I am confused. My page for THE WEIGHT BAND is based on the format of DEAD AND COMPANY's page. They're very similar groups, spinoffs of legendary 70s musical acts. THE WEIGHT BAND is planning an upcoming album; would it help to reference that more? I'm just unclear why one band, which is active yet derived on a more iconic iteration is allowed, but not another?
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Your recent comment on the Draft:Lucas Hucher, was incorrect and insufficient. If you look after "Nicholas Middleton-Ensign" you will see an abbreviation, Ld.H., which is an acronym for Lord of the Manor of Hougun. The draft never stated that Nick Ensign was descended from British Royalty. The article simply acknowledged that Nick Ensign was a Lord of the Manor, which is not a part of British Royalty or peerage, but remains apart of the non-peerage nobility, the lowest of nobility. Also, unless you are educated on a topic, do not comment. 02:27, 7 July 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by BriantTheatre ( talk • contribs)
You would be correct, but also incorrect at the same time. The last author to write about Nick Ensign claimed some outlandish things, that is why I removed them and replaced them with correct and supported facts. Nick Ensign, and also Lucas Hucher, are new authors and have not come into the world stage quite yet. But I would also appreciate it if you could contribute to the articles, if you have the time and are willing. But, a Feudal Baron is not part of royalty. A feudal baron is just another word for Lord of the Manor, which can also be another title for a Laird. And technically, all three titles are right below that of knight. 17:34, 1 August 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by BriantTheatre ( talk • contribs)
Hello. I understand why you reverted the to the article, with the same logic do you agree that the last edit should be reverted? Regards - Heptanitrocubane ( talk) 19:14, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
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Hey I didn't know who to come to for this but I need some advice on how to handle a situation. As you've probably noticed, there are IP editors who are simply undoing almost all of my edits (primarily on beauty pageant-related articles) and slandering me saying that I am spamming and that I should be blocked. This started a few weeks ago with one IP and I had them blocked almost immediately. A few days later it was a different IP, blocked again. But at this point it's happening every single day with a different IP address each day. All the IP addresses are traced back to Thailand, and I believe it started after I removed some information from the Maria Lynn Ehren article because it was unsourced and unencyclopedic, so I clearly just pissed someone off. At this point it's just extremely inconvenient and annoying, but I have no idea how to stop it as it's a new IP address each time, and I was just wondering if you had any advice on the situation. { [ ( jjj 1238 ) ] } 20:05, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
@ Jjj1238:} Hello, Jjj. Thanks for raising this issue. I too have been jousting for the past few days with IP addresses, but mine seem to be located in Teheran. As for your particular situation, I think that a new IP address who quickly calls for you to be blocked is probably a blocked editor themselves. And there has been a lot of blocking in this area, largely for sockpuppetry. So, you might be right that you simply annoyed someone by editing a particular article. But I wouldn't discount the possibility that you've been caught up in a larger situation involving sock farms.
As for moving forward, there's "safety in numbers". I'll put that page on my watchlist so that you don't have to be the only one reverting those edits. I do, however, have one disagreement with your edits. Although the music videos do not confer notability on the subject, they are still a valid part of the subject's biography. My concern is not that the article mentions them, but that it is essentially providing a link farm to each YouTube video. I'll look for a way to avoid this problem and I hope the IP addresses (and you) will see it as an acceptable compromise.
Looking even further down the road, I can't help believing that these disruptive editors are thriving in an environment where the Beauty Pageants WikiProject has abdicated any measure of control over the articles in their scope. The recent edit wars we saw at the 2017 Universe and World articles might have been avoided if the Project had simply taken the time to develop a Manual of Style for these types of articles. At some point (soon, I hope) the good-faith editors in this field will begin to see the Project's Talk page as a good place to develop consensus on the many questions that arise in these articles.
I don't know if I've satisfactorily addressed your concerns. If not, feel free to follow up. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 22:56, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
Hello, NewYorkActuary. Is there any reason why you insist on using Roxette Qiu? Are you working for any public relations agencies, media consulting or some sort for Miss Universe Organization? Please explain why providing complete, credibly-sourced, encyclopedic information considered to be contempt of WP:BRD?
Evidences and references are provided. And this is NOT one time misstatement, as demonstrated by hundreds of sites and millions of documents using Roxana and Roxy, aside from Roxette. Hence can we just let all multiple names to be listed?
After posting here, I will be reverting your edit. If you restore that material without gaining consensus for it, I will report the matter to an Wikipedia executive. Thank you for your attention to this matter. User:Steinpal ( talk) 19:58, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
In your first edit to the article in question, you described my work as "vandalism". If you truly believe that I am engaging in vandalism, you should report me at WP:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Your posting here also questions whether I am engaged in conflict-of-interest violations. The proper venue for reporting such problems is WP:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard. And of course, there is the general purpose WP:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. If you are concerned about problematic editing on my part, I encourage you to file a report against me in whichever of these venues you feel is most appropriate.
As for the article in question, you might want to familiarize yourself with WP:NOCONSENSUS, which essentially states that you'll need to gain consensus to add or retain biographical material after that material has been challenged. And the place to get that consensus will be the Talk page of the article, at Talk:Roxette Qiu. I expect that you will be quite willing to do this, given your testimony here that there are "hundreds of sites and millions of documents" that support your position. Perhaps you could start the Talk page discussion by linking us to just ten of those sites. If those sites are reliable sources, I imagine that gaining consensus will be a straightforward task. In the meantime, I am going to re-visit the article to present sourced information that will address both of our concerns. I hope you will view it as a reasonable compromise.
Thank you for starting this discussion. I look forward to continuing it on the article's Talk page. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 06:24, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
I see you guys redirected that article,but how long does that take? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daquan7474 ( talk • contribs) 06:16, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
The discussion has been closed on the administrators noticeboard. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daquan7474 ( talk • contribs) 07:13, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
Disappointed by your recent comments on Political midlife crisis talk page, which I'm deleting.
Please read WP: No Personal Attacks in full, which explains why I'm responding here and not on the article talk page. Crawiki ( talk) 14:56, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
An article that you may have been involved in editing— Myanmar Railways—has been proposed for merging with Rail transport in Myanmar. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. -- Bejnar ( talk) 23:20, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
Hi New YorkActuary. Just so to clarify, her actual height is the value that I edited. I downgraded her predecessor's height as well. You can check her official height given at Miss Universe 2014. My apologies. Lhopshe ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 00:01, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
As for the original issue, I think you're missing a basic point about editing here on Wikipedia -- simply being correct is not enough. Nor is it enough to tell someone that they can go look it up for themselves. Instead, you need to demonstrate that you are correct by adding a reference to the material that you are relying upon. You can learn more about doing this at WP:Referencing for beginners. And if the source of your information is the Miss Universe web site, then you probably want to do that by using the {{ cite web}} template. That template can be a little tricky for new editors so, later today, I'll go ahead and add the reference to the Miyamoto article. You can then use it as an example for adding references in other articles.
One last point -- you might not be aware of this, but articles on pageant winners are subject to a lot of vandalism. And much of that vandalism takes the form of changing the subject's personal data. Indeed, if you look at your edit history, you'll see that your edits were tagged with a message that said something like "change made to height or weight". This happens so often that many editors here (including me) routinely revert these changes if they are not accompanied by an explanation or by a reference. I did see that one of your edits (on another article) changed what was clearly an inaccurate number, but the one at the Miyamoto article is not so obvious and really needs to be supported by documentation.
