User talk:Eptalon/Archive 21

Special:Contributions/Иван Хощинский

This is w:WP:LTA/Wikinger; no point in not indeffing. 1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 12:51, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

User reported to stewards anyway. Darubrub (Let me know) 12:52, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

Well, it's still useful to know that this pattern belongs to an LTA, and revoking TPA (which is useful) without indeffing isn't that common either... but in the end, I guess you're right. 1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 12:54, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2021-30

The winner this Translation of the week is en:La plus que lente Please be bold and help translate this article! La plus que lente, L. 121 is a waltz for solo piano written by Claude Debussy in 1910, shortly after his publication of the Préludes, Book I (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.) About · Nominate/Review · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 01:45, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

Christopher Plummer question

Hey Eptalon! I was fixing up Christopher Plummer's article for a VGA nomination, but something tells me it might be better as a GA. I'm not sure which one would be more suitable and I was wondering if you can help me by giving your opinions on it. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 21:32, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

When I look at what I did, it was mostly GA-related. GA's are easier to do, they are less work (main thing about VGAs is completeness; also I think the last demotion from VGA I did was because of red-links in some template). But if I look at the whole thing, I have been the only one promoting/demoting articles recently. Whats what "community" stands for. As to the article: I didn't have a through looks: Looks fairly redlink free, sections look like they have a decent length. SO try either. BTW: I really want to add comments about the VGA nominations. I really think we have interesting proposals in the queue for both. --Eptalon (talk) 22:23, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

@Eptalon: Thank you! I'm aiming for VGA to add more variety and more articles but I don't want to risk a VGA nomination that'll end in rejection whereas that energy could have gone towards a GA nom. I feel my Jackie Kennedy nom might be getting close to promotion, but my Jimmy Carter nom needs more feedback I think. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 23:00, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

Request

Hello.

Can you readd the Azerbaijani flag in the article tricolour, because it was delibaretly removed. There are three types of tricolour flags that represent the horizontal, vertical and diagonal types - with this flag representing the horizontal example of a tricolour.

Yours sincerely, Multituberculata (talk) 20:23, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

It has been resolved. Multituberculata (talk) 20:29, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2021-31

The winner this Translation of the week is en:Abstract photography Please be bold and help translate this article! Abstract photography, sometimes called non-objective, experimental or conceptual photography, is a means of depicting a visual image that does not have an immediate association with the object world and that has been created through the use of photographic equipment, processes or materials. An abstract photograph may isolate a fragment of a natural scene in order to remove its inherent context from the viewer, it may be purposely staged to create a seemingly unreal appearance from real objects, or it may involve the use of color, light, shadow, texture, shape and/or form to convey a feeling, sensation or impression. The image may be produced using traditional photographic equipment like a camera, darkroom or computer, or it may be created without using a camera by directly manipulating film, paper or other photographic media, including digital presentations. (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.) About · Nominate/Review · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 01:28, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

Unregistered user: 172.58.108.91

Hello Eptalon! I was wondering if you could block Unregistered user 172.58.108.91 due to their persistent vandalism on Abella Danger (seriously look that the page's history). They have been warned multiple times. Thank you! Update Also they vandalized my user talk page. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 04:14, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

That's a WMF banned user. He's been to jail before for stuff like this SHB2000 (talk) 04:16, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

• Yeah and I also believe User:172.58.99.23 is the same person. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 04:23, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

  yep. he's an IP hopping vandal SHB2000 (talk) 04:24, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

• Could we add editing protection for Abella Danger's page? --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 04:25, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

IP hopping LTA

You might want to read w:en:WP:LTA/GRP for who he is. SHB2000 (talk) 05:22, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for the information, if this one really is GRP. Note though: My primary interest is protecxting this Wiki, I am less interested in the personal stories of people. And yes, I think normal people who vandalize, and get blocked once or twice usually stop or change their behaviour; continuing the behaviour despite takes a mindset of its own.--Eptalon (talk) 05:29, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

Main page stuff

Hi Eptalon! I opened the main page and, under "Selected article" saw a redlink for Main Page/Article 25. It seems that page and the page it formerly redirected to were deleted; where in the main page syntax do we update that? Best, Vermont (talk) 00:11, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) If I'm reading this right, you don't change this on the Main page itself. All you'd have to do is move Main Page/Article 28 to Main Page/Article 25, suppressing redirect, and it'll fix the order. --Gordonrox24 | ^Talk 00:25, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

