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User:AndyTheGrump

I said no, that's the end of it.

The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

Joe, User:AndyTheGrump, an involved editor in this discussion has repeatedly collapsed this entire, ongoing thread, and unilaterally declared that "There is no need to discuss this further". I uncollapsed it and posted this comment. He has also behaved in a very hostile and uncivil manner in the discussion, as you can see for yourself. His block log shows a long history of editing bans. Thanks. --76.189.101.221 (talk) 00:34, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

I'm not in a position to mediate this at the moment. Without having a chance to read the subject in full, I'd recommend walking away for a bit, and then if necessary, pursing whatever the next appropriate step in the Wikipedia:Dispute resolution process. Also? In general, if you feel you have problems with other editors, to the extent that you have to report behavior elsewhere, you'll end up needing to take it to a neutral noticeboard, not a specific admin such as myself. Cheers, --j⚛e decker ^talk 00:44, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

I'm not asking you to mediate the subject under discussion, only the issue of this highly involved editor collapsing the entire thread and declaring it closed (after one day of discussion). His behavior and block log speaks for itself. Thanks. --76.189.101.221 (talk) 00:47, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

No. Also, the way you're describing this, and the way you're avoiding Wikipedia's standard dispute resolution process, would likely prejudice your case were I to look into it. But I won't, because there are appropriate channels for your complaint, as I have already indicated, and my talk page is not one of them. --j⚛e decker ^talk 00:54, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Note that this anon IP is advocating a violation of basic Wikipedia policy: adding knowingly-incorrect figures to an article on the basis of an alleged 'precedent'. Multiple editors have pointed out that this is untenable... AndyTheGrump (talk) 00:56, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

I've rejected any involvement in whatever dispute this is, that is, for the record, without prejudice to either side. I'm just skipping it. Take it elsewhere, folks. Thanks. --j⚛e decker ^talk 00:58, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Tried posting this a few minutes ago... wouldn't go through. As you can see, the editor is completely ignoring the issue at hand (the collapse and inappropriate behavior). OK Joe, thanks. I thought I was doing the nice thing by not initially pursuing a formal, harsh procedure first and instead asking an admin to just let the editor know what they're doing is inappropriate. But if you say I need to go to the extreme measure first, I certainly will. I will pursue as you advised. Thanks. --76.189.101.221 (talk) 01:02, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

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Done --j⚛e decker ^talk 22:28, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

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Jón Pauli Olsen

Hi, I am writing to ask you to consider to undelete the page of Jón Pauli Olsen, if possible. He is now manager of the Faroe Islands women's national football team.[1] The team just won 6-0 against Luxembourg tonight (friendly match).[2] Does the fact that he is manager of a national team (women) qualify for an article on the English Wikipedia? As far as I can see you deleted the page some months ago. He became manager of the women's national team in September 2012. Kind regards EileenSanda (talk) 00:43, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

If I understand correctly, that sounds like a clear case for reinstatement/recreation, under part 1 of Wikipedia:NFOOTBALL#Association_football. I've restored the article on that basis, and would greatly appreciate it if you would include the updates and the references in the reinstated article. Thanks! --j⚛e decker ^talk 00:47, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

PS: Thanks! --j⚛e decker ^talk 17:35, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

Old subject

Hi there. update since you're the admin who took an interest. I don't plan any comment. In ictu oculi (talk) 01:26, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

Wow. I continue to be amazed, and humbled, by just how much drama the accent issue has continued to create. And I'm honestly lacking for a constructive response. *sigh* --j⚛e decker ^talk 18:00, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

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Robert Wadlow page

Being fairly new to Wikipedia editing, I'm slightly puzzled by why I got e-mail about the page being created, since it's existed for quite some time. :) Seanette (talk) 22:16, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

That's mysterious to me, too. In the last few minutes I added semi-protection to the article, but that didn't delete or recreate it. Given the timing, I'd imagine that ... somehow ... my actions were related to the email you received. But, having been around here for seven years, I'm a bit clueless about precisely how. :) Let me look around at the logs a bit more, but I'm really confused why anything would be sending you email at all. --j⚛e decker ^talk 22:25, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Is there any chance you've set up this feature? --j⚛e decker ^talk 22:28, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

I do have my watchlist set to send me notification e-mails, so that part didn't confuse me at all :). What did was the "creation" of a page I know has existed for quite some time. Seanette (talk) 22:30, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

I got a buck that says there's a bug in that feature somewhere and it confused my protection change with article creation. I'll see if I can replicate it and file a bug. --j⚛e decker ^talk 22:32, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the info and have a great weekend! Seanette (talk) 22:34, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

My pleasure! I was easily able to reproduce the problem, and it turns out it's a known issue : T44457 Thanks for asking, this is how we figure out we have problems. :) Have a great weekend! --j⚛e decker ^talk 22:44, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

historic

I don't think there's a close paraphrasing problem here. We could simply say "police described the allegations as historic". However, I would want to slap the police spokesmen for his poor use of English. He, of course, means "historical", as in "not current". This is one of those cases where accurately quoting the source could mislead the reader, so I agree with your omission.--Scott Mac 19:41, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

Cool. You're almost certainly right about my paraphrasing concern, it's a very short phrase. I'd just considered it a bit of extra weight toward the word removal. Thanks for the note! --j⚛e decker ^talk 19:48, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Chad Griffin/GA1

Hi, I have started to review Chad Griffin, it is available at Talk:Chad Griffin/GA1. AIRcorn (talk) 12:17, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you! I'll get on that in the next few hours, most appreciated! --j⚛e decker ^talk 15:01, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

