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This week's article for improvement (week 1, 2017)
 Some of the Aeolian Islands
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This week's article for improvement (week 2, 2017)
 Professional audio – pictured is a portable setup of various live audio production and recording equipment
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Hi BabbaQ, thanks for your help on that article- but in case you weren't aware, when you reverted that other editor, you accidentally restored some serious BLP violations. They're now at WP:ANEW in any case. Happy (belated!) New Year! O Fortuna!...Imperatrix mundi. 17:22, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
- Yes, exactly you will have to wait until at a result at that discussion. I sed no reason to remove the sketches of suspects.--BabbaQ (talk) 17:25, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
- No; I have replied there. O Fortuna!...Imperatrix mundi. 17:28, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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Roger Kibbe
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DYK for Roger Nordin
On 13 January 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Roger Nordin, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Swedish radio presenter Roger Nordin revealed during a live broadcast in 2005 that he was homosexual? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Roger Nordin. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Roger Nordin), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
Kamiyah Mobley
But how can it be "Disappearance of ..." now that she's been found? Perhaps "Abduction of ..." would be a better title? Daniel Case (talk) 23:22, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
- For sure! You are correct. I was not sure what to name it.--BabbaQ (talk) 23:28, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
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This week's article for improvement (week 51, 2016)
 Helena Bergström in 2014
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Merry, merry!
From the icy Canajian north; to you and yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 14:07, 24 December 2016 (UTC) 
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This week's article for improvement (week 52, 2016)
 World plate tectonics (click on map for more details)
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Merry, merry!
From the icy Canajian north; to you and yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 19:08, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
Happy New Year, BabbaQ!
BabbaQ,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. –Davey2010 Merry Xmas / Happy New Year 00:29, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
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All the best wishes for 2017
Many thanks BabbaQ. All best wishes for 2017. I dedicate to you a song "These Bells Will Ring" which is charting high on my personal 1wxrld.com chart werldwayd (talk) 00:53, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
Happy 2017!
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BabbaQ, thank you so much for your help, support, and contributions in 2016. Have a happy new year, and good luck for 2017! Redolta📱 Contribs 05:14, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
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Happy New Year!
Happy New Year BabbaQ!
Have a prosperous, productive and wonderful New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
--Rubbish computer (HALP!: I dropped the bass?) 11:40, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
Happy New Year!
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Happy New Year, BabbaQ! |
| Thanks for your greeting, and I look forward to working with you during the coming year. All the best, Miniapolis 19:48, 1 January 2017 (UTC) |
Happy New Year
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To an awesome Wikipedian |
| Another year; another edit. Best wishes 7&6=thirteen (☎) 20:38, 1 January 2017 (UTC) |
Happy New Year
BabbaQ,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) 21:14, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
Ways to improve Jana Burčeska
Hi, I'm Wesley Mouse. BabbaQ, thanks for creating Jana Burčeska!
I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Thank you for creating the article Jana Burčeska. It requires extensive work doing to it in order to bring it to Wikipedia standards for BLP's. Please address all of issues, so that the article does not fall victim of deletion.
The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse. Wes Mouse Talk 17:32, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
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This week's article for improvement (week 48, 2016)
 Homework may include mathematical exercises
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weekend
That editor who attacked you over the weekend has an longstanding, ongoing, tendency to highly inappropriate attacks on fellow editors that WP:DISRUPT the project. Sorry it happened to you.E.M.Gregory (talk) 14:18, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you. Yes, I was mostly surprised that the editor was so insisting that I had to be blocked for this minor thing. :) Thank you for your support. --BabbaQ (talk) 15:36, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
Incomplete DYK nomination
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This week's article for improvement (week 49, 2016)
 Three Martinis
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This week's article for improvement (week 50, 2016)
 The Dreadnought hoaxers in Abyssinian regalia; the bearded figure on the far left is in fact the writer Virginia Woolf.
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DYK for Jan Rippe
On 15 December 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jan Rippe, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Jan Rippe became well known to the Swedish public in his role as Roger in the television comedy series Macken? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jan Rippe. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Jan Rippe), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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This week's article for improvement (week 46, 2016)
 A woman wearing a dress
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This week's article for improvement (week 47, 2016)
.jpg) A cleaning sponge
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The article claims he invented Eurovision, but the article is in such a poor shape I'd usually just PROD it. But I figure you may be able to save it so we won't have to waste time at AfD? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 10:13, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
- Hi, sure I can take a look in a couple of days. I will be off Wikipedia for a few days but I can surely improve it when I am back. Regards!.--BabbaQ (talk) 11:03, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
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This week's article for improvement (week 45, 2016)
.jpg) A sword dance performance
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Von Sydow murders
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Challenge
Hi, thanks for the translations! Hope you don't mind but I moved the two to Wikipedia:The 1000 Challenge (Nordic). I then copy that list every 100 articles into the main European one so it will benefit both eventually! Cheers, and keep up the good work!♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:36, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
Nomination of Jovan Radomir for deletion
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This week's article for improvement (week 44, 2016)
 Street food vendors at a roadside market just outside of Hua Hin District, Thailand
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This week's article for improvement (week 41, 2016)
 A spelling bee at Jhenidah Cadet College in Bangladesh
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DYK for Anne Ramberg
On 13 October 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Anne Ramberg, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Anne Ramberg was awarded the H. M. The King's Medal of 12th size to wear in a blue ribbon for her work in the Swedish justice system? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Anne Ramberg. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Anne Ramberg), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Gatoclass (talk) 00:01, 13 October 2016 (UTC)
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This week's article for improvement (week 42, 2016)
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DYK nomination of Johannes Bilberg
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DYK for Johannes Bilberg
On 21 October 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Johannes Bilberg, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Swedish theologian Johannes Bilberg published a work on the midnight sun? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Johannes Bilberg. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Johannes Bilberg), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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This week's article for improvement (week 43, 2016)
 The attic at a factory
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DYK for Liam Norberg
On 28 October 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Liam Norberg, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Swedish actor Liam Norberg became a devout Christian while serving time in prison for a bank robbery? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Liam Norberg. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Liam Norberg), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Maile (talk) 00:08, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
Your !votes at WP:TAFINOM
First off, rest assured I'm assuming good faith in asking this :) But... it seems most if not all of your !votes at WP:TAFINOM are "Support per nom". I wouldn't question except that you seem to support every nomination. Could you please reassure me that you've actually evaluated each proposed addition, and have yourself concluded it to be a worthwhile effort for the TAFI team? Thanks — MusikAnimal talk 21:46, 18 September 2016 (UTC)
- Yes, do not worry I do not take offence. :) And yes, I would label myself as an inclusionist. I would not say that I !vote Support on every nom (though I agree that I have probably !voted Support on most of the articles as of recent), but I simply ignore or do not get involved in the discussions about articles that I find to be Oppose-worthy. :) If it would reassure you further I could start get involved more in the articles that I would Oppose as well? :) Regards,--BabbaQ (talk) 18:45, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Elin Rombo
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This week's article for improvement (week 39, 2016)
 Albrecht Dürer, famous German painter of the German Renaissance.
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DYK for Rock-Olga
On 28 September 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rock-Olga, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that singer Rock-Olga (pictured) recorded an album in 1972 using ABBA members Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad as backing vocalists? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rock-Olga. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Rock-Olga), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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DYK for Helene Ripa
On 29 September 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Helene Ripa, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Swedish paralympic athlete Helene Ripa underwent an above-the-knee amputation at the age of 14 to treat cancer in her right leg? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Helene Ripa. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Helene Ripa), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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DYK for Elin Rombo
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This week's article for improvement (week 40, 2016)
Hello, BabbaQ.
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DYK for Lena Sundström
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Hello, BabbaQ. I have nominated 6 articles for improvement (with more on the way) on TAFI. Can you review them the chance you get? Thank you, and have a nice day. Redolta📱 Contribs 03:08, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
Also, here are the 6 nominations:
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Hello BabbaQ, My name is Stephanie Barker and I am a student at the University of Colorado Boulder. I am currently enrolled in a Digital Anthropology class, which attempts to answer how the digital world affects culture and how culture affects the digital world. For my final project I am doing an ethnography on women Wikipedia users and as a member of the WikiProject Women page I was hoping I could ask you some questions about your experiences editing Wikipedia pages. 1. Have you ever been locked into an intense editing war? If yes, please explain the situation to me. 2. How did you become interested in editing Wikipedia pages and did you have any initial fears/hesitations when you started editing pages? 3. Have you ever been a victim of a mass deletion or other vandalism on Wikipedia? If yes, please explain the situation to me. 4. How would you describe your gender? 5. Is there anything else you would like to share with me about your experiences as a Wikipedia editor? I would like you to know that I am only sharing my research with my professor and the other students in my class. If you would like me to send you a copy of my final project, I would be more than happy to! Sincerely,Stelba90 (talk) 01:30, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
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Hello, BabbaQ -- I apologize for the delay in getting to your article. I have just completed the copy-edit. However, I have a few questions and concerns for you. If you will answer my questions, I would be happy to make the necessary changes.
1) In the third paragraph in Alexandra Pascalidou#Life and career, you mention a television station, ERT. I think the acronym (ERT) should either be spelled out, or linked to something that explains it, or both.
2) The second-to-last sentence in that paragraph is:
- She was the hostess for the Eurovision Song Contest in Greece in 2005, and a commentator in Kiev the year when Greece won the competition for the first time.
The last phrase, "the year when Greece won the competition for the first time", is not clear. It's not clear what year that was. If it was in 2005, then the sentence can be re-worded to reflect that. Just let me know. Also, the next sentence starts, "In the same year", so it really has to be clear what year is meant.
3) Toward the beginning of the third paragraph, you say she lived in Greece for two years, and you give examples of her work there. The next paragraph, which consists of only one sentence, reads:
- In January 2007 she became one of five hostesses of Sweden's TV4's Förkväll, a daytime lifestyle program.
So, by then she was back in Sweden. It's not clear whether it was a temporary position, or whether she moved back to Sweden. It might help your readers if you made it clear whether (and when, if possible) she moved back to Sweden. Then what will follow are examples of her work there. We might consider joining this one-sentence paragraph with the next one, since they are all about her jobs in Sweden.
4) Regarding the paragraph that begins, "She participated in the show Pokermiljonen", I would provide dates or years for those jobs.
5) In the sixth paragraph of Alexandra Pascalidou#Life and career, you have this sentence:
- She has blogged continually on Metrobloggen until the newspaper cancelled all cooperation with her, and she gives lectures on diversity and the media, democracy and justice issues, rhetoric and leadership, gender and cultural competence.
- (a) The adverb "continually" doesn't provide much information. It would be more helpful to give the date or year when she started blogging and the date or year when she stopped blogging (when the newspaper cancelled cooperation with her). Something like:
- Since 20--, she regularly published a blog on Metrobloggen until the newspaper cancelled their cooperation with her in 20--.
- Also, readers will be curious about why the newspaper cancelled their cooperation with her. Can you provide some details about that? (I also think "their connection with her" would be better than "their cooperation with her".)
- (b) Regarding the last part of that sentence,
- she gives lectures on diversity and the media, democracy and justice issues, rhetoric and leadership, gender and cultural competence.
- (i) I recommend making it a separate sentence since she still does this. Also, it might be helpful to know where she gives these lectures (at universities? at public forums? in Sweden? in other countries?)
- (ii) I was a bit puzzled by the grouping of words in this sentence. I see the items are all pairs (two items joined by "and"). If the paired words all belong together like that, it's fine, but then we need to add "and" before the last two: "...and gender and cultural competence". I just wanted to be sure that "gender" and "cultural competence" belong together as a pair.
6) The next paragraph begins with this sentence:
- She has also served on the Board of BRIS (Children's rights in society) and the board of Kvinnojouren Terrafem working with women's rights against men's violence.
- (a) I recommend writing out the words of the acronym "BRIS" before giving the acronym. Also, is this a Swedish organization or an international organization?
- (b) You had "Kvinnojouren Terrafem" with both words in lower-case (no capital letter). I capitalized the two words since it is an organization. Is there any particular reason why you had them in lower-case? Also, in the phrase:
- working with women's rights against men's violence,
- I've got to ask you: when you say "men's violence", do you mean men's violence in general, or men's violence against women? If it is specifically men's violence against women, is it men's violence against women in general, or men's violence against their spouses and partners (and perhaps their children)? If the latter, we can call it "domestic violence" or "domestic abuse".
7) In paragraphs 6 and 7, you have external links. I think these are not supposed to be in the body of an article. You can put them in the "See also" section at the end of the article.
8) In paragraph 7, you have a sentence that begins:
- She sits on the board of the foundation Läxhjälpen, which helps young people in troubled areas...
- The word "area" can mean different things. It can mean a geographical area such as a part of a country or part of a city, or it can mean an area of life (domestic life, educational life, private life, public life, politics, etc.) I'm pretty sure you mean a geographical area, so a way to make this clear is:
- If you mean areas of Sweden, then say that. Then it will be clear that you mean different parts of the country:
- which helps young people in troubled areas of Sweden.
If you mean areas of the big cities, then I would change "areas" to "neighborhoods":
- which helps young people in troubled
areasneighborhoods.
9) You have used two date styles in this article. You have the American style in "July 17, 1970" at the beginning of the article and the British style in "21 January 2016" in the last paragraph of Alexandra Pascalidou#Life and career. These should be consistent, so decide which style you want to use.
10) Here is the the one-sentence last paragraph of the "Life and career" section:
- It was announced on 21 January 2016 that Pascalidou would host the semi-final allocation draw for Eurovision 2016, along with Jovan Radomir, in Stockholm, Sweden.
For the average Wikipedia reader, "the semi-final allocation draw" might be unclear. Can you link this to something that would explain it?
11) In the one-paragraph section Alexandra Pascalidou#Plagiarism and ghost writing, I changed "accounts" to "instances". "Accounts" means stories, so I don't think that is the best word. (I thought of using "counts", but that word is used in the courts. It would be the correct word if you are talking about her being formally charged of plagiarism in court, but if she was not charged, then we can't use that word.) "Instances" means "small events" or "occurrences".
- The last part of the last sentence in the paragraph reads:
- in 2015 she was fired from the newspaper Metro after it was revealed that she had translated a Turkish poem by Aziz Nesin.
I don't think it is a crime to translate a poem from one language to another. What is a crime (i.e., plagiarism) is to translate a poem and then publish the translation without indicating who the original author was, making it seem as if you had written the poem. Thus, I think we need to add a few words here:
- in 2015 she was fired from the newspaper Metro after it was revealed that she had translated a Turkish poem by Aziz Nesin without attribution,
or
- without making it clear that Nesin was the author of the original poem.
12) In the last bulleted item in the section Alexandra Pascalidou#Bibliography, you have this sentence:
- The book was hailed by critics and used in schools as tooting literature.
I have no idea what you mean by "tooting literature". I have never seen that phrase before. Do you mean, perhaps, "inspirational literature"? Well, that's all for now. – Corinne (talk) 21:45, 9 August 2016 (UTC)
- As I am not one of the main contributors to the article in question. And I have the same questions about certain sentences etc as you. I can unfortunately not tell you what is the meaning of those sentences. I will however use your input to try to work on this article. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 21:53, 9 August 2016 (UTC)
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This week's article for improvement (week 22, 2016)
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 Ozone-oxygen cycle in the ozone layer.
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 Debt is the amount of money that is owed or due.
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You will notice that I archived one of the article’s citations (#3). I suggest that you archive the rest of the urls as time allows. This ensures that the article's references are available "forever" and that it doesn’t develop “dead links” over time. The site I use is https://archive.org/web/. Simply copy the url in your citation and paste it in the box on the archive.org site and click save. It creates a copy of the original page and provides you with a new url to add to your original citation. If you look at the url I've archived you'll see the syntax. You add the new url to the end of the original citation like this: |archiveurl= http etc|archivedate=3 April 2015}}. Not all websites allow archiving - CBS TV news and the NY Times are two I've come across, so there's not much you can do about that unless there is an alternate citation you could use.
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Abby Lee Miller
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External links that are dead
BabbaQ, not sure if you knew about this, but per WP:ELDEAD if any external links no longer work, we're suppose to either find and updated version and replace, or just simply remove them. I've noted you tagging some on a couple of articles. I've just removed all from Nigar Jamal's article. Just thinking it'll save you time tagging them, when it might be easier to just remove them instead. Wes Mouse ✒ 11:45, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
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- (talk page stalker) here. I would instead replace them with a
{{Wayback}}template whenever possible. Clickthrough the template to read about the template parameters to do that. Cheers!{{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk}21:14, 6 April 2016 (UTC)- Why @Checkingfax: are you trying to impersonate me by posting a comment which opens up as if I am the user, but then sign it (and rather stupidly) under your own name? Impersonating a user or giving the impression of impersonation is a blockable offence. Wes Mouse ✒ 22:40, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- I think Checkingfax made a mistake. He tried to ping you Wes, but instead it looked like he tried to impersonate you. Otherwise, why sign the comment. No worries.BabbaQ (talk) 22:51, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- Oh right. I found it rather peculiar to be honest. At first glance I started to think I had written a comment, and couldn't recall doing so. But then when I noticed Checkingfax had signed it, I then thought I was losing the plot and got overly confused. Wes Mouse ✒ 22:55, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- @Wesley Mouse:. Yes, we have to wait and see what Checkingfax have to say, but that is my impression of the situation atleast :) BabbaQ (talk) 23:01, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- I doubt a mistake has happened, the more I have looked into the matter. Only because, Checkingfax has been a user for over 6 years, so balance of probability that they mistook {{tps}} (talk page stalker) for {{ping}} (pinging a user) is highly unlikely; especially as the opening line reas
"Hi Wesley Mouse (talk page stalker) here..."
. It is clearly giving off they have tried to impersonate me, but then signed their comment, rather than leaving it blank. And looking at ANI archives, the user has cropped up several times in the last 6 months alone. Wes Mouse ✒ 23:26, 6 April 2016 (UTC)- @Wesley Mouse:, so what to do then? I mean it is hardly anything that can be done, if let say he did it on purpose.BabbaQ (talk) 23:30, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- I doubt a mistake has happened, the more I have looked into the matter. Only because, Checkingfax has been a user for over 6 years, so balance of probability that they mistook {{tps}} (talk page stalker) for {{ping}} (pinging a user) is highly unlikely; especially as the opening line reas
- @Wesley Mouse:. Yes, we have to wait and see what Checkingfax have to say, but that is my impression of the situation atleast :) BabbaQ (talk) 23:01, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- Oh right. I found it rather peculiar to be honest. At first glance I started to think I had written a comment, and couldn't recall doing so. But then when I noticed Checkingfax had signed it, I then thought I was losing the plot and got overly confused. Wes Mouse ✒ 22:55, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- I think Checkingfax made a mistake. He tried to ping you Wes, but instead it looked like he tried to impersonate you. Otherwise, why sign the comment. No worries.BabbaQ (talk) 22:51, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- Why @Checkingfax: are you trying to impersonate me by posting a comment which opens up as if I am the user, but then sign it (and rather stupidly) under your own name? Impersonating a user or giving the impression of impersonation is a blockable offence. Wes Mouse ✒ 22:40, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
I'm not too sure, to be honest. I'm allowing him/her time to give explanation for their actions; then I'll consider what to do thereafter. Impersonation, however, is a blocking offence, and ANI would be the venue to take the matter to, if impersonating is proven to be done on purpose and in malice. Wes Mouse ✒ 23:35, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- @Wesley Mouse:, seems like Checkingfax does not want to reply, atleast not today. He/she however did a small change on his/hers first comment.BabbaQ (talk) 23:54, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
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I'll remember to do that in the future. Thanks. Linguist 111talk 17:47, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
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This week's article for improvement (week 8, 2016)
 Several of the commonly known molecules.
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Oba Chandler
Hello BabbaQ: The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Oba Chandler has been completed. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
I notice that some of the article's urls have been archived and I would suggest that you archive the rest as time allows to avoid the development of "dead links" later on.
Kind regards, Twofingered Typist (talk) 16:27, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
Molly Sanden
Hey BabbaQ,
Thanks for asking me to look at Molly Sanden for you, it must mean you like the way I write. :) I have had a read of it and have tried to make it read a little better. I hope you are ok with my changes. I haven't checked any of the facts or anything in what was there, I am assuming that was all correct. A suggestion would be to add a few more dates to various statements (e.g. school/ Helges All Stars band), and her 'career' section could be more about her musical career (including release dates of singles/ albums and/or chart positions etc) but it's good.
Happy to help out. Tobyjamesaus (talk) 08:40, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
Hello! I am happy to be asked, I assume it may well be because of the Swedish connection! Having said that however, I must disappoint you and admit that although I recognize her name and face I am not so well into the Swedish entertainment industry, my musical taste is limited to foreign rock artists and my Wikipedia engagement mainly is about climate, geography and related things. However I wish you the best of luck in terms of improving the article :)
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This week's article for improvement (week 9, 2016)
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Melodifestivalen
I absolutely agree that Frans Jeppsson-Wall may win this all. It is a very simple yet adorable song. It was also #1 on Sverigetopplistan which tells you something. Everybody loves it. Unfortunately though, Frans doesn't have the strong enough vocals himself to carry the song on a big live stage like Eurovision. What I really loved though is Oscar Zia's "Human" for this year's entry for Eurovision. Personally me being a sucker for happy tunes, I would love to hear songs like "Bada nakna" by Samir & Viktor, "Kizunguzungu" by SaRaha and "Håll om mig hårt" by Panetoz. But they cannot win, can they coming from andra chansen? LOL I will watch the final live in Montreal in the Saturday afternoon. Can't wait. Plus I would be happy if Frans does win werldwayd (talk) 19:17, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
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Lack of attribution to Swedish Wikipedia articles - Second time I've left this kind of note
On 4 January I left you a note about copying Julia Kronlid from Swedish Wikipedia to English Wikipedia. The act of copying (with translation) is fine, indeed helpful and productive, but you need to attribute where it originally came from. You said at the time you'd do so. But I notice Margareta Hallin has the exact same problem, and this is an article you translated in mid-February. You translated the article from Swedish Wikipedia, but didn't say that's where it came from. Until Gerda put the notice on the talk page yesterday, this was a licensing violation.
The editors of the Swedish article put a lot of time and effort into creating the original article. By not crediting them, you are claiming their work as your own. That is against policy, and is unethical. In January I assumed this was an oversight, but now that you said you'd change but didn't, I'm going to be less polite and more direct: Stop doing this, or you will likely be sanctioned.
Also, please go back through the other articles you've created by translating a Swedish article, and if it hasn't been done already, attribute them on the talk page too, the way Gerda did. Other people should not have to go back and do this for you. In past similar cases (well, not exactly similar, but sort of), editors have been forbidden from creating new articles until they help fix previous articles they've created with licensing issues. You're lucky in that correcting the license is as easy as adding a template to the article talk page.
And in the future, use "translated from the Swedish Wikipedia article", with a link to the specific article, as your edit summary when creating the article. The note on the talk page alone is suboptimal, and attributing it in the edit summary during creation is more obvious, and more respectful to the editors of Swedish Wikipedia. --Floquenbeam (talk) 16:24, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
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Clark Olofsson
Hello BabbaQ: The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Clark Olofsson has been completed. I have a couple of suggestions for you to consider which I think would improve the article.
You use the phrase “pop-gangster” in the lead but this is not explained in the body of the article, nor is it cited.You also state in the lead that he is later known as Daniel Demuynck but don't explain when or why.
In 1973 he is sentenced to Kalmar Prison but in the Norrmalmstorg section, in late 1973, he's in Norrköping prison. Why?
In the “Norrmalmstorg” section you note that Olsson demands that Olofsson be brought to the bank but do not explain their relationship or why he would do this. You then mention another robbery in 1975 which is not related to Norrmalmstorg and should probably be in its own section. There is no indication of the outcome of this robbery. Was he jailed? Is this the end of his “career”?
The picture illustrating the article shows him with fiancee but no details are provided.
In the lead you mention that he is living in Belgium but there is no explanation in the body of the article as to how he got there. So, the article as it stands now is incomplete.
You will notice that I archived the article’s first citation and I would strongly suggest that you archive the rest as time allows. This ensures your article's references are available "forever". The site I use is https://archive.org/web/. Simply copy the url in your citation and paste it in the box on the archive.org site and click save. It creates a copy of the original page and provides you with a new url to add to your original citation. If you look at the url I've archived you'll see the syntax. You add the new url to the end of the original citation like this: |archiveurl= http etc|archivedate=11 February 2016}} Not all websites allow archiving - CBS TV news and the NY Times are two I've come across, so there's not much you can do about that unless there is an alternate citation you could use.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Kind regards, Twofingered Typist (talk) 14:50, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Johannes Bah Kuhnke
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Sweden Democrats
Hello, BabbaQ -- I believe you had requested a copy-edit of Sweden Democrats at Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests. I have just completed the copy-edit, but I need to ask you about a few things. (After I had typed most of these comments, I realized that maybe you didn't write the article, or didn't write all of it, and if that's the case, please forgive my saying "you" in these comments.)
