User talk:Niceguyedc/Archive 2

Thanks! -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 00:49, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

It's the first page I've created, so I'm still learning, and the help is appreciated. User:Rowan_Adams 20 January 2015 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rowan Adams (talk • contribs) 13:21, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

You're welcome. -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 19:10, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

Hi Niceguyedc. I am confused. this page is nothing but a disambiguation page - it is even listed as such in the categories section at bottom. Did you have a look at it? I had a feeling that the copy-paste route is not how it is done, but I did it because the content of the page is 100% a disambiguation page. Please have a look. Thanks for your time. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 22:16, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

When there is no primary topic and many different possibilities for the target of a title, the base title (in this case

WP:DPL

(and the bots that help us) know that the link is intentional.

What was the intention of your copy-paste move? Were you planning to put something else at Epiphany? -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 22:33, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

I still don't understand. So is this one wrong? There is no primary (what appears here to be a primary is actually redirected), but it does not redirect to "Inside Information". Besides the technical aspects, don't you think that Epiphany (holiday) does in fact warrant being considered the primary? Thanks for your patience. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 23:01, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

@

Inside information is the primary topic for that title, and it points to the article on the subject, which is called Insider trading

.

As for

WP:RM#CM

. You'll want to use this template (filling in the reason you want to make the move):

which will ask for a discussion to move the disambiguation page to Epiphany (disambiguation) and then to move Epiphany (holiday) to Epiphany. -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 00:06, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

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	For your help on disambiguation. Thanks, Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 11:55, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks! -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 11:56, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

Thankyou for that. I will be adding more species for couple of weeks. Can you return then ? All the best and thanks again 86.174.118.54 (talk) 12:03, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

If there are more links to disambiguate, I'm sure I'll be there. :) -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 12:09, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

Hi, I appreciate your assistance in cleaning up the disambiguation for the surname "Sonti". Thank you for your contribution. I have recently made edits to make the description more concise, such as a disambiguation should be. Could you go over it for me?

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:9:7300:86B:4DE5:38E:16D1:6B3B (talk) 08:55, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

The second sentence uses POV language ("historically influential", "well known"), but other than that it looks fine. -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 09:26, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing those Blackadder links; looks like I missed a few, sorry! Regards, Swanny18 (talk) 20:47, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

You're welcome! -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 22:58, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing the DAB links on the various "xxxx (year) in British music charts" articles, much appreciated - the DABs are old but because I've been restructuring the tables and updating the articles they appear on your watchlist as "new" DABs. I try and review every link to make sure they are correct, but with one hundred titles and one hundred names to check on every article, the odd one or two slip under the radar. Apologies in advance for the years 1990 to 2004, which I have yet to update: I'm sure I'm going to unintentionally give you more work to do. Cheers. Richard3120 (talk) 15:06, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

It's all good. With

WP:CLEANER, it's pretty easy to clean up links. -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!}

23:24, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

Repaired 1 link to disambiguation page
Thank you, disambiguator of fame, for quality articles such as

awesome Wikipedian

!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:13, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks! -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 13:38, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for your help. Can you please check the Lupton family page Cheers Mike — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.219.105.232 (talk) 09:06, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Just one (Trinity College, Cambridge). Other than that all links are good. -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 09:10, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Hi there Mike again and thanks. I have done another Lupton family edit - can you please check? Mike — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.219.105.232 (talk) 09:52, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

All links are good. -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 09:54, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

sorry - I have done a few edits on Charles Roger Lupton page and one more on the Lupton gfamily page - please check them all. The Lupton family edit is not quite right Thanks Mike - o — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.219.105.232 (talk) 10:18, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Lupton family looks good. I linked the post-nominals on Charles Lupton. I see a few instances of "O.R.", but I'm not sure what that refers to. The paragraphs on Charles could use a couple inline references, as you've done on the other Lupton articles. -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 10:31, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Me again!

