User talk:MagicatthemovieS

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Can you add a listing?

Hi - I figured out how to enter this request directly. Can you please remove this from your talk page entirely? Very sorry - newbie here!

I've never reached out before, but I am hoping you can help with an edit to this page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monuments_and_memorials_removed_during_the_George_Floyd_protests

Under the section, 1.5 - Removals under consideration.

Michigan - The Allendale Township board will vote on June 30, 2020, on whether to keep a statue depicting a Confederate and Union soldier standing back to back with a young slave crouched down between them.

Here is an article:
https://www.woodtv.com/news/ottawa-county/protesters-demand-confederate-statue-to-be-removed/

And another article:
https://www.woodtv.com/news/ottawa-county/twp-sup-board-plans-to-keep-confederate-soldier-statue/

Thank you for your efforts to help keep people well informed!

@Concerned BLM: If the statue will remain, it probably shouldn't be mentioned in an article about statue removal. Thanks so much for reaching put to me!MagicatthemovieS (talk) 02:06, 29 June 2020 (UTC)MagicatthemovieS[reply]

Hi - Understood, but I only put it in the reference in the section "1.5 Removals under consideration" which has similar listings of things that are up for votes. FYI - I don't know how to ping or delete this exchange on your talk page, but I'd like to delete, if possible?

Hi :)

Hi there, MagicatthemoviesS! (I like your username by the way :) My username is Littlecucumber! I just wanted to say hello. :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Littlecucumber (talk • contribs) 00:25, 12 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"in art"

Please note that by strong convention, "art" and "artist" are restricted in WP categories to visual art. Thanks, Johnbod (talk) 17:18, 13 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Merry!

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2020!

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January 2020

Before adding a category to an article, as you did to Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon, please make sure that the subject of the article really belongs in the category that you specified according to Wikipedia's categorization guidelines. Categories must also be supported by the article's verifiable content. Categories may be removed if they are deemed incorrect for the subject matter. I didn't see any information in the article listing this as a "natural horror" film, nor did Allmovie list it as such, nor did List of natural horror films list this film. DonIago (talk) 06:38, 2 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize pages by deliberately introducing incorrect information, as you did at Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon, you may be blocked from editing. Given that I notified you about this previously and you proceeded to make essentially the same edits, I'm forced to assume you're now intentionally inserting this erroneously. DonIago (talk) 14:27, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Doniago: This was legit an accident on my part. I forgot about our conversation.MagicatthemovieS (talk) 14:37, 13 January 2020 (UTC)MagicatthemovieS[reply]

I'm Yours (Jason Mraz song)

Hi. Star Tribune review says "Mraz, well, he would never hurt you. That's been clear for years, but never more so than on his 2008 hit "I'm Yours," one of the most indelible pop songs of the last decade. "I'm Yours" found an unlikely counterpart in "Hey, Soul Sister," released the following year by the band Train. Both were expressions of fealty, and both indicated the continuing vitality of maligned soft rock."

New York Times review also the same description "“I’m Yours” found an unlikely counterpart in “Hey, Soul Sister,” released the following year by the adult-contemporary rock band Train. Both were expressions of fealty, both used ukulele (or, at least, very tightly strung guitar), and both indicated the continuing vitality — if not originality — of soft rock, a genre maligned to the bones but stubborn."

~~The same staff writer recalls "both artists" and it's about Jason's and Train's artistry in music, not about both single songs (I guess).~~ 2402:1980:24E:2ED8:8E10:743F:4722:2B9A (talk) 11:54, 16 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

~~I added a ref which is New York Times rather than Star Tribune in Jason Mraz page infobox. What do you think?~~ 2402:1980:824D:35C4:BAD:F9FC:4A88:8C5C (talk) 08:01, 17 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry. I misread. The staff writer says "both used ukulele" and "both indicated the continuing vitality of maligned soft rock" refers to both songs. My apologies. 2402:1980:251:EF45:95D7:ACFC:195D:6725 (talk) 16:31, 17 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

