Sorry to bother you, but I've got another copyright question. So in my time on WP, I've seen a lot of images of commercial products, and a few are listed as fair use, while many are just listed as a CC own work license. From my understanding, trade dress is considered intellectual property. The threshold of originality will play into if something is going to be considered public domain or under copyright. I just don't know if a photo of trade dress is under copyright or not (there's no WP:Trade dress or Commons:Trade dress, and I don't know where else to look). For instance, compare File:MtnDewmocracyRevolutionVoltageSupernova.jpg (fair use) vs File:Campbell's (Andy Warhol Special edition).jpg (CC-BY-3.0). The Mountain Dew image clearly is above the threshold of originality, and I would image the color design and font effects on the Campbell's cans would surely be above the threshold too. So is there a clear opinion on trade dress and copyright, as it's very divergently applied. Hog Farm Talk 23:23, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria, hoping to tap into your FA experience regarding British Empire. I've converted all book and journal sources to the most common format, which is short citations. However, I am unsure how to do it for the websites. ( Help:Shortened footnotes provides little enlightenment.) Perhaps newspaper articles have authors, but are the rest cited to publishers? Are the full citations mixed in with books and journals? Is there an FA which provides a good model? Thanks, CMD ( talk) 08:51, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I see you've reverted my edit ( new infobox). If you can let me know what was wrong I'd be grateful. The article needs improvement. Leisad ( talk) 13:13, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
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Hi Nikki, I hope all is well. I’ve recently created Harlem (poem). While the poem is in copyright (1951 publication), it’s only 11 short lines long. Would it be permissible to put the poem’s text on the page? I’m not sure how copyright feels about short quotes that are the entirety of a work. Cheers, Eddie891 Talk Work 17:31, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
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Hi, just out of curiosity: why did you remove the cause of death? It's sourced to the obituary. I don't edit bios that often, so I may be missing something here. (Like when I remembered that the names of children should not be included unless they're notable themselves after you took them out). Thanks and happy editing! -- Randykitty ( talk) 16:24, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
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Why did yo delete {{ Image requested}} tag from Anis al-Naqqash article?
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Thank you :) Shkuru Afshar ( talk) 15:00, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria. Thanks for reviewing my Wikipedia Library application for access to Springer Link. Aureum doxadius ( talk) 09:59, 28 February 2021 (UTC)
Hello @ Nikkimaria: Last February I got access to SpringerLink. But I cannot read many articles. Most of the times it says "this is a preview of subscription content, log in to check access.". This articles or books are from SpringeLink. And I don't get access not even through the Wikipedia library. Is there any problem? Or Everything is not permissible even through the Wikipedia library? Thanks in advance. Aureum doxadius ( talk) 05:10, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
Nikkimaria, can you please take a look at this nomination and see whether the short copyvio I found is the sole issue, or if there's more of the same there. I'd been hoping to include this in one of the sets for International Women's Day (March 8), but while that seems less likely, it's still eminently possible for Women's History Month. Many thanks. BlueMoonset ( talk) 04:30, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
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Thank you for having done the image review for Carmen - and so many others - with Bizet's music " expressing the emotions and suffering of his characters" as Brian worded it. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 16:10, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
Prompted by your edit summary for Frank Matcham, I searched for "the archives" and found just one, Talk:Frank Matcham/Archive 1, with an interesting discussion from 2013. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:44, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
Back to Carmen: today (IWD): MMMM -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:48, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
Can you please explain what "restore" is short for, which you used as edit summary for operas and the architect above? Seeking the common ground mentioned. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 23:26, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
Other things do exist. Please, let's look at Thésée (Mondonville). This looks to me - at a glance - like an article about a person. Anything saying Opera or Tragédie en musique on top would make it more accessible. The formatted date in the infobox works in other languages. (I imagine someone wanting to translate this article.) The article doesn't tell the reader that the title hero is from Greek mythology. Someone searching for the librettist has to read for a while, looking at things they don't care about, while in the infobox, they could see him immediately. - If article length is a concern (which I don't understand), then we better expand the article. In this specific one, all we win by not having an infobox is white space. I don't see your accessibility concerns, please explain. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:52, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
Thank you for reviewing Bach's cantata composed for today, - perhaps listen. I'll forget about the little things above, - not worth arguing about an article with 0 to 2 readers on a normal day. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 10:25, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
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You and I have been undoing each other’s edit for weeks on this topic which seems unproductive. The Donner Party page references the Snowshoe Party (“Forlorn Hope”) ‘stumbling upon a Miwok settlement...’. Although several novelists, some with academic credentials (including King, Stewart, Rarick and others) have said this settlement was Miwok, more detailed and recent research including tribal oral history for Forlorn Hope has determined they were Nisenan. I welcome a discussion exchanging references and resources to help us settle the apparent difference of our findings.
Below is a list of written references from which my findings have been derived. In addition, over seven years of researching the Snowshoe Party, there have been a preponderance of meetings with the National Parks Service, California State Parks, Donner Memorial State Park, Nisenan Museum, Nisenan Tribal Counsel, Maidu Tribal Counsel, Donner Summit Historical Society, Truckee-Donner Historical Society, Wheatland Historical Society, Oregon-California Trail Association (OCTA), Trails West, Inc., Sutter Fort Museum, California State Library, Bancroft Library, several archeologists (Dixon, Johnson, etc.) all who agree with the fact that it was a Nisenan settlement, not Miwok, that the Forlorn Hope discovered in the latter days of their 33 day sojourn.
Many historians have confused that Luis and Salvador were both believed to be Miwok and carried this to assume, erroneously, that the settlements were also Miwok.
Luis and Salvador were pressed into service (some 13:35, 7 March 2021 (UTC) Imcrowley ( talk)say slavery or servitude) by John Sutter to work as guides from his fort in Sacramento. Sutter had found them both in the Bay Area following the war. The Miwok Tribe were predominantly Bay Area (not Sierra foothills) settlers. Luis and Salvador accompanied Charles Stanton upon his return to the Donner Party, bringing provisions.
But the settlements encountered by Forlorn Hope were Nisenan, not Miwok. Indeed Miwok settled in the Bay Area. The foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains were occupied by several tribes and sub-tribes. Specifically along the Bear River which is the body of water the Forlorn Hope travelled in the last week of their journey, was settled by a sub-sect of the Maidu tribe called, “Nisenan”.
I live in this area and have interviewed several tribal leaders pertaining to the verbal history of the area and specifically Forlorn Hope. There is no doubt that the fact was erroneously documented by several - at the time - prominent authors, that the settlements encountered were Miwok. This was then perpetuated by later authors and historians without having fact checked and done further research. The most recent work has discovered the error and going about the process of having it corrected in numerous sources and locations, including Wikipedia.
I hope this explanation helps you understand that the small edit I have made on the Donner Party page pertaining to this topic is done with tremendous prior research and confirmation. As with so many “facts” in history, some can be unequivocally defended and others are recollections recorded, then perpetuated, in many cases erroneously; the latter the case here.
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Hi, a brief note regarding on our apparent difference of opinion as to if findagrave links can be included specifically in External links sections. Could you clarify the reasoning for actively removing findagrave from External links? For context: I see inclusion of findagrave as adding value to biographies, notwithstanding WP:RS concerns for use elsewhere (I agree that it should generally not be used as a source within an article). I do not see that findagrave lands outside of WP:ELPEREN (which reads in part: "unique feature or information that is not available elsewhere, such as valuable images of a grave") or Template:Find a Grave (which reads in part: "contains unique information not already mentioned and cited in the body of the article"). Nor do I see WP:LINKVIO as blanket for findagrave, in contrast to a site like azlyrics.com. Thanks. Dmoore5556 ( talk) 22:34, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
Hello, why did you cancel my changes on "Infobox settlement/Wikidata" without a comment? I'd appreciate a comment as to what was the problem so that we could come to an agreement to find a way to improve the code. Thanks. - Liinisx ( talk) 08:34, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
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Hi Nikkimaria, I hope this message finds you well. I'm in a bit of a pickle with my source review at
Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/1985 Tour de France/archive1 and was wondering if you could offer any insight. The source in question is
this one by Pieter van den Akker; the source is self published, so fails
WP:SELFPUB and the author does not seem to be a subject-matter expert (at least, I cannot find anything about him online). The nominator left a comment, including I would find it a travesty if his book should be excluded as a reliable source simply because he self-published it. That does not make a source unreliable. It might make it questionable, but that question can be answered by taking a thorough look at the source. If he were to be removed from this and all other Tour de France articles, a lot of information would be a lot harder to come by, since we would go through the years-long process that Mr van den Akker has, in great detail and thoroughness, done for us already.
—I am not sure what to do, the article cites the book quite a bit, but it doesn't seem to be usable...? The author hosts
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Hi Nikkimaria. Forgive me to edit your page. DrSalvus ( talk) 14:57, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria, I'm sharing this with you as the most recent contributor to the page about the [ Canyon Massacre]. While watching the TV series, Leverage, they used the Snake River Massacre as the basis for an episode in season 4: Episode 16, “ The Gold Job.” Perhaps this could be an addition under the subtitle, "Legacy."
Thank you for your contribution to this page. FairExchange — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.235.162.160 ( talk) 01:28, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
Why did you change the edit on Tina Fontaine? I had changed to article to "Murder of Tina Fontaine" from "Death of Tina Fontaine" as she was clearly murdered. I don't see how that is debatable. Davidgoodheart ( talk) 01:56, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria, I have a feeling the spot check for the Tibesti Mountains FAC might be a little intimidating for a lot of reviewers given that about a quarter of the sources are in French. I saw your name on the French-language reviewers list... would you be able to squeeze in a spot check on it? I'm definitely impressed by your work around here. Thank you. Brycehughes ( talk) 12:07, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
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An editor has started adding images to some of my destroyer articles, but there's a weird issues with at least one of them, File:Corazziere Caria.jpg. It's sourced to the Italian wikipedia, but that says not to copy to Commons. The photo was out of copyright in Italy in 1996, so shouldn't it fall under the URAA tag and be usable on Commons?-- Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) 16:42, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
can you tell me why you deleted most of the edit regarding the stage musical adam lambert is working on? you also deleted the reference, so even the one short line left has none. there are multiple references on this topic - please let me know your reasoning... at the very least i would otherwise replace the reference. thanks Jordan200 ( talk) 03:12, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
Thank you for clarifying. I’ll replace the ref. Jordan200 ( talk) 04:25, 31 March 2021 (UTC) Jordan200 ( talk) 04:25, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
Dear Nikkimaria, I had thought that issues on this article had subsided. The problem began when a group of editors tried to steer the article into saying that Chopin was gay, for which in fact there is no evidence from any authority. There is evidence that he wrote erotic letters to his male friend Titus when he was 19 or 20, and reputable authorities have discussed these and put them in context. An RfC concluded rather inconclusively. The problem is now the opposite - some editors, capitalizing on the rout of the previous comabtants, are seeking to deny or delete any reference to the Titus episode and are deleting and redeleting cited material which relates to it. It is clear that this article has become a battleground for some gay activists and some anti-gay activists. The editors concerned have had little or no hand in developing the article to date. I therefore think that while this battle continues the article should have its FA rescinded. On a broader front I am very concerned that WP is being used to fight such battles - is there some forum to which I could refer this? Best, -- Smerus ( talk) 20:57, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
Nikkimaria, SandyGeorgia, thanks. I have made a submission to NPOVN - my first time there. Let's see what happens.-- Smerus ( talk) 10:12, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
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So in what cases is Find a Grave allowed as a external link? Because you just removed the template from the article. It doesn't make sense for it to even be a template here if your mass removing the template on almost any biographical page. Are we 100% sure that headstone photograph is copyrighted? Because the find a grave external link contains unique information her grave location. ₛₒₘₑBₒdyₐₙyBₒdy₀₅ ( talk) 01:49, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
I am new to Wikipedia and you removed tons of content from the McLaren Senna article and I am new! I do not know how to source and why do you want people to source? You are too lazy to even tell editors how to source. VehicleandWeatherEnthusiast2022 ( talk) 08:16, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
I don’t know how to use sources and I am a new user! Why do you expect people to use sources!? This is why I do not like Wikipedia or the Wikia/Fandom websites because they require too much coding and they require you to be a typing expert. You tried to start an edit war on the McLaren Senna article because you deleted tons of content and the links were the sources!!! VehicleandWeatherEnthusiast2022 ( talk) 08:18, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
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I was wondering why you keep reverting this page https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=BadBoyHalo&action=history
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Dear Nikkimaria, I am curious as to why you removed a minor amendment that I made to actress Angela Douglas's page. Please advise. The change I made was to update details of her marriage date to director Bill Bryden.
My amendment was conservative. Both Angela Douglas and Bill Bryden are living persons.
