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Secret Societies Edits

Hi,

I edited the Collegiate Secret Societies page to include mine; I would like future members to see that this society existed. There are no online references, as this is a relatively new society. However, there are many other societies on this page without references. Could I please be allowed to retain the addition of this society?

Thank you very much for considering this request.

If there aren't any references, then there is no way to verify its existence. Until there are some references (by third parties) that show it's a significant club, then it doesn't belong on the page. ... discospinster talk 02:36, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

Creation of the page Smartron

Hi Discospinster, I was trying to create a new article on Smartron - The electronic brand which offers Smartphone, Laptops etc which has investors like Sachin Tendulkar (Indian cricketer). I noticed that there was already a page create under this name before which was deleted. I wanted to inform you that I will be adding a fresh content on the new article. Can you please share the previous deleted page article content if you have so that I can see if it violated any of the wiki terms. Also would need your feedback as well. Akash207 (talk)

Hi Discospinster, Thanks for your feedback on my talk page. I've created the article page smartron with fresh content. Please check and let me know the feedback, if any. Thanks Akash207 (talk)

Peter George

Hi!

I don't disagree that the first paragraph was the wrong place to mention his death. Respectfully, I don't know that one's death should be listed under their "Accomplishments", however I'm at a loss for a better place to mention it, given the other content on the page. Perhaps the reference should be removed entirely?

Thanks

TheFalseProphet (talk) 03:46, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

I just put it after the bit that talked about his wife's death. I'll add a heading to separate it from the Accomplishments section. ... discospinster talk 19:48, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

"he's not retired from being English"

Crikey, how many times has this turned up at John Deacon's article now? Are there any other biographies where this crops up frequently? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 08:49, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

The Diego Maradona article calls him an "Argentine retired professional footballer", and Alessandro Del Piero is also an "Italian former professional footballer" but I don't know if that's been changed back and forth. So it probably is unique to this article! I'll put a note in, although that won't stop everyone. ... discospinster talk 13:25, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

I think I've seen this set of reverts enough times now to lodge something in Wikipedia:Lamest edit wars#John Deacon :-) Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 13:13, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

I remember being "involved" in one at Freddie Mercury about whether he's Indian or Parsi or Azerbaijani (yes, someone was arguing for some reason that he was Azerbaijani). ... discospinster talk 13:24, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

Prime Ministers of Canada

Please leave the numbering & the offices linked separately. That's how they've been for years. GoodDay (talk) 02:34, 20 May 2017 (UTC)

Street Sharks

Greetings. I won't revert, but I can assure you the physical episodes themselves (without commercials) are 22mins, despite what IMDb says. The IP was right. YouTube links as a ref, perhaps? Mac Dreamstate (talk) 23:49, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

Well if you want to check every one of the articles that the IP has edited, and supply a reference for each one, be my guest. In the meantime IMDB is all we have to go on. ... discospinster talk 23:51, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
I have no interest in the other articles, but I would consider myself rather an expert on Street Sharks, having been a fan of the show for twenty years. If a mere link to an episode(s) on YouTube readily contradicts IMDb's incorrect information, in plain numbers, what's the harm? Mac Dreamstate (talk) 23:55, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
You can try it, at least it's better than no source at all. ... discospinster talk 00:42, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

DRV notification

Hello. Regarding Republic of Kekistan which you salted, please see Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2017 June 12. -- zzuuzz (talk) 07:12, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

OK thanks for the heads up. Do I have to unsalt it, or does the closing admin do that? ... discospinster talk 21:52, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
I shouldn't think you'll have to pay any further attention to the matter. -- zzuuzz (talk) 06:08, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

Paraduin

Hi, I removed your WP:PROD template at Paraduin, because the reason you provided seemed invalid. The third-party sources don't need to be significant, their coverage of the topic must be. Significant coverage means: more than trivial, but it doesn't need to be the main topic, see WP:GNG. I believe that references 7-10 together provide significant independent direct coverage. The article seems on par with the average micronation lemma. However, if you still have doubts about the notability of this topic, I suggest posting at WP:WikiProject Micronations. Guido den Broeder (talk) 19:51, 16 June 2017 (UTC)

List of tallest people

Hello, how are you in regards to article, John Aesan , List of Tallest People, maybe you can organize something, bro

What are you referring to specifically? ... discospinster talk 15:23, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

Dartford Young Musician of the Year

Saw you PRODded it. Has been speedied a few times already. Brought it to AfD so it can be G4'd next time. Cheers, Yintan  11:02, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. ... discospinster talk 14:22, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

LADAMA

Just FYI, but WP:A3 actually explicitly doesn't apply to articles which only have an infobox. I personally think it's kindof silly, but so far nobody's been able to find strong consensus to change it. TimothyJosephWood 16:45, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

Thx. ... discospinster talk 16:49, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

BouledeSuif

See my comments at User talk:BouledeSuif and their recent edits to Ambrosius Aurelianus. I'm not sure what's going on with this editor. Doug Weller talk 10:37, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Seems like either a disturbed individual or a dedicated troll. I've blocked him/her indefinitely although I have a feeling s/he will be back under a different name. ... discospinster talk 12:52, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
Thanks. I wouldn't be surprised, but if they edit like that again they won't last long. Doug Weller talk 18:34, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
And they made a very literate unblock request. Maybe they were really hacked. It was turned down. Doug Weller talk 18:35, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Help to confirm if source is independent on my Article

Hello discospinster talk

Thank you for your review as it really helps to expand research on content and get acquainted with the Wikipedia platform as a newbie. Could you please verify if this link serves as an independent source to my article: Vanguard News and if it doesn't kindly give a pointer to this. I appreciate your time spent on this. Olusegun Ajakaiye (talk) 11:56, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi Olusegun, the source you provided is certainly independent, as it was not written by the subject or affiliated with the subject. If you can find more sources like this, which discuss Mr Onuegbu significantly (where he is the main subject of the article), that would go towards establishing notability. ... discospinster talk 13:21, 19 July 2017 (UTC)


The Zenith Passage Notability Guidelines Approval

Hello discospinster talk! You marked the article I created for The Zenith Passage with the music notability guidelines tag. I have since cited many non-primary sources that are in fact displayed in the "news" link in the tag. Does that qualify the article as meeting guidelines now? EmperorQuingus (talk) 01:11, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Yes, it's improved, I have removed the notability tag. ... discospinster talk 13:14, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
Thank you! EmperorQuingus (talk) 18:21, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

Monalika bhonsle

On what basis did you decide that Monalika bhonsle was a "test page". The article, when translated from Georgian, was about an Indian actress and model. Questionable notability, but probably sufficient to avoid speedy deletion. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 17:26, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Looked to me like a test page. ... discospinster talk 17:29, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
In what manner? Remembering that being written in a foreign language is not, per se, a valid reason for speedy deletion. Did you try running it through Google translate to see what it said? WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 18:23, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
A previous version was originally in English and then the editor blanked it and added Armenian. To me it looked like the editor was testing. ... discospinster talk 19:28, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Riaz Ansary

Hi, I ran this article through the copyvio checker and it came out 18% likely, only highlighting one paragraph. Did I miss something? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 19:55, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

The copyvio checker doesn't work because the page is run through some kind of DoS checker. If you click on the actual link you will see that both texts are identical. ... discospinster talk 20:35, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
I had problems getting onto the link, but it looks like it's all been taken care of now anyhow. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 21:47, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Result of a search in Google

Hello, Dear Discospinster! Why does not Google produce the result of a search for Denis Kenzo's (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Kenzo) page? Big Thanx for your help!

