User talk:DrVogel

Hi! Please leave any messages below. You're more than welcome to contact me if you disagree with any of my edits! Absolutely nothing is set in stone, and I'm always keen and excited to discuss any topics :)

However, I will ask that you please observe WP:GOODFAITH, WP:CIVIL and WP:DONTBITE.

Thanks!!

DrVogel (talk) 20:22, 4 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A suggestion to join hands to rebuild WikiProject Squash

Hi, I recently noticed that you have been contributing related to squash related articles and your recently created article about a professional squash player, Nathan Lake. So I am interested to ask you whether you would like to create more articles related to squash and your contributions will be crucial to uplift our WikiProject Squash and I recommend you to add your name in our WP Squash Participants list. Thanks for your valuable contributions and happy editing. Abishe (talk) 02:42, 17 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, one thing that I'm worried about is the issue of notability. For example, how low in the world ranking can you go, and the player is still notable? Or does it depend on something else? Do you know? DrVogel (talk) 02:55, 17 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@DrVogel: The squash players who have managed to compete in PSA World Tour, World Squash Championships are eligible for notability criteria especially you can help to turn red link biographies to blue who have played in more recent tournaments like 2017 PSA World Tour and 2018 PSA World Tour as your article relating to the squash player Nathan Lake has also competed in such events. Abishe (talk) 14:41, 17 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

So you reckon that, just by virtue of having played in a PSA tournament, players are automatically notable? I mean, not that I disagree, I actually agree with that, and I don't mind working on those articles. My only fear is that some people might question the notability. DrVogel (talk) 17:53, 17 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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SEMMENDINGER (talk) 18:36, 17 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
I noticed your great enthusiasm for Wikipedia by your valuable great contributions especially to the WikiProject Squash. You made your Wikipedia debut in 2018 and I have noticed you have written more than 300 articles with over 2000 edits, which is a phenomenal achievement by anyone in a short period of time. You are a really good find for our WikiProject Squash and you have contributed immensely with your great determination in turning the red link biographies into blue links. The credit goes to you as you have surpassed me and surprised me with your talents. Yes, some of your articles were proposed for deletion by others though your articles were really notable enough. I just gave you a suggestion to write articles related to 2017 PSA World Tour, 2018 PSA World Tour and you did it smartly. Fantastic effort from you and I wish you to write more articles. Happy editing! Abishe (talk) 09:07, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Abishe (talk) 09:26, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Abishe (talk) 14:25, 1 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

WP Squash

I agree with you as it shows that you need some time to create articles (like the red linked PSA tours) which require maximum efforts. Yes I really encourage you to create more squash biographies at this time, as you will become one of the experienced Wikipedians in our project after some time. Golden Open and North Shore Open are some of your attempts to create squash tours like these and I appreciate your efforts in attempting these tasks within a short span as a member of WikiProject Squash.

Some of the articles that I created related to squash in recent times

As I was focusing mainly on creating categories including English male squash players which was not available as it created gender confusions as the male squash players from England were previously categorised under English squash players. Abishe (talk) 14:36, 1 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I've had a look at those 4, they look pretty solid!
Yes, I think it's good to have 2 separate categories, sometimes it can be confusing. Also as male and female players never mix in professional competitions, they're effectively playing 2 different sports in practical terms. So I completely support your idea. So in all the biographies I've created, I've always used the male and female categories, but in some of them, some editors have removed the genders from the categories. It's not a huge problem though. Dr. Vogel (talk) 18:03, 1 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@DrVogel: I have noticed that Jmax, an editor who has been updating squash related articles from 2011 but has been editing articles pity rarely. The particular user hasn't created any articles but has been updating and improving squash related articles especially updating templates including Template:Top ten French female squash players and has created categories of various nationalities (of both male and female genders). If we can encourage him to create PSA World Tour seasons which are in red link, that would be great. Abishe (talk) 03:22, 3 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I've noticed him as well. Seems like a nice guy. Dr. Vogel (talk) 03:25, 3 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to join Women in Red

