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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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

Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Infoboxes

Should we omit |instrument=Vocals if we include "singer" in |occupations=, and the subject is not primarily known for any other instrument (e.g. use

{{Infobox musical artist

|occupations=Singer

}}

instead of

{{Infobox musical artist

|occupations=Singer

|instrument=Vocals

}}

)? Thedarkknightli (talk) 23:45, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Talk:The Birth of a Nation

I am opening an RFC regarding which version of the lede should be used for this article. The question is whether the film's overt racism should be foregrounded before its technical innovations, and whether editorial ^{[dubious – discuss]} tags belong in the lede. Tito Omburo (talk) 22:34, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Paramount Skydance

With consideration for the arguments and evidence presented in the preceding discussion, should "Paramount, a Skydance Corporation" be included as a secondary name for the company ("also known as", "doing business as" or otherwise) in the lead sentence? Please preface your supporting/opposing argument with a "Yes" or "No".

Pinging @BarntToust, Buggi, ClarkKentWannabe, FusionSub, GoneIn60, Inpops, JJ2104, JoaumBoladaum, Joeyconnick, Kp2016rockin, Mclay1, Myceteae, Nathannah, NevadaExpert, Stephen"Zap", TheMainLogan, Tom Bricker, Trailblazer101, and ViperSnake151 as participants in either the preceding discussion, or the recent requested move discussion. — AFC Vixen 🦊 07:35, 17 August 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard

Over 3,000 citations on en.wiki. Run by Russian dissidents, considered GREL on ru.wiki (ru:Википедия:Часто используемые источники). Previous discussion: 1, 2, 3, 4

meduza.io

Option 1: Generally reliable for factual reporting.
Option 2: Unclear or additional considerations apply.
Option 3: Generally unreliable for factual reporting.
Option 4: Publishes false or fabricated information, and should be deprecated.

Numberguy6 (talk) 20:49, 12 August 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Lady Gaga

I let the discussion cool off for a bit as it was getting heated and thought of the best possible compromise that still stays within WP:NPOV. This is my proposed neutral solution, in broad terms:

Lady Gaga performed a free concert at Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, which became the most-attended concert by a female artist with an estimated audience of over 2.1 million people.^[a]

PHShanghai | they/them (talk) 10:37, 10 August 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Silverchair

What genre, post-grunge or baroque pop, is more appropriate in the band's infobox, as discussed in Talk:Silverchair#Post-grunge and baroque pop and the recent edits? Both genres have the same amount of sources, but the former is more associated with the band's early work, while the latter is more associated with the band's later work. CleoCat16 (talk) 16:53, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Kris (Deltarune)

How should the article refer to this character's gender identity in Wikipedia's voice? Vanilla Wizard 💙 20:36, 7 August 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Star Trek: Section 31

The lede of the article currently states that “Most critics gave it a negative review, with multiple finding it to be the worst entry in the Star Trek franchise.” There has been some contention about whether this is appropriate or accurate for the lede of the article, but discussion on the talk page ended with no clear resolution. Seeking a broader idea of what is appropriate here. I would also like a consensus to exist next time someone tries to make a change in either direction; I am not referring to the issue of whether the phrase should be in the article at all, here, though that is another relevant question. Tduk (talk) 18:15, 7 August 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Celine Dion

Another user started a discussion on the Celine Dion albums discography talk page, asking if Chants et contes de Noel should be switched from a studio album to a compilation album. This change would affect the numbering of Dion's studio albums across numerous articles.

Abby Abangan (talk) 02:33, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard

Is Simple Flying [1] from 2024 and later ...

Option 1: Generally reliable
Option 2: Unclear or additional considerations apply.
Option 3: Generally unreliable for factual reporting.
Option 4: Publishes false or fabricated information, and should be deprecated

Is Simple Flying prior to 2024 ...

