User talk:Iamthecheese44
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Honorifics
[edit]Please stop adding honorifics to people's names. This is against wikipedia style per MOS:HONORIFIC. DrKay (talk) 16:41, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
Bold text
[edit]Per MOS:BOLD, please do not put people's names in bold text unless referring to the topic of the article in the lead. DrKay (talk) 16:44, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
You have added several unhelpful links to the List of most popular given names article. Names should not be linked to articles for historical personages. Either create a new article for the name or leave it as it is. --Bookworm857158367 (talk) 01:30, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
OK
[edit]I see. Sorry. I should have asked. My bad. --142.176.126.126 (talk) 01:26, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
Hello, and welcome
[edit]Hello, Iamthecheese44. I want to welcome you to WikiProject Ancient Egypt. The project is pretty anemic these days, so it's good to see someone else sign up. Let me know if you need anything. A. Parrot (talk) 18:08, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
Middle-earth Project
[edit]Hello, Iamthecheese44! Thank you for joining WikiProject Middle-earth and contributing to improve Tolkien-related articles. We are glad to have you join in the effort! Here're some good links and subpages related to our WikiProject.
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WPUS changes
[edit]Greetings, I noticed the edit you made to the WPUS supported projects page and wanted to let you know that those projects are not supported by WPUS. I'm not going to revert the changes but I wanted to let you know someone else might and some may take offense. Aside form that, the WPUS project isn't very active. I was the one doing most of the maintenance and I stopped a few months ago. Good initiative though. Please let me know if you have any questions. Kumioko (talk) 00:20, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
Inges Idee
[edit]For the WikiProject Biography template, you submitted the listas parameter as "Idee, Inges". Is this accurate, given the article is named after an art collective and not the name of an individual? --Another Believer (Talk) 20:14, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
Category:American film actresses
[edit]Thankyou for helping expand Category:American film actresses.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:45, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
Please stop anti-diffusing categories
[edit]People should only be in the most specific category that applies to them. Thus if they are in Category:American actresses they should not also be in the actors category. They should not be in a film actors category and the actors category. Ideally Category:American actors should only be a contained category, no articles should be in it. The same should also be true of American singers.John Pack Lambert (talk) 22:26, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
Request for input on runic link
[edit]Hello, as you might be aware the peace symbol or the Campaign for nuclear disarmament symbol has runic origins. Specificially that of the death rune/Algiz/Todesrune. I am currently in discussion on the talk page of the Campaign for nuclear disarmament with another member who actively refuses to accept that this information about the symbols runic origins be included.
I would appreciate your input.
Here are the references supporting the runic origin of the symbol.
- "Symbol explained", The Eugene Register- Guard, 12 February 1971
- Foreign Policy in Focus - http://www.fpif.org/articles/a_sign_of_the_times
- http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/24/247.html
- http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,909670,00.html#ixzz28e1dbekl "What's in a Symbol?", Time Magazine, 2 November 1970
Boundarylayer (talk) 02:08, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
January 2013
[edit] Please do not add or change content, as you did to Raven-Symoné, without verifying it by citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Elizium23 (talk) 18:26, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
- Also, please do not add links to common terms like "American" and "actress". See WP:OVERLINK. Gimmetoo (talk) 12:26, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
- [1] Please stop adding links to common terms. Gimmetoo (talk) 14:46, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
Micah Alberti
[edit]Micah Alberti is not an actress, as you classified him as.John Pack Lambert (talk) 22:30, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
February 2013 Wikification Drive
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Categories
[edit]Following some disagreement among people at WP:AFC/R on whether multi-intersection categories like Category:Black British actresses are helpful or not, I've raised the issue at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Categories#Multi-intersection categories. Since you were the one who proposed the categories you may want to explain your reasoning there. Technically you could create the categories directly without going through AFC/R at all, but since they're apparently controversial, it may be better to use this opportunity and establish whether we should have them at all. Huon (talk) 02:37, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
- And as a semi-pseudo-quasi related topic, the very word "actress" has been labeled as being a sexist hangover from past ages by many and I expect that many of the current categories such as the one you recently tacked onto Charlotte Saunders Cushman will be . . . . . . . . . . ...... discussed shortly. Then likely obsolete. The "correct" term, I believe, is "female actors." Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 02:56, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
What?!!!
