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February music

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story · music · places

Sorry to hear that you are not doing well! - On the main page Edith Mathis, who portrayed young women by Mozart, the video of a 1993 interview has videos of her performances, - yesterday's story. - "places" come with food and flowers, - sharing with you, with best wishes! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:49, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I point at a Japanese composer today, as the main page does, - listen to music for the soul. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:58, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

February 2025

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Hello, I think the Monarchy of Thailand and Highest Commander of Royal Thai Armed Forces pages should be combined. It's too complicated. Preime TH (talk) 14:33, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I know far less than I should about Thailand (what I do is fascinating) to be able to be of help one way or the other I'm afraid. If you caught me editing Thailand-related articles, it's probably because I'm reverting a banned user who keeps trying to make the same changes over and over. Remsense ‥  14:28, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I just saw something pop up from you

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But can't see it now and it was too fast to read. Doug Weller talk 11:01, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies for notifying first over totally the wrong platform. Remsense ‥  11:02, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Which platform? Doug Weller talk 11:44, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Discord—I just happened to see your handle in the user list, but I should have assumed you don't necessarily use it so much. Remsense ‥  11:45, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sort of every other day, that's all. Doug Weller talk 12:18, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The mail

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Hi, Remsense! I had sent you a Mail, but you haven't replied yet. You can tell whether you accept it or not on this talk page only. Remember to ping me! Regards, Xiphoid Vigour ༈Duel༈ 15:46, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I did reply to the email! I definitely clicked all the buttons to send a reply anyway. @Xiphoid Vigour: Remsense ‥  15:47, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Removing videos

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Hello! I have seen that you have removed some videos from Basque-related articles. Can you explain the rational behind that removal? Thanks. Theklan (talk) 14:42, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've explained it several times by now in edit summaries. Remsense ‥  14:43, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No, you didn't, and that's why I was asking. Now that you have reverted again, I have opened a discussion. Theklan (talk) 17:48, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Puyi

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What is your problem? It is important to name those who played Puyi in different films and series. Thanks to these interpretations, he is known worldwide, especially that of John Lone in the film The Last Emperor. On the other hand and at the same time, we must not forget that Yuan Shikai was nothing more than an opportunist who only went to the highest bidder; the imperial troops were superior to the revolutionary republicans, Yuan Shikai decided to accept the post of president knowing that the Qing dynasty would get rid of him when the revolution was crushed. JohnnyCastwhite90 (talk) 12:45, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:POPULARCULTURE. These sections are not obligatory on biographies, and they're nearly always full of clutter and original research. That's why we require actual citations in secondary reliable sources (e.g., not the works themselves, and not IMBD) to demonstrate their relevance to the actual subject. Remsense ‥  20:08, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2025 March newsletter

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The first round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 26 February. As a reminder, we are no longer disqualifying the lowest-scoring contestants; everyone who competed in round 1 will advance to round 2 unless they have withdrawn or been banned from Wikipedia. Instead, the contestants with the highest round-point totals now receive tournament points at the end of each round. Unlike the round points in the main WikiCup table, which are reset at the end of each round, tournament points are carried over between rounds and can only be earned if a competitor is among the top 16 round-point scorers. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far.

Round 1 was very competitive compared with previous years; two contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and the top 16 contestants all scored more than 500 round points. The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:

The full scores for round 1 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 18 featured articles, 26 featured lists, 1 featured-topic article, 197 good articles, 38 good-topic articles and more than 100 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 23 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 550 reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after 26 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2, which begins on 1 March. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:13, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wow

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How did you revert User:Mauricio Carrillo Sánchez1 edits' so quickly? Justjourney (talk) 01:37, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Very haphazardly, with hammering Twinkle on their contributions page. My itchy revert finger that gets me into trouble sometimes has valid applications. Remsense ‥  01:38, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Temporarily Retiring from Wikipedia

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Hey there Remsense!

You welcomed me and advised me in the early days of my Wikipedia journey. I would like to thank you for that. I have been on Wikipedia for exactly 10 days now. I created my first article yesterday. But less than 24 hours later, Chanakal suspected me of being a sockpuppet and added me to Wikipedia:sockpuppet investigations/Vidun Nethmira. When I received the notification about this, I couldn't figure out what to do. So I informed Chanakal about this in his talk.

