User talk:Horsesizedduck

Hello, Horsesizedduck, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

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I noticed that you made a change at Carl Friedrich Gauss, and after I changed part of it as not an improvement to the article, you came back within a few minutes and reverted, in order to reinstall your original version again. This is not how things are done at Wikipedia. It's fine to WP:BE BOLD and make a change you think will improve the article, as you did in this edit, but if another editor objects to part of it, as was the case here, rather than just revert in order to keep your original content, please go to the Talk page of the article and discuss any content disagreement with other editors. Wikipedia works by consensus, not by trying to force your changes into the article; that just leads to Edit warring. Please see the guideline at WP:BRD for details. Another thing you can do, is instead of making one large edit, with changes sprinkled all over the article, make several smaller edits, so that if only part of it is problematic, it's easier to keep the parts that other editors are happy with, and just redo the ones that need it. If you have any questions, feel free to ask here, or on my Talk page. And once again, welcome! Mathglot (talk) 09:51, 5 June 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for the welcome! Please consider this mistake mistake a consequence of inexperience and unfamiliarity. Hope I'll hear from you again. Horsesizedduck (talk) 13:08, 5 June 2021 (UTC)

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I recently nominated Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair to GA and had to revise some sentences in the process. If you could revise it like you did with To Your Eternity I would appreciate it. Also, if you are interested Eternity was listed to be copyedited by the guild so it might be possible to nominate it too in the future for GA. Cheers.Tintor2 (talk) 21:04, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

: Thanks for the invite! I'll take a look. Horsesizedduck (talk) 22:12, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

:It looks pretty good but suggest trimming a bit the plot section. Use Rurouni Kenshin as an example. That series has 28 volumes but the plot is quite smaller as early story arcs are briefly treated in sections like the friends Kenshin earns and rivals. When it comes to reception I recommend using Akudama Drive or X (manga) as examples. In these articles rather than saying "Writer X said something", each paragraph focuses on a different subject like formal letter like, premise, characters, art, finale, etc. The art of Chainsawman could be discussed in a paragraph. Kinda similar to what we did with To Your Eternity. I hope this helps. Happy editing.Tintor2 (talk) 11:40, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

:To Your Eternity is being copyedited now so if you are interested we might as well nominate it to GA once it's done. Also, in case you are interested I just have been created two character articles from Akudama. You think you could check the prose of Courier (Akudama Drive) if possible? Cheers.Tintor2 (talk) 14:16, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

:: {{ping|Tintor2}} Sure! I may be a little tight on time for the coming weeks, so expect a little delay, but I'll see what I can do. Horsesizedduck (talk) 14:20, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

You can find the number of words of an article through Wikipedia:Prosesize#Installation and removal. :) I think the relevant output is the 'readable prose size'. Urve 13:31, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

{{award2 | image = BarnSakura.png | topic = BarnSakura for excellent edits | text =To Your Eternity became GA :D Thanks for the help. You deserve the award with how many articles you edit. Keep up the good work.}}|Tintor2 (talk) 00:13, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

Thanks {{ping|Tintor2}} I'm having a great time with editing indeed. Always feel free to call on my services! Horsesizedduck (talk) 00:22, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

Not planning anything now although I tried expanding the old article Darker than Black.Tintor2 (talk) 01:12, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

Courier went GA. Thanks for the edits. Are you planning to edit anything?Tintor2 (talk) 18:16, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

:In the past months I created Hei (Darker than Black). While it is appropiately sourced and has coverage of most aspects of the character, its prose needs some clean up. If you could revise it I would appreciate it. Probably the section that needs the most clean up is characerization and themes due to the commentary provided through analysis. Cheers.Tintor2 (talk) 22:19, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

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Welcome, subscribers, to the sixth Discontent Content newsletter! Discontent Content is a newsletter aiming to collate and improve Wikipedia articles in need of more eyes and hands to get them in shape. Its unique trimodal structure allows editors to work where they feel comfortable -- with stubs and starts needing to be brought to standard, mid-quality articles with Good or Featured potential, or quality-assessed articles needing help to maintain their status.

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Articles in this category are those that need to be brought up to a minimum quality standard. Some will be stubs; others will be longer articles that nonetheless have significant concerns putting them far below B- or C-class adequacy.

This issue's Category 1 articles are:

1. Floating match on card: This famous magic trick is a microstub with an empty section and no meaningful discussion of its methods or effects. Some useful information is available on the talk page.
2. Erotic horror: A significant literary (or, well...look, you know) genre with significant academic and critical coverage, which you wouldn't know from reading its three-sentence article.
3. Black ribbon: Currently in poor shape, with unnecessary lists attracting spurious examples, this article nonetheless has potential to cover a coherent topic on a sensitive subject.

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Articles in this category, while in better current shape than Category 1, are still missing something. They have the potential to be truly high-quality content, and may have been at one point. With work, they can be brought up to dizzying heights.

This issue's Category 2 articles are:

1. Violin: This twice-candidate at GAN has good bones, but suffers from expanses of uncited content (and indeed expanses of "people slapping CN tags on literally every sentence"). Much of this information should be citable, and potential exists for this article to stand tall amongst other core music articles.
2. Art museum: Though this looks a little underrated as a soi-disant "Start", it's nonetheless an important cultural article with significant improvement potential. This was a former candidate for the Team-B-Vital campaign ran by members of the Wikimedia Discord to bring Vital Articles to B-class status, and while not selected, it has strong potential for anyone interested in working on it.
3. Grocery store: Daily life has always been one of Wikipedia's coverage gaps. Though this topic is something virtually anyone deals with on a regular basis, the article struggles with cleanup tags, sandwiching, and the weird fear of prose that drives people to put everything they can in a list. With hundreds of views a day, readers deserve an article with a stronger core.

