User talk:Daniel Case

Hi, welcome to the 22nd volume of my talk page.

Your GA nomination of Aja (song)

The article Aja (song) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Aja (song) for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Kyle Peake -- Kyle Peake (talk) 18:41, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

DYK for FM Non-Duplication Rule

On 1 July 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article FM Non-Duplication Rule, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the FM Non-Duplication Rule adopted by the FCC 55 years ago today led to the creation of the album-oriented and classic rock radio formats? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/FM Non-Duplication Rule. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, FM Non-Duplication Rule), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Your GA nomination of Aja (song)

The article Aja (song) you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Aja (song) for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Kyle Peake -- Kyle Peake (talk) 19:21, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

Talk page revdel

Hi, why did you revdel most of my talk page? Is it possible for you to undo this action? SportingFlyer T·C 22:30, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

@SportingFlyer: I really can't discuss it, at least not publicly. Daniel Case (talk) 02:29, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

Is there a way I can contact you privately? Never had to do this on Wikipedia before. SportingFlyer T·C 03:11, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

@SportingFlyer: Use the "email this user" link on the left side of the page. Or, on my user page, click on "email" in the "this user can be reached by email" box at the top right. Daniel Case (talk) 05:02, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

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"Aja"

I did honestly feel a little sad failing the article after all of your hard work, but if it has been improved on by the future then I will be open to reviewing "Aja" again! --Kyle Peake (talk) 08:11, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

Sunday July 14: Annual NYC Wiki-Picnic @ Roosevelt Island

July 14, 2-7pm: Annual NYC Wiki-Picnic @ Roosevelt Island

You are invited to join us at the "picnic anyone can edit" in the lovely Southpoint Park on Roosevelt Island, as part of the Great American Wiknic celebrations being held across the USA. Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means potluck. This year the Wiknic will double as a "Strategy Salon" (more information at Wiknic page), using open space technology to address major questions facing our social movement. Sunday July 14 Annual NYC Wik-Picnic (RSVP) (also on meetup.com) 2–7pm - come by any time! Our picnicking area is at Southpoint Park, south of the tram and subway, and also just south of the Cornell Tech campus. Look for us by the Wikipedia / Wikimedia NYC banner! Celebrate our 13th year of wiki-picnics! We hope to see you there! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Wikimedia New York City Team 21:36, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

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A Star

		The Barnstar of Integrity
		Thanks for helping an editor who was in a pickle Lightburst (talk) 03:25, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

Schoharie

I wanted to thank you for this, that was very reasonable of you. Since the closer chose not to address the question, I expected a dispute over process there (I'm still not ruling out that possibility).

But it seems to me you removed too much, since the consensus did not apply to the paragraph preceding the list and the section heading. That said, I'm not feeling inclined to restore that; I'll leave it up to you and others for the time being. Cheers,―Mandruss ☎ 00:03, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

Lenox Hill, and other parts of the Upper East Side

From what I've seen in the geotags, that part of the Upper East Side where the Barbara Rutherford Hatch House is specifically part of Lenox Hill (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lenox+Hill,+New+York,+NY/@40.7672202,-73.9699338,2714m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c258c22817f429:0xfcbc13daafb82d31!8m2!3d40.7662314!4d-73.9602318?hl=en). I'd love to place other sites in more specific locations as well. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 04:35, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

@DanTD: OK, then, I'd start with Barbizon Hotel for Women and Treadwell Farm Historic District, both of which are nearby and fit within the definition. Daniel Case (talk) 13:59, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

Cool. I was almost ready to include the Henry Clay Frick House in Museum Mile, but apparently, that's a little too far south. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 14:12, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

Good article reassessment

Hi, Daniel Case, do you know why the article history template will not appear properly on this page?[1]. Do you have any ideas on what I could do to fix this?StoryKai (talk) 07:15, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

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DYK for 2008 Universal fire

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New York Highway Userbox

I tried to create a userbox for percentage of NYS Routes clinched. I think many users can use the userbox. I figured you may want to use it and was wondering if you could help me get it looking and working properly? Here it is below:

File:NY-blank0.svgThis user has [2] {{{1.82}}}% of the New York State Highway System.

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Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago

Awesome

Ten years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:48, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Disappearance of Toni Sharpless

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DYK for Disappearance of Toni Sharpless

On 23 August 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Disappearance of Toni Sharpless, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after a friend told Toni Sharpless 10 years ago today that she was too drunk to drive, Sharpless ordered her out of the car and has not been seen since? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Disappearance of Toni Sharpless. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Disappearance of Toni Sharpless), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:01, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

My email of yesterday

Hi! The problem I mentioned yesterday seems to be continuing to some extent – thought this would the quickest way of drawing your attention to it. Regards, thanks, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 17:19, 25 August 2019 (UTC)

August 28: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (+editathons before and after)

August 28, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Metropolitan New York Library Council in Midtown Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda. Featuring this month a review of the recent Wikimania 2019 conference in Sweden! We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities. Wednesday August 28 WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (RSVP on-wiki or at meetup.com). 7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Metropolitan New York Library Council (8th floor) at 599 11th Avenue, Manhattan (note this month we will be meeting in Midtown Manhattan, not at Babycastles) We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Wikimedia New York City Team 17:57, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
Edit-a-thons at Interference Archive and The Met
Also check out these editing events, before and after our WikiWednesday Salon: Tuesday August 27: Resistance Radio Edit-a-thon @ Interference Archive, 5:00 - 9:00pm Saturday September 7: Met Fashion Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art, 12:30 - 4:30pm

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Your most recent suppression

About the suppression you performed at 14:20, 30 August 2019; I've delete-suppressed the whole page. The edits you removed had personal information, but as far as I could see, the whole thing was minor self-disclosure also...unless I'm missing some reason it shouldn't be suppressed? Vanamonde (Talk) 03:04, 31 August 2019 (UTC)

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Translation request

Hello, i would be very grateful if you could translate ru:Афганский поход Красной армии (1929) to english. This conflict is woefully under-represented in English literature. Koopinator (talk) 13:29, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

Saturday Sept 7: Met Fashion Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sept 7, 12:30pm: Met Fashion Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for Met Fashion Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art on the Upper East Side. Together, we'll expand Wikipedia:WikiProject Fashion topics for basic clothing types that can be illustrated by the Met collection, and also past Costume Institute exhibitions! It's the last weekend for Camp: Notes on Fashion, and we will have an intro talk to the exhibit by a guest from the Costume Institute, and participants will then be able to visit it on their own. Galleries will be open this evening until 9 pm. With refreshments, and there will be a wiki-cake! Open to everyone at all levels of experience, wiki instructional workshop and one-on-one support will be provided. Saturday Sept 7 Met Fashion Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art (RSVP on-wiki or at meetup.com). 12:30pm - 4:30 pm at Uris Center for Education, Metropolitan Museum of Art (81st Street entrance) at 1000 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan (note this is just south of the main entrance) Galleries will be open this evening until 9 pm, and some wiki-visitors may wish to take this opportunity to see Camp: Notes on Fashion together after the formal event. Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends, colleagues and students! --Wikimedia New York City Team 19:37, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

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NoSleep Podcast episode inspired by Elisa Lam

I saw you removed a mention of a NoSleep Podcast episode from the article Death of Elisa Lam. I agree with your reasoning for removing it. I thought you might want to know that the same user added the same thing to Cecil Hotel (Los Angeles), and you might want to remove it from there as well. Before I saw it had been added to and removed from the former article, I saw it still there in the latter article and improved it somewhat, and then the person who originally added it improved it a bit more, but it's still not really worth including (being even less relevant in that article), so I don't mind if you remove it. – PointyOintment ❬💬•⌨❭  06:08, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

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DYK for The woman who made up her mind

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Your GA nomination of Disappearance of Rebecca Coriam

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Your GA nomination of Disappearance of Rebecca Coriam

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Sept 25: WikiWednesday Salon NYC

September 25, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon NYC

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Bobby Donati

Can you move Robert Donati to Bobby Donati? I certainly believe Bobby is overwhelmingly the WP:COMMONNAME here. TarkusAB^talk/contrib 21:07, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

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Raihan Merchant at COIN

Hi. So that I know for next time, was my report on the Raihan Merchant draft at COIN too close to outing? I see it has been suppressed. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 08:10, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

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Global watchlist - Update 1

Updates associated with DannyS712's Global watchlist script:

General announcements

• Management has migrated to phabricator; to report a bug or request a feature, please create a new task with the script's tag
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Recent additions

• New pages are shown at the start of a site's feed
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• Basic validation has been added to user settings, applied before saving
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Announcements

• BREAKING CHANGE: Backwards compatibility supporting the use of sites as *.*.org (like 'en.wikipedia.org' or 'meta.wikimedia.org'), deprecated in version 1.7.5, will be removed soon; all sites should now be saved as *.* (like 'de.wikinews' or 'fr.wikisource')
• BREAKING CHANGE: Storing user sites as window.GlobalWatchlistSites, deprecated in version version 1.11.11, will be removed soon; all settings should be stored in the window.GlobalWatchlistConfig object
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Version 4.0 should be released in around a week. It will include the new features mentioned above, as well as removal of backwards compatibility for settings and sites.

