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WAM Organizers Update

Hi WAM Organizer! Hopefully, everything works just fine so far! Need Help Button, post in any language is fine

• Here are some recent updates and clarification of rules for you, and as always, let me know if you have any idea, thought or question.
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Sailesh Patnaik

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving, Auntof6! Angela Maureen (talk) 15:53, 22 November 2018 (UTC)

Category redirect

Future reference. You don't have to go through moving the articles in a redirected category. The bot comes and does it about once a day or so. Will save you some work. -DJSasso (talk) 01:08, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

I know that. I decided to do it manually anyway in that case, because there were so few entries. --Auntof6 (talk) 01:31, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

Italophilia

I am a new writer on simple Wikipedia who has been posting many times as an IP in the last years. In many occasions I have appreciated your interventions, and this is why I ask you to do something in a continuous reversal of what I post in the article Italophilia. I wrote most of this article on the English Wikipedia in 2013 and since then another wikipedian (user:Philantonia) has practically changed it all, improving & changing a lot the article. I decided some days ago to enlarge the article "italophilia" in simple Wikipedia (that I created as IP 98.77.38.175 in May 2013) adding some excerpts that I wrote in 2013 in en.wikipedia and that actually are no more existing in the en.wikipedia. These excerpts are all mine, but user:Operator873 erased all and he wrote "Reverted good faith edits by Esauster". I reverted explaining that "this is very simple english...I have written for years in simple as an IP and NEVER I had problems. I add more from my simple version of 2013, written by me. In en.wikipedia they have hugely modified what I wrote in 2013". But again and again my excerpts have been erased (also by another wikipedian named user:Vermont)....... even the most simple phrases that I added on November 23! Sincerely I cannot understand why all this is done for very simple & easy improvements, like the last I did on November 23.......Can you help me? I know you are a serious admin and I'll do whatever you suggest. Thanks, --Esauster (talk) 04:26, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

@Esauster: I looked at the text you added. It doesn't seem like simple English to me, and I'm sure that's why your changes were reverted. Have you read Wikipedia:How to write Simple English pages? That might help you understand the issues. If you want to work on simplifying that text, you could put a copy of the updated article in a sandbox and work on it there. I would be willing to give you some guidance on it if you want. If you have any questions about this, let me know. --Auntof6 (talk) 05:30, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

OK, Auntof6. In April 2013 one of my many IP wrote this version https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Italophilia&oldid=548925643 but others are done before: anyway that version (that is totally different from the actual -a lot more "complicated"- version, as you can easily see) is going to be on my sandbox (I don't find this sandbox in simple, so I posted in my talkpage), waiting for your guidance. Thanks, --Esauster (talk) 15:23, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

Since that is not the proper use of a talk page, I moved the article content to User:Esauster/sandbox. I will look at it later and give you some input. In the meantime, be sure you have read the page I linked above on how to write Simple English. --Auntof6 (talk) 19:35, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

Esauster That IP wrote 3056 bytes of content in 2013, where you added to the Simple English article 18000 bytes. The content you added on this Wikipedia is also completely different than the content you supposedly added in 2013 to enwiki; there is no overlap in text or even subject. That IP added three paragraphs to the enwiki article on Anti-Italianism, focusing on the United Kingdom, which is completely different than what you wrote here. May I ask where the content you added a few days ago originates? Thank you, Vermont (talk) 11:47, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

Sorry, but I wrote with a lot of IPs and I cannot remember everything after years and years. Please, allow me to collaborate with simple Wikipedia, can you?.....thanks--Esauster (talk) 15:11, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

William Shakesphere

Can you please Revdel the recent Revisons? Thank You. --Thegooduser (talk) 20:31, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

@Thegooduser: Sorry, no. We aren't allowed to revdel for that kind of thing, as objectionable as it is. --Auntof6 (talk) 20:45, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

Ok. So the REVDEl requirements are different here, then on the English Wikipedia.--Thegooduser (talk) 20:52, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

Christmas song article

In a recent Christmas song article, the words a younger woman were erased from the article; they appeared before Cousin Mel. Why were the three words deleted from the page? I'm talking about a recent article I created on November 16. Angela Maureen (talk) 13:00, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

They were deleted because the song doesn't say that Mel is a younger woman. The only thing it says about Mel is that Grandpa was "playing cards with Cousin Mel". Since Mel can be either man's name or a woman's (more often male, in my experience), there's no reason to assume that the song meant Mel to be female, or even an adult. The video shows Mel as a woman, but the part of the article where those words were removed is talking about the song, not the video. --Auntof6 (talk) 19:01, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

Athanasio Celia

Hi Auntof6, please could you be so kind and tell me if I've properly signed my notice on the discussion page ( https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_deletion/Requests/2018/Athanasio_Celia ), because, unfortunately, I can't use "tildes" on my computer or on any other Greek computer... Thank you in advance! (User:Lucky Billy 1999) (talk) 2 December 2018, 11:39 (UTC)

