Bkonrad

Why did you delete Michael Williams? 193.119.102.196 (talk) 11:04, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

If you mean this edit, there is no article for the person. older ≠ wiser 13:22, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
So! Many of the entries don’t. It’s just to provide information on a Michael Williams citation. Why not mind your own business? 193.119.102.196 (talk) 21:22, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
Which other entries do not have a linked article that supports the usage? older ≠ wiser 23:38, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Wikidata item Q11312604 references "Snow Peak" as the English article, and that is the article to which the ja-wiki article is linked. Furthermore, it's unnecessary to have (company) in the name when the awkward parenthesis could be placed on a less-frequently visited disambiguation page. Please stop reverting the article to "Snow_Peak_(company)".

Ishiura (talk) 12:29, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

Wikidata does NOT in any way ever dictate how articles are titled in English Wiki English. Do not move pages by cutting and pasting the content as that makes a mess of the edit history and attribution of contributors. If you are not able to move a page yourself, you can make request following instructions at WP:RM. As this is not an uncontroversial move, it should be discussed to establish consensus that the company is the primary topic. older ≠ wiser 12:36, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
OK. I'll create a topic on Snow_Peak_(company)'s talk page.
Ishiura (talk) 12:47, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

 

Dear Bkonrad,

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Twenty Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for twenty years or more. ​

Best regards, Chris Troutman (talk) 14:05, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

So 3 of my edits, on things like (name) and what it’s referring to pages, you quickly removed information about that name could refer to. All of them were specific abilities inside of a Roblox game. And I can’t cite for that because it’s a small edit and there isn’t gonna be an entire news article about a new ability inside of a Roblox game. May I politely ask why they were reverted? Also, I’m new to Wikipedia, just so you know. JAFactsDude (talk) 02:27, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

The edit summary was pretty clear (aside from one where I may have inadvertently hit rollback). None of the terms were so much as mentioned in the linked article. That is a minimal requirement for a disambiguation entry. There is no point to direct readers to pages that have nothing to say about a topic. older ≠ wiser 03:40, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
Okay, make sense now. JAFactsDude (talk) 03:42, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

For fuck's sake, I'm working on it on my phone, you destroyed most of my work, what's the hurry??!@ Arminden (talk) 15:00, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Get a grip. You removed the disambiguation template (without any indication more work was forthcoming) and I restored it. If you consider that as having destroyed most of your work, you seriously need to re-consider what you are doing. older ≠ wiser 15:49, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

		The Editor's Barnstar
		Thank you for helping me fix the inconsistency in Greek letters!

2001:EE0:4BCB:C070:ECDE:4F49:EAC2:92CB (talk) 01:31, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Back in 2004-2008, when I was an active contributor, and I'd see someone make a change that was useful, but required some extra work to make it comply with the rules, I would do that work for them, rather than reverting the change.

It appears things have changed in the last 20 years. Feel free to edit the neck gaiter article to describe how it can be referred to as a "buff". Here are some sources (usage is colloquial, hasn't quite made it into the Macquarie Dictionary yet). I'm going to log out for another decade or so. Aramգուտանգ 21:18, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

What was the reason for the revert? Also, Chime is a prominent DJ, albeit without a wikipedia page yet, I thought this should suffice in the meantime. Perhaps it should be moved to a different section of the Chime page? Or should I provide a source? Finesden (talk) 23:17, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

The purpose of disambiguation pages is to help readers navigate to existing articles with relevant content. If the is no article to direct readers to, then there is no reason to add an entry to the disambiguation page. older ≠ wiser 23:22, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
Okay, thanks. I'll try to keep that in mind when editing disambiguation pages.
But on that note, how come this exists on the page: "Amazon Chime, an enterprise collaboration service from Amazon Web Services". It doesn't link to a page called Amazon Chime. Finesden (talk) 23:31, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
Without scouring history, I couldn't say for certain, but it may be that the linked article Amazon Web Services used to contain some mention of Chime. But there is no trace I can see in the article, so it should be removed. older ≠ wiser 23:47, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

@Bkonrad Respected sir,

Many thanks for reverting my tag on the above page. Since I am a beginner, I would like to know why. So I do not make the same mistake again.

I am sure, that "CML" is a well-known and accepted abbreviation of "Classic metaphyseal lesions". I can support this statement with several authentic references. But last time when I did it [on some other disambiguation page], the tag was reverted, and when requested to educate me, the answer was that "no references are allowed on Disambiguation pages."

So I am -kind of - in a bind. If I put an authentic reference, the tag is reverted, because it is not allowed. If I do not put such a reference, the tag is reverted [for the supposed reason], that it is an unacceptable abbreviation.

So what should a beginner do?

Kindly enlighten and oblige. Thanks.

Anil1956 (talk) 03:47, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Anil1956, your edit did not link to any existing article. The sole purpose of disambiguation pages is to help readers find articles with content relevant for an ambiguous topic. Please review WP:disambiguation and WP:MOSDAB (or see WP:DDD for a very brief summary). older ≠ wiser 17:54, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

I noticed you removed my {{db-g7}} from TACL (disambiguation). You left the edit note Perfectly fine redirect. But I don't see why anyone would link to TACL (disambiguation) if they mean to link to a disambiguation for TACL when TACL is itself already a disambiguation. I only created the page in the first place because TACL was previously not a dab, but rather contained the contents of TACL (programming language), which has since been moved to that page. Could you clarify your reasoning? Brusquedandelion (talk) 05:01, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

See WP:INTDABLINK. While at present, there aren't any pages that need to link to this particular dab (such as in a hatnote or see also section), this redirect would be used if any such need arose. Chances are that even if this redirect were deleted, it would have soon been recreated. older ≠ wiser 09:07, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

Hello. You’ve removed the mention of the biggest Dutch bicycle lock manufacturer without any explanation in this edit, care to explain please? Thanks. Andrej Shadura (talk) 06:58, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

At the time, the entry was not linked to any article. older ≠ wiser 09:48, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi Bkonrad,

would you please let me know why the edit of "Integration Management Office", which is hard to find, but often used in fusion contracts of companies with the acronym IMO was reverted? SabineWanner (talk) 18:20, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

And I just noted that you also reverted TSA a couple of years ago. Why that? What is wrong with contributing rare acronyms?SabineWanner (talk) 18:25, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

SabineWanner, disambiguation pages are not glossaries of acronyms. Each entry requires one blue link to a article that contains information about the ambiguous topic. Please review WP:Disambiguation and WP:MOSDAB. For a very abbreviated summary, see WP:DDD. older ≠ wiser 20:35, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
Wiki has changed a lot even in this case. I remember very different times. Thanks for the clarification. This makes Wikipedia useless to a certain extent. It's good to know and will help a lot during my next conference, when I talk about "How to use Wikipedia for translation". SabineWanner (talk) 05:24, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
The requirement that every entry have a blue link is not new. older ≠ wiser 09:23, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

...and not nitpicking another editor's choice of making an important word a wikilink. You're the reason so few potential new editors, many of them with subject matter expertise more impressive than yours in most (if not all) areas, have any interest in participating in the Wikipedia project. Please begin editing in good faith. Thank you! 100.15.238.176 (talk) 04:19, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

Your concerns about "excessive information" and "excessive links" frustrate this librarian exceedingly. Are you concerned about bandwidth, or just an unhappy meddler? SteGenevieve (talk) 04:34, 27 April 2024 (UTC)