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Hello. Your edit to Wikipedia:Notability (people) is appreciated, but the header change broke several shortcut redirects. I fixed WP:POLITICIAN, WP:POLITICIANS, and WP:NPOL. Any other breakage is on you. Cheers. • Gene93k (talk) 17:28, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
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Hi! Thanks for finding different projects for the page after I deleted it from the genetics project. Good luck, DennisPietras (talk) 03:10, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
...of the jadedness/paranoia of the editor we are, in common, relating to, see the closing Talk section, here, and see the Philanthropy source is promotional section at the Fred Trump article Talk page. Cheers, and best wishes. Le Prof Leprof 7272 (talk) 00:21, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
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Good evening,
It was myself who inserted the fast delete (or whatever) in the article.
I hope any person will NOT create an article about me in Wikipedia. I do not want to make part of this salade-pedia, why:
You know, in Wikipedia it is mixed articles like for example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornhub
And
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Stravinsky
Sorry, your Wikipedia (Salad-pedia) is not suitable for honorable people.
I hope you will understand.
Au revoir Madam — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sytars (talk • contribs) 13:56, 11 February 2017 (UTC)
In wikipedia's guidelines, I found this: [[1]]. And in that, I found this: Named natural features are often notable, provided information beyond statistics and coordinates is known to exist. This includes mountains, lakes, streams, islands, etc. And there is, about the eagles. I agree that it should be fleshed out more, and I am on that right now. Adieu, Sea Captain Cormac 21:19, 14 February 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cormac Nocton (talk • contribs)
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Hello, thanks for your message and the improvements you've already made. I'll try and clarify the other references, & I'll try and (first find out what an Afd is!) comment in the AfD discussion. Thanks for your help. All the best, Luciferfan (talk) 19:20, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
Hello, thanks for the clarification of 'AfD discussion'. I just tried putting in the missing URls but have got into a terrible mess with formatting, so please if you'd be willing and have time to help, here are the relevant URls. Ref 1. pitchfork.com review http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20814-as-if-to-each-other/ Ref 2. Dennis Johnson: Maths, Mars landings and minimalism http://www.soundart.zone/2016/05/19/dennis-johnson-maths-mars-landings-and-minimalism/ Ref 4. R. Andrew Lee rewrites the history books with November. https://www.timeout.com/newyork/classical/r-andrew-lee-rewrites-the-history-books-with-november/ Ref 6. same as 2 thanks again, and not to worry if you don't have time to do it, sorry for my incompetence. All the best, Luciferfan (talk) 20:02, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
Hello, I see all of the references on the Dennis Johnson page have been updated beautifully. Thank you very much. Best wishes, Luciferfan (talk) 11:06, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
Can you take a kind look and participate in the AFD discussion for a set of articles, created by Archeologo (Museo Galileo) that I have AFD-ed. May-be some of them are salvageable.For the links to the discussions, kindly check his talk page.Cheers!Winged Blades Godric 08:10, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
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I didn't even understan what happened to my edit of the forestry-page. I just assumed I missed something and accidently erased it ;) I think the multi-tree handling part might be useful to mention in that section, but I maybe wrote a bit inconsistent.
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Hello PamD,
I just wanted to check with you to see if it is still okay to edit and work on the Envale articles. I read the complaint letter on the main board thing and saw where the supervisors had blocked him. I do not want to get in trouble for working on them. I mostly have just been filling the references and adding cats and stuff. I am trying to only improve the articles. Thank you. Antonioatrylia (talk) 09:25, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
Hi PamD: Thanks for your cross-references and clean-up of my stubby article (Mary Godfrey)! I have actually been a casual Wikipedia editor for years, but I don't often create new pages or interact with other users on talk pages. We were hosting an Art+Feminism event at my library, and I was sort of facilitating it (although I'm maybe not qualified) because nobody else here had any Wiki experience. I didn't know about the banner template, so I'm going to add that now. Thanks again! K.Grey (talk) 20:58, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
As above! Thanks, Black Kite (talk) 10:56, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
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Hi PamD,
I was editing some new articles tonight, and I ran across a few that looked vaguely familiar. I will let you draw your own conclusions. Maybe I am seeing things. It is late. Look here to see list of new ones. [2] If nothing looks familiar then just disregard my note. Thanks. Antonioatrylia (talk) 08:44, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
@Antonioatrylia: Just found Roy Worvill while stub-sorting, and have reported Vinelet at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Novonium. PamD 15:10, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
@Antonioatrylia: I think that as each Sock Puppet is discovered, we should nominate their work for speedy deletion G5 to deny this editor the pleasure of seeing their articles remaining in the encyclopedia. I've nominated Edwin Porter Arrowsmith and will go through the rest of Odensalt's stuff, checking that no-one else has made substantial edits. PamD 15:25, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
Books & Bytes
Issue 21, January-March 2017
by Nikkimaria (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), UY Scuti (talk · contribs), Samwalton9 (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs)
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Hi, in my opinion, that article is now too informative not to be considered notable in its own right, or too bulky to be redirected to some other article, or merged with it. Regards, Leo1pard (talk) 17:26, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
Hello,
Would be great to get your guidance on making my own edits to an article that you have recently edited.
