User talk:BushelCandle

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BushelCandle with a non-existent User Page is a Most Perfect Tutnum (when including edits from two prior accounts and IP edits) and, after 970 weeks of service, is entitled to display this Silver Editor Star

Alice's aide mémoire

• Removed low-value and distracting internal linking - see: [[WP:OVERLINKING]], which specifies that very well known major entities such as countries, languages, religions, seas and "Everyday words understood by most readers in context" are not usually internally linked.
• [[MOS:REPEATLINK]] specifies that, generally, a link should appear only ''once'' in an article.
• Each Wikipedia article should include a concise explanation of its scope in the form of a short description of no more than about 40 characters. A short description is ''not'' a definition and should ''not'' attempt to define the article's subject nor to summarise the lede. It should avoid duplicating information that is already in the title. These descriptions appear in Wikipedia mobile and some desktop searches, and help users identify the desired article - see: [[WP:SHORTDESC]]
• Short descriptions are NOT definitions & should NOT attempt to define article's subject nor summarise lede. Avoid duplicating information already in article's title. These descriptions appear in WP mobile & some desktop searches; help users identify desired article - see: [[WP:SHORTDESC]]. If article title sufficiently detailed that additional short description wouldn't be helpful, a description of "none" should be used to remove from missing-description tracking categories; see: [[WP:SDNONE]]

"It is a social faux pas to write about yourself."

– Jimmy Wales

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This user has pending changes reviewer rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify)

Here's a hint: read the source; hide the source; wait 60 seconds; write your summary in a text editor based on what you remember, without looking at the source: unless you've trained in raw memorisation, your wording will almost certainly differ from the source; after you've written your text, go back to the source and make corrections where your text is misleading or inaccurate, since it's likely that you mis-remembered some details. Boud (talk) 15:01, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

Great advice ! (stolen from User talk:Wowzers122)

Mail to Irish Times

Hi, just wanted to ask whether you mailed the Irish times regarding the passport card? I think it's highly important for the Irish authorities to understand that this pre-determined validity of only in the EU/EFTA doesn't help, but makes other countries reject it, which we have now seen in the US, Serbia, Hong Kong and now, most recently, Canada and Australia (I finally managed to contact these two and they said they won't accept the passport card)

All of these base their answer only on the artificial restriction stated on the web André Devecserii (talk) 10:54, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

Passport stamps for Schengen

Hi, saw you undid my edit regarding passport stamps for holders of Schengen residence permits.

The fact is, according to the document referred to, only Schengen residents having a family member who's an EU citizen and travelling with them will not be stamped.

"The Commission recalls that third-country nationals, family members of Union citizens, are exempt from stamping on entry and exit when travelling with a residence card issued by Member States under Article 10 of Directive 2004/38/EC, accompanying Union citizens who exercise the right of free movement or residence. On the contrary, a third-country national, family member of a Union citizen, is not dispensed from stamping when travelling alone or when the person, accompanying a Union citizen, does not present the aforementioned residence card (e.g. the person lives with an EU citizen outside the EU and does not hold the residence card)."

In addition, my friend is a Philippine national with a permanent residence permit. She always gets stamped in/out of Schengen, without exception. I even asked the border guards at Arlanda airport whether she would have to obtain a new passport for her visit to the Philippines, as her passport was full. They said she would André Devecserii (talk) 16:02, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

Are you talking about this reversion of an IP editor at Passport stamp, André?

If so, then I hope I've already made the relevant change and sorry I didn't spot it was you or I would have been more circumspect...

However, my change now rather conflicts with the earlier bullet point in the "no stamp" column:

Family members holding a residence card issued under Article 10 of Directive 2004/38/EC who are accompanying or joining EU, EEA and Swiss citizens exercising the right of freedom of movement doesn't it? BushelCandle 20:48, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

Correct, was just too lazy to log on at the time. And yes, I now see that's basically already mentioned, but the fact remains that an "ordinary" residence permit holder will (or at least should) get stamped. The document (reference 14, the one I quoted above) does not state that residence permit holders in general are stamp-exempt, nor is this the case for the non-EU/EFTA nationals I know André Devecserii (talk) 07:52, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

You've got mail!

