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New Challenge for Oceania and AustraliaHi, Wikipedia:WikiProject Oceania/The 10,000 Challenge and Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/The 5000 Challenge are up and running based on Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge which has currently produced over 2300 article improvements and creations. The Australia challenge would feed into the wider region one and potentially New Zealand could have a smaller challenge too. The main goal is content improvement, tackling stale old stubs and important content and improving sourcing/making more consistent but new articles are also welcome if sourced. I understand that this is a big goal for regular editors, especially being summertime where you are, but if you'd like to see large scale quality improvements happening for Oceania and Australia like The Africa Destubathon, which has produced over 1700 articles in 5 weeks, sign up on the page. The idea will be an ongoing national editathon/challenge for the region but fuelled by a series of contests to really get articles on every province and subject mass improved. The Africa contest scaled worldwide would naturally provide great benefits to Oceania countries, particularly Australia and attract new editors. I would like some support from existing editors here to get the Challenges off to a start with some articles to make doing a Destubathon worthwhile and potentially bring about hundreds of improvements in a few weeks through a contest! Cheers.♦ --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:12, 24 November 2016 (UTC) This week's article for improvement (week 49, 2016)
December 2016Thanks for the corrections to my edits on Whanganui (New Zealand electorate). I'm hoping to systematically work through them all to update with 2014 results all before the 2017 election. There are still many yet to complete.Ajf773 (talk) 18:56, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
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Minor editsI see you are doing lots of good work on New Zealand politics articles. Top marks. Just one word of advice - you check the 'minor edit' box far too often. Only a very limited number of your edits are 'minor'; please have a read of this page which is the guide when to use that. But it's no big deal, please keep up your good work. Schwede66 07:48, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
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Ikaroa-Rawhiti election resultsYea 2014, not 1999. I got lazy and used the auto complete, but accidentally saved on the wrong option! Ajf773 (talk) 05:43, 22 December 2016 (UTC) This week's article for improvement (week 52, 2016)
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NZ electorate link templateHello J947, my preference would be for the template links to stay in place even if with the resulting link being redirected. The rationale for that is at some stage in the future, we may rename all electorates to consistently use the "(New Zealand electorate)" dab even if it's not otherwise needed. This would align us with UK practice; see for example the Scottish category. I know that User:Fanx is also keen for this to happen. Schwede66 05:07, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
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This week's article for improvement (week 2, 2017)
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Hello!Hello Mate! I just wanted to give you a friendly greeting, and welcome you to the new Wikiproject Green Party! I can't wait to collaborate with you! Me-123567-Me (talk) 00:47, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
WikiProject Green PoliticsMoved the main page, updated the image, and updated the talk page banner. I have to head out, so do what you can. Create new categories and list the old ones for speedy deletion. (Not that I need to tell you how to use Wikipedia!! :-) ). Me-123567-Me (talk) 22:08, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
David CaygillHi J947, I removed the navbox from the article because he isn't included in the box himself. Mattlore (talk) 00:27, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
Double redirectsThere's no need to fix double redirects manually as that's regularly done by a bot. Moving an article through all versions that leave a redirect behind causes this but it'll fix itself within hours. Schwede66 21:36, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
DYK for Town of Dunedin by-election, 1859 On 31 January 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Town of Dunedin by-election, 1859, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 1859 by-election in Dunedin, New Zealand, was won by James Macandrew, who had precipitated it with his resignation from office? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Town of Dunedin by-election, 1859. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Town of Dunedin by-election, 1859), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:29, 31 January 2017 (UTC) histop it Lakitu3222 (talk) 23:12, 1 February 2017 (UTC) CategoriesHi J947. Please avoid categorizing articles in Category:Dead people. That category is supposed to be a container category: for categorizing articles about individual people, please use the subcategories such as Category:Deaths by year or Category:Deaths by cause. Cheers, Pichpich (talk) 20:32, 12 November 2016 (UTC)
editing errorLearn how to spell before you edit. You wrote occour instead of occur. You should be blocked from editing because of your silly mistakes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jvfmgnlllj (talk • contribs) 04:24, 4 February 2017 (UTC)
Hello help me to make my project. Its going to remove, I worked on it a long time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luca_Litrico Article Why is nominated for deletion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Luca_Litrico Klimgeran (talk) 17:28, 5 February 2017 (UTC) The Signpost: 6 February 2017
Started your peer reviewI started a peer review for Bruce by-election, April 1865. I would appreciate a little quid pro quo. Could you do the peer review for Abebe Bikila. Thanks— አቤል ዳዊት?(Janweh64) (talk) 18:49, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
