User talk:ImprovedWikiImprovment/Archives/2021

years

• What's with the all the sudden editing of years, lol. --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 21:29, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

  Nothing in particluar, just some general cleanup I'm doing. --IWI (talk) 21:29, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

Okay, time files when you're having fun ;) --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 21:33, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

Haha indeed. --IWI (talk) 21:34, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

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Hey, do you want a dark theme vector skin? --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 02:13, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

No thanks. I have always disliked dark modes in general, lol --IWI (talk) 02:14, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

Actually? Light theme burns my eyes... --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 02:15, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

Yep, haha. --IWI (talk) 02:21, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

Years 2

Hi.
How far are we going to go with the years? English Wikipedia currently go to 2029 in terms of year pages that don't redirect to 3rd millennium. Is there any year we're aiming to get up to? Belwine • 💬 • 📜 20:55, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

I was thinking we should just leave it there. Not much purpose going further. --IWI (talk) 20:56, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

Ok, thanks :) Belwine • 💬 • 📜 20:57, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Belwine: Our practice has been to create a page for a year only if there's more than just the standard skeleton information. For example, 2069 currently has only that basic info. I'll go looking for those and remove such years and any categories that end up empty. --Auntof6 (talk) 21:14, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

Ok, thank you. :) Belwine • 💬 • 📜 21:19, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

@Auntof6: While I agree and won't create any more, I don't see any real purpose of deleting such pages. --IWI (talk) 21:43, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

OK, I found some content to add to them. If you create any more, be sure to add something that's unique to the year, not just the standard things that all year pages get. We have deleted these in the past through the RFD process when they didn't have anything beyond that. --Auntof6 (talk) 04:29, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Fair enough. Will do. --IWI (talk) 16:45, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

making Bethany Joy Lenz picture frameless

For what reason did you make the Bethany Joy Lenz photo frameless? Can you clarify that? Angela Kate Maureen 21:39, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I don't see anything wrong with that, only that it will mess up mobile view. I did it before for Maiko --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 22:02, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

@Tropical Storm Angela: No real reason, I just thought it looked better. Undo if you like. Kind regards --IWI (talk) 22:47, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

I've been adding thumbnails and captions to images. Without the frame and caption I think it looks unfinished and like it's just floating in space. With the frame it looks like it's supposed to be there.--Gordonrox24 | ^Talk 23:18, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Often there is no information to add. Guidelines state that captions are there to offer context, which is not really needed in a lead image displaying a person. It’s a matter of opinion, but I think frameless images look better when no caption is needed. --IWI (talk) 23:31, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Better to avoid "currently" in articles

Hi, IWI,

I see you've been adding state legislature articles. That's great. They need more attention. But, I have a suggestion. It is best to avoid currently. As you well know, we have very few editors here. Currently creates a lot of maintenance as elections happen. Rather than "The house is currently controlled by the Republican Party." something like "The Republican Party got control in 20XX." which is still true even if the Democrats regain control later. It's best just to avoid now and currently altogether. Thanks, --Gotanda (talk) 05:29, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

@Gotanda: Yes that makes sense, thanks for the suggestion. I recently updated an article with seat numbers from 2012, so this is clearly an issue. Kind regards, --IWI (talk) 05:32, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

A Barnstar for You!

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Thank you for quickly reverting vandalism on a regular basis! :) Belwine • 💬 • 📜 14:00, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

@Belwine: Thank you very much, and the same to you. --IWI (talk) 16:32, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

Hey

Did you use a rollback script or what, I manually clicked the rollback on that IP vandal and was unsuccessful for 9-10 of them, thanks for reverting :)Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 19:41, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

@Camouflaged Mirage: Yeah I used mass rollback. No problem :) --IWI (talk) 19:41, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

Must be that, I didn't use for the sake of I am afraid of any errors as some might be valid at times (there are users who got blocked using mass rollback), but my personal preference only. :) Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 19:43, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

Whilst you're on the subject of this.. thanks for reverting the changes that the IP vandal made from me too! :) They did revert quite a few of my edits... Belwine • 💬 • 📜 19:43, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

@Camouflaged Mirage: Of course. I made sure all of the changes were vandalism. All of the edits were reverting good edits by Belwine, so it seemed appropriate. Mass rollback is a powerful tool and must be used wisely! And you're welcome Belwine :) --IWI (talk) 19:46, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

Concurred, have a nice day ahead guys :) Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 19:48, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

Ed Bruce

Hello ImprovedWikiImprovment, the article you nominated for quick-deletion ('Complex article from another WP') has since been simpilfied. Please do a regular request for deletion, if you still think it needs deleting. --Eptalon (talk) 10:46, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for telling me. It looks good now. --IWI (talk) 11:32, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

One of your edits on the RFD for Ram Ray

With this change, you struck out the input from a user who became blocked after making the comment. When you want to make that kind of note, please just leave your own note and do not strike out the other user's comment. Otherwise you leave yourself open to being accused of interfering with the other user's comments (even though that might be deserved). Thanks. --Auntof6 (talk) 17:17, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

@Auntof6: I was under the impression that users are not allowed to vote twice. All of their other sockpuppet votes were stricken, so I don't really see the issue in also striking this one. Sockpuppet votes intefere with the closing admin determining consensus. In addittion, you put emphasis on the word after, even though someone couldn't possibly comment while they were blocked. Of course, I would not strike a vote of someone purely on the basis that they are blocked, if that is the impression that you got. Best, --IWI (talk) 17:24, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

Your edit summary mentioned that the user was a blocked sockpuppet, not that they had already commented. The other stricken comments were stricken by Eptalon, who is an admin/crat/checkuser, and therefore officially has the ability to determine that two users are the same. I just don't want to have the possibility of a user being able to accuse another of doing them any wrong. --Auntof6 (talk) 22:16, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

@Auntof6: A CU check determined they are likely related and was consequently blocked by another CU. I assumed Bsadowski1 had just forgotten to strike the comment. You can see the check on the WP:RfCU page. I probably should have made it clearer to avoid confusion. --IWI (talk) 22:20, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

My userpage

How can I get the images to change every few hours? --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 01:44, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

@つがる: I'm not sure, sorry. Best, --IWI (talk) 01:54, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Yea, that's always my answer when people ask me, "So what are you gonna do when you finish school?" lol --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 01:56, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Ha ha, you'll find something you enjoy eventually I'm sure. :) --IWI (talk) 01:58, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Yea, I was looking at this place but they assume I can only speak French and if you look at my userpage, you'll see I'm a fr-1 so... --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 02:00, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

I saw a large group of school children with that logo when I visited London (they were near parliament). Must be an interantional student program. Intersting. --IWI (talk) 02:02, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

As soon as my local Japanese Embassy offers student visa, I need to apply right away. You said you saw a group of children with that logo, where were they from? --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 02:06, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Not certain, although the langauage the leader person spoke sounded Swedish/Norwegian/Danish. --IWI (talk) 02:08, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

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Interesting. How come the Ram Ray RFD isn't closed yet? --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 02:11, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Well a couple of admins voted on it so they can't close it. We just have to wait for another admin to close it. --IWI (talk) 02:12, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

@つがる: The page has now been deleted, I have just requested for QD of all the redirects to be deleted too... Belwine • 💬 • 📜 15:41, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Barrackpore

