User talk:Arjayay

A Gnome Explains

I became a WikiGnome after I found I had misspelt retrieved, as retreived (ei), three times in one article (one mistake, copied & pasted).
I set myself a "penance" of correcting the "ei" versions in Wikipedia articles, but only intended to do the 100 or so misspellings there were at the time
I then adopted "retrieved" (retreived, retrived, retreved) and then added "rhythm” (rhythem, rhythim, rhythym, rhytm, rythem, rythim, rythm & rythym)

I then got carried away, and adopted the Wikipedia:Lists of common misspellings/R - all of it. Don’t do it, it's bad for your health

Broadcasted

The Wiktionary definition of Broadcasted states that the use is proscribed, so it should not be used.
The word also appears on Wikipedia:Lists_of_common_misspellings/B

Broadcasted appears in some dictionaries, but not at all in others, e.g. Chambers which states "Sorry, no entries for Broadcasted were found".
Broadcast appears in all dictionaries, and should be used throughout, as COMMONALITY - "Wikipedia tries to find words that are common to all varieties of English".

A June 2015 search for Broadcast gave over 163,000 uses, compared with a search for broadcasted which gave just 33.
Of these 33, 13 are redirects to "Broadcast" articles, 5 relate to a 1924 cartoon, and the rest are misspellings in quotations.

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Question

Hello, how should we properly cite information for changes we would like to make on the Religion page (semi-protected) as part of a course project? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Religion301 (talk • contribs) 23:31, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

Request Pending Accepting

I want this page Astro_(television) as pending accepting for every edit.

Hi User:Vvipkho - this has been done - by another - but please sign your posts on talk pages with 4 tildes ( ~~~~ ) - Arjayay (talk) 14:34, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

Question

How to I delete a page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nurulhuda859 (talk • contribs) 14:01, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

Hi Nurulhuda859 - it depends why you think it should be deleted - if it is Mujahidnagar - I have nominated that for deletion as you created it and then blanked it.
If it is another article, please tell me which article and explain why you think it should be deleted - or see Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion although that can be confusing - Arjayay (talk) 14:46, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for help me. Yes I wanted to delete Mujahidnagar — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nurulhuda859 (talk • contribs) 15:24, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

Beau Geste would despair!

Hi Arjayay - thanks for your support re OJOM's endless flow of poor English, bad grammar and inaccurate facts re (of all subjects) the French Foreign Legion. As we have both commented he probably means well, and as an apparently French editor he probably has access to sources unavailable to many of us. It just a pity that he has to keep effectively vandalizing what was for a long time a well-written article (though not by me). Buistr (talk) 09:59, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

Hi Buistr - I agree, I'm sure he mans well, albeit he is adding to it, re-writing it and adding superfluous links, in a rather promotional, jingoistic, way.
I just wish we could get him to understand that longer is not necessarily better - especially for people on mobile devices, for some of whom the article is now too long to download and read at all.
I think my next move will be to try and reduce the overlinking - some sections, like the Para Foreign Legion subsection of French Foreign Legion#Algerian War 1954 - 1962 are a sea of blue - Arjayay (talk) 10:21, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

Oh merde - the auto spell-corrector changed my edit summary from "sacre bleu" to "scare bleu" - Arjayay (talk) 10:30, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

Rock City (nightclub)

Hi. Noticed you have previously dealt with Evangp about changing article names. This user changed Rock City (club) to Rock City (nightclub), claiming it better described the venue. However, it is primarly a music venue which also happens to host club nights = like most music venues. There are many more articles still linking to the original article page. I tried to change it myself, but apparently I don't know how to do it correctly.

Bitterpillsandalcohol (talk) 12:39, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

Hi Bitterpillsandalcohol - thanks for the post.
Although it was 14 months ago, I remember that move was - Roundhouse (venue) - which was a clear open and shut case, as there had been a discussion at Talk:Roundhouse (venue) arriving at a consensus which he totally ignored. I see he likes moving pages - he moved 7 pages on 3 July 2014, including Rock City (club) and Roundhouse (venue) - but doesn't do any of the required tidying up afterwards.

Looking at the "What links here" (under Tools in the LH column) at Rock City (nightclub) there are far more links to Rock City (club) that are redirected, than links to Rock City (nightclub) itself.
There are also several redirects via Nottingham Rock City and others via Rock City, Nottingham, Rock City (Nottingham) and Heart of the Midlands Club
Looking at the venues website it is used for a multitude of uses but they don't seem to use any title other than Rock City, so we can't argue that a move is in accordance with the venue's own description.