The entry previously stated that their marriage took place in New York City in February 2009 but that a citation was needed. So I did some research and found an article in the Daily Mail online newspaper from that month that directly quoted Angela Douglas. This confirmed to me that they had indeed married. My source is the 5th article down on this url:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1155619/Marriage-Caracas-Cracker-fizzles-out.html
However the date of marriage was not given in that article. So I did a search online on the New York City marriage index and found a record of their marriage in October 2008. The information is found by doing a name and date search on my source url: https://www.nycmarriageindex.com/.
After doing the research, I slightly amended the previous text and added both references. As a result of your subsequent amendment, Ms Douglas's entry now does not even contain the unaltered original sentence (where a citation was needed). There is a similar entry that appears on Mr.Bryden's separate entry in wikipedia (re his personal life) and still needs a citation. I was considering updating that one too but will not now, pending any good reason why I should not do so.
I am fairly new to editing wikipedia, so I would be grateful for your response as to why you felt it was necessary to not only remove my amendments but also to not restore the sentence that had been there previously. I am wondering if there is still a way to record the information I found. Do you have a suggestion please?
Yours sincerely, Ortonian ( talk) 20:57, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
Dear Nikkimaria, thank you for the information. As an alternative source of information, the Twitter account 'Angela Douglas Official' (@ImAngelaDouglas) states 'Married to Bill Brydon' in the header (although surely a misspelling of Bryden by her agent).
Also her IMDB bio states that she married Bill Bryden on her birthday in 2009: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0234946/bio.
A news story about them in the Evening Standard paper shows they are married: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/supersewer-will-wreck-our-home-says-carry-on-star-8225751.html.
The Douglas History site also gives the February 2009 date: http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/angela_douglas.htm.
Would any of them be acceptable for wikipedia? It now is difficult to put the actual date or month of marriage because Ms Douglas's birthday seems to be in October but Bill Bryden's IMDB states they were married in February 2009 (the marriage index states October 2008). Consequently, I suggest a simple statement that "She is married to Bill Bryden" should be acceptable. Ortonian ( talk) 11:27, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria, I am considering adding the sentence about them being married, but omitting a date. The Evening Standard article and the Twitter account references support this so I would use them as references. Ortonian ( talk) 13:37, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
What exactly do you object Citation bot doing on the Louis Riel article? You've reverted it several times after it fixed a slew of problems on these citations, and have re-introduced issues that were fixed by reverting. Headbomb { t · c · p · b} 12:28, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
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Hi Nikkimaria, I remember you giving a particularly thorough FAC source review, so I thought I'd ask for some simple advice. I've been working on improving the List of artworks in University City of Caracas for a few years now, and at some point would consider proposing it as a FL candidate (there's no GA equivalent, though I know lists can be nominated as regular GAs the reviews for such can be complicated, but I'd probably go through GA first). The advice I'd like is on sources; the official university heritage group, in lieu of an official website, has used a couple wordpress/blogspot type blogs over the years, as have other similar groups (both smaller ones within the university, and ones on a national scale). Now, a lot of this information is duplicated on Venezuelan government websites - but almost all of these are hard blocked outside Venezuela or not preferred due to government propaganda. So, is it "safe" to continue using the original sources, though they're hosted on free blogs (this appears to be because of massive financial constraints and the ability to "host" on non-Venezuelan web servers), rather than use the government duplicates? Kingsif ( talk) 15:26, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi Nikki, it’s been a long time. I hope all is well. I am still very thankful to this day for how you pulled my butt out of the fire. And I still miss your edits although I haven’t been writing as many new articles the last year due having a job now. But could you do me a quick favor on an article? It’s a pretty short one, I’m not the creator but myself and another editor have contributed significantly to it. It’s a very important rodeo article historically; the subject practically created the barrel racing event. It’s been templated for copyright vio. There’s a sandbox but we can’t seem to make the copyright editors happy. Can you take a look? Alice Greenough Orr Thanks! Dawnleelynn Ps I’m new to using my phone to edit and figuring out the coding. Dawnleelynn ( talk) 19:31, 8 April 2021 (UTC) dawnleelynn (talk) 19:36, 8 April 2021 (UTC) PS See “Respectfully...” discussion on JLAN’s talk page.
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Many users think you are a vandal but this is not the case. I advise you to justify your change in the description of it. This way they will understand your good intentions. Dr Salvus 21:34, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
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Hi, this is about your change within the article Battle of Gorodechno. I do not understand "rm EL". I use books that can be checked online if needed as a source. I give a URL and by giving an access-date I want to show that this source was available at that time and is not dead for the last ten years... Ruedi33a ( talk) 07:28, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
I don't understand your revert since most people (famous people) who served in the world wars have that added to their infoboxes. However, I hate edit wars, I won't object to your controversial edits. Double standards are common on Wikipedia. -- CoryGlee ( talk) 15:05, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
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Thank you for fixing the refs in BWV 157, - I was just too tired. I find the pdf via google search (https://) www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwi77MGv9v_vAhUKgP0HHX4nDpoQFjAAegQIAxAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bach-chor-berlin.de%2Fde%2Fcomponent%2Fk2%2Fitem%2Fdownload%2F51_d9ebe1b07048be1e5d3e4c442acd1587&usg=AOvVaw3cySiGLWRHbzpJTra4ZI3g - I don't know how to derive a proper url from it. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 09:29, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
Clint Walker served in the United States Merchant Marine in World War II. The merchant marines who served during the war were granted WWII military veteran status by an act of Congress in 1988. And thus Walker's wartime veteran status is validated by U.S. law. Ldavid1985 ( talk) 02:58, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
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Hi, you first deleted two lines from the infobox with the word trim. I reverted because technically that was incorrect. The lines are part of the infobox. You can delete the data added but you should not delete the template fields. Davidstewartharvey ( talk) 15:11, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
There is no source document showing the name if Richard Pierpoint's owner or owners. There is also no record of where the names Richard or Pierpoint came from. There have been individuals publishing this information erroneously for a number of years. The first documented record of an African known as Richard Pierpoint appears in 1780 as a member of Butler's Rangers. The Wikipedia page shows both of errors of a name of an owner and the source of the name Pierpoint. I have tried to correct this but obviously have not followed the correct Wikipedia prodigals. I'm sorry for that. However, it is important to only publish information about Richard Pierpoint that can be verified. My brother David and I wrote the book "A Stolen Life: Searching for Richard Pierpoint" and are the leading authorities. Regards, Peter Meyler. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.93.72.249 ( talk) 15:22, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
There is no source document showing the name of Richard Pierpoint's owner or owners. There is also no record of where the names Richard or Pierpoint came from. There have been individuals publishing this information erroneously for a number of years. The first documented record of an African known as Richard Pierpoint appears in 1780 as a member of Butler's Rangers. The Wikipedia page shows both of errors of a name of an owner and the source of the name Pierpoint. It is important to only publish information about Richard Pierpoint that can be verified. My brother David and I wrote the book "A Stolen Life: Searching for Richard Pierpoint" and are the leading authorities. Regards, Peter Meyler. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.93.72.249 ( talk) 15:24, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
Hey Nikkimaria, I realise all the thanks from an FAC can come across as somewhat forced, but this one is not. Thank you for all your work on the Tibesti FAC. I expect a lot of this is routine for you now, but I hope you know how much your works means for us mortals on here. Half of me still hopes you will review my new sources (obviously don't) even in its archived state, and that is sort-of admiration in a nutshell. See you around, Brycehughes ( talk) 12:00, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
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Hi, I'm wondering if you would be willing to undelete the original revision of File:Originally Brown's Ice Cream this PLUTO pumping station is now a Family Golf venue.jpg? The uploader stated on their talk page that they intended to release their copyright of the image—I'm guessing they didn't realize freedom of panorama applies to this image. Thanks! ( t · c) buidhe 16:53, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
Lets establish consensus if you want to revert Reliable Sources again on its talk page Uni3993 ( talk) 22:49, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
Hello User:Nikkimaria my name is Dan Cook or User:DanDavidCook. I have been attempting to help a British satirist/comedian named Sheridan 'Shed' Simove restore his article. It was up since 2011 but then summarily deleted last summer by another editor who said it failed the notability standard. I have reconstructed the article with new sources. Would you have the time or inclination to take a quick look at it in my sandbox here: /info/en/?search=User:DanDavidCook/sandbox ? I think he does just meet the standard but as I am a COI editor my opinion counts for little. If he were to hear an opinion from an experienced editor like yourself I think he could live with the verdict even if it were 'not notable.' I am reaching out to you because you recently edited the Paul Reubens article and Shed reminds me of Pee Wee Herman. Thanks in advance for any advice you could offer. DanDavidCook ( talk) 16:57, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
Hi. Since I have failed so many GA, FA and FL nominations and would like to have articles in FA and FL would you be willing to help me? Dr Salvus 18:00, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
For start, I would like promote in to a FL List of Coppa Italia finals. Thank you Dr Salvus 12:01, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
Ok. Would you help me with other articles such as History of Juventus F.C.? Dr Salvus 12:50, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
Ok, I'll focus more on the History of Juventus F.C. article. Could you help me since I had problems with Featured content topic Dr Salvus 13:41, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
Ok thanks Dr Salvus 14:24, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed you oftenly "rework" "Infobox person/Wikidata". Could you explain to me what is the purpose of this work ? Thanks for your feedback, Le Passant ( talk) 10:09, 8 May 2021 (UTC).
I saw that you left a 3rr warning at User DagneyGirl's Talk page. They are continuing to edit war. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Jules_Massenet&type=revision&diff=1022273181&oldid=1022253413
and: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Orpheus_in_the_Underworld&type=revision&diff=1022253370&oldid=1022253238 All the best, -- Ssilvers ( talk) 15:32, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
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Kindly explain why you - not even a member of project opera - change the documentation of the infobox back to a less useful version? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 11:30, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
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Hello User:Nikkimaria, you kindly helped me with my question about the comedian Sheridan "Shed" Simove. I finished working on the article today and I think I moved it from my sandbox to the draft space. But I'm not certain it is in the right form. It is here: Draft:Sheridan_"Shed"_Simove. I made my COI declaration on the talk page. Would you have the time to check it and see if I did it properly? Truly appreciate your help with this. DanDavidCook ( talk) 15:19, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
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Hi! I've noticed you've commented on previous FACs of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and was wondering if you'd be able to comment at Wikipedia:Peer review/My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/archive5. Thank you. Pamzeis ( talk) 05:06, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Findagrave_removed_as_a_source_for_information Seeing the discussion, community consensus is that the website can't be entirely dismissed. I get mostly the website is user generated and anybody can post anything, but pages for famous people are curated by the website staff and WP:FINDAGRAVE confirms that. This isn't a contentious article and mostly just put in the link for somebody reading the article and wants to see more pictures of the headstone which is allowed under rare exceptions Wikipedia:External links/Perennial websites#Find a Grave. Cladeal832 ( talk) 12:14, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
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Hello. You might have noticed that I reverted a goodly number of your edits today. I did so mostly because you did not explain them fully enough for my understanding, nor that of other editors, I might assume. It would help if you would give a fulsome reason, even longwinded, if you please. Well, *I* would appreciate it, and so might other editors. When you challenge a citation or anything else as unreliable or not acceptable, you might consider that the person who used it thought it was okay, so it's just a courtesy to explain why that editor was wrong and you are right. Also, on a separate note, it is not necessary to use a federation's name, even its abbreviation (like "US" or "USSR") when a widely understood State names is used, like Missouri or California or Ukraine (or England even though that country is really a kingdom joined with another). Anyway, thanks for all you do, and best wishes to you in the spirit of Wikipedia Sincerely, BeenAroundAWhile ( talk) 04:27, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
Hi there, hope this is the appropriate place to post this. I'm a student working on the following article, String Quartet No. 10 (Shostakovich), and I see that you have edited articles in this domain. Any feedback you could offer is much appreciated. Thanks so much
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Hi, I was wondering what is the copyright status of File:Tornado Over Kansas (Curry, 1929).jpg for its FAC. The painting was created in 1929 and its artist, a US citizen, died in 1946. The painting was published in the 23 Nov 1936 issue of Life magazine, which was copyrighted and renewed, however there was not a separate copyright notice for the painting. Thanks in advance. ( t · c) buidhe 00:45, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
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Could you please explain reversion of findagrave link? That site provides an image (of uncertain ownership) of Lt. Loustalot not present in the article, not just a picture of gravestone. Thank you. AndersW ( talk) 22:26, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
I am using the links to find other sources to improve the subjects...
Just work on stuff of your own, instead of making it harder for others
Your point?
