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Clarification
Hi Willbb234,
Could you tell me more about why you thought Grow Business Intelligence was more promotional than an encyclopedia article? I tried to provide a useful resource so I'd like to know how to improve it. Any insight and tips on how to make it fit the guidelines would be much appreciated. Thank you. --Tyand2 (talk) 19:33, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Tyand2: Hi there. I will reply to your comment a little later in full, but for now please look at WP:PROMO (I am currently on mobile and will be on my laptop soon). Thanks, Willbb234Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 19:40, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
- Hi there Tyand2, sorry for the wait. I felt that the article you created was only there to promote and advertise the company - this is strictly not acceptable on Wikipedia as we have to write in a neutral point of view. You are welcome to write articles on Wikipedia, but we have to consider and write about all sides of a specific matter and try and give a fair and balanced presentation of information, which means not promoting companies, organsiations or individuals. If I were you, I would read through my article several times and ask myself whether the article seems to put the company in a particularly good fashion. of course, there are companies with few faults, but we cannot exaggerate the faults, nor try and reduce them. I hope that helps, if you have anymore queries or questions, please do reply. Thanks, Willbb234Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 16:28, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
- Willbb234, that helps. Thank you! --Tyand2 (talk) 18:18, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
Hello. I know you're busy, sorry to bother. Can you take the time to copy editing for this article? I really need your help. Thanks you very much. Xecvws (talk) 09:34, 28 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Xecvws: I am currently copyediting 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans. You're best posting to the requests page on the guild of copyeditors. Regards, Willbb234Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 14:34, 28 September 2019 (UTC)
Thank you very much for helping me with this project. I would highly appreciate if you could try using the script User:Uziel302/typo.js which enables correcting the typos in one click from the project page, both from desktop and mobile. Would appreciare any feedback. Thanks again, Uziel302 (talk) 05:38, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Uziel302: I used a script a while back which allowed me to correct typos in one click but when I came to doing it about 10 hours ago, the replace, remove etc. options were not there so I had to remove the ones I had corrected manually. I don't know if it was a bug in the script because I did purge my commons.js page and the typo page. Regards, Willbb234Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 06:22, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
- It is sort of a bug, I changed the main script to support mobile view and it made the buttons appear at the bottom on desktop view. The script User:Matankic/typos.js was made by my friend and it allows you to have buttons both on mobile and desktop views. Thanks again. Uziel302 (talk) 06:30, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
October 2019
@Willbb234: Hello. regarding the re-direct of the article to draft space. you were a bit quick on me :-), but I added the citations. trust it comply now. regards.Tamolyn (talk) 11:45, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
- @Tamolyn: nice, I hope you understand the reason I moved it to draft space. To avoid it happening again, create the article in full before adding it to mainspace. Regards, Willbb234Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 12:45, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
September 2019 GOCE drive bling
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Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Total Words, 5th Place | |
| This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Willbb234 for copyediting 22,184 total words during the GOCE September 2019 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg (talk) 17:53, 2 October 2019 (UTC) |
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Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Long Articles, 4th Place | |
| This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Willbb234 for copyediting one long article during the GOCE September 2019 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg (talk) 17:53, 2 October 2019 (UTC) |
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Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Old Articles, 5th Place | |
| This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Willbb234 for copyediting seven old articles during the GOCE September 2019 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg (talk) 17:53, 2 October 2019 (UTC) |
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Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Longest Article, 5th Place | |
| This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Willbb234 for copyediting one of the five longest articles – 8,277 words – during the GOCE September 2019 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg (talk) 17:53, 2 October 2019 (UTC) |
Some well-earned leaderboard awards for you. Happy editing! – Reidgreg (talk) 17:53, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
NPP
Thank you for reviewing new pages. This is one of the most essential tasks on Wikipedia. It has a huge backlog and needs all the help it can get. Before marking articles for deletion, please take a moment to read WP:NPP again attentively. If you have any questions or need any advice, don't hesitate to ask me on my talk page Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 15:23, 6 October 2019 (UTC)
New Question
Cleaning external links is fine, but ought you not place them somewhere (in the references, perhaps)? 46.242.9.199 (talk) 16:40, 6 October 2019 (UTC)
- Yes, however, the first link removed is not reliable as it is from a site where people can ask questions and anyone can answer (if I have interpretated the website correctly). I will add the second in as a reference. Thanks, Willbb234Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 16:44, 6 October 2019 (UTC)
Mark Cavendish
Hello Will:
The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Mark Cavendish has been completed.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Best of luck with your GAN.
