User talk:Bearcat/Archive 27

WikiProject Canada 10,000 Challenge award

		The Silver Maple Leaf Award
		This maple leaf is awarded to Bearcat for writing 57 new articles and improving dozens of others during The 10,000 Challenge of WikiProject Canada. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg (talk) 15:10, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Mark Elworth Jr.

FYI I struck that user's multiple Keep votes on Mark_Elworth_Jr., leaving one. You were entirely correct.104.163.155.95 (talk) 02:55, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

Canadian Parliament bios

Hi Bearcat, not sure if you seen this or not, but the Parliament of Canada bios that appear in pretty much every MP and former MP article are now coming up as page moved. This is the first time I noticed, so it must have been recently. Can you take a look at this? Would a new template have to be made in order to fix them, or would we have to search for the new url? I didn't want to go ahead and try to fix them without asking, incase I did something wrong and ended up causing more problems. Thanks. Cmr08 (talk) 07:40, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

Mary Van Stevens

Hello! I'm fairly new to Wikipedia, so the article was nominated before I could complete all my sources. I've added them. How do we go about getting the proposal to delete removed? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Herr.geschichte (talk • contribs) 02:53, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Michael Applebaum

I just made some major to Mr. Cash'n Grab's wiki write up. Please edit and check references to make sure I have it right. Might be some typos still. Cheers!soulscanner (talk) 06:48, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

AfD

You can give the usual description of the AfD process, I was referring to reality. Too many AfD's depend on minimal input. One strong voice can sway a discussion when there is only one or two comments total. Much less one powerful voice swaying a legitimate argument, but too few of these are decided on merit. Most are barely noticed. JPL has taken advantage of that void, by being the one strong comment across a swath of AfDs. It looks like he makes a negative pass through closing AfDs almost daily. What I do, finding sources, improving badly written articles, rescuing relevant content, takes considerably more work. And I don't have the time to even watch what content is potentially vulnerable, much less have the editing time to do this. So his technique, mindlessly removes content at a rate of probably more than 100 to 1. I can't count how often I've come late to a discussion to see his one loud vote swayed the gullible closer. I have no idea of the nature of what was deleted, I'm not an administrator, so to me, that content is lost forever. The fact that I even bothered to look for the AfD likely means the original subject was valid. That would describe a level playing field. The fact that he would deliberately vandalize the article before his strong delete vote brings into question his ethics in all of those determinative votes. Trackinfo (talk) 09:17, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

GENDERID et al

Hi, in light of your explanations about how to interpret current guidelines, do you have any thoughts on whether we should push for further changes to the guidelines? I was hoping that the sorts of questions that come up repeatedly in popular articles about genderqueer and transgender people would be addressed by pointing to TRANS?, but maybe the essay is not sufficient. --Fæ (talk) 10:17, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Category:Theatre festivals in the United States has been nominated for discussion

Category:Theatre festivals in the United States, 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.  — Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs)  07:17, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Category:LGBT theatre in the United States has been nominated for discussion

Category:LGBT theatre in the United States, 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.  — Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs)  07:19, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

2001:56A:73E8:B900:A086:56B6:3610:59C2

Did you mean to block this IP indefinitely? I'm pretty sure you didn't, but I figured I'd ask just in case :-). ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:43, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

NPOL

Hey, I hope I haven't come off as too combative in the AfD. I've certainly seen you around the traps at AfD for years (I'm generally only there on Australian politics articles, but I would say around 90% of the time we've been on the same "side") and didn't mean to imply that you weren't familiar with the process. I'm not sure further discussion in the AfD itself is worthwhile (it seems clear neither of us will change our minds on this particular case), but I would certainly be interested if you're familiar with previous instances that correlate to the Dropulich case. As far as I am aware he is completely unique in Australian political history (bar one other case where GNG is well and truly passed in any event) and I don't know any international cases off the top of my head, but you are more likely to than I am! Frickeg (talk) 04:38, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Fair enough. I think there's plenty for a standalone article but respect your position too. It seems to me that this aspect of NPOL could do with some clarification, since there are so few cases involved it's hard for either side to point to "ongoing consensus" (especially with differing systems internationally). Without seeing the specific circumstances I couldn't comment with any certainty on the Canadian situation, of course, but from what you say I think that case would probably work very differently in an Australian context, where for most legislatures someone's term begins the day they are elected (the Senate, as we are seeing here, is obviously a different story) so he would have held the office even if he wasn't seated - clearly it works differently in Canada. Frickeg (talk) 05:06, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Category:People from Windsor, Ontario by occupation for speedy renaming

