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This week's article for improvement (week 14, 2018)

Camp Ciara is a military base and home to the Irish battalion in the UN Mission in Chad and the Central African Republic, MINURCAT.
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Administrators' newsletter – April 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2018).

Administrator changes

added 331dot • Cordless Larry • ClueBot NG
removed Gogo Dodo • Pb30 • Sebastiankessel • Seicer • SoLando

Guideline and policy news

  • Administrators who have been desysopped due to inactivity are now required to have performed at least one (logged) administrative action in the past 5 years in order to qualify for a resysop without going through a new RfA.
  • Editors who have been found to have engaged in sockpuppetry on at least two occasions after an initial indefinite block, for whatever reason, are now automatically considered banned by the community without the need to start a ban discussion.
  • The notability guideline for organizations and companies has been substantially rewritten following the closure of this request for comment. Among the changes, the guideline more clearly defines the sourcing requirements needed for organizations and companies to be considered notable.
  • The six-month autoconfirmed article creation trial (ACTRIAL) ended on 14 March 2018. The post-trial research report has been published. A request for comment is now underway to determine whether the restrictions from ACTRIAL should be implemented permanently.

Technical news

Arbitration

  • The Arbitration Committee is considering a change to the discretionary sanctions procedures which would require an editor to appeal a sanction to the community at WP:AE or WP:AN prior to appealing directly to the Arbitration Committee at WP:ARCA.

Miscellaneous

  • A discussion has closed which concluded that administrators are not required to enable email, though many editors suggested doing so as a matter of best practice.
  • The Foundations' Anti-Harassment Tools team has released the Interaction Timeline. This shows a chronologic history for two users on pages where they have both made edits, which may be helpful in identifying sockpuppetry and investigating editing disputes.
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National Statuary Hall Collection

I found it confusing to have the American Statuary Hall reference, without at least “see also”. The template is about the collection, not the Hall. Anyone clicking on the heading will get a reference to the Hall right away. Anyway, I’m not happy with you having put it back, as I think it has a negative effect (causing confusion). deisenbe (talk) 09:31, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

My original edit. My reasoning was that the Hall is directly related to the topic, and having it on the template adds to the map of information available on Wikipedia about the collection, and, importantly, it allows the template to be on the National Statuary Hall page (some stickers remove templates if the topic isn't listed). The main concern I had looking at the template was solved by AB, moving the "Other" section to after the main statue collection list. Good template. Does it need a small but defining image? Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 11:30, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
@Deisenbe: Thanks for commenting here. Actually, I had reverted to a previous version of the template to add back List of sculptures in the National Statuary Hall Collection, and wasn't specifically focused on the NSH article. However, I agree with User:Randy Kryn, I think the article is directly related to the collection and worth keeping. I suggest we move this discussion to the template talk page. ---Another Believer (Talk) 15:02, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you

for fixing John Campbell Greenway (Borglum) in all sorts of ways. On last Wednesday (the day before yesterday) I decided to track the statue down, which I did and was informed that as far as anyone knew, I was the first person to come and visit the archives just to see the statue. Also the first person who had heard of John Greenway, or of Gutzon Borglum for that matter. Life is good. The picture of the Tucson one was from a dozen years ago. Carptrash (talk) 23:55, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

@Carptrash: No problem! I've enjoyed working on this group of articles, and I can't believe how close we are to having entries for all current and former statues in the collection! ---Another Believer (Talk) 00:08, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of 2018 San Bruno, California shooting for deletion

Resolved

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article 2018 San Bruno, California shooting 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/2018 San Bruno, California shooting 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.

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. wumbolo ^^^ 21:00, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Premature nomination... ---Another Believer (Talk) 21:18, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Barnstars

A barnstar for you!

The Barnstar of Diligence
Good job on the article about the YouTube Shooting! TheRealWeatherMan (talk) 22:17, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
@TheRealWeatherMan: Why, thank you! ---Another Believer (Talk) 22:18, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Teamwork Barnstar
Great teamwork on 2018 YouTube headquarters shooting!! I appreciate how collaborative and responsive you are! -- Dane talk 22:38, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
@Dane: Wow, thank you! 2 in one day... ---Another Believer (Talk) 22:39, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
You are an awesome Wikipedian LegendBalr (talk) 10:33, 8 July 2018 (UTC)
Thank you! ---Another Believer (Talk) 16:29, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon (April 13, University of Oregon)

On Friday, April 13 (3pm to 6pm), the University of Oregon will be hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to create and improve Wikipedia articles about art and feminism. You can learn more at the Dashboard page, or our Wikipedia meetup page. Tutorials for new editors, reference materials, and snacks will be provided. Please bring your laptop, power cord and ideas for entries that need updating or creation. For the editing-averse, we urge you to stop by to show your support and have snacks! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:01, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 15, 2018)

Natural sponges for sale at a market in Crete
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Sponge (material)

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WP:Politics task force

I'm trying to start a Gun Politics task force within WP:Politics (see proposal here), but there doesn't seem to be much activity within the project right now. Do you know where I might find help or information about setting up the page, building templates, etc? –dlthewave ☎ 02:21, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

@Dlthewave: I've set up several WikiProject, but mostly just by copying what I saw at other WikiProjects. I'm not sure if there are any tools/resources at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council or Wikipedia:WikiProject X, but you might ask for help at one or both of those pages. ---Another Believer (Talk) 03:28, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

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Review trade

Hi there. Noticed you've just nominated March for Our Lives Portland for GAN in the 'Culture, sociology and psychology' section. My nomination in that section, Death of Ms Dhu, is directly above yours. Feel like a trade? Or if you'd like to review something more protest related, I've got Riot shield nominated for GAN as well haha. No worries if you're too busy or not interested though. Just start a review for one if you're interested and I'll review yours in return. Freikorp (talk) 22:38, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

@Freikorp: Thanks for the trade offer, and I do wish I could reciprocate, but I do not complete Good article reviews. I hope someone else can review your articles sooner than later. ---Another Believer (Talk) 23:38, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

OneClickArchiver

@WWGB: You might not know how to help, and that's fine, but I have OneClickArchiver installed but I never see the option to archive talk page sections, and I'm not sure why. I've tried to get help here, but still can't tell what's wrong. I saw you use the tool recently and I really wish I could figure this out. Any ideas? Is there something you do to pages before archiving talk page sections? This tool used to work for me, but I have not been able to use it in a long time. ---Another Believer (Talk) 02:03, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

