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DMacks (talk) 23:02, 2 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

The short description for Grover Cleveland includes both his terms of office, so why can't the short description for Abe? WP:SHORTDESCRIPTION merely states that most descriptions are very short. There is no requirement that it can't be slightly longer to be specific. Векочел (talk) 20:39, 5 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi Векочел, sorry for not getting back to you sooner. I still think that's a bit too verbose, and I think the same of Cleveland's SD as well. I'll try to see if Abe's can be condensed somewhat, while keeping both terms. ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 19:11, 7 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

On second thought, having read WP:SDDATES, it recommends Period in office most important as the criterion, which can be interpreted as simply including the period in office "most important", which in Abe's case is his latter term. For a case like Cleveland, I would think his latter term would suffice as well, but I won't involve myself there. ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 19:33, 7 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

  The redirect Donald Trump as rhetorician has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 October 7 § Donald Trump as rhetorician until a consensus is reached. ZimZalaBim ^talk 02:36, 7 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

I saw you uploaded this image from trumanlibrary.gov to Commons with a very detailed full caption. Can you tell me if the image in this link can be uploaded to Commons? If so, what is the exact image copyright tag? A similar example is the photo in this link, which was also uploaded to Commons with the copyright tag PD-USGov, but I'm not sure if this is correct or not. Thank you.CalCoWSpiBudSu (talk) 15:37, 14 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi CalCoWSpiBudSu. I think that image should be fine over at Commons under {{PD-US-1978-89}}, but I would still advise double-checking with c:Commons:Village pump/Copyright. Best of luck, ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 20:26, 17 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Ok I got it, thanks. CalCoWSpiBudSu (talk) 20:45, 17 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

You say there is no exception for "Dame" listed at MOS:PREFIX. You seem to be missing The honorific titles Sir, Dame, Lord and Lady are included in the initial reference and infobox heading for the subject of a biographical article, but are optional after that. The title is placed in bold in the first use of the name! -- Necrothesp (talk) 08:50, 21 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi Necrothesp. That's open to interpretation, and I would argue |honorific_prefix= can be considered part of the infobox heading. I'm inclined to interpret it that way. Thanks! ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 20:33, 22 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

However, it makes absolutely no sense for the title to be bolded in the first line but not in the infobox! It looks utterly weird. That's my opinion. -- Necrothesp (talk) 09:27, 23 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Not necessarily, since "Dame" isn't a part of the article's title, either. I'm of the opinion that the |name= should match the title. ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 16:25, 24 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

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