User talk:Dodger67

Hello

This Pete MacLeod here. I'm trying to add a wikipedia page for myself. Can you tell me what is issue with my entry thanks. Pete — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.139.244.113 (talk) 16:16, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

I might be able to do so, if you could tell me where it is... Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 08:30, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

A different topic

thanks for your reply.i will give my best. thankyou. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arul selvan (talk • contribs) 18:07, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

Arul selvan What is this about? Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 08:32, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

Draft:Motorgun

Hello Dodger67, Can you help me? I'm trying to put an article that is being rejected. I have already inserted all the sources of the information mentioned in the article, as you requested. what am I doing wrong? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leopaice (talk • contribs) 14:58, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi Leopaice, it is not enough to simply state that reviews exist, you must actually tell what the reviewers said about the band. Each one of the listed reviews should become a short paragraph summarizing the review. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 08:43, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of H45 Battleship Proposal

The article H45 Battleship Proposal has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Seems to be a recreation of material shown to be false in Talk:H-class battleship proposals#H45 Does Not Exist, referenced entirely to Porter's book that has been shown to have been sourced to Wikipedia, where the information had originally been crossposted from a discussion forum's speculations as to what such a ship would be. IOW, recreation of deleted material shown to originally stem from an unreliable source.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. rdfox 76 (talk) 19:34, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

No idea why I'm getting this. The article is already deleted, I have no opinion about it. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 08:29, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

Edits made on Jonathan Rosenblum (labor organizer) page

Hi Dodger67!

Finally got back around to editing the page for Jonathan Rosenblum (labor organizer) per your suggestions and re-submitted. Unfortunately the page was again declined --- this time for notability problems. Notability aside, I am curious what the right protocol is for having discussion on the merits of Rosenblum's notability. I replied to the reviewer (SwisterTwister) on their talk page and added a reply comment directly on the draft but I am guessing I am missing something here. I am guessing there is something that looks roughly like code review with threaded comments on each change, but am unsure on how to keep all the comments re. notability in one place for later reference (and/or convenience of review). I am hesitant to resubmit the page with my comment embedded, unless that is how it is best to proceed. Suggestions on where to go from here most welcome!

Cpsarason (talk) 22:56, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi Cpsarason your comment is correctly formatted. Do you have any material from truly "national level" sources, such as newspapers or magazines comparable in stature to the NYT, Time Magazine, the big tv networks ABC, NBC, CNN? Books that discuss Rosenblum, not written by him? Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 10:06, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

22:06:53, 9 January 2017 review of submission by Wonder1953

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Hi, I've been asked to have a look at this wikipedia page as I run the website for the team. It's my first time using wikipedia to create pages so I was wondering if you could give me a little more feedback on why this was declined and an example of the changes that are needed (feel free to give me a link to a page if this is contained somewhere I've missed!!) I'm just trying to establish what changes we need to make to get this approved. Thanks Mike (Wonder1953 (talk) 22:06, 9 January 2017 (UTC)).

Wonder1953, your draft does not meet the criteria of the Golden Rule, specifically the requirement to have reliable sources that go into detail about the club. Additionally, there are a few places where you've used "we" - these should be removed/replaced with neutral pronouns. WP:YFA has more information about writing your first article, and WP:REFB has helpful tips about adding references. If you want more help, stop by the Teahouse, Wikipedia's live help channel, or the help desk to ask someone for assistance. Primefac (talk) 19:28, 11 January 2017 (UTC) (talk page stalker)Template:Z163

Draft:Gene of uncertain significance

Hi Roger

I would like to complete my article about gene of uncertain significance

You left this comment:

Comment: This is almost ready to be accepted, just expand the lead to properly summarize the article. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 16:35, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

A gene of uncertain significance (GUS) is a gene that has not been associated with a phenotype in humans or it is a gene connected with a phenotype in humans that previously had not been connected to that gene.[1]

Is it this sentence that I need to expand to properly summarize the article?

Thank you

David Bick 1-10-17 Dpaulbick (talk) 04:18, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi Dpaulbick, I presume you're familiar with scientific journal abstracts. A Wikipedia article lead is similar to an abstract in that it is a precis of the article, but on WP we want the lead to be fairly simple, so that someone with no more than a high school level education in the subject could at least understand what the article is about. The lead should also entice the reader to continue reading. See MOS:LEAD for the official guideline. I will accept the article now with a maintenance tag requesting that the lead be expanded. This will hopefully get the attention of interested editors to help with the task. You can also ask WP:WikiProject Genetics to assist. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 17:36, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

16:25:36, 11 January 2017 review of submission by TomSmith1990

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Good Afternoon,

Thank you for reviewing my article. You declined it as it contains "too many draft articles", I do not know what this means. Please could you clarify please.

