Macdonald-ross

Words:
Every now & then we get editors changing words on the basis of their ideas on what is simple. Words also have to be accurate (we are an encyclopedia).

• Big: certainly simple and popular with children, but a term almost never to be used about living things. Is a giraffe bigger than an elephant? Think about it. It is almost always better to use a more exact word, such as longer, heavier. Is a star big? Does that mean its apparent size or its intrinsic size? Ditto stars being bright.
• Rich is an ambiguous word. A cake can be rich, and a person can be rich. However, only a person can be wealthy, so prefer that word. Neither word is on the extended list of simple words, incidentally, so use the more precise word.
• Very: another childhood favourite. In spoken English it is an intensifier, but it has almost no function in prose. It may be the most frequent word copy editors cut out as redundant.
• Die: we all die, but species become extinct.

Now here's the tricky bit. Technically, a species which is not extinct is extant. Extant is the opposite of extinct. However it is a very rare word, and we use the common word "living". So we talk about living species. It sounds natural, and is right for us.

• Animal: that includes jellyfish and beetles. If you mean mammals, say so.
• Reside: On Simple you don't reside somewhere, you live there.
• Rare: an essential word in ecology, and supported by definitions in the literature. Steaks can also be rare, but that would not be good to use on Simple.

Request for de-adminship

Hello there. I have started a request for your adminship to be removed. You may wish to participate: Wikipedia:Requests for de-adminship/Macdonald-ross. Thanks, --Ferien (talk) 21:25, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Punk got deji deletrd

This guy saw a normal page and decided, hey i want this gone even though it did nothing wrong, I just don't like it Peanutbuttermaster5526 (talk) 04:24, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

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What happened to one of my articles?

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act May I ask what happened? Why was it deleted under A1? 𝓐𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓭𝓮 ^{(𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴 ♡ 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓫𝓼)} 17:46, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

@Adelaideslement8723 Think you messaged the wrong person. Mac hasn't been an admin for a financial quarter-worth of time.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 17:50, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

@FusionSub How did I message the wrong person? But still what happened? 𝓐𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓭𝓮 ^{(𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴 ♡ 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓫𝓼)} 17:51, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

Eptalon deleted it under A3.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 17:52, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

On the notices page of my article it said the "Macdonald-ross has deleted the page under A1"
You can look at it yourself 𝓐𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓭𝓮 ^{(𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴 ♡ 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓫𝓼)} 17:53, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

That was last year.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 17:53, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

Ohhhh... Okay that makes sense now. Sorry for not believing it, I was being stupid, but why was it mysteriously deleted if it was not him? 𝓐𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓭𝓮 ^{(𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴 ♡ 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓫𝓼)} 17:55, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

See above, Eptalon deleted it under A3.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 17:56, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

Makes sense. Again sorry for me being stupid, I will be careful to read it first then messaging someone about it. Have a good day! :) 𝓐𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓭𝓮 ^{(𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴 ♡ 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓫𝓼)} 18:00, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

You too!- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 18:02, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

even If it is shorter now, you could still put some effort into simplifying it. Like saying that is a US law, and that law was adopted in 1988... Etc Eptalon (talk) 18:37, 2 March 2025 (UTC)