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Following on from Wikipedia:Simple talk/Archive 133#Use of QD A4, there was a rough consensus to implement NOINDEX in article space, however it wasn't really considered worth it for the actual impact it would have, especially as it would differ from all other WMF sites. There was a discussion on my talk page, at User talk:Ferien#Why, where the idea of noindexing pages at RfD was bought up again. This time, it was pointed out by Lee Vilenski that enwiki actually has a system whereby pages newer than 90 days are not indexed unless they are patrolled – see w:WP:NOINDEX for how they do things.
Now, we don't want any AfC/NPP-like processes here (as was rejected in Wikipedia:Simple talk/Archive 134#Proposal: Introducing Wikiproject Article for Creation), but we could adjust our patrol system so that only articles that were either patrolled and/or existed for, let's say 10 days, would be indexed. This would allow the time for the notability of articles to be discussed at RfD, while not worrying about the article effectively serving as a free promotion for the person, company etc being discussed at RfD. This would also, hopefully, reduce the misuse of A4 that is still occurring over 3 years on from that original discussion. Thoughts? --Ferien (talk) 16:40, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - As I mentioned before, I'm obviously fully in favour. I think it's worth noting that, I think the technical solution is pretty simple, and just a case of opening a phab ticket for the change to be made. I like the idea of ten days, as it is enough time for an article to go through AfD if suitable. I can see a massive upside to not indexing potentially dangerous articles, and the only downside being a small wait for indexing on good faith articles.
Enwiki also has w:WP:autopatrolled permission. Whilst not part of this discussion, would be easy enough to setup to give a flag to community members who make a lot of articles to bypass the delay (if they care). A potential discussion for a later date if this were to proceed. Lee Vilenski(talk • contribs)20:48, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Ferien No, it is completely different. It is usually used by patrollers while reviewing pages on English Wikipedia. I thought we also have it here at SEWP, but we don’t have it. I think this tool will be helpful while patrolling the new pages, as patrollers' rights here on SEWP are a combination of both New Page Reviewer (patroller) and Autopatrol. And the tool iss more advanced and has additional features, which will surely help while patrolling. You should take a look once.[1]DIVINE15:49, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
DIVINE, oh yeah, I've seen that before. I'm not sure we'd need it here, as our patrol process is a bit more basic than en's, and we might need to customise it more to fit what the community would like here, but that's another discussion. --Ferien (talk) 15:59, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Ferien the only problem is that we can mark as patrolled but can't reverse it in case of a mistake. I don't see any confirmation options before patrolling. DIVINE16:04, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think it's that big of a problem. If it happens accidentally, the patroller is responsible for tagging, or taking care of what needs to be done. If unable to do so, they can bring it to this page and seek help.--BRP ever16:14, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Fantastic idea, Doing this would also result in vandalism-pages not showing in Google results which they do at the moment, 110% support. –Davey2010Talk08:38, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support I have indeed seen attack pages from here in Google search results, not to mention that we provide free advertising for a week before pages are deleted, while enwiki doesn't do this. So definitely a good idea. Kk.urban (talk) 19:52, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Avoids vandal and attack articles showing up in web search results, gives time for new articles to be checked but isn't an involved process - all Good Things (tm). 17:26, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
As a summary:' - There's widespread support for this in the community, I will therefore look into getting it enabled on this Wiki...--Eptalon (talk) 17:29, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Eptalon That’s good news. By the way, just to let you know, it can be shown immediately if it’s marked as patrolled, like on the English Wikipedia. This way, we will also have an actual use for the patroller tool for reviewing new pages, as it is worth it. Thanks. DIVINE (talk) 13:18, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I believe this would require the Simple English Wikipedia to use PageTriage, albeit a modified version of it. It's what the English Wikipedia uses to automatically NOINDEX unpatrolled pages for 90 days. I'm not sure if PageTriage supports such modification, or if a fork of it needs to be created first.— *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page04:45, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Idea:Deletion Policy For Clearly AI Generated Content
Perhaps we could have a QD for something undisputably AI generated (ex.something starting with Here is a draft of the Wikipedia article you requested:, something that's clearly an AI generated essay rather than an article, etc.) can be quickly deleted if it provides little to no value as an encyclopedic article. And maybe could we agree that in general AI generated content (unless it is in fact useful content, which is rather rare) should be deleted once determined to be such (again, provided it is in fact harmful, untrue, not encyclopedic or an article, not in simple english, etc.) Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 23:20, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I feel like we'd probably spend a bit too much time figuring out if it's AI, or just someone's essay. We can handle it in the same way we already remove unencyclopedic info. Lee Vilenski(talk • contribs)09:44, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Random question but are there any ways of finding article that link to EN ?, I've searched "[[:en:" but no luck, WPCleaner does have a interwiki linking finder but it's all WikiDictionary or whatever it's called, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk20:48, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You could probably do it with a query, or maybe AWB.
A new article, Toilet Tower Defense, was made, and I'm not sure whether to nominate this for deletion or not. I cannot find any sources that are reliable and although Fandom has info about it, I highly doubt it's a reliable source due to its wiki nature. Cyclonical (talk) 10:31, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Realistically, a reader would only need to know the mnemonic. I think the signs are the modt important thing someone should remember or take away from this article, so it needs to go at the top, and in a way that isnt drown out by all the other information. The user is also sitting there guarding the page reverting most edits
Check out https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/the-top-10-causes-of-death
At one point the article the editor had the cause of death ranking wrong (and uses future predictions insread of past information). This is cited
Those are terrible bulletpoints which could be shortened down a lot. One of the bullet points I edited is the issue, which saw the whole article rolled back.
