User talk:Glane23/Archive 6
November 2021 backlog drive
Rolf SorgHello, You tagged Rolf Sorg for AfD, but you didn't create Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rolf Sorg with the reasons you think the article should be deleted. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 17:17, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
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Nestorian rebellion revertHi. You are reverting my edits without good reason: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestorian_rebellion All of the information I added was sourced and I added a lot of details. TukultīApilEšarra (talk) 01:44, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
Correct reference to occupied lands in Republic of Cyprus"Northern Cyprus" is not recognised as a country by any other country than Turkey. To refer to the illegally occupied lands of the Republic Of Cyprus as "Northern Cyprus" as a separate entity is illegal and immoral. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.109.2.241 (talk) 08:11, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
Your messagePlease excuse that missed citation on the Lady H Stanhope article! I will add it now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.142.239.46 (talk) 14:15, 26 January 2022 (UTC) MorecambeThis is not an image of Morecambe Bay, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morecambe#/media/File:Beach_of_Morecambe_05.jpg I have tried to remove it but the change keeps being reverted, please can you look at this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.7.2.78 (talk) 19:55, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
Adding a citation on the aspects of Perl language for those who use it may cause an unnecessary exhaustion for a reader. Do you suggest to make a reference to Perl Language handbook from a Wiki page discussing Perl?79.110.132.4 (talk) 09:43, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello Glane23, the reason why I reverted the change to Trash (computing) was that there was a case of vandalism to the "Trash 'containing files'" icon, to show actor Jake Gyllenhaal. -posted at 18:59 UTC, 6 February 2022 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.95.132.17 (talk)
your re-editing of Murder of Dora Bloch pagehi glane23, i was surprised (& dismayed) to see that you'd removed my revisions to the above page because they did "not appear constructive" to you. i disagree with you. in 1976 when dora was murdered, she was perceived simply as an unfortunate old woman. but this p.m., while doing some research, i ran across a family tree on the following page on avshalom feinberg in hebrew: https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%91%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9D_%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%92 & discovered the facts that i addded to the dora bloch site. i thought it was fascinating information and feel that other wiki readers might think so, too. it makes dora not just one more person murdered by terrorists but a person with an historical past, closely linked to the land of israel and the state of israel. & even if you don't think the connection with avshalom feinberg and his father is constructive, why remove the links i made to hebrew wiki pages? i've often seen such links, have made some myself, & see no reason not to. if the entity involved has no page in one language but does have a page in another, why not point it out? the worst thing that can happen is that someone won't be interested... i'd like to ask you to reconsider your edit. i'd appreciate it. thanks, Fannybriceii Fannybriceii (talk) 23:40, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I'm Mohamed. I noticed that you made a change to an article that I had changed, Chess endgame, my source is a book, Chess 101 by Dave Schloss,I am sure you've heard about it, I ju 10:05, 8 February 2022 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mohamedcmostafa (talk • contribs)
Glencoe and artefactsHi. Artefacts is correct in BrE. It was wrongly changed to artifacts by an IP from San Jose, CA, in January 2020. I did see your nice disclaimer about not getting cross about reversions, and we all make mistakes, but I do wonder if you had read my edit summary before you reverted me? Cheers 82.34.153.236 (talk) 18:43, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
February 16Regards COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia: You do not understand. Since February 10, The B.C government has stopped tracking the daily active cases and recoveries because they believed that the data's reflections are losing their accuracies. 70.66.59.163 (talk) 01:24, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
Invalid revert to Chinese Taipei men's national ice hockey teamHi Geoff! I added a link to one of the hockey players because he is a Taiwanese singer and celebrity. I realize the transliteration of his Chinese name doesn't exactly match his English page, but I'm 99% sure it's the right person (he was on the team and the birthday matches). Here's your original message to me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:108.168.17.136
NDP changesHello Glane, as mentioned on the official NDP page, the NDP party sits further left than the Canadian Liberal party, which identifying them as the "far-left" when compared to the already "far-left" policies of the Canadian Liberal party - Is it fitting, unless you feel they fall further right than the Liberal party (Which up until Singh, I would agree) If you disagree I would love to understand your reasoning. Thanks :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:3D09:A180:5000:1082:77BB:5C89:4C48 (talk) 00:29, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
browhy did you erase me my sister and my sons name from my fathers page Jordanchimel (talk) 18:15, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
Victoria SpartzThis edit to Victoria Spartz included an edi summary stating "not signifigant WP:NOTNP". That was the edit summary. Considering you stated on the talk page that there wasn't one, I will assume the message was generated error and will fix the article. Thanks, 97.105.199.90 (talk) 22:31, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
Grammar errorsThere are several spelling errors in Wikipedia articles. The correct name for the capital of the Ukraine is 'Kiev', not the recently popularised 'Kyiv'. https://www.lexico.com/definition/kiev. By 2A02:A212:92A1:E480:CE5:61A8:8891:5E34.