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Dihybrid cross

This edit was made by Wulverophag, a sock of globally banned user Yahadzija. The reversion is part of the ban enforcement and, per WMF policy, should not be undone. Эlcobbola talk 15:57, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ah ok, I didn't know that user was banned. Question then: what do you do with good edits done by a banned user? Dr. Vogel (talk) 16:14, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I understand the WMF's position to be that editors in good standing may add the content themselves, thus taking responsibility for it, so long as it does not become the case that they are a de facto proxy. This generally also needs to be balanced with notion that the "short term" (WP:NODEADLINE) absence of a given edit is, in the bigger picture, far less disruptive than long term abuse from the implicit encouragement/enabling of ban violations by allowing such edits to remain. Эlcobbola talk 17:01, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Ah ok, cool, thank you very much for taking the time to explain! Dr. Vogel (talk) 17:30, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Redirects

Hey DrVogel, just went through a couple hundred of your redirects, thank you for your contributions to the encyclopedia! Almost all of them looked good, I only have 2 which I skipped (for now). Sacastene: I cannot find the reason for this redirect, as it's not listed in the article. I also find Gillams (disambiguation) to be an unnecessary redirect as it seems like someone unfamiliar with Wikipedia wouldn't be that specific in their search habits. Wondering your thoughts on these two before I review them. SEMMENDINGER (talk) 04:10, 9 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Semmendinger! I looked at my watchlist today and you'd gone through literally hundreds of items, I can't thank you enough for all your work and also for your support!!
Sacastene is an interesting one. Normally what I do before I touch an article is I spend as much time as I can reading related articles to understand what I'm doing the best I can. And when I was doing that, I found this: Sigal, Sakastan, where Sakastan is referred to as "Sacastene". So it occured to me that somebody might be looking for Sakastan by that ancient name mentioned there.
That is a good enough reason, but I wondered if there was more to it than that.
In particular "Sacastene" looks to my eye like a transliteration from Greek, so I kept searching and I found that the Greek name was Σκαστηνή, hence the -ene at the end (eta + nu + eta). This name seems to still be present in modern versions of the name in languages that descend from Greek via Latin, such as in Catalan (e.g. I also found the main name used for the main article on this Wikipedia: ca:Sacastene).
And there's one more reason still: it wouldn't hurt to have a redirect with a c, because all other references to Sakastan are spelled with a K, but if you put yourself in the shoes of a person that speaks a language where the letter K is almost never used (Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, Romanian, Catalan, etc) you might accidentally search using a C instead of a K because the letter K is not very prominent in your head.
I know this is a hell of a lot of thought to have been put into one little redirect, but I normally try to be as meticulous as I can before I touch anything!!
Behind Gillams (disambiguation) there is an entirely different (and much simpler, I promise) reason. In principle, I agree with you 100% that it's unnecessary. However, there seems to be some kind of policy about these things, because I've spotted people working on this type of thing before. I'll explain: if you look at Gillam (not Gillams), and you go to "what links here", you will see that there is a Gillam (disambiguation) redirect pointed to it. When I saw that, my first reaction was "what the hell is this?". But then I noticed that that redirect was created by a bot doing a task that it was programmed for, so I thought there may be more to it. And then I remembered people pointing this out to me before. So what it is, is there seems to be something called "intentional links to disambiguation pages", whereby if you link to, for example, Gillam, and being that Gillam is a disambiguation page, you link to it indirectly through Gillam (disambiguation) to make it obvious that you are intentionally linking to a disambiguation page. And then I was wondering why. And then I realised that that could often be the case when disambiguation pages point to each other. And that is the case with Gillam and Gillams. Both are disambiguation pages, but none of them have " (disambiguation)" in the title. So when I created Gillams I added reciprocal links to and from Gillam. And then I remembered about that policy/pattern that I'd spotted before, so I created Gillams (disambiguation) and used that redirect to link indirectly to Gillams from Gillam and I used the already existing bot-generated Gillam (disambiguation) to link indirectly to Gillam from Gillams. I did that because that would save people the work of having to make that change themselves to comply with policy. I always try to avoid throwing unnecessary work at other people.
Hope this helps!! And thanks again for all your work and your very kind support at the related discussion. Dr. Vogel (talk) 17:02, 9 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
You rock. Seriously, thanks for the great write-up answering my questions. I can tell you put a lot of effort into your edits which is why it was a no-brainer to back you up at that RfD. I'll mark those other pages as patrolled now! SEMMENDINGER (talk) 17:32, 9 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

tag

Hey can you pls label references number 18,24 and 29 on this page. [1] Thanks! (45.116.233.7 (talk) 02:03, 10 March 2018 (UTC))[reply]

