User talk:Seagull123

PMDPRO and PM4NGOs Articles

I wanted first to thank you for the comprehensive message you sent me. I will go on the details of the links you shared and follow each step, getting fluence with the platform, its norms, and culture. Will come back to you soon. Dov Rosenmann. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dov Rosenmann (talk • contribs) 18:28, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

You're welcome! If you only want to read a few pages, I would definitely suggest this page about COIs, and Your First Article, describing how to write a good quality article. Then if you want more help, you could look at the links on the message at the top of your user page, or just send me another message here.  Seagull123  Φ  22:06, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Hal Blumenfeld

HEllo! Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. As you stated there is a dialogue box at the top of my article. I have made edits to the article (per dialogue box) and was asking for help on how to submit for someone to review my new edits. I did not realize it was already in main space- YIKES! Can someone please review so that I can hopefully get that dialogue box removed? Rortiz246 (talk) 16:09, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

@Rortiz246: Hi, having only a brief glance at the article now, I think that it could be improved if you added a few more inline citations to the article (the ones in the <ref> tags). I think that there are an OK amount of references on the page too. I've also removed the {{underlinked}} template, but, I've added the {{orphan}} template, as no other articles in the mainspace link there, see here for help on how to "de-orphan" it. If you want a review of the article, you could request a peer review of it, if you want more information about these, click here, or if you want instructions on how to request a peer review, click here.  Seagull123  Φ  18:12, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

To Seagull123

Hello thank you.

can i ask a question?? my question is. what am i allowed to say in my sandbox?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Susan Michel (talk • contribs) 03:26, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi @Susan Michel:, I can't find any Wikipedia policies or guidelines about this - but it is my belief that you can put anything in it, so long as it is not a copyright violation, or a personal attack or harassment. If you want more help about sandboxes, see this page, or this video. PS, please remember to sign your posts on talk pages with four tildes (~~~~). Thanks!  Seagull123  Φ  15:16, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

Thank You. i was just unsure up to now thank you 😊 (User : Susan Michel) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Susan Michel (talk • contribs) 21:33, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

You're welcome!  Seagull123  Φ  12:42, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	Thank you for very diligent help!! Autoimmuneawareness (talk) 21:48, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for that Autoimmuneawareness! If you need any more help, just ask here .  Seagull123  Φ  20:33, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

What authorized neutral athletes (ANA) will use at 2017 World Championships in Athletics?

We know Independent Olympians at Olympics use Olympics flag and Olympics Anthem, what authorized neutral athletes(ANA) will use at 2017 World Championships in Athletics?

• flag
  • IAAF flag
  • White flag
  • Olympic flag
• Anthem for ceremony for gold medal
  • Olympic Anthem
  • IAAF Anthem

Simon 1996 (talk) 02:49, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

PET FILM

Hi seagull123, thank you for your help and informative message. I apologize in advance if I've unintentionally breached some wikipedia rules, as this is all new to me, so sorry if I misused the site. Indeed, Pet (film) does have what you would consider a conflict on interests with me, as I am the director. However, the problem is that the information listed under "release" is simply not accurate, and can be very simply disproven by checking boxofficemojo, the leading authority on film box office http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pet2016.htm

All I want is for my case to be reviewed- I found wrong facts about my film on wikipedia, found the sources to prove them wrong, so I just want the entry to be taken down or corrected. How do I go about accomplishing that? Is it possible to ask an editor to please evaluate the sources I'm providing, in order to change the erroneous content on my film?

Last but not least, once the wrong content is down, and I want to edit the new one, you suggest I run it by an editor first. Do I use the Teahouse for that? Or should I post it on your TALK page, for example?

Thanks again,

Carles Torrens (talk) 04:21, 26 July 2017 (UTC) Carles Torrens Carles Torrens (talk) 04:21, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Carles Torrens

Hi seagull123, I actually ended up not making any edits on the Pet page. Instead, I discussed my case with Alex Shih, an editor here at wikipedia, and just disproved some incorrect information with evidence to back it up. He then removed the false content himself, but again, I didn't directly edit or add anything to the site. Is that still considered a conflict of interests? At the end of the day, I didn't modify or add anything to the page, and just gave a heads up on some incorrect data. I'm just letting you know that, although I'm actually fine with the COI claim at the top of the page if you think it's still deserved. Best,

Carles Torrens (talk) 13:59, 26 July 2017 (UTC) Carles TorrensCarles Torrens (talk) 13:59, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi @Carles Torrens, I believe you have made edits to the Pet (film) page, which you can see if you look at some of your first contributions, such as here or here. However, there is nothing wrong with this - my belief is that Wikipedia guidelines are that editors with COIs are just strongly advised not to edit articles they have a connection with. To answer your question, you have a COI regardless of whether you edit the page or not, as this won't affect your connection to the article subject. You may wish to read this page regarding help available for editors with COIs. Also, as a further point, when you leave a message on a talk page, please leave new discussions at the bottom of the talk page. This can be done by clicking the "Add topic" button instead of the "Edit" or "Edit source" button (you can read more about this here).  Seagull123  Φ  16:52, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Carles Torrens

Hi seagull123, I see what you mean. Those are edits I tried to make, but they got erased right after I posted them, so I didn't think they counted. What I meant to say is there are no edits of mine on the current page as it is. Either way, all clear now, and the COI claim is fine. Thanks!

