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Please reopen this discussion. Unscintillating ( talk) 03:20, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for the message! I asked for the edits because we have an indefinitely-banned editor, Dung247, who has come back under IP addresses & continues to add what information he would add before he was blocked: he violates WP:NOTRADIOGUIDE & WP:NOTTVGUIDE by adding program schedules, mainly for all-news radio & T.V. stations. We have pointed this out many times before, & he continues to persist. He's not listening, but I figures if the pages were blocked from IP editors, then he couldn't continue his violations. The block isn't working, sadly. Anyway, thank you for taking the time to write me & good editing to you! Stereorock ( talk) 20:15, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
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Hello Juliancolton. I don't believe I've communicated with you on Wikipedia before, so it's nice to 'meet' you :). Anyway, I'm curious as to why a certain article was deleted by you, when the discussion warranted four deletes, three keeps, and one neutral. I was hoping we could have perhaps gotten a clearer consensus before deleting the page, but the decision isn't mine. Thoughts? Thank you. Regards, Carbrera ( talk) 04:46, 10 January 2017 (UTC).
Hi, saw your username in the list of GA review mentorship volunteers. I'm going to do my first GA review in Talk:Al-Muktafi/GA1, would you mind watching the review to make sure I'm doing what I'm supposed to do? HaEr48 ( talk) 23:35, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
This IP [ [1]] that you blocked for vandalism is back as this IP [ [2]] effectively evading their block. I've left them a warning, but I'm not sure if the protocol is just to block to new IP as well. I'll defer to your judgement, thanks. Valeince ( talk) 20:11, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
Dear User:Juliancolton, thanks for noticing and alerting me! I will correct that right away! With regards, Anupam Talk 23:50, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
I just wanted to clarify my understanding of UAA policy. You've "declined" some of my UAA reports since the editors in question haven't edited, but I was under the impression that misleading/offensive usernames don't need to have been used in order to be blocked. If the editors I'm reporting just don't fall under UAA-worthy criteria, then I must be in the wrong here. Zupotachyon Ping me ( talk ⋅ contribs) 22:29, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
I'm not objecting, but I want to make sure you are aware that Worldinc was renamed less than three hours before your " username implies shared use" block pursuant to an approved global rename request. I'm not suggesting that a global renamer's imprimatur overrides local policy, but it seems harsh to me to have one's username request accepted only to be blocked a short while later on account of that new name. Thank you. Rebb ing 02:21, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
Thanks! There are still two left from Kazakhstan here [3]. Sportsfan 1234 ( talk) 18:02, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for the ping regarding your close of the cycling event-by nation-by year AfD - i'll begin to merge the articles now, leaving those by year pages as redirects. Thanks, XyZAn ( talk) 18:45, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I was surprised to be warned on this [4]? I understand if this is merely a content dispute, or if I was mistakenly restoring something that failed NPOV; my concern was that someone was whitewashing the text. Vandalism was clearly not my intent. Thank you, 2601:188:1:AEA0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 ( talk) 02:12, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
You deleted the European Athletics Championships, which I believe is a master page for a major championships. That appears to be the now missing page that links to the championship organization. This major article has nothing to do with the Country's at Speed Skating RFC you quote. Please restore that page, or at the least take it to my sandbox so I can see what you deleted and restore the proper information. Trackinfo ( talk) 17:58, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi, Juliancolton!
Why you deleted this page https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=European_Speed_Skating_Championships_for_Men&action=edit&redlink=1. This is major page for European speed skating men's results, there are no any analogs of it at English version. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hyperion1982 ( talk • contribs) 14:49, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi, Juliancolton!
...And why the deletion of the main-article ( 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships) for this category Category:2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships ? I really don't think that was part of the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Belarus at the 2016 World Speed Skating Championships as it was not mentioned there ? Restore please ? Best regards Migrant ( talk) 23:36, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Jeet Gian. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. GeoffreyT2000 ( talk, contribs) 05:48, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 1837 Racer's hurricane you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hurricanehink mobile -- Hurricanehink mobile ( talk) 17:40, 22 January 2017 (UTC)
The article 1837 Racer's hurricane you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:1837 Racer's hurricane for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hurricanehink mobile -- Hurricanehink mobile ( talk) 21:21, 22 January 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for stepping in at PERM, Julian, but when according rights for New Page Reviewer, could you please consider using the helper script - it automates three other essential functions connected with this right that are tedious to do manually, and at the moment, each day I have to go through the day's new accorded rights and carry out those functions manually. Thanks. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 01:18, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
Requested for unprotection of Template:Citation needed/doc. -- 219.76.15.12 ( talk) 05:24, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
Hello!
A few days ago, I applied for the Rollback right, and you told me that I should reapply in a few weeks since most of my edits were only over the space of a few days. I am not questioning your decision here, I think you were right. My question is this. If I receive training from the Counter-Vandalism Unit (and pass), does that count for anything? Would I still have to have several weeks more of experience?
I know by saying this, it may seem that I'm trying to make acquiring rights my goal ( WP:TROPHY is the closest thing I can link). That isn't my intention, though I may be doing it unconsciously. I do want to use programs like Huggle, though, which is why I'm asking.
Thank you for reading, and have a good night/day/afternoon/whatever time it is where you are!
MereTechnicality ( talk) 00:47, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
You deleted List of inline hockey leagues. Please restore to my sandbox. Trackinfo ( talk) 01:01, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
Colcody2000 has asked for a deletion review of Uroš Pinterič. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. — Cryptic 19:28, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
Hello Juliancolton, A few weeks ago I applied for Rollback permissions WP:RFP/R, and you said to come back after a few more weeks of anti-vandalism work, and you would grant it. I have expanded my experience with vandal fighting, and learning about how Wikipedia works, so was wondering if you would please grant me that privilege? Thanks for your time, L3X1 Complaints Desk 20:35, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi Julian. Please can you share the content deleted at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Basketball at the 2011 GCC Games? I requested a merge of the detail and this was not contested. Thanks. SFB 20:38, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
I created the ForRent.com article that was deleted 26 January, 2017. Recently the article was paired down significantly to make sure that it was short and concise. It was then flagged again and quickly deleted. Why was this article deleted and not others similar articles like Rent.com? Adam2k ( talk) 23:22, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi Julian,
We just went through review of this page last September. See below history. Now 3 months later it's deleted again. If I knew that one day ign.com is notable, then next day arbitrarily it isn't, then I would have added even more links. E.g. several magazines reviewed this game in 2000/2001 (including EGM I believe). Also it's the 1st hit on google.com when you search for championship rally Atari lynx (which is now a defunct link) and there are more than 50 other articles. Last it's sold by telegames.co.uk which isn't homebrew company.
History: 21:24, 25 January 2017 Juliancolton (talk | contribs) deleted page Championship Rally (Atari Lynx) (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Championship Rally (Atari Lynx) closed as delete) 14:45, 21 September 2016 Nyttend (talk | contribs) restored page Championship Rally (Atari Lynx) (17 revisions restored: LucienK objects to the PROD) 19:57, 19 September 2016 Nyttend (talk | contribs) deleted page Championship Rally (Atari Lynx) (Expired PROD, concern was: Fails to meet WP: Notability (video games). Homebrew video game with no claim to notability. Only two sources cited, one of which is the publisher's website
Thanks, Lucien — Preceding unsigned comment added by LucienK ( talk • contribs) 00:25, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi Juliancolton, thank you for getting back to me about the deletion of the ENFOS Inc. article. Is there any way I could get a copy of the deleted article to have it edited to better represent the Wiki guidelines in line with your suggestions? The company itself should fall within notability rules - it's a significant ERP software company with some of the largest companies in North America as clients (BP, Sunoco, CN Rail, Department of Defense). Looking at the ERP vendor list List_of_ERP_software_packages, it falls alongside the size and scale of other accepted ERP vendors. I'll have to re-write the article from an objective, non-promotional view, as you pointed out - but that's a reasonable change to make. I'll also implement what you pointed out about the references to independent, reliable sources too. Thanks a lot for your time, it's appreciated. - CWade593 —Preceding undated comment added 15:43, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi Julian,
I saw that you denied my request for rollback, due to a lack of experience. How much experience should I have before submitting another request? XboxGamer 22408talk to me 04:23, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
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Hi, I asked for your guidance for my first GA review, but that one went well without your input because I think the article quality was already good, so reviewing it wasn't difficult. I am taking "Abaza Hasan Pasha" as next review. I feel this article has lower quality than the previous one, so the review is more challenging. Would you mind watching my review there? HaEr48 ( talk) 06:48, 4 February 2017 (UTC)
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Hey Juliancolton, I posted a reply to your comment on my talk page ( talk) about the deletion of the ENFOS Inc. page but it seems to have gotten deleted without being moved to the archives.
May I get a copy of the deleted article in order to edit it as to better represent the Wiki guidelines in line with your suggestions? The company itself should fall within notability rules - it's a significant ERP software company with some of the largest companies in North America as clients (BP, Sunoco, CN Rail, Department of Defense). Looking at the ERP vendor list List_of_ERP_software_packages, it falls alongside the size and scale of other accepted ERP vendors. I'll re-write the article from a more objective, non-promotional tone, as per your suggestions. I'll also implement what you pointed out about the references to independent, reliable sources too.
