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You have flagged me for a potential conflict of interest. I have no personal relationship with the person on the page I have just created other than being interested in their work and in criticisms of it. I don't have any relation to any publishers or universities. Wikipedia has a severe lack of information around the current scholarship around Karl Kautsky and I had planned to do further entries of other key historians such as Lars T Lih. I'm confused about what seems to be a hostile approach on the CoI (I don't mean this in a personal sense) to a very factual entry. Lwhite77 ( talk) 14:05, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
I'm a major contributor to the article. I revamped it from 29K bytes to 89K bytes. I weeded out previous possible COI material and checked the references. The article is in much better shape. So you, adding another COI tag, seems overzealous to say the least. I have never written articles for pay. I am not on the Board of Directors of this organization, and have received no money from them, and never will do so. So if you insist on keeping the COI tag, please explain your reasoning.-- Tomwsulcer ( talk) 15:42, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
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Hey Melcous! I noticed your last edit to the page of Mengly Jandy Quach. Please tell me how we can correct what you find biased. As the team manager for communications of our small Khmer Wikipedia community, I am currently preparing a Wikipedia in the classroom project with teachers of the MJQE schools and we started with Mengly Jandy Quach as a starter. You can see my other contributions on Khmer culture as well. I hope you understand the process we are in. Please help us to improve; I am afraid this would otherwise discourage this new Wiki in the classroom project. Thanks. Willuconquer ( talk) 17:31, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
It is too bad that Tomwsulcer chose to leave Wikipedia rather than discuss the issues with pages he edited. Thanks for all you've done. Polycarpa aurata ( talk) 04:05, 12 March 2022 (UTC)
I was just about to stub the article, as it is entirely written as promotion/marketing. Either that or AFD. Do you think it's worth trying to save in its current state? Boing! on Tour ( talk) 08:53, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
Ironically, turning up the article by "Carl Pochedly of the American Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology" reveals that rather than the expression of "gratitude and admiration" it is a 1985 full biography of the subject, possibly a source for the 2002 obituaries, and actually more detailed than the 2002 obituaries are, having the stuff about chemistry that you couldn't find in the Washington Post's obituary. Why on Earth it was only alluded to and not cited like the obituaries were escapes me.
Uncle G ( talk) 10:29, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
Please stop removing this content. Its a respectable independent academic organisation. By all means reorganise the article. Rathfelder ( talk) 22:49, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
Melcous, that helps a lot. Truly. Thank you. From your explanation I can see why the article needs to be re-written and also needs to have more sourced cited. For me, something as innocuous as “door to door” doesn’t seem that bad to write, but if someone hasn’t watched all of the interviews or seen his Facebook or read his Twitter feed, then it would be hard to justify “door to door.” It comes off the wrong way (and I need to provide plenty more citations). I will pull down the article and work a rewrite focusing on the constructive feedback given here. Thank you. This makes sense now. (And I will read WP:V and WP:NPOV. Thank you! X72153 ( talk) 02:11, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
Dear concern actually, I'm new to Wikipedia but I'm still learning — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tanimul887 ( talk • contribs) 15:08, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
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Hello Melcous. I have been trying to update Epos Now page with more detailed and accurate information. However, the content keeps reverting back to information that is inaccurate. How can this be resolved? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tilliedee5 ( talk • contribs) 11:15, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
Melcous, I have been notified and now have seen your removal of Honorary Degrees and Awards that Justice Baldwin has garnered. I have reviewed numerous other similar mentions with regards to famous and/or accomplished people. Rarely, if ever, is there a citation with regards to honorary degrees or awards. I might be incorrect but it seems as though an inconsistent standard is being applied. Are you able to show me any number of examples where the honorary degrees are cited. Otherwise, the mentions of the awards and the degrees need to be replaced. I appreciate the work you perform for Wiki but even if there is a standard, it would seem to be the exception and not the rule. If it is not being applied across the board then it should not be applied here. Not to mention, most given honorary degrees and awards might not be widely publicized. It also seems to be a serious overreaction to otherwise innocuous and accurate additions to her bio. Please advise. Thanks in advance for your careful consideration and review of similar bios. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Huggylaw ( talk • contribs) 20:30, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
I apologize for any terseness. I am increasingly frustrated at edits or removal of information that I commonly see in other bios without reference. Additionally, if someone ca thoughtfully explain how honorary degrees can be cited for most of the population (leaving out Presidents, other Heads of State, actors and Famous musicians), I would like to know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Huggylaw ( talk • contribs) 20:40, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
Hi Melcous, Thank you for helping to improve the article I created on Woodrow McClain Parker. In response to the COI flag you placed on the article, I am not related to, nor do I have a close connection with the subject. I have read and been impressed by the experiences contained in his memoir. Details about the subject's childhood experiences and personal life are verifiable and have now been referenced with citations. I believe the article is particularly notable because there are very few credentialed, accomplished African American multicultural counseling experts born during or prior to the Jim Crow period of racial segregation in the United States. Victor C. Bolling ( talk) 21:20, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
Hi Melcous, New user here. I see a notability tag on the one page I recently edited. I believe that the person in question - Sudarshan Venu, is a young (early 30s)and dynamic business leader from India and is someone whose actions I do follow diligently. As far as notability from media / news worthiness is concerned a quick Google search delivered over 13,000 news articles about him from well established mainstream media with multiple secondary sources that are reliable and intellectually independent. Times of India, Business Today, Mint, The Financial Express and Forbes India are amongst most reputed and independent news organisations of the country and have covered him. List of News He is leading one of the biggest 2 wheeler manufacturing companies in India, which recently acquired UK's iconic Norton Motorcycles. Please let me if the tag can be removed or elaborate on your concerns. Swabn ( talk) 21:11, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
The Article have all authentic Sources 2409:4054:2089:8657:EB9C:728A:D6E6:E604 ( talk) 13:07, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for writing the Gordon Reid (politician) bio. I could not find a reference for his year of birth in your article and have thus removed it. It is critical that we only publish birth details for living people if there are reliable sources available for it. Please make sure that you adhere to WP:BLPPRIVACY. Schwede 66 02:39, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
Hello Melcous,
At the time of the last newsletter (No.26, September 2021), the backlog was 'only' just over 6,000 articles. In the past six months, the backlog has reached nearly 16,000, a staggering level not seen in several years. A very small number of users had been doing the vast majority of the reviews. Due to "burn-out", we have recently lost most of this effort. Furthermore, several reviewers have been stripped of the user right for abuse of privilege and the articles they patrolled were put back in the queue.
