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Do you mean that this article can be exist in Wikipedia?--General electric p30ch (talk) 06:51, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

General electric p30ch, no, I marked the redirect created at this title as reviewed because the redirect seemed valid. I have not reviewed the article that existed at this title before the redirect was created. signed, Rosguill talk 15:29, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Request for help with a rewrite tag

Hello User:Rosguill: I am seeking your informal advice regarding a rewrite tag added to the Facet theory page that says it is too detailed and technical. I am a professor of statistics & psychological measurement interested in multivariate research methods for behavioral research. I have written quite a few scientific articles in printed encyclopedias and have made several edits in Wikipedia. This article on Facet Theory is my first full article in Wikipedia. What I’m wondering is – what qualifies as too detailed and technical? When I look at similar pages like Factor analysis (from which Facet theory emerged) they read a good deal more technical than facet theory. I would like to improve the article and have the rewrite tag removed. But since the tag is too general and offers no specific suggestions for improving the article, it is not clear to me how to proceed. I’d also like to make some additions to the article including a mathematical ("technical") section explaining how, historically, Facet Theory evolved from factor analysis. Given your experience in Wikipedia, I was wondering if you could assist me with this page? Thank you for your consideration! Harpbar (talk) 18:12, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

Harpbar, when glancing at the article, I do notice a few issues, but I don't agree that "too technical" is one of them. This is a technical subject, and making the article non-technical beyond the first few paragraphs of the lead is going to be difficult-to-impossible. The bigger issues that stand out in my opinion are:
  1. Overuse of bold text, particularly in the lead (see MOS:BOLD)
  2. Some overly informal tone in the body (e.g. Suppose you get a successful SSA map, with a partition-pattern that matches a content-classification of the mapped variables. So what? Does this map qualify as a theory? (see MOS:TONE)
  3. Wikilinks in (sub)section headers should be removed
  4. There's a lot of content that's presented in list-form. While this may be helpful to demonstrate some concepts, when not strictly necessary it's better to use prose paragraphs (see MOS:PROSE)
Taking a cue from similar pages is a good idea. A great way to find top-quality articles about related topics is to go to a relevant WikiProject (in this case WP:WikiProject Statistics. You can also usually find links from the talk page templates). Go to the "articles by quality and importance" chart and look through some of the examples that come up for articles rated B-class or higher. Following these steps, I came across Correlation and dependence, which at a glance looks like a very well laid out article about a technical statistical topic. signed, Rosguill talk 18:47, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

User:Rosguill, Thank you so much for your suggestions. I will certainly follow your advice! Harpbar (talk) 18:46, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

User:Rosguill, Thanks again for the helpful links and for your remarks on my article facet theory. Indeed, I found your suggestions very useful and made appropriate changes in the article to better comply with WP style & tone. I also simplified the introduction, hopefully making it clearer and more attractive. However (having read the relevant WP page on prose), I found that list-form contents, specifically in this article, seem to contribute to clarity and in some cases reflect the essential Facet theoretical logic. I hope the improvements I introduced are sufficient for removing the rewrite tag. And I certainly intend to continue improving the article along the lines suggested by you, by others and by the various WP links you mentioned. Now, since I am not at liberty to remove the rewrite tag on the article myself, I wonder if it is OK for me to ask you to remove it? In considering my request, please take into account that the main comment on that tag, namely, that it is too technical, was not justified since this is a technical subject. The removal of the re-write tag now is important because the growing interest in Facet Theory is likely to direct people to this Wikipedia page. But, because of this tag, potential readers may disregard it or take it lightly (even though I am an expert in this subject and have written quite a few printed encyclopedia entries on this and related subjects). Moreover, I don’t see how this rewrite tag is ever going to be removed, given that rewriting the article requires both, technical knowledge of its subject as well as competence in Wikipedia style. Thank you very much for your consideration! Harpbar (talk) 15:26, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

Harpbar, thanks for your hard work, I've gone ahead and removed the template, although I'll note here that the lead of the article is currently a bit too long. signed, Rosguill talk 15:36, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

User:Rosguill Thank you! I will try to shorten the lead without compromising clarity. Perhaps the last paragraph of the lead (describing the sections that follow) is unnecessary? Harpbar (talk) 12:06, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Harpbar, yeah, I think that can safely be cut. Reading through it again, the bulleted portion where the article discusses Faceted-SSA and POSAC seems a bit over-detailed for the lead as well (and bulleted entries aren't in keeping with the manual of style for leads). If there's any unique information related in that segment, it should be moved into the body of the article. signed, Rosguill talk 14:49, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Rosguill, Done. Thank you.Harpbar (talk) 00:29, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Rosguill, In response to your suggestion I have trimmed the lead considerably. Thank you. Harpbar (talk) 16:51, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

NPP school

Could you check my npp school? I added a few more things to it. Best, Signed,The4lines |||| (You Asked?) (What I've Done.) 16:27, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, I really started working on Copyvios and CCI and stopped working on npp, so I'm not suprised that I failed. Thanks for your time and all the things you taught me. Best Signed,The4lines |||| (You Asked?) (What I've Done.) 20:43, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia: check out the Teahouse!