Hi, do you mean label as in fill in? Dr. Vogel (talk) 02:19, 10 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Abishe (talk) 12:16, 26 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much! Dr. Vogel (talk) 13:43, 26 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A suggestion for collaboration with you for upcoming CWG

Hi DrVogel, I am proud to have been cooperated with you earlier in creating squash biographical articles who have taken part in every editions of the PSA World Tour. Not only in squash related articles, you have done a phenomenal job in creating anthroponnomy related lists. Keep up your good work and I didn't want to disturb you in recent days as I was busy in updating biographies in the recently concluded 2018 Winter Paralympics. But I ask you a suggestion as we have chances to create squash biographies for the upcoming 2018 Commonwealth Games as squash is always been a key sport as a part of the Commonwealth Games in last 5 recent CWG Games. As squash is not an Olympic sport, we don't have that burden and we can assume the sport of squash as a standard game according to Commonwealth Games. As you know, squash biographies pass notability guidelines if they play in PSA World Tour and there are chances that new players would compete in squash events during the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Remember that until they compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, we should not create those red linked bios due to WP:NOLY. Abishe (talk) 12:36, 26 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks for your kind words and for your help.
Yes, I agree with you 100% that we should work on this. You can ping me as soon as the players become notable and I'll be happy to start writing :) Dr. Vogel (talk) 13:43, 26 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2018 Commonwealth Games

Hi I am excited to work with you in creating articles for the upcoming Commonwealth Games which will commence on the 4th of April and squash events are held from 5th of April to 15th of April. I will tell you more things about this on the coming days. I hope that squash players who certainly make their debut at events like Commonwealth Games are notable enough (most of them would be professional squash players) and squash players who are participating currently in the 2018 PSA World Tour are most likely to participate in the competition. I think this is one of the ways and opportunities that we can help to successfully run our WikiProject Squash. Your help is much appreciated and I guess other squash oriented editors will also certainly help us here. Abishe (talk) 16:42, 2 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Focusing on former professional squash players

Tommy Berden, Anthony Graham (squash player), Tom Walsh (squash player), Lewis Doughty are few of my most recent squash biographies that I have created. But I also wanted to say you that English Wikipedia lack numerous amounts of professional squash player lists who have retired from playing in international level with gaining a lot of reputation. Especially we don't have much biographical articles in English Wikipedia who have been part of PSA World Tour in like 2000, 2001 etc but other language Wikipedias have them. I also devoted sometime towards creating the former professional squash players and also I often prefer to gain the help of other language Wikis in doing this task. I understood the fact that German and French Wikipedia contain articles related to the former professional squash players from different nationalities.

For example I noticed that Tommy Berden an article that I created today is a well known former Dutch professional squash player and he is currently serving as the Chief commercial officer of the Professional Squash Association as well as the Chief Executive Officer of Women's Squash Association. The articles were alrady written in both German and French languages and I referred to them before creating it. Like these we may miss major squash biographical articles in our English language Wikipedia. Abishe (talk) 16:42, 2 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Those articles look amazing, great work! How do we find those guys? Dr. Vogel (talk) 01:04, 3 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Abishe (talk) 04:33, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Abishe (talk) 04:54, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

About the deleted article Squash Australia: why it was deleted, and what to do next

Hi DrVogel, and thank you for your message on my talk page.

I agree that the article should exist for all the reasons you gave. I have looked at the deleted talk page, and deleted it despite those comments.

The reason it was deleted was that it contained text that was clearly copied and pasted from the Squash Australia website when the article was created in 2012. The edits after that were formatting and other tidy-ups that didn't fix that problem.

I did consider rolling it back to the "last good version". Unfortunately there was no "last good version".

OK, we've identified the problem, now lets look for solutions.