I would like to tell you that I am currently suffering from wikistress . So when I was suspected of being a sockpuppet, I became frustrated with Wikipedia. I edit Wikipedia amidst the scolding and criticism from my family, friends and neighbors. In the early days of Wikipedia, I would edit Wikipedia continuously until about 11:00 at night, reading articles. I was frustrated by the scolding of society, and today, when I was suspected of being a sockpuppet, I became even more frustrated. When I spend my time and effort and contribute to Wikipedia, is this what I get instead of a "Thank You"?

For all these reasons, I decided to temporarily retire from Wikipedia. I was falsely labeled a "sockpuppet" less than a month after joining Wikipedia. This is the reason for many people who retire from Wikipedia. But at least they have been on Wikipedia for a while and have a good experience. But me? I've only been a member for ten days! Maybe I won't be confirmed as a sockpuppet, but I really can't stand all the personal issues. Even though I said this, I might change my mind and come back to edit as usual tomorrow (only if I hadn't been confirmed as a sockpuppet).

So Remsense, I think this is it (FOR NOW) Goodbye and stay safe while editing Wikipedia!

Hope We'll meet again some day! ✌️ XOXO Feroxidan (talk) 15:37, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Unsure if it is bad conduct to post on someone's talk page as such, but I felt compelled to tell you thank you. Few people understand the huge impact this site has had on all of humanity and the total reliance upon genuinely altruistic people contributing time and effort to make it possible. Not to mention reliance upon the small minority of people who are linguistically and emotionally equipped to handle the complex task of purveying objective truth. In a concise and unbiased manner. I just briefly saw your edit history and was taken back by how much you have contributed. Thank you, I love this site and it is undeniable that the huge majority of it's administrative and creative tasks are performed by an extremely committed minority. Which you are a part of. The most tragic part of this is they seldom if ever get any affirmation, it truly is a great public service. Hope you come back, and always know the value of what you have given. Eternallygr8fu1 (talk) 01:04, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Feedback request: Philosophy and religion Good Article nomination

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March 2025

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I undid your revert on Charles III as I felt that the material which had been added should be treated in good faith, per WP:ASG. I think that the passage had been added to the end of the section which was the closest possible fit for the news update, and it also had two references (which admittely were bare references, but only needed a simple conversion to full references). The edit also reflected a current event that does not really need any explanation. My "undo" may be reverted, if it is, I will not be reinstating. SpookiePuppy (talk) 22:48, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Again, I don't know where people get the good faith thing from. I don't want to assume that you haven't actually read the first sentence of the policy you're pointing to or have failed to understand what it refers to in practice, but I'm otherwise left pretty bereft of replies I can make to you. It is a totally unwarranted conclusion to draw as far as I can tell. Whether intended or not, it's an exhausting cudgel to repeatedly parry, and one that is irrelevant to the actual content dispute. Stick to what editors actually say and don't say please, especially given your concern is about assuming good faith. Remsense ‥  22:52, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Frank Zappa

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Hello! I your edit here your 'edit summary' mentioned "non-pov pushing". Why did you feel that was important to add in this case?
Cheers! Bluevista99 (talk) 05:30, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Refer to Zappa how the majority of sources do, not highlighting aspects you feel are undervalued. Remsense ‥  07:15, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the reply. As for referring to Zappa how the majority of sources do, I assumed that's what I was doing, particularly with that part of my edit which reverted to some long-standing consensus wording. So, why the special mention of "non-pov pushing"? Bluevista99 (talk) 14:57, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion invitation: Ganesha

