User talk:Bearian

[] They are assuming incorrectly that all Icelanders were Norse, which is not the case. See Special:Diff/1337901067 where they change many instances of "Norse" to "Norse Icelanders". Thanks. Doug Weller talk 10:11, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

Doug Weller, Gently remind them as such: "After 25 years, everybody knows that we have never published original research or anything close to it as synthesis. There is no scholarship that we know of says Icelandic, so it's new content. There are lots of other places on the Internet where you can post your ideas, but you're not allowed to share it here. It violates what we do, and powerful interests (Trump, Musk, Modi, etc.) want to use your violation as an excuse to shut us down." Bearian (talk) 14:41, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

You think I should post that? Doug Weller talk 15:47, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

Inuits were and are there! Inuits are in Greenland, but not Iceland (although there are some mixed citizens). Erasing them is seriously wrong.^[1] The Icelanders are actively opposing Trump's colonial and imperial pretensions. This is just an ill-disguised extension of Terra nullius and an attack on Iceland, Greenland and Denmark's relationship — all of which are recognized and protected by treaties with the United States. I think you should post it. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:08, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

I’ll rush to do that. Doug Weller talk 17:41, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

• Thank you for your thoughts. Bearian (talk) 16:53, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

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WP:THREE has been very helpful ever since I've been partially allowed back into XFD. I like that, keep referencing it. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 16:49, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

ETA: Also, turns out the prod and prod2 were removed from Gooseworx (artist) without comment, so they actively ignored what you said. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 17:53, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

I'm often ignored by students, clients, relatives, and Internet randos, even though I passed the New York Bar exam on the first try and also have a masters in science education and real life experiences. I work for the long game, which with the help of Her Majesty Queen Karma, always wins. Bearian (talk) 18:04, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

Since your {{unreferenced}} tag was the only reason I found it, you deserve significant credit for the discovery at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jacob Isaacson, and I thought you might be interested! Thanks for all your work prepping tags for the coming backlog. Cheers, Suriname0 (talk) 22:52, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Might be sources at Grokopedia. He has a fairly large article there. I don't have time now to address this. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 23:00, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

That Grok article is about a different person, but hilariously it does include some details from our hoax Wikipedia article, including going to high school posthumously! Suriname0 (talk) 23:12, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Okay. Sorry to have diverted you. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 01:31, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

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Hi Bearian, I noted that you have unPRODded this page, with the comment "Deprod: Has at least the minimum three sources necessary for a prima facie case of notability". I was surprised because I could not find any. Most of the refs are to her own pages or interviews, or reviews of her books, but I couldn't see anything that would make her notable in her own right. If I'm not doing this right (PROD), can you let me know. Many thanks Blackballnz (talk) 07:50, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

That may be true, but there are citations to New York Times, Washington Post, Publishers Weekly etc. That's literally three best sources. The cruft can get edited out. Bearian (talk) 12:26, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

There are three solutions to your concerns, Blackballnz:

1. Tag the offending article, which is what I did. It took me about 3 minutes and 8 calories.
2. Cut out, copy edit, edit down, stubify all the poorly written and sourced content. That might take some energy, concentration, and time.
3. Take the issue to WP:AfD. This is a technically complicated process that I only use once every few months, but some people use tools to make it easier.

I don't have any personal issue one way or the other. I don't read romance novels, but I don't judge people who do so. I am just cleaning up old tags. Happy editing! Bearian (talk) 12:38, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

P.S. I used to be really into Cons and Cosplay. I've been to 3 World Cons, dozens of regional cons, was President of a local SF club, and won "Most Humorous Costume" at Bubonicon one year. Bearian (talk) 12:43, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

Thanks @Bearian You're right that there are citations to some very reputable sources, but clicking in to them only shows, at best, that particular books exist (and have been well reviewed, or are selling well). There is literally nothing about the writer as a person (which is needed for BLP) apart from in self-published sources. I'll take this one to AfD.

I've just spent a long time bringing List of literary adaptations of Pride and Prejudice up to scratch - it was previously a mess of unreferenced fan fiction (and I've probably been quite generous keeping some of it in). During that time I've noticed that a lot of BLP articles about romance writers are almost wholly unsourced to reputable sources (while they might have appeared in a NY Times bestseller list), and I'm planning to PROD some of them. So you may see these, but be assured that I've looked closely at the references.