1985 American Music Awardsvandalism? disagreement over an edit is called vandalism? 167.165.223.242 (talk) 22:45, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
Hi Glane, what have i done — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.18.1.225 (talk) 00:42, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
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DOAXVV New characterhttps://twinfinite.net/2022/04/dead-or-alive-xtreme-venus-vacation-reveals-new-girl-amy/ I’m still fixing it, and you always keep undoing what’s already confirmed.
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Irani (India) policingI don't think your opinion of an edit at irani being WP: Unconstructive is right. The revert is not justified, see WP: Bite. For edits to be WP: disruptive they there needs to "pattern" of multiple edits which are unconstructive. Simply because a statement is WP: Unsourced at the moment, that doesn't automatically make it "Unconstructive". 157.45.214.163 (talk) 22:03, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
Zadora redirectA more careful reading of the change I tried to make would have indicated that I flagged it TO YOU to fix not revert. CLEARLY, this re-direct is grossly unfair to any people with the name Zadora with Wikipedia entries. I ask you to simply try to search for Pia Zadora or Stanislav Zadora by searching on ... ZADORA !!! That should not re-direct to the coat of arms but to a page that offers branches to genuine Zadora folks within the encyclopedia AND to the coat of arms (which I'm sure would be a much smaller usage). I gather that my edit on the page was not even read by a human being before it was eliminated. The Zadora re-direct page is WRONG and it should be fixed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.76.1.63 (talk) 23:57, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
OpinionThanks Glane, for telling me your opinion. Honestly, I too believe my recent edit was not very descriptive. I'm new to editing on Wikipedia, and thus I believe I will get better over time. 24.194.247.49 (talk) 17:57, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
ArticlesThese articles belong to Rectify 54 142.113.169.132 (talk) 17:11, 16 May 2022 (UTC)
2OCould you give me a second opinion on ticket:2022051410003054? Thanks, Cabayi (talk) 13:43, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022![]() ![]() Hello Glane23, At the time of the last newsletter (No.26, September 2021), the backlog was 'only' just over 6,000 articles. In the past six months, the backlog has reached nearly 16,000, a staggering level not seen in several years. A very small number of users had been doing the vast majority of the reviews. Due to "burn-out", we have recently lost most of this effort. Furthermore, several reviewers have been stripped of the user right for abuse of privilege and the articles they patrolled were put back in the queue. Several discussions on the state of the process have taken place on the talk page, but there has been no action to make any changes. The project also lacks coordination since the "position" is vacant. In the last 30 days, only 100 reviewers have made more than 8 patrols and only 50 have averaged one review a day. There are currently 817 New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All 847 administrators have this permission, but only about a dozen significantly contribute to NPP. This means we have an active pool of about 450 to address the backlog. We cannot rely on a few to do most of the work as that inevitably leads to burnout. A fairly experienced reviewer can usually do a review in a few minutes. If every active reviewer would patrol just one article per day, the backlog would very quickly disappear. If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, do suggest they help the effort by placing If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be part of the New Page Reviewer user group, please consider asking any admin to remove you from the list. This will enable NPP to have a better overview of its performance and what improvements need to be made to the process and its software. To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here. Orphaned non-free image File:Anna's Swedish Thins ginger thins.jpg![]() Thanks for uploading File:Anna's Swedish Thins ginger thins.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image 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 that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media). Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:04, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
