User talk:Primefac

Copyright issue... [Unfounded copyright issue with regard to Battle of Poison Spring page, please restore text]

I readily admit that I am a bit bewildered as to how OSU (or anyone else for that matter) could have merely scanned a U.S. government publication and then "copyrighted it" when federal laws and regulations read to the contrary. Copyright laws clearly state that any work created by a federal government employee or officer is in the public domain, provided that the work was created in that person’s official capacity.

In fact, every volume of The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies that OSU's Department of History has scanned onto their site clearly states in the "[Preface]" that ... "By an act approved June 23,1874, Congress made an appropriation "to enable the Secretary of War to begin the publication of the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, both of the Union and Confederate Armies ... " And because it is a publication in the public domain, numerous academics and nonprofits have repeatedly scanned these ORs and posted them to their respective websites.

Here are but two such examples:

• The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies at Cornell University
• The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies at Internet Archive

Please restore the Battle of Poison Spring text.

Lieutcoluseng (talk) 11:44, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Lieutcoluseng, you are correct, the text of the volumes are public domain. However, as near as I can tell the introduction to Volume 34, which was copied directly to Wikipedia, is not part of that text and therefore not under the same public release. Primefac (talk) 17:25, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Could you please semi-protect the two templates I created yesterday?

{{To USD/data/2017}}

{{International dollars/data/2016}}

HOTmag (talk) 19:50, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Declined – This template is not used widely enough to be considered a high-risk template. Primefac (talk) 11:37, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Is there a way to get a list of all templates/articles that use a given template? HOTmag (talk) 11:53, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Use Special:WhatLinksHere. If you're on the template itself, there's a link to the tool on the sidebar. Primefac (talk) 12:30, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for showing me the tool.

Is there a minimum quantity of transclusions for a given template, that justify its semi-protection?

So indeed, the tool you've showed me finds 18 transclusions for the last template {{International dollars/data/2016}} I've asked you to semi-protect.

However, as far as the first template {{To USD/data/2017}} (I've asked you to semi-protect) is concerned, the tool finds 170 transclusions for that template. Please notice that you have already semi-protected an analogous template, being {{To USD/data/2016}}, for which the tool finds less (=85) transclusions.

HOTmag (talk) 13:46, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

The semiprot was done to that template because (before you changed the master template) it was catching all of the "default" calls where a date wasn't selected, which gave it something in the order of 300 transclusions. We had an issue with vandals hitting these types of pages, which would then show inappropriate content on hundreds of articles, before it was stopped, so they were semi-protected. Now that you've made this change technically neither template needs to be protected, but removing protection from the other template isn't really necessary. Primefac (talk) 13:52, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2018

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

Administrator changes

None

Chochopk • Coffee • Gryffindor • Jimp • Knowledge Seeker • Lankiveil • Peridon • Rjd0060

Guideline and policy news

• The ability to create articles directly in mainspace is now indefinitely restricted to autoconfirmed users.
• A proposal is being discussed which would create a new "event coordinator" right that would allow users to temporarily add the "confirmed" flag to new user accounts and to create many new user accounts without being hindered by a rate limit.

Technical news

• AbuseFilter has received numerous improvements, including an OOUI overhaul, syntax highlighting, ability to search existing filters, and a few new functions. In particular, the search feature can be used to ensure there aren't existing filters for what you need, and the new equals_to_any function can be used when checking multiple namespaces. One major upcoming change is the ability to see which filters are the slowest. This information is currently only available to those with access to Logstash.
• When blocking anonymous users, a cookie will be applied that reloads the block if the user changes their IP. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. This currently only occurs when hard-blocking accounts.
• The block notice shown on mobile will soon be more informative and point users to a help page on how to request an unblock, just as it currently does on desktop.
• There will soon be a calendar widget at Special:Block, making it easier to set expiries for a specific date and time.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee is seeking additional clerks to help with the arbitration process.

Obituaries

• Lankiveil (Craig Franklin) passed away in mid-April. Lankiveil joined Wikipedia on 12 August 2004 and became an administrator on 31 August 2008. During his time with the Wikimedia community, Lankiveil served as an oversighter for the English Wikipedia and as president of Wikimedia Australia.