Several discussions on the state of the process have taken place on the talk page, but there has been no action to make any changes. The project also lacks coordination since the "position" is vacant.
In the last 30 days, only 100 reviewers have made more than 8 patrols and only 50 have averaged one review a day. There are currently 803 New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All 856 administrators have this permission, but only about a dozen significantly contribute to NPP.
This means we have an active pool of about 450 to address the backlog. We cannot rely on a few to do most of the work as that inevitably leads to burnout. A fairly experienced reviewer can usually do a review in a few minutes. If every active reviewer would patrol just one article per day, the backlog would very quickly disappear.
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Banks Irk ( talk) 20:23, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
Hi Melcous, I came to know that my sandbox article was deleted for unambiguous advertising, thank you for pointing out any discrepancy in my article. May I know which all elements of the content was responsible for it. I am new to Wikipedia, and might have limited understanding, hence I wish to make amends to that article. I request you to restore the article so I may make the necessary changes to it. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Regards FauxPriest1997 ( talk) 16:35, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
Please explain rationale for the like a resume notice. As the creator of the page, I am not that person nor have I ever met them. I followed the outline of other Australian medical academic pages. As it is not a resume I have removed the notice. InnerCitadel ( talk) 06:04, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
Hey, when you remove a post-nominal like "DD" from the lead, could you please add an explanatory sentence somewhere in the body of the article: e.g. "He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity (DD)." 𝕱𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖎𝖆 ( talk) 06:44, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
Hello Melcous,
At the time of the last newsletter (No.27, May 2022), the backlog was approaching 16,000, having shot up rapidly from 6,000 over the prior two months. The attention the newsletter brought to the backlog sparked a flurry of activity. There was new discussion on process improvements, efforts to invite new editors to participate in NPP increased and more editors requested the NPP user right so they could help, and most importantly, the number of reviews picked up and the backlog decreased, dipping below 14,000 [a] at the end of May.
Since then, the news has not been so good. The backlog is basically flat, hovering around 14,200. I wish I could report the number of reviews done and the number of new articles added to the queue. But the available statistics we have are woefully inadequate. The only real number we have is the net queue size. [b]
In the last 30 days, the top 100 reviewers have all made more than 16 patrols (up from 8 last month), and about 70 have averaged one review a day (up from 50 last month).
While there are more people doing more reviews, many of the ~730 with the NPP right are doing little. Most of the reviews are being done by the top 50 or 100 reviewers. They need your help. We appreciate every review done, but please aim to do one a day (on average, or 30 a month).
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Hey there Melcous. I'm just a little confused as to the rationale behind your recent edits to Mark Ward (theologian). You removed Ward's PhD credential, even though Bob Jones University is an accredited institution in the United States. I'm also unsure as to why you removed a lot of correctly cited content derived from secondary sources.
Thanks for your time. VistaSunset ( talk) 09:40, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi Melcous, I noticed a newly created article, Seungri's Case and Scandal, that you have made some edits to, due to a change in a Redirect that I had created, here: [1]. The editor for the new article failed to (perhaps deliberately) link it to an existing older article Burning Sun scandal, which you might not be aware of. I also created and worked extensively on the older article and consider it might cause a conflict if I make any edits or suggestions to the new page. If you could look over the two pages and see what you think needs to be done to avoid duplication on WP? Also for your reference, in the past, some attempts were made to rewrite the history of the case (seemingly to put Seungri in a more favorable light) and Administrator Explicit removed edits on the older article's Talk page and reverted edits on the article page pertaining to it, [2]. I pinged Explicit in case they also wish to review the newer article. Thanks for your attention. Bonnielou2013 ( talk) 11:28, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
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Good morning Melcous,
You have recently made a few (legitimate) cuts to the article dedicated to my employer—the Founder of a nonprofit with activities across Canada and the US, dedicated to reaching gender parity, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace. You also added
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tags to her page—again, very legitimately! So I'm not being critical here, all this is just to say that these "revisions" are what brought you to my attention :)
I am currently part of her organization's Communication team, and we are hoping to work with a professional, rigourous, experienced Wikimedian to bring her current "stub" to an actual article. This process was already done in French—a collaboration that was publicly disclosed, free of "conflicts of interest", and where we provided information/sources to support the Wikimedian's independant editorial work... We are now looking for a new collaborator to complete the same process in English.
The large number of articles listed on your user page and your "WikiProject Women in Red" banner led me to believe that perhaps this is a mandate you could be interested in? If not, would you be able to direct me to a fellow Wikimedian who would?