Find a grave is not a copyright issue (I am not using them a references... just a link for a starting point to find other more information)
The purely factual information contained on Find A Grave — the names of the deceased, their dates of birth and death, the places of the burial — are not and cannot be copyright protected. The law couldn't be clearer that point: only original works with some degree of creativity can be copyrighted
Ok.... here is an interesting wrinkle from 1923 to 1963 the copyright was only valid for 28 years.. unless they renewed it.. which unless they were famous.. newspapers didn't... So, wouldn't using any Find a grave info or link before 1963 be ok? https://www.legalgenealogist.com/2012/09/12/copyright-and-the-obit/ _____________________ another wrinkle from the article (the word research)_________________________ And if those aren’t enough “maybes” for you, let’s throw in one more big one. It’s called the fair use doctrine, and it’s set out in federal law at 17 U.S.C. § 107:
the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means …, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright
I guess we just disagree... not sure why you think your opinion is the only one that matters... I could see if the Wikipedia page was copied word for word from an obituary after 1963. I find the Find a Grave links a great way to start looking for pertinent information from better sources, especially with birth and death dates and locations (definitely not good to use as direct references though) if it wasn't meant to be used... why is there a template? slulek ( talk) 01:15, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
Thank you so much for the on-going attention and care you bring to the review of edits to the Canadian IRSS page. I had to stop paying close attention after it passed FA review due to bad-faith-argument fatigue so I'm grateful that you've been able to keep on top of things over the past few years, not to mention this week. -- Dnllnd ( talk) 16:37, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
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I must have problems with English (what's new). If the template documentation doesn't help to specifically say who wrote a text when and who wrote music when, even if the person and the time are the same, we must change the documentation. You cite |written=
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Expanding: the parameter received the new function when infobox hymn was merged. Probably we just forgot to update the parameter documentation. Actually, I don't recall examples of "written" as not the text, and - for oratorios, hymns etc. - it's the exception that author of text and music are the same person, and rarely are the years for text and music the same, - we better show. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 13:15, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria! I recently lost full access to my University library' s online journal and publication platform. I still have access to a smaller database via the local College; it includes JSTOR but is really weak when it comes to newspaper archives, which I use to verify BLP content in offline and archived sources. My question for you is, does the Libray Bundle include a newspaper archive, or would it be best to apply for the ProQuest or NewspaperARCHIVE.com access? Also, is there one of those two that has more licenses/access available than the other? I don't want to apply and take the space of another editor who might use the database more extensively than I do.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 16:51, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
I've noticed that in your tidying up articles, you are removing Find a Grave where it has been used as a source. I have no issue with this, especially the ones that are from "back in the day" when I was first beginning at Wikipedia and didn't know it wasn't accepted as a source. However, I notice you also removed one from External links on Sarah Selby. May I ask why? It wasn't being used as a source, and as far I know, that which is in External links does not have to be a reliable source. If we are removing non-reliable sources from External links, it seems over-kill. — Maile ( talk) 22:09, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
Putting the country has never been done as a standard in this template. I tried to add a |country=
field to it last year but couldn't figure out how to get it and the short description generation to play nicely. There are more than 22,000 transclusions of this template, about 14,000 in the United States, so this would be a larger editing task to handle.
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Hi Nikkimaria: I've just promoted your Michael George Levy article to prep 6, but have a question about the sentence which reads "He escaped from Lunghua with four other internees who made their way on foot and by riding junk to India." What does "riding junk" mean? Can it be clarified, or wikilinked or something? Thanks! MeegsC ( talk) 14:20, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
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I have appreciated your patient work with me as we attempt to reach consensus on possible "lack of consensus doesn't support a revert unless ..." text. You have not reacted to my most recent post. I hope that means that you just missed the post. If so, I draw your attention to it now. Butwhatdoiknow ( talk) 15:45, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
Thank you for your patient help with this. As you'll see on Consensus talk, I've decided to work with the community on the first sentence first. Later, depending on how that goes, I can take a run at the rest. Butwhatdoiknow ( talk) 03:57, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
Dear Nikkimaria, you have again removed the link to the German Empire article from the infobox in the article on Karl-Günther von Hase. As I believe the link should be there, could you please explain in a few words why you consider the link wrong or superfluous? Thank you in advance.-- UKcrow93 ( talk) 08:15, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
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Nikkimaria, there has been a bit of back-and-forth on the level of close paraphrasing/copying in this article, and I was wondering whether you'd be able to take a look now that the most recent set of fixes has been made (they were completed a week and a half ago, but no response by the reviewer has yet been made). Under the circumstances, it would be great if you could check it and see whether it's in good shape now. Thank you very much. BlueMoonset ( talk) 16:47, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria, I was wondering if you would be willing to provide an image review at the ACR for the Armenian genocide article. I would greatly appreciate it. ( t · c) buidhe 04:23, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
Hi there. I am doing you guys the courtesy of trying to discuss any change that might be considered controversial, and expect the same. Now. You reverted an addition to the See only section because it is "linked above". Ok. This is indeed a rule, and a good one, but I suspect you may be misapplying it here. Would you *kindly* tell me where it is linked, then, so I can assess this? My concern is this: the list contains a lot of detail that is not in the overview and probably won't all fit in the overview, and deserves some visibility. If it is linked to something like "school system" then it may not be noticed by people who are looking for specific information about local schools. If it's a section hatnote somewhere and I missed it, that may give it more prominence than the See also section, and I will withdraw my objection. In the meantime, the attitude that the article should not be edited really really concerns me. The article was probably as good as it could be four years ago, but a whole lot of new information is coming in. After spending some time on the talk page for the Kamloops school, I understand why you are guarding this one, but I am probably as experienced as you and almost certainly have more experience with controversial topics. I suggest you reconsider your dismissive attitude to constructive edits, use revert less, and discuss more thanks 01:49, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
Please see WP:STATUSQUO:
Reverting is appropriate mostly for vandalism or other disruptive edits. The Wikipedia edit warring policy forbids repetitive reverting. If you see a good-faith edit which you believe lowers the quality of the article, make a good-faith effort to reword instead of just reverting it.
Elinruby ( talk) 04:30, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
PS - the tag mentioned above is Template:Translation attribution shell which is what we use, because different Wikipedias are subject to different copyright laws, but as long as it's Wikipedia, and has the attribution, it is legally required. Elinruby ( talk) 05:46, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I'm sorry to bother you on this project but I was not sure how to contact you on the Wikipedia Library platform. I was wondering if you might be able to see my query viz the Harmattan application which I believe you approved a month ago? Many thanks. — Brigade Piron ( talk) 21:31, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
Thomas Laubach: "You'd have to take up the formatting at the template, but the content (link) is the same" - Sorry, I don't understand, because I don't see the link in the template. I see countries when I open, but not Germany. Help? - (On top of finding all collapsed content not suitable for accessibility even if I could find it in AC.) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:33, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
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( ←) Same for "Commons category" template and "In other projects: Wikimedia Commons" (on the left column). It's also a redundant external link. The problem is, that 218,549 pages have this redundant link. And same for "Musicbrainz artist" template. Grimes2 ( talk) 14:39, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
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You removed an infobox in Betoch#Death of Seble Tefera. Why you do that? The infobox doesn't make any problems with an article. The Supermind ( talk) 20:55, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
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I have seen you removed my citations on my page 'AK-205'. I am new to Wikipedia so I don't understand all the twerks, did I do something wrong, if so what is it and what can I do to prevent it from happening in the future? Mig Pilot ( talk) 01:17, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
Hi, contacting you first for this since you made the embed request on Template talk:Infobox golfer in March.
On Sammy Byrd the Infobox golfer template is throwing a "Page using Template:Infobox golfer with unknown parameter "embed" " warning. Any idea why? It's embedding correctly, it's just complaining that it doesn't know what embed is (case is not the issue ie, embed vs Embed). The other template embeded on that article doesn't effect it and doesn't have any warnings appearing on that other one. I thought I should ask you rather than post a change request form on this and get smacked with a "request not made in change X to Y format" type message since I don't see the solution needed for how to fix this. If you don't know what the issue is, that's fine. Zinnober9 ( talk) 06:41, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
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I know that many Williams are simply called Bill. This one, however, is William Lovelady when publishing serious music, but Bill Lovelady when appearing is a singer-sonwriter, - I believe that should show. - Thank you for fixing my typos! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 13:07, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
Hello Nikkimaria. I am interested in taking the New Albion article to a FA status. I was the user who brought it to a GA status with some excellent help from Kingsif who did a marvelous job of assisting me in the process. I see you listed as one to approach as a mentor. Might you assist me with this article? Hu Nhu ( talk) 00:42, 14 July 2021 (UTC)
Please know Nikkimaria that I very much appreciate the kind assistance you've so far provided. I've acted on it and made other changes to the New Albion article, too. Is a comprehensive FA mentoring something you are able to provide at this time or would it be best if I sought another editor? Hu Nhu ( talk) 20:37, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
Hi, Nikkimaria, sorry to trouble and please ignore if you're too busy.
I started VERY recently editing wiki and am very much still in learning mode. I see that you edited my edits at the entry above. I'm sure you're right, but I don't know why and I'd like to understand for the future. As far as I can see, you removed a reference in respect of a quote which you've left and you removed a couple of facts. I think perhaps in my edits I over-quoted and it may have affected the scanning? And perhaps some of my facts were too one-sided and gave the appearance of not adhering to NPV? Not sure and would massively appreciate a steer!
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Thanks so much for that, Nikkimaria! Very helpful.
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Hello. The article Tala tank was recently promoted to GA. I want to try for FA now. Would you like to be my mentor? Saha ❯❯❯ Stay safe 19:49, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
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Hello, I noticed that you are suggesting an edit (trim) of an endnote in the Peter Kaufmann-Bohren article. I agree that some detail about Cromwell’s relations should be deleted.
But I feel that the reference to his wife, Georgia Engelhard, should remain in the endnote. She was also a mountain climber and moved in circles of fellow climbers; moreover, Tony and Georgia’s retirement in Interlaken is again directly connected to mountaineering and underlines their connection to Grindelwald, a few miles way. Readers interested in the Kaufmann-Cromwell story would certainly be interested in the references to Engelhard and Interlaken.
The reference to Cromwell’s grave could be omitted, but it does give a some final closure to the Cromwell connection.
Please tell me what you think. I suggest the deleted section be edited and added as follows:
In 1947, Cromwell married Georgia Engelhard (1906–1986), his third wife, who, aside from being an artist and photographer, was also an accomplished climber. Mount Engelhard in Jasper National Park, Canada, was named in her honor. Tony with his wife Georgia retired to Interlaken, Switzerland, and he lived there until the death of his wife in 1986; he was buried in his family plot at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Thanks. P.dreher
Hey Nikkimaria. You had previously reviewed Accolade (company) for the quality and consistency of its sources, and you gave it a green light. That nomination ultimately failed as life got too busy for me to respond to other reviewers in time, but I've renominated the article and the sources should largely be the same. I figure another source review would be a quick formality? That said I respect being diligent, let alone that you likely have your plate full as someone who does a lot for the project. Let me know if you think you can get to it or not, either way. Never any pressure as this is always a WP:VOLUNTEER project. Shooterwalker ( talk) 14:10, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
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Hi Nikkimaria! I noticed you recently removed the Find A Grave external link from Powell Clayton. I understand that you have removed Find A Grave as a reference from several pages and I agree since it violates user generated content - however under what guidance do you remove it as an external link? I reviewed WP:EL and WP:LINKSTOAVOID and do not see user generated content sites such as Find A Grave listed as violative. Thanks! Dwkaminski ( talk) 20:55, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
Just checking with you about updates on former FAC article Frozen II. Are you happy now? Wingwatchers ( talk) 01:21, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
The action is bold revert discuss. The fact that I did not add the image, but you were reverted, you should discuss. Walter Görlitz ( talk) 18:14, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
Nikkimaria, I hope you are well. I don't know whether pinging works for you these days, so though I pinged you on the DYK nomination page, I thought I should also make a direct request that you check out the article in question (and perhaps the collapsed prior review) to give your opinion as to whether there is currently any close paraphrasing or plagiarism or the like in the article. Thank you very much for whatever you can do. BlueMoonset ( talk) 05:43, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
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Hello, Nikkimaria! As a part of the general review comments, I have added three additional citations, specifically 16, 17 and 66. I don't know if you need to review them at this point or not, but your criticisms are always helpful. Also, if you would look at the licensing for the replacement images I have uploaded, it would be appreciated. I left a message for User:Buidhe on Monday, but he has not yet responded. I don't know if he is ill, on vacation, or if in someway he may be offended, but I'd appreciate the feedback. Thanks! DrGregMN ( talk) 23:14, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I saw that you removed my edit to Rebecca Clarke. It is often said that she started at RCM in 1907 (also in the article referenced currently at the end of the sentence). This was because of a mixing-up of dates, so I found it useful to add the correct year in Wikipedia (with a up-to-date reference). Maybe giving the months is not necessary but the time period is surely not obsolete information. CharlesVilliers ( talk) 09:29, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
Hello. I appreciate your interest in my recent edit and I can understand your inclination not to want to include such a reference as that which you removed because of the media outlet and the article's title.
However the include of that article was as a cultural occurrence in itself in the UK and hence extremely relevant. (Also, whilst we all have our own opinions, at the end of the day a media outlet is a media outlet. That is very important.)