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Hello! Rosguill, you are invited to the Teahouse, a forum on Wikipedia for new editors to ask questions about editing Wikipedia, and get support from peers and experienced editors. Please join us! Vhhhhjhgy (talk) 07:47, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

Hi, Rosguill I have started a page about a well know Bengali actor. I have drafted the article per WP:GNG and WP:NACTOR norms. Since an earlier version was deleted and I cannot see what were the shortcoming so created from scratch. Please review if you can. I also declare that I am neither paid nor have a COI. I am just a follower of his recent works. Thank you. 2402:3A80:1132:ED7B:50E1:E33D:D455:A040 (talk) 19:45, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

IP, I can confirm that the new version you wrote is significantly different from the previously deleted copy. I can't say at this time whether I think that it sufficiently meets notability guidelines as I do not review pages on request. At a glance, the lack of information beyond a list of roles is a bit concerning, as this may indicate that there is not enough in-depth coverage in reliable sources to justify the creation of an article. signed, Rosguill talk 21:14, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for the confirmation. Will seek help from editors active in Bengali TV and film space. Thank you once again for the quick overview. 2402:3A80:1132:ED7B:CED0:AE74:C862:B8A6 (talk) 02:45, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi Rosguill, thanks for reviewing this redirect I created in 2016. Do you have any idea how it slipped through the cracks to remain unreviewed all this while? I'm curious because User:DannyS712_bot_III has been quite diligent in reviewing my redirects since it was created... Airbornemihir (talk) 09:04, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Ah, never mind. My watchlist tells me it was unreviewed by MER-C on account of unregistered paid editing by the previous reviewer Jikaoli Kol. Airbornemihir (talk) 09:08, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Mohamed Henni

Hello. Could you please review Mohamed Henni? Thank you. Paul Vaurie (talk) 21:16, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Paul Vaurie, sorry, I generally don't do reviews on request. signed, Rosguill talk 15:23, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
That's ok. Thanks anyways! Paul Vaurie (talk) 15:32, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war

Hey Rosguill, could you help to reach a consensus on the number of Armenian soldiers killed during the war? Although no final number of casualties has been provided by the Armenian authorities, as I see for now we have different numbers by the "Armenian Health Ministery", "Armenian Prime Minister" and "Artsakh Defense Army" and the editor's WP:OR with trying to sum up the number of bodies. Would be very thankful for you help! Sincerely, Գարիկ Ավագյան (talk) 10:58, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

I responded at that talk page. signed, Rosguill talk 15:42, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

WP:ANI comment

Hi, and thank you for your comment on WP:ANI. I am just wondering if there are next steps to be taken, or if I should just assume the other editor will have noted your (implicit) warning about his conduct? I am not necessarily asking for sanctions to be taken, I am just wondering what the normal process is in these sorts of situations. Thanks. --JBchrch (talk) 14:07, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

JBchrch, ANI is a bit open-ended as a process, so there's a few ways that this can play out:
1. If the editor whose behavior is being addressed ignores the conversation...
a)...and does not repeat problematic behaviors, then we can consider the problem solved
b)...and does repeat problematic behaviors, they can be brought back to ANI, at which point someone will probably recommend sanctions
2. If he editor whose behavior is being addressed engages with criticism...
a)...constructively, then we are essentially in the same position as 1a where we can consider the issue resolved as long as the behavior stops
b)...non-constructively, then there is a high likelihood that someone will propose a sanction
3. Regardless of whether the editor engages with criticism, editors can propose sanctions if they believe that the behavior already warrants intervention, at which point we'd essentially have a snap poll on whether the sanctions are appropriate (and in extreme cases, an admin could unilaterally impose a block for serious NOTHERE violations or to enforce discretionary sanctions)
So, I'd say that right now it's probably going to come down to the editor's response, with a small chance that an uninvolved party will show up and decide that the behavior to his point already merits sanctions. Regardless of what happens in the interim, if disruptive behavior continues, the editor will face a less charitable review when brought back to ANI. signed, Rosguill talk 15:41, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
Thank you very much for this very precise and complete explanation of the ANI process. It makes perfect sense. Cheers. --JBchrch (talk) 16:41, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

I just noticed there are also Muscle fibers and Muscle fibers, fast-twitch, Muscle fibre, and Muscle fibres. MB 00:46, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