Option 1: Generally reliable
Option 2: Unclear or additional considerations apply.
Option 3: Generally unreliable for factual reporting.
Option 4: Publishes false or fabricated information, and should be deprecated

Chetsford (talk) 06:40, 31 July 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard

Channel NewsAsia (CNA) is one of two major news outlets in Singapore, the other being The Straits Times. How should we consider its reliability?

channelnewsasia.com

Option 1: Generally reliable for factual reporting.
Option 2: Unclear or additional considerations apply.
Option 3: Generally unreliable for factual reporting.
Option 4: Publishes false or fabricated information, and should be deprecated.

ZKang123 (talk · contribs) 06:08, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

Draft talk:Tabish Hashmi

Hi! There has been an active disagreement here, for which any independent and un-involved review and comment is requested. Thank you! M. Billoo 16:34, 23 July 2025 (UTC)

RFCs - Wikipedia style, referencing, layout and WikiProjects

Talk:Paramount Skydance

With consideration for the arguments and evidence presented in the preceding discussion, should "Paramount, a Skydance Corporation" be included as a secondary name for the company ("also known as", "doing business as" or otherwise) in the lead sentence? Please preface your supporting/opposing argument with a "Yes" or "No".

Pinging @BarntToust, Buggi, ClarkKentWannabe, FusionSub, GoneIn60, Inpops, JJ2104, JoaumBoladaum, Joeyconnick, Kp2016rockin, Mclay1, Myceteae, Nathannah, NevadaExpert, Stephen"Zap", TheMainLogan, Tom Bricker, Trailblazer101, and ViperSnake151 as participants in either the preceding discussion, or the recent requested move discussion. — AFC Vixen 🦊 07:35, 17 August 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Stations

Should the historical proposal at Wikipedia:Naming conventions (stations) be replaced with a short updated naming convention guideline that links to the established more detailed region-specific station naming conventions and describes their points of commonality? Tomiĉo (talk) 22:20, 7 August 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Gaza genocide

Should the WP:first sentence of the article have the title in bold as the sentence subject, such as The Gaza genocide is... or should it have an 'X says Y' format, such as According to a United Nations Special Committee, Amnesty International, Médecins Sans Frontières, B'Tselem, and other experts, Israel is committing genocide in Gaza against the Palestinians...? إيان (talk) 21:41, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Russia

As I discussed from Template talk:Infobox person#Subordinate countries in infoboxes, should we propose not to include "Russian SFSR" (or other Soviet republics) from biographical infoboxes what Mike Novikoff recommends per MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. Most edits are made to Vasily Utkin, Oleg Gazmanov, Valentina Tereshkova and Yuri Gagarin. Absolutiva 02:24, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

RFCs - Wikipedia policies, guidelines and proposals

Talk:2025 Midtown Manhattan shooting

Should the names of the perpetrator and victims be in boldface? 14:37, 21 August 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Infoboxes

Should we omit |instrument=Vocals if we include "singer" in |occupations=, and the subject is not primarily known for any other instrument (e.g. use

{{Infobox musical artist

|occupations=Singer

}}

instead of

{{Infobox musical artist

|occupations=Singer

|instrument=Vocals

}}

)? Thedarkknightli (talk) 23:45, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)

We had an RFC earlier this year around how to handle LLM/AI generated comments. That resulted in WP:HATGPT after further discussion at WT:TPG. Recently, an editor started a requested move using LLM generated content. I ran that content through two different AI/LLM detection utilities: GPT Zero says "highly confident", and 100% AI generated; Quillbot stated 72% of the text was likely AI generated.

Should HATGPT be expanded to allow for the closure of discussions seeking community input (RFC/VPR/CENT/RFAR/AFD/RM/TFD/RFD/FFD/etc) that are started utilizing content that registers as being majority written by AI?

I was tempted to just start an RFC on this, but if there's alternate proposals or an existing WP:PAG that already covers this, I'm all ears. =) —Locke Cole • t • c 00:38, 12 August 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)

I am an AMPOL editor and I often see articles with party affiliation assumed in the infobox. For instance, Adriana Kugler's infobox states that she is a Democrat, but no inline citation is provided. On the other hand, Todd Blanche does provide a citation for having registered as a Republican. I am questioning the purpose of this parameter for individuals who are not directly associated with politics—in other words, their profession does not pertain to being a politician or political consultant. "If relevant" in the {{Infobox person}} documentation is rather vague. The misuse of this parameter warrants some action.

