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Administrators' newsletter – October 2019

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2019).

Guideline and policy news

  • Following a discussion, a new criterion for speedy category renaming was added: C2F: One eponymous article, which applies if the category contains only an eponymous article or media file, provided that the category has not otherwise been emptied shortly before the nomination. The default outcome is an upmerge to the parent categories.

Technical news

  • As previously noted, tighter password requirements for Administrators were put in place last year. Wikipedia should now alert you if your password is less than 10 characters long and thus too short.

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • The Community Tech team has been working on a system for temporarily watching pages, and welcomes feedback.
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Please comment on Talk:BMW 3 Series (E36)

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You've got Mail from mcelite

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Hello, Anne Delong. Please check your email; you've got mail!
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Hi Anne Delong please reply this message is from mcelite. Thank you for your time.2600:1700:E5D0:CC30:AD0B:DAA8:B11A:B813 (talk) 14:39, 7 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello mcelite.

I received your e-mail, but I prefer not to discuss Wikipedia business off-wiki, so this is my only reply. You were legitimately blocked for using multiple accounts to try to get around Wikipedia's policies. The admins who made this decision spent time looking into the matter carefully and were previously uninvolved. According to WP:SOCKBLOCK, you should now wait six months or so, and then make an unblock request without blaming relatives or anyone else, and explaining why Wikipedia would benefit from your edits, and promising not to make other editors and admins, who would rather get on with adding neutral facts and sources to the encyclopedia, spend their time dealing with sockpuppetry or edit warring instead. Not being able to edit Wikipedia in the meantime may be disappointing, but certainly not "terrifying", and saying so won't help convince anyone that you are a reasonable person who can follow the policies.

About the other editor you mentioned in your e-mail: he/she is not the reason you were blocked. Don't worry; there are tens of thousands of editors; if some inappropriate edits are made, someone will fix them eventually. If there's disagreement about the edits, Wikipedia has plenty of accepted dispute resolution mechanisms, such as Wikipedia:Third opinion and Wikipedia:Requests for comment.

Please do something else for a few months before making another unblock request.—Anne Delong (talk) 15:10, 8 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Anne, thank you very much for replying it means a lot. I accept my punishment even though yes it's hard because I want to do more. I just wanted to show that I didn't just start trouble to just to be difficult and that I'm not blaming Corbie for my block. I did want to show what Corbie was doing so it could be brought to the attention of others. I made a serious mistake and I know apologizing right now won't change my current standing. Again thank you for your response and time.2600:1700:E5D0:CC30:C571:DBCD:3C38:8C99 (talk) 15:50, 10 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on Talk:Sabine Weyand

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BLP considerations

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Anne, hello again! I want to write an article about this incident. It is notable as it has historic implications both politically and otherwise. It also has SIGCOV to support content. I think I can take it cautiously enough with WP:BLP open in the other tab. My concern is, whether the very idea of an article is improper or TOOSOON as, all the sigcov notwithstanding, the accusation itself still remains just that. Would it be WP:GOSSIP to create an article before the crime is proven, considering the SIGCOV is mostly focused on the alleged perpetrator, rather than the victim? Etcetera. Usedtobecool TALK ✨ 14:42, 14 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Usedtobecool. If reliable sources have reported the arrest, then it is not gossip, as long as only the facts in the sources are summarized. However, I don't see why this incident would need an article separate from the article that already exists about Krishna Bahadur Mahara. It's only because he is a well-known person that the incident is in the news. I suggest that instead you start a section about the incident near the end of his article, being very careful not to add any speculation, only reported facts. Even if he is later convicted, mistreatment of women is unfortunately all too common, so unless there is something particularly unusual about the case, a few sentences in the existing article are probably enough. The text can always be moved to a separate article later in the unlikely case where the story expands beyond him (if, for example, investigators find a pattern of mistreatment involving other officials).—Anne Delong (talk) 06:00, 15 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on Talk:Ariana Grande discography

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Please comment on Talk:Cultural impact of the Beatles

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Please comment on Talk:Propaganda

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2019

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2019).

Guideline and policy news

  • A related RfC is seeking the community's sentiment for a binding desysop procedure.

Arbitration

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Please comment on Template talk:Infobox organization

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Please comment on Talk:Discrimination against atheists

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Bobby Watson (musician) has been accepted

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Bobby Watson (musician), which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. If your account is more than four days old and you have made at least 10 edits you can create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.

Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!

