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22 Weeks (short film)Hi William2001, I noticed you reviewed my newly created article 22 Weeks (short film) and tagged it as an orphan. I was actually in the process of linking pages when I received notification of your review. Article is now linked to two pages so orphan tag removed. If there are no other troubles, could you please remove "unreviewed tag" from the article.--BoboMeowCat (talk) 02:45, 10 November 2014 (UTC) Piccadilly Valley wine sub-regionHi William2001, thanks for pointing out the absence of linked articles; I have now linked the following articles to Piccadilly Valley wine sub-region - South Australian wine, Adelaide Hills wine region, Template:Wine regions of South Australia and List of wine-producing regions. Regards Cowdy001 (talk) 21:24, 10 November 2014 (UTC) Willie RocheHi William, Willie Roche is my father. He played league of Ireland Football (soccer) from the age of 16 to the age of 38 and was recently inducted into the League of Ireland Hall of Fame. He is a figure of significance in Irish Soccer and I felt that I should create a page for him to serve as a place to link to from other references to him. I will be udpating it with references within the next week and cite those. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barrels2010 (talk • contribs) 22:16, 10 November 2014 (UTC) List of PlayStation Now gamesI see that you have tagged the article List of PlayStation Now games, and marked it as a copyright infringement of the IGN site (http://www.ign.com/wikis/playstation-4/List_of_PlayStation_Now_Games). However, I don't agree with this. Just like similar articles such as List of downloadable PlayStation 3 network games and List of PlayStation Move games etc, this article contains a list of PlayStation Now games. Like this Wikipedia article, that IGN page just happens to have another (and more outdated) list for games compatible with PlayStation Now. Since both of them contain a list of PlayStation Now games, they of course contain some similarities. If you count the number of games, that IGN page contains 122 games, and the Wikipedia article contains 178 games, so the Wikipedia article was clearly not copied from it, not to mention that the Wikipedia article already contains much more information than that IGN page. In fact, all that are similar in both pages are just the names of games mentioned in both pages, but game names themselves are obviously not copyright materials. Thus I cannot agree with the speedy deletion template (at all). --Cartakes (talk) 13:55, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
You marked the page Do Not Stand Idly By for deletion because you say it is promotional. It is a charity. It is not a promotional page. It is an informative page. When you think about it every page on here is promoting something. But the page I created is not promoting nor asking anyone to do anything, I would appreciate you changing your deletion recommendation. Thank you.
Langhorne Creek wine regionHi William2001, Thanks for pointing out the article's 'orphan' status. I have now add the following links and removed the 'orphan' template - Langhorne Creek, South Australia. Fleurieu zone (wine), Australian wine, List of wine-producing regions and Template:Wine regions of South Australia. Regards Cowdy001 (talk) 00:14, 13 November 2014 (UTC) CVUAChris Troutman (talk) 15:07, 13 November 2014 (UTC) The Original Barnstar
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Your review of Draft:Robert "Bob" KuhnHi, you marked this submission as under review. It still says under review. Have you finished reviewing it? Thanks! — kikichugirl speak up! 08:23, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi! Bob Kuhn was born in Vernon, BC, according to his bio on the TWU governance page. Thanks for flagging the discrepancy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by UComm2015 (talk • contribs) 21:57, 6 February 2015 (UTC) AfCHi. I am just letting you know that I have removed your name from the list at Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Participants because I do not think you have sufficient experience. You may have over 500 edits to mainspace but this is not the only criterion. Please stop reviewing AfC submissions and consider doing a less complex maintenance task instead such as removing vandalism (see WP:CVU). --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:11, 7 February 2015 (UTC) Tagged pageHi William2001 - I see you tagged the page Alex Shepherd. Thank you for helping and viewing the page :) I was just wondering, you place a tag that says The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's general notability guideline. I was just wondering, how can I fix the article and remove the tag, if that is possible? Thank you! CookieMonster755 (talk) 20:35, 7 February 2015 (UTC).
