User talk:Kbabej/Archive 2

Talk:Speaking Moistly

You are right. I did not WP:AGF on your part at Talk:Speaking Moistly. I apologize.--Darryl Kerrigan (talk) 04:19, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

@Darryl Kerrigan: Thanks for reaching out. I appreciate it. And you were right, I was being snarky, so I apologize for that. --Kbabej (talk) 01:24, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Gavin Grimm draft article

Hi - I noticed that you started a draft of an article on Gavin Grimm (which is currently a redirect), but haven't updated it in a couple of years. Are you still planning to post it? I think there's certainly enough for a full article (his case was just in the news again today), and there a few photos of Gavin (mostly taken by me) on Commons. Funcrunch (talk) 04:50, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

@Funcrunch: Hello! I had totally forgotten about that draft. I hadn't planned on posting it myself, but if you'd like to work off it and post, be my guest. Good luck! --Kbabej (talk) 15:04, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

Camille Cosby

Hello:

The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Camille Cosby has been completed.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Best of luck with the GAN moving forward.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 13:01, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

@Twofingered Typist: Thank you for the copy edit; I very much appreciate it! --Kbabej (talk) 15:02, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

Statue of Melania Trump

Thoughts you might be interested in Statue of Melania Trump. Happy editing! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 13:41, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

Stan VanderWerf - Wikipedia Page

Hi! I'm working on the Stan VanderWerf page and wanted to make sure it meets the requirements for Wikipedia. I'm relatively new in contributing to Wikipedia and my interest is in learning how to create good living biography pages. I hope to create more biographies that can help people find factual information about significant people who are contributing to the community at large. I would greatly appreciate any tips you can give!

Currently, I'm working on citations that will meet the General notability guidelines. Also, gathering citations to show that Mr. VanderWerf is major local political figures who has received significant press coverage. On the page, I noticed that there are some problems with local citations. I'm now working to find more prominent, recognized articles.

Mr. VanderWerf is a highly decorated veteran. I'm working to place his military decorations into the article as factual support.

I noticed that some of the verbiage used is considered promotional, which I'm adjusting now. I've been reading the guidelines closely and I'm working to make sure that I meet those guidelines in the articles I create.

I would appreciate any tips you can give me to better this article. I'm using other living biographies like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Cotton as guides to creating a good biography page.

Is there anything specifically I can be working on to help this page? Your expertise helps so much!

Thank you, for your insight! It's much appreciated!

PeytonRose (talk) 18:19, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

• Hi PeytonRose, can you explain why your original version appears to have been largely copied from a promotional website [1]? Thank you, 73.186.215.222 (talk) 01:59, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi! 73.186.215.222 My original intention was to get the page started because I'd like to begin recognizing Military Veterans who have served and received Medals of Honor in Active Duty and then went on to make contributions in society. The information looked relevant, although it was promotional. So I attempted to delete any promotional language and start citing authoritative information. Several wiki editors have helped with this page since I created it. I haven't created a living biography before. So the info I found looked like a solid place to start. The page looks like it has become much more encyclopedic since its first iteration. PeytonRose (talk) 16:58, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

I've responded here [2]. 73.186.215.222 (talk) 21:56, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

ANI discussion

There’s a discussion at WP:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#serious issue with another user that may involve you. Gleeanon409 (talk) 01:44, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

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Request

Greetings dear...you have a very good understanding of Wiki policies and have also voted at Afd's for many Royalty related articles. I would appreciate if you could provide your opinion on this discussion. Best regards 185.205.141.123 (talk) 06:02, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

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Deletion

Could you help https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Tzahi_(Zack)_Weisfeld — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.12.242.111 (talk) 12:44, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Camille Cosby

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Camille Cosby you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Gerald Waldo Luis -- Gerald Waldo Luis (talk) 17:21, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

@Gerald Waldo Luis: Thank you! I’m so excited about this. It’s my first GA nomination! I’m willing to make any updates or recommendations suggested. —Kbabej (talk) 17:33, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

