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Today I received notification that the Valiant Lady (radio) article was changed, with a link having been added to create a link to Gerald Nachman within a citation.
Should author's names in citations usually be linked if they have pages on Wikipedia? I have not been doing that, and I wonder whether I should begin that practice. Eddie Blick ( talk) 13:38, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
Hello. I'm working on a draft of an article for "Blade Arcus from Shining," a Japanese video game. It's a relatively obscure game and the secondary sources I'm finding generally come from Japanese websites. Any English source I find would reference back to those same Japanese web articles, making them tertiary sources in my understanding. Will I run into a problem with the Article For Creation process if I submit it with just Japanese sources? KwRIOT ( talk) 05:58, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
About a week ago I posted a suggestion to add an "other_names" parameter to the infobox template for architects, on the template Talk page. I feel it is especially important for women architects, who often work under both a birth name and one or more married or professional names at different stages of their career. I do a lot of writing/editing in architecture pages and in some cases have resorted to using the generic 'person' infobox because I felt the architects' infobox was less informative. I've had no response to my query. So is it cool to just go ahead and add a parameter to an existing infobox template or is there somewhere else I should take my suggestion first? Alafarge ( talk) 15:44, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
I wrote an article, titled "Southern 80", a few weeks ago, but now I'm not sure what's happened to it. I believe I submitted it for checking and then publishing, and it said it might take a few days, but I'm not sure what's happened - and I'm finding the Wikipedia user interface a bit awkward to use/overwhelming. So hoping someone can point me in the right direction Jminchin80 ( talk) 05:21, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
{{subst:Submit}}
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Super
Hamster
Talk
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05:53, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
I saved my company dot com sandbox details today 02.11.2015, when shall i expect my page will be published IEleads ( talk) 18:44, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
I'm writing a BLP. Some sources (blogs as well as published biographies of others) describe this person's behavior in his profession as being "semi-shady" based on interviews with people who know him. IMO, no firm evidence is provided to support this conclusion. Notability is established by other accomplishments. What are my responsibilities as a writer? Can I omit this negative information and still maintain NPOV? I have no connection with this person but I feel uncomfortable about having my user ID here associated with written allegations that I can neither prove nor disprove. I don't want to be accused of libel. Thanks for your thoughts. Kekki1978 ( talk) 17:51, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
Dear Tea House host, I have been copyediting May 1941 Sanski Most revolt and although I think the text is now ok, the citations are a muddle of the 'ref' sort and 'sfn' sort. A little while ago I asked here about leaving the quotes in the citations and with the response I went back and made sure they are all intact. Now I need some guidance, I'm afraid, about how to achieve some consistency in the citation style or whether to leave well alone. Any help is much appreciated. Kind regards, Myrtle the uncertain. Myrtlegroggins ( talk) 08:55, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
A few hours ago, I posted (and I'm practically certain that it was here) a question asking why I could not see a record of an edit I made on my watch list (even though it was and still is listed on my changes page) or any subsequent edit(s) to that one at Balmoral Park. Now I can't find my question either! Kdammers ( talk) 04:17, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
Is it against the rules to write my own short biography on my user page, granted I am not self promoting and not using pictures? All links would be purely internal and the purpose is strictly for introducing myself to the community.
I also want to create the biography in "Wiki layout fashion" so as to get some practice in for creating pages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xavier enc ( talk • contribs) 18:31, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
I have read most of the rules and guidelines topics and have not found any mention of this behavior. -- Xavier ( talk) 18:24, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
I made an article for Peter Kuttner but when I was moving it out of my sandbox I accidentally set it as a user instead of an article. Now I cant move it without changing my username? How can I get my article into the main space? Heres a link to the page /info/en/?search=User:Peter_Kuttner Thanks! Kolvitamin ( talk) 02:39, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
I asked a question in the Talk section of 2015 TB145. It hasn't been answered there yet. I'm asking the same question again here in case this would be a better place to ask. Hope that's ok.