I suppose it takes some time for Google to index new pages such as this one. Maybe in a week it will be in the results? ... discospinster talk 18:44, 24 July 2017 (UTC)
Hello, Dear Discospinster! Thanks for your answer and attention! Google still doesn't produce the result of a search. What we can do? Big Thanks to you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Azatkanza (talk • contribs)
@Azatkanza: New articles get a noindex tag asking search engines not to index them. The tag is automatically removed after 90 days, or if the page is reviewed by a user with the required user right. See Wikipedia:Controlling search engine indexing#Indexing of articles ("mainspace"). PrimeHunter (talk) 22:06, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
@PrimeHunter: Now it's clear, Big Thanks for your answer!
Thank you @PrimeHunter:, I didn't know that. ... discospinster talk 23:25, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Value Added Tax in Bangladesh edit

Hi Discospinster, I saw that you have edited my page Value Added Tax in Bangladesh and removed some content. You said that"remove non-encyclopedic content taken from NBR web page" but I was asked by NBR to create the page this way. I am very new to wikipedia, would please suggest me what i need to do to bring back those content ? --Newton sarker (talk) 06:57, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

The content that I removed was promotional in tone, as if it was trying to "sell" the VAT, rather than simply reporting the facts. It is appropriate for the government's web page but not for an encyclopedia. Also, the content from the web page is copyrighted (the NBR web page says "All rights reserved (c)"), so it can't be used on Wikipedia unless it is offered under a Creative Commons licence. Please see WP:COPYREQ for more information. ... discospinster talk 13:06, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

Proposal for deletion of Scar, The Novel.

I really didn't get it? Why do you want to delete it and what I can I do so that it stays on Wikipedia?

The article does not indicate why the book is notable. See WP:GNG and WP:NBOOK for guidelines on what this means. There would need to be significant coverage of the book in reliable, third-party sources. Just because a book exists, it doesn't mean it can have a Wikipedia article. ... discospinster talk 16:34, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

vetfriends.com

Hello Discospinster,

I would like to resubmit vetfriends.com for undeleletion. Have I made the rights moves for it to be reviewed?

Thank you kindly.

User:MJAnders30/VetFriends.com

If you would like for it to be submitted for review, add {{subst:submit}} at the top of your draft article. ... discospinster talk 17:32, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. I assume that included removing {{construction}} and replacing {{AFC submission}}. It is still under mjanders30/vetfriends.com. Can I assume it will be moved to vetfriends.com if it goes live? I'm sorry for the ignorance.

Yes that is correct. ... discospinster talk 17:53, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

Sir Peter Sassoon

Why do you care? Why can't you just let me write in peace.

Why do you need to write nonsense in Wikipedia? ... discospinster talk 19:42, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

It's not nonsense they are a real person but clearly they like to stay out of the media and they are first cousins with Sir James Sassoon.

Well unfortunately Wikipedia requires these sorts of things to be verified. ... discospinster talk 19:52, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

List of Designated Monuments in Sint Maarten

Hi, The Wiki Loves Monuments team from the Netherlands communicated with officials from Sint Maarten in order to obtain this list. A copy of their email can be found at otrs:10152792. We'll try and get them to publish their list on the website. The national museum of Sint Maarten has the same 51 items listed, but with less information than (lessaddresses, no ID numbers). 1Veertje (talk) 08:57, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

NXLog

Thanks for moving the NXLog article back to me, I'll try to make it compliant to the wikipedia guidelines.

This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shobdogrontho its a publication. if any informatiom missing i would request to collect. its official site shobdogrontho.com. online book store rokomari.com and boichoi.com

i would request not to revove this page thakns

The organization does not seem to be notable by Wikipedia's criteria. Please see WP:GNG and WP:ORG for guidelines. ... discospinster talk 00:38, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious
Two years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:43, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

Three years now! ----Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:40, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Harkleroad

Thank you for promptly reviewing Harkleroad wind turbine. Although the article still needs a lot of work, I think I addressed the issues you raised in your maintenance tags. Please have another look. I will watch this spot, if you wish to reply. Comfr (talk) 23:15, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

Yes, I think the issues have been addressed. ... discospinster talk 13:05, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

CONSELF web page

Discospinster, I edited the CONSELF page as required (adding secondary and tertiary sources). Please, let me know if these are enough even more are recommended. Thanks a lot!

It looks better now. ... discospinster talk 13:04, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

Lochlan Bloom page

I have added more secondary sources for this page hopefully these are sufficient as reliable, published sources, Tororro (talk) 11:43, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

OK I have removed the tag. ... discospinster talk 23:50, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated

Hi, I'm Kudpung. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, George Spanos (musician), and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.

Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 02:49, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

PS: The page is actually quite a mess and IMO is nowhere ready for mainspace as a BLP. Perhaps you marked it as freviewed in error. Regards, Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 02:51, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

I had added the {{notability}} tag using Twinkle, so I guess it automatically marks it as reviewed. ... discospinster talk 13:06, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Isaac Mulindwa Politician

Boss please dont redirect that page I'm working on a different person. Cant u read and compare notes??? You're wasting time instead of reading you'r just redirecting files are new here?

I just changed a capital P to a lower-case p. ... discospinster talk 14:59, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
Apologies boss, thought you had redirected to an already existing page
No problem. ... discospinster talk 15:18, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Deletion of Etea Sicurezza

Hello, I was working around this article since I've seen other Italian company stubs.

I was writing about the patented technology that this company has created because I believe is important to distinguish the kind of technology used in fire protection since this particular one use much less water and energy and create a Water Mist, which is different from the traditional systems.

The mechanism has been created for extinguishing fire in military submarines, in which a traditional system, how is described in the Fire Sprinkler page of Wikipedia, cannot be applied since it can ruin electronics and people can't escape from the vessels.

The Water Mist technology is useful in any kind of places where there is the need to extinguish fire but the water may damage the delicate component.

It also extinguish fire is much less time than traditional sprinklers, so I believe is important since it can save lives in case of emergency.

Since this technology uses less water and pressure (4 bars) is suitable in places with scares resources, and meet the energy and resource saving's philosophy and the current era. I believe is important because many countries don't have access to large amount of water (a resource that we take for granted but is a serious matter in some places).

The company is also owned by a larger multinational group with subsidiaries around the World, serving many countries.

I'm new in Wikipedia and I want to give my contribution, I was trying to write a nice article meanwhile learning how to add references and images.

I really would like to talk about this technology, so I ask to if you'll be so kind to guide me in the article creation and reconsider the article deletion.

Thank you very much

The article has to show how the company is notable by Wikipedia's criteria. This means it has been discussed significantly in independent sources, like newspapers or trade publications. Please see WP:Notability and WP:CORP for more guidance. ... discospinster talk 13:49, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Moving articles to draft space rather than tagging with CSD

G'day, I'm a rather avid new page patroller who also has extended page mover rights. Is being able to observe the good intent / potential of articles enough for us to move it to the draft space ourselves or should this best be left to an admin? I haven't really been able to find anything saying we can / can't and didn't want to overstep. (This is in reference to KeeleSU - Keele University Students' Union) Cheers — IVORK Discuss 14:16, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Sure, I don't see why not. If you have the technical ability to move pages to draft space then we can assume you are trusted to do so. ... discospinster talk 14:21, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

DELETED ARTICLE ON EMMANUEL ETIM

Hello Discospinster,

I would like to resubmit the article on Emmanuel Etim for undeleletion. I'm new to wikipedia and wanted to make changes to the picture in the infobox. If i violated wikipedia's policy it was a mistake. I hope this explanation is sufficient for the article to be resubmitted and reviewed.


Thank you.

