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Wikipedia talk:Requests for comment/Wiki brah

message: After conferring with User:Bishonen who was previously unaware of this discussion, I have decided to permanently block the account.  I'm not acting out of spite and I hope that I'm not acting above and beyond my administrative duties, but I am convinced that we're dealing with a troll, plain and simple.  If another admin deems it necessary to unblock the account for the duration of the RfC, please do so. - Lucky 6.9 02:38, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the only question now is how to most effectively deal with this nuisance. We are here to write an encyclopedia. Our community is based on this common goal. The trick is to stay focussed on this goal. A block is as good a tactic as any IMO. I'd only question whether it should be permanent. Perhaps indefinite would be a better term? Andrewa 09:31, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

message: Lucky 6.9 wrote, on the RfC article page:  "That tears it. Unless this is ready for an RfA, I'm ready for a permanent ban. If it's appropriate at this point in time, I'd like to pull the plug. Any objections?"  I agree with TheDeletator.  The subject of this RfC is a problematical editor, but I do not see any basis for one or two administrators putting either a permanent or an indefinite ban on him.  I agree that Lucky 6.9 is not acting out of spite.  I do think that banning a user permanently is beyond his administrative duties.  Users can be banned by consensus of the Wikipedia community, by Jimbo Wales, by the ArbCom, or by the Board of Trustees.  Perhaps this case illustrates that the powers and duties of admins need to be defined more carefully.  Admins should block users for 3RR.  They can block users for personal attacks.  I do not see any statement that admins can block users for being trolls.  
Also, I am not sure that this user is "simply a troll".  I also do not see any policy stating that admins can shoot trolls on sight.  I think that this user is similar to Maoririder in terms of being bizarre, and that Maoririder is now the subject of an RfAr.  Robert McClenon 15:47, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Due Process

message: Wiki brah seems to have been banned as a sockpuppet of User:Rainbowwarrior1977. See  for details. "This comes as the result of a sockcheck performed by brion that determined that that there was evidence that all three are using the same ISP and thier IP activity indicates they are likely the same user." Secretlondon 05:44, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Banned?
Template talk:R from sort name

message: # tagging of redirects from inverted to natural language terms, such as Aaron, Henry Louis → Hank Aaron or Chemistry, inorganic → Inorganic chemistry.
# tagging of redirects from disambiguation pages to lists of terms, such as Baggio, where the surname "Baggio" is the only commonality among disambiguated items, and List of people by name provides a comprehensive listing, obviating the need to repeat data in two places
(Courtland 22:07, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggested uses 

message: Please change: |from=the target's sort name,
to: |from=the target's sort name;
This punctuation change would rectify a comma splice. Thank you. – Wdchk (talk) 17:25, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: — xaosflux Talk 20:13, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template-protected edit request on 26 August 2018
Talk:Lions Eye Institute

message: Some parts of this article sound like taken from a public relations campaign. Dontaskme 02:57, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: There are of course many more "Lions Eye Institutes" -- including ones in Colorado , Southern California, New Zealand , Virginia , etc. PedEye1 11:44, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Neutral point of view
Talk:SS Flandre (1951)

message: I was so surprised to see one of the most interesting parts of the Carla C's history left out of the article - that of her first fifteen years of service, as the Flandre for the French Line.  I've gone ahead and fixed that, giving this article a thorough rewrite to include her service as Flandre, the name change to Carla Costa, and more details as to her fate.  Hoping to see it improve further as my edits are cleaned up and refined by others.  Schuminweb 03:12, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: The ''Flandre''!
Talk:Julie Cooper (The O.C.)

message: Note: To whom keeps changing the name to (formerly Julie Cooper Nichol), you are incorrect as she was widowed not divorced either way keeping her married name of(Cooper Nichol) she has not yet remarried Jimmy (although it appears she will) until that point she is Julie Cooper Nichol. If she remarries Jimmy she will become Julie Cooper (formerly Julie Cooper Nichol) Mac Domhnaill 03:15, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:The Truth (novel)

message: I was re-reading Maskerade recently.  In the part where the witches are visiting the publishing house, there is the following passage:
Movable type was known in Ankh-Morpork, but if wizards heard about it they moved it where no one could find it. They generally didn't interfere with the running of the city, but when it came to movable type, the pointy foot was put down hard.  They had never explained why, and people didn't press the issue because you didn't press the issue with wizards, not if you liked yourself the shape you were.  They simply worked around the problem and engraved everything.  This took a long time and meant that Ankh-Morpork was, for example, denied the benefit of newspapers, leaving the population to fool themselves as best they could.
It's been a while since I've read The Truth, and I don't have a copy to hand, but I don't recall this ever being an issue in the plot.  Can anyone who has read it recently tell me whether it came up, or if Terry just forgot about it?  It seems odd that, in one book he would rule out even the possibility of newspapers, only to then write a book entirely focused on the subject.  91.109.186.246 (talk) 00:28, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Maskerade

