User talk:Sam Sailor

“ One by one, the guests arrive The guests are coming through The open-hearted many The broken-hearted few ” — Leonard Cohen, "The Guests" based on a 13th-century Persian poem ——————————————— Welcome! Need help? Click on [show] to the right ——————————————— This page was last edited or modified by 213.205.240.17 (talk) on 2019-06-21. RD1 request I'm probably missing something simple with respect to your RD1 request at The Rockingbirds. Oddly, that edit was flagged by CopyPatrol but I did not see the issue. Earwig timed out. The duplication detector found "from the original", But that's not enough to justify a revision relation. What am I missing?--S Philbrick(Talk) 18:41, 25 May 2019 (UTC) You are not missing anything, Sphilbrick, it is I who have provided the wrong URL, the correct is http://hankypankyrecords.blogspot.com/2019/03/the-rockingbirds-more-rockingbirds-hpr.html Corrected now, sorry for the inconvenience. Best, Sam Sailor 19:02, 25 May 2019 (UTC) Sam Sailor, Thanks,  Done.--S Philbrick(Talk) 19:32, 25 May 2019 (UTC) Talmadge Memorial Bridge Thank you for taking out the copyright violation on Talmadge Memorial Bridge. I'm the one that originally reverted it. I'm wondering - how did you find out about it? Is there a bot that looks for "copyright" in edit summaries or talk pages? Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 04:06, 26 May 2019 (UTC) Hi Bubba73, CopyPatrol listed it. Best, Sam Sailor 04:22, 26 May 2019 (UTC) That page is on my watch list, and when I saw the addition that had "... at Tuesday's meeting." I knew it must be copied from something (and it was the newspaper). Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 23:00, 26 May 2019 (UTC) A minnow for you! Plip! Sagittarius+ doesn't include aliases for {{R to section}}. (Fix here) Cheers, –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 18:17, 27 May 2019 (UTC) @MJL: Funny that you drop by today, I have spend some time this afternoon making a list of more aliases. They as well as a few more Rcats should be added to the script this evening. Best, Sam Sailor 18:33, 27 May 2019 (UTC) [Thank you for the ping] That's pretty funny actually! If there is anyway I can help, do let me know. –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 19:58, 27 May 2019 (UTC) ​Updated the script earlier today, check it out. I bet most of those {{R from template shortcut}}s are not even categorised as such, that they stem from the days when editors added them entirely manually, and that "most" are not in use and could be commented out in the script. Investigate, if you wish. ;) Sam Sailor 18:57, 28 May 2019 (UTC) Oh you clever person you; Thank you for your diligence in this matter! –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 19:27, 28 May 2019 (UTC) A Dobos torte for you! 7&6=thirteen (☎) has given you a Dobos torte to enjoy! Seven layers of fun because you deserve it. To give a Dobos torte and spread the WikiLove, just place {{subst:Dobos Torte}} on someone else's talkpage, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 14:51, 28 May 2019 (UTC) Yum yum, that looks edible, thank you so much, friend! Ahh, brings alive a fond memory or two of days long passed where I passed the days in the arms of an Hungarian woman who introduced me to the magic of Kosztolányi ... but I disgress, forgive me. And thank you for all the good you do to Elizabeth L. Gardner and elsewhere. Very best regards, Sam Sailor 18:39, 28 May 2019 (UTC) Thank you. I am told that this has virtually no calories. As to Elizabeth L. Gardner, enjoy the DYK. This is really sweet payback! 7&6=thirteen (☎) 20:10, 28 May 2019 (UTC) WP:INTDABLINK violation Please note that WP:INTDABLINK trumps WP:NAVNOREDIRECT, because failure to follow WP:INTDABLINK creates the appearance of errors needing to be fixed. This is even more of an issue in templates, which can create the appearance of thousands of errors. bd2412 T 04:01, 3 June 2019 (UTC) Many thanks for reminding me about that. Best, Sam Sailor 04:41, 3 June 2019 (UTC) Thanks. Cheers! bd2412 T 13:51, 3 June 2019 (UTC) World heritage sites Hi Sam, since you moved the series of UNESCO articles, is there a centralized discussion on that or what rule did you follow? As the standard keeps changing a couple of times per year, I'd just like to know what we are following at the moment :) Cheers! Tone 