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Hello @ Ritchie333: I appreciate that your Wikipedia workload is heavy - but before this issue just gets lost in the mists of time is there anything you're happy to do about this? curprev 15:41, 4 June 2020 MrOllie talk contribs 19,182 bytes -135 rv ext link to book site per WP:ELNO undothank curprev 01:07, 21 April 2020 Rodak98 talk contribs m 19,317 bytes 0 Moved book reference out of Links and into Bibliography undothank Tag: Visual edit curprev 18:38, 12 April 2020 Rodak98 talk contribs 19,317 bytes +135 Added reference to recently-released book on vintage keyboards, which includes an entire chapter on the Hohner Pianet undothank Tag: Visual edit Best wishes David Docrobbie ( talk) 01:53, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
Thank you @ Ritchie333: I appreciate the time and thought you've put into this. Is there any point in me inserting footnoted references such as your Pianet ones into other relevant keyboard articles? Or will I simply trigger another MrOllie? Docrobbie ( talk) 07:43, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
{{sfn|Lenhoff|Robertson|2019|p=xxx}}
, I don't see any issue. If anyone gives you grief, let me know and I'll get
Serial Number 54129 to jump on them :-D
Ritchie333
(talk)
(cont)
09:37, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
Thank you @ Ritchie333: and gentlemen for the time you've devoted to this. Docrobbie ( talk) 06:37, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
I am new to editing but am curious if there is a way to undelete this page. I think it should remain. Was this your page? Mjotcaw93 ( talk) 11:47, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
Greetings. Pinging you because you did the AfD deletion of this article in 2018. Article was recreated by the same SPA author (including the old AfD tag) with a claim of better references. As I’m not familiar with the previous version, can you please have a look and see if it’s noticeably improved or if it’s G4-bait. Thanks. -- Finngall talk 18:22, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
Richie:
In March, my Wikipedia article was nominated for deletion. In April, it was deleted. One of the reasons it was nominated for deletion : There's no evidence any of the awards, grants, and fellowships convey notability. None of them are prestigious national honors if we were evaluating via WP:ACADEMIC or WP:ARTIST; the closest probably being the Lambda residency and VONA pick, but even there she is one of many selected annually (more than sixty in her year), and doesn't indicate a singular honor.
Since then, I have received two artists grants from national arts organizations. Though the grants have not been mentioned in the press, I can provide you proof via email. Will you please consider reviewing them to restore my Wikipedia article? Thanks for considering my request.
/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Nahshon_Dion_Anderson — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shootingrange78 ( talk • contribs)
@ Shootingrange78: Apologies for the belated reply, but did anything happen with this. I didn't take immediate action because I didn't close the deletion debate. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 11:31, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for responding. No action was taken. Can I email you the recent national three grant awards I have recieved? Shootingrange78 ( talk) 12:40, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
File:Trump Baby Balloon at protest in Parliament Square.jpg
-- Softlavender ( talk) 11:01, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
Please do not attack other editors, as you did at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. [1] Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. -- Guy Macon ( talk) 16:50, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 18:03, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
attention-seeking dickqualifies as a personal attack. While "You're being a dick" is a statement about behaviour (as opposed to "You are a dick"), adding the "attention-seeking" in there makes it an attack on his character, in my opinion. Kind regards from PJvanMill) talk( 14:57, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
Actually, Ritchie, the tone-policing-and-privilege is a perfect analogy even if its leitmotif is about something else. Guy Macon and I share the same serious concerns about the WMF, though it's a bit late in the day for me now. Stay well. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 15:57, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
Hi
I see you have put that page for the Barking Dogs up for deletion. I understand your concern with the page. The band was successful in France in the 90s. However, very little got ported online since the alternative rock scene that the band was part of was based on Fanzines and printed press The band got articles in Best (a major French Rock publication), but the article never got onto the web since the paper folded (pun intended)
We (I was the double bassist) released 4 albums, all of which were distributed by recognised independent distributors (WMD that was part of the FNAC group, XXXbis) It is difficult to point to anything more substantial than the albums on Deezer, Spotify, Google Play et al, and on MusicBrainz and Discogs. Each album sold around 6000 copies.
