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Recent edit to Pattaya

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User boxes

These pages should get you started:

Wikipedia:Userboxes

Wikipedia:Userboxes/Gallery

Have fun! — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 23:48, 15 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Userboxes

Hello, PotatoNinja123! I accidentally clicked on your user page at the Teahouse and saw what you have written about wanting to use userboxes. Wikipedia:Userboxes contains details concerning this, such as how to use them and sort them (at Wikipedia:Userboxes#Grouping userboxes. A complete list of userboxes is at Category:Userboxes. Let me know if you need any help. Happy editing! Rubbish computer 22:41, 11 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Eva Simons Question

I've had a look for more information but at this time I cannot find any, I'll keep looking when I can. Also thanks for your contribution plus feel free to ask more questions if you need help, that's what we're here for, you can also ask me at my talk page. Cheers TeaLover1996 (talk) 22:10, 16 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Gacy alias

Hi. I respect your integrity. Gacy is known, sadly, for the crimes he committed; not his charitable work or civic generosity. His aliases are those given by the public/media. I do understand the clown aspect links loosely with it, but it's his being a clown that killed that is his given alias, not the clown persona he was known by prior to the discoveries at his property. Regards.--Kieronoldham (talk) 01:32, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I guess you have a point -PotatoNinja123 (talk) 02:11, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
No worries. I have noted what consensus on true crime articles on Wiki. states is an alias. Best regards. :)--Kieronoldham (talk) 02:14, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Waiting for Love

australian-charts.com only lists the top 50 positions of the Australian chart. That's the reason why I've linked to a site that publishes information relating to the bottom half (51–100) of the ARIA Charts. Ss112 13:17, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What I was doing on United Arab Emirates Space Agency‎

I was just running a tool called reflinks to convert duplicate references into WP:Refnames so that the references section is cleaner. Winner 42 Talk to me! 14:23, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Teahouse talkback: you've got messages!

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Edit to Prince Harry

Why are the orders bestowed onto Harry's uncle Prince Edward, who is a member of the Royal Victorian Order like Harry, included in his style and title, but not in Harry's? Just because the "website" says so? I'm not trying to be rude, I just want to know why you think it's not correct to be included in Harry's style and title. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GabbyBU (talk • contribs) 16:12, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have replied on your talk page, but what I basically said is that a ref is probably needed in cases like this. -PotatoNinja(talk) 05:39, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Pending changes

Please don't accept pending changes that add unsourced material, especially personal information, to biograpahy articles as you did at here. In order for religion to be included in an article it needs to be supported by reliably sourced article content, there needs to be evidence of self-identification, and it needs to be relevant (see WP:BLPCAT). Pending changes was enabled on this article to prevent the type of edits you approved, so please be careful when reviewing changes. Thank you, --Jezebel's Ponyobons mots 21:05, 9 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oh I thought that he was undoing a revision by a different user. Note taken. -PotatoNinja(Talk to me!) 23:28, 9 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
Great job overall in contributing to Wikipedia. Thanks! :) Glory of Space (talk) 15:40, 15 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Jack U

Hi, regarding your edit to the Jack U page - do you have a reliable source for "To U" being the next single from the album? I haven't seen it mentioned by either of the artists so I've reverted your edit for the time being, if you can provide a reference I'd be grateful! Thanks. --ItsLuke (contribs) 19:20, 15 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@ItsLuke: Fair enough. I'm sure I can find other links, but is a youtube video allowed as a ref in this case? -PotatoNinja(Talk to me!) 02:11, 16 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Depends on the reliability of the uploader, but sure I'd appreciate a YouTube link. I'm aware that the song was added to a 1Xtra playlist but haven't heard anything about it being confirmed as a single. --ItsLuke (contribs) 17:22, 16 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Half Life 3

aparently this is how i talk to people on wikipedia but if i wanted to make a half life 3 article would it be shot down considering the game will never exist? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spiral knights is the best game ever (talk • contribs) 03:47, 7 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Probably... Unless you have definitive proof that the game might actually come out. And I know you're just trying to be funny or whatever, but such behaviour isn't tolerated on wikipedia. Continuing to do so will likely result in a temporary or permanent ban. -PotatoNinja(Talk to me!) 03:51, 7 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You accidently reverted to a version with vandalism