Hello, BushelCandle. Please check your email; you've got mail!
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Nikkimaria (talk) 02:20, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

Ping. Please respond ASAP if you're still interested. Nikkimaria (talk) 15:17, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

I'm terribly sorry for the very late response - I've been in hospital. I've completed the short application form just now... --BushelCandle 10:43, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

Oman

Location of Oman (dark green) in the Arabian Peninsula

You might suggest or make a revision rather than simply reverting. The current map is a featureless grey globe.

I'm currently editing these maps. My goal is to make things better not perfect. User:john187 — Preceding undated comment added 01:47, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

User:john187: The northern peninsula of the Musandam Governorate (Musandem) exclave, strategically located on the Strait of Hormuz and separated from the rest of Oman by the United Arab Emirates has been cut off from view in this particular map which you uploaded and have been scattering around sundry articles. "Your map". despite its much larger scale, also fails to show any features actually in Oman (as opposed to in Yemen). This particular map file of yours also fails to show the small exclave of Madha to its south. BushelCandle 06:45, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

Also, no part of Oman is cut off in this map. You must be looking at a partial or zoomed view. — Preceding unsigned comment added by John187 (talk • contribs) 01:55, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

I beg to differ - please look again at your map choice file and read the explanatory caption I have provided for it.

The location-style map is pretty standard for the infobox of countries...

BushelCandle 06:45, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

You shouldn’t be reverting the image_map2 that is also a standard which I am adding a political map. This is terrible! You are trolling my changes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by John187 (talk • contribs) 16:36, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

The infobox has provision for a second map to be displayed, but it certainly is NOT compulsory for countries and in many of your self-promotional efforts your map is inferior to the map that is already there.

Al-Wadiah
Al-Wadiah Location in Najran Province, Saudi Arabia
Coordinates: 17°13′N 47°09′E

Please don't accuse me of trolling - it would be helpful if you actually address the points I make above - can you actually not see how "your map" truncates the territory of Yemen Oman?

Do you really not see why I made this edit for Al-Wadiah and other places in the Arabian Peninsula where you had been adding your redundant and superfluous map too ? BushelCandle 05:53, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

You are a dark person to assume I am making edits as self promotion. I have made the map sources public and am trying to edit them openly with Creative Commons licenses. You have done me a great favor in demonstrating that this effort is not appreciated or useful. The conflict created by you and other trolls and ultimately any interaction with all too common revert trolls who add nothing but take away the work of others is for the most part a tremendous waste of time. I'll be glad to stop my effort and regain my free time. john187 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 16:11, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

I note that you have not addressed any of the questions I asked you above and neither have you responded on your own talk page but instead removed the relevant section entirely and replaced it with a rather mendacious and anodyne request so I don't think further comment from me would be productive. BushelCandle 02:43, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Red link to your name

I see that you've been editing for almost 3 years now and you appear to know what you're doing. Might I suggest that you create a user page, even if it's empty, so that your user name isn't red linked? Otherwise people might assume that you're one of those drive-by editors who's WP:NOTHERE and feel the need to double check every edit you make. Just a thought. Happy editing! Regards, nagualdesign 03:51, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Actually it's even worse than that! Counting previous account names that I no longer have access to, it's considerably more than 12 years.

I do take your point; humans are hard-wired to make judgements based on limited (and often insufficient) information and it's only natural that they should assume that my edits need supervision. However, it is a conscious choice for at least two reasons:

1) I'm used to finding my edits in page histories more easily due to the red colour. (When I started editing all those years ago, it was quite rare for registered editors not to immediately create a user page and my user-name stood out more. These days, there seem to be more and more registered editors that either choose not to or can't be bothered to create a user page so the utility of this ploy is steadily diminishing...)

2) Perhaps because of all those time zone changes and less humane work rosters (or just because my faculties are diminishing) I do find I make some very silly and elementary errors - so maybe it's just as well that other editors do like to check up on my actions.

