User talk:Rational Dude

Greetings
Greetings. This is my talk page.

Welcome and autopatrolled
Bongolian (talk) 05:27, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Rational Dude (talk) 20:01, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

Autopatrolled
Bongolian (talk) 05:27, 12 November 2021 (UTC) Uh… thanks! Rational Dude (talk) 05:29, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

Your drafts
You should try to create drafts with substantial content first, and try to keep the drafts you make to a minimum. I saw you created several drafts with barely any content, Draft:Adam Friended, Draft:George Alexopoulos, Draft:Literature Devil, Draft:PSA Sitch, Draft:Just a Robot, and Draft:Holocene Extinction (most substantial one by a bit but still not acceptable). Most are YouTubers where we have little idea about their clout. Try to be choosy about the YouTubers you decide to cover as well. Formatting might be an issue you have, but be sure to prioritize content and we can help you with the formatting later. 05:49, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

Alright, I will. Thank you. Most of these people were on the webshite lists, as seen here:https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki:Webshites/Politics Rational Dude (talk) 12:47, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

Indenting
It really would be a good idea it you did it on talk pages. You do it by adding a colon in front of your reply. if it is a reply to a reply then you add two colons and so on. You should only really not use colons if you are changing the subject somewhat. You can practice in reply to this comment if you like.Bob"Life is short and (insert adjective)" 15:32, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Sure thing, I’ve got it. Thanks for the advice.


 * Also, I’d like to apologize if it seemed like I was trying to start an argument on the topic discussion. I was confused, and I’m kinda passionate about this issue (extinction to be precise). Plus, I’m just more used to the Wikipedia terms.

Rational Dude (talk) 19:51, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
 * No probs. It's also a good idea to put your sig directly after you comments.  Otherwise you can see what happens above. Using "show preview" before "save" is also wise. (We were all newbies once).Bob"Life is short and (insert adjective)" 20:02, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Of course, I’ll do my best to remember. Thank you.

Rational Dude (talk) 20:21, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
 * OK. Except you didn't. You really should put your sig just after the full stop. Otherwise it starts a new line - as you can see.Bob"Life is short and (insert adjective)" 20:25, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh, that's what you meant. Whoops.Rational Dude (talk) 23:05, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

Sysop
Edward the eight (talk) 19:26, 24 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Cool, thanks! Rational Dude (talk) 20:56, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

hee hoo
heh heh if we combined our names it'd be rationalhindude RationalHindu (talk) 20:40, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Dude, that's actually hilarious 😂 Rational Dude (talk) 20:44, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

Excessive categories
Stop adding categories on pages when the page has no content whatsoever to justify it. Your activity on doing this is excessive. Bongolian (talk) 23:23, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
 * What do you mean pages without content? What pages are you referring to, mainspace pages or drafts? Rational Dude (talk) 23:24, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
 * You like to add categories when the page has no text justifying the presence of said category. That's what he means. Besides, just adding categories is a low value activity anyways. 13:32, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Oh, you mean adding categories to pages that might not justify it. I was so confused at first, I thought you were talking about blank pages.


 * Don’t worry, I won’t add any unjustified categories to pages again, it’s just a habit I have from Wikipedia and Fandom that I’m used to. Rational Dude (talk) 16:02, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

Moving drafts
Did you even see the reason why Holocene Extinction was moved to draftspace? Plus, moving that one draft over when it had no references was not a good idea either. Please exercise better judgement in the future. Plutocow (talk) 17:22, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Sorry. I just don’t really know when a draft article qualifies to become a mainspace article. The article does have references though, and I cited my sources. Rational Dude (talk) 17:43, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

South Korean alt-righists is never anti-Japanese.
In both South Korea and Japan, South Korea's alt-right is never recognized as anti-Japanese. South Korean fascists are related to their former Japanese imperial collaborators. Even now, South Korean fascists, including Yoon Suk Yeol, are known to be pro-Japanese.

Alt-rightists in South Korea are really pro-Japanese/anti-Chinese racist. In South Korea politics, Japan is in the same position as Russia in the United State politics: See, ,  and

On the contrary, anti-Japanese sentiment is more pronounced among liberals and progressives who oppose Alt-rightists:, (centre-left/anti-Japan and pro-American),  (far-left/anti-Japan and anti-American),  and

The is a rare left-wing party that supports Trump, an example that is not so famous that most South Koreans often do not know.