1) Early in the article I saw British date format (day-month-year), so after that I changed all dates to that format. To go along with that, I changed the spelling of "installment" (American English) to "instalment" (British English). If you prefer that the article use American English style, let me know and I'd be glad to change the dates and the spelling of that one word back.
2) In the third paragraph in the section Sweden Democrats#Entrance into parliament (2010–2014), you begin by mentioning "videos" several times. Then, at one point just after the middle of the paragraph you change to singular, "video". If there were really several videos, and then you wish to focus on one video, I think a brief explanation needs to be given to make clear the transition from the plural to the singular. If it was several videos all along, then the singular needs to be changed to the plural. If it was only one video all along, the plural needs to be changed to the singular.
3) You'll see that I made an edit to the first sentence in the section Sweden Democrats#Views on national identity. Here is the sentence as it is now:
- In an interview for Dagens Nyheter, Second Deputy Speaker of the Riksdag and then-party secretary Björn Söder elaborated on the SD party programme with respect to its views on national identity by saying that he personally did not think people with dual national identities in Sweden would necessarily identify themselves as Swedish.
I removed "not" before "necessarily" because there were two negatives in the same clause. This is the way it was:
- ...by saying that he personally did not think people with dual national identities in Sweden would not necessarily identify themselves as Swedish.
I thought that did not make sense, and that it made more sense without the second "not", so I removed it, but I wanted to point it out to you just in case something else was meant.
4) At the end of that paragraph, you give the first few lines of a statement that Söder made in the Jerusalem Post. I'm just wondering whether it would be helpful to the reader if more of his statement were given, or if a paraphrase of his main points were given there. I'm not advocating providing more coverage for his views; it just seems that what is there doesn't say much of substance.
5) In the section Sweden Democrats#Media boycott, I think it would be helpful to say why the two newspapers decided to end their boycott.
6) In the last paragraph in the lead, you have this phrase: "Scania County North & East". Is that the actual name of a district, or is that two districts, Scania County North and Scania County East? If it is not the actual name of a district, and/or is really two districts, I would change "&" to "and".
7) In the second paragraph in the section Sweden Democrats#Rise in support (2014– ), you have this sentence:
- Other parties, however, remain firm in their decision to isolate them from exerting influence.
I'm just wondering if this would be clearer if a few words were added:
- Other parties, however, remain firm in their decision to isolate them in order to reduce their opportunity to exert influence.
or:
- Other parties, however, remain firm in their decision to isolate them to keep them from exerting influence.
If you prefer it the way it is now, that's fine.
8) In the fourth paragraph of the lead is the following sentence:
- Although the party's earliest roots were not in any specific region, support for it has grown from the south towards the north and the capital, Stockholm.
The last part of the sentence is not completely clear. Do you mean:
- support for it has grown from the south towards the north and [towards] the capital
or
- support for it has grown from the south towards the north and [has grown] in the capital?
If you mean the former, then you can leave it as it is. If you mean the latter, then I would add "in" before "the capital". Corinne (talk) 03:02, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
BabbaQ – I'm surprised you would archive all this without responding (if not to me, then at least in the article) to any of my concerns and questions. If this is not useful for you, I would be less inclined to spend the time writing these kinds of comments in future copy-edits. Since you have requested my help on articles in the past, I thought you found these kinds of detailed comments helpful. Corinne (talk) 21:14, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Carina Jaarnek
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DYK for Julia Kronlid
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Re: Hi
Beklagar för sen respons, men uppskattade verkligen din hjälp med att småputsa artikeln![1][2][3] Ha en fortsatt trevlig dag! :) Arbero (talk) 14:53, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
Jovan Radomir
Hey, the subject is not my interest. What "help" do you need? Kante4 (talk) 17:35, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 4, 2016)
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Carina Jaarnek article
Sorry, i have little knowledge of Swedish singers except from a long time ago, probably only ABBA and Ace of Base. Matilda Maniac (talk) 15:15, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
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Re: Hi
Why not, I can try and help you with the article as I have done on several occasions with previous Swedish-related articles you have asked me for help before. I must admit though, I do not have that much knowledge about Swedish-related articles unfortunately even though I was born here, but I did create an article about Ola Wong last week; perhaps you could give me a lending hand? By the way, are you from Sweden yourself? If yes, is it possible if we could hold our future conversations in Swedish? Arbero (talk) 21:42, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
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Whitspace is helpful and SOP
Hi, BabbaQ. Putting whitespace after the '*' and the '#' in lists is standard operating procedure and it is added by many automated tools that scrub Wikipedia articles. There is no need to remove the spaces.
Also, putting whitespace (a line break) after headings, templates, and images is helpful for editors with low-vision when they are editing. It helps them know where the prose stops and starts. There is no need to remove them. In fact, if you see whitespace (a line break) missing above a section heading be sure to add one as those are required for the backend to properly process section headings. Usually those mistakes are self-healing but not always.
Also, DEFAULTSORT: is germane to Categories, so there is no whitespace needed there.
None of the whitespace mentioned above renders to the reader so it is all semantics. Keep up the good work, and thank you for your graciousness in all matters. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 00:26, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
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Carina Jaarnek
The article on Carina Jaarnek is nicely done! I couldn't really find any substantive improvements to make except the 2-column edit to shorten the list. She was an interesting lady with important life-time accomplishments, and one who is well deserving of an article on Wikipedia. Thanks for bringing her life, and untimely death, to our attention. --♥Golf (talk) 04:54, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
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Hi BabbaQ, I stumbled across Julia Kronlid, and realized it started out as a word-for-word translation of the Swedish article. First things first: this is a perfectly cromulent thing to do. But remember to properly attribute it, that's part of the licensing requirements. Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia#Translating from other language Wikimedia projects recommends that the first edit have an edit summary similar to "Content in this edit is translated from the existing Swedish Wikipedia article at sv:Julia Kronlid; see its history for attribution." Since that ship has already sailed, the next best thing is a note on the talk page saying something similar. I've added one at Talk:Julia Kronlid. Thanks both to you (for translating) and The Rambling Man for polishing it up.
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Let me know if you have any questions. --Floquenbeam (talk) 22:25, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
Hi BabbaQ, I was just wondering if you could take a look at Glenford Baptist when you have a few moments. The subject is a Belizean death row inmate, the last in that country, who recently had his death sentence overturned due to the length of time he'd spent in jail. There was a documentary about the case on television in the UK last night and seeing there was nothing about it here I thought I'd create something. Any help you can give, such as finding more sources, would be greatly appreciated, and please let anyone else who can help know about this. Thanks in advance, This is Paul (talk) 19:23, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you for including me here. I have added one source for a documentary as mentioned. Regards,--BabbaQ (talk) 20:07, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks, you're a star. This is Paul (talk) 21:00, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
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Thank you BabbaQ for reviewing my article William Walker (Australian cricketer). May I request you to review Edmund Wainwright too if you may have some time? Thank you. Xender Lourdes (talk) 20:06, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
- The correct link for Edmund Wainwright is here. Template:Did you know_nominations/Edmund Wainwright. Have a nice day. Xender Lourdes (talk) 03:53, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
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Welcome anytime BabbaQ. Since this last article was about Enbom case, a spying case, here's a dedication to you, the song "Mata Hari", about a famous Dutch Mata Hari who spied for Germany and was executed in France. The song is by Ofra Haza, with fascinating music video as well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8Ty8hOW9T8 Enjoy werldwayd (talk) 09:33, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
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- Yes, thank you. I will certainly try to expand and improve the article and the story as soon as possible. Take a look at Kristian Gidlund when you got time. Thank you again. --BabbaQ (talk) 15:25, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
Patrick Castielle
Hi BabbaQ, I'm guessing you're Swedish? Apologies if I am totally off base on this, but I thought you might be able to help. While doing quick checks on Patrick Castielle, I've found a few links for his alternative name, Patrick Larsson. They all come from news articles for Aftonbladet, a Swedish tabloid - although founded in 1830, I am wondering if Aftonbladet is now considered a reliable source? As I do not read Swedish, I don't understand the articles, but they are definitely about him as they also mention Olinda. A glance at them makes me think the articles look pretty trashy, and as they are all from a single newspaper, additional sources other than Aftonbladet are needed. Ie: [4] [5] [6] [7]. I see other hits for "Patrick Larsson" but can't tell if they ARE about him. Like I said in AFD, I don't really have any strong feelings either way about this guy, as even though his article probably deserved deletion, I just kind of felt the AFD ended a shade too abruptly and would have liked to see at least one other opinion/view. Thanks for your thoughts. Mabalu (talk) 02:55, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
- Hi, no worries. I think Aftonbladet is a reliable source especially in cases like this one were the person appears in media at times. I have a feeling that you are right, and if these sources was introduced and a better and less promotional article about him was made I would see no reason why the article should be deleted again. I hope this helps you somewhat. After all he has appeared on Paradise Hotel and a separate show on Swedish television along with Olinda where they did some kind of tour around Sweden. Regards,--BabbaQ (talk) 22:46, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
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Re:Feedback
Go for it. They should be ok of you convert them to text references. Paul MacDermott (talk) 18:03, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
- It was easier said then done. One source has 4-5 extra lines in other sections that turn red when I convert them into text references. It is not impossible to fix but hard. I will try again soon even though I am quite sure I will fail.--BabbaQ (talk) 18:38, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
- You might just need to change the cite paramater from cite web to cite news. I think cite web requires a url to work properly or it shows up with an error, whereas cite news seems to be ok with or without a weblink. Hope this helps. Paul MacDermott (talk) 19:00, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
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- Oh, never mind. I found "Wait at least 24 hours. Pageview stats are not collected on the server until the day after the article was featured." SL93 (talk) 19:06, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
Re:Oba Chandler Copy edit
Hi BabbaQ, Baffle gab1978 has asked me if you could confirm what you want doing with the references in the copy edit as your request seems to be a bit confusing. I think by text references you mean you want them to be converted to offline sources, but please confirm if that is right? I looked on the web for replacements for the dead links, but haven't been on the Internet archive because it doesn't work too well for me, so you might want to check that out if you get the chance. Paul MacDermott (talk) 13:38, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
- Sorry for the delay. Yes that is what I ment. If it is possible.--BabbaQ (talk) 14:46, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
- I've fixed all but one of the dead linked references; the remaining dead link is no. 41. I hope that's a suitable compromise. WP:Verifiability doesn't require that sources are available online - but of course it's nice if they are. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 23:16, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
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- Sorry for my late reply. I think the article needs anothe review by someone else then my to eliminate any bias. Regards,--BabbaQ (talk) 13:43, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
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We've now re-released the software, with the addition of a logging feature and restrictions on the ability to disable. Obviously, we're not going to automatically re-enable it on each article—we don't want to create a situation where it was enabled by users who have now moved on, and feedback would sit there unattended—but if you're interested in enabling it for your articles, it's pretty simple to do. Just go to the article you want to enable it on, click the "request feedback" link in the toolbox in the sidebar, and AFT5 will be enabled for that article.
Again, we're very sorry about this issue; hopefully it'll be smooth sailing after this :). If you have any questions, just drop them at the talkpage. Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) 21:46, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
DYK for Leif "Loket" Olsson
| On 2 September 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Leif "Loket" Olsson, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Swedish television host Leif "Loket" Olsson refereed the handball semifinal between Yugoslavia and Romania at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich, Germany? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Leif "Loket" Olsson. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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Elisabet Höglund
Hi again. I'll take a look at it tomorrow and see what I can do. I agree with SlimVirgin though, it might be wise to find someone who can read/speak Swedish to check out the sources. Chrome can translate into English, but it don't always do a great job, and there are a couple of things Slim already mentions that I'd have difficulty with. If you haven't done it already, you might want to check out Category:Wikipedians in Sweden where there should be someone who can help. Good luck anyway. I'll probably be back Saturday lunchtime/afternoon, so I'll go through it then. I'll add the page to my watchlist before I sign off so I'll be up to date with anything that happens there Cheers Paul MacDermott (talk) 23:17, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
- No worries, I've just had a quick read through it before I go, and should be able to do something to help. Paul MacDermott (talk) 23:26, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
Certainly, I will do my best, even though I do not have much experience when it comes to biographies, but rather in sport (association football). Arbero (talk) 02:42, 13 July 2013 (UTC)
- I think I have done my best for now, my English isn't the best either, so let me know if you are satisfied. Arbero (talk) 03:34, 13 July 2013 (UTC)
- If you are asking for more help, try and reach out for User:Reckless182, he is a more experienced Wikipedia user than myself. Arbero (talk) 04:23, 13 July 2013 (UTC)
- Thank you very much. You really improved the article. Very much appreciated!--BabbaQ (talk) 08:52, 13 July 2013 (UTC)
- ok, I think I've done as much as I can. Thanks to Arbero for making the job a bit easier. The only thing I'm stuck on is something that SlimVirgin mentioned - I've also no idea what a workmarket reporter is. I'm guessing it's something to do with business or finance, which would fit in with her other roles, but hopefully someone else can help with that. Should be good for DYK now if you haven't already nominated it. Good luck anyway. Paul MacDermott (talk) 12:34, 13 July 2013 (UTC)
- Thank you very much. You really improved the article. Very much appreciated!--BabbaQ (talk) 08:52, 13 July 2013 (UTC)
- If you are asking for more help, try and reach out for User:Reckless182, he is a more experienced Wikipedia user than myself. Arbero (talk) 04:23, 13 July 2013 (UTC)
Elisabet Höglund
Hi
I'm all done with the copyediting, I hope have been helpful. I have some other comments as well. As a reader I find it quite confusing as to what time period Höglund was working for Sveriges Radio as it isn't very specified unlike the rest of the section. I find the award section to be quite painful to read as well. Apart from being quite repetitive, I believe that translating the titles of the awards would be a good idea as English readers will gain no significant knowledge from the section except for the fact that Höglund has won numerous awards. Also "Föreningen Skogs- och Lantbruksjournalister's Stora Pris för sina engagerande reportage om djurvård, plågsamma djurtransporter och djurmisshandel" will probably need a longer explanation with a smaller description of her article to help the reader understand the context. Perhaps it would also be interesting to know what kind of cancer Höglund suffered from as there are numerous forms of the disease?
Good work on the article so far! --Reckless182 (talk) 19:29, 13 July 2013 (UTC)
A question on interwiki linking
Hello BabbaQ, and thank you for your many contributions. I had a look at some of your recent Sweden-related contributions, and a few questions cropped up. It clearly looks like you source the articles and their statements from the corresponding articles in Swedish Wikipedia (usually a very good choice as it allows quicker article creation, if you can "decipher" the source language), but you do no longer add interwiki links to the source. I'm curious - is this because of the new handling of interwiki links via Wikidata, i.e., has it become too difficult, also with the new tool which means that you usually don't have to open Wikidata separately? I wouldn't say that it is absolutely mandatory to add such links, but it is definitely recommended, and in your case there always seems to be a svwiki article which you're looking at anyway. But on the other hand, thanks for your consistent adding of project templates. Best regards, Tomas e (talk) 13:02, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
- I think that the simple answer is Yes it has becomed somewhat harder with the Wikilinks now with the new Wikidata system. But I will certainly take your advice to heart and try to solve that issue when creating articles in the future. And thank you for your feedback on my contributions. I think it is a good thing to expand the number of Swedish subject articles overall. Yes, I try to be consistent on adding of Swedish project templates so other user's like yourself find them easier. if you got the time please take a look at my article on Elisabet Höglund and do any changes you find necessary as the article is up for a DYK mention. Regards,--BabbaQ (talk) 15:24, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
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I should be online at various times throughout the day so give me a shout and I'll do my best to answer your question. Paul MacDermott (talk) 10:43, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
- No worries. Glad you resolved whatever it was. Paul MacDermott (talk) 10:04, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
DYK for Wedding of Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Christopher O'Neill
| On 18 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wedding of Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Christopher O'Neill, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Christopher O'Neill (pictured) declined a royal title upon marrying Princess Madeleine of Sweden? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wedding of Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Christopher O'Neill. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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Elisabet Höglund
Hi, Elisabet Höglund has 4319 characters (715 words) so is definitely long enough for DYK. It does need some spellchecking, but that shouldn't be a problem. Had a look at some of the Chandler refs and they seem fine, so you should go ahead and add them. It's still working its way to the top of the WP:GOCE list, but someone should hopefully do the copy edit soon. Paul MacDermott (talk) 15:21, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
- Here's a link to the Checklinks page. Most appear to be from the local newspaper, but would be ok if you know the page numbers from the journals they appeared in. Let me know if you have any problems and I'll copy the list over manually. I have to nip out for a while in 45 minutes or so, but if I don't get to it before I do that, I can do it later this evening. Paul MacDermott (talk) 15:39, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
- No worries. Once it's been through the copyedit we can have another shot at FAC. Paul MacDermott (talk) 15:50, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
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Will you offer your opinion at the Murder of Travis Alexander talk page about Geebee2 editing the article? The section about it is called WP:Conflict of interest editor. Halo Jerk1 (talk) 19:00, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
- I responded to your post on Halo's page. I'd very much like to see the neutrality of this article maintained and it's not going to happen with an editor who has clear bias and refuses to pay attention to editing rules. The fact that this editor is boasting about 'fixing' the article on a pro-Jodi site speaks volumes. Wanderingchilde (talk) 21:29, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
Royal wedding
Great work. It's always nice to read of happier world events as opposed to the doom and gloom that seems to occur all to often. You should submit this for ITN when it happens. Paul MacDermott (talk) 18:25, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
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Claudia Galli
I think it needs to be slightly longer as they like a minimum of 1500 characters. DYK check is showing it to have 966, but that doesn't seem to take into account the list of her films. It might be ok, but will definitely be fine if you can add another 600 characters to the prose. Hope this helps. Paul MacDermott (talk) 18:37, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
- I am not sure how it works but do you have a link to this DYK check?. OK thank you.--BabbaQ (talk) 18:38, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
- It should be the last link in the toolbox menu on the left of the page. Paul MacDermott (talk) 18:46, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
Ah, looks like you have to install it (strange though as it just seemed to appear one day for me). You can add;
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to your skin.js page and it should appear in the menu, or paste;
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into the url of the page you want to check. Hope this is more helpful. Check out WP:DYKCHECK for more details. Good luck Paul MacDermott (talk) 20:28, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
DYK for Murder of Helen McCourt
| On 28 April 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Murder of Helen McCourt, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that the murder of Helen McCourt was the first case in which a suspect was convicted on DNA evidence in the UK without the victim's body having been discovered? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Murder of Helen McCourt. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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Mark Lundy
Hi. I see you voted to keep the article about Teina Pora. Would you like to vote on a similar discussion about changing the name of the article called Murders of Christine and Amber Lundy to Mark Lundy. Discussions and voting is on the Talk page.Offender9000 (talk) 19:23, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi. The Oba Chandler peer review has closed this morning, but sadly without any feedback. I'll submit it for a copyedit, and think it should go forward to the next stage. Even if it doesn't pass it should generate some useful comments. Let me know what you want to do. Cheers Paul MacDermott (talk) 11:30, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
- Actually, I'm not sure it needs to go through the WP:GOCE process as some extensive copyediting was done over the last couple of days, so it's probably ready to roll. Paul MacDermott (talk) 18:41, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
- Yeah, feel free to take it further! :)--BabbaQ (talk) 16:49, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
- ok, I'll go for an FAC as they seem to be more popular than A Class. I'll add you as a joint nomination. Let me know if this is all ok and I'll do it before I log off tonight. Paul MacDermott (talk) 20:34, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
- ok, I've started the FAC nomination, but did a check for links and notice there are a few deadlinks. [11] Most seem to be fairly recent. I've fixed one, but can't seem to get to the others. Can you help? Paul MacDermott (talk) 21:25, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
- As you wrote in the closing of the FAC, it is hard of impossible to remove the dead links. Atleast for now. Well, we gave it a try.--BabbaQ (talk) 21:36, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
- Thinking about it they could always become offline sources, but we'd need someone with access to the Tampa Bay Observer's archive to get the page numbers. :) Paul MacDermott (talk) 21:42, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
- As I placed some of those sources into the article I know some of the page numbers. Yes, good idea.--BabbaQ (talk) 09:16, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
- Fantastic. If you can add them, and once it's been through a copy edit we'll have another crack at FAC. If there are any live links from TBO it might be worth archiving them as it looks like they expire after a while. Paul MacDermott (talk) 10:32, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
- As I placed some of those sources into the article I know some of the page numbers. Yes, good idea.--BabbaQ (talk) 09:16, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
- Thinking about it they could always become offline sources, but we'd need someone with access to the Tampa Bay Observer's archive to get the page numbers. :) Paul MacDermott (talk) 21:42, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
- As you wrote in the closing of the FAC, it is hard of impossible to remove the dead links. Atleast for now. Well, we gave it a try.--BabbaQ (talk) 21:36, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
- ok, I've started the FAC nomination, but did a check for links and notice there are a few deadlinks. [11] Most seem to be fairly recent. I've fixed one, but can't seem to get to the others. Can you help? Paul MacDermott (talk) 21:25, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
- ok, I'll go for an FAC as they seem to be more popular than A Class. I'll add you as a joint nomination. Let me know if this is all ok and I'll do it before I log off tonight. Paul MacDermott (talk) 20:34, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
- Yeah, feel free to take it further! :)--BabbaQ (talk) 16:49, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
WP:ESC latest assessments
Hi BabbaQ, hope all is well. I've just done an assessment exercise for Project Eurovision, and have noticed that on all the ESC2013 participant (BLP) articles you've given a 'future' classification. I think I know what you meant by 'future' as they are participating in a contest that has yet to happen. But, on a BLP 'future' would interpret as being that the person(s) has yet to be born? LOL So I've done you a favour and fixed them all. Gave me a giggle nevertheless. How's things anyway? Wesley♦Mouse 21:01, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
- Yes, I saw that other Esc 2013 articles had that classification and didnt think it trough. Good work Wes, LOL. Im good with ESC coming up soon hosted by my country:) How about you?.--BabbaQ (talk) 23:56, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
- I never knew you where from Sweden? I bet the atmosphere is ecstatic there at the moment? I'm not that bad myself, trying to take my mind off a few personal things back home (my partner's brother passed away this week, so its been a little sorrowful) but apart from that, all is OK. Wesley♦Mouse 00:04, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
- Yes, Sweden born and raised :) I do not live in Malmö but my friends from Malmö was on a visit this weekend, and they said the atmosphere is really high and people in Malmö are proud to be the hosts of the event. OK, I feel for you death is never pleasant but I hope you will be 100% OK very soon again :) Tomorrow night is the first semi-final. Which songs are your favourite overall this year at ESC?--BabbaQ (talk) 18:52, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
- I never knew you where from Sweden? I bet the atmosphere is ecstatic there at the moment? I'm not that bad myself, trying to take my mind off a few personal things back home (my partner's brother passed away this week, so its been a little sorrowful) but apart from that, all is OK. Wesley♦Mouse 00:04, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
Good news!
BabbaQ, got some good news that I couldn't resist sharing with you. I've been accepted as a volunteer at Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, 8 months after I did volunteering at London Olympics. Wesley♦Mouse 18:30, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
- Congratulations. Good work! An amazing opportunity!--BabbaQ (talk) 18:42, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
- By the way, what is your opinion about Petra as a Eurovision host? For me she is the best for many years. She has great english pronounciation and is calm and does not SCREAM every line she has as the hosts usually do.--BabbaQ (talk) 21:06, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks, the news came at a good time to be fair. As for Petra, she is a breath of Eurovision fresh air, and she brings humour to the contest too. I have concerns though regarding an editor on the project who seems to be taking over everything and not even allowing the rest of the members to contribute to anything. Selfish act and not very team-spirited in my opinion. They even left me a very horrid remark on their own talk page. Ironically their words sound so much like another editor that had an issue with me not so very long ago (and I think you will know who I'm on about there). Wesley♦Mouse 08:47, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
- By the way, what is your opinion about Petra as a Eurovision host? For me she is the best for many years. She has great english pronounciation and is calm and does not SCREAM every line she has as the hosts usually do.--BabbaQ (talk) 21:06, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
"Remarkably..."