Thanks a lot for your time, it's appreciated. - CWade593 —Preceding undated comment added 15:02, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I randomly picked your name from the mentor list at Wikipedia:Good article help, so I hope this isn't forward, however, in reference to my message there, I've had a GA review that appears to have been abandoned mid-process by the reviewer. I was wondering if I could impose on you to take-over the review just long enough to fail it? That way I can renominate it. As it is, it's kind-of stuck in limbo and I'm not sure if the reviewer will be returning to Wikipedia. DarjeelingTea ( talk) 05:49, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
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Could you please clarify your closure of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fuck It Tho (Keshia Chante song)? You seem to have decided that the title should be redirected to itself? -- R'n'B ( call me Russ) 14:21, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
Dear Julian, having put an article I've worked on up for GA Review, I thought I should return the favour. I'm therefore proposing to review Grič Tunnel (Zagreb). However, this will be my first GA review and I'm not wanting to make a mess or let the main author down. Would you be willing to have a look at my attempt, before I finalise it, and let me know if I've broadly got it right? It would be much appreciated. Regards. KJP1 ( talk) 17:36, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 1896 Cedar Keys hurricane you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of TropicalAnalystwx13 -- TropicalAnalystwx13 ( talk) 07:02, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
The article 1896 Cedar Keys hurricane you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:1896 Cedar Keys hurricane for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of TropicalAnalystwx13 -- TropicalAnalystwx13 ( talk) 23:41, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 1896 Atlantic hurricane season you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hurricanehink -- Hurricanehink ( talk) 19:41, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
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G'day all, please be advised that throughout March 2017 the Military history Wikiproject is running its March Madness drive. This is a backlog drive that is focused on several key areas:
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For your excellent contributions to Tropical cyclone-related articles. I was passing through and (unsurprisingly) noticed that the parade of tropical cyclone related work you do still continues (I mean seriously, how many articles do we have on this stuff? :P) Anyways, after doing some digging I realized that it appears that you haven't gotten this barnstar in a while (around mid 2011) and we simply can't have that. It is my honor and pleasure to present to you yet another Tropical Cyclone Barnstar. Your work on tropical cyclone articles is how I first ran into you years ago and it is great to see that you continue to chip away at improving our coverage of the topic. Thank you for everything you have done and continue to do! Best, Mifter ( talk) 07:00, 26 February 2017 (UTC) |
Hi, I'm beginning my first GA review and would appreciate some feedback. Are you able to assist? I had an article approved for GA status recently and found it a really useful process so am now putting my toe in the reviewing process. I have begun a review of the page for Bobbi Campbell at Talk:Bobbi_Campbell and am not sure if I'm being too detailed. thanks, JulieMay54 ( talk) 02:51, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
Julian - first, many thanks for your help and advice. Greatly appreciated. One more question; how do I now Pass the article? I've changed the status to Pass, but that doesn't seem to do the trick. Or is it just a time lag? KJP1 ( talk) 10:43, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
Hey Juliancolton,
May I get a copy of the deleted ENFOS Inc. article in order to edit it to better represent the Wiki guidelines as per your suggestions? The company itself should fall within notability rules - it's a significant ERP software company with some of the largest companies in North America as clients (BP, Sunoco, CN Rail, Department of Defense). Looking at the ERP vendor list List_of_ERP_software_packages, it falls alongside the size and scale of other accepted ERP vendors. I'll re-write the article from a more objective, non-promotional tone, as per your suggestions. I'll also implement what you pointed out about the references to independent, reliable sources too.
Thanks a lot for your time, it's appreciated. - CWade593
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Cyclone Tessi you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of TropicalAnalystwx13 -- TropicalAnalystwx13 ( talk) 22:01, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
The article Cyclone Tessi you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Cyclone Tessi for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of TropicalAnalystwx13 -- TropicalAnalystwx13 ( talk) 23:21, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
The article 1896 Atlantic hurricane season you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:1896 Atlantic hurricane season for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hurricanehink -- Hurricanehink ( talk) 03:41, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
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And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. It would have been 5 points, but when a late entrant was permitted to join the contest in February, a promise was made that his inclusion would not result in the exclusion of any other competitor. To achieve this, the six entrants that had the lowest positive score of 4 points have been added to the 64 people who otherwise would have qualified. As a result, some of the groups have nine contestants rather than eight. Our top four scorers in round 1 were:
The largest number of DYKs have been submitted by Vivvt and The C of E, who each claimed for seven, and MBlaze Lightning achieved eight articles at ITN. Carbrera and Peacemaker67 each claimed for five GAs and Krishna Chaitanya Velaga was well out in front for GARs, having reviewed 32. No featured pictures, featured topics or good topics yet, but we have achieved three featured articles and a splendid total of fifty good articles.
So, on to the second round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally.
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Hi! I just did (or am doing? :) my first GA review, here, after submitting my own first GA request today. Any thoughts/suggestions on the review are welcome. In particular I'm not sure if I'm inserting too much of my own opinion into 1(a) and 4, and how to proceed if "?" really is the right assessment for those planks of the assessment. Thanks! — Luis ( talk) 02:56, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I see you have kindly offered your services as a GA mentor. I've had over a hundred GAs and never felt the need to ask for help before, but it's happened today. An editor has quick-failed Arab Agricultural Revolution on what appear to me to be wholly mistaken grounds, and I do mean completely. Rather than try to persuade them, I'd like to know how best to proceed. I could resubmit to GAN and wait some months, probably; or ask for a review of the decision, something I never attempted; and either of those things could be after editing the article, if any changes are needed (I guess I could ask for a peer review to determine whether that would be so, but that too can be a slow process). What would you suggest? Many thanks for your time. Chiswick Chap ( talk) 09:42, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
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On 9 March 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cyclone Tessi, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that tree debris from Cyclone Tessi in Townsville, Queensland, was processed into 25,000 m3 (880,000 cu ft) of mulch and used in local botanical gardens? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cyclone Tessi. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Cyclone Tessi), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Maile ( talk) 00:03, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Cyclone Althea at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! North America 1000 07:05, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
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On 13 March 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cyclone Althea, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the unroofing of hundreds of homes by Cyclone Althea in December 1971 prompted Queensland to overhaul its state-wide building codes? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cyclone Althea. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Cyclone Althea), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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This doesn't sound right to me ... "had to be rebuilt following Tropical Storm Kathleen". What would you call the storm? - Dank ( push to talk) 01:51, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
Hello Juliancolton, this is the second time the article " Herzeleid tour" is deleted, still do not understand why, I asked Iridescent to restore the page explaining my reasons and has restored it, now I ask you to kindly restore the article. Thank you.
Hi, Mike Christie said via email: "Dan, I think you said Julian was going to keep Brian's TFA notepad page up to date, but as far as I can tell he hasn't edited it yet -- is he waiting for something from us?" - Dank ( push to talk) 03:53, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
January 31 you deleted the page Defiance, Ohio (band) I feel this is an error since it meets the criteria in 'Wikipedia:Notability (music) Criteria for musicians and ensembles' numbers match up with numbers in notability guide.
1. Defiance, Ohio has three full length albums and an EP released on No Idea Records, an EP on Plan-It-X Records, and Anti-Creative Records and several other releases on less notable lables. Their only self release was their fist album and demo.
4. They've had several international tours of the USA, Canada, Australia, Europe and Iceland. Here's a few announcements I found on google. https://www.punknews.org/article/48584/tours-defiance-ohio-spoonboy-east-coast
https://www.punknews.org/article/42909/tours-defiance-ohio-nana-grizol-your-heart-breaks-toby-foster https://www.punknews.org/article/32477/defiance-ohio-new-relese-tour-dates http://thepunksite.com/news/defiance-ohio-announces-tour-in-support-of-new-full-length/
7. Defiance, Ohio was one of the largest bands in the wave of folk punk in the mid/late 00's and had a large influence in the Bloomington punk scene. I'm wondering if there's a process to reinstate the page, or if I can just grab the text from archive.org.
EDIT: Created request in Wikipedia:Requests_for_undeletion
-- Evanw ( talk) 21:53, 24 March 2017 (UTC)
Hello.
Can you please let me know why you deleted the page I put up about Mikkel Vestergaard Frandsen?
Can you also let me know what can be done to get a page about him on Wikipedia? I believe you'll find that he is quite newsworthy?
Finally, in the notes it says that there was a decision to redirect his page to the company page. Unfortunately, it was redirected to a page called "Vestergaard" which is not the company page. The company page is called: Vestergaard Frandsen. Can you possibly redirect it to this page?
Thanks for any suggestions you have for me to reinstate some content about Mikkel Vestergaard Frandsen. I am not a frequent user of Wikipedia so am most likely unfamiliar with some of the rules.
Thanks, -- MerylNanRader ( talk) 14:26, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Cyclone Althea you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of CycloneIsaac -- CycloneIsaac ( talk) 02:40, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2017).
The article Cyclone Althea you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Cyclone Althea for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of CycloneIsaac -- CycloneIsaac ( talk) 02:41, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. MonsterHunter32 ( talk) 02:38, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. MonsterHunter32 ( talk) 07:30, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
For your comment here, you deserve a kitten.
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Your relisting of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Kenyon (musician) caused it to no longer be transcluded on any AfD log page, as it was already relisted by Ks0stm. It has now been manually relisted at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2017 April 7. GeoffreyT2000 ( talk, contribs) 01:02, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
Regarding this edit: did you mean the ratio is higher than usual? isaacl ( talk) 03:51, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
Julian, were you still interested in maintaining WP:FADC and WP:FANDC? We're not interested in continuing Brian's notepad page any more, if that helps. - Dank ( push to talk) 02:53, 14 April 2017 (UTC)
Hey Julian, sorry for disturbing you here. You had asked for details on why I wanted AWB usage rights
here and I provided it a few days back. It would be kind if you can review the request and approve/reject it.
Sorry, if I disturbed you here, I normally don't take these things to the user talk pages and wait for an admin to comment but here I thought you might have been busy and overlooked my reply. Thanks,
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Hello. I would like to ask you something. I was thinking of requesting page mover permission because I participate actively in closing RMs and generally moving pages, but there are many cases that a round-robin move is needed, and some others(generally not through RM) that redirects should be suppressed, but without having this permission, I cannot do either of them. But wonder whether this might be regarded by some as hat collecting since it will be my 3rd request for permission(the other 2 were done) in 16 days. What do you think? -- Kostas20142 ( talk) 15:51, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
Thank you for accepting my request! I have used this tool before on a Wikia, so I'm pretty used to it anyway. I'll message you if I have any questions. Have a nice day! 8Dodo8 ( talk · contribs) 11:05, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
Hi,
You deleted Black British communities and i would like to make another page like this.
Why was this page deleted? I do not want to make the same mistakes — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paulcli1 ( talk • contribs)
Slightly confused by your close at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2098. Just one participant advanced keeping the page. I think the overwhelming consensus was that it should be merged to 2090s. You said "I would have to guess that there are probably plenty of noteworthy predicted or fictional events during 2098 that simply haven't been added yet" but I'm struggling to see how this justifies ignoring the consensus. AusLondonder ( talk) 12:33, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
I noticed that you left a uw-softerblock on this user's talk page, apparently using Twinkle, but didn't actually block them. Any idea what happened? Is there any value in taking this up with the Twinkle developers? GoldenRing ( talk) 16:48, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
Hello Juliancolton,
You recently speedy deleted a wiki that I wrote about Blake George. I believe that this deletion was made in error. He is a notable and influential member of the Chaldean community and is a notable businessman who has appeared on prime-time television. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sherbzz ( talk • contribs) 16:44, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
Nothing like racist editors. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sherbzz ( talk • contribs) 16:58, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I have a process question. I noticed that the page for UniSoft Infotech Corporation was recently speedied, due to lack of notability.
UniSoft is definitely notable in the history of Unix. Looking at the article in Google cache, I can see the article needs work on its citations, but that shouldn't be hard to do.
