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The Astute Tutors page for a well known tutoring company was recently deleted by you and the reason provided on my page was: "Unused logo, which would be out of scope on Commons." Please explain to me the real reason for the speedy deletion because the logo was not misused. Also, I would appreciate it if you would provide me with the source code for the page within the archives. Sazhnyev ( talk) 10:21, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
...by an account you blocked a few days ago. DavidBeli8 ( talk · contribs). Cheers, 2601:188:180:1481:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 ( talk) 16:53, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
I saw that you removed the links to Portal:Micronations using PHP7 and I was wondering how you did that. Unlink doesn't work on those links. Is there a script or tool I can use?-- Auric talk 14:57, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
Hey J, I saw you were the deleting admin. on Portal:Butterflies and moths. That portal had a bunch of subpages as well; can you take care of them or do I have to tag each subpage with CSD G8 myself instead? UnitedStatesian ( talk) 13:18, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
Hello, Could you please restore this page so that I may make the appropriate edits to launch this? Draft:Serial Box — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.85.7.170 ( talk) 16:00, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
Hey, if you've got a minute, wondering if you could do another one of your bot-sorted lists for me from Category:Rural localities in Arkhangelsk Oblast? As always, no rush, eternal gratitude, will provide peeled grapes and palm fans upon request etc etc :) ♠ PMC♠ (talk) 00:22, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
@ PMC: Below is the process that I have been using.
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If it is a regular need, I could write a bot script to do all of the work. — JJMC89 03:49, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
Less not wanting to bother and more not being sure if I could manage it, to be honest. However with some help I managed to get pywikibot all set up. I ran the script as written for Arkhangelsk Oblast and it outputs fine. But if I try to substitute another category in the run command (ie "python pwb.py rus_loc.py -catr:'Rural localities in Murmansk Oblast' > draft.txt") it has a fit and gives me this error message:
pywikibot.exceptions.InvalidTitle: The link does not contain a page title CRITICAL: Exiting due to uncaught exception <class 'pywikibot.exceptions.InvalidTitle'>
The person helping me got the same error. Any idea what's up with that? ♠ PMC♠ (talk) 23:32, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
Hi, sorry for the reverts, Could you revert the removal of portal:Yemen from the articles you have removed so I dont have to annoy you with the revert notifications? I was not notified about that deletion and I see it really unfair I will start improving the portal.-- SharabSalam ( talk) 04:30, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
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I am a bit unsure why you felt the need to immediately speedy delete
Template:Ellipsis. It was inconsiderate and antagonizing to swoop in and redelete it within hours of its recreation, without engaged in any discussion. The template's contents were purely functional, and there was no pressing need for the template to be deleted again.
It was not a recreation in bad faith; it is true, I was not initially planning to recreate it myself, as can be seen by the following diffs,
1,
2,
3, but I ultimately thought my version of the template would probably not be sufficiently identical. We can argue over what "sufficiently identical" means, but since I can't see the previous version of the page, I have no idea how close or far away it was; I can only evaluate the deletion discussion. But I guess you've decided for me that it was so close to a template deleted five years that it was imperative that this template be deleted immediately. And furthermore, even if the template-code itself was "sufficiently identical", the documentation was almost certainly different; I doubt the previous version's documentation even mentioned
MOS:ELLIPSIS.
Anyway, I've filed a
deletion review. But if I may ask, could you
consider restoring the previous contents in some way so that I actually have the means to fully discuss this?
eπi (
talk |
contribs)
10:22, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
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, but I'm not sure how it fits in with the
ellipses. —
JJMC89
22:51, 4 May 2019 (UTC)It appears you don't truly want to immprove history!!!! In the BMX history, I attempted to share, and was going to added pictures with dates, etc.. That history is extremely poor, generalizes a Socal start, and time, poor history. I am an older guy approaching 60, so I don't know how to do all of this. I won't try to participate on Wiki ever again! I would have self deleted, but just couldn't figure out how to do it! Good bye! Thank you! Derek Ekas — Preceding unsigned comment added by TCracingCA ( talk • contribs) 19:28, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
WP:SECUREADMIN warns that admins may be desysopped if found to be using one of the 10,000 most common passwords, but does not link to the list. I incorrectly attempted to link to 10,000 most common passwords using [[10,000 most common passwords]] . The current link to most common passwords was added by user:QuackGuru in response to my incorrect attempt to link, but does not solve the issue since that article only lists the most common 25 passwords.
