User talk:Russ Woodroofe
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Jovanmilic97 (talk) 10:32, 4 October 2019 (UTC)William Kantor merger discussion
thread with User:Vycl1994
It seems that another editor has created William Kantor in mainspace by translating the article from German Wikipedia. Pertinent information at Draft:William Kantor, created by you, can be moved to the mainspace article. Then, I suggest turning the draft into a redirect. Vycl1994 (talk) 23:53, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
- Yes, I saw that the article had appeared. I'd gone through AfC for my draft, which is how the conflict occurred. (I tried to withdraw it from AfC, but am not positive that I did that correctly.) I will definitely try to merge the good parts about my article into the mainspace one, and will follow up with the translator about a minor things that struck me as strange in the German article. It may take me another day or two to find enough time and attention to look at it with care. Thank you for saying something! I would have missed the redirect part.
- If I may, let me ask a broader question. If I understand right, I could have put my draft directly to mainspace. But by the time I knew that, I'd already put it to AfC, and I thought it might be frowned upon to bypass it. I have one other article (Draft:Wei Biao Wu) on AfC that I don't want to myself move to mainspace (for the reason given on the talk page). Do you think that is a correct way to proceed? Perhaps it would be better to also post a note to Wikiproject Statistics talk? I understand that the AfC folks are a little overwhelmed! Russ Woodroofe (talk) 05:13, 12 October 2019 (UTC)
- Firstly, well done on the merger of William Kantor, with an additional reminder that you can refactor your talk page as you see fit, especially since all sections below this one discuss the article William Kantor.
- It appears that you are an autoconfirmed user, which means you can create articles directly in mainspace, and do not need to operate within the articles for creation process. However, I would suggest leaving any drafts already submitted to AfC within AfC. I support and respect your caution regarding Draft:Wei Biao Wu, and second your thought of reaching out to WikiProject Statistics. Regular editors there would be aware of Wu's field in general, if not his subfield, as well as the threshold for WP:PROF#C1 within statistics. Vycl1994 (talk) 19:13, 12 October 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks so much for your help, and for being patient with beginner questions. I knew that talk pages were supposed to be basically preserved, but missed that refactoring was permitted. That's good to know! I'll try and leave a thoughtful message at WP:Statistics over the next day or two, and will stop going through AfC. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 10:16, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
thread with User:Suslindisambiguator
The suggested modifications for the William Kantor article seem good to me. Suslindisambiguator (talk) 11:02, 12 October 2019 (UTC)
- The merged article seems to be a big improvement. Suslindisambiguator (talk) 13:29, 12 October 2019 (UTC)
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Thank you for creating Thomas H. Brylawski.
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Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 19:17, 9 November 2019 (UTC)
- @Justlettersandnumbers:, thank you for the kind words! I did consider Wikipedia:Did you know, where Brylawski's lectures on math + art might play well. But I just submitted a biography of another matroid theorist, Henry Crapo (mathematician), and thought two matroid theorists in a short period might be a little much. Thanks again, Russ Woodroofe (talk) 22:43, 10 November 2019 (UTC)
Sorry about...
... the mess here. It'll all get cleared up. I'd suggest you just ignore Ronald Gould (mathematician) (and the deletion discussion) for the rest of the day. I'll sort it out this evening if no one else has. Otherwise, just wanted to say your small articles on mathematicians look excellent! I'm glad to see another editor interested in academics. If there's any way I can be of assistance, let me know. Happy editing! Ajpolino (talk) 19:35, 13 November 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you for the sage advice, and thanks for the support! I'll leave all associated pages alone until the dust settles. Gould is a snow keep under WP:NPROF C5, but the apparent retaliation is the main thing here, and I'm not the right person to say that. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 00:29, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
- Agreed. An amateur-hour bad-faith AfD isn't going anywhere (hence why it generally isn't done). Right now, I'm wondering if that editor is going to meet WP:BOOMERANG or WP:ROPE first. Chris Troutman (talk) 00:33, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
AfC notification: Draft:Wei Biao Wu has a new comment
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DGG ( talk ) 09:54, 31 December 2019 (UTC)Excellent work on Jay Neitz
Your additional re-writing of the Jay Neitz biography-that-was-not-a-biography was very impressive, and I thank you. - 332dash (talk) 04:49, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you! It was in bad shape, but I could see a nice description of his work with monkeys hidden in the too-technical language. Thanks for bringing it up to AfD -- it definitely needed either attention or deletion. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 10:54, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
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Re: Josip Pečarić
Thanks. I agree with your refactoring of the talk page. Indeed, these walls of text are best collapsed. GregorB (talk) 18:34, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
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Thank you for creating Sylvia Cassedy.
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North8000 (talk) 20:14, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
I have put the article up at WP:RM#C, in line with some comments in the recent deletion discussion. Charles Matthews (talk) 14:26, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
Edit check
Hello, on Talk:Josip Pečarić was my edit not correct for the blocked sock account? Thanks. OyMosby (talk) 22:33, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
- OyMosby, I think it was one possible correct thing to do, although I see also where JBL was coming from also. That article has been very contentious indeed. I'll go ahead and collapse the whole discussion in question, which seems unlikely to be helpful. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 02:16, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
Question on academic criteria
Hi Russ, I have a general question concerning WP:NPROF. I understand they are just guidelines, not rules, but there seems to be disagreement among editors on whether meeting just one of the 8 criteria could be sufficient to justify having a page (I'm not talking about whether a criterion is met or not). The "Criteria" section of the page begins with "Academics meeting any one of the following conditions, as substantiated through reliable sources, are notable." So it seems to be quite clear, one could be sufficient, yet several of the editors' comments seem to say otherwise. Thanks for your help. Jkorsunsky (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 10:25, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
- Meeting one of the criteria suffices. Whether a particular position meets NPROF C5 has been a topic of much discussion. In the presence of an unexceptional citation record, and with little other evidence of academic notability, you're unlikely to convince anyone that the position held by Gregory Katz meets C5. You've made your best case for it, now I'd warmly suggest reading WP:BLUDGEON and considering its advice. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 11:54, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
- PS. Are you signing your posts with four ~'s? Something is broken, as SineBot is coming back to date your posts. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 11:54, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks for the info, and no intention of bludgeoning. As you say, I've made my statement. And yes, I'd forgotten about the four ~'s and was signing manually. Jkorsunsky (talk) 13:25, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
Please review arguments and leave space for discussion
Hi Russ Woodroofe, I noticed you have recently reverted my edits to Miroslava Duma. There is an open discussion on Talk:Miroslava_Duma which I believe can be a healthy alternative for discussion. I will ping the respective Wikipedia:Noticeboards to expedite the process. Feel free to do the same. Runforlimit505 (talk) 08:49, 13 June 2020 (UTC)