For the record, I believe this is fixed now (though I don't mind someone else double checking to make sure everything is fine, of course). Hiàn (talk) 19:00, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

Devlaism page

Hello, i see you deleted the page Devlaisim. You should know, I didn't want that this page are deleted, but the User@Fixing26 nominated it for Quick deletion A4. That's why I was forced to blank the page. This Article, was an interesting contribution about the culture of the roma people. I was horrified that this page was suggested to be Quick deletion.

It gives me the impression that certain people are undesirable here...isnt it?

--Nalanidil (talk) 13:28, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

No, we do not exclude people based on where they are from, how they look or what they believe. I have therefore restored the page, and put it up for deletion. Thank you for noticing. --Eptalon (talk) 14:31, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

Assistance

Hey Eptalon - So I got a lot of errors off of the article African Americans, however, there is still an issue causing it to come up in CS1 Maintenance. This is the section and the error is for [:Category:CS1_maint:_extra_text:_authors_list]. I cannot seem to find it and my eyes are going buggy after staring at it. The section I linked is where the error is at based on preview it shows it at the bottom. If you could point out to me what I missed, I would appreciate it. PDL^{Talk to me!}_{OMG, What have I done?} (Pronouns: He, him, his) 21:51, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @PotsdamLamb: You could try isolating each citation template to see which one(s) give the error. I'd do it myself if I weren't on a tablet at the moment. Aside from that, the only thing I see is that maybe the author parameters are supposed to be for actual people's names, not for "Editors of"-type authorship. --Auntof6 (talk) 00:05, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

That’s what I was thinking too, but when I took them out I still got it. I’ll work on it again here shortly. For the history ones they don’t give author names, so can this be left blank? PDL^{Talk to me!}_{OMG, What have I done?} (Pronouns: He, him, his) 03:17, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

@Auntof6 I took out all of the ones with editor (i.e., History.org, History.com) and now it is gone. Thanks. PDL^{Talk to me!}_{OMG, What have I done?} (Pronouns: He, him, his) 03:38, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2021-32

The winner this Translation of the week is en:Michaux-Perreaux steam velocipede Please be bold and help translate this article! The Michaux-Perreaux steam velocipede was a steam powered velocipede made in France sometime from 1867 to 1871, when a small Louis-Guillaume Perreaux commercial steam engine was attached to a Pierre Michaux manufactured iron framed pedal bicycle. It is one of three motorcycles claimed to be the first motorcycle, along with the Roper steam velocipede of 1867 or 1868, and the internal combustion engine Daimler Reitwagen of 1885. (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.) About · Nominate/Review · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 01:29, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2021-33

The winner this Translation of the week is zh:祝融号火星车 (en:Zhurong (rover)) Please be bold and help translate this article! Zhurong (Chinese: 祝融; pinyin: Zhùróng) is China's first Mars rover, which formed part of the Chinese Tianwen 1 mission to Mars. It landed on May 14, 2021, to make China the second country to successfully soft land on Mars and establish communications from the Martian surface, after the United States. Zhurong was successfully deployed on 22 May 2021, 02:40 UTC (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.) About · Nominate/Review · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 03:06, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

Devlaism

i see, the page is deleted yet,...wow, only one user was against the page and he have won.

--Nalanidil (talk) 14:59, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

Hello, I am sorry to see that another admin deleted the page. I have to say though that proposing a page for deltion that is a contested quick-deletion is stanard procedure. This is an encyclopedia, it is not about winning or losing an argument. Also note that we don't have article ownership. I have probably created several articles in my time here. None of them "belongs to me". I may feel responsible for some, but again, I try to create an encyclopedia. Part of this process is to find that certain subjects do not (yet?) meet the requiremnts we have for inclusion. I am very sorry that you lost your work, but it wasn't my decision to delete. Lets look ahead...--Eptalon (talk) 18:03, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

Hello, @Eptalon, I still don't understand what exactly was the reason why one user was so against my article. Well, I'd better not write any more articles at all.