The list is actually at /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:10,000_most_common_passwords where you moved it in 2017. Should this actually be an article at /info/en/?search=10,000_most_common_passwords or is this "wiki/Wikipedia:" just something I'm not familiar with (and don't know how to link to)? This issue may explain why the page has almost no watchers and vandalism by IPs is going unreverted. It's more than a bit odd that we threaten desysopping for using passwords that are on an unlinked list that is not being maintained. Meters ( talk) 00:36, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
IP vandalism goes back years. The Wikipedia:10,000 most common passwords page would benefit from some type of increased protection. QuackGuru ( talk) 23:40, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
Hey J, I saw you were the deleting admin. on Portal:Celtic Studies. That portal had a bunch of subpages as well; can you take care of them or do I have to tag each subpage with CSD G8 myself instead? UnitedStatesian ( talk) 03:15, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
Hello mate. You deleted an article that I created for the Adrianne Lenker album "abysskiss" - presumably your reasons were in accordance to Wikipedia policy, so I'm not disputing that. However a cursory Google of the album or the artist will show that both have been extensively written about in mainstream media and easily pass notability criteria. What do I need to do to a) get the article back up, and b) ensure that it isn't deleted again? Thanks. Clicriffhard ( talk) 23:58, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi JJMC89. Can I ask for the undeletion of Portal:African Union as per this mass nomination and deletion? I am shocked that when people were mass nominating or deleting they didn't go through the merits of individual portals. Why would anyone with even a slight ounce of common sense delete the African Union portal which is one of the most important organisations in Africa with several related articles? Senegambianamestudy ( talk) 06:44, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
{{
subst:Basic portal start page}}
without needing the deleted history. If you don't change what that template gives you, it will likely be deleted again. —
JJMC89
18:58, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
And rev/delete the genius' work. Thanks, 2601:188:180:1481:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 ( talk) 02:12, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
Can you please reopen and relist this discussion? In my opinion my "retarget" option has not been sufficiently considered. Thanks, feminist ( talk) 05:44, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
Hey J, I saw you were the deleting admin. on Portal:Bandai Namco. That portal had a bunch of subpages as well; can you take care of them or do I have to tag each subpage with CSD G8 myself instead? UnitedStatesian ( talk) 16:10, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
Hello J. The Template:Other people3 is ready for deletion. I cannot switch to a speedy template as it is fully protected. If you could place this <noinclude>{{db-xfd|fullvotepage=Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2019 April 14#Template:Other people3}}</noinclude> on the page when you have a moment that would be great. Now it might get deleted eventually but I've been told that adding the speedy tag helps move things along. Oops you are an admin so you could delete it yourself if you want. I guess I've rambled on a bit so I'll just say thanks for your time. MarnetteD| Talk 19:37, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed that you had closed two related CFDs on Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2019 April 27. As I have some experience with such pages, I'm willing to implement the changes, if you like. – Fayenatic London 20:51, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi JJMC89. Can you take a look at this file? It appears that a bug is causing it to be displayed as File:Florida Gators script logo.svg. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 07:10, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
Is there a particular reason why you reverted me here, but left an entire section full of similar unsourced claims? Usually, appearances in television series are their own sources, and don't need other sources. Commentary about the appearance being a fan favorite, which I did remove from the original IP's addition her, would need to be sourced. Thanks. - BilCat ( talk) 04:43, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi! My apologies for the trouble, but I am intending to bring Portal:Webcomics up for a deletion review. Seeing as you are the closing editor, I would like to discuss the subject with you before I go through such measures. The reasoning I have typed up is as follows: I believe there were substantial procedural issues regarding the deletion discussion for this page. Specifically, I believe the inclusion criteria for portals are unclear and do not understand why one portal would be kept and another would be deleted (a total pageview count? Activity of editors? Regular news activity? Size of the related project?). This is a repeated argument from the deletion discussion, but I hope it meets WP:DRVPURPOSE regardless. @ MJL: motivated me not to give up on this just yet. JJMC89, I would like to know what you think about this issue. Thank you very much for your time either way. ~ Maplestrip/Mable ( chat) 11:32, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
Could please restore Draft:Helstrom as other editors have contributed to it. Thanks! - Brojam ( talk) 03:46, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
Hello Sir, on 3 May 2019 you have declined the removal of techved.com from the spam blacklist. I would like to tell you that techved.com is indeed an authentic website.It is listed on https://www.siliconindia.com/ux-ui-companies/TechvedConsulting-catid-50-cid-648.html. It is a properly established firm in existence since more than 10 years now.I would like to request you to please reconsider this and visit the website or call on their number to find out whether they are really spammers or authentic website.Once you have done the investigation and you find that the website is legit and genuine, then request you to remove it from the spam blacklist. Your Sincerely, Manish — Preceding unsigned comment added by Manishmohitews ( talk • contribs) 08:35, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi, JJMC89. I need this portrait in original size, could you sent me the deleted version to pamyat at list.ru? thanks. -- Алый Король ( talk) 05:31, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
Portal:Disney Princess also has subpages. Thanks in advance. UnitedStatesian ( talk) 05:02, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
Why did you remove the AFD !vote here? St Anselm ( talk) 09:53, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
You deleted the image File:Night King.png, on the grounds it was created by a sockpuppet. However, could you restore it please, as I believe the use of it would be a useful use of non-free media to show the character depicted in the image? Thank you. -- Ted Edwards 00:50, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
Help! why Non free images are being reduced? - CptViraj ( talk) 05:53, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
Hello, could you please take a look at this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=30_for_30&action=history , and make a decision on what should be done? Thank you. Johnsmith2116 ( talk) 02:14, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
Hello!