I'm happy for "remarkably" to be removed from the article on ESC 2013, as you have just done. I only left it in because it was there in the version I edited, and I'm not sufficiently expert on ESC voting and results to know whether or not this is indeed a significant event. Personally, I'd have skipped over the entire topic in the lead paragraph, as it doesn't seem that headline-worthy to me, but I'm not an expert, so I left it there. RomanSpa (talk) 22:48, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
- I understand you completely, when in doubt just leave it. I am a Eurovision fan but I am also in doubt about what to do with the paragraph. I will just leave it and let other user's decide. Regards,--BabbaQ (talk) 23:02, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
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re [12] -since the person is dead, isnt there a very readily made FAIR use claim to be made? -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 21:05, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
- As I simply reverted back to an earlier revision not made by myself its not me you should contact about the message in question.--BabbaQ (talk) 21:07, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
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| On 30 March 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Reeva Steenkamp, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that South African model Reeva Steenkamp appeared in the reality TV show Tropika Island of Treasure which premiered two days after her death? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Reeva Steenkamp. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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Killing of Travis Alexander Archive
Hi, I noticed you have archived the talk page for Killing of Travis Alexander. I think you have put it in the wrong place, it should be Talk:Killing of Travis Alexander/Archive 1 not Archive1/Killing of travis Alexander which has been created as a new article. There is ref tags in there as well that is creating cite errors, which is how I noticed it, so they may need to be commented out. Thanks. Sarahj2107 (talk) 13:46, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
Thanks, it looks like an interesting case. I've made one or small minor tweaks and added some wikiprojects to the talk page. I'll add it to my watchlist and take a look round. I have ten days of HighBeam access left, so there might be something from there I can add. On another note, are you still planning to take Oba Chandler through an A-Class review, or FAC? I've reached the end of my current Peer Review list, and am waiting for the last one to archive, so could submit the Chandler article for PR in the next couple of weeks. Let me know if this is ok. Cheers Paul MacDermott (talk) 16:28, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
- OK, sounds good. Yes, A-Class review is probably easier way to go to reach FAC in the future. But please submit it for PR when you have the time. Cheers.--BabbaQ (talk) 16:45, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
Just waiting for PeerReviewBot to archive, then I can submit a new one. Paul MacDermott (talk) 17:14, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
- Do you think a DYK-nomination for the Helen McCourt article would be appropriate. Perhaps the historic DNA bit of the article could be used?--BabbaQ (talk) 17:08, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
- Should be alright, I think. I've added a couple of refs, although I see I've duplicated one, so I'll fix that. Paul MacDermott (talk) 17:13, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
- Do you think a DYK-nomination for the Helen McCourt article would be appropriate. Perhaps the historic DNA bit of the article could be used?--BabbaQ (talk) 17:08, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the double nomination. I'm not sure how to fix the DYK myself, but someone there usually sorts any glitches out. Paul MacDermott (talk) 18:01, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
- Looks like his name's John, according to this. Paul MacDermott (talk) 18:36, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
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Hi again. Now my Jo Stafford Peer Review has been archived, I've started one for Oba Chandler. I've asked generally what the article needs in going forward to the next stage of assessment, but feel free to make any changes if there's a specific aspect of it you want advice about. Hopefully should get some good feedback here. Cheers Paul MacDermott (talk) 22:33, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
- Hi, sorry for the slow response I have been on a short but needed Wikibreak, OK thank you for starting the peer review. I hope for some good feedback!. Cheers.--BabbaQ (talk) 15:37, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
Roger Kibbe looks interesting. Just read through it. Good work. Paul MacDermott (talk) 21:20, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
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Murder of Helen McCourt
When you have a chance, your DYK-nominated article Murder of Helen McCourt needs some attention. Thank you for submitting your article to DYK. Anne (talk) 22:19, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
- No worries. I did wonder if you were away, actually. Hopefully it was somewhere where the weather's a bit warmer than in Britain. :) I think I've fixed all the things that were raised, but you might want to take another look just in case I've missed something. Cheers Paul MacDermott (talk) 17:29, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
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Murder of Anni Dewani
Hi, could you take a look at the Murder of Anni Dewani article as you were the creator of the article. A user has today made several huge edits and removals of information that seem to have changed the article into a pro-South Africa article in the stance of guilt or not of Annis murderers. Alot of info removed also concerning South Africas poverty problems that were properly sourced. If you find time please take a look, I am quite suspicious of the edits made. I am also thinking the user has some connection to the case as he has removed alot of the information pointing to guilt of the people involved in her murder.--BabbaQ (talk) 13:12, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
- Hi, thanks for your message, I hope that I find you well! Well spotted, and I agree with your conclusion. So I went in and reversed the removal of the ref'd sections, and dropped him a message on his talk page. As I said to him it is always difficult to be neutral during these in-progress cases, but it is essential that we record both sides of the debate. Best Regards, --Trident13 (talk) 19:15, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
- I am not sure but seems like the user is on it again. Best regards.--BabbaQ (talk) 15:40, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Viðar Helgi Guðjohnsen and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ólafur Hannesson
Dear BabbQ Hi. This is just an inquiry about these Afds. Do you know if the channel and show that these two are on is notable? It is true I don't know much about Icelandic media but don't know about this channel or the show or the hosts. I would have thought I would do. Are you sure these are sufficiently notable? I think the page on Ólafur Hannesson has been deleted on Icelandic WP twice 31st janúar 2013 and 30th nóvember 2008 due to lack of notability. I don't know if there is some bias in operation there as I don't look it much but it does add to my doubts. Best wishes, (Msrasnw (talk) 15:43, 27 March 2013 (UTC))
- Hi, I do understand your concern. My icelandic isnt the best but from what I understand is that the source is a proof that atleast a DVD sale of the first season of his talk show has been made. Best regards.--BabbaQ (talk) 15:47, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
- Hi thanks. My undertanding is they are both right wing political activists who have not yet made it in mainstream politics and would fail our notability for polticians' test. I think we can see Viðar Helgi Guðjohnsen [13]. They are on what I think is a very very small private channel (few staff and very few viewers) on a very small show. Anyway best wishes and thanks for your response. I really have no axe to grind here (Msrasnw (talk) 16:02, 27 March 2013 (UTC))
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I wonder what rename title you prefer, as you support the proposal. --George Ho (talk) 08:09, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
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Congrats, you managed to get the article protected now. Did you even look at the new sources that I provided before changing? They are the most reliable that could be found. Newspapers and an interview. Why are you so sure it is the other date anyway? Maybe this should be answered on the talk page, but I just want to know if you read and listened to the sources first. BollyJeff | talk 13:07, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
- I think you are misunderstanding why the article was protected. It was not protected because of me and my request it was protected because there has been an ongoing conflict about her birthdate since 2011, now we will have a month to discuss it at the talk page instead of edit-warring at the article. And the comment Congrats, you managed to get the article protected now. are you honestly picking a fight or?. Im not interested in a edit conflict that is why I asked for protection which was granted. And all the sources I can see points towards 2 June and there are plenty of them.--BabbaQ (talk) 13:18, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
- Sorry, no fight is intended, but you changed the date back to June 2 before it was protected, and you did not answer the question. Did you read the sources that I provided a few days ago for August 11, and what is wrong with them? BollyJeff | talk 13:41, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
- You need to understand that without a proper discussion at the talk page and a proper consensus this situation will never be resolved. Bring it up there instead. --BabbaQ (talk) 13:42, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
- Okay, I posed a question at Talk:Jacqueline_Fernandez#Jacqueline.27s_birthday_is_11th_August_1985. BollyJeff | talk 02:01, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
- You need to understand that without a proper discussion at the talk page and a proper consensus this situation will never be resolved. Bring it up there instead. --BabbaQ (talk) 13:42, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
- Sorry, no fight is intended, but you changed the date back to June 2 before it was protected, and you did not answer the question. Did you read the sources that I provided a few days ago for August 11, and what is wrong with them? BollyJeff | talk 13:41, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
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I think it's good to keep my edits under observation for now. I'm trying my best to not fall back into that gossip-tone... i want to avoid any kind of trouble with you and other users. If you have any other suggestion for me, feel free to write in my talk page. Thanks and have an amazing day. EricaL2003 (talk) 21:48, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
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Remarks
Hello BabbaQ and IP editor. I have declined both reports at AIV. BabbaQ, I think you made some mistakes with the way you handled this matter. First, you should not have characterised the IP's post as vandalism, when it was clearly an attempt to improve the encyclopedia and they had already become active on the article talk page. Second, you should not have removed the other party's remarks from the WP:AIV page. They have a right to post there and give their side of the story. The only remarks that people should delete from WP pages or talk pages is stuff they wish to remove from their own talk page. Please leave everything else alone.
All three of these IPs - 87.232.1.48; 87.232.101.9; and 134.226.254.178 geolocate to the same place, somewhere in Europe. It's quite likely that all three IP editors are the same person, but it's not certain. Some IPs are dynamic; that means a person is assigned a new IP address each time they boot up their computer. Another possibility is a person editing with a mobile device who is assigned a new IP each time they leave the range of one cell tower and enter another cell. 134.226.254.178 geolocates to a college. -- Dianna (talk) 20:52, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
- I can agree with the first parts of your statements I could have handled it differently. But I am basically sick and tired of these IPs that comes with personal attacks at any given time. And though I probably didnt handle it as is proper I will not apologize for keeping a hard stance towards this IP/s. As I have stated to the IP/s I wish to have no further communication with it, as it would be unproductive and only lead to more drama. Concerning the second part of your statement that makes it quite clear that the IP/s belong to the same user but I will leave it as I cant be bothered communicating with the IP no more. Case closed.--BabbaQ (talk) 20:58, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
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Lindsay Sandiford
Thanks, I hadn't spotted that one. I'll do something with it a bit later on. Incidentally I've just been reading that someone's been charged with murder in the Marsden case. [14]. Paul MacDermott (talk) 00:13, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
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Are you from Azerbaijan? I wish, because I will write in Turkish. 20 Yanvar faciası sebebiyle Milli Seçim Turunun 5. turu ertelendi mi? Eğer başladıysa adaylar kimdir? Türkçe vikipediye ekleyeceğiz de. Eğer ertelendiyse, haberim olsun istiyorum. Teşekkürler kardeş! --Akinranbu (talk) 12:00, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
Lindsay Sandiford
Hi, I've just started an article about Lindsay Sandiford that you might find interesting. It needs a bit of expanding as it just has a brief summary of the case so far. Let me know if you can help. Cheers Paul MacDermott (talk) 13:50, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
- Really good updates made as I did not see this message until now. I will look for more information and update. Good work!--BabbaQ (talk) 17:34, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks. I got snowed in today so thought I'd work on it. I hadn't spotted the Reprieve details but that looks like it's a useful source. Paul MacDermott (talk) 23:09, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
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Deletion of assessments
Hello, you're of course free to reassess articles using the scale at WP:ASSESS, but do not delete assessements as you did here, and apparently for several articles other as well. Thank you. Tomas e (talk) 17:02, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
On second thought, seeing the number of deleted assessments under the misleading edit summary "reassessment", I think I have to underline that this type of edits must be considered vandalism.
Hello, I'm Tomas e. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions because it didn't appear constructive. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! Tomas e (talk) 17:09, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
Question regarding use of translation template
Hello again BabbaQ. I also noted that you have made several edits like this one, where you add {{translated}} to articles long in existence. Since you have not edited the article, how do you know that Zingostar (talk · contribs), who created the article in October 2007, translated from the Swedish Wikipedia version of that time, rather than using the two sources given then? If not, I don't really understand why you have added the template. Tomas e (talk) 17:29, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
- Oops I have started to look trough the swedish articles if there was much translations etc. But if you dont agree with that please remove it. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 22:09, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Murder of Gerd Johansson
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Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Crime
Hi BabbaQ, I thought it only right I inform you, I reverted your edit to the above page, the article was delsorted before the AfD was closed, an error in my edit summary may have confused that. Therefore it is the same as any other article that has been delsorted should be left so it can be archived. Regards ★☆ DUCKISJAMMMY☆★ 13:25, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
- My mistake! Sorry.--BabbaQ (talk) 13:41, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
- No problem, happy editing. ★☆ DUCKISJAMMMY☆★ 13:47, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
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Multiple AfD Noms such as Todd
In reality multiple pointless nominations do not matter. Nor does the few minutes spent discussing them. We shouldn't get bent out of shape over them. The Todd article will not be deleted. Notability is notability. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 22:49, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
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Just read through this and it looks fine. Incidentally I notice Tia Sharp has been through another afd since I last checked. Paul MacDermott (talk) 17:18, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
- OK, thank you for the read trough. Yes, but consensus has been that Tia Sharp is a notable subject so I am not worried for any further AfDs in the future.--BabbaQ (talk) 17:19, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
- Should be ok as it's been kept twice now and the case did get a lot of media coverage. Paul MacDermott (talk) 17:24, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
- Hopefully! If you find the time for it please review the Oba Chandler article again. Quite a few edit's has been made since the last time you read it and I think you can perhaps spot some tweaks or similar that are needed. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 17:29, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
- I'll take a look in the next few days, but at a glance it seems like it's quite comprehensive. Are you planning to take it to FAC? Paul MacDermott (talk) 17:34, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
- Thank you. I have thought about it and I feel that the article is FAC ready. I am not sure if it will pass and I am not sure that I am the right editor to do the tweaks needed for the article to become FA. So I will consider it for a while longer.--BabbaQ (talk) 17:43, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
- No worries. I see I meant to do something with this a few months ago then got sidetracked, so apologies for that. It's probably worth taking it through a peer review again as it's been a few years since the last one. I'm happy to add it to the PR list once I'm more familiar with the topic, and when my current peer review expires. That could be a couple of weeks away, but I should be able to do a couple of things in the meantime. Paul MacDermott (talk) 18:37, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
- Thank you so much! Appreciate it and your help!--BabbaQ (talk) 18:45, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
- Could I nominate the Murder of Gerd Johansson article for a mention at DYK or is it too small?--BabbaQ (talk) 19:39, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
- Should be ok. The minimum number of characters for DYK is 1500 and this has 2576 characters. There's at least one reference in each paragraph too, which is another of their requirements. Go for it. Paul MacDermott (talk) 19:57, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
- Looks good. Paul MacDermott (talk) 21:20, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
- Should be ok. The minimum number of characters for DYK is 1500 and this has 2576 characters. There's at least one reference in each paragraph too, which is another of their requirements. Go for it. Paul MacDermott (talk) 19:57, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
- Could I nominate the Murder of Gerd Johansson article for a mention at DYK or is it too small?--BabbaQ (talk) 19:39, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
- Thank you so much! Appreciate it and your help!--BabbaQ (talk) 18:45, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
- No worries. I see I meant to do something with this a few months ago then got sidetracked, so apologies for that. It's probably worth taking it through a peer review again as it's been a few years since the last one. I'm happy to add it to the PR list once I'm more familiar with the topic, and when my current peer review expires. That could be a couple of weeks away, but I should be able to do a couple of things in the meantime. Paul MacDermott (talk) 18:37, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
- Thank you. I have thought about it and I feel that the article is FAC ready. I am not sure if it will pass and I am not sure that I am the right editor to do the tweaks needed for the article to become FA. So I will consider it for a while longer.--BabbaQ (talk) 17:43, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
- I'll take a look in the next few days, but at a glance it seems like it's quite comprehensive. Are you planning to take it to FAC? Paul MacDermott (talk) 17:34, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
- Hopefully! If you find the time for it please review the Oba Chandler article again. Quite a few edit's has been made since the last time you read it and I think you can perhaps spot some tweaks or similar that are needed. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 17:29, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
- Should be ok as it's been kept twice now and the case did get a lot of media coverage. Paul MacDermott (talk) 17:24, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
Just completed a read through and my initial thoughts are that it's fairly good. I took the refs out of the lead as per WP:LEADCITE, and posted those not used elsewhere in the text to the talk page so they can be reintegrated somewhere else. I'll have a closer look sometime over the next few days and perhaps make one or two small adjustments, but mostly I think this is fine. Paul MacDermott (talk) 22:58, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
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Sorry for not replying before :) I've been tied up with all sorts of other things. Interesting articles; I'll have a look later! Happy new year by the way, hope you had a good holiday season! --Errant (chat!) 10:09, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
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Can you point to specific examples of all the claims you made here? Looks to me like this editor knows what they're doing and doing so appropriately. -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 19:48, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
- Honetly, I can not be bothered. I let time run its course. It is only a matter of time with the attitude the IP is using before it will be reported again by someone else. Cheers.--BabbaQ (talk) 20:10, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
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Nomination of Black Spark for deletion
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Proposed deletion of Tonia Sotiropoulou==== AfDs...
1. Stop attacking me personally based on the fact that there are perceived issues with your articles. I'm not the only one voting to delete them.
2. Maybe if you treated WP as an encyclopedia instead of a news source, this trouble would be avoided. You are complaining that JEM and Awa "will be notable" because the X Factor final will be over in a week. I don't know how much more clearly this needs to contravene WP:CRYSTAL for you to realize it is not appropriate.
3. We have very clear policies on notability for musicians. Winning a talent program is not among them, nor is the potential of winning the program a criterion. Furthermore, a contract is not notable, either. When a musician releases an album that meets the necessary requirements, at that point, the musician is notable, not before. MSJapan (talk) 21:16, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
- Response
1. It is not a vote.
2. If you feel that I have attacked you personally, then you take AfDs to personally and that is not a good sign.
3. We are of different opinions but it seems like you want me to not have my personal opinion. Which is not appreciated I am perfecly capable of making up my own mind. Cheers.--BabbaQ (talk) 21:51, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
- 1. You're right; it's not a vote, but your statements assume I am the only one if favor of deleting these articles, and for that reason you are targeting me with inappropriate comments.
- 2. As you stated on the JEM AfD: "This is just one of many way too hasty AfD nominations by MSJapan." You made a similar comment on the Awa one as well, and I seem to recall something else similar from you on another AfD. You're not exactly unbiased as article creator on these two articles, and if you're not going to come out and directly call them bad faith nominations, don't be snarky and imply a pattern of behavior unrelated to the AfD at hand without evidence. The lack of evidence given your bias is why I consider that a personal attack rather than a comment on edit pattern.
- 3. You can have your opinion, and that's fine. However, when you try to sway others to your point of view by making comments on others' behavior instead of relying on WP policies, that's not contributing to a positive atmosphere. I fully understand you think what you write about meets guidelines, but if you read the guidelines, you would see that what you are using to support notability are things that do not do so. Particularly, if something hasn't happened yet, it doesn't belong here. This isn't a question of my "not knowing anything about Swedish X Factor" either, we have this same issue with American Idol as well. Policies are not individually negotiable. MSJapan (talk) 23:43, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
The article Tonia Sotiropoulou has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this newly created biography of a living person will be deleted unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.
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Nomination of Awa Santesson-Sey for deletion
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Nomination of J.E.M for deletion
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Disappearance of April Jones
Hi. Just to let you know I've updated this with new developments this afternoon, and added a couple of templates. Cheers Paul MacDermott (talk) 15:51, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- Thank you!. I don't know if making a stub about the case was the right thing to do but I've done it and let's see if it is kept over time.--BabbaQ (talk) 15:52, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- I think the nature of this case means it probably will be kept, and there's been a couple of events surrounding it that make it more notable; the Prime Minister's involvement earlier in the week, and Kay Burley's rather ill-judged interview yesterday. I suspect someone will put it up for AFD, but I think it will probably pass GNG. Paul MacDermott (talk) 15:59, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- I hope you are right. I think this case is at another notability level then the Megan Stammers article etc. If you could find sources and add a few lines about the PM story and perhaps also Kay Burley that would help in a very likely AfD process. If you have the time. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 16:08, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- I'll take a look. BBC News's Jane Hill has just commented on the unusual fact that someone has been charged with murder without police having found a body, which is also something notable. I'll see what I can find and add some refs. Paul MacDermott (talk) 16:12, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- I hope you are right. I think this case is at another notability level then the Megan Stammers article etc. If you could find sources and add a few lines about the PM story and perhaps also Kay Burley that would help in a very likely AfD process. If you have the time. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 16:08, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- I think the nature of this case means it probably will be kept, and there's been a couple of events surrounding it that make it more notable; the Prime Minister's involvement earlier in the week, and Kay Burley's rather ill-judged interview yesterday. I suspect someone will put it up for AFD, but I think it will probably pass GNG. Paul MacDermott (talk) 15:59, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
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Reporting abuse
Hi, the abuse on the Amanda Todd article should be reported at WP:AN/I not WP:AIV. Regards. Alex J Fox(Talk)(Contribs) 23:04, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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Quality of AfD voting
onus of keep voters is to prove existence of sources to meet WP:GNG. I do wonder if you really read and search for sources and simply turn up and recycle the same old keep meets WP:GNG. the eg [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21]. LibStar (talk) 00:15, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
Nomination of Death of Tia Sharp for deletion
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Nomination of Disappearance of April Jones for deletion
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Nomination of BQ Girls for deletion
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pattern of AfD voting
you've done this in the past and unfortunately you're doing it again, you're voting mass keeps with such generic explanations as "meets WP:GNG" . It's obvious to me you're not even reading the articles or AfDs closely as you never give specifics and voted keep 7 times in 10 minutes all with generic vague arguments. please actually read the AfDs and make proper assessments. LibStar (talk) 11:10, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
- Whatever happened to assuming good faith in ones actions? There could easily be a misunderstanding in some policies that BabbaQ has quoted in their !votes. But to blatantly blast him down for making a choice to keep something is just absurd really. Give the guy a break! Wesley Mouse 11:42, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
- he's done this at least 3 times before, and it makes a mockery of the AfD process. I know you 2 are WP friends so keep an unbiased perspective. LibStar (talk) 12:11, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
- I'd like to correct you on your personalised perspective of the two of us. We collaborate on the same project WP:ESC. Being members of the same project doesn't mean we are WP friends. BabbaQ doesn't have a pattern of !keep all the time, and I have witnessed that myself. There are a few AfD's that he has opposed or even suggested merge. Look at the RfC on WT:ESC even on there some members have supported a project reform, and BabbaQ has opposed it stating a very good reason if I've to be brutally honest. Please could you retract the allegation of WP friends, thank you. Wesley Mouse 12:18, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
- While one should WP:AGF, that doesn't mean that patterns of questionable behavior should not be called out. If this is indeed the third time that LibStar has noticed a rash of generic "keep" !votes applied within minutes of each other, it is perfectly acceptable to call out appropriate behaviors. -- The Red Pen of Doom 15:43, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
- You're probably right there Red, and I appreciate that is your opinion. Personally I only participate in AfD's that are on the article alert lists of projects which I am a member of. I don't hold much interest in other AfD's that I know nothing about. Best way I suppose. Happy editing! Wesley Mouse 16:01, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
- While one should WP:AGF, that doesn't mean that patterns of questionable behavior should not be called out. If this is indeed the third time that LibStar has noticed a rash of generic "keep" !votes applied within minutes of each other, it is perfectly acceptable to call out appropriate behaviors. -- The Red Pen of Doom 15:43, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
- I'd like to correct you on your personalised perspective of the two of us. We collaborate on the same project WP:ESC. Being members of the same project doesn't mean we are WP friends. BabbaQ doesn't have a pattern of !keep all the time, and I have witnessed that myself. There are a few AfD's that he has opposed or even suggested merge. Look at the RfC on WT:ESC even on there some members have supported a project reform, and BabbaQ has opposed it stating a very good reason if I've to be brutally honest. Please could you retract the allegation of WP friends, thank you. Wesley Mouse 12:18, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
- he's done this at least 3 times before, and it makes a mockery of the AfD process. I know you 2 are WP friends so keep an unbiased perspective. LibStar (talk) 12:11, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
thanks Red Pen, calling out a pattern behavior that is potentially not in the spirits of Wikipedia is quite acceptable. I'd assume good faith if this is the first occasion. but BabbaQ has been warned of this. LibStar (talk) 00:05, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
- Yes I have been warned before by you Libstar. You and I have had a long history of inclusionists/deletionists discussions and it seems to be that AGF is something you need to follow more Libstar. I am however surprised that you say pattern when you then yourself !vote right after me on several AfDs that you said was in the "pattern", I also question your !votes at those AfDs as they dont state any real reason for deletion. If you dont like people !voting on several AfDs you shouldnt go and do the same hours later and on the exact same AfDs. It seems like you have targeted me and others on several occasions just for simply !voting Keep on one or several AfDs, I wonder if you would have seen these "patterns" had it been Delete !votes. You have a tendency to go on the attack without the appropriate tone just like you did a few weeks ago with user Wesley and I guess that is why he reacted above and I thank him for that even though I am capable of doing my own discussions. All I am saying is sometimes is better to have a nice tone towards your fellow Wikipedians without going on the attack, especially like in the Wesley matter were it was uncovered to be false. I think you need to learn to better follow AGF and I need to even though I did read all articles and then made the AfD !votes perhaps make them not in a row as it seems to upset you. So now thats solved. Cheers.--BabbaQ (talk) 16:08, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
Babba, not oneof your keep votes in that 10 min spree made any specific reference to the article in question or gave examples of sources. how you can read and assess 7 articles in 10 minutes beats me. WP:AGF does not extend to long histories of voting sprees. LibStar (talk) 01:43, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
- an example is this Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Larry_Kuca . clear consensus delete and totally ignoring grounds for deletion. LibStar (talk) 01:51, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
- LibStar, do you actually understand the concept of AfD's? Aren't they there for editors to nominate an article for deletion and then other users come along to decide if it should be kept or not. If everyone was to 100% say delete and we were able to predict this, then there would be no need to have AfD's, when we could go ahead and delete. Is that what you would rather prefer to have? Well then let's have it, let's deleted all 4,000,000+ articles shall we because LibStar would rather revoke everyone's rights to the freedom of choice, the freedom of speech, and the freedom to !vote how they wish. Makes me sick this silly attitude really. Pfft!! Wesley Mouse 11:14, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
AfDs are for discussion and assessment of articles on merits. There is sufficient evidence to suggest that BabbaQ blindly votes keep, BabbaQ can vote constructively or continually look like a blind voter. Nice hoe you put words down my throat and suggest all articles be deleted. I never said that nor insinuated that. Pure fantasy in your part. Time to WP:CHILL. LibStar (talk) 14:09, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
- I have nothing more to say on the matter LibStar. You have your views, I have mine. Its what people call the uniqueness of the human race, everyone is different, as is BabbaQ. If he wishes to !keep all the time then that is his choice; as is the choice that you may wish to !delete all the time. Like you said, CHILL, and leave BabbaQ to his own decision. Don't try and condemn him for his choice of !keeping all the time. And FYI, its "how" not "hoe". Now if you don't mind, I would kindly ask LibStar that you leave me alone. Thank you! Wesley Mouse 14:20, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
- Wesley, I did not contact you on this matter, but you actively chose to join a discussion on a third party's page. The typo was caused by autocorrect on my mobile. If you want to vote or delete all the time, provided you refer to the specific AfD that is fine but simply turning up like a bot and doing rapid fire votes "meets WP:GNG" 7 times in 10 minutes makes a mockery of the process. On 2 previous occasions, BabbaQ said "keep per person X" person X was simply someone who relished the debate!!! LibStar (talk) 15:16, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
Paris Hilton
I personally don't see anything gissip-like in that sentence and i really want to talk about her appeareance in the video, so why don't you just write about it without that "gossip tone"??? Make a version of that text on my talk page, please.EricaL2003 (talk) 14:18, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
- Erica, please take this to the article talk page which is where you are suppose to discuss the matter - thank you! Wesley Mouse 14:21, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
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Date links
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Interesting
Check this out. I thought we all agreed to 4/6 months cool-off period before reopening Ell & Nikki deletion proposals? Never knew 1 month after agreeing to the proposal that one involved party was allowed to ignore the agreement and make their own rules. Wesley Mouse 12:02, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
- It is a clear violation of the agreement. That is all I have to say.--BabbaQ (talk) 13:09, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
- Just to let you know, he has now received a warning for hounding on his talk page. Don't know if you want to familiarise yourself with his conditions. Would this mean the agreement is now null and void? Wesley Mouse 17:47, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
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Asiavision Song Contest - lift off!
