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HelloThaes, just wanted to drop by to mention something that you might be interested in, since I noticed you are very well versed in theological subjects.Free and Candid Disquisitions is seekingpeer review comments before it goes up for Featured Article. I already reviewed it for Good Article, but I am sure the author would be very appreciative of any insight you might have if you're able. Thanks again for the assist on the Croatian sources at DYKN!Fritzmann (message me)17:34, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

HiFritz! Thanks for the heads up; I'm still getting used to the "back rooms" of Wikipedia, but I'm more than happy to try and help with a peer review. Thanks for pointing it out to me. My Dissenters history is a little spotty, but I'm sure I can contribute something.

And no problem on the Croatian translation. Please don't ever hesitate to ask if you ever need my assistance with Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, or Montenegrin sources on anything; all of them are mutually intelligible (outside of somelow prestige dialects) and I've created a couple articles using only Croatian sources.ThaesOfereode (talk)19:45, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, ThaesOfereode. Thank you for your work onJacques Loew.Moriwen, while examining this page as a part of ourpage curation process, had the following comments:

Lovely article about a cool guy! Thanks for the good work.

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—Moriwen (talk)02:00, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you,Moriwen! I sincerely appreciate the kind words!ThaesOfereode (talk)16:22, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On23 March 2024,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleWeise's law, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... thatWeise's law was first proposed as a way to explain whycognates differ unexpectedly inancient Greek andSanskrit? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/Weise's law. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,Weise's law), and the hook may be added tothe statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on theDid you know talk page.

WaggersTALK00:04, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Your submission ofJacques Loew at theDid You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) atyour nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!Generalissima (talk) (it/she)21:26, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! We don't just revert and revert. First we talk, then we reach consensus, then we change articles. You probably knew thathere but didn't bother. Consensus is not reached through edit summaries but on talk pages.SergeWoodzing (talk)19:05, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How did you resolve this with this user? I am having the same problem with them today. They keep reverting my edit. They removed something stating it violated MOS, which it does not. This user is instead violating MOS and not communicating.24.60.10.139 (talk)01:01, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you follow the above link, you will see that we handled it in the talk page. Please consider discussing the issue with me there instead of bothering other users here.ThaesOfereode (talk)01:19, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please consider not creating the same problems repeatedly. I do not see it in the talk page which is why I commented here. You also lied to me in the other article. Talk page about responding to the person and about responding to my comment here. You didn’t do either. You have a repeated history of dishonesty and of not following the rules and of not communicating.24.60.10.139 (talk)12:54, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I responded to your inquiry yesterday less than half an hour later. I do have other things to do than discuss this. As for the Stenbock page, I responded appropriately in the talk page, explaining my rationale. There was no further discussion and received no further input, so the matter can be considered settled perWP:SILENT. Given that it is the weakest form of consensus, if another editor were to begin a discussion, I would happily meet them and discuss. Please do not call me a liar because of your unfamiliarity with the process.ThaesOfereode (talk)13:17, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On11 April 2024,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleJacques Loew, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... thatJacques Loew started theworker-priest movement after working as alongshoreman and realizing the distance between the priesthood and the working class? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/Jacques Loew. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,Jacques Loew), and the hook may be added tothe statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on theDid you know talk page.

Aoidh (talk)00:02, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

	The Fleur-de-Lis Fleurons Award
	Awarded for exceptional work expanding knowledge of French religious history with the articleJacques Loew. Thank you! ~Pbritti (talk)05:41, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

working on a midwest emo bands list right now and saw that camping in alaska didnt have a page a week ago so i thought i might make one one day and now i see u did it!! cool !!

222emilia222 (talk)21:40, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@222emilia222: Thanks for the message; I really appreciate it! I've been a fan of Midwest emo for a while now, but I just really got intoplease be nice so I made the page. Honestly, seeing the stateMidwest emo is in right now, I was thinking about trying to get it (andEmo revival) up to GA status at some point. I took a look at that draft you got going and it looks great! Do you mind if I contribute to it? You might want to check outisthisbandemo.com as a source; it even hasits own page here on Wikipedia! Thanks again for the message!ThaesOfereode (talk)23:15, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

thank you so much!! i did stumble upon that website while researching but I wasnt sure if it was reliable enough for wikipedias standard. I have to admit i dont fully understand the cut-off.. But now i will definetely use it!

And of course you can contribute to the list! I didnt even know that was possible for drafts??

Again, u did a great job on the camping in alaska page!

PS: what is GA status?222emilia222 (talk)10:32, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@222emilia222: Yeah, I though about that and it probably isn't a great source in and of itself; it might be a good external link for the end of the page or to use as inspiration. If you're curious about reliable sources, you can always confer withWP:RS and there's a fairly regularly updated list of reliable and unreliable sources asWP:RSPSS. For music in general, try tostay away from self-published sources (Wordpress, people's blogs, etc.) and aim towards magazines. And yeah, anything you publish to Wikipedia is public; it may be hard to find but someone will still be able to edit it. I'll take a look and give a hand. "GA status" refers toGood article status. This is a process where editors nominate articles they have done a lot of work on for a very basic peer review and the quality of the page israised to above B class. From there, they can go through more rigorous peer review toFeatured article status, which is supposed to represent the best Wikipedia has to offer. Thanks again for the kind words! And if you ever need a hand working on something or need some help with Wikipedia, always feel free to drop a line here on my talk page!ThaesOfereode (talk)11:17, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Globohomo is the name of teh art style, supported not just by the article referenced with source but also online communities:https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobohomoArt/23.241.114.84 (talk)02:09, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reddit is not a reliable source. Should you find such a reference on a more reliable forum, please feel free to cite such.ThaesOfereode (talk)02:11, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On15 May 2024,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleErik Sparre, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... thatErik Sparre(pictured) is known as "the father of Swedish constitutional law"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/Erik Sparre. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,Erik Sparre), and the hook may be added tothe statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on theDid you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk)00:02, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @ThaesOfereode. I saw your suggestion on the WikiProject Catholicism talk page to fix up theHell in Catholicism page. After reviewing the page, I definitely agree that the page is in need of substantial work, and I would like to help collaborate with you on it. This account that I am using is very new, but I have a bit of experience in editing and adding articles on Wikipedia for several years now.BoatInAStorm (talk)19:53, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@BoatInAStorm: Great! I was starting to worry no one would help me try to fix it. First things first, do you think the sections are good or do you think we should reconsider the layout? I think the current one is okay, but I think either a "by era" (e.g., Patristic era, Middle Ages, etc.) set up or a "by doctrine" (e.g., CCC, revelations, etc.) set up. I'm partial to the first but I'm open to your ideas. From there, we can split up tasks and foci.ThaesOfereode (talk)21:50, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I'vebegun reviewing the articleWeise's law you nominated forGA-status according to thecriteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period.Message delivered byChristieBot, on behalf ofUndercoverClassicist --UndercoverClassicist (talk)10:43, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On6 June 2024,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleCamping in Alaska, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... that despite "C U in da Ballpit" beingCamping in Alaska's best known song, the band says they all hate it? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/Camping in Alaska. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,Camping in Alaska), and the hook may be added tothe statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on theDid you know talk page.

Z1720 (talk)00:02, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I noticed you have an article listed atWP:GAN. I recently started a project,Good Article Review Circles, and thought you might be interested. This initiative helps articles get reviewed more quickly through collaborative efforts. By joining, you'll review others' articles and get your own reviewed in return.Check out the page for more details! —GMH Melbourne (talk)14:48, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

UseTemplate:Cite ODNB, it's easier.DuncanHill (talk)23:27, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a ton. I briefly looked and didn't see it.ThaesOfereode (talk)23:29, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. You recently added template{{Tone}} to the articleLanguage change.User:Toughpigs removed the template a few hours later noting, "unclear what the problem is". It is helpful when adding a template such as that one to also describe the problems on the article's talk page so that other authors understand what may be wrong. If you still think that there are problems with the article, a comment atTalk:Language change would be most welcome. Happy editing,Cnilep (talk)00:03, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The articleWeise's law you nominated as agood article has passed; seeTalk:Weise's law for comments about the article, andTalk:Weise's law/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article iseligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you cannominate it within the next seven days.Message delivered byChristieBot, on behalf ofUndercoverClassicist --UndercoverClassicist (talk)06:45, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

First of all, if you don't want to respond that is totally fine. It's just that my assigned wikipedia mentor hasn't responded to any questions on their talk page in a few months. I get that this isn't a responsibility you asked for, still I would very much appreciate it!