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Unsolved murder?

Hi Daniel, can you please tell me is this person Oto Iskandar di Nata's murder case is unsolved or not? Even though he was seen to be killed, I don't think people knew the names of his killers, or if they charged. Davidgoodheart (talk) 03:30, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

WikiProject Canada 10,000 Challenge third anniversary

The 10,000 Challenge of WikiProject Canada is approaching its third-anniversary. Please consider submitting any Canada-related articles you have created or improved since November 2016. Please try to ensure that all entries are sourced with formatted citations and have no unsourced claims.

You may use the above button to submit entries, or bookmark this link for convenience. For more information, please see WP:CAN10K. Thank-you, and please spread the word to those you know who might be interested in joining this effort to improve the quality of Canada-related articles. – Reidgreg (talk) 12:38, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

2019 US Banknote Contest

	US Banknote Contest
	November-December 2019
There are an estimated 30,000 different varieties of United States banknotes, yet only a fraction of these are represented on Wikimedia Commons in the form of 2D scans. Additionally, Colonial America, the Confederate States, the Republic of Texas, multiple states and territories, communities, and private companies have issued banknotes that are in the public domain today but are absent from Commons. In the months of November and December, WikiProject Numismatics will be running a cross-wiki upload-a-thon, the 2019 US Banknote Contest. The goal of the contest is to increase the number of US banknote images available to content creators on all Wikimedia projects. Participants will claim points for uploading and importing 2D scans of US banknotes, and at the end of the contest all will receive awards. Whether you want to claim the Gold Wiki or you just want to have fun, all are invited to participate. If you do not want to receive invitations to future US Banknote Contests, follow the instructions here

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Discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Waterman–Smith Building

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Oct 23: WikiWednesday Salon NYC

October 23rd, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Metropolitan New York Library Council in Midtown Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda. Wednesday October 23 WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (optional RSVP on-wiki). 7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Metropolitan New York Library Council (8th floor) at 599 11th Avenue, Manhattan (note this month we will be meeting in Midtown Manhattan, not at Babycastles) We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Wikimedia New York City Team 05:32, 22 October 2019 (UTC)

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Global watchlist - Update 2

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• To report a bug or request a feature, please create a new task on Phabricator with the script's tag

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• Site validation has been tightened. Previously, only the language code and project name had to be valid - now, they must be a valid combination (i.e. en.wikiversity exists, and so is valid, but sco.wikiversity is not valid, because no such wiki exists).
• When the global watchlist feed is loading, an OOUI widget will be shown, rather than an animated gif.
• An option has been added to no longer group edits to the same page. For now, this isn't very useful, since metadata for the edits (editor, summary, tags, etc.) are not yet shown, but they will be soon. Until then, ungrouped edits are treated the same as pages with only 1 edit - the minor and bot flags are displayed if applicable. If edits are grouped, the minor and bot flags are only shown if they apply to all of the edits.

Upcoming changes

• Starting with version 5.0, there will be an option at the settings page to switch to and from a "stable" version of the script. When activated, the script import in your global.js should be replaced, and then the page refreshed with the new script loaded. The stable script will live at m:User:DannyS712/Global watchlist/stable.js, and will be updated with each full release. Otherwise, it shouldn't be edited, providing a version that is less prone to bugs as the script is developed.

Announcements

• WARNING: Starting with version 5.1, the option to mark the pages of a site as seen be implemented using the entirewatchlist API option, rather than manually listing the titles. This is being done to simplify the implementation code. This will result in the same functionality as marking all pages as seen via Special:Watchlist (i.e. even if the page isn't visible due to your filter choices, it will still be marked as seen). If you would like to keep using the current method for a while, please switch to the stable branch.

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Your GA nomination of Lloyd L. Gaines

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A survey to improve the community consultation outreach process

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Saturday Nov 16: Wikipedia Asian Month Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art

Saturday November 16, 12:30 pm - 4:30pm: Metropolitan Museum of Art Edit-a-thon

The Wikipedia Asian Month Edit-a-thon @ The Met will be hosted at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Saturday November 16, 2019 in the Bonnie Sacerdote Classroom, Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education (81st Street entrance) at The Met Fifth Avenue in New York City. The museum is excited to work with Wikipedia Asian Month for the potential to seed new articles about Asian artworks, artwork types, and art traditions, from any part of Asia. These can be illustrated with thousands of its recently-released images of public domain artworks available for Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons from the museum’s collection spanning 5,000 years of art. The event is an opportunity for Wikimedia communities to engage The Met's diverse Asian collections onsite and remotely. Asia Art Archive will host a sister event in Hong Kong next week. Saturday November 16 Wikipedia Asian Month Edit-a-thon @ The Met (RSVP on-wiki or at meetup.com). 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm in Bonnie Sacerdote Classroom, Uris Center for Education 81st Street entrance, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue And there will be sandwiches and Wiki-Cake! Thanks, and hope to see you there! --Wikimedia New York City Team 16:45, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

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A kitten for you!

You are most welcome sir.

Fylindfotberserk (talk) 07:34, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

Unsolved murder?

Is this an unsolved murder or not? Philip Mangano was said to be murdered under the orders of Albert Anastasia, but was Anastasia not charged with his murder. Davidgoodheart (talk) 00:11, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

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Nov 20: WikiWednesday Salon NYC

November 20, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon NYC

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Global watchlist - Update 3

Updates associated with DannyS712's Global watchlist script:

Survey

• I am investigating adding more context to each entry that is shown (such as the edit summaries, tags, patrol marks, the user who made the edit, etc.). Is there any desire for such additions? If so, what should be added first, and what is a low priority? Please leave feedback on the relevant phabricator task, phab:T238300.

Recent additions

• Site validation has been overhauled. Rather than hard-coding a list of valid sites, users will be able to watch any site where they have an attached local user account. If a site is rejected as invalid, please ensure that there is indeed a local account attached to your global account.
• Users will now be alerted regarding the results of attempting to update their settings.
• Live updates have been added - when activated, the script will refresh in the background, and then load the new feed, every 7.5 seconds. In the future, this frequency may be configurable.
• OOUI icons have been added to most buttons.
• There is now an option to eliminate the confirmation dialog when marking all sites as seen.

Announcements

• WARNING: Starting with version 6.1, site aliases currently used when saving settings will be removed, and only sites in the form of `lang.project` will be accepted.
• As noted in the last update, marking a site as seen now uses entirewatchlist, which means that any changes to watched pages between when the watchlist was loaded and when the site was "marked as seen" may be ignored.

Next release

Version 6.0 was just finalized for the development and stable branches of the script.

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Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 21:03, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Lloyd L. Gaines

The article Lloyd L. Gaines you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Lloyd L. Gaines for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Fiamh -- Fiamh (talk) 08:21, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Disappearance of Steven Koecher

Hello! Your submission of Disappearance of Steven Koecher 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) 14:52, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

DYK for Disappearance of Steven Koecher

On 13 December 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Disappearance of Steven Koecher, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after Steven Koecher's disappearance ten years ago today, his family ate at International House of Pancakes for four straight nights in response to a tip? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Disappearance of Steven Koecher. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Disappearance of Steven Koecher), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 07:09, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

Просьба

Здравствуйте! Хочу попросить у вас о помощи. У меня возник спор в статье Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan по поводу некоторых источников. Но для того, чтобы решить этот вопрос и объяснить коллегам суть проблемы у меня не хватает знаний английского языка. Прошу именно вас, так как у вас на странице указано, что вы хорошо владеете русским языком. Вы мне не поможете? — Хаджимурад (talk) 18:34, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

Хаджимурад, I have protected Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan again, this time for two weeks. You cannot reverse changes repeatedly. If you continue, you will likely end up blocked again. SQL^{Query me!} 19:38, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

SQL, уважаемый, вы нисколько не разобрались в моём вопросе. В указанной статье указано, что Шамиль происходил из аварской статье кумыкского происхождения. Но в каком источнике написано, что его семья имела кумыкское происхождение? Вы мне поясните, пожалуйста, этот момент. Что касается источника, где он называет себя татарином. Этот момент я вам также пояснял. "Татарин" в старом русском языке это прежде всего "мусульманин", "азиат". Так раньше называли вообще всех мусульман России, поэтому к кумыкам этот термин не имеет отношения. — Хаджимурад (talk) 10:55, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

Global watchlist - Update 4

Updates associated with DannyS712's Global watchlist script:

Recent additions

• A new "fast" mode has been introduced. When used, the watchlist serves as just a list of pages that have been modified, and no longer includes context about the edits themselves.
• More information has been added to entries. When edits are not grouped by page, or when there is only 1 edit to a page, minor and bot flags are shown, as well as the user who made the edit, the summary used, and any tags that were applied. When multiple entries are grouped, bot and minor flags are only shown if all of the grouped edits were made by bots or where marked as minor. If only 1 user edited the page, that user's name is still shown, but no summaries or tags are included.
• All watchlists are now fetched in parallel, rather than in series, greatly reducing load time.