MB, oh boy. We should probably relist it and add the other redirects, but at this point dab seems like the only option. signed, Rosguill talk 00:54, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
Are you going to list the others? I would do it, but I only know how to use Twinkle to list individual ones. How do you add others? Manually? MB 01:19, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
MB, done. You can use Twinkle to list them and then just move the templates on the discussion page around to group them. signed, Rosguill talk 01:28, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Request

Hi, could you maybe check out Talk:The Falcon and the Winter Soldier#Explore Madripoor, and give any advice on whether to include the link in the article? Thanks. IronManCap (talk) 16:55, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Heimin

Hello, could you go ahead and delete the redirect for Heimin so that I can move the draft article into mainspace? Cheers. Loafiewa (talk) 20:36, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

Loafiewa, done, thanks for putting in solid work on the draft. signed, Rosguill talk 20:41, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

Adoption Request

Hello! Can you please adopt me? Thanks in advance 🙏🏼 ♠Devan Lallu Talk 07:27, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Devan Lallu, what sort of editing are you interested in doing? signed, Rosguill talk 16:27, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

I don't know much about editings. I want to become a page reviewer and so on. For that, how can we start, sir? ♠Devan Lallu Talk 16:37, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Devan Lallu, no need to call me "sir". At any rate, right now I think it's a bit early to be worrying about new page reviewing. I would suggest that you take a look at the WP:Task center and see what strikes your interest. signed, Rosguill talk 16:46, 10 April 2021 (UTC)
Please have a look at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Phoenix man/Archive. Regards. Kichu🐘 Need any help? 04:29, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
Kashmorwiki, yeah, I kinda had a feeling they were a sock, but I figured that steering them towards something more productive would be a more tactful way to decline in the off chance that they were here in good faith. signed, Rosguill talk 04:31, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
I knew this was a sock from the beginning itself. Because Im very familiar with their editing behaviour. What I wonder is that this user's socks has been caught like infinite number of times and they are still making the same mistakes. So I have a doubt to ask you. If a user has been blocked for sockpuppetry, does that mean they can never use wikipedia again from other account if their intension is not to abuse this project again? Because Devan Lallu seems to had been making some good contributions. Kichu🐘 Need any help? 04:37, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
Kashmorwiki, in principle, not until they make a successful unblock request at the master account, no. That having been said, a non-trivial proportion of editors and admins are willing to turn a blind eye if an editor has genuinely put their prior problematic editing behind them. signed, Rosguill talk 04:42, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

Invitation to participate in DS Consultation

Hi Rosguill. I'm not sure if you're aware of the current community consultation around Discretionary Sanctions but as someone who has participated in DS related activities recently I'd like to invite you to participate. You have the opportunity to participate at whatever level you wish; there are questions that are higher level (theoreticaly) in scope as well as opportunities to give feedback about specific areas of DS. The consultation will run through April 25th and I hope you'll participate. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 15:36, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

Barkeep49, thanks for the nudge. I had been following the discussion early on (and could have sworn that I had left a comment) but lost tack of it more recently. I'll try to chime in this week. signed, Rosguill talk 15:38, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

Feedback needed

Hello Rosguill. Its been around 2 weeks since I was granted the NPP rights on a trial basis for one month. I hope Im going in the right direction with the rights. I hope I had done nothing wrong till this time except some fee mistakes at the start. But I would be grateful to hear from you regarding my patrolling ability. I just want to know whether Imgoing in the right direction, is there specific areas that I need to improve? Something like these. Please leave your feedback when you are free so that I improve myself to become a better reviewer. Thanks a lot in advance. Regards. Kichu🐘 Need any help? 19:19, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

Feda Almaliti neutrality flag

Hi Rosguill! I wanted to get the specifics of what you wanted removed on this page in order to remove the neutrality flag. Are they the section on Applied Behavior Analysis and the advocation for separate spaces for autistic people? --Rednikki (talk) 19:22, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

Rednikki, I believe you already asked me about this, you can read my prior response at User_talk:Rosguill/Archive_22#Feda_Almaliti_neutrality_flag signed, Rosguill talk 19:29, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
I have seen your prior responses and was hoping for clarification. Also, are we breaking Wikipedia rules by discussing this on your personal page rather than the Wikipedia page? The Neutrality flag you posted says all discussion must take place on the Wikipedia page and I don't want to break this rule. Rednikki (talk) 23:08, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

User:CejeroC

Are you willing to convert CejeroC's block to a partial block, blocking them only from the article+draft space? If they try to edit anywhere else, they would be doing exactly what's needed for a full unblock anyway. — Alexis Jazz (talk or ping me) 23:09, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

Alexis Jazz, seems reasonable enough. Consider it done. signed, Rosguill talk 01:40, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

