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Inquiry regarding Article Deletion Discussions
Hi Paste. Thank you for your welcome message to Wikipedia on my talk page, and for your inquiry about the TOS portion of my username. I was saddened to see that my very first article here was nominated for deletion just hours after it was created; and I honestly feel that the fellow who is advocating in favor of the deletion seems to be behaving in a less than good faith manner. In support of this statement, I would point out his use of the term "fancruft" which is acknowledged to be an insult by some and which I believe I disproved with statistics; his assessment that the subject of my article is notable for only one event, which again I believe I disproved in the debate discussion; and his recent unilateral mass deletion of a large section of my article (the Career section), claiming copyright violation. I did just re-write that section using my own, new language to document the various career accomplishments of the author. However, it occurs to me that user JzG could have taken a much kinder approach and requested a rephrasing of the section beforehand (which I would have been happy to comply with) instead of performing a unilateral mass deletion. His attitude really comes across to me as being overly hostile and not necessarily in good faith - as I would expect from individuals in senior positions or administrator positions at Wikipedia. My question is whether or not I need bother to expend my energies and pursue the deletion debate in good faith at all, and hope for a just decision, or whether, in your opinion, I might as well give up because user JzG is ultimately destined to just mass delete the entire article anyway - acting unilaterally in accordance with his own negative bias on the article? It seems to me that this fellow has failed to respond in a meaningful way to any of my good faith inquiries and has blatantly ignored the multiple relevant points I've raised regarding notability issues in the deletion discussion. Tosresearcher (talk) 21:28, 6 October 2016 (UTC)
- Hi, thanks for your comments. I'm afraid that I think that the article concerned will be deleted as there is just not enough independent coverage of the author. It's at AFD and that needs to run its course now. Paste Let’s have a chat. 07:48, 7 October 2016 (UTC)
- Many thanks for your kindness in helping to revise it during its short life! Best Regards. Tosresearcher (talk) 07:54, 7 October 2016 (UTC)
- No problem, I hope this first experience won't put you off contributing to Wikipedia in the future. Try creating your user page and then as you have noted there are numerous articles relating to Star Trek that I am sure you would be very helpful in monitoring and improving. Paste Let’s have a chat. 07:59, 7 October 2016 (UTC)
- Many thanks for your kindness in helping to revise it during its short life! Best Regards. Tosresearcher (talk) 07:54, 7 October 2016 (UTC)
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Please remove em
Carol Thomas
Hi Paste, thank you for your improvements on this page. As for the citations, the statements are made following discussion with Carol herself.
1) BOCM ladies - this was 1966, the women's game was largely not administered with scant documentation and non of it retained beyond the season in question. Further, sadly, most of the players are no longer with us therefore proof is almost impossible to give. If a citation is still required can you please help in how I should do this, or I will have top remove the statement. 2) 214 Wainwrights, National Three Peaks walk and Coast to Coast walk - Unfortunately, there are no registers or official independent records kept for these. Carol completed her 214th Wainwright in June 2015 (Catstye Cam), she undertook the National Three peaks in July 2014 and completed the west to east Coast to Coast route in May/June 1994 and the east to west Coast to Coast route in May/June 2015. The only verification for these would be her husband, who walked them with her, the personal photographs taken on routes/peaks or to provide a list of Bed and Breakfasts along the Coast to Coast route for each occasion, for the first occasion that would be 12 and the second 16. All of which can be provided and I have personally seen. If a citation is still required can you please help in how I should do this. Waking Ned (talk) 15:02, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
- Hi and thanks for responding. I can only really suggest that you take a look at WP:V as it is a cornerstone of Wikipedia that articles can verify exactly what they are saying. The criticism that has been put for Carol Thomas is that some of what has been written seemed 'essay like' and if it comes from a conversation with her as you say then that is not surprising. Paste Let’s have a chat. 15:24, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
Carol Thomas
Hi I am stuck here. Firstly, I must thank you for all your help, as a new user it has been invaluable. I have been through the article again, thanks for your improvements, and I hope I have maintained a more factual approach. I will keep revisiting the article until it meets requirements.
However, much of the early information re BOCM Ladies quite frankly cannot be retrieved. Put simply the people concerned are dead eg Flo Bilton, no written records are available, where do I go?