Assuming you don't prefer Nottingham Rock City I think it should be moved back to Rock City (club) - all of these other titles will be redirected back to the new title. However, to avoid arguments, I have started a discussion about the move at Talk:Rock City (nightclub) - join in and, provided there are no objections, in say 10 days, it can be moved - Arjayay (talk) 14:30, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

Edit semi-protected

Hello, I'm sorry, but I'm not so experienced in this matters. How to request an edit to a semi-protected page? Best regards Jirka.h23 (talk) 09:35, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

Hi Jirka.h23 thanks for your post
Although you didn't say, I assume you are talking about Potential superpowers - which currently is not semi-protected, but under Pending Changes which you can find information about here.
However, as you are an WP:Autoconfirmed user, with over 2700 edits in 6 years, you should be able to edit that page, and any semi-protected page, in the normal way. The only pages you will not be able to edit are fully protected pages - see WP:FULL which only an administrator can edit.
If you are having a problem, please tell me which page, and what the problem is, and I will try and help, although I am off for the next 30 hours - but you could ask at WP:Help desk whilst I am away. - Arjayay (talk) 13:12, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

I did not express myself well, I meant how to add a request to be this page semi-protected. There was a problem with one anonymous ip that was constantly without explanation tried to change whole article. Or I can lock this page, even if I am not an admin? I deal with such a thing for the first time. Jirka.h23 (talk) 05:34, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

OK Jirka.h23 - I understand now.
The page is already under Pending changes protection, so the edits by the IP will not appear in the page seen by most readers. Only when the changes have been reviewed by an editor with reviewer rights - who will accept or reject the pending changes - will they appear in all copies of the page.
If you think this is inadequate you can apply for full semi-protection at requests for page protection but you will need to show that there have been significant problems - Arjayay (talk) 12:31, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for your helpful explanation. However, I think that I will keep this page as it is now, because it's only one user and not various IP users. Thank you for your time. Jirka.h23 (talk) 05:04, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

List of Modern School alumni

List of Alumni

Why do you keep undoing the list? Are you aware of the alumni better than an alumnus? The page is a work in progress and not all entries have a separate wikipedia page, which is the reason I'm building it up from scratch. STOP MAKING CHANGES that really should not be your concern. Thank you!

Hello User:Bakshir

Firstly; please put new posts on talk pages in a separate section - I have added the title.

Secondly; please sign all posts on talk pages with 4 tildes ( ~~~~ ) which will add your signature and a timestamp.

Thirdly; please try to understand that someone unconnected with the school is in a much better position to decide what should be included, than someone like you who is connected, as you have a WP:Conflict of interest in editing the article, and cannot do so from a WP:Neutral point of view.

Fourthly; please read WP:OWN - you may have started the article, but you do not own it and it is Wikipedia's criteria that decide what is included or excluded - not you.

Fifthly; please read Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists particularly the section WP:LISTPEOPLE which explains that people must meet Wikipedia:Notability (people).

Finally; All additions to Wikipedia articles should cite reliable, independent sources - additions without such sources will be removed and editors continually adding unsourced material will be blocked.

Thank you - Arjayay (talk) 14:32, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

Not Fair

It is not fair to revert my edits in raj tv because i have provided enough citations to my edits.Please refer- Luise1998 (talk) 14:32, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

Question

Why do you keep changing the Ladies Code edits? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bom97 (talk • contribs) 10:55, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

Bom97
This has been discussed at considerable length and agreed at Talk:Ladies' Code - The FACT is that they are no longer members.
Please sign all posts on talk pages with 4 tildes ( ~~~~ ) which will add your signature and a timestamp. Thanks - Arjayay (talk) 11:01, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

And please don't make accusations about editors, as in your edit summary "Arjayay probably know nothing about Ladies Code, so Idk why he keeps changing it"
If you look at the edit history, I am the fourth highest editor on that page, with 21 edits - Arjayay (talk) 11:16, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

Sorry about my rude behaviour... I was just upset, and It was wrong of me to take my anger out on a stranger Bom97 (talk) 15:24, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

OK Bom97 - apology accepted - Arjayay (talk) 15:25, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

Explanation of all the changes

Hello Sir, There is question from you that Do you mean that the information i added to religion section of ATWAL page is unsourced. I have changed Noteable people section according to ur guidelines. Thank you

Reply

I am new here on wikipedia as editor. Sorry for any misconvinience. Now I am aware of rules of editing of wikipedia

OK User:Tanvir9091 - we were all new editors once, and there are a lot of policies and guidelines - I've been here since 2007 and have over 82,000 edits but there are still many things I don't know
May I suggest you read some of the blue-links in the Welcome ! section of your talk page at User talk:Tanvir9091.
Please sign all posts on talk pages with 4 tildes ( ~~~~ ) which will add your signature and a timestamp. - Arjayay (talk) 14:24, 1 October 2015 (UTC)