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HFCS

I noticed your edits about glucose/fructose. Although many web sites say that glucose-fructose syrup, isoglucose, and glucose/fructose are HFCS that is not necessarily the case. While HFCS is often labeled as glucose-fructose syrup, isoglucose, and glucose/fructose non corn derived products are also labeled as such. #17 Invert sugar is another similar product in the UK made by enzymatic breakup of sucrose into glucose and fructose. Weetoddid (talk) 03:20, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

I was actually reverting the article to a previous version. Someone without an account made [this edit] claiming that HFCS is called “corn syrup” in the UK, but did not change the references, and , which both refer to glucose-fructose syrup, and did not add any new references to support this usage. I am not familiar with usage outside of the US, and I don't know who made the original claim about UK usage and added the references to support it. I undid this particular edit because corn syrup definitely refers to a different food product, and because the old version was supported by two references. --MYCETEAE - talk 05:20, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Any ideas on how to incorporate this info into the article without over-complicating it? Weetoddid (talk) 05:33, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

I'm not sure. It looks like these products are not necessarily the same thing; usage seems to be based on the regulatory idiosyncrasies of each country. Like I said, I'm not familiar with international usage, so I can't really comment on the accuracy of the current article, or recommend any specific changes. I do think that the references currently given for glucose-fructose syrup in the UK are pretty weak. They appear to at least reflect colloquial usage, but legal definitions would be better, and the sites you linked to here appear official. If these products aren't exactly the same thing, a separate section or a brief mention of these similar products in the intro might be appropriate. Another thing to consider is which terms redirect to the HFCS article. Isoglucose does redirect to high-fructose corn syrup, but it's not listed as a synonym in the intro and only appears once in the article. On the other hand, glucose/fructose is listed in bold in the article opening as the Canadian name for HFCS, but this term does not redirect to the HFCS article. I think the relevant question is, what term or terms are people likely to search for on the English Wikipedia? If you want to expand the article, I say go for it, or start a discussion on the HFCS talk page. Is there a place on Wikipedia to solicit recommendations on standard usage throughout the Anglosphere? —MYCETEAE - talk 06:24, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Invalid ISBN

In an edit at Acid you added the reference "Pavia, D.L., Lampman, G.M., & Kriz, G.S. (2004). Organic chemistry volume 1: Organic chemistry 351. Mason, OH: Cenage Learning. ISNB: 9780759342724". Unfortunately, the ISBN you gave was invalid. I was wondering whether you could help in finding the correct one. Lmatt (talk) 01:15, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

This is the ISBN that is printed on the back of my book. The textbook was specially printed for the organic chemistry course at my university, and while I believe it may have been published elsewhere, unfortunately I am not sure of that and cannot verify what might be printed in other editions. If any statements need to be removed because this reference can't be verified, I completely understand, but I believe that anything I've written can be verified in other basic chemistry texts. I wish I could be more helpful. MYCETEAE - talk 04:57, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

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Welcome, welcome, welcome Myceteae! I'm glad that you are joining the November 2024 drive! Please, have a cup of WikiTea, and go cite some articles.

Cielquiparle (talk) 12:43, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

List of dopaminergic drugs change

Hey there, I'm reviewing some of the #NOV24 changes and I noticed that one of the references you used for this change did not contain the information it was being used as a reference for. (The archive'd link.) Please make sure there's a connection between the citation and the content being cited. 🙂 Thank you! Smallangryplanet (talk) 14:48, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for catching that @Smallangryplanet. The same citation appears in the lead at receptor antagonist FYI. I should have read it more carefully. I was surprised to see the entire paragraph removed but I supposed I understand. I appreciate your taking the time to review and give me feedback. --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 15:44, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

@Myceteae If you can cite the contents of the paragraph to something - feel free to put it back! Important to check resources on other pages before re-using them, I've found a whole bunch of stuff that needed to go or be moved to other places in articles as part of this drive 🥴, sometimes people change text without changing the reference or don't read the reference carefully enough. Smallangryplanet (talk) 16:38, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

It's a good reminder. I've encountered this issue on many pages. A challenge I encounter both as a reader and editor is when an inline citation is only intended to support the final sentence of a paragraph or the final clause of a sentence. Often there are straightforward options to reword or reformat but sometimes such attempts make the prose more awkward. One reason this occurs is when an editor considers some or all of the preceding text to be verifiable despite not being verified. Anyway, thanks again, @Smallangryplanet. I agree with your conclusion in this case that the citation in question did not support the text it was intended to support. --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 17:26, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

I really appreciate your participation. DN (talk) 01:58, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

Thank you 😊

I appreciate yours! GSL will of course remain contentious but I’m hopeful we can make progress. --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 02:12, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

There's no reason it should, it was relatively stable for nearly a decade. DN (talk) 07:16, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

Account age

This discussion has been disrupted by block evasion, ban evasion, or sockpuppetry from the following user: Iljhgtn (talk · contribs · block log · spi) Their comments should be excluded from assessments of consensus.

