User:Ned Scott

I'm not that active these days, but I'm still around. Feel free to send me an extra poke here or via e-mail for anything, trivial or important (or to just say hi).
E-mail: Special:Emailuser/Ned Scott

I live in Arizona, USA. My main focus on Wikipedia is working on articles about entertainment and fiction (particularly anime and science fiction, which is probably not a big surprise), though I do enjoy working on much more than just those kinds of articles. Lately I've been more active in meta space than in article space, focusing on discussions and technical features such as templates. I'm also very interested in applying some of the methodology of Wikipedia to other wikis around the internet, which lead me to start up WikiProject Transwiki.

Unfortunately my personal time is being consumed by some other stuff lately, and I'm not nearly as active as I once was. Don't let that stop you from leaving me a message or asking for assistance if you feel I can be of some help! I will always be a Wikipedian, and look forward to always having at least some level of contribution to this great project. I also plan on getting more active again to at least finish a number of projects/ideas that I've either had or was involved in.

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Transwiki

Wikipedia:WikiProject Transwiki- An effort to help with the technical issues when reusing Wikipedia content.

User:Ned Scott/transwiki - A rough rough draft and collection of thoughts for guidelines and advice about transwiking articles.

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RfCs - Art, architecture, literature and media

Talk:Tales of the Jedi (TV series)

What title should be used for the article on Tales of the Jedi, Tales of the Empire, and Tales of the Underworld? Or should they be split to separate articles? - adamstom97 (talk) 09:43, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Bonnie Blue (actress)

Should Bonnie Blue's full name (her real name) be included in the article. 20:51, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Marilyn Monroe

Which image should be used for the infobox of the article, after previous multiple discussions at Talk:Marilyn Monroe/Archive 5#Infobox image, Talk:Marilyn Monroe/Archive 7#Lead image replacement and Talk:Marilyn Monroe/Archive 8#Time for a wikibox image change?. Absolutiva (talk) 05:51, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Agent Carter (TV series)

Which of the following genres should be listed in the infobox for Agent Carter (TV series)? The genres in question are:

Robert McClenon (talk) 00:05, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Donkey Kong Bananza

Should we include details regarding the South Korean leak on April 2025, now that we know that Pauline is a confirmed character? Yoshiman6464 ^♫🥚 23:13, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Maddie Ziegler

Should the article have an infobox?
Started because of a slow-burning thread at the top that was going nowhere Dronebogus (talk) 12:00, 17 June 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Misandry

Should the source be included? (question 1) If so, should it be included in the current manner, including the statement that the authors are "40 topic experts"? (question 2)

"The Misandry Myth: An Inaccurate Stereotype About Feminists’ Attitudes Toward Men" is currently included in the final sentence of the article's intro and the final paragraph of the article itself. Some users have argued that the source is WP:PRIMARY, and that it is therefore against Wikipedia's guidelines to use it to claim empirical proof of controversial claims, such as "The false idea that misandry is commonplace among feminists is so widespread that it has been called the 'misandry myth' by 40 topic experts" and "feminist views of men were no different than that of non-feminists or men towards men." Other users have argued that the source is WP:SECONDARY, and that it is therefore fine to include. Additionally, some users have argued that calling the authors "40 topic experts" is not adequately supported, while other users feel that being author of an academic article is enough reason to be called a "topic expert." Dekadoka (talk) 17:09, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Babur

Which of these two paintings (1:British Museum, 2:Smithsonian) would be more appropriate as the lead image for the article on Babur (1483–1530), the Turco-Mongol founder of the Mughal Empire? पाटलिपुत्र (Pataliputra) (talk) 13:17, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard

What is the reliability of Pinkvilla?

Option 1: Generally reliable
Option 2: Additional considerations
Option 3: Generally unreliable
Option 4: Generally unreliable, with deprecation

(2405:6E00:2803:665A:C4CF:6FF:FECE:950B (talk) 12:25, 1 June 2025 (UTC)

RFCs - Wikipedia style, referencing, layout and WikiProjects

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spaceflight

Should articles about spaceflight missions (e.g., launches and landings) present UTC first and local time in parentheses, or local time first and UTC in parentheses? The current WikiProject Spaceflight style guide recommends listing UTC first as space is not within any Earth-bound time zone, while some editors argue this contradicts MOS:TIMEZONE, which prioritizes local time where an event took place.