Did you follow the process described in the "Installation" section at User:Technical 13/Scripts/OneClickArchiver? It worked for me. I can't help with technical information, you might have to place Template:Help me on your talk page. Regards, WWGB (talk) 02:36, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
@WWGB: I did. Ok, no problem, thanks for replying. ---Another Believer (Talk) 02:51, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

@SounderBruce: Pinging you as well, on the off chance you have any ideas or suggestions. ---Another Believer (Talk) 02:03, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

@Deli nk: Pinging you as well, in case you have any ideas as a user of OneClickArchiver. ---Another Believer (Talk) 14:54, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Sorry, I wish I could help but this is all I did. Deli nk (talk) 15:00, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
Gah, ok, thanks. ---Another Believer (Talk) 15:01, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Help

Hello. Help add image to the article Maureen Wroblewitz. Thanks you very much. 27.68.85.208 (talk) 02:49, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

I can't, but I added an "image needed" tag to the article's talk page. Take care. ---Another Believer (Talk) 02:51, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
You can help me to add content to this article? Thanks you. 27.68.85.208 (talk) 02:53, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
Sorry, I'm not particularly interested and I'm working on other topics. ---Another Believer (Talk) 02:53, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 16, 2018)

Spanish transition to democracy – People waiting to vote in the 1977 general election in Toledo, Spain. The 1977 general election was the first free election since February 1936.
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March for Our Lives Portland

@Baffle gab1978: Thank you! ---Another Believer (Talk) 04:17, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

March for Our Lives Portland AfD

Resolved

I wanted to notify you that I've created an AfD discussion related to March for Our Lives Portland, [[1]]. Springee (talk) 23:13, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

That's too bad, but thanks for the heads up. ---Another Believer (Talk) 00:21, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of March for Our Lives Portland for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article March for Our Lives Portland 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/March for Our Lives Portland (2nd nomination) 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.

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. wumbolo ^^^ 22:10, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

*sigh* ---Another Believer (Talk) 22:16, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of March for Our Lives Portland

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article March for Our Lives Portland 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 Courcelles -- Courcelles (talk) 14:01, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of March for Our Lives Portland

The article March for Our Lives Portland 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:March for Our Lives Portland for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Courcelles -- Courcelles (talk) 00:02, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of March for Our Lives Portland

The article March for Our Lives Portland you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:March for Our Lives Portland for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Courcelles -- Courcelles (talk) 16:21, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

@Courcelles: Thank you for reviewing the article. ---Another Believer (Talk) 18:12, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

Books & Bytes - Issue 27

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Portland Youth Philharmonic

I left some clarify tags in there for you. Let me know if you have any questions. A pleasure, as always. – Jonesey95 (talk) 18:07, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

@Jonesey95: Thank you! ---Another Believer (Talk) 19:03, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 17, 2018)

The Wikipedia Fried potatoes article is presently a Disambiguation page that has been identified as qualifying for a standalone article.
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Fried potatoes

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Can't Live Without You

I thought you might be interested. Take a look at what I did with this redirect and with the hatnote on "I Can't Live Without You". There might be a better way to do both of these.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 20:56, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

@Vchimpanzee: Thanks for the heads up. ---Another Believer (Talk) 21:09, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
So no changes have been made. I assume you approve then.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 13:21, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
I prefer disambiguation pages be for one phrase, not multiple, but I don't feel too strongly about this. ---Another Believer (Talk) 14:32, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
I get it, but I didn't see any other solution. It would have made a mess on the redirect target page. Going to different pages for similar titles when you don't know which one is the right one is too confusing.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 18:00, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

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Drafting articles

Hello,

I noticed your article Cannabis policy of the Barack Obama administration. It appears to be quite short at the moment (and may fail WP:GNG). Although you're the more experienced editor, I'd like to suggest that you work on this as a draft and expand it before moving it to the mainspace. LittlePuppers (talk) 00:43, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

@LittlePuppers: Thanks, but an active work in progress. ---Another Believer (Talk) 00:44, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
Sure, I realize that it's a work in progress (which is why I didn't immediately tag it with something or another or nominate for CSD). Is there any consensus about drafting in the userspace/namespace/articlespace - it's coming along quite nicely as we speak, however I'd argue that something starting as a one-sentence, two-citation piece shouldn't be immediately in the article namespace. LittlePuppers (talk) 00:51, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
Ok, thanks for the suggestion. ---Another Believer (Talk) 00:52, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
No problem - it technically passes GNG now with 4 sources, so it just needs some expansion (which you're working on). If you don't want to create it as a draft, you could also just spend a few more minutes on it before publishing (which is what I did with my first article - though I doubt I knew the draft namespace existed back then). Either way, contributing something is better than nothing. LittlePuppers (talk) 01:02, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
Thanks, you've made your point, and I agree, something > nothing. ---Another Believer (Talk) 01:03, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

Obama policies vs personal use

Do you think List of United States politicians who have acknowledged cannabis use and Choom Gang are worth mentioning at the Obama policies article? ☆ Bri (talk) 00:48, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

@Bri: I would actually pose this question on the article's talk page. I have a feeling this one might get some attention from other editors. Someone has already posted above. IMO, neither of these links are specifically about his administration. Perhaps this article will grow to a point where background context might be appropriate, but I think for now we should focus on his presidency. ---Another Believer (Talk) 00:50, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
I'm scratching my head over this one. The acknowledged drug use of Clinton, Obama and Bush (43) seem to be relevant to their policies and highlight the fact that they are a new generation from the WWII veteran era presidents. ☆ Bri (talk) 17:46, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
@Bri: Ok, feel free to update the article appropriately! :) ---Another Believer (Talk) 21:49, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

New version of Oak Park rink photo

Resolved

I took and uploaded a new version of File:Oaks Park Roller Skating Rink, 2018 - 1.jpg. If you like it less than yours, you can revert my upload, and I won't be offended. The weather was perfect for a more dramatic photo. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:46, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

@Jonesey95: I love your image, but if you don't mind, I'd prefer to keep mine as well. Are you ok if I revert, but then you can upload using a different name? ---Another Believer (Talk) 21:50, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
Go ahead. Yours is good too! – Jonesey95 (talk) 21:57, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
@Jonesey95:  Done Thanks, ---Another Believer (Talk) 21:57, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
@Jonesey95: I do hope you upload your version, too, and feel free to update the article accordingly. :) ---Another Believer (Talk) 22:00, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 18, 2018)

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Paul Anka

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Nomination of Vanessa Vanjie Mateo for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Vanessa Vanjie Mateo 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/Vanessa Vanjie Mateo 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.

