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I need some serious help

I need some serious help. User:Sadman Sakibzz is continuously removing AfD templates from several articles. Please I request you to intervene and help. Tamravidhir (talk!) 12:09, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

He hasn't done anything since your final warning; I've left an additional warning at the bottom of his page just in case. However, mass-nominating another editor's work for deletion is rather bitey; I sincerely hope that you're doing proper checks on these articles before nominating them. Yunshui 雲水 12:17, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
What I found while patrolling them was that they were not referenced at all and even non-notable. I know that it can be bitey but I am just doing what Wikipedia tells me to do. If something is unreferenced and non-notable then that should be considered for deletion and then as per the consensus, it is deleted or kept. And what will happen if suddenly after 15 years it is found that it was a hoax and reports are published in newspapers talking about it. Some are articles on real topics, but they have no reliable sources. This is the reason why I have nominated them at AfD. I have no personal grudge against him. I'm extremely sorry if unintentionally I have done anything that is wrong. Tamravidhir (talk!) 12:27, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
I don't think you've done anything wrong; I just wanted to make sure that you were doing the necessary WP:BEFORE checks and fixing the articles instead of deleting them if that was an option. For what it's worth, I've checked several of them and agree that there aren't enough sources available to make them worth keeping. It might, however, be a good idea to leave this editor a note explaining (nicely!) why you are putting all of their pages up for deletion, in the hopes that they can improve their submissions in the future. Yunshui 雲水 12:41, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
I would have done that if Twinkle wouldn't have been there. At times I get too rude but the Twinkle messages make the other feel that "he/she is bad". It's automated I didn't put them. They just go...I'm sorry! And Idon't know how he/she got to know but someone has blocked the editor for 48 hours. :/ Tamravidhir (talk!) 12:45, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
As an inveterate Twinkle-user myself, I know what you mean... Yunshui 雲水 12:46, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
Really, it becomes inevitable! It happens more out of habit than necessity... :P Tamravidhir (talk!) 12:49, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
@Tamravidhir: Some of the images uploaded by User:Sadman Sakibzz might be in Public Domain in India. "According to The Indian Copyright Act, 1957" (PDF). (Chapter V Section 25), Anonymous works, photographs, cinematographic works, sound recordings, government works, and works of corporate authorship or of international organizations enter the public domain 60 years after the date on which they were first published, counted from the beginning of the following calendar year (ie. as of 2014, works published prior to 1 January 1954 are considered public domain). Posthumous works (other than those above) enter the public domain after 60 years from publication date. Any other kind of work enters the public domain 60 years after the author's death. Text of laws, judicial opinions, and other government reports are free from copyright. Photographs created before 1958 are in the public domain 50 years after creation, as per the Copyright Act 1911. Except BLPs, articles are not deleted just because they are not referenced. Avoid this rationale in AfDs. Thanks.--Skr15081997 (talk) 12:55, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
@Skr15081997: Thank you Srkr ^_^! But the pic from the song Piya Tose Naina Laage Re is from the 1965 film Guide, while Aaiyen Meherbaan is from a 1958 film and the rest are from from films made in much later decades. While you never know but the two pics of those persons may be copyrighted just that the source is not there so you don't know from where they have been taken. Tamravidhir (talk!) 13:01, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
Hey Yunshui. This is totally unrelated, but are you good at Algebra II? I take online classes, and I need help with some problems on a test. What do you say?Amanda Smalls 12:56, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
Haven't done algebra since I was in school, I'm afraid, and that was... well, quite a while ago now. My kids aren't yet old enough to be faffing about with quadratic equations and whatnot, so I haven't had any need to refresh my knowledge recently either. You might want to ask someone at the Maths desk, but be aware that they won't just give you the answers to your homework! Yunshui 雲水 13:03, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
This is the kind of questions they give us! Let f(x) = x^2 - 2x + 2 and g(x) = x - 3. Find f(x) · g(x).Amanda Smalls 13:04, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

Even I will try to solve this Amanda. Excited! Tamravidhir (talk!) 13:07, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

