User talk:Moxy

If you're going to revert a change that was trailed for 2 weeks on the Talk page, it would be helpful if you would at least comment on the Talk page! Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 17:59, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

:{{done}} Moxy🍁 18:08, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

Hallo there,

you are reverting edits of historic maps to history templates that have previously stood there, or where there was nothing else before. Feel free to improve but not to disrupt. Gryffindor (talk) 23:05, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

:I've already engaged on some of them,..... Glad to see you stopped the mass changing all over. Moxy🍁 23:09, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

Hello @Moxy, some contributions you have made are possibly machine translations, which is why they have been modified or marked with the template. If no improvements are made to the article, it may be deleted.

If, despite all this information, you still have any questions, feel free to leave a message on my talk page. Don't be discouraged by this little incident. Your contributions are very important to Wikipedia. 187.109.170.105 (talk) 03:13, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

:Think you got the wrong users....I don't do any sort of translation work. Moxy🍁 03:16, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

It's not my default interpretation of your edit summary on Coat of arms of Canada, but I wanted to make explicit that the IP (who touched off my noticing) isn't me, if just because I wanted to make clear I'm not interested in annoying you any further about the issue if no one else is interested. As always, I wish I had done things a bit more cleanly there, sorry. Cheers, hope you're well. Remsense ‥ 论 04:21, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

:My assumption it's been the same IP doing the same thing for some time not related to you at all. Moxy🍁 04:39, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

You have not have figured this out yet, but you are pandering to blocked UrbanNerd. Hwy43 (talk) 04:45, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

:I'm unaware of who the IP is...but just cuz they're a blocked user doesn't mean they're not right. Do you think we should say the biggest the best and largest four times in the first sentence? Moxy🍁 04:51, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

::It doesn’t say best at all. You invented that. All four instances are facts. There are times I too am in agreement with points UrbanNerd makes, but the way he goes about it is unacceptable. In this case the second of fourth has no business in the lead. Elsewhere, Houston has "most populous" in five locations in its lead. This is the first place I looked. So three is satisfactory in comparison. I am going to sit back and watch for now to build the SPI case. The popcorn is popping. Hwy43 (talk) 05:08, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

:::Not about inventing things it has to do with fluff an expressions..... all these things should be mentioned but in the first few sentences just reads oddly. Had no clue this editor was still around. Why have they not created new accounts and hiding like User:Skookum1 and a a few others I'm aware of that have second and third accounts. I guess it has to do with approach User:Skookum1 no longer engages with people thus is a productive member. Moxy🍁 05:15, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

::::I hear you on the fluff. I am seeing that the first paragraph is very brief, so I get the odd look. I have an idea how to fix it but will watch for a bit first. Would appreciate your support when I step in, if you agree. UrbanNerd gave up on creating new accounts because of all the SPIs. His MO is to IP-hop as it is easier to go undetected by sharp eyes. I don’t miss Skookum1, but appreciate his self-discipline to stay away. Hwy43 (talk) 05:31, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

:::::Sounds good I'll back you up when need be as your proposals usually make sense and are very logical. Moxy🍁 05:33, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

::::::Thanks. Cheers, Hwy43 (talk) 05:36, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

Brother no kidding the Antonio Riano Page shouldn't be deleted he has won 2 medals in the Olympics one gold one silver and he is very famous in Cuba (you'd know if you went there) also brother there is no point in deleting and withholding history MrVC25 (talk) 04:38, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

:You followed procedure .....thus safe for now. Moxy🍁 05:03, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

::What does this mean brother? MrVC25 (talk) 05:05, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

:::pls see WP:DEPROD Moxy🍁 05:07, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

::::Ok thank you brother MrVC25 (talk) 05:13, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

:::::As far as I can tell Riano has not won two Olympic medals. That would show that he likely notable per WP:NOLYMPICS, but he has instead won two Pan American Games medals. That does not necessarily make him notable. See WP:ATHLETE. Meters (talk) 05:30, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

::::::Either way he completed in the 1980 summer Olympics as the wiki says with reference MrVC25 (talk) 05:38, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

:::::::{{tq|Either way}}? There's a big difference between claiming he won two Olympic medals and that he simply competed. Again, read WP:NOLYMPICS. Simply competing in the Olympics is not enough to show that the is notable. If he has received significant media coverage then provide some sources. Meters (talk) 06:04, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