--Nalanidil (talk) 21:54, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

I can't and wont change your decision; I would just like to point out that we had a similar issue recently, with LGBT-related topics. People from that community felt underrepresented, and now we do have a number of those terms as well (and yes, some were up for deletion, and have een deleted or reirected since then). --Eptalon (talk) 04:23, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

Hello @Eptalon, Well, this user seems to dislike a lot of articles here, and seems to have fun suggesting every article that does not suit him for deletion. Probably inferior complexes??? A lobby of users has formed here, who has nothing else to do, to suggest deleting articles that they do not like because they are probably ignorant of the topic. What else do these users contribute?

--Nalanidil (talk) 14:51, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

User:つがる/templates/talkpage

Can you indef semi protect? Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 02:15, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

AC Error

Hey - I’m pretty sure I’ve figured this out but I wanted to run it by you first to see if I’m correct or not. On the page John Everett Millais there are piped items added onto the AC. When I pull up the preview it tells me which ones they are and that they should be moved to WikiData. So I’m thinking I just need to cut and paste those items into the appropriate Q whatever number for him and remove them from the article itself and that should clear that out. In the cat itself there are a few and I can get those fixed pretty fast if that is indeed the fix. Thanks for any assistance you can help with as always! PDL^{Talk to me!}_{OMG, What have I done?} (Pronouns: He, him, his) 22:04, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2021-34

The winner this Translation of the week is en:Luna Park (Coney Island, 1903) Please be bold and help translate this article! Luna Park was an amusement park in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City. Luna Park was located on a site bounded by Surf Avenue to the south, West 8th Street to the east, Neptune Avenue to the north, and West 12th Street to the west. Luna Park opened in 1903 and operated until 1944. (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.) About · Nominate/Review · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 01:39, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

Apropos of nothing in particular...

Reading Fra Angelico, I did like this treasure. After saying "The convent had a very wealthy "patron of the arts" called Cosimo de' Medici who loved to buy works of art for himself and his favourite churches".

The editor then says "Cosimo took the largest of the friars' rooms, called cells, at the convent so that he could have a quiet place for religious thought". (!!)

Perish the thought that it might be because he was a rich & powerful bastard...

Macdonald-ross (talk) 13:48, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

As far as I can tell, art has always been driven by rich / powerful people. Looking at the article though: its original creator must have a background in arts and music. As it says, one of the better pieces of work created on this wiki. --Eptalon (talk) 16:16, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2021-35

The winner this Translation of the week is en:Independence Day (Philippines) Please be bold and help translate this article! Independence Day (Filipino: Araw ng Kasarinlán; also known as Araw ng Kalayaan, "Day of Freedom") is an annual national holiday in the Philippines observed on June 12, commemorating the declaration of Philippine independence from Spain in 1898. (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.) About · Nominate/Review · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 01:08, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2021-36

The winner this Translation of the week is en:Flyby (spaceflight) Please be bold and help translate this article! A flyby (/ˈflaɪˌbaɪ/) is a spaceflight operation in which a spacecraft passes in proximity to another body, usually a target of its space exploration mission and/or a source of a gravity assist to impel it towards another target (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.) About · Nominate/Review · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 01:40, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Psst!

I saw you created Alimony. You might want to check "what links here." Hee hee hee. A little fleshing out, a little gender context, and that could be one fine contest entry. Darkfrog24 (talk) 00:44, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

pssssssst (I beat dark frog in length here haha)

Gas lighting is an article that's been repeatedly created and is just spamming. Might be a good idea to SemiProtect it. Ely - Talk 18:05, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

redirected, we already have an entry, but as one word...--Eptalon (talk) 20:11, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

Reversion

Hi Eptalon, why did you revert my edit on Germination? The edit I reverted seemed like vandalism to me… Cheers, Hockeycatcat (talk) 10:13, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

it was a misclick on my mobile phone...-Eptalon (talk) 10:21, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

Template

Hello dear @Eptalon wish you a great time, i have a question::: i have created a template for talk quotation, but later on i realized that we have a similar template, the problem is i created a redirection for my template it may causes the confusion for other users since both templates share almost the same name see (Talkquote) (Talk quote) Sakura emad (talk) 11:01, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

 Done Problem solved. Sakura emad (talk) 16:16, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2021-37