Here, however, is a reference from the Transmusicales de Rennes (a major music festival in Rennes, Brittany) that shows we played there at the festival in 1992 http://www.memoires-de-trans.com/artiste/barking-dogs/ You'll notice that the description of the band on the right is absolutely their own, not ours (in French, sorry) Here is the programme listing http://www.memoires-de-trans.com/annee/1992/?tx_icsconcerts_pi1%5Bprogrammation%5D=1
Here is a video recorded by the local (public) TV channel FR3 in Angers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kHR1XdCSkc And this (amateur footage) at Cafe de la Danse in Paris (famous venue that is still going) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO3rugV-JzY Here is an article about the manager on the site of the Independent Record Producers Association website https://www.upfi.fr/wtpl-music/ and speakers academy https://www.speakersacademy.com/fr/speaker/xavier-collin/ And the record label that acquired the rights to the records http://www.booster-label.com/Booster/Liens.html
Here is the French BNF listing https://data.bnf.fr/fr/13945930/the_barking_dogs/
Given that the group was underground, and Europe based and pre-Internet, finding the elements to prove notability is difficult.
Perhaps a redacted / much shortened version would be more appropriate? Please let me know what I can do to help this. Jasonbarnard ( talk) 09:27, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
{{
db-band}}
, but it does not meet
the criteria for speedy deletion. I was stuck to know how to improve it, so I've opened a discussion.
Carrite might know more about the group and ways to improve the article.
Ritchie333
(talk)
(cont)
10:02, 16 July 2020 (UTC)Hello, You closed this as a merge. I wonder if you might consider extending the !voting? I have been adding newspapers, and I consider the subject notable. Perhaps extra time will allow more editors to weigh in? Lightburst ( talk) 15:09, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
Hi Ritchie333. just a message bc it has been 8 days and there was no discussion regarding the atd-m at the target talk. So wondering if we can close it out? Thanks much. Lightburst ( talk) 16:23, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
Hey Ritchie--I don't think the twenty-four-hour lock worked. I've proposed MULTIPLE compromises to solve the problem, but certain other editors are basically insisting that it's their way or the highway, and I'm not okay with that. Is it at all possible that you could step in so that we can end this argument once and for all and reach a solution that everyone is happy with? Thanks. Leahmerone ( talk) 04:02, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
@ Richie333: Could you please unblock me from editing the page? I still don't agree, but I promise I won't edit the Variety article off anymore. I just want this to be over at this point. Leahmerone ( talk) 17:01, 23 July 2020 (UTC)
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You might be interested, am not sure if salting is also necessary? Megan Barris (Lets talk📧) 17:04, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
Hi Ritchie - can you please add a nomination rationale to your PROD? It's not clear why you believe this page should be deleted, and why it would be non-controversial. Thanks! pburka ( talk) 19:31, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
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Hello! You appears to be the create protecting admin of Rishi Kumar. There is currently a draft at Draft:Rishi Kumar which has been worked on by two editors that seems at least half decent (I haven't reviewed it formally yet as there are some formatting issues to be fixed). Therefore, I'm requesting unprotection of the Rishi Kumar page in preparation of acceptance of the draft article - let me know what you think. Thank you, Kadzi ( talk) 19:29, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
I nominated an article Ashish Chanchlani for deletion and you have deleted the article after a general consensus. But, a user has re-created the article by adding middle name ( Ashish A. Chanchlani), which conceals the article history of deletion. Also, I am of the opinion that the article is created in return for undisclosed payments. Can you suggest the steps, which can be taken to address the issue? Thank you! Neurofreak ( talk) 21:31, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
{{
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, which I have now done.
