Ned Scott

I'm not that active these days, but I'm still around. Feel free to send me an extra poke here or via e-mail for anything, trivial or important (or to just say hi).
E-mail: Special:Emailuser/Ned Scott

I live in Arizona, USA. My main focus on Wikipedia is working on articles about entertainment and fiction (particularly anime and science fiction, which is probably not a big surprise), though I do enjoy working on much more than just those kinds of articles. Lately I've been more active in meta space than in article space, focusing on discussions and technical features such as templates. I'm also very interested in applying some of the methodology of Wikipedia to other wikis around the internet, which lead me to start up WikiProject Transwiki.

Unfortunately my personal time is being consumed by some other stuff lately, and I'm not nearly as active as I once was. Don't let that stop you from leaving me a message or asking for assistance if you feel I can be of some help! I will always be a Wikipedian, and look forward to always having at least some level of contribution to this great project. I also plan on getting more active again to at least finish a number of projects/ideas that I've either had or was involved in.

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Transwiki- An effort to help with the technical issues when reusing Wikipedia content.

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RfCs - Art, architecture, literature and media

Talk:List of common misconceptions

We have already established a consensus to split this very long list. The next question is how to split it. Should this become two, three, or four separate lists of common misconceptions? WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:58, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Liam Payne

Which of the following should be Liam Payne's infobox photo? Please rank in order of preference: --- 18:35, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Kiss (band)

Based on the discussion above, should the band be counted as 'active' in the infobox when the digital avatars begin performances, or should they not to avoid confusion with readers? HorrorLover555 (talk) 13:24, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Talk:One Direction

There are two questions:

Should One Direction be described in the past tense ("was", "were", rather than "is")
Should all members be listed as past members in the infobox or just Zayn Malik and Liam Payne?

Hemiauchenia (talk) 11:55, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Twitter

In light of the recent rebranding, there’s been a lot of back and forth about whether X (social network) and Twitter are different media services. We’ve seen many discussions on this topic, but there’s still no clear consensus on how to move forward.

The closer of a recent RM noted this: "Whether "X" under Elon Musk is a different service from "Twitter" is a different conversation, but one that is still worthwhile." I’m starting this RfC so we can get more community input and figure out how to approach the information in Twitter-related articles. Note that this is not a requested move to rename any article, this is a discussion on whether X and Twitter are different services. Please share your thoughts, suggestions, or concerns below. 𝚈𝚘𝚟𝚝 (𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚟𝚝) 16:06, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Assassin's Creed Shadows

Should the article contain the flag-reenactment and Japanese reaction sections added in this and this edit? --Aquillion (talk) 17:28, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

RFCs - Wikipedia style, referencing, layout and WikiProjects

Wikipedia talk:Reliable sources/Perennial sources

There has been an initiative by one user to change the interface so that the gray header at the top of the table "follows around" as you scroll down. Shortly after it was implemented, it resulted in the table losing the cell color shading which I patched by reverting back to the version without sticky header. While this has been resolved, I personally prefer the way it's always been without sticky header while another preferred the sticky. Unlike content dispute, I think this comes down to "vote" and I wanted to get an input from a larger community. That said, which do you prefer?.

One thing to keep in mind: it may depend on the interface/skin you're using, one issue with the sticky header is that when you follow "jump to" link like WP:FORBESCON, the top portion of the header you jump to would be covered in the header. The effect is lessened with the narrowed header, but it's still there.

A: No sticky header, same style header as it's always been.
B: Full size header with sticky enabled.
C: Narrower header without sticky enabled. (there's no example diff right now)
D: Narrow header with sticky header that follows you around

Graywalls (talk) 15:04, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Illegal immigration to the United States

Encounters version A

Encounters version B

Expulsions version A

Expulsions version B

EA version A

EA version B

Please provide your preference for Versions A or Versions B for immigration-related Wikipedia articles, and beyond. —RCraig09 (talk) 03:13, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Korea-related articles

Which romanization system do you think we should use for historical Korean topics, McCune–Reischauer (MR) or Revised Romanization of Korean (RR)? We currently use MR. seefooddiet (talk) 21:36, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Linking

There are two common ways to link to a place name with an "A, B, C" format where the article is titled [[A, B]]. Both can be read as fair interpretations of the guidance to "link only the first unit".

Have the link span only the smallest unit, using piping if necessary
Buffalo, New York, United States
Have the displayed text match the title of the linked article
Buffalo, New York, United States

Which style(s) is/are acceptable? If both, is one preferable to the other?

Note: See previous discussion above and above. This is not a question about whether "New York" should be linked to New York (state) in this example; basically everyone agrees that it should not be. 20:57, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

RFCs - Wikipedia policies, guidelines and proposals

Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard

The reliability of the Jerusalem Post is:

Option 1: Generally reliable

Option 2: Additional considerations

Option 3: Generally unreliable

Option 4: Deprecate

RFCBEFORE. Makeandtoss (talk) 11:35, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Redirects are costly

WP:PANDORA has become a hotpoint of contention in RfD. Should it be removed, or rewritten? If it should be rewritten, what changes should be made, and what can be salvaged?

I'd like to open by directing everyone's attention to this essay I wrote: WP:BACKINBOX. It was written as a reply to anyone attempting to use WP:PANDORA in good faith, listing the many issues I and many others at RfD have with it. (This was, well, before I was told that doing this might be a good idea.)

Scrolling up here on the talk page, you'll also find reference to the fact that this essay, WP:COSTLY, did not originally contain WP:PANDORA-- it was added in 2019, without consensus, by user:The Man in Question, who... as of yet has still not appeared in the talk page to discuss it. It has since been treated as a guideline essay by many a user here in RfD, despite... well, the numerous problems the section has. You'll also find that a discussion on this topic already exists, having been opened back in 2019, with... no resolution. I'm going to go ahead and ping the ones who took part in that discussion, so they might give feedback for the newer one-- user:Thryduulf, user:Steel1943, user:Crouch, Swale, user:Rosguill, user:Tavix, user:Uanfala, user:Sonicwave32, user:Chris troutman, user:Nabla, user:FOARP, user:ComplexRational. 𝔏𝔲𝔫𝔞𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔫🌙🌙🌙 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔐𝔬𝔬𝔬𝔬𝔬𝔫𝔦𝔢𝔰𝔱 (talk) 04:39, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Talk page guidelines

WP:TPO details several instances of comments that are appropriate to remove from talk pages, such as vandalism, spam, gibberish, and test edits. Does this apply to archived talk pages as well? I will post a more detailed statement and further context in the replies. Gnomingstuff (talk) 17:30, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)

Should either of the following proposals to amend the criteria for In the news be adopted?

Proposal 1: Amend the ITN significance criteria (WP:ITNSIGNIF) to state: The significance criteria are met if an event is reported on the print front pages of major national newspapers in multiple countries (examples of websites hosting front pages: [1] and [2]).

Proposal 2: Abolish ITNSIGNIF and amend the ITN update requirement (WP:ITNUPDATE) to state that a sufficient update is one that adds substantial due coverage of an event (at least two paragraphs or five sentences) to an article about a notable subject.

Proposal 3: Mark WP:ITN as historical and remove the "In The News" template from the Main Page, effectively closing the process in lieu of an alternate means of featuring encyclopedic content on Wikipedia.

You may also propose your own amendments. voorts (talk/contributions) 22:53, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

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