I think I've mentioned this before, but the section of MOS:APO that you were using to move these articles was unilaterally added in 2013, and I do not agree with it. WP:PRECISION should trump a WikiProject guideline that nobody else even follows. —Xezbeth (talk) 13:29, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

Well, it's well within policy itself. "Name" is more WP:CONCISE than either "surname" or "given name", is less tied to specific cultural traditions, and doesn't exclude the fairly frequent cases in which a name is usually used one way but occasionally used another (usually, a surname that gets used as a given name). Except where length or other concerns dictate we have separate given name and surname articles, why not? --BDD (talk) 13:33, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

I didn't realize there was talk page discussion, or that that language had been removed a few days ago. I'll join in there. --BDD (talk) 13:35, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

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I spotted this decline of yours. You might want to reconsider per [4]. Also: Google. ;) 85.178.212.184 (talk) 05:52, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

Oh, no one's denying that nickname. The problem is that, given Wikipedia's naming conventions, "(nickname)" looks like disambiguation. So a redirect with that name suggests an article about the nickname. Variations like Lightning Bolt (runner) or Usain "Lightning" Bolt could still be appropriate, however. --BDD (talk) 12:13, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

Sorry, my bad. Missed the _(nickname) part. [[File:|25px|link=]] Carrying on. 85.178.212.184 (talk) 13:20, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for procedurally closing Hugh Adam that (and kinda double thanks cos I think you are an admin and can close it any way you choose). The reference you originally gave, from the Scottish Daily Record, which I think is owned ultimately by Mirror Group Newspapers, I found two different (both Scottish papers) so this can serve too as a third RS, thanks. It rather a stub at the moment but my experience is that once the scaffolding is in place, "normal" editors will have a go and add stuff. I would have liked to have put in a pic but all I can find are very strictly copyright. Si Trew (talk) 14:38, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

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I noticed you changed the category on Riverside, Lafayette County, Mississippi. What's the difference between a "former populated place" and a "ghost town"? Thanks. Magnolia677 (talk) 23:56, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Good question! I don't know. "Ghost towns" is a subcat of "Former populated places", and I suppose only appropriate for places actually called ghost towns, but... yeah, they seem pretty much synonymous to me. --BDD (talk) 01:11, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi BDD,

I suspect you're right that many printers would have Greek letters in their font case, but I also suspect by no meaans all would. Knuth notes for example in his essay/lecture Mathematical Typography, discussing the history of the Transactions of the American Mathematical Society in a lecture about a system that went on to be TeX and METAFONT, that frequently the Greek letters are not in the same typeface as the running text, as they would not necessarily be available in italic fonts or particular sizes, for example. Were it not off--topic I'd RS it to the version avaiable online from University of Michigan, here.) Unfortunately, these days "font" tends to be used in what is rightly called a "typeface": a font is, stricly, an instance of a typeface at a particular style, weight and size. Si Trew (talk) 05:46, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Interesting. Where I've seen mixed Greek and Roman scripts, I've often seen the Greek letters set apart, which certainly supports the idea of them being in a different typeface. I suspect context would have a lot to do with the availability of Greek letters. Anyone printing a lot of religious or scholarly materials probably would have them, though your average jobber printing playbills and legal documents probably would not. What I think is certain is that in the pre-industrial print era, Greek letters would be available, broadly speaking. Whether it was economical for a given printer to invest in them is a different question. ({{globalize}}: I'm really just talking about printing in your motherland.) --BDD (talk) 12:35, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

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Hey BDD, if you're going to delete 2020, you should get United States Presidential Election, 2020 as well. (I can't remember why I didn't add it before, probably because it was a different author. It seems obvious now...) -- Tavix ^(talk) 17:42, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

 Done --BDD (talk) 17:49, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

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Could you please block User:12.174.180.50 because he is not stoping with the vandalism, and we already reported him to AIV. CLCStudent (talk) 15:06, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

Which IP did you mean? I see that one vandalizing other pages. User:190.196.11.163 was vandalizing Black Friday bushfires a couple of weeks ago. --BDD (talk) 15:09, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

User:12.174.180.50 is vandalizing Glooscap. I see I accidentally wrote this under the Black Friday Bushfire section, but this is a different case. CLCStudent (talk) 15:11, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

A different admin got it. CLCStudent (talk) 15:12, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

Responding here so as not to clutter the RfD page. These are the ones I have seen:

• Helmsman Tom Paris (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
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I don't think that they are Neelix, just some random troll. Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 16:43, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. I doubt they're Neelix as well. --BDD (talk) 16:45, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

Just to let you know your edits may/have been discussed at: Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#AfD_culture. Ottawahitech (talk) 16:08, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the notification. I don't have anything to add right now, though I wouldn't mind being pinged if I'm mentioned further. --BDD (talk) 16:24, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

Hi BDD,

Could you cast a gander over the topic at WT:RFD where I am bashing on about this title stuff. I think I have my meaning clear, Rs can vary from WP:TITLE but not too much, the cats that we have exclude those particular naughtinesses (that sounds very Neelix); it doesn't matter if they are currently categorised like that but that they could be as part of routine RfD (I routinely rcat Rs up for discussion and my "without prejudice" stamp is running out) and of course WP:IAR and WP:COMMONSENSE.