Technical notes

• Most of the source code is now annotated with jsdoc notes, allowing others to more clearly understand and review the code.
• I will be looking into creating guidelines to let others contribute to the script; see phab:T238298.

Translations

• There is now proper qqq documentation for translations. Translation takes place at m:User:DannyS712/Global watchlist/Translate, and help is appreciated.
• Newly translated messages are added to the script when I notice them; if you have translated messages that aren't showing up, please let me know at m:User talk:DannyS712.

Next release

Version 7.0 was just finalized for the development and stable branches of the script.

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NY 55 and NY 52

Unfortunately we got shot down on our GANs, which i think was against wikipedia guidelines. But anywats lets fix whatever was bothering Mitch and then you can nominate them again. Let me know what i can do. 420Traveler (talk) 15:39, 15 December 2019 (UTC)

Oversight

I have found a privacy leak of a minor. I don’t have an email to contact Oversight. What should I do? E Super Maker (😲 shout) 20:58, 15 December 2019 (UTC)

E Super Maker, You can pop in to IRC ( #wikipedia-en-revdel ^connect ), and say !oversight (or if no one answers there, try saying !admin ), and we'll get it sorted one way or another. SQL^{Query me!} 22:07, 15 December 2019 (UTC)

Dec 18: WikiWednesday Salon NYC

December 18, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Metropolitan New York Library Council in Midtown Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda. Wednesday December 18 WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (optional RSVP on-wiki). 7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Metropolitan New York Library Council (8th floor) at 599 11th Avenue, Manhattan We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Wikimedia New York City Team 02:48, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

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84 exits

The problem is the "old exit" part does not belong in the articles of the other roads, just in the exit lists of the ones that matter. Mitch32^{(Fame is a four letter word.)} 03:27, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

Cheers

Damon Runyon's short story "Dancing Dan's Christmas" is a fun read if you have the time. Right from the start it extols the virtues of the hot Tom and Jerry This hot Tom and Jerry is an old-time drink that is once used by one and all in this country to celebrate Christmas with, and in fact it is once so popular that many people think Christmas is invented only to furnish an excuse for hot Tom and Jerry, although of course this is by no means true. No matter what concoction is your favorite to imbibe during this festive season I would like to toast you with it and to thank you for all your work here at the 'pedia this past year. Best wishes for your 2020 as well DC. MarnetteD|Talk 02:38, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

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Happy Holidays

Thank you for continuing to make Wikipedia the greatest project in the world. I hope you have an excellent holiday season. Lightburst (talk) 02:05, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

View of Auvers-sur-Oise DYK

Hello Daniel Case, Just to let you know that this is scheduled for Jan. 1, as requested (viz., special holding area). Regards,  JGHowes  ^talk 20:08, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

Happy Holidays

"May tonight's light keep us all gently soothed"

Wishing you and all your loved ones a happy and healthy holiday season and 2020. Homeostasis07 (talk/contributions) 21:31, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

Good luck

豊かな十年へようこそ/WELCOME TO THE D20s

Miraclepine wishes you a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, and a prosperous decade of change and fortune.
このミラPはDaniel Caseたちのメリークリスマスも新年も変革と幸運の豊かな十年をおめでとうございます！
フレフレ、みんなの未来！/GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR FUTURE!
ミラP 03:23, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

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Anonymous user is label bombing

Hi, you’re an administrator right? Well, a user (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/108.21.182.146) is label bombing dozens of articles, and reverting efforts to restore the articles back. The worst example is the Taconic State Parkway where he/she added 532 characters worth of citation needed labels for no reason.

Thanks! Smith0124 (talk) 00:50, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Four years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:07, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

DYK for View of Auvers-sur-Oise

On 1 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article View of Auvers-sur-Oise, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the theft of Paul Cézanne's View of Auvers-sur-Oise (pictured) from Oxford's Ashmolean Museum 20 years ago today used the noise of fireworks from the millennium celebrations as a distraction? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/View of Auvers-sur-Oise. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, View of Auvers-sur-Oise), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 12:01, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

Invitation to the 2020 WikiCup

Happy New Year, Happy New Decade and Happy New WikiCup! The 2020 WikiCup began at the start of January and all article creators, expanders and improvers are welcome to take part. If you are interested in joining, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Creative editors like yourself seem to enjoy taking part, and many return year after year. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:35, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Murder of Artemus Ogletree

On 5 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Murder of Artemus Ogletree, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that only police detectives attended the funeral of Artemus Ogletree after his unsolved murder 85 years ago today? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Murder of Artemus Ogletree. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Murder of Artemus Ogletree), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:01, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Sam Wyche

On 5 January 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Sam Wyche, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 18:08, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

Invitation to join the Fifteen Year Society

Dear Daniel Case,

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Fifteen Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for fifteen years or more. ​

Best regards, Chris Troutman (talk) 16:51, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

Picture of the day

POTD

Greetings!

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Ceiling bracket detail at chapel, Greenwich Hospital, London.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on January 20, 2020. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2020-01-20. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:43, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

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Jan 22: WikiWednesday Salon NYC

January 22, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Metropolitan New York Library Council in Midtown Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda. Wednesday January 22 WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (optional RSVP on-wiki). 7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Metropolitan New York Library Council (8th floor) at 599 11th Avenue, Manhattan We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Wikimedia New York City Team 20:07, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

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You've got mail!

Hello, Daniel Case. Please check your email; you've got mail!
Message added 20:22, 19 January 2020 (UTC). It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.

S0091 (talk) 20:22, 19 January 2020 (UTC)

Block of Murrow

Hello; I certainly don't expect you to remember the details of your block of this user, but I didn't know if you would be willing to just add your eyes to it and make sure I haven't missed anything before I would remove it. Thanks 331dot (talk) 01:23, 21 January 2020 (UTC)

Saturday Jan 25: Met 'Understanding America' Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art

Jan 25, 12:30pm: Met 'Understanding America' Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for the Met 'Understanding America' Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art on the Upper East Side. Together, we'll expand Wikipedia articles on American history and art, and the understanding that all communities bring to American culture, as reflected in the Met collection up until ca. 1900. With refreshments, and there will be a wiki-cake! Open to everyone at all levels of experience, wiki instructional workshop and one-on-one support will be provided. Saturday Jan 25 Met 'Understanding America' Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art (RSVP on-wiki or at meetup.com). 12:30pm - 4:30 pm at Uris Center for Education, Metropolitan Museum of Art (81st Street entrance) at 1000 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan (note this is just south of the main entrance) Galleries will be open this evening until 9 pm, and some wiki-visitors may wish to take this opportunity to see exhibits together after the formal event. Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends, colleagues and students! --Wikimedia New York City Team 21:00, 21 January 2020 (UTC)

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Death of Elisa Lam

"Again, this is not a notable band, therefore this information isn't notable" I am interested to know when you feel a band/artist becomes "notable". The criteria for notability seems a little mysterious. Does an artist require their own Wikipedia page to be notable? Or are you more interested in their Spotify listen count? I'm genuinely interested here, as the vagueness of the undo makes it a little hard to work out when adding information is worthwhile, and when I should keep it to myself. Many thanks, Simon j parker (talk) 05:54, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

New York State Route 52

I see that NY 52 originally ran along Dupont Ave according to the Topo map from that time, but then it says that South Street (New York State Route 980P) was a former routing. Do you know whether it was switched from Dupont Ave to South Street then to Interstate 84? Thanks 420Traveler (talk) 20:04, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

Global watchlist - Update 5

Updates associated with DannyS712's Global watchlist script:

Future development

• I have requested a grant to fund conversion of this script into an extension, as well as further development. Please see m:Grants:Project/Create a global watchlist extension.
• If anyone is interested in reviewing the code and making suggestions regarding coding style, techniques, or something else, please let me know. See phab:T234507 for more.

Recent additions

• I have added basic tests for the script, so bugs should be less likely to make their way to the deployed versions of the script (both the unstable development version, and the stable release version).
• If there is an error with the script, the user will be notified and and the console will include a stack trace of the issue.

Translations

• Many thanks to those that have contributed translations for the script's messages. Translation takes place at m:User:DannyS712/Global watchlist/Translate, and help is appreciated.
• Newly translated messages are added to the script when I notice them; if you have translated messages that aren't showing up, please let me know at m:User talk:DannyS712.

Next release

• Version 8.0 was just finalized for the development and stable branches of the script.

