This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Hi, bro. I have provided a Russian / English translation for the Mat article. Unfortunately, one of the editors has been reverting some of my edits. He appears to think that the translation is 'original research'. I am completely blown away by this stance as I have provided the translation from Russian into English using my own skills in both languages. By definition, there can't be any 'verifiable sources' other than my work and my word.
Can you help resolve this strange situation? Thanks in advance.-- Harald Forkbeard ( talk) 03:05, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
I agree with you. We need less editors like Ricky around here. He's just out to destroy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.171.121.182 ( talk) 23:01, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
Just wondered why my pages are being deleted? All the content on them is factually correct and nothing is contentious or offensive. I'm wanting to preserve the information from this year to view in future years.--[that was from Chrispalmer10(?)]
You still did not direct to the correct article in Template:TRA stations. I have fixed that. Secondarywaltz ( talk) 14:35, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
Template:NRHP generator pretty-good request has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:54, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
I regret that from recent interaction it did not came clear to you that I am extremely respectful to logic in discussion, but I also understand that people no computers and have emotions, and sloppy thinking, and a habit of writing before reading, and reading other people's mind, and whats not, and the only thing I don't tolerate is sustained personal attacks. (And what constitutes an attack is never allowed to be decided by the attacker.) - üser:Altenmann >t 15:23, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of delisted National Register of Historic Places properties 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/List of delisted National Register of Historic Places properties until a consensus is reached, and anyone 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. -- Another Believer ( Talk) 04:24, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
This source I was using refers to "pauls" a unite of distance. I believe it's form 1849. I can't find anything about such a measurement or usage. Any ideas? Is it a religious thing liek a reference to St. Paul maybe in tribute? Where should I ask? Just curious. Thanks. OrganicEarth ( talk) 18:39, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
Maybe it's some kind of inside joke to substitute a "Paul" for a mile? Maybe they were playing of the foot measurement? I don't know. It is interesting and wacky.. I wonder if someone reads the source form the beginning if it's explained.. :) OrganicEarth ( talk) 05:06, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.
Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!
Hell in a Bucket ( talk) 03:16, 14 August 2015 (UTC)Hi, in hindsight, I'm not so sure anymore about your changes I undid regarding Dalrymple. Turns out there is a bit of confusion about a Dalrymple in East and South Ayrshire, although it looks to be the same one. I left a message on the Scottish board, they should be able to figure it out. So sorry about that, -- Midas02 ( talk) 03:57, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
Those three were the only Dalrymple ones I did; i must have lacked confidence in other cases so I moved on. Looks to me like my edits were correct as far as they went. I'm not going to change anything further and trust you can put these right. Hope this info helps in getting any local consultation, too. Midas02, thanks again for caring about getting this stuff correct. do ncr am 05:04, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi Doncram. I cleaned up this article in response to another editor's request, because they saw that I'm a German translator. From German Wiki and other articles, I assumed cryptophyte referred to the first of the 2 entries at cryptophyte which doesn't have its own article, so I thought it best to leave it pointing to the dab page rather than leave it unlinked. However, I'm not a botanist so cannot be certain this is the right meaning, nor could I create the article for it. The reason I may have a few "ambiguous link" hits is that I'm fairly prolific at translating articles so out of the thousands of links that I create during translation, a few are bound to point to dab pages. Any that the bot flags to me up I fix where possible, unless someone beats me to it! Hope that helps. Bermicourt ( talk) 19:42, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
The article Briar (thicket) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}}
notice, but please explain why in your
edit summary or on
the article's talk page.
Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}}
will stop the
proposed deletion process, but other
deletion processes exist. In particular, the
speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and
articles for deletion allows discussion to reach
consensus for deletion.
Nrwairport (
talk)
06:27, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
Hello, Doncram. I wanted to let you know that I’m proposing an article that you started, Büch (surname), for deletion because I don't think it meets our criteria for inclusion. If you don't want the article deleted:
{{proposed deletion/dated...}}
Also, be sure to explain why you think the article should be kept in your edit summary or on the article's talk page. If you don't do so, it may be deleted later anyway.
You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Nrwairport ( talk) 06:42, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.
You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice that the page you created was tagged as a test page under section G2 of the criteria for speedy deletion and has been or soon may be deleted. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. —Largo Plazo ( talk) 02:00, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
Greetings Doncram. Do you know anything about churches? I'm curious about the Dutch Reformed Churches I've come across in the Dutch East Indies. At least a few have become Emmanuel / Immanuel churches. I found an article on the Dutch Reformed Church, but the Immanuel Church / Emmanuel Church aritcle is just a list. And includes Baptist, Episcopal and Lutheran churches. I suppose it makes sense that in independent Indonesia attending a "Dutch.. Church" would be perhaps weird? But what is an Emmanuel / Immanuel Church? How different is it from Dutch Reformed? Is it just a generalized basket for Protestant churches? I noticed that there are also Emmanuel AME churches. Who was Immanuel / Emmanuel? I gather it means God is with Us and it a name of the child the Bible says will be born to a virgin.. so this is just another name for Jesus while also saying God is with us? It's not a denomination of any sort? Thanks. OrganicEarth ( talk) 06:50, 21 August 2015 (UTC)
I have another random question.. do you know why jails are called spinning houses? Spinning house is even a redirect to house of correction. Interestingly in the Midwest they actually had jails that spun so cells could be accessed one at a time ( rotary jail). In Dutch jails seem often to be called spinhuis.. Is there a place to ask about this kind of thing or is it discouraged? Seems interesting to me.. perhaps I am losing it.. OrganicEarth ( talk) 01:06, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
I de-disambiguate pages in the contest all the time, but we don't get contest credit for it. It's just the right thing to do. Cheers! bd2412 T 02:04, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi Doncram. I just noticed that there are two articles on architect A.C. Schweinfurth. The one we've been working on, and this one, which you created back in 2012, and which hasn't seen much action since. These should be merged, but I've never done a merge in article space. Could you perform the merge, and I'll watch & learn? Cheers, Jtmorgan ( talk) 21:56, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
I'll pause and let you finish, then I'll go. — hike395 ( talk) 04:15, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for the helpful tips!
Spudgrrl (
talk)
21:23, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/NHLsandbox5, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/NHLsandbox5 and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/NHLsandbox5 during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. DexDor (talk) 06:14, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
My apologies for reverting a recent edit. Seafront seemed to me the best term to describe the picture, but maybe it sounds odd to some ears. Thanks for the other Powys edits -- I almost started a Maiden Castle (novel) stub this morning, but Weymouth Sands needs much more work. Rwood128 ( talk) 16:34, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
I appreciate your efforts at fixing dablinks and at helping to maintain the project lists. However, the monthly contest page ( Wikipedia:Disambiguation pages with links/September 2015) has a very specific format that allows it to be maintained by various scripts. Changing the format may cause problems for the scripts, so please try to limit what you do on this particular page. Thanks. -- R'n'B ( call me Russ) 09:41, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I notice you're on Wikipedia:List of administrator hopefuls. Wikipedia would benefit from more admins. If you have been editing for more than 12 months (preferably 24+ months), and have been editing fairly consistently for the past 6 months (preferably 12+ months) with at least 100 edits a month ( this tool will help) - or an explanation for any gaps, and haven't been blocked or topic banned in the past three years - or have a good explanation for a recent block or ban, don't have a recent history of edit warring or arguing with other editors, feel you can explain why you wish to be an admin, can demonstrate some understanding of Wikipedia's procedures and processes, or know where to go for guidance, and are confident enough to go through a RfA, please get in touch with me. We can talk about it some more, and if all looks OK, I'll nominate you or suggest what you can do to improve your chances. SilkTork ✔Tea time 10:36, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
You make perfectly valid points. The problem is partly caused by the earlier edits having been made by an anon IP or IPs in repeated "drive-by" edits, and you'll see that I requested semi-protection in order to deal with this problem. Although it was perfectly reasonable for the content about the case in question to be included, this was done in such a way as to emphasize this matter over all others, and clearly implied blame on the part of several named members of the school staff. (I should make it quite clear, in case of doubt, that none of the staff at the school, past or present, are known to me.) Though I always prefer to assume good faith, it became obvious that the anon(s) had a personal grievance and was trying to use the article to discredit the school, knowing what a wide audience wikipedia attracts. In the context of such a case, it is not surprising that there would be strong feelings on the matter, but I know you'll agree that it is not our job to decide whether they are justified or to allow the article to become biased.
