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Promotion of 2021 World Snooker Championship
Thank you today for the article, "about the 2021 version of the World Snooker Championship. Third times the charm!"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:07, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Neville Chamberlain (police officer)
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- I added this article to Wikipedia:Good articles/Warfare. Feel free to move it somewhere else if you want. There are probably several categories it could go in. Steelkamp (talk) 14:04, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
- Also note that I would be very grateful for a review of one of my GAN's as I am just below the Wikicup cut-off for the next round. Steelkamp (talk) 14:08, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
- Anything in particular? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:09, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
- Clarkson railway station, Perth. It is a nearly 2 month old nomination and almost all the sources would be accessible to you. Any of them really though. Steelkamp (talk) 14:16, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
- Anything in particular? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:09, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
- Also note that I would be very grateful for a review of one of my GAN's as I am just below the Wikicup cut-off for the next round. Steelkamp (talk) 14:08, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
Please stop ruining the Survivor pages
This is a 20 year show with a huge fanbase. There are numerous issues with the changes you're making. There are *multiple* discussion threads on the survivor subreddit pointing out all of the issues with the changes you're making, but the community at large is especially attached to the color charts. I understand that people who are color blind need other indicators to get information, but there is no reason to remove the colors for everyone else.
The color tribe charts and voting charts are important to the show. They indicate at a glance how much control someone had over a vote and in multiple tribe switch seasons, they're especially helpful to track a contestant's journey through multiple tribes.
Additionally, there is survivor lore around tribe colors, including stats on which tribe colors are most popular and most cursed. Using the actual tribe colors on the wiki is important.
Additionally, it is inappropriate to make the main photo the DVD cover instead of the season logo. You are spoiling every season but 1 by doing so, and not giving people the opportunity to visit the page without being immediately spoiled by the photo alone.
Overall the changes you're making are bad. Bad for the fandom, and just largely harder to follow. Please stop. We beg you. 173.67.8.6 (talk) 21:53, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
- Wikipedia isn't a fan site. We are an encyclopaedia. We have rules around how tables should be displayed. I haven't been changing the logos on these pages, but they are protected by WP:SPOILER. The survivor "fandom" seems to believe that this website is a fansite designed for "lore".
Using the actual tribe colors on the wiki is important.
- it simply isn't. There is incalculable amount of articles on teams that have a dedicated colour, but shouldn't just have that at every opportunity. - Quite frankly, the survivor Reddit is not Wikipedia, where we have rules in place to keep things both accessible and readable. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 22:03, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
- Rather than have this conversation as a split over many pages, I've created a suitable thread at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Television/Survivor_task_force#MOS_fixes_for_tables. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 22:47, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
- Going to have to agree with the user above, these changes have made the Survivor pages uglier and harder to follow. Your dubious citation of color standards and lack of peer review has upended a system that was put in place over a decade before you decided to butt in. You are literally the only person that takes issue with the way the pages looked before. Bachwiz18 (talk) 23:53, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
- I'm simply not the only person, as you have been conflating my edits on one series of tables with an overhaul of other tables and DVD logos. My talk page is not the location to discuss these changes, see WT:TV#Reality tv show progression and other tables, MOS and WP:ACCESS Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:05, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- Going to have to agree with the user above, these changes have made the Survivor pages uglier and harder to follow. Your dubious citation of color standards and lack of peer review has upended a system that was put in place over a decade before you decided to butt in. You are literally the only person that takes issue with the way the pages looked before. Bachwiz18 (talk) 23:53, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
Ruining Survivor Pages With Lack of Color and DVD Cover Images Have Spoilers
Hi,
I would just liked to add to the consensus that you are making the survivor pages difficult to read by removing colors. I get there is a MOS but I'm assuming there's some room for common sense there as well.
Also, the DVD cover you are using as main images usually only feature players that make it past the merge and the winner (so if they aren't on there you know they don't win). I think the season logo's were more than sufficient to represent here.
Thanks 184.144.82.200 (talk) 14:00, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- I haven't been changing the images used on these pages. Please comment on the current discussions rather than bombard my talk page at WT:TV#Reality tv show progression and other tables, MOS and WP:ACCESS Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:06, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma
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Question from Gmoney28456 (18:10, 3 May 2022)
Why the sunbeam old fashioned bread is hardly ever fresh in the stores anymore all the stores i go to the bread comes in hard and be stall in less than a week after purchasing ive started buying other bread that's fresher but I love my sunbeam bread better --Gmoney28456 (talk) 18:10, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
WikiCup 2022 May newsletter
The second round of the 2022 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 115 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top seven contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 11 featured articles and the 79 good articles achieved in total by contestants.