I checked that you are a patroller so can you patrolled this article. If it is not simplified, QD it. As it is a translated from English Wikipedia.KP (talk) 07:33, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Ping me if needed KP (talk) 07:33, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

@TTP1233: I assumed you were going to simplify it, but since you wanted it deleted, and it is complex, I have tagged it for A3. Best, --IWI (talk) 07:35, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

No I don't want to delete it but since its complex again, I will recreate this article with simple details thank you for reminding me. KP (talk) 07:37, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

@TTP1233: I'm confused. So you don't want the article deleted then? Should I remove the tag. --IWI (talk) 08:01, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

I added wait tag for that. Don't worry for this. I told If it is not simplified, then QD it. I hope you understand. i missed then so I appologise. I will remind you later for patrolling ok. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ‎TTP1233 (talk • contribs) 08:08, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

No problem. Sorry for the confusion. --IWI (talk) 08:10, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Almost this article is simplified. Now you can check and patrolled. Because you are the onlyactive patrolled user.KP (talk) 08:19, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

I will have a look through when I have time, but I think quite a bit more simplification is needed. --IWI (talk) 08:26, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

I will do that as well.KP (talk) 08:32, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Good catch!

Good catch on The Flying Dueces! It had escaped notice, and was indeed a complex copy. Macdonald-ross (talk) 09:17, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

@Macdonald-ross: Thanks! No problem :) --IWI (talk) 09:18, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Patrol

Could you pls patrol my two articles as urgent, Devi Lal and Yashwantrao Chavan. They are two deputy PM of India.KP (talk) 10:01, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

User scripts

Hello IWI! Hope you're well. Regarding user scripts, are you allowed to use scripts from en.wikipedia here (with minor changes to adjust for simple.wikipedia)?
Also, how can I use the reset talk script? It is getting a little tedious manually removing/reverting vandalism from talk pages.
Thanks, Belwine • 💬 • 📜 22:08, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

@Belwine: You can load scripts from any URL by adding : mw.loader.load("url"); to Special:MyPage/common.js. For reset talk, that URL would be https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:DannyS712/Reset_talk.js?action=raw&ctype=text/javascript - you can also use any URL from English Wikipedia, or anywhere on the internet, depending on your browser's crossorigin settings. Naleksuh (talk) 22:13, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

 (change conflict)  Thanks :) I managed to install the Reset talk one just before the reply but thanks for the confirmation on loading scripts from any Wiki. Belwine • 💬 • 📜 22:15, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks Naleksuh for answering this while I was away. --IWI (talk) 06:25, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Message on Bangladeshi users

Masum Ibn Musa and Prodipto Deoler are seems to be connected to each other. I may or may not think this as sockpuppetry of Masum Ibn Musa. What do you think?KP (talk) 10:04, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I don't think that this new account is a sock, personally. Masum Ibn Musa appears to be quite a trusted user on Wikipedia in general. He has patroller and rollback rights on the Bengali Wikipedia, rollback rights here and on the English Wikipedia. He has been given these rights because he is trusted with them. I think Masum would know that socking is not a good idea, I would be surprised if he was socking. Belwine • 💬 • 📜 10:22, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

While, as Belwine states, this would be unlikely, if you have evidence of socking then feel free to request CU. I'm not seeing any evidence right now to suggest any sockpuppetry. --IWI (talk) 10:38, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Even a CU might not help much, as Bangladesh is a dense country, it's very hard for CU to work in these situations, we need strong behavioral evidence. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 10:50, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

Anyway, per AGF such speculation is not appropriate without evidence. --IWI (talk) 11:01, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

Yes, I agree. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 11:12, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

I came here from a rfd and noticed this conversation. As a Bangladeshi user I can confirm they are not sock. Prodipto is a trusted user in bnwiki and has Autopatrolled right there. I'm familiar with both of their editing behaviour. They both are interested in Islam related articles. Thank you.Yahya (talk) 11:18, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

Nice catch

I only meant to bring over the infobox. Didn't notice I got the other paragraph. Not sure how that even happened. -Djsasso (talk) 16:18, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

Oh I see...I accidentally edited an old revision. -Djsasso (talk) 16:18, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

@Djsasso: Yes, I figured it was a mistake. I was just leaving you a message, no harm done :) --IWI (talk) 16:20, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

Request

Hello Improve wiki! I will update and upgrade the article I created. Could you please remove the notification? Haoreima (talk) 12:20, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

@Haoreima: Unfortunately not. We cannot allow text copied from other websites to stay. Best, --IWI (talk) 12:21, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

Is there any way to save the article from deletion? Haoreima (talk) 12:29, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Not really. I'd recommend working outside of Wikipedia (e.g. on a word document or notepad) to improve the article. --Belwine • 💬 • 📜 12:31, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

The easiest way is to delete it and recreate it. Copyrighted text is not allowed anywhere on Wikipedia, not even in the history of the article. --IWI (talk) 12:32, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. Haoreima (talk) 12:35, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

Hello

Hello IWI! Will you teach me how to move a page? Besides, I noticed you said you have two accounts in wikipedia. Is it permitted, may I know? And one more thing, will you help me create my user page, putting templates like those in yours. They are really attractive, I think so. And lastly, wow😮, you are a 19 years old guy and very active in wikipedia. In fact, I am also 19. Haoreima (talk) 08:23, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

@Haoreima: Hi. So to move a page, you click the "more" tab at the top of the page and then click "move". This will give you the form to move the page. Yes I do have an alternate account that I use on public computers. If you do that, you have to make it very clear on the user pages that you have another account. Pretending to have one or otherwise misleading people with more than one account is sockpuppetry and will get you blocked. If you want to use the templates on my user page, just press "edit" and copy them over. Thanks for the kind words. --IWI (talk) 09:34, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

I have, User:Goutamkumar Oinam 2 is the one. Please help me. Haoreima (talk) 09:42, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

@Haoreima: Unless you have a valid reason to, I would say you don't use that account anymore and only use this one. Best, --IWI (talk) 10:58, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Copy and paste

Will copy and paste from other language Wikipedia pages in simple English Wikipedia allowed? Haoreima (talk) 14:52, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

@Haoreima: Only if you carefully simplify all of the text. This page tells you how to do that. You will also have to add attribution to the article's talk page. This page tells you how to do this. --IWI (talk) 14:53, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

IP adding links to Japanese Wikipedia

Hello ImprovedWikiImprovment, I have blocked the IP that tried adding links to Japanese Wikipedia, likely with Japanese text. Feel free to re-instate the deleted edit if it is constructive, and you feel fine with it. The Ip got a free limiited term block for edit warring. --Eptalon (talk) 11:00, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

Yeah thanks, the user is an LTA that has been harassing me cross-wiki for a while. Best, --IWI (talk) 11:10, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

Request

I have recently created a series of articles. And I fear if they would be deleted or nominated for deletion. Please review them and if you find any problem, please inform me. Haoreima (talk) 17:27, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, ImprovedWikiImprovment. You have new messages at Belwine's talk page.
Message added 09:22, 28 January 2021 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

If you don't want Talkbacks in future, let me know Belwine • 💬 • 📜 09:22, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Edit the year article templates

Hello, I would like to know how to edit the year article template so that it isn't exactly the same as the English Wikipedia. What I mean is that I don't think it's that necessary to add in extra info about a certain year other than it being a common year, leap year, century leap year, current year, the first or last year of a specific decade, century, millennium. For example:

2020 (MMXX) was a leap year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar. It was the first year of the 2020s.