  1. An undeletion request would not be accepted, as the content was a copyright violation
  2. A move into your "userspace" request would not be accepted, as the content was a copyright violation
  3. Simply start the article again, using your own words and citing reliable third-party references

Please let me know if you have any questions about this, or anything at all about editing the English language Wikipedia. Pete AU aka --Shirt58 (talk) 10:32, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, as long as you're aware that I did not create the original article and therefore I have nothing to do with the copyright infringement.
I only found out that somebody wanted to delete that article because I have it on my watchlist along with many other pages, as I am a very active contributor to squash-related articles.
I have done as you said and created a new article with different content and proper sources. You would be welcome to contribute to it if you want. Dr. Vogel (talk) 12:23, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Reporting User:Maczkopeti

I think the time has come to report User:Maczkopeti for ongoing and comprehensive vandalism. Would you be willing to do it, seeing as I am now under attack at User talk:Libhye#Reversions of other users? Libhye (talk) 00:48, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You are not under attack, I was questioning you about blind reverts and stalking other users. Don't make such personal attacks against others. Jumping into calling other's edits vandalism and apparently my queries as attacks is not assuming good faith. Canterbury Tail talk 12:38, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry you're so worked up about my referring to your attack as an attack; your first message said my edits appeared to be vandalism and stalking and threatened to have me blocked, and that's an attack in my book. I suggest you get better at assuming good faith yourself before accusing others of not being good enough at it. I've explained on my talk page why Maczkopeti's edits are a clear case of vandalism. Libhye (talk) 21:14, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I would definitely be willing to be part of a report, I think other people might want to be co-reporters as well, from what I've seen at Maczkopeti's talk page over the last few months.
I'm just really really worried about useful information being removed from articles, I think that's really harmful. Dr. Vogel (talk) 12:55, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Wanless (disambiguation)

I've reviewed Wanless (disambiguation). Thanks for creating it. Do take note of the changes Gorthian helpfully made, per MOS:DABPRIMARY and MOS:DABNOENTRY. Bennv3771 (talk) 04:11, 24 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas to you and good luck for 2019

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Isn't Faruki Farooq ?

Xx236 (talk) 10:39, 18 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi :) I think there are 3 differences:
  • this one is Turkish, whereas that other one is Arabic
  • they're spelled differently, and that's because the article about the Arabic one covers all the possible transliterations of the Arabic name, whereas this one is a Turkish name and as such it's spelled pretty much as is
  • this one is a surname (because of the i at the end), whereas the other one is a given name
I think the Farooq article should probably be split into 2 linked articles really. I'm not sure we can justify having "Farooq" and "Farooqi" in the same article. We typically only do that when the name and surname are actually spelled the same. What do you reckon? Dr. Vogel (talk) 10:47, 18 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Tibidabo

Thanks for following up on my Tibidabo edits. I've sent a response to Ronnye David proposing a way forward. Let's see what he thinks. You can see it at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Ronnye_David

Martyn Lovell (talk) 18:23, 27 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A word of thanks

Thank you for your comment on that rather unfortunate exchange. I'm not offended by a hatnote - I just get a bit frustrated when it's applied so quickly, after only 7 minutes, when I am genuinely trying to do good work here. I fully appreciate the need for quality control and support efforts to weed out bad content.

I'm really quite shocked and disappointed at being called "lazy", "uncivil" and a "troll" by this editor, when I've spent quite a few hours today adding some good faith and (hopefully) good quality content. I don't think I've been called that in all my 12+ years on Wikipedia. All very strange. Sadly the offended editor keeps reverting my comments on his talk page so I can't make any approach at making amends. Anyway, thanks again for chipping in, and to reiterate, I do support checking Wikipedia for quality content. Cnbrb (talk) 14:51, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks for your message. I was surprised too. He's a good editor, I've had many positive interactions with him and he works very hard. I think it was just a misunderstanding that got out of control, and I suspect it's the kind of thing that wouldn't have happened in person. You know what I mean, when you see something written down you don't know how the person actually intended for it to sound, and it's easy to misinterpret. I'm glad it's all sorted :) Dr. Vogel (talk) 17:06, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Understood, I'm sure he is. Thanks, let's all move on. Thumbs up icon Cnbrb (talk) 21:33, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

You are most welcome.

