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(t · c) buidhe 20:25, 1 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hello Gene93k,

Backlog status

After the last newsletter (No.28, June 2022), the backlog declined another 1,000 to 13,000 in the last week of June. Then the July backlog drive began, during which 9,900 articles were reviewed and the backlog fell by 4,500 to just under 8,500 (these numbers illustrate how many new articles regularly flow into the queue). Thanks go to the coordinators Buidhe and Zippybonzo, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to Dr vulpes who led with 880 points. See this page for further details.

Unfortunately, most of the decline happened in the first half of the month, and the backlog has already risen to 9,600. Understandably, it seems many backlog drive participants are taking a break from reviewing and unfortunately, we are not even keeping up with the inflow let alone driving it lower. We need the other 600 reviewers to do more! Please try to do at least one a day.

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Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:24, 6 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Gene93k,

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For those who may have missed it in our last newsletter, here's a quick reminder to see the letter we have drafted, and if you support it, do please go ahead and sign it. If you already signed, thanks. Also, if you haven't noticed, the backlog has been trending up lately; all reviews are greatly appreciated.

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Hi Gene93k, you just performed this revert with the summary Rv per WP:TERRORIST, contentious and unsupported term. I assume that by mistake? Because what you actually did is add back "propagandist and terrorist sympathiser" to the text, which is what I had removed in accordance with WP:TERRORIST and with the current lede of the article. If it wasn't a mistake and you do believe that it should be added to the short description, I think it should first in any case be added to the article. But I wouldn't agree. Thank you — AdrianHObradors (talk) 17:07, 23 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@AdrianHObradors: I'm sorry. Thought I was reverting the addition, not your revert of it. • Gene93k (talk) 17:53, 23 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No problem, I imagined. My bad actually, I didn't notice it was an actual addition to the article. I've reverted all to a previous version (and gave a small warning to the IP) — AdrianHObradors (talk) 17:57, 23 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

>Draft page title is misspelled. Incorrect. 宮 has the pronunciation of "ぐう" or guu in this instance. Therefore spelling should be 'guu'. Change it back to Jinguuji (two Us) or propose better alternative than dropping second 'u'. Eddienahui (talk) 03:50, 27 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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(t · c) buidhe 21:16, 23 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi, I'm MPGuy2824. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed or created, BoAt Lifestyle, and have marked it as unreviewed. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you. We don't usually mark PRODed articles as reviewed.

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Saving the best for last: From a July low of 8,500, the backlog climbed back to 11,000 in August and then reversed in September dropping to below 6,000 and continued falling with the October backlog drive to under 1,000, a level not seen in over four years. Keep in mind that there are 2,000 new articles every week, so the number of reviews is far higher than the backlog reduction. To keep the backlog under a thousand, we have to keep reviewing at about half the recent rate!

Reliable scholarship POV and peer review in journals Govt Sources Social Media + Official Channels WizardofHogsmeade64 (talk) 10:35, 10 November 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Check Draft Talk Page WizardofHogsmeade64 (talk) 10:39, 10 November 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@WizardofHogsmeade64: Here's a summary of the references: 1. A published paper by Dorai. Not cited by anybody, according to Google Scholar. 2. A self-published website by a business incubator at Mr. Dorai's school. Dorai not even mentioned. 3 and 4. Routine business registration records. Every company has them. As social media is self-published and user-generated, it counts for nothing as evidence of notability in Wikipedia. Final note (again): Do not remove reviewers comments from drafts. It is disruptive and you have done this twice. Your "Unreliable Wiki Editor" edit summary constitutes a personal attack. Don't do that again. If Mr. Dorai is notable, he should have coverage by independent media organizations, with good reputations for independent fact checking. None of links in the draft meet that standard. • Gene93k (talk) 12:40, 10 November 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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I'm continuing to work some of the sourcing for Draft: Reya Sunshine, and my tentative plan is to re-submit if enough reliable sources cover the subject's hosting of the AVN Awards Show in early January. If you'd like to take a look at some of the edits I've done in the meantime, feel free, and I'd be open to any suggestions - thanks! Ajax0714 (talk) 03:34, 29 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This may sound weird, but I actually wanted to say thanks for declining this the first time I submitted it. Since then, I feel like I've really sharpened my awareness of WP:GNG, and I've submitted the draft for review again. I've added a notability section on Draft Talk: Reya Sunshine that tries to make an argument based on WP:THREE (two of those three sources were also NOT a part of the draft you reviewed!) Anyway, no need to look at it, as I'm sure another editor will get to it eventually - thanks again! Ajax0714 (talk) 21:25, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hello Gene93k,

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Hello

It looks as since 2019 all active porn actors fail notability. As far as I understand the discussion from February - March 2019, all sources of the respective field are defined as irreliable and the rest of sources normally do not highlight the adult field in detail.