Kbabej, I've placed one concern at the GA page. I'll slowly put more things in the page, so please add it to the watchlist. Note that my time zone is UTC+7. This is a relatively short article, and I hope to have the results up in seven days. Good luck! GeraldWL 08:23, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Camille Cosby

The article Camille Cosby you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Camille Cosby for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Gerald Waldo Luis -- Gerald Waldo Luis (talk) 05:21, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

Office of the Former President

Thank you for taking the time to expand on this article. Hopefully it would stop some edit warring. Equine-man (talk) 23:34, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

@Equine-man: Thank you, I appreciate that! As more info comes out on the office, I'm sure it'll get beefed up pretty quickly. --Kbabej (talk) 23:35, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

Brandman University Edit

Thought you might be interested in updating your info about Brandman University as they will rebrand to University of Massachusetts Global soon! Here are some references: .https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/06/17/umass-onlines-grand-plan-partnership-brandman https://www.masslive.com/coronavirus/2020/06/university-of-massachusetts-scaling-up-online-learning-partners-with-californias-brandman-university-on-adult-education.html https://www.highereddive.com/news/umass-partners-with-brandman-to-expand-online/580047/ https://www.umb.edu/news/detail/umass_to_expand_online_educational_opportunities_for_adults_through_strategic_partnership_between_umass_online_and_brandman_university https://www.brandman.edu/about-brandman/umassglobalfaqs https://www.brandman.edu/news-and-events/news/chapman-university-announces-strategic-partnership-between--umass-online-and-brandman-university — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.129.5.131 (talk) 15:51, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

April Fools Joke

WHY DID YOU DELETE MY APRIL FOOLS JOKE FOR COMEDIAN?!?!?!?! (Personal attack removed) — Preceding unsigned comment added by FrontRoadGirls (talk • contribs) 21:05, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Please see WP:FOOLS, I also advise reviewing our civility policy, bearing in mind that personal attacks are never acceptable. Cheers 2A03:F80:32:194:71:227:81:1 (talk) 21:11, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Copy edit for Hilaria Baldwin

I have finished up the copy edit you requested for Hilaria Baldwin. The prose looked pretty good, but I cleaned up the citation formatting and made a few tweaks for MOS compliance. Hopefully this proves helpful. – Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 20:27, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

@Lord Bolingbroke: Thank you for taking the time to do this; it's much appreciated! --Kbabej (talk) 22:14, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

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Bobbi Kristina Brown

Hello:

The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Bobbi Kristina Brown has been completed.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Best of luck with the GAN.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 14:19, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

@Twofingered Typist: Thank you! Very much appreciated! --Kbabej (talk) 15:07, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Bobbi Kristina Brown

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Bobbi Kristina Brown you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Vaticidalprophet -- Vaticidalprophet (talk) 04:41, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

@Vaticidalprophet: Thank you very much! I'm very open to feedback and will address whatever points are raised. Kbabej (talk) 04:43, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

Email

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Proposed deletion of Hamunaptra

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This notice was left for me but I'm copying it to you since you actually started the article. Hut 8.5 18:00, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Hilaria Baldwin

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Hilaria Baldwin you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Haleth -- Haleth (talk) 15:21, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

@Haleth: Thank you for taking this on! I appreciate it. Looking forward to the process. --Kbabej (talk) 15:23, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

Long time no see

Its been a minute I haven’t seen you around and you were on mind last week I intended to checkup on you. It’s great to see you around. Hope all is well on your side. Celestina007 (talk) 21:01, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

@Celestina007: Great to hear from you! How are you doing? I haven't been online as much, but have two articles up at GAN so will be editing whatever suggestions come out of those this weekend for sure. What are you working on lately? --Kbabej (talk) 21:39, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

