User talk:Qwertypoiuy
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[edit] Welcome!
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[edit] WikiProject Numismatics
Welcome to Wikipedia. I am a fairly new editor myself, but I'd like to thank you for joining WikiProject Numismatics. If you would like to identify yourself as a member of the project on your Userpage, you can use the template {{NumismaticWikiProject-Member}} or just create your own link if you prefer. I'll see you around. --TantalumTelluride 20:19, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] WikiProject Numismatics
Dear WikiProject Numismatics member:
You may have noticed the edits made by user:mom2jandk, and you may have also noticed that I have reverted most of them. I would like to leave this note as an explanation.
mom2jandk is a new user and a clearly enthusiastic member of WikiProject:Numismatics. However, he/she has made several changes (specifically to the categorization scheme) that I reverted for various reasons. Among them, he/she:
- Moved most of the articles in Category:United States Mint to Category:United States mints. This seems to serve no purpose; the United States Mint is the proper name of a government agency (that you are all no doubt familiar with) and its category was created as a home for articles relating to it.
- Created Category:United States currency designers. At the moment there does not seem to be anyone in this category who does not already fit into Category:United States Mint engravers, therefore making it a redundant category.
- Created Category:United States Mint officers. This is problematic for several reasons. Firstly, while any number of persons employed by the Mint might be correctly referred to as "officers," I've never seen the term used. Secondly, virtually all of the articles in the category would fit under Category:United States Mint engravers or Category:Directors of the United States Mint. Thirdly, even if there are articles about persons who were neither engravers or directors, there would likely not be enough to warrant a subcategory, and therefore such an article should be placed in Category:United States Mint.
- Created several other categories that either do not fit or fit awkwardly into the categorization scheme.
- Nominated several categories for deletion, including United States Mint, United States Mint engravers, and others.
- On the deletion vote for Cat:United States Mint, he seems to be confused as to the purpose of the category; it is, as I said, for articles relating to the government agency known as the United States Mint. There are mints in the United States that are not part of the United States Mint (i.e. the Franklin Mint) and his confusion over this fact seems to be the impetus for the nomination.
- You might also notice that he nominated cat:Directors of the United States Mint; his explanation is that he broadened the category to "United States Mint officers" so that a Superintendent could be included. The "superintendent of the Mint" to which he referred was Roswell K. Colcord, who was superintendent of the Carson City Mint; there is no such office as "superintendent" for the entire United States Mint (or, if there is, it is distinct from Director of the Mint.)
After reading this fairly lengthy message, you might get the impression that I am attacking either mom2jandk or his/her edits; this is not the case. I have a great deal of admiration for him/her as a new user who is not afraid to jump in and try to improve Wikipedia and the Numismatics project. I hope he/she continues to contribute, and I believe he/she has a great deal to offer. This message is quite long because I wanted to explain the specifics of the categories (many of which, incidentally, were created by me.)
Note that I placed merge tags on most of mom2jandk's categories.
It goes without saying that, if there are any categories that should be altered and/or deleted, by all means make such changes, regardless of whether I or anyone else created them; neither I nor my edits are perfect.
Apologies for using he/she; I assume mom2jandk's user name reflects her role as a mother but I wasn't completely certain.
Thank you all and I look forward to continued work with you in the future. Paul 06:06, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Numismatics
Just something to keep ya busy! :)