Hi Bearcat, Did you know there is a new category is titled Category:People from Windsor, Ontario by occupation. The category is going to speedy rename to Category:People from Windsor, Ontario, by occupation to make it an extra comma it was setup by User:HandsomeFella. The following categories are about to be speedy renamed with an extra comma: Category:People from Victoria, British Columbia, by occupation, Category:People from London, Ontario, by occupation, Category:People from Hamilton, Ontario, by occupation and Category:People from Halifax, Nova Scotia, by occupation. I already oppose speedy rename. So could you review the Canadian locations by occupation categories for Victoria, London, Hamilton and Halifax. And if you can oppose rename, that would be great. Here is the link: WP:Categories_for_discussion/Speedy#Current_nominations While you're in the speedy page. Review the Canadian locations by occupation categories. If you can "oppose" speedy rename and talk to User:HandsomeFella on do you want to add an extra comma. I hop you can participate in the speedy renaming discussion. I will see you at the CFD speedy page. 2001:569:74EF:BD00:C5DB:BC3E:974F:E670 (talk) 03:03, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

Links to other wikis

Hi! About the links to the French wikipedia I had on the Claudine Chatel‎ bio. I thought it was better to have a useful link to the French wikipedia (noted with {{fr icon}}) than to have a redlink. Are you aware of any policy or guidelines about inline links to sister projects? (I occasionally see links to wiktionary, etc.) Do you think I should put such links in a See also section? Always appreciative of a second opinion. BTW, thanks for adding categories! I've tried using Hotcat but still have to guess at what categories are out there. – Reidgreg (talk) 14:25, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

Actually, Reidgreg, the best way to link to a foreign wiki is using {{ill}}. The syntax is {{ill|<name>|<language code>|<name in foreign language if different>}}. So if we want to link to Les Berger it would be {{Les Berger|fr}} → Les Berger. Primefac (talk) 15:41, 20 November 2017 (UTC) (talk page stalker)

I've already informed him of that on his own talk page. Bearcat (talk) 15:42, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

Fair enough. I commented here because I figured you would have converted said links to ill, and while I assumed you knew about the template I figured if you didn't it wouldn't hurt. Primefac (talk) 15:44, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, both. – Reidgreg (talk) 15:52, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

Poutine page protection

@Bearcat: Maybe you should extend protection for the poutine page until the RfC ends (in about 30 days), just in case someone decides to edit the page to their own voting preference before the RfC voting finishes? -- EzekielT ^Talk 20:01, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

Ed Buck

He was already a "household name" in Arizona in the 1980s...Zigzig20s (talk) 22:01, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

It's in the RS. But didn't you see my message on the talkpage of WikiProject LGBT Studies? I wanted to expand it with other editors, yes. Nominating it for deletion is counter-productive and discouraging.Zigzig20s (talk) 22:12, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

Yes, the dead guy is mentioned in the "personal life" section. Didn't you read the article?Zigzig20s (talk) 22:13, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

Oh, right. Why would it have to be redacted? It's covered in many RS. I don't think it's a BLP violation; it's a fact. A BLP violation would include the allegations against him, which are not in the article (although they do appear in the LA Times for example). If anything, the article makes it clear that the allegations were relegated by fake news websites (possibly due to homophobia).Zigzig20s (talk) 22:19, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

Which is why on the talkpage of WikiProject LGBT Studies, I wrote, "Please expand Ed Buck if you can. There are lots of matches on Newspapers.com... Very interesting history of gay activism, homophobia, strategic alliances, etc.".Zigzig20s (talk) 22:25, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

I've added more info. Do you still want to AFD it?Zigzig20s (talk) 23:17, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

Talk:Catherine Pinhas

I boldly deleted a trolling comment on Talk:Catherine Pinhas, and with that I deleted your reply. I hope this is OK. This is actually the first time I've ever deleted a trolling comment on a Wikipedia talk page. —Anomalocaris (talk) 23:10, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

What happened?