Ayoajik (talk) 18:55, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

The issue was not the picture in the infobox, it was that the article read like it was praising him. Wikipedia articles are supposed to be neutral and only explain the facts, supported with citations. I suggest that you start over again in a draft form, and follow the guidelines in WP:BIO. You can start a draft article here. ... discospinster talk 20:17, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks Disospinster. Will review again.

Ayoajik (talk) 21:35, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

Dr Gaurav Yadav

Sir the previous page created by me is not suitable and I want to correct my mistakes in the article which I wrote. Plz give me chance to correct it. Plz plz sir Gauravyadavgy7799 (talk) 20:40, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia articles have to show how the subject is notable. See WP:Notability for guidelines. ... discospinster talk 23:42, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

Miss Planet 2015

Just to let you know that the article Miss Planet 2015 which you deleted yesterday has been recreated again today - I've no idea what state the previous article was in, but the current one cites no sources, and from a quick reading appears to be a non-notable beauty contest. Richard3120 (talk) 23:18, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Update: on further investigation I'm not convinced the whole thing isn't just a hoax – there was a Miss Planet contest in 2015, but it was held in Tiblisi, Georgia [1]. Googling the contestants' names, even the "winner", draws complete blanks... funnily enough the only one who really does appear to exist is the Indian contestant, where this supposed contest took place. The one reference in the article is simply an untitled JPG picture of Asha Bhat being crowned Miss Supranational 2014 [2], but there's no evidence she went on to a Miss Planet pageant the following year, as stated in this article. Richard3120 (talk) 03:43, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

It's a hoax. The author has created other fake articles in the past. ... discospinster talk 13:06, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

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I have recreated a page you deleted: Talk:Graeme Lowans

Hi DS,
You deleted this page back in 2009.
I think almost always following the rules is the right thing to do, so I'm letting you know as the deleting WP:ADMIN.
Pete AU aka --Shirt58 (talk) 10:07, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

List of Android games

I've told you time and time again to stop removing these games that have resources like you did few minutes ago! What the f*** is your problem? The only source that I could find was a press release stating that it was released on that date from the developer Aristocrat. Removing any unnecessary edits made by you from now on! Zacharyalejandro (talk) 01:57, 1 October 2017 (UTC)Zacharyalejandro

I explained that on your talk page earlier. ... discospinster talk 03:09, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

grill club

grill club is a newly formed club at JDHS where students grill food.

Timmy Lindsey

Tim Lindsey is a viable and current member of the Southern Rock band Molly Hatchet. We are working on his page. We will be adding history, photos and references.

If you are still working on the page I would suggest using the draft space so it won't be deleted. I will move it to the draft space for expansion. ... discospinster talk 15:02, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

Angus and Malcolm Young

If you look through the page history for these guitarists, you will see many times where people have tried to introduce ethnicity into the lead rather than just citizenship and this change has generally been rejected. Please open discussions on the relevant talk pages. Also, it is perhaps a pet peeve of mine but could you please not use the "minor" edit designation for edits that are not minor? Minor edits are ones that truly no one would want to inspect, and definitely not ones that are potentially contentious (like introducing statements of ethnicity into the lead). --Spike Wilbury (talk) 00:51, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

It's not a statement of ethnicity, it's where he was born. ... discospinster talk 00:52, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

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Respectfully, Anomalocaris (talk) 07:28, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for the note, I have updated it. ... discospinster talk 15:38, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
Thank you! —Anomalocaris (talk) 18:46, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

EMMANUEL ETIM

Dear Discospinster, I would like to retrieve the deleted material(Emmanuel Etim) for improvement.

Thank You.

I have retrieved it and moved it to your draft space. ... discospinster talk 18:08, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Giulio/Guido

Thank you for the quick response to my confusion. All of my other art articles are translated from their respective Wikis, so I thought it was odd that there was no article on him in Italian. Now, how do I change this back? [3] WQUlrich (talk) 21:30, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

I think you just have to edit the information to correct the name. I will try and see if it works. ... discospinster talk 21:40, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
I think I fixed it. ... discospinster talk 21:55, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
Hey may i ask you, why are you marking my contribution for deletion? i would appreciate your help, please help me improve it rather than deleting it? Furqan Rizwan (talk) 14:32, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
As I noted in the nomination, it doesn't show how the subject is notable by Wikipedia's standards. You will have to find more sources that discuss him in detail, and not just directory entries or passing mentions in articles about other things. ... discospinster talk 16:20, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

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Category:Wikipedians who like NationStates

Hey! Based on your edits to NationStates, I thought maybe you would be interested that I started a series of userboxes for the game. Feel free to add any or add your own!-🐦Do☭torWho42 (⭐) 06:38, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

Spin squeezing

Dear Discospinster,

I tried to create a definition of spin squeezing. Now I have noticed that you put the first version of my text as a draft, since it was very short. I did not notice it until now, so I put newer longer versions on the internet. They have several references, and the text is longer. I hope, it is OK.

Thanks!

Quantum1956

It's fine now. I moved it to your draft page at the same time you were updating it, so it got crossed. ... discospinster talk 18:31, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

How to see deleted content

You deleted Donald James LeRoy, but where can I find the deleted content so I can work on it again (an improved version without the copyright infringement)? I spent a LOT of time on it, and it wasn't just from those two sources. And the formatting for the biography profile box took a long time. I'd like to get the deleted content back just to work on it again. Dr. Universe (talk) 06:39, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

Only administrators can see deleted content. I can put the infobox on a page in Draft space for you to work on, but I can't put the copyrighted content back in for the same reason it was deleted in the first place. Here is the Draft article: Draft:Donald James Le Roy. ... discospinster talk 14:20, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

Why do some websites get a page but not others?

My page for Talent Recap was just deleted. It had been up for about four hours. It was marked for deletion and then deleted before I could add more internal links and external citations.

What's confusing me is why it was marked for deletion (and, of course, so speedily deleted) when other, similar sites are not. For example: Show-Score. It's just a site. It has a blog, it produces videos, it's on Twitter and Facebook. It's a start-up in New York City, but isn't owned by anyone and has no celebrities or big names attached to it. All these things are true of Talent Recap as well.

Show-Score has a Wikipedia page. Talent Recap's didn't last a day. I've been reading all the articles you link to but I can't determine a difference between the two. Can you help me out? I'd really like to add another page to my "creation resume," and I'll do whatever it takes for Talent Recap to clear that hurdle. Or, I'd like to see Show-Score pulled from the site. Fair's fair.

Thanks for any advice, information, or assistance you can provide. QuarterbackSneak (talk)

In the case of Show-Score, there are many citations showing that other well-known sources (e.g. Variety) have talked about the site. Just because something exists, that doesn't mean it's going to have a Wikipedia article. It has to be notable, which means "received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." I wasn't able to find much of that when I searched Google for Talent Recap (which is not surprising since it is relatively new). I suggest working on the article in draft space first, so it will not be subject to deletion. See WP:DRAFT for the process. ... discospinster talk 17:25, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

Your edit on Duck Duck Goose (song)

Duck Duck Goose was never released in 2017. It doesn't belong in 2017 singles. It belongs in 2018 singles

At the time I made the edit, the article body indicated that it was released in 2017. The article was changed afterwards. ... discospinster talk 21:12, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Well now

Discospinster, with your 269,298 edits, you're still around. I think I may have to work a little harder if I'm ever going to pass you, since you (and that Mandarax person) are clearly not giving up. DONT YALL HAVE DAY JOBS?? Drmies (talk) 17:59, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

Well, considering that I'm not nearly as active here these days, it's highly likely that you'll both pass me before long. My number, though larger than yours, is much less impressive, due to my use of AWB (although I haven't edited with AWB since 2015). MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 21:44, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
I closed a bunch of AfDs today, and that automatic closer gives me credit for removing wikilinks to deleted articles--so that worked out just fine for me! I hope we keep you around for ever, Mandarax. Drmies (talk) 02:29, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
Thank you, Drmies, for your kind words. (I almost simply used the "Thank" function, but in the spirit of this discussion, I decided to increment my edit count by leaving a note instead. Sorry, Discospinster, for the mini-hijacking of your talk page.) MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 06:14, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
Most of my edits were made when I did not have a day job (being a student). Now I have a day job but I still like to come back now and again. ... discospinster talk 00:35, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

NPP Backlog Drive Appreciation

Thank You
Thank you for reviewing articles during the 2018 NPP New Year Backlog Drive. Always more to do, but thanks for participating. — Insertcleverphrasehere (or here) 05:17, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

"Henry (vacuum)" page

Hello :)

You recently took off a list of vacuums from my Henry page I made yesterday and I worked very hard on that. The point was to inform users about the basic Henry's. Also the list was of the currently being made Henry's, so people know which ones are currently available brand new. Please consider allowing me to put it back because it took me around 1-2 hours with the references and everything.