BAD BLABLUBBS

Sorry, CU came up empty. Drmies (talk) 18:05, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

It's this lovely chap – thanks for the quick blocks, Rosguill. :) For what it's worth, I wouldn't bother tagging that one, he seems to enjoy that a little too much. Blablubbs|talk 18:06, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
Drmies, well, I think we've got them on NOTHERE grounds anyway. signed, Rosguill talk 18:07, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
That dude is a total... Well. I'm about to get busy. This is some seriously stupid shit. Drmies (talk) 18:15, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
Let's see if what I just did helps. Drmies (talk) 18:17, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
Drmies, at least we're running up the clock to make it harder for the next troll to impersonate me signed, Rosguill talk 18:17, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
OK User:Rosguill69420. Drmies (talk) 18:19, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
Well, there goes my bad hand account name. signed, Rosguill talk 18:21, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
They're up to four. I wonder if I get paid extra for rangeblocks. Drmies (talk) 18:24, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
Also, can I just say that I didn't expect that a functionary would ever create a section heading called "BAD BLABLUBBS"? I'm not complaining, though I would have preferred GOOD BLABLUBBS instead. Blablubbs|talk 18:26, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
(FWIW they're all at SRG). Giraffer (talk·contribs) 18:27, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
And the new ones too. Giraffer (talk·contribs) 18:29, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
I think number 5 drove a couple miles to hang out with his cousin. Drmies (talk) 19:14, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi, could you please explain how you ended up closing this as delete? 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 22:01, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

1234qwer1234qwer4, I think I missed that you suggested retargeting and read it as an unopposed nomination that would default to delete. Feel free to recreate the redirect with the target that you suggested. signed, Rosguill talk 22:08, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
Thanks.  Done. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 14:56, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Suggest for deletion or redirect the page; Francisca James and Nguyễn Trần Khánh Vân are not a notable beauty pageant winner, the page was not giving the readers much more information, many unsourced miss-leading information and lack of sources legitimacy, and lack of interest for Wikipedian user to discuss about this page. Please delete those non-notable person pages.--125.164.51.144 (talk) 13:27, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

IP, you can file deletion requests by following the instructions at WP:AFD. signed, Rosguill talk 15:15, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Uwe Martens

Given that it was you that blocked Uwe Martens, you might like to comment here [1] on what to me looks like a potential IP sock. AndyTheGrump (talk) 06:39, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

Vote in AfD Tobias Broeker

Hy Rosguill! I’m wondering why you have crossed out my vote on AfD Tobias Broeker. Could you please explain why you suspect a "striking sock"? I came in here after this discussion was linked in the German Wikipedia, where I am quite active from time to time. For various reasons, I prefer not to use an account. Since I have a static like/dynamic IP, my IP changes from time to time, but this doesn't mean automatically that I maintain sock puppets. Anyway, I kindly request to undo your edit! Thanks and best regards, --77.116.211.76 (talk) 04:50, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

That IP address was blocked as a likely sockpuppet of Uwe Martens per this discussion. You can appeal the block at User talk:178.113.28.33. signed, Rosguill talk 14:13, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
Thank you for this info! I didn't even realize there was a discussion going on at my talk page. Unfortunately, I don't really have any control over the time span of holding one IP. After taking a look into the issue, I saw that this user was banned on 22:06, 20 April 2021, but my vote was from 14:40, 20 April 2021, so "block evasion" couldn't have been met at all. Also, I saw that this user discussed quite "a little bit", so why would he have made a vote on WP:CREATIVE afterwards? At all, does it really make sense to request unblocking of an IP that is no longer in use? If so, I can link this discussion section. But I'm more worried about my vote and the article, to be honest. Thanks and regards, --77.116.211.76 (talk) 15:22, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
If you successfully appeal the block (which would still be valid from a sockpuppetry basis, even though you're right about the timing of the block), I will reverse the striking of the comment. signed, Rosguill talk 15:59, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
Done. Thanks so far! --77.116.211.76 (talk) 17:26, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
As expected, my request got a "procedural decline", an attempt to explain it again was reverted. As I wrote in my request you might see in the server log files that I've never been online with any account. If you have access to the logs, please check it and restore my vote! By the way, a presumed double vote in a deletion discussion wouldn't make sense anyway as not the votes are counted, but the arguments. Nobody would need a sock puppet to bring in new arguments, isn't it? Regards, --77.116.211.76 (talk) 18:17, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

Nomination of Cup Foods for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Cup Foods is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cup Foods until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.