Missvain (talk) 22:35, 18 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom 2019 election voter message

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Please comment on Talk:Idles (band)

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Please comment on Help talk:IPA/Standard German

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WikiProject Canada 10,000 Challenge award (year three)

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The Gold Maple Leaf Award
This maple leaf is awarded to Anne Delong for continued tireless work in creating, expanding, cleaning up and sourcing articles, including collaborations with and kind encouragement to numerous other editors, during the third year of The 10,000 Challenge of WikiProject Canada. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg (talk) 16:28, 26 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Druhá Tráva

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Hello, way back in 2013 you made a statement at Talk:Druhá Tráva calling for that article to be improved. Fortunately you are still active at Wikipedia, so perhaps you would be interested to know that I have finally improved the article. I myself had thought about doing this since I saw the band play about 18 months ago. Check it out if interested. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 21:33, 26 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – December 2019

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2019).

Administrator changes

added EvergreenFir • ToBeFree
removed Akhilleus • Athaenara • John Vandenberg • Melchoir • MichaelQSchmidt • NeilN • Youngamerican • 😂

CheckUser changes

readded Beeblebrox
removed Deskana

Interface administrator changes

readded Evad37

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

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Please comment on Template talk:Sarah Palin

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Happy First Edit Day!

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Happy First Edit Day!

Have a very happy first edit anniversary!

From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 01:22, 7 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on Talk:Eli Cohen

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                                                 Happy holidays

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Happy New Year!
Anne Delong,
Have a great 2020 and thanks for your continued contributions to Wikipedia.

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Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year 2020}} to user talk pages.

– North America1000 21:43, 30 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – January 2020

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2019).

Guideline and policy news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

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Talk:dotmobile | Requesting feedback

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Thank you for edits on the Dotmobile page. Requesting any feedback that could aid in speedy review and publishing of the page. Thanks. --WindowPlant96 (talk) 18:06, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, WindowPlant96. The fact that the article has not yet been approved may be at least partly because the information in it is mainly about things that are planned and announced for the future, rather than facts about what the company has actually done. If the company's products are still in development it may be Wikipedia:Too soon.
To comply with Wikipedia's requirements (Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies)), and to confirm the accuracy of information, a company has to have been written about extensively by journalists and/or other independent authors in published documents. Press releases, or articles which just copy information from press releases saying something like "according to company sources", or quotes of comments made by company officials in interviews, don't help, because they are not independent.
It's surprising how much difference there can be between what company representatives think is important for the public to know and what independent writers find interesting enough to research and write about.
To improve the article's chances of passing a review, I suggest that you check the current references, and if they are based on material spoken or written by the company's staff, remove them and find articles written instead by business or tech reporters.(I didn't see anything in the Toronto Star, the Toronto Sun, the National Post or the Globe and Mail.) If you don't find anything, you may want to wait until there is more coverage. If you succeed in finding some, then change the tone of the draft so that there is less of "aims to" "announced", and "under development" and more "this happened" and "that was reported", to avoid the appearance that the purpose of the draft is to promote the company (per WP:PROMOTION).—Anne Delong (talk) 20:45, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

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The Special Barnstar
For your prolific work on Canadian topics and effort to contributing towards the 10,000 Challenge! You're such a valuable editor! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:34, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Dr. Blofeld; 10,000 improvements is a challenging goal - I hope we get there someday...—Anne Delong (talk) 05:40, 4 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – February 2020

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2020).

Guideline and policy news

  • Following a request for comment, partial blocks are now enabled on the English Wikipedia. This functionality allows administrators to block users from editing specific pages or namespaces rather than the entire site. A draft policy is being workshopped at Wikipedia:Partial blocks.
  • The request for comment seeking the community's sentiment for a binding desysop procedure closed with wide-spread support for an alternative desysoping procedure based on community input. No proposed process received consensus.

Technical news

  • Twinkle now supports partial blocking. There is a small checkbox that toggles the "partial" status for both blocks and templating. There is currently one template: {{uw-pblock}}.
  • When trying to move a page, if the target title already exists then a warning message is shown. The warning message will now include a link to the target title. [1]

Arbitration

  • Following a recent arbitration case, the Arbitration Committee reminded administrators that checkuser and oversight blocks must not be reversed or modified without prior consultation with the checkuser or oversighter who placed the block, the respective functionary team, or the Arbitration Committee.

Miscellaneous


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Administrators' newsletter – March 2020

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2020).

Guideline and policy news

  • Following an RfC, the blocking policy was changed to state that sysops must not undo or alter CheckUser or Oversight blocks, rather than should not.
  • A request for comment confirmed that sandboxes of established but inactive editors may not be blanked due solely to inactivity.

