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I'm really sorry if that Vault 2 AfD caused any trouble. Twinkle has been acting weird for some time now and I've submitted a bug report, but the problem is not fixed yet. That was crazy! I tried to AfD it, and it seems that while Twinkle was taking long, and admin deleted it and I recreated it. Again, I'm sorry.Cssiitcic (talk) 00:57, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
I just went through my browser history, to no avail. No idea what name the article was created under. I can say it was by an IP who may have at one stage edited Web portal#Government web portals.
I asked Jimbo for help because he has an interest in our coverage of the US government, but feel free to take up the request. Ottre 13:12, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
Good work! I found a RS, so move it back into article space? Ottre 11:24, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Esben Ertzeid. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedy-deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Lampman (talk) 15:38, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I signed up to ask you (Malcolmx15) a question... you deleted an article about "Nhi Le Records" and I didn't know that the stuff was there until today. could you please send me the text or content of last modified page before you delete it as well as the user that wrote it? Or at the very least when was its last modified date before you delete it? Please? It is important.
I know who he is as he was in my class at school, but I'm not him as Gilesgate is a big place in Durham with a lot of residents. Also, if I was him I would of been vandalising pages as I have checked his past accounts and "sock puppets".Gilagod101 (talk) 20:47, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi, Lola, thanks for your message. An editor reviewed the article Gabriel Bots and proposed it for deletion as it did not seem to him/her that it met the guidelines for an article in the encyclopedia. After five days, I reviewed this; no one had objected, the rationale seemed to be sound and I deleted it in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy. In particular, the article said only that he is a pianist and composer, he was born in Hungary, he moved to Scandinavia, and that he played in different bands in Europe. It did not indicate how Bots is of significance or importance or how he warrants an article in the encyclopedia per the guidelines at WP:MUSIC. Kind regards, --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 23:09, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
Hello, on your recent edit to List of Shopping malls in India, the mall you listed
is linked to the wikipedia page of Infiniti the car maker, please either
remove the link, or fix so that it directs to the actual shopping center.
thank you. Cashjrmy (talk) 15:25, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
P.S. I have declined your second speedy as shopping malls are not eligible for speedy deletion. I suggest that you either improve the article or now list it at WP:AfD. --Malcolmxl5 (talk)
Didier Bonvitesse
Hi, i tried to add Didier Bonvitesse to the list of deletion proposals, because the person seems to be a fake. You did remove my addition here. I am not familiar with deletions in here, please put the deletion request to the right place instead of just setting it back. I am not native english. Greetings. Schmelzle (talk) 19:30, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi Schmelzle, thanks for your message[6]. Yes, your attempt at adding a deletion discussion for Didier Bonvitesse went in the wrong place but, as it happens, you don't need to start a deletion discussion yet because you have prodded (prod+) the article. An admin will review the article in five days and decide whether to delete it or not (and I don't see why not). If someone objects or the admin declines to delete it, then it can go on to be listed at WP:AfD. I'll be happy to help out if needed. Kind regards, --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 19:59, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
Dakar Rally articles
The 2003 Dakar Rally article is now a stub, however, I believe the others would qualify for deletion, as most consist just of the year and number. No winners, deaths, not even start and finish cities. --SpeedKing(talk)19:56, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
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Yes, yes. I realized I accidentally added the previous discussion of deletion.
I am not one to know wikipedia on the back of my hand so oh well.
I will not bug you with deletion requests, go ahead and edit however
you like. My extensive edits on the page have already been done,
it is up to everyone else to upkeep the page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cashjrmy (talk • contribs) 22:28, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi it's me Matt and i was wondering why u deleted Tiffany Giardina? Tiffany Giardina is a real artist and she made a real album called No Average Angel… It's on Itunes… Also she has lots and lots of Christmas songs that she made ever since she was young, like maybe 10 years old or something… And she also sang on the Another Cinderella Story Soundtrack so i don't know why u would delete Tiffany Giardina… i wasn't the one who created that article or any other article that might've been create within it, but i just discovered it a couple of weeks ago that someone had created the article and that it was deleted… Can u tell me why 785 Records is notable enough to stay on Wikipedia and Tiffany Giardina isn't?