Thanks :)

Hi. Generally we don't include such details in Wikipedia articles, especially where the information is readily available in a more appropriate place, such as the manufacturer's web page. ... discospinster talk 17:01, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

Dear Friend,

Thank you for your kind concern.

I am not that much familiar with writing articles on Wikipedia. However, I am a freelance journalist and want to create a page related to myself on Wikipedia. Kindly help me out here. Thanks again.

Move that to another article

Hello actually I want move that article to article Not delete BhaveshNial (talk) 20:46, 15 February 2018 (UTC)

Where are you trying to move it? ... discospinster talk 20:47, 15 February 2018 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion of several files

Zak Kuhr Adrian Mayes (American football coach) Kyle Hoke Jules Montinar


I work for the university where the "copyrighted" material came from. I would gladly reword but I do not want to have to re-create the boxes with coaching history... Can you re-instate the old versions so I can fix ASAP.Americanfootballupdater (talk) 22:05, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

SPI

seeing your comment at Richard Griffiths page, I have dug a little and opened up an SPI. Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Mikeymike36 Elektricity (talk) 09:17, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. I was very suspicious of that. ... discospinster talk 15:13, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

10 years of adminship, today.

Wishing Discospinster a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Chris Troutman (talk) 23:20, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
Wow, thanks guys! I didn't even know. ... discospinster talk 01:25, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Undercover Rock wiki entry

Hi - thanks for your mssg regarding the Wiki entry "Undercover Rock" which I created.

As you can tell I'm an inexperienced contrib to Wikipedia, so glad to be steered in the right direction.

You probably also realised the entry was a first effort. Rather than debate the notability of the subject here, my plan would be to do some more work on the entry and re-publish.

I've attempted to remove the entry - but fear I may not have done this correctly.

Best wishes

Phil

PhilKerswell (talk) 09:22, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Phil. The article has ended up in Draft space, so you can work on it there and it will be safe from deletion. ... discospinster talk 13:31, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Bunch Paraka - speedy deletion

I am currently unsure as to why you have requested speedy deletion of the page 'Bunch Paraka'. If you know of anything on the page that is incorrect or offensive, please notify me and I shall edit (although if this is your problem with the page, you can edit it yourself [as you probably know]).

I tagged it as a hoax because there is no such thing as 'Bunch Paraka'. ... discospinster talk 19:58, 16 March 2018 (UTC)


The meal Bunch Paraka had no internet presence so I decided to make a Wikipedia page for it.

Wells & Wong Detective Society

Please stop redirecting that page to Murder Most Unladylike. It is a separate article and I want it to stay that way. "Wells & Wong Detective Society" relates to Murder Most Unladylike, but is important enough to be an article in its own right. Thank you very much.ShyPinkLolly (talk) 16:43, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi, you haven't provided enough sources to show that it's notable in its own right. Please see WP:NOTABILITY for criteria, in particular "If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to be suitable for a stand-alone article or list." ... discospinster talk 17:20, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

I am facing problem with my new article Sanjana Sanghi because you protected this article.

Review the article, if you find any problem tell me. Help me to publish this article it is important for my job. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.95.81.235 (talk) 13:17, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) What is your job? --NeilN talk to me 13:19, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
You are welcome to log in and create a draft of an article at Draft:Sanjana Sanghi and then have someone look at it to see if it's ready to be published to main space. ... discospinster talk 15:50, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated

Thanks for reviewing Sattar bawany, Discospinster.

Unfortunately El cid, el campeador has just gone over this page again and unreviewed it. Their note is:

The title is at least an issue that needs to be worked out - the proper capitalization is blocked from creation

To reply, leave a comment on El cid, el campeador's talk page.

‡ Єl Cid of ᐺalencia ᐐT₳LKᐬ 21:07, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Gameloft

Hey, just saw that you full-protected the Gameloft article for content dispute. However, there hasn't been any major activity in two weeks, did I miss anything? Cheers! Lordtobi (✉) 19:48, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

No, I hit the wrong article, I meant to protect a redirect to it. I fixed it now, thanks for the note. ... discospinster talk 19:50, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
A redirect, you say? I just checked the three new pages, and I have to agree that their topics are not notable since Gameloft rarely makes any press, and their studios even less so. Since all three are locked, could you possibly categorize them appropriately (by copy-pasting the content from Gameloft Live to all three pages)? Cheers! Lordtobi (✉) 20:31, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Kenyaboystar

I see you have blocked Kenyaboystar. I'm not complaining but I am a bit confused because they were blocked by an SPI in June 2017. Now however WP shows me their account being created in 22 Feb 2018. Can you clarify what has happened, please? Pinkbeast (talk) 12:08, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

The earlier account was Kenyanboystar (with an n). I was confused at first too. ... discospinster talk 13:08, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
Aha. Thanks. Slight head-scratcher in that they're an obvious sock of a banned user but most of their edits (the copyvio aside) seem reasonable. I'll guess I'll leave well enough alone. Pinkbeast (talk) 18:30, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
Sometimes vandals/trolls will make good edits as well to avoid being blocked. Or most of their edits are good but the bad ones are bad enough to warrant a block (esp. if they are sockpuppets). ... discospinster talk 16:48, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Disruptive Power of Repair Management Method DPRMM

Hi, thank you for your review. I addressed the two issues. I added a comprehensive introduction, and tried to explain the model. I cannot "untechnicate" the model itself, that part is necessary for the "technical" readers. Gina Kano (talk) 01:01, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neusii/proyecto

Hi, This is just to let you know that the the article "Neusii/proyecto" that you propose to delete is indeed in the wrong place. It's part of the educational project "Wikipedia:School and university projects/Universitat Jaume I - E-translating you prpopsed to delete", of which I'm one of the coordinators. I'll let the students know that they made a mistake, as they should have put this in their own user space. I'd ask you not to delete their work just yet, but to wait a couple of days to allow them to move the article to their user space. Thanks!