If you check out all the edits (which would probably take rather a long time) you'll see, I believe, that I made many attempts to bring the anon edits into line with policy, rather than simply removing them. However, this was never enough to satisfy them and they simply continued to expand on the basic facts, often duplicating content. Now, as a result of the semi-protection, the person behind most of the anon edits has been flushed out. Several people have edited the article since, and I would not argue that it has been improved by these changes. I'm quite happy to discuss it on the talk page if you'd like to debate exactly which content should be included and how it should be worded. Deb ( talk) 11:55, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
The Super Disambiguator's Barnstar | ||
The Super Disambiguator's Barnstar is awarded to the winners of the Disambiguation Pages With Links monthly challenge, who have gone above and beyond to remove ambiguous links. This award is presented to Doncram, for successfully fixing 1780 links in the challenge of August, 2015. Also, you are eligible for a free t-shirt from the Wikimedia Foundation. Message BD2412 if you need the details for claiming your prize. Rcsprinter123 (notify) @ 16:50, 2 September 2015 (UTC) |
Your effort to disambig Greenport, New York in a lot of New York State and County Road-related articles didn't work. Do you want me to ask for help from WP:USRD? --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 02:31, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for creating National Register of Historic Places listings in Marshall County, Mississippi. Do you think Lamar, Mississippi used to be located in Marshall County, Mississippi, and it is now in Benton County, Mississippi? Did the border move, or are there two separate small towns in both counties? Zigzig20s ( talk) 07:27, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for checking in with me on this topic--nice to see that sometimes I'm still remembered. Heh. But I'm no taxonomist and, with everything going on in my Real Life at the moment, I don't have time to look into it more. Do you think that it would be an issue if you just changed it on that page, and put your rationale in the talk page? That's what I usually do when I'm editing if I think there might be an issue or question. BTW, you can see my own notes about my editing history with WP on my user page under The Horrible Addiction and Recovery. Which I've just updated for this year. Thank you for your determined work on WP--I value this resource highly and it couldn't keep going without all you current volunteers! Elf | Talk 02:03, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Al Qasr International Festival of Theatre 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/Al Qasr International Festival of Theatre until a consensus is reached, and anyone 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. Superjuju10 ( talk) 07:56, 13 September 2015 (UTC)
Are you sure that Edward Emmett Dougherty was the same person was Edwin Dougherty? I'm creating Belle Meade Apartments, and I'd like to be certain. Thank you. Zigzig20s ( talk) 04:14, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
Greetings from WikiProject Military history! As a member of the project, you are invited to take part in our annual project coordinator election. If you wish to cast a vote, please do so on the election page by 23:59 (UTC) on 29 September. Yours, Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 05:20, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
Hi again. Are you able to take a picture of McGavock-Gaines House for Wikimedia Commons please? I will expand the article later. Thank you. Zigzig20s ( talk) 07:02, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
-- Deskford ( talk) 19:36, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
Template:NRIS dead link has been nominated for merging with Template:Dead link. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Mr. Guye ( talk) 23:52, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
Please see WP:AIRLINES, future routes are included in the destinations lists as long as it is backed up by an reliable source. Numurous airline destinations pages have future destinations listed as long as it is confirm and in the GDS. Since Sydney is listed as a future resumption destination, why can't Merida? If you disagree please discuss there. 97.85.113.113 ( talk) 16:26, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
Hello, you seem a good person to advice me on this thing after reading your userpage related to bullying. I have been harassed and bullied by Wikipedia Administrators. I feel they impose unhealthy restrictions on good faith editors who want to help and discourage them. I have edited many pages on Wikipedia lying dormant and outdated, some even since 2007-08. Some of my edits were unacceptable to few admins and they started imposing restrictions. I have never engaged in edit warring. I have tried to present my case before them, but they seem biased. I thought I would never come back on Wikipedia but your userpage seems encouraging. Would you please spare some time reading some of my talk page (archive) and contributions and express a neutral opinion. Thanks -- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo ( talk · contribs · count) 04:41, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
I've asked Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history#Disambiguation links for MILHIST to try and make this a very productive month. Can you check up on them in a few days? — Dispenser 02:59, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Kintetsubuffalo ( talk) 04:25, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
You are invited to join the Women in Architecture edit-a-thon @ Cambridge, MA on October 16! (drop-in any time, 6-9pm)-- Pharos ( talk) 18:28, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9mNQICjn6DibxNr
This survey is intended to gauge community satisfaction with the technical support provided by the Wikimedia Foundation to Wikipedia, especially focusing on the needs of the core community. To learn more about this survey, please visit Research:Tech support satisfaction poll.
To opt-out of further notices concerning this survey, please remove your username from the subscription list.
MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 18:57, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.
Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!
MatthewVanitas ( talk) 15:58, 18 October 2015 (UTC)I accidentally rollbacked you on AN/I. I've reverted.-- Wehwalt ( talk) 11:58, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
Hello there! Happy to be writing this newsletter once more. This month:
In July, we launched five pilot WikiProjects: WikiProjects Cannabis, Evolutionary Biology, Ghana, Hampshire, and Women's Health. We also use the new design, named "WPX UI," on WikiProject Women in Technology, Women in Red, WikiProject Occupational Safety and Health. We are currently looking for projects for the next round of testing. If you are interested, please sign up on the Pilots page.
Shortly after our launch we presented at Wikimania 2015. Our slides are on Wikimedia Commons.
Then after all that work, we went through the process of figuring out whether we accomplished our goal. We reached out to participants on the redesigned WikiProjects, and we asked them to complete a survey. (If you filled out your survey—thank you!) While there are still some issues with the WikiProject tools and the new design, there appears to be general satisfaction (at least among those who responded). The results of the survey and more are documented in our grant report filed with the Wikimedia Foundation.
There is more work that needs to be done, so we have applied for a renewal of our grant. Comments on the proposal are welcome. We would like to improve what we have already started on the English Wikipedia and to also expand to Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata. Why those? Because they are multilingual projects and because there needs to be better coordination across Wikimedia projects. More details are available in the renewal proposal.
The Wikimedia Developer Summit will be held in San Francisco in January 2016. The recently established Community Tech team at the Wikimedia Foundation is interested in investigating what technical support they can provide for WikiProjects, i.e., support beyond just templates and bots. I have plenty of opinions myself, but I want to hear what you think. The session is being planned on Phabricator, the Wikimedia bug tracker. If you are not familiar with Phabricator, you can log in with your Wikipedia username and password through the "Login or Register: MediaWiki" button on the login page. Your feedback can help make editing Wikipedia a better experience.
Until next time,
Hello Doncram:
Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable
Halloween!
–
North America
1000
23:39, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi,
I just started List of firsts in architecture. I know you are an expert on the history of buildings and wonder if you would add to the list. Thanks in advance, Ottawahitech ( talk) 06:55, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
There are multiple places that share the name Washington Township, New Jersey. In a densely packed state, this often creates confusion, with a pair of these Washington Townships located just miles apart, with one of these Washington Townships surrounding a Washington Borough. I've tried to describe this in various articles by linking to that list of shared names. In this edit, you removed the wikilink to the article, as you did in two other articles for the Washington Townships in Burlington and Gloucester Counties. In two other articles, you changed a link from Washington Township, New Jersey to Washington Township, New Jersey (disambiguation), which merely redirects to the first article.
