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editI am asking if any of the other admins can weigh in on the discussion I had at User_talk:Ficaia#Nigger_(racial_slur). I had also raised a similar issue in the post above that one on their talk page. Basically, it seems that this user (who has been a prolific contributor to the site), has determined that if a "quote" is less than 250 words, even if it represents the entirety of a poem or other work, it is fine to have it all on a page here. I disagree and have tried to point out that WQ is meant to be a collection of selections from works, rather than the full work itself (as that is what Wikisource is for). Other examples of the use of entire (or overly long sections of) poems can be found at the following pages, all created by this same user: Chidiock Tichborne, Robert Hawker (poet), James Clarence Mangan, William Strode (poet), Rachel Annand Taylor, Geoffrey Whitney, George Turberville, and Nicholas Grimald. Anyone have any thoughts? Thanks. ~ UDScott (talk) 14:47, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- No one has any thoughts on this? ~ UDScott (talk) 13:06, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
- "Brevity is the soul of wit." (William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act II, sc. ii) 'Nuf said? No?
- "The art of quotation requires more delicacy in the practice than those conceive who see nothing more in a quotation than an extract." (Isaac D'Israeli, Curiosities of Literature (1791–1824), "Quotation") Needs clarification? ~ Ningauble (talk) 23:14, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
- A related problem with the extremely long quotes added to Nigger (racial slur): they give excessive WEIGHT to a couple of fairly trivial pieces of doggerel. By including a short quotable segment from such material, together with a link to the longer source, WQ offers all that is in its own scope to provide. HouseOfChange (talk) 00:04, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
- I agree with you @HouseOfChange - this is part of why I've highlighted some of these pages. Do you mind taking a look at some of the others as well and see what you think? I believe there is too much taken from some sources on these pages, but I am reluctant to perform severe trimming at this point, as it would appear to be an edit war. Thanks. ~ UDScott (talk) 12:51, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
- I did look at a few, but didn't see a problem. There is less problem of WEIGHT for an author's article when giving long-ish samples (each less than 250 words, however.) HouseOfChange (talk) 15:37, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- I agree with you @HouseOfChange - this is part of why I've highlighted some of these pages. Do you mind taking a look at some of the others as well and see what you think? I believe there is too much taken from some sources on these pages, but I am reluctant to perform severe trimming at this point, as it would appear to be an edit war. Thanks. ~ UDScott (talk) 12:51, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
- A related problem with the extremely long quotes added to Nigger (racial slur): they give excessive WEIGHT to a couple of fairly trivial pieces of doggerel. By including a short quotable segment from such material, together with a link to the longer source, WQ offers all that is in its own scope to provide. HouseOfChange (talk) 00:04, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
Possible lock evasion around Akhtar Aly Kureshy
editI would like to alert ongoing lock evasion around this article. Special:CentralAuth/Jinnahpk is the initial major contributor, and after their global lock, they are continuing edits via several IPs. Last month, Special:Contributions/205.164.153.238 appeared here and they were globally blocked (m:special:redirect/logid/56467266). Their latest IP seems to be Special:Contributions/43.251.253.83 (previous global blocks are m:special:redirect/logid/56376287 and m:special:redirect/logid/56467267), and their recent global contributions overlap with the original main account. Please decide what to do with the IP and the page itself. Thank you for your attention. MathXplore (talk) 14:46, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
Currently, this page has no quotes but the author is removing the SD tag. Please take care of this page. MathXplore (talk) 14:52, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
- Done speedied no-quote article and its talk page. HouseOfChange (talk) 22:06, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
The page history suggests there is a content dispute here. Does this need full protection? MathXplore (talk) 00:38, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Dronebogus, PeacefulArmy18: Can you please explain what's going on here and why you're reverting one another? Your edit summaries are not instructive. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 05:40, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Massive unexplained changes from a new user Dronebogus (talk) 09:40, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- I changed some dialogue to accurately quote the movie and Dronebogus insists on undoing those changes. PeacefulArmy18 (talk) 11:37, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks. Can you please post to the talk page there to come to a consensus? And if you two cannot, then please invite other editors to comment. That is much more constructive than reverting back and forth. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 11:42, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Sorry, I didn’t understand. The last few days have been exhausting to say the least Dronebogus (talk) 12:02, 15 July 2024 (UTC)