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Hello Nicolao!

I go by Ari, I wanted to drop you a line because I noticed you made edits to the Ursula Bellah (formerly Pearson) wiki page and wanted to talk with you. I had known her since I was a baby, when she passed in 2006 I was devastated, barely in 7th grade at the time. She was a lifelong friend of my family, and I was hoping to speak with someone who may recall more details about her that I may not have known (I was very young and some things were never disclosed to me naturally). I have a copy of her Surviving the Judas Factor book she gave to us a few years before she passed of pancreatic cancer. Hope to be in touch soon. I can be reached at ramenmangaka@gmail.com please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2606:6000:514D:6200:FDC8:7B28:A2CF:3FDC (talk) 07:35, 2 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

19th and 20th century American writers

I undid your edits on Katharine Lee Bates that deleted her from the 19th and 20th century lists of American writers. I believe that she belongs on these lists. If you still think she does not, would you kindly explain why not? Thanks for your work. AnaSoc (talk) 23:45, 5 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@AnaSoc: She's already in the categories Category:19th-century American poets and Category:20th-century American poets...they're child categories of Category:19th-century American writers and Category:20th-century American writers. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 05:20, 6 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ah! Thanks for the clarification.AnaSoc (talk) 19:31, 6 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Showgirl Sylvie Lubamba

Hi, dearest Ser Amantio di Nicolao, how are you? Here it's too hot.

I opened this short page about this showgirl and actrice. Please, I ask you just do 3-4 minutes to read it and correct my mistakes. I'll be pleased to help you in Italian and Portuguese. Thanks a lot and see you very soon.

Rei Momo (talk) 08:36, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Reliability on Wikipedia

HI, I am doing a Toastmaster's speech on the reliability of Wikipedia. I am hoping you might be available for a short interview on the subject of reliability on Wikipedia. I would only use the information you provide as part of a speech to my Toastmaster's club of about 20 members.

Please let me know if you are available.

Regards, Kent — Preceding unsigned comment added by Keblakeney (talk • contribs) 13:37, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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AWB error

Hi, just to note that your AWB run broke a citation in this edit, you might want to look at it. Thanks, Black Kite (talk) 08:14, 25 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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José Maria Pires

Hi, dearest Ser Amantio di Nicolao, how are you? Here there's tooooo hot!

I put a new reference in this page, and I ask only to read it, please, because I want it is put in correct form, and not to seem racist, because I'm not!!!!

Thanks a lot for your great help!!!

Rei Momo (talk) 06:44, 31 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Canadian male guitarists

Hey Ser Amantio--what's with the gendering? I thought we weren't doing that anymore except for maybe in exceptional circumstances. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 21:31, 31 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Drmies: Haven't heard anything - what'd I miss? I thought gendering was fine in these instances because they're also categorized as subsets of Category:Canadian guitarists. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:32, 31 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oh I haven't heard anything since that shitstorm a few years ago, but I really thought the upshot of that was we weren't doing that as a general sort of rule. Drmies (talk) 21:33, 31 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Drmies: My sense is that things have changed over the past couple of years...I sense a broad acceptance of gendered categories for women, and an attendant acceptance of gendered categories for men. The latter is much slower in coming, but I think it's finally starting to be de rigeur more often than not. Right now, though, we have a fair number of underpopulated categories, and I figure that, at least, ought to be changed. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:48, 31 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Fixing a category

Hi Sorry to blther u I'm new here and i wanted to ask u I saw that u are one of those who edited Ólína Guðbjörg Viðarsdóttir And that she is in a lesbian football player She and her partner Edda Garðarsdóttir both are football players that can be both put under a new category:LGBT sportspeople from Iceland which will be under this category: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:LGBT_sportspeople_by_nationality Instead of how edda is icelandic but has no mention to it and olina is a sportspeople with no category Can u do it please and thx and sorry to bother u

AdamPrideTN (talk) 07:01, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Authority Control

What is authority control A.R.M. 19:06, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@ARMcgrath: see Wikipedia:Authority control and Help:Authority control for information on the template {{Authority control}} (also the wiki article Authority control). --Treetear (talk) 16:19, 5 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Carlo Arrigoni

Good morning, I recognise your name as one who makes generally reliable specialised edits, so I'd like to ask the reason why you deleted the Italian musician category under Carlo Arrigoni. The article makes specific mention of public performances during his career, so I would have thought it was appropriate. Sweetpool50 (talk) 09:43, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Sweetpool50: I removed the category because he's already categorized under Category:Italian composers, which is a child category of Category:Italian musicians. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 12:33, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

revdel suggestion

I have brought my suggestion to WP:VPP#WP:BMB, any input would be appreciated (as this could resque some good material while keeping spirit of WP:BMB). Thanks. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 07:12, 10 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Beetstra: I'd be happy to take a look, but won't have a chance until this afternoon sometime, at the earliest. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 12:30, 10 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The Gale Storm Show