Ritchie333
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10:54, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
Could you please block user:72.87.79.120 . They clearly will not stop until blocked. CLCStudent ( talk) 22:26, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
... that's a prod rationale that's going to be deprodded in no time flat. Quite aside from the deprod warriors who are bound and determined to gum up the process no matter what, that really isn't a valid rationale. Better to check it to ensure it fails the GNG and WP:BAND, and prod on that. Ravenswing 09:32, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
.... 'ere, Threesie me ol' Raleigh Chopper china...I 'ad that Fatty Bum-Bum Johnson in the back of me Boris Bike Kung Flu Taxi the uvver nite.... Damn near bust me back axle an' all, e' did! -- Yours, stuck in the Wikirank.... Lightnin' Slim Starmer, ( talk) 17:32, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
Wanna trade GAN reviews on albums? You assess Talk:Back in the High Life and I look at Talk:Deep Purple in Rock? Binksternet ( talk) 20:58, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
Hello. Yesterday you closed the Los Angeles Women's Music Festival as a merge. Today I performed the merge. I believe I did everything correctly, but this is the first time I've done a merge. If you have time could you please check to see if everything has been done properly. Thank you and I hope all is well with you. // Timothy :: talk 18:54, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
Reverting comments from someone you disagree with is what I'd expect admins like (Redacted) to do. I does make one wonder (although I can think of several that could fill in that blank - 1 in particular.) Still - it made me smile. — Ched ( talk) 23:45, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
The article Deep Purple in Rock you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Deep Purple in Rock for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Binksternet -- Binksternet ( talk) 21:01, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Deep Purple in Rock you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Binksternet -- Binksternet ( talk) 22:21, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
All done! Great work, along with your lifeline friend, Martinevans123. Binksternet ( talk) 20:59, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
Hi Ritchie, I figured i'd come to you as I've seen you around in the past, I've been creating a number of articles related to Irish townlands and roads, I have created over 200 stubs, including a couple that had been deleted due to being created by a sock, due to this I have now had a sockpuppet accusation against me. I'm going to step away from Wikipedia for a while due to the accusations, but at the same time I don't want the Encyclopedia to be ruined by my articles being deleted (All have been properly reviewed and accepted). If I must be blocked from editing, I am willing to accept that, wait 6 months and attempt the standard offer method, but my only worry is that the large number of articles will be gone. Is there anything I can do in this situation? Thank you for your time. PatWhelehan ( talk) 13:46, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm MDanielsBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Sandra Pinel, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.
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The Phew, what a scorcher!! award | |
Phew! What a
scorcher!! |
Hi,
Given Kimmy Sheilds has been in several films and shows can we reconsider this deletion? https://m.imdb.com/name/nm5777436/
Thank you Jasonbook99 ( talk) 22:26, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
Ritchie333, you removed protection to re-create the page Rishi Kumar in July 2020 [4] but the talk page, Talk:Rishi Kumar, is still restricted to creation by administrators only, if you could kindly lift that restriction. Thanks. Loksmythe ( talk) 01:44, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Earl's Court tube station you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Pi.1415926535 -- Pi.1415926535 ( talk) 22:40, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
On 15 August 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume is the French version of The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Amakuru ( talk) 12:02, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
It looks like it may still be a work in progress; are you sure it's supposed to be running right now? — Wug· a·po·des 21:44, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
@ Chongkian: First things first, read User:Sven Manguard/Failed RfA Advice. There's a lot to pick through here, but I'll be concise as I can. The guide to starting an RfA is described at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Nominate; however it includes very clear guidance not to start one frivolously until you are absolutely sure you know what to expect. Specifically, Candidacies that are far from meeting community standards always fail early. It is your job to obtain a general idea on what the community expects from candidates; review recent RfAs and gauge your contributions accordingly." While it's technically possible to create a bot task to simplify the technical instructions, nobody's done it because a) RfAs don't run often enough to motivate anyone to write it and b) Anyone who doesn't know how to do the task manually probably shouldn't be an admin.
