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Topik terhangat ] (]) 05:55, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
== About becoming an administrator ==
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Hi, I just wanted to let you know that I've ] if you're interested in participating. ''']]''' 19:55, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
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:Will give my input as soon as someone opens up the review. Don't feel qualified enough to review this topic... but can review sourcing and general protocol adherence. <span style="font-weight:bold;color:darkblue">]</span>🍁 19:59, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
Thank you!
::Reviewing sourcing and general protocol adherence would be fine. ''']]''' 23:45, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
::Three users have commented so far. ''']]''' 16:38, 19 December 2024 (UTC)


== Thank you ==
] (]) 21:08, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
Thank you for The Citation Barnstar Moxy! ] (]) 08:14, 23 November 2024 (UTC)
:].....thank you very much for the invite...but I will have to decline. As someone who now contributes alot to our policies and other ] pages I think it's best I stay above the fray of being an admin. I have been here a very very long time and think it's best if I am interpreting community consensus.... that I not be involved in daily implementation of thoses policies. I also think its best the next generation of Wikipedians police themselves. That said there are some tools I would like to use.....but not so much so that I would take on the burden of being an admin. Again thanks for thinking of me.--] (]) 03:15, 14 April 2017 (UTC)


== November music ==
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greetings from a trip -- ] (]) 16:21, 25 November 2024 (UTC)


Thank you for coming over! - I uploaded pics of a trip that was a 10-day celebration of a 16 November event, but the day was also when a dear friend died. We sang ] at his funeral yesterday, and it was good. --] (]) 19:54, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
Dear Moxy,


== Hello ==
I was just reading the article on Qin Shi Huang and noticed that the reference of its lede to his was downplayed by the clause "though a closer examination renders the account doubtful". Reviewing the article about the burning and burying, I noticed a section titled Skepticism, which was based on the work of a single unlinked scholar named Michael Nylan. I checked the talk page of Qin's article and found an unsigned comment complaining about this downplay, and here the story became even stranger. The complaint mentioned that the references justifying it were themselves of dubious quality, one being from the Falun Gong and the other a Christian media outlet. I have replied to the comment and am seeking the expertise of a Wikipedian focused on ancient Chinese history. I checked the China article and found you to have many recent edits there. Care to lend a hand?


Hello,I'd like to meet you. Can we be friends, please? Where are you from? Has Misplaced Pages been an audience for you? Thank you. Happy editing!
Sincerely,
] (]) 01:52, 29 October 2018 (UTC) r ] (]) 17:18, 25 November 2024 (UTC)


== The Washington Times == == Edit summary ==


Can you ''please'' make sure to add an edit summary in all your edits? Thank you for your contributions though! <span style="font-family:monospace;background:blue;padding:.2rem;color:white">]&lt;]&gt;()</span> 17:21, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
Hello,


:I dont bother for vandalism <span style="font-weight:bold;color:darkblue">]</span>🍁 17:35, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
I was just wondering if you can take a quick look at the talk page at ] about ongoing lead issues. There has been a lot of news spamming and unencyclopedic content pushed lately, and it would be nice to have someone more level headed look at it.
::Sorry to bother you, have a good day! <span style="font-family:monospace;background:blue;padding:.2rem;color:white">]&lt;]&gt;()</span> 11:02, 27 November 2024 (UTC)


== Please revert my edits. ==


@] hello, Why did you delete what I had written in the articles on ] and ]?!! This content is now available in other Misplaced Pages languages. Please revert my edits as I have properly researched them carefully before making them. Thank you, good luck. ] (]) 10:32, 1 December 2024 (UTC)
Thanks!


:see ] ...more info at ]<span style="font-weight:bold;color:darkblue">]</span>🍁 14:26, 1 December 2024 (UTC)
] (]) 00:38, 30 October 2018 (UTC)


== "Communist state", "Socialist state, "List of socialist states" and "List of communist states" ==
== Australia's head of state, again ==


Hi
Howdy. An Rfc at ] has opened, concerning the topic ''head of state''. ] (]) 20:27, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
:If you're able, please check for deletions of edits in the page history ] (]) 22:29, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
:I like this source....what you guys think.... worded very well. {{cite book|author=Cheryl Saunders|title=It's Your Constitution: Governing Today|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QQ8h8zhJ9U8C&pg=PA106|year=2003|publisher=Federation Press|isbn=978-1-86287-468-8|page=106}}--] (]) 22:35, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
::Yes. Of course, every textbook would more or less say the same. No point to having an RfC when it is ignored and links to it deleted from the talk page. ] (]) 23:40, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
:::Will be honest here....I'm a little lost on what you're talking about....what was deleted?--] (]) 23:43, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
::::I think Travelmite is pointing out that when Skyring made adjustments to the Rfc at ], he deleted my mentioning the 2016 Rfc which was held at ]. I've since restored it. ] (]) 23:48, 30 October 2018 (UTC)


I am back! :) I won't edit war with you or anything else, really!
::::Skyring started an Rfc, about 20 minutes after I started mine. A bit a of mix up at first, but we combined the two in to one. ] (]) 23:50, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
:::::I can't find any academic sources about this.... there are few that mention there's been a debate but that's clear to most scholars what the legal standing is.--] (]) 00:26, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
::::::When the great David Smith declares the governor-general Australia's head of state, Elizabeth II just doesn't have a chance ;) ] (]) 17:30, 31 October 2018 (UTC)


But I want to collaborate. You reverted my edits on "Communist states" for the simple reason that there was a "Lots heres doing best to restore to before puppet edit... retaining 7 edits".. But you didn't say anything about the quality of my edits. All those edits were made by reliably third party sources. I am wondering if you are interested in going through those edits together to see what you actually disagree with? The same goes for the "List of communist states".
Oh yes. Skyring/Pete ''will'' dig in his heels. ] (]) 21:00, 4 November 2018 (UTC)


As for the "socialist state" article, you wrote, "Last good copy i can see", despite my whole text being referenced by tertiary sources. I can also source primary sources, showing that Marx and Engels never used the term "socialist state" and the fact that Lenin said that the USSR was not a socialist state. Again, I would like to go over the edits with you and find out what you disliked soooo much.
== Religions ==


I won't make a single edit without you, and without consultation with the wider community on those pages. However, its important to note that this time you actually have to discuss because I am not going anywhere :)
Hi, I am having trouble transferring all my citations to the article so I am adding them manually.


] (]) 17:15, 31 October 2018 (UTC) Have a nice day, hope to hear from you! ] (]) 07:56, 6 December 2024 (UTC)


: <span style="font-weight:bold;color:darkblue">]</span>🍁 14:51, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
@] best bring this to the articles talk page... references and formatting issues that need to be addressed before they will let you put it in.--] (]) 17:20, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
::Yes, that is why I messaged you here. Are you interested in a talk?
::Secondly, my edits on "Communist state" was not a "mass removal of content or whole article change".... Most of the information was retained, but the article restructured. I would like to hear you're opinion on this. ] (]) 14:58, 6 December 2024 (UTC)