John B123 (talk) 22:56, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Pencilmation Page

You had a good mind to delete the "Pencilmation" page. Most of the content was not only unsourced, but it was also false. Pencilmate is voiced by Zach Braff, Sean Hayes, and Hayden Rolence. Pencilmiss is voiced by Dannah Phirman and Emily Stone Heath. Mini Mate is voiced by Kathy Waugh and Nancy Cartwright. The series was originally animated by Soup2Nuts and The Hatchery (with help from AKOM). 2603:6080:A740:C00:35C1:2779:A800:D5B8 (talk) 23:08, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Adopt me!

I want to be adopted. I've been editing for a month but I keep making mistakes. I only edit outer space related articles. There is a discussion about me at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents - Wikipedia. When you respond, please {{mention}} me. Starship SLS (formerly IP 64.121.103.144) (talk) 18:36, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

StarshipSLS, I don't think we have sufficient overlap in our editing interests to make me a good fit to be your mentor. signed, Rosguill talk 19:38, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
@Rosguill Too bad. Anyone you could recommend? Starship SLS (formerly IP 64.121.103.144) (talk) 20:53, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
StarshipSLS, sorry, not off the top of my head, no. signed, Rosguill talk 21:01, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

Thank you

I just wanted to say thank you for the work you're doing on new page patrol. You're filling up my notifications at the moment as you tick off the redirects I made when I was working on the Memory of the World Programme pages and I very much appreciate it. › Mortee talk 16:57, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

Mortee, thanks for your work as well. I actually just added you to our redirect whitelist, so the bot should be checking your redirects off starting at the next hour mark. If you'd rather not get notifications for that, you should be able to turn them off in your preferences. signed, Rosguill talk 16:59, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
Oh! Thank you very much. I've no problem with the notifications but that's also good to know › Mortee talk 17:00, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

Dear Rosguill,

I lost the link to NPPschool, I am unable to locate or remember what it was. Could you please guide me on this? For the last month, I studied well and I believe I am ready to take on some testing.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Angus QuantumRealm (meowtelescope) 10:35, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

QuantumRealm, here you go, User:Rosguill/Angus1986_NPPSCHOOL signed, Rosguill talk 13:33, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
Thank you so much! QuantumRealm (meowtelescope) 15:43, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

Tvashtar

Can the page for Tvashtar which redirects to Tvastar be deleted?

"Tvashtar" is closer in pronunciation to the actual Sanskrit word, so I want to move (rename) the "Tvastar" page. But I can't do that as long as the redirect page exists.

Any help would be appreciated.

Yuyutsu-69 (talk) 16:46, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

Yuyutsu-69, based on some quick Google Scholar searches, "Tvastar" appears to be the more commonly used spelling in English, and thus is the more appropriate title per WP:COMMONNAME. Results for "Tvashtar" are primarily about a volcano on one of Jupiter's moons. Thus, I won't act on your request myself. If you would still like for your move suggestion to be considered by other editors, you can file a request at WP:RM. signed, Rosguill talk 17:23, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

Since this was converted to a redirect shortly before I sent it to RfD, shouldn't a "no consensus" mean reverting to the "status quo" of the past 15 years and keeping the page at its old title? Thanks in advance! SportingFlyer T·C 20:53, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

SportingFlyer, given that part of my reason for the no consensus were concerns that the discussion was being had in the wrong venue, I'm treating no consensus as being "no consensus with respect to the RfD discussion", rather than no consensus on the underlying question. As the issue appears to be more about a page move than about a redirect, at this point you should proceed to WP:RM as a controversial move, noting in the opening statement that you are using the process to contest the prior move. signed, Rosguill talk 22:40, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

±== Was I edit warring or being disruptive? ==

Hi Rosguill. I saw you on active admins and I felt like I need an admin opinion. So I was recently trying to stop an edit war by stepping in. I undid an edit twice on Marvel Cinematic Universe. Just to link WP:3RR for him. I wouldn’t have reverted again. Anyway this happened with a different editor. So I discussed it with him about what my intentions were on his page. Though I fail to reason with him. It results to him even removing my one explanation in his discussion page. Anyway I was just wanting a second opinion on the claimed “edit war” we are being disputed of. If I did edit war and disrupt I apologize. I just didn’t see it that way. Jhenderson 777 22:56, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

Jhenderson777, eh, I don't think you were too far out of line, but it would have been better for you to just report the incident to WP:AN3. signed, Rosguill talk 23:18, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
Ok thanks for your honest thoughts. :) Jhenderson 777 23:30, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
Wow!. Much confusion lolJhenderson 777 23:35, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

For article reviews

Thank you for taking time in reviewing some of the pages I created. Best wishes of good health! Crear2000 (talk) 02:13, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2021).

Administrator changes

removed EnchanterCarlossuarez46

Interface administrator changes

removed Ragesoss

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • The user group oversight will be renamed to suppress. This is for technical reasons. You can comment at T112147 if you have objections.