March 2020

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Shout at the Devil

Regarding this edit [1], Satanism and obscenity are two very different things. Satanisn deals with idealogical and philosophical beliefs, while obscentiy deals with acts deemed offensive, typically of a sexual nature. Not the same things at all. If you insist on edit warring over this, please provide reliable sources that will confirm your point of view. Otherwise, dispute resolution will be sought. Continued edit warring on your part will result in a loss of your editing privileges. Enjoy your day. SolarFlash^Discussion 15:04, 6 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Request

In Can't Get You Out of My Head, I added ref says dance-pop which is more accurate than dance music which is an umbrella term. However that user added again a sourced genre and says "Added again a sourced genre, previously removed without reason". I don't really know what to say with edit summary. 2402:1980:8284:3263:DA2A:8282:C9D6:FD25 (talk) 17:54, 7 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Logo designer

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British usage

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Move of Stalin's cult of personality

I reverted your undiscussed move of this article to Joseph Stalin's cult of personality, as "Joseph" is entirely extraneous. No one else is being referred to by "Stalin". Beyond My Ken (talk) 23:10, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

add people died in Office? Categories missed

Klement Gottwald Antonín Zápotocký President of Czech who died office.

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk President of Turkey who died office.

Prime Minister of India who died in office. Missing Jawaharlal Nehru Lal Bahadur Shastri

Francisco Solano López Luis María Argaña President of Paraguay who died in office.

President of Liberia who died of office William Tubman William Tolbert

President of Guinea who died in office. Ahmed Sékou Touré Lansana Conté

President of Algeria who died in office. Houari Boumédiène Mohamed Boudiaf Ryan Pikachu (talk) 18:43, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Another people who died in office missing.

President of Uruguay who died in office. Tomás Berreta Óscar Diego Gestido Juan Idiarte Borda

Prime Minister of Romania who died in office. Patriarch Miron of Romania Armand Călinescu

Prime Minister of Poland who died in office. Władysław Sikorski

Prime Minister of Nepal who died while in office. Bir Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana Chandra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana Bhim Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana

President of Philippines who died in office. Manuel Roxas

President of Peru who died in office. Miguel de San Román Remigio Morales Bermúdez Manuel Candamo Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro

President of Angola who died in office. Agostinho Neto

President of Niger who died in office. Seyni Kountché Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara Ryan Pikachu (talk) 19:52, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Ballad

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I thought I would let you know that your message about "Closed on Sunday" being a ballad was accidentally posted on the GA review page instead of the article's talk page, though I moved it for you; in the future, remember not to click the edit link on the GA review section of the talk page because that leads to editing the review. --K. Peake 10:44, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nathanael

I see that Nathanael (disciple of Jesus) was moved to Nathanael (follower of Jesus). John 21:2 says "Together were Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, Zebedee’s sons,* and two others of his disciples." This would seem to suggest that Nathanael was also a "disciple", if not necessarily an apostle. Manannan67 (talk) 00:52, 7 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(Don't Fear) The Reaper

Hi MagicatthemovieS, I'm writing you this message to inform you that Blue Oyster Cult's "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" was recorded in 1975. Produced by M. Krugman, S. Pearlman, and D. Lucas. I have the essential Blue Oyster Cult CD compilation produced by Bruce Dickinson. Authored by Tom Terrell. Released in 2003. It has liner notes with a list of songs showing release dates and also showing recording dates. I viewed "(Don't Fear) The Reaper, and I looked at the recording date, it said 1975. And I also watched Blue Oyster Cult being interviewed on the subject of "(Don't Fear) The Reaper," on you tube, they said it was recorded in 1975. So on Wikipedia, the single, "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" shows 1976 on the recording date. So on the Wikipedia recording date, it needs to show 1975 instead of 1976. I'm just bringing that to your attention. Sincerely, Hinkgoyd. September 7, 2020. 11:47 PM. Eastern Time. Hinkgoyd (talk) 03:47, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

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both people moved to Poland.

can update wiki burial for Henryk Floyar-Rajchman and Ignacy Matuszewski November 18, 2016 both are travel to poland and December 10, 2016, they are buried at Powązki Military Cemetery archiwum.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/283949,Officers-who-saved-Polish-gold-in-WWII-buried-in-Warsaw https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacy_Matuszewski#/media/Plik:Ignacy_Matuszewski,_Henryk_Floyar-Rajchman_(gr%C3%B3b)_01.jpg Ryan Pikachu (talk) 20:26, 31 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Virgil/Vergil

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"Home studio"

Please revert your "home studio" category additions to Radiohead articles.