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Sammi Brie, with 573 points from 8 GAs and 21 DYKs.
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Your GA nomination of Survivor: Cook Islands
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*Snicker* "Leeonado De Vilenski"
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Peter Ebdon
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Peter Ebdon
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Administrators' newsletter – May 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2022).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, a change has been made to the administrators inactivity policy. Under the new policy, if an administrator has not made at least 100 edits over a period of 5 years they may be desysopped for inactivity.
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- The ability to undelete the associated talk page when undeleting a page has been added. This was the 11th wish of the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey.
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Arbitration
- Remedy 2 of the St Christopher case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to place a ban on single-purpose accounts who were disruptively editing on the article St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine or related pages from those pages.
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ITN recognition for 2022 World Snooker Championship
On 3 May 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article 2022 World Snooker Championship, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 00:50, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
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I am so impressed to see this in the news, right after the day with the 2021 World Snooker Championship for TFA and 1977 World Snooker Championship for DYK! - I have the quirky today, which is rare ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:00, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks Gerda Arendt! can't take any credit for the DYK though. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 15:07, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
- sometimes nice coincidences happen, planned and unplanned - today performances in Ukraine - for Ukraine - for peace, at the bottom an imaginary set of eight DYK - and more May pics--Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:20, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks Gerda Arendt! can't take any credit for the DYK though. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 15:07, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
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{{Done}} Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:23, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
Hi, just so you know, I looked at the article and the subject in question and had commented my opinion (justified a delete) in the AfD page linked. 0xDeadbeef (T C) 13:34, 11 May 2022 (UTC) {{Done}} Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:23, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
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Question from GlendaGDWN (20:17, 14 May 2022)
Dear Mentor, I recently updated the "Nina Menkes" page with valid information, and all my edits were revised. Can you help with this? Im so frustrated. I wanted to do more edits but now Im just discouraged.. thank you -G.G. --GlendaGDWN (talk) 20:17, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
- Hi GlendaGDWN - I'd love to help, but talk:Nina Menkes is a better location for this. Justlettersandnumbers reverted your changes on the page mostly due to the sources you were using not being reliable. Something being valid doesn't mean its suitable for us to include. Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:56, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
- GlendaGDWN, please don't be discouraged! Unfortunately that page has a very long history of inappropriate editing by people apparently connected to, or paid by, the subject. May I gently suggest that you choose a less contentious page to improve? Or that you mention on the talk-page the errors or omissions that you see in it? Thanks! (oh, and hi, Lee V!). Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 21:02, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
- Hi! Hope you are well! Apologies for the ping, but easier than explaining the individual sources. Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 09:50, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
- GlendaGDWN, please don't be discouraged! Unfortunately that page has a very long history of inappropriate editing by people apparently connected to, or paid by, the subject. May I gently suggest that you choose a less contentious page to improve? Or that you mention on the talk-page the errors or omissions that you see in it? Thanks! (oh, and hi, Lee V!). Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 21:02, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
{{Done}} Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:24, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
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Survivor: Africa
| Hello, Lee Vilenski. This is a courtesy notice that the copy edit you requested for Survivor: Africa at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page is now complete. All feedback welcome! Cheers, Baffle☿gab 04:29, 19 May 2022 (UTC) |
- Hi Lee, re your request, I've copy-editing only – GOCE is not CLEANUP. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 04:29, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
{{Done}} Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:27, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
DYK for Slosh (cue sport)
On 21 May 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Slosh (cue sport), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the game of slosh shares the name with a English batter and sausage dish? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Slosh (cue sport). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Slosh (cue sport)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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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{{Done}} Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:27, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
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- {{Done}} Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 17:57, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
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- {{Done}} Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 17:58, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
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Your GA nomination of Slosh (cue sport)
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- {{Done}} Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 17:57, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
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The Wall Street Journal RFC