Hi, according to the history of that article, I was not the one who proposed it for deletion, it was User:Vexations. I can move it to another place if you'd like. ... discospinster talk 13:09, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

Draft:2018 Persebaya Surabaya

I fix this page, please be reviewed and I will always updating articles on this page. Thx Mohdzaenuri (talk) 05:34, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

It should not take long for it to be reviewed once you request it. ... discospinster talk 13:11, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

Hello Discospinstar: Notify me

Hello discospinster, you have recently tagged Hoichoi article twice to have promotional elements or writings. Please notify me which part of the article or where it is promotional, so that I can remove or edit that. Thank you. User:AnkurHow (talk) 01:27, 15 May 2018 AnkurHow 01:28, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

@AnkurHow:, I'm referring to things like "including the entire slate of over hundred films" and "leading media and entertainment brands in the world and can rapidly deploy a full-service video infrastructure, supporting distribution, consumption, monetization across all major platforms" which sound like they belong in a press release. These need to be reworded so it does not sound like you are trying to sell anything. Just say things simply. ... discospinster talk 13:32, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

Trivia sections

Why remove trivia on singaporean channel 8 dramas — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.156.162.132 (talk)

Because they are uncited and unencyclopedic and should be avoided according to WP:TRIVIA. ... discospinster talk 16:34, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

Tonight at seven thirty

I put this stub up for a friend who wanted to write about the poem but didn't know how to create a wikipedia page. Cooke (talk) 15:45, 20 May 2018 (UTC)

You can use the Draft space to work on articles: Draft:Tonight at Seven Thirty. ... discospinster talk 15:57, 20 May 2018 (UTC)

You have deleted my page Glossary of auction terms

I own the copyright to this material - you will see that on this page we have a creative commons donation for our material http://company.gaukmedia.com/blog/2018/03/26/copyright/ In future please don't simply delete my post by making incorrect assumptions. A request to clarify the copyright is far more polite

The page you linked says that "certain text and images" are available under Creative Commons. The page that the content was copied from (http://www.workassets.com/content_pages.php?page=faq&topic_id=46) does not include a Creative Commons license and furthermore is copyrighted to Work Assets. I can find no evidence that it belongs to GAUK Media. ... discospinster talk 13:11, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

Response to all your comments/observations regarding my draft Kopparapu Poets

For all Users and Administrators: User: Legacypac and Robert McClenon and User: Discospinster This note is in response to all your comments on my draft: Kopparapu Poets or Literary Duo: Kopparapu poets. While the former is found in the sandbox as a redirected draft, the second one is found in the edit summary/contributions page. Though the two drafts are having different heads, the content is same. In fact, I have summoned my colleague in English department yesterday night; he sat down on my laptop and edited the text. After his clearing it, I moved it into article space. Then a set of four notices flashed on the article page stating that the draft was under the finishing stage of review and should not have been moved to article space--Inform author. Probaly due to this all edits could have got undone. Thus User: Robert McClenon could not find any edits carried out by my fellow academic from English dept.

We are all academics in English and communication department in a reputed University in India, and keep writing to national and international journals in English. Yet with all humility we accept your suggestions and follow them.

With regard to the comments of User: Discospinster, I have a simple answer. All of you may kindly read a similar piece available in the English Wikipedia on Tirupati Venkata Kavulu and find out whether the comments/observations that you have made on my draft Kopparapu Poets applies to it? Also kindly examine whether the article Tirupati Venkata Kavulu is well sourced with independently available references? Whether the article Tirupati Venkata Kavulu is not written in praise of them? Was it written neutrally totally? It is interesting to note that for similar articles/write ups different yardsticks have been applied by reviewers be they the editors or the administrators. Same questions are posed again and again by different editors. For instance I have clarified that an identical piece in Telugu is already available in Telugu Wikipedia on Kopparapu Poets entitled as Kopparapu Sodara Kavulu [1]. In keeping with a call from Wikipedia English, I have written about same poets in English wikipedia. However, all of you kindly read this restponse at a time and arrive at a calculated decision whether to keep it? Please note that I have high regard for all of you and have not made any comments against any of you personally. MUMACHA2203 (talk) 10:22, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

References

  1. ^ https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8A%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%81_%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%B0_%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%81

Kopparapu Poets--Common response to you as well as Legacypac

Dear User: Robert McClenon Thanks for your response. I am a new contributor to this Wikipedia. We are a batch of English professors who wished to try our hand in Wikipedia. I had not intentionally created two drafts as you rightly assumed in good faith. If you can be of some help in this regard, kindly retain the Draft: Kopparapu Duo Poets presently available in my sandbox and delete the Draft: Literary Duos: Kopparapu Poets. In fact I pray you to kindly delete 'Duo' from the Draft: Kopparapu Duo Poets as I do not know how to delete it. Let it be simple Kopparapu Poets.

I have just now got edited/rewritten the Draft: Kopparapu Poets available in sandbox in which you find some of your comments posted atop the draft. It is awaiting further review after re-submission. As there is no bar in editing the draft under re-submission I have got it edited. I have done some more work by adding additional references to the the text besides adding external links. These external links direct anyone to online verifiable independent sources which clarifies to the reviewers' any doubts not only about the notability of Kopparapu Poets but also about their rich contribution to Telugu and Sanskrit poetry and literature.

Compared to the article on Tirupati Venkata Kavulu in English Wikipedia, this draft is more sourced from various texts and links. The article on Tirupati Venkata Kavulu is not the only piece in English Wikipedia which is under sourced. I can take you to a number of such articles in English Wikipedia on a whirlwind trip. But, the editors and administrators refuse to delete such articles due to various excuses. My academic friends note that there are so many problems with Wiki-policies and the attitudes of its editors/administrators. According to them, even if an article is accepted and posted into article space, there is no guarantee it would remain same after a week's time.Meanwhile, a number of editors/administrators keep on editing its text and no one knows where and in which form/shape the article ends up after a week.

I do not want to argue with you on these matters.However, as an editor you might be facing a number of such complaints from both India and other countries round the world. I do not wish to move my draft into article space. I know the dangers involved in doing so. But, I shall be grateful if you kindly review and give your suggestions to improve it. Our understanding is that neither you nor we have any problem with English as we do keep writing to international journals and audiences. A number of my US/UK colleagues have read this text since the controversy erupted over our writing of this piece in English. They only felt that as the nature of the subject itself is problematic it might have compounded the problem of the editor. A prior reading of what is Avadhanam in Wikipedia and by clicking on the link given to access Encyclopedia of Indian Literature published by Sahitya Academy New Delhi, one can know about the notability of Kopparapu Brothers vis a vis their contemporaries Tirupati Venkata Kavulu and Venkata Ramakrishna Kavulu. One may also refer to the online article available in the Hindu dated Dec 7 2012 in which reference is made to the notability and scholarly excellence of Kopparapu Poets at par with other contemporaries of the times. However my draft will remain in draft space till one of the reviewers and administrators clears it.

I am copying this to all other users such as User: Legacypac, User: Discospinster etc for their perusal. MUMACHA2203 (talk) 13:19, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

Elizabeth Anyakoha

The article was recreated by the same user under different article name. As i did not have admin rights, would you like to delete the article Elizabeth Anyakoha and conduct history merge with Draft:Elizabeth Anyakoha? Matthew_hk tc 22:59, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

Since it's the same author who has done all the significant edits on both, I don't know if a history merge is necessary. Also I don't know how to do one. ... discospinster talk 23:50, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

El hijo de la Africana

Hi, I have added two additional references to the article El hijo de la Africana after you added the template refimprove. Filiprino (talk) 18:23, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

Need advice/help

You were very helpful when I was working on Criticisms of medicine in my sandbox, and you also participated in the AfD discussion. Would you be willing to help once more? The AfD discussion was closed with a delete decision, which I appealed on the grounds that there was no consensus to delete. After a week, today an administrator ruled to overturn the deletion and restore the article. (As I recall, the vote of participating editors was 6 to 4 to overturn, only one of the 4 was an administrator, and the 4 did not have strong policy-based arguments.)

