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Acacia occurrence data maps

Hi @Hughesdarren: I have just put up some more occurrence data maps for Acacia at Category:Acacia distribution maps. I created them all some time ago and was hoping you might go the extra mile in
1. using the crop tool in the commons to crop out all the white space, (you need to use the crop tool to preserve the descriptions, captions, categories)
2. uploading some of them to your articles, and
3. if you are really enthusiastic, uploading them to wikidata using the property "taxon range map image".
I do have maps for all Australian acacias except those having fewer than 20? 8? georeferenced specimens. So let me know what ones you need, as I am only alerted when you create an article for an NT acacia... MargaretRDonald (talk) 22:00, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Margaret, will take a look when creating or updating more Acacia articles. Cheers. Hughesdarren (talk) 23:02, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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More Acacia distribution maps

Hi @Hughesdarren:. I have now put up all my Acacia occurrence data maps from f onwards, using Pattypan. You can find them at Category:Acacia distribution maps. The ones which need cropping are generally those which have not yet been used in a wikipedia. Hope this helps. MargaretRDonald (talk) 12:47, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Important Question

Hey, @Hughesdarren:. Do you realise that your 'Special Barnster' which was awarded to you by Celebi12 is meant to be offensive? It says:

"Thanks for setting a new record in reverting my perfectly good edits. I hope you feel satisfied in erasing my years of hard work and research. Good f**king day."... You might want to remove it from your trophy cabinet...

Regards, Rodrigo Valequez (talk) 19:17, 18 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I did know, I keep it as a reminder that people motives are not always pure and, just like the real world, there are a fair percentage of assholes about. Regards. Hughesdarren (talk) 10:29, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

this is not a suggest bot

looks like a range of wa eucalypts are up as being at risk in the wild: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Gderrin 193 of the items, thinking we might find some way of accessing the list and doing something with those articles, just an idea... JarrahTree 09:22, 21 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oops must have missed your message amongst the other gripes etc... I'm keen to finish the biota tagging then get finish off the long list of Acacias that need attention before I'll be going back to Eucalypts. Geoff seemed pretty interested, once he's done upgrading all of the Corymbia articles Regards Hughesdarren (talk) 10:27, 24 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Dazzle Dazzle

Hi, based on your words, “ Artist doesn't have an article.” I’m sorry but please do your research before requesting for speedy deletions or jumping to random conclusions. Dazzle Dazzle is by the group Weki Meki which literally have an article and with the benefit of the doubt, let’s say you didn’t know them, however, this doesn’t justify your “artist doesn't have an article” as clearly in Dazzle Dazzle, there are links to the artist article, Weki Meki themselves. There is no need for a speedy deletion so thank you and please not only care about BTS or whatsoever and take a look around the world and other artist.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have any queries. Thanks. Coolbruh123 (talk) 10:49, 21 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Acacia distribution maps - yet again

Hi @Hughesdarren:. I discovered that I had NOT put up all (972) the Acacia maps, created so long ago (2010-12-08). I believe I have now uploaded them. I found out 59 were missing when using "Quick Statements" to add the maps to wikidata. However, now all my uploaded maps have also been uploaded to wikidata and the easiest way to find them is to use the wikidata item next to the article and copy the filename from there. Most need cropping and the croptool in wikimedia is nice in that one does not have to upload all the descriptive stuff again. One just replaces the file... Cheers, MargaretRDonald (talk) 01:16, 25 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I forgot to say: When there were fewer than 8 datapoints for a species, no map was created. MargaretRDonald (talk) 02:06, 25 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Australian biota project

Has got to a new stage of its progress in this confusing and chaotic world... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Unknown-importance_Australian_biota_articles = 0. Please help by when creating new biota articles for australia, to make sure the unassessed page stays the way it is adequately tagged, or please ask for help in doing so... More on the next stages of the Australian biota project soon... and thanks for whatever you have done for the project in any way since 2006 - JarrahTree 05:44, 1 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

will send an email in the next day or so with a few ideas about where next with the biota things - thank you so much for your disciplined regular and brilliant help with reducing the damned backlog !!! it is very much appreciated !! JarrahTree 10:36, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

further to this there are some draft items for discussion at -

[1] - please put it in your watch,so we have a central discussion point if we can - thanks... JarrahTree 08:50, 16 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion on my Page : Central Park Tours

Hey, I'm just wondering whats the reason for requesting deleting of my page Central Park Tours. I used to work for this company for 5years and I just decided to make a page in wikipedia about them, since they are one of the main companies in Central Park for Bike/Pedicab tours and they help the community. Also this company have been around 17 years. If you can give me tip about how to make this page better for Wikipedia I would appreciate it! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zdravkoivanov999 (talk • contribs) 22:20, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, The main problem is the notability of the company which would be established by the inclusion of some references from reliable sources. Regards. Hughesdarren (talk) 00:21, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of Meena Ally

