User talk:ImprovedWikiImprovment/Archives/2020

Eponymous categorization

While you are correct that the article was already categorized in that category. It is not uncommon for us to categorize both an article and the category named after it to both be in the same categories. Whether or not this is one of those situations I suppose it could be debated and I don't care enough to do so. But I just wanted to let you know that there are often times where both should be categorized so it isn't always appropriate to remove. -Djsasso (talk) 12:49, 25 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Djsasso: I don't think we should put a sub-cat into the "Senators from Vermont" cat, but that's just my opinion. IWI (chat) 14:33, 25 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

You've got mail!

 
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Thegooduser Let's Talk! :) 🍁 17:15, 25 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Thegooduser: understood. Didn't think about it. IWI (chat) 17:19, 25 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
No problem. It's tempting to hit [rollback] isn't it? ;) --Thegooduser Let's Talk! :) 🍁 17:20, 25 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Thegooduser: haha indeed. IWI (chat) 17:20, 25 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

We're called 'Simple' for a reason!

Please don't bring over text from En wiki and leave it unchanged. However short or long, the text needs to be carefully simplified according to our guidelines. Thank you. Macdonald-ross (talk) 06:36, 26 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Macdonald-ross: which article are you referring to? I always simplify. IWI (chat) 10:41, 26 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

how to write a story

To write a story of my people in simple english is hardly for me please can someone help. (Mba asla (talk) 10:34, 27 May 2020 (UTC)).Reply

I will put some links on your talk page to help you. IWI (chat) 11:58, 27 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

reply

Yes, I know. I'm not the type of person who likes to have/see comments/questions unanswered, if you don't want me to respond to any other old comments in the future, please let me know. --Thegooduser Let's Talk! :) 🍁 01:57, 29 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Thegooduser: That's fine, I was just making sure you knew. Responding is not a bad thing at all. IWI (chat) 01:58, 29 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
but if the comment was from 1908, it's 112 years old lol --Thegooduser Let's Talk! :) 🍁 02:00, 29 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Thegooduser: One day there will be 100 year old comments lol. 2101 the first article will be 100. Exciting stuff, sad that I won't be able to see it. IWI (chat) 02:02, 29 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
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Yea I will probably won't see it too... lol... but someone will see these comments after 100 years, who knows? I wonder how many articles Simple English Wikipedia will have then --Thegooduser Let's Talk! :) 🍁 02:06, 29 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Thegooduser: At the rate so far around 800,000. Then again, TDKR Chicago did about one third of the articles so far so who knows? IWI (chat) 02:10, 29 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

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800,000, wow... I was hoping we'd reach 1 million in 20 years, but thank you TDKR Chicago 101 for all the articles you created --Thegooduser Let's Talk! :) 🍁 02:15, 29 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Thegooduser and TDKR Chicago 101: You’re welcome. And it’s true! IWI (chat) 10:48, 29 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Katie Hill

Hello, I was wondering why you redirected Katie Hill to Katie Hill (politician) when Katie Hill is longer. Could I add the removed material to Katie Hill (politician)? Thanks. Naddruf (talk) 04:11, 30 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

(talk page stalker) @Naddruf: It might be because the longer article is mostly unsimplified text from English Wikipedia. Also, the shorter one was created first. --Auntof6 (talk) 04:47, 30 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Naddruf and Auntof6: yes you created a complex article that already exists on this Wikipedia. IWI (chat) 11:38, 30 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
Ok. I'm not sure what you meant by "you", as it was created by Norman R MacDonald. Naddruf (talk) 14:36, 30 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Naddruf: Oh yes; sorry about that. IWI (chat) 14:38, 30 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Cricket...

Hello, before adding a QD template, check whether a five-minute edit session (such as this) can save the article...--Eptalon (talk) 20:48, 30 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Eptalon: My mistake. In future I'll do that. IWI (chat) 21:25, 30 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
Btw, I did the same with Surround sound, see here. Took a little longer, but not much...--Eptalon (talk) 21:28, 30 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Eptalon: I mean they both fit the criteria, but you're right ; it benefits the encyclopedia more to just fix them than delete. IWI (chat) 21:51, 30 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
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Can you take another look at Run (cricket), please? - I don't play cricket, and where I live, almost no people do. Ideally, we also get an image to illustrate the concept. Thanks...--Eptalon (talk) 11:41, 4 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Eptalon: I’m British so I do have a basic understanding, although I don’t play or watch cricket. I’ll take a look. IWI (chat) 13:18, 4 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Eptalon: You got it mostly right, just a few key points were missed that I updated. I took a video used on the enwiki article as it is good. IWI (chat) 17:00, 4 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Languages

Thanks! Not literally. In fact, some of them are the same languages (Bosnian, Croat, Serbian) while others are very similar to each other (Czech and Slovak). Personally, level 1 and 2 I'd describe as "I understand" rather than "I speak". :) Niegodzisie (talk) 21:23, 1 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Niegodzisie: That's cool man. I know slavic languages are very similar so it makes sense. I've been learning Russian myself and I have realised that. How have you learned so many? IWI (chat) 21:27, 1 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
@ImprovedWikiImprovment: Apart from my native Polish: English, Czech, Russian, B/H/S (Bosnian-Croat-Serbian). I used also to speak German quite well. Niegodzisie (talk) 21:35, 1 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Niegodzisie: You should try a romance language like Spanish or French. Spanish is easier. That is impressive. IWI (chat) 21:37, 1 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Help

Could you explain to me how I can make an infobox for my personal page please? Grady240105 (talk) 17:59, 2 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

(talk page stalker) Grady240105 for your userpage? --Thegooduser Let's Talk! :) 🍁 18:00, 2 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
I left them a message on their talk page. IWI (chat) 18:02, 2 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Sports car

"Sportscar" isn't a word in any variant of English, so I'm moving the page to "Sports car". Grady240105 (talk) 16:54, 3 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

See your talk page. IWI (chat) 17:16, 3 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Great Britain

Thank you for the satellite imagery of Great Britain; it certainly makes the article more appealing. The previous image had the merit of showing quite clearly what the island is and is not. I can't bring myself to urge its reinstatement, but I wonder whether it might be possible to crop the image at the left, to include less of Ireland and, as it happens, The Hebrides? --GrounderUK (talk) 19:33, 3 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

@GrounderUK: I think both could be used in the lead. I'll have a look. IWI (chat) 20:01, 3 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
Ok I restored both. IWI (chat) 20:06, 3 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
Looking good. Thank you.--GrounderUK (talk) 20:09, 3 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

My user page

Hi, I don’t understand why you keep editing my user page and what you found to be obscene about it?— Preceding unsigned comment added by Sitspinner (talkcontribs) 16:21, 4 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Sitspinner: please stop this. You are going to get yourself blocked. You know very well what I find obscene or inappropriate about it. It is vandalism; you've put it there only to shock people. IWI (chat) 16:23, 4 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Barnstar

  The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For your great work here! Through your edits that keep on improving articles here at Simple Wiki, you have become a very valuable community member. Keep up the good work! --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 14:52, 6 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
@TDKR Chicago 101: Thank you very much! IWI (chat) 14:52, 6 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Unblock requests

Please don't remove unblock requests, even those that are clearly in bad faith. Doing this can prevent admins from seeing bad behavior. It can also be seen as interfering with communication with admins, leading to a justifiable complaint from the user in question. Thanks. --Auntof6 (talk) 05:26, 8 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Auntof6: Can you send me a link to the diff? I don't recall doing that. Thanks, IWI (chat) 15:02, 8 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
I see what you were referring to. Apologies; I didn't see the unblock template. I thought it was simple vandalism. Only was monitoring their talk page as he removed tp access, so I'm sure he saw it anyway. I'll be more careful in future. Thanks, IWI (chat) 16:04, 8 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Castilian languages

I think you might reconsider this page. We already have information on Spanish language, and Castilian language already redirects to Spanish language. This page could also redirect to Spanish language IMO.