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Hello

Hi there, I just recently joined the WikiProjects for New York State and the Hudson Valley!! I'd love to collaborate!!!--TheTexasNationalist99 (talk) 17:40, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

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DYK for Geetha Angara homicide

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Gatoclass (talk) 12:01, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Death of Michael Rosenblum

On 14 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Death of Michael Rosenblum, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that for three months after Michael Rosenblum's disappearance 40 years ago today, the local police did not tell anyone that they had the car he had been driving? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Death of Michael Rosenblum. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Death of Michael Rosenblum), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 12:01, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

Feb 19: WikiWednesday Salon NYC

February 19, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon NYC

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NY 28A

I see you were a main creator of this article, I believe its ready to be a final article. Would you assist me in nominating the page to FA status? 420Traveler (talk) 19:01, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

WikiProject Backpacking

Please consider returning to the project. —philoserf (talk) 02:02, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

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March 18: First ever ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC

March 18, 7pm: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop. This month, as part of Wikimedia NYC's commitment to the well-being of members, we will hold WikiWednesday online via Zoom videoconferencing! To join the meeting from your computer or smartphone, just visit this link. More information about how to connect is available on the meetup page. We look forward to seeing local Wikimedians, but would also like to invite folks from the greater New York metropolitan area (and beyond!) who might not typically be able to join us in person! Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda. Wednesday March 18 WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (optional RSVP on-wiki). 7:00pm - 9:00 pm online via Zoom We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Wikimedia New York City Team 04:36, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

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Changes to Oversight team

Upon request to the Arbitration Committee, Daniel Case (talk · contribs) has voluntarily relinquished the Oversight permission. The committee extends its sincere thanks to Daniel for his long service as a functionary.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katie^talk 22:57, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#Changes to Oversight team

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A barnstar for you!

	The Oversighter's Barnstar
	Thank you for all your work as oversighter. The name is still in good memory. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:14, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

(Clarification: I just received the administrators' newsletter, which contained a notice about this. The date and the widespread April Fools sillyness today has nothing to do with this.) ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:17, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

I know you meant it sincerely ... happy (such as it can be) April Fool's, and stay healthy! Daniel Case (talk) 21:21, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

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NY 5S

Im trying to research when the new section between Frankfort and Mohawk was completed? It says by 1992 in the article. I have looked at all maps on Rumseys and cant find anything. I was wondering if you know any extra places to look or how I may be able to find the source? If not no problem, Thanks, 420Traveler (talk) 07:47, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

Etiquette of a champion

	WWE Championship
	Thank you for giving a block to WrestlerHelper3. He should consider getting actual sources and/or proof before making edits to wrestling articles and articles in general. If only he looked at the WWE social media pages or their website to find out if they announced the addition of the championship in question for the accomplishment. _|/\CKED 14 (talk) 08:08, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

Esopus Creek

What do you think about nominating Esopus Creek to GA as well? 420Traveler (talk) 19:00, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Compagnie Francaise de Navigation a Vapeur v. Louisiana Board of Health

On 12 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Compagnie Francaise de Navigation a Vapeur v. Louisiana Board of Health, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in a 1902 U.S. Supreme Court case, a ship owner alleged that the real purpose of Louisiana's quarantine laws was to keep Italian immigrants out of New Orleans? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Compagnie Francaise de Navigation a Vapeur v. Louisiana Board of Health. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Compagnie Francaise de Navigation a Vapeur v. Louisiana Board of Health), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 00:01, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Downtown Ossining Historic District

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Downtown Ossining Historic District you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of CaroleHenson -- CaroleHenson (talk) 08:20, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Desktop improvements prototype

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Global watchlist - Update 6

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Your GA nomination of Downtown Ossining Historic District

The article Downtown Ossining Historic District you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Downtown Ossining Historic District for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of CaroleHenson -- CaroleHenson (talk) 17:21, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

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Case

Interesting development with Tom Hagen who was arrested today for the alleged murder and faked kidnapping of his wife.--BabbaQ (talk) 10:09, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

Oldest case solved by DNA was announced a few days ago. [3]BabbaQ (talk) 17:40, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Esopus Creek

Great job on Esopus, its looking even better than it already was a few weeks ago. I was wondering if all the tributaries should be added into the course description as well? 420Traveler (talk) 20:46, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

@420Traveler: Yeah, part of my plan is to expand that part, as I look at it and think "That's what I considered good work ten years ago?" (well, yes it was, because at the time at DYK we only required that the hook fact be cited) I can easily add more now. Daniel Case (talk) 21:14, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

Saw Kills

I fixed the Saw Kill problem, and I think everything is ok now. Also I see that "Saw Kill (Hudson River tributary)" is only class C, but I think should be at least a B, and may be ready to be nominated for GA? I just wanted your opinion since you did most of the work on Saw Kill (Hudson River tributary). Thanks, 420Traveler (talk) 17:27, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

@420Traveler: The Saw Kill problem is bit more complex than it looked. There's also the Columbia County Saw Kill, which I think may now be known as Mill Creek. Across the river just north of Saugerties there's the similar-sounding Sawyer Kill. And lastly the Delaware has a tributary named Sawkill Creek, near Milford, Pennsylvania.

I suppose I would be OK with that article being nominated. Daniel Case (talk) 05:21, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

@Daniel Case: I had noticed that but briefly forgot to add them, I can add the others to the disambiguation page. Ill suggest Saw Kill be upgraded to B for now. 420Traveler (talk) 05:35, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Sat May 9: Symposium on Wikipedia and COVID-19

Symposium on Wikipedia and COVID-19 (May 9)

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West Kill

In the West Kill article, Should we change the part in the intro where it says "The West Kill's 31.2-square-mile (81 km2) watershed accounts for 10 percent of the Schoharie basin and is located at the southern end of that creek's watershed"? I know it means the Schoharie Reservoir, but some people may confuse it with the entire watershed of the Schoharie Creek? Or maybe change it to the way I wrote the intro for Batavia Kill (Schoharie Creek tributary)? Thanks, 420Traveler (talk) 17:13, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

@420Traveler: I think it does mean the entire creek's watershed. Daniel Case (talk) 04:31, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

@Daniel Case: I thought that article meant the same, but when i checked further, the watershed size of the reservoir is 314 square miles and west kill's watershed is 31.2 square miles which is about 10 percent of 314, but the drainage area at the mouth of the schoharie at the mohawk river is 928 square miles. 420Traveler (talk) 05:24, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

@420Traveler: OK ... good catch! I think just clarifying that we're talking about the reservoir would work ... Daniel Case (talk) 05:26, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

@Daniel Case: yea that looks good, thankss 420Traveler (talk) 16:05, 9 May 2020 (UTC) Also I have expanded East Kill and Batavia Kill, if you have extra time can you help me rewrite the course descriptions? because thats one of my weak points and you are one of the best at writing detailed descriptions. Thanks, 420Traveler (talk) 16:22, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

@420Traveler: When I get to them ... I have a lot yet to do on Esopus Creek. Daniel Case (talk) 04:42, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

@Daniel Case: I see someone started the review. I fixed most of the dup-links the reviewer had mentioned, Im not sure about how to fix 1d (prose section), and I think 1j (prose section) is ok because DEC was already clarified above. And im not sure how to fix the Verifiability or the Depth of Coverage issues. Thanks, 420Traveler (talk) 16:52, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

@420Traveler: It looks like we've addressed the issues, so now we wait (Thanks for picking that up; I was preoccupied with another GAN—Valhalla train crash—which has since passed). I do wish I knew when the name was applied, though—that's a good question. I wouldn't be surprised if my guess—that the West and East kills were the first two upper Schoharie tributaries named (and maybe those weren't meant as permanent names, à la the New River (the theory that it wasn't on the map is the one I heard in WV)). Some research in that area would be nice to do in the future.

BTW, I also went up to Red Hook with my son today to make a visit to his school, and on the way back I was able to scoot up US 9W to the Glasco Turnpike bridge and take a pic or two with my phone of the Esopus there, since we don't have any images of the lower Esopus in the article currently. I'll put it in soon. Daniel Case (talk) 00:32, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

@Daniel Case: no problem at all, im glad the article you expanded and I started is almost to good article status. I agree about the naming, as I have looked on old maps and other State documents and cant find anything, not even an Indian name like Batavia Kill has. That's awesome about the pictures, what a nice day it was for a ride yesterday, My dad and I were burning brush yesterday. Hopefully soon we can meet up and hike the west kill area.420Traveler (talk) 23:10, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

@420Traveler: Actually, "Batavia" is the Latin word for what we now call the Netherlands ... that's why the city upstate is so named, after the Holland Land Company with its majority Dutch investors being headquartered there.

I think at the moment that any hiking there is going to be after my son goes back to his school, which might be within the next few weeks ... Daniel Case (talk) 00:14, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

@Daniel Case: Oh never knew thats the reason they named the city here after Batavia. The Indians also referred to Batavia Kill as "Choughtighignick".

And sounds good just let me know. 420Traveler (talk) 14:53, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Recent block of IP editor for edit warring

You recently blocked IP user 71.114.58.238 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) for Edit warring: right off expiration of last block, and now they have switched to a mobile device 107.77.202.215 and started right back in edit warring at Arthur Rudolph, and been reverted by 4 different editor's, including myself, and also been warned on their talk page as well, as if they didn't know anyway what they were doing. Can you please protect the article, or in the alternative block the new IP. Thanks, I'd appreciate it. Isaidnoway (talk) 09:25, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

"Crime and Punishment"

Hello! Could you please see Talk:Crime and Punishment DonGuess (talk) 13:38, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

May 20: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC

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Your GA nomination of Albert Seedman

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Your GA nomination of Albert Seedman

The article Albert Seedman you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Albert Seedman for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Cavie78 -- Cavie78 (talk) 21:21, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

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June 17: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC

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Thanks for creating the Brett Cantor and Michael Nigg pages

Appreciate seeing alternative theories of Ron’s and Nicole’s murders, especially considering how slanted the Wikipedia page for the O.J. Simpson murder case is in favor of the prosecution and the mainstream media narrative of the trial. Kayjewel (talk) 05:11, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

Request for help

I moved the page Didymos (an asteroid) to Dimorphos (it is a newly named in June) but realised that the latter is actually part of the former. Can you please revert my move and make space for Dimorphos so that I can create a separate article for it? Chhandama (talk) 04:42, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Global watchlist - Update 7

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Happy...

