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BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 19:21, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

OneRoof

Do you still believe OneRoof to be an RS after the RSN discussion? Traumnovelle (talk) 19:00, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

The discussion ended without any consensus, so the site is not deprecated. Your two examples show that the earliest residential housing dates need to be treated with caution. Mass removal of oneroof as a reference is not appropriate.-Gadfium (talk) 02:29, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

Would you agree to DRN? I still see this as a completely inappropriate source. Traumnovelle (talk) 19:13, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Your evidence in the last discussion was entirely about the earliest residential housing date, which I am happy to accept is not reliable. I have removed it from several articles, and will remove it from any others as I update them.-Gadfium (talk) 21:53, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

I'm asking if you'd agree to dispute resolution over this. I don't believe just because no evidence of inaccuracy was found for other information means we should assume it is reliable and accurate. Clearly we disagree here and other attempts at soliciting extra opinions haven't worked. Traumnovelle (talk) 22:29, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

WP:DRN is for "small content disputes". This is an attempt by you to deprecate a source, which you have tried to do twice at WP:RSN and failed to get a consensus. Even if you and I were to agree at DRN, no other editor would be bound by that, and most of the use of the source has not been by me. DRN is not a valid path. Have you considered Wikipedia:Drop the stick and back slowly away from the horse carcass might apply?-Gadfium (talk) 23:46, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

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Reversion of recent edits relating to Maori translations

If you found a source that supports the name why would you not just add it as a citation? Traumnovelle (talk) 01:33, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

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Thanks for keeping us all honest away from discouragement — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1017:B8B1:EF3E:ADC1:1E94:CE21:45B8 (talk) 16:02, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

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