Hi, I just wanted to let you know that I got your talk page message about deleting the page I created for "Antonia and the Operators", and after considering it, it does seem the right decision until stronger source material can be located about the band. Thank you for checking the page to make sure it suits Wikipedia's standards. ~PetSematary182 PetSematary182 (talk) 04:11, 27 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It would appear that there really was a Portuguese businessman of this name who was born in 1895 {{citation needed}} and died in 1986 {{citation needed}}.
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They are now engaging in copy pasting from draft to mainspace and reinserting the daunting REFBOMBs I removed. I have however managed to keep the article off mainspace for now see here. I have also warned them. Let’s see if they double down. Celestina007 (talk) 00:39, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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You are getting this message because you moved this draft article to a different title and then another editor created a page upon that redirect. So, Twinkle sees you as the page creator. Sorry for any confusion. LizRead!Talk!04:19, 3 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Some news about the Smither book in the National Archives. I sent them a message asking about the date of the Anuradhapura book in their catalog (1872). Now I received a reply: the work done for the book indeed dates from around 1872, but the book itself was very likely first published in 1894. They adjusted the catalog accordingly. --Judithcomm (talk) 10:08, 30 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
For reviewing at least 200 articles during the drive.
Thank you for reviewing or re-reviewing 444 articles, which helped contribute to an overall 1276-article reduction in the backlog during the drive. (t · c) buidhe12:20, 3 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Just wanted to know the rationale behind removal of the long standing list of bus routes servicing Kottawa, when similar routes are mentioned in better maintained articles like e.g. Winchmore Hill and Inglewood, Western Australia. WP:NOTTRAVEL seems to specifically intend to avoid people using Wikipedia for travel-related promotional content, which public bus routes are not — Uvants (talk) 15:48, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. This article is an English translation of the Polish wikipedia entry on the author (referenced in my translation). This author is an important author in Polish literature and his books are required school reading in grade six of the Polish basic educational system.
Like most kids in Poland, I grew up reading his books. Why would it be irrelevant to include this in the English edition of wikipedia?
The Polish wikipedia article carries the following reference:
"Współcześni polscy pisarze i badacze literatury. Słownik bibliograficzny. Warszawa: Wydawnictwa Szkolne i Pedagogiczne, 1997, s. 252. ISBN 83-02-06694-X."
Translation:
"Modern Polish writers and researchers of literature. Biographical Dictionary. Warsaw. Educational and Pedagigical Publishers, 1997, p. 252. ISBN 83-02-06694-X."
Would this reference meet your standard of "third party source"?
Hello I write to you regarding my article/draft - Stone Orange. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Stone_Orange
You declined it saying that it needs inline citations, so I added 10 inline citations. Is it enough? Are there any particular statements in my or any text that explicitly need citations? I also tried to upload a photo that I made and edited, but it was rejected. It said "we couldn't determine if the photo is yours" or sometnihg like that. Why is that? Thank you for the answers.
Hi, I am a content writer with a keen interest in writing about emerging organizations. But I am also much disappointed why my article has been declared as promotional. And please mention the changes clearly that I have to make.
Hi there! I see you changed some of the dates in the reference of this article and I have a problem with that: The copy of The Buried Cities of Ceylon that I used as a reference is the third edition dated 1899 (follow the link). I cannot be sure an earlier version of this book is exactly the same. Can You? What is the use of mentioning the date it was retrieved if this is a different copy? And the Smither book I had in my hands has 1896 as a date. Here is a label I found inside the book:
I found an online first edition of "The Buried Cities of Ceylon" and it is indeed different from the second and third. The info about Kuttam Pokuna has changed. --Judithcomm (talk) 22:17, 28 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Dan, we are "l'artediesserefragili" and as you say we add our article "cetaceans microbiome" into a section of "microbiome" page, that you shown us.--Myluga7 (talk) 15:29, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Can you please help me with the article, because this is my first time doing so, and I did a lot of research about the station.
I don't know what the problem is!
I put a lot of time into it.