These albums weren't recorded in home studios. They were recorded with recorded equipment set up temporarily in unoccupied houses. That's not the commonly understood definition of a "home studio".

Additionally, it's misleading to categorise OK Computer as a concept album when the album itself discusses how this label is disputed. Popcornfud (talk) 20:28, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Unsourced categories

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Adding unsourced "imposter" category

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Non-defining categories

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Cat: Conservatism in the United States

Why is this category redundant that you're removing it from articles? Beyond My Ken (talk) 06:13, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Beyond My Ken: It's not redundant in and of itself. Sometimes, however, an article belongs to a subcategory of "Conservatism in the United States" so there's no need to use that more general category.

On the basis of what sub-cat are you making these removals? Please stop your edits until this is cleared up. Beyond My Ken (talk) 06:15, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the category if one of the many subcats of "Conservatism in the United States" is there. There are quite a few.

@Beyond My Ken: Are we on the same page here?

Yeah, I guess. Beyond My Ken (talk) 19:18, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Trying to remember to do this always!MagicatthemovieS (talk)MAgicatthemovieS

Flag of Florida

Just a quick heads up I rolled back your section header change about the Flag of Florida. I spent some time carving through newspaper archives last year trying to find information about the history of the flag. I don't think there's been much debate about the topic. Not enough to justify calling it "confederate debate." Thanks! Happy editing. - Nemov (talk) 20:34, 5 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Nemov:Is there a heading that's more descriptive than "Additional perspectives?" That phrase is very vague.MagicatthemovieS (talk) 20:38, 5 October 2021 (UTC)MagicatthemovieS[reply]

Good question. A broader question could be asked is the section even necessary? The entire idea that the flag is based off the confederate flag comes from one source, a book that appears to lump Florida in with other Southern states who were most definitely using the confederate flag as inspiration. No historian in Florida has been able to make the connection and there's nothing in the written record to support it either. That's why I'm at the very least hesitant to call it a debate. It really is a perspective. - Nemov (talk) 20:47, 5 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi. "Melted Stone" is a copyright holder, also #Release_and_promotion, on second paragraph. And I don't think it's a label but hoping you could help. 183.171.115.201 (talk) 17:04, 3 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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An artist self-describing their own work is not a reliable source for genres. Also the album is not out yet so it is too early to say for sire >> Lil-unique1 (talk) — 14:27, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Unexplained removal of racism category

Why are you removing that category from many pages where it is clearly relevant? When I reverted the removal from White privilege you reverted back rather than taking it to the talk page per WP:BRD. Among the other pages where you removed that category: Anti-Japanese sentiment in the United States, Anti-Chinese sentiment in the United States, Racial bias in criminal news in the United States, Angry white man, Blackface in contemporary art, Blackface, Rugby union and apartheid, Eurocentrism, White supremacy, Racial antisemitism. NightHeron (talk) 08:31, 9 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Because it's redundant in a lot of places because they include more specific categories that fall under the racism category MagicatthemovieS (talk) 12:27, 9 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Looking specifically at White privilege, there are now 7 categories listed. The category "White privilege" (which coincides with the title of the article) is a subcategory of all of the other 6 categories and falls under each of them. So by the same logic we could remove everything but the "White privilege" category, which is the most specific one.