Carles Torrens (talk) 18:50, 26 July 2017 (UTC)Carles TorrensCarles Torrens (talk) 18:50, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Ah, I understand your point now! But please do stay around and help make sure we're getting things correct about things about you. And also, please read the message I've left at the bottom of your talk page, here. You could really help us! And if you do need any more help, just send me another message.  Seagull123  Φ  20:37, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for offering to help

Hi Seagull123. Thanks for your note on my stub. I haven't participated in Wikipedia before and I am trying to be compliant but the documentation is very confusing for me as a new user. First, I'd like to immediately make clear my bias and conflict as a connected contributor paid on the stub page's talk tab, but I am having trouble understanding how to get the {{connected contributor (paid)}} to function on that tab. What am I missing? I also have a suggestion for the following changes: refimprove (I assume this is add more secondary sources - working on it) stub (we're a small agency, but of significant notoriety in our industry, so not sure I can provide more detail) and categorized (not sure how to add better categories or what they should be). Would you be kind enough to walk me through this or point me to a "Dummies" type documentation for these items? Thank you! CWAlexBrown (talk) 22:31, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi @CWAlexBrown: so are you saying that you are paid to edit on Wikipedia? This is an important point, and I suggest you read this page about it. If you are, the code you could use for the template would be: {{Connected contributor (paid) | checked = | User1 = CWAlexBrown| U1-employer = <insert employer here> | U1-client = <insert client here> | U1-EH = yes | U1-banned = | U1-otherlinks = <insert link to declaration> }}, replacing <insert employer here> with the name of your employer, <insert client here> with the name of the client, and <insert link to declaration> with a link to a declaration of yours that you have been paid to edit here - this could be a comment on a talk page, or, a link to your user page if you use the {{Paid}} template (ask me if you want help adding this link). There is a relatively simple guide to disclosing if you've been paid here. There is a page about the help available for editors with conflicts of interest, which you may also wish to read. In terms of the cleanup templates left on your article, {{refimprove}} does indeed mean add more secondary sources, you could try the reference desk for help finding them, or the template I've left on the right, you may have to click [show] (-->). If you need help adding the references to the article, see referencing for beginners. For more help about categories, see this page - basically, you add categories with the following sort of code: [[Category:Companies]], changing "Companies" to whatever category you wish to add the article to. The article you are talking about - ChurchWest Insurance Services - has been proposed for speedy deletion, under the A7 criteria. If the page is deleted, you may wish to rewrite an article with the Article Wizard, after having read Your First Article. However, I would advise you to make sure there are enough reliable sources to prove that, in Wikipedia's eyes, the company is notable. If you need more help, just let me know.  Seagull123  Φ  23:51, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

Book Creator

Thanks from MactheTeach — Preceding unsigned comment added by MactheTeach (talk • contribs) 17:10, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

@MactheTeach: You're welcome! PS, when leaving a message on a talk page, please sign your posts with 4 tildes (like this: ~~~~). And if you need more help, just let me know, thanks!  Seagull123  Φ  17:14, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

Dirk Coetsee / Coetsenburg

Hello User:Seagull123

Thank you so much for your help and suggestions and for stating them so clearly. I am new to this and still learning so I appreciate it and thank you for your patience with me. My article titled Dirk Coetsee was not accepted because the reviewer objected to my use of Google Search as a reference. Once I reviewed the references in question, I realized that I had copied and pasted the wrong references. In fact, I did have valid references but I mistakenly copied and pasted the wrong ones (I should rather edit articles during the day than late at night). I have spent some time reading your suggestions which have been very valuable. My only motivation in writing these articles ("Dirk Coetsee" and "Coetsenburg") was to inform people about the subjects and I spent several days writing and researching to try to make them as neutral as possible. I have noticed that there are a number of things in and around the town of Stellenbosch in South Africa that aren't covered in Wikipedia articles so I hope that my small contributions can help in this regard. I'm sure you are busy, but if you find some time, I would be grateful if you could have a look, and accept if you think they are suitable. I also just wanted to mention that there is an academic from the University of the Western Cape, Susan Newton-King (whom I don't know and have never met or communicated with) that has written a very detailed book on both of the subjects and I know that everything in my articles is mentioned in her book which she has researched well and which was published by the university as a result; the book can be accessed online here: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41056580?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents Once again, thank you.Philemon Matilda (talk) 21:01, 31 July 2017 (UTC)Philemon Matilda