I noticed that AfD nominations are now being filed under the log for tomorrow, November 26th, 2017. This started after your nomination. Is there any way to fix this? Or does it go by UTC, or something like that? Boomer Vial^{Holla! We gonna ball!} 00:31, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

Boomer Vial, you're spot on. WP runs on UTC. Primefac (talk) 01:15, 26 November 2017 (UTC) (talk page stalker)

Primefac Can I get a dunce cap? Boomer Vial^{Holla! We gonna ball!} 04:01, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

Here ya go! Primefac (talk) 23:35, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

James Craven (American actor)

Did you mean to set full protection on this article indefinitely? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:59, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

I also see that you applied indefinite full protection to Pierre Kwenders as well... just wanted to give you a heads up :-). ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:03, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

List of Android devices

Hi, I'm messaging you because you participated in the creation of or contributed significantly to the article List of Android devices. I have reviewed the page and made a note of some issues at the top of the article. You may wish to participate in the discussion at Talk:List of Android devices and your help addressing any of these issues would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time and have a great day! Edaham (talk) 08:08, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

Marie Plourde article

Hello,

I've drafted a new version of the recently deleted Marie Plourde article that I believe asserts the subject's notability. It's currently posted on my sandbox page -- the first time, incidentally, that I've ever made use of this feature.

I know we had a conversation on this point a short time ago, the essence of which was that I wouldn't need to seek your permission (or anyone else's) before re-creating a deleted article under these circumstances. That being said, I'd appreciate your 'yea' or 'nay' on this version in advance of putting on the mainspace. CJCurrie (talk) 08:54, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

PEI legislature districts

Just letting ya know, some of the former districts (1996-2007) have been changed from 're-directs' to 'articles'. See Sherwood-Hillsborough for example. GoodDay (talk) 15:34, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

Assuming you're just going to keep fighting me on this, via edit warring. Here's the other districts that do use vacancies: Morell-Mermaid, Summerside-Wilmot, York-Oyster Bed, Belfast-Murray River, Charlottetown-Brighton, Georgetown-St. Peters, Kensington-Malpeque. If you're going to keep deleting at Charlottetown-Parkdale? then please make deletions at those other articles, per consistency. PS: I haven't checked to see how this is handled at other provinces districts. GoodDay (talk) 17:32, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

FWIW, now (for examples) Kensington-Malpeque & Georgetown-St. Peters give an appearance that 'no resignation' occurred, which is inaccurate. Same with a few others, you've deleted vacancies from. GoodDay (talk) 17:41, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

I'm gonna have to open another discussion at WP:CANADA. PS: Don't know why you should get to decide this things. GoodDay (talk) 17:59, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:List of members of the Lok Sabha (1952–present)#Split proposal

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:List of members of the Lok Sabha (1952–present)#Split proposal. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk • contribs) 22:42, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

List of Women of Rock Oral History Project interviews

Regarding List of Women of Rock Oral History Project interviews, the non-refspam citations do show coverage of the subject of interviews, so I'd like to know what you think about my suggestion in that AFD discussion to remove the list, leave the prose, and link to http://www.womenofrock.org/videos (which is basically the same list offsite)? The prose and references that remain may be sufficient for a stand-alone article, and if not, it can be merged into the parent article on Women of Rock Oral History Project.

In the meantime, in an attempt at WP:OTHERSTUFF arguing, the author of that article found a similar one, which I regard as even worse and have nominated for deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of most-followed Instagram accounts. ~Anachronist (talk) 23:20, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

Review Awaited

Hello Bearcat,

I am still waiting for the approval of my page. Kindly review it as soon as possible

Imshakal (talk) 09:03, 30 November 2017 (UTC)