The reply you made here [1] (and the thread itself) seems to have been instantly archived/deleted for some reason, making it hard for the questioner to find, is that how it should be? They caught my attention at Wikipedia:Editor_assistance/Requests#Wikipedia_Page_Undeletion, and since their goal is hard enough, I don't want it to be unnecessarily hard. Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 09:11, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
Winged Blades of Godric You are closing AFD discussions which isn't helpful at all. AfD discussions are kept for 7 days. This type of behaviour is considered disruptive. It is not WP:PROD. Thanks. Sincerely, Masum Reza ☎ 07:41, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi JJMC89. Could you take a look at this file? I'm not sure what the uploader is trying to do, but their last bit of editing not only removed the {{ nrd}} template I add, but also removed the file's copyright license. Maybe they are trying to have it deleted per {{ db-g7}} or maybe they are trying to claim that the file is not non-free. I could tag it with {{ nld}}, but that actually would give them one more day before the file would've been deleted per F5 or F6. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 08:30, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi JJMC89, I am concerned about the deletion of the Anthropology portal. I would have commented on the Discussion had I known it was up for deletion. The portal had been abandoned, but all it needed was a new editor and no anthropologists probably realized that. This is a major academic discipline with large member organizations for its numerous subfields -- new editors could be found by appealing to one of these organizations. I can facilitate these efforts if you could grant the portal a little more life. Thanks, – Tiredmeliorist (talk) 16:33, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi JJMC89, Hope you are doing well. You deleted Kochartech by saying that, "Article about a company, corporation or organization, which does not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject" This is a company that helps enterprises achieve better customer experience and this also provides customers to find out their solutions by themselves. I believe this is something big contribution to the current development of the world and should be notable on the internet as well. Allow Kochartech on Wikipedia to let the world recognize the capacity of kochartech. Looking for positive hearing from you. Thanks Prabhsahni (talk) 15:49, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi JJMC89. Your bot seems to have removed the image in the headline from the infobox for Natsume (company) for lacking a NFUR, even though it has one on the description page (in fact the bot fixed it pointing to Natsume before removing it from the article). I've gone ahead and undid that edit since I don't see any reason for it to have been removed, but I just want to make sure that a) it doesn't happen again and b) that if there is a problem with it, it's made more clear what it is so I can avoid repeating it in the future. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sonictrey ( talk • contribs) 21:14, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
For any pages you've been edit warring me on, I've explained my justification for my edits, which you seem to have ignored. Can you answer my issues? If not, I'm going to revert the edits and it's you, not me, who may be in danger of being blocked from editing. Buh6173 ( talk) 04:47, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
The creator of a page may not remove a speedy deletion tag from it.WP:CSD Further, the template instructs
if you think the image should not be deleted, please discuss the matter with the editor who placed this template on the image. You can also place comments on the image talk page.— JJMC89 04:55, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
I need it if you can't find the lyrics. If you undo it again you will get blocked.— Preceding unsigned comment added by CuteDolphin712 ( talk • contribs) 12:44, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
Hey, JJMC89,
It looks like a lot of categories have been moved by your bot but not the contents. For example, the original category was Category:Years in surfing but it was moved to Category:Surfing by year and it was turned into a redirect. But the contents of the original category are still there. Will the bot get to that eventually or does this need to be put on a CfD page for action? Liz Read! Talk! 04:44, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi JJMC89
Can you help a dolt? I was trying to move the article Iron Eagle on the Attack to Iron Eagle IV the actual theatrical release title of a feature film, where Iron Eagle on the Attack was the DVD title when the film finished its limited theatrical release. I accidentally made the move title: Education Program:Iron Eagle IV because I did not notice the drop down menu had listed the title as "education program". Can you change the article title to Iron Eagle IV. Many thanks. FWiW Bzuk ( talk) 18:28, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
Hey there, I reverted the party thumbnail edit before I realized the bot account was tied to an administrator one, apologies for that. But why is it that these specific images cannot feature on the opinion poll table, yet they are placed within the boxes on the respective parties' Wiki pages? Skycycle ( talk) 17:30, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
A bit surprised at this close. Sure, there was a clear majority for deletion, but no arguments were given other than the generic opinion that consolidating infoboxes if a good idea. There were specific arguments why consolidating the infobox in this particular case would be a bad idea, and none of them were addressed. I'm not interested in taking this any further (all transclusions appear to have already been removed, so it's going to be quite an effort to do anything about it), but I don't like what this says about our discussion culture. I mean, why do we bother having these discussions at all, if the arguments don't seem to matter? – Uanfala (talk) 10:52, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2019 May 15#Template:Infobox townlands - could you close it? 77.11.54.17 ( talk) 19:37, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for closing this TfD. Just a question though: why should the template be replaced with {{ infobox settlement}} rather than {{ Infobox UK place}}? Thanks! – Uanfala (talk)
Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2019 May 16#Template:Infobox Prefecture Japan - a wrapper with just 49 transclusions. Discussion is only about these 49, not about the 1000+ transclusions of Infobox city Japan. (Japan one of the few countries with more than one wrapper.). 77.183.25.35 ( talk) 14:42, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
Note: Uanfala seems to watch your page. Only after I wrote here, s/he went to vote Keep. 89.12.15.31 ( talk) 06:56, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for your edits to File:Microsoft Research Homepage Screenshot.png.