[edit]Hi. What on earth is your justification for categorising Les Murray as a New Zealand anthropologist? I know Les well. He is Australian-born, never lived in NZ, and never studied anthropology in anything but a jocular sense. Cheers, Bjenks (talk) 03:03, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
- Oops, my bad. That was a mistake that I caught right after I'd made it. I thought I'd changed it, but my internet's been a little blinky, so I guess I accidentally left it as was. Sorry about that! ~ Iamthecheese44 (talk) 03:06, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
- No probs. It would have given Les a great giggle, 'cept he doesn't use a PC. Cheers, Bjenks (talk) 03:13, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
Populated
[edit]I wanted to report that the work suggest we do it I had done when I created the categories. Some categories may not be so over populated, because there are athletes in the parent category. Now do a subsidiary. --Kasper2006 (talk) 08:56, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
DYK for Andrés Boira
[edit]![]() | On 17 February 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Andrés Boira, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that visually impaired skier Andrés Boira represented Spain at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Paralympics with different ski guides? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Andrés Boira. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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DYK for Aleix Suñé
[edit]![]() | On 18 February 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Aleix Suñé, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Spanish visually impaired guides Aleix Suñé, Félix Aznar and Arnau Ferrer all skied with blind para-alpine skier Gabriel Gorce? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Nyttend (talk 16:04, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
Ethnicity categories
[edit]Please try to ensure you do not add ethnicity/descent categories to biography articles, such as you did at Judi Shekoni, unless the category is supported by reliably sourced article content. You can read more at WP:BLPCAT and WP:EGRS. --Jezebel'sPonyobons mots 18:38, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
DYK for Ramón Homs
[edit]![]() | On 28 February 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ramón Homs, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Ramón Homs is a para-alpine LW6/8 classified standing skier who lost his arm in a motorcycle accident? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ramón Homs. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:03, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
February 2013 Wikification awards
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The Working Wikifier's Barnstar | |
For finishing tenth place on the leaderboard during the February 2013 Wikification drive, with a count of 1 article, Iamthecheese44 (tied with Ynhocky, Safety Cap, and Tomcat7), you are hereby awarded the Working Wikifier's Barnstar. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Oh, is this the Top Secret room? I had no idea... (talk) 13:19, 2 March 2013 (UTC) |
DYK for Gabriel Gorce
[edit]![]() | On 3 March 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gabriel Gorce, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that para-alpine B2 classified visually impaired skier Gabriel Gorce was the youngest member of the 2010 Spanish Winter Paralympic team? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gabriel Gorce. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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DYK for Úrsula Pueyo
[edit]![]() | On 7 March 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Úrsula Pueyo, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that para-alpine skier Úrsula Pueyo was the only member of the 2010 Spanish Winter Paralympic team not to compete in the visually impaired class? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Úrsula Pueyo. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:04, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
Religious categories
[edit]Hi. Please see WP:BLPCAT and note that "Categories regarding religious beliefs or sexual orientation should not be used unless the subject has publicly self-identified with the belief or orientation in question, and the subject's beliefs or sexual orientation are relevant to their public life or notability, according to reliable published sources." Fiona Shaw and similar should not be categorised by religion. Thanks, BastunĖġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 11:24, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
Close paraphrase
[edit]You identified Janet Hamill as a possible close paraphrase. can you identify the source, so I can check it out?--SPhilbrick(Talk) 00:29, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
- I did that such a long time ago that I'm no longer 100% sure that this was what I was referring to, but I'm almost certain (maybe 95% sure) that this is the one. It is her official site, after all. Either way, it's still a pretty close match. Sorry about that, I'm usually good with noting that kind of stuff. *bows head in shame* ~ Iamthecheese44 (talk) 00:46, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
- Sorry, I should have tried that. I did a quick Google search and wasn't turning up anything obvious, (but that isn't so hot for paraphrased), so I thought I would check.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 00:52, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
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H-R diagram
[edit]Hi, since you added the more footnotes tag some months ago to the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram article I thought I'd ask if you feel it still needs it. If so, would you mind pointing me to the specific issues that concern you so I can take a stab at fixing them? Thanks! Gaba (talk) 00:35, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
Neutral notice
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Actor cats
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October 2013 wikification drive awards!