I'm curious about why you removed the "1950s American television series" category from The Gale Storm Show when it began in 1956. Eddie Blick (talk) 00:10, 11 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Teblick: It's now in the diffused subcategory Category:1950s American sitcoms instead. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 05:34, 11 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for pointing that out. I need to pay more attention to subcategories. I appreciate your help. Eddie Blick (talk) 19:19, 11 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Teblick: Any time - and please let me know if you find a category that shouldn't be diffused. Always happy to be of help. Happy editing! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:43, 11 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Places of the Euromaidan has been nominated for discussion

Category:Places of the Euromaidan, which you created, has been nominated for deletion. 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. RevelationDirect (talk) 00:45, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Searching for a Donor userbox/award

Hi fellow Wikipedian, I am trying to find a userbox or an award which can advertise the fact that I am a Wikipedia donor. Do you know of any? Anshuk (talk) 05:51, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Anshuk: Not sure - I've never encountered one. Sorry. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 14:04, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Got one. Check my page. :) Anshuk (talk) 14:12, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, well done, congratulations. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 14:13, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Chicken Fried Steak

	Chicken Fried Steak with mashed potatoes and cream gravy
	To Ser Amantio di Nicolao for omniscience about Wikipedia categories. Who would have known there was a category for Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León? Oldsanfelipe_{(User talk:Oldsanfelipe / Special:Contributions/Oldsanfelipe)} Edited once, Oldsanfelipe (talk) 19:36, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Just saying, I'm coming over for dinner if this is on the menu; however, I much prefer fries covered in cream gravy with my chicken fried steak. Oh and green beans or collards to brown beans, just sayin' ;) SusunW (talk) 19:13, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

SusunW There used to be a place in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia that did a nice chicken fried steak. Bit upscale, but I ain't complainin'. Let me know if you're ever this way and I'll introduce you.

Oldsanfelipe Luck of the draw - HotCat is a wonderfully useful tool sometimes. :-) I take more shots in the dark than ever you will know... --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:15, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmmm, family in Virginia, I might at some point take you up on that. It's a staple in my original neck of the woods, from fine dining to truck stops and pretty much you can order it for breakfast, lunch or dinner. (Just never, ever order it in Tennessee, you will get fried chicken pounded flat. I was totally shocked.) I think in the last decade, I've managed to find it twice. Once in Belize cooked very nicely by a Texan and once in Oklahoma while visiting family. Oh yeah and with okra, both times. (Methinks the chefs were trying to spoil me, as I never find okra here in Mexico). SusunW (talk) 19:43, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

SusunW Whereabouts in Virginia? I've had family between Tidewater and Piedmont for the better part of the past three centuries. Lots of 'em around the Richmond area, mostly. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:18, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Used to be in Midlothian but they recently moved. Not sure what the name of the new place is. SusunW (talk) 00:29, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

SusunW Hah, was just down that way last month. Didn't spend a lot of time in Chesterfield County - mostly on the way too and from other places. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 02:25, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Indiggo

You removed Indiggo from Category:Participants in American reality television series using Cat-a-lot. As the article mentions, they were contestants in Season 3 of America's Got Talent. Vyeh (talk) 16:20, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Vyeh Yes, but they're in the subcategory Category:America's Got Talent contestants. I see no evidence that Category:Participants in American reality television series is meant to be non-diffusing; please let me know if it should be the case otherwise. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 16:21, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the explanation. Vyeh (talk) 16:46, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Vyeh: Any time. Happy editing! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:00, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Quinn Cummings

Why did you copy Quinn Cummings from Category:American women bloggers to Category:American bloggers? -- Pemilligan (talk) 20:32, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Pemilligan: We generally treat by-gender subcategories as non-diffused subcategories of the parent; despite the hatnote in the parent category I can't see that Category:American bloggers would be any different. If there is a reason in policy please let me know; I'd be happy to take a look. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:44, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for explaining. Perhaps the hatnote should be removed. -- Pemilligan (talk) 21:17, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Radio categories

On Jim Norton (comedian) you removed Category:American radio personalities because its child category Category:Radio personalities from New York City is included. I had undone this because I would not have thought these two were related, something pointed out to me by Ponyo. To me American Radio Personalities are people who broadcast on the radio in America, and Radio personalities from New York City are people who broadcast that are from NYC. The distinction being where they were born/live vs where they work. Upon review I see the header of the NYC category says Radio personalities in the greater New York media market, however I would not have expected that. It would be helpful if you could add an edit summary explaining why you are removing these so it is clear to people, as per WP:FIES. Thank you - Galatz גאליץ ^{שיחה Talk} 20:42, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Galatz: Well, I often do those sorts of things using a tool that autopopulates its own edit summary. However, I just discovered today that it is in fact possible for me to provide an edit summary of my own (which did not used to be the case when using the tool). I'll begin testing it out and see what results I get. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:46, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - Galatz גאליץ ^{שיחה Talk} 21:03, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Wishing to ‘chat’ with you -

Hello - I am married to someone who’s page you’ve edited in the past few months - and it appears you did a very accurate job (thank you). I would like to ask you questions about the Wikipedia process - how best to get complete and accurate and up to date info - on my husband’s page. I am not interested in promoting him - - just ensuring that information is accurate and complete. If you could contact me at ldmssiga@gmail.com I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you LDMattingly (talk) 19:33, 19 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Julia Morton removed from American Botanists?