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RfA talk

Re:This edit, content was inappropriately removed just before the close and was being restored just as the RfA was being closed. It belongs in the RfA. Now you've removed it with another needless revert, without checking the history or facts, causing the page to be locked until May 9th. When the lock expires, please self-revert, and restore the content where it belongs. Thank you.- ^theWOLFchild 18:34, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Failed login attempt

There was a notification saying that my account had a failed login attempt. This is the first time I am experiencing such a thing. Should I be worried about? EROS ^message 06:51, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

@Heliosxeros: probably not, see Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Please help- who tried to break into my account?--Ymblanter (talk) 06:53, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

Yeah, just some idiot trying to "hack" everyone's account. If your password is strong, I wouldn't worry about it (this time). Primefac (talk) 12:12, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

Moonlighting Film Production Services, Genevieve Hofmeyr (Film producer), Philip Key (Film producer)

Hello Primefac

Thank you for your advice. I have written in the AFC and visited the Teahouse. I hope that there is an experienced editor to help in accepting my draft articles mentioned in the subject line above. The film producers on which I've written the draft articles are Africa's leading film producers; their website reveals an extensive list of prominent productions that they've produced, including major Hollywood blockbusters like "Mad Max: Fury Road", "The Avengers: Age of Ultron", "Judge Dredd", and smaller films like "Blood Diamond", "Safehouse", "Ali", "Amelia", and TV series like "Homeland", "Black Sails", etc. Anyway, thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Mockby 123 (talk) 11:03, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

underage nudity

[1] Where was this discussed at exactly? Dream Focus 17:21, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

I know that I had a discussion with someone, somewhere, about the suitability of this image being used. However, I for the life of me cannot find it, and for that I apologize.

It's important to remember that context is also important when considering the validity of a "nude image" of an individual (see I know it when I see it). The image at Sophia Loren is not just an image of Loren in the nude - it's a screenshot from a film and there is context. Similarly, we have File:Virgin Killer.jpg, which contains an entirely nude child, but is acceptable because the context is as a CD cover.

The image itself is on Commons, which means that you'd have to go there to get it deleted entirely (which is unlikely since it's Italian in origin), but it's used on three enwiki articles and you would need to start a discussion somewhere to remove it entirely from enwiki (though personally I think you've got a rather uphill battle on that one). Primefac (talk) 17:48, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

Template:Infobox martial artist boxrec links seem broken

Hi on Template:Infobox martial artist the boxrec links seem broken and the template is protected so I can't edit it. It tries to link to http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id={{{boxrec}}}&cat=boxer which from the article pages then just goes to the main page of boxrec instead of the fighter profile. See at the bottom of info boxes "Boxing record from BoxRec" like on Kyotaro Fujimoto for example. Suitable working link structure for the template I guess would be http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/{{{boxrec}}}
ShadessKB (talk) 14:12, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

@ShadessKB:  Fixed you can use an edit request to request an edit to a protected page Galobtter (pingó mió) 14:18, 7 May 2018 (UTC)(talk page watcher)

(edit conflict) I'm going to guess this is a {{tps}} thing but {{uGalobtter}} just fixed it. But yes, a {{TPER}} is great for those sorts of things. Primefac (talk) 14:20, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

about a deleted article

Hi, I found this article was deleted, just wanna know the detail reason and how to rewrite a suitable version. Thanks.Cycregrncy (talk) 08:51, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Cycregrncy, the page was overly promotional, basically acting as advertising. Out of curiosity, how did you find the page? I'm always looking for information on how users navigate Wikipedia (I'm a stats buff) since it means we can continually make improvements for a better user experience. Primefac (talk) 11:44, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Primefac, I remember I've found this article linked from other article before, then do some digging and found the delete log page, just wonder anything I can help to re-create this article. Cycregrncy (talk) 01:48, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

Regarding a deleted template

Hi, I found that this template was deleted. I wasn't able to find the archive of the talk / discussion about this decision. This section in your page records comments by "only" two users. Can you please direct me to the archive of the discussion? If there is none, can you please show the relevant policy or guideline which allows a page to be deleted based only on two votes? --Cabolitæ (talk) 14:05, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

(talkpage stalker) click the link to the page and a link to the discussion comes up [2] Legacypac (talk) 15:13, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Cabolite linked that discussion above, though their comment is a bit confusing. Closing it as delete with two !votes is fine at-least under WP:NOQUORUM Galobtter (pingó mió) 15:40, 8 May 2018 (UTC)(talk page watcher)

Two votes is pretty common at WP:TfD Legacypac (talk) 15:53, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Yup Galobtter (pingó mió) 15:58, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

There were valid arguments made for deletion, and with no opposition deletion is generally the outcome of such requests even with low turnout. Primefac (talk) 16:02, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Primefac, I don't find the arguments valid. I fail to understand what the argument is behind comparing a modern city (New York) with an old region that represented a cultural heritage and civilization. The two people who voted are likely to be unfamiliar with the Persian or Middle East history, and might be experts in other unrelated fields. Similar to other templates, this template intended to bring together all notable figures who originated from that region. It was meant to assist the readers to navigate. If you disagree with my observation, can you please tell me which of the guidelines the template violated?