Thank you in advance for your time and consideration. Kindest wishes from the other end of the world! 174.89.253.49 ( talk) 19:07, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
In this edit you changed the name in María Soengas from María S. (Marisol) Soengas to Marisol S. Soengas. Now I know nothing about her except what I read there and did a quick search on the web, but I have not found "Marisol S. Soengas" anywhere, it is either María S. Soengas or Marisol Soengas. Also, my Spanish isn't great, but our article Marisol says "a shortened form of María de la Soledad". Unless you have reason to believe otherwise, I suspect that is her name, so either María S. or Marisol, but Marisol S. would be strictly incorrect. Agree? -- GRuban ( talk) 15:53, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
Hello Melcous,
After the last newsletter (No.28, June 2022), the backlog declined another 1,000 to 13,000 in the last week of June. Then the July backlog drive began, during which 9,900 articles were reviewed and the backlog fell by 4,500 to just under 8,500 (these numbers illustrate how many new articles regularly flow into the queue). Thanks go to the coordinators Buidhe and Zippybonzo, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to Dr vulpes who led with 880 points. See this page for further details.
Unfortunately, most of the decline happened in the first half of the month, and the backlog has already risen to 9,600. Understandably, it seems many backlog drive participants are taking a break from reviewing and unfortunately, we are not even keeping up with the inflow let alone driving it lower. We need the other 600 reviewers to do more! Please try to do at least one a day.
{{subst:NPR invite}}on their talk page.
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You have marked BLP sources to the page "Darshan Ashwin Trivedi". I have added more details with the proper citation and additional information. Can you review the page again and remove the BLP sources if the page is having needed citation and information?
Appreciate for your contribution. Njoy deep ( talk) 10:47, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
I didn't mention it at the time, but your edits to the Andrea Hickey article a few weeks ago certainly helped. -- James26 ( talk) 06:39, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
Hi there! I undid your edit on the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers page. The links to the collections listed on that page were dead due to a server change, so I replaced them with the new active links. This is a minor edit that is meant to aid researchers seeking more material about the topic. Please do not change it again, the old links will lead to an error page. Our collections are free to use and fully open to the public, and we do not make any money off of people using them or viewing our website. LaborArchWA ( talk) 19:05, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
Melcous Thank you so much for your valuable time in making a positive edit on Ralph Nwosu It adds a great value.! But noticed it wasn't reviewed or patrol. Thanks & regards Princek2019 ( talk) 20:27, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
Melcous Re: Appreciation For your edits. High regards. Princek2019 ( talk) 15:55, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
Hi, Melcous! I mentioned your name at ANI, in the thread Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#User:Donovanjustin, Salve Regina University. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers ( talk) 19:25, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
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[ [3]] needs a link to the most relevant XOR site for experience with its identity and play. An "External link" "Internet version XOR at https://rvvz.home.xs4all.nl/xor/ by Rob Veldhuyzen van Zanten" seems, to me, to agree with the Exteranl Links Guide. What is your advise ? Anybody may evaluate the given opportunity to play XOR and remark it in the XOR article. Rvvz ( talk) 19:25, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
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Hard thoughtful work ( talk) 21:34, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
Hello,
I've seen you deleted my additional sentence.
Please explain, when do you accept that copyright infringement has been done? Do you require a court verdict? Supreme court verdict? In which country? That may take years. Isn't Wikipedia supposed to report the truth? Or at least show the other side of the truth?
Kindly check the "Talk" of the page, I wrote a detailed comparison. No lawyer will be able to prove the opposite, even not the "million dollar" lawyers of the record companies.
Talk:The Hundred-Foot Journey (soundtrack)
Note also the number of music apps that added Esther Granek as a writer on their own copy (in small letters though):
https://lyricshub.ru/en/track/A-R-Rahman-feat-Solange-Merdinian-2/My-Mind-Is-a-Stranger-Without-You
https://www.shazam.com/track/144064994/my-mind-is-a-stranger-without-you
https://www.songtexte.com/songtext/ar-rahman/my-mind-is-a-stranger-without-you-1b76add4.html
https://musikguru.de/solange-merdinian/songtext-my-mind-is-a-stranger-without-you-812549.html
Rgranek ( talk) 14:10, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
I have made a good faith effort to update MY ARTICLE which was completely deleted in June and replaced by poorly referenced content with untrue and defamatory statements which are not supported by the editors own references. I have stated this in the talk section and waited for response. BLP standards allow me to remove this content IMMEDIATELY and yet you insist on restoring it...This seems to make you a partner in vandalism and maliciousness. Explain yourself. DBlakeRoss ( talk) 04:40, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
wp:EWN#User:49.178.160.86 reported by User:Adakiko (Result: ) Cheers Adakiko ( talk) 19:54, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
Regarding : /info/en/?search=Bruno_Zumbo Dear Melcous, we have made every effort to revise the Wikipedia entry as you requested. We added additional links as you requested. We also corrected a few grammatical errors that were created in during the wiki editor's changes. We hope that this now meets your requirements. 206.12.46.151 ( talk) 00:33, 17 September 2022 (UTC)
Can you check the article Alex James (professor) again. Links and writing that may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject have been removed and new sources have been added. So, I think this tag may not stay here.~ AbuSayeed ( talk) 02:07, 20 September 2022 (UTC)
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( t · c) buidhe 21:17, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I'm Idoghor Melody. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed or created, Matemateca, and have marked it as unreviewed. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.
