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Massive category changes

Hi some editors i think will find your indigenous to 'tribes' a bit confronting - tribes is a term that for some people might be offensive - have you a good source/idea of what and why you are doing the changes? Satu Suro 11:28, 2 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I find it offensive myself, but that's apparently the naming scheme currently in place. Category:Indigenous peoples of Australia is the parent category for all things related to Aboriginals. It shouldn't contain any of the 00's of articles about individual ethnic groups. They need to be diffused down the category tree via Category:Indigenous Australians by state or territory. Regards, Osiris (talk) 11:33, 2 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

well thats a bit ripe - having been through wars over various cat issues in the past i actually find an editor who agrees with a rather bad usage - maybe we should create aboriginal groupings cats - and empty the tribe ones? any thoughts on that? Satu Suro 11:39, 2 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oh if you think a rename would be possible I will certainly lend my support, but it will likely require a CFD discussion beforehand of course. Osiris (talk) 11:48, 2 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

btw your soft redirect to simple is a trifle annoying - but no offence intended Satu Suro 11:41, 2 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Well I'm not normally active here, I'm really just trying to organise that parent category so I can use it more effectively as a resource for building the Pitjantjatjara Wikipedia. Osiris (talk) 11:48, 2 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

wow - I am dabbling in too many subject areas to substantially help with a category rename just yet, but hey more power/and time to your efforts!!! Satu Suro 11:51, 2 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That's no problem, I'll let you know if I end up submitting one anyway... Kind regards, :) Osiris (talk) 11:55, 2 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

would be very interested to see how your pitjantjatjara wikipedia goes..amazing - best wishes Satu Suro 12:58, 2 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright problem

Hi Osiris! You recently removed a copyvio from the article Polysilicon depletion effect. The following portion has been re-written & checked for any further copyvios. It will be helpful if you can verify & concur. Thanks. Deepon (talk) 15:18, 24 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Looks fine, Deepon. Thanks for following that up. :) Osiris (talk) 15:26, 24 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks...

Hi Osiris I have seen your message on the talk page and I will get back to it in some days. I appreciate your concern.
Wasim Mogal (talk) 05:45, 7 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No worries! :) Osiris (talk) 06:36, 7 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

reverted you

Osiris, much of the info you removed in this edit predated the IIT project with the copyvio problem. Can you take another look, and let's try to identify what parts might actually be problematic, if any? Dicklyon (talk) 18:27, 17 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

After input from the other involved editor, which followed your suggestion, I left the parameter as blank. On the talk page, you said to notify you when it was resolved. Thank you for the advice, and I'm looking forward to working with you to establish it as a good article!

Thanks. --Activism1234 19:25, 17 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Also, please note, from now until tomorrow (about a day length) I will be away (business) so I can't respond to any comments you may have about the article, but I will respond the moment I get back. Thanks. --Activism1234 23:24, 17 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No problem! It will probably take me a little while to read over anyway.

Osiris (talk) 23:35, 17 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Activity

I won't be active until, well, until next week. Would it be a chance that you could hold the article until then??? --TIAYN (talk) 20:27, 17 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sure! Just leave something on my talk page when you get back and I'll start from then. Osiris (talk) 23:36, 17 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GA review

In response to whether it's still ongoing, the answer would be "yes, but very very little." In other words, there are some operations that Egypt is doing in response, but I don't think that this would affect its stability as a whole. Every few days, an extra line or two may be added, but I don't think it's a major stability change.

If you think it should be put on hold for a few weeks, then I guess that would be fine, and I'd notify you when it's "stable," while in the meantime you do a "quick check" so we can improve it until then.