I'm trying to update the page for Ann Limb, using properly reference sources, but you reverted it saying it was unsourced.
Would be great to understand how I should approach these changes differently to make sure they meet the standards required.
Any help would be greatly appreciated :)
Thanks Tom — Preceding unsigned comment added by TomMLillywhite (talk • contribs) 15:44, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
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or the "sign" button), (b) remember to log in every time you edit, rather than editing as a mix of IP and named editor, and (c) you'd do well to put a bit of content onto your "User page" at User:TomMLillywhite - red linked editors' names often, though not always, show inexperienced editors. PamD 16:05, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
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Right :) Thank you for replacing the bio delete flag. That was my screw-up; I deleted a bit more than the flag I meant, and didn't know how to replace it. Good looking out... best, John -veryproicelandic- Veryproicelandic (talk) 07:35, 11 May 2017 (UTC) |
Finally, a Puerto Rican bank in Borsetshire. Thank you for making me laugh ;-) Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 04:37, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
Hi PamD.
Point taken, and thank you for your patience. I'll see if I can whip it up to something more than re-stating what is on the list.
From memory, I saw a picture of an interesting Listed Building that didn't have an article, and thought "oh, it doesn't have an article" and then went back to to speedy deletion list without putting any effort to improving it.
There are some other UK micro-stubs I've started that could do with your expertise, if you are so inclined and have the time.
Thanks again! Pete AU aka --Shirt58 (talk) 09:02, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
Hi, Pam. As something of an "angel" on here, I do some of the work others seem not to want to do :) One of those things seems to be adding wikilinks.
As to the business of linking too few or too many items, I submit too many is better than too few or none. In addition, I saw fewer than 50 articles in English Wiki flagged for too many links- most of those had repetitive tags. If discreet, distinct, relevant or material (to even a small degree) concepts are linked in an article, and not repetitively, I've found it's quite difficult to overlink. Pointing to about anything that could elucidate things for a reader- how is that at all bad? They can ignore all links if they so choose, and reading a few more words in blue text ;) never killed anyone. Or only a couple of people :p If a topic has even a small bit of relevance to the main page, I've found myself clicking sometimes just to get perspective on the linked matter.
I can see your point about perhaps not linking, say, "meter (measurement)" on a page about a tall mountain, or "chair" on the page of the Holy See. However, things about where, when, and so forth relative to an article can have unforeseen importance to a given reader. "United States" and other major concepts are linked everywhere, by everyone, and serve as portals about a relevant concept. That type of geographic link, I propose, is quite necessary and desirable.
I'll look at some of the more minor links before I add them, but again, far better to err on the side of providing a convenient click mechanism (which is all it is) for a secondary topic than going all spartan. Every word on a page, especially if it involves an idea (noun) or action (verb[al]), is going to be important to someone at some time.
Thanks for your input. By the way, are you a Wikipedia staff member? :) Veryproicelandic (talk) 03:25, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
I use Dab Solver whenever possible today- on a weekly basis, i.e. I agree, disamb pages are a pain to get directed to. I might go back and look at some of my notices from times past for those.