I hate math! If you make the tiniest mistake, it throws your whole answer off!Amanda Smalls 13:08, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
(edit conflict) No no Amanda! I can't do this! This is polynomials :O ...I though it to be simple algebra...God! No! I can't! :( Tamravidhir (talk!) 13:11, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
You crazy young folk, with your polynollys and your algebruntles... Amanda, I wish you luck, but maths really isn't my thing - sorry, but you'll need to look elsewhere. Yunshui 雲水 13:13, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
It's ok. I still have a 3.5 GPAAmanda Smalls 13:15, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
Just out of curiosity I looked up the article on Quadratic function, in case it was any help... now I've read the lead section and my brains have crawled out of my ear and run away. Thanks for that. Yunshui 雲水 13:16, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
@Amanda Smalls: I assume that here these two functions need to be multiplied. f(x) · g(x) = x^3 - 5x^2 + 8x - 6. Hope that it works.--Skr15081997 (talk) 13:18, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
I've already gotten that much. Thanks for the help though, I wasn't looking for exact answers, I just want to learn how to solve it.!Amanda Smalls 13:30, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
@Amanda Smalls: I can help you in solving them. BTW what is GPA?--Skr15081997 (talk) 13:48, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
@Skr15081997:Sorry, there was a User who was vandalizing my page. Um, GPA is Grade Point Average. Do you want to move this discussion to my talk page? That way we don't clutter up Yunshui's.Amanda Smalls 13:55, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
I had a 10 GPA yet I can't solve this! :P And Yunshui I really don't know what's "polynollys" and "algebruntles" but they sound really funny! We can have these words in the urban dictionary. Yeah, actually! Hiya Mrs. Polynollys and Mr. Algebruntles! :P Tamravidhir (talk!) 18:06, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
Um, Ok...Do you know how to calculate a GPA Tamar?Amanda Smalls 18:13, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
Different countries have different possible maximum GPAs (although I've only heard of 4 and 5 as maximums...), and most countries do not have GPAs at all. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 19:51, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
@Amanda Smalls: In India it's only the CBSE board which follows GPA and CGPA but then also not all the CBSE schools. Some (which follow the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) format) do while others don't. My school followed the CCE format so we had it. And in my school to get the percentage you have to multiply the GPA/CGPA with 9.5. Tamravidhir (talk!) 08:05, 24 October 2014 (UTC)
Poking in the fun, @Amanda Smalls: you aren't talking about f of g (written as fog in math) but simple multiplication? This isn't tricky one, the function remains continuous... I think this is correct answer: wolframalpha solution. --AmritasyaPutraT 08:29, 24 October 2014 (UTC)
That site's great AmritasyaPutra! :D Tamravidhir (talk!) 10:31, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Lloyd M. Smith

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:03, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

Halloween cheer!

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Blueridge12 (talk) 00:28, 28 October 2014 (UTC)Thanks, Yunshui. You're very helpful.

WP:Co-op

Hey Yunshui. So, we're at a stage in the building our mentorship space, the Co-op where we're seeking volunteers to help mentor one or two editors during our pilot planned for December. As we laid out in our proposal, we are endeavoring to ensure that actual mentorships are well-defined in the sense that they are focused on a specific topic for teaching (rather than it being comprehensive), and have a definite end. If you're interested in volunteering, please sign up on our talk page. Of course, I'm happy to answer any questions you might have about how the space will work or otherwise, so just let me know. Thanks, I, JethroBT drop me a line 02:26, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

@I JethroBT: I'd certainly like a bit more information - timeframes, mentorship structure, best practice guidelines etc. - but all else being equal, I'm in. Yunshui 雲水 08:06, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
Sure, let me elaborate on those briefly:
Timeframe: We're hoping to begin our pilot in December. However, due to difficulties we've had in hiring necessary contractors for design and programming, this may need to be pushed back to January. The pilot itself will run for two months, where we hope to have around 50 editors go through mentorship for any purpose.
Mentorship structure: Learners (i.e. newer editors) will be specifying why they want a mentor using a profile structure, and using information from their profile, we will be making automatic matches to mentor profiles based on what the mentor is willing and able to teach. The actual teaching is something we leave up to the mentor's discretion. However, we are planning to implement a resource center for mentors to contribute to and draw upon for how to go about teaching different topics. Mentors who have been invited for the pilot, however, have all had a strong track record with working with new editors.
Best practices: We are planning to have a conversation with mentors about such expectations, likely to take place on a TBD subpage of WP:Co-op. I have some proposals, but I'd like the mentors to decide what practices for maintaining the space and working with editors work best for them. One problem we would need to figure out, for instance, is how best to ensure that we do not have editors waiting too long for a mentor.
Hope this gives you a better picture, but feel free to follow-up with other questions. :) I, JethroBT drop me a line 10:58, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
Much obliged, thanks. Yunshui 雲水 11:45, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