The winner this Translation of the week is en:Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award (ko:황연대 성취상) Please be bold and help translate this article! The Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award is named after South Korean Dr. Whang Youn Dai, who contracted polio at the age of three. She devoted her life to the development of paralympic sport in Korea and around the world. At the 1988 Paralympic Summer Games in Seoul, Korea, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) recognized her lifelong contributions to the Paralympic Movement and established the Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award (formerly the Whang Youn Dai Overcome Prize). Since then, this award has been presented at every Paralympic Games to one male and one female athlete who each "best exemplify the spirit of the Games and inspire and excite the world". (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.) About · Nominate/Review · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 02:55, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

Interlingue

Hi, could you please tell me, regarding the Interlingue article, whether I should keep the tables with pronouns and verbs in the main article or I just move them to the one regarding Interlingue grammar? --Caro de Segeda (talk) 07:49, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

If they are not yet in thegrammar article, they are certainly helpful there. As to whether to also have them in the main article, I don't know. Its certainly interesting to see how verbs and adverbs work in Interlingue. en:French_language has such tables in the Grammar section, our article doesn't. In the end, its your call.--Eptalon (talk) 08:51, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

Ok, thank. Another question: regarding the history of the language. Do you think I should simplify the already existing text or maybe keep less information and move it to another one, or is it fine the way it is now? I still need to add the references but I am leaving that for now. --Caro de Segeda (talk) 09:02, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

Without going into too much detail, it looks ok for now. As a quick tip: If you target the "Very good article", I'd first go for the good article. Looking at the process, I have promoted a few articles to good article status this year. The last promotion to VGA was in August 2020, a year ago. The last promotions to good article were in July 2021. --Eptalon (talk) 09:11, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

I will add the references and then I will presented for ga. Thanks for your help and sorry for bothering you with this. --Caro de Segeda (talk) 09:17, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

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Don't worry about it, we really need more people participating in the community processes. I would really love to get new VGAs, but ven getting an article to GA level is a lot of work (just look at how many propositions sit in the proposal stage...)--Eptalon (talk) 09:25, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

My article

Hi, can I ask why you deleted my article even without setting any tags like speedy deletion or ...? and kept articles like Cash High?! please restore my article to add more references. ZEP55 (talk) 21:45, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

I had the impression it wasn't notable, but I have restored the page, and we will run a regular RfD. This also means that likely it will no longer be me closing that request. Good luck...--Eptalon (talk) 22:08, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

I don't understand

Dear Eptalon! I don't understand what you mean by "no context" in the last sentence in the RFD statement! Haoreima (talk) 11:53, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

If i read the page, I find the dates 1710-1780 (assumed to be Anno Domini, the count where we are currently at 2021). At the same time, I seem to find color images of the person (photography started in the late 19th century, IIRC, true color images are from the mid 20th century). --Eptalon (talk) 11:58, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

Finding color images in other websites might be a spam and let's not relate that case with the existence of wikipedia article. I think so. What about you, sir? Haoreima (talk) 12:00, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

I recheck it in Google. Now, I know what you mean! But India is a gigantic country where many people have similar names. Those photos might be of a person of 20th-21st century. Right! Haoreima (talk) 12:02, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

Deleted article created again

Hello, i want to let you know that Mizanur Rahman Azhari was created again as Mizanur Rahman (Bangladeshi Islamic Preacher). It was deleted several times here and even on enwiki. You even SALT the article (enwiki also did the same). It probably quality as wp:SPEEDY. I'm not familiar with this wiki, i will leave it to you to decide. Thank you. আফতাবুজ্জামান (talk) 19:47, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for letting me know. The old discussion was at the start of the year, too long ago to simply QD this as "likely same as discussed". I started a regular request for deletion, let's see what the result is.--Eptalon (talk) 22:13, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

Temporary protection request

Hello.

The IP 212.108.146.62 (likely the same person as 185.135.96.2) is striking again and again in the same articles and also in other articles. User:Etoza has reported this IP in Wikipedia:Vandalism in progress for Block evasion, as I did before about this IP's vandalism. The IP will not stop with his/her disruptive edits and behavior. The most recent articles he vandalized on 23 September are Israel, Baklava, Pita, Republic of Artsakh, Kadaif and Dolma. The other articles he vandalizes with POV pushing: Flag, Tricolour, Doner kebab, Yogurt, Country, Azerbaijan, and Shambali, will very likely follow.