The "jargon" is used in brackets () with links to other wikipedia pages. This article rollback put information back in the article about the circulation which is wrong.
This all relates to WCU's edit on the Stroke article - Imho the previous wording was better and the FAST part is duplicated twice and just overall the previous was better, I told the user to come here in case others had differing opinions or may of agreed that their edits were better than what they were replacing, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk19:01, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Remember that Wikipedia is not a source of medical advice. The article should inform the reader about stroke and can include FAST asleep part of the article but the reader should be seeking advice from elsewhere. fr33kman23:04, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The reader should be told by thr government or hospitals how to notice the signs of a stroke. They should be able to recognize the signs and call an ambulance ASAP as permanent damage will be done if they don't and they need to act fast as there is only about 7 minutes for action. Thats what that should know, above all other medical advice in the page (which they dont need to know, because, as you've said, this isn't for medical advice). If this isnt for medical advice, jt should be about spotting the signs, educating people avout that so they can get help from a medical professional and help save peoples lives as a citizen or loved one. W;ChangingUsername (talk) 16:14, 24 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: In case of a stroke, it is important to recognize it, and to alert emergency services; people have about 7-10 minutes to react. Meaning, there's no time to read a Wikipedia article after the event happened. Also, given that anyone can edit Wikipedia articles, there's no guarantee that what is in the article is correct, or even accurate. For this reason, Wikipedia shouldn't be used for medical advice. People staffing emergency phones are trained to handle such situations, they also have a training to tell people what to do, till emergency services are there. And yes, like with any emergency, the most important thing is to recognize it, and to alert emergency services; being able to tell them what happened. Eptalon (talk) 06:27, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
What i meant is, readers should know the signs, and I think you know that I meant that. And for an event such as stroke if there was an amount of people who'd read the page before they encountered one in their life I would be asking myself something like "what is the one lesson they should take away from this and keep with them"W;ChangingUsername (talk) 10:26, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Well, good luck with getting an ambulance within 10 minutes in London, let alone getting seen in the hospital by an appropriate staff member. Macdonald-ross (talk) 14:55, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello,
I have demoted Tropical Depression Ten (2005), it was a very good article, but there are various issues, amongst others a merge proposal. I have have therefore demoted it to reguilar article.
Feel free to suggest again, when the issues are fixed. Eptalon (talk) 23:12, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
East-West or East—West?
I just realized that without checking, I accidentally created the article East–West Schism (em dash) without checking to see that the article East-West Schism (hyphen) existed. Which article, therefore, should be merged to be the new article? The en wiki uses the em dash. I am also not familiar with the process in which one merges articles, so how should this be done? Both articles have their own different positive aspects, so I would assume that it would be wise to manually go in an include both parts of both articles into one. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk08:00, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think we should only have one of the two. Note howevver, that on a non-technical level, the change is mostly visual. Technically, yes, they are different characters. I think the hyphen-version is likely easier to get, though. Eptalon (talk) 20:17, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I do not think it's really fair to just do it like that, what about revision history? What about attribution? This way of moving pages does not sit right with me (I believe it is wrong), if I am being honest… DreamIndigo10:21, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I left saome comments; likely though, fixing/improving this will take several people working together, using several weekends. As a result the article may double or triple in size. The EnWP article is 8 times the size of our artcle. Big toppic, difficult one, once you dive in. Eptalon (talk) 10:10, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
See if it works now - I tried changing the case (Wikidatacoord --> WikidataCoord). I was fighting with a Lua error recently myself :) Antandrus (talk) 18:02, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Antandrus You are amazing thanks so much! - yep the error's gone and the map now shows, Thank you again I greatly appreciate your help :), Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010Talk19:24, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Simple suggestions
Hey all. I'm doing the frog genus Oophaga. What's a good Simple English phrase for "unfertilized egg"? I'm going with "egg that will not hatch" for now, but it's giving me mega we-can-do-better vibes. Frogs in the genus Oophaga return to the tiny pools where their tadpoles swim and lay an unfertilized egg for the tadpoles to eat. Darkfrog24 (talk) 18:39, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Do we have a bot or anything that will purge everything in a category? It would be useful when doing things like changing templates that are causing articles to appear in maintenance categories, and probably for other things. I know Commons has something that purges subcategories in a category, but do we have anything like that here? -- Auntof6 (talk) 05:34, 25 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Lee Vilenski: Maybe that wasn't the best term. I was thinking of purging the cache of each item in a category. I sometimes do this manually by doing a null edit on everything in a category, but that is at best tedious and at worst impractical (if there are many entries in the category). That can have the result of removing things from a category that don't belong there. -- Auntof6 (talk) 00:16, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Lee Vilenski: Yes, I have a purge link on my pages. However, that looks like it's done one page at a time, manually. I'm looking for something where you can give it a category name and it will purge each page in the category for you. -- Auntof6 (talk) 11:51, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Lee Vilenski: OK, I just found an example. Category:Articles with invalid date parameter in template had 15 articles in it. I did null edits on them which removed all but 2 from the category. Those two were in the category because they were in maintenance categories for June that hadn't been created yet. I created the categories, then did null edits on those two and now the category is empty.
When the fix for a maintenance issue involves doing something that doesn't touch the article, the fix doesn't always remove the article from the category. In this case, the fix was to create the maintenance categories, which didn't require touching the articles. In other cases I've seen, the fix was to take care of a problem in a template.
