User talk:Pyxis Solitary

User talk:Pyxis Solitary/Archive 1

Changing numbers to text

Please take more care when you change numbers to text. Your changes today broke numerous links to the individual season articles. The damage to List of Lost Girl episodes should have been obvious.[1] --AussieLegend (✉) 12:10, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

Sorry to not respond sooner. I've been off the grid. I sincerely apologize. That was not my intention. As obvious as some things might be, sometimes eyes glaze over and you don't see what's in front of your nose. I wouldn't deliberately make your staying on top of Lost Girl articles any harder than it already is. Pyxis Solitary (talk) 06:33, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

Template:Infobox television - cast order

Regarding your summary at Lost Girl,[2] WP:TVCAST specifies that "cast should be organized according to the series original broadcast credits, with new cast members being added to the end of the list". This is reflected in the instructions for {{Infobox television}}. The credit order in the first episode of Lost Girl was Anna Silk, Kris Holden-Ried, Ksenia Solo, K. C. Collins, Zoie Palmer, Rick Howland and Cle Bennett. Once actors are credited as main cast they stay listed that way, which is why Ksenia Solo is still in the list, despite only being credited as a "special guest star" in the season 5 premiere. --AussieLegend (✉) 11:47, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia is screwy. Such policy is arbitrary and contradicts the established opening title sequence created for the series. I pulled up the episode after reading your message and Emanuelle Vaugier (first name misspelled) follows Cle Bennett in the credits before the "Created by Michelle Lovretta" credit. Based on Wikipedia's screwy thinking, her name should appear in the infobox, too. It's a Fae, Fae, Fae, Fae World (1.01) did not include the traditional opening title sequence -- that started with the next episode Where There's a Will, There's a Fae (1.02). Pyxis Solitary (talk) 11:58, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

I just checked the second episode and didn't see Vaugier at all. The order in the aired episode is Silk, Holden-Ried, Solo followed by the "Created by Michelle Lovretta" credit. After that is Collins, Palmer, Howland, Richard McMillan and then Elias Toufexis. After that is "casting by Lisa Parasyn" etc. The credit order in the aired episodes is rather screwy. Sometimes starring cast is credited before "Created by Michelle Lovretta" while other times they're credited after. When they are credited after, it's often the case that other, clearly non-starring cast are included as well. --AussieLegend (✉) 12:23, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

My typographical error. It is episode 1.01 that Wikipedia insists the credits should be based on, right? She is included in the opening credits of 1.01. Followed by Michelle Lovretta. Pyxis Solitary (talk) 12:33, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Vaugier isn't credited in a starring role in 1.01. The credit is "With Guest Star Emanuelle Vaugier". She's only a guest star so she shouldn't be in the infobox. --AussieLegend (✉) 12:39, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

As far as the episode itself is concerned, the only difference between Vaugier and Bennett in the credits is in how their billing was negotiated in their contracts. She appears as much as he does in the episode. Wikipedia's idea on this matter is counter-intuitive and you know as well as I that editors are going to change the infobox time and again because how names appear in it clashes with the show's own promotion of who are considered the primary actors. But I give up. Wikipedia is obtuse.

P.S. The Lost Girl Wiki is leaving Lost Girl Wikipedia in the dust. It is more up-to-date and fact-checked than Lost Girl's main article here. Pyxis Solitary (talk) 13:14, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Because we have a clear guideline, and a template with clear instructions, it's generally easy to ward off changes by people who don't bother reading the guideline that was created with consensus formed by many editors. People need to remember that this is an encyclopaedia, not a fansite. --AussieLegend (✉) 14:07, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Yes, it is an encyclopaedia, but articles about TV shows are edited by fans of those shows. If you don't watch a TV show, if you do not care about a TV show, you don't come to Wikipedia to add info about it. The Lost Girl article has nose-dived. I used to stay on top of it and contributed a lot of info, but there needs to be other knowledgeable, neutral editors contributing information.

The fanatics engaged in shipping wars visit the Lost Girl article, piss on it, and someone who still cares about the article and has the initiative reverses their graffiti. Have you seen what has been done to the Zoie Palmer article? From what I can tell it has no Admin cat at the gates and the mice have had a good time playing with it. But I digress. My issue is that decisions made by Wikipedia are based on a consensus of editors who are constantly involved in Wikipedia. But Wikipedia can only thrive if the occasional editor contributes to it. And decisions about articles that depend on editors being fans of the topic need to be flexible because the first season of a TV series with more than that one season is not necessarily representative of the TV show as a whole -- yet that is what will remain in perpetuity within Wikipedia. Pyxis Solitary (talk) 03:13, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

I need to make something clear about the Lost Girl Wiki vs Lost Girl Wikipedia: the wiki is based on the same encyclopaedic foundation as Wikipedia. It has policies and instructions. It thrives on the contributions from fans of the TV show (same as the Wikipedia article) but with more bells and whistles (videos, images, individual pages for episodes, actors, species, mythology, folklore, etc.). The rule of thumb about adding content to pages, however, is flexible so that the changes in production, and the evolution of characters and the story arc can be accommodated. I periodically archive the wiki so that it will remain a slice of the Internet pie until kingdom come. Pyxis Solitary (talk) 03:29, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

