User talk:GMH Melbourne/Archive 2024

2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Pop up links

Yesterday's main page had an atticle on the House of Habsburg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Habsburg). When hovering over the link to "Holy Roman Empire" in the third papagraph, a complexity weird pop up appeared about non existent organisations and people. Today it has been fixed, but I took a screen shot of it. The link though when clicked was to the real wiki Holy roman empire page.

How do these pop ups work? Yesterday I thought I would try to fix it but obviously that has now been done. But i am interested anyway

Thanks Virgobeach (talk) 09:08, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year, GMH Melbourne!

Happy New Year!

GMH Melbourne,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Abishe (talk) 14:32, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Your GA nomination of Alphington Paper Mill

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Your GA nomination of Alphington Paper Mill

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Orphaned non-free image File:Lindsay Thompson Portrait.jpg

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Paulie Stewart moved to draftspace

Thanks for your contributions to Paulie Stewart. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it needs more sources to establish notability and see WP:MUSICBIO for what constitutes notability for a music biography. All four references fail WP:IS. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. UtherSRG (talk) 11:47, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@UtherSRG: I have moved the article back to mainspace. At least 2 of the 4 sources are independent of the subject (SMH & The Guardian). If this isn't sufficient, there are other sources that exist ( [1] [2] [3] & more ). If you still believe that isn't sufficient to meet GNG, I suggest taking it to AfD. GMH Melbourne (talk) 17:45, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Did you read those two sources? They include interview material and, as such, are not WP:IS. See WP:MUSICBIO and I will indeed go to AFD. - UtherSRG (talk) 17:51, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also, the purpose of draft space is to give time for an article to get made with adequate sources before being moved into main article space. If you have additional sources, they should be added to the draft before it is made into an article. - UtherSRG (talk) 17:57, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I thought I'd let you know that this article you moved to main space twice is being discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paulie Stewart. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:53, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

TFL notification

Hi, GMH Melbourne. I'm just posting to let you know that List of chief commissioners of the Victoria Police – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for February 16. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 22:32, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for 2020 Coulson Aviation Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash

On 18 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2020 Coulson Aviation Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a Lockheed EC-130Q aircraft crashed after performing a waterbombing just 190 feet (58 m) in the air? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2020 Coulson Aviation Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 2020 Coulson Aviation Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:28, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Npp

@GMH Melbourne Patrol the page Fisayomi Abebi Thanks. Jutos222 (talk) 23:12, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Monique Ryan

Hi GMH, I'd love to get your advice on something if possible. I recently put Monique Ryan up as a FAC, which was not successful.

One of the comments that was made was that The 'Member of Parliament' section is rather bitsy, and jumps from issue to issue. It would be better to discuss how Ryan has positioned herself as an MP, including her overall voting record rather than listing various issues of at times unclear importance (for instance, on what types of issues does she side with the government and on what does she side with the the opposition? Has she successfully influenced government policy?)

I'm not really sure how to rework the "Member of Parliament" section to make this change. The trouble with writing about independent MPs is that they take public positions on a huge variety of things, and so putting their statements chronologically would mean jumping between lots of topics. Writing about government MPs seems much easier as you can't attribute decisions of a government solely to them, so ordering chronologically is fine. Grouping Ryan's statements by topic seems to me to make more sense, but it still makes it a bit choppy.

Do you have any advice about how to restructure the Member of Parliament section? Any thoughts are appreciated and totally fine if you're not sure!

GraziePrego (talk) 05:53, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would suggest perhaps rewriting the Member of Parliament section to be a chronological biography of her time in parliament and maybe have a seperate section on her political views. I would also recommend a Peer Review as you'll be able to get many people nitpicking on the finer details to get the article near-perfect. There are also a few articles (here) that are Australian political biographies and FA status which can provide you with a bit of a structure/ guide on the best way to do this. GMH Melbourne (talk) 06:04, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Great thank you :) GraziePrego (talk) 06:05, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

March 2024 GAN backlog drive

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Premier of Victoria is being copyedited

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The copyedit of Premier of Victoria has been completed

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Your GA nomination of 2020 Coulson Aviation Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash

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Your GA nomination of 2020 Coulson Aviation Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash

The article 2020 Coulson Aviation Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:2020 Coulson Aviation Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash for comments about the article, and Talk:2020 Coulson Aviation Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Z1720 -- Z1720 (talk) 23:05, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Z1720: Thank you for taking the time to review and for all your work and helpful suggestions! GMH Melbourne (talk) 00:21, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:Parliamentary Secretary of the Cabinet

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:1840s in Mauritius

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New Pages Patrol newsletter April 2024

Hello GMH Melbourne,

Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to Schminnte, who led with over 2,300 points.

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Looking at the graph, it seems like backlog drives are one of the only things keeping the backlog under control. Another backlog drive is being planned for May. Feel free to participate in the May backlog drive planning discussion.