Finally after so many postponements the Asiavision Song Contest starts in October. But they are not half doing things weirdly to what ESC does. Two festivals all on one day in the same venue - should be fun to watch. There is a Radio Song Festival and a TV Song Festival. But according to the rules a national broadcaster may send two participants. Iran have sent 4, as they have two broadcasters taking part (2 artists each). Anyhow I've wrote the article - ABU Song Festivals 2012 - enjoy! Wesley Mouse 20:01, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of UK Singles Chart Christmas number twos (2nd nomination):
Collapsed part of this AfD. At the moment it is my considered opinion it shows bias. Either all our conversations should be collapsed, or none, in any event neither you nor I are in a position to decide which parts should be collapsed. Feel free to take it to a third party - I have no objections to unrelated filler being collapsed.--Richhoncho (talk) 21:22, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
- For once we agree on something;) Yes I also think all should be collapsed. Feel free to make that edit.--BabbaQ (talk) 21:23, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi again. I'm probably asking for more trouble by creating this article, but the case history goes back some years so it should be ok. Paul MacDermott (talk) 23:35, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks. Still a bit more to do on it, but I've had enough for tonight. I need to work through details of the trial, and apparently Morgan launched an appeal afterwards. I think this article will be ok because it featured the first national DNA screening for a murder suspect. Paul MacDermott (talk) 21:35, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
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Project resignation?
I've just noticed that you've quit the Euro Project, how come? Saying that after today's fiasco I was on the verge of doing the same myself, but then had a second thought about it. Quitting means you're letting others defeat you, standing tall with your head up high and plodding along shows that you're a determined editor that doesn't let anything knock you down. I hope you reconsider the resignation at some stage in the near future, as your contributions and knowledge will be sadly missed. Wesley Mouse 22:20, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
- I sadly had no other choice then to quit the project atleast for now. I feel that I can not stand by or condone bullying and basic harrasment to get a merge/delete of certain articles, because it is not OK and in fact a disgrace to the entire Wikipedia community. I will probably return one day sooner or later. But when a whole Project bends over of a few users very strong opinion, even without a proper consensus discussion I have to drop out to retain my self-respect.--BabbaQ (talk) 22:42, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
- And it is nothing personal against you Wesley you can do or write what you want and agree with that merger or whatever. But I can not agree to something that I feel has been brought up by the factors I mentioned above. All I have to say is that those agreeing to this today has also agreed to a unfortunate precedent that will lead to mass AfDs of Eurovision participants in a near future. Just wait and see. And yet again this is nothing personal against you my friend but just a general feeling that you and others with Eurovision interest will have alot of work with endless meta-debate discussions on a number of AfDs for a considerable time in a close future. Sorry.--BabbaQ (talk) 22:43, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
- I know where you're coming from, and it does upset me slightly that a situation has reached to the level it current is at, hence why I felt now was the time to open a RfC on Talk:Euro to see if it was time to reform the project or not. At least that allows people to speak their mind and voice their views on this. Sort of like an opinion-poll, and then hopefully with the comments from people there we'd be able to work out the best way forward. Anyhow {{YGM}} if you catch my drift. Wesley Mouse 23:08, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
- And it is nothing personal against you Wesley you can do or write what you want and agree with that merger or whatever. But I can not agree to something that I feel has been brought up by the factors I mentioned above. All I have to say is that those agreeing to this today has also agreed to a unfortunate precedent that will lead to mass AfDs of Eurovision participants in a near future. Just wait and see. And yet again this is nothing personal against you my friend but just a general feeling that you and others with Eurovision interest will have alot of work with endless meta-debate discussions on a number of AfDs for a considerable time in a close future. Sorry.--BabbaQ (talk) 22:43, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
Nomination of Marjorie Orbin for deletion
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WikiProject Eurovision Newsletter - August 2012
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Disappearance of Melanie Melanson
I'd say go for it. We have Disappearance of Suzy Lamplugh, Disappearance of Sarah MacDiarmid, Disappearance of Genette Tate and Disappearance of April Fabb to name a few. It looks like this particular case is the subject of a cold case review, and it has received some international coverage, so I can't see a problem with it personally. Paul MacDermott (talk) 11:15, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
re image requested
Is the photograph I added to the Talk:The Graaf Sisters of the correct people?--Traveler100 (talk) 18:37, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
re image requested 2
Please note that {{reqphoto}} template or needs-photo=yes in {{WikiProject Biography}} template achieves the same result as {{Image requested}}. There is no need to add a duplicate. --Traveler100 (talk) 05:11, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
Tia Sharp
I can't help thinking it's a bit early to start something like this as she only disappeared a few days ago. Having said that, there is a lot of press coverage, and there's a substantial offer for information from one national newspaper so maybe it reaches the guidelines. Also I notice another editor added criticism of the BBC's coverage of this case. If that gets picked up by the media then that may also make it further notable. IMHO I think it is bad that the BBC has chosen to run the Olympics as its main headlines while sidelining everything else that's going on in the world, but I guess that's slightly off-topic. And ultimately, one can only hope she is found safe and well, and we've no need to expand this. Paul MacDermott (talk) 11:14, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
Carole Waugh
Actually, while I'm here what are your thoughts on an article about the Carole Waugh case. It's still early days but there's a lot of information coming out that could make for an interesting article. Paul MacDermott (talk) 11:21, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks for the feedback. Have created Death of Carole Waugh with some background on the case. I'll do some more research into it, but feel free to help expand it. Cheers Paul MacDermott (talk) 15:24, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
Eurovision article needs saving
BabbaQ, Someone has nominated Estonia's 2005 ESC participant 'Suntribe' for deletion along with their song article too stating they are not "notable". Needs saving me thinks. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Suntribe Wesley Mouse 11:45, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
- There's another one - I'm seeing a pattern emerging here. Wesley Mouse 23:57, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
Nomination of Happy Hoes for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Happy Hoes 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/Happy Hoes 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 template from the top of the article. Qwerty Binary (talk) 11:59, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
I notice you have a strong interest in death/ disappearance articles. Please note WP:EVENT trumps WP:GNG. getting lots of coverage does not automatically mean notable for an event. LibStar (talk) 14:21, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
Notice of Wikiquette Assistance discussion
Hello, BabbaQ. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Wikiquette assistance regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.Bleubeatle (talk) 23:06, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
- I have proposed a diplomatic solution to the on-going issues at WP:WQA to which we have been listed as involved parties. Please could you view the proposal and notify the page if you support, oppose, or wish to comment on them. Thank you. Wesley Mouse 18:19, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
- Hello again, BabbaQ. I have added some more in this diplomatic solution. Please could you view the proposal and notify the page if you support, oppose, or wish to comment on them. Thanks Bleubeatle (talk) 07:06, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
- I understand. Wesley Mouse and CT Cooper actually pointed out that they are under Wikipedia's ground policies anyways. CT Cooper also said that his talk page is open. Therefore I agree that such proposal is not needed as they may still take in effect. Bleubeatle (talk) 23:04, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Eva Rausing
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Michaela McAreavey
Hi, Thanks for the comments on the Jo Yeates FA. I've just read through the McAreavey article. Seems fine so far, although I think the information needs reordering. The comments from the GAA president could be part of a reaction section along with those of her family and Kenny, for example. Also not sure details of the wake are strictly necessary - it's the sort of thing newspapers like to report, but I don't think it's encyclopedic content. You could ask for a peer review, as they're always very useful, particularly if you plan to take it to GA. I'm waiting to nominate Philip Smith for GA, but will be looking for another project afterwards, so could help with this. I haven't been following the case though, so would have to read up on it.
Apologies for not getting back to you on Marjorie Orbin. I did look for some more online content after you mentioned it to me, but there doesn't appear to be much out there. You've done a job with what's available though. Paul MacDermott (talk) 18:27, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
Paris Hilton
I really liked the way the article was edited. Another user also said me that while doing massive changes, at least, i should leave an edit summary, and that's what i did. I've been doing several works here in wikipedia, especially to this article because it needs a lot of improvement. This is not the first massive change i've done (i have tried too other major stuff like getting together the "career" and "personal life" category), and this is actually the first time i got satisfied by the way the article was edited. What i was going to do today was correct some mistakes. Right now, i don't like the intro, it looks heavy and does not necessarily say the esential things about her career or life. I honestly prefer the edition that i made. EricaL2003 (talk) 14:57, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
What was exactly what pissed you off about the latest "version" of the article?.EricaL2003 (talk) 15:06, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
- Yeah, i'm quite a fan, but i try to be impartial while writing the article. So, can you tell what are the things that seem to be from gossip magazines or where it is shown partiality? i will change that.Thanks for your help. EricaL2003 (talk) 16:23, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
- I just write about the change on the talk page. So if i change some things about the article (the gossip like info and the partiality), could i re-edit it back?. EricaL2003 (talk) 16:39, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
- I admire your very patient tone towards me. Thanks. But still I think you need to get more feedback from the talk page before editing anymore from other user's then me who are of a strong opinion against your version Im afraid. You need to get more feedback from user's with no strong opinion either for or against your version. And as Hilton is a public person other inputs shouldn't be so difficult to get, just wait a few days and then look at the talk page again. Cheers.--BabbaQ (talk) 16:42, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
- I just write about the change on the talk page. So if i change some things about the article (the gossip like info and the partiality), could i re-edit it back?. EricaL2003 (talk) 16:39, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
- What are the parts where it is evident i'm her fan? what do i have to change to re-edit the article back?EricaL2003 (talk) 17:16, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Changing "Image" to "File"
On the principal of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it", it's really not necessary to change "Image" to "File" in image descriptors. Both words work exactly the same, and there's no indication that "Image" is going to stop working anytime soon (and if it does, a bot can make the changes en masse). As it is, if you make that change, it causes the article to pop on on people's watchlists, and they have to take the time to check out what the change is, only to find a needless edit. Thanks. Beyond My Ken (talk) 17:50, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
- Whatever happened to assuming good faith in a user's edit? The tone of the comment doesn't come across in the way of assuming anything good, but in a rather bullish manner. Wesley Mouse 21:48, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
- I have taken in what you have told me, but on the other hand I can not see this being such a major issue that you feel the need to write me this message and basically telling me that I did it in bad faith.--BabbaQ (talk) 22:12, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
- If I thought you had done it in bad faith, I would have been much more severe in my comment; as it is, assuming good faith, I was simply frank, straightforward and informational. This is not a society tea, our pinkies aren't extended as we sip our Darjeeling and chat about trivialities. Your edit inconvenienced me, and I wanted to stop you from inconveniencing other editors with unnecessary edits. Their time - and my time, for that matter - is valuable and shouldn't be wasted. If you took offense, sorry about that; I suggest you grow a thicker skin, it will be useful. Beyond My Ken (talk) 06:39, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
- I must say Beyond My Ken, that you are very much out of order in the comment above. If a user did something in bad faith, you (or any other person) still wouldn't have the right to be more "severe" in the comments. Your tone is coming across as very hostile, inappropriate behaviour, and most certain unacceptable. If an edit "inconvenienced you", then all you needed to do was fix the problem yourself, and leave it at that. No need to be uncivil and belittling another editor in the way that you have done. And the fact that you have also used phrases such as "This is not a society tea, our pinkies aren't extended as we sip our Darjeeling and chat about trivialities" and telling someone to grow thicker skin is most certainly a personal attack, and goes against WP:NPA, I would suggest that you curd your tone in future and be more civil towards other editors, regardless of whether their edits "inconvenienced" your time. Wesley Mouse 07:06, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
- @Wesley Mouse: You're entitled to your opinion, but that doesn't mean I'm required to give it any weight. Thanks for your comment, now take a hike.
@BabbaQ: With "friends" like Wesley Mouse, you're doomed. Listen to what I'm telling you, it'll be much more advantageous to your continued editing here. I didn't come here out of any animus toward you, and WM's attempt to make it appear so will not be helpful to you. Instead, please take my advice, and don't make unnecessary edits, because they just piss people off for no real purpose. Instead improve articles, that's the real reason we're here, isn't it? You want to make edits that make a difference, don't you? Beyond My Ken (talk) 08:01, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
- @Wesley Mouse: You're entitled to your opinion, but that doesn't mean I'm required to give it any weight. Thanks for your comment, now take a hike.
- I must say Beyond My Ken, that you are very much out of order in the comment above. If a user did something in bad faith, you (or any other person) still wouldn't have the right to be more "severe" in the comments. Your tone is coming across as very hostile, inappropriate behaviour, and most certain unacceptable. If an edit "inconvenienced you", then all you needed to do was fix the problem yourself, and leave it at that. No need to be uncivil and belittling another editor in the way that you have done. And the fact that you have also used phrases such as "This is not a society tea, our pinkies aren't extended as we sip our Darjeeling and chat about trivialities" and telling someone to grow thicker skin is most certainly a personal attack, and goes against WP:NPA, I would suggest that you curd your tone in future and be more civil towards other editors, regardless of whether their edits "inconvenienced" your time. Wesley Mouse 07:06, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
- If I thought you had done it in bad faith, I would have been much more severe in my comment; as it is, assuming good faith, I was simply frank, straightforward and informational. This is not a society tea, our pinkies aren't extended as we sip our Darjeeling and chat about trivialities. Your edit inconvenienced me, and I wanted to stop you from inconveniencing other editors with unnecessary edits. Their time - and my time, for that matter - is valuable and shouldn't be wasted. If you took offense, sorry about that; I suggest you grow a thicker skin, it will be useful. Beyond My Ken (talk) 06:39, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
- I have taken in what you have told me, but on the other hand I can not see this being such a major issue that you feel the need to write me this message and basically telling me that I did it in bad faith.--BabbaQ (talk) 22:12, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Please refrain from making personal attacks towards editors. Telling me to "take a hike" and referring to me as "doomed" are attacking remarks and uncivil. Any further remarks, and I will have to escalate matters further. Wesley Mouse 08:26, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
- It's OK, I've got you pegged. Beyond My Ken (talk) 09:17, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
Paris Hilton
Are you serious? have a little respect at least, you are starting to piss me off! and what the heck do you mean with the gossip thing? her net worth? her earnings? that's not gossip or anything like that! I'm tired of working my ass off in here. Do whatever you want to this article because i'm done. EricaL2003 (talk) 19:34, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
How are you?
Hey Babba, I just wanted to drop by and see how you are these days? I'm busy preparing myself for Glasgow 2014, so as you can imagine life is pretty hectic right now. And now that Project Eurovision is a coordinator down for the newsletter, things are going to become even more manic. I might invest in a diary and log down schedules to do thing within an easier time-frame LOL. Wesley ☮ Mouse 18:50, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
- Hey, Oh that sounds like alot of work my friend :) I am chilling right now after a day at work and will be on Wikipedia alot tonight. Tomorrow an article that I have expanded alot Oba Chandler will appear in the On this day section on the main page as well :) --BabbaQ (talk) 16:07, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
- Oh wow, I am so pleased to learn you have an article appearing in the "on this day" section. All the DYK's you created have inspired me to think of a DYK of my own, although I'm not sure if a DYK on the ABU Song Festivals would quite make the headlines. I'll need to think more into my debut DYK submission. Wesley ☮ Mouse 16:28, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
- Yes it is funnier to take your time and make an article that will give alot of views. I have had several articles on DYK with over 5,000 views and one with over 15,000 views so it is nice when you get into the business. --BabbaQ (talk) 16:36, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
- That is good advice, thank you. I shall certainly take that on board before setting to work on my first DYK. Wesley ☮ Mouse 16:40, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
- If you could take a glance at the Oba Chandler article and perhaps make any changes needed. I know the article is not within your article interest sphere perhaps but I know you are a skilled editor. Thanks--BabbaQ (talk) 17:36, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
- It will be an honour to take a glance at the article for you. I had previously looked and was wondering about images, as there are only 2 so far. But I suppose it would be difficult to add images to a topic of this nature as not many will be in open domain. I noticed the article is a former feature article. Were there any reasons given for its demotion, that may provide some scope as to which areas to concentrate any additional improvements. Wesley ☮ Mouse 17:47, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
- Oh thank you my friend. Yes it has been up for Featured article status twice as I understand it and not been promoted. I think however that there has been many good edits made since then that makes the article FA ready. Hopefully within the next few months it will be promoted. Sure, if you do find anymore suitable images please add them.--BabbaQ (talk) 17:50, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
- I shall have a search for any suitable images that may be beneficial to the article. On a different note, I wonder if aiming for FA is a logical path to take. There are the other options of a peer review, and maybe even the next grade in-between GA and FA, which is A class. Perhaps submitting for A classification would be a good way forward, and if that passes, then asking for what action would be required next to qualify for FA and then work on that. Wesley ☮ Mouse 17:55, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
- Oh thank you my friend. Yes it has been up for Featured article status twice as I understand it and not been promoted. I think however that there has been many good edits made since then that makes the article FA ready. Hopefully within the next few months it will be promoted. Sure, if you do find anymore suitable images please add them.--BabbaQ (talk) 17:50, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
- It will be an honour to take a glance at the article for you. I had previously looked and was wondering about images, as there are only 2 so far. But I suppose it would be difficult to add images to a topic of this nature as not many will be in open domain. I noticed the article is a former feature article. Were there any reasons given for its demotion, that may provide some scope as to which areas to concentrate any additional improvements. Wesley ☮ Mouse 17:47, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
- If you could take a glance at the Oba Chandler article and perhaps make any changes needed. I know the article is not within your article interest sphere perhaps but I know you are a skilled editor. Thanks--BabbaQ (talk) 17:36, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
- That is good advice, thank you. I shall certainly take that on board before setting to work on my first DYK. Wesley ☮ Mouse 16:40, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
- Yes it is funnier to take your time and make an article that will give alot of views. I have had several articles on DYK with over 5,000 views and one with over 15,000 views so it is nice when you get into the business. --BabbaQ (talk) 16:36, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
- Oh wow, I am so pleased to learn you have an article appearing in the "on this day" section. All the DYK's you created have inspired me to think of a DYK of my own, although I'm not sure if a DYK on the ABU Song Festivals would quite make the headlines. I'll need to think more into my debut DYK submission. Wesley ☮ Mouse 16:28, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
OK here we go, a few image suggestions for you to have a glance at. Rick Scott is mentioned throughout the article quite a lot, and was the person who signed the death warrant for Chandler. His image File:Rick Scott official portrait.jpg may be a good inclusion. There is a reference to Courtney Campbell Causeway for which there is an image available File:CourtneyCampbell.jpg. On the execution section there are mentions to Pinellas County Court (File:Clearwater Pinellas cty crths03.jpg) and Florida Supreme Court (File:FlaSupremeCrtBldgFeb08.JPG). And finally we know that Chandler was executed at the Florida State Prison, there is an image available for one of the execution chambers File:Execution chamber, Florida.jpg. That's a few images to think over and decide if their inclusion would be beneficial to the article or if they would hold no prominence. Wesley ☮ Mouse 18:11, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
- OK, thank you for the research. Please add the Courtney Campbell Causeway image and the Florida Supreme Court image if possible. Thank you!.--BabbaQ (talk) 18:15, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
DYK for Kristian Gidlund
| On 26 September 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kristian Gidlund, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Kristian Gidlund played drums in the rock band Sugarplum Fairy until his death in 2013? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kristian Gidlund. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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Congratulations for DYK
BabbaQ, congratulations for Kristian Gidlund appearing in the DYK section today. And thanks for letting me know about the need for checking and cleaning up the article. The same had happened a little while back with Meral Tasbas. werldwayd (talk) 08:00, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
- Thank you. Yes, I will inform you in the future if I need your assistance. --BabbaQ (talk) 14:24, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Hildegard Björck
Hello! Your submission of Hildegard Björck at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 16:00, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
The mother of all Project Eurovision tasks
I think I may have just taken upon myself the mother of all Project Eurovision tasks. The other day I was checking a few articles and noticed they were never given the project assessment banner. So I've decided to place burden on myself and start from ESC 1956 checking each and every article that is wikilinked, and update the talk page banners. I'm going to do this for all Eurovision, Junior Eurovision, OGAE, and subsequent articles related to Project Eurovision. According to the project assessment records there's just under 5,000 articles that have a banner, but there could be another 5,000-10,000 unregistered. I think that should keep me busy for the next 100 years LOL. Wesley Mᴥuse 22:00, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
- OMG all I can give you is a biiiig good luck wish. I think you will do a great job with the project. Just do some everyday and do not overdo it because I want you to be alert and on top of your game. :)--BabbaQ (talk) 14:37, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
Greetings. Because you participated in the August 2013 move request regarding this subject, you may be interested in participating in the current discussion. This notice is provided pursuant to Wikipedia:Canvassing#Appropriate notification. Cheers! bd2412 T 21:28, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
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Category:Junior Eurovision Song Contest presenters
Category:Junior Eurovision Song Contest presenters, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. DexDor (talk) 04:17, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
There's another one. Category:Eurovision Song Contest presenters, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Wesley Mᴥuse 23:01, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
- Are you subscribed to the Signpost by the way? I've contacted their editorial team to see if they would do a write-up on ProjectEurovision, seeing the project is in its 10th year. They've approved the request, but not sure which edition we will get a mention in. Wesley Mᴥuse 23:21, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
You do, don't you? ;) Drmies (talk) 02:10, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
Re:Casey Kearney
Hi, thanks for keeping me updated on this. On another note I created an article about the spree killer Philip Smith yesterday that you might find interesting. I currently have access to HighBeam and found a huge feature from the Birmingham Evening Mail published on the day he was sent to prison. I've used it as the basis for the article, but am looking for free online sources to back up as much as I can. It could also do with a few images, I guess. Take a look anyway and let me know what you think. Paul MacDermott (talk) 16:12, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks, I've found a couple of images for the locations on Commons so I might add those in a while. Also discovered he was a suspect in another death so need to add that information too. Paul MacDermott (talk) 20:38, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
- I agree that is unfortunate. You can always ask for it to be restored later rather than writing the whole thing again. Paul MacDermott (talk) 19:15, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
- There is a process whereby you can ask for a review if you feel an article has been unfairly deleted. Take a look at this page for more details and perhaps file a request. Paul MacDermott (talk) 19:38, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
- I agree that is unfortunate. You can always ask for it to be restored later rather than writing the whole thing again. Paul MacDermott (talk) 19:15, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
The article Dulcita Lieggi has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
- Doesn't appear to meet the notability guideline for models or the general notability guideline
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Nomination of Dulcita Lieggi for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Dulcita Lieggi 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/Dulcita Lieggi 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 template from the top of the article. – hysteria18 (talk) 19:07, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
- BabbaQ: Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. From your comment at WP:AfD, I don't think you understand what the term "notability" means in the sense that Wikipedia uses it. It does not speak to the accomplishments of the subject of the article at all; instead, notability, as Wikipedia uses it, is more about finding a source that states the subject has accomplished something notable. In other words, Dulcita Lieggi may have been named Miss World, but unless the article references two separate reliable sources stating that, it isn't notable. Will that help you improve your article enough so it doesn't get deleted? Gtwfan52 (talk) 04:01, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
Speedy deletion declined: Miss Asia Pacific World
Hello BabbaQ. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Miss Asia Pacific World, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The article is not substantially the same as the deleted version. A new deletion discussion is required. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 04:33, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
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WikiProject Eurovision Newsletter - June 2012
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Eldar and Nigar PROD