message: * Agree, it seems both articles are best suited to be merged here since Pin and Tulip only appear in this book, and their articles talk alot about 'The Truth' plot. --takagawa-kun 03:28, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: *The Truth, since that's their source, then link from The Truth to minor characters Astaroth5 16:09, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Merging Mr. Pin and Mr. Tulip into this article

message: Did William actually stab Mr Pin with the desk spike or was it an accident? I forgot. Vitriol 03:26, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stabtastic 

message: The Ankh-Morpork Times motto, "The Truth Shall Make You Fret", is a reference to a biblical quote from the Gospel of St John:
 John 8:32 "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
The uncorrupted quote is the motto of the Belize Times .  Oosoom Talk to me 16:44, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Truth Shall Make You Fret
Talk:Charles E. Allen

message: Archive: 1,
2, 3, 4, 5,
6
Jeanenawhitney did a really nice job expanding the refs that were here. I moved the talk history to these links for now. Also removing SineBot note as I don't see similar bot-signatures for the other contributors. OK with me in advance to move this to some normal archive whenever. With a little bit of biographical information and organization this could be a B-class biography I would say. Hope this helps. -Susanlesch 05:49, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Talk archive
Talk:19th-century National League teams

message: Is this considered a list?  If so, shouldn't it be moved to "List of 19th century National League teams" ?  Just curious, I would move it, but a consensus on this should be made. Neonblak (talk) 11:01, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  List ? 

message: Please do not break the timeline by fiddling with it. It can be very picky about the formatting of entries for the various bars and takes some time to repair when broken. Please preview all edits to ensure that the timeline displays correctly if you make any changes. shaggy (talk) 14:04, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Timeline
Talk:Grey and Simcoe Foresters

message: I hope that the experience of others can provide me with some direction as I have searched several times and found no definitive answers. 
I have been working on the Canadian Military unit The Grey and Simcoe Foresters. And, as with all Military unit pages, there is a heading of Alliances. This heading is what is confusing to me. Many Military units claim a Alliance with other Military units (and some rightly so), but I can find no reference sources for this type of claim in many cases. This is especially so for the case of a Forester unit (as there is only 1 other in the world that shares the Forester designation ... that being The Sherwood Foresters ). I don't want to add any additional implication of a link between the Units beyond their names by listing an Alliance. 
Is it fair enough to simply remove the heading ?
Is there a reference source that I (non-military type that I am) am overlooking/missing ?
Is there a source where I might find info about the headings on Military units pages ?
exit2dos2000 11:37, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It is completely acceptable to leave out a section if you have nothing to add to it.  Someone who knows more can always add things later.  If you want to investigate further, the folks at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history, especially in their Canadian military history task force, are probably your best bet.  (If you work on Canadian military units with any sort of regularity, you may just want to join as a participant.) - BanyanTree 17:44, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Military units claiming an Alliance  

message: I'm not sure I agree with the "Alliances" having a listing with the UK Foresters. Unless an actual reference to a formal "Alliance" can be shown or linked too, I feel that it is enough to just mention a similarity between the units. The term "Alliance" has another meaning in this context that I have never heard of existing between the 2 Forester units.
exit2dos2000 12:25, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  References Please 

message: Not sure about the "public Domain"ness of the information, even though most of it is historical.
This round of Editing got only information from the WWW site into Wiki. More is to be forthcomming from several enlistment and informational pamphlets I picked up as well as conversations with "Specialists".
exit2dos2000 05:22, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Barreness of Grey and Simcoe Foresters entry 
Talk:Ammonites (Book of Mormon)

message: I've moved the article back to the Ammonites (Book of Mormon) page. It had been moved to the Anti-Nephi-Lehi page because that is the name the Anti-Nephi-Lehis chose for themselves. While this is true, the Wikipedia guidelines indicate that the most common name should be used, partly for success while searching. I feel that Ammonites is the more common usage, but I'm willing to be persuaded.
I did add a disambiguation page for Ammonites since that page was previously a redirect to Ammon (nation)
--andersonpd 04:04, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: This article is redundant with Anti-Nephi-Lehies.  Both of them should be wrapped up into Lamanite. Epachamo (talk) 12:53, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, I don't agree with my earlier recommendation anymore that they should be wrapped up into the Lamanite article in its current form. Epachamo (talk) 13:14, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge
Talk:Jubilee River

