User talk:Finnigami

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Quick note on Age

Thanks for your edits to Age.

This does not seem uncontroversial. Also, we are not a dictionary and this term is too ambiguous. Aasim (talk) 07:21, 20 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wikilinks

Everyday words understood by most readers in context do not need to be linked in articles; in fact, they should not be linked. Thanks, Just plain Bill (talk) 04:09, 24 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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December 2020

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October 2022

Hi Finnigami! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia—it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Please see Help:Minor edit for more information. Thank you. lettherebedarklight, 晚安, おやすみ, ping me when replying 05:53, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Disruptive edits

I have reverted your disruptive edits on several Israel-Palestine articles that excise consensus and reliably sourced material in favor of POV language without explanation. In addition, you marked these substantive edits as minor edits, which is disingenuous and false. It seems another editor has already warned you of this. Continued disruptive behavior, especially in this topic area, could lead you to be blocked from editing. Please stop.

[1] Removed reliably sourced Haaretz citation on the Jewish Voice for Peace article
[2] Removed "some" that indicated a NPOV point of scholarly debate from the Plan Dalet article.
[3] Removed consensus language about Israeli settlements in favor of POV-pushing language from Rashida Tlaib.

Longhornsg (talk) 22:04, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Here is the consensus language on the legality of Israeli settlements. Please self-revert on Rashida Tlaib. Longhornsg (talk) 00:22, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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January 2024

Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did at Eugenics, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. If you only meant to make a test edit, please use your sandbox for that. Thank you. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 02:38, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

US Presidents

Howdy. What (I think) you're proposing at List of presidents of the United States, is never going to get a consensus. For example, I'm quite certain that if you were to change 46th to 45th at Joe Biden's page; 45th to 44th at Donald Trump's page; 44th to 43rd at Barack Obama's page; etc - Would immediately be reverted. FWIW, within the US itself, the states each have their own numbering scheme for their governors. That's just the way it is. GoodDay (talk) 06:41, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

there's a difference between an abstract numbering system, i.e. "Joe Biden is president number 46" which doesn't have a clear objective meaning, and can be chalked up to tradition, versus a statement like "Joe Biden is the 46th president of the United States," which is objectively wrong, yet continues to be posted on Wikipedia. It doesn't matter if tradition declares him the 46th president—he is still the 45th. Just as it wouldn't matter if tradition declared the sky to be red. Finnigami (talk) 16:51, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bring your arguments to Joe Biden's talkpage & see if you can get a consensus there. GoodDay (talk) 16:58, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GoodDay, it's all original research, opinion. Drmies (talk) 17:13, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I know @Drmies:. Just trying to show Finnigami, that what they're pushing for, is never going to gain consensus. Also, hoping they'll consider discontinuing the matter, per WP:NOTFORUM. -- GoodDay (talk) 17:18, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's not original research. All sources agree that there have been 45 presidents of the united states. We would just be accurately reflecting that information. Finnigami (talk) 17:31, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

All sources agree that Biden is "the 46th president of the US". Drmies (talk) 17:46, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

With all due respect, Finnigami. I recommend you drop this argument of yours. GoodDay (talk) 17:59, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Counter-Earth

I'm not going to revert you edit right this instant, but your deletion was wrong. Two planets 180 degrees out of phase in the same orbit in our solar system is not really that stable, and small perturbations could cause one planet to lag or lead the other. Over the long term, if the planets are comparable in mass, they will end up in each other's Trojan points, as discussed in the book "What if the Earth had Two Moons" by Neil F Comins... AnonMoos (talk) 08:46, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks for your reply @AnonMoos. What you've said here is correct. However, those points are covered in the previous paragraph, which I did not delete. They are still in the article. What I deleted was a paragraph stating that such an orbit, even if it were stable, would not make the counter-earth unseeable from Earth, since if it were 6-months behind on the same orbit, it would still sometimes be visible from Earth due to the non-circularity non-constant speed of Earth's orbit. However, that was quite a silly point to make because nowhere was it stated that a counter-earth must exactly follow Earth's orbit 6 months behind. This paragraph essentially "debunked" a counter-earth by adding on a random restriction and then proving that, under that restriction, such an earth would be detectable. Yet the obvious answer is simply that such an earth would have to follow the orbit of earth, only rotated by 180 degree, guaranteeing that it would always be exactly opposite the sun. Of course in practice this still would not work, since they were get slightly out of orbit over time. But again, that is already discussed in the previous paragraph. Finnigami (talk) 14:58, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I guess you're more right than wrong, sorry... AnonMoos (talk) 00:35, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]