Hi BabbaQ, I noticed a comment you posted at Bleubeatle (talk · contribs) regarding the removal of PROD tag from Eldar and Nigar, in which you stated their individual articles should be deleted, as the pair are a duo act. I should point out that you are technically incorrect. Ell & Nikki are really solo artists, and where only forged together as a duo act for the sake of Eurovision. :To put it into context, take for example Ant & Dec. They are a duo (formerly pop singers, turned TV presenters), and have an article as a duo, but also have articles as solo people Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly. Therefore Eldar & Nigar would be fine as the duo article, while keeping Eldar Gasimov and Nigar Jamal as articles to show their individualities. Wesley☀Mouse 13:22, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
- I feel it is only fair, that I make you aware that a user has outright admitted to being purposely uncivil towards you. Details of their statement can be seen here. Regards, Wesley☀Mouse 11:26, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
BabbaQ, I have had a word with Cooper, and think that there could be more to all of this then we actually think. In the past, I have noticed Bleubeatle's behavioural pattern being of a polite, quiet, caring editor. But recently that behaviour has done a 180-turn for the worse. Now either the user is going through some personal problems, or there really is a language barrier causing misunderstandings. Either way, I nominated myself to write a sincere letter to Bleu on his talk page. In that letter, I have suggested that the heated debate be cooled down by all sides, myself included, and checking to see if he would like all of the heated sections to be hidden from the general viewing eye (this can be done, and would't cause to much problems, as people may still see that part in the page history if they wish). If he agrees to this, then would you also be ok in hiding the heated sections, and then we can try and get the discussion back on the right cooperative track? P.S. Have you seen the ESC 2012 article? GA review is in progress and it is looking promising for the project to get its first ever GA-class on Eurovision by Year articles. If that does happen, then it would be a good argument to have Ell & Nikki separated from the song article too. Wesley☀Mouse 18:05, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
- Yes I fully agree that a behavioural change has happened with the user. I am starting to wonder if someone else is using the username then its original owner. I only responded this time again because the user tried to force me to leave the discussion by yet another "you can leave if you feel like it" comment. Anyway I will try to just not look at that talk page anymore. And I have to be honest with you Wesley, I have a very hard time seeing Bleubeatle change his behaviour anytime soon. Or seeing the good faith in the users comments overall. Yes I am keeping my fingers crossed at the ESC2012 article being granted GA status. And yes I agree with that the Ell&Nikki article would benefit from being separate from the song article when the ESC 2012 article is granted GA status. Keep up the good work Wesley you are a really good contributor to the Wikipedia and a true asset to the ESC-project! Sincerely.--BabbaQ (talk) 18:21, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
Project Eurovision RFC discussion reminder
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Ankheg
Hello,
Because you participated in the previous AFD for Ankheg, I am notifying you that it has been nominated for AFD again. 129.33.19.254 (talk) 14:18, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
Here's one for you to ponder over
Hi BabbaQ, With all the goings on with you know what, I thought you may like to have something else to have a gander at and take your mind off issues. As you know, the project newsletter was revived this month, and I am already in preparations of writing the next edition. I've done some tweaking improvements of style/layout of the newsletter to give it more appeal and "grab-ability" to everyone (my aim is to get project members hooked on the newsletter, and read with interest). Anyhow, would you be so kind and have a glance at the draft version, and let me know if there is anything else that could do with being included, or if there is something in there that isn't really needed. Thanks Wesley☀Mouse 14:04, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
Marjorie Orbin
That looks like it has potential to be expanded. I'll take a look in a day or two and see what I can find. While I'm here, do you know anyone at WP:CRIME who does copy editing? I'd like someone to go through my Philip Smith article before I put it forward to GAN, but it's been up at the Guild of Copy editors noticeboard for some weeks now without any takers. Cheers Paul MacDermott (talk) 20:45, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
- That would be great if you do find someone who can do that. In the meantime I'll submit it for a peer review as they're usually a little quicker at reviewing things there. Cheers Paul MacDermott (talk) 10:44, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks. Paul MacDermott (talk) 13:49, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
WikiProject Eurovision Newsletter - July 2012
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- Thank you very much!--BabbaQ (talk) 21:10, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
- You're welcome. You seem to respond rather well to my feedback so can I also suggest you archive your talk pages? It's up to you of course, but it's good practice and helps to demonstrate transparency in a person's editing.--Shakehandsman (talk) 21:15, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
- Sure, it's all here, User_talk:BabbaQ/Archive1.--BabbaQ (talk) 21:16, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
- You're welcome. You seem to respond rather well to my feedback so can I also suggest you archive your talk pages? It's up to you of course, but it's good practice and helps to demonstrate transparency in a person's editing.--Shakehandsman (talk) 21:15, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
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I look forward to the debate doktorb wordsdeeds 07:28, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
I just found this article after watching the case on BBC News. Looks interesting and I've done a bit of work on it, and thought you might like to take a look. Could be worth expanding, and this is definitely one that shouldn't have any problems attached to it. Paul MacDermott (talk) 13:08, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks for taking a look at this. I'll have a go at expanding it when I have a bit of time to delve into the background of this case. Meanwhile, I've just created another article you may find interesting. Marcus Robinson had his death sentence commuted to life this week by North Carolina after using the state's Racial Justice Act to prove unfair jury selection in his trial. I'm less familiar with US legal cases but can see lots of scope for development. Take a look if you get a chance. Cheers Paul MacDermott (talk) 13:21, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks. Paul MacDermott (talk) 13:29, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
- Looks like an interesting case, but I notice we also have an article on Pierre Williams so I guess they'll probably need merging at some point. I'll add a {{mergeto}} template for now, and put it on my to do list. Paul MacDermott (talk) 11:52, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks. Paul MacDermott (talk) 13:29, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
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Nomination of Death of Casey-Lyanne Kearney for deletion
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Voting in AfD
hi, ive noticed you've been doing some very simple voting "keep passes WP:GNG" given previous concerns about your keep arguments I do wonder if you even read the AfD or the article in question or simply turn up and say "keep passes WP:GNG" with no thought. You recently did 4 keep votes in 3 minutes all with this same recycled reasoning. LibStar (talk) 04:32, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
- Also, WP:AFD discussions are not a keep/delete vote. Valid arguments are required. – Kosm1fent 06:43, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
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Re:Casey-Lyanne Kearney
To be honest I don't think there'll be much more until a trial takes place. But even if it gets deleted the article can always be restored later on. Paul MacDermott (talk) 17:35, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
Joanna Yeates second nomination
Just listed Murder of Joanna Yeates for a second FAC. Again I would welcome you as a co-nominee. Paul MacDermott (talk) 12:25, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Gemma McCluskie
I did wonder if there might be an article on this, but must confess I hadn't got round to looking so thanks for letting me know about it. It seems to be taking shape quite well with lots of useful information and references which is a very good start. Cheers for the feedback on the Jo Yeates article. Hopefully it will pass this time. Paul MacDermott (talk) 15:33, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks, I'll take a look and add some stuff from them. Paul MacDermott (talk) 15:39, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
- Have added info on the appeal, but will wait until the CC appears at Leveson before doing anything with that as he'll probably have something significant to say. Paul MacDermott (talk) 18:39, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
I've just started an interesting article on Interviews Before Execution, the Chinese "talk show" which has attracted a lot of attention recently. Check it out when you get the chance. Paul MacDermott (talk) 15:23, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
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Per WP:BADCHARTS, you shouldn't use info from iTunes or Spotify. Widr (talk) 18:25, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
Might be okay in the Swedish WP, but I provided the link to explain why they aren't allowed in the English Wikipedia. Widr (talk) 18:30, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
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Casey Kearney
Seems ok to add that, I think. Paul MacDermott (talk) 18:41, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
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DYK for Gemma McCluskie
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Re:Jo Yeates
Thanks, glad it got there at last. Paul MacDermott (talk) 14:36, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
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Oba Chandler
I'll take a look, although it might be a few days before I can do anything. I should also add that I'm not familiar with the case so I'll need to read up on it. Paul MacDermott (talk) 15:34, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
I had a quick read this evening and it seems fine. One or two thing we could perhaps consider for a future FAC nomination might be to expand the lead as I'm not sure if everything in the main body is covered there, and remove some of the refs. But apart from that it seems to read well, and I see it passed a GA reassessment not long after the execution, so overall it seems to be fairly detailed and well organised. If you're thinking of an FA nomination it's definitely headed in the right direction. I'll read through it again when I get a chance and perhaps make a few adjustments. Cheers Paul MacDermott (talk) 22:26, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
- Just an update on this. Have replaced a couple of the refs that had gone out of date and done some minor copyediting to one of the sections. Some of the references, particularly the abc ones, seem to be a bit of a problem as Reflinks wanted to merge them together when I ran the article through it for Bare URLs. I'll take a look at the lead and move some of the refs from that into the main text when I have a couple of hours to spare. Cheers Paul MacDermott (talk) 13:48, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
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Merge of Lisa M. Montgomery with Bobbie Jo Stinnett
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Hi. Thanks for alerting me to the article. I'm trying to get the Jo Yeates case to FAC at the moment, but should be able to look at it at some point over the next few days. Paul MacDermott (talk) 18:06, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
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Hi BabbaQ... You are mentioned on user talk:Kiefer.Wolfowitz as a possible sock of Rlevse, as am I. I have started a discussion here which you might be interested in seeing / contributing to (or not, at your option). EdChem (talk) 05:42, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
Joanna Yeates again
Hi, I just thought I'd let you know I've nominated Murder of Joanna Yeates for peer review to find out what exactly it might need to get to GA or FA status. I think everybody who worked on this article has put a lot of effort into making it comprehensive and presentable so believe it should be promoted. Hopefully we may be able to improve it further if needed. Cheers Paul MacDermott (talk) 12:39, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
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- Thanks, and you 2!--BabbaQ (talk) 21:34, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
- You are welcome and thanks. :) Jivesh1205 (Talk) 04:55, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks. Jivesh1205 (Talk) 17:39, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks, and may I also wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I'm taking a short break from Saturday as I'm off to stay with relatives over the festive season, but should be back Monday or Tuesday. Cheers Paul MacDermott (talk) 22:39, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks. Jivesh1205 (Talk) 17:39, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
- You are welcome and thanks. :) Jivesh1205 (Talk) 04:55, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
Merry Xmas back at you :) I've taking a light break over the last few weeks for a work project, but back in the fray after a festive break! --Errant (chat!) 22:37, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
Only warning
WP:HARASSMENT has a specific definition. Any future claims of harassment that do not meet that definition can lead to a block. Your personal incivility and false accusations are merely escalating a situation, and cannot be condoned (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 15:39, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
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Request reason:
I was responding to personal attacks by the user Twatfots after trying to avoid further contact for a few days. The user continued to write about me to several users even after that. In the end I reacted to this [22], [23],[24] and I am the one being blocked for harassments, as you can see I tried to reason with the user and tried to make us move on from previous arguments. The user has been told by several users to move on but has continued to make a smear campaign against me. I wish to be unblocked and will not have any further contact with the user in question.
Decline reason:
See below. (Considering the full history of this issue, I think a 24 hour block is on the minimal side. There is certainly no question of reducing it.) JamesBWatson (talk) 17:22, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
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- Right, but when told to leave them alone, you chose to continue posting on their talkpage, with the condescending "my dear" commentary. (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 15:51, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
- Still, you have made a overreaction to a user that was only tired of days of a personal smear campaign from the user in question. Also you blocked me before I even got a chance to read your final warning. (Which I dont agree with but would have taken to heart).--BabbaQ (talk) 15:53, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
- You posted on their talkpage 6 times today - all of them after they asked you to leave them alone. Count them: 6 (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 16:03, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
- Anyway if blocking me for 24hrs is the price to pay to get this user to leave me alone, a point that finally seem to get trough its a price im willing to take. Yes I responded 6 times today after the user had written about me more then 10 times to other users instead of directly to me. Anyway I will move on now.--BabbaQ (talk) 16:07, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
- An editor has a right to express concerns about your civility, anywhere. If you have violated other policies, they have a right to ask someone about it. They have a right to file a report, if needed. It's not harassment. Browbeating them because of it is harassment because you're trying to force them to stop. Indeed, they may still file a report in the future, if needed. (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 16:48, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
- Anyway if blocking me for 24hrs is the price to pay to get this user to leave me alone, a point that finally seem to get trough its a price im willing to take. Yes I responded 6 times today after the user had written about me more then 10 times to other users instead of directly to me. Anyway I will move on now.--BabbaQ (talk) 16:07, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
- You posted on their talkpage 6 times today - all of them after they asked you to leave them alone. Count them: 6 (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 16:03, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
- Still, you have made a overreaction to a user that was only tired of days of a personal smear campaign from the user in question. Also you blocked me before I even got a chance to read your final warning. (Which I dont agree with but would have taken to heart).--BabbaQ (talk) 15:53, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi, nice that Wikipedia is used as a source of information even for media in the case of Oba Chandler. Like this article.--BabbaQ (talk) 17:52, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
- Hi! Yes, I agree. It is nice (and, also, interesting) that the Wikipedia article was used as a media source! Thanks for pointing that out ... I would never have seen that, otherwise. Thanks! (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 16:42, 12 October 2011 (UTC))
- Yes it is an indication that the article is worthy of its Good article status. Please check out the talk page of the Teresa Lewis article there is a banner that is used when an article is mentioned as a source by other media. Perhaps something for the Oba Chandler article!. But I dont really know how to use it. --BabbaQ (talk) 17:45, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks again. Yes, I had never noticed that before. Thanks for pointing it out. I don't know how to use those banners, either. But, they seem simple enough. If you type in the following "code" ... (see below) ... then, that results in the following banner on the Talk Page (see below). Perhaps you can copy/paste this as an example and change the pertinent info, to place it on the Oba Chandler article? Thanks! (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 18:49, 12 October 2011 (UTC))
- Here is the "code language":
{{onlinesource |year=2010|section=September 2010|author=|title=Teresa Lewis dies by lethal injection|org=[[p2pnet]]|url=http://www.p2pnet.net/story/44197|date=September 24, 2010 |year2=2010|section2=September 2010||title2=Sakineh e Teresa Lewis due storie di donne unite da un giudizio tragico|org2=MaremmaNews (Italian) |url2=http://www.maremmanews.tv/it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6970:sakineh-e-teresa-lewis-due-storie-di-donne-unite-da-un-giudizio-tragico&catid=41:attualita&Itemid=55|date2=September 29, 2010}} }}
- Here are the results (banner):
 | This page has been mentioned by multiple media organizations:
|
- Chandler has appealed his sentence, hearing on that motion on friday. Feel free to change the update.--BabbaQ (talk) 17:46, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks! Looks like the info is already in the article. Thank you. (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 13:40, 20 October 2011 (UTC))
Tips on article writing and referencing with inline citations
Hi BabbaQ, I thought I'd drop a few notes on your talk page with some help on writing articles :o)
First of all, it may be best for you to do a bit of reading, starting with the Wikipedia manual of style, which will give you a lot of information about how Wikipedia prefers its articles to be written. It's not as hard to follow as it might look; quite a bit of the information there probably won't be vital for you at first.
Second, I recommend you make a user sandbox - which is just an area you can use to practise in, and to make notes in, and to get things ready in. If you click this red link: user:BabbaQ/Sandbox, that will let you create that page (it gives you an edit window to start work in). Anything, anywhere, on the help and information pages which gives you an example, try it out in your sandbox until you're familiar with it.
For your article, the next thing you want to do is start collecting as much information as you can about it. Google searches (particularly in Books and Scholar) will be your best friend for this! Once you've found the information, the next most important thing is to start writing up each fact in your own words (very important, this), and make a note at the same time of exactly where that information came from. Build in the references as you go along; I'm going to copy in, down below this, a whole heap of help on doing references, which was produced by one of our best teachers (Chzz).
Here's another place that you'll find incredibly useful - citation templates which you can copy and paste into your sandbox, between <ref></ref> tags; you just fill in the blanks from your sources into the template, and you'll end up with nicely formatted inline citations :o) It all helps. Remember to add a references section to your sandbox (make a new line, and put ==References== on it, and type {{reflist}} on the next line, so that you can see how your citations look as you do them. Remember to save your page often! You don't want to lose your work.
Hopefully this will give you a good start and make life easier for you. Pesky (talk …stalk!) 08:32, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
How references work
Simple references
These require two parts;
- a)
Chzz is 98 years old.<ref> "The book of Chzz", Aardvark Books, 2009. </ref> He likes tea. <ref> [http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com Tea website] </ref>
- b) A section called "References" with the special code "{{reflist}}";
== References ==
{{reflist}}
(an existing article is likely to already have one of these sections)
To see the result of that, please look at user:chzz/demo/simpleref. Edit it, and check the code; perhaps make a test page of your own, such as user:BabbaQ/reftest and try it out.
Named references
Chzz was born in 1837. <ref name=MyBook> "The book of Chzz", Aardvark Books, 2009. </ref> Chzz lives in Footown.<ref name=MyBook/>
Note that the second usage has a / (and no closing ref tag). This needs a reference section as above; please see user:chzz/demo/namedref to see the result.
Citation templates
You can put anything you like between <ref> and </ref>, but using citation templates makes for a neat, consistent look;
Chzz has 37 Olympic medals. <ref> {{Citation
| last = Smith
| first = John
| title = Olympic medal winners of the 20th century
| publication-date = 2001
| publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]]
| page = 125
| isbn = 0-521-37169-4
}}
</ref>
Please see user:chzz/demo/citeref to see the result.
For more help and tips on that subject, see user:chzz/help/refs.
Something to make your life easier!
Hi there BabbaQ! I've just come across one of your articles, and noticed that you had to create titles for your url links manually, or were using bare urls as references.
You might want to consider using this tool - it makes your life a whole heap easier, by filling in complete citation templates for your links. All you do is install the script on Special:MyPage/common.js, or or Special:MyPage/vector.js, then paste the bare url (without [...] brackets) between your <ref></ref> tabs, and you'll find a clickable link called Reflinks in your toolbox section of the page (probably in the left hand column). Then click that tool. It does all the rest of the work (provided that you remember to save the page! It doesn't work for everything (particularly often not for pdf documents), but for pretty much anything ending in "htm" or "html" (and with a title) it will do really, really well. Happy editing! Pesky (talk …stalk!) 08:32, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
"Party"'s release date
Please participate and help clear the confusion here. ★Jivesh 1205★ (talk / ♫♫Give 4 a try!!!♫♫) 05:02, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
Knox
Seeing as I know that you've taken an interest in this topic before, would you be interested in trying to put more meat on the bones of this article? I have been trying, but my efforts have been blocked.LedRush (talk) 20:27, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi
Hi there, thanks for saying that you'd support The Human Centipede (First Sequence) being on the Main Page this year for Halloween. I just thought I'd let you know that I've formally nominated it now, so if you could repeat your support on the nomination page it would be really helpful. The page is at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests. Thanks! cya Coolug (talk) 10:20, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
Regarding Kanovski
Kanovski (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) isn't really vandalising, you might want to report him to WP:ANI if you feel he is being disruptive. Sorry. Alexandria (talk) 18:43, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
- OK. Yeah I will wait and see if the user continues. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 20:04, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
- "BabbaQ", strike my above statements to you. I asked you a question regarding ad populum and weasel entries, and you replied - that's fair enough. The rest is on a level that I am not use to. I argue rules, regulations and the merits of cases. I also fact check for a living. However, ad hominem, red herring and circular discussions, I don't do. Kanovski (talk) 07:24, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
Joanna Yeates verdict
Hi. I think it's worth a go. The case has been very high profile so it's a definite candidate, I'd think. Paul MacDermott (talk) 15:30, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
Please explain your grounds for describing me, or my reasoning, as hollow at ITN/C. Kevin McE (talk) 18:48, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
Please actually read AfDs
I'm not the first person to raise with you and this probably the 4th or 5th time it's been raised regarding the quality of your voting. You almost always vote keep but almost never provide evidence of searches and state your explanation in very short sentence. In this Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cristina Siekavizza , I really wonder if you even looked at the article. The subject is about Guatemala but for some strange reason you mention coverage in Argentina? Did you actually search Argentinian press or merely blind voted? LibStar (talk) 15:15, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
- did you actually do a search for sources for this AfD? Secondly, Anna Lundh looks questionable but there could be reliable sources in Swedish. LibStar (talk) 13:03, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
Congratulations on receiving the Dr. Heiter Award!
Hi there, thank you for your contributions to The Human Centipede (First Sequence). When the article was first started in October 2009 is was but a tiny stub that was immediately tagged for deletion, but thanks to the efforts of wikipedia editors that tiny acorn has grown into a great oak tree of an article. The Human Centipede (First Sequence) is now a Featured Article and on the 17th June 2010 the article received its 1,000,000th page view! The article routinely receives over five thousand views a day and is in the top 1,000 most viewed Wikipedia articles!
On Halloween 2011, the article was the Main Page Featured Article!
The Dr. Heiter Award was created to reward editors who have made positive contributions to the article. It can be presented by any wikipedia user to anyone who has helped the article grow. This might be by adding new content, fixing any errors or reverting vandalism.
Thanks! Feed!
I would like to draw particular reference to your moral boosting support and encouragement. When people are calling for my head on a plate (not that I'm bothered) it's cool to know there are still people like you out there.
Coolug (talk) 17:43, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
Please let us know what you think
My friend, as you know, Beyonce's new album 4 is being handled in a catastrophic way (i do not know if this is a correct word). Please voice your opinion here so that we can decide which format will suit "Party" that best. ★Jivesh 1205★ (talk / ♫♫Give 4 a try!!!♫♫) 15:31, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
Stop discussing about Kanovski
Hi, BabbaQ, just wanna tell you something. I suggest that you and I could stop talking about Kanovski, so the problem won't getting weirder. DeshintaChandra (talk) 13:40, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
- Yes, I agree. Honestly I cant be bothered. Also I hope that goes the other way around to and Kanovski stops talking about us to.--BabbaQ (talk) 16:19, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
Another discussion, this time regarding "Love on Top"
First of all, my sincere thanks for your participation in previous Beyonce-related discussion. I request you to please weigh your opinion here. ★Jivesh 1205★ (talk / ♫♫Give 4 a try!!!♫♫) 06:35, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
Oba Chandler GAR
An article that you have been involved in editing, Oba Chandler has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the good article reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article.
A barnstar for you!
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The Editor's Barnstar |
| Your work and contributions are noticed and appreciated. Ryan.germany (talk) 14:48, 15 September 2011 (UTC) |
ANI notification
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. LibStar (talk) 00:59, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
- Please explain how you chose the people you notified about this AFD. --Floquenbeam (talk) 01:46, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
- probably best to post this question on the ANI thread as well. LibStar (talk) 01:50, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
- Please see the ANI thread. I need you to clearly answer my question. --Floquenbeam (talk) 16:29, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
- BabbaQ, looking at the ANI, there is strong consensus that you were canvassing. It is not based on your neutral message but your select choice of recipients. You still haven't actually explained how you chose those recipients. Many people have expressed concern about your persistent inability to understand this is canvassing. LibStar (talk) 14:45, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
- Please see the ANI thread. I need you to clearly answer my question. --Floquenbeam (talk) 16:29, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
- probably best to post this question on the ANI thread as well. LibStar (talk) 01:50, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
Memorial Plaza, New York listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Memorial Plaza, New York. Since you had some involvement with the Memorial Plaza, New York redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). Yaksar (let's chat) 20:40, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
TDCJ
Hi Babba Q! I found: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Humberto_Leal_Garcia&diff=438253323&oldid=438252598
But death row prisoners are only executed at Huntsville Unit. They are not housed there.
