User talk:GuzzyG

Lubitz merge

I think a competent closer would look at a !vote like Edfilmsuk's, see that it's not policy-based, and ignore it. At least that's how it's supposed to work, and I haven't seen evidence that it doesn't work that way. Therefore it's not necessary to add clutter by responding to such a !vote. And in general it's not necessary to counter every !vote that doesn't make sense to you, or even very many of them. Just a friendly comment, not a criticism, and in the end not a huge deal. Cheers,―Mandruss ☎ 22:10, 5 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Mandruss: I agree with you, i typed it as soon as i woke up and within a hour realized it could be taken as bludgeoning, no ill-intentions just slight aghast to the non-policy based arguments but we are all working towards the same goal, a healthy encyclopedia. Thanks for that, i will stay out of it. Slightly embarrassed, haha. Cheers, -GuzzyG (talk) 01:04, 6 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is AusLondonder's battleground conduct. Thank you. Mellowed Fillmore (talk) 17:05, 7 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Mellowed Fillmore: Seems like it is already taken care of, hopefully 24 hours is enough although i do express my doubts, he has a clear POV which he would like to see succeed. Let us wait and see then, thank you for alerting me. GuzzyG (talk) 08:29, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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RfC: Religion in infoboxes of nations

There is an RfC that you may be interested in at Template talk:Infobox country#RfC: Religion in infoboxes of nations. Please join us and help us to determine consensus on this issue. --Guy Macon (talk) 13:40, 17 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Min threads on talk pages

PLease go back and correct your talk page changes to have at least 4 min threads. Zero is unacceptable. Thank you.
— Berean Hunter (talk) 14:05, 17 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Berean Hunter: yeah i realize a run i did must have had the default 0, i already got told off for that ha! I'll go through them all when i have the time (roughly 12 hours from now), do you have any specifics? it would help greatly. Thank you. GuzzyG (talk) 14:18, 17 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

All of them in your contribs. :) Having zero is never a good answer and with very rare exceptions, four is a minimum (Misza's configurations suggest 5 as a min). We don't want to completely remove all discussions from any talk page.
— Berean Hunter (talk) 14:23, 17 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Berean Hunter: yeah, okay, i normally try to do 3 but i messed up this run, lesson learned. I'll do it after i wake up, it's late where i am, ha! Thanks for alerting me to the problem. Thanks for not reverting me fully either and letting me know in advance ;). GuzzyG (talk) 14:31, 17 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

30 day archiving

I see you're going through and adding auto-archiving to talk pages, which I think is generally good. However, for low-volume articles (ones that receive a comment or two a year), the "no replies in 30 days may be automatically moved" seems ridiculously short. At the other extreme, the use of "minthreadsleft" results in discussions unarchived for many years after they've become irrelevant due to progress on the article itself. If you're going to change articles that already use year-based archiving to ordinal-based archiving (e.g., "1", "2", etc.), could you use an "algo" amounting to 1-3 years and a "minthreadsleft" of 0? -- DanielPenfield (talk) 12:23, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@DanielPenfield: yeah, i agree, i'm trying to clear the backlogs of talk pages from year old discussions and keep the talk pages clean, slow goings, haha! I'll take on your suggestions and for the lower volume talk pages make it 180 days (so roughly 6 months) and leave 1-3 minthreads remaining. I have thousands of articles on my watchlist including the ones i archive so i am always around to archive discussions that are irrelevant. I will say i find year based archiving horrible prime examble Ada Lovelace, most are only 2 discussions per year/month too, not even going to try and fix that one, haha! Thanks for the advice, much appreciated! GuzzyG (talk) 13:03, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ada Lovelace uses month-year ({{MonthlyArchive}}), not year. And based on the number of archives, it's high-volume, so agglomerated archiving makes sense for that article. Ada Lovelace also illustrates the problem with "minthreadsleft": Talk:Ada_Lovelace#'Ada',_not_'Lovelace' is a 2009-era discussion (about a 2009 version of the article) to which a 2015 editor responds. The 2015 editor should have opened a new discussion, referencing the discussion from the 2009. But "minthreadsleft" has kept that six-year old discussion "current". -- DanielPenfield (talk) 13:22, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@DanielPenfield: If i am honest the month-year thing while helpful maybe looks extremely clunky, most of those archives on Ada only have 1 or 2 discussions in them, it does confuse me i will admit as two other extremely high-profile articles Adolf and G W. B use ordinal archiving and look much smoother. I do agree with you on the problem with "minthreadsleft" i'd prefer 0 but i have been told not to use that before (see above), what would you recommend 3 on high profile, 0 on low? Remember i have them in my watchlist and check talk pages everyday for any outdated discussions (aka: not in 2015, finished merge/move/edit requests, etc) which i then archive. have i been doing it right? i am always up for any suggestions, i am just not a fan of cluttered, outdated talk pages GuzzyG (talk) 13:45, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Mick Jagger/Archive