:::The article was certainly restructured, but it doesn't appear to be correct to say that most of the information was retained - for example the revision seems to omit discussion of Trotskyist theory. ] (]) 00:46, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
I re-uploaded it. There should be citations included now if you would like to check them out.
::::You are mixing up articles. The "Communist state" article, as it is now, does not have any information on Trotskyist theory. As for the socialist state article, it presents Trotskyist theory wrongly. Trotsky did not articulate a different conception of socialist state from that of Stalin, but he believed that Stalin's policies degenerated/deformed the communist state.
] (]) 17:23, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
::::So please, if that is you're only objection to the revert then please change you're objection. ] (]) 11:49, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
:Don't get caught plagiarizing ?--] (]) 21:39, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
::{{ping|Vif12vf}} {{ping| Nikkimaria}} Context <span style="font-weight:bold;color:darkblue">]</span>🍁 15:00, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
:::But why are you reintroducing this discussion? Why can't we all agree that we want to improve Misplaced Pages? As for the communist state article, you reverted on the grounds "Lots heres doing best to restore to before puppet edit... retaining 7 edits"... That is, you don't really have a reason for reverting it. You have not written one specific reason for why my edits on communist states were bad. Not one single one. Can't you, at the very least, give me that? What was worse? What changed?
:::I feel that instead of actually telling specifically what is wrong Moxy, you are intentionally vague. I mean, I am about to send in articles on the communist form of government and the highest state organs of power in communist states do the '']''. I am not a fool on this topic; and my submittion has been written under the supervision of specialists in the field from the University of Oslo. This is not to say that all my opinions are correct, and I should be treated any different from any other users. But you could at least show me some respect by saying specifically what is wrong with the article. Reverting texts on the basis of "Last good copy i can see" sounds like bullying to me.
:::So please come up with something specific. But to make the following clear
:::# Marx and Engels did not articulate a theory of "Socialist state"; they never used the term "socialist state". If they ever mentioned a new form they used terms like "Republic of Labour", the "Social Republic" et. cetra. I can say this because I have read most of Marx's works.
:::# Lenin did not have a different conception of the state than Marx and Engels, theoretically. That is, Lenin did not have a different conception of the state from Marx and Engels. All three believed the state to have a class character, to be the executive committee of the ruling class. This is not to say that Lenin did not have different ideas from Marx and Engels, he did, but he did not have a different state conception. Lenin, unlike them, used the term "proletarian state", "socialist state" et cetra but never defined them. Despite naming the new state the Union of SOviet Socialist Republics, Lenin wrote, "Nor, I think, has any Communist denied that the term Soviet Socialist Republic implies the determination of the Soviet power to achieve the transition to socialism, and not that the existing economic system is ''recognised'' as a ''socialist order''" Trotsky more or less agreed, he believed the USSR had created the condition for socialism in 1925 writing that the establishment of a state “monopoly of foreign trade" "is the necessary condition of socialist state structure in a capitalist environment.” At last, Marx only defined the first post-capitalist period as a transitory period, "Between capitalist and communist society there lies the period of the revolutionary transformation of the one into the other. Corresponding to this is also a political transition period in which the state can be nothing but the revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat" Lenin agreed, and despite using the term socialist and workers' state, Lenin never drew the line that Stalin would later make. He believed that the SOviet state was unique, noting, "It follows that under communism there remains for a time not only bourgeois law, but even the bourgeois state, without the bourgeoisie!". This is unlike Stalin that talked about "a new type of state"
:::# Trotsky did not have a different conception of the state from Marx, Engels or Lenin, but he vehementely objected to Stalin's policies. He believed the USSR to be a ''degenerated workers' state'', but his understanding of state was no different from Marx, Engels and Lenin. I have never read anywhere that Trotsky had a different theoretical conception of what a socialist state was from Stalin either. He opposed Stalin's dictatorship, but he believed in the planned economy and the nationalisation of industry. His objection was that a socialist state could not be achieved without democracy.
:::When treating these topics one must understand the essence of ], which is that the state is a product of specific material relations and the ruling class of the state is a byproduct of these (elementary Marxism). One must also understand that the term workers' state is not necessarily synonymous with socialist state. Its a term that denotes the goal of representing the working class but not what Marxists call the material circumstanes. That is why Lenin wrote, "A workers’ state is an abstraction. What we actually have is a workers’ state, with this peculiarity, firstly, that it is not the working class but the peasant population that predominates in the country, and, secondly, that it is a workers’ state with bureaucratic distortions." The clearest definition Lenin ever gives of what socialism, and indirectly a socialist state is, is the following, "For socialism is merely the next step forward from state-capitalist monopoly. Or, in other words, socialism is merely state-capitalist monopoly which is made to serve the interests of the whole people and has to that extent ceased to be capitalist monopoly."
:::As for other glaring missteps, why does an article on the socialist state have a section on "Reform and revolution"? Bernstein, Kautsky et cetra never really used the term socialist state in their articles or books. The disagreement between them and the Bolsheviks was not socialist state, but how to take power on behalf of the working class. Unlike Marx, Engels and Lenin they believed they did not need to destroy the bourgeouisie state to succeed in their socialist aims. I say Marx because he wrote, "But the working class cannot simply lay hold on the ready-made state-machinery and wield it for their own purpose. The political instrument of their enslavement cannot serve as the political instrument of their emancipation"
:::As for the section, "Criticism within left-wing movements", nothing is referrened by third party sources.
:::"A people's republic is a type of socialist state with a republican constitution". A people's democratic state is, by definition (according to Marxist-Leninist teaching), a state that has an organisational form of state power that is communist, but still has not established the pure leadership of the dictatorship of the proletariat. That is why Laos constitution states "people's democratic state. A people's democratic state does not constitutionally enshrine a socialist economy; a socialist state does. THis is important because the ruling class is a reflection of material circumstances.
:::I have written long now, and only used primary sources: my tertiary sources are the ones you reversed Moxy. None of these articles have been written by people who have read Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin, and obviously the basic lack of understanding of Marxist-Leninist theory is way obvious. I have read these; you clearly have not: I have also read the academic literature on these topics, as my edits you reversed prove.
:::As far as that goes that means you should at least bother to discuss things with me, say specifically what is wrong and come with constructive feedback on how to improve these articles. You have failed to do so, and instead come with vague sentences to defend what is (but failing to them the actual content in the current articles). ] (]) 12:26, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
::::Wondering if this is the difference between western education vs not. Dont have time for a wall of text with no source nor cotent suggestions, but on point 2 "Marxism predicted that the working class, or proletariat, would rise up in a spontaneous revolution. However, Leninism argued that this revolution needed leadership from a vanguard party made up of professional revolutionaries. While Marxism foresaw a temporary dictatorship controlled by the proletariat, Leninism resulted in a lasting dictatorship led by the Communist Party. Additionally, Marxism mainly focused on revolutions in industrialized nations, whereas Leninism also recognized the revolutionary potential of peasants in mostly agricultural countries like Russia." <span style="font-weight:bold;color:darkblue">]</span>🍁 12:41, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::# I have a Western education; I'm from Norway. If you want references, see my versions of communist state and socialist state articles; I mean, it is there and you know it. :)
:::::# Marx was vague, but he said a transitory period, you are correct. Lenin's aim with the Russian Revolution was to start a revolutionary wave and transform Germany into a communist state (the ]). This was important since Russia was, as Lenin repeated time and again, a backward country that had barely developed capitalism. Notice that Lenin did not negate Marx's theory that revolutions should occur in advanced states; his theory was that capitalism was weakest in the periphery (like Russia and China), and that revolutions there would instigate revolutionary waves in the advanced capitalist states. So Lenin agreed with Marx, but he foresaw that the revolutionary wave would not start in England. However, Lenin never negated Marx's central claim. Lenin also had problems dealing with the state; when would the state begin to whither away? Immediately during the transition or at the end? That is why Lenin also failed to articulate a theory of law/legal system. If the state would whither away why have a legal system? Stalin was the man that dealt with these questions.
:::::# Because of the failure of the Munich Revolution, Lenin and the Bolsheviks had a big problem.... Russia was a backward state and could not foreseeably construct socialism without advancing capitalism. Lenin then began to theorise that the communist party should take responsibility for implementing "civilisation" (that is, capitalist and socialist policies) in Russia. By saying so, Lenin admitted that Russia was both ways; it had a non-capitalist ruling class but a feudal-capitalist economy. Stalin, however, believed one could "skip" capitalism, " we do not regard our country as the base of the revolution, we have not got what is needed to build socialism, and we cannot build a socialist society—in which case, if the victory of socialism in other countries is delayed, we must resign ourselves to the prospect that the capitalist elements in our national economy will gain the upper hand, that the Soviet regime will decay, and the Party will degenerate." Lenin, of course, increased the transition, but he never said that Russia was socialist (he also opened up for the possibility having two or three stages; a lower, middle and advanced stage). It was Stalin that made the transition a very long affair, which he made clear in his speech to the Joint Plenary Session of the Central Committee and the Central Control Commission of the 16th Congress on 7 January 1933;
:::::<blockquote>“Some comrades have interpreted the thesis about the abolition of classes, the creation of a classless society, and the withering away of the state as a justification of laziness and complacency, a justification of the counter-revolutionary theory of the extinction of the class struggle and the weakening of the state power. Needless to say, such people can not have anything in common with our Party. They are either degenerates or double-dealers, and must be driven out of the Party. The abolition of classes is not achieved by the extinction of the class struggle, but by its intensification. The state will wither away, not as a result of weakening the state power, but as a result of strengthening it to the utmost, which is necessary for finally crushing the remnants of the dying classes and for organising defence against the capitalist encirclement that is far from having been done away with as yet, and will not soon be done away with.”</blockquote>
:::::Important to note here is that Stalin introduced two amendments to classical Marxist doctrine: firstly, he postponed communism, and secondly, he answered the vexing question of how communists should deal with the state. However, Stalin had still not been able to articulate why the Soviet state represented a new form of state. And, in fact, he never did. Instead, on 5 December 1936, the Soviet Union adopted a new constitution that defined it as a “socialist state of workers and peasants”. This is an exceedingly vague term, and Stalin only mentions in passing in his speech, “On the Draft Constitution of the U.S.S.R”, that “we now have a fully formed multinational Socialist state”.
:::::And yes, its a long "wall of text", but this is a complicated topic and I'm trying to show you a modicum of respect by actually representing what actually happened instead of simply writing "wrong". ] (]) 16:40, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
::::::] stop after seeing " I mean, it is there and you know it. :"...for the 4th time ] so others can be invovled. <span style="font-weight:bold;color:darkblue">]</span>🍁 16:47, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::::Why? I don't stop reading you're text despite you always repeating that im a sockpuppeter or referring to a mistake I made.... Show some class; I am only trying to establish a level of trust between us.
:::::::As for the talk page; you are the main obstical; you are the one that reverted the changes, and you seems to single-handedly fail to actual write why my changes are bad. Either accept you did wrong, or plainly write it down. ] (]) 17:02, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
::::::::@], I agree that this kind of thing belongs on an article talk page, and since this is the "bury everyone in walls of text until everyone gives up or you all get blocked" is the kind of thing I mentioned being worried about in the unblock discussion. If you get really stuck with someone, you can try getting a ] to break the deadlock. But otherwise it's probably best to just move on to a different article. There are all kinds of things that need doing, many of which are articles that don't even exist yet. -- ] (]) 18:31, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::::::I will leave be; I really just wanted to get a fresh start with Moxy; that was my sincere wish. Let bygones be bygones and get a functioning working relationship. It was not as easy as it seemed.
:::::::::Moxy, I will always be open to working with you. If you ever change you're mind you know where you'll find me! ] (]) 13:41, 8 December 2024 (UTC)


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== Religion == == ] ==


Hi! I'm not seeing the copyvio problem there could you lay it out for me in words of one syllable? I saw the text you searched for in the book, but not that it was in the content added by the student user. What did I miss? Thanks, ] (]) 11:11, 2 November 2018 (UTC) Hi there. I know you do a lot of edits on Canadian topics. Would you have a moment to look at ]. I'm getting the sense this is a failed political candidate (but accomplished individual), and have not found significant coverage to support notability. I'd appreciate your opinion. Thanks. ] (]) 12:01, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
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:Agree not much out there to make a cese for notability. <span style="font-weight:bold;color:darkblue">]</span>🍁 17:06, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
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::I'll see if I can find some sources. Maybe AFD but I'll look around first. Thanks! ] (]) 17:44, 12 December 2024 (UTC)


== Opinion needed == == Australia Page ==


Hello. Would you be interested to say your opinion about the issue raised here ]? Thanks in advance. --] (]) 02:17, 5 November 2018 (UTC) Thank you. Over the thing I said about “the land down under” redirect, I just want to let you know that it is a new redirect just created recently ] (]) 05:46, 13 December 2024 (UTC)


:See ]. <span style="font-weight:bold;color:darkblue">]</span>🍁 15:39, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
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=== December music ===
How about requesting references first, before removing? --] (]) 15:05, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
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:Going to copy info from main article.... list of people isn't helpful tells us nothing. Going to clean up the article.--] (]) 15:07, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
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Listen today to ]'s 3rd cello sonata, on his birthday - it was a hook in the ] when his 250th birthday was remembered. I picked a recording with ], because he was on my ] this year, and I was in Brazil (see places), and I love his playing. --] (]) 21:58, 16 December 2024 (UTC)


I come to fix the cellist's name, with ] and new pics - look for red birds --] (]) 19:53, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
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:Omg so many.... bloody fantastic ] <span style="font-weight:bold;color:darkblue">]</span>🍁 19:56, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
Hi. I have reverted an edit of yours on this article, and would like to remind you about ]. When your '''''B'''''old edit has been '''''R'''''everted by another editor, the recommended next step, if you continue to think the edit is necessary, is to '''''D'''''iscuss the dispute on the article talk page with other editors, but not to re-revert it, which is the first step to ], a ] which is not allowed. Discussion on the talk page is the only way we have of reaching ], which is central to resolving editing disputes in an amicable and collegial manner, which is why ]. While the discussion is going on, the article generally should remain in the ''status quo ante'' until the consensus as to what to do is reached.


== I am honestly just confused, because you are saying the data is incorrect with no evidence ==
You should know that the issue of "In popular culture" sections has come up several times, and there has never been a consensus that these sections should not appear in Misplaced Pages articles, or to allow their wholesale removal. Please take this into consideration when you start the discussion on the article talk page. Reverting again without a discussion and a consensus will most probably result in a report being files at ]. ] (]) 23:45, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
:Pls join the ongoing chat about the new addition so and yes restore would be best ].--] (]) 00:17, 14 November 2018 (UTC)


Every single edit I have put matches the links you have provided. Not a single person has had a problem with my edits other than you, as you clearly seem to always want to revert them.


