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Monkey God ORThanks for correcting me on this. I've better familiarized myself with OR now. Sorry about the misunderstanding. kidz in the KitchenThere seem to be no reasons for the rejection of kidz in the kitchen. Can I get some insight. The ice cream will melt before it getst to you from here. Sorry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tricia Ziemer (talk • contribs) 20:04, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
Your garlic ice cream hookHi, your hook currently in Prep 3 says:
As far as I can see, the reference just says: "Mixed in to the six flavors they would make at home and bring to the conventions were savory flavors such as tomato or garlic." Unless I'm missing something, that doesn't support the hook fact. Merely mixing in a little bit of savory flavor does not necessarily make something savory. I've had the garlic ice cream at The Stinking Rose, and I can verify that it does taste like vanilla ice cream with garlic added; the taste is predominantly sweet, not savory. Unless you have some other source (or something else in this one), I think the first part of the hook should be removed; something like:
MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 05:26, 23 June 2013 (UTC) In addition, I checked The Stinking Rose recipe linked to in the article, which describes it as "thick creamy vanilla ice cream with a hint of the roasty garlic sweetness. If you didn't know that the ice cream contained garlic, you might not even guess it was in there." That sure doesn't sound savory to me. I'm changing the hook, which is due to hit the Main Page in about seven hours. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 08:59, 23 June 2013 (UTC) DYK for Garlic ice cream
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Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:03, 24 June 2013 (UTC) June 2013Constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, but a recent edit of yours to the page Jimmy Wales has an edit summary that appears to be inaccurate or inappropriate. Please use edit summaries that accurately tell other editors what you did, and feel free to use the sandbox for any tests you may want to do. Thank you. Replacing a photograph with a controversial painting and claiming it is a more recent photo for better identification is a textbook example of a misleading edit summary. I can't imagine a legitimate reason for the specific image switch you made, but if you've got one, please put it in the edit summary, rather than writing something which is simply false. Paintings are not photographs, period. ~TPW 13:47, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
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Orlady (talk) 16:03, 27 June 2013 (UTC) ITN for the hazeHi Bonkers, isn't there any credit for ITN? Any idea why nothing has been given out yet? I think you know best... Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 16:35, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
Hey Bonkers The Clown I'm sending you this because you've made quite a few edits to the template namespace in the past couple of months. If I've got this wrong, or if I haven't but you're not interested in my request, don't worry; this is the only notice I'm sending out on the subject :). So, as you know (or should know - we sent out a centralnotice and several watchlist notices) we're planning to deploy the VisualEditor on Monday, 1 July, as the default editor. For those of us who prefer markup editing, fear not; we'll still be able to use the markup editor, which isn't going anywhere. What's important here, though, is that the VisualEditor features an interactive template inspector; you click an icon on a template and it shows you the parameters, the contents of those fields, and human-readable parameter names, along with descriptions of what each parameter does. Personally, I find this pretty awesome, and from Monday it's going to be heavily used, since, as said, the VisualEditor will become the default. The thing that generates the human-readable names and descriptions is a small JSON data structure, loaded through an extension called TemplateData. I'm reaching out to you in the hopes that you'd be willing and able to put some time into adding TemplateData to high-profile templates. It's pretty easy to understand (heck, if I can write it, anyone can) and you can find a guide here, along with a list of prominent templates, although I suspect we can all hazard a guess as to high-profile templates that would benefit from this. Hopefully you're willing to give it a try; the more TemplateData sections get added, the better the interface can be. If you run into any problems, drop a note on the Feedback page. Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 21:47, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
ITN for 2013 Southeast Asian haze
Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 08:55, 29 June 2013 (UTC) DYK for Milo Dinosaur
Gatoclass (talk) 18:37, 29 June 2013 (UTC) DYK for Zeng Guo Yuan
Gatoclass (talk) 18:38, 29 June 2013 (UTC) Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Hayden NgHi Bonkers! TQ for your comments. I have edited that para you highlighted. Pls have a look! Mr S Green 03:55, 30 June 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gnsnake (talk • contribs) Thank you very much Bonkers! :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gnsnake (talk • contribs) 04:22, 30 June 2013 (UTC) WikiCup 2013 June newsletterWe are down to our final 16: the 2013 semi-finals are upon us. A score of 321 was required to survive round 3, further cementing this as the most competitive WikiCup yet; round 3 was survived in 2012 with 243 points, in 2011 with 76 points and in 2010 with 250 points. The change may in part be to do with the fact that more articles are now awarded bonus points, in addition to more competitive play. Reaching the final has, in the past, required 573 points (2012, a 135% increase on the score needed to reach round 4), 150 points (2011, a 97% increase) and 417 points (2010, a 72% increase). This round has seen over a third of participants claiming points for featured articles (with seven users claiming for multiple featured articles) and most users have also gained bonus points. However, the majority of points continue to come from good articles, followed by did you know articles. In this round, every content type was utilised by at least one user, proving that the WikiCup brings together content contributors from all corners of the project. Round 3 saw a number of contributions of note. Figureskatingfan (submissions) claimed the first featured topic points in this year's competition for her excellent work on topics related to Maya Angelou, the noted American author and poet. We have also continued to see high-importance articles improved as part of the competition: Ealdgyth (submissions) was awarded a thoroughly well-earned 560 points for her featured article Middle Ages and 102 points for her good article Battle of Hastings. Good articles James Chadwick and Stanislaw Ulam netted Hawkeye7 (submissions) 102 and 72 points respectively, while 72 points were awarded to Piotrus (submissions) for each of Władysław Sikorski and Emilia Plater, both recently promoted to good article status. Collaborative efforts between WikiCup participants have continued, with, for example, Casliber (submissions) and Sasata (submissions) being awarded 180 points each for their featured article on Boletus luridus. A rules reminder: content promoted between rounds can be claimed in the round after the break, but not the round before. The case in point is content promoted on the 29/30 June, which may be claimed in this round. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. We are currently seeing concern about the amount of time people have to wait for reviews, especially at GAC- if you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 09:49, 1 July 2013 (UTC) Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/High-Probabilty Request SequenceDear Bonkers The Clown: You declined the article Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/High-Probabilty Request Sequence because it didn't have reliable sources. I rescued this article from the six-month old abandoned article category and improved it by removing a lot of the "psychobabble". Can you explain what is wrong with the sources, which have been written by a variety of qualified experts and accepted by recognized publishers and/or peer-reviewed journals? I can try to find some more, but these articles cover every aspect of what is in the text. You also asked that the references be cited in-line. In fact, they are. Because I took over the article from another author, I kept the citation style that he or she had used, which is American Psychological Association's parenthetical style. This is according to Wikipedia policy. Here's an example :Wikipedia:Inline citation/examples, which reinforces that the first author's style should be maintained, and shows the parenthetical style. This style doesn't involve little blue numbers, but I believe that it is acceptable. You will see the (Author, date) citations in every paragraph, along with the full references further down the page. —Anne Delong (talk) 12:27, 1 July 2013 (UTC) Dear Anne Delong: I pressed the wrong button, and I thought that it would be more conventional to have an inline citation style, rather than parenthetical. There is a