The historical part of Spanish language could be expanded, perhaps with a section on former and other languages used in Spain (we do have Occitan). The general principle is that a user ought not to have to search several pages for closely related material. I don't feel super-strongly about this, and it may be something which could be debated further. Macdonald-ross (talk) 06:18, 11 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Macdonald-ross: Well there are more than one Castilian language. They are technically a language family, with Spanish being the major member. I do see what you mean with users not having to search through many pages. The distinction is between Castilian language (which is Spanish and redirects there) and the Castilian languages (a family of closely related languages). IWI (chat) 14:46, 11 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
Like Extremaduran is a Castilian language but it is not Spanish. IWI (chat) 14:50, 11 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
That still leaves us with two pages whose titles differ by only a terminal 's', and on very closely related topics. That is not good. Let's move 'Castilian languages' to 'Castilian language family'. Macdonald-ross (talk) 15:05, 11 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Macdonald-ross: Isn't there a policy or guideline that says that articles can differ by one letter? Or at least on enwiki. IWI (chat) 15:06, 11 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
Like this? IWI (chat) 15:08, 11 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Deletion tag

Dear Sir,

Thanks for your concern and will to make wikipedia better place,

as we were still under process of editing the page (https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maziar_Rajabi) after publish the page we have noticed the Deletion Tag on the page due to notability and reference issue. We highly appreciate u to check again the page and if you think is ok please remove the delete tag on the page to improve it in wiki manner.

Please help us if it needs any change...

We do our best to fulfill ur expectation on wiki.

Thank You sir— Preceding unsigned comment added by Letsdoitrightnow (talkcontribs)

@Letsdoitrightnow: Firstly, please remember to sign comments with ~~~~ at the end. You said "we", does this mean there are many people using your account? This isn't allowed. Only one person is allowed to use one account. On Wikipedia, we have a guideline about notability. This person that the article is about is not notable. They haven't done anything important enough to be on wikipedia. IWI (chat) 01:44, 15 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Talkback

 
Hello, ImprovedWikiImprovment. You have new messages at Template talk:Did you know.
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Changed the hook; awaiting feedback. --sithjarjar666 (my profile | my contribs | speak to me) 21:48, 18 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

I have another question for you there when you have time. --sithjarjar666 (my profile | my contribs | speak to me) 22:34, 18 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
Made all the changes you suggested; what now? --sithjarjar666 (my profile | my contribs | speak to me) 22:48, 18 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
@SithJarJar666: Wait for other user's opinions. Once good, someone will put it in a queue, preferably someone uninvolved. IWI (chat) 22:56, 18 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
I can do that. Thank you! --sithjarjar666 (my profile | my contribs | speak to me) 22:57, 18 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

When you changed “see also” to “related pages” on the Camp Jupiter article...

I’m guessing it’s for the same reason that “external links” becomes “other websites”? :) --sithjarjar666 (my contribs | talk to me | email me | see my enwiki profile) 22:19, 19 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

@SithJarJar666: Yes. IWI (chat) 22:19, 19 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
cool --sithjarjar666 (my contribs | talk to me | email me | see my enwiki profile) 22:20, 19 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

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(talk page stalker) Thanks for helping change those headings. If you'd like search expressions that can help you find various permutations of them, you can find them on my user page where it says "sample search strings".

I also noticed that you added a blank line before the stub template on this page. That's good, but be aware that it's customary to have two blank lines before a stub template so that there's good visual separation between the stub information and the preceding text. That's less important if the stub information is right after a navbox or something similar --Auntof6 (talk) 05:20, 20 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Auntof6: thank you for the advice; I’ll take it on board. I wasn’t sure exactly how many lines to leave, but now I know. Thanks, IWI (chat) 12:03, 20 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

oh

so it's still June and not July, thanks --Thegooduser Let's Talk! :) 🍁 00:33, 20 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Thegooduser: Yes. Even so, it has only been three days since the final warning. This means instant report to VIP. IWI (chat) 00:34, 20 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
Warnings can carry over into the next month. The month changing doesn't mean go back to level 1. IWI (chat) 00:39, 20 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Turkic people page

You seem to not read the references nor what is actually included into the text. These studies: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320915864_Austronesian_influence_and_Transeurasian_ancestry_in_Japanese_A_case_of_farminglanguage_dispersal, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4405460/, https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/evolutionary-human-sciences/article/tracing-population-movements-in-ancient-east-asia-through-the-linguistics-and-archaeology-of-textile-production/440213710888C5D9488901B27E047D03, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352226719300534 mentioned explicitly Northeast China and Manchuria or Mongolia respectively. Not Central Asia. And Central Asia is not the same as Manchuria. Also your version includes racualist claims about a Caucasoid race definition for "original Turks",which is nothing but WP:OR. Please read before you include unsourced claims. Thank you.81.10.217.91 (talk) 11:39, 21 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Regardless, you need to discuss this on the talk page. You can't just keep reverting. IWI (chat) 11:48, 21 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Unblock

 

This blocked user asked to be unblocked, but one or more administrators said no to this unblock request. Other administrators can also review this block, but should not unblock the user without a good reason. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

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Request reason:

I ask for a reconsider. This is long-term abuse on the page; the user has been reverting back for a while. I accept that I violated the three-revert rule. I apologise for this. IWI (chat) 11:42, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

Decline reason:

I think it would make sense for you to follow some of your own advice: "you need to discuss this on the talk page. You can't just keep reverting." If there has been such a significant long-term abuse at that page (which I don't see significant evidence of in the history; I see one edit by this IP in April), there are many ways to address that without engaging in an edit war. -- Only (talk) 12:19, 21 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Either way, I accept the block. I won't disrupt the project and would like to return to improving and protecting it as soon as possible. If that is in 24 hours time, so be it. IWI (chat) 12:04, 21 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Only: Thank you for the response. I also withdraw my patroller request, given the circumstances. Please close this for me. Also remove rollback from my account. I apologise for the violation. IWI (chat) 12:21, 21 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
I assumed it was an LTA and assumed wrong, which is the reason I violated the 3RR. I made a mistake and I accept the consequences. IWI (chat) 12:24, 21 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Chenzw and Only: I believe this block is mistaken and IWI did not "assume wrong". I'm not familiar with 81.10.217.91, but they've been engaged in enough cross-wiki disruption to get blocked on frwiki, dewiki, and enwiki, at least. Given that, I think most users would have reasonably assumed "LTA" also. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 21:14, 21 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Suffusion of Yellow, Chenzw, and Only: As stated above, either way I accept the block. I was not reverting vandalism, therefore I violated 3RR. Simple as that. IWI (chat) 01:07, 22 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

A1 autoroute

Hi, I have taken the liberty of making a few changes to the above article. I hope that's ok. Thanks for making a start on it! --Yottie =talk= 18:59, 22 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Yottie: Of course it's ok! Thank you for making it better. IWI (chat) 19:03, 22 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Lupstee

Since you reported him to VIP, just wanted to let you know that he sent me an email asking me to restore his preferred version of Talk:Katyn massacre, in case that changes anything. --sithjarjar666 (my contribs | talk to me | email me | see my enwiki profile) 22:39, 24 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

@SithJarJar666: Yeah this is expected. Ignore it, do not reply. IWI (chat) 22:39, 24 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
OK, can do. I also muted him to prevent future emails... --sithjarjar666 (my contribs | talk to me | email me | see my enwiki profile) 22:45, 24 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

FYI

Just a very minor point: I am female and I would prefer that you didn’t presume to know my gender when you refer to me in the third person. You may not be aware that this is a microaggression and that it affects me personally, which is why I’m politely letting you know. Thanks Greeseefeesees aka Legerrich (talk) 05:46, 30 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Legerrich: Sorry about that. Will fix it accordingly. IWI (chat) 05:47, 30 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
(talk page stalker) @Legerrich: If you want, you can set your pronouns in your settings (under User profile) and also add {{User female}} to your user page. --Auntof6 (talk) 07:24, 30 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Auntof6 and Legerrich: I try my best to avoid assuming everyone is male. Sometimes I slip. Most editors here are male, but obviously not all. Sorry about that. IWI (chat) 14:06, 30 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Related pages

Hi, quick question. What's the right order elements in a page? Related pages and then Other Sites? Or the other way around? Many thanks! — Infogapp1 (talk) 21:32, 1 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Infogapp1: Usually, we have Related pages and then Other websites underneath. IWI (chat) 22:46, 1 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
(talk page stalker) @Infogapp1: And if there are references and/or notes, those go in between. --Auntof6 (talk) 03:53, 2 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
Yep. IWI (chat) 06:52, 2 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

Tahini

Hi IWI! Just thought you may be interested, following your edit to Tahini. Arabic could be used in that context. One of the OED definitions for Arabic is "Arab or Arabian in origin, character, or design". Basically synonyms! --Yottie =talk= 18:42, 3 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Yottie: This is true, but the usual word is "Arabian" with "Arabic" usually meaning the language. I think we should stick to the most common word. IWI (chat) 18:47, 3 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
That's your opinion, but they are basically the same thing. Just trying to help (and I thought it was interesting)! --Yottie =talk= 18:50, 3 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Yottie: It certainly is my opinion. In my experience, "Arabian" is usually used to refer to things or people from Arabia, mainly because "Arabic" is too associated with the language (which is also spoken outside Arabia). I could be wrong and you're welcome to start a discussion on the matter :). Thanks, IWI (chat) 18:52, 3 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
No need to start a discussion. As I said, they mean the same thing so I am happy with either. Semantically, they are exact synonyms. Happy editing! --Yottie =talk= 18:58, 3 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
Thank you for the note anyway :) IWI (chat) 18:59, 3 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

