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Trying again

Gonna place piece I made back in BuzzFeed page again; hopefully, I get citation right if that was the issue beforehand.— Preceding unsigned comment added by VolseniMack (talk • contribs) 19:33, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

Edit filter?

Hi, is an edit filter suitable to resolve the issues currently under discussion at Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#onefivenine.com_-_broad_consensus_sought? Or would it need to go to the meta blacklisting people? - Sitush (talk) 12:05, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

(talk page gnome) It also could be listed at WT:WPSPAM where depending on circumstances it could be added to unlinkbot, local blacklist, meta blacklist, etc. —PaleoNeonate – 14:08, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

@Sitush: sorry, other things have been preoccupying me. Yes, I'd list it at WPSPAM, that's what I've done before. Doug Weller talk 14:53, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

Ok, thanks to both of you. WT:SPAM never even crossed my mind because there is no indication that the site owner or indeed anyone else is actually trying to spam the stuff, albeit they will gain financially from exposure here. However, if that is a means potentially to prevent such sites being used in future then it makes sense to me. I'll see how the RSN discussion pans out, although I think the outcome there is pretty much a foregone conclusion. - Sitush (talk) 15:13, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

Opened a request at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam#onefivenine.com. Pinging PaleoNeonate. - Sitush (talk) 15:29, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

Encyclopaedia Iranica

Have you seen this? --Kansas Bear (talk) 02:16, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style. Legobot (talk) 04:32, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

I was fixing a typing mistake

You do not know our native language. I'm Sri Lankan and Paadha means foot and Pada that means fart so please change the typing error as you have no idea about and this mistake. Not changing this can cause disputes in our country (racial) I live in a multi racial country in Sri Lanka and I know more about this than you. So I would kindly ask you to fix issue.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Smartech SD (talk • contribs) 08:02, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

Atlantis and Greek mythology

Hello, at the article about Atlantis you said that "Atlantis isn't mentioned in Greek mythology", but I think that Diodorus Siculus clearly mention the war between the Amazons of Queen Myrina and the Atlantians. (The Library of History - Diodorus Siculus, Book III, 54) Gre regiment (talk) 18:51, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

@Gre regiment: First, the article doesn't mention Greek mythology or this story. But mainly Diodorus doesn't mention Atlantis, and his Atlantians are described as "the Atlantians, the most civilized men among the inhabitants of those regions, who dwelt in a prosperous country and possessed great cities". We can't interpret that to mean Atlantis, and of course Plato doesn't describe Atlantis as having cities. There don't seem to be any Greek myths mentioning Atlantis. Doug Weller talk 17:09, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

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Page move

Hi Doug Weller. In August 2016 I proposed to move Indo-Aryan migration theory to Indo-Aryan migrations. It was supported by three other editors, but never executed; could you follow-up on this? Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 06:28, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't know enough about this and wouldn't be comfortable doing it. Doug Weller talk 20:11, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Requesting your opinion re redlinks for names of tribes / ethnic groups

Our article Spear-thrower#History says:

Several Amazonian tribes also used the atlatl ...

Such was the case with the Tarairiu, a Tapuya tribe of migratory foragers and raiders inhabiting the forested mountains and highland savannahs of Rio Grande do Norte in mid-17th-century Brazil. Anthropologist Harald Prins offers the following description ...

I made the terms Tarairiu and Tapuya wikilinks. Another editor reverted these terms back to plain text, with the note "red links".

(1) Per WP:REDLINK: "Red links for subjects that should have articles but do not, are not only acceptable, but needed in the articles. ... Do not remove red links unless you are certain that Wikipedia should not have an article on that subject."

(2) It seems to me that any tribe or ethnic group that has a name and is discussed by anthropologists "should" have an article or article section on Wikipedia.

- and that therefore these terms should appear as redlinks.

Your thoughts? -- 189.60.63.116 (talk) 19:55, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

I've reverted. Doug Weller talk 20:21, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks -- 189.60.63.116 (talk) 21:21, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Confused

Was there a disclaimer in the article, or did BuzzFeed release a statement saying that after the backlash? They seem to stick with what they say, considering that the website appears to lean too much towards the left. VolseniMack (talk) 20:12, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

@VolseniMack: please use the article talk page. and look at the originalBuzzfeed article and the videos before you reply there please. Doug Weller talk 20:20, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Edit to Spear Thrower

Yes, these might be articles sometime. I removed the wikilinks because they are dead links now. Do red links really improve an article? Senor Cuete (talk) 20:21, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

@Senor Cuete:I'd say in this case definitely, hopefully they will encourage creation of articles. I was responding to the discussion above which includes the guideline. Doug Weller talk 20:31, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

There are Articles about the Tarairiú language and Tapuya language. Mabe these should be linked with a pipe link - eg. Tarairiú and Tapuya. Senor Cuete (talk) 20:43, 30 January 2018 (UTC)