Regards,
Twofingered Typist (talk) 15:07, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
GOCE Barnstar
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Copy Editor's Barnstar | |
| I award you this Copy Editor's Barnstar for insisting on clear, comprehensible, and grammatically correct articles. I really appreciate the work you do in this area. I wouldn't be able to comfortably nominate my articles to GAN if it wasn't for you. Always a pleasure to work with you! MX (✉ • ✎) 05:03, 9 October 2019 (UTC) |
Review draft
I added references to 2019-20 Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey season, if you could review it that would be great! Mushh94 (talk) 00:02, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
I have unreviewed a page you curated
Hi, I'm Onel5969. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Mỹ An, An Giang, and have marked it as unpatrolled. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.
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Onel5969 TT me 00:08, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
- Hi. Just wanted to let you know, this editor is creating these stubs without proper referencing. See the discussion on their talk page about 2 entries up from your comment there.Onel5969 TT me 00:10, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
Replied re Frank marine
Noticed that you requested a ping. Here's my reply at AN. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 00:23, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
Re
[1] - there are two options here. Either someone can provide a source to support the data, or the data should be regarded as "fake" and the page redirected. My very best wishes (talk) 00:05, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
NPP
You moved the article Landscape with a Pig and a Horse to draft for insufficient references. I have returned it to mainspace; it has indeed only a single reference, although it would be trivially easy to find many more. This certainly is not a good way to write articles, and the editor who has been writing these stubs has been talked to many times about it by me and by others--but nonetheless the single reference is sufficient evidence for the facts presented, and shows unquestionable notability . It therefore meets our requirements for stubs.
If an article this scanty is written about a clearly notable subject by a beginner, usually the best thing to do is to expand it a little. But since this editor is by no means a beginner, I and most other editors who have been involved with them, arelosing patience with expanding their work. DGG ( talk ) 18:13, 20 October 2019 (UTC)
- @DGG: thanks for the message. I've encountered the user many times and am also losing patience. I'll take what you said into consideration in the future. Thanks, Willbb234Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 18:52, 20 October 2019 (UTC)
October 2019 GOCE blitz bling
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Special Hillsides Preservation speedy deletion
I contested the speedy deletion as the info is from governmental sources, so it should not be considered as copyright infringement — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mmaselli (talk • contribs)
- @Mmaselli: you must clearly state that it has been copied. I don't know the full details of how to do this, but I expect Wikipedia:File copyright tags/Public domain has something to do with it. Willbb234Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 20:57, 24 October 2019 (UTC)
A or An
Will:
The "rule" I follow is if the word starts with a consonant sound, "dare" for example I'd use an "a" and write "a dare". If it starts with a vowel sound, ODI in this case, it sounds like "OH DI" so use "an". Because One Day International sounds like "Won Day..." you should use an "a" before it. So it's how a word (or acronym in the case of ODI) sounds that determines the use of "a" or "an". It is not always "an" because the word begins with a vowel. Hope that helps. Twofingered Typist (talk) 12:11, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
- @Twofingered Typist: thanks for the answer. I'm not sure what you concluded: would you write "a ODI" or "an ODI"? Sorry for the confusion, Willbb234Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 16:51, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
- @Willbb234: Sorry for the confusion. Because ODI begins with an "OH" (vowel) sound - use an in front of it. If it begins with letters that don't form a vowel sound like "won" use a. Twofingered Typist (talk) 18:57, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
New Page Review newsletter November 2019
Hello Willbb234,
This newsletter comes a little earlier than usual because the backlog is rising again and the holidays are coming very soon.
- Getting the queue to 0
There are now 816 holders of the New Page Reviewer flag! Most of you requested the user right to be able to do something about the huge backlog but it's still roughly less than 10% doing 90% of the work. Now it's time for action.
Exactly one year ago there were 'only' 3,650 unreviewed articles, now we will soon be approaching 7,000 despite the growing number of requests for the NPR user right. If each reviewer soon does only 2 reviews a day over five days, the backlog will be down to zero and the daily input can then be processed by every reviewer doing only 1 review every 2 days - that's only a few minutes work on the bus on the way to the office or to class! Let's get this over and done with in time to relax for the holidays.
