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Show respect for other editors and in future check sources

Your onslaught editing was uncalled for. Don't use shorthand when making large reversions of other editors work. Next time read the sources to discern why comments are removed and don't take it upon yourself to remove relevant third party sourced material without explanation.--IC (talk) 13:00, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

@Salviati64: You should really read WP:BRD and WP:CONSENSUS. The article's talk page is where the content discussion should occur. As for the lack of respect accusation, please assume good faith, there's nothing wrong with reverting initial questionable edits. Thanks, —PaleoNeonate – 16:16, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

Read it. You should read edit summaries before you take a sickle to others work. Btw when i R'd your B why didn't you D? Maybe because WP:BRD includes other available options. --IC (talk) 16:21, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

When you checked the source and realised the education comment wasn't in the provided source and was out of context in a survey about religious belief, why didn't you assume assume good faith? What was questionable about the third party sourced comment you removed? When the edit summary said the text didn't accurately represent the source in other areas besides education did you check it before deleting? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Salviati64 (talk • contribs) 16:30, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

I did read the edit summary, the new text, checked the sources and even preserved part of your edit while adding an additional link. But consensus isn't a two-editor thing, which is why the discussion should really pursue at Talk:Jehovah's Witnesses, ideally with the participation of more editors (assuming you still want to remove the information about education). Thanks, —PaleoNeonate – 16:41, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

You thought it was better to retain an inaccurate ungrammatical 90 word sentence, to remove a third party sourced statement? Is that your understanding of wikipedia, talk pages first, consensus then edit? Is that how WP:BRD works? Here I've been under the assumption that editors should edit to improve articles based on reliable sources. You said you read my edit summaries so your last question is redundant. I reverted because your edit was sloppy and ill considered. --IC (talk) 17:28, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

I took a look at this editor's talk page, including deleted posts, their edit summaries (eg reverted EIQ vandalism - see Emotional intelligence) and decided they would benefit from a break. Doug Weller talk 18:00, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

@Salviati64: Wikipedia being a collaborative project, it developped processes and policies. As previously mentioned, WP:CONSENSUS should occur at the article's talk page, but for some reason you still have not participated there. Personal user pages are fine for material that is less on topic or for behavioral issues, including sending standard warnings. Those warnings have been worked on by the community to be incremental and avoid the inclusion of personal attacks (WP:WARN). I indeed issued one with {{subst:uw-civil2}}, related policy being no personal attacks.

In this content dispute (that shouldn't be about editors), another experienced editor and patroller reverted you, which is also one of the ways consensus is asserted. It would have been inappropriate for me to revert you repeatedly myself more than a few times (WP:3RR) even if my revert was legitimate (other than for obvious vandalism).

It's difficult for people to remain patient and to collaborate when they attack eachother and question their motives or competency. When blocks are applied it's by administrators who are not WP:INVOLVED in the content dispute, who do so to prevent disruption; they are incremental and this first one is short. I recommend just waiting for it to expire then to be careful about WP's processes. More experienced editors will also often be glad to offer assistance when approached properly (maybe you'd also like to query the WP:TEAHOUSE about policy and processes, if you believe that we're in personal conflict)... —PaleoNeonate – 05:00, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

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21:21, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:40, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:User contempt

Template:User contempt has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:09, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Andy, —PaleoNeonate – 17:46, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

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19:41, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

Islamic Eschatology

My additions to the Islamic eschatology article follow protocols. They are not my own personal opinions. They are supported by Islamic scripture. I see no reason for me to be warned or blocked at all over this issue. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Crucs (talk • contribs) 06:17, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

@Crucs: everyone is subject to politices on edit warring even if the material was justified (the links on your page have more information). The main issue that I saw with your edit is that it only relied on a primary source (WP:PRIMARY). To establish WP:WEIGHT (importance) and avoid editor interpretation, it would be best to cite a secondary scholarly source discussing that. Please also see WP:BRD which is a good guideline: Talk:Islamic eschatology is where you should seek consensus for your change that has been challenged so other editors can participate. Thanks, —PaleoNeonate – 14:30, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

The Islamic scripture that I reference in the article all stem from the hadith, which is considered a primary source or scripture. Again, my referencing primary sources (authentic hadith) is not my personal opinion. I am not even writing in a manner that connotes or suggests any hostility or negativity. Please review my edits and you will see this for yourself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Crucs (talk • contribs) 19:25, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

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18:53, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

This, good

Although, personally, I'd like us to be a bit stronger on it, as I'm sure it's generally seen as disruptive unless there's a clear consensus growing that way in the discussion. What say you? ——SN54129 15:36, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

This is also for review. If a discussion to review those processes occurs I'll gladly participate there too, —PaleoNeonate – 15:40, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

Deletion Review

I'm not sure what to say because it seems to me like it should be obvious, but the last instruction on the temp-undelete template reads "Please do not edit this page until the Deletion Review is completed and an administrator has removed this notice.", and moving the page falls under the same idea. The ultimate fate of the page is under active discussion, and in generally boldly acting when there's an active discussion is a bad idea. Moving it also breaks the link to the tempundeleted version from DRV, making it much harder to find, which is really the whole point (it's much more accurate to think of it as though the page is deleted, and its undeletion is only to give non-admins the technical ability to see deleted pages - that's why it's blanked, for instance, to maintain the fiction that it's deleted). Comparisons to AfD are a little off because improving an article during an AfD is a good idea.

Or, in short, it's only undeleted so people at DRV can see it, and moving it without a redirect disrupts that purpose. WilyD 14:53, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

I was also confused that the article was already restored and initially believed the discussion was over, but it seems to be standard procedure and you are confirming this (so I now !voted at that discussion instead). Thanks again, —PaleoNeonate – 15:15, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

It should've been blanked with the deletion review template. If that wasn't the case, then either there was a screwup, or you hit the page exactly as the undeleting admin was about to apply the template. WilyD 15:47, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

Yes it was already blanked. —PaleoNeonate – 17:44, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

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19:12, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer newsletter February 2020

Hello PaleoNeonate,

Source Guide Discussion

The first NPP source guide discussion is now underway. It covers a wide range of sources in Ghana with the goal of providing more guidance to reviewers about sources they might see when reviewing pages. Hopefully, new page reviewers will join others interested in reliable sources and those with expertise in these sources to make the discussion a success.

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16:08, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Time to deal with the JSE

I don't think we should be using it. Take a look at these past discussions.[15][16] [17] So, RSN or just remove them - or remove only those not by recognised experts, eg Kehoe? Doug Weller talk 15:56, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

And now I've seen your post at FTN. Doug Weller talk 16:03, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

Hmm yes I've removed some but mostly tagged the others (and intend to resume today), however I did notice that some were skeptic articles. Since the authors vary, that probably also matters as usual... There were less than 150 uses before I started. I would indeed !vote it as generally unreliable at an RSN thread. —PaleoNeonate – 23:03, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

WP:ANI#Incivility and Hounding by User:ජපස might interest you

Doug Weller talk 15:35, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, it seems to already be temporarily over by now, —PaleoNeonate – 22:50, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

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16:17, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Astrology

Hello, I am inquiring about potential edits on this wiki page due to the fact that it is a main source of information for the masses, who may be looking up what the meaning of astrologist is. If this is at all possible, please let me know. I am an amateur astrologist and I would love to chat more about astrology and connected topics like the Fibonacci sequence in today’s world, black holes, and the meaning of current events in connection to the end of time as we know it. Sincerely, Natalie. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nataliebrassinga (talk • contribs) 22:36, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

@Nataliebrassinga: Do you mean the astrology article? Its talk page would be the place to suggest changes and sources, but please note that Wikipedia pages are not for general chat (WP:NOTFORUM). New messages on a talk page should also be placed at the bottom, and signed using four tildes (~~~~). Happy editing, —PaleoNeonate – 00:37, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

Shanidar Cave

Hi Doug, I guess I need to study up on Wikipedia's format and policies before adding anything else. The article on Shanidar remains here and in other places struck a nerve on my BS meter and instead of reacting, I should have read your policies first. Looking at images of the site has further escalated my disagreement with the inferences made not only in your article but by some involved in reviewing the artifacts. I'm not up to the fight, unfortunately. Hopefully, eventually, whatever is the motivation of stringing together archeological finds with impossible to prove hypothesis as fact will come to light. Thanks. 72.224.159.97 (talk) 01:25, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

I am not Doug, but I did post to explain the issue of original research recently. We really need sources that discuss the actual case itself to expand the article with. If you see that the article already contains original research using sources that aren't about the cave or remains, those shouldn't be there either. Thanks, —PaleoNeonate – 01:45, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

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21:00, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

Talk:Kevin MacDonald

Notice how every single thread in the Kevin MacDonald Talk page is about the non-neutrality and bias in the article? And yet instead of addressing the issue you're more concerned with deleting comments that don't strictly follow Wikipedia's minor rules of Talk pages. Amazing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Guenonposter (talk • contribs) 11:37, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

It's part of the WP:NOT policy. There was nothing constructive about the comment. I have read the article and noticed that it's a bit lengthy with some redundancy, but the criticism was sourced. The WP:NPOV policy isn't about WP:FALSEBALANCE but about faithfully summarizing reliable sources. The article even generously includes some of his rebuttals. The hypothetical "idiot" who wrote it were various editors, who didn't do such a bad job afterall... —PaleoNeonate – 02:46, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

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00:36, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

Giant of Castelnau

Hi there!