How long was the page tagged for deletion? I assume the editors who are work on these topics did not see that the page was proposed for deletion.

It's been a while that I haven't been to wikipedia, and I'm behind many new developments here. So was it a soft deletion? Can I challenge the decision and request for the page to be restored? --Cabolitæ (talk) 09:14, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

Also, I (the creator of the template) wasn't notified when the page was tagged for deletion, which violates the guidelines. --Cabolitæ (talk) 09:27, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

For what it's worth, notifying the creator is (at this time) not mandatory, so simply not being notified is insufficient reason to relist. The discussion was listed for 11 days before it was closed. However, in light of the large number of transclusions and the fact that I normally relist single-vote-discussions when that happens, I have relisted the discussion. Primefac (talk) 12:02, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. --Cabolitæ (talk) 13:37, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

Khan long hin

Previously an AfC submission, I rejected it because it contains a list of it's "Process". However, a editor moved the submission from draft into mainspace. What could be done? EROS ^message 17:38, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

If it's notable, not much to do other than clean it up. If it's not notable, take it to AFD. Primefac (talk) 17:43, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Request for restoring Parchayee if possible

Hello. You deleted this page Parchayee few minutes ago and as far as reason is, the creater of this page i.e, User:KuchNaya is not blocked by any admin. Please recheck again and restore that. Thank You. That was a drama serial page currently being airing on Hum TV — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.160.118.192 (talk) 18:34, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Sorry for distrub you. You deleted this page Parchayee and as far as reason was, the creater of this page i.e, User:KuchNaya is not blocked by any admin. I also mention above this but i think you did'nt noticed. Sorry again — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.160.118.192 (talk) 19:19, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

The "creator" of the page added almost no content, and the vast majority was added by the now-blocked socks. Additionally, while the user in question might not be technically related, their overlap with the other now-blocked users makes me think that if it's not sockpuppetry it's definitely meatpuppetry. Primefac (talk) 12:14, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Mervat Abou Oaf

It looks as if you and I have accidentally been at cross-purposes. I think that the problem is that she re-creates the draft in user space and tags it for AFC, and I then move it to draft space and decline it. Please salt. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:52, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

If they do it again, I'll just block for copyright violations. Primefac (talk) 19:09, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for thee!

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		Thanks for catching the dubious claim on my Rank Organisation file. For you! In Memoriam A.H.H.I am good at fighting windmills.. 07:07, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

Can't receive emails, can you summarize?

I don't use that email currently, can you summarize what your message about AFC was? MatthewVanitas (talk) 23:44, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

MatthewVanitas, just wanted to check in with you on some AFC stuff, I've received inquiries regarding some of your recent draft acceptances; things like Naiboi (which was both copyvio and incredibly promotional), and drafts that are sourced almost entirely to wikis (or other non-RS). You're one of the "old guard" when it comes to AFC reviewing, so I was a bit surprised when I saw some of the pages you accepted. Primefac (talk) 12:01, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

Got it. My overall response would be that due to the absolutely ghastly backlog, my quality rate is lower than it would be if we only had a few hundred backlog. I'm churning out a lot of these AFCs as quickly as I can, and since other AFCers have emphasized that we should not be holding back articles on format issues but rather focus on Notability/BLP/CV as triage, I'm sure I've had some slip through that should not.

I'll fully accept blame for any I've messed Notability on, since I'm generally pretty good about sussing RSs out, but if someone is pretty clever on making things look kosher, some slip through. So far as CV, and I realize this is a controversial opinion, I really don't think it's feasible (especially at this moment with the backlog) to run a CV check for each individual article. There appear to be at least some 'bots active on WP for CV issues, so unless something egregiously smells like a c/p of another source, I don't feel it's feasible to run full checks as an AFC reviewer. Automated CV checks are exactly the kind of precise and objective work 'bots are suited for.