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Neoplasm

Just a note to say you reverted my edit of your spelling changes and kept them on page. ? --Iztwoz (talk) 06:23, 27 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks for your message. Yes, I agree we should have consistency, even though I personally don't like that spelling :) Happy to change the spelling back. I was only pointing out that there were other changes in those edits, apart from the spelling changes, and I was asking if you'd seen those as well and if you agree that we probably want to keep those. Thanks! :) Dr. Vogel (talk) 09:01, 28 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A Barnstar For You

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I have noticed your contributions regarding squash biographies. Your stub articles are very much helpful. I have also observed that the WikiProject Squash has been mentioned as one of the currently inactive projects in Wikipedia. Editors like you deserve these awards for the active participation in less popular WikiProjects like these. I am also creating squash biographies to keep this project active. Your support is crucial and keep creating stub articles and I can expand them further. Thank you Abishe (talk) 17:36, 28 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Volunteer Day

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Happy International Volunteer Day. Every Wikipedians are volunteers and you deserve this recognition. Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia. Abishe (talk) 05:26, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the quick response

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Thank you for re-writing Childhood interstitial lung disease on short notice. It was fun to work with you. WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:18, 24 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thyroid

Hello Dr Vogel, re your recent comment - it would help if you added your support to the proposal. Best --Iztwoz (talk) 17:47, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I fully support your proposal, I think it's a great idea. As the discussion was already closed, I didn't want to edit it, so I sent you a thanks for proposing the move. Dr. Vogel (talk) 06:05, 30 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies - too many distractions of late! --Iztwoz (talk) 07:44, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

The Special Barnstar
For Cleavage (breasts) I wanted to thank each of your edits, but that would look quite silly. So, please, accept this tiny little barnstar that has "thank you" written all over it. Aditya(talk • contribs) 14:09, 19 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Thanks for commenting at the recent AfD for the above list. There is now an ongoing discussion around the best way to split the list, if any, if you wish to comment further. Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 17:32, 29 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

About your IPA

Hey DrVogel, no worries about my edits, just a heads up that you should use {{IPAc-en}} instead of {{IPA-en}} — oi yeah nah mate amazingJUSSO ... [ɡəˈdæɪ̯]! 10:30, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, is IPA-en deprecated? Or is it something specific about the way I've been using it? Dr. Vogel (talk) 21:44, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I feel like it's used less and less, and IPAc-en will always guarantee the correct conventional symbols — oi yeah nah mate amazingJUSSO ... [ɡəˈdæɪ̯]! 09:15, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguator's Barnstar

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I see you quite often creating disambiguation pages. Excellent work. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 19:49, 9 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Omphalolith

Hello Dr Vogel - just a thought - since the page is so short with no real room for expansion might it be better placed on the Calculus (medicine) page where many such -oliths are described ? Best --Iztwoz (talk) 09:44, 18 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I see your point. Tricky one. I think putting all the content in the calculi article would sort of disrupt the flow of that article with excessive detail about a rare-ish condition. And all the types of calculus listed there have their own article. My personal feeling is that the best thing to do would be to keep it separate (and of course to list it from the calculus article). Dr. Vogel (talk) 12:10, 18 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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comment

about your comment on Fraziers point[2], I dont have time now but will (when Im not busy in real life) to look it up again, should you have an opportunity I would appreciate it--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 12:05, 31 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, do you mean we should create an image? That sounds good. Dr. Vogel (talk) 14:19, 31 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Broken toe

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Whoops

We seem to have...not quite edit-conflicted...at RM/TR. I moved Sergey Zhuk just before your comment on whether to move it or not. Your thoughts? Vaticidalprophet 12:44, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

haha yeah. Thanks for leaving a note. I think it's probably ok... I felt uneasy making the move because all the sources cited in the article use the patronymic, but ultimately we do know that in Russian names the patronymic can be dropped and that's fine, so it's probably ok :) Dr. Vogel (talk) 13:02, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, in the end my impression (not statistically borne out, of course) is that most Russian names on enwiki drop the patronymic. (Most of the versions of that article not in an East Slavic language do too.) Worst case scenario, at least the patronymic name redirects to the non-patronymic name now, whereas before the non-patronymic name didn't redirect to the patronymic one, so readers will be more likely to find the article regardless of exactly what name they were looking for. Vaticidalprophet 14:39, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year, DrVogel!

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DYK for Broken toe

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DYK for Broken finger

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Hook update
Your hook reached 6,784.5 views (565.4 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of January 2022 – nice work!

theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 08:01, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect of The Love of Sumako the Actress

Many thanks for your solving the redirect error of this page which I had pointed out to on Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests.

