User talk:Cabayi

Request

Hi, I have finished work on article Alliance School in Tehran (مدرسه آلیانس تهران) that you have moved to draft. Thank you for directing me to improve my article. This article exists in Wikipedia in Persian language and this is a direct translation of it. Please check and kindly let me know if there is anything else I have to do, and if there is not I appreciate if you take it out of the draft, six weeks is a long time. Don’t make me wait that long. Thank you. Alex-h (talk) 11:12, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I tagged the draft for 3 interested projects. Hopefully they may be able to offer you some help, and to polish up the English.

You start off talking about two entities, “Alliance France” and “Alliance Israelite universelle”, but then refer to Alliance as if there were only one Alliance. It's confusing. Could you clarify?

You mention Naser al-Din Shah Qajar but don't link to him. You also refer to him inconsistently with a mix of spacing, dashes, mdashes through his name. Be consistent.

Hope that helps, Cabayi (talk) 11:42, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again,with thanks for your guidance, I have done the 3 points you required. If possible, please take it out of the draft.Thank you. Alex-h (talk) 21:14, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of Xolani Sotashe

Hi, there! I believe that the article, Xolani Sotashe, should not be deleted. Please read my explanation:

I created the article and placed an "in use" template at the top of the article to help avoid edit conflicts. I intended to significantly grow the article to such a point by adding information and citing sources. I then got a message stating the article had become a draft. I continued editing the article until, eventually, I got message, from you, saying that the article had been nominated for speedy deletion, because there was two versions of the article (the "original" one and the second "draft" one). The two editors, who placed the separate messages, did not consult with me, leading to this unfortunate situation. The article should not be deleted since it is about a local politician. I do hope that the "draft" version of the article is removed and all the content from that specific article is moved this article.

Thanks.

Lefcentreright (talk) 13:57, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I believe what you actually want is in fact:

Xolani Sotashe should be deleted;
Draft:Xolani Sotashe should be reviewed, eventually leading to it being accepted, and then moved to Xolani Sotashe.

CASSIOPEIA moved the article to Draft at 11:38, and you (I guess because you were already working on your next edit) re-created it at 11:41. The version CASSIOPEIA moved had no references at that time - and given the requirements for biographies of living people - moving the article was the most accommodating action available. When you recreated it, I couldn't move it (because the draft already existed) so deletion is the only option available.

I don't know enough about South African politics to know whether being party leader on a city council is significant enough to meet the notability requirements. WP:NPOL calls for "Major local political figures who have received significant press coverage". I'm not convinced that being runner-up for mayor, and the coverage you've provided, meets the requirements. I'll tag the draft's talk page with the relevant projects to see if they can help.

In any case, Xolani Sotashe needs to be deleted in order to make way for Draft:Xolani Sotashe to eventually be moved to mainspace. Cabayi (talk) 15:48, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I corrected the reason for the speedy nomination. UnitedStatesian (talk) 18:56, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

John Clarence Lincoln

Hello Cabayi, can you please take a look at John Clarence Lincoln you nominated for deletion back in 2016 under John Lincoln (telecommunications) (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Lincoln (telecommunications)). Thank you – GSS (talk|c|em) 03:17, 22 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

GSS, good catch. I've tagged the article G4. First thoughts - The author looks like a sock of Caroline A. Murphy (SPI now at Rudra.shukla), as does an SPA editor, Navaidasolutions. Over a year later they're stale but it may be worth filing a pro-forma SPI & tagging one of Lisa's creations G5. Cabayi (talk) 07:36, 22 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

GSS, SPI filed at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Rudra.shukla. Please pile on in if you think I've missed something. Cabayi (talk) 09:43, 22 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I was comparing both editors (the author and Caroline A. Murphy) this morning and to me they looked the same based on the use of edit summary so will add my comment at the SPI soon. Thank you – GSS (talk|c|em) 09:48, 22 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Sovereign states of Europe

How would

be added to the bottom of this template? —Eli355 (talk • contribs) 00:54, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Eli355, Carefully ;-)

At {{Sovereign states of Europe}} scroll to the bottom to the line:

Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (create) pages.

Check the diff to make sure the sandbox is a copy of the live template before you start working on it. Refresh the copy if it isn't. Edit away. There's already a |below= in the template so you'll have to get the two bits of text to sit together harmoniously.

Create the testcases to show live & sandboxes together for comparison.

Once you're happy with the result ~~raise a request on the talk page {{Edit template-protected|ans=no}}~~ copy it from the sandbox to the live template.

Make a note of the change. Semi-protected templates don't officially count towards WP:TPEGRANT, but they help paint the picture that you know what you're doing, and doing it cautiously. Hope that helps, but let me know if I've misread your question, Cabayi (talk) 19:02, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I added this line to the template, and why do you mention WP:TPEGRANT here? —Eli355 (talk • contribs) 21:48, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Eli355, If it means nothing to you, forget that I mentioned it. Cabayi (talk) 09:01, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

About EasyRentCars

Respectable Cabayi, I saw that you posted speedy deletion templates for EasyRentCars. Its notability is high, and does not meet the G11 and A7 standards. Thank you!PZOOPP.Fhristian (talk) 10:04, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]