I hope this has been helpful. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 01:06, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
You engagement with other editors in this discussion would be invaluable. Leutha ( talk) 14:22, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed that you are an experienced Wikipedia contributor and some time ago you edited in good faith a article about Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. During the holiday period an IP clearly affiliated with this party has heavily edited this page as well as page of it's founder Bob Avakian and their offshoot Refuse Fascism. Most of these edits put the party in positive light, whitewash, remove criticisms etc, most are sourced from websites directly affiliated with the part.. These are the only articles the IP edits. When I tried to revert these edits I got a warning for engaging in edit warring, which was probably the case, since I don't really know the rules that well yet. The recommendation was to start a discussion on the talk page, which I did in Refuse Fascism article, but my pleads were ignored. I would like to ask you to take a look at the article in question and see if those edits are legitimate/illegitimate and proceed accordingly. Because they do look like a politically motivated PR move from Party staffer/recruit. Thank you. FreedomGonzo ( talk) 06:12, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
When I took a look at the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA article, my first thought was that you and the IP addresses were all wasting your time, because the article faced the bigger problem of being primarily sourced by its own publications. Of the fifteen sources in the article, nine are from the organization's website and three more are from people associated with the party. Such reliance on its own statements is the bigger problem (I thought) because it made the article vulnerable to being nominated for deletion. But then I learned that the article had indeed been nominated about three months ago by someone who apparently saw the same things that I did. The deletion debate, shown at WP:Articles for deletion/Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, ended in a "keep" decision, because three editors presented third-party sourcing sufficient to convince the closing administrator that the organization was notable. Unfortunately, little (if any) of that third-party sourcing has found its way into the article.
As for your particular concern, jousting with an IP-hopping agenda-driven editor can easily become a frustrating experience. But because I am not sufficiently learned in the details of the Party (including what appears to be a controversy surrounding its founder), I am not in a position to make any informed judgements on the quality of the IP's edits. Nor, for that matter, am I in any position to make any informed judgements about yours. But I can offer two suggestions that might be helpful.
First, I saw that there are several citation-needed and better-source-needed tags on the article. One thing you can do is adopt a zero-tolerance approach to unsourced controversial information (and by "zero tolerance", I mean to simply remove it). I do NOT recommend that you do this in one fell swoop. Instead, remove one unsupported claim at a time (waiting a few days in between) and prepare yourself for the pushback that you are likely to get from the IP address. But if the IP address refuses to engage in discussion on the matter, and if you are mindful of not violating the restrictions on edit-warring, you will find that administrators will likely support the removal of that material.
The second thing you can do is to place the entire article on a more scholarly footing. One thing that came out of the deletion discussion was that the Party is the subject of a chapter in a book that can be read on Google and that it was also the subject of a book that can be viewed (in part) at Amazon.com (and I noticed that the authors of this book also have another relevant one at Amazon, though I didn't look too closely at it). Assuming that the authors of these three books are not affiliated with the Party, you ought to have enough material to cobble together a history of the Party that doesn't use first-party sourcing at all. And as for the contentious material about its founder, you can treat that in journalistic fashion by describing the nature of the controversy and giving both sides equal treatment in expressing their views (and, here, it is appropriate to use first-party material, so long as the source is given in-text attribution, such as "So-and-so says that ...").
All of this will take time and effort, but the result will be an informative article that no one would ever consider nominating for deletion. I hope this has been helpful. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 01:49, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
Good afternoon, I would like to ask for your help to edit a Draft: Israel Lucas Góis Monteiro, if I help? several references follow.
Let's put this article on the air.
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Would you take a look at
this? It's about a disagreement and how to proceed. I'm making an honest effort. If you're busy, I understand. Thanks.
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Vmavanti (
talk) 19:13, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
Truth be told, I lost interest in Zappa by the '80s. To me, the "real" Zappa is what he was doing during his Hot Rats / WakaJawaka / Grand Wazoo period. And if memory serves, we did tend to call that stuff jazz rock. So, seeing Zappa's discography labeled as something of interest to the Jazz WikiProject doesn't strike me as odd. But more to the point, the people on the other side of your debate are being quite reasonable when they say that the scope of a project is something that's decided by the participants themselves, and not by sources. (Indeed, that position is consistent with the basic guidance given at WP:WikiProject Council/Guide#Identify the best scope.) I do see your point about increasing the efficiency of the Project's work by limiting its scope to core "jazz" topics. But this is an argument that must be won by persuasion, and not by logic.
I think the far more fractious debate would be whether the Frank Zappa article should appear in Category:American jazz guitarists. His name does not appear in the List of jazz guitarists and I think there's a reasonable argument for not including his biography in the jazz-guitarist category, either. But, you'll almost certainly get pushback from people if you try to remove the article from that category, so much so that a Request for Comments might be the only feasible approach for achieving that result.
I hope this has been helpful. Good luck with the discussion. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 22:17, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
I see that you've already raised the issue at the Talk page of the Jazz project. That strikes me as the right place to have the discussion. I doesn't look like you'll prevail there, but I continue to wish you the best of luck with it. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 19:35, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
Hi there. I'd like to ask you to take a fresh look at the deletion debate on the National Sweetheart pageant. I think you were too quick on the draw with the Redirect opinion there; please do take another few minutes searching for sources and checking the ones I list and do revise your opinion if you feel it is called for. Carrite ( talk) 19:23, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
Hello NYA. I just figured out how to navigate to this talk page so please bear with me as I am in new territory. I did receive a request to complete the copyright on the documents I used to confirm Poon's date of birth and current proof of life. Does that satisfy your concerns?
I agree with other contributors that cats without documentation of age should not be on this list. However, the rigor of the documentation often is only a dated link to a news article that surmises the age of the cat listed. That is the reason I submitted actual documents for this particular cat... — Preceding unsigned comment added by ArtistEscape ( talk • contribs) 23:03, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
Hello NewYorkActuary, Thank you for explaining the various heirarchical "Jewish" tagging from the Henny Youngman article - it completely answered my question, and it made a lot of sense as well! Sorry it took so long to reply, I don't edit very often, however you should rest assured that I am grateful for your edit, and you taking the time to educate me as to why. All the best, /s/ Measl. Measl ( talk) 04:58, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
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78.26 ( spin me / revolutions) 17:11, 30 January 2018 (UTC)Per your comment at AfC, it is time to create the redirects! Fantastic work, I'm really impressed. This should appear on the front page at DYK, what do you think? I'll do the work. 78.26 ( spin me / revolutions) 17:13, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for the guidance on the page. One of the questions you raised was the notability of the references. Most of the recent articles have been from standard sources - NYTimes, NY POST, etc. How do we account for older press that was available offline in hard copies of People, NY Mag, Vanity Fair etc? I've tried finding online versions, possibly archived, but haven't been able to. I did find offline clippings on the subject's website. Is there a way to factor those stories into the discussion? Those stories are the exact types of references we strive for on Wiki, but unsure how to handle the offline nature of them. Co44ee ( talk) 20:46, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
Sources do not have to be online. In the article itself, they do need to be specified in enough detail to permit another person to locate the source and verify that the information in the article has been faithfully related. But for an AfD discussion, all you really need to do is demonstrate that those sources exist and say what you say they say. A link to that page on Ashman's site is probably going to be sufficient for discussion purposes.
The tougher problem, I think, is going to be showing that all those clippings on the website really do contribute to Ashman's encyclopedic notability. I took a quick look at the page and saw that most of them are New York publications covering New York entertainment topics. And even the ones that aren't from New York didn't seem to be providing the significant coverage that we look for when considering notability. As one extreme example, a picture of an actress blowing out some birthday candles does nothing whatsoever to bolster Ashman's status as an encyclopedically notable person, even if Ashman's name or the name of his club gets mentioned in the caption of the photo.