The reference is about showing through this example (there are other examples of similar interviews with the subject) that,
"Mogg had been one of the highest profile Brexit Party voices and strongest backers of the party and the great need for it."
The reference is merely about the very high profile in the British media which Rees Mogg chose herself very clearly to cultivate, attached to her standing as a candidate for and then becoming a Brexit party politician.
Please understand, the article was not included to be a source for information which it contains (whether reliable or unreliable) but only because it exists, and was made to exist by Rees Mogg, as a cultural happening. This is the very point itself of include the reference and this reference can possibly be more insight than the others.
I think the reference has an important place. The author Jan Moir, an opinion article writer on the lighter side of the news and society, may otherwise be a questionable source for any information itself. However in this case regarding the profile of the politician concerned, and considering the politician chose to give Moir an interview, this specific cultural occurrence of the interview itself is all the more relevant and insightful as a reference.
I wonder if you have read the article itself.
It can also be very relevant as a reference as Moir knows Rees Mogg since they used to be fairly close working colleagues in journalism. Separately, whilst not the principle reason for including it, I don't believe it would be a good practice to delete a reference about a journalist written by another journalist who has worked with the person. There can be a good source in itself there.
I hope you would not mind if I revert from your edit on the basis of what I have put here. Lcb500 ( talk) 14:03, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
Please excuse word form errors above produced by the auto-correct of my device. Lcb500 ( talk) 14:05, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
Excuse me, as I do not understand what you are trying to communicate there, what do you actually mean by "in the absence of secondary sourcing"?
In the absence of secondary sourcing for the Jan Moir interview which is published and available for all to read? Do you mean secondary sourcing for that the interview exists? (Again, please remember the interview reference is included for its existence itself, the cultural meaning thereof. Please understand that the very well-known journalist Jan Moir in The Mail, described as a "middle market newspaper" here in Wikipedia, is not going to falsify the basic fact that she had an interview with a prominent person in the public eye who has been a politician and herself works in the same world of journalism. The Mail as a newspaper, for all its shortcomings, is really nowhere close to that unstable or untrustworthy as to go and falsify such an interview which never existed.)
Did you really mean the absence of sourcing for that there really was an interview? Or the absence of sourcing for a point or numerous points within the interview? (And if the latter, which point or points would you prefer a further source for? Again, the relevance of the reference was general and in its overall social meaning and effect.)
I think you have not understood what I communicated above.
Once again, and I ask you to please appreciate this, the very reason why the reference is included, is not particularly about points in the interview and only for Mrs RM's curating of a high profile presence in relation to the Brexit Party position. Once again, the inclusion of the reference was made because it was an interview given precisely to establish a public profile, chosen by Mrs RM as all her press appearances which she contributed to were. (This is of course why people in the public eye often choose to give interviews, for their public profile, generally or connected with a particular concern or concern of the time.)
The reference is exactly to attest to Mrs RM establishing a high-profile presence over her then Brexit Party identity.
There is no piece of information or pieces of information to establish a secondary source for. I am unable to understand the point which you have been trying to make.
In any case, how would one add a secondary reference as a reference to a mere reference?
Finally, your reasoning for disagreeing with the reference appears now to be different to what you had given in your edit description.
Originally you had given that your edit was because of a non reliable source ("non-RS").
Now you are saying something else, "I would not agree that the citation is necessary to make the point being put forward".
That's clearly a different question altogether. However, to answer that, when possibly the most read article of all in the UK is given as an example exactly of Mrs RM establishing a high-profile media presence over her new political endeavour, how can that be irrelevant?
As regards your claim of not being necessary, what does that mean? This might be the best reference available to show how Mrs RM was courting the media. Perhaps not necessary in the sense that one can argue that no individual reference is necessary, but your claim doesn't make sense here in considering what are good or very good references to show the facts given in the text about building a media profile.
Finally I have never seen a request for a further reference required to attest to an existing reference. The suggestion is further incomprehensible to me since I am explaining that the reference is about the very existence of reference article and the cultural meaning of that, which needs no further reference as it is there for all to see.
Not being particularly au-fait with how Wikipedia works beyond ordinary user contributions, I don't know if you are a staff member or someone with some kind of authority.
Therefore as you have not explained the reason for the removal of reference, have not seemed to understand the context in which it is most relevantly included and in which it has meaning, as explained, and now as you offer a different reason for removing it than originally, as well as because your request for a reference for a reference doesn't seem to make sense, I am reverting the edit.
If you do have some kind of authority, then please enlighten me as to how that works.
Thank you for your time. Lcb500 ( talk) 15:54, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
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Treason Act 1351#Content says "'compassed or imagined' (i.e. planned ...)". I just used a slightly different wording. You might like to adjust how that article discusses those words. Hairy Dude ( talk) 12:48, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
Regarding the revert for P.S., I told the user it was likely to happen. Next time, you can just say " see talk" instead of "see talk archives" because the charming kindness of infobox discussions is found right on top (unless it was archived since I discovered that, triggered by the addition). -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:17, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Montacute_House&type=revision&diff=1040525039&oldid=1040442007
You restored a broken version, What was the correct repair so this doesn't generate malformed HTML? ShakespeareFan00 ( talk) 12:48, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
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I have no idea what happened in this diff - it looks nothing like my edit, which I've just repeated here. Narky Blert ( talk) 14:54, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
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Hi @ Nikkimaria – I did an image review at FLC, but stumbled upon File:Chumash basket, circa 1800.JPG. I am not sure about this one, as it has "all rights reserved" on Flickr. Would it be fine to use, and is its licencing correct. Please suggest. Thanks! – Kavyansh.Singh ( talk) 03:15, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
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Hello N. Long time no bump into each other. I hope you are well. When I make edits like this I try to include WP:FINDAGRAVE-EL in the edit summary. In fact, if memory serves, I learned about it from you. It's not required I just mention it in case you get static about it. It did give me a chance to stop by and say hi and that is the only important bit. Best regards and enjoy your week. MarnetteD| Talk 00:39, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
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Hi Nikkimaria
I was surprised by your revert [3] of my edit [4] to List of adventure films of the 1980s.
As explained in my edit summary, my edit was a workaround to a wee bug in IAbot, which I wanted to invoke to rescue dead refs. I cannot fix the bot
as you suggested; only the bot owners can do that. The best I can do is to file a bug report, and as per my edit summary I have done so at
phab:T291704.
In the meantime, the only way I can use the bot without creating CS1 errors is by firstly running my script User:BrownHairedGirl/CiteParamDashes.js, to convert the cite parameters to the canonical form. So I have reverted your edit. The bot job is queued at https://iabot.toolforge.org/index.php?page=viewjob&id=8758, which may take a week or two to run. If you revert again, you will cause the bot to create CS1 errors when it runs. If that happens, I will consider it to be deliberately disruptive editing by you.
This morning, I checked the history of that page: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=List_of_adventure_films_of_the_1980s&action=history
I see there that in June 2021, you twice reverted similar edits by @ Trappist the monk: [5], [6].
Those reverts were disruptive, because while you might have a point that conversion to the canonical form is cosmetic and therefore not worthy of an edit, there is absolutely no justification for your reversion to the non-canonical form.
The result of your pointless reverts is that there are now six edits in the page's recent history which could all have been avoided. Whatever problem you were trying to resolve, that avoidable clutter in the page history is far more disruptive.
Please stop this. If you object to such edits, raise the matter with the editor who makes them ... but reverting such edits is always u unhelpful. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 10:34, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
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It is bad practice to revert good faith edits without explaining why.
Could you explain this revert? Thanks. -- Thibaut ( talk) 04:17, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
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Hi Nikkimaria, I'm on the fence about approving File:Theodosios III. front side of a solidus.jpg for an image review and I'm wondering if you could help. On the one hand, I can't find it on the internet before it was uploaded to Commons. On the other, the resolution and exif data suggest that it may not be the uploader's own work. The uploader claims to be a coin collector and as far as I can tell it is possible for a private person to own Byzantine coins. Go or no go? ( t · c) buidhe 10:08, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I was wondering if you could advise me regarding our discussion of Isa Briones's name in the lead section. As it's only the two of us discussing it, would it make sense for me to request an outside opinion at WP:Third opinion or WP:DRN? We haven't exhausted the topic yet, so I feel like this would be overkill. Is there another way to get editors on Briones's page to weigh in, such as a template at the top of the page? I've had a Wikipedia account for some time, but am still fairly new to the processes here, so I would really appreciate your feedback on any of these suggestions. Thank you! Dog Starkiller ( talk) 16:07, 9 October 2021 (UTC)
I apologize for my somewhat selective pinging on the Stanley Kubrick infobox RfC. What would you like me to do? Songwaters ( talk) 14:32, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
Hello. Apologies for this random message. I have been using the Wikipedia Library to find sources for the "Laundromat" (song) article, and I find a useful resource through EBSCO Host. I am not really sure how to use the link ( here) in a citation.
I have used ProQuest in the past, and I've been told to remove certain portions of the URL that are tied to my account. Would I have to do something similar here? What would be your advice for using EBSCO Host links in an article? Apologies if this is obvious, as I have not used this in the past and I was only able to find a limited number of Wikipedia articles for comparison. Thank you for your time and consideration. I hope you are having an enjoyable start to your week! Aoba47 ( talk) 21:39, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
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Hello, sometime ago I added a new paragraph to Dr Villiers Graaff's page and you deleted it. I do not care about the fact you don't think it should be there because it's from a game so, please, redo it or I will edit it back on the 16th of October. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CartofulMaro ( talk • contribs) 21:00, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
Hallo. Not sure how to proceed, but your "rm dub" is a 3rd revert on said article. Could you please restore and take issue to talk page. Best regards Ip says: Work Better yes. ( talk) 15:49, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
Not a proper reason, and its besides the point regarding staple version. This isn't content but formatting. You are conveniently popping into an ongoing issue that had been referred to the talk page, prior to your edit. It is part of wp:mos and linking the first occurrence of a subject is not unreasonable. This is a silly conversation. Best regards Ip says: Work Better yes. ( talk) 19:06, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
Hello, Nikkimaria. May I bother you, as one who regularly does the honours with image reviews at FAC, to comment on these two images which were added - before I removed them - to the FA on Ralph Vaughan Williams? They are Ralph Vaughan Williams 1910.png and Ralph Vaughan Williams 1917 with Adeline.png. The second, in particular, is excellent and would be good to keep, but I am far from sure we are allowed to use it or the other one, or that they should be on Commons. Grateful for your advice. Tim riley talk 13:01, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
Hi there, TVSGuy is here. I understand I am trying to contribute, but may I know what is a RS, or Reliable source is? Although I know that it was not a reliable content (It's worth a shot I tried), but just to clarify that is Fandom not a RS, and whether if there is there some suggestions so that I do it correctly?
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Hello, some time ago you commented on Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Battle of the Granicus/archive1. I didn't have to time to respond before the discussion there closed and took a break from Wikipedia afterwards, so I'm responding on your talk page now. I had some questions and comments. 1) I agree with you about the OSM map directly under the infobox, but I've noticed it doesn't even show in the mobile Wikipedia app. I'll ask the person who made the map to fix first, then I'll make sure the caption is more appropriate. 2) I actually want to remove that battle map altogether because it shows that Alexander the Great attacked the Persian center, which is actually contested by the historians cited in the article. I'll create, or ask someone else to create, a new map in time. 3) What is a US tag? -- AlexanderVanLoon ( talk) 13:42, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
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Hi @ Nikkimaria:, please show me a source which states that Second World War is the default term in Canadian English. I've searched online, and I think you're just making that up. On Wiki, as in general, World War II is the default and most commonly used term. Just as World War Im is commonplace to "the Great War". The fact that Canada in World War II exists also suggests you are mistaken. I'm British and we say the Second World War too (in addition to saying World War II) so I'm not being bias / there isn't a linguistic barrier here. Thanks -- Jkaharper ( talk) 19:35, 30 October 2021 (UTC)
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Good God, who wrote that shit? Drmies ( talk) 02:48, 3 November 2021 (UTC)
Hello, colleague, help protect the page about the biography of one musician, there are more than 43 sources, it was mined for deletion, please help urgently! -- Robotkaka20 ( talk) 17:44, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
Here is the article itself: Kholmat Odilov -- Robotkaka20 ( talk) 17:44, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
Howdy. Would be best if you got a consensus at WP:HOCKEY, before adding Canada to the former & current NHL team articles. GoodDay ( talk) 20:25, 8 November 2021 (UTC)
Well, look, you are better to explain these reverts that go one by one after me across range of loosely related articles, except of by one template {{ Infobox noble/Wikidata}}, that seems you don't like.
AXONOV (talk) ⚑ 00:50, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
23:56, November 8, 2021 - «rm non-RS»
22:36, November 8, 2021 - «rv apparent copyvio»
01:10, November 8, 2021 - «rm non-RS»
01:08, November 8, 2021 - «rm non-RS»
00:46, November 8, 2021 - «rm non-RS» - This one is funny; you removed source that is more reliable than ancestry.com...