When you filed the RfA, the general feeling was that you were a longstanding contributor who could possibly be trusted with the admin toolset, and people were asking questions and seeing how you responded before making the decision. In my case, I couldn't decide whether or not to support, and wanted to see how things played out - had you given great answers, you would probably have people on your side and you'd pass. (See Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/GoldenRing). Unfortunately, pretty much all of the answers led to you shooting yourself in the foot and getting opposition. Nothing in the "oppose" section could be reasonably described as unfair or unpleasant; it's simply a reaction to the answers you gave that show you don't really understand the policies that you need to have a full and through working knowledge to be an administrator. Some specifics:
Q4 : "what I see lacking is the standardization in writing style in Wikipedia, and I wish there are mechanism to make things as standard as possible" This is impossible, if nothing else because British and American English have different styles, and trying to merge together everyone's preferences into a single choice will just annoy everyone who chose something else. In particular, we've seen some bitter arguments over the Manual of Style and Infoboxes.
Q5 : In general, administrators should be expected to use meaningful edit summaries all the time. Often, what you think is obvious or unimportant in an edit summary won't be to other people. Specifically, the lack of edit summaries when editing the RfA caused us all to second guess what you were trying to do - we now know you did want to put yourself forward, but couldn't read your mind.
Q6 : In addition to what I just said about edit summaries, WikiProjects are (with a number of significant exceptions like WP:MILHIST) generally deprecated. Iridescent would be able to give you a full background story, but AFAIK the concept of projects arose around 2005 in order for Wikipedia to be produced as an offline CD, and hence we needed to categorise individual articles with quality and importance to assess what should be included. The trouble is, what you think as important isn't the same as what everyone else thinks, and it's not a simple matter of page views, which spike in response to some news or current event. Anyway, many people think changing importance or assessment quality in lots of articles is "busy work" which not only doesn't require the administrator tools, but gives the impression of favouring style over substance and placing a greater importance on tags and templates than writing content.
Most of the opposition has already covered the issues in Q7. A good piece of advice that nominators give to candidates is to make sure your mainspace contributions are tag free, well sourced and of sufficient quality. In particular, IMDB should not be used as a source for biographies of living people.
Q10 : I'm not sure what Levivich was trying to get at here, except I know he was throwing you a difficult situation, and seeing how you would respond to it, citing relevant policies. If you look at Talk:Taiwan, you'll see that multiple attempts have been made to rename it to "Republic of China" (which is what the government in exile view themselves as, contrary to the rest of the world) and there has never been an agreement to do so. So in this case, I would decline the request to block as frivolous and point the complaining editors to the previous discussions; also if the reporting editors had been disruptive elsewhere I would consider a WP:BOOMERANG set of sanctions if necessary. Your answer wasn't technically wrong, but it was vague and lacking in specifics - if you had directly linked to Talk:Taiwan/Archive 23#Requested move 13 August 2014, and also mentioned that Editor 2 might not have violated WP:3RR (say, by only making three reverts in 24 hours, he would did not break the policy which requires more than three), you would have got more support.
Q11 shows you don't understand the issue, which is that articles with over 5,000 revision can't be deleted by a common or garden administrator and need a steward to do so. This is mentioned on WP:ADMIN in a footnote next to the limit, so you really should have read it.
Q12 : This answer assumes that everybody who is blocked is a vandal, which is plain incorrect. There are many reasons to unblock editors, including a convincing unblock request (where agreement from the blocking administrator has been given in advance or asked for), an ANI thread with overwhelming consensus for the standard offer, or a long standing editor blocked by a compromised admin account. In particular, the mention of a hard 2-3 days is terrible advice - you should unblock when the block is not necessary to protect Wikipedia from disruption and no later.