I hope this response has been helpful. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 23:42, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
I won't re-revert. But I think the opening sentence of the lede should not feature words that have to be linked in order to mean anything. Valetude ( talk) 15:31, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
Thanks again for discussing. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 15:48, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
I did not mention Afrikaans is an official language of Zambia, but rather a minority language and ethnic group. This is a problem because Zambian government does not recognise the existence of Afrikaner in the country, despite they've controlled vast amount of agricultural land. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.241.207.253 ( talk) 20:32, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
Thanks again for discussing. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 22:55, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
Would it have killed you to take 2 seconds to look at the talk page? Or even ask? You undid all that for nothing and I had to move it back to the archive page I created, while I was in the middle of cleaning it up, as I clearly stated on the talk page. Please check before being so quick with the revert button. Thank you. - theWOLFchild 04:57, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
I'm in the middle of a archive page clean up right now"). Since I'd removed all but 2 sections, one that I was actively commenting in, I don't see how you could miss it, (especially since you had an entire half-hour!). Or you could've just posted a comment there and asked me; "Hey Wolf, what'cha doin' with all that content you said you were gonna archive? Is everything ok? You need any help?" Like I said... check. Please consider that for next time. Thank you - theWOLFchild 06:03, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
Dear NewYorkActuary, You have removed a part of my addition to the page Time loop with a remark that it is "original research". Can you please explain why it is original research and a simple plot summary is not? I am not making an analysis, but only reiterate what is evident from watching the film. Anyways, I can make a reference to a book discussing the same topic. Would it help? Regards, -- David162se ( talk) 11:18, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
Without sourcing, your interpretation of the film's events, and your analysis of their effects on the main character, can only be considered original research on your part. But if you can cite all of that to an authoritative source, then you will have proven that it is not "original research" and my immediate objection would cease. But I would still have another -- sourced analysis of the film is better placed in the Analysis section of the article on the film. The objection to placing it in the Time Loop article is that the elements of your discussion ("curse", "blessing", etc.) are not universal to all fictional works involving time loops. The fact that they appear in one fictional work, but not in most others, makes me wonder why it should appear at all in the time loop article. But in the linked section of the article on the film? That's exactly where that material belongs.
I hope this response has been helpful. I'll be happy to engage in further discussion. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 16:54, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
Regarding the question of whether this discussion (curse or blessing) even belongs in the Time loop article because it is not universal to all fictional works involving time loops... Well, which themes do then? Even a theme like learning from each successive loop and building on that knowledge is far from universal. How many novels/films would it take to make it relevant?
Besides, Groundhog day is not just some random work within this genre. It is arguably the one which is best known to the general public. It has to count for something, don't you think? That's why I thought that the theme of curse or blessing which is quite prominent in this film, deserves attention.
You have certainly noticed that the article is still very much a stub and would benefit from expansion. I thought it would be a good idea to describe additional noteworthy themes within the genre and also to mention a few more significant works (be it films or novels). What do you think?
Regards, -- David162se ( talk) 21:42, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
My personal rule of thumb tells me that if a source discusses only a single book or film, then it belongs in the article on that book or film. You'll avoid the problem of "undue weight" if you can find authoritative sources that analyse the entire sub-genre. Perhaps you are already familiar with such sources. If not, you might want to start at the topic's entry in the Science Fiction Encyclopedia. It's largely a chronology of works, with little critical commentary, but at least it might serve as a starting point for further searches. Another possibility is the archive of Depauw University's Science Fiction Studies (though I find it a tad too "academic" for my tastes). And of course, you never know what might pop up at Google Books.
If I can be of any assistance with this, please let me know. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 15:06, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
As you have suggested, I will try to research the issue some more. Hopefully, I can find a more generalized analysis and/or analyses of additional noteworthy single works. Maybe then I can make a useful contribution.
I appreciate your offer of assistance. You probably have a lot on your plate already. But if you happen to come across some useful authoritative sources specifically discussing time loop fiction (and accessible online), please let me know.
Regards, -- David162se ( talk) 21:53, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
Hello and thank you for reviewing (or holding I should say) the filmography article a bit. I've written most of the biography and brought it to GA a few years ago. I don't see any reasonable arguments for it to not pass, but feel free to disagree.
Best regards,
Sammyjankis88 ( talk) 23:09, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
@NewYorkActuary (talk) While I'd concede the original title as corrected from Surrealistic Pillow, I can only say my impulse to apply this particular modification just derived directly from "3/5's" actually appearing on this album's back cover that I happened to notice in passing: https://img.discogs.com/emr48hlNIjwxxe-2q1JkaD2z5qQ=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-8677707-1469989247-2995.jpeg.jpg
Though, of course, this album's LP label actually does include the otherwise universal "3/5": https://img.discogs.com/KXUmuTEtALvnqvq5M-E9U8L8xZc=/fit-in/600x610/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1899160-1414992258-4829.jpeg.jpg
RRawpower ( talk) 17:53, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
Before posting here, I took a look at BMI's website to see if there was an "official" version of the title and found, to my surprise, that it isn't listed on that site (even though other of the band's songs from the '60s are listed there). And the ASCAP site is down for maintenance. I assume the site will be operational by next week, at which point we can see what they say about the title. In the meantime, why not adopt the approach that works well in other situations where reliable sources offer conflicting information -- put one or the other title in the track listing, but add a footnote telling the reader that there is another version of the title.
I hope this response has been helpful. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 18:14, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
@NewYorkActuary: I actually did not revert it myself simply because I realized the original title from Surrealistic Pillow remains standard in the first place regardless, but especially once I took the extra (10 seconds ;- ) time to take a look at this album's actual LP label as also noted with a photo URL. And, in fact, only because of that did I decide not to make anything more of the apparent back cover discrepancy by going so far as to even state something like "3/5's" [as listed on cover] to avoid unnecessary confusion for such a detail that ultimately has no significant bearing whatsoever.
RRawpower ( talk) 18:34, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Hark, Hark! The Dogs Do Bark 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 Barkeep49 -- Barkeep49 ( talk) 19:01, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
Hello NewYorkActuary.
My contributed article on /info/en/?search=Ananth_Narayanan have recently been flagged for deletion by you.
I understand there have been some recent additions which does not follow the guidelines which has been done by a party I know. Can you kindly help us with what has to be done to get it reinstated?
Many thanks for your support. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pinaki1001 ( talk • contribs) 10:28, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
Hi NewYorkActuary. Thank you for the update. What I am saying is this article should be present in its entirety and not perform any redirection to the brand article "Myntra". If you could help me with the things that needs to rectified/done, I would really appreciate this :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pinaki1001 ( talk • contribs) 06:37, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
As for your main question, if you had "many external legit references", you should have placed them in the article or, at least, revealed them during the deletion discussion. At this point, your best option will be to start a draft on the subject and, when you feel it is ready, submit it for review by the Articles for Creation project. If you attempt to re-create the article without getting their acceptance, you run the risk of having the article quickly deleted. You can learn about starting a draft at Help:Userspace drafts. I hope this response has been helpful. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 16:21, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
Hey thanks a lot for clarifying this. I would certainly do the things mentioned above. In case I get to any hurdles I would reach out to you for any help whatsoever :)
And yes I have signed below :) Pinaki1001 ( talk) 13:16, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
There were two citation needed tags, when only one was necessary. 67.242.19.37 ( talk) 21:11, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
Just like I told Spshu, I'm telling this to you too. David and his admin staff of that site wanted us users to use that format by not linking the whole entire PDF documents from their site as references. Therefore Wikipedia doesn't get into trouble. King Shadeed March 26, 2018 12:04 EDT
I look forward to your response. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 16:42, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
I look forward to your next response. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 17:10, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
No, I don't understand where you're coming from, largely because your version of events bears little resemblance to reality. When you first added the cite here, you didn't add a link. Another editor added it the next day and, six weeks later, you revert that ( here), with an edit summary telling that editor that they shouldn't use PDFs as sources because "they change". And you revert a second time ( here), telling that editor that they shouldn't link to search pages because they "change often". That's true, but the editor wasn't linking to a search page. And the rest of your edit summary was incomprehensible. Finally, after a few more reverts, you leave an edit summary ( here) that finally makes clear you want a link to an individual page. But your edit summary shows no awareness of the fact that the URL for accessing the single pages follows a different path than does the one used for accessing the entire document. And so, I find it amusing that you think that you had shown us the "proper format" for linking to either the document or the individual page. But I expect you'll disagree and that's fine. I have no intention of discussing this further.
The only reason I've engaged in this pointless discussion was because of your allegation that my edits might "get Wikipedia into trouble". You evaded my first question about this and answered my second request with "Nevermind the legal stuff ... I'll get back to that later." No, Shadeed, you'll get back to it now. Either produce evidence that I've placed Wikipedia in legal jeopardy or withdraw the allegation.