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Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 07:30, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
Hello, Melcous,
In a Village Pump proposal from earlier this year, it was decided that it's no longer appropriate to move older articles from main space to Draft space. The proposal was arguing that "recently created" should be considered to be 90 days old or younger but I think of it as applying only to articles created in the past 6 months. Another editor reverted your draftification but I thought I'd come and explain why.
Any way, I hope you are having a restful weekend! Liz Read! Talk! 20:50, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
re Eora, Treatment of Women . What do you mean "Not in keeping with the rest of the article"? We learn nothing from history if we sanitise it. Robw49 ( talk) 08:25, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
Hello,
I do hope all is well. Your comments pertaining to my edits on the topic of William Bishop, and your online behaviour, are all a strong instance of highly manipulative gaslighting. You have been reported. Please stop harassing editors.
Kind Regards,
J.H. JohnEricHiggs ( talk) 16:28, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
I’m not sure you know what gaslighting means, and as far as I can see you have not reported me anywhere, but have yourself been reported to various noticeboards by various editors concerned with various aspects of your editing. A discussion has been held to reach community consensus regarding the article, and this was conducted in good faith. You were invited to participate in the discussion and chose not to. It is clear that the subject of the article does not meet Wikipedia’s notability criteria. There is really nothing else to discuss. Melcous ( talk) 09:12, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
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Not sure I am posting on the correct page, but I'm trying.
Anyway, I did make some edits --very small edits -- that were accurate. They were all undone. So, is there anything in the entry that you suspect of being autobiographical? Anyway, the favor I'd like to ask is, can you take out anything that you think might be autobiographical, or anything that might be incorrect, or take down the whole page if I might be a fictional character? And then take down the warning. One thing that seems cannot be right is taking out everything that warrants a warning and then leaving the warning up there. My friends and family check this page... Thanks for whatever you can find it in your heart to do. Dave Schmidtz ( talk) 01:59, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
Your overall editing bamboozles me. You still seem to struggle with the difference between honorific and honorary, and you repeatedly label articles as "original research"...I am not sure what your personal definition is, but your application of the term seems to fit 100% of wiki articles... I am just sitting here gleaning information from internet and/or books and I cannot fathom how you deem it "original research". It is someone else other than myself who has assembled the information... I am just a scribe. Over and above that you do seem to hound me (and certain others) in a truly vexatious manner and I have complained to Wikipedia regarding this twice.-- Stephencdickson ( talk) 21:55, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
Hello Melcous,
Much has happened since the last newsletter over two months ago. The open letter finished with 444 signatures. The letter was sent to several dozen people at the WMF, and we have heard that it is being discussed but there has been no official reply. A related article appears in the current issue of The Signpost. If you haven't seen it, you should, including the readers' comment section.
Awards: Barnstars were given for the past several years (thanks to MPGuy2824), and we are now all caught up. The 2021 cup went to John B123 for leading with 26,525 article reviews during 2021. To encourage moderate activity, a new "Iron" level barnstar is awarded annually for reviewing 360 articles ("one-a-day"), and 100 reviews earns the "Standard" NPP barnstar. About 90 reviewers received barnstars for each of the years 2018 to 2021 (including the new awards that were given retroactively). All awards issued for every year are listed on the Awards page. Check out the new Hall of Fame also.
Software news: Novem Linguae and MPGuy2824 have connected with WMF developers who can review and approve patches, so they have been able to fix some bugs, and make other improvements to the Page Curation software. You can see everything that has been fixed recently here. The reviewer report has also been improved.
Suggestions:
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Saving the best for last: From a July low of 8,500, the backlog climbed back to 11,000 in August and then reversed in September dropping to below 6,000 and continued falling with the October backlog drive to under 1,000, a level not seen in over four years. Keep in mind that there are 2,000 new articles every week, so the number of reviews is far higher than the backlog reduction. To keep the backlog under a thousand, we have to keep reviewing at about half the recent rate!
Hi, Melcous! I am trying to edit the Goodfriend page to draw attention to the memorial project. I haven't done Wikipedia editing before: can you help me out? Rkingbu ( talk) 00:07, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
Hi Melcous,
I have tried to update the page for Mark Beer on a number of occasions as the page in it's current form is factually inaccurate.
Can you please tell me why you have continued to revert the changes as a whole even where I have included references which show the appointments for example? I understand if there are issues, but can you please tell me why this is the case?
As things stand, this just appears to be malicious on your part, I would prefer not to report the issue, and instead just to find a solution to update the page if possible.
Thanks
Mattdavfar (
talk)
12:36, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
Hi Melcous!
I am relatively new to Wikipedia editing (I am not new to writing, however), and I had been looking for jobs to do across Wikipedia. I came across Kathryn Moore's page, and I am interested in her work. I decided to try to expand her page with some extra information, including a few awards that I believe I cited. However, I noticed that they were removed soon after. I looked in the history, and I noticed that whenever someone adds something that would improve the article, you remove it immediately. Is there a reason for this?
Thanks,
Bearcan Bearcan ( talk) 22:20, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi again Melcous, You seem a seasoned editor, so I would like your advice regarding Dr. Moore’s page. I have tried to add an image to the article, but I believe I did not cite the file properly. You should be able to see the picture I used; would you please provide guidance on this topic? Thanks. - Bearcan ( talk) 03:06, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi Melcous.