What's the process for reverting this (and associated redirects)? If I'd been following the page, I'd definitely have contested the speedy, but I only saw it was gone when someone started pulling it out of articles that had previously linked to it via redirects. Thanks, NapoliRoma ( talk) 18:29, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
Another question: it looks like some of the confusion here is the article got renamed a couple of years ago from UniSoft. It also looks like this was a bogus move, since per naming guidelines, corporate suffixes should only be added if disambiguation is necessary.
I'd just move it to UniSoft, but since that was a previously-existing redirect prior to the speedy, I wanted to check first to see if it's more appropriate to restore the various redirects rather than recreate them to preserve their history.
I've identified UniSoft and Uniplus+ as two redirs that should be restored; not sure if there's an easy way to determine what others might have gone away as well.-- NapoliRoma ( talk) 19:30, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
Talk:UniSoft Infotech Corporation probably should be restored and moved back as well. -- ferret ( talk) 20:19, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
Could you reinstate this article as a draft so that I can try and rescue it please? Rathfelder ( talk) 16:11, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
Hello! Thank you for instating a protection on the page List of predicted dates for apocalyptic events. It really does help. I was having trouble with a IP user who was undoing edits which they deemed "not notable" but certainly were. I would just like to give you my personal thanks for helping out in this situation. Best wishes!
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Why did you delete Mia Hodgens' wikipedia page it is not a 'blatant hoax' You don't know anything about squash
Wangtang1234 ( talk) 16:41, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for the AWB auth. I'm sure you have lots of other things on your plate. Ahwiv ( talk) 21:31, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
Would you be averse to me removing the protection on the Playboi Carti article? I've just declined a speedy deletion (repost) request on it. I gave it the benefit of the doubt as it is not substantially identical to the one that got deleted, particularly with some more sources. I felt it was on the edge of whether to be redirected again. Either way, now it is an article again do you see any requirement for the protection? I didn't want to remove it without asking you first. Woody ( talk) 19:35, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
I've bashed the article into shape. Are you able to expand it from the sources you mention at the AfD discussion? Mjroots ( talk) 16:33, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
I take issue with your closing of
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/B. P. C. M. Babyland English Medium High School, Kokrajhar. I don't see how you can claim "most editors agree that there's no reason to deviate from longstanding practice in this case"
when
WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES is no longer a valid AfD rationale.
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Hello, all sourced information from iXpress is already at Grand_River_Transit#iXpress. Can the content of iXpress be replaced by a redirect? -- Rogerx2 ( talk) 16:03, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
You are requested to please reconsider your decision to delete above page. Although there are not so many article written about the subject directly but there are references available about the subject’s contribution to the society. This is not an emotional appeal but a request as this social worker keeps his foundation first before promoting himself, and work significantly towards the betterment and welfare of the society. If you go through their official website or other press coverage, you will find that all the work is done by him only and everywhere his name is mentioned along with his foundation. You are here on wiki for so long and have better wisdom than me. Please reconsider this page, i will improve the same in days to come with more direct articles and references . Regards Shibanihk ( talk) 08:59, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
Agree with whatever you said. We'll make his page again, the day i feel he is notable . Regards Shibanihk ( talk) 07:23, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
Hi, Juliancolton. I'm just posting to let you know that List of Bermuda hurricanes – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for May 12. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 ( Talk) 22:28, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
I understand the notability concern and will be researching further. The more solid references that exist about J.J. Hurtak's non-fringe work are global (non-English) so this may take some time. -- Nel4316 ( talk) 22:06, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
Hello! Here are the details of the deletion: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adrian Țofei. Looks like the reason was notability, but the page had a lot of references in support of notability. Adrian Țofei is the director, producer, writer and star of Romania's first found footage feature film and second horror feature film ever - Be My Cat: A Film for Anne. The movie is the first 100% indie/guerrilla Romanian production to receive international recognition. Tofei won Best Actor at Nashville Film Festival and Hamilton Film Festival and Best Film at A Night of Horror International Film Festival in Sydney and On Vous Ment! Mockumentary Film Festival in France. The movie has also been included by Dread Central in Top 5 Best Horror Movies of 2016, by Blumhouse in Top 5 New Intelligent Found Footage Films, by Audiences Everywhere in Top 50 Best Horror Movies of the 2000's and has been named "the most revolutionary found footage film since The Blair Witch Project" by ANOH and "terrifying - a modern Peeping Tom" by Austin Chronicle. And all this is not only proof to the movie's notability, it is also proof to Adrian Tofei's notability, because he did almost everything related to the movie: directing, producing, writing, acting, cinematography, film editing, casting, production design, production management, sound recording, sound editing, special effects, set decoration etc. Most of the critics mentioned all this in their reviews as a very special characteristic. Can you please consider undeleting the page? I know it had very little info, but it was on my list of pages to contribute to and improve. Thank you! 86.120.253.128 ( talk) 19:17, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
As you were involved in the discussion on ANI, I am bringing this to your attention: Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case#Request_to_de-sysop_Jondel. Toddst1 ( talk) 00:03, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
The second round of the competition has now closed, with just under 100 points being required to qualify for round 3. YellowEvan just scraped into the next round with 98 points but we have to say goodbye to the thirty or so competitors who didn't achieve this threshold; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Our top scorers in round 2 were:
Vivvt submitted the largest number of DYKs (30), and MBlaze Lightning achieved 13 articles at ITN. Carbrera claimed for 11 GAs and Argento Surfer performed the most GARs, having reviewed 11. So far we have achieved 38 featured articles and a splendid 132 good articles. Commendably, 279 GARs have been achieved so far, more than double the number of GAs.
So, on to the third round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:16, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
Hi Julian, I was wondering why this article is back, after having been deleted [7] --- it still doesn't pass WP:N. -- Somedifferentstuff ( talk) 18:09, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2017).
Brian Cain previously had an attempted Wikipedia page deleted per notability. There are several notable references that were not included in that attempt. Could you please restore to draft so that I can attempt to submit this? Thank you.
-- MattMorse ( talk) 19:36, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
I wouldn't say that "significant new information has come to light" but I do know that the previous article was inaccurate.
-- MattMorse ( talk) 23:33, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
Hey - thank you so much for extending the deletion debate over an article I very inncocently started about a Romanian filmmaker named Delia Antal. I'd seen her first film on youtube and thought she was very brave then looked her up and saw a lot of coverage of her - and she appears to be a celebrity in her country; and someone organizatiosn like BAFTA supports. BUT - the user who started the deletion process/debate appears to really want her article down, and I'm just not fully understanding why - although I was inline with him on some initial articles I used - but not all of them (including her listing and mentions on a page on WIKI about BAFTA). Anyway, I've not been in this situation before and I don't really know what to do from here. Can you offer a little insight? I'm not mad or frustrated - just want to learn! :-) Akrumoftruth ( talk) 01:17, 3 May 2017 (UTC)
Have sent you a private email, hope to hear from you soon. Zurose ( talk) 14:27, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
Have you noticed that some of the IP listed at AIV have weird filter log reports? They seem to be reporting all kinds of disruptive behavior by other IPs and registered users. Is this something I missed at new admin school? - Ad Orientem ( talk) 03:52, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
Hello! I see you declined my recent UAA report. But doesn't this username imply that the user is this notable person? -- Kostas20142 ( talk) 13:42, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
See this diff. As I said in the edit summary, I've done this a few times also. I only caught it before deleting because the date the G13 tag was added was so long ago, which made me do a double take and look further.-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 03:59, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
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User:Vyacheslav84 has asked for a deletion review of SMX-25. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. — Cryptic 18:08, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
Why would u remove my link? It seemed inappropriate for an encyclopedia??? OK so my link isn't good enough to be put there with other links to titanic sites?? Yeah I think that's pretty lame arrons titanic page is the best titanic site on the internet. I'll put my site up against ANY titanic site. Wikipedia is ridiculous anytime I try to correct something or add something some person with a little bit too much time on there hands changes it right away. Whatever. Cliffdimerandy ( talk) 01:40, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
Well thanks for the reply but u say that everyone can contribute anything I have contributed was always reverted back. I corrected errors in articles that were quite obvious. I still dont know why my titanic site link cannot be added but other ones can be. Doesn't make sense Cliffdimerandy ( talk) 02:13, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
Dear Julian,
Before I take this subject further I am folowing Wikipedia guidelines and will try to resolve it with you first. I was very surprised that the article was deleted, esspecialy based on 2 comments in deletion process, both off the cuff comments without merit.
I am an university professor with no connection whatsoever to Mr. Kenyon. I got briefly interested in the subject, collected the information in good faith and wrote a balanced article about a prolific musician and a medical professional. I don't have particular interest in that subject (actually I am not a fan of new age) but I referenced it quite well, (and if you checked the references you would see that too) and I can not understand why did it bother you that this article, without any disputable facts, and one that took effort and time to write would be removed. I believe that Wikipedia is opened to all as long as content is truthful, balanced and not biased, which this was, and that the person is of public interest. As you mentioned erroneously, I didn't quote Youtube as a reliable source, but number of views on youtube IS A PUBLIC INFORMATION AND IT IS A VERIFIABLE SIGN IF SOMETHING IS OF PUBLIC INTEREST. (please contest me on that) Also, if someone makes a biographical documentary about a person, and that documentary gets reviewed in Seattle times, then that person is also reviewed in the article (which anyone who reads it will notice). I would kindly ask you to look in the subject once more and restore the article before I take it to further review. I respect Wikipedia too much to let it be vandalised by people who are too flaky to fully review problems and who let their bias guide their decisions and consider two "off the cuff" comments a proper discussion. How could you make decision on those two comments?
Thank you for your time,
Sincerely,
milan_studio
Hi there — Trying to gather some more insight into why the Xpressdocs page cannot seem to get published. Anything that would read like advertising/pure marketing was removed on the most recent draft, and the remaining information was tracked by independent sources. In terms of notability, the Xpressdocs’ page contained content similar to the earlier versions of comparable organizations (such as QuantumDigital and Vistaprint). Could you provide additional information as to why this page is constantly marked for deletion? Thank you.
The result of the debate about the deletion of the article for OnStream Networks was definitely not a consensus. The article had been worked on since the posting giving it formatting and references resolving the first delete vote. The company was clearly historically notable in its moment. The NYT article and the massive price of its purchase by themselves makes it notable. Please restore the article. -- User:Brholden ( talk)5 May 2017
Hi Juliancolton.
I saw in my list that you have closed the Black & Lane's Ident Tones for Surround AFD as a delete, noting that the sources I provided don't work. This is my fault. The sources do work, but I had misformatted the links, and as a result, they have a pipe mark and a number at the end, which is being treated as part of the URL - it is this which is breaking them. The correct links should be:
I have purposely not formatted these as external links in markup, as I broke them last time and I'm not doing it again!