2021 (MMXXI) is a common year starting on Friday in the Gregorian calendar and is the current year.

2022 (MMXXII) will be a common year starting on Saturday in the Gregorian calendar.

For century leap years:

2000 (MM) was a century leap year starting on Saturday in the Gregorian calendar. It was the last year of the 20th century and 3rd millennium and the first year of the 2000s.

If you want to discuss this more, please let me know on my talk page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ‎189.169.152.227 (talk • contribs) 01:20, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

I replied on your talk page. --IWI (talk) 01:28, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

My Bad

I was on the wrong page for some reason. They changed the QD on their page and that was supposed to be reverted. I will fix it. Thanks. PotsdamLamb (talk) 16:50, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Ah ok, no harm done. --IWI (talk) 16:51, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Although they don't appear to have removed the QD template on the page. --IWI (talk) 16:53, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

IP address blocked

The IP user you warned not to vandalize is now blocked because Belwine told me they are an open proxy and they are blocked with an expiry time of 2 months. Wagnerrrr (I think we need to talk) 19:13, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) that is what they were globally blocked for by Bsadowski1 - however, you did not need to put the block template on the page --Belwine • 💬 • 📜 19:16, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

Ok, sorry. Wagnerrrr (I think we need to talk) 23:11, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

use of Wikipedia:DENY

I had put a warning on the user's page; somehow, you used WP:DENY and erased the warning. Can you please put the warning back up? You might have targeted the wrong page. Angela Kate Maureen 16:21, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

@Tropical Storm Angela: Hi. That user is a banned long-term abuser and any warnings only make him vandalise more, so with him it's best to just revert, report to admins, and ignore. This is per WP:DENY. Best, --IWI (talk) 16:23, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

You've got mail!

Hello, ImprovedWikiImprovment. You have a new email! Please check it at your convenience.
Message added 17:35, 31 January 2021 (UTC). You can take off this notice at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{YGM}} template.

Belwine • 💬 • 📜 17:35, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

Medium.com

Is medium.com a reliable source for citing in wikipedia article? Haoreima (talk) 04:11, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Haoreima: Not really as anyone can write there. --Belwine • 💬 • 📜 08:13, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Yeah any website with user-generated content is unreliable. --IWI (talk) 10:03, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the information. Haoreima (talk) 10:13, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Samudragupta

Can you check this article and see the simplification? I hadn't created it but I had expanded it.DJRC (talk) 09:40, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

@TTP1233: Yes, the article is very complex. Please read this page and make sure most words you use can be found on this list. There is really not much point in creating such complex articles; it goes against our main goal. --IWI (talk) 11:24, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

CI

I cannot wrap my head on how committed identity works. Can you explain it to me? --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 01:29, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

@つがる: A CI is a code that can identify you if you get locked out of your account or your account is otherwise compromised. Usually, you will think of some personal information that nobody would know, and then put that through a hash generator online, giving you the code. You can then prove your identity by giving the information you used, and they will check to see if it will give the correct code. So say if my information was "Wikipedia", I could give that to you, and you could see if that would give "D83D8B6E18C38434A113775AC1879A3A738222B1DD0B06BD7B7B6E00B99B69A532CD7F06F44621E62047E9FF7107E655BC2927959A3A9AE3FB2BD47E07E863C0" on an online SHA-512 generator (which it does), so you know I am the true owner of the account. --IWI (talk) 01:42, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

Which site will allow me to generate a code? --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 01:51, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

There are a number, but I would not do it through an online website for a real string due to security. See here for help. It's best to use a pretty complex set of information that you can remember. --IWI (talk) 01:57, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

Oh and, make sure it is in SHA-512; it is best. --IWI (talk) 01:58, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

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Yea I have one of those on en-wiki, but It's old and I think the security is shitty, and easy to crack. How do I void the code? --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 02:00, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

Just remove the old one from your userpage. --IWI (talk) 02:01, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

And Revdel it? --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 02:01, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

I don't see why that would be needed. --IWI (talk) 02:02, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

So once I just remove it, it's voided? --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 02:03, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

If you say in the edit summary something like "this can never be used to identify me again", that should be enough. --IWI (talk) 02:05, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

What site did you use to create the hash? --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 21:39, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

One of the ones linked on the doc page. I strongly recommend you use one that creates the hash client side (like the ones linked at the template), as opposed to over the Internet. --IWI (talk) 23:26, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

Help

Please how can I create an article in this simple Wikipedia because there are a lot of things to be created. OXXTQ651 (talk) 05:53, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Go to an article that doesn't exist, then press Start if you want to use the visual editor or Create source if you want to use the source editor. --Belwine • 💬 • 📜 08:07, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Accusation

You are acusing me of spam, but have no idea of the context and work QSS is doing. Photo is taken from the site that clearly has CC ShareAlike licence! QueerSport (talk) 23:52, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

@QueerSport: Given your username, it seems pretty clear to me that you are likely connected with the organisation, and probably trying to advertise it (though I could easily be mistaken). However, the main issue in terms of the article is that the organisation does not meet our notability guidelines. If you can find good, independent and reliable sources to show that it is notable, it is more likely it will be kept; I was unable to find any. Best wishes, --IWI (talk) 23:56, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

In terms of commons, I have removed the missing permission template now that you have given evidence of permission. --IWI (talk) 23:57, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

IWI please direct me to the criteria for notability, as this is the leading NGO in LGBTIQ+ work in the region. They organized confrence with Council of Europe and European Gay and Lesbian Sport Federation. They led important and ground breaking research on non-binaries in sport...what is the criteria that is not met? It is NGO doing LGBTIQ+ sport work, not elite commercial club to be winning league competitions. Please elaborate. QueerSport (talk) 00:03, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

@QueerSport: Please click here to read the general notability guideline. To show notability, we need several reliable sources that talk about the organisation in depth (a lot). They also have to be not connected with the organisation. This usually means magazines, journals, newspapers, news reports etc. --IWI (talk) 00:07, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

IWI that is general notability maybe for mainstream sports, not for community sports organization. Should we not have any because they do not fill news? Dont you think that is CIS-gender and straigh bias? QueerSport (talk) 00:15, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Not at all. The general notability guideline can apply to anything, hence the word "general". If no sources have covered it due to some sort of bias, that's out of our control unfortunately. We follow what sources say; Wikipedia does not exist to right great wrongs. Best regards, --IWI (talk) 00:19, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Hey

Hopefully you pick up the clues user admin odd. If you don’t feel free to email me. PotsdamLamb (talk) 08:11, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: I'm sorry, but I don't understand what you mean. --IWI (talk) 08:13, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

The questions being asked I am trying to get an admin to answer. I’ve a hunch there is something more to this. PotsdamLamb (talk) 08:15, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: I'm assuming they are simply asking a question. No reason to think otherwise. --IWI (talk) 08:19, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

You don’t have to AGF me IWI. I do the same but again somethings amiss. PotsdamLamb (talk) 08:24, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

I'm not so sure that there is. Just seems like a newer user asking questions. If they are banned on enwiki on a different account (which is the only bad faith situation I can think of), then that is not really something of our concern anyway. --IWI (talk) 08:31, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

q

• If you have the same email for 2 Wikipedia accounts, how do you know if the password reset will work, etc?? --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 01:12, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