I have tried to scale down images in the past ( Special:ListFiles/Awesome Aasim), but I think DatBot knows the appropriate resolution :-) Awesome Aasim 03:31, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
Hoi, when a picture is used in a Listeria list, the image is on Commons and it is used in Wikidata. So no, you have it wrong and you cannot permanently remove something from a Listeria list permanently. By definition. Fix Commons and Listeria will follow. Thanks, GerardM ( talk) 15:52, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
Regarding spam1, spam2. Okay, the weird thing is I was just looking at merging List of Presidents of Ethiopia with President of Ethiopia not 10 minutes ago, I kid-you-fuckin-not. I mean, what are the odds! Imagine my shock. (I see you are out of town, but I had to get it out my system.) El_C 08:26, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi JJMC89. I prodded this file awhile back and you deleted it. It's been re-uploaded by the uploader as File:Atlantic City Blackjacks Helmet.png, but the same issues remain as before. Do you consider the re-upload to be a defacto WP:DEPROD requiring FFD or would it be OK to prod the file again? FWIW, this kind of thing has happened with this editor before (see File:Chicago Slaughter Helmet Logo.png, File:Philadelphia Soul Helmet 2019.png (now at File:Philadelphia Soul Helmet.png), File:Arena Football Logo 1987-2002.png , File:AFL Shield.png, etc. (You deleted the two arena files per WP:F7, but they've also been reuploaded.) The editor seems to be editing in spurts, but they seem to be being notified when one of their files are tagged for issues and their user talk page looks like one long list for file related notifications. The files ultimately end up being deleted for for failing NFCCP, but then sometimes just get re-uploaded because either the uploader doesn't understand why the file was deleted or because they don't feel the file should've been deleted in the first place.
I'm not sure what to do about this anymore since multiple editors have tried posting on their use talk to explain the NFCCP problems and other issues that they seem to be running into, but nobody seems to have been able to make any progress so far. Not all of the files uploaded by this editor are problems, but they seem to be having a particularly hard time understanding how non-free team logos can be used. It's not a problem of whether the logos exist, but whether multiple non-free files of the same logo are needed per NFCC#3a. They also continue to up load files that require reducing despite be advised not to do so multiple times before; that wouldn't be so bad if they tagged their own files, but they still aren't even doing that even though it's been previously suggested to them before. There also may be some issues as to whether some of these helmet files are actually official files created by the teams themselves, or files taken from other third-party websites, which may or may not be partially user created.
Anyway, I was wondering if you'd mind taking a look at all of this stufff and perhaps see if you can figure how what (if anything needs to be done), or at least how to try and guide the editor to be more careful with their uploads. Finally, just for reference, this editor's reuploads has come up before at User talk:JJMC89/Archives/2019/March#File:PASL Pro Logo.png and User talk:Explicit/Archive 31#Arena Football League logos. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 07:34, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
I was about to create an article on this chap rather than delete his entry in Ward (surname), and find that one has been deleted, possibly by you. He was editor of the Sheffield Independent and kept a diary, later published, which may now be a source for history of Sheffield. He was mentioned in a poem about reformers by Ebenezer Elliott. Doug butler ( talk) 16:09, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
In case you weren’t aware, the infobox image was discussed at Wikipedia:Non-free content review/Archive 55#File:Bhutan FA.png and removed as a result; so, it’s more than a case of just a missing non-free use rationale. — Marchjuly ( talk) 21:01, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
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The Astute Tutors page for a well known tutoring company was recently deleted by you and the reason provided on my page was: "Unused logo, which would be out of scope on Commons." Please explain to me the real reason for the speedy deletion because the logo was not misused. Also, I would appreciate it if you would provide me with the source code for the page within the archives. Sazhnyev ( talk) 10:21, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
...by an account you blocked a few days ago. DavidBeli8 ( talk · contribs). Cheers, 2601:188:180:1481:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 ( talk) 16:53, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
I saw that you removed the links to Portal:Micronations using PHP7 and I was wondering how you did that. Unlink doesn't work on those links. Is there a script or tool I can use?-- Auric talk 14:57, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
Hey J, I saw you were the deleting admin. on Portal:Butterflies and moths. That portal had a bunch of subpages as well; can you take care of them or do I have to tag each subpage with CSD G8 myself instead? UnitedStatesian ( talk) 13:18, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
Hello, Could you please restore this page so that I may make the appropriate edits to launch this? Draft:Serial Box — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.85.7.170 ( talk) 16:00, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
Hey, if you've got a minute, wondering if you could do another one of your bot-sorted lists for me from Category:Rural localities in Arkhangelsk Oblast? As always, no rush, eternal gratitude, will provide peeled grapes and palm fans upon request etc etc :) ♠ PMC♠ (talk) 00:22, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
@ PMC: Below is the process that I have been using.