The information re her walking/trekking again are from personal records. All the stuff in Britain, no registers, official records exist except for her personal records which can be provided. The trekking company she uses are Exodus Travels, London with whom she has trekked with since 2007, but obviously they operate a strict client confidentiality approach. Again it is personal records which can also be provided. In both cases I can see no way I can evidence this on Wikipedia without uploading hundreds of photographs, with her face on them (which she has). Waking Ned (talk) 15:58, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
In both cases any help would be much appreciated if not, I will remove the statements, and accept that the article will be incomplete. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Waking Ned (talk • contribs) 15:39, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
- My feeling would be to leave the article as is for now and see how it progresses and is edited by others. As we have discussed the references need improvement but also as you say that may prove problematic. What connection, if any, do you have with her as WP:COI may also be applicable? Paste Let’s have a chat. 16:22, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
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- Even a cursory glance at 'The Great British Bake Off: Revision history' will show that my action was as described and reverting to your correct version. I can see no way that it reflects badly on you. Paste Let’s have a chat. 17:49, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
Introducing copyvios
Please do not add material which may be a copyvio as you did in this edit [1]. The unreliable self-published source you added at the same time being the source of the possible copyvio. Best wishes.SovalValtos (talk) 21:17, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
- I have reinserted the info with a better ref from The Telegraph. Paste Let’s have a chat. 07:22, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
- It looks like you are a very experienced editor, so can we conclude your replacement of the text "During the Tudor era the downs were also in use and in particular Ditchling Beacon, which had been used as a beacon to warn of invasion in preceding centuries, was used again to warn Queen Elizabeth I of the Spanish Armada lumbering east along the English Channel" in the South Downs Way article with this edit [2] means that it is not a copyvio from [3] where there is near identical text?SovalValtos (talk) 19:11, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
- I am in error, I can see that you are correct and I will look to change the entry accordingly, not sure how I missed it the first time. Thanks. Paste Let’s have a chat. 21:27, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
- It is terrible English anyway, almost unreadable.Charles (talk) 21:29, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
Deletion of Walkover Technologies
Hi,
You have written that Walkover Technologies is a promotional page but in fact it is not. It is not trying to influence any audience or target others through it. Walkover is the parent company under which many products are developed. All these products have their own website and it is by the product's name that the customers know. The flagship product is MSG91 that is pretty well-known and it isn't even listed it on the Wikipedia page. Request you to reconsider
Sonali7169 (talk) 07:09, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker)It is not your page and you clearly have a serious conflict of interest.Charles (talk) 10:07, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
Baldwin Kings
Please read Wikipedia:Proposed deletion and in particular Wikipedia:Proposed deletion#Objecting. Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 09:36, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
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Ken Eberts entry into Wikipedia was rejected and you offered your help
Hi Paste,
this is the author of the entry on Ken Eberts, the progenitor and founder of the art genre: automotive art. SisterTwister rejected... and I understand you have offered to help. I had responded to SisterTwister, would you like to hear my response? How do you and I proceed.Makeorbrake (talk) 16:27, 16 November 2016 (UTC)MakeorBrake (Michael Knab)
hi
Hi thanks for the help with this — Preceding unsigned comment added by Craigbailey0012 (talk • contribs) 12:32, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
Saw your comment on Articles for deletion for Swapan Purkait. I would like to request you to please advise how to re-write the article, so the same can be rescued. Stupido99 (talk) 03:20, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
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Makeorbrake [Ken Eberts artist]
Thank you! for your 11-29-2016 words of encouragement left on Ken Eberts draft, which is being re-reviewed after I made substantial edits. If you have any further suggestions to improve the article, I'm "all ears." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Makeorbrake (talk • contribs) 15:40, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
November 2016 GOCE drive awards
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| This barnstar is awarded to Paste for copy edits totaling between 1 and 3,999 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE November 2016 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Tdslk (talk) 01:07, 4 December 2016 (UTC) |
Promotional
How can I make Anant English School promotion free . And sorry for vandalism , other fake was using my wiki account for editing . I will take care Rajkabir234 (talk) 10:20, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
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BBC 12-hour Editathon - large influx of new pages & drafts expected
New Page Reviewers are asked to be especially on the look out 08:00-20:00 UTC (that's local London time - check your USA and AUS times) on Thursday 8 December for new pages. The BBC together with Wikimedia UK is holding a large 12-hour editathon. Many new articles and drafts are expected. See BBC 100 Women 2016: How to join our edit-a-thon. Follow also on #100womenwiki, and please, don't bite the newbies :) (user:Kudpung for NPR. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:55, 7 December 2016 (UTC))
BBC 12-hour Editathon - large influx of new pages & drafts expected
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Guild of Copy Editors December 2016 News
Guild of Copy Editors December 2016 News
  Hello everyone, and welcome to the December 2016 GOCE newsletter. We had an October newsletter all set to go, but it looks like we never pushed the button to deliver it, so this one contains a few months of updates. We have been busy and successful! Coordinator elections for the first half of 2017: Nominations are open for election of Coordinators for the first half of 2017. Please visit the election page to nominate yourself or another editor, and then return after December 15 to vote. Thanks for participating! September Drive: The September drive was fruitful. We set out to remove July through October 2015 from our backlog (an ambitious 269 articles), and by the end of the month, we had cut that pile of oldest articles to just 83. We reduced our overall backlog by 97 articles, even with new copyedit tags being added to articles every day. We also handled 75% of the remaining Requests from August 2016. Overall, 19 editors recorded copy edits to 233 articles (over 378,000 words). October Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 16 through 22 October; the theme was Requests, since the backlog was getting a bit long. Of the 16 editors who signed up, 10 editors completed 29 requests. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all editors who took part. November Drive: The November drive was a record-breaker! We set out to remove September through December 2015 from our backlog (239 articles), and by the end of the month, we had cut that pile of old articles to just 66, eliminating the two oldest months! We reduced our overall backlog by 523 articles, to a new record low of 1,414 articles, even with new tags being added to articles every day, which means we removed copy-editing tags from over 800 articles. We also handled all of the remaining Requests from October 2016. Officially, 14 editors recorded copy edits to 200 articles (over 312,000 words), but over 600 articles, usually quick fixes and short articles, were not recorded on the drive page. Housekeeping note: we do not send a newsletter before every drive or blitz. To have a better chance of knowing when the next event will start, add the GOCE's message box to your Watchlist. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Corinne and Tdslk. |
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RC Patrol-related Proposals in the 2016 Community Wishlist Survey
Greetings Recent Changes Patrollers!