Anti-Korean racism in Japan is often described as alt-right, but anti-Japanese racism in South Korea is not described as such. South Korea's anti-Japanese racism is rather more like the anti-Russian racism of American liberals. In addition, the Japanese have racial privilege in Asia, which is almost the same as white privilege. South Korea-Japan conflict is not a British-French conflict, but an Algerian-French conflict. United States has never been under Japanese colonial rule, and unlike the Japanese in South Korea, there is no racial privilege at all in the United States, so it should not judge South Korean politics by American political views.

There is a lot of anti-Japanese racism in South Korea. But it is by no means a phenomenon that stands out among South Korean conservatives, fascists, and alt-rights. South Korea's anti-Japanese racism is closer to black nationalists than alt-rights. Ethnic slugs against Japanese people are used more by the political left, and conservatives and fascists in South Korea accuse the political left of being "pro-North Korea and anti-Japanese". Instead, alt-rights in South Korea use ethnic slugs against the Chinese.

In particular, there are topic that cannot be left out in the anti-Japanese sentiment and feminism movement in South Korea. It is a Comfort women. Rather, South Korean/Japanese alt-rights insult the victims of Comfort women. Umaru16 (talk) 00:49, 6 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I was once an anti-Japanese racist, too. I reflect on that. But I have never supported right-wing politics in South Korea. Since I am feminist who supports the political left in South Korea and a transgender who is discriminated against in South Korea, I can say for sure that anti-Japanese sentiment in South Korea is closely related to left-wing politics, not right-wing politics. You don't seem to know much about South Korean politics. Mocking Hiroshima and Nagasaki in South Korea is more of a left-wing nationalism than a far-right nationalism. (See ) In addition, Japanese nationalists accuse the human rights movement of Japanese war crime victims in South Korea of being "anti-Japanese". There is even a controversy in South Korea that the Japanese ultra-nationalist far-right financially supports the South Korea's anti-feminist far-right.
 * Racism and nationalism is not always a right-wing ideology. Nationalism in imperialist countries such as the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, and France is mainly right-wing ideology, but anti-imperialist racism or anti-colonialist nationalism can also be established, as in South Korea and Zimbabwe, which is close to left-wing ideology. Umaru16 (talk) 01:17, 6 May 2023 (UTC)


 * There is a clear psychological difference between far-right nationalism and left-wing nationalism. Far-right nationalism is based on imperialism and racial hierarchy. Left-wing nationalism resists it. There are similarities between white-black and Japanese-Korean relations. This is similar to the fact that Irish nationalists (mostly ) are not fascists, but rather related to the political left based on anti-imperialism/anti-British sentiment. We must remember that while Germany's far-right imperialist nationalism has brought about genocide and destruction, Korea or India's left-wing anti-imperialist nationalism has brought about their independence. All nationalism is not equally pernicious.


 * Harry S. Truman is despised in Japan. It is because of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. For the same reason, South Korean leftists like Harry S. Truman. This is because the deaths of the Japanese paradoxically escaped the Japanese domination and Japanese war crimes. Leftists in South Korea cannot be seen as fascists or alt-rights. Rather, it is a natural feeling that the Japanese ultranationalists have as Korean victims because they have done evil things to Koreans victims. Umaru16 (talk) 01:49, 6 May 2023 (UTC)


 * I see. Although there is nuances in anti-japanese sentiment in Korea, I understand that it's not always connected to the far-right. However, there are some specific situations where there is racism from the far-right, like how some American alt-rightists hate Mexicans and Iranian alt-rightists hate Indians. Rational Dude (talk) 20:39, 6 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Anti-Mexican American nationalism cannot be seen as left-wing because the United States is a world superpower, and Mexico's national power has never weighed down the United States. However, anti-American Mexican left-wing nationalism can be established. Umaru16 (talk) 21:00, 6 May 2023 (UTC)


 * I know. But what I mean is that there are some nuances in some of these situations, like how some Hungarian leftists are antiziganists. Rational Dude (talk) 21:03, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