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If it is a regular need, I could write a bot script to do all of the work. — JJMC89 03:49, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
Less not wanting to bother and more not being sure if I could manage it, to be honest. However with some help I managed to get pywikibot all set up. I ran the script as written for Arkhangelsk Oblast and it outputs fine. But if I try to substitute another category in the run command (ie "python pwb.py rus_loc.py -catr:'Rural localities in Murmansk Oblast' > draft.txt") it has a fit and gives me this error message:
pywikibot.exceptions.InvalidTitle: The link does not contain a page title CRITICAL: Exiting due to uncaught exception <class 'pywikibot.exceptions.InvalidTitle'>
The person helping me got the same error. Any idea what's up with that? ♠ PMC♠ (talk) 23:32, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
Hi, sorry for the reverts, Could you revert the removal of portal:Yemen from the articles you have removed so I dont have to annoy you with the revert notifications? I was not notified about that deletion and I see it really unfair I will start improving the portal.-- SharabSalam ( talk) 04:30, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
Administrators
must secure their accounts
The Arbitration Committee may require a new RfA if your account is compromised.
|
This message was sent to all administrators following a recent motion. Thank you for your attention. For the Arbitration Committee, Cameron11598 —Preceding undated comment added 22:22, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
ArbCom would like to apologise and correct our previous mass message in light of the response from the community.
Since November 2018, six administrator accounts have been compromised and temporarily desysopped. In an effort to help improve account security, our intention was to remind administrators of existing policies on account security — that they are required to "have strong passwords and follow appropriate personal security practices." We have updated our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular, two-factor authentication remains an optional means of adding extra security to your account. The choice not to enable 2FA will not be considered when deciding to restore sysop privileges to administrator accounts that were compromised.
We are sorry for the wording of our previous message, which did not accurately convey this, and deeply regret the tone in which it was delivered.
For the Arbitration Committee, - Cameron11598 21:03, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
I am a bit unsure why you felt the need to immediately speedy delete
Template:Ellipsis. It was inconsiderate and antagonizing to swoop in and redelete it within hours of its recreation, without engaged in any discussion. The template's contents were purely functional, and there was no pressing need for the template to be deleted again.
It was not a recreation in bad faith; it is true, I was not initially planning to recreate it myself, as can be seen by the following diffs,
1,
2,
3, but I ultimately thought my version of the template would probably not be sufficiently identical. We can argue over what "sufficiently identical" means, but since I can't see the previous version of the page, I have no idea how close or far away it was; I can only evaluate the deletion discussion. But I guess you've decided for me that it was so close to a template deleted five years that it was imperative that this template be deleted immediately. And furthermore, even if the template-code itself was "sufficiently identical", the documentation was almost certainly different; I doubt the previous version's documentation even mentioned
MOS:ELLIPSIS.
Anyway, I've filed a
deletion review. But if I may ask, could you
consider restoring the previous contents in some way so that I actually have the means to fully discuss this?
eπi (
talk |
contribs)
10:22, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
◌
, but I'm not sure how it fits in with the
ellipses. —
JJMC89
22:51, 4 May 2019 (UTC)It appears you don't truly want to immprove history!!!! In the BMX history, I attempted to share, and was going to added pictures with dates, etc.. That history is extremely poor, generalizes a Socal start, and time, poor history. I am an older guy approaching 60, so I don't know how to do all of this. I won't try to participate on Wiki ever again! I would have self deleted, but just couldn't figure out how to do it! Good bye! Thank you! Derek Ekas — Preceding unsigned comment added by TCracingCA ( talk • contribs) 19:28, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
WP:SECUREADMIN warns that admins may be desysopped if found to be using one of the 10,000 most common passwords, but does not link to the list. I incorrectly attempted to link to 10,000 most common passwords using [[10,000 most common passwords]] . The current link to most common passwords was added by user:QuackGuru in response to my incorrect attempt to link, but does not solve the issue since that article only lists the most common 25 passwords.