This is a one-time-only message to inform you about technical proposals related to Recent Changes Patrol in the 2016 Community Wishlist Survey that I think you may be interested in reviewing and perhaps even voting for:
- Adjust number of entries and days at Last unpatrolled
- Editor-focused central editing dashboard
- "Hide trusted users" checkbox option on watchlists and related/recent changes (RC) pages
- Real-Time Recent Changes App for Android
- Shortcut for patrollers to last changes list
Further, there are more than 20 proposals related to Watchlists in general that you may be interested in reviewing. (and over 260 proposals in all, across many aspects of wikis)
Thank you for your consideration. Please note that voting for proposals continues through December 12, 2016.
Note: You received this message because you have transcluded {{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}} (user box) on your user page. Since this message is "one-time-only" there is no opt out for future mailings.
Best regards, Stevietheman — Delivered: 01:12, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
My article requires a cleanup.
Hi Paste! I created an article for T.H. Baker and it's obvious that I'm close to the subject. How do I get someone to make the article more neutral? :) (Here's the article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.H._Baker) DavidGayson (talk) 11:27, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
- I think the biggest concern with your article is not that you work for the company but whether in fact it is notable. See Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies). Paste Let’s have a chat. 11:34, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
T.H. Baker
Hi Paste, how do I go about getting a neutral to edit the page I created? DavidGayson (talk) 11:38, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
- I'm afraid that's not the way it works, anyone can edit any page at any time, the only restrictions are that edits have to adhere to Wikipedia policies, if not it is likely that they will get reverted. Paste Let’s have a chat. 11:41, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
RfC: Inclusion of predecessors and successors in officeholders' infoboxes
Hi, I'm writing to inform you that I've opened a new general Request for Comment concerning whether predecessors and successors should be included in the Infobox Officeholder template, further to my RfC concerning Michael Portillo specifically. The new RfC can be found here: Template_talk:Infobox_officeholder#RfC:_Should_predecessors_and_successors_be_included_in_officeholders.27_infoboxes.3F. Thanks, Specto73 (talk) 19:24, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
New Page Review - newsletter #2
- Please help reduce the New Page backlog
This is our second request. The backlog is still growing. Your help is needed now - just a few minutes each day.
- Getting the tools we need
ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT TO VOTE
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About my page
Hi dear,
Thanks for your interests about page on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdussamet_Öztan
But let me ask you something: How can we add informations about Abdussamet Oztan(me) as a colmunist, voice over artist on wiki? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abdussametoztan (talk • contribs) 11:51, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
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New Page Review - newsletter No.2
- A HUGE backlog
We now have 805 New Page Reviewers!
Most of us requested the user right at PERM, expressing a wish to be able to do something about the huge backlog, but the chart on the right does not demonstrate any changes to the pre-user-right levels of October.
The backlog is still steadily growing at a rate of 150 a day or 4,650 a month. Only 20 reviews a day by each reviewer over the next few days would bring the backlog down to a managable level and the daily input can then be processed by each reviewer doing only 2 or 3 reviews a day - that's about 5 minutes work!
It didn't work in time to relax for the Xmas/New Year holidays. Let's see if we can achieve our goal before Easter, otherwise by Thanksgiving it will be closer to 70,000.
- Second set of eyes
Remember that we are the only guardians of quality of new articles, we alone have to ensure that pages are being correctly tagged by non-Reviewer patrollers and that new authors are not being bitten.
- Abuse
This is even more important and extra vigilance is required considering Orangemoody, and
- this very recent case of paid advertising by a Reviewer resulting in a community ban.
- this case in January of paid advertising by a Reviewer, also resulting in a community ban.
- This Reviewer is indefinitely blocked for sockpuppetry.
Coordinator election
Kudpung is stepping down after 6 years as unofficial coordinator of New Page Patrolling/Reviewing. There is enough work for two people and two coords are now required. Details are at NPR Coordinators; nominate someone or nominate yourself. Date for the actual suffrage will be published later.
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