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. Lupine453 (talk) 01:55, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

Redirects for discussion

Accelerate (Ariana Grande song) listed at Redirects for discussion

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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Accelerate (Ariana Grande song). Since you had some involvement with the Accelerate (Ariana Grande song) redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. I've also listed seven others. Ss112 13:45, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

South Will Rise Again listed at Redirects for discussion

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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect South Will Rise Again. Since you had some involvement with the South Will Rise Again redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Oiyarbepsy (talk) 23:27, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

May 2018

Information icon Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but you recently removed maintenance templates from Reunion (Westworld). When removing maintenance templates, please be sure to either resolve the problem that the template refers to, or give a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Please see Help:Maintenance template removal for further information on when maintenance templates should or should not be removed. If this was a mistake, don't worry, as your removal of this template has been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. -- AlexTW 03:46, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

*smh* ---Another Believer (Talk) 18:08, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

"Journey into Night"

AfC notification: Draft:Journey into Night has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Journey into Night.
Thanks! Netoholic @ 05:48, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
Thanks! ---Another Believer (Talk) 18:20, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Journey into Night has been accepted

Journey into Night, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. If your account is more than four days old and you have made at least 10 edits you can create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.

Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!

Netoholic @ 17:05, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
@Netoholic: Thanks! ---Another Believer (Talk) 18:08, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018 May newsletter

The second round of the 2018 WikiCup has now finished. Most contestants who advanced to the next round scored upwards of 100 points, but two with just 10 points managed to scrape through into round 3. Our top scorers in the last round were:

  • Scotland Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with three featured articles
  • Republic of Texas Iazyges, with nine good articles and lots of bonus points
  • India Yashthepunisher, a first time contestant, with two featured lists
  • Cascadia (independence movement) SounderBruce, a finalist last year, with seventeen good topic articles
  • United States Usernameunique, a first time contestant, with fourteen DYKs
  • San Francisco Muboshgu, a seasoned competitor, with three ITNs and
  • South Carolina Courcelles, another first time contestant, with twenty-seven GARs

So far contestants have achieved twelve featured articles between them and a splendid 124 good articles. Commendably, 326 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2018 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met; most of the GARs are fine, but a few have been a bit skimpy.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:10, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2018).

Administrator changes

added None
removed Chochopk • Coffee • Gryffindor • Jimp • Knowledge Seeker • Lankiveil • Peridon • Rjd0060

Guideline and policy news

  • The ability to create articles directly in mainspace is now indefinitely restricted to autoconfirmed users.
  • A proposal is being discussed which would create a new "event coordinator" right that would allow users to temporarily add the "confirmed" flag to new user accounts and to create many new user accounts without being hindered by a rate limit.

Technical news

  • AbuseFilter has received numerous improvements, including an OOUI overhaul, syntax highlighting, ability to search existing filters, and a few new functions. In particular, the search feature can be used to ensure there aren't existing filters for what you need, and the new equals_to_any function can be used when checking multiple namespaces. One major upcoming change is the ability to see which filters are the slowest. This information is currently only available to those with access to Logstash.
  • When blocking anonymous users, a cookie will be applied that reloads the block if the user changes their IP. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. This currently only occurs when hard-blocking accounts.
  • The block notice shown on mobile will soon be more informative and point users to a help page on how to request an unblock, just as it currently does on desktop.
  • There will soon be a calendar widget at Special:Block, making it easier to set expiries for a specific date and time.

Arbitration

Obituaries

  • Lankiveil (Craig Franklin) passed away in mid-April. Lankiveil joined Wikipedia on 12 August 2004 and became an administrator on 31 August 2008. During his time with the Wikimedia community, Lankiveil served as an oversighter for the English Wikipedia and as president of Wikimedia Australia.
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Speedy deletion nominations

Speedy deletion nomination of City Liquidators

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A tag has been placed on City Liquidators requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a company, corporation or organization, but it does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. {{u|zchrykng}} {T|C} 22:22, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

Not necessary... ---Another Believer (Talk) 23:56, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of User talk:SounderBruce/Sandbox/Martin Luther King Jr. Way (Seattle)

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A tag has been placed on User talk:SounderBruce/Sandbox/Martin Luther King Jr. Way (Seattle) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

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@SounderBruce: I'm curious how/why this notification appeared on my talk page. Thanks! ---Another Believer (Talk) 02:54, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
I don't have the faintest clue. Maybe Twinkle got confused and tried to ping the nearest available talk page. SounderBruce 02:57, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
@SounderBruce: No worries! Perhaps because I was first to contribute to the talk page. ---Another Believer (Talk) 03:01, 2 June 2018 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Ma Prem Hasya

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I've recreated -- she is definitely notable. ---Another Believer (Talk) 15:48, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

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Another Believer
 
Editor of the Week
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A Ten year veteran with over 250000 edits with 55% in Mainspace. He has created over 4500 new pages and always uses the edit summary. The first repeat Editor of the Week having received one exactly 5 years ago. Always displays the positive interactions that result in a better encyclopedia. It would be a difficult task to find a more deserving Editor of the Week.
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Not My Presidents Day
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User:Buster7 submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

Surprisingly, Another Believer was Editor of the Week 5 years ago. Since then he has amassed over 250000 edits with 55% in Mainspace, created over 4500 new pages and always, always, always uses the edit summary to explain his actions. Discussions, consultations, deliberations and concessions are the benchmarks of editors working toward a common goal. One of the more challenging editing tasks is to manage and manipulate input into an article that is in flux, an article that is developing daily. Such an article was the recent March For Our Lives. Another Believer was one of a team of editors that came together and worked on the maps before, during, and after the event and did a fantastic job. One need only look at Talk:March For Our Lives#Maps to see the positive interactions that resulted in a timely addition to the encyclopedia. It would be a difficult task to find a more deserving Editor of the Week.