Arbitration


Rosguill, I hope you don't mind the sidebar. As I said at AE, I'm happy to get good, constructive feedback/suggestions as I did with Awilley. They were right, acting like you have a 1RR limit isn't a limitation and actually can make you a more effective editor. I'm less clear as to what to do in this case but if you have a suggestion that will make my editing more effective I'm all for it. I don't think my standards for RS vary that greatly depending on what I'm supporting/opposing. Other than confusing similarly named sources, which I do pledge to be more aware of, what should I be doing differently? OK, one other one, use fewer words :D Open to feedback, Springee (talk) 19:50, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Springee, I think that regarding the edit objecting to the Daily Signal, being more precise about a source being insufficiently reliable in context, rather than reverting with the more opaque response of just calling it unreliable, would help avoid misunderstandings that could be interpreted uncharitably. signed, Rosguill talk 20:05, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
I'm happy to be more careful and explicit when saying something isn't a RS. I think a good take away would be to pledge to use the talk page to explain RS objections rather than just reverting. In this case it would have helped because if I said, "Daily Signal has been deprecated" then someone could have challenged me, "You are thinking of Daily Caller" and the confusion would have been sorted out quickly (as I rule I don't use - or read - Daily Caller/Wire/Signal). Springee (talk) 20:54, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Ifat

User:Ayaltimo, is failing to adhere to WP:BRD once again on the Ifat Sultanate despite several editors expressing concerns with their edits. [2] [3]. It is becoming a recurring problem with this user. Magherbin (talk) 22:33, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Magherbin, I would suggest you file a report at WP:AE as I don't have time to look into this carefully at the moment. signed, Rosguill talk 22:41, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

I just want to point out this user has recently been banned for edit warring. [4] We've been discussing this on the talk page for a couple of months now along with several other users and he doesn't like the opposing views to be stated on the page. I've proposed a neutral deal where I created theory sections where he could post his theory on Ethio-Semitic sub-section for peoples and others including myself can put other scholarly views for Somali theory. I've proposed this idea on his talk page. [5] Ayaltimo (talk) 23:41, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Adopt me.

Hey @Rosguill, hope you are well. I want to ask for a favour to adopt me, so that I can learn more and contribute to Wikipedia in a positive manner. signed, Iflaq (talk) 04:08, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

Iflaq, what sort of help are you looking for? I see you're nearing the end of your NPP trial run, how did it go? signed, Rosguill talk 05:25, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
@Rosguill, It is going fine. However, I want to know when I tag the page for deletion with page triage, the page gets reviewed automatically. Is it ok? Also I need to know about ''Round-robin page moves''. signed, Iflaq (talk) 09:05, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
Iflaq, articles tagged for AfD should be marked as reviewed, as we trust that whatever the AfD outcome there will be no need for further review. Articles tagged for PROD or CSD should not be marked reviewed, as if the PROD/CSD is declined, then the article still needs further review.
For round robin page moves, I generally just use this script which takes care of it. signed, Rosguill talk 15:58, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
@Rosguill Thankyou so much. Now I got it clearly. Regarding Robin page moves, I wonder it requires a page mover right, so let it be. Thankyou once again and Happy editing. 😊 signed, Iflaq (talk) 16:18, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

RfC Admin Closing

Hi Rosguill. Being you are an admin and the closer is not, though I respect their opinion. Could you double check the RfC. Sources were clearly stating it to be a Military Disaster. One specifically says “military catastrophe”. I fail to understand how votes matter more than source accuracy. Are the sources not RS? Is there a certain minimum number of sources needed? Thank you.I accept whatever you decision is. Just for my sanity check. :) OyMosby (talk) 11:21, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

OyMosby, sorry, I'm not sure I follow what discussion you're talking about. Could you provide a link? signed, Rosguill talk 15:50, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
Oh, never mind, I see you tagged me elsewhere as well. signed, Rosguill talk 15:51, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

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Re this: I've noticed how long it takes redirects I create to get patrolled (and it seems it's often just you working the backlog), and, looking at Special:NewPagesFeed for redirects, I'm quite confident that I can patrol those well. So, if your comment at PERM extends to patrolling redirects, I'd like to take you up on the offer. -- Tamzin (she/they, no pref.) | o toki tawa mi. 23:03, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Tamzin, sounds good, I'll go ahead and grant it. signed, Rosguill talk 23:27, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
Thanks! I've crossed a few off the list already. But just ran into a situation that I was wondering if you could advise on: Apparent maiden-name or middle-name redirect for a BLP, where said alternate name is not supported by the linked article, nor by any RS I can find, but where a Google search indicates it's probably correct. What's the best way to handle that? My inclination is that it's a BLP/doxxing issue and should go to RFD. Second inclination is to ask the redirect creator if they've got RS for it. (The redirect in question is Milica Rodic, but my question's more about the general case.) -- Tamzin (she/they, no pref.) | o toki tawa mi. 00:58, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
Tamzin, I guess it depends on how confident you are in the evidence from the Google search, and what the prospect for harm is. If the prospect for harm is low, I tend to be pretty lenient, an RFD discussion is a bigger drain on editors' time than a harmless redirect. signed, Rosguill talk 01:44, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