Hi,
I know that you are going to close this, but I added another example of canvassing to the discussion. I know I should have done it sooner. Apologies if this causes more disruption. I have no intention to continue that discussion on the talk page. Politrukki (talk) 10:34, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
- Hi Politrukki - thanks for letting me know. That particular RFC had a real issue with it being spread across many different pages (such as the ones you outlined, previous discussions, and the AN thread). Whilst the above isn't suitable (I'd argue it's also forum shopping), I don't think it broke the validity of the RfC. I hope the closure is treated well, I took quite a while reading through all of the discussions. This sort of thing is best dealt with at the time, rather than to sway the closure of the topic. Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 18:57, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
- Hi, Lee. Did you miss that the version with the disputed phrase is the longstanding text? Normally no consensus means restore the status quo, so the correct close would "no consensus to remove" the disputed phrase.—S Marshall T/C 21:09, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
- S Marshall Apologies if it wasn't clear! No consensus means no consensus. As you say, in practice this means to retain the information that was present before the RFC. However, the RFC was written in such a way that it wasn't asking if the information should be removed, simply if it was suitable for the lede (probably a poorly worded RFC). There isn't a consensus to remove, as you say, but there also isn't a consensus to keep. The close, practically means to retain the status quo, but doesn't condemn or approve the text. I don't personally like the phrase "no consensus to remove" as it suggests there is a consensus to keep. I hope I've explained that well enough, but happy to look at the exact wording if it's deemed confusing! Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:43, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
- whoops, forgot to ping S Marshall Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:44, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
- S Marshall Apologies if it wasn't clear! No consensus means no consensus. As you say, in practice this means to retain the information that was present before the RFC. However, the RFC was written in such a way that it wasn't asking if the information should be removed, simply if it was suitable for the lede (probably a poorly worded RFC). There isn't a consensus to remove, as you say, but there also isn't a consensus to keep. The close, practically means to retain the status quo, but doesn't condemn or approve the text. I don't personally like the phrase "no consensus to remove" as it suggests there is a consensus to keep. I hope I've explained that well enough, but happy to look at the exact wording if it's deemed confusing! Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:43, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
The Closer's Barnstar
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The Closer's Barnstar
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Your thoughtful and concise closures at Talk:WSJ and Talk:RP (US) did not go
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New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022
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Question from Deepesh kafalatiya on Honda WR-V (04:12, 25 May 2022)
Hello guys I have an question for you Who is the best captain Virat kohli or MS Dhoni --Deepesh kafalatiya (talk) 04:12, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
- Deepesh kafalatiya - I'm not sure I understand your question. Have you got any questions on how to edit Wikipedia? Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 16:52, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
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Hello I need gift Card now --Daramola William (talk) 16:49, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
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Aap kaha se ho sir --Deepesh kafalatiya (talk) 04:04, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
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Question from Smallco (02:10, 29 May 2022)
how to write google knowledge panel and a pear immediately --Smallco (talk) 02:10, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
- Smallco we don't look after Google knowledge bar. That's something that Google does and may link Wikipedia. Any article created won't show on Google at all until it has been page patrolled. Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 08:43, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
Question from Sheila M. Strassburg (12:52, 29 May 2022)
I want to Add John Delin, and Sam Young both excommunicated from Mormom (LDS) religion to the former members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, former MORMONS.
They are both TRUTH tellers and both are knowledgable and add significant value to the current list. Both are highly visible and creditable. Both have several thousand followers who are also former Mormons. --Sheila M. Strassburg (talk) 12:52, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
- Are you trying to get an article written about these people? We need them to be written about in reliable, secondary sources in detail. For more information, see our general notability guidelines. Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 16:53, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
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Lester Piggott - "citations needed"
Hi Lee, it is superfluous to cite each race win, and is never done on other horse race jockey articles, such as Willie Carson, Pat Eddery, Eddie Delahoussaye etc. If there is a dispute, then a reference can then be required, no problem. I don't believe there is any controversy regarding the winners so the tag (IMHO) should be removed. I have used the guidance on When to use (or not use) the "citation needed tag". Best wishes. SethWhales talk 22:12, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
- I have added an archived reference as a source at bottom of the "Major wins" section from racingbase.com. SethWhales talk 05:37, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
- Seth Whales - thanks for adding a source, that was what was required. We don't add references on request - we add them for all information. Something doesn't need to be controversial to require a citation. So long as that source covers all of the wins listed, there's no issue. Other jockeys being similarly poorly sourced isn't great either. Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 08:16, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
Hi Lee, would you Support it for ITN now? SethWhales talk 09:43, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
- I already had, after some changes. Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 10:09, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
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