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Talk:Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora#Requested move 25 November 2023

Regarding your close; you say While Lake Ellesmere appears to be the more widely used search term, evidence from reliable sources has also been presented which indicate a preference for the dual name.

You're right that at the end some evidence was provided that scholarly sources trend towards the dual name, but I think you may have missed the earlier evidence regarding news sources and book sources that the evidence regarding scholarly sources didn't rebut, both of which showed an overwhelming preference for the single name.

I would also note that if we aggregate the news and scholarly sources together a clear preference for the single name remains, but I didn't make that argument at the time so I won't go into detail on it here.

In addition, even if we do consider the evidence regarding the scholarly sources to be equal to the evidence regarding the news sources and book sources regarding the WP:COMMONNAME, then in assessing consensus we should be looking at the other arguments presented, and the support those arguments had. In that debate, additional arguments were presented for the single name, and those arguments had greater support among respondents.

I am hoping you would be willing to consider your close? BilledMammal (talk) 09:22, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

I don't see consensus for the move in that discussion. There are convincing arguments eitherway. The discussion had been running for over a month (with the last comment 10 days ago) so it was time to close. Closure does not prevent further discussion and re-listing. Cheers Polyamorph (talk) 09:27, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Regarding the specific arguments, most of those in opposition are far weaker than those in support. For example, Schwede66's was based on personal experience, EmeraldRange's was completely rebutted, and Daveosaurus' was effectively "use the official name" (the single source they referenced is the entity which determines what the official name of the location is).

Turnagra's argument was decent, with the single piece of evidence regarding the dual name's commonality, but given the lack of support it received combined with the existence of multiple pieces of evidence regarding the single name's commonality, I think there is a consensus there for a move.

However, you mention re-listing; if you aren't willing to change the result, would you at least be willing to relist the discussion, particularly since it had only been relisted once? BilledMammal (talk) 09:38, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

OK, I'll relist on your request as that would be more efficient than a brand new discussion. Cheers Polyamorph (talk) 09:46, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. BilledMammal (talk) 09:47, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Polyamorph!

Happy New Year!

Polyamorph,
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Thank you Amakuru. Happy New Year to you too and thanks for everything you do! Polyamorph (talk) 12:31, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Image source problem with File:OpticsGlass.jpg

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Hi @TheImaCow: it's a derivative from other files on wikipedia/commons. File:Fibreoptic.jpg is one of the files, I'm trying to find the other files but since I made this 16 years ago I'm struggling to remember! Polyamorph (talk) 06:44, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

@TheImaCow: found the other file File:Laser_glass_slabs.jpg - that's all files used to make the derivative work. I know on commons there is a {{Derived from}} template, is there an equivalent for wikipedia files? Polyamorph (talk) 06:51, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Perfect, thank you for researching this! I've moved the file to commons, with the "Derived from" template there. (at c:File:OpticsGlass.jpg) Licencing status should be correct now. Respect for still finding the source file after so long!--TheImaCow (talk) 08:37, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

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Tungsten talk-page

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Hi,

You deleted a number of remarks from editors that were not you, without leaving an edit-comment. That violates Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines (although admittedly it's only a guideline). It's discourteous to edit or delete other peoples' posts.

I haven't reverted your change, but I think you might consider doing it yourself.

Take care! MrDemeanour (talk) 13:14, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

@MrDemeanour: what do you mean? Are you not aware of talk page archiving? Note also, all of my edits to Talk:Tungsten have edit summaries, so I have no idea what you are referring to. Polyamorph (talk) 13:37, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

I'm aware of talk-page archiving. I think it's abusive if you do it daily, which you have been doing to Talk:Tungsten. You've been archiving current discussions.

Your edit archiving the thread "wolfram? come on folks" was a fresh and active thread; it shouldn't have been archived, and the edit-comment wss auto-generated, giving no reason for the deletion. MrDemeanour (talk) 18:16, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

It was not a fresh and active thread - it was a 2021 thread! Just because an IP user makes a driveby comment to an old thread does not make it worth keeping! My edit summary made it clear I was archiving (not deleting) the thread. I have not been archiving the talk daily! I literally just came by to clean it up and am in no way deserving of your accusations that my actions are abusive!! Coming to someone else's talk page with bad faith accusations and doubling down when corrected on the other hand.... Polyamorph (talk) 18:48, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.