16:37, 3 June 2019 (UTC) Hi, Tone. To my knowledge, there has not been a WP:CD about this. As I said in the move edit summaries "...per the several discussions on Talk:World Heritage Site and consistent with the set." The October 2018 MR closed as Move to World Heritage Site. A lot of the associated list files had at that point already been moved to List of World Heritage sites in Foo. The Requested move 8 December 2018 was quickly withdrawn per snow. I do not think we have heard the last word about this, so to remain diplomatic, I categorized the redirects from List of World Heritage sites in Foo to List of World Heritage Sites in Foo as {{R from other capitalisation}} rather than {{R from miscapitalisation}}. Does this answer your question? Best, Sam Sailor 17:01, 3 June 2019 (UTC) Thanks. I'm fine with any of the two, as long as we are consistent :) --Tone 17:04, 3 June 2019 (UTC) ​Looking at Category:Lists of World Heritage Sites, I think we are all good for the moment. Except for List of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina where we already have the FL List of World Heritage Sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the cat. So I repeated Special:Diff/787377079/820080769, created a redirect on Commons from c:File:Gazi Husrev-Bey's Bezistan (marketplace) (6086716410).jpg to c:File:Gazi Husrev-Bey’s Bezistan (marketplace) (6086716410).jpg so we avoid the article ending up in CAT:MISSFILE in the future should anybody run a MOS script, and corrected a number of minor things in Special:Diff/881908227/900141034. Best, Sam Sailor 18:17, 3 June 2019 (UTC) Need feedback Hey Sam! I sent a mail about my article, I hope that you would give me a feedback about it, thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by YBAhmed (talk • contribs) 13:35, 6 June 2019 (UTC) Hi YBAhmed! Thank you for your mail. I still do not see the sourcing provided in Draft:Center for Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship as sufficient for a pass of our natability guideline, and the draft very much reads as an About page for the centre. You have already added more or less the same material to the parent article Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics, and I created a redirect from Center for Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship to the relevant section in the article. Your intentions quote "I am a student in the university ... offered to help them with their activities because I saw what they are doing and they deserve recognition and exposure" are noble, and such intentions are often what drives people to Wikipedia in the first place. It is, however, a misunderstanding: Wikipedia is not a platform for exposure, Wikipedia is where we try to write about subjects that have already been exposed. I hope we can retain you for the project, we always need more editors; perhaps join Wikipedia:WikiProject Portugal? Best, Sam 14:00, 6 June 2019 (UTC) re: Talk:Solar eclipse of September 27, 2182 It may not 'fit' because so far from now, but see my comments there. Move instead of delete? Shenme (talk) 05:09, 7 June 2019 (UTC) @Shenme: Now deleted, but you may ask Fastily if a WP:REFUND applies here. If my memory serves me well, the text consisted of two or three lines of text more or less identical to the intro in other solar eclipse articles, and a table with values for the eclipse. Best, Sam 05:32, 7 June 2019 (UTC) Wikipedia entry for David Zabecki Hi, Sam - I'm a new contributor, having become one in part to help MGen Zabecki, an erstwhile colleague of mine. He surveyed the his Wikipedia entry and was aghast at the factually incorrect information it contained. The alterations come directly from him, including the biographical passage, which he earlier composed for another purpose. What is required to make the necessary changes permanent? Any suggestions you could offer would be welcome. Marcus — Preceding unsigned comment added by Geschichtlich4848 (talk • contribs) 15:01, 7 June 2019 (UTC) Guten Abend, Marcus, und herzlich wilkommen bei Englischen Wikipedia. If the article contains factually incorrect information, it needs to be addressed. You are welcome to edit the article yourself, but you should realize that you have a conflict of interest that can make neutral editing difficult. The more technical aspects of referencing what one writes to reliable