User talk:SMcCandlish/Archive 191
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October 2022
File move question
DoneHi SMcCandlish. I was looking at Category:Wikipedia file movers and your username was one of the few I recognized. I'm wondering if you wouldn't mind taking a look at User talk:Whpq#File:People’s Anti-Fascist Front.jpg and assess whether File:People’s Anti-Fascist Front.jpg should be moved because of the fullwidth apostrophe used in its file name. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:35, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
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Feedback request: Religion and philosophy request for comment
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Feedback request: History and geography request for comment
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Feedback request: Society, sports, and culture request for comment
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New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022
Hello SMcCandlish,
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Feedback request: Society, sports, and culture request for comment
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Snark.
Strike it. SPECIFICO talk 04:06, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
- That's too obscure for me to do anything with. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 04:10, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
October thanks
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Thank you for improving articles in October! - Look for mine: two favourite concerts were on DYK, and too many on RD (three yesterday). -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:04, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
MOS on capitalization in headings starting with numbers.
This was discussed a year ago at here and here but with no real conclusion or clarification to the MOS. I always lower case these, and got pushback today at Glycine. You were pretty clear on what you think is correct, but there really needs to be something explicitly stated in the MOS. I don't want to revert again in Glycine (or go fix the other articles that editor used as UC examples) without something better to point to. Suggestions? Do we need to revive the year-ago discussion? MB 02:38, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
- @MB: Yes, we do need to revive the discussion, until it ends with a clear consensus. This is a total no-brainer, but it needs to be done. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 06:00, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
- OK, you didn't volunteer to do it so I guess it is up to me. I was about to post something, but saved it here instead. Could you proofread it first. I don't want to make confusing corrections or strikeouts after comments have started. MB 02:46, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
- @MB: Looks fine to me (and you did a better job than I would have). I was going to say that option 3 isn't really mutually exclusive with 1 and 2, but you addressed that immediately after the options. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 06:08, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
- OK, I reread it myself and added one more note at the end to try and keep the discussion focused on the main point. It is live now at here. Changing subjects, I'm still not getting anywhere at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Linking. MB 17:24, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
- @MB: Looks fine to me (and you did a better job than I would have). I was going to say that option 3 isn't really mutually exclusive with 1 and 2, but you addressed that immediately after the options. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 06:08, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
- OK, you didn't volunteer to do it so I guess it is up to me. I was about to post something, but saved it here instead. Could you proofread it first. I don't want to make confusing corrections or strikeouts after comments have started. MB 02:46, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
Feedback request: Society, sports, and culture request for comment
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Feedback request: Wikipedia style and naming request for comment
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Feedback request: Biographies request for comment
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