But as a guideline, it's a start but I'm sure could be polished (or outright rejected). I am not, I hope, WP:CANVASSing here, asking you as an editor not an admin, and asking you as an intelligent editor who quite often disagrees with me, always politely, as I hope I do with you. Si Trew (talk) 01:36, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

I beter @Ivanvector: as the other one I grumbled these views to; WT:RFD is even more a backwater than RfD itself. It's even more obscure than Canada. Si Trew (talk) 01:38, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

Hi, last month, I tagged you for a discussion at Talk:SLB Fans. I merged the content as you suggested, but I was wandering if I should merge Mística and O Benfica too, or put it through a merge discussion? I don't think it's really a controversial merge, but I a second opinion is best. Being here for I while, I know that neither article will ever be expanded beyond the 3 or 4 sentences they have, because the pool of skilled editors interest in the subject is negligible.--Threeohsix (talk) 18:40, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

Hi Threeohsix, I think you're right. Perhaps a Publications section at Supporters of S.L. Benfica describing them. --BDD (talk) 14:26, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

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Hi BDD, thank you very much for your action concerning Oxfordian theory. Right now new evidence has become known, concerning the famous portrait (engravery) of WS by Martin Droeshout. Everybody can see that this is a caricature, with some very grave implications for the existing theories. In addition to your action, I have taken initiative on the page Shakespeare authorship question. There I have deleted three categories, as they were nonsensical. My preview was: There is no reason for those three categories. This article is not theoretical, it is a historical overview. No theory is being acclaimed. I hope you can support it. Nice day to you, --Zbrnajsem (talk) 16:35, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

Hi Zbrnajsem. I'm afraid you may have misunderstood my edit. The Oxfordian article doesn't belong in Category:Fringe theory simply because it's already in two of its subcategories: namely Category:Conspiracy theories and Category:Shakespeare authorship question. There are two questions we need to ask here: is the Oxfordian theory a conspiracy theory, and it is a fringe theory? Reflecting the generally negative connotations of "conspiracy theory", Wikipedia categorizes conspiracy theories as a type of fringe theory. I don't really think we should. A conspiracy theory is simply that—a theory that people conspired to do something. And sometimes, that's exactly the case (e.g., General Motors streetcar conspiracy). So, is the Oxfordian theory a conspiracy theory? Yes. It's a theory that people conspired to obscure the Earl of Oxford's authorship of the plays attributed to Shakespeare. I suppose it doesn't have to be; I've heard suggestions that "everyone" knew, at the time, that Oxford was the true author and that the whole Shakespeare thing was a farce, but I believe this does not reflect most Oxfordian thought.

So it's a conspiracy theory, keeping in mind that that isn't a judgment on its truth. (That's beyond the scope of Wikipedia.) Is it a fringe theory, then? As defined by Wikipedia, we must say yes. Climate change is the relevant analogy here. Most Shakespearean scholars are "Stratfordians", so it would be misleading of Wikipedia to suggest that Oxfordianism is a major viewpoint in Shakespearean scholarship. Again, that's not the same as saying it's wrong.

I think Shakespeare authorship question should be under Category:Fringe theories, but not necessarily Category:Conspiracy theories. I'm not really familiar enough with the idea of pseudohistory, but my first thought is that that category is appropriate too. I will leave your edits for others to revert if desired, though. I know how contentious this issue can be. --BDD (talk) 17:07, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

I invite you to an ongoing RM. --George Ho (talk) 17:09, 28 November 2015 (UTC)

Sorry old bean but your relisting of Light News just now at WP:RFD has knocked out display of the sections below it (my listing of Irab Islam or whatever it was, yours of the Neelix redirects similarly). They are there in the text but your listing doesn't show up as a relist either, just as if it were listed new; something's afoot there. I'd rather you fix it than you and I get stacks of edit conflicts. Forgive the lack of full links etc, better let you know sooner rather than later. Si Trew (talk) 21:28, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, I saw that... the text is still there. I've seen something like this before and I think it just sorted itself out, so I was going to just wait and see. You could check at WP:HD or something. Everything is still accessible in the page history, so I'm not too concerned yet. --BDD (talk) 21:29, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