reason why the vast majority of GAs and FAs use inline citations; that is, for better verifiability. But never mind, that aside, the article still could use some brushing up, it reads too much like an essay certainly deserving entry in the WikiPsychology Journal, but I do not think on WikiPedia it will do. Cheers, ☯ Bonkers The Clown \(^_^)/ Nonsensical Babble ☯ 12:50, 1 July 2013 (UTC) Dear Bonkers The Clown: I think you have missed my point that the paranthetical style is a form of inline citation, and is just as verifiable as the other (see the reviewing instructions). About the essay-ness: I am pretty sure that this is a well-accepted technique that is being reported, not a new idea that is being proposed. It would not be accepted by a psychology journal because there is nothing new in it that's not already in the cited sources. I have to admit, though, that my psychology and education degrees are both well out of date, so I will ask for help at Wikipedia:WikiProject Psychology and see if the experts there can suggest some improvements. Thanks for you time; obviously my attempts to make the article straightforward are incomplete if it struck you as an essay. —Anne Delong (talk) 13:03, 1 July 2013 (UTC) Dear Anne Delong: I know it is a style, but just not as conventional, per WikiNorm. Sentences like "(Think of the game "Simon says".)" certainly don't sound encyclopedic. Just a lil' rewrite, just a lil'. ☯ Bonkers The Clown \(^_^)/ Nonsensical Babble ☯ 13:08, 1 July 2013 (UTC) DYK for John Harrison (ice cream taster)
Gatoclass (talk) 17:08, 1 July 2013 (UTC) Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Academic Health Science NetworksDear Bonkers The Clown You declined the article Academic Health Science Networks because it sounded like an advertisement. My challenge is that this is a new, government-funded group of organisations. The stated purpose sounds positive (it is a government initiative) and it is too soon to rely on performance evidence. I have changed it to make it absolutely clear that this is just what the government say... Also, there are 15 newly-formed AHSNs. On advice from another editor I've removed the list which was linked to their individual websites. It's still in there as a hidden comment so I can bring it back once they each have wikipedia pages. Is there any chance you could glance at it to see if it sounds less up-beat now? Many thanks Inscribe Inscribe (talk) 09:31, 3 July 2013 (UTC) HAMS articleHello Bonkers I would very much appreciate it if you could help me by pointing out which sections of the HAMS article sound like an advertizement and how i could rewrite them so that they sound like a proper encyclopedia article and not like and advertizement. I was confused by your comment that I must cite independent, reliable, published sources, which are not materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed. Eight of the nine references which are cited are independent, reliable, published sources, which are not materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed. I would greatly appreciate any help you can give me. Pork chop tze (talk) 01:46, 3 July 2013 (UTC) Changi Budget TerminalHello, so I see you're a Singaporean Wikipedian. I was wondering: have you been to Changi within the last few months? How does the site of the now-demolished budget terminal look now? I used the Budget Terminal when I went to SG two years ago and since I haven't been back, I am unaware of how the area looks now. I can't even find recent pictures of the Budget Terminal site. Has there been new updates on the demolition and the site? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 11:11, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
Anime Festival AsiaThanks for answering my previous question. I have one more. Since you're Singapore based, are you familiar with a convention in SG called Anime Festival Asia? Is it promoted a lot on television and in the news? And is it relatively well known in the country? Thanks. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 11:25, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
Hello With reference to your rejection of my submission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Geevarghese_Mar_Philoxenos The person is very interesting and of high significance to the Malankara Indian Orthodox Church. I found it funny that exceptions for notability include Porn Stars and criminals and not pious individuals. Now given, the time of his life on earth, the print media was almost non existent and even what written records of his life are available are not available on the internet. I had reference 2 books which were written about him. I have also included some newspaper excerpts/clippings from a recent event where the church bestowed an honor on the late bishop, though there are no reference to those newspapers. whoever posted those, did a bad job. I have dug up as much as 1 possibly can on the net about the bishop. In the light of the above, it would be great if you could give the article a second look, perhaps if time permits, share a few pointers on what I can do to improve it more specifically. Thanks and appreciate your efforts to keep wikipedia honest!
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Gatoclass (talk) 00:03, 4 July 2013 (UTC) Disambiguation link notification for July 4Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Zeng Guo Yuan, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page City Harvest (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 10:37, 4 July 2013 (UTC) You've got mail!Hello, Bonkers The Clown. Please check your email; you've got mail!
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Message added 03:36, 8 July 2013 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. ✉→Arctic Kangaroo←✎ 03:36, 8 July 2013 (UTC) Saint Francis Veterinary CEnterHi Bonkers! We're trying really hard - we're getting a little bit of conflicting info, but we'll get it right! The prior editor sent a note that 'a little more work will do' and we used the wikipedia-recommended live chat to work with other editors to work on this. So we really are working hard to get you what you're looking for, please know that! Since you last reviewed it, we removed two sections entirely, we added a number of news articles, we got rid of the references to quantifiable documentation regarding 'accreditation' that the live chat people thought was fine and dandy but not NOTABLE - so we took those out. And we scrubbed words out like 'advanced' and 'state of the art' and references that could be construed as advertising. So we're getting there!
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Requesting elaborationHi, Can you elaborate the rejection of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Jainism and Hinduism? WP:NOTESSAY, which was provided, mainly talks about original research, however, as far as I understand, the article is certainly not an original research. I have only presented the information in the source. Any help in improving the article to be included in wikipedia would be highly appreciated. Thanks, Rahul Jain (talk) 07:52, 8 July 2013 (UTC) XenonHDCan you please explain to me how it sounds like an advertisement? i understand that it is my opinion, but an advertisement and informing are very similar. while informing informs, and advertisement is looking for compensation. i am not getting paid and neither is anyone related to xenonhd. this post is also very neutral and in no way biased. please let me know how to make it fall into the criteria. Thank you ~Cookie1203~ Viatcheslav MirilashviliHi Bonkers Thanks for reviewing my article. Everything in the article is factual and written to provide another piece to the story of VK - specifically one of its main founders and largest shareholder. Mirilashvili was an integral part of the company because of his investment...Why was it declined? Thanks, 72facts about notabilityDear Bonkers, thanks about your pay attention. but please guide me carefully about proving notability, as I've been confused about notability. thanks alot Enterprise architecture framework - history correctionAre you the person who just now removed my rewrite of the enterprise architecture framework history section? That rewrite is the result of several years discussion with people in the know. It corrected several errors and misleading statements in the previous version. It included references to several other Wikipedia pages, which back up the corrections made. And a reference to EA that predates the previous one by 5 years. How do I reinstate the better version of the history? How do I change it so that it does not get deleted again? Graham Berrisford DYK for Richard Eu
Gatoclass (talk) 00:03, 9 July 2013 (UTC) HanAnswered you [2] Awien (talk) 13:20, 9 July 2013 (UTC) My submission at Articles for creation: Muhlenberg Greene ArchitectsAs I am in the process of further researching the history of Muhlenberg Greene Architects, we are simultaneously updating our history on our company website, at http://mgarchitects-ltd.com/history. This information has been researched and cited to other outside sources within the Wikipedia article, but some information on the Wikipedia page will mirror the information found on the MGA history page. Is this okay? Do I need to cite the Wikipedia page on our company website? I'm not sure how to avoid this duplication of information, as I am simultaneously researching for both the website and Wikipedia article.