DYK of Khyri Thornton

Hello Yunshui, thank you so much for the quick review of my DYK nomination. I have fixed the changes and await your review! Regards,--Church Talk 20:14, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

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yes you deleted my page...

lets work together. --29djeg (talk) 15:44, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

I was just about to leave a message on your talkapge, but since you're here now...
Wikipedia isn't a newspaper. If you read something in the news, it may be a suitable topic for Wikipedia, but Wikipedia has a whole bunch of additional policies governing whether we can have an article on something. The statements that you made in your article were unsourced and, if untrue, would constitute libel. Wikipedia requires references to reliable sources to support any information added - it's not optional, especially if you are writing about a living person. We have very strict rules where biographies of living people are concerned: basically, your references need to be rock-solid before you say anything detrimental to a living person's character.
If you'd like to carry on working on Wikipedia I suggest you start by reading this page and then perhaps take the tutorial. However, make sure you read the Biographies of living persons policy before you try writing another article. Yunshui 雲水 15:49, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

Articles created by suspected sockpuppets

Grazing Goat Pictures Pvt. Ltd was created by Derevation. A few editors have suggested that he/she is a sockpuppet of another user. Will this article be deleted after an SPI? I have worked a lot on this article ( See its revision history). Thanks.--Skr15081997 (talk) 13:04, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

It shouldn't be. We do have a criterion for speedily deleting articles by users who are evading a block or ban, but that criterion (G5) specifically disallows deletion if other editors have done substantial work on the article (which you clearly have). I can't see any other reason for deletion, either. Yunshui 雲水 13:10, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

Sri aurobindo

Hi Yunshui, just to let you know after 3 times failing GA finally I got this article to GA wheuu Shrikanthv (talk) 08:53, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

Very well done; I'm delighted for you! Yunshui 雲水 09:08, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 29 October 2014

DYK for Sahashi Shigeru

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:03, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

Talkback

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Needed a 3O

Yunshui, do you remember when I wrote to you for the first time you had told that if I need a 3O then you will always help me? So, today I need a 3O. Well so far there has not been any conflict of interests but there have innumerable time when I have had bad days with this editor. And if to say, I still have a record, he has been extremely rude to me. And such preposterous behaviour forced me to take a Wikibreak as no one, whom I knew, was willing to help me. But I won't instigate violence against him but TheRedPenOfDoom has always made such edits and is still making such edits to Bade Achhe Lagte Hain. I don't know why but he has removed reliable sources and certain edits made by me to resolve issues pointed by other editors on the talk page so that it is capable of becoming a GA. Now, there was a time when he had said me that online articles published by newspapers aren't reliable source. I mean that suppose there's a newspaper called The Day which publishes an article titled The Crime. So the Day has a website called theday.com. So now, they publish the same article online. So TheRedPenOfDoom said that such sources aren't reliable. And I had a hard time explaining him. Please I want you to help me before this gets bad again. I just want you to look at this and say whether I have done anything wrong reverting his edits and restoring a previous version. Please help me Yunshui. I don't want this to go far and get out of control. Thank you Yunshui! Tamravidhir (talk!) 10:18, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