About categories
Not a big deal (we don't have a rule about it as far as I know and categories doesn't mention it), but in my opinion categories should be added only when the main body of text supports the claim. For instance, our article on Nigeria doesn't mention anything about anti-Christianity yet. You might want to write a bit about it before adding the category. Again, this is not a rule as far as I know, so feel free to consider it if you disagree. GeeJayKWhere all evil dwells Where every lie is true 16:58, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I will. You're right, I was probably hasty adding the category to some articles. But there are legitimate exceptions that justify having those categories. Rational Dude (talk) 17:04, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * PLEASE don't put categories on fictional biographies! Scream!! (talk) 15:53, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
 * No one really stated that the rules of putting categories for fictional people. Rational Dude (talk) 15:58, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Wouldn't have thought it needed a rule - just common sense surely. Scream!! (talk) 16:00, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I had a category for another essay I made, but someone else put them there, so I assumed that applied to other essays.
 * It's not the essay; it's the ''fictional. Scream!! (talk) 16:39, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Okay then, I’ll remember that next time. Rational Dude (talk) 16:42, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

Moving pages
You can move pages without creating redirects, you know. And if a page move creates an unnecessary redirect, you should delete it rather than blanking it and leaving a junk page Plutocow (talk) 20:58, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I know how to delete redirects, sometimes I forget to check the box because I click too fast and I have dyslexia. Rational Dude (talk) 21:23, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

Deleting talk pages
Don't, unless it is spam, from a ban evader, etc. Even if an article/essay/whatever is deleted, the talk page almost always stays in place. Plutocow (talk) 21:21, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Alright. I deleted it because I assumed that's what you wanted. I admit that I might have gone down a rabbit hole. Rational Dude (talk) 21:36, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

Please
I don't know what your agenda is, but stop it. Deleting other editors' cited contributions and replacing them with your opinion is unacceptable. Nowhere in the NPR article you cite says that the number of practicing Zoroastrians is increasing. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 16:12, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
 * There are some sources detailing how Zoroastrians are increasing in some parts of the world, and it's not my opinion. If anything, the fact that you think Zoroastrians are declining is your opinion being put on the article.Rational Dude (talk) 16:14, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, but I found two reputable sources that said their numbers are "thought to be" declining. That's the text I used in the article. It's not my "opinion"; I backed up the statements with reputable sources. I'm only interested in presenting a truthful article. I suggest, as a compromise, that we include a statement along the lines of "Though it is thought that the number of practicing Zoroastrians is declining, there are active communities in Iran and North America..." —cosmikdebris talk stalk 16:35, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you, that sounds like a good idea. There's also a significant community in India as well, so please add them there too.


 * I apologize for nearly starting an edit war, I myself am a zoroastrian and my local zoroastrian community claimed to be recording the number of zoroastrian converts (modern zoroastrians state they allow conversions, especially for Iranians), and there doesn't seem to be anybody here who's knowledgeable in zoroastrianism. I'm not saying that I'm an expert or using my identity to claim that I know everything, I'm stating that I might be the only person here who has some knowledge about some observable facts regarding zoroastrianism. In addition, my identity as a zoroastrian is something I care about and fiercely defend. Rational Dude (talk) 16:39, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

Thomas Sankara
May I ask why Sankara is on the fascists list? (っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ Natsuki Marx ♥ (talk) 23:46, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
 * He's not on the fascists list, he's on the red fascists list. It's because he was an authoritarian, and I have a gallery list for three different types of dictators: fascists, red fascists, and general authoritarians. Rational Dude (talk) 00:19, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I guess my biggest problem is I don't believe Sankara actually meaningfully infringed on people's rights or freedoms. Granted, all my knowledge of him comes from one two-hour video. (っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ Natsuki Marx ♥ (talk) 09:02, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I mean, he was a dictator though. Rational Dude (talk) 10:45, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't necessarily have a problem with you classing him as an authoritarian as long as we're defining that category purely by the position someone can be in as a dictator. I do think calling him specifically a fascist is a bit odd, considering I don't think he adhered to fascist ideology at all. Even his RationalWiki page is far more approving of him than disapproving. No biggie though. I was just wondering. (っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ Natsuki Marx ♥ (talk) 11:09, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I called him a red fascist, not a fascist. Rational Dude (talk) 11:30, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah, but that's just a type of fascist. Don't know why the distinction matters in the context of talking about whether he's a fascist. (っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ Natsuki Marx ♥ (talk) 12:13, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Red fascists are left wing authoritarians, and miscellaneous dictators vary from left to right to center. Rational Dude (talk) 13:01, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