What is the best way to describe this relationship in the article? I could list the four others (and the one former one) in each article, but it has always appeared to me that the best way is just to link to the list.
Why point to Washington Township, New Jersey (disambiguation) which merely redirects back to Washington Township, New Jersey?
Any suggestions from a master disambiguator will be appreciated. Alansohn ( talk) 13:34, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
You recreated User sandbox:Doncram/sandbox15 after it had correctly been deleted by Anomiebot because "restore redirect that had been deleted by Anomebot. Apparently there was some error, but i don't want bots deleting a personal redirect anyhow." Please don't restore redirects from the main space to your user space, and in general be extra careful when you restore a deleted article or redirect. While you "corrected" the redirect to point ot an existing page, it shouldn't have existed in the first place, and having it deleted twice is overkill. Fram ( talk) 14:02, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.
Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!
Calliopejen1 ( talk) 18:10, 3 November 2015 (UTC)I chanced upon this recent deletion of late.
Similarly this, a single-use historic account indicating not-inconsiderable knowledge of coinage and the Manx Treasury, showing edit-summaries inconsistent with a completely new user. This addition particularly indicates advanced code-writing and previous experience of wikitables...now where have we seen all that before now? Noble Manx, eh? Pretentious, moi....?
Para-phrasing a famous quote from an episode of an historic British comedy show "Your name will go on the list...".
I'll keep on, keeping on...-- Rocknrollmancer ( talk) 21:10, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
Note: this edit and previous, regarding University of Berlin. Last comment I think wrong as only one of the three existed during time period of other-named one, so it properly redirects to the one. Check, open RFD later.
Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, talk pages are meant to be a record of a discussion; deleting or editing legitimate comments is considered bad practice, even if you meant well. Even making spelling and grammatical corrections in others' comments is generally frowned upon, as it tends to irritate the users whose comments you are correcting. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you.
In a recent edit, you changed one or more words or styles from one national variety of English to another. Because Wikipedia has readers from all over the world, our policy is to respect national varieties of English in Wikipedia articles. For a subject exclusively related to the United Kingdom (for example, a famous British person), use British English. For something related to the United States in the same way, use American English. For something related to another English-speaking country, such as Canada, Australia, or New Zealand, use the variety of English used there. For an international topic, use the form of English that the original author used. In view of that, please don't change articles from one version of English to another, even if you don't normally use the version in which the article is written. Respect other people's versions of English. They, in turn, should respect yours. Other general guidelines on how Wikipedia articles are written can be found in the Manual of Style. If you have any questions about this, you can ask me on my talk page or visit the help desk. Thank you.
Welcome to Wikipedia. Wikipedia invites everyone to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, but one or more redirects you created have been considered disruptive and/or malicious, and have been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to the encyclopedia. Thank you.
Constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, but a recent edit of yours has an edit summary that appears to be inaccurate or inappropriate. Please use edit summaries that accurately tell other editors what you did, and feel free to use the sandbox for any tests you may want to do. Thank you.
Your recent edit appears to have added the name of a non-notable entity to a list that normally includes only notable entries. In general, a person or organization added to a list should have a pre-existing article before being added to most lists. If you wish to create such an article, please first confirm that the subject qualifies for a separate, stand-alone article according to Wikipedia's notability guideline. Thank you.
Hello, I'm Agljones. I noticed that you made a change to an article, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. agljones( talk) 13:13, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
If you want to, please take a look at the article Marie Serneholt, which is this weeks TAFI article. Regards,-- BabbaQ ( talk) 20:12, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
Are you unable to see ping notifications as well? I have pinged you twice now on my talk page, but your only response has been your comments at WP:TFD. Frietjes ( talk) 21:34, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi,
I see from your user page that you have an interest in disambiguation, which I know almost nothing about. I happened to bump into this: User_talk:Steel1943#.28disambiguation.29_listed_at_Redirects_for_discussion and thought it may be of interest to you? (I don’t understand it myself). Ottawahitech ( talk) 23:30, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current
Arbitration Committee election. The
Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia
arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose
site bans,
topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The
arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to
review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on
the voting page. For the Election committee,
MediaWiki message delivery (
talk)
13:07, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current
Arbitration Committee election. The
Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia
arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose
site bans,
topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The
arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to
review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on
the voting page. For the Election committee,
MediaWiki message delivery (
talk)
13:32, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
Thought you'd be interested to see this. Unsure about the accuracy of the history of the piece.-- Rocknrollmancer ( talk) 10:32, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
Your recent edits are contrary to your topic ban. Please reverse them before you do anything else. I'll check within a few days. Dabdo ( talk) 01:41, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
On behalf of the Military history WikiProject's Coordinators, we would like to extend an invitation to nominate deserving editors for the 2015 Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards. The nomination period will run from 7 December to 23:59 13 December, with the election phase running from 14 December to 23:59 21 December. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 05:05, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
Hello Doncram: Enjoy the holiday season and upcoming winter solstice, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, North America 1000 19:01, 20 December 2015 (UTC)
I hesitate to post a Season's Greetings message on other editors’ pages because not everyone celebrates this time of year (and some people are downright miserable), but it sure provides an opportunity to renew old ties, doesn’t it? I was thinking of you when I followed Jimbo’s advice and was clicking thru 10 random articles and one of the articles that showed up was a National Register of Historic Places article.
I don’t remember going thru randoms before - have you? Do you know if it goes thru the complete set of wikipedia articles (as implied by jimbo), or is it only a subset? None of the ten articles which showed up during my "test" were a surprise (2 biographies, 2 geography, one health, one organization, two history, don’t remember the last two, but no "porn" ). I was surprised they all belonged to at least one wiki-project which I recognized except for the history one which belonged to a wikip I did not recognize.
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Editor Retention seems dead or taken over by special-interest groups, sigh... End of today’s ramble. Take care. Ottawahitech ( talk) 15:52, 21 December 2015 (UTC)please ping me
Doncram Wishing you a joyous Christmas and a prosperous new year! BoringHistoryGuy ( talk) 18:25, 23 December 2015 (UTC) |
Category:ABC Persons of the Week, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for deletion. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect ( talk) 02:48, 24 December 2015 (UTC)
The discussion at Talk:Texarkana (Amtrak station)#Requested move 29 December 2015 may be of interest to you. Secondarywaltz ( talk) 18:30, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
I did not notice your comment on my talk page until I archived December's posts a few minutes ago. I did not mean that I 5xed Stauskas. I created it, but the mindset of creation is basically the same. I attempt to include a lot of detail. I will take another look at the article as it relates to the comments.-- TonyTheTiger ( T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 00:44, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
(
Charles R. Knight, 1922)
|
Doncram, I wish you and those dear to you golden days of love and joy in a Happy New Year 2016! Best regards, Sam Sailor Talk! 05:12, 2 January 2016 (UTC) Pass on! Send this greeting by adding
{{
subst:
User:Sam Sailor/Templates/HappyNewYear}} to user talk pages. |
(Unknown artist,
Norway, 1916)
|
Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Quality management and continuous improvement in public services, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.
If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.
You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements.
If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.
Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot ( talk) 02:04, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
Hi Doncram.
I wanted to ask for your assistance with ongoing issues I am facing on the Emmanuel Lemelson page since I think you offered a few good insights and edits on the Lemelson Capital Management page a few months back. I have been an editor on this page and certainly welcome and respect others' contributions. But two or three editors keep making very destructive edits, including removing multiple paragraphs central to this subject's biographical work, notably his research on several publicly-traded stocks that has been broadly covered in major media (USA Today multiple times, The Wall Street Journal, etc.) and improvements to several other sections, including "Early life and education," "Early business career," and "Religious leadership and philanthropy."