As to unlinking stuff, hey, I'm not gonna claim I know the Style Manual end to end. If someone thinks I overlinked, let them work with it. My job as I assign it to myself is to get the links in there for review so I can remove the deadend flag and let the next editor have his turn. That's all. If I fix a link or edit for style, call me even more generous :) I don't keep up with the progress of pages I edit. Most of the ones with deadends aren't top-flight matter, anyhow. Indian towns, sports in small countries, less-known poets, that kind of thing. I just want them to look spiffy, too :) Veryproicelandic (talk) 08:31, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
I did my own searching for the source of this legend. I also found nothing that pre-dates the book. I found several blogs asking about the source of the legend and no good answers. One story often repeated is that it is an "old Celtic" legend, but I couldn't find anything to substantiate that. Some say the source is the book: [17]. Our article on the book, which is very poorly referenced, implies the book is named after the legend. But this could just be a misconception. But since there are no shortage of contemporary references to the legend, I feel we should somehow cover it. What do you think of redirects of "Thornbird myth" and "Thornbird legend" to The Thorn Birds where it talks about the legend. It is documented here: [18], but I'm not sure how we could make use of this as a reference. MB 02:43, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
It was redirected, but the " ... ..." are still there. Leo1pard (talk) 05:14, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
Sayyid Ahmad ibn ‘Abdur-Rahman As-Saqqaf has been redirected to Alsagoff_Family#Syed_Ahmad_ibn_.E2.80.98Abdur-Rahman, so can we keep it like that, and get rid of those big signs, now? Leo1pard (talk) 05:36, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
Thanks. I was actually looking for help in getting rid of my stub after realising that he had an article after all. Awien (talk) 18:10, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
Thank you PamD. I thought I remembered stubs being at the top (either amnesia or the Mandela Effect), but you're right. Anyway, thanks for letting me know and I won't do it again. Parzival1919 (talk) 23:28, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
Hi Pam D. This is Mr.Thomas Samuel's student Syam T, adding the contents on behalf of him using all the resources and materials given to me by him.Yes he is also there near when I add the contents. Since I'm new to Wikipedia,I had been editing it many time and sometime by mistake I use the contents directly without editing. I'm very particular that he been credited for his work as this is not a simple logo or mark,rather its a international mark similar to the CE and FCC mark which is compulsory on all electronics to be sold or used in India.Though the name for the logo creator has not come in any media, but I have sent you the link of the copy of the letter from the organisation stating his name as the creator of the logo.I feel its a credit to our faculty to bring his name and the achievement on Wikipedia and should be known by everyone.Its sad that once or twice he tried to upload and as he too was not sure how to work in Wikipedia ,the contents all were deleted.I request you to pls let the content remain.Thank you. Syamt29 (talk) 07:39, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply PamD,as mentioned I'll try to create an article first.Syamt29 (talk) 08:11, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
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Thanks for fixing that. I actually hit the wrong button on the page curation tool. Meant to tag it as unreferenced. Since you showed me the stub sort page, I've been making a concerted effort to not leave generic stub tags. Onel5969 TT me 22:56, 28 May 2017 (UTC)
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@Megalibrarygirl: That's very kind of you! PamD 22:58, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
Pam D,
I went in and added links for awards that Brenda has won: Nashville Independent Music Awards and the New Brunswick Hall of Fame. Is this the type of link that you were referring to?
Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rayzorg (talk • contribs) 03:45, 19 June 2017 (UTC)
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Books & Bytes
Issue 22, April-May 2017
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Thank you for your edit. Alex is a friend, so I don't really want to manage his page, but it has been messed about with.Rathfelder (talk) 09:16, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
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Dear Pam,
I have recently made substantial changes to both entries. This was done partly to correct a number of errors. For example, a number of patronyms named "robertsi" are named for other people. I have eliminated them.
Kindly note that 100% of the changes, new entries, etc I have made, such as literature citations, are strictly factual. There is nothing that could possibly be regarded as conflict of interest.
This message is being send because of a notice about the changes I have made warning that they might be summarily rejected. So far this has not happened. I hope that I do not have anything to worry about, since it cost me a lot of time and effort to edit these entries.
I anticipate adding a few more names to the list of genera named by me, and perhaps many more species named by me. Otherwise I am not plannkng additional changes.