"Back half" of Lost Girl Season 5

Thanks for correcting. The article I cited was unclear that it wasn't the back half (the remaining 8 eps of the split season) and in my excitement at having (I thought) a start date for the last few eps I misread it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dlairman (talk • contribs) 19:17, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Completely understandable. I think we're all eager to see Part 2 already (I know I am). As it is, the only news about the final 8 episodes is that they will begin in Fall 2015, but Showcase's programming schedule with a specific start date won't be announced until months from now. However, your citation is perfect information to include in the Lost Girl (season 5) introductory section (see Lost Girl (season 4) for what I mean), and Lost Girl main article's Development and Production > Season 5, section. Cheers! :-) Pyxis Solitary (talk) 04:06, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

Manual of Style on blockquotes

I did not mess up anything. The Manual of Style clearly states that one is not to use decorative quotation marks on blockquotes. See MOS:BLOCKQUOTE: "Do not enclose block quotations in quotation marks (and especially avoid decorative quotation marks in normal use....)" Please desist from your personal attacks and incivility. Good day. Skyerise (talk) 16:50, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

I also don't understand why you prefer bitching to fixing. Please stay off my talk page in the future. Skyerise (talk) 16:53, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

Citing scenes in episodes

Regarding this edit summary, you can cite scenes from episodes using {{cite episode}}.[3] If you want to cite an entire scene, add a time-code using time, but if you just want to cite a phrase or a word, like "Dennis" as Bo's last name, add the time using minutes.[4] --AussieLegend (✉) 08:54, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

I saw your edit. I learned something new. :-) Thank you! Pyxis Solitary (talk) 05:16, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

That's always a good thing. --AussieLegend (✉) 05:35, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

Zoie Palmer

I wasn't avoiding your comment — as you can see from Correctfact's talk page, I had actually already given them a first-level warning to stop it even before you posted to my talk page, and their behaviour hasn't yet recurred even once since I did that. So the only thing I could really do at the time was to wait and see what happens — as of right now, though, they still haven't actually re-edited the article since I posted my first message to their talk page. I'm absolutely prepared to escalate it to the next step if and when they do try to edit the article again, but until that actually happens I can't really do much more than I've already done. Bearcat (talk) 22:01, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

A user can't be blocked for inappropriate behaviour until they've been explicitly warned that a block is in the cards (and you can't immediately jump to a block threat in a first warning, either — only on a followup warning can you start raising the possibility of blocking the editor, and only if the behaviour still continues after that can you actually follow through on blocking them.) My actual intention was only to pageprotect the article for a few hours as an immediate measure, but I appear to have accidentally selected a full week from the drop-down menu by mistake — so now that I have given them a "you can be blocked if you do it again" warning, I've dropped it back down to semi. But blocking the editor wasn't an option at the time, because they hadn't reached that level of warning yet. The editor does also have a prior history of editing on another unrelated topic prior to the Zoie Palmer thing, and have made a not-problematic edit to James Franco since — so I can't just label it as an WP:SPA that was created solely to vandalize Palmer's article.. Bearcat (talk) 17:43, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

This individual is obsessed with making unwarranted and unsubstantiated changes to the article. I appreciate that you're on top of his actions and that you have given him a direct warning. As the saying goes: "Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me." Pyxis Solitary (talk) 22:35, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

Carol talk

Hey there! I left a question on the Carol talk page, and would like your opinion. If you could, could you check it out? Hope your having a great day! Vmars22 (talk) 20:56, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi! I left another question on the talk page for the film, if you could check it out and leave your opinion, that'd be great! :) Vmars22 (talk) 22:43, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Left another question on the Carol talk page! Could you check it out and leave your opinion? :) Vmars22 (talk) 14:29, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

Patricia Highsmith avalanche :-)

Greetings. This is not a big issue but could you, please, try and consolidate whatever changes you are making into as few edits as possible? Yesterday alone you edited the article 17 separate times. On the 15th of March, you edited it 13 times, one after the other, while on the previous few days your edits totaled some 24 times. This is not meant to discourage editing at all; only to kindly ask if you could please change whatever you want in bigger and fewer edits. The reason is that this makes it much easier to track changes and thus check for mistakes, etc. Thank you. Take care. -The Gnome (talk) 10:25, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

"Yesterday alone you edited the article 17 separate times."

On the 6th? Really? Then why does the history show 5 times?

"On the 15th of March, you edited it 13 times"

On the 15th of March? Really? Then why does the history show 3 times?

"This is not meant to discourage editing at all;"

Yes it is.