I noticed you declined (or as I prefer it: denied) my article. I just want you to help me improve my article so it can get accepted in Wikipedia. But first of all, I want to say that I think my article is notable. If you haven't looked at the reference of Berendo Middle School, please do. That's where I went to create the "History" section. If you read carefully, you'll see that one of the paragraphs talks about the naming of Berendo. If you have looked at that reference, then I assume that you thought it wasn't reliable. Next, I noticed you wrote: "Entried should be written from a neutral point of view. I believe I did. I wrote only about Berendo, not about something else. If you declined it for that reason, then I don't know. Then it says, "...and should refer to a ramge of independent, reliable, published sources." If you declined it for that reason, then I probably need to provide more sources and/or provide independent reliable published sources. Anyway that's all. I just need you to tell me where I went wrong and I'll see what I do about it. Thanks, 75.62.133.100 (talk) 22:31, 9 July 2013 (UTC) Ahem. I'm sorry, but If there's no response, then it means you won't help me or what? Wikipedia humph! 75.62.133.197 (talk) 18:19, 14 July 2013 (UTC) Sir, please help me! i Apologize about the "Wikipedia humph!" thing. It's just that I really want this article to be accepted so that's why I'm writing. Also, I've noticed that you haven't responded to the others who need your help yet. So I need you to respond to them as well. So let's take care of this now. 75.62.131.69 (talk) 00:38, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Other than that I need you to help me find references that discuss the roads in depth. Thanks, 75.62.131.69 (talk) 04:28, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
This is for not responding to my question so far. Don't make me assign a countdown phase. 75.62.134.122 (talk) 18:46, 25 July 2013 (UTC) Last week, someone tried to archive this discussion and leave the following comment; deleting the text from here caused the Edit Filter to go nuts, so you weren't given the message. This discussion has been moved into the archives file. You haven't responded to this message. Please respond. To find it, go to 75.62.135.134's talk page (link here: User talk:75.62.135.134). Click on "Archives of old discussions can be found here." It's right there! Please respond to this message. Complete diff is here, if you care. Nyttend (talk) 23:46, 31 July 2013 (UTC) You must use reliable sources, such as published books and mainstream press publications - I did exactly whats written in the Help:Referencing for beginners. Die Welt and Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar News are mainstream press publications in germany. Additionaly I added his biography from the German Football Association - a highly recommended and also the biggest football association of all country associations. What else do you need? Cr0kesselhaus (talk) 08:29, 10 July 2013 (UTC) Hi there- I'm not seeing gross NPOV violations on this article? Could you perhaps expand upon your concerns for the article's author? J Milburn (talk) 09:21, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
Don't steal my reviewsYou have just declined a few submissions after I had marked them as under review - please respect the tag that says someone else is already busy reviewing. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 09:23, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
Request for elaborationHi Bonkers, You recently declined the submission I wrote about British Businessman Michael Roderick Oliver on the grounds that the references do not adequately evidence the subject's notability. Thank you for the feedback. I just wanted to check you had been able to access the articles from two separate national UK newspapers that support the statements made in the article, and that you do indeed feel that this level of press coverage - as well as the regional coverage also cited - is insufficient as evidence of Mr Oliver's notability. Before submitting, I had looked at the live article for Steve Morgan of Redrow Homes - a businessman of a similar level http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Morgan_%28businessman%29. This page appeared to contain references of a similar standard to those in the piece I submitted. If not, please could you explain what distinguishes the two. If you could confirm that it is his lack of notability and not some technical issue with the references that is behind the rejection of the article I would be most grateful, as this will affect my decision as to whether to persevere with the submission. Thanks in advance, John Bowes 1983 (talk) 13:38, 11 July 2013 (UTC) Hi Bonkers, I'm still waiting for a response on the above. My question again - was my article rejected becuase its subject is not notable enough or becuase his notability was not supported by the references I provided? I'd appreciate your attention and guidance. Many thanks, John Bowes 1983 (talk) 16:28, 23 July 2013 (UTC) Can you readdress the situation, thanks.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 19:31, 11 July 2013 (UTC) I am trying to make the article more reach with all reliable contents and reference links. Please suggest me more. (Arifhasan23 10:39, 12 July 2013 (UTC)Arifhasan23) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arifhasan23 (talk • contribs) Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Smoka BowlBro, just FYI, I placed as "Under review" before you clicked the "Decline" button. But never mind already, I don't know how to review that. ✉→Arctic Kangaroo←✎ 10:44, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
AfC Alfreda Frances BikowskyWikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Alfreda_Frances_Bikowsky "Generally looks good, but the tone is slightly off and the sections read weird" What? Those are very minor points and completely unhelpful for improving the article up your standards. Please be more specific and more substantive. Mnnlaxer (talk) 13:53, 12 July 2013 (UTC) IRC office hours for wiki-mentors and Snuggle usersHi. We're organizing an office hours session with the Teahouse to bring in mentors from across the wiki to try out Snuggle and discuss it's potential to support mentorship broadly. The Snuggle team would appreciate it if you would come and participate in the discussion. We'll be having it in #wikimedia-office connect on Wed. July 17th @ 1600 UTC. See the agenda for more info. --EpochFail(talk • work), Technical 13 (talk), TheOriginalSoni (talk) 17:18, 12 July 2013 (UTC) Hello Bonkers The Clown, You declined my submission saying that "This submission's references do not adequately evidence the subject's notability." I cited to Showtime's website, a radio station website, and the reputable comedy site: Comedy Scene in Houston. Please recommend how to improve the submission. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheBrodenFirm (talk • contribs) 18:05, 12 July 2013 (UTC) You recently declined a proposed article with this boilerplate comment. "This submission appears to read more like an advertisement than an entry in an encyclopedia. Encyclopedia articles need to be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources, not just to materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed. This is important so that the article can meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy and the notability of the subject can be established. If you still feel that this subject is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, please rewrite your submission to comply with these policies." I edited the document slightly after this comment, but I don't want to waste your time resubmitting it if there are deeper flaws in it. My problem is that I don't understand clearly what sections you thought seemed like an advertisement. I asked an editor on the LiveChat session to look at it and they didn't see an issue with it. They suggested that I ask you directly. This is my first submission to Wikipedia and I have sincerely attempted to be neutral in tone. The subject in question is an academic and I have tried to be very straightforward about listing their academic works and establishing their notability. Pusat Tingkatan Enam MeragangYou have rejected our page for creation - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Pusat_Tingkatan_Enam_Meragang The reason you give is - "This submission's references do not adequately evidence the subject's notability" However, the guidelines state that schools are exempt from such a requirement. I agree the article is rather short at the moment but I hope it will be a collective effort from our community and therefore this is just the start. Verifcation has been given with the reference of the school's official website. Please advise how we can move forward with this. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cikgubrian (talk • contribs) 17:08, 13 July 2013 (UTC) I am surprised by the stated reason for the rejection. The sources cites are identical to its German language version. If not enough than German page is also not good and needs better reference. I will look for more English source later to improve page and resubmit. Was my English as submitted ok? 24.247.99.74 (talk) 04:37, 14 July 2013 (UTC) DYK nomination of Murder of Elsie LieHello! Your submission of Murder of Elsie Lie at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Rlendog (talk) 01:34, 16 July 2013 (UTC) AFCHi, Bonkers. I'm just a little bit concerned you have a whole bunch of unanswered questions from people trying to submit articles through the AfC process. Do you plan to address these? We're all grateful for your help in AfC reviews, but I'm concerned your seemingly nonchalant attitude isn't necessarily what we need, as I've seen the odd complaint come in (example one example two). Could I politely request that when somebody questions your rationale for accepting or declining a submission, that you answer it in a prompt and diligent manner, and keep an eye on the help desk for questions coming in about submissions? AfC has come under a lot of strong criticism over the past couple of days, and I'm keen to see the general quality of reviewing improve to try and address that. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 09:45, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I tagged this a few minutes ago as CSD#G12, as it is a copyvio of http://www.marinemammals.in/ and subpages of that site. The article was actually created yesterday as Sonic Classification of Marine Species of the Indian seas and deleted for the very same reason. I'm not sure why, but AFCBot removed the CSD tag just before you declined (yet again) this submission. However, copyvio is copyvio and cannot be allowed even in AFC space, so I guess this still should be speedied. You seem to be more familiar with AFC (I am not), so perhaps you jknow how to handle this. Thanks! --Randykitty (talk) 11:35, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
AfC (don't shoot the messenger)Hi, Bonkers, theonesean here. Just wanted to thank you for all your awesome work at AfC. That being said, PArnold, a new reviewer, made the following comment on a dicsussion thread in which I gave him advice on how to improve his article. Take a read.
