Isaidnoway

It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like: "What about lunch?"   — A. A. Milne

---

Folks, it is 2024, there is nothing wrong with using LGBTQ as an acronym on Wikipedia

---

                

---

A message from 80.192.187.151

I saw you on the Dreamcast best selling games one. Should there be a Sega Saturn page? I know of 5 games I can prove sold over 1 million (VF2, VF1, Sega Rally, Daytona, Virtua Cop) 80.192.187.151 (talk) 01:25, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

I don't think five games would warrant a separate article, maybe they could be added to one of the other Sega Saturn pages. Thanks for reaching out. Isaidnoway (talk) 17:16, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Well the Dreamcast page does a minimum of games that have sold at least 250k. There's plenty of Saturn games that did that and with enough sources to verify them. Just wanted to see if there were others with the interest in making the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.23.59.185 (talk) 17:39, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

Billie Eilish discography

The reason why I added Portugal certification on the song "Wildflower" because I don’t see the Wikipedia page and link to the aforementioned song by Billie Eilish. Also, I completely understand on the format regarding the Portugal certification cite ref on the Singles section on the Billie Eilish discography. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you. FireDragonValo (talk) 16:58, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

FireDragonValo - Try using this: <ref>{{cite certification |region= |type= |artist=Billie Eilish |title= |id= |access-date=}}</ref> or you could use <ref>{{cite web}}</ref> using a direct link to the website. Hope this helps. Thanks for reaching out. Isaidnoway (talk) 17:12, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Awesome!!! Thank you so much!!! FireDragonValo (talk) 21:10, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

August music

story · music · places

Thank you for opposing a ban for a new editor! - I have three "musicians" on the Main page, one the topic of my story today, like 22 July but with interview and today's music at the Proms. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:05, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

On 13 August, Bach's cantata was 300 years old, and the image one. The cantata is an extraordinary piece, using the chorale's text and famous melody more than others in the cycle. It's nice to have not only a recent death, but also this "birthday" on the Main page. And a rainbow in my places. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:01, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

What did i do? 73.33.117.12 (talk) 17:14, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Glossary of slang used in reviewing silent movie melodrama

Cheers!

First, Thank you for alerting me to use Harv instead of sfn refs in footnotes.

Secondly, when you tagged my glossary with more "citations needed" - are you suggesting each term of the over 1100 entries will need a reference? This will, of course, will create a huge ref section at the bottom of the page.

Since I can't place the ref# between the "Term"and "Defn" per glossary MOS rules and if I place it after the first "defn" in a multiple entry term, it implies its only applicable to that particular term. If I have a term with four definitions, would each "Defn" need to be referenced?

Thus my question - where would you suggest I place the Ref# so as to not violate rules stated in the glossary MOS?

I do have a Ref# for every term, so please let me know what you think.

Thanks Michael Jannetta (talk) 06:36, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

The article has a section titled Works cited (Books, Web Dictionaries and PDFs, Websites), but it isn't clear to our readers exactly how or where in the article those works are being cited. And from my reading of WP:GLOSSARIES - Glossaries are subject to all of the same rules (e.g. Wikipedia:Verifiability, and Wikipedia:Neutral point of view) as other content on Wikipedia. So our readers need to be able to verify the content/slang comes from a published reliable source(s). I don't know what the exact solution is, but maybe, for example in each section (A B C D, etc.) immediately before {{glossary start}} or after {{glossary end}}, there could be a Sources:<ref1><ref2><ref3> - so readers will know what the source(s) are for the terms. I looked at a few other glossary articles, and there doesn't seem to really be any consistency, Glossary of professional wrestling terms, Glossary of cricket terms, Glossary of video game terms. Some use inline citations infrequently, and I see the same issue being raised in the video game glossary - needs additional citations for verification. Anyway, thanks for reaching out, I appreciate it, and good luck. Isaidnoway (talk) 07:33, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

A message from JACamarillo

JACamarillo (talk) 15:45, 23 August 2024 (UTC) Totally new here, and honestly don't have any background with publishing on Wikipedia. So, I guess what I read was, as long as I write the information in my "own words", and copy past my source, then my post would be accepted?????

Yes, write the content in your own words, and use a citation template if it is a book: <ref>{{cite book |last= |first= |date= |title= |url= |location= |publisher= |page= |isbn=}}</ref>. Also make sure the content you are adding is relevant to the page you are adding it to. Isaidnoway (talk) 16:20, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

Murders of Patricia Mann and Jesse McBane

Hi there. I'd just like to thank you for finalizing the citations on the above page I recently created. I do apologize for leaving you with the legwork of the coding. I couldn't figure out what I did wrong with the reference at the bottom of the page, and I was waiting for somebody else's edits to teach me. I still need to read the finer details of your finalizations, but thank you so much again. I was more focused on getting the page done, I don't have the time or attention span for it easily. Hope I didn't irritate you or give you a headache. I'd even thank the Citation Bot if it wasn't ridiculous. XD ContributingHelperOnTheSide (talk) 13:39, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

today's reversions

Today you reverted my revisions to the John Love (congressman) article. I disagree but didn't unrevert them, since I was trying to fix another article and my cyberbullies apparently struck again. The reason for yesterday's (now reverted) expansion is to explain the error and limitations in this man's initial bio, as well as link him with his distant nephew, also John Love, who continued the family's martial tradition but remained loyal to the Union (even becoming a general). The family has a somewhat typical for their era/class (but admittedly confusing) recycling of names. While their father Samuel Love is wikipedia-worthy for his Maryland service and patriotism, all three generations can easily be confused. Obviously, I was trying to disambiguate such, but did not have time to review my edits as the only library with the relevant items closed.Jweaver28 (talk) 00:31, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Duplicate parm errors in Space Launch System

Hi, Isaidnoway. Your edit to Space Launch System introduced several "duplicate parm" errors, which I hesitate to try to fix because I don't know your intentions.

There's a missing "-->" at the end of the line:

| {{Abbr|SL|at sea level}}: {{cvt|1,672,000|lbf|MN|order=flip|1}}<!-- <ref name="RS-25_PVgEY" />

Also, a block of code in the Infobox that includes the "Second stage (Block 1) – ICPS" was deleted, causing two templates to run together (the source of the "duplicate parm" errors).

Can you sort it out? Thanks Davemck (talk) 16:10, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

Sure, easy fix, I just restored the previous infobox before my edits. Isaidnoway (talk) 16:41, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

Welcome to the drive!

Welcome, welcome, welcome Isaidnoway! I'm glad that you are joining the November 2024 drive! Please, have a cup of WikiTea, and go cite some articles.

Fix a random page lacking sources

Cielquiparle (talk) 20:14, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Boeing aircraft

I manually reverted this edit of yours at List of accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 737 because it was not correct. Boeing, like most aviation manufacturers, uses hyphens in their model number system, not dashes. You are not the first editor to make this mistake, so I'm considering making a template to prevent further confusion like I did with Template:USAF serial. In the meantime, are there any other articles where you changed the hyphens in aircraft model numbers to dashes? - ZLEA _T\^C 02:29, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

ArbCom 2024 Elections voter message

Hello! Voting in the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 2 December 2024. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2024 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:30, 19 November 2024 (UTC)