Hi

I just noticed this revision for Julia Morton: Removing from Category:American botanists using Cat-a-lot

What's the nature of this change? Is this just a reorganization or a "demotion"? I don't see any discussion of this on that page.

Pouletic (talk) 02:51, 20 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Pouletic: The article is in the category Category:20th-century American botanists. No need for it to be in the parent category as well. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 03:08, 20 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sandra Bowen (thinktank director)

We got into an edit conflict, and I inadvertently erased your updates just trying to make sure mine got in. --Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 20:55, 20 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Scottandrewhutchins: No worries - we'll get 'em in there one way or the other. :-) Happy editing! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:58, 20 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Find a grave

Please don't ever use Find a Grave as a source for information, like you did at Charity Wright Cook. Please see WP:FINDAGRAVE-EL, where it is indicated that it should "almost never" be used as a reference. In this particular case, the date of birth matches what is given at Find a grave, but that doesn't match the information on the gravestone (aged 76 years 11 months 11 days). If information is only available at find a grave and not on any reliable site, please simply don't include it.

Something like genealogytrails[1] is also an unreliable source, but the source they reprint may be reliable, and should be sourced directly (which also avoids the potential risk that the republication of it on the trails website is a copyvio, which we shouldn't link to). Strangely, that source lists 10 childre,, find a grave lists 7 (another reason not to trust find a grave), and you claim they had 11 children? Fram (talk) 07:37, 24 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Fram

I'm aware of Find-a-Grave's issues; I try to link to it as sparingly as possible. In this instance, the birthdate is actually backed up by another site as well (save for a difference of a day...given the time period involved, this is not something that concerned me unduly.) Where that site gets its info I don't know.

As for genealogytrails, I know nothing about that one. I will have to look and see where the information comes from (actually, the page says Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy). My source for 11 children was a print source. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 14:07, 24 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I've cleaned up the article, removing the unreliable sources and the info sourced to those. Fram (talk) 14:17, 24 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Fram

Thanks - as you can see I'm a bit distracted this morning. :-) (For what it's worth, the Westminster Handbook has its issues, too - it claims she was commissioned by Bush Run Meeting, but I know that's wrong because I did a little quick research. No such place ever existed.) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 14:21, 24 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Automated vs Autonomous car

I noticed you reverted my moving the article "Autonomous car" to "Automated car". Please explain what is wrong with "Automated car" and what is right about "Autonomous car".

Ewaladel (talk) 01:22, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Ewaladel: I have no preference for either. But you will need to open a discussion about changing the name before moving it. Please have a look at Wikipedia:Requested moves for some information as well. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 02:19, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Re: "Dmytro Kremin" article

Dear Ser Amantio di Nikolao,

When you have a spare moment, please take a look at the Wikipedia page "Dmytro Kremin" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmytro_Kremin) -- I wrote this article about D.Kremin. Since my article got the tugs about conflict of interest and lack of citations (??? -- there's quite enough of verifiable sources and citations) in May 2018, this article has been edited and fixed by other contributors and editors because I was advised not to edit it...

There is no "promotionism" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard/Archive_130#Dmytro_Kremin), to top it all -- I am not a paid editor, I'm a writer (I live in Vancouver, Canada, for almost 20 years but originally from Ukraine. Simply there's nobody knows better the subject -- that's why I wrote this article), it's not a "puff" as Scope Creep and Cordless Larry were talking about. This article is fair and true, and all the sources are true, reliable, and listed below the article. It had and has a totally neutral point of view. If now this article looks acceptable to you, then I'd like to ask you a favour -- please help me to remove the tug/tugs

and

. I appreciate your time with it and thank you!

Sincerely,

Svetlana Ischenko (Svetlana Ischenko (talk) 02:10, 27 August 2018 (UTC))[reply]

Proposed deletion of Cripple Creek, Virginia

The article Cripple Creek, Virginia has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

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@Kirbanzo: The community had a post office, and passes the notability threshold. Please take it to WP:AFD if you disagree. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 00:14, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Kirbanzo: I left a message on your talk page...OK, in the late 18th century that area was a spiders web of French and Native American and New World folks hoping that they could in some way make the British go away. It is at best taxing for me to endure this because if people actually read BOOKS OLD BOOKS they could find this. Perhaps the reading of an older Fincastle Va History book might be helpful? From small acorn stubs, do might article oaks grow. I m one person. I tend to focus on West Virginia history. AND I am sorry we all cant perform to your timeline. Perhaps if you used your time reading and not deleting you too could also help build the articles as opposed to hoping someone else does it. NOT A SOUL is stopping you from editing in ALL BY YOUR SELFCoal town guy (talk) 00:44, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Any thoughts on Draft:Minatti and Draft:Walinwa? I merged much of Minatti to Lake Hancock at least, but seems like it should have its own article based on notability criteria. Draft:Marshall Academy also languishes in draft space. I thought high schools were presumed notable? FloridaArmy (talk) 01:06, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@FloridaArmy: Personally, I see nothing wrong with any of those as standalone articles. That being said, I also would have no problem were the community articles merged into something larger - as long as the information is preserved I don't think the format is as critical. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:14, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Merging is definitely better than nothing but it does tend to limit expansion and has other limitations as far as categories, links, and infoboxes go. FloridaArmy (talk) 01:17, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@FloridaArmy: Fair point. And I do tend to be in favor of separate articles. But if someone else were to insist on merging I generally wouldn't push the point. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:28, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

After a review of policy not aligning with the claim of notability from the post office, I'm taking this to AFD. Kirbanzo (talk) 01:50, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Cripple Creek, Virginia for deletion

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SO you want to delete something because you are ignorant of its history??????Coal town guy (talk) 02:00, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A cheeseburger for you!