Thank you for pointing out my silly mistake while adding a piece of information to the subject in the headline. I am quite new to contributing on the website and wish to improve and learn the right ways of contribution.

As you pointed out a google drive file is a poor choice for a citation, that was the only way really I could think of to add the information I had to the article. Nevertheless, I still wish to share the information on the article, since it does seem somewhat relevant to the subject and I think could be beneficial for anyone who would be curious about the subject.

As you know, I am in possesion of the e-mail from institute of paris academy employee where I source the information from, could you please recommend the best steps I should take to properly make a citation if I wish to add the information to the article?

I would apprieciate an anwser on my user talk page, so I am notified next time I visit the website in case I forget about writing this to you.

Thank you very much for your help!

77.96.72.46 (talk) 08:44, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

(message posted), —PaleoNeonate – 13:46, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

Discretionary sanctions alert for Abortion

This is a standard message to notify contributors about an administrative ruling in effect. It does not imply that there are any issues with your contributions to date.

You have shown interest in abortion. Due to past disruption in this topic area, a more stringent set of rules called discretionary sanctions is in effect. Any administrator may impose sanctions on editors who do not strictly follow Wikipedia's policies, or the page-specific restrictions, when making edits related to the topic.

For additional information, please see the guidance on discretionary sanctions and the Arbitration Committee's decision here. If you have any questions, or any doubts regarding what edits are appropriate, you are welcome to discuss them with me or any other editor.

Doug Weller talk 13:15, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, —PaleoNeonate – 13:46, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

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17:15, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

Arbitration case opened

You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Jytdog. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Jytdog/Evidence. Please add your evidence by March 23, 2020, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Jytdog/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration.

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systematically rejected contrastable contributions on New Chronology (Fomenko) article

Hi,

You have reverted two of my contributions to the article based on wrong grounds, just wanted to notice you that:

-1st revert: These are not *my* controversial views, but belong to the person actually claiming them, and that current article tries to explain *erroneously*. The current explanation about *his* views is wrong, I've read them and tried to summarize them and replacing an *existing russian primary source* with the equivalent *english source* to easy the check of this fact and my own try on explaining it. You have not checked the change, you have prejudged me by my previous contributions, which haven't been also checked.

-2nd revert: How is that current "Creationism" article includes links to "Creation Museum", "Ark Encounter" and others, entities which even have their own wikipedia article, and this is not considered "non-notable museum promotion". I've mentioned it in the *already existing context* of *russian acceptance phenomenon*. You have not checked the change, you have prejudged me by my previous contributions, which haven't been also checked.

Now, and only for this reason, I feel compelled to create "Multimedia Museum of New Chronology (Yaroslavl)", can its *undeniable existence* be "stated as fact in Wikipedia's voice" or it will considered "non-notable promotion"?

Before my contributions to the page, the lack of partiality in some chapters was a omission, after the revert they become *plain censorship*, and the person who reverts them to a previous *unchecked and wrong data* becomes the censor.

cc: @Doug_Weller, @Lebob, @Carlstak

I'm not "superstitious", "pseudoscientific", "fringe". You are attributing all that to me only to help *define yourselves* on the "right side" of this question. But it just seems that your are somehow afraid of some basis of "New Chronology (Fomenko)" appear less ludicrous when they are *not distorted* like in the wikipedia article *you are irresposibly maintaining*. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cjbaiget (talk • contribs) 08:28, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Hello, Cjbaiget. Please take the time to read: WP:YESPOV, WP:DUE, WP:RS, WP:PRIMARY, the essays WP:ABIAS and WP:FIXBIAS, and finally WP:FRINGE (non-mainstream views)... In relation to "censorship", the WP:FREESPEECH essay may be relevant, but also WP:SOAPBOX. The views should be that of independent reliable sources describing the topic, not that of primary sources that promote the alternative chronology. My own talk page is not the ideal place to seek WP:CONSENSUS for your changes (Talk:New Chronology (Fomenko), and currently/temporarily, WP:FTN are best). If you believe that the science about the proposed chronology is in progress, Wikipedia is not the proper place to develop it, reputed peer-reviewed independent journals and non-self-published books would be, which is what Wikipedia should use as sources. Thanks, —PaleoNeonate – 09:02, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Hello again, please don't insist in portraying me as willing to give account on the supposed progress of "New Chronology (Fomenko)" on its corresponding wikipedia article. My main and only interest is this article *impartiality* and *accuracy*. Do i have to read all those articles just to "understand" why you *are not responding me* on the true motivations of my editions?. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cjbaiget (talk • contribs) 09:12, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

I forgot to explicitly mention WP:NPOV, which is not about the neutrality or impartiality of sources, but about faithfully representing the views of independent mainstream sources on the topic, although that's implied and referenced by some of the aforementioned links. —PaleoNeonate – 09:40, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Sorry, but you also 'forgot' to tell me where or when I've failed to comply with all those policies. Just mentioning them to me do not make it relevant to my case, as you are pretending. I have to say it again, and you can verify it: I've not added any material to the article. I've not rephrased any point of view from mainstream sources on the topic. I have actually READ the matter of the article, and TRYING TO DO MY BEST on *improving* the *erroneous exposition* of this matter *from the point of view of its author*, that is *already published* in the article, often providing *accesible english primary sources* to replace *currently tolerated and cryptic already existing! RUSSIAN PRIMARY SOURCES* Cjbaiget (talk) 12:09, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

The main issues were giving too much space to primary sources (also considered fringe in this case), as well as representing some of its claims as facts in Wikipedia's voice. —PaleoNeonate – 00:27, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

About primary sources:I was only following obvius recommendation WP:PRIMARYNOTBAD, which I didn't even know it existed then, but it's based in pure logic. I also want to give a counterexample of your alleged concerns regarding 'representing claims as facts in Wikipedia's voice': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakra#The_seven_chakra_systemCjbaiget (talk) 10:43, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Jytdog/Evidence

Hello, PaleoNeonate,

The Arbitration Committee has asked that evidence presentations be kept to around 500 words and 50 diffs. Your presentation is 838 words. Please edit your section to focus on the most relevant evidence.

If you wish to submit over-length evidence, you must first obtain the agreement of the arbitrators by posting a request on the /Evidence talk page.

For the Arbitration Committee, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 16:01, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the notice, I limited it to <1000 words (I somehow believed that was the limit, but it likely was on another page). I'll try to rework my statement soon, —PaleoNeonate – 00:24, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

One way around the word count limit on the case evidence page is to post additional evidence, after the evidence phase has closed, as a "proposed finding" on the Workshop page. If your additional evidence is compelling, the arbcom clerk usually won't remove it. A good example is Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Manning naming dispute. 152.130.15.30 (talk) 17:28, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-12

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Tech News: 2020-13

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17:08, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

USS Theodore Roosevelt UFO incidents

Since you have expressed interest in similar topics in the past and participate in the Skepticism project you are invited to review this article and to join the discussion at Talk:USS Theodore Roosevelt UFO incidents. I see you have particular experience with citations and maybe you can give your opinion on the way we are reporting quotes and paraphrasing sources in the article. Would be very helpful and appreciated. Thanks! --Gtoffoletto (talk) 14:44, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

Inadvertent ping

Just an FYI since you'll probably get a ping, but I didn't see your extension request until just after my post, so go ahead and ignore it. Kingofaces43 (talk) 05:53, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

@Kingofaces43: Thanks, not a problem. —PaleoNeonate – 04:23, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-14

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Tech News: 2020-15

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• There was a problem with user pages not being shown properly on desktop. This was because of a bug. It will soon be fixed. [38]

