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An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect African Star Treaty Alliance Group and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 May 22#African Star Treaty Alliance Group until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. - IMSoP (talk)

Just today in the New York Times in this story. (Subscription might be required if you're past your monthly limit.) Maybe merits a mention at Rotating locomotion in living systems. - Dank (push to talk) 12:48, 21 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Interesting, but I don't think it belongs in this wiki article. The NYT says it rotates back and forth, not continuously in one direction, so there is no suggestion of it being "free" rotation, i.e. with unlimited range of motion. In that sense, it's no different from a human forearm. I think if we start mentioning things that give the casual appearance of free rotation without actually being such, it will detract from the article's focus. Definitely good information to add to ovipositor, though. —swpb^{T • beyond • mutual} 17:31, 21 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Chris Troutman (talk) 15:51, 24 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

To editor Chris troutman: The user you want to notify is Melchior2006. They wrote the article per se; I just created a redirect. —swpb^{T • beyond • mutual} 18:13, 24 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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I think the advice you added to Wikipedia:Disambiguation#Double disambiguation is very sensible, but I don't think it reflects current practice. Few pages use ((Transclude list)); a wikilink via Subpage (disambiguation) is normal rather than exceptional. This situation can and probably should change, but are we at the stage where we can present it in a guideline? Certes (talk) 17:07, 7 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

True, transclusion is not a common practice, but there seems to be agreement that it should be (where secondary dabs are appropriate in the first place). There's always room for more discussion, but what I added didn't seem controversial, especially since it leaves the page-size decision points to editorial discretion. So until there's a substantive disagreement with it, I figure it should stay. —swpb^{T • beyond • mutual} 14:15, 8 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Nevermind, I see Bkonrad already removed most of it. Back to the Talk page we go. —swpb^{T • beyond • mutual} 14:21, 8 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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