Since the 1960s men have been housed in another prison. Before 1999-2000 that was the Ellis Unit. Today it is the Polunsky Unit. On the day of the execution they are transported to Huntsville Unit.
Women on death row are held at the Mountain View Unit. WhisperToMe (talk) 02:46, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
Nomination of Love on Top for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Love on Top is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed here 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 good 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 template from the top of the article. Jivesh • Talk2Me 09:33, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
Personal attack
Comment on content, not contributors. It wasn't a very mean personal attack, I'll admit, but it was one nonetheless. And I agree debate is healthy. Me-123567-Me (talk) 14:02, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
- I hope you have a nice day too. :-) Me-123567-Me (talk) 19:48, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
AfD !votes
Hi!. If you have the time, I just wanted to recommend that you check out Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions. Arguments such as "it exists" or "he has a website" are not valid reasons to keep an article and don't really add anything to the discussion. Thanks!--Yaksar (let's chat) 19:10, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
- I'm sorry if I gave that sense. Believe me, I have no intention of following you around or putting roadblocks in front of what you do. But I did want to bring attention to (and ideally correct) the flawed arguments you've made that are quite frankly unacceptable for these discussions.--Yaksar (let's chat) 19:29, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
- Did you at least get a chance to check out that page? Also, sorry if anything came off as harsher than necessary.--Yaksar (let's chat) 19:44, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Leal Garcia v. Texas
| On 5 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Leal Garcia v. Texas, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Leal Garcia v. Texas, a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court case, dealt with the relationship between international law, U.S. state law, and acts of Congress? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 16:03, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Ronnia Fornstedt
Hello! Your submission of Ronnia Fornstedt at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 20:06, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
User:Location gave some good advice as to where I might look for coverage, and based upon that guidence I have expanded and better sourced the article in question. I ask that you might revisit Kwon Hyi-ro and and consider moving from "week keep" to just "keep" per the improvements. Thanks, Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 05:16, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks. Glad to have helped. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 01:44, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
Nomination of Everything (Lifehouse song) for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether Everything (Lifehouse 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 here 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 good quality evidence and not on a majority of votes that follow Wikipedia 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 template from the top of the article. Rp0211 (talk2me) 16:27, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
I beg of you
Please, when you get the chance, at least try to skim Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions! Thank you.--Yaksar (let's chat) 01:03, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
- BabbaQ, again you are getting back to your bad habits of lazy keep voting in AfDs , there is no evidence that you actually read the AfD or bother to look for sources. [25], [26], and [27]. I am now at least the 4th editor to warn you about this in recent months. Lazy voting helps no one. I think people are getting tired of the way you vote suggest you improve the arguments for voting keep. thanks LibStar (talk) 12:38, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
- I think you are entitled to your opinion. But I have to disagree, because its in all cases what I call "deletionists" for lack of a better description that always complain about that. But I witness on a daily basis how these deletionists !votes delete- non notable author, delete- doesnt meet that or that guideline, this without ever going into description on what they really mean. I find it quite strange that it is in 9 cases of 10 that the deletionists feel the right to question the keep votes but when the opposit happens they are non-responsive and takes the usual "personal attack" road. hmm... And im not saying you are Libstar but I find it to be an overall "deletionists"-dictatorship on the AfD processes. Cheers.--BabbaQ (talk) 12:59, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
- just because you think other people simply, does not mean you need to !vote "keep per person Y" etc etc. remember the time you said keep per X, when X actually argued delete. your response here does not address why you regularly fail to adequately provide reasons in AfDs. LibStar (talk) 13:09, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
Hello.
Hello BabbaQ, I would like to inform you of an article for deletion discussion I would like your input on: Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Dethcentrik_(2nd_nomination). If you're wondering where I've seen you before it's here: Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Elctrikchair_(3rd_nomination), and I valued your input there and would appreciate it here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BusyWikipedian (talk • contribs) 07:42, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
- I would like to please ask that you mention why specific sources are notable or not, as it would greatly strengthen any argument you have. I think it will help you in the future as well (I apologize but I can't help but notice how much user:Yaksar is telling you about your votes, but I believe you make vote in good faith, and that's why I'd like yours now BusyWikipedian (talk) 07:47, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Economy of South Sudan
Hello! Your submission of Economy of South Sudan at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Pgallert (talk) 15:47, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your comments. I reverted section blanking once and after that I couldn't be bothered becoming involved with the particular IP and I don't know enough about the subject. I responded to him/her and gave my explanation. Hopefully i won't hear any more from them. Again, thanks. Denisarona (talk) 19:20, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for the kind comments. I left a message at 'Request for protection' as you suggested. Denisarona (talk) 19:37, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
Oslo blast
Intriguing..[28] whatever you wish to take out of that.Lihaas (talk) 14:47, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
- see talk page.
re: New Prez of Peru @ ITN
Just a heads up Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates#.5BReady.5D_New_Prez_of_Peru, i explained on the page the "per" arguement used for support .and struck.(Lihaas (talk) 19:03, 28 July 2011 (UTC)).
- Also the Kosovo-Serb thing is ready which we had consensus. HJ MItchell disagreed but i clarified. Lihaas (talk) 15:32, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
August 2011
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, we would like to remind you not to attack other editors, as you did on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kathryn Holloway (3rd nomination). Please comment on the contributions and not the contributors. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. You are welcome to rephrase your comment as a civil criticism of the article. Thank you. Me-123567-Me (talk) 20:17, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
Exactly where ?
Exactly where did I make such an accusation? I challenged him/her to provide evidence of international coverage, having proved that it was absent from portal page of important outlets. I didn't doubt that links might exist: I wanted to see the profile they were given. And listening to Radio 4 and Radio 5 regularly, and watching Breakfast News on the BBC for at least an hour each morning plus a main bulletin most evenings, I had never heard any mention of Casey Anthony anywhere other than on ITN/C. Kevin McE (talk) 22:51, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
- You made an accusation. You need to either substantiate it or retract it (and hopefully have the decency to apologise). The only other alternative is to be seen as an editor lacking in integrity. The choice is yours. Kevin McE (talk) 06:43, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
Thanks
This is just to say thanks for the review of my DYK of Ako Adjei Interchange. Hope to work with you on issues of mutual concern on WP. A friend called -- CrossTempleJay → talk 18:25, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
Question
What do did you mean on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mariano Zagone? --Vic49 (talk) 20:28, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
| On 6 June 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article 2011 Israeli border demonstrations, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page. |
-- tariqabjotu 23:17, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Sofia Hellqvist
Hello! Your submission of Sofia Hellqvist at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Dravecky (talk) 05:11, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Katerina Kazelis
| On 15 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Katerina Kazelis, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Katerina Kazelis got to audition in front of singer Basshunter for a chance to record the Big Brother 2011 anthem during her participation in Big Brother Sweden? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 12:03, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
DYK for The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)
| On 17 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence), which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) has been banned by the British Board of Film Classification? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 12:04, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
AFD
I know you've been told this before but please take this in good faith - using keep arguments in XFD like 'GNG is met' [29] or 'Clearly notable' [30] are generally seen as unhelpful, remember that XFD is not a vote and that one well thought out argument can be worth a hundred one line comments. Please read WP:ATA.
The same goes for assertions that there is no reason for deletion, when there plainly is [31] [32] (respectively the reasons are that the article is a WP:HOAX and that it is non-notable).
Also please note that the essentially ad hom argument that the nominator is blocked/a sockpuppet/banned etc. ceases to apply when good faith editors have begun a legitimate discussion (especially when a good faith editor has seconded the nomination) per WP:SK. Please do bear this in mind or your xfd !votes are liable to be ignored. Thanks, Bob House 884 (talk) 12:02, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
- thanks Bob House I fully agree with your comments. I've told BabbaQ twice previously about WP:ATA. Providing consistently short very keep votes with zero explanation of how the subject meets a notability guideline gives the impression of blind !voting. LibStar (talk) 13:10, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
- Well ofcourse I take you comments in good faith, But in the end I have seen that a majority of the discussions I have participated in ended in either Keep or No consenus so I have been quite right on track trough out. And if im not mistaken everyone is entitled to !vote as they please, even though I ofcourse agree with you that I could perhaps expand my opinions at times. Thanks guys.--BabbaQ (talk) 14:48, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
Merge discussion for Scott Peterson
An article that you have been involved in editing, Scott Peterson, has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going here, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. pablo 13:54, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
The Human Centipede (First Sequence) is currently a featured article candidate
Hi there, thanks for all the helpful edits you have contributed to The Human Centipede article, I thought I'd let you know that the article is currently a featured article candidate!
At the moment I'm trying my best to make positive changes to the article based upon the comments and suggestions on the article review, but any help with this would really be appreciated. The featured article review is here and if you have any spare time it would be really cool if you could have a look at the comments and help make sure the article is meeting the standards that are asked of a featured article. Plus if there's anything you think you can do to help improve the article, or anything important that it's missing, please do go ahead and make the changes!
Thanks for all your help with the article. cya Coolug (talk) 19:35, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
ENCRYPTMATRON
Hi,
regarding ENCRYPTMATRON, do you have any specific suspicions?
Amalthea 21:02, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
- Hmm I cant point to any specific blocked vandal account. Its a suspicion because of the way the user edits and responds to messages I have been trough this quite a few times and all the signs, and have often been right before. The user seems to be very aware of how Wikipedia works not like a "new user". I would feel better if it was investigated and if im wrong im the first one to say it was a mistake but I would feel more comfortable if it was investigated for socks.--BabbaQ (talk) 21:06, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
- But his edits has also led to Anton Abele article being blocked for the moment. And three individual users has reverted the users edits so that tells me something too.--BabbaQ (talk) 21:10, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
- The word we use for articles is "protected", not blocked. Anyway, I'll look into it. Amalthea 21:28, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
- But his edits has also led to Anton Abele article being blocked for the moment. And three individual users has reverted the users edits so that tells me something too.--BabbaQ (talk) 21:10, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
Arab spring
Why ? Because I'm an IP ? You really think the movement is « volatil » ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.83.235.209 (talk) 23:21, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
psst Check your dates
psst Check your dates on the ITN wedding you nommed The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 14:14, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
/* Group A */ France is not through yet, unless Nigeria is unable to defeat Germany.
Why is this reverted?
If Nigeria beat Germany, Germany beat France and Nigeria beat Canada, goal difference will be the decider. ---> France can still be eliminated! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Steinarbe (talk • contribs) 19:44, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
Seems like people couldn't agree there ;) Looks like France is through now at least. I guess it really doesn't matter too much :) (I still think I was right though ;)) Peace Steinarbe (talk) 20:35, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
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It's probably easier to just leave it there, otherwise he'll keep just putting it in. THat's my advice anyway. I'm still watching it, if it picks up, I'll protect the page, but it'll only be for a few days at a time. GedUK 21:09, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
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Jacqui Melksham
While it's true that it is 'opinion' as to whether Jacqui Melksham made mistakes or not in the US-Sweden game, it is fact that there were many stories written about this. I think it is completely appropriate to put this in the article. Do you have any better defense for why you reverted my edits? санпитц (talk) 04:24, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
- No because it is a "opinion" of a newspaper or "football know-it-all" what was described as "bad refereeing" by USA was labelled good by brazil.--BabbaQ (talk) 11:05, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
DYK
How's it going? I'm not sure how this happened, but you'll probably want to rename that section heading.—Biosketch (talk) 06:56, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
Reply
I suggest you report the matter to WP:ANI for evaluation from multiple admins. -- Cirt (talk) 05:19, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
I want to let you know that I have reverted your edits to Caylee Anthony homicide. After reviewing the changes to the article, it appears the new version is better than the one you reverted to. In addition, the article has been edited a number of times after the alleged vandalism. I also reviewed your concern that large sections of the article were removed; however, it appears the sections were incorporated into other parts of the article that provided better a flow. I understand your interest in reverting the Cameron Scott edits; however, ignoring the sockpuppet issues, the version that he created and was followed up by other's edits and appears to be a tighter version of the article. If you wish to revert the edits or remove the Cameron Scott edits, please get consensus onthe talkpage. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks and my best to you. ttonyb (talk) 05:51, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
- OK. Yes I think that the version which is currently in place now are good. So thank you for the help. Cheers.--BabbaQ (talk) 09:53, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
Cameron Scott
I unblocked this user. If you have socking concerns, please report to WP:SPI. If there are more complex issues of disruption, please report to WP:ANI. Thank you, -- Cirt (talk) 06:54, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
- Ok. But im pleased with the current version of the article. So no worries for me. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 09:52, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
AfD: Cort Webber and Bobby "Fatboy" Roberts
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Please
Please please please participate here. Jivesh • Talk2Me 10:36, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
Welcome back
Let but the past behind us and move forward. Sound Good? The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 17:13, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Invitation to join WikiProject Wiltshire
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SPI
Hey sorry, I didn't have time the last few days to help out :s sorry. but it looks like things got ironed out ok? :) Ping me if you need anything! --Errant (chat!) 21:34, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
- Yes thank you:) I wasnt worried but never nice when accused of something like sockpuppetry.--BabbaQ (talk) 21:36, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
February 2011
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Nomination of Emilia Carr for deletion
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"I am if honest not comfortable either with the fact that this Afd was put on by a mass Afd/deletionist user as evident here by the users edits .. no disrespect but that is my feeling" <sigh> Is this really WP:AGF? My experience is that when someone moves away from the issues at hand in a AfD and tries to make the someone's edits a factor, they are really saying their stand in the AfD is weak and lacks substance. Perhaps you might want to read my comments in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Appirio before making such sweeping statements? </sigh> ttonyb (talk) 17:58, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
- Im sorry if you feel offended and if needed I will remove it. But I honestly feel veyr uncomfortable with the fact that a single user puts up so many articles for deletion in a sweep. And as I stated no disrespect.--BabbaQ (talk) 18:00, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
- I have however removed the comment now for you. I just want it to be noted for you that I dont find it really appropriate method instead you should focus on give suggestion on how to improve an article. Because that is more often the case that an article needs perhaps more sources, or better structure to put articles up for deletion are often not productive in that sense. Peace out.--BabbaQ (talk) 18:02, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
- Feel free to raise any issues on my talk page. Raising the issue in a public forum does nothing to strengthen your position in the AfD. Please do not assume I do not review and try to help articles before nominating them for deletion. Most articles are looked at in depth and where possible edited to avoid deletion. The articles that are nominated are done so because they are not notable nor can they be made so using WP:RS. If you review my edits, you will find that a very, very, very high percentage of the articles I tag for deletion are deleted. ttonyb (talk) 18:09, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
- I have however removed the comment now for you. I just want it to be noted for you that I dont find it really appropriate method instead you should focus on give suggestion on how to improve an article. Because that is more often the case that an article needs perhaps more sources, or better structure to put articles up for deletion are often not productive in that sense. Peace out.--BabbaQ (talk) 18:02, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
Beyonce Wiki-project
Hi, would you like to join Wikipedia:WikiProject Beyoncé Knowles? Jivesh • Talk2Me 16:14, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
Nomination of Colin Hatch for deletion
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Near as I can tell, another editor accidentally reopened this debate (here), and then it ended up in the category and on the Biography AFD watchlists. It also explains why no one tagged the article - it was Kept last January (!). I've reverted their edit, though it's possible they'll re-nominate if and when. FYI. UltraExactZZ Said ~ Did 14:40, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
Stub
If you feel like it you can check out my stub for Emilia Carr.--BabbaQ (talk) 15:40, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
- The article Emilia Carr has now been put up for Afd. I believe it is yet another similar situation as with the Murder of Joanna Yeates etc etc..--BabbaQ (talk) 17:37, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know about this discussion, but I'm a little curious as to why you chose to notify me - from the history, I haven't had any involvement in this article. In general, it's not a good idea to send unsolicited messages about discussions unless there's some particular reason the recipient might be interested; your post on my talk page could be seen as WP:CANVASSING. But don't worry about it, I can see you're fairly new here and we all make mistakes. Just something to remember in future. Robofish (talk) 00:24, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
- Fair point, I wasn't offended by your invitation or anything. Anyway, I've added my comments to the discussion here.[33] Robofish (talk) 00:39, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
concerning this [34], it's very weak reasoning for arguing notability. for example, there are 12 million results for chicken rabbit, this does not mean we create a "chicken rabbit" article. please carefully read WP:GOOGLEHITS. LibStar (talk) 11:59, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
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Dangerously in Love 2 URGENT
Please participate here. Jivesh • Talk2Me 08:40, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
Thank you. Jivesh • Talk2Me 17:34, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
Sure. Jivesh • Talk2Me 15:27, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
You are welcome. Jivesh • Talk2Me 15:13, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
I am very happy for you my friend. Jivesh • Talk2Me 17:56, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
Content dispute
Did he ever discuss it further with you anywhere or anyhow? (He has, of course, been active since I posted him that message)... Orphan Wiki 16:00, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
- The short answer to that is no.:)--BabbaQ (talk) 16:38, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
- Unbelievable! Well, all you can do is laugh. Great admin work there! Orphan Wiki 18:48, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
- Yeah, the "admin" doesnt seem to forfill his/hers duties if you ask me!.:) Well I was proven right and that is all that matters to me!--BabbaQ (talk) 18:51, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
- Brilliant! :) Orphan Wiki 18:55, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
- Yeah, the "admin" doesnt seem to forfill his/hers duties if you ask me!.:) Well I was proven right and that is all that matters to me!--BabbaQ (talk) 18:51, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
- Unbelievable! Well, all you can do is laugh. Great admin work there! Orphan Wiki 18:48, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
Rebekah Johansson
It's confirmed by the Swedish IRS that she is dead. How can you not call that a reliable source? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Karbuncle (talk • contribs) 23:16, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
- Just stop it. If her death isnt confirmed by Swedish media it we will not be able to post it on Wikipedia. Neither in Swedish ro English. You will not be able to edit the article for the next 24hours anyway,.--BabbaQ (talk) 23:24, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
Other people's comments
Please can I remind you to not change other people's comments, like you did at ITNC on the Israel attack nomination. You can suggest your own blurb but don't make it appear that the original proposer gave your blurb by changing his post. Strange Passerby (talk • contribs • Editor review) 02:01, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
- OK.--BabbaQ (talk) 02:01, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
- On the other hand the nominator can and would probably contact me would he/she feel it was inappropriate. --BabbaQ (talk) 02:03, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
- It's a Wikipedia guideline. Wikipedia:TPG#Editing_comments - you can only edit others' comments with their permission. Strange Passerby (talk • contribs • Editor review) 02:13, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
- On the other hand the nominator can and would probably contact me would he/she feel it was inappropriate. --BabbaQ (talk) 02:03, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
DYK Emilia Carr
Please comment here. Materialscientist (talk) 07:40, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Emilia Carr
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ITN: 2011 Syrian protests
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DYK problem
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DYK for Itamar attack
| On 25 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Itamar attack, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that, in the Itamar attack, five members of a family were stabbed to death in their beds in the Israeli settlement of Itamar in the West Bank? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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DYK issue
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Nomination of Death of Sian O'Callaghan for deletion
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DYK nomination of Serbian Kovin Monastery
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Domonique Ramirez
Ok. Will work on it. --John KB (talk) 21:29, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
Reasoning at ITN/C
"Support - ITN." isn't exactly a 'reasoning'. Next time, please elaborate your comments, otherwise they will not be counted as at ITN/C it's all about arguments, not votes, and certainly "Support - ITN" isn't an argument :) Diego Grez (talk) 14:03, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Linni Meister
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Cheers, BigDom 16:04, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
Tireless Contributor Barnstar
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | |
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I would appreciate your opinion on this [35]I.Casaubon (talk) 19:28, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
Help please.
Please participate here. Jivesh • Talk2Me 16:32, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
Thank you. Jivesh • Talk2Me 17:25, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
You are most welcome. Jivesh • Talk2Me 17:40, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Rebecca Black
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DYK nomination for Domonique Ramirez
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Regarding AFD and policy
Hi BabbaQ,
AFD isn't a battleground or a courtroom, that means that rather than being adversarial in nature (so you win by defeating people who disagree) its consensus based (so you 'win' by getting your opponents to agree with you). It's generally not a good idea to try to use policy to defeat peoples arguments, and instead you should probably try to politely address their concerns, for instance in the Alex Hilton Afd it may have been a better approach to respond to Tony's comments by giving him examples of substantial media coverage rather than attempting to dismiss them by quoting policy. That way, future voters would have been able to assess the evidence more effectively and Tony might even have been willing to change his mind. It also helps to keep good faith and stops you avoiding a charge of wikilawyering.
It might be worth reconsidering WP:GHITS as well. The arguments which the GHITS policy is supposed to prevent are ones which use GHITS as a sole or very significant determinate of notability. For example "X recieves 100,000 GHITS therefore it is/is not notable". Its fine to use it pragmatically or as a probable indicator of worth in relevant circumstances, we just have to avoid inferring this 'therefore' element of causation and trust in people's ability to use it properly (e.g. its a good yardstick for judging the notability of a primarily internet based commentator, but not very good for very specialised or non-internet things, such as an element of Roman culture. Its definately not as clear cut as you are trying to present it.