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• MediaWiki will use a newer version of Unicode. Some characters that did not have an upper case equivalent before do now. Titles beginning with one of these characters will be moved. A list of these titles can be seen on Phabricator. The titles will be renamed by the user Maintenance script. This will start on 13 April 2020. You can rename them before this if you wish and the new title can be different from the one the script would rename it to. [39]

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Tech News: 2020-16

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• There is a new Wikimedia Technical Blog. [43]

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15:30, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

Journalist reaching out

Hi, I am a freelance journalist who has written regularly about Wikipedia for The New York Times, Slate, and other publications. If you're interested, you can read some of my work here: https://slate.com/tag/source-notes I saw that you weighed in on the issue of whether the Myers-Briggs Type Inventory should be classified as "pseudoscience" on its Wikipedia article which is an issue that I find interesting and am researching for an article for Slate. Would you be open if I interviewed you by email or Skype about whether MBTI should be described as "pseudosience" on Wikipedia? The interview could be anonymous or under your name, whichever you prefer. You can reach me via "Email this user." Thanks for considering. Stephenbharrison (talk) 03:35, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

@Stephenbharrison: I have disabled the email feature and am not connecting my "in real life" activities or identity with my Wikipedia one (that is only used on the WMF projects). However, if you have a specific question I'll try to answer it here. What I can already say is that I am not a psychology expert, I have no related academic degree, although it's part of my various interests. Because of personal circumstances, I have come to appreciate the importance of critical thinking and scientific skepticism. My field is computer science, but have also authored a few texts in relation to belief systems, justifications and common related fallacies.

As for the MBTI article, I am little involved with it but can expand on my 2017 comment on its talk page. You are probably already aware that Wikipedia articles attempt to reflect mainstream academic consensus, that there is a policy in relation to pseudoscientific topics and that the policy on neutrality does not prohibit criticism. The line (demarcation) is often difficult to determine when dealing with psychology. What non-expert editors like me can do is look for sources that meet an acceptable standard (secondary reliable sources that review the view of experts) and if enough include related criticism (indicating it's due), the article should make a clear mention. I can also make mistakes and independently of if I'm right or wrong, it may be necessary to participate to relevant content disputes at the article talk page and/or at more public noticeboards like the fringe theories one. The popularity of a topic does not automatically make it proper science, of course.

If the criticism is not warranted or sources suboptimal, when it comes to the attention of the community, such criticism can be removed. The same happens when criticism is warranted but contested by some editors: sources and consensus can determine that it should remain. Things like the talk page history and previous RFCs can help to determine the consensus for a particular dispute. The "current stable version" of an article, its status quo, is often considered to reflect consensus, meaning that when an editor makes contested changes they may be reverted with a discussion needed to form consensus. I have no particular authority to dictate the final result in an article, I can only participate in the processes as time allows.

So in the case of this article, the criticism is supported by multiple sources, one popular psychology magazine as well as several papers in education and psychology journals. —PaleoNeonate – 11:04, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

Thank you. I understand on keeping your "real life" identity private. I appreciate your time laying out the relevant policies and this makes sense to me. Would you be willing to answer a few follow-up questions? (1) Why might it be especially important to identify MBTI as "pseudoscience" in the lead section of the article? (2) I imagine that some people might say that the editors who are taking the position that MBTI is "pseudoscience" are NOT being neutral regarding the topic. What would your counterpoint to that line of thinking? (3) Have you noticed, either on-wiki or otherwise, that either fans or opponents of the MBTI are especially passionate about the subject? Stephenbharrison (talk) 02:10, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Sure:

1. Per WP:LEAD, the lead is a summary of the article. In ideal circumstances it does not need sources, since the expanded content is expected to be in the article and to be sourced there. It's also a question of weight and consensus on if the point is important enough to be in the lead. When it's controversial, or in many cases because of incremental article development, often the result is a sentence in the lead along with multiple citations, sometimes in hope that driveby editors are less likely to remove the sentence. I don't really have an opinion on if it's important enough in this case for it to be in the lead, personally. When I commented on the talk page in 2017 it seemed to be in relation to including the article in a category.
2. Yes it's also a common perception or claim that WP:NPOV implies criticism avoidance. I think that the rest has been mostly answered at #1 and in the initial answer.
3. I don't doubt it. Some even use it as part of their public online identity, by communicating results of a test they've taken (I personally see nothing wrong with that). This is even true for definitely less reality-grounded topics like astrological signs, when thinking about it. I can't assess if this is the case here without taking some time to investigate the history, but it's also common on Wikipedia for authors or psychologists with a conflict of interest to attempt to influence Wikipedia articles. MBTI is popular enough that we can't reasonably expect everyone to be financially involved. I'm not really sure about passionate opponents, but it's possible. Apart from the aforementioned technicalities (in my case I may be more passionate about Wikipedia in general), the lead suggests that the Big Five personality traits have more following, but I can't personally confirm that. Are there passionate BFPT proponents competing against MBTI? My ignorance here shows that I've been little involved with the article and topic. From my experience on Wikipedia, my impression is still that this is not as contoversial as articles on intelligent design and creationism (from article and talk page history). To end with this part, perhaps that a mention of WP:YESPOV and WP:GEVAL is useful: there are cases where it's non-controversial to enumerate opinions and let readers evaluate, as if often done in journalism. There are other cases where it's important to side with the scientific consensus (a good essay, while not policy is WP:ABIAS). In the case of psychology, it's not always obvious.

I hope this was useful, feel free to ask more questions if these answers were too vague, —PaleoNeonate – 10:04, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

@Stephenbharrison: I'm not sure if you have this page watchlisted and forgot to ping you in the last response. —PaleoNeonate – 10:06, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

@PaleoNeonate: Yes, I saw the response and thanks much for the ping. This is very helpful. I think I have what I need for now and for writing the piece this weekend. I'm not sure if I will have any direct quotes, but if I do, would you be comfortable if I attributed them to your Wikipedia username? Stephenbharrison (talk) 16:22, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

@Stephenbharrison: I have no objection. Thanks and welcome, —PaleoNeonate – 08:52, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-17

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18:45, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion of Gary Justice

Hello Paleonante. I have requested you reinstate my page which I do not agree violates any guidelines. The contributions of this music producer are noteworthy and the facts are true. I have not heard response from my prior request. Web links are there, which are relevant to the other content. . How is Wikip being used as a web “host”? Gary Justice (talk) 04:00, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

@Gary Justice: I replied at Justlettersandnumbers's talk page. Thanks, —PaleoNeonate – 04:28, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-19

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• Some wikis will be on read-only for a few minutes on 5 May. This will happen around 05:00 UTC. This is for database maintenance. [52]
• Some wikis will be on read-only for a few minutes on 7 May. This will also affect CentralAuth. This can for example affect global renames, password changes, changing or confirming your email address and logging in to new wikis. This will happen around 05:00 UTC. This is for database maintenance. [53]

Changes later this week

• You can get a notification when someone links to a page you created. You can soon turn these notifications off for individual pages. [54]
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 May. It will be on all wikis from 7 May (calendar).

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Tech News: 2020-20

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• Everyone can now import photos from Flickr to Commons with the UploadWizard. Before this only autopatrollers on Commons could import photos from Flickr. [55]

Problems

• Commons will be on read-only for a few minutes on 12 May. This will happen around 05:00 UTC. This is for database maintenance. [56]
• Several wikis including Wikidata will be on read-only for a few minutes on 19 May. This will happen around 05:00 UTC. English Wikipedia will be on read-only for a few minutes on 21 May 05:00 UTC. This is for database maintenance. [57][58]

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Future changes

• JavaScript scripts and gadgets can no longer check multiple keys at once via mw.config.exists() or mw.user.tokens.exists(). You can use exists() or get() to check one at a time instead. [59]

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Tech News: 2020-21

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• If you forget your password you can ask for a new one to be sent to your email address. You need to know your email address or your username. You can choose that you need to enter both your email address and your username. This is a preference. This is to get fewer password reset emails someone else asked for. This is now available on all Wikimedia wikis. [60][61]

Problems

• There is a bug that creates problems for iPhone users with iOS 13 and Safari. If you use an iPhone to read or edit Wikipedia and see bugs on the mobile site you can report them. [62]
• Several wikis including Wikidata will be on read-only for a few minutes on 19 May. This will happen around 05:00 UTC. English Wikipedia will be on read-only for a few minutes on 21 May 05:00 UTC. This is for database maintenance. [63][64]

Changes later this week

• The Wikipedia app for Android can let users add depicts on Commons. The beta version used computer-aided tagging. This was removed to get more specific depicts. [65]
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• Graphs will be rendered in the reader's browser. This will use Javascript. Graphs will hopefully work better for everyone who uses Javascript. It will not work for users who don't use Javascript. This will not affect diagrams in image files. [66]
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• Some CSS for the Vector skin has been changed. This affects #p-variants, #p-namespaces, #p-personal, #p-views and #p-cactions. They can no longer use > ul. You might need to update your gadgets, scripts or user styles. See how.