You recently deleted a page I had been working on. I'm not contesting the grounds on which it was removed. But would it be possible to have the material back so I can continue to improve it? Thank you. Storenforward ( talk) 22:45, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
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You have flagged me for a potential conflict of interest. I have no personal relationship with the person on the page I have just created other than being interested in their work and in criticisms of it. I don't have any relation to any publishers or universities. Wikipedia has a severe lack of information around the current scholarship around Karl Kautsky and I had planned to do further entries of other key historians such as Lars T Lih. I'm confused about what seems to be a hostile approach on the CoI (I don't mean this in a personal sense) to a very factual entry. Lwhite77 ( talk) 14:05, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
I'm a major contributor to the article. I revamped it from 29K bytes to 89K bytes. I weeded out previous possible COI material and checked the references. The article is in much better shape. So you, adding another COI tag, seems overzealous to say the least. I have never written articles for pay. I am not on the Board of Directors of this organization, and have received no money from them, and never will do so. So if you insist on keeping the COI tag, please explain your reasoning.-- Tomwsulcer ( talk) 15:42, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
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Hey Melcous! I noticed your last edit to the page of Mengly Jandy Quach. Please tell me how we can correct what you find biased. As the team manager for communications of our small Khmer Wikipedia community, I am currently preparing a Wikipedia in the classroom project with teachers of the MJQE schools and we started with Mengly Jandy Quach as a starter. You can see my other contributions on Khmer culture as well. I hope you understand the process we are in. Please help us to improve; I am afraid this would otherwise discourage this new Wiki in the classroom project. Thanks. Willuconquer ( talk) 17:31, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
It is too bad that Tomwsulcer chose to leave Wikipedia rather than discuss the issues with pages he edited. Thanks for all you've done. Polycarpa aurata ( talk) 04:05, 12 March 2022 (UTC)
I was just about to stub the article, as it is entirely written as promotion/marketing. Either that or AFD. Do you think it's worth trying to save in its current state? Boing! on Tour ( talk) 08:53, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
Ironically, turning up the article by "Carl Pochedly of the American Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology" reveals that rather than the expression of "gratitude and admiration" it is a 1985 full biography of the subject, possibly a source for the 2002 obituaries, and actually more detailed than the 2002 obituaries are, having the stuff about chemistry that you couldn't find in the Washington Post's obituary. Why on Earth it was only alluded to and not cited like the obituaries were escapes me.
Uncle G ( talk) 10:29, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
Please stop removing this content. Its a respectable independent academic organisation. By all means reorganise the article. Rathfelder ( talk) 22:49, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
Melcous, that helps a lot. Truly. Thank you. From your explanation I can see why the article needs to be re-written and also needs to have more sourced cited. For me, something as innocuous as “door to door” doesn’t seem that bad to write, but if someone hasn’t watched all of the interviews or seen his Facebook or read his Twitter feed, then it would be hard to justify “door to door.” It comes off the wrong way (and I need to provide plenty more citations). I will pull down the article and work a rewrite focusing on the constructive feedback given here. Thank you. This makes sense now. (And I will read WP:V and WP:NPOV. Thank you! X72153 ( talk) 02:11, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
Dear concern actually, I'm new to Wikipedia but I'm still learning — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tanimul887 ( talk • contribs) 15:08, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
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Hello Melcous. I have been trying to update Epos Now page with more detailed and accurate information. However, the content keeps reverting back to information that is inaccurate. How can this be resolved? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tilliedee5 ( talk • contribs) 11:15, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
Melcous, I have been notified and now have seen your removal of Honorary Degrees and Awards that Justice Baldwin has garnered. I have reviewed numerous other similar mentions with regards to famous and/or accomplished people. Rarely, if ever, is there a citation with regards to honorary degrees or awards. I might be incorrect but it seems as though an inconsistent standard is being applied. Are you able to show me any number of examples where the honorary degrees are cited. Otherwise, the mentions of the awards and the degrees need to be replaced. I appreciate the work you perform for Wiki but even if there is a standard, it would seem to be the exception and not the rule. If it is not being applied across the board then it should not be applied here. Not to mention, most given honorary degrees and awards might not be widely publicized. It also seems to be a serious overreaction to otherwise innocuous and accurate additions to her bio. Please advise. Thanks in advance for your careful consideration and review of similar bios. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Huggylaw ( talk • contribs) 20:30, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
I apologize for any terseness. I am increasingly frustrated at edits or removal of information that I commonly see in other bios without reference. Additionally, if someone ca thoughtfully explain how honorary degrees can be cited for most of the population (leaving out Presidents, other Heads of State, actors and Famous musicians), I would like to know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Huggylaw ( talk • contribs) 20:40, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
Hi Melcous, Thank you for helping to improve the article I created on Woodrow McClain Parker. In response to the COI flag you placed on the article, I am not related to, nor do I have a close connection with the subject. I have read and been impressed by the experiences contained in his memoir. Details about the subject's childhood experiences and personal life are verifiable and have now been referenced with citations. I believe the article is particularly notable because there are very few credentialed, accomplished African American multicultural counseling experts born during or prior to the Jim Crow period of racial segregation in the United States. Victor C. Bolling ( talk) 21:20, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
Hi Melcous, New user here. I see a notability tag on the one page I recently edited. I believe that the person in question - Sudarshan Venu, is a young (early 30s)and dynamic business leader from India and is someone whose actions I do follow diligently. As far as notability from media / news worthiness is concerned a quick Google search delivered over 13,000 news articles about him from well established mainstream media with multiple secondary sources that are reliable and intellectually independent. Times of India, Business Today, Mint, The Financial Express and Forbes India are amongst most reputed and independent news organisations of the country and have covered him. List of News He is leading one of the biggest 2 wheeler manufacturing companies in India, which recently acquired UK's iconic Norton Motorcycles. Please let me if the tag can be removed or elaborate on your concerns. Swabn ( talk) 21:11, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
The Article have all authentic Sources 2409:4054:2089:8657:EB9C:728A:D6E6:E604 ( talk) 13:07, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for writing the Gordon Reid (politician) bio. I could not find a reference for his year of birth in your article and have thus removed it. It is critical that we only publish birth details for living people if there are reliable sources available for it. Please make sure that you adhere to WP:BLPPRIVACY. Schwede 66 02:39, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
Hello Melcous,
At the time of the last newsletter (No.26, September 2021), the backlog was 'only' just over 6,000 articles. In the past six months, the backlog has reached nearly 16,000, a staggering level not seen in several years. A very small number of users had been doing the vast majority of the reviews. Due to "burn-out", we have recently lost most of this effort. Furthermore, several reviewers have been stripped of the user right for abuse of privilege and the articles they patrolled were put back in the queue.