You moved Talk:Mick Jagger/Archive to Talk:Mick Jagger/Archive 1. You then tagged the automatically created redirect for deletion? Why? we normally leave such redirects in place. They handle old links and avoid confusion, and redirects are cheap. DES ^(talk) 13:47, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That's right, it was second nature, my mistake, sorry. GuzzyG (talk) 13:55, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Allegra Versace

Just wanted to invite you to take a look at this weeks TAFI article Allegra Versace. Regards.--BabbaQ (talk) 18:20, 4 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

RfC announce: Religion in infoboxes

There is an RfC at Template talk:Infobox#RfC: Religion in infoboxes concerning what What should be allowed in the religion entry in infoboxes. Please join the discussion and help us to arrive at a consensus on this issue. --Guy Macon (talk) 21:18, 17 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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In regard to your Abella Danger comment.

I saw your comments in regard to allowing the Abella Danger page to stay. I agree with you completely. I've seen less information on here about minor actresses in mainstream television, who are no longer on television. Who have no photograph, and even less personal information, with no awards whatsoever. So why are they picking on this performer who is even more well known, although in the adult entertainment and media industry. Is there any way to let fans or others in authority know that the Abella Danger page should be kept? I placed my opinions and comments in the delete or keep page debate. That is where I noticed your comments as well. I'm not sure exactly how this all works out, but I placed my comment by using the edit device. I'm assuming that is one way it is usually done. What really upset me somewhat was the fact that she had to do a lot to be where she is today. By discrediting the awards she received, they discredit all the efforts she did to get that distinguished award. There were many nominees and thousands perhaps in the adult industry who will never receive credit for anything. The online streaming of free adult movies, means less attention or even a break out performer, with as much credit as those who received attention in the early days of the adult industry, when it was a novelty. This means less information and more privacy due to the dangers out there today. So there is also that reason, why less information will be available, other than looking up her online interviews and looking at her awards. There is a lot of weird characters out there and to put your personal information, or all of it out there on an internet page, doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I brought this up because one person, I think, wanted to reject the her profile page because there was little information about her. Her hometown, background, photographs, etc. were not enough? Feel free to include my thoughts here as well, if you return to that debate page. I think I make comments that most people have thought of in regard to famous stars. That's all. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scenicview1 (talk • contribs) 16:50, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This is to inform you that an attempt is being made to overturn an RfC that you voted on

This is to inform you that an attempt is being made to overturn an RfC that you voted on (2 RfCs, actually, one less than six months ago and another a year ago). The new RfC is at:

Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#RfC: Allow private schools to be characterized as non-affiliated as well as religious, in infobox?

Specifically, it asks that "religion = none" be allowed in the infobox.

The first RfC that this new RfC is trying to overturn is:

15 June 2015 RfC: RfC: Religion infobox entries for individuals that have no religion.

The result of that RfC was "unambiguously in favour of omitting the parameter altogether for 'none' " and despite the RfC title, additionally found that "There's no obvious reason why this would not apply to historical or fictional characters, institutions etc.", and that nonreligions listed in the religion entry should be removed when found "in any article".

The second RfC that this new RfC is trying to overturn is:

31 December 2015 RfC: RfC: Religion in infoboxes.

The result of that RfC was that the "in all Wikipedia articles, without exception, nonreligions should not be listed in the Religion= parameter of the infobox.".

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Extended Vital List

A few months ago, I started sketching out a different list of 10000, you can see at Special:Diff/787182593. I decided it was far too much work to bootstrap on my own, though. power~enwiki (π, ν) 01:19, 1 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Power~enwiki: I think that's a good start and we could incorporate that into a starting point if a level 5 is created, i think we should wait and see what happens with the now ongoing vote but if no level 5 is created i'd be happy to work on your one with you, although my knowledge is more biography related. GuzzyG (talk) 20:15, 1 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I think that "criminals" will get merged into the "Rebels, revolutionaries and activists" grouping of L4 (which isn't at L5 yet). Also, your sandbox changes for the Sports list look great, I would recommend WP:BOLDly adding it to the L5 page. power~enwiki (π, ν) 21:44, 4 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Power~enwiki: Merging would be better. i didn't know if you wanted any edits but i will add them straight to the list then. I think sports should be handed by doing atleast 1 representative from even niche or minor sports, with 750 we can still have 100 association football players etc. I can work on other sublists if you want too and do a rough outline, with 10, 000 people i'd hope we can add a representative from as many fields as possible, for example one tattooist in artist or something, we have the space, especially if the field has a wikiproject (in this case Body Modification). I'd even support atleast one politician representing every sovereign state. Just some ideas. GuzzyG (talk) 22:04, 4 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Archiving the Vital Articles talk page

