User talk:Nikolaj1905

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Fringe[edit]

Please take heed of WP:PROFRINGE. Propaganda for creationism does not belong inside Wikipedia. Tgeorgescu (talk) 13:15, 26 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Would you please give me a break, Tgeorgescu! I explicitly wrote that I do NOT contest the claims, but am merely requesting a citation! In fact, I have spent much time and energy arguing AGAINST the pseudoscientific claims of young earth creationism in various fora, so why don't you just supply the quotation instead of slandering me for pointing out the lack of one? Nikolaj1905 (talk) 15:19, 26 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Redlinked categories[edit]

There's no special notification that will pop up to inform you that you're trying to use a category that doesn't exist, no, but there are still other steps you can take:

If instead of hitting "publish changes" right away you use the "show preview" button first, then you'll get taken to a "the changes haven't been saved yet, but this is what the page will look like when they are" summary page, which you can check to see if the categories you tried to add are redlinks that you need to modify or remove.
If you do hit "publish changes" without previewing, you can still review the page after you've saved it to notice if there are redlinked categories that you need to modify or remove.
You can install WP:HOTCAT, a gadget designed to help out with category maintenance. Basically, if you have that installed then the categories at the bottom of an article will each have little plus and minus signs next to them, which you can click to add a new category, modify an existing one or remove one that shouldn't be there. The added bonus here is that if you're trying to add or modify a category, then as you're typing there will be "autocomplete" suggestions based on what you're typing — so if those suddenly disappear entirely, you'll know that you're trying to add a category that doesn't exist at all (or have made a typo somewhere in what you've already typed), and need to back up and fix the typo or try something else entirely, before you've even hit save on the change.

So there's no magic popup, but there are still lots of things you can do to ensure that you're only adding existing categories. Hopefully one of those will be convenient for you. Bearcat (talk) 16:04, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! That is definitely useful! Nikolaj1905 (talk) 17:27, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lothair II of Italy tag[edit]

Instead of placing an {{according to whom}} tag on Lothair II of Italy, you might check his wife Adelaide of Italy article. If there are no sources to support "the spirited and intelligent", then I'd remove it from Lothair II's article. --Kansas Bear (talk) 17:41, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Kansas Bear! Thank you for engaging!

Adelaide was undoubtedly extremely intelligent, and "spirited" also seems to be a fitting word to describe her. Both of those words, however ("spirited" in particular) seem to be character appraisals that should not appear in the encyclopedia's own "voice". So if you know of a source that cites a contemporary historian or a notable later expert for ascribing intelligence and spiritedness to Adelaide, I think the right way to put it would be "who was described by [the appropriate source] as spirited and intelligent. Otherwise, I think the words should simply be deleted.

Sincerely, Nikolaj1905 (talk) 11:47, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. The article on Adelaide of Italy does not include a verbatim description of her as "spirited and intelligent", and neither does the Historiography section in the article Cultural_depictions_of_Adelaide_of_Italy. Nikolaj1905 (talk) 12:29, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]