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The Bugle: Issue CLXIII, November 2019
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Hello, Willbb234
Welcome to Wikipedia! I edit here too, under the username Onel5969 and it's nice to meet you :-)
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- Frank marine (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Oppufc (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
In answer to your question at User talk:Frank marine#ANI, you could file at WP:SPI if you want. Personally I wouldn't go ahead unless the new account got into at least two of the same problems as the old. For example, copyright violations, unlicensed uploads or edit warring. If it *is* the same person, at least they stopped marking their edits as 'minor'. Both the new and the old accounts completely fail to communicate. If the issue *does* go to SPI, you might be challenged to come up with some diffs of Oppufc making the same changes as Frank marine. EdJohnston (talk) 15:17, 16 November 2019 (UTC)
- @EdJohnston: thanks a lot for the answer! If you don't mind, please could you give your opinion on the matter as to whether it is a sockpuppet? Thanks, Willbb234Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 17:25, 16 November 2019 (UTC)
- Too soon to tell. If nothing they do is bad, then the question becomes less important. In general our articles on the Thai military seem to be improving, or at least, are getting more detailed. EdJohnston (talk) 17:29, 16 November 2019 (UTC)
- Time to remove your banner (at top of page) about the self-requested block! EdJohnston (talk) 17:30, 16 November 2019 (UTC)
- Too soon to tell. If nothing they do is bad, then the question becomes less important. In general our articles on the Thai military seem to be improving, or at least, are getting more detailed. EdJohnston (talk) 17:29, 16 November 2019 (UTC)
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Re: Al-Ali Tribe (Iraq)
Hi Will
Thank you for your precious remarks. I've done what is required. It is on Draft...for your kind care and publication.Haywi (talk) 14:47, 23 November 2019 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Mark Cavendish
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Mark Cavendish you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. 
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GOCE December 2019 Newsletter
Guild of Copy Editors December 2019 Newsletter
 Hello and welcome to the December 2019 GOCE newsletter, an update of Guild happenings since the September edition. Our Annual Report should be ready in late January.  Election time: Nominations for the election of a new tranche of Guild coordinators to serve for the first half of 2020 will be open from 1 to 15 December. Voting will then take place and the election will close on 31 December at 23:59 UTC. Positions for Guild coordinators, who perform the important behind-the-scenes tasks that keep our project running smoothly, are open to all Wikipedians in good standing. We welcome self-nominations so please consider nominating yourself if you've ever thought about helping out; it's your Guild and it doesn't run itself! September Drive: Of the thirty-two editors who signed up, twenty-three editors copy edited at least one article; they completed 39 requests and removed 138 articles from the backlog, bringing the backlog to a low of 519 articles. October Blitz: This event ran from 13 to 19 October, with themes of science, technology and transport articles tagged for copy edit, and Requests. Sixteen editors helped remove 29 articles from the backlog and completed 23 requests. November Drive: Of the twenty-eight editors who signed up for this event, twenty editors completed at least one copy edit; they completed 29 requests and removed 133 articles from the backlog. Our December Blitz will run from 15 to 21 December. Sign up now! Progress report: From September to November 2019, GOCE copy editors processed 154 requests. Over the same period, the backlog of articles tagged for copy editing was reduced by 41% to an all-time low of 479 articles. Request archiving: The archiving of completed requests has now been automated. Thanks to Zhuyifei1999 and Bobbychan193, YiFeiBot is now archiving the Requests page. Archiving occurs around 24 hours after a user's signature and one of the templates {{Done}}, {{Withdrawn}} or {{Declined}} are placed below the request. The bot uses the Guild's standard "purpose codes" to determine the way it should archive each request so it's important to use the correct codes and templates. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators; Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Miniapolis, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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Ethnic cleansing in Chechnya
Hello:
I've had a look at Ethnic cleansing in Chechnya and would say that it actually needs a complete copy edit—two to three hours work. I'll leave it to you to request a copy edit from the GOCE or simply tag it with copyedit|date=December 2019 placed between {{ }} which will add it to the December list of articles that require editing on the portal page.