Sure. I think this could be done with a userscript, but might be beyond my expertise. It would simply need to take the URLs for all items in a category and add the suffix "?action=purge" and run. Lee Vilenski(talk • contribs)11:09, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello, I recently broight over Who put Bella in the Wych Elm? from EnWp. It is aboutr an unresolved death in England of the 1940s. I started with some simplification work, but likely more is needed, so if any of you get a monent, and find the subject interesting, please help simplify. As a bonus: the BBC did a podcast, of 5 episodes each on the case, which seems to be well known.. Eptalon (talk) 17:25, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Help with reading flow?
Hello, I recently found the article Samlesbury witches and though that it would probably be good for DYK hooks. I do however think that 'reading flow' is not really there, and in geneal the article is tiring to read. Would appreaciate help improving it, if anyone has time. The which Trial is somewhat unusual, because it happened in the 15th or 16th century,likely at the height of the "witch craze", but these women were acquitted (while on the same day, others were sentenced to be hanged or burnt alive. Anyway, if anyone is interested in helping, feel free... Eptalon (talk) 17:33, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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When one has (say) two different Nitazenes - that does not mean that there is such a things as a Nitazene.--Suggestion: delete the (wrongful) Nitazene-redirect that i started today.
If someone (else), starts the article about a chemical compound called Nitazene, then that is a different story.--And just cuz I started the article List of benzimidazole opioids, back in the day - i am not going to ask anyone to Kiss the ring.--If this post was helpful, then fine.--(Not sure that i will recheck this post, since i will be busy fixing other articles.) Have a great day. 2001:2020:30D:D58A:5012:18BA:3E15:70CF (talk) 20:15, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We do not do, everything En-wiki does.--"Your" redirect, is implying that any Benzamidole opiod, is (a) Nitazene.--That is a falsehood.--The Simple solution is that there is No redirect from to Nitazene.--Not sure that i will be back to this thread to get presented with wiki-lawyering et cetera; i expect to be busy fixing articles.--Have a wiki-lucky day! 2001:2020:30D:D58A:4CC6:D7BC:132D:353F (talk) 20:29, 11 June 2024 (UTC)/ 2001:2020:30D:D58A:5012:18BA:3E15:70CF[reply]
Some moron weeks ago decided to edit a module that caused this. You can remove the error by making a dummy edit, by pressing “edit” on that page and then “publish changes”. It should clear the error.
Hi! This is not urgent, not even that important, but it may be a simple fix. Can anybody take a look at Module talk:Navbar, please? The module itself is protected, only admins can change it, but every editor is welcome (and encouraged) to share their opinion on the talk page. :-) ✩ DreamIndigo ✩11:54, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Welcome! Simple English Wikipedia is a more simplified version of the normal English Wikipedia. The words in articles are simpler and are based off of BASIC English, which makes them easier to read. I've put a welcome message on your page so that you can visit some links to get started here. Cyclonical (talk) 16:41, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Russia did have forts in a few other places - Fort Ross in California and a fort on the south coast of Kauai. The one in the Hawaiian islands was there in the early 19th century, and is currently administered by the US National Park Service as Russian Fort Elizabeth State Historical Park (I'd be amazed if that link lights up blue). Antandrus (talk) 22:29, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Cactus0rme: Probably not PG itself, but the books on it could be. I just poked around and found Template:Gutenberg, which is for citing books at PG. Of course, we'd want to be sure the book being cited is reliable, just as with any other source.
Hello everyone, I have been working on English and Arabic wikipedia for a long time, I found a thing in Arabic wikipedia that if an article starts with the name of the infographic template, it automatically fills the infographic with information from wikipedia without any other information. In this case, they use a template like {{#استدعاء:بطاقة|تركيب|وحدة=تحكم}}google translate: {{#call:card|composition|module=disipline}} in the infographic template. As it did in ar:قالب:بطاقة تعليق. If you only put the name of the template in the article in Arabic Wikipedia, even if you don't give any other information, it will shoe because it automatically collects information from Wikidata, such as ar:علم الحيوان at the beginning of the article [[:ar:Template:بطاقة التعليم]] The template is installed without any other information, but it automatically shows the information about the wikipedia article. If you provide additional information, it will be combined with the information from Wikidata. No other wikis have this feature. Not even on the English wiki. Can simple english Wikipedia do this? 103.230.104.26 (talk) 03:41, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's based on whether or not the individual template has been setup to take information from WikiData. So, yes, it could be done, but most templates don't do this. Lee Vilenski(talk • contribs)15:17, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Adding languages
In the corner of each article there's a tabber which has a directory to the same article on different Wikipedia language editions. I'd like to know how to add languages to that tabber in articles without them, I've read Wikipedia:Transwiki attribution but I've been told by an administrator that the article is incorrect. The article I'm trying to do this for is Christchurch Central City. Goose Green, 1982 (talk) 10:05, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
MQ-9 Reaper. "A reaper at the base". "The reaper has cameras."--Please advise how the word reaper, should appear in those kind of articles.--Are there different choices (as long as there is consistency within one article)?--The Reaper has cameras.--The "Reaper" (quotation marks) has cameras.--Any other choices? Thanks. 80.67.37.2 (talk) 12:40, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We are talking about a military drone, so 'Reaper' likely is a proper name... so either reaper or Reaper, no need for quotation marks... Eptalon (talk) 14:10, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If a single article shows one or more of the following, then i will probably leave those name-thingies, alone: Reaper (no quotation marks)/ "reaper" (with nearly any kind of quotation marks).--However, reaper with non-capital letter, would maybe not be left alone. But, reaper with small letters and italics, i would probably leave alone.--Diff: simple.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=MQ-9_Reaper&diff=9600343&oldid=9600210 .--Another way of looking at things: the first mention, should be written as an acceptable name; But all the following instances, one might consider looking the other way. Thanks for user:Eptalon's reply. The reply was inspiration, to change the article. 