The list is actually at /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:10,000_most_common_passwords where you moved it in 2017. Should this actually be an article at /info/en/?search=10,000_most_common_passwords or is this "wiki/Wikipedia:" just something I'm not familiar with (and don't know how to link to)? This issue may explain why the page has almost no watchers and vandalism by IPs is going unreverted. It's more than a bit odd that we threaten desysopping for using passwords that are on an unlinked list that is not being maintained. Meters ( talk) 00:36, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
IP vandalism goes back years. The Wikipedia:10,000 most common passwords page would benefit from some type of increased protection. QuackGuru ( talk) 23:40, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
Hey J, I saw you were the deleting admin. on Portal:Celtic Studies. That portal had a bunch of subpages as well; can you take care of them or do I have to tag each subpage with CSD G8 myself instead? UnitedStatesian ( talk) 03:15, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
Hello mate. You deleted an article that I created for the Adrianne Lenker album "abysskiss" - presumably your reasons were in accordance to Wikipedia policy, so I'm not disputing that. However a cursory Google of the album or the artist will show that both have been extensively written about in mainstream media and easily pass notability criteria. What do I need to do to a) get the article back up, and b) ensure that it isn't deleted again? Thanks. Clicriffhard ( talk) 23:58, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi JJMC89. Can I ask for the undeletion of Portal:African Union as per this mass nomination and deletion? I am shocked that when people were mass nominating or deleting they didn't go through the merits of individual portals. Why would anyone with even a slight ounce of common sense delete the African Union portal which is one of the most important organisations in Africa with several related articles? Senegambianamestudy ( talk) 06:44, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
{{
subst:Basic portal start page}}
without needing the deleted history. If you don't change what that template gives you, it will likely be deleted again. —
JJMC89
18:58, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
And rev/delete the genius' work. Thanks, 2601:188:180:1481:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 ( talk) 02:12, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
Can you please reopen and relist this discussion? In my opinion my "retarget" option has not been sufficiently considered. Thanks, feminist ( talk) 05:44, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
Hey J, I saw you were the deleting admin. on Portal:Bandai Namco. That portal had a bunch of subpages as well; can you take care of them or do I have to tag each subpage with CSD G8 myself instead? UnitedStatesian ( talk) 16:10, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
Hello J. The Template:Other people3 is ready for deletion. I cannot switch to a speedy template as it is fully protected. If you could place this <noinclude>{{db-xfd|fullvotepage=Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2019 April 14#Template:Other people3}}</noinclude> on the page when you have a moment that would be great. Now it might get deleted eventually but I've been told that adding the speedy tag helps move things along. Oops you are an admin so you could delete it yourself if you want. I guess I've rambled on a bit so I'll just say thanks for your time. MarnetteD| Talk 19:37, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed that you had closed two related CFDs on Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2019 April 27. As I have some experience with such pages, I'm willing to implement the changes, if you like. – Fayenatic London 20:51, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi JJMC89. Can you take a look at this file? It appears that a bug is causing it to be displayed as File:Florida Gators script logo.svg. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 07:10, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
Is there a particular reason why you reverted me here, but left an entire section full of similar unsourced claims? Usually, appearances in television series are their own sources, and don't need other sources. Commentary about the appearance being a fan favorite, which I did remove from the original IP's addition her, would need to be sourced. Thanks. - BilCat ( talk) 04:43, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi! My apologies for the trouble, but I am intending to bring Portal:Webcomics up for a deletion review. Seeing as you are the closing editor, I would like to discuss the subject with you before I go through such measures. The reasoning I have typed up is as follows: I believe there were substantial procedural issues regarding the deletion discussion for this page. Specifically, I believe the inclusion criteria for portals are unclear and do not understand why one portal would be kept and another would be deleted (a total pageview count? Activity of editors? Regular news activity? Size of the related project?). This is a repeated argument from the deletion discussion, but I hope it meets WP:DRVPURPOSE regardless. @ MJL: motivated me not to give up on this just yet. JJMC89, I would like to know what you think about this issue. Thank you very much for your time either way. ~ Maplestrip/Mable ( chat) 11:32, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
Could please restore Draft:Helstrom as other editors have contributed to it. Thanks! - Brojam ( talk) 03:46, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
Hello Sir, on 3 May 2019 you have declined the removal of techved.com from the spam blacklist. I would like to tell you that techved.com is indeed an authentic website.It is listed on https://www.siliconindia.com/ux-ui-companies/TechvedConsulting-catid-50-cid-648.html. It is a properly established firm in existence since more than 10 years now.I would like to request you to please reconsider this and visit the website or call on their number to find out whether they are really spammers or authentic website.Once you have done the investigation and you find that the website is legit and genuine, then request you to remove it from the spam blacklist. Your Sincerely, Manish — Preceding unsigned comment added by Manishmohitews ( talk • contribs) 08:35, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi, JJMC89. I need this portrait in original size, could you sent me the deleted version to pamyat at list.ru? thanks. -- Алый Король ( talk) 05:31, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
Portal:Disney Princess also has subpages. Thanks in advance. UnitedStatesian ( talk) 05:02, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
Why did you remove the AFD !vote here? St Anselm ( talk) 09:53, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
You deleted the image File:Night King.png, on the grounds it was created by a sockpuppet. However, could you restore it please, as I believe the use of it would be a useful use of non-free media to show the character depicted in the image? Thank you. -- Ted Edwards 00:50, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
Help! why Non free images are being reduced? - CptViraj ( talk) 05:53, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
Hello, could you please take a look at this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=30_for_30&action=history , and make a decision on what should be done? Thank you. Johnsmith2116 ( talk) 02:14, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
Hello!
