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March 2021



25px|alt=Information icon|link= ↗ Hello. I have noticed that you often edit without using an edit summary ↗. Please do your best to '''always fill in the summary field'''. This helps your fellow editors use their time more productively, rather than spending it unnecessarily scrutinizing and verifying your work. Even a short summary is better than no summary, and summaries are particularly important for large, complex, or potentially controversial edits. Thanks! <!-- Template:Summary2 --> SK2242 (talk) 15:03, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

:Late, but I have learned to use edit summaries consistently now. IdiosyncraticLawyer (talk) 16:27, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

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:Late, but I apologize for accidentally adding a common note inappropriately. IdiosyncraticLawyer (talk) 16:28, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation ↗: Anne Frank Video Diary ↗ (February 7)


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"Superhero" on MCU articles



Hello, I have reverted your edits to the MCU articles in which you changed "fictional character ↗" to "superhero ↗". Using the term "superhero/heroine" across all MCU articles will create a uniformity problem, as some "superheroes" have also been in antagonist ↗ic/antihero ↗ic roles such as Tony Stark, Clint Barton, and Wanda Maximoff to name a few. I propose we discuss this before changing it across all MCU character articles. Thank you.
Bloodyboppa (talk) 17:15, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
: Calling them superheroes doesn't create a uniformity problem; the term doesn't inherently contradict those roles. Antiheroes can still be superheroes, given how "superhero" just refers to any hero, conventional or not, who possesses superpowers; antisuperheroes are a thing. Neither does being an antagonist contradict the label, given how "hero" isn't synonymous with protagonist and "villain" isn't synonymous with "antagonist." "Hero Antagonist ↗" and "Villain Protagonist ↗" are recognized character archetypes. All the characters I marked as superheroes are objectively that type of stock character ↗ despite some also being antagonist ↗ic/antihero ↗ic. <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding unsigned ↗ comment added by IdiosyncraticLawyer (talk • contribs ↗) 21:19, 27 March 2022 (UTC)</small>

Anne Frank and Me



Hello. This is a message to let you know that I have removed the maintenance tag you applied to Anne Frank and Me ↗. Per WP:NOVELPLOT ↗, a novel's plot summary should be between 400 and 700 words. At 461 words, this plot summary is an adequate length. Long, detailed plot summaries are discouraged on Wikipedia for reasons of copyright. Just Another Cringy Username (talk) 17:01, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
: I believe I erroneously placed the template there when I meant to go to another page. Apologies. IdiosyncraticLawyer (talk) 18:22, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
::Late, but upon remembering this more clearly, I now believe that my actual mistake was using a length maintenance tag when my primary concern was simply the plot summary being poorly written; I will keep how to use it properly in mind in the future. IdiosyncraticLawyer (talk) 16:35, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

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http to https


I notice you are doing this on what appears to be all http links in an article, including internally within archive URLs. This might work frequently, but it will not always work. You would need to verify the new URL is working. http://example.com and https://example.com are complete different URLs and can be hosted in different servers with different content. Not typically, but can be. And not all domains support https, thus converting to https could turn a live link into a dead link in those cases. Finally while archive.org usually supports http or https either way in the source URL it's usually best to leave it as it was originally captured, in case any of the previously mentioned conditions occurred when it was captured. -- <span style="color: #006A4E;">'''Green'''</span><span style="color: #093;">'''C'''</span> 18:52, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

:Okay, I will remember this. IdiosyncraticLawyer (talk) 21:49, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

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:Okay, I apologize for the edit war and will refrain from such behavior in the future. IdiosyncraticLawyer (talk) 16:18, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

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:Understood, I have reviewed the relevant policy. IdiosyncraticLawyer (talk) 16:18, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

Please stop disabling useful local links



Please stop disabling links ↗ to pages that help editors understand what the code in question does. Also please stop linking to less helpful MediaWiki pages ↗ when we have local pages that provide better explanations. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:37, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

:Okay, I apologize for my mistakes and will cease to make such edits. IdiosyncraticLawyer (talk) 16:19, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

Template redirect nuking



A few pages on my watchlist had {{tl|ititle}} replaced with {{tl|italic title}} by you, for example here ↗. You might want to have a look at WP:NOTBROKEN ↗ and WP:MEATBOT ↗. Not an issue with me, but others might feel differently. Happy editing! <span style="display:inline-block;position:relative;transform:rotate(-3deg);bottom:-.1em;">Paradoctor ↗</span> (talk ↗) 13:02, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