Could you please review these links and let me know if the decision can be amended please?
Many Thanks
Sunil The Mongoose ( talk) 11:31, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
You posted a note on their user talk page stating they had been blocked, but you never actually blocked them. I have taken care of that for you. Have a wonderful day! ··· 日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 06:21, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
Greetings. As part of my routine of behind-the-scenes gnoming, I've watchlisted WP:BADAFD and periodically look there for things that I can try and fix. The article on Ashfield Mall popped up briefly here, as it has just been undeleted by DavidLevinson following your deletion last month per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ashfield Mall. He has made no edits to the article itself other than to remove the AfD template. This does not appear to be in response to any request--based on his user page, he himself seems to have an interest in shopping mall articles in general.
Anyway, the action appears to be good-faith, but to restore the article with no changes in light of the consensus to delete seems to me to be outside of policy. Not wanting to accidentally start any disputes, I wanted to let you know of this action and seek your opinion as to what the best (or, failing that, the least-worst) actions to take from here. Thank you for your time. -- Finngall talk 00:10, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
On 15 May 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cyclone Ada, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that hundreds of tourists became stranded when Cyclone Ada ravaged Whitsunday Island resorts in January 1970? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cyclone Ada. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Cyclone Ada), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Gatoclass ( talk) 03:38, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
Hi, How can i find the creator of a deleted page on commons or wikipedia? I'd be useful for this case. Thanks, 176.126.68.77 ( talk) 12:43, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
No feedback? 176.126.68.77 ( talk) 14:18, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
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Hi Juliancolton. I just wanted to let you know that I have modified a soft block you placed on the Lehigh Blue Mountain & Northern RR ( talk · contribs) account due to the evidence of sock puppetry/hoaxing at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Lehigh Blue Mountain & Northern RR. I've turned the autoblock on and changed the block reason to include the SPI. Thanks, Mz7 ( talk) 18:53, 20 May 2017 (UTC)
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Hi. This article was deleted twice. Last by you earlier this year at AfD. The first time by User:Cuchullain.
But it is now recreated (by a new editor, whose only sizable edit was to create this article) - with the exact same problems. The only difference is that the new editor wrote out the subject's middle name. So it now appears as Robert Michael Bernstein.
What to do? Thanks. 2604:2000:E016:A700:E065:25B8:9FA5:3B6A ( talk) 18:06, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
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Julian, does Hazel look like it's in good shape to you? People were still talking about this hurricane when I was young, and I'd like to get it on the Main Page. - Dank ( push to talk) 13:39, 11 June 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I spotted your name at Wikipedia:Good_Article_help/mentor. I'm doing my first GA review and I would appreciate if you could look it over: Talk:Dezinformatsia (book)/GA1. That would be very much appreciated. K.e.coffman ( talk) 04:56, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
Template:NPWgranted has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Ten Pound Hammer • ( What did I screw up now?) 00:07, 18 June 2017 (UTC)
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Since you showed a prior interest...Now that I've learned Lightroom to some degree, I've processed the Thai ruins photo and put it back up at FPC. PumpkinSky talk 20:43, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
Hi Julian. I noticed a small grammatical error (tense, specifically) in the editnotice you created for the 2017 Pacific hurricane season article. In the part where it says "usually after it has impacted or began to threaten populated areas", began should be begun. The word is connected to the auxiliary verb has earlier in the sentence, so you have to use the past participle begun instead of the past tense began. I was going to fix it, but I found out that only administrators and template editors can edit editnotices. As I am neither, I thought I'd let you know about it. Thanks :) ChocolateTrain ( talk) 14:00, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
The third round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 288 points being required to qualify for round 4. It was a hotly competitive round with all but four of the contestants exceeding the 106 points that was necessary to proceed to round 4 last year. Coemgenus and Freikorp tied on 288, and both have been allowed to proceed, so round 4 now has one pool of eight competitors and one of nine.
Round 3 saw the achievement of a 26-topic Featured topic by MPJ-DK as well as 5 featured lists and 13 featured articles. PanagiotisZois and SounderBruce achieved their first ever featured articles. Carbrera led the GA score with 10, Tachs achieved 17 DYKs and MBlaze Lightning 10 In the news items. There were 167 DYKs, 93 GARs and 82 GAs overall, this last figure being higher than the number of GAs in round 2, when twice as many people were taking part. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.
As we start round 4, we say goodbye to the fifteen or so competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).
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Special:Undelete?fuzzy=1. Currently the search only finds pages that exactly match the search term.Link is here. I've struggled with the word "officially", applied to June 1, for a while. I think I want to replace it in the TFA text. "officially" doesn't mean anything unless the reader knows who's making the call. But I think if we mention NOAA directly, that waters down the reality: regardless of who said it first, June 1 is now the consensus pick for the start of the season. I'd be happy with "generally accepted" or "by convention", or something similar, unless you think that misrepresents things. - Dank ( push to talk) 00:55, 11 July 2017 (UTC)
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Round 4 of the WikiCup has ended and we move forward into the final round. In round 4, a total of 12 FAs, 3 FLs, 44 GAs, 3 FLs, 79 DYKs, 1 ITN and 42 GARs was achieved, with no FPs or FTs this time. Congratulations to Peacemaker67 on the Royal Yugoslav Navy Good Topic of 36 items, and the 12 featured articles achieved by Cas Liber (5), Vanamonde93 (3), Peacemaker67 (2), Adityavagarwal (1) and 12george1 (1). With a FA scoring 200 points, and bonus points available on top of this, FAs are likely to feature heavily in the final round. Meanwhile Yellow Evan, a typhoon specialist, was contributing 12 DYKs and 10 GAs, while Adityavagarwal and Freikorp topped the GAR list with 8 reviews each. As we enter the final round, we are down to eight contestants, and we would like to thank those of you who have been eliminated for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. The lowest score needed to reach round 5 was 305, and I think we can expect a highly competitive final round.
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The Love Pony has return as TheNPepole. I hate block evasion. — FilmandTVFan28 ( talk) 05:01, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
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Hi, I'm LightandDark2000. Can you plese semi-protect the Hurricane Irma article for another month? After the recent semi-protection expired (new editor reviewing is still in place), at least 90% of all the edits coming in from IPs or new editors have either been pure vandalism or just unsourced in general. Given the high viewership/popularity of the article and the recent vandalism rates at the article, I doubt that the problem is going to go away for a while. I believe that the article should be semi-protected again at least until the commotion dies down, similar to other major current hurricane articles. Thank you. LightandDark2000 ( talk) 20:34, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
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Hi Julian,
Hope all is well. From my understanding, the aforementioned Wikipedia List of Regine Velasquez's awards and nominations has been merged/redirected with the article back in 2013 after a consensus was made following its nomination for deletion. Having gone through the page myself, it does indeed fall short on verifiable sources and was poorly formatted and presented. I'd like to work on improving the list, after spending time improving Regine Velasquez's entry last October and November to meet with Wikipedia MOS guidelines, which I will initiate for a peer review soon.
Reading through the talk page I noted that individual admins don't have the authority to override the results of deletion discussions and that since you initiated redirecting it, upon advise, we should reach out to you. I'm also unsure where to discuss this, so I decided to contact you through your talk page. Hope you could get back on the best course of action to address my request.
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Among my interests are the history of science fiction and the history of science fiction fans. When looking for information about DucKon recently, I was surprised to learn that its article had been deleted in November 2015.
I'm writing to ask whether you might reconsider this deletion. I hope for two favors.
First, would you be willing to provide me with the source of the most recent version, so that I might work to address the article's perceived weaknesses? (I have no experience with this process, but I do understand that an administrator has a way to retrieve a defunct article.)
Second, would you entertain the possibility of restoring it? I offer a few arguments:
These considerations incline me to favor the convention's inclusion in Wikipedia, and I would like to hear your thoughts. I'd be happy to provide links if you are curious to see the evidence behind my assertions.
I believe I could edit the deleted article to strengthen its claim to notability, and improve it in other ways. Please give me a chance.
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I'm also distressed by the lack of an article on DucKon. Is it possible to get a copy of the deletion discussion? Sam Paris ( talk) 15:38, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
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Just a heads up that I unsalted the redirect at List of awards and nominations received by Regine Velasquez per this request. Just an FYI since you closed the original discussion. If you have any objections, feel free to resalt. TonyBallioni ( talk) 07:08, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
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The article 1842 Atlantic hurricane season you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:1842 Atlantic hurricane season for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of TropicalAnalystwx13 -- TropicalAnalystwx13 ( talk) 02:21, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
Please reopen this discussion. Unscintillating ( talk) 03:20, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for the message! I asked for the edits because we have an indefinitely-banned editor, Dung247, who has come back under IP addresses & continues to add what information he would add before he was blocked: he violates WP:NOTRADIOGUIDE & WP:NOTTVGUIDE by adding program schedules, mainly for all-news radio & T.V. stations. We have pointed this out many times before, & he continues to persist. He's not listening, but I figures if the pages were blocked from IP editors, then he couldn't continue his violations. The block isn't working, sadly. Anyway, thank you for taking the time to write me & good editing to you! Stereorock ( talk) 20:15, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
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Hello Juliancolton. I don't believe I've communicated with you on Wikipedia before, so it's nice to 'meet' you :). Anyway, I'm curious as to why a certain article was deleted by you, when the discussion warranted four deletes, three keeps, and one neutral. I was hoping we could have perhaps gotten a clearer consensus before deleting the page, but the decision isn't mine. Thoughts? Thank you. Regards, Carbrera ( talk) 04:46, 10 January 2017 (UTC).
