User talk:Remsense/Archive 2

Archive 1

Archive 2

No problem, please, and please, we are correcting the origon of Shiekh Ishaaq. Its origin is Shiekh Ishaaq bin Ahmed bin Muhammad Hanfitre Maha Dir, and it is the second son of Dir (Abokor). Please ask me for justification before you change. I am not removing any information, only correcting the information. Go to this website called Abtirisi.com and see the information, or search Google. Please, we need to correct the information soon.

No problem, please, and please, we are correcting the origon of Shiekh Ishaaq. Its origin is Shiekh Ishaaq bin Ahmed bin Muhammad Hanfitre Maha Dir, and it is the second son of Dir (Abokor). Please ask me for justification before you change. I am not removing any information, only correcting the information. Go to this website called Abtirisi.com link (http://www.abtirsi.com/view.php?person=158) and see the information, or search Google. Please, we need to correct the information soon. 197.231.201.171 (talk) 13:58, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

Html tags at Help desk

Remsense, thanks again for your answers at WP:Help desk. Any chance I could get you to stop using Html tags <ul>, <li> <embed> and others? They are error-prone and tend to get left unclosed or improperly closed (as happened in this edit, with the end sequence </ul></li>). There are all sorts of alternatives or workarounds, depending what you want to do. There's no reason I can think of to use <ul>, <ol>, or <li> given that regular wiki markup of asterisk or hash will do what you need; alternatives are {{blist}} and {{olist}}, and there are others. As far as embedding Html code, try <pre> or {{Syntaxhighlight}}; the bottom of the template page has plenty of alternatives. A q&d method is using Html entities; see the wikicode of this message. Mathglot (talk) 04:22, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

Mathglot, it's an artifact of Factotum which I also noticed and wasn't thrilled by. I suppose I'll stop using it for now. Apologies, thank you for bringing this instance to my attention. — Remsense诉 04:52, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

No worries. Hm, never heard of Factotum before. If you otherwise like the script, why not just keep using it, and double-check afterward if you think Html entities or bullets are involved? Meanwhile, that user is still active, and might respond to a request to update the script to fix the observed problems. Mathglot (talk) 05:11, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

The formatting would drive me crazy—but I assumed a bit that it was a "me thing" that would annoy people more if I spent additional edits trying to fix it if I caught it afterwards.

I've used Factotum a lot, I will ask the author about it, though it seems like an intentional design decision (one I don't myself understand). Regardless, I will be more careful now I know it's an issue for others as well, thank you again. Remsense诉 05:15, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

Small note

I see you already removed the tag on Zhengma method, but in case you aren't aware you can't PROD pages that have been previously listed at AFD, so that one will need to be WP:RENOMed in order to be deleted. Given how much time has passed I doubt anyone will complain if you do. 2601:5CC:8300:A7F0:2823:7B55:6444:ACCB (talk) 22:46, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

I looked at the original deletion discussion, and it's borderline enough that I won't be hasty with it. Remsense诉 22:47, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

Wars involving Germany

there are a number of articles that also happened before 1871 which are in the Category, but instead of expanding the site and continuing with German history such as the HRE and Prussia, the category articel is dead because of people like you. 🤷🏼‍♂️ Docd13 (talk) 05:53, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for alerting me to those, I'll go through and remove them also. Remsense诉 05:54, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

can you explain why? I mean, why we expand it? Docd13 (talk) 05:56, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

As you can see, there are other categories that more helpfully fit events of other eras. "Wars involving Germany" implies there was a belligerent state roughly equivalent to the "Germany" post-unification, which is not the case. Remsense诉 06:01, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

then we should at least link them on this page Docd13 (talk) 06:06, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

I was removing them from a category. Regarding the article List of wars involving Germany, I don't know what's going on there, but I would probably think about discussing it for this reason if I had the inclination. All I know is the category is the way it is for a good reason. Take it up with WikiProject Military history, I suppose. Remsense诉 06:08, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

You are WRONG about "Release" as a contronym

1: Nothing on the page says that you have to go to the talk page before editing it. Even if something on the page DID say that, except in a few administrative cases, Wikipedia does not have random different rules for specific pages. Some random person with a control freak nature deciding he's the special sentinel of a given page is not one of those situations.