MovingFromJenks (talk) 12:53, 29 December 2021
Happy New Year! I have revised this draft previously written by another editor, which you reviewed. I have tried to cite clear secondary sources about these musicians who have a large online notability with considerable impact. If you have problems accessing one of the main sources I cite, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, please let me know. I would be grateful for your views and will be prepared to make further edits if required. Thank you. Jrfw51 (talk) 15:47, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the many good works you do in negating possible less than ethical practices, in hindsight, i note that without your help, I probably wouldn’t have nabbed the articles you brought to my Notice, in which at least 98% of the time you were apt in the sense that the articles were possible COI and also in the sense that the articles were indeed not notable. Once again thank you for your efforts in maintaining the integrity of articles on mainspace. Celestina007 (talk) 19:14, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the comment! The information in that infobox was just placeholder rubbish I forgot to delete before submitting! Граймс (talk) 05:28, 3 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Request on 05:53:01, 4 January 2022 for assistance on AfC submission by HRm-wiki
Hi, Dan - my apologies for the confusion as the "Manta Pacific Research Foundation" that you indicate you will review is an old draft that I see that I need to request to be deleted. I had not submitted that on for review. The current draft is "The Manta Pacific Research Foundation". Thanks for your attention and if I do not hear back from you I will request to delete the old draft and then resubmit the current draft. Happy New Year, Mark
Hi there, I see you are working on improving the article. Can you help me here? I have seen countless websites stating that the ponds 'are' or 'are believed to be' built by this one king. It would be no problem to add more sources that state this. (Maybe and near endless chain of one site copying the other.) The only primary source I could find states a different period, as does another, very respectable secondary source, which I removed because of your comments. What to do? --Judithcomm (talk) 14:52, 5 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The "or not" does not support ballooning the section in this article; as I indicated above, it would support creation of a more detailed child article.Cblambert (talk) 03:45, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
Why do you keep removing the edits I do for the page " List of Alumni of Ananda College ". I am a member of the school's OBA. So I know the alumni much better than you. Why do you remove information just because they don't have Wikipedia articles. I even put some external reference link which you also have removed. I'll be considering reporting you to Wikipedia if you keep doing this and wasting my time and especially my knowledge on alumni of Ananda College. Nesh SNS (talk) 10:55, 8 January 2022 (UTC)
(talk page watcher) Nesh SNS, I'm a site administrator. It you are a member of the school's OBA, you have a conflict of interest, and shouldn't be editing the article about the school. Furthermore, we do not generally include people in lists if they do not have an article on Wikipedia - please stop adding them. Thank you. GirthSummit (blether) 12:18, 8 January 2022 (UTC)
Request on 19:29:38, 9 January 2022 for assistance on AfC submission by Karissa 247
Hi, Sir
The previous title of Draft : Khadoba mandir, Khandoba mandir of Jejuri was appropriate 'cause Maharashtra have lots of KhandobaMandirs. I advise you to change the title to privious one or change to 'Khandoba Mandir, Jejuri'
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hello ray strachan has been pending for about a week now and he has met all the standards of Wikipedia he has also been featured in one of the biggest news articles Collider[1] so can you please create his page?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.58.7.28 (talk) 03:00, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
As per my review he fails WP:NACTOR in that he hasn't had any had significant roles in multiple notable films, television shows, stage performances, or other productions - just as series of minor roles or bit parts in non-notable films or television series. Dan arndt (talk) 03:37, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
My way of dealing with - by my opinion - poorly or badly sourced articles is, to start a research of my own and inserting the sources but not marking or moving it. Or I first try to discuss the problem with the author. By my experience there often do not exist many sources about some topics, so it is difficult to find sources in international scientific magazines. According to this problem I did my best. If an article is not needed, that is sourced by using available reports about any topic, then I think it should be deleted, because my self-confidence does not allow marked or moved articles. I think, I do not need teaching about sourcing for I published in specialist journals. My conclusion is to quit creating articles about Heavy-metal for the English Wikipedia. I do not thank, but I invite you to have a look at the view history and the talk page of https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Leszczy%C5%84ska. That is the way I prefer! Many greetings from Germany to Australia and Yrs. sincerely--Bockpeterteuto (talk) 10:42, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
If at all possible, would you be willing to notify editors on their Talk page when you move AfC submitted drafts? I’ve seen at least one case where a resulting redirect was overwritten and the user was not notified of the move, more recently with Draft:Prof Prashant Pillai. Thanks! Jalen Folf(talk) 18:19, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
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Request on 20:21:49, 25 January 2022 for assistance on AfC submission by District4EC
Hi Dan, I'm new to Commissioner Stegmann's team, and she would really like a wikipedia page created. She has been referenced on other pages, has been a City Council Member, and other County Commissioners have pages like Susheela Jayapal. Can you recommend what I need to do to get this page live. Would it be better to start from scratch?
-Jennifer ----
I seemed to have failed to flag off wiki, it has time to flag on wiki - name a time and a place on or off wiki, trust 2022 is as they say (shiver) is serving you well... JarrahTree 07:02, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
You're right I don't know who Sarah Azhari is but based on the sources she isn't notable. Dan arndt (talk) 05:37, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
Someone's whose modeling career changed the indonesian constitution in cyber crime is not notable...impressive consideration of yours. WP:HIGHMAINTAmoeba69th (talk) 22:23, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
Please be more careful in other people's userspaces
I just noticed that you had moved User:SoWhy/drafts/Linux (detergent) to Draftspace without notifying me and then declined this submission because some IP had mistakenly tagged it with an AFC template. Please be more careful in the future when you encounter AFC tags in userspace and check the history first before making such moves. I had my reasons why I didn't use Draft-space. Regards SoWhy 09:30, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
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Recently, Draft:Kannuru was not approved due to discrepencies with the citation. Can you please help with creation of page with disambiguation of Kannur. Anudeepnrao (talk) 05:31, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi! I'm working with the team that created the Process-based Therapy. I'd like to ask for a little patience of yours, since my team wasn't able to do the quoting correctly. Plus, I'm a brazilian psychologist, so english is not my mother-language (although I speak/write mostly in english and german daily). I was trying to reference correctly but I guess there was some king of bug on the page. So tomorrow I will finish and submit the complete paper.
Thank you for all the corrections, learning is always valuable.
As you had recently declined my draft stating it as "joke", but I think I had provided all the "reliable sources" like "The New York times" "amazon audio book" etc.