So those are my general thoughts, but I'll turn up my pickiness re sourcing to lower my error rate on Notability issues. Thanks for the nudge. MatthewVanitas (talk) 00:49, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

Cool, thanks! Primefac (talk) 11:32, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Johnny Hon

Hi Primefac,

I saw that you've reverted "Johnny Hon" Page that I have been editing. Is there any chance that you can undelete it and let me reedit it if there's any inappropriate? I would also like to know the reason why you have reverted it as I have already insert references to support and it's not in promotional content anymore. I'm happy to make changes upon your request, thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gowiki1 (talk • contribs) 02:42, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

@Primefac — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gowiki1 (talk • contribs) 07:01, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

Gowiki1, the text you added was copied directly from Hon's biography, which is not acceptable. Everything must be written in your own words. To save a bit of time with the references, I have put them on the draft talk page for easy re-use. Primefac (talk) 12:25, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

Weird, Popflock

I recently encountered this website which copies my wikipedia talkpage to date. Link: ( http://www.popflock.com/learn?s=User_talk:Ernestchuajiasheng ) EROS ^message 08:41, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

Yeah, there are a lot of weird Wikipedia mirrors that for whatever reason feel it's perfectly normal and okay to just blanket copy our databases. Unfortunately because that site properly gives attribution, there's really nothing we can do about it. Primefac (talk) 11:31, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

Deletion of draft

Hope you are feeling well, i am feeling very helpless and requesting please guide me. You deleted draft created by me namely, draft:Noor ul Ain which was earlier also created by me and you deleted on article space on 8 May 2018, after that today its also created by me. I've done one mistake of using same wordings but please forgive me. You deleted because that was earlier created by now block user on 19 February 2018. Will you restore that please. You can also check version of Noor ul Ain which was deleted on 19 february and it will look different because that was not created by me — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.160.118.147 (talk) 15:40, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

I missed this post; apologies. It's being handled in a discussion further down the page. Primefac (talk) 15:33, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

math error

Your bot produces math errors: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Schoof%27s_algorithm&diff=840520048&oldid=840162123 --Boehm (talk) 20:22, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

I hadn't accounted for that, though I suspect the number of cases where that will happen is minimal. I also doubt the "correctness" of having <math> tags in a header anyway, but that's likely why the template was deprecated in the article space. I have no doubt there are instances the bot "fixed" but should not have actually been converted to true headers, but undoubtedly the Gnomes will take care of it. Primefac (talk) 21:51, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

Annette Lee

Dear Sir,

1. Greetings from Singapore
2. I would like to seek your supervision to work on a revision done by another user https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Annette_Lee&oldid=840499750
3. It had been deleted by another editor, but i would like to understand how i can improve on his work.
4. I would be so grateful if you can guide me to work on the revision
5. Thank you Iz55 (talk) 12:08, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

Content disputes should be dealt with on the talk page of the article in question. In general, though, I am always in favour of removing unsourced or irrelevant material from articles. Primefac (talk) 12:10, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for your guidance. I have added the proposed content onto the talk page and added a requestedit. thanks so much! Iz55 (talk) 15:57, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

Since your guidance, I did not add new content to the article, but since then only made the punctuation/grammer/POV edits in line with the wikipedia guidelines. Thus, i wonder if my article has now addressed the maintenance tags issues. I have also added a discussion onto the talk page on notability. I wondered if you could take some time to see if it meets the guidelines now, or how i can improve. Thank you. P.S Chrissymad said they still do not meet guidelines, but she did not elaborate though i had asked a few times. I understand she must be busy but i will be so grateful if someone can guide me how i can improve. Thank you Iz55 (talk) 15:50, 12 May 2018 (UTC)

I had gotten help from the teahouse already. thanks so much!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iz55 (talk • contribs) 16:47, 12 May 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Paul Kenny (entrepeneur) content and deletion

Hello Primefac,

I am new to Wikipedia. You flagged a 'copyright violation' on a biography i submitted for Irish entrepreneur, Paul Kenny. You mentioned it was taken from 'Naseba'; this content on his biography is all over the internet and his biography in many other event websites where he has spoken. The whole page seems that I wrote seems to have been deleted now. Can you please explain if I can get this page back? I am happy to delete what you don't want, it's just for sure there is no copyright infringement in anything I submitted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dubhessa (talk • contribs) 20:29, 12 May 2018 (UTC)

​Well, first off, simply because other sites might have stolen from Naseba doesn't mean that Wikipedia will do the same. Second, content on their website is © 2018 Naseba, which means we cannot use it on Wikipedia. Third, since the content was taken entirely from other sources, there is little point in me returning the text; you will be better off simply starting over and writing everything in your own words - the other option would be to convince Naseba to donate the text (see WP:DONATETEXT) for Wikipedia to use. Either way, I'm willing to list the references so you don't have to find/format them again.

