User talk:Fastily/Archive 8

File question

Hi Fastily. Would you mind taking a look at File:Croatian Football Federation logo.svg and File:Croatia national football team.png because they seem to be duplicates in pretty much every way other than file format? For reference, the svg was uploaded as a replacement for another png (File:Croatia football federation.png) that was discussed at Wikipedia:Non-free content review/Archive 69#File:Croatia football federation.png and removed for all articles except the main federation one. Since these are essentially duplicates, I'm wonder whether one of these can be tagged for speedy deletion for some reason other than WP:F1 or whether it needs to go to FFD. The dark side is telling me that the png could've been uploaded in a different format just to avoid be tagged per F1, but I'm hoping that's not the case and the uploader was just acting in good faith. FWIW, the uploader of the png has been CU blocked so trying to sort this out directly with them is probably not going to work. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:07, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. Thanks for letting me know, I've removed the image from the article as it is indeed a duplicate of File:Croatia football federation.png. Regards, Fastily 09:21, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for looking into this. FWIW, if someone wants to start a new FFD to see whether the consensus regarding the file's non-free use has changed, I'd have no problem with that. -- Marchjuly (talk) 11:20, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Copyeditor's Barnstar
	Kind regards. Lionel Cristiano? 23:33, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

File:Complesso del Buon Pastore.jpg

Hello Fastily I was arguing about the reasons to keep File:Compleso del Buon Pastore.jpg, but you deleted it. He considered that copyrighted files could be used in enwiki according to fair use. Althair (talk) 02:35, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi Althair. If that's the case, then why are you asserting non-commercial use in the upload form? Use the non-free selector. -Fastily 06:46, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Edit protection request declined

Hi,

You declined a request I made to increase the page protection for Gadaria people. I would reply there but it was archived just seconds before I hit reply. The problem is, it isn't one user, and it's usually IP addresses that cannot be effectively warned. These pages, like so many pages about various Indian caste groups, constantly attract tendentious or low-quality edits, nearly always by IP users. I have made similar requests (example) for other caste-related pages with similar edit histories and have not been denied before, so I do not understand your response at all. Can you help me understand how to deal with this? Brusquedandelion (talk) 02:56, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi Brusquedandelion. Page protection is applied as a last resort, where other measures such as blocking/reverting have failed. Unless the page is under heavy, heavy fire, I see no reason why you can't revert the disruptive edits and drop a warning. I recommend using tools such as Twinkle or Ultraviolet which make this extremely easy. Remember that protection also prevents good faith contributors from helping out, and that last I checked this *is* Wikipedia, the encyclopedia anyone can edit. -Fastily 06:46, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion of Sandbox

My sandbox was marked for speedy deletion and then deleted within minutes. Can you explain how an unpublished article would get flagged and deleted like that while it is still in the process of being created? TruthIsLikeGravity (talk) 01:15, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

@TruthIsLikeGravity Well I'm not Fastily, but they deleted it as it looked like you were using the Wikipedia page to host writings and other information not closely related to Wikipedia's goals. Please note that Wikipedia is not a free web hosting service. PS @Fastily if you don't want me doing this anymore please let me know, I wanted to help reduce your influx of basic requests so you can focus on administrator stuff. :-) Best to both --- thetechie@enwiki: ~/talk/ $ 01:46, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Mark Twise article

Hello, I recently tried to post an article about the history of the music group that Mark Twise was involved with. It appears you (?) are the one who took it down? No sooner has I posted it was it contested. I thought I followed the protocol both for the parameters as well as how to content the contestation, but then it was summarily removed without any discussion with me. Could you please inform me as the what I am missing in my understanding of the logistics and justifications, as well as the more particular reason why my entry was rejected, and by whom. For perhaps I could restore some faith ( I guesss) if I was told where I have gone wrong. Thanks. Allannewcare (talk) 15:01, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi Allannewcare. What is your relationship to Mark Twise? -Fastily 08:17, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

A friend. but I am his Freind's ex-husband. Allannewcare (talk) 14:00, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

I see. As his "Freind's ex-husband", perhaps you can elaborate on why you are writing a promotional piece about him? Oh, and I trust you are aware that is prohibited on Wikipedia? -Fastily 20:54, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

I did not write it in the spirit of promotion. I modeled it after other wiki entries that describe music artists. I am writing in the spirit of history, of a specific type of history, indeed supported by contemporary philosophy, indeed, here encouraged not by Mark but by others who appreciate the history. I tried to not promote but to report; I deliberately did not put links in the page for the purpose of not appearing as promotion. The page he has for his project does little promotion, and I try to describe the reason in the wiki piece. Many people feel it is important.