Tom Smith — Preceding unsigned comment added by TomSmith1990 (talk • contribs) 16:25, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

TomSmith1990, in reading through your draft it is very difficult to determine what the page is about. While the opening paragraphs are about Omar Benguit, there are entire paragraphs about other people (such as Danilo Restivo) who seemingly had no connection to this individual. This is why the draft was declined - a draft is about one subject, not many. Primefac (talk) 19:13, 11 January 2017 (UTC) (talk page stalker)

User:JGundal/sandbox

Hi Dodger67,

I noticed my article on the restaurant Spear It was removed with speedy deletion. I would like to know if there is any way I can get the article's contents back so that I may fix my errors. In addition, I would greatly appreciate any suggestions you have as to how to make the article less like an advertisement. In creating it I never intended to advertise, so I'm not sure which parts led to the deletion. This is the first article I have attempted to create in wikipedia and would like to better understand my situation to avoid it in the future. Thank you for your time! JGundal (talk) 17:07, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi JGundal, unfortunately I don't have access to deleted content as I'm not an admin, you should ask Sarahj2107, the admin who did the deletion, to assist you. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 21:11, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Digital Dynamics

Hi Dodger67,

Thanks for the offer of help. Can you help please advise me of what to do next.

I am the co-author of the science behind Digital Dynamics, the OBASHI Methodology and Digital Flow.

We published the OBASHI page on Wiki a few years back. OBASHI is an aspect of Digital Dynamics. The way the science has evolved The OBASHI Methodology became more relevant in the first instance so it seemed sensible to publish that first.

A good comparison would be the wiki pages on Thermodynamics, where there are various aspects to the science behind Thermodynamics covered in various wiki pages.

The next aspect of Digital Dynamics we will look to add in due course is Digital Flow.

Do I need to put a link in the OBASHI page to take the reader to the Digital dynamics page? any help would be most welcome.

Kind regards

Fergus Cloughley (talk) 00:57, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi Fergus Cloughley you need to make the distinctions between the topics/entities (that you have explained here) clear in the article draft, so that the next reviewer doesn't come to the same decline decision as mine. An existing article may never contain a link to a draft, such links may be inserted in other articles only after the draft has been accepted. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 19:26, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Review Submission: Silverlake Axis

Hi Dodger67, you reviewed my submission on Silverlake Axis about a month ago. I've made some changes after reading your and the other reviewer's comments. Can you please look at the article again and let me know if it's ready for the Article Space? Thanks. Mictan236 (talk) 09:27, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi Mictan236, please simply resubmit it for another review. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 19:32, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

14:26:47, 13 January 2017 review of submission by Shimon k

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Dear Dodger67/reviewer,

The original Wikipedia entry contains several factual errors, such as Ms. Rothstein having been personally greeted by Mr. Rouhani on several occasions, something that has never occurred and for which there is no reference nor basis. The text seems as if it has been poorly translated from other sources, and it makes little sense to an English speaker, making the overall information difficult to digest.

As for the entry on Ms. Rothstein’s career, the original post says that Annika’s topic of writing are “Jews and the Temple”, “Jihadi Tourism”, “Anti-Semitism in Europe” and “Rediscovering Jewish Identity”, and it seems the author of this wikipedia entry has simply taken the title of a few of Ms. Rothstein’s articles and pasted them into the entry, rather than actually describing what she does our what she writes about.

The section on Ms. Rothstein’s personal life is taken word-for-word from one single interview and therefore does not hold up to the regular Wikipedia scrutiny of sourcing, and much as the rest of this Wikipedia entry it is vague at best and factually incorrect at worst.

The entire Wikipedia entry on Annika Hernroth-Rothstein needs to be seriously overhauled as it is factually incorrect, badly sourced and difficult to digest as the author’s language skills leaves something to be desired.

I humbly request to have the current Wikipedia entry completely removed and replaced with the text I have contributed, I have been carefully checking all sources and interviewed Ms. Rothstein on several occasions verifying issues and details thoroughly.

