User talk:Norm~enwiktionary

Well then. Welcome sockpuppeter. Sorry, but that doesn't quite have the right ring to it.

Wikipedia has lots of extensions that not every other Wikimedia site has. The "respond on your own talk page" extension is one of them.

There has been some considerable debate lately regarding proper nouns, especially encyclopedic proper nouns, having entries on Wiktionary. But the fictional character debate was pretty much over a month or two ago. These entries are subject to verification just as any other word in the English language is; independent sources spanning over a year from reputable publishers.

Now, Flash Gordon (et al) certainly span more than a year. But almost all fail the independence test(s). These characters are all from the same source.

Using this criteria, allows Wiktionary to retain reasonable entries such as "Martian" or "unicorn" which are, in fact, words. It also gives sysops the flexibility to nominate non-dictionary material for deletion (or simply delete it outright.)

I cannot convey strongly enough my disappointment that when you did resort to sockpuppets (which you obviously knew was a Bad Thing) you didn't then use talk pages, but rather stubbornly readded deleted entries. I do hope you can see why that can only aggravate the situation, causing increased resistance to your activities.

It must have been plain, after the first deletion, that your assumptions were a little off. Flash Gordon has been deleted three times in the last few hours. As much as I've tried to support 'fictional character' entries in the past, I'm afraid that I too would delete it on sight now. It is unlikely that that could ever be a proper Wiktionary entry.

As Wiktionary evolves, so too, does the CFI. Lately, the sentiment has been towards tightening the criteria for inclusion, not relaxing it to be more descriptive than it already is. Any reference to Flash Gordon here on Wiktionary is very likely, going to be limited to Flash Gordon style links. --Connel MacKenzie T C 12:05, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Norm. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Norm~enwiktionary that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 00:04, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 07:20, 21 April 2015 (UTC)