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Paul Barresi

ref: Paul Barresi wikipedia page. Sorry, but Im clueless as to how to reach an editor to make accurate changes. The page credits me at the start for being in a 1972 gay classic porn called LA PLAYS ITSELF. This is crazy. I was not in the porn industry until 1976. Please correct the chronology. I believe LA PLAYS ITSELF was 1978. And I do not recall ever being in this film. Paul Barresi

Hi Paul, I left a note about this over at Talk:Paul Barresi, I did find an old source that has someone with your name associated with that '72 film, and it's from a 1994 magazine, so I'm trying to figure out what's really going on there. Most of the stuff on that film that I can find isn't particularly reliable, and I wasn't able to track down a copy of it on-line. The 1994 Film Review magazine that makes the claim you were in that film is here: [3] --j⚛e decker ^talk 05:52, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Barnstar

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	Joe, I see that you did an early close on that edit-warring article with the BLP issues. That was bold! It was also the exact right thing to do. You ROCK! --Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 22:40, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! --j⚛e decker ^talk 05:46, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

Izabela Nicole Cuenza

Can you please un-delete my article,Izabela Nicole Cuenza?. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Izabela Nicole Cuenza (talk • contribs) 08:05, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

Your article ended up being deleted by "Future Perfect at Sunrise" with a different reason, you'll have to ask that administrator on their talk page at User talk:Future Perfect at Sunrise. I can, however, give you some advice which may help you get a more positive response. First, it will help that administrator know that you meet our general notability guideline if you can show him or her at least two reliable newspaper, magazine, or book discussions about you that were written independently of you (not just republished press releases, etc.). Click on that link above to get a fuller explanation of that requirement. I should also mention that, while it happens a lot, Wikipedia generally discourages people writing about themselves, but you may find additional advice on doing so at this link: Wikipedia:Autobiography#Creating_an_article_about_yourself. Sorry I can't be of more help, best of luck! --j⚛e decker ^talk 15:51, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

Merge Chili burger to Chili con carne

I am letting you know that I have proposed a merge of Chili burger to Chili con carne. Being that you participated in the AfD, I'd be interested in your thoughts. The discussion is at Talk:Chili con carne#Merger proposal. ˜danjel [ talk | contribs ] 15:18, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the note! Cheers, --j⚛e decker ^talk 16:04, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

It was suggested that Hamburger might be a better target, and I was implored to allow that as a possibility. Therefore, I've moved the discussion to Talk:Chili burger#Merger proposal to allow for this. Please accept my apologies if it seemed that I was advocating for one solution over another. ˜danjel [ talk | contribs ] 16:19, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

I have described in detail my reasoning for opposing both merges. Thanks! --j⚛e decker ^talk 16:25, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

A cup of coffee for you!

Keep up the good work on Midlands Zone! It is much appreciated. Have a cup of joe! ツ Jenova 20 ^(email) 15:24, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Oh, thanks!!! --j⚛e decker ^talk 01:55, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

AFD tags

Howdy! I saw you closed the My Crazy Beautiful Life (book) AFD and added the old AFD tag to Talk:My Crazy Beautiful Life (book) as a result. The article was (in the meantime) redirected to My Crazy Beautiful Life and so I added the same tag to Talk:My Crazy Beautiful Life and removed the AFD notice from the article itself. Hope you don't mind. Stalwart111 01:49, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

Great, thanks for the assist! --j⚛e decker ^talk 01:52, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

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Template:Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)

could you explain this edit? the categories are for the template, not for the articles transcluding the templates, which is why the categories are inside of <noinclude>...</noinclude>. by adding the {{main other}} you have effectively removed the template from a template category, which is counter productive. I am assuming this was a mistake, so I reverted your edit. Frietjes (talk) 22:35, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

again, with your changes to Template:Singapore MRT stations. please pay attention to the difference between the categories inside of the <noinclude>...</noinclude> and those outside of these tags. per WP:TEMPLATECAT, we should not even have this problem, but so perhaps create a list of the ones that you changed so they can be cleaned up in a proper way (i.e., adding the category to the articles and removing it from inside the <includeonly>...</includeonly>)? Frietjes (talk) 22:37, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

I'll take a look when I'm back at a real computer at an hour, I see you've reverted (which is fine). Seems I botched it up. The intent was to avoid including article categories when the template was transcluded by user/user talk space pages. I'll take a longer look, and make sure the other one or two of these I did get fixed or reverted. My apologies. --j⚛e decker ^talk 23:52, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Well, that was downright stupid of me. Presuming I understand you correctly. Do feel free to glance at this, which should, I think, be correct, and I believe there's a place for an appropriate fix for userspace inclusion yet to be made at Template:Chūō East Line at well. --j⚛e decker ^talk 01:03, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

yes, that's fine. eventually I would like to see these fixed properly by removing the entire auto-category stuff per WP:TEMPLATECAT, but that will take a bot for many of these given the number of transclusions. thank you. Frietjes (talk) 18:04, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

I'd rather see that too, but I'm personally thinking it might be a lost cause, or at least a drama-fest to start enforcing. Given some of the technical problems with template-based cat inclusion (there's a years-old bug relating tot this that's broken enough that I wrote a bot to deal with it's effects on one maint. category), ... Anyway, thanks, I'll stop prattling on now.. :) --j⚛e decker ^talk 21:41, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Clackamas Town Center Shooting