Hi Myceteae,

I did want to ask you about your account age and activity. It seemed highly unusual to have less than 500 edits when I believe we first began interacting, and then to suddenly become very active in 2024 all of a sudden. Iljhgtn (talk) 06:18, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Your account was started in November of 2007, which is very impressive! But then your first edit was this one on Gun show loophole. I did not find any earlier interest in that page. Iljhgtn (talk) 06:26, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

As I explain on my user page, I have been on Wikipedia for a long time but only became an active editor this year after years of reading with only sporadic contributions. I first came to GSL from NPOVN. I followed that discussion for a while but did not participate. I then saw your RM and jumped in. Isn’t the point of notice boards to get eyes on a discussion? I’ve been spending a lot of time on various notice boards as a way to engage with WP’s numerous policies and practices. I hope you will engage with some of my proposals. --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 15:23, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

@Iljhgtn Also, I can't tell how you meant this, but to clarify, that was not my first ever edit on Wikipedia. (It's possible I made some IP edits before that—who can remember that far back?) I would describe my activity as moderately active from 2008 through 2013. After that there were several years where I did not make a single edit. I became much more active this year, especially in the later half. --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 19:01, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

"...was this one on Gun show loophole..." meaning on that particular page, not ever. It looks like the subject matter that you used to edit was different, on therapy and acid and other related items. Just seems to be your first foray into this arena, but you seem pretty well versed in it. Iljhgtn (talk) 19:07, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

@Iljhgtn I thought that was what you meant but just wanted to be sure. You can see from my contribs that I contribute to a variety of topics, including the chemistry, biomedicine, and pseudoscience topics that were my main focus back in the day, although the balance has shifted. Lately I've been participating in a lot of RM discussions and I look at the list of open move discussions frequently.

With respect to Gun show loophole, I've tried to move forward productively by addressing and incorporating issues raised by you and others who object to the outcome of the RMs. My views have shifted as a result of recent and ongoing discussions. I would have been fine with the lead and body at the time the NPOV discussion started but I now favor better coverage of prominent issues with the term itself. --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 20:34, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Iljhgtn's edit history and questions here might also be considered highly unusual, but please don't worry about it. They are required to follow policy just like everyone else. Cheers. DN (talk) 08:35, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Additionally, comments like this, accusing others of "ignoring" certain comments seems inappropriate, and distracting. I suggest hatting it. DN (talk) 07:13, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

What does "hatting it" mean? I looked it up. I am not familiar with that phrase. Where does it originate? Also, why are you responding on behalf of Myceteae on his or her talk page? Iljhgtn (talk) 16:22, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

It's not unusual for editors to see and respond to posts on one another's user talk page. DN's comment are welcome here. (I admit I was surprised when I first encountered this community norm. I have come to appreciate it.) I was frustrated by the accusation that we are "ignoring" such comments in the midst of a long and complex discussion in which DN, myself, and others have repeatedly described and offered support for our assessment about the meaning and usage of GSL. --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 20:31, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

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Oh wow, blast from the past. @DN, were you aware of Iljhgtn and Fenharrow's sockpuppetry? I'd stepped away from Gun show loophole a while ago. I found myself revisiting the article and talk page recently but did not contribute. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 15:55, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

I had my suspicions and even did some digging, but I decided to step back because I wasn't in a position to make accusations given our contentious discussions here. I really had no good options but to step back and let them make fools of themselves. DN (talk) 17:15, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

@DN, I'm glad it's been taken care of. I realize there are other editors with similar views and that there is a long history with that page, but during my relatively brief involvement, those two did strike me as particularly obstructive. I hope you are well, otherwise. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 17:35, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Cryptids

Since I am leaving the project, I wanted to thank you for your work on this and many other pages. The users who trashed previous attempts to create a SELCRIT seemed to have much the same agenda as the new ones: Having a SELCRIT means that the article is maintainable. If it is maintainable, it is a legitimate article, which poses a problem for their determination to delete it from the encyclopaedia entirely. I thought it was worth it to fight that agenda. I am hoping my withdrawal from Wikipedia won't end the discussion. Thank you again for making the encyclopaedia a better resource. Cheers, Last1in (talk) 21:06, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

@Last1in Best of luck to you and thank you for your contributions. Whether this is a temporary or a permanent departure, take care of yourself and protect your peace. --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 21:15, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

I've been editing since April of 2005, usually not from my account because my previous employer's proxy service made logins impossible, but editing steadily nonetheless. After seeing what Bloodofox posted, I reviewed their edit history. Their attacks are wide-ranging, vicious and unrelenting. They appear to pursue editors from article to article, hounding editors until they surrender or quit. I am choosing the latter option. I expect that this will be my last edit, but I honestly, truly appreciate your constructive criticism of what I had hoped would make the Cryptid article better. Good luck and cheers, Last1in (talk) 21:29, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

@Last1in Only you know the best course of action for yourself at this point. For what it's worth, I felt the the conversation was constructive and so far I haven't seen a rash of challenges to items that have recently been removed. --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 22:54, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

GSL poll

Sorry, your !vote caught me a bit off guard. FYI, I have since added Version D which removes the combination of controversial & political and simply adds "controversial", and specified this is only a pre-RFC poll...no official RFC link have been set up.

• Version D:The gun show loophole is a controversial term describing the absence of laws mandating background checks for certain private sales of firearms in the United States.

Cheers DN (talk) 05:57, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

I’m very much opposed to the word “controversial.” I think focusing on the opening sentence is the wrong move. I don’t know that I have anything else constructive do say… I’ll probably take another look at the options again tomorrow and see if I have anything new to add. Thanks for the heads up. --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 06:52, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

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Comment

Sorry you didn't get the redirect to happen at the chemicals conspiracy theory article. After seeing this comment from Daniel Rigal, I think it makes sense.

In previous discussions I have raised that the only conspiracy theory is the gay frogs claim, specifically because it involves the government doing it. RFKs argument is a fringe theory, but probably not a conspiracy theory.