Hi, I recently submitted my sandbox for review but i was actually just looking for some feedback directly. Can you please review my latest sandbox and provide me your thoughts? thank you so much in advance!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Griz27/sandbox— Preceding unsigned comment added by Griz27 (talk • contribs) 03:42, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
Request on 02:51:57, 14 February 2022 for assistance on AfC submission by Alwayslp
Thank you for your message. I actually wanted to delete the initial draft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Paulie_Gee but I didn't add the correct code. I'm going to request deletion now again of the initial draft and re-submit the new Draft of Paulie Gee 2. Thank you for your time and review.
Hello! I wanted to drop a quick note for all of our AFC participants; nothing huge and fancy like a newsletter, but a few points of interest.
AFCH will now show live previews of the comment to be left on a decline.
The template {{db-afc-move}} has been created - this template is similar to {{db-move}} when there is a redirect in the way of an acceptance, but specifically tells the patrolling admin to let you (the draft reviewer) take care of the actual move.
Short and sweet, but there's always more to discuss at WT:AFC. Stop on by, maybe review a draft on the way? Whether you're one of our top reviewers, or haven't reviewed in a while, I want to thank you for helping out in the past and in the future. Cheers, Primefac, via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:59, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
I agree that there is another draft, but it is not submitted for review and is in a parlous state. This draft is in a state worth reviewing. I wonder if you would reconsider your review to reflect that, please? I was tempted to revert, but I don't think that's appropriate for the regulars. 😇 FiddleTimtrentFaddleTalk to me 11:12, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. LizRead!Talk! 01:20, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
Hey there! Thanks for the feedback! I have changed the primary sources into secondary ones. If there are any more improvement to be made, please don't hesitate and tell me. It has been a long time since I wrote articles in Wikipedia, so I might forget some of the policies. If possible, please reply me as soon as possible, so I could improve the article and remove the template of the proposed deletion on the article.
Thank You!
Timmy78722 (talk) 03:00, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
Has had significant roles in multiple notable films, television shows, stage performances, or other productions;
Deprecated: Has a large fan base or a significant "cult" following;
Has made unique, prolific or innovative contributions to a field of entertainment.
these guidelines are rather vague to me. How do you define a "notable", "unique", "prolific" or "innovative", without any metric these definition that constitute as the guideline for notability is subjective from person to person. If possible, can you provide me a certain metric or a definitive precedent that can meet these guidelines. I am looking forward to communicate furthermore and improve this article to meet the standard of Wikipedia.
Hi Dan. Thanks for your review of the ETR article I wrote, which is still in draft. I noticed you "moved" or renamed the article from "ETR (Enterprise Technology Research)" to just "Enterprise Technology Research." Below is my rationale for why I respectfully disagree and would like to see it stay - somehow - with ETR somewhere in the title:
ETR did go by the name Enterprise Technology Research for several years, using the ETR initials as a way to shorten it for convenience in documents that mention the name several times. But ETR underwent a rebrand in 2021 to just use ETR. Given that ETR is the official branding but many people and journalists still know the company as just Enterprise Technology Research or as seeing ETR and Enterprise Technology Research as interchangeable, it would better serve users to be able to somehow find ETR when they only look for "ETR." I know there's a disambiguation page for ETR, and rightfully so. I'm just wondering if there's some way to have ETR in the article name somehow. Perhaps that's "ETR (Enterprise Technology Research)" or it could be "ETR (research firm)" or perhaps "Enterprise Technology Research (ETR)" or something similar.
There's a parallel here to organizations like IBM, which was founded a century ago as International Business Machines but is now widely just known as IBM and whose own corporate website only uses "International Business Machines" a few times in the legalese of its privacy policy. Or perhaps a parallel to NPR, which has long been known by both NPR and National Public Radio but has more recently made a concerted effort to just use NPR as much as possible. In NPR's case, there's a "National Public Radio redirects here" note at the top and the page itself is just "NPR."
I'm not as versed on the rules and standards of how/why Wikipedia prefers to use full names, acronyms, parentheticals, or a combination for article titles, but just wanted to propose a solid rationale here for why I think ETR needs to stay somewhere, somehow in the article title. Would that be possible? I tried to undo your edit or somehow fix it but it wouldn't let me - you probably have the ability to do this or not so appealing to you directly here.
Hello, I've seen that you declined my article submission due to the title already existing. I believe it's a cross namespace redirect problem that I'm unable to solve. the page you said already exists is a blank page that I've put for speedy deletion. If I'm allowed to ask, when the blank page gets deleted, can I resubmit my article for review? thank you,Rymknows23 (talk) 11:33, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
Someone from the Teahouse cleared the cross namespace redirects mess, for which I'm forever thankful, and I resubmitted my article for review. Can you please see to it and maybe approve my article or suggest edits I need to make. I think I should also mention that the advert tag on my article is mainly, or as I believed it to be the sole reason, because my sources are in Arabic and French, since these are the main languages dealt with in Algeria. But all the sources are reliable and independent. Regards, Rymknows23 (talk) 11:59, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
Request on 08:53:10, 7 March 2022 for assistance on AfC submission by Bantsprocurement
I have taken into consideration the comments made about the submission, I will add more secondary sources and delete the ones considered invalid. Regarding WP:ANYBIO, would it be possible to receive additional information, as the rules are quite vague? There are certain elements which would state that he fulfils the requirements such as being Director for Europe and MENA of a world-leading organisation such as the Institute for Economics and Peace, being the Chair for World Politics at the Belgian Military Academy or the military awards received.