  @つがる: I'm not sure what you mean. Why would this cause the password reset not to work? It should work fine as far as I know. --IWI (talk) 01:14, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

Cause I thought system would only allow 1 email per 1 account. --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 01:17, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

Emails used to come through for my alternate account fine, but you could test it by requesting a password reset I guess. --IWI (talk) 01:19, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

WikiProject invitation

Hello ImprovedWikiImprovment, I would like to invite you to WikiProject Vital Articles! There are over 100,000 articles on Simple English Wikipedia, but this project's goal is to work on 100 of the most important articles. We will choose one or two articles to improve at a time. We will try to make the articles more complete or promote them to good article status. Hope to see you there! Naddruf (talk) 18:48, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Sure, I'm happy to help. --IWI (talk) 09:30, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Nominating for rights

Hi. On enwiki, I noticed users can be nominated by other users for rights (autopatrol, rollback, etc.) Can users be nominated by others for such rights here? —Belwine (talk) 21:46, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Belwine: Here, we nominate mostly just for rights that are voted on. If you know someone you think should have rollback, patroller, etc., just suggest to them that they request it. BTW, you can't nominate for or request autopatrol: on this wiki, that's bundled with patroller. --Auntof6 (talk) 22:01, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Ok, thanks —Belwine (talk) 22:04, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

@Belwine: Yeah, it is only really common here with advanced user rights such as sysop. --IWI (talk) 23:13, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Judeo-Christian and why I RfD'd

I'm posting this here because our conversation at RfD has moved away from whether the article Judeo-Christian should be deleted. I think you misunderstand why I nominated it for deletion.

When a drafter writes "Jews believe Jesus was the Messiah" and "Christians think they're descended from Jacob" in Wikipedia's voice, they're promoting a political point. It touches on things like the U.S. military stance on Israel. How much do you know (or want to know) about the rise of evangelical Christianity in American politics since the eighties?

It was a little like if the article had said "Antifa organized the January 6 storming of the U.S. capitol" (it didn't) or "The Chinese government made the COVID-19 virus in a lab to use as a weapon" (it didn't). That stuff has to go. If guidelines apply, they're guidelines about hoaxes, or WP:RIGHTGREATWRONGS if the "wrong" is that people think it really was Trumpers at the riots (which it was). Darkfrog24 (talk) 01:17, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

@Darkfrog24: Of course it has to go, but deletion is not cleanup. An article having unsourced information is not a reason to delete. If it is an obvious hoax, A6 can apply. Otherwise, it is simply a cleanup situation. --IWI (talk) 11:20, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

No, but I offer that RfD is the designated place for further inspection and discussion. You said to reread WP:DELETE, and it says this: "Articles that do not have sources and are probably not true. Usually these can also be quickly deleted as vandalism or nonsense if the article is obviously nonsense or obviously false or a hoax, but articles that might be true should be inspected and discussed more." The policy makes provision for hoaxes that need to be looked at closely before it becomes clear they are hoaxes. If you require something from WP:NOT, it's #6, propaganda and advocacy.

I gather you think it would be better to research and rewrite an article until it is no longer harmful; that's not what I'm here to talk about right now. Have I satisfied you that I broke no rules in nominating Judeo-Christian for deletion? Darkfrog24 (talk) 14:47, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

Darkfrog24, I didn’t say you broke any rules, nor do I think so. This is not something you should take as some sort of accusation, it was just friendly advice for the future. I totally understand your rationale for starting the request, but arguments for cleanup are to be avoided for deletion discussions. It would have been better to bring it up on the article's talk page or simple talk for general discussions about the article. RfDs are discussions for if you believe the article should be deleted. And I’d like to again emphasise the Wikipedia idiom that "deletion is not cleanup" once again. Many, perhaps even the majority, of new articles have problems; this does not mean we should simply delete them all. This is especially important on a small wiki like ours. I'd also add that you would do better focusing on the spirit of a policy rather than firmly sticking to them word for word; that's not how they are intended. Best, --IWI (talk) 15:03, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

I did believe the article should be deleted and also that the deletion could not wait for a talk page discussion. I deal with many new articles and most of them do not have problems that require immediate deletion, but this one did. It doesn't sound like you do understand my rationale, but I don't think I can explain any more without repeating myself. You've made it clear you did read my posts the first time. Darkfrog24 (talk) 15:09, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

@Darkfrog24: It's not something worth pondering on, it was just some friendly advice for the future :). I did not intend to seem like I was accusing you, so I am sorry if I did. I understand you wanted to delete it, I was trying to explain that deletion is not cleanup, and such arguments shouldn't be used for deletion. If the concept of the article was completely false, or the majority of the article is false, that would be different. In this case, the author had inserted some unverifiable claims, something that should be removed and sourced to be correct. Only if there is no useful information and the article is completely false would deletion be appropriate. Remember, on our small wiki it is especially harmful to delete useful content; eventually somebody will come along and clean it up, and when that happens is of no relevance as Wikipedia has no deadline. Best regards, and have a nice afternoon, --IWI (talk) 18:36, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

Thank you so much for the link. What a fascinating read. I will point out two things I read in NOTCLEANUP:

• (If there is no usable content, however, it may well be best to delete.)
• if an article is so bad that it is harmful in its current state, then deleting now, and possibly recreating it later, remains an option

You'll recall this is pretty much what I said. I do get what you're saying about how most articles don't need deletion; they just need a little help. We're agreed on that point. Darkfrog24 (talk) 19:41, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

Uncyclopedia

Actually the url is needed, because there are 2 uncyclopedias — Preceding unsigned comment added by ‎Hump the grump (talk • contribs) 20:12, 8 March 2021 (UTC)

@Hump the grump: The URL does not belong in the title of the infobox or lead section. Also, please remember to sign messages by adding ~~~~ at the end. Thank you, --IWI (talk) 20:14, 8 March 2021 (UTC)

ok, if you say so, let me revert it Hump the grump (talk) 20:15, 8 March 2021 (UTC)

I understand what you were trying to do now, as they have two URLs. Another user has added the other URL in the correct place in the infobox. Thanks, --IWI (talk) 20:17, 8 March 2021 (UTC)

You gave me a laugh...