Several discussions on the state of the process have taken place on the talk page, but there has been no action to make any changes. The project also lacks coordination since the "position" is vacant.
In the last 30 days, only 100 reviewers have made more than 8 patrols and only 50 have averaged one review a day. There are currently 803 New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All 856 administrators have this permission, but only about a dozen significantly contribute to NPP.
This means we have an active pool of about 450 to address the backlog. We cannot rely on a few to do most of the work as that inevitably leads to burnout. A fairly experienced reviewer can usually do a review in a few minutes. If every active reviewer would patrol just one article per day, the backlog would very quickly disappear.
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Hi Melcous, I came to know that my sandbox article was deleted for unambiguous advertising, thank you for pointing out any discrepancy in my article. May I know which all elements of the content was responsible for it. I am new to Wikipedia, and might have limited understanding, hence I wish to make amends to that article. I request you to restore the article so I may make the necessary changes to it. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Regards FauxPriest1997 ( talk) 16:35, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
Please explain rationale for the like a resume notice. As the creator of the page, I am not that person nor have I ever met them. I followed the outline of other Australian medical academic pages. As it is not a resume I have removed the notice. InnerCitadel ( talk) 06:04, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
Hey, when you remove a post-nominal like "DD" from the lead, could you please add an explanatory sentence somewhere in the body of the article: e.g. "He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity (DD)." 𝕱𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖎𝖆 ( talk) 06:44, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
Hello Melcous,
At the time of the last newsletter (No.27, May 2022), the backlog was approaching 16,000, having shot up rapidly from 6,000 over the prior two months. The attention the newsletter brought to the backlog sparked a flurry of activity. There was new discussion on process improvements, efforts to invite new editors to participate in NPP increased and more editors requested the NPP user right so they could help, and most importantly, the number of reviews picked up and the backlog decreased, dipping below 14,000 [a] at the end of May.
Since then, the news has not been so good. The backlog is basically flat, hovering around 14,200. I wish I could report the number of reviews done and the number of new articles added to the queue. But the available statistics we have are woefully inadequate. The only real number we have is the net queue size. [b]
In the last 30 days, the top 100 reviewers have all made more than 16 patrols (up from 8 last month), and about 70 have averaged one review a day (up from 50 last month).
While there are more people doing more reviews, many of the ~730 with the NPP right are doing little. Most of the reviews are being done by the top 50 or 100 reviewers. They need your help. We appreciate every review done, but please aim to do one a day (on average, or 30 a month).
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Hey there Melcous. I'm just a little confused as to the rationale behind your recent edits to Mark Ward (theologian). You removed Ward's PhD credential, even though Bob Jones University is an accredited institution in the United States. I'm also unsure as to why you removed a lot of correctly cited content derived from secondary sources.
Thanks for your time. VistaSunset ( talk) 09:40, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi Melcous, I noticed a newly created article, Seungri's Case and Scandal, that you have made some edits to, due to a change in a Redirect that I had created, here: [1]. The editor for the new article failed to (perhaps deliberately) link it to an existing older article Burning Sun scandal, which you might not be aware of. I also created and worked extensively on the older article and consider it might cause a conflict if I make any edits or suggestions to the new page. If you could look over the two pages and see what you think needs to be done to avoid duplication on WP? Also for your reference, in the past, some attempts were made to rewrite the history of the case (seemingly to put Seungri in a more favorable light) and Administrator Explicit removed edits on the older article's Talk page and reverted edits on the article page pertaining to it, [2]. I pinged Explicit in case they also wish to review the newer article. Thanks for your attention. Bonnielou2013 ( talk) 11:28, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
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Good morning Melcous,
You have recently made a few (legitimate) cuts to the article dedicated to my employer—the Founder of a nonprofit with activities across Canada and the US, dedicated to reaching gender parity, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace. You also added
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tags to her page—again, very legitimately! So I'm not being critical here, all this is just to say that these "revisions" are what brought you to my attention :)
I am currently part of her organization's Communication team, and we are hoping to work with a professional, rigourous, experienced Wikimedian to bring her current "stub" to an actual article. This process was already done in French—a collaboration that was publicly disclosed, free of "conflicts of interest", and where we provided information/sources to support the Wikimedian's independant editorial work... We are now looking for a new collaborator to complete the same process in English.
The large number of articles listed on your user page and your "WikiProject Women in Red" banner led me to believe that perhaps this is a mandate you could be interested in? If not, would you be able to direct me to a fellow Wikimedian who would?
