User talk:NicolaArangino

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LanguageCert

Good morning, No I have no conflicts of interest when it comes to LanguageCert, but I definitely find it difficult, at least sometimes, to write in a quite impartial way, without letting my emotions/feeling/opinions affect the article in any way. For this reason I would be delighted if you, or anybody else here on Wikipedia, could take a look at the article and try to make it a bit more impartial an objective, at least as much as it is possible. Thank you so very much for telling me. Regards. NicolaArangino (talk) 18:54, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

If you don't mind, what is your relation to LanguageCert? Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 19:59, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

As I've already said, I know LanguageCert since I'm a student in High School and I am pretty much experienced when it comes to ESOL exams, so I have no relation at all with LanguageCert. Hope you will be able to improve the article though. NicolaArangino (talk) 20:07, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank you. Wikipedia has pretty stringent guidelines about what subjects qualify for standalone articles and which don't: namely, significant coverage from multiple sources that are independent of the subject and have editorial oversight. My search has turned up a name drop or two in press release- or interview-like sources, which are not independent of subject. No amount of editing can change whether a subject qualifies; I suspect someone may come along soon to nominate that article for deletion. That can be disappointing to hear, and understanding Wikipedia's inclusion criteria (somewhat confusingly [mis]named "notability") makes creating new articles one of the most challenging tasks here. If you have any further questions, please feel free to turn the {{help me-helped}} back into {{help me}} or drop by the Teahouse. Take care, Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 20:38, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

LanguageCert moved to draftspace

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Your submission at Articles for creation: LanguageCert (October 7)

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Salimfadhley (talk) 08:34, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: LanguageCert (May 23)

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Theroadislong (talk) 19:12, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Talk:Lafayette Park Historic District/GA1

NicolaArangino, you opened your GA review of this article eight months ago. While you have made progress over the months, it has been slow, and it's over two months since you posted any significant additions to the review.

GA reviews are not supposed to be long, drawn-out affairs lasting months; the time scale is anticipated to be a week or maybe weeks for the longest articles. If you do not think you can complete the review in the next week or so—a review lasting over eight months is unfair to the nominator—I would urge you to agree to allow someone else to finish the review, since you have other major demands on your time that have kept you from Wikipedia. Thank you very much for your consideration. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:37, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

@BlueMoonset: Hi. First of all, I absolutely need to apologise immensely for my procrastinating the GA review to such a great extent, but unfortunately, as you are probably aware of, here in Italy graduation sessions by means of a state exam are held between the second part of June and the beginning of July so, for obvious reasons, I have been extremely busy in the last few months and I could not contribute to Wikipedia in any way, and for this reason I apologise immensely once again. In any case, I hereby inform you that I graduated on Thursday this week, so now I am free and I would be perfectly able to proceed with the review myself, if you wish. Otherwise, in case you still wanted to complete it yourself, I would not oppose this decision of yours, since I understand how slow I have so far been with the review itself. In any case, for further reasons why I would tend to support my proceeding with the review itself rather than handing it over to anyone else, please kindly check the comment(s) I left, a couple of weeks ago, in the GA review designated page. Thank you so very much in advance for your understanding.--NicolaArangino (talk) 05:13, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

NicolaArangino, thank you for your quick response. Congratulations on your graduation earlier this week; you must be very pleased. I am not acquainted with the graduation system in Italy—all I know is that you wrote I will be free starting from the second week of June at the latest, and we are just finishing the third week, but it could well be that our counting of "week" is different. If you plan to proceed with the review in the immediate future, by all means do so. It would be nice to let Daniel Case know that you are doing so, and how long you anticipate the rest of the review to take—you did seem to think it could be done in a week in your response there. Again, if you think the time to completion will be longer than a week or two, I would in that case recommend that you stand aside and allow a new reviewer to be found. (I have no plans to undertake the review myself, but rather to find someone who can do so if you are not able to complete it now yourself.) BlueMoonset (talk) 05:52, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

@BlueMoonset:, thanking you very much for your prompt reply, and informing you that I intend to proceed with my review and that I will promptly be getting back to Daniel Case, I hereby want to point out and clarify that my prediction, viz. that I [would] be free starting from the second week of June at the latest, was unfortunately enough disrupted by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which unfortunately made the Italian Ministry of Instruction decide to bring forward the staring date of state exam, which resulted in my being unable to work on the GA review for rather obvious reasons (had state exams started later on, I would have been able to work on Wikipedia GA Review and study for the exam itself at the same time, a plan that evidently I have been unable to stick to in such a way). As a whole, I wish that "it could well be that our counting of "week" is different", but that is not the case: on the contrary, it should be borne in mind more often that most Wikipedia contributors are volunteers, and unfortunately, as, I reckon, applies to everyone, there are priorities in life and I believe that a state exam may well be considered to be a priority. Hoping that I have hereby been clear, I thank you once again for your cooperation and, in spite of its being my fault, for putting so much effort in a bid to find another assessor for the GA review.--NicolaArangino (talk) 17:07, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

		The Good Article Barnstar
		To NicolaArangino for his diligence and tenacity during the 290-day GAR of Lafayette Park Historic District. Daniel Case (talk) 05:02, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

How long was it? Well, I had two other articles about historic districts in Albany (Arbor Hill Historic District–Ten Broeck Triangle and South End–Groesbeckville Historic District) nominated and promoted during that time. And a third, about one of Lafayette Park district's contributing properties, the New York Court of Appeals Building is currently under review. Daniel Case (talk) 05:06, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

Thank you so very much! It was for sure a diligent and tenacious approach the one I had throughout the review, especially in consideration of the other real-life activities and tasks I had to carry out in the meanwhile. Yes, I absolutely acknowledge the fact that it was a long review indeed, that is for sure, and I apologise immensely for that, but in the end, better late than never, as we say, and I guess that, at the end of the day, good work takes time.--NicolaArangino (talk) 07:05, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

Ah and I've also noticed something rather hilarious @Daniel Case:, if you don't mind me pointing that out. Although I know that in any English-speaking country the name "Nicola" is feminine, in Italian and other European languages it is a masculine name even though it ends with an "a", so I'm actually a guy AHAHHAHAH. I took this for granted since in the UK this is a quite well-known fact, probably not as much in the USA I guess.--NicolaArangino (talk) 07:13, 5 August 2021 (UTC) For further info if you're curious, look at Nicola_(name).--NicolaArangino (talk) 07:15, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

Duly corrected. Daniel Case (talk) 07:39, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

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