Notice of article re-creation and draft deletionHi Glane23, as you're already aware, a lot of new/inexperienced editors of WP — especially in Africa — are always rushing to create articles without proof. Another user by the Gonnym did the same thing here to a a related stub article on an upcoming production in Barbie: Big City, Big Dreams. My point is that the article you helped in deleting/moving to draftspace titled 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group I on the simple grounds of proof per notability and verifiability are now in the past. By the end of this day I'm writing to you, you, along with Eagleash will thank me/back me up with providing proofs so as not to re-delete the article. A lot of Africans need this — if not you!! Thanks!!! Intrisit (talk) 18:28, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
Carmen Maria Gallardo HernandezDear Glen23, Hi there, I'm Betosbetos, and am writing to you on behalf of the edit I made recently on the article called Carmen Maria Gallardo Hernandez that I didn't provide a reliable source for the information I added. I understand this concern but part of the information that I added consists of primary resources (my experience with this person) and their current status as the ambassador of El Salvador in The Netherlands. Nowhere in the article does it state that she was fired for unorderly conduct in France and requested a transfer to the Netherlands, so that's why I am adding this info. I cannot find any sources regarding this fact but it is true because she is the current ambassador of El Salvador as I have visited the place and the official website of the Salvadoran embassy mentions her name. I would like for you to revisit this change as I find that it holds valuable information which the article doesn't provide. Sincerely, Betosbetos — Preceding unsigned comment added by Betosbetos (talk • contribs) 22:27, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022![]() ![]() Hello Glane23,
At the time of the last newsletter (No.27, May 2022), the backlog was approaching 16,000, having shot up rapidly from 6,000 over the prior two months. The attention the newsletter brought to the backlog sparked a flurry of activity. There was new discussion on process improvements, efforts to invite new editors to participate in NPP increased and more editors requested the NPP user right so they could help, and most importantly, the number of reviews picked up and the backlog decreased, dipping below 14,000[a] at the end of May. Since then, the news has not been so good. The backlog is basically flat, hovering around 14,200. I wish I could report the number of reviews done and the number of new articles added to the queue. But the available statistics we have are woefully inadequate. The only real number we have is the net queue size.[b] In the last 30 days, the top 100 reviewers have all made more than 16 patrols (up from 8 last month), and about 70 have averaged one review a day (up from 50 last month). While there are more people doing more reviews, many of the ~730 with the NPP right are doing little. Most of the reviews are being done by the top 50 or 100 reviewers. They need your help. We appreciate every review done, but please aim to do one a day (on average, or 30 a month).
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:02, 24 June 2022 (UTC) NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on!
(t · c) buidhe 20:25, 1 July 2022 (UTC) New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022![]() Hello Glane23,
After the last newsletter (No.28, June 2022), the backlog declined another 1,000 to 13,000 in the last week of June. Then the July backlog drive began, during which 9,900 articles were reviewed and the backlog fell by 4,500 to just under 8,500 (these numbers illustrate how many new articles regularly flow into the queue). Thanks go to the coordinators Buidhe and Zippybonzo, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to Dr vulpes who led with 880 points. See this page for further details. Unfortunately, most of the decline happened in the first half of the month, and the backlog has already risen to 9,600. Understandably, it seems many backlog drive participants are taking a break from reviewing and unfortunately, we are not even keeping up with the inflow let alone driving it lower. We need the other 600 reviewers to do more! Please try to do at least one a day.