Hi, Thanks for your notice, I just want to let you know that article Meena Ally was created focusing WikiGap2020 in Tanzania project. Subject Meena Ally is influential Radio and TV Woman Presenter in Tanzania. Hence to promote women and awareness as the project description I decided to write about the subject. Feel free to Visit Swahili Wikipedia and references to justify my views. Pellagia Njau (talk) 10:36, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Habari! According to my views the article does not deserve fast deletion label; The subject is notable in Tanzania, and the user:Pellagia Njau intended to translate the Swahili page of Meena Ally to English and link the two pages, at least we should welcome fore more edition of few mistakes and addition of missing info. Czeus25 Masele (talk) 12:04, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Siddharth Yog Page Labels

Hi, Thank you for reviewing my recently created page for Siddharth Yog. Have made some edits, added a few citations, etc. based on the labels that you had put. Do let me know if it is better/ok now. Wouldn't want to take that call unilaterally. Thanks.
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Sorry I'm a noob

Is there anyway you could help me with my article Draft:Deviant Horror (Hip Hop Duo)? I've had this account for a long time, but never really used it, so I'm a bit confused on something, but I spent a lot of time on that and would really like to be able to publish it properly. Any help would be super appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ShaneCoats (talk • contribs) 19:26, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have unreviewed a page you curated

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Thanks

User:Hughesdarren, thanks for reviewing Calamus viminalis, I've started, and hope to fill it out a bit more (plant growth, habitat, uses). Thank you as well for your wiki-work Brunswicknic (talk) 06:35, 13 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, thank you too. 07:39, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

Correction

@Hughesdarren:, Thanks for reviewing the page PUSHPAM PRIYA CHOUDHARY and changing it to Pushpam Priya Choudary but while correcting the capitalization you just you spelled the last word wrong and H is missing in the last name. WikiNav

No worries - fixed now. Hughesdarren (talk) 08:57, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Hughesdarren: Hi the page you reviewed has been marked for speedy deletion can you help me avoid it and please suggest changes. Thanks WikiNav 13:56, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Piers Park

Good morning! (my time)

I just wanted to touch in about the Piers Park article you reviewed the other day. I had been working on the East Boston page, which has a template at the top suggesting that it might be appropriate to spin off articles from the rather cumbersome and overloaded page.

As a young editor on WP, I don't know the form for doing this. Would it be possible for you to give it some attention, so I can see how it might be done? What is the process? Is any element automated? Does it have to go through a period of review?

I'm going to say... I think that was the equivalent of article number 5 for me. If there are issues regarding conformity to WP policy, please let me know. Thanks. Sicklemoon (talk) 14:20, 25 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Piers Park was a good article - well done. If you can write more just like it on other East Boston topics that would be great too. Don't worry about starting an new article they all get curated at some point so long as you have some reliable source to back up what you are saying everything else can be fixed as you go along. Any issues an other editors will let you you know soon enough. Keep up the good work and drop me a line or ping me if you need a hand. Regards Hughesdarren (talk) 02:55, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent. I would like to (and I will) go after a few more topics for East Boston. "Any issues other editors will let you you know soon enough" You made me laugh. Very true! Happily, I do not (yet) have an egotistical investment in... the majority of what I write! Just trying to improve what's up there.

I will say--the two notices at the top of the East Boston page were not very clear for me as a new editor. Yes, I could understand why they had been put there. Certainly there was "intricate detail" up on the page, as it stood when I first read it, and the organization was not great. But when those notices (should I call them templates?) could or should be removed was less clear to me.

I would like to help get the article into good shape so those templates/notices can be removed. Could you recommend a well organized page on a similar topic that might serve as a model? Thanks (and thanks in any case, appreciate the work on your end. Sicklemoon (talk) 16:12, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Most of the important manual of style stuff in general terms is here: Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout. I'm more of a monkey see-monkey do kind of person so if you look at an article with no tags such as Fenway–Kenmore has done then you can't go far wrong. Don't be afraid to experiment a bit and like I said before if other editors are unhappy with it they will let you know. You could also cut and pate the article into your sandbox and experiment with it there (Click on the "sandbox" next to "talk" right up the top of your screen and paste the text in there to fool around with it without anyone critiquing it until you are done).

Anyone can remove a template if you feel you have made the necessary changes and if anyone posts it back up then at least you can ask for there opinion as to what is wrong. Cheers Hughesdarren (talk) 21:20, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hey

You really didn't have to delete the article Trendz. I was gonna find sources to this article, but you deleted it. smdh (User:Ceedub88) 18:59, 25 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It wasn't deleted, it was put in draftspace since it had no reliable sources. Next time maybe write new articles in your sandbox or put the sources in to begin with if you expect it to stay in the main space. Hughesdarren (talk) 02:50, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Kushibiki Yumindo

Hi Hughesdarren, thanks for the introduction to Draftspace, with which I was previously unacquainted. I think I'll incubate there again sometime in the future. I've now put the page (draft:Kushibiki Yumindo) up for review and added it to a couple of projects in hopes of speeding that up. But the page is in pretty good shape now, and doesn't really need to languish for three months in draftspace purgatory, so perhaps you might give it another look and release it back into the wild if that isn't a problem.Icuc2 (talk) 13:35, 30 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

West Australian Project Editor of the month - May 2020

Hi Hughesdarren, by the evidence at [2] and your edit history - you are the West Australian editor of the Month of May 2020 [3] - thank you for your effort for producing such excellent work, in improving the content of the project with good application of the all the categorisation and project tagging not requiring any extra work.