I really need your help please! Half way done the Lupton family page, I would like to have the heading Lupton Family in Leeds - and then, in ever so slightly smaller lettering underneath the word "Georgian". Then the following headings -- "Early Victorians" - and - "Later Victorians" - and - "20th century"- should be the same size as the Georgians heading do you know what I mean? Thanks Mike — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.219.105.232 (talk) 10:51, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Check the article. Is that what you wanted? -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 11:01, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

you are so good to do this - it is ALMOST right! I may not have explained it too well.

I have tried to fix it up footnote number 32 and - Could you please put "italics" on the subheadings of the following men- Francis Martineau and descendants Arthur and descendants Charles and descendants Hugh and descendants

Thanks so much Mike — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.219.105.232 (talk) 11:39, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

One last thing! Please check my refs on "Aspendale" (Australia) page Were you OK with those 4 sub-headings (4 men) in italics with the Lupton family page? Thanks Mike — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.219.105.232 (talk) 11:47, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

The refs look fine, and so do the subheadings. -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 11:56, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Hello Nice Guy Please could you check the ref number 33 on the Lupton family page- it has a "Help" sign in red at the end of it, so I am sure that it is not quite right Thanks again for your help. Mike — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.219.105.232 (talk) 08:34, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

{{Cite web}} doesn't support the chapter parameter. I changed it to {{cite book}}, which does support it. -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 08:38, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for your edit to

Always glad to be of service! -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 10:49, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

Hi. I want to thank you for additional adding of shows to the

I didn't add any content, a couple IPs did. I just disambiguated a couple links that the IPs added. But you're welcome either way. :) -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 02:59, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

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Thanks for DAB'g Richard Ling. I finished the job now. Bellagio99 (talk) 15:03, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for your work. Could you please place an accent over the word nee which appears before the words Bowes-Lyon - (this word, nee, means a woman's maiden name) on the page Conyers baronets in the section titled "Link with Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge" I am unable to do accents

Thanks from Mike

 Done Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 01:45, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks so much BUT- I see that on Conyers baronets page that references 3, 16, 17 and 18 all have red erors - can you fix them up? Cheers Mike — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.180.220.233 (talk) 01:51, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

 Done -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 01:59, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

I promise this is the last time for the Conyers Baronet page I changed a heading but cannot work out how to do it The new heading is - The Fall of Conyers; Sir Thomas Conyers, 9th Baronet

This new heading should be the same size and font as the other ones in the article Can you please help Thanks from Mike — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.180.220.233 (talk) 02:22, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

 Done -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 02:23, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Hello. My intention for removing disambig links was the fact that first; its already mentions "multiple people", and second when I type for example Adam Johnson it doesn't redirect me as it does with Adam Johnson (disambiguation). Which makes me wonder what was the point behind your revert? In my opinion using Adam Johnson (disambiguation) is bad because it is an eye strainer when it comes to blue coloured link flashing under Adam Johnson. As you noticed I removed disambiguation only from those that had redirect, others remained.--Mishae (talk) 16:26, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Still confused. Why is Adam Johnson (disambiguation) is better then Adam Johnson if it redirects to it?--Mishae (talk) 00:43, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

If the link is just to Adam Johnson, then the link appears to be a link that needs to be corrected, because Adam Johnson is a disambiguation page, and linking to a disambiguation page is usually incorrect. How so? If the link is to Adam Johnson no correction is necessary since next to it it says either several or multiple people. I think we should discuss it broader somewhere because although I agree on using disambigs for misspellings I still see it wasteful to use them for various names.

