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The Link [1](KCLibrary (Old Site(?)) appears to send users to found-not-help (Yahoo Search)[2]. I believe the link has been moved here: [3](Newer Site(?)). 18:23, 11 Mar 2009 (EST) —Preceding unsigned comment added by KillerSociopath (talk • contribs)

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Map Colours

Hi, would it make more sense for the map colours to have nonaffiliated countries as a more unique colour rather than blending in with the west. like green or maybe a more bolder orange as to differentiate. even grey or white would probably work. I don't know how to do this personally but I'm sure someone does. MishaQuinn (talk) 00:23, 20 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Collage

It appears an RFC on collages on Wikiproject years will be interpreted to also ban collages in decade articles. Users here may wish to participate. Koopinator (talk) 07:17, 24 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Notable"

@User:Michaelmalak: About this edit. We do not need to use the word "notable" to exclude non-notable films. They are excluded by the policy WP:UNDUE. If anything adding the word "notable" encourages the inclusion of every film that has a WP article or satisfies GNG. The vast majority of notable films cannot be included in this article, so we should not be using the word "notable". I think the word "popular" might be preferable, if we use any word at all. James500 (talk) 23:39, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ok Michaelmalak (talk) 23:59, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

List of people

@User:Flyedit32: This list is useless and POV duplication of names included elsewhere in the article; the duplication is keeping more important people and information out of the article altogether; editors keep inserting irrelevant or WP:UNDUE names, in a way that is very difficult to check due to the lack of footnotes or explanation; the list adds 13kB to the article, that there frankly is not room for in an article that is already 155 kB long and could be expanded with other more useful material; it is POV to have lists of entertainers but not politicians, scientists, business tycoons etc; the list includes no relevant names not already included in their proper context above in the article and you have reintroduced all the WP:UNDUE names; and the list is of very poor quality. The list should either be deleted altogether or split to List of 1980s people. As far as I am aware, the list was added without consensus. In fact, the discussions in the archive indicate there is an emerging consensus against inclusion, see eg Talk:1980s/Archive 2#List Cruft; Talk:1980s/Archive 1#People; Talk:1980s/Archive 1#People section; and Talk:1980s/Archive 1#This article needs lots of work. The policy WP:ONUS says "The responsibility for achieving consensus for inclusion is on those seeking to include disputed content". So please either demonstrate that there is consensus to include the list in this article, or agree to delete or split the list. My preference is to split the list to List of 1980s people, unless the notability of that list is disputed. James500 (talk) 02:20, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done. I have done the split and the list is now at List of 1980s people. Per WP:ONUS, that list should not be merged back into this article without consensus. James500 (talk) 03:41, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]