Finally, if you work for Kenny you will need to disclose this fact on your userpage (see WP:PSCOI) if you wish to continue writing about him. Primefac (talk) 20:53, 12 May 2018 (UTC)

Hi Primefac,

As I wrote, I am completely new to Wikipedia and to be honest have struggled to navigate the site and understand the processes so thank you for being patient. I understand that Wikipedia does not use copyrighted information, and I was never suggesting that they should as Naseba's content is in other sites online, my point is that the content on Naseba is simply Paul Kenny's biography that is used everywhere, on AYM's website, on any event he takes part in. I do work with Paul Kenny and wrote his biography that is on the Naseba site and many others. I work with the company he is MD for, AYM and I arrange his participation in numerous events. I was not in any way trying to hide this, I simply wanted to get his biography on Wikipedia as his partner James Whelton is listed on Wikipedia and as he has won a number of prestigious awards and has many accomplishments we felt justified in submitting his biography on here. I will use the link you have shared to disclose I work for the same company as him. There was no untoward intention on my part for submitting this biography. Can you advise what the best course of action for me is now in getting this listed on Wikipedia? As I have written, the biography on Naseba is in my own words! I submitted this to Naseba when Paul spoke on their panel last year; it's just his standard biography we use for every event except what I wrote for Wikipedia was updated to include that most recent award 'Arabian Business Mentor of the Year' award and his work with the Global Student Entrepreneur awards. looking forward to hearing from you and thank you again for patience, as I am very new to writing on Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dubhessa (talk • contribs) 10:37, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

Hi Primefac, Looking forward to hearing back from you. Can let me know if you can share a response on this last post I sent you? Like you just replied to EDG 543, we all have to start at same place. I am trying to understand how to move forward? None of the content I submitted was copyrighted and I am happy to disclose I work for the same company as Paul Kenny. THank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dubhessa (talk • contribs) 18:22, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

​Because Naseba has copyrighted the content on their site, we simply cannot use that text verbatim on ours. There is no problem with you writing an article on Kenny (provided that he does indeed meet our inclusion criteria and you disclose your affiliation), but you'll have to do so from scratch. The other option would be to contact Naseba and have them release the text for use elsewhere. Primefac (talk) 14:46, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

Hi Primefac, if I ask Naseba to remove the biography on their site, will this be okay to then have the article I wrote approved for use on Wikipedia? To re-iterate I will follow the disclosure that I work for the same company as him and the inclusion thing you have mentioned again. If can let me know if I request they remove the biography that we wrote from their site, I'd really appreciate that. Looking forward to hearing from you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dubhessa (talk • contribs) 10:54, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

Hi Dubhessa. I am Diannaa and I am a Wikipedia administrator. Since the work has been previously published elsewhere, that means that the material is copyright and we can't use it here until such time as it's released under a compatible license. Removing the content from the source website doesn't change its copyright status! It enjoys permanent copyright protection as soon as it's published.

In order to protect the rights of copyright holders, we have in place what we call the OTRS ticket system, whereby copyright holders can provide proof via email that they are the copyright holder. In the email you would also specify which license you wish to use. There's a list of compatible licenses here and a sample permission email here and detailed instructions here. Sorry it's all so complicated but these are legal requirements that keep us in compliance with the policies of this website and copyright law. Regardless of the copyright issue, what we're looking for is multiple reliable sources independent of the subject of the article. The draft is unlikely to be accepted without that. Please see Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources for more information on that topic. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 11:49, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