Regards,
Twofingered Typist (talk) 21:38, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
Deletion of Greek Helsinki Monitor
I fail to understand why the description of the work of the NGO and its international affiliations with supporting links is promotional, while, for example, this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarian_Helsinki_Committee or this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Helsinki_Committee are not. Unless for some reason Wikipedia does not want to have an entry for the Greek Helsinki Monitor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Παναγιώτης Δημητράς (talk • contribs) 09:10, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Παναγιώτης Δημητράς: Hi there. I understand your frustration. On Wikipedia, we write with a neutral point of view and I felt that the article you created didn't have that. Instead, I felt as if you were trying to promote the Greek Helsinki Monitor and the article would have to fundamentally re-written to not be promotional, so a Speedy Deletion was appropriate. In regards to the other articles, this essay should answer your concerns - basically, just because there are other articles with similar problems that are not deleted, it doesn't mean that that article can stay. And besides, the two articles that you have mentioned are written neutrally so have no reason to be deleted. You are more than welcome to recreate the article, but please read WP:NPOV thoroughly before you do so. Also, please read Your First Article as this contains some important information on how to write an article well and follow the guidelines. Could you please state whether you have any kind of conflict of interest (connection) with the Greek Helsinki Monitor? Thanks, Willbb234Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 12:45, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
I am the official representative of Greek Helsinki Monitor. Trust me we have absolutely no need to advertise in Wikipedia, we are well-established and recognized internationally. Just read the 5 December 2019 pages on the execution of two European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgments against Greece with references to GHM communications https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_details.aspx?ObjectID=090000168098cffc and https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_details.aspx?ObjectID=090000168098cffa. And/or the references to GHM in the ECtHR webpage https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng#{%22fulltext%22:[%22\%22Greek%20Helsinki%20Monitor\%22%22]} and in the Council of Europe webpage https://hudoc.exec.coe.int/ENG#{%22fulltext%22:[%22\%22Greek%20Helsinki%20Monitor\%22%22]} and in the UN Human Rights Committee webpage https://juris.ohchr.org/search/Documents (put "Greek Helsinki Monitor" in the keyword). I just so that Wikipedia would have wanted a purely descriptive page on our NGO. Never mind, I wont insist if you do not want such a page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Παναγιώτης Δημητράς (talk • contribs) 09:40, 8 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Παναγιώτης Δημητράς: thank you. If you are going to create the article, which I strongly advise not to do as you have a conflict of interest, then you must conform to our Paid Contribution Disclosure. We welcome improvements to our encyclopedia, and I am glad that you are here, as you claim, in good faith, but it is simply impractical for you to create this article in a neutral way. I hope you understand, if you would like to discuss alternative options, then please reply. Thanks, Willbb234Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 09:51, 8 December 2019 (UTC)
I would appreciate being informed on the alternative options. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Παναγιώτης Δημητράς (talk • contribs) 11:21, 8 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Παναγιώτης Δημητράς: please read till the end to see my opinion on which option I would advise.
- You can create the article yourself, although you will have to disclose you payment. Also this quote sums up what will be expected
Paid editing is further regulated by a community guideline, Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. This advises that those with a conflict of interest, including paid editors, are very strongly discouraged from directly editing affected articles
. Additionally, under no circumstances can you promote or advertise. These rules will be strictly enforced and I will review your article and may ask other, more experienced editors to review the article as well. - You can request the article to be written at Requested Articles, although you will have to wait a while for an editor to get round to writing your article.
- You can ask for someone to write an article, but this will usually be denied. Asking others to edit like this is usually frowned upon.
- You can create a short, neutral article and then propose further expansion on the talk page through an Edit Request. Alternatively, you can ask someone else to create the article, before proposing your changes. Bear in mind that you will have to write up the changes before proposing.
- Do nothing - if it is deserving of an article, then it usually has already been created. The reason the article you would like to make hasn't been created is probably because no editor has thought that it has sufficient notability to create.