Thanks for your helpful assistance, as ever and don't let the buggers grind you down! --BushelCandle (talk) 16:58, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Fair points. I just use my browser to highlight my edits (CTRL+F then type "nagual") and on talk pages I just scan for my signature. I could design one for you if you'd like. And thanks very much for that last point! All the best, nagualdesign 17:29, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

BushelCandle, you probably already know this, but user pages are not required, nor are they necessary. Editors don't "own" their userspace anyway, so any suggestion that it's important to do so is misguided. Further, I've seen numerous experienced and long-term editors who, after a period of time (sometimes years), ask for their user page to be deleted. Bottom line, it's a "if you want to have one" kind of thing. -- ψλ ● ✉ ✓ 17:44, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Yes, I did already know that - but thanks for your interest anyway.

I don't see nagualdesign's initial post immediately above as "misguided". He lucidly explained his concern and at no time did I take his post as anything other than helpful and an optional suggestion.

PS: I really do think you should now go out of your way to avoid interacting on the same talk pages/sections as he...

All the best! --BushelCandle (talk) 17:58, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

My (non-existent) User Page

[ Also see: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:BushelCandle/Archive_2&oldid=1015697287#Red_link_to_your_name ]

Paraphrasing the policy at Wikipedia:User pages, I believe I get a free choice about whether or not to create my own User Page or not.

This is because its normal use is to give basic information, if I wish, about myself or my Wikimedia-related activities.

I prefer to not create that page and, instead, may put some information at User:BushelCandle/About Me - then I can use this code:{{colored link|green|User:BushelCandle/About Me|Bushel}}{{colored link|lime|Special:Contributions/BushelCandle|'''C'''}}{{colored link|lime|User talk:BushelCandle|''andle''}} to wickedly create my name in green thus: BushelCandle that also contains hyperlinks in different shades of green instead of the boring old blue...

If I prefer not have my own User Page and, therefore, to put nothing there, then I can redirect it to my user talk page for the convenience of other editors - unfortunately that means that my username would then no longer be highlighted in red on article histories, etc. I may also wish to create a global user page that will display on all Wikimedia projects where I have not created a local user page.

If I do create a global user page, does that mean that my user name will still display in red on the important Wikipedia pages ??? BushelCandle (talk) 01:30, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

Failed State

Hi @BushelCandle: The failed state you talking not Somaliland its Somalia so you have to write that in Somalia article. Thanks– --Siirski (talk) 22:42, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

I did, Siirski.

I realise that your English is rudimentary, but what I wrote is crystal clear to anyone with a reasonable level of English comprehension:

Somaliland ... officially the Republic of Somaliland ... is a self-declared sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, internationally considered to be part of the failed state of Somalia.

Please bear in mind that I only added the words underlined (and the source number 3 from The Economist) that makes it very clear that it is Somalia, not Somaliland that is the failed state. My personal perspective is that it is a ridiculous tragedy that Somaliland is not as internationally recognised as Rwanda or Burundi while the failed (but internationally fully recognised) state of Somalia is an international basket case similar to Afghanistan and Pakistan - and for similar reasons including venal politicians exploiting Wahabist zealots... BushelC 22:58, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

Sorry I wrote so quickly without noticing anyway, thank you for your understanding.

good luck Siirski (talk) 23:26, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

It's easily done and no offence taken and thank you for your quick apology.

Try and avoid all that Covid that's rampant in Sweden now, Siirski... BushelC 23:35, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

I will Siirski (talk) 23:44, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

References

NPC Merger

Hi, the Mitre 10 Cup competition is now referred to again as the NPC so I renamed the page to National Provincial Championship (2006–present). However I suggest that this article is merged with the National Provincial Championship (1976–2005) article into a single National Provincial Championship article. As the 1976-2005 article overlaps with a lot of information and for simplicity it could be kept on one page. Here is a link to the discussion Talk:National_Provincial_Championship_(2006–present)#Merger_proposal. Thanks. Socks 01 (talk) 04:04, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

I've replied to you here: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3ANational_Provincial_Championship_%282006%E2%80%93present%29&type=revision&diff=1019043481&oldid=1019026851 in order to centralise discussion, Socks 01. --BushelC 06:59, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

coi

Please disclose your relationship with care.com, or any of the organizations or people publishing material about them. DGG ( talk ) 00:04, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

Zero, zilch, nil, non-existent (unless I happen to personally know any of the editors - including yourself - by accident and I remain unaware of that accidental encounter).