Hi JoeDecker... about your relisting... as far as I intend, per WP:RELIST, relisting should happen "if at the end of the initial seven-day period, the discussion has only a few participants (including the nominator), and/or it seems to be lacking arguments based on policy". I don't think this AfD falls under any of these two circumstances. My best, Cavarrone (talk) 19:41, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

I'm going with the second, although I admit I'm interpreting WP:RELIST wording somewhat less strictly than you do. In my view, the key policy issues identified in the discussion are WP:LASTING, WP:EFFECT. It is obvious that those tests essentially require precognition (or, more seriously, subjective judgment) in the face of the future results of evolving events. A handful of participants have directly discussed those issues (your own !vote being a clear exception), however, many of those who have have (and who argue for deletion or merge) did so in view of a smaller (that is, a couple days younger), range of sources. The appropriate weighting of earlier !votes discussing LASTING/EFFECT on those points is fairly ambiguous, as a result. I considered a "keep" close based on a perception of shifting views towards that result, likely based on a shifting universe of sources, but considered it premature. I considered a "no consensus" close, but felt this a better option. This is a case where I should have provided a relist staement, however, and I will correct that oversight. And if you think I've overstepped, I'd be delighted if you wanted to ask DRV, no matter the outcome. --j⚛e decker ^talk 20:09, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for the response; no need of a DRV, no drama for a relisting. Cavarrone (talk) 20:28, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

No drama here, either, I actually found your argument against relisting pretty interesting. Have a great day! --j⚛e decker ^talk 20:32, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

And that didn't take long. :) --j⚛e decker ^talk 07:28, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks!!!! :) --j⚛e decker ^talk 19:20, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your support during my "block". It wasn't very pleasant, though it seems to have done me some good. I'm not sure I really deserve a barnstar for it. ~~I appreciate the revert on my talk page while I was gone, too.~~ -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:22, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

Uhhh... apparently I'm still a little scrambled from my break. I got you mixed up with Ian.thomson. Too many open windows. =\ -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:24, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

*grin* No worries about the mix-up. As far as the original issue, yeah, I do believe that it's important that we sysops be held to higher standards, and I think you found a very stand-up way to make that point. Now let's get back to building an encyclopedia! --j⚛e decker ^talk 16:39, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

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For all you do, Joe Decker. We need more Wikipedians like you :)

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Thanks! --j⚛e decker ^talk 16:39, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar

Holiday greetings Mr. Decker! Thank you for your concern regarding the accuracy on my niece's page. Unfortunately her page has been vandalized several times, we have done our own investigation and came up with some names of some Salvadoran women that appear to be very jealous of my niece and keep harassing and bullying her all over the internet, and that is the reason why they keep changing my niece's information, like her DOB, they are trying to prove something. I would appreciate it if you leave it as it it. The creator of the page is intelectual123.

Best regards Mr. Decker Andreslorca (talk) 00:09, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, and I appreciate you trying to improve the article (which in many ways you have), but some of your changes are causing issues as well. Removing categories from an article is a real problem, particularly the living people category. Not providing solid reliable sources (as determined by WP's policies) for personal information, such as birth date, is also a problem. I'm tempted to suggest we should remove the birthdate/year entirely until that can be resolved. Removing PERSONDATA information is a problem. And removing maintenance templates without correcting the underlying problems they reflect is an issue. So I very much appreciate the kind words above, but I stiil need to make sure we work within our policies and guidelines here. Thanks for understanding. --j⚛e decker ^talk 19:32, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

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User with an offensive name for personal attacking

There's a user that goes by the name: AntiBlueMario1016 that basically shares the same name as my account, but just with the word: "Anti" added in, to make it seem to be made for a no greater purpose then to simply personally attack one individual, and it seems that I am the individual targeted. Wikipedia doesn't allow accounts with names that are created just to personally attack, offend and upset an individual user. Although it has not been used in a long period of time, looking at the page's history will display that the page was made to offend me and expose privacy of me as well. This is not Encyclopedia Dramatica. Please help on removing the name of that user off, since we can't tolerate such users to create account names made to just offend those online. Although sadly, a group of these "personal haters" also put up an Encyclopedia Dramatica page about me, and it's also invading my privacy as well. Please help on seeing if there's a way to remove that as well. Thank you. —BlueMario1016 (talk) 17:33, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

How annoying! I've indef blocked the editor and RevDel'd one revision of his user page that contains some of your other accounts on other sites. The account can't be (so far as I know) entirely deleted, it is technically possible for a 'crat to change the username, but I can't do it myself. You could try asking at WP:CHU but I haven't worked in that area before so I don't know if they'd change that account name for you. --j⚛e decker ^talk 16:38, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

The account is pretty much dead anyway, so I don't think we have to worry. But if the user ever comes to personally attack my page and edit my things, you may have to ban this user, for not only having a name to personally attack a user, but by also vandalizing.

—BlueMario1016 (talk) 12:39, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, I'd need to file the appropriate ANI etc., but yeah, I won't be too surprised if this eventually requires additional action, just disappointed. --j⚛e decker ^talk 18:07, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

BLPN

As an anon user, I can't create AfDs, so the best I can do is to try to label them. So you're saying I can create a BLP and put in an external link that says that the person exists and that's sufficient to avoid BLPPROD? 216.93.234.239 (talk) 00:31, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

More or less. "To place a BLPPROD tag, the process requires that the article contain no sources in any form (as references, external links, etc.), which support any statements made about the person in the biography. Please note that this is a different criterion than is used for sources added after the placement of the tag.", at WP:BLPPROD#Nominating.

The criteria are intended to be narrow and objective, in the same way speedy deletion is intended to be narrow and objective, with anything the slightest bit grey going to AfD. (And in fact, the community barely managed consensus even for that.)