I wrote a story about the near miss of 2015 TB145. As far as I know, mine is the only story to give an estimate of the crater size had the object hit the Earth. Describing the potential damage seems relevant and should be part of the Wikipedia entry. If I want to add that detail and reference my own article, how do I do that without it being a COI?
Robin Rowe ( talk) 17:17, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
NASA made light of the danger of asteroid 2015 TB145. Most journalists aren't scientists. If they were, the media would have calculated the blast effect themselves and caught on that the NASA press release they based their stories on had spin, that it downplayed the danger.
Two here gave the opinion that my publication is not a sufficiently reliable source to quote in a Wikipedia article. That harsh opinion was given without any explanation why, just a link to RTFM. I've written for Popular Science and many other magazines and academic journals. I write to the same standard no matter what size the publisher is. To be reliable must a source be big, that is, owned by a multinational corporation or a billionaire?
I write journalism to a high standard, as anyone who read my 2015 TB145 article can see. The facts and quotes come from authoritative sources and have links to references. It's not an opinion piece. The article is not about me. I write to the same or a higher standard than Wikipedia aspires. And, I continuously seek to do better.
If my article or publisher isn't good enough in your opinion, please tell me specifically what needs to be done to improve this article or this publisher.
I look forward to your feedback, Robin Rowe ( talk) 09:00, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi
I can't get Wiki to upload some png files even although I have given permission to use the copyright. It keeps telling me that the files exist when they have not been uploaded. What is the best way to add them as they are best used as inserts. Thanks Bentley Doggy ( talk) 23:33, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi there,
Hope you are fine. My user account is: Jimmycheung8
Can you please help? I am about to write my first article and put it on Wiki for the world to read. I believe it will be done but now I am at a loss.
How can I copy a word document with text and photos and URLs to Wiki? Should I do it in Sandbox or somewhere else?
Appreciate your help.
Regards, Jimmy
Jimmycheung8 ( talk) 16:11, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
From time to time, announcements are made about changes that will occur in the future. For example, a politician may win an election, with their appointment to their role to occur many days or weeks in the future. Sometimes companies will announce mergers and acquisitions, and again, these events are only finalized many days or weeks after the announcement. In these situations, the relevant Wikipedia article could mention the situation in prose, but not as if the status quo exists no longer. For example, if Joe Sixpack wins the 2016 US Presidential Election, in December 2016, the article about the President of the United States may mention that Joe Sixpack will become the new president, however, the infobox will still have Obama listed as president. Unfortunately some editors edit articles as if the change has already occurred. Is there a Wikipedia policy that covers these situations? I know there is WP:CRYSTAL, however that policy seems to cover unverifiable speculation, whereas the scenarios I describe are verifiable, only that the change has not yet occurred.
Examples:
Is there a group or community where I can share and discuss custom Wiki skins? Xavier ( talk) 18:50, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
Can someone fix the redirect so that a request for Burmese–Siamese War (1568–1569) leads to Burmese–Siamese War (1568-1569) instead of the Burmese–Siamese wars article?-- Catlemur ( talk) 10:46, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
Hello, Waswo X. Waswo I had worked on this page and made changes as per the review template highlights. Had left a note to the editor who had made the review template - no response. Also had posted a comment in the talk page. How to further improve the article / get the feedback and remove the tags when the changes have been made !! Thank you Tirutirutiru ( talk) 13:48, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
Thank you DESiegel !! Tirutirutiru ( talk) 14:06, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
Hello,
You contacted me about changes to the entry "The MacDuffie School" It is NOT a new article for creation/entry, it is an update since the school has gone through many changes, however the updated changes are not being allowed. Can you help with the editing since I'm new to this?
The update is in my sandbox:
User:Mis.reid/sandbox
Do you need the sandbox article to be in a draft? I would like you to proofread it.
You state in your comments the rule, an account cannot be used by more than one person. I have no idea who the people are who are tied to the MacDuffie school account? A former student of the school had edited the entry maybe 10 years ago, but she is long gone. At this time, I would like the entry to have the correct and current information, not ancient history as the primary explanation.