In terms of promotion I would perceive to be neutral and would love any indications on how to potentially improve the article in this regard, also if anything more needs to be done regarding the declaration of potential COI.
Apologies, I was reviewing this draft and was distracted. I had this accepted for the mainspace after clearing up the draft of puffery. As for the earlier draft, I see it as it is clearly abandoned and have not been worked on since October 2021, about 2 months before the second draft was written. Despite the repeated declines for 'existing draft', the second draft had been worked on and is just better than the initial draft. I don't think there's much to move from the first draft given that most of it are either unsourced, or plain promotional, thus a redirect, at least to keep the history.
P.S. While typing the above, I found that there's a duplicate article at Leopoldo Laroya. -.- I have resolved both drafts (including the one moved to mainspace) to the shorter title. – robertsky (talk) 06:39, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
DanCherek, The article was a draft at the time and I was in the process of addressing the issue of copright infringements by re-writing/re-phrasing relevant information. Your edits deleted some significant information which made it hard for me to rewrite it - by reverting your edit it enabled me to bring it into a form that was compliant with Wikipedia standards Dan arndt (talk) 12:59, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
Please don't use rollback for that kind of thing in the future because I had a hard time seeing what you were doing without a more specific edit summary. My edit was not "obvious vandalism and other edits where the reason for reverting is absolutely clear", nor a "widespread edit (by a misguided editor or malfunctioning bot) unhelpful to the encyclopedia". Thanks for rewriting it, though, and I appreciate your help with cleaning up some of that other editor's work. DanCherek (talk) 13:04, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
Hi dear friend
I have created a number of articles that have not yet been reviewed. If possible, please review them.Almost all of these people are members of the cabinet of the Iranian government and famous, Thanks
Miankaleh I don't review draft articles on request. I'm sure an editor familiar with Iranian politics should be able to help you in the future - just be patient. Dan arndt (talk) 04:01, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
Ok , thanks a lot
Miankaleh (talk) 06:29, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
I've done a bit of cleanup, and I'm going to move this into mainspace. After reviewing the sources, it looks like she was elected to national office. I think the prose that made it confusing was likely due to some English language issues. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:45, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
Hi. Could you explain why the YouTube channels I cited are not credible sources? In fact, they serve as a primary source given that Mike is actually speaking about himself in the videos. And a quick glance at one of the Impaulsive podcast videos would prove that Mike is in fact worthy of a Wikipedia page given that the podcast he co-hosts receives millions of listens per episode. He is well known on Instagram and several other social media pages. Thanks for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hmitchell340 (talk • contribs) 01:49, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
Please stop making test edits to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism, which, under Wikipedia policy, can lead to being blocked from editing.
My justification in the description of changes: "revert changes by 175.39.209.155 - old aboriginal name of a historical place to use for modern!!! city is absurdal and debatable, a clear consensus is required per Wikipedia:CYCLE, Wikipedia:Stable version and Wikipedia:Consensus".
My description of the changes was sufficient and fully justified. You may have a different opinion, it doesn't matter: the guidelines of the Wikipedia in these situations are clear, guidelines exist to prevent editing wars. Wikipedia:CYCLE say: new edit + revert by other user = must to ber discuss cycle and consensus; Wikipedia:Stable version say: stable (old) version takes precedence over the new disputed edition. Your change has been reveerted and treated as destructive to Wikipedia. If you have a different opinion, feel free to write about it in the discussion (Talk:Perth#Aboriginal_name), but for a new change to be introduced to an article, there must be consensus. Subtropical-man(✉ | en-2) 15:20, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
I think that comments like this old aboriginal name of a historical place to use for modern!!! city is absurdal and debatable is offensive and disrespectful to Australians and in particular members of Australia's first nation. The Nyungar people still exist and their language is very much alive and becoming increasingly commonly used, in recognition that they were the first inhabitants of this area not white Europeans. This is reflected across Perth, and particularly by local governments, including the City of Perth. For Subtropical-man to insinuate that it is a historical term reflects his basic misunderstanding of Australian Aboriginal culture. Dan arndt (talk) 02:01, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
Hello,
I am writing to you because my article on the Marmottan library has been stuck in draft form since the end of January (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Bibi_at_Biblioth%C3%A8que_Marmottan). I have made all the changes that were requested, but I have the impression that the draft is no longer among those to be proofread. Would you know what I need to do to get my article published? (It exists in French and in two other languages, and there has never been any problem publishing it on other Wikipedias...) Thank you in advance for your help. With kind regards.
Bibi at Bibliothèque Marmottan (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 07:57, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
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Just for the record, I never expected this to be accepted as an article for main space. Draft space is the only "formal" place one can lodge a joke article. Eno Lirpa (talk) 12:05, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
@Ayhan Viaene 9360:, you haven't addressed any issues that were identified (i.e. lack of any independent sources). Dan arndt (talk) 02:01, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
Hi, just as a heads up, as of yesterday ([2]), WP:NGRIDIRON is not an SNG anymore. Thanks for taking care of some of the American football-related AFC submissions! Eagles24/7(C) 13:40, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
It appears that I missed that discussion altogether- thanks for the heads up. Dan arndt (talk) 15:27, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
Hello, Dan arndt! I had no idea that there was another draft. Per your recommendation, I merged two drafts on the old space for Fred Perpall and re-submitted. I also removed my draft as redundant, in order not to take too much of the valuable space on Wikipedia. If I did something not quite correctly due to my lack of experience, please, let me know!
