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Hi, in my own userspace I have started a table in which I am trying to super-succinctly summarize the Not-Votes and perspectives that have been raised. This is a work in progress, but I have at least finished my initial data-entry for what you've said. If you would like to me change anything, please use the talk page attached to the table. Thanks! NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 09:48, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

Greetings! Thanks for your edit to the table, which I reverted. By definition, the table is a distillation of my own brain matter, so I'm the only one I'm allowing to edit it directly. (It's based on WP:OTHERSOPINION, which by definition is what I think other people think.) So I reverted your changes. However its important to me that I honestly try to write what other people think, so I tried to accurately write both your thoughts and the process used to add them (since I don't have a cite to some other comment somewhere else). Please review this diff and indicate if that will work for you. Thanks! NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 11:40, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

That is a misrepresentation. I have never said that I wanted "Climate change" to redirect anywhere. bd2412 T 11:42, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

My apologies. I will focus on studying this right now, please stand by NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 11:48, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

Yes, indeed I screwed up. I was working from this diff and even though I knew people were giving closely nuanced answers with finely split hairs and knew I had to pay extra attention I failed in this case. Thank you for keeping me honest! I'll fix it, and ask you to review again. NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 12:00, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

Will this work? NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 12:13, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

• Sure. bd2412 T 12:16, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

>>whew!<< again, thanks for catching my error and calling it to my attention! Have a great day, and I hope you join the discussion that happens next, because I'm sure there will be one. It'd be nice if we had a breather, though. NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 12:48, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

Hi, there's no need to create talk pages solely with ((WP Disambiguation)) (and it's actually preferable not to). You can see the discussions linked in that template's documentation. Thanks! – Uanfala (talk) 11:00, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

I'm surprised to learn that - I only started adding them because I noticed them sporadically being created on my watchlist. bd2412 T 11:03, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

Do Founders get an F? DuncanHill (talk) 11:38, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

• Founders, Foundation, same outcome. bd2412 T 11:42, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

Not sure about Editors getting an E though. DuncanHill (talk) 11:48, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

Based on the state of the project, I would say that Editors get an "Incomplete". bd2412 T 11:53, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on Mariners (disambiguation) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G14 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an orphaned disambiguation page which either

• disambiguates only one extant Wikipedia page and whose title ends in "(disambiguation)" (i.e., there is a primary topic);
• disambiguates zero extant Wikipedia pages, regardless of its title; or
• is a redirect with a title ending in "(disambiguation)" that does not target a disambiguation page or page that has a disambiguation-like function.

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If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Pkbwcgs (talk) 21:59, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

• Retargeted to Mariner (disambiguation), as it should have been in the first place. Cheers! bd2412 T 22:19, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

pls see Portal talk:Law/Did you know.--Moxy 🍁 14:33, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

• @Moxy:, thanks. Do these need some kind of reference? Our previous DYK collections for Portal:Law have a section collecting information on the original DYK publication date. Also, please note that since consensus has been reached to merge Portal:English law into Portal:Law, we will be looking at the DYK collections for the portal to be merged to see if there is anything usable there. Cheers! bd2412 T 14:36, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

All self done by tags that the DYK project does...they keep the sub pages for all topics Wikipedia:Recent additions.--Moxy 🍁 14:38, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

There is also ...((Transclude selected current events|Law|days=60|dates=mdy| max=5))

--Moxy 🍁 14:54, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

• Is there any way to eliminate all the instances of "Lawrence" from the DYK search? bd2412 T 14:56, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

 Done|not=Lawrence..--Moxy 🍁 15:01, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

I have completed Portal:Canada it has all the coding exmaples you may need.--Moxy 🍁 15:20, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Ali Rahbari, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.

You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements.

If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.

Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:33, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

• As far as I can tell I only moved that content to draft space pursuant to a discussion closure. I have no interest beyond that. bd2412 T 00:50, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

• A new biography was written under the title of the redirect BD2412 auto-created, by Mani Esmaili (talk · contribs), now checkuser blocked. This new page was draftified by User:Discospinster for being undersourced. It was undersourced, but not speediable. It has now about to be deleted in draftspace. These draftifications appear to be functioning as 6-month duration backdoor PRODs. I've been uneasy about this draftification-G13 process, but it seems to be working reasonably. The article would surely have been deleted at AfD. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 02:11, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Hello BD2412,

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 801 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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Our next newsletter will announce the winners of some really cool awards.

Coordinator

Admin Barkeep49 has been officially invested as NPP/NPR coordinator by a unanimous consensus of the community. This is a complex role and he will need all the help he can get from other experienced reviewers.

