Fishhead64

This is my talk page, wherein users may and will ream me out for various misdeeds and - rarely - commend me for those odd occasions when I apparently improve an article.

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Christianity

Haha, now your comment has me thinking maybe all us Wikipedians are just rats in the lab of linguistics PhD candidates :P Also though, does the CoE/AC accept particular judgement? And since you're Anglo-Catholic, do you celebrate the Eucharist ad orientem or versus populum? Thanks, Father (?) (Are Anglican priests called that?) Carl.bunderson (talk) 18:29, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Angel For Mayor

Sorry but I’m no good in computers, this is only to inform you that “angelformayor.con” does exist and also there are many Vancouver citizens that are afraid of the Vancouver Police Department if you are interested you could come with me one day to seek nominators, that when you tell them about the problems some citizens and you inform them that their names and addresses will be of public domain very polite said no thanks, my question for you is the same please go to my web and if you see anything offensive or not proven I will take it out but you will see that I give names and situation in write it under my responsibility.

Will you nominate me for Mayor?

Could you please state that ANGELFORMAYOR.COM does exist or at least take out were it said that it does not exist #7 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.153.118.157 (talk) 02:47, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Angel for mayor

Sorry again but My name is Angel Jimenez Vancouver BC 604 322 1003 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.153.118.157 (talk) 02:56, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. En espanol......" a buen entendedor pocas palabras bastan" Angal Jimenez —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.153.118.157 (talk) 19:01, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Elk/Beaver Lake articles

Hi; just 'cause you're an [ex-]Victorian or "Greater Victorian" anyway, so perhaps you might want to take on Elk/Beaver Lake Regional Park and the accompnaying lake article, which is pretty much the same in content and also in being entirely unwikified; I added templates but am not really good with formatting; some here seems POV or very subjective anyway; the line about buying the Saanich Peninsula for so many blankets doesn't mention the Douglas Treaties, just "traders" (and in latter-day eyes that doesn't sound like a lot of money, in the trade currency that was a lot of blankets) so like a lot of stuff it has subjective-preservation/interpretation-of-facts though not as bad as some we've seen. I wound up finding this after looking up the Colquitz River as a result of something else etc...it starts at Beaver Lake, y'see....I'll stub up that article (Colquitz) though it would be good to know where its waterfalls are (its name, in one meaning, means "waterfall" in North Straits Salish, but Esquimalt and Songhees versions are different....). Anyway, plopping this in your lap, if you don't mind; I'll also let KenW�alker know of its existence.Skookum1 (talk) 21:25, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Yes, and Yes

Thanks for your post on the Christianity article. I totally get where you are coming from. The issue isn't in trying to define Anglicans as non-Catholic. Yes, they are Catholic, and yes, they are Protestant. It's just that Protestant doesn't need an explanation and Catholic does -- so, Protestant AND Catholic is best explained in an article devoted to Anglicans, like Anglican. In the generic articles we are trying to save space with the most economic and least confusing use of terms.Tim (talk) 16:26, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:LOGO AnglicanChurchCanadaShield.gif)

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Ten Mile Point/Cadboro Bay

Hi Neil; I can't remember if I fielded this by you before re Ten Mile Point, but it's come up again in ref to Discovery Island (British Columbia); please see this discussion. I know you're in Sechelt now but of all the WP:BC people you're the one I associate with Greater Victoria issues; if there's someone better you know of for such resolutinos/issues please let me know.Skookum1 (talk) 20:20, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

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Anglican/Episcopalian in Lytton