--Evilfreethinker (talk) 15:41, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
Hello Dan! Recently you reviewed my draft for the band Ludovico Technique. I have added several new sources and addressed the issue of notability you had brought up. Specifically, the band has released three releases (2 full lengths and an EP) on Metropolis Records [2], a significant indie that has operated for 30 years and represents many notable artists (meets WP:BAND #5) and have documented evidence of having toured [3][4] (meets WP:BAND #4). Additionally, an appearance on the German Alternative Charts (DAC) should meet WP:BAND #2.[5][6] Is it possible for you to take another peek? Thank you so much!! CorinneWestbrook (talk) 12:09, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
Subtropical-man, as per WP:DETAG - "Any editor without a conflict of interest who sees a tag, but does not see the purported problem with the article and does not see any detailed complaint on the talk page, may remove the tag. Except in very obvious cases (such as removing
This page has not been added to any categories. Please help out by adding categories to it so that it can be listed with similar pages.
from an article that has been categorized), it is wise to place a note on the talk page explaining the removal and to identify your action in an appropriately detailed edit summary." As per the above I believe that I have explained my rationale for the removal of the tags. Don't use your bullying tactics as a means to stiffle discussion on this matter. Dan arndt (talk) 06:44, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
"editor without a conflict of interest" - I see your OR and your comments - you are not neutral and you have your side in dispute. Also, the problem has not been resolved at all - still sources only use the wildcard word "Perth". Subtropical-man(✉ | en-2) 06:51, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
I am totally confused what 'conflict of interest' are you talking about also who or what is 'my side', are you implying that I have a team of individuals working for me? I have no idea where you have gotten any of these ideas from - you clearly seem to be trying to personalise this debate. I do agree that the matter is still unresolved but take offense at the aggressive language, tenor and actions that you are taking to try and intimidate other editors into not getting involved in the discussion. Dan arndt (talk) 07:36, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
I am new to posting on Wikipedia. I believe the article was objective in nature and not promotional. Why wouldn't you give me the opportunity to edit the article instead of deleting it? I feel like background on the topic is extremely helpful and pet owners would find this information exceptionally helpful.
Hi there, there is a discussion raging at the moment that will hopefully lead to a formal end to the debate and edit warring around inclusion of Aboriginal placenames in articles. I have greatly appreciated your input before on this issue and if you have the energy it'd be great to have your contribution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Australian_Wikipedians%27_notice_board#Indigenous_names Noticeboard Poketama (talk) 11:45, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
Kent McLellan drafts and edits are by Vasily Prozorov a blogger wanted by Ukraine authorities since 2018 for espionage to Russia starting in 2014. Using the ID Martin Machelivich he is attempting to gain credibility for his blog UKR Leaks and in order to combat his propaganda articles in Russian Media news sources. JJ Cunning (talk) 00:15, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
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Hi Dan, I have just heard about you and you live in WA. I am thinking we may be cousins (albeit many times removed) ie if you are related to Peter and Tim Arndt UK whosemother was Mona Sansoni. I'm Chris Sansoni and originally also from Perth WA (49 years) and I want to communicate with you in an email csansoni@y7mail.com
ie if you are interested?
cheers — Preceding unsigned comment added by SriLankanOrigin (talk • contribs) 06:45, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
and it is reported in "References" section.
Same question for the book written by Gilbert Doukan in 1959, an electronic copy of this book is stored in archive.org at
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Is there a a to make the publishing stick in other ways? The amount of examples are scarce at best. 2601:146:4101:EF00:606F:7A4F:5BCB:F5BC (talk) 02:23, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
At the time of the last newsletter (No.27, May 2022), the backlog was approaching 16,000, having shot up rapidly from 6,000 over the prior two months. The attention the newsletter brought to the backlog sparked a flurry of activity. There was new discussion on process improvements, efforts to invite new editors to participate in NPP increased and more editors requested the NPP user right so they could help, and most importantly, the number of reviews picked up and the backlog decreased, dipping below 14,000[a] at the end of May.
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Hi. Please wait till I finish a few more lines and citation. If we both keep editing, it will be a mess. Regards - Signed by NeverTry4MeTalk 08:49, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
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Hi, I saw that you removed the {{copyvio-revdel}} templates on Haldummulla and Dhowa rock temple. Although I thank you for adding content, and that content is clean as far as copyright is concerned, that doesn't change the need for revision deletion for some of the old versions that contained rather serious copyright violations. I have since reinstated the revdel requests. Is there a reason you removed the templates before an admin looked them over? ComplexRational (talk) 15:53, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
@ComplexRational: - my error. Shows that I didn't read all of the template. At first glance I though it was for the article to be deleted. Thanks to your comments above I realise that you were just seeking for the copyvios to be deleted from the history. Appreciate the advice. Dan arndt (talk) 06:50, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
Just sayin, this business, you were right, and I, for my part, think it was closed incorrectly. That's all! A loose necktie (talk) 10:41, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
It's quite possible there are good reasons to decline that draft (I wouldn't be surprised, to be sure), but works of the government of the Philippines are in the public domain. WilyD 09:40, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
I'm not using Youtube as reference material to cite information from, its just to link people the video for them to check out. Other pages do this so I figured it'd be ok. And as for the Nuclear blast page, the previous record Raise Your Fist includes links/reference to the nuclear blast cite, which I also thought would be ok to include. I really only used it for the quote from Doro's about the album itself. I can remove them if you want, but other pages, not just from Doro, have done this too; Its not just me. Thank you, and please reply back soon so I can quickly adress the issue. Kingofstillport (talk) 09:23, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
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I have some questions about some recent draftifications you've done over the past day. First, please use a script to draftify, the most popular among patrollers and admins is probably User:Evad37/MoveToDraft. This script will easily move a page from main space to Draft space and, most importantly, will post a notification on the talk page of the article creator to let them know where they can find their article. It just makes the process very smooth. You'll just see a "Move to Draft" option in the "More" tab on the page menu. Select and it will do all of the work for you!
