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@ Scope creep I was translating the article from German. All I did was read each paragraph and translate it, rather than writing the article as one usually would (finding and reading sources, writing content etc.) Any issues have simply been passed on from that article. If the article in German was promotional, then so maybe is this I guess? But to be honest I was presuming that these issues would have been raised on German Wikipedia, and translation is translation; I can't just write what I think is correct and publish it as a translation. I'll take a look. JacobTheRox ( talk) 09:17, 4 September 2023 (UTC) reply

Hi @ JacobTheRox: That is fine. Everybody translates articles from de wikipedia. I do that all the time. What is not fine is adding references that point to a persons blog or website. The English Wikipedia has very strict requirements around biographies of a living people. They must be WP:SECONDARY sources. These refs you added are promotional WP:SPS and WP:PRIMARY. I would suggest if you want to do translation from the de wikipedia find a women scientist or a well established actor or something like that, that has plenty of sourcing. I hope that helps. Sorry for the warnings. scope_creep ^Talk 09:27, 4 September 2023 (UTC) reply

Well those were just the sources on the page; I am very new to content translation as you need to be extended-confirmed and I have only just reached 500 edits. Sorry but I just thought "if it's fine on the german wikipedia it's fine here". My German is not good enough to easily translate complex pages (e.g. scientists): I am not good with very subject specific translation so I was sticking to more basic pages. I see how that's a problem with carrying over referencing issues. JacobTheRox ( talk) 09:35, 4 September 2023 (UTC) reply

You can't do that either. You can't unsourced content that is WP:BLP. Every sentence needs a reference. I will check it later. scope_creep ^Talk 09:30, 4 September 2023 (UTC) reply

Thanks for your contributions to Elke Jeinsen. Unfortunately, it is not ready for publishing because it needs more sources to establish notability and Redirected article to WP:BLP that is effectively unsourced. . Your article is now a draft where you can improve it undisturbed for a while.

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Thank you very much! I prefer using AfC as it helps get feedback and I am always worried about publishing bad articles! - JacobTheRox ( talk) 16:42, 19 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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Hi there @ Thinker78. Your comment made me feel so happy after I took a Wikibreak for various reasons but mainly due to workload outside of Wikipedia. I'm glad to know that people here care for each other like that. Thanks ever so much, JacobTheRox ( talk) 06:07, 3 October 2023 (UTC) reply

I am happy that I made you feel happy. Cheers! Thinker78 (talk) 06:15, 3 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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		This barnstar is awarded to JacobTheRox for copy edits totaling between 1 and 3,999 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE September 2023 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki ( talk) 10:03, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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I saw your Peer Review request, you said you wanted to get the page to FA a nd I also wish the same. Would you be intrested in presuing this idea together, Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 19:29, 15 November 2023 (UTC) reply

@ OlifanofmrTennant yes of course. I have been shying away from the Doctor who page as I am used to editing small pages rather than complicated ones. However, as a Whovian Wikipedia editor ir would be my dream come true to get Doctor Who back to FA status. Kind regards, JacobTheRox ( talk) 22:21, 15 November 2023 (UTC) reply

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Hi Jacob

I have seen you have added to screenshots from iPlayer to several Doctor Who episodes, and I understand you plan to add more. All copyrighted images on Wikpedia have to meet a series of criteria ( WP:NFCC) to ensure their use is fair to the owners of the image. I'm sorry to say I have therefore added deletion tags (although I have not removed the images from the articles they're used in yet, although this will happen in 7 days unless there is consensus that the images are fair case) to all the Doctor Who screenshots you have added recently. The reason I believe these images do not meet NFCC is because the 8th criterion says Contextual significance. Non-free content is used only if its presence would significantly increase readers' understanding of the article topic, and its omission would be detrimental to that understanding. Your justification on all the file pages is The episode itself; informing viewers what the episode is like / looks like, and I don't not believe this rationale shows that not including the image would be detrimental to understanding, nor do I believe it increases understanding significantly: the only purpose I see for these images is so that readers can see more quickly which episode they're looking at, but this doesn't increase their understanding of the episode. This would be in contrast to say the image on The Unquiet Dead, which shows the precise CGI effect that caused the CG budget to go over.

If you disagree with me, I recommend you start a discussion at Talk:List of Doctor Who episodes (2005–present), where other editors can chip in. I would also like to make absolutely clear I see your edits as good faith, and I can also see you why you might be upset as I have seen you intended to make adding images to articles a project of yours, so I am sorry to have to send you this message. -- Ted Edwards 23:48, 21 January 2024 (UTC) reply

@ TedEdwards  Done, please see Talk:List of Doctor Who episodes (2005–present)#Free use images in articles JacobTheRox ( talk) 14:33, 22 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Further to my previous message, despite the template I added ( Template:Di-disputed non-free use rationale) saying that the images should only be deleted 7 days after the deletion tag was added, an editor, Explicit, deleted them less than an hour after I added the tag. Obviously this should not have happened and I will bring it up with them, but I wanted to apologise that this happened. I will for the time being edit the articles you added images to so they don't have a blank image. Sorry again this happened. -- Ted Edwards 00:18, 22 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Me again. The images have been restored as Explicit had simply made a mistake and has undeleted the images, and I've restored them to the articles for now, so if you want to contest the deletion tag I added you can. -- Ted Edwards 02:26, 22 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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A word to the wise... you say you'll request adminship this year (2024). Unfortunately, no matter how much experience you rack up, it is very likely that the majority of users would oppose that nomination, given that although you have a reasonably long tenure, your edit count is a little on the low side (the going minimum seems to be about 8,000 to 10,000 edits), and no articles (many people demand a GA; that has always seemed a tad excessive to me, but more content-writing experience is generally recommended), and light participation at AfD.

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I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Ronnie Archer-Morgan. Thanks! Robert McClenon ( talk) 07:01, 8 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Ronnie Archer-Morgan, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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97198 ( talk) 10:11, 8 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Most of the professional references cited clearly call her by her name, Brittney Boykin, not her stage name (such as Georgia Tech and the Kennedy Centre). The others state Brittney Boykin (B.E. Boykin) not the other way around. Dan arndt ( talk) 09:25, 10 April 2024 (UTC) reply

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