A word from you indicating everything is in order would be appreciated.
Kindly reply to <tysonregalecus@gmail.com>
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With best wishes, Tyson R. Roberts
Greetings. On NPP, we come across articles created by blocked users all the time. Recently, I came upon an article by user:Yahadzija, Željezno Polje. The article, while not having any good sourcing available online, does have articles on other wikis which are sourced, so the village exists, so I tagged it as a stub and marked it reviewed. However, I noticed in your SPI on Novonium, that there might be a policy that regardless of the notability of the article, if an editor has been blocked, then the article might be deleted regardless. What is the proper procedure?
The reason I'm asking is that in NPP, one of the tactics I use to reduce the backlog is when I find an editor who seems to know what they are doing, I check for other articles they've done which need reviewing, then review those as well. Yahadzija has several other articles to be reviewed, many of them of this village type, which are easy to check notability. Thanks for any guidance. Onel5969 TT me 13:47, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding over-categorisation. The thread is "Mass cat-a-lot reversion of User:Skr15081997 required". Thank you. Optimist on the run (talk) 14:58, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
Not 100% sure about this but I think you are supposed to put all the editors from the same day in one report ... not new cases for each as [19][20] etc. - Bri (talk) 22:52, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
Hi PamD. I've just replaced your prod of Olivia Wardell with a BLP prod. As Wardell is almost certainly still living, a BLP prod is more appropriate. It also has stricter conditions for its removal (at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article), so isn't so easy to dismiss as a normal prod. This is because of our WP:BLP policy, which sets stricter standards for sourcing and content when the subject is a living person.
I hope that all makes sense to you, and that you'll make use of BLP prod (WP:Twinkle makes that easy) in your future patrolling. If you don't understand any of it, please feel free to ask me on my talk page, and I'll do my best to help. Regards --RexxS (talk) 16:48, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
Make sure the article contains no sources in any form which support any statements made about the personand when I looked on the Twitter feed, I couldn't find a single thing that supported either of the two statements
Olivia Wardell is a British modelor
who was announced as the winner of the eleventh cycle of Britain's Next Top Model in May 2017. Of course, it's possible that something useful had scrolled off the Twitter page, but that's another reason why Twitter just isn't usable for sourcing. in any case, if the article is to survive, it's going to need reliable sourcing and the BLP prod is possibly the kindest way of encouraging better sourcing, as WP:REFUND is easy to request after a prod, once decent sources have been found. Cheers --RexxS (talk) 17:20, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
Britains Next Top Model Queen" on her Twitter page supports "Olivia Wardell is a British model". I think it's daft that unreliable sources (including IMDb) are enough to prevent a BLP Prod from being added, but it's my understanding of our current rules. It'll be interesting to see what a deleting admin makes of this one. PamD 17:27, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
I wasn't sure whether OK! is considered reliable. I thought someone once said it was, but perhaps I remembered incorrectly. However I believe the article I cited is reliable because it shows footage taken from the programme of Wardell winning the competition and therefore verifies the information. In my opinion, a better way to determine whether a Top Model winner meets WP:ANYBIO would be a centralised discussion (which might also work for determining when it is and isn't appropriate to use BLPPROD, provided that hasn't already been done to death). Linguist111 12:21, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
You do know that you shouldn't use the prod process on pages that have been through AFD don't you? Anyway, I've speedy deleted it as a G4. But if G4 did not apply, it would have to go back to AFD to have it deleted. SpinningSpark 11:52, 2 July 2017 (UTC)
Hi PamD,
Back in 2016, you WP:REDIRECT-ed Taryn Brumfitt to her film Embrace (film). I have re-started the article with references that I think may go to some way to establish her notability outside of that film. I would really appreciate your thoughts about this.