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Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:24, 6 August 2022 (UTC) Stay in one night adasWhen Bodana was taking Lord Krishna from Dwarka to Dakor, King Bhojraj Singhji asked him to stay at Adas village for one night, so Bodana understood that if King Bhojraj Singhji convinced him, he would establish the temple of Dakor here, so the sun rose early in the morning. Earlier, Bodana left for Dakor by placing the Lord in that cart. Today there is a temple of Sri Krishna Lord Ranchhodrai in Adas village and it is believed that Lord Ranchhodrai resides here from early morning till 9:00 pm. Jaydeepsinh144 (talk) 21:29, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
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For those who may have missed it in our last newsletter, here's a quick reminder to see the letter we have drafted, and if you support it, do please go ahead and sign it. If you already signed, thanks. Also, if you haven't noticed, the backlog has been trending up lately; all reviews are greatly appreciated. To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:10, 20 August 2022 (UTC) Dan Wilson / COI tagHi, are you sure the COI tag should be removed in this case? I know the COI disclosure has been made but the text is likely still problematic. Shouldnt the tag be there until the article is cleaned up? --FMSky (talk) 01:53, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
Hi Geoff, I left a message for you in the thread as well, but I wanted to provide an additional source showing that the Ballona Wetlands Restoration Project has been in the planning process since 2004, not 2009. Below is a link to a May 27, 2021 staff report of the California Coastal Conservancy, the state agency that is funding the project. https://scc.ca.gov/webmaster/ftp/pdf/sccbb/2021/2105/20210527Board05_Ballona_Wetlands.pdf "An extensive planning and public process for the restoration of the Ballona Reserve began in 2004" "The Conservancy has authorized funding for this project nine times: Sept. 2003, Dec. 2004, Dec. 2005, March 2006, April 2006, Sept. 2007, June 2008, July 2011 and Jan. 2012." "CDFW staff have been working closely on this project with the Conservancy since 2004." Additionally, the currently cited source makes no reference to the project being "in the works" since 2009. The timeline of the planning process is highly relevant to the public's understanding of the project. I hope that this and other official agency records are sufficient to change the date in question to 2004, which is when planning for the restoration of the Ballona Wetlands began. Thanks. Walter Lamb 104.172.248.69 (talk) 19:42, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
Hello, Geoff, I closed this AFD as a Soft Deletion today after it was relisted once because there was only person supporting deletion. Pretty much immediately, an editor went to WP:REFUND to ask for it to be restored which has occurred. Ironically, this AFD, the discussion, deletion and restoration, has led to a wave of new editing on the article and you might want to evaluate it anew if you are thinking about sending it back for a second time to AFD. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 02:10, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
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Foreign language quotationsHello there, I just wanted to let you know about the Wikipedia policy on foreign language quotations which you can find here. It states: "When editors themselves translate foreign text into English, care must always be taken to include the original text, in italics (except for non-Latin-based writing systems)." Since someone else had already translated the Russian quote on the Schizoid personality disorder page, I was just providing the original quote as per the style guide. BlakeALee (talk) 02:38, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
RAO (indian caste)Our society which is known by different names in different regions, Shashanik Rao in Mewar and Godwad, Jagirdar Rao in Marwar, Kshatriya Rao in Khodad, Hadoti and Shekhawati, Rajput Kshatriya Rao in Madhya Pradesh and Bhrambhatta or Barot Rao in Gujarat, and many hideouts which belonged to the royals. He was Dasondi, he also calls himself Dasondi Rao. Why is it that despite being from the same society, they are called by different names in different places? And how did our caste originate, why and how did they get these different names? Who were our ancestors? what used to do Some such questions come in the mind of all of us. I will try to answer these questions as much as possible, if there is any mistake, I apologize. Some stories are prevalent about the origin of our society. First of all, we were born from the yajna performed by Brahmaji, as a warrior to protect the place of his yagya, and by mother Saraswati or Brahmani to breastfeed us, we became warriors as well as knowers of Vedas and scriptures. So called Bhrambhatta in which Bhatt means warrior. The second story is popular that once upon a time there was a Brahmin caste who gave knowledge of weapons and scriptures to the Kshatriya caste, who were advisors to the Kshatriyas, ministers were politicians, those people left this work due to some reason, then one of the Kshatriya clan The class was chosen which were skilled in weapons and science and they were given huge jagiris, they also started taking care of the royal work and also played the role of advisor to the king and when the time came, they also showed their valor in the battlefield. Such a group of people later turned into a society. There are more legends, but mainly these two stories are more prevalent, in a similar Yagya, 4 clans of Agnivanshi Kshatriya clan emerged Chauhan, Pratihara, Parmar and Chalukya (Solanki). And we also have 4 