If when I edit an article I find additional or better information, I edit the article again. If I realize I forgot something, I edit the article again. If I think it needs to be tweaked one more time, I edit the article again. Unlike most Wikipedia editors, I give full explanations for the edits I make that entail more than a minor copyedit. If you want to know what I edited and why, you will find the reason in the edit summary. Pyxis Solitary (talk) 12:48, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

My dear Pyxis Solitary, this was a small suggestion meant only to assist everyone, including yourself, to better edit this thing called Wikipedia. There is no rule mandating as few edits as possible. I was explicit about it. This is about making an effort to examine the previewed text rather than plunging ahead one edit at a time. Once again: This is not a big problem.

Apologies for confusing the dates. The sum of your edits in the last three days is 17, as follows:

7th of April: 4 edits

6th April: 5 edits

5th April: 8 edits

For the month of March alone, there must be 50 distinct edits you made to the article! It's an astounding average but, like I said, if this is your preferred way of doing things, by all means, have at it. Take care. -The Gnome (talk) 20:24, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

"The sum of your edits in the last three days is 17,"

"For the month of March alone, there must be 50 distinct edits you made to the article!"

It's called giving a damn about an article, and wanting to improve it as much as possible and deliberately (go look up what the word means). Good day, sir. Pyxis Solitary (talk) 23:41, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

Archive URL

Hi there! I took what you wrote about archiving a URL, although, I'm having a bit of a problem. I did the proper citation, I kept clicking preview, and everything worked out! :), until I clicked save, and the red box appeared stating my issue was the link is "shorted". How do I fix this? :) I attempted to include the link here on your talk page, although, it said the same thing it told me when I was editing the article. Vmars22 (talk) 22:11, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

What's the article and the citation? I'll look at it and see what's going on. Pyxis Solitary (talk) 23:44, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

The article is Higher Ground, in the development section, it states "Adriana Farmiga served as the film's artist", but the citation for the article website has been removed or something, but someone ended up archiving it. I attempted to put the archive citation on your talk page, but Wikipedia told me the same thing it told me when I tried to save the article "Don't use shortcuts". I appreciate it you checking this out :) Vmars22 (talk) 00:48, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

Don't know what happened when you tried it, but I edited the citation and it now links to the archive URL. See my summary re edit. Pyxis Solitary (talk) 10:41, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

Thank you again for including the citation, sorry I'm responding/thanking now :) I meant to earlier, but just forgot. Vmars22 (talk) 12:21, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

Number 9 Films

Hi Pyxis! My edit based upon what I've seen on other articles for the box office section of the filmography box, none of them used "as of". For example, on the A24 article, Cinelou Films, Lionsgate and Universal Pictures. It wasn't based on my opinion. I was going by on what I saw on those articles while editing. Vmars22 (talk) 12:00, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

@Vmars22: If there is no specific Wikipedia policy or guideline, then it's a coin toss made by other editors. Where in Category:Film templates do you see a template just for "Filmography". There isn't one. Filmography sections are a Table list: MOS:TABLE. There are no MOS instructions about what you can and cannot include in them.

How many filmography sections exist in Wikipedia? Have you looked at every, single one of them? How many film production company articles don't have a filmography Table section? Look at EuropaCorp, Film4 Productions, StudioCanal UK, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, for example. Look at Amblin Entertainment: the editors there named the section *Motion pictures*. Look at List of films released by Miramax: do its tables and their editing follow the exact same formula as every other article like it?

Should the lack of a filmography section in some articles be interpreted to mean that NO film production article should have one? If some articles have named their Table list "motion pictures" does this mean that all such sections in every article that has one should also be named "motion pictures"?

Why can't you create instead of delete? You wait for other editors to create articles and contribute content (the hard work) -- and then you drop by and tinker with it. Why, for example, is editing punctuation more important than doing the research necessary to contribute the *Awards and Recognition* information the Number 9 Films article needs?

@Lapadite77: has edited the Table. When she edits something I respect it because she knows a lot more about how Wikipedia works than I do (and about WP b.s., too, for that matter). Did she frig around with the Table as you have? No. Has she ever added speculative content that came from a fan chat room to the Carol article, as you have? No. Does she edit because Sally or Johnny did it this way or that way, as you have? No. 'Nuff said. Pyxis Solitary (talk) 03:21, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

I've created a list of articles, and I frequently go back and expand, contribute, etc, when information about them is found. I add information to articles if I find that I think is relevant to the article, I will add it, and go from there. I've been learning my way on here much better this last few weeks and I'm starting to get the hang of it. Instead of deleting and causing a hassle which with every edit I make that is not way I want it solved in anyway shape or form. I've also just learned not to add "Amazon" to articles, and content from fan chat rooms. It took me a while, but I figured it out. I'm sorry my edits on the Carol article are not the best, I'm not the best editor, I make mistakes on here. If you look at my contribution history, you'll notice with the articles I edit, I always have to go back when I should just click "preview" which I'm now going to start doing, but anyway, like you said before, "should also be named motion pictures"? I was just going by those four articles, and I will just edit the way the filmography box states. I respect Lapadite's edits and I respect yours if anything, I've learned much more about the editing styles and policy from the two of you. I'm sorry if it seems I'm "tinkering" with articles or anything. I just wanted to let you know I'm still learning and I'm sorry about the "motion picture" the final "cut" and "cast" problems I've created on the Carol article.