If you would like to file an AfD, it's usually possible to get someone to file one for you by proxy. I've done it several times, just point at the article and give me your nomination statement. It is generally expected that you'll have made some attempt to look for sources yourself, of course, per WP:BEFORE. But unless the nomination seems pointy or non-sensical, I'm usually willing to file AfDs for users editing via IPs. (Of course, you could also make an account, which would give you slightly more privacy as well, since non-account editing exposes your IP address.) --j⚛e decker ^talk 00:44, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

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Dear bot. I meant to do that. :) Love, me. --j⚛e decker ^talk 17:44, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

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Dear template, I think you're right about that article. Love, me. --j⚛e decker ^talk 03:16, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

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Heh, thanks! --j⚛e decker ^talk 16:28, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

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Have an enjoyable New Year!

Hello Joe Decker: Thanks for all of your contributions to Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable New Year! Cheers, Sreesarmatvm^talk_contribs 13:33, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

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Not "that" Joe Decker?

I was tempted to add your user profile link to this article: not the baseball player. Happy New Year! --S. Rich (talk) 22:02, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Ha! :) Thanks :) --j⚛e decker ^talk 22:05, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

An idea for Joe's Null Bot (task list · contribs)

When you nominate a page for deletion via Twinkle, the AfD notice is placed on the article before the AfD is created; this leaves a "this article's entry" redlink in the notice itself; given how many AfD candidates are created by new or new-ish users, I imagine that this could be somewhat confusing - mousing over "this article's entry", only to be informed that "this page does not exist" (although, of course, it does). I've been meaning to ask one of my programmer wikifriends if they'd be willing to write a bot script to purge all recently-AfD-nominated articles (or XfD in general, I suppose), only to stumble on your userpage recently, and find that you already have a bot that does it! It's obviously not a major issue, but if we can make a new user's experience here even slightly less confusing, we should. If I understand your description of the bot correctly, all you'd have to do is add the various XfD pages to the list of pages it traverses. Or would we have to create categories for XfD-nominated pages (which could probably be accomplished by a simple consensus at BRFA)? Anyways, what do you think? — Francophonie&Androphilie^{(Je vous invite à me parler)} 04:19, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

I've seen the redlinks and I think it'd be great to find a fix for 'em. Let me look later today for possible other ways of doing it--I would have no objection to extending JNB to another set of pages, there may just be a better way to get the same result: or a better one, right now, the Null Bot only runs more-or-less daily. --j⚛e decker ^talk 16:31, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Well, it would work, kinda. I could sort through the proper directory and purge it all. But I doubt we'd get consensus to run it constantly, it's kinda an ugly hack anyway. What would seem preferable to me is if we could get Twinkle itself to do this right, but I haven't quite sorted through Twinkle enough to figure out why it doesn't already work. Humph. --j⚛e decker ^talk 05:56, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

AfD

What is AfD? Henrib736 (talk) 02:22, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Hi! I was just leaving you a note about that. :) The short answer is Wikipedia:Articles for deletion (also known as WP:AFD), I hope that I left a longer answer at your talk page. But let me know if I can explain further. Thanks! --j⚛e decker ^talk 02:28, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

categories inside of noinclude tags

fyi, I have reverted this edit as pointless. the category was inside the noinclude tag. Frietjes (talk) 17:20, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, that was an error. (I've been fixing a very large number of category-inclusion-in-userspace problems reading through the Polluted Categories listing, I'll go back and see if there was another issue there.) Again, thanks!

Ahh, I'd misattributed the inclusion of User talk:Continental738 into Category:Jeopardy! to that template, whereas the problem was coming from another source. And of course, the location in noinclude should have made that obvious. I'll be more careful. Thanks again. --j⚛e decker ^talk 17:24, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of Ellie Darcey-Alden for deletion

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The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ellie Darcey-Alden until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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I'll notify the guy who actually started the article, I just put in a redirect after a previous deletion-by-PROD. And maybe stop in for an opinion, too. Thanks! --j⚛e decker ^talk 05:57, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

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Done, thanks Mr. Bot. ;-) --j⚛e decker ^talk 14:36, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Working out the details at Wikipedia:Today's article for improvement

The RFC for TAFI is nearing it's conclusion, and it's time to hammer out the details over at the project's talk page. There are several details of the project that would do well with wider input and participation, such as the article nomination and selection process, the amount and type of articles displayed, the implementation on the main page and other things. I would like to invite you to comment there if you continue to be interested in TAFI's development. --Nick Penguin_(contribs) 02:41, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Done --j⚛e decker ^talk 18:30, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Ellie Darcey-Alden

Hi. As the admin who deleted the expired BLPPROD and created a previous redirect last year, I wondered if you'd care to comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ellie Darcey-Alden. Cheers. -- Trevj (talk) 08:39, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Done --j⚛e decker ^talk 18:30, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. -- Trevj (talk) 10:55, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

User:Weixiaojiujiu/sandbox

Thanks for the block and salt of the userpage, but this sandbox page should also be salted in view of its abuse by those various IPs.--Jasper Deng (talk) 06:40, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Done I don't know if that will really solve the larger problem of any subpages, but no harm in a little salt there. Thanks for the report! --j⚛e decker ^talk 06:42, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

A beer for you!

Enjoy this brew, and thanks for your participation at Today's article for improvement! Northamerica1000^(talk) 19:43, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! --j⚛e decker ^talk 21:43, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

An invitation for you!