The general hypothesis about endocrine disruptors and sexual orientation / gender dysphoria is a question of science. The article seems like a WP:COATRACK.

Zenomonoz (talk) 22:06, 31 January 2025 (UTC)

It’s disappointing to see a nonsensical name, that is also not a COMMONNAME, survive. RFK Jr. did reference the same chemical and many articles covering his statements explicitly discuss the history back to Jones's “gay frogs” comments. I think it’s a borderline case – not the highest quality article for sure. The article title is terrible but I don’t have a better suggestion for the editors who think RFK’s comments belong but that gay frogs is too narrow a description. --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 05:41, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

Yeah, perhaps this needs an RFC or some feedback from those not involved on the article. Zenomonoz (talk) 08:50, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

Honestly, I don’t have the energy to fight it nor do I have a better suggestion for the title or a specific question for the RfC. In hindsight, maybe I should have alerted the LGBTQ+ studies project to the two RMs without comment on my position. I sort of backed myself into a corner making an over-the-top MoS proposal without providing context. When pressed for examples, I didn’t want to advocate hard for my position outside of the RM discussions in progress (WP:CANVASS). In contrast to gay frogs, the outcome of Talk:Modern pagan views on LGBT people#Requested move 22 January 2025 was a really nice example of collaboration to improve an article title, so it’s not a total loss. --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 17:11, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

I thought your suggestion was an improvement over LGBT chemicals. It’s more precise and certainly more linguistically sound. But it could also be much broader than fringe theories stemming from the Xenopus atrazine studies. The article could still have COATRACK problems or could maybe be transformed into an article on a coherent subject with the current title or something like you propose. I’m open to participating in further discussion but I’m out of ideas for starting one. I appreciate your efforts here! --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 17:30, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

Reply on moving Ampersand to And sign

You can use WP:COMMONNAME to your advantage to move the page. NoahJohnsen (talk) 20:26, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

@NoahJohnsen I don't understand what you mean here. Probably best to reply at Talk:Ampersand#Requested move 5 June 2025. --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 20:47, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

AN/I

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. This is to do with conduct by user Dicklyon in moving - I am informing you as you were involved in the move discussion at 1925 Tri-State tornado or 2021 Tri-State tornado. Thank you. Departure– (talk) 16:44, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

Thanks you @Departure–. I will take a look and give some thought to whether and how best to contribute. Adding link to help myself locate the discussion later: Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Persistent, long-term battleground behavior from multiple editors at capitalization RMs. --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 17:03, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

August 2025

You like participating in requested move discussions, right? Come check this out: Talk:Synurid#Requested move 31 August 2025 Jako96 (talk) 20:39, 31 August 2025 (UTC)

@Jako96 thanks for the heads up! I was on a bit of an unplanned wiki break and missed the discussion before it closed but I do appreciate the opportunity to contribute to these RMs. --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 20:52, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

You're welcome! Would you want me to inform you every time I start a RM discussion? Jako96 (talk) 10:13, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

@Jako96 No, I think that's not necessary. I do look at RMCD pretty regularly but I've been cutting back a bit. I guess if a discussion has gotten too little attention or needs an additional perspective, you can drop me a line from time to time. I may not always be able to jump in in time.

Side note – Selectively notifying individuals of RM (and similar) discussions may raise eyebrows. It could give the appearance of WP:CANVASSing. To be clear, I do not think you did anything wrong here. Your notice here was neutrally worded. Plus, I don't always agree with you in these RMs, so it's not like you were trying to recruit someone from your 'side'. I think it shows your genuine interest in process and participation. If anyone had questioned this notification, I would have defended you on these grounds. Just something to be aware of! --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 15:40, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

You're right, that would not be necessary. Indeed, I'm not trying to recruit someone from my side, I just asked you that because I know you like to participate in RMs. Anyway, thanks for everything! Jako96 (talk) 15:47, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

@Jako96 You're welcome! And thanks again for reaching out. 🙂 --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 15:54, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

Again, you're welcome! By the way, are you by any chance interested in this non-RM discussion? Jako96 (talk) 20:26, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

@Jako96 I responded there. Thanks! --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 22:43, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

Slate on Erika Kirk talkpage

You even used the same quote I was going to use. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:14, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

@Gråbergs Gråa Sång great minds think alike! 😊 --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 12:45, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

Btw, you do know Wikipedia:Press coverage 2025 exists, right? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:55, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

@Gråbergs Gråa Sång I had forgotten about that. Thanks for the reminder and thanks for adding the Slate piece! I recently discovered the {{Press}} template and Wikipedia:Press coverage 2025. I've only used {{Press}} a few times, mostly for coverage like this with a very narrow focus that doesn't seem to belong at Wikipedia:Press coverage 2025, so I haven't developed a habit to add stories there. What do you think about the Fox News article, which is discussed in Slate, does that belong on WP:PRESS 25? It's framed around the Charlie Kirk article but also discusses other articles and issues. --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 13:23, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

IMO it fits, it has some content on WP as whole. If you pick a quote, try to get some of that aspect. What you don't want there is stuff like . Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 13:31, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

🤦🏾‍♂️ Good grief! @Gråbergs Gråa Sång --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 13:38, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

On press-templates, you can also put them on Wikiprojects , projectpages , Arbcom cases , Jimbotalk ...