Now, having said all of the above, I want to make it very clear that deciding you are not a good fit to be an admin does not mean we don't want you as an editor. I know several editors who are amazing content contributors who can produce work I can only dream of, but don't want the administrator tools. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 09:48, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
Hey I'm flattered that you would consider me for adminship. I will think about it. It's been a while, but I'm not quite sure that I'm admin material, due to some things I've done in my past. Give me some time, and I will see if I want to do it again. My last go-round was not enjoyable, but it was a while ago and I've grown since then. Regards ~ EDDY ( talk/ contribs)~ 19:00, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Machine Head (album) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Kyle Peake -- Kyle Peake ( talk) 05:20, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
The article Earl's Court tube station you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Earl's Court tube station for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Pi.1415926535 -- Pi.1415926535 ( talk) 08:20, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 105 | ← | Archive 108 | Archive 109 | Archive 110 | Archive 111 | Archive 112 | → | Archive 115 |
Hello @ Ritchie333: I appreciate that your Wikipedia workload is heavy - but before this issue just gets lost in the mists of time is there anything you're happy to do about this? curprev 15:41, 4 June 2020 MrOllie talk contribs 19,182 bytes -135 rv ext link to book site per WP:ELNO undothank curprev 01:07, 21 April 2020 Rodak98 talk contribs m 19,317 bytes 0 Moved book reference out of Links and into Bibliography undothank Tag: Visual edit curprev 18:38, 12 April 2020 Rodak98 talk contribs 19,317 bytes +135 Added reference to recently-released book on vintage keyboards, which includes an entire chapter on the Hohner Pianet undothank Tag: Visual edit Best wishes David Docrobbie ( talk) 01:53, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
Thank you @ Ritchie333: I appreciate the time and thought you've put into this. Is there any point in me inserting footnoted references such as your Pianet ones into other relevant keyboard articles? Or will I simply trigger another MrOllie? Docrobbie ( talk) 07:43, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
{{sfn|Lenhoff|Robertson|2019|p=xxx}}
, I don't see any issue. If anyone gives you grief, let me know and I'll get
Serial Number 54129 to jump on them :-D
Ritchie333
(talk)
(cont)
09:37, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
Thank you @ Ritchie333: and gentlemen for the time you've devoted to this. Docrobbie ( talk) 06:37, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
I am new to editing but am curious if there is a way to undelete this page. I think it should remain. Was this your page? Mjotcaw93 ( talk) 11:47, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
Greetings. Pinging you because you did the AfD deletion of this article in 2018. Article was recreated by the same SPA author (including the old AfD tag) with a claim of better references. As I’m not familiar with the previous version, can you please have a look and see if it’s noticeably improved or if it’s G4-bait. Thanks. -- Finngall talk 18:22, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
Richie:
In March, my Wikipedia article was nominated for deletion. In April, it was deleted. One of the reasons it was nominated for deletion : There's no evidence any of the awards, grants, and fellowships convey notability. None of them are prestigious national honors if we were evaluating via WP:ACADEMIC or WP:ARTIST; the closest probably being the Lambda residency and VONA pick, but even there she is one of many selected annually (more than sixty in her year), and doesn't indicate a singular honor.
Since then, I have received two artists grants from national arts organizations. Though the grants have not been mentioned in the press, I can provide you proof via email. Will you please consider reviewing them to restore my Wikipedia article? Thanks for considering my request.
/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Nahshon_Dion_Anderson — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shootingrange78 ( talk • contribs)
@ Shootingrange78: Apologies for the belated reply, but did anything happen with this. I didn't take immediate action because I didn't close the deletion debate. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 11:31, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for responding. No action was taken. Can I email you the recent national three grant awards I have recieved? Shootingrange78 ( talk) 12:40, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
File:Trump Baby Balloon at protest in Parliament Square.jpg
-- Softlavender ( talk) 11:01, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
Please do not attack other editors, as you did at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. [1] Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. -- Guy Macon ( talk) 16:50, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 18:03, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
attention-seeking dickqualifies as a personal attack. While "You're being a dick" is a statement about behaviour (as opposed to "You are a dick"), adding the "attention-seeking" in there makes it an attack on his character, in my opinion. Kind regards from PJvanMill) talk( 14:57, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
Actually, Ritchie, the tone-policing-and-privilege is a perfect analogy even if its leitmotif is about something else. Guy Macon and I share the same serious concerns about the WMF, though it's a bit late in the day for me now. Stay well. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 15:57, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
Hi
I see you have put that page for the Barking Dogs up for deletion. I understand your concern with the page. The band was successful in France in the 90s. However, very little got ported online since the alternative rock scene that the band was part of was based on Fanzines and printed press The band got articles in Best (a major French Rock publication), but the article never got onto the web since the paper folded (pun intended)
We (I was the double bassist) released 4 albums, all of which were distributed by recognised independent distributors (WMD that was part of the FNAC group, XXXbis) It is difficult to point to anything more substantial than the albums on Deezer, Spotify, Google Play et al, and on MusicBrainz and Discogs. Each album sold around 6000 copies.