Protection
We generally do not protect pages for long periods of time. See: RationalWiki:Community Standards. Bongolian (talk) 04:12, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

You don't own those pages, you don't get to prevent other people from editing them. If they were vandal targets that would be one thing, but you did it for seemingly no reason. Plutocow (talk) 04:16, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I didn't abuse my power, I was preventing an edit war. I'm not familiar with moderation abilities, so I'm didn't know about how long to set the pages to be protected. Also, some of these pages are magnets for trolls and edits wars. And some of the pages I protected were pages that I created. Rational Dude (talk) 10:45, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
 * That you created the pages is great, but it doesn't give you ownership over them, technically due to Creative Commons licensing of RW and due to community standards. Protecting pages should be for an ongoing edit war, of which there were arguably only two of the four pages. The procedure should be: alert the person(s) with whom there is an edit war on their talk page(s) to discuss the issue on the talk page of the page in question. You can then protect the page if necessary for a shortish duration (1 hour to 3 days). If the discussion cannot be resolved after a reasonable length of time, consult with the moderators on the mod noticeboard and alert the parties involved that you have done so on their talk page(s). Bongolian (talk) 16:57, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I never said I owned them. And next time an edit war happens, I will notify you first. But at least consult with me before you block me. Rational Dude (talk) 17:01, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Just for the record, sometimes we block sysops just to send them messages. Maybe that's why Plutocow blocked you in the first place. Regarding your question on Pluto's own talk page, no, you're not in trouble yet, but please, don't ever do this again. As others have said, this can be considered abuse of the sysop tools, and you might lose them in the future for this sort of thing. GeeJayKWhere all evil dwells Where every lie is true 17:56, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
 * As a Sysop, you have the ability to unblock yourself. Bongolian (talk) 17:57, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Noted. I didn't unblock myself because I thought it would cause trouble since I was being punished. Rational Dude (talk) 18:47, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Generally, blocking of Sysops without removing privileges is considered an alert or a warning. There's nothing preventing you from unblocking yourself in such cases. Bongolian (talk) 18:57, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I'll keep that in mind. Next time, I won't do anything like this so I won't get in trouble again. Rational Dude (talk) 19:25, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

Deleting pages without an AfD
Don't. This is the second time you've abused sysop powers in two days. Please review the sysop guide and be more careful about your decisions in the future. Plutocow (talk) 00:09, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Okay. Sometimes I ask others, but they take a long time to respond and so I just do something without them. Rational Dude (talk) 00:13, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
 * This is not a valid excuse. You need to stop this willful disregard of the community immediately. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 00:14, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Alright, alright. I will, just chill please. I just think that you guys can be slow sometimes and I act fast. Just trust me and give me another chance. I'll read the rules and ask you what I should do. And I'm not trying to make excuses or break rules. I'm still learning even though I've been here for about 2 years. Rational Dude (talk) 00:16, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

Charles Taylor, Heydar Aliyev, and Joe Arpaio
Also just wanna point out that you have the Turkmen flag next to Heydar Aliyev, but I think it should be the Azerbaijani flag? As well as having the American flag next to Charles Taylor, but I think it should be the Liberian flag? Also Joe Arpaio is missing a flag, but I think it should be the American one? (っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ Natsuki Marx ♥ (talk) 19:26, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I have dylsexia, so sometimes I miss and mix up the gallery list. Rational Dude (talk)

Excessive categories again
You need to stop adding categories when there is no supporting text on the page for the category. Bongolian (talk) 03:02, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Okay, next time I'll put paragraphs supporting the categories and source it. Rational Dude (talk) 12:47, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

Mod noticeboard
A case has been brought about you on the Mod noticeboard. Bongolian (talk) 03:09, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Am I getting in trouble or something? Rational Dude (talk) 12:47, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Being called out on the Mod noticeboard does not necessarily result in punishment. Punishment, if any, would require a vote. Bongolian (talk) 15:04, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
 * That's a relief. I'll try not to go overboard with editing next time. Rational Dude (talk) 17:28, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