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Hello Rosguill, it appears the text was taken from the book published by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. I found the entire book here, see p.9 (2nd last paragraph) "From the northern Somali coast, the Adare (Harar) cultural synthesis occurred and spread into the Chercher - Harar plateau" [6] Magherbin (talk) 21:40, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

Magherbin, ah, great. FWIW I was already satisfied with your answer regarding the points I asked you to address. signed, Rosguill talk 21:41, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

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Apologizing for a T ban violation

I felt like I needed to tell an admin before it got brought up by one of my contribution watchers in an ANI. I am under a post 1992 US politic ban. I saw 2021 Colorado Springs shooting become a current event stub article and get afd'ed fairly quickly. I added my !vote and watched the afd. After a decent amount of speedy keep votes, I did a non-admin closure per WP:SNOW. After the closure, I found out the article was put under the post 1992 politic ban, so the closure, not my !vote was a violation of my TBan. Wanted to say sorry for it and I hope this won't get me a longer tban. It was an honest mistake since I was watching the afd and not the article itself. Elijahandskip (talk) 02:18, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Ignoring the TBAn issue for now, you should never close an AfD you participated in, no matter how obvious the result may seem to you. I'll reopen it, please let someone uninvolved decide on it instead. Fram (talk) 08:06, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
As for the TBan violation, I guess this, updating an article with Joe Biden declaring a state of emergency, was an honest mistake as well? Fram (talk) 08:12, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
Fram going to be just straight up be blunt. Get off my back. I contacted an admin once I realized it. I was honestly wanting you not to comment and I was doing it retroactively to avoid my contribution watchers, you included, from commenting on it. In all politeness, fuck off from watching my contributions. Elijahandskip (talk) 10:31, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
Stop making so many mistakes then. And read WP:CIVIL. Fram (talk) 10:33, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
I made 1 mistake, and yes, it was 1 mistake since our last encounter. I actually take high offense to your comment. Please don't make false personal attacks against me. You tell me to 'improve' but any mistake I made, (even weeks from the last) make you get all crazy. Right now, I feel like you are a massive hypocrite, since all editors make mistakes. In short, you commenting on this, to me, seems like a personal attack in an attempt to discredit me (Especially the 2nd part when you mentioned the pipeline attack since that isn't under my tban violation). Our last encounter was a month ago, and since it, I have made about 400 good edits and 1 ban edit, which I told an admin instantly. So please with all respect, fuck off, since you clearly were looking to pick a fight and made a personal attack against me. Elijahandskip (talk) 10:44, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
You came here, somewhat acknowledging one mistake (that your closure of the AfD was a TBan violation, but your comment in it somehow not): I then posted two further mistakes, closing the AfD when you were clearly involved in it, and a different TBan violation you made. How writing about things Joe Biden does can not fall under a TBan from post 1992 US politics is not really clear. "Our last encounter was a month ago"? My last post on your talk page was from 6 May, or 4 days ago, and before that it was from 27 April.
If you really believe that you can have a US politics topic ban and still can edit anything about Joe Biden, then you probably lack the competence needed to edit here. Fram (talk) 10:55, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
I mean the encounter about my t-ban violation. That was a month ago. We have encounters weekly it seems like, but your message wasn't about my tban on May 6. I am ending our discussion here since my original message to the admin was literally a notice. Elijahandskip (talk) 11:06, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
Elijahandskip, sorry to be the bearer of bad news here, but the diff that Fram provided is a clear cut violation of your tban, even if I were to dismiss the violation that you came here to confess. Once your block expires, you need to be more careful about editing topics that may be covered by your TBAN. If the content or article you are editing is in any way related to American "in the news" topics or politicians, you should consider that to be out of bounds for the duration of the ban. signed, Rosguill talk 15:51, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Unfortunately, barely a week off his block, and despite multiple editors (including both me and Fram) at AE, during the original TBAN, and on various user talkpages cautioning him to recognize and respect WP:BROADLY, we have yet another bright-line TBAN violation by Elijahandskip with this edit to a "Stop the Steal" pro-Trump activist.[7] Grandpallama (talk) 14:32, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