descendants of the same original gotra, whose origin is believed to be from the yajna performed by Brahmaji - Vadanga, Vilas, Saar, Sanchera. Later many more gotras were formed from these original gotras, but from where did the tribes which are different from our society come from? So their origin defines this second story to a great extent, for which many evidences are also present in history. Apart from these four original gotras, all the gotras have been made out of some dynasty, this practice lasted for a long time, even in the time of Vikramaditya and Harshavardhana, the main line was by giving the title of Rao to his brother. The responsibility of advisory and state work was assigned and it was done in many places in modern Rajputana too. Kankal Kolloon Ransut Adi Vansh Chauhan. Kankal Vansh Karodia, Kowloon bone proof. Shashank Rainsi of Bambawada had two sons, Kankalji and Koloonji, Kolloon was a leper, for which Kankalji worshiped Kedarnath for years and took away his leprosy, Kankalji was older in age but Koloonji was placed on the throne and Kankalji was given the kingdom. One-tenth of the age of Rao and the title of Rao and some big jagirs were given. Later on, the dynasty of Kowloon ji was called Hada dynasty and due to the defeat of leprosy, the name of Kankal ji's dynasty came to be Kharodiya. Kankal ji's marital relationship was with Bhati dynasty of Jaisalmer, but later on, Shashank changed and the tradition of giving tenth part ended and some jagiris remained, then according to the position and socio-economic status, marital relations started happening today. is inside our society and many of their hideouts are still present in Kota Bundi and Jhalawar region. A son of Jalore's ruler Kanhaddev was born in the original constellations, named Moolraj Chauhan and being born in the original constellation, he could not be made a ruler, so he was made Rao by giving the jagir of High Borli village in Jalore and Jalore fort. He was given a place of worship in his two sons, the first was Ramkanwar Bhatiyani of Pungalgarh and the second Antevarkanwar Sancheri of Mordhal. Today the descendants of these are called Boralia Sonigara Chauhan and even today they reside in Borli, from this one family went to Kanod and remained the commander of Kanod state for many generations. In Vikram Samvat 1294, the 8th son of Narwar Maharaj Malay Singh ji, Pratap Singh ji (Patal ji) was born, due to being in the original constellations born from the havan of Brahma, Patal Das ji was made a Rao when he grew up and gave Tank Gotra, which Even today the lineage of the Kachhwaha dynasty is inscribed. Similarly, the descendants of Lord Krishna descended from the Yaduvanshio of Jaisalmer, the Sirdar of Ghantiala Gotra, the Sirohiya Sirdar descended from the Yaduvanshio of Shurshen (today's Mathura Bharatpur Karauli), the Boraliya Sirdar, the descendant of Jalore's Muldev Chauhan Sonigara, the Sotmaliya Sirdar from the ruler of Bhildigarh, Maherazji Dabhi. , Asoliya Sirdar from Solanki dynasty, Emalia Sirdar from Emelji's eldest son Rao Sonangji, founder of Idar, Sangelia Sirdar from Gahadwal/Rathod dynasty of Kannauj, Lakhnaut Sirdar from Raja Lakhaji of Gaur dynasty and Tank/Amera Sirdar from Kachwaha dynasty of Amer and Many other gotras which have been certified by different Kshatriya clans. The four clans of the original gotra, due to the characteristics of an Agnivanshi Kshatriya warrior and knowledge of scriptures, later emerged as advisors of different dynasties, who taught weapons and scriptures, politicians, commanders, ministers and poets. Taxes came and many dynasties had large parganas and self-governing states, the oldest of which are today's Ransingh32 (talk) 12:52, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
ITN recognition for John SpenderOn 15 October 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article John Spender, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 22:13, 15 October 2022 (UTC) New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022Hello Glane23, ![]() Much has happened since the last newsletter over two months ago. The open letter finished with 444 signatures. The letter was sent to several dozen people at the WMF, and we have heard that it is being discussed but there has been no official reply. A related article appears in the current issue of The Signpost. If you haven't seen it, you should, including the readers' comment section. Awards: Barnstars were given for the past several years (thanks to MPGuy2824), and we are now all caught up. The 2021 cup went to John B123 for leading with 26,525 article reviews during 2021. To encourage moderate activity, a new "Iron" level barnstar is awarded annually for reviewing 360 articles ("one-a-day"), and 100 reviews earns the "Standard" NPP barnstar. About 90 reviewers received barnstars for each of the years 2018 to 2021 (including the new awards that were given retroactively). All awards issued for every year are listed on the Awards page. Check out the new Hall of Fame also. Software news: Novem Linguae and MPGuy2824 have connected with WMF developers who can review and approve patches, so they have been able to fix some bugs, and make other improvements to the Page Curation software. You can see everything that has been fixed recently here. The reviewer report has also been improved. ![]() Suggestions:
Backlog: ![]() Saving the best for last: From a July low of 8,500, the backlog climbed back to 11,000 in August and then reversed in September dropping to below 6,000 and continued falling with the October backlog drive to under 1,000, a level not seen in over four years. Keep in mind that there are 2,000 new articles every week, so the number of reviews is far higher than the backlog reduction. To keep the backlog under a thousand, we have to keep reviewing at about half the recent rate!