I have two question about citations:

1) I wondered how i would cite something that is in a game, or a movie for that matter. For example an UI element or text in a game, or a dialogue in a movie. Would I have to screenshot the thing in question and reference that image? or can i just directly cite a movie/game/video?

2) How would you go about citing a youtube interview specifically? Is it ok to cite it similiarly to an article (cite web, etc) or do I have to link to a transcript of the interview (if so, assuming i have to transcribe it, where would I post that transcript for it to be considered reliable)?222emilia222 (talk)11:24, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No problem at all; I'm happy to take on mentorship duties for you.

1. For UI, I think citing the game itself is probably fine enough, since it would constitute a similar rationale as not needing to cite the plot. You could upload a fair use image of the UI to Wikipedia to demonstrate a facet of the game. You can see a really good example of that onThe Thing (video game). With respect to movies, I suspect that would similarly fall under the plot citing policy, but I'm sure a well-articulated fair use rationale could be used there as well.

2. Using{{cite web}} is definitely acceptable, but I would use{{cite AV media}}, since it will allow you to cite the timestamp in a similar way to citing a page in{{cite book}}. With respect to YouTube videos, make sure any claims made followWP:BLPSELFPUB.

Let me know if you need any clarification or have any more questions. I'm happy to help where I can.ThaesOfereode (talk)11:56, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

thank you so so much!! :))222emilia222 (talk)13:17, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Iceland/Style advice andWP:UE give some reasons to not use thorn in article titles.Quale (talk)14:03, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I'vebegun reviewing the articleThe Servile State you nominated forGA-status according to thecriteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period.Message delivered byChristieBot, on behalf ofCzarking0 --Czarking0 (talk)04:04, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On6 July 2024,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleMT Petar Hektorović, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... that whenMT Petar Hektorović was temporarily reassigned, one resident ofVis wrote an online memorial to the ship, writing "the waves of Vis grieve for you"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/M/T Petar Hektorović. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,MT Petar Hektorović), and the hook may be added tothe statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on theDid you know talk page.

♠PMC♠(talk)00:03, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The articleThe Servile State you nominated as agood article has passed; seeTalk:The Servile State for comments about the article, andTalk:The Servile State/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article iseligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you cannominate it within the next seven days.Message delivered byChristieBot, on behalf ofCzarking0 --Czarking0 (talk)20:43, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On9 July 2024,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleThe Servile State, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... that inThe Servile State,Hilaire Belloc criticized socialism for being too similar to capitalism? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/The Servile State. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,The Servile State), and the hook may be added tothe statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on theDid you know talk page.

♠PMC♠(talk)00:03, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for participating in the June 2024 backlog drive! You scored 206 points while adding citations to articles duringWikiProject Reliability's first{{citation needed}} backlog drive, earning you this citation barnstar. Thanks for helping out!

Pichpich (talk)16:03, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello!I discovered you through the page for the Melkite Greek Catholic Church and the extensive edits that you'd made to it over time. I really like the way you've formatted your user page and I was hoping you could let me use it as a springboard to better format my own? I'm not all that experienced in Wikipedia formatting (yet!), otherwise I'd make my own from scratch.

Thanks in advance!— Precedingunsigned comment added byBeologi (talk •contribs)17:21, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sure thing. I'm sure I adapted it from an another editor when I first started out, so go nuts. Glad you like it. Happy editing.ThaesOfereode (talk)20:23, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again!Beologi (talk)21:36, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well, good Lord, they say you learn something every day, and I just have! CheersDBaK (talk)01:45, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tell me about it! I learned it only a few hours before you did! :-)ThaesOfereode (talk)01:52, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The articleErik Sparre you nominated as agood article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting thegood article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. SeeTalk:Erik Sparre andTalk:Erik Sparre/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed.Message delivered byChristieBot, on behalf ofHeidi Pusey BYU --Heidi Pusey BYU (talk)19:41, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The articleErik Sparre you nominated as agood article has passed; seeTalk:Erik Sparre for comments about the article, andTalk:Erik Sparre/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article iseligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you cannominate it within the next seven days.Message delivered byChristieBot, on behalf ofHeidi Pusey BYU --Heidi Pusey BYU (talk)18:27, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, ThaesOfereode! The article you nominated,Weise's law, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. Thenomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you maynominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers,FrB.TG (talk) viaFACBot (talk)00:05, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

		Four Award
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Wonderful! Thank you so much, TS.ThaesOfereode (talk)17:18, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On25 September 2024,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleBernlef, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... that according to traditionSaint Ludger healed the Frisian bardBernlef of his blindness(pictured) and taught him to playpsalms on his harp? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/Bernlef. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,Bernlef), and the hook may be added tothe statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on theDid you know talk page.

BorgQueen (talk)00:02, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

story ·music ·places

Thank you for an interesting DYK, pictured! It's also featured onPortal:Germany. Congratulations to your FA, your first, I believe! -My story today features a pic I took from my position in the choir, I can also offer varied delightfulmusic, some from Venice, also with pics I took, - note the rose in the clarinet ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk)14:08, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	Thank you for your help in raisingStarship Troopers (film) to a Featured Article!Darkwarriorblake (talk)14:20, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks kindly, DWB. Sorry no one reviewed it the first time around!ThaesOfereode (talk)16:28, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you so much, Gog, for the award and your insightful comments at FAC. See you again there soon, I hope.ThaesOfereode (talk)22:06, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

story ·music ·places

Thank you today for the article, introduced: "Ever wonder why Greek and Sanskrit cognates involving gutturals don't always match up like you expect and usually before an /r/ sound? Yeah, me either. But in 1881, a German linguist commented on this oddity and proposed a sound law to explain it. "Largely forgotten by the scholarly world", the law developed newfound interest when Dutch linguist Alwin Kloekhorst gave the law a full defense in 2011, giving Dr. Weise a high honor: naming it after him. As of now, there are no Proto-Indo-European FAs." --Gerda Arendt (talk)09:02, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Gerda! I appreciate it!ThaesOfereode (talk)12:56, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You did it ;) - I uploaded pics of a trip that was a 10-day celebration of a 16 November event, but the day was also when a dear friend died. We sangHevenu shalom aleichem at his funeral yesterday, and it was good. --Gerda Arendt (talk)20:41, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On27 October 2024,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleMagic (play), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... thatGeorge Bernard Shaw jokingly threatened to tortureHilaire Belloc if it would getG. K. Chesterton to writehis first play? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/Magic (play). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,Magic (play)), and the hook may be added tothe statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on theDid you know talk page.

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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I'vebegun reviewing the articleArgos (dog) you nominated forGA-status according to thecriteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period.Message delivered byChristieBot, on behalf ofMichael Aurel --Michael Aurel (talk)06:42, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On14 December 2024,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleMeillet's principle, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... that althoughthree witnesses are typically needed inlinguistic reconstruction, only two are necessary ifborrowing andinnovation can be ruled out? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/Meillet's principle. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,Meillet's principle), and the hook may be added tothe statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on theDid you know talk page.

