User talk:Mindmatrix

On 3 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Musical Instrument Bank, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the entire inventory of historic string instruments in Canada's Musical Instrument Bank are loaned to musicians in a competition held every three years? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Musical Instrument Bank. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Musical Instrument Bank), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Z1720 (talk) 00:03, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht

Happy New Year

2024

Same location pictured as 2019. - Thank you for the article! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:12, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On the Main page: the person who made the pictured festival possible --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:16, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So, I saw your revert edit. While yes, you have a point, but I feel like if this is the general article for astigmatism, it should cover astigmatism in animals as well, but its just that no one has added information of astigmastism in animals yet, as with a LOT of other medical articles that have been seen in animals.

Here, have some official research papers about astigmatism in animals: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18593249/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1810233/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/598274/

I believe these should be cited but I don't have the skill to add them.

Regards,

Just someone who wants more animal coverage on Wikipedia. LoverOfAllAnimalsActivist (talk) 06:32, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You fixing my edit corrected my understanding of the division operator. Thank you. MrSamples (talk) 01:08, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On 29 February 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Imhotep (board game), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a review of the board game Imhotep stated that it can be chaotic and "extremely mean"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Imhotep (board game). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Imhotep (board game)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

♠PMC♠ (talk) 00:03, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Mindmatrix! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia—it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Please see Help:Minor edit for more information. Thank you. DirtySocks357(WreckItRalph) (talk) 20:27, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@DirtySocks357: I assume you are referring to this edit, which does not contravene the minor edit guidelines. See Help:Minor edit#What to mark as minor changes, one point of which states "Formatting that does not change the meaning of the page (e.g., moving a picture, splitting one paragraph into two—where this is not contentious)" (emphasis mine), which I assume also applies to the converse of splicing paragraphs. I found the separate sentences rather halting. Mindmatrix 23:32, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mindmatrix I do believe you edited the lead on this one, no? Per WP:COMMONSENSE, an edit that changes the structure of a sentences (such as merging 2 sentences) would not likely qualify as a minor edit, especially if done in the lead. Should you remain doubtful, do please further elaborate on why you believe your edit DOES qualify as minor. Thank you for your attention on this matter. DirtySocks357(WreckItRalph) (talk) 15:27, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@DirtySocks357(WreckItRalph): I already stated the reason above, per Help:Minor edit#What to mark as minor changes:

"Formatting that does not change the meaning of the page (e.g., moving a picture, splitting one paragraph into two—where this is not contentious)"

It's the only WP policy that applies here; whether the change is in the body or lead is irrelevant. (At any rate, someone reverted it for consistency with other MLB franchise articles.) As an aside, you don't need to ping an editor when posting on their talk page, the software automatically notifies that editor. Mindmatrix 23:50, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for letting me know about the ping, just please explain why lead editing is irrelevant in minor edit context. DirtySocks357(WreckItRalph) (talk) 00:51, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@DirtySocks357(WreckItRalph): Per Help:Minor edit:

"A good rule of thumb is that edits consisting solely of spelling corrections, formatting changes, or rearrangement of text without modification of the content should be flagged as minor edits."

Please show me where in the policy it states that editing the lead should not be marked as a minor edit in this context. Mindmatrix 01:14, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I can’t, because it doesn’t say. However, that’s not to say that lead reformatting would count as minor if the edit in question is controversial. As with yours, it got reverted. And why would an edit be minor if it got reverted? That’s just it, it’s a rule of thumb. You need to count the other fingers. DirtySocks357(WreckItRalph) (talk) 12:19, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@DirtySocks357(WreckItRalph): An edit being marked as minor and an edit being reverted are independent of each other; my edit was reverted to ensure MLB franchise articles have a matching intro structure, not because I marked the edit as minor. Wikipedia is built by consensus; don't create your own policy. I have cited the relevant policy to you several times, and you have acknowledged you cannot find any aspect of the policy that states what you claim. There is nothing further to discuss. Mindmatrix 01:18, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I’m not saying the edit was reverted because it was minor, do please avoid creating false scenarios. I’m not creating my own policy, just stating something out of common sense that your controversial edit is not eligible as minor. It doesn’t say on the policy that you can mark a controversial edit as minor; that would only apply to grammar fixes and vandalism. Ok then, you have a good rest of your day. DirtySocks357(WreckItRalph) (talk) 01:52, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@DirtySocks357(WreckItRalph): As indicated above, the policy clearly states "rearrangement of text without modification of the content" is a minor edit. It seems absurd that anyone finds improving sentence flow as controversial, but so be it. Mindmatrix 15:02, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Except for one thing: it wasn’t an improvement. DirtySocks357(WreckItRalph) (talk) 19:59, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That, of course, is your opinion, not a statement of fact. In my opinion, it was a clear improvement. Mindmatrix 13:11, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No it’s true, someone reverted your edit, not finding it as an improvement. In any case, it’s safer to not mark an edit as minor if it may be controversial. Cheers. DirtySocks357(WreckItRalph) (talk) 15:18, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Don't make false statements or assumptions about other editors' motivations or reasoning. The edit was reverted with the edit summary "that's the standard in US and Canada sports pages", not because the editor found it controversial or not an improvement (at least, based on the edit summary). And as I've already stated, I did not consider the edit controversial. Mindmatrix 23:46, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

con·tro·ver·sial

adjective

giving rise or likely to give rise to public disagreement.

I can understand how the misunderstanding that I made where I said : the editor who reverted found your edit as not an improvement. That is my fault. However, it’s not a matter of who thought your edit was an improvement, it’s the fact that it’s not an improvement. It’s not the case of who found your edit controversial, it’s the fact that it is controversial. Although editing without changing the meaning of text can merit a minor edit, another aspect of minor edits is that it can’t be the subject of dispute. That is why edits are allowed to be minor in the first place, so that people know which edits do not require attention and/or may not be a subject of discussion. In this case, your edit you marked as minor, is. Thank you. DirtySocks357(WreckItRalph) (talk) 02:24, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On 11 April 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Canadian Dental Care Plan, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that more than one million applications for the Canadian Dental Care Plan were approved in its first three months? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Canadian Dental Care Plan. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Canadian Dental Care Plan), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

♠PMC♠ (talk) 12:02, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think you removed my edition to the Chines Room entry. Before removing it again, please contact me. Wikipedia will not let me provide my email address directly but it is pbassett29 at gmail dot com

Thank you, Paul Bassett PS: I contributed the entry on Frame Technology (software engineering) several years ago, but cannot log in now to Wikipedia because of my VPN. 184.148.173.225 (talk) 18:42, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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On 1 July 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article International Register of Electors, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that as of 2019, inclusion in the International Register of Electors no longer requires residency in Canada in the preceding five years? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/International Register of Electors. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, International Register of Electors), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Mindmatrix, I would like to know why my modification has been rejected? I think it is a useful link with a concret exemple of what is an 'International Fixed Calendar' and how it works. Could you please explain why such decision? Many thanks in advance, Kind regards, Aballan (talk) 08:58, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Mindmatrix, thanks for creating the article about the Canadian Dental Care Plan. If you have a spare moment, could you please update the corresponding section in the Domestic policy of the Justin Trudeau government article as well? It's a little outdated. --Nsophiay (talk) 10:40, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy adminship anniversary! Hi Mindmatrix! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of your successful request for adminship. Enjoy this special day! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 01:52, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

		The Bronze Maple Leaf Award
		This maple leaf is awarded to Mindmatrix for writing three new Canada-related articles during the eighth year of The 10,000 Challenge of WikiProject Canada. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg (talk) 16:21, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]