Also for the Australian Biota project your improvement of Western Australian Acacia articles is very much appreciated... JarrahTree 06:22, 2 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Seconded! Gderrin (talk) 07:23, 2 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers lads, Probably slow down a bit now that I'm out of lockdown and back at work. Hughesdarren (talk) 08:28, 2 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Souvenir Plots (Scotland)

Hi hughesdarren,

I just want to discuss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souvenir_Plots_(Scotland) if you had a moment? I note you have put it down as paraphrasing so just wanted to check what parts you thought were paraphrased so I can amend?

I have been working on the following page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Registration_(Scots_law) and was covering the legal requirements relating to registration of deeds of land in Scotland and had to cover souvenir plot as they are exempt from registration. However, I felt a separate page for a souvenir plot would serve the matter better as it is commonly sold item online and there is no wikipedia page explaining it to the wider world outside of Scotland.

The structure of the article follows a distinction that has to be made when explaining souvenir plots: the heraldry aspect and the ownership aspect. I can appreciate the Journal article follows this format too but there is no other way to deal with it as the two matters are completely separate areas of law. I cannot accept the characterisation that it is a paraphrase if there is no other way to cover the issue comprehensively for Wiki users. To omit one section or the other, would be a grave omission which I personally cannot recommend. I had actually already started the structure before accessing the Journal article, such coincidences are not surprising in law.

In law, as you can appreciate, there are some words and phrases you cannot express in any other form because they are the law as it stands in statute. This includes the words souvenir plot and the definition of it as they are contained in the statute. The Journal article was also written under the old 1979 law which has now been replaced by the 2012 one so I could not have paraphrased this element and the wording of the law is my own as far as I can phrase it.

The matters relating to the creation of real rights in Scotland cannot be amended in any other way as each word such as registration or recording has a distinct legal meaning in Scots law so I cannot amend the text any further as this would become incorrect and would be a discredit to Wikipedia. I have gone further than the Journal article here too, explaining the concepts of legal ownership in Scots law and its key elements with references to the key legal texts. The Journal article did not do this as it is written for Scottish solicitors so it is common knowledge to them.

However, above all I just want to empahasise the wording was mine alone. I did not copy any part of the Journal article but there are some words which cannot be avoided as they are the law. I also have explained further the matters relating to heraldry, having consulted and referenced the eminent legal text on the matter. To reword here it would be a diservice to the article as it would employ words that are not legally or factually correct such as heraldry, which has a distinct legal meaning. I consider the statement from the Court of the Lord Lyon as well fair under copyright law use as it is a public statement by a public organisation and succinctly explains the law well. The law behind heraldry is ancient, and very few legal writings exist explaining it so the quote of the Lord Lyon is the best possible source. The only way I could obtain the actual law on this would be accessing Scottish University archive materials which is not so easily obtained.

Overall, I have only made three references to the Journal article so I would be grateful if you could be assist with highlighting what you think needs changed. I hope this is okay to clarify with you and apologies for the law lesson.

Best wishes, Kentigern1136 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kentigern1136 (talk • contribs) 19:37, 4 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Kentigern1136, Checking for copyright violation is part of the page curation process and once I place a tag there another reviewer will check as well. In this case each section had a quotation so I had been fairly sure it was OK and as it turned out it was and when the next reviewer came along they removed the tag and curated the article through. Thanks for all you efforts. Regards Hughesdarren (talk) 21:08, 4 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Costa Rica protected areas

@Hughesdarren: Thanks for reviewing the stub articles I have been adding, the majority of the wonderful protected areas of Costa Rica weren't in Wikipedia, so I started to add the initial information to slowly proceed adding more information over the years, it will be a long work ahead! Roqz (talk) 21:25, 6 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

My pleasure, great little articles you are writing - keep up the good work. Hughesdarren (talk) 21:26, 6 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Your draft article, Draft:Kolka Lighthouse

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The article has been in the mainspace for ages so I'm surprised the draft hasn't been deleted long ago. Regards. Hughesdarren (talk) 09:46, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Kolka Lighthouse

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Category:Eucalypts of Western Australia

Hello Hughesdarren,

Thanks for your creation of this cat. and for linking all those species (~800?) to it. Great work. Unfortunately, I have discovered that Euclid/CANBR has updated their pages, so that every link to it on the Eucalyptus pages is now either dead or goes to the home page! Ah well! Keeps me off the streets I s'pose. Gderrin (talk) 23:54, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