The Wikipedia policy on this allows for exceptions (see WP:ALLINCLUDED). Frankly, I don't completely understand what the term "non-diffusing" is supposed to mean. Hopefully it means that if the larger category is not really redundant but conveys relevant information about the topic, then it can stay. In any case, maybe this should be discussed at an appropriate venue and a consensus reached before you make wholesale removals of the "Racism" category from many pages. Thanks. NightHeron (talk) 13:34, 9 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Eugenics in the United States

Why did you remove the Racism in the United States category from Eugenics in the United States, and mark it as a "redundant category" in the edit summary? Netherzone (talk) 02:20, 12 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Netherzone:The article is already under the category "Eugenics in the United States" which is a subcategory of "Racism in the United States," making the latter category redundant.MagicatthemovieS (talk) 02:24, 12 September 2022 (UTC)MagicatthemovieS[reply]

Ezra Miller

Hi there, wanted to avoid an edit war. Thank you for sourcing your edit on Ezra Miller’s page. I wanted to clean up the sentence structure a bit and make sure the arrests weren’t mixed up with allegations etc. This included removal of the identifying as Devil, Jesus, Messiah as this is something only currently sourced in one article and will be better at home in the controversy section. I also kept it just as arrests for now as the structure of the sentence on to the child grooming didn’t flow well (accused used twice in the sentence) and I was also unsure why that one was specified over the other allegations as well (kidnapping, housing weapons, inappropriate relationships with various women and cult-like behaviour). Allegations I think will be better at home for now in the controversy section for now until we get a clearer idea on this whole thing. I hope that makes sense and as always I am happy to discuss further! I have also opened this up to discussion on the articles ‘talk’ page. Thank you for your edits and thanks again for sourcing! Bottomlivefan95 (talk) 22:25, 20 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Improper categories

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WP:POVCAT additions

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Categories at Mother Teresa

i've reverted your edit to mother teresa – I originally came to your article to ask you why this category was added, but I've just found the article used to support this category.

Having read the WSJ article on her worship by some residents of Calcutta despite their being Hindu or Sikh, but also having had a look over Wikipedia's policies on categorisation, I don't think it's a defining characteristic of hers, and I don't think the category should be added to the article because of one reference with anecdotal testimonies.

I apologise that I didn't take the time to find the reference within the article before reverting, and I'd say your edit is in good faith; but I just don't think her veneration in Hinduism and Sikhism is notable enough to warrant a category.—Ineffablebookkeeper (talk) ({{ping}} me!) 23:37, 26 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Once again, please keep this in mind. I've had to revert an unsupported category yet again here. Throast ^{{{ping}} me!} (talk | contribs) 00:11, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Mussolini

...and in general, before deleting "redundant" categories, would be always good to read the article first. ;-) Ciao, Alex2006 (talk) 20:45, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Sources for The Embrace

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Redundant categories

What's this crap with removing Far-right categories on the pages of neo-fascist organizations? What's your motivation behind this? Are you gonna tell me fascism is left-wing or something? Synotia (moan) 09:16, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No, quite the opposite, it's a redundant category if they're already under neo fascist categories. MagicatthemovieS (talk) 15:26, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please elaborate. Synotia (moan) 15:36, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Fascism" is a subset of far-right politics, so if you put something in the "fascist" category, calling it "far-right" is redundant.MagicatthemovieS (talk) 18:30, 9 February 2023 (UTC)MagicatthemovieS[reply]

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Stop removing categories on several articles without consensus please

1 2 3 4 Your claim that the category Gun politics in the United States is "redundant" on related articles is unsupported, and could be viewed as WP:DIS. I suggest you utilize the talk pages to gain consensus for changes you want to make before making any future edits. DN (talk) 16:35, 18 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

See recent discussion...DN (talk) 20:17, 18 April 2023 (UTC) (edit -add better link showing and clarifying closure on this discussion regarding my concerns)DN (talk) 03:12, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ditto. Please STOP deleting category:Native American history from articles about Native American history. Yuchitown (talk) 00:19, 4 May 2023 (UTC)Yuchitown[reply]