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17:19, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-22

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• The visual editor will now work in the Modern skin. The changes that needed to happen for this to work could cause problems for some scripts or gadgets. [68]
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14:18, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks!

... for the heads up on Jimbo's page. I messed up article with User... will move -- {{u|Gtoffoletto}}  ^talk 20:09, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

@Gtoffoletto: I personally doubt that it'll lead anywhere, but who knows. You're welcome, —PaleoNeonate – 17:38, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

Yeah I share the same feeling :-) but who knows. I work in the legal tech sector so even if nothing comes out of it I might learn something new or get some interesting new idea (the wheels are turning already at the moment which is always a good thing). Also, I really do think it's a big problem for the project and so it is worth "fighting for" in my mind. I've just seen this [69] I don't know how it may relate to what I am proposing though... -- {{u|Gtoffoletto}}  ^talk 08:11, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

It's uncertain how well that WMF intention will work too it seems. If I understand the main issue is that various smaller wikis in other languages suffer from major issues that may be easier to deal with on en-wiki (and admins from en-wiki do not intervene on other wikis; there also exist global admins and their scope is also limited, with little powers on large projects like en-wiki). For the same reason, en-wiki has historically been resisting to WMF governance that'd override its own autonomy. Similarly, when new software modules become available, not all wikis will adopt them. In both cases the intentions are good. Page watchers are welcome to correct me or to add details I missed, —PaleoNeonate – 09:27, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-23

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• There is a new beta version of the Wikimedia Commons app for Android. It has a new zoom function when you look at images. It can also suggest places when you upload geotagged photos. [70]

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• There was a problem with the Commons database on 27 May. Commons could not be edited for eight minutes. Because of this problem the database was moved. This caused another short read-only time on 29 May. [71][72][73]
• The Vector skin had a problem where you couldn't add links to the article in other languages. You couldn't see the section if there were no links to other languages already. It also removed content translation links and links to language settings. This has now been fixed. [74]

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22:31, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

History of Christian thought on persecution and tolerance

Hi! I took your advice. I am back giving editing a go, and so far, I'm really glad. I've even had two disagreements without anyone being disagreeable. :-) They resolved amicably in a short time. It was great.

I have recently done a complete overhaul of History of Christian thought on persecution and tolerance. It's a long complex article, and I hope I have done it justice, but I wanted to ask you to come and take a look and tell me what you think. It's probably asking a lot, but I value your input. In a way I feel like I owe you for being encouraging and all. I might not be here otherwise. So that means if I really screwed this up it's partly on you right?  :-) No, just joking. If you aren't interested in the topic or don't have time, that's cool too. I understand. Thank you. Jenhawk777 (talk) 03:11, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

OMG! I just looked up the page and saw about your mom. I'm so sorry and so glad she is doing better. Nevermind about me and my obscure little article! You are keeping your priorities straight and doing what needs doing. I hope--for our sake and yours--that all will be well and you will be back soon. In the meantime, if you don't object, I will pray for your mom. Sending you good thoughts, Jenhawk777 (talk) 03:17, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

@Jenhawk777: Thank you very much for the concerns and thoughts in relation to my mom. As for the article, I'll try to have a look soon. If it's not already done perhaps that WP:WikiProject Christianity would also be a good place to request input. Articles can usually be nominated for review and class-assessment at relevant projects. —PaleoNeonate – 17:43, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

Bless your heart! I didn't expect a response at all. This is really kind. If you need something to help you sleep some night, reading the article might help!  :-) I have mentioned it on WP:WikiProject Christianity but so far no bites. Don't let that influence you! It will work out. I have now sent a prayer that your mom will be strengthened and encouraged--and not worry too much about you. Us moms do that! We can't help it. I have a grown son who isn't where he needs to be either, but I accept that he has the right--and responsibility--to make his own choices, and I trust that it will all work out in the end. (Right now I am planning on haunting him after I'm dead. :-) Hah!). Your mom will accept that about you too I'm sure. She has faith and part of that is in you. Jenhawk777 (talk) 17:55, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

I think perhaps I overstepped here, that you will of course feel we don't know each other well enough for comments like these and so I apologize and ask that you strike them--or delete them--if they distressed you in any way. I meant well. I am famous for sticking my foot in my mouth all the way up to the knee! I hope your mom is doing well by now. Best wishes. Jenhawk777 (talk) 19:22, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

No there's no problem Jenhawk777. I just looked a bit at the article now and noticed that AlanM1 may be able to help before I can, fortunately. If you would like input from more editors who have experience editing on religious topics, I would recommend (I'm using {{noping}} not to notify them unnecessarily): Achar Sva, Editor2020, the page history of related articles will also show others, of course. —PaleoNeonate – 21:52, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

Good, I'm glad we're okay. Alan did help tremendously and I appreciate the names, thank you. Hope you and yours are well, Jenhawk777 (talk) 02:52, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-24

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• Some articles have tables that can be sorted in different ways. For example a list of countries can be sorted alphabetically but you can click on the size column to sort them by size. If you clicked on the column a second time it would sort the countries from the bottom to the top instead. A third click will now take you back to the original sorting. [76]
• Self-closed tags now work as in the HTML5 specifications. This means you should stop using some of them. <b/> is an example of a self-closed tag that won't work. area, base, br, col, embed, hr, img, input, keygen, link, meta, param, source, track, wbr can be self-closed. Pages with tags that should not be self-closed have been listed in a tracking category since 2016. They will be listed in Special:LintErrors/self-closed-tag. This doesn't affect <references /> or <ref />. [77]
• There is a banner called WikidataPageBanner. It is for example used by the Wikivoyages, Wikimedia Russia and the Catalan, Basque, Galician and Turkish Wikipedias. It will now been seen by mobile visitors too. Before this it was only seen on desktop. The wikis should update instructions on MediaWiki:Sitenotice so that editors know to test and style for mobile too. [78][79]

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• You can now edit MassMessage descriptions through the API. This is useful for tools and gadgets. [80]
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 June. It will be on all wikis from 11 June (calendar).

Future changes

• A temporary fix helped wikis make their main pages more mobile friendly. This was in 2012. It has not been recommended since 2017. It will not work after 13 July. Wikis should use TemplateStyles instead. 118 wikis need to fix this. You can read more and see if your wiki is affected. [81]

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Tech News: 2020-25

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• Toolforge hosts several tools created by the Wikimedia community like edit counters or enhanced editors. It is changing the domain from tools.wmflabs.org to toolforge.org. The routing scheme is moving from tools.wmflabs.org/toolname to toolname.toolforge.org. You can read the details. Tools that use OAuth will have to be updated to keep working. You can ask for help.

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• There is a Wikidata item link in the sidebar on many pages. This disappeared for a couple of days for users who have the Monobook skin. This was because of a bug. It has now been fixed. [82]
• Editing, logging in and logging out didn't work properly for a short period of time last week. It was soon fixed. [83]

Changes later this week

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A realization

I thought about adding a special message on my user page, but decided I'd just leave one here, that'll also eventually be in the talk page archives (even if using WP to blog is unusual for me). This is not a WP-retirement letter even if I'm less active currently. I think this is a good time to write appreciation letters, or call people we find important in our lives. I already know people who have recently lost parents, family or friends to Covid.

The saddest part is that realization we should have spent more time with them may already be too late, in some cases. They may not be visitable, either legally or in the grey area were one knows they're too at risk to physically visit right now because of their age, health status or living environment, or even because of our own risk. In any case, the important part of this message is this is a good time to write appreciation letters, or call people we find important in our lives.

I didn't contract the virus at current time myself, neither did my very immediate family, but still am even less active on Wikipedia despite spending more time at home than usual in the collective effort to attempt to flatten the curve so medical facilities can function, as well as to protect myself and those I love and work with. Remote contact is nice but no proper substitute to human contact. I may as well thank other Wikipedia contributors for their work too, some of whom may also not be seen again.