2001:2020:317:C5F6:B09F:D7D8:580B:75E3 (talk) 15:25, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello everybody! I have a plan to rewrite some articles from Standard English Wikipedia to Simple English Wikipedia. I’m a bit worried about the copyrights because I’m using the content, images, and sources from the English Wikipedia article, just simplifying the words. Do you have any suggestions for me? Thank you very much! Hanoifun (talk) 09:33, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Welcome, @Hanoifun. You might like to look at this list I maintain of ways that Simple English Wikipedia is different from other Wikipedias. The list is not a policy or guideline, but it links to some relevant policies and guidelines. If you have any questions about the list or anything on it, leave a message on my talk page. -- Auntof6 (talk) 15:16, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I believe we give our fellow Wikieditors credit with the translation template: {{translated|en|[En's title]|version=######}} and by putting the "oldid=######" from the page history in the change description. At least that's how I do it. The policy is WP:TA. Darkfrog24 (talk) 21:00, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know the policy, but when I use a translation for creating a Simple English Wikipedia article, I check the original sourced material. This prevents omitting or including references that are inappropriate (e.g., when editing a translation, the content for which a reference was given in the source Wikipedia article might not remain in one's Simple English article; or the original article might simply be in error with its citation). Going to the original source one is citing is standard practice in academic research and publishing. Kdammers (talk) 14:36, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Formatting dates
In British English, it is usual to put dates in this order: dd/mm/yyyy. In American English, it is usual to put dates in this order: mm/dd/yyyy. Do we have a standard that prefers one or the other? Or is it like spelling, in which the topic "dictates" the style? I ask in particular reference to an article about an American poet (Elinor Wylie) in which the month-first (i.e., American) format was changed. That is, neither priority nor topic were given priority. Kdammers (talk) 17:42, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Kdammers: Either of the all-numeric formats can be ambiguous if both numbers are 12 or less, so it's best to avoid the all-numeric formats where possible. MOS:DATE gives examples where the month is spelled out, and also gives guidance on formatting dates. I don't see where a date was changed in the article you link. In the case of specifying dates in template parameters, the templates often specify how to do it.
I've gone ahead and changed these as there really is no reason for an American subject article to have British date formats, That and Rus hasn't edited since 2017 so we'd have a long wait for an answer :-), Thanks, –Davey2010Talk00:39, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. Auntof6 referred to MOS:DATE. I found the relevant passage there: 'Strong national ties to a topic: An article on a topic with strong ties to a particular English-speaking country should generally use the more common date format for that nation. For example, it may be more suitable to use the '14 February 1990' format in an article about a person from the United Kingdom, and 'February 14, 1990' in one about an event that happened in the United States.' Kdammers (talk) 14:28, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hidden statistics
On the statistics link (I ran across it by looking at my 'home'page), there is a section with a map of the world coded for statistics by country. One of the countries for which the stats are hidden is Kazakhstan. Is there any way to find out why the stats are hidden for this country? It's a relatively free and open country. Kdammers (talk) 14:48, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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It definitely needs some simplifying. I've left some comments about that on the article's talk page. If you have any questions or response, leave it there and I'll see it. -- Auntof6 (talk) 00:59, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yep, back to normal now. The text however looks so large compared to the contents of the main page that quite frankly I think it's ugly. Cyclonical (talk) 05:38, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
For some reason all the words are bigger on my phone than yours, so "to" appears on a separate line. I do agree that "Welcome to Wikipedia" is too big. TitanicGlitter (talk) 06:48, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
+1 Judging by the history it appears to have been a vanity venue that never took off but nonetheless it was still part of history even if it was very short-lived, We're not gonna get 2009 back so should make the most of the precious history we have of that era. –Davey2010Talk17:07, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The policy as to who can become an oversighter is now at meta, and or candidates are listed on the page, where the candidates for the other privileges are listed; given that you need 25 support votes, getting the flag isn't easy. Eptalon (talk) 09:05, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Cactusisme: If I understand correctly what you're talking about, I've seen that happen when I reply to something on a page -- all the "reply" links disappear. I was able to fix it by clearing the cache of the page. en:Help:Purge explains different ways of doing that. Let me know if you need more help. -- Auntof6 (talk) 12:18, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Madonna is quite clearly the primary topic in this case. We follow enwiki's policies/guidelines as guidelines, and therefore, there's a good reason to move the page here. Your opinion may differ but you don't seem to offer a reason other than I don't like it and want to differ with en. --Ferien (talk) 21:45, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Lady Madonna isn't going to be a primary topic, or close, in this case. It is not ever referred to as Madonna. I find it quite difficult to call this ethnocentrism because what else on this is realistically going to be the primary topic in any other country and Madonna just being called Madonna is a thing for many language Wikipedias, not just enwiki by any means, even if Madonna is American. --Ferien (talk) 23:32, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have added some meanungs to the disambigaion page. As we have it currently, it is ok. At the top of the pages we list the two most common meanings, and the disambiguation page Eptalon (talk) 07:44, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Madonna (name) is arguably the main topic (though we seem to not have that article).--See the following link for all the famous (or well-known) people with the name. Link,
en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Madonna_(name) .--As of the 2010s she still was having number one hit songs - see en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Madonna_singles_discography#2010s .--Anyway, she is just another famous person among other famous people with the name "Madonna". 2001:2020:345:A57A:9C73:2FCC:27A6:77ED (talk) 08:02, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Just because a lot of people have a name doesn't make it the PRIMARYTOPIC. This is a very clear instance of the most relevant article for that search being the singer. Lee Vilenski(talk • contribs)14:39, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As the page move-suggester, I never expected or imagined there would be drama over it - A few points to note:
A) As noted by all of my fellow colleagues above it's blindingly obvious Madonna is the primary topic here - She's Primarytopic on EN too which sparked this move,
B) We follow ENs policies and guidelines and as I said given she's primarytopic there (en:Madonna) it's pretty obvious she should be here too,
C) How is this Ethnocentrism ?, I'm British and personally speaking I don't like her music so herself and her culture are absolutely irrelevant to me and I can easily vouch and say her culture etc is irrelevant to everyone here too,
I was just reading through the article on the Kilogram using the Android app. Underneath the heading "Mass and weight", the following message is shown:
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Leonidlednev Rapes Babies on Wheels' not found.