- Of all the options, I strongly recommend number 5. It may sound strange, but seriously, Wikipedia isn't a place to advertise or promote. Also, the page won't get very many views, thus making it a waste of time on your part. Additionally, the other options all have the risk of being deleted by the community, thus wasting your time. If you are to take action, then I recommend number 2 or number 4. I strongly recommend that you do not choose number 1 or number 3. Thanks, Willbb234Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 19:20, 8 December 2019 (UTC)
What I did was number 4 without the edit request as I was not aware of it. Please also stop mentioning I am paid, as I am not and it is borderline insulting. But as you think number 5 is most appropriate, which means GHM does not sufficient notability but does this to advertise, all that despite the links I provided you with, I find this laughable and I will no longer waste any more time. It is your loss not ours. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Παναγιώτης Δημητράς (talk • contribs) 22:54, 8 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Παναγιώτης Δημητράς: bye, oh, and you're welcome! Willbb234Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 07:13, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CLXIV, December 2019
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New Page Review newsletter December 2019
- Reviewer of the Year
This year's Reviewer of the Year is Rosguill. Having gotten the reviewer PERM in August 2018, they have been a regular reviewer of articles and redirects, been an active participant in the NPP community, and has been the driving force for the emerging NPP Source Guide that will help reviewers better evaluate sourcing and notability in many countries for which it has historically been difficult.
Special commendation again goes to Onel5969 who ends the year as one of our most prolific reviewers for the second consecutive year. Thanks also to Boleyn and JTtheOG who have been in the top 5 for the last two years as well.
Several newer editors have done a lot of work with CAPTAIN MEDUSA and DannyS712 (who has also written bots which have patrolled thousands of redirects) being new reviewers since this time last year.
Thanks to them and to everyone reading this who has participated in New Page Patrol this year.
| Rank | Username | Num reviews | Log |
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| 1 | Rosguill (talk) | 47,395 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 2 | Onel5969 (talk) | 41,883 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 3 | JTtheOG (talk) | 11,493 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 4 | Arthistorian1977 (talk) | 5,562 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 5 | DannyS712 (talk) | 4,866 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 6 | CAPTAIN MEDUSA (talk) | 3,995 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 7 | DragonflySixtyseven (talk) | 3,812 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 8 | Boleyn (talk) | 3,655 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 9 | Ymblanter (talk) | 3,553 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 10 | Cwmhiraeth (talk) | 3,522 | Patrol Page Curation |
(The top 100 reviewers of the year can be found here)
- Redirect autopatrol
A recent Request for Comment on creating a new redirect autopatrol pseduo-permission was closed early. New Page Reviewers are now able to nominate editors who have an established track record creating uncontroversial redirects. At the individual discretion of any administrator or after 24 hours and a consensus of at least 3 New Page Reviewers an editor may be added to a list of users whose redirects will be patrolled automatically by DannyS712 bot III.
- Source Guide Discussion
Set to launch early in the new year is our first New Page Patrol Source Guide discussion. These discussions are designed to solicit input on sources in places and topic areas that might otherwise be harder for reviewers to evaluate. The hope is that this will allow us to improve the accuracy of our patrols for articles using these sources (and/or give us places to perform a WP:BEFORE prior to nominating for deletion). Please watch the New Page Patrol talk page for more information.
- This month's refresher course
While New Page Reviewers are an experienced set of editors, we all benefit from an occasional review. This month consider refreshing yourself on Wikipedia:Notability (geographic features). Also consider how we can take the time for quality in this area. For instance, sources to verify human settlements, which are presumed notable, can often be found in seconds. This lets us avoid the (ugly) 'Needs more refs' tag.
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Hi Willbb , you have reviewed 1 or 2 article of mine which i created so can i request you to improve this or moving to mainspace ? actually this article was created three times by someone and at that time no notable links were found then admin protected the page. I contacted him he said wait for someone to review person is notable and passing WP:GNG and WP:ACTOR Thenews , dawn , tribune , brecorder and others are notable newspapers in pakistan. i also want to mention that Nabeel Zuberi gave interview to BBC asia network but that link is mentioned by BBC in tweets only so i didn't add , can i request you too look ? as this article was created in november 25 and i recreated it and added notable links. your help will be appreciate and make me create more articles on wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Nabeel_Zuberi
Happy holidays to you.
Memon KutianaWala (talk) 09:17, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Memon KutianaWala: sure, I can take a look, but I'm pretty busy so please give me a little time to get round to it. Thanks, Willbb234Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 09:46, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Willbb234: No problem dear sir , thank you for your co-operation.