You have also done this at 2023 Anheuser-Busch boycott and 2023 Target Pride Month merchandise backlash. Please stop. Glman99 (talk) 14:37, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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As followup to my comment at ANI, my guess is the guidance on gender subcategories is intended to apply to fictional characters as well with the exception of cases when were have equivalent subcategory for male category. When we don't, the same concerns are likely to arise i.e. the ghettoisation issue. Since there is no equivalent category for men, only men (and those who cannot be categorised as either e.g. non-binary) will stay in the main category, but not women which creates a bit of a questionable situation. While Category:Fictional Native American women does not note it is non diffusing this could easily have been just because no one added it. Likewise while Category:Fictional Native American people notes it's intended to be a container category, there's a fair chance that's intended to apply to the further categorisation by tribe and media type. In other words, I strongly suspect in cases where this cannot happen because there is no media type subcategory and the person's tribal affiliation isn't something made clear in the portrayal, both male and female characters are intended to stay in the main category, with female characters also added to the specific female subcategory. While it may seem the ethnicity subcategory issue would apply to diffusion into tribal affiliation, my guess is it does not since it's not considered important to categorise people who's tribal affiliation is known as Native American people. I could be wrong about all this as I'm not particularly involved in categorisation and especially not Native American categorisation. But I do know removal of women from a parent category just because they are in the women subcategory has been extremely controversial both within Wikipedia and outside so you really need to tread carefully if you're going to be doing that. The existence of a women category itself is often controversial, but as long as it exists, due care needs to be taken how to handle it. And as I also mentioned at ANI, being active in discussion when your changes are disputed should significantly improve your understanding of how to handle issues like this. Nil Einne (talk) 23:15, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Buffy is NOT Canadian

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DYK for Killing of Wadea al-Fayoume

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"Radical leftists"

MagicatthemovieS, I notice you removed direct quotes from Death of Nex Benedict and replaced these direct quotes with wikilinks [4] that seems to muddle one of the critical aspects of the Reactions section in this article. I think we can't presume to know what the speaker means by "radical leftists" and are not doing readers any favors by removing the direct quote and directing readers to a Wikipedia article that may or may not distort what the speaker intends. You also removed a direct quote with similar language [5]. From my view, this is a contentious label in American politics, and not appropriate to wikilink or adopt in wikivoice instead of quote in a contentious Reactions section, which is why I removed the wikilink and used direct quotes. We can discuss this further on the article talk page, but I wanted to bring this to your attention here first to check in about whether you are interested in reverting this change, or wished to further discuss it here. Thank you, Beccaynr (talk) 17:30, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

sources?

I would appreciate your help with identifying sources for this change to the lead [6], because the article does not seem to reflect this, but I would be happy to find the content and/or sources. There is a lot of content and sources to review. Thank you, Beccaynr (talk) 07:02, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I confused two different quotes from Walters for two different people. My bad. I responded to your other concern on the talk page.MagicatthemovieS (talk) 18:14, 1 March 2024 (UTC)MagicatthemovieS[reply]

Thank you - I also continued to consider the lead, and how much detail seems appropriate to include according to the article, MOS:LEAD, and WP:PROPORTION, and made an adjustment. Thanks again, Beccaynr (talk) 18:46, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Precious anniversary

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April 2024

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Is there a major typo?

I notice you recently edited page on Theodore N Kaufman. Is there a major typo in opening paras? Wouldn't he have called for sterilisation of Germans rather than Americans, which is what I just read. Regards

Nb, i dont know who would be responsible for typo, its just that ive never edited a page and randomly chose you to help

Wow, i just read on. That Kaufman was a strange guy. So, there is no typo. Apologies, JRJazzRewind (talk) 04:22, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Great work MagicatthemovieS! Andrzejbanas (talk) 17:23, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Regarding new religious movement leader, Amy Carlson

Hi, I wanted to discuss this revision so we can both try to understand where we're coming from. I can see why some might think she would belong in the new religious movement deities, however, I havn't, to my knowledge, ever heard of a human being being considered a deity. There are saints, priestesses, gurus, etc, but if you please send me some resources for this so i can better understand why she would belong in this category, I'd appreciate it. DNocterum (talk) 06:05, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

one suggestion I'd have is removing her from the mother and earth goddesses categories, but keeping her in the new religious movement deities category. DNocterum (talk) 06:06, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Terror Train

