeating the same line, it seems weaker and less appropriate afterwards.

The question of low-activity administrators is a real one. You will find it is most appropriately discussed on pages in the Wikipedia namespace, perhaps at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy) or some venue which you may find in that area. Posting mocking songs on user talk pages, however, is neither an appropriate nor effective form of communication. Wikipedia:Harassment notes, "Users who insist on a confrontational style marked by harassment and/or personal attacks are likely to become involved in the dispute resolution process, and may face serious consequences such as blocks, arbitration, or being subjected to a community ban. Harassment negatively affects editor retention." Please avoid interacting with users in this manner in the future.

I regret that I have "sickened" you in these troubled times, and I hope that your prognosis does not require intubation. — Fennec 13:40, 17 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies, I was supposed to post that under an IP address so nobody knew it was me! Aspenkiddo (talk) 14:43, 17 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Fennec, turns out the user's parting shot was not a joke--the edit on your page was a slip. They made a bunch more from their IP, and sang that same stupid tune to User:Cecropia. Thanks for your service, Drmies (talk) 03:13, 30 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

May 2020[edit]

You have been blocked from editing for a period of two weeks for making personal attacks towards other editors. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. Drmies (talk) 03:07, 30 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Considering the edits you just made from your IP, on your IP talk page, you probably don't need talk page access on your account either. Drmies (talk) 03:09, 30 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Ranks when used in conjunction with name[edit]

G'day, I noticed that you have twice changed Lieutenant Commander to Lieutenant commander in the first sentence of the lead of George Gosse. This isn't right, as when two-part ranks are used in conjunction with a name, such as Lieutenant Commander George Gosse, both parts of the rank have initial caps. Same applies to Lieutenant General Joe Bloggs, Staff Sergeant Fred Nerk etc. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:26, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, but why then, aren't their respective article titles also caps? Aspenkiddo (talk) 13:38, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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