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Can you complete all the steps after posting Trebek.Stephen22:25, 8 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That all looks good thanks. Hope to see you posting more as there's often a backlog to post and never enough admins. Recent deaths don't have to have any measure of notability, as the existence of an article is enough. This rule puts an end to arguments of whether a person was worthy enough to be on the main page. All we look for is a solid, verifiable BLP, with citations in every paragraph and references for all their work. Thanks again.Stephen23:04, 8 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the corrections you made on the page,Barley tea.SyrOrange88 (talk)14:09, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Already read the sentence. The only change I would make is: "chisel(l)ing" instead of "carving," so as not to repeat ("carving" and "carved")... but I recommend to look for a native English speaker (I am a certified English-Spanish-English translator, yes, but my mother tongue is Spanish, not English; besides, I am not a historian, but a psychologist): perhaps s/he would know better the deep sense of "chisel", "carve", and "sculpt". Thanks a lot for turning to me! Hope you and all your family's health is ok! Regards from Mexico City (CDMX).Correogsk or Gustavo (Editrocito o Heme aquí)02:42, 20 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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What program did you use to generate the diagram for the Scottish Parliament? I tried to wrangle Photoshop, but it was horribly inefficient and the colors never matched the official party colors.

By the way, the reason I uploaded the screenshot fromYour Scottish Parliament("my version") under a new name was because I saw a Commons page (I now can't find) that said something like 'if the change is major don't upload a new version/make a new filename'.Egroeg5 (talk)09:02, 27 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Lexicon, thank you for your tireless contributions to Wikipedia. Please be aware that, although common games like backgammon are spelt in lower case in the press and general literature, sources on tables games frequently capitalise the names of games and especially the less well known ones. This aids clarity and avoids confusion. Also, while there has been a general transition towards lower case in North America, that is not necessarily the situation elsewhere in the English speaking world. So currently neither should be preferred or deprecated. So I'd be really grateful if you'd undo your recent lower case edits to tables games articles. Many thanks for your understanding.Bermicourt (talk)13:12, 19 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your point of view. In some cases, not a singleWP:RELIABLE SOURCE has the name in lower case, so Wikipedia is breaking new ground here. I've read the guidance, but it's written by a couple of North American editors who are zealous about imposing their regional preferences on the rest of the world. Wikipedia is meant to reflect the real world not create its own version of it. So I guess we'll have to agree to differ.Bermicourt (talk)08:16, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've been on Wikipedia a long time and I've also studied the literature in this area. The overriding rule on Wikipedia isWP:RELIABLE SOURCES, not the average English reader's level of knowledge. I've also researched trends on lower case and there are dozen of articles out there which have noticed that over the last few decades American English has become much more informal, including decapitalising words and titles. If you're immersed in that culture, you of course wouldn't notice this. The reports also make clear that, although this trend is starting elsewhere, it is nowhere near as advanced. So just as withWP:ENGVAR, where the sources vary, we should not mandate a particular solution and mass delete all other options. There are good reasons why game researchers and writers, even North American ones, often use title case - for clarity. Many of the names are the same or similar to those of contracts, bonuses, equipment or other game features. Anyway, we clearly aren't going to agree, so let's draw a line under this, move on and concentrate on improving the sum of human knowledge.Bermicourt (talk)15:03, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

We're not going to convince one another, you've made the changes you want and you're an admin, so I'm unlikely to get them reverted. Please let's not prolong this fruitless discussion.Bermicourt (talk)16:09, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Videos

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