It's of course not the end of the world (although my parents believe it is), but a difficult moment for everyone. Part of my sadness is my parent's sadness and belief that I may not be resurected because I no longer believe in myths and prophecies of human tradition. They've been sending me concerning writings and seem to be in more distress than needed because of their convictions. At the same time we deeply love eachother and I'm fortunate that they didn't shun me as an apostate years ago.

Technically, since I never was baptized in the denomination, I also can't be excommunicated. On the other hand, they also tend to hastily label unbelievers as apostates, not only anti-JW activists (I'm not really involved in such activism), those who don't agree with the Governing-Body-dictated doctrines and scriptural interpretations and those are also shunned. Shunning is possible for sins as ridiculous as accepting a blood transfusion, voting, attending birthday or Christmas parties, or speaking about the organization critically (they even routinely call themselves "Jehovah" in their literature), etc. And adherents are among the best intentioned people, who are unfortunately self-victims of those prejudices and of the high control.

So, yeah, to keep things short, again, think of who you love, and bomb them with as much love and appreciation as possible... And even though, in the case of Wikipedia, people are of many backgrounds and don't always agree, I never considered an editor to be an enemy. Live long and prosper, —PaleoNeonate – 23:06, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

References

Alternative facts version

The Covid thing is only a plan to acquire remaining functional Amigas since only they can effectively protect against 5G psychotronic waves with MindGuard (better than foil hats when properly used).— Preceding unsigned comment added by PaleoNeonate (talk • contribs) 00:36, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

Update

Well unfortunately, my mom's now in ICU with Covid. —PaleoNeonate – 05:29, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Hello, PaleoNeonate,

How is your mother? Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:23, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

@Liz: Thank you very much for your concern. She's been extubed a few days ago (great news), she still needs CPAP/BIPAP since. She now only needs 5% oxygen supplement to achieve decent saturation (it once was as high as 80% with the ventilator and at some point twilight sedation was increased to general anaesthesia). She's no longer under sedation, the fever is gone, antibiotics treatment ended and the virus tests are now negative. She had lost her voice since the extubation, but as of today she started being able to speak a bit on the phone (a few minutes, that is). She's unfortunately very weak and speaking is a significant effort. There also are some complications with the kidneys but it's apparently under control. There's a peristent cough that is expected to last some time (6 weeks is possible with COVID-19). I couldn't speak with her yet (her energy was exhausted after speaking with my sister for four minutes) but I hope to very soon. Her state is still very concerning at the moment, sadly. —PaleoNeonate – 06:53, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Since, she was transferred out of ICU to a nice single room with large windows and negative air pressure (still in a COVID unit), where with psysiotherapist help could slowly begin to stand-up and walk with a walker. More recently, whenever CPAP/BIPAP was no longer considered necessary, she was transferred again to a long term care hospital/home and still needs the walker. Interestingly there's no WiFi access there, but she can now use her cell phone and speak more than before. Will hopefully become autonomous again to move back to her own appartment (she didn't need a walker before that either), but it may take some time. They still don't allow visitors there at current time. —PaleoNeonate – 09:55, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Update: She's expected to remain at the long term facility a few more weeks. She's learning to use a cane and daily climbs some stairs. There were two tachycardia episodes and although those resolved the pulse rate is still higher than usual at times. Everything sent there is quarantined three days and flowers are not allowed. —PaleoNeonate – 04:18, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Promising: now walks without a cane. Is expected to stay there a bit more, then will live with close family a few weeks for further recovery before returning home. There still are some remaining complications with regular exams, though. —PaleoNeonate – 06:17, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Pseudo-references

References

Psalm 46

God is our refuge and strength, A help that is readily found in times of distress. That is why we will not fear, though the earth undergoes change, Though the mountains topple into the depths of the sea, Though its waters roar and foam over, Though the mountains rock on account of its turbulence. (Selah) There is a river the streams of which make the city of God rejoice, The holy grand tabernacle of the Most High. God is in the city; it cannot be overthrown. God will come to its aid at the break of dawn. The nations were in an uproar, the kingdoms were overthrown; He raised his voice, and the earth melted. Jehovah of armies is with us; The God of Jacob is our secure refuge. (Selah) Come and witness the activities of Jehovah, How he has done astonishing things on the earth. He is bringing an end to wars throughout the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the military wagons with fire. “Give in and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted in the earth.” Jehovah of armies is with us; The God of Jacob is a secure refuge for us. (Selah)

Msiehta (talk) 00:40, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Msiehta/atheisM: I understand that to be tradition and do not believe in it, and Wikipedia is not for soapboxing, but thanks. —PaleoNeonate – 04:13, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Instead of completely ignoring the above:

• Why Yahweh, a male god of war, rather than an older deity like a fertility goddess
• Why a monotheistic one, understanding that it resulted from the establishment of political empires and concentration of power
• Why that particular origin myth among all the others, especially when other parts of the same book contain obvious adaptations of older myths
• What reliable evidence, other than the standard theological claims and justifications (apologetics) I am already familiar with
• Why a particular organized group that I recognized had troublesome policies even as a teen and that more recently surfaced to the world via court scandals (not baseless persecution)
• Why reject biological facts that I came to really understand like evolution
• Why the need to segregate from the world if tenets are open to analysis and critical thinking
• Why reject future planning and education in favor of fervent apocalypticism with an understanding that disciples 2k years ago were told it would occur in their lifetime
• How would that be just anyway when there is more conflicting evidence than reasons to believe (no reason to feel guilty or to fear divine wrath without reliable evidence, no more reasons to maintain unjustified prejudices)

This list could fill the page, but there are better venues. —PaleoNeonate – 13:16, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Even if we could show there are well-reasoned intellectual answers to every one of these it will never overset your personal experience. You have a right to your feelings and a right to not have other people posting theirs on your page. They meant to offer support in times of trouble, I'm sure, and ended up doing the opposite. I'm sorry that has happened. We all care that your mom is ill, that you are hurting, and we are thinking of you both and want you to feel cared for. That's all you need to take away from any of this. We wish you well however poorly we may garble saying it. Jenhawk777 (talk) 17:22, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

I respect spirituality, understand that strong personal experiences exist including those categorized as mystical, and belief is indeed a very personal thing. I also gracefully accept wishes including thoughts like "in my prayers". Since Wikipedia is not really the best place for it, I rarely chat about my own beliefs (there's some exceptional information above), but I accepted to give a minimum on my user page, have also answered a previous question about it (archived here) and in relation to Wikipedia itself and personal beliefs (don't worry about the Jimbo face, it's only a funny joke, if you like it the code is <div style="position: fixed; right:1; top:10; left:0; bottom:0; display:block; z-index:-1;">[[File:Jimbo Peeking.gif|link=Jimmy Wales|Jimbo is watching you...]]</div> :) and shared a bit about my background here. —PaleoNeonate – 03:08, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Oh, and I may be getting a bit old myself.[86] —PaleoNeonate – 03:52, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

A very gracious response. I found the discussion about Craig interesting. And I appreciate you offering this opportunity to know you better. I come from the opposite end. My father was not just a hard-core atheist, he was an anti-theist. Once when the lady across the street tried to take me to vacation Bible school he responded with "That's ridiculous! Religion is for little old ladies and people too weak and stupid to make it one their own." I was 8. I didn't get to go. When I was ten, a friend invited me to stay the night at her house and asked me if I was Protestant or Catholic, and I didn't know what that was. I had to ask my mother. Parents try to teach their kids values. They want them to have the edge over kids who don't, and values are an edge. As humans, they can only give what they have, right? I'll bet if you think about it, there are values you learned from your parents that have stood you well in life already. Tell them. I make it a personal policy to never pass up an opportunity to say thank you. You never know if you'll have another chance. Gratitude often helps bring a little healing.

When I was 15--as someone who read philosophy and psychology for fun--I realized one day that the single most important question in life is "is there a god?" What if my dad was wrong? What if he was right? Every other decision we ever make, how we live our lives, depends on what we think the answer to that one question is. I didn't want to get it wrong, so I thought I should go looking for myself. I did. It's how I ended up with a Masters in Religion, and no I didn't go to some little Bible college. I went to a secular state university and Vanderbilt for Grad school--got a scholarship or I couldn't have afforded it. It took me a good ten years--from the time I was 15 and first applied the skepticism my father had drilled into me to atheism itself--to answer all the questions he had raised me with, as well as those I had of my own. Your questions above? Perfectly good questions, but not unanswerable.