We can grill this at Cripple Creek, Virginia Coal town guy (talk) 14:52, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Coal town guy: Yes, but only if I can pick up a bottle of Cheerwine to go with it. :-)

Thanks for the assist last night - I was getting ready to respond myself when the nomination was withdrawn. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:04, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I would bring the Strawberry Nehi in glass bottles. OF COURSE...These places inspire me, I recall the hellish walk to what was called McVey, West Virginia. Quite a thing to find foundations holes in the middle of a forest and lots and lots of glass jars...Coal town guy (talk) 15:08, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Last month I did a driving trip up U.S. Route 13 along the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and hit a bunch of the communities along the way. I still have to sort a bunch of the images and upload them to Commons, but I got some good shots. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:24, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I maintain this blog for such occasions https://wvcoaltowns.blogspot.com/

Coal town guy (talk) 15:51, 6 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Coal town guy: If you're ever interested in reading on some of the backroads of eastern Virginia, I can highly recommend Off 13: The Eastern Shore of Virginia Guidebook - I picked it up over the summer, and have already found it to be an invaluable resource in discussing a lot of the kinds of places we're talking about. Very well put-together, too. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:55, 6 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I am hip deep in trying to find ANYONE who knows about McVey, West Virginia now. I knew of 2 former residents, but they have passed on as they were in their late 90's.....There is a cemetery, BUT it appears to be for the founding familyCoal town guy (talk) 16:05, 6 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

admin

Can you ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noramiao (talk • contribs) 17:08, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) Why would he do that? General Ization ^Talk 17:09, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@General Ization: Channeling Abe Vigoda: "My very words." @Noramiao: No. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:10, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Lininy

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Proposed deletion of Mampihao

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Proposed deletion of Bujar Qamili

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Proposed deletion of Rasoanaivo

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Proposed deletion of Patrick Simmons (politician)

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Alec Monteath

How did you grow an interest into Alec Monteath? And I was doing some of my own research and came across the name Caroline grant do you know who she may be. Red roid Gibson (talk) 03:16, 4 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Category:American bloggers

Is there a reason you are copying all the members of subcategories of Category:American bloggers into the parent category as well? That makes the parent category rather hard to navigate. --GRuban (talk) 15:31, 6 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@GRuban: By-gender categories have traditionally been treated as non-diffusing: see Category:American male novelists and Category:American women novelists, for instance. I have investigated, but haven't seen a particular reason bloggers should be treated any differently. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:34, 6 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. --GRuban (talk) 16:30, 6 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The numbers of novelists in the categories you mention are interesting: 4,718 men vs 3,474 women. That means that over 42% of the biographies of novelists on Wikipedia are about women. I wonder if that reflects reality or whether it is a result of our efforts to cover women writers. In regard to best sellers, this analysis shows that women have certainly been catching up. Indeed, in certain categories, women have become far more successful than men.--Ipigott (talk) 11:26, 9 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Ipigott: There used to be a couple of websites that collected bibliographies for mystery writers, and I need to dig them up to see what lists we can generate from those. I have a feeling there are a lot of women among their number that we aren't covering yet. Just go into any bookstore and look at the piles of cozy mystery novels on the shelves. I think one can make an argument that most, if not all, of the writers meet the notability requirement. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:05, 9 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It would be good if you could help us to cover some of the deserving female novelists we might have forgotten.--Ipigott (talk) 18:05, 9 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'll poke around later and see if I can find any of those websites again. I know one of them, that I really liked, seems to have gone offline a couple of years ago, unfortunately - it was far and away the most comprehensive I'd been able to find. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:16, 9 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Testing Authority control tag

Hi Ser Amantio di Nicolao, How are you? I wonder if you could help me. Every so I often I see your signature regarding testing Authority control tag on an article and testing it. Would it possible if you can test this article, Alan Craft and see if the Authority control is working. I have it on several on the James Spence Medal list, some have worked, and some not. It is weird. I think that template may be stopped it appearing. Thanks. scope_creep (talk) 22:33, 9 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Scope creep: It doesn't appear for me, either, but that's fine. My understanding of the template is that it won't appear if Wikidata isn't properly populated with the requisite information. Once Wikidata is populated, the template will show up. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:54, 10 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Ser Amantio di Nicolao, I thought there was something wrong. I can get on with it now. Thanks. scope_creep (talk) 06:44, 10 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Scope creep: Any time. Happy to be of help. Happy editing! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:47, 10 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Colonial Willamsburg