Appreciate your help, Ms.Reid Mis.reid ( talk) 15:37, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
Someone asked me for help creating a page about them. They have been published, received international awards and done multiple speaking engagements etc.
So I made them a page :)
I think it meets any/all requirements but certainly I could have missed something (my first one -- to be expected right?)
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
The page is: Draft:Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte
Rstudner ( talk) 12:51, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
I guess I can't "make her more notable" by any actions of my own. She is a published author that has been to capital hill and spoken in front of the Armenian Caucus etc.
She has multiple mentions in newspapers (Armenian weekly etc) but of course not the new york times :)
(i'm not complaining hah -- just trying to help someone out of course). I'll talk to her and see if there are more references/sources and things that can link back to her etc.
Thanks for taking the time!
Rstudner ( talk) 13:34, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
Definitely not my intention to scrub. Thanks for the feedback & restoring the old feedback. Much appreciated.
Rstudner ( talk) 14:29, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
“Pursuant to paragraph 16, article 55 of the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia awards these medals"
It is the highest civilian honor that can be bestowed etc.
Rstudner ( talk) 14:34, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
From what I can tell, is that it is "few" per year and almost everyone who gets them are politicians, heads of state or diplomats. Rstudner ( talk) 16:09, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
Greetings, wise inhabitants of the Teahouse - I beg your indulgence with yet another dumb question. Some time ago, I found the wonderful RefLinks tool, which helped to take some of the grunt work out of filling in bare URLs. Then that was renamed/rewritten (I was never clear which) to ReFill, which I currently use. But I just found that there is another tool, which is once again called RefLinks. So now I am confused. Can anybody clarify the difference: is one tool preferred over the other, or are they suited to different situations? Gronk Oz ( talk) 16:23, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
I just added an article to my watchlist. The new item is listed for November the 3rd, but my time is actually a day before, November the 2nd. Wiki error, or am I just not understanding how Watchlists work? Xavier ( talk) 00:07, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
I am submitting a new article for review and want to make sure it's in the best shape before I do. I have read all about creating a new article, writing objectively, and using reliable sources. Now, I would like to know about the review process. If my article gets denied, will I get the opportunity to make corrections and try again? Will the reviewers let me know what is necessary to get the article to meet Wikipedia standards?
Selenecjimenez (
talk)
17:01, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi I wish to know if I see a fact wrongly written or I as a local do not agree in a article , how to rectify it ? should i edit it , or is there a way to discuss it ? I have read i should use the TALK page , but i do not know how to Arindra ( talk) 17:29, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
So I saw an infographic about the generation known as Generation Z instead being called "Centennials." It has specific birth dates for the generation. The infographic has plenty of information to flesh out a Wikipedia article. Nothing much would change, just titling it "Centennials", instead of Generation Z. So, who do I contact about whether or not it should be changed to Centennials?
Checked and Edited by Skeletonl234 ( talk) 17:40, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
Checked and Edited by Skeletonl234 ( talk) 19:05, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
I stumbled on the Alon Waisman page while setting up a disambiguation page for the surname Waisman. If I correctly understand what happened, the single sentence that was the entire original content of the Alon Waisman page was merged into the page for radio station KFNX and then the page itself was turned into a redirect; but subsequently the reference to Waisman on the KFNX page was deleted as unimportant. (There is a comment to this effect on the KFNX Talk page.) So as things now stand there is no way for readers to know who Alon Waisman is (a radio dj) or why his page should redirect to KFNX—a pretty confusing situation! It seems to me that the Alon Waisman page should be deleted at this point since there was never enough content to support a stand-alone page, but I am not entirely clear on how merges work, so I don't know if this should just be nominated for deletion in the usual way. Suggestions? Alternatives? Alafarge ( talk) 16:16, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
I got a message in my notifications box that I was "patrolled" by a user. What does this mean? Xavier ( talk) 20:32, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 405 | ← | Archive 408 | Archive 409 | Archive 410 | Archive 411 | Archive 412 | → | Archive 415 |
Today I received notification that the Valiant Lady (radio) article was changed, with a link having been added to create a link to Gerald Nachman within a citation.