If you think something needs a citation, place a tag after it, do not remove the contribution. People like you are the people that make Wikipedia a toxic place to be.

2: Nothing in the definition of a contronym requires the etymologies be the same, nor defined how they must get to that state. It simply means that the words are the same and mean their own opposite. These are not "two different words", they are one word with multiple definitions.

I am only saying my peace here, as I know you will be unmoved and will insist that you are and must be right. People like you always do that. But it's irrelevant. Wikipedia is apparently yours, not mine. 2601:1C2:5000:8CC7:E8E0:2BA4:C7AA:A638 (talk) 04:03, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

As I attempted to show before, release ("to lease again"; lease from Old French laisier) is a different word with a distinct etymology from release ("to loosen"; from Old French relaschier A contronym is a single word with two opposing meanings, not two words with opposing meanings that happen to be homographs. They're even pronounced differently, which is commonly seen between words borrowed at different times from French into English. Moreover, it is not a WP:list article, and Wikipedia is not a dictionary. The article does not require evermore examples to illustrate its topic to the reader. These are the reasons the text of the page asks not to add more examples. Clearly dubious claims generally shouldn't be tagged like you say; instead, they should be removed. This is a well-established norm that is necessary to improve the encyclopedia.

As always, discussion on how to improve the article is always welcome. Cheers! Remsense诉 04:15, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

And as I just said, you are wrong. They are not pronounced differently, and despite how they got to be the same word, they are. I literally just said this. This is not "clearly dubious", this is you being wrong and insisting that Wikipedia needs to be wrong exactly the same way you are.

Please do not say "cheers" to me. I do not like dishonesty about how the footing we are on, which is one of contention and dislike, not friendliness. 2601:1C2:5000:8CC7:E912:FF73:7191:DE66 (talk) 04:36, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Apologies for my lack of elaboration: in the word meaning 'to lease again', the emphasis is on the first syllable, while in the word meaning 'to loosen', the emphasis is on the second syllable. As I've said, this is a common distinction in pronunciation between words borrowed into English from French at different points.

Hope this helps! Remsense诉 04:40, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Which linked pages are you referring to?

There were a few changes made [1]. CurryCity (talk) 23:56, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

I am referring to the article Han Taiwanese, which was still linked to through a pipe in your revision, apologies for lack of clarity. Remsense诉 23:57, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

SDNONE

Thanks for working to improve Short Descriptions but pease slow down, and reread WP:Short description.. The only articles which need no SD are those with very detailed titles which make their content completely obvious. See WP:SDNONE. History of Tupi doesn't tell me much:SD is needed. Yes, "Aspect of history" is a poor SD but please add a better one in the majority of cases where it isn't obvious. See History of Leeds as an example. Thanks PamD 06:44, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

Cheers—thank you for letting me know that my threshold for helpfulness was too low. Remsense诉 06:47, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

I think the question is "Does this tell me what the article is about, even if I've never heard of the subject?" You might like to go back over your edits and rethink some: "History of city in country X" may often be useful. If it's "History of Z", the SD for the article on Z might be a guide: at least tell us whether Z is a place, a language, etc. Thanks. PamD 06:54, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

I was just about to say as much—I will be doing just that, thank you again. :) Remsense诉 06:55, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

I have some more structured thoughts buzzing in my head about this—I don't want to talk your ear off about things unsolicited, but if your interest in this runs deeper than "making sure I don't demolish the whole wiki in my hubris", would you want me to run some thoughts by you? I'm probably going to ask what other people think on WT:SHORTDESC regardless. Remsense诉 08:09, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

Yes, by all means run things past me here or on my talk page, or, as you say, at WT:SHORTDESC. I think something I didn't say above is that the SD complements the title, so needn't repeat what's obvious in the title - thus: article= "History of Leeds", SD="History of city in Yorkshire, England". Article="History of Tupi", SD="History of an extinct language of Brazil". I'd never heard of Tupi before looking at your contributions list (the Leeds one is on my watchlist), and guessed it to be a Pacific island! PamD 08:49, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

