User talk:AukusRuckus/Archive 2

Archive 1

Archive 2

Current ANI: lmh

Hi @FrederalBacon: Thanks for weighing in with a brief history at the AN/I. It's devolved into a hot mess. Any advice to get it back into some kind of shape? Having dipped my toe into the water, in places I have been terrified to go, and swore I never would, it would be a shame to let the whole thing lapse now, only for want of clearer presentation. I realise this is "not your circus, not your monkeys", but I am clueless as how best to proceed.

(And it's spilled over onto Talk:LGBT rights in Texas/Archive 1#Something else, where you came in!) About discussions on both pages, I can say again, as I said to your original post on the talk page: "I can see the "discussion" is getting nowhere"! AukusRuckus (talk) 02:04, 11 October 2022 (UTC) Section link changed from Talk:LGBT rights in Texas/Archive 1#Summary Table --AukusRuckus (talk) 05:51, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

Redirects from species to genus

Redirects from a species to its genus are a pain! They create loops at the genus article, and make it look as though there is a species article when there isn't. The ideal solution is to create a quick stub at the species name; alternatively, ask for the redirect to be deleted. For a plant, you can try leaving a note at WT:PLANTS asking for at least a stub to be created. Peter coxhead (talk) 10:09, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for that; I appreciate the advice. My confusion came when trying to fix DAB links: All articles which mentioned Artemisia caerulescens ‎were linked to Artemisia (a DAB page) because the redirect pointed there, instead of to Artemisia (plant). I'm not at all experienced with redirects, so after I changed the redirect target, I began to worry I might create problems or glitches by leaving the link in the genus article, pointing to itself.

Thanks for correcting my mistake, good catch. Do you think it's better if the redirect is deleted or a stub created in this instance? There's four incoming links to the redirect. AukusRuckus (talk) 10:28, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Of interest?

Thought of you: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject LGBT studies#LGBT Rights in the United States Taskforce Proposal. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 03:40, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

Sock

Theeditpolice reminds you strongly of someone? Pauline Muley (talk) 06:06, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

Pinging the administrator @Callanecc:, which last dealt with this sockpuppet. Theeditpolice is almost definitely yet another sock of Jacobkennedy (talk · contribs), with identical editorial behavior in the same few articles/topics along with Lmharding (talk · contribs) and Buger677 (talk · contribs), among others. 1.55.68.151 (talk) 10:22, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

Diembéring

Hi AukusRuckus. The "Kapok trees" in Diembéring are giant Ceiba pentandra trees. the biggest one in Abéné, north of Diembéring is about 40m high and has a circumference of more than 25 m. No Bombax costatum is that big. In and around Diembéring are about 50 Ceibas, most of them huge. Best regards--Christian Pirkl (talk) 20:15, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I have changed it to C. pentandra. Do you know of a source at all? It's really hard tracking anything down: Kapok tree is used so widely for anything with "fluff"; and, as you probably know, links on WP to a DAB page. AukusRuckus (talk) 08:43, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

Found this: https://www.jaliyacamp.com/thevillageabene and this:https://www.monumentaltrees.com/de/sen/ziguinchor/bignona/29163_abene/, and there is the photo I made in Diembéring showing a Ceiba, maybe it helps you. best regards--Christian Pirkl (talk) 20:09, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

Your edit on Meo

Greetings, May I know the reason why you're trying to classify the Meo ethnicity into the Rajput-only group? There are sources which are in the Meo (ethnic group) article that give an explanation of their diverse origins, and I recommend you look at those sources to get a better understanding. Thanks, No2WesternImperialism (talk) 21:42, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

Β-Hydroxy β-methylbutyric acid

The two references causing errors are in {{Leucine metabolism in humans}} (the article is transcluding shared content such as that image). I will be having a look at this myself, but I'm not sure how much time I have or when, so you (or anyone else) are welcome to investigate further yourself. -- Mirokado (talk) 11:36, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

I think this is now fixed, the problem was that the pre-rename page name with betas was still used in the source of that template. There is also a confusion with upper- and lower-case first beta in the article title, but that applies to all similar titles. (@DMacks: for information). -- Mirokado (talk) 16:31, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Thanks very much for letting me know, Mirokado. I wanted to help by fixing it, but I'm not very sure with templates and transclusions, so thought I'd alert the article regulars. (Also hadn't woken up to the page move pending). Anyway, the ref list looks perfect and error-free now, so it must have worked! AukusRuckus (talk) AukusRuckus (talk) 04:21, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

Talk:Capital punishment for homosexuality

Since I know you've expressed concerns about it before, could you kindly have a look at this article and its Talk page, and what the IP editor is doing. My sense is they don't have a good understanding of the idea that the article is meant to be an accurate summary of what the cited reliable sources say, not an expression of whatever they personally think the truth of the matter is. I was thinking about taking this to Wikipedia:Requests for page protection and asking for semi-protection, which would block edits from IPs and brand-new accounts (they can still request edits via the talk page, and other editors can action those requests if they appear appropriate.) But, I am hesitant to ask for such a thing if the request is just coming from me; I think if there is more than one editor supporting it, it is more likely to be positively received by the administrators. SomethingForDeletion (talk) 02:10, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for helping get rid of that infuriating sock. SomethingForDeletion (talk) 04:22, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

It was a ... well, not a pleasure exactly, but you know what I mean: very glad to be rid of them too. They will, of course, be back, sadly, as poor, POV edits to LGBT pages has been their long-term project since at least 2012. I appreciated the very helpful edit you made on the legend of the ILGA map. It's so annoying for us to then have to spend time and effort retracing our steps because someone is determined to have it their way and degrade the improvements. Ah well, so it goes, I guess.

Thanks very much for alerting me and feel free to post here or ping me any time, if there's anything I might help with (including stray socks, etc.). AukusRuckus (talk) 06:19, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

Reg Big Six (law firms)

The SPI against Diogenhty is strong. I would advise you to wait till he is banned for socking and then revert his contributions. Jeraxmoira (talk) 13:21, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for that, Jeraxmoira: I'll take your advice. AukusRuckus (talk) 13:26, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

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Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda.
Happy Christmas and Best wishes for a peaceful 2024. "Csordapásztorok"
Ring-a-ling-a-ling-a-ding-dong-ding! Martinevans123 (talk) 12:48, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

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Hey, Martin! Thank you, they're beautiful. As it's the day before Gravy Day here, I'll settle for wishing you Happy Gravy Day! for now – and try for something more traditional later!

I hope you're well, and the editing is going smoothly ... Actually, you've jogged my memory to check up on how your cleaning-palooza is going. Cheers, AukusRuckus (talk) 13:01, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Ah, sounds lovely.... woof, woof! The CCI is about half way through... but has now more or less come to a grinding halt.... Martinevans123 (talk) 13:08, 20 December 2023 (UTC) [1]