(Pinky and the Brain) “same-thing we do every night; “maintaining the integrity of the encyclopedia” I also have an article 1996 Otokoto riots which I nominated for GA whilst awaiting further instructions, it’s a good read. Honestly, it’s great to have you back kbabej. Celestina007 (talk) 21:59, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Hilaria Baldwin

The article Hilaria Baldwin you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Hilaria Baldwin for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Haleth -- Haleth (talk) 01:21, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Hilaria Baldwin

The article Hilaria Baldwin you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Hilaria Baldwin for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Haleth -- Haleth (talk) 17:41, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

Congrats! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 17:47, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, and a big thanks to Haleth for their guidance. --Kbabej (talk) 19:35, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started

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Thank you for creating Jacqueline Jackson.

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September reviews

It seems like your GAN for Bobbi Brown is listed for a longer time than my GAN nomination for the music group BTS. If you could do the review for the BTS article then I could offer to do the review for your nomination to try to move the articles forward. What do you think? ErnestKrause (talk) 20:06, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

• @ErnestKrause: To be honest, I haven't reviewed an article for GAN before. I can look into how to do it, though. Sounds like it could be a good opportunity for me to expand my WP knowledge. I'm down! I'll try and start it tomorrow. Kbabej (talk) 16:37, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
• @ErnestKrause: Hello again. I looked over the article, and found this discussion where more experienced editors than I came to the conclusion the article was basically a "quick fail" because you had not contributed substantially to it. At that time, Nkon21 pointed out you had "contributed 0.1% to the total content of the page". When I checked just now, your edits are 0.3% authorship on the page (as of writing this). Maybe I'm confused, but why are you bringing this article to GAN? --Kbabej (talk) 20:27, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Gigi Goode Name

Howdy, I saw you undid my edit on Goode's page about their name, do you have a link where she says to use Gigi as her name from now on? On most of the articles I have been reading, they use the name "Samuel Steven Geggie" but don't want to use that if that's incorrect. Thank you, I don't want to dead-name them!

Mare Micksen (talk) 02:28, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

@Mare Micksen: Do you have any RS using that name after Goode came out as trans? Because unless they stated they’re still using that name, it’s almost certainly a dead name. —Kbabej (talk) 02:31, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

@Kbabej: After I posted on your page I found some sources that support she is legally changing her name "I identify as a trans/nonbinary person and I prefer she/her pronouns," Goode said, stipulating that she is legally changing her name to Gigi which is a long and strenuous process." https://www.out.com/drag/2021/8/29/drag-races-gigi-goode-just-came-out-trans-discusses-transition so you were right my bad. Would it be appropriate to include their birth name as a born as part, such as how it is on Caitlyn Jenner's page? "Caitlyn Marie Jenner (born William Bruce Jenner, October 28, 1949) is an American media personality and retired Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caitlyn_Jenner . Thank you!

@Mare Micksen: Thanks for looking that up. The policy you’re thinking of is MOS:GENDERID, which states it’s only included if someone is notable under that name. That wouldn’t be the case for Gigi. No one knows them under the dead name. —Kbabej (talk) 03:52, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

@Kbabej: ah thank you, will have to read up on that. Sounds good will leave as is.

@Mare Micksen: Thanks for trying to improve the article! If you need help with anything just ask. --Kbabej (talk) 18:35, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

Nomination of Timothy J. Edens for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Timothy J. Edens 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/Timothy J. Edens (3rd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, 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.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.