Along the way, I had my own run-in with the JW's. I spent about 3 months taking their teachings and their Bible translation apart. It was hard for them talking to someone who knew some of the original languages of the Bible, and understood what's involved in translation, so they eventually shook the dust from their feet and left, and no JW has ever spoken to me again. (I think they painted a sign or something on my door.) I was an adult with kids before I finally 'embraced spirituality.' I loved my father deeply, and even as an adult, I was afraid to tell him. I tell you all of this so you will know where I'm coming from when I say I do understand the tensions involved in going in a radically different direction from your parents. But it really is your life and you are the one who has to live in it, not them. It's apparent you are trying to do what you can see as right. Maybe you aren't going about it the same way they did, but you are going about it. That's worth a lot to any parent, I promise. Whatever you believe, you behave as a decent person. You have my sympathy and support because I respect that, just as I respect you. I hope it all works out for you and I wish you and yours well. Jenhawk777 (talk) 05:09, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

I admit not having read the above yet (but will). Just adding that a friend sent me this article link yesterday, my area was very Catholic up to about the 1940s so we have school and hospitals that were intially founded by nuns and run by sisters etc. It was an other era, but it was definitely an important contribution to society... —PaleoNeonate – 18:39, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Tell them. I make it a personal policy to never pass up an opportunity to say thank you. You never know if you'll have another chance. Thanks for the thought, that goes well with the initial spirit of this thread. Your questions above? Perfectly good questions, but not unanswerable. indeed, it's another story to convince, of course. And no JW has ever spoken to me again since they're trained to tread specific "reasoning" paths only and that the ultimate goal is to convert, that's a common outcome, it's however different with parents and long term friends (unless you're shunned). I wouldn't say that I tried or ended up going in opposite directions, but I no longer share their fears (and a number of beliefs). An interesting thing is that despite themselves having left Catholicism behind, it is difficult to understand that someone may leave the JW denomination for similar reasons. I think they painted a sign or something on my door I'm not sure if that ever was practiced, in my time we did use address lists, also marking those "not to visit" (a legal requirement in some jurisdictions, especially if requested, it's like telemarketting IRT no-call lists). In my area such mark would be left at least six months. —PaleoNeonate – 06:08, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

Holy Toledo Batman! marking those "not to visit" I thought I was making a joke! it's another story to convince, of course. I have no intention of trying to convince you of anything. I read the article on the nuns. The scandals have cost the Catholic church tremendously. Overall membership is down something like 30% last I saw and donations are down even more. People are pissed. Who can blame them? It's not that bad people do bad things, it's the cover up, the way the church handled it that has everyone justifiably angry. So now the nuns and others who had nothing to do with any of it pay the price and none of the young people want to be a part of a church that doesn't protect its children. Catholicism has survived one thing after another for 2000 years but I am wondering if they haven't done themselves in this time. Time will tell I guess. I grew up around a lot of Catholics as well. I think their quiet witness is part of why I eventually became a believer--though not a Catholic. Hope you are staying well yourself and get to see your mom soon. You are and have been in my prayers. Jenhawk777 (talk) 07:25, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

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• There are some new tools to make it easier for newcomers to start editing. They are available on some wikis. These wikis had a problem with the visual editor for a short period of time last week. This was because of a bug in the new tools. It was soon fixed. [87]
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• Everyone was logged out. This was because a few users saw the wikis as if they were logged in to someone else's account. The problem should be fixed now. [91]
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• The Score extension has been disabled for now. This is because of a security issue. It will work again as soon as the security issue has been fixed. [93]

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• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 July. It will be on all wikis from 9 July (calendar).

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• Abstract Wikipedia is a new Wikimedia project. It will collect language-independent information that can be easily read in different languages. It builds on Wikidata. The name is preliminary. You can read more. [94]
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• A temporary fix helped wikis make their main pages more mobile friendly. This was in 2012. It has not been recommended since 2017. The mobile main page special casing stopped working 14 July. 60 wikis now have main pages that don't work well on mobile. You can see which ones, how to fix it and how to get help in Phabricator. This is the same problem that was reported in Tech News 2020/24 and 2020/26.

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• There is a problem with the interlanguage links. The interlanguage links are the links that help you find a specific page in a different language. The sorting is broken. The developers are working on a solution. [103]
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• Some users have trouble logging in. This is probably a browser cookie problem. The developers are working on understanding the problem. If you have trouble logging in you can see the details on Phabricator. [105]

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• There is a Printable version link. This will disappear. That is because web browsers today can create a printable version or show how it will look in print anyway. [106]

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• The Starter kit is now available for wiki communities. This page lists technical resources, tools, and recommendations. These are essential to operate a wiki project. This is mostly useful for smaller wikis where the community has limited experience with this. [107]
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• The deployment train for MediaWiki has been blocked this week. [108][109]
• Translation Notification Bot was sending the same message multiple times to every translator. This has been fixed. [110]
• Some users were receiving the same notification multiple times. This has been fixed. [111]

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13:52, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

Nomination of Günter Bechly‎ for deletion

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Accidental click

Dear User:PaleoNeonate, I apologise for the revert I made here. It was due to an accidental click. Kind regards, Anupam^Talk 16:09, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

@Anupam: That's not a problem, thanks, —PaleoNeonate – 16:11, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

Hello dearheart!

Hello! Just checking in to see that you and yours are still doing well. Thinking of you and wishing the best. Jenhawk777 (talk) 21:00, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

Hello Jen, thanks for the query. I'm doing good, although I realize that the little time I can dedicate to WP tends to be about protecting it rather than writing material. On the other hand I'm still working despite the COVID crisis and manage to also read books. I'm also glad to notice that you seem to be getting along with other editors in relation to recent editing, it must be a better experience than when you initially started on WP. As for my mom, she seems to have mostly recovered by now, including her cognitive abilities that were one of my concerns (she could walk fine and all but had temporary trouble with memory and concentration after the extended artificial coma, which is not surprising). This reminds me when I had difficulty to add two numbers on paper immediately after 5 days of ICU. I was younger and the ICU treatment was shorter, so that rapidly resolved, but it's another matter for someone above 70 years old after weeks of ICU. —PaleoNeonate – 07:51, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

tps Lovely news about your mother;) -Roxy the inedible dog . wooF 12:13, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

Many thanks, —PaleoNeonate – 20:47, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

Haha! Hi Roxy the dog! I love talk page stalkers! PaleoNeonate, It is indeed lovely news about your mom. I am so glad and so happy for you. Artificial coma sounds bad! I have fortunately never had that experience. I will keep sending good thoughts her way--and yours.

I am having a much better time on WP now than I did before--an actual wonderful time--I have not found anyone with whom I have had any of the kinds of problems I had before. You know, I learned a lot from that crucible. He forced me to learn about quality sources and about what qualifies as NPOV and what doesn't. Now, when I know there will be others who have strong feelings about something, I have started posting ahead of time, on the Talk page, what I am going to do, with references, and I try to build some consensus there before jumping in with big changes.

There have been a couple of issues, but when you are respectful and considerate--and flexible--and have really good sources--everything smoothes right out. No one has insulted me personally, told me that everything I write is garbage, told me I shouldn't be here at all, or any of the kinds of things I used to get. No one has sworn at me! I put the encyclopedia's mission first, value the input of others--I make sure to thank everyone for everything--and no one has reverted an entire article yet! That was kind of a shock when the vote for deletion failed unanimously and he came back and deleted all the content anyway! It's not like I was ever uncooperative, I was just brand new and didn't understand all the rules. Thanx to him, I now know a lot more know than I did before. I think there must be an easier, kinder way to teach people what they need to know, but I do know those rules now! I learned them after I got punished for each one I didn't know! But I learned. So that's what I am carrying forward with me. And I am genuinely happy about your mom.