Thanks. --Activism1234 04:12, 19 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. There was recently a decision to merge info from "Operations & subsequent attacks" into the article Operation Eagle. So that section, which was the only ongoing section, is now stable, which should make the rest of the article stable as well (there isn't anything to add on the attack or reactions anymore, as any further operations will be in the other article). Hope this is good. Thanks. --Activism1234 21:19, 19 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've gone through your comments and critique (much appreciated), and made the necessary changes (posted it on the GA review page). No rush. Also, if you don't want me commenting here when I update it, that's fine, just let me know. --Activism1234 00:44, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oh it's probably not necessary. Your GA is the only project I'm currently involved with on this wiki, so I'll be watching the page. Osiris (talk) 08:47, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Block evasion

I saw this, so please chime in at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Velebit. --Joy [shallot] (talk) 13:23, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, it looks like they've done a rangeblock, though I don't think it'll stop him finding an outlet. I've picked up more of the trail though, found 8 more old IPs to add to the cleanup list. Osiris (talk) 03:22, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GA review

Hey Osiris,

There hasn't been any activity on the GA review recently. When you get a chance, I'd appreciate it if you can move forward with the review. But no rush - don't worry.

Thanks. --Activism1234 22:27, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. I'll do some more later today. Osiris (talk) 05:04, 31 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I appreciate it. --Activism1234 05:09, 31 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Whyz your article gots to be so big?

Sorry. I ended up doing a review of a GAC from April. But I'm going through "Reactions" now... Osiris (talk) 16:30, 31 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry - there's so much info though. Once you get past the Egyptian section, there's not much more left. --Activism1234 16:47, 31 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GAR: President of Vietnam

I've responded to your comments. --TIAYN (talk) 13:33, 2 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

With attribution, would the blog from the Telegraph be acceptable? I note that the Criticism of the IDF section is full of opinion-pieces, I wonder how this differs. Ankh.Morpork 15:25, 19 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The blog is fine as a reference for itself, but the attribution was off. It's fine to say that author criticised Hamas for what he called "brazen hypocrisy", or that he accused them of exploitation of death; but the way you'd written it suggested that this was undoubtedly what they were doing and that this man was criticising them for it. Yes, overuse of opinion pieces in these kinds of articles is a problem. I haven't read the rest of the section; I only happened to notice your edit because it popped up on my watchlist (lucky you). As long as the attribution is done properly and the sentence makes no unattributed claims, there's nothing wrong with it. Osiris (talk) 15:45, 19 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I restored the source here with attribution. Ankh.Morpork 16:02, 19 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker)This source is a WP:NEWSBLOG--Shrike (talk)/WP:RX 16:22, 19 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, and you haven't actually corrected the problem. Unless I'm blind, you've made no change whatsoever. Please make an effort to attribute the claim correctly. Osiris (talk) 04:07, 20 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Follow-up

Thanks, sounds good to me! I've commented on its talk page. Graham87 07:20, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:The War for Late Night/GA1

Talk:The War for Late Night/GA1

Thanks very much for the GA Review, I've responded, at Talk:The War for Late Night/GA1. — Cirt (talk) 19:52, 14 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Velebit?

Hi Osiris, Hello. There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.[1] refers. Peacemaker67 (send... over) 05:32, 24 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Peacemaker67, thank you for the note. Sorry, I've been offline for the past few days so I missed it. Looks like it's all under control though. Osiris (talk) 15:04, 26 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Queensland Labor Party politicians

I noticed that you're moving articles into this category. However, the Queensland Labor Party and the Queensland branch of the Australian Labor Party are not the same thing, which means that you're moving the vast majority of them into the wrong category. Is it possible to fix this? The Drover's Wife (talk) 01:43, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Yes, I see what you mean. I hadn't realised that was a different party (my knowledge of Queensland politics is pretty dismal). The categorisation system for this particular subject seems a bit messy; for example, there is Category:Queensland Liberal politicians for Liberal Party politicians in Queensland, but there is no corresponding subcategory for Labor politicians? I assumed, mistakenly, that Category:Queensland Labor Party politicians was a subcategory of Category:Queensland politicians by party and Category:Australian Labor Party politicians. I'll fix it (I've only moved one article, Bill Prest). Thanks for the note. Osiris (talk) 01:53, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! It might work to have Category:Queensland Labor politicians in that case - matches with the Liberal category, and doesn't refer to the QLP. :) The Drover's Wife (talk) 00:24, 25 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]