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- Thanks, didn't realize that it's disambiguate. Fixed it now. Nakonana (talk) 11:58, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
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editYou might re-read wp:bludgeon. Slatersteven (talk) 11:25, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Slatersteven: But in a long-winded way, aren't you doing the same? This is the first discussion I've participated in on the topic, while you (and the other user, too?) have participated in all previous discussions concerning the topic, even across articles, if I remember correctly.
- The funny thing is, though, that my point wasn't even to change anyone's mind, but rather to post an "outside" evaluation of the article. The research paper also dealt with other articles and was also posted on Talk:Viking Age#Academic criticism of article coverage for example, but it wasn't mentioned yet on Jack the Ripper hence why I posted it. Anyway, I'm willing to drop the stick :) Nakonana (talk) 13:07, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
- No, that is why I said I was going to let others have a go. Also talk pages are not for that (that is wp:soapboxing.whjat they are for is to discuss how we can improve the article, not to post about how other people think it is crap. Slatersteven (talk) 13:52, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
- Ok, thanks for letting me know, I'll keep that in mind in the future :) Nakonana (talk) 15:55, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
- No, that is why I said I was going to let others have a go. Also talk pages are not for that (that is wp:soapboxing.whjat they are for is to discuss how we can improve the article, not to post about how other people think it is crap. Slatersteven (talk) 13:52, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
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- I've only edited the talk page, I think? But thanks for the heads up :) Nakonana (talk) 19:26, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
- The contentious topics procedure applies to all sorts of pages including talk pages — DaxServer (t·m·e·c) 19:28, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
- OK, that's good to know. Then I should probably familiarize myself with the rules a little more, just in case. Although I doubt that I'll run much into problems with this topic, as I'm not from that area and don't have much knowledge of it anyway. I generally only make copy edits most of the time. But still thanks for the info. Nakonana (talk) 19:35, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
- The contentious topics procedure applies to all sorts of pages including talk pages — DaxServer (t·m·e·c) 19:28, 14 September 2024 (UTC)