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After the last newsletter (No.28, June 2022), the backlog declined another 1,000 to 13,000 in the last week of June. Then the July backlog drive began, during which 9,900 articles were reviewed and the backlog fell by 4,500 to just under 8,500 (these numbers illustrate how many new articles regularly flow into the queue). Thanks go to the coordinators Buidhe and Zippybonzo, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to Dr vulpes who led with 880 points. See this page for further details.
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Hello there,
I saw you declined my submission because it doesn't show significant coverage about the subject by a reliable source that are independent of the subject at hand, but I have to decline that as I had given two reliable sources that others have used before. The article on the Brutal Legend video game and the Brocas Helm band both reference the same source. Also Rock Hard is a trusted site that others such as myself have used and haven't had issue with. The Angry Metal Guy source should be ok too cause others use it besides me on bigger sites; I've cited it before without issue as well. It'd be helpfull if you could get back to me whenever your able to state why they don't work.
Thank you, Kingofstillport (talk) 07:36, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
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Hi, thank you for your feedback (clarifying previous rejection). However, I disagree with the justifications used to reject the publication of the article. According to WP:TVSERIES, if a future television series has any confirmation of the start of the filming process, then the article of the questioned television series can be published. I felt that I have filled the criteria since I already proved that the filming process already began. Additionally, I believed that I used published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject.
Furthermore, even if my draft is poorly cited and do not fill the requirements, I don't feel that the use of WP:OTHERSTUFF refutations to reject my article is justified since many articles that "did not met the requirements" literally exists on the template below (i.e. Beef, Jigsaw)
If the refutations are justified than any articles aforementioned should be "re-drafted" in the first place. Thank you for your "concern". WikiNarco (talk) 06:15, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
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hey hi i am User:R.ABISHEK/sandbox How to contact you. I have some doubts and I think I can learn from you. Please help me — Preceding undated comment added 05:21, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
As a matter of courtesy, I want to let you know that I have re-edited the Simon Binks page from the current version. My comments were as follows:
"Reverted some of the good faith Discography edits made by Dan arndt. Re Spiff Rouch: A video clip containing music released on a 2004 DVD from a major record label (EMI) is absolutely a musical release (albeit belated). Consequently, "Wangaratta Bay" is reinstated with two new references. Re Broderick Smith Band: "Breath of Man" was released on the 2004 retrospective album "Journal" - which included at least one live track. However, musicians were not credited so I will concede the point."
I trust that we can leave Mr Binks in peace now. Thanks for your contribution. Adducer (talk) 05:29, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
It seems my courtesy was not reciprocated. No matter. My most recent editing comments were as follows:
"1976 Music Video "Wangaratta Bay" officially released on DVD by EMI in 2004. Dan arndt reversions removed "useful content": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_deal_with_vandalism. Video clips and releases containing a single song are expressly included in the Per-release section of WP:DISCOGSTYLE: "Requirements listed below with a † are not expected of singles, music videos, or any other releases featuring a single song." References comply with Article-wide part 5 of WP:DISCOGSTYLE."
As a lawyer, I love detail and drafting and I thank you for drawing Wikipedia:DISCOGSTYLE to my attention.
Your contention: "If it were an official release then it should be included on the Australian Crawl Discography not Simon Bink's (sic) discography." is flawed on two grounds:
Firstly, any release by EMI is, without question, an official release. In this regard, I refer you to: The Definitive Collection (Australian Crawl & James Reyne album). This page has never been edited my me. In paragraph 3, the page cites the release of the DVD in May 2004 (with a reference) together with a specific comment regarding "a rare recorded performance by Spiff Rouch".
Secondly, the music video in question is credited to Spiff Rouch - not Australian Crawl. Therefore, it should not be added to the Australian Crawl discography. The Definitive Collection album in its entirety is already included in both the Australian Crawl and James Reyne full discography pages.
By way of completeness, you will note that Wikipedia:DISCOGSTYLE specifically envisages use of the Discogs website as follows:
"An External links section
Commonly-used links include the artist's or band's homepage and/or links to Discogs or Allmusic."
Pedantry - especially when misplaced - should not stand in the way of providing extra information. To this end, I refer you to Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules.