sources can be a bit of a challenge in the beginning as well. A likely better way forward is to start a new section on Talk:David T. Zabecki, then I and, I am sure, K.e.coffman, the editor who started the article, will have a look at your suggestions. MfG, Sam Sailor 19:56, 7 June 2019 (UTC) Shamsheer Vayalil article and the help desk Oh no not this again! :P This IP hopping editor has been pestering the HD for about a week now; making such a nuisance of himself that he was blocked at one stage. (Don't know if you aware of the history here.) Every question we answer or demand we 'comply' with, he'll come up with something else. Cheers. Eagleash (talk) 21:09, 7 June 2019 (UTC) @Eagleash: Well, that IP (223.230.168.24 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)) could have been handled in a better way than just the mechanical series of uw-vand1-4 and a 31h block to begin with. Their remark in the infobox was well intended, and you deserve credit for being the one who fixed it. As for their requests to HD in re the same article, sure, there's a certain juvenile urgency to them, but they sound honest to me, so I would not call that pestering. Sam Sailor 21:38, 7 June 2019 (UTC) I hadn't seen that IP before as it goes. I would definitely call it pestering though (trouble or annoy with persistent requests etc.); see HD archives 2 June and previously. It was that IP that was blocked following multiple requests at the help desk. Eagleash (talk) 21:58, 7 June 2019 (UTC) A bowl of strawberries for you! For keeping a watch on Helpdesk and helping a mate DBigXrayᗙ 13:28, 8 June 2019 (UTC) Ahh, thanks friend ... makes me think or rødgrød. Best, Sam Sailor 13:32, 8 June 2019 (UTC) A kitten for you! You are most welcome sir Fylindfotberserk (talk) 14:58, 8 June 2019 (UTC) Thank you, Fylindfotberserk. Best, Sam Sailor 14:59, 8 June 2019 (UTC) This week's article for improvement (week 24, 2019) Hello, Sam Sailor. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Karla Faye Tucker Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: HTML • Josephine Bornebusch Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 10 June 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Please comment on Template talk:Marriage The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Template talk:Marriage. Legobot (talk) 04:23, 15 June 2019 (UTC) Help me abandon draft and create real page for Akwasi Evans In April you moved my Draft:Akwasi_Evans article to the draft namespace; It is still waiting review. There will be a community tribute to Akwasi Evans on Sunday June 23rd, and I'd really like to have the page go public before the event. (Local newspaper's published ad for his tribute: [1].) Can you help me abandon the draft version? Or is there another solution? I'd like to move forward and create the page publicly this week. Your help is much appreciated! Mbcoats (talk) 22:31, 15 June 2019 (UTC) @Mbcoats: I will help with pleasure; do we have a couple of good sources about him apart from the obits? Sam Sailor 19:14, 16 June 2019 (UTC) The best source is "As East Austin Changes, The Villager Perseveres as a Voice for African-Americans", the 2nd to last reference. I have a half dozen news items reporting Evan's involvement in civic and political activity, most notably co-organizing a candidate forum for Democratic gubernatorial candidates in 2001. Mbcoats (talk) 23:02, 16 June 2019 (UTC) @Mbcoats: The reference Harrison, Destinee (13 May 2016). "As East Austin Changes, The Villager Perseveres as a Voice for African-Americans". Reporting Texas. Retrieved 16 June 2019. was in fact added by me, and sorry for accidentally using DMY date format rather than MDY format which is more correct when the article is about an American. And he is only mentioned in passing. Could you find one or two articles from before his death that features him? Sam Sailor 18:22, 17 June 2019 (UTC) It'll take more digging to locate articles that feature Evans. His paper served the minority community as does his competitor, The Villager. Both are largely ignored by the mainstream. Unfortunately neither the NOKOA Observer or The Villager make back issues available online.Mbcoats (talk) 03:14, 20 June 2019 (UTC) RM/TR I would like to ask you something as I am a New user about RM/TR. What should I do if I had made RM requests and there are no discussions taking