This looks strange, especially given a minority of arguments that went the other way and some of these arguments seem reasonable. Despite all, the final decision was radical and uncompromising, resulting in total deletion of porn actors who debuted since 2019 and most of the earlier.

I will request arbitration for the issue, I want to see their evaluation. This case passed discussion and request for comment back in 2019 and is a long-standing issue. Hence I think arbitration request is the right step.

I have no personal interest, I was not porn actor the first 50 years and probably will not be. It is out of general will to keep the principle of inclusion of all branches of knowledge and avoid discrimination of any group disregarding whether we like what they do.

Regards,

--Maxaxa (talk) 04:17, 29 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Maxaxax: The old PORNBIO secondary guideline, deprecated in 2019, was the one of the most permissive standards in Wikipedia. Winning a porn award exempted the actor from needing good references. Most but not all porn sources are of low quality. Porn actors can still be notable with significant coverage from WP:RELIABLE sources. Hundreds still qualify as notable. Porn trade press sources need to distinguish real hard news reporting versus promotional fluff. In the case of Adult Video News, it is essential to determine who is speaking, the newsroom or the industry. New and old performers are subject to the same standard as any entertainer per WP:NACTOR. • Gene93k (talk) 04:40, 29 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Over 50,000 conventional actors appeared in "multiple notable films" or made contributions described significant by multiple reliable sources? There are not enough notable films and sources. Mathematically. The double standard is striking.

Out of those hundreds porn actors, less than 30 remain active almost all approaching retirement. I do not know who stands behind the campaign against active porn actors but I want to inquire. Maxaxa (talk) 05:06, 29 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• @Maxaxax: Currency is generally not a concern of Wikipedia. Verifiable general interest is. The perennial problem with porn in Wikipedia is that reputable media tends to shun pornography while porn promotion floods the internet. Wikipedia is not a means to right this perceived wrong. Porn awards and nominations and nominations are industry self promotion. Relying on them yielded many won-and-award-but-the-sources-are-crap biographies that got taken out even before 2019. The notability of films and the significance of achievement needs acknowledgment from independent reliable sources. Porn topics need good references, even if they are harder to find. Any up-and-coming performer with such good reference would be a welcome addition to Wikipedia. • Gene93k (talk) 05:55, 29 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Gene93k and Maxaxax,

The request for arbitration has been removed for now, as arbitration is a last resort. As suggested in Special:Diff/1136468477, you may like to start a new RfC to determine the current opinion of the community instead.

Best regards,
~ ToBeFree (talk) 14:04, 30 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Arbitration filing

@Maxaxax: I saw the request for arbitration, but it was closed and taken down before I could post a response. You appear to have moved for sanctions for bad actions ("abuse") over a difference of opinion. The problems you identify originate outside Wikipedia, especially the general shunning of porn by reputable media. Previous efforts to work around that, especially PORNBIO, caused more problems than they fixed. Editors like me that hold a hard line on good sources are not anti-porn. They are concerned that low-quality articles about porn hurt Wikipedia. That has been a long-running debate. There is no conspiracy to purge porn from Wikipedia, and please do not tar editors who don't share your point of view as bad actors. • Gene93k (talk) 14:19, 30 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yes, the initiative comes from higher authorities, not from you. These authorities are probably higher than Wikipedia and supervise also social media. They recruited the multi-barnstar expert on deletion, perhaps the best Wikipedia could find, to eliminate active porn actors from Wikipedia the same moment when Instagram launched its mass deletion of porn actors' accounts.^[1] I am old enough to remember how the Soviet censor worked, it helped me to suppose what happens. Maxaxa (talk) 17:12, 30 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• @Maxaxax: I don't share your point of view. That doesn't make me a gunslinger for The Cabal. Again, I am not anti-porn, and I have been editing and maintaining porn-related articles since I started on Wikipedia in 2007. Your ascribing bad faith to my editing is verging into personal attack territory. Please stop. If you don't like the working consensus, work with other editors to change it. Also, consider checking in with the porn project. • Gene93k (talk) 22:23, 30 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
• What happens on Instagram has nothing to do with Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not social media and it is not censored. It's inclusion guidelines insist on good references for porn just like any other topic. • Gene93k (talk) 22:23, 30 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The article Vijaya College, Bangalore has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