02:19, November 6, 2021 - «rm ribbons»
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Howdy. I tried to bring consistency to the 32 NHL team articles, by either deleting (was reverted), then adding (was reverted) provinces & states in the leads. GoodDay ( talk) 20:02, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
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Sorry to bother you, but I've got another copyright question. So in my time on WP, I've seen a lot of images of commercial products, and a few are listed as fair use, while many are just listed as a CC own work license. From my understanding, trade dress is considered intellectual property. The threshold of originality will play into if something is going to be considered public domain or under copyright. I just don't know if a photo of trade dress is under copyright or not (there's no WP:Trade dress or Commons:Trade dress, and I don't know where else to look). For instance, compare File:MtnDewmocracyRevolutionVoltageSupernova.jpg (fair use) vs File:Campbell's (Andy Warhol Special edition).jpg (CC-BY-3.0). The Mountain Dew image clearly is above the threshold of originality, and I would image the color design and font effects on the Campbell's cans would surely be above the threshold too. So is there a clear opinion on trade dress and copyright, as it's very divergently applied. Hog Farm Talk 23:23, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria, hoping to tap into your FA experience regarding British Empire. I've converted all book and journal sources to the most common format, which is short citations. However, I am unsure how to do it for the websites. ( Help:Shortened footnotes provides little enlightenment.) Perhaps newspaper articles have authors, but are the rest cited to publishers? Are the full citations mixed in with books and journals? Is there an FA which provides a good model? Thanks, CMD ( talk) 08:51, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
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Hi Nikkimaria. Thanks for reviewing my Wikipedia Library application for access to Springer Link. Aureum doxadius ( talk) 09:59, 28 February 2021 (UTC)
Hello @ Nikkimaria: Last February I got access to SpringerLink. But I cannot read many articles. Most of the times it says "this is a preview of subscription content, log in to check access.". This articles or books are from SpringeLink. And I don't get access not even through the Wikipedia library. Is there any problem? Or Everything is not permissible even through the Wikipedia library? Thanks in advance. Aureum doxadius ( talk) 05:10, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
Nikkimaria, can you please take a look at this nomination and see whether the short copyvio I found is the sole issue, or if there's more of the same there. I'd been hoping to include this in one of the sets for International Women's Day (March 8), but while that seems less likely, it's still eminently possible for Women's History Month. Many thanks. BlueMoonset ( talk) 04:30, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
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Thank you for having done the image review for Carmen - and so many others - with Bizet's music " expressing the emotions and suffering of his characters" as Brian worded it. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 16:10, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
Prompted by your edit summary for Frank Matcham, I searched for "the archives" and found just one, Talk:Frank Matcham/Archive 1, with an interesting discussion from 2013. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:44, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
Back to Carmen: today (IWD): MMMM -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:48, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
Can you please explain what "restore" is short for, which you used as edit summary for operas and the architect above? Seeking the common ground mentioned. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 23:26, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
Other things do exist. Please, let's look at Thésée (Mondonville). This looks to me - at a glance - like an article about a person. Anything saying Opera or Tragédie en musique on top would make it more accessible. The formatted date in the infobox works in other languages. (I imagine someone wanting to translate this article.) The article doesn't tell the reader that the title hero is from Greek mythology. Someone searching for the librettist has to read for a while, looking at things they don't care about, while in the infobox, they could see him immediately. - If article length is a concern (which I don't understand), then we better expand the article. In this specific one, all we win by not having an infobox is white space. I don't see your accessibility concerns, please explain. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:52, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
Thank you for reviewing Bach's cantata composed for today, - perhaps listen. I'll forget about the little things above, - not worth arguing about an article with 0 to 2 readers on a normal day. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 10:25, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
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You and I have been undoing each other’s edit for weeks on this topic which seems unproductive. The Donner Party page references the Snowshoe Party (“Forlorn Hope”) ‘stumbling upon a Miwok settlement...’. Although several novelists, some with academic credentials (including King, Stewart, Rarick and others) have said this settlement was Miwok, more detailed and recent research including tribal oral history for Forlorn Hope has determined they were Nisenan. I welcome a discussion exchanging references and resources to help us settle the apparent difference of our findings.
Below is a list of written references from which my findings have been derived. In addition, over seven years of researching the Snowshoe Party, there have been a preponderance of meetings with the National Parks Service, California State Parks, Donner Memorial State Park, Nisenan Museum, Nisenan Tribal Counsel, Maidu Tribal Counsel, Donner Summit Historical Society, Truckee-Donner Historical Society, Wheatland Historical Society, Oregon-California Trail Association (OCTA), Trails West, Inc., Sutter Fort Museum, California State Library, Bancroft Library, several archeologists (Dixon, Johnson, etc.) all who agree with the fact that it was a Nisenan settlement, not Miwok, that the Forlorn Hope discovered in the latter days of their 33 day sojourn.
Many historians have confused that Luis and Salvador were both believed to be Miwok and carried this to assume, erroneously, that the settlements were also Miwok.
Luis and Salvador were pressed into service (some 13:35, 7 March 2021 (UTC) Imcrowley ( talk)say slavery or servitude) by John Sutter to work as guides from his fort in Sacramento. Sutter had found them both in the Bay Area following the war. The Miwok Tribe were predominantly Bay Area (not Sierra foothills) settlers. Luis and Salvador accompanied Charles Stanton upon his return to the Donner Party, bringing provisions.
But the settlements encountered by Forlorn Hope were Nisenan, not Miwok. Indeed Miwok settled in the Bay Area. The foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains were occupied by several tribes and sub-tribes. Specifically along the Bear River which is the body of water the Forlorn Hope travelled in the last week of their journey, was settled by a sub-sect of the Maidu tribe called, “Nisenan”.
I live in this area and have interviewed several tribal leaders pertaining to the verbal history of the area and specifically Forlorn Hope. There is no doubt that the fact was erroneously documented by several - at the time - prominent authors, that the settlements encountered were Miwok. This was then perpetuated by later authors and historians without having fact checked and done further research. The most recent work has discovered the error and going about the process of having it corrected in numerous sources and locations, including Wikipedia.
I hope this explanation helps you understand that the small edit I have made on the Donner Party page pertaining to this topic is done with tremendous prior research and confirmation. As with so many “facts” in history, some can be unequivocally defended and others are recollections recorded, then perpetuated, in many cases erroneously; the latter the case here.
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Hi, a brief note regarding on our apparent difference of opinion as to if findagrave links can be included specifically in External links sections. Could you clarify the reasoning for actively removing findagrave from External links? For context: I see inclusion of findagrave as adding value to biographies, notwithstanding WP:RS concerns for use elsewhere (I agree that it should generally not be used as a source within an article). I do not see that findagrave lands outside of WP:ELPEREN (which reads in part: "unique feature or information that is not available elsewhere, such as valuable images of a grave") or Template:Find a Grave (which reads in part: "contains unique information not already mentioned and cited in the body of the article"). Nor do I see WP:LINKVIO as blanket for findagrave, in contrast to a site like azlyrics.com. Thanks. Dmoore5556 ( talk) 22:34, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
Hello, why did you cancel my changes on "Infobox settlement/Wikidata" without a comment? I'd appreciate a comment as to what was the problem so that we could come to an agreement to find a way to improve the code. Thanks. - Liinisx ( talk) 08:34, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
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Hi Nikkimaria, I hope this message finds you well. I'm in a bit of a pickle with my source review at
Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/1985 Tour de France/archive1 and was wondering if you could offer any insight. The source in question is
this one by Pieter van den Akker; the source is self published, so fails
WP:SELFPUB and the author does not seem to be a subject-matter expert (at least, I cannot find anything about him online). The nominator left a comment, including I would find it a travesty if his book should be excluded as a reliable source simply because he self-published it. That does not make a source unreliable. It might make it questionable, but that question can be answered by taking a thorough look at the source. If he were to be removed from this and all other Tour de France articles, a lot of information would be a lot harder to come by, since we would go through the years-long process that Mr van den Akker has, in great detail and thoroughness, done for us already.
—I am not sure what to do, the article cites the book quite a bit, but it doesn't seem to be usable...? The author hosts
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Hi Nikkimaria. Forgive me to edit your page. DrSalvus ( talk) 14:57, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria, I'm sharing this with you as the most recent contributor to the page about the [ Canyon Massacre]. While watching the TV series, Leverage, they used the Snake River Massacre as the basis for an episode in season 4: Episode 16, “ The Gold Job.” Perhaps this could be an addition under the subtitle, "Legacy."
Thank you for your contribution to this page. FairExchange — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.235.162.160 ( talk) 01:28, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
Why did you change the edit on Tina Fontaine? I had changed to article to "Murder of Tina Fontaine" from "Death of Tina Fontaine" as she was clearly murdered. I don't see how that is debatable. Davidgoodheart ( talk) 01:56, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria, I have a feeling the spot check for the Tibesti Mountains FAC might be a little intimidating for a lot of reviewers given that about a quarter of the sources are in French. I saw your name on the French-language reviewers list... would you be able to squeeze in a spot check on it? I'm definitely impressed by your work around here. Thank you. Brycehughes ( talk) 12:07, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
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An editor has started adding images to some of my destroyer articles, but there's a weird issues with at least one of them, File:Corazziere Caria.jpg. It's sourced to the Italian wikipedia, but that says not to copy to Commons. The photo was out of copyright in Italy in 1996, so shouldn't it fall under the URAA tag and be usable on Commons?-- Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) 16:42, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
can you tell me why you deleted most of the edit regarding the stage musical adam lambert is working on? you also deleted the reference, so even the one short line left has none. there are multiple references on this topic - please let me know your reasoning... at the very least i would otherwise replace the reference. thanks Jordan200 ( talk) 03:12, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
Thank you for clarifying. I’ll replace the ref. Jordan200 ( talk) 04:25, 31 March 2021 (UTC) Jordan200 ( talk) 04:25, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
Dear Nikkimaria, I had thought that issues on this article had subsided. The problem began when a group of editors tried to steer the article into saying that Chopin was gay, for which in fact there is no evidence from any authority. There is evidence that he wrote erotic letters to his male friend Titus when he was 19 or 20, and reputable authorities have discussed these and put them in context. An RfC concluded rather inconclusively. The problem is now the opposite - some editors, capitalizing on the rout of the previous comabtants, are seeking to deny or delete any reference to the Titus episode and are deleting and redeleting cited material which relates to it. It is clear that this article has become a battleground for some gay activists and some anti-gay activists. The editors concerned have had little or no hand in developing the article to date. I therefore think that while this battle continues the article should have its FA rescinded. On a broader front I am very concerned that WP is being used to fight such battles - is there some forum to which I could refer this? Best, -- Smerus ( talk) 20:57, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
Nikkimaria, SandyGeorgia, thanks. I have made a submission to NPOVN - my first time there. Let's see what happens.-- Smerus ( talk) 10:12, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
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So in what cases is Find a Grave allowed as a external link? Because you just removed the template from the article. It doesn't make sense for it to even be a template here if your mass removing the template on almost any biographical page. Are we 100% sure that headstone photograph is copyrighted? Because the find a grave external link contains unique information her grave location. ₛₒₘₑBₒdyₐₙyBₒdy₀₅ ( talk) 01:49, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
I am new to Wikipedia and you removed tons of content from the McLaren Senna article and I am new! I do not know how to source and why do you want people to source? You are too lazy to even tell editors how to source. VehicleandWeatherEnthusiast2022 ( talk) 08:16, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
I don’t know how to use sources and I am a new user! Why do you expect people to use sources!? This is why I do not like Wikipedia or the Wikia/Fandom websites because they require too much coding and they require you to be a typing expert. You tried to start an edit war on the McLaren Senna article because you deleted tons of content and the links were the sources!!! VehicleandWeatherEnthusiast2022 ( talk) 08:18, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
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I was wondering why you keep reverting this page https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=BadBoyHalo&action=history
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Dear Nikkimaria, I am curious as to why you removed a minor amendment that I made to actress Angela Douglas's page. Please advise. The change I made was to update details of her marriage date to director Bill Bryden.
My amendment was conservative. Both Angela Douglas and Bill Bryden are living persons.
The entry previously stated that their marriage took place in New York City in February 2009 but that a citation was needed. So I did some research and found an article in the Daily Mail online newspaper from that month that directly quoted Angela Douglas. This confirmed to me that they had indeed married. My source is the 5th article down on this url:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1155619/Marriage-Caracas-Cracker-fizzles-out.html
However the date of marriage was not given in that article. So I did a search online on the New York City marriage index and found a record of their marriage in October 2008. The information is found by doing a name and date search on my source url: https://www.nycmarriageindex.com/.
After doing the research, I slightly amended the previous text and added both references. As a result of your subsequent amendment, Ms Douglas's entry now does not even contain the unaltered original sentence (where a citation was needed). There is a similar entry that appears on Mr.Bryden's separate entry in wikipedia (re his personal life) and still needs a citation. I was considering updating that one too but will not now, pending any good reason why I should not do so.