I cannot help but feel like this is somehow an attempt at vandalism. I tried to change the page to remove the vandalism, but I was unable to find any reference to this script.
Is this a normal error message? I wish I could be of more help and remove it, but I am not familiar enough with the edit side of the platform to know where this message is coming from.
@Korimo update: it is template vandalism, though it has been removed now. See Special:Contributions/Lua Module Smasher for an example. We might need a way of making sure our Lua modules aren't modified like this, though there will probably be a lot of modules to handle. Also, it's very sad that the vandalism is now on Google. Hopefully it will be removed soon. —76.212.74.243 (talk) 01:32, 30 June 2024 (UTC) (comment edited at 01:34, 30 June 2024 (UTC))[reply]
I had the same thing happen a couple weeks ago. I made a edit on the page I was on and pushed publish and it worked for me. It's from some guy vandalising a module or something. - MourningRainfall 🐺🇨🇦 01:42, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I take that back; none of those pages show the problem any longer - maybe someone server-side was able to purge the cache? It still comes up in search results but I can't find a page that loads with the problem any more. Antandrus (talk) 02:28, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If the lead is problematic then I don't really know how to trim it down/make it simple enough so didn't know if anyone had any suggestions, Many thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010Talk19:57, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've made a few changes to make it a bit more simple to read. I know nothing about busses, so you'd have to re-add bits about the high-floorness, whatever that is. Lee Vilenski(talk • contribs)20:04, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You @sir are amazing thank you so much for your help and edits they're greatly appreciated, I've added the high/low floor back but it's absolutely perfect thank you, Warm Regards, –Davey2010Talk20:31, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No problem. I tend to think the lede sentence should always just say what the subject is in plain terms (that's true on all Wikis). It's almost always too in depth. Lee Vilenski(talk • contribs)20:41, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I know you're talking about in general but unfortunately up until now I always thought my lead sentences did say what the subject is in plain terms but then again I wasn't aware of that website so didn't know any better and didn't have anything to guide me other than Wikipedia:BASIC English alphabetical wordlist and assumption/guess work,
I'll be honest I was taken aback by your edits (in a good way) and they've genuinely opened my eyes - Anyway we live and we learn - I'll fix the rest of my articles this week,
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Usage of diaspora
Simple wikipedia has a small collection of pages and category that refer to various types of diaspora. (See Category:Emigration).
I am wondering if this term is too complex for simple wikipedia. Many native english speakers don't even know what the word "diaspora" means.
I propose that we change and redirect all instances of the word "diaspora" to "emigration", since in almost all instances they cover the same topics.
I believe it should be changed or kept on a case by case basis. "Diaspora" has a different meaning than "emigration". They are not the same thing. ✩ DreamIndigo ✩15:55, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I understand, but in nearly every context they cover the same topics. An article about emigration from a nation can easily be merged with an article of that nation's ethnic diaspora. This was done in en wiki with Emigration from the United States. Diaspora is a type of emigration, which is why it would make sense for them to be in the same articles. MrMeAndMrMeTalk17:16, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"changed or kept on a case by case basis", sounds okay.--My guess, is that this discussion will not agree on any single category, or article-title, being changed.--Specific examples ain't gonna sound good, or look good: that is my prediction. 2001:2020:317:BD4D:F071:1980:AA23:EFAC (talk) 18:35, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I do not know where to indent this comment, but I want to make some examples. Something like "American diaspora" can be easily merged to "Emigration from the United States", but what about the Jewish diaspora? "Jewish emigration" does not explain its history well, it basically waters it down. The article should explain the meaning of "diaspora", though. A diaspora is a complex phenomenon. The two words are not synonyms, this is what I mean. In most cases, we can use "emigration", but not always. ✩ DreamIndigo ✩19:39, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
My issue is that I do not see why "Jewish emigration" does not explain the issue well. In theory, diaspora is a type of emigration.
For example, instances in which Jewish individuals have been separated, forced out of a place, moved to another location, etc can be explained by emigration to another location MrMeAndMrMeTalk20:45, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
But the pattern of movement for Jews is very much more complex than for other peoples. The movements of their ancestors is still significant hundreds of years later. For most other people they are eventually absorbed into the new culture. Rathfelder (talk) 20:58, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think that the complex pattern of movement of peoples over time is, at its core, moving from one place to another.