Your edit here reverted some vandalism but ended up re-adding other vandalism; just thought you would want to know. --Pokechu22 (talk) 04:27, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ah thanks for telling me. I didn't realize that there was more than one instance of vandalism. -PotatoNinja(Talk to me!) 04:30, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Submission declined for not notable company

Dear Sir/Madam, you just declined my submission Draft:B.Open for not be notable. Among the others I have 3 completely independent sources about this company. (1 from the European Commission (ref n3), 1 from an independent professional (ref n2) and 1 from a Greek B2B portal (ref n5)). Furthermore, I am talking about a company which has developed their own proprietary software developing platform with a published academic paper (ref n1). Do you still consider this that it does not meet the notability rules of wikipedia? Please let me know how I could improve my article further. Thanks a lot for your time. User:Antpetsas Talk to me! 10:38, 3 June 2015 (UTC+3)

@Antpetsas: Honestly I thought the article was fairly close, however you're probably going to need more references that describe the subject with more depth. Some of the sources simply mention subject without really invoking too much information. I would recommend references to reviews or notable news stories, and keep in mind that 3 third-party sources generally won't cut ut. Thanks! -PotatoNinja(Talk to me!) 07:47, 23 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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08:37:46, 23 July 2015 review of submission by Drsomduttprasad


Drsomduttprasad (talk) 08:37, 23 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Moderator,

Please let us know the reasons for declining our Article.

@Drsomduttprasad: The article includes no in-line citations whatsoever, and most, if not all references are in some way affiliated with the subject. The sources also need to show why the subject is notable. So I suggest you add references to press releases or any third party source that must support a statement made in the article. Also the article appears to be contained within a box, which isn't standard for wikipedia articles. -PotatoNinja(Talk to me!) 09:43, 23 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

09:37:51, 23 July 2015 review of submission by 49.195.159.232


Many thanks for the highly specific (and encouraging) feedback! I have had another go at the citations with your comments in mind.

49.195.159.232 (talk) 09:37, 23 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Amargmossop: No problem. Just tell me when you think you're ready to have the article reviewed. PotatoNinja(Talk to me!) 13:21, 23 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

22:00:11, 23 July 2015 review of submission by Amargmossop


It's ready for review. Citations have been reduced to 1, 2 or, occasionally, 3.

Amargmossop (talk) 22:00, 23 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
Thank you so much for your concern :)

I sure will ask them where the problem is. Audrija1990 (talk) 20:47, 25 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Alessandro Esseno new page

Hi PotatoNinja, can you help me to write the page again? Thank you very much. --Keepitdark69 (talk) 10:06, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Keepitdark69: The main issue I with this article is that the references did not include enough secondary sources to establish the subject's notability, rather than the article quality. And to be honest, like many other users working on wikipedia, I have other things to do and I may not be able to help too much with the matter at hand. I might get around to it. Thanks, PotatoNinja(Talk to me!) 11:48, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

New pages

HI PotatoNinja, I see you declined to me all the pages again, CSM Suceava has 5 references. it is a team from my childhood city. why do you declined it ? you do not know romanian to can confirm, and no other people can confirm better then mine. other wikipedia languages has it, but I want to improve English wikipedia and people like you declined my work. Also with 1938–39 Cupa României it is the next edition of 1937–38 Cupa României, It is a cup cmpetition, at least of games played. thats it. again why declined ?? the last edition created by something else has been accepted, and it looks same like mine, of course different games. Alexiulian25 (talk) 13:58, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Alexiulian25: Before you decide to act all stubborn or whatnot, you should properly read through all of wikipedia policies and guidelines when submitting articles similar to the one you recently created. I was just suggesting that you add more references to establish the subject's notability and simply make it easier to verify. And just because the page already exists on a separate project or similar pages are floating about the mainspace doesn't mean that the article is worthy of a place in wikipedia. Take your time to cite more sources and resubmit it when you think you're ready. -PotatoNinja(Talk to me!) 14:07, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Alexiulian25 (talk) 14:10, 26 July 2015 (UTC)There are no more references about it ! what you do not understand. and what about 1938–39 Cupa României, perfect identical with last editions and not accepted. in this way english wikipedia will not progress ...[reply]

