User:Ned Scott

I'm not that active these days, but I'm still around. Feel free to send me an extra poke here or via e-mail for anything, trivial or important (or to just say hi).
E-mail: Special:Emailuser/Ned Scott

I live in Arizona, USA. My main focus on Wikipedia is working on articles about entertainment and fiction (particularly anime and science fiction, which is probably not a big surprise), though I do enjoy working on much more than just those kinds of articles. Lately I've been more active in meta space than in article space, focusing on discussions and technical features such as templates. I'm also very interested in applying some of the methodology of Wikipedia to other wikis around the internet, which lead me to start up WikiProject Transwiki.

Unfortunately my personal time is being consumed by some other stuff lately, and I'm not nearly as active as I once was. Don't let that stop you from leaving me a message or asking for assistance if you feel I can be of some help! I will always be a Wikipedian, and look forward to always having at least some level of contribution to this great project. I also plan on getting more active again to at least finish a number of projects/ideas that I've either had or was involved in.

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Transwiki- An effort to help with the technical issues when reusing Wikipedia content.

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RfCs - Art, architecture, literature and media

Talk:Air India Flight 171

Which image should be used as the infobox image for the crash wreckage?

image A
image B
image C

𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 10:36, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Misandry

Should the source be included? (question 1) If so, should it be included in the current manner, including the statement that the authors are "40 topic experts"? (question 2)

"The Misandry Myth: An Inaccurate Stereotype About Feminists’ Attitudes Toward Men" is currently included in the final sentence of the article's intro and the final paragraph of the article itself. Some users have argued that the source is WP:PRIMARY, and that it is therefore against Wikipedia's guidelines to use it to claim empirical proof of controversial claims, such as "The false idea that misandry is commonplace among feminists is so widespread that it has been called the 'misandry myth' by 40 topic experts" and "feminist views of men were no different than that of non-feminists or men towards men." Other users have argued that the source is WP:SECONDARY, and that it is therefore fine to include. Additionally, some users have argued that calling the authors "40 topic experts" is not adequately supported, while other users feel that being author of an academic article is enough reason to be called a "topic expert." Dekadoka (talk) 17:09, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Babur

1: Babur
(British Museum)

2: Babur
(Smithsonian Museum)

Which of these two paintings (1:British Museum, 2:Smithsonian) would be more appropriate as the lead image for the article on Babur (1483–1530), the Turco-Mongol founder of the Mughal Empire? पाटलिपुत्र (Pataliputra) (talk) 13:17, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard

What is the reliability of Pinkvilla?

Option 1: Generally reliable
Option 2: Additional considerations
Option 3: Generally unreliable
Option 4: Generally unreliable, with deprecation

(2405:6E00:2803:665A:C4CF:6FF:FECE:950B (talk) 12:25, 1 June 2025 (UTC)

Talk:List of Tarja Turunen concert tours

Should we move the festivals in the venue columns into explanatory footnotes next to the dates and change the venue to the venue that the festival took place, or should we keep it as is with the festival as the venue in the venue column? HorrorLover555 (talk) 14:53, 28 May 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Mario (franchise)

There is an active dispute on which game is the first entry in Nintendo's long-running Mario (franchise).

Option A: Donkey Kong (First game featuring Mario (character))
Option B: Mario Bros (First game with the series name branding)
Option C: Super Mario Bros (First game of the mainline Super Mario series)

Mk8mlyb (talk) 07:10, 21 May 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Dragon Age: The Veilguard

This RfC concerns what content to include in the lead, starting with the sales information.

Sales information

Do not include Veilguard's commercial performance
Include unit sales only; e.g., By year-end 2024, Electronics Art said the game had reached 1.5 million players.
Include commercial performance in relation to publisher's expectation only; e.g., According to Electronic Arts, the game missed their commercial expectations by around 50%.
Include unit sales and publisher expectations; e.g., Veilguard reached 1.5 million players by year-end 2024, missing EA's expectations by nearly 50%.
Include unit sales, publisher expectations, and performance against previous EA releases; e.g., Reaching 1.5 million players by year-end 2024, Veilguard outperformed Electronic Arts' previous single-player games but did not meet the publisher's expectations.
Other; provide proposed content alongside your vote.

— ImaginesTigers (talk) 12:50, 20 May 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Dragon Age: The Veilguard

This RfC concerns subsection headings.

3.1 Early development and challenges

Early development and challenges
Early development
2015–2017
Eliminate the heading entirely & start the 3. Development section without an immediate subheading

3.3 Staff turnover and completion

Staff turnover and completion
Completion and release
Staff turnover and release
Staff changes and completion
Staff changes and release
Staff changes and post-release

Breaking this off into a chunk to generate heading ideas; feel free to update above with suggestions. Hopefully we can come to a consensus on this but if not, I assume we'll be able to eliminate a few options & figure out how to structure a more formal discussion. Sariel Xilo (talk) 17:04, 19 May 2025 (UTC)

RFCs - Wikipedia style, referencing, layout and WikiProjects

Talk:Birbhum district

This RfC seeks to establish clear inclusion criteria for the "Notable People" list, following a dispute over recent large-scale additions of individuals with primarily local careers. Murkut23 (talk) 18:24, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Air India Flight 171

Which image should be used as the infobox image for the crash wreckage?

image A
image B
image C

𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 10:36, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters

Should the spirit and intent of usually capitalized in sources at MOS:MILTERMS be taken as consistent with the general advice on capitalisation given in the lead of MOS:CAPS or is the spirit and intent to create a substantially different and lower threshold for capitalising the types of events named.