I look forward to your response. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 02:54, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
King Shadeed asked me about this at User talk:EdJohnston#Problems with Spshu at MGM Television and I replied there. I have some trouble understanding King Shadeed's views. He reverted more than once at MGM Television but one of his changes removed the URL from reference 7. Presumably this was not his intention. This is possibly a debate on whether you should link to PDFs? If this is something people are going to revert about, consensus ought to be found, for example at WT:TV. EdJohnston ( talk) 14:35, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
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Thanks for removing the Murder Ballad category from Dylan's Hurricane and Who Killed Davey Moore. Both were cited as murder ballads on NSF Music Station, and while I know both songs well and had some doubts, I added the category anyway to see what other editors might think. Your removing the category clarified the issue for me. Allreet ( talk) 16:43, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
I object to these categorizations because they don't take into account the fact that murder ballad is a particular genre of song, developed in the British Isles and also in those portions of the American South that continued to use the British tradition. I suppose one could claim that your categorizations represent "modern day" examples of murder ballads, but this is not the kind of judgments that should be made by Wikipedians. Without reliable sourcing, these kinds of judgments inevitably lead to "genre wars".
I presume that the source you mention is https://www.needsomefun.net/list-best-murder-ballads-voted-listeners/ . This source reflects a poll of listeners and there is no reason to believe that the listeners were aware of the technical meaning of "murder ballad" (and the website itself never uses the phrase outside the title of the piece). I don't see that as a reliable source for placing those songs in the category.
Perhaps things would be better if the songs were placed in a new category, Category:Songs about murders, of which Category:Murder ballads would be a sub-category. If this approach is acceptable to you, I'll be happy to start making that change.
Thanks again for discussing. I look forward to your response. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 17:27, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
I look forward to your response and I hope that we can resolve this without a formal Request for Comments. But if we do need a formal Request, I propose that it take place on the Talk page of WikiProject Songs. If you believe a different venue would be better, please let me know. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 15:03, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
Your Bullshit Miss Universe Croatia is Done Aizasalaum ( talk) 02:59, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
You have reverted my Importance rate of Mastic (plant resin) to low. Can you explain me why this is low? Maybe it is not TOP, but I would rate it at least at high as it is part of UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists. And I expect if Greece put it to the World Heritage of UNESCO the Government and the people rate it as very high -- GodeNehler ( talk) 05:01, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
For example, the WikiProject for Greece states that the only articles that are given "Top" importance are articles about the country itself, as well as a few very major historical figures. Your decision to include mastic (plant resin) in that same category simply runs counter to the wishes of that Project's members. And given that you've been making these re-assessments at a very quick pace (sometimes doing two or three re-assessments in the space of a minute) suggests that you haven't given much thought as to how your re-assessments will impact the work being done by each Project.
The better approach would be to open up a discussion at the Talk page of each relevant WikiProject to ask how the members of that Project feel about using the UNESCO list as a basis for upgrading the assessments. Some might agree with you, some might not, and others might agree to increase the "importance" but not to the very high levels that you have been using. But whatever the outcome. you'll know how the individual Projects feel about your proposed changes.
In the meantime, you probably should self-revert your re-assessments. If you'd like, I'll be happy to discuss this further, NewYorkActuary ( talk) 15:08, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
As for an "overview" page for rating the importance of an article, there is no such page. Because these ratings are set separately by each individual WikiProject, you should consult each relevant Project page to see what they say about it. Some offer specific guidance; others are less specific. But in every case, you should be talking with the Project members on the Talk page of each WikiProject. At each Talk page, you can let them know what you intend to do and ask for their comments.
Again, I encourage you to begin self-reverting the many changes that you have made over the past 24 hours or so. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 22:09, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
After taking a closer look at the UNESCO list, I've come to believe that you do have a reasonably good case for re-rating "Low" importance articles to "Mid" importance, but no higher than that. For example, I've just reverted your re-assessment of Turkish coffee for the Turkey WikiProject (meaning that I've reset it to "Mid"). By rating it as "Top" importance, you were telling the Turkey WikiProject that they should devote as much time and effort to an article on a type of coffee as they would to the articles on Turkey and Istanbul. And that's not something that make much sense to me. Nor do I think it would make much sense to the folks at that WikiProject, either.
Thanks again for the discussion. And please take the time to re-consider your very many changes in assessments and to discuss them with the various WikiProjects. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 16:50, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
Thanks - I was trying to figure out how to keep it but couldn't figure out neutral wording. Clearly my brain has deserted me today! ... Thanks, CJ [a Kiwi] in Oz 06:40, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
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Have edited this article significantly to bring it more into line with your suggestions, and found significantly new sources and references. Have submitted for re-review a couple of months ago but not heard anything back yet - do let me know if there's anything else I could be doing to speed the process along / improve the article.
Thanks! TheseGlyphs ( talk) 11:03, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
Perhaps the next person who reviews your submission will feel differently and will accept it for publication. But I won't be the one to do it. If wish to discuss this further, I'll be happy to respond to questions or comments. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 17:06, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
I think I had wasted enough my time editing my self-created article Miss Earth 2018. AND, I think I have to submit the article for Proposed Deletion process😛 my bad😂😂 GeekMoody19 ( talk) 05:47, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
You should extend the winners from 5 to 18!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8801:9307:E900:29BC:2235:D16B:D6D ( talk) 21:07, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
Why do you oppose for Chandrakanta, Brahmarakshas and VJ Andy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by VarunKhurana326 ( talk • contribs) 17:49, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi New York I had an discussion with a user and he said do it your self so I moved the articles for Chandrakanta and Brahamarkshas. Thanks for the advice
Oh and on a serious note I was recently admitted to hospital as the doctors told me I got type 1 diabetes — Preceding unsigned comment added by VarunKhurana326 ( talk • contribs) 18:23, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for your help with the Request for Comments forms. Still have a lot to learn. VeritasVox ( talk) 04:54, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
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You edited my addition on the "Memon"page and labelled them as (un-constructive) which is quite ok although I can insert sources and video interviews to support the edit. Although I thank you for taking out the time and editing my lineage. There have been further edits on the page involve "caste" discussions, most of them without sources and in a derogatory manner. Since you do have quite some experience in editing I would appreciate it if you could watch the page or revert it back to it's original firm" Kind Regards, Muhammad Mustafa Rashid 05:01, 8 July 2018 (UTC)Mmarashid — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mmarashid ( talk • contribs)
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You may recall, you helped me immensely writing my grand Father’s biography, John William Miller, aviation. I never expected to attempt another article but here I am. I’ve been working on my genealogy and have stumbled on a fascinating in our history. Benjamin Bailey Edsall from the early 1800’s. Here is a synopsis of his biography from a find-a-grave listing https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13726263/benjamin-bailey-edsall
When the centennial of the revolutionary war came around he was asked to give a speech about the first hundred years. (Readily available in print “ https://books.google.com/books/about/The_first_Sussex_centennary_sic_containi.html?id=Oj_7HO1ZysYC”)
When he gave the speech he talked for two hours, took a 15 min break, then spoke for another hour.
I’m amazed no one has written his story in Wikipedia.
My question would you find this worthy? would you help me out again?
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Hi NewYorkActuary, I was editing Miss Universe 2007 using a references plus adding a citation needed signs on per paragraph that was not cited with any reference. I do expect Users are came to collaborate with others, But It's ended up this user > Alex Duilius appeared disruptively deleting my referenced edits + deleting citation needed signs, and trying to Attacking me by using "CAPSLOCKED words" and "!!!!!" so many times on Edit summary, engaging war. I think he is having a interest issue, I saw that this user has been focusing on this kind of related pages about Miss Universe event for a long time and he kept on deleting and reverting everyone who is trying to contribute to the pages. I have tried to engage in discussion at the Talk:Miss Universe 2007 but it's ended up that he is "being bossy" to me to ask me finding more references and Unreasonable reason here he revert my referenced edits just because he believed that what he did is right, saying that he's staying in Mexico city and following the Miss Universe 2007 on set (Which is weird for me, if a Wiki editor only edits based on self proclaim, personal experience and own interpretation). while for me 2 references is more than enough for a single topic, If u ask more than that, I think it would be excessive and overlinking. It's like Me the one who came with the references VS. an editor who's not open to collaborate, provoke edit-warring, being bossy and edits based on his own personal experience. -- Lukewon ( talk) 11:55, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
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I am confused. My page for THE WEIGHT BAND is based on the format of DEAD AND COMPANY's page. They're very similar groups, spinoffs of legendary 70s musical acts. THE WEIGHT BAND is planning an upcoming album; would it help to reference that more? I'm just unclear why one band, which is active yet derived on a more iconic iteration is allowed, but not another?