G'Day @Gderrin: Oh jeez, just great - That will keep us both busy for a bit, hows life out of lockdown treating you? Hughesdarren (talk) 10:04, 27 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

classic - very good we have an observant compatriot who sees that stuff... sheesh... JarrahTree 10:49, 27 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Hughesy and @JarrahTree:. All good thanks. I see someone is working on fixing the Euclid links. Huge job. If you're really keen to do that, I think it only fair that I start from the bottom (Eucalyptus zopherophloia I mean) and we meet somewhere in the middle - wherever that might turn out to be! Gderrin (talk) 11:38, 27 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No worries - happy to lend a hand. Hughesdarren (talk) 12:08, 27 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Jeez not that you needed a hand looks like you're all finished now and you did all the rest of Cs for me. Legend. Hughesdarren (talk) 10:07, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, but unfortunately not finished. Angophoras (not many of them) and Corymbia (~120) also have to be done. I'm happy to do them too. Beats arguing about Greek!Gderrin (talk) 10:20, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Hamis Kiggundu

Hi Hughesdarren, I appreciate double checking by CSD tag. I was wondering if you could share your thoughts on this article? The editor has since made smallish changes, however, I continue to believe that the article is far from encyclopedic and probably requires some TNT to get it on the way. I do not disagree that the person may be pass GNG (if reliable sources are identified), but in it's current form the article is full of undue glorification and reads more like a corporate website praising their leader: "Kiggundu is one of the Country's best-known entrepreneurs", "and leading revolutionist of life's importance", "He passionately talks about success", "Currently he is very popular in Ugandan Media", "His father Segawa was a very silent successful businessman", "Kiggundu is apparently a successful and prominent businessman" etc etc. All of which with dubious or no sources at all. Besides, there's an article in Draft that has been declined at AfC plenty of times. The probable COI/PAID of the author is another issue... _pseudonym Jake Brockman ^talk 01:31, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I had originally tagged it mostly for having no references which the editor had resolved, so I removed my tag. I agree that the subject was far from notable and that the article was heavy on praise and of dubious notability but once the references had been put in place I let it go. I take it has been deleted now. Thank you if you took care of that. I try to avoid articles on Adfrican businesspeople and musicians as they all suffer similar problems. Anyway thanks for the message and keep up the good work. Regards. Hughesdarren (talk) 03:31, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have sent you a note about a page you reviewed

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Thank you for creating La Linda, Antioquia.

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Speedy deletion declined: Design Cafe

Hello Hughesdarren. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Design Cafe, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: there's enough sources there for A7. Needs to go to AfD if you think it doens't meet the GNG etc. . Thank you. Ged UK 13:30, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No worries probably should have tagged it for A1, deleted now anyway. Cheers. Hughesdarren (talk) 22:26, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Mercado de Escravos

Many thanks for your so speedy review. You did not even given me time to insert wikilinks to avoid it being an orphan, which I will now do. Roundtheworld (talk) 08:34, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, nice work on the article, hope to go to Lagos one day. Regards. Hughesdarren (talk) 11:31, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Deletion declined Invisible (Zara Larsson song)

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Why uncurate it? There is no primary topic and both articles exist? Hughesdarren (talk) 21:21, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have unreviewed a page you curated

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I have sent you a note about a page you reviewed

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Thank you for creating Lydia D. Killefer School.

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Hi. I hope you are doing well. When you marked this article as reviewed, it did not have {{reflist}} under references header (or any other template), all the section headers were === (they should have been ==) (but this is hard to spot), and the talkpage didn't exist. Whenever you see a non existing talkpage, kindly ask the author to see similar articles, and their talkpages; and to add relevant wikiproject banners to the talkpage of newly created articles. See you around :)

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Northumberland (1864 ship))

Is there any reason why the article bears the template {{1872 shipwrecks}}). Article suggests she was wrecked in 1868. Mjroots (talk) 20:42, 16 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not too sure what happened there, fixed now. Thanks. Hughesdarren (talk) 21:09, 16 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to bother you but

I got a notification saying a page I created had been reviewed, and then said your name. BUt there's no link to explain what that means or where a review is. (Or any info at all.) Did you review it and if so where? Thanks.Invasive Spices (talk) 00:57, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Invasive Spices:, No bother, The page I reviewed was Trypanotolerance, all new pages are reviewed (or patrolled) in order to better control the quality of new pages—to address common unwanted content such as spam, copyvios and nonsense, and also to encourage good faith new users, if you are interested in the process you can read more at Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Reviewers. Regards. Hughesdarren (talk) 03:26, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Contest article moved to draftspace

Hi Darren, is it possible to contest an article that was reviewed by one editor (and presumably found to be fine) and then reviewed by another editor and moved to draftspace? And, if so, how can I do that? Thanks ash (talk) 06:15, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No formal process, but once in draft at least other editors will take a look. Which article are you referring to? Regards Hughesdarren (talk) 06:40, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Thanks for the marking reviewed for new article, The Big Butt Book! What do you think of the article I created so far? Right cite (talk) 03:03, 31 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No worries. Well researched article that far surpassed my expectations when clicking on the link. You've done a great job putting the article together. Hughesdarren (talk) 03:07, 31 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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I’m not sure I understand why you would mark an article which clearly falls short of both GNG and ENT/NACTOR as reviewed. Celestina007 (talk) 14:33, 3 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Me either, I don't recall reviewing it although I did review through a few articles football players and others last night, must have messed it up. Thanks for picking it up. Regards Hughesdarren (talk) 21:17, 3 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