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Marguerite D'YouvilleI sincerely object to your misrepresentation of my salutary edits to the D'Youville page. I don't know exactly what offended you but every edit was made with the intent of improving the article. Perhaps you could review/re-review them. Thank you. 107.122.161.18 (talk) 22:37, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
New to Wiki and need a bit of clarity on making these editsHi Geoff,
So under these conditions, how would be go about making edits to the page? Do I request review after each edit? How do I go about doing that? The Wiki interface is a bit confusing, not sure how to find certain options. Collwyn (talk) 23:32, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
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Glenn Jobe page suggested for deletionDear Geoff, this is a request to you to revert your request to delete Glenn Jobe’s page. I am trying to get more text to add to his page ( I assume you requested deletion because it is too sparse). Glenn is an exceptional athlete and an even more exceptional person. He has done an immense amount of work to promote biathlon in the Truckee, CA area, and all over the Sierra. He is extremely generous and modest. I noticed your request for deletion because I tried to correct his birth date and name spelling. Lugnuts reverted the entry last year, and I noticed it was reverted again after I re-corrected it today. I checked with Glenn only two days ago for his actual birth date, and he confirmed it was March 4, not 5. thank you for considering my request. It is undoubtedly obvious that I am new to editing Wikipedia, and I apologize in advance for any breach in etiquette I may have committed. Best, Ann TDSnowshoe (talk) 00:11, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
Glenn, I've added a reference for a living person (DJ Row). If you continue deleting the information on his behalf despite the information being factual and having a legitimate reference, I will hire a professional to add the reference and have your deletions marked for attemtping to hide facts. Anyav123 (talk) 18:27, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
Mistaken reversion?I was looking through recent changes and noticed your revert. I don't think I get why you reverted Aidanjmetz's edit. It was sourced to a reliable looking source Canadian Press. I reverted the reversion for now because I believe you made a mistake. If you see a ping it was because I pinged you in Aidanjmetz userpage before coming here, sorry! Carpimaps (talk) 14:11, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
ReversionOn the page Andrew Lee (entrepreneur), you reverted my recent edit. I don't understand how my edit constitutes vandalism. 167.91.0.225 (talk) 21:47, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
apologyI'm very sorry. Plz forgive me. 24.116.230.96 (talk) 17:52, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
soLollipop sorry sir. 24.116.230.96 (talk) 17:54, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
Mistaken ReversionOn the page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._C._Bhaktivedanta_Swami_Prabhupada you reverted an edit where I deleted information that did not have proper sources (as well as being false) in this edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A.%20C.%20Bhaktivedanta%20Swami%20Prabhupada&diff=1144249705. I would be happy to discuss the issue. Thechamp9002 (talk) 18:12, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
High Desert Christian AcademyHi Geoff, I actually removed the content because it is inaccurate and infringes upon copyright information of First Assembly of God in Prineville and their ministries (past and present). High Desert Christian Academy was never a ministry of First Assembly of God at any point in time. It was a new entity formed in 2015 which leased space from First Assembly of God. It has no claims to the identity(ies) that belong to First Assembly of God including its DBA (Crook County Christian School). 184.60.14.243 (talk) 00:50, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
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Malik Obama revertI reverted a birther's edit on the Malik Obama page that claimed the fake Barack Obama birth certificate (which stated he was born in Kenya) tweeted by Malik was "historically accurate", and I believe you have mistakenly undone my reversion. Said birther did not bother to edit any further information that disproves the fake birth certificate, not even the cited sources. Please correct your error and put my edit back. 31.209.102.8 (talk) 16:16, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
