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Are you still active here? How can I get in touch with you? Antrodemus (talk) 22:45, 6 February 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Antrodemus (talk • contribs) 10:23, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

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Fictions

The term is "fiction", not "fictions". Prhartcom (talk) 18:29, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Hi, and thanks for commenting! I created Category:Interactive fictions as a "set category" for the fictional works, as opposed to the "topic category" Category:Interactive fiction. The plural "interactive fictions" is used in some published sources[1][2][3], and it's in Wiktionary (not added by me). However, it's true that "fiction" is usually a non-count noun. Do you think "Interactive fiction works" or "Works of interactive fiction" would be an improvement? EALacey (talk) 19:03, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply! I think you convinced me to leave it alone. The Wiktionary entry was convincing (although the following example is for a different kind of fiction than what we're talking about: "The company’s accounts contained a number of blatant fictions.") Even the Wikipedia article on fiction says "these kinds of fictions" one time (although it uses fiction as an uncountable noun a few other times). And I see what you mean how "set categories" are always plural. Prhartcom (talk) 19:19, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Personally, I can't stand "Interactive fictions". I prefer "Works of interactive fiction". Ntsimp (talk) 14:34, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

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Proteus

When you say based on the article, do you mean the Wikipedia page itself? The article itself cannot be used as a source. I've made that mistake multiple times before I was finally told it can't be used. Here's why: "Wikipedia articles (and Wikipedia mirrors) are not reliable sources for any purpose" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources. It's under the section describing primary, secondary, and tertiary sources.Dohvahkiin (talk) 14:30, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

Yes, I'd seen that the Wikipedia page described Proteus as having an open world and hadn't noticed that the sources cited didn't cover this statement. EALacey (talk) 14:45, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

Discussion on Layla Moran talk page

There is a rather spirited discussion currently ongoing at Talk:Layla Moran#Domestic Violence. Seeing as you are an experienced editor that recently edited the page, I would appreciate if you could chime in with your view, in the interests of finding a consensus one way or the other. Domeditrix (talk) 09:43, 6 April 2019 (UTC)

Alexandra Phillips MEP and Alexandra Phillips MEP

Hello. I noticed you'd edited a page on a newly elected UK MEP who could be confused with one with an identical name. I think some of the disambiguation issues have been resolved, but there is a question of titling one or both pages. I'd like to invite you to comment at Talk:Alexandra L. Phillips#Title_of_article_-_proposed_move. --Cedders^tk 21:34, 27 May 2019 (UTC)

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Hippo (Greek woman)

@EmphasisMine According to the edit history of the Hippo (Greek woman) page, you were the one who added the "Primary sources" (Livy, Plutarch, and Valerius Maximus). However, I have checked Livy and Plutarch and could not find any mention of Hippo's story. Where did you find these "Primary sources"?

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This was from 2008, so I don't exactly remember the details, but I don't believe I would have added those references without citing specific books of Livy or Plutarch. From the edit history, I think what happened was that:

1. An early version of the article was based on Boccaccio, although it included a reference to Valerius Maximus.
2. The article was massively expanded by an editor who has since been banned, but their version has since been removed from the history for copyright reasons. I think this was when the references to Livy and Plutarch were added.
3. I edited the article to remove material I considered "entirely irrelevant", and that happens to be the first version remaining after the deleted version. I probably left the Primary Sources section as it was without checking it (although perhaps I might have moved Boccaccio from Primary to Secondary Sources).

So I'm not vouching for the accuracy of the references to Livy and Plutarch, and I certainly don't object to them being removed if you've found they don't actually mention Hippo. It's likely that the whole article should be reviewed for accuracy. EmphasisMine (talk) 22:58, 10 March 2025 (UTC)