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Expectations (Bebe Rexha album)
Hi AA. Can you please protect Expectations (Bebe Rexha album) from being recreated? I would tag it but I assume you are the admin who would be deleting it anyway. There has been no further development on what type of release it is by the artist (it could be a song for all anybody knows), and there is no confirmation it will even be released. It appears users like Jax 0677 and Another Believer have assumed what it is to get the jump on everybody in creating the article. I see Jax left you a message saying "please send it through AfD before deleting again", but redirects don't go through AfD anyway and I don't see why it would need to go through RfD when it's WP:OR to assume what it is in the first place. I am sure the artist, if it were an album, would have said "my album is coming out soon". Instead, she has stated "project". That could mean anything—it could be an art installation. Jax has also created Expectations (EP)—he himself doesn't even know. It's just a guessing game by editors at this point. If Jax 0677 is so concerned, he can ask after it's confirmed what it is to restore the page history. Ss112 15:06, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
- @Ss112: I have set Expectations (Bebe Rexha album) to "only administrators can edit it". Anthony Appleyard (talk) 00:14, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you but I meant can it be deleted along with the EP namespace Expectations (EP) I linked to and then prevented from being recreated? These editors have no idea what type of release it is. As I said, it could be anything and editors are inventing terms to apply to it. If they are concerned, surely they can apply after it is confirmed what it is to have the page history restored. Ss112 01:26, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
- @Ss112: I have deleted it. As regards protecting it against re-creation, I found a pointer to a rule in Wikipedia:Protection policy#Extended confirmed protection, and I would prefer advice about what I am allowed to do and what not in protecting a deleted page-name against re-creation. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:48, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
- But the user will recreate it because they believe it's an album. It's happened several times now. Also, you may have missed above, the user also created Expectations (EP)—can you please delete that as well? I don't know what rule you're referring to, but the page has been deleted several times now. There has been no further news on if it's an album or not. If you do protect it, when it is confirmed as an album, then I don't see why a user can't just message you and ask for it to be unprotected with an official source stating such. Ss112 05:54, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
- @Ss112: I have now deleted page Expectations (EP). But see above about the rule described in Wikipedia:Protection policy#Extended confirmed protection, which I have come across. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:57, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
- I don't see anything in WP:ECP that says you can't protect a page from being recreated after it's been deleted several times for the same reason. "Extended confirmed protection should not be used as a preemptive measure against disruption that has not yet occurred"—some kind of "disruption" has occurred. It's been recreated and deleted at least three times now. There's nothing to say the users won't do it again. Jax could recreate the article right now if he wanted to, and the reasons it was deleted would still apply. Protecting a page from being recreated by non-admins isn't the same thing as ECP, is it? Ss112 06:13, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
- @Ss112: The two page-names have now been protected as asked. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 08:43, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
Baby / Master for kids
I have a doubt. In Baby Meenakshi, "Baby" is not her name, its a term of endearment used to call female child actors, likewise, for boys it is "Master". Is this naming correct ? If WP:COMMONNAME is taken, then Baby Meenakshi definitely scores. But, shouldn't it be Meenakshi (child actor) ? Didn't saw any guideline for this. Let There Be Sunshine (talk) 15:17, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
- @Let There Be Sunshine: (I live in England.) What to call her may depend on how often she is called Baby Meenakshi and how often she is called anything else. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:55, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
- Okay. Thanks. BTW, Chala (marketplace) you moved on December 23 is now moved to Chalai Market, which is again not a proper noun. Chala (or Chalai) is the name of a marketplace in Thiruvananthapuram. It should be either Chala (marketplace) or Chala, Thiruvananthapuram as it initially was and best defines. Could you intervene here. Let There Be Sunshine (talk) 16:14, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
- @Let There Be Sunshine:
Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 20:18, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
- Hi, I would like to learn how did you transcribed this. Thanks. Let There Be Sunshine (talk) 06:52, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
- @Let There Be Sunshine: With a program called Typecase, which I wrote with help from a Unicode manual and the Visual C++ compiler (and before that, the Borland C++ compiler). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:53, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
- Wow. Is it available on the internet ? Let There Be Sunshine (talk) 09:57, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
Cleaning up after moves
Anthony, I've asked you this before, but I'll repeat it. When you move a page, especially (but not exclusively) to redirect a title to a disambiguation page, please check "What links here". When you moved Ring Around the Moon earlier, you (a) did not edit the disambiguation page Rings Around the Moon, which still contained a link to the old title, and made the actual article about the Space:1999 episode unreachable; and (b) did not fix at least three redirects to the title you moved, Ring Around The Moon (Space: 1999), Ring Around The Moon (Space: 1999 episode), and Ring Around The Moon (Space 1999 episode), which all pointed to the disambiguation page instead of the episode article. As I know that you are a responsible admin, I'm sure it was not your intention to leave broken links like this, but hopefully this will serve as a reminder to be more thorough in completing page moves. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 12:46, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
- @R'n'B: Thanks for pointing out my error to me. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:27, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
Celeris Inc listed at Redirects for discussion
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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Celeris Inc. Since you had some involvement with the Celeris Inc redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. -- Tavix (talk) 02:28, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
Nomination of -physis for deletion
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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article -physis is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/-physis until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Tom (LT) (talk) 05:23, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
AO Tennis histmerge
Please merge the history of AO Tennis (video game) to AO Tennis. You forgot to do so earlier. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 15:11, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
2002 estyle.com Classic
Hi, per your diff my Requested move/Technical request to move 2002 estyle.com Classic to 2002 JPMorgan Chase Open has been 'done' but the article is still named 2002 estyle.com Classic. --Wolbo (talk) 13:06, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
- @Wolbo:
Done It needed history-merge. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 13:35, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
- Thx! --Wolbo (talk) 13:45, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
"AT&T Corporation" listed at Redirects for discussion
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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect "AT&T Corporation". Since you had some involvement with the "AT&T Corporation" redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. — PinkAmpers&(Je vous invite à me parler) 22:05, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
The Last Jedi
This happened when I was replying while you were fixing matters. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 17:18, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
In short, I'm requesting that it be deleted. And thanks for fixing the move. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 17:19, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
- @Flyer22 Reborn: The above link points to Talk:Star Wars: The Last Jedi/Archive audience response, which ends in new discussion which still seems to be active. What were you wanting me to delete? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:37, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
Page Michael Demers deleted?
Anthony -- The page for Michael Demers (artist) was recently deleted. The remarks say content was taken from LinkedIn (probably a list of exhibitions?). Is there any way to get the page back, with the offending material removed? The page had been up for a few years, and never had an issue... --73.253.57.124 (talk) 20:04, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
- @73.253.57.124: I have undeleted and AfD'ed page Michael Demers: see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Demers. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:46, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
Why do you want to have this page removed? Isn't this just as valid a page as Michael Mandiberg, Constant Dullaart or any other contemporary new media artists? The page has been up since 2013, reviewed multiple times, edited -- why the problem now? And what was taken from LinkedIn? Everything has been cited appropriately on the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.253.57.124 (talk) 18:19, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
Synthwave
What was going on there??? (talk page stalker) CrashUnderride 20:05, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
- @Crash Underride: Someone wanted me to move Synthwave (2000s genre) to Synthwave. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 20:19, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
- Okay, because on my watch list I just saw a string of moves, etc. that kinda boggled my mind for a minute. lol (talk page stalker) CrashUnderride 23:24, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
Döner kebab
Hi, I noticed this has just been moved, as WP:RMT. I don't object to the move, but as I've not come across this process before, shouldn't the archived opposed WP:RM have taken some sort of precedence? Mighty Antar (talk) 00:42, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
- @Mighty Antar: Best regularly keep an eye on page Wikipedia:Requested moves. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 06:19, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
Antofalla
Greetings,
are you sure that Antofalla and User:Jo-Jo Eumerus/Antofalla have parallel histories? According to the former's history there are two edits on 18:22, 5 December 2017 and 22:54, 19 January 2018 whereas the first edit in the sandbox is 20:03, 19 January 2018 and the last 22:53, 19 January 2018 so the latter would still fit between the two edits on the article, with no overlap. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 09:17, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
I think you've made a mistake with this rename. The current name was, I think, the result of a merge discussion - i.e. "Dominionism" was merged into "Dominion Theology", and so should not be moved without discussion. In any case, it means the talk page is broken - it says, "The content of Dominionism was merged into Dominionism on 6 September 2013..." StAnselm (talk) 07:49, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
- @StAnselm: The merge between Dominionism and Dominion Theology was a text-merge (performed by User:Jfhutson in late August 2013), not a history-merge. The old version of Dominionism is now at Dominionism (version 2). Do you want me to move Dominionism back to Dominion Theology? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 10:40, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
- Yes, please it move it back to Dominion Theology. StAnselm (talk) 18:10, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks. StAnselm (talk) 02:11, 23 January 2018 (UTC)
Marko Stojanović (actor)
Hello, dear Anthony! Can you please show me this deleted article, only one section was questioned and copied, and i would create new article, so i dont need to start literary everything from scratch. This is very notable subject... Thank you in advance, you can send it by mail also, if you dont want to show it. Thank you very much! --Ąnαșταη (ταlκ) 16:10, 23 January 2018 (UTC)
- @Anastan: I have undeleted it and AfD'ed it, at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marko Stojanović (actor). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:31, 23 January 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you, that is more then enough! I will fix that one copyvio section ip added, subject is very notable, no need for entire article to go. All best, Anthony! --Ąnαșταη (ταlκ) 16:52, 23 January 2018 (UTC)
Help!
In ictu oculi is in the habit of making unilateral moves without discussion, and without even explaining in the edit summary. I think one of the reasons he keeps doing this is because there are no consequences. I hope you agree such actions should be discouraged. One way to do this, I think, is to revert any such moves and thus force him to make the case for the move. That's why I posted the technical request as I did. WP:RM address this:
- "If you disagree with such a move [moved without a discussion], and the new title has not been in place for a long time, you may revert the move. If you cannot revert the move for technical reasons then you may request a technical move."
I suggest the correct course in these situation is not to challenge my technical request to revert an undiscussed move, but to grant the request (after all, I could have legitimately reverted if not for the technical limitation), and have the initial mover create an RM request per WP:RM. Thanks. --В²C ☎ 23:53, 23 January 2018 (UTC)
- And you ☎ B2C are I'm afraid in the habit of not contributing to the encyclopaedia's content pages. What % of your edits over the last year have been actual improvements to content side - expanding and creating articles and navigation, adding graphics, adding sources? And what % of your edits have been arguing for your views on titling on Talk pages? or following editors as in this case? If I may be permitted a suggestion, perhaps you could find another editor to follow, or perhaps contribute to improving article content. Just a suggestion. In ictu oculi (talk) 23:58, 23 January 2018 (UTC)
- Your retort is this red herring ad hominem attack? That speaks volumes. Not playing. --В²C ☎ 00:11, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
- @In ictu oculi and Born2cycle: Please, what is this dispute about? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 14:15, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
- This dispute is about three things:
- IIO moved Kolossus to Kolossus (album) without discussion, despite there being no other topics called "Kolossus" with articles on WP (an inherently controversial move which should go through RM). I was unable to revert it per BRD and RM due to technical limitations, so I had to make a technical request to revert. I mistakenly put my request to revert this undiscussed move at Wikipedia:Requested_moves#Contested_technical_requests instead of at the section specially designed for such requests at Wikipedia:Requested_moves#Requests_to_revert_undiscussed_moves. You apparently did not recognize that it was a request to revert an undiscussed move, and, instead of rubber stamping it and granting the revert request, you made it a formal RM at what is now Talk:Kolossus (album).
- More importantly, IIO is in the habit of making these undiscussed moves quite frequently, moves that he knows are controversial and should go through RM, often doing so without even leaving explanation in the edit summary. His history is replete with examples of this. Many times I've requested he stop doing this over the years, to no avail. Suggestions?
- IIO tries to deflect discussion of his problematic behavior by bringing up my low content-to-talk-page edit ratio, which is an obvious ad hominem red herring.
- Those are the three things this dispute is about. --В²C ☎ 20:21, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
- @In ictu oculi and Born2cycle: Kolossus (disambiguation) lists 5 things called Kolossus that Wikipedia describes. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:00, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
- @In ictu oculi and Born2cycle: See Wikipedia:Requested moves#Requesting controversial and potentially controversial moves for instructions how to ask for a discussed page move. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:15, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
- Anthony, that's a brand new dab page just created by IIO with mostly dubious entries. Only one entry on that dab page, the album name, is clearly legit; it's the only topic listed there that is actually named Kolossus. All the others violate WP:PTM: ("A disambiguation page is not a search index. Do not add a link that merely contains part of the page title, or a link that includes the page title in a longer proper name, where there is no significant risk of confusion or reference. "). Note that Mega Shark vs. Kolossus is exactly "a link that includes the page title (Kolossus) in a longer proper name". This is why I wanted you to rubber-stamp revert in the first place. All these issues should all be sorted out first, in a discussion. Then, if consensus is established to disambiguate it, only then should it happen. Until then, his undiscussed unilateral and clearly controversial disambiguation move should be reverted.
- IIO knows exactly how to request controversial and potentially controversial moves. He just often refuses to do it. I won't speculate why, because that would violate AGF. Anyway, what I requested - a revert of a page recently moved without discussion - is totally different, and even has a special section at WP:RM. Surely you know and understand this. --В²C ☎ 22:29, 24 January 2018 (UTC)'
NOTE: I removed all the dubious entries at Kolossus (disambiguation) - see the history of that page for justification of each removal. --В²C ☎ 23:36, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
Page deletion
Hi. I'm not very good at figuring out which code to use, so came by to ask you (or a page reader) if you could deep-six the page The Nineties (TV program) as a later and lesser duplicate of the topic The Nineties (miniseries). And did someone notice that the four-tilde code is no longer on the edit summary bar? Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 11:36, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
- @Randy Kryn: I redirected it. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 14:08, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks, my apologies for the extra work. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:10, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
D.A.Z.