Within minutes of the restoring of the page Alexbrn, who had originally proposed the article for deletion and who had accused me of bad faith (having a "problematic agenda", presumably meaning promotion of CAM), did a large number of delete edits that reduced the size of the article from about 19KB to roughly 1300 bytes, after which he immediately proposed the butchered article for deletion. He clearly was angry about the decision that resulted from consensus in the appeal. Several other editors have come in to this second AfD discussion to call for deletion for reasons not truly based on policy, but rather based on their feeling that the article promotes CAM.

I believe that this is bad-faith editing by Alexbrn and refusal to accept consensus of the appeal process by him and other editors who are participating in his new call to delete.

Can you help or advise me on how this situation should be handled? Thanks in advance, and sorry to trouble you.NightHeron (talk) 02:29, 26 May 2018 (UTC)

P.S. @Discospinster: There's a discussion of this on the closing admin's talk page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:RoySmith#Question_on_how_to_handle_difficulty_over_Criticisms_of_medicine NightHeron (talk) 02:56, 26 May 2018 (UTC)

This is WP:CANVASSING. Also, if you have problems with an editor the place to raise them is at WP:AIN, making accusations elsewhere is problematic. I have never accused you of "bad faith". Alexbrn (talk) 05:04, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
@Alexbrn: Once again you are making an accusation against me by falsely citing WP policy. I'm too new to Wikipedia editing to know what to do in a situation when an editor breaks procedure after an appeal goes in favor of an article he doesn't like. In other words, I need help. Nothing in WP:CANVASSING says that someone cannot ask for help and advice from an administrator who in the past has been helpful. You have the WikiProject Medicine site, whose members have the right to communicate with one another about pages that should get attention. That's not "canvassing", and my communications with this administrator, who was very helpful with my draft, is also not "canvassing". Your earlier accusation that I had a "problematic agenda" was presuming bad faith. It's also utterly false, as I made clear repeatedly. There are strong opponents of the CAM profiteers who share my viewpoint about the alt med article, see for example the NPOV noticeboard. I've repeatedly appealed for civility, which is better than the anger and false accusations that have come my way.NightHeron (talk) 08:04, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
I do not presume "bad faith", nor have I accused you of it - you seem quite open and up-front in what you are doing. I disagree with it, however. Presenting a fictional demeaning and personalized account ("He clearly was angry" / "based on their feeling") to a targeted user who voted the way you wanted is naughty. You have been warned. Alexbrn (talk) 08:18, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
@Alexbrn: Your suggestion of WP:AIN is helpful. Thanks. I'm not familiar with what one is supposed to do when established procedures are disrespected and a disagreement escalates in such an unexpected manner.
I am glad you now characterize my editing as "open and up front," but your earlier false accusation that I have a "problematic agenda" means the opposite of "open and up front" and is inconsistent with WP:GF.
The policy WP:Canvassing relates to soliciting participation in an ongoing discussion. I haven't done that. In fact, I suggested on the new AfD page that nothing should be done there until an administrator deals with the procedural situation, but of course some others obviously disagree.NightHeron (talk) 08:36, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
A problematic agenda does not mean "bad faith"; it means editing being done against the grain of the WP:PAGs; multiple other editors are saying this kind of thing too (see the AfD responses). I believe all my actions are in line with helping achieve consensus in this area, to the overall benefit of the Project. Alexbrn (talk) 08:45, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
@Alexbrn: If my true motive were to promote fraud and quackery rather than to improve Wikipedia, that would be bad faith editing on my part. You and others who accuse me of having that motive are obviously accusing me of bad faith. BTW, my motives are twofold, not just to improve Wikipedia. My second motive is that I'm a strong believer in promoting science and combating pseudoscience. That's why I started participating in the alt med article talk page, leading to my writing Criticisms of medicine. The polemical lede to the alt med article plays into the hands of CAM profiteers, as I've explained and as recently explained very articulately on the NPOV noticeboard by the user who initiated a discussion there of Alternative medicine.NightHeron (talk) 14:00, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
You keep putting words in my mouth ("promote fraud and quackery") rather than grappling with what I actually wrote, or accepting what I have written here. Alexbrn (talk) 14:11, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
I'm inferring something from context that's really obvious, namely, that you're alluding to the comments by other advocates of deletion that my article serves a CAM agenda. If I was wrong in that inference, please tell me what other possible "problematic agenda" you could have been referring to.
We should end this discussion here and continue any further discussion at WP:ANI. User:Discospinster was helpful to me, and I shouldn't be littering up this page.NightHeron (talk) 14:34, 26 May 2018 (UTC)

The Story of Light

Per WP:NCMDAB, we should disambiguate when there is another type of article of the same name. There is also really nothing to suggest the Steve Vai album is the primary topic; I don't see a tonne of news coverage, and it appears to have charted quite low in the countries it did chart in, so I believe if it were taken to a requested move discussion, most editors would agree that it needs to be disambiguated. It seems pointless to me to have to go through it. Ss112 08:29, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

On the other hand, there are more links to the Steve Vai article than the other one, so in terms of efficiency it makes more sense to keep it as-is, rather than have to fix all the links to point to a new name. ... discospinster talk 17:47, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
I had fixed all the incoming links already. There weren't many, maybe 10. Ss112 18:34, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

"Bad faith" editor?

Are you acting in bad faith? You are deleting pages with a decision based on the opinion of a single individual, without consensus, not waiting even 5 minutes for community responses to your comments, practically immediately. You ignore the reason for Undeletion "the closer of a deletion discussion interpreted the consensus incorrectly". Please be neutral and careful with the scientific page "Geodakyan Evolutionary Theory of Sex", this is a mathematical biology theory well known in a population with 120 millions, not just a public show-business. KaiStr (talk) 16:54, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

the wiki's rule is that "A nominated page should remain on deletion review for at least seven days. After seven days, an administrator will determine whether a consensus exists. If that consensus is to undelete, the admin should follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Administrator instructions. " Meanwhile Mr. Lem deleted the page after 1 day discussion, and you deleted the recovered (speedy-deleting) discussion just after a couple of hours. This is not only "not nice" but also against the rules. THe original page, or at least the recent recovery version of this page should be restored. KaiStr (talk) 17:14, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
I did not delete the page, I marked it for deletion based on the fact that there was an Articles for Deletion (AfD) discussion. The original discussion lasted from 28 April to 5 May (seven days). Quit accusing people of bad faith. As I said earlier, the proper procedure for contesting an AfD is at WP:Deletion review. ... discospinster talk 17:32, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

KaiStr is a single-purpose account with an obvious WP:COI issue with the topic, but refuses to disclose it. Staszek Lem (talk) 20:14, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

Zimbabwe Achievers Awards

Good day, i am the one who created Zimbabwe Achievers Awards article and i did not intend to violet copyright laws. Can you kindly give a chance to edit the page and correct the errors.

Thank you

Unfortunately we cannot restore it because it is a copyright infringement. I suggest you rewrite the article in your own words, making sure that it is not written like an advertisement. You can start the article in draft space so you can work on it without being deleted. Draft:Zimbabwe Achievers Awards ... discospinster talk 16:07, 14 June 2018 (UTC)

adding a link

Hello,

I have found a page in Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_reset

This page does not have sufficient reference.

this url has exactly describes about Factory Reset on Android Phones - https://www.fastunlocker.in/factory-reset-android-phone.html

please check your self, if you found its relevant, then please add it in the above page.

I don't think this link would be considered a reliable source per WP:RS. ... discospinster talk 01:21, 21 June 2018 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day

Happy First Edit Day!

Have a very happy first edit anniversary!
From the Birthday Committee, Kpgjhpjm 18:34, 27 June 2018 (UTC)

Thank you! ... discospinster talk 18:49, 27 June 2018 (UTC)

You've got mail!

Hello, Discospinster. Please check your email; you've got mail!
Message added 19:19, 29 June 2018 (UTC). It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.