I am fairly new to editing wikipedia, so I would be grateful for your response as to why you felt it was necessary to not only remove my amendments but also to not restore the sentence that had been there previously. I am wondering if there is still a way to record the information I found. Do you have a suggestion please?
Yours sincerely, Ortonian ( talk) 20:57, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
Dear Nikkimaria, thank you for the information. As an alternative source of information, the Twitter account 'Angela Douglas Official' (@ImAngelaDouglas) states 'Married to Bill Brydon' in the header (although surely a misspelling of Bryden by her agent).
Also her IMDB bio states that she married Bill Bryden on her birthday in 2009: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0234946/bio.
A news story about them in the Evening Standard paper shows they are married: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/supersewer-will-wreck-our-home-says-carry-on-star-8225751.html.
The Douglas History site also gives the February 2009 date: http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/angela_douglas.htm.
Would any of them be acceptable for wikipedia? It now is difficult to put the actual date or month of marriage because Ms Douglas's birthday seems to be in October but Bill Bryden's IMDB states they were married in February 2009 (the marriage index states October 2008). Consequently, I suggest a simple statement that "She is married to Bill Bryden" should be acceptable. Ortonian ( talk) 11:27, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria, I am considering adding the sentence about them being married, but omitting a date. The Evening Standard article and the Twitter account references support this so I would use them as references. Ortonian ( talk) 13:37, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
What exactly do you object Citation bot doing on the Louis Riel article? You've reverted it several times after it fixed a slew of problems on these citations, and have re-introduced issues that were fixed by reverting. Headbomb { t · c · p · b} 12:28, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
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Hi Nikkimaria, I remember you giving a particularly thorough FAC source review, so I thought I'd ask for some simple advice. I've been working on improving the List of artworks in University City of Caracas for a few years now, and at some point would consider proposing it as a FL candidate (there's no GA equivalent, though I know lists can be nominated as regular GAs the reviews for such can be complicated, but I'd probably go through GA first). The advice I'd like is on sources; the official university heritage group, in lieu of an official website, has used a couple wordpress/blogspot type blogs over the years, as have other similar groups (both smaller ones within the university, and ones on a national scale). Now, a lot of this information is duplicated on Venezuelan government websites - but almost all of these are hard blocked outside Venezuela or not preferred due to government propaganda. So, is it "safe" to continue using the original sources, though they're hosted on free blogs (this appears to be because of massive financial constraints and the ability to "host" on non-Venezuelan web servers), rather than use the government duplicates? Kingsif ( talk) 15:26, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi Nikki, it’s been a long time. I hope all is well. I am still very thankful to this day for how you pulled my butt out of the fire. And I still miss your edits although I haven’t been writing as many new articles the last year due having a job now. But could you do me a quick favor on an article? It’s a pretty short one, I’m not the creator but myself and another editor have contributed significantly to it. It’s a very important rodeo article historically; the subject practically created the barrel racing event. It’s been templated for copyright vio. There’s a sandbox but we can’t seem to make the copyright editors happy. Can you take a look? Alice Greenough Orr Thanks! Dawnleelynn Ps I’m new to using my phone to edit and figuring out the coding. Dawnleelynn ( talk) 19:31, 8 April 2021 (UTC) dawnleelynn (talk) 19:36, 8 April 2021 (UTC) PS See “Respectfully...” discussion on JLAN’s talk page.
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Many users think you are a vandal but this is not the case. I advise you to justify your change in the description of it. This way they will understand your good intentions. Dr Salvus 21:34, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
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Hi, this is about your change within the article Battle of Gorodechno. I do not understand "rm EL". I use books that can be checked online if needed as a source. I give a URL and by giving an access-date I want to show that this source was available at that time and is not dead for the last ten years... Ruedi33a ( talk) 07:28, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
I don't understand your revert since most people (famous people) who served in the world wars have that added to their infoboxes. However, I hate edit wars, I won't object to your controversial edits. Double standards are common on Wikipedia. -- CoryGlee ( talk) 15:05, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
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Thank you for fixing the refs in BWV 157, - I was just too tired. I find the pdf via google search (https://) www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwi77MGv9v_vAhUKgP0HHX4nDpoQFjAAegQIAxAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bach-chor-berlin.de%2Fde%2Fcomponent%2Fk2%2Fitem%2Fdownload%2F51_d9ebe1b07048be1e5d3e4c442acd1587&usg=AOvVaw3cySiGLWRHbzpJTra4ZI3g - I don't know how to derive a proper url from it. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 09:29, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
Clint Walker served in the United States Merchant Marine in World War II. The merchant marines who served during the war were granted WWII military veteran status by an act of Congress in 1988. And thus Walker's wartime veteran status is validated by U.S. law. Ldavid1985 ( talk) 02:58, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
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Hi, you first deleted two lines from the infobox with the word trim. I reverted because technically that was incorrect. The lines are part of the infobox. You can delete the data added but you should not delete the template fields. Davidstewartharvey ( talk) 15:11, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
There is no source document showing the name if Richard Pierpoint's owner or owners. There is also no record of where the names Richard or Pierpoint came from. There have been individuals publishing this information erroneously for a number of years. The first documented record of an African known as Richard Pierpoint appears in 1780 as a member of Butler's Rangers. The Wikipedia page shows both of errors of a name of an owner and the source of the name Pierpoint. I have tried to correct this but obviously have not followed the correct Wikipedia prodigals. I'm sorry for that. However, it is important to only publish information about Richard Pierpoint that can be verified. My brother David and I wrote the book "A Stolen Life: Searching for Richard Pierpoint" and are the leading authorities. Regards, Peter Meyler. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.93.72.249 ( talk) 15:22, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
There is no source document showing the name of Richard Pierpoint's owner or owners. There is also no record of where the names Richard or Pierpoint came from. There have been individuals publishing this information erroneously for a number of years. The first documented record of an African known as Richard Pierpoint appears in 1780 as a member of Butler's Rangers. The Wikipedia page shows both of errors of a name of an owner and the source of the name Pierpoint. It is important to only publish information about Richard Pierpoint that can be verified. My brother David and I wrote the book "A Stolen Life: Searching for Richard Pierpoint" and are the leading authorities. Regards, Peter Meyler. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.93.72.249 ( talk) 15:24, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
Hey Nikkimaria, I realise all the thanks from an FAC can come across as somewhat forced, but this one is not. Thank you for all your work on the Tibesti FAC. I expect a lot of this is routine for you now, but I hope you know how much your works means for us mortals on here. Half of me still hopes you will review my new sources (obviously don't) even in its archived state, and that is sort-of admiration in a nutshell. See you around, Brycehughes ( talk) 12:00, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
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Hi, I'm wondering if you would be willing to undelete the original revision of File:Originally Brown's Ice Cream this PLUTO pumping station is now a Family Golf venue.jpg? The uploader stated on their talk page that they intended to release their copyright of the image—I'm guessing they didn't realize freedom of panorama applies to this image. Thanks! ( t · c) buidhe 16:53, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
Lets establish consensus if you want to revert Reliable Sources again on its talk page Uni3993 ( talk) 22:49, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
Hello User:Nikkimaria my name is Dan Cook or User:DanDavidCook. I have been attempting to help a British satirist/comedian named Sheridan 'Shed' Simove restore his article. It was up since 2011 but then summarily deleted last summer by another editor who said it failed the notability standard. I have reconstructed the article with new sources. Would you have the time or inclination to take a quick look at it in my sandbox here: /info/en/?search=User:DanDavidCook/sandbox ? I think he does just meet the standard but as I am a COI editor my opinion counts for little. If he were to hear an opinion from an experienced editor like yourself I think he could live with the verdict even if it were 'not notable.' I am reaching out to you because you recently edited the Paul Reubens article and Shed reminds me of Pee Wee Herman. Thanks in advance for any advice you could offer. DanDavidCook ( talk) 16:57, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
Hi. Since I have failed so many GA, FA and FL nominations and would like to have articles in FA and FL would you be willing to help me? Dr Salvus 18:00, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
For start, I would like promote in to a FL List of Coppa Italia finals. Thank you Dr Salvus 12:01, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
Ok. Would you help me with other articles such as History of Juventus F.C.? Dr Salvus 12:50, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
Ok, I'll focus more on the History of Juventus F.C. article. Could you help me since I had problems with Featured content topic Dr Salvus 13:41, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
Ok thanks Dr Salvus 14:24, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed you oftenly "rework" "Infobox person/Wikidata". Could you explain to me what is the purpose of this work ? Thanks for your feedback, Le Passant ( talk) 10:09, 8 May 2021 (UTC).
I saw that you left a 3rr warning at User DagneyGirl's Talk page. They are continuing to edit war. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Jules_Massenet&type=revision&diff=1022273181&oldid=1022253413
and: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Orpheus_in_the_Underworld&type=revision&diff=1022253370&oldid=1022253238 All the best, -- Ssilvers ( talk) 15:32, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
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On 11 May 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Curley Christian, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Curley Christian was the only soldier in the First World War to survive a quadruple amputation? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Curley Christian. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Curley Christian), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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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Hello User:Nikkimaria, you kindly helped me with my question about the comedian Sheridan "Shed" Simove. I finished working on the article today and I think I moved it from my sandbox to the draft space. But I'm not certain it is in the right form. It is here: Draft:Sheridan_"Shed"_Simove. I made my COI declaration on the talk page. Would you have the time to check it and see if I did it properly? Truly appreciate your help with this. DanDavidCook ( talk) 15:19, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
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Hi! I've noticed you've commented on previous FACs of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and was wondering if you'd be able to comment at Wikipedia:Peer review/My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/archive5. Thank you. Pamzeis ( talk) 05:06, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Findagrave_removed_as_a_source_for_information Seeing the discussion, community consensus is that the website can't be entirely dismissed. I get mostly the website is user generated and anybody can post anything, but pages for famous people are curated by the website staff and WP:FINDAGRAVE confirms that. This isn't a contentious article and mostly just put in the link for somebody reading the article and wants to see more pictures of the headstone which is allowed under rare exceptions Wikipedia:External links/Perennial websites#Find a Grave. Cladeal832 ( talk) 12:14, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
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Hello. You might have noticed that I reverted a goodly number of your edits today. I did so mostly because you did not explain them fully enough for my understanding, nor that of other editors, I might assume. It would help if you would give a fulsome reason, even longwinded, if you please. Well, *I* would appreciate it, and so might other editors. When you challenge a citation or anything else as unreliable or not acceptable, you might consider that the person who used it thought it was okay, so it's just a courtesy to explain why that editor was wrong and you are right. Also, on a separate note, it is not necessary to use a federation's name, even its abbreviation (like "US" or "USSR") when a widely understood State names is used, like Missouri or California or Ukraine (or England even though that country is really a kingdom joined with another). Anyway, thanks for all you do, and best wishes to you in the spirit of Wikipedia Sincerely, BeenAroundAWhile ( talk) 04:27, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
Hi there, hope this is the appropriate place to post this. I'm a student working on the following article, String Quartet No. 10 (Shostakovich), and I see that you have edited articles in this domain. Any feedback you could offer is much appreciated. Thanks so much
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Hi, I was wondering what is the copyright status of File:Tornado Over Kansas (Curry, 1929).jpg for its FAC. The painting was created in 1929 and its artist, a US citizen, died in 1946. The painting was published in the 23 Nov 1936 issue of Life magazine, which was copyrighted and renewed, however there was not a separate copyright notice for the painting. Thanks in advance. ( t · c) buidhe 00:45, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
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Could you please explain reversion of findagrave link? That site provides an image (of uncertain ownership) of Lt. Loustalot not present in the article, not just a picture of gravestone. Thank you. AndersW ( talk) 22:26, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
I am using the links to find other sources to improve the subjects...
Just work on stuff of your own, instead of making it harder for others
Your point?