Deletion of Unistat article

Hello Remsense -- I saw you speedy-deleted an article I wrote about this statistical software package under WP:G11. Although there's some historical advertising material in one of the links this dates back to the 1980s, it relates to historical archives at the Spectrum Archive so I wouldn't have considered this to be promotional material. Could you help me pad this out and get the tone right, also possibly restore the page or a copy of it so I don't need to start from scratch? From what I can tell the article has existed since 2006 but I can't find the history anywhere or the context of why it disappeared, which is why I ended up rewriting. There are a lot of broken links right now to the Unistat article from other statistics articles which is somewhat awkward. Cheers! Isik5 (talk) 12:42, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

Promotion of List of World Chess Championships

Congratulations, Remsense! The list you nominated, List of World Chess Championships, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, PresN (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:26, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

Reason of article attack

Hi, I would like let you know about this: [2] OrionNimrod (talk) 21:23, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi, it seems this started here [2] in a Romanian website. It is strange that how people have so deep wikipedia knowledge to find a such old ANI report, probably that info was spread by the user who did that report to incite Romanian people against Hungarian editors. The outside article pretend the reporter user is "admin" because that report is on the admin board, however he was not an admin, and that report failed, even Romanian editors said that was a baseless report. OrionNimrod (talk) 19:57, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

I recommend passing this onto an admin, if you haven't already? Remsense诉 20:07, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

(here out of curiosity, from the ANI thread closed ~17h ago) @OrionNimrod: Actually, the origin IS that reddit post, well, it's the reddit post that thread is linking to - the Romanian website says at the top (the "Nota") that it was posted on reddit and that they are sharing it to "popularize the author's investigation"(from Google Translate) – 2804:F14:80E5:6B01:B594:C013:3E0E:888D (talk) 04:51, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Lakotah flag

The information provided in the infobox is sourced in the article itself. Plus, the national flag can be found on Wikimedia commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Republic_of_Lakotah_Flag_Map.png DaRealPrinceZuko (talk) 01:45, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

According to the image: Source: Own work

This is not acceptable sourcing for claims on Wikipedia, especially about such sensitive political situations. There is no source you have presented that verifies that this flag is being used in this way. It's irresponsible. Remsense诉 01:46, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

ANI close

Thanks! I had loads of edit conflicts expanding on my original close after it was reopened, so if you don't mind I added it after your own close. Hope that's OK! The more the merrier eh  :) ——Serial 15:42, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

I have four-edit salvos that should be one edit too often, but things tend to work out in the end! Cheers. Remsense诉 15:43, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Fa Buddhism

Although I think your correction is more suitable, fa is a concept in both chinese classical philosophy and Buddhism, where the term is used as Law. However, I am not familiar with fa law in Buddhism.FourLights (talk) 22:26, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Hum. I'll have to think of how to put it. Remsense诉 22:27, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Joshua Project

I see that you've been on a streak of removing Joshua Project citations. I undertook this a couple years ago, but of course the stuff comes back. Thank you for doing this. Pathawi (talk) 06:09, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

Could definitely be smarter about it, could definitely fix some myself and in so doing prevent it from just being added again, but it's better than nothing :). Cheers! Remsense诉 06:16, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

Edit conflict/revert on writing system

Hi there, I'm wondering whether you disagreed with my copy edits on Writing System and intended to undo them? Or was it just an edit conflict? Thanks :) —Of the universe (say hello) 02:50, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Oh, I'm sorry! I totally goofed and overwrote some of your copyedits while making my own. I've undone mine, I can reimplement them when you're done. Remsense诉 02:56, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

No worries! Thanks :) —Of the universe (say hello) 12:45, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

List of Johnson solids

Ah. I see that you have a FL List of World Chess Championships. As for beginner, I have some difficulties while nominating the article List of Johnson solids to PR before heading to WP:FLC. Can you help me in this case? I would like to apologize if this message makes you feel annoyed or some other disappointed reactions.