Hi, saw your username in the list of GA review mentorship volunteers. I'm going to do my first GA review in Talk:Al-Muktafi/GA1, would you mind watching the review to make sure I'm doing what I'm supposed to do? HaEr48 ( talk) 23:35, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
This IP [ [1]] that you blocked for vandalism is back as this IP [ [2]] effectively evading their block. I've left them a warning, but I'm not sure if the protocol is just to block to new IP as well. I'll defer to your judgement, thanks. Valeince ( talk) 20:11, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
Dear User:Juliancolton, thanks for noticing and alerting me! I will correct that right away! With regards, Anupam Talk 23:50, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
I just wanted to clarify my understanding of UAA policy. You've "declined" some of my UAA reports since the editors in question haven't edited, but I was under the impression that misleading/offensive usernames don't need to have been used in order to be blocked. If the editors I'm reporting just don't fall under UAA-worthy criteria, then I must be in the wrong here. Zupotachyon Ping me ( talk ⋅ contribs) 22:29, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
I'm not objecting, but I want to make sure you are aware that Worldinc was renamed less than three hours before your " username implies shared use" block pursuant to an approved global rename request. I'm not suggesting that a global renamer's imprimatur overrides local policy, but it seems harsh to me to have one's username request accepted only to be blocked a short while later on account of that new name. Thank you. Rebb ing 02:21, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
Thanks! There are still two left from Kazakhstan here [3]. Sportsfan 1234 ( talk) 18:02, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for the ping regarding your close of the cycling event-by nation-by year AfD - i'll begin to merge the articles now, leaving those by year pages as redirects. Thanks, XyZAn ( talk) 18:45, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I was surprised to be warned on this [4]? I understand if this is merely a content dispute, or if I was mistakenly restoring something that failed NPOV; my concern was that someone was whitewashing the text. Vandalism was clearly not my intent. Thank you, 2601:188:1:AEA0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 ( talk) 02:12, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
You deleted the European Athletics Championships, which I believe is a master page for a major championships. That appears to be the now missing page that links to the championship organization. This major article has nothing to do with the Country's at Speed Skating RFC you quote. Please restore that page, or at the least take it to my sandbox so I can see what you deleted and restore the proper information. Trackinfo ( talk) 17:58, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi, Juliancolton!
Why you deleted this page https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=European_Speed_Skating_Championships_for_Men&action=edit&redlink=1. This is major page for European speed skating men's results, there are no any analogs of it at English version. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hyperion1982 ( talk • contribs) 14:49, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi, Juliancolton!
...And why the deletion of the main-article ( 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships) for this category Category:2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships ? I really don't think that was part of the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Belarus at the 2016 World Speed Skating Championships as it was not mentioned there ? Restore please ? Best regards Migrant ( talk) 23:36, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Jeet Gian. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. GeoffreyT2000 ( talk, contribs) 05:48, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 1837 Racer's hurricane you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hurricanehink mobile -- Hurricanehink mobile ( talk) 17:40, 22 January 2017 (UTC)
The article 1837 Racer's hurricane you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:1837 Racer's hurricane for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hurricanehink mobile -- Hurricanehink mobile ( talk) 21:21, 22 January 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for stepping in at PERM, Julian, but when according rights for New Page Reviewer, could you please consider using the helper script - it automates three other essential functions connected with this right that are tedious to do manually, and at the moment, each day I have to go through the day's new accorded rights and carry out those functions manually. Thanks. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 01:18, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
Requested for unprotection of Template:Citation needed/doc. -- 219.76.15.12 ( talk) 05:24, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
Hello!
A few days ago, I applied for the Rollback right, and you told me that I should reapply in a few weeks since most of my edits were only over the space of a few days. I am not questioning your decision here, I think you were right. My question is this. If I receive training from the Counter-Vandalism Unit (and pass), does that count for anything? Would I still have to have several weeks more of experience?
I know by saying this, it may seem that I'm trying to make acquiring rights my goal ( WP:TROPHY is the closest thing I can link). That isn't my intention, though I may be doing it unconsciously. I do want to use programs like Huggle, though, which is why I'm asking.
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You deleted List of inline hockey leagues. Please restore to my sandbox. Trackinfo ( talk) 01:01, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
Colcody2000 has asked for a deletion review of Uroš Pinterič. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. — Cryptic 19:28, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
Hello Juliancolton, A few weeks ago I applied for Rollback permissions WP:RFP/R, and you said to come back after a few more weeks of anti-vandalism work, and you would grant it. I have expanded my experience with vandal fighting, and learning about how Wikipedia works, so was wondering if you would please grant me that privilege? Thanks for your time, L3X1 Complaints Desk 20:35, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi Julian. Please can you share the content deleted at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Basketball at the 2011 GCC Games? I requested a merge of the detail and this was not contested. Thanks. SFB 20:38, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
I created the ForRent.com article that was deleted 26 January, 2017. Recently the article was paired down significantly to make sure that it was short and concise. It was then flagged again and quickly deleted. Why was this article deleted and not others similar articles like Rent.com? Adam2k ( talk) 23:22, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi Julian,
We just went through review of this page last September. See below history. Now 3 months later it's deleted again. If I knew that one day ign.com is notable, then next day arbitrarily it isn't, then I would have added even more links. E.g. several magazines reviewed this game in 2000/2001 (including EGM I believe). Also it's the 1st hit on google.com when you search for championship rally Atari lynx (which is now a defunct link) and there are more than 50 other articles. Last it's sold by telegames.co.uk which isn't homebrew company.
History: 21:24, 25 January 2017 Juliancolton (talk | contribs) deleted page Championship Rally (Atari Lynx) (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Championship Rally (Atari Lynx) closed as delete) 14:45, 21 September 2016 Nyttend (talk | contribs) restored page Championship Rally (Atari Lynx) (17 revisions restored: LucienK objects to the PROD) 19:57, 19 September 2016 Nyttend (talk | contribs) deleted page Championship Rally (Atari Lynx) (Expired PROD, concern was: Fails to meet WP: Notability (video games). Homebrew video game with no claim to notability. Only two sources cited, one of which is the publisher's website
Thanks, Lucien — Preceding unsigned comment added by LucienK ( talk • contribs) 00:25, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi Juliancolton, thank you for getting back to me about the deletion of the ENFOS Inc. article. Is there any way I could get a copy of the deleted article to have it edited to better represent the Wiki guidelines in line with your suggestions? The company itself should fall within notability rules - it's a significant ERP software company with some of the largest companies in North America as clients (BP, Sunoco, CN Rail, Department of Defense). Looking at the ERP vendor list List_of_ERP_software_packages, it falls alongside the size and scale of other accepted ERP vendors. I'll have to re-write the article from an objective, non-promotional view, as you pointed out - but that's a reasonable change to make. I'll also implement what you pointed out about the references to independent, reliable sources too. Thanks a lot for your time, it's appreciated. - CWade593 —Preceding undated comment added 15:43, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi Julian,
I saw that you denied my request for rollback, due to a lack of experience. How much experience should I have before submitting another request? XboxGamer 22408talk to me 04:23, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
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Hey Juliancolton, I posted a reply to your comment on my talk page ( talk) about the deletion of the ENFOS Inc. page but it seems to have gotten deleted without being moved to the archives.
May I get a copy of the deleted article in order to edit it as to better represent the Wiki guidelines in line with your suggestions? The company itself should fall within notability rules - it's a significant ERP software company with some of the largest companies in North America as clients (BP, Sunoco, CN Rail, Department of Defense). Looking at the ERP vendor list List_of_ERP_software_packages, it falls alongside the size and scale of other accepted ERP vendors. I'll re-write the article from a more objective, non-promotional tone, as per your suggestions. I'll also implement what you pointed out about the references to independent, reliable sources too.
Thanks a lot for your time, it's appreciated. - CWade593 —Preceding undated comment added 15:02, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I randomly picked your name from the mentor list at Wikipedia:Good article help, so I hope this isn't forward, however, in reference to my message there, I've had a GA review that appears to have been abandoned mid-process by the reviewer. I was wondering if I could impose on you to take-over the review just long enough to fail it? That way I can renominate it. As it is, it's kind-of stuck in limbo and I'm not sure if the reviewer will be returning to Wikipedia. DarjeelingTea ( talk) 05:49, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
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Could you please clarify your closure of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fuck It Tho (Keshia Chante song)? You seem to have decided that the title should be redirected to itself? -- R'n'B ( call me Russ) 14:21, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
Dear Julian, having put an article I've worked on up for GA Review, I thought I should return the favour. I'm therefore proposing to review Grič Tunnel (Zagreb). However, this will be my first GA review and I'm not wanting to make a mess or let the main author down. Would you be willing to have a look at my attempt, before I finalise it, and let me know if I've broadly got it right? It would be much appreciated. Regards. KJP1 ( talk) 17:36, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 1896 Cedar Keys hurricane you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of TropicalAnalystwx13 -- TropicalAnalystwx13 ( talk) 07:02, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
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Hi, I'm beginning my first GA review and would appreciate some feedback. Are you able to assist? I had an article approved for GA status recently and found it a really useful process so am now putting my toe in the reviewing process. I have begun a review of the page for Bobbi Campbell at Talk:Bobbi_Campbell and am not sure if I'm being too detailed. thanks, JulieMay54 ( talk) 02:51, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
Julian - first, many thanks for your help and advice. Greatly appreciated. One more question; how do I now Pass the article? I've changed the status to Pass, but that doesn't seem to do the trick. Or is it just a time lag? KJP1 ( talk) 10:43, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
Hey Juliancolton,
May I get a copy of the deleted ENFOS Inc. article in order to edit it to better represent the Wiki guidelines as per your suggestions? The company itself should fall within notability rules - it's a significant ERP software company with some of the largest companies in North America as clients (BP, Sunoco, CN Rail, Department of Defense). Looking at the ERP vendor list List_of_ERP_software_packages, it falls alongside the size and scale of other accepted ERP vendors. I'll re-write the article from a more objective, non-promotional tone, as per your suggestions. I'll also implement what you pointed out about the references to independent, reliable sources too.
Thanks a lot for your time, it's appreciated. - CWade593
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Cyclone Tessi you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of TropicalAnalystwx13 -- TropicalAnalystwx13 ( talk) 22:01, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
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News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2017).
And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. It would have been 5 points, but when a late entrant was permitted to join the contest in February, a promise was made that his inclusion would not result in the exclusion of any other competitor. To achieve this, the six entrants that had the lowest positive score of 4 points have been added to the 64 people who otherwise would have qualified. As a result, some of the groups have nine contestants rather than eight. Our top four scorers in round 1 were:
The largest number of DYKs have been submitted by Vivvt and The C of E, who each claimed for seven, and MBlaze Lightning achieved eight articles at ITN. Carbrera and Peacemaker67 each claimed for five GAs and Krishna Chaitanya Velaga was well out in front for GARs, having reviewed 32. No featured pictures, featured topics or good topics yet, but we have achieved three featured articles and a splendid total of fifty good articles.
So, on to the second round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally.