Find a grave is not a copyright issue (I am not using them a references... just a link for a starting point to find other more information)
The purely factual information contained on Find A Grave — the names of the deceased, their dates of birth and death, the places of the burial — are not and cannot be copyright protected. The law couldn't be clearer that point: only original works with some degree of creativity can be copyrighted
Ok.... here is an interesting wrinkle from 1923 to 1963 the copyright was only valid for 28 years.. unless they renewed it.. which unless they were famous.. newspapers didn't... So, wouldn't using any Find a grave info or link before 1963 be ok? https://www.legalgenealogist.com/2012/09/12/copyright-and-the-obit/ _____________________ another wrinkle from the article (the word research)_________________________ And if those aren’t enough “maybes” for you, let’s throw in one more big one. It’s called the fair use doctrine, and it’s set out in federal law at 17 U.S.C. § 107:
the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means …, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright
I guess we just disagree... not sure why you think your opinion is the only one that matters... I could see if the Wikipedia page was copied word for word from an obituary after 1963. I find the Find a Grave links a great way to start looking for pertinent information from better sources, especially with birth and death dates and locations (definitely not good to use as direct references though) if it wasn't meant to be used... why is there a template? slulek ( talk) 01:15, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
Thank you so much for the on-going attention and care you bring to the review of edits to the Canadian IRSS page. I had to stop paying close attention after it passed FA review due to bad-faith-argument fatigue so I'm grateful that you've been able to keep on top of things over the past few years, not to mention this week. -- Dnllnd ( talk) 16:37, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
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I must have problems with English (what's new). If the template documentation doesn't help to specifically say who wrote a text when and who wrote music when, even if the person and the time are the same, we must change the documentation. You cite |written=
. The documentation is for "written" as a more general word for "composed". In case of a hymn, however, "written" means specifically the writing of the text. Would you suggest to have a different parameter for that? ... or the same parameter, with different wording? --
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Expanding: the parameter received the new function when infobox hymn was merged. Probably we just forgot to update the parameter documentation. Actually, I don't recall examples of "written" as not the text, and - for oratorios, hymns etc. - it's the exception that author of text and music are the same person, and rarely are the years for text and music the same, - we better show. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 13:15, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria! I recently lost full access to my University library' s online journal and publication platform. I still have access to a smaller database via the local College; it includes JSTOR but is really weak when it comes to newspaper archives, which I use to verify BLP content in offline and archived sources. My question for you is, does the Libray Bundle include a newspaper archive, or would it be best to apply for the ProQuest or NewspaperARCHIVE.com access? Also, is there one of those two that has more licenses/access available than the other? I don't want to apply and take the space of another editor who might use the database more extensively than I do.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 16:51, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
I've noticed that in your tidying up articles, you are removing Find a Grave where it has been used as a source. I have no issue with this, especially the ones that are from "back in the day" when I was first beginning at Wikipedia and didn't know it wasn't accepted as a source. However, I notice you also removed one from External links on Sarah Selby. May I ask why? It wasn't being used as a source, and as far I know, that which is in External links does not have to be a reliable source. If we are removing non-reliable sources from External links, it seems over-kill. — Maile ( talk) 22:09, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
Putting the country has never been done as a standard in this template. I tried to add a |country=
field to it last year but couldn't figure out how to get it and the short description generation to play nicely. There are more than 22,000 transclusions of this template, about 14,000 in the United States, so this would be a larger editing task to handle.
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Hi Nikkimaria: I've just promoted your Michael George Levy article to prep 6, but have a question about the sentence which reads "He escaped from Lunghua with four other internees who made their way on foot and by riding junk to India." What does "riding junk" mean? Can it be clarified, or wikilinked or something? Thanks! MeegsC ( talk) 14:20, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
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I have appreciated your patient work with me as we attempt to reach consensus on possible "lack of consensus doesn't support a revert unless ..." text. You have not reacted to my most recent post. I hope that means that you just missed the post. If so, I draw your attention to it now. Butwhatdoiknow ( talk) 15:45, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
Thank you for your patient help with this. As you'll see on Consensus talk, I've decided to work with the community on the first sentence first. Later, depending on how that goes, I can take a run at the rest. Butwhatdoiknow ( talk) 03:57, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
Dear Nikkimaria, you have again removed the link to the German Empire article from the infobox in the article on Karl-Günther von Hase. As I believe the link should be there, could you please explain in a few words why you consider the link wrong or superfluous? Thank you in advance.-- UKcrow93 ( talk) 08:15, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
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Nikkimaria, there has been a bit of back-and-forth on the level of close paraphrasing/copying in this article, and I was wondering whether you'd be able to take a look now that the most recent set of fixes has been made (they were completed a week and a half ago, but no response by the reviewer has yet been made). Under the circumstances, it would be great if you could check it and see whether it's in good shape now. Thank you very much. BlueMoonset ( talk) 16:47, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria, I was wondering if you would be willing to provide an image review at the ACR for the Armenian genocide article. I would greatly appreciate it. ( t · c) buidhe 04:23, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
Hi there. I am doing you guys the courtesy of trying to discuss any change that might be considered controversial, and expect the same. Now. You reverted an addition to the See only section because it is "linked above". Ok. This is indeed a rule, and a good one, but I suspect you may be misapplying it here. Would you *kindly* tell me where it is linked, then, so I can assess this? My concern is this: the list contains a lot of detail that is not in the overview and probably won't all fit in the overview, and deserves some visibility. If it is linked to something like "school system" then it may not be noticed by people who are looking for specific information about local schools. If it's a section hatnote somewhere and I missed it, that may give it more prominence than the See also section, and I will withdraw my objection. In the meantime, the attitude that the article should not be edited really really concerns me. The article was probably as good as it could be four years ago, but a whole lot of new information is coming in. After spending some time on the talk page for the Kamloops school, I understand why you are guarding this one, but I am probably as experienced as you and almost certainly have more experience with controversial topics. I suggest you reconsider your dismissive attitude to constructive edits, use revert less, and discuss more thanks 01:49, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
Please see WP:STATUSQUO:
Reverting is appropriate mostly for vandalism or other disruptive edits. The Wikipedia edit warring policy forbids repetitive reverting. If you see a good-faith edit which you believe lowers the quality of the article, make a good-faith effort to reword instead of just reverting it.
Elinruby ( talk) 04:30, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
PS - the tag mentioned above is Template:Translation attribution shell which is what we use, because different Wikipedias are subject to different copyright laws, but as long as it's Wikipedia, and has the attribution, it is legally required. Elinruby ( talk) 05:46, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I'm sorry to bother you on this project but I was not sure how to contact you on the Wikipedia Library platform. I was wondering if you might be able to see my query viz the Harmattan application which I believe you approved a month ago? Many thanks. — Brigade Piron ( talk) 21:31, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
Thomas Laubach: "You'd have to take up the formatting at the template, but the content (link) is the same" - Sorry, I don't understand, because I don't see the link in the template. I see countries when I open, but not Germany. Help? - (On top of finding all collapsed content not suitable for accessibility even if I could find it in AC.) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:33, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
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( ←) Same for "Commons category" template and "In other projects: Wikimedia Commons" (on the left column). It's also a redundant external link. The problem is, that 218,549 pages have this redundant link. And same for "Musicbrainz artist" template. Grimes2 ( talk) 14:39, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
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You removed an infobox in Betoch#Death of Seble Tefera. Why you do that? The infobox doesn't make any problems with an article. The Supermind ( talk) 20:55, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
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I have seen you removed my citations on my page 'AK-205'. I am new to Wikipedia so I don't understand all the twerks, did I do something wrong, if so what is it and what can I do to prevent it from happening in the future? Mig Pilot ( talk) 01:17, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
Hi, contacting you first for this since you made the embed request on Template talk:Infobox golfer in March.
On Sammy Byrd the Infobox golfer template is throwing a "Page using Template:Infobox golfer with unknown parameter "embed" " warning. Any idea why? It's embedding correctly, it's just complaining that it doesn't know what embed is (case is not the issue ie, embed vs Embed). The other template embeded on that article doesn't effect it and doesn't have any warnings appearing on that other one. I thought I should ask you rather than post a change request form on this and get smacked with a "request not made in change X to Y format" type message since I don't see the solution needed for how to fix this. If you don't know what the issue is, that's fine. Zinnober9 ( talk) 06:41, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
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I know that many Williams are simply called Bill. This one, however, is William Lovelady when publishing serious music, but Bill Lovelady when appearing is a singer-sonwriter, - I believe that should show. - Thank you for fixing my typos! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 13:07, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
Hello Nikkimaria. I am interested in taking the New Albion article to a FA status. I was the user who brought it to a GA status with some excellent help from Kingsif who did a marvelous job of assisting me in the process. I see you listed as one to approach as a mentor. Might you assist me with this article? Hu Nhu ( talk) 00:42, 14 July 2021 (UTC)
Please know Nikkimaria that I very much appreciate the kind assistance you've so far provided. I've acted on it and made other changes to the New Albion article, too. Is a comprehensive FA mentoring something you are able to provide at this time or would it be best if I sought another editor? Hu Nhu ( talk) 20:37, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
Hi, Nikkimaria, sorry to trouble and please ignore if you're too busy.
I started VERY recently editing wiki and am very much still in learning mode. I see that you edited my edits at the entry above. I'm sure you're right, but I don't know why and I'd like to understand for the future. As far as I can see, you removed a reference in respect of a quote which you've left and you removed a couple of facts. I think perhaps in my edits I over-quoted and it may have affected the scanning? And perhaps some of my facts were too one-sided and gave the appearance of not adhering to NPV? Not sure and would massively appreciate a steer!
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Thanks so much for that, Nikkimaria! Very helpful.
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Hello. The article Tala tank was recently promoted to GA. I want to try for FA now. Would you like to be my mentor? Saha ❯❯❯ Stay safe 19:49, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
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Hello, I noticed that you are suggesting an edit (trim) of an endnote in the Peter Kaufmann-Bohren article. I agree that some detail about Cromwell’s relations should be deleted.
But I feel that the reference to his wife, Georgia Engelhard, should remain in the endnote. She was also a mountain climber and moved in circles of fellow climbers; moreover, Tony and Georgia’s retirement in Interlaken is again directly connected to mountaineering and underlines their connection to Grindelwald, a few miles way. Readers interested in the Kaufmann-Cromwell story would certainly be interested in the references to Engelhard and Interlaken.
The reference to Cromwell’s grave could be omitted, but it does give a some final closure to the Cromwell connection.
Please tell me what you think. I suggest the deleted section be edited and added as follows:
In 1947, Cromwell married Georgia Engelhard (1906–1986), his third wife, who, aside from being an artist and photographer, was also an accomplished climber. Mount Engelhard in Jasper National Park, Canada, was named in her honor. Tony with his wife Georgia retired to Interlaken, Switzerland, and he lived there until the death of his wife in 1986; he was buried in his family plot at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Thanks. P.dreher
Hey Nikkimaria. You had previously reviewed Accolade (company) for the quality and consistency of its sources, and you gave it a green light. That nomination ultimately failed as life got too busy for me to respond to other reviewers in time, but I've renominated the article and the sources should largely be the same. I figure another source review would be a quick formality? That said I respect being diligent, let alone that you likely have your plate full as someone who does a lot for the project. Let me know if you think you can get to it or not, either way. Never any pressure as this is always a WP:VOLUNTEER project. Shooterwalker ( talk) 14:10, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
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Hi Nikkimaria! I noticed you recently removed the Find A Grave external link from Powell Clayton. I understand that you have removed Find A Grave as a reference from several pages and I agree since it violates user generated content - however under what guidance do you remove it as an external link? I reviewed WP:EL and WP:LINKSTOAVOID and do not see user generated content sites such as Find A Grave listed as violative. Thanks! Dwkaminski ( talk) 20:55, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
Just checking with you about updates on former FAC article Frozen II. Are you happy now? Wingwatchers ( talk) 01:21, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
The action is bold revert discuss. The fact that I did not add the image, but you were reverted, you should discuss. Walter Görlitz ( talk) 18:14, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
Nikkimaria, I hope you are well. I don't know whether pinging works for you these days, so though I pinged you on the DYK nomination page, I thought I should also make a direct request that you check out the article in question (and perhaps the collapsed prior review) to give your opinion as to whether there is currently any close paraphrasing or plagiarism or the like in the article. Thank you very much for whatever you can do. BlueMoonset ( talk) 05:43, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I'm wondering whether these two screenshots are sufficient to consider File:Cuyuna.jpg released under the stated license? This came up during the FAC for Manganese, Minnesota. Thanks in advance. ( t · c) buidhe 01:51, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
its great that your helping on featured article stuff 😉😉😉😉😉 Esaïe Prickett ( talk) 18:31, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
on the wiki page, click the image, on the image page click the image, it's larg, zoomed, easily readable down to the smallest text Dave Rave ( talk) 20:55, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
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Hello, Nikkimaria! As a part of the general review comments, I have added three additional citations, specifically 16, 17 and 66. I don't know if you need to review them at this point or not, but your criticisms are always helpful. Also, if you would look at the licensing for the replacement images I have uploaded, it would be appreciated. I left a message for User:Buidhe on Monday, but he has not yet responded. I don't know if he is ill, on vacation, or if in someway he may be offended, but I'd appreciate the feedback. Thanks! DrGregMN ( talk) 23:14, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I saw that you removed my edit to Rebecca Clarke. It is often said that she started at RCM in 1907 (also in the article referenced currently at the end of the sentence). This was because of a mixing-up of dates, so I found it useful to add the correct year in Wikipedia (with a up-to-date reference). Maybe giving the months is not necessary but the time period is surely not obsolete information. CharlesVilliers ( talk) 09:29, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
Hello. I appreciate your interest in my recent edit and I can understand your inclination not to want to include such a reference as that which you removed because of the media outlet and the article's title.
