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:Above all, don't panic :-) [[User:Nthep|Nthep]] ([[User talk:Nthep#top|talk]]) 12:38, 29 December 2018 (UTC) |
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::{{ping|Nthep}} Thanks for this and thanks for continuing to polish up! Appreciate your help. I will go through my back issues of League Express too and get those tables referenced. |
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::Understood about YouTube - thanks for clarifying. I'll look at getting them all into a channel and then posting an external link. |
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::There's been a motion to keep the article and I have added a "Keep" motion too. If you can support too it would be appreciated. |
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::Keep up the good work on spreading the word about RL! [[User:Feederdave|Feederdave]] ([[User talk:Feederdave|talk]]) 09:16, 4 January 2019 (UTC) |
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RD1
Thanks for cleaning up the RD1 requests. I've been trying to knock some of these off but there were a handful that weren't straightforward and see that you took them on. Thanks.S Philbrick(Talk) 15:51, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
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Regarding page Parul Mathur
I have added references to the page of Parul Mathur, an IPS Officer. I think it has enogh references and it need not to be deleted. Workmk (talk) 20:37, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
- @Workmk: You may think enough has been done, others may take a different view of the article. Once a deletion discussion has been started you must let it take it's course. You can add your opinion to the discussion but you must not remove the AFD notice or blank the discussion just because you think it isn't necessary. Nthep (talk) 20:44, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
Thank You
@Nthep , Thank You for your guidance. I am new to wikipedia. I will try to follow rules. Thank You Workmk (talk) 20:47, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi there, can you consider the recent string of edits (without summaries) that user:Lachlb has made to the above article please. This has mostly involved amending the principal cities sections, including adding extra cities from countries and adding cities that cannot be regarded as ‘principal', against the consensus that has applied for some time and is reflected in the note at the article. They have also made a couple of changes to the actual time zones, which are unsourced. I have returned to earlier versions of the article a few times and have messaged them (but got no response). I’ve not reverted their latest edits and I see someone else has made changes since, though I think that has just been to amend some of what Lachlb has added. Thanks. Eldumpo (talk) 15:41, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
- @Eldumpo: I don't think his edits are actionable just yet, annoying - perhaps, contrary to previous consensus - probably, but not actually disruptive. He doesn't appear to have introduced anything that is factually incorrect this time and not responding to talk requests isn't a wikicrime so I don't think there is anything to be done at this stage. Nthep (talk) 16:18, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for looking into this, and I note your view. I guess I will just keep returning the article to earlier versions in the absence of someone else making active changes there. I suppose we could both technically be in conflict with 3RR although I am returning it to the earlier position before these changes. Eldumpo (talk) 09:35, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
- @Eldumpo: I really do empathise with you over this. There are articles I watch that I see people making, imo, pointless edits to that add nothing to the overall substance of the article - like Lachlb here, re-arranging the order of cities or adding one or two in - and it's like an itch that has to be scratched. I've had to learn (am learning) to leave these alone, much as I find them annoying or irritating, and deal only with the edits that really make a difference and materially affect the accuracy or neutrality of the article. Nthep (talk) 16:12, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for looking into this, and I note your view. I guess I will just keep returning the article to earlier versions in the absence of someone else making active changes there. I suppose we could both technically be in conflict with 3RR although I am returning it to the earlier position before these changes. Eldumpo (talk) 09:35, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
Mike Ford
Hi, if the references were the issue, couldn't you have changed those rather than the whole thing? The infobox doesn't show Ford's coaching career, so I added it, isn't it just a case of adding in references now? It felt a little heavy handed to revert the whole thing. Unless I've misunderstood? Thanks TGB13 (talk) 20:13, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
- By changing the infobox template from {{Infobox rugby league biography}} to {{Infobox rugby biography}} an amount of detail about his playing career was lost as well as the references included in the infobox. {{Infobox rugby league biography}} caters for coaching careers in both codes and that detail is now added - by convention only head coaching roles are included in the infobox. Nthep (talk) 20:26, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
RFL President's Cup
Hi, thanks for polishing up my article. I notice its been listed for deletion. Is there anything we can do to strengthen it and avoid that?
Also I'm curious as to why you removed all the links to the games? These serve has a great archive of the competition's history. Is that not the done thing or is there another reason?
Appreciate the support and advice!
David Feederdave (talk) 23:49, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
- @Feederdave: My advice, find some more sources that talk about the setting up of the tournament. Basically you should aim to put a source to every sentence in the article especially the history section. The allegation of routine coverage relates to the results and is irrelevant. So, IMO, is the allegation about original research which I think is about the tables - constructing a table based on sourced results is simple calculation in my book and not OR. So don't worry too much about that bit - although if you can find the tables in print somewhere (online or hard copy) it would help. I don't have my back copies of League Express from 2014-16 any more (they were occupying too much space) but I'm sure they would have appeared in there.
- As for the You Tube links, it's not the done thing and it is also open to allegations of spamming. If you can group all the links into one You Tube collection link then it might be acceptable as an external link on the article.
- Above all, don't panic :-) Nthep (talk) 12:38, 29 December 2018 (UTC)
- @Nthep: Thanks for this and thanks for continuing to polish up! Appreciate your help. I will go through my back issues of League Express too and get those tables referenced.
- Understood about YouTube - thanks for clarifying. I'll look at getting them all into a channel and then posting an external link.
- There's been a motion to keep the article and I have added a "Keep" motion too. If you can support too it would be appreciated.
- Keep up the good work on spreading the word about RL! Feederdave (talk) 09:16, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – January 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2018).
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Guideline and policy news
- There are a number of new or changed speedy deletion criteria, each previously part of WP:CSD#G6:
- G14 (new): Disambiguation pages that disambiguate only zero or one existing pages are now covered under the new G14 criterion (discussion). This is {{db-disambig}}; the text is unchanged and candidates may be found in Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as unnecessary disambiguation pages.
- R4 (new): Redirects in the file namespace (and no file links) that have the same name as a file or redirect at Commons are now covered under the new R4 criterion (discussion). This is {{db-redircom}}; the text is unchanged.
- G13 (expanded): Userspace drafts containing only the default Article Wizard text are now covered under G13 along with other drafts (discussion). Such blank drafts are now eligible after six months rather than one year, and taggers continue to use {{db-blankdraft}}.
- The Wikimedia Foundation now requires all interface administrators to enable two-factor authentication.
- Members of the Bot Approvals Group (BAG) are now subject to an activity requirement. After two years without any bot-related activity (e.g. operating a bot, posting on a bot-related talk page), BAG members will be retired from BAG following a one-week notice.
Technical news
- Starting on December 13, the Wikimedia Foundation security team implemented new password policy and requirements. Privileged accounts (administrators, bureaucrats, checkusers, oversighters, interface administrators, bots, edit filter managers/helpers, template editors, et al.) must have a password at least 10 characters in length. All accounts must have a password:
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- User accounts not meeting these requirements will be prompted to update their password accordingly. More information is available on MediaWiki.org.
- Blocked administrators may now block the administrator that blocked them. This was done to mitigate the possibility that a compromised administrator account would block all other active administrators, complementing the removal of the ability to unblock oneself outside of self-imposed blocks. A request for comment is currently in progress to determine whether the blocking policy should be updated regarding this change.
- {{Copyvio-revdel}} now has a link to open the history with the RevDel checkboxes already filled in.
Arbitration
- Following the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: AGK, Courcelles, GorillaWarfare, Joe Roe, Mkdw, SilkTork.
Miscellaneous
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