69.121.122.105 (talk) 21:03, 2 March 2009 (UTC)—Preceding unsigned comment added by Morts623 (talk • contribs)
you shouldn't have deleted the Vorshack page, who do you think you are anyway? King Arthurs on their and he fictional! I just wanted to say that you have no life. Oh, and also... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.112.196.254 (talk • contribs) 05:12, March 3, 2009 (UTC)
Brian, why have you listed Wikipedia:Sandbox at WP:AfD? --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 08:02, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi. By mistake. I was trying to test using the sandbox. As soon as I accidently did this, I tried to revert, but obviously was not successful. How can we fix this?BCtalk to me17:34, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi, Brian, I guessed it might be something like that. The discussion page was closed pretty quickly so it can just be forgotten about. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 18:30, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
SELEX Systems Integration Ltd
I've noted that you deleted the following page - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SELEX_Systems_Integration_Ltd - because it "does not meet guidelines for inclusion". I'm not sure who you are, or what gives you the authority to delete such a page, but I'd be grateful if you could advise why the page was deleted. It was created consistently in content and structure with its sister company, which has had a presence on wikipedia for 1-2 years. I'm therefore confused and bemused about this deletion.
Please advise accordingly.
Damian Schogger
Hi, Damian, thanks for your message The article was proposed for deletion by another editor because he felt that the subject, the company SELEX Systems Integration Ltd, did not meet Wikipedia's guidelines for an article in the encyclopedia. After five days, I reviewed the article, I found that no one had objected to deletion and it seemed to me the rationale given was reasonable, particularly the need for significant coverage in reliable sources independent of the subject per Wikipedia's notability guidelines, and so deleted in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy.
May I suggest merging the text into the Finmeccanica article with a redirect to it? Should the company later gather significant coverage, the text can then be broken out from the Finmeccanica article into its own article. Kind regards, --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 19:27, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
Vorshack
dont give me that crap, the story is widespread in scotland were i have spent two summers, i enjoyed reading that page and believe it to be accurate with a few errors which can be changed but they are only a few errors, so why dont u get a life and stop pretending to be a scholar and treat other people with respect? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.112.196.254 (talk) 03:32, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
Dear Mr IP 71.112.196.254, the Vorshack article was nominated for deletion by another editor who felt that it failed one of Wikipedia's core policies, that of being verifiable. The nomination was open to the community for discussion for five days, at the end of which the consensus among those who took part was for the article to be deleted. I merely carried out the wishes of the community in deleting the article.
If you will tell me what was the part of Scotland where you heard the story, I'll make some enquiries the next time I'm down that way. Kind regards, --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 19:33, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
Vorshack cont.
Well maybe you should check before the deletion of the article, and by the way, a couple of people saying delete the page is not the opinion, there are dozens of people from my high school trip to Scotland you are mad about the deletion as well
Bottom line is: Do not delete a page until you know ALL THE FACTS
Sincerely, Jeremiah —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.112.196.254 (talk) 02:50, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
Dear Jeremiah, a deletion discussion is not an expression of opinions but a discussion as to whether the article meets Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. The big, big problem was that no one could verify that the subject exists thus it failed one of Wikipedia's core policies. The key is for the person writing the article to provide the sources that they are using. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 23:32, 12 March 2009 (UTC) P.S. What part of Scotland? I'm only a couple of hours away..
The album isn't by Mindless Self Indulgence. It's by The Left Rights whose article redirects to the album. I think that A9 still applies since a.) the band doesn't have an article, and b.) the band has no possible notability outside of having a member of Mindless Self Indulgence, and as we all know, notability is not inherited. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)01:54, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
I really hope that you revert the deletion regardless, but if you still refuse, i heard the story in Aberdeen and its surrounding villages (of which I don't remember there names, sorry) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.112.196.254 (talk) 04:25, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi, you said to let you know if it happened again, which it has and this time with an attempt to try and justify it on the talk page. I don't really know how to approach this now as they for whatever reason are clearly going to keep this up, butthey use a different IP address each time, so there is little point leaving warnings on their page. I have tried explaining on the talk page and reverted them again, but I doubt it will do any good, and I fully expect them to restore it yet again. --♦Tangerines♦·Talk01:13, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I notice that you recently reverted vandalism on the above page, here, here and here but I was wondering why you didn't warn them ? The nature of the edits suggest it's the same person. --DFS454 (talk) 09:39, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for the message. It's a person with a dynamic IP and it didn't seem much point chasing him around the different IP addresses and leaving warnings for the next user of that IP address to find. I have been keeping an eye on the article to see if he would get the message and stop. He hasn't (I have just reverted a piece of vandalism) so I've now semi-protected the article for one week; hopefully, that will do the trick. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 11:32, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