It's worth noting that both queues are gradually increasing again and are nearing 14,034 articles and 22,540 redirects. We encourage you to keep contributing, even if it's just a single patrol per day. Your support is greatly appreciated!

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Nomination of Amelia Hamer for deletion

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AusLondonder (talk) 19:35, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion

I must apologise to you @GMH Melbourne- I mentioned Hamer in the discussion for deletion of Alex Bhathal, (also nominated by AusLondoner). Because of this, they immediately nominated Hamer for deletion as well. I recently created Alex Bhathal and I very much think her article should be kept- I only mentioned Hamer as an example of how a candidate can be notable enough to keep. The deletion discussion for Bhathal is ongoing. GraziePrego (talk) 02:13, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@GraziePrego: Hello, no need to apologise, I understand where AusLondonder is coming from. WP:NPOLITICIAN states that unelected candidates aren't inherently notable, which is the case here. But if the articles meet GNG, then they are 'notable' outside of the requirements of NPOLITICIAN and hopefully the community discussion should result in a keep outcome. GMH Melbourne (talk) 06:16, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @GMH Melbourne, glad there's no hard feelings. Happy to see what others think. AusLondonder (talk) 06:24, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I should also say no hard feelings from me to you either @AusLondonder, we’re all here to make Wikipedia better :) totally respect your nominations. GraziePrego (talk) 08:12, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK nomination of Matthew Charles Johnson

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Thanks for the review

Thanks for your through and detailed good article review of John Tonkin. You did well! I hope for List of premiers of Victoria to be promoted at FLC soon. You now have 2 supports which might be enough. Steelkamp (talk) 13:53, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! GMH Melbourne (talk) 14:16, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promotion of List of premiers of Victoria

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WikiCup 2024 May newsletter

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Sammi Brie (submissions) with 707 points, mostly from 45 good article nomination reviews and 12 good articless about radio and television;
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ndash and mdash

Re: [4]

Hello. The article you edited uses ndash and mdash instead of the actual characters for clarity of coding. Depending on the font (and depending on one's visual acuity), it can be difficult to tell the difference between -, –, and —. The price of this clarity is a few additional characters in the wikitext.

Unless you can cite a guideline that discourages this practice, please do not make this kind of edit. I have restored the ndashes and mdashes at that article. Thank you. ―Mandruss ☎ 15:49, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mandruss: Sorry for the error, this was a bot-assisted edit (m:User:TMg/autoFormatter#Character entity references). I agree that code is more practicable in this situation. I will be more careful next time around. GMH Melbourne (talk) 16:01, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have requested that that script be changed to remove this type of edit, but I'm not optimistic. Being more careful may have to suffice. ―Mandruss ☎ 16:25, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rollback on London 03.06.17

Hi there! I started to edit the page on the Aphex Twin release London 03.06.17 and added a new section about the background of the record (being released at the festival, etc) since the article is a stub right now, however I noticed you rolled back those changes. I thought the edits were constructive and I don't understand why they were rolled back. I am new to editing Wikipedia, so I'm sorry if my edit wasn't actually constructive! Beachweak (talk) 13:34, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Beachweak: Sorry about that, I was patrolling recent edits to try and undo vandalism and from the interface I was using (which is different from the normal interface) your edit must have appeared to be vandalism. This was of course an error and I apologise. I have undone my undo. Thank you for your edits! GMH Melbourne (talk) 13:39, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

All good, thank you for the explanation, have a good day! Beachweak (talk) 13:40, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reverted draftifications

Hello. I wanted to let you know that I reversed your draftification of John Jaycee Cuijpers, Gabriel & Co., Stadionul Soda, and Gary L. Coleman. I did so because articles older than 90 days should not be draftified without prior consensus at AfD, per the result of this RfC. Please be mindful of this when moving pages to draft space in the future. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:34, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Hey man im josh: Hello, not a problem, I have now PRODed them. Sorry for the inconvenience. Because the RfD says 'too old' and isn't really clear about the '90 days' rule, I assumed it was ok to draftify them as they hadn't been reviewed yet. Again, sorry for the trouble. GMH Melbourne (talk) 14:55, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, I usually end up telling one or two editors a week about this, as it's really only written down in WP:DRAFTIFY, which is an essay itself and not policy. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:58, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Aida Vee for deletion

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TFL notification

Hi, GMH Melbourne. I'm just posting to let you know that List of premiers of Victoria – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for June 7. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 21:26, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Matthew Charles Johnson

On 26 May 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Matthew Charles Johnson, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during the "trial from hell" Matthew Charles Johnson and his co-accused hurled abuse at the judge and threw human excrement at a member of the jury? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Matthew Charles Johnson. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Matthew Charles Johnson), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Z1720 (talk) 00:03, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

		Hook update
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Free content from State Government of Victoria

A tag has been placed on Category:Free content from State Government of Victoria indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 07:13, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