New Page Patrol December Newsletter

Hello Hughesdarren,

Year in review

It has been a productive year for New Page Patrol as we've roughly cut the size of the New Page Patrol queue in half this year. We have been fortunate to have a lot of great work done by Rosguill who was the reviewer of the most pages and redirects this past year. Thanks and credit go to JTtheOG and Onel5969 who join Rosguill in repeating in the top 10 from last year. Thanks to John B123, Hughesdarren, and Mccapra who all got the NPR permission this year and joined the top 10. Also new to the top ten is DannyS712 bot III, programmed by DannyS712 which has helped to dramatically reduce the number of redirects that have needed human patrolling by patrolling certain types of redirects (e.g. for differences in accents) and by also patrolling editors who are on on the redirect whitelist.

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7	DragonflySixtyseven (talk)	6,401	Patrol Page Curation
8	Mccapra (talk)	4,918	Patrol Page Curation
9	Hughesdarren (talk)	4,520	Patrol Page Curation
10	Utopes (talk)	3,958	Patrol Page Curation

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River Van-Diemen

Hallo Hughesdarren

as you have edited Staaten River I ask you to investigate a bit about this neighbour (see map). It might be wishful thinking by the explorers or this river has disappeared since then. --Bahnmoeller (talk) 22:27, 10 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Bahnmoeller, I'm not finding anything online maybe it was just wishful thinking....Hughesdarren (talk) 11:30, 11 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Fiat Freemont main article

Please make an option to submit this draft for review on Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Fiat_Freemont&veswitched=0&preload=Template%3AAfC_submission%2FSubst&editintro=Template%3AAfC_submission%2FSubst%2FEditintro#/editor/new NCELAJ (talk) 10:45, 18 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please make possible to add Draft:Fiat Freemont to main articles Fiat Freemont separated from Dodge Journey since other generations that will be produced aren't related anymore to this American car manufacturer NCELAJ (talk) 10:46, 18 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

have tried

a few random emails recently - not sure if you got them... JarrahTree 23:43, 21 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Haven't checked my mail for a while, just replied. Hope all is well Hughesdarren (talk) 01:32, 22 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas

File:Christmas tree in field.jpg	Merry Christmas Hughesdarren
	Hi Hughesdarren, I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a very happy and prosperous New Year, Thanks for all your contributions to Wikipedia this past year, like this tree, you are a light shining in the darkness. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 12:07, 22 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @Onel5969:! Hope you and yours had a happy Xmas and have a prosperous new year. Hughesdarren (talk) 02:28, 26 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Is this OK?

Is this form [4] acceptable? Since I saw different opinions on its finish date. Wil1andar (talk) 00:44, 27 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, sure is. If you find any other sources they can be added into the year they support too. Regards. Hughesdarren (talk) 02:47, 27 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Question, how do I change the name of this page [5] I just created, to [6] - in order to make sure, it refers to the Missouri one, since there is a Stream by the same name in the state of Iowa? Thanks.Wil1andar (talk) 20:51, 28 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

G'day @Wil1andar:, That means you need to move the page, for full story you can read this [7] but it's pretty easy. In a nutshell you select the "More" tab near the top right hand corner of the article and choose "Move" then put in the new title and reason. If you have troubles then message me back and I can do it for you. Regards. Hughesdarren (talk) 22:59, 28 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate much your help. Meantine, before receiving this message, I did it through layman method... Editing content of page into general meaning that incorporates both then created two separate proper pages/titles. Happy New year.Wil1andar (talk) 23:09, 28 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Could you please review my article

Hey Hughes Darren.

I noticed you were a New Page Reviewer - I am a beginner to Wikipedia and have just finished writing my first article, now the draft is pending for review. It'd be great if you could check it over! I am apprehensive that it will contain mistakes and I will need to wait another few weeks/months before getting another review.

Many thanks, Apaul291003 (talk) 11:03, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thank you for the review of Great American Rail-Trail. Best wishes from Los Angeles, // Timothy :: talk 02:39, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, my pleasure and thanks for your contribution. Best wishes from Albany, Western Australia. Hughesdarren (talk) 10:12, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Theodore Lumpkin

Many thanks for reviewing this new page about Theodore Lumpkin so swiftly. Much appreciated!--MerielGJones (talk) 14:24, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Why move to draft?