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@Buster7: Wow, thank you so much! The first two-time recipient? I'm honored. ---Another Believer (Talk) 16:20, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

Congratulations! Erick (talk) 17:13, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

  • It is not 'surprising' at all but very well deserved, congrats. C. W. Gilmore (talk) 17:53, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

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@Bobo.03: Can you email me your questions for feedback, and I'll see if I can offer some helpful insight and suggestions? ---Another Believer (Talk) 00:09, 15 May 2018 (UTC)
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This week's article for improvement (week 19, 2018)

The entrance of Kerobokan Prison
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Before making redirects

Like Stay Open and the other two you made for that name, can you please make sure the song or whatever the title of the thing you're creating a redirect for is mentioned by name at the target article? Otherwise this can look like WP:OR. I'm sure you're aware it's a common feature of WP:RFD discussions that one of the reasons for deletion can be if it is not mentioned by name at the target article. Even if it's been confirmed by a musician or you've seen another editor add it in on another article, it needs to be mentioned at the target, so please make sure it's mentioned there by name or sourced where you're pointing it to in future. Thanks. Ss112 00:30, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

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@Umimmak: Thanks for the reminder. ---Another Believer (Talk) 22:44, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 20, 2018)

A view of the Sargasso art installation at the BCE Place for Luminato arts festival in 2011
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Free Melania

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sigh. ---Another Believer (Talk) 14:14, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of Free Melania for deletion

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... again... ---Another Believer (Talk) 15:40, 26 June 2018 (UTC)

Your input would be appreciated

Hey Another Believer, you're involved in music articles quite a bit, so if you get time, could you maybe add your opinion to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Albums/Album article style guide#"Production" should be restored? It's about the use of "production" over "producer" in personnel sections. Thanks if you can. Ss112 02:13, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

@Ss112: I hadn't given "producer" vs. "production" much thought before. I definitely see your point -- "production" is more in line with "engineering" and "mixing", but I also kind of see Walter's point that "production", at least to me, does sometimes include engineering, mixing, etc., and the producer role is more than this. I think I'll give this some thought, see how other editors weigh in, and revisit later. I'm interested in how this turns out, but I'm not sure I want to comment immediately. Thanks for the invite. ---Another Believer (Talk) 02:22, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 21, 2018)

The Uzi is a weapon.
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David Rolf conflict

I might have a conflict of interest over Rolf due to peripheral local connections ... kind of complicated. Will participate if able, but you should assume I'm out of it. ☆ Bri (talk) 01:02, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

@Bri: No worries! ---Another Believer (Talk) 01:10, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

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Blair St. Clair

Deletion discussion about Blair St. Clair

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Thanks,

Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 19:27, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

@Barkeep49: Waste of time to delete. Just redirect back... ---Another Believer (Talk) 19:39, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
Maybe I didn't make that clear enough in my comment but I completely agree it should be a redirect. The page came up at WP:NPP as unreviewed after the initial change from the redirect. I did one round of looking for notability then, and restored the redirect. When I was reverted (espeically by a different user), my choices (so as to not edit war) were either leave it or AfD. I did further research into notability the outcome of which lead me to go AfD. But yes I feel pretty strongly that my interpretation of guidelines (as also echoed by Bearcat) is correct and that the right outcome here is redirect as notability is definitely possible down the road. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 20:14, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
@Barkeep49: I do apologize for not seeing that your previous attempt to redirect was reverted. You might conceded on your AfD nomination that redirecting is appropriate and I think you will get much support for this. ---Another Believer (Talk) 20:16, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
On a different topic I just saw the note at the top of the talk page. When you get an article close to GA feel free to list it and ping me. I'd be happy to review it and like to work collaboratively through that process with editors to improve articles. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 20:18, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
@Barkeep49: Sounds good, thanks! ---Another Believer (Talk) 20:19, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

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@Giants2008: Great! Thanks for the heads up. ---Another Believer (Talk) 21:37, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

@Giants2008: Should Talk:Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female be updated so the text does not say this article will be featured on the Main page? ---Another Believer (Talk) 15:31, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

I don't know why it's doing that. Usually the text updates automatically when an article appears on the Main Page and afterwards. Might be worth asking about at WP:VPT; perhaps someone there will know what to do. Giants2008 (Talk) 21:04, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
All it needed was a WP:PURGE. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 18:45, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
@Redrose64: Ah, of course, now I feel silly! Thank you. ---Another Believer (Talk) 21:09, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
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This week's article for improvement (week 22, 2018)

Henri Nestlé was a German-born Swiss confectioner and the founder of Nestlé, the world's largest food and beverage company as of 2014.
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University buildings and notability

I saw List of Marylhurst University buildings and some others in the Portland area at WP:US50. Just asking before I start an inventory of some local universities up here, maybe Northwest University which is a lesser-known institution. Have you had problems with notability with such lists in the past? ☆ Bri (talk) 17:04, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

@Bri: No, and I've seen similar lists for many college and universities. Check out Category:Lists of university and college buildings in the United States. ---Another Believer (Talk) 19:38, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
Wow, as a body, this really looks contrary to Wikipedia standards. E.g. Campus of Elon University -- 15k article text and not a single independent reference. List of Fairfield University buildings includes the name of every individual townhouse. ☆ Bri (talk) 20:41, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
@Bri: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ---Another Believer (Talk) 22:05, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

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@Bri: Thank you! I did not do quite as much as I had hoped this year, but I suppose anything is better than nothing. ---Another Believer (Talk) 20:54, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 23, 2018)

Richard Rohr OFM (born 1943, pictured at podium) is an American Franciscan friar ordained in 1970. He is a known inspirational speaker and has published numerous recorded talks and books.
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June 2018 GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2018 News

Welcome to the June 2018 GOCE newsletter, in which you will find Guild updates since the February edition. Progress continues to be made on the copyediting backlog, which has been reduced to 7 months and reached a new all-time low. Requests continue to be handled efficiently this year, with 272 completed by the end of May (an average completion time of 10.5 days). Fewer than 10% of these waited longer than 20 days, and the longest wait time was 29 days.