Nothing will stop and deter this IP, unless these articles and the IP are temporarily blocked for a much longer period.

Yours sincerely, Multituberculata (talk) 23:00, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2021-39

The winner this Translation of the week is en:Behavior-altering parasite Please be bold and help translate this article! Behavior-altering parasites are parasites with two or more hosts, capable of causing changes in the behavior of one of their hosts to enhance their transmission, sometimes directly affecting the hosts' decision-making and behavior control mechanisms. They do this by making the intermediate host, where they may reproduce asexually, more likely to be eaten by a predator at a higher trophic level which becomes the definitive host where the parasite reproduces sexually. Examples can be found in bacteria, protozoa, viruses, and animals. Parasites may also alter the host behaviour to increase the protection to the parasites or their offspring. The term bodyguard manipulation is used for such mechanisms. Among the behavioral changes caused by parasites is carelessness, making their hosts easier prey. The protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, for example, infects small rodents and causes them to become careless and may even cause them to become attracted to the smell of feline urine, both of which increase their risk of predation and the parasite's chance of infecting a cat, its definitive host. (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.) About · Nominate/Review · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 02:02, 27 September 2021 (UTC)

Temporary protection request

Hello.

User:My name is CJ who is the same IP 212.108.146.62/185.135.96.2 who was warned numerous times and temporarily blocked a few times for vandalism by the administrators, is vandalizing the same articles in the same pattern under his/her new account which he/she opened on October 1, by erasing NPOV content, also sources, and is replacing them with nationalistic POV content. This person will continue with his/her disruptive edits, despite being warned and temporarily blocked as an IP user.

Nothing will stop and deter this person, unless these articles that are vandalized are temporarily protected and he/she is temporarily blocked for a much longer period.

Yours sincerely, Multituberculata (talk) 08:55, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

Look at this user he is trying to hide the truth. My name is CJ (talk) 08:58, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

He deleted my reply My name is CJ (talk) 08:59, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

Stop going around on other users talk page, it won’t get you anywhere and stop wiki hounding me My name is CJ (talk) 09:30, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2021-41

The winner this Translation of the week is en:Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia Please be bold and help translate this article! Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia is celebrated annually on 18 November. It marks the anniversary of the Proclamation of Independence of Latvia by the People's Council of Latvia in 1918. (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.) About · Nominate/Review · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 01:04, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2021-42

The winner this Translation of the week is en:Juice jacking (fr:Juice jacking) (de:Juice jacking) Please be bold and help translate this article! Juice jacking is a type of cyber attack involving a charging port that doubles as a data connection, typically over USB. (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.) About · Nominate/Review · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 02:16, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

WLW entries

I saw your comment saying you were disappointed in your WLW scores. Per the guys at Meta, you are allowed to continue to improve your entries through October. That is why I haven't named any winners yet. I made a note of it on the WLW talk page. Good luck! Darkfrog24 (talk) 00:03, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello Darkfrog24, thanks ofr getting back to me. When I picked the articles to submit, I chose ones that, in my view are important; I know that most cover controversial topics, or topics people usually don't talk about. I also do not believe in word lists, as they are too limiting, and in many cases, they do not allow to explain the subject well. Translating some of the pages took a long time, and was not an easy task. So, when you come up with a comment such as "English is too complex", when I spent days working on the formulations/translation, this does not motivate me. In the case of the article I flagged as "biased": The EnWP version of this was last edited half a year ago, and really reads like an ad; I also left a comment on the EnWP article TP (now a month ago), but I haven't seen any reaction, so far. No matter what the intent of the Edit-a-thon is: If a quick search doesn't reveal any viable sources, what am I to do? - I find the contest a nice idea, it obviously has its limitations. --Eptalon (talk) 10:18, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

You did indeed choose excellent topics. Anything else I could do for you? I could show you the readability gizmo I was using to keep it non-subjective. Darkfrog24 (talk) 12:30, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

Perhaps one thing: re-look at all articles you refused (not just mine), once the time is up. And no, I wasn't criticizing you in particular, it is likely one of the weak points of the contest; and needs looking at, if this is ever evaluated or repeated. For my part, seeing the reaction, and given I have only very little time, I will likely spend only a little time trying to improve contest-related articles. I know that that certain indicators (such as sentence-length or word lists) are popular in judging readability, because they can be translated into an automated score easily. Texts such as this one however show that these relations may not be sufficient; we can talk about whether they are necessary.--Eptalon (talk) 13:32, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

Mail

Hello, Eptalon. You have a new email! Please check it at your convenience.
You can take off this notice at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{YGM}} template.

