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Note on WP:POINT
To be clear, the issue with the "United Kingdom" section at Talk:List of sovereign states is that it was not actually aimed at any change to the "United Kingdom" line.
Those quotes do not describe the IP's behaviour when they opened the "Czechia" section, or when they participated in it. While we might not agree with the point they were making (and they may have broken other rules like
But the quotes precisely describe the IP's behaviour when they opened the "United Kingdom" section. They were proposing an edit that they did not want to a separate entry in the list in attempt to illustrate a point about common usage in the list, hoping that we would oppose their edit and hence accept their point about Czechia.
I hope this explains the difference in reaction between these two sections. Kahastok talk 18:42, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
Sovereign states
Just checking to see whether you're still in the mood for some template writing over at List of sovereign states and dependent territories by continent as concluded at now-closed discussion at Talk:List of sovereign states and dependent territories by continent#Merges needed. I'd give it a go myself, but haven't any experience at writing templates. Klbrain (talk) 22:23, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
- Yes, it is still my intention to address this. Unfortunately I have been very busy the last couple of months and wasn't able to spend the time just yet to tackle this. I should hopefully have the time in the next two weeks. - Wiz9999 (talk) 23:18, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
Italics, quotes, quotations, etc.
Hi. I have corrected the italic and quotation mark changes you made with this edit. (I also corrected other usages of italics and quotation marks in a few document titles.) Please see
Unrecognized states category
There are only six rebel groups and polities (along with some factions of those groups) that assert to be independent states that are not listed on the list of states with limited recognition page. They are FLEC which asserts itself to be the
- A claim to statehood is not the same as actual statehood. - Wiz9999 (talk) 17:06, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
- However, there are far more groups than just these six. There is the ]
- No, not one of those groups has actually declared independence, or in the instance of Azawad continues to claim independence, go and try to find a declaration of independence or document asserting their status as a sovereign state, you won't find one. None of them claim to be independent states, only the six I mentioned actually do. And a claim to statehood is what makes them unrecognized, if the world at large does not recognize them to be states but they actively assert themselves to be that should be a sufficent basis to include them in the category.XavierGreen (talk) 18:19, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
- That is something subject to interpretation in many of these cases. But I do concede that, with the exception of ISIS (incidentally ISIS is soon expected to loose hold of its claimed territory anyway). However, this has not stopped these other groups I listed from claiming independence based on a previous entity's declaration or by some other factor. I am not saying their claims are legitimate, all I am saying is that a line needs to drawn somewhere as to what is considered a "state" and what isn't. If you really feel that all of these should be added to the category, then please do so, I will not stand in the way. However, I disagree with inclusion of Cabinda, West Papua, and Ambazonia due to a lack of clear control and governing structures. - Wiz9999 (talk) 19:05, 21 August 2018 (UTC)]
- Note: Groups like East Turkestan Islamic Movement do continually assert themselves to be independent, despite never having actually made a declaration as such. They do this based on the notion of a continued occupation of their "already independent" territory as was asserted historically with Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania during the Soviet days. Many of these rebel groups do this. - Wiz9999 (talk) 19:12, 21 August 2018 (UTC)]
- Note: Groups like
- That is something subject to interpretation in many of these cases. But I do concede that, with the exception of
- No, not one of those groups has actually declared independence, or in the instance of Azawad continues to claim independence, go and try to find a declaration of independence or document asserting their status as a sovereign state, you won't find one. None of them claim to be independent states, only the six I mentioned actually do. And a claim to statehood is what makes them unrecognized, if the world at large does not recognize them to be states but they actively assert themselves to be that should be a sufficent basis to include them in the category.XavierGreen (talk) 18:19, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
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thank you and help:)
Thank for having redirected me to
Closing vote at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Macedonia)/2019 RFC
Hi Wiz9999 and thanks for helping sorting out the various steps of drafting the RfC. Just wanted to let you know that I'm back just in time to start closing the sections. I do need some help though, since I'm not sure what to do when the answer is not clearly "support" or "oppose", so any advice is welcome! --Argean (talk) 15:57, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
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Hello Wiz9999. I'm a London-based journalist working for The Verge. I'm interested in talking to you about your work updating the article page for the UK's Meaningful Vote. It looks like difficult work and I thought it might be a fun story to talk about. If you're interested could you please email me at [email protected] and I can share more information? Apologies if this is the wrong way to contact you but I am not a regular Wikipedia user. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Apricity (talk • contribs) 08:45, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- Hello, I am quite busy at the moment. What is it you would like to know? - Wiz9999 (talk) 12:53, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
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Thank you for your hard work on with the 2019 Macedonia Name RFC. We finally rewrote Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Macedonia), and you were huge help during the crucial stages of this process. I hope you give yourself the proper credit for that. I am glad to have had the great pleasure to work with you! –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 02:31, 8 May 2019 (UTC) |
- Thanks MJL! My very first Barnstar, cool! I will do my best to be worthy of earning a few more. :) - Wiz9999 (talk) 17:25, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
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Dependent territory
Hi Wiz9999, I have raised a few issues in regard to the article Dependent territory in its talk page. You are welcome to comment on these issues, hopefully, we could gather a wider view from the community so a consensus could be reached. Xindeho (talk) 12:52, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
"Strongest currency" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Strongest currency. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 July 30#Least-valued currency unit until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Thryduulf (talk) 12:14, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
Table
Why did you remove the table (List of states with limited recognition), what's wrong with it? It's just a summary--Warairarepano&Guaicaipuro (talk) 16:13, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
- Please do not have this discussion here, the talk page of the relevant article is where the approriate discussuin should take place, as per ]
- you can answer wherever you want, but you still haven't explained why you removed the table--Warairarepano&Guaicaipuro (talk) 16:24, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
IS Mozambique
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53764943 they have pledged allegiance to IS and are generally considered part of Islamic State — Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.107.172.172 (talk) 01:24, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
"This criterion is..." versus "These criteria are..."
This edit is puzzling. You correctly say "criteria" the plural of "criterion", but then you insist on changing the verb form that is appropriate for a plural noun to one that is appropriate for a singular noun. Where I wrote "The criteria mean that a polity must claim sovereignty", you changed it to say "The criteria means that a polity must claim sovereignty". That makes no sense. Michael Hardy (talk) 17:10, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
- Apologies, you are correct here, but I am adding the word "that" into the sentence, as you have done in your comment to me here. Wiz9999 (talk) 23:52, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
you removed my edit
ummmm excuse me, why did you reverse my edit on the asian countries? it was perfectly fine and no one had problem. i tried to write question on talk page nobody answer. please undo your edit. thanks :)Samar al-hejazi (talk) 20:16, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
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- I have no issue with proceeding forward with this deletion. The article was originally created back in 2007 from information taken from the disambiguation page at RTB (during this edit). That disambiguation page has remained the appropriate location for a reference to this term and its existence as a full article on en.wikipedia is not necessary. - Wiz9999 (talk) 01:38, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
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List of sovereign states
Hi Wiz9999. Since it is surrounded by two arrows, which indicate the list's direction, I have changed the heading UN member states and General Assembly observer states → UN member states and GA observer states to avoid dividing it into two lines. It seems clearer now, I believe. Do you think it is reasonable? Thank you in advance. Regards, --89.66.254.10 (talk) 00:00, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
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