When I question their removal of this well-referenced content that's central to the biography, I get vague criticisms like I am reverting to some older version of the article (untrue), or projecting ownership on the page (untrue), or somehow trying to project the subject in an unjustifiably flattering way (untrue). None of the editors actually seem to take the time to review the improvements and additions they are removing wholesale, even though they are removing well-referenced content that's arguably the most important to the subject's biography and also removing wholesale other important improvements (references requested and added, various formatting and other cleanup, etc.) I've made to several of the article's sections.
I'm hoping you can look at this since reverted version that includes the material they keep removing and the improvements I've made. It's available here: ( [1]) and compare it with the live version to which they keep reverting ( Emmanuel Lemelson), which removes all of his investment analysis work and the ensuing impact of this work (all heavily covered in major media) on these stocks and also removes these other useful edits, references and cleanup I've constructively addded in other sections.
I've raised my concerns on the talk page and offered to work collaboratively with them, but I'm receiving no interest in that and they seem insistent on maintaining their destructive edits. I'm allowing their very flawed version of the article to stand for now since I think they've reverted me twice.
I really appreciate any assistance you might offer in assessing what I see as the undeniable need to restore the investment research content and these other improvements they keep insisting on oddly removing. Thanks. Orthodox2014 ( talk) 18:34, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Christopher Drew (investigative reporter), a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.
If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.
You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements.
If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.
Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot ( talk) 01:33, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Michael Steinberg (lawyer), a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.
If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.
You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements.
If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.
Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot ( talk) 01:35, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
Hello there! Happy to be writing this newsletter once more. This month:
Some good news: the Wikimedia Foundation has renewed WikiProject X. This means we can continue focusing on making WikiProjects better.
During our first round of work, we created a prototype WikiProject based on two ideas: (1) WikiProjects should clearly present things for people to do, and (2) The content of WikiProjects should be automated as much as possible. We launched pilots, and for the most part it works. But this approach will not work for the long term. While it makes certain aspects of running a WikiProject easier, it makes the maintenance aspects harder.
We are working on a major overhaul that will address these issues. New features will include:
The end goal is a collaboration tool that can be used by WikiProjects but also by any edit-a-thon or group of people that want to coordinate on improving articles. Though implemented as an extension, the underlying content will be wikitext, meaning that you can continue to use categories, templates, and other features as you normally would.
This will take a lot of work, and we are just getting started. What would you like to see? I invite you to discuss on our talk page.
Until next time,
Hello! I posted on the dispute resolution noticeboard about a dispute in which you were involved. I would really appreciate it if you tried to help us come to a compromise. -- Haptic Feedback ( talk) 19:06, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing— Carretera Central (Puerto Rico) —has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Thief12 ( talk) 00:13, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
Hello, Doncram. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, " Quality management and continuous improvement in public services".
In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia
mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the {{db-afc}}
or {{db-g13}}
code.
If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.
Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. JMHamo ( talk) 08:21, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
Hello. I was just about to create Savage House (Nashville, Tennessee), but this simply does not look like that at all. Where do you think the mistake lies? Thank you. Zigzig20s ( talk) 18:59, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:List of Harvard residence houses, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.
If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.
You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements.
If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.
Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot ( talk) 01:31, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Template:Wikiproject Shell Banner. Since you had some involvement with the Template:Wikiproject Shell Banner redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. — Martin ( MSGJ · talk) 18:14, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
Tito Dutta ( talk) 23:11, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
Hello, Doncram. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, " Michael Steinberg".
In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia
mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the {{db-afc}}
or {{db-g13}}
code.
If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.
Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Onel5969 TT me 20:10, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
This month:
Development of the extension for setting up WikiProjects, as described in the last issue of this newsletter, is currently underway. No terribly exciting news on this front.
In the meantime, we are working on a prototype for a new service we hope to announce soon. The problem: there are requests scattered all across Wikipedia, including requests for new articles and requests for improvements to existing articles. We Wikipedians are very good at coming up with lists of things to do. But once we write these lists, where do they end up? How can we make them useful for all editors—even those who do not browse the missing articles lists, or the particular WikiProjects that have lists?
Introducing Wikipedia Requests, a new tool to centralize the various lists of requests around Wikipedia. Requests will be tagged by category and WikiProject, making it easier to find requests based on what your interests are. Accompanying this service will be a bot that will let you generate reports from this database on any wiki page, including WikiProjects. This means that once a request is filed centrally, it can syndicated all throughout Wikipedia, and once it is fulfilled, it will be marked as "complete" throughout Wikipedia. The idea for this service came about when I saw that it was easy to put together to-do lists based on database queries, but it was harder to do this for human-generated requests when those requests are scattered throughout the wiki, siloed throughout several pages. This should especially be useful for WikiProjects that have overlapping interests.
The newsletter this month is fairly brief; not a lot of news, just checking in to say that we are hard at work and hope to have more for you soon.
Until next time,
Harej ( talk) 01:44, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
Hi @ Doncram: Thanks for the thanks but sorry I am not sure why on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of killings by law enforcement officers by countries? You do not seem to be involved, or have I missed something? I have returned recently after an absence of seven years and some things have changed and some have not! Aoziwe ( talk) 11:39, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
Aoziwe ( talk) 12:20, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for saying "They're entitled to be pissed at how horrible Wikipedia can be, and they're entitled to consider reducing their contributions and to consider whether participating in Wikipedia was ever worthwhile" on my talk page. I appreciate it. Eric Cable | Talk 22:32, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
Please look at the Lake, Wisconsin talk page for my comment. Many thanks- RFD ( talk) 12:07, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
Hey! I wanted to let you know about an upcoming Art+Feminism event, at Bennington College on March 5: from 2-6 in the afternoon. It would be great to see some more Wikipedia editors at the event! Sign up here to let us know you will be attending! Sadads ( talk) 03:05, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
Yeah, I should have given you credit too; which I've done. And I'm a guy (the curse of picking out a username without proper CamelCasing). Nate • ( chatter) 08:58, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.
Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!
333 -blue 12:11, 16 March 2016 (UTC)I'm about to archive User:SilkTork/Chicha/Potential admin chat/doncram. Do you have any questions before I do so? SilkTork ✔Tea time 18:21, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
Hello! Doncram,
I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the
Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the
Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there!
LaMona (
talk)
22:22, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
|
Hello, Doncram. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, " List of Harvard residence houses".
In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia
mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the {{db-afc}}
or {{db-g13}}
code.
If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.
Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Onel5969 TT me 11:33, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
Hello, just wanted to let you know there are two people who you added mistresses category which they do not belong, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall might have been but right now she's his wife as it says in the lead, so she no longer belong to that, if he was still married to his first wife or if they were not married or no longer together (which they've been for 10 years now), I wouldn't object. Second is Sally Hemings, Jefferson was a widower, not a married man, such woman is a partner not a mistress, she also doesn't belong in that section. please don't just add categories like that. ( Monkelese ( talk) 22:07, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
Hi Doncram: A recent edit you performed at AfD has been reverted. You may want to check it out. North America 1000 04:17, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:List of ecovillages, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.
If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.
You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements.
If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.
Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot ( talk) 01:31, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
There's a problem with the category you created, Category:Slaves of George Washington. Both Oney Judge and Christopher Sheels were "dower" slaves, owned by the Estate of Daniel Custis (Martha's first husband). As widow, Martha had the lifetime use of the "dowers" (hence the name), but neither she nor George owned them. They were held in trust for her son Jacky Custis, and following Jacky's early death, for his children. A slight majority of the Mount Vernon slaves were "dowers." George freed his slaves through his Will; the "dowers" were not freed. Following Martha's death, they reverted to the Daniel Custis Estate and were distributed to the Custis grandchildren.
It's all very confusing, although well explained at http://www.ushistory.org/presidentshouse/slaves/numbers.htm
Would you mind if I changed the category to Category:Mount Vernon slaves? That would accommodate both the "dowers" and George's slaves. == BoringHistoryGuy ( talk) 16:54, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
Another user has posted a question for you at the discussion. North America 1000 05:01, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Hi, bro. I have provided a Russian / English translation for the Mat article. Unfortunately, one of the editors has been reverting some of my edits. He appears to think that the translation is 'original research'. I am completely blown away by this stance as I have provided the translation from Russian into English using my own skills in both languages. By definition, there can't be any 'verifiable sources' other than my work and my word.
