Sharkey51

A belated welcome!

Sorry for the belated welcome, but the cookies are still warm!

Here's wishing you a belated welcome to Wikipedia, Sharkey51. I see that you've already been around a while and wanted to thank you for your contributions. Though you seem to have been successful in finding your way around, you may benefit from following some of the links below, which help editors get the most out of Wikipedia:

• Introduction
• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• How to edit a page
• Help pages
• How to write a great article

Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); that should automatically produce your username and the date after your post.

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page, consult Wikipedia:Questions, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there.

Again, welcome! DThomsen8 (talk) 17:06, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Subtleties on unsubtle subjects

I thought of bringing up the problem at Talk:Sea of Japan naming dispute of changing text regarding the IHO stance in the changes you made today. But this *is* an unsubtle subject and I don't want to cause loud problems when quiet discussion can identify what is going on. Below are some comments I started to write out for that talk page. But then I saw that IHO was supposed to meet in 2017, and indeed there is a "needs update" tag right there. So I started to check out the notes from 2012 and 2017. Oh dear.

It seems the text in the article was not neutral, regarding the 2012 meeting. It seems the 2017 meeting had no progress at all.

Are you in a position to add more light to all this, regarding what IHO actually said / means / intends ? It would be good to have references for a more neutral text on IHO decisions. That's why I was noting the documents below. It's seem very strange to be talking about IHO without having any cites to the primary documents. I'm thinking of asking "if secondary documents (news) are demonstrably biased, shouldn't we have cites for the primary documents for balance?" Shenme (talk) 23:56, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

Start at comments for Talk:Sea of Japan naming dispute

User Sharkey51 (talk · contribs), who restricts themselves to topics related to the International Hydrographic Organization, has made changes today in

• Sea of Japan [1]
• Japan–Korea disputes [2]
• Sea of Japan naming dispute [3]

These changes reflect, or imply, a subtle shift in stance or position on what actually was done or said back on 2012. While this may be a legitimate refinement in the language from the organization, it also 'looks' like rewriting history.

An example:

"... in 2012 decided not to change the current single name "Sea of Japan" rejecting South Korea's request to use "East Sea" together with "Sea of Japan"."

changed to

"... in 2012 decided it was still unable to revise the 1953 version of its publication S-23 - Limits of Oceans ans Seas, which includes only the single name "Sea of Japan", to include "East Sea" together with "Sea of Japan"."

Note the change from the active 'rejecting' to the passive "unable to revise".

Of course (sigh), as I look at the cited references (news accounts) it does look like 'rejecting' may have itself have been non-neutral. It sure would be nice to have reference to the actual language of the proceedings in 2012.

I see also that the 2017 meeting did take place, but the "needs update" tag has not been responded to.

Notes from IHO meeting documents

Notes taken over 2.5 hours time; not formatted because my stomach can't take more right now...

Found meeting notes for 2012 IHO meeting:

[https://www.iho.int/iho_pubs/periodical/P-6/P6_CONF2012_VOLUME1ENG.pdf INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC ORGANIZATION - XVIIIth INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC CONFERENCE - 23 – 27 April 2012 M O N A C O - REPORT of PROCEEDINGS - VOLUME 1]

pp. 158-159 Japan introduces a proposal, to establish a small working group. A vote on whether to accept the proposal ensued.

In favour: 1 Against: 4 Abstain: 62

The PRESIDENT suggested that the S-23 issue should be taken up at the next session. It was so agreed.

pp. 166-167 The PRESIDENT said that as no proposals on the agenda item were now before the Conference, and there had not been any positive outcome from the work of the Working Group on S-23, the Conference could not take any decision on the matter, apart from noting the report on work to revise IHO Publication S-23.

...later... The PRESIDENT said he would take it that the Conference did not wish to take any further decision on S-23 at present. It was so agreed.

A summary of 2017 IHO meeting:

2017 ? http://iainav.org/News/nws0965-iain-report-first-iho-assembly.pdf Proceedings of the 1st Assembly of the International Hydrographic Organisation held at the Auditorium Rainier III, Monaco, 24-28 April 2017

PROPOSALS SUBMITTED FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE ASSEMBLY p. 2

2. PRO 1 & 13: Update of Special Publication S-23 – The Way Forward for the Publication of a 4TH Edition and discuss the future of the Outdated Publication taking into account the Report of Work of April 2012 Publication S-23 edition 3 was published in 1953. Despite the Report on Work to revise the publication (2012), no revisions have been made due to the lack of agreement of a naming convention for sea areas in SE Asia. Japan, Republic of Korea and Russia acknowledged that it needs urgent attention and that without action the publication will become irrelevant and that, if not resolved, consideration be given to the withdrawal of S-23. OUTCOME: Agreement was reached that ‘informal’ discussions will now take place to resolve the state of impasse and that IHO Secretary General will convene a meeting of MS affected and for that group to report back to 2nd Assembly in April 2020.