:I'll take care to adhere to WP:MEATBOT ↗. However, I don't believe that anything I did contravenes WP:NOTBROKEN ↗. {{tl|ititle}} is a wrapper template for {{tl|italic title}}, not a redirect to it, and its purpose is to allow a shorthand for editors to pass the <code>|string=</code> parameter to the latter without having to type out the parameter name; it doesn't make sense to use such a wrapper on pages that don't need the <code>|string=</code> parameter in the first place. IdiosyncraticLawyer (talk) 13:31, 19 April 2026 (UTC)
::{{tq|not a redirect}} See WP:5P5 ↗ and WP:LETTER ↗.
::{{tq|make sense}} Saves keystrokes. Like, say, {{tl|tl}}. The point being that these changes are not improving anything, so why not spend the effort on something productive? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. <span style="display:inline-block;position:relative;transform:rotate(-3deg);bottom:-.1em;">Paradoctor ↗</span> (talk ↗) 14:50, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Stop editing user pages that aren't yours



Your edits to my user space were not helpful. Stop doing that. voorts (talk/contributions ↗) 12:54, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

:Okay, I'll stop. IdiosyncraticLawyer (talk) 13:19, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
::Please revert your edits to other editors user spaces as well. voorts (talk/contributions ↗) 13:55, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
:::Per WP:UOWN ↗, "Other users may edit pages in your user space [...] one should avoid substantially editing another's user and user talk pages, except when it is likely edits are expected and/or will be helpful [...] If an editor asks you not to edit their user pages, such requests should, within reason, be respected." All I did with my edits was correct formatting without ever touching the substantial content of the pages, which qualifies as allowed edits under the guideline. You requested that I stop editing your pages, which I will adhere to, but the guideline doesn't mean that you're allowed to make such requests for other users on their behalf; I'll only revert my edits to their user spaces if ''they'' ask me. IdiosyncraticLawyer (talk) 15:37, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
::::Your edits are cosmetic edits ↗. You've already been told to stop making similat edits in mainspace. Moving over to userspace is disruptive. voorts (talk/contributions ↗) 15:39, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
:::::What I was told was "Not an issue with me, but others might feel differently" in the above conversation, which isn't telling me to stop. You feel differently about it then the last person who spoke to me about this, and I'll abide by that, but you don't dictate what other users feel; I shall abide by what they feel if they confirm it to me. IdiosyncraticLawyer (talk) 15:42, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
::::::Your edits are objectively not helpful. They're cosmetic edits and that's not a good enough reason to edit someone else's user page. If you continue I'll take this to ANI. voorts (talk/contributions ↗) 16:39, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
:::::::I'll stop editing user pages, then. IdiosyncraticLawyer (talk) 16:42, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
::::{{tq|All I did with my edits was correct formatting}} No, you didn't. Those template invocations were already entirely correct. I did point you to WP:NOTBROKEN ↗ before. Since you apparently did not read the WP:GUIDELINE ↗, allow me to quote:
:::::: {{tq|editors {{em|should not}} change [...] {{em|just}} to "fix a redirect"}} (added emphasis)
::::<span style="display:inline-block;position:relative;transform:rotate(-3deg);bottom:-.1em;">Paradoctor ↗</span> (talk ↗) 19:37, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
:::::I did read that (I just didn't read it as broadly as intended), but sorry. IdiosyncraticLawyer (talk) 19:49, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
::::::It's ok. WP editing has a loooooong learning curve. And no end to it. ;) <span style="display:inline-block;position:relative;transform:rotate(-3deg);bottom:-.1em;">Paradoctor ↗</span> (talk ↗) 19:58, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

Why should talk pages not be italicized?


Hello {{u|IdiosyncraticLawyer}}! You've recently removed italication ↗ from Talk:Dragon (Dungeons & Dragons) ↗, and I would be genuinely interested what's the rationale or guideline behind that. In general I've picked up the consensus on Wikipedia to put titles of works of fiction in italics. Talk pages are somewhat out of sight as compared to regular pages, but still it is not clear to me why specifically here should be made an exception to this consensus. Thanks for letting me know! Daranios (talk) 07:17, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