Wishing Daniel Case a very Case happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! CommanderWaterford (talk) 07:49, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

Miranda Priestly

Hello, Good day. Can we have the long-awaited Miranda Priestly article already?... It's been on the draft since 2018. Bionic (talk) 14:08, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

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Barnstar

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For your great edits that expanded West Kill and Esopus Creek. 420Traveler (talk) 21:27, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

New Brockhold socks

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Beyond My Ken (talk) 03:53, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

Article move

Hello. There was a discussion of a requested move here, It's been over a week and the consensus has been reached and I'm about to close it but I can't move the page over a redirect, therefore, I ask you to do the Madonna (entertainer) → Madonna as an administrator, please. Bionic (talk) 04:39, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

@Bi-on-ic: Alright ... since this is not the sort of discussion I usually close, I will have to review everything (even if it is 21-10 in favor of the move; an admin still has to read what people wrote per WP:NOTVOTE), which I'm not up to doing at the moment. Let me wait till tomorrow when I have a fresher mind. Daniel Case (talk) 04:48, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi, Good day. I know you're busy but It's been 11 days and the volume of comments on the discussion is getting out of hand. Apparently it's turning into a debate between supporters and opposers and other admins don't seem to care to review and close the discussion. Bionic (talk) 08:25, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

@Bi-on-ic: I have looked at it and I am thinking about what to say when I close it, which I hope I can do later today. Daniel Case (talk) 15:18, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

It's always a courageous move to tackle closing move discussions that get that long and complicated. So regardless of whether or not they go with my view, I'm always grateful when an admin provides an actual explanation rather than a two word close. So thanks for doing that.--Yaksar (let's chat) 06:38, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

@Yaksar: Thank you ... I had to take today mostly off-wiki for work reasons, but it's nice after what I did to come back to messages like this instead of the fire-and-brimstone flaming I was afraid of.

And again, as I said, a close on an issue like that should be complemented by a full explanation. Daniel Case (talk) 22:03, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Civility Barnstar
	For your professional behavior and neutral viewpoint. Bionic (talk) 09:57, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

Article move request

Hello. When you get a chance, could you complete the move request over at Talk:Luka_Magnotta#Requested_move_21_July_2020 please? A clear consensus exists, so hopefully it won't take too long. Thanks! Some1 (talk) 23:41, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

You are mentioned...

... at the discussion Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement#Thomas Meng, because of your block on Thomas Meng two weeks ago. Binksternet (talk) 21:37, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

Page Review (Inquiry)

Hi,

I recently wrote a bio page for a popular model based in Turkey and I’d like your review on it. Is it something I can get your input on so you could help make adjustments as Wikipedia tells me “Page has multiple issues” which I feel bad about for such display.

I’d really appreciate your input please, thank you Shortolani01 (talk) 08:14, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Application programming interface RM close

Hi Daniel Case. Do you think you could clarify your decision to close Talk:Application programming interface#Requested move 3 August 2020 as no consensus? Specifically, I'm curious how much weight you assigned to the comments from the three anonymous users who argued that the proposed title API was ambiguous with a term in the Malay or Indonesian languages. In my view, those comments were not based on Wikipedia's policies and guidelines and should have been assigned little, if any, weight in the closure (we do not require disambiguation with non-English terms: consider how the word Gift in German means "poison"). I would have either closed the RM with consensus to move or at least relisted the discussion. Mz7 (talk) 17:35, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

@Mz7: Well, I'm sort of new to closing RMs and, yes, it looks like you may have a point, although I wish that had been made during the discussion as a matter of policy rather than just, I don't think we should do this. And I also think the one non-anon oppose, Netoholic, had a point as well.

But if you want to open a move review and seek to at least relist it, I don't mind. Daniel Case (talk) 06:16, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for taking another look! Fair enough, I suppose it would have been clearer for me to state the policy position against the opposes in the discussion itself. Even though Netoholic opposed with a fair point, Netoholic did leave a brief comment dismissing the foreign-language-based opposes, and ultimately no one else agreed with Netoholic's oppose. I think the best solution at this stage would be for you to undo your closure and either relist it, reclose it, or let someone else deal with it. Looking over WP:MRV, it looks quite backlogged—although it claims that discussions there are supposed to be closed after 7 days, many of the active move reviews appear to have gone on for almost a month. It seems advisable to avoid that time-consuming venue if at all possible. Mz7 (talk) 16:47, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

@Mz7: Can I do that? I agree it would make sense, but I'm still sort of new to the RM process. Daniel Case (talk) 16:50, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

Hmm, I don't think there's any rule that says that the closer themselves can't undo their own closure if there was a misunderstanding about the discussion, but if the closer doesn't agree that the close should be undone, then WP:MRV is the only option. Mz7 (talk) 16:55, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

@Mz7: OK, I'll do it later. Daniel Case (talk) 19:05, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

Sun Aug 16: Great American Wiknic NYC & Beyond

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Blocked IP is back

User:66.176.237.144 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Same behavior as early July. If it's confirmed this isn't a case of mistaken identity, let me know and I'll do some rolling back, assuming there isn't a bot that will already do it. See also here. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 15:59, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Thanks. Between myself and at least one other editor, there are no "current versions" with that editor's address on them. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 17:52, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

You should probably indef block

You should probably indef block Conbo Thang ngu (talk · contribs) as it is clearly a LTA sock of Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/THCNVN Channel/Archive. Also maybe mass delete the spam pages they created to the talk pages of his other socks. ɴᴋᴏɴ21 ❯❯❯ talk 03:30, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia talk:Did you know § DYK Twitter bot

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Did you know § DYK Twitter bot. KCVelaga (talk) 11:36, 15 September 2020 (UTC)Template:Z48

your recent block of user:14.238.83.146

Evading block as user:14.161.36.87. Same ISP, started editing 3 minutes after block, and already back at Ho Chi Minh Meters (talk) 03:42, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Forgot to say that new IP is exhibiting the same behaviour, vandalizing and then self reverting. Meters (talk) 03:44, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Sat Sep 26: Met Fashion Virtual Edit Meet-up

September 26, 12:30pm: Met Fashion Virtual Edit Meet-up

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Notice of noticeboard discussion

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is "Users with indefinitely protected user talk pages". Thank you. Jackmcbarn (talk) 19:19, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

Glossary of Brexit terms

You say "deign to eat"? Do you mean "do not deign to eat"? And perhaps prefer a less loaded (even contemptuous) term than "deign"? Errantius (talk) 23:50, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Creek

[4] just checked this for a mouth elevation citation for Esopus Creek. It shows a mouth elevation of -3 feet which to me means 0? Also it shows the native american name for the creek, just not sure how to incorporate it into the article. 420Traveler (talk) 22:13, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

Request for page move

I would appreciate if you move the page Von Baer's laws (embryology) over a redirect page Von Baer's law for simplicity and correctness. Chhandama (talk) 14:09, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Fish for finance

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Brandon Lee

Hi Daniel,

I just finished refining the Brandon Lee article based on your notes, but also I just read the book on the making of The Crow, from which I added a substantial amount to the article.

A while back I did reply to some of your feedback, some I fixed and some I was doubtful about. Also since I first replied more work was done and more points have been resolved.

Let me know and if you want to take the time or have the time we'll work on it.

Thank you.Filmman3000 (talk) 20:29, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

@Filmman3000: I will get around to it; for now because I've got a lot of other things going on I am just (belatedly) acknowledging that I saw and read this—ahem!—two weeks ago when you posted this. Daniel Case (talk) 20:51, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Cool anytime! I renominated it if you want to take the time or have the time...

I resolved point 1, all citations have the same date format.

Regarding point 5, all URLs are installed.

While I was working on those, well with the book I could add more but found way more on how Lee approached characters, how he got involved in a production, I gained more details on his implication with his dad's biopic, etc.

