Hello there, thanks for all of your contributions to Wikipedia! Wishing you a Very Merry Christmas and here's to a happy and productive 2024! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:23, 18 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi, as a veteran editor and regular adder of redirects to Category:Avoided double redirects could I put a question to you? Another editor has created a number of redirects to an artist containing both albums (mentioned in the article target) and songs (not mentioned in the article). We disagree whether a) the song redirects should exist with no mention in the artist page and b) whether it is appropriate use of the avoided redirect tag when it they say that song A is an avoided redirect to album B.

Any thoughts?

NB I have left the rest anonymous so the issue can be judged, not the individuals. Richhoncho (talk) 18:25, 19 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Richhoncho: I'm not an expert but not being mentioned in the article I believe falls under Wikipedia:R#DELETE, if the song was mentioned in the article in a discography for example then the redirect is fine. About the avoided double redirect, I am unsure as I have never redirected a song like that, but I understand it as if the album was turned into an article then the song would surely be redirected to the album. Sahaib (talk) 18:51, 19 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I don't think whether we are talking of songs or other items makes much difference, it's the application of the policy that is relevant. For the interests of fairness the other editor wrote, "I think "alternative title" is just another word for "redirect". Template:R avoided double redirect § Purpose states:

Some redirects should target other redirects, but that is not allowed by Wikipedia software. A redirect that targets another redirect is called a "double redirect". This redirect category (rcat) template may be used to tag redirects from alternative forms (abbreviations, disambiguated titles, etc.) of titles that are themselves redirects to broader-topic articles (whether or not marked as redirects with possibilities). To avoid a double redirect, any alternative-title redirect must also target the same broader article, and must be updated if the redirect from the more specific title is converted to a separate article."

Also the other editor has agreed to me re-adding the songs to the albums in the main space, but still insists they should be tagged as ((a2r)) which is back where we started. Richhoncho (talk) 19:07, 19 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Word to the wise. I have just removed a couple of cats from your recent additions The Laundress (The Muppet Christmas Carol) and The Beggar (The Muppet Christmas Carol). If the main redirect is correctly catt'd there is no need to cat on the avoided redirect, we don't need duplicate entries in every cat. Let me know if you need more clarification. BTW, some editors dislike catting redirects, but that's for other editors to argue, not me. Cheers. Richhoncho (talk) 23:26, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Richhoncho:, I picked it up from another editor at the redirect Kai (Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu). I don't have a preference either way whether they should be categorised or not. Sahaib (talk) 07:24, 22 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Actually looking again, the idea of creating of new A2r redirects seems really silly (didn't spot this earlier). The whole point of them is keep the history of a moved/wrong title space article to attribute to the contributor any text carried forward.

Looking, randomly, at Category:Ninjago character redirects to lists, I notice that several characters are listed more than once under different spellings. Why would this be required (no need to answer, if anything I am taking this elsewhere for comments).

Nobody is adding anything to the encyclopedia, merely the administration and costs. It's probably time for me to leave WP for a couple of years to save on BP tablets. Cheers. Richhoncho (talk) 10:36, 22 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello, Sahaib. Thank you for your work on Michael Owens (politician). Aviram7, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

Good Work!

To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with ((Re|Aviram7)). Please remember to sign your reply with ~~~~. (Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

~~ αvírαm|(tαlk) 07:04, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Women in Red | January 2024, Volume 10, Issue 1, Numbers 291, 293, 294, 295, 296 Online events: New: Education (year-long initiative) | Alphabet run M & N | Temperance women Continuing: #1day1woman | Women who died in 2023 Announcement In 2024 Women in Red also has a one biography a week challenge as part of the #1day1woman initiative! Tip of the month: Check out the new navigation on our Women in Red Project home page. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

--Lajmmoore (talk) 20:18, 28 December 2023 (UTC) via MassMessagingReply[reply]

Thanks for your contributions to Governor of Peleliu. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it needs more sources to establish notability. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. Mattdaviesfsic (talk) 01:33, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

A tag has been placed on Category:1983 establishments in Palau indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:15, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Category:Bulgarian people by occupation and location has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 01:10, 5 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The redirect ReFill 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 8 § ReFill until a consensus is reached. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 05:33, 8 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Category:Fictional European people by nationality has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:21, 11 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

A tag has been placed on Come Along with me requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section R3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a recently created redirect from an implausible typo or misnomer, or other unlikely search term.

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. – robertsky (talk) 15:14, 13 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

A category or categories you have created have been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 January 12 § People by occupation and city or town on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. –Aidan721 (talk) 16:51, 13 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Category:20th-century American people by occupation and state has been nominated for splitting. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 01:20, 17 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Could you please spend some time populating the categories you're making by state and century? Right now they are very empty. Mason (talk) 22:53, 29 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Smasongarrison: I have populated a lot of categories in Category:20th-century mayors of populated places in the United States, but yeah they are still quite empty. Sahaib (talk) 06:59, 30 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Fireboy and Watergirl, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. Most new articles start out as Stub-Class or Start-Class and then attain higher grades as they develop over time. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk. Once you have made at least 10 edits and had an account for at least four days, you will have the option to create articles yourself without posting a request to Articles for creation.

If you would like to help us improve this process, please consider leaving us some feedback.

Thanks again, and happy editing!

Atlantic306 (talk) 22:57, 21 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Category:19th-century mayors of places in Oklahoma has been nominated for renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. TulsaPoliticsFan (talk) 00:06, 25 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On 26 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Michael Owens (politician), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Michael Owens became the first mayor of Mableton, Georgia, in more than 100 years after winning the 2023 mayoral election? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Michael Owens (politician). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Michael Owens (politician)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

—Kusma (talk) 00:02, 26 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article 2023 Mableton mayoral election 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/2023 Mableton mayoral election 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 until the discussion has finished.

SounderBruce 04:40, 26 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article 2023 Mableton mayoral election 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/2023 Mableton mayoral election (2nd nomination) 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 until the discussion has finished.

SounderBruce 22:21, 26 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

A category or categories you have created have been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 January 25 § Category:19th-century mayors of places in Oklahoma on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. –Aidan721 (talk) 14:32, 27 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello, Sahaib. Thank you for your work on Nelidov. Aviram7, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

Good work!

To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with ((Re|Aviram7)). Please remember to sign your reply with ~~~~. (Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

~~ αvírαm|(tαlk) 09:08, 28 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Women in Red | February 2024, Volume 10, Issue 2, Numbers 293, 294, 297, 298 Online events: New: Alphabet run O & P | Black women Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative) Announcement Please let other wikiprojects know about our February Black women event. Tip of the month: AllAfrica can now be searched on the ProQuest tab at the WP Library. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

--Lajmmoore (talk 20:10, 28 January 2024 (UTC) via MassMessagingReply[reply]

Hi, what was the rationale behind removing this message? Viriditas (talk) 07:48, 30 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Viriditas: I changed the redirect J.H.Thomas to J. H. Thomas which is quite similar, there is also a hatnote. Sahaib (talk) 07:50, 30 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Nope, they are different. J.H.Thomas is the abbreviation in the literature. That's why User:Plantdrew created it.[1] Notice the lack of a space. The question we need answered is whether we need the link in the first place. Plantdrew seemed to think we did. Viriditas (talk) 07:57, 30 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Viriditas: ok I will revert it. Sahaib (talk) 07:58, 30 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]