Regards. Dedhert.Jr (talk) 14:48, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Oh wow! No, quite the opposite, I'm flattered that you think I could help, and this list seems right up my alley. I'll add it to the plates I presently have in the air, I'd love to collaborate with you on it! Remsense诉 15:22, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Ah... Many thanks. Also, do you feel something is missing in the article? If yes, you can provide more comments in peer review, which the reviewer has gone AWOL. Dedhert.Jr (talk) 14:12, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

GA/FA nominations

Hi @Remsense I am not sure how to nominate articles for GA/FA, such as Chenghua Emperor, Wanli Emperor, and Xuande Emperor. I think these articles are edited quite well. I hope to receive your help. Thank you. --Why Am I Me and Not Someone Else? (talk) 16:45, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

Hello, and thank you for your interest in improving and showcasing these articles! Generally, the reason we don't go for drive-bys is because the nominator will have to work with the reviewer during the process, and so the nominator will need to be familiar with all of its details. I haven't been a major contributor to any of these three articles yet, and I agree that they are particularly good among the Chinese monarch articles. I would need to read each one more deeply to identify whether I think they're ready for GA nomination, but nothing sticks out at me presently.

Actually, the same user wrote the bulk of all three of these articles, but they are unfortunately blocked from the site: I'm not privy to that situation, but it seems like a shame, since a lot of their work is good. Remsense诉 16:51, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for your information. Best regards. --Why Am I Me and Not Someone Else? (talk) 17:04, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

I have quite prematurely rolled back a user removing all of WMIMANSE?'s work on the Ming dynasty, thinking a wholesale deletion of such detailed and sourced content must be some kind of mistake, and only after did I realize the "banned sock" moniker was legitimate. I am willing to let their work stay based on a perhaps-undeserved abundance of WP:AGF, and I hope I did not step on any toes by doing so. Regards. _dk (talk) 07:37, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

It is the worst kind of situation, and I wish I was sure of the very best way to handle it, as I think it's important both to preserve very wortwhile, quality content regardless of authorship, but also WP:BMB, and content creation is not an means by which community blocks may be ignored. Frankly, I wish the obvious solution of "Ylogm getting a clue" seemed likely. Remsense诉 08:07, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

I have opted to apply the advice slightly below WP:BMB - WP:BANREVERT - which states that edits by banned users need not necessarily be reverted wholesale. While I obviously cannot condone their behaviour that led them to be banned or them trying to sneak back in by using sockpuppets, I would much prefer their good-faith efforts be allowed to remain provided they do not push some nefarious POV. Though, I must admit, the affair leaves a poor taste in my mouth and I can only hope that it is not so tempting for well-meaning but somehow-banned users to use sockpuppets rather than to negotiate an unblock through the proper channels. _dk (talk) 10:16, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Unfortunately, their issue is not POV inasmuch as an inability to communicate and work with others, as far as I know. I would much prefer them being allowed to do their work, but unfortunately they got INDEF'd and their SP behavior since has made rapprochement improbable. It's unfortunate. My thoughts were to revert and then put a note on the talk page saying "hey, this valuable text is in the edit history for you to work with"—but that seems like a disruptive legal fiction. Oh well. Remsense诉 10:19, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Oops

Just wanted to say that you definitely got the CSD criteria right for Talk:Oracle bone script/Archive 1). I'm the one who messed up and pressed the wrong button and deleted under the wrong criteria. I don't usually make mistakes like that but I wanted to say this because I didn't want you to doubt yourself (maybe I'm projecting a bit here because it's what I might feel in a similar situation). Anyways, nice to meet you. :) Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 20:11, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your thoughtfulness in any case, the care speaks for itself. :) Remsense诉 20:12, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

Country of birth in infoboxes

Hi Remsense, sorry to bother. I was just curious because I noticed you removing the birth-country of Hu Shih, is there any specific consensus or rule of when to include the country of birth and when to not?
I am genuinely very curious. I noticed the same thing on the page Pu Yi (no countries, just the specific place in Beijing, is there a reason behind this? Thanks in advance! Zinderboff(talk) 15:53, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Oh! Maybe this is me being particularly myopic in the moment, esp given this time period, but it seems particularly redundant to me? Like, on many Chinese emperor pages, they're listed as being born/died in "Settlement, X dynasty", which just seems silly to me. But I do understand how not everyone might intuit that the same way I have, esp with early Republican figures where the concept of polity is both more modern and more dynamic over time. Please put it back if you think it's better, I appreciate you asking. Remsense诉 16:00, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the thoughtful response, personally I prefer having the country, for the casual reader it would still be informative to know where the settlement is/was in (e.g. not everyone knows where Nanchang is, but if its "Nanchang, China" they may have a slightly better sense). But again that's just my opinion. Thank you again for the response. Hope you're having a good day! Zinderboff(talk) 16:22, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