Please do not move requests for reverting undiscussed moves to the article talk page using my name. I do not intend to start a RM if the request is denied. Thanks. Station1 (talk) 21:21, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
Please revert your addition to Talk:D.A.Z. (album). I've changed my mind and no longer wish to request a page move. (Of course, you are free to make your own proposal if you wish.) Thanks. Station1 (talk) 23:05, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
Also, you inadvertently removed the signature from the previous section on that talk page. Station1 (talk) 23:20, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
- @Station1 and AlexTheWhovian: I have closed the move request "no move". Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:03, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
Defence, Karachi Wikipedia article
Hi Anthony Appleyard (talk · contribs) I see that you reverted Defence, Karachi to Defence Housing Authority, Karachi. I'd like to take this minute to explain why I made the move. The term "Defence Housing Authority" is not the name of the locality...it's the name of the the governing body of that neighbourhood. This would be akin to saying that somebody from London lives in the London Metropolitan Corporation. It makes no sense...when I requested the move, the it was opposed by two members who seem to have an extreme personal vendetta against me. I would implore you to see this dilemma from a common sense point of view..."Defence Housing Authority, Karachi" is not the name of a locality. --PAKHIGHWAY (talk) 21:47, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
- @PAKHIGHWAY: A disambiguator is needed on this article's name. To people who do not know Karachi, "Defence" means "the act of defending" or "the people who defend" rather than an area of housing. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:34, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
Can you perform a HISTMERGE for List of Crayola marker colors. Ssjhowarthisawesome (talk) 18:14, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
Shaadi Teri Bajayenge Hum Band
The history of Draft:Shaadi Teri Bajayenge Hum Band did not only consist of 2 redirects. The draft was copy-pasted into Shaadi Teri Bajayenge Hum Band instead of being moved. You should therefore undelete the full history of the former and merge it to the latter. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 22:20, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
Timberwolf (color)
Can you restore the deleted revision(s) of the Timberwolf (color) page from July 2011 to complete the redirect page's history.208.54.85.208 (talk) 22:47, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
Nogay Horde
Now that I looked into it deeper, the IP user who moved Nogai Horde to Nogay Horde did so against its usage in the rest of Wikipedia. Type in "Nogai" and a dozen articles pop up with that spelling. What would be the best way to restore the original Nogai Horde and have Nogay Horde redirect there? Thanks, --Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 07:57, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 14:55, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
Entry Deletion " Brian Cliette"
Hello Anthony Appleyard,
I see you recently voted to delete my wiki entry "Brian Cliette" for lack on nobility ,I think this was a mistake as he has over 7 media mentions and interviews in top online outlets ( entrepreneur.com, The Huffington Post, Business.com, Influencive.com..etc) you can see the following google news results for "Brian Cliette" in the link below https://www.google.com/search?biw=2560&bih=1366&tbm=nws&ei=oLN2WoTDHbDs5gLmvpSIBA&q=%22brian+cliette%22
Please advise.
Thanks for your time and consideration,
Carla — Preceding unsigned comment added by Writewords44 (talk • contribs) 07:40, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
- @Writewords44: Page Brian Cliette was deleted at 18:58, 28 September 2017 by User:Jo-Jo Eumerus, after failing AfD at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brian Cliette. Ater that, Draft:Brian Cliette was "Submission declined" on 15 December 2017 by User:Bradv, and speedy-delete-tagged by Bradv as "a page that was previously deleted via a deletion discussion, is substantially identical to the deleted version, and any changes do not address the reasons for which the material was deleted. .", and deleted by me. I looked at your Google search, and it returned only 7 results. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 10:14, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
- @Anthony Appleyard:Those 7 were only the google news results from top tier news sites.
The google web results several hundred. Thanks for reviewing them. There are public figures on wikipedia that contain 1 meation from some of these sites and they are live and not deleted. Would you suggest a resubmitting the entry with updated references from entrepreneur.com, The Huffington Post, Business.com, Influencive.com ? I think the major issue before was 5 of the 7 references used were from Penn State, nor did the books authored by Brian in the entry contain ISBN
Again thanks for all of your help in this matter!
Cheers,
Carla
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Writewords44 (talk • contribs) 05:12, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
- @Writewords44: A compare of the last edits of Brian Cliette (which was deleted after discussion in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brian Cliette) and of Draft:Brian Cliette shows that their texts are identical. The result of another AfD on it would be the same as before. You would have to write another article, showing much more that he is notable, and not looking like a routine curriculum vitae: see Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a blog, web hosting service, social networking service, or memorial site. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:45, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
- @Anthony Appleyard: Thanks for these guidelines I have thoroughly referenced Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a blog, web hosting service, social networking service, or memorial site, and will use this as a my guide for a second working draft , upon completion I will ping you to give it a review before being submitting it again as a entry. Warm regards, Carla 17:46, 8 February 2018 User:Writewords44
roly poly oly
Can you restore the deleted revisions of the Roly poly oly page to complete the pages history. 2601:584:100:E310:F907:6DCD:FC08:E17C (talk) 00:26, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
Coke (soft drink)
Can you restore the deleted revision of the page Coke (soft drink) to complete history. 172.56.26.114 (talk) 12:48, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
Hi, There is a RM on the page. for the first one, can you move it over the redirect? i'll move the rest. Artix Kreiger (talk) 20:39, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
Histmerge
Can you read Special:MergeHistory for future histmerges. Ssjhowarthisawesome (talk) 21:31, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
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- @Ipigott: Unfortunately, I am a man. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:30, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
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Darwin Thornberry
Can you restore all deleted edits to the Darwin Thornberry page to complete history. 172.56.27.5 (talk) 22:27, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
Histmerge
Please explain your hist-merge related to St Joseph's Primary School, Mysore.Thanks!~ Winged BladesGodric 14:02, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
- @Winged Blades of Godric: At 10:25, 6 February 2018 User:Winged Blades of Godric asked for a history-merge St. Joseph's High School, Mysore to St Joseph's Primary School, Mysore. St Joseph's Primary School, Mysore had only 2 edits, at 10:25, 6 February 2018 and 10:31, 6 February 2018, both by User:Winged Blades of Godric . But by then, the last user edit of St. Joseph's High School, Mysore was at 19:49, 6 February 2018 (plus a bot edit by AnomieBOT at 20:09, 6 February 2018), because User:Rms125a@hotmail.com had made 2 more edits, overtaking St Joseph's Primary School, Mysore. So I made a plain move. to avoid WP:Parallel histories.Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:26, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
Redirect deletion request
Could you delete the redirect for Official Secrets (film)? I will be relocating a draft there within the month and wish to make sure this won't be an issue come time to move the draft into the mainspace. Thank you. Rusted AutoParts 22:04, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
- I'll post this request here, to safe from making another new discussion thread. Could you delete the redirect for Greyhound (film)? I'll be moving a draft there shortly. Also it seems Official Secrets (film) was prematurely remade, so could you delete that redirect again too? Thank you. Rusted AutoParts 00:35, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
- @Rusted AutoParts:
Done I have deleted Greyhound (film). But Official Secrets (film) is not a plain redirect, but a long edit history and its last edit is a redirect. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 06:17, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
- I see. Then could you merge the history of Draft:Official Secrets (film) into Official Secrets (film) so the edit history of the draft isn’t lost? Rusted AutoParts 07:39, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
Restore deleted revisions for Broken Promise
You have moved Draft:Broken Promise to Broken Promise. Now, would you please also restore the deleted revisions for the latter, which was previously a redirect? GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 03:53, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
- @GeoffreyT2000: There are no deleted edits left at Draft:Broken Promise. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:58, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
Restore deleted revisions for Now TV
The page Now TV was moved to Now TV (China), which was then moved to Now TV (Hong Kong). So can you please restore the deleted revisions for Now TV and Talk:Now TV? GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 03:56, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
History merge request
Would you be able to merge the edit history of Draft:Untitled Noah Baumbach film into Untitled Noah Baumbach Project? Thank you. Rusted AutoParts 05:35, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
Zxcvbnm
As many times as that page has been created and deleted, I can't believe it hasn't been salted. :-) Largoplazo (talk) 21:53, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
- @Largoplazo: It has not been deleted or undeleted that many times the usual way, only by moving all the edits in and out in the course of swopping two pages' names :: move A to Zxcvbnm, then B to A, then Zxcvbnm to B. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:57, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
- I knew that, that's what the smiley was for. I realized I'd seen that page in my watchlist before and was amused to see the long-standing purpose it's served. Largoplazo (talk) 22:23, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
Redirect deletion request
Could you delete the redirect for Five Nights at Freddy's (film)? Once production on the film begins i'll be moving the draft to this location. Thank you. Rusted AutoParts 05:00, 15 February 2018 (UTC)
Instead of deleting the talk page ...
... you might've just created the template: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Playmates_of_2018 That would've been much more helpful. 95.90.223.155 (talk) 22:34, 16 February 2018 (UTC)
Theodore Roosevelt TR
Hi Anthony, hope all is well. I was about to decline the Theodore Roosevelt techinical requests, but had been using them as an example for why I was declining granting the page mover right: mainly because I don't think it is uncontroversial to swap two independent articles, and I'm not even entirely sure if it should be an RM or a merge discussion. Someone else also seems to have commented, so I think it might be best to discuss these. Thanks for all your work manning that desk. TonyBallioni (talk)
- If there is a need for me to expand on my reasoning, just ask me. Artix Kreiger (talk) 05:30, 17 February 2018 (UTC)
- @Artix Kreiger and TonyBallioni: Link: Theodore Roosevelt bibliography. In "Someone else also seems to have commented", please where are those comments? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 08:29, 17 February 2018 (UTC)
- Hi, Anthony: I think TonyBallioni is referrring to my comment (Permalink). But I believe you moved the page while I was commenting, so it wasn't your fault entirely. I went there first, but I tarried the move so as to check issues and found it is needless and will either break long standing consistency in this category or require all the pages in the category to be moved as well; and that should, of course, not be done without discussion preferably. Though, it seems he now started moving the remaining pages Special:Contribs/Artix Kreiger which are not blocked by redirect, but they are many in number and many have such redirects which will require another RMT requests. –Ammarpad (talk) 10:15, 17 February 2018 (UTC)
@Ammarpad:, Hey, I made that request simply because numerous other articles, not just in the category, are in the format of "NAME bibliography". Aside from the 2 I mentioned, you have examples of Peter F. Hamilton bibliography, George Orwell bibliography, etc. Also ping Tony Ballioni, where WP:BIBLIOGRAPHY will point to Wikipedia:WikiProject Bibliographies#Recommended_structure and says A bibliography of an author such as Mark Twain should be named Mark Twain bibliography.. Artix Kreiger (talk) 14:19, 17 February 2018 (UTC)
- @Artix Kreiger: The articles in Category:Bibliographies of Presidents of the United States use consistent title before you requested the above move and before you moved the ones not blocked by redirect.
- If you want move whole pages in category to align it with format recommended by Essay of WP:BIBLIOGRAPHY, that needs discussion.
- Your request and the moves you performed now breaks their title consistency some were moved, one not.
- And now I just understand that the former title (Bibliography of Theodore Roosevelt) is consistent with recommendation of the essay you cited above: It says
Topical bibliographies where the topic is a person should be named: Bibliography of works on John Doe.
. In that article, the works are about Theodore Roosevelt not by Theodore Roosevelt. - The current title Theodore Roosevelt bibliography should only be used for work written by Theodore Roosevelt himself.
- Mark Twain bibliography contains Works written by Mark Twain not about him
- So, generally the former title was correct and consistent throughout that category. You only misunderstood the essay. I suggest you should reread it again. Now the pages you moved must be moved back to their correct titles. –Ammarpad (talk) 14:47, 17 February 2018 (UTC)
- moved it back since I made a mistake. Artix Kreiger (talk) 14:58, 17 February 2018 (UTC)
Regarding Revert, Civil Rights
In case you're not aware there's a call to trim the article below 100,000kb readable prose--
And if you close-read what I cut, you'll find its redundant of the rest of the section.
Cheers, GPRamirez5 (talk) 07:48, 18 February 2018 (UTC) GPRamirez5 (talk) 07:48, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
- @GPRamirez5: Without deleting matter, it may be possible to split the article into two, African-American civil rights movement (1954–1959) and African-American civil rights movement (1960–1968). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:50, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
Nomination of Ibid Gallery for deletion
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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Ibid Gallery is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ibid Gallery until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 18:14, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
Anthony Appleyard, what was wrong with my request? That's not a controvresial move: it's the correction of a spelling error, as proven by the sources I've provided ([2] [3] [4]); if I had an account I'd do it myself... Could you move the pages please? 151.48.199.75 (talk) 11:23, 20 February 2018 (UTC) P.S. I've just noticed that the links I'd added weren't published, I don't know why :-(
Former American Eagle (ship) listed at Redirects for discussion
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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Former American Eagle (ship). Since you had some involvement with the Former American Eagle (ship) redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Steel1943 (talk) 23:44, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
User:Valoem/List of auteurs
Was omitting a redirect during the histmerge intentional? VQuakr (talk) 18:17, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
- @VQuakr: When I moved this text from its scratch page User:Valoem/List of auteurs to its intended destination List of film auteurs, I did not think that a redirect from the scratch page would be needed any more. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:04, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
- Ok, thanks for the clarification! VQuakr (talk) 02:26, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
@Let There Be Sunshine:, I believe as WP:COMMONNAME Tony Luke should be either moved to Tony Luke (actor) or back to Tony Luke Kocherry with the current Tony Luke page set as a disamg, I don't believe most people searching for Tony Luke are looking for this actor any objections? Valoem talk contrib 17:54, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
- @Valoem: How does WP:COMMONNAME supports the proposed Tony Luke (actor) ? Kocherry is not part of his name. Searching "Tony Luke" also displays Tony Luke Jr., so what's the confusion ? Actor is also primary topic. --Let There Be Sunshine 18:37, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
- Maybe its another policy, but when people are looking up Tony Luke there is a higher chance they are looking for Tony Luke Jr. or the restaurant. Valoem talk contrib 18:46, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
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Redirect deletion request
Would you be able to delete the redirect for Gemini Man (film)? It blocks the draft from being able to be moved there as filming has now commenced. Thank you. Rusted AutoParts 04:54, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
- @Rusted AutoParts:
Done I moved it to Gemini Man (film). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:03, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
I just noticed this db-histmerge. I gave the article some (apparently) needed follow-up repairs which you may want to review. Perhaps I was missing out on a situation here. Dl2000 (talk) 02:27, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
round robin of Robin Bush
Hi.
I recently performed a round robin move between Robin Bush (historian), and Robin Bush; per this move discussion. Previously, Robin Bush was a dab page. Now after the move, the history of Robin Bush is okay, but the history of [[:Robin Bush]] is illogical as it shows the history of the dab page. Do you think moving/merging the history of the dab page with Pauline Robinson Bush would be appropriate? Strangely, a lot of edits like this, are about Pauline Robinson Bush. I am not sure when the article Pauline Robinson Bush was created. I mean, I can see it was created on July 9, 2005; but the history is muddled with redirecting and stuff. What do you think? What can be done and should be done? Kindly ping while replying. Thanks, —usernamekiran(talk) 08:14, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
- @Usernamekiran: (If the original page Robin Bush was the disambig page, it would have been better to merely move Robin Bush to Robin Bush (disambiguation) and then Robin Bush (historian) to Robin Bush, and their talk pages with them, and not to try round-robins.) To tidy up I have moved Robin Bush (historian) to Robin Bush (disambiguation), then Talk:Robin Bush (historian) to Talk:Robin Bush/Archive 1; then I redirected Robin Bush (historian) to Robin Bush. (The history of page Pauline Robinson Bush contains 9 edits (all redirects), and no information text.) Anthony Appleyard (talk) 10:59, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you both for sorting this out. The Mighty Glen (talk) 13:12, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
Deletion rationale
Might I ask what you to clarify your rationale for the deletion of Taltopia? From the content, I assume you were going for A7? ~ Amory (u • t • c) 15:14, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
- @Amorymeltzer: At 05:38, 9 March 2018, User:Clappingsimon speedy-delete-tagged it as WP:NN (= not notable) because Taltopia's website and domain do not exist. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:22, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
- Yes indeed, but the tag and delete rationale seem more appropriate for a PROD tag, hence my asking. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 16:31, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
- From my limited knowledge of this, I get the impression that a PROD would have been more appropriate, because even if the subject doesn't exist anymore (akin to a dead person) there exists a slim chance that it might have been notable before it disappeared. Probably not, but I get the impression it wouldn't hurt to give somebody who knows more about it the opportunity to comment. Dr. Vogel (talk) 17:56, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
- @Amorymeltzer, DrVogel, and Anthony Appleyard: My bad. Please restore the page and add it to the list at List_of_defunct_social_networking_websites. My searches indicated Taltopia was last active sometime in 2014. Clappingsimon talk 22:31, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
- Yes indeed, but the tag and delete rationale seem more appropriate for a PROD tag, hence my asking. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 16:31, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
- @Amorymeltzer, DrVogel, and Clappingsimon: I have undeleted and prodded Taltopia. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:22, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
Aaron Sim
Hi Appleyard, why did you immediately delete the page? You didn't even give me the time to contest its deletion. FYI, the new article that you delete, it's an improved one and I added references. And I would like to ask an open discussion and to ask editors from SouthEast Asia to participate Shenalyn2018 (talk) 00:49, 10 March 2018 (UTC)Shenalyn2018
- @Shenalyn2018: I have undeleted it and AfD'ed it, at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aaron Sim (2nd nomination). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 06:24, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
- @Appleyard: Ok, thank you! Shenalyn2018 (talk) 08:21, 10 March 2018 (UTC)Shenalyn2018
Hello, please answer ASAP.