Hello again @Philemon Matilda: and thank you for your contributions and efforts here. I don't doubt your attempts to be neutral while writing, however, I do encourage you to make sure you've read the links I've left for you at the help desk about COIs. I am not an Articles for Creation reviewer, so I am unable to review the drafts and "publish" them. But having a quick look at Draft:Dirk Coetsee, I would encourage you to make sure that all references are to reliable sources, as I don't believe Quora is reliable (used in ref #23), or ref #34, from "Wikitree". Basically, if the website can be edited by anyone (regardless if they are anonymous, or if they have to login), it is generally not considered a reliable source, as far as I can believe (this is why Wikipedia is not considered a reliable source for use in Wikipedia). You also mention the book by Susan Newton-King, and you are able to add this to the article yourself! You don't need someone else to say you can. I believe this is what you wanted help with, but if I haven't helped enough - please just ask me again.  Seagull123  Φ  22:31, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Hello again @Seagull123: You have been so helpful and I am truly grateful. Thank you for your guidance and advice. I will implement and hopefully improve. Thanks again. Kind regards Philemon Matilda (talk) 09:16, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

@Philemon Matilda: You're welcome  Seagull123  Φ  21:15, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Re:Autores.uy

Sure, i'll use that template in the future. Thanks!.--Zeroth (talk) 21:22, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

@Zeroth: That's ok, that template just puts the article into the Category:Pages translated from Spanish Wikipedia category (or whichever language it was translated from). 😊  Seagull123  Φ  20:23, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

Question(s)

Thanks for replying and your help. To me, those Help and How To sections haven't been very easy to comprehend. I've copied and overwritten another article to compose mine which has worked well, thus far. I've corrected my footnote numbering getting out of order by deleting some of them along with reducing my sources. Now, I'm not sure why there are two Reference sections. See http://imgur.com/wqxpZna — Preceding unsigned comment added by VictorD2 (talk • contribs) 21:37, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

@VictorD2: Hi there, sorry for the late reply. Can I ask which draft you want help with and are referring to? Is it Draft:Catherine Belmont or Draft:Mistress Belmont?  Seagull123  Φ  14:32, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

And also, at the moment, on both drafts, there is only a "References" and "External links" section. This is normal and good! Is this what you mean?  Seagull123  Φ  14:35, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

@Seagull123:Good morning Seagull123, no worries. I took the time to look over quite a few How Tos, outside articles, and managed to figure out the problem(s). I've tidied up the article and its in the queue awaiting possible publishing. Thanks again. VictorD2 108.215.252.43 (talk) 17:30, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

@108.215.252.43: That's ok, if you need any more help, let me know.  Seagull123  Φ  17:33, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

Is this the proper location to submit an article for review and eventual publishing? https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Mistress_Belmont&redirect=no VictorD2 (talk) 22:54, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

@VictorD2: I want to first ask you a question, is there a reason Draft:Mistress Belmont and Draft:Catherine Belmont are the same? I have added the {{draft}} template to both pages, and if you wish to submit the draft for review, add the text {{subst:submit}} to the page you wish to submit.  Seagull123  Φ  13:21, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

I can't recall, but, it should be entitled MISTRESS BELMONT. Sorry, it's been a while, then Hurricane Harvey really stirred things up. VictorD2 (talk) 16:52, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

Southpointe Academy page

Hi, I'm new to editing on Wikipedia so I apologize if I have breached any Wikipedia rules. I am trying to edit the Southpointe wikipedia page and I used a couple of paragraphs up on the Southpointe website. It gave me a notice that the page may be up for speedy deletion - but I could delete the notice if I was planning on fixing the issue. I decided to edit the text and deleted the notice in the process - I now realize I cannot do that on a page I have created myself. Thank you for clarifying the rules. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Southpointeacademy (talk • contribs) 17:37, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi @Southpointeacademy, I would suggest you read the help available to editors with conflicts of interest, Your First Article and more about copyright violations on Wikipedia. Another point, if you are being paid to edit here, you must disclose this. Also note that companies/organisations shouldn't make articles about themselves. Thanks, and if you need more help, you can , or just leave a message on my talk page.  Seagull123  Φ  17:42, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks deleted main page entry (Hugh Bryan)

Thanks for your help. I've read all the info on creating articles but still learning navigation of the process. I deleted the main page entry I started and moved the text to my Sandbox, which didn't carry over the formatting, but I'm not going to worry about that for now. Need to figure out how to create a Draft instead of a main page article (after I unfortunately removed the Draft you created!MissGrimke (talk) 15:00, 12 August 2017 (UTC)). I'm sorry about creating confusion but will perservere!

