Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Lists/Archive 14

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AfD: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fatal dog attacks in the United States

RfC regarding the content of a list

See Talk:List of last words#RfC: Should only notable/famous last words be listed?. Clarityfiend (talk) 06:56, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

Are lists of people by nationality worthwhile, especially regarding awards?

The argument has been made in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of countries by number of Fields Medalists (2nd nomination) that, with regards to an academic career award in mathematics, that the ascription of nationality is unclear and so often the ascriptions here involve original research.

Sometimes these kinds of list can appeal to third-party sources for their ranking; e.g. List of countries by Nobel laureates per capita uses a ranking put together by the BBC. Even in these cases, given there are non-obvious criteria and special case reasoning needed to produce these list, these should count as primary sources, so reliance on a single such source for a ranking is problematic.

I think there's also a general question about the reliability of lists of people by nationality. Kurt Gödel is on List of Austrians and List of Czechs: cases can be made for inclusion or exclusion from either list and the lead of the article by an old consensus does not give his nationality.

Does the interest in these lists exceed the issue regarding reliability? — Charles Stewart (talk) 08:46, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

Clearing the WP International Relations backlog and need help on lists of ministers and diplomats, etc.

Hi! I am clearing the WPIR backlog on page rating and need advice from this project. Specifically, there are many lists of ambassadors, etc., that are also descriptions of the post. So, List of ambassadors of the United States to China is actually a description page (probably Start class) with lists. But, it is not in and of itself a list. The case is less clear on pages like List of ambassadors of Iceland to France, but I would argue this is a Stub description page with a list. What I would like to do is to rename these pages, i.e., to Ambassador of the United States to China. In fact, I have done this for one page, renaming List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Portugal) to [Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Portugal)]], although this should probably be Minister of Foreign Affairs (Portugal) (i.e., without the 's'). Any advice? Johncdraper (talk) 15:40, 20 September 2020 (UTC) Add: Okay, so Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia), for example, is rated a description page (Start level), with lists. It is categorized under both Ministers and Lists. Johncdraper (talk) 16:52, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

Inclusion criteria/verification for List of time travel works of fiction

Additional opinions are requested at Talk:List of time travel works of fiction#Inclusion criteria redux.... There is an ongoing discussion regarding appropriate inclusion criteria as well as the best means of verifying that entries on the list meet that criteria. Thanks! DonIago (talk) 16:43, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

It seems we don't know how many lists there are on Wikipedia total

Based on FLs, this project has only tagged about half of them. I recently asked for a total count based on categories at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 184#Subcategory count, but no one replied with a way to do it. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 20:23, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

Nomination of List of U.S. state constitutional amendments banning same-sex unions by type for removal from FL-Class

This is a formality as the list was already merged with another article and is a redirect now. Yet, I will leave the required message:

I have nominated List of U.S. state constitutional amendments banning same-sex unions by type for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gehenna1510 (talk • contribs) 01:45, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

RfC on standardizing shortened reference column titles

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Lists § RfC: Standardizing shortened reference column titles. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 08:13, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:List of Italian actors § Requested move 9 November 2020

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:List of Italian actors § Requested move 9 November 2020. GreenComputer (talk) 21:18, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

Wikidata

Hello,

At Talk:List_of_active_coal-fired_power_stations_in_Turkey#Keeping_this_list_in_step_with_other_articles_and_lists I propose that if a list exists in a non-English Wikipedia the corresponding English list should be allowed to use Wikidata for its tables.

Your comments there would be welcome.

Regards

Chidgk1 (talk) 06:00, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

Along these lines. If the main page doesn't use Wikidata is there a place where we can place the corresponding Wikidata list for reference at least? It would be good to have a standard practice here. Maybe on the talk page? Gettinwikiwidit (talk) 02:59, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

Discussion needed

An IP has decided to remove the redirect for List of lighthouses in Hong Kong, and made a few minor category changes. It is my understanding that this project arrived at a consensus to redirect that article to List of lighthouses in China. Hopefully, you can get this worked out because the IP is edit warring to remove the redirect and create a new article and then move it to a hashtag name. See the move request in this version. Atsme 💬 📧 19:26, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

List of lighthouses open discussion

Talk:List_of_lighthouses_in_China#Discussion_to_split_Lighthouses_of_Hong_Kong_and_Lighthouses_of_Macau_into_their_own_separate_articles. Members of this project are invited to participate in the discussion. Atsme 💬 📧 15:54, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

Calling it a discussion seems a bit premature right now, as I only saw that sections had been set-up for editors to express their opinions. As such, I've requested context for the situation and arguments for/against. DonIago (talk) 15:59, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

The discussion is about a proposed split and it is neutrally worded. There are tags in the subsection on the list subsections which explain why a discussion is needed. The rest is simply common sense; i.e. a split was proposed - either approve or oppose and give your reasons. Atsme 💬 📧 20:23, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