Best regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shimon k (talk • contribs) 14:26, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Shimon k, if the existing article contains factually incorrect information, you should replace it with reliably sourced information (including the references where you found your facts). If you're planning on making a major change, it is best to start a discussion on the talk page. We do not remove an entire article simply because some of the facts are incorrect. Primefac (talk) 14:38, 13 January 2017 (UTC) (talk page stalker)

RfA

Hi Roger. I wondered if you might consider running for adminship again. Your ORCP posting from nearly a year ago was very positive, and I think you would have a great chance at running again. I would be more than happy to nominate you, as would - I suspect - Ritchie333. I think you could do a lot of good work with the admin toolset and from looking through your contributions I think the community would agree. Sam Walton (talk) 15:09, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

I did a provisional RfA for Roger a few months back (as an admin you can see it - Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Dodger67 2 - I G7ed it) with the intention of DGG being a co-nom, but he's held off for the minute as he wants more AfD experience. I particularly wanted DGG as he was a key opposer in the first RfA. Since his previous RfA in August 2014, he has participated in over 60 AfDs and I cannot see any issue with any of them. I checked CSDs going back six months and the only disputed one I can find is this. I think he's got nothing to worry about and I'm happy to reboot the RfA whenever he wants. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 15:57, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Ah, indeed. No problem - and yes I though DGG as a co-nom would be a good idea if he was happy to do so. Let me know if you want a co-nom when it is restarted, and no worries if not, I'll just make a very enthusiastic support :) Sam Walton (talk) 16:20, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

From looking at my email archives, I think DGG is busy elsewhere and hasn't got time to put together a really good nomination. If he doesn't want to do it, and Roger is okay to run now, I don't think there'll be any issue in you putting your name on it instead. I would say it's down to Roger whether he wants to run now or not. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 16:23, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Happy for me to co-nom? If so I'll get to work! Sam Walton (talk) 01:35, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks Ritchie333Samwalton9DGGKudpung (If I missed anyone who has been or should be informed, please ping them too.) Take a look at User:Dodger67/Sandbox/RfA sandbox. I'm rapidly running out of excuses, so let's see if we can aim at running early in February. It must be done and dusted by no later than the 10th, because from then until late March I'm going to be too busy to give it the necessary attention. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 17:53, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Okay, I've undeleted the RfA, updating the opening statement a bit and put today's date on it. Put your answers to the three standard questions on it; anyone who wants to co-nom, add your nomination, then when we're all done, accept the nomination and off we go. Any reason we can't run right now (ie: have the RfA in place by Sunday) - not that I want to rush but if you want it done and dusted by mid-February, there's no point hanging about. Plus the goodwill around RfA right now might not last forever. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 17:58, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks Ritchie333. I'm on the road for a few days starting tomorrow morning, then I have a major business presentation to do on Thursday. I'd like to spend at least a day or three crafting my first answers, so how about launch next Sunday? Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 18:21, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Sure, no problem, just let me know when you're ready. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 23:53, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Ritchie333 Samwalton9 I'll start composing the first three answers over the next few days. After my business meeting on Thursday I will be free to give it the attention it needs. I should be ready for a Sunday launch. BTW, my timezone is UTC+2 and my usual online hours are from about 7:00 to about 20:00 UTC. -- Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 07:31, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

BTW, with DGG not available to nominate, I hope an early Support statement from him might be possible. AIUI he is currently occupied with other activities so may not be following this converastion. Kudpung apparently you have quite regular contact with him, I'd really appreciate it if you could "prompt" DGG to do so. No pressure of course, I don't want to be accused of solicitation, but it might help to neutralise some lingering "fallout" from my previous RFA. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 08:50, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

You will get an early support. DGG ( talk ) 11:24, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Thank you DGG, very much apreciated. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 11:44, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Ritchie333 Samwalton9, I'd appreciate if you would cast anmeye over my three answers, they are based on the answers I gave at my first RFA edited according to feedback and advice I recieved. BTW To what extent is is acceptable to "advertise" my RFA on my user page and mention it other project pages where I am known as a regular? Obviously I don't want to overstep the Canvassing boundary. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 12:06, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

I've fixed a spelling mistake, but otherwise nothing stands out. For Q1, just expect questions and cross examination on what you do put there, though I know from personal experience what you've listed is what I know you for and what you want to do anyway. For Q2, check all your contributions and make sure they are all free of maintenance tags and have no obvious problems. If you look at previous RfAs, you can get an idea of what questions you might be asked, though I assume you'll have looked through that already.

