User talk:ActivelyDisinterested

On the Dubious Nature of Galusha Marion Cole’s Birthday

Greetings,

I’m not sure how I should address this matter, but inasmuch as you are the first to truly contribute to the article in this respect (which I had established as a subject of discussion previously; but alas! I received no responses), I would endeavor to heed your suggestions.

In essence, I have observed sundry retrospective sources scrutinize Mr. Cole’s claim (though I don’t recollect such being the ascription in any source of reliability); however, seemingly their sole form of substantiation is by means of a particular detail referenced in his FindAGrave entry.

So, I am not sure what precisely to do… Solo4701 (talk) 02:12, 27 April 2025 (UTC)

If there is some doubt as to his birthdate it needs to be addressed in the article body. At the moment it's says "supposed" at the top of the article, but no explanation is given of what doubts there are about the date. It's ok to state that different sources give different dates, or that sources question the birthdate. But at the moment there nothing to explain why the birthdate is "supposed". -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 19:34, 27 April 2025 (UTC)

Alright... hope the current arrangement will suffice!

Thanks for informing me! Solo4701 (talk) 00:28, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

Saving a closer some time

Re: [1]

I see WP:CR, which says: Don't worry if the discussion has been archived; the closing editor can easily deal with that.

This does not mean the closure can be performed on the archive page, rather that the closer can do the restore from archive, which is an error-prone manual process best left to the more experienced.

Why shouldn't closures be performed on an archive page? Simply because nobody watches archive pages.

Ergo, your revert merely means that, since the CR page says the closer can "easily deal with that", I'm not allowed to save the closer that time; that would be patently ridiculous. Thank you for the self-revert. ―Mandruss ☎ IMO. 13:47, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

I self reverted as you had changed the archives and WP:CR as well, and reverting all that would be disruptive. I have however removed the pin from the discussion. There have been many other closes in the archives, there no reason why this one can t be the same. If the closer doesn't restore the discussion when they close it I'll make sure a post is made on the noticeboard.
RSN has a high turn over of discussions, pinning everything RFC that was waiting for a close would become an issue overtime. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 13:52, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

See new discussion: Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#Should closures be performed on archive pages? ―Mandruss ☎ IMO. 13:59, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

I've commented there. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 14:10, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

AN/I

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Departure– (talk) 16:30, 19 May 2025 (UTC)

Jean-Paul Gut talk page

Hi, I saw you improved the references, and edited all bare URLs in the main article. As I have a hard time doing it, can I please as for your help to edit also the bare URLs at the end of the proposed text in the talk page for the section "Business and controversies"? Here is the page again: Talk:Jean-Paul Gut#Affairs and Controversies Thank you very much in advance. Best regards, Alceste sur son yacht (talk) 15:17, 22 May 2025 (UTC)

Done, see my comment on the talk page. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 17:27, 22 May 2025 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your help! Have a good day. cheers, Alceste sur son yacht (talk) 18:38, 22 May 2025 (UTC)

Signing at ANI

Cheers for catching that… I’ve summarily trout slapped myself! Danners430 (talk) 19:39, 29 May 2025 (UTC)

No worries, if forgetting to sign was a troutable offense everyone would have permanently red cheeks. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 23:12, 29 May 2025 (UTC)