Hi Tamravidhir. There is some degree of merit in User:TheRedPenOfDoom's version of the article. To go through line by line from the diff you posted above:
  • Hindi title: per Wikipedia:WikiProject_India#Indic_scripts_in_lead, that shouldn't be there.
  • "receiving" vs. "bagging": "Bagging" is a very informal term in British English, so "receiving" is much more appropriate here.
  • Kehta Hai Dil Jee Le Zara integration episode: I know I've suggested before that Tellychakkar might be reliable source, but it's certainly not a cast-iron one. I think, based on the fact that it appears to have a professional editorial staff, that it meets the criteria; others may disagree. Certainly it has the look of tabloid journalism, which shouldn't be used as the sole source for information in articles that are covered by BLP (which this one, since it deals with the professional activities of a number of living people, falls under).
  • Ram Kapoor's weight: describing someone as overweight is not neutral, nor is it appropriate under the BLP policy. TRPoD's version of this sentence is preferable.
  • Pull quotes: per WP:QUOTEFARM, a paraphrase is generally preferable to repeated quotations. I tend to agree with TRPoD's version here as well, though this is primarily down to personal preference rather than any specific policy statement.
  • Ratings: again, this comes down to whether or not Tellychakkar is a reliable source. I recommend that you discuss this specific source with TRPoD on the article talkpage, to find out what his objections are - they may be perfectly valid.
  • External links: neither of these contains any information that improves the reader's understanding of the topic - per the external links policy, they therefore aren't necessary.
Overall, then, I'd say TRPoD's version of the article is closer to what a Good Article should look like. It's worth bearing in mind that someone with nearly 10,000 edits who's been here longer than I have might just know what he's doing... I'd suggest that you try working with him rather than against him; you'll end up with a better article that way. Yunshui 雲水 11:47, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
I understand Yunshui but....anyway I will stay away from that article for few months. By the way I remember there is a place where we can ask whether "so and so" source is reliable or not. But I don't have the link. Do you? Tamravidhir (talk!) 13:58, 1 November 2014 (UTC)
@Tamravidhir: This might be what you are looking for.--Skr15081997 (talk) 16:18, 1 November 2014 (UTC)
@Skr15081997:Oh! Yes! That's what I have been looking for! Thanks you so much Shailendra! :D Tamravidhir (talk!) 07:48, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Murata Jukō

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:03, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

RfA page created

Hi Yunshui: To facilitate your hopeful RfA nomination, I have created the RfA page, located at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Northamerica1000 2. Per discussion on my talk page, User:Spartaz will be writing the main nomination. As per previous discussion in which you graciously stated support to write a nomination, I would greatly appreciate receiving a co-nomination from you, which you can add directly to the RfA page.

As a reminder, please do not transclude it to the main RfA page, because I don't want the discussion to become live until November 15, 2014. Thanks again! NorthAmerica1000 04:15, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion

Hi Yunshui, I was thinking to nominate this article for deletion, seems to be private educational institute run by religous units and only links they provide externally is of classified adds in a newspaper. before moving forward would request your opinion Shrikanthv (talk) 08:54, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

I'd tend to agree. I'd recommend AFD over CSD purely because of the Tribune article, which might be an independent source (none of the others are). Yunshui 雲水 08:58, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

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3O Needed

Now I want some serious help from you. A very crucial 3O. Even after having enough reliable sources (references to nespapares, no tellychakkar) TheRedPenOfDoom is making false allegations on Everest (Indian TV series). I don't understand if he enjoys destroying things or he has a grudge against me! But he is asinine! Sorry I don't assume to good faith but some people get on your nerves at a time so much that you need to vomit out everything! Please have a look at this and give your opinion! I hope this time I'm right as i don't see anything wrong in it. I kept in mind everything to make sure that at least this article is not potential to any removal and has no loopholes. Tamravidhir (talk!) 11:39, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