However the include of that article was as a cultural occurrence in itself in the UK and hence extremely relevant. (Also, whilst we all have our own opinions, at the end of the day a media outlet is a media outlet. That is very important.)
The reference is about showing through this example (there are other examples of similar interviews with the subject) that,
"Mogg had been one of the highest profile Brexit Party voices and strongest backers of the party and the great need for it."
The reference is merely about the very high profile in the British media which Rees Mogg chose herself very clearly to cultivate, attached to her standing as a candidate for and then becoming a Brexit party politician.
Please understand, the article was not included to be a source for information which it contains (whether reliable or unreliable) but only because it exists, and was made to exist by Rees Mogg, as a cultural happening. This is the very point itself of include the reference and this reference can possibly be more insight than the others.
I think the reference has an important place. The author Jan Moir, an opinion article writer on the lighter side of the news and society, may otherwise be a questionable source for any information itself. However in this case regarding the profile of the politician concerned, and considering the politician chose to give Moir an interview, this specific cultural occurrence of the interview itself is all the more relevant and insightful as a reference.
I wonder if you have read the article itself.
It can also be very relevant as a reference as Moir knows Rees Mogg since they used to be fairly close working colleagues in journalism. Separately, whilst not the principle reason for including it, I don't believe it would be a good practice to delete a reference about a journalist written by another journalist who has worked with the person. There can be a good source in itself there.
I hope you would not mind if I revert from your edit on the basis of what I have put here. Lcb500 ( talk) 14:03, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
Please excuse word form errors above produced by the auto-correct of my device. Lcb500 ( talk) 14:05, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
Excuse me, as I do not understand what you are trying to communicate there, what do you actually mean by "in the absence of secondary sourcing"?
In the absence of secondary sourcing for the Jan Moir interview which is published and available for all to read? Do you mean secondary sourcing for that the interview exists? (Again, please remember the interview reference is included for its existence itself, the cultural meaning thereof. Please understand that the very well-known journalist Jan Moir in The Mail, described as a "middle market newspaper" here in Wikipedia, is not going to falsify the basic fact that she had an interview with a prominent person in the public eye who has been a politician and herself works in the same world of journalism. The Mail as a newspaper, for all its shortcomings, is really nowhere close to that unstable or untrustworthy as to go and falsify such an interview which never existed.)
Did you really mean the absence of sourcing for that there really was an interview? Or the absence of sourcing for a point or numerous points within the interview? (And if the latter, which point or points would you prefer a further source for? Again, the relevance of the reference was general and in its overall social meaning and effect.)
I think you have not understood what I communicated above.
Once again, and I ask you to please appreciate this, the very reason why the reference is included, is not particularly about points in the interview and only for Mrs RM's curating of a high profile presence in relation to the Brexit Party position. Once again, the inclusion of the reference was made because it was an interview given precisely to establish a public profile, chosen by Mrs RM as all her press appearances which she contributed to were. (This is of course why people in the public eye often choose to give interviews, for their public profile, generally or connected with a particular concern or concern of the time.)
The reference is exactly to attest to Mrs RM establishing a high-profile presence over her then Brexit Party identity.
There is no piece of information or pieces of information to establish a secondary source for. I am unable to understand the point which you have been trying to make.
In any case, how would one add a secondary reference as a reference to a mere reference?
Finally, your reasoning for disagreeing with the reference appears now to be different to what you had given in your edit description.
Originally you had given that your edit was because of a non reliable source ("non-RS").
Now you are saying something else, "I would not agree that the citation is necessary to make the point being put forward".
That's clearly a different question altogether. However, to answer that, when possibly the most read article of all in the UK is given as an example exactly of Mrs RM establishing a high-profile media presence over her new political endeavour, how can that be irrelevant?
As regards your claim of not being necessary, what does that mean? This might be the best reference available to show how Mrs RM was courting the media. Perhaps not necessary in the sense that one can argue that no individual reference is necessary, but your claim doesn't make sense here in considering what are good or very good references to show the facts given in the text about building a media profile.
Finally I have never seen a request for a further reference required to attest to an existing reference. The suggestion is further incomprehensible to me since I am explaining that the reference is about the very existence of reference article and the cultural meaning of that, which needs no further reference as it is there for all to see.
Not being particularly au-fait with how Wikipedia works beyond ordinary user contributions, I don't know if you are a staff member or someone with some kind of authority.
Therefore as you have not explained the reason for the removal of reference, have not seemed to understand the context in which it is most relevantly included and in which it has meaning, as explained, and now as you offer a different reason for removing it than originally, as well as because your request for a reference for a reference doesn't seem to make sense, I am reverting the edit.
If you do have some kind of authority, then please enlighten me as to how that works.
Thank you for your time. Lcb500 ( talk) 15:54, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
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Treason Act 1351#Content says "'compassed or imagined' (i.e. planned ...)". I just used a slightly different wording. You might like to adjust how that article discusses those words. Hairy Dude ( talk) 12:48, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
Regarding the revert for P.S., I told the user it was likely to happen. Next time, you can just say " see talk" instead of "see talk archives" because the charming kindness of infobox discussions is found right on top (unless it was archived since I discovered that, triggered by the addition). -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:17, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Montacute_House&type=revision&diff=1040525039&oldid=1040442007
You restored a broken version, What was the correct repair so this doesn't generate malformed HTML? ShakespeareFan00 ( talk) 12:48, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
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I have no idea what happened in this diff - it looks nothing like my edit, which I've just repeated here. Narky Blert ( talk) 14:54, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
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Hi @ Nikkimaria – I did an image review at FLC, but stumbled upon File:Chumash basket, circa 1800.JPG. I am not sure about this one, as it has "all rights reserved" on Flickr. Would it be fine to use, and is its licencing correct. Please suggest. Thanks! – Kavyansh.Singh ( talk) 03:15, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
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Of the nine articles on my watchlist, one needs a steward: Ike Altgens. This FA still gets the occasional edit by someone trying to add or change data that is not germane to the article subject. I hope you know someone willing to take it on.
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Hello N. Long time no bump into each other. I hope you are well. When I make edits like this I try to include WP:FINDAGRAVE-EL in the edit summary. In fact, if memory serves, I learned about it from you. It's not required I just mention it in case you get static about it. It did give me a chance to stop by and say hi and that is the only important bit. Best regards and enjoy your week. MarnetteD| Talk 00:39, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
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Hi Nikkimaria
I was surprised by your revert [3] of my edit [4] to List of adventure films of the 1980s.
As explained in my edit summary, my edit was a workaround to a wee bug in IAbot, which I wanted to invoke to rescue dead refs. I cannot fix the bot
as you suggested; only the bot owners can do that. The best I can do is to file a bug report, and as per my edit summary I have done so at
phab:T291704.
In the meantime, the only way I can use the bot without creating CS1 errors is by firstly running my script User:BrownHairedGirl/CiteParamDashes.js, to convert the cite parameters to the canonical form. So I have reverted your edit. The bot job is queued at https://iabot.toolforge.org/index.php?page=viewjob&id=8758, which may take a week or two to run. If you revert again, you will cause the bot to create CS1 errors when it runs. If that happens, I will consider it to be deliberately disruptive editing by you.
This morning, I checked the history of that page: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=List_of_adventure_films_of_the_1980s&action=history
I see there that in June 2021, you twice reverted similar edits by @ Trappist the monk: [5], [6].
Those reverts were disruptive, because while you might have a point that conversion to the canonical form is cosmetic and therefore not worthy of an edit, there is absolutely no justification for your reversion to the non-canonical form.
The result of your pointless reverts is that there are now six edits in the page's recent history which could all have been avoided. Whatever problem you were trying to resolve, that avoidable clutter in the page history is far more disruptive.
Please stop this. If you object to such edits, raise the matter with the editor who makes them ... but reverting such edits is always u unhelpful. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 10:34, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
Hi,
It is bad practice to revert good faith edits without explaining why.
Could you explain this revert? Thanks. -- Thibaut ( talk) 04:17, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
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Hi, I was wondering if you could advise me regarding our discussion of Isa Briones's name in the lead section. As it's only the two of us discussing it, would it make sense for me to request an outside opinion at WP:Third opinion or WP:DRN? We haven't exhausted the topic yet, so I feel like this would be overkill. Is there another way to get editors on Briones's page to weigh in, such as a template at the top of the page? I've had a Wikipedia account for some time, but am still fairly new to the processes here, so I would really appreciate your feedback on any of these suggestions. Thank you! Dog Starkiller ( talk) 16:07, 9 October 2021 (UTC)
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Hello. Apologies for this random message. I have been using the Wikipedia Library to find sources for the "Laundromat" (song) article, and I find a useful resource through EBSCO Host. I am not really sure how to use the link ( here) in a citation.
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Hello, sometime ago I added a new paragraph to Dr Villiers Graaff's page and you deleted it. I do not care about the fact you don't think it should be there because it's from a game so, please, redo it or I will edit it back on the 16th of October. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CartofulMaro ( talk • contribs) 21:00, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
Hallo. Not sure how to proceed, but your "rm dub" is a 3rd revert on said article. Could you please restore and take issue to talk page. Best regards Ip says: Work Better yes. ( talk) 15:49, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
Not a proper reason, and its besides the point regarding staple version. This isn't content but formatting. You are conveniently popping into an ongoing issue that had been referred to the talk page, prior to your edit. It is part of wp:mos and linking the first occurrence of a subject is not unreasonable. This is a silly conversation. Best regards Ip says: Work Better yes. ( talk) 19:06, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
Hello, Nikkimaria. May I bother you, as one who regularly does the honours with image reviews at FAC, to comment on these two images which were added - before I removed them - to the FA on Ralph Vaughan Williams? They are Ralph Vaughan Williams 1910.png and Ralph Vaughan Williams 1917 with Adeline.png. The second, in particular, is excellent and would be good to keep, but I am far from sure we are allowed to use it or the other one, or that they should be on Commons. Grateful for your advice. Tim riley talk 13:01, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
Hi there, TVSGuy is here. I understand I am trying to contribute, but may I know what is a RS, or Reliable source is? Although I know that it was not a reliable content (It's worth a shot I tried), but just to clarify that is Fandom not a RS, and whether if there is there some suggestions so that I do it correctly?
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Hi there. Can you let me know why you removed my referenced addition of Frank Carson's two catchphrases? When anyone over 50 in this part of the world thinks of Carson, those things are likely among the first things they would say. Hence, they are anything but trivialities. Regards, Billsmith60 ( talk) 10:10, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
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Hello, some time ago you commented on Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Battle of the Granicus/archive1. I didn't have to time to respond before the discussion there closed and took a break from Wikipedia afterwards, so I'm responding on your talk page now. I had some questions and comments. 1) I agree with you about the OSM map directly under the infobox, but I've noticed it doesn't even show in the mobile Wikipedia app. I'll ask the person who made the map to fix first, then I'll make sure the caption is more appropriate. 2) I actually want to remove that battle map altogether because it shows that Alexander the Great attacked the Persian center, which is actually contested by the historians cited in the article. I'll create, or ask someone else to create, a new map in time. 3) What is a US tag? -- AlexanderVanLoon ( talk) 13:42, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
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Hi @ Nikkimaria:, please show me a source which states that Second World War is the default term in Canadian English. I've searched online, and I think you're just making that up. On Wiki, as in general, World War II is the default and most commonly used term. Just as World War Im is commonplace to "the Great War". The fact that Canada in World War II exists also suggests you are mistaken. I'm British and we say the Second World War too (in addition to saying World War II) so I'm not being bias / there isn't a linguistic barrier here. Thanks -- Jkaharper ( talk) 19:35, 30 October 2021 (UTC)
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Good God, who wrote that shit? Drmies ( talk) 02:48, 3 November 2021 (UTC)
Hello, colleague, help protect the page about the biography of one musician, there are more than 43 sources, it was mined for deletion, please help urgently! -- Robotkaka20 ( talk) 17:44, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
Here is the article itself: Kholmat Odilov -- Robotkaka20 ( talk) 17:44, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
Howdy. Would be best if you got a consensus at WP:HOCKEY, before adding Canada to the former & current NHL team articles. GoodDay ( talk) 20:25, 8 November 2021 (UTC)
Well, look, you are better to explain these reverts that go one by one after me across range of loosely related articles, except of by one template {{ Infobox noble/Wikidata}}, that seems you don't like.
AXONOV (talk) ⚑ 00:50, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
23:56, November 8, 2021 - «rm non-RS»
22:36, November 8, 2021 - «rv apparent copyvio»
01:10, November 8, 2021 - «rm non-RS»
01:08, November 8, 2021 - «rm non-RS»
00:46, November 8, 2021 - «rm non-RS» - This one is funny; you removed source that is more reliable than ancestry.com...
02:19, November 6, 2021 - «rm ribbons»
AXONOV (talk) ⚑ 01:26, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
Howdy. I tried to bring consistency to the 32 NHL team articles, by either deleting (was reverted), then adding (was reverted) provinces & states in the leads. GoodDay ( talk) 20:02, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
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