I think I understand why the speedy was declined. Did I use the wrong tag? This is clearly a hoax. Should I WP:PROD it or respeedy with a different tag or what? Thanks, WTucker (talk) 00:50, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for the message. Yes, it was the wrong tag more than anything else. {{db-a1}} is used for articles that are incoherent and gibberish, e.g. "The Smurfs is a ~'dlfkutns fnnkcjwf !£)(&*%^%$", rather than for hoaxes. {{db-g3}} can be used for really obvious hoaxes but a prod will do the job here. You may find this essay Field guide to proper speedy deletion useful (I do!). Kind regards, --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 20:12, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
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Deletion of Sierra_(porn_star) page - please reinstate
Hi! I'm not what you'd call a HUGE user of wikipedia, but I use it often enough to correct pages with errors on them. The page on porn star Sierra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_(porn_star) was added as a self-imposed exercise on how to add a page. However, I believe its inclusion is relevant. She's one of very few African American pornographic models to achieve a measure of prominence in the adult industry, which can be seen from the 150+ films she made for various companies. Her prominence can't be measured in porn industry awards (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:PORNBIO#Pornographic_actors) because such recognition isn't normally awarded to non-white actors. I can point to her interviews in several adult magazines, or the text of the wikipedia page being used verbatim on multiple webpages devoted to her, but I simply hope you'll reconsider and undo your deletion of her wikipedia page. Thank you for reading. -- —Preceding unsigned comment added by Den68cube (talk • contribs) 02:55, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi, Den68cube, thanks for the message. The article was proposed for deletion by another editor and after five days, no one had objected, the rationale seemed reasonable to me and so I deleted it. I would be reluctant to restore it as it was without some further work to address to reasons for deletion. You say that there are interviews with her in magazines? If the article could be rewritten around multiple, significant coverage of her in magazines then that might be a way forward. What do you think? --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 20:39, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply. OK, I'll see if any interview make reference to her 'significance' in the industry. When it's found, I'll contact you with the information asking for reinstatement of the article. --
Elsyn and cytgan
Thanks for the help. As you can probably tell I am very new to this, although ignorance should never be an excuse I know. Any advice on how to make the page better and more relevant would be very greatly received. I am a member of 6 different Choirs and intend to try and add something on all of them. Though as you can probably tell maybe I should get this one correct first. With regard, Elsyn. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Elsyn (talk • contribs) 23:50, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
Talk:2008 Beijing Drum Tower incident during the Olympic Games
Hi Malcolmxl5. Can you please restore the above redirect. It was not a G8 as it was not dependent on any deleted or nonexistent page, but properly redirected to Talk:2008 Beijing Drum Tower stabbings, and that redirect was protected by me as a move war target that had been used previously. Your deletion now opens up the name again as an improper move target for a persistent vandal who has moved the article multiple times.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 14:17, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi, Fuhghettaboutit. Sorry about that. I saw a redirect on a talk page without a corresponding redirect on the article page and deleted it without realising that it may have been placed there for another purpose. I have restored it. Cheers. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 14:29, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
Sorry, still finding the whole thing a little confusing - it took me nearly a good half hour to work out how to get this far! 86.17.52.38 (talk) 18:45, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
Good evening,
I just wanted to compliment you on your speedy redirecting of the above page. It's good to see that it can serve a purpose. I must admit, I was about to nominate it for deletion. Regards, HJ Mitchell (talk) 18:55, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
Not do I in any way represent the above artist/band. The artist in question has received a very large deal of press coverage here in the area in which they operate in. I decided to contribute my first article on Wikipedia to this particular artist, as there is a lot of information available that is noteworthy of mention.
You placed a tag that this article needs additional citation for verification. The article has 7 external links to reputable newspapers, The Board of Education in the Dominican Republic and other links such as to the Casandra Awards. Please help me understand why do think it needs additional references. I placed two other links. Please review again, and if you find that it is ok, please remove the notice. thanks. --Juliaaltagracia (talk) 02:48, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
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Date of birth missing (living people) vs Year of birth missing (living people)
Biographies of living persons.. Does not apply
Naming conventions.. We're Good
Neutral point of view.. Definitely
No original research.. Jargon File.. Not my research
Non-free content criteria.. Definitely Free
Verifiability.. Yeppers
What Wikipedia is not.. It was encyclopedic in nature
Extended content
Types of vandalism
Wikipedia vandalism may fall into one or more of the following categorizations:
Replied here[13]. Hi, thanks for the message[14]. Yes, the title goes inside the template but it's no big deal. There was more than an element of me being obsessively tidy as I looked over the AfD pages! Kind regards. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 12:21, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
Nick Zimmerman (soccer)
Please restore the nick zimmerman red bulls apage I orignially created as he debuted with crystal palace baltimore friday night, and delete the new page that was created for him recently.
