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Hi, thanks for spotting my factual error regarding Plasnewydd as community vs. electoral ward. However, I think in that case the sentence needs a better reference, as the Wales Online story (also referenced elsewhere on Wikipedia) is about proposals to make a change, rather than the change actually taking place. I can't easily find such a reference online - any suggestions? Martpol (talk) 13:29, 4 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It's harder to prove something doesn't exist than prove it exists. Maybe a citation to Ordnance Survey Election Maps would help? Sionk (talk) 15:05, 4 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

In the article I did about the San Clemente Literary Prize (moved to 'draft' by you some moths ago) you comment "Surely if it is existed for 24 years there must be more than 2 news articles about it?". There are more than 2 linked articles, and they are not from blogs, but from one of the largest private foundations in Galicia, from two newspapers (one of them is the largest read in Galicia and the other the largest published in Santiago de Compostela, the capital of the Autonomous Community of Galicia), and from the official website itself. There are photos, the winners are linked, etc. I don't understand the criteria to reject the page. What is the problem? You don't think the prize exists or you don't think that the highest prize in Galicia awarded by underage readers, and one of the largest in the Iberian Peninsula, has enough "entity" to have a page on Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gasparoff (talk • contribs) 19:45, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne 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/Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne 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.

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WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 02:16, 4 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Precious

Seven years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:58, 19 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I'll leave you people to discuss not doing anything. Love that line. 👌 Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 19:15, 30 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Croeso :) Sionk (talk) 20:33, 30 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for entering some of the results for South Oxfordshire & Cherwell (and others?). I spotted & fixed an error for Peter Dragonetti, South Oxfordshire Kidmore End, and provided data for Didcot South, but as a newbie, didn't know how to re-order by votes cast, or make bold, so left it at that. Do you have a slick process for getting the results into the appropriate format? If so, we may be able to collaborate. I have a spreadsheet of results with ward, party, candidate, votes, vote share (adjusted for the number of votes allowed - so for Didcot South, with 3 votes allowed, the share should add to close to 300%). HenleyMan (talk) 13:13, 13 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

There's no slick or clever way of inputting the info ...well, none that I'm aware of, other than copy-and-paste. The successful candidates will get 'bolded' if you add the word "winning" into the table template. So rather than "((Election box candidate with party link" the template would begin "((Election box winning candidate with party link". I'd suggest using the "Show preview" button before saving what you add. Sionk (talk) 18:18, 13 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

thanks sionk, although preview doesn't show me how to get what I want, just that what I've entered isn't quite right. HenleyMan (talk) 23:36, 13 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• 73.89.211.188 (talk · contribs)
  • Draft:Douglas Rigby (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

I have revised this multiple times, adding in relevant citations that include coverage by the NY Times

This is NOT "a genealogical piece," as noted by one reviewer. Moreover, the subject meets the notability guidelines and is supported by solid citations.

IMO, this is worthy of being added and should be approved without further delay.

Thank you

73.89.211.188 (talk) 23:46, 29 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

We cannot list all writers, only notable ones. What is Rigby's claim to notability? I suppose the reviews in the NYT suggest one or more of his works may have been widely reviewed, but only one review is cited at the moment. Sionk (talk) 12:56, 30 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello, I wanted to know the reason for your rejection of the article, and I hope that you will return the article instead of deleting it. Thank you هشام محمود حسونة (talk) 15:49, 7 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I gave my reason when I rejected the article - it's not notable outside of the JESC (and sources closely related to Eurovision) at the moment. The article was returned originally to draft space because it was too soon before the event (and there was no wider interest from non-Eurovision publications). Judging by the lack of independent sources, it's still too soon, in my view. I could reject it again, but I'll leave it for another Articles for Creation editor to look at. Sionk (talk) 16:44, 7 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I think your reasons are not convincing, such as creating the draft too early for the event. This is not the first time an article has been created on JESC

I believe that anyone's duty is to fix and improve the article, not to delete it and leave it to another editor. Because of your action, readers will not be able to know the competition's developments. هشام محمود حسونة (talk) 16:54, 8 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

There aren't sufficient independent news sources to improve the article at the moment. Well, none that I can find. Little has been done to improve the article and take on board the reviewer's advice, since April. Wikipedia isn't here to advertise future events. Sionk (talk) 18:15, 8 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

What exactly do you mean by independent sources? You mentioned Eurovoix as a news source but there are other ESC-focused sources cited (such as EurofestivalES and ESCPlus, which are Spanish Eurovision news sites) and several publications from either news media based in the broadcasters' countries or from the broadcasters themselves (i.e. Avondhu Newspaper for Ireland, TVM News for Malta, NPO Zapp for The Netherlands). Many of those other countries' news outlets are focused on far more than just Eurovision if that's what you're getting at. Also, how is it too soon for JESC's article when the contest is in November, yet the Eurovision 2024 article is already up despite the contest being almost a full year away?

