User Talk: CatSkald

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Happy editing!  Megaman en m (talk) 16:48, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

Re: Repeated wikilinks in tables

Having had a good read through MOS:REPEATLINK ↗ again, and reading "but it may be repeated if helpful for readers" I can see what you mean if someone jumped directly to the bottom of the table or someone who had no prior knowledge of Eurovision and so no knowledge of Johnny Logan and Loreen's previous wins. I also looked at some other pages that would contain repetition of names, they do too link each mention (e.g. List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions ↗ and List of Wimbledon gentlemen's singles champions ↗)  '''AxG /''' ✉  21:54, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

:@AxG, thank you for looking into this and thinking with me. Checking similar pages is a good tip. CatSkald❄(talk) 22:53, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

Changing citation styles

With respect to your edits to Starling Arrow ↗, per WP:REFVAR ↗, you ''may not'' change the citation style of an article when that style is consistent. Just like WP:DATEVAR ↗ and WP:LANGVAR ↗, the original author of the article chooses the citation style, and additions to the article must use the same style. Your changes have been reverted. Please find some other way to waste your own time. Thank you. Skyerise (talk) 12:50, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

Also, please note that primary sources ''are permitted'', and quotations must always have a citation. Your edits left uncited quotations in the article, which is also not permitted. Skyerise (talk) 12:53, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

:Thank you @Skyerise for reaching out and noticing these issues. My main goal was to solve the "primary sources" issue highlighted on the top of the page. Now I realise that it was a mistake to change the citation style along the way, and it's a pity that the changes have to be reverted because of my mistake. This is my first time seeing such citation style, and unaware of WP:CITEVAR ↗, I got very confused.
:The primary source for quotation was removed, because the same citation is quoted by a newly added source (bandsintown ↗). I have doubts whether "bandsintown" could be considered "reliable", but it might be better as a source than the official website of the subject of the article. I made a mistake of placing the citation above the quote ("[2]") rather than in the end of the quote.
:Beside mistakes and poor decisions, those reverted changes ↗ also included:
:* Replace "a cappella" from short description and first paragraph (I could not find any mentions of "a capella" in any of the sources). Instead add "supergroup", as they are called in all the sources.
:* Replace all inline citations from two primary sources with three new secondary sources.
:* Add citations to all of Discography.
:* Add new category.
:If you agree, I can re-add the above, this time without changing the citation style, so that we can solve the "primary sources" problem of the page. Please let me know what you think, to avoid unnecessary edit warring. CatSkald❄(talk) 19:37, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

April 2026

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Thank you. '''Zackmann''' (Talk to me ↗/What I been doing ↗) 21:41, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

:Thank you for the quick reaction and for cleaning it up. It was a copy & paste mistake, and I've added them back, except this time also with a `module` parameter to make them "known". CatSkald❄(talk) 10:02, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

May 2026

25px|alt=Information icon ↗ Hello and thank you for your contributions ↗ to Wikipedia. I saw that a category you created, :Category:20th-century Honduran essayists ↗ has not been used on more than one page. According to the guideline Wikipedia:Categorization ↗, categories should be populated with multiple articles ↗. Please help by adding other articles to the categories you create. You can take a look at the categorization FAQ ↗. If you need further help, feel free to ask me or ask at the Teahouse ↗. Thank you. SMasonGarrison 03:15, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

:Thank you for reaching out. Until recently, I wasn't involved in the categorization-related editing on Wikipedia, still learning, and your corrections & suggestions are appreciated.
:Now it contains three articles, should be enough for the start. In future, I'll be more careful to find several articles before creating a new category, instead of creating it right away.
:For the context: this and some other categories were created while splitting the overpopulated :Category:Pseudonymous women writers ↗ and cleaning categories of the linked articles. Just like the "X-century pseudonymous women writers" mentioned below - the goal was to remove articles from the overpopulated category. It was trivial to find articles for 10th century and up, but the 3rd and 4th century won't have many entries in any case. CatSkald❄(talk) 18:55, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
::Thanks for being receptive! I appreciate it. I think diffusing by century makes sense for the Pseudonymous women writers ↗.That was my impression as well that is twas really easy for 10th and later. Maybe eventually we'll have enough content for the 3rd/4th century. Definitely reach out if you have questions! SMasonGarrison 20:48, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

:Category:4th-century pseudonymous women writers ↗ has been nominated for splitting

<div class="floatleft" style="margin-bottom:0">48px|alt=|link= ↗</div>:Category:4th-century pseudonymous women writers ↗ has been nominated for splitting. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization ↗ guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at '''the category's entry ↗''' on the categories for discussion ↗ page. Thank you. SMasonGarrison 03:23, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

:Category:3rd-century pseudonymous women writers ↗ has been nominated for merging

<div class="floatleft" style="margin-bottom:0">48px|alt=|link= ↗</div>:Category:3rd-century pseudonymous women writers ↗ has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization ↗ guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at '''the category's entry ↗''' on the categories for discussion ↗ page. Thank you. SMasonGarrison 03:24, 4 May 2026 (UTC)