Should author's names in citations usually be linked if they have pages on Wikipedia? I have not been doing that, and I wonder whether I should begin that practice. Eddie Blick ( talk) 13:38, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
Hello. I'm working on a draft of an article for "Blade Arcus from Shining," a Japanese video game. It's a relatively obscure game and the secondary sources I'm finding generally come from Japanese websites. Any English source I find would reference back to those same Japanese web articles, making them tertiary sources in my understanding. Will I run into a problem with the Article For Creation process if I submit it with just Japanese sources? KwRIOT ( talk) 05:58, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
About a week ago I posted a suggestion to add an "other_names" parameter to the infobox template for architects, on the template Talk page. I feel it is especially important for women architects, who often work under both a birth name and one or more married or professional names at different stages of their career. I do a lot of writing/editing in architecture pages and in some cases have resorted to using the generic 'person' infobox because I felt the architects' infobox was less informative. I've had no response to my query. So is it cool to just go ahead and add a parameter to an existing infobox template or is there somewhere else I should take my suggestion first? Alafarge ( talk) 15:44, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
I wrote an article, titled "Southern 80", a few weeks ago, but now I'm not sure what's happened to it. I believe I submitted it for checking and then publishing, and it said it might take a few days, but I'm not sure what's happened - and I'm finding the Wikipedia user interface a bit awkward to use/overwhelming. So hoping someone can point me in the right direction Jminchin80 ( talk) 05:21, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
{{subst:Submit}}
at the top of the page. ~
Super
Hamster
Talk
Contribs
05:53, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
I saved my company dot com sandbox details today 02.11.2015, when shall i expect my page will be published IEleads ( talk) 18:44, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
I'm writing a BLP. Some sources (blogs as well as published biographies of others) describe this person's behavior in his profession as being "semi-shady" based on interviews with people who know him. IMO, no firm evidence is provided to support this conclusion. Notability is established by other accomplishments. What are my responsibilities as a writer? Can I omit this negative information and still maintain NPOV? I have no connection with this person but I feel uncomfortable about having my user ID here associated with written allegations that I can neither prove nor disprove. I don't want to be accused of libel. Thanks for your thoughts. Kekki1978 ( talk) 17:51, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
Dear Tea House host, I have been copyediting May 1941 Sanski Most revolt and although I think the text is now ok, the citations are a muddle of the 'ref' sort and 'sfn' sort. A little while ago I asked here about leaving the quotes in the citations and with the response I went back and made sure they are all intact. Now I need some guidance, I'm afraid, about how to achieve some consistency in the citation style or whether to leave well alone. Any help is much appreciated. Kind regards, Myrtle the uncertain. Myrtlegroggins ( talk) 08:55, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
A few hours ago, I posted (and I'm practically certain that it was here) a question asking why I could not see a record of an edit I made on my watch list (even though it was and still is listed on my changes page) or any subsequent edit(s) to that one at Balmoral Park. Now I can't find my question either! Kdammers ( talk) 04:17, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
Is it against the rules to write my own short biography on my user page, granted I am not self promoting and not using pictures? All links would be purely internal and the purpose is strictly for introducing myself to the community.
I also want to create the biography in "Wiki layout fashion" so as to get some practice in for creating pages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xavier enc ( talk • contribs) 18:31, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
I have read most of the rules and guidelines topics and have not found any mention of this behavior. -- Xavier ( talk) 18:24, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
I made an article for Peter Kuttner but when I was moving it out of my sandbox I accidentally set it as a user instead of an article. Now I cant move it without changing my username? How can I get my article into the main space? Heres a link to the page /info/en/?search=User:Peter_Kuttner Thanks! Kolvitamin ( talk) 02:39, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
I asked a question in the Talk section of 2015 TB145. It hasn't been answered there yet. I'm asking the same question again here in case this would be a better place to ask. Hope that's ok.