First you said "it's incorrect, you wrote 6.9% when it's 4.9%". When you realized I wrote the EXACT same number that you provided and said was correct instead, you still undid my edit... when it clearly is correct data. You have not provided a real reason to undo these edits.
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Please discuss this with me. I would like to cooperate. What is the problem with the edits I have put in? ] (]) 17:37, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
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:Been waiting ] <span style="font-weight:bold;color:darkblue">]</span>🍁 17:39, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
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:You have not provided one SINGLE example of what does not match between the information in the link you provided (The Daily article) and the source I used for population groups. They seem to all be consistent and no one has had a single problem with my edits apart from yourself. Can you please provide, either here or on the Canada talk page what "information doesn't match" (as you have written), because I am dying to know! I am confused. ] (]) 18:08, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
::Again.....copy paste
::Change of stats...''' South Asian (6.9%), Indigenous (4.9%), Chinese (4.5%), Black (3.8%)''' sourced to the (that I assume was self calculated).
::Old stable version...'''South Asian (2.6 million people; 7.1 percent), Chinese (1.7 million; 4.7 percent), and Black (1.5 million; 4.3 percent). The Indigenous population representing 5 percent or 1.8 million individuals''' sourced to an analysis of the raw data by those who published it saying <span style="font-weight:bold;color:darkblue">]</span>🍁 23:10, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
:::Just reverted stating ....yet source says "According to the 2021 Census, there were 1.8 million Indigenous people, representing '''5.0%''' of the total Canadian population,''' up from 4.9%''' in 2016.". <span style="font-weight:bold;color:darkblue">]</span>🍁 17:37, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
::::I see you have stated on the Canada talk page "close but different", but the difference between 4.9% and 5.0% is simply rounding. If you want to be academic as you have stated, ''' please work with me!''' :)
:::: is the link I am working with. Scroll to the very bottom. You will see "Indigenous peoples 1,772,025". Statistics Canada may round it to 1.8 million - they tend to just round when writing. For example, the Latin American population in that same link I provided is 579,010 but in link that ''you'' provided, it is rounded to 580,000. If your concern is just 1.8 million vs 1.7 million or 5.0% vs 4.9%, this still makes the data consistent! The total Indigenous population, 1,772,025, over 36,328,475 people is 4.87%. 4.9% is the best rounding. Also, try to keep in mind this is government data, it ''is'' consistent when they post numerous articles! All from the same data source - the census.
::::Please let me know if you have any other concerns, I would genuinely like to clear them up, learn more, or discuss them! ] (]) 18:20, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::Every number is different not just the Indigenous one. The Indigenous one is the one i noticed first because your number is from 2016 that has incresed since then. Best go back to main tlak so other can explain all the problems. <span style="font-weight:bold;color:darkblue">]</span>🍁 18:25, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
::::::Hmmm not sure I follow to be honest. Can you provide links with specific examples? Still failing to see any mismatch, everything looks consistent as far as I can see. Please provide specific examples "every number is different" is a bit less work than I have put into explaining your concerns. It does kind of feel like you just want to revert my edits for no reason. Everything is consistent man! ] (]) 18:26, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
::::::"Best go back to main tlak so other can explain all the problems" the problems which you yourself seem not to even see, and which no one else had a problem with either? ] (]) 18:31, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
::::::If you know how to bring attention to or bring people to the talk page, that would be awesome. I just need some validation because clearly neither one of us two sees any problems with my edits... just need people to find the talk page. :/// Unfortunate, honestly ] (]) 18:35, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::You have also stated "That said....I think I agree we should stick with statistic Canada group's over Misplaced Pages made up groups such as European Canadians", so I see you're not fundamentally against my edits as I initially thought but just want accurate data written. I hope you can see that it is accurate and if you agree, since no one else was against my edits, let's get the StatsCan groups back up over arbitrary groups like "European Canadians"!
:::::Let me know. ] (]) 18:25, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
::::::Problem I have is your calculations not with the groups being presented. Back to tlak pls. <span style="font-weight:bold;color:darkblue">]</span>🍁 18:28, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::::I am calculating the percentages exactly as they are provided. Can you give any more examples? What do you mean with my calculations?
:::::::It says clearly the total population. It says clearly the white population. I can divide these two together to get a percentage? I would like to understand...
:::::::moving to talk page shouldn't be a priority because too much text wall there will prevent people from reading it and what is on the talk page is already both of our main points. But what is wrong with my calculations? ] (]) 18:30, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::::My calculations... I clearly stated "The total Indigenous population, 1,772,025, over 36,328,475 people (total population) is 4.87%. 4.9% is the best rounding". First you had a problem mismatched data, then a problem with my calculations... honestly... no basis. You make these claims like mismatched data and problems with calculations with ZERO explanations. ] (]) 18:41, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
::::::::But our source being used says ....so why a difference when you do the calculation? <span style="font-weight:bold;color:darkblue">]</span>🍁 22:05, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::::To be honest, what you wrote (the first paragraph on the Canada talk page) is such non-sense which is why no one is commenting on it. What you wrote and what you are concerned about just makes zero sense.
:::::::'''Unless you are actually going to defend your points ("problem with calculations", after you found out the first argument of "mismatched data" didn't live up), I am going to be re-inserting my edit. Because it is accurate government information with a valid government source that is correctly calculated. You are making such nonsensical claims!'''
:::::::'''What you wrote, "simply because the percentages don't match the statistical analysis that has been published by the Daily", has been addressed. It DOES match up. Therefore, it has been discussed in the talk page, and I am more than justified in re-inserting my edit WHICH NO ONE OTHER THAN YOU HAD A PROBLEM WITH TO BEGIN WITH, as I have addressed your concerns and you have not brought up a single legitimate concern since then. First you stated it is mismatched, then you switched to a problem with calculations for which you have provided zero examples. Fin.''' ] (]) 21:11, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
::::::::Your free to ask for input from others ], But till you have ] best not to editwar back in your version that is contested. My position is simple.... think it's best we regurgitate over your calculation of the raw data. This would also reflect how other sources present the information.... that is verbatim because of ..like
::::::::*{{cite book | last=Meadus | first=R.J. | title=Communication for Nursing and Health Care Professionals: A Canadian Perspective | publisher=Canadian Scholars | year=2023 | isbn=978-1-77338-365-1 | url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=-tbQEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA76 | access-date=December 19, 2024 | page=76}}
::::::::*{{cite book | last=Khosa | first=F. | last2=Ding | first2=J. | last3=Tiwana | first3=S. | title=Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Healthcare: From Knowledge to Practice | publisher=Academic Press | year=2024 | isbn=978-0-443-13252-0 | url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=xcIAEQAAQBAJ&pg=PA106 | access-date=December 19, 2024 | page=106}}
::::::::*{{cite web | last=Little | first=William | title=Chapter 11. Race and Ethnicity | publisher=BCcampus | date=September 7, 2023 | url=https://opentextbc.ca/introductiontosociology3rdedition/part/chapter-11-race-and-ethnicity/ | access-date=December 19, 2024}}
::::::::*{{cite web | last=Marif | first=Diary | title=Vancouver, Surrey, Calgary, Toronto, Brampton, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal | website=South Asian Post | date=December 19, 2024 | url=https://www.southasianpost.com/article/8378-ethnic-diversity-grows-greater-victoria.html#:~:text=Racialized%20groups%20in%20Canada%20are,racialized%20groups%20varies%20across%20regions. | access-date=December 19, 2024}}
::::::::*{{cite web | title=South Asians (7.1%), Chinese (4.7%), Blacks (4.3%) represent 16.1% of Canada's total population | website=Indo-Canadian Voice | date=October 27, 2022 | url=https://voiceonline.com/south-asians-7-1-chinese-4-7-blacks-4-3-represent-16-1-of-canadas-total-population/ | access-date=December 19, 2024}}
::::::::<span style="font-weight:bold;color:darkblue">]</span>🍁 21:33, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::::::It is contested by not a soul except for yourself, because it is clearly raw government data. You are disputing it for no reason then saying not to enter it because it is disputed. LOL.
:::::::::Please bring people in to the discussion on Talk Canada. ] (]) 21:50, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::::::Are you a troll? What you are saying does not make sense. The data you would like to regurgitate perfectly matches the raw data. Like 100%. The raw data is easily calculated. You are providing beyond zero substance, I honestly because you cannot be serious. ] (]) 21:54, 19 December 2024 (UTC)


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I think it is very cavalier of you to anoint yourself the arbiter of what is , especially when you said information to "main page". <span style="color: #8B0000">Caradhras</span>Aiguo (<small>]</small>) 20:20, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
:opps sorry forgot to save it to the other page ...all done now.--] (]) 20:46, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
::No, that's besides the point. It is quite inappropriate to remove an infobox when there is an on the content of said box. <span style="color: #8B0000">Caradhras</span>Aiguo (<small>]</small>) 20:56, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
:::Oh I see had no clue people were talking about the spammed boxes I thought it was the main infobox they wrere talking about. It should not be in the article to being with//// will explain on that tlak page in a bit.--] (]) 21:01, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
::::{{tq|spammed boxes}} is merely your opinion. For instance, the infobox at <nowiki>]</nowiki>, now <nowiki>]</nowiki>, had been present since before you unilaterally removed it. <span style="color: #8B0000">Caradhras</span>Aiguo (<small>]</small>) 21:08, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
:::::Would be great if it was that size now or even the size when it passed the GA review...but on well.
::::I think it's quite clear that there's no consensus for your edits to ] and ]. ] (]) 22:20, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
::Seems your right nreserved sethe ofor efiotrs lIke it.. despite the accessibility concerns. When you guys have a chance you should read over ] and ] and ]. Don't lose the GA status because your not aware of some basics.--] (]) 02:07, 22 November 2018 (UTC)

== Galleries in Uganda article. ==

Hello, I appreciate you contacting me about your concern about the galleries. I am been doing a lot of cite maintenance which led me to the Uganda article. I often edit for presentation if I see items to be improved. Example: I changed the use of multiple image to thumbnails to eliminate the use of px, ]. I do not edit for content unless I am knowledgeable about the subject. The reason you gave for image removal was ] which I am aware of. I felt the images added to the article and using a gallery was a more appropriate presentation. I used the second gallery to group the other random images. They were pushing other images away from article content, "Avoiding stack-ups", ]. I agree that the article has too many images (including 2 for education) but contributors resist the removal of content. Content for many of the images is lacking. Example: The climate classification image has no supporting text in the article, not even a section header.

The images in the first gallery probably belong in ] which was probably created to shorten the Uganda article but is lacking content. Like I said the images in the second gallery seem random and could easily be removed. Feel free to remove any content. -- ] (]) 16:45, 22 November 2018 (UTC)

== What's up? ==

Hey, Moxy...

If you have any questions or concerns about portals and the direction they are heading, I'd be happy to discuss them with you.

In the meantime, perhaps I can clarify the rationale behind the recent growth of the portal system...

The strength of the current portal model is to display between 20 and 70 topics. As you go over 70, the whole thing tends to bog down, such as with load times and possibly even time out errors. My guess is that most people won't bother to click through a slideshow much longer than that anyways. Cramming more into a portal simply overloads it while burying topics in overlong slideshows.

In order to do huge subjects justice, the tendency is to split them into multiple portals. That has been one factor driving the proliferation of portals.

But, we've been having trouble with some editors trying to make sense of portals as a whole, confused by the growing eclectic list of them.

What we've been focusing on over at the Portals WikiProject is subject or point-of-contact enhancement...

The big philosophical concept we are implicitly exploring these days is ''whether or not an article with a link to a like-named supporting portal is more enhanced than an article without such a link''.

The answer seems to be that portals provide useful support to whatever subject they are made for (as long as they don't fall below the display range mentioned above), and therefore, they enhance the like-named subject articles they are added to.

That has been the main driving force for the creation of new portals.

With the technology we have at the moment, subjects with particular media support (such as a navbox footer and pictures on their root article) are much easier to build than those without those elements. Also, the limit of WP's search engine makes it difficult to harvest past the 11,000 results limit. These factors have influenced the current assortment of portals we have now.

Though, we are adapting ways to fill in the gaps.


As for the development of portal technology and features, the driving force has been the complaints lodged in the RfC of last Spring.

For example, one major complaint was that material on portals had grown stale (being unmaintained). Another was that their coverage never changed (being unmaintained). Yet another was that news items were out-of-date (being unmaintained).

Therefore, the Portals WikiProject undertook to redesign all the components of portals to make them run by themselves.

This has resulted in virtually maintenance-free portals.

A side-effect of this is that the code for portals is almost entirely interchangeable. The code for one often works for another. This has resulted in portals being able to be built in almost a single click.

Where this is heading has become rather obvious to some of us in the Portals WikiProject: eventually, there may not be any physical portal pages at all. Just a link or button on the sidebar menu that the reader clicks on to create a portal that appears on the fly, that disappears when they leave the page. We call that the "Quantum Portal".

Until then, portals must be stored pages, like all the rest of the pages on Misplaced Pages. But perhaps not for long. Quantum portals may be just a few years away.


There are many ways to look at the portals project, but the main factor of that area of the community is that it is a center of innovation and applied imagination. So, that makes it into a lab. Who knows what developments will come from there. We've already transformed portals once, and it looks very likely that portals will transform again and again. The portals of the future may be something very different indeed.

Only time will tell.

I think it is a healthy thing.

We are already seeing glimpses of possible applications for the underlying technologies to be applied to improving other areas of Misplaced Pages. Such as semi-automating development and maintenance of outlines, indexes, glossaries, books, navbox footers, articles (see ]), and so on.

MediaWiki has evolved into a robust wiki-supporting system, but many of its innovations have been made with non-Misplaced Pages wikis in mind. The design of the main encyclopedia has been relatively unchanging or static. Therefore, in order to remain in touch with MediaWiki's improved capabilities, we need centers of innovation like the portals project. The editors there are tinkering with some very interesting tools, which they may in the future apply all over the place in new and useful ways.


I hope I've been able to provide some perspective on portals and how they fit into the big picture. Again, if you have any questions or concerns about portals and the direction they are heading, feel free to share them with me.

Cheers.

Sincerely, <span class="nowrap">&nbsp;&nbsp; &mdash; '']''&nbsp;&nbsp; </span> 00:08, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
:I agree with The Transhumanist's "crash course" summary here. Portals really were about to be killed off, as unmaintained, outdated junk, and have been saved by a measure of automation as to their content presentation, though there are ways of "sculpting" that. The new system keeps them functional for readers without much editorial overhead. <span style="white-space:nowrap;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"> — ] ] ] 😼 </span> 00:49, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
:: Good point. Regarding sculpting, they are highly modular, and highly customizable, with several contributory templates to choose from. <span class="nowrap">&nbsp;&nbsp; &mdash; '']''&nbsp;&nbsp; </span> 09:44, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

=== What about the original colors? ===

*This all sounds great ....so we can keep all the colors...any way to pic only FA images for ]? Would love to see portals I made keep there official colours....--] (]) 14:38, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
{{Portal:Canada/Related portals}}
:In answer to a question from {{u|The Transhumanist}} on my talk page: {{tl|Box-header colour}} accept a {{para|colour}} parameter which can be set to standard values such as red or to a RGB hexadecimal value in the form #rrggbb, e.g. #ff0000 for red. ({{para|color}} should also work.) ] (]) 00:23, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
:: {{ping|Certes}} See ]. The colors rendered by Box-header colour are not the same as the colors inputted. Indigo, for example, turns out like Medium Orchid:

{{Box-header colour| Indigo? | colour=#4B0082|TOC=yes|SPAN=yes|EDIT=yes}}

:: Border colours and text colours are also lost.