Can you help resolve this strange situation? Thanks in advance.-- Harald Forkbeard ( talk) 03:05, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
I agree with you. We need less editors like Ricky around here. He's just out to destroy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.171.121.182 ( talk) 23:01, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
Just wondered why my pages are being deleted? All the content on them is factually correct and nothing is contentious or offensive. I'm wanting to preserve the information from this year to view in future years.--[that was from Chrispalmer10(?)]
You still did not direct to the correct article in Template:TRA stations. I have fixed that. Secondarywaltz ( talk) 14:35, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
Template:NRHP generator pretty-good request has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:54, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
I regret that from recent interaction it did not came clear to you that I am extremely respectful to logic in discussion, but I also understand that people no computers and have emotions, and sloppy thinking, and a habit of writing before reading, and reading other people's mind, and whats not, and the only thing I don't tolerate is sustained personal attacks. (And what constitutes an attack is never allowed to be decided by the attacker.) - üser:Altenmann >t 15:23, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of delisted National Register of Historic Places properties 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/List of delisted National Register of Historic Places properties until a consensus is reached, and anyone 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. -- Another Believer ( Talk) 04:24, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
This source I was using refers to "pauls" a unite of distance. I believe it's form 1849. I can't find anything about such a measurement or usage. Any ideas? Is it a religious thing liek a reference to St. Paul maybe in tribute? Where should I ask? Just curious. Thanks. OrganicEarth ( talk) 18:39, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
Maybe it's some kind of inside joke to substitute a "Paul" for a mile? Maybe they were playing of the foot measurement? I don't know. It is interesting and wacky.. I wonder if someone reads the source form the beginning if it's explained.. :) OrganicEarth ( talk) 05:06, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.
Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!
Hell in a Bucket ( talk) 03:16, 14 August 2015 (UTC)Hi, in hindsight, I'm not so sure anymore about your changes I undid regarding Dalrymple. Turns out there is a bit of confusion about a Dalrymple in East and South Ayrshire, although it looks to be the same one. I left a message on the Scottish board, they should be able to figure it out. So sorry about that, -- Midas02 ( talk) 03:57, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
Those three were the only Dalrymple ones I did; i must have lacked confidence in other cases so I moved on. Looks to me like my edits were correct as far as they went. I'm not going to change anything further and trust you can put these right. Hope this info helps in getting any local consultation, too. Midas02, thanks again for caring about getting this stuff correct. do ncr am 05:04, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi Doncram. I cleaned up this article in response to another editor's request, because they saw that I'm a German translator. From German Wiki and other articles, I assumed cryptophyte referred to the first of the 2 entries at cryptophyte which doesn't have its own article, so I thought it best to leave it pointing to the dab page rather than leave it unlinked. However, I'm not a botanist so cannot be certain this is the right meaning, nor could I create the article for it. The reason I may have a few "ambiguous link" hits is that I'm fairly prolific at translating articles so out of the thousands of links that I create during translation, a few are bound to point to dab pages. Any that the bot flags to me up I fix where possible, unless someone beats me to it! Hope that helps. Bermicourt ( talk) 19:42, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
The article Briar (thicket) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}}
notice, but please explain why in your
edit summary or on
the article's talk page.
Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}}
will stop the
proposed deletion process, but other
deletion processes exist. In particular, the
speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and
articles for deletion allows discussion to reach
consensus for deletion.
Nrwairport (
talk)
06:27, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
Hello, Doncram. I wanted to let you know that I’m proposing an article that you started, Büch (surname), for deletion because I don't think it meets our criteria for inclusion. If you don't want the article deleted:
{{proposed deletion/dated...}}
Also, be sure to explain why you think the article should be kept in your edit summary or on the article's talk page. If you don't do so, it may be deleted later anyway.
You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Nrwairport ( talk) 06:42, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.
You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice that the page you created was tagged as a test page under section G2 of the criteria for speedy deletion and has been or soon may be deleted. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. —Largo Plazo ( talk) 02:00, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
Greetings Doncram. Do you know anything about churches? I'm curious about the Dutch Reformed Churches I've come across in the Dutch East Indies. At least a few have become Emmanuel / Immanuel churches. I found an article on the Dutch Reformed Church, but the Immanuel Church / Emmanuel Church aritcle is just a list. And includes Baptist, Episcopal and Lutheran churches. I suppose it makes sense that in independent Indonesia attending a "Dutch.. Church" would be perhaps weird? But what is an Emmanuel / Immanuel Church? How different is it from Dutch Reformed? Is it just a generalized basket for Protestant churches? I noticed that there are also Emmanuel AME churches. Who was Immanuel / Emmanuel? I gather it means God is with Us and it a name of the child the Bible says will be born to a virgin.. so this is just another name for Jesus while also saying God is with us? It's not a denomination of any sort? Thanks. OrganicEarth ( talk) 06:50, 21 August 2015 (UTC)
I have another random question.. do you know why jails are called spinning houses? Spinning house is even a redirect to house of correction. Interestingly in the Midwest they actually had jails that spun so cells could be accessed one at a time ( rotary jail). In Dutch jails seem often to be called spinhuis.. Is there a place to ask about this kind of thing or is it discouraged? Seems interesting to me.. perhaps I am losing it.. OrganicEarth ( talk) 01:06, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
I de-disambiguate pages in the contest all the time, but we don't get contest credit for it. It's just the right thing to do. Cheers! bd2412 T 02:04, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi Doncram. I just noticed that there are two articles on architect A.C. Schweinfurth. The one we've been working on, and this one, which you created back in 2012, and which hasn't seen much action since. These should be merged, but I've never done a merge in article space. Could you perform the merge, and I'll watch & learn? Cheers, Jtmorgan ( talk) 21:56, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
I'll pause and let you finish, then I'll go. — hike395 ( talk) 04:15, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for the helpful tips!
Spudgrrl (
talk)
21:23, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/NHLsandbox5, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/NHLsandbox5 and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/NHLsandbox5 during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. DexDor (talk) 06:14, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
My apologies for reverting a recent edit. Seafront seemed to me the best term to describe the picture, but maybe it sounds odd to some ears. Thanks for the other Powys edits -- I almost started a Maiden Castle (novel) stub this morning, but Weymouth Sands needs much more work. Rwood128 ( talk) 16:34, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
I appreciate your efforts at fixing dablinks and at helping to maintain the project lists. However, the monthly contest page ( Wikipedia:Disambiguation pages with links/September 2015) has a very specific format that allows it to be maintained by various scripts. Changing the format may cause problems for the scripts, so please try to limit what you do on this particular page. Thanks. -- R'n'B ( call me Russ) 09:41, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I notice you're on Wikipedia:List of administrator hopefuls. Wikipedia would benefit from more admins. If you have been editing for more than 12 months (preferably 24+ months), and have been editing fairly consistently for the past 6 months (preferably 12+ months) with at least 100 edits a month ( this tool will help) - or an explanation for any gaps, and haven't been blocked or topic banned in the past three years - or have a good explanation for a recent block or ban, don't have a recent history of edit warring or arguing with other editors, feel you can explain why you wish to be an admin, can demonstrate some understanding of Wikipedia's procedures and processes, or know where to go for guidance, and are confident enough to go through a RfA, please get in touch with me. We can talk about it some more, and if all looks OK, I'll nominate you or suggest what you can do to improve your chances. SilkTork ✔Tea time 10:36, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
You make perfectly valid points. The problem is partly caused by the earlier edits having been made by an anon IP or IPs in repeated "drive-by" edits, and you'll see that I requested semi-protection in order to deal with this problem. Although it was perfectly reasonable for the content about the case in question to be included, this was done in such a way as to emphasize this matter over all others, and clearly implied blame on the part of several named members of the school staff. (I should make it quite clear, in case of doubt, that none of the staff at the school, past or present, are known to me.) Though I always prefer to assume good faith, it became obvious that the anon(s) had a personal grievance and was trying to use the article to discredit the school, knowing what a wide audience wikipedia attracts. In the context of such a case, it is not surprising that there would be strong feelings on the matter, but I know you'll agree that it is not our job to decide whether they are justified or to allow the article to become biased.