Like you wrote above "Why can't you create" instead of "Delete"? "Than doing the research nesscary to contribute to the Awards and Recognition" information the Number 9 Films article needs? I will start to look for research on creating that section. Does that section mean awards and recognition they films they've made gotten or actual awards the company itself has gotten? :) Vmars22 (talk) 12:14, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Added some information about the projects, and a two box-office grosses that were missing from the table. Wanted to discuss the Awards & Recognition here, before editing or adding anything :) Vmars22 (talk) 12:42, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Stop editing the article. You screwed up a perfectly good citation and left it with a "Check date values in: |date=" advisory. And the Box Office Mojo citation you added for And When Did You Last See Your Father? ... WTF? It's invalid. Stop tinkering with the article. Pyxis Solitary (talk) 09:06, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Will no longer edit that article and the Carol article (including soundtrack & novel) Vmars22 (talk) 12:32, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

Weighing in - regarding "as of" in the BO column, there's no guideline or wiki project consensus I'm aware of that suggests one way or another. I didn't remove it because of that plus I've no issue with it. An alternative would be to add a note to each BO entry or a table legend. This is up to editor preference, but hardly worth contention. If there's disagreement, local consensus would settle it (reminder that WT:FILM can help). Vmars22, I recommend reading WP:Otherstuffexists. As for other editing issues, I believe Vmars is well-intentioned as has usually made constructive edits when he's contributed content. Vmars, I do stress you pay more attention to detail and preview your edits, as well as read the guidelines and policies others link. If your edits are causing a lot of errors and problems due to inexperience / lack of policy and guidelines knowledge or comprehension, I suggest proposing them on the talk page (which you've done a few times). Remember you can always ask another editor their opinion on an edit or clarification of a guideline, and like I said, WP:FILM is a good resource for film-related articles and editor input. Lapadite (talk) 04:37, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

Title change

Hello, Pyxis! I made a quick edit on the Number 9 Films article. We Happy Few has been re-named Their Finest. I've updated Happy Few to The Finest. I know I've said multiple times I will no longer the article and that is true from now, I just wanted to update the article in order to make it accurate. Hope your having a good day! :) Vmars22 (talk) 21:22, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for updating the film's name. Vmars: if you refrained more often from deleting information because you thought it should be deleted, your editing wouldn't have pissed me off as it did.

BTW, where did you find that the name of the movie had been changed? According to Number 9 Films' website, it is still called "We Happy Few": http://number9films.co.uk/upcoming_releases/we_happy_few/ Pyxis Solitary (talk) 06:02, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

It is playing at TIFF this year, http://tiff.net/films/their-finest/, http://variety.com/2016/film/news/magnificent-seven-denzel-washington-toronto-film-festival-1201823106/, I was also thinking about adding that both Finest and Limehouse Golem are playing at TIFF, but would it sound more like trivia if added? Vmars22 (talk) 11:48, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

Unless it involves an award associated with it, a film being screened at TIFF or any film festival is irrelevant information. If, however, a British production's world premiere is at a film festival in the UK, US or Canada, this information would be important. If its international premiere is at Cannes, this is definitely an important film festival mention. Wherever a film premieres is an important fact. Otherwise, no.

What you should do to cover your editor arse is find a citation that supports your changing the film's title. Pyxis Solitary (talk) 05:51, 28 July 2016 (UTC)

Cold Squad

I noticed your edit summary at Cold Squad after making my edit. WP:TV consensus seems to be requiring AAA compliance (technically it's always feasible since the choice is somewhat arbitrary, but it doesn't have to strictly match the color on the poster etc. if color compliance is an issue), as episode lists which are not AAA compliant are automatically categorized in Category:Episode lists with invalid line colors. – nyuszika7h (talk) 13:43, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

Seems like the script only made it slightly darker, so not a big deal I guess. nyuszika7h (talk) 13:45, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

???

Revision as of 08:19, September 14, 2016 was made by User:AlexTheWhovian.

Revision as of 13:41, September 14, 2016 was made by User:Nyuszika7H.

Are you one and the same?

The "AlexTheWhovian" color (#8A4523) was too brown. The color I originally chose was a closer approximation to the color of Sgt. Ali McCormick's hair during seasons 1 and 2. It became an immediately recognizable feature of the character, for which Julie Stewart was good-naturedly teased. The McCormick hair color began as auburn with redder highlights increasing gradually during the course of each season.

To see an example of the character's hair color: http://www.justwebshop.nl/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/c/o/coldsquad2_2d.jpg

The second color I selected (#a14614) has a %64.14 red RGB. The "Nyuszika7H" color (#923E12) has %64.60. The %88 yellow CMYK remains the same. So, the third new color works.