place in the talk/discussion page? Can I make a bold move? Sai199610 (talk) 17:26, 16 June 2019 (UTC) I would also like to your notice that I have called for discussions but there has been replies by any User.Sai199610 (talk) 17:27, 16 June 2019 (UTC) @Sai199610: You are so welcome to ask questions. RMs run normally for seven days. Have patience and await other editors to join the discussions. Sometimes an RM will be relisted and run 14 days. I don't think it is good form to first open an RM, then close it and boldly move. But if you think a move is uncontroversial, most articles can be boldly moved in the first place without an RM. Do check out the article history and the talk page and its archive before moving. If there has been one or more prior RM discussions, consider if it is best to open a new discussion rather than boldly moving. Details at WP:RM. Naming convention docs are in Category:Wikipedia naming conventions. HTH, Sam Sailor 19:14, 16 June 2019 (UTC) Ohk Thanks.Sai199610 (talk) 09:30, 17 June 2019 (UTC) @Sai199610: My pleasure. Never be afraid to ask questions. The Teahouse is the perfect place to ask, but you are certainly also welcome here. Sam Sailor 18:54, 17 June 2019 (UTC) Hi! The discussion for moving Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus is closed. Together with that we have also decided to move Lokmanya Tilak Terminus railway station to Lokmanya Tilak Terminus and also Bandra Terminus railway station to Bandra Terminus. I would like to bring to your notice that we have decided to move Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus and not Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus railway station as I had made requested. You can refer this at Talk: Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station. It would be good if you help me out with the next step that I should go for. Whether again give a RM and wait for a mover to move or make a bold move. Thank You...Sai199610 (talk) 15:09, 18 June 2019 (UTC) ​No, the discussion at Talk:Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station is not closed, it has only been open for three days. In four-five days from now, someone will close it. Unless it is relisted for a further seven days. Two rules of thumb in regards to RMs: if you are either the one who opened it or just have participated in the discussion, do not (in almost all cases) close the discussion or move the article. Leave it to an experienced, uninvolved editor. Sam Sailor 18:44, 18 June 2019 (UTC) Oh I didn't know that it is according to the no. of days. Ok Thanks :) Sai199610 (talk) 04:56, 19 June 2019 (UTC) No problem, Sai199610, I'm happy if I can help. Wikipedia is very complex, so it is fairly easy to make good-faith mistakes if one is unacquainted with the guidelines and common practices in a given area. So it is great that you ask questions in the beginning. Sam Sailor 06:57, 19 June 2019 (UTC) Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot Note: All columns in this table are sortable, allowing you to rearrange the table so the articles most interesting to you are shown at the top. All images have mouse-over popups with more information. For more information about the columns and categories, please consult the documentation and please get in touch on SuggestBot's talk page with any questions you might have. Views/Day Quality Title Tagged with… 1,161 Chevrolet big-block engine (talk) Add sources 239 M. T. 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You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 17 June 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • I have reported your forgery and harassment to ANI There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. 5.219.86.66 (talk) 04:59, 17 June 2019 (UTC) I've removed the IP editor's signature, please don't add it back. Fences&Windows 06:51, 17 June 2019 (UTC) Smiley Award Feel free to place this award on your user page, as a token of appreciation for your contributions. 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Best, Sam Sailor 06:46, 21 June 2019 (UTC) Thanks Thank you for sorting out the page move, and associated edits (although I see HBMS is still displayed in some pipe links where you have corrected the link bit). Is there a reason you are not an admin? Have you considered WP:RFA? 213.205.240.17 (talk) 08:24, 21 June 2019 (UTC)