Replied here[15]. Hello. I deleted your article because the information in it was patently false and so not suitable for inclusion in an encyclopedia. Kind regards. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 12:07, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi. The article was deleted the first time because the subject did not meet the notability guidelines for politicians (because she is an unelected candidates for political office) nor the primary notability criterion (significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject). It was deleted the second time because the recreated page was substantially identical to the deleted version and did not address the reasons for which the material was originally deleted, i.e. the fact that she does not meet guidelines for an article in Wikipedia at this time. Kind regards, --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 20:27, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
The Night
Hi. Back in January, there was some controversy going on as to the article for American rock band Disturbed's song, "The Night". Controversy was that it kept getting re-created, but didn't cover notability guidelines, so you re-directed them to the album's article, and protected the pages. Well, I would say "The Night" is notable enough now; there's tons of sources on the release of the song, the music video has emerged, there's info on the musical influences, plus I have the promotional CD sitting right next to me right now, recently released. It's also charted. So, if you could please unprotect The Night (Disturbed song) (you asked me to tell you when the song met notability guidelines), I would greatly appreciate it, as I would like to get started on the article as soon as possible. Thanks. --TheGuycomplainedits20:47, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
Thank you kindly; I'll begin work on it shortly after you un-protect :) I'm almost positive I can make at least a C-Class article out of the information I have. If not, start-class is still a great start. Thanks again! --TheGuycomplainedits21:02, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
Can you check the album artwork I put there for me, please? There's none available online, so I scanned it directly from my copy. My monitor is extremely bad, and sees things probably 50% darker than they should be, with little details, so I can't really tell if the album art is ideal. Looks OK on my screen, but I'd like a second opinion if you have a minute. --TheGuycomplainedits02:07, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
I brightened the image ever so slightly. I might need more help just to have someone to look at the pictures if I don't get the ideal brightness soon. Hope I'm not bugging you too much. Anyways, I've got class in 20 minutes, so I won't be on for a bit. I'll check my talk page when I get back. --TheGuycomplainedits12:13, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
I was fortunate to be able to look at the article with one of the school's laptops. I think the image looks fine compared to the actual CD insert, fortunately. --TheGuycomplainedits01:02, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads-up. I googled all of Wikipedia trying to find some thread on JCutter. I didn't find anything, because the vandal appears to be using a different account for every vandal he threatens, so I assumed I was the first to read the e-mail and react. There appear to be other, more competent and experienced admins dealing with his, so I won't get too involved, especially as this is probably just an empty threat. --Carabinieri (talk) 11:11, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
ThankSpam
My RfA
Thank you for participating in my "RecFA", which passed with a final tally of 153/39/22. There were issues raised regarding my adminship that I intend to cogitate upon, but I am grateful for the very many supportive comments I received and for the efforts of certain editors (Ceoil, Noroton and Lar especially) in responding to some issues. I wish to note how humbled I was when I read Buster7's support comment, although a fair majority gave me great pleasure. I would also note those whose opposes or neutral were based in process concerns and who otherwise commented kindly in regard to my record. I recognise that the process itself was unusual, and the format was generally considered questionable - and I accept that I was mistaken in my perception of how it would be received - but I am particularly grateful for those whose opposes and neutrals were based in perceptions of how I was not performing to the standards expected of an administrator. As much as the support I received, those comments are hopefully going to allow me to be a better contributor to the project. Thank you. Very much. LessHeard vanU (talk) 19:57, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for cleaning this up for me. I can only guess that I edited the section when adding the template, rather than editing that whole AfD page. Thanks. 7talk | Δ |00:06, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
WP:YORKS is a leading local British WikiProject in terms of the total number of articles supported (up from 6113 last month to 6344 on May 30th). We have recently overtaken WP:LONDON which has 6283 articles. WP:GM has the lead in FAs at 38 out of a total number of 1850 articles. In the area of GAs WP:YORKS at 42 is just behind WP:GM with 44.
The number has been kept deliberately low to give us a fighting chance of improving them to at least GA status, also so we can concentrate our efforts on these first.
