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A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	OH YEA BABY Bokmanrocks01 (talk) 05:58, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

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Donald Trump infobox

Hi there. You previously participated in a previous conversation about the best way to reflect Donald Trump's business career in his infobox. You might be interested in an active RfC on this topic. Edge3 (talk) 03:13, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

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"Small" in Trump infobox

Hello. MOS:FONTSIZE advises against using {{small}} or other font-reduction techniques in infoboxes. My understanding is that this is an accessibility issue, an area that Wikipedia takes somewhat seriously. I removed the "smalls" from the Trump infobox about 18 hours ago, with a clear explanation in my edit summary. Now I see that you have added back the "smalls" without any mention whatsoever in your edit summary. I'll give you some time to self-revert or explain why this infobox should deviate from the guideline; barring both I'll go ahead and revert you. Thanks. ―Mandruss ☎ 01:54, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

Well if you look at the articles of Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, or even Andrew Jackson, you would see that {{small}} is also used to summarize their political affiliations. With Donald Trump being a similar type of article about a prominent US politician, using the same technique wouldn't be a unprecedented edit that crosses a line or anything. BTW, {{small}}, was also used with the "officeholder" template that was in place for Donald Trump before it was converted to the present one yesterday. MOS:FONTSIZE also doesn't strictly forbid using {{small}}, just highly discourages it, if you want to make the "strictly by the guidelines" point. - Bokmanrocks01 (talk) 02:15, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

1. Very little at Wikipedia is strictly forbidden, so it's hardly significant that this is not. 2. There is no reason to believe that editors at the other articles were even aware of the guideline, or that any of them cared a whit about accessibility. I just recently learned of the guideline myself, after 3.5 years. 3. The existence of bad stuff does not justify the creation of more of it. It's not reasonable to say that a guideline can't or shouldn't be observed at one article unless it's observed for all similar articles. That reasoning tends to bring progress to a grinding halt.
Thanks, I just wanted to touch base and be sure I wasn't missing something significant. I'll make the change and you're welcome to try your rationale on the Trump talk page. ―Mandruss ☎ 02:27, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

You did it again.[1] This is never going to fly unless you get talk page consensus to deviate from MOS. ―Mandruss ☎ 05:20, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Trump infobox RfC

Hello there. I saw your edit to open an RfC. Just a reminder that you need to use the {{rfc}} template. The instructions are on WP:RFC. Let me know if you need help! Edge3 (talk) 23:16, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

Census stuff

The answer to why the number that adds up to 104% is correct is simple - people can choose multiple races on the US census (source: http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2015/06/11/chapter-1-race-and-multiracial-americans-in-the-u-s-census/). For some reason you want to use the data that excludes multiracial people who chose to check multiple boxes, which, unless you've got a compelling justification for it, seems wrong. The consistency argument is misleading since you made the same change to the other data earlier, an edit which should incidentally be reverted. Rwenonah (talk) 23:59, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

Discussion invite

Hello. I invite you to join a centralized discussion about naming issues related to China and Taiwan. Szqecs (talk) 14:20, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

Tom Taylor (actor)

We don't add anyone's age directly, as it will be out of date by next year, so I've reverted. When I can find the right template I'll add it instead - watch this space. PamD 11:47, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

Found it: {{Birth date and age|2001|07|16|df=yes}}. The "df=yes" makes it appear as "16 July 2001" rather than "July 16, 2001". I've fixed this article. PamD 11:52, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

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A consensus from an rfc is more definitive, rather than an on/off discussion with a few editors. It's the quickest way to resolve the issue. - Bokmanrocks01 (talk) 01:50, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

NCOP

Hi Bokmanrocks01, when you changed Chairperson of National Council of Provinces to Chairperson of National Council at this diff. Why? The name is the NCOP (National Council of Provinces). National Council is incorrect and since it's a chairperson name in South Africa article I think it should be as accurate as possible. Best, Waddie96 (talk) 07:58, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

Feel free to change it back if you feel it necessary. National Council of Provinces is also shortened to National Council in the Legislature section of the infobox, so I felt it wasn't inconsistent to shorten the name of the office for chairperson. Bokmanrocks01 (talk) 04:43, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

Use of light blue

The Independents in the Senate do caucus with the Democrats. However, they are still independents and should be colored as such, with a note that they caucus with the Dems. Light blue is sometimes used for Dems, and other times for so-called "Independent Democrats," which King and Sanders are not. I do appreciate the subtlety of this question, however, and I'm willing to discuss or be convinced otherwise. It is an interesting issue, but for now they should be left as "Independent" yellow. Thanks. —GoldRingChip 19:39, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

But who decided yellow should be the color for independents? Isn't it the color for the Libertarian Party? Won't a more neutral color like grey be more appropriate? Bokmanrocks01 (talk) 06:45, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

I don't know where the yellow came from, actually. Grey is ordinarily a good color. In fact, the color for Independents outside of the United States is grey, but it's sometimes used for other purposes other than parties (such as {{Party shading/Hold}}), whereas yellow really stands out. Maybe it's used in popular media outside of Wikipedia? Libertarian yellow is usually different enough because it's a dark goldish yellow.

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This is quite a debatable point for a broader group (to develop WP consensus). But until then, let's keep these congressional tables with the yello. —GoldRingChip 00:18, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

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Where's the panic?

Howdy. All those changes you made to the House & Senate & related articles, are premature. None of those events happen, until Noon EST, today. GoodDay (talk) 14:29, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

Oregon Secretary of State

I noticed you have changed my edit on the Oregon Wikipedia page, removing the reference to Oregon Treasurer Tobias Read and instead saying the office of Secretary of State is vacant. The reason I changed this was because after the death of Secretary of State Dennis Richardson, Read became next in the line of succession for governor. The Governor of Oregon will be able to appoint another Secretary of State who will serve until the next election, but that individual will be ineligible to serve as Governor if a vacancy comes about during the meantime. The elected State Treasurer, not the appointed Secretary of State, will become the new Governor, and for this reason, I am restoring my edit. Count Awesome (talk) 02:44, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

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Tsai Ing-wen and Numbering of Taiwanese Presidents

Hi Bokmanrocks01 - I disagree with your recent reversion on the Tsai Ing-wen article but wanted to talk to you first before making any changes. Namely, the "President of the ROC" title has been in use since before 1947 but it referred to a very different concept (akin to the current President of China), and not the President of Taiwan (essentially just the Taiwan island). Hence official government websites and news outlets all refer to Presidents since 1947 as Presidents of ROC, and major news outlets will use the "seventh" designation. One comparison similar to this is the Governors of California, where before 1851 it referred to a different concept of California and hence those Governors are placed in a separate article. Only after 1851 is the "first" Governor of California considered to have been elected, as it is the modern concept of California and not just the name. Hope this helps and hope we can agree on adding the number back! CityPride (talk) 03:41, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

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It was not my intention to violate any copyright rules. I thought referencing the source was enough, although I did consider whether it would be better to add quotes around the entire summaries as well. Regardless, I agree with your reversion of my edit because it broke the copyright rules, and I would keep this in mind for future edits. Cheers. - Bokmanrocks01 (talk) 00:59, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

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