[edit]Cheers! If I said "I'm miffed!", would you come running or go? (talk) 04:11, 2 November 2013 (UTC)
Disambiguation link fixing one-day contest
[edit]I have decided to put on a mini-contest within the November 2013 monthly disambiguation contest, on Saturday, November 23 (UTC). I will personally give a $20 Amazon.com gift card to the disambiguator who fixes the most links on that server-day (see the project page for details on scoring points). Since we are not geared up to do an automated count for that day, at 00:00, 23 November 2013 (UTC) (which is 7:00 PM on November 22, EST), I'll take a screenshot of the project page leaderboard. I will presume that anyone who is not already listed on the leaderboard has precisely nine edits. At 01:00, 24 November 2013 (UTC) (8:00 PM on November 23, EST), I'll take a screenshot of the leaderboard at that time (the extra hour is to give the board time to update), and I will determine from that who our winner is. I will credit links fixed by turning a WP:DABCONCEPT page into an article, but you'll have to let me know me that you did so. Here's to a fun contest. Note that according to the Daily Disambig, we currently have under 256,000 disambiguation links to be fixed. If everyone in the disambiguation link fixers category were to fix 500 links, we would have them all done - so aim high! Cheers! bd2412 T 02:30, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
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Move request on Thomas Keightley (historian)
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Category:United States state butterflies
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Overcategorization of people by descent
[edit]I've started a discussion about the (over)categorization of people by descent at Wikipedia talk:Categorization of people#X people from Y descent overcategorization. Can you temporarily stop the categorization of people by descent to see what the discussion will give as result? Feel free to join it and give your opinion of course. Thanks! Fram (talk) 15:28, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
Wikification drive notification.
[edit]Greetings! Just letting you know, the April 2014 backlog drive has commenced! It's the 1st! May Day! May Day - ain't for another month. (talk) 02:51, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
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GAN Copy Editing Help Requested on Alfred V. Verville
[edit]Hello Cheese! I am looking for some help on a Good Article nomination that I am seeking. The article is Alfred V. Verville. He is an American aviation pioneer who designed over 12 planes and is called the elder statesman of American aviation. He's even on a stamp! :) I noticed that you are pretty active on Wikipedia and are a member of the Guild of Copy Editors. I can use a second set of eyes to look over the article and make sure the copy is of a high enough quality to pass GAN. I would be forever indebted if you could assist! Also, here are the notes from some preliminary comments so far on the GAN evaluation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Alfred_V._Verville/GA1 Thanks! :) Nasa-verve (talk) 13:52, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
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Please ...
[edit]... be more careful! Would appreciate if you'd fix that stuff. Cordially, --SergeWoodzing (talk) 16:08, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
February 2015 Wikification drive
[edit]Greetings! Just spreading a message to the members of WikiProject Wikify that the February drive has been started. Better late than never! Come on, sign up! :) Grinding, grinding, grinding... what are we finding, finding, finding... (talk) 23:18, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
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Cheers! One hand on the mouse, one hand on the keyboard... and the feet can do the rest! Hee-hee! (talk) 01:57, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
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Happy Easter!
[edit]June 2015 Wikification drive.
[edit]Greetings! Just spreading a message to the members of WikiProject Wikify that the June drive has been started. Come on, sign up! :) "A wiki of beauty is a joy forever." Seriously. That's how long it'd take to read! (talk) 04:30, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
World Heritage Encyclopedia
[edit]This is part mirror, part crowd sources. Anything about a WP:BLP needs a solidly reliable sources. I've removed the material you added to Charles John Tottenham, 9th Marquess of Ely about a presumptive heir. You aren't the only one to have used this as a source! Doug Weller (talk) 08:57, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
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Template:Marriage
[edit]Per Template talk:Marriage#Who is widowed - topic or topic's spouse?, the term "widowed" is unclear and usually refers to the date that the subject of the article died not the date that the spouse died. DrKay (talk) 13:19, 11 July 2015 (UTC)
- I explained my edit in the edit summary, to revert that edit without explanation or an edit summary is not just rude, it's disruptive. DrKay (talk) 17:22, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
- I apologize for what I did and the way I handled it. When I received your message about the widow/widowed issue with the template, I saw your point. I agree with you, it does make the information ambiguous and confusing. I knew I'd done it on a few pages before your message, and so I tried to correct it by clarifying whose death I was referring to (hence the "his/her death" clarification). I tend to be not so good at leaving edit summaries: either I forget or am a bit shy--of course, this was not the case here; I simply handled it unprofessionally. I do apologize for that. I certainly didn't mean to be disruptive. I got caught up in editing and made a bad judgment call.
