What is the policy on duplicate articles? "U.S. customary units" and "Imperial unit" both cover the same topic.
--adam
To merge them.
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 08:56:13 -0800, Adam Hunt kinema@gmail.com wrote:
What is the policy on duplicate articles? "U.S. customary units" and "Imperial unit" both cover the same topic.
--adam
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In this case one is British, one is American, but generally the policy is to merge duplicate articles.
Fred
From: Adam Hunt kinema@gmail.com Reply-To: wikipedia-l@Wikimedia.org Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 08:56:13 -0800 To: wikipedia-l@wikipedia.org Subject: [Wikipedia-l] Duplicate article
What is the policy on duplicate articles? "U.S. customary units" and "Imperial unit" both cover the same topic.
--adam
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Of course when merging them it's important to remember such things as the difference between the Imperial gallon and the US gallon. Ec
Fred Bauder wrote:
In this case one is British, one is American, but generally the policy is to merge duplicate articles.
Fred
From: Adam Hunt kinema@gmail.com Reply-To: wikipedia-l@Wikimedia.org Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 08:56:13 -0800 To: wikipedia-l@wikipedia.org Subject: [Wikipedia-l] Duplicate article
What is the policy on duplicate articles? "U.S. customary units" and "Imperial unit" both cover the same topic.
--adam
Adam Hunt wrote:
What is the policy on duplicate articles? "U.S. customary units" and "Imperial unit" both cover the same topic.
--adam
Note that there are some subtleties here, with different definitions of some customary units on different sides of the Atlantic. And, in some cases, multiple similarly named units on the same side of the Atlantic: consider "international mile" and "survey mile". I wouldn't be too hasty to merge the articles without doing detailed research on these differences, and very careful reading of the existing articles.
-- Neil
On Sun, 2005-27-02 at 08:56 -0800, Adam Hunt wrote:
What is the policy on duplicate articles? "U.S. customary units" and "Imperial unit" both cover the same topic.
Official policy is that you should look at the history of the article with the title you least prefer to find the person who did the smallest possible change (I like "it's" to "its" changes, myself). Then, you write an ALL-CAPS HATE LETTER to them on their User talk: page, cursing them vehemently for "vandalizing" Wikipedia and violating the NPOV rule. If you can, threaten to have their ISP account deactivated and/or physical violence. Mention of Nazis or Hitler is a finesse touch but not required. Finally, look at their user contributions to find other articles the user's worked on, and blank them.
An alternate approach is to merge the two articles and make one a redirect to the other. But what fun is that?
~Evan
You can't forget to accuse them of plagiarism of your most recent best-selling novel, and threaten to sue.
It also helps to send them a Wikipedia e-mail (or a few, or several hundred) reminding them what's wrong with them, exactly how stupid they are (be sure to use similes and comparisons, they make for more captivating e-mails; also don't forget the mandatory "if I had a dollar for every brain you didn't have, I'd have one dollar"), how you have engaged in sexual relations with their mother/sister/girlfriend (be sure to describe these encounters in great detail - it will keep the reader focused on the topic at hand), how many different ways you are going to cause bodily harm to them and/or their loved ones (be very graphic - it helps to drive your point home), remind them how small their manhood is (again, use similes and comparisons... and when they tell you they're a woman, say "my point exactly!"), rinse, and repeat.
Mark
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 23:59:28 -0500, Evan Prodromou evan@wikitravel.org wrote:
On Sun, 2005-27-02 at 08:56 -0800, Adam Hunt wrote:
What is the policy on duplicate articles? "U.S. customary units" and "Imperial unit" both cover the same topic.
Official policy is that you should look at the history of the article with the title you least prefer to find the person who did the smallest possible change (I like "it's" to "its" changes, myself). Then, you write an ALL-CAPS HATE LETTER to them on their User talk: page, cursing them vehemently for "vandalizing" Wikipedia and violating the NPOV rule. If you can, threaten to have their ISP account deactivated and/or physical violence. Mention of Nazis or Hitler is a finesse touch but not required. Finally, look at their user contributions to find other articles the user's worked on, and blank them.
An alternate approach is to merge the two articles and make one a redirect to the other. But what fun is that?
~Evan
-- Evan Prodromou evan@wikitravel.org
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I you really despise them and if they're reluctant to your proposals, you can ask them to come on IRC where I will be happy to welcome them for a very nice troll-party that will cost them hundred of hours of productivity...
You can't forget to accuse them of plagiarism of your most recent best-selling novel, and threaten to sue.
It also helps to send them a Wikipedia e-mail (or a few, or several hundred) reminding them what's wrong with them, exactly how stupid they are (be sure to use similes and comparisons, they make for more captivating e-mails; also don't forget the mandatory "if I had a dollar for every brain you didn't have, I'd have one dollar"), how you have engaged in sexual relations with their mother/sister/girlfriend (be sure to describe these encounters in great detail - it will keep the reader focused on the topic at hand), how many different ways you are going to cause bodily harm to them and/or their loved ones (be very graphic - it helps to drive your point home), remind them how small their manhood is (again, use similes and comparisons... and when they tell you they're a woman, say "my point exactly!"), rinse, and repeat.
Mark
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 23:59:28 -0500, Evan Prodromou evan@wikitravel.org wrote:
On Sun, 2005-27-02 at 08:56 -0800, Adam Hunt wrote:
What is the policy on duplicate articles? "U.S. customary units" and "Imperial unit" both cover the same topic.
Official policy is that you should look at the history of the article with the title you least prefer to find the person who did the smallest possible change (I like "it's" to "its" changes, myself). Then, you write an ALL-CAPS HATE LETTER to them on their User talk: page, cursing them vehemently for "vandalizing" Wikipedia and violating the NPOV rule. If you can, threaten to have their ISP account deactivated and/or physical violence. Mention of Nazis or Hitler is a finesse touch but not required. Finally, look at their user contributions to find other articles the user's worked on, and blank them.
An alternate approach is to merge the two articles and make one a redirect to the other. But what fun is that?
~Evan
-- Evan Prodromou evan@wikitravel.org
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