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3603: 3410: 842: 3632:? we have thousands of categories like this, most of them are of course nested in bigger categories. i was wondering why, say, Apple Computer's category was not categorized. i now think this is why some categories are not further categorized. I will go ahead and recategorize john lennon. do you know of any way to spot such fake dead end or top level categories? I found one, but lost it. (honestly, cant find it again!). i know about wikipedia:uncategorized categories, which is out of date. 3994: 31: 2456: 886: 3065: 3030: 1370: 3842: 3103: 3019: 1617: 3091: 2883: 2677: 1712: 2374: 367: 121: 3648:"eponymous categories", then we HAVE to use it more, and have to set guidelines about whether we want nonadministrative categories to stop before reaching a top level cat, and continue as administrative categories the rest of the way up. I think thats nuts, but so far we seem to be doing that a lot. Ill probably make a bunch of edits, and maybe start a discussion somewhere. thanks for caring. 2987:. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Multiple editors will have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions, so be sure to sign your answers. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. - 2741:. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Multiple editors will have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions, so be sure to sign your answers. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. - 1389:. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Knowledge. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Knowledge (see 493:

assumed the "tradition" of the elite events at Millrose, but apparently now Millrose is the high school/community meet and not at MSG. It wasn't in their self serving press release, I had to use the word displace as my more neutral analytical judgement. And obviously by getting into those meetings, I have some rank myself within USATF.

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events as I did at the WCs. My input will be tape delayed as they embargo feeds to the USA. Our Olympic Trials coming up in a couple of weeks might merit such activity, but we don't have the other staff with the same interest--obviously. We didn't even have a proper mention of our trials on WP until I wrote it a few years back.

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the medal template defaults to saying Olympic medal record. I should actually read the full results of an edit more often. You and I know, that's not appropriate in many cases (including the cited example). I don't know enough about templates to know how to fix this. Even the instructions do not

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Allowing editors to put navboxes in See also (perhaps tucked into a single "level one" navbox so it doesn't overwhelm the page) is a great idea. The problem, of course, is that so many experienced editors reject change simply because it is change. And heaven forbid that some articles have layout that

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I've experimented with things that are format driven here. My initial conclusion was to avoid doing that again. You are welcome to show me any shortcuts along the way. I learned Twinkle, it has been very useful vs the vandals. Seriously, how many idiots need to insert their name in place of Usain

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what are the odds that you care that it's an Olympic sport and so is taekwondo? I understand if you're reading about Olympic tennis and want to get to Olympic long jump--that seems reasonable. It just seems fantastical to me that anyone is using these to navigate between these sports due to the fact

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page, it was an attempt to show that New Year Ekiden is the informal name of one of two races that constitute the Japan Corporate Ekiden Championships (the women being in December, the men on new year's day). I also wanted to situate the two races in the context of their qualification rounds, which

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Yes I must admit, the its a disappointment to see a 98 year old tradition so willingly pushed aside. You'd think they'd try to work with each other. But I was in the highest level meetings at USATF and their spin was just to push the new meet (and cast the old one aside in ignoring it). They have

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I liked your idea about having a portal links tab on the main Knowledge page. This would increase viewer awareness about the existence of portals, and would very likely be conducive toward overall portal improvement. If more people become aware of the portals, then more people will likely contribute

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does not lead to confusion. It is enough to move the mouse over the flag to realize what nation belongs to the city. However I would not have problems to change the way of representing the city (even if this mode is used in most parts of wikipedia), just show me a discussion where the line that you

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Articles are supposed to cover the topic in general, not just its most recent incarnation. I thought the fact that two of the biggest foreign European markets (Russia and Italy) broadcast this meeting at a national level was something that was particularly interesting for an indoor meeting. This is

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Would it be possible to include MedalAs with output "Competed as" as an alternative to MedalCountry? While checking that this was still a problem I noticed that the medal box on "Jasna Šekarić" groups the countries rather strangely by separating them only for the Olympics. Should that be changed?

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My editing usually comes in strangely timed bursts. I get windows of waiting time on the computer amid other projects. Those projects might get bigger and my bursts might be fewer, but I won't disappear. Before that chaos starts, I should be available to write the analyses of the Olympic track

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Thanks, i suspected this was what had happened with your concerns. i too often leave a discussion, expecting that the necessary followup work will be done by closers, only to find loose ends when i return months later. This, however, needs a lot of work to fix up right. IF we really want this

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I left a note on the talk page about the IIHF rules for eligibility, together with an official source that may answer the 'gender' issue. Additionally the rules have some prohibitions for underage players, but I don't know if adding those details to the page are helpful, or just

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Thanks for the kind words, which is the only positive feedback I've gotten. The edit history was affected by the ever growing reports in a heckuvalot of sources. I also got accused of plagiarism by one of our esteemed admins, who was hallucinating (and I am trying to be

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However: In the Bios of the athletes winning medals at the CARIFTA Games, I used (intentionally) the {{MedalTable}} rather than the {{AchievementTable}} because it is much less work. There is similar information when both tables are present (problem of redundancy).

