TompaDompa

Regarding Supernovae in fiction

Hi, I saw that you reverted this edit with the rationale of it being overly detailed. I made that addition because the term "massive star" is potentially subjective without quantification. While I agree that this article shouldn't delve too deeply into technical details, it doesn't strike me as extraneous detail to clarify what a massive star is and I believe a comparison to the Sun should be understandable to a broad audience (although perhaps worded slightly differently). Thanks, ^Complex/_Rational 14:53, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

I understand your point of view, but on the other hand the sources we have that discuss the specific topic of supernovae in fiction don't go into this level of detail, and we should follow their lead. Linking to Stellar evolution#Massive stars is sufficient. Nevertheless, I added an explanatory footnote about why the Sun cannot turn into a supernova. TompaDompa (talk) 15:45, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Fair enough. That wikilink is still an improvement over before and addresses the technical details adequately. ^Complex/_Rational 19:47, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Help needed

Hey Tompa, I could use your help, or at least your advice. Another editor is being abusive and I'm wondering if I should go straight to dispute resolution or if I should try other approaches first. We had a long conversation that ended in a stalemate, but then I finally realized their point of view and changed my editing based on their feedback. Now they are getting upset and making threats based on small and harmless edits I'm making (adding a photo, adding a source, removing redundant wikilinks, etc). You can view the latest conversation on my talk page. Wafflewombat (talk) 20:53, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Having looked into this specific situation extremely little, I'll give you advice I should probably follow more often myself: try disengaging for a while and edit elsewhere in the meantime. You can always restart the conversation at a later point, when things have likely cooled down a bit. TompaDompa (talk) 21:07, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

That is great advice, thank you. Wafflewombat (talk) 21:12, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

On an unrelated note, could you give me a hand with my talk page archives? I created the archive box by copying and pasting wikitext from another user's talk page. However, I would like my box to look like yours, without the word "Talk", which in my case links to some old page. Wafflewombat (talk) 00:08, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Sure. You currently have the wikicode {{archives|title=[[Help:User Talk Page Postings|Talk]] [[Help:Archiving a talk page|Archives]]|}}. If you change it to {{archives|title=[[Help:Archiving a talk page|Archives]]|}}, that should do the trick. TompaDompa (talk) 19:22, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Bingo! Thanks. Wafflewombat (talk) 20:20, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Supernovae in fiction

On 19 July 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Supernovae in fiction, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in fiction, supernovae are induced to serve as weapons, power sources for time travel, and advertisements? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Supernovae in fiction. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Supernovae in fiction), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

^Complex/_Rational 00:04, 19 July 2024 (UTC)