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Request for assistance in the creation of a page for Ron Baird

Hi Beeblebrox,

I am still very new to Wikipedia, when I first posted in the Tea house, you helpfully pointed me to a few articles and gave me some advice

I was hoping if I could call on your assistance for the creation of an Article for Ron Baird

I have put in a skeleton for the article in my sandbox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Artscanada/sandbox

The article is being based off of Henry Moore's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Moore

I would like to know if there are any errors which I can correct, or otherwise things to work on

Thanks,

Artscanada (talk) 18:40, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

Took a look. I would say you have found a notable subject for an article and that this can probably survive in article space, but there are some issues with it.

• The tone in parts is not in the neutral tone expected in an encyclopedia. For example ”His art bestows a sense of place; strengthening connections between people and place and is integral in the fostering of a community’s identity.” is not the sort of statement an encyclopedia should be making. Remember you are writing in the encyclopedia’s voice, not your own.
• The qoute section seems excessive.
• A more minor issue is that you have bolded the section titles and placed a section break at the beginning of the article. The page title will automatically appear at the top of the page when it is in article space, so that isn’t needed, and section titles normally are not bolded.
• It could also use some links to other articles, but again that is a less pressing issue. (and of course all the linked items in this reply lead to more information on each point)

In short, it has some issues but it’s not bad for a first try at a Wikipedia article and if these issues are addressed I think it would probably be a valid article and could be moved into article space. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:06, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

Hi Beeblebox,

I took your advice and did the following;

• Rephrased the third paragraph to be more neutral
• Reduced the quote section to two quotes
• Unbolded the section headers
• removed page title
• added a few links (WIP) to the beginning
• added a gallery section which will hold approx 8 pictures of Ron Baird's Art

If you think its alright, I was planning on putting it in article space soon.

Thanks,

Artscanada (talk) 20:41, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

I think it’s in better shape than a lot of new articles and is probably ready to be moved. The only issue there is that you need to make just two more edits of any kind in order to be automatically confirmed, which will grant you the right to move pages, or I can do it for you. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:04, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

Alright, I will have to make a few more edits before its completely done, so the 10 edit requirement shouldn't be an issue, thank you so much for help, I really appreciate it! Artscanada (talk) 21:09, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

Hi Beeblebox,

I have submitted my draft for review to be introduced into articlespace

it would be a great help if you could look it over one more time to make sure that it will go through with no hiccups,

Thanks, Artscanada (talk) 17:53, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

DYK nomination of 2018 Gulf of Alaska Earthquake

Hello! Your submission of 2018 Gulf of Alaska Earthquake at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 20:52, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2018).

Administrator changes

Lourdes†

AngelOfSadness • Bhadani • Chris 73 • Coren • Friday • Midom • Mike V

† Lourdes has requested that her admin rights be temporarily removed, pending her return from travel.

Guideline and policy news

• The autoconfirmed article creation trial (ACTRIAL) is scheduled to end on 14 March 2018. The results of the research collected can be read on Meta Wiki.
• Community ban discussions must now stay open for at least 24 hours prior to being closed.
• A change to the administrator inactivity policy has been proposed. Under the proposal, if an administrator has not used their admin tools for a period of five years and is subsequently desysopped for inactivity, the administrator would have to file a new RfA in order to regain the tools.
• A change to the banning policy has been proposed which would specify conditions under which a repeat sockmaster may be considered de facto banned, reducing the need to start a community ban discussion for these users.

Technical news

• CheckUsers are now able to view private data such as IP addresses from the edit filter log, e.g. when the filter prevents a user from creating an account. Previously, this information was unavailable to CheckUsers because access to it could not be logged.
• The edit filter has a new feature contains_all that edit filter managers may use to check if one or more strings are all contained in another given string.

Miscellaneous

• Following the 2018 Steward elections, the following users are our new stewards: -revi, Green Giant, Rxy, There'sNoTime, علاء.

Obituaries

• Bhadani (Gangadhar Bhadani) passed away on 8 February 2018. Bhadani joined Wikipedia in March 2005 and became an administrator in September 2005. While he was active, Bhadani was regarded as one of the most prolific Wikipedians from India.

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Wikipedia_talk:Administrators#RFC:_Slight_tweak_to_lengthy_inactivity_policy

Hi Beeblebrox. Just a quick note to let you know I’ve closed this RFC. Cheers, Fish+Karate 13:28, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

Restoring the Article discussed

Hi Beeblebrox... thanks for your assistance. I only check on the Wayne Caparas page from time to time, and I don't personally have the time (or expertise) to rebuild the new page, so can you, or maybe others in the Wiki community get it restored to some degree? As a writer who wrote for two of the magazines he helped create back in the 90's, I (or colleagues) have several of old hard copy references that were used in the deleted article, so I could possibly come back to make relevant additions with those if necessary, but I'm hoping the community can put something live in short order without my assistance, aside from the five articles I sent in the help desk discussion... which, I believe, is more than enough to get the page live again. Can you send me a link to where you are setting up this new draft you mentioned? Thank youKaySorin (talk) 23:16, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

It is now at Draft:Wayne Caparas. This is kind of an odd request, usually when someone asks for an article to be restored it is because they intend to work on it themselves. I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for others to jump in and do so. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:17, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

my artical not show

sir i am new here, today i creat my new artical about of my youtube channel but it not show , maybe its not approve to publish by admin. Gujarati Pipudi (talk) 09:41, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

@Gujarati Pipudi: I can see your sandbox, which is where the (not technically your) article is. You can't create a mainspace page because you're new - and with good reason. The article you have written has multiple issues. You haven't cited any reliable sources that support any claim to notability. And, with 356 subscribers, I doubt that they exist. Also, since it's your channel, it's probably worth looking at our conflict of interest guidelines. ∰Bellezzasolo✡ Discuss 09:49, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

I’m going to have to agree with all that. The fact is that the vast majority of Youtube channels are not notable enough for their own encyclopedia article, and I see no reason to think this would be the rare exception. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:26, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

Speaking of moose attacks...

I was heading to work a few weeks ago when I saw, out of the dark, this silhouette of a moose crossing my street. It was a good 100 feet away, and I was only doing 10 mph, but it was 34 degrees and water on top of ice. I hit the brakes but just kept sliding and sliding, slowly inching ever closer to this moose with a deer-in-the-headlights look on its face. I came to a stop about 2 inches long, knocked his legs out from under him. He toppled over onto the hood of my car and rolled off the side headfirst onto the road. Not thinking, I jumped out and said (no kidding) "Dude! Are you alright?" He got up and gave me this look like I was crazy, took two steps, looked back at me again, and walked away. Brutal how these vicious moose can be.

I still agree with your sentiments. Others don't seem to have much of an opinion, but if no one responds I'll support a merge. Zaereth (talk) 01:46, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

I drove cab down here for a long time and have had more than my share of close calls with moose. Always a good time. It’s odd that nobody that was so excited about the fork before seems to care about it now, but whatever. Beeblebrox (talk) 02:57, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

And now at that talk page, we see “attack” redefined as “defending itself from predators.” This is getting ridiculous. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:29, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

DYK for 2018 Gulf of Alaska earthquake

Gatoclass (talk) 00:32, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

I protest the action of your rollback protege.

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