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Your recent comment on the Draft:Lucas Hucher, was incorrect and insufficient. If you look after "Nicholas Middleton-Ensign" you will see an abbreviation, Ld.H., which is an acronym for Lord of the Manor of Hougun. The draft never stated that Nick Ensign was descended from British Royalty. The article simply acknowledged that Nick Ensign was a Lord of the Manor, which is not a part of British Royalty or peerage, but remains apart of the non-peerage nobility, the lowest of nobility. Also, unless you are educated on a topic, do not comment. 02:27, 7 July 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by BriantTheatre ( talk • contribs)
You would be correct, but also incorrect at the same time. The last author to write about Nick Ensign claimed some outlandish things, that is why I removed them and replaced them with correct and supported facts. Nick Ensign, and also Lucas Hucher, are new authors and have not come into the world stage quite yet. But I would also appreciate it if you could contribute to the articles, if you have the time and are willing. But, a Feudal Baron is not part of royalty. A feudal baron is just another word for Lord of the Manor, which can also be another title for a Laird. And technically, all three titles are right below that of knight. 17:34, 1 August 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by BriantTheatre ( talk • contribs)
Hello. I understand why you reverted the to the article, with the same logic do you agree that the last edit should be reverted? Regards - Heptanitrocubane ( talk) 19:14, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
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Hey I didn't know who to come to for this but I need some advice on how to handle a situation. As you've probably noticed, there are IP editors who are simply undoing almost all of my edits (primarily on beauty pageant-related articles) and slandering me saying that I am spamming and that I should be blocked. This started a few weeks ago with one IP and I had them blocked almost immediately. A few days later it was a different IP, blocked again. But at this point it's happening every single day with a different IP address each day. All the IP addresses are traced back to Thailand, and I believe it started after I removed some information from the Maria Lynn Ehren article because it was unsourced and unencyclopedic, so I clearly just pissed someone off. At this point it's just extremely inconvenient and annoying, but I have no idea how to stop it as it's a new IP address each time, and I was just wondering if you had any advice on the situation. { [ ( jjj 1238 ) ] } 20:05, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
@ Jjj1238:} Hello, Jjj. Thanks for raising this issue. I too have been jousting for the past few days with IP addresses, but mine seem to be located in Teheran. As for your particular situation, I think that a new IP address who quickly calls for you to be blocked is probably a blocked editor themselves. And there has been a lot of blocking in this area, largely for sockpuppetry. So, you might be right that you simply annoyed someone by editing a particular article. But I wouldn't discount the possibility that you've been caught up in a larger situation involving sock farms.
As for moving forward, there's "safety in numbers". I'll put that page on my watchlist so that you don't have to be the only one reverting those edits. I do, however, have one disagreement with your edits. Although the music videos do not confer notability on the subject, they are still a valid part of the subject's biography. My concern is not that the article mentions them, but that it is essentially providing a link farm to each YouTube video. I'll look for a way to avoid this problem and I hope the IP addresses (and you) will see it as an acceptable compromise.
Looking even further down the road, I can't help believing that these disruptive editors are thriving in an environment where the Beauty Pageants WikiProject has abdicated any measure of control over the articles in their scope. The recent edit wars we saw at the 2017 Universe and World articles might have been avoided if the Project had simply taken the time to develop a Manual of Style for these types of articles. At some point (soon, I hope) the good-faith editors in this field will begin to see the Project's Talk page as a good place to develop consensus on the many questions that arise in these articles.
I don't know if I've satisfactorily addressed your concerns. If not, feel free to follow up. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 22:56, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
Hello, NewYorkActuary. Is there any reason why you insist on using Roxette Qiu? Are you working for any public relations agencies, media consulting or some sort for Miss Universe Organization? Please explain why providing complete, credibly-sourced, encyclopedic information considered to be contempt of WP:BRD?
Evidences and references are provided. And this is NOT one time misstatement, as demonstrated by hundreds of sites and millions of documents using Roxana and Roxy, aside from Roxette. Hence can we just let all multiple names to be listed?
After posting here, I will be reverting your edit. If you restore that material without gaining consensus for it, I will report the matter to an Wikipedia executive. Thank you for your attention to this matter. User:Steinpal ( talk) 19:58, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
In your first edit to the article in question, you described my work as "vandalism". If you truly believe that I am engaging in vandalism, you should report me at WP:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Your posting here also questions whether I am engaged in conflict-of-interest violations. The proper venue for reporting such problems is WP:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard. And of course, there is the general purpose WP:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. If you are concerned about problematic editing on my part, I encourage you to file a report against me in whichever of these venues you feel is most appropriate.
As for the article in question, you might want to familiarize yourself with WP:NOCONSENSUS, which essentially states that you'll need to gain consensus to add or retain biographical material after that material has been challenged. And the place to get that consensus will be the Talk page of the article, at Talk:Roxette Qiu. I expect that you will be quite willing to do this, given your testimony here that there are "hundreds of sites and millions of documents" that support your position. Perhaps you could start the Talk page discussion by linking us to just ten of those sites. If those sites are reliable sources, I imagine that gaining consensus will be a straightforward task. In the meantime, I am going to re-visit the article to present sourced information that will address both of our concerns. I hope you will view it as a reasonable compromise.
Thank you for starting this discussion. I look forward to continuing it on the article's Talk page. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 06:24, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
I see you guys redirected that article,but how long does that take? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daquan7474 ( talk • contribs) 06:16, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
The discussion has been closed on the administrators noticeboard. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daquan7474 ( talk • contribs) 07:13, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
Disappointed by your recent comments on Political midlife crisis talk page, which I'm deleting.
Please read WP: No Personal Attacks in full, which explains why I'm responding here and not on the article talk page. Crawiki ( talk) 14:56, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
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Hi New YorkActuary. Just so to clarify, her actual height is the value that I edited. I downgraded her predecessor's height as well. You can check her official height given at Miss Universe 2014. My apologies. Lhopshe ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 00:01, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
As for the original issue, I think you're missing a basic point about editing here on Wikipedia -- simply being correct is not enough. Nor is it enough to tell someone that they can go look it up for themselves. Instead, you need to demonstrate that you are correct by adding a reference to the material that you are relying upon. You can learn more about doing this at WP:Referencing for beginners. And if the source of your information is the Miss Universe web site, then you probably want to do that by using the {{ cite web}} template. That template can be a little tricky for new editors so, later today, I'll go ahead and add the reference to the Miyamoto article. You can then use it as an example for adding references in other articles.
One last point -- you might not be aware of this, but articles on pageant winners are subject to a lot of vandalism. And much of that vandalism takes the form of changing the subject's personal data. Indeed, if you look at your edit history, you'll see that your edits were tagged with a message that said something like "change made to height or weight". This happens so often that many editors here (including me) routinely revert these changes if they are not accompanied by an explanation or by a reference. I did see that one of your edits (on another article) changed what was clearly an inaccurate number, but the one at the Miyamoto article is not so obvious and really needs to be supported by documentation.