...with the edit summary on this change. :) --Auntof6 (talk) 12:28, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

@Auntof6: Glad I could be of entertainment, lol :) --IWI (talk) 12:34, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

Your comment at WP:RFP#Current requests for rollback

Since that request was already declined it is no longer active, so that comment was not needed. If and when the user becomes unblocked and makes a new request, an admin will re-evaluate at that time. The evaluating admins do see extenuating circumstances like this, and having non-admins make comments 1) makes it harder to read through request pages because of the extra verbiage and 2) promotes hard feelings between editors. Please try to keep non-admin observations to a minimum in places that are not community votes. Thanks. --Auntof6 (talk) 02:09, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

Okay, fair enough. Apologies. I had added it mostly for the record. --IWI (talk) 09:31, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

Question

I don't ever canvass or participate in it, but I am wondering if is it canvassing, asking people to oppose your own RFA? --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 02:20, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @つがる: It is. See en:WP:CANVAS. --Auntof6 (talk) 02:43, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Auntof6 Thanks for the link, Please note I don't plan to do this, I was just curious and wondering. Also, I noticed you removed my bullet point, first off please accept my apologies for having this habit (it's hard to break! Also I was told it wasn't really much a problem) but isn't that 'changing other's comments?'. --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 02:54, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

The issue with "changing other's comments" relates to changing the content (it can even apply to fixing typos), not to changing the formatting. I removed the asterisk out of habit, because conversations on talk pages usually don't use them, and I didn't intend to use one in my reply. It isn't a big problem, as you say, just something that 1) is unnecessary and 2) can cause indenting problems if there are a lot of replies. At the end of the day, though, it's your talk page, so put it back if you want and I'll try to remember not to remove them. --Auntof6 (talk) 07:01, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

@Auntof6 and つがる: Just noting that it is my talk page, not Tsugaru's. However, I don’t think this is a particularly big deal though, and certainly isn't changing someone's comment to remove the bullet point. Often one may change the indentation of another ones comment for better readability. Tsugaru, if you want to re-add it, you are welcome to. If you want to use it in the future, you can; and I don’t think there are big issues caused by it.

In terms of canvassing, asking someone to vote any way in a community discussion would be canvassing, even if that vote is against your actual view or detrimental to you. Any attempt to disrupt the consensus building process is not allowed. --IWI (talk) 10:21, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Sorry, I meant to say that it was Tsugaru's comment, not talk page. --Auntof6 (talk) 11:05, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Ah, understood. --IWI (talk) 14:36, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

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Stating again that I don't intend to do this, nor will I ever participate in canvassing. I was just wondering --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 20:19, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

@つがる: Yes, this was understood :). I was just responding to your query. --IWI (talk) 20:20, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Oh and, doesn't this mean that political lawn signs are canvassing? --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 20:23, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Yes. They actually call politicians knocking doors and asking them to vote for them or delivering leaflets "canvassing" in real life. --IWI (talk) 20:25, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Oh, you should watch UK parliament, it's like a stand-up comedy sometimes. ;) --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 20:27, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Indeed. I often find myself watching our BBC Parliament TV channel, lol. --IWI (talk) 20:28, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

I see that the comedians have found themselves to the article --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 20:33, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Indeed. Sadly this took place quite a while ago and was not fixed until now. --IWI (talk) 20:46, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

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That's the problem, vandalism stays up for months on wiki, before being found and reverted. --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 20:47, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Assistance request

Hi IWI, a few days ago I created Cavalier King Charles Spaniel as it was showing as a red-link on Spaniel, but today I discovered an article Cavalier King Charles spaniel already exists, albiet unreferenced. (I believe, in common with all dog breeds - see for instance articles I had nothing to do with yet Irish Setter or German Shepherd - that all the words in the dogs breed name should normally be inital capitals. How do we go about merging here but keeping the correct title and of course the references, there is the interesting part in the original article about King Charles keeping these dogs that is not covered in mine but I could source and add that? Any help appreciated. JW 1961 Talk 20:56, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

@Joseywales1961: I don't think there is any issue with redirecting the old article to your new one and changing the Wikidata item accordingly. As long as the history remains in the redirect. --IWI (talk) 21:31, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

Thanks IWI, I'll attempt that so, do you mind if I ping you when done to check it's done right for here? and many thanks for your help JW 1961 Talk 21:40, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

Certainly; feel free, and thank you for your work here :) --IWI (talk) 21:51, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

haha

• Now if only the Admin's guide was in Russian only ;) Good Luck with the RFA! --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 00:53, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

  Haha! If it was in Russian, I would be screwed; my Russian is still pretty bad, lol. Thank you, Tsugaru :). --IWI (talk) 10:26, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

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black vs African American

You changed the word black into African American on Sheila Dixon. What is the reason you did that? Angela Kate Maureen 06:39, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

@Tropical Storm Angela: Good morning :) I had changed it because you had used African American elsewhere in the article. Feel free to revert me, I just thought it would be better. Best, --IWI (talk) 08:03, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Hello there; I think you can use either. The Enwp article has a sentence: "She was the first African-American woman to serve as president of the City Council, Baltimore's first female mayor, and Baltimore's third black mayor." (pretty much at the top). But remember, I am not a native English speaker, and there may be nuances of either "African American" or "black" that I am not aware of. It looks like "black" is also used for certain groups in the Middle East and Turkey (which resulted from Slave trade, mostly in the Ottoman Empire); anyway: Indigenous Australians ("Aborigines") have also been called "black"; in "Melanesia" (the clusters of Islands in the Pacific), the "Melos" is form Ancient Greek, and means black (in reference to the darker skin color of these people). That said you're probably fine with either...--Eptalon (talk) 08:15, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) "African American" is more specific, and therefore is a better choice if it applies. "Black" can apply to anyone with dark skin. "African American" refers to American people with African ancestry, especially those who are descended from African people who were brought to the Americas as slaves. In the US, we tend to use the terms interchangeably, but that is not a good practice on Wikipedia where we are supposed to have a more global view. --Auntof6 (talk) 10:33, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

Thank you both for giving further explanation. --IWI (talk) 11:36, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

Hachijō-jima

• If I translate from the same version each time, and put the URL version in the edit summary, do I need to put the 'translated page' template in the talkpage each time? It's the exact same version. (I did it just to be safe) --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 00:07, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

  @つがる: if it's all from the same version, you only need to use the template once. The edit summary also becomes redundant with the template too, but you can still do it if you like. --IWI (talk) 08:46, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

Here is the mop

May god have mercy on you. Welcome to the janitorial staff. Take it slow. -Djsasso (talk) 00:35, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

@Djsasso: Thank you very much. --IWI (talk) 00:36, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Congrats IWI! Now, since it's April Fools Day, Can you block me for 1 second? And DO NOT nuke the Main Page haha --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 00:37, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Thank you :). I will be sure not to do that, lol. Happy April Fools too. --IWI (talk) 00:38, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

CONGRATS! (confetti) Operator873^talkconnect 00:38, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Congratulations, I say (looking cautiously at the calender). I myself was nominated for enwiki admin on April Fool's Day (2005, back in the Triassic), and it's been an interesting road. You will meet terrible people on this journey. Also helpers. Lots of helpers. You'll be one of the good ones. Antandrus (talk) 00:42, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

I thought about putting the unsuccessful template on at first to see if anyone was paying attention but didn't want to give them a heart attack. -Djsasso (talk) 00:45, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Djsasso If I have a heart attack, what's the number for 9-1-1? lol --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 00:46, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

0118 999 881 999 119 725 3 -Djsasso (talk) 00:48, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

+decrats Djsasso as a April Fools joke+ Operator873^talkconnect 00:49, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Djsasso Do they charge for an ambulance? ;P --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 00:53, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

I was so busy because of exams that I totally missed the RFA but I am very happy to see you as an admin. A huge congratulations.-BRP ^ever 01:13, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. :) --IWI (talk) 01:20, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

@Antandrus: Oh, and I should also point out that I was four years old in 2005 :P. lol --IWI (talk) 01:20, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Not revealing my age, but I was way younger than that in 2005 LOL --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 01:26, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Ha ha ha. :) I was older than four, but otherwise will not reveal my age.

