The oracle 2015

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Easter

Greetings, oracle. I see that your "pagan" entry was overturned again. And I am aware of the claims that some people want to make about the associations, and why. I thought you should be aware that "Easter" is not really even the name of observance. It is, and always was, the Christian celebration of Jesus' resurrection, which is why it is completely international in spread. And its name almost everywhere is "Pascha", excepting only areas where the English language took precedence in recent centuries due to the spread of the British Empire. That is (therefore) widespread, but it is not predominant, either in region or in history. Variations of "Pascha" are also to be found in a variety of English-speaking areas, although its use has receded (not disappeared), and even in so heavily-influenced an area as Scotland. It's all documented here. So, your opinion is heard and recognized, and many others have expressed similar ones in the past, but there has never been sufficient grounds for establishing more than unobtrusive claims, and nothing close to "exclusively pagan". So please don't be frustrated, but be fully aware that recognized, reliable sources are the basis for making edits, and consideration of recognition or reliability rests with the editing community as a whole rather than with individuals. Thanks.

By the way, although you may see I am a Christian, I am not one who personally gets upset about notions of associations between Christians and pagans, now or historically. It happened, time and time again; it was inevitable, and quite the opposite of a bad thing for all involved, whatever their beliefs. And about that, nothing has changed, either. Evensteven (talk) 22:32, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

@Evensteven:, I'm not too worried about it to be honest. In the UK, it is taught in primary school that Easter was celebrated well before the founding of Christianity. It is taught that Easter is the name of the Pagen goddess of fertility, celebrated with symbols of fertility such as rabbits, lambs and eggs. The goddess Easter also lends her name to the female fertility hormone oestrogen or estrogen. Being a Christian, I don't think you're best placed making contributions to Christian pages as bias would be always be a factor. Perhaps instead you could try to figure out how to fit 3 days and 3 nights between a single event on Good Friday and a single event on Easter Sunday :-) The oracle 2015 (talk) 11:46, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

Oracle, in case you missed it, I replied on my talk page, where you posted the same reply as above. Evensteven (talk) 08:00, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

April 2023

Hello, I'm ResolutionsPerMinute. I noticed that you recently removed content from Oh Carolina without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. It doesn't matter what you think the song's genre is. Don't make claims unless you have sources to back it up. ResPM (T🔈🎵C) 14:07, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

Hello, I'm Materialscientist. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions—specifically this edit to Gravitation of the Moon—because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse or the Help desk. Thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 08:47, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

I edited it because the ‘everyday man’ wouldn’t be concerned with gravitational acceleration and such technical terminology but ‘he’ would relate easily to the moon’s gravitational comparisons to Earth and also, my edit says it in a nutshell as per Wikipedia policy. The oracle 2015 (talk) 08:56, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

Lead sections

Hi - I've just reverted a few changes you made to the lead section of some articles about gravity. Could I suggest that you take a look over MOS:LEAD? The purpose of the lead section is to summarise the content of the article itself; it shouldn't contain anything that isn't already in the article. Before making changes to the lead of established articles, you should be sure to read the article itself and ensure that the changes you are making faithfully reflect sourced content that's already in the article somewhere. If it's not there, you could of course consider adding it, but it should be supported by reliable sources, and be put in the body of the article before being added to the lead. Cheers Girth Summit _(blether) 12:49, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

I never claimed anything new in the lead. I removed highly inappropriate etymology (making the lead look untidy) and removed an uncited claim. The oracle 2015 (talk) 12:59, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

That's not what I saw. I'm starting a thread on the article's talk page, let's move this there. Girth Summit _(blether) 13:07, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Modified Newtonian Dynamics (2022)

Hello, The oracle 2015. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Modified Newtonian Dynamics".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. ✗plicit 23:29, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

December 2023

Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you tried to give a page a different title by copying its content and pasting either the same content, or an edited version of it, into Alternatives to general relativity. This is known as a "cut-and-paste move", and it is undesirable because it splits the page history, which is legally required for attribution. Instead, the software used by Wikipedia has a feature that allows pages to be moved to a new title together with their edit history.

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Hi @The oracle 2015 - I've just deleted Alternative Theories of Gravity, where you tried to move the content of Alternatives to general relativity to change the title. For technical reasons, and to retain the edit history of a page, when we want to rename a page we move it to the new title. Since this is a long-standing article I think it would be best for you to propose the new title on the article's talk page to get other editors opinions :) Sam Walton (talk) 23:45, 15 December 2023 (UTC)