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Nomination of Where is Kate? for deletion

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IgnatiusofLondon (he/him • ☎️) 11:50, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Canadian stuff

Howdy. You might be on to something, over at Monarchy of Canada, concerning the terminology "head of state". Maybe the best thing to do, is to remove it entirely from all 'monarch' & 'governor-general' pages, on the basis that it's a republican terminology. Anyways, it's a general topic that's energy draining. GoodDay (talk) 22:43, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Radical right

Leave me alone. I'm already tired of your bullying and your No true Scotsman nonsense... DN (talk) 01:15, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

FYI, I created the article in question and am by far the major contributor. If you look through the talk pages, you will see that I continually explained that all the sources I used were peer reviewed. While I don't claim ownership of the article, I am concerned that it is sourced according to policy and guidelines rather than be based on op-eds about Donald Trump.

BTW it's unhelpful to provide links to WP:RANDOMPAGES without explaining their relevance. TFD (talk) 03:06, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Editors that understand WP:OWN don't make a point of mentioning of such things... Since you claim to be "the major contributor", in all the years this was just staring you in the face, I wonder if you ever objected to it or tried to remove it. Even once, on either the article or the talk page. If not, perhaps it was because even if you disagree with Perlstein's credential or opinions, your personal standard of "all peer reviewed" sources isn't very feasible, or more importantly, policy related (hence the "random" page). Whatever the reason, that other editor might take a cue from your stance and start trying to remove anything they don't like if it isn't peer reviewed (non-"expert" opinion). Let's wait and see. DN (talk) 07:40, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Your posting is a mishmash of insults, paranoia and twisted logic. I don't have time to sort it out. I would just say however that the article is on my watch list and I presented my views in a discussion thread. You'll see if you look through the archives that I have posted considerably there, in particular in reply to editors (most of whom are gone btw) that wanted the article deleted. TFD (talk) 13:22, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Your posting is a mishmash of insults, paranoia and twisted logic. This is shocking. Is this something you could document with diffs? Because it sounds like an obliquely worded personal attack. SPECIFICO talk 14:28, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

How would you describe DN's posting at 07:40, 6 May 2024 above? TFD (talk) 19:31, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

If you don't have time, then just leave me alone as I have repeatedly requested to the point of almost taking you to ANI, when Soibangla convinced me to drop it, right before you erased all my pleading with you from your talk page. DN (talk) 20:10, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

You should expect that when you defend or oppose changes in articles, that regular contributors will post their support or disagreement. You should not take it personally. TFD (talk) 20:17, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Given your pattern of casting aspersions on me [1] [2] [3] [4], you'll have to excuse me if I'm skeptical of your explanation, considering you just called my reply a "mishmash of insults, paranoia and twisted logic"...Some might see that as somewhat hypocritical. DN (talk) 22:01, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Is there anything else you would like to add? TFD (talk) 22:13, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

I would add that we can resolve this issue and prevent these kind of interactions if we can agree to pay closer attention to how we phrase things, to avoid making them sound personal. For example, if one of us says "Why would you think that has weight...", instead of "Why does that have weight...", it becomes more of a loaded question. If you aren't intentionally trying to instigate anything here I apologize for assuming you were bullying, and for not being able to reconcile this issue with you on my own. I'm not on Wiki to create drama or tell people what to do, and I realize no one is perfect. Cheers. DN (talk) 22:53, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Nomination of 2021 Canadian church burnings for deletion

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TarnishedPath^talk 02:36, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

Stop with the absolutist statements

Using absolutist language like "implicit" in the talk of Mass killings under communist regimes suggests an adamant emphasis on your own personal, uncited opinion. You have provided no source for "implicit", and it would be pretty impossible to find one because it's pretty impossible to prove a notion as implicitly another different notion. So stop with the absolutist, unfalsifiable and unsourced language. Zilch-nada (talk) 14:57, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Can you point to the policy or guideline that prohibits the use of the term implicit?

No Original research says, at the topic of the page, "Articles must not contain any new analysis or synthesis of published material that reaches or implies a conclusion not clearly stated by the sources themselves." Presumably, "implies" would not be in the policy if statements about implicitness were unfalsifiable.

Certainly I have expressed my opinion on whether the content of the article meets policy and guidelines. That's what talk pages are for. I have referred to reliable sources that explain the implications of the introduction to the Black Book of Communism and the VOC and policy. Unless someone publishes a paper about this article, it will be impossible for any of us to cite a source about the article's content.

BTW, by absolutist do you mean does not allow for shades of gray? Well, that's the type of language encyclopedic articles should use. Statements should be unambiguous, unlike for example fiction or polemical writing. TFD (talk) 23:31, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Well, I'll elaborate further, beyond your conduct on that particular article.