Please check your mail as soon as possible. Thank you. --Ferien (talk) 17:00, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello Ferien, thanks for your message. I think I got the issue addressed...--Eptalon (talk) 17:04, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

Page to be deleted - Obvious advertising

Good morning,

I wanted to report the following page:

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabio_Raffaeli

This is blatant advertising, the entry is not encyclopaedic and a user (Allensyllos) keeps removing the quick deletion request. The character on the page in question is self-promoting for his real estate business in Dubai, any source given is self-promotional. He is blatantly doing this to legitimise his position for promotional purposes.
Wiki-article about a different person:

• Maria Popova. The entry is not ready for Wikipedia, I think. (I choose not to fix that article - however the article might even be eligible for QD. I would rate the subject as a blogger as Class C, low importance.) Regards! 89.8.155.66 (talk) 02:34, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2021-43

The winner this Translation of the week is en:Cape Kidnappers Please be bold and help translate this article! Cape Kidnappers / Te Kauwae-a-Māui is a headland at the southeastern extremity of Hawke's Bay on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island and sits at the end of an 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) peninsula which protrudes into the Pacific Ocean. It is 20 kilometres (12 mi) south-east of the city of Napier. Access to the Cape by road stops at Clifton, which is the departure point for many tourists. The Cape Kidnappers Golf Course lies between the headland and the nearby coastal community of Te Awanga. (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.) About · Nominate/Review · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 02:05, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Previous either QD, or "delete thru RfD"?

• Stankevicius Group, see that deletion.
• Stankevicius MGM. I have my doubts - and now they are forwarded to the community. 89.8.155.66 (talk) 12:10, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Deleted title has now turned blue

Please see list above. 89.8.122.178 (talk) 06:56, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Edited articles

Hey can you please show me your edited articles Mamolefi (talk) 17:52, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

What do you mean? - there are 60.000-odd of them? --Eptalon (talk) 17:55, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Women 2021

After careful consideration, it seems that third prize is a tie: You have won. Congratulations and thank you for bringing such fine articles to the Simple English Wikipedia! Darkfrog24 (talk) 19:50, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for the nice words, it was really fun to contribute (also: At least for me, writing in a feminist perspective was a welcome change)--Eptalon (talk) 22:09, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2021-44

The winner this Translation of the week is en:Islamic ornament Please be bold and help translate this article! Islamic ornament is the use of decorative patterns in Islamic art. They can be broadly divided into the arabesque, using curving plant-based elements, geometric patterns with straight lines or regular curves, and calligraphy, consisting of religious texts with stylised appearance, used both decoratively and to convey meaning. All three often involve elaborate interlacing. The three types of ornament are often used together. Islamic decoration has had a significant influence on European decorative artforms, especially as Western arabesque. (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.) About · Nominate/Review · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 02:08, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

lol

https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:%E3%81%A4%E3%81%8C%E3%82%8B&curid=606060&diff=7853084&oldid=7851623 Tsugaru let's talk! :) 02:59, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2021-45

The winner this Translation of the week is en:Southern Crab Nebula Please be bold and help translate this article! The Southern Crab Nebula (or WRAY-16-47 or Hen 2-104) is a nebula in the constellation Centaurus. The nebula is several thousand light years from Earth, and its central star is a symbiotic Mira variable - white dwarf pair. It is named for its resemblance to the Crab Nebula, which is in the northern sky. (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.) About · Nominate/Review · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 01:13, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Survival sex

--Ferien (talk) 22:37, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Marcus Terentius Varro

--Ferien (talk) 22:38, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2021-46