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Kushite Religion

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Hello, I saw you reverted my edit on the Kushite religion page adding the Traditional African religions portal template to it. On what basis did you do that? I noticed you also did the same on the Ancient Egyptian religion page citing that the article wasn't considered part of the series. Was that the same reasoning you had for the Kushite page removal? Please do qualify that statement as I am curious how the religions of the Ancient Egyptians and the Kushites do not count as traditional African religions. NisutBity (talk) 11:08, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The only justification I see of any substance is that Egypt is geographically situated on the African continent. As far as I've seen discussion does not treat Egyptian religion as one object of study among others in the field—every mention I've seen is tacked on and uncited. While I understand there to be some cross-pollination, I don't see any evidence that these are the same field as opposed to two different fields in the broadest sense. These tacked-on mentions in the sidebar and on Traditional African religions should be either substantiated and cited or removed as well. Remsense ‥  20:12, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
"The only justification I have seen of any substance", what defines "substance" to you? What are your qualifications to determine what makes a religion a "Traditional African religion" or not? I'm not asking you for a vague reference, I am asking you for concrete criteria that justified the removal of the Traditional African religion template from both the Ancient Egyptian religion and Kushite religion pages.
"As far as I've seen discussion does not treat Egyptian religion as one object of study..." what does this statement mean and what relevance does it have as to whether the AE religion is a traditional African religion or not? All other African religions on the portal are distinct and disparate from each other. It really seems you have an essentialist idea of what makes a religion African that is not being explicitly defined, and I hope you likewise apply that criteria to every other regional religion stub or template. I still would like a clear definition of what that is, your qualification on the subject, and that you also make that clear to the other editors of the Traditional African religion page. NisutBity (talk) 21:38, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

March music

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story · music · places

On Ravel's birthday, we also think of a conductor and five more composers ;) -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:34, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Second Gilded Age

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You may withdraw your nomination, if that's your intent. But I've declined your tag; an editor may not generally speedy delete a formal procedure in which another editor has already opposed your view. BusterD (talk) 02:39, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, I made an error and was just trying to elide it in the most hassle-free way. Remsense ‥  02:40, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No problems. Agreement always feels satisfying. BusterD (talk) 02:41, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
BTW, nobody's going to squawk over this particular foible, but you shouldn't be closing your own open XfD procedures in any manner, even in the case of a withdrawal. In the future, just withdraw the nom and let some other editor close it. BusterD (talk) 05:46, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Good to know, thank you. Remsense ‥  05:47, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mail

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Knitsey (talk) 04:21, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Replied. Remsense ‥  04:25, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Christianity article archived links

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Hi, @Remsense! I do think that Christianity page with archives is better than Christianity page without archives.

Firstly, not everything that got archived was a google book, there were quite a few links. Secondly, google books may sometimes get removed from the library still and they often provide a viewable preview that could be viewed via Internet Archive.

I think that the small amount of text that adding archives is outweighed by all the potential benefits of such archivation. Brent Silby (talk) 11:58, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Right—I just want to point out what some may not realize at first, which is articles increasing in source size can get pretty slow to edit or even navigate for editors, so imo it is best to avoid blanket applying an archive on every applicable URL in long, densely referenced articles. Remsense ‥  12:02, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, I see you point now. Alright, I will leave the Christianity article in particular alone, just because of how many references it got (it's a valid concern about speed of editing), but in general, I don't think it is a bad practice. Brent Silby (talk) 12:04, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Xiamen (Amoy) Wikipedia

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Hello, I would like to talk to you about the Wikipedia page of Xiamen. You rejected all my edits. The page remains unchanged. So I would like to explain it. Thanks.

First, since the successful application of Gulangyu Island (Kulangsu Island) for World Heritage, the Xiamen Municipal Government prefers to use "Kulangsu" instead of "Gulangyu" in English.

Second, Tongan dialect is used in Tong'an District, Xiang'an District, and some part of the Jimei District. Xinglin District (later merged into Jimei District) does not use Tongan dialect. Haicang District does not use Tongan dialect either. The mainland part of Xiamen City is composed of Jimei District, Haicang District, Xiang'an District, and Tong'an District, so I just modified it to "majority of the mainland part". I think this is more accurate.

Third, I added some words to try to make it more accurate and complete. For example, Xiamen dialect is used not only in the southwest of Xiamen Island, but also in Kulangsu Island.


I look forward to your reply. Please forgive me if my editing cause any trouble to you. Many thanks. TomChiew (talk) 17:23, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you would like to change the form of terms used, it's best to start a move request to discern whether that form should be the article title, which usually means it's the form that should be used elsewhere. Remsense ‥  17:25, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2025-11

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Concerning your reversion of my edit

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Hello,

In response to your statement that American English allows for "towards" in addition to "toward," I wholeheartedly believe that as well. However, many reliable sources (including Merriam Webster, the foremost American dictionary, and Grammarly) state that the latter is generally preferred—even if not necessarily prescribed—so why is it that we are not to go with it?