- It is a clear violation of CSD G4/8! I have reviewed it and the subject is an icon of Ethiopian football, he is one of the youngest players ever to reach these merits and per relevance criteria is very-accepted for a note, It's bizarre it was deleted and I am expecting it to become put back ASAP, thank you. Per GNG he is notable CSD G4 require an identical text which it very was not. Please re-put the article ASAP... I via GNG request the article to be re-created and any bias in regards to former deletion is not ideal when notability is explained, I expect it to become re-input. The subject has received compliments from a nationality football president while coverage has been made in platforms such as TV, radio, magazines, and media, it is very clear coverage and via GNG he is at the very least acceptable. As mentioned I expect it to become re-published ASAP and at the very least the article sourcing could increase which wikipedians can do. Good day & best regards—Avaay (talk) 22:41, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
- If you feel that the article was not a substantial recreation, then you need to contact Anthony Appleyard directly. If you are not satisfied with the deleting admin's explanation, your next recourse is WP:Deletion review. —C.Fred (talk) 22:47, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
As I was told to contact you, please read my text and re-publish the text, unfortunate I even have to go through this when the subject is clearly accepted for note via GNG. This is in reagards to Naanol Tesfaye article. Avaay (talk) 22:51, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
- For context, this relates to the article Naanol Tesfaye, which you deleted per CSD G4; Avaay had put a request up at WP:Requests for undeletion. —C.Fred (talk) 22:53, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
- Some more context: it seems to have been deleted from several other Wikipedias. E.g. sv:Naanol Tesfaye, pl:Naanol Tesfaye, et:Naanol Tesfaye, etc
- Avaay: does the article exist in the Amharic Wikipedia? I'm assuming you have the language skills to search for it there, which I certainly don't. Dr. Vogel (talk) 23:51, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
- @Dr. Vogel, hello mate, yes there was but since amharic wikipedians usually refere to english wikipedia I and honestly the public wants it to be in th EN Wikipedia, German wikipedia also referred the article to be created here in the English wikipedia. That's why I'm confused that it was faulty deleted when it passes GNG... Avaay (talk) 02:07, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
- @C.Fred, Avaay, and Dr. Vogel: I have undeleted it and AfD'ed it, at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Naanol Tesfaye (2nd nomination). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:34, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
Move conflict
Hello Anthony Appleyard. Apparently you and I were moving HIKULEO (wrestler) around the same time. I moved after you and the page is not right. can you look at it and help fix things. Thank you.--John Cline (talk) 17:17, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
- Disregard, I can fix it.--John Cline (talk) 17:26, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
Five Bells
Thanks for the history merge from Five Bells (poem) to Five Bells. I couldn't figure out how to do the move as a history-preserving page move as a non-admin user, given the target already existed. -dmmaus (talk) 22:22, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
could you please delete 2 redirects?
Hi, would you please be able to delete these 2 redirects:
- Komatsubara
- Gaviola
as I've got pages to put there. Thanks! Dr. Vogel (talk) 00:48, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
- @DrVogel: If you could tell me the names of those two pages, I could move them to Komatsubara and Gaviola for you. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:18, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
- Hi, thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I haven't put them on the wiki yet. Dr. Vogel (talk) 05:29, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
- @DrVogel: If you could put them in Wikipedia as Draft:Komatsubara and Draft:Gaviola, I could move them to main user namespace for you. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:31, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
- I didn't even know this "Draft:" facility existed. What a newbie. I've done Draft:Komatsubara, it's more or less ready. I also need to link it to the Japanese Wikipedia article, but it's not letting me, probably because it's under "Draft:". Dr. Vogel (talk) 07:52, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
- @DrVogel: I have moved Draft:Komatsubara to Komatsubara. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 10:14, 12 March 2018 (UTC):
- Cool, I didn't know this sort of thing existed! Thanks very much!! Dr. Vogel (talk) 10:22, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
Jamie Langton
Hi Anthony. You seemed to have inadvertently histmerged Jamie Langton's user talk page with Draft talk:Jamie Langton. I imagine that is going to be rather confusing for him, but I don't know how to go about untangling it. Would you mind? Thanks. – Joe (talk) 18:23, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
Draft talk:Jamie Langton
Hello. Thanks for the history merge at Draft:Jamie Langton. But his user talk page got histmerged too, to Draft talk:Jamie Langton. Should that get histmerged back to his user talk page? Thanks, The Mighty Glen (talk) 20:38, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
- @Joe Roe and The Mighty Glen: I did not history-merge Draft talk:Jamie Langton and Talk:Jamie Langton; I text-merged them. Draft talk:Jamie Langton contained the messages only; and Talk:Jamie Langton contained the header boxes only, so I text-merged them. Page Draft:Jamie Langton and page Jamie Langton were about the same man, and Jamie Langton was obviously a cut-and-paste move of Draft:Jamie Langton. I often have to text-merge talk pages after I have history-merged their articles. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:33, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
- I see. Well, how can I recover his original user talk page posts from Draft talk:Jamie Langton back to User talk:Jamie Langton, without losing the edit history? The Mighty Glen (talk) 22:11, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
- I don't think that's what happened, Anthony. You merged User talk:Jamie Langton with Talk:Jamie Langton [5]. It was only afterwards that Dial911 moved it to Draft talk:Jamie Langton [6]. Histmerge or "text-merge", I don't understand why you'd move user talk page messages to an article talk page. It has contributed to making a mess that has thoroughly confused the editor in question; see User talk:Dial911#Speedy deletion declined: Jamie langton. Are you going to help put them back in the right place, or should I just cut and paste? – Joe (talk) 07:41, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
- @The Mighty Glen and Joe Roe: I have reversed the history-merge, as far as I can. Draft talk:Jamie Langton/Archive 1 contains the original thread that had the messages. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 08:38, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks Anthony. But apart from the edit history of his user talk page, other editors will want to know the history of Jamie Langton (and Jamie langton. Can Draft talk:Jamie Langton/Archive 1 be histmerged to User talk:Jamie Langton?
- This mess, incidentally, is nobody's fault but the article creator's. He's a WP:SPA self-promoter, whose user page should have been speedied db-U5 a long time ago. After copypasting it (unsourced) to Jamie Langton, he then began making changes to the user page, rather than the BLP-prodded main space article. Deleting the whole lot is tempting, but the subject appears to be notable, so we're stuck with cleaning up his mess. The Mighty Glen (talk) 08:44, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
- @The Mighty Glen and Joe Roe: As far as I can tell, the article was started at 20:51, 11 August 2009 by User:Jamie Langton [was he the same man as the article is about???], at name Jamie langton, and in March 2018 was moved to Jamie Langton and then to Draft:Jamie Langton. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:48, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
- Yes, that's right. And User talk:Jamie Langton was histmerged yesterday to Talk:Jamie Langton, which then had various changes made to it. The edit history of that user talk page is currently at Draft talk:Jamie Langton/Archive 1, and that's what I'm trying to get merged back to his user talk page. The Mighty Glen (talk) 10:04, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
- If it can't be histmerged back to User talk:Jamie Langton, can it least be moved to User talk:Jamie Langton/Archive 1, with an archive box on his user talk page, so the edit history is visible? The Mighty Glen (talk) 10:05, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
- Yes, that's right. And User talk:Jamie Langton was histmerged yesterday to Talk:Jamie Langton, which then had various changes made to it. The edit history of that user talk page is currently at Draft talk:Jamie Langton/Archive 1, and that's what I'm trying to get merged back to his user talk page. The Mighty Glen (talk) 10:04, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
- @The Mighty Glen and Joe Roe: Note that the image File:TV Director, Jamie Langton.jpg is described as "self-made" and was uploaded to Wikipedia by User:Jamie Langton . This raises a technical query about authorship, if the image was taken with Jamie Langton's camera held temporarily by someone else, rather than as a selfie. In Draft talk:Jamie Langton and Draft talk:Jamie Langton/Archive 1, the contents of the edits seem to be only header tags and speedy-delete warnings and a "welcome to Wikipedia" message. Except an edit made by User:Jamie Langton at 19:03, 29 January 2010, which is article text, the same text as the oldest-but-one edit of Draft:Jamie Langton: see this diff. And see Special:Contributions/Jamie Langton. Also, one edit to Draft talk:Jamie Langton/Archive 1 is by User:Jamie Langton : at 16:34, 13 March 2018, it is a one-line reply to a speedy-delete warning. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 10:29, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
- @The Mighty Glen and Joe Roe: Shall I move the oldest 4 edits of Draft talk:Jamie Langton/Archive 1 to User talk:Jamie Langton or User talk:Jamie Langton/Archive 1? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 10:36, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
- I'd prefer User talk:Jamie Langton, but User talk:Jamie Langton/Archive 1 would be OK. The Mighty Glen (talk) 10:54, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
Hello
Hello you deleted my article about Tik Tok Short Video. I have since revised it in my sandbox and now think it is improved. Do you have time to look and send me a comment Y.Jiao95 (talk) 11:49, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
- @Y.Jiao95: Tik Tok Short Video was speedy-deleted because of its advertisement-type nature, and User:Y.Jiao95/sandbox likely also would be deleted as advertisement. See WP:SPAM. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 12:51, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
AfD Rewrite
Hello, you recently deleted the page “Timothy Hwang”. I was wondering if you could send me the source code so as to avoid rewriting everything and looking up all references. Could you also note any portions that you find offend G11 and am happy to revise. Much of the structure and content form was borrowed from other similar articles such as Nate Morris. Would appreciate it. Jarleditorus (talk) 00:16, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
- @Jarleditorus: It is now in User:Jarleditorus/Timothy Hwang. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 06:02, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
- @Anthony Appleyard: I appreciate it. I edited the article, taking out parts that I felt were more editorial. Let me know what you think at this point and I will move over to article. Thanks. Jarleditorus (talk) 06:59, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
Page keeps being deleted
Hello,
I noticed you deleted Alex Kuch. Could you please make sure this can't get tagged for deletion as I want to protect it. Can we lock the article? Do you think its notable? They think it's like a CV. Written like a CV. --202.89.61.2 (talk) 00:57, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
Because its spam... Written like a CV. --RickiNickiEdits (talk) 01:03, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
Hi Anthony, can you help me understand why James J. Elist's page was deleted? It was consistent with the Biography Guidelines on Wikipedia. Thank you! 01:03, 17 March 2018 User:RickiNickiEdits
- @RickiNickiEdits: At 20:13, 16 March 2018 User:Jytdog speedy-delete-tagged it as db-spam (= advertisement), and he also suspected that "This article may have been created or edited in return for undisclosed payments, a violation of Wikipedia's terms of use.". The latest edit of James J. Elist consists largely of advertisement for a soft silicone penile implant. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 06:07, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
Sriramulu Vallabhajyosula
Hi Anthony, The page I created 'Sriramulu Vallabhajyosula' was deleted under speedy deletion category. I had created the same post 7 years back with not enough information and hence it was deleted, but this time around I have added links to all the external references and material. Could you please let me know what else I need to add to keep this page? Dchavali (talk) 11:10, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
- @Dchavali: Page Sriramulu Vallabhajosyula was deleted before, for reason stated in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sriramulu Vallabhajosyula. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 11:43, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
- @Anthony Appleyard: Thanks Anthony, but I see these links featured [[7]], and Sriramulu is 95 and winning Gold's at this age for the country, how is it different? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dchavali (talk • contribs) 12:51, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Dchavali (talk) 12:53, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
- I have undeleted it and AfD'ed it; see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sriramulu Vallabhajosyula (2nd nomination). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 13:06, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
History merge of Hong Kong Telecom and Cable & Wireless HKT
I think the page history of Cable & Wireless HKT and Hong Kong Telecom were tagged for merge, but now the page history of Cable & Wireless was merged to Hong Kong Telecom instead. Matthew_hk tc 16:21, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
- @Matthew hk: All the edits of Cable & Wireless, that I merged into Hong Kong Telecom, mentioned "Hong Kong Telecommunications Limited" or similar. So it seems that I must history-merge Hong Kong Telecom in also. Thanks. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:30, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
- @Matthew hk:
Done, and no WP:Parallel histories happened. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:40, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
- The content of Cable & Wireless HKT (created in 2005) was merged to Cable & Wireless in 2007, but the latter was moved to Cable & Wireless Worldwide on 2010-03-29, leaving the namespace Cable & Wireless was a disambiguation page and then redirect , so the page history of the disambiguation page was no need to merge to Hong Kong Telecom i think, thanks anyway. Matthew_hk tc 16:57, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
- @Matthew hk: I have extracted the old disambig edits from Hong Kong Telecom into page Hong Kong Telecom (old disambiguation). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 23:21, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks. Matthew_hk tc 08:20, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
Ritchie333 asked on the admin's noticeboard about fixing history. You might know a thing or 2. 66.128.150.14 (talk) 21:22, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
Redirect request for Draft:Jamie Langton (version 2)
Can you please redirect Draft:Jamie Langton (version 2) to Draft:Jamie Langton, as I have requested at WP:RFHM? GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 23:37, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
Anthony - this has not worked, in that I still can't move User:Johnbod/Vidame de Chartres to Vidame de Chartres, which was the point of it. Could you please do? Thanks, Johnbod (talk) 03:58, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
- @Johnbod: I have moved User:Johnbod/Vidame de Chartres to Vidame de Chartres. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:26, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
- Many thanks! Johnbod (talk) 11:16, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
History merge request
Could you merge the redirect history of A Slight Trick of the Mind (film) into Mr. Holmes? It’s not a needed redirect, but the edit history should be preserved. Rusted AutoParts 16:52, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Belly flop
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Governor-General of South Africa
Hey Anthony, I think it might have been a mistake to revert to the old title given what is being said in the Talk:Governor-General of the Union of South Africa#Requested move 24 March 2018. I did note my opposition to reverting to the old title, and moving it back now, kinda screws up the move request. --Tærkast (Discuss) 17:07, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
- @TaerkastUA: I have reverted this move. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 17:10, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
- Anthony Appleyard, you've misundertood this situation. This is WP:FAITACCOMPLI. The article was created in 2003 with "Governor General of the Union of South Africa". The title has been stable for 13 years until when it was requested to be moved and I declined the request and start RM. You cut the RM and moved the page as technical request. Now, once technical request is contested it can't be redone with full RM. The title must be restored to its stable title which has been so for over a decade. The valid RM is the one I started, which seeks to change title of over 10 years. I hope you understand me. Thanks. –Ammarpad (talk) 17:19, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
- @TaerkastUA and Ammarpad: I seem to be caught in the middle of a dispute. The log says:-
- Governor-General of the Union of South Africa :: original name
- 14:38, 19 March 2018: moved to Governor-General of South Africa: Requested by TaerkastUA at WP:RM/TR
- 17:02, 24 March 2018: moved to Governor-General of the Union of South Africa: Requested by Ammarpad at WP:RM/TR
- 17:09, 24 March 2018: moved to Governor-General of South Africa: rv a move which TaerkastUA had queried
- This is at the right end of the move route for the current discussion at Talk:Governor-General of South Africa#Requested move 24 March 2018 to work. Best wait and see what that discussion decides. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 17:31, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
- No, Anthony, the right thing is to restore the original name, and start discussion from there. For instance, I cannot move Apple Inc. to Apple and now say, it cannot be moved back except without discussion; that what is explained in WP:FAITACCOMPLI and ArbCom has ruling on it. It is not allowed. You can ask other Admins for input. –Ammarpad (talk) 17:40, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
- This is at the right end of the move route for the current discussion at Talk:Governor-General of South Africa#Requested move 24 March 2018 to work. Best wait and see what that discussion decides. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 17:31, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
- @TaerkastUA, Ammarpad, and Htonl: The current discussion at Talk:Governor-General of South Africa#Requested move 24 March 2018 had already started, and to me the best course is not to move the page again (until the discussion has run its course and produced a verdict), and thus not force that discussion to restart. And I see that a third-party (User:Htonl) has got into that discussion. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 00:13, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
- On the question of procedure, I agree with Ammarpad: the correct way is to discuss this as a requested move from Governor-General of the Union of South Africa (the title before this whole back-and-forth started) to Governor-General of South Africa. Which is what we seem to be doing now. - htonl (talk) 09:26, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
Like@Htonl: Great that you've the courage to say it out. –Ammarpad (talk) 09:56, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
- On the question of procedure, I agree with Ammarpad: the correct way is to discuss this as a requested move from Governor-General of the Union of South Africa (the title before this whole back-and-forth started) to Governor-General of South Africa. Which is what we seem to be doing now. - htonl (talk) 09:26, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
Undelete deleted redirect revisions
Following the above, JJMC89 has moved the article back to its long-term stable title again. So can you please undelete the deleted revisions for Governor-General of South Africa and Talk:Governor-General of South Africa? GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 00:57, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
History merge request
Could you merge the edit history of Draft:Fonzo (film) into Fonzo (film)? I hate to keep asking for these requests but editors keep prematurely creating the articles in the main space despite there being a notice a draft was being prepared. Rusted AutoParts 00:56, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
Junk edits for Global Force Wrestling
Two revisions in the history of Global Force Wrestling, 814127948 and 830171983, do not belong there. Can you please move those 2 "junk" edits to Global Force Wrestling (junk) and immediately delete the latter junk page? GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 01:04, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
Request: History merge
Hallo. You normally merge the articles I tag with histmerge. Thank for the work :-). OMG (song) was moved to OMG (Usher song) and afterwards redirect to a dab. But the talk page wasn't moved. So I'm asking you to merge Talk:OMG (song) with Talk:OMG (Usher song). Thanks. Christian75 (talk) 12:33, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
User:DDCS/sandbox
Is it possible I can have a copy of my recently deleted article?