Now, I don't know the full circumstances of this, and that's why I'm here. Do you have any recollection of this event? Could you fill me in as to the details? Thanks, theonesean 20:20, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
How to submit an article to revision after modification?I submitted my article "Automatic Systems" for the first time 10 days ago, unfortunately it was rejected so I modified the article and submitted it again. It was rejected again so I modified it one more time but now I cannot submit it to revision anymore and I don't know why...I already asked a question about my article problem on a talk page but no-one responded me...Please I really want to publish this article and I nedd help, thank you very much! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mmarraas (talk • contribs) 07:30, 17 July 2013 (UTC) You Didn't Even Read it did you?... Pfftt — Preceding unsigned comment added by Truth, reality and justice (talk • contribs) 09:13, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
I Have nothing to do with either subject but Algorythm BBC profile connects to the BBC profile of the subject I'm working on. The article can be expaded, however Notablity is established by having singles on a MAJOR LABEL. Plus Mainstream Media Broadcast and substancial Playlist eveidence, which is all missing from the Algorythm article. Thanks for your time Regards Truth, reality and justice (talk) 09:31, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
What Would Be The Point When You Claim subject is not notable when clearly the subject Meets The golden Rule requirments. If you think the article does not have a enough susstance you should decline for that reason and not for Notablity Issues, which is being done by many reviewrs to put authors off and control what they (The Reviewer) would personally like to apear on Wikki as accepted. Consistency is Highly important, these double standards lead speradic Wikkipedia with pathetic article being accepted like Algorithm's which has not established Notablity but has been accepted. Regards Truth, reality and justice (talk) 12:55, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
Tone?... That would be the tone in your Head... Problem now clealry established. Algorithm is not notable, where can I report? Reviewer should be banned, this is an abuse of Wikkipedia. No time for worrying about typos and spelling when the recipent is childishly wasting my time... Make my point as fast as I can, You mention My English Language with attempt as Belittlement of me personally, this is a clever distraction. You are clearly emotionally involved. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Truth, reality and justice (talk) 13:24, 17 July 2013 (UTC) Truth, reality and justice (talk • contribs) 13:18, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
I'm not going to publish articles I write myself, although it is clear that people like the author of the Algorithm article maybe getting away with such behaviour. I'm not comparing my article with others but rather attempting to highlight that there is an inconsitency in the reviewing process with regards to notablity. What is good for some ;) is clealry not good for the all and low quality Citations are being accepted on some articles and without establishing true notablity. I'm not connected to Pollock Personally, there is no evidence to suggest such a thing. I'm clearly passionate about my stance regarding inconcistent requirments for Golden rule. You say Wikki may not be for me, when it is supposed to be for everyone, for the benefit of everyone on the planet and is not supposed to be a social networking site / hangout where you can pretend to be cool and rack up some apprent status. Thanks for letting me know where I can report the article I'm finding upsetting. Truth, reality and justice (talk) 14:01, 17 July 2013 (UTC) Trouted
You have been trouted for not signing your post. Now, go enjoy your early fishy dinner. ✉→Arctic Kangaroo←✎ 09:46, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi Bonkers, I have a couple of questions regarding the submission you declined for NOW News. I understand that any submission to Wikipedia mustn't read like an advertisement but I fail to see how this does. We offer a very skeletal and abbreviated description of what the site is and its content within. Can you please shed some more light on where exactly you feel we are being slightly self-promoting? NOW News is a news portal that was previously on Wikipedia as NOW Lebanon which has since expanded to include news beyond Lebanon and this new page will serve to let readers know that we offer both local Lebanese as well as regional news. We didn't want to update the previous page because the brand has been completely redesigned and operates under a new name. Please let me know what specific changes need to be made, to which sections precisely to get this page online.--Rachedhaddad 11:14, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
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You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Your edit summaries on National Police Cadet CorpsPlip! Please don’t use such words in edit summaries. It made it seem as if you were on a random blanking spree. I see a dozen entries like this in RC. Do you think i would think yours is a valid edit if it looks like vandalism? � (talk) 11:34, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
I just noticed you added a speedy delete tag after an edit war. Apparently it is not done in good faith. Kindly behave like a civilised adult and do not abuse the good intentions of the system in wikipedia. And as for your claims that the entries are copied from the blog, did it ever come across your mind that the copying could have gone in the opposite direction? And just how "unique" do you expect a pledge or a list of units to be?--Huaiwei (talk) 14:39, 17 July 2013 (UTC) Articles for Creation: JoyouHi Bonkers, thanks for reviewing my submission Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Joyou. Following your advice, I have referenced additional sources since then. Unfortunately, my submission was declined again though. The recent reviewer was blocked for being a sockpuppet afterwards so I am unsure what to do. Would you have a look and give me some brief advice what I should probably change to meet your criteria for approval? Thanks a lot! Cheers, Pfandtasse (talk) 12:37, 17 July 2013 (UTC) StopI came here to give you some advice on how to interact better with Arctic Kangaroo (talk · contribs), on the basis that you called out a number of his bad AFC submissions and seemed like the more mature of the pair. Now I find you're belittling new editors and being generally uncivil. Stop it, now. People use AfC because they are new and need help. Wikilinking WP:OTHERCRAP, having a go at their spelling, and saying "Well now could you register my name in your brain's banks" is not acceptable. If you carry on, I predict either you, Arctic, or both will end up at WP:ANI, and I fear you will find it very difficult to untangle yourself from that situation. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 14:37, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
No, you've misunderstood what I was getting it at. Bonkers, please don't insult editors (I don't mean AK in this instance), edit war and add spurious CSD tags to articles. And both of you, please read WP:COMPETENCE - I'm particularly annoyed at AK declining Sarah Franscesca Green, who I believe is inherently notable per WP:PROF and both myself and Huon had been working with the article's creator on the Help Desk. I have already dealt with two submissions Bonkers has declined on the help desk and I see a third query has just come in a few minutes ago. I'm not surprised the two of you hate me, I'm a father of two and my kids don't like it when I tell them off, but I'm honestly not having a go at you as people, I'm just saying your work at AfC has caused problems, and as Mdann52 has already said, I urge the pair of you to just go and take a break from it all before things get any worse. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 15:20, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
General notes about AfC (I'm not the messenger this time)Bonkers, I know (by reading this page) that you're a jocular and funny guy. However, if you could be more direct and less jokey with the newbies who contact you about their articles, that would be awesome. Your (and all of our) purpose(s) at AfC is to help newbies write articles, and your joke-filled, indirect "nonsensical babble" isn't helping. If you want an example of how to deal with newbies well, check out Dodger67 (talk · contribs). He calmly and clearly explains what was wrong with the article and gave concrete steps to improve it. What you should do is, when a newbie, any newbie, contacts you about an article that was reviewed, you read their question or comment, and you respond. Calmly, civilly, and clearly. Give them links to essays and policy that pertains to their article and/or question. Give them advice on how to write better. Critique their article (nicely), and don't obfuscate the truth or make sarcastic remarks, because a lot of newbies are not familiar with Wikiculture and take things literally. Thank you. theonesean 17:45, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Chicken and duck blood soupHello! Your submission of Chicken and duck blood soup at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 01:48, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
Hello Bonkers. I hope you are doing fine. You have rejected my article titled " Wafiq Jizzini" saying that this person is not notable. I have reviwed the Military Notability Guide and this is what I got: In general, an individual is presumed to be notable if they have received significant coverage in multiple verifiable independent, reliable sources. In particular, individuals will almost always have sufficient coverage to qualify if they:
Wafiq Jizzini complies with points 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 9. In addition, my references are the Official Lebanese Army website and the Official Lebanese General Security Forces Website and two reputable newspapers. Moreover, Wafiq Jizzini has his name and signature on every Lebanese Passport Issued during the period when he was the Chief of General Security in Lebanon. Please advise what your opinion is. Thanks, 5.245.105.94 (talk) 08:38, 18 July 2013 (UTC)MJ