The winner this Translation of the week is en:Netto Question Please be bold and help translate this article! The Netto Question (Portuguese: Questão Netto) was the largest collective action for the liberation of slaves in the Americas. The lawsuit is related to the liberation of 217 slaves in Brazilian lands in the 1870s. (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.) About · Nominate/Review · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 02:08, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

Khaby Lame

Hey Eptalon, I think there were several claims in this article like being the "second most-followed TikToker" along with many reliable sources like CNN, NYT, and such at the bottom of the page.-BRP ^ever 06:37, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

WLWSA-2021 Newsletter #6 (Request to provide information)

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07:24, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Abuse filter

Hello Eptalon. When you're next free can you please hop onto IRC or email me about an abuse filter you created? There's an error I noticed that you may want to fix. You hid the contents of the abuse filter which is why I'm asking to discuss off-wiki. Thank you. --Ferien (talk) 20:44, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2021-47

The winner this Translation of the week is en:Casa Grande del Pueblo Please be bold and help translate this article! The Casa Grande del Pueblo (English: Great House of the People), is the Bolivian presidential residence that replaced the Palacio Quemado in 2018. Inaugurated on 9 August 2018 during the presidency of Evo Morales as the official residence of the President of Bolivia, the interim government of Jeanine Áñez reverted to occupying the Palacio Quemado from 2019 to 2020. Following the inauguration of Luis Arce on 8 November 2020, it has again become the residence of the president. (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.) About · Nominate/Review · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 01:34, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Great Bitter Lake

--Ferien (talk) 20:07, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

One type of greeting that is permissable (or even expected) in a small part of Germany

Hi Eptalon! May I ask if you have heard of - and know the name - of the following local custom (or custom in a "smallish" region) in Germany: When workers and other busy people are having their lunch break (or equivalent), and a co-worker comes into the room, then he will not speak to the other co-workers but he will knock cirka two times on the table, whereby the persons who are sitting and eating - will knock on the table (as a reply).

(If you, Eptalon, are not sure, then I will probably ask on English-wiki. Comment: I have seen this greeting one time, among Germans (in a non-German country). The custom was explained to me as being from Germany - also with the comment that in most (or some) places in Germany - that greeting would be interpreted as barely tolerable, or not acceptable (because speaking to people is generally the preferred way of doing things). Regards! 89.8.134.128 (talk) 21:56, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

Hello, no I donßt know of such a custom; but again, Germany is big--Eptalon (talk) 09:33, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2021-48

The winner this Translation of the week is en:William Morrison (chemist) Please be bold and help translate this article! William Morrison (23 August 1855 – 29 August 1927) was a Scottish chemist. His background in chemistry piqued his interest in improving storage batteries. He concentrated on how to produce the most available energy for a unit of weight for efficiency in the working of an individual battery cell. Eventually, he developed storage batteries far more powerful than what had then been available. To demonstrate his batteries, Morrison installed 24 of them on a common horse-drawn carriage and attached an electric motor to the rear axle to be powered by them. Through various innovations, he developed the controls for the power used and the vehicle's steering so that the driver had complete control. Morrison invented the first practical self-powered four-wheeled electric carriage in the United States. His electric vehicle was the first to be driven in Chicago and in his hometown of Des Moines, Iowa. This electric horseless buggy of the late 19th century helped pave the way for the hybrid electric automobile of the 21st century. (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.) About · Nominate/Review · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 00:54, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

Docker

Hi. I wonder what your thoughts are about renaming Docker to Docker (software) to be consistent with other wikis? It might make it easier to do interwiki links and to important information from other wikis to help with cleanup. What do you think? Blissyu2 (talk) 11:50, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

As disambiguation pages: There is en:Mitchell Docker, a cyclist born 1986, and the ominous dockworker; there are several places, a few sports teams, and a brand used for clothing. Renaming only makes sense when we have a disambiguation page; this means we need articles for at least two of the others. See en:Docker--Eptalon (talk) 12:05, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

The term "stevedore" is quite foreign to English usage. Because of the range of the old British Empire, the term "docker" is understood all over the eastern world as well. It is British English which was, and still is to some extent, used in most former colonial countries. Macdonald-ross (talk) 13:04, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

