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{{DYK views|9,652|804.3|January 2025|Oasis (Minecraft clone)}} GalliumBot (talk • contribs ↗) (he/it ↗) 03:28, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

How do you want to frame the lead for Joe Biden ↗ and his low approval ratings?

See the section on '''Presidential assessments''', which I wrote while collecting sources in the last days of Biden's presidency. The clear consensus among RS is that Biden's presidency is perceived as a failure by the American people, journalists, and members of Biden's own party. Biden's presidency shares similarities with Jimmy Carter (one-term) and LBJ (withdrew from re-election), and their leads state how their presidencies were viewed as failures (Carter) and their popularity declined over time (LBJ). Biden's lead needs to incorporate such content. JohnAdams1800 (talk) 16:29, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

:I definitely appreciate you reaching out, but I checked out the talk page and think both sides of the argument have been pretty well represented. I probably don't have anything especially meaningful to add. Thanks, Loytra (talk) 01:22, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

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FYI

Hi Loytra, given this edit of yours ↗, I've started discussions at Talk:Enoch Powell#Should the 'far-right politics in the United Kingdom sidebar' be added to this article? ↗ and Talk:Rivers of Blood speech#Should the 'far-right politics in the United Kingdom sidebar' be added to this article? ↗ to see if we should reciprocate and add the template to their respective articles. -- DeFacto (talk ↗). 09:05, 2 October 2025 (UTC)

:Hi {{ping|DeFacto|p=}}, thanks for letting me know! '''Loytra'''✨ 05:05, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

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:No I edit on computer as well, and I still haven't seen it '''Loytra'''✨ 09:39, 18 January 2026 (UTC)
::Have since discovered that the anniversary globe doesn't appear on Vector 2022 but does on Vector 2010. Ah well! '''Loytra'''✨ 11:29, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

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Punctuation

If someone repeatedly reverts punctuation changes that you make, you should at least check with a style guide to see if your changes are actually correct, rather than just repeatedly reverting to a version that is ultimately incorrect. Your first port of call as far as Wikipedia style is concerned is WP:MOS ↗, and in this particular case, MOS:GEOCOMMA ↗. Einsof (talk) 14:30, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

:@Einsof Okay, noted lol. There's no need to leave a talk page message, I can see your edit summaries. Maybe include this explanation from the start instead of writing "ce" each time. '''Loytra'''✨ 01:42, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

"What are we doing here?"

''You're Australian. What do you know about American politics, much less Californian local politics? I'm from California, born and raised. I'm registered as a Republican in California because I want to vote in the Republican's closed primaries, but I don't consider myself to be a Republican. So you tell me what we are doing here.''

Alexysun (talk) 07:58, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

:@Alexysun you should take it as a compliment that I enjoy learning about your region's politics. If you feel like covering the upcoming 2026 Victorian state election ↗, I would be honoured :-)
:Regardless, the 'political party' parameter lists someone's party affiliation. This is, for the most part, uncontroversial. You not considering yourself a Republican has no effect on your status as a legally registered Republican, just as it doesn't for Pratt. Pratt — a registered Republican that espouses conservative policies and is popular among conservatives — is a Republican. Why on Earth are you so averse to him being labelled as such? '''Loytra'''✨ 08:23, 12 May 2026 (UTC)
::@Loytra Victoria itself has a population smaller than LA County ↗. 7m vs 10m. California has 39.36 million people while Australia itself only has 27.7 million. California has a GDP of 4.25 T compared to Australia's 1.95 T.
::I mean you're free to edit articles about Californian politics. I guess my point is that these elections are rather consequential and to be Republican in California means something much different than being a Liberal Party member in Australia. You could compare it to the stigmatization around One Nation or being a One Nation supporter in Australia. My point is that please understand what you are editing before you put something on a page, especially since you lack contextual information about public opinion that can't be conveyed through articles on the internet, that only native residents can feel through lived experience, which can be difficult to fully grasp from abroad as an Australian editor. Spencer Pratt is not a Republican candidate. Is he conservative? I don't know. Surely it's reactionary to his damn home being burnt down by the incumbent mayor. I obviously agree that he is "a legally registered Republican", but I still disagree about listing him as a Republican in his infobox because he NOT a Republican candidate for the Mayor of LA.
::You have yourself a nice day. I won't drag this issue any longer. I did what I could.
::P.S. Trying to tank a candidate's chances in a place that you've never lived in from halfway around the globe Down Under is CRAZY. Alexysun (talk) 10:17, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