Hi Neil, I just tidied up an edit at Nlaka'pamux where someone had disambiguated "Episcopalian"; I overwrote it as Anglican which I know the history ot be - Bishop Hills would not have described himself as Episcopalian, I daresay. I figure you might know something about early Anglican history in BC so here is the section of the article on religion; it doesnt' say what else I know although I believe various papers out there on the Nlaka'pamux do say something, including Cole Harris' The Resettlement of British Columbia - the Lyttons stuck by their Anglican conversion, most others in the Canyon converted Catholic, and the division remains today and is reflected in teh fact that the Lytton Band doesn't belong to any of the three (four?) Nlaka'pamux tribal councils. If you ever happen to be driving up that way, as a cleric you may find Ron Purvis' history of his time at the Lytton residential school....can't remember "St. What's" - the title of which is 'Tshama, which is the Nlaka'pamux word for whitey and his nickname while supervisor/superientendant of the school (it's not a very nice word, leastways not in St'at'imctes....rough translation "white dog" but apparenlty it's much wore than that; but their only word for us...not sure if the pejorative context is as strong in Nlaka'pamux). If you know early church history in BC you may also know about Pahallak, the visionary who preophesied the coming of the church and led the Lyttons to welcome Hills - I think it was Hills - and convert en masse...I think I've got that story right, that Pahallak's conversion campaign was to Anglicanism than Catholicism, I may be fuzzy on that...what makes it more interesting is that Pahallak was transgendered in some way (I can't remember in which direction :-D) and was also a war-chief as well as medicine person....have you heard of the "prophet of the Skeena" by the way? In a number of places around the province there were pre-Contact stories that must have either been about solo missionaries or which were "actual prophesy", which paved the way for the conversions (see Oregon Mission for another story, I thnk from the Flatheads about two who went to St. Louis to recruit a preacher to satisfy their vision...). Anyway just checking on the Episcopalian/Anglican usage - I suspect the edits must have been made by an American-based ethnographer/student/contributor (i.e. who didn't know better) - but in the course of sending this to you, you would seem to be the best person to write up Bishop Hills' article, or expand it if it already exists....Skookum1 (talk) 12:58, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Archbishop vs Archbishopric

Hi Neil; this would seem to be your, um, province....Skookum1 (talk) 05:23, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Image:Byron Johnson.jpg

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Lotusland (British Columbia)

Hi; please see this.Skookum1 (talk) 02:17, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Portal link template

Any chance you could roll back {{Anglican Portal}} to the version with the Cathedral picture? Somebody swapped it out with no discussion some time ago and the template was protected. It cannot be changed by non-admin. Thank you, and I hope you are well. -- Secisek (talk) 09:41, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

We got three options we might be able to live with. Why don't you settle this and pick one of three. -- Secisek (talk) 22:25, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Nile

Please can you read Talk:Nile_River#.22Nile.22_vs._.22Nile_River.22 when you have a moment. Pedro :  Chat  07:44, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

It has now been over two weeks since your move of Nile, a a move which was made without so much as attempting to obtain consensus, and which you did despite my specific request that you seek support for your move. You are entitled to take a long a wikibreak as you like; indeed, I hope that this vacation has been good for you. I just want you to know that, whenever you do return, I will expect you to engage in a discussion of what you did and why. The only reason why your move has not been undone is because you are an administrator; I wonder how you feel about that.

I also respectfully request, pending the dialogue that I have mentioned above, that you do not move Ganges, Euphrates, Tigris, Mekong, Rhine, Danube, Seine, Dniester, Zambezi, Elbe, Tagus, Ebro, or Rhone. I know it's probably not immediately obvious to you, but these articles are also about rivers, despite the fact that "River" is not part of the article name. I respect your right to disagree with the countless editors who have "misnamed" (as I imagine you see it) these articles, but policy would indicate to me that these need to be discussed before moving them, just as Nile should have been.

Do enjoy your holiday. Unschool 19:25, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

I see that you have popped in for a moment, but still have not replied. Shall I presume qui tacet consentit? I suppose so. Accordingly, I consider you excused from any further response to the situation. Please come back to Wikipedia and continue editing. Obviously, the total body of your work has impressed many other editors, such that they made you an admin. Whether your return is post-Lenten or sooner, I wish you well. Unschool 06:49, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Could the top line of the Template:Anglican Portal code be changed

Could the top line of the template code be changed to this:

{{Portal|Anglicanism|Gate of Canterbury Cathedral 02.JPG|35}}<noinclude>

in support of the consensus above to change the image.--Carlaude ^(talk) 04:52, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi! My name is Angel Lorenzo Jimenez, possible you remember me by Angelformayor 2008, sorry to take your time but the truth is I need someone to speak about what going on in my live, I read about you live and to me is very interesting and possible you can help me with some of my religious situation, could you please if you could give me some of your time I will appreciate very much and possible you could lead me to the right path with my children Rebecca 7yo and Lorenzo 5yo Witch are going to different church and the church teaching have destroy my marriage and now in a divorce court I must decide Catholic or Glad Tiding church VancouverBC phone 604 322 1003 or jimenez@telus.net —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.6.195.184 (talk) 04:34, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Advice requested