Technical news

  • Following a discussion, Twinkle's default CSD behavior will soon change, most likely this week. After the change, Twinkle will default to "tagging mode" if there is no CSD tag present, and default to "deletion mode" if there is a CSD tag present. You will be able to always default to "deletion mode" (the current behavior) using your Twinkle preferences.

Miscellaneous


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Thank you!

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Passing along sincere thanks from the originator of the Nancy Dillow page, whose editing skills do not extend to talk pages, but who is extremely grateful for your incisive editorial efforts! the artchivist (talk) 14:50, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

AfD for Revive the Rose

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Your input may be appreciated at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Revive the Rose, if you haven't already seen it. Tpdwkouaa (talk) 16:49, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads-up, Tpdwkouaa. —Anne Delong (talk) 09:31, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – April 2020

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2020).

Guideline and policy news

  • There is an ongoing request for comment to streamline the source deprecation and blacklisting process.

Technical news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • The WMF has begun a pilot report of the pages most visited through various social media platforms to help with anti-vandalism and anti-disinformation efforts. The report is updated daily and will be available through the end of May.
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Can you please assist me with a failed submission

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I have revised this article that was immediately denied by someone that appears to have a history of just denying articles immediately with little reason. This is regarding Mark Johnson the banjo player. I am looking for feedback on if the page is acceptable or if it needs further revision. I have corrected the concerns addressed in the first denial. Thank you for any help. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Mark_Johnson_(musician) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Harpgear (talk • contribs) 02:22, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Harpgear. This draft interests me and I may be able to improve it. However, I have been working on two music projects in real life right now, plus I am in the middle of improving another draft, so it may be a few days before I can get to it.—Anne Delong (talk) 17:19, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much!!!! — Harpgear (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:15, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, Harpgear, I have fixed it up and accepted it. It needed a lot of changes - not enough facts in the body of the article, too much promotional language and namedropping for a neutral encyclopedia article, and some superfluous information that was about the awards rather than about Johnson. Most of the references were not to independent sources - company blogs in particular always have an agenda. I had no trouble finding news articles to use instead.—Anne Delong (talk) 08:31, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you again!!!! I am learning and I appreciate your help very much!! — Harpgear (talk) 13:55, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Sky Glabush has been accepted

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Sky Glabush, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. Most new articles start out as Stub-Class or Start-Class and then attain higher grades as they develop over time. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk. Once you have made at least 10 edits and had an account for at least four days, you will have the option to create articles yourself without posting a request to Articles for creation.

If you would like to help us improve this process, please consider leaving us some feedback.

Thanks again, and happy editing!

—Anne Delong (talk) 06:44, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

rejection

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Hi Anne, could you tell me why my submission for Douglas Wilson was declined? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thumper1001 (talk • contribs) 12:30, 1 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Thumper1001. I can't find a submission called "Douglas Wilson" in the Draft area, but I did find a short paragraph in your sandbox here: User:Thumper1001/sandbox. Is this what you are talking about? It's the only thing I can find in your contributions.
Sandboxes are just for experimenting, so no one would notice what you wrote there unless you notified them about it. However, if this is the "submission" you are talking about, it would in no way be suitable for an encyclopedia article. For one thing, it has a long phrase taken from a press release in the Globe and Mail, which would be a copyright issue. For another thing, it's written more as a CV than as a biography. Thirdly, Wikipedia has inclusion criteria (read about them here: Wikipedia:Notability (people). To show that Mr. Wilson is well-enough known to be the subject of a world-wide encyclopedia article, his life and activities must have been written about extensively in books, magazines, news reports, business journals, etc., by authors or journalists who are not connected with the companies and organizations with which he's connected (ie, not press releases or company documents). The article has to include references to these sorts of things to demonstrate this to the other Wikipedia editors. Here's an example of an article with appropriate references - Alan Gertner; if you click on "edit" and look at the code you can see how these are added.
If this is not the one that you mean, please indicate the exact name of the page you submitted.

I hope this helps.—Anne Delong (talk) 13:55, 1 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Six years of Adminship

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Happy Adminship Anniversary!

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Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Have a very Delong happy adminship anniversary on your special day!

Best wishes, CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 18:46, 1 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – May 2020

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2020).

Administrator changes

removed Gnangarra • Kaisershatner • Malcolmxl5

CheckUser changes

readded Callanecc

Oversight changes

readded HJ Mitchell

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Miscellaneous

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Help with AfC submission!! Thank you for your time!!