Why move the Politburo articles to draft? They are lists. They are inspired by the 17th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party... Why are there certain rules for some articles and not others? --Ruling party (talk) 23:18, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Each of the articles had no references and were originally redirects to Politburo of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party. the more references you can provide will demonstrate notability and verifiability. Don't worry the articles are in draft space and not deleted and now other editors can help you work on them. Regards. Hughesdarren (talk) 01:22, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Cucumis ficifolius refs

Could you take care of the references on my article Cucumis ficifolius? Thanks. -AllTheUsernamesAreInUse — Preceding undated comment added 05:08, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No worries - All done, if you sort of follow the format that I used you should be OK for next time. Cheers. Hughesdarren (talk) 08:19, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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thanks

I used to be a hills vollie firey - it gives me bad memories about reading that (10 hour shifts in the middle of the night etc) - I also have quite a few acquaintances of the past with properties in the target area... suppose not much will stop things in conditions like tonight. yuck. JarrahTree 12:43, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2010 indiana elections

thank you - I saw that you help delete the accidental creation of a page. I did not know if you had seen my contention of the 2008 indiana elections one - and I noted that the 2008 indiana elections were more broad than the 2008 presidential election in indiana - which have significant differences. thanks. ~~lovin' politics — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lovin'Politics (talk • contribs) 09:03, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

no worries, sorry for the mix-up, if you should accidently create a page with the incorrect title again, let me know and I'll take care of it. Cheers Hughesdarren (talk) 12:36, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thank you so much for reviewing the Lodhi Fort ( Purana Qila). Best regards RV (talk) 08:58, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

May I request you to review Draft:Sri Surasaraswathi Sabha. Thanks and regards RV (talk) 09:00, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Precious anniversary

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Mark Spencer (botanist)

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Geography86

Hi! I think you shouldn't have tagged some of these articles for CSD under G5 criteria. As I posted this, they aren't blocked for being a sock of somebody and was not even indefinite (as I realized later when Iri declined it for the second time). By the way, I have draftified all of these articles created by them now - and I plan to work some of them. Sorry for being not concise or stalking. Thanks. Mario Jump 83! 06:56, 13 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The user was banned at very close to the same time the articles were created but both were on the same date. According to Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion it says This applies to pages created by banned or blocked users in violation of their ban or block, and that have no substantial edits by others.They don't have to be a sock or indefinitely banned. You have now edited this comment 10 times in five hours. Leave it alone. Page curation is a painful business at the best of times carried out by a dwindling list of participants while the rest of us feel unsupported as a result this sort of commentary. Hughesdarren (talk) 11:31, 13 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Huide Tower

Why did you add the link rot tag to the page? All the links still work. Pizza0614 (talk) 23:01, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Linkrot tags are placed for references that have no details other than the URL, not because they don't work. Another use has since filled in a more complete reference. Regards. Hughesdarren (talk) 23:04, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion declined: List of Stuff You Should Know episodes (2019)

Hello Hughesdarren. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of List of Stuff You Should Know episodes (2019), a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: the 2019 content isn't on the parent page, and there's a discussion that decided that the parent list it too long and should be split. . Thank you. Ged UK 13:44, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Taxa named by Jean-Henri Humbert

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Garcinia forbesii

Hi, it's me again. I want to make references 5 and 8 the same as reference 2 on my page Garcinia forbesii, but I'm not sure how to do it. Could you help me with that when you have time? Thanks.AllTheUsernamesAreInUse (talk) 19:17, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No problems - done. If you check the edit log you should see what you need to do to duplicate a reference. Keep up the good work. Hughesdarren (talk) 23:57, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Pictures

Hi again, I have one more thing to ask. I was wondering how to put images in the description section of my article Garcinia mannii rather than below the speciesbox, as I tried to copy it from an edit log of another article but it did not work. Could you help me with that also? Thanks.AllTheUsernamesAreInUse (talk) 00:57, 31 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I think I've done what you wanted. Please let me know if I misunderstood. If you look at the edit log hopefully you can make sense of what to do. Regards. Hughesdarren (talk) 10:00, 31 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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I have unreviewed a page you curated

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About Asperula abbreviata - "Alpine Woodruff" disambiguation?

On first glance this would appear a junior synonym of Asperula gussonei. Or maybe there are any number of plants with the common name "Alpine Woodruff" Pete AU aka --Shirt58 (talk) 10:58, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Articles for Creation July 2021 Backlog Elimination Drive

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Tools for Measurements

Hi sir, I know you to be an experienced Admin. Kindly respond this two questions for me.

1. If I have coordinates of a mountain's location, what do I need to be able to measure the elevation of that mountain?

2. Apart from Google maps, is there anyway I can measure the distance between two places having the coordinates?

Waiting patiently for your responsesBoadu Emma (talk) 20:37, 23 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

New Page Patrol newsletter September 2021

Hello Hughesdarren,

Please join this discussion - there is increase in the abuse of Wikipedia and its processes by POV pushers, Paid Editors, and by holders of various user rights including Autopatrolled. Even our review systems themselves at AfC and NPR have been infiltrated. The good news is that detection is improving, but the downside is that it creates the need for a huge clean up - which of course adds to backlogs.

Copyright violations are also a serious issue. Most non-regular contributors do not understand why, and most of our Reviewers are not experts on copyright law - and can't be expected to be, but there is excellent, easy-to-follow advice on COPYVIO detection here.

At the time of the last newsletter (#25, December 2020) the backlog was only just over 2,000 articles. New Page Review is an official system. It's the only firewall against the inclusion of new, improper pages.

There are currently 706 New Page Reviewers plus a further 1,080 admins, but as much as nearly 90% of the patrolling is still being done by around only the 20 or so most regular patrollers.