The idea of "Jewish emigration" can mean a variety of things throughout history, all of which fundamentally resulted from moving from one place to another(whether intentional or forced/displaced, whether once or multiple ). MrMeAndMrMeTalk21:20, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think we likely need both. Imagine, that some people emigrate, for whatever reason. Then there is a 'community of foreigners' in another country. Over time (their parents emigrated, their grandparents did), what is left is a 'diaspora'. Happened in many cases, not only to Jews, but also people emigrating for other reasons. The German-speaking communities in Romania, in Russia, In South America are just examples. So, likely it needs explaining, and we need both concepts, and cannot do with one of them alone. Eptalon (talk) 21:26, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
A diaspora is much more than moving from a place to another. If I move to France tomorrow because I like Paris, that is "emigration". No loss of culture, famines, wars or genocides involved, yet it is emigration. A diaspora, to put it as simple as possible, needs some sort of tragic background to happen (not always, but most of the time). If you want a much better definition, then "William Safran set out six rules to distinguish diasporas from migrant communities and Rogers Brubaker more inclusively applied three basic definitional criteria" (copied from enwiki, cannot copy more due to copyright).
P.S. I really hope this does not come out as rude. I sometimes sound mad for no reason in written text, but I do not know how to fix that. I am relaxed while writing this, not mad at all ✩ DreamIndigo ✩21:38, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding the article "Diaspora": It has c. none of the (good) information from this thread.--Anyone (or myself) can add info.--By the way: in my North European language, the largest encyclopedia has one article about Jewish diaspora, and one article about Diaspora.--If i see anything okay to add, then i probably will. 80.67.37.2 (talk) 11:34, 1 July 2024 (UTC)/ 80.67.37.2 (talk) 11:37, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Just a quick question: why not keep the redirect? - Depending on where on earth you are, getting characters with accents/diacritics may be difficult..? Eptalon (talk) 14:26, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yesterday when I was editing Kurdish articles to make them more neutralised when I came across Rojava. I dont even know where to start, the article seems to be glorifying the autonomous entity and has no sources. What do I do? Do I just delete the whole mess and write it all over again or I leave it like this? Kirkukturk3 (talk) 12:06, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! I am writing a biography and I re-read WP:MOS and en:WP:MOSBIO, but I am still confused about nationality wikilinks in the first sentence. Which one is correct?
1. Pinco Pallo was an Italian person.
2. Pinco Pallo was an [[Italy|Italian]] person.
3. Pinco Pallo was an [[Italians|Italian]] person.
Personally, I don't really like linking nationalities, the actual link is often an W:WP:EASTEREGG (when you click "Italian" you'd expect an artivle ok "Italian people", not "Italy) and we try our best not to overlink to very common terms. Often in the lede, the nationality is followed by a link, so I don't link to avoid W:WP:SEAOFBLUE. It's quite common that a person's birthplace is also in the lede, so I just link it there.
There are obviously some cases where that's not suitable - if someone is notable because of their nationality, their country of origin is not well known, or there's no suitable way to include the link, then I might put it in the lede sentence. Lee Vilenski(talk • contribs)18:17, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Auntof6: Just read it and I 100% agree with you. Also, I love how you used Florence as an example, because it is one of the first cities that comes to my mind when I think about this. When I was a kid, I knew Firenze, Italy, very well, but I did not know "Florence" and I used to believe that it was a French city! People come here on SEW because they are young (so they studied little geography/history/etc), because they are learning English or for similar reasons. ✩ DreamIndigo ✩21:29, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I like the third one and its usually what i do since auntof6 helped me. It's also good to have the country name mentioned in the article to link to Italy as well when Italians are covered W;ChangingUsername (talk) 07:44, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not a mathematician, but the "simple explanation" given in Kurt Gödel seems wrong to me. The sentence "This sentence is false." is not a sentence that cannot be proved true or false, but rather a statement that is self-contradictory. Does anyone here know enough about mathematics to clarify this? 192.83.149.205 (talk) 00:08, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I removed the section in the article on Kurt Gödel, it realy isn't what his theory states. The thing in decidability thery looks halfway correct Eptalon (talk) 00:25, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Medication article issues
Hello, So we have an editor (W;ChangingUsername) who's created Medication articles however these articles all include;
side effects,
who can/cannot take it,
dosage/how to take them/length of taking/forgotten dosage
My questions is: Is this content okay or should it all be removed and leave them looking like this diff?
Having this infomation in articles A) gives the impression we're a medication pamphlet as opposed to an encyclopedia, and B) I feel it could open doors to WMF being sued especially if someones followed the instructions here and it all went terribly wrong (I don't know much about the law so don't know if the WMF could be sued/held responsible etc)
Imagine if W;ChangingUsername unknowingly got the dosage wrong and someone reads it and assumes its correct and for instance takes 2 tablets instead of 1 - Of course I would hope no one would ever follow such instructions here but everyone is different, and taking into account the website we are and our viewers (whom may have mental disabilities and may not know better/different) it's a very stupid and dangerous game but I would like to seek others opinions before I go on a blanking spree,
@Davey2010: Thanks for raising this here. I had a conversation with the editor about this and I meant to get back to it but I haven't had a chance.
You are absolutely right. Wikipedia should not be giving instruction or advice about anything. In the case of medications, it's even more important because of the legal implications. Wikipedia is neither a how-to nor a medical provider. As far as I'm concerned, feel free to remove this kind of info. -- Auntof6 (talk) 19:53, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Auntof6, You're welcome - I know I reverted this editors edits before somewhere and it resulted in one big drama so wanted to double check first,
I absolutely and 110% agree with your last statement and couldn't ever have put it any better myself - In all honestly I wonder if this editor is here for the wrong reasons but I guess that's another discussion for another venue, I'm genuinely shocked someone added this and thought it was okay but anyway I'll remove the content, Many thanks for your quick response/help it's greatly appreciated, Many thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010Talk20:24, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The Wikipedia articles for antipsychotic drugs have toilet plate text for discontinuation of the drugs and this is helpful.