Found meeting notes for 2017 IHO meeting:

https://www.iho.int/iho_pubs/periodical/P-6/P6A1_2017VOLUME1_ENG.pdf INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC ORGANIZATION - 1st SESSION OF THE IHO ASSEMBLY - 24 – 28 April 2017 M O N A C O - REPORT of PROCEEDINGS VOLUME 1

p. 58 PROPOSALS SUBMITTED FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE 1st SESSION OF THE IHO ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL No. OBJECT OF THE PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY WORK PROGRAMME 1 Discuss a way forward for the publication of a 4th Democratic 1

                Edition of IHO Publication S-23 and include it in    People’s Republic
                the next “3-Year Work Programme”                     of Korea

13 Discuss the future of the outdated IHO Special Republic of Korea 1

                Publication S-23, taking into account the Report
                on Work to revise IHO Publication S-23 (April
                2012)

PRO-1 - DISCUSS A WAY FORWARD FOR THE PUBLICATION OF A 4th EDITION OF IHO PUBLICATION S-23 AND INCLUDE IT IN THE NEXT “3-YEAR WORK PROGRAMME” p. 60-61 positions stated; COMMENT OF THE IHO SECRETARIAT - "See also PRO-13."

PRO-13 - DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF THE OUTDATED IHO SPECIAL PUBLICATION S-23, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE REPORT ON WORK TO REVISE IHO PUBLICATION S-23 (APRIL 2012) p. 113-114 positions stated; COMMENT OF THE IHO SECRETARIAT - "See also PRO-1."

DECISIONS OF THE 1st SESSION OF THE IHO ASSEMBLY

p.119 PRO-1/PRO-13: The Assembly tasked the Secretary-General to facilitate an informal consultation process regarding the future of S-23 among interested Member States, including determining mutually agreed modalities of work and to report the result of the consultations to the Assembly at the next ordinary session (A-2).

1st SESSION OF THE IHO ASSEMBLY SUMMARY RECORD OF THE FIRST PLENARY SESSION 24 April 2017

p. 135-136 ? Informal discussions should ensue and everything is delayed until next assembly? ? p. 139

Shenme (talk) 23:56, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Maritime Informatics has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Maritime Informatics. Thanks! AntanO 02:58, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Maritime Informatics (July 22)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted because it included copyrighted content, which is not permitted on Wikipedia. You are welcome to write an article on the subject, but please do not use copyrighted work.

• Draft:Maritime Informatics may be deleted at any time unless the copied text is removed. Copyrighted work cannot be allowed to remain on Wikipedia.
• If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk or on the reviewer's talk page. or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 20:56, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Hello, Sharkey51! Having an article declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 20:56, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Maritime Informatics has been accepted

Maritime Informatics, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. Most new articles start out as Stub-Class or Start-Class and then attain higher grades as they develop over time. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk. Once you have made at least 10 edits and had an account for at least four days, you will have the option to create articles yourself without posting a request to Articles for creation.

If you would like to help us improve this process, please consider .

Thanks again, and happy editing!

Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 06:01, 23 July 2021 (UTC)

No need for thanks!

They and your email are appreciated, though. We are conducting a short, sharp Backlog Reduction Drive to reduce the review time period for all drafts. Th review pool is a meta-stable dynamic equilibrium, one that keeps filling as fast as we can empty it. There are often over 300 new submissions a day, and that caused a backlog of over four months. We've been running the drive since 1 July. I think these graphs will interest you. There is obviously a lag before creation of the graph for each area.

We are about to clear the three months plus category, today I think.

Some of the reviewers work on the oldest, usually toughest, drafts, others own the newest. You may be interested to see the prodigious work put in by the big hitters in the drive's own page. There is a friendly competition amongst the reviewers, all of whom are volunteers Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 07:31, 23 July 2021 (UTC)

ArbCom 2021 Elections voter message

Hello! Voting in the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 6 December 2021. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2021 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:22, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

ArbCom 2022 Elections voter message

Hello! Voting in the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 12 December 2022. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2022 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:40, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

License tagging for File:International Hydrographic Organization logo.png

Thanks for uploading File:International Hydrographic Organization logo.png. You don't seem to have indicated the license status of the image. Wikipedia uses a set of image copyright tags to indicate this information.

To add a tag to the image, select the appropriate tag from this list, click on this link, then click "Edit this page" and add the tag to the image's description. If there doesn't seem to be a suitable tag, the image is probably not appropriate for use on Wikipedia. For help in choosing the correct tag, or for any other questions, leave a message on Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. Thank you for your cooperation. --ImageTaggingBot (talk) 09:30, 18 June 2023 (UTC)