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Regardless of our obvious difference in opinion, comments like these [1], are not in line with Wikipedia's policy on not making personal comments against other editors, or policy on keeping it civil and assuming good faith from other editors. "editors like you"? In any case, I said my piece. The reason I reverted you was because, like I commented, in the past, editors discussed it and found agreement that it was more appropriate for the main body of the article. But if you want to go against that, have it your way. I am not interested in arguing and find it tedious. Happy editing. EkoGraf (talk) 16:24, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@EkoGraf Can you explain how calling out WP:TENDENTIOUS editing is "personal"? TylerBurden (talk) 20:39, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I was referring to your comments such as "editors like you" which makes it personal. As for accusing an editor of being biased from the start without trying to actually first discuss an issue, it shows lack of assuming good faith from other editors. In any case, like I said, I reverted you because there was previous editor consensus in this regard (which has been reaffirmed by a third editor). The proper course of action would have been to initiate an RfC if you disagreed, which you have now (thank you), instead of making accusations from the start. Cheers and good luck! EkoGraf (talk) 00:30, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yea ok, go have fun with your "track a nazi" list, mr neutral. TylerBurden (talk) 18:44, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Why did you remove my contribution on Old Norse?

Hi, I have a question about a contribution I made on Old Norse, that you partly removed.

I had simply added the fact that Övdalian was the most conservative descendant of Old Norse, since it had retained elements that even Icelandic does not have. I was right, and I quoted sources. Moreover, I did not remove the paragraph about Icelandic being so conservative that it allows its speakers to read 12th century sagas in their original (latinized) spellings, meaning I only added information.

This contribution is relevant to the topic of the page, and I would like to undo it, but before I proceed, I want to understand what made you do it.

Sincerely, Qtoub. Qtoub (talk) 09:23, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Qtoub Hello, that article is as you can see about Old Norse, in particular the lead is only meant for the most crucial information from the body of the article, and there is no mention of Övdalian at all in it. While it may be true and an interesting fact, it would be information better suited for the Övdalian article, which already seems to go into some depth about modern connections with Old Norse.

The relevant guidelines for this would be WP:LEAD and WP:DUE. TylerBurden (talk) 19:06, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, this still raises a question.

If there is no mention of Övdalian on the Old Norse article, how could somebody trying to get information on Wikipedia about Old Norse's descendants find out about Övdalian?

I see this lack of information on Övdalian as a big issue, and I would love to hear what your solution to it may be.

Regards, Qtoub. Qtoub (talk) 09:56, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A simple way could be to add a link to Övdalian on the Old Norse article, there is also a "Modern descendants" section where it could be mentioned. TylerBurden (talk) 18:17, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I will do it, thank your for your answer Qtoub (talk) 09:14, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

UALosses

Hello, I was just wondering as to why you said: "UALosses doesn't exactly seem like WP:RS given the website itself guarantees errors" as a comment on your edit to the article, Kursk offensive (2024–2025). The article, Casualties of the Russo-Ukrainian War says, "According to the UALosses project started at the end of 2023, found to be reliable by Mediazona, Meduza, the Book of Memory group and BBC News Russian, themselves also running projects tracking military fatalities in the conflict". Furthermore, UALosses isn't on the deprecated sources list. I'm just confused about what you meant by your comment on your edit. If I am missing anything here please let me know. Lazarbeem (talk) 23:02, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Lazarbeem I checked the site itself and its about section, which noted guaranteed errors given the scope, but if its data is considered generally reliable by other established sources then it seems to check out, thanks for letting me know. I'll add it back.

Just a sidenote, when you add a reference to an article (like you did with UALosses), you can use a simple tool like Citer to quickly and automatically format the reference, saving it from being a WP:BAREREF. TylerBurden (talk) 15:50, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Lazarbeem Actually I might be missing something but when I went to add it back, I can't find Kursk as a selectable region, so where is that data? The URL you added simply links to soldiers without other specifications. TylerBurden (talk) 15:56, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Above the page number there's a little box labeled "Category". When its clicked on it expands. The options on it are: Battle of Mariupol, Battle of Bakhmut, Battle of Krynky, Kursk Operation, and July 2022 Chasiv Yar strike. Lazarbeem (talk) 16:56, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, got it. TylerBurden (talk) 17:01, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding New Sweden Revert

I reverted the change you made and added more neuance, I'm attempting to show the change between the Swedish spelling of the towns mentioned and their current English counterparts.

When the towns and forts were founded they used the Swedish spelling, the spot I changed talks about how the "Swedish names" are retained by some towns, so I wanted to show that the spelling isn't the same as it was at their foundation (for example Kristina > Christiana and Uppland > Upland).

Christiana was named after the Swedish Queen at the time, Queen Kristina, and Upland was originally named after the Swedish region of Uppland.

Hopefully this helped clarify things. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MeadeIndeed (talk • contribs) 19:43, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]