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@Jc37 : Please explain your reverts. Frenchl (talk) 03:41, 15 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Please explain why you think your addition to this guideline was appropriate. There are many editors who watch this page, so please don't think you need to tailor your response only to me when responding. I look forward to reading your thoughts. - jc37 00:55, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How is nationality an occupation? Regards, Thinker78 (talk) 05:04, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

When merging the page "Categorization of people", you forgot voluntary omitted this section :

"People are sometimes categorized by notable residence, regardless of ethnicity, heritage, or nationality. Residential categories should not be used to record people who have never resided in that place. Nationality is reflected by the occupation category (above), not country or county or city of residence."

You can find this section here at WP:COPPLACE : https://web.archive.org/web/20230325051002/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization_of_people#By_place

What you have done is against the rules of Wikipedia and I might raise your case to ANI. Frenchl (talk) 11:36, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Accusations and threats are probably not the way to move towards a consensus. That aside, you are welcome to go to AN/I, but I would politely suggest that you may wish to read WP:BOOMERANG first.

In the meantime, the section you mention was merged to this page, as can be seen in this edit here: [1].

My guess is that it was subsequently edited. What is your specific concern? - jc37 15:56, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If it was subsequently edited, you have to re-add it.

My speficic concern is that the sentence "Nationality is reflected by the occupation category (above), not country or county or city of residence." has been added/transferred nowhere. This is your choice and this is a voluntary omission. Frenchl (talk) 19:21, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Exactly what do you think I did (share diff)? Regards, Thinker78 (talk) 05:59, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

not much, it's jc37's edits that are problematic Frenchl (talk) 06:16, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can you let us know what date is the version of that web archive instance of Categorization of people? I have been digging for a while in the page history and cannot find it. Regards, Thinker78 (talk) 18:00, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The date is 25 March 2023. The page has been merged, so the history is not available on Wikipedia. Fortunately, archive.org exists. Frenchl (talk) 19:49, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is the page where categorization of people used to be if Im not mistaken. I think it was moved, not merged. Regards, Thinker78 (talk) 23:26, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is not against the rules to boldly edit guidelines. Per WP:PGCHANGE,

Policies and guidelines can be edited like any other Wikipedia page. It is not strictly necessary to discuss changes or to obtain written documentation of a consensus in advance.

Although per WP:TALKFIRST,

Changes may be made if there are no objections or if the discussion shows there is consensus for the change.

A note to @Jc37, per WP:TALKFIRST,

Major changes should also be publicized to the community in general; announcements similar to the proposal process may be appropriate.

Regards, Thinker78 (talk) 00:04, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That section actually says "substantive" major changes. The vast majority of what I did was merely presentational. In particular, unifying guidelines which were split across many pages. (Though there were some talk page posts along the way.)

And you are correct. After the various merges to unify, what was left on that page was about name sorting, so it was renamed to reflect the page's current contents.

User:Frenchl seems to be having several arguments across many pages in regards to nationality. I think we should wait to see what sort of consensus forms concerning those discussions before diving into another one here.

Guidelines should reflect common usage and practice. They should be descriptive, not proscriptive.

So if they are looking for some text to exist here in order to try to "win" some argument elsewhere, then I think they may misunderstand the point of guidelines. - jc37 04:39, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tagishsimon (talk · contribs) and I are in disagreement on whether the article Shungite should be placed into Category:Pseudoscience or its subcategories. We cannot seem to agree on whether pseudoscientific claims about shungite are a defining trait for that topic. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 02:05, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes we are. We have discussed it at Talk:Shungite#Pseudoscience categories. --Tagishsimon (talk) 02:08, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please see the RFC at Talk:Max Mallowan#RFC about categorisation --woodensuperman 14:34, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]