I'm taking this discussion to your talk page. Church Hill is a very old part of Richmond. Must have been an interesting place for your father to live. I had no reason to visit there much when I lived there. I have such fond memories of Williamsburg. It was one of the first places we chose to visit when we moved there. I like history and the buildings at Williamsburg are a national treasure. The costumed interpreters did such a great job of staying in their roles, no matter what any visitor said to them. I mentioned earlier that we left because of the backwardness of Richmond, the backwardness had more to do with racial and religious intolerance we started seeing over time. One of my children started repeating intolerant comments that other children were saying, and the teachers were questioning their elementary school students on Monday, asking if they had gone to church the day before (we had not). I thought it was time to return to a more tolerant coast. I envy your life in Virginia, although the traffic in Washington DC is probably still awful--it was in the eighties. MauraWen (talk) 19:57, 10 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@MauraWen: Dad left when he was six, so I don't know that he remembers that much. My great-grandparents lived over on Patterson, and that's where he spent most of his time when he was visiting.

And I love Virginia dearly, but the attitudes you describe don't surprise me in the least. I only just learned about Green v. County School Board of New Kent County a couple of years ago, for instance, and it stings me that something like that could still be going on in New Kent County, where I probably have family even today, as recently as 1968. That said...Richmond has changed a lot, and I suspect the suburbs have as well. Richmond proper is a lot hipper and younger - VCU and the med school dominate the local economy so that they've really affected the demographics.

Regardless: Virginia's a complex place. I think a lot of people don't fully appreciate that sometimes. I think we get lumped in with the rest of the South a lot, and that's not quite apposite at all.

DC traffic's bad as it's ever been...although my commute's not bad. Largely because a.) it begins after rush hour, and b.) it's against traffic. Incidentally, you mentioned The Torpedo Factory: I know it well. I've forgotten how many hours I've spent there over the years. I went to high school in Alexandria (we have our Friday reunion get-together at the Torpedo Factory every year), and still live about fifteen minutes south of town. It's pleasant. Been a few changes recently, but not too many. They got rid of the little food pavilion and replaced it with a single restaurant...that's about it. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 05:13, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Ser Amantio di Nicolao: Thanks for sharing all that. Small world that you spent so much time at the Torpedo Factory. We would stop by there every time we came to the city. Brings back so many memories. And I am very familiar with Patterson Avenue. I drove down Patterson weekly. Yes, Virginia is complex, as is the rest of the south. Having spent a year in South Carolina, four months in Alabama, and traveled quite a bit thru the South, I don't really see Virginia as being a southern state. Its more like a sibling of Maryland and distant cousin to New England, I believe. Beautiful place, though, wonderful people and great food (I had never had barbecue, grits sweet iced tea or crab cakes until I moved to Virginia). I am glad I lived there. Thanks for sharing the link about the dialects of the South. Fascinating! I wish the page had an audio, it would have been fun to hear the different regional dialects. MauraWen (talk) 07:35, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@MauraWen: Virginia is most definitely southern, but it's not the South that people tend to think of. I'm often reminded of this exchange from Gone With the Wind:

"Ashley Wilkes said they had an awful lot of scenery and music. Ashley liked Europe. He’s always talking about it."

"Well — you know how the Wilkes are. They are kind of queer about music and books and scenery. Mother says it’s because their grandfather came from Virginia. She says Virginians set quite a store by such things."

"They can have ’em. Give me a good horse to ride and some good licker to drink and a good girl to court and a bad girl to have fun with and anybody can have their Europe...."

Virginians, to me, are a shade more genteel than other Southerners. What Alabamans and Georgians like to do with deeds, we do with words. Our goals are often the same - Virginia has been culturally in lockstep with other Southern states for much of its history. It's simply that we choose to go about things in a slightly different way.

Maryland, too, is a Southern state in many parts...I saw more Confederate flags over in Charles County the last time I was there than I expected so close to DC. (I know, I know...but don't forget, too, that Baltimore was a more zealously Confederate city than many in the actual Confederacy during the Civil War years. I wish Baltimore remembered that a bit more sometimes...) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:35, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding template Cleanup federal judge bio

Quick note. Template Cleanup federal judge bio does not support the date parameter. It merely places all such tagged files into a single cleanup category. While placing a date parameter causes no harm, it doesn't accomplish anything useful either. Safiel (talk) 20:54, 10 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Safiel: That was an automatic change made by AWB, sorry. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 02:21, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, it doesn't cause any problems. In any event, I have knocked out all but 75 of the articles with that tag, so pretty soon that tag won't exist. Safiel (talk) 02:26, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Master of the Staufen Altarpiece

The article Master of the Staufen Altarpiece has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No sources, and no one is translating it. The article should be deleted as it's unencyclopedic in it's current state and likely to stay that way. Due to no sources, fails WP:GNG and WP:NBIO.