I hope this has been helpful. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 01:06, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
You engagement with other editors in this discussion would be invaluable. Leutha ( talk) 14:22, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed that you are an experienced Wikipedia contributor and some time ago you edited in good faith a article about Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. During the holiday period an IP clearly affiliated with this party has heavily edited this page as well as page of it's founder Bob Avakian and their offshoot Refuse Fascism. Most of these edits put the party in positive light, whitewash, remove criticisms etc, most are sourced from websites directly affiliated with the part.. These are the only articles the IP edits. When I tried to revert these edits I got a warning for engaging in edit warring, which was probably the case, since I don't really know the rules that well yet. The recommendation was to start a discussion on the talk page, which I did in Refuse Fascism article, but my pleads were ignored. I would like to ask you to take a look at the article in question and see if those edits are legitimate/illegitimate and proceed accordingly. Because they do look like a politically motivated PR move from Party staffer/recruit. Thank you. FreedomGonzo ( talk) 06:12, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
When I took a look at the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA article, my first thought was that you and the IP addresses were all wasting your time, because the article faced the bigger problem of being primarily sourced by its own publications. Of the fifteen sources in the article, nine are from the organization's website and three more are from people associated with the party. Such reliance on its own statements is the bigger problem (I thought) because it made the article vulnerable to being nominated for deletion. But then I learned that the article had indeed been nominated about three months ago by someone who apparently saw the same things that I did. The deletion debate, shown at WP:Articles for deletion/Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, ended in a "keep" decision, because three editors presented third-party sourcing sufficient to convince the closing administrator that the organization was notable. Unfortunately, little (if any) of that third-party sourcing has found its way into the article.
As for your particular concern, jousting with an IP-hopping agenda-driven editor can easily become a frustrating experience. But because I am not sufficiently learned in the details of the Party (including what appears to be a controversy surrounding its founder), I am not in a position to make any informed judgements on the quality of the IP's edits. Nor, for that matter, am I in any position to make any informed judgements about yours. But I can offer two suggestions that might be helpful.
First, I saw that there are several citation-needed and better-source-needed tags on the article. One thing you can do is adopt a zero-tolerance approach to unsourced controversial information (and by "zero tolerance", I mean to simply remove it). I do NOT recommend that you do this in one fell swoop. Instead, remove one unsupported claim at a time (waiting a few days in between) and prepare yourself for the pushback that you are likely to get from the IP address. But if the IP address refuses to engage in discussion on the matter, and if you are mindful of not violating the restrictions on edit-warring, you will find that administrators will likely support the removal of that material.
The second thing you can do is to place the entire article on a more scholarly footing. One thing that came out of the deletion discussion was that the Party is the subject of a chapter in a book that can be read on Google and that it was also the subject of a book that can be viewed (in part) at Amazon.com (and I noticed that the authors of this book also have another relevant one at Amazon, though I didn't look too closely at it). Assuming that the authors of these three books are not affiliated with the Party, you ought to have enough material to cobble together a history of the Party that doesn't use first-party sourcing at all. And as for the contentious material about its founder, you can treat that in journalistic fashion by describing the nature of the controversy and giving both sides equal treatment in expressing their views (and, here, it is appropriate to use first-party material, so long as the source is given in-text attribution, such as "So-and-so says that ...").
All of this will take time and effort, but the result will be an informative article that no one would ever consider nominating for deletion. I hope this has been helpful. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 01:49, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
Good afternoon, I would like to ask for your help to edit a Draft: Israel Lucas Góis Monteiro, if I help? several references follow.
Let's put this article on the air.
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Would you take a look at
this? It's about a disagreement and how to proceed. I'm making an honest effort. If you're busy, I understand. Thanks.
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Truth be told, I lost interest in Zappa by the '80s. To me, the "real" Zappa is what he was doing during his Hot Rats / WakaJawaka / Grand Wazoo period. And if memory serves, we did tend to call that stuff jazz rock. So, seeing Zappa's discography labeled as something of interest to the Jazz WikiProject doesn't strike me as odd. But more to the point, the people on the other side of your debate are being quite reasonable when they say that the scope of a project is something that's decided by the participants themselves, and not by sources. (Indeed, that position is consistent with the basic guidance given at WP:WikiProject Council/Guide#Identify the best scope.) I do see your point about increasing the efficiency of the Project's work by limiting its scope to core "jazz" topics. But this is an argument that must be won by persuasion, and not by logic.
I think the far more fractious debate would be whether the Frank Zappa article should appear in Category:American jazz guitarists. His name does not appear in the List of jazz guitarists and I think there's a reasonable argument for not including his biography in the jazz-guitarist category, either. But, you'll almost certainly get pushback from people if you try to remove the article from that category, so much so that a Request for Comments might be the only feasible approach for achieving that result.
I hope this has been helpful. Good luck with the discussion. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 22:17, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
I see that you've already raised the issue at the Talk page of the Jazz project. That strikes me as the right place to have the discussion. I doesn't look like you'll prevail there, but I continue to wish you the best of luck with it. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 19:35, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
Hi there. I'd like to ask you to take a fresh look at the deletion debate on the National Sweetheart pageant. I think you were too quick on the draw with the Redirect opinion there; please do take another few minutes searching for sources and checking the ones I list and do revise your opinion if you feel it is called for. Carrite ( talk) 19:23, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
Hello NYA. I just figured out how to navigate to this talk page so please bear with me as I am in new territory. I did receive a request to complete the copyright on the documents I used to confirm Poon's date of birth and current proof of life. Does that satisfy your concerns?
I agree with other contributors that cats without documentation of age should not be on this list. However, the rigor of the documentation often is only a dated link to a news article that surmises the age of the cat listed. That is the reason I submitted actual documents for this particular cat... — Preceding unsigned comment added by ArtistEscape ( talk • contribs) 23:03, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
Hello NewYorkActuary, Thank you for explaining the various heirarchical "Jewish" tagging from the Henny Youngman article - it completely answered my question, and it made a lot of sense as well! Sorry it took so long to reply, I don't edit very often, however you should rest assured that I am grateful for your edit, and you taking the time to educate me as to why. All the best, /s/ Measl. Measl ( talk) 04:58, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. If your account is more than four days old and you have made at least 10 edits you can create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.
Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!
78.26 ( spin me / revolutions) 17:11, 30 January 2018 (UTC)Per your comment at AfC, it is time to create the redirects! Fantastic work, I'm really impressed. This should appear on the front page at DYK, what do you think? I'll do the work. 78.26 ( spin me / revolutions) 17:13, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for the guidance on the page. One of the questions you raised was the notability of the references. Most of the recent articles have been from standard sources - NYTimes, NY POST, etc. How do we account for older press that was available offline in hard copies of People, NY Mag, Vanity Fair etc? I've tried finding online versions, possibly archived, but haven't been able to. I did find offline clippings on the subject's website. Is there a way to factor those stories into the discussion? Those stories are the exact types of references we strive for on Wiki, but unsure how to handle the offline nature of them. Co44ee ( talk) 20:46, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
Sources do not have to be online. In the article itself, they do need to be specified in enough detail to permit another person to locate the source and verify that the information in the article has been faithfully related. But for an AfD discussion, all you really need to do is demonstrate that those sources exist and say what you say they say. A link to that page on Ashman's site is probably going to be sufficient for discussion purposes.
The tougher problem, I think, is going to be showing that all those clippings on the website really do contribute to Ashman's encyclopedic notability. I took a quick look at the page and saw that most of them are New York publications covering New York entertainment topics. And even the ones that aren't from New York didn't seem to be providing the significant coverage that we look for when considering notability. As one extreme example, a picture of an actress blowing out some birthday candles does nothing whatsoever to bolster Ashman's status as an encyclopedically notable person, even if Ashman's name or the name of his club gets mentioned in the caption of the photo.