And like with anything else on WP, sometimes people will disagree when you add something: Template_talk:Press#Inclusion_of_Townhall_op-ed. You might find Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2025_August_6#Template:Press interesting. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 13:55, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

@Gråbergs Gråa Sång You know, I had a feeling when I stumbled across this a couple months ago that ‘Press’ might be an occasional source of controversy. --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 14:33, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

and by "this" I just mean the existence of Press/Press coverage. I wasn't aware of these discussions. Interesting reading, to be sure! --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 14:40, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

The benefit isn't obvious, to an extent it's a "for fun" thing, at least when the context isn't incredibly tragic. But they can inspire and make people think new things. I remember once where there was a lot of "why should we promote this a-hole?", but sure enough, further down the thread people started to discuss improving sourcing.

Here are 2 of my favorite WP-stories: Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:54, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

@Gråbergs Gråa Sång I struggle to understand the strength of the objections. I understand, and of course broadly agree with, wanting to make sure every activity has a clear relationship to improving or maintaining the public-facing encyclopedia* and more specific concerns about talk page bloat. But editors can lose the forest for the trees with too-narrow a utilitarian focus.

*And to be clear, I think the Press business likely does have a net positive impact on our end product, even if it mostly goes unnoticed and is sometimes a locus of conflict. --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 16:02, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

@Gråbergs Gråa Sång Side note, have you read The Editors, the novel by the author of the Slate article? I learned about it yesterday after reading the article. I'm always saying I need to read more fiction so I might pick up a copy. --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 16:06, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

I have not, but I have chatted a little with the author. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:11, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

@Gråbergs Gråa Sång Oh cool!! --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 16:15, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

Template_talk:Press#Inclusion_of_Townhall_op-ed just got a closure, so that's one for the Template:Press inclusionists. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 20:17, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

New year: WP:PRESS 26. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 19:19, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

The House Jack Built

	I Survived Kirk
	Congrats, you survived the Charlie Kirk move discussion. Thanks for all you've done during this time. Wear this shirt with honor. Don't bleach it! Babysharkb☩ss2 (DEADMAU5) 17:36, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

Thanks @Babysharkboss2! And thank you for your help with the discussion. There were more than a few hiccups and many broader issues were raised and not resolved. I appreciate your efforts to organize this complex thread. Even when I disagreed with particular actions, the role you and several other participants and watchers played ultimately contributed a more orderly and coherent process. Cheers, --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 18:34, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

@Babysharkboss2, I'm coming to this incredibly late, but the shirt should have been red. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:55, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

Of course. My mistake lol Babysharkb☩ss2 I am Thou, Thou art I 04:12, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

If I knew what a redirect molecule looked like I'd get you one

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	For taking on the task of reviewing the molecule redirects. The back of the redirect queue might actually be usable again soon! Rusalkii (talk) 04:40, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

@Rusalkii Thanks!!! 🧪⚛️🧑‍🔬😄 --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 15:16, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

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		Thank you for your consistently thoughtful and well-reasoned participation at RfD, which makes things much easier for closers and other editors, and also enhances the reader experience. Left guide (talk) 04:14, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

Thanks @Left guide! 😃 —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 14:00, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

redirect

Hey I recall you objected to a redirect from Next Israeli election, but it appears it does redirect now despite the edit summary says "without leaving a redirect"? I am also not certain how we would do this without leaving a redirect. Slomo666 (talk) 22:26, 30 October 2025 (UTC)

@Slomo666 Thanks for the heads up! The old title, Next Israeli legislative election, was deleted per the recommendation in the RM discussion but Next Israeli election and the other redirects to the article were left in place. I will nominate these for deletion at WP:RFD. The standard practice when a page is moved is to convert the old title to a redirect to a the new title as an {{R from move}} and to retarget all the existing redirects to the new target. I would not expect the other redirects to be deleted without explicit discussion. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 22:38, 30 October 2025 (UTC)

Ok. Why actually would it be so bad if there was a redirect? Don't we want ppl who maybe don't follow electoral calendars to find the article? Slomo666 (talk) 22:43, 30 October 2025 (UTC)

@Slomo666 I nominated these for deletion here: Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 October 30#Next Israeli election redirects. Feel free to make the argument for keeping these. Let me know if you have any questions about redirects and RfD. I'm still newish to participating in RfD but I'm quite active there. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 23:03, 30 October 2025 (UTC)

Welcome to the drive!

Welcome, welcome, welcome Myceteae! I'm glad that you are joining the November 2025 drive! Please, have a cup of WikiTea, and go cite some articles.

Cielquiparle (talk) 09:49, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

Schmear

Cant reply on the AFD, but I meant that bagel and cream cheese was not linked on schmear, not the reverse. 🙂 ←Metallurgist (talk) 16:54, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

@Metallurgist Gotcha! That makes more sense. I see that the redirect target has already been changed… I think I will take this to WP:RFD for a more definitive resolution. I will ping AfD participants. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 17:12, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

I am actually making a post on the redirect talk page right now. Just adding the tags ←Metallurgist (talk) 17:16, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

@Metallurgist this should go to RfD. I know the closing comment said this could be discussed on talk but redirect talk pages typically have very little traffic. RfD is the correct venue and the discussion would benefit from fresh eyes in addition to participants in the prior discussions. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 17:24, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

I am not opposed to that but I already made it... And I suppose thats a fair point. ←Metallurgist (talk) 17:28, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

@Metallurgist Thanks for following up on this! I try to keep tabs on discussions I've participated in and probably would have seen what happened here eventually but this one very likely may have fallen through the cracks. I of course have my own view about the best target but regardless of the outcome I think it's important that this be discussed given the divergent opinions in the AfD and multiple plausible targets. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 18:19, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