You're probably already aware of this and it's not like it matters a whole lot, but the reason I don't immediately archive closed discussions is so that the links to them from the changelog underneath the article count at WP:VA stay valid. Cobblet (talk) 17:23, 12 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Cobblet: I failed to this into account, so i have updated the links and they now link to the archive instead. I archive relatively quickly so that open discussions get more visibility. Thanks for alerting me. GuzzyG (talk) 17:31, 12 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Precious

creating a valid search term, redirect

Thank you for creating redirects, saying "Creating a valid search term, redirect", working from your enormous sandboxes of names, for page moves, for article tagging, often beginning it with "Organizing talk page + setting up bot", for fighting vandalism and defending biographies, you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:33, 17 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Gerda Arendt: Thanks for that, i appreciate it! I figure someone has to do the mundane and there's still a lot more to do :).

It's great and noticed that you are willing ;) - I have a soft spot for gnomes! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:05, 17 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

VA template

Great job adding these....but would it be posible that it's placed below the talk template that explains the rules of the page.--Moxy (talk) 02:59, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Moxy: Yeah, i wasn't really comfortable putting them at the top but it's the most efficient way. I'll place them at the bottom, i am going to eventually try and do them all, when i am finished i will go back and move these ones back to the bottom. Thanks for the message. GuzzyG (talk) 03:03, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good to me ...be aware some may revert as some see AD banners of this nature at the top disruptive... because it comes before the rules of the talk page and before the FA status and projects. But I guess if you want to edit all the pages 2 times that's up to you. All the best new friend.--Moxy (talk) 03:15, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That's the name of the game, unfortunately, see what happens. It's only an hour again, it's not that bad. Thanks again for the message, i do appreciate it!. GuzzyG (talk) 03:17, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Added to VA project

Hi, I've added myself to this project. I've added some additional names to the Rodeo list after I saw that one name was added. I don't know what the ratio needed was, was it only one? I know you've seen what I've done as you have made edits. I'm the only one over there working on the rodeo articles full time. I can give a pretty good guide on who is the most notable along with my mentors and the editor I aid at times. But I can do other things too in the project. If we've exhausted what's needed for rodeo, I'll look around for where else I can give a hand. Any ideas are also welcome. My editing runs from creating substantial articles to fixing broken links. Nice to meet you. dawnleelynn^(talk) 23:15, 30 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Dawnleelynn: Hey there, sorry for the late message, i have been busy. It was one at first, i made room to accommodate your edits, but another editor may see it as too much people for rodeo, it's at capacity now though. Sports biographies is nearly finished but if you look around you can add other biographies or any other article in any other section, it's a free for all at the moment, i do not have any specific recommendations. My main interest lies in biographies so that's where i edit mostly but considering your interest in Rodeo, maybe [2] might be a good place, specifically "individual animals", if there's any specific highly regarded animal performers along the likes of Secretariat then they would be good additions. Nice to meet you too, if you have any further questions, do let me know. GuzzyG (talk) 22:25, 1 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@GuzzyG: Hi, thanks for getting back. No problem on the delay, no rush. Okay, I thought it might be one article originally. If an editor does want it cut back to one, it should really be Trevor Brazile by a landslide. His article may not show it as well as it should but I didn't author it; it's on my list to update. But I can provide a landslide of sources that would make this obvious, including an article in Encyclopedia Britannica [3]. Thanks for the idea about animal performers, I actually know one of the editors of the articles Secretariat and California Chrome and other well known horses. She's my mentor, and she oversees the rodeo and equine areas. Thanks again! dawnleelynn^(talk) 23:35, 1 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Dawnleelynn: We will see what happens but i will try my best to make it Trevor if only one survives, normally it's put to a vote. No worries, i thought you may be helpful there as it's related to your area of expertise. Looking forward to your participation in the project. Again, if you have any questions regarding the project, feel free to ask me, i'm here to help. GuzzyG (talk) 00:41, 2 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, understood about the vote. I'll look around some more to see where I can add value and be sure to ask if I have any questions. Thanks. dawnleelynn^(talk) 03:08, 2 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Access

Hello. Help upload [4] photos to wikipedia and add to the post Maureen Wroblewitz. I'm the one to download this photo.116.102.53.78 (talk) 04:44, 4 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]