Wikipedia in general, and the Guild in particular, experienced a deep loss with the death on 20 March of Corinne. Corinne (a GOCE coordinator since 1 July 2016) was a tireless aide on the requests page, and her peerless copyediting is a part of innumerable GAs and FAs. Her good cheer, courtesy and tact are very much missed.

March drive: The goal was to remove June, July and August 2017 from our backlog and all February 2018 Requests (a total of 219 articles). This drive was an outstanding success, and by the end of the month all but eight of these articles were cleared. Of the 33 editors who signed up, 19 recorded 277 copy edits (425,758 words).

April blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 15 through 21 April, focusing on Requests and the last eight articles tagged in August 2017. At the end of the week there were only 17 pending requests, with none older than 17 days. Of the nine editors who signed up, eight editors completed 22 copy edits (62,412 words).

May drive: We set out to remove September, October and November 2017 from our backlog and all April 2018 Requests (a total of 298 articles). There was great success this month with the backlog more than halved from 1,449 articles at the beginning of the month to a record low of 716 articles. Officially, of the 20 who signed up, 15 editors recorded 151 copy edits (248,813 words).

Coordinator elections: It's election time again. Nominations for Guild coordinators (who will serve a six-month term for the second half of 2018) have begun, and will close at 23:59 UTC on 15 June. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible, and self-nominations are encouraged. Voting will take place between 00:01 UTC on 16 June and 23:59 UTC on 30 June.

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Trump books

Hello, you mentioned after Crippled America met GA requirements that there are more Trump books that could use improvements. I should be finished with my current project by the end of the week and would be glad to look at these other books. I am not too picky though I would prefer subjects that need a lot of attention as I tend to re-write articles from scratch.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 19:50, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

The Way to the Top: The Best Business Advice I Ever Received

Hello. Could you please confirm for me that there was never an article about this, only redirects? I have looked at the edit history but just want to make sure. I think I could create a stub, by using this and other RS on Newspapers.com...Zigzig20s (talk) 01:07, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

@Zigzig20s: I created the redirect. ---Another Believer (Talk) 01:09, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: May 2018



Headlines
  • Armenia report: GLAM meetings and collaborations
  • Australia report: GLAM Peak having impact & International Museum Day edit-a-thon
  • Belgium report: Public domain month celebration; Edit-a-thon Amnesty International Vlaanderen; Upcoming photo contest: Wiki Loves Heritage
  • Brazil report: New milestones for Brazilian GLAMs
  • France report: Bibliothèque universitaire de la Sorbonne; Laboratoire Latmos; Study day on photographic as heritage
  • Germany report: Two fantastic weekends with science fiction literature and the history of mining made audible
  • Ireland report: First Irish GLAM upload to Wikimedia Commons; Hunt Museum is first Irish GLAM to donate images to Wikimedia Commons
  • Italy report: Contests, webinair and meetings
  • Macedonia report: GLAM activities
  • Netherlands report: Women Tech Storm, GWToolset workshop and Wiki goes Caribbean
  • Norway report: Bodil Biørn and human rights
  • Portugal report: FEM's GLAM and Guinea-Bissau
  • Russia report: GLAM in Russia: need more contests
  • Serbia report: Wikipedian in residence in the Museum of Yugoslavia
  • Sweden report: Democracy; Museum of World Culture
  • UK report: Scottish Library and Information Council
  • USA report: AfroCROWD Wikipedia Editor's Article on Doria Ragland Tops Wiki Search List For UK Royal Wedding: Libraries Key in her Wikipedian Journey
  • Wikipedia Library report: Books & Bytes
  • Wikidata report: EuropeanaTech conference, Lexicographical data, plus all your usual news
  • WMF GLAM report: Recent travels; Structured Data on Commons updates
  • Calendar: June's GLAM events
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LGBT writers

I think that discussion has been had by WP:LGBT before, without ever resolving or leading to any action. I'm of the view that if subdividing Category:LGBT writers from the United States is desired, it would be more useful to split it up by type of writing (novelists, short story writers, poets, non-fiction writers, etc.) than by state — that's a much more useful and WP:DEFINING way to subcategorize writers, so it's the one that IMO should be tackled first. AWB would definitely make it easy to do that, since one could easily run a list comparison between the LGBT writers category and things like Category:LGBT novelists, Category:LGBT poets, Category:American novelists and Category:American poets to generate the batches. I do still occasionally come across some stragglers who for some strange reason have been catted as "LGBT writers from the United States" but not as American novelists or American poets or whatever — but those become easier to find after the category's been diffused to a more manageable size too. Bearcat (talk) 01:42, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

@Bearcat: Thanks. If AWB is an option, I think I'll leave this to the experts. I appreciate the feedback. ---Another Believer (Talk) 03:57, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 24, 2018)

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Xenophobia

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Proposed deletion of Porter Block (Victoria, British Columbia)

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@Air.light: Seems you marked Palace Cigar Store for deletion, but I removed the tag since the building is on the Canadian Register of Historic Places. ---Another Believer (Talk) 01:00, 13 June 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for the correction, I cut and pasted the wrong article title over. You should be aware of WP:GNG and WP:GEOFEAT when creating articles like this of historical buildings. A building being in the CRHP is not sufficient reason for notability. Particularly of note from the link here: "Buildings, including private residences and commercial developments may be notable as a result of their historic, social, economic, or architectural importance, but they require significant coverage by reliable, third-party sources to establish notability." Air.light (talk) 02:45, 14 June 2018 (UTC)
@Air.light: Thanks. ---Another Believer (Talk) 03:58, 14 June 2018 (UTC)

Fascism: A Warning

Hello. Thank you for creating the redirect. I haven't read it yet but probably will. Are you interested in creating a stub over the redirect please?Zigzig20s (talk) 00:50, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

@Zigzig20s: Sure! ---Another Believer (Talk) 00:51, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
Thanks. I will see it on my watchlist then. I will expand it once I've read it.Zigzig20s (talk) 00:55, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
Great!, please do. ---Another Believer (Talk) 00:56, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
@Zigzig20s:  Done ---Another Believer (Talk) 16:11, 16 June 2018 (UTC)

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June 2018

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I'm good, thanks. ---Another Believer (Talk) 16:12, 16 June 2018 (UTC)

Mattachine Steps for DYK?