Thanks, Solo4701 (talk) 04:34, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Somewhere like Wikipedia, I would point immediately to the principle of WP:COMMONALITY as key to our survival: conventions like ENGVAR should be conceptualized as aiming to reduce the total possible surface area for confusion and dispute, not ever potentially making it even more fractal and granular, as potentially jutting up stumbling blocks where none actually need to be. Remsense ‥  04:37, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for asking by the way—I appreciate the attention to detail, I really do. FWIW, I've started a discussion here if you want to chime in. Remsense ‥  04:48, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! I may provide input when I have more time and have reviewed the corresponding articles; my preconception is that we simply ought to ensure consistency in a regionally apposite manner (otherwise, how else?), a principle by which the Andrew Jackson article—among others—fails to abide. Solo4701 (talk) 15:51, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reversion on Ethnic Religions

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@Remsense Hello, I saw that you had deleted the religion word, "Hinduism" from the Ethnic religions page. I want to tell, firstly, please stop discriminating religions. Hinduism is beyond ethnic; it started in the mid-5000 to 6000 BCE.

https://www.albert.io/blog/ethnic-vs-universalizing-religions-ap-human-geography-crash-course/#:~:text=Hinduism%20is%20the%20largest%20ethnic,and%20had%20no%20specific%20founder.

Please refer to the above in the paragraph 'Hinduism for more details. I would like to remind you, please stop discrimination.

Yours,

@KeerthanaManiN KeerthanaManiN 05:59, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Would you like to explain why "albert.io" is a reliable source for claims about such a subject? Remsense ‥  06:01, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reminder: Discussion invitation (Ganesha)

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KnowDeath (talk) 22:47, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How is the tweaking of the wording going? 216.58.25.209 (talk) 23:28, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Completely slipped my mind, thanks for your patience & for reminding me. Remsense ‥  23:30, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Revert of my edit

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Hello, i'm just wondering why you reverted a coma being added… don't you think the sentance sounds better? "Perform, read and write" seems more correct than "perform read and write", which has no pause in its rythm… Blocktomo (talk) 22:53, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

With the comma added, the sentence on Turing machine is just wrong, actually: can (perform), (read) and (write) operations is not the intended reading of the sentence. Instead, the sentence is read as can perform (read and write operations): read operations and write operations are what can be performed. Remsense ‥  23:01, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your revert

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Hello Remsense, re your recent revert of my edit, you haven’t given any reason in the edit summary. I don’t plan to spend too much time on this, but would like to know your reasoning. Do you mean all wrongs should stay wrong? WP:YESRGW --Dustfreeworld (talk) 04:01, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's just a superfluous heading to me, that's all—a case of "I don't quite understand why you did this to begin with, so I can't immediately explain why I disagree." If others like it, then obviously that's a fine example of the consensus process. Remsense ‥  04:52, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oh I see. Thanks for the explanation. I added the heading because it seems to me that the last paragraph is overlooked by many editors who simply think that righting the wrongs is always inappropriate. IMO that’s because the paragraph is short and it’s at the end of the section.
Nevermind, I’m not reinstating my edit. I’m adding a link to YESRGW to address the issue and hope you’re fine with that. Thanks:) --Dustfreeworld (talk) 05:41, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Remsense, I’m surprised by your rapid-fire reverts of my different edits twice already within 24 hours and 4 minutes after my last edit, even after my explanation above. That’s bordering on edit warring.
Re your edit summary “It's simply not appropriate to interpolate an inline advertisement of your essay ostensibly arguing against that guideline. What on earth are new editors meant to think of that?” You only care about “What on earth are new editors meant to think of that?”, without addressing the issue I raised: “What on earth are long-term editors meant to think of that?” Basically you are suggesting that we shouldn’t tell both old and new editors that sometimes there’re wrongs that we should absolutely right (by abiding to NPOV). Nvm, you are entitled to your own opinion. I’m not going to engage in rapid-fire edits/reverts like that. Thanks. PS. BTW it’s not *my* essay, I didn’t write it. --Dustfreeworld (talk) 06:13, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]