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Hi, Civil Air PatrolHello William2001! I see that you have identified yourself as a cadet in the CAP. As a cadet, do you by any chance have access to the CAP's e-services website? If so, I have a little project that could use your help. There are currently 47 articles about CAP wings (soon to be 52 articles) and they desperately are in need of someone to update the membership numbers. The most accurate numbers can be found in the e-services website, but only members have access to that. For a link to the articles, click on Civil Air Patrol and scroll to the bottom where you will find a template that links to every CAP-wing article. Oh, and please, please, put your schoolwork and other important activities ahead of this request -- it is not urgent, just something that needs to get done sooner or later. Etamni | ✉ | ✓
Note Hi William2001, I have unfortunately had to suppress some of your edits because they reveal too much personally identifiable information about you. We have a policy of protecting editors' safety by hiding such information if they share it. I'm really sorry about having to suppress your edits, and I know it's annoying, but it's for the best. Please don't re-add the information. For some useful information on privacy and safety, you can take a look at Wikipedia:Guidance for younger editors and Wikipedia:On privacy, confidentiality and discretion. Thanks, and sorry for messing about with your pages! Keilana (talk) 19:42, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
Sorry, I hit the wrong button. I was attempting to determine which users were vandalizing the page, so I could warn them. I did this successfully, and I thank you for your vandalism revert. Lord Laitinen (talk) (requests) 03:28, 31 January 2016 (UTC) Welcome to STiki!
Note: Having a username change after you start using STiki will reset your classification count. Please let us know about such changes on the talk page page to avoid confusion in issuing milestone awards. You can also request for your previous STiki contributions to be reassigned to your new account name. El Al revertHi William. Which project are you referring to? I made the change because it is not quite right to say that 45 years is the longest sentence, unless it is made clear that we are talking here about a determinate sentence of years. There are prisoners who have served longer (e.g. John Straffen), and it gives the reader the impression life sentences don't exist in the UK. So, I have reinstated my clarification. Wyddgrug (talk) 02:44, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
Wild GoatsHi William2001. I recently made a very accurate edit to the page on "Wild Goats," but you seem to feel it does not live up to Wikipedia's standards. I am very heartbroken at this tragic news and would like to know why you changed it. Thank. I love you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GoatExpert (talk • contribs) 20:38, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
Hello!Hello William, I know this has nothing to do with improving Wikipedia or anything like that, but I'd just like to say a few things. Being a young editor myself, I dislike the fact that many people are skeptical of it and presume that all young editors are vandals or lack knowledge. I myself am sixteen years of age. May you go far on here; it is great to see more young editors on Wikipedia. Kindest regards, Ches (talk) 20:17, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
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If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! Beeblebrox (talk) 19:53, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
Outsider musicI'm not sure why my edit to 'Outsider music' was deleted. Eilert Pilarm is an outsider musician, it even says so on his page, so I can't see why adding to him to the list was not constructive. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hc19321 (talk • contribs) 05:15, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
Your Reversion of my Augusta County, Virginia editYou have reverted my edit of 09 February 2016 and stated in part I noticed that you removed some content from Augusta County, Virginia without explaining why. I did in fact explain my edit in detail in the article's discussion page. I stand by my edit and will be re-editing shortly. Thank you for your concern. Gapmtn1 (talk) 15:17, 14 February 2016 (UTC) New deal for page patrollersHi William2001, In order to better control the quality of new pages, keep out the spam, and welcome the genuine newbies, the current system we introduced in 2011 is being updated and improved. The documentation and tutorials have also been revised and given a facelift. Most importantly a new user group New Page Reviewer has been created. Under the new rule, you may find that you are temporarily unable to mark new pages as reviewed. However, this is nothing to worry about - most current experienced patrollers are being accorded the the new right without the need to apply, and if you have significant previous experience of patrolling new pages, we strongly encourage you to apply for the new right as soon as possible - we need all the help we can get, and we are now providing a dynamic, supportive environment for your work. Find out more about this exiting new user right now at New Page Reviewers and be sure to read the new tutorial before applying. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:29, 13 November 2016 (UTC) AnsweringThanks for your edit and sorry for mistake. Am goin' crazy with a case of massive sockpuppetry: the vandal has the ability to confuse normal edits with vandalisms. Regards :-) --Dэя-Бøяg 21:13, 13 November 2016 (UTC)
Little infoHello, i added the references on the Milica Milosev page. Can you please tell me, is this the only problem, or if not, what else should i fix. I'm sorry for the errors, i am new to Wiki, this is my first article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MrMijuskovic (talk • contribs) 21:48, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
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Invite to RfC (Request for Comment) at Reagan article on Iran-ContraHi, You're invited to an RfC on the question of, "Within the section on the Iran-Contra affair, should we include the aspect of drug trafficking on the part of some Nicaraguan Contras?" Talk:Ronald_Reagan#rfc_85A761C Thanks, FriendlyRiverOtter (talk) 15:57, 22 June 2019 (UTC) Your thread has been archived
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From Japanese to EnglishRequest translation: ja:烏丸家 (Karasumaru family), ja:山本顧彌太 (Koyata Yamamoto), ja:亀井重清 (Shigekiyo Kamei), ja:片岡常春 (Tsuneharu Kataoka), ja:伊勢義盛 (Yoshimori Ise), ja:駿河次郎 (Jirō Suruga), ja:鷲尾義久 (Washio Yoshihisa), ja:富樫泰家 (Yasuie Togashi), ja:大社駅 (Taisha Station), ja:村田勝志 (Katsushi Murata), ja:藤井恒久 (Tsunehisa Fujii), ja:宮根誠司 (Seiji Miyane), ja:諸國沙代子 (Sayoko Shokoku), ja:世界一受けたい授業 (THE MOST USEFUL SCHOOL IN THE WORLD), ja:にっぽん丸 (Nippon Maru (1990)), ja:馬場元子 (Motoko Baba), ja:生ハムと焼うどん (Nama Ham & Yaki Udon), ja:さわかぜ (護衛艦) (JDS Sawakaze), ja:いず (巡視船・2代) (Izu (PL 31)), ja:かめりあ丸 (Camellia Maru), ja:京都府警察 (Kyoto Prefectural Police), ja:柳川次郎 (Jirō Yanagawa), ja:花形敬 (Kei Hanagata), ja:小林楠扶 (Kusuo Kobayashi), ja:毎朝新聞 (Maiasa Shinbun), ja:田中六助 (Rokusuke Tanaka), ja:角田 久美子 (Kumiko Tsunoda), ja:安村直樹 (Naoki Yasumura), ja:三枝夕夏 (Yūka Saegusa), ja:少年ケニヤ (Shōnen Kenya), ja:チャンピオン太 (Champion Futoshi), ja:ジャイアント台風 (Giant Typhoon), ja:引田有美 (Yumi Hikita), ja:松岡巌鉄 (Gantetsu Matsuoka), ja:鈴木理子 (ホリプロ) (Riko Suzuki), ja:谷内里早 (Risa Taniuchi), ja:尾崎仁彦 (Kimihiko Ozaki), ja:アーサ米夏 (Aasa Maika), ja:ミスター高橋 (Mister Takahashi), ja:吉村道明 (Michiaki Yoshimura), ja:沖識名 (Shikina Oki), ja:芳の里淳三 (Junzō Yoshinosato), ja:SAKI (SAKI), ja:MIZUKI (MIZUKI), ja:万喜なつみ (Natsumi Maki), ja:篠原光 (Hikaru Shinohara), ja:沖野ヨーコ (漫画家) (Yōko Okino), ja:徳住有香 (Yuka Tokuzumi), ja:とみながまり (Mari Tominaga), ja:堀内博之 (Hiroyuki Horiuchi), ja:永野椎菜 (Shiina Nagano), ja:諏訪道彦 (Michihiko Suwa), ja:阿部ゆたか (Yutaka Abe), ja:渡部陽一 (Yōichi Watanabe), ja:吉岡昌仁 (Masahito Yoshioka), ja:グレッグ・アーウィン (Greg Irwin). Thank you very much, if you can help me. --95.237.235.212 09:41, 25 June 2019 (UTC) Re Teahouse commentThat's probably true in this case, but sometimes spammers, those in SEO(search engine optimization) or promotional editors want their article to be reviewed quickly so it appears in Google and other search engines to help promote their business or whatever it is being promoted. 331dot (talk) 16:43, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
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Your questionI moved your section and replied to it here. Regards, El_C 04:39, 1 July 2019 (UTC) Please, can you create List of Yoshitsune (TV series) characters? Thank you. --95.237.235.212 09:41, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
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Living peopleHallo William, Thanks for your contributions. I see that you tagged Holly Kagis as unreferenced, but as it's an article about a living person it must be nominated for {{PROD BLP}}. Thanks. PamD 06:03, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
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"Seth Ator" listed at Redirects for discussionAn editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Seth Ator. Since you had some involvement with the Seth Ator redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. —Locke Cole • t • c 23:00, 1 September 2019 (UTC) New Page Review newsletter September-October 2019Hello William2001,
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http://www.wetpaint.com/hunter-avallone-transphobic-video-1476913/ (Wetpaint, an official article reporting on Hunter Avallone controversy) Hi!Just seen you’ve returned to Wikipedia - I remember you from all those years ago 😆 Hope all is well with you. Best, Patient Zerotalk 23:44, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