I wrote a story about the near miss of 2015 TB145. As far as I know, mine is the only story to give an estimate of the crater size had the object hit the Earth. Describing the potential damage seems relevant and should be part of the Wikipedia entry. If I want to add that detail and reference my own article, how do I do that without it being a COI?
Robin Rowe ( talk) 17:17, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
NASA made light of the danger of asteroid 2015 TB145. Most journalists aren't scientists. If they were, the media would have calculated the blast effect themselves and caught on that the NASA press release they based their stories on had spin, that it downplayed the danger.
Two here gave the opinion that my publication is not a sufficiently reliable source to quote in a Wikipedia article. That harsh opinion was given without any explanation why, just a link to RTFM. I've written for Popular Science and many other magazines and academic journals. I write to the same standard no matter what size the publisher is. To be reliable must a source be big, that is, owned by a multinational corporation or a billionaire?
I write journalism to a high standard, as anyone who read my 2015 TB145 article can see. The facts and quotes come from authoritative sources and have links to references. It's not an opinion piece. The article is not about me. I write to the same or a higher standard than Wikipedia aspires. And, I continuously seek to do better.
If my article or publisher isn't good enough in your opinion, please tell me specifically what needs to be done to improve this article or this publisher.
I look forward to your feedback, Robin Rowe ( talk) 09:00, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi
I can't get Wiki to upload some png files even although I have given permission to use the copyright. It keeps telling me that the files exist when they have not been uploaded. What is the best way to add them as they are best used as inserts. Thanks Bentley Doggy ( talk) 23:33, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi there,
Hope you are fine. My user account is: Jimmycheung8
Can you please help? I am about to write my first article and put it on Wiki for the world to read. I believe it will be done but now I am at a loss.
How can I copy a word document with text and photos and URLs to Wiki? Should I do it in Sandbox or somewhere else?
Appreciate your help.
Regards, Jimmy
Jimmycheung8 ( talk) 16:11, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
From time to time, announcements are made about changes that will occur in the future. For example, a politician may win an election, with their appointment to their role to occur many days or weeks in the future. Sometimes companies will announce mergers and acquisitions, and again, these events are only finalized many days or weeks after the announcement. In these situations, the relevant Wikipedia article could mention the situation in prose, but not as if the status quo exists no longer. For example, if Joe Sixpack wins the 2016 US Presidential Election, in December 2016, the article about the President of the United States may mention that Joe Sixpack will become the new president, however, the infobox will still have Obama listed as president. Unfortunately some editors edit articles as if the change has already occurred. Is there a Wikipedia policy that covers these situations? I know there is WP:CRYSTAL, however that policy seems to cover unverifiable speculation, whereas the scenarios I describe are verifiable, only that the change has not yet occurred.
Examples:
Is there a group or community where I can share and discuss custom Wiki skins? Xavier ( talk) 18:50, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
Can someone fix the redirect so that a request for Burmese–Siamese War (1568–1569) leads to Burmese–Siamese War (1568-1569) instead of the Burmese–Siamese wars article?-- Catlemur ( talk) 10:46, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
Hello, Waswo X. Waswo I had worked on this page and made changes as per the review template highlights. Had left a note to the editor who had made the review template - no response. Also had posted a comment in the talk page. How to further improve the article / get the feedback and remove the tags when the changes have been made !! Thank you Tirutirutiru ( talk) 13:48, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
Thank you DESiegel !! Tirutirutiru ( talk) 14:06, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
Hello,
You contacted me about changes to the entry "The MacDuffie School" It is NOT a new article for creation/entry, it is an update since the school has gone through many changes, however the updated changes are not being allowed. Can you help with the editing since I'm new to this?
The update is in my sandbox:
User:Mis.reid/sandbox
Do you need the sandbox article to be in a draft? I would like you to proofread it.
You state in your comments the rule, an account cannot be used by more than one person. I have no idea who the people are who are tied to the MacDuffie school account? A former student of the school had edited the entry maybe 10 years ago, but she is long gone. At this time, I would like the entry to have the correct and current information, not ancient history as the primary explanation.