:In general, the consensus that I've observed among talk pages is that they're not in italics, even when they're about a creative work's article. If you look at the talk page of any such article, they don't have italics. Some examples:
:* Talk:Naruto ↗
:* Talk:Action Comics ↗
:* Talk:Fallout: Equestria ↗
:* Talk:Encanto ↗
:* Talk:Avengers: Endgame ↗
:* Talk:The Stepford Wives ↗
:* Talk:Breaking Bad ↗
:* Talk:Dungeons & Dragons ↗
:* Talk:No Man's Sky ↗
:* Talk:Doki Doki Literature Club! ↗
:* Talk:Penny Arcade ↗
:* Talk:Star vs. the Forces of Evil ↗
:IdiosyncraticLawyer (talk) 16:29, 15 May 2026 (UTC)
::Upon further inspection, as several of my edits to this effect were reverted, it seems like this isn't an actual rule and is merely an inconsistency. IdiosyncraticLawyer (talk) 16:33, 15 May 2026 (UTC)
:::WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS ↗. I did point towards the applicable guideline ↗ every time. <span style="display:inline-block;position:relative;transform:rotate(-3deg);bottom:-.1em;">Paradoctor ↗</span> (talk ↗) 16:43, 15 May 2026 (UTC)
::::Okay, thank you for informing me. IdiosyncraticLawyer (talk) 16:52, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

Stop removing IETF tags right now



Stop removing language tagging articles, like you did here ↗. Familiarize yourself with MOS:LANG ↗. This is not the first time you've done this, and the edit summaries of my previous reverts don't seem to have penetrated, so don't expect much by the way of patience from me if you continue with this WP:disruptive ↗ editing. <span style="display:inline-block;position:relative;transform:rotate(-3deg);bottom:-.1em;">Paradoctor ↗</span> (talk ↗) 15:21, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

:I apologize for my negligence and will adhere to that from now on. IdiosyncraticLawyer (talk) 15:22, 15 May 2026 (UTC)
:Just to inform you, that page turned up on my search results again, and I momentarily didn't realize that it had a language tag and accidentally edited it to not have one again; it wasn't on purpose, and I realized and reverted my mistake a few moments later. IdiosyncraticLawyer (talk) 15:18, 31 May 2026 (UTC)
::Thanks, but there is no need to inform me. My main problem was that you hadn't reacted to my edit summaries. That issue has been resolved. Making and self-correcting errors is never an issue. Happy editing! <span style="display:inline-block;position:relative;transform:rotate(-3deg);bottom:-.1em;">Paradoctor ↗</span> (talk ↗) 16:03, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Stop making up rules



In the future, when you say there is a rule ↗, {{em|cite}} it. There is no rule that says template titles are an exception to MOS:MAJORWORK ↗. <span style="display:inline-block;position:relative;transform:rotate(-3deg);bottom:-.1em;">Paradoctor ↗</span> (talk ↗) 15:49, 21 May 2026 (UTC)
:I wasn't asserting that that was a rule; I was just trying to make the formatting more consistent, and I apologize if the way I did that was unhelpful. I shall stop making edits that don't have citable backing in the rules. IdiosyncraticLawyer (talk) 18:04, 21 May 2026 (UTC)
:: It felt like a rule. But whatever. You don't have to make only edits explicitly covered by the rules ↗, but when you do, make sure to provide at an argument on how they improve the encyclopedia, either in the edit summary, or on talk.
:: As for making formatting consistent, please remember I already mentioned WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS ↗ to you. Consistency is important, but so is are adaptability and convenience. An example of how we forgo consistency for encyclopedic purposes is MOS:ENGVAR ↗. Another is WP:CITESTYLE ↗. <span style="display:inline-block;position:relative;transform:rotate(-3deg);bottom:-.1em;">Paradoctor ↗</span> (talk ↗) 18:30, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

Love Theme from "Romeo and Juliet" (A Time for Us)



You made some changes regarding the title of this Johnny Mathis album, which is on my Watchlist. As it happens, I'm expanding the article for one of the songs from the album and have been trying to add the name of the album to the article. The album title keeps coming up in red as non-existent even though I've tried copying the exact text from articles where the wikilink is functioning properly. Even as I tried creating a link to the album page for this message, it came up red. Do you understand why this would be happening? Danaphile (talk) 11:56, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

:I tried creating a link to it, and it works just fine for me: Love Theme from "Romeo And Juliet" (A Time for Us) ↗. IdiosyncraticLawyer (talk) 12:08, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

::Thanks! Sorry to have bothered you. I forgot that the <em>and</em> was capitalized. Danaphile (talk) 17:27, 9 June 2026 (UTC)