I think the recent run of RfA candidates was good, and it would be nice to have a bunch running simultaneously to avoid attention being focused all on one candidate, but beggars can't be choosers.

Some people put {{RfA-notice}} at their top of the user and / or user talk page, and obviously preamble conversation on your talk here before the RfA starts is fine, as people would expect it. Beyond that, you should not mention RfA anywhere, as you run a risk of running up "Oppose - canvassing" !votes. (example) Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 12:18, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Samwalton9 we just need your nomination statement then we'd be good to go. I'm just a bit concerned to be the only active RFA as it might attract too much "undesirable" attention. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 09:05, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay - plan to write it this afternoon! Don't worry too much about that; before the other week that's what every RfA has been like recently! Sam Walton (talk) 12:15, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks Samwalton9. Ritchie333 It's Saturday evening here now, in the morning I will indicate my readiness to launch by posting my acceptance of the nomination. I'm not aware of your timezones so I hope it won't be inconvenient. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 19:16, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

I believe you are in the same timezone as me, or near it. I'm a bit out and about tomorrow, but hopefully I'll quickly grab 10 minutes to transclude your nomination after you accept, unless you want to do it. It's not hard; the important bit is that when you comment out the subst: it starts the "timer" as 7 days from that point, so get it transcluded on WP:RFA ASAP as the community expects to have the full 168 hours up for voting on. Or you can transclude first, then do the commenting out. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 22:31, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

I'm happy to do it in the morning if you've accepted before I head out. Sam Walton (talk) 22:35, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#RfC_on_secondary_school_notability

Wow, that is nuanced. :) Should we have listed the Request for comment on whether the Bronze Wolf Award by itself is enough to show notability of holders of the award at the Wikipedia:Village_pump instead? You live in a place I've always wanted to visit! Given that you too are interested in disability issues as I am, you may have something to add to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kingsley C. Dassanayake. I have written to the Ceylon School for the Deaf & Blind and the descendant org for the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind, no answer to either request.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 13:19, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi again Kintetsubuffalo, I actually arrived at the Bronze Wolf debate via the link in this AFD. It's only after having participated in the BWA discussion that I have formulated an opinion about the AFD, which I have posted a few minutes ago. WikiProject Disability displays all relevant AFDs, so that's how I found it.

BTW my nuanced arguments will hopefully be to my advantage when I enter the RFA "inquisition" next week. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 17:43, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

Good luck with the RFA!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 01:45, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

19:52:42, 16 January 2017 review of submission by Allanatwork

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I have now added some references to justify claims of membership in Solidarity Swiss, European Solidar, Zewo, I also took references from the German language article which I had dropped because they are all in German. The now referenced ZEWO entry also allows one to download the last yearly report and financial statement. Do you think I should refer to them too? If so how?

I am not sure that you saw my User talk describing who I am and what I am doing therefore here it is again

I am a retired person acting as volunteer unpaid contributor to the Solidar Suisse organisation. Up to now I have done web site page translations from German to English. I suggested to them that the German language wiki article was much better than the current English article and that therefore an update of the English one would be appropriate. My submission is my translation of the German article with minor revisions (mostly deletions). Does this constitute a serious COI?

Allanatwork (talk) 19:52, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi Allanatwork, the main problem is that you are citing only the involved organisations' own publications. You need truly independent sources such as newspapers, academic papers, books, etc. that were written and published by people with no connection to the subject organisation or its associates. You mention a current English article, where is it? If an article about the same subject already exists you should be editing it directly, not creating a separate draft. When an article already exists a new draft cannot be accepted to replace the existing article. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 18:47, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Hello again, I beg to disagree about the origin of my references. Point-by-point

1. www.findmittel.ch appears to be a site of the Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv. This organisation describes itself in the following https://www.sozialarchiv.ch/en/swiss-social-archives/about-us. It appears to be a repository for documents related to social issues.
2. dodos.ch isa repository for Swiss diplomatic documents. This is given in its profile http://www.dodis.ch/en/profile. It is supported by the Swiss Society for History.
3. swiss-solidarity.org is a fund-raising foundation started by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation. I refer to it to justify the statement that Solidar Suisse is a member. Note that the French and German names of the organisation do not use the word "solider" and that funds are distributed to many different charitable groups.
4. www.solidar.org is the web site associated with SOLIDAR an umbrella organisation with members throughout Europe (including Solidar Suisse). See http://www.solidar.org/en/about-us/solidar
5. ZEWO is an organisation certifying the functioning of a large number of Swiss charities. Its seal entitles donors to make non-taxable contributions. Given this certification I thought that the financial reports on their site constitute reliable evidence of how Solidar Suisse spends money and effort. See https://www.zewo.ch/en/

Of these 5 references I would only consider 4. as potentially being an "associate". Does this make sense?