The goal of this RfC is to determine whether spaceflight articles should make an exception to MOS:TIMEZONE (if such a exception is needed) by standardizing on UTC first formatting, given the global and technical nature of these events.

Examples of formatting options:

UTC first and local time in parentheses: June 4, 2022, 13:25:02 UTC (9:25:02 am EDT)
Local time first and UTC in parentheses: June 4, 2022, 9:25:02 am EDT (13:25:02 UTC)

Please share your thoughts and rationale below. -- RickyCourtney (talk) 20:48, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (government and legislation)

We need to change the naming convention for local elections. HandsomeFella (talk) 20:44, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Saddam Hussein

Which image should be used for the infobox of the article? 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 15:36, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters

RFCBEFORE: Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters#It is time we talked about Google Ngram

Discussion at RSN: Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#Google N-grams and 'consistent' answers

Should Google Ngram be deprecated in rename/move discussions?

Yes
No

@Cinderella157, Dicklyon, Sammy D III, Myceteae, Gawaon, Andy Dingley, Intothatdarkness, SchreiberBike, Hawkeye7, Blueboar, Rally Wonk, Stepwise Continuous Dysfunction, FactOrOpinion, NatGertler, Yesterday, all my dreams..., Randy Kryn, Chicdat, AjaxSmack, SMcCandlish, and Kowal2701: Pinging participants in the MOS:CAPS discussion, the RSN discussion, and those who might be interested in this RfC. I also left an rfc notice at Village Pump (policy), WikiProject English Language, WP:NCCAPS. If I forgot someone, I am terribly sorry. TurboSuperA+_(connect) 13:58, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Birbhum district

This RfC seeks to establish clear inclusion criteria for the "Notable People" list, following a dispute over recent large-scale additions of individuals with primarily local careers. Murkut23 (talk) 18:24, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters

Should the spirit and intent of usually capitalized in sources at MOS:MILTERMS be taken as consistent with the general advice on capitalisation given in the lead of MOS:CAPS or is the spirit and intent to create a substantially different and lower threshold for capitalising the types of events named.

Cinderella157 (talk) 03:41, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

RFCs - Wikipedia policies, guidelines and proposals

Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Temporary account IP-viewer

What should the minimum criteria for granting the TAIV user right right be? 17:01, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters

RFCBEFORE: Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters#It is time we talked about Google Ngram

Discussion at RSN: Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#Google N-grams and 'consistent' answers

Should Google Ngram be deprecated in rename/move discussions?

Yes
No

@Cinderella157, Dicklyon, Sammy D III, Myceteae, Gawaon, Andy Dingley, Intothatdarkness, SchreiberBike, Hawkeye7, Blueboar, Rally Wonk, Stepwise Continuous Dysfunction, FactOrOpinion, NatGertler, Yesterday, all my dreams..., Randy Kryn, Chicdat, AjaxSmack, SMcCandlish, and Kowal2701: Pinging participants in the MOS:CAPS discussion, the RSN discussion, and those who might be interested in this RfC. I also left an rfc notice at Village Pump (policy), WikiProject English Language, WP:NCCAPS. If I forgot someone, I am terribly sorry. TurboSuperA+_(connect) 13:58, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Featured article criteria

Should understandability be added to the featured article criteria? And if so, which wording should be used?

It should be added to the well-written criterion as
1. well-written: its prose is engaging, understandable to a broad audience, and of a professional standard;
2. well-written: its prose is engaging, understandable to its audience, and of a professional standard;
It should be a separate criterion: 1g. Understandable to its audience.
Status quo: no explicit mention

—Femke 🐦 (talk) 11:45, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Birbhum district

This RfC seeks to establish clear inclusion criteria for the "Notable People" list, following a dispute over recent large-scale additions of individuals with primarily local careers. Murkut23 (talk) 18:24, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters

Should the spirit and intent of usually capitalized in sources at MOS:MILTERMS be taken as consistent with the general advice on capitalisation given in the lead of MOS:CAPS or is the spirit and intent to create a substantially different and lower threshold for capitalising the types of events named.

Cinderella157 (talk) 03:41, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

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