User talk:Look2See1

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Commencing Note Box-Look2See1 t a l k → 23:32, 29 April 2010 (UTC) REFERENCES and CITATIONS — {{help}} {{helpme}} How references work      Simple references These require two parts; a) Chzz is 98 years old.<ref> "The book of Chzz", Aardvark Books, 2009. </ref> He likes tea. <ref> [http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com Tea website] </ref> b) A section called "References" with the special code "{{reflist}}"; == References == {{reflist}} (an existing article is likely to already have one of these sections) To see the result of that, please look at user:chzz/demo/simpleref. Edit it, and check the code; perhaps make a test page of your own, such as user:Look2See1/reftest and try it out. Named references Chzz was born in 1837, <ref name="MyBook"> "The book of Chzz", Aardvark Books, 2009. </ref> in Footown.<ref name="MyBook"/> Note that the second usage has a / (and no closing ref tag). This needs a reference section as above; please see user:chzz/demo/namedref to see the result. Citation templates You can put anything you like between <ref> and </ref>, but using citation templates makes for a neat, consistent look; Chzz has 37 Olympic medals. <ref> {{Citation | last = Smith | first = John | title = Olympic medal winners of the 20th century | publication-date = 2001 | publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]] | page = 125 | isbn = 0-521-37169-4 }} </ref> Please see user:chzz/demo/citeref to see the result. For more help and tips on that subject, see user:chzz/help/refs.

Thanks

Thanks for the edit on the recent merge, will help
--George2001hi (talk) 19:13, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Excellent Contributions

Barnstar

Thank you for correcting my misunderstanding about the layout of Tahrir Square. Looking at your contributions, it looks like you're doing a great job of editing articles about Egypt at a time when many of us want to learn more. 98.246.191.164 (talk) 19:48, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Category: Middle East

It seems that today, "Near East" has been subsumed into "Middle East". Should the scope say that this has occurred? Otherwise it might look like an error. Laurel Lodged (talk) 12:01, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

A good question Laurel Lodged, that I'm not qualified to answer. In my personal wikipedia readings, it generally seems the Near East has been subsumed into & renamed the Middle East for the region's modern era history and contemporary geography/geopolitical articles. However, sometimes the Middle East is also used for a larger region than the Ancient Near East and "colloquial" Near East usually are, and is more similar to Western Asia.
The Near East has an intrinsic Eurocentric "geo-bias" as it is only "nearer" to Europe than the Western world's "Far East" is. — Look2See1 t a l k → 19:30, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

You both have quite valid concerns about the usages - there is a literature that lies side by side this with orientalism about the usages, it would be an interesting article if someone bothered... JarrahTree 06:38, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Southeast Asia and Malay Peninsula

Thanks for your edits in this area - there is a dearth of editing inter-country features for the whole region these days JarrahTree 06:38, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

I have already experienced your very telling ignoring talk messages to date, but is there a reason for combining parent and child cats in southeast asian peninsulae? if there was some specific explanation or reason why given - it might actually help other editors to understand why you did that? JarrahTree 06:55, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

JarrahTree — Per your 6:38, you are welcome. Per your 6:55, please try to assume good faith & be constructive, and not unpleasant, on my talk page. You did not express what your actual concerns are, and so I cannot answer them yet. Thank you. — Look2See1 t a l k → 07:04, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

My apology - I hadnt seen you have spent close to the last 8 hours identifying Thailand in 'Asia'. The thing is there are two parallel universes - Thailand in some categories in Asia and some in Southeast Asia - so I am not sure there is anything to answer in the end - either someone or some process at some stage (and it does not necessarily need to be either of us) needs to resolve the issue of southeast asia - whether it exists or not in categories, or not. Apologies for not being clear enough, I hope that sufficiently explains enough. JarrahTree 07:15, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi JarrahTree, thank you for explaining. Per Thailand subcategories, if there is a Southeast Asia parent category (found under Category: Southeast Asia) they should be used, and when not then an Asia parent category.