Benjamin Bocio

Sorry I made a mistake, I thought I was writing in my profile, I will publish the biographie of Benjamin in a while. --Dominicanboy1 (talk) 23:33, 4 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Dominicanboy1: Before you do that, I suggest that you look at our general notability guidelines and our biography guidelines. Based on my quick Google search, I don't think Bocio is notable enough for our encyclopedia. Only (talk) 00:01, 5 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Dominicanboy1: Agreed. The article will probably be deleted if you create it. IWI (chat) 00:04, 5 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Only: ::@ImprovedWikiImprovment: Ok, thank you, I will work in other biographies and I will leave this one for later, I am working in the bio of dominican entrepreneurs, they are notable in their field, but thank you !! --Dominicanboy1 (talk) 00:13, 5 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Dominicanboy1: Just make sure they fit our notability guideline before you start writing them. IWI (chat) 00:30, 5 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

Boris Johnson

He's all yours when you have time! --Yottie =talk= 18:05, 5 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Yottie: You've done a brilliant job. I removed the tag. IWI (chat) 18:23, 5 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
Thank you very much! Time to look for the next project... ;-) --Yottie =talk= 18:30, 5 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya Date of Death

Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya died on the 17th per: The New York Times, BBC, Olympic Channel & ESPN --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 01:00, 20 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

@TDKR Chicago 101: Yes forgive me; I was following ruwiki. IWI (chat) 08:50, 20 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
@ImprovedWikiImprovment: Yes sometimes these things can be tricky seeing that sometimes the date of death is mixed up with the date the body is discovered or the death is announced. Good work on your part nonetheless! --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 09:25, 20 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
@TDKR Chicago 101: thank you for correcting it :) IWI (chat) 09:28, 20 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

Barnstar

  The Original Barnstar
For your ongoing contributions, each and every day. Keep up the great work! --Yottie =talk= 20:24, 20 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Yottie: Thank you so much. This means a lot to me. :) IWI (chat) 20:26, 20 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

Big Reference Weekend 2020

  The Citation Barnstar
Thank you for taking part in the Big Reference Weekend 2020. As a team, we helped make 177 pages better! Every change helps, big or small. Well done! Yottie =talk= 09:58, 22 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Yottie: Thank you! I’m sorry I wasn’t able to help more. IWI (chat) 11:28, 22 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
Don't be silly, you helped plenty! Well done. --Yottie =talk= 11:30, 22 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thomas John Bacon

Hi I have added a lot more and also raised my reason for doing so. I’m quite new so please help to guide me if you can. Thank you Performancegoth (talk) 15:07, 22 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Performancegoth: Unfortunatley, it doesn't seem like this person has enough coverage in reliable sources to meet our general notability guideline. The community will decide whether to delete the article or not. IWI (chat) 15:14, 22 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

Copy Edit

Hi "ImprovedWikiImprovment" i have edited New and Renewable Energy Authority, it is now commercial organization its governmental. could you please explain how it is promotional? It is the has the responsibility of all Renewable Energy projects in egypt?--Hamid (talk) 23:38, 26 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

@حُميد: Yes. Perhaps I made an error. I saw it had been deleted before for advertising. Appears to not fit our QD criteria. IWI (chat) 23:42, 26 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

July 2020

Hello I just made an edit to Disneyland, tell me if I should remove it or change it. --ILoveCocomelon (talk) 19:57, 27 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

(talk page stalker) @ILoveCocomelon: You made a good edit there; I just had to fix the formatting a little. Good job. Also, I see you ended your hiatus a bit early;).... --sithjarjar666 (my contribs | talk to me | email me | see my enwiki profile) 19:59, 27 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
@ILoveCocomelon: Looks fine. IWI (chat) 20:01, 27 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

OS request

Hi, thanks for reporting the problem, and it has now been suppressed. Peterdownunder (talk) 12:39, 29 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Peterdownunder: thanks. Regards, IWI (chat) 12:55, 29 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

Oops!

 


Smash!

You've been squished by a whale!
Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know you did something really silly.

For this. --Yottie =talk= 18:16, 29 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Yottie: Yup indeed it was haha. Corrected quickly though ;) IWI (chat) 18:18, 29 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

Editing

Hi, I can only edit a little at a time. Can u create a sandbox for me? Thnx Vasaziu (talk) 20:39, 1 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Vasaziu: You should be able to create it yourself by clicking this link: User:Vasaziu/sandbox. IWI (chat) 20:41, 1 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
thank you. Vasaziu (talk) 20:42, 1 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Question about disambiguation

Hi, saw you just created a disambiguation page for Brum. Just consulted Category:Disambiguation pages on EN as I want to learn how to do it. Along with creating or picking categories and merging suggestions, I'm not very good with this, so I would appreciate your guidance. So if I were to add {{Disambiguation}} on top of an article I want to create a disambiguation, it will then create that category? Or do I need to set that up as well? Many thanks. — Infogapp1 (talk) 22:37, 8 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Infogapp1: I think we like to keep it simple here with as few categories as possible. This is a question better suited for Auntof6. In terms of the disambig pages themselves, it is usually sufficient to copy them from enwiki with attribution and sometimes a little simplification. IWI (chat) 22:54, 8 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
Understood, that's why I'm not creating any categories as (1) I'm not sure how to even create them in the first place (2) I'd rather stick to impving existing articles for now. I only asked because I saw you added a disambig for Brum and I wanted to know how to do it (if it's easy to do, haha). I'll certainly take a look at EN formats where needed. Thanks — Infogapp1 (talk) 22:58, 8 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
(talk page stalker) @Infogapp1: I'm not sure whether you are asking about disambiguation or categories. They don't usually mix. Disambiguation pages are not categorized except for the categories added by the disambiguation templates. I'd be glad to help you with creating either disambiguation pages or categories if you can be more specific about what you'd like help with. --Auntof6 (talk) 23:25, 8 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Auntof6: Oh no, I was only mentioning I'm not very good with categories and merging. So, if disambiguation is just as complicated, I'd probably stay away from doing any of them for now. Appreciate the offer and I'll certainly reach out in case I need to do it down the line. Thanks to you both. — Infogapp1 (talk) 23:30, 8 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Infogapp1: Disambiguation is not complicated. The hardest part is deciding whether the disambiguation page should be at the base name, or if one of the listed items should be at the base name. We can look to enwiki for that. --Auntof6 (talk) 23:33, 8 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
Makes sense. I'll look at EN for examples in case I run into similar cases. Thank you. — Infogapp1 (talk) 23:36, 8 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Rahul Kumar Pandey

Hi i recreated an article for Rahul Kumar Pandey, (that you marked for deletion) because now it follows each and every Wikipedia policies. The person have sufficient web articles on google. Non-advertising, notable and authentic references provided. Article created for a person who is doing a lot of social welfare activities for the people of Patna, Bihar, India. Thank you! Please take a look! GuidePro (talk) 21:24, 12 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

@GuidePro: You were warned not to recreate the article by an administrator. It is advertising and the person is not notable for Wikipedia. IWI (chat) 22:27, 12 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Hi, Yes i got a warning yesterday to not create an article again due to advertising. But this article doesn’t carry any kind of promotion to individual, or a brand.

And according to Wikipedia policy,

‘A person can be notable if he or she has been written about in many published secondary sources. These must be reliable, independent of each other, and independent of the subject. If there is not a lot of coverage in any one source, then several independent sources may be combined to show notability.’