Gatoclass (talk)08:25, 11 December 2024 (UTC) 00:03, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The articleArgos (dog) you nominated as agood article has passed; seeTalk:Argos (dog) for comments about the article, andTalk:Argos (dog)/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article iseligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you cannominate it within the next seven days.Message delivered byChristieBot, on behalf ofMichael Aurel --Michael Aurel (talk)02:43, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If you GAN it, ping me in January and I'll try to review it :)_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here}09:27, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Piotr! It's been at GAN since late November (#34 in thelanguage and literature section), but if no one gets to it by early January, I'll definitely give you a ping.ThaesOfereode (talk)11:53, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

historic personalities in languages

Thank you for quality articles such asWeise's law,Meillet's principle,Christian Bartholomae,Erik Sparre,Bernlef andThe Servile State, for "de-technicalizing" and avoiding "descending into extreme theoretical historical linguistics", - you are anawesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no.2958 of Precious, a prize ofQAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk)09:21, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much, Gerda! I appreciate your kind words!ThaesOfereode (talk)12:47, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On5 January 2025,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleArgos (dog), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... that the death ofOdysseus's dog in theOdyssey uses language typically reserved for the noble deaths of warriors? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/Argos (dog). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,Argos (dog)), and the hook may be added tothe statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on theDid you know talk page.

RoySmith(talk)00:02, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

		The Canine Barnstar
		Thanks so much for gettingArgos (dog) to GA and DYK!Di (they-them) (talk)03:25, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy to have done it! Thanks for the kind words, Di.ThaesOfereode (talk)04:36, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On5 January 2025,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleNicolaas van Wijk, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... thatNicolaas van Wijk(pictured), after helping to provide humanitarian aid during World War I, called thePartitions of Poland "an offense against God"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/Nicolaas van Wijk. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,Nicolaas van Wijk), and the hook may be added tothe statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on theDid you know talk page.

♠PMC♠(talk)12:02, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

		Scholarly Barnstar
		Many a biographical article on Wikipedia is based mostly on newspapers, obituaries, and sometimes popular biographies. What a treat, then, to see theNicolaas van Wijk article citing festschrifts, academic biographies, and studies that address his contributions to Slavic studies as a linguist! Thank you for contributing this article and going out of your way to read and reference such extensive scholarship about van Wijk's life and legacy.Hydrangeans (she/her |talk |edits)23:14, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is a wonderful message; thank you, Hydrangeans. I really enjoy writing on Wikipedia about people and concepts have impacted my field tremendously and have no page (or the page is a stub). Van Wijk's absence from the project, I think, was particularly egregious and it's so kind of you to recognize the hard work that went into it. And how lucky was I that Hinrichs had his (wonderful!) biography translated into English. Thank you again for the kind words.ThaesOfereode (talk)23:41, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On9 January 2025,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleLife Till Bones, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... that one critic described some of the melodies inLife Till Bones as akin to "trying to dig a hole in a bowl full of sugar"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/Life Till Bones. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,Life Till Bones), and the hook may be added tothe statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on theDid you know talk page.

1=Launchballer00:51, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I'vebegun reviewing the articleMagic: A Fantastic Comedy you nominated forGA-status according to thecriteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period.Message delivered byChristieBot, on behalf ofLEvalyn --LEvalyn (talk)08:41, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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I've no idea if you'd be interested, but I actually have a nl wiki article on my to do (translate for a DYK) list:nl:Gerrit van der Waals. But I am not a Dutch speaker. If you are looking for an interesting topic to DYK, just wanted to point that one out._{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here}03:15, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like a neat character. I'll give it a look!ThaesOfereode (talk)16:14, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On28 February 2025,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleMagnus Gens, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... thatMagnus Gens was given ten trillionZimbabwean dollars for developing acrash test dummy moose? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/Magnus Gens. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,Magnus Gens), and the hook may be added tothe statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on theDid you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk)12:03, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I don't know where else to take this because the submission has been archived but I wanted to ask a few thingsthis DYK nomination. It's my first DYK nomination so I'm not very familiar with the process. You rejected it on the grounds of "at least three statements in the article that need to be cited" and the article being a stub. I corrected the citations marked as they were all information provided in the citations already listed in the same paragraph. Second question, the DYK requirements say the article needs to be more than 1500 characters of prose. Page stadistics say that the article is over 1500 characters of prose. At what point does an article stop being considered a stub? Thank you.BirdCities (talk)18:23, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

HiBirdCities! No worries; I know that some of the processes can be a little opaque at first glance here on Wikipedia. There's no hard-and-fast rule about what constitutes a stub, but in general, a stub is a page that does not contain all the main points of a topic and is less than about 500 words. When we put articles on the Main Page, we want them to be comprehensive enough that people will get a fairly good read out of the subject – though not necessarily as comprehensive as agood article, which is a peer-reviewed article that gives a broad overview of the topic, or afeatured article, which is peer-reviewed several times and gives a fully comprehensive deep-dive into the topic.

So let's take a look at your page. It's great that you fixed up the citation issues; I figured that would be an easy fix, but there are a couple things that could make the page more comprehensive. Compare a similar page, likeSuicide in Greenland. This page is not a full overview of the topic; it's a Start-class article, which is just one step up from a stub. But look how much it includes: history, methods, reasons, etc. It has almost twice as many citations as your page. Since you have a substantial number of edits, I highly recommend utilizing theWikipedia Library, which gives you access to tons of reputably-sourced materials, such asJSTOR and theCambridge University Press! Access to sources like this might give you the information you need to expand the page further. If you expand the page to just 1270 words, you'll be able to renominate it for DYK. If you are interested in doing that, I recommend writing more on the page offline then adding it in one fell swoop so you can take more than seven days to expand the article if you need (since the expansion has to be within seven days of the nomination.

Let me know if you have any more questions or need anything else! Best,ThaesOfereode (talk)22:11, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On15 March 2025,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleSeven Sealands, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... that a series of agreements at theUpstalsboom in 1323 prohibited bride kidnapping, provided the right to a speedy trial, and created a judicial veto in allSeven Sealands? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/Seven Sealands. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,Seven Sealands), and the hook may be added tothe statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on theDid you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk)12:02, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On15 March 2025,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleUpstalsboom, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... that a series of agreements at theUpstalsboom in 1323 prohibited bride kidnapping, provided the right to a speedy trial, and created a judicial veto in allSeven Sealands? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/Seven Sealands. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,Upstalsboom), and the hook may be added tothe statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on theDid you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk)12:02, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I'vebegun reviewing the articleOld Frisian you nominated forGA-status according to thecriteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period.Message delivered byChristieBot, on behalf ofTenpop421 --Tenpop421 (talk)18:46, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dear ThaesOfereode,

Thank you for your criticism of the History section, including putting the {{one source|section|date=October 2024}} template. I tried to make amends by adding references.

• Could the template be removed, what do you think? What about the other template at the head of the article?

Thank you for considering this request, yours sincerelyHansmuller UBL (talk)15:16, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent work on citing the material! Thank you for all your hard work! I think the{{one source section}} template can be removed, but I believe much more is needed throughout the page in order to remove the template at the top of the article; following two sections of the article are almost completely uncited. If there are pieces of the citations you've added that you think may be relevant to the other sections, please add them! I think appropriated cited, this could make for a very interestingGood article.ThaesOfereode (talk)15:24, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks ThaesOfereode, I agree. Could you remove the second Template? (May be i was (editing) in your way.) Seems better than when i do it myself :-) Thanks again,Hansmuller UBL (talk)15:44, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done! Thanks again for the hard work.ThaesOfereode (talk)15:50, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The articleOld Frisian you nominated as agood article has passed; seeTalk:Old Frisian for comments about the article, andTalk:Old Frisian/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article iseligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you cannominate it within the next seven days.Message delivered byChristieBot, on behalf ofTenpop421 --Tenpop421 (talk)17:03, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Any chance I can interest you in volunteering forWP:AFCP? We're always in need of sensible people who are good at source criticism and being kind to newbies. --asilvering (talk)00:52, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, I can try and keep an eye on AfCs in my areas of expertise if you could use a hand. Other than applying for reviewership, is there anything I should know/read/be able to do before starting?ThaesOfereode (talk)11:49, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The full instructions are atWP:AFCR. The short version is: if the draft wouldn't be deleted if it ended up in mainspace, accept. So if the topic is notable, and there isn't something else horribly wrong with it (copyvio, stomach-churningly promotional, etc), we wave it through. Any additional stuff you want to do out of the goodness of your heart (fixing the article up, adding maintenance tags, etc) is up to you. When I started reviewing, I often found that there were articles on academics or books in the queue that were obviously notable, but didn't have the sourcing to show it, so I'd spend a couple of minutes looking for book reviews, add them to the draft, and then accept.