Pete AU aka --Shirt58 (talk) 11:12, 2 July 2017 (UTC)
Dear Pam, Thank you so very much for your help with this submission. My lack of expertise was quite getting to me! I'll try and get my head round all you say, in due course. I don't know enough to understand all your hints. I'm afraid I don't know how "disambiguation" is used on Wikipedia. But bless you for stepping in. Gratefully - Rogersansom (talk) 09:59, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
[[The Circle (play)|The Circle]]
. That means "Show the words "The Circle" but link to the play". There's a short cut called "The Pipe Trick": enter the link as [[The Circle (play)|]]
(note the vertical line, the "pipe"), and it will convert automatically to [[The Circle (play)|The Circle]]
(also works if the text you want to lose is separated by a comma, as in village name articles like Silverdale, Lancashire etc). Hope that helps a bit! PamD 10:09, 6 July 2017 (UTC)Pam - Bless you for your kindness! Over a number of years of very occasionally creating articles, I have been blundering in the dark. Thank heaven there's only a handful of them, and I have just disambiguated all links I could find on them, after "the penny dropped". I THINK I did it right. I hadn't actually seen your reply until I began to write this, but what I did seemed to work. Of course "ambiguities" varied from the not-terribly-grave-but-corrected-anyway, like having strictly speaking said (by linking) that a subject played the play of "Macbeth" instead of the part of Macbeth - to the comic, involving Noel Coward's "Still Life", which linked to ... yes, you can guess, flower pictures etc. I have also done a lot on Gordon Griffin. My head is now spinning, and I shall sign off. I'll read properly your valued advice on the right way to do it when I'm fresher and can take in more. Thank you SO much. Rogersansom (talk) 19:01, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
Hi Pam D. I've added a bit more information about this film. This is a legitimate film, with known actors that saw a box office release in Japan, so it would be good for notability. I've added a bit more of a plotline, IMDB links, and a movie review from Japan times. It was also included in a film Festivel in Italy. Cheers~ Deathlibrarian (talk) 11:46, 8 July 2017 (UTC)
Dear Editor, thank you for your concerns about the deleted articles. Order of Missionaries of Mercy and LA Congregation De L'eglise Catholique are both my original artwork. So please feel free to proceed with the formal editing and indexing of the article into the wikipedia. Bishop Seraphim. Bishopseraphim (talk) 11:59, 8 July 2017 (UTC)
Dear Editor, whilst I agree that English isn't my first language, but I do understand what artwork means in English language.
The two articles I referred to were prepared by me and I have also edited them using my own words. So if you can help to work on them to improve its contents for publishing that would be much appreciated ; than trying to make fuss out of nothing. If I knew how to position them I should have done it wayback before now. God bless you. Bishopseraphim (talk) 07:44, 9 July 2017 (UTC)
Hi Pam,
This is Andrew who built the St Jude High School Page, this school very much exists and this is where I studied. I wanted to create a wiki page for the same.
I have added more details to the page now. You can check the same. I also want to add the map co0ordinates for the same, Could you please suggest on how I can go about doing that, also I want to do wiki better.
Can you please help me do wiki edits and page creation better? Also it'll be great if you send me a notification on my own talk page, like you did before. Thanks again.
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Hi PamD Thanks for your welcome. I am a bit confused why the Joyce Stevens page that I created has been deleted. It is good that the original draft appears to now have been approved - but all my edits to the draft would now seem to be lost. A Google search currently turns up the Talk page rather than the article itself. I think it is important to have a visible entry for this notable woman up as soon as possible. CooeeCapella (talk) 19:14, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for your response Pam. The other editor was a friend who approved the copy and paste - but I appreciate that was not apparent. We just really want an entry to go up for this very notable woman and were frustrated by repeated knock backs in relation to notability and the like. A google search still takes readers to the talk page rather than the article itself. CooeeCapella (talk) 20:52, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
Thanks very much Pam for very complete suggestions and help. Even if I am part of the Geneva Water Hub team, I am trying to complete these two pages with a total independent view. I could not suggest any modifications to these pages as they were not existing. I am having issues with the French translation of these pages, Geneva Water Hub and Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace. I cannot "continu" or "delete" the already existing ones (1 month and 2 months old) which do not match the English version now. Could I ask you for your help on this ? Thanks very much.
Please reply on my talk Page User talk:Stephankluser
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Stephanekluser (talk • contribs) 09:04, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
Thank you for sorting all those stubs after the mass page review!