(Really not trying to be argumentative, rather just trying to understand). 68.132.63.117 (talk) 06:46, 9 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The Eurovision Song Contest is considerably better known than the Junior version, it's not surprising it gets far more discussion and news coverage well in advance. Sionk (talk) 10:23, 9 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You think it's still too early to talk about JESC It means that you have to return the article in September, then it will not be too early to talk about the contest or maybe in August هشام محمود حسونة (talk) 14:08, 9 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 June 18 § Category:Association football people by prefecture in Japan. Qwerfjkltalk 16:38, 18 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi. Re. Ffotogallery‎, I restored "Category:Photography museums and galleries in Wales". If you look at its web site it prominently describes exhibitions that appear to be at Ffotogallery‎ and not at Turner House Gallery. -Lopifalko (talk) 12:09, 3 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Article is about the organisation, not about a particular gallery or exhibition. Sionk (talk) 12:31, 3 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Look here, scroll down to "Gallery: Installation Shots" for photographs of their extensive gallery. See also their web site's menu option What's on: Exhibition. An establishment such as this can be both an arts agency and a photography gallery. Or am I missing something? -Lopifalko (talk) 15:22, 3 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It's an organisation that often runs, or has access to, an exhibition space/gallery. Hence the opening sentence says it "is the national development agency for photography in Wales". I doubt it's current gallery in Cathays would be notable enough for it's own article. Sionk (talk) 18:32, 3 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello. Thank you for adding cleanup tags to my Andy Roberts (wrestler) page. What would you like me to do? I'm happy to shorten it or have it shortened by other contributors. I don't believe there are any unreliable sources but I'm happy to remove any that are indentified. SugeRight (talk) 07:21, 23 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for that. The Guardian review of the tasting menu was laugh-out-loud hilarious! Love the Portmeirion list, by the way. Doing my best to fill in some of the image gaps. KJP1 (talk) 14:03, 19 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Diolch. Yes, they won't be inviting The Guardian back for a free lunch any time soon. Sionk (talk) 20:52, 19 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On 9 September 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Campanile, Portmeirion, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Campanile, a bell tower in Portmeirion, north Wales, was built in 1928 using stone from a nearby 12th-century castle? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Campanile, Portmeirion. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Campanile, Portmeirion), 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.

Z1720 (talk) 12:02, 9 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hi User:Sionk, Greetings. You mean our National New Paper New Vision is not an independent and reliable source, Human Rights Centre Uganda www.hrcug.org, The Independent (Uganda) newspaper, World Movement for Democracy, Voice of America (VOA) are not reliable and independent sources? Unless there are reasons why this article is rejected not any of the reasons given.Micheal Kaluba (talk) 06:51, 5 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The article in New Vision is not about Hassan Shire. The article in The Independendent newspaper is written by Hassan Shire, so neither of them count towards his notability. Sionk (talk) 11:28, 5 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Good grief that is a big backlog! Sionk (talk) 22:43, 16 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Thank you for the one at mine too! DankJae 09:18, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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The redirect Savannah Phillips 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 7 § Savannah Phillips until a consensus is reached. voorts (talk/contributions) 02:53, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi

I have been searching for sources for this subject, the article for which you succesfully proposed for deletion and have found the following multiple independent reliable sources:

• BBC News website: [1]
• Oxford Mail: [2]
• The Echo (Essex): [3]
• SussexWorld: [4]
• NorthWales.com website: [5]

In light of these five, plus the existing RIS in Simon Garfield's The Wrestling as you mentioned in the debate makes six, I would suggest that this subject easily passes WP:GNG for multiple reliable indepdndent sources and the article should be restored.
I am tagging HHH Pedrigree, Oaktree b and ArcAngel who all participated in the original debate and Liz who closed the original debate as Delete. Romomusicfan (talk) 13:36, 15 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Romomusicfan, most of these are brief mentions in relation to events he was taking part in, though the Oxford Mail article gives a little info about his family and home location. The NorthWales.com article is a little stronger, though this isn't a major news site by any means. Maybe the closing admin, Liz, can advise you about where to go from here. Sionk (talk) 15:21, 15 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Well so far that's BBC News (main photo and three paras), Oxford Mail (greater depth on Mason's background and philosophy on wrestling) and a chapter in Simon Garfield's book still left, and three is "multiple" enough for GNG (and similar rules in SNGs). Romomusicfan (talk) 16:52, 15 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No response from any of them thus far. Romomusicfan (talk) 10:45, 26 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I Would like to work on this in my Sandbox

Hi Sionk, are you able to retrieve the script for the last (pre-deletion) version of the James Mason (wrestler) page so that I can work outside of article space on getting it into a condition where it clearly and undeniably passes GNG? If so, please paste it into my sandbox. If not, who can I contact about this? Romomusicfan (talk) 16:52, 1 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Isla Phillips 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/Isla Phillips 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.

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voorts (talk/contributions) 23:12, 17 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On 27 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Connor Brothers, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that The Connor Brothers were believed to be two 20-something artists from Brooklyn, but are actually two British art dealers from London? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Connor Brothers. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, The Connor Brothers), 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.

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Category:Welsh people of West Indian descent 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. Mason (talk) 13:53, 2 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]