Re WP:TV: There is no content dealing with color compliance. But the content in WP:COLOR specifically states:

"Ensure the contrast of the text with its background reaches at least WCAG 2.0's AA level, and AAA level when feasible...."

It does not say the entirety of AAA level must also be met. Based on what is stated in WP:COLOR, #a14614 did meet the WP:COLOR criteria (for Snoop's Colour Contrast Check the "a" needs to be "A"). Pyxis Solitary (talk) 05:04, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

American Film Institute

I have removed the content you added to the above article, as it appears to have been copied from http://www.afi.com/afiawards/whatis.aspx and http://www.afi.com/afiawards/criteria.aspx, which are copyright web pages. All content you add to Wikipedia must be written in your own words. Please let me know if you have any questions or if you think I made a mistake. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 20:08, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

@Diannaa: Completely understandable. I know that everything everyone knows about AFI is based on what is provided by AFI to the public and media, but I'll have to think like a journalist and figure out how to rewrite it. Pyxis Solitary (talk) 01:25, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

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Tenebrae – December 2016

Tenebrae : 11 December 2016

Carol Hi, Pyxis. I agree with you that the Hollywood Music in Media Awards should be included if it has a Wikipedia article; I must have mistyped the name when I went to see. Thank you for catching that. It does actually say at Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Film#Accolades that, "Awards included in lists should have a Wikipedia article to demonstrate notability. Because of the proliferation of film festivals and 'award mills', festival awards should be added with discretion, with inclusion subject to consensus. Awards bestowed by web-only entities are not included." No worries; all good. --Tenebrae (talk) 15:15, 11 December 2016 (UTC) Actually, I noticed only after the fact that you had placed the entire list, violations and all, at Talk:List of accolades received by Carol (film). Please note that Wikipedia policies and guidelines apply to talk pages as well as to article pages. Trying to place disallowed edits on the talk page is a serious breach of Wikipedia policy, and I would hope and ask that you do not edit-war over this, since an RfC with other editors would go unanimously to uphold policy. I understand you're a fan of the movie, but we can't undermine Wikipedia policy for that. --Tenebrae (talk) 15:25, 11 December 2016 (UTC) That list in the Talk page was created January 2016 and you're the only one who has found an objection to it. Admins have kept an eye on every article associated with the film for the last 12 months and not one of them has objected to it. This is my talk page. You're in my territory. Therefore .... find someone else to bullshit. Pyxis Solitary (talk) 04:09, 12 December 2016 (UTC) See my comment on the article's talk page. I would also ask you refrain from name-calling, a violation of WP:CIVIL that, as long as you're bringing up admins, doesn't sit well with them. --Tenebrae (talk) 22:45, 12 December 2016 (UTC) Stay away from my Talk page. Go run to an admin about it. There's nothing "civil" about a bully and a liar ... and that is what you've proven yourself to be. Pyxis Solitary (talk) 09:09, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

Since when are rooms italicized?

Hi. I don't get this, italicizing "Oak Room" throughout the text. Never heard of buildings or parts of buildings being italicized, here or elsewhere. Herostratus (talk) 03:01, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

The "Oak Room" is the official name of the room and the title of the article. Pyxis Solitary (talk) 01:48, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

True, but that doesn't mean it should be italicized. Some things we italicize -- ship names, movie titles -- but we don't italicize building names and since rooms are parts of buildings I don't think we should italicize them either. Herostratus (talk) 13:50, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

That makes sense. Thank you for the info. :-) Pyxis Solitary (talk) 20:18, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Tenebrae – February 2017

Tenebrae : 23 February 2017
ANI There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. -- Tenebrae (talk) 02:18, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

AN3

Hi. I have removed your incomplete report with the suggestion that you engage with the ip user on their talk page (recommending you speak plainly rather than use templates) and on the article talk page. Let me know if there are any issues whatsoever, and I'll see what I can do. Thanks. El_C 17:05, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

Don't know how what a complete report is supposed to look like, but thank you for taking a look at what I brought to attention. I'll keep fingers crossed that there be no [5]. Pyxis Solitary (talk) 07:28, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

El_C: He's done it again. This time I filed an AN/3: User:172.91.91.69 reported. Obviously, the article has become a target for disruptive edits by this IP-address only editor. And I still think he's using a VPN. Pyxis Solitary (talk) 05:23, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

I'm afraid I don't see it as disruptive. Also, the report is still incomplete, and you actually need four reverts to violate 3RR. See my detailed notes that close the report. El_C 05:45, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

El_C: After the plot was written long ago -- and edited by several editors -- one IP address editor comes along and changes the term "make love" to "have sex". When another editor changed it back to "make love" (which is the correct description because they stop to gaze at each other tenderly and one whispers an endearment to the other) and same editor added "kiss for the first time" (which describes precisely what happens in the story after they've been together for several days), the IP address editor changes it all back to "have sex". When a second editor returns the description back to "kiss for the first time and make love", the IP address editor again changes it to "have sex". This is not disruptive? Perhaps the best term for this kind of behavior in Wikipedia should be antagonistic or combative. The euphemisms for "make love" are: have sexual relations, be intimate, copulate, have sex. However, there is a difference between "making love" and "having sex". The difference is in the emotions involved. Making love involves sex -- but having sex does not necessarily involve love. And what you see in the film is two women who, after several days in each other's company, express their love for each other through the emotions involved in the sex they engage in. Big difference. To describe what happens as merely "have sex" is a pedestrian description -- or as said by another editor, uncouth.