@Alexiulian25: And that's the issue. Without any more sources (from press releases etc.), you can't really show how the subject is even notable. If you really do believe the article is suitable for Wikipedia in its current state then go ahead, submit it for review, and see what the other editors think. -PotatoNinja(Talk to me!) 14:38, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Alexiulian25 (talk) 14:49, 26 July 2015 (UTC)there are loads of articles with no references and with 3 words in and are accepted. it is not fair. and the English editors are really difficult, in my language wikipedia every article is accepted. like this you will never progress[reply]

@Alexiulian25: I see where you're coming from. However all of these apparent articles really are under-par, and haven't necessarily been checked by any reviewers. Technically speaking, these articles, especially if they are biographies, are worthy of deletion. So essentially you can create an article straight into the mainspace (without my consent) and we potentially wouldn't even be having this conversation. However the whole point of AFC is so more experienced users can give their own insight into articles created and judge whether the article is worthy of a place in Wikipedia, and if you really do believe that the article you created is suitable, then follow the guidelines (or at least give it a try.) -PotatoNinja(Talk to me!) 14:58, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Reference errors on 26 July

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12:10:47, 27 July 2015 review of submission by Tspofford

I replaced references to other wikipedia articles. (Makes sense, but I missed that in the instructions.) I also added internal links.

Tspofford (talk) 12:10, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Submission declined on 27 July 2015

Thank you for taking the time to review my recent submission for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Make_It_Cheaper

I feel as though I am close to getting this right. You said "Some sections and statements still remain unreferenced, so make sure you provide reliable secondary sources to support them"

Could you clarify which sections or statements you are referring to please? Would references to reviews type sites help? I have added a couple more references as well if this helps.

Thanks,

smustieles

@Smustieles: Well if I use my own submission as an example, almost every single sentence or statement is supported by one or more secondary source. This ideally should be the case with all articles, however it isn't. A statement made in your article such as "In Australia, the company specialises purely in energy" could easily be supported by a source. -PotatoNinja(Talk to me!) 13:20, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

14:52:03, 27 July 2015 review of submission by 49.207.187.42


49.207.187.42 (talk) 14:52, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

sir,

I kindly request you to re-review the 'Suresh Manickavelu' article. He is a well known person in Chennai. This page was not created to promote Mr. Suresh Manickavelu. The given information in the draft article is true. You can find the references in the New Indian Express news coverage. He is the founder of the educational foundation named Vizhi. Most of the college students knew Mr.Suresh Manickavelu and his social service. In 2015, he has received the ‘Best Young Entrepreneur of the year 2014’ award from the Governor of Tamil Nadu, Dr.Konijeti Rosaiah, for his contribution to the students society for creating India’s first online mentoring Portal named Procademia. Please check the link in the references. He is a philanthropist who is sponsoring almost 100 young children every year by providing them food and education. Recently 'Udavum Karangal' Vidyakar praised him that Suresh Manickavelu is a god's gift to this world.

@49.207.187.42: Keep in mind that the vast majority of the article is completely unsourced, which doesn't show the subject's notability. Also realistically Wikipedia doesn't care whether he is an important figure in your own local community or whatever; what is important (to Wikipedia) is referenced information, particularly with references to neutral, unaffiliated sources. -PotatoNinja(Talk to me!) 16:39, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review

Thanks for the review to my draft. I will do as requested and provide additional citations in the header and resubmit. GForsytheMC (talk) 14:57, 27 July 2015 (UTC)GForsytheMC[reply]

On Mourvèdre and "denominación de origen"

You just reverted an edit I did minutes ago on the Mourvèdre article. While it was indeed very minor and it "didn't appear constructive to [you]", it is not less true that denominación de origens, as it stands, is gramatically wrong in Spanish. de origen is a prepositional clause that completes the noun denominación. The plural must be expressed in the noun; the prepositional clause does not agree with the number (and gender) of the main clause.

As far as I know, English Wikipedia attempts to use foreign terms in the gramatically correct form of their original language, at least when there is not a reason to do otherwise.

@83.213.80.19: Honestly this was certainly an error on my own part; I was skimming through pages while using huggle (an anti-vandalism program) and the text you entered looked a lot like a random assortment of letters, which is why I came to the conclusion that it constituted as vandalism. I'll be more careful next time. -PotatoNinja(Talk to me!) 16:33, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Cemerson, thanks and resubmitted

Dear PotatoNinja, thank you for reviewing my first attempt to create a page! I've diligently worked to strengthen my citations in accordance with Wikipedia's strict guidelines and resubmitted American Gothic (composition) for approval. I hope my citations are now in compliance with the guidelines!