- On a different note, if my previous solution makes things a little complicated, then I am confused as to when the marriage template should be used. Should it be only on living people? I understand not using it for people from perhaps the Middle Ages and before, because that might be a little too confusing or unnecessary (not to mention prone to inaccuracy) when there may not be much data on the person to begin with. I tried to find an answer to this on the Marriage template page and its discussion page, but it doesn't seem to have been brought up, yet. What would you suggest? ~ Iamthecheese44 (talk) 18:10, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
Infobox errors
[edit]Hi, Iamthecheese44. First, I loved the book from which you take your tag; it was like The X-Files for teens. Secondly, please stop adding months and days to the "spouse" field in infoboxes since the template is incapable of reading them: Though you're putting them in, they don't show up on the live page. So all you're doing is making extra work for other editors to clean up the infobox. Thank you for ceasing this. --Tenebrae (talk) 23:31, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
- Thank you for your message and the compliment. :) The marriage template does allow for the dates to be read, as can be seen when you hover the cursor over the year. The template is just showing it in a concise manner. It's actually the default if you were to just put "{{Template:Marriage}}": the date would at first appear as "m. 2015", but if you hovered over the date it would give you the date that was imputed into the template. Ex.:
. This is why the dotted lines appear underneath the "m." and the given year. This is how the template page tells users to input the marriage info]. I actually only recently figured this out, so I know it's not necessarily immediately obvious if you're not looking for it. The use of the dates for this can be seen on a number of notable pages, such as those of European royal families, etc. Perhaps it's a topic for discussion on the template's talk page? I've checked and I don't see any discussion on it so far. ~ Iamthecheese44 (talk) 05:59, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks for the info; I was unaware. That said, the dates were in fact not showing up on the live pages — from what you say, I'm not sure why not. I guess going forward, when you make those additions, you might want to check to see if they're showing up; otherwise it's "junk code." With regards, Tenebrae (talk) 19:43, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
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[edit]Amazing to see you - a very experienced Wikipedian! - change members of the House of Bernadotte to Bonaparte. Pls correct them all! --SergeWoodzing (talk) 00:34, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
- I am so sorry! I don't know how I managed to do that. I've gone through all of them and I believe they are all corrected. ~ Iamthecheese44 (talk) 01:59, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
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[edit]Hi - I was just trying to rollback all the edits done by Thechicogarage on Charlie Chaplin, but because your edit came first I ended up reverting it by accident (Twinkle being confusing). I wrote "not useful" in the edit summary but actually yours was a good edit. So sorry for that. I'll add it back now. --Loeba (talk) 12:44, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
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[edit]Not sure why you don't use edit summaries regularly, but please use them in your edits more often. You've been told before about this. It helps give people a sense of what you are trying to do in your contributions. Snuggums (talk / edits) 19:08, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
- Sorry about that, I will do so. Sometimes I am just going really quick and I forget. ~ Iamthecheese44 (talk) 15:55, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you. Occasionally forgetting is one thing, but frequently not using them can make others worried. Snuggums (talk / edits) 03:47, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
- Adding my voice to the choir: It's a big help to your collaborators if you take the time to add an edit summary. Eric talk 19:48, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
- Thank you. Occasionally forgetting is one thing, but frequently not using them can make others worried. Snuggums (talk / edits) 03:47, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
Hi, Iamthecheese44, I noticed your edit. Why is that if I may ask so? Lotje (talk) 13:34, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
- As it is, it is a red link. I tried placing "File" and "Image" in front of it, and both led to red links. I decided to just put it in a comment instead of deleting it, in case anyone else was able to figure out what to do with it. ~ Iamthecheese44 (talk) 20:50, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
WikiProject Genealogy - newsletter No.1
[edit]Newsletter Nr 1 for WikiProject Genealogy (and Wikimedia genealogy project on Meta)
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[edit]Newsletter Nr 2 for WikiProject Genealogy (and Wikimedia genealogy project on Meta)
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[edit]Newsletter Nr 3 for WikiProject Genealogy (and Wikimedia genealogy project on Meta)
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Ava Acres
[edit]Regarding your edits at Ava Acres: Please explain how a tweet of her saying "Thanks for the birthday wishes" is a source for what year she was born in. Her birth date (specifically the year) is quite obviously missing from internet sources and we need to be responsible in not adding it here without a reliable source. We add it here and it gets repeated all over the internet, and thus we are responsible for spreading unverifiable information. --Laser brain (talk) 11:21, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