Regards, Bob House 884 (talk) 13:05, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
- Also along these lines, please make sure that when discussing policy, you know what the actual policies say. In the Dudley Lynch RFA, when WP:AUTHOR was brought up, you defined "author" and explained that the subject meets the definition of an author. That is not at all what WP:AUTHOR says. Kansan (talk) 15:40, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
- Kansan, that particular matter is infact a matter of personla opinion and not strictly a matter of guidelines. Anyway the guideline still proclaims that an author is someone that has released a book or similar texts. I will not back down from my right to give my personal opinion. Cheers.--BabbaQ (talk) 15:43, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
- You are certainly entitled to your opinion, but not to cite guidelines with an improper description if you expect them to carry weight in the discussion. I cannot find where it says what you are saying under the guideline; instead, I see the sentence "The person has created, or played a major role in co-creating, a significant or well-known work". Kansan (talk) 16:42, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Rebecca Black
| On 6 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Rebecca Black, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Rebecca Black's "Friday", dubbed the "worst song ever" by some critics, has made Black a "viral star" with the video attracting over 80 million Youtube hits? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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DYK for 2011 Jerusalem bus stop bombing
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The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
DRV for Colin Hatch
Thanks, I'll have a look. One note of caution, though - since you're notifying people who commented at the AFD, make sure you also notify those who recommended Delete. To notify one side of a debate without doing the same for the other could be considered canvassing. UltraExactZZ Said ~ Did 18:53, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- Also - I took care of this for you. UltraExactZZ Said ~ Did 18:57, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
April 2011
Hello. It appears that you have been canvassing—leaving messages on others' talk pages to notify them of an ongoing community decision, debate, or vote—in order to influence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2011_April_6#Colin_Hatch. While friendly notices are allowed, they should be limited and nonpartisan in distribution and should reflect a neutral point of view. Please do not post notices which are indiscriminately cross-posted, which espouse a certain point of view or side of a debate, or which are selectively sent only to those who are believed to hold the same opinion as you. Remember to respect Wikipedia's principle of consensus-building by allowing decisions to reflect the prevailing opinion among the community at large. Notifying selected users who commented and not anyone who !voted deleted or did not comment in any way on the AfDis not appropriate Terrillja talk 19:07, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Domonique Ramirez
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DYK for Murder of Sian O'Callaghan
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DYK for Convoys in World War I
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The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Long Island serial killer
Hello! Your submission of Long Island serial killer at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Adabow (talk · contribs) 04:59, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
Consensus building vs voting
Hi, I've noticed that you've made a lot of contributions to discussions, at ITN and elsewhere, without providing much of a rationale for supporting/opposing/deleting/whatever. Consensus is based on the strength of the argument, not the number of people making it, so comments like "Support - big deal. itn" don't add much to the discussion. When admins judge consensus, we have to "weigh" !votes and very short comments with little rationale are weighted much less than a convincing argument that explains your viewpoint. Something for you to bare in mind. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 02:09, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
I put a hold on this at DYK, because it needs more work on the translation from Swedish to English. The main problems are grammatical. Also, some context should be provided. The article uses the LO/SAP term for itself in Swedish, for example. Good luck! Kiefer.Wolfowitz (Discussion) 13:35, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for improving the prose. (I did a little bit, following great edits by Materialscientist.) Unfortunately, the article is based on only primary sources associated with the school, so it is not eligible for DYK. As Materialscientist noted, it is rather short also. I hope that there is a local newspaper who writes about the school regularly, to address the notability concerns and reliable sources concerns raised also by other editors. Mvh, Kiefer.Wolfowitz (Discussion) 21:30, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Michelle Linn-Gust at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! 20:37, 13 April 2011 (UTC)Parkwells (talk)
This needs more reliable, independent third-party sources to qualify as a notable person and article, and therefore to advance for the DYK. There is essentially only one source, the Napierville News, that is not written by the subject. There are no independent reviews of her books or coverage of her work, except a notice at the association website where she is on the board of directors. I've worked on editing the article to make the best use of material and add standard headers, but it needs sources. Parkwells (talk) 20:43, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Schenecker double homicide
The article Schenecker double homicide you nominated as a good article has passed 
; see Talk:Schenecker double homicide for comments about the article. Well done! AGK [•] 20:46, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
I suggest you carefully read WP:GOOGLEHITS regarding your flawed reasoning for use in AfDs. This is now the 2nd time I've alerted you to this. LibStar (talk) 15:38, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Charlie Webb
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I live in Cheshire BBQ and know exactly where he was found. Dont believe all that you read. Please do not change again, Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.1.186.75 (talk) 02:51, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Barack Obama speech at Tucson memorial
| On 25 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Barack Obama speech at Tucson memorial, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that U.S. President Barack Obama gave a speech on January 12, 2011, honoring the victims of the 2011 Tucson shooting? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 06:04, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Bright Lights, Bigger City
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Gold business in Thrissur
Just wanted to let you know — this article isn't sufficiently sourced for DYK purposes. Could you either add citations to the unsourced sections or work with Jpullokaran to add them? Thanks! Nyttend (talk) 01:58, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Mia Skäringer
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DYK for Murder of Anni Dewani
| On 28 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Murder of Anni Dewani, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Anni Dewani was a Swedish woman who was kidnapped and murdered during her honeymoon in Cape Town, South Africa? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thank you for your contribution to the wiki Victuallers (talk) 00:04, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
Sexy Cora DYK
This will certainly not pass without the length issues, that have been repeatedly noted at T:TDYK, being addressed. I suggested one way in which this might be achieved 5 days ago, which you are of course free to disregard or modify. No matter the approach you choose, I recommend you urgently lengthen the article or the DYK nomination could be failed. EdChem (talk) 07:08, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Cheshire, Connecticut, home invasion murders
The article Cheshire, Connecticut, home invasion murders you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Cheshire, Connecticut, home invasion murders for eventual comments about the article. Well done! AGK [•] 13:03, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
Notability thoughts
Yes, the Henslee / Howarth case is a tough call as it is very new. As an arrest has already been made, I would wait and see if the case is still in the news after a few weeks. I think you were lucky with the Joanna Yeates case as even I was surprised by the amount of attention it received by the media. The Carlina White case that you had mentioned to me had no notability problems as it is an older case that had only recently been solved. That is why I often bring up WP:PERSISTENCE for judging "news" cases. By waiting, there is the possibility that another editor may start such an article, but if an AfD is raised, then it is that editor's headache. I have also been working on 2011 Tucson shooting, in which notability was established immediately because notable people (who already had articles here) were involved. KimChee (talk) 19:43, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
- Also, there is no shame in an article being nominated for AfD if you started it in good faith. Just be aware that some editors do get annoyed if they feel that the other discussion participants are "too motivated". KimChee (talk) 19:59, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
- Yeah I will definitly take your advice to heart..Ill wait im not even sure if I will infact make any stub but perhaps in a few weeks atleast. Also Joanna Yeates proves that many users on Wikipedia that have extremely strong "Delete" opinions can be wrong in a big way, anyway it was kept and that is good.--BabbaQ (talk) 20:47, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
Bot behaviour
No problem, Gimmebot is functioning normally, though the talk headers did need some cleaning up. Once an article becomes GA (or FA) the DYK and AfD information becomes buried under "Article milestones". If you think about it, those past milestones are trivial in comparison to the accomplishment of getting an article to pass a GA review. KimChee (talk) 12:14, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
DYK nom of Solsidan (season 1)
Hi, if you have a minute, could you take a look at T:TDYK#Solsidan (season 1). Another editor has raised some concerns. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:06, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for sorting that. I've approved it, so I expect it will be moved to the prep area soon. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:56, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
Cebu Bus Rapid Transit System
Hello! Your submission of Cebu Bus Rapid Transit System at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! :.:∙:∙∙:∙:.:|pepper|:.:∙:∙∙:∙:.: 22:48, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
DYK expansion
If an article is not new (less than 5 days old), then the expanded prose (text minus headers, captions, infoboxes, tables, etc.) of the rewritten article must be 5x longer to qualify for DYK. For biographical articles that previously lacked references or citations, the article must be expanded 2x to qualify. All other rules are the same (i.e. work must have been done within the last 5 days). I hope this answers your question. KimChee (talk) 00:18, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Solsidan (season 1)
| On 31 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Solsidan (season 1), which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that the script to season one of the Swedish comedy series Solsidan has been sold to the American television network ABC, which plans to create their own version of the series in the United States? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:03, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Charlie Webb
| On 1 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Charlie Webb, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Charlie Webb was appointed manager of English association football club Brighton & Hove Albion while awaiting repatriation from a prisoner-of-war camp in Mainz, Germany? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:04, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Vulgata Sixtina
| On 1 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Vulgata Sixtina, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Sixtine Vulgate (1590), prepared by Pope Sixtus V, differs in 4900 variants from Sixto-Clementine Vulgate (1592), prepared by Pope Clement VIII? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:04, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
Re: DYK
Thank you! I'm glad you found the article interesting. Aridd (talk) 19:13, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Mia Skäringer
| On 4 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mia Skäringer, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Mia Skäringer, a Swedish actress and comedian, won the Kristallen Award for best comedy show on television in both 2008 and 2009? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:04, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
Jivesh here.
Hi. I am Jivesh. Would you like to join Wikipedia:WikiProject Beyoncé Knowles? Jivesh • Talk2Me 18:52, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
Than you. Jivesh • Talk2Me 19:04, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
You beat me to it
Thanks for correcting me, I was just about to put that bit back! pablo 11:48, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Andrew Nori
| On 5 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Andrew Nori, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that, in 2000, Solomon Islands politician Andrew Nori led the Eagle Force in a coup d'état against Prime Minister Bartholomew Ulufa'alu, taking him hostage at gunpoint and demanding that he resign? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:04, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
A round on the house for everyone
KimChee (talk) has bought you a pint! Sharing a pint is a great way to bond with other editors after a day of hard work. Spread the WikiLove by buying someone else a pint, whether it be someone with whom you have collaborated or had disagreements. Cheers!
DYK nomination of 2011 State of the Union Address
Hello! Your submission of 2011 State of the Union Address at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:42, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
DYK nomination for Amaury Vassili
Hello! Your submission of Amaury Vassili at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Rcej (Robert) - talk 05:27, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
- Hey, I failed this nom as a created article for Jan. 27 per the 5 day rule; so, let's do this: once you see that it has been removed, renominate as a 5x expansion for Feb. 6. But you must renom no later than Feb. 11th!! I got your back, and will do the review! Rcej (Robert) - talk 08:01, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
LifeSpring Hospitals
I've suggested a change to your proposed DYK hook at Template_talk:Did_you_know#LifeSpring_Hospitals. See what you think. --RobthTalk 22:06, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Bryan Fairfax
| On 7 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bryan Fairfax, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Shubinator (talk) 03:46, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Samaikyandhra Movement
| On 7 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Samaikyandhra Movement, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that the Samaikyandhra Movement is a socio-political movement organized around the need for the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh to remain united and to oppose the secession of Telangana? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 06:03, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Cheers
Errant (chat!) has bought you a whisky! Sharing a whisky is a great way to bond with other editors after a day of hard work. Spread the WikiLove by buying someone else a whisky, whether it be someone with whom you have collaborated or had disagreements. Enjoy!
BTW I have still got the Schenecker subject in my mind, but not yet had time to hunt down enough sources to stub it :) --Errant (chat!) 11:41, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy
| On 8 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy is a 2011 TV movie starring Hayden Panettiere as American student Amanda Knox who was found guilty of the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:03, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
Malmö shootings
The section you keep restoring is a pro-SD segment from Björn Söder, who attacks Malmö and its population on a daily basis, stating that the people of Malmö should live in fear of the shooter without the media reporting on the shootings. And since the Wikipedia editing page states that users should "maintain a neutral, unbiased point of view", there is no point in adding Söder's pro-SD talking point in the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.102.150.186 (talk) 20:21, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
- As long as the comments are sourced and in good use for the article I dont see a point of deleting that material. And you using several different IPs to delete the information doesnt help your case.--BabbaQ (talk) 21:36, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
Stubbed :) Enjoy! I have to disappear for a bit now, but hopefully will get chance to work on it later. --Errant (chat!) 18:07, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
- Yeah I did a few changes. Feel free to change any of them if you dont think it fits.--BabbaQ (talk) 18:32, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
- Nope, looks good :) --Errant (chat!) 18:33, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
- You have done sutch a good stub with all the available information, so I dont think that I can add anything to it right now. I will keep looking. Very good work!!! --BabbaQ (talk) 18:38, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
- Nope, looks good :) --Errant (chat!) 18:33, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
I left a note for Errant about the DYK hook for this article, directing them to this section I've started. But I then realised that you nominated the article and worked on it as well, so I'm leaving the same note for you. As I said to Errant, it's just a feeling of unease it gives me, so I wanted more eyes on this to see what others think. I hope you get this message in time. And as I said to Errant, I'm logging off now, so won't be around until tomorrow to respond to any replies. Hope it all gets sorted OK. Carcharoth (talk) 03:35, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
DYK for LifeSpring Hospitals
| On 11 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article LifeSpring Hospitals, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that LifeSpring Hospitals, an Indian hospital chain that provides care to low income patients in Hyderabad, was the first health care company to join the UN's Business Call to Action? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Orlady (talk) 12:04, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Eldar Gasımov
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Speedy deletion nomination of Nigar Camal
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Removing Speedy at Eldar Gasımov
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DYK for Amaury Vassili
| On 12 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Amaury Vassili, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that French singer Amaury Vassili is currently the youngest professional tenor in the world? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Orlady (talk) 06:03, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
Copyright violation?
The text added to Cheshire, Connecticut, home invasion murders was an exact match from a news report; see [36]. E.g. "filed numerous pretrial motions in New Haven". So I removed it. Chzz ► 03:52, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Bright Lights, Bigger City
| On 14 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bright Lights, Bigger City, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that singer Cee Lo Green appeared on Saturday Night Live to perform "Bright Lights, Bigger City", the third single from his album The Lady Killer, backed by an all-female band? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 12:02, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
Reports at WP:AIV
Just to advise - reports at AIV are unlikely (except in very severe cases) to be actioned unless the user has had the correct sequence of 4 WP:WARNING templates applied and has vandalised for a fifth time. Ronhjones (Talk) 20:36, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
Deletion review for David Kenny
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FYI fellow ITN contributor
Sockpuppetry case
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Your name has been mentioned in connection with a sockpuppetry case. Please refer to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/BabbaQ for evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with the guide to responding to cases before editing the evidence page. The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 04:16, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
Alexandra Zazzi
Hello! Your submission of Alexandra Zazzi at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! -- Kim van der Linde at venus 22:25, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
John and Sarah Jane Makin
Hi again I have just started to read about a very interesting and notable crime case from Australia in the 1890 its about Sarah and John Makin who murdered infants that they had been paid to look after from young women who couldnt take care of them. According to the text it was because of this case that legislations about childcare was changed in Australia so it has had an effect on the country politically and socially. So I was wondering if you would like to make atleast a stub about the case in question, if you have the time. Some sites about the case is found here and here. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 22:42, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
- I started a workpage stub here. If you can help me expand it to at least 1,500 characters of prose (it is presently at 522), I will transfer it into a new article space and split the credit with you for the DYK nomination. KimChee (talk) 07:02, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
- Yes I have done some changes. Feel free to change anything that you dont find fitting. As you have so mutch more experience than me. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 16:27, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
- Hello again. The amount of additions to the workpage looks like a decent start. However, upon copyediting and checking against the sources, I recommend that you should work on rephrasing information from your sources more thoroughly (see WP:PARAPHRASE). This is something that a reviewing editor will likely catch during GA review and is also known to happen during DYK reviews. KimChee (talk) 03:47, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
- I cleaned up and submitted the article to DYK. Please keep the comments (above) about sources and paraphrasing in mind for other articles you may be working on. KimChee (talk) 03:43, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
- Hello again. The amount of additions to the workpage looks like a decent start. However, upon copyediting and checking against the sources, I recommend that you should work on rephrasing information from your sources more thoroughly (see WP:PARAPHRASE). This is something that a reviewing editor will likely catch during GA review and is also known to happen during DYK reviews. KimChee (talk) 03:47, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
- Yes I have done some changes. Feel free to change anything that you dont find fitting. As you have so mutch more experience than me. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 16:27, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
ITN for Jorge Rafael Videla
| On 23 December 2010, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Jorge Rafael Videla, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page. |
--C628 (talk) 22:30, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
New articles
If you have any time please check out a crime article I found to be quite interesting Beau Maestas, that could definitly need your help I guess. Thanks. Happy holidays!!--BabbaQ (talk) 01:18, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
- I regret to be the bearer of bad news, but the majority of the article appears to be a word-for-word copy and paste of an ABC News article and will likely be deleted by an administrator. As the revision history indicates that this problem occurred before your involvement in the article, I recommend that you start a new article from scratch later to be clear of any copyright issues. I think you could also claim DYK credit for restarting the article. KimChee (talk) 10:16, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
- Yeah I know. Thanks. Anyway I have now deleted a majority of the information about Beau only keeping the start of the article. I will expand it later. If you dont like it please undo but I thought it was a good decision, atleast for now. Thanks again.--BabbaQ (talk) 11:53, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
- Please keep in mind that articles under review for copyright violations should not be edited until an administrator removes the tag and decides whether to delete the article or trim it back to a stub. KimChee (talk) 12:11, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
- An administrator has cleared the problem article, so you are free to restart it. Let me know if you need any help. KimChee (talk) 23:56, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
- Please keep in mind that articles under review for copyright violations should not be edited until an administrator removes the tag and decides whether to delete the article or trim it back to a stub. KimChee (talk) 12:11, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
- Yeah I know. Thanks. Anyway I have now deleted a majority of the information about Beau only keeping the start of the article. I will expand it later. If you dont like it please undo but I thought it was a good decision, atleast for now. Thanks again.--BabbaQ (talk) 11:53, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
- I regret to be the bearer of bad news, but the majority of the article appears to be a word-for-word copy and paste of an ABC News article and will likely be deleted by an administrator. As the revision history indicates that this problem occurred before your involvement in the article, I recommend that you start a new article from scratch later to be clear of any copyright issues. I think you could also claim DYK credit for restarting the article. KimChee (talk) 10:16, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
- I also started a stub on Disappearance of Joanna Yeates today if it might interest you.--BabbaQ (talk) 18:04, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
- I see that this article is facing a WP:NOTABILITY challenge from another editor; I hope you are not taking any of this personally. As the deletion proposal appears to give you a seven day window, you should exercise patience for a few days and see if the media coverage unfolds to provide material to further establish notability before attempting to delete the proposal as it would likely go straight to an WP:AFD vote. For future articles of similar subject matter, I recommend you check against WP:PERSISTENCE and WP:ONEEVENT as criteria that will help you establish notability. KimChee (talk) 10:16, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
- As Yeates may have been found, the article's title may soon need to be updated. A developing connection to the unfolding case of Melanie Hall may also help you in your notability quest. KimChee (talk) 11:23, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
- I see that this article is facing a WP:NOTABILITY challenge from another editor; I hope you are not taking any of this personally. As the deletion proposal appears to give you a seven day window, you should exercise patience for a few days and see if the media coverage unfolds to provide material to further establish notability before attempting to delete the proposal as it would likely go straight to an WP:AFD vote. For future articles of similar subject matter, I recommend you check against WP:PERSISTENCE and WP:ONEEVENT as criteria that will help you establish notability. KimChee (talk) 10:16, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
DYK for John and Sarah Makin
| On 27 December 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John and Sarah Makin, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Orlady (talk) 20:15, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
Nomination of Disappearance of Joanna Yeates for deletion
The article Disappearance of Joanna Yeates is being discussed concerning whether it is suitable for inclusion as an article according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Disappearance of Joanna Yeates 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 good 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 template from the top of the article. ƒox 21:45, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
- It is too bad I was unable to advise the other editor that removing the deletion proposal tag prematurely would force an early AfD vote. However, it looks like you have more supporters this time. I will wait until the official post-mortem report is issued before joining the discussion. KimChee (talk) 23:56, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
- Yeah. It feels quite safe to say that there is support for this article to stay on Wikipedia for now. And I have a feeling that the post-mortem results will provide further insights into the case and provide enough information for definite "keep statu." --BabbaQ (talk) 23:58, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
- I hope you do not mind my frankness, but I am still at a weak keep because of the early stage of the investigation, so I will continue to help clean up the article while waiting to see if my opinion strengthens through additional news reports. However, my instinct tells me that this will likely be a higher profile case than the others. KimChee (talk) 15:15, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
- Yes, you are totally entitled to your opinion ofcourse. And as you point out it will probably end up as you predict with a high profile case. Keep up the very good work. Thanks--BabbaQ (talk) 15:20, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
- On the other hand you could put on a Weak keep on the Afd for now and change it if you feel different at another time. Or make a small comment that you think the case is going to last etc.. But thats up to you.--BabbaQ (talk) 15:23, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
- I did finally comment, though I do not think you need my vote anymore. :) As a note of observation, there will always be editors biased towards inclusionism and deletionism, so you should relax and take the AfD process less personally. By focusing on the content of the article (as the supportive editors appear to have done in this case) rather than the argument itself, the others in AfD may take you more seriously. KimChee (talk) 19:57, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
- Yeah I see your points. Even though I personally find it that I only reacted back in the same manor as those who wrote to me in the first place. Even though I know I should be above that and so on and on... You know how it is sometime. anyway,on a more positive note im satisfied that the Keep consensus has been basically reached by now. Cheers mate.--BabbaQ (talk) 22:04, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
- I did finally comment, though I do not think you need my vote anymore. :) As a note of observation, there will always be editors biased towards inclusionism and deletionism, so you should relax and take the AfD process less personally. By focusing on the content of the article (as the supportive editors appear to have done in this case) rather than the argument itself, the others in AfD may take you more seriously. KimChee (talk) 19:57, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
- On the other hand you could put on a Weak keep on the Afd for now and change it if you feel different at another time. Or make a small comment that you think the case is going to last etc.. But thats up to you.--BabbaQ (talk) 15:23, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
- Yes, you are totally entitled to your opinion ofcourse. And as you point out it will probably end up as you predict with a high profile case. Keep up the very good work. Thanks--BabbaQ (talk) 15:20, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
- I hope you do not mind my frankness, but I am still at a weak keep because of the early stage of the investigation, so I will continue to help clean up the article while waiting to see if my opinion strengthens through additional news reports. However, my instinct tells me that this will likely be a higher profile case than the others. KimChee (talk) 15:15, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
- Yeah. It feels quite safe to say that there is support for this article to stay on Wikipedia for now. And I have a feeling that the post-mortem results will provide further insights into the case and provide enough information for definite "keep statu." --BabbaQ (talk) 23:58, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
FA/PR suggestion
Im not saying I will , but If I was to nominate the Oba Chandler article for FA do you think it stands a reasonable chance of being Supported for it?. I personally find that the overall prose,length and sourcing are up to FA standards and when looking trough the arguments for not promoting it in an earlier FA nomination, the problems raised that time has been taken care of since. But I dont know maybe im bias because I personally find the article very good.Cheers.--BabbaQ (talk) 22:28, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
- The article is decent, but I am 99% certain that the editors there will give you a hard time during FA Review; the bar for FA has been raised noticeably higher in the past few years. I recommend you read some of the reviews to see what they subject the nominators to. I think a good idea would be to submit the article to Peer Review; you will be assigned an experienced editor who will provide feedback to help prepare the article. I have done this regularly to prepare candidates for GA and FA review. KimChee (talk) 22:41, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
Just by way of an FYI ... you may have felt LibStar's comment to you to be insulting, but LibStar has a point - your vote on the Clemente AfD shows a startling lack of knowledge on how the AfD process works, and some of your votes in other AfDs more of the same. I urge you to familiarize yourself with the standard notability and inclusion criteria, as well as deletion policy and the accompanying guide to deletion, before participating in further AfDs. One consequence of not doing so is likely what you're finding in LibStar's comment: that people will discount your opinion as uninformed, and your arguments will carry little or no weight in future AfDs. RGTraynor 14:54, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
- totally agree, well said RGTraynor. BabbaQ many of your !votes say keep as per sources or minimum requirements met, in a very short sentence. Any keep voter must explain how notability is met abd which criterion, and you never explain. Secondly in the case of little or no sources, good "keep" voters actually search for sources, it's fine to always !vote keep but please make a serious effort instead of just popping up and saying keep and a vague statement. Your pattern of voting suggests you don't even try to search for sources. LibStar (talk) 15:03, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
- The problem is as I have already stated that I have had the "right opinion" in a number of Afds. Where I for example said Keep and Libstar (as you are referring to that user) said Delete and the final result was Keep. That can only point to the fact that I am quite familiar with the Wikipedia guidelines afer all. Also I have to say that I have not had a problem with anyone else but Libstar who time after time claims that I am wrong. I am starting to believe that its more of a "you are of the wrong opinion" kind of remarks, even though I am hoping its not. But ofcourse people can always improve knowledge about the Wikipedia. But I like that you remain civil Libstar, credit you you my friend. Peace.--BabbaQ (talk) 14:59, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
- One suggestion from my point of view to you and Libstar would be to not just refer to for example WP:ONEEVENT and not go any further in your reasonings. That will in 9 cases of 10 lead to a discussion about how that guideline refers to the subject in hand and I have noticed that it often leads to a hollowing of the guideline as for both Keep and Delete.--BabbaQ (talk) 15:01, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
- The problem is as I have already stated that I have had the "right opinion" in a number of Afds. Where I for example said Keep and Libstar (as you are referring to that user) said Delete and the final result was Keep. That can only point to the fact that I am quite familiar with the Wikipedia guidelines afer all. Also I have to say that I have not had a problem with anyone else but Libstar who time after time claims that I am wrong. I am starting to believe that its more of a "you are of the wrong opinion" kind of remarks, even though I am hoping its not. But ofcourse people can always improve knowledge about the Wikipedia. But I like that you remain civil Libstar, credit you you my friend. Peace.--BabbaQ (talk) 14:59, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
- this comment doesn't address the other AfDs which are not about news events. LibStar (talk) 15:10, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