Please don't be sorry MissGrimke! I've tagged the draft (Draft:Hugh Bryan) with {{db-g7}}, so that it is deleted. Once you think your sandbox is ready for "publishing", click the blue "Submit your draft for review!" button. I would also suggest you definitely do read Your First Article too.  Seagull123  Φ  15:10, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

Re: Marta del Castillo

I'm in the process of writing it, but it won't be a translation of the Spanish article.--Menah the Great (talk) 22:23, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

@Menah the Great: Oh ok, just wanted to ask, as there is a Spanish article, and at a quick glance they seemed similar, so just wanted to check. Thanks for replying though!  Seagull123  Φ  12:49, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

Advice on copyright on the Help Desk

I was making improvements to Wikipedia:Help desk/Are you in the right place. This page has two talk pages for copyright problems but not Commons:Village pump/Copyright, which you sent several people to in response to Help Desk questions.

I was wondering if you know when it appropriate to use that talk page rather than the others that relate to Wikipedia copyright issues specifically. That way, we could have the proper advice on a page that would help people get to the right place before asking at the Help Desk.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 20:57, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

@Vchimpanzee: I tend to send people to Commons:Village pump/Copyright if someone has a problem with copyright on an image or media file, as I think that they might get a better answer there. And to be honest, I didn't realise Wikipedia:Media copyright questions existed . I don't think I can answer your question that well, as I don't really know . Maybe ask at Wikipedia talk:Help desk? Hopefully you find the answer to your question.  Seagull123  Φ  10:03, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

That would be the place since it is about the Help Desk.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 21:45, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Abayomi Rotimi Mighty (October 4)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by DGG was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Abayomi Rotimi Mighty and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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DGG ( talk ) 05:06, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

Hello! Seagull123, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! DGG ( talk ) 05:06, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the note DGG, but the draft isn't mine, it is Davidleinvictor's. I merely added the {{subst:submit}} tag to it.  Seagull123  Φ  17:17, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

• program that adds the notices seems to do this rather frequently. Either I'm using it wrong or it will need to be fixed. DGG ( talk ) 19:01, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

DGG that's OK, I've left a message for the draft creator telling them to read the message here anyway.  Seagull123  Φ  15:09, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

DGG Thank you for the corrections. I will improve the article.

Davidleinvictor (talk) 22:39, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

Hello Seagull123,

Thank you for the messages. I will take to your corrections and improve on the article. You can as well help with the improvement. Thanks once again. Davidleinvictor (talk) 22:39, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

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	Thanks a lot for helping me out -- Gridlust (talk) 08:40, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

American-Marsh

Hello

I have done some editing to the article, and have removed 1 source and added 4 new ones. This company seems notable, even if not well documented, which was why I created the article in the first place. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tadfafty (talk • contribs) 01:34, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

Hey @Tadfafty! Thank you for trying to improve the article, it's really appreciated! I've made a few formatting/layout edits since, and have moved the page to fix its capitalisation. I do just want to say though, that the sources still (imo) aren't great for confirming the company's notability - Wikipedia's guideline on this is summed up below:

An organization is generally considered notable if it has been the subject of significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources. Trivial or incidental coverage of a subject by secondary sources is not sufficient to establish notability. All content must be verifiable. If no independent, third-party, reliable sources can be found on a topic, then Wikipedia should not have an article on it.
— WP:ORG

This means that sources should be about the company itself - some of the ones you've added only mention the company in passing, which generally isn't enough to establish notability. For help with sources on Wikipedia, I suggest you have a look at this page on reliable sources, and this page for beginners on referencing. If you need help finding references, check out the collapsible box on the (top) right of this section - or visit the reference desk, where other editors can help you find references. And remember, references don't have to be on the internet, if you have a book/physical newspaper/journal/etc which talks about the company - you can use that! (I also have my own list of pages and tools that can help with referencing on Wikipedia here, it might not be that useful though). Anyway, thank you for all your efforts here, you're doing a great job, just - if you can - try to help improve the references on that page - have a peek at this page on writing your first article, which may be useful for you. If you need any more help, just reply here! Thanks  Seagull123  Φ  18:42, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

1. Your comment on username 清三代 2. photo upload

Hi thank you for your comment and welcome. 1) I've added the signature 康雍乾KYQ and checked the box. Hope that helps. 2) Tried uploading several pics but got rejected and now some automated blocks upload. The message initially said something about can't verify photo. Now the block message says there is some kind of log somewhere but I can't find it. The photos were taken by me from the original handwritten diaries some years ago.

Your help to resolving this would be most appreciated. Thank you.