You keep protecting WP. I have recently redone three articles filled with plagiarism, OR, references to blogs and self-published books and all kinds of non-neutral POV. Really bad stuff. I enjoy writing but cleaning up other people's trash is kind of a pain. These are old articles and it makes me wonder how they ever passed. One copy–vio search said one article was 75% plagiarized--from two blogs! They are no longer! I hope I am doing you proud since you are the one who encouraged me to return. Every one else here is actually really nice and really helpful. Good luck with everything, Jenhawk777 (talk) 22:39, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

I enjoy writing but cleaning up other people's trash is kind of a pain. These are old articles and it makes me wonder how they ever passed. One copy–vio search said one article was 75% plagiarized--from two blogs! yes that's fairly common on WP. The new material often enjoys better scrutiny, especially new pages; copyright violation detection tools also have evolved. Then sometimes even with decent sources, cherry-picked parts may suggest that they support particular conclusions that they don't, etc... A lot of material written around 2005 even lacked inline citations and if the topics are obscure it may take a long time to notice.. Happy editing, —PaleoNeonate – 22:27, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

I didn't realize how common that was. These definitely fit that bill. A lot of the religion articles are obscure and strongly POV--for and against--although so far, I have personally run into more against than for, I have cleaned up some of that as well. When I'm writing and being scrupulously careful to reflect the sources accurately and be neutral and thorough, I remind myself that probably four people will ever read what I'm saying. Still, it's my field, and I don't care if the knowledge I gain is for or against, obscure or important, it's all history, it's all learning and increasing my knowledge in the area I love. There is no bad knowledge, there's just knowledge as far as I'm concerned. I get to read all these books, and record what they say for others, and I am enjoying the heck out of it. There's even a certain amount of satisfaction in doing clean-up. Thank you again for encouraging me. I don't forget. Jenhawk777 (talk) 03:35, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

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Problems

• All queries to the Wikidata Query Service failed between 17:50 and 17:59 UTC on Thursday 23 July. Some queries failed during a longer period. [112]
• Interlanguage links were ordered incorrectly for the past few weeks. This problem was also mentioned in Tech News two weeks ago. The problem is now fixed. [113]
• There is a problem with the global preferences for the "Use Legacy Vector" option. Developers are working on fixing it. [114]
• A bug in the Wikibase extension had disabled the "move" and "create" types of protection in the main (Gallery) namespace on Wikimedia Commons. New protections could not be added, and existing protections were not enforced, allowing some page moves and page creations that should not have been possible. This has now been fixed. [115]

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• The video player will change to be simpler and more modern. This week, the current beta feature will become the video player for everyone on most non-Wikipedia wikis. The old player will be removed. [116]
• Users' global.js and global.css pages will now also be loaded on the mobile site. You can read documentation for how to avoid applying styles to the mobile skin. [117]
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• Bot operators can use Pywikibot to regularly archive discussions. The behavior when the bot uses counter to prevent large archives was changed. [118]
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15:43, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Notice?

PaleoNeonate, this notice seems very out of the blue [[119]]. Any particular reason why you posted it? I don't recall any recent discussions that were heavily related to climate change. Also, please note that I was notified in the last 12 months [[120]] Springee (talk) 15:57, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

@Springee: Yes, that was {{ds/alert|ps}} although the editor did mention climate change (versus {{ds/alert|cc}}). My message was not related to a very recent event, only to interest that I could see on the FTN noticeboard. Thanks, —PaleoNeonate – 16:04, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

OK, thanks for the explanation. Springee (talk) 17:13, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Notice

• Talk:Acupressure § Placebo effect

Thanks for your notification of discretionary sanctions (also indicating your own awareness, (just for the record)). I replied to you about your edits on the talk page as they reflected a misunderstanding on both yours and the editor who reverted's part about the nature of placebo as they appear to suggest it only occurs in studies?? I think it is better to follow up with discussion as opposed to leaving a notice. There certainly is a benefit to placebo, and in general accupuncture and related therapies are excellent examples of this as there is no benefit above a properly controlled placebo for any of them. Could you reply at the article talk page so the discussion is clear. PainProf (talk) 17:22, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Yes I'll reply there, thanks. —PaleoNeonate – 18:09, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Looks like ARB

[121] - what do you think? @AmandaNP and Graham87: what do you all think? Doug Weller talk 14:51, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Alao, I'm glad to hear the good (and encouraging) news about your mother! Doug Weller talk 14:53, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Indeed, seems pretty cut-and-dried to me ... reverted, blocked, and tagged as such. I also recently did the same with Konami Hatsuko for a similar reason. Yes, great news about your mum's recovery! Graham87 15:16, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

@Doug Weller: That's very likely. I couldn't take care of it but I possibly found other suspect(s) a few weeks ago. In case you have the time to evaluate, TheoUpdyke, Aden Jamal. And many thanks in relation to my mom, —PaleoNeonate – 15:51, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

@Graham87: I forgot to ping Graham, —PaleoNeonate – 15:52, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

@Graham87: thanks. You to PaleoNeonate! Doug Weller talk 17:38, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

@Doug Weller: (re-pinging because you responded): PN, I've dealt with TheoUpdyke but not your second user ... I think you clicked the wrong link or something. However I've netted ShunsakuYou, Rudolf Stellan, Heikki Teppana, and Howardishmael. Also pinging Drmies because of this edit (among others) ... and because magic goggles are cool. Graham87 17:50, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Ah yes Jamal is likely unrelated. As for Teppana it was an obvious one too, thanks again. I'm not sure if a CU is run without SPI, but there likely are other sleepers as usual... —PaleoNeonate – 18:07, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

PaleoNeonate, just one, User talk:Anwen Goddard. Graham, you should get some of those glasses. Better yet, we should vote you into ArbCom. So this is a bit interesting--the accounts are really created one at a time, from different locations, as if these are more opportunistic than planned. The ones with few edits are from single IPs; the ones with many edits are from ranges that are too big too block (for me). Thanks, Drmies (talk) 20:45, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, —PaleoNeonate – 20:56, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Falun Gong

This is a standard message to notify contributors about an administrative ruling in effect. It does not imply that there are any issues with your contributions to date.

You have shown interest in Falun Gong. Due to past disruption in this topic area, a more stringent set of rules called discretionary sanctions is in effect. Any administrator may impose sanctions on editors who do not strictly follow Wikipedia's policies, or the page-specific restrictions, when making edits related to the topic.

For additional information, please see the guidance on discretionary sanctions and the Arbitration Committee's decision here. If you have any questions, or any doubts regarding what edits are appropriate, you are welcome to discuss them with me or any other editor.

—PaleoNeonate – 11:59, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

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Problems

• The mobile skin displays a message at the bottom of the page about who edited last. This message showed raw wikitext. This has now been fixed. Some messages in Structured Discussions and content translation may still appear as raw wikitext. Developers are working on it. [123]

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• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from August 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from August 12. It will be on all wikis from August 13 (calendar).

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• If you revert an edit using the undo link your edit is marked with an undo tag. This will now only happen if you don't change anything in the edit window before publishing the undo. This is to keep users from marking edits as undos when they actually do something else. [126]
• The new OOUI version will not work with Internet Explorer 8. This means the wikis will look strange and not work well in Internet Explorer 8. This was reported in Tech/News/2020/17. This is because keeping the wikis working with very old browsers creates other problems. [127]

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• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 August. It will be on all wikis from 20 August (calendar).

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20:40, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

A puppy for you!

	A puppy for you!
	For all you've done over the years, I am giving you this puppy. Your contributions are appreciated. Sro23 (talk) 06:06, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Many thanks, Sro23. Over time, we tend to no longer expect such messages, but it's always encouraging to know that we're doing something right. —PaleoNeonate – 21:01, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Re: 5 August 2020 - Warning on user TorLiu

Thanks for your advice on editing. I was attempting to add back the paragraph deleted by sockpuppet user LucasGeorge. I'm new to Wikipedia and I reverted the content by mistake. Sorry for the error by incident and I will be more careful when editing in the future.

Have a nice day!--LoftusCH (talk) 14:28, 23 August 2020 (UTC)TorLiu

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17:59, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

Ayurveda

Potential additions to User:PaleoNeonate/Watchlist Ayurveda:

• Ministry of AYUSH
• Oil pulling
• Siddha medicine
• Unani medicine

--Guy Macon (talk) 02:31, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

Added, thanks. Feel free to boldly add more yourself, especially if you think that Special:RecentChangesLinked/User:PaleoNeonate/Watchlist Ayurveda can be useful. I have a few other specialized watchlists (Special:PrefixIndex/User:PaleoNeonate/) and found that with less time for Wikipedia than before, I couldn't patrol my huge private watchlist regularly anymore (that has over 8k pages)... —PaleoNeonate – 03:57, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi

Hi, pale baby. It doesn't look like you have Wikipedia e-mail enabled — entirely up to you, of course. But if you did have it, I'd send you some information. Bishonen | tålk 06:25, 27 August 2020 (UTC).

@Bishonen: It's now temporarily enabled, thanks, —PaleoNeonate – 09:18, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

E-mail sent. Bishonen | tålk 09:25, 27 August 2020 (UTC).

Received, many thanks, —PaleoNeonate – 09:27, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

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• This is a reminder. All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on September 1. This is planned between 14:00 and 15:00 UTC. Please check on the details on the announcement message. [130][131]

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20:08, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

Unable to reply to on Ayurveda talk page

Hi, I have been issued the following warning on my talk page by RexxS

Your edits at Talk:Ayurveda are tendentious, and are seemingly part of the campaign of disruption organised by Opindia on Twitter. If you fail to cease your disruption, you may be blocked without further warning.