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Hello Anne,

I'm fairly new to wiki, and created this draft about Yiannis Papadopoulos (guitarist) a month ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Yiannis_Papadopoulos_(guitarist)

I saw your name in a few articles for musicians including https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannis_Anastassakis

and I thought I'd ask your if you could maybe have a look and let me know if you see sth that I could make better or if it's ok? Sorry if I'm asking sth that I shouldn't, I'm not very familiar with all the wiki policies.

I appreciate your time, I know you're busy. Thank you very much. Rhythm Zero (talk) 18:29, 2 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Rhythm Zero. It's fine to ask for help; Wikipedia is a giant collaborative project. I took a look at the page, and I have some suggestions:
First, be careful of name-dropping, because anything that seems as though it is included only to boost the importance of the subject is inappropriate. For example, you mention the well-known band Creed in the lead section, but Mr. Papadopoulos has nothing to do with that band, really. If he plays Creed songs it could be mentioned further down in chronological sequence of his career.
Tone down or remove any text that is about feelings and ideas rather than about facts; for example "influences" instead of "inspirations" is more neutral; musicians whose work he enjoyed shouldn't be in the article - Wikipedia is not a fan magazine - but sometimes those who had an influence on his style of playing are included.
Announcements of upcoming projects are inappropriate, as other types of press releases and promotions. Concert reviews by music writers are good. I removed a reference to "discogs"; this isn't an independent reliable source - it's user-contributed like Wikipedia. Be careful about the use of interviews as references; only what the interviewing journalist says can be used as a reference, not what the interviewee says - that is, avoid relying on Mr. Papadopoulos' own words - these are not neutral or independent verification. Interviews where the journalist just asks questions and has not included his or her own research shouldn't be included.
Promoting his sponsors is definitely a no-no - if there's equipment that he is so known for that independent journalists and music critics are writing about it (like Willie Nelson's guitar or Paul McCartney's bass), that's okay; otherwise don't mention brand names - Wikipedia has a policy against advertising. The same goes for using promotional videos of the band as references - I haven't heard of gshow, but it sounds like that, and definitely facebook references are out.
A musician who is mainly known for work in one band is often included in Wikipedia as a section of the article about that band. To be eligible for a separate article, he/she has to have been written about extensively, not just a sentence or two in an article about the group, so look for those sorts of references.
One more thing: when adding references, be sure to include the name of the journalist, the name of the magazine or newspaper, and the publication date, not just what website it was posted on. These items help to show that it is an actual published document, not just somebody's social media or personal blog. I fixed one for you that just said "issue.com".
Okay, I hope this helps. If I get some time I may work on the draft a bit. I've been surprisingly busy for an old lady that can't leave her house these days.—Anne Delong (talk) 12:33, 3 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]


Hello Anne, first of all I'd like to thank you for your quick and in-depth reply, it really shed light on aspects I would be able to understand and correct on my own. I edited the article following your guidelines, deleting parts and the "not good/not acceptable" sources, correcting the language and the format of all the sources. If you can find some time to have one more look I'd appreciate it. Thank you very much once again. Rhythm Zero (talk) 20:59, 3 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Iftekhar Rafsan

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--KaziKamrulOfficial17 (talk) 19:06, 6 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello sir, My name is Kamrul. This is my first article on Wikipedia. I am now the new Wikipedia editor. I am bored sitting at home all day because the university is currently closed. So I thought let's do something. That's why I came to Wikipedia. I thought of writing the article "Iftekhar Rafsan" because I am one of his super fan. I don't know how successful I was in writing this article but I tried my best. If I have any mistakes, I have a request to correct them. Finally, my request was that the article be reviewed once. Thank you

Hello, Kamrul. Welcome to Wikipedia! I took a look at your draft; you've done a good job with the formatting. Before the draft is reviewed, it's important that the information in it verified by independent, published sources. If journalists or other authors not connected to Iftekhar Rafsan write about him extensively in magazines, news articles or books, then he is well-enough known to be the subject of an encyclopedia article.
Some of the references you have included seem to be this kind, but I am unfamiliar with news sources in that part of the world; you will know better which are well-respected sources. However, others seem to be press releases, advertising, and videos of the subject these are not independently written. About the statistics you have included in the article: References to the databases of results show that the sentences are accurate, but they don't show that they are significant; for that you once again need to show that journalists or feature writers (not people close to him) who cover these topics have written and published articles about his involvement in the sport.
I hope this helps; I will have to leave the reviewing of the page to someone who knows about gaming, food reviewing and Bangladesh.—Anne Delong (talk) 21:08, 6 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Anne Delong:Thank you so much sir for replying to my message. Honestly I was a little emotional when writing the article because this is my first article. I wasn't really familiar with Wikipedia Guideline. I didn't understand many things at all. I have tried a lot to learn as much as I can by Google. So I apologize if I made a mistake. I have tried a lot to collect data from verified by independent, published sources. Among them The Daily Star (Bangladesh), Dhaka Tribune, The Prestige Magazine are many established newspapers in Bangladesh. HLTV, ESL (company) has his profile. Where news and statistics of professional esports players are published. Various official sports tournaments are arranged at challonge.com. These tournaments are arranged by the official sports clubs. CHALLONGE's parent organization is Logitech. As a fan of his, I follow him all the time. Moreover, he has a lot of TVCs that are not mentioned anywhere. For being involved with YouTube, Esport and many creative works, Iftekhar Rafsan is currently the most influential personality in Bangladesh, especially among the youth. So my request to you is to reconsider my article as a new Wikipedian. --Kazi-Kamrul-Hasan (talk) 13:51, 8 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