DrStrauss talk 09:04, 18 July 2017 (UTC)
Pam - can I trespass on your kindness and ask if you would glance again at Draft: Gordon Griffin? I really feel I have done as much as I ever can to bring this article up to standard, and that the Draft - largely thanks to you - is more Wiki-observant than some which are online. Unless there is something I have missed?? I have improved the links again and again. I'd be so grateful. Very best - Roger — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rogersansom (talk • contribs) 13:10, 18 July 2017 (UTC)
Seeing your wording - I'll check here for any response. Rogersansom (talk) 14:05, 18 July 2017 (UTC)
My most grateful thanks, Pam. I'll get to work on your suggestions. I much appreciate everything. If you're away for a holiday, have a great one. Sincerely Rogersansom (talk) 15:26, 18 July 2017 (UTC)
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About your sending me a "Welcome to Wikipedia" message: I have been editing sporadically on Wikipedia since 2003 but, for reasons beyond my control, my editing was interrupted for several years. When I returned to Wikipedia, I found my account name had been arbitrarily removed and a random name assigned to me. My editing history appears to have been discarded in the move.
About your repeated concerns about a conflict of interest: I do not work for or with Mr. Auraeus Solito. I am a volunteer for several non-profit organizations, all of which deal with indigenous issues, and Mr. Solito's work on indigenous culture is followed by one of those non-profits. I updated the Aureaus Solito Wikipedia entry some time ago, as it was out of date, and he subsequently learned of my identity as "the person" at the non-profit who corrected and updated Wikipedia articles. This past Spring, he contacted me to ask why on Wikipedia his primary name of Auraeus Solito points to his secondary or pen name of Kanakan Balintagos, since he no longer uses Kanakan Balintagos when working as anything other than a playwright. As a courtesy to Mr. Solito, I put in a request with Wikipedia to move the article from Kanakan Balintagos to Auraeus Solito.
Mr. Solito recently contacted me again when he saw that Wikipedia had made no change to the article, and that his name continues to be listed incorrectly. I can't blame him for that, as I now see that if Mr. Solito had contacted Wikipedia directly about this issue, he would have been sternly told that he suffered from a conflict of interest, and that there was a special procedure in place where he would need to show good cause why his name should be corrected.
I now see that, more than likely, the first Redirect must be removed from the article "Auraeus Solito" and then a second Redirect must be placed at "Kanakan Balintagos" and then a "correct move" needs to be specially requested, not just normally requested -- and that would be only the beginning of the process required to correct those two articles. None of this can or will be done by me. I have no interest in this.
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I wanted to alert you that I nominated Cliff Hyra for deletion. The discussion is here. Mpen320 (talk) 04:09, 12 September 2017 (UTC)User:Mpen320 talk 11 September 2017 23:08 CT
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Dear PamD, I would like to apologize regarding the page Anna Fortunato Brivio. I had posted it on the pretense that there was enough content to make her biography notable, and I didn't have enough time to confirm that because I was in the middle of doing my schoolwork. Sincerely, Vincentupsdellred — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vincentupsdellred (talk • contribs) 19:20, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for your help on Mike Brown (transport executive). It has been a long time since I created a stub, so any feedback or advice you could give would be much appreciated!--Jimbo Wales (talk) 18:03, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
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Hi. You realize that your revert contradicts other information on the same page, I assume? (And, yes, the source still needs a stronger link.) Thanks. Wolfdog (talk) 13:39, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
I came here to start yet another article about an author who has published multiple award-winning novels, but since you deleted the last one I put in (who has six different entire series of novels published and has been nominated for a few major awards, although he didn't get any yet), I guess I may as well not bother.
You win! No point in bothering with Wikipedia any more.
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Sincery, I am don't using Google translating on a wikia I was warned is not a worth. Builder8360 (talk) 20:35, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
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If you are interested, Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard#Maximiliano Korstanje Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 11:15, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
Hi I am noelle, I want to edit Korstanje biography, I worked the message placed by you but you had reversed them. Can you assist me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 181.29.25.187 (talk) 15:29, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
I am noelle, Student from UBA, University of Buenos Aires, no relation with Korstanje lest by what I read. I feel Korstanje is not editing this site, because he hates social networks ... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 181.29.25.187 (talk) 15:31, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
I createdmy account I am ready to work — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noellesch9 (talk • contribs) 21:11, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
JZG has deleted everything I wrote, Can you help me?.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Noellesch9 (talk • contribs) 18:59, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
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I think there's a COI here. This is a WP:SPA with zero history other than resume inflation on the Korstanje article. Guy (Help!) 12:25, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
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RE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Mundomundi#Managing_a_conflict_of_interest
Dear Pam,
Thanks for your message.