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RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent work on this one! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 00:18, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To Wong Foo categorization

Hi @MagicatthemovieS, I'm @Spectrallights. I restored the category of 1990s female buddy films to To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar. Although the leads characters are biologically male, they spend the majority of the film in their drag personas, present as women, and refer to themselves with female pronouns. Their characters are also referred to with female pronouns in the Legacy section. If you think I made a mistake or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Spectrallights (talk) 22:54, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Margaret Sanger

Please stop adding Sanger to the eugenist category. That was not by far where she was know for. The Banner talk 11:13, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding lead

Hi MagicatthemovieS, I added a few more sentences to the lead to make the lead a more complete summary in Jews in the Civil Rights Movement. I hope it is fine now. Thank you for your time! Homerethegreat (talk) 05:09, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not enough about criticismMagicatthemovieS (talk) 02:55, 18 July 2024 (UTC)MagicatthemovieS[reply]

Discussion about "Label" or "distributor"

Hi @MagicatthemovieS. In the recent discussion about the album release history table, Andrew318 said that those are distributors, not labels. So if you have any further comments as you wish, I will reply as soon as possible. Regards. 183.171.121.160 (talk) 14:17, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

July 2024

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Nice work on BAP

I'm on mobile, so I can't throw WikiLove here, but just imagine your favourite pastry or something. You did a good job! Ornov Ganguly TALK 12:32, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Les Mains d'Orlac

Hi! I have done a re-write on the article Les Mains d'Orlac that you are one of the more active major contributors too. As it was a bold re-write, I figured I'd approach you to make sure we have not lost any key information that we could potentially recover with stronger sources. I look forward to your input if you have any. Andrzejbanas (talk) 14:08, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You have done a lot for Wikipedia and I admire that a lot. From what I can tell, Dracula (1931) regularly gets placed on lists of the best horror films ever but the article for the Universal Dracula series gives the impression that it's been devalued since the 1950s. I would hope that the article would discuss all the acclaim it continues to receive. MagicatthemovieS (talk) 15:58, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dracula is complicated in nature. I have been working on User:Andrzejbanas/sandbox and have taken a break from it. In Both Skal's book on the film and Rhodes, the general consensus for decades has been what they authors suggested in retrospective reviews. While it sometimes gets placed on best-ofs lists, and I've seen it a good chunk, individual reviews tend to sway towards what it states in both books. There are some defenders, but the article is about the series in question, so I tried to only include reviews where they compare the films in quality to each other. I hope that clarifies things. Andrzejbanas (talk) 16:28, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

With all due respect, ignoring all the film's retrospective acclaim strikes me as reductive. Also, a film can be acclaimed while being considered stagy talky, especially if it's an early "talkie." MagicatthemovieS (talk) 17:18, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

With all due respect, ignoring all the film's retrospective acclaim strikes me as reductive. Also, a film can be acclaimed while being considered stagy talky, especially if it's an early "talkie." MagicatthemovieS (talk) 17:13, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not ignoring it, that's what the general comments are about the film. And this is a review of the series, not individual film. I can provide more context if you like.