If you have any questions about reviewing, there'sWT:AFC. If you use Discord, there's also the NPP server at[1]. --asilvering (talk)20:40, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good. I'll take a look later on and see if I can't help with the reviewing process, at least a little.ThaesOfereode (talk)21:07, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Every little bit helps! Even if it does feel a bit like bailing out a ship with a toy bucket. --asilvering (talk)21:56, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On28 March 2025,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleWangerooge Frisian, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... that a word inWangerooge Frisian, once used to describe loading a gun, later came to be used to describe an invitation to a birthday party? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/Wangerooge Frisian. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,Wangerooge Frisian), and the hook may be added tothe statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on theDid you know talk page.

1=Launchballer01:07, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats man. I’m glad to have contributed to this! 🐝B33net 🐝01:33, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wouldn't be there without you. Thanks again for the review!ThaesOfereode (talk)11:05, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, you'd be very welcome do participate in this in April. The entries will go into the 10,000 European Challenge afterwards. Nearly $3000 in prizes for reducing our stub content, which is shockingly over 760,000 for Europe alone! ♦Dr. Blofeld15:51, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads up. I'll be sure to stop by to try and contribute.ThaesOfereode (talk)16:39, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I'vebegun reviewing the articleF. B. J. Kuiper you nominated forGA-status according to thecriteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period.Message delivered byChristieBot, on behalf ofEditør --Editør (talk)21:01, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have tried to remain civil but you know it is against the rules to revert multiple times yet you are doing that on this article. Further, I followed the MOS and yet you continue. You are violating the MOS.

I see in previous convos on this page that you are already aware you are violating the rules and have been admonished previously.

If you continue to not follow the rules and vandalize the page, I will have to escalate to the admin.24.60.10.139 (talk)00:57, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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On6 April 2025,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleOld Frisian, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... that some legal documents inOld Frisian refer to the womb as a "fortress of the bones"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/Old Frisian. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,Old Frisian), and the hook may be added tothe statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on theDid you know talk page.

RoySmith(talk)00:02, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ขอบคุณ110.168.210.214 (talk)21:15, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dear ThaesOfereode,

Thank you for your previous discussion of this topic.After adding sources to the History section, many other remaining sections still lacked references, so i tried to remedy that problem too.

• Could you please have a look, might the punishing{{refimprove|date=October 2024}} template justifiably be removed ?

Thank you for your trouble in advance, yours sincerely,Hansmuller UBL (talk)15:57, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On19 April 2025,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleF. B. J. Kuiper, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... thatF. B. J. Kuiper, after no longer being able to drive due to his failing vision, underwenteye surgery and then immediately bought aBMW? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/F. B. J. Kuiper. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,F. B. J. Kuiper), and the hook may be added tothe statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on theDid you know talk page.

RoySmith(talk)00:02, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On23 April 2025,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleKlingenheben's law, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... thatKlingenheben's law is usually referred to in the singular, but in fact comprises four independentsound changes? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/Klingenheben's law. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,Klingenheben's law), and the hook may be added tothe statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on theDid you know talk page.

RoySmith(talk)00:03, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The articleLife Till Bones you nominated as agood article has failed; seeTalk:Life Till Bones for reasons whythe nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article.Message delivered byChristieBot, on behalf ofLocust member --Locust member (talk)14:44, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I'vebegun reviewing the articleNicolaas van Wijk you nominated forGA-status according to thecriteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period.Message delivered byChristieBot, on behalf ofWugapodes --Wugapodes (talk)05:02, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not tag articles marked as{{surname}} as orphans. They are usually akin to disambig pages. --Altenmann>talk17:13, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Understood. Someone tagged a new surname page I made, so I'll undo it there as well.ThaesOfereode (talk)17:14, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello ThaesOfereode! Thank you for your contributions to articles related to Catholicism. I'd like to invite you to a new effort to increase collaboration on article related to the Catholic faith: a WikiProject CatholicismDiscord server. If you'd like to join, here is theinvite link! Thanks again for your contributions! ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs02:11, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Already there, Father!ThaesOfereode (talk)10:04, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The articleNicolaas van Wijk you nominated as agood article has passed; seeTalk:Nicolaas van Wijk for comments about the article, andTalk:Nicolaas van Wijk/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article iseligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you cannominate it within the next seven days.Message delivered byChristieBot, on behalf ofWugapodes --Wugapodes (talk)04:49, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. You're invited to participate in The World Destubathon. We're aiming to destub a lot of articles and also improve longer stale articles. It will be held from Monday June 16 - Sunday July 13. There is $3338 going into it, with $500 the top prize. If you are interested in winning something to help you buy books for future content, or just see it as a good editathon opportunity to see a lot of articles improved for your country/region, sign up on the page in the participants section if interested.♦Dr. Blofeld16:46, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On8 June 2025,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleThe Oceanic Languages, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... thatThe Oceanic Languages is so ubiquitous among scholars of theOceanic languages that it is known simply as "the blue book"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/The Oceanic Languages. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,The Oceanic Languages), and the hook may be added tothe statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on theDid you know talk page.

RoySmith(talk)00:02, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On11 June 2025,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleOkipa, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/Okipa. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,Okipa), and the hook may be added tothe statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on theDid you know talk page.

~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk)00:04, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 30,066 views (1,252.8 per hour), making it one of themost viewed hooks of July 2025 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk •contribs) (he/it)03:27, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@AirshipJungleman29: Uh, am I missing it or is this not on the MP right now? It's not in any of the queues or prep areas either, as far as I can tell; looks like a bot caught the error too atWP:DYK/Q.ThaesOfereode (talk)00:15, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That's very odd, pingingtheleekycauldron if they can shed any insight.~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk)07:56, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Welp, looks like what happened is thatMallardTV copied their review fromTemplate:Did you know nominations/Okipa toTemplate:Did you know nominations/Scandinavian migration to the Hawaiian Kingdom andaccidentally took the Okipa credit along with it.Trout, but it shouldn't affect too much of anything as long as someone removes the talk tags :)theleekycauldron (talk • she/her)08:03, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh no! I'm so sorry. I'm still learning the ropes of the review process and thought I had made myself a blank template. Oops. 😬MallardTV^{Talk to me!}11:14, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No harm, no foul! It's not always the most intuitive process for newcomers.ThaesOfereode (talk)11:23, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No worries. Just wanted to make sure it didn't get caught by an automatic DQ bot later on down the line.ThaesOfereode (talk)11:24, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On18 June 2025,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleJohn Lynch (linguist), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... thatJohn Lynch was at one point the only honors linguistics student at the University of Sydney? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/John Lynch (linguist). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,John Lynch (linguist)), and the hook may be added tothe statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on theDid you know talk page.

Z1720 (talk)00:03, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your updates onRaymond Hickey! You added two flags. Could you please elaborate on the issues? I have updated the dead links. Would that solve your issue or do you have any other concerns? If so, please let me know so I can try and fix them.Honeytree (talk)06:57, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for fixing the dead links! I'm happy to see you working on the page. I don't think either tag has been resolved though. There are still several inappropriate hyperlinks in the body of the article. For guidance on what do with these links, you can take a look atthis policy page.

The page as a whole is still poorly cited and much of what is cited cites Hickey's work, not works about him. The "Education and career" section, for example, has no external citations. It points the reader to his publications, but doesn't give any external sourcing for where, when, or in what he got his degrees.

Please let me know if I can help further; I'm more than happy to do so.ThaesOfereode (talk)10:21, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for providing further information on the tags! I have now added several quality sources to the whole article, especially to the "Education and career" section and added links to other Wikipedia sites. Furthermore, I have turned some direct external links into footnotes.