I agree completely. I think this will be an easy consensus tho. Its kinda silly to think about, even bagel and cream cheese being a separate article. ←Metallurgist (talk) 18:24, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

@Metallurgist I think bagel and cream cheese is sufficiently notable on its own but that's another matter! —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 18:26, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

Unrelated, geh I missed the Israeli election RM. I had meant to comment on that, but I would have supported it as well. There is a Yiddish saying "You cant dance at two weddings". My mother says it as "every wedding". ← Metallurgist (talk) 19:53, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

@Metallurgist. Wise words, applicable to many situations on-wiki and IRL. 🙂 —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 20:54, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

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Thanks for your work on steroid tradename redirects

Just wanted to say bravo for diving into all those redirects- at the very least they should be retargeted as you say. Clearly at some point users or a bot just made redirects from lists at PubChem or the like without scrutinizing anything- not helpful! Cheers, Mdewman6 (talk) 07:51, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

@Mdewman6 I'm glad it's appreciated! I don't want to overload RfD and verifying these is quite time consuming so I'm breaking up the list and manually retargeting one-offs. If memory serves, there were >250 when I started reviewing these last month and almost all of them were created by the same bot. It's a mess. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 16:37, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

God Jul!

Hello Myceteae: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 13:10, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 13:10, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

@Gråbergs Gråa Sång Happy holidays! 😊 —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 17:07, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

November 2025 WikiProject Unreferenced articles backlog drive – award

		Citation Barnstar
		This award is given in recognition to Myceteae for collecting more than 1 point during the WikiProject Unreferenced articles's NOV25 backlog drive. Your contributions played a crucial role in sourcing over 6,000 unsourced articles during the drive. Thank you so much for participating and helping to reduce the backlog! ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 15:35, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Your signature

Could you please adjust the colour shade of your signature? It's hard to make out in dark mode. thetechie@enwiki (she/they | talk) 22:39, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

@TheTechie how's this? —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 23:18, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Much better. Thanks! thetechie@enwiki (she/they | talk) 23:58, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Your signature, as used here, is overlong at almost 280 characters, which is against the WP:SIGLEN policy. It also contains a template contrary to the WP:SIG#NT policy; specifically, this is {{zero width joiner}}, which should be replaced by the entity ‍. You also have an invalid declaration color: color:#324c80 where the property name and colon both appear twice, which means that the declaration is ignored by browsers. The result of this is that your user page link is appearing in the default blue colour, instead of your intended   colour. Did you know that the style= attribute can be used on all HTML elements, without exception? This means that you can eliminate two of the three <span>...</span> pairs, and so your sig may be reduced from 277 characters to 228, as follows:

—[[User:Myceteae|<b style="font-family: verdana; color:#324c80;">Myceteae</b>]]<span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">&zwj;</span>🍄‍🟫 ([[User talk:Myceteae|<i style="font-family: verdana;">talk</i>]])

which will bring it under the maximum permitted length set down at WP:SIGLEN. Thanks. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 00:13, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

Thanks @Redrose64! Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 00:30, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

Thank you --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 16:28, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

@Redrose64 I did make a couple more adjustments. This now has fewer characters and I believe is still compliant. Thanks for your help! —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 18:33, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

Re: RM on Talk:Leg warmer

Hey Myceteae, the move request on the Leg warmer page was opened by me largely as a procedural matter to resolve the prior undiscussed move. I was already on the fence before and after the arguments made in the RM I'm pretty much convinced that I should withdraw the nomination, as the original mover on whose behalf I opened the RM hasn't commented on it and doesn't seem likely to. I'm messaging you because I'm not exactly sure how to go about withdrawing the proposal short of striking out my own statements, and remembered you helping someone else with the process during an earlier discussion. I'd really appreciate your help with this. Thanks, Glasspalace (talk • contribs) 09:58, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Glasspalace, thanks for reaching out. I am always happy to help a fellow editor! As I see it, there are two options. You can close the discussion yourself as withdrawn. Since there are only 'oppose' !votes at this time, withdrawal is allowable per WP:RMEC. I have never actually closed an RM myself so I don't have first-hand knowledge of the steps. There are instructions at WP:RMCS. The other option is to indicate your intent to withdraw within the listing itself and wait for an uninvolved editor to come along and close it. The most straightforward way to do that is to strike the original nomination rationale statement and at the end append Withdrawn with a brief explanation, signature, and date. This does leave open the possibility that other editors will come along and express support for the move. The discussion may stay open for the entire 7 days but a lot of people watch RM so it's possible someone will come along and close it early as withdrawn based on clear documentation in the discussion. I'll keep an eye on the discussion. Let me know how else I can help. Cheers —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 17:04, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

Alright, thank you so much! I've closed a fair few RMs myself so I'm familiar with the closing procedure. Thanks a lot for your help. Thanks, Glasspalace (talk • contribs) 09:32, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

@Glasspalace you’re welcome! 😊 —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 17:10, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, Myceteae!

Happy New Year!