I hope this response has been helpful. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 23:42, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
I won't re-revert. But I think the opening sentence of the lede should not feature words that have to be linked in order to mean anything. Valetude ( talk) 15:31, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
Thanks again for discussing. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 15:48, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
I did not mention Afrikaans is an official language of Zambia, but rather a minority language and ethnic group. This is a problem because Zambian government does not recognise the existence of Afrikaner in the country, despite they've controlled vast amount of agricultural land. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.241.207.253 ( talk) 20:32, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
Thanks again for discussing. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 22:55, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
Would it have killed you to take 2 seconds to look at the talk page? Or even ask? You undid all that for nothing and I had to move it back to the archive page I created, while I was in the middle of cleaning it up, as I clearly stated on the talk page. Please check before being so quick with the revert button. Thank you. - theWOLFchild 04:57, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
I'm in the middle of a archive page clean up right now"). Since I'd removed all but 2 sections, one that I was actively commenting in, I don't see how you could miss it, (especially since you had an entire half-hour!). Or you could've just posted a comment there and asked me; "Hey Wolf, what'cha doin' with all that content you said you were gonna archive? Is everything ok? You need any help?" Like I said... check. Please consider that for next time. Thank you - theWOLFchild 06:03, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
Dear NewYorkActuary, You have removed a part of my addition to the page Time loop with a remark that it is "original research". Can you please explain why it is original research and a simple plot summary is not? I am not making an analysis, but only reiterate what is evident from watching the film. Anyways, I can make a reference to a book discussing the same topic. Would it help? Regards, -- David162se ( talk) 11:18, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
Without sourcing, your interpretation of the film's events, and your analysis of their effects on the main character, can only be considered original research on your part. But if you can cite all of that to an authoritative source, then you will have proven that it is not "original research" and my immediate objection would cease. But I would still have another -- sourced analysis of the film is better placed in the Analysis section of the article on the film. The objection to placing it in the Time Loop article is that the elements of your discussion ("curse", "blessing", etc.) are not universal to all fictional works involving time loops. The fact that they appear in one fictional work, but not in most others, makes me wonder why it should appear at all in the time loop article. But in the linked section of the article on the film? That's exactly where that material belongs.
I hope this response has been helpful. I'll be happy to engage in further discussion. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 16:54, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
Regarding the question of whether this discussion (curse or blessing) even belongs in the Time loop article because it is not universal to all fictional works involving time loops... Well, which themes do then? Even a theme like learning from each successive loop and building on that knowledge is far from universal. How many novels/films would it take to make it relevant?
Besides, Groundhog day is not just some random work within this genre. It is arguably the one which is best known to the general public. It has to count for something, don't you think? That's why I thought that the theme of curse or blessing which is quite prominent in this film, deserves attention.
You have certainly noticed that the article is still very much a stub and would benefit from expansion. I thought it would be a good idea to describe additional noteworthy themes within the genre and also to mention a few more significant works (be it films or novels). What do you think?
Regards, -- David162se ( talk) 21:42, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
My personal rule of thumb tells me that if a source discusses only a single book or film, then it belongs in the article on that book or film. You'll avoid the problem of "undue weight" if you can find authoritative sources that analyse the entire sub-genre. Perhaps you are already familiar with such sources. If not, you might want to start at the topic's entry in the Science Fiction Encyclopedia. It's largely a chronology of works, with little critical commentary, but at least it might serve as a starting point for further searches. Another possibility is the archive of Depauw University's Science Fiction Studies (though I find it a tad too "academic" for my tastes). And of course, you never know what might pop up at Google Books.
If I can be of any assistance with this, please let me know. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 15:06, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
As you have suggested, I will try to research the issue some more. Hopefully, I can find a more generalized analysis and/or analyses of additional noteworthy single works. Maybe then I can make a useful contribution.
I appreciate your offer of assistance. You probably have a lot on your plate already. But if you happen to come across some useful authoritative sources specifically discussing time loop fiction (and accessible online), please let me know.
Regards, -- David162se ( talk) 21:53, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
Hello and thank you for reviewing (or holding I should say) the filmography article a bit. I've written most of the biography and brought it to GA a few years ago. I don't see any reasonable arguments for it to not pass, but feel free to disagree.
Best regards,
Sammyjankis88 ( talk) 23:09, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
@NewYorkActuary (talk) While I'd concede the original title as corrected from Surrealistic Pillow, I can only say my impulse to apply this particular modification just derived directly from "3/5's" actually appearing on this album's back cover that I happened to notice in passing: https://img.discogs.com/emr48hlNIjwxxe-2q1JkaD2z5qQ=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-8677707-1469989247-2995.jpeg.jpg
Though, of course, this album's LP label actually does include the otherwise universal "3/5": https://img.discogs.com/KXUmuTEtALvnqvq5M-E9U8L8xZc=/fit-in/600x610/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1899160-1414992258-4829.jpeg.jpg
RRawpower ( talk) 17:53, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
Before posting here, I took a look at BMI's website to see if there was an "official" version of the title and found, to my surprise, that it isn't listed on that site (even though other of the band's songs from the '60s are listed there). And the ASCAP site is down for maintenance. I assume the site will be operational by next week, at which point we can see what they say about the title. In the meantime, why not adopt the approach that works well in other situations where reliable sources offer conflicting information -- put one or the other title in the track listing, but add a footnote telling the reader that there is another version of the title.
I hope this response has been helpful. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 18:14, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
@NewYorkActuary: I actually did not revert it myself simply because I realized the original title from Surrealistic Pillow remains standard in the first place regardless, but especially once I took the extra (10 seconds ;- ) time to take a look at this album's actual LP label as also noted with a photo URL. And, in fact, only because of that did I decide not to make anything more of the apparent back cover discrepancy by going so far as to even state something like "3/5's" [as listed on cover] to avoid unnecessary confusion for such a detail that ultimately has no significant bearing whatsoever.
RRawpower ( talk) 18:34, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
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Hello NewYorkActuary.
My contributed article on /info/en/?search=Ananth_Narayanan have recently been flagged for deletion by you.
I understand there have been some recent additions which does not follow the guidelines which has been done by a party I know. Can you kindly help us with what has to be done to get it reinstated?
Many thanks for your support. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pinaki1001 ( talk • contribs) 10:28, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
Hi NewYorkActuary. Thank you for the update. What I am saying is this article should be present in its entirety and not perform any redirection to the brand article "Myntra". If you could help me with the things that needs to rectified/done, I would really appreciate this :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pinaki1001 ( talk • contribs) 06:37, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
As for your main question, if you had "many external legit references", you should have placed them in the article or, at least, revealed them during the deletion discussion. At this point, your best option will be to start a draft on the subject and, when you feel it is ready, submit it for review by the Articles for Creation project. If you attempt to re-create the article without getting their acceptance, you run the risk of having the article quickly deleted. You can learn about starting a draft at Help:Userspace drafts. I hope this response has been helpful. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 16:21, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
Hey thanks a lot for clarifying this. I would certainly do the things mentioned above. In case I get to any hurdles I would reach out to you for any help whatsoever :)
And yes I have signed below :) Pinaki1001 ( talk) 13:16, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
There were two citation needed tags, when only one was necessary. 67.242.19.37 ( talk) 21:11, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
Just like I told Spshu, I'm telling this to you too. David and his admin staff of that site wanted us users to use that format by not linking the whole entire PDF documents from their site as references. Therefore Wikipedia doesn't get into trouble. King Shadeed March 26, 2018 12:04 EDT
I look forward to your response. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 16:42, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
I look forward to your next response. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 17:10, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
No, I don't understand where you're coming from, largely because your version of events bears little resemblance to reality. When you first added the cite here, you didn't add a link. Another editor added it the next day and, six weeks later, you revert that ( here), with an edit summary telling that editor that they shouldn't use PDFs as sources because "they change". And you revert a second time ( here), telling that editor that they shouldn't link to search pages because they "change often". That's true, but the editor wasn't linking to a search page. And the rest of your edit summary was incomprehensible. Finally, after a few more reverts, you leave an edit summary ( here) that finally makes clear you want a link to an individual page. But your edit summary shows no awareness of the fact that the URL for accessing the single pages follows a different path than does the one used for accessing the entire document. And so, I find it amusing that you think that you had shown us the "proper format" for linking to either the document or the individual page. But I expect you'll disagree and that's fine. I have no intention of discussing this further.
The only reason I've engaged in this pointless discussion was because of your allegation that my edits might "get Wikipedia into trouble". You evaded my first question about this and answered my second request with "Nevermind the legal stuff ... I'll get back to that later." No, Shadeed, you'll get back to it now. Either produce evidence that I've placed Wikipedia in legal jeopardy or withdraw the allegation.