I think I legitimately dished out all information that was within my reach.Filmman3000 (talk) 21:45, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Fish for finance

On 15 October 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Fish for finance, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the fish-for-finance trade-off in EU–UK trade negotiations pits an industry that accounts for nearly seven per cent of the UK's GDP against one with revenues less than those of Harrods? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fish for finance. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Fish for finance), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Otacon

Hi Daniel. You recently blocked an editor for 24 hours from editing on the Otacon article. Unfortunately, since the 24 hour block expired, the editor has again continued the same pattern of editing disruptively. I'd be grateful if you could take another look at the revision history of the article. Regards, Kind Tennis Fan (talk) 00:22, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

Hi Daniel. Thank you for issuing a further 72 hour block last month in October to the editor who has been editing the Otacon article disruptively. Unfortunately, after that second block the editor has continued the same pattern of disruptive editing. Also, he or she appears to now be using an IP address to insert the same content – unsourced nonsense. Regards, Kind Tennis Fan (talk) 04:33, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Lafayette Park Historic District

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DYK for United Airlines Flight 976

On 20 October 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article United Airlines Flight 976, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that an investment banker was arrested after getting drunk and defecating on a food cart in the first-class section of an international flight 25 years ago today? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/United Airlines Flight 976. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, United Airlines Flight 976), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Hi, I saw your comment on my comment at ERRORS. Even if someone is dead, he might have living relatives. I really don't see the need to name the lawyers. But I'm sure this kind of hook is going to get tons of hits. Yoninah (talk) 22:27, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

@Yoninah:

• Based on the obits I found, all his siblings are dead as well, although I think his children are very much with us. All I can say is that he's been dead well past six months and his name was used in the 2015 articles cited (I did consider whether to write this as a bio of him but I wasn't sure what in his bio was a definite claim to notability, while the flight definitely was).
• I used his lawyer's name because I had to quote him at one point, although not as extensively as I thought I would have to, and when you have to make repeated reference to someone it's just easier to use their name than to find a way to fit "their lawyer" or something like that into every sentence. In any event, lawyers expect that they will be quoted and identified by name when speaking on behalf of clients to the media, even those accused of doing embarrassing or horrible things ... it's part of being a zealous advocate, so I don't see why we shouldn't use their names, either.
• Yes, it did get a lot of hits, as I thought it would from the time several years ago when I began thinking that the 25th anniversary of this event would be a good time for an article about it. Daniel Case (talk) 17:27, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

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The Devil Wears Prada

Per WP:NFCC#8: "Contextual significance. Non-free content is used only if its presence would significantly increase readers' understanding of the article topic, and its omission would be detrimental to that understanding." "The cerulean sweater speech" is equally an inappropriate caption that doesn't satisfy the usage of a 1-minute video of copyrighted content. (CC) Tbhotch^™ 18:11, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

@Tbhotch: The accompanying text provides that context. Criterion 8 does not specifically say the fair-use material has to be captioned in such a way as to provide that context ... I do not see fair-use media being so captioned in any other article. Daniel Case (talk) 20:03, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

So this caption should be reduced to "Minogue in the video"? Or these captions reduced to "x-second sample of 'Title'"? The caption I wrote literally summarizes half of the scene you uploaded without the necessity of using non-free content. In fact, any picture of a similar cerulean sweater (plus an appropriate caption and parafrases of the script) replaces the whole point of using the video (WP:NFCC#1). Justifying a vague caption ("The cerulean sweater speech") under a section called "Cerulean sweater speech", is poor for a good article and is a poor use of non-free material. (CC) Tbhotch^™ 20:27, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

@Tbhotch: Don't Look Now is also a GA, and likewise doesn't have a long cutline for its use of a clip from the film.

If you think that non-free video clips from films need long cutlines even if the accompanying text in the article has enough reliably-sourced third-party commentary to justify the clip's inclusion, then start the discussion at the appropriate talk page (and do let me know ... we have so few film clips in articles that having at least some guidelines would be nice).

There's about five grafs in that section discussing just that speech and its role in the long-term appreciation of the film (citing nine separate sources). That's more grafs than there are in the Don't Look Now article next to the clip, more than the one graf that accompanies the clip of the destruction of the Enterprise in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (an FA). With that much commentary on it I think the reader, especially one who has not yet seen the film or hasn't seen it in a long time, benefits from being able to actually see how it's delivered, how it plays in the actual film. A picture of a cerulean sweater and your extremely superficial characterization of the scene would actually do a disservice to readers IMO. Daniel Case (talk) 20:45, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

Don't Look Now was reviewed in 2011, so it's not a particularly relevant example. It, however, can easily be solved with a "Sample of the scene featuring a portrayal of cunnilingus, considered rare at the time". No comment on the 2010 FAC Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, as I haven't read that article, nor watched the film to understand the whole context of the video. But, now I understand why that MOS:CAPTION link you provided was incomplete; the real link is Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Captions. The current caption meets "Clear identification of the subject", simply because it is a repetition of the subsection's title. It fails "Succinctness" ("The speech" is simpler); "Non-visual media" (the article provides little context on why Miranda is delievering the speech; the scene is cut, and the text merely limits to call Andy's attitude as snobbish towards fashion, so half of the context on why she is truly being berated is gone); "Establishing relevance to the article" ("A good caption explains why a picture belongs in an article", something the current caption never attepts to do); "Providing context for the picture" (the caption has no context); and "Wording" ("While a short caption is often appropriate [The cerulean sweater speech] consider extending it so that it adds value to the image and is related more logically to the surrounding text"). Nowhere in either WP:CAPTION or MOS:CAPTION say that captions should be short and vague; or that long captions are discouraged; in fact they encourage users to move long captions that describe the picture to be moved to the file's description itself and to avoid vague captions that merely repeat what the main text is already saying. (CC) Tbhotch^™ 21:49, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

It, however, can easily be solved with a "Sample of the scene featuring a portrayal of cunnilingus, considered rare at the time" So go make that edit, then, instead of just talking about it on someone else's talk page.

As for failing "succintness", see MOS:CAPSUCCINCT: "More than three lines of text in a caption may be distracting; instead, further information can be provided in the article body" which I'd be happy to do as in over a decade of working on that article I am very familiar with the sources.

"the article provides little context on why Miranda is delievering [sic] the speech" I would direct your attention to the graf immediately adjacent to the picture, which recounts how and why the speech came to be in the film. I suppose I could concede that there should be some in-universe explanation as well, but per MOS:IN-U we are really not supposed to focus on that (And it has occurred to me that adding some more to it, starting where Andrea giggles at the sight of the two belts, would give it more context on its own, something you seem to acknowledge with "the scene is cut").

And just how is a film clip "non-visual media"? I'd like to read this one ... Daniel Case (talk) 22:30, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

Chinese home run

Hi – I was looking at the Chinese home run article, and saw that you've made a number of edits to it. The current article text dates the earliest usage of the term to 1927. I have an account on newspapers.com; a search for the term there finds it used in a baseball context in 1919. The usage in 1919 occurs during an account of a Pacific Coast League game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Sacramento Senators. The article appeared in The Los Angeles Times on 20-Aug-1919 with Ed O'Malley on the byline. O'Malley wrote, "Ellis his a tremendous Chinese home run just back of Pinelli's head...", where Babe Pinelli was Sacramento's third baseman and the batter was the Angels' Rube Ellis. Someone else previously found the same usage of the term, as it was 'clipped' on the newspapers.com site last year. You can view the relevant section of the article (with box score) here. Thoughts on incorporating this into the article? Dmoore5556 (talk) 06:25, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

@Dmoore5556: Someone else already mentioned this on the talk page. I haven't put it in because, as that thread suggests, I thought I should let Jonathan Lighter know (he might have some sort of qualifier that we didn't know about) but I could not find out how to get in touch with him. Daniel Case (talk) 20:54, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

I see, thanks. I'm going to add mention of the 1919 usage to the article; I'll try to make that edit later today. Perhaps Lighter will see it or someone will bring it to his attention. Dmoore5556 (talk) 21:03, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Advice

Hi, I'm writing my first missing-persons article and I need an image. The child disappeared in 1985. Can I upload the left-hand image from the Canadian Centre for Child Protection missing-child website as fair use? Thanks for your advice, Yoninah (talk) 23:10, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

@Yoninah: I think you could, if she's been missing that long; especially since if she's still alive, she's not that young anymore and her appearance would not be the same if she posed for a picture. Daniel Case (talk) 23:53, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

Thanks. I just posted the new article at Disappearance of Nicole Morin. I used one of your disappearance articles to help with the infobox and talk page. If you have a moment, please let me know if I did anything wrong! Thanks again, Yoninah (talk) 23:55, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

Advice on article

Hi Daniel,

There is an article I eventually want to nominate for a good article, an actor named Weng Weng. I wanted your opinion regarding elements of it. In the article, I cite a documentary film and a book about him.

I overcited some area and I am well aware of some of the criticism you would throw at me if you.

My concern is when I cite the documentary (citation 2) I use a DVD, I do not yet point out in the "time" section where the information is being delivered in the documentary. Would that be a concern to you if you were to review the article?Filmman3000 (talk) 21:56, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

I would very much like to nominate The Devil Wears Prada for FA, so it could run on the main page next year on the 15th anniversary of the film's release. That's not impossible, but what I have realized I will need to do is get a copy of the DVD/Blu-Ray so I can put in times for all the cites to the DVD commentary.

When I wrote the article back in the late 2000s, just citing the commentary was, well, sort of enough. It's since become common practice, both on Wikipedia and off, to give a time indication when citing videos or podcasts, given how long they can get.