If you check out all the edits (which would probably take rather a long time) you'll see, I believe, that I made many attempts to bring the anon edits into line with policy, rather than simply removing them. However, this was never enough to satisfy them and they simply continued to expand on the basic facts, often duplicating content. Now, as a result of the semi-protection, the person behind most of the anon edits has been flushed out. Several people have edited the article since, and I would not argue that it has been improved by these changes. I'm quite happy to discuss it on the talk page if you'd like to debate exactly which content should be included and how it should be worded. Deb ( talk) 11:55, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
The Super Disambiguator's Barnstar | ||
The Super Disambiguator's Barnstar is awarded to the winners of the Disambiguation Pages With Links monthly challenge, who have gone above and beyond to remove ambiguous links. This award is presented to Doncram, for successfully fixing 1780 links in the challenge of August, 2015. Also, you are eligible for a free t-shirt from the Wikimedia Foundation. Message BD2412 if you need the details for claiming your prize. Rcsprinter123 (notify) @ 16:50, 2 September 2015 (UTC) |
Your effort to disambig Greenport, New York in a lot of New York State and County Road-related articles didn't work. Do you want me to ask for help from WP:USRD? --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 02:31, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for creating National Register of Historic Places listings in Marshall County, Mississippi. Do you think Lamar, Mississippi used to be located in Marshall County, Mississippi, and it is now in Benton County, Mississippi? Did the border move, or are there two separate small towns in both counties? Zigzig20s ( talk) 07:27, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for checking in with me on this topic--nice to see that sometimes I'm still remembered. Heh. But I'm no taxonomist and, with everything going on in my Real Life at the moment, I don't have time to look into it more. Do you think that it would be an issue if you just changed it on that page, and put your rationale in the talk page? That's what I usually do when I'm editing if I think there might be an issue or question. BTW, you can see my own notes about my editing history with WP on my user page under The Horrible Addiction and Recovery. Which I've just updated for this year. Thank you for your determined work on WP--I value this resource highly and it couldn't keep going without all you current volunteers! Elf | Talk 02:03, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Al Qasr International Festival of Theatre 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/Al Qasr International Festival of Theatre until a consensus is reached, and anyone 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. Superjuju10 ( talk) 07:56, 13 September 2015 (UTC)
Are you sure that Edward Emmett Dougherty was the same person was Edwin Dougherty? I'm creating Belle Meade Apartments, and I'd like to be certain. Thank you. Zigzig20s ( talk) 04:14, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
Greetings from WikiProject Military history! As a member of the project, you are invited to take part in our annual project coordinator election. If you wish to cast a vote, please do so on the election page by 23:59 (UTC) on 29 September. Yours, Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 05:20, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
Hi again. Are you able to take a picture of McGavock-Gaines House for Wikimedia Commons please? I will expand the article later. Thank you. Zigzig20s ( talk) 07:02, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
-- Deskford ( talk) 19:36, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
Template:NRIS dead link has been nominated for merging with Template:Dead link. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Mr. Guye ( talk) 23:52, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
Please see WP:AIRLINES, future routes are included in the destinations lists as long as it is backed up by an reliable source. Numurous airline destinations pages have future destinations listed as long as it is confirm and in the GDS. Since Sydney is listed as a future resumption destination, why can't Merida? If you disagree please discuss there. 97.85.113.113 ( talk) 16:26, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
Hello, you seem a good person to advice me on this thing after reading your userpage related to bullying. I have been harassed and bullied by Wikipedia Administrators. I feel they impose unhealthy restrictions on good faith editors who want to help and discourage them. I have edited many pages on Wikipedia lying dormant and outdated, some even since 2007-08. Some of my edits were unacceptable to few admins and they started imposing restrictions. I have never engaged in edit warring. I have tried to present my case before them, but they seem biased. I thought I would never come back on Wikipedia but your userpage seems encouraging. Would you please spare some time reading some of my talk page (archive) and contributions and express a neutral opinion. Thanks -- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo ( talk · contribs · count) 04:41, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
I've asked Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history#Disambiguation links for MILHIST to try and make this a very productive month. Can you check up on them in a few days? — Dispenser 02:59, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Kintetsubuffalo ( talk) 04:25, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
You are invited to join the Women in Architecture edit-a-thon @ Cambridge, MA on October 16! (drop-in any time, 6-9pm)-- Pharos ( talk) 18:28, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9mNQICjn6DibxNr
This survey is intended to gauge community satisfaction with the technical support provided by the Wikimedia Foundation to Wikipedia, especially focusing on the needs of the core community. To learn more about this survey, please visit Research:Tech support satisfaction poll.
To opt-out of further notices concerning this survey, please remove your username from the subscription list.
MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 18:57, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.
Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!
MatthewVanitas ( talk) 15:58, 18 October 2015 (UTC)I accidentally rollbacked you on AN/I. I've reverted.-- Wehwalt ( talk) 11:58, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
Hello there! Happy to be writing this newsletter once more. This month:
In July, we launched five pilot WikiProjects: WikiProjects Cannabis, Evolutionary Biology, Ghana, Hampshire, and Women's Health. We also use the new design, named "WPX UI," on WikiProject Women in Technology, Women in Red, WikiProject Occupational Safety and Health. We are currently looking for projects for the next round of testing. If you are interested, please sign up on the Pilots page.
Shortly after our launch we presented at Wikimania 2015. Our slides are on Wikimedia Commons.
Then after all that work, we went through the process of figuring out whether we accomplished our goal. We reached out to participants on the redesigned WikiProjects, and we asked them to complete a survey. (If you filled out your survey—thank you!) While there are still some issues with the WikiProject tools and the new design, there appears to be general satisfaction (at least among those who responded). The results of the survey and more are documented in our grant report filed with the Wikimedia Foundation.
There is more work that needs to be done, so we have applied for a renewal of our grant. Comments on the proposal are welcome. We would like to improve what we have already started on the English Wikipedia and to also expand to Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata. Why those? Because they are multilingual projects and because there needs to be better coordination across Wikimedia projects. More details are available in the renewal proposal.
The Wikimedia Developer Summit will be held in San Francisco in January 2016. The recently established Community Tech team at the Wikimedia Foundation is interested in investigating what technical support they can provide for WikiProjects, i.e., support beyond just templates and bots. I have plenty of opinions myself, but I want to hear what you think. The session is being planned on Phabricator, the Wikimedia bug tracker. If you are not familiar with Phabricator, you can log in with your Wikipedia username and password through the "Login or Register: MediaWiki" button on the login page. Your feedback can help make editing Wikipedia a better experience.
Until next time,
Hello Doncram:
Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable
Halloween!
–
North America
1000
23:39, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi,
I just started List of firsts in architecture. I know you are an expert on the history of buildings and wonder if you would add to the list. Thanks in advance, Ottawahitech ( talk) 06:55, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
There are multiple places that share the name Washington Township, New Jersey. In a densely packed state, this often creates confusion, with a pair of these Washington Townships located just miles apart, with one of these Washington Townships surrounding a Washington Borough. I've tried to describe this in various articles by linking to that list of shared names. In this edit, you removed the wikilink to the article, as you did in two other articles for the Washington Townships in Burlington and Gloucester Counties. In two other articles, you changed a link from Washington Township, New Jersey to Washington Township, New Jersey (disambiguation), which merely redirects to the first article.