"The fist time a serious critic tackled the 1931 film version seems to be have been October 1953 when George Geltzer published an article stating ""Today Dracula seems weak," "but its opening sequences of Count Dracula's castle still create an eerie atmosphere"...
William K. Everson's essay "Horror Films" in January 1954, , also praised the opening sequence, but damned the publication for being "plodding", "talkative". Rhodes notes that "Geltzer and Everson became the model for subsequent criticism." with Everson again stating in his book Classics of the Horror film (1974) that the film was "stilted" and "pedestrian"
Carlos Clarens in An Illustrated History of the Horror Film (1967) "a soon as the action moves to London, the picture betrays its origin on the boards, becoming talky, pedestrian and uncinematic."
John Brosnan, in The Horror People (1976) "a very static and talkative film, apart form the early scenes, set in Transylvania...Lugosi's perfomrance attracted praise, but seen today it seems too theatrical and even a little ludicrous."
Leslie Halliwell in The Dead Walk (1986) "[Dracula] has not maintained its original impact. That is is watchable at all is probably due to strange tricks which Bela Lugosi performs [...] the almost total absense of music doesn't help"
Tom Weaver in Universal Horrors (1990): "The flaws in Dracula are so self-evident that they are outlined in nearly ever critique: Only Lugosi freaks and the nostalgically inclined still go through the motions praising and defending the film.... [Browning] indulges in wearisome long takes"
David J. Skal in Hollywood Gothic (1991): "the first two reels are without question its stronges and provide the main reason for the films enduring fascination. The Transylvanian sequences have, however, been routinely overpraised in terms of their direction and cinematography"
Andrew Tudor in Monsters and Mad Scientists: A Cultural History of the Horror Movie (1989): "[Dracula's Critics] observe, rightly, that even by the standards of the day the film is slow and stagy..."
This isn't even going into the critics commenting on the props (fake spiders, bats on strings, a piece of cardboard mysteriously attached to a lamp (?), etc.) but generally speaking, I don't think we're ignoring anything. Andrzejbanas (talk) 18:02, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Some more for good measure from MetaCritic: here.

Pauline Kael, in the New Yorker: "directed by Tod Browning, was adapted from a play based on the Bram Stoker novel, rather than from the novel itself, and it becomes too stagey."
Dave Kehr, The Chicago Reader: "The opening scenes, set in Dracula's castle, are magnificent—grave, stately, and severe. But the film becomes unbearably static once the action moves to England"
Time Out: "Not by any means the masterpiece of fond memory or reputation, although the first twenty minutes are astonishingly fluid and brilliantly shot by Karl Freund, despite the intrusive painted backdrops."
ReelViews: "it is ragged around the edges, but the film's weaknesses are not enough to prevent it from being appreciated. Dracula is not scary; it's a little too campy and hokey to be so (especially by today's standards)"
Even Roger Ebert in his retrospective, while giving it a 4/4 rating, says ""Dracula” still a terrifying film, or has it become a period piece? The "most chilling, genuinely frightening film ever made,” vows the reference series Cinebooks. Perhaps that was true in 1931, but today I think the movie is interesting mostly for technical reasons--for the stylized performances, the photography, the sets." Andrzejbanas (talk) 18:13, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Do you mind if I replace the poster on the Orlac page with a file of the silent film adaptation? I think it might be more meaningful to give readers easy access to a film instead of showing them a poster. MagicatthemovieS (talk) 19:04, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

do you mean on the book article? No strong feelings either way, it couldn't hurt, I don't know how close it is to the novel and as the plot in the book section is a bit weak, I don't want users to think they are 1 for 1, but I suppose its probably fine. Andrzejbanas (talk) 19:10, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for taking the time to look at edits by the way on the book article. :) I keep looking at the video there and am half-kicking myself for not thinking of it earlier. (also, good catch on the dates as well. That was a dumb mistake on my part). Andrzejbanas (talk) 12:31, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I might go through the book so I can expand the article but I cannot find an online English translation. MagicatthemovieS (talk) 18:18, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Archive.org seems to have an English version here if you have an account there. Andrzejbanas (talk) 18:32, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tina Louise joining LaVeyan Satanism?

I have a question about the verifiability of this claim. You cite page 28 of the book "San Francisco Bizarro" by Jack Boulware as your source. Unfortunately, the preview I found of the book ended at page 26, and I have no interest in ordering a copy just to read one page. My question is what are the exact words in the book on this topic? Maybe I have not searched hard enough, but I cannot find any corroborating evidence that Tina Louise is a LaVeyan Satanist. What little I did read of the book seemed more like a sensational tourist attraction guide, and it hardly seemed like an authoritative enough source to officially list her as a Satanist. 76.14.244.107 (talk) 12:18, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"As the church grew, it attracted prominent celebrity members like Sammy Davis Jr., Jayne Mansfield, and Tina Louise." Marilyn Manson is a LaVeyan Satanist and his memoir, The Long Hard Road Out of Hell, also mentions that Louise is a LaVeyan Satanist.MagicatthemovieS (talk) 00:52, 24 September 2024 (UTC)MagicatthemovieS[reply]