So, yes, I think having a time would be advisable. Daniel Case (talk) 01:22, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

reversion of my edit to Disappearance of Asha Degree article

Hi, I saw that my edit was reverted on the Disappearance of Asha Degree article a couple days ago. Sorry that I had my edit marked as minor! I'm a newbie and was confused about when to mark an edit as minor, but I I've got the hang of it now. With regards to my reverted edit, I see now how deleting that clause wasn't helpful for the article overall. I'm used academic writing and editing for succinctness and so fell into the less-is-more trap. I'm not sure if this is the right place to be asking (you seem like a busy editor so I hope this isn't a bother), but I'm wondering if you know of any Manual of Style or similar type page that talks about tone and the general approach of encyclopedic language? Thanks! Comm.unity (talk) 09:20, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for not blocking

I really wish to contribute more and learn more to contibute quality articles,I won't engage in that conflict anymore and many editor already came in the articleManipur State Constitution Act 1947 copyright violation also reduced to less than 4% as per copyvio tool.ꯂꯨꯋꯥꯡ (ꯆꯥ) 16:32, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Fauconnier page redirect

Thanks, User:Daniel Case, for catching that. I wrote the bloody Fauconnier patent article, but had a brain spasm and reverted the spelling to the errant "Fanconnier" after seeing it mis-spelled that way in a mid-day drive-by at the Dutchess County, New York page that listed the ostensible fourteen royal patents covering its original footprint. I have since fixed it at that page, and sought to correct any other instances of that mis-spelling I might have propagated elsewhere before setting the record straight. Yours, Wikiuser100 (talk) 04:46, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Tammy Jo Alexander recordings

Hi Daniel,

It's been a while since we last communicated! I remember you did a lot of work updating the article on Tammy Alexander (AKA "Cali Doe") when her remains were identified back in 2015. A couple of weeks ago, the investigating sheriff's department released digitized recordings of the victim's voice for the first time, and I figured you might be interested in listening to them. As someone who closely followed the case, I couldn't help but tear up when I heard them.

Cheers! ----GouramiWatcher^Talk 20:27, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

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RE: Fort-Saket

[5]. Sockpuppets will create accounts; vandals will vandalize (example of a user extending-confirming their account solely to prove a point). I know this website loves to AGF on every new account but common sense is still required. Normal people simply don't go to the sandbox, autoconfirm their accounts and rush to vandalize semi-protected pages. So don't even blame it on me because I pinged you 30 minutes ago and the user was already warned to stop when they moved to Moon. And even if I had mentioned Vacuum-Blender, I'm quite sure you'd have still declined it with the "AIV is not SPI" template. (CC) Tbhotch^™ 05:29, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

@Tbhotch: You still should have warned them. Even once. None of what you said above justified this rush on your part to AIV without a warning.

I don't sit here all the time waiting to respond to AIV reports ... y'know, Saturday Night Live was on, and I was watching it when I took advantage of a commercial break to read your response and see what had happened since then. Since he had by then been warned to stop immediately, and didn't, I was then justified in blocking him indef (and, he's just as indefinitely blocked now as he would be had I blocked him when you had wanted me to. There is nothing in policy that says the sooner we block, the better). Daniel Case (talk) 06:27, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) "he's just as indefinitely blocked now as he would be had I blocked him when you had wanted me to." Dare I say it ... drum roll ... Weknowdis. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 🎄 07:03, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

List of unsolved murders

Hi, do you think you could add some entries to the Lists of unsolved murders if I give you some to add? It would make my editing job MUCH easier! Davidgoodheart (talk) 10:29, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: I can try, although I may not get around to them right away. Daniel Case (talk) 04:52, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

I think that this Sabina Selimovic and Samra Kesinovic is both a disappearance and unsolved murder. Do you agree? I have also been told just because no one has been charged with someone's murder does not necessarily mean it is not unsolved, so that is partly why is ask this. Also HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Davidgoodheart (talk) 13:12, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: Like so many of these things that happen in combat zones, you're right that they're in all likelihood dead, but absent any official confirmation of that they are still only missing and unaccounted for. Daniel Case (talk) 17:05, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

@Daniel Case: Speaking of unsolved murders is this person here Svante Grände who was killed an unsolved murder case or not? Even though the article says Grände was killed by the Argentine military in an ambush, it doesn't say if the people who killed him were either identified or charged. Davidgoodheart (talk) 11:30, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

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Fish for everything

I stumbled over a rather good analysis of the state of negotiations as at 19 December, by the Brexit correspondent of the Irish state broadcaster, that you might "enjoy". See Brexit talks: Last-minute agony over fish and state aid --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 13:14, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

@John Maynard Friedman: Thanks. I found the bit about the white paper on vessel ownership interesting ... I will have to look up more on that. Daniel Case (talk) 18:38, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

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Hi, Daniel - I was hoping you could take a look at a few Hong Kong related articles that have been subject to IP NOTHERE behavior. It's beginning to feel like we're herding cats. I don't know enough about the Hong Kong controversy to advance beyond what we've already done, but I am of the mind that if members of Project China could reach out to these IPs and maybe encourage them to engage in civil, consensus building discussions, it may prove helpful. The targeted articles so far include Military of Hong Kong where I just restored a redirect, and Valereee has since PP. Prior to that, in an effort to prevent the same IPs from edit warring, Val had to PP the redirects for List of lighthouses in Hong Kong and List of lighthouses in Macau. Also, see this SPI. We have tried to get the IPs to engage in collegial discussions on the TP because the material is not properly sourced, it is noncompliant with NPOV, and it contains OR. Atsme 💬 📧 13:00, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Five years!

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User talk:78.60.127.225

Hello, I'm Chip3004 Please Upgrade User talk:78.60.127.225's block to indefinite because User talk:78.60.127.225 is at again Disruptive editing Many Articles See The Articles below and he is block evading

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Backlash_(2020)&oldid=998949495 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal_Rumble_(2021)&oldid=998950717 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NXT:_New_Year%27s_Evil&oldid=998948205

I already told him to stop Disruptive editing and he is Disruptive editing again.

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Congratulations

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Recently user Geschichte has been deleting many pages. While some should be deleted, many are just stubs that havnt been expanded yet but can be. For example basswood pond was fixed quickly as well as Summit Lake. I may be wrong but just wondering what your opinion is? Thanks -420Traveler (talk) 04:33, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	For your work on Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. - I really appreciate you expanding the stubby article I created there into something pretty good. (Also, I checked out your userpage and you seem like a really cool person overall!) Elliot321 (talk | contribs) 00:51, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Hey

I noticed you blocked User talk:Hemi1525 for 24 hours. Since their block ended they have returned to disruptive editing by adding false information to info boxes on fictional character articles. [6][7][8]. I think the main aim of the account is to introduce false information to Wikipedia.Rain the 1 10:28, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I think that account is, or related to, User:Darryl1212 [9], who performed similar disruptive edits to the same articles. [10] - JuneGloom07 Talk 17:31, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

@Raintheone and JuneGloom07: For the time being I have blocked this user for 60 hours. I will look into the socking later. Daniel Case (talk) 18:28, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for helping to prevent any further disruption.Rain the 1 19:12, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

@Raintheone: You're welcome. Daniel Case (talk) 19:23, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Driveways (film)

On 6 February 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Driveways (film), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Driveways director Andrew Ahn said that the experience of directing a script he did not write improved both his writing and directing? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Driveways (film). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Driveways (film)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Guerillero ^{Parlez Moi} 12:04, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

122.11.212.163

Again reported AldezD; gave them a final warning, and now you a BOLO if they show up on AIV again. Thank you. Nate • (chatter) 04:27, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

Question AIAV decline

Hi! I would like to question one of your AIAV declines.

On 20:38, 10 February 2021 (UTC) M.Bitton reported vandalism-only account IamnotaIsaac.[11]

On 22:08, 10 February 2021 (UTC) you declined the report with "No edits since being warned."[12]

IamnotaIsaac (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) has made four edits, all of which were vandalism.

In my opinion, vandalism-only accounts should be blocked without warning, not given a chance to vandalize some more. See Wikipedia:Blocking policy#Disruption-only. --Guy Macon (talk) 02:40, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

@Guy Macon: Years ago when I first got the tools, we didn't jump to the conclusion that an account was vandalism-only based on the very first edits. We assumed good faith, or that vandals may really be testing whether someone is looking, or that they may be seeking the notoriety of being blocked. We usually didn't block an account as a VOA until it had continued to vandalize after a couple of blocks. And that was when (IMO) there was a hell of a lot more vandalism than there is now.

The point of anti-vandalism work is to prevent or limit damage to the encyclopedia. It is not to rack up a reputation as some tough hombre to be feared. If an account stops after a last warning, or even before that ... well, isn't that the idea behind giving them warnings? If we didn't, it would be sort of like the police writing you a speeding ticket before you saw the first sign with the speed limit, no?

Granted, there are exceptions ... if a new account's only edit is clearly in the pattern of an LTA, one that's socked before, then yes I will block the account indefinitely. And maybe if the vandalism is especially egregious, like hate speech or a serious BLP vio, or focuses on one particular person or thing to the point of suggesting the editor has an agenda, yeah. Or if it involves edit warring. Then I will block early ... but that's of course because other policy is involved.

I commend to your attention WP:IGNORANCE:

There are many reasons that new editors make inappropriate edits to an article. They may not understand Wikipedia, or they may think it's harmless and/or funny. They may also have read that there is always someone around to revert vandals, and wanted to know if it's true.