Would you please look at this and advise me whether you think the very strong support for moving the article that has been won within that group makes it so likely that the project will pass when voted on in a wider forum that it is not worth my while attempting to debate it. One participant has proposed a time limit of one week for voting after the project is formally proposed. I know this is a tough question to deal with, and that you may very well have to respond with "Do whatever you think is best", and so it may be best for you to give no response; but if you do feel you can give advice, one way or the other, I would certainly give much weight to your wisdom and your experience both as an editor and an Administrator. Lima (talk) 14:35, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Image permission problem with Image:Pearson and Johnson.jpg

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RCC or CC

You took part in Talk:Catholic Church/Archive 3#REQUESTED MOVE to Catholic Church there is a new requested move see Talk:Catholic Church#Requested Move --PBS (talk) 08:38, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Archbishop of Papua New Guinea

Greetings to you in Sechelt from Brisbane, Australia. Someone has created an article "Archbishop of Papua New Guinea" and referred in it to the "Archdiocese of Papua New Guinea." In fact there's no such office and no such archbishopric. This I suppose calls for a merge proposal (not that I know how to do that) but in fact there isn't anything in the article that merits transferring into the article on the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea (which is in fact an Anglican "Province" -- in the sense that the Anglican Church of Canada, the Church of South India and so on are provinces of the Anglican Communion, but it is also only one ecclesiastical province as well, there being only one metropolitan). How do you think this ought to be dealt with? Masalai (talk) 04:35, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Catholic Church RfC

Input is welcome at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Catholic Church. Sunray (talk) 04:57, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

AfD nomination of List of 1974 Macropædia articles

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Vancouver Wikipedia 10th Anniversary Meetup

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Hagrid likes Wikipedia!

Ha! I should have known you were a Wikipedia editor, Marmot, like me! Kevyn (talk) 18:13, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Not a terribly active one, anymore. Shameful for an admin, really. fishhead64 (talk) 20:23, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Meetup/Vancouver

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Dominion of Canada

With respect, I don't think your rationale for deleting the 'Dominion of' in the North-West Rebellion and Battle of Batoche articles is correct. The naming conventions say "If the place does not exist anymore, or the article deals only with a place in a period when it held a different name, the widely accepted historical English name should be used". 'Dominion of Canada' was the widely held name at the time, and as such is still valid for the article.McMuff (talk) 21:36, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

The name of the country was always Canada, which happened to be a Dominion. It would be akin to referring to France as the French Republic, which is technically correct, but superfluous. fishhead64 (talk) 09:29, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview

Dear Fishhead64,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the communityHERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:

• Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
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Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your nameHERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chlopeck (talk • contribs) 23:27, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

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ANI

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A new user right for New Page Patrollers

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New 10,000 Challenge for Canada

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Administrator changes

NinjaRobotPirate • Schwede66 • K6ka • Ealdgyth • Ferret • Cyberpower678 • Mz7 • Primefac • Dodger67

Briangotts • JeremyA • BU Rob13

Guideline and policy news

• A discussion to workshop proposals to amend the administrator inactivity policy at Wikipedia talk:Administrators has been in process since late December 2016.
• Wikipedia:Pending changes/Request for Comment 2016 closed with no consensus for implementing Pending changes level 2 with new criteria for use.
• Following an RfC, an activity requirement is now in place for bots and bot operators.

Technical news

• When performing some administrative actions the reason field briefly gave suggestions as text was typed. This change has since been reverted so that issues with the implementation can be addressed. (T34950)
• Following the latest RfC concluding that Pending Changes 2 should not be used on the English Wikipedia, an RfC closed with consensus to remove the options for using it from the page protection interface, a change which has now been made. (T156448)
• The Foundation has announced a new community health initiative to combat harassment. This should bring numerous improvements to tools for admins and CheckUsers in 2017.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee released a response to the Wikimedia Foundation's statement on paid editing and outing.

Obituaries

• JohnCD (John Cameron Deas) passed away on 30 December 2016. John began editing Wikipedia seriously during 2007 and became an administrator in November 2009.