FYI I also don't read romance novels, and don't judge those who do. Blackballnz (talk) 18:45, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi Bearian, While going through Feb. 2025 unref. category, I found this one. A minor FYI; there were no Talk WPs so I added "Schools" and "China" there. Hope that will bring interested editors to improve, otherwise, my first thought was Prod/AfD. So will now wait a while on this one. Cheers, JoeNMLC (talk) 15:44, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

Prod it, @JoeNMLC. Bearian (talk) 21:12, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi - Today, did the "Prod" for this one. JoeNMLC (talk) 15:02, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

Sandbox pages aren't allowed to be in mainspace categories, not even temporarily. You may use them in disabled form, or you may leave them off the sandbox page and add them only when you're moving the content into an actual mainspace article, but there's absolutely no 24-hour dispensation for temporarily putting sandbox pages into categories that would group them with mainspace articles and thus be visible to end users. Bearcat (talk) 19:33, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Got it. Will do in the next few minutes. Bearian (talk) 20:27, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

I consider this to be vandalism. You couldn't even wait until I was finished with lunch? Bearian (talk) 20:29, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Sandbox content simply cannot stay in mainspace categories under any circumstances, and people on USERNOCAT cleanup do not have a responsibility to give your sandbox content any special dispensations that aren't also being given to anybody else's sandbox content. I'm not psychic, so I have no way of knowing whether you're "on lunch" or doing something else, and no way of knowing how much longer the page will stay in the category or how many readers will see it there in the meantime — so the job of USERNOCAT is "get all sandbox pages out of categories now", not "get most sandbox pages out of categories now but give some other sandbox pages special dispensations to stay in categories for some indeterminate amount of extra time just because the creator might be on lunch". (The rules of USERNOCAT cleanup, incidentally, also do not require anybody to ask you for permission to remove categories from your sandbox pages — the job is "remove categories now", not "go around asking everybody for permission to remove categories later".)

And as for that draft you tried to throw at my userpage as some kind of gotcha, what mainspace category was involved there? Somebody uncommented a draft category meant for drafts, so what's that got to do with mainspace categories that mix drafts with articles? Bearcat (talk) 20:55, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Received. Bearian (talk) 20:58, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Welcome, welcome, welcome Bearian! I'm glad that you are joining the March 2026 drive! Please, have a cup of WikiTea, and go cite some articles.

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Apologies for my boilerplate reply on my talk page -- not sure how I mistook you for a new user. I appreciate you reaching out to me. tony 16:06, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Accepted: it's never a problem to be gently reminded of the rules. Bearian (talk) 16:10, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi Bearian, I have removed the BLPPROD tag from this article because a couple of sources were added, they're not secondary source coverage though so the article remains very poorly sourced and I've proposed deletion. AusLondonder (talk) 15:35, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

I did that once and was repeatedly flamed on my talk page, but okelely dokely. Bearian (talk) 15:46, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

Oh really? Why was that? WP:BLPPROD says "BLP articles may still be nominated for standard PROD if they do not meet BLPPROD criteria, or even if an article has previously been flagged for BLPPROD and declined." AusLondonder (talk) 16:01, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

You're not being stalked by Wikilawyers. Bearian (talk) 16:11, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi,

I hope you're having a good day. I just wanted to let you know that your deletion of my nickname portion of of Alcaraz was wrong, with various sources such as the official Spanish tourism site calling it by its nickname (aside from official documents, which have the real name for official reasons).

Sources: https://www.spain.info/es/lugares-interes/plaza-mayor-alcaraz/ (In Spanish)

https://turismoalcaraz.com/plaza-mayor-de-alcaraz/ (In Spanish).

Regards, Mycaeneangreecetuffboy (talk) 12:35, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

Sorry about that. My Spanish is poor. Bearian (talk) 12:54, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi,

It's fine.

Regards, Mycaeneangreecetuffboy (talk) 13:02, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

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Thanks. I fixed it. Bearian (talk) 23:37, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi Bearian, I noticed some of my errors being corrected by yourself lately so thank you for that! You put a deletion tag on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppy_Baskcomb and I've added a couple of sources which I think are reliable. Am I ok to remove that tag now? I've never done so before and I don't want to run afoul of any processes I'm not aware of. Thanks again. Itsaclarinet (talk) 04:43, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