Myceteae,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Agnieszka653 (talk) 01:31, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

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@Agnieszka653 Thank you, and Happy New Year to you! 🙂 —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 17:16, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for your participation at RMs, RfD, and elsewhere. Your comments are always well-reasoned and grounded in evidence, which makes them very helpful as a !voter. They are also consistently specific and detailed, which is very helpful as a closer. Please keep up the good work. Toadspike [Talk] 10:05, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

@Toadspike thank you so much for the kind words! I like to think my contributions are constructive. Over the last year or so I have been working on being concise, limiting counterproductive back-and-forths, and not jumping into every discussion. (I'm aware I still have work to do on this front!) It is wonderful to have positive feedback. 🙂 —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 16:29, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

+1 I would actually like to learn how you make such great comments. Most of the ones I make are usually pretty crappy, such as "per nom / X" or mere assertions of something. I do sometimes provide evidence with pageviews for a primary topic by usage or Ngrams for a common name, though. Thanks, 1isall (talk | contribs) . . (he/him) 06:30, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

@1isall well I am down right flattered. 😃 I've spent a lifetime thinking about and crafting arguments in other forums. I guess if I have any advice it would be to engage with arguments in a variety of mediums and to maintain an open mind and keep engaging here. I learn a lot and pick things up from my fellow editors. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 09:27, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

I guess I will have to do the same. Thanks, 1isall (talk | contribs) . . (he/him) 14:13, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The Teamwork Barnstar
		Screw it, barnstar time. This is for all the help with the possessive redirects issue; I'm handing these out for all the editors that have helped me get this handled (and helped me when my lack of experience with handling this sort of thing shone through a bit lol). I thus plan to give one of these out to each of the following: MEN KISSING, voorts, Patar knight, Cryptic, and Myceteae. ... and if y'all think I missed someone important, ping me lol 𝔏𝔲𝔫𝔞𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔫🌙🌙🌙 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔐𝔬𝔬𝔬𝔬𝔬𝔫𝔦𝔢𝔰𝔱 (talk) 01:33, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

Thanks @Lunamann! I appreciate all your work on this! —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 01:38, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

Another of the same barnstar for you!

		The Teamwork Barnstar
		For the exact same reasons as mentioned above by Luna, haha. And also for helping me personally out. Thank you! MEN KISSING (she/they) T - C - Email me! 03:24, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

@MEN KISSING And thank YOU! It takes a village and you've played a vital role! —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 03:29, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

Inquiry from a newly autoconfirmed user.

Hi,

I hope you are having a good day. I would just like to inquire on how you got so many edits in 30 days, and how I could speed up some of my edits as you do. If possible, for better understanding please look at my recent contributions.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Mycaeneangreecetuffboy

3/2/26 Mycaeneangreecetuffboy (talk) 22:49, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Mycaeneangreecetuffboy, I'm not sure I understand what you're looking for. If you look at my contributions, you'll see that I have been editing for almost 19 years and started off pretty slow. These days, the vast majority of my contributions are to discussion pages, especially WP:RFD, and occasionally WP:RMCD and talk page discussion for articles of interest to me.

I started off by editing articles that interested me but for the most part I was an infrequent contributor for many years. I honestly don't remember how I stumbled upon RM ("RMCD"), where I was much more active before RFD, but I have become more interested in these areas than in adding encyclopedia content. That said, I do occasionally add content to articles that interest me, sometimes inspired by discussions I've taken part in, and I also make small changes and corrections to articles I am reading. For example, updating links, rewording awkward phrases, and correcting small errors.

In general, I think it's a bad idea to try to "juice" your edits just to reach a particular status. Find articles that interest you or tasks and discussions you enjoy participating in. Avoid racking up trivial edits, especially early on. This can give the appearance that you are trying to game the system to access additional privileges, whether or not this is the case. On the other hand, if you are making major changes to an article, go slowly at first and be prepared to engage with other editors who may challenge or question your edits.

WP:TEAHOUSE is a great place for new editors to ask questions and get advice. I wish I could be more helpful. I'm always happy to help new editors but I'm sort of bad at describing my won approach, which is rather idiosyncratic and aligned with my random interests and skills. If you have a more specific question about my main areas of contribution, I will do my best to help. Otherwise, I think the Teahouse is a good place to start, or follow up with one of the editors who has left 'welcome' messages on your talk page. Folks who monitor Teahouse and post welcome messages on new editor talk pages are usually very helpful and have good general advice for new editors. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 03:08, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi,

Thank you for your response. Juicing the system was also not my intention as well, to clarify, I was just trying to be more productive with my edits.

Regards, Mycaeneangreecetuffboy (talk) 12:09, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

@Mycaeneangreecetuffboy I understand. I apologize if that came off as an accusation, just wanted to give you a heads up about how it can appear to some folks when a new editor starts making a large number of edits, especially if they are either very minor edits or massive edits. I see from your talk page that you have joined the unreferenced articles drive. Drives and other WikiProject initiatives are great ways to get involved! Since you asked for advice, familiarize yourself with Wikipedia:Reliable sources and Wikipedia:Inline citation, which are directly relevant to this drive. Wikipedia:Reliable sources is probably one of the most important Wiki guidelines. Read through the main points but don't expect to memorize or understand every application of the guideline right away. It's easy to be intimidated by all of Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Keep making your edits, slow and steady, and just be prepared to engage with other editors. If you're especially interested in adding sources to unreferenced articles, look at the WikiProject talk page (Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Unreferenced articles) and don't be afraid to ask questions there. Another good place for discussions about reliable sources is WP:RSN. Welcome to Wikipedia 🙂 —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 15:35, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi,

I hope you are having a good day. I would just like to say thank you.