The article involving "The Movement"? I would really like it for safe keeping.
Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DDCS (talk • contribs) 23:28, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
- @DDCS: Page The Movement currently exists, and is a disambiguation page. It has no deleted edits. Please, what do you want me to undelete?
- (At the end of your messages, please add 4 tildes: ~~~~ : the editor will automatically change it into your username and the date and time.) Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:17, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
The article you deleted yesterday involving the User:DDCS/sandbox?
I know that it was fictional, but I worked really hard on it, and I'd want a copy of it. DDCS (talk) 13:04, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
- @DDCS: Please tell me the "The Movement" series's website address, so that I can prove that it exists. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 13:15, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
It was fictional, so it doesn't have a series website DDCS (talk) 15:24, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
- @DDCS: (User:DDCS/sandbox) If, as it seems, that the scripts and recordings of its many episodes, and suchlike, do not exist in the real world, then it has no place in Wikipedia. If it was undeleted in Wikipedia, it would likely be classed as a WP:HOAX and quickly deleted, as it is written in a realistic style. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 19:58, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
Recreating a deleted page
Hello! You recently deleted a page I created, citing the reason as promotion. Can I create the same page again but with a different content and different links? It's a page for singer Zouhair Bahaoui. --LoveAndArt (talk) 15:43, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
- @LoveAndArt: :: about Zouhair Bahaoui :: try again if you want to, but read WP:NN. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 19:47, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
- @Anthony Appleyard: :: I created the page again. Check it out to see if things are alright. If that doesn't work, delete the page until more useful links are created. --LoveAndArt (talk) 20:58, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
Restoring or Requesting a recreation of a deleted page
Hi Anthony. I'm contacting you on behalf of the Company I work for, that you recently deleted a page of — TFI Markets. It seems the Wikipedia editor/user that initially created the page (Euclidthalis ) was blocked citing reasons of copyright violations [1]. I wanted to know if you could help me on how to get at least the source code of the article page now that it has been deleted, and a way on how to restore our Company page. Also if you could suggest how we could request unbiased edits so the page can be updated correctly. Please also note that we added a Company Business article page request here Wikipedia / Requested Business Articles. We appreciate any help and feedback you can give us. Aesop Arterberry (talk) 11:42, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
- @Aesop Arterberry: Article TFI Markets was tagged (not by me) for speedy deletion because of these faults:
- "As a page created by a banned or blocked user (Euclidthalis) in violation of his ban or block, with no substantial edits by others. See Wikipedia:G5."
- "Because in its current form it serves only to promote or publicise an entity, person, product, or idea, and would require a fundamental rewrite in order to become encyclopedic. See Wikipedia:G11."
- The contents of TFI Markets appear to be a routine advertisement for a financial service. See WP:SPAM.
- About the message sent to you at User talk:Euclidthalis#April 2016 "You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for violating copyright policy by copying text or images into Wikipedia from another source ... " (sent by User:Diannaa), is the apparent copying is because you or your firm put the same text into Wikipedia and into another website? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 11:36, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
- @Anthony Appleyard:Our username was mentioned by another Wikipedia user for the deletion of the page. That is how we know this deletion occurred. In any case, we submitted a Company article request / creation as mentioned above and we hope it is correct. I understand that there must be good reasons for a Company to be written into a Wikipedia article page and be justified, so if you can suggest any tips for submitting the request better, we would appreciate your input.
- If I were to recreate the article using the Article Wizard and submit it for edits/corrections by other editors until it is properly created, would you consider this a proper approach? Aesop Arterberry (talk) 11:42, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
- @Aesop Arterberry: See if it works; but first well read WP:NN (notability guide) and WP:NPOV (neutral point of view) and WP:SPAM (no advertizing). (And, at the end of your message, please put ~~~~ (4 tildes), and the edit program will change it into the time and date and your username.) Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:53, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you for the feedback Anthony. I will read your recommendations first , then I will try and re-create the page as per Wikipedia guidelines and see how it goes. Aesop Arterberry (talk) 11:42, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
Hi Anthony, I am not going to spend too much time with this, but I would like to request if you could look at the revision history of this article again and the corresponding situation: Simply put, editor 1 requested (a valid request) db-G7 with one of their page creations where they are the only author after an unrelated dispute; editor 2 has been negatively involved with editor 1 in the past, requested undeletion of that page after it was deleted initially (also a valid request). Editor 1 then requested draftifying to user space (also a valid request). It's a silly situation, but your latest action, done in good faith, may be in the boundaries of WP:WHEEL. I would prefer if you could revert the page move, but if not I am fine with it too. Regards, Alex Shih (talk) 11:55, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
To put it slightly more robustly: AA has absolutely wheel-warred and has done so through full protection. That's two counts of misuse of tools just to start with. —SerialNumber54129 paranoia /cheap shit room 12:00, 29 March 2018 (UTC)- Anthony Appleyard I'd like to apologise for the above comment made in a heated moment if I may; it lacks the degree of good faith that you deserve and should expect. I realise (belatedly) that it is probably much easier to accidentally edit through protection than it seems to a non-admin; afterall, you don't get to hit a brick wall to remind you! Anyway, we've always got along, I think, and I'd feel I let myself down if I've done anything to change that. Hoping you accept this, and thanks for reading. Take care, —SerialNumber54129 paranoia /cheap shit room 18:31, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
- My full protection was unusual, so I wouldn't put it that way; but the situation itself was highly unusual and needn't to happen in the first place. The db-G7 was a valid request, the undeletion request was however controversial given both the situation (the relationship between these two editors) and the timing (pinging Graeme Bartlett). I thought draftifying was the best way to move forward with minimum drama, but if anyone thinks otherwise I am happy to oblige. Alex Shih (talk) 12:06, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
- You know someone thinks otherwise from our exchange on my talk page. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:09, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
- [ec] Never mind that Alex Shih, an involved admin, wheel-warred - without any discussion - with the admin who undeleted the article, and restored it to article space, after a request at WP:REFUND. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:09, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
- One reversal of a G7 was enough, and now a whole lot of moves, including protection. A G7 from an annoyed editor is probably in "bad faith", so I would restore any of those on request. Following WP:BRD it is about time for a discussion. Include others in addition to Pigsonthewing and Sagaciousphil to see if Wikipedia is improved by having this page or not. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 12:16, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
- I'm looking through the history of this, but I can't see the background to "A G7 from an annoyed editor is probably in "bad faith"": I'm trying to AGF in why you've made that comment Graeme, but maybe your mind-reading skills are better than mine, as I don't see any grounds for saying there was bad faith in that request. - SchroCat (talk) 12:33, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
- See User talk:Sagaciousphil. WP:Point may be a better term than bad faith though. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 12:48, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
- So you'll strike your "bad faith" comment? WP seems to be moving into a position which dehumanises editors, and expects petty posting of SD not to ruffle feathers. It's "odd" why someone so deeply entrenched in the IB kerfuffles decides to get involved in such a minor backwater of an article to request undeletion, but I don't know what their motivation was for taking such a dramah-mongering step. -
- See User talk:Sagaciousphil. WP:Point may be a better term than bad faith though. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 12:48, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
- I'm looking through the history of this, but I can't see the background to "A G7 from an annoyed editor is probably in "bad faith"": I'm trying to AGF in why you've made that comment Graeme, but maybe your mind-reading skills are better than mine, as I don't see any grounds for saying there was bad faith in that request. - SchroCat (talk) 12:33, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
- One reversal of a G7 was enough, and now a whole lot of moves, including protection. A G7 from an annoyed editor is probably in "bad faith", so I would restore any of those on request. Following WP:BRD it is about time for a discussion. Include others in addition to Pigsonthewing and Sagaciousphil to see if Wikipedia is improved by having this page or not. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 12:16, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
- My full protection was unusual, so I wouldn't put it that way; but the situation itself was highly unusual and needn't to happen in the first place. The db-G7 was a valid request, the undeletion request was however controversial given both the situation (the relationship between these two editors) and the timing (pinging Graeme Bartlett). I thought draftifying was the best way to move forward with minimum drama, but if anyone thinks otherwise I am happy to oblige. Alex Shih (talk) 12:06, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
- @Alex Shih, Serial Number 54129, Pigsonthewing, Graeme Bartlett, and SchroCat: Please, what action of mine caused the accusation of "wheel-warring"? At 11:20, 29 March 2018 (UTC), User:Pigsonthewing put in Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests a request to move User:Sagaciousphil/Janet Boyman to Janet Boyman, and at 11:45, 29 March 2018 I obeyed it. Apart from that, I have done nothing else to page Janet Boyman. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 13:11, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
- AA, I have not said you were "wheel-warring" (I'm not even sure what that is). I did say on the talk page that "there appears to be a series of move-wars going on", which is an appropriate reflection of the back and forth this page has gone through recently without any discussion on the talk page, or any justification for the undeletion request. - SchroCat (talk) 13:16, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
- @Alex Shih, Serial Number 54129, Pigsonthewing, Graeme Bartlett, and SchroCat: Please, what action of mine caused the accusation of "wheel-warring"? At 11:20, 29 March 2018 (UTC), User:Pigsonthewing put in Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests a request to move User:Sagaciousphil/Janet Boyman to Janet Boyman, and at 11:45, 29 March 2018 I obeyed it. Apart from that, I have done nothing else to page Janet Boyman. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 13:11, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
- Before that, these events happened to page Janet Boyman:
- 14:20, 10 March 2018 Sagaciousphil started the article
- 06:06, 29 March 2018 Alex Shih moved Janet Boyman to User:Sagaciousphil/Janet Boyman
- 10:25, 29 March 2018 Pigsonthewing moved User:Sagaciousphil/Janet Boyman to Janet Boyman
- 10:35, 29 March 2018 Serial Number 54129 moved Janet Boyman to User:Sagaciousphil/Janet Boyman
- 10:42, 29 March 2018 Pigsonthewing moved User:Sagaciousphil/Janet Boyman to Janet Boyman
- 11:01, 29 March 2018 Alex Shih moved Janet Boyman to User:Sagaciousphil/Janet Boyman
- @SchroCat: At 12:00, 29 March 2018 (UTC), Serial Number 54129 wrote: "To put it slightly more robustly: AA has absolutely wheel-warred and has done so through full protection", unless the "AA" here was ambiguous and here it referred to another user. I seem to have got caught up in a dispute between users again. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 13:24, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
- I think you probably have been caught in a user dispute. I have no idea why a user decided to move a potentially unfinished article from userspace to mainspace without discussing it with the person who started it, nor why that user did a second time when it was moved back again. That is something that should probably be examined more closely, and how they came to find that tiny backwater of an article. Add: (Having said that, you missed one more move off your list: 12:45, 29 March 2018, where you moved it back into mainspace from userspace once again). FWIW, I think it's probably best moved back to userspace to allow it to be worked on a little more, but there isn't a snowball's chance in hell that I'll be the one to do it! - SchroCat (talk) 13:33, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
- @Alex Shih, Serial Number 54129, Pigsonthewing, Graeme Bartlett, and SchroCat: Do you want me to start a move discussion "Do you want Janet Boyman to be moved to (new name to be decided), or deleted?"? Page Janet Boyman has many incoming links. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 13:32, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
- Those incoming links, or some of them, are via Template:Magic and Witchcraft in the British Isles, which at 14:21, 10 March 2018 was edited by User:Sagaciousphil, adding a link to Janet Boyman. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 13:41, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
- At this point, I would just leave it as it is because the real issue is related to policies and other Infobox-related rather complex issues (surrounding disagreement over readings over WP:OWN for instance) unrelated to this page itself. Alex Shih (talk) 13:43, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
- No idea where the OWN thing comes from (apart from way out of left field), but this is more to do with PotW being disruptive where it is unneeded and unnecessary. - SchroCat (talk) 13:47, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
- At this point, I would just leave it as it is because the real issue is related to policies and other Infobox-related rather complex issues (surrounding disagreement over readings over WP:OWN for instance) unrelated to this page itself. Alex Shih (talk) 13:43, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
Deleted parallel history of Jay Hunter
You should move the deleted history of Jay Hunter to Draft:Jay Hunter (version 2) and redirect that to Draft:Jay Hunter, as you rejected the history merge request due to parallel histories. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 17:33, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
AA, you are widely regarded as the "go-to person" for the [[WP:REDIRECT]]-s Could you possibly have a little look into this? Pete AU aka --Shirt58 (talk) 10:31, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
- @Shirt58: Record (Tracey Thorn album) (with space after the 'd') had only 2 edits, and both edits were redirects. I have now moved Record(Tracey Thorn album) to Record (Tracey Thorn album). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 11:40, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you! --Shirt58 (talk) 10:36, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
Query about history-merge requests by User:Fukumoto
- @Fukumoto: You called for a history-merge from Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum to Attaque Team Gusto. But the edits currently at Attaque Team Gusto are about a Taiwanese UCI Continental cycling team established in 2014, and Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum is a Slovenian UCI Continental cycling team established in 2014. I see no connection between these two. By following a link I found a page Team Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum; pages Team Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum and Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum are WP:Parallel histories and so cannot easily be history-merged with each other. What you want me to do with what? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:20, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you for looking into this. What I understand is:
- Attaque Team Gusto (ATG) was originally based in Taiwan [8]
- In 2017, ATG moved registration to Slovenia [9]
- In 2018, ATG was changed to Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum (LJU) ([10] Template:Ja). It looks like Team Rog–Ljubljana (ROG) merged ATG to form LJU. en.wikipedia page Rog–Ljubljana was moved to Team Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum
- en.wikipedia page Attaque Team Gusto was moved to Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum.[12] Then the content was practically blanked to a redirect to Team Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum.[13]
- The old content of Attaque Team Gusto was (mostly) copypasted. [14]
- So I think the page Attaque Team Gusto should inherit the history of the page Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum.