At four I would have been a lousy admin, but could have been at least a somewhat amusing vandal. Antandrus (talk) 01:37, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

For all we know, a DOG could be a sysop on any Wikipedia! Maybe a dog is typing this ;) Am I even a HUMAN? I wonder... --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 01:40, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Congrats, here's the T-shirt :) --Belwine (talk) 05:53, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Lol, thanks Belwine. --IWI (talk) 11:02, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

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Notability

Deri Lorus & Vedax Musix seems to be notable with reliable source. Can you recheck again? Underpants90 (talk) 13:37, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

The community will discuss their notability over the course of a week. Best, --IWI (talk) 13:40, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Your change to Simple talk

Why did you put in an incorrect spelling of my user name when I had just fixed it? --Auntof6 (talk) 19:43, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Yeah sorry, hit rollback by mistake. See your talk page. --IWI (talk) 19:44, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

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Congrats on getting admin, so here is a barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		For becoming an admin here. Keep up the amazing work, and keep up the fight against vandalsim. ShadowBallX (talk) 20:35, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Thank you ShadowBallX :) --IWI (talk) 20:36, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Protected pages

You know, not all protected pages need a template, especially pages protected for short amounts of time. Having the template on them just increases the amount of housekeeping that has to be done when the protection expires. --Auntof6 (talk) 11:20, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

The template doesn't display the icon when it isn't protected, so it isn't a problem from that standpoint. It's something perhaps a bot could be made to take care of I suppose. You're right that the template is likely more useful on pages with longer protections. --IWI (talk) 11:23, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

That's good. Does it also suppress the category if the page isn't protected? --Auntof6 (talk) 12:23, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Yeah, I believe it just switches to the "pages with incorrect protection template" category. --IWI (talk) 12:24, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

 (change conflict)  (talk page stalker) There is a bot on enwiki that removes and adds protection templates automatically.
Although we don't have anywhere near as many protected pages as them, we could have a bot deal with protection templates, if it ever got so bad. --Belwine (talk) 11:25, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Yeah. It's not really a huge issue, because as I said, the template will only display the icon on pages that are actually protected. Periodically, people will go through the category and remove them. --IWI (talk) 11:26, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Flood flag

Hey, I noticed you were active. I'm probably going to do quite a few changes adding reflists and putting references before punctuation, more than 100, so can I have the flood flag to stop flooding recent changes? Thanks, --Belwine (talk) 19:37, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Sure, I will grant for an hour. Let me know when you're finished. --IWI (talk) 19:38, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

I will probably take more than an hour to finish this task, please could I have it for another hour? I should finish by the end of that hour. Apologies for the inconvenience. --Belwine (talk) 20:32, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

No inconvenience :) sure, --IWI (talk) 20:53, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

@Belwine: lol, are you already finished? Seems I added the flag just as you finished. --IWI (talk) 20:56, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

No, I wasn't. I was just finding some more pages to fix. I should be done when the flag expires. --Belwine (talk) 21:00, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Oh, okay :) happy editing. --IWI (talk) 21:01, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

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I should be done by the time the flag is automatically removed. Thanks for granting it, I've managed to fix most of the pages with the reference before punctuation :D --Belwine (talk) 21:45, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

 Done :) --Belwine (talk) 21:50, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Question about diffs

A little bit of a strange question: Is there any way to view diffs without previewing the page itself? --Belwine (talk) 20:03, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Belwine You mean like compare revisions? --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 20:09, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

@つがる: Yes. Is there any way to just have the diff, with no preview of the page? --Belwine (talk) 20:12, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

You can Install 'popups' from the 'My Settings' --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 20:14, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

Ah, ok, I'll see if that works. It's on another wiki, but I think popups is on it. Thanks :) --Belwine (talk) 20:15, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

@Belwine: here is more info --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 20:17, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

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SALTing

Hi, how does SALTing work here on simple.wiki? Do you think there are grounds to SALT Atto Abbas (taking also into consideration all the cross-wiki spam). I just want to make sure that the sockpuppet doesn't just create another (his 10th?) account, and re-create Atto Abbas. Nehme₁₄₉₉ (talk) 19:00, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

@Nehme1499: If they recreate, it can be re-deleted after an RfD that resulted in delete per QD criteria G4. SALTing is only usually warranted if we have repeated recreations. --IWI (talk) 19:01, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Ok got it. And do new articles (which had already been deleted previously) by non-autopatrolled users have some sort of indication that they were deleted at some point also here on simple? Nehme₁₄₉₉ (talk) 19:03, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

If they are at the same title, they yes, it will be in the logs. But our small community means an admin will likely remember that it had been deleted before, even if it's at a new title. If you see one in future, tag it with G4; that can help too. --IWI (talk) 19:06, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

User talk:185.166.253.10

I ask for their TPA to be revoked after a recent revision. Darubrub (talk) 15:48, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

 Done thanks. --IWI (talk) 15:49, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Flood flag

Hello, I'll need the flood flag again just for about 10 minutes or so to do some very quick category work with the villages in Kollam district. Thanks, --Belwine (talk) 15:41, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

@Belwine: How many changes will be made, approximately. --IWI (talk) 15:42, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Probably 128 --Belwine (talk) 15:43, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

@Belwine: Okay, granted for 10 minutes. Will monitor. --IWI (talk) 15:44, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Oh, that was much less than I thought it would be. Either way, all of this in recent changes would not be fun... You can now remove the flag. --Belwine (talk) 15:45, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Meh, it still would have been flood. The 100 rule-of-thumb is only a recommendation, not a firm rule. Removed :) --IWI (talk) 15:47, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Yeah really if you end up going and checking other peoples edits while you were "flooding" when you were done then it doesn't really even matter. Basically people just wanted to make sure that edits didn't get missed that may have happened while you were editing. You will often see me do 50 edits stop for a couple minutes while I check any edits that happened while I made those 50 and then do another 50 and repeat etc. -Djsasso (talk) 16:22, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Rename request

Hello IWI, could you please change my username to "ZzzzZ"? –Hulged ⟨†^|k⟩ 11:41, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Hulged: You will have to follow the steps at m:Steward requests/Username changes. You will be changing your name globally, there is no option to change your name locally anymore. --Belwine (talk) 11:43, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Belwine, ok thanks! –Hulged ⟨†^|k⟩ 11:49, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Also, if it was available locally, only a bureaucrat could do it :) --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 21:39, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

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Design Help

I'm terrible with wikicode when designing pages, could you point me to an tutorial page? Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 00:42, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

Sure. en:Help:Wikitext is a good place for that :) --IWI (talk) 00:44, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. Also how's it going? --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 00:52, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

@つがる: Sorry, my internet went last night so I went to sleep :/ I'm doing fine thanks, other than that :D My internet has returned. --IWI (talk) 14:42, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

LTA IP blocks

I noticed you put in the same blocks with the same restrictions with the same reasoning to multiple IPs. Is it a sock using a VPN or proxy? Darubrub (talk) 16:03, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Yes. --Belwine (talk) 16:04, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

 (change conflict) Yes, some kind of proxy service (unless they are instantly travelling thousands of miles, lol). --IWI (talk) 16:05, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) On enwiki I block the IPv4s for six months (unless they geolocate to Chicago) -- I have noticed he gets the same ones over and over enough for me to suspect it may do some good. (ps - you're doing a nice job adminning. :) ) Antandrus (talk) 16:47, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

