User talk:Acdixon/Archive Jul-Dec 2016

Steve Beshear

I'm sorry to bug you, Acdixon, but I've seen that the article about Steve Beshear is quite outdated. The article only goes until 2011, meaning that the article completely leaves out his second term as Governor of Kentucky and his retirement. Because you promoted this article to Good Article status and because of your extensive knowledge of these subjects (which I really do admire), I have to ask you, would you be willing and able to update this article so it will not be downgraded or anything like that? Either way, thanks! --1990'sguy (talk) 15:05, 1 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@1990'sguy: Yeah, that's on my to-do list, but it's extraordinarily time-consuming. As you can imagine, a sitting governor generates A LOT of hits in newspaper archive searches, and his governorship is so recent, there are few good summative works on the subject in existence. Unfortunately, Wikipedia:WikiProject Kentucky is "mostly dead", so it will probably be a one-person (me) job to update the article. As you know, I've been very busy with another segment of articles that have been the subject of some dispute of late. :) Thanks for noticing my work. Acdixon ^(talk · contribs) 15:11, 1 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome, and I completely understand. Regardless, I do have to compliment you on your work here. It's quite amazing! :) --1990'sguy (talk) 15:19, 1 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

User causing vandalism of spouse issues

Can you please ban this user who is causing vandalism in the Kathryn Beaumont article. His/her name is Aglevine67 and this person created a fake user account and is pretending to be Allan Levine, this user is not him at all. The user has nothing written on his/her user page about himself/herself about being him. He's/she's removed the same edit numerous times on the article and refuses too stop edit warring. 24.61.125.217 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:43, 1 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I see six edits by this user, all of which seem to be related to this issue, but they occur over the course of a year and a half. The fact in question doesn't seem to be sourced either way, and there is zero discussion on either article talk page or the user's talk page. I'm not going to issue a block with no discussion. I have neither the time nor the interest to research this issue to figure out whether this can be resolved with a reliable source. I recommend that if it is important to you, you attempt to do so. Acdixon ^(talk · contribs) 02:38, 3 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Creation Museum

This is getting even crazier than earlier today. You will really be needed for a while for Creation Museum and Ark Encounter. --1990'sguy (talk) 18:45, 15 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

User Sandbox question

Can I put stuff of something that is unrealated to Wikipedia as long as it isn't Personal Attacks, violations of VLPs ,Copyrights, Vandalism, and ads? I mean like stuff from other wikis. Gary "Roach" Sanderson (talk) 22:28, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Gary "Roach" Sanderson: Good question, and thanks for asking first. Given your qualifier that the material in question is "unrelated to Wikipedia", I'd be inclined to say no, you aren't allowed to put it in your user sandbox. For an idea of the general class of stuff you shouldn't be storing, see WP:NOT. Specifically, I'm thinking the sub-sections WP:NOTLINK and WP:NOTHOST might be applicable. If you review this guideline and still have questions, feel free to ask again, but I'll probably need some additional detail. Acdixon ^(talk · contribs) 15:55, 1 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

FAC voluntary mentoring scheme

During a recent lengthy discussion on the WP:FAC talkpage, several ideas were put forward as to how this procedure could be improved, particularly in making it more user-friendly towards first-time nominees. The promotion rate for first-timers at FAC is depressingly low – around 16 percent – which is a cause for concern. To help remedy this, Mike Christie and I, with the co-operation of the FAC coordinators, have devised a voluntary mentoring scheme, in which newcomers will guided by more experienced editors through the stages of preparation and submission of their articles. The general format of the scheme is explained in more detail on Wikipedia: Mentoring for FAC, which also includes a list of editors who have indicated that they are prepared to act as mentors.

Would you be prepared to take on this role occasionally? If so, please add your name to the list. By doing so you incur no obligation; it will be entirely for you to decide how often and on which articles you want to act in this capacity. We anticipate that the scheme will have a trial run for a few months before we appraise its effectiveness. Your participation will be most welcome. Brianboulton (talk) 16:46, 29 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Precious anniversary

Four years ago ...

Kentucky quality
... you were recipient no. 229 of Precious, a prize of QAI!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:21, 30 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Thanksgiving, and thank you for the article chosen for it: Alben W. Barkley! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:25, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Gerda Arendt: Thanks, as always, Gerda. I was surprised to see VP Barkley chosen as TFA for Thanksgiving; not just a Kentuckian, but a western Kentuckian like myself. Very nice. Happy Thanksgiving to you as well. Acdixon ^(talk · contribs) 13:06, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for William Gant

On 7 September 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article William Gant, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that serving as a juvenile court judge motivated William Gant to create the Daviess County Children's Center to provide housing for children in his hometown of Owensboro, Kentucky? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William Gant. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, William Gant), 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.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 7 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your alma mater needs you

Commons:Category:Murray State University is huge, with 322 images at the moment, and most of them are taken from the university's CC-licensed Flickr collection. Many buildings appear in multiple pictures (i.e. there are five pictures of building A, six of building B, etc.), and the whole thing would be significantly more manageable if we had a separate category for each building with several related images. Since you're presumably somewhat familiar with the campus, could you create categories for the multi-pictured buildings and move the relevant images into those new categories? Thanks! Nyttend (talk) 02:07, 14 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Nyttend: Sure; let me take a shot at that. Some of the buildings have gotten face-lifts since I was there, but I can maybe make some in-roads. Thanks for the heads up. Acdixon ^(talk · contribs) 13:21, 14 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Nyttend: OK, I got a lot of the buildings, and several of the basketball player photos identified and categorized. I also added the category to the numerous photos of Ben Stein, although it looks like there is some duplication there that should be addressed. Wonder if there is a way to batch process the ridiculous number of pictures of Dunker (the mascot) into some subcategory? That would help.

@BlueGold73: You want to take a shot at naming and categorizing the four building images I couldn't identify? I have no idea what this is. This might be one of the new dorms built to replace the aging low-rises; those were built after I graduated. This and this were both listed as historic buildings, so they should be on the National Register, but I'm not sure what they are. Acdixon ^(talk · contribs) 19:04, 14 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! The worst you can do is still better than the best I can do. I suppose I should let you know that I'm in the middle of adding extra detail to pictures of buildings statewide: I've subdivided brick, wooden, and stone buildings by type (churches, houses, and other) and by county, with a general "Buildings in X County, Kentucky" at the top of the materials subcategories and the churches/houses/other subcategories. Nyttend (talk) 22:00, 14 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Heads up about WP:PSCI DS

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ELN - maybe not suitable for LINKSPAM

At Objections to evolution someone pointed to the ELN about a link you noticed going on 11 articles (not including Objections). That didn't seem to me to be a good approach or something that's working out. Have you or are you considering handling that by spam processes as WP:LINKSPAM ? Markbassett (talk) 17:24, 21 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Extended confirmed protection

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Edit visibility request

Acdixon, would you please change the visibility of this personal attack? --1990'sguy (talk) 19:06, 8 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@1990'sguy: Done. Sorry for the delay. Out of town. Acdixon ^(talk · contribs) 18:27, 9 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No problem! Thanks! --1990'sguy (talk) 19:26, 9 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/The 50,000 Challenge

You are invited to participate in the 50,000 Challenge, aiming for 50,000 article improvements and creations for articles relating to the United States. This effort began on November 1, 2016 and to reach our goal, we will need editors like you to participate, expand, and create. See more here!

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Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins

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Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:32, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A new user right for New Page Patrollers

Hi Acdixon.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins).MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:46, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Acdixon. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

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Happy Saturnalia!

		Happy Saturnalia
		Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and troll-free. Ealdgyth - Talk 01:33, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]