I am afraid that I was mistaken in saying that an English article already exists. As of now there are articles available in French and German. Thus my English translation has to be considered as a new article.

From my point of view there is merit in having a Wikipedia article available in English to complement the French and German versions. Clearly the German one has more content therefore I have based my work on it. How would you suggest that I proceed?

Thanks for the help. Allanatwork (talk) 13:14, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

21:54:08, 17 January 2017 review of submission by Satyam2017

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I am beginner. Please help me how to quote references.

I have included a list of references and these are reliable as per the guide lines. Need help to improve my article. please help — Preceding unsigned comment added by Satyam2017 (talk • contribs) 22:08, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi Satyam2017 please read the whole review message and follow the links to guidance pages, in particular the Referencing for beginners guide which explains referencing. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 11:58, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Regarding the Article of Faia Younan

Hi Dodger,

Thank you for reviewing my article on Faia Younan. I am a bit confused. the reason of article rejection states as following:

"The content of this submission includes material that does not meet Wikipedia's minimum standard for inline citations. Please cite your sources using footnotes. For instructions on how to do this, please see Referencing for beginners. Thank you."

yet your comment: "There is no clear claim of significance in the lead. You need to state what it is that makes this singer stand out among the millions of people all over the world who sing?"

these are completely different? . as for your comment, could you please elaborate? what would be more significant than her career? I'm not sure i understand your point. what makes a singer standout out of million of people who sing are them being "professional singers" vs "amateur singer".

Kindly let me know more of your point of view so I could make the necessary changes.

Thanks again,

TestCandidate 17:01, 20 January 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by TestCandidate (talk • contribs)

TestCandidate, there are two points on the recent decline. The first (and most important) is a lack of inline citations. Biographies of living persons require that all information is sourced, and this is done by placing the references in the body of the text (e.g. "This is a statement.<ref>...</ref>"). We cannot accept the draft until you move the references from the References section up to the statements they are supporting.

The second issue is the lead, which tells about the person. What has she done? Is she just a singer? Is there anything else she is known for? The lead is an important part of a page, which is why Dodger mentioned it when they declined your draft. See WP:LEAD for more information. Primefac (talk) 17:19, 20 January 2017 (UTC) (talk page stalker)

Thank you for the clarifications. I will work on the changes and re-submit x) TestCandidate 17:35, 20 January 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by TestCandidate (talk • contribs)

Draft:Saturday Night Live parodies of Bill Clinton

Hello! You placed a "Review waiting" on this draft awhile back. Any hope of some attention? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:04, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi Gråbergs Gråa Sång, it was actually you that submitted it for review, all I did was to move it to Draft-space. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 15:10, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

I just realised that, sorry (pretty much my first article). I´d still like a review though. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:12, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

Done. Thanks for the article. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 15:18, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

thank you very much Dodger67

thanks very much for getting back to me. how can I contacact this person s/he doesnt seem to have a talk page. tow hours of my life I'm not going to get back ;o)) tx Ann Marie — Preceding unsigned comment added by Familyandpast (talk • contribs) 16:13, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi Familyandpast, that's not at all unusual on Wikipedia, I've had entire days of contributions wiped out. What you can perhaps do, is to try to find proper sources for the content of the article because it has no references at all. There seems to be quite a bit of information about him in various Irish newspapers and other publications, it seems he's quite a big deal there. See the Referencing for beginners guide for the technicalities. You can also get more help at Wikipedia:WikiProject Visual arts or WP:WikiProject Ireland, the regulars there are probably better suited to helping with specifics. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 16:29, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

Good luck

Good luck for your rfa! J947 07:02, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

J947, Thanks Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 07:11, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

11:50:57, 27 January 2017 review of submission by 60.242.178.114

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Thanks for your review and your research. As you correctly assume, I am indeed focused on promoting the Concordia German Choir, Sydney. There are a number of German Choirs on the planet with the name, Concordia (meaning Harmony), but they are not related other than by the language in which they sing. I can expand on the topic, nominating important people in the choir and its history which dates back to 1883 but have few other independent sources to which I can refer. Further I can translate the article into German if this helps it to be accepted.