- --Fukumoto (talk) 02:06, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you! --Fukumoto (talk) 04:55, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
articles for same town
Majalgaon,Maharashtra, and Majalgaon are the same place. I recently converted Majalgaon,Maharashtra into a redirect. I am not sure if it calls for a hist-merge but I have made a request on the Majalgaon article. Kindly let me know if the request was appropriate, or unnecessary. Also if there are any doubts about the town/articles, please let me know. —usernamekiran(talk) 08:36, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
Contour Airlines
- @Avman89: The best thing for you to do is to go to this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Contour_Airlines&action=edit&oldid=747158570 ; it will let you edit page Contour Airlines from a redirect into an article. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:56, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks, working on it now. Mirza Ahmed (talk) 23:31, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
History merge
A user created a new article at League of American Football and redirected Russian American Football Championship to this new article. However, they should have moved Russian American Football Championship to League of American Football instead of redirecting it. History merge needed? WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 05:10, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
东 listed at Redirects for discussion
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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect 东. Since you had some involvement with the 东 redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Steel1943 (talk) 16:47, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
Inaccurate move
Hi. This move from 2016 should probably be reversed, as fictional names are not covered by RM:JR, and the move was incorrectly listed as a noncontroversial move. Thanks, and thanks for all the work you do on RM's. Randy Kryn (talk) 17:26, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
Which editor created Veronica Cool?
I see that you recently deleted Veronica Cool, a move I support. Could you link me the editor who created the article? I remember seeing that they had declared themselves as a paid editor but then later removed said disclosure. I would like to put their talk page on my watch list.--SamHolt6 (talk) 21:49, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
- @SamHolt6: Page Veronica Cool was created at 21:04, 2 April 2018 by User:Sdmyer98 . Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:52, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks!--SamHolt6 (talk) 21:52, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
You deleted Draft:St. John the Evangelist Catholic School (Carmichael) under WP:CSD#G3 (Blatent hoax). As far as I can see, the "hoax" consists of the fact that the infobox in the draft incorrectly lists this as a K-12 school, while the body text correctly lists it as a K-8 school. That looks more like a simple error to me, than a hoax, much less a blatant hoax. Please undelete this draft. It may or may not be possible to establish the notability of this school -- I know that primary schools are often not notable. But this did not fit G3, and I don't think it fit any of the CSD. Deleting a newcomer's contribution under an inapplicable speedy seems to me to implicate WP:BITE. I noticed this due to the Teahouse thread about the page. DES (talk)DESiegel Contribs 22:42, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you. DES (talk)DESiegel Contribs 04:31, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
Restore previous history of Draft:Adamburg (micronation)
The page Draft:Adamburg (micronation) was recreated. Can you please restore the page's deleted history? GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 00:46, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
I noticed you protected this in 2011. Can it be unprotected now? -- BobTheIP editing as 2.28.13.202 (talk) 17:27, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks! -- BobTheIP editing as 2.28.13.202 (talk) 21:20, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
Page move
I made this request to move the page, because I thought it'd be a good idea to move without a redirect, which as a non-admin I couldn't do. But looks like other user did it any way. Do you think the previous redirect should be deleted? Coderzombie (talk) 19:33, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks Coderzombie (talk) 20:46, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
Request
Can you move Category:Upazilas of Cumilla District ---> Category:Upazilas of Comilla District so it is in line with previous reverts on WP:RM/TR, Also see Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Bangladesh#Placename_changes_and_Wikipedia_policy and WP:COMMONNAME Some user went on a gung-ho attitude and moved a ton of items en masse. Also please move Category:Organisations based in Chattogram back to its original place. Artix Kreiger (talk) 13:45, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
- @Artix Kreiger:
Done, including changing the category lines in the members of Category:Upazilas of Cumilla District. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:39, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
Accuse listed at Redirects for discussion
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Disambiguation link notification for April 8
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Deleting of template
- Hello. Do you read the talk page of {{Metro system of the World}} before speedy deletion, or this discussion. CSD T3 is related to Duplication and hardcoded instances, but there were no any duplications here. There were no a similar nabox before. What is the reason for speedy deletion? Unused? Its not a problem to add it to related pages. Why is it speedy "redundant"? It is a useful navbox, and similar templates exist in four other-language wiki. 91.124.117.29 (talk) 10:41, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
- @91.124.117.29: I have undeleted Template:Metro system of the World. It was speedy-delete-tagged at 14:38, 5 April 2018 by User:Cards84664. This template is transcluded once, by page Xi'an Metro. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 10:51, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you. 91.124.117.29 (talk) 10:54, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
- You last edit [15] lead to incorrect translusion (see Xi'an Metro). What is a reason for that edit? If CSD is wrong, than remove the whole line. 91.124.117.29 (talk) 11:01, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
- I put "nowiki" tags around that speedy-delete tag, so that the template call would not show in the speedy-delete-request system. I have now deleted the speedy-delete tag. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 11:07, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you. 91.124.117.29 (talk) 11:17, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
Deletion (Ontario Alliance)
Afternoon I am a bit lost as to why i am up for speedy deletion. I have a political party here in Ontario Canada called the ontario alliance, i have founded it and now have taken over as leader again as we move towards an election. I gave ref. For who i am and used our ontario elections websites to confirm the info.
I am attempting to link the ontario alliance with my name William cook. To my own page as i have been active in politics for many years.
Can you re post the article so i can correct the issue as our election here is coming up quickly
Thank you for your help William BGOS 62 (talk) 23:54, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
- @BGOS 62: At 04:14, 8 April 2018 I deleted page William Cook (Ontario Alliance), because someone had speedy-delete-tagged it as WP:CSD#A7 (= not notable). Its current text reads "William Cook is 51 years old and is a farmer from the counties of Grey and Bruce in the province of Ontario. He is currently the Interim Leader of the [1]Ontario Alliance party which plans on contesting the 2018 June election in Ontario. His political background is membership in the Reform party of Canada from 1990-2003, ran independent Reform in the 2003 Ontario provincial election, started the Representative party of Ontario in 2005 and contested the Dufferin-Peel-Wellington-Grey by-election of that year, joined the provincial Reform party of Ontario in 2007 and ran in the provincial election of 2007 as a Reform party candidate in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound riding. His most recent membership at the federal level was with the [2]Liberal party of Canada in 2013, having joined to support Martha Hall Findlay for party leadership. William reserved the Ontario Alliance name with [3]Elections Ontario in 2016 and it was registered in the fall of 2017. The goal of the Ontario Alliance is to become Ontario's version of the Saskatchewan party in this province.". The English Wikipedia contains no (not deleted) articles whose names contain "Ontario Alliance", except Ontario Alliance of Christian Schools. Please, what is the current status of the Ontario Alliance party?, since nobody has written a surviving article about it yet. I live in England, and I have no detailed knowledge of Canadian politics. I have looked up the 3 reference links in page William Cook (Ontario Alliance). It may be advisable to wait until this new political party becomes notable enough to be mentioned in important newspapers. About "Can you re post the article so i can correct the issue as our election here is coming up quickly", sorry, but Wikipedia is not intended as a billboard for advertizing (political or otherwise), see WP:SPAM. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:13, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
I have unreviewed a page you curated
Hi, I'm Boleyn. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Johnny Vega, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.
Boleyn (talk) 18:32, 11 April 2018 (UTC)
Hello,
Thanks for letting me know about your rejection of my request to hist-merge the pages. In your message, you pointed to WP:Parallel histories which states "an appropriate procedure for such a case is to forego the history merge, and instead handle the situation much like a normal merge." Would it be a better idea to copypaste the content (normal merge) from Freaky Friday (song) to Freaky Friday (Lil Dicky song) as suggested by the information page? What do you recommend? KingAndGod 13:46, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
- @KingAndGod: I have moved Freaky Friday (Lil Dicky song) to Freaky Friday (Lil Dicky song) (version 2) and then Freaky Friday (song) to Freaky Friday (Lil Dicky song). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:29, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
Please restore Vivendi
For some odd hist merge (which's origins are not quite clear, as Vivendi and Veolia only shallowly share histories) you deleted the Vivendi article which presently remains deleted, please restore it. Thanks. Lordtobi (✉) 14:28, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
- @Lordtobi: Hold your horses. I deleted it temporarily during history-merge. I have now undeleted it. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 14:33, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks a lot! Lordtobi (✉) 14:34, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
Freaky Friday (Lil Dicky song) moves
Hi Anthony. Yet another user has taken it upon themselves to re-move Freaky Friday (Lil Dicky song) from Freaky Friday (song). Per WP:NCMDAB, it is the only song titled "Freaky Friday" with an article and therefore "(song)" suffices as a disambiguator. I've seen you moving it recently upon request and merging several of its versions' histories, so I thought you might have wanted it to remain at "(song)"? If you can do this, can you also maybe disable it from being moved until/unless a move request is filed? I think this move-revert-move game has gone on long enough. Thanks. Ss112 14:57, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
- @Ss112: It may as well stay where it is and avoid a move war. Freaky Friday (disambiguation) shows that there is another song named Freaky Friday, even if there is not a separate Wikipedia article about it. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:04, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
- But then why does WP:NCMDAB exist and cite a precedent where it was established an article can be located at "(song)" if no other song of the same name currently has an article? And KingAndGod has exacerbated said move war. Ss112 15:06, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
- @Ss112:
Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:11, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks. I'm still concerned another user is going to request it be moved again at WP:RM/TR (and a user who doesn't know may oblige), or to another admin though. Ss112 15:15, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
I see that you have previously deleted an article for this org, and by the same person. Thought that it was worth flagging this to you. — billinghurst sDrewth 12:38, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
Tuning of the diatonic scale
but
I just wrote a new section about the "Tuning" section of Diatonic scales in the talk page of that article. Your comments would be welcome. — Hucbald.SaintAmand (talk) 08:53, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
- We may perhaps better sort some of the problems here, before trying to correct the article itself. I start from a conviction that you did not originally write the points of Diatonic scale about which I disagree, and that therefore you don't consider yourself the "owner" of the article. If this is so, there is perhaps no reason for you to try and correct the article according to what you understand of my objections: I could correct it myself, and my only reason for not having done it before is that I did not want to act agressively with respects to authors who added their contribution in good faith. I think to understand that you are a major Wikipedian; our discussion may concern basic aspects of the WP project.
- I contributed to both recent editions of the New Grove, the "6th edition" – the first "New Grove" (1980, if my memory doesn't fail) – and 2001 (the 2d edition, which became the Online edition). The recommendations given for the first edition were that we should take a "lexical" point of view: what was discussed, in any of the articles, should be what as understood by the name of the article.
- I take this to be an extremely sound advice and that anything included in an encyclopedic article should only concern not only that particular article, but more specifically the lexical meaning of that article's title. In the case of the Diatonic scale article in WP, anything that it includes should be about ... diatonic scale. This sounds so evident that it should not even deserve discussion.
- Yet, I have the feeling that some of the content of the article was added there because the authors did not really know where else to include it – or even because they did not want to include it where it belonged, because it would less easily be made to fit there, as it would have contradicted the main points made in those articles.
- If we start from the idea that an article about Diatonic scale should deal with just that, and that matters that eventually concern the chromatic scale, or its various tuning, or the various commas, should be moved to these articles (and made coherent with them − which may be the real problem!!!), then I think that my implicitly suggested modifications should make little problem. I don't (yet) want to say that the statements that I criticize are wrong (even if I think they are), I merely mean that they certainly don't belong to this article.
- My impression is that your attempts at correcting these statements do not reach the core of the problem, which is that these statements (independently of their intrinsic value) do not belong there. For instance, it will be much easier for me to demonstrate that twelve fifths in just intonation cannot result in a difference of a Pythagorean comma as soon as this is no more seen in the context of the diatonic scale (the definition of which precisely is that it does not consist in more than six fifths).
- Your mention of the fact that Wagner once described a disturbing wind by an additional sharp (can you be more specific about where he did so?) is interesting, but it only means that Wagner described the disturbance by leaving the diatonic scale. It says nothing about the problems of the article − all the less so that this additional sharp may not have resulted from an "additional fifth" (I doubt this, besides: such additional alterations usually result from the modification of a third).