The report not being complete eludes me. It's not like Wikipedia instructions go straight from A to B. Wikipedia instructions are not written for laymen. How many hoops have to be jumped through? Pyxis Solitary (talk) 08:26, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

See, had you said all that to the IP, preferably on the article talk page or their own talk page, you could fill that field about attempting to resolve the dispute. El_C 08:31, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

I'm now headed straight to the article's Talk page. :-) Pyxis Solitary (talk) 08:35, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

Good stuff. You are now well on your way to resolving the dispute. Don't worry, it will get resolved. El_C 09:01, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

Voila! Pyxis Solitary (talk) 09:13, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

I left the user a note. Now we wait. El_C 09:24, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

Two quick notes related to LGBT cats

First, using null edits to put discussion points (like [6]) is really not an appropriate use of them per WP:SUMMARYNO. If you were reverting and putting that in as the summary, that's fine, but as a null edit, that's a bit problematic; that's why we have talk pages.

You're right. I should have responded to your summary comment on the Talk page. Pyxis Solitary (talk) 08:20, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

Second, on the cat for The Walking Dead, my issue is that from the category name "lesbian-related television programs" only, shows like The Walking Dead absolutely do not fit into, but I see that the category's inclusion criteria is dealing with any show that has a lesbian character. (Same up the LGBT-related tree from that cat). Just because there's a lesbian character does not necessarily make the show lesbian-related. That's why I think there's category naming problem. It's fine if the cat was "television programs with lesbian characters", and then making a second cat "lesbian-related television programs" where lesbian is a central theme of the show (eg, Orange is the New Black fits into what I would consider this type of category as LGBT aspects are a central theme). --MASEM (t) 14:26, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

I don't disagree that the category name needs to be amended. But I don't think the bureaucracy that permeates Wikipedia would accept two categories that are somewhat similar to each other. Perhaps it should have been titled (imo) "Television programmes with lesbian characters or themes". What is the branch of the mothership where you can get thumbs-up for revising a category title?

Btw, The Walking Dead is included in List of LGBT characters in television and radio and List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters. And because of this, the main article should have a "See also" section where the lists appear to direct readers to them. Pyxis Solitary (talk) 08:20, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

Quick question!

Hello Pxyis! How are you? I was just curious, would you happen to know the WP where it mentions that producers are only included in the infobox, not executive producers, line producers, etc? Vmars22 (talk) 14:25, 6 May 2017 (UTC)

@Vmars22:. Hello, back! I'm doing well, thank you. Hope all is well for you too. The infobox guideline is found here:

Template:Infobox_film#Parameters : producer : "Only producer credits should be included, not executive producers, associate producers, etc."

Cheers! Pyxis Solitary (talk) 02:30, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

Thank you so much! Have a great night. Vmars22 (talk) 02:49, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

Absence & Carol

Hi, how's it going? I read your message. I know I've a lot to catch up on since my long-ass break. Not back full-time (doubt I'll be for awhile), I'm just slowly working on expanding a couple articles first. I'll get back to helping on the article when I'm ready to devote adequate attention to it. Cheers Lapadite (talk) 02:44, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

@Lapadite77: Oh me gosh! I got so excited when I got the email that you'd left a message. You're back! How lovely.

I've been wiki toiling and humming Ol' Man River while at it (Tote dat barge, Lift dat bale, Ya git a little drunk and ya lands in jail....). Carol was nominated for GA in September. But it failed because the nominator had not contributed to the article. So I renominated it on March 6th. No one's reviewed it since that first reviewer.

Glad you're here again. :-) 'Till next.... Pyxis Solitary (talk) 11:57, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

There's a lot to sort through *grinds teeth*. The Carol article needs critical reviews cited in the critical reception section, not my favorite task I'll admit. I'm focused right now on improving this article. I saw you edited on the OITNB article, do you watch the show? If you do, we could use some help improving Orange articles. Lapadite (talk) 00:55, 19 June 2017 (UTC)

I would help edit OITNB if I could, but I only watched Season 1 (bad lesbian. bad. bad. bad.). If and when you do add more content to Carol's critical reception section ... prepare to wear a tactical helmet. That's all I'm gonna say. Pyxis Solitary (talk) 04:29, 19 June 2017 (UTC)