{{Box-footer}}

:: Evad applied some algorithm to convert the entered colors to MOS-compliant accessible colors.

:: Canadian Red turns out like this:

{{Box-header colour|Canadian Red?|colour=#C40C0C|TOC=yes|SPAN=yes|EDIT=yes}}

For the actual color, see https://www.colourlovers.com/color/C40C0C/Canadian_Red

{{Box-footer}}

:: It would be nice to customize, when a specific color theme is desired. <span class="nowrap">&nbsp;&nbsp; &mdash; '']''&nbsp;&nbsp; </span> 00:46, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
:::] has a color problem too.--] (]) 04:23, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
:::Ah, I see! The template uses ] to tone down the colours in a complicated way. Essentially, it produces a pastel shade in the right part of the spectrum which would make a suitable background for black text. I can see why you might not want to do that, as pinky grey doesn't really shout "Canada". We'd either need a fork of Box-header which does the same thing without the colour mangling, or some new parameters to override the calculations and specify the various colours explicitly. I expect that this is all done because some colour combinations have accessibility issues, but I hope that readers who can see the current version would be equally comfortable with white on dark red. ] (]) 13:00, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

:::On second thoughts, it's probably best to use {{tl|Box-header}} directly:
{{Box-header|title=Canadian Red| titleforeground=white| titlebackground=#C40C0C| foreground=#C40C0C|background=white| TOC=yes| SPAN=yes| EDIT=yes}}
Canada is a big country with lots of ] and ] things.
{{Box-footer | Click ] for more Canadian stuff }}
:::] (]) 13:14, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
:::: {{ping|Certes}} Cool. Thank you! Now I can do ]. {{:)}} <span class="nowrap">&nbsp;&nbsp; &mdash; '']''&nbsp;&nbsp; </span> 18:33, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
:::::I also think that for the country related portals, falling back to {{]}} will be a good idea (that's how I got the colors at it at ])&nbsp;—&nbsp;<span class="texhtml">''''']]''&thinsp;]'''</span><!--{{subst:User:FR30799386/sign}}--> 14:05, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

== Canada's issue ==
Can I add the sound file of the national anthem "O Canada" to the article. ] (]) 13:33, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
::There have been a few talks about it in the past and most seem to have a problem with it especially the of key American band version.--] (]) 16:44, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

== Thank you again ==

I thank you for editing the article and removing this huge amount of images. Because if the religion section has many images, this will not be something fair to the rest of the other sections. ] (]) 14:26, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

== how did you do this? ==

With {{diff|List_of_Canadian_monarchs|870057318|870056657|this edit}} to ], you added a citation that looks like this:
:<code><nowiki><ref name="LanegranUrness2008">''''. Minnesota Historical Society Press; 2008. <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css" />]&nbsp;]. p. 10.</ref></nowiki></code>
This cite has similarities to cites that I've seen elsewhere what were done by visual editor and that include underlying html normally provided by the cs1|2 templates. This cite lacks all of that except for this:
:<code><nowiki><templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css" /></nowiki></code>
which, as far as I know, is used only by the cs1|2 module suite and {{tlx|Catalog lookup link}}. That tag shouldn't normally appear in article wikitext.

So, what I'd like to know is: what were the steps you followed to make this edit?

—] (]) 01:36, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
::No clue what your talking about. ...source was copied over from another article and looks to have been there for a decade..--] (]) 01:52, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
:::Ok, thanks. Can you point me to that article? I can't seem to find any use of the book title 'Minnesota on the Map: A Historical Atlas', it's ISBN, or its url in any article except ].
:::—] (]) 09:28, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

== and I under stand now I need to wait to see what other people say about it so I will wait to see what other people say thanks for working with me ==

Thank you!!

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:Same to you thank you very much. <span style="font-weight:bold;color:darkblue">]</span>🍁 18:34, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
I was going through the article of New Zealand and found some amazing content. I was wondering if you would like to use our image as a source?


== President of Canada ==
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Moxy, who created this absurd re-direct? Just delete! ] (]) 21:05, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
== Please explain ==


:People have tried in the pass to no avail.... that could be one of our topic discussions. <span style="font-weight:bold;color:darkblue">]</span>🍁 21:07, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
Hi Moxy, could you please explain ? There were some good edits in there. Thanks. ]&nbsp;] 17:36, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
::But this was a joke, surely. Why take it so seriously? ] (]) 22:28, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
::Thank you for bring it up....in the revert I missed a good IP edit as seen below. Other then that ....removed 2 images added because of sandwich to text ... removed duplication of portals at the bottom.... and a language abbreviation in the lead has been disputed for a long time.--] (]) 22:23, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
:::Alright, well there were also some grammar fixes. I agree with you about the language in the lead. ]&nbsp;] 08:28, 12 December 2018 (UTC)


== ] ==
English forces under the Earl of Leicester and then Lord Willoughby faced the Spanish in the Netherlands under the ] in a series of largely indecisive actions that tied down significant numbers of Spanish troops and bought time for the Dutch to reorganise their defenses.<ref>{{cite book |title=Ground Warfare: An International Encyclopedia, Volume 1 |date=2002 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |page=45}}</ref>


it is called FANDOM not wikia for a few years now... if youre gonna revert my edits at least EXPLAIN WHY ] (]) 11:38, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
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== Kyrgyzstan edit ==
Hello Moxy!

This message is in reference to the recent edit you made to the Kyrgyzstan Misplaced Pages page "(→‎Gender in Kyrgyzstan: moving huge new addition from student to main article on the topic Demographics of Kyrgyzstan as per WP:UNDUE lots for this country overview article)." I took a look at the WP:UNDUE that you cited and don't quite understand how my contribution does not abide by the guidelines for "depth of detail, quantity of text, prominence of placement, juxtaposition of statements and imagery" that would deem a contribution inappropriate. As a new user, I would appreciate your expertise and input.

Thank you!
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:Country articles are supposed to be overviews of all the topics related to the country.... what was added overwhelming and far too much detail for this article..... it was moved to ] ...a more suitable article.--] (]) 00:00, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
::Thank you for your response. I understand what you mean about detail, however, the politics section of the Kyrgyzstan article is lengthy and contains multiple subheadings as well. Gender seems to be a relevant topic to the overview of a country, as is religion or politics. Do you think a shorter section would fit the guidelines for due and undue weight better? Thanks again!
] (]) 00:12, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

:::Adding a paragraph on the topic would be resonable. ....noting was lost... tell your teacher it's all at ]. Will be doing this with the majority of additions.--] (]) 00:17, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
::::Thank you for your concern about my professor being able to access my work. Thankfully Misplaced Pages Edu gives professors access to all student work, whether or not it is moved or deleted. My inquiry was for my own purposes. Could you clarify your last statement? Thanks, ] (]) 00:32, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

== Gender Equality added gender equality portion from sandbox https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=User:Nw510510/sandbox&redirect=no ==

How's it going man I think you keep reversing my contributions. I'm trying to add a section on gender equality in Eritrea for one of my college assignments can you revert my additions back on the main page? Thank you. <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 04:17, 17 December 2018 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:: the additions are inappropriate for the pager trying to find them 2. Please continue editing the page you created.--] (]) 04:20, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
::pls do not add this all over.... your draft page is fine for your assignment. Will be emailing the teacher explaining what the problem is with the addition by all the students.--] (]) 05:10, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
*Hi Moxy - we're going to get in touch with the professor. I'm sorry that this happened. ] (]) 15:18, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

== Gender Equality dded gender equality portion from sandbox https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=User:Nw510510/sandbox&redirect=no ==

What do you mean inappropiate? <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 04:31, 17 December 2018 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== Remove my section on the VR article ==

Hi!

I was wondering if you would care to elaborate on this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Virtual_reality&diff=871092017&oldid=871074106&diffmode=visual
You removed it on the ground of:
"remove as its sourced to a private YouTube channel"
I do not really understand this. Does this mean that you cannot refer to SpaceX's offical youtube channel as a source for their rockets?

Sincerely <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 11:00, 17 December 2018 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== Splitting articles ==

Hey, I noticed you are splitting out articles created by WikiEd students. Articles that are split need attribution (see ]). Also, categories would be helpful. ] (]) 17:49, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
::Yup will go back and fix it all after I do 27 more--] (]) 20:24, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
:::{{re|Moxy}}{{hp|Natureium}} the easiest way to give proper attribution when splitting articles is to provide a link to the source article in your edit summary. Trying to comply with attribution policies after performing the split would be considerably more work. ]]🍁 22:37, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
:::: I agree with ]'s comment that attribution is most easily done at the time the edit is made. Besides that, other things may intervene, both on- and off-Misplaced Pages (formerly called, "real life"), and you may never get around to the intended attribution later. Remember that, unlike ] which are recommendations, attribution is not "merely" policy, it is obligatory per ]. Also, articles that are split should have discussions on the Talk page first, unless they are completely uncontroversial. There has already been at least one split performed that doesn't meet this criterion (]). See also the discussion at ]. Adding ]. ] (]) 08:33, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
{{od|::::}}
In the case of the split of portions of ] to ], I see no ] justification for the split on either of the two article Talk pages or anywhere else. Furthermore, the split was incorrectly carried out. Some portions of what you removed from the article was written no later than 14:00, November 29, 2016 by ] (]) and therefore antedates recent Wiki Ed student editing at the article by two years. This material should not have been removed without discussion or attribution. (There may be other, even older content that was removed; it would take me too long to run it all down, so I didn't bother.) For the moment, I've reversed this split to the status quo ante, until we can figure out where we are on this one.

This was rather a minor headache to figure out, document, and fix. I don't relish the idea of doing it again twenty more times. Can you please hold off on any more splits for the time being, and go to the Talk pages of the articles concerned, or some other appropriate venue, to discuss these splits first? If you have performed other splits, please immediately raise a discussion on the Talk page of the article(s) concerned to justify it (them) as noncontroversial, and please double-check that the content you moved was the content you intended to move. I should note that this article and the ] article are the only recent article splits of yours that I have checked. I have no idea what the status of any others might be. Thanks, ] (]) 09:09, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
:I dont think you understand what is going on here. We have students adding huge sections to our country articles that are essays style and overwhelming undue in size for theses articles. I an not going to sit here and see our article all messed up because some kid needs to pass a course. Fell free to join an ongoing chat at ] one of the many examples....as per ] --] (]) 12:51, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
::I've added the required attribution for ten splits you did from December 15 to 17. Please do this yourself in the future when moving content from one article to another. It's required by the terms of our license. — ]&nbsp;<span style="color:red">🍁</span>&nbsp;(]) 15:23, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
:::Thank you so much....... had every intention on fixing when done.... but have been having to deal with some that don't know what's going on. Still waiting on email from the teacher.--] (]) 17:11, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
:: I'm following the discussion at ] and I do understand what you say about students adding ] sections to country articles. I appreciate your efforts towards dealing with it. Multiple avenues are open for this: reversion, reduction to ] length, ] leaving ] behind, and so on. Still, leaving attribution is required and not optional.
:: You're right that the professor needs to become involved if this is as widespread as you claim. As ] said in ] to you at ENB, the best way to do this is by going through the appropriate Wiki Ed person, as they have additional methods of contact open to them. I'm sure they would give you a heads-up if you ping them. I don't think the situation is of such extreme urgency that one needs to rush to split immediately without attribution, and approaching this too precipitously may lead to compounding the issue as in the case of ]. I'll have a look at ], thanks for the tip. ] (]) 18:24, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
:I think I can see why this is a big problem all over this year over passed years....pls see ].--] (]) 18:36, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
::Moxy, when it comes to something like this, you should treat student editors like other Wikipedians. If they dump a whole lot of content into an article that you can viably split into an article, I think you should do so. It's helpful to explain to the student what you did, and it's good if you can ping me (or Shalor, or Elysia, based on what's assigned to the course), in case we need to explain anything further to them or the instructor. ] (]) 19:09, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
::Sound good I will add more to my post to them and link our policies and guidelines in the edit summary. Pls see my post at Diannaa page as linked above. You guys are running into some serious problems and most people aren't like me and won't move things will just delete them. --] (]) 19:17, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