I got it, I'd missed a close brace in the original listing on my final comment; presumably dropped silently by the parser in the original listing. It's OK now, I think. Si Trew (talk) 21:35, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Yep, looks good to me too. I should've known it was your fault! Just kidding. Well... like 90% or more kidding. :P --BDD (talk) 21:36, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

No worries, I am the younger of twins, I am used to everything being my fault. ;) Si Trew (talk) 21:43, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an editor for whom you left a talk page caution.[5] The thread is Professor JR on political articles. Thank you. - Wikidemon (talk) 10:47, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

Not really a caution—just a pre-XfD question. I can't contradict the evidence you've presented, but in that case, the editor was courteous and deferential. --BDD (talk) 12:59, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

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Hi BDD: Just wanted to give you a heads up that I've removed a couple of the categories you added to Black-billed nightingale-thrush with this edit back in May 2014. A species is endemic only if its found in one region and nowhere else, so adding this bird to both "Endemic fauna of Costa Rica" and "Endemic fauna of Panama" is not correct. If there were an "Endemic fauna of Costa Rica and Panama" or "Endemic fauna of the Chiriqui highlands" or something of that ilk, it would be appropriate to add the species there. Let me know if you have any questions! MeegsC (talk) 15:12, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

Got it. It might make sense to tweak the language used in the article to avoid other people making the same mistake. --BDD (talk) 04:26, 12 December 2015 (UTC)

I declined this as a technical move, but transferred your RMTR comment into a discussion at at Talk:Sun-Air of Scandinavia#Requested move 16 December 2015. You cited MOS:CT, but perhaps you meant MOS:TM? Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 22:18, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

Sure did. Thanks for letting me know. --BDD (talk) 22:21, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

I frankly don't understand this close.[6] There's no dispute that the "Male Escort Award" (mentioned in Aaron Lawrence (entrepreneur) is a different (minor, non-notable) award from the "International Escorts Award" (also minor and non-notable) mentioned in List of gay pornography awards. Redirects should be cheap, but they shouldn't be just plain wrong. The Big Bad Wolfowitz (aka Hullaballoo) (talk) 16:41, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

I don't see what other outcome was possible after the discussion sat for over a month. Ivanvector's reply to you after the first list seems to sum it up best. If Aaron Lawrence (entrepreneur) has a bad wikilink, it should be removed. I'm not familiar with the inclusion criteria over at List of gay pornography awards, but if the awards don't fit, perhaps they should be removed too. At that point, I think you'd find consensus to delete the redirect. --BDD (talk) 16:44, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

Well, there were three delete !votes, one keep. and one weak keep. Between the majority of guideline-based votes and the wrong redirect target, I do think there was a consensus to delete. The Big Bad Wolfowitz (aka Hullaballoo) (talk) 17:56, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

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I think he may be best known as a poet. I can't find any of his paintings online btw--can you? Or are you able to find more references from books, etc. please?Zigzig20s (talk) 11:46, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

I'll move it to "poet", then. I figured painting and poetry are both part of the arts, broadly construed, but if he's better known as a poet, that's probably more appropriate. --BDD (talk) 16:21, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

Good job. Feel free to expand the article if you can.Zigzig20s (talk) 16:59, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

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In accord with WP:DRVPURPOSE, I would like you to do me a favor and clarify your reason for "finding consensus to delete" this shortcut. Aside from the fact that this is a useful (1,000+ transclusions) and harmless shortcut, aside from the fact that there are thousands and thousands of very similar shortcuts used on Wikipedia, and aside from the 2:1 !vote ratio, in my humble opinion the delete rationales in the discussion were not weighty enough to come close to a consensus. Generally, I recognize your experience in closing discussions and your usual good judgement whether or not I agree; however, I truly do not understand this unusual and questionable close. Please explain.  Paine  11:15, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

Paine, I know you hold these types of redirects dear, but I'm afraid that's affecting your reading of the discussion. It's not the first time something like this has happened. Nor is this a case—correct me if I'm wrong—where one editor is singling them all out. Editors come across these oblique redirects, bring them up as misleading, and they're deleted. It's clear that other editors do not find the likes of Template:J harmless. I note that you (and presumably others) find it useful. Usefulness is listed as a reason to keep at RfD, but it's one that I can't in good conscience weigh very heavily as a closer. Virtually any redirect will be found useful by someone. Should that be given more weight than someone who finds one harmful? There may be "thousands and thousands" of similar redirects—I'm a bit skeptical that there are quite so many—but they were not under discussion there. And the way these discussions have been going, their days may be numbered anyway.

I know you do excellent work with templates. I don't want you to get discouraged. I do want others to be able to easily take up the same sort of work without learning another esoteric language. Templates are hard enough as is! --BDD (talk) 14:56, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

BDD, Hope your holidays are happy, and have a happy new year! Steel1943 (talk) 17:25, 23 December 2015 (UTC)