HI Dubhessa (talk) 13:53, 16 May 2018 (UTC)DiannaaDubhessa (talk) 13:53, 16 May 2018 (UTC) , thank you so much for your response and trying to help. I am not sure if you can see the original content I submitted, but it was biography I am actually the author of and the contents in the biography were verified by 8 links to media coverage in media websites including global media outlets like bloomberg <ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=253039348&privcapId=138236698&previousCapId=138236698&previousTitle=Cobone.com%20FZ%20LLC%20Limited/ref>. As mentioned to Dubhessa (talk) 13:53, 16 May 2018 (UTC)primefacDubhessa (talk) 13:53, 16 May 2018 (UTC) I work in the same company as Paul Kenny and I wrote the biography in question. The biography that I wrote is regularly submitted to any events he takes part in so the organisers can share with event-goers and stakeholders. Since this issue on getting his listing approved on Wikipedia came up, I contacted Naseba and they replied just today to confirm they have removed the page off their site: please check here <ref>https://www.naseba.com/thought-leaders/paul-kenny-aym-commerce//ref> I really don't know how to move forward as the content is a summary of the successes and achievements of Paul Kenny with many links to verifiable sources of media content. Please can you help?! Dubhessa (talk) 13:53, 16 May 2018 (UTC)dubhessaDubhessa (talk) 13:53, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

To repeat my two main points: (1) You can't copy the prose, even if you wrote it, unless you follow the procedure at WP:Donating copyright materials. (2) Quotations or paraphrased content from the person's own website does not improve the chances of the draft being accepted, as it does nothing to establish notability, which is a very common reason for drafts being declined and articles being deleted. Please refer to Wikipedia:Your first article, which contains lots of advice on how to create articles for this encyclopedia. You might consider visiting the Teahouse. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 14:22, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

OTRS question

After a ticket has been satisfactorily handled - let's say for an image upload - and we receive the necessary release(s), and make note of it at the image page, shouldn't that ticket be closed? The reason I ask is because I'm seeing 45 pages of Open tickets/need to be answered when in Dashboard view, but after reviewing several in English, they've already been handled. Oh, and once a ticket has been closed, can we simply put the ticket # in search and find it again after it's closed? (Sorry for the newbie questions, but I just want to make sure I've got protocol down pat). ^{Atsme📞📧} 15:08, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

If a ticket has been handled (let's say with the proper release) the customer should be notified with a boilerplate and/or custom response as appropriate. There's a ticket # search so if you know the number it will take you straight to the ticket (generic search is only "good" if you don't have the ticket # itself). Primefac (talk) 15:11, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

Oh, and @Atsme: ask on OTRS-wiki next time. Public wikis aren’t really a great place to be discussing OTRS. —-AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 19:50, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

No worries - there was no confidential information in my question - it was strictly maintenance/tech related. ^{Atsme📞📧} 20:09, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

Hello

Hi, Primefac. I would like to sincerely apologize for my idiotic actions on Carpentersville Middle School. I just needed to say that. Could you forgive me? EDG 543 (talk) 17:12, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

Aye, no harm no foul. We all start at the same place. Primefac (talk) 17:22, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

Noor ul Ain

Would you mind undeleting Noor ul Ain (I have to use an external link otherwise it links to Noor-ul-Ain)? It was a really nice article. L293D (☎ • ✎) 01:04, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

It was a one-sentence stub (also I don't see what the issue is with Noor ul Ain). Either way, I won't give a sock farm satisfaction of restoration, but if you're willing to accept responsibility for the page I can email you the contents. Primefac (talk) 11:42, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

It would be nice if you could do that. It looks quite notable, and for me the creator does not really matter if the article is worthy of inclusion. L293D (☎ • ✎) 15:26, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

 Done. Primefac (talk) 15:29, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

Danny Lorraine

Hello Primefac, and thanks for closing Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Danny Lorraine. I'd like to ask a favour - as closing admin, are you able to put protection on Danny Lorraine so that the IP editors can't undo the redirect again? It was the reason I opened the AfD in the first place. Thanks again, PKT(alk) 14:20, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

I've watchlisted the page, and will take the appropriate actions if necessary. Primefac (talk) 14:23, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

One of the IP's made a nasty edit, so I gave it semi protection. It's too soon to consider a reversal of the AfD/creation of the article by pointiness.-- Dlohcierekim (talk) 16:34, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

I'd hardly call that a "nasty" edit, but it did lead to the uncovering of a sockfarm and some global blocks. Primefac (talk) 16:35, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

Ohhhh!!-- Dlohcierekim (talk) 18:14, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

wow, this continues here. And a big sock farm block...yeah!!!! --Quek157 (talk) 18:48, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

And with closure, healing.-- Dlohcierekim (talk) 19:00, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

deletion of /left/right

hi :) I was wondering how I can get this page back up as a normal article? I’ve updated the page to the proper criteria, but I can’t figure out how to publish the page. I attempted to do so myself by changing the link, and it ended up getting deleted. Is there a way to get this page back, and in a position to where it can be posted?

Sorry for the trouble & thank you for your time :)