User talk:JohnCD

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NPP & AfC

After 5 years of unstructured discussion since ACTRIAL, a dedicated venue has been created for combined discussion about NPP & AfC where a work group is also being composed to develop recommendations for necessary changes to policies and related software. It is 'not an RfC, it is a call for genuinely interested users who have significant experience in these areas to join a truly proactive work group. There is some reading to be done before signing up. See: Wikipedia:The future of NPP and AfC.

User:The Film Scorer and Researcher

Hi JohnCD. You previously issued a create4 warning for User:The Film Scorer and Researcher. I had them on my watchlist because of a uw I posted about non-free image use and I noticed this edit to their userpage. I took a look at it does seem that they might be misunderstanding what kind of content is allowed on userpages. Anyway, I left a userpage warning on their talk page, and then took a look at the edit history just to see if they had been adding non-free content to any other articles. I found List of Joaquin Timothy Tan's quotes which seems to be a list of quotes that this particular editor likes. I tagged it for speedy per A7, but it seems more like an extension of this editor's userpage than an actual article. Anyway, I was wondering if you wouldn't mind taking a look at this editor's userpage and the list article just to make sure I am not misreading things. If I did, please feel free to removed the userpage warning and the speedy tag I added to the list article. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:04, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: Blocked as WP:NOTHERE, thanks. JohnCD (talk) 21:43, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

Thank you taking a look. If this editor is really 13, then perhaps they just misunderstood what Wikipedia is about and will eventually decide to return as a productive editor. If they are not 13, then maybe they really should be somewhere else. Is there, btw, a minimum age that an editor has to be in order to register an account? -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:31, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

No, anonymity means there would be no way to enforce it. The youngest I have seen was (or claimed to be) 6. They get pointed to WP:YOUNG, and anything that gives too much personal information gets suppressed. I did that for this userpage once before, and have just requested it again. JohnCD (talk) 08:37, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:TANJ listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Wikipedia:TANJ. Since you had some involvement with the Wikipedia:TANJ redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Elvey^(t•c) 20:08, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. I have commented there. JohnCD (talk) 14:07, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

User:Liam loves lifts

Hi John, thanks for reverting the edits by this user on my user page, however I am curious as to how this sock got round my protection on my user page. Only auto confirmed editors are supposed to edit the page. It doesn't even look like he had 50 edits (although I'm not too sure to be honest). Weird. Thanks for your work! Class455 (talk) 20:16, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

@Class455: it only needs ten edits to be autoconfirmed, and this long-term socker has evidently decided it's worth the trouble. There is a new protection level, Extended confirmed protection, which is now allowed to be used if semi-protection has proved ineffective. Would you like me to apply that to your user page? JohnCD (talk) 14:07, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

JohnCD yes please! Wow, i didn't realise that you only need 10 edits to become autocomfirmed, thought it was 50. Thanks! Class455 (talk) 14:59, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

 Done. JohnCD (talk) 15:38, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Two years ago ...

delete and undelete
... you were recipient no. 1006 of Precious, a prize of QAI!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:02, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

Thank you! JohnCD (talk) 15:38, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

Honda Civic

Hi I saw you had hidden a few edits. I was wondering what BLP violations were they. Thanks. Pyrusca (talk) 16:56, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

Nothing to do with the car - the IP was a silly schoolboy saying his (named) friends were gay, and worse. JohnCD (talk) 17:02, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

Please help me rename my user name

Hello John,

Could you please help me rename my user name as you have mentioned in your message that it violates Wikipedia policies as it shows the Company name. I am new to Wikipedia and it's confusing as I am not getting any option to rename the user name. Also now, I see that user techtw does not exist.

Please help me fix this.

Thanks Ritesh — Preceding unsigned comment added by Techtw (talk • contribs) 18:29, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

@RiteshRanjan: your account has evidently already been renamed and you are now user RiteshRanjan (talk). That's fine, but remember than in writing about TechTwigs or its people you still have a WP:Conflict of interest, and you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use ("Paid contributions without disclosure" under section 4) to disclose your interest. See the section "Disclosure" of Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. JohnCD (talk) 20:02, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

How to get this article reviewed and publsihed

Dear John,

I appreciate your message and suggestions mentioned. If I would like somebody to review the article I have written and then get it published; how do I do that?

Thanks, Ritesh — Preceding unsigned comment added by RiteshRanjan (talk • contribs) 20:39, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

The way to submit your draft for review is to click the blue button that says "Submit your draft for review!"

I doubt whether the single independent reference is enough for notability. I would advise removing the image of Jha with his sisters - they are not relevant to the article, and they make it look like a family Facebook page rather than an encyclopedia article. JohnCD (talk) 21:23, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks John

Dear John,

Thanks for your quick and valuable suggestions. As advised, I have removed the photo of Mr Jha with his sisters. Also, could you please let me know how I can add more credibility to this article as you have said single independent reference might not be sufficient for review. Could you please help me review this article by reviewing it as you are an experienced user and an active member in the community.

Thanks, Ritesh — Preceding unsigned comment added by RiteshRanjan (talk • contribs) 21:54, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

@RiteshRanjan: no, I do not want to review your age, I have many other things to do, and the reviewers will get to it soon.

You have not yet made any paid editing declaration. See this FAQ, the section "How should I disclose paid contributions in my user page?" This is very important: undisclosed paid editing accounts are blocked.

It is helpful to "sign" your comments on talk pages by ending them with a group of four "tilde" characters ~~~~, which the system will turn into a "signature" of your username and the time and date, like this: JohnCD (talk) 14:28, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

Adam Mitchell (footballer, born 1996)

Okay I added Adam Mitchell (footballer, born 1996) to the DAB page of Adam Mitchell (as it appeared on the new page feed) then I just saw on the history that you removed someone with that name saying it was a hoax article-is this the same guy again? Wgolf (talk) 04:00, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

@Wgolf: :it is the same guy, but the article is now OK. What I deleted as a hoax was a one-liner with no references that didn't check out with the team's website. Then in this conversation I was told that he is a real player, but not yet then notable. However he is now playing for a professional first team and passes NFOOTY. JohnCD (talk) 10:55, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

List of township-level divisions of Gansu

HI, you deleted this back in 2013 by an author who I think was banned? I don't recall the name but I was wondering if I can build on that instead of building it from scratch. Thanks. Pyrusca (talk) 15:51, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

To add on my previous comment, I was hoping if I can get a copy in sandbox before it goes to article space. Pyrusca (talk) 16:05, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

(edit conflict) It was actually deleted G7 at author's request - he wrote "Intend to start over when ready to build this list", but he never did because he was indeffed for edit-warring and attacks. I have restored it to Draft:List of township-level divisions of Gansu where you can work on it. JohnCD (talk) 16:11, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Much appreciated. :) Pyrusca (talk) 16:20, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Ready Player One, Ghost in the Shell and Office Christmas Party disruptive editing

JohnCD, it is good to see you. I want to tell you that I have seen disruptive editing to the pages I mentioned in the subject that I am telling you. Spshu is doing disruptive editing to Office Christmas Party Page. I was wondering if you could block this user due to the issue and add back Reliance Entertainment. It is the same thing on List of DreamWorks Pictures films (DreamWorks Studios/Amblin Partners (2016-present)).