Thank you Antandrus :). I'm not sure whether it would be worth doing the same here, considering IPs can change. --IWI (talk) 16:57, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

The only IP's that don't change are my grades ;P --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 23:44, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

Haha! Sounds funny. 88.145.93.137 (talk) 23:50, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

DYK Queue

What's the policy on updating the queue, the current one has been on for 8 months now. We have 3 more queues ready, I suggest a new queue, which will leave us with 2 queues left, a total of 16 months if we keep them on for 8 months each? Though it may vary depending on the numbers of DYK hooks made Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 01:13, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Generally you don't want to exhaust the DYK queue too quickly or we get in a situation where we use up all the hooks and then are stuck on one. Being that its been eight months we can probably update since we have a couple ready. But generally I suggest never updating them if we don't have a few ready. At the rate we generate them right now we don't make enough to update more than about once every 6 months. Unfortunately last year we switched them a bunch too fast so used them all up in a couple months and didn't spread them out so we could update them every couple months. -Djsasso (talk) 14:25, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

Yes, that was my fault last year. Sorry. Right now, it could be good to switch the queues. --IWI (talk) 14:33, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

How can I update the Queue, if this seems to soon, please let me know, but we do have 2 queues after this one, and as mentioned earlier would last 1 year up to 16 months. --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 23:39, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

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@Darubrub: I didn't receive an email from you. --IWI (talk) 16:53, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

That's strange. But you deleted the page anyway! Darubrub (Let me know) 17:15, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Not sure what caused that, but glad the issue is solved anyway. --IWI (talk) 17:17, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Changes to Language article

Hi there - saw you were active and an admin so thought I'd ask you something! There have been a few changes to the page Language that have been trying to shoehorn facts about Greek into the introduction. It doesn't really make any sense reading the rest of it (seems like somebody wants to promote Greek?), but I'm wary of getting stuck in an edit war so was wondering if you could take a look and see what you think? Best, Milo, Talk, Contribs 17:23, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

@SpaceGuy32: Well the first thing I would say is please do not revert further on that page. You have already done three reverts, so per WP:3RR you shouldn't make any other reverts on that page for the next 24 hours at least, except vandalism. I will take a look at the problem, though I suggest you start a talk page discussion as this seems like a content dispute. I would also suggest you do not use rollback for such cases - it is designed for clear-cut vandalism only. Thank you for letting me know, --IWI (talk) 17:28, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

In terms of the content itself, I'm not sure what the IP editor is trying to say. It doesn't seem accurate that most English words come from Greek. --IWI (talk) 17:30, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Yes that's why I reverted originally, as that was clearly wrong information! But as you say it was getting close to becoming an edit war so I wanted to step back and let somebody else deal with it. Djasso seems to have decided to revert it and block the IP making some of the changes. Sorry with the rollback thing - I'll make sure it's completely clear-cut in the future. Thanks so much for your help, Milo, Talk, Contribs 17:34, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Yes indeed, though the block was only applied as it was an open proxy, which aren't allowed. And yes, it was good that you stepped back. --IWI (talk) 17:36, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Looks like an account has now been registered to make the same changes. I'm happy to start a talk page discussion if you think that would be useful, but I think the changes fairly obviously aren't helpful. Best, Milo, Talk, Contribs 17:41, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Seems like you blocked the account. Is that an SPA or a sock of the IP? Darubrub (Let me know) 17:58, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Since it seems obvious that it all comes from the same person, and there have been more than 3 reverts, I have applied a 24 hour edit warring block on the account. The other IP range was only blocked as a proxy. --IWI (talk) 18:01, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)  (change conflict)  The changes are exactly the same as the IP changes, so they were abusing multiple accounts (and IPs) to break WP:3RR. --Ferien (talk) 18:01, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

So, ducky? Darubrub (Let me know) 18:03, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

I only see one account being used unless I’m missing something. There is no policy against editing as an IP when you have an account. But yes, the reason I have applied the block is because per DUCK, they have broken 3RR. --IWI (talk) 18:04, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Yes, you are allowed to edit as an IP when you have an account, but when you are also edit warring using both an account and two IPs to try to get around WP:3RR, that's not acceptable in my view.--Ferien (talk) 18:08, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

All IPs used by them have been blocked, including two proxy ranges. This is why we have NOP. --IWI (talk) 18:12, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Friday Night Dinner

Hi there. On Friday Night Dinner on enwiki, there seems to be a mistake. Please could you correct the mistake below. 1. Users are inserting information stating the series has ended when Channel 4 have not released a statement whether it has or hasn’t. According to Channel 4, the series is believably still in production but the organisers of the show have no plans to make a new series for the time being. Thanks. 88.145.95.25 (talk) 18:35, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

@88.145.95.25: The page is unprotected. You should be able to edit it.--Ferien (talk) 18:39, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

@Ferien: Sorry but the IP I use on enwiki is blocked when I didn’t do anything wrong. I’ve tried appealing but the admins haven’t reviewed the appeal yet. 88.145.95.25 (talk) 19:23, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Oh, I see. Apologies. --Ferien (talk) 19:24, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Accepted. 88.145.95.25 (talk) 19:30, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

You will have to wait until the block on your IP address can be appealed and make the change yourself. This isn't a matter for this wiki. Thanks, --IWI (talk) 19:42, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

hello

Just wondering, what happens if you accidentality delete all of Wikipedia? Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 01:54, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

@つがる: Sorry for the delay. I'm not sure what you mean. Do you mean delete all articles? I don’t know how that would be possible, but that would be bad. Technically speaking it would be (eventually) reversible. --IWI (talk) 11:34, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I suppose if you nuke users who have made the most articles then you could delete a good chunk of this Wikipedia. I don't think you can undo nukes at the same speed as you can do them. If you delete thousands of pages through nuke that would take ages to undo. However, I'm not sure whether it would be technically possible to nuke thousands of articles. --Ferien (talk) 11:56, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

The nuke interface let’s you pick a limit of what to delete, defaulted at 500. I'm not sure how long it would take to restore. Yes, these are powerful tools; thankfully, none of our admins would do such a thing. --IWI (talk) 11:59, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

After some tests, it definitely is possible to do such a thing. --Ferien (talk) 19:01, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi, I sort of meant this as a jokey question, of what happens if you nuke all Wikipedia pages. Sorry for not specifying it was a jokey question --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 20:07, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

Actually, to be serious there is a comment here about admin tools being destructive, so I don't know how bad it would be if pages were randomly nuked (which will 99% not happen from an admin, unless the account is hacked) --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 20:12, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

Yes. Quite damaging, but reversible from a technical standpoint. It would just take a while. Even if an admin account is compromised, it would still need someone who knows what they are doing for such a thing to happen, so hopefully unlikely. --IWI (talk) 06:57, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

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Hi.