You as well! I may add it back later, it should probably be there. I'm trying to improve 20 articles at once presently, probably no good for cohesion! Remsense诉 16:43, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Welcome to the outlines wikiproject

Hey.

Wow, you've been really pumping out the edits. Nice.

So, you are interested in working on outlines. Cool.

If you don't mind me asking a question or two...

What are your favorite subjects? (Anything goes)

Are you open to any kinds of tasks, or did you have something specific in mind? Or both?

I look forward to your replies.

Sincerely,    — The Transhumanist   09:33, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

I've started Draft:Outline of Chinese characters, and really I'm interested in outlines on my subject of interest in general—I just took a look at Outline of classical music last night, and was amazed at how nice it was, and how good of a complement it was for other articles/someone trying to get their bearings in general. Remsense诉 13:36, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

What is your subject of interest in general?    — The Transhumanist   09:58, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Here, have a cheeseburger

As you already seem to know I have strong opinions on the infobox thing, but it’s nice to meet someone who disagrees with good counter arguments in this debate. Dronebogus (talk) 15:50, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

You've gotten serious

I noticed you joined Wikipedia 10 years ago, but really picked up speed on your edits in September of last year. Congrats.

Ooh. You use AWB. Nice. That program has some truly powerful features.

It works wonders on outlines -- that is, on the whole set of outlines as a batch. Outline drafts are another good batch to work on.

If you ever feel like helping to maintain all outlines using AWB, let me know.

Just in case you want to become a power user on Wikipedia, here are some research vector suggestions:

1. Help:Searching – covers many advanced search techniques.
2. Tip of the day – read the entire set of tips to get up to speed fast.
3. Optimal tool set – the final frontier: power.

I hope you find these interesting, if not extremely useful.

Cheers,    — The Transhumanist   10:44, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Chinaknowledge.de on Sima Guang article

Hello Remsense, I noticed that you reverted some of my additions to the Sima Guang article because Chinaknowledge.de was "not a reliable source". However, I have used the website in the past for other articles with no issues, and the editor of the website is very credible (Ulrich Theobald is a lecturer and has a PhD in Sinology). I am curious about your reasoning on this revert and will respect your decision, but I would personally prefer that the revert be undone since the website provided a lot of good information. Thanks! Lyn1644 (talk) 21:16, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Generally, while the personal webspace of area experts can be reliable, I've found Chinaknowledge.de contains significant amounts of Theobald's personal conjecture and many of his articles lack robust bibliographies themselves, to the degree I would much prefer seeing something peer-reviewed cited on Wikipedia. It's cited a lot on here, which makes sense for a freely-accessible source prior to the open access era—but I've been trying to replace it whereever I see it, as it's simply not ideal. Cheers! Remsense诉 06:44, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

That makes sense, I’ll avoid using it in the future. Thanks! Lyn1644 (talk) 14:02, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

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Plan B?

At the risk of seeming to be a cultural imperialist, why not merge into Sans-serif? We don't have an American gothic. There are many "gothic" (aka Sans-serif) typefaces; many include the CJK character sets as well as the European ones. I wonder if you are proposing a solution for a disappearing problem?

It is certainly not an easy one! 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 20:55, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

I'm not sure! I am ignorant enough in this particular niche to not feel immediately confident saying they are the same thing as such, but my gut impulse is the same as yours—I think it'd be worth a merge proposal to source additional input. Remsense诉 20:57, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

True, it might provoke a solution.