They might have even been given a standard template warning once or twice, which they may not understand due to jargon.

In other words, they may just be ignorant of all the rules.

When dealing with this kind of editor, we must start with the understanding that the editor knows nothing, and until provided the chance to see and understand those rules, they may not change.

Daniel Case (talk) 04:44, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. I don't agree, but your position certainly is not unreasonable. Perhaps "He thic had 50 russian wives", "He had afairs with his 50 russian wifes for a dog who was thick", "this is a racist place they only beleive yellow people have lifes to live", and changing "police departments" to "police terrorize citizens" are examples of being ignorant of all the rules, but my opinion remains that the person who wrote those things should explain on their talk page that they now understand the rules before being allowed to edit any articles. I don't think either of us is going to persuade the other, so lets just end this on a friendly note that we disagree. :) --Guy Macon (talk) 05:26, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

@Guy Macon: IIRC, weren't those edits blocked by the filter? That's another category where I don't block, generally, as that would be superfluous if the edits didn't even make it through. Daniel Case (talk) 16:58, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

 The edit filter is not magic pixie dust. (Ok, that was a bit much, but that's just my favorite template and I wanted to use it...) A reasonably clever 10-year-old could work around most of our filters. And many of them do. We could make the filters much more aggressive of course, but then we'd be blocking all sorts of good faith edits. That's where DatBot comes into play. By reporting the user while they're trying to work around the filter, they can be blocked before anything they do reaches the WP:READER. I agree there may not be a point in blocking a possibly dynamic IP if they tried a few times over the span of a few minutes, then stopped, and you're looking at the report hours later. There's obviously a question of "how many attempts is too many". But I think declining to block only because "the edits didn't even make it through" really misses the point of what the filters are for.

Of course, you don't have to block anyone you don't want to block. But I'd urge you to spend a few hours, at different times of day, just watching what other admins do at WP:AIV. Most other admins will block in many circumstances when you will not. In those cases, can I strongly suggest you leave the reports up for an hour or so before declining? Or, if you think everyone else is really in the wrong, start a thread about it somewhere? AIV works most smoothly when there are consistent standards; otherwise people don't know what to report. Either disruption continues, because people falsely expect a report to be declined and don't want to deal with the peanut gallery at ANI, or the board gets cluttered, because people falsely expect a report to be acted on swiftly. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 17:39, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

@Suffusion of Yellow: So ... people think I'm too lenient at AIV, and too harsh at RFU? (sigh) Then perhaps I will stop responding to reports in the bot section until you people can get it right.

My experience at AIV is perhaps informed by dealing with patrollers years ago who really seemed to be out there to carve notches on sticks in the hopes of impressing voters at an eventual RFA; more often than not when those RFAs happened it exposed that these people knew everything about vandalism patrol and almost nothing about content creation, and they didn't understand why they didn't get the mop and got all pouty and stopped editing. I get the feeling there are still quite a few of those editors out there.

I also get the feeling that it would probably be a good idea to write some sort of guide for admins if we want AIV patrollers to have consistent expectations about how their reports will be responded to. It would certainly cut down on talk page convoes like this. Daniel Case (talk) 17:57, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

@Daniel Case: Regarding the bot reports, are you keeping an eye on the user's contribs after you've declined? The thing is, since they were reported by a bot, it's possible no one else is. If you are I really don't have much of an issue. And regarding the human-submitted reports, oh yes, the "out for blood" editors still exist. I'm by no means suggesting that all or even a large fraction of your AIV declines are wrong. Just a few. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 18:13, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

@Suffusion of Yellow: Perhaps we need the bots to qualify their reports in some way, or to have them go stale sooner than the user-reported ones. Or to indicate that all the edits thus far were stopped by the filter. Because I have lately often done some of my reviewing in the wee hours of North American ET, when the backlog tag is on, and both sections are just stuffed with reports that date back hours. In that situation the understanding is usually to get the page clear.

I do look at recent activity, but it's hard to juxtapose those two things in a bot report (and, indeed, I have blocked a few times when it does seem that people are trying to push the edit filter). Maybe the bot could be programmed to add a note to the original report if the same IP attempts to edit at some point after the original report? When you've got two dozen to go through, you must admit it's a little hard to make distinctions. Daniel Case (talk) 18:27, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I am pretty sure that if edits are blocked by a filter they never show up in the article or on anyone's watchlist, and are thus unlikely to be reported at AIAV. In this case all four edits hit filters, but not blocking filters. The filters were one "Actions taken: Tag", Two "Actions taken: Warn", and one "Actions taken: none".

You can see this in the edit filter log link at IamnotaIsaac (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log).

If I remember how it works correctly, those two "Actions taken: Warn" filter hits gave IamnotaIsaac warnings on the edit screen, which weakens the "they were not warned" argument. --Guy Macon (talk) 17:55, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

@Guy Macon: Apart from DatBot, there are some users who patrol Special:AbuseLog for vandalism. And I'll agree with Daniel that some of those users are way to quick to report. One attempt, and not porn, clear racism, or severe libel? Let the filter do it's thing. Two or three attempts? Maybe warn and certainly keep a close eye, but probably no need to report. But five attempts (DatBot's threshold)? Yeah, very quickly they're going to work out which of "fuck", "fvck", "f u c k", etc., we haven't thought of yet, so it's probably time to block. LTA filters are different. If it's really the LTA, block on one attempt. They will try to evade it. But most RC patrollers can't see LTA filters in the first place. And anyone who hands out a warning based a filter they can't see has some WP:CIR issues and shouldn't be patrolling. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 18:24, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

@Suffusion of Yellow: As I've said, with the LTAs this is a known issue and a repeat offender. I have no problem slapping the standard two-week block down for even one attempt (although there are some (not a lot) of LTA filters where the terms are so vaguely defined you think you might be taking down a legit editor).

It might also be helpful if the bots report on how many times the filter did its thing at the time of the report. Daniel Case (talk) 18:31, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

The only bot that reports based on filters is DatBot. If there's a specific filter linked, as in [13], it's always one attempt. Otherwise it's five attempts (which each may have tripped more than one filter) in five minutes. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 18:49, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

@Suffusion of Yellow: Well, there are or at least used to be other anti-vandal bots, and maybe there will be others that report based on filters in the future.

Again, this is stuff that it would be nice to have in some sort of guide for reviewing admins. Daniel Case (talk) 18:53, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

I thought we already had a guide for reviewing admins at Wikipedia:Vandalism-only account. --Guy Macon (talk) 20:05, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

What I'm talking about is some sort of guide that would explain these bot and filter issues. They're not intuitive. Daniel Case (talk) 20:28, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Vandal IP

How are you? for sure the editions of that IP are rare it is emphasizing in vandalism I ask that all its contributions be verified--Secretsgenius (talk) 04:14, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

I think he has insulted me and even so he does not give testimony of what he was doing and restored some withdrawn references for no reason. What should I do?--Secretsgenius (talk) 04:52, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

@Secretsgenius: How about you and he back off from this discussion for a while and either take a break from editing or work on something else? Daniel Case (talk) 04:53, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

Well I will leave this in the hands of other editors, because I still do not understand why it withdraws references in many articles is very suspicious greetings. Secretsgenius (talk) 05:00, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

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Updates associated with DannyS712's Global watchlist script and the Global watchlist extension:

As I noted in the last issue, I received a grant from the WMF to develop the global watchlist script into an extension. That extension has now been deployed on Meta. Visit m:Special:GlobalWatchlistSettings to get started.

I do not plan on any further developments being made to the user script. I have released version 9.1.0 to both the dev and stable versions, which includes a notification about the extension being available when you use the user script. You can dismiss the notification, and the script still works, but it will no longer be maintained.

Those interested in providing feedback for the extension should use the phabricator board, phabricator:tag/mediawiki-extensions-globalwatchlist. Any bug reports about the extension should be filed there.

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Nomination of Shades of Death Road for deletion

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DYK for Lloyd Austin

I don’t want to continue with the DYK for Lloyd Austin. May I request that you close it? Thank you! AlabamaFan101 (talk) 23:51, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

IP indef

Hi Daniel, It looks like you may have accidentally blocked an IP address indefinitely: Special:Contributions/198.255.182.168. Probably want to set an expiration date. In any case, thanks for your work at AIV! Best, Mz7 (talk) 03:51, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

You're welcome; it is now a one-week block for BLP vios though of course if it were an account the logic would have been solid. Daniel Case (talk) 03:55, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

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Question

Hey Daniel Case, I wanted to get some guidance to figure out whether Bavio_the_Benighted is contravening Wikipedia policy or just a content dispute? He's been blocked twice for edit warring and although they stopped editing the main article (which is a controversial topic), they're continuing to put walls of text on the talk page and making arguments for certain changes immediately after their blocks expired. He's also arguing that when you put advice up on his talk page after his second block, that you misunderstood what he was doing and that he's not wrong to continue on the talk page. The discussion has been going on for months now and I thought there was a consensus, since discussion had ended for a week before the user returned. Could you please let me know if I'm right? Thanks NettingFish15019 (talk) 01:11, 24 February 2021 (UTC)