	Hello, Joe Decker. You're invited to join WikiProject Today's article for improvement. If you're interested in participating, please add your name to the list of members. Happy editing! Northamerica1000^(talk) 23:50, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for signing on! Cheers, Northamerica1000^(talk) 00:23, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Boooo, where's my fancy invite? Joe always gets invited to the cool parties! --Jezebel'sPonyo ^{bons mots} 00:27, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Ponyo, you are hereby, irrevocably invited to any cool party I'm invited to. :) --j⚛e decker ^talk 00:37, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for editing my talk page archive

Since I was not the person with inappropriate syntax who placed the category n the talk page your edit summary, while amusing, should really be in a note addressed to the person who wrote it there. It does rather look as if you are telling me off :). It would have been just as simple to remove it quietly, the more so since the person who caused this to happen was not me. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 00:20, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Hey, I'm really sorry that came off as snarky, I've been doing a thousand of the darn things clearing out Wikipedia:Database reports/Polluted categories, and I've tried to settle down to an edit summary I could put in automatically and not be too bitey to the newbies, and provide a little of an explanation. I can see on reflection where it'd come off as pretty snarky to established users, though, which wasn't my intent. I'm sorry about that, and I'll try and apply ~~a little~~ more clue going forward. Thanks for your good humor! --j⚛e decker ^talk 00:30, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

No worries :) I never noticed that page had grabbed itself a cat anyway :) The edit summary just needs an "If some other editor did it yadda yadda yadda" part Fiddle Faddle (talk) 01:00, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for protecting Jeremy Clarkson. - Fanthrillers (talk) 01:01, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

No problem, that was one of the longer lists of protection logs I'd ever seen. --j⚛e decker ^talk 17:08, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Longest title ever?

I need your help. I wonder if you have any alternative hooks. --George Ho (talk) 05:19, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

I haven't found a source that says it directly, but the timing of the case might be a direction to look in, the FFDCA had really only taken effect as of the start of 1940, so this was one of the first cases prosecuted under it, and *handwaving* one of the first times the federal government had any effect on quack medical remedies. I'll see if I can look more through stuff later today. --j⚛e decker ^talk 17:10, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

George, can you do anything with this? --j⚛e decker ^talk 20:12, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

E.g., "One of the first official actions of the FDA was filing the lawsuit 'United States vs. 11 .... blah blah blah. I don't think that' quite the right wording, but you get where I"m going. --j⚛e decker ^talk 20:18, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

That animator

well spotted on the NZ animator. I should have seen that. In ictu oculi (talk) 03:25, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
- No worries, I have found several places over the years where I've made the same mistake myself. It happens, just wanted to explain why I undid it. Cheers, --j⚛e decker ^talk 03:36, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

U-Bet, Montana

Why, bless your heart! By an odd coincidence, I've got a copy of the Barrows book waiting at the central Milwaukee Public Library for me to pick up. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:25, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you kindly! Want me to send the article itself along? --j⚛e decker ^talk 17:38, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

You bet! --Orange Mike | Talk 19:53, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Ha! Email with linkage on its way! --j⚛e decker ^talk 21:15, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

article

Where is it, has it been created since his death? I am not finding it - Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman - Youreallycan 21:50, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

I was utterly, completely confused. I could swear I saw something to that effect yesterday, and I was clearly and completely wrong. My apologies. --j⚛e decker ^talk 21:51, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

No worries, perhaps one was created and has been deleted under a variant of her name - nothing to apologise for - ta for the clarification - Youreallycan 21:53, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your graceful understanding. Much appreciated. --j⚛e decker ^talk 21:54, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

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Not mine, requested on the part of a third party. I'll pass along the message. --j⚛e decker ^talk 04:13, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Cully Symington

Hey Joe, i edited the cully symington page by deleting a few things. He asked me to do so because his current work is all he cares to mention. thanks for keeping an eye on it though. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Atticus5758 (talk • contribs) 00:26, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

I see another editor has reinstated the material as well, I don't see any direct reason the material is problematic, can you explain why Symington wants it removed? --j⚛e decker ^talk 01:05, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Anh Duong

Hi, Joe. Your note at WP:RPP says you semi'd it for a week, but it looks as if it actually got the PC treatment :( Your choice, of course, (although I always prefer the former) but I wonder whether your finger slipped or you changed your mind. (Either way, I have serious egg on my face, having somehow missed the fact that I was requesting protection on a vandalized version :p ). Anyway, thanks for the quick response. Rivertorch (talk) 17:22, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Whoops. I've fixed that, you're request for semi, and my intention do give it semi, was on-target. Sorry about that! --j⚛e decker ^talk 17:28, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

And now, I really do need my morning coffee. :p --j⚛e decker ^talk 17:29, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Me too . . . but unfortunately, I never touch the stuff. Rivertorch (talk) 17:41, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Very wise. :) --j⚛e decker ^talk 18:25, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Good-natured humour

Haha, thank you very much for the barnstar! :) Zoeb (talk) 23:28, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

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RFC disappeared before I got a chance to look at it. Weird. --j⚛e decker ^talk 19:17, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Help!