@Cemerson: I've reviewed the article again and published it as a stub. Just because I just published it doesn't mean that it's completely perfect, which it certainly isn't. Continue to add whatever information and hopefully one day it will be nominated for good article status. Good work. -PotatoNinja(Talk to me!) 08:39, 28 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Request on 00:30:13, 28 July 2015 for assistance on AfC submission by Tspofford


Now I'm confused. His references are at least comparable to those of his colleagues. See, for example, Anson Phelps Stokes, Francis Bowes Sayre, etc, and if you search Wikipedia for "Episcopal Bishop" you will get quite a few hits for other pages for his colleagues whose entries carry no greater notability. Please advise.


Tspofford (talk) 00:30, 28 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Tspofford: Well it appears that the article has already been accepted. However I didn't really think that the sources showed the notability of the subject, which is why I declined it in the first place. It looks fine now though, so good work. -PotatoNinja(Talk to me!) 08:21, 28 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

18:34:08, 28 July 2015 review of submission by GForsytheMC


Hello PotatoNinja. Thank you for the review and feedback of my Draft. I have added additional references and citations to the lead section as you indicated. I would very much appreciate it if you could take an additional look over the draft for me. I will click resubmit and wait for the response. Thanks!

GForsytheMC (talk) 18:34, 28 July 2015 (UTC)GForsytheMC[reply]

GForsytheMC (talk) 18:34, 28 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the advice and help! GForsytheMC (talk) 14:16, 29 July 2015 (UTC)GForsytheMC[reply]

About composer Alessandro Esseno

Hi PotatoNinja, this composer has worked in the US with Toto. Then there are all work for Rai. A book with a very innovative method of composition. Many albums released on Amazon.. What do you think? Thanks. --Keepitdark69 (talk) 21:00, 28 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Keepitdark69: It all depends on whether the subject is notable or not. If you supply neutral, secondary sources to support relevant information, then I would probably say he deserves a place in Wikipedia. Just keep in mind that the fact that he has released several albums on Amazon does not have much relevance. Hell, I could do the same thing and claim I was famous (which I'm not.) -PotatoNinja(Talk to me!) 11:39, 29 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Request on 11:05:23, 29 July 2015 for assistance on AfC submission by Vomos


Hi there Potato Ninja. Thanks for the reviewing the EGA Music Group page, all of the Wikipedia references have now been changed to reliable sources, namely the official UK Charts.

Vomos (talk) 11:05, 29 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Vomos: I've re-reviewed your article, and unfortunately it hasn't been published at this time. Please take my comments into consideration and hopefully next time it will be accepted. -PotatoNinja(Talk to me!) 11:28, 29 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A place in Wikipedia..

Hi PotatoNinja, he deserves a place in Wikipedia (Alessandro Esseno). I'm tempted to publish the page again by adding sources. What do you think about it? Thank You very much. --Keepitdark69 (talk) 14:41, 29 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

10:29:27, 30 July 2015 review of submission by Sosorrycartoon


Sosorrycartoon (talk) 10:29, 30 July 2015 (UTC) I had removed the terms that appeared to me as peacock terms.. please help me identify or remove the terms you still feel needs to be removed.[reply]

15:36:57, 30 July 2015 review of submission by Rinzeesherpa Rinzeesherpa


Rinzeesherpa Rinzeesherpa (talk) 15:36, 30 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your review of my userpage submission: Gloucestershiredad

Thank you for your time reviewing my draft. I am new to this and slightly confused. I thought I was writing a userpage to go with my profile but it appears to have reviewed as a encyclopaedia page. Can you clarify that I am indeed drafting a profile page and that I haven't made a silly error with this and also what your thoughts are on citations for a personal profile page. Thanks and sorry for not knowing basic stuff! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gloucestershiredad (talk • contribs) 07:31, 31 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Lost (Major Lazer song) has been accepted

Lost (Major Lazer song), which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.

Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:12, 31 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Symbio Draft - Symbio_Networks

Hi @PotatoNinja,

Thanks for leaving a comment. I had amended this page quite a number of times (as you can see) and believe it has been reduced to the bare factual bones, I am unsure how to make it sound any less promotional given only facts remain and there is no narrative aspects in this article. Please please tell me what part is promotional and I will delete or change it. Would really like just to have this article submitted finally.

Thanks,

Lauren

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