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NAC's are difficult to close especially when there are multiple keep and delete !votes, the only time NAC's are easy are either when the nomination was done in Revenge nominations, GAMING and when it’s a snow keep. Infact since I was attacked ferociously last year/early this year about a BADNAC I just decided to leave to sysops. Celestina007 ( talk) 19:08, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
Hi. First, thanks for all you do on the project. See your name quite frequently, but I don't know if we've ever actually interacted before. Second, might I respectively request you to unclose this AfD? Neither of the keep !votes were actually based on policy. I hate to make requests like this, especially from someone who does such a good job at closing AfD's, but I think in this case it's warranted. Thanks. Onel5969 TT me 00:47, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
Can you please expand your rationale for your closure of WP:Articles for deletion/Lüftner Cruises, specifically your understanding of the "strength-of-argument" put forward by the Keep !voters? Also, why did you close this when WP:NACD specifically says that non-admins should not close and "close calls" which (based on numbers) this one is. HighKing ++ 14:02, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
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Thanks for initiating the sock investigation. Geschichte ( talk) 17:48, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
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Do you have some time to look at my current FAC, above? I'm under pressure to get some reviews from the coordinators. Link is here.-- Wehwalt ( talk) 19:45, 19 September 2021 (UTC)
Not sure if you saw my recent comments at WikiProject U.S. Supreme Court cases talk page section about the navboxes raised earlier this year. I'd like to apologize for a horribly and inexcusably belated response. -- CommonKnowledgeCreator ( talk) 23:17, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a Move review of Italia in Comune. Because you closed the move discussion for this page, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the move review. Neel.arunabh ( talk) 21:19, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
Why did you straightaway close the discussion at Talk:Italia in Comune#Requested move 1 September 2021 as Move. I relisted the discussion at 02:36, 20 September 2021 (UTC), and you closed this as Move at 04:13, 27 September 2021 (UTC, when no one participated after the relist. Neel.arunabh ( talk) 21:03, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
On 10 October 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Schneiderman v. United States, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a Communist Party official was represented in Schneiderman v. United States by a previous Republican nominee for president? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Schneiderman v. United States. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Schneiderman v. United States), 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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Twice, actually. Fat fingers... :) -- Blablubbs ( talk) 20:59, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
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Regarding the move review.
I pinged you, how could you write anything like that? totally made up.. there is not a single Argument confirming, that Nur-Sultan is now the common Name.
To the contrary, me and Toddy1 have Provided evidence, Astana is the common Name in English.
So Please explain it to me, I want to understand how you could write that.
-- Tecumseh*1301 ( talk)> — Preceding undated comment added 19:38, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
i want an artist page -- Sim kad ( talk) 16:30, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
Hello, Extraordinary Writ,
I think rather than tagging a template for speedy deletion, it would be better for you to ask an admin who frequents WP:TFD to handle these deletions. Templates aren't just regular pages like an article, they are transcluded on to other pages and it is better for an admin who works with templates to handle deletions so no harm is done to other articles. Liz Read! Talk! 01:41, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
Thank you Extraordinary Writ. I think your revisions on the religious points are well-done and, as far as I understand the sources, accurate. And good heavens, impressive on the Fuller article too! Ballinacurra Weston ( talk) 19:47, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
Good luck with Rutledge. I'm working in bits on the bio of the widely-vilified Henry Billings Brown. I used to live in Michigan, and have photos of hundreds of pages of his personal diary, which are kept at the main public library in Detroit. He deserves a full-length book biography. Perhaps after I retire! I'm no fan of his obtuse opinion in Plessy, and he was no hero in other ways either, but he still had some creditable moments. Ballinacurra Weston ( talk) 22:11, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
Hi, thank you for your volunteer work. May I request you to undo your close of Brahmi sthiti and let an admin handle it. I believe this is a good case of soft delete or a relist (upt 3 relists are allowed). Venkat TL ( talk) 16:40, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
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NAC's are difficult to close especially when there are multiple keep and delete !votes, the only time NAC's are easy are either when the nomination was done in Revenge nominations, GAMING and when it’s a snow keep. Infact since I was attacked ferociously last year/early this year about a BADNAC I just decided to leave to sysops. Celestina007 ( talk) 19:08, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
Hi. First, thanks for all you do on the project. See your name quite frequently, but I don't know if we've ever actually interacted before. Second, might I respectively request you to unclose this AfD? Neither of the keep !votes were actually based on policy. I hate to make requests like this, especially from someone who does such a good job at closing AfD's, but I think in this case it's warranted. Thanks. Onel5969 TT me 00:47, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
Can you please expand your rationale for your closure of WP:Articles for deletion/Lüftner Cruises, specifically your understanding of the "strength-of-argument" put forward by the Keep !voters? Also, why did you close this when WP:NACD specifically says that non-admins should not close and "close calls" which (based on numbers) this one is. HighKing ++ 14:02, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
Hello:
The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Melville Fuller has been completed.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Best of luck with the FA if you decide to move forward.