It looks as if only the main article has been moved, but not the talk page. Can I handle this by simply moving the Talk Page (if allowed), or is this too an administrator's job?

Thanks again, Robert Kerber (talk) 15:59, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, no problem. When I moved the article for you, I also moved the talk page. It wasn't showing properly because 3 days ago you'd tried to move the talk page by copy and paste - that's not how you do it. You have to move it. Or ask for help moving it. I've now gone ahead and sorted out the resulting problem with the talk page, so all is ok now. I hope this helps. Dr. Vogel (talk) 16:05, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I know, I had tried to find a (admittedly not too elegant) solution as I couldn't make a proper redirect because it conflicted with the previous entry. Another user then pointed me to the WP:RMT site, so all's well now. Thanks for your help with this, Robert Kerber (talk) 16:14, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
No problem. Let me know if you need help with this kind of thing in the future. Dr. Vogel (talk) 16:21, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
OK, thanks for the kind offer. Robert Kerber (talk) 17:13, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Fort Meade

Hi @DrVogel! The page has been moved to Fort Meade and I have fixed the links to the template. I wanted to say one more thing: you said in your comment that a lot of sources refer to it as Fort George G. Meade, which I agree with. However, those are the sources that are specifically about Fort Meade. In articles that are primarily about the NSA or other intelligence related subject, it is referred to as simply Fort Meade. I think that makes it the common name. PhotographyEdits (talk) 20:25, 27 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @PhotographyEdits, yeah, I was a bit in two minds, but I understand your rationale and I think it makes perfect sense. And I feel that shorter titles are always preferable if appropriate. Thank you for taking the time to explain this. Dr. Vogel (talk) 02:13, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

Can the Talk:OKS_Stomil_Olsztyn#Requested move 10 March 2022 discussion be closed due to the lack of objections to the changes? Atlantico 000 (talk) 15:14, 13 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, it needs to run for a week, and then someone needs to come and close it. And there needs to be proper consensus to change things. Dr. Vogel (talk) 00:44, 15 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Untitled

Hello Dr Vogel there is a page called Baladites it should be lebanese maronite order , check these Refference of several articles links : http://www.gcatholic.org/orders/068.htm , http://www.discoverlebanon.com/en/panoramic_views/lebanese_maronite_order.php and others their name is Lebanese Maronite order in french ordre libanais maronite & in arabic الرهبانية اللبنانية المارونية ه it is also known (but it is not her name baladite or in arabic البلديون since they are related to the country . thats why it think the page should be Lebanese Maronite Order as the alternative french and arabic — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fayadjimmy (talk • contribs)

Hi there, we have to go by the sources cited in the article. Try to add those sources to the article. Then we can think about the article's title. It may be uncontroversial or need a discussion - we'll cross that bridge when we get there. Let me know. Dr. Vogel (talk) 10:52, 6 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your userpage deletions timeline

Hi DrVogel,

  • it was initially created 30 Mar 2020 by ธนบดั_เมืองโคตร
  • it was deleted 31 Mar 2020 by @Bbb23: as a mass deletion of pages created by ธนบดั_เมืองโคตร
  • it was re-created on 16:13 UTC 6 Apr 2022 by @Fayadjimmy:, with a question addressed to you about Maronites, which should have been added on your talkpage (ie: the page you are reading right now); that question exists here as "Untitled"
  • it was tagged for speedy deletion on 16:24 UTC 6 Apr 2022 by @Styyx: under the WP:G6 criterion, in my opinion quite correctly
  • I deleted it on 19:16 UTC 6 Apr 2022

Does this help? Please do feel free to ask more, and I will do my best to explain further, should you wish. Peter in Australia aka --Shirt58 (talk) 10:00, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much Shirt58 for taking the time to explain this! So much action about a page that was never meant to exist in the first place haha Dr. Vogel (talk) 11:42, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oopsie, I should've probably left a note for you on here rather than only moving the question. ~StyyxTalk? 11:49, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For helping out with page moves. Kj cheetham (talk) 19:58, 26 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you too! We get quite a bit done :) Dr. Vogel (talk) 11:54, 27 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Swapping article and redirect