Here, however, is a reference from the Transmusicales de Rennes (a major music festival in Rennes, Brittany) that shows we played there at the festival in 1992 http://www.memoires-de-trans.com/artiste/barking-dogs/ You'll notice that the description of the band on the right is absolutely their own, not ours (in French, sorry) Here is the programme listing http://www.memoires-de-trans.com/annee/1992/?tx_icsconcerts_pi1%5Bprogrammation%5D=1
Here is a video recorded by the local (public) TV channel FR3 in Angers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kHR1XdCSkc And this (amateur footage) at Cafe de la Danse in Paris (famous venue that is still going) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO3rugV-JzY Here is an article about the manager on the site of the Independent Record Producers Association website https://www.upfi.fr/wtpl-music/ and speakers academy https://www.speakersacademy.com/fr/speaker/xavier-collin/ And the record label that acquired the rights to the records http://www.booster-label.com/Booster/Liens.html
Here is the French BNF listing https://data.bnf.fr/fr/13945930/the_barking_dogs/
Given that the group was underground, and Europe based and pre-Internet, finding the elements to prove notability is difficult.
Perhaps a redacted / much shortened version would be more appropriate? Please let me know what I can do to help this. Jasonbarnard ( talk) 09:27, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
{{
db-band}}
, but it does not meet
the criteria for speedy deletion. I was stuck to know how to improve it, so I've opened a discussion.
Carrite might know more about the group and ways to improve the article.
Ritchie333
(talk)
(cont)
10:02, 16 July 2020 (UTC)Hello, You closed this as a merge. I wonder if you might consider extending the !voting? I have been adding newspapers, and I consider the subject notable. Perhaps extra time will allow more editors to weigh in? Lightburst ( talk) 15:09, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
Hi Ritchie333. just a message bc it has been 8 days and there was no discussion regarding the atd-m at the target talk. So wondering if we can close it out? Thanks much. Lightburst ( talk) 16:23, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
Hey Ritchie--I don't think the twenty-four-hour lock worked. I've proposed MULTIPLE compromises to solve the problem, but certain other editors are basically insisting that it's their way or the highway, and I'm not okay with that. Is it at all possible that you could step in so that we can end this argument once and for all and reach a solution that everyone is happy with? Thanks. Leahmerone ( talk) 04:02, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
@ Richie333: Could you please unblock me from editing the page? I still don't agree, but I promise I won't edit the Variety article off anymore. I just want this to be over at this point. Leahmerone ( talk) 17:01, 23 July 2020 (UTC)
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You might be interested, am not sure if salting is also necessary? Megan Barris (Lets talk📧) 17:04, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
Hi Ritchie - can you please add a nomination rationale to your PROD? It's not clear why you believe this page should be deleted, and why it would be non-controversial. Thanks! pburka ( talk) 19:31, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
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Hello! You appears to be the create protecting admin of Rishi Kumar. There is currently a draft at Draft:Rishi Kumar which has been worked on by two editors that seems at least half decent (I haven't reviewed it formally yet as there are some formatting issues to be fixed). Therefore, I'm requesting unprotection of the Rishi Kumar page in preparation of acceptance of the draft article - let me know what you think. Thank you, Kadzi ( talk) 19:29, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
I nominated an article Ashish Chanchlani for deletion and you have deleted the article after a general consensus. But, a user has re-created the article by adding middle name ( Ashish A. Chanchlani), which conceals the article history of deletion. Also, I am of the opinion that the article is created in return for undisclosed payments. Can you suggest the steps, which can be taken to address the issue? Thank you! Neurofreak ( talk) 21:31, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
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Could you please block user:72.87.79.120 . They clearly will not stop until blocked. CLCStudent ( talk) 22:26, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
... that's a prod rationale that's going to be deprodded in no time flat. Quite aside from the deprod warriors who are bound and determined to gum up the process no matter what, that really isn't a valid rationale. Better to check it to ensure it fails the GNG and WP:BAND, and prod on that. Ravenswing 09:32, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
.... 'ere, Threesie me ol' Raleigh Chopper china...I 'ad that Fatty Bum-Bum Johnson in the back of me Boris Bike Kung Flu Taxi the uvver nite.... Damn near bust me back axle an' all, e' did! -- Yours, stuck in the Wikirank.... Lightnin' Slim Starmer, ( talk) 17:32, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
Wanna trade GAN reviews on albums? You assess Talk:Back in the High Life and I look at Talk:Deep Purple in Rock? Binksternet ( talk) 20:58, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