Go to Template talk:MOS-TW. It already appears that someone made a comment asking for a change to be made. (An unregistered user made an edit to the talk page; please comment on it quickly.) Georgia guy (talk) 14:12, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Meh, more proselytizing nonsense. I gave them some instruction on how to actually live within Wikipedia policies. BTW, they're apparently upset about Alexis Reich. --j⚛e decker ^talk 03:03, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Discussion on the AFT5 Request for Comment

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Thanks, most appreciated. --j⚛e decker ^talk 03:22, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

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Done --j⚛e decker ^talk 23:25, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Rutvik Oza - recreated after afd deletion

Hi,

I note that you were the closing admin for the page Rutvik Oza, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rutvik Oza, which discussion resulted in a deletion. The page has recently been recreated at Rutvik Oza (mathematician) with substantially the same problems and sourcing as in the deleted article, and SPAs for the primary contributors. Would re-nominating the article for deletion be the next step, or is there an admin process for deleting recreated articles? Thanks, Dialectric (talk) 19:04, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

When it's so clearly a copy of an article deleted by discussion, it's eligible for speedy deletion, criteria G4. You can just mark an article of that kind with {{db-repost}}, and it'll get deleted pretty quick if appropriate. I've gone ahead and made the deletion, and protected Rutvik Oza (mathematician) from recreation, and I'll look and see if there's anything else effective I might be able to do to keep this from popping up at future titles. Thanks for the catch! --j⚛e decker ^talk 19:21, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Turns out there's a potentially relevant sock-puppet investigation as well, I reopened it. --j⚛e decker ^talk 20:13, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

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Done Looks like a mistake to me. --j⚛e decker ^talk 23:50, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Input needed at RfC

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Done --j⚛e decker ^talk 15:59, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

List of 2012 Tamil soundtracks

Please consider the article List of 2012 Tamil soundtracks. I mentioned my comments on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of 2012 Tamil soundtracks. Thanks. --Inbamkumar86 (talk) 11:05, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

I'm sorry that the article was deleted, but the participating editors involved unanimously felt that the article did not meet our notability guidelines, in particular, WP:LISTN. The notability of list intersections is, as is mentioned in that policy, not particularly cleanly defined by the community. I'm not an expert in this particular subject matter, but if you are, a common way of showing notability in lists is to find reliable secondary sources which are about and go into depth on the precise topic, in this case, 2012 Tamil Soundtracks. By "this precise topic", it would have to be articles that aren't just about a particular 2012 Tamil soundtrack, or a 2012 soundtracks in general, or what have you. I'm personally open to the idea that those articles exist, and if a couple of them did, I'd support recreation of your article without review at WP:DRV. If there are such articles, would you be open to doing a draft that demonstrates that in your Sandbox? --j⚛e decker ^talk 16:11, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

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Re: Martin

The Macedonian First League was recently added to the list of non-fully pro leagues at WP:FPL, so I'm going through and PROD'ing articles which don't meet WP:GNG and WP:NSPORT. As a result I've tagged quite a few articles for deletion and am unsure as to which one you mean. In any case, I appreciate your input. Cheers. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:19, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Ahh, my bad. Thanks for the explanation! I was looking at Martin Blaževski‎, for what it's worth, but I didn't DEPROD it. --j⚛e decker ^talk 02:20, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Please check!

Thank you for your interest in the article regarding Rutvik Oza. The article has been resent for submission and is available at Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Rutvik_Oza. It has now been supported with adequate references. I would be thankful to you if you verify the same. THANKS! BEST STAR 907 (talk) 11:16, 7 February 2013 (IST)

Hi, BEST STAR 907! it appears that your article was declined again. The issue the reviewer raised largely revolves around the "reliability" of your sources. Wikipedia articles generally must be based in sources that meet our WP:RS criteria, which generally revolves around newspapers, magazines, and books that are published by reputable organizations and which have a complete editorial process. While this does not rule out web sources, it does rule out self-published sources, such as this, and probably this, general web sites that don't have an editorial process such as this and this. I understand that it takes some time to make sense of our WP:RS policy if you haven't been working with it before. The only source that I've been able to find that meets WP:RS about Oza only mentions him in passing, which is not enough in the way of sources to meet our general notability guideline. However, I may have missed sources that would meet these criteria. I'm sorry, but without further sources that meet WP:RS and that talk in depth about Oza, it's unlikely that we'll be able to have an article on this interesting fellow. I'm very sorry. --j⚛e decker ^talk 18:13, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK for United States v. 11 1/4 Dozen Packages of Articles Labeled in Part Mrs. Moffat's Shoo-Fly Powders for Drunkenness

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Kudos

Nice work with United States v. 11 1/4 Dozen Packages of Articles Labeled in Part Mrs. Moffat's Shoo-Fly Powders for Drunkenness. J04n(talk page) 18:51, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Hey, thanks! It's great to hear from you, I hope things are well! --j⚛e decker ^talk 19:35, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Gage,_Randy_Paul

Hi, Can I have the article Gage,_Randy_Paul emailed to me or have it userfied.
Thanks,
Zhankus (talk) 03:18, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Done, I dropped a copy in your email. --j⚛e decker ^talk 03:20, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

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Not done --j⚛e decker ^talk 00:32, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Cardboard bicycle picture

Yay! Thanks for finding and adding it. -AndrewDressel (talk) 01:31, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

My pleasure! Thank you! --j⚛e decker ^talk 01:35, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of James Guidice for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article James Guidice is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Guidice until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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I've responded, I agree with the nomination. --j⚛e decker ^talk 04:54, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

RfA: thank you for your support

Joe, please accept my thanks for your kind words and support during my RfA. The objective evaluations of my work by you and several other editors meant a lot. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 05:04, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

My pleasure. Sorry to hear it didn't work out, I missed a lot of the later stages of the RfA. Best, --j⚛e decker ^talk 16:48, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Whale

Smash!

You've been squished by a whale!
Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know you did something really silly.