It has 9 references and I'm planning to add more. Me-123567-Me (talk) 18:30, 8 February 2017 (UTC) Go nutsI'm done with my part of the layout changes on WP:Greens. Go nuts! Me-123567-Me (talk) 19:09, 10 February 2017 (UTC) DYK for William John DyerOn 21 February 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article William John Dyer, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that despite originally contesting the 1859 Town of Dunedin by-election, William John Dyer did not participate in the poll called afterwards? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William John Dyer. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, William John Dyer), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Mifter (talk) 00:03, 21 February 2017 (UTC) AfD of PoliticsI just deleted the page as disruption. Hope you don't mind. --NeilN talk to me 03:35, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
DYK for Bruce by-election, April 1865On 25 February 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bruce by-election, April 1865, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that two electors who put forward candidates at the April 1865 Bruce by-election in New Zealand were nearly candidates themselves? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bruce by-election, April 1865. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Bruce by-election, April 1865), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Mifter (talk) 00:02, 25 February 2017 (UTC) Removing link(s) to "New Zealand": WP:OVERLINKHi. What is up with that? Thanks. El_C 09:47, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
Happy to help as per the request above. WP:OVERLINK, by my understanding, applies (in the context of New Zealand) when you have a string of geographical place names (e.g. Foo-suburb, Foo-city, New Zealand). It *may* also apply when the sentence gives the required context (e.g. "The New Zealand Legislative Council was the upper house of New Zealand."). But where this isn't the case, I don't think that overlink applies. What you may have seen is me removing links to New Zealand via AWB, as unlinking the country is defined in my normal settings. But before saving, I undo those instances where overlink doesn't apply. It's of course entirely possible that I slip up and don't undo the linking before I hit the save button. Schwede66 22:33, 25 February 2017 (UTC) Sorry to everybody here. J947 22:54, 25 February 2017 (UTC) RfCIt seems that J947 isn't satisfied to learn the lessons to be had from this incident, now he's started an RfC on changing WP:OVERLINK, which can be found here. Pinging the editors involved in this discussion: @El C:, @BilCat:, @MilborneOne:, @NewYorkActuary:, @Schwede66:. Beyond My Ken (talk) 00:05, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
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A kitten for you! for your nice supportive offer to the article creator at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Max Darkosadze Coolabahapple (talk) 06:44, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
AfD closureHi. Thanks for closing Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bangkok 12th district, but when you said, "there are no 'delete' votes," you probably forgot that the nomination itself is a !vote for deletion, so it's actually only 2 for keeping with 1 against, which is probably too close for a non-admin closure. Also, keep in mind that AfDs are not votes; one of the arguments for keeping was "I believe ... are notable", which is a poor AfD argument. I'm not looking to re-open the discussion, but at best it should have been a no-consensus closure. Please consider modifying the closing statement. Thanks. --Paul_012 (talk) 10:07, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
Disk spaceIn reply to this comment: Don't worry about a few million bytes (=a few megabytes). First, it won't work (every edit creates a new copy of the entire page, so editing a page to remove a character, or even to blank the page, increases disk use). Second, disk space is cheap. When you're buying large disk drives in bulk, the kind of space you're talking about saving probably costs about 1¢. Third, in general, we don't need to worry about performance. Unless the devs complain at us, we can assume that it's okay. There are a few things that we can do that are slightly better or slightly worse, but it's just not a big deal. WhatamIdoing (talk) 21:18, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
my article on ReMix Reekwhat is the problem with my article? thank You — Preceding unsigned comment added by Remixreek (talk • contribs) 01:36, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
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AWB on clear CSD candidatesJust a question if there is a reason why you are using AWB to tag clear CSD candidates? I'm only asking because ones like that are not going to be around long, and AWB tagging of obvious CSD articles tends to clog up the watchlist of the people who've tagged them. TonyBallioni (talk) 04:45, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
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PROD instead AfD Guetty FelinHello J947, I was NPPing and saw that you gave Guetty Felin a Prod notice instead of sending it out to be AfD. The subject does not appear to be notable, so even if the creator did dig up a citation, it would probably end up on AfD at the hands of deletionists. Is there some method to PROD vs AfD that I don't know about? Thanks. L3X1 (distant write) 03:29, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
CSD tag on Grayson BeairstoHi, I'm sorry but CSD A7 is appropriate for this page. What we want in sources is not just sources that show that a person exists but sources that show that the person is "important or significant". And all I see in the sources is that this is a university student who holds a role in his university student union and in this position has provided two-sentence quotes on news websites about campus issues. That shows that this person exists, but it doesn't come close to being "significant coverage" by Wikipedia's standards. (As another way of looking at it, the coverage isn't "of him" - the newspapers are interviewing him to provide comment on topics he might know something about.) You might also want to look at WP:POLITICIAN - basically, we don't take articles about student politicians normally. Blythwood (talk) 08:26, 11 March 2017 (UTC) A barnstar for you!