I have been forced to make a second revert. I won't make a third one. But why is he removing referenced info and quotes? (look at this!) Urgent help needed! Tamravidhir (talk!) 11:42, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
Now here you go again! God!!!! Please do something Yunshui! Tamravidhir (talk!) 11:56, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
He's got a reasonably valid point; you do have a propensity for extensive direct quotations, which isn't terribly encyclopedic. Remember how we prefer secondary and tertiary sources for information? The same tends to hold true for quotations - excessive quotations from primary sources (which Gowariker most certainly is) are liable to skew the perspective of the article away from neutral exposition of the subject. Have you tried talking to TRPoD about this (templated uw-vandal warnings don't really count as discussion...)? Yunshui 雲水 12:41, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
He just says that it's self promotional. I really don't understand!!! Could you please remove any unwanted quote from this draft of Everest. I really don't know which ones to delete! Really! Tamravidhir (talk!) 12:56, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
Well, really you need to ask two questions when adding a quotation. The first is: "Does this improve the reader's understanding?" So, for example, take the quotation, "Be it before a film or TV, the anxiety is the same..." Is the reader's knowledge of Everest increased by knowing that Gowariker considers himself to be his own emotional anchor, but that he still fears rejection of his work? I'd say not - I certainly haven't learned anything about the TV series from that statement.
The second question is, "Is a quotation necessary?" Usually, the answer is no - Wikipedia isn't a magazine, and we aren't particularly interested in representing people in their own words. As an example, take the paragraph beginning: It has been reported that Everest led to a delay in the film Mohenjo Daro.... Is the sense of the information changed at all by replacing the last sentence (including the quotation) with "Gowariker later confirmed this."? I'd argue that it isn't - the quote is used to give his confirmation, but the reader doesn't need to know the exact phrasing he used, just that the statement about his other film being postponed was confirmed. If you can replace your quotations with a prose statement, you probably don't need a quotation in the first place.
Examples of instances where a quotation would be better than prose include: when the statement is indicative of a bias that would not be suitable in the text of the article (e.g. Hitler said, "the National Socialist movement will go on for 1,000 years!" is preferable to The Nazi movement will continue for a millenium.<ref>Hitler</ref>) or when the quotation itself is the subject of comment or a unique creative expression (e.g. Shakespeare once wrote, "All the world's a stage..."). However, generally speaking we want to avoid giving precedence to one point of view - your Everest article is filled with comments from the people who were involved with the film, but where are the quotations from its critics, or from people who were adversely affected by the filming? It's therefore almost always a good idea to avoid direct quotes in articles, and especially so if they are from someone who has a vested interest in the article's subject - it's COI by the back door. Yunshui 雲水 13:47, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

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TFA congrats on Bonshō!

I was wondering why there was suddenly so much activity on Bonshō—then noticed it was on the Main Page. Congratulations! Curly Turkey ⚞¡gobble!⚟ 03:39, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

Precious again, thank you for ringing the peace bell with me ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:45, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
It's not truely a featured article until it's been vandalised to bits on the main page. Thanks guys. Yunshui 雲水 09:10, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
Someone beat me to it - but congrats on the FA and the main page. Peter Rehse (talk) 14:20, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

Antakya Belediyespor

Hi, Antakya Belediyespor changed its name to Hatay Büyükşehir Belediyespor. The main article should be Hatay Büyükşehir Belediyesi (women's basketball) since Hatay Büyükşehir Belediyespor is a sport club with more than one sport branch. I dont know how to move or redirect an article. So can you move Antakya Belediyespor to the new article? Statli12 (talk) 12:15, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

Have you got a reference for that? I generally don't move articles without some evidence that the title is genuinely incorrect, and there are no links in the article (the offical website link gives me a 404 error) to indicate what the correct name might be. Yunshui 雲水 08:46, 6 November 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 05 November 2014

Stradbroke Page

Thanks for helping with the issues with the Stradbroke article but I think you have slightly mis-understood what is happening. There only are two websites in Stradbroke:

1. The site that I have run for ten years Stradbroke Village Website 2. New site called Stradbroke Online

You mention you have removed links to both sites but actually a link to Stradbroke Info remains and it was me that tagged this as the official Parish Council site, in fact the editors of the site as you can see from the deleted talk page article claim this is also a private site. This all represents an ongoing off-wiki dispute and I would suggest to be fair either (a) both links are removed, or (b) a single link to Stradbroke Village Website is added back

I am not going to try and edit this and respect what you have done but as things stand the users who created multiple accounts have got what they wanted which was all links other than to their own site deleted. This doesn't seem fair. Can you let me know what you think Jehargrave (talk) 15:16, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

My mistake, sorry. www.stradbrokeonline.org.uk/ appears to be the address of the Parish Council's offical site, so I have changed the link to point there. Yunshui 雲水 15:21, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

Apologies this dispute involves the parish council and the people involved are parish councillors (myself included) The sites http://stradbroke.info and http://stradbrokeonline.org.uk are the same website. There is an ongoing dispute about the site but the position of the site editors of Stradbroke Online/Info is that theirs is a private site. The Council doesn't really have a website of its own as such but keeps voting to try and support Stradbroke Online. Given the circumstances perhaps links to both should be removed?