What is the best way to describe this relationship in the article? I could list the four others (and the one former one) in each article, but it has always appeared to me that the best way is just to link to the list.
Why point to Washington Township, New Jersey (disambiguation) which merely redirects back to Washington Township, New Jersey?
Any suggestions from a master disambiguator will be appreciated. Alansohn ( talk) 13:34, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
You recreated User sandbox:Doncram/sandbox15 after it had correctly been deleted by Anomiebot because "restore redirect that had been deleted by Anomebot. Apparently there was some error, but i don't want bots deleting a personal redirect anyhow." Please don't restore redirects from the main space to your user space, and in general be extra careful when you restore a deleted article or redirect. While you "corrected" the redirect to point ot an existing page, it shouldn't have existed in the first place, and having it deleted twice is overkill. Fram ( talk) 14:02, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.
Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!
Calliopejen1 ( talk) 18:10, 3 November 2015 (UTC)I chanced upon this recent deletion of late.
Similarly this, a single-use historic account indicating not-inconsiderable knowledge of coinage and the Manx Treasury, showing edit-summaries inconsistent with a completely new user. This addition particularly indicates advanced code-writing and previous experience of wikitables...now where have we seen all that before now? Noble Manx, eh? Pretentious, moi....?
Para-phrasing a famous quote from an episode of an historic British comedy show "Your name will go on the list...".
I'll keep on, keeping on...-- Rocknrollmancer ( talk) 21:10, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
Note: this edit and previous, regarding University of Berlin. Last comment I think wrong as only one of the three existed during time period of other-named one, so it properly redirects to the one. Check, open RFD later.
Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, talk pages are meant to be a record of a discussion; deleting or editing legitimate comments is considered bad practice, even if you meant well. Even making spelling and grammatical corrections in others' comments is generally frowned upon, as it tends to irritate the users whose comments you are correcting. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you.
In a recent edit, you changed one or more words or styles from one national variety of English to another. Because Wikipedia has readers from all over the world, our policy is to respect national varieties of English in Wikipedia articles. For a subject exclusively related to the United Kingdom (for example, a famous British person), use British English. For something related to the United States in the same way, use American English. For something related to another English-speaking country, such as Canada, Australia, or New Zealand, use the variety of English used there. For an international topic, use the form of English that the original author used. In view of that, please don't change articles from one version of English to another, even if you don't normally use the version in which the article is written. Respect other people's versions of English. They, in turn, should respect yours. Other general guidelines on how Wikipedia articles are written can be found in the Manual of Style. If you have any questions about this, you can ask me on my talk page or visit the help desk. Thank you.
Welcome to Wikipedia. Wikipedia invites everyone to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, but one or more redirects you created have been considered disruptive and/or malicious, and have been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to the encyclopedia. Thank you.
Constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, but a recent edit of yours has an edit summary that appears to be inaccurate or inappropriate. Please use edit summaries that accurately tell other editors what you did, and feel free to use the sandbox for any tests you may want to do. Thank you.
Your recent edit appears to have added the name of a non-notable entity to a list that normally includes only notable entries. In general, a person or organization added to a list should have a pre-existing article before being added to most lists. If you wish to create such an article, please first confirm that the subject qualifies for a separate, stand-alone article according to Wikipedia's notability guideline. Thank you.
Hello, I'm Agljones. I noticed that you made a change to an article, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. agljones( talk) 13:13, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
If you want to, please take a look at the article Marie Serneholt, which is this weeks TAFI article. Regards,-- BabbaQ ( talk) 20:12, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
Are you unable to see ping notifications as well? I have pinged you twice now on my talk page, but your only response has been your comments at WP:TFD. Frietjes ( talk) 21:34, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi,
I see from your user page that you have an interest in disambiguation, which I know almost nothing about. I happened to bump into this: User_talk:Steel1943#.28disambiguation.29_listed_at_Redirects_for_discussion and thought it may be of interest to you? (I don’t understand it myself). Ottawahitech ( talk) 23:30, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current
Arbitration Committee election. The
Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia
arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose
site bans,
topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The
arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to
review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on
the voting page. For the Election committee,
MediaWiki message delivery (
talk)
13:07, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current
Arbitration Committee election. The
Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia
arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose
site bans,
topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The
arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to
review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on
the voting page. For the Election committee,
MediaWiki message delivery (
talk)
13:32, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
Thought you'd be interested to see this. Unsure about the accuracy of the history of the piece.-- Rocknrollmancer ( talk) 10:32, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
Your recent edits are contrary to your topic ban. Please reverse them before you do anything else. I'll check within a few days. Dabdo ( talk) 01:41, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
On behalf of the Military history WikiProject's Coordinators, we would like to extend an invitation to nominate deserving editors for the 2015 Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards. The nomination period will run from 7 December to 23:59 13 December, with the election phase running from 14 December to 23:59 21 December. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 05:05, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
Hello Doncram: Enjoy the holiday season and upcoming winter solstice, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, North America 1000 19:01, 20 December 2015 (UTC)
I hesitate to post a Season's Greetings message on other editors’ pages because not everyone celebrates this time of year (and some people are downright miserable), but it sure provides an opportunity to renew old ties, doesn’t it? I was thinking of you when I followed Jimbo’s advice and was clicking thru 10 random articles and one of the articles that showed up was a National Register of Historic Places article.
I don’t remember going thru randoms before - have you? Do you know if it goes thru the complete set of wikipedia articles (as implied by jimbo), or is it only a subset? None of the ten articles which showed up during my "test" were a surprise (2 biographies, 2 geography, one health, one organization, two history, don’t remember the last two, but no "porn" ). I was surprised they all belonged to at least one wiki-project which I recognized except for the history one which belonged to a wikip I did not recognize.
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Editor Retention seems dead or taken over by special-interest groups, sigh... End of today’s ramble. Take care. Ottawahitech ( talk) 15:52, 21 December 2015 (UTC)please ping me
Doncram Wishing you a joyous Christmas and a prosperous new year! BoringHistoryGuy ( talk) 18:25, 23 December 2015 (UTC) |
Category:ABC Persons of the Week, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for deletion. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect ( talk) 02:48, 24 December 2015 (UTC)
The discussion at Talk:Texarkana (Amtrak station)#Requested move 29 December 2015 may be of interest to you. Secondarywaltz ( talk) 18:30, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
I did not notice your comment on my talk page until I archived December's posts a few minutes ago. I did not mean that I 5xed Stauskas. I created it, but the mindset of creation is basically the same. I attempt to include a lot of detail. I will take another look at the article as it relates to the comments.-- TonyTheTiger ( T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 00:44, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
(
Charles R. Knight, 1922)
|
Doncram, I wish you and those dear to you golden days of love and joy in a Happy New Year 2016! Best regards, Sam Sailor Talk! 05:12, 2 January 2016 (UTC) Pass on! Send this greeting by adding
{{
subst:
User:Sam Sailor/Templates/HappyNewYear}} to user talk pages. |
(Unknown artist,
Norway, 1916)
|
Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Quality management and continuous improvement in public services, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.
If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.
You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements.
If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.
Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot ( talk) 02:04, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
Hi Doncram.
I wanted to ask for your assistance with ongoing issues I am facing on the Emmanuel Lemelson page since I think you offered a few good insights and edits on the Lemelson Capital Management page a few months back. I have been an editor on this page and certainly welcome and respect others' contributions. But two or three editors keep making very destructive edits, including removing multiple paragraphs central to this subject's biographical work, notably his research on several publicly-traded stocks that has been broadly covered in major media (USA Today multiple times, The Wall Street Journal, etc.) and improvements to several other sections, including "Early life and education," "Early business career," and "Religious leadership and philanthropy."