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13:36, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of Cedar Hill (Greater Victoria) for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Cedar Hill (Greater Victoria) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cedar Hill (Greater Victoria) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. NoGhost (talk) 20:58, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

ArbCom 2017 election voter message

Hello, Fishhead64. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2017 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

ArbCom 2018 election voter message

Hello, Fishhead64. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

ArbCom 2019 special circular

Administrators must secure their accounts The Arbitration Committee may require a new RfA if your account is compromised. Use strong, unique passwords for your Wikipedia account and associated email Change your password now if your Wikipedia account password or email password is reused on another website, exposed, or weak Enable two-factor authentication now for improved security

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Why have I received this message? All administrators are receiving it. What prompted you to send this message? Recently, several Wikipedia admin accounts were compromised. The admin accounts were desysopped on an emergency basis. In the past, the Committee often resysopped admin accounts as a matter of course once the admin was back in control of their account. The committee has updated its guidelines. Admins may now be required to undergo a fresh Request for Adminship (RfA) after losing control of their account. What do I need to do? Only to follow the instructions in this message. Check that your password is unique (not reused across sites). Check that your password is strong (not simple or guessable). Enable Two-factor authentication (2FA), if you can, to create a second hurdle for attackers. How can I find out more about two-factor authentication (2FA)? You can find out more about 2FA at m:2FA.

This message was sent to all administrators following a recent motion. Thank you for your attention. For the Arbitration Committee, Cameron11598 02:30, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular)

ArbCom would like to apologise and correct our previous mass message in light of the response from the community.

Since November 2018, six administrator accounts have been compromised and temporarily desysopped. In an effort to help improve account security, our intention was to remind administrators of existing policies on account security — that they are required to "have strong passwords and follow appropriate personal security practices." We have updated our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular, two-factor authentication remains an optional means of adding extra security to your account. The choice not to enable 2FA will not be considered when deciding to restore sysop privileges to administrator accounts that were compromised.

We are sorry for the wording of our previous message, which did not accurately convey this, and deeply regret the tone in which it was delivered.

For the Arbitration Committee, -Cameron11598 21:03, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

June 12, 2019 edit-a-thon at "Atla Annual 2019" in Vancouver British Columbia

1000 Women in Religion: A Wikipedia edit-a-thon at "Atla Annual 2019" in Vancouver, British Columbia

Sheraton Vancouver Wall Center The 1000 Women in Religion Project is working to improve the coverage of women’s contributions to religious, spiritual and wisdom traditions worldwide. In support of this goal, the edit-a-thon at Atla's (formerly the American Theological Library Association) annual meeting will focus on improving articles about women in religion. We would love to have a few Vancouver area Wikipedians to help us get new editors oriented and editing!! Wednesday, June 12, 2019 8:00am-12:00pm Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre 1088 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 2R9 Canada For more details or to sign up, see: Wikipedia edit-a-thon at "Atla Annual Meeting" in Vancouver, British Columbia. For security reasons everyone attending the edit-a-thon must pre-register with Atla here or on our Vancouver Meetup page by May 31st. For questions, please contact: Dzingle1

Dzingle1 (talk) 02:39, 25 May 2019 (UTC)Dzingle1 (talk) 18:41, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

Pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

Established policy provides for removal of the administrative permissions of users who have not made any edits or logged actions in the preceding twelve months. Because you have been inactive, your administrative permissions will be removed if you do not return to activity within the next month.

Inactive administrators are encouraged to rejoin the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for reengaging with the project are available at Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators. If you do not intend to rejoin the project in the foreseeable future, please consider voluntarily resigning your administrative permissions by making a request at the bureaucrats' noticeboard.

Thank you for your past contributions to the project. — JJMC89 bot 00:06, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

Imminent suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

Established policy provides for removal of the administrative permissions of users who have not made any edits or logged actions in the preceding twelve months. Because you have been inactive, your administrative permissions will be removed if you do not return to activity within the next several days.

Inactive administrators are encouraged to rejoin the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for reengaging with the project are available at Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators. If you do not intend to rejoin the project in the foreseeable future, please consider voluntarily resigning your administrative permissions by making a request at the bureaucrats' noticeboard.

Thank you for your past contributions to the project. — JJMC89 bot 00:01, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

Established policy provides for removal of the administrative permissions of users who have not made any edits or logged actions in the preceding twelve months. Because you have been inactive, your administrative permissions have been removed.

Subject to certain time limits and other restrictions, your administrative permissions may be returned upon request at WP:BN.

Thank you for your past contributions to the project. — xaosflux ^Talk 03:58, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:AngCOTM

Template:AngCOTM has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:12, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

File:Shelbourne Valley.jpg listed for discussion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Shelbourne Valley.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 19:47, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

CfD nomination at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 October 1 § Category:WikiProject X members

A category or categories you have created have been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 October 1 § Category:WikiProject X members on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Qwerfjkltalk 09:31, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

Nomination of Community of Nazareth for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Community of Nazareth is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Community of Nazareth until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

JMWt (talk) 10:39, 14 March 2024 (UTC)