Such things are framed in a way that instead of being a guide it is some info from a source. If everything was done this way i dont know if there would be issue :)
I can change the article also. Change it if you want, and if i think something could go in after, it can be changed back and forth to make good articles
Hi @W;ChangingUsername, Many thanks for remaining calm and patient - You're more than welcome to post here and ask editors if x, and y would be okay,
I'm not lecturing you but in case you weren't aware the Simple English Wikipedia is also for people with different needs, such as children, students, and adults with learning difficulties, and people who are trying to learn English and as I said those with mental disabilities whom may not understand may think it's okay to follow the instructions here,
I appreciate you expanding the articles and trying to be helpful but given the website we are and who we cater to I'm sure you can understand the seriousness and danger of including the information you have here, I would hate for the WMF or yourself to face legal ramifications over the content included/hosted, Anyway thanks again for remaining patient and calm throughout, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk20:33, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Done - As far as I can see I've removed all of the content from all articles, I've done various searches relating to keywords of the previous content and not getting any results so hoping i've removed all of the content, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk21:35, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@W;ChangingUsername Too late - everything I listed above has now been deleted, You're more than welcome to start an RFC on having side effects listed here but given it's listed on any EN articles and given we're not a medical website - chances are there would be no consensus to host such information anyway, –Davey2010Talk22:14, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I dont know what information would go into a wikipedia article, or why someone would search it, other than for things like effects/side effects, pharmacology, chemistry, pregnancy category and so on. Nor do i see what info could go in from a reference (like a paper from a study) besides these. It would be challenging to make long and informative articles without these info W;ChangingUsername (talk) 18:44, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm on a laptop soon so ill be able to put a lot of focus and attention into finishing Wikipedia so that it's in a state where people have something to add to, including me. And seeing as though OP took a bunch of articles and crack cocaine fumes and had another problem with me (the second or third) after a dispute previously, deleted (in a LOT of articles) all of my work and my barnstar i gave him for 'wasting a bunch of my life and time' and told me to go fuck myself and fuck off, and less than 2 hours later on the same day declared it done, these edits are getting reverted. Thanks.
And please read this post carefully and look st this users actions in the future. I left it but you know what i am going to make the stroke page actually good too (the incorrect and fanfic/headcannon he wrote for an article) to make it proper again, because previously he has reverted my edits to his precious article.
And seeing @Auntof6s numerous issues with my (and my reaction to them) compared.to his i still hope that it isn't someone abusing their power and being spiteful towards me, or that it won't lead to that happenening when I re-edit his whole article later. I will also be reverting the articles if not to how my own judgement sees it shojld be but how wikipedia writes their articles. Obviously simplified W;ChangingUsername (talk) 06:24, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Taking 4000 characters from every article a user have done so far is not acceptable and your stroke article is garbage too. These stubs youve.created may as well not exist.
Likewise in my other barnstar as well as thanking you for wasting my time I congratulated you for making thr site worse. Congratulations again for doing that (again). Well done on making like 50 articles stubs with 0 information and taking away their purpose. Worthless admin or whatever useless title you have (i dont care)
Support adding information which English Wikipedia includes English Wikipedia includes most of this information, and I support restoring that. At the English Wikipedia Medical Manual of Style there are recommended section headings for drugs. "Side effects" is the same as "Adverse effects", "Medical uses" is always the first section and is "who can take it", "Dosage" English Wikipedia does not report and does not recommend including, "caution" is "drug interactions", and pregnancy goes in a section called "special populations" at the bottom although we frequently single out pregnancy as an extra-special, special case and put national regulatory pregnancy codes in the infobox. Overall most of this is essential information which is safe to include when backed by reliable sources. Talking through at en:Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine could be helpful for confirming best practices. Everyone wants dosage also but the situation is that there is significant variation in medical recommendations country to country, in addition to the matter being very sensitive patient to patient. It is fine to talk generally about the effects of not enough, too much, or just write, but do not name numbers. Blue Rasberry (talk)17:21, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I would advise against some of these simplifications. While "adverse effects" and "side effects" mean the same thing, "medical uses" and "who can take it" are two different things. "Drug interactions" and "caution" are two completely different things.
This is an issue, too, and goes back to what AuntOf6 and Davey2010 have mentioned. If we sound too much like a medication pamphlet, it is dangerous. Not only is it unencyclopedic, it can cause legal issues.
The word "drug interactions" was chosen because it is a medical term, and has a broader scope than most "cautions"; it includes a more encyclopedic scope of information. These medicine articles aren't made specifically for those who are taking the medication, these articles are made for those who want to learn more about the subject.
I bring this up mainly as a warning to be very careful when editing these articles. Even though something is true and is backed up by a source, it can still be dangerous if it disproportionately adds certain types of information. MrMeAndMrMeTalk20:38, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Totally seperate idea:What if we just made a template to put on top of every medical related article with a disclaimer saying "We are not a doctor and don't trust any medical advice from here" or some variety of that. Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 11:04, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Warning! The information given is not medical advice and may not be accurate. The contents are for illustrative purposes only and do not replace medical advice by a professional. Please read the disclaimer.