KaziKamrulOfficial17, it seems that you have deleted that draft. Perhaps you misunderstood me - I did not reject your work. I just said that I thought someone more familiar with the topic of YouTube personalities and online gaming should take a look at it rather than me. You could ask the guys at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games or Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Bangladesh or Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Internet culture to find editors who know about this stuff. It is too soon to give up!—Anne Delong (talk) 20:14, 8 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Dispute

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Hello. I know administrators are not supposed to resolve dispute but this isn't going anywhere. You might be familiar with User:Kazi-Kamrul-Hasan. I'm just trying to improve the article Iftekhar Rafsan which he created. He is constantly reverting my edits without reasonable conclusions. He told me about putting citations but the parts I edited doesn't require any. I've been trying get to get to the bottom of this but he is making it difficult. He should also know that Wikipedia isn't a personal blogging website and he cannot 'own' an article he created. I would like your opinions in this matter. Thanks. Human (talk) 21:44, 8 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Articles for Creation: List of reviewers by subject notice

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Hi Anne Delong, you are receiving this notice because you are listed as an active Articles for Creation reviewer.

Recently a list of reviewers by area of expertise was created. This notice is being sent out to alert you to the existence of that list, and to encourage you to add your name to it. If you or other reviewers come across articles in the queue where an acceptance/decline hinges on specialist knowledge, this list should serve to facilitate contact with a fellow reviewer.

To end on a positive note, the backlog has dropped below 1,500, so thanks for all of the hard work some of you have been putting into the AfC process!

Sent to all Articles for Creation reviewers as a one-time notice. To opt-out of all massmessage mailings, you may add Category:Wikipedians who opt out of message delivery to your user talk page. Regards, Sam-2727 (talk)

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:35, 27 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Can you please assist me with further bluegrass related content

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I have created a page for a Mark Johnson collaboration album he recorded with the Rice Brothers. I was wondering it you might review it at your convenience for any corrections I may need to make. Thank you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Harpgear/sandbox — Preceding unsigned comment added by Harpgear (talk • contribs) 21:25, 27 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Harpgear. Sorry to take so long to reply; I've been busy this week with my own (non-notable) album release.

I took a look at your draft, and I think there may be an insurmountable problem. In order to have a separate encyclopedia article about an album, the album itself (not just the musicians) needs to have been written about extensively by music reviewers or other independent journalists and authors. I did a Google search, and didn't find anything, really. There's a chance that paper music magazines may have written features or reviews about the album which haven't made it online because the album was out before the internet.

AllMusic can be a good source in some situations. Just being listed there doesn't mean anything - the site tries to list every release, no matter how obscure. If the AllMusic review staff have added a review of the album (not "user reviews"), then that counts as an independent source- they are experienced reviewers. Discogs is just a database which anybody can add to, so it doesn't indicate that the album is well-known; it belongs in the "External links" section, not as a reference.

Unless you can show that the album has had some notoriety now or back in the day, you run the risk that the article will be deleted if you move it to mainspace. This is often a problem with bluegrass topics; in many places it's a niche market; the magazines were often small and disappeared without a trace after a few years.

If you can't find multiple album reviews and/or feature articles about the album, my suggestion is that you add a section at the end of the article about Mr. Johnson, but before the discography, called by the name of the album. Trim your text of info that's already earlier in the article, and then copy the remaining text and tracklist there. Then you can create a "Redirect" article which will send anyone searching for the article to that section. If you decide to do this, I can help you with the last bit. The good thing about this is that people will be able to read what you've written, and if you later find good references you can always move the text to its own article.