Please tell me how I might alter it so it does not appear like a promotion. Allannewcare (talk) 21:03, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

Assuming you have no ulterior motives, that you attempted to "not write it in the spirit of promotion" does not automatically make it "not promotion". See Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. I suggest you refrain from writing about this topic. -Fastily 23:35, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

I will take the suggestion, with comment. I have at least 8 personal friends (and many more less close friends) who have pages on Wiki that presently meet this Wiki conflict of interest standard, and closer than I do, who did not face this "concern". By a simple search, I can easily find hundreds that "promote" on here and yet stay posted. These artists and musicians asked me to post this page and indeed helped with feedback about it before I put it on; and not Mark, that's for sure. Yet for some reason I have been singled out, and I believe it is not because of any Wiki "standards" of Wikis "goals". No, it is overt bias. I am not sure why, but its ok. However, it saddens me that what I thought was a good bastion of credible knowledge that I actually donate to appears somehow lessened in stature and quality through this interaction. If you and people like you are the face of Wiki "gatekeeping", I am sourly embarrassed for Wiki and I apologize. I am sure many more who hear of this will be as well disheartened. Good luck in your travels. I hope you get what you need and you can find what you are looking for; I sense it is difficult for you. Allannewcare (talk) 00:46, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Discussion at User talk:FuzzyMagma § Proposed deletion of File:Synthesised Sudan album cover.webp

 You are invited to join the discussion at User talk:FuzzyMagma § Proposed deletion of File:Synthesised Sudan album cover.webp. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:05, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi Fastily. Could you take a look at this to see whether there might be another way to resolve this besides F5 or FFD? -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:06, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

The uploader has decided to remove the file from the article and let it be deleted per F5; so, I guess there's nothing more that needs to be done here unless that's out of process in some way. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:02, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

restoring Draft:Beep boop and Draft:Flyordie.io

Can you please restore these pages? You deleted them, but I want to see them again. 207.204.103.46 (talk) 17:55, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi, I see BD2412 has already taken care of this. -Fastily 23:42, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Request for Deletion

I think the "tagging" did not work, so could you please delete User:Myrealnamm/redwarnRules.json? I no longer use RedWarn. Thanks! Myrealnamm (💬talk · ✏️contribs) at 19:57, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi Myrealnamm. I see Whpq has already taken care of this. -Fastily 23:42, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

A beer for you!

Thanks for your admin work :) – DreamRimmer (talk) 06:53, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, DreamRimmer! -Fastily 07:30, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

WEBHOST

Hi, I see that you deleted User:Hihihihihhihihihihhihii/sandbox under U5 rather than G3 and wonder if you could explain your reasoning? Considering that was a fake biography I would have thought it appropriate to be labelled a hoax. Thanks for your work nonetheless! Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 16:50, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi Pickersgill-Cunliffe. I use a self-created tool to help me list and review obvious CSD candidates. WP:CSD#U5 references WP:NOTWEBHOST, which under bullet 5 points to examples of inappropriate user pages. Bottom line is that these are blatantly unacceptable pages which aren't going to be undeleted anytime soon. Sure, I could edit the exact reasons, but that wouldn't change the end result (pages are still deleted). And given the volume of inappropriate user pages (correctly) tagged for CSD, I find it easier to process them as a set. -Fastily 21:51, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Makes sense, thanks for explaining. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:02, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Tricky Vandalism at Cinco de Mayo

Hi! I've noticed this unconstructive edit. However, the spam blacklist is preventing me from reverting it. What should I do about it? QwertyForest (talk) 18:00, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Update: The situation has been resolved. QwertyForest (talk) 18:05, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

File:Croatian Football Federation logo.svg

Hi Fastily. Would you mind taking a look at this edit? Someone re-added the file back to Croatia national football team and removed it from the Croatian Football Federation. -- Marchjuly (talk) 12:57, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. Just acknowledging that I've seen this; I'm glad it was expeditiously resolved. -Fastily 08:56, 29 April 2024 (UTC)