I recategorized Category: Peninsular Malaysia (the mainland region of Malaysia) under Category: Malay Peninsula (the entire peninsula in Southeast Asia). It was after your edit on [Cat:Peninsular Malaysia], & understand the 2 names are easily confused. Please ask if you need any clarifications. — Look2See1 t a l k → 07:33, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for explaining - that is a major part of clarifying and making things work. I am not sure I would follow your guideline of defaulting to asia when there is nothing at southeast asia - seeing that I created most of the southeast asia categories :| - I would probably try to expand the range of southeast asia category range !! Thanks again, I appreciate your response. JarrahTree 08:03, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Category:1st millennium in Thailand has been nominated for discussion

Category:1st millennium in Thailand, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Paul_012 (talk) 09:07, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

Balla categories

Thank you so much for adding categories to the articles on Balla's paintings and list of his works. I've removed a couple of the categories you added to List of works by Giacomo Balla, because they are set categories that contain artists, not lists of their works. Otherwise, nicely done! —swpb^T 12:49, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Appreciation

Thank you very much for removing the WikiProject links I had put on the main pages of the geological items you are currently editing. Thank you JarrahTree 02:02, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

You are welcome. Thanks JarrahTree, for letting me know their removal was ok. Perhaps you have noticed, around a ¼ or ⅓ of the new Epoch level subcats are orphans, with only 1 of their 3 standard cats present. A generic e.g. - [Cat:"Olde Epoch" insects of Asia] was created with only [Cat:"Olde Epoch" insects], usually without [Cat:"Olde Epoch" Asia] or parent [Cat:"Olde Age" insects of Asia]. Have you noticed them? When I stumble across them via an interesting article, I do try to remedy their orphan-ness. — Look2See1 t a l k → 17:51, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

Official website links

Why are you adding bold emphasis to 'Official website' links?

Is this per WP:MoS?

Why are you not using {{Official website}}?

81.158.171.21 (talk) 20:30, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

PLEASE STOP adding the article subject's name to 'Official website' links, as you did here and in many other articles.

Please see {{Official website}}, which states that the title of 'Official website' links ... should succinctly and accurately describe the external link in relation to the subject. In particular, it should not include the article subject's name as the reader reasonably expects that all external links pertain to the subject.

Thank you. 81.158.171.21 (talk) 04:17, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

You are not a registered editor. Please sign up, so you can be accountable and have a talk page. Look2See1 t a l k → 17:25, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Computer companies disestablished in 1929

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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice that the page you created, Category:Computer companies disestablished in 1929, was tagged as a test page under section G2 of the criteria for speedy deletion and has been or soon may be deleted. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. —swpb^T 13:10, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

@Swpb: Surely you know Look2See1 is not a new user? Ottawahitech (talk) 11:00, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

To editor Ottawahitech: So? Twinkle automatically notifies creators of speedy-tagged pages, and I think that's a good thing. Even an old editor should be notified that they made the mistake of leaving a test page. —swpb^T 14:16, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

Support speedy deletion, & sorry for the need to correct my mistake. I was creating Category:Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1929, and pasted in a cat with computer for setup, copied a disest. cat from decades later. Thanks Twinkle, for the notification. Look2See1 t a l k → 17:12, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

• @Swpb: Yes, I agree, notifying as many editors as possible is a good thing. I don’t use wp:twinkle myself but is there no choice which canned message to use? The one here starts so: Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia which is not ideal when notifying a user who has been around for over 6 years and has contributed 162,411 edits (51,001 to category space) to Wikipedia. Ottawahitech (talk) 11:11, 4 November 2016 (UTC)please ping me

Constructed strait

Perhaps You like to answer here with ping to Sca. Sincerely, --Mapsed (talk) 15:55, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi Mapsed, I'm unfamiliar with the Strait of Baltiysk, but the use of "constructed" in the article indicates that the natural gat through the Vistula Spit has been deepened &/or widened for shipping needs. Look2See1 t a l k → 17:21, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

Category pages

Hi. I see you've been working on category pages. Please note that Wikipedia:Categorization#Creating category pages advises that in most cases, category pages need only be appropriately categorised and don't need to have textual content. Only in cases where the scope of the category isn't clear from the title should a description be added: "The category description should make direct statements about the criteria by which pages should be selected for inclusion in (or exclusion from) the category." Also, the guideline suggests, "The description can also contain links to other Wikipedia pages, in particular to other related categories which do not appear directly as subcategories or parent categories, and to relevant categories at sister projects, such as Commons." It does not recommend adding a lot of contextual links to articles. Those should be done in article lead sections, not category description pages. Navbox templates are also appropriately placed on article and not category description pages. Thanks. --Paul_012 (talk) 22:39, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Hello again. I appreciate your efforts on improving category structures, but I'm afraid that instead of making the category pages easier to navigate, your edits may be making them more confusing by introducing too many links to articles, navboxes, and making arbitrary indentations. Has there been discussion with with the wider community regarding the format you're using? --Paul_012 (talk) 14:43, 4 November 2016 (UTC)