I was astonished that Gothic typeface didn't already exist – I was sure it did, until I realised that I was misremembering Gothic font (sic) which is a disambig because so many people think Goth (subculture), vampire movies etc. Gothic typeface should [IMO!] redirect to Sans-serif, because that's what it means (even in East Asia). Interestingly, Grotesque (typeface) does exist but there is a specific section for it, Sans-serif#Grotesque. The word "gothic" appears 24 times, almost as if it is too obvious to even mention; it is actually defined at Sans-serif#Other names as an alias for the whole superfamily.

And that "other names" section reveaked another bear trap (highlighted in purple):

Gothic: Popular with American type founders. Perhaps the first use of the term was due to the Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry, which in 1837 published a set of sans-serif typefaces under that name. It is believed that those were the first sans-serif designs to be introduced in America. The term probably derived from the architectural definition, which is neither Greek nor Roman, and from the extended adjective term of "Germany", which was the place where sans-serif typefaces became popular in the 19th to 20th centuries. Early adopters for the term includes Miller & Richard (1863), J. & R. M. Wood (1865), Lothian, Conner, Bruce McKellar. Although the usage is now rare in the English-speaking world, the term is commonly used in Japan and South Korea; in China they are known by the term heiti (Chinese: 黑體), literally meaning "black type", which is probably derived from the mistranslation of Gothic as blackletter typeface, even though actual blackletter typefaces have serifs.

— Sans-serif#Other names

so it could well be argued that Ming maps to Blackletter and it is only the later (Song-type) faces that map to San-serif. Which is perhaps one of the reasons that {{tq|On April 27, 2021, ATypI announced that they had de-adopted the [ Vox-ATypI classification ] and that they were establishing a working group building towards a new, larger system incorporating the different scripts of the world.

Notes

References

Disappointed as to guidance given at teahouse

You had recently given me guidance to resort to emailing the Wikimedia foundation for further steps, which I have done. I feel like this is very concerning as it lacks transparency and prevents others from joining the conversation. Out of respect for your decision I will not link the discussion in question. Subanark (talk) 00:32, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Be that as it may, we're not really able to help with large matters of policy at the Teahouse, which was most of my point. Remsense诉 00:33, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Remark on Phrasing

Hello, @Remsense. While I’ve no intention of disturbing it again, Catherine of Aragon watching Henry jousting in her honour after giving birth to a son (to be found here) still impresses me as unsound prose. Certainly the intended meaning is clear and the construction technically sound, but those qualities don’t necessarily protect against carrying the reader’s mind in strange directions. ManuelKomnenos (talk) 18:03, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

It is a clunky sentence. Apologies if I was oversnide in my revert. Remsense诉 18:04, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

While you're here, one of the best things I've discovered to help clarify my sentences is Phlsph7's readability userscript—the algorithms it uses are very basic, but if you treat it for what it is it's very helpful in pointing out painful stretches of one's prose. Remsense诉 18:06, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Not a problem! And, thank you for the link. Syllabic overload is certainly something to keep in mind while composing, although I tend to be generous with it. ManuelKomnenos (talk) 20:30, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Chinese characters

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Chinese characters you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Kusma -- Kusma (talk) 07:20, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

AWB fixes

Hi Remsense, I just came across an article with a plain text hatnote (no linked pages) and was trying to figure out what happened.

It seems in this AWB edit you changed {{For2}} → {{For-text}}, rather than the template For2 actually redirects to, {{For-multi}}. Are you able to recheck your other AWB edits to see if this happened on any other pages and change them? Iiii I I I (talk) 05:50, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Hello there. I think this was a manual edit I made while otherwise using AWB, but I otherwise have no recollection as to how I made such a weird mistake. Thank you very much for your vigilance. Remsense诉 05:54, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

I see, sounds good. Iiii I I I (talk) 06:01, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Thank you for your diligent efforts in reverting vandalism! Staraction (talk | contribs) 02:53, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! I think it's a bit serendipitous that I happened to get my first one for this, as it definitely feels like the "laziest" thing I do on here. :) Remsense诉 03:03, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Infobox discussion

Regarding this comment: I'm not sure "pork-barrelling" is the phrase you're looking for. The term is typically used for handing out specific benefits targeted for specific groups to secure their support, with the connotation that it's the only reason for doing so. In this case, I feel the proposal is genuinely attempting to outline a consensus viewpoint of past discussions. isaacl (talk) 15:52, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

I did misuse that term, that stretch in general was not my finest work. Remsense诉 15:55, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Roman calendar

Just in case it seems that my post at talk:Roman calendar#Lead too long was questioning your judgement re the {{lead too long}} tag in the article, let me affirm that it was entirely coincidental. I don't type that fast.