If any of my suggestions help, please let me know and I will be more than willing to oblige. Of course I would be very pleased if there were a way to have my article accepted but in any event I am grateful for your help and the time you have spent.

Kind Regards, Bernd (Bernie)

Hi Bernd, another reviewer, Worldbruce, has posted some good advice on the draft page. He seems to be best suited to advising you further. The German Wikipedia has its own standards and process, their help page is at de:Wikipedia:Fragen zur Wikipedia, contact them about creating a German version. Good luck! Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 12:05, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

Draft:I.M

I saw this but I'm happy to hold off on a decision on Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:I.M if you want to finish the review. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 19:59, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

CambridgeBayWeather please let the MFD run its course. I suspended the review process because there's no point in wasting time on reviewing a draft that ends up being deleted. If it's kept we simply continue the review process. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 20:07, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

OK. Thanks. Deleted now. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 20:22, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

CambridgeBayWeather, I've just taken a look at the MFD, I'm wondering if relisting would have been the better option? Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 05:17, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

It generally is, but this is about the third AFC-MFD that SwisterTwister has created that's been closed with no !votes. I hate to sound the conspiracy alarm, but... Primefac (talk) 14:28, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

Primefac I will respond after my RFA closes, I'm sure you understand why... Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 16:14, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

I could have but in general there are never any more comments. I do relist some. I feel that these are easy to delete and just as easy to restore if someone asks. I recently restored Draft:Credible and Draft:Simply Gluten Free Magazine after I was asked at my talk page. Primefac I see that SwisterTwister has nominated several and I have deleted several. However, I can assure you there is no conspiracy here. Until SwisterTwister started nominating them without signing I don't believe I had ever had any contact with them. Have you asked SwisterTwister about the nominations? Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 19:01, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

CambridgeBayWeather, I'm being a bit unfair to you. If you're one of the main admins that patrols MFD, then clearly you'll be closing a bunch of them, regardless of who started them. Despite the fact I was half-joking when I made my above post, I shouldn't have made it in the first place. You're just doing what you're supposed to. Please accept my apologies. Primefac (talk) 19:07, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

Primefac. No worries and no need to apologise. I wasn't offended at all. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 19:15, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

Request on 20:50:56, 28 January 2017 for assistance on AfC submission by Interpretation of Wisdom

• Interpretation of Wisdom (talk · contribs)
  • User:Interpretation of Wisdom/sandbox (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Interpretation of Wisdom (talk) 20:50, 28 January 2017 (UTC) Hello! I totally disagreed with the declined of this Interpretation of Wisdom because there is no genuine reason why this should be decline in anyway by ‪Dodger67‬. So I appeal to kindly reviewed its creationInterpretation of Wisdom (talk)

Interpretation of Wisdom, I completely agree with Dodger's decline. We already have an article about wisdom, so there's no reason to create a duplicate article. Primefac (talk) 20:55, 28 January 2017 (UTC) (talk page stalker)

Your RFA

— xaosflux ^Talk 05:43, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! I successfully tested my mop by deleting (per U1) one of my sandbox pages. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 07:27, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

Successful RfA

• Congratulations for adminship !! CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) 05:50, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

Congrats..The admins' T-shirt for you. CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) 05:50, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

• Wow! That's great! I know it was a lot of work, but it will be worth it.—Anne Delong (talk) 05:53, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
• Thanks for running, congratulations on the successful run, and enjoy that T-shirt! North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 06:05, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
• Congratulations :) Sam Walton (talk) 21:07, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
• Congratulations and best wishes. Donner60 (talk) 20:34, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
• Congrats on your RfA! Take a few seconds to enjoy the moment... after which CSD with its perpetual backlog is this way. :-) -Ad Orientem (talk) 19:33, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
  • Thanks Ad Orientem - You call that a backlog? Currently only 60 pages and none are urgent G10 or G12/F9 Speedies. The backlogs that I'm used to run into the hundreds or thousands of pages. I got some criticism at the RFA about my speedy tagging, so I'd rather not jump in there so early in my mop-operator career. I'm still reading up on many of the admin jobs, I'll get stuck in as soon as I'm confident about the rules and procedures. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 14:32, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
• Congrats Roger - you deserve it. Gbawden (talk) 12:40, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
  • Thanks Gbawden, I wonder how many Saffer admins there are? Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 14:32, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
• Congratulations on your appointment. Conlinp (talk) 14:19, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
  • Thanks Conlinp, I'm still studying the mop operator's manual, I'm not diving into it hastily. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 14:32, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
• Congratulations Dodger - you previous diligent work, help that you have given to the newbies (as I once was) and the contacts that you have made over time have not been forgotten. Regards, William Harris • (talk) • 09:30, 1 February 2017 (UTC) Canis variabilis

Precious

South Africa Paralympics

Thank you for quality articles such as South Africa at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and Death of Nelson Mandela, for articles on disability by country, for fighting vandalism and caring about articles for creation, now also as an admin, - Roger, you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:20, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

A cup of coffee for you!