Please check as soon as possible. Thanks. Home Lander (talk) 19:19, 29 June 2018 (UTC)

Emergency and Oversight have also been notified. Thanks. Home Lander (talk) 19:20, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
No problem. ... discospinster talk 19:30, 29 June 2018 (UTC)

While I was creating the page Biz2credit you moved it to Draft section. Kindly review the page in the real time and move it from draft. As you might be aware, that this created a small blunder. On one hand there is a page named 'Biz2credit' and on the other hand there's a draft named 'Biz2credit'. Kindly solve the issue since I've edited the article with adequate citations currently. Will keep editing the article with more content and citations. Suman chowdhury 22 (talk) 16:00, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

I will delete the draft page. ... discospinster talk 16:48, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

Some baklava for you!

Thank you for your recommendations on links. I have added other references on both pages. Serenesage (talk) 19:37, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
Good to know, I've taken the tags off. ... discospinster talk 19:49, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

Biz2credit

The article Biz2credit that you moved to draftspace on July 2nd was recreated within the hour, although I don't know whether any alterations were made to the article. When deciding how to proceed, you may wish to consider this copyvio comparison and the fact that Biz2Credit has repeatedly been deleted and seems to have been salted. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:29, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

To delete User:Najib Razak/Archive 1

Please delete this page. It was created by accident when someone redirect an Article archive page to a "user page". I have corrected the redirection, therefore the page is no longer needed. Thanks - Jay (talk) 20:45, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Done. ... discospinster talk 20:47, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
Thanks :) - Jay (talk) 20:49, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Attached Department

Please reconsider moving my article Attached Department from Draft /AFC to Main Space of the Wikipedia, if it actually comes up to Wikipedia's GNG after I added a reference /source in the article. Regards. JC Bills (talk) 19:37, 29 July 2018 (UTC)

You are authorized to move it back yourself, but I would suggest filling it in a bit more, and adding context such as if it's only used in Pakistan or also in other countries, and some examples. It might be the case that the information stands more appropriate in another article such as Government of Pakistan. ... discospinster talk 21:15, 29 July 2018 (UTC)

Contested PROD

You put a PROD on Oleg Shestakov. Just in case you aren't watching the article, I thought I would let you know that the PROD has been contested by the creator of the article. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 10:00, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

Decline of Speedy Deletion of DB Movie 1 and DB Movie 2

Hello,

I see that you declined those two speedy deletion requests of the redirects. You should notice that the other 3 requests to delete "DB movie 3" , "DB movie 4", and "DBZ movie 14" were successful. I nominated these for deletion as there are several movies that have the initials of "DB". This redirect would only help Dragonball fans and would limit people searching for their favorite movies who use initials.

Thank you AmericanAir88 (talk) 15:51, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

Animated tv show

Thanks for moving Draft:Longest running animated tv show do you knew anyone who wants to help make this page.

Maybe you could ask for volunteers at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Television? ... discospinster talk 14:19, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

Please review

Hi,

Hope you are doing great..

I have created few more pages :-

Madan Bhaiya https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madan_Bhaiya

Nand Kishor Gurjar https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nand_Kishor_Gurjar

Rana Ali Hasan Chauhan https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rana_Ali_Hasan_Chauhan

Ram Pyari Gurjar (The Lady Chieftain) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram_Pyari_Gurjar_(The_Lady_Chieftain)

Gabbar Singh Gujjar ( Indian Dacoit ) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabbar_Singh_Gujjar_(_Indian_Dacoit_)

Requesting you to kindly review.

Thanks. 

Gewin007 13:42, 7 August 2018 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated

Hi, I'm AmericanAir88. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Bill K Koul, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.

AmericanAir88 (talk) 17:26, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated

Hi, I'm Yeenosaurus. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Alex Ruthmann, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.

Yeenosaurus (talk) 🍁 18:00, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of tarun_sharma.jpg

Hi Discospinster

You have tagged the image tarun_sharma.jpg for speedy deletion. It is not copied from Twitter. I am the author of the image. Please be advised that I am the legal owner and copyright holder of the image and I have released this image in public domain. Your tag and classification of copyright infringement is incorrect. Please remove the tag. This incorrect tagging has been done the second time since this file was uploaded. Please let me know why this is being done when I am the copyright holder of the image. Knowledge is Power 13:45, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

We don't know that you are the copyright owner of the image. You will have to send a message to OTRS using the Interactive Release Generator. ... discospinster talk 13:47, 22 August 2018 (UTC)


I have sent a release using OTRS. Please check mail and remove tag Knowledge is Power 14:04, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

I don't have access to that mail, whoever does will check it and then do what they need to do. ... discospinster talk 14:06, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

Anthony Salvanto moved to drafts

Hello, thanks for pointing out that you have moved my article to the drafts. Totally my mistake; I thought I was writing in my sandbox and clearly it was not. I am taking a class on wikiedu and this was part of my assignment. I will eventually figure it out; we have a class meeting today. I just didn't know where to start an article that does not exist as a red link. Thanks againGDevi17745 (talk) 19:13, 29 August 2018 (UTC)GDevi17745

You're welcome. ... discospinster talk 19:14, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

Sri Preston Kulkarni

Sri is his first name, not his title. Could you revert that move? [4]

Oh, nevermind. I remembered that not just admins can move things. :) I did it.

--Vivisel (talk) 20:50, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
Hello there, can you upload the poster image for Ponnukku Thanga Manasu (TV series) and Eeramana Rojave (TV series) ? thank you,please review Ponnukku Thanga Manasu (TV series) as well Sivagopalakrishnan (talk) 05:21, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
I don't know where they are. ... discospinster talk 14:27, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

Mixed Up Everything

While I do appreciate other editors reviewing and editing an article (because it helps the article get finished) I do not understand how creating an article for this band and for its album is any different from creating pages about other bands and their albums (examples: metallica, stone temple pilots, ozzy osbourne, etc...). I created the musical group page for this band as a reference to discover another up and coming Australian groups and for people to see their album; which is the sole purpose for any page created for any band (to be a reference).

I have contacted the wikipedia team to get clarification on this matter.

Cretaceous extinction denial

Hmm I was about to CSD as hoax, but wouldn't really like to send a vandalism notice at this time, but I'm considering MfD, your opinion is welcome. Thanks, —PaleoNeonate – 02:13, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

It probably is, do what needs to be done. ... discospinster talk 02:40, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
Thanks, will nominate for MfD. —PaleoNeonate – 02:42, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Sockpuppet of M.k.pappu

Hello Discospinster, can you please take a look at user Versatileindia who recreated Draft:Qais Tanvee previously created by M.k.pappu (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) you blocked and please take a look at his userpage too. Thank you. GSS (talk|c|em) 06:39, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

I've blocked him, thank you for the notification. ... discospinster talk 14:49, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
☺ Thank you. GSS (talk|c|em) 14:53, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

Concerned NPP & Recent Changes Reply Comment

Dear Sir/Madam, I see you had dealings recently with User talk:Alex Olaru as an administrator on their talk page, my concern as a NPP is the amount of car reletated articles this new author is creating (1 sent to AfD by myself) or re-directing or adding large amounts of data into, see [[5]] This could be harmless but maybe if you are aware of an expert or Wikipedia car project group that could check this out it would be much appreciated as I am not anyway much familiar with the topic. XyzSpaniel Talk Page 22:43, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

I have indef blocked the user due to ongoing disruption. ... discospinster talk 18:20, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
Thank you XyzSpaniel Talk Page 18:35, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