::::::::I did the correct procedure and objected end of story if you want to argue about it argue with the person who made the procedure that way MrVC25 (talk) 06:05, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

::Brother I didn't know you've been editing 20 years, respect MrVC25 (talk) 06:18, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

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The redirect [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=H:IPAS&redirect=no H:IPAS] has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at {{section link|1=Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 March 9#H:IPAS}} until a consensus is reached. Kethyga (talk) 03:47, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

Please stop. There are tens of lists like this, all passed the featured list nomination, meaning that the style is appropriate, and the style is the same in all. By changing one you are introducing a mess and inconsistency. Lists are fine as they are. Tone 20:04, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

:Why would you not upgrade the coding so reading accessibility is better for all? PLs apply common sense to what your doing. Thinking getting outside opinions here as this upgrade is going on through out Canada related articles. Will start an RFC for you shortly and will also adderss about WP:SANDWICHING and why tables with sticky headers help

:Background info This is a topic we have asked for that [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2022/Reading/floating_table_headers would benefit: millions of people] Moxy🍁 20:19, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

::I am all for changes if we apply them over all articles. But we need to be systematic, not only on one - you see my point? Sure, let's get a good discussion on that. Tone 09:09, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

:::Actually, sticky header is great. What I currently don't like is the bold text for the first column, which was not the case in the previous version. If we find a way to fix that, I'm all good ;) Tone 09:20, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

::::Sounds good there is already hundreds of Canadian lists done. Moxy🍁 20:42, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

:OH HELLO THERE 112.204.171.183 (talk) 06:04, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

File:Stop hand nuvola.svg Your recent editing history at :United States shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war; read about how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you do not violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. --Plumber (talk) 23:42, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

:Don't get blocked before you plead your case in the talk page. Final warning Moxy🍁 23:44, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

File:Symbol watching blue lashes high contrast.svg You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:United States § Alaska in the lead. This regards stuff you reverted. Plumber (the person above) also has some PA concerns. Thanks. Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 00:11, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

:I'm not sure why they don't understand what's going on. They've been reverted by countless editors on this page now it's getting disruptive. Moxy🍁 00:16, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

File:Information icon4.svg There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.--Plumber (talk) 00:28, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

:real link Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Disruptive editing, edit warring, Bludgeoning, POV pushing, personal attacks, and incivility from Moxy Moxy🍁 01:48, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi there! I was just wondering how in your signature you get the text to be rotated. I think it's really cute and I'd like to know! Thank you!! ^^ Ame ★ ✧ 21:48, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

:{{ping|Glorianesserirl}} ...Moxy🍁 Moxy🍁 22:40, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

::thank you again!! Ame ★ ✧ 07:37, 15 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi. I'm glad you found those. I listed the earliest version of the printing but it is the same book. JayElk33 (talk) 22:25, 15 March 2025 (UTC)

:She really has hundreds of publications in chapters of other books and chapters in journals but I'm not sure it's worth listening to them all. Moxy🍁 22:30, 15 March 2025 (UTC)

If my [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Diana_Fox_Carney&diff=prev&oldid=1280760037 last comment] wasn't clear enough: Please strike those comments before the AfD is closed and don't ever accuse me, indirectly or otherwise, of information suppression (leaving readers {{tq|in the dark}}) again. ―"Ghost of Dan Gurney" _(hihi) 09:09, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

:its an essay for all. Moxy🍁 16:23, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

File:Commons-emblem-notice.svg You have recently made edits related to discussions about infoboxes, and edits adding, deleting, collapsing, or removing verifiable information from infoboxes. This is a standard message to inform you that discussions about infoboxes, and edits adding, deleting, collapsing, or removing verifiable information from infoboxes is a designated contentious topic. This message does not imply that there are any issues with your editing. For more information about the contentious topics system, please see Wikipedia:Contentious topics. The request for comment at Talk:China involving the info box. 128.193.8.125 (talk) 20:27, 20 March 2025 (UTC)

:Not sure what you're talking about there's an ongoing discussion from a month ago? Moxy🍁 20:33, 20 March 2025 (UTC)

@Moxy Why have you reverted [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=France&diff=prev&oldid=1281542938 my edit] on the France infobox. The link between Francia and France is notorious and all the list of French kings begin with Clovis. Futhermore the mention of 481 is in the Infobox of the francophone version of France.

