KyleJoan

Removing language=en from citations

I was just wondering why you've been removing the language parameter from some references, such as on Andrew Garfield. It has a negligible impact on page size, provides valuable metadata, and does not display the language in the article if set to English so I'm puzzled as to why you are removing this parameter. Adam Black ^{talk • contribs} 18:03, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi Adam Black. Please see this discussion. The parameter, with its inconsistent use and invisibility in the general display, helps only editors seeking to translate and, more importantly, no readers. Three "language=en" out of 149 refs on Garfield does not suggest high metadata value. Essentially, the article's quality neither improves with the parameter's use nor suffers due to its removal. KyleJoan 02:26, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Two years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:25, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, Gerda Arendt. This is very cool and kind of you. KyleJoan 08:22, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

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Request reason:

Every edit of User:Matza Pizza's that I reverted contained a WP:BLP violation. This revert removed a contentious and poorly sourced positive claim about the subject, the subject's children's unsourced birth years (that another user has now removed), and improperly synthesized circumstances surrounding the subject's religious conversion. These reverts removed the same material + the reliable sources that Matza Pizza only added so they could say they included reliable sources when none supports the contentious claim. This revert removed the birth years again. My one revert in the last 24 hours that did not involve a BLP violation removal was followed by a message on the other user's talk page, where I tried to help them craft more neutral material, and then a RfC. While I don't mind a break from editing, I don't find this block fair given these contexts. I know there are not many ways to justify edit warring, but what do you do when a user keeps violating BLP, throws BLP back at you, and says you're the one who's violating BLP? KyleJoan^talk 14:32, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

Decline reason:

Block expired. 331dot (talk) 15:26, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

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Did you seek page protection? Did you go to WP:BLPNB? (which WP:3RRNO advises rather than edit warring, as less controversial) Note that the other user was blocked, too. 331dot (talk) 13:21, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

The page had already been semi-protected based on my RFPP. Was the next step a request to strengthen the protection (e.g., pending changes protection)? I did not go to BLPNB. That said, I opened this discussion there last year, which (I believe, at least marginally) applies to my conduct leading to this block. If it was improper to remove unsourced and poorly sourced material, then what am I doing here? KyleJoan 15:57, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

In light of this discussion and the failed request to review the now-expired block, I now see that my contributions are less helpful than I realized, so I'll leave. I hope the encyclopedia continues to benefit from having fewer users like myself. KyleJoan 14:38, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

I'm sorry you feel that way. 331dot (talk) 15:26, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

I'm so sorry this happened to you, Kyle. Some admins unfortunately seem to be running a prison complex, instead of operating as colleagues aiming to improve this website, and I've been made to feel exactly like this many times. I can only hope that you don't let the hate get to you. We need more people like you, so please come back after taking a break. :) Krimuk2.0 (talk) 07:46, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

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