Request for help on some royal family trees
[edit]Hi there! I've noticed that you edit pages that contain genealogies, including royal lineages. I don't know how to edit those, so I'm requesting help if you are willing to edit some pages. The Danish royal family tree needs Countess Inge and Prince Richard removed (late husband of Princess Benedikte), the Spanish royal family tree has the late husband of Infanta Pilar and the Japanese Imperial House had two extinct male lines(I removed them myself but it needs a small fix).--Killuminator (talk) 16:33, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
- I went through and fixed the stuff you listed, as well as some other things that needed tweaking. Thanks for letting me know! ~ Iamthecheese44 (talk) 03:59, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks. Also, regarding the Japanese one - I think Prince Katsura should be also removed on the same basis as the other two princes. Daughters who married commoners and lost their royal status are also questionable additions, but I will leave that at your discretion. If removed, the tree will look less cluttered. --Killuminator (talk) 13:53, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
- That is something to be discussed on the talk page. ~ Iamthecheese44 (talk) 18:18, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks. Also, regarding the Japanese one - I think Prince Katsura should be also removed on the same basis as the other two princes. Daughters who married commoners and lost their royal status are also questionable additions, but I will leave that at your discretion. If removed, the tree will look less cluttered. --Killuminator (talk) 13:53, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
June 2017
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Use of the term "House of" with noble families
[edit]Thank you for all of your thoughtful edits on various articles, and I would like to get your opinion about a matter. From time to time, there have been some editors who have changed Wikipedia article titles about noble families from "House of [name]", such as changing the article about the House of Merode to Merode family. Such editors might believe that the term "House of" only applies to royal dynasties, not to noble families. However, my impression has always been that various high-ranking European noble families of ancient lineage, such as the House of Arenberg or the House of Ligne, may properly be referred to as such, and not simply as the Ligne family. You have in-depth knowledge about all things noble and royal, and I have great respect for your opinion, so I would be grateful if you could please let me know your very brief thoughts on this issue. Many thanks for your kind help! -- Blairall (talk) 01:36, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
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WikiProject Genealogy - newsletter No.5 -2017
[edit]Newsletter Nr 5, 2017-12-30, for WikiProject Genealogy (and Wikimedia genealogy project on Meta)
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WikiProject Wikify: Current Backlog Reduction Plan
[edit]Hey, I noticed you marked yourself as a member of WikiProject Wikify and you are currently listed as active. I was wondering if you would be able to assist with our current backlog reduction plan. While traditional drives are more structured month-long sprints by WikiProject Wikify members, there is currently lacking activity within the project and in order to significantly reduce the incredible backlog, members are encouraged to review all articles marked with the Underlinked Template Message - {{underlinked}} - a list of which can be found here - to analyze the worthiness of the template message on the given article. Articles that have nothing to link or are have had wikilinks sufficiently added should have the template removed to clear the backlog and make it easier for editors to find articles in genuine need of wikification. This can be done by any editor; however, all editors should consider joining if they haven't done so already. Thank you!
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Neutral notice
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New York City
[edit]Per the template documentation, "New York City, US" is correct, rather than "New York City, New York, U.S." as in this edit. (Also, please don't link terms next to each other - it makes them look like a single link). Nikkimaria (talk) 13:31, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
A cup of coffee for you!
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Pamela Harriman
[edit]I had to revert in part your good faith edits to the Pamela Harriman article. Pamela became an United States citizen in 1971. She was appointed United States Ambassador to France. United States officials; President of the United States, members of Congress, United States ambassadors, etc., used the American style of The Honorable not the British style of The Honourable. You may want to read the The Honourable article; the article has detailed information about usage in the United Kingdom, the United States, etc. Thank you-RFD (talk) 10:20, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
March 2018
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Speedy deletion nomination of Prince George and Princess Charlotte ancestry sandbox
[edit]Hello Iamthecheese44,
I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Prince George and Princess Charlotte ancestry sandbox for deletion, because it appears to duplicate an existing Wikipedia article, Family tree of the British royal family.
If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.
You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions.