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Hi. Please take a look at Draft:7shifts. It is a properly stated WP:COI contribution about a Canadian software company. I had an interesting discussion with the first reviewer on how WP:ORGCRIT should be applied in this case. Keen to know your oppinion on the subject, considering your vast experience of editing Wikipedia and knowing the Canadian media landscape. -- Bbarmadillo (talk) 19:48, 26 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Bbarmadillo. I have been reading your discussion, as well as the proposed article, and I have a few comments:
  • You wrote about the Globe and Mail article, saying that most of it was information about that company. That's true, but please remember that only text written in the journalist's own words count towards notability. That's because the parts in quotations, or following words such as "The company announced", "Mr X said", "The owner hopes", etc., aren't independent and aren't fact-checked. (If I were being interviewed, and said "The Earth is flat", and if the reporter printed "Anne said the Earth is flat" that would be a true statement.) If all of that text isn't considered, there is still some plain info about the company, but not as much as it seems at first glance.
  • I would say the same thing about the CBC article. Short paragraphs 2, 4, 5 have some info; the rest is quotes, speculation by the interviewee, etc.
  • Press releases shouldn't be used for references - If no independent business writer has taken the time to write about a particular fact in the article, then that fact is likely of interest only to those with COI, and should just be omitted. Wikipedia articles include what the readers want to know, not what the company wants them to know. This often happens when awards, anniversaries or business milestones are being touted.
  • I notice that the "Best Workplaces" article says "Sponsor content" at the top...
  • I agree with CNMall41 about the government article - I can't tell if the text was written by an independent author or not.
I am not familiar enough with business websites to know the value of the three at the bottom of the list, but the local news articles do contain some good information. Here's another one: https://www.cjme.com/2019/02/03/sask-tech-company-using-ai-for-restaurant-scheduling-2/ Maybe this one https://thelogic.co/news/saskatoons-7shifts-preps-for-post-pandemic-restaurant-recovery-with-planned-hr-tech-expansion-raise/ will help.
Okay, that's all I have to say for now.—Anne Delong (talk) 00:05, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the ping. All my reviews of company drafts, which I have worked a lot on, come down to WP:ORGCRIT. The goal of AfC is to review and then approve those drafts which would "likely" (not definitely) make it through an AfD discussion. I could ping a few editors who are even more strict when it comes to ORGCRIT and I know they certainly would vote to delete if it went to AfD. That's why I feel that it likely would NOT pass AfD. One thing that could push something like this over the top is reviews of a company's products or services, but I couldn't even find those in any major publications outside of announcements of who is using the software. Wish I could give more hope, but keep in mind its just my opinion which is why I am leaving it for another reviewer. Good luck. --CNMall41 (talk) 01:45, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Anne DelongCNMall41 thanks a lot to both of you for very exact and helpful suggestions on improving the article. I edited the draft accordingly. I have doubts about thelogic.co, it doesn't look like a reliable source to me (the site doesn't have its own Wikipedia article and hasn't been used as a reference on Wikipedia). Also added more product reviews (Software Advice, Fool.com) to the existing ones (Capterra, Investopedia, G2 Crowd). --Bbarmadillo (talk) 06:35, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Consensus has been reached to delete all books in the book namespace. There was rough consensus that the deleted books should still be available on request at WP:REFUND even after the namespace is removed.
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Articles for Creation July 2021 Backlog Elimination Drive