I am satisfied that the definitive (if you will pardon the pun) case has been made for my edit. Once again, thank you for your interest in these matters and all the best for your work on Wikipedia. Adducer (talk) 20:52, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
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Thank you Dan arndt, I saw your contribution regarding the article Choba, Port Harcourt. You did better than me and I appreciate that. Gabrielt@lk 10:41, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
Some tracks produced by Maher in NY but which studio?shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 07:45, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
@Shaidar cuebiyar:, that's been bugging me - I've searched but haven't come up with anything yet. Ceberano's autobiography only mentions that the band stayed at the Algonquin Hotel in New York whilst they were recording the album. She does make it clear that neither she or Abeyratne were involved in the song writing, arrangements or production. The trip and recording in New York were funded by by London Records as an advance on the album. I'll keep searching. Dan arndt (talk) 08:12, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
Goodge tells us their first work for London Records was "Lead the Way" ends up on the 2018 as (New York Mix), which was "Recorded at Francois Kervorkian's [sic] studio with Kraftwerk upstairs and Deodato and Cindy Lauper living in the building, and mixed at Nile Rodgers' studio." Kevorkian (note spelling) ran Axis Studios in New York (in same building as Studio 54).shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 22:02, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
Maher was in Melbourne in February 1986 producing I'm Talking's new album, see Countdown indent here. Does Ceberano's bio say when they were in NY?shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 17:56, 26 August 2022 (UTC)22:02, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
I've gone with pre-production (including arrangements) in NY with Maher but recording/production at AAV, Melbourne.
Furthermore, since the article describes the expanded releases do we need to mention that Abeyratne was not a member when they recorded "Trust Me"Someday EP?shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 01:29, 18 September 2022 (UTC)
Do we need to add personnel for the additional tracks? e.g. Ross Cockle co-produced "Trust Me", "Lead the Way" and "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" and presumably their B-sides, which are on the 2018 CD version.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 02:16, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
When was the first CD version? Article has 1992 but I've seen 1996 (unreliable sources).shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 03:43, 27 August 2022 (UTC) More food for thought Paul Cashmere has 1992 see here.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 05:12, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
I'm leaning towards 1996 despite Cashmere: although not reliable, discogs has photos of rear cover art, which shows 1996. Catalogue Nos: D91056, RMD51056 and TVD91056 on Regular Records.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 21:41, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
@Shaidar cuebiyar: - you've found the holy grail - I found a reference to Goodge giving a track by track description but hadn't be able to track down the original (you have!!). I think we can state that this is the songwriter's description of each of the songs -yes!
In respect to pre-production, Ceberano is fairly clear that they were actually recording the songs in New York. She describes being called into record the vocals only during the night as during the day Goodge, Cox and Maher were playing on their machines. Based on her account it would appear that money from their record label's advance was running low which is why they returned to Melbourne to complete the recording.
I think that we split a separate section to describe the re-issues, particularly the 2018 version.
Happy to hear your thoughts. Dan arndt (talk) 05:34, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
Yeah, go with what you reckon. Additionally a review of 2018 version is here.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 05:51, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
I'm starting with adding Goodge's quotes to the individual song articles. Will think about how to add that to the album article when I get my head around how it will add the most value. Dan arndt (talk) 05:56, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
We need a better ref for platinum certification. I can't check Leigh Axton (don't have the book) and Tas Talent is not independent and does not even refer to Bear Witness. Cashmere (see link above), once again: mentions platinum, but this is not reliable enough.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 21:41, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
Did they have another CD reissue? (See here). Released via WM Australia in 2007.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 06:05, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
@Shaidar cuebiyar: - Appears as a digital release only - possible compilation of individual digital sound files of each song - wouldn't think its significant enough to mention. Dan arndt (talk) 06:50, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
US Version: AllMusic has a different track listing for 2018 reissue, here. It includes all tracks from Someday EP.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 20:43, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
I don't have access to either book but does KMR's Chart Book or Gavin Ryan's Aus Mus Charts have accreditations for Bear Witness? If so we need page no.s.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 04:55, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
More on 2018 reissue:
Discogs has photos of 2018 expanded album inserts (see here) its resolution is poor and its double-page spreads are hard to access (on my computer).
First disc is Disc One – Bear Witness and next is Disc Two – Bonus Tracks
It includes a track-by-track (probably same as Bloodlines version linked above).
Curiously it is copyright 2017 (not 2018).
Additional musicians are latter day members: Warren McLean on drums and Kevin Wiltshire on keyboards (not yet in article).
Additional cover notes (3 pages) detail the band's history written by a band member (probably Goodge but we need a better/clearer attribution). Some material was recorded during their Australian Made tour (hence with two new guys).
Possibly same content as at Bloodlines.[1]shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 03:20, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
If we use this content we'll need a cite AV media template per {{Cite AV media notes |title= |title-link= |last= |first= |author-link= |first2= |last2= |author-link2= |others= |url= |date= |access-date= |chapter= |page= |pages= |at= |type= |publisher= |id= |location= |ref=}}
Confirmation that track-by-track is by Goodge: "Founding member Robert Goodge has narrated a track-by-track, telling us about the stories behind the songs, available to read here" at Mushroom Promotions/Bloodlines.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 03:25, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
References
^"I'm Talking". Bloodlines Music. 2019. Archived from the original on 13 March 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
Platinum accreditation still needs a reliable source.
Studio(s) used in New York
Any others you can think of?