Thank you in advance for your time and consideration. Kindest wishes from the other end of the world! 174.89.253.49 ( talk) 19:07, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
In this edit you changed the name in María Soengas from María S. (Marisol) Soengas to Marisol S. Soengas. Now I know nothing about her except what I read there and did a quick search on the web, but I have not found "Marisol S. Soengas" anywhere, it is either María S. Soengas or Marisol Soengas. Also, my Spanish isn't great, but our article Marisol says "a shortened form of María de la Soledad". Unless you have reason to believe otherwise, I suspect that is her name, so either María S. or Marisol, but Marisol S. would be strictly incorrect. Agree? -- GRuban ( talk) 15:53, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
Hello Melcous,
After the last newsletter (No.28, June 2022), the backlog declined another 1,000 to 13,000 in the last week of June. Then the July backlog drive began, during which 9,900 articles were reviewed and the backlog fell by 4,500 to just under 8,500 (these numbers illustrate how many new articles regularly flow into the queue). Thanks go to the coordinators Buidhe and Zippybonzo, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to Dr vulpes who led with 880 points. See this page for further details.
Unfortunately, most of the decline happened in the first half of the month, and the backlog has already risen to 9,600. Understandably, it seems many backlog drive participants are taking a break from reviewing and unfortunately, we are not even keeping up with the inflow let alone driving it lower. We need the other 600 reviewers to do more! Please try to do at least one a day.
{{subst:NPR invite}}on their talk page.
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You have marked BLP sources to the page "Darshan Ashwin Trivedi". I have added more details with the proper citation and additional information. Can you review the page again and remove the BLP sources if the page is having needed citation and information?
Appreciate for your contribution. Njoy deep ( talk) 10:47, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
I didn't mention it at the time, but your edits to the Andrea Hickey article a few weeks ago certainly helped. -- James26 ( talk) 06:39, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
Hi there! I undid your edit on the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers page. The links to the collections listed on that page were dead due to a server change, so I replaced them with the new active links. This is a minor edit that is meant to aid researchers seeking more material about the topic. Please do not change it again, the old links will lead to an error page. Our collections are free to use and fully open to the public, and we do not make any money off of people using them or viewing our website. LaborArchWA ( talk) 19:05, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
Melcous Thank you so much for your valuable time in making a positive edit on Ralph Nwosu It adds a great value.! But noticed it wasn't reviewed or patrol. Thanks & regards Princek2019 ( talk) 20:27, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
Melcous Re: Appreciation For your edits. High regards. Princek2019 ( talk) 15:55, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
Hi, Melcous! I mentioned your name at ANI, in the thread Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#User:Donovanjustin, Salve Regina University. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers ( talk) 19:25, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
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[ [3]] needs a link to the most relevant XOR site for experience with its identity and play. An "External link" "Internet version XOR at https://rvvz.home.xs4all.nl/xor/ by Rob Veldhuyzen van Zanten" seems, to me, to agree with the Exteranl Links Guide. What is your advise ? Anybody may evaluate the given opportunity to play XOR and remark it in the XOR article. Rvvz ( talk) 19:25, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
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Hard thoughtful work ( talk) 21:34, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
Hello,
I've seen you deleted my additional sentence.
Please explain, when do you accept that copyright infringement has been done? Do you require a court verdict? Supreme court verdict? In which country? That may take years. Isn't Wikipedia supposed to report the truth? Or at least show the other side of the truth?
Kindly check the "Talk" of the page, I wrote a detailed comparison. No lawyer will be able to prove the opposite, even not the "million dollar" lawyers of the record companies.
Talk:The Hundred-Foot Journey (soundtrack)
Note also the number of music apps that added Esther Granek as a writer on their own copy (in small letters though):
https://lyricshub.ru/en/track/A-R-Rahman-feat-Solange-Merdinian-2/My-Mind-Is-a-Stranger-Without-You
https://www.shazam.com/track/144064994/my-mind-is-a-stranger-without-you
https://www.songtexte.com/songtext/ar-rahman/my-mind-is-a-stranger-without-you-1b76add4.html
https://musikguru.de/solange-merdinian/songtext-my-mind-is-a-stranger-without-you-812549.html
Rgranek ( talk) 14:10, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
I have made a good faith effort to update MY ARTICLE which was completely deleted in June and replaced by poorly referenced content with untrue and defamatory statements which are not supported by the editors own references. I have stated this in the talk section and waited for response. BLP standards allow me to remove this content IMMEDIATELY and yet you insist on restoring it...This seems to make you a partner in vandalism and maliciousness. Explain yourself. DBlakeRoss ( talk) 04:40, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
wp:EWN#User:49.178.160.86 reported by User:Adakiko (Result: ) Cheers Adakiko ( talk) 19:54, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
Regarding : /info/en/?search=Bruno_Zumbo Dear Melcous, we have made every effort to revise the Wikipedia entry as you requested. We added additional links as you requested. We also corrected a few grammatical errors that were created in during the wiki editor's changes. We hope that this now meets your requirements. 206.12.46.151 ( talk) 00:33, 17 September 2022 (UTC)
Can you check the article Alex James (professor) again. Links and writing that may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject have been removed and new sources have been added. So, I think this tag may not stay here.~ AbuSayeed ( talk) 02:07, 20 September 2022 (UTC)
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Hi, I'm Idoghor Melody. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed or created, Matemateca, and have marked it as unreviewed. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.