- Yours, Hucbald.SaintAmand (talk) 20:22, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
- @Hucbald.SaintAmand: Answered in Talk:Diatonic scale#Tuning of the diatonic scale. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:20, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
Request for reversion of a technical move
Hi, there. Regarding Ex corde Ecclesiae, requests for the reversion of a technical move request are not contestable, are they? My understanding was that anyone with objections to the reversion would have to address that via a formal RM. 142.161.81.20 (talk) 04:58, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
- Hello, I'd like to interject that I was in the process of formally contesting the request to technically revert the move for the reasons I had stated earlier. If the move had just happened I would be considerate of reverting the move and then discussing it, but the 3 weeks of stability in this title need not be disturbed in the face of good faith disagreement. I think Anthony Appleyard showed prudence and good judgement to launch the discussion as the pages are currently titled.--John Cline (talk) 05:17, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
- That discussion was started at Talk:Rubricarum Instructum#Requested move 18 April 2018. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:15, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
If you can help
A cut and paste move was done from a section of the village pump to a subpage of the Village Pump. Can its history be merged to the subpage? Would it be a daunting task if so? Would you be willing to spearhead the histmerge if possible? It involves this edit although the mover misstates the move in summary as a reference desk page, it was the RfC to end the system of portals. Thank you.--John Cline (talk) 08:36, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
- @John Cline:: It seems that Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/RfC: Ending the system of portals was started by partial cut-and-paste from . If so, this seems to be a standard case of text-split, and regrettably history-merge can't be done here. In the English Wikipedia, if part of page X was cut out and used to start a new page Y, the history of X before the split can be under X or under Y but not under both. (This could be done on the German Wikipedia, which has a feature called cloning, where all the edits of X before the split are duplicated and a copy of them is moved to be under Y.) Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:45, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you, I appreciate your reply. Did I understand correctly that at the moment of splitting, it could then be split to a new page with history intact, but not after a cut and paste split without history has occurred?--John Cline (talk) 07:41, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
- @John Cline: I could split off the history of X before the split and then move it to Y. But that would merely cut one history to rejoin another history. And in this case, the history of Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals) before the split would contain edits to every subject discussed in 'Village pump (proposals)', not only edits about the subject "Ending the system of portals". Anthony Appleyard (talk) 08:04, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
Happy Admin Anniversary!
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Redirect deletion request
Could you delete the redirect for Rocketman (film)? No direct film possesses that name and will eventually be needed to be deleted so the article in draftspace can be moved over. Rusted AutoParts 16:05, 19 April 2018 (UTC) Rusted AutoParts 16:05, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
Confusion about 2018 US Darts Masters
You seem to be confused about 2018 US Darts Masters. Can you please restore the remaining deleted edits for that page, move them to Draft:2018 US Darts Masters (version 2), and then redirect the version 2 page to Draft:2018 US Darts Masters? GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 00:24, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
Page histories of Lin jun jie, Lin Junjie, and JJ Lin
Hi, thanks for your merging page history of Lin Jun Jie into that of JJ Lin. I also asked to merge page histories of Lin jun jie and Lin Junjie into that of JJ Lin at Wikipedia:Requests for history merge#New requests. Could you please help merge them? --Neo-Jay (talk) 05:52, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
- @Neo-Jay:
Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 08:31, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you so much! --Neo-Jay (talk) 09:44, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
Unprotection for Winnie-the-Pooh and Christmas
Could you remove protection from these 2 pages? Super Mario Guy (talk) 01:10, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
- Unprotection of these pages was recently declined by User:Courcelles at WP:RFPP. EdJohnston (talk) 01:19, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
Nomination of Puss (Swedish music duo) for deletion
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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Puss (Swedish music duo) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Puss (Swedish music duo) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. AadaamS (talk) 18:07, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
Histmerge of Too Good to Be True (Danny Avila and The Vamps song)
Thanks for doing the histmerge, but I'm somewhat confused as to why you preserved only part of the history. Greenock125's initial redirect of Too Good to Be True (The Vamps song) was maintained, but my initial redirect of the correct Too Good to Be True (Danny Avila and The Vamps song) was wiped? I don't understand. Also, KingAndGod's reverts of content on Too Good to Be True (The Vamps song) and one of the IP's restorations there were left out? Sorry, but this just seems rather selective. When I tagged it with histmerge, I thought all of the edits were going to be kept. Ss112 05:49, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
- @Ss112: I have undeleted those old edits. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:49, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
Question about a page deletion
Hi - am trying to understand why a page was deleted. The deletion log is here:
17:17, 24 March 2018 Anthony Appleyard (talk | contribs) deleted page Vishal Misra (G6: Deleted to fix copy-and-paste page move) 11:32, 24 April User:207.237.117.110
- Vishal Misra seems to be the same man as Vishal Mishra. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 12:29, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
No - he is not. Vishal_Misra was the page of http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~misra/other.html an American Engineer/Entrepreneur/Academic the page you linked to is of an Indian singer. 207.237.117.110 (talk) 11:21, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
I have unreviewed a page you curated
Hi, I'm CASSIOPEIA. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, 2018 US Darts Masters, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.
CASSIOPEIA(talk) 22:58, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
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Nomination for deletion of Template:Fb r2 header
Template:Fb r2 header has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Hhhhhkohhhhh (talk) 09:15, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
Request
Can you please merge the history of Tyler Conklin and Tyler Conklin (American football) getting rid of all of the history prior to today?--Yankees10 00:29, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
- @Yankees10:
Done Tyler Conklin (American football) to Tyler Conklin & I moved the edit war edits to Tyler Conklin (version 2) Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:13, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
Talk page for Pavor Nocturnus (Sanctuary) mistakenly deleted
You have mistakenly deleted Talk:Pavor Nocturnus (Sanctuary), which shouldn't have been deleted because there is a subpage at Talk:Pavor Nocturnus (Sanctuary)/GA1. Will you please undelete Talk:Pavor Nocturnus (Sanctuary)? GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 02:51, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
One queried page
- I have called for an AfD discussion on this page: Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Jasmine_Directory. Anthony, I'd appeciate if you read the entire story. Thanks a ton! Robert G. (talk) 09:44, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
Roxy Atkins
I don't think I was clear enough with my histmerge request for Roxy Atkins. My userspace draft Roxanne Andersen is about the same person. My userspace draft had more information about her than the current stub. Should the article be rolled back to the expanded version or should I merge my edits into the existing article? Thanks. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 14:00, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
- @MrLinkinPark333: I did history-merge User:MrLinkinPark333/sandbox/Roxanne Andersen into Roxy Atkins :: see https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roxy_Atkins&action=history . Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:48, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
Draft: Albert Reuss
Hi Anthony_Appleyard. Could you please restore the deleted draft: albert reuss so I am able to work on it. I have provided evidence of my identity which is now noted on my talk page. Thank you very much. SusanSoyinka (talk) 11:29, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
- @SusanSoyinka:
Done, at Draft:Albert Reuss. There is claim that the draft is a copyvio of https://artuk.org/discover/stories/albert-reuss-the-artist-as-refugee . Anthony Appleyard (talk) 11:35, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
Talk:Mạc Thái Tổ
Hi Anthony, thanks a lot for fixing the Mạc Thái Tổ copy-and-paste move. However, I'm now really puzzled by the history of Talk:Mạc Thái Tổ after the revision restoration. The sole message on the talk page is dated May 2006, but the first visible edit is from August 2017. Is something missing here? Thanks, -Zanhe (talk) 05:03, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
- @Zanhe: Someone else may have copied that message about. I found those edits deleted under Talk:Mạc Thái Tổ. Article Mạc Thái Tổ's history mentions many moves. That same message occurs in Talk:Mạc Đăng Dung. (Mạc Đăng Dung's posthumous name was Mạc Thái Tổ; he was an emperor of Vietnam.) Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:26, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
- Oh I see. Someone just copied that 2006 message from Talk:Mạc Đăng Dung to Talk:Mạc Thái Tổ in 2017. Thanks for solving the puzzle. -Zanhe (talk) 06:18, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello sir Anthony
How are you? I'm Chuck. Reccently I have been editing and viewing 24/7 live new pages including recent changes. I feel; being rollbacker(or new page reviewr/autopatrolled) would be something that would be efficient for me via my contrb. - You may feel it is a slightly too soon, however I have a great ambition and if I could get one of these rights to increase my contrb efficiency rate, well that would be splendid. I also have a suggestion that I could go on a test run with your suppervision, and via that you'll see how good I use the tools. You can also see that I have nominated many speedy deletions and also edited new pages instantly. I plan on having a great ambition and impact and I really hope you see what I want to do here - May I get one of these rights? If rollback seems a slight too soon, I can atleast take to be autopatrolled -- KnowledgeChuck (talk) 21:30, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
- @KnowledgeChuck: Best ask on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:39, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
Redirect Untitled Michelle Wolf weekly show
As the one who moved a show article to The Break with Michelle Wolf, can you please restore the deleted revisions for Untitled Michelle Wolf weekly show and retarget that to The Break with Michelle Wolf? The redirect was deleted as a broken redirect, but could have easily been retargeted. Also, please restore all the deleted revisions for Untitled Michelle Wolf talk show, Untitled Michelle Wolf variety show, Talk:Untitled Michelle Wolf talk show, and Talk:Untitled Michelle Wolf variety show. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 21:37, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
- @GeoffreyT2000: The deleted edits of the pages that you list here, are all merely redirects and speedy-delete-taggings and a blanking. Untitled Michelle Wolf weekly show has no incoming links. There is nothing there worth keeping. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:46, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
Per my comments here, this should not have gone through a history merge when was something supposed to be split into a whole new separate page rather than a repeat of the old article. Please reverse that merge. Snuggums (talk / edits) 22:47, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
- @SNUGGUMS: At 19:17, 4 May 2018 User:Barkeep49 inserted the history-merge request which I obeyed: see this edit-compare. When I examined the histories of those 2 pages, before I merged them, they were not WP:Parallel histories, and their edit history seemed to run continuously from one page to the other: a classical example of cut-and-paste move. If this history must be split, please where should it be split? In User talk:SNUGGUMS#Eminem discography, "When separating one's discography into an albums discography article and a songs discography article", what should be done when splitting a page into 2 pages, is to cut out part of page Eminem albums discography and put it in a new page. A complete cut-and-paste move is unadvisable and cuts the history, and sometimes tracing references and copyright needs tracking back through edit history. If a page must be split into 2 smaller pages, then a partial cut-and-paste move may be necessary, and a history note describing what happened should be put at the start of the daughter page's talk page. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:08, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
- Barkeep49 was wrong to insert that history merge request and probably didn't see how the original page looked before other splits from it were made (also listed songs and videos rather than simply albums). The edit histories also didn't "run continuously from one page to the other"; the albums discography was meant to start things over just like songs discography and videography pages were when split off from the base while the base was supposed to just redirect to Eminem#Discography as it served no further purpose once split. Snuggums (talk / edits) 05:15, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
- @SNUGGUMS: But please, where should the history of Eminem albums discography be split? Its history shows from 13:42, 4 May 2018 on a gradual size reduction as parts are split off. When a big page is split into several smaller pages, there is nothing wrong with the parent page's history remaining under one of the daughter pages. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:21, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
- The base article's original history should have be kept in tact as it was pre-merge and same goes for albums discography page. The user Jax 0677 simply neglected to move the albums content to the appropriate page (which was previously a redirect) when splitting out the pages. It also doesn't really make sense to give one new page past history when the others get to start their own histories. More consistent when each gets to form their own. References and copyright can be searched in base page's history if needed, though sorry if the lack of a note in an edit summary or talk page describing the split created concerns over tracing. Maybe something like "Split from Eminem discography" would help. Snuggums (talk / edits) 05:32, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
- @SNUGGUMS: But, where should the history of page Eminem albums discography be split? At 13:42, 4 May 2018, or when? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:41, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
- Given my edit converting the albums discography page into an actual article from a redirect at 16:36, 4 May 2018 UTC, the edits made to base page before then should be kept in that page (I redirected to Eminem#Discography around the same time as its final edit though cannot directly access that anymore as a non-admin due to the merge). As a result, 15:20, 4 May 2018 UTC seems to be the most recent revision before the base was redirected. Snuggums (talk / edits) 05:49, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
- @SNUGGUMS: There is a complication here :: Eminem albums discography has had well over 3000 edits, and as a result I as an ordinary administrator cannot temporarily delete it as part of the history-split; I would have to ask an administrator who has a special privilege to do it for me. There are various cases when a big page was split and one of the daughter pages ended up with the old history of the original big single page. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 14:01, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
- Since I was pinged just want to clarify that my involvement, knowing we are all responsible for edits we make. I saw this page come up through NPP. Looking at recent history I saw that this had been a redirect and then wasn't. Not understanding why it suddenly needed what appeared to be a duplicate article I reverted. When that was undone (with explanation for why article need exists) I wanted to restore the page to what it had been before my revert which included a histmerg introduced by another editor here. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 15:34, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
- In that case Anthony, if you do know an admin who is allowed to reverse such merges, then it would be best for him/her to do so ASAP. I should note though that it was the original base page that had so many edits beforehand while the original albums discography page at most had ten. Snuggums (talk / edits) 16:23, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
- @SNUGGUMS and Barkeep49: I have put the request in. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:57, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
- Many thanks for that! The sooner this gets reversed, the better. Snuggums (talk / edits) 22:40, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
- @SNUGGUMS and Barkeep49: Bad luck, sorry, unlikely to be done; so says the latest message (by User:Graham87 at 08:32, 6 May 2018) in Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Request to an admin who has the power to delete pages that have over 3000 edits; see also https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eminem_albums_discography&action=info . Do you want me to move Talk:Eminem albums discography to Talk:Eminem discography? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:17, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
- Talk about disappointing :/. Please do move the talk page as that's better than nothing. Snuggums (talk / edits) 13:19, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
- @SNUGGUMS:
Done move Talk:Eminem albums discography. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 13:41, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
- Much appreciated, and I've set up the albums discography talk page anew for its fresh start. If someone defies the odds and does manage to somehow undo the massive main page merge, then that would be also fantastic. Snuggums (talk / edits) 13:43, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
- Also, Anthony Appleyard, please undelete the deleted revisions for Talk:Eminem albums discography. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 05:15, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
- @GeoffreyT2000:
Done. It was one edit, at 18:47, 5 March 2018 by User:Jax 0677 Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:18, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
About deleted article List of Secret Recipes.
Hi Apps.
I was working on it when you deleted it.
Ça plane pour moi.