Jehargrave (talk) 15:27, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

Parish politics is complicated... under the circumstances, then, I think you're right; removing both links is probably the most sensible option. Yunshui 雲水 15:31, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

Hi there. Unfortunately as soon as the page protection expired puppets using IP address wikipedia accounts came along and added back the links to http://stradbrokeonline.org.uk. This time describing it as Stradbroke's village website, a name our site has 10 years established goodwill using. Is it possible to semi-protect the page again so we can try and continue to avoid mention of either of the sites to stop the website dispute continuing online? Jehargrave (talk) 02:45, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

Hi!

What happened to Kolo Toure wiki page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 36.81.40.113 (talk) 02:22, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

It was protected from editing to prevent vandalism - by you, if your edits today are anything to go by. I've blocked your IP; kindly find somewhere else to piss about. Yunshui 雲水 08:21, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

N.b.

N.b. At my working RfA page in process, another user modified your nomination by making a correction (diff). Just FYI. NorthAmerica1000 16:53, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

I've no objection to folk fixing my typos, but thanks for the info. Yunshui 雲水 08:22, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

Vandalism training

Hello Yunshui. I am chiefly active in article creation, expansion and review, but intend to try and widen my experience on Wikipedia. My current activities in fighting vandalism are limited to responding to changes to articles on my extensive watchlist and occasionally leaving warnings on the talk page of disruptive individuals. I saw your name on the anti-vandalism page as being prepared to provide instruction and wondered if you would be prepared to take me on as a trainee. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:57, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

I don't see why not... I've set up an anti-vandalism page for you at User:Yunshui/Cwmhiraeth vandalism school to give us some talking points; whack some answers/diffs in there and we'll see how we go. Look forward to working with you. Yunshui 雲水 08:13, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
Thanks. I am busy today, so will start tomorrow. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:28, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

RE: November 2014

Hello there, Yunshui. Recently, I was (wrongly) blocked under the username of Mystical545 because of "vandalism" and because my account "appeared to be compromised."

I would like to state that that vandalism really was caused by my little brother and not me, only because I was careless enough to leave my account logged in for a while. If I really was a vandal, I wouldn't have made some good edits first and then vandalize a page all of a sudden. Instead, I would have caused vandalism the day I joined Wikipedia. It just wouldn't make any sense. My aim on Wikipedia is/was to help wherever I can, which I tried my best to do until it was all ruined by just one bad edit that wasn't even done by me.

To further support my innocence, I would like to say that I am not abusing multiple accounts as you said so - the fact that my brother repeated the same vandalism on a recently protected page has nothing to do with anything. I believe it was just a coincidence, judging by the fact that he is a massive football fan and told me that his mischievous action was inspired by "The SPORT Bible", a popular page on Facebook which recently showcased one of the earlier vandalized editions of the "Kolo Touré" page (and he wasn't lying).

So, I followed the advice stated on the "Compromised accounts" section of the "Guide to appealing blocks" guide page. And I truly hope that you believe me and give me another chance on Wikipedia now that I've started afresh, that too with a password stronger than ever. And I can guarantee that I'll never repeat the same carelessness ever again. Also, I'd appreciate it very much if I could get my old account back - although it doesn't really matter because all I want is a second chance - but that's entirely upto you guys.

Thank you.
PS: Sorry if I left this message in the wrong place, because I don't really know a lot about Wikipedia and talk pages.
TheMysticReturns (talk) 13:36, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

There's certainly no issue with your return under a new username, and I can accept your explanation for what happened. I don't really have any serious objection to you getting your old account back, either. However, I'm not too happy about unblocking an account which is known to have been compromised off my own bat; if you want to return to your old username I suggest you file an unblock request in the usual way on your old talkpage, so that another administrator can review it. In the unblock request, make sure you mention and link to your new account, and feel free to link to this conversation so that the reviewing admin can see I'm happy for them to go ahead with an unblock if they see fit. Yunshui 雲水 08:29, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