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Articles in this category have been assessed through a content review process in the past, but may require work to be brought up to current GA/FA standard. Editors can help bring them to a level where the star or plus near their names can once again shine.

This issue's Category 3 articles are:

1. Slackers CDs and Games: This GA hasn't had significant content edits since 2008. As much of its content references then-recent controversies, it needs a good look for updating.
2. Potential superpowers: GA with a multiple issues template, with concerns of outdated information, lack of citations, and potential OR.
3. Alzheimer's disease: This major medical FA is at FAR due to outdated information, an unfortunately common scourge of medical articles over time. Such an important article needs people willing to get it in good shape.

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After my prior thoughts on GA sweeps and their viability, work is beginning to break down what parts of the backlog can be tackled. Planning is beginning at User:Vaticidalprophet/GA reform and its talk; feel free to give your opinion, participate in current GARs, and assess articles. The current plan is to look at GAs with outstanding cleanup tags as our first priority.

Sorry for the delay this time around -- I've been having A Month healthwise. I expect to maintain this at an approximately monthly schedule and will try not to let it slip further. I'm enthused by the work going on at GAR lately and hope to work something excellent out of it.

Vaticidalprophet 01:54, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

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In case you did not realize, since you're fairly new -- There's an easier and faster way to expand DOI references than invoking the citation bot. If you're using the text editor in Wikipedia, click on Cite in the toolbar, select Cite Journal on the menu that pops up, and put the DOI in the DOI edit box of the infobox that appears and then click the button to the right. The DOI information will automatically be looked up to fill in most of the rest of the infobox.

Apologies if you already knew this -- I realize there are other reasons to invoke the citation bot than just convenience in expanding a DOI. Cheers! --Kent G. Budge (talk) 22:12, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

It's been long since I saw you. I'm currently planning to bring Jujutsu Kaisen 0 to GA as I think its size and coverage is enough. Feel free to revise like you did with Gojo. Happy holidays.Tintor2 (talk) 13:21, 29 December 2021 (UTC)

Hi there, well, this might be completely unnecessary to write to you but, i just received your thanks for one of my minor edit on the article Attack on Titan (season 4). I just wanted to let you know i received it and it did bring a smile on my face knowing that my edit was helpful. Thank you for your thanks. Have a good day and happy editing on Wikipedia. paperpseudonym (talk) 18:49, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

:@Paperpseudonym Thanks for the kind words! I am happy to have made you happy! Your edits were indeed helpful. It was lovely to be a part of this positive feeling ouroboros. Happy editing! Horsesizedduck (talk) 19:45, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

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Welcome, subscribers, to the seventh Discontent Content newsletter! Discontent Content is a newsletter aiming to collate and improve Wikipedia articles in need of more eyes and hands to get them in shape. Its unique trimodal structure allows editors to work where they feel comfortable -- with stubs and starts needing to be brought to standard, mid-quality articles with Good or Featured potential, or quality-assessed articles needing help to maintain their status.

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Articles in this category are those that need to be brought up to a minimum quality standard. Some will be stubs; others will be longer articles that nonetheless have significant concerns putting them far below B- or C-class adequacy.

This issue's Category 1 articles are:

1. Exile: An unexpectedly poor article for a major form of historical punishment, and one of those few where anyone can agree the "In popular culture" section is far too sparse. Even a relatively minor improvement to reflect the historical and sociological literature could really improve this article's usability.
2. Scratching post: A major element of cat ownership (if you ever want to own furniture), this article lies right on the sub-start border and is supported by exactly one ref. Arguably, there may be few serious investigations of the subject :) Some information seems split between it and the related article cat tree, and they may be better off handled under a single more fleshed-out title.
3. Agnathia: A two-sentence stub on an unusual deformity (absence of part of the jaw). Even in its incredibly short length, the article manages to conflate two different things, the absence of the jaw entirely and the presence of missing sections. This article could become significantly more useful with even minor improvements any non-specialist editor could do, such as discussing causes (e.g. treatments for certain cancers) or finding more prevalence data.

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Articles in this category, while in better current shape than Category 1, are still missing something. They have the potential to be truly high-quality content, and may have been at one point. With work, they can be brought up to dizzying heights.

This issue's Category 2 articles are:

1. Firefox: An ex-FA, a Million Award candidate, and the best browser (don't @ me). This article has good bones, and could certainly be brought to a quality-assessed status. A problem noticeable in the ref section is the advancing age of many sources.
2. Cyclone Tracy: One of the biggest disasters in Australian history, Tracy notoriously levelled the whole city of Darwin over Christmas 1974, with people unable to evacuate due to the demands of the holiday season. This ex-FA is still a confronting look at the tragedy that forced the complete rebuild of the country's northernmost capital, but some work needs to be done to improve sourcing, particularly around the Aftermath section.
3. East Asian religions: A disappointingly sparse article on the religious history of over a fifth of the world's population. This was a GA once, prior to the 2009 sweeps, but has had little serious improvement in the past fourteen years.

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Articles in this category have been assessed through a content review process in the past, but may require work to be brought up to current GA/FA standard. Editors can help bring them to a level where the star or plus near their names can once again shine.

This issue's Category 3 articles are:

1. History of Singapore: A 2006 GA now at GAR, this highly important article draws close to a quarter million views a year. The GAR notes significant missing citations and dead links.
2. Dungeons & Dragons (album): This 2007 FA is now at FARC, the last stop before delisting. The talk page hashes out source reliability; the article may be closer to salvation than it looks, for someone who can get a hold of the contemporary zines.
3. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series): The one that started it all! The talk page for this FA at FAR gives extensive and fully actionable notes on the article's issues, mostly prose-related. Serious improvements could be made by following the recommendations. It would be a shame to see the article delisted because of the original writer's lack of time to work on it.

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