Hello. Yesterday you closed the Los Angeles Women's Music Festival as a merge. Today I performed the merge. I believe I did everything correctly, but this is the first time I've done a merge. If you have time could you please check to see if everything has been done properly. Thank you and I hope all is well with you. // Timothy :: talk 18:54, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
Reverting comments from someone you disagree with is what I'd expect admins like (Redacted) to do. I does make one wonder (although I can think of several that could fill in that blank - 1 in particular.) Still - it made me smile. — Ched ( talk) 23:45, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
The article Deep Purple in Rock you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Deep Purple in Rock for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Binksternet -- Binksternet ( talk) 21:01, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
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All done! Great work, along with your lifeline friend, Martinevans123. Binksternet ( talk) 20:59, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
Hi Ritchie, I figured i'd come to you as I've seen you around in the past, I've been creating a number of articles related to Irish townlands and roads, I have created over 200 stubs, including a couple that had been deleted due to being created by a sock, due to this I have now had a sockpuppet accusation against me. I'm going to step away from Wikipedia for a while due to the accusations, but at the same time I don't want the Encyclopedia to be ruined by my articles being deleted (All have been properly reviewed and accepted). If I must be blocked from editing, I am willing to accept that, wait 6 months and attempt the standard offer method, but my only worry is that the large number of articles will be gone. Is there anything I can do in this situation? Thank you for your time. PatWhelehan ( talk) 13:46, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
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Given Kimmy Sheilds has been in several films and shows can we reconsider this deletion? https://m.imdb.com/name/nm5777436/
Thank you Jasonbook99 ( talk) 22:26, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
Ritchie333, you removed protection to re-create the page Rishi Kumar in July 2020 [4] but the talk page, Talk:Rishi Kumar, is still restricted to creation by administrators only, if you could kindly lift that restriction. Thanks. Loksmythe ( talk) 01:44, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Earl's Court tube station you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Pi.1415926535 -- Pi.1415926535 ( talk) 22:40, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
On 15 August 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume is the French version of The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Amakuru ( talk) 12:02, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
It looks like it may still be a work in progress; are you sure it's supposed to be running right now? — Wug· a·po·des 21:44, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
@ Chongkian: First things first, read User:Sven Manguard/Failed RfA Advice. There's a lot to pick through here, but I'll be concise as I can. The guide to starting an RfA is described at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Nominate; however it includes very clear guidance not to start one frivolously until you are absolutely sure you know what to expect. Specifically, Candidacies that are far from meeting community standards always fail early. It is your job to obtain a general idea on what the community expects from candidates; review recent RfAs and gauge your contributions accordingly." While it's technically possible to create a bot task to simplify the technical instructions, nobody's done it because a) RfAs don't run often enough to motivate anyone to write it and b) Anyone who doesn't know how to do the task manually probably shouldn't be an admin.
When you filed the RfA, the general feeling was that you were a longstanding contributor who could possibly be trusted with the admin toolset, and people were asking questions and seeing how you responded before making the decision. In my case, I couldn't decide whether or not to support, and wanted to see how things played out - had you given great answers, you would probably have people on your side and you'd pass. (See Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/GoldenRing). Unfortunately, pretty much all of the answers led to you shooting yourself in the foot and getting opposition. Nothing in the "oppose" section could be reasonably described as unfair or unpleasant; it's simply a reaction to the answers you gave that show you don't really understand the policies that you need to have a full and through working knowledge to be an administrator. Some specifics:
Q4 : "what I see lacking is the standardization in writing style in Wikipedia, and I wish there are mechanism to make things as standard as possible" This is impossible, if nothing else because British and American English have different styles, and trying to merge together everyone's preferences into a single choice will just annoy everyone who chose something else. In particular, we've seen some bitter arguments over the Manual of Style and Infoboxes.