Don't paste talk page messages on a user page! Cobalion. Setting Justice everywhere.active 16:35, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Well, that was stupid of me! Sorry about that. :) --j⚛e decker ^talk 16:40, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

DJ Dysfunktional deletion

WikiThanks

Thank you for the way you've managed this.--Soulparadox (talk) 07:33, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Oh, thank you, that's very kind, given that I notice you'd tried to work to improve the article. Please let me know if I can ever be of assistance. --j⚛e decker ^talk 07:39, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Deletion review for Heterophobia

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Heterophobia. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review.

Thanks for the note. It would have been appropriate, however, to discuss the deletion with me before filing for DRV, as noted in the first instruction on that page. --j⚛e decker ^talk 23:54, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

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Done --j⚛e decker ^talk 18:32, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Removing interwiki links

You didn't make this edit but then again, you didn't make this one either. You might want to talk to the bots before you start adding material to wikidata and removing it from en. Walter Görlitz (talk) 21:48, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

RubinBot is a known issue (see Wikipedia:Bot_owners'_noticeboard#Wikidata), by doing a handful of articles already on my watchlist (essentially, those I created and one I wanted to do a null edit on anyway), I'm hoping to be able to identify any more slipping by the anti-interwikibot edit filter that's, apparently, already been created. :-) --j⚛e decker ^talk 21:55, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

PS, thanks for the heads up, anyway. ;-) --j⚛e decker ^talk 22:15, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

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Not done I don't think I've much useful to contribute there. --j⚛e decker ^talk 05:41, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

TAFI

Hello,
In the past few days, Today's Articles for Improvement has gone through many changes.

We have modified the process for adding Nominations, which now uses a template/table format and requires only 3 supports for an article to be selected.
There is now a Holding Area, where articles are kept for discussion before being selected for a particular date.
The TAFI schedule now involves adding 10 articles weekly, chosen from a variety of topics.
We now have an Accomplishments page where we will be highlighting our older TAFI articles which have now become quality articles on the Wikipedia.

The Project is almost ready to hit the Main Page, where it will be occupying a section just below "Did you Know" section. Three article from the weekly batch of 7 will be displayed randomly at the main page, the format of which can be seen at the Main Page sandbox. There is also an ongoing discussion at the Main page talk over the final details before we can go forward with the Main Page.

If you have any ideas to discuss with everyone else, please visit the TAFI Talk Page and join in on the ongoing discussions there. You are also invited to add new nominations, and comment and suport on the current ones at the Nominations page. You can also help by helping in the discussions at the Holding Area.

Above all, please do not forget to improve our current Today's Articles for Improvement

Thank you and hoping to have some productive work from you at the Project,
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Home Care Assistance

Dear Joe, I recently decided to do some work on the Home Care Assistance page. I was surprised to see that it didn't exist, and that it had been deleted. I've added some good sources and think it's newsworthy. I'm going to expand it soon but wanted to get some of your input before I do so. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jackp666 (talk • contribs) 00:43, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi JackP666. Thanks for helping to try and improve our encyclopedia! I haven't had a chance to look at this much, but I can provide a little bit of background. The discussion that led to the article being deleted you can read here. The primary issue was the sourcing behind Wikipedia's so-called "notability" rules, which can be found at WP:GNG. Roughly speaking, you want two or more sources, both of which go into depth about the subject (the article that mentions the company twice in passing but doesn't talk much about it doesn't count), from what Wikipedia considers a reliable source (generally a mainstream magazine, published book, or newspaper that *isn't* just a warmed over press release) --the Huffington post blog entry isn't going to help you because of that, and which is written independently from the subject (again, a problem with the blog entry from HuffPo.) And, the article should be written primarily from what those articles that meet all there criteria say, not from personal knowledge, although a few uncontroversial details can usually be filled in from more direct sources (e.g., the year the company was founded, etc.) If the article is nominated for a deletion discussion again, I hope that this explanation will provide helpful. --j⚛e decker ^talk 05:40, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Paul Barresi

Dear Joe, Sorry for this, but I have no other way to reach out to you. For some unknown reason, the editor recently on the Paul Barresi page, slaughtered your accurate and unbiased fine work and decided, as have many other editors favoring the gay aspects of my career, to discount the fact, I was a heterosexual porn star and my first on camera xxx appearance was Coed Fever. Furthermore, this editor who changed much of what you wrote, says I was in an experimental porn film called LA Plays Itself, which I was not. My first film was The Wild Party, shortly after I got out of the military, followed by Playgirl, then Coed Fever and many other straight vids. Maybe you can explore the reason as to why the unfair and inaccurate reporting continues. Moreover, why the page fashions me as a gay porn star, when in fact, I was a straight porn star. My list of credits as a porn star in the straight xxx arena speaks for itself and should be noted first at bottom of page. Also, the list of credits, in the gay porn vids, says I appeared in them, suggesting in sex roles. If I appeared in any gay videos I produced and directed, it was in a speaking role only. Anyway, hope you can help. Regards, Paul Barresi

Hi, I'll take a look at this tonight, sorry for the delay. --j⚛e decker ^talk 15:18, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

May you interested.

May be it is interested to take a look at article Nandini Sahu nomination for 2-deletion discussion, because your were previously involved too. Thanks.Justice007 (talk) 08:48, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
Thank you. Because i was involved there previously in an administrative capacity, I'm going to not get involved in the new discussion, and let other more uninvolved editors make their case. In terms of making your case, you may wish to review WP:IRS and WP:GNG. Have a great day, and best of luck!! --j⚛e decker ^talk 15:27, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

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Done excuse my talk page stalking, you may want to try out this script importScript('User:Anomie/linkclassifier.js'); // Linkback: [[User:Anomie/linkclassifier.js]], it highlights any links to dab pages, I find it very helpful. See you around, J04n(talk page) 11:24, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! (I love talk page stalkers!) --j⚛e decker ^talk 13:29, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Wikidata and Interwiki links

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Please either make sure ALL links are on Wikidata before removing them OR leave the removal of interwiki links to bots.