Best regards Belysarius (talk) 10:32, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

:The last Germanic tribe where French? Are you talking about the France article or the Germany article?Moxy🍁 02:51, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

::You should read this section France#Early_Middle_Ages_(5th–10th_century), Clovis is widely consider as the founder of France even if you don't like it and the fact that his ancestors were germanic doesn't change the fact that he is the ancestor (both biologically and in term of culture, religion, political power etc) of all french kings. Belysarius (talk) 13:11, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

:::I can see this point...... bring this to the talk page. Moxy🍁 17:34, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

Hello! I saw you reverted my edit for Eritrea. I included the chart there because Eritrea has never conducted an official census, and estimations of population varied greatly, so the census data from the past are valuable. I wouldn't call it "overly detailed statistical charts and diagrams that lack any context or explanation" because the lack of population census data after 1983, as well as the drastically different estimations today, was clearly explained in that section, and 1983 data serves as a great baseline when referencing today's estimation. Horizon Sunset (talk) 23:49, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

:Again just random stats... Because there was a war because they're an influx of immigrants this is why this is kept for main articles on the topic..... we'll start cleaning up the article anyways. Moxy🍁 19:53, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

OK! Do you think it is appropriate to include the chart in related articles like Demographics of Eritrea, Languages of Eritrea, etc.?--Horizon Sunset (talk) 19:58, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

:Move the chart to Demographics of Eritrea if you want, I was following the flow of what was in article already and never knew what to include in the main article, or what is considered "overly detailed", so I would appreciate if you can clean the article up Horizon Sunset (talk) 20:11, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi Moxy. Question. How do I add my articles submission for the 4 list of wars involving the United States articles to my User talk:Historyguy1138?

I would ideally like to have these and any future articles here for my personal review. Thanks.

Also thanks for clearing these articles, clearing them up, and your willingness to compromise. I think these will be great tools for our readers. Great work.

Historyguy1138 (talk) 17:37, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

:We can ask for undulation of the drafts.... But the history got transferred over. Moxy🍁 17:35, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

::That would be ideal if possible. I want to establish myself at your experience level at some point. How should we approach this?

::If it is impossible that's ok too. The most important part is creating great resources so people can use the encyclopedia effectively. Thank you. (: Historyguy1138 (talk) 17:56, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

Moxy,

You spent time removing individual sporting men/women names under sports on national country pages (.e.g England or France), but others still list individual sporting names, such as Argentina. 2A0A:EF40:EE4:901:3574:EB8F:D802:43F5 (talk) 16:15, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

:Do what is best for the articles...we have 1000s of country articles...WP:COUNTRYSECTIONS "Culture – Summary of ..... Caution should be taken to ensure that the sections are not simply a listing of names or mini biographies of individuals accomplishments. Good example Canada#Sports. Argentina is a good example of what not to do...section after section is just name spaming...makes country look small ..because most nations have 1000s of famaous people so they dont get listed. Another problem is images of people all over some articles..makes it look like they are dictatorships as individuals are more important than historical events.Moxy🍁 16:27, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

::Thanks for explaining that. It's a shame so many national country pages do that. Would suggest an update to the Argentina page. 2A0A:EF40:EE4:901:3574:EB8F:D802:43F5 (talk) 16:41, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

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Today, 300 years of Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1! - We sang works for (mostly) double choir by Pachelbel, Johann Christoph Bach, Kuhnau/Bach, Gounod and Rheinberger! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:46, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

Most transclusions are essentially instant. The place where there may be delays is when the content of things like navbars gets cached and a change may take a while to propagate.

You may want to avoid running tests with templates that raise flags (via categories) like the {{tl|help}} templates. Those flags are seen by a lot of people who feel they have been called on to act. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:34, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

:Thanks for the help Moxy🍁 00:44, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

Arrete je t’en pris 2605:8D80:6401:1CAF:80C9:E8A3:A527:F5B6 (talk) 05:37, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

:Oui s’il te plait CESSÉ 2605:8D80:6401:1CAF:80C9:E8A3:A527:F5B6 (talk) 05:41, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

User:Historyguy1138//sandbox8

Any suggestions? Historyguy1138 (talk) 06:12, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

:It's the new colonial wars list for the list of American wars section. Historyguy1138 (talk) 15:45, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

::Looks great..... just thinking that all the header writing should be in white instead of black.... the table with the white headers seems so much easier to read. Moxy🍁 16:05, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

:::Hmmmm how do you do that? Wouldn't a white header just make everything white and you couldn't see the words?

