User talk:Joeyconnick
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Same-sex marriage in Canada (per cent)
[edit]I just notice this. You linked to Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers#Percentages. In the second bullet point it says "The body of non-scientific/non-technical articles may use either the % symbol or the word(s) percent (American English) or per cent (British English): 10 percent; ten percent; 4.5 per cent." So, as that is not a scientific / technical article, the % sign was already acceptable. By the way according to https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2guides/guides/wrtps/index-eng.html?lang=eng&lettr=indx_catlog_p&page=9TeYbIhQbfVM.html from the Canadian government per cent is more common but percent is also acceptable. CambridgeBayWeather (solidly non-human), Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 21:19, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- Apparently it was changed, dramatically, a year ago... it used to say "use percent in body text", basically. Which I 100% prefer but oh well. —Joeyconnick (talk) 04:54, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Yes. I was changing it based on that but then I realised it was changed. CambridgeBayWeather (solidly non-human), Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 16:36, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
Canadian coinage
[edit]Did you even bother to look for where I got those mintage figures? I have real life things going on at the moment so maybe instead of deleting content you could help by sourcing it? What you did just makes more work for those trying to improve the articles. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 04:29, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
- It's not other editors' jobs to provide sources to material you add—it's your responsibility to source all your additions yourself. Otherwise, they are fair game for removal: please see WP:RS and WP:V. —Joeyconnick (talk) 07:00, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
In memoriam italics or quotation marks
[edit]Hi there,
For the phrase "In memoriam", why is it in quotation marks rather than italicized like other non-English words on the English Wikipedia? I have a featured list candidacy for the 96th Academy Awards and Sgubaldo is asking why it is not italicized. Cam you post your response in the featured list candidate page that I have wikilinked?
- Done. To summarize, it's fully Anglicized (appears in English-language dictionaries like esprit de corps) so not italicized per MOS:FOREIGNITALICS. As a segment of a larger TV program, it's a MOS:MINORWORK and so rendered with quotation marks. —Joeyconnick (talk) 03:46, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
Why is it useful to remove information on number of episodes in a main role?
[edit]Hi there,
In the “Freddie Highmore” article, why is it important to remove the information stating the number of episodes he did of Close to the Enemy (7 episodes), Bates Motel (50 episodes), and The Good Doctor (126 episodes)? The number of episodes for someone who performs in a main role is generally included in Wikipedia articles as worthwhile information. The “James Arness” article shows how many episodes he did of Gunsmoke (635 episodes!). The “Raymond Burr” article shows how many episodes he did of Perry Mason (271 episodes) and of Ironside (194 episodes). As more recent examples, the “Vera Farmiga” and “Richard Schiff” articles show the numbers of episodes they did opposite Freddie Highmore (50 episodes for Vera Farmiga and 121 episodes for Richard Schiff, respectively). What is the rationale for making the “Freddie Highmore” article an exception? Why is it useful to remove that information? UPU898 (talk) 11:14, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
- It's not an exception... those other articles are not following the guidelines at MOS:TVCAST. Basically, we're a general readership encyclopedia, not IMDb or a film/tv wiki or encyclodepdia. We don't include all possible info on every little thing just because that info is sourceable. Stems from WP:NOTAGUIDE. —Joeyconnick (talk) 20:51, 5 September 2024 (UTC)