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Just wanted to let you know, I have been working on expanding the article on the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre in a separate userspace so I can work uninterrupted. SO far it has been going well though I have slowed down on working on it. I saw you have been editing away at the main userspace and I thought you might be interested in working on it with me. If not I understand. Paleface Jack (talk) 23:44, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What are your goals for the expansion? MagicatthemovieS (talk) 07:19, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

MagicatthemovieSJust wanted to give you a heads up. I created a separate articles dealing with the Legacy and Analysis of the Texas Chain Saw film to ensure any edits don't bump into each other and cur down on the article length. Paleface Jack (talk) 23:38, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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October 2024 (2)

What are you doing with categories? Do you even know what articles you are adding to these categories? Even it wasn't for the apparent blind ignorance, I'd consider it vandalism. CAVincent (talk) 05:39, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thelema is not considered pagan by religious scholars

Please stop repeatedly adding pagan categories to Aleister Crowley. Modern religious scholars consider it a "revelatory" new religious movement. There was an incorrect statement in the article, sourced to a non-expert in a media article about Kenneth Anger, which I have now removed, yet you still insist on adding the category. The article on the religion itself, Thelema, does not categorize the religion as pagan either. I opened a section on the talk page, but you continue to revert my removal without discussing there. So please engage in discussion or desist. Thanks. Skyerise (talk) 13:51, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Please stop. If you continue to violate Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy by adding commentary and your personal analysis into articles, as you did at Alejandra Caraballo, you may be blocked from editing. Sariel Xilo (talk) 00:27, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent editing history at Alejandra Caraballo shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war; read about how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violati, ng the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you do not violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. Sariel Xilo (talk) 02:42, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi MagicatthemovieS, Glad to see you still here after a "somewhat rocky" Nov. 5. We certainly don't want to lose any of our more knowledgeable "liberal" editors, simply because of the election of one certain "clown!" He certainly wasn't the first clown to make life a little more "interesting," and he probably won't be the last.

We certainly need more folks around here who know about "clowns," so please stick around? Life is a cabaret my friend, everything's sorted in the end.

Kudos,

Lzoriogrande (talk) 20:16, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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December 2024

Hello, I'm Raladic. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, American Civil Liberties Union, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Raladic (talk) 05:57, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Genres

Hi there, could you clarify why you keep removing "ballad" from the genres of the page for "Cancer"? The page for music genre on Wikipedia calls a genre a "shared tradition or set of conventions", and I'm struggling to understand why "Piano ballad" does not fit this criteria; it details a set of conventions, and the argument you gave that "it could appear in various genres" could also be applied towards any broad genre like pop (there exists country pop, pop rock, folk pop, etc.). Thanks. Leafy46 (talk) 14:56, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Other Wiki pages NEVER put "ballad" in the genre section. MagicatthemovieS (talk) 18:03, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I know that this isn't the express purpose of this essay, given that it's about the deletion of a whole page as opposed to of a small detail, but that certainly sounds like a WP:OTHERSTUFFDOESNTEXIST argument. I can cite multiple sources where "piano ballad" is the sole descriptor of the song (and countless others simply labeling it a "ballad"), and I have found very little otherwise to assign a genre to "Cancer". There isn't an rule dictating that "piano ballad" cannot be a genre, so why not keep it if it improves the page?

Sources:

Leafy46 (talk) 19:09, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Doing a bit more reading, it looks like WP:SSE is the more appropriate essay to link here. While you may be correct about the precedent, I hope that the sources I've linked can still sway your opinion on this regard given that reliable sources call it as such and I don't see anything inherently wrong as classifying "piano ballad" as a genre per my explanation at the beginning. Leafy46 (talk) 19:15, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

1RR violation on Kamala Harris

You probably missed it, but Kamala Harris is under a WP:1RR restriction, which you violated with this series of edits ([7][8][9][10]). --Aquillion (talk) 21:30, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]