==Merry Merry==
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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Hello Moxy,<br/>
Early in '']'' the young ] and his friend Jim Prothero witness smoke pouring from Jim's home. After the conflagration has been extinguished Dylan writes that <blockquote>Nobody could have had a noisier Christmas Eve. And when the firemen turned off the hose and were standing in the wet, smoky room, Jim's Aunt, Miss. Prothero, came downstairs and peered in at them. Jim and I waited, very quietly, to hear what she would say to them. She said the right thing, always. She looked at the three tall firemen in their shining helmets, standing among the smoke and cinders and dissolving snowballs, and she said, "Would you like anything to read?"</blockquote> My thanks to you for your efforts to keep the 'pedia readable in case the firemen chose one of our articles :-) Best wishes to you and yours and happy editing in 2019. ]&#124;] 08:44, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
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== Help portal ==

Sorry, didn't know. {{smiley|4|size=30px}} <span class="nowrap">&nbsp;&nbsp; &mdash; '']''&nbsp;&nbsp; </span> 12:45, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

NP....::).--] (]) 12:49, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

== Hello there ==

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== 2019 ==

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Happy new year 2025, opened with ] that first sounded OTD in 1725 (as the Main page has). -- ] (]) 17:49, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
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--] (]) 20:55, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

Please check out "Happy" once more, for ], and sharing (a Nobel Peace Prize), and resolutions. I wanted that for 1 January, but then wasn't sad about having our music pictured instead. Not too late for resolutions, New Year or not. DYK that he probably kept me on Misplaced Pages, back in 2012? By the line (which brought him to my attention, and earned the first precious in br'erly style) that I added to my editnotice, in fond memory? --] (]) 14:35, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

== Edit ==

Is right? I have never seen any rule that says Centre always comes first. It's usually left to right... ] (]) 19:23, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
:It makes sense I guess....there's no rule.--] (]) 22:01, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

== AN/I notice ==
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== Random images ==

Yup, as I had thought, it was different earlier, as in:
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|6=]'', a martial art native to Kerala]]
|7=] competes at a chess tournament in 2005. Chess is commonly believed to have originated in India in the 5th century CE.]]
|8=] has set many batting records, including most runs in both tests and ODIs and most number of centuries in both tests and ODIs, making him one of the most successful cricketers ever.]]
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This is not a real program though, which would have required Saravask's skills, and I myself could have written it. Will investigate why and when it was changed. These are the headaches in a heavily trafficked article such as ]. You should really repost it there. There was no edit-warring over this bit. Thanks for catching it though. ]] 15:44, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

: I removed my post... as I see in a section above people are talking about this. It is very odd to see images changing some more relevant than others some better quality than others etc.. but I see you're engaging in problems a lot larger than just images. Looks like someone took portal technology and slipped it into an article in an attempt to shoehorn in every image they liked. Wondering if we should bring this up see if others think we should have a policy against or for this type of thing in an article.--] (]) 15:53, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

::Could you explain "portal technology" a little please? I didn't understand that part clearly. ]] 17:09, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
::They use ] to pic random images.--] (]) 19:23, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

== Visible minorities tables ==

My recollection is that a user was behind the mass additions of visibility minorities tables that were full of zeroes, such as would be created from for ], but major cities have zero zeroes in their demographic composition, which is why the tables are appropriate at ], ], etc. I have tried finding the banned user but have had no luck yet. Thought it was {{u|Djodjo666}} but no block history. <s>Perhaps that was a sock of a sockmaster.</s> Looks like I am totally wrong on that. My wires likely just got crossed with my memory of Djodjo666 adding equivalent tables at one point. (Sorry Djodjo666). Cheers, ] (]) 02:54, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

:So I found this discussion – ] – which the now permanently blocked xenophobic UrbanNerd initiated, characterizing these tables unjustly as offensive. {{u|Djodjo666}}, Moxy, and I were each involved among others. ] (]) 04:23, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

:Also (and off-topic) why are there no edit buttons associated with each section on your talk page?! :) ] (]) 04:24, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

::That looks about right....I posted a message on one of the city articles. As will start the consensus process again.--] (]) 04:47, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

:::Hooray, edit button! Thanks.<p>With the clarity you have since provided at ] I think this is easily resolvable. I will cease advancing this here and keep it over there. ] (]) 04:53, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
== H:? listed at ] ==
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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect ]. Since you had some involvement with the ''H:?'' redirect, you might want to participate in ] if you have not already done so. <!-- from Template:RFDNote --> ] (]) 17:03, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
== Misplaced Pages:Help listed at ] ==
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== Portal:Help listed at ] ==
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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect ]. Since you had some involvement with the ''Portal:Help'' redirect, you might want to participate in ] if you have not already done so. <!-- from Template:RFDNote --> ] (]) 17:06, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
::I took care of the problem....as last thing we want are people not familiar with our help system redirect thousands of pages to the wrong thing.--] (]) 16:05, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

== Poverty in Ethiopia ==

https://en.wikipedia.org/Poverty_in_Ethiopia

"Despite these improvements, poverty is still extremely low within the country"

do you mean high?

http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty/publication/ethiopia-poverty-assessment

poverty remains widespread in Ethiopia

] (])

== Help requested for ]==
This template has seen a lot of content dispute recently. Some accounts (and ip addresses) just keep making wholesale changes to the entire structure of the template without discussion at the talk page. I had recently requested and obtained protection for it, but it expires in a week. Could you keep this in your watchlist or suggest some one else in topic area history to do the same. Regards, (] (]) 07:05, 20 January 2019 (UTC))

== I don't know how to read or find what you told me was being discussed. It's hard to understand this website ==

I don't know how to read or find what you told me was being discussed. It's hard to understand this website <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 00:49, 22 January 2019 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:Great to hear from you have been trying to communicate for days with you. Could you read over ] and ].--] (]) 00:53, 22 January 2019 (UTC)


Ok thank you I'll take those two things under consideration and I really appreciate you sending them my way!

Where/how do you think creating links between articles should happen?
Adding to "see also" headings?
adding/links to many articles in the article

does my question make sense? I'm trying to help with what I percieve to bea lack of some cohesion <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 01:12, 22 January 2019 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:Hopefully ] will help.... but basically we don't need to link common terms like Canada or terms already Linked In the article.--] (]) 01:20, 22 January 2019 (UTC)


thanks again for more info, and that summation <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 01:24, 22 January 2019 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== Hal Lesueur birth certificate ==

Greetings,
could you please explain why the source is not usable? It is also available through familysearch.org for everyone to review. ] (]) 07:15, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

== Hello?!? ==

you did not respond to my message above. Why not? ] (])
:Pls review ].--] (]) 20:37, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
::that was someone else's message. I'll post my message again below... ] (])

== Poverty in Ethiopia ==

https://en.wikipedia.org/Poverty_in_Ethiopia

"Despite these improvements, poverty is still extremely low within the country"

do you mean high?

http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty/publication/ethiopia-poverty-assessment

poverty remains widespread in Ethiopia

] (])
: feel free to make any adjustments with sources as you see fit..... I'm not the creator of the content just the person to transfer the information to a new article from an existing page.--] (]) 02:13, 23 January 2019 (UTC)

::but you didn't attribute the article to anyone other than yourself so you are infringing on the copyright of someone else (or multiple people). ] (]
::See page history. --] (]) 20:27, 23 January 2019 (UTC)

== THANK YOU MOXY ==

I never imagined that you would welcome me but on that note thankagain
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== NEED A FAVOUR!!! ==

I am a new user in Misplaced Pages so if I may .see a tourist that would be you. Agreed pretty please I really. need it okay text your reply to my talk page
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Hi Moxy


], my ] 300 years after the first performance, is up for GAN. ] will be my story tomorrow. --] (]) 21:29, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
Mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas


My ] is about a composer who influenced music history also by writing. Did you watch Masilo talk and dance? --] (]) 11:10, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
Many thanks for your comment on my recent edit. You say that" "OMG theses source have zero value now"


== Copyright problem on <s>]</s> ] ==
Far from being 'of zero value', they are actually invaluable and very precious records of stories that would otherwise have been lost. Far from going out of date, these sources are all UNIQUE RECORDS of myths that were transcribed around the turn of the 20th century. Academics depend on such records to write studies of mythology.


Some of the content you added to the above article appears to have been copied from https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/11-627-m/11-627-m2024030-eng.htm, which is not released under a compatible license. Webpages of the Government of Canada are protected by copyright. Unfortunately, for copyright reasons, some content had to be removed. Please let me know if you have any questions. ] (]) 23:19, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
All are available to view online via websites such as archive.org. So they are still very much alive


:I don't think the article named in the subject line is the one you mean: I don't see any Canadian content there. ] (]) 23:30, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
I've been working with world myths and legends for over 30 years and have written collections for many prestigious publishers including the British Museum, Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press so I do know what I am talking about!
::Yes wrong link ...but @] can you restore this please as per permission=https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/reference/licence and https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/reference/copyright ... Forgot to do attribution I only did it for the images my bad...it come from that is .<span style="display:inline-flex;rotate:-15deg;color:darkblue">''']'''</span><span style="display:inline-flex;rotate:15deg;color:darkblue">]</span> 01:18, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
:::Hi Moxy. The StatsCan license is different from the general license for the other Govt of Canada stuff. This looks like a compatible license to me. I will bookmark that page in case it comes up again. Sorry for the autofill error in the header. ] (]) 14:56, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
::::All good thank you...you are the best!!!! <span style="display:inline-flex;rotate:-15deg;color:darkblue">''']'''</span><span style="display:inline-flex;rotate:15deg;color:darkblue">]</span> 15:21, 4 January 2025 (UTC)


== Quebec edits ==
Don't hesitate to get in touch if you'd to discuss this further.
Best wishes
] (]) 11:56, 1 February 2019 (UTC)


My guess is that the editor is a francophone; the edits look like the simple past, if it existed in English. ] (]) 15:57, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
== Operation Barbarossa Hitlers wiki page ==


:Agree.....lets guide them to French Misplaced Pages. <span style="display:inline-flex;rotate:-15deg;color:darkblue">''']'''</span><span style="display:inline-flex;rotate:15deg;color:darkblue">]</span> 16:03, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
{{reply to|Moxy}}] (]) 05:02, 3 February 2019 (UTC) I just changed it because that's not the proper statistic for Operation Barbarossa,it was about 3 million. I was just trying to make sure that the right information is portrayed. that is why I linked it to the operation Barbarossa page, since it shows total size of the force, which is about 3m for the the axis powers for June 22.
:Will add real source with state {{cite book|author=André Mineau|title=Operation Barbarossa: Ideology and Ethics Against Human Dignity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZLcDEUZfW4EC&pg=PA1|year=2004|publisher=Rodopi|isbn=90-420-1633-7|page=1}}.--] (]) 05:11, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
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== Apologies == == 3RR ==


You've just violated ], you know the basics. ]] 00:57, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
So sorry about reverting your edit to ] I think I may have done an accidental rollback there. Cheers! ] (] set ]/]) 05:17, 7 February 2019 (UTC)


:Looking for a productive conversation..... is there a reason you don't want to follow the manual style other than other articles exist? <span style="display:inline-flex;rotate:-15deg;color:darkblue">''']'''</span><span style="display:inline-flex;rotate:15deg;color:darkblue">]</span> 01:01, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
== Top icons ==
::There's nothing in ] that suggests that your way is the style. Now please self revert your 3RR violation. ]] 02:34, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
:::There is no violation this is something you should know as an administrator. I will not self revert based on a threat. As for the comment about BIO page not listing this very specific topic ... is because we have a wider general manual of style for all articles in relation to accessibility for our readers... be it based on disabilities or purely for ease of reading. Is this something that is really worth your time? <span style="display:inline-flex;rotate:-15deg;color:darkblue">''']'''</span><span style="display:inline-flex;rotate:15deg;color:darkblue">]</span> 02:44, 7 January 2025 (UTC)