Regards,
Twofingered Typist ( talk) 12:13, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for initiating the sock investigation. Geschichte ( talk) 17:48, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
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Hello Extraordinary Writ,
Please join this discussion - there is increase in the abuse of Wikipedia and its processes by POV pushers, Paid Editors, and by holders of various user rights including Autopatrolled. Even our review systems themselves at AfC and NPR have been infiltrated. The good news is that detection is improving, but the downside is that it creates the need for a huge clean up - which of course adds to backlogs.
Copyright violations are also a serious issue. Most non-regular contributors do not understand why, and most of our Reviewers are not experts on copyright law - and can't be expected to be, but there is excellent, easy-to-follow advice on COPYVIO detection here.
At the time of the last newsletter (#25, December 2020) the backlog was only just over 2,000 articles. New Page Review is an official system. It's the only firewall against the inclusion of new, improper pages.
There are currently 706 New Page Reviewers plus a further 1,080 admins, but as much as nearly 90% of the patrolling is still being done by around only the 20 or so most regular patrollers.
If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be part of the New Page Reviewer user group, please consider asking any admin to remove you from the list. This will enable NPP to have a better overview of its performance and what improvements need to be made to the process or its software.
Various awards are due to be allocated by the end of the year and barnstars are overdue. If you would like to manage this, please let us know. Indeed, if you are interested in coordinating NPR, it does not involve much time and the tasks are described here.
To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here. Sent to 827 users. 04:31, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
Do you have some time to look at my current FAC, above? I'm under pressure to get some reviews from the coordinators. Link is here.-- Wehwalt ( talk) 19:45, 19 September 2021 (UTC)
Not sure if you saw my recent comments at WikiProject U.S. Supreme Court cases talk page section about the navboxes raised earlier this year. I'd like to apologize for a horribly and inexcusably belated response. -- CommonKnowledgeCreator ( talk) 23:17, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a Move review of Italia in Comune. Because you closed the move discussion for this page, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the move review. Neel.arunabh ( talk) 21:19, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
Why did you straightaway close the discussion at Talk:Italia in Comune#Requested move 1 September 2021 as Move. I relisted the discussion at 02:36, 20 September 2021 (UTC), and you closed this as Move at 04:13, 27 September 2021 (UTC, when no one participated after the relist. Neel.arunabh ( talk) 21:03, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
On 10 October 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Schneiderman v. United States, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a Communist Party official was represented in Schneiderman v. United States by a previous Republican nominee for president? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Schneiderman v. United States. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Schneiderman v. United States), 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.
— Maile ( talk) 00:02, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
Thanks so much for participating in Phase 1 of the RfA 2021 review. 8 out of the 21 issues discussed were found to have consensus. Thanks to our closers of Phase 1, Primefac and Wugapodes.
The following had consensus support of participating editors:
The following issues had a rough consensus of support from editors:
Please consider joining the brainstorming which will last for the next 1-2 weeks. This will be followed by Phase 2, a 30 day discussion to consider solutions to the problems identified in Phase 1.
There are 2 future mailings planned. One when Phase 2 opens and one with the results of Phase 2. To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here.
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Twice, actually. Fat fingers... :) -- Blablubbs ( talk) 20:59, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
Following a 2 week brainstorming period and a 1 week proposal period, the 30 day discussion of changes to our Request for Adminship process has begun. Following feedback on Phase 1, in order to ensure that the largest number of people possible can see all proposals, new proposals will only be accepted for the for the first 7 days of Phase 2. The 30 day discussion is scheduled to last until November 30. Please join the discussion or even submit your own proposal.
There is 1 future mailing planned with the results of Phase 2. To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here.
16:13, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
Regarding the move review.
I pinged you, how could you write anything like that? totally made up.. there is not a single Argument confirming, that Nur-Sultan is now the common Name.
To the contrary, me and Toddy1 have Provided evidence, Astana is the common Name in English.
So Please explain it to me, I want to understand how you could write that.
-- Tecumseh*1301 ( talk)> — Preceding undated comment added 19:38, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
i want an artist page -- Sim kad ( talk) 16:30, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
Hello, Extraordinary Writ,
I think rather than tagging a template for speedy deletion, it would be better for you to ask an admin who frequents WP:TFD to handle these deletions. Templates aren't just regular pages like an article, they are transcluded on to other pages and it is better for an admin who works with templates to handle deletions so no harm is done to other articles. Liz Read! Talk! 01:41, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
Thank you Extraordinary Writ. I think your revisions on the religious points are well-done and, as far as I understand the sources, accurate. And good heavens, impressive on the Fuller article too! Ballinacurra Weston ( talk) 19:47, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
Good luck with Rutledge. I'm working in bits on the bio of the widely-vilified Henry Billings Brown. I used to live in Michigan, and have photos of hundreds of pages of his personal diary, which are kept at the main public library in Detroit. He deserves a full-length book biography. Perhaps after I retire! I'm no fan of his obtuse opinion in Plessy, and he was no hero in other ways either, but he still had some creditable moments. Ballinacurra Weston ( talk) 22:11, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
Hi, thank you for your volunteer work. May I request you to undo your close of Brahmi sthiti and let an admin handle it. I believe this is a good case of soft delete or a relist (upt 3 relists are allowed). Venkat TL ( talk) 16:40, 18 November 2021 (UTC)