Given my location, and I see you're a checkuser, I'd consider the latter possibility extremely unlikely ! --BushelCandle 00:44, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

I have no basis to run a checkuser, and have not done so. I am wondering only on the basis of the editing of the article and the talk page. DGG ( talk ) 04:35, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

Pardon?!?

I realise that you are a very senior and productive Wikipedian, but have you actually given yourself the time to actually read, understand and reflect on whether my edits were either promotional or really give cause to consider that I might have a conflict of interest?

Do you accept my protestations of innocence of a CoI and, if so, why this puzzling edit: that talks about "neither party above edit this article further", my underlining added, there being only myself and one other editor "above" ?!? --BushelCandle 04:44, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

"promotional" is a term of art here, which we use to include negative material also. I have no idea whether or not you have a true coi, and I judge by the edits. Adding unsourced negative material is not allowed, and you will please find a third partty reliable source if you wantto re-add it. the material you have been adding is not "the sky is blue nad the sun is yellow"; if you want to do it as a quotation, find it, and suggest it on the talk page. DGG ( talk ) 07:10, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

I asked you 2 specific questions and I note you have answered neither directly.

Instead you have repeated your same erroneous and defamatory accusations and as much as accused me of lying. Normally this might be water off a duck's back but coming from you, I'm now seriously aggrieved.

Please either
substantiate your accusations with specific diffs
or
apologise and admit you've made a mistake because you haven't spent enough time to analyse matters properly.

If anyone who knows less than me tries to lecture to me, I know and use a good many ways of responding, other than simply asserting authority. But when someone knows more, I want to be taught. If I'm wrong, I say so. If I've messed things up, I apologize. If someone even thinks I've messed things up, I also apologize, for I must have been unclear in what I did. I'd rather get things right, than get them my way & wrong. For most things, there are several alternative right ways, but there will also be several alternative wrong ways.
— David Goodman, How I work, DGG's User page on the English Wikipedia, 20 August 2020

--BushelCandle 08:04, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

May 2021

This is the only warning you will receive about ownership of articles. The next time you continue to disruptively edit Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. DGG ( talk ) 07:05, 5 May 2021 (UTC) .

Speedy deletion nomination of African Review (disambiguation)

Hello BushelCandle,

Welcome to Wikipedia! I edit here too, under the username John B123 and it's nice to meet you :-)

I wanted to let you know that I have tagged an article that you started, African Review (disambiguation) for deletion, because it is unnecessary and disambiguates only a single page.

If you feel that the page shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top. If the page is already deleted by the time you come across this message and you wish to retrieve the deleted material, please contact the deleting administrator.

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John B123 (talk) 17:32, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

Tigray Defence Forces article creation

Hello there! I just wanted to thank you for the honourable mention you gave me! :))) Take it steady! --Coldtrack (talk) 17:54, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Three years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:00, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

Thanks again, Gerda !

I'm sorry that I did not reply before now but I do have 2 excuses:

a) I have had a series of surgeries

b) On 5 May 2021 at 07h05 (UTC) I received a draconian warning from User:DGG about blocking me if I edited again. --00:55, 23 August 2021 (UTC) BushelCandle

Short descriptions

The theory of short descriptions is that they contain enough info as to help identify the article you want form a bunch of similar articles offered when you do a search. The SD is "not a definition". Personally I consider 40 chars to be too few to be of any use whatever but I failed to persuade others to that view.

See also: WP:HOWTOSD --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 14:42, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

THnak you for that explanation, John Maynard Friedman.

And, for what it's worth, I agree with your stance on useless brevity... --00:33, 23 August 2021 (UTC) BushelCandle

Ethiopia in the Middle Ages

Thank you for your edits to this article! I'm glad to see it get some attention so soon after being created. Thiqq (talk) 13:04, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

You're very welcome - and thank you, Thiqq, for both creating this magnificent article about Ethiopia in the Middle Ages and for joining the WikiProject Ethiopia!

Would I be right in thinking that your article was written in Canadian English (it was clear it wasn't American English, but there are distinct differences with other varieties of Commonwealth English) ? --13:18, 25 August 2021 (UTC) BushelCandle

Yes, it was Canadian English. Good catch! Thiqq (talk) 15:38, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

I'll add the relevant template to the talk page, then... --04:07, 26 August 2021 (UTC) BushelCandle

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