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How long does it take to review new pages these days?

Hi. Just curious to know from NPP point of view.

The backlog has increased while some of the active reviewers are no longer reviewing.

I created ESR Cayman a few days ago, but I'm guessing its going to have to wait a bit since the waiting list is getting rather large right now?

-Imcdc (talk) 02:06, 17 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Yes it can take a while. There are currently 5927 new pages some dating back to 2006. We need more reviewers, maybe you could help out. I will take a look at your page in a bit. Keep up the good work. Regards. Hughesdarren (talk) 10:15, 17 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Hughesdarren:Thanks for reviewing. Maybe I'll try applying to be a reviewer based on your encouraging words. Guess its worth a shot.-Imcdc (talk) 11:53, 17 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Review

Hi @Hughesdarren:, It's nice to talk with you. I recently to know that you had reviewed this page Roma Thapa, where I got notification through my email. But accidentally when I worked on other side the page has been moved to draft but i recreated it. Can you reviewed it again? And i request you to delete this draft Draft:Roma Thapa. Thank you ! Fade258 (talk) 12:49, 20 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I curated the new version through and have left a comment for the draft to be deleted. Regards Hughesdarren (talk) 21:22, 20 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Hughesdarren, Request for article Review

Hello @Hughesdarren hope all is well and you are keeping safe. I hope you could be of assistance if you are not to busy. I have created an article which has been sitting in the backlog for sometime now and I would like you to review it for me. The name of the article is Buy Me a Coffee let me know when you get the chance.

Warm Regards, Akim Ernest (talk) 22:20, 13 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Akim Ernest:. No problems. Done. The page curation queue is ever growing, have you considered joining the ranks of page reviewers? We could certainly use the help. If you are interested please check out Wikipedia:Page Curation. Best Regards. Hughesdarren (talk) 10:08, 14 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Very Much @Hughesdarren much appreciated. I think I will request to become a reviewer cause the backlog is quite dreadful. Imagine having your article sitting there for years. Thanks for your support.

Warm Regards, Akim Ernest (talk) 17:21, 14 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar

Thanks for reviewing the new Wiki page

Singhu Border Lynching (2021)

Dhy.rjw (talk) 08:49, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Request to save reviewed article: Singhu border lynching (2021)

The page created by me and reviewed (& approved) by you, User:Hughesdarren: Singhu border lynching (2021) has been reverted to Draft by a User:Venkat TL giving a very vague reason that Wikipedia is not News, and caanot be used for a single vent, while there are thousands of Wiki pages on Rapes, Murders and Lynching of Single events. The page would get deleted unless you can take some action to revert the page back. This is a crucial incident widely reported in WP:RS sources in which a person from under-previleged protected class "Dalit" has been brutaly lynched and murdered. I hope you can revert this article back and save from deletion. Thanks a lot. Dhy.rjw (talk) 09:45, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

OK Firstly calm down. Secondly please don't place comments on a user page, put them on the talk page where they belong. Thirdly, the page isn't being deleted, it has been placed in the draft space. The other user involved has stated his case. If there is more news coverage then you can put in more references, which means the event has greater notability. If it doesn't then it could be deleted. The rest of the community will have opportunity to comment and review. If you want to proactive then read the policies, engage with the other user and find more references. Regards. Hughesdarren (talk) 10:07, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I greatly appreciate your guidance & assistance. Dhy.rjw (talk) 10:57, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singhu_border_lynching_(2021) Dhy.rjw (talk) 10:58, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your note on my talk page

Hughesdarren While we are discussing this matter on the talk page of the Draft talk:Singhu Border Lynching (2021), another editor is moving the page around. Do you approve that type of behavior? Don't you think you should be posting this notice message on the talk page of the editor who is moving the page in the middle of the discussion? --Venkat TL (talk) 11:55, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

About User VenkatTL

VenkatTL has been doing deletions for vandalism. He is specifically deleting any articles or sections or properly sourced texts which talk about the acts of violence committed by Sikh extremists. From his contributions, it is pretty clear he is deleting, applying wrong templates etc which is spreading disinformation. He even slandered you on his talk page: "And you should stop acting as a hired representative of dispruptive editors" I am a new user and dont know how to deal with his constant trolling -- as I try to make visible the atrocities suffered by a 'Dalit' at the hands of Sikh extremists. We need to do something to make sureVenkatTL does not do any more damage. Wikipedia should not be used for spreading misinformation. Thanks Rob108 (talk) 01:31, 19 October 2021 (UTC)Rob108[reply]

I have only had dealings with this user on the one article (so far). If you are having problems as you describe and feel that action needs to be taken you can always contact an administrator, the user may be eligible for a topic ban. I am well aware of the comments on his talk page, but I am pretty sure he has deleted them now. Regards. Hughesdarren (talk) 08:13, 19 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

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0"cleopatra"0 (talk) 09:42, 20 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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I have unreviewed a page you curated