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Hello User:Anne Delong. I work with Black Girls Rock!, and therefore have a conflict of interest (COI) relationship. The organization is now much more than an awards show, so this article is quite out of date. I believe in adhering to the Wikipedia rules, therefore I’m looking for an editor that can help me improve this page. I was wondering if you might find it a good use of your time to help with article improvements? I look forward to your reply. Thank you, G Smiley BGR (talk) 16:32, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello G Smiley BGR. I am willing to take a look at the page to see if it needs updating. Please remember that Wikipedia articles are not to be used to announce future events or to promote aspects of a subject which are not already widely known and independently reported. I'll look for news reports in recognized news sources with text written by reporters or reviewers, rather than press releases or interviews. It may be a couple of days before I have time to get to this.—Anne Delong (talk) 03:50, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hello User:Anne Delong. Thank you for your response and your willingness to look for news reports and to take a look at the Black Girls Rock! page. I also appreciate you for reiterating the Wikipedia rules regarding future event promotion and sourcing. I am pulling sources as well and will have some content for your review within the next week. I will put the content on the article's talk page and ping you and User:SyLvRuUz. Thank you, again! G Smiley BGR (talk) 16:39, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
G Smiley BGR, I do not want to review text that has been written by someone who works with the subject of the article. Wikipedia is supposed to be written by neutral editors. I made a few changes, and started a history section with information in the NYT article. If you find news or magazine articles that have more details about the history that are not written as quotes from people connected with BGR, please let me know and I will read them. for example, how the organization has been funded, where and when new initiatives were started, setbacks or controversies if any, etc.)
The content as it is has some issues: The mention of an event that hasn't happened yet will need to be removed until it actually takes place unless it is notable enough that newspapers and concert reviewers are writing about it. (see WP:CRYSTAL). Also, the lists of award recipients are mostly referenced to closely connected websites. If you can find news or magazine sources (not social media) that have reported the winners, I will happily change the references. If no one has written about the award winners except the organization itself, this is problematic.—Anne Delong (talk) 20:59, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hello User:Anne Delong. Yes, I completely understand. Rather than posting the text that has been written, I can post a list of articles/sources that may be helpful for your review and editing process. Would you like me to post the sources as links or would you prefer that I post them formatted with wiki syntax? Also, would you like the references posted to your talk page or the article talk page? Thank you again for your willingness to review and edit. G Smiley BGR (talk) 16:18, 9 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The article talk page would probably be better - they may be useful to others. Be sure to include only sources that are independently written. Links to the original sources are best. I'll take a look in a day or two.—Anne Delong (talk) 22:26, 9 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hello User:Anne Delong. I am writing to let you know that I updated the article talk page with links that may help in updating the history section of the article. Thanks again,

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Hello User:Anne Delong. I am writing to see if you had a chance to look at the article talk page with links that may help in updating the article. Any support you could offer would be appreciated.

Thanks again,

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2021

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WikiProject Canada 10,000 Challenge fifth anniversary

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ITN recognition for Madhur Kapila

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2022

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  • Following consensus at the 2021 RfA review, the autopatrolled user right has been removed from the administrators user group; admins can grant themselves the autopatrolled permission if they wish to remain autopatrolled.

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  • Access to Special:RevisionDelete has been expanded to include users who have the deletelogentry and deletedhistory rights. This means that those in the Researcher user group and Checkusers who are not administrators can now access Special:RevisionDelete. The users able to view the special page after this change are the 3 users in the Researcher group, as there are currently no checkusers who are not already administrators. (T301928)
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New administrator activity requirement

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The administrator policy has been updated with new activity requirements following a successful Request for Comment.

Beginning January 1, 2023, administrators who meet one or both of the following criteria may be desysopped for inactivity if they have:

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Happy Adminship Anniversary!

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2022

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  • Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages. (T307341)
  • The IP Info feature has been deployed to all wikis as a Beta Feature. Any autoconfirmed user may enable the feature using the "IP info" checkbox under Preferences → Beta features. Autoconfirmed users will be able to access basic information about an IP address that includes the country and connection method. Those with advanced privileges (admin, bureaucrat, checkuser) will have access to extra information that includes the Internet Service Provider and more specific location.

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2022

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  • user_global_editcount is a new variable that can be used in abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users. (T130439)

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2022

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2022).

Administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

  • An RfC has been closed with consensus to add javascript that will show edit notices for editors editing via a mobile device. This only works for users using a mobile browser, so iOS app editors will still not be able to see edit notices.
  • An RfC has been closed with the consensus that train stations are not inherently notable.

Technical news

  • The Wikimania 2022 Hackathon will take place virtually from 11 August to 14 August.
  • Administrators will now see links on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked. (T308570)

Arbitration

  • The arbitration case request Geschichte has been automatically closed after a 3 month suspension of the case.

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  • You can vote for candidates in the 2022 Board of Trustees elections from 16 August to 30 August. Two community elected seats are up for election.
  • Wikimania 2022 is taking place virtually from 11 August to 14 August. The schedule for wikimania is listed here. There are also a number of in-person events associated with Wikimania around the world.
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Administrators' newsletter – September 2022

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  • A discussion is open to define a process by which Vector 2022 can be made the default for all users.
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  • An arbitration case regarding Conduct in deletion-related editing has been closed. The Arbitration Committee passed a remedy as part of the final decision to create a request for comment (RfC) on how to handle mass nominations at Articles for Deletion (AfD).
  • The arbitration case request Jonathunder has been automatically closed after a 6 month suspension of the case.

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  • The new pages patrol (NPP) team has prepared an appeal to the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) for assistance with addressing Page Curation bugs and requested features. You are encouraged to read the open letter before it is sent, and if you support it, consider signing it. It is not a discussion, just a signature will suffice.
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Administrators' newsletter – October 2022

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  • The Articles for creation helper script now automatically recognises administrator accounts which means your name does not need to be listed at WP:AFCP to help out. If you wish to help out at AFC, enable AFCH by navigating to Preferences → Gadgets and checking the "Yet Another AfC Helper Script" box.