Pete AU aka --Shirt58 (talk) 11:55, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
- @Shirt58: List of Secret Recipes I have undeleted it for you. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 19:10, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
Kar-go
Hello Anthony, and thanks for the histmerge. The original and correct title is actually Kar-go, and that's currently redirecting to kargo (autonomous vehicle). kar-go also still contains a short edit history, so can't be overwritten as a redirect yet at WP:RM. Can you please fix this? Thanks, The Mighty Glen (talk) 05:09, 12 May 2018 (UTC)
List of Secret Recipes
Did you mean to disable the Speedy deletion template here with nowiki syntax? --Animalparty! (talk) 04:59, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
- @Animalparty: Someone speedy-delete-tagged the article as Wikipedia:CSD#A11 (invented topic), and someone deleted it. Its author wanted me to undelete it. As secret recipes DO exist, the reason "invented topic" did not apply, and since then, references to information have been added (not by me). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:07, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
The Business Council of Mongolia
Dear Mr Appleyard,
I'm Buyanbat, a business analyst in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. One of the most notable players in Mongolian private sector is the Business Council of Mongolia (BCM), that comprises of 250 member companies from Mongolian and overseas. I drafted the first version of this organization on Wikipedia, however, I found it deleted by you due to relevant rules. I believe a page/article about this organization is well deserved to be on Wikipedia, as many investors and local peers are interested in cooperating with the BCM. Recently, the organization led a working group along with American Chamber of Commerce in Ulaanbaatar and other business associations to influence the Ministry of Finance of Mongolia on new bills for taxation. Previously, the BCM has hosted several notable international organizations, and I'm sure that many businessmen, researchers and investors are seeking for the BCM on Google, Yahoo, Bing and others. I want BCM to be on the first line of search engine's result when a person types "BCM" or "Business Council of Mongolia", therefore, as a huge fan of Wikipedia, I want to contribute to both the BCM and Wikipedia. I have some reliable sources that I can use to build the page. Please instruct me on how I should create this page in English, as well as in Russian, Chinese and Mongolian. I hope to hear from you soon.
Sincerely,
Buyanbat — Preceding unsigned comment added by Buyanbat04 (talk • contribs) 15:58, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
- @Buyanbat04: Best read page Help:Contents. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:11, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
John Paul Fauves
Hello, yesterday you deleted page for John Paul Fauves. The reason for deletion: recreation of deleted page. Previously I been told that I need to make the content sound less like advertisement and resubmit again. I changed the text so it meets wikipedia guidelines, fixed everything as it was required, and resubmitted. Can you please check the history of the article and I would highly appreciate if you can restore it. Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Julia mji (talk • contribs) 08:09, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
- @Julia mji: The latest edit of John Paul Fauves looks much the same as previous deleted edits; and there is the matter of it not being notable. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Paul Fauves. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 08:13, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
All pages with titles containing recipes
Hello, and thank you so much for your respond. This is an absolutely new article written from scratch, can you please double check it once again. It also had work review, but this part was removed be previous reviewer. Also Vogue, Forbes, VICE, Interview, Flaunt - its a very strong magazines. If you want I can send you section which was removed by previous reviewer. Thank you in advance — Preceding unsigned comment added by Julia mji (talk • contribs) 02:09, 17 May 2018 (UTC) I also checked Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Paul Fauves and couldn't find any records from 2018. All records are from 2017 (old old version). Also I been trying to add new magazine publication ( CODIF 04919 - 40 ) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Julia mji (talk • contribs) 02:12, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
- @Julia mji: I have put in User:Julia mji/Sandbox a copy of the latest edit of John Paul Fauves.
- When you type a message, at the end of it please type ~~~~ (4 tildes), and Wikipedia's editor will change that ~~~~ into your signature. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 03:10, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
Thank you so much for your response. I checked the version in Sandbox, its an old version, the latest one was absolutely different. I think my articles got mixed up. Latest version was uploaded last week. Can you please check where did my latest version go. Thank you ~~~~ 03:16, 17 May 2018 User:Julia mji
- @Julia mji: I found it in Draft:John Paul Fauves. I have put a copy of its latest edit in User:Julia mji/Sandbox.
- (When you sign a message by appending 4 tildes, do not put "nowiki" tags around them!) Anthony Appleyard (talk) 03:23, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
Anthony, yes, this is the right version. As you can see it is new updated text which combines with wikipedia rules. What should I do next to get it approved? Please advise Julia mji (talk) 03:26, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
Why did you delete this? I mentioned on the talk page that it's not an implausible typo or a misnomer. KingAndGod 12:26, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
- @KingAndGod:
Done I have undeleted it. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 13:23, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation
Hello, I would like to know why you deleted this entry that has been up for years without issues. Chiefnomad (talk) 13:19, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
- @Chiefnomad: I have undeleted it. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 13:30, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
A question regarding your recent deletion of Sarah Stierch
You deleted this page (Sarah Stierch) even though it was a redirect to a page that was neither nonexistent nor tagged for speedy deletion, meaning that the criterion under which it was tagged for speedy deletion did not apply. So since it seems to have been a mistake that you deleted it would you be willing to restore it? If you say no it doesn't really matter, I suppose, since I can just re-create the redirect, but I wanted to ask to clarify what happened here. Every morning (there's a halo...) 13:38, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) Sarah's no longer listed on the page that that redirect went to, so the deletion makes sense; strictly speaking, the CSD doesn't apply, but the spirit of the CSD holds, I'd say. Definitely no reason to recreate it though; there's no reason to redirect her name to that list if she's not on it. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 13:43, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
- @Everymorning: See here. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 13:51, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
- Ah yes, thanks. I get the idea and I asked the question above just because I thought she was still listed on the target page, and had forgotten that she had been removed. Never mind. Every morning (there's a halo...) 14:06, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
Rubricarum Instructum requested move
Greetings! @John Cline: @IVORK: @Chicbyaccident: In the case of Catholic Church encyclicals and other papal documents, in 2015 on WT:CATHOLIC, consensus was established to migrate from the status quo of title case, to the sentence-case incipit format more appropriate for the Latin/European milieu. Discussion was here: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Catholicism/Archive 2015#Article naming convention for Latin documents identified by incipits; WP:CONSENSUS was upheld by assent to over 152 edits and page moves by Esoglou who spearheaded the undertaking. He was assisted by other editors, and to my knowledge was not reverted or subjected to any significant dispute, thereby demonstrating unanimous consensus. Therefore I would question the propriety of attempting to override that consensus by having such a localized move discussion on a single talk page for only four articles. I suggest to Chicbyaccident that she take up the torch of moving pages (Esoglou and I are unable) and if consensus should devolve, then we will revisit this in another appropriately-broad discussion. 2600:8800:1880:91E:5604:A6FF:FE38:4B26 (talk) 19:37, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
Can you fix the talk page too? (Talk:Ron Stallworth) Thanks. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 02:57, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
Could you please explain...
You deleted a user essay User:Geo Swan/opinions/Guantanamo captives aren't felons and aren't POWs today. Your deletion log entry says: "U5: Misuse of Wikipedia as a web host".
Could you please explain what convinced you this user essay lapsed from U5?
Following are selected links from the essay's what links here page:
- User talk:Stifle/Archive 0508b#Gitmo detainee articles
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abdul Salaam (Guantanamo detainee 826)
- User talk:Resolute/Archive 1#I'd appreciate an acknowledgement.
- Talk:Zalmay Shah
- User talk:GarrieIrons/Archive 4
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Walid Said Bin Said Zaid
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brahim Yadel
- User talk:Master of Puppets/Talk/Archive/Archive19
- User talk:Shawisland#reply
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ahmed Adnan Muhammad Ajam
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Muhamad Naji Subhi Al Juhani (2nd nomination)
- User talk:JerryVanF#AfD
- User talk:Sandstein/Archives/2008/May##Toufiq_Saber_Muhammad_Al_Marwa’i
I used the user subpage here, on the wikipedia. I believe my use of it was entirely consistent with both the letter and the spirit of WP:User pages, and all other policies.
I don't believe I have ever invited an outsider to view content I placed in a wikipedia user page... Did someone claim I was doing that? Geo Swan (talk) 15:10, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
- @Geo Swan: User:Geo Swan/opinions/Guantanamo captives aren't felons and aren't POWs was speedy-delete-tagged at 11:13, 16 May 2018 by User:2607:fea8:2d1f:fa39:8c51:1293:69d3:6ffa. I have now undeleted it. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 19:21, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for the prompt reply. User:2607:fea8:2d1f:fa39:8c51:1293:69d3:6ffa had been wikistalking me, prior to an indefinite block, and has continued to do so, after the block, using anonymous IP addresses. Geo Swan (talk) 20:30, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
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Thank you for moving the University of Nebraska High School Page. We appreciate it - UNHS 64.89.179.160 (talk) 17:11, 17 May 2018 (UTC) |
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You honestly (at least in my experience) might be the only person performing histmerges. Thanks for doing them! —Compassionate727 (T·C) 11:52, 18 May 2018 (UTC) |
Draft:Naam (2017 film)
Thanks for moving Naam (2018 film). Could you please merge the early revisions of the above draft to Naam (2018 film) ?----Let There Be Sunshine 12:12, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
- @Let There Be Sunshine: Already
Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:30, 19 May 2018 (UTC)
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Awesome job clearing out the backlogs requiring admin attention! To be honest, I don't know how WP:Requests for history merge would survive without you. SkyGazer 512 What will you say? / What did I do? 22:29, 19 May 2018 (UTC) |
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Thanks for sorting out the Samsung A6 issue and the histmerge Quek157 (talk) 22:41, 19 May 2018 (UTC) |
Parallel version advice
Hello Anthony Appleyard!
I was seeking some advice re: a parallel version of a page, but I'm not quite ready for the move yet. Five years ago as an IP I split some content from an article and eventually I created an account and userfied it. I want to move it to mainspace over a redirect but of course intervening edits have complicated things. The page I want to move is here (page history) and I want to move it here (page history). What would be the best way to eventually proceed with this move? Rgrds. --Bison X (talk) 05:59, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
- @Bison X: All the edits in New Orleans–St. Louis Stars were redirects, often with category lines, but with no information text. I have moved New Orleans–St. Louis Stars to New Orleans–St. Louis Stars (version 2), and then User talk:Bison X/New Orleans–St. Louis Stars to New Orleans–St. Louis Stars. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:04, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
Thank you very much for all of your contributions at RM; I appreciate your assistance which I know at times seems thankless, but is invaluable to the project. Rgrds. --Bison X (talk) 19:58, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
Redirect deletion request
Could you delete the redirect Dora the Explorer (film)? It won’t be necessary soon. Rusted AutoParts 23:52, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
- @Rusted AutoParts: But page Dora the Explorer (film) has incoming links and meanwhile will be needed to send users to Dora the Explorer#Film. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:35, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
Disambiguation link notification for May 24
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Mark Florman
Hi, you removed an Wikipedia post that I spent over an hour on, that was actually very well written and sourced, just because it had been deleted in the past? Could I ask you to restore it please, or at the very least actually check the content and offer some suggestions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Florman Colinmcdermott (talk) 13:16, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
- @Colinmcdermott:
Done Mark Florman :: but see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Florman. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 13:38, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
Thanks Anthony, yes I think the page did quite fairly get a lot of criticism in the past, it was not well sourced at all and had a lot of fluff. I (hopefully) managed to cut out all the fluff to just to bare facts, and cited them all. The chap is actually quite interesting. Colinmcdermott (talk) 14:16, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
International School of Temple Arts
Hi! I worked on the International School of Temple Arts (ISTA) article. I do remember placing non-primary sources on that article that were independent of ISTA. While I agree that some of its tone was promotional, I do not think that it was "exclusively promotional" as per WP:G11 even though I think it would be best rewritten to conform with Wikipedia:NOTFORPROMOTION.
In advance of speedy deletion, I am accustomed to seeing {{Db-g11}}, {{Db-promo}}, or {{Db-spam}} placed on the article first. I do not believe that this was done, thus no one had a chance to contest the speedy deletion. Therefore, I humbly ask that you restore the article with that notice. At the very least, it would give editors the chance to grab the wikicode so that as articles from reliable sources accrue, more NPOV content can be added & notability can be firmly established for a future iteration. At the very best, it would have given editors the chance to address the concerns.
I believe that ISTA will continue to grow & become more notable, much like others in the Category:Human sexuality organizations & Category:Sexology. If you object adding this back to the main namespace, then perhaps this can be added to the Draft: namespace or to a user sandbox until it is ready for prime time. I do believe that just deleting the article before placing a speedy delete notice does a disservice to those editors, myself included, who did work on the article in good faith.
Peaceray (talk) 18:27, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
- @Peaceray: I have undeleted International School of Temple Arts. It was speedy-delete-tagged as spam at 17:20, 24 May 2018 by User:Quek157. But, given a name "International School of Temple Arts", I would have expected the article to be generally about the art found in Indian temples, not only about sexual matters. This article still looks very advertizory to me. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 20:31, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
- since I had mention here, can I move that to draft for incubation Quek157 (talk) 20:38, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
- @Peaceray and Quek157: I have moved it to Draft:International School of Temple Arts. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 20:41, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
- fyi notification done using tw for g11. [16]Quek157 (talk) 20:44, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you, Anthony Appleyard. I have listed on the talk page the reasons sentence by sentence why I do not find the article to be promotional, & pinged Quek157 there. Peaceray (talk) 08:08, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
Shanghai-Hangzhou templates Page Merge
This page Template:S-line/CR right/Shanghai–Hangzhou High-Speed accidentally got merged Template:S-line/CR left/Shanghai–Hangzhou High-Speed can you fix it for me please? 73.15.97.106 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 23:08, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
- @73.15.97.106: I have moved from Template:S-line/CR left/Shanghai–Hangzhou High-Speed to Template:S-line/CR right/Shanghai–Hangzhou High-Speed all the edits that whose text started with Shanghai, and left alone all the edits whose text started with Hangzhou. Is this correct?
- Template:S-line/CR right/Shanghai–Hangzhou High-Speed is called only by Shanghai Hongqiao railway station, where it seems to insert no text. Is this correct?
- Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:22, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
Recent "uncontroversial" page moves
Please undo all the page moves that you actioned following requests on 25-26 May 2018 by Dicklyon (talk · contribs) at WP:RM/TR, because they were not uncontroversial, as Dicklyon knows full well. They tried to steamroller them through as a batch (see Portal talk:Roads of Canada#Requested move 14 May 2018) and after opposition, withdrew the nom - but then seems to have unilaterally decided to RM/TR them anyway. This is by no means the first time that Dicklyon has been disruptive with page names. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 22:19, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
- Probably he means Portal:UK railways, since it's only one we didn't do an RM discussion specifically on yet. I don't see that there was any expressed or potential controversy about that one, but if he wants it reverted and a discussion held like the rest, which have all resulted in moves, mosty without any opposition, we can do that, as I had offered already at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_UK_Railways#Proposal_to_retitle_UK_Railways_portal. Dicklyon (talk) 22:31, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
- @Redrose64 and Dicklyon: And again I am caught up in a dispute. Please list here the names of the pages involved and what I should move them back to. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:58, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
- I think the only one in question is Portal:UK railways; no others were moved by RMTR without a closed as move RM discussion. I'd prefer to leave it, but if Redrose64 prefers to revert to Portal:UK Railways (with subpages) and have an RM discussion, we should do that. My impression was that all the objections in the previous RM that he cited has been sufficiently addressed at the very recent RM discussions at Portal talk:Roads of Canada, Portal talk:UK trams, Portal talk:UK waterways, and Portal talk:London transport. I don't know why he wants to cap "Railways", as nobody has commented on that. Dicklyon (talk) 05:26, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
- Perhaps, with time to reflect, he has realized that such a revert would be disruptive and is not really what he wants. Dicklyon (talk) 15:26, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
- Does Redrose call anything he doesn't quite agree with "disruptive"? Tony (talk) 05:19, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
MC Mack
Can you please stop unsalting the MC Mack article? It's the same sock who keeps requesting it be unsalted and recreated. It's partially my fault for not explaining it to you last time, but I'm completely baffled that he has duped you twice now. How closely do you review these things? The article is in terrible shape and clearly doesn't meet the GNG. It's been deleted multiple times this year. At the very least, please consult me the next time there's a request to unsalt it yet again. If it's a brand new editor yet again creating themselves, then, bombshell, it's another sock. Sergecross73 msg me 22:36, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion of Sunethradevi Pirivena
Hi there,
It seems you have made a mistake in deleting the article. The Wikipedia article dates back to 2012, but the article it is supposedly copied from was published in 2014. It is thus a copy from Wikipedia.