I'd rather it just be worded in ways that didn't tell people what to do but I guess if that cannot be achieved then sure I'd settle for a disclaimer, I mean there's nothing stopping anyone from finding the information online anyway, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk11:35, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
They are phrased that way in the source. The article mentions in 'side effects' that in the medicine box there will be a pamphlet. There are a lot of sites for information online but simple wiki may be their only source. W;ChangingUsername (talk) 13:24, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think what applies to any article, also applies to articles about drugs or diseases
Since anyone can edit, we cannot guarantee that the information given is accurate, or correct
Even if it is, making a diagnosis takes a healthcare professional. There's a reason people study 5 years or more to be a doctor of medicine, or a pharmacist (who knowns about drugs)
Even if the information is accurate, it might not apply in your specific case.
Side-effects can be very specific, the more "common" a side-effect is, the more likely you'll find it in the product brochure.
Wikipedia can be there for general information, but if you need more specific information ask your doctor/healthcare professional
Keeping that in mind, there is no harm in saying "With this condition, usually either drug A, B, or C are given. Drug A usually has these side-effects..." - Remember, we are an encyclopedia, there's no "forbidden knoweldge". Eptalon (talk) 14:24, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The common (1 in 100) side effects should be included because they are likely to happen. It's a pretty safe bet that they will. Also the side effects risks can be confirmed in the medicine packet as was mentioned. Also the information is all sourced from the NHS gov website. W;ChangingUsername (talk) 06:58, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Other than that, likely what we need: Is it safe during pregnancy, what are other drugs it doesn't go with well/at all. And as always, we are there for information. We cannot replace a healthcare professional. Eptalon (talk) 23:24, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I suspect that Simple-wiki should come up with a checklist of things that should be done, when one starts an article about a star (or a star in Space).--Such a checklist should maybe have recommended sources, about "new et cetera" stars. Thoughts? 2001:2020:309:AE06:BC0A:B191:9A35:7ADA (talk) 14:04, 26 June 2024 (UTC) / 2001:2020:309:AE06:BC0A:B191:9A35:7ADA[reply]
In my opinion, such a checklist is generally not very neccessary — if someone wants to make a guide like this, they make it on their userspace, such as the one AuntOf6 made. Since many wikipedians have their own different opinions about what should be in an article, it is difficult to make a well made main page that goes beyond a simple idea such as to Be Bold. MrMeAndMrMeTalk14:37, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
2MASS J04285096-2253227 is a red-link (at English-wiki), and mentioned in en.wiki.x.io/wiki/List_of_brown_dwarfs#Unconfirmed_brown_dwarfs . --I am thinking it should get USERIFY / USERFY, or be QD.--Please consider doing one or the other in a timely manner, so that the user will "get a message" that articles have to be of a certain standard, in stead of flooding us with half-a$$ sub-stubs. 2001:2020:309:AE06:91C2:2F5C:DA4:E781 (talk) 14:53, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
None of these are notable per en:NASTRO or en:NASTCRIT. This is fairly obviously not notable, but I am not sure that it necessarily falls under QD. Would it be possible for an admin to mass delete these pages, or does it all have to be put through RFD?(or maybe just one RFD page for all of IP's articles?) MrMeAndMrMeTalk15:05, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Rather awkwardly, a few of the articles actually are based on subjects that are notable. So some checking will have to be done the manual (painful) way. --Ferien (talk) 21:54, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The user that started the articles, last edited at 13:03, 26 June 2024.--If possible, consider tagging most of the articles, in regard to notability.--I am thinking that we should see if we can accent the positives, so to speak, in regard to that wikipedia-user.--So, any QD can wait a day or two or a half week, in my view. (As long as articles have relevant tags.) --Thoughts? 2001:2020:309:AE06:91C2:2F5C:DA4:E781 (talk) 15:56, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Another update: WOH G17, was created at 16:58 .--En-wiki has deleted their article (not notable); link, en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/WOH_G17 .--That article should be QD for not being encyclopedic and/or not being wikified.--USERFY? I would not bother with that article. 2001:2020:309:AE06:BD15:72C7:4DB0:35C6 (talk) 18:10, 26 June 2024 (UTC) /OP[reply]
What you are saying, and what i said, are two different things.--No worries, I expect that any answer at English-wiki will be illuminating (and quite possibly helpful for this thread too).--I suggest we wait and see where the chips may fall. 2001:2020:301:A9E4:D9A9:D130:F839:7819 (talk) 20:24, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Three people have (so far) answered at En-wiki.--None of them have said that the titles are wanted over there. (And one said that it is best not to create the bunch of titles.)--The sources for many of the articles, also suck.--Good luck fixing the articles (or whatever), while i fix other articles. 2001:2020:301:A9E4:99F2:4A71:53B8:9057 (talk) 04:46, 28 June 2024 (UTC) /2001:2020:309:AE06:BC0A:B191:9A35:7ADA[reply]
Once again - the English language Wikipedia isn't a controlling instance of what we may or may not have here.
┌─────────────────────────────────┘ IP blocked for a week, while we work out what to do with the articles for the moment. --Ferien (talk) 21:56, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Simple solution: if a title also exists (as a title) at En-wiki, then be gentle.--For the other articles, press the switch that says "Czar bomb" (or nuke).--Please note that there are dubious entries on (astronomy) Lists at En-wiki. (For elaboration, see
Support: @Ferien Do we also have page curation tool here? DIVINE 20:57, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
Done. Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 01:45, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
-- Auntof6 (talk) 12:36, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 21:38, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
Comment: I think the user is blocked from articles and template creation Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 08:29, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
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