Eastmain (talk • contribs) 17:26, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

@Eastmain: Hello. Thanks for the heads up on this, but I really don't have a vested interest in the article. I think I made one minor edit to it since creation. Cheers! --Kbabej (talk) 17:29, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

Robert Durst

You are completely wrong not including the news today that Durst has COVID-19 and is on a ventilator in the top section. Completely. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.49.110.206 (talk) 04:46, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello, @68.49.110.206: I manually reverted the changes to the lead based on WP:RECENTISM, which states WP needs to be balanced and not inflated with breaking news stories. That is the definition of a breaking news story, and it is already covered in the 'personal life' section. --Kbabej (talk) 15:21, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

The fact he does have COVID-19 and on a ventilator, combined with his numerous co-morbidity (2 kinds of cancer, water on the brain) makes this more than just breaking news. It's highly likely he'll die and relatively soon. I suppose you'll consider that breaking news also..... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.49.110.206 (talk) 21:46, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

@68.49.110.206: I would encourage you to read MOS:LEAD, which states (in part) "The lead serves as an introduction to the article and a summary of its most important contents. It is not a news-style lead or "lede" paragraph... The lead should stand on its own as a concise overview of the article's topic." The lead section is not for rapidly changing news that frequently needs to be updated. I would also encourage you to open a talk page discussion on the Robert Durst article here if you do not agree; I'm definitely not the arbiter of all WP content. Other editors may agree with you. Cheers! --Kbabej (talk) 22:07, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

"It gives the basics in a nutshell of the article....As a general rule of thumb, a lead section should contain no more than four well-composed paragraphs"

A basic is he's dying. There are only two paragraphs in the lead section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.49.110.206 (talk) 22:15, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

Please stop undoing cited information in the Michael Bates article

I understand you may have some admiration of Michael Bates and Sealand,(as evident by you including his utterly unrecognized "royal titles"), but Sealand is not only unrecognized by every nation on earth, but is also specifically denoted as unrecognized by almost every source about Sealand, with the BBC specifically stating "Such nostalgia of a place shouldn’t dilute the complexities of Sealand’s contested geopolitical circumstances. No country formally recognises Sealand, even if Prince Michael says the micronation has never asked for recognition." Michael Bates is not a sovereign, and Sealand is not even a micronation according to any metric giving that kind of claim legitimacy.

Chastizement (talk) 05:33, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

@Chastizement: Where are you getting that "Sealand is not even a micronation..."? Have you looked at the Sealand article? There's almost a dozen sources on that page alone (as of this writing) that refer to the subject as a micronation. The WP micronation article states "A micronation expresses a formal and persistent if unrecognized claim of sovereignty over some physical territory". By definition, Sealand matches that, and to say "unrecognized micronation" is redundant. --Kbabej (talk) 20:16, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Information in articles is not required to be independently notable

Please do not remove information from articles only because the information is not notable. WP:N explicitly says: "The notability guideline does not determine the content of articles, but only whether the topic should have its own article." Items in embedded lists also do not have to be independently notable. WP:LISTBIO makes this explicit: "Inclusion in lists contained within articles should be determined by WP:SOURCELIST, in that the entries must have the same importance to the subject as would be required for the entry to be included in the text of the article according to Wikipedia policies and guidelines..."

Thanks! ElKevbo (talk) 00:49, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

@ElKevbo: Can you point to the article and information you're referencing? Most all the material removed today is not in any way appropriate, with people adding themselves and friends onto alumni lists. Are you talking about edits like this? --Kbabej (talk) 00:50, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

Many of your recent edits have done this. A few examples include this, this, this, and this, among many others. I acknowledge that some of those are not well-formatted but many of the sources are perfectly acceptable. Except for stand-alone list articles, it is inappropriate to remove information from an article only because it's not notable. Please stop. ElKevbo (talk) 00:57, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

I have no specific objection to removal of unsourced information, notable or not. ElKevbo (talk) 00:58, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

I will open a discussion on the Education portal about this, but in the meantime I'll take the suggestion and just remove unsourced additions of NN alumni. --Kbabej (talk) 23:39, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

You are welcome to open a discussion but "Consensus among a limited group of editors, at one place and time, cannot override community consensus on a wider scale. For instance, unless they can convince the broader community that such action is right, participants in a WikiProject cannot decide that some generally accepted policy or guideline does not apply to articles within its scope." ElKevbo (talk) 23:49, 13 November 2021 (UTC)