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Happy editing! SwisterTwister talk 04:35, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Renaming categories[edit]

Hi, when making nominations that change the word order, e.g. Category:French music to Category:Music of France, please would you also insert a {{DEFAULTSORT}} with the country name, so that the page will be correctly sorted after renaming? – Fayenatic London 15:08, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Fayenatic london Ok, where and how should I do that? Just manually in the category? Before or after renaming? NLeeuw (talk) 15:36, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, in the category page, right above the categories.

After renaming works – see my current edits.

But if you can do it while nominating, that would save work. – Fayenatic London 16:02, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tagging large number of categories[edit]

You may request for help at Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Tasks, provided there is a list of categories to be tagged and one category contains an example tag that contains the section title on the CfD page. Alternatively you may request usage of the AutoWikiBrowser for yourself. Marcocapelle (talk) 03:17, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! NLeeuw (talk) 07:41, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Content forking[edit]

Hi. The new List of Turkic countries is just WP:CFORK of deleted Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Turkic dynasties and countries which was nominated by you. The new one is worse than the original deleted list. Just wanted to notify you about it. --Mann Mann (talk) 23:40, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mann Mann Thank you! NLeeuw (talk) 23:42, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question regarding old edits[edit]

A few years ago, you added the 1919 Rebellions to the List of wars involving Luxembourg article. Recently, these edits have been removed as people say they were not a war. I saw you have made a decent amount of edits regarding Luxembourg, and I wanted to ask your opinion. I know this was many years ago, but I noticed you made a few edits to Luxembourg-related content, so if you are interested, there are ongoing discussions about the Luxembourg Rebellions articles. LuxembourgLover (talk) 00:00, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Foundation for Medieval Genealogy[edit]

Please note that user:Dmitry Azikov has added references using FMG as a source. As seen here, it may be necessary to remove fmg from articles, again. --Kansas Bear (talk) 20:44, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads-up. NLeeuw (talk) 20:46, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your input is valuable[edit]

I really appreciate your input regarding the modern period discussions. It's been very helpful! I understand if you feel disheartened at having to defend the same point over and over again. I feel the situation with historical periodization is very much a matter of Randies from Boisie wanting to place themselves at the same level as academic historians. I doubt they would ever do with the natural sciences, that is "real" science.

I'm really going to do what I can to try to improve our historical coverage and periodization beyond the mere listing of historical events (as is the case at human history). What's sorely missing from Wikipedia is obviously input from professional historians or at least people with a grasp of historiography. And the attitude of way too many history-writing Wikipedians is most likely discouraging a lot of academics from commenting. A very good example of this is the reaction to this thread over at Viking Age.

If you want to get back in the discussion, I think your input would be very valuable. But if you want to just share suggestions or thoughts regarding this and similar issues, don't hesitate to contact me through the email form.

Take care! Peter ^Isotalo 09:11, 10 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Peter Isotalo Thanks, I appreciate your message! You and I found a lot of agreement in our understanding of the topic and Wikipedia's coverage of it, and the RS as well as the policies and guidelines are on our side. But in order to enforce it, we would have to engage in conflict with the few non-expert Wikipedians who disagree, and at the moment I do not choose that battle. (It's quite frustrating that after conceding to move the discussion to another talk page, I still did not get any substantive response or concession from the other side). I'm sorry to abandon you, but at this point we have too few others who agree with us to easily settle the issue. I'm moving on for now, but perhaps I'll revisit the question in the future. Cheers, NLeeuw (talk) 09:25, 10 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

	The Original Barnstar
	For your helpful insights and input regarding Wikipedia's coverage of modern history. Peter ^Isotalo 09:13, 10 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]