Disambiguation link notification for July 18Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited National Cadet Corps (Singapore), you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Cadet corps (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 11:42, 18 July 2013 (UTC) Declining AfC articles as "ads"Hi Bonkers, I noticed that you failed 1 of my AfC accepts with the reason that it read like an advert. I just wanna tell you that some of them that read like ads just have to be accepted, as it can't be helped. For one example, see Mike Feerick. Please reconsider the fail. Thanks. ✉→Arctic Kangaroo←✎ 14:37, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
Crime in Sri LankaHi there. I've done some more work on Crime in Sri Lanka based on the nom page comments. I removed the "War crimes" section and added a bullet for Alleged war crimes during the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War in the "See also" section, which has improved the 'balance' issue mentioned by an article reviewer. But the article still lacks a historical perspective and statistics, which, I think are necessary. I think the hook is unacceptable and have stated such on the nom page but I don't find anything hooky with the remaining content; perhaps you have an idea? As is, the reviewer finds the topic coverage to be patchy; I agree. I'd recommend either dealing with the recommendations or withdrawing the nomination because, as is, it's not promotable. Perhaps you'd like to comment at Template:Did you know nominations/Crime in Sri Lanka?--Rosiestep (talk) 15:15, 18 July 2013 (UTC) Page for Creation Review: Acharya Shri ChandanajiI created the page Acharya Shri Chandanaji that you reviewed. I am working on the 'peacock terms' and the desired formal tone but I also wanted to know if more than 10 sources are absolutely imperative for the article to go public since I have seen some articles that possess not even that. I have added a couple of more links to make sure it's reliable content but do let me know if more sources shall be needed. Thanks! And an early reply would be highly appreciated :) Anupriya19 (talk) 17:17, 18 July 2013 (UTC)Anupriya19 DYK for Murder of Darren Ng
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DYK nomination of Murder of Liu Hong MeiHello! Your submission of Murder of Liu Hong Mei at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! David Eppstein (talk) 05:54, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Submission of reviewed articleHello,
DYK for Benjamin Anderson (adventurer)
Orlady (talk) 00:03, 23 July 2013 (UTC) EditorReviewArchiver: Automatic processing of your editor reviewThis is an automated message. Your editor review is scheduled to be closed on 26 July 2013 because it will have been open for more than 30 days and inactive for more than 7 days. You can keep it open longer by posting a comment to the review page requesting more input. Adding Hi, I think you wrote the geological history paragraph for this article. Would you mind citing it, with a bit of work I think we could get this up to GA.--Gilderien Chat|List of good deeds 18:51, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
As an FYI I have nominated it for GA. If it isn't cited (and I'm looking for sources) I think your paragraph will have to go :/ --Gilderien Chat|List of good deeds 20:39, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
IcephobicityHello, Bonkers The Clown. Could you please provide a bit more specific commnets on why the article "Icephobicity" was rejected? The comments says: "This submission reads more like an essay than an encyclopedia article. Submissions should summarise information in secondary, reliable sources and not contain opinions or original research. Please write about the topic from a neutral point of view in an encyclopedic manner." However, the submission DOES summarize the secondary reliable sources (see references), DOES NOT contain opinions or original research and writes about the topic from a neutral point of view. Could you please provide more specifics on which parts of the article read more like an essay than an encyclopedia article? That would help a lot. I wrote and edited in the past articles for various encyclopedias and handbooks (e.g., Springer's Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology) and in my opinion this submission is in an encyclopedic manner. However, I am new in Wikipedia and may misunderstand standards here. So, if you could please provide more comments to me, that would be of great help. Thanks in advance for your help — Preceding unsigned comment added by Duchifat (talk • contribs) 08:20, 26 July 2013 (UTC) Death by coconutThanks for starting Death by coconut. I saw it at DYK and found it quite intriguing. I've become a bit obsessed with it, as you can see from my edits over the past day. If I've included or changed anything that you think is inappropriate, feel free to modify. If you find any other weirdly-interesting topics on which you would like to have a collaborator, feel free to drop me a note. Cbl62 (talk) 17:41, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
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The DYK project (nominate) 06:32, 27 July 2013 (UTC) Nomination of Animal furniture for deletionA discussion is taking place as to whether the article Animal furniture 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/Animal furniture until a consensus is reached, and anyone 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. teb00007 Talk • Contributions 14:44, 27 July 2013 (UTC) DYK for Death by coconut
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 07:19, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
CoconutsI left a link in my edit summary, but this one (page 207) makes it even more explicit. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:42, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
DYK nomination of TWG TeaHello! Your submission of TWG Tea at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Cambalachero (talk) 02:22, 29 July 2013 (UTC) DYK nomination of The Baby-RoastHello! Your submission of The Baby-Roast at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Northamerica1000(talk) 05:33, 29 July 2013 (UTC) DYK for Murder of Liu Hong Mei
Orlady (talk) 00:04, 30 July 2013 (UTC) DYK for Huang Zunxian
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 08:02, 30 July 2013 (UTC) Preciousdecay of fiction
WikiCup 2013 July newsletterWe're halfway through this year's penultimate round, and the competition is moving along well. Pool A's Sasata (submissions) currently leads overall, while Pool B's Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) is second. Both leaders are WikiCup veterans, and both have already scored over 600 points this month. If the round were to end today, Miyagawa (submissions), with 274 points, would be the lowest-scoring participant to make it through. This indicates that participants will need a score comparable to last year's (573, the highest ever) to qualify for the final. The high scores this year are a testament both to the quality of participants and to the increased focus on significant content (eligible for bonus points) in this year's competition. So far this round, both Sasata and Cwmhiraeth (submissions) have made up over half of their score through bonus points, with, for example, high importance FA koala earning Sasata a total of 440 points (from a multiplier of 4.4) and high-importance GA sea earning Cwmhiraeth a total of 216 points (from a multiplier of 7.2). Other articles on important topics submitted this round include a featured article on the Norman conquest of England by Ealdgyth (submissions), and good articles on Nobel laureate in literature Henryk Sienkiewicz, Nobel laureate in physics Hans Bethe, and the noted Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū. These articles are by Piotrus (submissions), Hawkeye7 (submissions) and Sturmvogel_66 respectively. Other than that, there is not much to report! If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:14, 31 July 2013 (UTC) My DYK? NominationI have responded to your comments and concerns about my DYK? nomination here -- Template:Did you know nominations/Jokichi Ikarashi. Please respond to me whenever you'll have a moment. Thank you very much. Futurist110 (talk) 04:37, 1 August 2013 (UTC) Incomplete DYK nominationHello! Your submission of Template:Did you know nominations/Bond 24 at the Did You Know nominations page is not complete; see step 3 of the nomination procedure. If you do not want to continue with the nomination, tag the nomination page with {{db-g7}}, or ask a DYK admin. Thank you. DYKHousekeepingBot (talk) 17:59, 2 August 2013 (UTC) AK?Hi Bonkers, I recently decided to take a wikibreak from my wikibreak and found AK appears to be blocked??? How did this happen? BTW, my CVUA training from him is still half-way through...! Hz. tiang 11:55, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
DYK nomination of TWG TeaHello! Your submission of TWG Tea at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 03:16, 4 August 2013 (UTC) Nomination of Death by ice cream for deletionA discussion is taking place as to whether the article Death by ice cream 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/Death by ice cream until a consensus is reached, and anyone 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.
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Alex ShihTalk 00:03, 5 August 2013 (UTC) DYK nomination of U Kyi MaungHello! Your submission of U Kyi Maung at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 21:16, 8 August 2013 (UTC) Biography stubsHi Bonkers. I noticed you just created a bunch of one sentence biography stubs (Felipe Checa, Torre Isunza, Eugenio Hermoso, Adelard Covarsí, Antonio Juez Nieto, etc.) with no refs, no cats, no interwiki links. Just a o n e s e n t e n c e a r t i c l e. I'm wondering why you would do that? --Rosiestep (talk) 04:31, 10 August 2013 (UTC)
I was just thinking of some ones like Juan Vespucio. Just a few sentences and sources to make it worthwhile having the stub. I'll try to help you flesh them out a bit today.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 08:16, 10 August 2013 (UTC) Ways to improve Wahidin SoedirohoesodoHi, I'm SmileBlueJay97. Bonkers The Clown, thanks for creating Wahidin Soedirohoesodo! I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Please add more information regarding Wahidin The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse. SmileBlueJay97 (talk) 09:42, 11 August 2013 (UTC) Some bubble tea for you!