康雍乾KYQ 02:07, 6 July 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 清三代 (talk • contribs)

This is an example now hosted on the Chinese Baike site: https://gss0.bdstatic.com/94o3dSag_xI4khGkpoWK1HF6hhy/baike/c0%3Dbaike150%2C5%2C5%2C150%2C50/sign=61bb49cc8b13632701e0ca61f0e6cb89/d8f9d72a6059252da44ec814359b033b5bb5b941.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by 清三代 (talk • contribs) 02:14, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

Hey @清三代! First, please remember to sign your posts by typing four tildes (~~~~) on talk pages, which will produce your signature. Now, your question seems to be about help uploading photos? The majority of photos and videos on Wikipedia are actually hosted on Wikimedia Commons; to upload photos, go to Wikimedia Commons - here. However, you must either own the copyright to the photo - or it must be available under a free licence (such as Creative Commons) - see this page for more on which files can be uploaded (you can also have a look at the graphic on the right for more information). I - myself - can't help you anymore with uploading images, if you can't through the methods suggested here, I advise that you ask a question about uploads here. I hope this has helped, but if you need anymore help, just reply to me here. Thanks!  Seagull123  Φ  19:03, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

Checking

Please, Review the page List of BL Drama & Remove the deletion proposal. Wikipedia is a house of pure information. Bl drama list is an important page for gay people. Besides It's work as an index of the bl series wikipages. Rehman (talk) 18:50, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

Jean-François Bach

Bonjour seagull123, la notice Wikipédia en anglais de Jean-François Bach est bien une traduction de sa fiche française. Je n'ai pas bien compris ce que je dois faire pour le signifier. Pouvez vous m'aider ? Cordialement,--Postaire (talk) 08:04, 24 July 2019 (UTC)

@Postaire, bien sûr! Voyez ce que j'ai fait dans le "talk page" de l'article de Jean-François Bach --> j'ai utilisé la modèle "{{translated page}}" (la version anglaise de "Modèle:Traduit de"). Quand vous traduisez des articles à l'avenir, il faut utiliser cette modèle (lisez cette page pour apprendre comment on fait ça). Si vous avez besoin de plus d'aide, m'envoyez un message ici.  Seagull123  Φ  12:19, 24 July 2019 (UTC)

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question re template

Hi! could you please tell me which template you used for the welcome message that you left at this user's talk page? link: User_talk:JazzShadow#top. I appreciate it. please ping me when you reply. thanks!! --Sm8900 (talk) 02:17, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

@Sm8900: Hi! That's {{welcome emoji}}! And don't worry about it!  Seagull123  Φ  12:02, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

ok, friend! that is good to know! I'm actually quite pleased to see Wikipedia incorporating emojis into its regular everyday resources. did you know that you can now install extensions that allow you to type emojis, even using a regular laptop? I'm using Firefox now, and here is the extension that lets me type emojis.

• Link: App for Emoji Keyboard - Emojis For Firefox.

have you tried this out? just curious. and here's some examples. 👍🇺🇸🚀🗽🌁🌎 thanks! --Sm8900 (talk) 12:24, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

Your signature

Please be aware that your signature uses has Misnested tags lint errors, because of a closing </span> that lies outside bold and wikilink markup, when it should be inside. Also, the markup includes a background color with 5 hexadecimal digits, which does not do anything. Perhaps you intended to use a background color with 6 hexadecimal digits. Also, the border markup does not do anything.

You are encouraged to change

<span style="border=3px double #0075EA">[[User:Seagull123|'''<span style="background:#304747;color:#BED6D6"> Seagull123 </span>''']][[User talk:Seagull123|'''<span style="color:#304747;background-color:#BED6D;"> Φ ''']]</span></span> :  Seagull123  Φ 

to

[[User:Seagull123|'''<span style="background:#304747;color:#BED6D6"> Seagull123 </span>''']][[User talk:Seagull123|'''<span style="color:#304747"> Φ </span>''']] :  Seagull123  Φ 

which could be further improved to

[[User:Seagull123|<b style="background:#304747;color:#BED6D6"> Seagull123 </b>]][[User talk:Seagull123|<b style="color:#304747"> Φ </b>]] :  Seagull123  Φ 

—Anomalocaris (talk) 08:45, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for updating your signature! —Anomalocaris (talk) 10:45, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Käina seamud deposit

Hi! Thank you for your mindfulness! Could you kindly consider now de-orphaning the template from the article I created about the national deposit in Käina Bay? It was decently amended, structured and linked over the last days. Thank you!Esthonos (talk) 13:37, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

@Esthonos: I've done that, but you're more than welcome to remove those sorts of tags yourself if you think they don't apply anymore! Seagull123 Φ 16:42, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

deletion of Lolrus page

why has the page been deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Randall finsterwald (talk • contribs) 13:35, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

@Randall finsterwald: please see the messages on your talk page about why the article was deleted. When your block expires, and if you wish to contribute constructively to Wikipedia, please see this page on how to write a good article, or see this page for a tutorial on how to edit Wikipedia. Also, please remember to sign your comments on talk pages. Seagull123 Φ 13:53, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

Article for speedy deletion

Hello and thank you for the kind welcome. Also thank you for the explanation on my first article page...there were some confusing things. I'd like to know more about notability and how I can make my article about How You Perceive Everything, Inc. fit the requirements. While they have accomplished quite a bit, there is not much in the way of independent coverage on the company. Happy to have any assistance with making the article wiki worthy. Thank you again.Chastized (talk) 14:06, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi @Chastized: thanks for your message. For why I've tagged the page How You Perceive Everything, Inc. with a speedy delete tag, please see this page, which explains the rationale for deletion of the page - essentially, the article does not indicate why its subject is important or significant, as it doesn't make a credible claim of significance. A useful essay on advice for you in this situation is Wikipedia:What to do if your article gets tagged for speedy deletion.