May 2024 NPP backlog drive – Points award

		The New Page Patroller's Barnstar
		This award is given in recognition to GMH Melbourne for accumulating at least 100 points during the May 2024 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions helped play a part in the 14,452 reviews completed during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! Hey man im josh (talk) 18:58, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA review circle

Hey! This is The Sharpest Lives (talk · contribs). Earlier, you invited me to your GA review circle. I just wanted to say- great idea! I hope it works out and helps facilitate many GA reviews to come. The Sharpest Lives (the deadliest to lead) 16:47, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your encourangement! GMH Melbourne (talk) 00:53, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Brad Banducci

On 10 June 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Brad Banducci, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that starting at age 16, future Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci was named top sewing machine salesperson three years in a row? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Brad Banducci. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Brad Banducci), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

TheSandDoctor ^Talk 00:03, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Matthew Charles Johnson

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Matthew Charles Johnson you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Arconning -- Arconning (talk) 16:24, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Matthew Charles Johnson

The article Matthew Charles Johnson you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Matthew Charles Johnson and Talk:Matthew Charles Johnson/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Arconning -- Arconning (talk) 07:04, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding WP:GARC

Hi @GMH Melbourne! I was wondering if there's a limit for how many articles one person can list at the review circles; I have a few GANs that I'd like cleared sometime, and I feel as if there's some current stagnation with how many participants there are. I've already finished my preliminary review for Growing Up (The Linda Lindas album), and I'm just waiting for the nominator to get back to me so I can continue reviewing their fixes. Just need an indication of whether listing another one of my GANs for review would be considered greedy or not.

Also, I want to reiterate that I think this is a wonderful idea, and that it should be promoted a bit more - I think it'll help a lot in clearing out the backlog. joeyquism (talk page) 07:26, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, @Joeyquism, the aim of GARC is to reduce the GAN backlog and wait times so feel free to add more articles to the pool! Keep in mind though that the process is still being trialled and I have stopped advertising the page so it might take a little while for you to be paired in a circle. Thank you for your contributions to the process thus far and don't hesitate to drop me anymore questions feedback you may have! GMH Melbourne (talk) 07:36, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for the clarification! I think I'll drop one more in within the next week or so after I (hopefully) complete my existing review. joeyquism (talk page) 07:41, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Matthew Charles Johnson

The article Matthew Charles Johnson you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Matthew Charles Johnson for comments about the article, and Talk:Matthew Charles Johnson/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Arconning -- Arconning (talk) 08:41, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Brilliant Idea Barnstar
	Thank you for starting WP:GARC! What an elegant solution to a problem that has been plaguing the Good Article process for some time. Here's to hoping it will continue to develop in the future. Fritzmann (message me) 10:13, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the barnstar! I should have my review for Hypericum huber-morathii completed by tomorrow (AEST). GMH Melbourne (talk) 10:47, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Matthew Charles Johnson

Hello, GMH Melbourne. This is a courtesy notice that the copy edit you requested for Matthew Charles Johnson at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page is now complete. All feedback welcome! Cheers, Baffle☿gab 04:05, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi GMH Melbourne, I've now finished my copy-edit. I found there is a fair bit of uncited text in the section "Criminal history". I also noted some uncited direct quotations within that section. I have marked these texts with [citation needed] tags. Because this is a Good Article and a biography of a living person, we must be mindful to properly cite texts. Per good article criteria, good articles are required to comply with BLP.

I also noticed two primary sources are used; one is the judgement in the case of Williams' murder from the Supreme Court of Victoria; the other is the investigation into Corrections Victoria relating to Williams' death. According to WP:BLPPRIMARY, court records and transcripts are not supposed to be used as refs in articles; these should be replaced with, or at least augmented with, secondary sources. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 04:05, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Review Africa Social Impact Summit

Hi GMH Melbourne, trust this finds you well. I was wondering how long it would take for the above page to be reviewed, so I wanted to discuss it with you. The page was created about 8 weeks ago, it is ready and would need to be looked into by a reviewer. Thank you. Nnamdi93 (talk) 13:31, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Asking for help with an issue

Hi sorry if i am bothering would you mind if i asked you for help with something ? Friendlyhistorian (talk) 15:42, 13 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Friendlyhistorian: Sure, how can I help? GMH Melbourne (talk) 11:35, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

New pages patrol September 2024 Backlog drive

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Administrator Elections: Updates & Schedule

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Free content from The White House

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Speedy deletion nomination of Wikipedia:Australian Collaboration of the Month

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September 2024 NPP backlog drive – Points award

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		This award is given in recognition to GMH Melbourne for accumulating at least 25 points during the September 2024 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions helped play a part in the 19,000+ articles and 35,000+ redirects reviewed (for a total of 26,884.6 points) completed during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! Hey man im josh (talk) 15:30, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Administrator Elections: Call for Candidates

Administrator Elections | Call for Candidates

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