== Mortal Sin (humor) ==
Genuinely out of curiosity, where was the consensus/idea to add check mark top icons to the various templates you've been changing? ] (]) 14:12, 10 February 2019 (UTC) {{ppor}}
:{{Reply to|User:Primefac}}No talk trying it out.....waiting for feed back.....great to see someone finaly notice. What do you think does it make it clear that pages are policy or a guideline? TrYing it after a talk i saw about how our protocol pages seem like all the other pages and should be distinguished like an FA article. Was thinking if people like it..to move the template to a permanent home not in the temp..but transcluded automatically. It is odd our protocols dont have there own namespace or identifier like the MOS. I have no problem reverting if its causing some sort of tec issues,,,or if it was to bold.--] (]) 14:30, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
::My initial reaction is that it is redundant and perhaps confusing given the inherent connotations of a check mark. Please ping me with a link to the discussion if you start one; I'm interested in what others think about this. <small>—&nbsp;]<sup>&nbsp;(]</sup><sub style="margin-left:-2.0ex;">])</sub></small> 10:13, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
:::My thoughts somewhat echo Godsy's; I saw the check mark on the WP pages first and had no idea why it was there (was it a new system of patrolling, did they change the protection top icons, etc). ] (]) 11:11, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
::::So really no problems you guys just didn't like it? no technical problems right? So 2 comments that is confusing and 12 thanks...so in general most think its a good idea will make a proposal soon.-- ] (]) 12:20, 11 February 2019 (UTC)


<small>(To be read as humor and sarcasm)</small>Per the XfD at {{section link|Misplaced Pages:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2025_January_6#Template:Mortal_sin_in_the_Catholic_Church}} surely if ever there was a sin worthy such a template, it must be both ] and ]. How could these be so obviously overlooked... Cheers and good work on the nom. ]&thinsp;] 01:57, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
== Misplaced Pages:Naming conventions (Macedonia) - 2019 RFC ==


:LoL 😅. and thank you. <span style="display:inline-flex;rotate:-15deg;color:darkblue">''']'''</span><span style="display:inline-flex;rotate:15deg;color:darkblue">]</span> 02:05, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
] is not open yet. Your edits have been reverted. Please wait for when it formally opens. -- ] <sup>(] &#124; ])</sup> 22:51, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
::Formally opens??? Not how that works at all but ok.--] (]) 22:53, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
:::The text which writes "{{tq|THE DISCUSSION IS NOT YET OPEN, PLEASE DO NOT COMMENT}}", is quite clear on this. Sorry for that. -- ] <sup>(] &#124; ])</sup> 22:56, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
::::I dont think you understood my comment ...cant tell people to post later after the RfC has been advertised. If still in draft space that would be ok...but after its posted not a good idea...when can I make corrections and post next month?? in a week? Was just about to make more corrections and remove the "draft notice" you highlighted above. If this only to be edited by one person it should be in their user space--] (])
:::::Actually the problem is you casted your vote in it, when you shouldn't. . Thats why you have been reverted. No votes, no matter from whom, are permitted until it opens. You are welcome to contribute to the RfC but without voting in it while closed. -- ] <sup>(] &#124; ])</sup> 00:04, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
::::::Ok i get it you revert all without considering the corrections and amendments I get it. ..perfect that was all clear as mud!!!--] (]) 00:09, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
:::::::When the problematic changes are spread in more than one edit and sandwiched among your votes, then it is not like as if you gave me any options. Sorry. Next time be more careful. -- ] <sup>(] &#124; ])</sup> 00:20, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
:::::::All good.....correction was reimplemented and I finally got a voice at the talk page . :-) --] (]) 00:24, 12 February 2019 (UTC)


== Poland == == Learning every day ==


Thanks for the {Help:Contents}, just started to be active and try to learn every day.
Hi,
Question: Is the Everest summit in general not notable to mention in ] or do you have an issue with the tone? Tbqh i didnt saw any issue since ] (1950–2016) was named under the section Architecture ] (]) 18:52, 7 January 2025 (UTC)


:This is a very specific issue. As in different types of articles have different types of presentations and expectations..... and among those same types of articles there's also variations. Specifically talking about an article about a country pls refer to ] .... Basically, {{quotation|Caution should be taken to ensure that the sections are not simply a listing of names or mini biographies of individuals accomplishments. Good example ]}} <span style="display:inline-flex;rotate:-15deg;color:darkblue">''']'''</span><span style="display:inline-flex;rotate:15deg;color:darkblue">]</span> 18:58, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
I will have a look about the gallery soon. Thank you for letting me know about the scroll issue. I think your multiple image box is suitable, but then the map of universities above must be deleted to avoid clutter. It is outdated anyways. Best Regards. ], 01:42, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
::Thanks for the quick feedback! Could you suggest how to appropriately integrate the Iraqi Everest summit? I used the culture section (Sports) of ] as a reference.
::"] is a highly successful strongman competitor and has won more World's Strongest Man titles than any other competitor in the world, winning the event in 2008 for the fifth time."
::"Poles made significant achievements in mountaineering, in particular, in the Himalayas and the winter ascending of the eight-thousanders (e.g. Jerzy Kukuczka, Krzysztof Wielicki, Wanda Rutkiewicz). Polish mountains are one of the tourist attractions of the country. ] (]) 19:06, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
:::On this very specific person ] would apply.... in an overall sense when it comes to what will historically be known for the country.... explained generally at ]. <span style="display:inline-flex;rotate:-15deg;color:darkblue">''']'''</span><span style="display:inline-flex;rotate:15deg;color:darkblue">]</span> 19:12, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
::::Regarding the mention of ] in the culture section of the ] article under sports, I believe it would be appropriate to include ]'s ] summit as the first Iraqi to achieve this feat in Iraq’s culture section as well.
::::I think the following version aligns with ] principles:
::::"In May 2024, Dadvan Yousuf, a Kurdish-Iraqi entrepreneur, became the first Iraqi to summit ], an accomplishment that stands out as a significant event in Iraq's modern history.https://almasra.iq/83728/ This achievement, especially as Yousuf's first mountaineering expedition, highlights the growing involvement of Iraqis in international sports, an area historically less associated with the country."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q6i9J_Dg5g
::::If you agree, I would like to add it in ] :) ] (]) 19:21, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
:::::Don't agree..... you'll have to seek consensus on the articles talk page. <span style="display:inline-flex;rotate:-15deg;color:darkblue">''']'''</span><span style="display:inline-flex;rotate:15deg;color:darkblue">]</span> 19:42, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
::::::Done, ]
::::::Please feel free to help me creating a neutral, non promotional content. ] (]) 19:52, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
::::::Hi @], I see you've reverted the edit again. I also read through ]
::::::I will try to find consensus on the talk page now but what if i dont get feedback in general? Should i just leave the edit idea and dont touch the article in general? Not trying to get into edit war. Best case would be if you could help me with this edit tbh, I spend a long time trying to write it as neutral as possible lol ] (]) 06:40, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
:::::::see ] <span style="display:inline-flex;rotate:-15deg;color:darkblue">''']'''</span><span style="display:inline-flex;rotate:15deg;color:darkblue">]</span> 06:42, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
::::::::I see and I appreciate your input. Direct question to you: Should I just leave it? Cause i dont think there is a more neutral wording possible and I dont think editors care enough to enter the discussion. Was actually hoping for some advice from you, rather then anything else ] (]) 06:46, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
:::::::::I dont see how this is nothing more then an individuals accomplishment and has almost no historical reference to the country. <span style="display:inline-flex;rotate:-15deg;color:darkblue">''']'''</span><span style="display:inline-flex;rotate:15deg;color:darkblue">]</span> 06:51, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
::::::::::Again, I do understand your point but the references i am looking at, are ], ], ], ], ], ] and many other countries that mention the first person from that nation to summit Mount Everest and nearly all country WP Articles mention other notable people in general in mini bio way. So I guess its not really a wording issue at this point. I guess you just dont see value of mentioning it at the iraq article? which i respect too- just trying to understand why. ] (]) 06:58, 8 January 2025 (UTC)


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Mount Edziza

Hi, I just wanted to let you know that I've nominated Mount Edziza for FA if you're interested in participating. Volcanoguy 19:55, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

Will give my input as soon as someone opens up the review. Don't feel qualified enough to review this topic... but can review sourcing and general protocol adherence. Moxy🍁 19:59, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
Reviewing sourcing and general protocol adherence would be fine. Volcanoguy 23:45, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
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Can you please make sure to add an edit summary in all your edits? Thank you for your contributions though! Apenguinlover<talk>() 17:21, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

I dont bother for vandalism Edits with summaries 80.4% Moxy🍁 17:35, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
Sorry to bother you, have a good day! Apenguinlover<talk>() 11:02, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

Please revert my edits.

@Moxy hello, Why did you delete what I had written in the articles on Persian literature and culture of iran?!! This content is now available in other Misplaced Pages languages. Please revert my edits as I have properly researched them carefully before making them. Thank you, good luck. Hamedjavan (talk) 10:32, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

see WP:PROMOTION ...more info at Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/DarvishanpourbamiMoxy🍁 14:26, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

"Communist state", "Socialist state, "List of socialist states" and "List of communist states"

Hi

I am back! :) I won't edit war with you or anything else, really!

But I want to collaborate. You reverted my edits on "Communist states" for the simple reason that there was a "Lots heres doing best to restore to before puppet edit... retaining 7 edits".. But you didn't say anything about the quality of my edits. All those edits were made by reliably third party sources. I am wondering if you are interested in going through those edits together to see what you actually disagree with? The same goes for the "List of communist states".

As for the "socialist state" article, you wrote, "Last good copy i can see", despite my whole text being referenced by tertiary sources. I can also source primary sources, showing that Marx and Engels never used the term "socialist state" and the fact that Lenin said that the USSR was not a socialist state. Again, I would like to go over the edits with you and find out what you disliked soooo much.

I won't make a single edit without you, and without consultation with the wider community on those pages. However, its important to note that this time you actually have to discuss because I am not going anywhere :)

Have a nice day, hope to hear from you! TheUzbek (talk) 07:56, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