This is simple English; I think a disambiguation page, perhaps with the Software, the dockworker, and one other entry is easy to create..--Eptalon (talk) 14:02, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

The fisambiguation page is now at Docker, this is consistent with EnWP. If you think it should look different, please adapt.--Eptalon (talk) 14:14, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

I found a tool

I found this tool in my travels, and it reminded me of something you Elytrian said, but I might as well show it to you too: https://rewordify.com/

Darkfrog24 (talk) 23:45, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2021-49

The winner this Translation of the week is en:Wildlife of Madagascar Please be bold and help translate this article! The composition of Madagascar's wildlife reflects the fact that the island has been isolated for about 88 million years. The prehistoric breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana separated the Madagascar-Antarctica-India landmass from the Africa-South America landmass around 135 million years ago. Madagascar later split from India about 88 million years ago, allowing plants and animals on the island to evolve in relative isolation. As a result of the island's long isolation from neighboring continents, Madagascar is home to an abundance of plants and animals found nowhere else on Earth. Approximately 90 percent of all plant and animal species found in Madagascar are endemic, including the lemurs (a type of strepsirrhine primate), the carnivorous fossa and many birds. This distinctive ecology has led some ecologists to refer to Madagascar as the "eighth continent", and the island has been classified by Conservation International as a biodiversity hotspot. As recent as 2021, the "smallest reptile on earth" was also found in Madagascar, known as the Brookesia nana, or nano-chameleon. (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.) About · Nominate/Review · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 02:13, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2021-50

The winner this Translation of the week is en:Phromnia rosea Please be bold and help translate this article! Phromnia rosea, the flower-spike bug or the flatid leaf bug, is a species of planthopper in the family Flatidae. It is found in dry, tropical forests in Madagascar, and the adult insects are gregarious, the groups orienting themselves in such a way that they resemble a flower spike (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.) About · Nominate/Review · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 01:44, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Infobae

Excuse me Sir, I have recently created the Article "Infobae" and it was eliminated by you, it is not logical that this page does not meet the notable criteria is one of the most important sites in Argentina. Julian Aristiqui (talk) 10:16, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2021-51

The winner this Translation of the week is en:Great Meadow National Nature Park Please be bold and help translate this article! Great Meadow National Nature Park (Ukrainian: Великий Луг (національний природний парк)) (also, Velykyi Luh) covers historic steppe terrain in southeast Ukraine. It is on the south bank of the Dnieper River's Kakhovka Reservoir, which was created by the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station. The meadows and reed beds on the shore support one of the largest transmigration spots for birds in Eastern Europe (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.) About · Nominate/Review · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 02:15, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

Happy holidays

Hello Eptalon: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, --Ferien (talk) 17:23, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings}} to send this message

Block of 190.204.241.181

Could you extend the block of 190.204.241.181, it's an open proxy used by George Reeves Person. Thanks, Nigos (talk | changes) 12:54, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2021-52

The winner this Translation of the week is en:Luís Gama Please be bold and help translate this article! Luís Gonzaga Pinto da Gama (Salvador, June 21, 1830 – São Paulo, August 24, 1882) was a Brazilian Rábula (self-taught lawyer), abolitionist, orator, journalist and writer, and the Patron of the Abolition of Slavery in Brazil. Born to a free black mother and a white father, he was nevertheless made a slave at the age of 10, and remained illiterate until the age of 17. He judicially won his own freedom and began to work as a lawyer on behalf of the captives, and by the age of 29 he was already an established author and considered "the greatest abolitionist in Brazil". (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.) About · Nominate/Review · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 01:41, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

Congratulations, WINNER!

Eptalon, among what I hope were many happy accomplishments this year, you also tied for third in the Wiki Loves Women Edit-a-Thon!

Wiki Loves Women South Asia 2021 Barnstar
Hello Eptalon,
Thank you for your participation in 'Wiki Loves Women South Asia 2021'. One or more of your submitted articles have been accepted in the contest. This barnstar is given to you as a reminder of appreciation for contributing to the acceleration of Wikipedia through writing articles at this event. We hope that your cooperation will continue in the future.

Stay wholesome and safe.
Regards,
Darkfrog24
Local Organizer, Wiki Loves Women South Asia 2021
20:28, 29 December 2021 (UTC)