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Spanish Civil War GAR
Spanish Civil War, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Anotherclown (talk) 07:35, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
Who can usefully be labeled a "philosopher"?
There are some entries (Zoltan Istvan and Stefan Molyneux come to mind) where the subject has called themselves a "philosopher" and got that into media bios, but in general other philosophers don't accept them as anything of the sort. I feel that if the word "philosopher" has four mass-media cites which are obviously subject-sourced to back it up and nothing third-party, it's a bit tenuous. But I might be wrong. Does the project tend to take a narrower (you're a philosopher if other philosophers accept you're someone who does philosophy) or broader (anyone can call themselves a philosopher for intro sentence purposes) view? - David Gerard (talk) 07:36, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
- Comment: A philosopher is not like say an architect or medical doctor, where in most countries you cannot call yourself one unless you have a professional qualification. On the other hand, any nutter can proclaim a new religion and call themselves a minister, or write rhyming drivel and call themselves a poet. I would allow that a self-styled philosopher is still a philosopher, even though their quality of thought may be rubbish. But if they are self-styled and work on the fringe, then we should say so. Perhaps we need a Category:Crank philosophy. The usual criteria of notability also apply: if the sources are minimal, then WP:UNDUE means we should ignore the claim anyway. Just my opinion. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 11:36, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
- In the Istvan case it's media coverage, in things that would be RSes for most BLP purposes. I'm thinking of how to discuss the point with ardent fans here - David Gerard (talk) 21:56, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
- Around the time that one editor was actively attempting to insert promotional, primary-sourced, and undue content into the Stefan Molyneux article, there was an RfC at which it was decided not to call that individual a "Philosopher" in WP's voice. There was also a bit of activity at the Philosopher article and I recall having asked on this page for assistance with the Philosopher article. That one is still in poor shape and if it could be improved, that would at the least clarify the current thinking of editors on the subject. SPECIFICO talk 19:36, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
Philosophy of language wrt Shitburger
Where, if anywhere, would this article fit? TIA. —ATinySliver/ATalkPage 02:34, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
- Nowhere, per Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary. AndyTheGrump (talk) 13:31, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
FAR Rabindranath Tagore
I have nominated Rabindranath Tagore for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 13:17, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
Free will again
We could do with some extra eyes over at Free will again if anyone cares to join the discussion there. I am concerned about the edits of another well-meaning but very bold and philosophically inexperienced editor, but I'm extremely preoccupied with real-life problems, and rather than abandon the article or get mired in another unending debate there, I would really appreciate having some other philosophically educated people participate in the discussion. Thanks. --Pfhorrest (talk) 23:18, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
"Homunculus"
The usage and primary topic of " Homunculus " is under discussion, see Talk:Homunculus patagonicus -- 65.94.43.89 (talk) 04:49, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
Are there 2x John E. Toews? Presumably the Christian scholar and the Hegel scholar are the same person? http://www.directionjournal.org/38/2/john-e-toews-bibliography.html In ictu oculi (talk) 13:05, 3 April 2015 (UTC)
Large scale changes to multiple articles
There have been recent massive refactorings of articles egocentrism, obedience (human behavior) and minority influence, at least some of which are in this project's scope. Similar changes to another article, egocentric bias, were reverted by JorisvS with an edit summary of "rv: too many poor-quality edits". I'm therefore drawing attention to these other edits as well, so that you can ensure quality of these articles is not compromised. Regards, Samsara 02:19, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
This article is being totally rewritten by one user. It desperately needs wikifying and checking for factual accuracy and needs to brought back to a manageable size. I do not have the expertise to respond to this myself - I was just reading the article today but could not do so as it now has a highly complex structure and layout and is full of unnecessary quotes and content that suggests OR. Can someone familiar with the life and times of Socrates please look at the article? Alternatively, can we go back to the version as at 24 February 2015? Thanks --Chewings72 (talk) 11:15, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
- I completely agree with you, Chewings72. These additions go way beyond what little is known of the historical Socrates. Much of the new material is unsupportable speculation from varied sources with an aura of credibility. There is little attempt to separate Plato's use of the Socrates character in Plato's dialogues from Socrates the person. I would also suggest drastically reverting all additions until consensus can be reached for individual additions. BlueMist (talk) 22:03, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
- @BlueMist: the issue is entirely stable now in that reversion occurred at 15:54, 11 April 2015 via Myrvin. Just thought i'd mention, your absolutely categorically wrong/incorrect to presume "unsupportable speculation from varied sources with an aura of credibility" since every source is from a university without fail, i mean every source, added by myself Whalestate. if you would like to take the time to verify this for yourself you would v.easily see this with your own eyes. Please just go look at the last edit prior to reversion, the references list. Thanks Whalestate (talk) 22:30, 12 April 2015 (UTC) i have to say :@BlueMist: it has made me rather irate that you should presume such a thing, when there is clear and v.obvious evidence to the contrary, with regards to unsupportable speculation. But thank you for the comment never-the-less Whalestate (talk) 22:37, 12 April 2015 (UTC):@BlueMist: here is a clue to find me in the ref. list. all info i've ever added is linked to an online publication i.e. verifiable. happy hunting. Whalestate (talk) 23:30, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
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- Whalestate, You are missing my point. I am not questioning your veracity. I always assumed that each and every one of your references is correct and legitimate. The problem is that those sources can only be based on what was written by either Plato or Xenophon. There are no other legitimate sources about the real Socrates. Everyone else is unsupportable speculation. They are just making up tall tales. BlueMist (talk) 01:06, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I have added your project to Talk:Oswald Bastable as I think it may be relevent to you. If not please feel free to remove. thanks Coolabahapple (talk) 07:16, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
RfC on Talk:Free will
WikiProject participants:
You might be interested to participate in this Request for Comment. Brews ohare (talk) 01:26, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
It seems there is little participation from the project members in the deletion discussion of the major article subject-object problem. Is this just one more indication that there are no active members of this group? Brews ohare (talk) 15:58, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
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