User talk:Headbomb/Archives/2022/February

Predatory journals

I think I've found some not discussed, I've posted to Talk:Predatory publishing. Doug Weller talk 07:19, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

Retracted articles

I'm interested in looking at how retracted articles are represented on Wikipedia and noticed your work on the category pages for articles citing retracted publications and articles unintentionally citing retracted publications. I was wondering if you could describe how you located the Wikipedia articles containing such info, and if you had any tips on expanding this work... finding/labeling citations to retracted articles? determining intent -- how did you decide if it was an intentional citation versus unintentional?). Thanks for any info! Justindlc (talk) 03:08, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

@Justindlc: Well, usually, if you're intentionally citing a retracted article, the text surrounding the citation will mention the retraction. If not, then you'll have something like "John and Bob proved in 2010 that blue cheese was the worst"<ref>Retracted article</ref>, and the retraction invalidates what it's supposed to support. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 03:20, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

@Headbomb: Oh, I meant in the case of someone on Wikipedia citing an academic article that is not retracted, and then later, maybe years later, it's officially retracted. Is there a bot or something that updates Wikipedia when academic articles are retracted? Justindlc (talk) 15:30, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

@Justindlc: Well there used to be User:RetractionBot, but it's currently down. I'd love for it to resume its tasks though. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 15:58, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

Featured article review speed of light

I have nominated Speed of light for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Femke (talk) 19:44, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

Alerts

What do I need to do to get a particular merge proposal into a particular alert? For example, how do I get Elvis operator into Wikipedia:WikiProject_Computer_science/Article_alerts#MRG? Thanks. --Macrakis (talk) 19:01, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

@Macrakis: you just need to put one of {{merge}}, {{merge to}}, or {{merge from}} on an article tagged by {{WikiProject Computer science}}. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 20:40, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

WP:AFC Helper News

Hello! I wanted to drop a quick note for all of our AFC participants; nothing huge and fancy like a newsletter, but a few points of interest.

• AFCH will now show live previews of the comment to be left on a decline.
• The template {{db-afc-move}} has been created - this template is similar to {{db-move}} when there is a redirect in the way of an acceptance, but specifically tells the patrolling admin to let you (the draft reviewer) take care of the actual move.

Short and sweet, but there's always more to discuss at WT:AFC. Stop on by, maybe review a draft on the way? Whether you're one of our top reviewers, or haven't reviewed in a while, I want to thank you for helping out in the past and in the future. Cheers, Primefac, via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

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Airborne Internet

Hello. May I know what is the specific reason in removing the two PDFs in the reference?

• https://cdn.intechweb.org/pdfs/20441.pdf
• https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/6ee55f68-1c9c-468d-abf2-d6fcd5b43cf3/20441.pdf

And what could be done for better citation? I can't find any other reference about it. --Likhasik (talk) 05:26, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Those come from the predatory publisher/vanity press InTech Open. Those are not reliable sources. If there's no other references about it, then Wikipedia shouldn't cover it. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 06:13, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

I think I have inadvertently reinstated a reference you rejected on the Oenanthe fistulosa article. Do you really remove all references to dodgy journals like Complementary Medicine Research? It looked like an OK article to me, even if the journal itself also publishes rubbish. If so, I need to remove the statement, not just the reference. E Wusk (talk) 11:33, 23 February 2022 (UTC)