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2022

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CheckUser changes

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Oversight changes

removed TheresNoTime

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Technical news

  • A new preference named "Enable limited width mode" has been added to the Vector 2022 skin. The preference is also shown as a toggle on every page if your monitor is 1600 pixels or wider. When disabled it removes the whitespace added by Vector 2022 on the left and right of the page content. Disabling this preference has the same effect as enabling the wide-vector-2022 gadget. (T319449)

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Tenth anniversary on Wikipedia!

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Dear Anne Delong,

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Happy New Year, Anne Delong!

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Happy New Year!

Anne Delong,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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Administrators' newsletter – January 2023

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  • Voting for the Sound Logo has closed and the winner is expected to be announced February to April 2023.
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Administrators' newsletter – February 2023

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  • The Vector 2022 skin has become the default for desktop users of the English Wikipedia.

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2023

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2023

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  • A request for comment about removing administrative privileges in specified situations is open for feedback.

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Arbitration

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2023

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2023).

Guideline and policy news

  • Following an RfC, editors indefinitely site-banned by community consensus will now have all rights, including sysop, removed.
  • As a part of the Wikimedia Foundation's IP Masking project, a new policy has been created that governs the access to temporary account IP addresses. An associated FAQ has been created and individual communities can increase the requirements to view temporary account IP addresses.

Technical news

  • Bot operators and tool maintainers should schedule time in the coming months to test and update their tools for the effects of IP masking. IP masking will not be deployed to any content wiki until at least October 2023 and is unlikely to be deployed to the English Wikipedia until some time in 2024.

Arbitration

  • The arbitration case World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been closed. The topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Poland is subject to a "reliable source consensus-required" contentious topic restriction.

Miscellaneous

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2023

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  • Two arbitration cases are currently open. Proposed decisions are expected 5 July 2023 for the Scottywong case and 9 July 2023 for the AlisonW case.
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Administrators' newsletter – September 2023

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  • Following an RfC, TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
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  • An RfC is open regarding amending the paid-contribution disclosure policy to add the following text: Any administrator soliciting clients for paid Wikipedia-related consulting or advising services not covered by other paid-contribution rules must disclose all clients on their userpage.

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  • Following a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
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Administrators' newsletter – February 2024

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  • An RfC about increasing the inactivity requirement for Interface administrators is open for feedback.

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  • Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size. (T326065)

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2024

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2024

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2024

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2024

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Oversight changes

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  • The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. T43351

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Concern regarding Draft:Andrew Gray

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Silesian School of Iconography

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I have rewritten the article about the Silesian School of Iconography (after 11 years!). (Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Silesian_School_of_Iconography) Since then, this institution has changed and developed, allowing me to include many documents, especially those available on the Internet, as references to authenticate and objectify the content. This required a lot of work, but I think it is fundamentally okay. I am not proficient in editing Wikipedia. Therefore, I am asking for help. This article can probably be improved further, but I tried to gather a lot of facts, accounts, news, and book studies and describe them. I would like to create a category adding it to the city of Zabrze and to Silesia because this School started in Zabrze and operates throughout Silesia. That's why I made such a note at the bottom, but I don't know how to apply it nicely, like in the footer with references. In the future, I might also create a gallery, or someone else might do it. For now, please publish it, as I don't know what the next step should be. Thank you in advance and best regards. Please forgive me if I am writing this in the wrong place. Like the dewfall (talk) 18:51, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Like the dewfall. I'm sorry that I didn't reply right away; I've been away camping. I see that you moved the article yourself. However, it was not ready to be published. For one thing, it contains external weblinks in the body of the article; this is against Wikipedia policy. There are links to the websites of people and organizations, and even to social media! Wikipedia is not a place to promote people and organizations. You should remove these links right away before someone decides that your article is an advertisement and deletes it. I can't read the references, because they aren't in English, so I can't tell if they are published neutral sources or if they have been written by members of your organization. I see that some of them are to Facebook and YouTube, so they are unlikely to be acceptable references. —Anne Delong (talk) 15:02, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Andrew Gray

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Silesian School of Iconography - Acceleration

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Anne_Delong, please expedite the restoration of the article about the Silesian School of Iconography. Please... Like the dewfall (talk) 00:02, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – August 2024

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Tupac Shakur has an RfC

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2024

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2024

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Reminder to participate in Wikipedia research

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