Redirects
Searches in RW are case-insensitive, which you can test for yourself. All that will be accomplished by having that redirect will be encouraging people to use the incorrect capitalization. Furthermore, you created it as a double redirect, which is a no-no. Plutocow (talk) 16:47, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Some people like me use case sensitive searches, and to bear fair there are some searches that are case sensitive. Rational Dude (talk)
 * RW's search is literally case-insensitive. Try it for yourself, it works. Plutocow (talk) 17:03, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I've noticed that linked references seem to require exact capitalization of some sorts, from my limited testing everything except for the first letter needs to be exact (eg: Chatgpt, ChatGpt, they all fail where ChatGPT works, as well as the improper chatGPT). Most of the time it's not a problem (as usually you want to keep proper capitalization), but occasionally it is. In this case, though, I see "Nazi party" as improper capitalization (P in "Party" should always be capitalized and most pages seem to do so.) BobJohnson (talk) 17:36, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Exactly, some letters are capitalized. Rational Dude (talk) 17:52, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

Removing talk page comments
It's only to be done for spam, obvious trolling, and comments from ban evaders, as well as in a few exceptionally rare circumstances like privacy concerns. Doing it just because no one replied and it "looks awkward" is a violation of CS. Don't do it again. Plutocow (talk) 18:41, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Fine, but maybe say something there at least so I can justify it. Rational Dude (talk) 18:41, 13 June 2023 (UTC)


 * ??? It's a blatant violation of CS. The correct answer is "I'm sorry, I won't do it again", not "how can I justify this?" Plutocow (talk) 18:46, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Alright, chill. I'm sorry. I meant justifying the comment being on the talk page, since it makes it look like no one acknowledged the subject of the comment. Rational Dude (talk) 18:52, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
 * There are plenty of years-old comments that no one has responded too; this is not a big deal. Plutocow (talk) 18:55, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Oh, I see. I thought no one responded because I said something stupid, so I assumed that I'd remove it. I won't do it again. Rational Dude (talk) 18:56, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

Double redirects
A double redirect is when a page redirects to another redirect, which makes them useless as they don't redirect to where they're supposed to. If you're going to move a page multiple times in a row, it would be considerate to fix any double redirects that are created from this process. Plutocow (talk) 18:46, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I forgot to capitalize it. Rational Dude (talk) 18:51, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
 * That's fine, just fix the double redirects that get left behind when you move it again. Special:DoubleRedirects can be helpful. Plutocow (talk) 18:54, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Alright. Sorry for the mess, I have dyslexia and I type too fast sometimes, so I can be disorganized from time to time. Rational Dude (talk) 18:55, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

Creating the capitalists category
You were told by many people that this was a bad idea; why did you go through with it? Regardless, it's at AfD now. Plutocow (talk) 00:51, 18 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Some people said it might be justified. And we already have categories for socialists and communists, so why not capitalists too? Rational Dude (talk) 00:55, 18 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Everyone who commented on the Saloon Bar told you it was a bad idea, which you even acknowledged yet ignored them anyway. The reason we have categories for socialists and communists is that people identify with thoses labels while everyone is assumed to be a capitalist by default in the west. Furthermore, we already have categories for conservatives and liberals which basically accomplish the same thing while being at least somewhat less vaguely defined. I expect that category to get deleted soon but you should really listen to other users' feedback. Plutocow (talk) 01:01, 18 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Did they say it was a bad idea? I thought they were debating whether it was warranted or not. Shouldn't we have the category for individuals at least? But I will listen to users' feedback, I wasn't trying to ignore them. I just misunderstood them. Rational Dude (talk) 01:04, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

Benjamin Netanyahu, Paul Joseph Watson, and Nigel Farage
Lil' memo on their flags all bein' U.S., when Netanyahu's should be Israel, and the other two twats should be U.K. (っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ Natsuki Marx ♥ (talk) 09:10, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I thought I put the correct flags. You know how dyslexia is. I'll go ahead and put the right flags in. Rational Dude (talk) 09:12, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I do! I have it myself lol (っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ Natsuki Marx ♥ (talk) 09:16, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm glad you understand lol. Rational Dude (talk) 09:17, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Trump
Where's Trump on your navbox? Carthage (talk) 00:55, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Also, where is Charles Coughlin? A somebody. (talk) 00:59, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I forgot, thanks for letting me know. I'm doing them little by little, so I'll get to them asap. Rational Dude (talk) 01:05, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

question
do you seriously think anyone remotely to the right of joe biden is a fascist? so chuck schumer is a fascist? if so, you might want to look up what fascism means
 * I didn't add every right winger. Rational Dude (talk) 11:33, 21 July 2023 (UTC)