More biography stubsHi Bonkers, I'm a little concerned about your recent article creation spree. I really have no idea what you would like with the series ''''{{subst:PAGENAME}}''' is now regarded as a National Hero of Indonesia, but I don't think it's a good idea, as they don't even provide basic information on the person, and only mention a single fact. There is also the series with ''''{{subst:PAGENAME}}''' is a Child Ballad which I don't think necessarily gives notability. Did you discuss this with anyone? Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 20:19, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
RE:PlotsThank you for your comment on my grammar. As I am short of time, I would like to concentrate on creating content, not worry about the 'was' or 'is' in the prose, although I admit that good grammar is somewhat important in a good article as well. The most pressing problem with this article now is not its grammatical problem- it is its lack of content. Also, if you feel the grammar is so "icky", simply change it yourself as it will not take up too much of your time. There is no need to post a message on the editor's talk page because this might discourage an editor whose command of English is not strong from adding useful content to Wikipedia. Please appreciate the fact that not everyone is as strong as you in their command of the English language. Do help them out instead. Best regards,--Lionratz (talk) 11:50, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
Anthony ChenPlease take a look at my comments on Template:Did you know nominations/Anthony Chen. violet/riga [talk] 19:53, 12 August 2013 (UTC) Bonkers The Clown, we moved your Teahouse host profileHello Bonkers The Clown! Thank you for being a host at the Teahouse. However, we haven't heard from you lately, so our bot has moved your Host profile from the host landing page to the host breakroom. No worries; you can always just and our bot will move your profile back. Editing any Teahouse-related page will do the same thing for you. If you would prefer not to receive reminders like this, you can unsubscribe here. Thanks for your help at the Teahouse! HostBot (talk) 03:50, 13 August 2013 (UTC) DYK for Crime in North Korea
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Alex ShihTalk 00:04, 15 August 2013 (UTC) Here's a treat...Remember that bald cap image? Though I was not actually in a bald cap for this (they took off my hair in post-production), I am a lead character in Deep Down. I shot my scenes back in September 2012 and it's only now nearing release. The Japanese directors loved me. Check this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbFBEjlKtpY Great fun. Schmidt, Michael Q. 10:08, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
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Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 15 August 2013 (UTC) A Barnstar for You!
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Alex ShihTalk 00:02, 28 August 2013 (UTC) DYK for La Promenade du sceptiqueHi Bonkers. Any chance you could take another quick look at the nomination for 'La Promenade du sceptique'? Thanks. Freikorp (talk) 01:40, 28 August 2013 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Zeng Guo YuanHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Zeng Guo Yuan you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by GA bot, on behalf of QatarStarsLeague -- QatarStarsLeague (talk) 18:17, 28 August 2013 (UTC) Oyster ice cream
WikiCup 2013 August newsletterThis year's final is upon us. Our final eight, in order of last round's score, are:
We say goodbye to eight great participants who did not qualify for the final: Piotrus (submissions), Figureskatingfan (submissions), ThaddeusB (submissions), Dana boomer (submissions), Status (submissions), Ed! (submissions), 12george1 (submissions), Calvin999 (submissions). Having made it to this stage is still an excellent achievement, and you can leave with your heads held high. We hope to see you all again next year. Signups are now open for the 2014 WikiCup, which will begin on 1 January. All Wikipedians, whatever their interest or level of experience, are warmly invited to participate in next year's competition. This last month has seen some incredible contributions; for instance, Cwmhiraeth's Starfish and Ealdgyth's Battle of Hastings—two highly important, highly viewed pages—made it to featured article status. It would be all too easy to focus solely on these stunning achievements at the expense of those participants working in lower-scoring areas, when in fact all WikiCup participants are doing excellent work. A mention of everything done is impossible, but here are a few: Last round saw the completion of several good topics (on the 1958, 1959 and 1962 Atlantic hurricane seasons) to which 12george1 had contributed. Calvin999 saw "S&M" (song), on which he has been working for several years, through to featured article status on its tenth try. Figureskatingfan continued towards her goal of a broad featured/good topic on Maya Angelou, with two featured and four good articles. ThaddeusB contributed significantly to over 20 articles which appeared on the main page's "in the news" section. Adam Cuerden continued to restore a large number of historical images, resulting in over a dozen FP credits this round alone. The WikiCup is not just about top-importance featured articles, and the work of all of these users is worthy of commendation. Finally, the usual notices: If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 05:16, 29 August 2013 (UTC) PukhtoonBonkers the Clown, has not heard about Pukhtoon. Pukhtoons are the tribal people living in Pakistan and Afghanistan. If you search on google you will find alot. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anwar.malak (talk • contribs) 04:55, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
DYK for Cristóbal Oudrid
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 12:02, 30 August 2013 (UTC) Template:Did you know nominations/U Kyi Maung; action neededSourcing is needed on the hook facts, and a rewritten hook is needed from you for this nomination; without these, it cannot be approved. Please visit the nomination as soon as possible, and take action accordingly. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:52, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Niggers in the White HouseHello! Your submission of Article at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! IronGargoyle (talk) 14:47, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Kovan double murderHello! Your submission of Kovan double murder at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 03:16, 1 September 2013 (UTC) DYK for Special Education (song)
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 2 September 2013 (UTC) AmericaThanks for catching "America". Here is a big Mac for you --->
Speedy deletion nomination of Fernán Sánchez de Badajoz
A tag has been placed on Fernán Sánchez de Badajoz requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), web content or organised event, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable. 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 "Click here to 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 removed 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. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, you can place a request here. Racklever (talk) 11:28, 3 September 2013 (UTC) I have no idea what you read that made you think this nomination had been approved; it was still waiting for a full review. (Victuallers had some odd idea that plot sections didn't count toward the 1500 requirement, and that's what was being discussed, but nothing else about that article was checked.) In future, if you think someone failed to enter an approval tick with their review, please post to their talk page and ask them to add it if it was accidentally omitted. There have been occasions when a tick was deliberately omitted because issues remained, or a review wasn't quite complete, and an inquiry helped get the review moving or the issues explained. (And, of course, others where the icon was added after the reminder was given.) Unless you do the review yourself, you shouldn't add the approval icon. BlueMoonset (talk) 14:11, 3 September 2013 (UTC) Joke answers at the Science Reference DeskHello. You recently posted on the Science reference desk. Jokes that do not answer questions with appropriate scientific references are not appropriate for the science reference desk on our encyclopedia. This is especially important when the question has not yet received any other answer, because it detracts from our ability to focus on the scientific question. Please feel free to contribute to the Reference Desk; humor is even welcomed; but jokes should not take away from the primary goal of answering scientific reference requests. If you don't like the type of focused discussion on the reference desks, there are many other places across the internet where the discussion is less topic-focused. Nimur (talk) 14:38, 3 September 2013 (UTC) DYK for Jungle Moon Men
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 4 September 2013 (UTC) About writing and polishing GAsOf your Singapore-related DYKs, only Ah Boys to Men and Zeng Guo Yuan are potential GAs. However, both have significant prose and organisation issues, which for the latter, affect BLP compliance. Your other DYKs are not properly fleshed out. There is a lot that you need to learn about GA writing, before you can polish potential GAs written by others. Feel free to seek guidance from Jacklee and me. --J.L.W.S. The Special One (talk) 10:08, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
A challenge for you!Here is a list of 10 DYK articles (7 by Sengkang, 3 by AngChenrui) about buildings in Singapore. Rank them by how close they are to GA status. Explain your ranking with reference to how the articles fall short of the GA criteria. Take your time.