Sincerely, Mycaeneangreecetuffboy (talk) 16:39, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

Mixing inline wiki markup ('') with block-level HTML (<p>) may break parsing

Myceteae, thanks for your comment at Talk:Mais qui ?. Please don't use constructions like

''<p>[[Chicago Manual of Style]]'' does have guidance on this (login required to access linked sections)

as this breaks parsing, which affects syntax highlighting and may cause Linter errors. If you want to use html tags like <p> then think about how you'd italicize: you'd say, <p><i>[[Chicago Manual of Style]]</i> does have guidance...</p>, right? You'd never nest the block-level p-tag inside the inline-level i-tag. Mixing them with wiki markup just makes it harder on the parser, which usually knows what you meant, but not always. If you do use Html, please close all your tags (even ones that most browsers are very forgiving about unclosed ones, like p- and li-tags), and close nested tags last-in, first out (<p><li>...</li></p>). As an alternative to <p>, you can use template {{pb}}, which does not require closing at the end of the paragraph. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 02:04, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

The ''<p>[[Chicago Manual of Style]]'' was a sloppy error as I copied and pasted. I wasn't aware of the need to close <p> tags here. I haven't thought about that in years! Thanks for the heads up. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 02:20, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

No worries. You don't really *need* to close p-tags if you do everything else right, but you increase the risk of an incorrect parse if there's other squirrely stuff mixed in. Template {{pb}} works nicely, and you can stick it most anywhere. I use it inside the |customend= parameter on Welcome templates like these for example, to add a final paragraph at the end of the welcome message. I'd be very wary of using a p-tag in that context. Mathglot (talk) 02:55, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hi Myceteae. Thank you for your work on De Loys's ape. Another editor, Mariamnei, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment: Nice work! To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with @Mariamnei:. Mariamnei (talk) 08:20, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

@Mariamnei Thank you! I don't want to take too much credit for restoring an old revision and sprucing it up, and though it still needs work, I think it's a real improvement 🙂 —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 15:10, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hi Myceteae. Thank you for your work on C'est Bon. Another editor, Uncle Bash007, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

Thank you for creating this disambiguation page

To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with {{Re|Uncle Bash007}}. (Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

Uncle Bash007 (talk) 22:52, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Quotation marks around redirect

Did you mean to create this redirect with quotation marks around its title? Toadspike [Talk] 01:32, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

@Toadspike Ahh! No, I certainly did not. I will WP:G7 it. Thanks for catching this! —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 13:03, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Note: I moved "Jeremy Iverson" to Jeremy Iverson and then tagged the original for speedy deletion, which has been done. So the above link still works but points to Jeremy Iverson, while the page with the offending title has been deleted. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 16:45, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing that! Toadspike [Talk] 21:42, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Discussion at AfD

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Iran–United States war. –Gluonz ^{talk contribs} 05:05, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Barnstar!

		The Socratic Barnstar
		For always being right when it comes to WP:RMs, especially in tricky ones Kowal2701 (talk, contribs) 23:10, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

This is high praise! Thanks, @Kowal2701! I had sort or stepped back from RM for a while but I've enjoyed being back in the action. It's nice to have some encouragement. I'll try not to let it go to my head, and of course I don't think I'm always right. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 23:20, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Lol, "practically always". Always well-reasoned !votes that save lazy editors like myself time and energy, glad you enjoy it Kowal2701 (talk, contribs) 23:24, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Archival of some MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak discussions

Hi Myceteae. Just to let you know, I've already archived some ended discussions at Talk:MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak/Archive 1, so the age for the auto archive you setup may need adjusting. Thank you, Fortek67 (talk) 16:45, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

@Fortek67 Thanks for the heads up! I anticipated there would be questions or different preferences, hence why I left a fairly detailed rationale in the edit summary. I see that your manual archiving has been reverted and the archive is now empty. I also see that someone has changed it to a 30-day auto-archiving period. Perhaps we should have a discussion on the talk page. I hate to clutter it more but there are clearly differences of opinion. Whatever we decide now will need monitoring and frequent adjusting. I tend to be somewhat conservative when it comes to auto-archiving. I think, for most pages, there is little benefit to quickly removing "old" posts. A breaking news article requires a different approach and should still be supplemented with manual archiving. I didn't look at the history to review which posts you archived. <24 hours is a little extreme though there are certainly posts that are resolved in that timeframe. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 17:48, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Myceteae. I agree, 24 hours is a little extreme for some discussions. I wrote to the person who reverted my edits, Mathglot, they encouraged starting a consensus in the talk page. Thanks, Fortek67 (talk) 17:58, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Yes, the TP is the right venue to get consensus on archiving. Fwiw, I also favor longer archiving, and use of manual curation for breaking news, keeping what is relevant or provides context for earlier decisions and concerns, to avoid reinventing the wheel on the TP, or churning the article. Mathglot (talk) 18:11, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Do one of you mind starting a consensus on the archival of the discussions? I am not very experienced when it comes to archiving. Thank you. Fortek67 (talk) 18:16, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

I will start a discussion shortly. Thanks @Fortek67 and @Mathglot for all the work you're both doing on that page! For manual archiving, I would only remove posts that are clearly irrelevant and almost never sooner than 1–2 days. Relevance is arguably more important than age, though it is subjective. For example, the requests move discussion has continued to be a topic of interest and is highly likely to be proposed again. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 18:58, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

 Courtesy link: Talk:MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak § Auto-archiving —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 19:11, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you @Myceteae! Fortek67 (talk) 19:14, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

May 2026

I'm sorry for the WP:TRAINWRECK that I could've handled better during the MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak. The truth is that I created the United States page and knew it was going to be deleted. So, I pivoted the page move to the Draft:Timeline of the MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak. I felt like it would've been a permanent stain on my record if I had an article deleted in a basically unanimous decision. Call me a Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not about winning every time you want. However, I am contemplating if I want to move on from Wikipedia because of a lot of blunders I've had in the past: User talk:CostalCal. CostalCal (talk) 02:47, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