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Hi! I just did (or am doing? :) my first GA review, here, after submitting my own first GA request today. Any thoughts/suggestions on the review are welcome. In particular I'm not sure if I'm inserting too much of my own opinion into 1(a) and 4, and how to proceed if "?" really is the right assessment for those planks of the assessment. Thanks! — Luis ( talk) 02:56, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I see you have kindly offered your services as a GA mentor. I've had over a hundred GAs and never felt the need to ask for help before, but it's happened today. An editor has quick-failed Arab Agricultural Revolution on what appear to me to be wholly mistaken grounds, and I do mean completely. Rather than try to persuade them, I'd like to know how best to proceed. I could resubmit to GAN and wait some months, probably; or ask for a review of the decision, something I never attempted; and either of those things could be after editing the article, if any changes are needed (I guess I could ask for a peer review to determine whether that would be so, but that too can be a slow process). What would you suggest? Many thanks for your time. Chiswick Chap ( talk) 09:42, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
Hello, GA Cup competitors! Sunday, February 26 saw the end of Round 3. Shearonink finished in first with 616 points, which is more than the point totals for all the other competitors combined! In second place, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga earned an impressive 152 points, followed by Sturmvogel_66 in third with 111 points. Chris troutman and Kees08 each received a wild-card and were able to advance to the Final Round. There was a major error on the part of the judges, and initially, 8 users were advanced instead of 5. This has been corrected, and we sincerely apologize for this confusion. In Round 3, 71 reviews were completed! At the beginning of this GA Cup, the longest wait was over 7 months; at the end of Round 3, the longest wait is still holding steady at a little over 6 months, the same as for the previous round. By the end of all three Rounds, the total number of nominations increased slightly - this suggests that users are more willing to nominate, knowing that their articles will be reviewed. We hope to see all remaining users fighting it out in the Final so we can keep tackling the backlog. In the Final Round, the user with the highest score will be the winner. The Final has already started and will end on March 31st at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Finals and the pools can be found here. Good luck and have fun! Cheers from Figureskatingfan, 3family6, Jaguar, and MrWooHoo. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, please add or remove your name to
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On 9 March 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cyclone Tessi, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that tree debris from Cyclone Tessi in Townsville, Queensland, was processed into 25,000 m3 (880,000 cu ft) of mulch and used in local botanical gardens? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cyclone Tessi. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Cyclone Tessi), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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On 13 March 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cyclone Althea, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the unroofing of hundreds of homes by Cyclone Althea in December 1971 prompted Queensland to overhaul its state-wide building codes? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cyclone Althea. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Cyclone Althea), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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This doesn't sound right to me ... "had to be rebuilt following Tropical Storm Kathleen". What would you call the storm? - Dank ( push to talk) 01:51, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
Hello Juliancolton, this is the second time the article " Herzeleid tour" is deleted, still do not understand why, I asked Iridescent to restore the page explaining my reasons and has restored it, now I ask you to kindly restore the article. Thank you.
Hi, Mike Christie said via email: "Dan, I think you said Julian was going to keep Brian's TFA notepad page up to date, but as far as I can tell he hasn't edited it yet -- is he waiting for something from us?" - Dank ( push to talk) 03:53, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
January 31 you deleted the page Defiance, Ohio (band) I feel this is an error since it meets the criteria in 'Wikipedia:Notability (music) Criteria for musicians and ensembles' numbers match up with numbers in notability guide.
1. Defiance, Ohio has three full length albums and an EP released on No Idea Records, an EP on Plan-It-X Records, and Anti-Creative Records and several other releases on less notable lables. Their only self release was their fist album and demo.
4. They've had several international tours of the USA, Canada, Australia, Europe and Iceland. Here's a few announcements I found on google. https://www.punknews.org/article/48584/tours-defiance-ohio-spoonboy-east-coast
https://www.punknews.org/article/42909/tours-defiance-ohio-nana-grizol-your-heart-breaks-toby-foster https://www.punknews.org/article/32477/defiance-ohio-new-relese-tour-dates http://thepunksite.com/news/defiance-ohio-announces-tour-in-support-of-new-full-length/
7. Defiance, Ohio was one of the largest bands in the wave of folk punk in the mid/late 00's and had a large influence in the Bloomington punk scene. I'm wondering if there's a process to reinstate the page, or if I can just grab the text from archive.org.
EDIT: Created request in Wikipedia:Requests_for_undeletion
-- Evanw ( talk) 21:53, 24 March 2017 (UTC)
Hello.
Can you please let me know why you deleted the page I put up about Mikkel Vestergaard Frandsen?
Can you also let me know what can be done to get a page about him on Wikipedia? I believe you'll find that he is quite newsworthy?
Finally, in the notes it says that there was a decision to redirect his page to the company page. Unfortunately, it was redirected to a page called "Vestergaard" which is not the company page. The company page is called: Vestergaard Frandsen. Can you possibly redirect it to this page?
Thanks for any suggestions you have for me to reinstate some content about Mikkel Vestergaard Frandsen. I am not a frequent user of Wikipedia so am most likely unfamiliar with some of the rules.
Thanks, -- MerylNanRader ( talk) 14:26, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Cyclone Althea you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of CycloneIsaac -- CycloneIsaac ( talk) 02:40, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
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The article Cyclone Althea you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Cyclone Althea for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of CycloneIsaac -- CycloneIsaac ( talk) 02:41, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. MonsterHunter32 ( talk) 02:38, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. MonsterHunter32 ( talk) 07:30, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
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Your relisting of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Kenyon (musician) caused it to no longer be transcluded on any AfD log page, as it was already relisted by Ks0stm. It has now been manually relisted at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2017 April 7. GeoffreyT2000 ( talk, contribs) 01:02, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
Regarding this edit: did you mean the ratio is higher than usual? isaacl ( talk) 03:51, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
Julian, were you still interested in maintaining WP:FADC and WP:FANDC? We're not interested in continuing Brian's notepad page any more, if that helps. - Dank ( push to talk) 02:53, 14 April 2017 (UTC)
Hey Julian, sorry for disturbing you here. You had asked for details on why I wanted AWB usage rights
here and I provided it a few days back. It would be kind if you can review the request and approve/reject it.
Sorry, if I disturbed you here, I normally don't take these things to the user talk pages and wait for an admin to comment but here I thought you might have been busy and overlooked my reply. Thanks,
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Hello. I would like to ask you something. I was thinking of requesting page mover permission because I participate actively in closing RMs and generally moving pages, but there are many cases that a round-robin move is needed, and some others(generally not through RM) that redirects should be suppressed, but without having this permission, I cannot do either of them. But wonder whether this might be regarded by some as hat collecting since it will be my 3rd request for permission(the other 2 were done) in 16 days. What do you think? -- Kostas20142 ( talk) 15:51, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
Thank you for accepting my request! I have used this tool before on a Wikia, so I'm pretty used to it anyway. I'll message you if I have any questions. Have a nice day! 8Dodo8 ( talk · contribs) 11:05, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
Hi,
You deleted Black British communities and i would like to make another page like this.
Why was this page deleted? I do not want to make the same mistakes — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paulcli1 ( talk • contribs)
Slightly confused by your close at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2098. Just one participant advanced keeping the page. I think the overwhelming consensus was that it should be merged to 2090s. You said "I would have to guess that there are probably plenty of noteworthy predicted or fictional events during 2098 that simply haven't been added yet" but I'm struggling to see how this justifies ignoring the consensus. AusLondonder ( talk) 12:33, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
I noticed that you left a uw-softerblock on this user's talk page, apparently using Twinkle, but didn't actually block them. Any idea what happened? Is there any value in taking this up with the Twinkle developers? GoldenRing ( talk) 16:48, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
Hello Juliancolton,
You recently speedy deleted a wiki that I wrote about Blake George. I believe that this deletion was made in error. He is a notable and influential member of the Chaldean community and is a notable businessman who has appeared on prime-time television. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sherbzz ( talk • contribs) 16:44, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
Nothing like racist editors. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sherbzz ( talk • contribs) 16:58, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I have a process question. I noticed that the page for UniSoft Infotech Corporation was recently speedied, due to lack of notability.
UniSoft is definitely notable in the history of Unix. Looking at the article in Google cache, I can see the article needs work on its citations, but that shouldn't be hard to do.
What's the process for reverting this (and associated redirects)? If I'd been following the page, I'd definitely have contested the speedy, but I only saw it was gone when someone started pulling it out of articles that had previously linked to it via redirects. Thanks, NapoliRoma ( talk) 18:29, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
Another question: it looks like some of the confusion here is the article got renamed a couple of years ago from UniSoft. It also looks like this was a bogus move, since per naming guidelines, corporate suffixes should only be added if disambiguation is necessary.
I'd just move it to UniSoft, but since that was a previously-existing redirect prior to the speedy, I wanted to check first to see if it's more appropriate to restore the various redirects rather than recreate them to preserve their history.
I've identified UniSoft and Uniplus+ as two redirs that should be restored; not sure if there's an easy way to determine what others might have gone away as well.-- NapoliRoma ( talk) 19:30, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
Talk:UniSoft Infotech Corporation probably should be restored and moved back as well. -- ferret ( talk) 20:19, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
Could you reinstate this article as a draft so that I can try and rescue it please? Rathfelder ( talk) 16:11, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
Hello! Thank you for instating a protection on the page List of predicted dates for apocalyptic events. It really does help. I was having trouble with a IP user who was undoing edits which they deemed "not notable" but certainly were. I would just like to give you my personal thanks for helping out in this situation. Best wishes!
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Thanks for the AWB auth. I'm sure you have lots of other things on your plate. Ahwiv ( talk) 21:31, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
Would you be averse to me removing the protection on the Playboi Carti article? I've just declined a speedy deletion (repost) request on it. I gave it the benefit of the doubt as it is not substantially identical to the one that got deleted, particularly with some more sources. I felt it was on the edge of whether to be redirected again. Either way, now it is an article again do you see any requirement for the protection? I didn't want to remove it without asking you first. Woody ( talk) 19:35, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
I've bashed the article into shape. Are you able to expand it from the sources you mention at the AfD discussion? Mjroots ( talk) 16:33, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
I take issue with your closing of
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/B. P. C. M. Babyland English Medium High School, Kokrajhar. I don't see how you can claim "most editors agree that there's no reason to deviate from longstanding practice in this case"
when
WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES is no longer a valid AfD rationale.