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Hi,i was wondering if you could help me with my draft Mysterymarvelous2102 (talk) 23:02, 13 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Mysterymarvelous2102: I can help with the technical editing of the page, but the biggest issue is notability for inclusion in Wikipedia. The draft does not cite any sources or references, and my search for independent WP:RELIABLE source coverage finds nothing. Searches of Adult Video News and XBIZ yield press releases (promotional and non-independent) and awards rosters (not significant coverage). A Google News search of reputable sources yields nothing. You need to find mainstream media coverage (rare) or legitimate hard news reporting from AVN or XBIZ. • Gene93k (talk) 23:30, 13 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• @Mysterymarvelous2102: In addition, I checked other language wiki's for articles. The Russian Wikipedia has an article with nontrivial content at ru:Сесилия Лайон, but its references are low quality (porn sites, interviews, press releases and awards rosters). • Gene93k (talk) 23:48, 13 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I just need a picture in the meantime Mysterymarvelous2102 (talk) 23:34, 13 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• @Mysterymarvelous2102: That may be hard to do, given Wikipedia's copyright restrictions. An image found on the internet is likely copyrighted and can't be used. An image of a living person needs published with a free use license like Creative Commons or have proof of permission from the owner. An image from her social media links, IAFD, etc. would also likely be copyrighted. A cursory search does not find anything Wikipedia can use. • Gene93k (talk) 23:48, 13 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Is the original NDR-Funk generated content better? (to boystown-website) https://www.funk.net/channel/strgf-11384/paedoforen-warum-loescht-niemand-die-aufnahmen-strgf-1778317 --Virtualiter (talk) 14:13, 17 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:12, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello Gene93k,

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Redirect drive: In response to an unusually high redirect backlog, we held a redirect backlog drive in May. The drive completed with 23851 reviews done in total, bringing the redirect backlog to 0 (momentarily). Congratulations to Hey man im josh who led with a staggering 4316 points, followed by Meena and Greyzxq with 2868 and 2546 points respectively. See this page for more details. The redirect queue is steadily rising again and is steadily approaching 4,000. Please continue to help out, even if it's only for a few or even one review a day.

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I've seen you participate in a lot of AfDs about US cities. I'm struggling about what to do (redirect, expand, delete?) with a new article, Boothbay Region. It is an informal geographic region, but there are few sources to support its boundaries. WP:GEOLAND supports "informal regions of a state...given non-trivial coverage by their name in multiple, independent reliable sources." What I've found seems mostly informal, but I dunno:

• Boothbay Region Refuse Disposal District
• Boothbay Region High School
• The Chamber of Commerce describes the region as "our peninsula".
• Boothbay Region Health Center, which serves the "Boothbay peninsula and surrounding islands".
• Boothbay Region YMCA
• The historical society has a detailed history.
• The town of Boothbay Harbor says the region used to be the settlement of "Townsend". This is also mentioned at Boothbay Harbor, Maine#History.

If you or one of your page watchers can give some input I'd appreciate it. I would have added this to a Wiki-project, but most of them seem pretty quite lately. Thanks! Magnolia677 (talk) 10:58, 14 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• @Magnolia677: Just my opinion from quick Google searches: Boothbay Region has enough coverage found Google News and Google Books to satisfy WP:NPLACE. The high school is okay as a stand-alone article, but it is also notable content for the town and region pages. The other organizations come up short on WP:ORGDEPTH, but are useful in expanding the Boothbay Region sub-stub. • Gene93k (talk) 14:33, 14 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you for your comment on Elke Jeinsen. I have now removed all references to DEPS, and replaced them with more reliable sources. Rather than removing your comment, I wanted to make sure you don't still have the same issue with other publications I have referenced in the article. JacobTheRox (talk) 12:57, 4 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:45, 22 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

حسن عامر 105.207.146.248 (talk) 17:14, 4 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@105.207.146.248 105.207.146.248 (talk) 17:14, 4 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello Gene93k:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!
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There is a backlog of over 1700 pages, so start reviewing drafts. We're looking forward to your help! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:24, 31 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:10, 20 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The redirect Prithvi(1997 film) has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 January 16 § Prithvi(1997 film) until a consensus is reached. Steel1943 (talk) 21:29, 16 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Gene93k Perform a new page patrol on the page Fisayomi Abebi. Patrol the page. Jutos222 (talk) 21:46, 15 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Jutos222: Other editors have already patrolled the page, but since you got my attention, I just did some additional technical cleanup per Wikipedia's Manual of Style. I removed the award-winning actress claim both for lack of a reliable source and for promotional tone. Please find a WP:RELIABLE source to support the claim and state it with a more objective phrasing like, "She won a ______ Award in ____ for __name_film_here__". Final note: IMDb and celebrity net worth content scrapers are not reliable sources. Another editor removed those citations for that reason. • Gene93k (talk) 03:58, 16 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]