--J.L.W.S. The Special One (talk) 16:05, 4 September 2013 (UTC) Your challenge is humbly accepted. After much deliberation, here is my personal ranking:
Conclusion: The DYK reviewers were not so "sticky" in the past. Remember that in general, every paragraph needs to have at least one citation. Personally I think none of them deserve a GA status except for Gallery Hotel and TripleOne. Needs great polishing. ☯ Bonkers The Clown \(^_^)/ Nonsensical Babble ☯ 09:03, 5 September 2013 (UTC) DYK for The Lone Wolf and His Lady
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 5 September 2013 (UTC) DYK for Devil Goddess
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 6 September 2013 (UTC) DYK for Last Frontier Uprising
The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 6 September 2013 (UTC) DYK for Bigger Hair
The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 7 September 2013 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Richard Benjamin HarrisonHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Richard Benjamin Harrison you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of PrairieKid -- PrairieKid (talk) 16:53, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
Repost of Valeria Lukyanova A tag has been placed on Valeria Lukyanova requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia, because it appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion process. If you can indicate how it is different from the previously posted material, contest the deletion by clicking on the button that looks like this: which appears inside of the speedy deletion (
DYK for Alan Chan
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 10 September 2013 (UTC) Orphaned non-free media (File:Tan Boon Sin.jpg)Thanks for uploading File:Tan Boon Sin.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media). If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Werieth (talk) 02:43, 10 September 2013 (UTC) Orphaned non-free media (File:Elsie lie.jpg)Thanks for uploading File:Elsie lie.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media). If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Werieth (talk) 02:49, 10 September 2013 (UTC) Nomination of Valeria Lukyanova for deletionA discussion is taking place as to whether the article Valeria Lukyanova 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/Valeria Lukyanova (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone 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. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:00, 10 September 2013 (UTC) DYK Nomination Murder BayHello Bonkers the Clown (I side with your father apparently), I see that you're somewhat active on the DYK section. And I'd like some feedback on the DYK section nomination I added for Murder Bay. How did I do? Is it likely to come to pass? What can I do differently? McKay (talk) 13:59, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
Disambiguation link notification for September 11Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Fury of the Congo, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Congo (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 11:01, 11 September 2013 (UTC) Yeah, I don't know. Perhaps my Uncle is busy, perhaps he's disenchanted with Wikipedia. He drops by occasionally, but the place is better off with him than without him. Every now and then I see his name popping up in some archive, in a complicated deletion or copyright discussion--his comments from years and years ago still make a lot of sense. I don't know the man personally; perhaps he's an old crank, but if he is, he has a wonderful sense of humor and has devoted a lot of time and energy to the betterment of our project. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 15:21, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
DYK for Red Obsession
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 13 September 2013 (UTC) DYK for Allen Law
The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 13 September 2013 (UTC) Hello, where do you want to see the extra comma? Tito☸Dutta 12:45, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
DYK for Cannibal Attack
The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 15 September 2013 (UTC) DYK for Niggers in the White House
The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 16 September 2013 (UTC) Niggers in the White House
So what's the deal, then, with No N*ggers, No Jews, No Dogs, which you created days after closing this discussion? — Scott • talk 14:57, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
Auriora IslandSeriously? No references, no categories? GiantSnowman 11:29, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
DYK nomination of The Lost Tribe (1949 film)Hello! Your submission of The Lost Tribe (1949 film) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! —Vensatry (Ping me) 18:12, 16 September 2013 (UTC) Speedy deletion nomination of Ndrova IslandHello Bonkers The Clown, I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Ndrova Island for deletion, because it seems to be inappropriate for a variety of reasons. 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. Catverine (talk) 20:40, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
I have unreviewed a page you curatedHi, I'm Catverine. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Bonvouloir Islands, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you. Catverine (talk) 20:41, 16 September 2013 (UTC) I have unreviewed a page you curatedHi, I'm Catverine. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Brumer Islands, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you. Catverine (talk) 20:42, 16 September 2013 (UTC) Speedy deletion nomination of Bagaman IslandHello Bonkers The Clown, I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Bagaman Island for deletion, because it seems to be inappropriate for a variety of reasons. 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. Catverine (talk) 20:43, 16 September 2013 (UTC) I have unreviewed a page you curatedHi, I'm Catverine. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Conflict Group, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you. Catverine (talk) 20:45, 16 September 2013 (UTC) DYK for The Notorious Lone Wolf
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 18 September 2013 (UTC) Disambiguation link notification for September 18Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that you've added some links pointing to disambiguation pages. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.
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Much appreciated. Although the postage was delivered a tad late, it still sure is heartwarming to be recognised. Cheers! ☯ Bonkers The Clown \(^_^)/ Nonsensical Babble ☯ 09:56, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
Well done!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:40, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
Can you suggest a notable female Singaporean who has yet to see her own article? Also any and all notable structures, shopping malls, etc. are interesting to me. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:34, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
DYK for Voodoo Tiger
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 20 September 2013 (UTC) DYK for Young Eagles (film)
The DYK project (nominate) 08:04, 20 September 2013 (UTC) Recent Good Article nominations of your film articlesBonkers The Clown, I noticed that One Dangerous Night, which is requiring a fair amount of work to achieve DYK standard, has been nominated for Good Article status. Just by looking at it, I can assure you that the article is miles away from being a GA. The plot, an appropriate length, is over half the total length of the article, the production section is mostly a list in prose form of who did what, and the Release section references a couple of sources with virtually no content from them. This is a Start-class article, and would need a fair amount of expansion to bring it up to C-class level. I recommend that you look at other GA film articles to see the structure, quantity and quality of information included, and so on—if you believe that the article is ready to be a Good Article, then you need to better understand just what a Good Article entails. I am requesting that you withdraw this article as a GA nominee, and also the nominations of the five other films you've nominated that follow this structure: The Notorious Lone Wolf, Devil Goddess, Fury of the Congo, Voodoo Tiger, and Killer Ape (film). (You can withdraw by simply deleting the "GA nominee" template from the article's talk page.) Although a better article, the nomination of The Medico of Painted Springs is unlikely to succeed unless it is given major additions; I'd put the article at a C-class level, currently, and though it is clearly superior to the others I would nevertheless suggest (rather than request) you withdraw it as well. If you still want to pursue it, I won't stop you. One example: the paragraphs on reception need much more depth. They also need to be internally consistent: You first state that the film received mixed contemporary reviews, and then quote only one, which is negative. The statement has to be reflected in the examples given. BlueMoonset (talk) 13:45, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
Look at my recent City Lights and The Haunting (1963 film) for what is expected. I strongly suggest that you withdraw them all from GAN, even Medico.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:13, 21 September 2013 (UTC) DYK for Killer Ape (film)
The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 22 September 2013 (UTC) DYK for The Medico of Painted Springs
The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 22 September 2013 (UTC) Lee Bee WahWell that was fun and I learned something about a Singaporean politician! Thanks for inviting me on this one. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:14, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
DYK for One Dangerous Night
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 23 September 2013 (UTC) Admin noticeboard about your userpage coming up in search resultsHello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. See WP:AN#Barak "Magic Nigga" Obama OSborn arfcontribs. 16:10, 23 September 2013 (UTC) Pawn Stars UK DYK reviewHello! Your submission of Pawn Stars UK at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! DYK for The League of Frightened Men (1937 film)
The DYK project (nominate) 20:04, 23 September 2013 (UTC) DYK for The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
The DYK project (nominate) 04:19, 24 September 2013 (UTC) DYK for The Lost Tribe (1985 film)
The DYK project (nominate) 12:33, 24 September 2013 (UTC) DYK for Valeria Lukyanova
The DYK project (nominate) 12:34, 24 September 2013 (UTC) DYK nomination of Charles Chan (businessperson)Hello! Your submission of Charles Chan (businessperson) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 15:17, 24 September 2013 (UTC) BlockedI have just indefinitely blocked this account for trolling; if you want to appeal this block, please use the
This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).