I'm not quite sure what the issue is with citing Hickey's work. Wouldn't that be the obvious way to prove his input on linguistic research, especially in the "Research contribution" section? Just to make sure, I have also added a festschrift and commentary on his most recent book to add balance.

I did have a look at the policy page but wasn't quite sure where precisely the problem lies, hence my asking you. I hope to have solved the issues with the current update. If not, please let me know where precisely further sources are needed in your opinion.

Thank you very much for your help and the constructive exchange!Honeytree (talk)09:42, 5 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I'vebegun reviewing the articleJohn Lynch (linguist) you nominated forGA-status according to thecriteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period.Message delivered byChristieBot, on behalf ofActuall7 --Actuall7 (talk)04:23, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello dear, I hope this message finds you well. I'm reaching out to kindly ask for your assistance in reviewing and possibly approving a draft page I’ve been working on for Wikipedia. I’ve done my best to ensure the content is well-sourced, neutral, and aligned with Wikipedia’s guidelines, but I would greatly appreciate your expert input to make sure everything is in order.

Your support would mean a lot, and I’m more than willing to make any necessary changes based on your feedback.

Thank you very much in advance for your time and help.

Best regards,

Farah

Draft:Fatima Al SafiFarah244 (talk)10:06, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

HiFarah244. There are several issues with this page that I can tell immediately. For one, there are several unsourced statements, including the first two sentences of the Career section. It also appears that one of your sources, elcinema.com, is AI-generated and is not usable as a reliable source. For the layout of the works she's been a part of, I highly recommend looking at other actors' pages, especially ones which have passed eithergood article review or – better yet –featured article review; for example, see the layout onBen Affleck. I can't speak to the reliability of these sources, but you may have better luck seeking out assistance in this regard atWikiProject Qatar or another Arabic-speaking country's WikiProject. Best of luck with your draft page!ThaesOfereode (talk)21:14, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi ThaesOfereode. I added a plot summary to the Martyr page for the book written by Kaveh Akbar which I have read. Hope you agree it did the trick. I really enjoyed the book— Precedingunsigned comment added byDasFriskel (talk •contribs)20:42, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wonderful, thank you,DasFriskel and welcome to Wikipedia! In general on Wikipedia, we like to give a fuller overview of the plot, including the main beats of the story and its resolution; guidelines typically suggest between 400 and 700 words (you can read morehere!). If you're willing and able, I would love to see a more complete plot. But if not, thank you for addingsomething; it's always better than nothing at all! (And don't forget to sign your talk page messages with~~~~)ThaesOfereode (talk)20:54, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks ThaesOfereode. Will do when I have more time. Appreciate the education.~~~~DasFriskel (talk)21:11, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy to help! If you need any more assistance or you have a question, please feel free to come back to this talk page.ThaesOfereode (talk)21:15, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The articleJohn Lynch (linguist) you nominated as agood article has been placed on hold. The article needs changes or clarifications to meet thegood article criteria. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. SeeTalk:John Lynch (linguist) andTalk:John Lynch (linguist)/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed.Message delivered byChristieBot, on behalf ofActuall7 --Actuall7 (talk)03:02, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey ThaesOfereode! I saw your work on linguistics articles, looks very impressive! I'm currently rewriting the article aboutAndrey Zaliznyak in mysandbox, and saw that you've just write an article on Slavic languages. Maybe you will be interested in collaboration on Zaliznyak's bio? There's one major English source (an obituary), and though I mostly understand everything linguistics-related there it would be nice to have a specialist to verify/rewrite/expand the draft.Artem.G (talk)20:31, 5 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Artem.G: Thanks for the kind words about my work. Admittedly, my Russian is a little rusty, but I'm happy to help get another linguist's page into good shape; too many are in poor condition. I will take a look at it a little later. Are you alright with me making edits directly or would you prefer I just leave some comments in the talk page? I know some editors have a preference; just let me know.ThaesOfereode (talk)21:52, 5 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nice, thanks a lot! Whatever works for you is fine for me :) If you care about change history/authorship, I can move all my changes to the mainspace article and we can work there; otherwise we can revise it a bit in my sandbox and copy later.Artem.G (talk)06:27, 6 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for copyediting! I moved the rewrite to the mainspace, I think it looks pretty decent now.Artem.G (talk)21:23, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy to help, Artem! Please feel free to let me know if you decide to take this to GAN; I think there is still work to be done on the page, but it is well on its way to being a GA. Cheers,ThaesOfereode (talk)22:48, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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—Kusma (talk)00:02, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi ThaesOfereode! I noticed that you have reverted to restore your preferred version of an article several times. The impulse to undo an edit you disagree with is understandable, but I wanted to make sure you're aware that theedit warring policy disallows repeated reversions even if they are justifiable.

All editors are expected to discuss content disputes on articletalk pages to try to reachconsensus. If you are unable to agree, please use one of thedispute resolution options to seek input from others. Using this approach instead of reverting can help you avoid getting drawn into an edit war. Thank you.RandomRighteousEdditor (talk)18:23, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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I noticed the little arc below a letter in the pronunciation ofNicolaas van Wijk, but I couldn't find an explanation onHelp:IPA/Dutch. What does it mean, when should it be added? – Editør (talk)13:20, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It distinguishes a diphthong from two discrete vowels. In broad transcription (when using //), you don't really need it, but it's good practice to use them in narrow transcriptions (when using []) since some transcriptions don't mark syllable boundaries.ThaesOfereode (talk)14:30, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I've just added onehere, hopefully correctly. Don't you think its use should be explained inHelp:IPA/Dutch? – Editør (talk)14:48, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I do. I also find it kind of strange that the diphthongs that are there aren't marked either. It looks like another editor undid the diphthong marking a little over a month ago. Not sure the path forward on that since I don't usually touch the helpspace.ThaesOfereode (talk)14:55, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know enough about either IPA or the Help pages to make the edits myself. – Editør (talk)15:26, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk)00:03, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

HiThaes, thanks for clarifying your reasons for reverting my edits. I'll watch for revival sources that deserve due weight. Regarding Wim Daniëls's book, it would help to note in the Wangerooge Frisian article it includes an entire chapter on "Wangeroogs" (Wangerooge Frisian), so readers understand its relevance. (User talk:ArkanHimura)13:45, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ArkanHimura: Great, thanks for keeping an eye on that! And yes, I agree that would be helpful context. Since I don't have access to the book, would you mind getting the page numbers for me? I couldn't find an online source that had the chapter breakdown. Also, welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you'll stay and improve this place while you're here. If you have any questions about editing, policy, or anything else, please feel free to ask me or the wider community atthe Teahouse.ThaesOfereode (talk)14:14, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You're very dedicated, keep it up!

Darer101 (talk)20:12, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much for the kind words,Darer101!ThaesOfereode (talk)21:15, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for your review of theN. Katherine Hayles page and your very specific instructions. This will help me and our newbie editors from theElectronic literature field (WP:ELIT) understand how to improve articles. I greatly appreciate this!LoveElectronicLiterature (talk)14:21, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the kind words. I always worry that my approach with newer editors sounds tougher than I mean, so I appreciate the confirmation that it's not (at least this time)!ThaesOfereode (talk)14:34, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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I've been working recently on expandingJules Gilliéron. I am, however, far out of my depth when it comes to the linguistics content -- if you get a moment, would you mind passing a linguist's eye over it to see if it makes sense, or contains any blindingly obvious howlers?UndercoverClassicist^T·C23:10, 12 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy to help here (and flattered). Funny coincidence that I just finisheda biography of a Swiss linguist myself. Overall, the linguistic concepts are well telegraphed and I think a high-schooler interested in the topic would be able to follow along fairly well. I didn't notice any glaring errors, though I recommend explaining his role as a noteworthy anti-Neogrammarian early on (if possible) because he comes across as a Neogrammarian for much of this article.

This is really helpful -- thank you. I'll come back to the Neogrammarian question below.UndercoverClassicist^T·C09:06, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Small notes below:

• studying the local dialect – Of what? French?Romansh?