Hi, as you've kindly offered your help in the past: could you swap the article Tsutomu Minakami and the redirect page Tsutomu Mizukami? Tsutomu Mizukami should be the main article, as this is the name mostly mentioned in secondary literature. Many thanks. Robert Kerber (talk) 08:14, 27 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Dr. Vogel (talk) 00:18, 28 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks for your help! Robert Kerber (talk) 07:04, 28 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Another swapping of article and redirect

Hi, could you help again and move the article Death in Midsummer to Death in Midsummer and Other Stories, overwriting (or swapping) the redirect page of the title? Death in Midsummer and Other Stories should be the main article, as this is the correct title of the anthology the article refers to. "Death in Midsummer" should be made into a redirect page (and possibly made into an ambiguation page later, as an article on the short story of the same title now exist). Many thanks. Robert Kerber Robert Kerber (talk) 15:16, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Robert Kerber, this was moved before in the opposite direction here. Probably best to do an RM. Dr. Vogel (talk) 17:10, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thanks. Best, Robert Kerber (talk) 17:28, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Give me a shout if you need help setting up an RM. Dr. Vogel (talk) 17:31, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Dr. Vogel Ahem, as I haven't done this before (requesting an RM), your help here would save me a bit of time, so, yes, gladly accepted :-) Robert Kerber (talk) 17:36, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Ok so the first thing you do is you open the talk page of the article you wanted moved, so you go to Talk:Death_in_Midsummer
Then you click on "new section", as you'd do when you're starting a new discussion.
And then you paste the RM code (which can be found here, it's the bit that starts with "{{subst"). And in that code you replace the relevant bits.
In this case, you'd replace "NewName" with: Death in Midsummer and Other Stories
And after "reason=", you can write what you were telling me above
And that's it, you're done. Once you submit it, a bot will take care of the rest of the admin.
Give me a shout if you get stuck. Dr. Vogel (talk) 18:13, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
OK, thanks, this helped me a lot.Robert Kerber (talk) 19:56, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I can see you did it and it worked fine. Well done, I messed up the first few I did. Dr. Vogel (talk) 20:02, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Robert Kerber, your RM was successful (see here) and the article was moved. Well done. Dr. Vogel (talk) 12:34, 14 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for letting me know :-) Robert Kerber (talk) 18:52, 15 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Venta move

Hi there, you might want to do the Talk:Venta (establishment) request as a multi-page request as per WP:RMPM.

P.S. I am a normal human typing with my human hands. :) -Kj cheetham (talk) 12:49, 15 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, thank you, I was just about to do that and then my phone rang and I completely forgot! Dr. Vogel (talk) 13:23, 15 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

sorry

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Medicine&diff=1119046136&oldid=1119045515&diffmode=source I must have been editing at the same time, hence edit conflict??..again I apologize (though Im not sure how it happened I think it was this https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Medicine&diff=next&oldid=1119045284&diffmode=source)??--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 12:48, 30 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

it's alright man, I was only joking :) Dr. Vogel (talk) 16:36, 30 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Chinese Immigration Act swap - Thanks!

Wow, that was fast! Thanks very much. And thanks also to @Ost316: for explaining how to ask for the change! Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 01:57, 28 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No problem @Mr Serjeant Buzfuz, it was straightforward to verify that the sources agreed with the name you were asking for, and that similar articles follow the same convention. Dr. Vogel (talk) 02:41, 28 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
it seems to be a difference between Canadian and US statue cites. Canadian cited are « comma space year », and US statues are « space of space year » Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 03:58, 28 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Removing redirects from Declan Arthurs

Hi DrVogel! You recently completed my request to move Declan Arthurs to the non-disambiguated page name (from Declan Arthurs (Irish republican). I went back and was attempting to fix the redirects this caused, but cannot seem to do it because of a template box the person is linked to. I've seen this happen where larger boxes with more links take a while to actual recognize that the link has been changed, but this one is taking extra long. Any thoughts? Didn't know who I should discuss this with, so I went back to you. Thanks Debartolo2917 (talk) 23:33, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I'm sorry it took me several days to get back to you, I've been really busy IRL. Is the problem still there? Dr. Vogel (talk) 17:43, 21 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Transport vs. transportation

Hi... on what basis are you claiming "transport" is more common in Canadian English? I would say transport is more common when talking about goods/economy/commerce but in terms of things like moving people, especially transit, we use "public transportATION" here. You are making a lot of page moves without, from what I can see, much backing other than your say-so that transport is the right article title.