Yes any mass removal of content or whole article change will need a talk Moxy🍁 14:51, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
Yes, that is why I messaged you here. Are you interested in a talk?
Secondly, my edits on "Communist state" was not a "mass removal of content or whole article change".... Most of the information was retained, but the article restructured. I would like to hear you're opinion on this. TheUzbek (talk) 14:58, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
The article was certainly restructured, but it doesn't appear to be correct to say that most of the information was retained - for example the revision seems to omit discussion of Trotskyist theory. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:46, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
You are mixing up articles. The "Communist state" article, as it is now, does not have any information on Trotskyist theory. As for the socialist state article, it presents Trotskyist theory wrongly. Trotsky did not articulate a different conception of socialist state from that of Stalin, but he believed that Stalin's policies degenerated/deformed the communist state.
So please, if that is you're only objection to the revert then please change you're objection. TheUzbek (talk) 11:49, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
@Vif12vf: @Nikkimaria: Context Moxy🍁 15:00, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
But why are you reintroducing this discussion? Why can't we all agree that we want to improve Misplaced Pages? As for the communist state article, you reverted on the grounds "Lots heres doing best to restore to before puppet edit... retaining 7 edits"... That is, you don't really have a reason for reverting it. You have not written one specific reason for why my edits on communist states were bad. Not one single one. Can't you, at the very least, give me that? What was worse? What changed?
I feel that instead of actually telling specifically what is wrong Moxy, you are intentionally vague. I mean, I am about to send in articles on the communist form of government and the highest state organs of power in communist states do the Communist and Post-Communist Studies. I am not a fool on this topic; and my submittion has been written under the supervision of specialists in the field from the University of Oslo. This is not to say that all my opinions are correct, and I should be treated any different from any other users. But you could at least show me some respect by saying specifically what is wrong with the article. Reverting texts on the basis of "Last good copy i can see" sounds like bullying to me.
So please come up with something specific. But to make the following clear
  1. Marx and Engels did not articulate a theory of "Socialist state"; they never used the term "socialist state". If they ever mentioned a new form they used terms like "Republic of Labour", the "Social Republic" et. cetra. I can say this because I have read most of Marx's works.
  2. Lenin did not have a different conception of the state than Marx and Engels, theoretically. That is, Lenin did not have a different conception of the state from Marx and Engels. All three believed the state to have a class character, to be the executive committee of the ruling class. This is not to say that Lenin did not have different ideas from Marx and Engels, he did, but he did not have a different state conception. Lenin, unlike them, used the term "proletarian state", "socialist state" et cetra but never defined them. Despite naming the new state the Union of SOviet Socialist Republics, Lenin wrote, "Nor, I think, has any Communist denied that the term Soviet Socialist Republic implies the determination of the Soviet power to achieve the transition to socialism, and not that the existing economic system is recognised as a socialist order" Trotsky more or less agreed, he believed the USSR had created the condition for socialism in 1925 writing that the establishment of a state “monopoly of foreign trade" "is the necessary condition of socialist state structure in a capitalist environment.” At last, Marx only defined the first post-capitalist period as a transitory period, "Between capitalist and communist society there lies the period of the revolutionary transformation of the one into the other. Corresponding to this is also a political transition period in which the state can be nothing but the revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat" Lenin agreed, and despite using the term socialist and workers' state, Lenin never drew the line that Stalin would later make. He believed that the SOviet state was unique, noting, "It follows that under communism there remains for a time not only bourgeois law, but even the bourgeois state, without the bourgeoisie!". This is unlike Stalin that talked about "a new type of state"
  3. Trotsky did not have a different conception of the state from Marx, Engels or Lenin, but he vehementely objected to Stalin's policies. He believed the USSR to be a degenerated workers' state, but his understanding of state was no different from Marx, Engels and Lenin. I have never read anywhere that Trotsky had a different theoretical conception of what a socialist state was from Stalin either. He opposed Stalin's dictatorship, but he believed in the planned economy and the nationalisation of industry. His objection was that a socialist state could not be achieved without democracy.
When treating these topics one must understand the essence of Marx's theory of the state, which is that the state is a product of specific material relations and the ruling class of the state is a byproduct of these (elementary Marxism). One must also understand that the term workers' state is not necessarily synonymous with socialist state. Its a term that denotes the goal of representing the working class but not what Marxists call the material circumstanes. That is why Lenin wrote, "A workers’ state is an abstraction. What we actually have is a workers’ state, with this peculiarity, firstly, that it is not the working class but the peasant population that predominates in the country, and, secondly, that it is a workers’ state with bureaucratic distortions." The clearest definition Lenin ever gives of what socialism, and indirectly a socialist state is, is the following, "For socialism is merely the next step forward from state-capitalist monopoly. Or, in other words, socialism is merely state-capitalist monopoly which is made to serve the interests of the whole people and has to that extent ceased to be capitalist monopoly."
As for other glaring missteps, why does an article on the socialist state have a section on "Reform and revolution"? Bernstein, Kautsky et cetra never really used the term socialist state in their articles or books. The disagreement between them and the Bolsheviks was not socialist state, but how to take power on behalf of the working class. Unlike Marx, Engels and Lenin they believed they did not need to destroy the bourgeouisie state to succeed in their socialist aims. I say Marx because he wrote, "But the working class cannot simply lay hold on the ready-made state-machinery and wield it for their own purpose. The political instrument of their enslavement cannot serve as the political instrument of their emancipation"
As for the section, "Criticism within left-wing movements", nothing is referrened by third party sources.
"A people's republic is a type of socialist state with a republican constitution". A people's democratic state is, by definition (according to Marxist-Leninist teaching), a state that has an organisational form of state power that is communist, but still has not established the pure leadership of the dictatorship of the proletariat. That is why Laos constitution states "people's democratic state. A people's democratic state does not constitutionally enshrine a socialist economy; a socialist state does. THis is important because the ruling class is a reflection of material circumstances.
I have written long now, and only used primary sources: my tertiary sources are the ones you reversed Moxy. None of these articles have been written by people who have read Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin, and obviously the basic lack of understanding of Marxist-Leninist theory is way obvious. I have read these; you clearly have not: I have also read the academic literature on these topics, as my edits you reversed prove.
As far as that goes that means you should at least bother to discuss things with me, say specifically what is wrong and come with constructive feedback on how to improve these articles. You have failed to do so, and instead come with vague sentences to defend what is (but failing to them the actual content in the current articles). TheUzbek (talk) 12:26, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
Wondering if this is the difference between western education vs not. Dont have time for a wall of text with no source nor cotent suggestions, but on point 2 "Marxism predicted that the working class, or proletariat, would rise up in a spontaneous revolution. However, Leninism argued that this revolution needed leadership from a vanguard party made up of professional revolutionaries. While Marxism foresaw a temporary dictatorship controlled by the proletariat, Leninism resulted in a lasting dictatorship led by the Communist Party. Additionally, Marxism mainly focused on revolutions in industrialized nations, whereas Leninism also recognized the revolutionary potential of peasants in mostly agricultural countries like Russia." Moxy🍁 12:41, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
  1. I have a Western education; I'm from Norway. If you want references, see my versions of communist state and socialist state articles; I mean, it is there and you know it. :)
  2. Marx was vague, but he said a transitory period, you are correct. Lenin's aim with the Russian Revolution was to start a revolutionary wave and transform Germany into a communist state (the Munich Revolution). This was important since Russia was, as Lenin repeated time and again, a backward country that had barely developed capitalism. Notice that Lenin did not negate Marx's theory that revolutions should occur in advanced states; his theory was that capitalism was weakest in the periphery (like Russia and China), and that revolutions there would instigate revolutionary waves in the advanced capitalist states. So Lenin agreed with Marx, but he foresaw that the revolutionary wave would not start in England. However, Lenin never negated Marx's central claim. Lenin also had problems dealing with the state; when would the state begin to whither away? Immediately during the transition or at the end? That is why Lenin also failed to articulate a theory of law/legal system. If the state would whither away why have a legal system? Stalin was the man that dealt with these questions.
  3. Because of the failure of the Munich Revolution, Lenin and the Bolsheviks had a big problem.... Russia was a backward state and could not foreseeably construct socialism without advancing capitalism. Lenin then began to theorise that the communist party should take responsibility for implementing "civilisation" (that is, capitalist and socialist policies) in Russia. By saying so, Lenin admitted that Russia was both ways; it had a non-capitalist ruling class but a feudal-capitalist economy. Stalin, however, believed one could "skip" capitalism, " we do not regard our country as the base of the revolution, we have not got what is needed to build socialism, and we cannot build a socialist society—in which case, if the victory of socialism in other countries is delayed, we must resign ourselves to the prospect that the capitalist elements in our national economy will gain the upper hand, that the Soviet regime will decay, and the Party will degenerate." Lenin, of course, increased the transition, but he never said that Russia was socialist (he also opened up for the possibility having two or three stages; a lower, middle and advanced stage). It was Stalin that made the transition a very long affair, which he made clear in his speech to the Joint Plenary Session of the Central Committee and the Central Control Commission of the 16th Congress on 7 January 1933;

“Some comrades have interpreted the thesis about the abolition of classes, the creation of a classless society, and the withering away of the state as a justification of laziness and complacency, a justification of the counter-revolutionary theory of the extinction of the class struggle and the weakening of the state power. Needless to say, such people can not have anything in common with our Party. They are either degenerates or double-dealers, and must be driven out of the Party. The abolition of classes is not achieved by the extinction of the class struggle, but by its intensification. The state will wither away, not as a result of weakening the state power, but as a result of strengthening it to the utmost, which is necessary for finally crushing the remnants of the dying classes and for organising defence against the capitalist encirclement that is far from having been done away with as yet, and will not soon be done away with.”

Important to note here is that Stalin introduced two amendments to classical Marxist doctrine: firstly, he postponed communism, and secondly, he answered the vexing question of how communists should deal with the state. However, Stalin had still not been able to articulate why the Soviet state represented a new form of state. And, in fact, he never did. Instead, on 5 December 1936, the Soviet Union adopted a new constitution that defined it as a “socialist state of workers and peasants”. This is an exceedingly vague term, and Stalin only mentions in passing in his speech, “On the Draft Constitution of the U.S.S.R”, that “we now have a fully formed multinational Socialist state”.
And yes, its a long "wall of text", but this is a complicated topic and I'm trying to show you a modicum of respect by actually representing what actually happened instead of simply writing "wrong". TheUzbek (talk) 16:40, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
TL;DR stop after seeing " I mean, it is there and you know it. :"...for the 4th time Article talk page so others can be invovled. Moxy🍁 16:47, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
Why? I don't stop reading you're text despite you always repeating that im a sockpuppeter or referring to a mistake I made.... Show some class; I am only trying to establish a level of trust between us.
As for the talk page; you are the main obstical; you are the one that reverted the changes, and you seems to single-handedly fail to actual write why my changes are bad. Either accept you did wrong, or plainly write it down. TheUzbek (talk) 17:02, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
@TheUzbek, I agree that this kind of thing belongs on an article talk page, and since this is the "bury everyone in walls of text until everyone gives up or you all get blocked" is the kind of thing I mentioned being worried about in the unblock discussion. If you get really stuck with someone, you can try getting a WP:3O to break the deadlock. But otherwise it's probably best to just move on to a different article. There are all kinds of things that need doing, many of which are articles that don't even exist yet. -- asilvering (talk) 18:31, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
I will leave be; I really just wanted to get a fresh start with Moxy; that was my sincere wish. Let bygones be bygones and get a functioning working relationship. It was not as easy as it seemed.
Moxy, I will always be open to working with you. If you ever change you're mind you know where you'll find me! TheUzbek (talk) 13:41, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

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Timothy O. E. Lang

Hi there. I know you do a lot of edits on Canadian topics. Would you have a moment to look at Timothy O. E. Lang. I'm getting the sense this is a failed political candidate (but accomplished individual), and have not found significant coverage to support notability. I'd appreciate your opinion. Thanks. Magnolia677 (talk) 12:01, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

Agree not much out there to make a cese for notability. Moxy🍁 17:06, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
I'll see if I can find some sources. Maybe AFD but I'll look around first. Thanks! Magnolia677 (talk) 17:44, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

Australia Page

Thank you. Over the thing I said about “the land down under” redirect, I just want to let you know that it is a new redirect just created recently Servite et contribuere (talk) 05:46, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

See Talk:Australia#Hatnote spam. Moxy🍁 15:39, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

December music

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Listen today to Beethoven's 3rd cello sonata, on his birthday - it was a hook in the 2020 DYK set when his 250th birthday was remembered. I picked a recording with Antônio Meneses, because he was on my sad list this year, and I was in Brazil (see places), and I love his playing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:58, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

I come to fix the cellist's name, with a 10-years-old DYK and new pics - look for red birds --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:53, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Omg so many.... bloody fantastic User:Gerda Arendt/Stories Moxy🍁 19:56, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

I am honestly just confused, because you are saying the data is incorrect with no evidence

Every single edit I have put matches the links you have provided. Not a single person has had a problem with my edits other than you, as you clearly seem to always want to revert them.

First you said "it's incorrect, you wrote 6.9% when it's 4.9%". When you realized I wrote the EXACT same number that you provided and said was correct instead, you still undid my edit... when it clearly is correct data. You have not provided a real reason to undo these edits.