Hello. I was wondering if you would be interested in working on the Mattachine Steps with me...perhaps it could become a DYK for the main page, if we can retrieve enough RS-based content.Zigzig20s (talk) 16:20, 16 June 2018 (UTC)

 Done @Zigzig20s: I've created a short stub, which you're welcome to expand if interested. ---Another Believer (Talk) 00:14, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 25, 2018)

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Wiki Loves Pride

Saw you're going to be at Seattle Pride. I'll be there as well to take photos and document it. Making a trip up there. Hope to see you there! Kiteinthewind Leave a message! 16:57, 19 June 2018 (UTC)

@Kiteinthewind: Great! I'll be with a big group of friends I haven't seen in a while, but if I get a sense that I'll be at a particular place at a particular time, I'll let you know in case you're around and care to say hi. Either way, have a great time! ---Another Believer (Talk) 01:49, 20 June 2018 (UTC)
Just a poke for AB, Kiteinthewind, Happybluemo and anybody else who may have media they'd like to contribute to Commons. There's exactly one lonely picture at c:Category:Seattle Pride 2018, very sad. ☆ Bri (talk) 20:01, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
@Bri: I have some images to upload, sooner or later. I had a great time in the city last weekend!!! :) ---Another Believer (Talk) 01:21, 29 June 2018 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 28

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Super Bowl LI halftime show

Hello:

The copy edit that you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Super Bowl LI halftime show has been completed.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Best of luck with your GA nomination.

Regards,

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Thanks for the review! ---Another Believer (Talk) 21:15, 23 June 2018 (UTC)

Emanuel Santos

Hi, in response to your note at Emanuel Santos, I am reluctant to restart the notability discussion on an article the sculpture. My view is that his first Ronaldo sculpture and the media storm about it are notable, but that any notability Santos and his other works may have are only from association with this sculpture, and they are best covered in the same article. I am also wary that raising a discussion that might result in the loss of the article on Santos. Regards, Verbcatcher (talk) 01:14, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 26, 2018)

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Matthew Feeman, builds a fire to help combat frostbite and hypothermia during a survival, evasion, resistance and escape exercise in Alaska. Note that there is a draft for the Survival page located at Draft:Survival.
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Vanity Von Glow?

Vanity Von Glow might be notable?Zigzig20s (talk) 07:37, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

@Zigzig20s: I'm not familiar, but create a stub and let the community decide! ---Another Believer (Talk) 20:14, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

July 2018 at Women in Red

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Question on article

Hello! I am working on an article for Lilian Welsh and am unclear if I should include her in LGBT categories. Several sources refer to a relationship with Mary Sherwood with phrases like "longtime companion," "life partner," "close friend." Welsh and Sherwood are included in the book, To Believe in Women: What Lesbians Have Done For America - A History. Should I list Sherwood in the infobox as a partner? Do you or @Megalibrarygirl: have any thoughts? Thanks :) Thsmi002 (talk) 17:37, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

Wow, Thsmi002, that's an interesting question! Is there a field for partners in the infobox? Megalibrarygirl (talk) 18:55, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
Megalibrarygirl, Right!? I actually did add Sherwood into the partner's field which is described as "For unmarried life partners (of any gender or sexual preference), not business partners." because she is described as a life partner. The sources give the impression that they were indeed in a relationship. Still unsure about the LGBT categories since the sources do not actually state anything more specific. . Thsmi002 (talk) 18:59, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
It's a frustrating thing, Thsmi002, about the "life partner" euphemism. I ran into this with Mary Garrett Hay who was apparently a partner with Carrie Chapman Catt, but because such things weren't talked about. It's a pain. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 19:03, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
This example seems very relevant to Welsh's! Thanks for the suggestions. Thsmi002 (talk) 02:25, 29 June 2018 (UTC)

@Thsmi002 and Megalibrarygirl: I would say the LGBT categories are appropriate, given "To Believe in Women: What Lesbians Have Done For America". Your best bet might be to raise this question on the article's talk page so editors can weigh in on this both short term and long term. ---Another Believer (Talk) 01:20, 29 June 2018 (UTC)

I'll do that. Thanks for your advice! Thsmi002 (talk) 02:25, 29 June 2018 (UTC)

Aquaria draft article

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While I would hate to spoil the Season 10 of RPDR if you haven't watched it yet, Aquaria won the season and is now in need of her own article. I saw on the Season 10 talk page that you had made a draft page for her pre-finale. If you touch it up a bit to reflect the finale, I say it's good enough to be publish. Let me know what you think Charlie950 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 01:44, 29 June 2018 (UTC)

@Charlie950: Thanks, I've submitted a request here. ---Another Believer (Talk) 03:26, 29 June 2018 (UTC)

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Johnstone Bennett LGBT?

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I promise I'm not trying to be a jerk, but was Johnstone Bennett LGBT? The article merely says she "wore masculine clothing and short hair"...? ☆ Bri (talk) 16:45, 30 June 2018 (UTC)

@Bri: Good question, and I wondered the same thing myself. I added to the Wiki Loves Pride list because the article was added to Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/79. ---Another Believer (Talk) 16:50, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
@Penny Richards: Do you happen to know anything about her orientation/identity? ---Another Believer (Talk) 16:51, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
@Bri:@Another Believer:I don't, and I appreciate the question because I had it too. She was included in the Transgender Digital Archive and in the Queer Music Heritage pages, which led me to think she was at least of interest to LGBT history. I probably wouldn't have tagged her if she was 'only' a male impersonator on stage, but her everyday dress and chosen name were masculine-coded enough to be a matter of constant comment in press reports. I'm fine with her being left off the list, of course; just wasn't sure what lines were for inclusion of past people. (Probably can't know much more about her, at this distance; but I'd be thrilled if someone found a firmer source on this question.) - Penny Richards (talk) 19:03, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
@Penny Richards: Thanks for replying. I'm ok with leaving her name on the list, but you might want to make a note of this on the article's talk page in case passersby wonder why the article is associated with WikiProject LGBT studies. ---Another Believer (Talk) 19:06, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
@Another Believer: Thinking about how to word it, maybe something like "This article is bannered for WikiProject LGBT because the subject, Johnstone Bennett, is included in some archives of Queer and Transgender topics. The banner does not necessarily mean that the historical subject would herself claim an LGBT identity." How does that sound? (We have this same issue in disability history, btw, so I'd love to find good wording we can adapt those biographies too.) Penny Richards (talk) 19:11, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
@Penny Richards: Seems appropriate to me. ---Another Believer (Talk)
@Another Believer: Cool, will do. Penny Richards (talk) 19:15, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
@Another Believer: Added the same to talk page for Zelma Rawlston, another recent article I started with similar concerns. Penny Richards (talk) 19:27, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