Welcome to the admin corps! Every new admin gets a nice new mop and a brand new admin T-shirt, but it seems they're neglected food and drink. While I may not be the best cook around, I can at least prepare you coffee that isn't the crappy instant coffee you find on the store shelves! Freshly roasted beans, hand-ground and filtered through a French press... what's not to like? Have a cup before you practice your mop-fu skills. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 12:36, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, K6ka, make mine Jamaican Blue Mountain... :) I thought the reading list for the RFA was a lot, but the mop user manual is huuuuuge!!! Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 13:31, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	For enduring your sometimes uncivil and bitter RfA and coming out successfully! — Iadmc♫talk  13:41, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks Iadmc, actually my first RFA was much rougher. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 17:48, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

A pie for you!

Second time's the charm. Congratulations on a successful RfA! —MRD2014 (talk • contribs) 16:33, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks MRD2014, first coffee, now pie... There seems to be a theme here! :) Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 17:51, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

Callus shaver

What do you mean? [1] --USA-Fan (talk) 09:12, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi USA-Fan there are several grammar errors in the article due to the sources being in German. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 09:17, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Don´t know what you mean. Sorry. Have you an example? --USA-Fan (talk) 09:23, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

"Have you an example?" is clearly a translitteration of "Haben Sie ein Beispiel?". A native English speaker would normally say "Do you have an example?". Thank you for writing the article, but please do not concern yourself with this problem, rather allow someone more fluent in English to fix it. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 09:42, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Ok, I know what you are meaning. --USA-Fan (talk) 09:59, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

P.S. I often have the same problem in German. ;) --USA-Fan (talk) 10:18, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter - February 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2017). This first issue is being sent out to all administrators, if you wish to keep receiving it please subscribe. Your feedback is welcomed.

Administrator changes

NinjaRobotPirate • Schwede66 • K6ka • Ealdgyth • Ferret • Cyberpower678 • Mz7 • Primefac • Dodger67

Briangotts • JeremyA • BU Rob13

Guideline and policy news

• A discussion to workshop proposals to amend the administrator inactivity policy at Wikipedia talk:Administrators has been in process since late December 2016.
• Wikipedia:Pending changes/Request for Comment 2016 closed with no consensus for implementing Pending changes level 2 with new criteria for use.
• Following an RfC, an activity requirement is now in place for bots and bot operators.

Technical news

• When performing some administrative actions the reason field briefly gave suggestions as text was typed. This change has since been reverted so that issues with the implementation can be addressed. (T34950)
• Following the latest RfC concluding that Pending Changes 2 should not be used on the English Wikipedia, an RfC closed with consensus to remove the options for using it from the page protection interface, a change which has now been made. (T156448)
• The Foundation has announced a new community health initiative to combat harassment. This should bring numerous improvements to tools for admins and CheckUsers in 2017.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee released a response to the Wikimedia Foundation's statement on paid editing and outing.

Obituaries

• JohnCD (John Cameron Deas) passed away on 30 December 2016. John began editing Wikipedia seriously during 2007 and became an administrator in November 2009.

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13:36, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

you dont desrve this cat

i hazte you sooo mnuch

Aggy123wills (talk) 17:43, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

Aggy123wills What is this about? Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 18:07, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

Bo's Place article

Hello Dodger67. I can certainly remove the inline links. I thought they would be convenient to the reader, but what I now understand is that the only inline links should be Wikipedia articles, and the rest should be references, right? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LufferTracker (talk • contribs) 23:12, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi LufferTracker, yes please remove external links that do not directly support the subject of the draft, those that do support it should be cired as sources. It seems to me that the draft currently lacks sources that are directly about the subject itself. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 08:22, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Dodger67. I've cleaned up the links, moved them to references. Not sure I understand your comment about 'sources that are directly about the subject itself' (?). A number of the references are links to the subject. Is this what you mean? Thanks.