message: There seems to be a challenge. An editor has asserted that additions made without citations are correct because he, the editor, is the reliable source. We need to remember that, while one may know something, for it to be a valid addition to a Wikipedia article, that knowledge must be capable of verification in a reliable source.  An editor's brain is not such a source. Additions to an article in this manner are original research by our definitons
That editor is resisting requests for citations, extending that to certainly my own talk page, and reverting addition of relevant tags such as . We need to ensure that this is handled with polite firmness, and either have citations added or, unfortunately, remove unverifiable items from the article Fiddle Faddle (talk) 10:54, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi - I think we should work together to try and provide some confidence in what is an important article. Quite a few references could be found I am sure - I stuck one in as a start. I know two earlier valid refs went awol and the EA changed their website which didn't help either. We may have problems with the intimate technical details but most of it should be verifiable. Regards Motmit (talk) 11:45, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi. I added material from the Japan Times article  and removed some material that I could not find a citation for. The Environmental Agency's links no longer work. Info I found was all metric so I added conversions into Imperial but put the metric figures first. Michael Glass (talk) 05:14, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Verifiablity 

message: Don't know how it all works or even if it's possible but just wondered.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:490:A600:98ED:876D:9F60:A38B (talk) 21:20, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Are there any 'offbrooks' that feed into (or off) the Jubilee river? 

message: There is the following sentence in the 4th paragraph of this section
"The channel saw flows well short of its designed maximum flow capacity, and some INTENDED[clarification needed] weir damage, bed and bank erosion occurred." (My caps)
I strongly suspect that the word should have been 'unintended'. The Environment Agency certainly spent skads of money preventing the eroded bank from collapsing. However the inline citation refers to an extremely strident article. That article (which by the way mentions the heroic efforts of EA to rescue the bank) has the following, "THE CONCLUSION ... CAN ONLY BE THAT MISMANAGEMENT AND MISOPERATION ... BY THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY" It is possible that the authors of that article believe that the word 'intended' is correct.
I recommend that the word 'intended' be corrected to 'unintended' but because that would reverse the meaning of that sentence, I will wait a month or so for comments before making that edit.  OrewaTel (talk) 05:19, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Construction 

message: A map would be really helpful...  Geo Swan (talk) 21:05, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: No map?
Talk:Steve Case

message: The comment by Johnleemk that Case was not initially CEO of Quantum is, I think correct.  Can we find when it was he did formally become CEO?  He was certainly calling the shots before the title became official.  BTW, the references to the three initial machine-specific services were cut in that edit, and I restored those 2 sentences. Coll7 04:05, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: According to the book I cited, he became CEO in '91, and chairman in '95 or thereabouts. Johnleemk | Talk 14:31, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

text: Well, according to Klein, although he was among the original company's first employees, he didn't really "co-found" it, although he did introduce himself as its co-founder to many new employees in the late '80s. He did have a lot of influence, but he definitely did not co-found the company. Johnleemk | Talk 14:31, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Made the changes described -- please check to confirm I got it right. Coll7 20:38, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yup, right on target. Johnleemk | Talk 14:40, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Urine therapy

message: The  Urine article states that "Urine was also used for whitening teeth in Ancient Rome" and links to this article with the internal link #Rome. If there was ever mention of this in Urine Therapy, it has now gone. 92.3.210.86 (talk) 14:48, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Whitening of teeth in Ancient Rome.  

message: it feels like one of the interesting articles where much of the real discussion is hidden in the archives ..
the intro phrase "No scientific evidence exists to support any beneficial health claims of urine therapy." seems just plain wrong - written by ideology and pecuniary greed. later down it becomes even more interesting as "untreated" seems the keyword - someone like a ****** company has to extract urea for it to become really beneficial .. jokes aside i tried if for myself today as I had doubts as well - soaked my hand in fresh one for 10 minutes after having strong blue blemishes and my hand significantly improved .. I know that is non scientific - primary source material is never allowed .. the pharisees may rejoice ..
Ebricca (talk) 05:00, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  pretty interesting npov 