When I question their removal of this well-referenced content that's central to the biography, I get vague criticisms like I am reverting to some older version of the article (untrue), or projecting ownership on the page (untrue), or somehow trying to project the subject in an unjustifiably flattering way (untrue). None of the editors actually seem to take the time to review the improvements and additions they are removing wholesale, even though they are removing well-referenced content that's arguably the most important to the subject's biography and also removing wholesale other important improvements (references requested and added, various formatting and other cleanup, etc.) I've made to several of the article's sections.
I'm hoping you can look at this since reverted version that includes the material they keep removing and the improvements I've made. It's available here: ( [1]) and compare it with the live version to which they keep reverting ( Emmanuel Lemelson), which removes all of his investment analysis work and the ensuing impact of this work (all heavily covered in major media) on these stocks and also removes these other useful edits, references and cleanup I've constructively addded in other sections.
I've raised my concerns on the talk page and offered to work collaboratively with them, but I'm receiving no interest in that and they seem insistent on maintaining their destructive edits. I'm allowing their very flawed version of the article to stand for now since I think they've reverted me twice.
I really appreciate any assistance you might offer in assessing what I see as the undeniable need to restore the investment research content and these other improvements they keep insisting on oddly removing. Thanks. Orthodox2014 ( talk) 18:34, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Christopher Drew (investigative reporter), a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.
If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.
You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements.
If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.
Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot ( talk) 01:33, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Michael Steinberg (lawyer), a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.
If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.
You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements.
If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.
Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot ( talk) 01:35, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
Hello there! Happy to be writing this newsletter once more. This month:
Some good news: the Wikimedia Foundation has renewed WikiProject X. This means we can continue focusing on making WikiProjects better.
During our first round of work, we created a prototype WikiProject based on two ideas: (1) WikiProjects should clearly present things for people to do, and (2) The content of WikiProjects should be automated as much as possible. We launched pilots, and for the most part it works. But this approach will not work for the long term. While it makes certain aspects of running a WikiProject easier, it makes the maintenance aspects harder.
We are working on a major overhaul that will address these issues. New features will include:
The end goal is a collaboration tool that can be used by WikiProjects but also by any edit-a-thon or group of people that want to coordinate on improving articles. Though implemented as an extension, the underlying content will be wikitext, meaning that you can continue to use categories, templates, and other features as you normally would.
This will take a lot of work, and we are just getting started. What would you like to see? I invite you to discuss on our talk page.
Until next time,
Hello! I posted on the dispute resolution noticeboard about a dispute in which you were involved. I would really appreciate it if you tried to help us come to a compromise. -- Haptic Feedback ( talk) 19:06, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing— Carretera Central (Puerto Rico) —has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Thief12 ( talk) 00:13, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
Hello, Doncram. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, " Quality management and continuous improvement in public services".
In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia
mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the {{db-afc}}
or {{db-g13}}
code.
If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.
Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. JMHamo ( talk) 08:21, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
Hello. I was just about to create Savage House (Nashville, Tennessee), but this simply does not look like that at all. Where do you think the mistake lies? Thank you. Zigzig20s ( talk) 18:59, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:List of Harvard residence houses, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.
If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.
You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements.
If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.
Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot ( talk) 01:31, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Template:Wikiproject Shell Banner. Since you had some involvement with the Template:Wikiproject Shell Banner redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. — Martin ( MSGJ · talk) 18:14, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
Tito Dutta ( talk) 23:11, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
Hello, Doncram. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, " Michael Steinberg".
In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia
mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the {{db-afc}}
or {{db-g13}}
code.
If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.
Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Onel5969 TT me 20:10, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
This month:
Development of the extension for setting up WikiProjects, as described in the last issue of this newsletter, is currently underway. No terribly exciting news on this front.
In the meantime, we are working on a prototype for a new service we hope to announce soon. The problem: there are requests scattered all across Wikipedia, including requests for new articles and requests for improvements to existing articles. We Wikipedians are very good at coming up with lists of things to do. But once we write these lists, where do they end up? How can we make them useful for all editors—even those who do not browse the missing articles lists, or the particular WikiProjects that have lists?
Introducing Wikipedia Requests, a new tool to centralize the various lists of requests around Wikipedia. Requests will be tagged by category and WikiProject, making it easier to find requests based on what your interests are. Accompanying this service will be a bot that will let you generate reports from this database on any wiki page, including WikiProjects. This means that once a request is filed centrally, it can syndicated all throughout Wikipedia, and once it is fulfilled, it will be marked as "complete" throughout Wikipedia. The idea for this service came about when I saw that it was easy to put together to-do lists based on database queries, but it was harder to do this for human-generated requests when those requests are scattered throughout the wiki, siloed throughout several pages. This should especially be useful for WikiProjects that have overlapping interests.
The newsletter this month is fairly brief; not a lot of news, just checking in to say that we are hard at work and hope to have more for you soon.
Until next time,
Harej ( talk) 01:44, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
Hi @ Doncram: Thanks for the thanks but sorry I am not sure why on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of killings by law enforcement officers by countries? You do not seem to be involved, or have I missed something? I have returned recently after an absence of seven years and some things have changed and some have not! Aoziwe ( talk) 11:39, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
Aoziwe ( talk) 12:20, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for saying "They're entitled to be pissed at how horrible Wikipedia can be, and they're entitled to consider reducing their contributions and to consider whether participating in Wikipedia was ever worthwhile" on my talk page. I appreciate it. Eric Cable | Talk 22:32, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
Please look at the Lake, Wisconsin talk page for my comment. Many thanks- RFD ( talk) 12:07, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
Hey! I wanted to let you know about an upcoming Art+Feminism event, at Bennington College on March 5: from 2-6 in the afternoon. It would be great to see some more Wikipedia editors at the event! Sign up here to let us know you will be attending! Sadads ( talk) 03:05, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
Yeah, I should have given you credit too; which I've done. And I'm a guy (the curse of picking out a username without proper CamelCasing). Nate • ( chatter) 08:58, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.
Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!
333 -blue 12:11, 16 March 2016 (UTC)I'm about to archive User:SilkTork/Chicha/Potential admin chat/doncram. Do you have any questions before I do so? SilkTork ✔Tea time 18:21, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
Hello! Doncram,
I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the
Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the
Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there!
LaMona (
talk)
22:22, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
|
Hello, Doncram. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, " List of Harvard residence houses".
In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia
mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the {{db-afc}}
or {{db-g13}}
code.
If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.
Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Onel5969 TT me 11:33, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
Hello, just wanted to let you know there are two people who you added mistresses category which they do not belong, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall might have been but right now she's his wife as it says in the lead, so she no longer belong to that, if he was still married to his first wife or if they were not married or no longer together (which they've been for 10 years now), I wouldn't object. Second is Sally Hemings, Jefferson was a widower, not a married man, such woman is a partner not a mistress, she also doesn't belong in that section. please don't just add categories like that. ( Monkelese ( talk) 22:07, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
Hi Doncram: A recent edit you performed at AfD has been reverted. You may want to check it out. North America 1000 04:17, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:List of ecovillages, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.
If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.
You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements.
If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.
Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot ( talk) 01:31, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
There's a problem with the category you created, Category:Slaves of George Washington. Both Oney Judge and Christopher Sheels were "dower" slaves, owned by the Estate of Daniel Custis (Martha's first husband). As widow, Martha had the lifetime use of the "dowers" (hence the name), but neither she nor George owned them. They were held in trust for her son Jacky Custis, and following Jacky's early death, for his children. A slight majority of the Mount Vernon slaves were "dowers." George freed his slaves through his Will; the "dowers" were not freed. Following Martha's death, they reverted to the Daniel Custis Estate and were distributed to the Custis grandchildren.
It's all very confusing, although well explained at http://www.ushistory.org/presidentshouse/slaves/numbers.htm
Would you mind if I changed the category to Category:Mount Vernon slaves? That would accommodate both the "dowers" and George's slaves. == BoringHistoryGuy ( talk) 16:54, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
Another user has posted a question for you at the discussion. North America 1000 05:01, 9 April 2016 (UTC)