Question from MagSharma (10:03, 15 April 2023)Greetings. I'm new to Wikipedia and wanted to start a page to publish information on "caste", a topic that mainstream america is not at all familiar with. My objective is to shed light on what caste means and the social/cultural practices around it in various countries around the world. The page I created under the title "Castegate" has been rejected. Please help me create a new one about this topic. Thank you. --MagSharma (talk) 10:03, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:12, 20 April 2023 (UTC) Question from Browny Artist (10:18, 22 April 2023)Browny Musical Artist / Record label official Verification? --Browny Artist (talk) 10:18, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
Question from DeadTunes (01:16, 3 May 2023)I'd like to publish a page about a local award winning recording studio that's owned by a local musician/celebrity who toured world wide throughout the 90's. I want to make sure before I start, that this falls under the parameters of something Wikipedia will allow. --DeadTunes (talk) 01:16, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
Question from Maryam T.sule on User:Maryam T.sule (22:33, 3 May 2023)Hello I am new here --Maryam T.sule (talk) 22:33, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
FottitiSimply fottiti 193.207.197.34 (talk) 13:41, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
SorryPlease unblock me I was just removing some extra stuff on the page, I promise it isn't vandalism. 2001:D08:D3:1A18:9D49:EECA:1FCC:7543 (talk) 14:27, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
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Brian Sparrow editRecently you removed a brief edit I made on Brian Sparrows page, now I understand I did not cite any references however unfortunantely there are no sources on the internet of the information I am adding, however I was a goalkeeper for the under 11 squad Brian himself managed, as well as attending his funeral. As I said though, no sources can be cited to confirm my statement, so if these edits must be removed I understand, however, I would be very grateful if they were kept up, as they truly show the man he was, and how loved he was by so many. Twofacedfrog (talk) 23:09, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
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Question from CLW433 (15:45, 12 July 2023)Hi Geoff. The title of the article I edited also needs correcting but I couldn't work out how to do that. Same issue: St Aldates has no apostrophe in it. --CLW433 (talk) 15:45, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
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Question from Oferholan (17:22, 22 July 2023)Hey, I'm trying to edit White Wizzard's page which has some false information in it and for some reason my edits were not approved.. What can I do about it? Thanks! --Oferholan (talk) 17:22, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
Speedy deletion declined: User talk:Rohtash khileriHello Glane23, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of User talk:Rohtash khileri, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: This looks like an early draft of a Wikipedia article to me. It is not so blatantly inappropriate as to warrant deletion, anyway. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:27, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
Question from VelvetFalsebark (21:57, 9 August 2023)hello, i noticed on my edits there are numbers? like "(+118)" "(-37)" "(+4)" and i was wondering what those mean --VelvetFalsebark (talk) 21:57, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
Question from Earthiserregular (09:29, 11 August 2023)Hi , How to edit a protected article,I think administrator are not responding to my request or maybe I am not doing it correctly. --Earthiserregular (talk) 09:29, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
Question from MTR1983 (09:53, 14 August 2023)Hi Geoff! I want to create an article on Wikipedia about a company. Please advise about the steps to get it done. Thanks. --MTR1983 (talk) 09:53, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
Question from Roaly3 (16:42, 22 August 2023)Hi. I wanted to edit the info box of India page and correct some of the misomfo there. The editors in the page rejected my request and asked me to put in a RFC for phrasing for my request. I added the RFC tag to. My edit request them but this was deleted. So what do I do? --Roaly3 (talk) 16:42, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
Question from Aksana reddy on User:Aksana reddy (04:11, 25 August 2023)How to create --Aksana reddy (talk) 04:11, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
Revision for Claire Barnett-JonesPlease allow the delete of this section 82.24.206.215 (talk) 21:49, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:13, 9 September 2023 (UTC) An old revert for reconsiderationHi, can I trouble you to revisit this revert you made about a year ago. For context: the article was originally a misleading promotional piece created by a sockfarm; they engaged in edit warring after I rewrote it based on reliable sources that revealed that the subject was actually a fraudster. Affected edits:
Thanks, 2406:3003:2077:1E60:C998:20C6:8CCF:5730 (talk) 09:37, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:45, 22 September 2023 (UTC) Good catchIt's rare that people comment on good UAA reports, but your latest one was a fine bit of sleuthing. I've blocked both accounts involved in that failed effort at spamming, glad to stop it there instead of giving said accounts another shot at self-promotion. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 01:48, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
Question from Jociadam on List of post-hardcore bands (19:24, 3 October 2023)Hello. I’m new to editing and I’m trying to find out how to add a band to a list of post-hardcore bands. How might I do that easily? --Jociadam (talk) 19:24, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
HeyCould you explain your edit on New Utrecht High School? 24.187.191.178 (talk) 21:31, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
Mang0 or Mango?Why do you think it should be spelled Mango instead of Mang0? I personally believe it should be spelled Mang0 because that's the name he uses on his socials and the name he enters tournaments/brackets under. Nanovorg (talk) 21:45, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
Sources for HungryboxSSBMRank, the source I used when giving Hungrybox his updated 2023 ranking, is nearly unanimously considered by the Super Smash Bros. Melee community as the definitive player rank system. SSBWiki, the community-maintained wiki for Super Smash Bros. Melee uses SSBMRank's Summer 2023 edition for all of the top player's wiki pages. In addition, although the person who added his 2022 placement info did not cite a source, it is very likely they used SSBMRank to place him. Is it fine if I unrevert your revert? Nanovorg (talk) 21:26, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
Question from Login now now (05:09, 19 October 2023)Please how do I upload my profile to Wikipedia e.g my name and details of me ( date of birth, town) --Login now now (talk) 05:09, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
Syndicate articleHello Glane23- please see the Syndicate article talk page regarding the use of sources which you previously queried, and the addition of reliable sources replacing inferior ones. Thanks 92.24.234.18 (talk) 13:18, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
Manlio Fabio Beltrones articleHello, I've noticed the swiftness with which you revert the changes I've made, and I'd like to understand the reasons behind it. I make these changes to alter or improve what I'm contributing. This space is supposed to be documented, presenting informative elements in each article. You can't leave the audience unaware that there is a book explaining one of the controversies and how things unfolded, nor a response to another of the cases. Anali1991 (talk) 23:48, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
November Articles for creation backlog drive![]() Hello Glane23: WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive! You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful. Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive. Question from PAJALON (03:36, 6 November 2023)Am I allowed to write new words as I usually makes words that describe things. such us in history, mathematics, science, English and dialects? --PAJALON (talk) 03:36, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
Question from Zumza007 (14:09, 8 November 2023)hello --Zumza007 (talk) 14:09, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
Question from Wikopedianman (09:52, 12 November 2023)Are you a real person? --Wikopedianman (talk) 09:52, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
Question from Paulwzx (02:18, 14 November 2023)hi am Paul im 42 --Paulwzx (talk) 02:18, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
Question from Raki Lapin (10:20, 14 November 2023)Greetings Geoff How are you doing? It's great to "meet" you!
I was in the process of writing a (non-promotional) article on Flow Robotics; a danish company with two robots stationed at DTU (Technical University of Denmark) where I study. The article was not submitted for review, as it was a work in progress, but got deleted. I have read the guidelines and I don't think i violated any rules. I would appreciate if you could help me understand why I am not allowed to write about companies that I find interesting? Universal Robots (which was co-founded by the same guy that founded Flow Robotics) have a Wikipedia page. Is it arbitrary what companies are allowed to write about? Or how should I perceive this deletion? With best, Raki --Raki Lapin (talk) 10:20, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
Question from AlgisSkara (12:59, 22 November 2023)Hello, I am interested in creating a Wikipedia page for myself. I am a contemporary artist. Can you please guide me, or give me some links on how I should start with that? Thank you, Algis Skara --AlgisSkara (talk) 12:59, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
Precious anniversary
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