And you can search about Rahul Kumar Pandey on every search engine, saying the person is not notable for Wikipedia is not fair now. Request you to take a proper look on article and weblinks. Thank you! GuidePro (talk) 22:36, 12 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for your great example

  The Barnstar of National Merit
From helping create and improving highly informative articles on events, roads, to helping organise the Big World Heritage Weekend. Thank you for helping preserve the national treasures, and for being one yourself in the process. Many thanks! - Infogapp1 (talk) 00:33, 13 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Infogapp1: Thank you so much for this barnstar! Kind regards, IWI (chat) 01:32, 13 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

why is flop not simple

For what reason would flop not be simple? Could you clarify that? Angela Kate Maureen 15:09, 13 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Tropical Storm Angela: Sure. I think describing something that has failed as a "flop" is not something people new to English would understand. The word "flop" has other meanings. Do you disagree? :) regards, IWI (chat) 15:40, 13 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
(talk page stalker) @Tropical Storm Angela: Using the word flop to describe a failure is slang, possibly even jargon, and those are 1) almost never simple and 2) not the kind of formal language that should be used in an encyclopedia. --Auntof6 (talk) 18:24, 13 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Wikidata

Hi, I saw you on Infogapp1's talkpage telling them to link their pages to a Wikidata item. Could you teach me to do that as well? Many thanks, ~Prahlad balaji (t / c) (remember to {{ping}} me) |email me/talk page 22:39, 14 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Prahlad balaji: Of course. On a new article, you will see a link in the left sidebar that says "add links". Click this and type in the wiki you want to link to in the top box, and the page you want to link to in the bottom box. For the English Wikipedia, type "enwiki" in the top box and the name of the English Wikipedia article in the bottom box. Hope this helps. IWI (chat) 22:43, 14 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

::Thanks, will do. Cheers, ~Prahlad balaji (t / c) (remember to {{ping}} me) |email me/talk page 22:44, 14 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Actually, I can't find an "add links" link in the sidebar. Is it within the editor? ~Prahlad balaji (t / c) (remember to {{ping}} me) |email me/talk page 22:47, 14 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Prahlad balaji: It should show up in read mode at the very bottom of the sidebar on the left-hand side. IWI (chat) 22:48, 14 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
Ah, now I've found it. Thanks for the help! ~Prahlad balaji (t / c) (remember to {{ping}} me) |email me/talk page 22:50, 14 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Resit vs Retake

Does UK use "Resit"? For me it sounds like sitting down on a chair again, but then I learned it meant to take a test again, in Canada, we use the word retake. --Thegooduser Let's Talk! :) 🍁 00:39, 15 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

(talk page stalker) @Thegooduser: In the UK and some other places, people use the term sit instead of take when talking about exams. As I think about it, it seems to make more sense anyway. Those phrasal verbs will get you every time! --Auntof6 (talk) 10:26, 15 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
Yes I can confirm that we "sit" exams over here. And you "resit" an exam. IWI (chat) 10:44, 15 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
I was confused why there was a picture of a girl sitting down doing a test for the word 'resit' for the longest time, I know why now! --Thegooduser Let's Talk! :) 🍁 01:12, 16 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your email

Sorry for the late reply. It looks like that user has been globally locked now. --Auntof6 (talk) 10:27, 15 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Auntof6: Yes it turned out that a CU investigation got the account. It was who I thought it was. IWI (chat) 10:46, 15 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thank you

Thanks for putting my RFP in the right place. I got so used to RFCU where I add requests on top of the page =) — Infogapp1 (talk) 01:01, 16 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Infogapp1: That's ok. I feared an admin would miss it in the wrong place. :) Regards, IWI (chat) 01:07, 16 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Wikipedia and copyright

G12 does not apply to enwiki. Articles copied from en should only be tagged with A3. Best regards, ~Prahlad balaji (t / c) (remember to {{ping}} me) |email me/talk page 01:21, 17 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Prahlad balaji: You are not correct. Articles copied from other wikis without attribution are copyright violations and can be deleted under G12. IWI (chat) 01:37, 17 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
Thank you for the response; I will remember. ~Prahlad balaji (t / c) (remember to {{ping}} me) |email me/talk page 01:39, 17 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

TW

Hi. May I ask?

How to use to WP:TW?

Thanks. Gomdoli4696 (talk) 01:41, 17 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Gomdoli4696: To use Twinkle, you must first be autoconfirmed. This should happen within the next two days. When you are autoconfirmed, you can add Twinkle by clicking "My settings" at the top, then going to the "gadgets" tab. There you should be able to turn Twinkle on. Hope this helps :) IWI (chat) 01:47, 17 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
Ah... I'm not autoconfirmed.--Gomdoli4696 (talk) 01:48, 17 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your QD request

I declined your QD request on the talk page for the user with the bad user name. I don't believe it fits the requirement for A3, because the page content was not vandalism. However, if you want to take it to RfD, I'd have no problem with that. --Auntof6 (talk) 05:36, 18 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

How to use

Hi, IWI! I'm back!

I have more question.

how to use "QD logs"? Gomdoli (talk) 11:24, 18 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Gomdoli4696: Go to Wikipedia:Twinkle/Preferences and tick the box that says "Keep a log in userspace of all QD nominations". IWI (chat) 12:10, 18 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
Thanks. I added my options. --Gomdoli (talk) 12:15, 18 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Barnstar

  The Original Barnstar
Thank you for taking part in the Big World Heritage Weekend 2020! Collectively, we made 376 changes and created 56 new articles about World Heritage Sites! Whether big or small, every change you made helps make the Simple English Wikipedia a better source of information. Well done. Yottie =talk= 12:53, 19 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Yottie: thanks! We have all done very well! :) IWI (chat) 17:30, 19 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

wp:St

Hey! Do I need to add a note of my rfa to simple talk? --Thegooduser Let's Talk! :) 🍁 01:25, 20 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

It's not necessary, but is allowed. You only need to transclude it on RFP, which is already done. You can also add {{rfa-notice}} to your user (talk) pages. Naleksuh (talk) 01:25, 20 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
Noted! --Thegooduser Let's Talk! :) 🍁 01:26, 20 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

List of Buddhist conversions in India

What is the problem? Articles "List of converts to Buddhism" and "List of Buddhist conversions in India" contain different types of information. You don't want the list of conversions I wrote in "List of Buddhist conversions in India" and also in "List of converts to Buddhism". Can you tell me which article to put this content in? If you do not want the content in the "List of Buddhist conversions in India", nominate to delete this article, do not redirect it. I have experience of creating 700 articles on Marathi Wikipedia, but here I see arbitrary management. Sandesh9822 (talk) 08:53, 20 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Sandesh9822: Well in that case you should be well aware of the edit warring policy we have on Wikipedia. Take it to the talk page of one of the pages. I am uninvolved, I just restored the status quo for discussion. IWI (chat) 09:04, 20 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
You should have discussed it first and then later decided according to the majority. But in this case only two things happened - the article I made was redirected to another article and the entire text of that article was removed. This is like removing the article, but you did it without discussion in it. Sandesh9822 (talk) 09:12, 20 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Sandesh9822: No. A user reverted your change, and you reverted back. This is edit warring. It is you who should have discussed it with the editor who reverted you, as opposed to reverting back. IWI (chat) 09:14, 20 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
User:Naleksuh redirected the article to another article without assigning any reason, so I reverted that edit. Perhaps the user did not understand the difference in both the articles. But this user should have had discuss before doing this. After that you reverted my edit!!! Why do you think the wrong editing by @Naleksuh: was appropriate? A user did a mistake and you support it.
It seems to me that the decision to remove any article should not be taken by a member alone. Between the editing war of new and old users, the edits of the old users should not be considered correct and the edits of new users should not be wrong. We must take the right decision.
I put my opinion, and I will not come here again. Both of you do as you wish.
@Infogapp1: please see this matter. Sandesh9822 (talk) 10:46, 20 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Sandesh9822: You are not understanding how Wikipedia works. You don’t seem to understand the idea that you shouldn’t revert back if you have been reverted. You should not take offence because of this, but rather keep it in mind next time someone reverts you. If you do this many times you may be blocked from editing. IWI (chat) 11:29, 20 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

┌─────────────────────────────────┘
Jumping in as I was pinged. @Sandesh9822:, I agree with IWI's statement above about not engaging in what may be considered edit warring. If you have a question about an editor's edit (in this case Naleksuh), please try to leave a message on their talk page, as opposed to reverting their edits, as having discussions usually may help in resolving the issue. --Infogapp1 (talk) 12:17, 20 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

 (change conflict)  It seems that Naleksuh's attempt to redirect the article was the original controversial edit in question, before it was subsequently reverted. If we were to refer to the guidelines in the WP:BRD cycle, then the originating editor(s) should be the one initiating the discussion. The status quo appears to be the one established on 1 Aug. Chenzw  Talk  12:23, 20 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Chenzw: Okay fair. Perhaps this is an error on my part in that case. The user had already tried to add this to a different article and was reverted. I think the user should have took this to mean that they need to discuss the addition of this table, rather than try to add it elsewhere. IWI (chat) 12:33, 20 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
I texted User:Naleksuh on the talk page yesterday, but he did not reply yet. Now? Sandesh9822 (talk) 17:25, 21 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Sandesh9822: Wait until 24hrs after your message, whenever that was. If Naleksuh still hasn't replied (who I ask does engage in a discussion with you), you may restore it, considering him redirecting the article was in fact the bold move anyway. Right now it is the morning where he lives and he may still be sleeping. --IWI (talk) 17:30, 21 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
I don't see what the difference between the two articles is other than that his is specific to India. Naleksuh (talk) 17:43, 21 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Naleksuh: "List of Buddhist conversions in India" article contains the mass conversions, while "List of converts to Buddhism" article contains only notable individuals. One of these two articles is for Indians and the other is for people from all over the world. Both have different content. Sandesh9822 (talk) 19:42, 21 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
The second point of "Indians vs . All over world" is resolved, because I didn't just redirect to the article, I redirected to the section on India. For the first part, yes, it does only contain notable individuals. Now that I understand what the purpose of your table is, I think we are getting somewhere. However, I still believe that the current content is more in the scope of Wikipedia. Naleksuh (talk) 19:54, 21 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Ygm

 
Hello, ImprovedWikiImprovment. 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.