message: The article mostly just discusses the supposed benefits of drinking one's own urine, but surely there have to have been claims regarding the benefits of using someone else's urine instead. For example, the idea of specifically utilizing a younger person's urine (for anti-aging purposes), or the urine of someone of the opposite sex, etc. I found one source for something like this (a Thai cult whose followers drank the urine of their leader, a self-proclaimed holy man), and will add a mention of it shortly, but please be on the lookout for more examples. 2604:2D80:6984:3800:0:0:0:210 (talk) 04:50, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Drinking someone else's urine
Talk:List of video game musicians

message: This list is alphabetical by first name and should be last name!  Put it on my infinite to-do list!
:I fixed this.  Please proof my work -- with the game titles mixed in I had to do the sort by hand.  Coll7 07:23, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: List

message: Here are a couple of existing resources at our disposal to help fill out the list further:
*VGMdb
*OverClocked ReMix composers list
Please add more resources to refer to, and thanks. - Liontamer (talk) 15:15, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Existing lists/resources

message: Where is Wally Beben?? He has composed a number of soundtracks for various formats, most notably the epic Tetris theme for the Commodore 64!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.221.118.81 (talk) 18:30, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Wally Beben (aka Hagar)

message: This article needs a lot of work. It's out of date and has many errors, and isn't even consistent.
I'll eventually try to fix all of this, but would anybody like to help? Dissident93 03:34, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ugh... 

message: Per a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games and per WP:LISTPEOPLE/WP:CSC, I'm going to go through and move all of the names without Wikipedia articles to the talk page, with the content intact (in case there are people some believe to be notable per WP:NMUSICIAN or WP:GNG who people would like to create articles for). — Rhododendrites talk \\ 13:53, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Done through J. Will resume later. Feel free to keep going if so inclined. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 14:34, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Done through O. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 13:43, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Through S. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 15:52, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  — Rhododendrites talk \\ 14:08, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pruning list
Talk:List of Major League Baseball principal owners

message: Anyone think this list should include current estimated values of teams?  The Forbes valuation estimates (now linked to in article) are pretty good.  I believe USA Today does similar estimates. --W.marsh 00:49, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Question

message: Just sold for $800mil.Batvette (talk) 13:42, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  san diego padres
Talk:Tom Lewis (songwriter)

message: I don't have an accurate date of birth, the one given is an estimate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Crypticfirefly (talk • contribs) 04:26, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: DOB

message: I see that someone proposed Tom Lewis for deletion as being "not notable."  I'm not sure it is kosher for me to remove the tag since I created the article, but I would argue that Mr. Lewis is notable.  I cite you to the following in WP:MUSIC, all of which are true of Mr. Lewis, and any one of which would render him "notable":
* Has released two or more albums on a major label or one of the more important indie labels (i.e. an independent label with a history of more than a few years and a roster of performers, many of which are notable).  Borealis Recordings.
See also the qualifications for "performers outside of mass media traditions":
* Has composed a number of melodies, tunes or standards used in a notable genre, or tradition or school within a notable genre. The notable genre being "folk music"-- specifically "maritime folk music" and "Canadian folk music."  Notable songs include those listed in the article. I should add that the "Midnight Special" radio show is a nationally-syndicated radio show dedicated to folk music, which has been broadcasting since the '50s.
* Is frequently covered in publications devoted to a notable sub-culture.  Various folk music publications including Dirty Linen.
Crypticfirefly 02:43, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed deletion 

message: This article had been tagged with templates since Sept. 2021 stating "This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification" and "This article contains content that is written like an advertisement." I just completed a major revision to the article, including a rewrite to remove the ad-like language and both expanding the information in the article and adding a good number of reliable citations. I believe the article now meets Wikipedia standards so I've removed the templates. If anyone has concerns about this please let me know.--SouthernNights (talk) 16:10, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Improvement templates
Talk:National League Championship Series

message: I found: "From 1969 to 1993, home field advantage was alternated between divisions each year regardless of regular season record." But I have just read of 1986 being changed from East to West division regarding this.  Please investigate.  Thanks.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.82 (talk) 18:00, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Home field advantage in 1986 

message: Hi.  You are invited to comment on this RFC.  Thanks, --BlueMoonlet (t/c) 18:09, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  RFC on related page 

message: The 1945 season didn't include an NLCS, every NLCS the Cubs have played in resulted in a loss as of 2015 since 2016 is yet to be determined. Please correct it to zero NLCS wins, thank you.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:304:CFD3:2EE0:20AC:F3FF:F3EF:FB79 (talk) 20:37, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: You're right. I undid the edit that introduced that error. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:46, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Wilness no more, first time to World Series since 1945!!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.84.99.190 (talk) 05:50, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cubs are win-less in NLCS