• Er... complicated question. Gilliéron didn't really believe in grouping and categorising dialects, and he seems to think of the localpatois as its own thing. Here's what he has to say in his preface:

  Les patois romans du Valais ont subi l'influence du français à un moindre degré que ceux des autres cantons de la Suisse romande. L'instruction populaire, dont le français est l'instrument, y est moins répandue ... Le français ... peut donc être encore regardé comme une langue étrangère dans le Valais. Sion seule, le chef-lieu du canton, l'a adopté partiellement comme langue courante ; partout ailleurs, le patois règne encore comme unique langue parlée. Je ne crois pas exagérer en admettant que la moitié des Valaisans ne connaît pas le français.

So -- definitely not French in his view -- does that make it Romansch?UndercoverClassicist^T·C09:06, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• No, but things are clearing up. So Romansh is a Rhaeto-Romance language mostly spoken in eastern Switzerland (related to Venetian), so almost certainly not. I thought it was strange that he usedpatois for 'dialect' instead ofdialecte, but chalked this up to older speech. No, he's talking aboutle patois:Franco-Provençal, which is largely spoken across theRomandy region (i.e., French-speaking Switzerland) he would have been doing research in.ThaesOfereode (talk)12:53, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  I've stuck Franco-Provençal in, though it isn't directly named in the sources.UndercoverClassicist^T·C13:24, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• asking respondents to "translate" words or phrases into their local dialects – Scare quotes here? What would they be doing other than translating?

• I was worried about the potentially patronising implications that people in the villages were "not speaking French" or "speaking French wrong", if they pronounced a French word in a different way. With hindsight, I think I went in the wrong direction -- it's better to take the dialects seriously by giving them the same treatment as a full-on language. Changed.UndercoverClassicist^T·C09:06, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Yes, I think that's the right approach. Especially now that we know he was probably working with a different language entirely.ThaesOfereode (talk)12:53, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• could be analysed according to mechanistic dialectological laws – I recommend linking this withSound law. The mechanistic part is obviously Neogrammarian, but after finishing reading the article, I don't know whether linking that here is helpful.
• produce the "dialect" form of a given French word. – Scare quotes again?

• As above.UndercoverClassicist^T·C09:06, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Not really actionable, but kind of irritating/confusing that acrolect/basilect redirects to "Post-creole continuum"; these dialects are not restricted to creole areas, as is obviously true here.
• geographic differences of dialect – Soft suggestion to linkIsogloss somewhere around here.

• For now I've just stuck it over "geographic differences of dialect", but there might be a better way to do it.UndercoverClassicist^T·C09:06, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• I think that's fine, but now that I'm looking at it again, areal linguistics is a bit broader than what's stated. It also seeks to chart interactions (i.e.,contact linguistics + identification ofsprachbünde). Would also rephrase to "linguistic geographic differences" since areal linguistics is not limited to dialect studies (e.g., David Kaufman's work on the Lower Mississippi Valley sprachbund).

• No objection to rephrasing, but not sure about "linguistic geographic differences" as English: I can't find it in print and it seems ungrammatical (geographic differences that are linguisic in nature?) Could you give me a bit more of a steer on exactly what the distinction you're trying to make here is?UndercoverClassicist^T·C16:19, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Basically, areal linguistics are not just differentiating between dialects, but sometimes completely different languages. Biloxi and Ofo were Siouan languages which were areally influenced by its completely unrelated Muskogean neighbors, for example (cf.wave model as well). In the article, it looks like areal linguistics is being described as a subfield of dialectology, which is not really accurate. In other words, it would be better to say it is an areal approach to language rather than a geographical approach to dialect. Does that make sense?ThaesOfereode (talk)16:32, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Recommend linkingLinguistic typology in the following sentence as well.

• Done on "typology".UndercoverClassicist^T·C09:06, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• simplification of multi-word signifiers into single words – Isn't thisSynecdoche? Or is it somehow broader? If so, recommend checking out the list of typologies inSemantic change and picking an appropriate one to link.

• I thought synecdoche waspars pro toto and similar -- so "all hands on deck!" when you are talking about thepeople attached to the hands? Gilléron is more interested in e.g. going from calling a bee a "swarm-fly" to just calling it a "swarm", which potentially creates ambiguity when you say "there's a swarm in the garden", or from "wine of Champagne" to "champagne". There's a point somewhere in the article where other scholars point out this is usually much less of a problem than G. thought it was.UndercoverClassicist^T·C09:06, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• I mean, it also includestotum pro parte which would cover both of these examples. I would be surprised if he thoughttotum pro parte introduced ambiguity, but notpars pro toto.ThaesOfereode (talk)12:53, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  No, I'm not being clear -- it's not the shifting of senseper se here, but the reduction of signifiers that are many words long into only one of those words. So, hypothetically, if people started referring to "railroad car" just as "cars", that's notpars pro toto -- a car isn'tpart of a railway car -- but it means that speakers no longer distinguish in their speech between a big metal box on rails and a smaller metal box on the road. Since Gilliéron believed that people can't think what they can't say, I assume he thought that this would mean that people would lose the sense that these two were different things.UndercoverClassicist^T·C13:27, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  I see. I can't think of the right word for it, but I'm not sure if there is one. I'll think about it. If I come across it, I'll be sure to add it.ThaesOfereode (talk)15:17, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• He also criticises Gilliéron for rejecting Neogrammarian linguistics while adopting their position that sound change is regular – Not actionable, but I had him pegged as Neogrammarian while I was reading until this point in the article. His approach really was similar in a lot of ways, it seems.

• Well, yes -- Ithink that's the point, that he waspersonally critical of the Neogrammarians while quietly agreeing with them on a lot of things. I may need to do some more reading here. Gilliéron is often quoted as saying "every word has its own history", which is (at least on a superficial reading) the opposite view to the Neogrammarian idea that language change works according to exceptionless laws (as a point of personal history, I remember staring down a first-year exam question asking us to reconcile those two perspectives). Of course, the problem with including that is that he didn't actually say it, but I wonder if there's a way of including it as an impression of his general approach to linguistics.UndercoverClassicist^T·C09:06, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• When you say "personally critical" do you mean, like, that he had personal beef with Osthoff or something? As for inclusion, it's hard to say. Obviously, a biography would be fairly blunt in explaining his outlook, at least from one perspective, but linguist biographies are sadly few and far between. Did he have any Festschriften written in his honor?ThaesOfereode (talk)12:53, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Not sure, to be honest. There's a chapter in one of the sources about someone who criticisedhim at some length, and I need to add that in. I think "personal beef" with the Neogrammarians might well be right. The closest thing to aFestschrift I can find is Pop and Pop 1959, and it's undoubtedly a vital source, but I'm struggling to get hold of it (currently trying my luck atWP:RX).UndercoverClassicist^T·C13:29, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• praises his work with Mongin – Who?

• Good spot: introduced.UndercoverClassicist^T·C09:06, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As an aside, you beat me to the punch asking for a little assistance. No pressure, but would you mind taking a look atThe Path to Rome for me? I wrote it in British English perWP:TIES, but I've missed obvious examples before. An English eye would be helpful, if you have the time and energy, especially since I'd like to, at some point, get it to FA. Best,ThaesOfereode (talk)15:44, 13 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely -- I'll take a look and leave some comments on the Talk page.UndercoverClassicist^T·C09:06, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@UndercoverClassicist: Many thanks; I know it's a bear of a page! I will be responding to them shortly. In the meantime, I'm pinging since this is on my talk and I'm not sure you'll see my additional comments elsewise.ThaesOfereode (talk)12:53, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi ThaesOfereode. I'm looking for experienced editors to interviewhere. Feel free to pass if you're not interested.Clovermoss🍀(talk)05:23, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy to chime in. Thanks for the invitation!ThaesOfereode (talk)13:41, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk)20:08, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you want more information about the story, it'shere.DS (talk)03:00, 11 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wonderful; I will plan to read it and add to the synopsis. Thank you for the link!ThaesOfereode (talk)03:53, 11 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The important thing to understand is that the length of a plot synopsis should be roughly proportional to how much other information there is about it. Sometimes there really isn't very much except for "won Notable Award X".DS (talk)19:16, 11 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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On29 October 2025,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleThe Path to Rome, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... that the narrator inThe Path to Rome repeatedly argues with an imagined reader who is often combative and confused? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/The Path to Rome. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,The Path to Rome), and the hook may be added tothe statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free tonominate it.