For more help with writing articles, I strongly recommend the "Your First Article" page, which explains how to write a good article on Wikipedia. Also, I suggest using the Article Wizard to help writing articles in the future.

To better understand notability on Wikipedia, look at the general notability guidelines, which explain what each part of the notability guidelines means (explaining what "significant coverage" means etc), but essentially:

Wikipedia articles cover notable topics—those that have gained sufficiently significant attention by the world at large and over a period of time, and are not outside the scope of Wikipedia. We consider evidence from reliable and independent sources to gauge this attention. The notability guideline does not determine the content of articles, but only whether the topic should have its own article.
— Wikipedia:Notability

Unfortunately, if there isn't significant coverage of the company in independent, reliable sources, then there shouldn't be an article about them - if you want help finding sources to try and determine notability of an article subject, try asking at the reference desk.

If the article is deleted, you could read Wikipedia:Why was the page I created deleted?, and especially the "What you can do about it" section, which explains what to do if an article you created was deleted.

I want to thank you, though, for your contributions to Wikipedia, and please don't feel discouraged because of this. Hopefully this has been able to help you, but if not, you can ask more questions at the help desk or the Teahouse, or you can , or just leave a message on my talk page (as you have done here) . Seagull123 Φ 14:44, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

please stop deleting LOLrus

	stop
	please stop it the page is perfectly fine. Randall finsterwald (talk) 14:51, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

@Randall finsterwald: I have not personally deleted the page. Please see Wikipedia:What to do if your article gets tagged for speedy deletion and Wikipedia:Why was the page I created deleted?. Seagull123 Φ 15:01, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

Edit Request - Ezekiel 4:9 Bread Page

Hello,  Seagull123 !

First off, thank you so much for your warm welcome to Wikipedia alongside your insightful input regarding publishing pages. Your advice is incredibly valuable, and I'm very grateful that you took the time to send that message my way.

Per your message here, I was wondering if you would be willing to proofread this Draft:Ezekiel 4:9 Bread.

As a conflict of interest writer on this topic, I would like to submit this page according to best practices to reduce the chances of my contribution being undone.

I'm thankful to receive any feedback you have.

Thanks again for your kind introduction. I'm excited to begin this Wikipedia adventure!

Gregory.trinet (talk) 15:37, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi @Gregory.trinet: thanks for your message, and for your edits here on Wikipedia! I really appreciate your efforts to try and get uninvolved editors to look over the draft, but I still feel like the best way for the draft to be properly "evaluated" would be if you submitted your draft for review - the process of doing so is explained here. Basically, just click the blue "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the draft page. I am unfortunately not the person who is able to review your draft for you. To improve the chances of the article being approved, make sure you have demonstrated the article's notability, essentially:

Wikipedia articles cover notable topics—those that have gained sufficiently significant attention by the world at large and over a period of time, and are not outside the scope of Wikipedia. We consider evidence from reliable and independent sources to gauge this attention. The notability guideline does not determine the content of articles, but only whether the topic should have its own article.
— WP:Notability

If you want help finding sources to help demonstrate notability, I suggest you ask at the reference desk. Seagull123 Φ 18:21, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Martin Wave Page

I have made edits / removed words that made the piece sound subjective. I have used outside articles to support the statements utilized in the article / all the info can be backed up on various DSPs with a quick search. I ask you kindly, of course assuming I have made all the appropriate edits to your liking, to please remove the flags on the page I created? Thank you so much, I do so appreciate you making sure wikipedia remains a reliable source for all readers and contributors. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jessicanthomas94 (talk • contribs) 16:28, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi @Jessicanthomas94: if you mean Martin Wave, can I ask what tags you're talking about, because I can't see any on there? Thank you for your work in editing and improving the page, though. Seagull123 Φ 18:09, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi @Seagull123:EDIT: I must have been confused, thank you!!

Complaints / Neutrality Issues

Thank you for your response re: "In the News"

I use Wikipedia a LOT! I have used it (and continue to use it) in many different languages, mainly concerning History-related information, pretty much every day for the last 10 years or so and I have noticed a marked change in the neutrality of politically popular and sensitive subjects - particularly regarding:

1. Climate Change / Environmental Issues
2. Colour Revolutions / Pro-Democracy Movement
3. 9-11 Truth
4. Elections in general
5. Corruption Allegations / Political Scandals
6. The various "eternal wars" of the 21st century, along with the actual conflicts that arise from them

I believe this is not coincidental and that these topics form the core of the propaganda agendas of certain political agencies.