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Hello, all sourced information from iXpress is already at Grand_River_Transit#iXpress. Can the content of iXpress be replaced by a redirect? -- Rogerx2 ( talk) 16:03, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
You are requested to please reconsider your decision to delete above page. Although there are not so many article written about the subject directly but there are references available about the subject’s contribution to the society. This is not an emotional appeal but a request as this social worker keeps his foundation first before promoting himself, and work significantly towards the betterment and welfare of the society. If you go through their official website or other press coverage, you will find that all the work is done by him only and everywhere his name is mentioned along with his foundation. You are here on wiki for so long and have better wisdom than me. Please reconsider this page, i will improve the same in days to come with more direct articles and references . Regards Shibanihk ( talk) 08:59, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
Agree with whatever you said. We'll make his page again, the day i feel he is notable . Regards Shibanihk ( talk) 07:23, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
Hi, Juliancolton. I'm just posting to let you know that List of Bermuda hurricanes – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for May 12. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 ( Talk) 22:28, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
I understand the notability concern and will be researching further. The more solid references that exist about J.J. Hurtak's non-fringe work are global (non-English) so this may take some time. -- Nel4316 ( talk) 22:06, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
Hello! Here are the details of the deletion: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adrian Țofei. Looks like the reason was notability, but the page had a lot of references in support of notability. Adrian Țofei is the director, producer, writer and star of Romania's first found footage feature film and second horror feature film ever - Be My Cat: A Film for Anne. The movie is the first 100% indie/guerrilla Romanian production to receive international recognition. Tofei won Best Actor at Nashville Film Festival and Hamilton Film Festival and Best Film at A Night of Horror International Film Festival in Sydney and On Vous Ment! Mockumentary Film Festival in France. The movie has also been included by Dread Central in Top 5 Best Horror Movies of 2016, by Blumhouse in Top 5 New Intelligent Found Footage Films, by Audiences Everywhere in Top 50 Best Horror Movies of the 2000's and has been named "the most revolutionary found footage film since The Blair Witch Project" by ANOH and "terrifying - a modern Peeping Tom" by Austin Chronicle. And all this is not only proof to the movie's notability, it is also proof to Adrian Tofei's notability, because he did almost everything related to the movie: directing, producing, writing, acting, cinematography, film editing, casting, production design, production management, sound recording, sound editing, special effects, set decoration etc. Most of the critics mentioned all this in their reviews as a very special characteristic. Can you please consider undeleting the page? I know it had very little info, but it was on my list of pages to contribute to and improve. Thank you! 86.120.253.128 ( talk) 19:17, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
As you were involved in the discussion on ANI, I am bringing this to your attention: Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case#Request_to_de-sysop_Jondel. Toddst1 ( talk) 00:03, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
The second round of the competition has now closed, with just under 100 points being required to qualify for round 3. YellowEvan just scraped into the next round with 98 points but we have to say goodbye to the thirty or so competitors who didn't achieve this threshold; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Our top scorers in round 2 were:
Vivvt submitted the largest number of DYKs (30), and MBlaze Lightning achieved 13 articles at ITN. Carbrera claimed for 11 GAs and Argento Surfer performed the most GARs, having reviewed 11. So far we have achieved 38 featured articles and a splendid 132 good articles. Commendably, 279 GARs have been achieved so far, more than double the number of GAs.
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Hi Julian, I was wondering why this article is back, after having been deleted [7] --- it still doesn't pass WP:N. -- Somedifferentstuff ( talk) 18:09, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2017).
Brian Cain previously had an attempted Wikipedia page deleted per notability. There are several notable references that were not included in that attempt. Could you please restore to draft so that I can attempt to submit this? Thank you.
-- MattMorse ( talk) 19:36, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
I wouldn't say that "significant new information has come to light" but I do know that the previous article was inaccurate.
-- MattMorse ( talk) 23:33, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
Hey - thank you so much for extending the deletion debate over an article I very inncocently started about a Romanian filmmaker named Delia Antal. I'd seen her first film on youtube and thought she was very brave then looked her up and saw a lot of coverage of her - and she appears to be a celebrity in her country; and someone organizatiosn like BAFTA supports. BUT - the user who started the deletion process/debate appears to really want her article down, and I'm just not fully understanding why - although I was inline with him on some initial articles I used - but not all of them (including her listing and mentions on a page on WIKI about BAFTA). Anyway, I've not been in this situation before and I don't really know what to do from here. Can you offer a little insight? I'm not mad or frustrated - just want to learn! :-) Akrumoftruth ( talk) 01:17, 3 May 2017 (UTC)
Have sent you a private email, hope to hear from you soon. Zurose ( talk) 14:27, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
Have you noticed that some of the IP listed at AIV have weird filter log reports? They seem to be reporting all kinds of disruptive behavior by other IPs and registered users. Is this something I missed at new admin school? - Ad Orientem ( talk) 03:52, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
Hello! I see you declined my recent UAA report. But doesn't this username imply that the user is this notable person? -- Kostas20142 ( talk) 13:42, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
See this diff. As I said in the edit summary, I've done this a few times also. I only caught it before deleting because the date the G13 tag was added was so long ago, which made me do a double take and look further.-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 03:59, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
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Why would u remove my link? It seemed inappropriate for an encyclopedia??? OK so my link isn't good enough to be put there with other links to titanic sites?? Yeah I think that's pretty lame arrons titanic page is the best titanic site on the internet. I'll put my site up against ANY titanic site. Wikipedia is ridiculous anytime I try to correct something or add something some person with a little bit too much time on there hands changes it right away. Whatever. Cliffdimerandy ( talk) 01:40, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
Well thanks for the reply but u say that everyone can contribute anything I have contributed was always reverted back. I corrected errors in articles that were quite obvious. I still dont know why my titanic site link cannot be added but other ones can be. Doesn't make sense Cliffdimerandy ( talk) 02:13, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
Dear Julian,
Before I take this subject further I am folowing Wikipedia guidelines and will try to resolve it with you first. I was very surprised that the article was deleted, esspecialy based on 2 comments in deletion process, both off the cuff comments without merit.
I am an university professor with no connection whatsoever to Mr. Kenyon. I got briefly interested in the subject, collected the information in good faith and wrote a balanced article about a prolific musician and a medical professional. I don't have particular interest in that subject (actually I am not a fan of new age) but I referenced it quite well, (and if you checked the references you would see that too) and I can not understand why did it bother you that this article, without any disputable facts, and one that took effort and time to write would be removed. I believe that Wikipedia is opened to all as long as content is truthful, balanced and not biased, which this was, and that the person is of public interest. As you mentioned erroneously, I didn't quote Youtube as a reliable source, but number of views on youtube IS A PUBLIC INFORMATION AND IT IS A VERIFIABLE SIGN IF SOMETHING IS OF PUBLIC INTEREST. (please contest me on that) Also, if someone makes a biographical documentary about a person, and that documentary gets reviewed in Seattle times, then that person is also reviewed in the article (which anyone who reads it will notice). I would kindly ask you to look in the subject once more and restore the article before I take it to further review. I respect Wikipedia too much to let it be vandalised by people who are too flaky to fully review problems and who let their bias guide their decisions and consider two "off the cuff" comments a proper discussion. How could you make decision on those two comments?
Thank you for your time,
Sincerely,
milan_studio
Hi there — Trying to gather some more insight into why the Xpressdocs page cannot seem to get published. Anything that would read like advertising/pure marketing was removed on the most recent draft, and the remaining information was tracked by independent sources. In terms of notability, the Xpressdocs’ page contained content similar to the earlier versions of comparable organizations (such as QuantumDigital and Vistaprint). Could you provide additional information as to why this page is constantly marked for deletion? Thank you.
The result of the debate about the deletion of the article for OnStream Networks was definitely not a consensus. The article had been worked on since the posting giving it formatting and references resolving the first delete vote. The company was clearly historically notable in its moment. The NYT article and the massive price of its purchase by themselves makes it notable. Please restore the article. -- User:Brholden ( talk)5 May 2017
Hi Juliancolton.
I saw in my list that you have closed the Black & Lane's Ident Tones for Surround AFD as a delete, noting that the sources I provided don't work. This is my fault. The sources do work, but I had misformatted the links, and as a result, they have a pipe mark and a number at the end, which is being treated as part of the URL - it is this which is breaking them. The correct links should be:
I have purposely not formatted these as external links in markup, as I broke them last time and I'm not doing it again!
Could you please review these links and let me know if the decision can be amended please?
Many Thanks
Sunil The Mongoose ( talk) 11:31, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
You posted a note on their user talk page stating they had been blocked, but you never actually blocked them. I have taken care of that for you. Have a wonderful day! ··· 日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 06:21, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
Greetings. As part of my routine of behind-the-scenes gnoming, I've watchlisted WP:BADAFD and periodically look there for things that I can try and fix. The article on Ashfield Mall popped up briefly here, as it has just been undeleted by DavidLevinson following your deletion last month per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ashfield Mall. He has made no edits to the article itself other than to remove the AfD template. This does not appear to be in response to any request--based on his user page, he himself seems to have an interest in shopping mall articles in general.
Anyway, the action appears to be good-faith, but to restore the article with no changes in light of the consensus to delete seems to me to be outside of policy. Not wanting to accidentally start any disputes, I wanted to let you know of this action and seek your opinion as to what the best (or, failing that, the least-worst) actions to take from here. Thank you for your time. -- Finngall talk 00:10, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
On 15 May 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cyclone Ada, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that hundreds of tourists became stranded when Cyclone Ada ravaged Whitsunday Island resorts in January 1970? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cyclone Ada. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Cyclone Ada), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Hi, How can i find the creator of a deleted page on commons or wikipedia? I'd be useful for this case. Thanks, 176.126.68.77 ( talk) 12:43, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
No feedback? 176.126.68.77 ( talk) 14:18, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
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Hi Juliancolton. I just wanted to let you know that I have modified a soft block you placed on the Lehigh Blue Mountain & Northern RR ( talk · contribs) account due to the evidence of sock puppetry/hoaxing at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Lehigh Blue Mountain & Northern RR. I've turned the autoblock on and changed the block reason to include the SPI. Thanks, Mz7 ( talk) 18:53, 20 May 2017 (UTC)
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Yo JC if you could just do a quick compare and contrast exercise on [8]? Many thanks. Take care! — O Fortuna semper crescis, aut decrescis 18:18, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
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Hi. This article was deleted twice. Last by you earlier this year at AfD. The first time by User:Cuchullain.
But it is now recreated (by a new editor, whose only sizable edit was to create this article) - with the exact same problems. The only difference is that the new editor wrote out the subject's middle name. So it now appears as Robert Michael Bernstein.
What to do? Thanks. 2604:2000:E016:A700:E065:25B8:9FA5:3B6A ( talk) 18:06, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
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Julian, does Hazel look like it's in good shape to you? People were still talking about this hurricane when I was young, and I'd like to get it on the Main Page. - Dank ( push to talk) 13:39, 11 June 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I spotted your name at Wikipedia:Good_Article_help/mentor. I'm doing my first GA review and I would appreciate if you could look it over: Talk:Dezinformatsia (book)/GA1. That would be very much appreciated. K.e.coffman ( talk) 04:56, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
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Since you showed a prior interest...Now that I've learned Lightroom to some degree, I've processed the Thai ruins photo and put it back up at FPC. PumpkinSky talk 20:43, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
Hi Julian. I noticed a small grammatical error (tense, specifically) in the editnotice you created for the 2017 Pacific hurricane season article. In the part where it says "usually after it has impacted or began to threaten populated areas", began should be begun. The word is connected to the auxiliary verb has earlier in the sentence, so you have to use the past participle begun instead of the past tense began. I was going to fix it, but I found out that only administrators and template editors can edit editnotices. As I am neither, I thought I'd let you know about it. Thanks :) ChocolateTrain ( talk) 14:00, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
The third round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 288 points being required to qualify for round 4. It was a hotly competitive round with all but four of the contestants exceeding the 106 points that was necessary to proceed to round 4 last year. Coemgenus and Freikorp tied on 288, and both have been allowed to proceed, so round 4 now has one pool of eight competitors and one of nine.