Lists of lighthouses in Macau and in Hong Kong

Please refer to Talk:List of lighthouses in Macau#Lists of lighthouses in Macau and in Hong Kong. 124.217.189.46 19:42, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

The above link is the incorrect venue for this discussion which was previously opened at Talk:List_of_lighthouses_in_China#Discussion_to_split_Lighthouses_of_Hong_Kong_and_Lighthouses_of_Macau_into_their_own_separate_articles. Atsme 💬 📧 20:21, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
- No forum shopping please.[1] 124.217.189.46 20:57, 19 December 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.217.189.46 (talk)

New media art journals

I came across this article via WP:THQ#Another question to the teahouse. I did some very basic cleanup, but I'm not sure what else can be done to WP:OVERCOME the many issue it has and avoid deletion, but perhaps someone from this WikiProject has some suggestions. The article has kind of a WP:SAL feel to it; so, I figured I ask about it here. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:56, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

What should be the scope of "people from X" lists?

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:List of people from Ukraine § Comments. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 22:34, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Some questions

Where here is the place to but an article to be assed? Also, can you review my article(https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Draft:List_of_Vega_Launches)? Also can a draft become a level of importance(e.g. high, medium, low) or a class level(e.g. featured, good, A-Class, B-Class, C-Class)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.183.212.131 (talk) 11:47, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

List of most-retweeted tweets

Is #25 on this list really considered a cash giveaway or prize? Someone marked it as such today and while I don't believe it's a major change, I don't think it's correct either. To the best of my knowledge, a charity fundraiser is surely different but I wanted to get clarification for my own understanding moving forward on WP. -- Carlobunnie (talk) 18:11, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Discographies has an RFC

Wikipedia:WikiProject Discographies has an RFC for a possible alternative format for singles discography tables. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Heartfox (talk) 01:25, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

List of musician-politicians

I noticed there is a list of actor-politicians and sportsperson-politicians, but no musician-politicians list (even though I can think of quite a few) WhatsImportantToMe (talk) 00:11, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:List of American Idol finalists

Discussion is made at Talk:List of American Idol finalists#Insufficient amount of sources? --George Ho (talk) 21:58, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

List of sovereign states by year cleanup

Category:Lists of sovereign states by year has some oddly specific entries such as List of sovereign states in 1143. Anyone who's inclined may wish to clean some up and AfD as needed. Thanks to 1234qwer1234qwer4 for the discovery via WP:Discord. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 22:14, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

Talk:List of people who have expressed views relating to overpopulation as a problem

I pathetically spent an hour analysing the existence of the above list. Now I think you WikiProject Lists people should read it and have a laugh! 86.83.56.115 (talk) 23:54, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

FLRC

I have nominated List of international cricket centuries at Bellerive Oval for featured list removal. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Störm (talk) 02:17, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

List of American Idol finalists as featured list removal candidate

I created the FLRC page on the List of American Idol finalists page. --George Ho (talk) 03:37, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

List of female Muslim heads of Government and State

I have left a note suggesting a change in the name of that article--both for order and capitalization:

Talk:List of female Muslim heads of Government and State#Capitalization in title

— iFaqeer (talk to or email me) 06:11, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

List of Disney theatrical animated feature films listed at Requested moves

A requested move discussion has been initiated for List of Disney theatrical animated feature films to be moved to List of Disney theatrical and Disney+ animated feature films. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 04:56, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

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List and adding a new entry

Hi all, I asked a question in the talk page here: https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Talk:List_of_economic_crises It would be awesome if I could get an answer. Many thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Medhekp (talk • contribs) 20:48, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

List of Heads of State of the Maldives

The List of heads of state of the Maldives page was deleted because the user who made it seems to have been banned.Khronicle I (talk) 15:15, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

List of plants known as lillipilli

Is this a 'list'?Xx236 (talk) 09:18, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

It looks more like a disambiguation page. Khronicle I (talk) 16:28, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

List/category naming inconsistency for alumni/faculty/people

Is there a reason for the two naming systems for list articles (and categories) about alumni/faculty/people of universities? Generally the naming format is either

"___ of the [university name]", or
"[university name] ___",

but we have large numbers of articles for either ordering even across countries. For example:

At least for categories, pattern #1 seems to be relatively consistently used for the UK and pattern #2 seems to be relatively consistently used for the US.