Appreciate your help, Ms.Reid Mis.reid ( talk) 15:37, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
Someone asked me for help creating a page about them. They have been published, received international awards and done multiple speaking engagements etc.
So I made them a page :)
I think it meets any/all requirements but certainly I could have missed something (my first one -- to be expected right?)
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
The page is: Draft:Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte
Rstudner ( talk) 12:51, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
I guess I can't "make her more notable" by any actions of my own. She is a published author that has been to capital hill and spoken in front of the Armenian Caucus etc.
She has multiple mentions in newspapers (Armenian weekly etc) but of course not the new york times :)
(i'm not complaining hah -- just trying to help someone out of course). I'll talk to her and see if there are more references/sources and things that can link back to her etc.
Thanks for taking the time!
Rstudner ( talk) 13:34, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
Definitely not my intention to scrub. Thanks for the feedback & restoring the old feedback. Much appreciated.
Rstudner ( talk) 14:29, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
“Pursuant to paragraph 16, article 55 of the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia awards these medals"
It is the highest civilian honor that can be bestowed etc.
Rstudner ( talk) 14:34, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
From what I can tell, is that it is "few" per year and almost everyone who gets them are politicians, heads of state or diplomats. Rstudner ( talk) 16:09, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
Greetings, wise inhabitants of the Teahouse - I beg your indulgence with yet another dumb question. Some time ago, I found the wonderful RefLinks tool, which helped to take some of the grunt work out of filling in bare URLs. Then that was renamed/rewritten (I was never clear which) to ReFill, which I currently use. But I just found that there is another tool, which is once again called RefLinks. So now I am confused. Can anybody clarify the difference: is one tool preferred over the other, or are they suited to different situations? Gronk Oz ( talk) 16:23, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
I just added an article to my watchlist. The new item is listed for November the 3rd, but my time is actually a day before, November the 2nd. Wiki error, or am I just not understanding how Watchlists work? Xavier ( talk) 00:07, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
I am submitting a new article for review and want to make sure it's in the best shape before I do. I have read all about creating a new article, writing objectively, and using reliable sources. Now, I would like to know about the review process. If my article gets denied, will I get the opportunity to make corrections and try again? Will the reviewers let me know what is necessary to get the article to meet Wikipedia standards?
Selenecjimenez (
talk)
17:01, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi I wish to know if I see a fact wrongly written or I as a local do not agree in a article , how to rectify it ? should i edit it , or is there a way to discuss it ? I have read i should use the TALK page , but i do not know how to Arindra ( talk) 17:29, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
So I saw an infographic about the generation known as Generation Z instead being called "Centennials." It has specific birth dates for the generation. The infographic has plenty of information to flesh out a Wikipedia article. Nothing much would change, just titling it "Centennials", instead of Generation Z. So, who do I contact about whether or not it should be changed to Centennials?
Checked and Edited by Skeletonl234 ( talk) 17:40, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
Checked and Edited by Skeletonl234 ( talk) 19:05, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
I stumbled on the Alon Waisman page while setting up a disambiguation page for the surname Waisman. If I correctly understand what happened, the single sentence that was the entire original content of the Alon Waisman page was merged into the page for radio station KFNX and then the page itself was turned into a redirect; but subsequently the reference to Waisman on the KFNX page was deleted as unimportant. (There is a comment to this effect on the KFNX Talk page.) So as things now stand there is no way for readers to know who Alon Waisman is (a radio dj) or why his page should redirect to KFNX—a pretty confusing situation! It seems to me that the Alon Waisman page should be deleted at this point since there was never enough content to support a stand-alone page, but I am not entirely clear on how merges work, so I don't know if this should just be nominated for deletion in the usual way. Suggestions? Alternatives? Alafarge ( talk) 16:16, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
I got a message in my notifications box that I was "patrolled" by a user. What does this mean? Xavier ( talk) 20:32, 3 November 2015 (UTC)