@Itsaclarinet, please add at least one more citation to Poppy Baskcomb: ideally, every BLP should have at least 3 or 4 citations. Bearian (talk) 07:58, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) N.B. that the article has been draftified - it's now at Draft:Poppy Baskcomb. The policy for removing a BLPPROD tag is at: Wikipedia:Proposed deletion of biographies of living people § Objecting, which states: To be canceled, this process (when correctly initiated) requires the presence of at least one reliable source that supports at least one statement made about the person in the biography. Do not remove the {{prod blp/dated}} until the biography has at least one such source.. But, as Bearian says, it is good practice to try and add more citations than the minimum if you can. Cheers, SunloungerFrog (talk) 09:46, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the clarification. Bearian (talk) 09:48, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

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I feel like making an essay akin to WP:HAMMER or WP:ROT13 about how charting isn't a guaranteed indicator of notability, because it seems some editors still blindly cling to "they charted so they're notable, sources be damned". I'm thinking I might call it WP:WAYCROSS after Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Waycross (band), citing the other AFDs where charted artist got deleted anyway, and a couple of cases where I couldn't find anything at all on a charted artist. What say you? Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 13:58, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

I actually think that charting is a sign of notability, but it has to be a whole country, not Luxembourg. Go ahead and draft an essay. Thanks for asking. Bearian (talk) 14:02, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

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I proposed the deletion of this article. I do not believe she is a notable British barrister and she is just standard. Id invite your input Eugene-elgato (talk) 07:45, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

Made an edit to the History section of the page to standardize dates per Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers#Dates, months, and years. Emceeaich (talk) 00:47, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. Bearian (talk) 01:16, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

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Hi can you help me as all my NY Cosmos player pages i add, they are contesting. I see that you had removed the deletion for Tino Puentes, but now they put it to be voted on for deletion. thanks Elopez76

• • I will try. Bearian (talk) 17:05, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

Elopez76, don't complain here; make an argument at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tino Puentes, Bearian (talk) 18:15, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

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You're new here, so you might not know, Elopez76, that you're not supposed to ask unless they were previously involved or a few other exceptions. Bearian (talk) 16:25, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

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Hi, Bearian. :-) Could you advise or observe me at Talk:Kai Newkirk to ensure I don't cause trouble? Tom Haws (talk) 18:11, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

Hawstom, I just saw this. I think it's been redirected. Bearian (talk) 22:31, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

Talk:Kai Newkirk is still there with my request for help. :-) Tom Haws (talk) 03:54, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

Hawstom, I'm actually of the opinion that he's not notable. I'm also of the opinion to make good trouble here in Wikimedia. Bearian (talk) 10:36, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for your response. I beg you to please be patient and to be specific at Talk:Kai Newkirk. I understand that I was non-responsive for the original WP:PROD. I thought that organizing notably large mass civil disobedience arrests, leading multiple 100+ mile plus marches, and having 25 civil disobedience arrests over a long career was notable. 1) Is it? 2) Is better explanation and citation needed? Let's discuss there. Tom Haws (talk) 17:13, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

1) Maybe, Hawstom, but 2) yes: everything remotely controversial for a WP:BLP must be well-sourced. Bearian (talk) 18:37, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

2) Is it not? Do you have specific concerns? 3) Why are we discussing this here instead of Talk:Kai Newkirk? Has wikiculture changed in the many years I have been away? Can we move there? Thanks again for your work. Tom Haws (talk) 19:30, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

You came to me here. I prefer to keep discussing things in one place. My user page, my rules. Bearian (talk) 19:32, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

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Hello again :) I improved Barbara Martin Coppola and see that you added a tag to it last year regarding notability. Do my updates warrant the removal of this? PlainJane91 (talk) 06:49, 12 April 2026 (UTC)

PlainJane91, that's fine. Thank you! Bearian (talk) 19:32, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you! PlainJane91 (talk) 08:49, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi Bearian. I'm not quite sure that I follow your logic in those deprods. Do you believe any articles on Israeli subjects should never go through PROD? Does that apply to other contentious topics such as American politics? AusLondonder (talk) 14:40, 12 April 2026 (UTC)

Yes, for the immediate future. AusLondonder, you might not be aware of exactly how controversial Israeli politics has gotten here. Powerful people in Palm Beach and Texas want to use our supposed antisemitism and our alleged bias against Israel as an easy excuse to eliminate the WMF's charitable status (retroactively). That would destroy Wikipedia. We must be careful and completely above the board, at least until next January 2027. Have a field day after that, but for now, please don't use Proposed Deletion for these controversial topics; please use AfD. Bearian (talk) 19:39, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

I'm really not sure what sensationalist allegations of political bias have to do with proposing articles for deletion due to notability concerns. AusLondonder (talk) 08:23, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

