User talk:Soman/Archives/2020/August
This is an archive of past discussions with User:Soman. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Disambiguation link notification for August 2
An automated process has detected that when you recently edited NAP-Communist Party-Students Union Special Guerrilla Forces, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Muzaffar Ahmed.
(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 06:50, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
Copying within Wikipedia
Thanks for identifying the source of the material in your edit.
This type of edit does get picked up by Copy Patrol and a good edit summary helps to make sure we don't accidentally revert it. However, for future use, would you note the best practices wording as outlined at Wikipedia:Copying_within_Wikipedia? In particular, adding the phrase "see that page's history for attribution" helps ensure that proper attribution is preserved.S Philbrick(Talk) 11:52, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks. In this case attribution isn't a major issue since I'm the author of virtually all of the passage. --Soman (talk) 12:07, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
The Signpost: 2 August 2020
- Special report: Wikipedia and the End of Open Collaboration?
- COI and paid editing: Some strange people edit Wikipedia for money
- News and notes: Abstract Wikipedia, a hoax, sex symbols, and a new admin
- In the media: Dog days gone bad
- Discussion report: Fox News, a flight of RfAs, and banning policy
- Featured content: Remembering Art, Valor, and Freedom
- Traffic report: Now for something completely different
- News from the WMF: New Chinese national security law in Hong Kong could limit the privacy of Wikipedia users
- Obituaries: Hasteur and Brian McNeil
Orphaned non-free image File:Pcrvsymbol.PNG
Thanks for uploading File:Pcrvsymbol.PNG. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).
Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 02:51, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
Orphaned non-free image File:Minorityfront.jpg
Thanks for uploading File:Minorityfront.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).
Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. HapHaxion (talk / contribs) 19:02, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
Third-worldism
What you call the "creed of unity closely enmeshed with the identities of Third World republican nationalism", others would remember as the alliance of dictatorships against democracies... AnonMoos (talk) 22:43, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
- I take note that you've chosen to troll my talk page, rather than the page of the editor ranting conspiracy theories in the same thread. Speaks volumes. --Soman (talk) 23:01, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
- I'm not trolling -- it's a simple fact that United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379 (the only act of the United Nations to be formally repealed) was passed in large part due to an alliance between Communist dictatorships and Third-world dictatorships. I have difficulty reading and trying to understand Sagittarian Milky Way's postings in that thread (and don't really want to get involved), but your posting is very clear and easy to understand -- and kind of stuck in the 1970s. Many countries other than third-world & communist dictatorships worked to end Apartheid in South Africa, but you're welcome to take complete ownership of the vehement anti-Israel hatred which went a long way toward undermining the 2001 Durban racism conference etc. AnonMoos (talk) 03:41, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
- P.S. Maybe it would have been wiser for me not to reply here, but thing is that your standard generic boilerplate rhetoric about "colonialist settler state" etc. etc. bla bla bla doesn't really bother me at all, but I found your "creed of unity" garbage (and the attitudes which it revealed) to be annoying in the extreme. AnonMoos (talk) 16:05, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
- Well, we all get provoked by something. --Soman (talk) 16:16, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
DYK for NAP-Communist Party-Students Union Special Guerrilla Forces
On 16 August 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article NAP-Communist Party-Students Union Special Guerrilla Forces, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 2014, the government of Bangladesh removed 2,367 former communist guerrilla fighters from the official listing of freedom fighters, but this move was overruled by the High Court? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/NAP-Communist Party-Students Union Special Guerrilla Forces. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, NAP-Communist Party-Students Union Special Guerrilla Forces), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
Nomination of Jordanian Arab Party for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Jordanian Arab Party is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jordanian Arab Party until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 14:55, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
Orphaned non-free image File:Communist Party of Israel (Maki) symbol 1959 or 1961.png
Thanks for uploading File:Communist Party of Israel (Maki) symbol 1959 or 1961.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).
Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 02:26, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
DYK for Dinkar Mehta
On 30 August 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dinkar Mehta, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Gujarat Communist Party head Dinkar Mehta escaped from jail in 1949 and remained underground until 1951? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dinkar Mehta. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Dinkar Mehta), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
The Signpost: 30 August 2020
- News and notes: The high road and the low road
- In the media: Storytelling large and small
- Featured content: Going for the goal
- Special report: Wikipedia's not so little sister is finding its own way
- Op-Ed: The longest-running hoax
- Traffic report: Heart, soul, umbrellas, and politics
- News from the WMF: Fourteen things we’ve learned by moving Polish Wikimedia conference online
- Recent research: Detecting spam, and pages to protect; non-anonymous editors signal their intelligence with high-quality articles
- Arbitration report: A slow couple of months
- From the archives: Wikipedia for promotional purposes?
Regarding page move
Hi, hope you're doing well. You have recently moved several pages while trying to shorten subject title. Initials should be separated by blank space. For instance, A.P.J Abdul Kalam is incorrect. It should be titled as A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. Thank you and happy editing. TheBirdsShedTears (talk) 14:55, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
- In South Indian names, the initials are usually not separated. Often there are no dots between the letters. For the example you mention, 'A. P. J. Abdul Kalam' is largely a Wikipedia neologism, and Encyclopedia Britannica used 'A.P.J. Abdul Kalam'. --Soman (talk) 15:04, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
- Anyway, you can request a page move on the article's page before moving a page with which you are not familiar. TheBirdsShedTears (talk) 15:14, 31 August 2020 (UTC)