Ahh but you start adding them. I can just copy edit :P . Really though, don't expect me to start on that section anytime in the near future; I'm rather burnt out from the time and work it took/is taking researching & putting together the commentary section of that ^ Vause article for 4 seasons+, and there's more to be added & improved in the article. Me and critical reception sections right now: https://media.giphy.com/media/3oKIPC8BhfIYIVGnVm/giphy.gif Lapadite (talk) 05:06, 24 June 2017 (UTC)

Bullet edit / Tinkering accusation

While it was not my intention to "tinker" your comment in a way that makes you upset. I just read WP:TALKO:

Specifically where it says "..Some examples of appropriately editing others' comments:"

• Fixing format errors that render material difficult to read. In this case, restrict the edits to formatting changes only and preserve the content as much as possible. Examples include fixing indentation levels, removing bullets from discussions that are not consensus polls or requests for comment (RfC), fixing list markup, using <nowiki> and other technical markup to fix code samples, and providing wikilinks if it helps in better navigation. Another helpful template is the Talk page Reflist, {{reflist-talk}}. The template should be placed after the discussion that includes the references, as it will include all references before the template.
• Fixing layout errors: This could include moving a new comment from the top of a page to the bottom, adding a heading to a comment not having one, repairing accidental damage by one party to another's comments, correcting unclosed markup tags that mess up the entire page's formatting, accurately replacing HTML table code with a wikitable, etc.
• Sectioning: If a thread has developed new subjects, it may be desirable to split it into separate discussions with their own headings or subheadings. When a topic is split into two topics, rather than sub-sectioned, it is often useful for there to be a link from the new topic to the original and vice versa. A common way of doing this is noting the change at the [then-]end of the original thread, and adding an unobtrusive note under the new heading, e.g., :<small>This topic was split off from [[#FOOBAR]], above.</small>. Some reformatting may be necessary to maintain the sense of the discussion to date and to preserve attribution. It is essential that splitting does not inadvertently alter the meaning of any comments. Very long discussions may also be divided into sub-sections.

All that happened was I misinterpreted your line-break as two separate comments (from separate users). I didn't tinker with the content of your posts. Perhaps you should read, WP:GOODFAITH; now we both learned something today. Have a good day. DA1 (talk) 13:46, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

You know what's missing from all your yada yada yada? An apology. You stepped into my parlor ... there and here. So I'm going to make this as easy to understand as possible. The first paragraph of WP:TALKO states:

"The basic rule—with some specific exceptions outlined below—is that you should not edit or delete the comments of other editors without their permission."

Don't assume anything. Don't assume what an editor meant to do in their comment. No one here has a crystal ball, nor can they read minds. Muster the courtesy to ask first before you indulge the hubris that makes too many editors on Wikipedia believe that they are somehow endowed with superior intent and knowledge. And most importantly, learn to bite the bullet and say "I'm sorry I did that." Your dick won't fall off because of it. Pyxis Solitary (talk) 06:53, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

You have serious problems if the mistaken insert of a * before your line warrants this response. I did not delete or edit the content of your post. Perhaps use your time for more productive efforts? And this "crystal ball...read minds" comment applies to you more than to me. I'm going to have to request you to strike out your lewd comments, and take a time to read WP:UNCIVIL.

"stepped into my parlor...there and here"; I don't know what this is supposed to mean, but since this stems from our original discussion perhaps it is only appropriate to call on the respective admin present at said discussion before it gets even further out of hand NinjaRobotPirate DA1 (talk) 16:08, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

@DA1: if you find that you don't get along with an editor, the easiest way to resolve that is usually to just leave them alone. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 17:35, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

For the record: there was no "original discussion" between us prior to your comment here, in my Talk page. You copyedited my comment in MOS/Film Talk @ 20:23, June 11, 2017 without an explanation in the summary. Two edits to the page later, I removed the unwanted bullet from my comment @ 12:50, June 12, 2017 and left a summary about it. Three edits to the page later you wrote a summary @ 01:03, June 13, 2017 that was a message for me to read my Talk page. 'nuff said. Pyxis Solitary (talk) 22:49, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

Notice

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is WP:BATTLEGROUND behavior and personal attacks by Pyxis Solitary. Amaury (talk | contribs) 07:35, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