• On the talk page of far-left politics on 31 October 2023, you said "There are no sources for far left politics." [5]. This is a statement that is absolutist and quite clearly exaggerated; if there were no sources, the article "far-left politics" wouldn't exist.
• On the talk page of mass killings under communist regimes on 29 January 2024, you said "Mkukr is itself a whataboutism response to the the Holocaust".[6] That is quite clearly an extreme generalization; no sources imply anything in Mkukr [sic] "itself" as a whataboutist response to the Holocaust. Furthermore, you expanded that paragraph in criticisms of double genocide theory (DGT), a link which you made. I can't see that as anything other than a strawman fallacy; you, without sources, describe MKUCR as "itself" DGT (which is unsourced), and then attack DGT. "The academic community rejects this type of logic" is on an entirely different argument from mine; you erect and attack a strawman. I.e., you ignore the academics which do link communist mass killings, and attack a different area.
• Likewise, on the same day, you said "In this case Mcukr argues that communism is inherently homocidal yet followers of other ideologies act in the same way given the same circumstances." [7]. You provided no extraordinary sources in this extraordinary claim - that followers of other ideologies would act the same; i.e., entirely according to circumstance - and so made an egregious assumption that communist regimes supposedly committed mass killings not necessarily intentionally or consciously, but by circumstance.
• On 8 August 2024, you said "I don't know why you cannot see the double genocide theory as implicit in Mkucr. The French Right had been shamed for years for collaborating with the Nazis..." [8], before citing examples of how you can link the two different topics. Thing is, you are linking two different topics in your own way, then describing that link as "implicit". Thing is, there are no direct nor reliable sources cited in that claim of "implicit", which is a term that suggests a strong, absolute link between two things. That quite clearly constitutes original research; making absolute links without sources.
• Similarly, you said "I don't know if the article should say it is whataboutism, but that is the only opinion that is supported in reliable sources." [9]. To state this is a classic appeal to ignorance; you describe "whataboutism" as the only opinion that is reliably sourced, which is evidently a) not true (no sources in the first place actually describe MKUCR as implicitly whataboutist), but b) impossible to actually say; positive claims like that require positive and irrefutable evidence; to say there is no opinion that states otherwise... (no statement directly states it affirmatively either, ironically).

So to elaborate on your response, "Absolutist" - in the context of an unsupported, uncited argument - refers to linking two things together, in this instance, as implicitly the same, whereby no direct "implicit" link has been made by RS.

• WP:SYNTH: you synthesised sources criticising DGT to create an opinion that MCUKR is implicitly tied to DGT and, thus, unreliable. Making absolute links without sources.
• WP:NOR: Evidently the above applies. Your arguments in this talk page attack the contents of the MKUCR article itself, and thus your claims must be backed by thorough research if you wish your changes to go through. I.e., "implicit" is an example of original research, as is "followers of other ideologies act in the same way given the same circumstances", as is "Mkukr is itself a whataboutism response to the the Holocaust", etc.

Encylopedic articles should evidently use unambiguous statements. By "absolutist" you are defining an unsourced link and saying that that link is implicit. "implicit" is an absolutist term that describes an essential connection. Evidently you provided nothing to cite that absolute connection. So no, you're right that an encyclopedia should use clear language, which can often be essentialist / absolutist (2+2=4), but such language can only be backed by authoritative sources in the first place which makes such essential claims. Zilch-nada (talk) 16:21, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

I have clearly explained my positions and see no reason to repeat myself here. I think it would be more constructive if instead of asking me to clarify my comments you just said you understand them and disagree with them.

BTW, a constructive response when an editor says no sources exist isn't to criticize their behavior, call them absolutist and accuse them of OR and SYN. Instead, provide the source they say doesn't exist. Also, if the existence of an article proved the notability of its topic, then there wouldn't be any AfDs. TFD (talk) 01:20, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

I - and ironically enough you have inadvertently - provided various sources on the topic, whether it be the topic itself of the discourse - either affirmatively or negatively. The existence of an article? No. There are many relevant articles = this article is relevant. Zilch-nada (talk) 01:23, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, which topic? TFD (talk) 01:50, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

Mass killings under communist regimes, obviously? Zilch-nada (talk) 10:12, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

You also brought up far left. If you think it is absolutist to say that there are no sources, then please provide me a book about the far left.

I also brought up the same issue with right-wing, center right, centrist and center left. They are in the dictionary but are not clearly defined topics. Basically, they are relative terms whose meaning can shift according to the context in which they are used.

There has been no consensus that Mcukr is a notable topic. Google "mass killings under communist regime" and most of the hits are about attempts to delete this article or mirror sites. Outrage was expressed in the Telegraph, Fox News and the Heritage Foundation. IIRC, Metapedia copied an earlier version of this article including its title. TFD (talk) 10:44, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

I disagree with TFD on this (and often see editing decisions very differently than them) but after 12+ years of observation have confirmed immense respect for them in every respect and that they always seek to do the correct thing including with respect to Wikipedia policies and guidelines. So IMO these should be handled as healthy difference of opinion without alluding to any misbehavior. Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 14:59, 9 August 2024 (UTC)