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Hi, I am making a page for a British Psychotherapist, aids activist and quite well known LGBT peson, and you said it needed better references - I would appreciate any guidence you could offer on how to improve them, as I thought I had put in good, independent, primary sources many thanks wierdghoul
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Translation help requestGreetings, I see that your name is currently listed on Wikipedia:Translators available for "Korean-to-English" translations and I was wondering if you had time to translate two Korean-language sources (these two) into English, for an article on Lomilik. I did ask -revi last year about this but they were busy, and the other three editors (Iceager, Jocelyndurrey, Oil0518) listed there appear to be inactive. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 09:40, 5 October 2019 (UTC)
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Hello, William2001, You know, putting two or three CSD tags on a page requesting deletion does not increase the chances that it will be seen and deleted. At different times during the day/night, a variety of admins go through the speedy deletion categories and having more than one tag doesn't increase its visibility in these deletion categories. Also, unless it is an attack page, there really isn't an urgency to delete any page immediately, particularly a draft article which readers won't come across. Liz Read! Talk! 20:04, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
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Sent by ZLEA at 23:30, 19 October 2019 (UTC) via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) Re-review of CSI NGS PortalHi William, Thank you for reviewing and giving suggestions for our page. I have made the necessary corrections and I hope you will re-visit and approve it soon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:CSI_NGS_Portal Thanks in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Omeran (talk • contribs) 10:46, 27 October 2019 (UTC)
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Submission - Toni Morgan Haye articleHi William2001! I am still somewhat a wiki newbie but I have a few articles I am working on for submission. I just submitted one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Toni_Morgan_Haye and wanted your opinion on how I did. I tried my best to follow all guidelines and used as much reliable information as I possibly could. Please let me know what you think. I'm working on targeting individuals in the film and music industry that are notable but dont yet have a Wikipage. I'm looking forward to your response! Thanks in advance. --FabianKnowles 17:57, 12 October 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fabian0821 (talk • contribs) FabianKnowles 17:51, 12 October 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fabian0821 (talk • contribs)
Hi William, William2001(talk) Thanks for the pointers. I removed and added some more sources. If you can take a look when you have time that would be great, let me know if I'm on the right track with the contribution. I really appreciate your help. FabianKnowles 00:08, 8 November 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fabian0821 (talk • contribs) ArbCom 2019 election voter messageThe Signpost: 29 November 2019
Seminole_Middle_School_(Pinellas_County)Hi William, my nephew just started with Wikipedia and his first article is Draft:Seminole_Middle_School_(Pinellas_County). You rejected it what is okay. But I tried to improve the article with him. Is it now corresponding with the English Wikipedia rules? If not, please tell me what we have to do. Thank you very much :-) --Pietz (talk) 06:23, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
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This year's Reviewer of the Year is Rosguill. Having gotten the reviewer PERM in August 2018, they have been a regular reviewer of articles and redirects, been an active participant in the NPP community, and has been the driving force for the emerging NPP Source Guide that will help reviewers better evaluate sourcing and notability in many countries for which it has historically been difficult. Special commendation again goes to Onel5969 who ends the year as one of our most prolific reviewers for the second consecutive year. Thanks also to Boleyn and JTtheOG who have been in the top 5 for the last two years as well. Several newer editors have done a lot of work with CAPTAIN MEDUSA and DannyS712 (who has also written bots which have patrolled thousands of redirects) being new reviewers since this time last year. Thanks to them and to everyone reading this who has participated in New Page Patrol this year.