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Hello, Melcous,
In a Village Pump proposal from earlier this year, it was decided that it's no longer appropriate to move older articles from main space to Draft space. The proposal was arguing that "recently created" should be considered to be 90 days old or younger but I think of it as applying only to articles created in the past 6 months. Another editor reverted your draftification but I thought I'd come and explain why.
Any way, I hope you are having a restful weekend! Liz Read! Talk! 20:50, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
re Eora, Treatment of Women . What do you mean "Not in keeping with the rest of the article"? We learn nothing from history if we sanitise it. Robw49 ( talk) 08:25, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
Hello,
I do hope all is well. Your comments pertaining to my edits on the topic of William Bishop, and your online behaviour, are all a strong instance of highly manipulative gaslighting. You have been reported. Please stop harassing editors.
Kind Regards,
J.H. JohnEricHiggs ( talk) 16:28, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
I’m not sure you know what gaslighting means, and as far as I can see you have not reported me anywhere, but have yourself been reported to various noticeboards by various editors concerned with various aspects of your editing. A discussion has been held to reach community consensus regarding the article, and this was conducted in good faith. You were invited to participate in the discussion and chose not to. It is clear that the subject of the article does not meet Wikipedia’s notability criteria. There is really nothing else to discuss. Melcous ( talk) 09:12, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
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Not sure I am posting on the correct page, but I'm trying.
Anyway, I did make some edits --very small edits -- that were accurate. They were all undone. So, is there anything in the entry that you suspect of being autobiographical? Anyway, the favor I'd like to ask is, can you take out anything that you think might be autobiographical, or anything that might be incorrect, or take down the whole page if I might be a fictional character? And then take down the warning. One thing that seems cannot be right is taking out everything that warrants a warning and then leaving the warning up there. My friends and family check this page... Thanks for whatever you can find it in your heart to do. Dave Schmidtz ( talk) 01:59, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
Your overall editing bamboozles me. You still seem to struggle with the difference between honorific and honorary, and you repeatedly label articles as "original research"...I am not sure what your personal definition is, but your application of the term seems to fit 100% of wiki articles... I am just sitting here gleaning information from internet and/or books and I cannot fathom how you deem it "original research". It is someone else other than myself who has assembled the information... I am just a scribe. Over and above that you do seem to hound me (and certain others) in a truly vexatious manner and I have complained to Wikipedia regarding this twice.-- Stephencdickson ( talk) 21:55, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
Hello Melcous,
Much has happened since the last newsletter over two months ago. The open letter finished with 444 signatures. The letter was sent to several dozen people at the WMF, and we have heard that it is being discussed but there has been no official reply. A related article appears in the current issue of The Signpost. If you haven't seen it, you should, including the readers' comment section.
Awards: Barnstars were given for the past several years (thanks to MPGuy2824), and we are now all caught up. The 2021 cup went to John B123 for leading with 26,525 article reviews during 2021. To encourage moderate activity, a new "Iron" level barnstar is awarded annually for reviewing 360 articles ("one-a-day"), and 100 reviews earns the "Standard" NPP barnstar. About 90 reviewers received barnstars for each of the years 2018 to 2021 (including the new awards that were given retroactively). All awards issued for every year are listed on the Awards page. Check out the new Hall of Fame also.
Software news: Novem Linguae and MPGuy2824 have connected with WMF developers who can review and approve patches, so they have been able to fix some bugs, and make other improvements to the Page Curation software. You can see everything that has been fixed recently here. The reviewer report has also been improved.
Suggestions:
Backlog:
Saving the best for last: From a July low of 8,500, the backlog climbed back to 11,000 in August and then reversed in September dropping to below 6,000 and continued falling with the October backlog drive to under 1,000, a level not seen in over four years. Keep in mind that there are 2,000 new articles every week, so the number of reviews is far higher than the backlog reduction. To keep the backlog under a thousand, we have to keep reviewing at about half the recent rate!
Hi, Melcous! I am trying to edit the Goodfriend page to draw attention to the memorial project. I haven't done Wikipedia editing before: can you help me out? Rkingbu ( talk) 00:07, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
Hi Melcous,
I have tried to update the page for Mark Beer on a number of occasions as the page in it's current form is factually inaccurate.
Can you please tell me why you have continued to revert the changes as a whole even where I have included references which show the appointments for example? I understand if there are issues, but can you please tell me why this is the case?
As things stand, this just appears to be malicious on your part, I would prefer not to report the issue, and instead just to find a solution to update the page if possible.
Thanks
Mattdavfar (
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12:36, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
Hi Melcous!
I am relatively new to Wikipedia editing (I am not new to writing, however), and I had been looking for jobs to do across Wikipedia. I came across Kathryn Moore's page, and I am interested in her work. I decided to try to expand her page with some extra information, including a few awards that I believe I cited. However, I noticed that they were removed soon after. I looked in the history, and I noticed that whenever someone adds something that would improve the article, you remove it immediately. Is there a reason for this?
Thanks,
Bearcan Bearcan ( talk) 22:20, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi again Melcous, You seem a seasoned editor, so I would like your advice regarding Dr. Moore’s page. I have tried to add an image to the article, but I believe I did not cite the file properly. You should be able to see the picture I used; would you please provide guidance on this topic? Thanks. - Bearcan ( talk) 03:06, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi Melcous.
You recently deleted a page I had been working on. I'm not contesting the grounds on which it was removed. But would it be possible to have the material back so I can continue to improve it? Thank you. Storenforward ( talk) 22:45, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
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