I did not write the full article, from my memory I only wrote a basic stub. But the origin of the content is definitely not the article in question.
--RaviC (talk) 18:32, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
- @RaviC: See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sunethradevi Pirivena. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 03:54, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
This is very strange [17] that is a perfectly good article. I moved a stale draft to mainspace and there were other editors who did work on it. Userfying it is inappropriate. I request a refund. Legacypac (talk) 03:34, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
- @Legacypac: Draft:Martin Luther King Jr. Way (Seattle) had only one edit, and that edit was a redirect. Its text is now at User:SounderBruce/Sandbox/Martin Luther King Jr. Way (Seattle). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 03:39, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
- Something screwy is going on here. See User_talk:Legacypac#Moving_drafts. I moved a Draft to mainspace and now the Draft (redirect from move) and mainspace pages are deleted. See history of he sandbox for how other editors have handled it. Legacypac (talk) 03:43, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
- @Legacypac:
- At 02:39, 2 June 2018 User:Legacypac moved page Draft:Martin Luther King Jr. Way (Seattle) to Martin Luther King Jr. Way (Seattle)
- At 02:51, 2 June 2018 User:SounderBruce moved page Martin Luther King Jr. Way (Seattle) to User:SounderBruce/Sandbox/Martin Luther King Jr. Way (Seattle)
- Anthony Appleyard (talk) 03:47, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
- Yup I figured that out. Clearly something screwy going on. It is a pretty good page. Under creative commons I could copy the whole thing (with attribution) and put it in mainspace as an article, then he could not seek deletion except by AfD which wouod fail. I don't like the redlink my move log or the false allegations on my talkpage. Legacypac (talk) 04:08, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
- @Legacypac and SounderBruce: User:SounderBruce seems to have done most of the edits to the page which is now at User:SounderBruce/Sandbox/Martin Luther King Jr. Way (Seattle). If this road is as important as the article says, it is time that the article was moved to mainspace. (The article says that Martin Luther King Jr. Way is also called MLK Way. How often is it called MLK Way? Is there any tendency for that name to colloquially shift into "Milky Way"? Unfortunately, I have never been to America.) Google Earth view. Google Earth view lists Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Seattle and in Berkeley, California, and Martin Luther King Junior Way in Tacoma, Washington. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 14:47, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
- The mainspace move was done without consensus from major contributors (in this case, me), which goes against the collaborative nature of Wikipedia. Half of the history section lacks prose, there's gaps in the early history (including, importantly, when the road was actually built), so it can't be reasonably called a complete work. I moved it back into userspace so that it could be worked on properly, as I plan to bring it to GAN only when it's fully ready. SounderBruce 04:15, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
- @Legacypac and SounderBruce: If this article was in mainspace as it is :: (1) even as it is, it contains useful information; (2) other people who live in the area may see the article and improve it. And I see no harm in leaving the history in time-line format. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:22, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
- There are scores of MLK Ways across the US see List of streets named after Martin Luther King Jr. Most in major cities are fairly important streets like this one. Americans know what MLK means, and there is Martin Luther King Jr Holiday Legacypac (talk) 04:34, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
Re - removing speedy templates
I.e. here. In this case, the article is indeed at AfD, however that does not mean that it can't go through csd too - especially when it is truly "exclusively promotional and would need to be fundamentally rewritten to conform with Wikipedia:NOTFORPROMOTION." WP:NOTABUREAUCRACY applies. 198.84.253.202 (talk) 14:23, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
- OK, sorry. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 14:35, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
Deletion request
Hi. Could I ask you to delete User:Векочел/Sheikh Juma bin Maktoum Al Maktoum and User:Sheikh Juma bin Maktoum bin Hasher Al Maktoum? These are not actual user pages but rather redirects to the article on Sheikh Juma bin Maktoum bin Hasher Al Maktoum. Векочел (talk) 16:13, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
- @Векочел:
Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:18, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
- @Anthony Appleyard: Thanks! Векочел (talk) 17:06, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
- @Anthony Appleyard: And finally User:Векочел/Sheikh Juma bin Maktoum bin Hasher Al Maktoum, User talk:Векочел/Sheikh Juma bin Maktoum Al Maktoum, User talk:Векочел/Sheikh Juma bin Maktoum bin Hasher Al Maktoum, and User talk:Sheikh Juma bin Maktoum bin Hasher Al Maktoum? Векочел (talk) 20:07, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
- @Anthony Appleyard: Thanks! Векочел (talk) 17:06, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
- @Векочел:
Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 20:35, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
Change to "speedy delete for copyvio"?
Hey, thank you for closing this, but I worry your close wording might be misleading: the AFD's original rationale was a supposed lack of notability, but the nom only apparently searched for English sources, and since the book has not apparently been officially licensed and translated (the nom mentioned only finding pirate scanlations) it's a given that such sources are unlikely to exist regardless of notability. I was about to start doing a check for Japanese sources when I read our article, noticed it looked plagiarized, and when I verified this suspicion !voted speedy delete for this reason in spite of the notability rationale.
Simply closing as "delete" seems like consensus endorsed the nom's rationale and places a greater burden on anyone theoretically wanting to create a non-copyvio article in the future. I never actually got around to that source check, and honestly my dislike of pop culture articles in general biases me in favour of deletion regardless of the quality of the sources I would have found, which is why I probably wouldn't have !voted to begin with were it not for the copyvio. (I know the community has a lower standard than I do when it comes to using popular entertainment sources, and I generally try to avoid fighting those battles.)
Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 10:35, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
Speedy Deletion Of DJ Amith
Hi Greetings of the day, My article was deleted on the bases of G4 Article deleted on bases of previous discussion. But all the sources provided were verifiable as per wikipedia norms. References provided were from renowned Tabloid with Headline article mentioning the subject and not mere mentions. I am seriously not aware of the previous article, and considering a back dated cannot effect the current article with valid sources. Below i mention the links of the references provide to the draft. Request you to please help over the issue. You can verify each reference and consider then article.
[9] PrakashAnand360 (talk) 05:33, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
- ^ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/dj-amits-chilled-out-bday-bash-at-bc-in-hyderabad/articleshow/32850358.cms
- ^ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/Creme-de-la-creme-of-city-jiving-away-to-beats-of-DJ-Amit-and-a-Delhi-based-rapper-at-this-Holi-bash-in-Chandigarh/articleshow/32365041.cms
- ^ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/DJ-Amit-plays-at-a-New-Years-bash-in-Kanpurs-club/articleshow/32594785.cms
- ^ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/others/DJ-Amit-plays-as-Mohit-celebrates-his-21st-birthday/articleshow/16311835.cms
- ^ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/DJ-Amit-played-at-this-rocking-rain-dance-party-in-Kanpur/articleshow/32709514.cms
- ^ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/dj-amit-plays-at-this-do-organized-by-members-of-a-prominent-social-club-in-kanpur/articleshow/32711127.cms
- ^ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/others/dj-amit-belted-out-holi-numbers-at-this-pre-holi-bash-organized-by-members-of-a-social-club-in-kanpur/articleshow/7743804.cms
- ^ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/others/punjabi-one-dj-amit-played-at-this-wedding-reception-of-dr-jagveer-singh-saluja-and-richa/articleshow/7554275.cms
- ^ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/hyderabad/People-dance-to-DJ-Amit-Amirs-beats/articleshow/4697250.cms
- @RakashAnand360: About page DJ Amith, see discussion in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DJ Amith. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:38, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
Autotask Corporation
Hi,
I observe you speedy deleted the page Autotask Corporation under the G11 unambiguous promotion.
- Per WP:FIELD I ask you to reconsider if you have applied G11 properly. AfD would have been a alternative better choice if there is any doubt.
- Because I moved that page from draft to mainspace and there were other contributors I request in all events you return the article to Draft space.
Thankyou.
Djm-leighpark (talk) 22:54, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
- @Djm-leighpark: See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Autotask Corporation. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:18, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
Thankyou for taking the time and consideration for these actions.Djm-leighpark (talk) 06:33, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
Guardian Bikes should not be speedy deleted because it was initially approved by Bkissin and is a notable, significant US bicycle manufacturer
Hi,
The Guardian Bikes page should not have been speedily deleted because it was initially approved by User:Bkissin. Speedy deletion seems a bit harsh for a legitimate stub with good sourcing that was initially approved. Guardian Bikes is significant because they created an innovative, patented braking technology that is akin to anti-lock brakes in automobiles. Hence, their bikes have significantly reduced accidents and have increased bicycle safety. They have been recognized as an industry leader in this regard.
Additionally, they have appeared on one of the most popular entrepreneurship programs, Shark Tank, and procured investment from one of the most successful US investors in Mark Cuban. You'll find many of Cuban's other notable companies he's invested in on Wikipedia. Guardian Bikes definitely meets the bar for entry as one of the world's leading bike manufacturers. Would love any feedback as to why this happened and how to get the page approved.
Thank you!
- @Scruitineer: Now undeleted and AfD'ed, see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Guardian Bikes. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:15, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
- @Anthony Appleyard: Thanks for undeleting … I can see how the WP:A7 got applied to the article in its current form. Obviously given above your page is on my watchlist for a week and I became curious at this one. The technology seems absent from Wikipedia and in my enthusiasm I've added it to bicycle brakes … the cyclists can improve or remove that if necessary. I tweaked the article slightly but not addressing WP:A7 … I'm a bit too mud at AfD at the moment and because of that it might be unfair on the article and its creator if I did that without proper dilligence.Djm-leighpark (talk) 09:06, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
Unnecessarily long and tediously detailed
A couple of questions, if I may. Would you apply that term also to List of chief ministers of England and Great Britain? Do you perhaps believe that Great Britain and the United Kingdom are the same thing? Moonraker (talk) 00:24, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
- @Moonraker::
- Great Britain includes Wales and Scotland; England does not: this distinction is valid.
- Great Britain according to Wikipedia does not include Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom currently includes Northern Ireland.
- Correct, in the 21st century, although as it happens the Kingdom of England referred to in that title did include Wales; but not an answer my first question, about whether List of chief ministers of England and Great Britain as a title is "unecessarily long and tediously detailed". If you do think so, which of those two countries would you wish to remove from the name of the page? If you don't, where is the difference between the two cases? Moonraker (talk) 05:53, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
- @Moonraker: The name List of chief ministers of England and Great Britain seems suitable to me. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:08, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
- @Anthony Appleyard:, that's good. So why would the name List of Prime Ministers of Great Britain and the United Kingdom be "unnecessarily long and tediously detailed" when the list stretches back some eighty years before the creation of the United Kingdom? Moonraker (talk) 20:33, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
- @Moonraker: That depends on how significant is the difference between Great Britain and the United Kingdom here. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:01, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
Help Restore Page
Dear @Antony
You recently deleted the page I created https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kalimbwe and gave reasons of verifiable sources as reasons and that you thought the sources were written by the author which is not the case as the sources come from different newspaper sources and sensentionalism. The page was radically edited and verifiable sources provided. Kindly check to confirm the sources should you doubt the edit.
Kindly check to help retrieve it as it reasons given were met as you had requested.
Best regards. Ephraim Kagwa (talk) 10:17, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
- @Ephraim Kagwa:
Done :: see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joseph Kalimbwe (2nd nomination). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 11:34, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
Dear @Antony
Thank you so much for the restoration. I really do appreciate. I see it has been set for deletion again. I have tried to make corrections in the links to remove "<ref>{{cite web" in an effort to correct the references for the article but I failing to correctly put the references.
Can I kindly be assisted in correcting that in order that the article can be set for Wikipedia stands and removed from deletion. This is taking into consideration appreciation I feel and efforts I made to radically edit it as you had advised previously.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kalimbwe Ephraim Kagwa (talk) 13:00, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
Dear @Antony
Thank you so much for the restoration. I really do appreciate. I see it has been set for deletion again. I have tried to make corrections in the links to remove "<ref>{{cite web" in an effort to correct the references for the article but I failing to correctly put the references.
Can I kindly be assisted in correcting that in order that the article can be set for Wikipedia stands and removed from deletion. This is taking into consideration appreciation I feel and efforts I made to radically edit it as you had advised previously.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kalimbwe Ephraim Kagwa (talk) 13:00, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
- @Ephraim Kagwa: If you have any opinions on this matter, please answer in page Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joseph Kalimbwe (2nd nomination). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 13:04, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
Michael Ludwig
Hi Anthony, a few hours ago I requested that Michael Ludwig (politician) be moved to Michael Ludwig. You removed the request as "done", but what you actually did was make the latter a redirect to the former. (Could have done that myself :)) Accident, or some policy I don't know about? Kramler (talk) 23:08, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
- @Kramler: That way, all incoming links go to disambiguated names, and none to the plain name. That results in less trouble later changing incoming links if the other Michael Ludwig is later judged to be the most notable, or if a third Michael Ludwig turns up. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 03:35, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for the quick reply!
- I'm not super sure about the trouble thing. The politician will have lots of incoming links sooner or later, but judging from what I've seen in other articles mainly edited by Austrians, people will mostly link to the redirect. If we don't want to do the move, we should probably turn the redirect into a proper dab. This way editors at least get a warning from the bot when they link to the wrong (un-disambiguated) lemma. (I updated all incoming links to the fencer after I moved the fencer out of the way. If I hadn't done that, your edit would have made them go to the wrong article :))
- Having said that, I'm positive the move is safe. As the mayor of Vienna and the boss of the Vienna Social Democratic party, Michael Ludwig (politician) is one of the ten or so most powerful officeholders in the country. He's a national household name. He will appear in literally thousands of newspaper articles and in quite a few books. There is no way the retired fencer who never won anything will later judged to be more notable. It's extremely unlikely the politician will stop being the primary topic for his own name in our lifetimes. (It's not a very common name; not even the German Wikipedia currently has a third Michael Ludwig.)
- What do you think, move or dab? Kramler (talk) 04:35, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
- @Kramler: How many years is Michael Ludwig (politician) likely to be mayor? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 08:58, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
- The last three mayors were in office for 11, 10, and 24 years, respectively. Kramler (talk) 09:04, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
Joseph Chipango Kalimbwe
I guess, Joseph Chipango Kalimbwe should also be deleted, please. --NearEMPTiness (talk) 08:12, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
Super Smash Bros.
I request a history merge of Super Smash Bros. (Nintendo Switch game) and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. SNS (talk) 16:48, 12 June 2018 (UTC)