Ping me if I can help further.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 06:16, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
Still no reliable secondary source on platinum accreditation. I'm going to remove this from the Lead and main section. I think we have to bite the bullet and take it to GAN. What do you say?shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 06:44, 17 September 2022 (UTC)
New York studio: I've gone for "Francois Kevorkian's studio, New York" according to Goodge's track by track.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 23:20, 17 September 2022 (UTC)05:06, 19 September 2022 (UTC)
What is your justification for reducing the size of the infobox image for the Virgil Reilly article? I had a quick look at featured articles in Wikipedia ("considered to be some of the best articles Wikipedia has to offer"), and all of the articles with infoboxes I surveyed had infobox images larger than 150px. There was nothing wrong with the image size before your edit, so I would like to know your reason for reducing the image. Ikeshut2 (talk) 20:48, 19 September 2022 (UTC)
Hi! I noticed you draftified some articles today but did not notify the authors. Notification is a requirement, as most new editors well be left confused and panicked without a message. User:Evad37/MoveToDraft.js makes that process easier. Regards! Usedtobecool☎️ 13:28, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
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I think that dissussion is unproductive. I agree that this is not enough for individual article. Therefore I redirected Japanese Soccer Anthem to Ryuichi Sakamoto#Sports.
Thank you for your attention to this article.
Footwiks (talk) 06:00, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
@Footwiks:, there was another almost identical article, J's Theme, which was redirected to Michiya Haruhata#Sports work. They appear to be about the same song but without reliable sources I can't be certain. Any way don't have time to go down that rabbit hole. Dan arndt (talk) 06:17, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
I saw you put in a PROD on the band and the album. They have actually charted in Sweden https://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Eleine although the original editor has not put that in. Also the band article in mainspace had major copyvio from the website so that's why the history section was removed. There's also a draft but that was eventually rejected for POV issues. AngusW🐶🐶F (bark • sniff) 06:02, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
I have added the chart entry and altered the bio accordingly. I hope this works now. Also, I don't understand why the info about their first album has been removed. Michael13111983 (talk) 06:53, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
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That one editor created these poorly sourced stubs for every team in the league... after seeing your prod, I went through them and redirected them all to the league. Which they also created and is very poorly sourced, although sources do exist to show it passes GNG. Onel5969TT me 13:30, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
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The article Bear Witness you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Bear Witness for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sammi Brie -- Sammi Brie (talk) 20:21, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
The above is transcluded from my talk page. Well done – we've still got it! Great fun working with you again.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 22:02, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
By the way, Sammi's statement "Must AGF the citations to Ceberano 2014" means [she] "Must Assume Good Faith the citations to Ceberano 2014" (my emphasis). As for the errant Countdown 1987 Awards I've tracked that they are mentioned in the Countdown Annual of 1987 but I don't have an online source so I'll pop in the off-line version.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 22:22, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
Hello! I remember offering advice for future drafts, and I've made a new one: Draft:The Browser Company.
I think this would be a decent stub/start-quality article because there are multiple sources talking about the company and their browser, including notable sources like Bloomberg and TechCrunch. There isn't much more to say about it because the browser is in closed beta. I also didn't want to make the page sound like an advertisement.
Also, I'm not affiliated with the company, it's just that my friend told me about the browser and I saw that it had enough of an internet presence to warrant a small article. RPI2026F1 (talk) 00:06, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
Your turn to choose a likely article.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 04:54, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
@Shaidar cuebiyar: - Was thinking maybe Shine could do with a little polish - might not be GA standard but I think it could do with a helping hand. Unless you want to take on something more ambitious? Dan arndt (talk) 04:59, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
If you check out the page history of this page, you'd have seen that an editor blanked the page and it was origianlly a redirect. The correct act to take would be to revert that edit, not tag the page for speedy deletion. When you are patrolling, please make sure you check out pages thoroughly, a valid redirect might have been accidentally deleted. Thank you. LizRead!Talk! 02:40, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
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the page has being propsed for deletion again and I need your support in how to improve it or protect this article MihirNak007 (talk) 01:59, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
Hello there. You appear to have nominated for deletion every shopping center in Tasmania on the 15th, sans Northgate. Tasmania has a very small editor base, and I honestly don't have time to fix all of these articles, but it is disappointing to see this done as it frankly seems you haven't tried to check for sources yourself before doing so. I'll be attempting to fix up some of the articles, and will check all the rest for notability, but in the mean time I wanted to ask if you had specific concerns that had led you to do this? JTdale🗩 17:00, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
What happened here? Why did you move this article out of main space to Draft space (perfectly okay) and then create a new main space version of the article yourself (not cool)? You shouldn't replace another editor's work with your own. Luckily, AngusWOOF has requested a history merge of the two pages. I'm trying to AGF here but your actions don't lend themselves to a positive evaluation. If you wanted to work on this article, you should have worked to improve the existing article whether it was in main space or Draft space. LizRead!Talk! 06:19, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
Article is currently at about C/B level but needs more independent reviews, deeper discussion of its genres and impact on the Australian scene; otherwise it won't be GA-worthy. There's also a fair few refs that need archive-urls. I'm stepping away for now while passing the torch to you. Have fun.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 23:14, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
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; see Talk:Bear Witness for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sammi Brie -- Sammi Brie (talk) 20:21, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