@Bri: Hope this seems appropriate to you, too. ---Another Believer (Talk) 20:13, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

@Another Believer, Bri, and Penny Richards: The {{WikiProject LGBT studies}} banner template provides a parameter |explanation= for this exact purpose. You might put {{WikiProject LGBT studies|explanation=the subject, Johnstone Bennett, is included in some archives of Queer and Transgender topics}} --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 20:43, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
@Redrose64: Interesting, and thanks for sharing. I had no idea. ---Another Believer (Talk) 20:58, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
@Redrose64: That's very helpful! Much appreciated. Penny Richards (talk) 21:05, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
Yes, sounds reasonable. ☆ Bri (talk) 22:16, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
Go, team! ---Another Believer (Talk) 22:16, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 27, 2018)

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Popular culture

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WikiCup 2018 July newsletter

The third round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

  • South Carolina Courcelles, a first time contestant, with 1756 points, a tally built largely on 27 GAs related to the Olympics
  • Scotland Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with two featured articles and three GAs on natural history and astronomy topics
  • Cascadia (independence movement) SounderBruce, a finalist last year, with a variety of submissions related to transport in the state of Washington

Contestants managed 7 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 120 good articles, 1 good topic, 124 DYK entries, 15 ITN entries, and 132 good article reviews. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 458 GA reviews, in comparison to 244 good articles submitted for review and promoted. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process; several submissions, particularly in abstruse or technical areas, have needed additional work to make them completely verifiable.

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2018).

Administrator changes

added Pbsouthwood • TheSandDoctor
readded Gogo Dodo
removed Andrevan • Doug • EVula • KaisaL • Tony Fox • WilyD

Bureaucrat changes

removed Andrevan • EVula

Guideline and policy news

  • An RfC about the deletion of drafts closed with a consensus to change the wording of WP:NMFD. Specifically, a draft that has been repeatedly resubmitted and declined at AfC without any substantial improvement may be deleted at MfD if consensus determines that it is unlikely to ever meet the requirements for mainspace and it otherwise meets one of the reasons for deletion outlined in the deletion policy.
  • A request for comment closed with a consensus that the {{promising draft}} template cannot be used to indefinitely prevent a WP:G13 speedy deletion nomination.

Technical news

  • Starting on July 9, the WMF Security team, Trust & Safety, and the broader technical community will be seeking input on an upcoming change that will restrict editing of site-wide JavaScript and CSS to a new technical administrators user group. Bureaucrats and stewards will be able to grant this right per a community-defined process. The intention is to reduce the number of accounts who can edit frontend code to those who actually need to, which in turn lessens the risk of malicious code being added that compromises the security and privacy of everyone who accesses Wikipedia. For more information, please review the FAQ.
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  • IP-based cookie blocks should be deployed to English Wikipedia in July (previously scheduled for June). This will cause the block of a logged-out user to be reloaded if they change IPs. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. For the time being, it only affects users of the desktop interface.

Miscellaneous

  • Currently around 20% of admins have enabled two-factor authentication, up from 17% a year ago. If you haven't already enabled it, please consider doing so. Regardless if you use 2FA, please practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.
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Nomination of In My Feelings (song) for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article In My Feelings (song) 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/In My Feelings (song) 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.

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. The editor whose username is Z0 14:35, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

@Z0: Just redirect... ---Another Believer (Talk) 17:48, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
Seems like there are multiple votes already, might not be appropriate to withdraw now. The editor whose username is Z0 13:42, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
@Z0: I think so, because even if the song is not notable a redirect is better than deleting. ---Another Believer (Talk) 15:31, 5 July 2018 (UTC)

Hale Boggs Federal Complex

Hello. I wonder if you'd be interested in helping me expand Hale Boggs Federal Complex. Emporis says it was built in 1962, but the Library of Congress says the mid-1970s. Since there are two buildings, one of them must have been built later. I'd also like to know who the architect was, wouldn't you?Zigzig20s (talk) 11:01, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

No, thanks. ---Another Believer (Talk) 01:56, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 28, 2018)

This cable car at Zell am See in the Austrian Alps is an example of cable transport.
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Nomination of A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships 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/A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships 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. Walter Görlitz (talk) 04:57, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

*smh* Just redirect if too soon... ---Another Believer (Talk) 14:50, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

Donald Trump baby balloon

Nomination of Donald Trump baby balloon for deletion

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

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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. -- ψλ ● ✉ ✓ 01:49, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Keep. ---Another Believer (Talk) 04:41, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Donald Trump baby balloon

Thanks for your help dealing with image vandal this morning. Rereading my comment on the talk page, it looks like I was shouting at you. Actually I was just shouting at passers-by, since that's a common misconception about 3RR that I really wish would be cleared up.

The little shit you were reverting is going to be back again, so here are some things you can do in addition to reverting if you encounter him again:

  • Report the IP at WP:AIV right away. Don't waste one second warning him. I know it says "The user must have been given enough warning(s) to stop their disruptive behavior" in the header. That's because all the exceptions basically fall under WP:BEANS.
  • If you can stand it, go over to Commons, and see if the image was a recent upload (I.E. probably by the vandal himself). If so, upload another image on top of it (e.g. a smiley face, a blank image, Lugo ... anything is better), tag it for speedy deletion, and report the uploader to commons:commons:AIV.
  • If it's a "legit" Commons image, possibly make a request at Mediawiki talk:Bad image list. Images listed at Mediawiki:Bad image list won't display anywhere, not even in old revisions. But response time is slow there.
  • If no one is responding at AIV, try AN/I. But keep in mind WP:DENY of course. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 23:35, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
@Suffusion of Yellow: Thanks for the note. I didn't think you were yelling at me, and I appreciate the links and reassurance I wasn't violating a rule by reverting vandalism multiple times. I posted on the article's talk page because I was/am concerned editors viewing previous version of the article would see the graphic image. I'm glad this will not be the case. ---Another Believer (Talk) 00:01, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