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Thank you so much for your review of this article. You were very thorough and your suggestions resulted in a great improvement. Ngā mihi nui ki a koe!David Palmer//cloventt^(talk)22:53, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wonderful, thank you! I look forward to seeing your contributions in the future.ThaesOfereode (talk)23:05, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Do you want to propose this article for deletion?Bearian (talk)21:32, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Probably. Most of the sources I found are from Noble Schools (which is not really third-party) and MaxPreps which seems to be a sports analysis site, but I'm not sure reliability/independence/usefulness. I'm also not usually someone who gets involved in deletion discussions (read: I really don't follow deletion policy and only have had one successful delete), but I think this might fit the bill. Any thoughts from your end?ThaesOfereode (talk)22:55, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'll do it later today, or tomorrow.Bearian (talk)22:56, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ThaesOfereode, If I read the DIfference page correctly, you made a recent, and minor change to William Cullen McBride High School, taking out "St. Louis" from "Short description|Catholic preparatory school inSt. Louis, Missouri"

Can you explain, Please? Being so new to all the intricacies, protocols, and regulations in WP, I'm not sure if I've violated some style guide standard or what. I'm not challenging, but would like to understand the reasoning. (Or did I misread the revision?)

Thanks,

Sickingm (Matt Sicking)04:52, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

HiSickingm, I appreciate your interest in getting to know how WP works! In the edit summary, I citedWP:SD40, a policy on Wikipedia that advocates that a page's short description be fewer than forty characters whenever possible. Short descriptions are designed to allow readers to know if they're headed to the right page in the search bar before they click on it. I believed that St. Louis was less descriptive than Missouri, so I decided to truncate the short description there; there are other places calledSaint Louis, after all. I hope this answers your question; if you have any other questions, please feel free to bring them here; William Cullen McBride High School–related or otherwise!ThaesOfereode (talk)05:03, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Got it. I'm glad I asked.

Thanks!Sickingm (Matt Sicking)00:28, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, again, ThaesOfereode. I don't wish to waste your time if I'm over-analyzing here. But I have some thoughts about the rationale you offered above, and I'd like to discuss them to gain more insight into how to think like a veteran WP Author.

True, there are other places called St. Louis; I've located 17 cities with that name. So describing the school as being in St. Louis could leave the reader to wonder which of 17 cities it's in. On the other hand, at least from checking Wikipedia, there is only one state, one river, two universities, one sports team and one historical event named Missouri. No ambiguity over which one might contain a McBride Prep school.

However, those 17 cities comprise less than 1000 square miles in area, whereas the State of Missouri contain 66,000 square miles. So I suppose a case could be made that "Missouri" is less precise than "St. Louis". Also any reference to "St. Louis" on, say, a news program, would be unambiguous to the majority of English speaking persons in North America. (My assertion. I can't back that up with a valid reference.)

And having reviewedWP:SD40 the policy just says it should be "short" and indicates that 83% of short descriptions are less than 40 words. I interpret <40 to be a goal, not a policy.

So my suggestion (for which I know I don't need your approval, but would definitely appreciate your opinion) is to change "Catholic preparatory school for boys in Missouri" (40 letters) to "Catholic preparatory school for boys in St. Louis MO" (43 letters) or perhaps "Catholic boys preparatory school in St. Louis MO" (40 letters)

(Yep, i've over-analyzed.)Sickingm (Matt Sicking)02:04, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, Matt; always happy to help a new editor out! Yes, strictly speaking, the forty-character limit is a goal rather than a mandate, but it's a strongly recommended one. Remember that the short description is principally for one thing: to make sure that what a reader is headed to is the page they are looking for (I recommendthis essay). A good example comes from my field of linguistics. Imagine I am looking for asound law in Proto-Indo-European and can't quite remember the name. Was itSieverts's law? Short description tells me immediately no: "Physical law of gas solubility in metals". Well, maybe it wasSievers's law? Yep: "Proto-Indo-European language sound law". For a lot of readers, especially those who visually impaired, the space can be extremely limited and forty characters is typically a good balance between brevity and clarity. There's an argument to be made that maybe my edit was unnecessary; a seasoned editor might contend that, especially since whileSaint Louis leads to a disambiguation,St. Louis does not (the implication being that St. Louis isobviously the one in Missouri). My motivation was that, Catholicism is more closely associated with France than Missouri (there are many times more French Catholics than there are Missourians total); you can imagine a Catholic preparatory school being in the St. Louis suburb ofMarseille, so I believed Missouri was more helpful to the reader. But I might be wrong, or at least there may be an argument against me! Feel free to respectfully challenge editors in the talk page or discuss at a WikiProject. Wikipedia is a collaborative effort after all! I won't object if you change it back.ThaesOfereode (talk)00:55, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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You reverted my contribution. ([2])

1. I deleted the wholeAdvantages and disadvantages because it is not verified and seems to beWP:OR; and I consider this is a kind of pseudo-science.
2. The article needs a lot of fix. What is your suggestion?
3. This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards. Thus, you are not suitable to revert me here, as it already is problematic.

Noordpunt (talk)21:39, 31 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Noordpunt, thanks for the note. I really appreciate your ambition and commitment to the Wikipedia idea ofbeing bold. I know some reversions can be opaque to new users so I'm happy to explain myself here.

1. The "Advantages and disadvantages" section appears to be mostly uncited, but that is not necessarily consistent withWP:OR. Original research is that which cannot be substantiated with already published sources. Just because something is uncited doesn't mean it's original research; the Wikipedia policy page you've cited to contains: "reliable source must have been published and still exist—somewhere in the world, in any language, whether or not it is reachable online—even if no source is currently named in the article. Articles that currently name zero references of any type may be fully compliant with this policy—so long as there is areasonable expectation that editors couldfind a published, reliable source to support every bit of material".
2. I agree; that article is in poor shape! My first suggestion is to add some citations. Go out, find reliable sources, and add them to the page. I find that often a simple web search will rarely turn up an answer for an uncited paragraph, but you will find the answers to lots of stuff by combing through the topic at hand. If you can, try accessing theWikipedia Library, which gives you access to countless reliable, scholarly sources. For linguistics and languages, I recommend mining De Gruyter, Brill, and Project MUSE for publications. If you need help getting access to a source there, feel free to reach out to me again; I have access to all three!
3. The article may need to be rewritten, but that is not necessarily cause to delete entire sections wholesale. That kind of banner tag is typically used when the tone is inappropriate for an encyclopedia or if the organization of the page is not consonant with its subject or the project at large (e.g., a list article that should be a prose article or vice versa), though some editors may also add it when they probably should've placed a{{cleanup}} or{{disputed}} tag instead. That appears to have been the case here.

Please let me know if you have any more questions; I'm happy to help!ThaesOfereode (talk)01:54, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for replying. Now I will express my personal non-professional analysis on that section, not just in the sight of Wikipedia policies.