For instance, right in the opening of Transport in Canada, you have reference to both Transport Canada and the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, so not sure what you're basing this sweeping "transport is more common than transportation in Canada" statement on. —Joeyconnick (talk) 21:31, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Joeyconnick, I'm not sure what you mean. I've only moved 1 article, Public transport in Toronto. This was requested by User:Tbf69. You have several options - you can discuss it with him, you can request a reversal, or you can open an RM. In my experience, the best thing to do first would be to have a chat with @Tbf69, and then if it need be, start an RM to establish consensus. Let me know if you need help with any of these things. Dr. Vogel (talk) 21:41, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry... I didn't realize you were just assisting someone. —Joeyconnick (talk) 23:26, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

AGF message

You claim you left a message on my talk page talking about AGF on WP:RM/TR, but I don't see the message. 100.7.44.80 (talk) 14:10, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

First of all, please don't approach me with language such as "you claim that x", because that sounds a bit aggressive. Second, if you're the same user as IP 210.23.187.42, then the reason you can't see my message is that your IP has changed. The message that I left you offering help is here. Third, if you register an account you'll be able to see all your messages in one place and that's really useful. Let me know if you need help with anything. Dr. Vogel (talk) 14:32, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I thought you were going to post about the Cartoon Network request I left. My mistake. 100.7.44.80 (talk) 16:07, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
To clarify: I'm not the same person as 210.23.187.42, and my Cartoon Network request was in good faith, so I thought you were talking to me. 100.7.44.80 (talk) 16:14, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunate...

High time to have a tool/script which shows a move-request has already been fulfilled. ─ The Aafī (talk) 18:30, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah man absolutely. I clicked on the link just before I clicked on proceed, to make sure it still wasn't done, and it wasn't. The 2 moves went in within seconds of each other. This doesn't happen so often, but it does happen, so a better script would be useful as you say. If there's ever a discussion about this, let me know so I can support. Dr. Vogel (talk) 18:35, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A contested RM

Hey there, DrVogel! There is a contested RM that is occurring at Talk:Muscle tissue#First RM close discussion. Your input would be greatly appreciated! Wikiexplorationandhelping (talk) 16:42, 27 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

changing name of Kouba, Algeria to Kouba

the title says Kouba, Algeria and it is wrong it is just Kouba. Alot of people get confused and there is no need for Algeria in the end David3829128 (talk) 19:03, 10 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @David3829128, thank you for explaining that. A couple of comments:
1) That article is at Kouba, Algeria because the name Kouba means several other things. So at the base name Kouba we have a disambiguation page, which lists all the subjects that the name may refer to. That's the kind of thing we do when the community reckons that none of the subjects is more important than all the others combined.
2) If you make your comments here, on my talk page, very few people will see them and be able to give you their opinion. The best thing to do is for you to make your point either at the same venue where your request is, or at the talk page of the article in question.
Let me know if you need help with any of these things or if anything isn't clear. Dr. Vogel (talk) 20:21, 10 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Help needed with swapping of article title

Hi, I'm asking your help again with the swapping of an article title. The article in question is The Legend of Tank Commander Nishizumi. If you type The Story of Tank Commander Nishizumi, it redirects to the said article, while it should be the other way around, because The Story of Tank Commander Nishizumi is the much more used title (see scholars Donald Richie, Alexander Jacoby, Kate Taylor-Jones – who is even cited in the article –, MUBI), and it's also the regular DVD title. Could you help here? Many thanks! Robert Kerber (talk) 11:56, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Done @Robert Kerber. Dr. Vogel (talk) 14:35, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Wow, that was quick. Many thanks for your help. Robert Kerber (talk) 14:50, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

I considered an account, but prefer to edit as an IP. You can communicate with me as to renamings on the relevant comment page. Enjoy the week. 2603:7000:2101:AA00:857A:FF8:48E9:8C57 (talk) 00:29, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No worries mate, that's absolutely fine. Dr. Vogel (talk) 10:50, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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