Sometimes the list and categories do not even follow the same format:

I suppose that several moves are in order (at the very least to align lists with categories)? — MarkH₂₁^talk 06:20, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

MarkH21, I'm more of a fan of pattern #2, but I'm not sure the variation is really causing all that much harm. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 06:26, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

I don't think that there's any harm being caused. It's just a little odd when list articles use the different naming systems somewhat randomly, especially when they don't match the category names. This isn't really an issue though, just a minor inquiry into naming consistency. — MarkH₂₁^talk 06:32, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

Pattern #1 seems more natural to me. I'm British, and I think (although I could be mistaken) that Skdb is American. As implied by the pattern of issue noted, this is probably a British English vs American English difference. I don't think it is causing any harm so the natural differences between the varieties of English should be allowed to remain. Robminchin (talk) 06:37, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

I'd also note that "People of the University of Cambridge" certainly seems unnatural, so "University of Cambridge people" but "Academics of the University of Cambridge" is the natural way to order these two. They are different things, so I wouldn't see this as an inconsistency. Robminchin (talk) 06:42, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

What about "Alumni of [university name]", "Academics of [university name]" but "People related to [university name]" e.g. a specialist of the history of [university name], but nor alumni nor academics of the institution. --Anneyh (talk) 11:26, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

That works for me.

Thinking about this overnight, possibly the root issue is that "University of Cambridge" is the name of the university, but when used adjectivally it becomes "Cambridge University", thus Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Boat Club. This pattern is found for almost all British universities that use "University of <town name>" for their name, so the adjectival pattern "<university name> academics" doesn't work for these universities: "Cambridge University academics" (using the adjectival form) would sound far better than "University of Cambridge academics". Robminchin (talk) 16:44, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

I see no problem in using one pattern for some countries (including US) and another for some other countries (including UK). There is also a split between Category:University of Chicago people etc and Category:People associated with the University of Nottingham etc, which as far as I can see at a quick dip seems to be another consistent US/UK difference. I'm quite happy to let it be. This has certainly been discussed previously, must be lurking in some talk archives. PamD 16:11, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
I have no issue if it's consistent within an English variation or geographical grouping. Especially if there is some previous consensus, the helpful action might be just to align lists & categories to each other and/or with an existing consensus. — MarkH₂₁^talk 16:39, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
Coming back to this, it seems that at the very least it's acceptable to make the categories consistent within English variations. — MarkH₂₁^talk 23:46, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

As it happens, in parallel I've been trying to bring attention to this issue of weird categorization of university staff, the latest iteration of which is at Category talk:Faculty by university or college#Request for comment on naming. --Joy [shallot] (talk) 19:35, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

The big benefit of putting the University first is that, if you use HotCat or search, as you type it you'll see what articles there are starting with that university and can select the one you want. If you use a different setup, you have to get that setup right as you type it (Alumni of, People related to, People of, Faculty of, Academics of...). If you type the wrong one, you'll wind up scrolling through the various articles/categories that do use that formulation before realizing "oh, I guess the one I'm looking for is different". I don't really do categories on Wikipedia, but on Commons I tend to just create category redirects that put the main proper noun first to try to make it easier. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 20:05, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

+1 — MarkH₂₁^talk 23:46, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

Electricity distribution companies by country

Would someone from this WikiProject mind taking a look at Electricity distribution companies by country? I started to do some basic cleanup, but it needs some more work. There's lots of red-link entries and non-link entries that almost certainly are electric companies that exist or did exist, but probably are never going to end up having article's created about them. My guess is that over the years, various editors (maybe adding entries from their home countries) have just been expanding the list without realizing things like WP:BURDEN and WP:SOURCELIST, etc. Some of the cleanup (like MOS:TM and MOS:HEAD) is pretty basic, but it might be best to assess the overall encyclopedic value of these red-link entries or non-link entries before do that. There are also quite a number of {{Incomplete list}} templates used throughout the article which might be best combined somehow or even removed. FWIW, this list seems as if it's always going to be incomplete as long as the main WP:CSC seems to simply be existence and not WP:NORG. -- Marchjuly (talk) 23:19, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

Category:Lists articles needing expert attention has been nominated for discussion

Category:Lists articles needing expert attention has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Peaceray (talk) 21:40, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:List of Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon episodes#Requested move 7 May 2021

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:List of Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon episodes#Requested move 7 May 2021 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Elli (talk | contribs) 06:12, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, 2020#Requested move 15 May 2021

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, 2020#Requested move 15 May 2021 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Elli (talk | contribs) 21:13, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

Input Requested

There are a couple of discussions regarding changes to the List of most-viewed online videos in the first 24 hours, which has been indicated to be in your project's purview. Please join in the discussion here. Thank you. Primefac (talk) 13:53, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

An evaluation for on a stub article

Hi, I’m a student and new to a wikipedia editing. Currently, I’m working in a stub article called List of mammalian gestation durations. Any feedback would greatly appreciated, thanks for your time. ToastedPeanutButter (talk) 11:54, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

Guideline for lists of people

Is there a limit to what can be included in a person's entry in a list of people, for example can we add birth year, death year, profession, birth place, nationality, nick names, etc.? I have asked the same at ~~Talk:List of lists of lists/Archive 3#Guideline for lists of people~~ Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Lists#Guideline for lists of people. Jay ^(Talk) 08:48, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:List of monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests#Requested move 10 July 2021

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:List of monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests#Requested move 10 July 2021 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. — Shibbolethink ^(♔ ^♕) 01:58, 20 August 2021 (UTC)