My edit was about a YT channel getting deleted for Covid vaccine mis information. Made a mistake and I will revert it. Thanks for the catch! I am sorry for the edit. I have really been trying to watch my edits. That was my first "bad" edit since being blocked. I am sorry for it. Elijahandskip (talk) 14:36, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
P.S. Grandpallama, I might get a ban here or not (Really hoping not), but I find it weird that you let me know about a violation here instead of my talk page. Kind of sad in reality that you didn't alert me first and straight up alerted an admin. Elijahandskip (talk) 14:41, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
I'm not letting you know about a violation here, because neither I nor any other editor has an obligation to give you some sort of heads up about your repeated violations; I'm reporting it to the previous blocking admin as another example of failure to abide by the editing restriction. Kind of sad in actual reality that you require multiple reminders and blocks to adhere to basic WP expectations, but I'm also a hair's breadth from filing an ANI complaint about the ongoing issues around this, your constant arguing with experienced editors (salted with the occasional incivility), and your extremely problematic Twitter page. Stop with the passive-aggressive nonsense in your replies to other editors and just follow the rules. Grandpallama (talk) 14:47, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
For the record, I asked you about my Twitter in an ANI. No reply from you. Please stop the Twitter personal attacks. The other stuff though, Yes, I will be more careful in my edits. I really want to help Wikipedia. I just make a few mistakes. I am working on not making them. Also, please don't do an ANI. I am really attempting to change. It is hard though when 1 mistake and I have a perm block attempt again me. I feel like when that happens, I am being attacked with discredit attempts. No one talks about the hundreds of good edits I did and only the 1 or 2 bad edits. I am working on it, but please, I can't snap my finger and change. It takes time. Elijahandskip (talk) 14:53, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
Go read WP:NPA, because my mentions of, and concerns about, that Twitter page are in no way personal attacks. It does not take "time" to change to not edit topics you're told not to edit. You offer lots of excuses (for Pete's sake, the Trump paragraph immediately preceded your edit), but this isn't hard to do. It's not. Either you are deliberately ignoring your sanction, or you are repeatedly demonstrating you lack the competence to adhere to it (and, ergo, to edit Wikipedia). Grandpallama (talk) 15:01, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
OK. I am taking a break from editing a while to clear my head and read over a bunch of policies. Sorry for all my few bad edits. Elijahandskip (talk) 15:04, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello. I submitted a request to restore an article. I was rejected there and advised to go to draft and create an article there and it will be welcomed. I created an article there and moved it to the main space by one of the participants, but it was quickly deleted. What to do in this situation?2A00:1FA1:1E8:99A5:D01A:CA1:80EA:F90D (talk) 15:46, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

IP, it looks like that article was deleted following an AfD, which was then endorsed after you opened a discussion about it at DRV, due to the lack of sufficient coverage in independent reliable sources. Unless you can find additional, higher quality sources, there isn't anything for you to do on Wikipedia related to this topic at this time. signed, Rosguill talk 16:02, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
No, as a result of the discussion, this article was removed about a year ago for advertising style. Most recently, I submitted a request to restore the article, but I was refused and told that creating an article in draft is welcome. I managed to look at the old version of the article when it was temporarily restored for the discussion period and I created a new version in draft. After that, my article was moved to the main space. And almost immediately it was quickly deleted. 2A00:1FA1:1DF:1CFA:9994:EE72:4EA4:1B39 (talk) 16:08, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
I would take this up with both the admin that deleted the article, Sandstein, and the editor who moved the article from draftspace to mainspace, Qwerfjkl. Sandstein's assessment appears to be that the new revision did not sufficiently address the concerns raised in the prior AfD; you can try to address those concerns directly by highlighting the three best cited sources that meet WP:ORGCRITE. signed, Rosguill talk 16:48, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
Unfortunately, he refused to continue the dialogue. I'm very sorry.. Can I give you some sources here that look at this organization in detail ?2A00:1FA1:3B4:F3BF:48BE:D39C:D24F:4E8D (talk) 16:56, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
I would suggest that you go ask for help at the teahouse, where editors should be quite happy to assist you. signed, Rosguill talk 16:58, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

that was very kind

...to a young and enthusiatic editor :) —valereee (talk) 21:14, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

I would like to join NPP school

I heard you are currently ready to take on new students for NPP. I speak quite a few(mostly asian) languages and Im mostly ready to enrol in this and I am ready to learn. TheEpicSnek (talk) 06:27, 22 May 2021 (UTC) Cheers :)

TheEpicSnek, hey, I appreciate that you're interested in helping out with this important part of Wikipedia editing, but looking at your contribution history I think starting NPPSCHOOL with you would be a bit premature. Get some more experience editing in a variety of areas (WP:Task center is a great place to find ways to help out if you aren't sure what to do) and ask me again in a month or two. signed, Rosguill talk 20:55, 22 May 2021 (UTC),


Alright, Thanks. Ill do that.TheEpicSnek (talk) 02:24, 23 May 2021 (UTC).