--sithjarjar666 (my contribs | talk to me | see my enwiki profile) 17:14, 20 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

RFA

Thanks for your input, it is appreciated, thank you --Thegooduser Let's Talk! :) 🍁 02:06, 21 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Thegooduser: That's ok. I'm sorry to have to oppose in the end, but I had to do what was best for the encyclopedia. Kind regards, --IWI (talk) 02:07, 21 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
Don't be sorry that you had to oppose, it was my error not knowing policy, you or anyone should not have to feel sorry for opposing me, it's merely just voting, and it doesn't damage my relationship with you or any or the other editors, to me adminship is no big deal, I just wanted to help out --Thegooduser Let's Talk! :) 🍁 02:09, 21 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
Of course. Thanks for volunteering anyway, and maybe one day you can reapply. Regards, --IWI (talk) 02:11, 21 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
Imagine "mail in" RFA ballots lol --Thegooduser Let's Talk! :) 🍁 02:13, 21 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Thegooduser: LOL haha. That made me chuckle :D --IWI (talk) 02:18, 21 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Lamborghini Diablo

Think you could take a look at this when you have time? I’d appreciate your input on it, as I think it needs a little more simplifying. If you can’t that’s fine, I’ll just have Yottie do it.

Also, what did you do to your sig, and why? It’s so... boring now.

Regards, --sithjarjar666 (my contribs | talk to me | see my enwiki profile) 23:15, 21 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Hello SithJarJar666. Yes I will look at it within the hour. I just wanted to simplify my signature, sorry if it bores you, lol :) --IWI (talk) 23:20, 21 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
Guess I’ll just have to make mine extra fancy to make up for it;) Also, thank you. I know I seem experienced, but I’m actually not that good at the simplification... --sithjarjar666 (my contribs | talk to me | see my enwiki profile) 23:22, 21 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
Speaking of extra fancy, check out my fancy new userpage! Sorry about stealing your userboxes... --sithjarjar666 (my contribs | talk to me | see my enwiki profile) 23:23, 21 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
@SithJarJar666: That's ok; you're perfectly welcome to use the userboxes I have used. Also, you seem to be very good at simplification. --IWI (talk) 23:39, 21 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
You really think so?--sithjarjar666 (my contribs | talk to me | see my enwiki profile) 00:02, 22 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
Well I certainly didn't have much to do on that article :) --IWI (talk) 00:03, 22 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

I understand that procedure generally does not permit commenting on already-closed RfDs, but just a revert saying not to edit archived RfDs in the edit summary is not as useful as engaging the editor in resolving their concern, and pointing them to the correct destinations. Ultimately, editors may not be as familiar with processes on this wiki, and efforts should be taken to actually talk to them. Chenzw  Talk  05:44, 23 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Chenzw: I had planned to leave them a message on their talk page, but then I saw your reply. All good :) --IWI (talk) 05:46, 23 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

67.209.10.235

Hiya, just wanted to double check. Did you mean to thank them for their edit on TikTok? Looks like they have incorrectly spelt 'Ukrainian' and could have been an edit test, so I reverted as AGF. --Infogapp1 (talk) 19:59, 24 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Infogapp1: I did mean to thank them, but it seems I had misread the revisions. Apologies for that :) --IWI (talk) 20:02, 24 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
No problem, I just didn't want to confuse them =) --Infogapp1 (talk) 20:03, 24 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

About MyUsernamesThis

Hello IWI I came here so I could ask you to delete the article MyUsernamesThis or at least get someone do it. The reason is that "When I started the article, I knew nothing about making on wiki articles. But I wanted to find information. But then you are someone else got on to me and I didn't have time. So I couldn't say anything."

--Hamuyi (click for userpage) (talk (click for talkpage) 00:52, 25 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Hamuyi: I am not an administrator, therefore cannot delete the article. It is tagged for Quick Deletion and will be deleted soon. Thanks, --IWI (talk) 00:54, 25 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Sorry. I just lose my patience sometimes. Thank you for replying --Hamuyi (click for userpage) (talk (click for talkpage) 00:57, 25 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

all good :) --IWI (talk) 00:58, 25 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

'Fix Obvious error"

Hello. I know you mean no harm, but your edit summary 'Fixed Obvious error' can be viewed as attacking a user, because of the tone of the edit summary. I know you aren't attacking, but it can be viewed as an attack for some people. I just wanted to let you know about this. :)--Thegooduser Let's Talk! :) 🍁 01:02, 25 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Thegooduser: Not an attack at all. I was just using it as a reason to edit the user's heading, as normally this would not be done, but since the error seemed obvious, I felt I could edit it and fix the link. I was saying that it was obviously an error, and not intentional. Hope this clarifies for both you and Hamuyi. :) --IWI (talk) 01:06, 25 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
Got it! :) --Thegooduser Let's Talk! :) 🍁 01:08, 25 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

When I read that almost mad me mad. But it did not bother me. --Hamuyi (click for userpage) (talk (click for talkpage) 01:10, 25 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Hamuyi: What I meant was "fixing something that is clearly a mistake", not anything else. I hope you can understand. Sorry for the misunderstanding. :) --IWI (talk) 01:13, 25 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

I knew you did not have to tell me '-' --Hamuyi (click for userpage) (talk (click for talkpage) 01:14, 25 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

okay :) --IWI (talk) 01:14, 25 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Hello sir

Hello sir i am new here, you tagged my very first article about Bollywood actor, cinematographer, I have cited and add more reference after your deletion tag, Please take a look.

Please give advice if I do any thing wrong or suggest anything. Cheeku05 (talk) 04:55, 25 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thank you very much for removing speedy deletion template. Cheeku05 (talk) 05:01, 25 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Cheeku05: I have started a deletion discussion for the article. I still do not think it meets our notability guidelines. May I ask your connection to this actor? Do you know him, or are you him? --IWI (talk) 05:03, 25 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
I am Ankit (represent this subject),
I added English references please have a look,
I want to work here and don't want to delete my first article, please have a look on these English references.
Thank you Cheeku05 (talk) 05:20, 25 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Cheeku05: Then you should read our conflict of interest guideline. We would prefer that users do not create articles about themselves, but if they do, they should say this. --IWI (talk) 05:27, 25 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
But i am not advertising myself I write in a very neutral tone, please advice sir for now what can i do?? Cheeku05 (talk) 05:30, 25 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Cheeku05: Like I said, I don't think it is notable. Other editors will come to an agreement on whether to keep or delete the article over the next week. You can try to find reliable, independent sources that talk about the subject a lot to show that the subject is notable enough for Wikipedia. --IWI (talk) 05:34, 25 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
Sorry to disturbing you but I'm waiting yours for 10 hrs, can you please help to know me when the deletion tag will be remove, I'm not too much knowledge of wiki.
By the way I have mentioned my confession to deletion discussion page.
Thank you Cheeku05 (talk) 14:17, 25 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Cheeku05: There will be a discussion about this article. It will last for a week. After then, either the article will be deleted, or the tag will be removed. You will have to wait the seven days. Thanks, --IWI (talk) 14:37, 25 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Please check this page