Let me be blunt: Trump, Musk, ADL, and Cruz have explicitly said that they want to eliminate the WMF tax exemption, citing bias specifically against Israel. They will be forced into the political minority in January 2027, so please hold off until then, so as not to give them any ammunition. At least if we debate it at AfD, it looks better and we can have evidence of processes that rebut bias. I have a whole essay about it with links at User:Bearian/Portfolio, under my concerns. Bearian (talk) 14:15, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

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Sorry, but I've been very busy in real life, Scientelensia. Bearian (talk) 19:53, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

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Thanks for tagging the color framing article. I've quickly added some citations for the most important points in the article, and tweaked the wording a bit to clarify some points. It's a remarkably obscure topic nowadays, having been rendered completely obsolete since the advent of digital timebase correctors in the 1980s. Ideally, these cites will be improved later by others to point to more authoritative sources. — The Anome (talk) 10:32, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you The Anome. I literally manufactured mother boards for a summer job in 1988, so I know how it feels to be obsolete. Bearian (talk) 11:28, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

I've now made some pretty substantial changes to the article including vastly improved sourcing, and I think it's in fairly good shape now. If you'd like to review it, you'd be welcome. — The Anome (talk) 11:40, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

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Thank you so much! Bearian (talk) 03:01, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi, just to let you know that {{prod2}} exists for where a PROD is already open and you’re endorsing it :) Danners430 _{tweaks made} 16:38, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

Yes, I knew that, but I made a typo. Thanks for alerting me Danners430. Bearian (talk) 17:13, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

There's a special place in Hull for the inventor of autocorrect! Danners430 _{tweaks made} 17:13, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi! I’ve come across your work on Wikipedia and really appreciate the care and consistency you bring to editing. Quick question: how do you usually handle multiple reliable sources supporting the same point without cluttering the article? Thanks for any guidance! Vincentvarc (talk) 19:41, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you. Add in what you think are the three best sources: use WP:THREE as a guide, Vincentvarc. For the actual guidelines on reliable sources, see WP:RS – these include mainstream media, most government websites, textbooks, and any newspaper of record. For what are unreliable sources, see Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources; examples are Fox News, the New York Post, British "tabloids," political parties and partisan activists, blogs like Daily Kos and Wired, podcasts, social media platforms, personal websites, and Forbes, which should be used with caution. Please note that sometimes it's a "depends": examples are People and the ADL. For banned sources, see Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources: these are spam and, depending on your browser, might be blocked by Wikipedia. Happy editing! Bearian (talk) 20:11, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your input. May I show you an article I am working on, that I have been told the sources come across as “citebombing”? Vincentvarc (talk) 09:59, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

If it comes across as citebombing, then it is, because perception is everything. I'm not doing any more reviews of new articles, having been "flamed" repeatedly. Bearian (talk) 10:01, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

I understand why that would be frustrating. Would you be open to just taking a quick look, nothing formal, just a brief glance? Your eye for detail is always really valuable, so even a small bit of input would mean a lot. Vincentvarc (talk) 10:20, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi, Bearian. Wondering if you can advise here as a more experienced AfC reviewer than I am. I've just declined Draft:Myint Myint Khin, and this has led to the text [[Category:AfC submissions by date/<0030Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:08:00 +0000202641 2026-04-28T13:08:00+00:00Tuesdaypm0000=error>EpTue, 28 Apr 2026 13:08:00 +0000UTC00000820264 UTCTue, 28 Apr 2026 13:08:00 +0000Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:08:00 +00002026Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:08:00 +0000: 17773816804Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:08:00 +0000UTC2026-04-28T13:08:00+00:0020261408117UTC28 pu42026-04-28T13:08:00+00:0030upm300820264 2026-04-28T13:08:00+00:0001pmTue, 28 Apr 2026 13:08:00 +0000pm2026-04-28T13:08:00+00:0030UTCTue, 28 Apr 2026 13:08:00 +0000 &qu202630;:&qu202630;.</0030Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:08:00 +0000202641>April 2026|Myint Myint Khin]] appearing after the decline. When editing this page, I can't see anything resembling that to remove or edit. Would you have any idea what's happened? I don't want to cause confusion to the submitter, who is a new editor. Thanks. Tacyarg (talk) 08:36, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

Yes, I used to review new articles, Tacyarg, but I've been "flamed" too many times for me to get involved again with that side of editing any more. Sorry. Bearian (talk) 09:51, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, Bearian. Tacyarg (talk) 09:56, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

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You're welcome, Metallurist. It's absurd sometimes. Bearian (talk) 09:53, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

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