Please discuss this with me. I would like to cooperate. What is the problem with the edits I have put in? C.monarchist28 (talk) 17:37, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

Been waiting Talk:Canada#Ethnic Origins Moxy🍁 17:39, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
You have not provided one SINGLE example of what does not match between the information in the link you provided (The Daily article) and the source I used for population groups. They seem to all be consistent and no one has had a single problem with my edits apart from yourself. Can you please provide, either here or on the Canada talk page what "information doesn't match" (as you have written), because I am dying to know! I am confused. C.monarchist28 (talk) 18:08, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
Again.....copy paste
Change of stats... South Asian (6.9%), Indigenous (4.9%), Chinese (4.5%), Black (3.8%) sourced to the raw data (that I assume was self calculated).
Old stable version...South Asian (2.6 million people; 7.1 percent), Chinese (1.7 million; 4.7 percent), and Black (1.5 million; 4.3 percent). The Indigenous population representing 5 percent or 1.8 million individuals sourced to an analysis of the raw data by those who published it saying Racialized groups in Canada are all experiencing growth. In 2021, South Asian (7.1%), Chinese (4.7%) and Black (4.3%) there were 1.8 million Indigenous people in the country in 2021, representing 5.0% of the total population. Moxy🍁 23:10, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
Just reverted stating It clearly says 4.9% Indigenous not 6.9%, which corresponds to the first link you provided....yet source says "According to the 2021 Census, there were 1.8 million Indigenous people, representing 5.0% of the total Canadian population, up from 4.9% in 2016.". Moxy🍁 17:37, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
I see you have stated on the Canada talk page "close but different", but the difference between 4.9% and 5.0% is simply rounding. If you want to be academic as you have stated, please work with me! :)
Here is the link I am working with. Scroll to the very bottom. You will see "Indigenous peoples 1,772,025". Statistics Canada may round it to 1.8 million - they tend to just round when writing. For example, the Latin American population in that same link I provided is 579,010 but in this link that you provided, it is rounded to 580,000. If your concern is just 1.8 million vs 1.7 million or 5.0% vs 4.9%, this still makes the data consistent! The total Indigenous population, 1,772,025, over 36,328,475 people is 4.87%. 4.9% is the best rounding. Also, try to keep in mind this is government data, it is consistent when they post numerous articles! All from the same data source - the census.
Please let me know if you have any other concerns, I would genuinely like to clear them up, learn more, or discuss them! C.monarchist28 (talk) 18:20, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
Every number is different not just the Indigenous one. The Indigenous one is the one i noticed first because your number is from 2016 that has incresed since then. Best go back to main tlak so other can explain all the problems. Moxy🍁 18:25, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
Hmmm not sure I follow to be honest. Can you provide links with specific examples? Still failing to see any mismatch, everything looks consistent as far as I can see. Please provide specific examples "every number is different" is a bit less work than I have put into explaining your concerns. It does kind of feel like you just want to revert my edits for no reason. Everything is consistent man! C.monarchist28 (talk) 18:26, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
"Best go back to main tlak so other can explain all the problems" the problems which you yourself seem not to even see, and which no one else had a problem with either? C.monarchist28 (talk) 18:31, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
If you know how to bring attention to or bring people to the talk page, that would be awesome. I just need some validation because clearly neither one of us two sees any problems with my edits... just need people to find the talk page. :/// Unfortunate, honestly C.monarchist28 (talk) 18:35, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
You have also stated "That said....I think I agree we should stick with statistic Canada group's over Misplaced Pages made up groups such as European Canadians", so I see you're not fundamentally against my edits as I initially thought but just want accurate data written. I hope you can see that it is accurate and if you agree, since no one else was against my edits, let's get the StatsCan groups back up over arbitrary groups like "European Canadians"!
Let me know. C.monarchist28 (talk) 18:25, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
Problem I have is your calculations not with the groups being presented. Back to tlak pls. Moxy🍁 18:28, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
I am calculating the percentages exactly as they are provided. Can you give any more examples? What do you mean with my calculations?
It says clearly the total population. It says clearly the white population. I can divide these two together to get a percentage? I would like to understand...
moving to talk page shouldn't be a priority because too much text wall there will prevent people from reading it and what is on the talk page is already both of our main points. But what is wrong with my calculations? C.monarchist28 (talk) 18:30, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
My calculations... I clearly stated "The total Indigenous population, 1,772,025, over 36,328,475 people (total population) is 4.87%. 4.9% is the best rounding". First you had a problem mismatched data, then a problem with my calculations... honestly... no basis. You make these claims like mismatched data and problems with calculations with ZERO explanations. C.monarchist28 (talk) 18:41, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
But our source being used says 1,807,250 ....so why a difference when you do the calculation? Moxy🍁 22:05, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
To be honest, what you wrote (the first paragraph on the Canada talk page) is such non-sense which is why no one is commenting on it. What you wrote and what you are concerned about just makes zero sense.
Unless you are actually going to defend your points ("problem with calculations", after you found out the first argument of "mismatched data" didn't live up), I am going to be re-inserting my edit. Because it is accurate government information with a valid government source that is correctly calculated. You are making such nonsensical claims!
What you wrote, "simply because the percentages don't match the statistical analysis that has been published by the Daily", has been addressed. It DOES match up. Therefore, it has been discussed in the talk page, and I am more than justified in re-inserting my edit WHICH NO ONE OTHER THAN YOU HAD A PROBLEM WITH TO BEGIN WITH, as I have addressed your concerns and you have not brought up a single legitimate concern since then. First you stated it is mismatched, then you switched to a problem with calculations for which you have provided zero examples. Fin. C.monarchist28 (talk) 21:11, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
Your free to ask for input from others Misplaced Pages:Dispute resolution, But till you have Misplaced Pages:Consensus best not to editwar back in your version that is contested. My position is simple.... think it's best we regurgitate the source that has analysed the raw data over your calculation of the raw data. This would also reflect how other sources present the information.... that is verbatim because of Statistics Canada Open Licence..like
Moxy🍁 21:33, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
It is contested by not a soul except for yourself, because it is clearly raw government data. You are disputing it for no reason then saying not to enter it because it is disputed. LOL.
Please bring people in to the discussion on Talk Canada. C.monarchist28 (talk) 21:50, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
Are you a troll? What you are saying does not make sense. The data you would like to regurgitate perfectly matches the raw data. Like 100%. The raw data is easily calculated. You are providing beyond zero substance, I honestly because you cannot be serious. C.monarchist28 (talk) 21:54, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

Seasonal greetings:)

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2025!

Hello Moxy, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2025.
Happy editing,

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Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

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Same to you thank you very much. Moxy🍁 18:34, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

President of Canada

Moxy, who created this absurd re-direct? Just delete! Rwood128 (talk) 21:05, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

People have tried in the pass to no avail.... that could be one of our topic discussions. Moxy🍁 21:07, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
But this was a joke, surely. Why take it so seriously? Rwood128 (talk) 22:28, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

Help:Dummy edit

it is called FANDOM not wikia for a few years now... if youre gonna revert my edits at least EXPLAIN WHY ZacharyFDS (talk) 11:38, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

January music

story · music · places

Happy new year 2025, opened with trumpet fanfares that first sounded OTD in 1725 (as the Main page has). -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:49, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, BWV 123, my story today 300 years after the first performance, is up for GAN. Dada Masilo will be my story tomorrow. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:29, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

My story today is about a composer who influenced music history also by writing. Did you watch Masilo talk and dance? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:10, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Copyright problem on List of counties in Mississippi Crime in Canada

Some of the content you added to the above article appears to have been copied from https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/11-627-m/11-627-m2024030-eng.htm, which is not released under a compatible license. Webpages of the Government of Canada are protected by copyright. Unfortunately, for copyright reasons, some content had to be removed. Please let me know if you have any questions. Diannaa (talk) 23:19, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

I don't think the article named in the subject line is the one you mean: I don't see any Canadian content there. Newimpartial (talk) 23:30, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
Yes wrong link ...but @Diannaa can you restore this please as per permission=https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/reference/licence and https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/reference/copyright ... Forgot to do attribution I only did it for the images my bad...it come from this page that is licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.Moxy🍁 01:18, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
Hi Moxy. The StatsCan license is different from the general license for the other Govt of Canada stuff. This looks like a compatible license to me. I will bookmark that page in case it comes up again. Sorry for the autofill error in the header. Diannaa (talk) 14:56, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
All good thank you...you are the best!!!! Moxy🍁 15:21, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Quebec edits

My guess is that the editor is a francophone; the edits look like the simple past, if it existed in English. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 15:57, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Agree.....lets guide them to French Misplaced Pages. Moxy🍁 16:03, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

3RR

You've just violated WP:3RR, you know the basics. Stephen 00:57, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Looking for a productive conversation..... is there a reason you don't want to follow the manual style other than other articles exist? Moxy🍁 01:01, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
There's nothing in MOS:BIO that suggests that your way is the style. Now please self revert your 3RR violation. Stephen 02:34, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
There is no violation this is something you should know as an administrator. I will not self revert based on a threat. As for the comment about BIO page not listing this very specific topic ... is because we have a wider general manual of style for all articles in relation to accessibility for our readers... be it based on disabilities or purely for ease of reading. Is this something that is really worth your time? Moxy🍁 02:44, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Mortal Sin (humor)

(To be read as humor and sarcasm)Per the XfD at Misplaced Pages:Templates for discussion/Log/2025 January 6 § Template:Mortal sin in the Catholic Church surely if ever there was a sin worthy such a template, it must be both Modesty and Malware. How could these be so obviously overlooked... Cheers and good work on the nom. TiggerJay(talk) 01:57, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

LoL 😅. and thank you. Moxy🍁 02:05, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Learning every day

Thanks for the {Help:Contents}, just started to be active and try to learn every day. Question: Is the Everest summit in general not notable to mention in Iraq or do you have an issue with the tone? Tbqh i didnt saw any issue since Zaha Hadid (1950–2016) was named under the section Architecture Ayohama (talk) 18:52, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

This is a very specific issue. As in different types of articles have different types of presentations and expectations..... and among those same types of articles there's also variations. Specifically talking about an article about a country pls refer to WP:COUNTRYSECTIONS .... Basically,

Caution should be taken to ensure that the sections are not simply a listing of names or mini biographies of individuals accomplishments. Good example Canada#Sports

Moxy🍁 18:58, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
Thanks for the quick feedback! Could you suggest how to appropriately integrate the Iraqi Everest summit? I used the culture section (Sports) of Poland as a reference.
"Mariusz Pudzianowski is a highly successful strongman competitor and has won more World's Strongest Man titles than any other competitor in the world, winning the event in 2008 for the fifth time."
"Poles made significant achievements in mountaineering, in particular, in the Himalayas and the winter ascending of the eight-thousanders (e.g. Jerzy Kukuczka, Krzysztof Wielicki, Wanda Rutkiewicz). Polish mountains are one of the tourist attractions of the country. Ayohama (talk) 19:06, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
On this very specific person WP:Notability would apply.... in an overall sense when it comes to what will historically be known for the country.... explained generally at WP:PROPORTION. Moxy🍁 19:12, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
Regarding the mention of Wanda Rutkiewicz in the culture section of the Poland article under sports, I believe it would be appropriate to include Dadvan Yousuf's Everest summit as the first Iraqi to achieve this feat in Iraq’s culture section as well.
I think the following version aligns with WP:Notability principles:
"In May 2024, Dadvan Yousuf, a Kurdish-Iraqi entrepreneur, became the first Iraqi to summit Mount Everest, an accomplishment that stands out as a significant event in Iraq's modern history.https://almasra.iq/83728/ This achievement, especially as Yousuf's first mountaineering expedition, highlights the growing involvement of Iraqis in international sports, an area historically less associated with the country."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q6i9J_Dg5g
If you agree, I would like to add it in Iraq :) Ayohama (talk) 19:21, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
Don't agree..... you'll have to seek consensus on the articles talk page. Moxy🍁 19:42, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
Done, Talk
Please feel free to help me creating a neutral, non promotional content. Ayohama (talk) 19:52, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
Hi @Moxy, I see you've reverted the edit again. I also read through WP:BRD
I will try to find consensus on the talk page now but what if i dont get feedback in general? Should i just leave the edit idea and dont touch the article in general? Not trying to get into edit war. Best case would be if you could help me with this edit tbh, I spend a long time trying to write it as neutral as possible lol Ayohama (talk) 06:40, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
see WP:STATUSQUO Moxy🍁 06:42, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
I see and I appreciate your input. Direct question to you: Should I just leave it? Cause i dont think there is a more neutral wording possible and I dont think editors care enough to enter the discussion. Was actually hoping for some advice from you, rather then anything else Ayohama (talk) 06:46, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
I dont see how this is nothing more then an individuals accomplishment and has almost no historical reference to the country. Moxy🍁 06:51, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
Again, I do understand your point but the references i am looking at, are Nepal, China, Poland, India, Pakistan, United States and many other countries that mention the first person from that nation to summit Mount Everest and nearly all country WP Articles mention other notable people in general in mini bio way. So I guess its not really a wording issue at this point. I guess you just dont see value of mentioning it at the iraq article? which i respect too- just trying to understand why. Ayohama (talk) 06:58, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

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