Memon KutianaWala (talk) 09:56, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
December blitz bling
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| This barnstar is awarded to Willbb234 for copy edits totaling between 1 and 1,999 words (including rollover words) during the GOCE December 2019 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 22:03, 22 December 2019 (UTC) |
Gonna give the Chechnya article a copy edit.
It's a proper mess at the moment. Give me a little time to try to wrap my head around the article and then rework it. Ethnic cleansing is a topic I'd prefer not to inadvertently distort. Jasphetamine (talk) 02:35, 21 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Jasphetamine: if you need any help, just ask. Willbb234Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 16:59, 21 December 2019 (UTC)
Hey, just for the record I'm not pinning the quality of the article on you at all. I don't want to come off as accusatory. I'm just very blunt about stuff. Jasphetamine (talk) 19:17, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
Happy New Year!
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Typos in one click
The reason it failed to correct cylopes is that you have the old version of the script. In User:Willbb234/common.js change typos.js to typo.js. Uziel302 (talk) 09:35, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Uziel302: cheers, now changed. Willbb234Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 10:16, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
Thank You
Thanks for your kind words on my talk page. If you have a spare moment, I have an AFC that's awaiting review. Would you mind taking a look? All the best over this time of year to you and yours! MaskedSinger (talk) 06:40, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
- @MaskedSinger: you're welcome! Sure I'll take a look, but give me a little time to do so. Willbb234Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 09:07, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
- Do you mind taking another look? I removed the offending lines. MaskedSinger (talk) 14:07, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Willbb234: Could you please take another look at the page? Appreciate your concerns - just know any issues you have should be with my writing style and not me. If notability is the issue, please tell me. If not, whatever edits you make to make the page acceptable are completely fine by me. I'm not conflicted in any way. Thank you and Happy new year! MaskedSinger (talk) 05:58, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
- @MaskedSinger: is the third paragraph in the history section sourced? Willbb234Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 09:24, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Willbb234: Yes. My apologies. Thought it was there. Added it. Good catch! MaskedSinger (talk) 16:41, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Willbb234: Following up on this. MaskedSinger (talk) 17:17, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
- @MaskedSinger: sorry, I'm not finding much time to get on Wikipedia. Willbb234Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 22:11, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Willbb234: Following up on this. MaskedSinger (talk) 17:17, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Willbb234: Yes. My apologies. Thought it was there. Added it. Good catch! MaskedSinger (talk) 16:41, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
- @MaskedSinger: is the third paragraph in the history section sourced? Willbb234Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 09:24, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Willbb234: Could you please take another look at the page? Appreciate your concerns - just know any issues you have should be with my writing style and not me. If notability is the issue, please tell me. If not, whatever edits you make to make the page acceptable are completely fine by me. I'm not conflicted in any way. Thank you and Happy new year! MaskedSinger (talk) 05:58, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
- Do you mind taking another look? I removed the offending lines. MaskedSinger (talk) 14:07, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
Request on 22:38:45, 3 January 2020 for assistance on AfC submission by Sargyle77
@Willbb234
Thank you for reviewing the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology page. The page has been revised to reflect a more neutral point of view.
Thank you for the feedback.
(Sargyle77 (talk) 22:38, 3 January 2020 (UTC))
Sargyle77 (talk) 22:38, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Sargyle77: hi there. You can put it back up for review and a reviewer should get round to it within a few weeks. Cheers, Willbb234Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 17:28, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
Deletion of the page on SCAN test batteries for screening and diagnosis of auditory processing disorders
I fail to understand the rationale for deleting the description of this auditory test battery that is written in a neutral style, provides valuable information for persons with auditory processing disorders or those seeking information on how to get evaluated, is well documented and referenced by a number of neutral authors, etc.
I also wonder if you are an expert in the area discussed in the article and on that basis have in depth knowledge that helps you understand the content.
The page was deleted seconds after I posted it, so I wonder if you actually had time to read and consider the contents.
Please communicate with me to help me understand your objections.
Thank you for your reply,
UIowagrad — Preceding unsigned comment added by UIowagrad (talk • contribs) 15:28, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
- @UIowagrad: Please see WP:YFA, WP:EXPERT and WP:MEDICAL. Thanks, Willbb234Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 15:43, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
Notability Guidelines on Sumit Rathi page.