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Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Kirbanzo (talk) 03:01, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It looks as if this is probably Hans Sixt von Staufen. See the article's talk page.--Ipigott (talk) 08:04, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Ipigott: Thanks - I'll take a look when I have a little time to puzzle it out. I did a cursory bit of research yesterday and discovered that there have, at times, apparently been several candidates for the role, but that "Master of the Staufen Altarpiece" is outdated. I'll sort the matter out later in the week. Probably Thursday evening... --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:24, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Burnie Burns - Participant in reality tv

I don't know why you think he doesn't deserve the category since he's been in The Amazing Race, care to explain your thinking there?--Licourtrix (talk) 23:08, 14 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Licourtrix: He's already in the subcategory Category:The Amazing Race contestants. No need to be in the parent, too. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 00:16, 15 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Authority control to a page about a company

With this edit you added an Authority Control template to a page about a company, Isotta Fraschini, not a person. I always thought the Authority Control template was for people only. But I'm not an experienced editor at all, so I hesitate to undo your edit. Is there perhaps a specific reason you added the template to a page about a company? Mark in wiki (talk) 08:32, 16 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Mark in wiki: The simple answer is, I missed removing it from my list while using AWB...I hadn't intended, necessarily, to add the template there. That being said: I have seen it used on a number of company articles as well, so it's a potentially legitimate use.

I'm not quite sure of the full parameters, but authority control isn't solely for use on biographies. I've seen it used on articles about artworks, for instance, and a few books, if I recall correctly, in addition to the articles about companies. I'm trying to only add it to biographical articles at the moment, but I don't think it's necessarily a problem if it's used somewhere else as well. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 08:36, 16 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the explanation! Mark in wiki (talk) 08:40, 16 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Mark in wiki: Any time. Happy editing! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 08:42, 16 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Karl Brooks Heisey

HI I don't understand your edit could you explain Unoinville

@Unionville: See Wikipedia:Authority control. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 12:36, 17 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

New categories by Allenkong11

Could you take a peek at this editor's recent creation of a large number of categories and see if you think it's a problem? General Ization ^Talk 06:52, 20 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@General Ization: Having had a cursory glance, I can't say as I see anything particularly wrong with any of them. Is there something in particular that's jumping out at you? --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 12:11, 20 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wasn't clear to me whether categorization of companies by the name of a parent company (in this case specifically for Chinese companies/conglomerates, it appears) was considered an appropriate scheme of categorization. Sounds like it is. Thanks for taking a look! General Ization ^Talk 12:18, 20 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@General Ization: Ah. If that's the issue, I'm not sure whether it's a problem or not. I know very little about the rules of categorization when it comes to companies, sorry. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 13:12, 20 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

My Wikipedia page

Hello, Ser Amantio!

The Wikipedia page about me (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Sager_Weinstein) doesn't list my three most recent books. But I don't want to violate Wikipedia guidelines by editing it myself. Since you're the most recent person to edit the page, I thought I'd drop you a note. If you think the three new books are notable enough to include, would you be willing to add them? They are:

Hyacinth And The Secrets Beneath (released in the UK as The City of Secret Rivers)

Hyacinth And The Stone Thief (released in the UK as The City of Guardian Stones)

Lyric McKerrigan, Secret Librarian

No worries if you don't feel they're worth adding. In either case, thanks for considering the request!

With best wishes, --Jacob Sager Weinstein (talk) 15:01, 21 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Category:American male short story writers non-diffusing?

Hi. A few weeks ago, higher on this page in fact, you said that by-gender categories were traditionally treated as non-diffusing. Now you're removing people from Category:American short story writers because they are already in Category:American male short story writers [2]? --GRuban (talk) 01:24, 24 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@GRuban:. Ah. No. I'm removing them from Category:20th-century American short story writers...that's what's up. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:25, 24 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, makes sense. You are clearly the category god. --GRuban (talk) 12:22, 24 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@GRuban: You're too kind. :-) It's awfully arcane, I know...it's taken me a long time to figure out a lot of the niceties myself, and I still make more mistakes than I'd like to admit. But the basic rule of thumb: by-gender categories don't diffuse, while by-century categories do unless otherwise noted. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 13:04, 24 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

W&M Alumni article

Nice writeup. I had no idea you were a tribesman. Cheers! Toddst1 (talk) 00:04, 25 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Toddst1: Glad you enjoyed. :-) I am indeed. You as well, I take it? What year? I have many, many fond memories of the place. Also a few pictures from the last time I was down there that I really ought to get around to uploading. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 00:10, 25 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

MBA '96, both me and my wife. We got married at the chapel there in '03. I get back there every 2 years or so. Always have to grab a beer and a slice at Paul's. Toddst1 (talk) 16:07, 25 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Toddst1: Ah, Paul's. That was the choir's pre-rehearsal hangout place every Friday. My hips still retain some evidence of their cheese fries...we always ordered a basket, a habit which I have brought with me (in somewhat modified fashion) to my current choir. I know the chapel well; I had a couple of friends get married there over the years.