Bonkers The Clown (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log)) Request reason: Salvio Giuliano has unfortunately let his anti-racism/trolling values cloud his thinking. Me, a troll? Sure, a troll who has faithfully been with the rest of Jimbo's team for 2 years. A troll who has been slogging out some 300 odd decent articles, 150 odd DYKs, and 2 GAs. 2 years of good faith, overshadowed by some sad accusations of me being a racist/troll. I'm not a racist, and what our dear Italian admin had done is quoting out of context. And furthermore, I did accommodate to early requests, which I deemed as very reasonable. Before the block was, without consensus, dished out, I had already stopped being "silly". But no, Salvio disregarded that. I thank those who defended my position at AN, such as The Devil's Advocate and Paul B, not being foolishly swayed by mentions of me saying "nigger". For those who blindly chastised me, perhaps you should deepen your shallow thinking. May the reviewing admin have prudence. If I am unblocked, I will continue editing as usual. Om namaste. ☯ Bonkers The Clown \(^_^)/ Nonsensical Babble ☯ 10:37, 25 September 2013 (UTC) Decline reason: You have not recognised that your conduct has been problematic. You have given little assurance that the conduct will not be repeated in the future. You have attacked the blocking admin. And you are still using the problematic n-word. Your request for unblock is declined. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 12:27, 25 September 2013 (UTC) If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.
Some adviceI am sad, but not at all surprised at this turn of events. I warned you this would happen, Bonkers. AK is indeffed, and now you are as well. Go and have a look at that discussion on AN carefully. Before you said anything, consensus was against a topic ban. It went the other away to you being blocked principally because of your own conduct. As Moe Epsilon rightly said, "If I am unblocked, I will continue editing as usual." has a pretty much 100% guarantee of your unblock request being declined. As Yunshui also said, you will not get unblocked until you acknowledge that you did something wrong. Your next unblock request should explicitly acknowledge :
If you can't manage that, then I'm afraid your Wiki career is over and I wish you well with whatever else you choose to do. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 13:25, 25 September 2013 (UTC) Please reconsiderI came by to notify Bonkers a comment I left at his DYK nomination, but was shocked by the dramatic turn of events. I've had some limited interactions with Bonkers at DYK and have been impressed by his prolific contributions. I never noticed until now that he had an unhealthy fascination with the n-word. It is truly deplorable, but I also find the punishment (indef block) unduly severe, considering the fact that people living in countries with little black population are not always aware how offensive the n-word is. In fact, the only place where they're likely to hear the word is probably Hollywood movies, in which it is commonly used by black people among themselves in an affectionate manner. Considering how much contribution Bonkers has made to Wikipedia, I think he deserves a chance to redeem himself, on the condition that he fully recognizes the severity of the issue. As Yunshui has suggested above, I think an indefinite topic ban on race-related topics would be appropriate. -Zanhe (talk) 21:19, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
Unblock request 2
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Bonkers The Clown (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log)) Request reason: Alright folks. Shall I try again? I have undergone extensive self-reflection and pseudo-enlightenment, I have attained. To the dear reviewing admin, I promise to: * refrain from using all noticeboards, especially AN and ANI, and stick to writing articles. In all honesty, when writing the Niggers in the White House article, I just wanted to notch up the page view statistics. As simple as that. I did not have any racist agenda. I was inspired by the The Negro Motorist Green Book, which unsurprisingly made its way up to the top of DYKSTATS. However, seeing the unnecessary trouble this has caused, I shall no longer write any controversial race-related articles, i.e. anything with Niggers or Negroes in its title. I shall no longer use the term "Nigger" in talk pages unnecessarily, unless the context asks for me to do so. * note that in the fabulous US of A and elsewhere in the world, "niggers" is unanimously deemed as a extremely pejorative term. What I did was pushing the envelope too far. I remorsefully admit that I was wrong. I ask for a second chance, instead of a agonising indef block. I sincerely apologise to everyone who has felt offended by my actions. May He bless ye. I hope that you will also consider my constructive two years' worth of contributions here. Thank you. I hereby sign off, ☯ Bonkers The Clown \(^_^)/ Nonsensical Babble ☯ 07:43, 26 September 2013 (UTC) Accept reason: See below — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 10:38, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
I don't want this troll ever using the word "nigger" on this site ever again. Or "coon". Or coming within cooie of anything to do with race, especially in article space. Never mind the
Bonkers,
--Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 09:40, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
UnblockingBonkers the clown, I will shortly be unblocking your account. In light of your extensive contributions here, most editors would like you to have another chance. Any return to the controversial, provocative and disruptive actions that triggered this incident will be met by swift reblocking. In addition you have committed yourself to the following restrictions:
These may be appealed to the adminstrators' noticeboard after six months. Welcome back — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 10:35, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
So if Bonkers wanted to assist our group with an article on a Papua New Guinean language or ethnic group he can't because he's somehow a racist and must be banned at all costs from race-related articles because what, he'll implant racial hatred into it? Sorry I really don't understand the topic ban, this seems to have created rather a mess which is unnecessary. Creating articles like No Niggers, No Jews, No Dogs and using terms related to race on wikipedia is never a good idea, but Bonkers has a history of creating interesting and quirky articles but never to my knowledge would he ever insert non encyclopedic or offensive material into an article. I agree with him not using such words again and not creating articles which some might find racially offensive but to ban him from all race-related articles, given that he has a great legitimate record of content creation doesn't seem appropiate. If he wanted to do some work on African ethnic groups (badly needed on here) he can't (even though his work would undoubtedly be fine and beneficial to wikipedia?). He deserves another chance IMO to not do this sort of again. He should be free to edit any article he chooses, provided that he continues to do the work that he does, but I think a warning that if he ever does anything like this again he'll be blocked indefinitely would suffice. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:11, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
A bunch of people here have concluded that Bonkers is some sort of vicious racist who'll carry his purported racial agenda into articles when from what I can see it basically comes down to a lack of maturity and sense. Can I also point out that Bonkers is not White British or American he's from Singapore and it is possible that he isn't well-accustomed to what Americans and Brits find super offensive and our culture. I think he is likely aware that a lot of people are offended by words like "nigger", but I think it comes down to a lack of judgment/awareness of how he is perceived and a maturity issue rather than him having some serious racial agenda. It probably seemed humorous to him, rather than intending to be seriously offensive.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:25, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
I think the sum of his work to date makes it very clear that he isn't really a true troll, and if you think he is, you clearly have little experience of him and what he does here. Yes, I think Bonkers thought it was funny to create controversial sounding articles and childishly enjoyed seeing the community overreact and slap the cuffs on him which could be interpreted as trolling, but when it comes down to it, I think he knows when he's crossed the line and would rather continue to edit here. To block him indefinitely over something like this would be a serious lack of judgement in encyclopedic terms. He doesn't exactly do this sort of thing daily does he and if you really examine his contributions, 99% of what he does here is constructive. He's a young lad who still lacks maturity over certain things, but that doesn't make him a troll who has a habit of provoking reactions from people. A quick "stop being an idiot, you can't make light of race here and get away with it, grow up" should suffice rather than an indefinite block or even a topic ban.... ♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:05, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
Well, I think Rosie's message below rings true, and he seems more responsive to her.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:08, 27 September 2013 (UTC) DYK for Breeze Barton
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:18, 25 September 2013 (UTC) The article Breeze Barton has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
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A message to Bonks from RosieHey there. We've got a mess here. Please reflect on the situation and take as long as you need before you make a decision on how you want to move forward as a wikipedia editor. I hope you decide to stay clear of the pesky word(s), and pesky articles with pesky words, and perceived trolling. I hope you decide to keep writing interesting, challenging articles. I hope you find positive ways to rack up page views. But at the end of the day, when all is said and done, you're in control of your wikipedia future. The choice is yours. Best, --Rosiestep (talk) 01:48, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
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