Hijiri88 – July 2017

Hijiri88 : 6 July 2017

Drop it This is getting ridiculous. You do not have a right to dismiss every comment I make just because I disagreed with you on the two threads about you. I don't think you have even read most of the sixteen comments in question -- pretty much every one not about you and Tenebrae was unanimously approved of by everyone who did read it. Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 11:26, 6 July 2017 (UTC) How exactly was Alex's "name alluded to" in this quoted text? I was alluding to a different editor who apparently contacted Alex off-wiki to badmouth me. I guess it's possible Alex was lying and no one emailed him, but he has been emailing other people, in which case what I wrote could have possibly been alluding to him if I bought into that idea, but it's a pretty outlandish theory and I was not invoking it. But of course, it's a lot more likely that you are fully aware that the above remark was not about Alex, and you just wanted to canvas someone to come in and start helping you attack me. It's the same reason you posted this (which I only noticed now). If I were the drama-hog that y'all seem to think I am, I would report you for this blatant canvassing/tag-teaming, but I'd really rather just forget this whole thing happened. Would you kindly drop it? Please? If you have a legitimate grievance with Tenebrae (and I respect Softlavender's opinion enough to believe that there is something there based on her saying there is), then I will try to help you work it out if you want, but I don't see why I should put up with you "recruiting" people to help you "fight" me just because you didn't like the help I already offered. Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 12:05, 6 July 2017 (UTC) "I don't see why I should put up with you "recruiting" people to help you "fight" me". Stop with the false accusations. You chose to involve yourself in two ANIs that affect me and dragged two 1 2 editors into them without letting them know you'd done so. I did what Wikipedia expects its members to do when non-participating editors are talked about — by name or by implication. If I wanted to "recruit people" ... I can contact them in private. Pyxis Solitary (talk) 12:36, 6 July 2017 (UTC) Let's be clear: If I "dragged" those two particular editors into those discussions, I was dragging a whole lot of other editors in too. Yes, I did comment on SR's long-winded writing style, but I was just as critical of my own style, and I specifically stated that I didn't think it was deliberate on his part. And you yourself had made much more specific allusion to SR before I showed up anyway. I specifically name-dropped another editor, and even stated that they had been harassing me -- you chose not to notify that editor, because when you went to their user (or user talk) page you saw that they were banned and would be unable to help you undermine me. The only reason I linked that diff of a comment by ATW at all was because I have been accused of being "paranoid" about people sending emails about me around, so I either needed to present hard evidence that such a thing has been happening in the last two months or not mention that such was a possibility. I did not write it with any attention of "dragging anyone in". I quoted Yunshui when I told you that casual sockpuppetry accusations were never acceptable and explicitly referred to his block of AffeL. When I mentioned that I have a history with unilateral closes that offered "advice" that was not enforceable on its fact, I was paraphrasing BU Rob13's opinion on Mjroots's close of an ANI discussion more than a year ago. My allusion to my past discussions of plot summaries was an explicit reference to something said by Curly Turkey on Drmies's talk page in the aftermath of the TBANning of Darkknight2149 following a discussion that was partially spear-headed by Softlavender, who had in turn made a string of somewhat unusual requests for evidence specifically in the form of diffs when evidence of other forms had already been provided in a discussion of Endercase in which discussion MjolnirPants and David Tornheim had also been central players, and it was to that discussion I alluded when I asked Softlavender not to make nitpick over a lack specifically of diffs when enough evidence had plainly been provided in other forms. If you ask for advice from experienced editors, you will get hundreds of (often subconscious) references to precedents that have no direct relation to your problem and are not being brought up for the purpose of relitigating past disputes. The requirement to notify editors that they are being discussed on ANI is based on the assumption that you are asking for said editors to be blocked (or banned); notifying everyone who is casually namedropped or whose comments are vaguely alluded to or who may be vaguely interested in the discussion because they commented on similar discussions months or years ago is impossible and likely going to annoy a lot of people if you try to do it; cherry-picking those who, because they might still have a bone to pick with one user, might want to comment is canvassing and us-versus-them-ism. Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 22:15, 6 July 2017 (UTC) This is my Talk page and this is a formal request: stay away from my Talk page. Any further communication from you on my Talk page will be considered aggressive behavior. You've been warned. Pyxis Solitary talk 22:41, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

Tenebrae – July 2017

Tenebrae : 10 July 2017

No excuse for your verbal attack in an edit-summary Your frivolous ANIs continue to be rejected. But if you do another edit summary like this one, you will find yourself in an ANI and I am very certain that admins will not take kindly to you. --Tenebrae (talk) 00:19, 10 July 2017 (UTC) I told you on 13 December 2016 to stay away from my Talk page, and in that ANI to stay away from me. Thank you for providing more evidence about your conduct. Pyxis Solitary talk 12:38, 10 July 2017 (UTC) If you're saying you have the right to insult and verbally abuse me and I cannot call you on it, no admin would ever agree to that. Don't be verbally abusive and I have no reason in the world to come here. --Tenebrae (talk) 21:27, 11 July 2017 (UTC) Who the fuck said that summary was about you? You and The Histrionics Queen are perfect bedfellows. It was not smart to post any message in my Talk page at all, but specially less than 24 hours after the ANI was closed. My request in that ANI for you to "stay away from me" has not only become an official record, but you are required to stay away from my Talk page because of it. Now, go away before I change my mind and bring your activity here to the attention of an Admin so that he or she can formally warn you to not post comments/messages on my Talk page. Pyxis Solitary talk 11:43, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Carol (film)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Carol (film) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ribbet32 -- Ribbet32 (talk) 21:41, 12 July 2017 (UTC)