New Page Review - newsletter No.2

Hello Dodger67,

A HUGE backlog

We now have 814 New Page Reviewers!
Most of us requested the user right at PERM, expressing a wish to be able to do something about the huge backlog, but the chart on the right does not demonstrate any changes to the pre-user-right levels of October.

Hitting 17,000 soon

The backlog is still steadily growing at a rate of 150 a day or 4,650 a month. Only 20 reviews a day by each reviewer over the next few days would bring the backlog down to a managable level and the daily input can then be processed by each reviewer doing only 2 or 3 reviews a day - that's about 5 minutes work!
It didn't work in time to relax for the Xmas/New Year holidays. Let's see if we can achieve our goal before Easter, otherwise by Thanksgiving it will be closer to 70,000.

Second set of eyes

Remember that we are the only guardians of quality of new articles, we alone have to ensure that pages are being correctly tagged by non-Reviewer patrollers and that new authors are not being bitten.

Abuse

This is even more important and extra vigilance is required considering Orangemoody, and

1. this very recent case of paid advertising by a Reviewer resulting in a community ban.
2. this case in January of paid advertising by a Reviewer, also resulting in a community ban.
3. This Reviewer is indefinitely blocked for sockpuppetry.

Coordinator election

Kudpung is stepping down after 6 years as unofficial coordinator of New Page Patrolling/Reviewing. There is enough work for two people and two coords are now required. Details are at NPR Coordinators; nominate someone or nominate yourself. Date for the actual suffrage will be published later.

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The future of NPP and AfC/Work group

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Draft: Whiskey Bards

I did read the Wikipedia guidelines.

Wikipedia Criteria for musicians and ensembles

Musicians or ensembles (this category includes bands, singers, rappers, orchestras, DJs, musical theatre groups, instrumentalists, etc.) may be notable if they meet at least one of the following criteria.

1. Has been the subject of multiple, non-trivial, published works appearing in sources that are reliable, not self-published, and are independent of the musician or ensemble itself.

The musical group my article is about meets this criterion.

rambles.net has been acceptably used as a source more than twenty times. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&profile=default&fulltext=Search&search=Rambles.net&searchToken=5shz9k66y4k300jvxsq8fu6f6

Bilgemunky has been acceptably used as a source five times. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Bilgemunky&go=Go&searchToken=21c6vutmvj5x0jzih41zpalgj

My article uses both of these sources. That makes multiple sources. They are album reviews, which makes them non-trivial. They are reliable, not self-published, and independent of the group. That fits the first criterion for musicians and ensembles. And since Wikipedia guidelines specifically state that an article about a musician or ensemble may be notable if they meet at least one of the criteria, according to WP:MUSICBIO, then an article needs to meet only one. My article meets the first one.

WP:MUSIC/SOURCE requires that album reviews be done by a professional DJ or be included in a publication with a writing and editorial staff.

rambles.net is an online cultural magazine focusing on folk music of various genres. Here is a link to their writing and editorial staff: http://www.rambles.net/staffbios.html

Bilgemunky Radio was a pirate-music-themed radio show. A pirate version of Dr. Demento. Bilgemunky was the on-air moniker of Gerard Heidgerken, a professional DJ who produced and hosted the show, as well as providing DJ services for parties and festivals. The show was carried in various markets in syndication and online. There were over 200 episodes. The broadcast has since ended, and the Bilgemunky company has expanded to more general DJ services, but the online reviews of various pirate-themed groups, albums, books, movies, games, and alcohol are still available.

http://web.archive.org/web/20090522143648/http://www.bilgemunky.com/pirate-reviews/music/marooned/

http://www.bilgemunky.com/pirate-reviews/music/lost-at-sea/

http://www.bilgemunky.com/pirate-reviews/music/going-overboard/

http://www.bilgemunky.com/category/pirate-reviews/rum/

http://www.bilgemunky.com/pirate-reviews/rum/review-fortuna-8-year/

https://www.behance.net/gallery/19118491/Bilgemunkycom-Film-Review

http://www.bilgemunky.com/pirate-reviews/books/sea-witch/

http://www.bilgemunky.com/pirate-reviews/games/pegleg-petes-deck-of-royal-rogues-pirate-playing-cards/

WP:MUSIC/SOURCE requires either a professional DJ, such as Gerard Heidgerken, aka Bilgemunky, or a online or print publication with an editorial and writing staff, such as rambles.net.

Cybotik (talk) 02:35, 6 February 2017 (UTC)