PS when do you ever sleep? 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 22:42, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Please question my judgment even more than you feel you need to.

As per your concern: oh dear, I guess I have been on here a lot lately, huh? Suffice it to say things on my end are a bit odd and fluxious right now, but in a way where it'll all pan out in the end—but for the time being Wikipedia has proven a shockingly good distraction in the times I've really needed one. As happy as I've been with my recent onsite contributions, March 2024 is otherwise headed straight for the dustbin of history as far as I'm concerned; I shall not be consulting my recent activity graphs on XTools to determine exactly how bad I've been... Remsense诉 22:55, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

“ There are decades in which nothing happens, and there are weeks in which 8,000 edits happen. ”

Remsense诉 23:02, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Another barnstar for you

		Home-Made Barnstar
		For wrangling the template Unichar because I have some idea of what goes on behind the scenes to make it ever work. You can go get some sleep now! 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 15:51, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much, you're a joy to work with. (I've since caught up on sleep, don't worry!) Remsense诉 15:57, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Djong Talk Page

Hello, me again, i was wondering if you can act as the third person to dispute on Djong talk page. As i foresaw, the editor who reverted the edits can't provide a single evidence on the talk page and refuse to reach a consensus, but anyhow any help would be kindly appreciated. Thank You Merzostin (talk) 23:02, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

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Lest I forget

Thank you for your indispensable contribution to Cross Temple, Fangshan–you contributed a fifth of the content! Do rejoice with me in its passing as an FA. Wikipedia is such a miraculous place.

I plan to take a substantial break from Wikipedia after I finish the GAN at hand, so I am writing this note of appreciation before that. Cheers, --The Lonely Pather (talk) 11:33, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

No, thank you very much for doing the real work in bringing the subject to Wikipedia in the first place. Folks like you allow me to learn and contribute in a way where I can make my own particular skills and habits useful while slowly getting better at the core work of research and dedication. The article is emblematic of areas I really want to help feature better on Wikipedia, and I really look forward to future collaboration with you, it's been a pleasure. Cheers! Remsense诉 16:23, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

Regarding the Research User

Hey, since you participated in the Zorastrianism discussion. I wanted to know, since I am usually not involved often in Admin-noticboards issues, but am I required to open a new issue witht he user for being repeatedly offensive or can this all fall into one notification on the admin board? How are the rules in this regard? VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 01:41, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

They already have a discussion at ANI going—you seem to have found it actually!—if I'm not mistaken. If you have related concerns not explicitly addressed yet, they will be best served just by mentioning them in a reply there. Remsense诉 01:44, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

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Resolving an issue

I need to bring this up to avoid an edit war, but it’s reffering too the page for the Mexican-American war, where i removed parts of Nebraska from the list of terrotories ceded by Mexico. Blackmamba31248 (talk) 14:45, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

I was wrong on that one, yeah. Remsense诉 14:52, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Good Humor
	Hi Remsense, I saw this edit of yours and thought it was funny, so here's a barnstar for you! Keep up the great work (and the good humor)! '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk|contribs) 13:49, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Let me take the opportunity to say it's been great to see your contributions to China-related Wikipedia lately! I'm glad my pith—which nine times out of ten I would rather not have made—has some appreciable net positive somewhere at least! Still trying for that "irenicist" ideal at the end of the day, though, but I'll never be perfect. Remsense诉 13:53, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! I really appreciate your efforts, and keep up the great work! '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk|contribs) 00:04, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

If you don't mind, I could use a Shanghainese consultant for some work I'm planning on doing, do you know about any reliable sources on Wu/Shanghainese you'd recommend, either in Chinese or English? Remsense诉 02:21, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Sorry but I don't have much knowledge in linguistics, but I saw this website the other day, which might be a good source. Thank you for asking! '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk|contribs) 03:12, 20 April 2024 (UTC)