The reply you made here [1] (and the thread itself) seems to have been instantly archived/deleted for some reason, making it hard for the questioner to find, is that how it should be? They caught my attention at Wikipedia:Editor_assistance/Requests#Wikipedia_Page_Undeletion, and since their goal is hard enough, I don't want it to be unnecessarily hard. Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 09:11, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
Winged Blades of Godric You are closing AFD discussions which isn't helpful at all. AfD discussions are kept for 7 days. This type of behaviour is considered disruptive. It is not WP:PROD. Thanks. Sincerely, Masum Reza ☎ 07:41, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi JJMC89. Could you take a look at this file? I'm not sure what the uploader is trying to do, but their last bit of editing not only removed the {{ nrd}} template I add, but also removed the file's copyright license. Maybe they are trying to have it deleted per {{ db-g7}} or maybe they are trying to claim that the file is not non-free. I could tag it with {{ nld}}, but that actually would give them one more day before the file would've been deleted per F5 or F6. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 08:30, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi JJMC89, I am concerned about the deletion of the Anthropology portal. I would have commented on the Discussion had I known it was up for deletion. The portal had been abandoned, but all it needed was a new editor and no anthropologists probably realized that. This is a major academic discipline with large member organizations for its numerous subfields -- new editors could be found by appealing to one of these organizations. I can facilitate these efforts if you could grant the portal a little more life. Thanks, – Tiredmeliorist (talk) 16:33, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi JJMC89, Hope you are doing well. You deleted Kochartech by saying that, "Article about a company, corporation or organization, which does not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject" This is a company that helps enterprises achieve better customer experience and this also provides customers to find out their solutions by themselves. I believe this is something big contribution to the current development of the world and should be notable on the internet as well. Allow Kochartech on Wikipedia to let the world recognize the capacity of kochartech. Looking for positive hearing from you. Thanks Prabhsahni (talk) 15:49, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi JJMC89. Your bot seems to have removed the image in the headline from the infobox for Natsume (company) for lacking a NFUR, even though it has one on the description page (in fact the bot fixed it pointing to Natsume before removing it from the article). I've gone ahead and undid that edit since I don't see any reason for it to have been removed, but I just want to make sure that a) it doesn't happen again and b) that if there is a problem with it, it's made more clear what it is so I can avoid repeating it in the future. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sonictrey ( talk • contribs) 21:14, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
For any pages you've been edit warring me on, I've explained my justification for my edits, which you seem to have ignored. Can you answer my issues? If not, I'm going to revert the edits and it's you, not me, who may be in danger of being blocked from editing. Buh6173 ( talk) 04:47, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
The creator of a page may not remove a speedy deletion tag from it.WP:CSD Further, the template instructs
if you think the image should not be deleted, please discuss the matter with the editor who placed this template on the image. You can also place comments on the image talk page.— JJMC89 04:55, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
I need it if you can't find the lyrics. If you undo it again you will get blocked.— Preceding unsigned comment added by CuteDolphin712 ( talk • contribs) 12:44, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
Hey, JJMC89,
It looks like a lot of categories have been moved by your bot but not the contents. For example, the original category was Category:Years in surfing but it was moved to Category:Surfing by year and it was turned into a redirect. But the contents of the original category are still there. Will the bot get to that eventually or does this need to be put on a CfD page for action? Liz Read! Talk! 04:44, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi JJMC89
Can you help a dolt? I was trying to move the article Iron Eagle on the Attack to Iron Eagle IV the actual theatrical release title of a feature film, where Iron Eagle on the Attack was the DVD title when the film finished its limited theatrical release. I accidentally made the move title: Education Program:Iron Eagle IV because I did not notice the drop down menu had listed the title as "education program". Can you change the article title to Iron Eagle IV. Many thanks. FWiW Bzuk ( talk) 18:28, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
Hey there, I reverted the party thumbnail edit before I realized the bot account was tied to an administrator one, apologies for that. But why is it that these specific images cannot feature on the opinion poll table, yet they are placed within the boxes on the respective parties' Wiki pages? Skycycle ( talk) 17:30, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
A bit surprised at this close. Sure, there was a clear majority for deletion, but no arguments were given other than the generic opinion that consolidating infoboxes if a good idea. There were specific arguments why consolidating the infobox in this particular case would be a bad idea, and none of them were addressed. I'm not interested in taking this any further (all transclusions appear to have already been removed, so it's going to be quite an effort to do anything about it), but I don't like what this says about our discussion culture. I mean, why do we bother having these discussions at all, if the arguments don't seem to matter? – Uanfala (talk) 10:52, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2019 May 15#Template:Infobox townlands - could you close it? 77.11.54.17 ( talk) 19:37, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for closing this TfD. Just a question though: why should the template be replaced with {{ infobox settlement}} rather than {{ Infobox UK place}}? Thanks! – Uanfala (talk)
Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2019 May 16#Template:Infobox Prefecture Japan - a wrapper with just 49 transclusions. Discussion is only about these 49, not about the 1000+ transclusions of Infobox city Japan. (Japan one of the few countries with more than one wrapper.). 77.183.25.35 ( talk) 14:42, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
Note: Uanfala seems to watch your page. Only after I wrote here, s/he went to vote Keep. 89.12.15.31 ( talk) 06:56, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for your edits to File:Microsoft Research Homepage Screenshot.png.