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Olympic events are 3 (20 km, 50 race walk, marathon), but also "cross-country athletes" (middle and long distance runners) can't included in "track & field". Sure that athlete is a sportsperson but how would you call those who practice the sport of

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article to be published days before this year's opening ceremony. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so,

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differs from others! The result: status quo ad ad infinitum. That said, if you want to tilt the windmill of trying to introduce the idea then I'm behind you 100%. Just let me know where you start the conversation and I'll chime in.

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The issue that this style presents is very obvious. The idea that no confusion arises is demonstrably false. Besides that, can you give me one way in which these flags are superior to the written country name?

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Olympic events are 20 (100 m, 200 m. 400 m, 800 m, 1500 m, 5000 m, 10000 m, 110 hs, 400 hs, 3000 m st, hammer, discus, javelin throw, shot put, pole vault, high, long, triple and two relays reces).

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and who has not played in a fully pro league. His appearances for Gibraltar do not confer notability as they have not generated significant coverage, and Gibraltar is not a member of FIFA or UEFA.

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When would you ever use the one that's just about the sport versus the one that contextualizes it about the Olympics? If someone wants to know about cricket in general, he can learn about it from

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The only difference is that one of them accidentally omits military patrol and several demonstration sports, while the more complete (and accurate) template also includes unofficial sports. Why

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Thanks for your comments on my missives. First off, no I'm not going away. "That that doesn't kill me makes me stronger." So I get pissed off by idiots, stupid admins and the echo chamber.

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Hi. Great idea with the template. Saves lots of time, especially when creating a new table from scratch. I'll try to give you more feedback when I use it some more. Good work!

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and I used the line "full name" of the infobox to remark this, but everybody know that the athlete simply known as José Bencosme (like "Massimiliano Biaggi" is simply

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completely unusual for an indoor meeting, which are usually only broadcast on international level providers such as Eurosport and the respective national broadcaster.

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Hi. I am part of an effort to get Wikimedians access to the 2016 Summer Olympics as accredited reporters and photographers. Part of this effort includes covering the

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article scheduled to coincide with this summer's European Athletics Championships. The article about WikiProject Athletics would serve as the beginning of a special "

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Good call - I tried to save something, sadly 80% had to go - all from the book "Maharashtra". Not sure if that leaves a viable article. Maybe someone will clean up.

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Contacting you as you are the first contributor to "Template:Medal". I have made an addition to the documentation based on the team time trial events at the

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No problem. No, it was just a coincidence! I was looking for a back-logged hook and yours was one of the first to be waiting without a proper response.

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Hi. The reference is just about the 2008 competition! It's not about the history (2006-2007)! Info about current meeting would be more helpful.

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I do contest, I do accept contradictions (but Kasper2006 wrote to me in Italian and undo some of my contributions annoying and cockying too…--

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You're right. This is a notable fact regarding 2008 (!) competition. So I changed the intro. Unfortunately the reference link doesn't work.

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I've added an extra option {{Medal|Independent|}} to allow for independent Olympic participants. Tell me if you need anything else.

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If you want to revert, that's reasonable. I'll post it to TfD and we'll see if others find it useful for navigation. Thanks. —

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I've started a new discussion with a specific focus upon increasing portal visibility on the portal discussion page here:

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has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath

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For example, is rational at all? why is this being done? i dont understand. Where do you think this can be brought up?

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No problem. Thanks for creating it. Maybe one day I will learn that writing biographies is an impossibly large task!

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Glad someone else is involved with this topic and helping make the pages conform. Regarding what I did on the

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http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/athletics-the-boy-they-call-lightning-is-frightening-536129.html

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suggest me it was decided by the community. Or at least only recommended, such as was, for example, for

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3.) Gender: Junior and Youth competitions often use "Boys" and "Girls" rather than "Men" and "Women".

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Ok, thanks for the explanation. I have reverted - I'll copy this to the talk and explain why.

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like we know in Italy José Reynaldo Bencosme de Leon. I know that this is the full name but

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He is a really annoying, does work very cocky and does not accept to be contradicted. Look

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what???!!! Help, because Enzino is know as a bolder that does not listen to others. :-( --

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show that the word Olympic should be in the template. It should just read Medal record.

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that they're in the Olympics, but then not actually read about them as Olympic events. —

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