Fear the Walking Dead

Hey there! Nice work with the FTWD episode articles. They might need some images in their respective infoboxes though as most TWD episode articles have them. Is it okay if you upload a few for me. Thanks! The Optimistic One (talk) 06:39, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

@The Optimistic One: Thanks, but I'm less familiar with grabbing and uploading screenshots under fair use. Maybe post a note at WikiProject Television to see if someone more familiar with Wikipedia's rules re: infobox images can help? ---Another Believer (Talk) 15:46, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Madison Clark (character)

Hey there! Just here to let you know that i have created a draft for Madison. The Optimistic One (talk) 14:05, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

@The Optimistic One: Thanks! ---Another Believer (Talk) 14:36, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 29, 2018)

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Indian Slavery Act, 1843

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Wes Montgomery pic

I recall that you are an expert at finding album covers. Can you find one for The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery? The existing one, at least on my screen, is almost too dark to see, and strikes me as a real injustice. Thanks.
Vmavanti (talk) 19:07, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

@Vmavanti: I use Amazon whenever I want to upload album cover. See here, which I'm not sure is any better. ---Another Believer (Talk) 22:12, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Dictator (album)

Per WP:NALBUMS, this article has insufficient material to warrant an article - a standalone article is only appropriate when there is enough material to warrant a reasonably detailed article; articles unlikely ever to grow beyond stubs should be merged into the artist's article or discography. I think this should be redirected to the artist page. The editor whose username is Z0 14:48, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Brand new album by notable artist. Let it snowball! ---Another Believer (Talk) 18:28, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of Dictator (album) for deletion

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Oh, what a waste of time... ---Another Believer (Talk) 18:32, 19 July 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for putting some effort in improving the article rather than abandoning the stub just to increase your creation count like how many experienced editors do. The editor whose username is Z0 18:50, 19 July 2018 (UTC)
@Z0: Sure thing! You really might consider withdrawing the nomination. There is definitely going to be an article for this album, whether this week or next week, and editor time should be spent elsewhere. ---Another Believer (Talk) 18:52, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of George Meredith (sannyasin) for deletion

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August and New Achievements at Women in Red

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I inadvertently deleted some of your work.

On the hist conf. Monuments article. I tried to undo what I had done, but couldn’t because of edit conflicts. Sorry. deisenbe (talk) 23:24, 20 July 2018 (UTC)

@Deisenbe: No worries, it happens. I'll take a look. :) ---Another Believer (Talk) 23:30, 20 July 2018 (UTC)
@Deisenbe: Seems ok to me. I was just changing upright images to regular size because the inconsistency was driving me crazy. ---Another Believer (Talk) 23:32, 20 July 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 30, 2018)

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Louis IV of France

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August 2018 at Women in Red

An exciting new month for Women in Red!


August 2018 worldwide online editathons:
New: Indigenous women Women of marginalized populations Women writers Geofocus: Bottom 10
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Expedition Happiness

Hi @Another Believer:, I'm pretty impressed by your ability to collect reference and gauging the content in encyclopedic article for George Meredith (sannyasin). Can you help me expanding Expedition Happiness? Accesscrawl (talk) 14:25, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

@Accesscrawl: Thanks, but I'm working on some other articles currently, and still waiting to see how the George Meredith one turns out. ---Another Believer (Talk) 14:40, 23 July 2018 (UTC)
No problem, thanks for reply Accesscrawl (talk) 14:54, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

National Council for the American Worker

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We need to create the National Council for the American Worker!Zigzig20s (talk) 23:08, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

I wonder if it's the same entity as the American Desk.Zigzig20s (talk) 23:08, 24 July 2018 (UTC)
I've created a very short stub. Hopefully others will expand it. Definitely not the same goal as the AD.Zigzig20s (talk) 14:29, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

No mop?

Where's your mop? You're in the Ten Year Society. I thought maybe you got corrupted by power and fell from grace, so I looked at your user rights history expecting to find "Desysopped – Arbitration Enforcement" but nope. You've never had the tools. So I looked for a failed RfA, but Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Another Believer is red! So the question is: why haven't you sought a mop? — Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs)  16:40, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

@Mr. Guye: Hello! Yeah, I've been asked to jump through the hoop approximately 25 times by various editors during my ten years here (on-wiki, via private email, and even in person), but never took the plunge. I don't really have specific reasons, except that the nomination process seems unnecessarily cumbersome, and I think I have many of the tools available to admins via other user rights. Any particular reason(s) I should seek adminship? ---Another Believer (Talk) 21:09, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
@Another Believer: You may want to read some of this: Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2018-06-29/Op-ed. Note: very few people are applying. In addition I feel like recently a lot of admins have been blocked, desysopped, or became inactive. I use a (I think CSS) code that marks users that are blocked, and I'm shocked at the amount of long-term editors who've been indefinitely blocked or even banned (maybe I should make a list to prove my point). And then WP:ADMINBACKLOG still needs to be taken care of. Maybe it's just me. Also, what do you mean by you have most of the admin tools through other rights? Only admins can (un)protect pages, (un)delete pages, edit fully-protected pages, (un)block users, grant and revoke user groups, view deleted pages, override the title blacklist, and a lot more.  — Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs)  00:07, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
@Mr. Guye: This last link is very helpful, actually. I'm not sure I've really seen a simple list of rights available to admins, and I will give this a closer look. ---Another Believer (Talk) 00:48, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 31, 2018)

Strawberry liqueur at a restaurant in Greece
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Liqueur

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Peter L. Cherry House and other "substubs" you started

Hey, Peter L. Cherry House is one out of the worst 100 "NRHP substubs" of all, which is one you created. It would be great if you would put some effort into adding the available National Register document and photos reference to the article and developing it. --Doncram (talk) 03:34, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

You have the majority, I think of the most problematic NRHP articles, listed within [100 NRIS-only articles by prose size]. All of these are within Oregon and Washington, I think. Unlike NRHPs in some other states, you have NRHP documents available online from the National Park Service, but you have not chosen to use those very good sources, instead choosing to leave very undeveloped articles. --Doncram (talk) 03:38, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
Yes, we've been over this before. ---Another Believer (Talk) 21:30, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

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