Actually, a college friend was in Paul's the other week, according to his Facebook; you'll be happy to know it doesn't appear to have changed a bit. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:12, 25 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Mike the bouncer isn't there any more. He was one heck of a nice guy. Go Steelers! Toddst1 (talk) 18:09, 25 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Toddst1: He was commencement speaker two years after me - he spoke in '08. So I had a number of friends in the audience. Being in the choir, I got to hear all of the commencement speakers including my own. Best was that Leibowitz fella who used to be on TV. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:33, 25 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

request

I have a request: I've been working on fixing up the WP:DOY articles and each day, I come across a few dozen biographies listing dates of birth for living people with no sources to support them whatsoever. Per WP:BLP, WP:DOB and WP:V, I've been removing these dates of birth from the biographies. I've noticed that you are frequently editing the same articles within a day or two before or after me adding authority control and other cleanup stuff. I was wondering if as you come across these unreferenced DOBs, if you wouldn't mind removing them. You hit a lot more articles than I do and could do a lot more good than I do. Toddst1 (talk) 05:27, 27 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Toddst1: Sure - if I catch any I'll remove them. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 05:39, 27 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

October 2018 at Women in Red

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request for help, improvement and re-reading for Lori Jo Hendrix, Milena Miconi and Sabrina Ferilli

Good evening from Coreca, I am writing to greet you and to know how you are, I am well enough for now. I'm writing to ask you a favor as you participate in the Women in Red project, could you please help me improve the articles that I reported to you? Just an improvement of these extraordinary women and lives, you are a native English speaker, and I am sure you will be able to help me. As for Lori Jo Hendrix, I have links that are not really encyclopedic, but we could use them to get an idea. are the minibiography on Imdb and that of the model site of which he is a member. Please help me or at least point out some friend who can do it. greetings and see you soon!--Luigi Salvatore Vadacchino (talk) 17:19, 30 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Luigi Salvatore Vadacchino: I'll take a look in a little while, see if I can't do something. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:21, 30 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Valery Shmukler

I have question concerning the structure of this page. why after several discussions and editing, still orphan and not linked. it seems this item is relevant to core occupations of Wiki community. I hold the same family name from my father side- was a computer and structural engineer himself. The reference that are provided are obscured. this is very intriguing. Be glad to have more information about the stat of this article and the editing consideration. Best regards.Lul.shmukl.er (talk) 07:49, 1 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Chris Kwakpovwe

The page Chris Kwakpovwe has been linked to List of pastors in Nigeria. With this linking, is it still an orphan? Thank you. RovingFingers (talk) 10:18, 2 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Lanre Alfred

The page Lanre Alfred has been linked to Tayo Ayeni and Igho Sanomi. With this linking, is it still an orphan? Thank you. RovingFingers (talk) 10:22, 2 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

congrats

Interesting article about you in the Washington Post on Sunday. I enjoyed reading about you. Best WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:39, 8 October 2018 (UTC)zx[reply]

@WomenArtistUpdates: Glad you enjoyed. Makes us even, as I often enjoy reading your articles...it always gives me a thrill of pleasure seeing your name when I do newpage patrol. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 02:03, 8 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Dom Marcell Page

Hello there,

I see the page needs an issue corrected.

Can you let me know what needs to be corrected. Thanks.

Dom Dmcollin22 (talk) 22:11, 8 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Authority control for fictional people

Hi. What's the point of authority control for fictional people[3][4]? Fram (talk) 04:33, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Fram: Missed them when I was culling. Thanks for spotting - I'll revert them now. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 05:09, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Wouldn't it be better to do this "test" by bot? Fram (talk) 06:35, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Authority control

Hi, you are popping up at quite a few of my article creations at the moment , such as here. What is the point of this? These people never wrote anything, don't have portraits etc and are long dead, so I don't think it is going to change. Your edit summaries seem to indicate that you are testing but you don't revert even though the template doesn't actually seem to have any effect on the article when viewed etc. I know you've wracked up millions of edits but a lot of them seem to have come from this (to me) mindless type of activity whose main impact seems to be to light up my watchlist. Since most items of my watchlist attract controversial edits of a far worse nature, your contributions can mask something more serious in the recent history.

I wouldn't mind if there was some gain but I'm not seeing it, sorry. Is this all part of the subtle (and rather dangerous) attempts to integrate with Wikidata? - Sitush (talk) 04:40, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Sitush: Well...I'm not convinced it's not going to change. The template may not have any effect now, but that doesn't mean that things won't change in the future (I've seen those authority controls developed for a lot of people for whom I wouldn't have expected to see them). Personally, I'm in favor of more integration with Wikidata. I do see the concerns - for that matter, I've got one or two of my own - but I think we're moving to a point where that integration does more good than harm. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 05:12, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

When it happens, add it. We can do without the clutter on watchlists and in articles. - Sitush (talk) 05:51, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it would be better to get consensus and do it by bot, or find out that there isn't consensus and don't do it. I personally oppose these additions, ceryainly the empty ones, but the use of the template in general. It should be replaced by one that is a) selective (only show ones that are useful for our readers on that specific article, e.g. a Swedish database only on articles directly connected to Sweden) and b) readable (give understandable name of the database, instead of some meaningless ID plus abbreviation only a few diehards recognise). Authority Control as it stands is not reader-oriented at all, and not well-thought out. Coupled with the quality problems it has (both because of Wikidata issues, and because of issues with some of the linked sources), it does now more harm than good. Fram (talk) 06:40, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Fram: I actually like the template as it stands now. And while I agree that Wikidata has its issues, a.) I think a lot of those are being ironed out, and b.) I think for good or ill, we're stuck with it, and we need to work with it.