Can you please tell me how to fix notability Guidelines. And please review the page S'umit Rathi'. Debabrata Sarkar Mejbill (talk) 15:51, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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| Hello, How are you doing! I checked your contributions to Wikipedia. It is very great job. I wish you success in the future. And I have a suggestion for you. How can I contact with you? Could you give me your email or write to me on gulyora9920@gmail.com
Kind regards with many thanks, Gulyora Gulyora9920 (talk) 05:04, 12 January 2020 (UTC) |
Creating first Wikipedia page
Hi. The Wikipedia documentation on creating content is horrifically extensive, I doubt I'll have the time to read it all, looks like a college course. Is there some kind of training available for new contributors? Or one consolidated document instead of the content spread all over the place? I'd like to get a full picture of it all, like a pdf or something. Thank you. Lefooot (talk) 15:13, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
- Lefooot hi there. I know of the engaging Wikipedia:Adventure, which takes "under an hour", but covers all of the basics and is very helpful. If you are looking for something shorter, perhaps Wikipedia:Tutorial or Help:Editing or Wikipedia:Introduction all cover beginner information that is very helpful. I recommend you take a look at any of these and spend 20 minutes or so getting to know what Wikipedia is about and how our policies and guidelines work. If you have anymore questions, please do come back and ask. Thanks, Willbb234Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 15:30, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
Congratulations!
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| Congratulations on crossing the 1,000 review threshold on NPP over the past year! I looked through a bunch of your recent reviews and it looks like you've been doing some good work. signed, Rosguill talk 22:39, 12 January 2020 (UTC) |
Given your good work so far and your not having asked me for help with reviews for quite some time, I'm going to go ahead and consider you as "graduated" from NPP mentorship. You can still feel free to ask me for advice whenever you want. signed, Rosguill talk 22:39, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
Reminder: what links here
Hi, just a reminder to check "what links here" when you move an article to draft. The disambiguation page Jack Thompson had a link to Jack Thompson (Alabama politician) which you moved to draftspace. I've removed the link on Jack Thompson for now. Happy editing! Schazjmd (talk) 20:10, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
Ways to improve 1880s Kilmarnock F.C. seasons
Hello, Willbb234,
Thank you for creating 1880s Kilmarnock F.C. seasons.
I have tagged the page as having some issues to fix, as a part of our page curation process and note that:
Please add your references.
The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, leave a comment here and prepend it with {{Re|Boleyn}}. And, don't forget to sign your reply with ~~~~. For broader editing help, please visit the Teahouse.
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Boleyn (talk) 09:45, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Boleyn: I was simply merging per the AfD. Willbb234Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 10:32, 19 January 2020 (UTC)−
The Bugle: Issue CLXV, January 2020
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Your deleted CSD nominations
Here is a list of the pages you requested deletion on, where they are deleted, based on the phrase "Requesting speedy deletion" being in your edit summary:
2020-01-18T21:39:48 . Draft:Daewoo BX212 (Requesting speedy deletion (CSD G7). (TW)) 2020-01-06T15:16:31 . Tuna cannery (Requesting speedy deletion (CSD R2). (TW)) 2020-01-06T15:08:37 . Willbb234/CSD test (Requesting speedy deletion (CSD R2). (TW)) 2019-10-22T12:18:21 . User:Willbb234/NewPagesReviewed (Requesting speedy deletion (CSD U1). (TW)) 2019-09-12T16:56:02 . Manavata (Requesting speedy deletion (CSD G11). (TW)) 2019-08-05T10:59:51 . Lakshmi Kanthamma (Requesting speedy deletion (CSD A1). (TW)) 2019-08-05T10:37:15 . Zeeyarah (Requesting speedy deletion (CSD G11). (TW)) 2019-08-05T10:21:56 . Bill Thies (Requesting speedy deletion (CSD G11). (TW)) 2019-08-04T11:55:33 . Vida-Flo (Requesting speedy deletion (CSD G11). (TW)) 2019-08-03T08:59:59 . Top Market (Requesting speedy deletion (CSD G11). (TW)) 2019-08-03T06:44:24 . Rizwan Balouch (Requesting speedy deletion (CSD A7). (TW))