@Lucky Billy 1999: It looks fine. You might want to use the button for signatures. It's on the editing toolbar (or whatever it's called -- it's the place above the edit window that has links for B (bold), I (italic), Advanced, Special characters, etc.). On my screen, the button to insert a signature is the fourth from the left. It looks like a lower-case letter "L". It's between the italic "I" and the symbol that looks like two links from a chain. Just click in the text at the point where the signature should go and then click the signature button. Let me know if that doesn't work for you. --Auntof6 (talk) 10:08, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

Again thank you very-very much for the detailed and swift help (I think now it works!). (User:Lucky Billy 1999) (talk) 2 December 2018, 12:24 (UTC)

What's Next (WAM)!

Congratulations! The Wikipedia Asian Month has ended successfully and you've done amazing work of organizing. What we've got and what's next?

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Thanks again, Regards
Sailesh Patnaik using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:59, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Vandal

CartoonNetwork (talk • contribs • CA • deleted contribs • nuke contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log) username eligible for BAN.

exactly same as

Carton Netwoork (talk • contribs • CA • deleted contribs • nuke contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log) username under BAN.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 54.74.57.173 (talk • contribs) 09:10, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Already taken care of. In the future, please report this kind of thing at WP:VIP or WP:AN. Also, please sign your posts. Thanks. --Auntof6 (talk) 09:14, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Older one too vandalized, see this. 54.74.57.173 (talk) 09:26, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

the word but

Almost every time I use the word but, it gets erased from the article. Can someone please tell me why? Angela Maureen (talk) 08:06, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

It depends on how it's used. I assume you saw where I removed it from the 98 Degrees article. Here are some reasons for which I might remove words like but:

• It's sometimes not needed to communicate information. In conversational English, certain words are sometimes used even when they don't add anything to the meaning of what's being said. That doesn't work for the tone used in Wikipedia. But can be one of those words.
• It's not usually good grammar to start a sentence with but. When trying to simplify a sentence in the format "X, but Y," it's tempting to just split it before but. However, that doesn't always make two good sentences.
• The word but is best used between two clauses that say things that seem at least somewhat contradictory or inconsistent. A musical group recording or performing after taking a break is not contradictory or inconsistent: breaks end, and you'd expect the group to work together again after a break. If they had announced their retirement instead of a break, then the clause about recording again would seem inconsistent with that announcement.

Hope that helps. --Auntof6 (talk) 09:03, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Question

Am I in trouble since The page I created was deleted?--Thegooduser Let's Chat 🍁 01:50, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Thegooduser: I checked over the deleted pages you created and found no reason to believe you're in any kind of "trouble" as you put it. One of Wikipedia's main values is to be bold and sometimes that results in articles and ideas being deleted or not realized. I'm happy to provide you with any assistance I can. Feel free to leave me a message on my talk page or jump on IRC by clicking "connect" in my signature. Thanks for your contributions so far! Operator873^talkconnect 02:05, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

Operator873 What about the other articles I created?--Thegooduser Let's Chat 🍁 02:10, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

@Thegooduser: The articles you've created have been worked on some by other editors. The easiest way to learn how to write better Wikipedia articles is to keep going back and looking at the articles you've written and what others have done to make them better. Learn from everyone who contributes to the articles you write! To answer your question, you're doing a good job! Keep writing and keep learning. Don't be too scared to ask for help if you need it. Operator873^talkconnect 02:19, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

@Thegooduser: I see two pages deleted:

• Wikipedia:TheWikiWizard: you asked for that one to be deleted less than an hour after you created it. If it was a test, be aware that tests should be done only in your own user space or in the project's sandbox.
• The one about Franklin's Lost Expedition. I deleted that one because it didn't have enough information in it to show why the subject was notable. If you want time to work on an article to add information, you can do that in a personal sandbox.

If there were any other pages deleted, maybe someone restored them. --Auntof6 (talk) 03:59, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

FYI

I used wrong spelling because I do not have "move over redirect" ability. --— Preceding unsigned comment added by Mvtalogrovp (talk • contribs) 09:25, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

@Mvtalogrovp: Never use wrong spelling. If you can't do a move, contact an admin for help. Also, please sign your posts on talk pages. Thanks. --Auntof6 (talk) 09:31, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

It was as lightly wrong as possible. As I edited from IP no admin bothered to help me. So I used "established fact" approach instead. Mvtalogrovp (talk) 09:34, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

@Mvtalogrovp: I repeat: never use wrong spelling. We do help people editing from IPs, but sometimes we don't respond right away because there are few of us. Where did you ask for help? --Auntof6 (talk) 09:38, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

So please delete Koppa(letter), as it does have wrong spelling without space. And I asked for help someone who recently edited related pages. Mvtalogrovp (talk) 09:53, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

Note that the above user is an LTA. Vermont (talk) 11:31, 12 December 2018 (UTC)