Regardless. I thought the authority control issue had been settled, but I'm happy to start a discussion about its utility somewhere, or to chime in on one if it's started elsewhere. I can start it myself - just point me in the right direction. (I can think of several places to begin.) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 13:04, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If it's settled, then it would be better that a bot made these edits instead of a human making "test" edits by the thousands (I see you have now removed the "test" bit though). I still have no idea why anyone would believe that having this Norse page would be a useful addition to the page about a Dutch illustrator on the English Wikipedia. That's why we have Wikidata, for all these links which are correct but not of any value to 99.9% of our readers. And that's why we should only have links to a handful of informative, useful, readable such links on the page, not an indiscriminate dropzone. You just added the template to Jozef Cantré, a page I created. It has 9 AC links, but the BNE is useless here, ISNI is highly redundant, LoC, while in English, is barely informative here. Coupled with the for most readers meaningless abbreviations plus IDs (instead of slightly longer, more informative names without IDs), and you end up with something which could be a lot better and user-friendly, but is now created from the POV of a database. Fram (talk) 13:23, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Telefilm Mano rubata

Hi, dearest Ser Amantio di Nicolao, how are you? Me fine, here Autumn is arrived, just a little fresh more!

I opened yesterday this short page, and I ask you some minute of your time, please, to read an put in correct English the plot. Thanks a lot and hope to hear from you soon.

Sincerely

Rei Momo (talk) 07:04, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You're a bot.

Humans physically can't remove 35 bytes from 70 pages simultaneously. — Preceding unsigned comment added by REDsEngineer (talk • contribs) 20:04, 12 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@REDsEngineer: See commons:Help:Gadget-Cat-a-lot. Very useful tool. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:06, 12 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Omar Imady - changes

Dear Ser Amantio di Nicolao,

Thank you for the notification you provided on the need to better integrate this into the encyclopedia. I hope i was able to successfully address this concern. — Preceding [[Yasirruqaib (talk) 19:51, 14 October 2018 (UTC)]] comment added by Yasirruqaib (talk • contribs) 14:27, 13 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Linnea Sinclair

Why did you add a non-fiction writers category to Linnea Sinclair? I think she only writes sff. Debresser (talk) 20:15, 13 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Debresser: Huh. Thanks for spotting...I see how she made it into the list. Category:American paranormal romance writers is a subcat of Category:American writers on paranormal topics, which is a subcat of Category:American non-fiction writers. Never would have occurred to me...I'll check my list of names and remove a few accordingly. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 00:21, 14 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That must be how it happened. Well, happy to have been of service. Debresser (talk) 18:35, 14 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Debresser: Thanks again for spotting - it's helped me clean up a few lists and things. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:28, 14 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Mary Virginia Terhune

I appreciate how many people on my watchlist you've removed from the list of fiction writers, but Mary Virginia Terhune was known for both. Fred (talk) 15:18, 14 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Frederika Eilers: I don't think I've removed her from any of the fiction categories - apologies if I have. I think she's in both camps now. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 16:59, 14 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

My mistake, I was looking for fiction, but short story and novelists are fine, sorry I am not experienced with these categories. ANyway, thanks again for all your excellent work.Fred (talk) 18:55, 14 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Frederika Eilers: No need to apologize. :-) "Fiction" I have been removing, as there are more specific categories - but in this instance I think she's where she ought to be. :-) Happy to be of service - happy editing, and keep up the good work! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:27, 14 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Frederika Eilers: Addendum: I knew she looked familiar. I was in Amelia County last April, and stopped by the historical society - this marker stands in front of it along with a few others. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:32, 14 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Maintenance template removal

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Jore Koenig date of death

You removed my addition of the death date of Joe Koenig as being unsourced. I am a friend of the family and cannot find any death notice using Google. I assure you that was his death date.

Gary Mokotoff — Preceding unsigned comment added by GaryMokotoff (talk • contribs) 19:13, 15 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Mention

In case you do not get the pings, you have been mentioned at User_talk:BrownHairedGirl#Indian_writer_cats. I've long disliked your approach but it seems that I am at least not alone. Is there any chance, at least, of you checking whether I have edited an article before you edit it? And, if I have, thinking twice about whether your proposed edit is actually worthwhile? The articles I edit in the Indic sphere tend to be very problematic - hence the two sanctions regimes in place - and it doesn't help with monitoring things when mindless, semi-automated/fully automated trivial contributions light up my watchlist. I know you think your edits are important but usually, at least on the Indic stuff, they are not. That still leaves a vast swathe of stuff where you can indulge in your apparent obsession with increasing your edit count. - Sitush (talk) 07:18, 17 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Flannery O'Connor

Hi Ser Amantio di Nicolao:

I wondered about your category edit on Flannery_O'Connor. Your edit indicates that she is from Connecticut, but she was born in Georgia. Perhaps you want to change it?

Thanks! Bob Cummings (talk) 21:38, 23 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]