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July 2008

A discussion

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 – Debate was closed by the time I looked at it.

An important discussion on Should WikiProjects get prior approval of other WikiProjects (Descendant or Related or any ) to tag articles that overlaps their scope ? is open here . We welcome you to participate and give your valuable opinions. You are receiving this note as you are a member of WikiProject Council -- TinuCherian ^{(Wanna Talk?)} - 12:42, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

MoS

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 – Looked into as requested.

Hi SMcCandlish. I listed some MoS issues at Some MoS issues. Also, I added and populated some subcategories to Category:Wikipedia style guidelines in hopes of getting a better handle on what are official MoS' page and what are not. If you have some time, please take a look. Thanks. Bebestbe (talk) 20:56, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Will look into the WT:MOS talk page item. Looks like your new subcats have been depopulated, so I assume they are destined for WP:CFD or something; not concerned either way, so long as the pages remain in the main cat., if they actually belong there. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 09:52, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

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 – Responded to at target talk page.

What do you think the consensus now is / should be about the relation of this category to Category:Living people? Should individuals be categorized with both? I've left the question at the category's talk page, and would value your input if the discussion's still going on when you get back. Hope you had a good break! Dsp13 (talk) 12:00, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

They have to be in both. Remember that Category:Living people is a special category, not a normal one, mandated by WP:OFFICE for legal reasons. Every single article about a living person or living people (there are a number of articles about pairs or groups of people who are notable as pairs or groups rather than individually) must be in Category:Living people. To also add them to Category:Year of birth missing (living people) is not redundant, because of the special nature of the former category. In all other cases, it would be redundant (e.g. eight-ball should be in Category:Pool, but not its parent category, Category:Cue sports). I'll post a copy of this, with more detail, over at the cat. talk page in question. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 09:52, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

{{Nihongo3}}

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 – Looked into as requested.

I posted a couple of changes I would like made to the Nihongo3 template on its talk page. If you could respond there, that would be great. --Eruhildo (talk) 17:49, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Will look into it. Not sure why you are telling me in particular; I don't recall being involved with this template's creation or evolution. The italics thing is a valid WP:MOS point, regardless. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 09:52, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

You created it and were the main editor on it (see the first edit and the history). I just thought you might want to know. --Eruhildo (talk) 03:11, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Hmm... I have no recollection of that. It must have simply been an exercise in creating a differently formatted version from {{Nihongo}} and {{Nihongo2}}. <shrug> Thanks for the note. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 20:58, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Axes & Albinos

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 – Category:People with albinism sufficient for now.

Hey there, SM -- I was on my way to leave you a note, but stopped off to check out your user page. Of course, I had to read through the litany of amusing items. Your pseudo-Taoist proverb re axe-grinding was terrific. I laughed my proverbial ass off, and then sent it on to my son, who I'm sure will do likewise. I especially like the short version! :)

Okay, so the original reason for coming here was to leave you a note about Category:Albinistic artists and entertainers -- which I was looking at after I spotted it in Category:In popular culture. I can sort of see why you thought it belonged there -- but what it really needs is a parent cat or two in the area of artists, entertainers, performers, etc. You'd have a better idea than I of what's appropriate, as I'm only familiar with a couple of them. Regards, Cgingold (talk) 22:07, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

That works for me. You are right that I didn't think through that one very hard. Eventually we might want a cat. for albinistic musicians, another for albinistic actors, etc., but for now there's just the one cat. for albinistic celebrities in general, and they are few. Maybe the cat. should be renamed to be even more generic (Category:Albinistic celebrities maybe). Not sure, really. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 00:24, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

I've belatedly taken the matter to WP:CFD for discussion. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 20:37, 2 December 2009 (UTC)