I have tried to scale down images in the past ( Special:ListFiles/Awesome Aasim), but I think DatBot knows the appropriate resolution :-) Awesome Aasim 03:31, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
Hoi, when a picture is used in a Listeria list, the image is on Commons and it is used in Wikidata. So no, you have it wrong and you cannot permanently remove something from a Listeria list permanently. By definition. Fix Commons and Listeria will follow. Thanks, GerardM ( talk) 15:52, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
Regarding spam1, spam2. Okay, the weird thing is I was just looking at merging List of Presidents of Ethiopia with President of Ethiopia not 10 minutes ago, I kid-you-fuckin-not. I mean, what are the odds! Imagine my shock. (I see you are out of town, but I had to get it out my system.) El_C 08:26, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi JJMC89. I prodded this file awhile back and you deleted it. It's been re-uploaded by the uploader as File:Atlantic City Blackjacks Helmet.png, but the same issues remain as before. Do you consider the re-upload to be a defacto WP:DEPROD requiring FFD or would it be OK to prod the file again? FWIW, this kind of thing has happened with this editor before (see File:Chicago Slaughter Helmet Logo.png, File:Philadelphia Soul Helmet 2019.png (now at File:Philadelphia Soul Helmet.png), File:Arena Football Logo 1987-2002.png , File:AFL Shield.png, etc. (You deleted the two arena files per WP:F7, but they've also been reuploaded.) The editor seems to be editing in spurts, but they seem to be being notified when one of their files are tagged for issues and their user talk page looks like one long list for file related notifications. The files ultimately end up being deleted for for failing NFCCP, but then sometimes just get re-uploaded because either the uploader doesn't understand why the file was deleted or because they don't feel the file should've been deleted in the first place.
I'm not sure what to do about this anymore since multiple editors have tried posting on their use talk to explain the NFCCP problems and other issues that they seem to be running into, but nobody seems to have been able to make any progress so far. Not all of the files uploaded by this editor are problems, but they seem to be having a particularly hard time understanding how non-free team logos can be used. It's not a problem of whether the logos exist, but whether multiple non-free files of the same logo are needed per NFCC#3a. They also continue to up load files that require reducing despite be advised not to do so multiple times before; that wouldn't be so bad if they tagged their own files, but they still aren't even doing that even though it's been previously suggested to them before. There also may be some issues as to whether some of these helmet files are actually official files created by the teams themselves, or files taken from other third-party websites, which may or may not be partially user created.
Anyway, I was wondering if you'd mind taking a look at all of this stufff and perhaps see if you can figure how what (if anything needs to be done), or at least how to try and guide the editor to be more careful with their uploads. Finally, just for reference, this editor's reuploads has come up before at User talk:JJMC89/Archives/2019/March#File:PASL Pro Logo.png and User talk:Explicit/Archive 31#Arena Football League logos. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 07:34, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
I was about to create an article on this chap rather than delete his entry in Ward (surname), and find that one has been deleted, possibly by you. He was editor of the Sheffield Independent and kept a diary, later published, which may now be a source for history of Sheffield. He was mentioned in a poem about reformers by Ebenezer Elliott. Doug butler ( talk) 16:09, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
In case you weren’t aware, the infobox image was discussed at Wikipedia:Non-free content review/Archive 55#File:Bhutan FA.png and removed as a result; so, it’s more than a case of just a missing non-free use rationale. — Marchjuly ( talk) 21:01, 27 May 2019 (UTC)