Mixed Up Everything

I have deleted the last comment so I have one vote in there. You are not permitted to strike out my one allowed vote at this point so please do not do so. I am still learning how the parameters of Wikipedia editing works and so i do apologize for removing the strike out. But it is pretty disheartening when a band meets 3 criteria for being permitted to have an article, that has this much recognition, has been written up by very reputable means, been played on radio, been recognized by multiple internationally famous bands and artists, are on tour and being interviewed by Dieter Dieks (producer for the Scorpions) https://twitter.com/MixdUpEvrything/status/1036286503574495234. have released their own debut album is still not worth keeping here. Isn't the main point of having a band article here due to the fact that they are noteworthy? Also, they DO meet the criteria on 3 points so why is a vote jusitified?--Derricklasaga (talk) 17:07, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

Since you acknowledge that you're still learning the parameters, I would also point out to you that using multiple accounts to comment on AfD, or recruiting others to comment is also against the rules. ... discospinster talk 18:19, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

Question on AFD: error vs. joke

Hello, I was checking up on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cal Simmons and noticed that Doncram's !vote was struck out with no reason given. Curious, I went to the page history and saw your edit summary "strike out joke "vote"". I checked around for a discussion leading from this on Doncram's TP but couldn't find any. Am I missing some previous exchange or something that prove it was a disruptive joke edit, instead of what to me appears to be a mistake (either in typing the name into google, or some goofup on a search engine's part? I was confused that you didn't leave a note for or ping Doncram. Thanks for your time, Thanks, L3X1 ◊distænt write◊ 00:28, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

I can't see how it was an error, the nomination clearly has nothing to do with Carly Simon. ... discospinster talk 00:36, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
I meant an error on Don's part somehow "Cal" got turned into Carly. I also don't see why you didn't ping or otherwise get Doncram's attention before editing his post to change it's meaning, and then righting it off as a "joke". Thanks, L3X1 ◊distænt write◊ 01:36, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
I was pinged. Eh, I don't know what happened there. It seems my statement was incorrectly informed so I suppose I would now strike it, but it has been stricken already, so nothing further to be done. Thank you for your concern, User:L3X1. --Doncram (talk) 03:50, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Re Gunkies (nominated)

Of the suggested items on your list, I've done some of all up thru RENAME. After the rename I'll be doing edits, and then - if you wish to AfD it, that's your choice.

As you can note from the article's talk page, I'm not thrilled re the Gunkies name, but some research shows that the words "Computer History Wiki" is used, often preceded by "the" and at times even without the Gunkies name. Based on the capitalizations that both Gunkies and Google research provided, I'm starting by renaming to "Computer History Wiki" (without THE).

This note is my attempt to follow directions received from the Wikipedia Help Desk. Thanks for your "PROD" (in the sense of pushing someone to improve). Pi314m (talk) 16:20, 9 September 2018 (UTC)


Hi Diskosprinster I see you have blocked M.k.pappu I'm not complaining but I am a bit confused because they were blocked by an SPI in May 2018. Can you clarify please? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:M.k.pappu

I don't understand your question. An SPI cannot block anyone as they would not have admin abilities. ... discospinster talk 22:07, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

User talk:Marigot Man

Callanecc, discospinster, see [6], [7], [8], etc. We need filters and rangeblocks--and this dude needs a girlfriend. Drmies (talk) 17:30, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

... or a boyfriend, or a waifu... ... discospinster talk 19:21, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

Ray Archie

Hi Discospinster,

I would like to refer to Wikipedia:GOOGLEHITS. I understand there is difficulty in finding references using a Google Search. I would like to show several news sources that are creditable references.

Audio Engineering Society references: - http://www.aes.org/events/139/presenters/?ID=4224 - http://www.aes.org/events/139/broadcast/?ID=4621 - http://www.aes.org/sections/reports/?ID=457 - https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100915006609/en/129th-AES-Convention-Broadcast-Streaming-Sessions-Soar - https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/aes-sessions-change-with-the-times - http://www.aes.org/events/135/presenters/?ID=1356


EBU Hilversum Interview of Ray Archie on streaming monetization strategies which he advises European Broadcasters employ - https://audioboom.com/posts/107173-ray-archie-director-streaming-operations


MixOnline Specific Reference to Ray streaming 40th Anniversary AES event at Electric Lady Studio: https://www.mixonline.com/news/aes-new-york-section-host-electric-lady-studios-anniversary-salute-420869


Technically Brooklyn: https://technical.ly/brooklyn/2014/10/22/change-management-musical-collaboration-mixluv-crowdfunding/


You can see Ray Archie performing WITH Leonard Bernstein on the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M7QuQ5Wtp4

All Access Mention: - https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/133998/mixluv-com-s-collaboration-platform-to-be-kickstar


Audio Interview with Ray Archie as Creator of MixLuv - http://geekcastlivepodcast.com/podcast/geek-cast-live-ep047-the-automagical-journey-with-mixluv/


Black Enterprise specific reference/quote from Ray Archie as Founder and CEO of MixLuv - https://www.blackenterprise.com/platform-for-musicians-songwriters-to-collaborate-seeks-funding-on-kickstarter/


Silicon Harlem Video of Ray Archie speaking on Monetization Strategies for Creatives - http://www.siliconharlem.net/2015-conference-video/

M.I.T Future of Music - Speaking on Metadata best practices - 54:00 - 55:55. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcnRewYtjXM


Broadway World -- as Sound Design and Producer of The Moth (f.k.a. Chrysalis) - https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwdance/article/NYC-Ballet-Principals-Set-for-Private-Immersive-Dance-Event-CHRYSALIS-in-Brooklyn-20171010


I would agree that *some parts of this entry should be moved to specific company pages. Would you recommend that an interim solution be creation of those various entries?

There are many resources that mention him or quote him yes, but the question is are they *about* him? No most of them are about something else, and he's simply noted as being involved. It's not clear cut either way, which is why I started a bigger discussion on the AfD page. ... discospinster talk 13:25, 11 October 2018 (UTC)


Billboard Magazine article from June 15, 1996 (page 20): https://books.google.com/books?id=qwkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA82&lpg=RA1-PA82&dq=%22Billboard+Magazine%22+June+15,+1996&source=bl&ots=AI13rkvXlp&sig=gzEhlucQlsCKt7HNPOt7B3oe9So&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjmwsKg4vzdAhWwct8KHUU8CvAQ6AEwDnoECAEQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Billboard%20Magazine%22%20June%2015%2C%201996%20Wild%20Style&f=false

Billboard Article from Jan. 20, 1998 which also is not being picked up by Google: https://books.google.com/books?id=nA0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA53&lpg=RA1-PA53&dq=billboard+magazine+%22down+low+connection%22&source=bl&ots=SuX6dIR7O8&sig=1Nyxsp_1W1_V150gGD4jtjEaKsU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjsu-S84fzdAhUqm-AKHQs7BaoQ6AEwAXoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=billboard%20magazine%20%22down%20low%20connection%22&f=false

I'm just surprised that a Billboard Article isn't considered a strong ref.

Style for Organisms

I have a question regarding your edit to Coconut Cream (mango).

After re-reading Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Organisms#Epithets and MOS:LIFE, I see that the cultivar name in running text should not use single quotes. However, my read is that all genus and binomial usage should always be italicized, e.g. Mangifera indica. Also, that the formal taxonomic reference to a named cultivar (as in a cultivar infobox) should be quoted and capitalized, e.g. Mangifera 'Coconut Cream'.

I used the Red Delicious page as a reference.

Thoughts? I'm pretty new to this and want to get future edits right.

TheCompanyGardener (talk) 15:44, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

Oh I assumed the infobox would automatically italicise the species. I guess it didn't. You were right the first time. ... discospinster talk 18:48, 11 October 2018 (UTC)
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