I have lived oversees and had very good insider knowledge about political developments in the countries I lived in and around and have seen how perspectives can be very easily and powerfully manipulated to influence people's perceptions of places they are to all intents and purposes entirely ignorant of the actual realities and subtleties at play, particularly here in the West, where people are bombarded with news-bites and commercials.

Wikipedia suffers from its own successes - it is among the top few websites presented on any Google Searches, but is entirely and literally "amateur" in its set-up. This is fantastic when I am researching the medieval Hanseatic League or need to know the extant texts of Pliny the Elder, but it leaves it vulnerable to non-amateurs agencies on its more sensitive topics. It is also instantly updateable - more so than even a news website, that needs an editorial process to be followed at the very least.

I am concerned that Wikipedia is not finding open-source, free-for-all, online community-based solutions to these dangers, or more worrying still that this was part of its raison-d'etre all along.

I no longer feel it offers a neutral perspective, and the ability to monitor and challenge these problems is not very clear. I ended up posting where I did as I could not find anywhere else! And then it seemed to drop it somehow in someone else's post...

I am also not a big fan of "In the News", especially on the front page. I am not interested in "the news" and do not feel it can ever be unbiased as even the intrinsic nature of the events that are being presented are open to merely being deliberate propaganda themselves. I never used to expect to find a newspaper stuck to the front of the Encyclopedia Britannica when I read it as a child in the library, and I don't want it here!

Unfortunately, political machinations often take a long time to come to clearer conclusions and the truths of their ins and outs often are lost to history.

It has taken many years and millions of hours of unpaid good work bycountless people to create this incredible - and now much more credible - website, and so the axe I wish to grind is against those who seek to undo all this just so they can play their sham politics and control games. I am not interested in pointing fingers at whoever is being presented as this month's Bad Guy, just at what these faceless people keep chipping away at.

Thanks

Nobbo69 (talk) 22:37, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

@Nobbo69: I'm sorry you feel that way, and unfortunately there's little that I can do personally to help you. If you have issues with In the news, I suggest you post them at Wikipedia talk:In the news; or if you have issues with the content of articles on current events, you can post them at Wikipedia:Current events noticeboard. Wikipedia also has an FAQ on the NPOV policy here, and a NPOV noticeboard here, which appears to me to give a good overview of some of your concerns and where else to address them. If you have issues with the policy itself, you can raise them here. Seagull123 Φ 16:42, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

@Seagull123: Excellent, very useful and a quick glance suggests this is already rumbling - thank you very much for your help and apologies for any rant-like tendencies! Nobbo69 (talk) 11:15, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

Escadrille Spa.97

Hello,

When I returned from lunch to find my article in utero had been abducted, I didn't particularly worry. I just completed the draft and submitted it as you wished. I just find myself wondering if you are going to release it to mainspace. Or should I write another iteration of it?

I might add, that in my decade in WP, I have never had a similar occurrence, even though I have originated 1,400+ articles.

Georgejdorner (talk) 02:38, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi @Georgejdorner! The reason I moved the article to the draftspace is because when it was first published, it contained just an infobox, and nothing else. If you think it's ready to be 'published', you should be able to move the page back yourself, I believe, as described at WP:MOVE. Hopefully that helps . Seagull123 Φ 14:06, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

• • Yes, I read your excuse for ignoring the {inuse} notice telling you I was working on the article. I finished the article in less than an hour and submitted the draft to your designated location. The questions now are, Where is it? and When will the reviewer post it?Georgejdorner (talk) 17:02, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

@Georgejdorner: there was no {{inuse}} template on the article when you first published it (nor an {{In creation}} or {{under construction}} template). Furthermore, as I've already said, you should be able to move the page from Draft:Escadrille Spa.97 to Escadrille Spa.97 yourself, if you need help in doing so, this page explains how to do so; if you want to request someone moves the page for you, please read this page; or if you wish to wait until it can be reviewed under the Articles for Creation process, please read the notes on the yellow/beige template at the bottom of the draft, or ask the AFC help desk a question. Seagull123 Φ 12:17, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

My apologies if I forgot the {inuse} template on this draft; I do habitually use it.

I've been writing in WP since 2008, and I have never previously had an article in progress kidnapped. I suppose it's my own fault because I wasn't in workspace.

