User talk:RoyBoy
Contents
- 1 Trust, but verify
- 2 Abortion: "Art, literature and film"
- 3 Your GA nomination of Abortion
- 4 Saipan Colonial Period Names
- 5 Your GA nomination of Abortion
- 6 Proposed deletion of Self Decay
- 7 ArbCom elections are now open!
- 8 Your contributed article, Marine Science
- 9 Orphaned non-free image File:ChemicalGalaxy Stewart 2004.jpg
- 10 Orphaned non-free image File:ST-TNG The Inner Light.jpg
- 11 Extended confirmed protection
- 12 Orphaned non-free image File:GroceryGatewayLogo.GIF
- 13 Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins
- 14 A new user right for New Page Patrollers
- 15 ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!
- 16 ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!
- 17 Administrators' newsletter - February 2017
- 18 Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 13, 2017
- 19 Replied on "ABC hypothesis" TALK page
- 20 ArbCom 2017 election voter message
- 21 Speedy deletion nomination of Chemical Galaxy
- 22 Proposed deletion of Chemical Galaxy
- 23 Orphaned non-free image File:Chemical Galaxy II.jpg
- 24 Orphaned non-free image File:ChemicalGalaxy Longman 1951.jpg
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What the heck is this gonna do? RoyBoy 05:03, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Trust, but verify[edit]
Trust, but verify is old (but still solid) advice. Just a light-hearted link to a quirky little article. - 2/0 (cont.) 18:49, 20 September 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks again, wow that was messed up. Did we just post to each other's talk pages in the same minute about different things? Freaky. - RoyBoy 18:54, 20 September 2014 (UTC)
Abortion: "Art, literature and film"[edit]
Since going back in the history files I see that you were the one who created this section of the abortion article, I thought I'd make sure that you know (what you probably already know) that it was recently removed from the article. There was a discussion about it on the article's Talk page at "Anne Sexton/Don't be buffaloed." KatieHepPal (talk) 19:49, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Abortion[edit]
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Abortion you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria.
This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AlanZhu314159265358979 -- AlanZhu314159265358979 (talk) 06:20, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
Saipan Colonial Period Names[edit]
Dear RoyBoy, please consider:
The period when Saipan was controlled by the Spanish is called the Spanish colonial period. The period when Saipan was controlled by the Germans is called the German colonial period. The period when Saipan was controlled by the Japanese is called the Japanese colonial period.
but...
The period when Saipan was controlled by the US is NOT called the US colonial period.
Is uniformity of descriptions not a goal of Wikipedia? Is Wikipedia aiming at truth, or simply a mouthpiece for the colonial masters?
Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.155.205.54 (talk) 05:35, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
- You may have a point, but you made it very poorly by making a header in Saipan very long and argumentative. A heading in an encyclopedia shouldn't contain a question. Do you have any sources that call it "US colonialism", is there evidence that this was done against the will of the population? - RoyBoy 00:12, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi Roy, I do have a point, and it's blindingly obvious! I tried to just change it so it was in line with the convention for the previous three periods, simply saying "US Colonial Period" but it got changed back, as for some reason the naming conventions magically changed the moment the first US boots hit the shores of Saipan. I would say unless you have a document showing that the people of Saipan invited the US in, then it's a colony regardless. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.155.205.54 (talk) 08:21, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
- As a US "commonwealth" it's defined as "self-governing under a constitution of its adoption and whose right of self-government will not be unilaterally withdrawn by Congress". If it isn't a colony, then calling it colonialism sounds inaccurate and inflammatory. You need reliable sources to support a minority view, not an informal fallacy trying to shift the burden of evidence. - RoyBoy 01:34, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Abortion[edit]
The article Abortion you nominated as a good article has failed
; see Talk:Abortion for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AlanZhu314159265358979 -- AlanZhu314159265358979 (talk) 02:41, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
Proposed deletion of Self Decay[edit]
The article Self Decay has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
- Non-notable local band.
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ArbCom elections are now open![edit]
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Your contributed article, Marine Science[edit]
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Orphaned non-free image File:ChemicalGalaxy Stewart 2004.jpg[edit]
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Extended confirmed protection[edit]
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Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins[edit]
Hello,
Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:32, 12 November 2016 (UTC)
A new user right for New Page Patrollers[edit]
Hi RoyBoy.
A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.
It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.
If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins).MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open![edit]
ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open![edit]
Administrators' newsletter - February 2017[edit]
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13:36, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 13, 2017[edit]
Blade Runner has been scheduled for the above date as today's featured article. I'd appreciate it if you could check the article one more time to make sure it's up-to-date. You're welcome but not obligated to edit the text that will appear on the Main Page; I'll be trimming it to around 1100 characters. Thanks! - Dank (push to talk) 19:00, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks for heads up, brought blurb down to 1512. Will be hard to tighten without removing items, but without Rental and Remaster memes; gets it to 1327. - RoyBoy 03:03, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
- Getting the wikibug back :), down to 1415. - RoyBoy 03:25, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
- Careful, it's a hard bug to shake once you get it! - Dank (push to talk) 03:29, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
- Heh, damnnn straight. Can I aim for 1200 chars or under? - RoyBoy 21:38, 16 June 2017 (UTC)
- Down to 1257, removed Hollywood meme. - RoyBoy 22:04, 16 June 2017 (UTC)
- At first glance Blade_Runner still looks sexy as hell, but if I engage my rusty Admin mode; would I be correct in thinking a good chunk of Blade_Runner#Sequel can be summarised, with existing content moved/merged to Blade_Runner_2049? - RoyBoy 22:13, 16 June 2017 (UTC)
- Great plan. - Dank (push to talk) 01:24, 17 June 2017 (UTC)
Precious[edit]
Blade Runner
Thank you for qulity articles such as Blade Runner, your favorite film illustrated, for Chinatown and Intelligent design ("helped"), for "I hope my addiction can be put to some use around here", found on your marvel of a user page, - yes, Roy, you are an awesome Wikipedian!
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:27, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
- A year ago, you were recipient no. 1684 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:11, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
Replied on "ABC hypothesis" TALK page[edit]
Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine) specifically says: "Primary sources should generally not be used for medical content." That is a direct quotation which you can easily verify. Best wishes, HandsomeMrToad (talk) 00:29, 17 June 2017 (UTC)
ArbCom 2017 election voter message[edit]
Speedy deletion nomination of Chemical Galaxy[edit]
A tag has been placed on Chemical Galaxy requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:
Unremarkable book - author's article was just deleted for lack of notability.
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Proposed deletion of Chemical Galaxy[edit]
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Non-notable book. The article on the author has already been deleted due to lack of notability.
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