Anaxial (talk) 16:10, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
- I have just been looking through my list of sandboxes and it appears that I made a typo (I seem to have accidentally omitted the "/" that should have been at the beginning of the link) when attempting to create a sandbox in order to store my information. My apologies. I was trying create a sandbox for the purpose of storing my work somewhere while I compile references for it before posting it to the actual biography pages. I originally thought that you had deleted one of my sandboxes, which would be why my previous message may have come across as having somewhat of an annoyed tone to it. Again, sorry about the confusion, and thank you for alerting me to my mistake. ~ Iamthecheese44 (talk) 02:45, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
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Font size in navboxes
[edit]Please see WP:ACCESS#Text which states "Avoid using smaller font sizes in elements that already use a smaller font size, such as infoboxes, navboxes and reference sections."
Thanks. --woodensuperman 10:05, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
Drumpf
[edit]Hey, in here, you changed all the "trump" to "drumpf" - I assume that was through some trump to drumpf extension, right? You should make sure that extension is disabled when editing anything with Trump, or else that will get saved in an edit Galobtter (pingó mió) 13:22, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
Imran Khan
[edit]Hello, thanks for your edit at Imran Khan. I misread your first edit and thought you were just deleting the one disputed child, per some recent edit warring. :) †Basilosauridae❯❯❯Talk 04:57, 5 September 2018 (UTC)
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Category:21st-century American singers has been nominated for discussion
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WikiProject Genealogy - newsletter No.6
[edit]Newsletter Nr 6, 2018-12-25, for WikiProject Genealogy (and Wikimedia genealogy project on Meta)
![]() Participation: This is the sixth newsletter sent by mass mail to members in Wikipedia:WikiProject Genealogy, to everyone who voted a support for establishing a potential Wikimedia genealogy project on meta, and anyone who during the years showed an interest in genealogy on talk pages and likewise. (To discontinue receiving Project Genealogy newsletters, please see below) Now 100 supporters[edit]At 3 December 2018, the list of users who support the potential Wikimedia genealogy project, reached 100! A demo wiki is up and running![edit]You can already now try out the demo for a genealogy wiki at https://tools.wmflabs.org/genealogy/wiki/Main_Page and try out the functions. You will find parts of the 18th Pharao dynasty and other records submitted by the 7 first users, and it would be great if you would add some records. And with those great news we want to wish you a creative New Year 2019!
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- @GeekInParadise: Yes, I am interested in remaining active. ~ Iamthecheese44 (talk) 06:12, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
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Category:Children of Charlemagne has been nominated for discussion
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Category:Scottish footballers
[edit]Hi, this cat should remain for every footballer from Scotland. Please re-instate on those you have removed it from when adding the Footballers from Renfrewshire. It is correct for both to be present. Thanks. Crowsus (talk) 09:35, 24 March 2020 (UTC)
- Yes, this is a non-diffusing category. I have reverted some more changes. GiantSnowman 13:13, 24 March 2020 (UTC)
Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry
[edit]Dear Iamthecheese44. I see you have more than 42000 edits and are thus a very, very experienced editor. I am still more or less a novice. I usually add lists of siblings and children to biographies in which I get involved. Does Wikipedia have a rule about how to style such lists? I thought it was good enough when the article is about Mr. Smith to call his children John and Peter and I do the same with the children of the Marquess of Londonderry, whose surname is Stewart. Why repeat "Stewart" each time? The reader already knows that their surname is Stewart. Furthermore, I do not think they are Lords and Ladies. His eldest son will become Lord Londonderry when he succeeds his father in the honour. The younger sons who do not succeed will normally not become Lords, they will be commoners. Am I wrong? This is important for me as I have written quite a few such lists. If they all need to be changed to include the surname and add an appropriate title, that will be a big amount of work to be done. I try to be a disciplined Wikipedian and if something is wrong according to MOS or well established usage or even common sense, I will correct it once I have understood what the rule is and why it should be as you say. I will then dutifully change them all, but first I need to be sure. Somebody else might come along and tell me to remove the surname again and to add "Honourable" before the name, etc. I hope you will understand my hesitation. With many thanks Johannes Schade (talk) 17:24, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Sons of British monarchs
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A tag has been placed on Category:Sons of British monarchs requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:
This is already covered by Princes of the United Kingdom, we should not be further dividing people by gender
Under the criteria for speedy deletion, pages that meet certain criteria may be deleted at any time.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. No Swan So Fine (talk) 22:27, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
Question re: one of the categories you added: Is it really a music-related YouTube channel? I'm not sure. It makes fun of bad singing, but it's really a comedy channel. Up to you. -- Ssilvers (talk) 08:32, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
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[edit]Please help [email protected] YTKeshab (talk) 02:18, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