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Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 10:49, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about this notice (and the notice below); I meant to review the page, so I've undone my edits (the articles are now reviewed). Thanks. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 10:57, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No problems, have done the same many times myself. Keep up the good work. Hughesdarren (talk) 10:58, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have unreviewed a page you curated

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From, BloxyColaSweet

Hello, Thanks for contacting me. I will let you know if I need assistance, But i do need help on creating this Wiki about Bellium bellidioides. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by BloxyColaSweet (talk • contribs) 09:36, 23 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

BloxyColaSweet, Hello again, I have created the article Bellium bellidioides. Luckily I'm fairly good with plants although I'm not familiar with this genus or species. Please remember to sign any posts you make with four tildes at the end (four of these: ~), you could also read Wikipedia:Signatures. Regards. Hughesdarren (talk) 10:06, 23 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hughesdarren, Thanks for the help, i will need you assistance or other peoples when I am working on some sites.

From, BloxyColaSweet and Thank you!

Hello, thanks for reviewing and seeing me wiki pages, I might be working on more wikis on plants, but right now i am focusing on the part of daisies, and Thanks for always reviewing the wiki pages i made. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BloxyColaSweet (talk • contribs) 07:52, 24 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No problems, please remember to sign your posts with four tildes (~). Regards. Hughesdarren (talk) 09:28, 24 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

From BloxyColaSweet, Belloa chilensis

I need help to create this page, Belloa chilensis so I can also create the other pages of the genus Belloa. If you can help that would be very great! Thank you! BloxyColaSweet (talk) 23:31, 24 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again. I've created the page but this is a genus and species I am unfamiliar with. Could you please use the same style of referencing tha tI have and not use Bare urls. Well done on signing off correctly this time and good luck with the other species. Regards. Hughesdarren (talk) 10:46, 25 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Prospect dolerite intrusion

Hi. I believe there is a huge mistake regarding the article I just created. I copied/moved the contents from the geology section of Prospect Hill article (which I later removed from that article and moved to this article, because they are more relevant there). The website roscimetosne.tk, in actuality, has copied all content from that Wikipedia article much later. In other words, the Wikipedia entry is the ORIGINAL writing -- Please check the history of Prospect Hill article. You'll see that the geology content has been there for some time. Further, roscimetosne.tk does NOT seem like a legit website. Seems like a Wikipedia copycat or bot site (it is filled with ads). Again, this has to be a mistake. To add another thing, .tk is the ccTLD for Tokelau. Why would they create an article for a geological structure in Sydney? Please see into this, mate. Thanks. ~ Qumarchi 09:53, 1 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yes that website does look bogus but the copyright software is also picking up close paraphrasing from [8]. The Prospect Hill (New South Wales) article is also picking up copyright infringement from [9] you can check the results yourself using [10]. A administrator with more experience in copyright infringement will sort it out. Regards. Hughesdarren (talk) 10:20, 1 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again!

Sorry, it took me a long time to create the whole belloa species, I was very busy and I was improving my user page. BloxyColaSweet (talk) 20:26, 4 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Nippy's has been accepted

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Hi

Hi HughesDarren Happy for you to delete Gold Coast Titans women's squad page I was attempting to create a template page (for tghe first time) and didn't initially realise that I had to prefix it with template: Have done that now Thank you, Nhoj1898

CSD A1

Hello, Darren. I noticed that you tagged Gold Coast Titans women's squad under the A1 speedy deletion criterion. However, it did not fall under that criterion (the title would have allowed for expansion, not to mention that there were revisions in the page history that did not fulfil the criterion). I've converted the nomination into a G7. Thank you, Sdrqaz (talk) 13:32, 12 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Toyota RV10 engine

Hey Darren,

Sorry to bother you again, but could you please help me with formatting the Toyota RV10 engine article data and engine information table? It keeps saying, "Convert: Ignore invalid option." I don't know why it's saying that. I did everything right, but it just won't publish the engine infobox table. Your help would be very much appreciated.

Thanks, Davism0703 (talk) 07:53, 15 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, All done. One of the fields was missing a bracket was all. Keep up the good work and best regards. Hughesdarren (talk) 10:32, 15 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

New articles without wikiproject banners

Hi, I hope you are doing well. I recently came across Choghadak District, which you have reviewed. It did not have a talk page. Generally, while marking such articles as reviewed, we should notify the user. I generally send a message from the curation toolbar similar to "kindly add related wikiproject banners on the talkpage, see similar article's talkpage for reference". Thanks for reviewing the articles again. See you around. —usernamekiran • sign the guestbook • (talk) 15:10, 20 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Check out Wikipedia:Signatures. Regards. Hughesdarren (talk) 12:05, 21 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Surrender of Camp Carroll

Not sure why you marked Surrender of Camp Carroll as reviewed when it is a stub WP:FORK of Camp Carroll/First Battle of Quảng Trị. Now I have to go through the process of Merging it. Mztourist (talk) 08:44, 21 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References checked out, no copyvio, no reason not to. Maybe you could step in and help out in the review process, we need all the help we can get. Hughesdarren (talk) 12:04, 21 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You don't consider if something is a FORK? Mztourist (talk) 17:09, 21 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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