I look forward to your response. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 02:54, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
King Shadeed asked me about this at User talk:EdJohnston#Problems with Spshu at MGM Television and I replied there. I have some trouble understanding King Shadeed's views. He reverted more than once at MGM Television but one of his changes removed the URL from reference 7. Presumably this was not his intention. This is possibly a debate on whether you should link to PDFs? If this is something people are going to revert about, consensus ought to be found, for example at WT:TV. EdJohnston ( talk) 14:35, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
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Thanks for removing the Murder Ballad category from Dylan's Hurricane and Who Killed Davey Moore. Both were cited as murder ballads on NSF Music Station, and while I know both songs well and had some doubts, I added the category anyway to see what other editors might think. Your removing the category clarified the issue for me. Allreet ( talk) 16:43, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
I object to these categorizations because they don't take into account the fact that murder ballad is a particular genre of song, developed in the British Isles and also in those portions of the American South that continued to use the British tradition. I suppose one could claim that your categorizations represent "modern day" examples of murder ballads, but this is not the kind of judgments that should be made by Wikipedians. Without reliable sourcing, these kinds of judgments inevitably lead to "genre wars".
I presume that the source you mention is https://www.needsomefun.net/list-best-murder-ballads-voted-listeners/ . This source reflects a poll of listeners and there is no reason to believe that the listeners were aware of the technical meaning of "murder ballad" (and the website itself never uses the phrase outside the title of the piece). I don't see that as a reliable source for placing those songs in the category.
Perhaps things would be better if the songs were placed in a new category, Category:Songs about murders, of which Category:Murder ballads would be a sub-category. If this approach is acceptable to you, I'll be happy to start making that change.
Thanks again for discussing. I look forward to your response. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 17:27, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
I look forward to your response and I hope that we can resolve this without a formal Request for Comments. But if we do need a formal Request, I propose that it take place on the Talk page of WikiProject Songs. If you believe a different venue would be better, please let me know. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 15:03, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
Your Bullshit Miss Universe Croatia is Done Aizasalaum ( talk) 02:59, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
You have reverted my Importance rate of Mastic (plant resin) to low. Can you explain me why this is low? Maybe it is not TOP, but I would rate it at least at high as it is part of UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists. And I expect if Greece put it to the World Heritage of UNESCO the Government and the people rate it as very high -- GodeNehler ( talk) 05:01, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
For example, the WikiProject for Greece states that the only articles that are given "Top" importance are articles about the country itself, as well as a few very major historical figures. Your decision to include mastic (plant resin) in that same category simply runs counter to the wishes of that Project's members. And given that you've been making these re-assessments at a very quick pace (sometimes doing two or three re-assessments in the space of a minute) suggests that you haven't given much thought as to how your re-assessments will impact the work being done by each Project.
The better approach would be to open up a discussion at the Talk page of each relevant WikiProject to ask how the members of that Project feel about using the UNESCO list as a basis for upgrading the assessments. Some might agree with you, some might not, and others might agree to increase the "importance" but not to the very high levels that you have been using. But whatever the outcome. you'll know how the individual Projects feel about your proposed changes.
In the meantime, you probably should self-revert your re-assessments. If you'd like, I'll be happy to discuss this further, NewYorkActuary ( talk) 15:08, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
As for an "overview" page for rating the importance of an article, there is no such page. Because these ratings are set separately by each individual WikiProject, you should consult each relevant Project page to see what they say about it. Some offer specific guidance; others are less specific. But in every case, you should be talking with the Project members on the Talk page of each WikiProject. At each Talk page, you can let them know what you intend to do and ask for their comments.
Again, I encourage you to begin self-reverting the many changes that you have made over the past 24 hours or so. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 22:09, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
After taking a closer look at the UNESCO list, I've come to believe that you do have a reasonably good case for re-rating "Low" importance articles to "Mid" importance, but no higher than that. For example, I've just reverted your re-assessment of Turkish coffee for the Turkey WikiProject (meaning that I've reset it to "Mid"). By rating it as "Top" importance, you were telling the Turkey WikiProject that they should devote as much time and effort to an article on a type of coffee as they would to the articles on Turkey and Istanbul. And that's not something that make much sense to me. Nor do I think it would make much sense to the folks at that WikiProject, either.
Thanks again for the discussion. And please take the time to re-consider your very many changes in assessments and to discuss them with the various WikiProjects. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 16:50, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
Thanks - I was trying to figure out how to keep it but couldn't figure out neutral wording. Clearly my brain has deserted me today! ... Thanks, CJ [a Kiwi] in Oz 06:40, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
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Hi there
Have edited this article significantly to bring it more into line with your suggestions, and found significantly new sources and references. Have submitted for re-review a couple of months ago but not heard anything back yet - do let me know if there's anything else I could be doing to speed the process along / improve the article.
Thanks! TheseGlyphs ( talk) 11:03, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
Perhaps the next person who reviews your submission will feel differently and will accept it for publication. But I won't be the one to do it. If wish to discuss this further, I'll be happy to respond to questions or comments. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 17:06, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
I think I had wasted enough my time editing my self-created article Miss Earth 2018. AND, I think I have to submit the article for Proposed Deletion process😛 my bad😂😂 GeekMoody19 ( talk) 05:47, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
You should extend the winners from 5 to 18!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8801:9307:E900:29BC:2235:D16B:D6D ( talk) 21:07, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
Why do you oppose for Chandrakanta, Brahmarakshas and VJ Andy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by VarunKhurana326 ( talk • contribs) 17:49, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi New York I had an discussion with a user and he said do it your self so I moved the articles for Chandrakanta and Brahamarkshas. Thanks for the advice
Oh and on a serious note I was recently admitted to hospital as the doctors told me I got type 1 diabetes — Preceding unsigned comment added by VarunKhurana326 ( talk • contribs) 18:23, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for your help with the Request for Comments forms. Still have a lot to learn. VeritasVox ( talk) 04:54, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
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You edited my addition on the "Memon"page and labelled them as (un-constructive) which is quite ok although I can insert sources and video interviews to support the edit. Although I thank you for taking out the time and editing my lineage. There have been further edits on the page involve "caste" discussions, most of them without sources and in a derogatory manner. Since you do have quite some experience in editing I would appreciate it if you could watch the page or revert it back to it's original firm" Kind Regards, Muhammad Mustafa Rashid 05:01, 8 July 2018 (UTC)Mmarashid — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mmarashid ( talk • contribs)
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You may recall, you helped me immensely writing my grand Father’s biography, John William Miller, aviation. I never expected to attempt another article but here I am. I’ve been working on my genealogy and have stumbled on a fascinating in our history. Benjamin Bailey Edsall from the early 1800’s. Here is a synopsis of his biography from a find-a-grave listing https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13726263/benjamin-bailey-edsall
When the centennial of the revolutionary war came around he was asked to give a speech about the first hundred years. (Readily available in print “ https://books.google.com/books/about/The_first_Sussex_centennary_sic_containi.html?id=Oj_7HO1ZysYC”)
When he gave the speech he talked for two hours, took a 15 min break, then spoke for another hour.
I’m amazed no one has written his story in Wikipedia.
My question would you find this worthy? would you help me out again?
Mike Molason ( talk) 23:11, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
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Hi NewYorkActuary, I was editing Miss Universe 2007 using a references plus adding a citation needed signs on per paragraph that was not cited with any reference. I do expect Users are came to collaborate with others, But It's ended up this user > Alex Duilius appeared disruptively deleting my referenced edits + deleting citation needed signs, and trying to Attacking me by using "CAPSLOCKED words" and "!!!!!" so many times on Edit summary, engaging war. I think he is having a interest issue, I saw that this user has been focusing on this kind of related pages about Miss Universe event for a long time and he kept on deleting and reverting everyone who is trying to contribute to the pages. I have tried to engage in discussion at the Talk:Miss Universe 2007 but it's ended up that he is "being bossy" to me to ask me finding more references and Unreasonable reason here he revert my referenced edits just because he believed that what he did is right, saying that he's staying in Mexico city and following the Miss Universe 2007 on set (Which is weird for me, if a Wiki editor only edits based on self proclaim, personal experience and own interpretation). while for me 2 references is more than enough for a single topic, If u ask more than that, I think it would be excessive and overlinking. It's like Me the one who came with the references VS. an editor who's not open to collaborate, provoke edit-warring, being bossy and edits based on his own personal experience. -- Lukewon ( talk) 11:55, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
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