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Declined articleI had hoped to become a wiki editor myself, and I am choosing software products that have been around for at least 20 years and have no mention here on Wikipedia. What exactly do you expect to see? The DDCLIENT client application article that you declined is about a program used by millions world wide etc.. To not include it in a global encyclopedia is kind of like book burning in my mind. I understand vetting companies looking to promote links etc.., but what about things used by millions of people and that are not included here? There are a few I had in mind DDCLIENT used by hundreds of thousands if not millions, MintDNS used by at least 100 CCTV/NVR manufactures and looks like maybe 10% of the worlds IP cameras. GNUDIP which is like MintDNS only GNU licensed etc.. I would just like to know if you expect fortune 500 or its a no go, before I waste my time. I plan three articles for the software I mentioned above to start, but if they will not be included I would prefer to know ahead of time. Was the decline based on the article not being up to snuff, or do you vet for some other reasons etc..? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pookiemcdingding (talk • contribs) 00:41, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
I see, and I am happy to help with any backlog. That said a software product used by millions of users may not have citable sources in the New York Times, but demand inclusion all the same. Keep the junk out, but define all that is common for sure. Am I wrong in this thinking? I guess I miss the point of Wikipedia. If a software title is mentioned in the news it may be worthy of an article, but its use in the real world by a million persons does not qualify? What about the other items I mentioned, I have worked for days on the MintDNS article and have found over 100 CCTV/NVR manufactures using the same, which constitutes maybe 10% of the worlds IP cameras using this software title. Does that warrant an inclusion, or it as you said because I am a new editor? Should I choose other topics? I fully understand keeping the junk out, but the ability to discern between trash and software titles that power our world should be any easy distinction to make. I am going to try again, but if I do provide say a thousand references will you even have a look, or am I rejected because I am new? I do need to know. Should I just edit articles for a while as you said? I have been compiling a list of things which are widely used but not mentioned here. Would you not want the same? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pookiemcdingding (talk • contribs) 01:14, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
I am going to help with some of the backlog, as suggested. I am committed to keep the junk out as well. After much research I thought I had identified some widely used software titles that had no mention on Wikipedia. I spent several days researching the subjects, but I will make sure I have a concrete article before submitting again etc.. That said during my research I saw more than a few articles that are nothing more than advertisements. Parts of Wikipedia have more in common with a link farm than an encyclopedia, just sayin. I think that wide spread real world usage should supplant a press release and mention on the New York Times. I know the DDCLIENT article was lacking, but in my research I found the same is behind the linksys brand routers DDNS options. That alone suggests most even yourself have likely has used the same, albeit behind the scenes. I stand firm in my belief that anything that is widely used deserves inclusion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pookiemcdingding (talk • contribs) 01:56, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Translation helpGreetings, was wondering if User talk:William2001/Archive 1#Translation help request is still possible. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:47, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
New Page Reviewer newsletter February 2020Hello William2001,
The first NPP source guide discussion is now underway. It covers a wide range of sources in Ghana with the goal of providing more guidance to reviewers about sources they might see when reviewing pages. Hopefully, new page reviewers will join others interested in reliable sources and those with expertise in these sources to make the discussion a success.
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