:::{{Tq|Trying to tank a candidate's chances in a place that you've never lived in from halfway around the globe Down Under is CRAZY.}}
:::@Alexysun Lol, this is the true reason for this argument, isn't it? You're not interested in maintaining a neutral encyclopedia, you're worried about the optics of a Republican running for mayor in a heavily Democratic city.
:::Pratt is a registered Republican. Therefore, he is listed as a Republican in his infobox. I understand how American politics works. I understand that party registration is much looser in the US than it is in most other countries. Regardless, standard practice for US politicians is to list one's party registration in their infobox. ''You're'' the one trying to do POV editing on behalf of your preferred candidate. I'm just trying to build an encyclopedia.
:::Thanks, '''Loytra'''✨ 00:20, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

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Netanyahu

Regarding this edit ↗, I would invite you to self-revert. Either 'Bibi' is so common that the article should be moved to Bibi Netanyahu ↗ (doubtful) or the nickname should be moved elsewhere in the lede. However, it should not be in the opening bold name. Giant Snowman 10:40, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

:@GiantSnowman Hi! First, I just wanted to thank you for leaving this message. I know asking others to self-revert isn't ''too'' uncommon, but it's the first I've experienced it. It really is a lot nicer than just receiving a revert notification.
:However, I'm not sure I agree that this one should be reverted. MOS:NICKNAME ↗ is pretty clear in that widely-used nicknames should be integrated into the lead sentence, and that foreign language hypocorisms count in this regard. Where does the dispute lie, exactly? '''Loytra'''✨ 11:42, 17 June 2026 (UTC)
::The article should not say {{tq|'''Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu''' is a..."}}, it should, at most, say {{tq|'''Benjamin Netanyahu''', knickamed "'''Bibi'''", is a..."}} - that is standard and in compliance with NICKNAME. As it stands it is not. Giant Snowman 12:52, 17 June 2026 (UTC)
:::@GiantSnowman MOS:NICKNAME states:
:::{{tq|If a person is known by a nickname used in lieu of or in addition to a given name, and it is not a common hypocorism of one of their names, or a professional alias, it is usually presented between double quotation marks following the last given name or initial.}}
:::How is the present wording not in compliance with this? '''Loytra'''✨ 15:02, 17 June 2026 (UTC)
::::That is applicable situation where the nickname is the same as the article name - see the examples given, 'Roland Bernard "Bunny" Berigan' is located at Bunny Berigan ↗, 'John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne' is located at Ozzy Osbourne ↗ etc. Here the article is NOT at Bibi Netanyahu ↗, is it, so it does not meet NICKNAME - so we follow the Emory Sparrow ↗ example, where his nickname of 'Spunk' is listed later in the lede... Giant Snowman 15:07, 17 June 2026 (UTC)
:::::@GiantSnowman To me, the current wording seems like a pretty standard way of including a nickname. It fully abides by the letter of the policy, and has the benefit of both informing readers without necessitating the addition of a clunky {{tq|also known as...}} clause. I don't anyone's gonna read the sentence and inherently assume he's called "Bibi Netanyahu" over simply "Bibi", no matter what examples the policy gives.
:::::However, if you really want to alter the wording, I'm not gonna stop you. I do understand your qualms, I guess we just have different perspectives. '''Loytra'''✨ 15:20, 17 June 2026 (UTC)
::::::But 'also known as' is what we do when the article name and the nickname are different! Giant Snowman 15:22, 17 June 2026 (UTC)
:::::::@GiantSnowman But that's not codified anywhere! It's just a clunky form we use when necessary! Here it isn't necessary!
:::::::Look, again, I'm not gonna stop you haha! I just think the phrasing's better the way it is, but if you disagree and wanna change it that's totally okay :-) '''Loytra'''✨ 15:27, 17 June 2026 (UTC)
::::::::It's literally 'codified' in the Spunk Emory example I gave! Giant Snowman 15:28, 17 June 2026 (UTC)
:::::::::@GiantSnowman No, it's not! That's an example showing editors how to avoid {{tq|cram[ming] multiple hypocorisms and nicknames into the name in the lead sentence}}. "Bibi" is not "multiple hypocorisms and nicknames" — it's a simple alias that fits cleanly into the lead sentence. There is no policy that mandates the {{tq|also known as...}} wording. The only relevant policy here is MOS:NICKNAME ↗, which explicitly endorses the current wording. '''Loytra'''✨ 15:42, 17 June 2026 (UTC)
::::::::::Incorrect, both in the guidance there and in practice. Giant Snowman 16:02, 17 June 2026 (UTC)
:::::::::::@User:GiantSnowman {{tq|Incorrect}} — great argument lol. I hadn't considered that. '''Loytra'''✨ 16:51, 17 June 2026 (UTC)