The rationale for removing the party affiliation parameter is similar to the RfC over the religion parameter. As was stated then, "This would be consistent with our treatment of sexual orientation and various other things we don't include in infoboxes that are matters which may be nuanced, complex, and frequently controversial. The availability of a parameter encourages editors to fill it, whether they have consensus to do so or not, regardless of instructions in template documentation to gain consensus first; new and anon IP editors generally do not read documentation, they simply see a "missing" parameter at article B that they saw at article A and add it." elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 16:38, 10 August 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Stations

Should the historical proposal at Wikipedia:Naming conventions (stations) be replaced with a short updated naming convention guideline that links to the established more detailed region-specific station naming conventions and describes their points of commonality? Tomiĉo (talk) 22:20, 7 August 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Articles for creation

This question is about the terminology to be used when a draft is not accepted but may be reworked or improved and resubmitted. This action is currently referred to in the AFC Helper script and at the messages provided to the author as being Declined. There has been discussion at the Village Pump at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(miscellaneous)#Declined_vs_rejected_at_AfC. Should the terminology for the three possible actions by a reviewer be:

A - Accepted, Declined, and Rejected? (The present options)
B - Accepted, Not Accepted, and Rejected? (The rough consensus at VPM)
C - Something else, please specify.

Robert McClenon (talk) 18:37, 7 August 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Speedy deletion

Should the following criterion be added to G15? Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 21:44, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

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^ Paes, Eduardo [@eduardopaes] (July 15, 2025). "Sabem de nada! Não entendem de Rio! No mesmo espaço que cabem 660 mil britânicos, cabem 2.2 milhões de brasileiros animados e felizes! E calientes!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ Torres, Mauricio; Ulloa, Christopher (2025-05-04). "2.1 million person crowd estimated at free Lady Gaga concert on Rio's Copacabana beach". CNN. Retrieved 2025-08-10. Guests started queuing from early Saturday morning to secure a good spot for the show, which is paid for by local authorities. Organizers said about 2.1 million revelers were estimated to have been in the crowd.
^ "Lady Gaga Sets Record With 2.5 Million Attendees For Rio Concert - Pollstar News". 2025-05-05. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
^ Peters, Mitchell (2025-05-04). "Lady Gaga Draws 2.5 Million Fans to Record-Breaking Free Concert at Rio's Copacabana Beach". Billboard. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
^ Kreps, Daniel (2025-05-04). "Lady Gaga Performs to Record-Breaking Crowd at Rio's Copacabana Beach". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2025-08-10.

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[1] Paes, Eduardo [@eduardopaes] (July 15, 2025). "Sabem de nada! Não entendem de Rio! No mesmo espaço que cabem 660 mil britânicos, cabem 2.2 milhões de brasileiros animados e felizes! E calientes!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[2] Torres, Mauricio; Ulloa, Christopher (2025-05-04). "2.1 million person crowd estimated at free Lady Gaga concert on Rio's Copacabana beach". CNN. Retrieved 2025-08-10. Guests started queuing from early Saturday morning to secure a good spot for the show, which is paid for by local authorities. Organizers said about 2.1 million revelers were estimated to have been in the crowd.

[3] "Lady Gaga Sets Record With 2.5 Million Attendees For Rio Concert - Pollstar News". 2025-05-05. Retrieved 2025-08-10.

[4] Peters, Mitchell (2025-05-04). "Lady Gaga Draws 2.5 Million Fans to Record-Breaking Free Concert at Rio's Copacabana Beach". Billboard. Retrieved 2025-08-10.

[5] Kreps, Daniel (2025-05-04). "Lady Gaga Performs to Record-Breaking Crowd at Rio's Copacabana Beach". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2025-08-10.

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