User talk:All Hallow's Wraith
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For doing it the way it's supposed to be done. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 > haneʼ 22:41, 1 February 2010 (UTC) |
Final discussion for Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Biographies of living people
Hello, I note that you have commented on the first phase of Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Biographies of living people
As this RFC closes, there are two proposals being considered:
- Proposal to Close This RfC
- Alternate proposal to close this RFC: we don't need a whole new layer of bureaucracy
Your opinion on this is welcome. Okip 02:07, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Template for deletion
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Comments invited
As an occasional or frequent editor of the Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2012 article, your participation in this discussion would be welcome and appreciated. Thanks.--JayJasper (talk) 18:33, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
{{imdb}} question
Hi there. I really have no idea where to ask this, so I have come to you. I have noticed you shortening the {{imdb}} code, something that I have also done in the past. Recently, though, I had a series of pages show up in my watch where the editor was "updating" to the reverse. [1], [2], [3], [4], and this one, which you changed one of the 2 links on the page again: [5] --> [6]. When working on various pages, I haven't touched the {{imdb}} since then because I was just confused. Am I missing something here as to why some use {{imdb name}} instead? Sorry to bother you, but I was hoping you could help. Thanks. --Logical Fuzz (talk) 11:12, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
Preferred styling for musician articles
It is not specified in the WP:WikiProject Musicians that articles shall have a life and career section. However, looking at three featured articles on musicians, I noted the following:
- Celine Dion
- First heading is "Life and music career", with subheadings
- Mariah Carey
- First heading is "Life and music career", with subheadings
- Aaliyah
- First heading is "Life and career", with subheadings
Even the article on The Beatles starts with a history section with subheadings. In that case, the subheadings go two layers down, not one!
So, it is not codified that the articles be arranged that way, but featured articles on musicians are, and featured articles are good templates to use for other related articles. Accordingly, it's the de facto preferred style for musician biographies. —C.Fred (talk) 16:57, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
Tagline
Thanks for notifying. Am not too concerned, but have commented on the RFC page. --Deryck C. 22:27, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
Why remove "empty" reference sections from articles that will require them?
Is there a reason why you are removing "empty" reference sections? http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nick_Swardson&diff=prev&oldid=361836200] WP:V requires that the section will need to exist. Active Banana (talk) 22:42, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
- I would suggest that the fact that "they look bad and/or strange (i.e. a section named "References" with nothing in it) " is an entirely appropriate look for an article that doesnt have any references? If it causes the reader to pause and think "something's wrong" - is that not a good thing when we have content that we cannot with any degree of assurance show is valid? I think its better to have a reader have concerns about the content they have gotten than to go away with a mistaken belief that everything within Wikipedia is true. No?Active Banana (talk) 22:54, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
Saw you tried starting a discussion on her religious background a while ago. If you'd like to throw in a word, I've opened up a similar discussion here: Talk:Avril_Lavigne#Religion. Thanks. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 23:29, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
Selena
If we could figure out what her mother's other half is that would probably be a better fit. ★Dasani★ 19:28, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
- California and Texas have more Hispanics and Asians than English so I think you could put that. ★Dasani★ 19:55, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
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Helena Bonham Carter's maternal grandfather
Hi, I am a bit confused as to why you reverted my edit on this. Is it really more notable to be an ambassador than to save thousands of people from the Holocaust? I am not sure what you meant when you said the previous edit was more accurate. Jewish is not a nationality, it is a religion. I can't see that it is accurate to describe someone as being of "half Spanish and half Jewish" ancestry. Does this mean that no Jews in Spain are to be taken as fully Spanish? Similarly, would this mean that Tiger Woods is best described as being of "half American and half Buddhist" ancestry? It was this error in the original version that motivated my edit. Boxter1977 (talk) 13:03, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
- I appreciate your conciliatory approach, Wraith. I do think it would be salient to mention that he is of Jewish extraction, particularly in light of what he did for the French Jews. To me, it's relatively insignificant that he was a Minister-Counsellor in DC, but I have no argument with leaving that in. I am a little uncomfortable with "half Jewish ancestry" as I would argue that Judaism is a religion and only a quasi ethnicity. But that is another story. I can't think of a better phrasing than your suggestion, so if you are happy, let's go with that. Would you like to do the change, or shall I? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Boxter1977 (talk • contribs) 02:49, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
- I have thought about this further, and discussed it with others. What do you think of "Jewish ancestry" or "Jewish extraction"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Boxter1977 (talk • contribs) 09:03, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
I cited the category in the discussion
Hey, I give you the brown muddy barnstar for not reading the discussions.
If you had in the case of judge feldman, you would have seen that not only did I cite the wsj article which says he converted to christianity from judaism, I asked, what is the proper way to cite that?
Since you removed it, but since I assume good behavior on your part as all wikipedians do, I am asking you to restore it ASAP. Perhaps you could better the article up, by taking the cite I placed in the discussion and properly placing it in the article.
Best wishes, and try to keep up with the discussions in the future