·Add§hore· ^{Talk To Me!} 15:27, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

I'll drop you a note, I think this was an interwiki link to a deleted article. --j⚛e decker ^talk 15:28, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your kind reply here. I thought I would drop a question here. How can you always be sure that articles from different language Wikipedias can be unambiguously matched? My initial thought is: well, it can't be so simple... Is there a way in Wikidata to match two articles in one language to a single one in another language? For example, for the English "trade secret" article, you have matched it to the French "secret commercial" rather than "secret industriel". But how do you know that this is more appropriate? Maybe it means that the two French articles should be merged. Maybe it means that there is unequivocal match. Cheers, --Edcolins (talk) 14:27, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

My pleasure!

Yep, you are exactly right here, there are cases where there is no possibility of an unambiguous match, where the way one language and culture frames a category is just a tiny bit different than another. Of course, if those framings are very different, we usually just end up with separate Wikidata entries, and if they're very similar, they're usually mapped together, but there are always going to be grey areas. Ontology is messy, sadly.

With regard to trade secret, I went back and looked more, and decided to punt this one upstairs for a community discussion at d:Wikidata:Interwiki_conflicts#Q602938. Merging is definitely one option, I'm just not fluent enough in French to really be sure I have the smell of the distinction being made between the terms in the two FRWIKI articles. --j⚛e decker ^talk 15:18, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Null Bot Main Page purge

Please see WP:BOTREQ#Purging Main Page at regular intervals. Given the discussion since your last comment there, it seems very likely, to me at least, that it would be absurd to request bot approval for a purge at 15 minute intervals. But I would much rather this be part of an admin's documented bot than something that might go away if I get hit by a bus. Please advise at WP:BOTREQ. Thanks. Neo Poz (talk) 22:16, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Cool, I'll take a look. --j⚛e decker ^talk 00:09, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Talkback re: SCOTUS case template

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—[AlanM1(talk)]— 18:59, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Replied there, thanks! --j⚛e decker ^talk 19:26, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Updates posted at Template talk:Infobox SCOTUS case § AlanM12013022601. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 23:21, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Hey, thanks. I see you're talking to MZMcBride, who is going to be of far more help than I'll be able too. Thanks for all your efforts! --j⚛e decker ^talk 01:58, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Disambiguation

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Not done tl;dr --j⚛e decker ^talk 01:56, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Please check

I have made necessary changes to the article Rutvik Oza. I think it has now been supported with adequate references. I would be thankful to you if you verify the same. THANKS! BEST STAR 907 talk 23:00, 22 February 2013 (IST)

Hi, sorry I haven't gotten back to you. I'll let one of the folks well-versed in AfC reviewing give the news, but I still believe, as we discussed before, that some of those aren't really up to what we ask for at WP:RS, although several look better. Also, you've got some formatting errors, if you want to use the syntax that uses square brackets and has a URL to begin with, you'll need to be sure to include the http:// or https:// on each URL, or it won't work properly. Hope this helps! --j⚛e decker ^talk 02:01, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

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Done --j⚛e decker ^talk 01:51, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

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Not done --j⚛e decker ^talk 15:20, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Bloomex

Hello Joe, I am owner of Bloomex, the floral company operating in Canada, Australia and USA. We employ 200+ people and do quite a volume in floral deliveries. We have an article on Wikipedia, which does not reflect the truth about company or operations mainly due to efforts of CliffC and bots he creates. Any success to combat him are ineffecgtive due to his experience as Wikipedia editor and obvious luck of interest from Wikipedia public to Bloomex. You are very trusted and experienced editor and I would like to ask your help in either removing article completely or leaving it with set of true facts reflecting many years of work, customers we served and dedication and hard work of employees. Sincerely

Dimitri Lokhonia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dimitri Lokhonia (talk • contribs) 19:57, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Hi Dimitri, ... I'm afraid I won't be able to help this time around, I'm about to be away from Wikipedia for a long enough period of time that you'll probably want to look elsewhere. I certainly hear your concerns about WP:UNDUE, I expect that discussing this and reaching a conclusion will take more time than I can provide. Best of luck, --j⚛e decker ^talk 21:13, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

I know you're away, but before you get trapped into his scheme of misusing WP:UNDUE, note that a vast vast majority of sources only cover the controversy. In this way, it would be not giving due weight to not have a majority of the article about the controversies. If you'd like to see my longer response, it's here. Thanks. gwickwire^talk_editing 21:12, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

Perhaps I overspoke--the concern the original poster was expressing was more or less an UNDUE complaint, as it was written. I intended to express empathy for it, rather than endorsing it, I'd want to spend some real time looking at what information exists and such before I made any conclusions whatsoever there. If I get more time away from driving and sleeping the next few days, I'll take a look, thanks. Cheers, --Joe Decker (alt) (talk) 02:59, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

If you don't want to, you don't have to. I can assure you that there is no issue, other than the user wishing to have the controversies his company has erased from the internet. That won't happen. He doesn't listen, and forum shops for other people to try to get a favorable response when he's been told by many now that it's not going to happen. Thanks though :) Have a nice trip. gwickwire^talk_editing 03:16, 5 March 2013 (UTC)