It was a mistake as I was posting at the same time. Sorry.LibStar (talk) 15:10, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
- it's not about wrong opinion it's about the way you !vote. Tell us why did you say "keep per courcelles" when all courcelles did was relist the debate? LibStar (talk) 15:13, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
- I will not respond to this discussion any further, I have recieved your point of view and you have recieved mine. I am also smelling a meta-discussion coming up that I have no interest in being a part of. I have taken your suggestions to heart and hopefully you have taken mine too. Anyway, peace out.--BabbaQ (talk) 15:16, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
- is it because you don't want to admit the truth? that you just visit AfDs put a vague statement like "notability met" and always want to vote !keep regardless. And that "keep per courcelles" showed that you often don't even read the AfD and the article up for deletion? I mean it doesn't make sense why someone would say keep per the admin who relisted the debate and expressed no opinion for keep or delete? Let's be honest here. LibStar (talk) 15:35, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
ITN/C
Would you mind in the future having a link to source discussing the story? It helps alot The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 23:18, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
AFD vote
It was a serious vote. I seriously suggest someone checks Peter Tobin's cell to make sure the right guy is still in there. 86.174.133.79 (talk) 20:55, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
- It might be so, but its not considered to be serious vote by an established user. So I would suggest a different approach if you edit again. Cheers.--BabbaQ (talk) 20:57, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
- I'm probably being over cautious about it. But he's potentially accusing someone else of a crime which could have complicated matters if the person wasn't already behind bars. TheRetroGuy (talk) 21:16, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
- I have to agree with you. But I say lets keep his "vote" in the Afd its fact that it will not weigh in during the closing decision of the Afd anyway. As I see it its not a question anymore if Joanna Yeates article will be kept or not the Keepers have convincingly proven that Yeates article should be kept for now. Maybe someone could close it pretty soon. Cheers.--BabbaQ (talk) 21:20, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
- I see you removed it. So be it:). I have told the user that he has to give a more mature reason for Keep already.--BabbaQ (talk) 21:21, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
- Yeah, I've no probs with him voting, but we can't really accuse someone of murder, even if it is done in jest, and even if he has committed others. Let's leave the theories to the boys in blue. If he votes again and says something sensible like "this is a high profile case so we should keep it" then that's great and we can leave the comment in. TheRetroGuy (talk) 21:37, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
- I see you removed it. So be it:). I have told the user that he has to give a more mature reason for Keep already.--BabbaQ (talk) 21:21, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
- I have to agree with you. But I say lets keep his "vote" in the Afd its fact that it will not weigh in during the closing decision of the Afd anyway. As I see it its not a question anymore if Joanna Yeates article will be kept or not the Keepers have convincingly proven that Yeates article should be kept for now. Maybe someone could close it pretty soon. Cheers.--BabbaQ (talk) 21:20, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
- I'm probably being over cautious about it. But he's potentially accusing someone else of a crime which could have complicated matters if the person wasn't already behind bars. TheRetroGuy (talk) 21:16, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
DYK
I'm still new to DYK, but I think the policy is to wait for a keep to be declared before giving it the go. I'd check with someone else since I'm not sure about that. -- Lord Roem (talk) 20:40, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
- OK. And when you check it please find out if he/she can find someone to perhaps if they find it OK to close the Afd. Because Keep consensus has been reached.--BabbaQ (talk) 20:41, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
- And dont forget to approve the Frans Otto Eriksson article ;),.--BabbaQ (talk) 20:42, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Frans Otto Eriksson
Hello! Your submission of Frans Otto Eriksson at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! PM800 (talk) 21:56, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
- Hello, I made a couple of passes to clean up the article at your request on my talk page (which has been archived for the passing year). Unfortunately, I am not sure if this article will qualify as new for DYK as it is a close translation of the Swedish Wikipedia article which was created last October. I will ask the reviewers at DYK if they know about the rules in this case. KimChee (talk) 11:51, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
- OK, its not a big deal but I appreciate your help KimChee. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 15:49, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
- One of the DYK reviewers is open to approving this if you can verify that the ancestry/geneology reference originated from the Swedish literature listed in the Further reading section. If you could verify page numbers, then applying these into reference citation templates may satisfy this issue. KimChee (talk) 09:50, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
- Hi, I did some research with the help from a friend which wrote the page number for me. I cant personally verify those as I wasnt present but I do trust my friend. I guess its up to DYK standard now.Thanks for the help.--BabbaQ (talk) 23:24, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
- And sorry if I didnt format it right. Im not 100% into that field of the Wikipedia yet Thanks for doing it.--BabbaQ (talk) 23:52, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
- Hi, I did some research with the help from a friend which wrote the page number for me. I cant personally verify those as I wasnt present but I do trust my friend. I guess its up to DYK standard now.Thanks for the help.--BabbaQ (talk) 23:24, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
- One of the DYK reviewers is open to approving this if you can verify that the ancestry/geneology reference originated from the Swedish literature listed in the Further reading section. If you could verify page numbers, then applying these into reference citation templates may satisfy this issue. KimChee (talk) 09:50, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
- OK, its not a big deal but I appreciate your help KimChee. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 15:49, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
I was just wondering if you could make a comment on DYK so that the DYK nomination of the Fran Otto Erikssons gets moving and evaluated? Or that is perhaps not needed, just asking.--BabbaQ (talk) 16:31, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
- The Frans Otto Eriksson article appears to be verified now. I added my name to the nom if that is okay with you. Also, I think the Cornelius Dupree article has cleared minimum length. If you can add some more edits to expand the article further, then I will go ahead and include your name in the DYK nom for this one, too. KimChee (talk) 08:24, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
- I noticed one more minor item that you could fix on this article, though it does not affect the DYK hook ref. The first paragraph of the Crimes section appears to be missing a page number citation, if you could find that from one of your literary references. KimChee (talk) 10:21, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Joanna Yeates
Hello! Your submission of Joanna Yeates at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! PM800 (talk) 22:21, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Talkback
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WP:BLUDGEON - Joanna Yeates AfD
You should try to take that into account in that AfD. You have responded way too many votes, and as far as it seems, it is not going to change anything. Everyone has the right to vow their opinion, you shouldn't be trying to push them to think the way you do, because that is impossible. What seems funny to me, is that you pointed this very same 'policy' to Libstar in the Mike Clemente AfD, and you weren't able to respond what he actually wanted. Please, stop doing that. It's just an advice from my part. P.D. Don't take comments personally, most people want to help you, not the contrary. Diego Grez (EMSIUB) (talk) 18:54, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
- I will assume good faith to this message even though I have my doubts.--BabbaQ (talk) 18:56, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
- Because it smells strongly of a Afd Delete user (of Joanna Yeates) that isnt happy that a Keeper gives good arguments for Keep in a discussion. Please dont force your opinions on a particular Afd on me, I vote as I vote and if you dont like it its notmy problem. if you dont mind me saying.--BabbaQ (talk) 18:59, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
- It does not seems that you're assuming good faith, by contrast, you are assuming I came here for the same reason you are commenting on the AfD. I'm just giving you advice to not be annoying in an AfD. Too many comments can be seen badly from your part, not from mine. Cheers, and Happy New Year. Diego Grez (EMSIUB) (talk) 19:09, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
- Because it smells strongly of a Afd Delete user (of Joanna Yeates) that isnt happy that a Keeper gives good arguments for Keep in a discussion. Please dont force your opinions on a particular Afd on me, I vote as I vote and if you dont like it its notmy problem. if you dont mind me saying.--BabbaQ (talk) 18:59, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
Agree with Diego, the amount of WP:BLUDGEON is excessive to the extreme. LibStar (talk) 07:32, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
- BabbaQ, your myriad of responses is understandable, and I support you 100%. But be careful not to let too much participation in the AfD damage the reputation of you and your work. The article you have started now looks terrific, so it'd be a shame to let too much opposition of comments spoil that. Very best wishes, Orphan Wiki 14:18, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
- And thank you very much for standing by me in light of this ridiculous AfD. I've only just noticed the discussion that has since taken place underneath my voting comment. All the very best, Orphan Wiki 19:56, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
- You are welcome!. And thank you for standing up by me in the discussion above. I have also taken your good advice to heart.--BabbaQ (talk) 23:35, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
- I'm glad. When this mess gets cleared up, I look forward to working with you further, to turn it into an article to be proud of. :) Orphan Wiki 23:37, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
- Yes, as the Afd takes up so mutch time for users it's hard to stay focused on the Joanna Yeates article itself. But I fully agree with you, we will work on it. And make it a GA worthy article. Cheers.:)--BabbaQ (talk) 23:39, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
- Cheers to that, Sir! ;) Orphan Wiki 23:40, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
- Yes, as the Afd takes up so mutch time for users it's hard to stay focused on the Joanna Yeates article itself. But I fully agree with you, we will work on it. And make it a GA worthy article. Cheers.:)--BabbaQ (talk) 23:39, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
- I'm glad. When this mess gets cleared up, I look forward to working with you further, to turn it into an article to be proud of. :) Orphan Wiki 23:37, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
- You are welcome!. And thank you for standing up by me in the discussion above. I have also taken your good advice to heart.--BabbaQ (talk) 23:35, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
- And thank you very much for standing by me in light of this ridiculous AfD. I've only just noticed the discussion that has since taken place underneath my voting comment. All the very best, Orphan Wiki 19:56, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
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| Here's a beer for your fine efforts on improving Wikipedia! Cheers! Now the Murder of Joanna Yeates article can be worked on without the AfD hanging over it. :) Orphan Wiki 16:58, 5 January 2011 (UTC) |
Thanks. Feels good to have helped. It also is great that the Afd was finally closed with the result that has been expected for several days now. As you stated, now users can do edits and improve the article without having a Afd hanging over it, great!.--BabbaQ (talk) 17:05, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
- I have also nominted Joanna Yeates for DYK. Check out December 25 if you are interested.--BabbaQ (talk) 17:07, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Cornelius Dupree
I would like to give you a advice if you are in the mood to make a new crime article, ten days ago DNA evidence finally officially freed Cornelius Dupree who had been in jail for 30 years for a crime that he didnt commit, he was already out when the DNA answers came. He has also been the subject of tv-documentaries because he was known to be innocent of the crime he was in prison for but the district attorney didnt want it to got to court etc etc etc.. Perhaps an interesting case. Just a suggestion.--BabbaQ (talk) 02:11, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
Be very careful
There is no need to rush your edits to Murder of Joanna Yeates. Please take the time to rewrite and rephrase text from published sources to be added to articles. KimChee (talk) 22:56, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
- Also, I recommend using the preview button to check your edits so you do not have to fix yourself as often. :) KimChee (talk) 22:58, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Murder of Joanna Yeates
| On 6 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Murder of Joanna Yeates, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the inquiry into the murder of Joanna Yeates, dubbed "Operation Braid", has become one of the largest police investigations in Bristol, England? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thanks from me and the DYK project Victuallers (talk) 17:00, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Frans Otto Eriksson
| On 9 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Frans Otto Eriksson, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Frans Otto Eriksson was a Swedish baker who committed a double murder in 1909? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
Louise Drevenstam
You recently wrote me a comment regarding the changes I made to Louise Drevenstam. I recently wrote that I represent Mrs. Drevenstam and that the two articles you are referencing in your version are both not relevant to her history in pageants and contains information that is not factual and libelous. Since these articles do not support the information contained in the wikipedia page and are libelous they need to be removed. --24.44.140.1 (talk) 20:56, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Cornelius Dupree
| On 11 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Cornelius Dupree, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Cornelius Dupree was cleared by DNA profiling of committing a robbery for which he served 30 years in prison, longer than any other exonerated inmate in Texas? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 06:02, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
The right tool for you
Try this link, then click the Show Preview button to verify everything is in order before saving the page. For other articles, just change the end of the URL (for some reason, if you pass no data, it will forward you to a simpler version of the tool). KimChee (talk) 09:06, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Death of Linda Norgrove
Hello, I just wanted to introduce myself and let you know I am glad to be reviewing the article Death of Linda Norgrove you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. 
This process may take up to 10 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Lord Roem (talk) 23:07, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
- How do you feel about removing the "similar incidents", Lord Roem is right that it seems sorta out of place. Instead we could have a see also link to 2010 Badakhshan massacre. Thoughts? --Errant (chat!) 16:03, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for your invite to edit. Will try to look at it this week but am working on a couple of new articles of my own.Parkwells (talk) 14:36, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
- Regarding your question about GA, I think the article is a good candidate in the future, but may fail the stability requirement (WP:Good article criteria#5) until the case is either deemed solved (e.g. Chandra Levy) or grinds to a halt (e.g. Natalee Holloway). KimChee (talk) 02:08, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
GA Nominations
There's no need to update the GA Nominations page any more. GA Bot will do so itself, hence why he seemed to fail the Teresa Lewis page. Brad78 (talk) 23:56, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
Your recent submission to DYK
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DYK nomination of Cheshire, Connecticut, home invasion murders
Hello! Your submission of Cheshire, Connecticut, home invasion murders at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! PM800 (talk) 07:38, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
ITN nominations
Some of us try hard to ensure that items of interest that is specific or limited to the US or UK, or other English speaking nations, or the perspective of these nations on global news events is not given undue weight. This is acheived by trying to have a world view, not by trying to promote items/perspectives that are specific to Sweden or other nordic countries. Please consider your proposals carefully. Kevin McE (talk) 20:40, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
Jessica Lunsford edit November
My apologies, I've inlcuded the reasons for the deletion. The section had nothing to do with the subject of the article, and its inclusion was questionable. If noteworthy, it deserves its own article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.125.137.194 (talk) 16:43, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
Christ the King ITN
Great, thanks for the nomination ;) --Erixson (talk) 09:35, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
Vladimir Arzumanyan
De facto Stepanakert is a part of Nagorno-Karabakh but de jure it is a part of Azerbaijan. I don't discuss his heritage where he is from but Nagorno-Karabakh is not recognized by any country or the United Nations. The right term here to use is the de jure form! Greets —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.178.29.13 (talk) 18:16, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
Teresa Lewis
I noticed the GA review is being held up on concerns of coverage. I have been through this process a few times; do you mind if I work with you on this? KimChee (talk) 04:23, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
- No,please do! I need all the help to get this article to GA!--BabbaQ (talk) 14:13, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
Oba Chandler
When you are done with the Teresa Lewis edits you could perhaps take a look at the Oba Chandler article that I found very interesting. However some references seems to have been URL not found since put there. Perhaps you could check it out and help improving the already GA standard article without removing the information already there, perhaps finding sources to be put in malfunctioneds ones place. You can try if you have the time. Like your work. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 14:31, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
- I would even classify the Oba Chandler article as one of the better ones on Wikipedia. After reading the very interesting crime story. Perhaps with your help it could be upgraded to FA in the future.--BabbaQ (talk) 14:33, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
- I will take a look when I have more time later this weekend. I have observed that FA reviews for biographical articles have been gradually becoming more rigorous. You may want to take a look at the work required in the current FA review for Ronnie Lee Gardner for comparison. KimChee (talk) 14:42, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
- OK. Yeah well, atleast some improvements can be made by your expertise. Thanks. Have a nice weekend.--BabbaQ (talk) 14:49, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
- So it atleast can keep its GA-status.:)--BabbaQ (talk) 14:50, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
- I saw that a few sources from the St petersburg times are Url not found, so if you find some better sources it would be appreciated. Sources 7, 21 , 27,39, 44 and 65 plus a few more I have found to be so if that is to any help, if someone can fix it its you. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 22:13, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
- I marked all of the dead links to make them easier to pick out. They are mostly expired scans from Google's news archives. I had problems with this before on other articles as it is uncertain whether such sources will ever go live again. Since previous editors did mark their existence with an accessdate, the best solution I had used in the past is to treat them as offline sources in good faith. For featured article review, it will be strongly recommended to gather as much other information as possible for the offline citations, such as dates and page numbers. KimChee (talk) 23:19, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
- I saw that a few sources from the St petersburg times are Url not found, so if you find some better sources it would be appreciated. Sources 7, 21 , 27,39, 44 and 65 plus a few more I have found to be so if that is to any help, if someone can fix it its you. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 22:13, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
- So it atleast can keep its GA-status.:)--BabbaQ (talk) 14:50, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
- OK. Yeah well, atleast some improvements can be made by your expertise. Thanks. Have a nice weekend.--BabbaQ (talk) 14:49, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
- I will take a look when I have more time later this weekend. I have observed that FA reviews for biographical articles have been gradually becoming more rigorous. You may want to take a look at the work required in the current FA review for Ronnie Lee Gardner for comparison. KimChee (talk) 14:42, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
I noticed that you added one more vote of support right before my FA nomination was promoted, so you get this:
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DYK for Cheshire, Connecticut, home invasion murders
| On 26 November 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Cheshire, Connecticut, home invasion murders, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the 2007 home invasion murders in Cheshire, Connecticut, have been called "possibly the most widely publicized crime in the state's history"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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- Nice. Thanks--BabbaQ (talk) 14:13, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
- Because the article had one of the highest DYK views (5,600) in the month of November, it has been added to WP:DYKSTATS#November 2010. KimChee (talk) 21:58, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
Disappearance of Jenni-Lyn Watson
If you could help me by improving this Disappearance of Jenni-Lyn Watson article I would be pleased. its a current crime case. Interesting.--BabbaQ (talk) 02:24, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
- I will help you on technical issues such as clean up and formatting. However, be prepared for the possibility of some resistance to notability until persistence of the case is established. KimChee (talk) 03:29, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
- I have cleaned up the article somewhat, but found that it may need to be retitled as Watson has been found. There are articles titled "Murder of ..." but those are typically used in cases where the murder conviction has been secured as defendants will sometimes opt to plea deal for the lesser charge of manslaughter. What do you think of "Death of ..." until the case is further along? I started a talk page for discussion. KimChee (talk) 10:10, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
Problems with your DYK nomination
Hello! Your submission of Drowning Ghost (film) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 06:30, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
The article Jade Ewen you nominated as a good article has failed 
; see Talk:Jade Ewen for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of said article. If you oppose this decision, you may ask for a reassessment. CrowzRSA 20:59, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
The article Death of Jenni-Lyn Watson has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
- no evidence of notability
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- In light of how quickly it appears this case is being resolved, I think you may be in for an uphill battle in Afd. If you still feel strongly about the subject, I recommend you provide a good "keep" rebuttal while saving a copy of the source. You can create WP:Workpages under your userpage space (with a
{{workpage}}disclaimer at the top) to continue working on it until a new development re-establishes notability of the case in the future. Good luck. KimChee (talk) 07:13, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
- Yes thanks for the advice. But I have provided in my opinion a good reasoning for my Keep-standing in the Afd. I hope you can contribute to int he discussion,.--BabbaQ (talk) 12:49, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
Please return to the article and check dates. They are all over the place, first "murdered 1868" then "sentenced for murder in 1853" and then "released in 1986". East of Borschov 23:06, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
Request
Hi, if you have any time for it please check out the Karla Faye Tucker I have done a quick search online and also read trough the article and I believe with some improvements it can reach GA-level. So if you find any time please check it out. cheers.--BabbaQ (talk) 23:43, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
- The article has potential, but is still too short and needs to be more properly referenced for GA. I will look at it again later when I have more time. I have updated the infobox and added a fair use image for now. KimChee (talk) 20:03, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
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US Miss World
Keep the original source of Miss US World. The websites you are posting took the information from the original source. Thanks!
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Deletion discussion
I've noticed you've used a number of arguments in deletion discussions like I know it, or it's notable. please see arguments to avoid in deletion discussions. LibStar (talk) 12:41, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
- OK, always useful.--BabbaQ (talk) 12:42, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
happy to get along. you will see I participate in a wide range of deletion discussions, from people to organisations to music. LibStar (talk) 14:36, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
The image you added to her article is currently nominated for deletion on Commons and shouldn't be used here until its status has been determined. Cheers. Rodhullandemu 15:45, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Anton Abele
Hello! Your submission of Anton Abele at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Grsz11 20:22, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
AfD participation
I noted that your comment here was your tenth keep vote in less than 20 minutes,[37] giving you two minutes to evaluate each discussion. I don't think this is enough time to properly evaluate an article and the sources. Your arguments also were not particularly compelling, most of which are from the Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions page. Christopher Connor (talk) 21:17, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Helen De Cesare
Would you be willing to provide more information on the basis of your Strong Keep !vote at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Helen De Cesare? I just re-reviewed the article and do not understand how this rates the vote as the external links are to trivial stats and a single local tennis publication. Thanks! VQuakr (talk) 16:45, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
you might be interested
I am still curious why you !voted keep at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brockham FC given what everyone else has said. do you actually read the AfDs? LibStar (talk) 22:42, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
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Miss Europe 2010
Will try to do my best. Unfortunately, the pageant is a bit unstable and verifiable sources may be difficult to find, but will give it a chance. --John KB (talk) 12:21, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Alexandria Mills
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DYK rules
Hi BabbaQ, I've removed the DYK nominations you made for Bill Skarsgård and Linda Norgrove as they do not meet the requirements for inclusion in the section. Can you familiarise yourself with the rules at WP:WIADYK before making more nominations? Thanks SmartSE (talk) 22:00, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
Examples of weak argument in AfD
note what the closing admin said here Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Rosenblatt (2nd nomination). I only wish you improved the quality of your keep votes and avoid arguments listed in WP:AADD. and made a serious effort to look for sources. LibStar (talk) 04:54, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Two Broke Girls
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Blocked
 | Blocked for sock puppetry
You have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours for sock puppetry per evidence presented at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/BabbaQ. Note that multiple accounts are allowed, but using them for illegitimate reasons is not. Once the block has expired, you're welcome to make useful contributions. If you believe that this block was in error, and would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the text{{unblock|Your reason here ~~~~}} below, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 18:58, 16 May 2011 (UTC) |
- I've extended your block to a week, because I think 24 hours is too lenient here. You've clearly been using at least three accounts to stack votes at ITN (if not elsewhere) and so obciously that it's almost as if you wanted to get blocked. Your actions have shown contempt for consensus and the community in a manner that I've almost never seen before. That you did this at ITN, where things are so much more laid back than in many parts of the project, makes this abuse even more shocking, which is the reason I've extended your block. I will say the following once, and once only: if you ever particiapte in the same discussion on Wikipedia under two identities, logged in or not, in an attempt to stack votes, I will block you indeifnitely and make a motion for a community ban. If I were you, I would be spending the next week reflecting on how I could regain the trust of the community, but if you attempt to evade this block, you will be met with equally stiff sanctions. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:38, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
- Some of your DYK hooks which you verified yourself with your sockpuppets are listed at Wikipedia talk:DYK#BabbaQ's sockpuppets. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 01:45, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Jenny Silver
| On 16 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jenny Silver, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that singer Jenny Silver debuted with the Swedish dance band Candela, when it was signed to Bert Karlsson's label Mariann Grammofon? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Long Island serial killer
| On 18 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Long Island serial killer, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that an unidentified suspect, dubbed the Long Island serial killer, is believed to have murdered as many as eight people and dumped their bodies along the Ocean Parkway in New York? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
GA nomination of Murder of Sian O'Callaghan
Hi. Thanks for nominating the article for GA. Unfortunately I don't believe at this stage it is ready for the process as there is still much work to be done on it. The case is ongoing and the article's length is fairly short for a GA. My advice would be to withdraw it, do some more work, expand it and wait for further events to develop, then perhaps nominate it again in six months or so. A good idea in the meantime might be to request a peer review as this is always a useful way of getting feedback and deciding in which direction an article should go. You might also want to take a look at some similar articles which are currently GAs as these will give you some good guidelines on the type of information which should be included in the Sian O'Callaghan article. Cheers TheRetroGuy (talk) 10:13, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
- I agree with TheRetroGuy (you can see my comments at Talk:Murder of Sian O'Callaghan). I would like to add that for nominations (DYK, GA etc.) it might be courteous to notify other significant authors or editors of your intent to submit a nomination. This is especially true for Good Article nominations, which are quite a big step. However, with "Did You Know?", content editors get credited for their work and should be listed when submitting the nomination. Nominators aren't expected to credit all editors of the article, but those who have contributed a significant amount – for instance, this diff shows how I (with five edits by User:Jim Michael and two punctuation edits by you) changed the article from the original start class to pretty much what it is now, a B class. This tool may be helpful in identifying major contributors, but shows statistics on the number of edits, not on the size of content they've added, modified or removed. Thanks, matt (talk) 11:35, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
- Ok thanks for the good advice RetroGuy. I do that. Perhaps we can join forces and work on it together. Cheers.--BabbaQ (talk) 16:42, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
- I'd be happy to do that. I tend to keep an eye on current events, so will help update the page as information becomes available. TheRetroGuy (talk) 10:15, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
- Ok thanks for the good advice RetroGuy. I do that. Perhaps we can join forces and work on it together. Cheers.--BabbaQ (talk) 16:42, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Dagens man
Hello! Your submission of Dagens man at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Allen3 talk 22:43, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
Improving arguments in deletion discussions
BabbaQ, prior to your block I recommended that you take a close read of WP:AADD. i note you're back again simply voting "keep per person X" or similar. it appears to me that you may not be reading the actual article for deletion. please make an effort to make a decent argument rather than blindly voting keep because you like it. LibStar (talk) 07:40, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
Example of weak keep !voting
the best way to argue keep is to show evidence of sources. this one had strong consensus for delete. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pol-primett. LibStar (talk) 12:55, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
This is what the Main Page should link to, I've heard. :) Without any help, it will be deleted very, very soon. So hereby: some help would be most appreciated. Use "rightwing Israeli sources" if you like, I don't mind. :P Please just help. Thanks already! Polozooza (talk) 19:45, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
Hello!
Hi BabbaQ, I thought I'd just pop over to your talk page and let you know that The Human Centipede (First Sequence) is currently a featured article candidate! I know it's a horrible horrible movie about terrible things, but I like to think the wikipedia article is pretty good, and it would be really cool if it made it to featured article. I'd really appreciate it if you could pop over to the review and let me know if there's anything I could do to improve the article. The review over at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Human Centipede (First Sequence)/archive3
And whilst I'm here, thanks for your contributions to the article and your kind comments on the talk page last month, they were really great.
cya! Coolug (talk) 16:21, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
Nomination of Tala Raassi for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Tala Raassi 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/Tala Raassi 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 good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.
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If you get the chance
I don't know if you caught my earlier suggestions, but I'd like to ask once again that you check out Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions. I'm sure you make your points out of good faith, but you should know it adds nothing, and in fact really just distracts from the discussion, when your vote rationale is along the lines of "sources exist" or "simply notable".--Yaksar (let's chat) 02:15, 5 September 2011 (UTC)