Q5 : In general, administrators should be expected to use meaningful edit summaries all the time. Often, what you think is obvious or unimportant in an edit summary won't be to other people. Specifically, the lack of edit summaries when editing the RfA caused us all to second guess what you were trying to do - we now know you did want to put yourself forward, but couldn't read your mind.
Q6 : In addition to what I just said about edit summaries, WikiProjects are (with a number of significant exceptions like WP:MILHIST) generally deprecated. Iridescent would be able to give you a full background story, but AFAIK the concept of projects arose around 2005 in order for Wikipedia to be produced as an offline CD, and hence we needed to categorise individual articles with quality and importance to assess what should be included. The trouble is, what you think as important isn't the same as what everyone else thinks, and it's not a simple matter of page views, which spike in response to some news or current event. Anyway, many people think changing importance or assessment quality in lots of articles is "busy work" which not only doesn't require the administrator tools, but gives the impression of favouring style over substance and placing a greater importance on tags and templates than writing content.
Most of the opposition has already covered the issues in Q7. A good piece of advice that nominators give to candidates is to make sure your mainspace contributions are tag free, well sourced and of sufficient quality. In particular, IMDB should not be used as a source for biographies of living people.
Q10 : I'm not sure what Levivich was trying to get at here, except I know he was throwing you a difficult situation, and seeing how you would respond to it, citing relevant policies. If you look at Talk:Taiwan, you'll see that multiple attempts have been made to rename it to "Republic of China" (which is what the government in exile view themselves as, contrary to the rest of the world) and there has never been an agreement to do so. So in this case, I would decline the request to block as frivolous and point the complaining editors to the previous discussions; also if the reporting editors had been disruptive elsewhere I would consider a WP:BOOMERANG set of sanctions if necessary. Your answer wasn't technically wrong, but it was vague and lacking in specifics - if you had directly linked to Talk:Taiwan/Archive 23#Requested move 13 August 2014, and also mentioned that Editor 2 might not have violated WP:3RR (say, by only making three reverts in 24 hours, he would did not break the policy which requires more than three), you would have got more support.
Q11 shows you don't understand the issue, which is that articles with over 5,000 revision can't be deleted by a common or garden administrator and need a steward to do so. This is mentioned on WP:ADMIN in a footnote next to the limit, so you really should have read it.
Q12 : This answer assumes that everybody who is blocked is a vandal, which is plain incorrect. There are many reasons to unblock editors, including a convincing unblock request (where agreement from the blocking administrator has been given in advance or asked for), an ANI thread with overwhelming consensus for the standard offer, or a long standing editor blocked by a compromised admin account. In particular, the mention of a hard 2-3 days is terrible advice - you should unblock when the block is not necessary to protect Wikipedia from disruption and no later.
Now, having said all of the above, I want to make it very clear that deciding you are not a good fit to be an admin does not mean we don't want you as an editor. I know several editors who are amazing content contributors who can produce work I can only dream of, but don't want the administrator tools. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 09:48, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
Hey I'm flattered that you would consider me for adminship. I will think about it. It's been a while, but I'm not quite sure that I'm admin material, due to some things I've done in my past. Give me some time, and I will see if I want to do it again. My last go-round was not enjoyable, but it was a while ago and I've grown since then. Regards ~ EDDY ( talk/ contribs)~ 19:00, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Machine Head (album) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Kyle Peake -- Kyle Peake ( talk) 05:20, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
The article Earl's Court tube station you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Earl's Court tube station for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Pi.1415926535 -- Pi.1415926535 ( talk) 08:20, 23 August 2020 (UTC)