A query

Yunshui I have one query. As far as I know copying images from other sites and uploading them to Wikipedia is termed as copyright violation then why images copied from sites such as Flickr and Bollywood Hungama (such as this and this) allowed on Wikipedia. The sites/owners are properly mentioned and credited on such file page but if we do the same with images copied from other sites then I have seen such images still being deleted. I don't understand this and find it confusing. Could you please explain this whole thing to me Yunshui? Tamravidhir (talk!) 15:28, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Answered at Tamravidhir's talk page. De728631 (talk) 16:02, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
I don't have a lot to add to De728631's very accurate answer, except that I can view the OTRS permission for Bollywood Hungama images and can confirm that they have agreed to release images taken by their own photographers under a CC-BY-SA licence. As De728631 points out, we can use images from other sites as long as they comply with Wikipedia's own licence; if something's available under CC-BY-SA or in the public domain, it's okay for Wikipedia to use it. Yunshui 雲水 08:19, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
@De728631 and Yunshui: Thank you both for the crystal clear answer! Thank you so very much Yunshui and Dewey! ^_^ :D Tamravidhir (talk!) 14:05, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

Shane Dunphy Page Deleted

Hi Yunshui,

My name is Shane Dunphy, and, although I did not create the Wikipedia page about my books and journalism (I am an author of non-fiction books that have done quite well in Ireland and the UK, some have been Number 1 bestsellers), I did end up using it as a sort of unofficial reference page for people. I do not use Facebook or Twitter, so I kept an eye on the Wiki page and made sure the information was accurate. I recommended someone check it out today, and was told it was no longer there.

Now, I understand totally your rules on Notability etc, and I would be happy to provide adequate sources to back up the information on the page - I think this is a good lesson to me to treat the academic side of your site with more respect. If you would consider putting the page back up, I would be happy to ensure it is properly sourced.

Shane Dunphy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.101.222.130 (talk) 15:43, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

I'm more than a little hesitant about doing this. At the point when I deleted it, the page was an extensive biography containing a large amount of irrelevant and unverifiable information, and was more than a little promotional in its tone. As an editor with a severe conflict of interest, you should not be making any edits to the article even if it is restored. I won't oppose its restoration if you request a deletion review, nor if another editor recreates it from scratch, but I'm afraid that I'm not willing to resurrect the article in its previous state for you to work on. Yunshui 雲水 15:53, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Benjamin Bevan

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:04, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

Jason Roeder

It looks like you deleted the article for Jason Roeder. I don't mind finding sources through Google news/books/scholar since he is a drummer for a pretty big band. Would you mind recreating the age or throwing it on my user page?Cptnono (talk) 09:03, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

No problem; it's now at User:Cptnono/Jason Roeder. Looking at it, I probably shouldn't have deleted it under A7, but it would still have been deleted under BLPPROD - to avoid putting a time limit on it with BLPPROD, I've moved it to your userspace. Yunshui 雲水 09:54, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
No worries. Thanks!Cptnono (talk) 10:44, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
I am going to likely recreate it but wanted to give you a heads up. GNG is met but I am surprised at how much effort it is to find more basic info (I miss Google News Archive searches). He has been part of 2 notable bands along with a big side project. I'm keeping it stubbish for now and not going into details to pad it (in depth about the Sleep band, his personal life, and style reviews) but those could make it in in one way or another. Let me know if anything is a concern.71.37.7.163 (talk) 11:03, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

You've got mail

Hello, Yunshui. Please check your email; you've got mail! The subject is Adam Matthew account signup.
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HazelAB (talk) 13:30, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

Hi Yunshui, I just sent you a follow-up about this. HazelAB (talk) 12:50, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
Replied; thanks for spotting that (and for the access!). Yunshui 雲水 12:53, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

93.186.23.114/81.148.240.215

Both apparently seems like MariaJaydHicky's. Can you sockpuppet them? 183.171.183.225 (talk) 13:59, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

I'm slightly dubious - there's only a very minor edit crossover between them and any of the confirmed sockpuppets - but given that the editing is the same sort of disruption and they seem to come from the same IP pool, I'll slap each IP with a short block. Yunshui 雲水 14:08, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 12 November 2014

Hello Yunshui. This message is part of a mass mailing to people who appear active in reviewing articles for creation submissions. First of all, thank you for taking part in this important work! I'm sorry this message is a form letter – it really was the only way I could think of to covey the issue economically. Of course, this also means that I have not looked to see whether the matter is applicable to you in particular.