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As we start round 4, we say goodbye to the fifteen or so competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).
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Special:Undelete?fuzzy=1. Currently the search only finds pages that exactly match the search term.Link is here. I've struggled with the word "officially", applied to June 1, for a while. I think I want to replace it in the TFA text. "officially" doesn't mean anything unless the reader knows who's making the call. But I think if we mention NOAA directly, that waters down the reality: regardless of who said it first, June 1 is now the consensus pick for the start of the season. I'd be happy with "generally accepted" or "by convention", or something similar, unless you think that misrepresents things. - Dank ( push to talk) 00:55, 11 July 2017 (UTC)
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Round 4 of the WikiCup has ended and we move forward into the final round. In round 4, a total of 12 FAs, 3 FLs, 44 GAs, 3 FLs, 79 DYKs, 1 ITN and 42 GARs was achieved, with no FPs or FTs this time. Congratulations to Peacemaker67 on the Royal Yugoslav Navy Good Topic of 36 items, and the 12 featured articles achieved by Cas Liber (5), Vanamonde93 (3), Peacemaker67 (2), Adityavagarwal (1) and 12george1 (1). With a FA scoring 200 points, and bonus points available on top of this, FAs are likely to feature heavily in the final round. Meanwhile Yellow Evan, a typhoon specialist, was contributing 12 DYKs and 10 GAs, while Adityavagarwal and Freikorp topped the GAR list with 8 reviews each. As we enter the final round, we are down to eight contestants, and we would like to thank those of you who have been eliminated for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. The lowest score needed to reach round 5 was 305, and I think we can expect a highly competitive final round.
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The Love Pony has return as TheNPepole. I hate block evasion. — FilmandTVFan28 ( talk) 05:01, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
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Hi, I'm LightandDark2000. Can you plese semi-protect the Hurricane Irma article for another month? After the recent semi-protection expired (new editor reviewing is still in place), at least 90% of all the edits coming in from IPs or new editors have either been pure vandalism or just unsourced in general. Given the high viewership/popularity of the article and the recent vandalism rates at the article, I doubt that the problem is going to go away for a while. I believe that the article should be semi-protected again at least until the commotion dies down, similar to other major current hurricane articles. Thank you. LightandDark2000 ( talk) 20:34, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
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Dear Juliancolton, I invite you on my review of article - Air stripline for a general assessment. Any comments and guidance are much appreciated. I also request you to fix minor errors encountered.
Thank you -- Navinsingh133 ( talk) 09:33, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
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The final round of the 2017 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2017 WikiCup top three finalists:
In addition to recognizing the achievements of the top finishers and everyone who worked hard to make it to the final round, we also want to recognize those participants who were most productive in each of the WikiCup scoring categories:
Over the course of the 2017 WikiCup the following content was added or improved on Wikipedia: 51 Featured Articles, 292 Good Articles, 18 Featured Lists, 1 Featured Picture, 1 Featured Topics, 4 Good Topics, around 400 Did You Knows, 75 In The News, and 442 Good Article Reviews. Thank you to all the competitors for your hard work and what you have done to improve Wikipedia.
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So the 2017 WikiCup has come to an end. Congratulations to the winner, to the other finalists and to all those who took part. 177 contestants signed up, more than usual, but not all of them submitted entries in the first round. Were editors attracted by the cash prizes offered for the first time this year, or were these irrelevant? Do the rules and scoring need changing for the 2018 WikiCup? If you have a view on these or other matters, why not join in the WikiCup discussion about next year's contest? Sturmvogel 66 ( talk · contribs · email), Godot13 ( talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth ( talk · contribs · email). MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 13:59, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
Hi Julian,
Hope all is well. From my understanding, the aforementioned Wikipedia List of Regine Velasquez's awards and nominations has been merged/redirected with the article back in 2013 after a consensus was made following its nomination for deletion. Having gone through the page myself, it does indeed fall short on verifiable sources and was poorly formatted and presented. I'd like to work on improving the list, after spending time improving Regine Velasquez's entry last October and November to meet with Wikipedia MOS guidelines, which I will initiate for a peer review soon.
Reading through the talk page I noted that individual admins don't have the authority to override the results of deletion discussions and that since you initiated redirecting it, upon advise, we should reach out to you. I'm also unsure where to discuss this, so I decided to contact you through your talk page. Hope you could get back on the best course of action to address my request.
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Among my interests are the history of science fiction and the history of science fiction fans. When looking for information about DucKon recently, I was surprised to learn that its article had been deleted in November 2015.
I'm writing to ask whether you might reconsider this deletion. I hope for two favors.
First, would you be willing to provide me with the source of the most recent version, so that I might work to address the article's perceived weaknesses? (I have no experience with this process, but I do understand that an administrator has a way to retrieve a defunct article.)
Second, would you entertain the possibility of restoring it? I offer a few arguments:
These considerations incline me to favor the convention's inclusion in Wikipedia, and I would like to hear your thoughts. I'd be happy to provide links if you are curious to see the evidence behind my assertions.
I believe I could edit the deleted article to strengthen its claim to notability, and improve it in other ways. Please give me a chance.
Beamjockey ( talk) 23:48, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
I'm also distressed by the lack of an article on DucKon. Is it possible to get a copy of the deletion discussion? Sam Paris ( talk) 15:38, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
As we approach the end of the year, the Military History project is looking to recognise editors who have made a real difference. Each year we do this by bestowing two awards: the Military Historian of the Year and the Military History Newcomer of the Year. The co-ordinators invite all project members to get involved by nominating any editor they feel merits recognition for their contributions to the project. Nominations for both awards are open between 00:01 on 2 December 2017 and 23:59 on 15 December 2017. After this, a 14-day voting period will follow commencing at 00:01 on 16 December 2017. Nominations and voting will take place on the main project talkpage: here and here. Thank you for your time. For the co-ordinators, MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 08:35, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
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Just a heads up that I unsalted the redirect at List of awards and nominations received by Regine Velasquez per this request. Just an FYI since you closed the original discussion. If you have any objections, feel free to resalt. TonyBallioni ( talk) 07:08, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
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Guild of Copy Editors December 2017 News
Hello copy editors! Welcome to the December 2017 GOCE newsletter, which contains nine months(!) of updates. The Guild has been busy and successful; your diligent efforts in 2017 has brought the backlog of articles requiring copy edit to below 1,000 articles for the first time. Thanks to all editors who have contributed their time and energy to help make this happen. Our copy-editing drives (month-long backlog-reduction drives held in odd-numbered months) and blitzes (week-long themed editing in even-numbered months) have been very successful this year. March drive: We set out to remove April, May, and June 2016 from our backlog and all February 2017 Requests (a total of 304 articles). By the end of the month, all but 22 of these articles were cleared. Officially, of the 28 who signed up, 22 editors recorded 257 copy edits (439,952 words). (These numbers do not always make sense when you compare them to the overall reduction in the backlog, because not all editors record every copy edit on the drive page.) April blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 16 through 22 April; the theme was Requests. Of the 15 who signed up, 9 editors completed 43 articles (81,822 words). May drive: The goals were to remove July, August, and September 2016 from the backlog and to complete all March 2017 Requests (a total of 300 articles). By the end of the month, we had reduced our overall backlog to an all-time low of 1,388 articles. Of the 28 who signed up, 17 editors completed 187 articles (321,810 words). June blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 18 through 24 June; the theme was Requests. Of the 16 who signed up, 9 editors completed 28 copy edits (117,089 words). 2017 Coordinator elections: In June, coordinators for the second half of 2017 were elected. Jonesey95 moved back into the lead coordinator position, with Miniapolis stepping down to remain as coordinator; Tdslk and Corinne returned as coordinators, and Keira1996 rejoined after an extended absence. Thanks to all who participated! July drive: We set out to remove August, September, October, and November 2016 from the backlog and to complete all May and June 2017 Requests (a total of 242 articles). The drive was an enormous success, and the target was nearly achieved within three weeks, so that December 2016 was added to the "old articles" list used as a goal for the drive. By the end of the month, only three articles from 2016 remained, and for the second drive in a row, the backlog was reduced to a new all-time low, this time to 1,363 articles. Of the 33 who signed up, 21 editors completed 337 articles (556,482 words). August blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 20 through 26 August; the theme was biographical articles tagged for copy editing for more than six months (47 articles). Of the 13 who signed up, 11 editors completed 38 copy edits (42,589 words). September drive: The goals were to remove January, February, and March 2017 from the backlog and to complete all August 2017 Requests (a total of 338 articles). Of the 19 who signed up, 14 editors completed 121 copy edits (267,227 words). October blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 22 through 28 October; the theme was Requests. Of the 14 who signed up, 8 editors completed 20 articles (55,642 words). November drive: We set out again to remove January, February, and March 2017 from the backlog and to complete all October 2017 Requests (a total of 207 articles). By the end of the month, these goals were reached and the backlog shrank to its lowest total ever, 997 articles, the first time it had fallen under one thousand (click on the graph above to see this amazing feat in graphical form). It was also the first time that the oldest copy-edit tag was less than eight months old. Of the 25 who signed up, 16 editors completed 159 articles (285,929 words). 2018 Coordinator elections: Voting is open for the election of coordinators for the first half of 2018. Please visit the election page to vote between now and December 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Thanks for participating! Housekeeping note: We do not send a newsletter before (or after) every drive or blitz. To have a better chance of knowing when the next event will start, add the GOCE's message box to your watchlist. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Miniapolis, Corinne, Tdslk, and Keira1996. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from
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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article National Weather Service Caribou, Maine 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/National Weather Service North Little Rock, Arkansas 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.-- Rusf10 ( talk) 18:08, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
Announcing the NPP New Year Backlog Drive!
We have done amazing work so far in December to reduce the New Pages Feed backlog by over 3000 articles! Now is the time to capitalise on our momentum and help eliminate the backlog!
The backlog drive will begin on January 1st and run until January 29th. Prize tiers and other info can be found HERE.
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