Cinderella157 (talk) 03:41, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Opinion polling for the next United Kingdom general election

Looking for further input on the above discussion titled "Preferred prime minister proposal" (from April 2025). Helper201 (talk) 17:22, 21 May 2025 (UTC)

RFCs - Wikipedia policies, guidelines and proposals

Talk:Birbhum district

This RfC seeks to establish clear inclusion criteria for the "Notable People" list, following a dispute over recent large-scale additions of individuals with primarily local careers. Murkut23 (talk) 18:24, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters

Should the spirit and intent of usually capitalized in sources at MOS:MILTERMS be taken as consistent with the general advice on capitalisation given in the lead of MOS:CAPS or is the spirit and intent to create a substantially different and lower threshold for capitalising the types of events named.

Cinderella157 (talk) 03:41, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Military history

In relation to current discussions on Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2025 May 21, should WP:CAMPAIGN be changed to allow such campaign boxes such as Template:Campaignbox Portuguese colonial campaigns as opposed to being restricted to "battles in a particular campaign, front, theater or war"? Setergh (talk) 20:32, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Military history

Should the result parameter allow bullet points as opposed to simply "X victory" or "Inconclusive"? Setergh (talk) 20:30, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (definite or indefinite article at beginning of name)

In 2014, there was an RfC about using definite articles to achieve natural disambiguation. I have copied the proposal almost exactly below (only fixing some links that have changed since then), although I would urge all participants to read the RfC itself.

Is putting "The" at the beginning of an article title an acceptable innovation for WP:NATURAL disambiguation?

Context: Recently, a move request at Hulk (comics) to Hulk resulted in a "no consensus" close. Multiple editors, while perhaps opposing the proposed move, suggested moving Hulk (comics) to The Hulk instead (as The Hulk already redirects there). One editor intelligently noticed that WP:THE currently is directly opposed to that, as per its dictum that The Joker redirect to Joker (comics), and not vice-versa. But should that be the case?

Please respond support if you believe adding "the" is OK in order to disambiguate.

Please respond oppose if you think adding "the" should not be allowed, as is currently the case.

Thanks for helping Wikipedia.

For additional context, the article currently located at Hulk was then at Hulk (comics).

The RfC was closed as follows:

Result: The definite article may be used to disambiguate articles in certain circumstances.

There were 8 supports and 4 opposes. One oppose was based on the objection that the DABNAME guidance would be affected, but how this was the case was not explained and it doesn't seem true to me (nothing stemming from what has been discussed here would mean we would not retain the DAB page Hulk, for example). A second oppose was made on the basis that "the" should only be used if it is part of the formal name of the article subject. However, that argument seems contrary to WP:COMMONNAME. A third oppose suggests that "the" is insufficient disambiguation because we use it in many articles. I can't work out if there is a typo in the comment or not, but this doesn't make sense to me as an argument. The fourth oppose was on the basis that it would be confusing. I don't think any of these are knockout arguments, and so the numerical victory of the supports should be recognised.

There also seems to be consensus that the applciation of the principle should be resticted to article titles where there is genuine natural disambiguation (e.g. one this is commonly called "The Foo", the other is called "Foo" and not normally "The Foo") and a genuine need for disambiguation. There also seems to be consensus that a case-by-case approach should be taken and common sense applied to avoid unnecessary confusion, and so that conflicting considerations can be taken into account.

To the best of my knowledge, no change was ever implemented after the closure of that RfC, and it has not been overturned or overruled by a subsequent RfC.

Should WP:THE include some language that indicates that use of a definite article to achieve natural disambiguation is acceptable?

An example of proposed language (although this is open to change) could be something like this as a third condition, after the first two listed:

3. Use of definite articles is acceptable as a form of natural disambiguation, if the article is not the primary topic for the article title without parenthetical disambiguation.

Here are some articles whose titles might be different if this were to pass (all of these have redirects in the format of "the x"):

Charleston (dance) → The Charleston

Madonna (art) → The Madonna

Roundhouse (venue) → The Roundhouse

Penguin (character) → The Penguin

Politics (Aristotle) → The Politics

Ladtrack (talk) 20:34, 22 May 2025 (UTC)

Talk:T. V. S. N. Prasad

Should the following sentence be included in the lead section of T. V. S. N. Prasad?

His bureaucratic career, including his role as Chief Secretary of the Government of Haryana, has been the subject of sustained public and legal scrutiny due to a series of controversies and administrative decisions that attracted criticism from courts, media, and civil society.

This statement was added after the RfC began to satisfy WP:RFCNEUTRAL and WP:RFCBRIEF. 03:31, 21 May 2025 (UTC)

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