You recently placed a deletion tag on my recent article. Can you please remove them so I will update them. She is notable . Please sir article name Diana Eneje. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ilovegod112 (talkcontribs) 23:41, 25 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Ilovegod112: Nothing tells me that she is notable, and because of this I will not remove the tag. May I ask your connection to this person? Do you know Diana Eneje, or are you her? --IWI (talk) 23:43, 25 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
She is a celebrity sir, Google search her your self Sir . I will edit the articles now with why she is notable sir. Search the name (DUMEBI by Rema) Song own by one of the biggest Nigerian artist with over 22 millions view on YouTube And you will see why she is notable Ilovegod112 (talk) 23:48, 25 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
You didn't answer my question. How are you connected to Diana Eneje? Views have nothing to do with our notability guidelines. Also, please stop adding the {{wait}} template here; this is only meant to be used on articles tagged for quick deletion, not on talk pages. --IWI (talk) 23:51, 25 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
I am not connected to her anyway and am sorry for the wait tag. After the video by Rema she became famous , she won 2 awards. She is famous . I just decided to create a page for her since she doesn’t have one. Ilovegod112 (talk) 23:59, 25 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
Sir I will edit them with why she is notable if only you could removed the tag. Ilovegod112 (talk) 00:00, 26 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
Sorry, but I am not going to remove the tag until there is a claim of notability on the page. There are plenty of notable people you can create articles about. --IWI (talk) 00:02, 26 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
Okay sir but she is notable, Spent hours creating this article. And I read the Wikipedia policy. Ilovegod112 (talk) 00:07, 26 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
Like I said, I am sorry. It can be difficult to accept, but I am almost certain that this person does not meet the notability guidelines. If it is deleted, please don't create it again nor attack the admin that deletes it. This may mean they will block you from editing. --IWI (talk) 00:10, 26 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
Well Thanks Ilovegod112 (talk) 00:12, 26 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
Hello sir can you check the page now. Ilovegod112 (talk) 00:45, 26 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
Hello sir,
The article have been well edited. Check them out Ilovegod112 (talk) 01:22, 26 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
The article did not fit our quick deletion criteria. I have started a deletion discussion that will last a week where the community will decide whether to delete or not. --IWI (talk) 21:30, 26 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Hello

I want to add pictures to pages without pictures. How can I find pages without pictures--Tarih (talk) 14:59, 27 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Tarih: Hello. I do not think there are any tracking categories or special pages that could help you find articles without images. I will ping Auntof6 here who is much more experienced than me and may be able to give you some guidance here. My advice would be to hit the "show any page" button on the left until you find an article without an image. I assume you are here from commons? --IWI (talk) 15:03, 27 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
Thank you--Tarih (talk) 15:06, 27 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Tarih: Category:No local image but image on Wikidata is supposed to list articles that have no images but whose Wikidata entries have an image. You can find some there, but I noticed that some of the articles in that category do actually have images. --Auntof6 (talk) 17:54, 27 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Yes, most of them have pictures. Thank you for your interest--Tarih (talk) 18:02, 27 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Dealing with new articles

Hi ImprovedWikiImprovment, I want to ask you for advice on dealing with new, poorly written articles, because you've been here for a long time, and I think you do that a lot. Over the last couple months, I have often patrolled recent changes for vandalism, and often encounter new articles. Some of them I tag for QD, and others I try to fix so they look a little more like a stub. But I almost never leave a message for the person who wrote the article, because I don't know what to say (besides telling them that their article will be deleted). Do you have any suggestions? I recently noticed this article: Philippine Space Agency. It is written badly, but it seems to have some useful information. Do I have to fix it myself? If articles like that are just left here, they look like clutter. Thank you. Naddruf (talk) 01:02, 28 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Naddruf: Certainly. There are a few key things I look for first:
  • Checking it isn't a direct enwiki copy, or copyright violation of another website.
  • Simplifying the language used.
  • Changing "see also" to "related pages".
  • Changing "external links" to "other websites".
  • Ensuring the article has the correct categories. You can use articles about similar subjects (or the equivalent enwiki article) as a guide.
  • Tagging articles as stubs, if needed.
  • Cleaning up articles to fit the manual of style. This includes having bold at the start, adding any links and ensuring paragraphs are separated properly.
  • Sometimes I will cite uncited claims using references from enwiki, or elsewhere. Also, I may add an appropriate image.
  • I also link the article to the wikidata item using the "add links" button on the sidebar.
If an article is bad and fits a QD criteria, it is up to you whether you want to clean it up or tag it. If an article is bad enough to be deleted, you should leave a warning to the user such as {{subst:uw-create1}}. People who make good articles that needed cleaning up can be left a welcome message to help them learn how to write articles.
Hope this helps. Please ask me any other questions. --IWI (talk) 01:22, 28 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
So about sending a message to the writer, the answer is you don't usually do that? Also, the things I'm used to doing so far are adding categories, adding the stub tag, adding links, and bolding the necessary parts. Naddruf (talk) 01:23, 28 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Naddruf: If they have made a QD worthy article, warn them with {{subst:uw-create1}}. If they made an article that needed cleaning up, use a welcome template. Generally it is good to leave a message. --IWI (talk) 01:29, 28 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
Okay, so just the automatic templates. Thank you for your suggestions. Naddruf (talk) 01:36, 28 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
This is what I do personally, yes. You're welcome :) --IWI (talk) 01:58, 28 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Added a couple more

I added a few more to that Rfd. I am sure it won't change your comment but just wanted to let you know. Created that Rfd before I realized the extent of the problem. -Djsasso (talk) 20:27, 31 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Djsasso: Good point. I'll take a quick look at the new ones. --IWI (talk) 20:28, 31 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Twinkle

Is it just me and my settings, or Twinkle no longer automatically posts a QD notification to the creator's talk page when their article is nominated for QD? --Infogapp1 (talk) 13:47, 5 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

I don’t think I am suffering from this issue. You might want to check Wikipedia:Twinkle/Preferences. --IWI (talk) 14:16, 5 September 2020 (UTC)Reply
Yeah, just realised one of the criteria wasn't ticked, but it's all good now. Many thanks. --Infogapp1 (talk) 15:27, 7 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

Barnstar

  The Special Barnstar
Thank you for taking part in the Big Cleanup Weekend 2020! We made 409 changes and helped fix many problems on articles in category:Wikipedia maintenance. Well done! Yottie =talk= 10:58, 9 September 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Yottie: thanks, but I don’t think I am worthy of this barnstar, having barely contributed due to being busy. --IWI (talk) 15:54, 9 September 2020 (UTC)Reply
Of course you do. As I always say, quality not quantity! --Yottie =talk= 17:41, 9 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your revert of Special:Diff/7104421

May I know your rationale for undoing the addition of an internal wikilink of a politician's article, which has multiple inline citations confirming his office position? Chenzw  Talk  12:30, 11 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Chenzw: Yes, of course. The user is WMF globally banned and may not edit any Wikimedia project. Restoring it later is better than letting him think he is welcome to change this Wikipedia by letting his edit stay, per DENY. --IWI (talk) 12:32, 11 September 2020 (UTC)Reply
Also, I was not the only one reverting there. --IWI (talk) 12:36, 11 September 2020 (UTC)Reply
It is worth pointing out that the undo kicked off a revert war involving 4 more rounds of back-and-forth undos between two additional editors, and eventually led to an actual abusive diff. In future it might be worth considering requesting a revdel of the disruptive edit summary instead. I should also mention that at the time you decided to revert, you were the first editor in the chain and could not possibly claim knowledge of future reverts. Chenzw  Talk  12:37, 11 September 2020 (UTC)Reply
The first edit summary alone was enough to tell me who it was, as there is an attack on Antandrus. I intentionally left the reverting for a sysop to do it after the proxy was blocked thereafter to minimise any kind of war. --IWI (talk) 12:43, 11 September 2020 (UTC)Reply
And as you can see here, the user thinks you support his changes. This is why I did not want to allow their edits to remain. --IWI (talk) 17:15, 13 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

Mohsen Movaghar

FYI, I declined your qd request on this article because the content is different from the version that was deleted. --Auntof6 (talk) 13:04, 19 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Auntof6: That's fine; thanks for taking a look at the deleted article. I will shortly start an RfD for this in that case. --IWI (talk) 13:09, 19 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

Recognition

  Operator873's Outstanding Wikipedian Award
For exceptional, conspicuous, and meritorious service to the Wikipedia community, I am proud to present this award to ImprovedWikiImprovment in honor of their accomplishments which reflect great credit upon themselves and their fellow Wikipedians.
Your dependability and steadfast devotion to this project are noticed and appreciated. Thank you for all the work you put in here. Operator873talkconnect 00:13, 20 September 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Operator873: I am honoured to receive such a lovely award. Thank you so much Operator; it means a lot :) --IWI (talk) 00:14, 20 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

Delete request

Hi sir, has Rajamagal, Gokulathil Seethai (2019 TV series) has copied from English Wikipedia, please delete those articles Ppkalabika (talk)

@Ppkalabika: I’m not an administrator so I cannot do that. If you want them deleted for that reason, please add {{QD|A3}} to the top of the page. --IWI (talk) 13:31, 24 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

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Thank You

Hi buddy! Thanks for warm welcome. Will definitely work on developing articles in simple english wiki. i have few doubts on here. 1) If i write an article from english wiki to simple english how to notify you before publishing it ? i hope if i get trained with your assistance will help me more. 2) In simple eng wiki, articles from English wiki or other languages are only allowed or i can write new articles ?