I probably left my answer in a place where you didn't see it.
Regarding the potential conflict of interest you identified, I never finished my PhD (I found a more interesting job outside academia), so this comment is kind of outdated.
All the information I've been adding to this page is readily available in the public domain (and I've always properly indicated the sources).
Anyway, thanks for checking the integrity of Wikipedia pages.
Kind regards,
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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Maximiliano Emanuel Korstanje. Since you had some involvement with the Maximiliano Emanuel Korstanje redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Guy (Help!) 21:29, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
There is only so much I can do (given the various projects I am involved in) - and better a stub for others to develop than a red link.
Would it be possible to have some collaboration on the remaining gaps in List of archivists - perhaps using [22] for starting things off. Jackiespeel (talk) 11:45, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
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Hello, PamD. Historical Model Railway Society, an article you either created or to which you significantly contributed,has been nominated to appear on Wikipedia's Main Page as part of Did you know. You can see the hook and the discussion here. You are welcome to participate! Thank you. APersonBot (talk!) 12:01, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
I've now removed several of your prods from these articles. For the latest one, Lovers and Leavers (album), the first two pages of a Google search found the following coverage: Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, Allmusic, Metacritic (listing 5 professional reviews), PopMatters, Wide Open Country, No Depression. Can you please explain why you were unable to find these, and also the coverage of his other albums that was easily found from a Google search. --Michig (talk) 09:54, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
PamD, your revision to my edit of Jehoshaphat (disambiguation) this morning means that the disambiguation page is not helpful for readers looking for information on either Jehoshaphat the Recorder or Jehoshaphat, son of Paruah, so I have restored my edit. Happy New Year! -BobKilcoyne (talk) 18:33, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
I very much appreciate your contributions to Patricia Louise Dudley. My latest strategy in responding to AFDs is to try improving the article to the point it becomes easier to defend a "keep" stance, and your contributions may have helped turn the tide in this instance. Prior to finding the endowment info, I had doubts I could vote to keep, and your work cleaning up and emphasizing her relevance and the addition of info from her (sparse) obit were spot-on. So, thanks! — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 19:16, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
Xx236 (talk) 11:19, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
I don't think the hatnotes are needed from New/Old Hutton to Hutton but are needed from Hutton to New/Old, which is where the confusion came from. Crouch, Swale (talk) 17:57, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
Hello PamD. I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of Sagar Brahmbhatt, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Fails WP:NPOL courtesy coming 2nd in the 2017 Gujarat Assembly elections but not A7able stuff.Approach AFD. Thank you. Winged BladesGodric 11:27, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
Thanks so much for the clarification about disambiguation page style conventions and for reminding me about redirects for other versions of the subject's name. Out of curiosity, are there guidelines for choosing which version of the name to use as the article name? I've previously just gone with what seemed to me to be the most commonly used form. thanks! Catemcc (talk) 13:49, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
Hello and Happy New Year! Thank you very much for reviewing the page Daphne Pirie and leaving such a kind message. Coastal.culture.vulture (talk) 21:21, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
It was removed accidentally. If you bothered to check the diff on the article. --UserHerName (talk) 01:58, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
Hi you just reverted my csd saying that a clan chief is sufficient claim to notability. RHaworth deleted an identical article by the same creator under the A7 criteria hence my continuing nominations. Domdeparis (talk) 00:25, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
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On 20 January 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Historical Model Railway Society, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that some 500,000 photographs and drawings are included in the collections of the Historical Model Railway Society? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Historical Model Railway Society. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
Gatoclass (talk) 02:46, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
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Thanks for adding more info and sources to G. E. C. Wakefield and other stubs and you find as New Page Reviewer! Dan Koehl (talk) 17:31, 21 January 2018 (UTC) |
Hello PamD,
I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Mark Constantine for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly say why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.
If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.
You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions.