:::Lol sorry stupid questions, I have never delt with that before, and I have only been an editor for about 6 months. Do you have any helpful links or videos, to explain your meaning. (: Historyguy1138 (talk) 16:24, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

::::[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3AHistoryguy1138%2F%2Fsandbox8&diff=1283294306&oldid=1283177175] Moxy🍁 16:29, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

:I currently have it the draft space. But want to know what you mean by the fonts, and explore changing it if it is better for the article. (: Historyguy1138 (talk) 16:59, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

:Draft:List of wars involving the 13 Colonies and the Illinois and Ohio Countries Historyguy1138 (talk) 16:59, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi, you might be interested in this, feedback on talk Kowal2701 (talk) 23:21, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi Moxy!

I'd love you to join the discussion on Talk:Canadian genocide of Indigenous_peoples. Thanks! tofubird | ✉ 19:36, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

The "reciprocal tariffs" on 57 countries, crowned by the 104% on China, are the financial equivalent of the point of no return and D-Day (military term). They will have global effect, and the consequences will play out in ways we cannot possibly know. They will make history, and it's all in less than 1 hour. JohnAdams1800 (talk) 03:27, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

:I'm wondering if you should even be editing articles of this nature with a reply like this. Wow just wow. Moxy🍁 03:28, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

Hi Moxy, sorry to bother you: I just wanted to point out that, after the recent incursions into the article "Capital punishment bu country", in the section on "Oceania" the states having completely abolished the death penalty have remained marked with blue. Throughout the rest of the article they are instead marked with dark green and the difference, albeit of minor importance, does not seem justified to me. I wouldn't like to edit the article myself because I have some difficulty handling the templates. Cheers. Jeanambr (talk) 09:40, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

:Think I got it Moxy🍁 15:44, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

Hi Moxy! I couldn't help but notice your personalized username with a cute little maple leaf. I've been seeing more and more personalized usernames and was wondering how folks on here were doing it! What's the secret? Best, Rachelevey (talk) 16:24, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

:see #A question regarding your signature Moxy🍁 16:35, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

File:Information icon4.svg There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. This has to do with the disputes at Talk:France and Talk:Mauritius. Thank you. Departure– (talk) 19:08, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

:I'm not sure what more I can say but the same is happening in a few other articles. That is the restoration of contestant material..[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Navin_Ramgoolam&diff=prev&oldid=1285918938 e.g].. this may be an habitual problem...a deep dive time for someone willing to invest the time. Moxy🍁 21:19, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

Many thanks for sorting out the image copyright issue I raised at the Help Desk. And apologies if you felt uncomfortable about 'proxying' for a blocked idiot (i.e. me, since I was winning the argument anyway, and really didn't need to do that), though I doubt anyone would have seen it as proxying, given that the issues were entirely unrelated. AndyTheGrump (talk) 17:40, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

:All good anything for an oldtimer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Moxy🍁 19:50, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

Hi Moxy,

In your page-move :List of wars involving the United States→:Wars Involving the United States, you moved the talk-page in parallel to the article (good!) but it looks like the talk-page archiving got broken: pre-existing archive subpages ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex?prefix=List+of+wars+involving+the+United+States%2F&namespace=1]) and the MiszaBot config block. Could you double-check? It's a little complicated by the later moving of a draft to that old page-name. DMacks (talk) 10:40, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

:Bear with me I'll take a look..... we have an odd problem that the new page was also created with a history of multiple editors. But the archive shouldn't be too much of a problem. Moxy🍁 15:33, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

::No real hurry (and yeah, I got the arrow backwards in my description of what moved where). Let me know if you need more eyes/hands. DMacks (talk) 17:29, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

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My story is about music that Bach and Picander gave the world 300 years (and 19 days) ago, - listen (on the conductor's birthday) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:50, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

::-)

:Moxy🍁 22:53, 20 April 2025 (UTC)