According to the link that you provided it says that Links to disambiguation pages [from mainspace] are typically errors and that [With few exceptions], creating links to disambiguation pages is erroneous. If its erroneous, why creating them in the first place? If its much better to link to Adam Johnson and then put , several people.--Mishae (talk) 01:03, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

O.K. But can't we give the bot to mark only certain redirects? Like redirects in mainspaces rather everywhere? Why do everyone needs to know which link is intentional and which is not? Plus, if tools and bots look at Special:WhatLinksHere/Adam Johnson and find it there, can we set up a bot to ignore it since its not something that a bot should worry about? Like, a link to Adam Johnson from surname list is better then Adam Johnson (disambiguation) (the reason behind which I provided above).--Mishae (talk) 01:28, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Then maybe we should let the bot to report, but we as users will see which links need to be repaired and which aren't? Like, think of it this way, every user have a better thing to do then follow the bot around. For example, can we set a bot to ignore disambigs in surnames same way as it does with talkpages? If you know what I mean? P.S. I have posted my question on both talkpages, but I won't read probably by tomorrow evening.--Mishae (talk) 01:47, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

My opinion on the whole matter is that piping a link is irritating. True, maybe you don't see it that way, but even other language Wikipedias don't use it (perhaps because it already became outdated). O.K, they kind of do, but it looks like this:

• Adam Johnson

• • Adam Johnson (writer)--Mishae (talk) 02:01, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Not in the surnames.--Mishae (talk) 02:07, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

The harm is irritation of that thing saying Redirected from Adam Johnson (disambiguation) right under Adam Johnson.--Mishae (talk) 02:11, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Well now I completely don't get it, user The Banner have went through the whole thing and removed half of the whole list?! Look here.--Mishae (talk) 02:32, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

To quote this question: Still confused. Why is Adam Johnson (disambiguation) is better then Adam Johnson if it redirects to it?--Mishae (talk) 00:43, 9 February 2015 (UTC) :

The link is better because it removes the link from the maintenance pages. Unfortunately, it is only a trick, not solving the issue. The Banner talk 03:04, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

And that's the trick to which I oppose since it doesn't solve the issue. My suggestion would to do something similar to Mukherjee. Any thoughts?--Mishae (talk) 04:36, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Mukherjee follows what The Banner is suggesting, not what you are suggesting above. There are no links to any disambiguation pages on Mukherjee. As I said on The Banner's page, I have no issue with that. My only issue is that if an intentional link to a disambiguation page is going to exist, it should pipe through the (disambiguation) redirect. If there are no links to disambiguation pages on the page, then its fine with me. -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 04:40, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Got your message and you were right that I inadvertently linked to a disambigulation page. Thanks for fixing it! Mdukas (talk) 17:41, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi Niceguy Could you please do the accent over the word "nee" on the Roger Lupton page - and please check all refs if that's possible. Thanks again Mike — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.214.33.97 (talk) 00:44, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

 Done -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 04:32, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

disambiguation
Thank you, incredible disambiguator, for quality articles such as

awesome Wikipedian

!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:53, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks again! -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 15:36, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

Why on earth is it that Orange is such a common name for counties?! I'm more of a fan of blue... or turquoise. Why not Turquoise County?! :-p Seriously though, thanks for cleaning up those links! --Zackmann08 (talk) 17:06, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

There's only 8 counties there. Check out Washington County... :) -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 17:18, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Oh god.... why?!?! --Zackmann08 (talk) 18:06, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Good morning Niceguyedc! I noticed you've edited the topic Jimmy Edgar somewhat recently, and was hoping to collect viewpoints on an aesthetic issue. If you had a minute to contribute to the discussion/vote on the infobox photo, that would be very helpful. Earflaps (talk) 10:59, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks very much for fixing the FIFO mess !--Penbat (talk) 15:07, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

You're welcome! -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 15:15, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi there. Could you please explain why linking to a redirect to a disambig page is better than linking directly to the disambig page? I'm referring to Distribution (disambiguation) which redirects to Distribution as found in Probability distribution, Distribution (differential geometry)‎ and Distribution (economics)‎. There is no visible change to the user since you've renamed the redirect links the same as its target like this: Distribution. This seems odd to me. Tayste (edits) 19:53, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

@

WP:INTDABLINK

(as it states it as well as I can):

Links to disambiguation pages from mainspace are typically errors. In order to find and fix those errors, disambiguators generate a wide array of reports of links needing to be checked and fixed. Because these reports can not distinguish instances where an editor has made such a link with the intent to point to the disambiguation page, the community has adopted the policy of rerouting all intentional disambiguation links in mainspace through "Foo (disambiguation)" redirects. This makes it clear that such links are intended to point to the disambiguation page.

-Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 20:24, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

Hmmm, thanks. I did read that but still think it's odd. Why not have "(disambiguation)" in the title of the disambig page, with the ambiguous term page redirecting to that, instead of the other way around? Tayste (edits) 21:08, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

Policy is to have the disambiguation page at the ambiguous term if there is no primary topic (see

WP:DABNAME). In my view, it makes funny business much harder when it comes to the ambiguous name. If the ambiguous name was always a redirect, someone could retarget that redirect to their favored topic and no one would be the wiser. Links to that page wouldn't trigger any of the disambiguator's lists, so incorrect links wouldn't easily be found. -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!}

22:01, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

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Thanks -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 18:39, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi could you please check all refs. for Albert Kitson 2nd Baron Airedale article Thanks again Michael — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.219.30.195 (talk) 05:20, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

Looks good. No ambiguous links or reference errors. -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 15:43, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

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Thanks! -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 02:37, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

You seem to make a mistake, replacing direct links to disambiguation pages with redirected links to disambiguation pages, in Zeeland (disambiguation) and on several other pages. – Editør (talk) 15:58, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

@

WP:DPL (and the bots that help us) to know that the link is intentional. -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!}

16:25, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for the explanation. I'm not sure though, whether it's good policy to focus on maintenance/bots instead of human readers. – Editør (talk) 17:27, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

@

WP:INTDABLINK is concentrating on human readers. There are currently over 148,000 links that point to disambiguation pages that need to be checked. Almost all of those links are intended to go to a specific page, not a disambiguation page. Without piping through the (disambiguation) redirect, there is no way for me or any other editor to know whether the link is correct or not without checking it. This time spent checking extra links takes us away from correcting links that are not intended to link to disambiguation pages. -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!}

17:36, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks very much for fixing the Reading, Berkshire disambiguation link that I included when adding football results. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bs1jac (talk • contribs) 21:54, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

You're welcome! -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 21:57, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

thank you for your good faith edits on the Dana Loesch page, it seems as though vandals have undone all the good work, introduced bias and have taken the page out of compliance by removing citations they believe to be mere blogs rather than widely accepted news sources Mach7X77 (talk) 17:56, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

hi Could you please insert the accent over the word "nee" which I have added to the page "Family of Duchess of Cambridge" thanks so much Mike — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.45.119.75 (talk) 01:07, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

 Done -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 02:17, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

I recall my National Guard dilemma because there is not an exact link. However, the fix to United States National Guard page went too far astray. I've linked to the Royal Netherlands Army which is in the right country. I wanted to let you know of my correction in case my page is on your watch list. I do appreciate your notice and have cleaned all the ambiguous links you found. Thanks. Seblake (talk) 00:46, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

The notice was from the DPL bot, but I did fix the links (well, I fixed most of the links; the National Guard fix was incorrect, as you noticed and fixed). -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 00:56, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Hello, I hadn't forgotten about those two links needing disambiguation...But, it was the 'headings' one that threw me. I tracked down a meaning for head that related it to 'staves.' -- A barrel head is the flat top or bottom of a barrel. (I edited the Barrel article & added this meaning of head to the Head disambig. page.) How did you decide on the heading/metalworking link? Just wondering.  :) P.S. Why have two users here asked you to put the accent mark on née? ~Thanks~ User:Floridasand

Looking at the sources, those are the only two definitions I can find that make sense. As far as née, it's the same user, and I think it is because I did it once a bit ago, so I keep getting asked. :) -Niceguyedc ^{Go Huskies!} 21:28, 16 March 2015 (UTC)