Turgan Talk 19:31, 23 January 2018 (UTC)
Hallo all my talk-page watchers and anyone else who drops by. I've just written a longish post at Talk:Ahmed el Inglizi and thought I'd copy it here for a wider audience!
Hallo, people who have this article watchlisted ... and there are certainly lots of you who have edited it since 2010.
Please, remember that an alternative name bolded in the lead is supposed to be the target of a redirect (or perhaps a hatnote or dab page entry): it shows the reader why they have landed on this page. That's the purpose of the formatting. So please remember to create that redirect. I've just created Ahmed El Alj and Ahmed Laalaj, both seven years late - they were in the article on 15 August 2010.
Redirects are important:
So please, make the redirects ... and then check that there aren't any wrong incoming links to them which need disambiguation.
Thanks.
Me, obsessive about redirects ... no way. Well, umm, perhaps. Goes with the territory as a retired librarian - trying to help readers actually find the info that we've got stored away in this amazing encyclopedia. Happy Editing!
PamD 09:41, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
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The talk page is semiprotected because of relentless promotional editing by Argentinian IPs, which is almost certainly one person, who is to a very high degree of probability either Korstanje or a close connection. The correct response to attempts to circumvent this protection is WP:RBI. This IP is evading a block. Guy (Help!) 15:21, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
Good to meet you. You tagged the redirect Unitarian Society Meeting House for deletion because its main article link, the Madison, Wisconsin branch meeting house, may not be the only place using that term. I had doubts as well before creating the redirect, but checked out google and all of the main sources or mentions google-link back to the Wisconsin site. This surprised me, but the historical church did seem to carry that title as well, so I went ahead with the redirect. I didn't know if this would reach you if I put it on the talk page, so placed this information here. Thanks for having a look at this. Randy Kryn (talk) 11:12, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
Per Wikipedia:Proposed deletion, you can't prod a redirect. I will be removing all the prods you added to redirects. Please take these redirects to WP:RFD instead. Sro23 (talk) 02:13, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
I generally don't make many minor edits to articles, excluding the reclassificatory ones that I make as the consequence of adding new information to old articles or re-direction pages or through the creation of new articles. The common-name removal in that instance was not given reference, and was not generally used in the context of the article. If you have further issue with my edits, please discuss such complaints on my talk-page. Yours Truly, HNdlROdU. Signed, 20:01, 16 February 2018 (UTC).
Hi PamD, Greetings to you. I need advice on the topic "merge". After reading the merge instructions, I got a little confused on how to perform a discussion merge. Kindly advise if my understand is correct as below and please correct me accordingly. Example: Propose "Texas" to merge to "U.S."
1 On the destination page - On "U.S." Talk page inserts the following == Merger proposal ==
I propose that "Texas" be merged into "U.S'. I think that the content in the "Texas" article can easily be explained in the context of "U.S", and the "U.S" article is of a reasonable size that the merging of "Texas" will not cause any problems as far as article size or undue weight is concerned.
2. On to be merge page - on "Texas" article page places the following ((Mergeto|"U.S"|discuss=Talk:"U.S"#Merger proposal|date=February 2018))
I think I miss something above/ incomplete. Kindly advise what are the missing parts/procedure/codes/message to be place or how to proceed. Thank you in advance. CASSIOPEIA(talk) 07:32, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing—Bayesian—has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 14:15, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
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Hi, can you please protect Houri? From time to time, it gets vandalised by User:WikiAddictAccount, whom I suspect is IP 103.38.18.159, given the nature of the edits. Leo1pard (talk) 04:24, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
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Main reference: George AL Jr, Folk BP, Crecelius PL. Pre-arrest morbidity and other correlates of survival after in-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest. Am J Med. 1989; 87: 28-34. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maria Sieglinda von Nudeldorf (talk • contribs) 23:53, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
Dear PamD/Archive 11,
I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Ten Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for ten years or more.
Best regards, LovelyLillith (talk) 00:50, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
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--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:49, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
Hi, This is just to let you know that I just responded again to you and User:BDD in the Redirects for Discussion section on Soldier's Oath / Soldiers' Oath. (I think the link might be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2018_March_5?markasread=130496577#Soldiers'_Oath ). Best regards and wishes, —— Shakescene (talk) 05:48, 9 March 2018 (UTC)