To bring all other top priority articles (currently 15 with 2 at FA) to at least Good article status
To set up a weekly or monthly selected article improvement drive
To produce a regular news letter for circulation to members
Browsers
According to the article Usage share of web browsers the percentage of people using the Mozilla Firefox browser has increased steadily since 2004 and it now stands at 22.56%. The percentage of Wikipedia editors using Firefox is probably considerably higher because the Firefox browser has a number of advantages for editors. Not least of these is the add-on that lets you right click on a web page to get a Cite Web pop up on the menu. WPCITE allows you easily to create a citation template. This makes the laborious task of filling in web citation templates (almost) a thing of the past.
Another advantage of Firefox is the ability to use wikiEd which is a full-featured Wikipedia-integrated text editor that adds enhanced text processing functions to edit pages. And there is a spell checker Currently, wikEd works under Firefox, SeaMonkey, Safari, and Google Chrome, but not under Internet Explorer and Opera.
Mention of these other browsers reminds me that not all browsers render pages in the same way. What appears to be a beautiful layout in one browser can be rendered as a tangled mess of text and images by another. As most browsers can be downloaded for free, it is worth having several on your computer just to check the appearance of articles. Bear in mind that many people who use Wikipedia just for reference will have only Internet Explorer, and possibly quite an old version, so some of the latest "bells and whistles" may not work for them.
My apologies to old hands who already know all this, but to new users it really is worthwhile looking into the possibilities of different browsers on Wikipedia.
September 2011, web browser usage share. Source: Median values from summary table.
The project is subscribed to a clean-up listing which lists articles tagged with various clean-up tags that need attention. The listing is refreshed by a bot on a regular basis. The latest listing was created on March 9th.
Monitor Use the watchlist to keep an eye on changes to the project's articles so that vandalism and spamming can be removed as quickly as possible.
Infoboxes Many of our articles would benefit from the addition of an appropriate infobox.
As of 30 May, 2009, we have assessed 100% of all articles with a project banner.
(Some new and additional article talk pages may still require a banner however)
Thanks
References Please remember that the list of stubs needing expansion is always in need of attention. Please take a look and see if you can help. One small edit, such as adding a reference section and reference, to an article each session would make a big difference.
Moves Please be careful when performing articles moves and ensure that you also move all the talk sub-pages and update any image fair use rational. Otherwise the archives, to-do lists, assessment comments and GA reviews get lost and the image may be deleted as it has an incorrect FUR.
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I appreciate the help on my profile. I hope the archiver works it did a few timesbut then it stopped working. So here's to hoping. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 03:31, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
Shrew mole vs shrew-mole
One of these two is the disambiguation page:
Shrew Mole
Shrew-mole
They keep getting mixed up.
This stuff is VERY confusing. For example, there is also Mole-shrew.
All searches for any spelling of shrew-mole, hyphen or not, should go to the disambliguation page.
Thank you for your help and kind attention to this matter!
Yes, that's it! That helps alot. Should "shrew-mole" be shrew-mole (Neurotrichus) so that the hyphanated search could be sent to disambig also?
Then, if your interested, there's a problem with mole shrew! It's very confusing, but a shrew mole is a Talpidae mole that looks like a shrew, and mole shrew are two kinds of shrews, one group Chinese and the other African, that are shrews that look like moles. I've been trying to sort this out but I need your wiki-skills. If those suggestions don't work, I have some other ideas.
Well, I guess that there is no way to get all the searches to go to the disambig unless we rename the Neurotrichus article shrew mole (Neurotrichus) or something. Is there? How else could we get all searches to go to disambig? I want to do it with the mole-shews, too. All should go to disambig. Thanks for your help, YOU DA MAN! Chrisrus (talk) 13:27, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
By the way, the rest of the world calls Neurotrichus "American Shrew Mole" but because the Uber reference that trumps all call it only Shrew Mole, the taxonomy fascists wouldn't let me rename it that. Chrisrus (talk) 13:30, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
Check out Mole shrew and Mole-shrew — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chrisrus (talk • contribs) 13:36, June 27, 2009 (UTC)
Chris Coyne
The article looks in really good shape, you've done a good job. I think you should put it forward for GA as it is now. Maybe the lead could be expanded a little, but other than that it will be just tweaks here and there I reckon, certainly nothing that would quick fail the review. I'll let you know if I spot anything else, or apply the edits myself if they're minor. Cheers. --Jameboy (talk) 22:18, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
Chitrita Banerjee - diff from Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
I changed my username from HellinaBucket to Hell in a Bucket, I can't use twinkle or get the pages to autowatch anymore. I tried modifying moinobook but says I don't have rights to. How long of a lag is ther before i get my contributions and history back. HellinaBucket (talk) 02:06, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
first of all thank you very much for your help on Bouchta el hayani's page. do you know how can i make this page publishable on wikipedia and hence searchable on google.