What do I do now ? I would like to reply to you on the ongoing conversation on legitimate ayurvedic practice. How do I do that ? FYI, the Opindia remark above is a false accusation against me.

Arunjithp (talk) 03:01, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

I'm sorry that I can't take the time right now, but will reply again later. I moved the comment down in case others answer meanwhile. Thanks, —PaleoNeonate – 03:25, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

@Arunjithp: the Opindia relationship is difficult to determine although you have a (declared per policy) conflict of interest. My impression is that the patience of editors on that talk page is starting to exhaust, not only because of your frequent and persistent requests there but also because this has been going on for days and from a number of accounts. It's public knowledge that there's a harassment campaign going on and not the best moment for serious proposals. It also seems that they were not fruitful, in my case I think that I remember only agreeing to one proposition with a compromise, the one about Ayurveda popularity in India. A suggestion would be to space requests in time and to keep them short and realistic. You likely have an idea by now about the type of proposals that are unlikely to gain support. When an editor is considered to waste the time of other editors it is considered disruptive (WP:DE) and Wikipedia not being for promotion (WP:PROMOTION), accounts that are considered to use it solely to advance their causes risk to ultimately be blocked as not editing to build the encyclopedia (WP:NOTHERE)... In some cases a topic ban or partial block happens instead, in attempt to encourage editing in other areas. Maybe that's not necessary if you're receptive and take yourself the initiative. —PaleoNeonate – 13:38, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for the advice Arunjithp (talk) 14:39, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

Liv.52

I found a couple more recent review papers mentioning it via Pubmed, and linked them from the talk page. More eyes on them might be a good idea as I’m currently on a smartphone, and going through a long review paper looking for mentions is a bit fiddly. Brunton (talk) 16:08, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

@Brunton: thanks, help finding reliable sources is very appreciated, —PaleoNeonate – 22:12, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Two years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:18, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: thanks, time goes by so fast... —PaleoNeonate – 22:17, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

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• Normally pages can be moved to a title that has no existing page yet or to a page that has only one revision, which is a redirect to the page to be moved. A new user right allows editors to move pages over one-revision pages that redirect to anywhere. [132]
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 September. It will be on all wikis from 10 September (calendar).
• All MediaWiki API modules will now use watchlist instead of watch. This was inconsistent before. [133]

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• The Wikipedia Android app team might work on patrolling tools in the future. You can let them know what tools would be useful for you or for less experienced patrollers. See the page on mediawiki.org.
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• The Wikipedia Android app will send push notifications if users want them. This could help you see for example when someone wrote on your talk page or your edit was reverted. This will need Google Play Services to work. It will also be possible to get the app without Google Play Services but push notifications will not work. Google Play Services is also used to make the app work for Android 4.4 users. [135][136]
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15:59, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

HELP!!

I know you are busy with real life, but you are one of the only computer gurus I know here, and I am in real need of help, so I am going to ask and assume you will just say no if you can't help me. Let me explain. I started a rewrite of Biblical criticism here in May 2018. In October 2018, I started taking it to FA, but due to the 'unpleasantness' I was experiencing here at the time, I left WP for 2 years and didn't complete the FA. So now I am going through it in an attempt to polish, etc, and start FA again, and in running the copyvio detector I have found 2 outside WP places that have copied from the WP article. They are now showing up as copy vios on the article. One was in a published journal, so it was easy to exclude by date, but this one [[137]] I cannot find a date for. All I really need to prove they copied me, and I did not copy them, is the date that web-post went up, and I don't know how to find such a thing. Otherwise, this will probably prevent it from achieving FA, and while that won't kill me, it will certainly be a big disappointment. I Googled 'tichanlorsmagboa' looking for a profile or home site of some sort and while there are about 75 sites, most are dating sites, and I could never find anything directly about them, him, her, it. I don't even know if what I am asking of you is possible, but if it is, can you find proof of a date for that post? I would say I'd be forever in your debt, but I already am, so you will just have to accept more adoration and awe and my genuine gratitude if you can do this. Thank you, Jenhawk777 (talk) 17:01, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

@Jenhawk777: HTTP HEAD requests unfortunately are created on the fly by Cloudflare and it's difficult to obtain the age of the document. The HTML also lacks metadata disclosing it. Whois fails to find the server automatically but querying the official one manually (whois.dot.cf) provides a record but still lacking the date the domain was registered. So I tried looking for past archives using web.archive.org that could allow to compare various revisions in time, but they didn't archive it either. There are associated ad campaigns but I'm not sure if it'd be possible to find out when those ads were registered for that page. Since tech info fails to confirm that it's a WP copy, you could try these arguments to consider it a false positive (no warranties):

1. Many sites copy WP.
2. That page lacks a copyright, author or license.
3. No other theology writings were discovered by that "author".
4. It looks like a classic case of trying to attract clicks for ad revenue, usually done using automated software.
5. If you can find some remnants of an older version like this one before your major edits that are also copied on that page (assuming it was for instance a sentence prior to your rewrite that you preserved), it would be an indication that you didn't copy text from it. The difference between that old version and yours might help to locate parts that were not altered, if any: [138]. Unfortunately, between those two particular very distant ones it seems that it shows a full rewrite, not helping to do this...
6. It may be possible to find the exact revision the text was from, unless it's an amalgam of various sources/revisions. There are tools like wikiblame that could perhaps help (and there may be better versions of this that I'm unaware of) to find the origin of certain sentences.

Sorry for not having found the exact evidence, hopefully that this still helps. —PaleoNeonate – 21:22, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

So here's an example where I searched for nearly 80 years that is part of the web page, and it found its insertion at revision 844897492. So it shows you added that in 2018 but the ideal would be finding a match for something that's from before your edits... —PaleoNeonate – 22:11, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for trying. I am not sure I follow #5. The older version from April 2018 is before any of my work, so are you saying I should do a copyvio on that earlier version? Beginning in May 2018, I did a complete rewrite--virtually everything in that article is my work now. I recently began a "polishing" rewrite to check all the sources and accuracy and so on, and that's when I found these--so when you say "before my rewrite" which rewrite are you referring to? The 2018 one or the 2020 one? I'm sure I can find when the things they copied were done--I know when to look--but I'm unsure how that will help. I will try the wikiblame thing, but it does seem as though these people have purposefully covered their tracks. Not a one of their websites had a "Contact" on it. There were lots in Russian too! I may post this in the comments section on the backwards copyvio template if you are okay with that. At least it can be shown we tried. Jenhawk777 (talk) 22:42, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

I know this is a stupid question but how does Wikiblame work? What am I supposed to do with it? Look for particular phrases? For particular versions of the article? Is the url they ask for the one for the other site or Biblical criticism here? Jenhawk777 (talk) 22:46, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

I'll comment again IRT #5, but I forgot to add, now that you mention Russian, in one of my searches I found claims of text translated to English from Serbian WP that had identical matching sentences to that page (difficult to know the origin of the page creator, but to complicate things, that particular site you linked seems registered via the reseller Freenom (of tainted reputation, see related .cf and .tk), via an African TLD with text: "Centrafrique [...] Amsterdam, Netherlands", with DNS and hosting by Cloudflare (California, US). Cloudflare is also often used as a caching and proxying frontend to other servers that cannot be known without a formal/legal request). —PaleoNeonate – 00:51, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

Okay, I'll wait for that followup. In the meantime, thank you again. I am in your debt--as usual. Jenhawk777 (talk) 04:27, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

Jerm found the Google cache with a date! He is my hero of the day! You are my hero every day. Thank you again, I don't know if you realize what it means to have people like you willing to take your time to help others. Thank you. Jenhawk777 (talk) 17:19, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

Very nice. That's a feature that unfortunately stopped to work with my (custom) browser and settings. —PaleoNeonate – 22:54, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

Would you have another look at Draft:Kate Shemirani please?

In the last week she has been the subject of coverage in The Times and Jewish Chronicle. I feel that this subject now meets the minimum standards for a biographical article. --Salimfadhley (talk) 14:50, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

(Discussion resumed at the draft's talk page) —PaleoNeonate – 02:39, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank you!

		The Special Barnstar
		A special barnstar for a special person. Thank you. Jenhawk777 (talk) 17:30, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

@Jenhawk777: thanks, I collect these, —PaleoNeonate – 02:40, 14 September 2020 (UTC)