The draft is now tied up in the review process for new articles--a foreign venue for me. I'm faced with hours of learning new rules to thumb-wrestle with bureaucracy, to save an article completely cited to a reliable source used by all editors who write about World War I aviation. It's simply not worth the time and effort. Let the reviewers delete it if they wish. Or let them release it. I'm not wasting any more time on this foolishness.Georgejdorner (talk) 16:46, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

@Georgejdorner: there's nothing wrong with you did, I just felt that with only the infobox present, it would be better to move it to draftspace where you could expand it without as much of a rush as there would be in the mainspace. However, you don't have to wait for an Articles for Creation reviewer to approve it: as you said, you've been here for a while, I'm sure the draft is of good quality, so you should be able to move it back to the mainspace yourself. Seagull123 Φ 16:51, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Don't know how, and don't care to learn.Georgejdorner (talk) 16:55, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

@Georgejdorner: OK, no one's forcing you to learn. If you change your mind however, it's all explained here: H:MOVE. Seagull123 Φ 16:57, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

I'll probably circle back to it at some point to rewrite it after it's been deleted, as the present reviewer is suggesting, despite it being completely cited.Georgejdorner (talk) 17:28, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Page deletion retraction request

Dear Seagull123,

You recently requested a speedy deletion of a page I have created on behalf of Naomi Cooper

I have been asked to create the page for him and had nearly finished the page and then saw that it had been deleted. Please can you explain why you deleted it and whether I can please have the page back as I had spent several hours on it.

I have permission to create the page and would like continue working on it.

Thank you

Gestwhich (talk) 09:48, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi @Gestwhich. The reason I requested that page be speedy deleted is that it was a copyright infringement of another webpage, please read the message I left on your talkpage about this. If you are the copyright owner of that website, and wish to publish it under the relevant Creative Commons licence - that would mean anyone could use and edit that text for any purpose, please read this page and this page.

Also, your message here makes me think you have a conflict of interest, and/or are paid to edit here. If this is the case, you are highly recommended to read Wikipedia's policies and guidelines about this, some of which are: guideline on COIs, plain and simple guide to COIs, help available to editors with COIs - I will also shortly leave a message on your talk page with more information about this. If you have a COI, and/or are paid to edit here, you must disclose this. Please also note that whether or not you "have permission" from someone to write an article about them is irrelevant on Wikipedia. To have an article about someone on Wikipedia, they must meet certain criteria, such as being notable. You may wish to read Your First Article for more on how to write an article here.

Other help pages you may wish to read are: What to do if your article gets tagged for speedy deletion, and Why was the page I created deleted? Hopefully this helps, and if you need more help, you can , or just leave a message on my talk page. Seagull123 Φ 14:23, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Feedback request: Politics, government, and law request for comment

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EGATrek article

Thanks for the info. You're right; it's not a finished article yet, and I was planning on adding more to it but was just trying to get something down as a place to begin. I didn't know there were draft pages; will have to figure that out. There's plenty more information I can add, so I guess I'll just republish it when it's more fleshed out.

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Hi @Hydrophile: I moved it to the draftspace only so you'd have more time to add to and expand the article. Wikipedia:Drafts explains more about the draftspace and how drafts work. Seagull123 Φ 18:26, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Music Institute in fez

Hi, sorry to bother, but yours is the first entry in the revision history on Music Institute in fez so I thought I'd ask you. :) I came across this article on the dead end list, and was going to start fixing the many issues it has, but then noticed you'd requested speedy deletion. That seems (?) to refer to the draftified version, though, whereas there's now a published article in the main name space. Any idea what's happening here? I didn't want to start sorting out the mess that this article is, if it will only be deleted. Cheers, -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 11:25, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi @DoubleGrazing: I used the tool, User:Evad37/MoveToDraft, to move Music Institute in fez to Draft:Music Institute in fez. The script then tagged Music Institute in fez for speedy deletion under WP:R2 (a redirect from mainspace to draftspace). The draft I moved is still present at the link with the "Draft:" prefix. Hopefully this helps . Seagull123 Φ 16:30, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

OK thanks. Earlier today I saw there was a redirect to the draft, but that seems to have been deleted now. Anyway, I'm sure it's all in order. Cheers, -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 16:42, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

@DoubleGrazing, the redirect was tagged for deletion yesterday, but it looks like it was only deleted about an hour or so ago. Seagull123 Φ 16:44, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

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Elliot Bolter

Thanks for putting a BLP prod on this article. I was considering whether to do so myself when you made the edit. However, I have decided to speedy delete it as a hoax, because the claims it made are not credible, and the author's edit at Scots College seems incompatible with its content.-gadfium 22:57, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi gadfium, looking at the article after I tagged it for BLPPROD, I do admit I realise I probably should have tagged it for speedy deletion, but thank you for deleting it! Seagull123 Φ 23:05, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

Move request

[1] It is as per WP:SPI for "anonymous (IP address) editor" as described in "How to open an investigation". 2409:4073:390:3649:F0E5:6615:B225:A3C1 (talk) 06:46, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

What does this mean? If you want to request the page be moved please go to WP:RM. Seagull123 Φ 16:53, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

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I work for Sarah Murduch which is why I know it is incorrect.