Thank you ! :) --Jayreborn (talk) 10:09, 26 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Jayreborn: Hello and welcome! Yes you can create articles from the English Wikipedia. But when doing this, there are two things you must make sure you do:
  1. Make sure you simplify the text. You can see more about how to do that at Wikipedia:How to write Simple English pages. Usually, if you can't find a word on this page, it is not simple enough.
  2. Make sure you add attribution to the talk page. You can find out how to do this at Wikipedia:Transwiki attribution.
Thank you. If you have any more questions, please ask me. Regards, --IWI (talk) 14:28, 26 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

help

@Thegooduser: I'm here. What do you need help with? --IWI (talk) 23:36, 1 October 2020 (UTC)Reply
Does this source, verify, that tempura, came from Portugal and not Japan? --Thegooduser Let's Talk! :) 🍁 23:44, 1 October 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Thegooduser: It verifies that tempura is based on (or originates from) a Portuguese recipe called "peixinhos da horta". I'm not sure whether this quite means "tempura is Portuguese"; I still think the dish is very much a Japanese one. --IWI (talk) 23:50, 1 October 2020 (UTC)Reply
en:Peixinhos da horta is actually its own dish. I think tempura is a Japanese dish based on the Portuguese dish. Tempura developed in Japan, not Portugal, so I would say that Tempura did not develop in Portugal but Japan. --IWI (talk) 23:58, 1 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

User:88.103.180.144

Lately, I've got a bizzare, propagandistic non-collaborative message from an anonymous IP. I do a whois check and it is linked to Czech Republic.[1] This may be related to Koncorde and BatteryIncluded, but due to a number of policy violations it poses, it needs to be investigated further before taking any action. -- 2001:D08:D8:5B58:C8D7:CA5:984B:D57C (talk) 15:08, 6 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

I’m suspicious you are related to them, but I rolled it back and warned them. --IWI (talk) 15:15, 6 October 2020 (UTC)Reply
But I'm not related to them. I was attacked by them. Anyway, thanks for rolling it back. I am not part of them. I want to help. -- 2001:D08:D8:5B58:C8D7:CA5:984B:D57C (talk) 15:22, 6 October 2020 (UTC)Reply
Yeah I am assuming as much. Just seemed strange that you also wrote about this "red-brown" whatever. --IWI (talk) 15:23, 6 October 2020 (UTC)Reply
Because I've been calling out and opposing this red-brown convergence for some time. I don't want Wikipedia to assume a political stance: I believe if it does, then a certain segment of Wikipedia users will surely be alienated. And it wouldn't surprised me if some within Wikipedia turns out to be part of it all along. -- 2001:D08:D8:5B58:C8D7:CA5:984B:D57C (talk) 15:36, 6 October 2020 (UTC)Reply
Hi IWI, you can read about this IP here when his last wiki-wide ban was applied to the entire of 2001:d08:d8. I would suggest having nothing to do with the IP. He is a well known internet crank. Koncorde (talk) 19:20, 6 October 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Koncorde: Thanks a lot for highlighting that to me. That explains a lot, regards --IWI (talk) 19:48, 6 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

Eddie Van Halen

It's hard to catch everything that needs to be changed in an article when someone dies, but make sure you change the living people category to a year-of-death category. I've made the change for this one. --Auntof6 (talk) 21:58, 6 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Auntof6: Yes I noticed; thanks for catching that. :) --IWI (talk) 22:00, 6 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

Twinkle ARV module

How to use this module? Thanks. — Gomdoli (talk) 12:07, 7 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

Ah, I found; VIP module. — Gomdoli (talk) 12:08, 7 October 2020 (UTC)Reply
Yes was about to say, we call it "VIP (vandalism in progress)". --IWI (talk) 12:09, 7 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

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E217 series

I Just want to make a new article using an existing article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tokyo Metro 6000 series (talkcontribs) 01:01, 12 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Tokyo Metro 6000 series: I do not understand what you mean. Please do not move that article again, an admin will fix it in time. --IWI (talk) 01:02, 12 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

Deleting a page to make way for a move

When you have this kind of request, it's simpler to just ask at the admins' noticeboard for the desired move to be done. The admins can delete the target page as part of the move, saving a step.--Auntof6 (talk) 06:04, 12 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Auntof6: Okay, will do in the future. Always thought it was best to avoid clogging up the noticeboard, as moves requiring admins happen a lot. --IWI (talk) 06:42, 12 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

Unsuccessful RfA...

Hello, ImprovedWikiImprovment, I have closed your RfA as unsuccessful; you were 4 support votes (or 8%) short of what our guideline stipulates. Please continue the good work you do, and don't feel bad. Perhaps try again some other time? --Eptalon (talk) 19:54, 18 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

Hi, and thank you for the message Eptalon. I am honoured to have been nominated in the first place as well as all the support I received from the community. I’d like to thank the opposers for their feedback and I will continue the work that I have been doing and will work on the points highlighted to me. Regards, --IWI (talk) 19:58, 18 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

A Treat from Thegooduser

 
Banana Ice Cream

ImprovedWikiImprovment, I would like to treat you to this (virtual) Ice Cream, for being an awesome Wikipedian, and for being Bold for going to an RFA, you deserve this! Don't ever give up and you will get the mop soon, you are awesome! :) --Thegooduser Let's Talk! :) 🍁 21:30, 18 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thank you so much for the ice cream Thegooduser, I shall enjoy it :). Thank you for your kind words also, both here and in the RFA. Perhaps I will try again in the future... Kind regards, --IWI (talk) 21:41, 18 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

Sadden

To see your RFA ended this way. I thank you for your courage to run and I wish you all the best in future if you wish to run again. Happy Editing. Sidenote, viwiki is really one of the worst place to ask for deletions, I had several of my taggings reverted. It's not a small wiki vs large wiki issue, they just enjoy letting Vietnamese subjects to have pages there. I did several crosswiki cleanups of paid editors / globally locked ones, and I managed to get all the articles deleted from major wikis like de/ja/it/pt/es etc and the only one which refuse is vi. However, each wikis have it's own governance and notablity standards, so slowly I learned to ignore them. Anyway, thanks for volunteering :). Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 09:35, 19 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Camouflaged Mirage: Thank you for your support. Yes I learnt this the hard way it seems, however I do not think starting a deletion discussion for an article you think isn’t notable is a bad thing to do, nor would I describe that as "disturbing". The governing body of any project is the community, and they have decided new editors cannot start deletion discussions. That is fair enough – it is for this reason I should not have started it. Also, if they have a different idea of notability that is fine too. I will continue to be passionate (but not aggressive) in deleting spam articles here, though. If that would cost me the admin tools, so be it (although that does not seem fair). As for the other points, they were very much constructive and fair points of criticism. As Eptalon said to me, RfAs are very much about "dirty laundry". You too had your concerns that I can learn from in your support vote. But I am happy and I will continue to contribute here as normal. Perhaps I will try again in the future :). Regards, --IWI (talk) 10:11, 19 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

RfA

Sorry to have missed your RfA candidacy. I would have supported you 100%. Also, thought I let you know how much I appreciate you being polite in all our interactions. Keep up the great work, and hope to support you in the future. --Infogapp1 (talk) 14:43, 19 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Infogapp1: Thank's Infogapp. I try to be kind most of the time to all people I interact with. I do tend to agree with the consensus of the RFA that I'm probably not ready yet. Thanks for your kind words :) --IWI (talk) 14:53, 19 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

About Volkswagen New Beetle

May I ask about Volkswagen New Beetle, I don't know if this article is good or bad. Could you check it? Thank you. — Gomdoli (talk) 03:31, 21 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Gomdoli4696: There's a comment in the article that makes it a vandalism article. I have tagged it for quick deletion. Thanks, --IWI (talk) 11:31, 21 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

QD A1 on Low

Please note that policy specifically states that "Having a small amount of content is not a reason to delete if it has useful information." for QD A1. Quick deletion should not be used as an alternative method of "remediating" encyclopedia articles of a sub-par quality. Chenzw  Talk  09:39, 22 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Chenzw: I didn't think it had much meaning when I tagged it, but it appeared to be a dictionary definition now that I look at it again (i.e. not A1). Sorry about that, thanks for letting me know :). --IWI (talk) 09:45, 22 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

Hi!