1. This section is full of pseudo-science. As I know, many pseudo-science researches are also OR. We should not judge the advantages and disadvantages of a kind of writing, as it will be immediately fail in a peer review. For example, the text I deleted says, "The main difference between logograms and other writing systems is that the graphemes are not linked directly to their pronunciation. An advantage of this separation is that understanding of the pronunciation or language of the writer is unnecessary, e.g. 1 is understood regardless of whether it be called one, ichi or wāḥid by its reader. Likewise, people speaking different varieties of Chinese may not understand each other in speaking, but may do so to a significant extent in writing even if they do not write in Standard Chinese". Oh my goodness! It looks like someone learnt it from aWP:UGC source created by someone who knowsnothing in linguistics. It doesn't matter if it is a logogram, alphabet,Maya script,abjad orsyllabary.musika, a word in Basque meaning "music" ([3]).Basque is alanguage isolate; however, we can guess if we speak English. And仕草 =behavior. No Chinese can guess the correct meaning. This is why I consider we cannot find any RS.
2. Patrick Chamoiseau, one of the Caribbean's leading writer, tells us, "no hierarchy exists between languages". ([4])

Noordpunt (talk)18:32, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have an objection per se to the removal of certain information, but I do object to your deletion of an entire section of text without so much as an edit summary. As an editor with a page on my watchlist, if the editor does not indicate the rationale for the removal, how am I to interpret that? Moreover, orthographic studieshave discussed the relative advantages and disadvantages of certain writing systems; this is certainly not pseudoscience. In Chinese specifically, this argument – while poorly executed – touches on the concept of orthographic conservatism. It is why a Chinese speaker can understand elements of thousand-year-old Chinese sentences (or at least grasp the general topic), whereas an English speaker would have difficulty discerning much of even 11th-century English.

This editor is not saying that all languages which share a logography use those characters interchangeably, but rather that an advantage of the system is that transposition can be used within a language or language family. Consider for a moment the Chinese word for China. If you were to write it in an alphabet for modern Standard Mandarin as Zhongguo and I were to write it in Puxian Min as Doenggorh, each would be completely unintelligible to the other, but if we both use 中國 we can both understand. This is not to say that Mandarin or Min are better than the other – it is true that no language is inherently better than another! – but to declare that writing systems are composed of different strategies of written communication that have objective and subjective advantages and disadvantages. This is not pseudoscience; there even existsa peer-reviewed journal which often covers this very topic published byEast China Normal University. Whether that is within the scope of the page at hand, I would suggest taking such a large deletion for discussion tothe article's talk page.ThaesOfereode (talk)18:57, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

No. You said, "It is why a Chinese speaker can understand elements of thousand-year-old Chinese sentences (or at least grasp the general topic), whereas an English speaker would have difficulty discerning much of even 11th-century English." I can tell that you will not be able to read Classical Chinese thousand years ago if you have never learnt.关关雎鸠，在河之洲。窈窕淑女，君子好逑。参差荇菜，左右流之。窈窕淑女，寤寐求之。A famousShijing verse. This is very difficult for a normal Chinese user to explain. And I have to point out, "English speaker would have difficulty discerning much of even 11th-century English." is because English borrowed a lot of words from French; and the grammar changed a lot. It has nothing to do with the dis- or advantage of alphabet.汤 meant hot water but today meanssoup.

Therefore, this is the reason why I stated it as "pseudo-science". I can find so many examples to rebut.Noordpunt (talk)19:19, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I think you may be misunderstanding me. In Classical Chinese, 女 is 'woman'. In modern Chinese, 女 is 'woman'. I am an out-of-practice L2 Chinese learner and even I know that 鸠 is some kind of bird, 河之洲 has something to do with bodies of water, and 君子 is a some sort of authority or respectable person. My point is clearly not that modern Chinese speakers can understand perfect Classical Chinese; it's that that Shijing verse is much more readable to a modern Chinese speaker than the opening line ofBeowulf (Hƿæt! Ƿe Gardena in geardagum, //þeodcyninga, þrym gefrunon, //hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon.) is to a modern English speaker, despite the fact that the Shijing is a thousand years older. This isnothing to say of the languageper se only the instrument by which it is written; a language is not coterminous with the way it's written down. Imagine for example that the wordþeodcyning, composed ofþeod ('people') andcyning ('king') had been written 民王; a thousand years later, without any indication whatsoever of the phonological and grammatical changes, this would be immediately recognizable as 'the people's king'.Beowulf might still be a difficult read, but you would be able to get much more out of it without assistance as a modern English speaker than when it's written in alphabetic script. That's advantageous if you're reading ancient literature. That's all that means. That is not pseudoscience; that is a demonstrable fact of a logographic system.ThaesOfereode (talk)20:03, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Due toWP:NOTFORUM, it is not a good choice to discuss things not related to Wikipedia per se; however, I recommend you to learn more about linguistics, because you always limit your examples in Latin alphabet and Hanzi. I have another example, theTibetan script. There is no standard dialect in Tibetan; however, the spelling is same. This script is neither alphabet nor logogram - it isabugida. AndΠλάτων, the Greek philosopherPlato, is that spelling for thousand years (unlike English, Greek was relatively not changed a lot).

And if your statement is correct onHanzi that "It never changes the spelling in the long history", then I don't know how to explainwritten Cantonese,Min Chinese,Zhuang,Chu Nom,Man'yogana writing. These systems use Chinese character but highly based on written on their own pronunciation.Noordpunt (talk)17:20, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not going to continue to litigate this at length with you here; if you are that frustrated by its inclusion, please take it to the appropriate talk page and gather consensus there. I am going toassume good faith here with your recommendation, but I have a degree in linguistics and I spend a lot of personal time devoted to learning more about it. Please do not confuse my limited use of examples to express a possible rationale as my being ignorant of a topic. I limited our discussion here to Chinese and English because I know those are two languages we both can understand and you began your counterexamples with Chinese. I admit that Tibetan represents a good example of a counterpoint; I do not pretend to have a strong opinion in the suitability for one script over another, only I express an openness that there are tradeoffs to different modes of writing. Moreover, yes, varieties of Chinese (and Sino-Xenic characters) are different from Standard Chinese usage, but especially for varieties in China, the majority of these characters are shared; the Cantonese and Standard Chinese pages for the page we are discussing have identical titles, for example. I would argue Chu Nom and (especially)Sawndip are so divergent as to be considered descendant scripts rather than alternative Chinese scripts, but that is an opinion and not the subject of debate here.

I recommend keeping in mind that every time you blank major sections of a page, you are often deleting hours of work by someone else, often several authors; it should not be blanked lightly. Especially on central and important pages, it is critical that if you are reverted, you develop consensusthere and remember thatsilence can used as consensus if there is no response within a reasonable amount of time. It is even more critical that you use edit summaries so that an editor will not mistake you for a vandal or mistake a good faith effort for a bad faith one when you are making bold edits. Bold edits make Wikipedia great, but you have to be willing to defend them and defend them in the appropriate theater. I look forward to your comments at our Good Article discussion.ThaesOfereode (talk)18:37, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Wow, thanks for the kind words, Morogris; I didn't expect such positive recognition! It was a fun little in-between project to work on while ticking away atGrammatical aspect in the Slavic languages.ThaesOfereode (talk)12:46, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The loss of the sound law table is tremendous. It was incredibly useful for research, at least for an at-a-glance conspectus of correspondences. I disagree deeply and absolutely with the redirect to the glossary which is by no means useful to navigate. Even if the table was largely unsourced, it was for the most part highly accurate. The difficulty with citing all the changes in the table is precisely proportional to the difficulty an individual must now undergo in order to find the sound correspondences in the very disparate literature. It served a great purpose and its loss is an unthinkable injustice. Consider that the helpful links to the old pagehere are now broken and no longer answer the question of where to find a comprehensive chart of sound correspondences. This is not the only example. These tables were used by a large amount of people, and for good reason. I implore you to reconsider the decision to redirect for the time being.Arxandr (talk)20:21, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Arxandr, thanks for the message and I appreciate your concern. There is currently a semi-revived discussion onthe talk page of the associated WikiProject discussing alternative approaches to this issue, though a secondary consensus has not been reached. I encourage you to enter the conversation there; I have suggested moving the unsourced article to "Indo-European sound correspondences" and maintaining a hatnote; associated old pages would be able to link and readers can sort out what they were really looking for. Another editor has objected to this plan, but I am happy to re-engage as others have expressed similar concerns after consensus had been reached by the WikiProject. I'm inclined, personally, to reinstate the page under the new title, but I do respect the editor's objection to a lack of sourcing. With this in mind, the page is not gone; I have taken the tables and placed them in my userspacehere for the time being. Feel free to ping as necessary on the WikiProject's talk page.ThaesOfereode (talk)23:55, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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