Category:Mortimer family has been nominated for renaming
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Category:Mortimer family has been nominated for renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 01:33, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
Frances Talbot, Countess of Tyrconnell
[edit]Dear Iamthecheese44. Thank you very much for your intervention on the article "Frances Talbot, Countess of Tyrconnell". I appreciate your careful well-balanced linking, neither over nor under, the correction of the punctuation. You seem to be always right in these matters. Of course, you are the cheese, a member of the GOCE, and a very experienced Wikipedian (almost 46000 edits!). I certainly have to learn a lot from you. However: -3189 is a harsh treatment. The major item in there is the timeline table. Obviously, it repeats information that is already in the article, but so does the Infobox. The timeline is presented collapsed and therefore occupies a single line. I have added such timeline tables to about 60 biographies. I am tempted to bring it back. There might however be a very good reason (MOS?) for this deletion that I do not know about. Why had the image of the miniature have to go? I thought it was quite cute. Is there some issue with it? The Latin text in the photo is difficult to read, so I added a table with the text in it, but perhaps there should not be such lengthy Latin in the English Wikipedia. I found out you are an expert in family trees, e.g. the article "Family tree of Belgian monarchs". I am astonished you did not touch mine. Most editors seem to ignore the family trees that I have added on about 80 biographies. Perhaps it should have been presented collapsed. Besides, I have been kindly reproached, some time ago, by user User:Martin of Sheffield for using dual dates. MOS:OSNS states that dates "should be assumed to have begun 1st of January". I thought I had fixed them all, but I see that there are some left in "Frances Talbot, Countess of Tyrconnell", e.g. in the Infobox, which gives her birth date as "9 March 1730/1", which, according to MOS, should be simply "9 March 1731". My fault. I will fix this. There are still a couple of other minor issues that I would like to discuss with You, but I fear I have already taken too much of your precious time. Please accept, Iamthecheese44, the expression of my highest consideration, Johannes Schade (talk) 08:25, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
Mary L. Trump & degree abbreviations
[edit]Hi, your edit incorrectly changed the abbreviations of degrees: "The Manual of Style on abbreviations, above, eschews the use of periods with acronyms. For example, use MD and PhD, not M.D. and Ph.D."
thanks, 73.69.184.160 (talk) 15:07, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
Nomination of Sophie Lascelles for deletion
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Daily Mail reference at John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough
[edit]Hi. Please do not use the Daily Mail as you did at John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough. See WP:DAILYMAIL. Kind regards, Robby.is.on (talk) 08:56, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
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[edit]Re: your edit summary
[edit]About your edit summary here: you are quite right, it was sheer laziness on my part to revert the whole edit; my apologies. --JBL (talk) 20:58, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
Category:Members of la Société entomologique de France has been nominated for discussion
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Request for help
[edit]Hello, back in 2017 I requested some help with a family tree section on a page for a royal family. We have the same issue now on the page Norwegian royal family. The king's brother-in-law died and several editors tried to paint his box red but couldn't do it properly. We ended up making it look like the king and queen and the king's surviving sister are all dead. Can you help out with that? It would be very appreciated. --Killuminator (talk) 23:23, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
Sure thing. I’ll take a look at it. Iamthecheese44 (talk) 10:34, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
Duty Clarity before all
[edit]Hello & thank you for all the good work you do! This, however, was clearer & more informative before, for the average reader of an encyclopedia. I was going to revert it but saw a bunch of other little fixings & thangs which I don't know what they mean and I was afraid to damage that part. Why not spell their names out? Or will you be around to fix what you did when they die?--SergeWoodzing (talk) 13:56, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
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[edit]Use of deprecated/unreliable refs
[edit]Hi, in going through nobility articles removing poor sourcing, I noticed you had added refs to findagrave and thepeerage.com pretty recently (mid-2020). These are unreliable sources, with the latter deprecated. You also added a citation to History of Royal Women to the above article, which is a blog and therefore unacceptable unless the author is an expert (which they are definitely not). I don't know if you've continued using these sources but I thought I should bring this to your attention if you weren't already aware. Thanks, JoelleJay (talk) 20:51, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
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[edit] Please do not add or change content, as you did at David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. DrKay (talk) 21:16, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
- I understand the concern, and I do not make a habit of doing it, but the content in question was literally stated at the very beginning of the article. The information I changed wasn't new to the page, and what was there previously had been in direct contradiction to what had been written earlier. ~ Iamthecheese44 (talk) 00:57, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
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