Can you please not bother me? Thanks! --136.228.204.250 (talk) 19:44, 23 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

If you make helpful changes I will not bother you. However, if you continue to make bad changes then I will not leave you alone as I want you to stop, and you will eventually be blocked from changing Wikipedia if you continue. You're welcome to make good changes, so please do that. --IWI (talk) 19:47, 23 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

can you help me

go back to simple talk please :( — Preceding unsigned comment added by Malifex (talkcontribs) 18:08, 27 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

Sorry for not getting back to you quickly. I have answered over there, and so have two other users :). --IWI (talk) 18:57, 27 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

Russian

Is Russian hard to learn? --Thegooduser Let's Talk! :) 🍁 23:47, 31 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Thegooduser: Depends on how you compare it. Some words are similar to English in some way and the alphabet is fairly easy too. It is certainly easier than Japanese but harder than Spanish, French, German etc. You might want to ask Vermont too who speaks it much better than me. --IWI (talk) 23:57, 31 October 2020 (UTC)Reply
I'll wait till Vermont replies and see what he says :) . --Thegooduser Let's Talk! :) 🍁 00:07, 1 November 2020 (UTC)Reply
For me, the hardest parts have been knowing when to write ы or и, and also the case system. It's definitely something someone can do with a bit of time, there's tons of helpful resources online. Vermont (talk) 00:11, 1 November 2020 (UTC)Reply
I'll going to learn Russian, when I'm finished Japanese ;) --Thegooduser Let's Talk! :) 🍁 00:14, 1 November 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Vermont and Thegooduser: Yeah those two letters sound very similar to us English speakers at least. I haven't worked out the case system yet myself...lol --IWI (talk) 00:15, 1 November 2020 (UTC)Reply
Vermont Most useful thing I learned in History Class, "When war strikes, burn everything" --Thegooduser Let's Talk! :) 🍁 00:16, 1 November 2020 (UTC)Reply
(talk page stalker) @Thegooduser: My local public library has online software you can use for free to study languages. Might you have a library with something like that? --Auntof6 (talk) 04:15, 1 November 2020 (UTC)Reply
Auntof6 I'm with the en:Vancouver Public Library, I never checked if they have language study for free --Thegooduser Let's Talk! :) 🍁 21:21, 1 November 2020 (UTC)Reply
I just tried Russian and IMO it's harder than Japanese... --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 03:21, 21 December 2020 (UTC)Reply
@つがる: Hm, really? In what way? Many words are similar to English and the alphabet must be easier than Japanese, right? --IWI (talk) 18:56, 21 December 2020 (UTC)Reply
I cannot get past the very first Duolingo lesson. Busuu was somewhat helpful, but the only word I know is "Priyvet" "Cot" and "Mama" Japanese Is easier lol --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 21:17, 21 December 2020 (UTC)Reply
I've never found Duolingo to be particularly helpful in teaching anything really. The best way to learn is to talk with natives, although that can be difficult. I make my own flashcards of words and phrases that I want to learn, rather than useless stuff like "this is a dog" or whatever. --IWI (talk) 21:19, 21 December 2020 (UTC)Reply
Duolingo shoves the material down your throat, they make/force you to understand everything, even if you don't. --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 21:30, 21 December 2020 (UTC)Reply
It teaches you non-useful stuff IMO. Learn relevant words first, as in stuff you will actually use. --IWI (talk) 21:34, 21 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thank you...

...for including the source website URL in your QD/copyvio request. It's very helpful when people do that. :) --Auntof6 (talk) 07:17, 4 November 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Auntof6: Thank you for the message. It was no problem at all :) --IWI (talk) 01:23, 5 November 2020 (UTC)Reply

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The Page Views Template

@つがる: It seems to be counting only a small time frame of this year but I don’t know why. Mine displays the entire year. --IWI (talk) 10:29, 10 December 2020 (UTC)Reply
When did you put yours up? --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 23:18, 12 December 2020 (UTC)Reply
@つがる: Not quite sure, probably a while ago. --IWI (talk) 23:21, 12 December 2020 (UTC)Reply
Does the template not like me or something? :/ --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 23:29, 12 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

Happy late birthday!

i see your birthday is december 4, so i just said it a bit late. happy birthday though!LiteralOrder - TALK 20:35, 10 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

Sockpuppet or not I appreciate the message. Thanks, --IWI (talk) 22:20, 10 December 2020 (UTC)Reply
Happy B-Day! --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 00:43, 11 December 2020 (UTC)Reply
Thank you つがる :) --IWI (talk) 10:07, 11 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

Hey

Just wanted to say hi, also I might be able to edit some on simple still. I’m gonna edit here a lot less though, since I’m kinda busy with enwiki now... you understand, right? How are you doing, by the way? (Happy waay late birthday...) --sithjarjar (my contribs | talk to the sith lord) 18:47, 21 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

@SithJarJar666: Hi, I'm doing fine thanks, how are you? I understand perfectly, you can edit as often as you like; don't worry about it. We all undertand if you are busy. And thanks for the late birthday wishes :) --IWI (talk) 18:52, 21 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

Page

I swear I saw in a newsletter, that the page for printing link would be gone, but who said that? --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 22:14, 21 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

I haven't seen that, sorry. --IWI (talk) 22:16, 21 December 2020 (UTC)Reply
I need the ref for the next TWW, but if I can't find it, TWW is going to be delayed more --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 22:26, 21 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thank you!

... and a happy Christmas to you and yours! Macdonald-ross (talk) 08:57, 24 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Eptalon and Macdonald-ross: Merry Christmas to you both and thanks for the messages :) --IWI (talk) 14:15, 24 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

Merry Christmas, ImprovedWikiImprovement!

Hi! I wish you and your family a very merry Christmas! I have a present for

  Congratulations: You have been given a Veteran

Editor Barnstar!


A WikiPresent for Christmas.

Merry Christmas and a happy new year! 80.225.166.139 (talk) 13:06, 25 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thank you very much. Merry Christmas to you too. --IWI (talk) 18:51, 25 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

Wrong reversal Peyman Keshavarzi Nazarloo

Hello dear colleague, my article is translated from the Persian version, which has no problem in Persian, why did you tag it?--VsDFRT (talk) 00:29, 29 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

I even announced on the article Talk page after it was created that it was translated.--VsDFRT (talk) 00:31, 29 December 2020 (UTC)Reply
@VsDFRT: It doesn’t matter. You can’t remove a QD template from an article you created. It is up to an administrator to decide if it should be deleted. --IWI (talk) 00:40, 29 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

Spam

Hello, dear colleague. I wrote an article of a notable actor from my country Tunisia. You voted to delete as spam and you declined my draft. Could you help me so that I can know my mistake. Thank you ChrisMat2020 (talk) 04:44, 29 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

They are written in an advertisement tone. May I ask what your connection is to this actor? --IWI (talk) 04:45, 29 December 2020 (UTC)Reply
@ImprovedWikiImprovment: My article is translated from French Wikipedia I'm just a fan and a writer. I don't know him personally --ChrisMat2020 (talk) 04:50, 29 December 2020 (UTC)Reply
 (change conflict)  I don’t see any evidence the actor meets the notability guidelines either. This is why I voted to delete. It may be that the French article is written from someone connected to the actor. --IWI (talk) 04:52, 29 December 2020 (UTC)Reply
@ImprovedWikiImprovment: I don't think because he has an important fan base in Tunisia as an actor. There are arabic and French wikipedia and I cited several notable sources like Kapitalis, Mosaïque FM, Africultures, Tuniscope and others. You can consult administrators or users from Tunisia. Thanks --ChrisMat2020 (talk) 05:00, 29 December 2020 (UTC)Reply
The community will decide whether we should keep or delete the article over the next week. --IWI (talk) 16:55, 29 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

removing redirect to Saffir−Simpson scale

Why are you removing the redirect Saffir−Simpson scale from the main article? Angela Kate Maureen 03:01, 31 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Tropical Storm Angela: Hi. That is just temporary so the redirect can be deleted and I can move the page to that location, per the move request on the talk page. --IWI (talk) 03:02, 31 December 2020 (UTC)Reply
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