@CostalCal, I'm sorry to hear that. I won't sugar coat it, that AfD situation was a mess. I imagine some of the responses may have felt personal but I can assure you that is not where I was coming from nor did I read that as the tone of the other respondents. It might be good to take a short break. I don't recall running into you before, so I can't give an overall comment on your contributions, but just scrolling through your user page and talk page I see you have receive many barnstars and compliments, in addition to some of the "blunders" as you call them, and have made a large number of edits. With fast moving topics like a breaking news story and in the middle of XfD discussions, I would just encourage you to slow down. When I came int the AfD discussion, via the post at Talk:MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak, I was rather bewildered by the history. It looks to me like you were trying your best to produce quality content and respond to some of the feedback. I made the AN post in hopes of putting a stop to the discussion, which was confusing and not productive. I was deliberate in not framing it as a user behavior problem, although I do think your actions qualified as disruptive, because they appeared to me to be in good faith and I could see that things had gotten out of control.

For what it's worth, I think the MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak#Timeline is too bloated. I was actually contemplating jumping in to the discussion to voice support for either splitting off the timeline or just trimming the coverage in the main outbreak article. But when I got to the AfD I uncovered larger problems. Also, I've gotten into some back-and-forth with other editors at Talk:MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak#Auto-archiving. Everyone is doing their best to respond to a firehose of new information and a huge number of edits every day.

Anyway, I hope you are able to reflect on this, as well as your positive contributions to Wikipedia, and find a way forward. I know I make the most mistakes when I get flustered and start moving too fast. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 04:09, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

i do not want to re-bloat the article talk-page, but

Hi! i think that the following (subtopic) should be collapsed, Talk:MV_Hondius_hantavirus_outbreak#Infobox,_dubious. I am also fine with it being removed/archived.

Have a nice day. ~2026-27573-13 (talk) 16:30, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

I've collapsed it, good suggestion! —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 14:21, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Good job

Infobox can be changed to,

"Disease: hantavirus pulmonary syndrome", for starters, if you think that is okay.--Good job on pathogen/infobox! Side note: i will try to use article-talkPage next time. ~2026-29043-04 (talk) 17:32, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! Please do take a look at the article talk page and add your feedback there when possible. I know it can be hard to navigate. I see that I messed up the link in my edit summary—ugh! The full, rather extensive discussion starts here: Talk:MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak#Species, not strain. I posted about the latest infobox update within the thread here: Talk:MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak#Infobox update. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 18:07, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

I have interacted with several of the threads there (before hardware "jumped I.P." on its own).--I might not have anything to add to the "old" threads - only to upcoming threads. Have a nice day! ~2026-29043-04 (talk) 18:33, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

It's hard to keep track of all the IPs I've interacted with on the page but there have been some strong contributions. Keep up the good work and don't hesitate to create an account to keep the fun going! —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 18:36, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Privacy and hantavirus (and my moving on from "old thread")

From "old thread" that i quite possibly have moved on from:

"Now as for the table of cases, I'm increasing unsure we should have this in the first place. It might raise privacy concerns."

My comment: If one thinks there might be privacy concerns, then anyone should consider suggesting to remove any of the following from the table:

• the exact age, could be changed (in the table) to "20-29" ... "60-69" years old, or something like that.
  

and/or remove

• male-or-female gender, from the table.--Note: i can imagine possible privacy concerns, such as a person ending up in the table-of-cases, without having been on a cruise-ship, or without having been in those provinces where the rice-mouses roam. (Without direct age-info and/or direct gender-info in the table, privacy-concerns might be reduced significantly, if not totally.)
  

For now, i am fine with one or both "removals" (above), happening thru a near-consensus of administrators. Thereafter the (main) community of wikipedians can gain consensus, for how to move on.--Wikipedia does perhaps have an ethics-board-et-cetera, and it might be relevant to mention privacy-concerns to such board? Anyway, i expect to move on to newer and "better" threads. ~2026-29043-04 (talk) 19:20, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Now this definitely belongs on article talk. There is an active discussion at Talk:MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak#Status table where I posted just before seeing your response here. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 19:34, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

I have moved on from "old thread", but anyone is free to use the text in this thread. (Just wanted to let you know - before info gets lost in time - that privacy-concern is not necessarily a frivolous idea, in topics where contamination-thru-droplets are an issue.) ~2026-29043-04 (talk) 19:46, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

I have "moved" "my" text into the thread you mentioned. (Seems like it was not one of "my" "old threads".) ~2026-29043-04 (talk) 19:58, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 20:03, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

FAQ (table of contents, and Hantavirus-infectees related to a 100+ passenger-ship)

1. Does at least one person, feel that too many details in that table-of-contents, could be a privacy-concern?

2. By removing the table-of-contents, but keeping all the information spread thru paragraphs and sentences - does that make the concern (feel) smaller?

I think the following is a fair presentation (to some) of concerns:
"We already have details about these unidentified individuals throughout but something about tabular details that list age, nationality, test results, and whether someone is currently in the hospital seems improper even though this information is available elsewhere".

"My" FAQ, has its first version above.

Note: do i think there is much point in answering questions about those details, on talk pages? It might be wise to collect info in a FAQ, and quote whatever present version there is of a FAQ.

Another note: Important points might include: "Non-public figures". ~2026-29057-56 (talk) 22:33, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

I think these are concerns worth discussion on the article talk page. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 23:13, 14 May 2026 (UTC)