Promod dasgupta smrity vidyapithEh.. can you explain to me what it says then? Sorry, but I didn't understand a word of it or what on earth its supposed to be about... —Frosty ☃ 03:23, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
Speedy deletion declined: Michelle Von Emster CaseHello J947. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Michelle Von Emster Case, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Subject might be important/significant (see also Google News hits for this subject) / use WP:PROD or WP:AFD instead to allow other editors to participate in this decision. Thank you. SoWhy 08:27, 18 March 2017 (UTC) I'm curious to understand how is this an unambiguous keep. If I go by the fact that AFD is not a vote, I see a merge or at best a no consensus outcome here. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 12:27, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
Relisted articles for deletionHi J947, What's the deadline for the relisted articles for deletion? (I would ask for this one) Frock~trwiki (talk) 12:45, 24 March 2017 (UTC)
Actually I understand you, because I know the rules. If I were, I would think the same. My purpose, bringing in a valued article to the Wikipedia on condition that it should. (Esspecially about theater subject, as I do in my old articles in Turkish) But about voting, I understand there was misfortune. I think I know the reason. I just shared the page to show that it's my new Wikipedia article (I always do in Turkish ones as before). (But never any notes about voting "keep". Because I beleive, if the article will be kept, it deserves to be suitable and because of the people really see it is a relevant article. ('cos, I beleive these kind of thinks like critism or votings, can much improve the articles, like we see the difference begining and complete look of this article.) At the same time as a Wikipedia reader, I would like to see the same essence in other articles. But offcourse honestly, I wish many users to see the article, for sharing multitude consensus and I wonder the especially experienced users' ideas like you. So, I tried to search to find something to explain that users are not sockpuppetry I don't know if it works but... (I don't know how to look the users IP, so the users voted with their IP's, I searched from an IP search web site. Different IPs, two of them seem very near, the other one is far from... but they are all in istanbul.) What can I say I think more... If it will be ok. for you, you can remove these comments. Because I do not want to think the others think same. (Thanks God, we have one more voting from a master editor : ) And I wondered when the relist articles will be concluded. Because I could't see a period. I'm sorry it's my first voting experience. I've been working hard and I'm a little excited : ) Thanks for your attention, Regards, Frock~trwiki (talk) 09:33, 25 March 2017 (UTC)
I'll be happy to hear your opinion, Regards, Frock~trwiki (talk) 11:16, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
Like I explained at the discussion page about sockpuppetry doupt; "(Imagine) If I have a Facebook group together with my account over the 50.000 people, If I share the the page there "Look friends, It's the last new page I have prepared at Wikipedia (at Wikipedia tr as I always do, because you know also here we try to reach more people by relisting ect.) That people can view and would like to comment. And I don't think they are Wikipedia users or active users. They're just Facebook users. When they saw post, they just viewed for this page." So, I mean; As a user who has prepared this article for weeks, and prepare more articles to support this one, please for the fair decision, don't allow the article to be deleted by people who say "I had randomly looking but delete" or "I haven't looked closely at the most recent batch of additions but delete" or Because of unsubstantiated doubts or Comments that do not match with Wikipedia rules. (about sources) I need your feedback, Regards, Frock~trwiki (talk) 08:41, 04 April 2017 (UTC) Non-admin closure of Bernardo GuillermoWhy did you close this Afd for Bernardo Guillermo and say that it was very close to delete? You are not an admin and should not be closing items that are controversial, as in very close to delete. Read the policy please. Non-admin closures are only for very clear cases. I see you closed another one a few days ago that was also controversial.198.58.162.200 (talk) 05:41, 25 March 2017 (UTC) Three contested non-admin closuresOk just to bring them all together here, so that your activity in non-admin closures is clearer:
That should tell you something: i.e. stop closing AfDs until you get more experience or become an admin. Maybe User:Oshwah can check this over? 198.58.162.200 (talk) 06:01, 25 March 2017 (UTC)
Relisting AfDsWhen you are relisting an AfD nomination, please remember to comment out or remove the nomination from the original log per WP:RELIST. I've been fixing this for at least two days now. --Kurykh (talk) 00:47, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
UntitledHi I was just testing out Wikipedia solz for changing bill English he a great pm — Preceding unsigned comment added by Callmejeff (talk • contribs) 04:18, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
Hello there, I just noticed that you tagged this page with A7(band), however, this article is not about a band or a musician, it's about their work. I don't think A7 is justifiable here. Thanks Hitro talk 07:39, 1 April 2017 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – April 2017News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2017).
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