The issue is in rather large numbers of copyright violations ("copyvios") making their way through AfC reviews without being detected (even when easy to check, and even when hallmarks of copyvios in the text that should have invited a check, were glaring). A second issue is the correct method of dealing with them when discovered.

If you don't do so already, I'd like to ask for your to help with this problem by taking on the practice of performing a copyvio check as the first step in any AfC review. The most basic method is to simply copy a unique but small portion of text from the draft body and run it through a search engine in quotation marks. Trying this from two different paragraphs is recommended. (If you have any question about whether the text was copied from the draft, rather than the other way around (a "backwards copyvio"), the Wayback Machine is very useful for sussing that out.)

If you do find a copyright violation, please do not decline the draft on that basis. Copyright violations need to be dealt with immediately as they may harm those whose content is being used and expose Wikipedia to potential legal liability. If the draft is substantially a copyvio, and there's no non-infringing version to revert to, please mark the page for speedy deletion right away using {{db-g12|url=URL of source}}. If there is an assertion of permission, please replace the draft article's content with {{subst:copyvio|url=URL of source}}.

Some of the more obvious indicia of a copyvio are use of the first person ("we/our/us..."), phrases like "this site", or apparent artifacts of content written for somewhere else ("top", "go to top", "next page", "click here", use of smartquotes, etc.); inappropriate tone of voice, such as an overly informal tone or a very slanted marketing voice with weasel words; including intellectual property symbols (™,®); and blocks of text being added all at once in a finished form with no misspellings or other errors.

I hope this message finds you well and thanks again you for your efforts in this area. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:20, 18 November 2014 (UTC).

       Sent via--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:20, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

Acknowledgement/Proof read

Hello,

I hope you all are well.

I need help...

Can you read the information in the link provided please, and let me know if this website functions the same way as Wikipedia or not.

The link: http://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:Creative-Commons

Regards.

(Russell.mo (talk) 14:44, 21 November 2014 (UTC))

Resolved

DYK for Sakakibara Kenkichi

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:33, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks again for your time and work in providing your RfA nomination. Your nomination, along with those provided by Spartaz and RoySmith, was greatly appreciated. NorthAmerica1000 19:13, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

My pleasure. Congratulations - enjoy your new admin trousers. Yunshui 雲水 08:34, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion

Hi Yunshui,

I was following this company and the owner if you remeber we had made AFD and deleted the company but the owner article was saved due to available reference , now again an article about this company is being created how to go about nominating it for deletion or has it achieved wiki article criteria , here: Vu Technologies Pvt Ltd Shrikanthv (talk) 09:37, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

(Talk page stalker) @Shrikanthv:I'd say it's good enough for at least a Stub. It has three references and a decent amount of information to reach stub status. LorChat 21:00, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
Tend to agree; the references are poor but just about servicable, and there may be more information out there. It needs fixing, not nixing. Yunshui 雲水 08:44, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

Help me

why is problem in a page from Ratan Vijay Ankhiya — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ratanvijay (talk • contribs) 09:18, November 25, 2014‎

You've repeatedly recreated this page, which appears to be about you; however in none of its iterations have you provided any indication that you meet Wikipedia's inclusion requirements. Even if you are a suitable subject for Wikipedia, which seems unlikely, you you should not create an article about yourself. Since you've failed to heed this advice a number of times in the past, I have locked the page to prevent it from being created again. Yunshui 雲水 09:22, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
There's no need to use a help template on this page; just write out your question and I'll respond. If you want to get help from other users, please type out your question on your talkpage and add the {{helpme}} template. Yunshui 雲水 09:29, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

Question...

Regarding your comment at the Village Pump anent Maunus' proposal for auto-adminning, when you said "Moot oppose" did you mean that you were opposed to our discussing it in our folkmoot, that it was so subject to debate that it was unsolvable (definition 1), or something else? Tharthandorf Aquanashi (talk) 12:12, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

Merely that, whilst I personally hold a mild opposition to the the proposal, such opposition - and indeed, the very discussion - is moot, since there is no way for the proposal to be implemented (Adjectival definition #3 on Wiktionary). Sorry if that wasn't clear. Yunshui 雲水 12:25, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
Ah, I see. That makes sense now. Tharthandorf Aquanashi (talk) 15:25, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
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