sorry to disturb you once again, but I wanted to ask you how to change the setting of my article's protection cos it looks like anyone even non users can step in edit it and even change the quality and priority rating. can you help with this ? thanks
Hello, articles are only protected in exceptional circumstances, such as excessive vandalism or violations of Wikipedia's policy on biographies of living people. I have the article on my watchlist and will keep an eye on it. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 16:24, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
WP:YORKS is a leading local British WikiProject in terms of the total number of articles supported (up from 6344 last month to 6538 on June 28th). We have recently overtaken WP:LONDON which has 6318 articles. WP:GM has the lead in FAs at 39 out of a total number of 1862 articles. In the area of GAs WP:YORKS at 45 is just ahead of WP:GM who have 44.
Thank you and well done to all those who contributed.
Article Activity
Siward Barn was promoted to GA on May 10th Oslac of York was promoted to GA on May 18th Thomas Ferens was promoted to GA on June 6th Wilfred was promoted to FA on June 9th Ilkley was nominated for GA on June 11th Sheffield was nominated for a FAR on June 18th Peak District was nominated for GA on June 18th York was submitted for a peer review on June 21st
Member News
There are now 64 members of WikiProject Yorkshire! A warm welcome to the new members that have joined us since the June newsletter:
The number has been kept deliberately low to give us a fighting chance of improving them to at least GA status, also so we can concentrate our efforts on these first.
To bring all other top priority articles (currently 15 with 2 at FA) to at least Good article status
To set up a weekly or monthly selected article improvement drive
To produce a regular news letter for circulation to members
Citing sources for your text
In recent months some really promising Yorkshire articles from new editors have been appearing on Wikipedia. These editors have worked hard to produce interesting and informative texts with some exquisite images. However, some of these articles have lacked any verifiable sources, an absolute must for Wikipedia articles. Additional research is usually necessary to write a good article. An article has to be verifiable and citereliable sources which ideally should include books or peer reviewed journal articles. Editors should provide a reliable source for quotations and for any material that is challenged or likely to be challenged, or the material may be removed. The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth. The burden of evidence lies with the editor who adds or restores material. All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable, published source using an inline citation.
Fortunately, Wikipedia provides a number of easily used tools to help with this task. Beside the Firefox add on that was mentioned last month there are a couple of toolbar options to help editors.
The first is on the default toolbar. It's the <ref>...</ref> button. This places any text that is placed between the markers in the References section on the article page.
The second handy tool is obtained by going to the my preferences section on the menu tabs at the top of the page, click GADGETS, go to Editing gadgets and check refTools. Save your options and a new CITE button is added to your editing toolbar. This little wonder, when clicked, produces options for citation templates beneath the existing toolbar. It is a fairly simple task then to copy and paste the information into the template and when you've completed as much as you can, click the Add citation button. This produces an inline citation. Of course this all depends on there being a References section on the page with either the <references/> markup or {{Reflist}} template added.
If you are in doubt about an unsourced statement, try copying the phrase or sentence and pasting it into the search box of your favourite search engine. Often this turns up a source which you can then add to the article yourself by filling in one of the citation templates on your editing toolbar. If you want to request a source for an unsourced statement, consider tagging a sentence by adding the {{fact}} template, a section with {{unreferencedsection}}, or the article with {{refimprove}} or {{unreferenced}}. Alternatively, you may leave a note on the talk page requesting a source, or you may move the material to the talk page.
Please remember...
The project is subscribed to a clean-up listing which lists articles tagged with various clean-up tags that need attention. The listing is refreshed by a bot on a regular basis. The latest listing was created on June 18th. Here is an extract
The project has 15 top-importance articles. 8 of them, or 53.3%, are flagged for cleanup.
Articles with dead external links (Oct 2008), Articles with unsourced statements (Mar 2009)
Monitor Use the watchlist to keep an eye on changes to the project's articles so that vandalism and spamming can be removed as quickly as possible.
Infoboxes Many of our articles would benefit from the addition of an appropriate infobox.
References Please remember that the list of stubs needing expansion is always in need of attention. Please take a look and see if you can help. One small edit, such as adding a reference section and reference, to an article each session would make a big difference.
Moves Please be careful when performing articles moves and ensure that you also move all the talk sub-pages and update any image fair use rational. Otherwise the archives, to-do lists, assessment comments and GA reviews get lost and the image may be deleted as it has an incorrect FUR.
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