This month's refresher course

Paid editing is still causing headaches for even our most experienced reviewers: This official Wikipedia article will be an eye-opener to anyone who joined Wikipedia or obtained the NPR right since 2015. See The Hallmarks to know exactly what to look for and take time to examine all the sources.

Tools

• It is now possible to select new pages by date range. This was requested by reviewers who want to patrol from the middle of the list.
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Precious

Seven years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:11, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Hello, I was looking at why this article was denied. I see that it was denied on notability but was also confused as other people on this team have their own page despite being "less notable." Is there any way you could clarify this distinction? Thanks :)

GreenLightDiode (talk) 17:32, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

If you can point out to me which other people on those team have articles, I will be glad to nominate them for deletion. The requirements of WP:BASEBALL/N are pretty stringent. bd2412 T 17:40, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

Can I have a favor? If you can improve this article, please do so. There is multiple comic book character articles being deleted. I personally think this should be saved either by merge or keep entirely. If you are a good enough source provider that I was thinking you are, help if you want to! BTW I need to point (sadly) out that I am trying to not force you to vote per WP:Canvass OBVIOUSLY. I don’t want to get in trouble with that. Jhenderson ⁷⁷⁷ 18:48, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

• I don't have any additional sources or insights to add to the article, but I agree that it should be kept. I don't have any inclination against counting "Listicles" generated by reliable sources as sources for notability. bd2412 T 18:13, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

I think you put your comment in the wrong section. I'd fix it but I'm on mobile and would probably just make things worse. Wug·a·po·des​ 00:57, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

• Done, thanks - good catch. bd2412 T 00:58, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

Hi BD2412,

Replying here because you forgot to sign your comment on my talk page...

I noticed on JzG's talk page, that the cat had been repeatedly deleted and salted, and looking at the CfD discussion, it looks like it was added erroneously, or in a manner that was unwanted, by editors. Thus, I thought I'd do some wiki cleanup. We shouldn't leave pages tagged with deleted cats, I'd think, no?

Cheers,
--Doug Mehus T·C 18:20, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

• Signature fixed. The red link is an inside joke, because it puts the page in a self-described nonexistent category. You might want to check with people before you set out on a task involving their talk pages. Cheers! bd2412 T 18:24, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

  BD2412, Thank you! Indeed, that's the problem with inside jokes sometimes. At any rate, I reverted the 15 of the 19 edits I'd made (4 editors reverted them already), and apologized here. I've opened it up to let one editor trout me, if they wish. Thanks again! Doug Mehus T·C 19:30, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

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•  Done. BD2412 T 12:23, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

Hi there. I'm taking it upon myself to try to moderate a discussion among Portal power users with the intention of creating a draft guideline for Portals, and I'd like to invite you to join this discussion. If you're interested, please join the discussion at User talk:Scottywong/Portal guideline workspace. Thanks. ‑Scottywong| [confess] || 02:49, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

• Good, thank you. BD2412 T 12:47, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of Turkish military interventions in Syria is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Turkish military interventions in Syria until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 08:16, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

• I have replied there, thanks. BD2412 T 12:47, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

May you please change Michael Douglas to a semi protected because there is a lot of vandalism on the page. Thanks. The4lines (talk) 02:31, 16 November 2019 (UTC)The4lines

•  Done. BD2412 T 02:56, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

Thanks!--The4lines (talk) 15:28, 16 November 2019 (UTC)the4lines

This is the first place I linked this to. But I figured if you need a spot for all these drafts go why not create this? What do you think? Not even close to done though. Will require patience. Jhenderson ⁷⁷⁷ 04:32, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

• I'm thinking maybe a table for characters with multiple film appearances to show which characters showed up across which films. See, for example, the table at List of The Fast and the Furious characters. BD2412 T 04:53, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

Sounds nice. You are free to do that. As long as it's not too similar or redundant to this. Jhenderson ⁷⁷⁷ 05:01, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

What I have in mind would be character-centric rather than film (or actor)-centric, dispensing with most one-appearance characters and minor characters. Like the Fast and Furious list, I would also color-code the type of appearance (main, cameo, archival, photo, etc.). BD2412 T 05:09, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

I am curious to see what it looks like. You should do this while I focus on adding each new entry. The main reason why I showed you this is I thought you could be a big help in speeding up the process. Also you don't fancruft articles too. That's a plus! Jhenderson ⁷⁷⁷ 05:13, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

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Thanks, ToThAc (talk) 22:12, 18 November 2019 (UTC)