Congratulations to you for your adminship. I heard it from Ferien (then Belwine). Wish you a good luck for future.DJRC (talk) 17:07, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

Thank you :) --IWI (talk) 11:32, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

Star box

Can I also use your multiple star signed rectangular box installed at the top of your user page? Is that only yours or usable by others? Haoreima (talk) 06:16, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

@Haoreima: it's based on the number of changes you have made and amount of time you have been here. See which one you have achieved here. --IWI (talk) 06:55, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Wikiprojects

Hello IWI, I joined back three months ago and I would like to be active here. I was looking for WikiProject India, but I couldn't find. I saw there are many wikiprojects created in userspace. So I thought you might know if someone has created Wikiproject India. :) –Hulged ⟨talk⟩ 15:50, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Hulged: See Wikipedia:WikiProject, there is a WikiProject India :) --Ferien (talk) 15:53, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Ferien, thanks for pointing out! I'd like to manage that wikiproject. Can I do so? Or it is limited to the creator of the project? --Hulged (talk) 15:59, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

@Hulged: Probably limited to the creator. You should ask them about it, they seem to have been active quite recently (30 March) --Ferien (talk) 16:04, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Ok! Thanks Ferien. --Hulged ⟨talk⟩ 16:08, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

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(talk page stalker) @Hulged: WikiProjects here are unofficial. This list I made, includes info about how they're managed here. --Auntof6 (talk) 16:15, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks Auntof6, had a look at the list. It's really helpful for the users who came here from English Wikipedia. --Hulged ⟨talk⟩ 16:21, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Deletion error

You deleted the following pages that I created, Krrish, Student of the Year 2, and Varun Dhawan. Those weren't bad pages. Please restore them. Rohit Chopra 1974 (talk) 15:26, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

@Rohit Chopra 1974: They were bad pages. They were directly copied from the English Wikipedia, which is not allowed without simplification. --IWI (talk) 15:27, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Rohit Chopra 1974: Did you copy from the English Wikipedia? Copying from the English Wikipedia is not allowed, and pages that are copies can be quickly deleted. --Ferien (talk) 15:28, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

No, I simplified it by deleting some sentences and changed some words to make it, well, simple. Rohit Chopra 1974 (talk) 15:31, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

Simplifying for this wiki is much more than deleting sentences and changing a couple of words. Please read WP:HOW. Best, --IWI (talk) 15:33, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

Hello, if you need more time to simplify an article, you can create it in your userspace. For example, User:Rohit Chopra 1974/Krrish. Then it will not be deleted, and you can publish it when you're done with it. Lights and freedom (talk) 15:34, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

Okay, this should work. Rohit Chopra 1974 (talk) 15:41, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

Okay, I recreated the Krrish page. It was not copied from English Wikipedia. Feel free to check it. Rohit Chopra 1974 (talk) 16:04, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

I recreated the Student of the Year 2 and Varun Dhawan articles and put them in my own words. Rohit Chopra 1974 (talk) 18:26, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

New user

Hello there. Is the username “History of the Earth and World” appropriate for a user I found with the name? I’ll assume good faith for now, but I don’t know if it violates our username policy. RPBG 💬 🖊 20:04, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Have they edited yet? --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 20:05, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

No but we might want to keep an eye on them though. RPBG 💬 🖊 20:09, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

I think it is appropriate for a username. The username doesn't show they are going to be sharing the account, or promoting something, and I don't think the username will offend people. --Ferien (talk) 20:19, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

Ok. That’s sorted :) RPBG 💬 🖊 21:34, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

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Hi IWI, when you get the chance to, could you please respond to this email I sent you? If you can't then please let me know. Many thanks, --Ferien (talk) 21:20, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

Hm, I’m not seeing an email. Could you please resend it? Best, --IWI (talk) 21:30, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

Resent :) --Ferien (talk) 21:39, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

My comments

Sorry for the unhelpful comments, IWI. I promise to refrain from making those sorts of comments. Thank you. RPBG 💬 🖊 23:47, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

It's fine. You're new here, so just try to take it a little slow and keep away from the main administrative tasks until you have a little more experience. Generally, non-admins shouldn't add comments underneath unblock requests as it can cause problems, unless there is a good reason to do so. Best, --IWI (talk) 23:58, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) If you have a legit question that you think is very important and that an admin might miss it, can you ask? --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 00:02, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

That could definitely be a good reason, yes. --IWI (talk) 00:03, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

Regarding IP blanking

I got a message saying that IPs should not blank their talk pages, see here. --Ferien (talk) 18:45, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

What is said there is not correct. --IWI (talk) 18:47, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

Oh ok. I will just WP:FOLLOW then. --Ferien (talk) 18:49, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

Question

This text looks like this

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Why is there are a difference lol? Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 02:43, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

Protection of my user page permanently

Hi again, since I'm actively using English Wikipedia for a long time, I have decided to stop continuing this wiki. It's a farewell for me to this wiki. Please make an admin protect to my userpage so that, even my retirement to the wikipedia family, no one can change my userpage. Good bye all the best for your future tenure here. With best wishes.--DJRC (talk) 17:10, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

 Done --IWI (talk) 17:12, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for doing it. Hope we will meet again soon. DJRC (talk) 17:16, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Me too. Have a good one :) --IWI (talk) 01:43, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

May 2021

• Could you double my changes here? Thanks --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 01:45, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

  Before and after both appear to be a bit wrong. Compare to the sourced numbers at enwiki. --IWI (talk) 01:49, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

I added a tag to the article, hopefully that will address the issue(s). --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 02:33, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

I'm afraid it probably won't. The article is generally well-sourced. If I have time I will fix the numbers. Thanks, --IWI (talk) 02:34, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

Thanks again IWI. Also great work so far with the admin rights! --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 02:35, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, Tsugaru. --IWI (talk) 02:37, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

That IPv6

Hey, that is the WMF-banned user that was blocked yesterday. What a pain in the (insert whatever you want here). PotsdamLamb (talk) 22:56, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Oh can you pull TP and email access too please? PotsdamLamb (talk) 22:57, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Thanks! May I ask why only 24 hours? PotsdamLamb (talk) 23:00, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

No problem. I blocked for 31 hours as the standard first IP block. There hasn't been a level of disruption from the IP to warrant longer. Will monitor, thanks. --IWI (talk) 23:02, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Typically it says 31 hours. Is that something admins add to the reason and it just auto-populates the date and time of expiration? PotsdamLamb (talk) 01:28, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Admins can specify whatever length of time they want. The block screen prefills 31 hours, which we often use for a first block for anyone, not just IPs. It's not necessarily standard, just frequently used. The idea there is that if a vandal is active at certain times of day, for example at noon their time, a 24-hour block might not affect them much because it would end around the time they're ready to be online again. --Auntof6 (talk) 05:29, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

@Auntof6: Thanks that’s what I was wondering. PotsdamLamb (talk) 05:45, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

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Sorry

No context deletion ill remember that. Durantnba (talk) 00:12, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

Restore the page

Restore the deleted page please help ashlin (talk) 15:54, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

Please restore the user page Ds Abhishek ashlin (talk) 15:55, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

Invitation

Hello ImprovedWikiImprovment, I Space chinedu would like to invite you to join WikiProject History because I believe that you can make an impact in this Wikiproject. If you believe that you want to join or not please let me know Space chinedu (talk) 10:00, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

How ya doing?

You probably won:t see me around much for the next few weeks or months! But I will keep TWW updated to the best I can! Just seeing how things are here on Wikipedia. I just graduated High School, but still got lots of work to do on online school, and in real life! Doesn:t look like much has happened, asides from Ferien being an admin (congrats to him!) and the new Good Article Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 20:25, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

(And sorry for typos, using a Japanese-English Keyboard)! --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 20:26, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

Hello つがる! I am doing fine thanks. Congrats on your graduation. Nice to see you here again. --IWI (talk) 10:41, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

Freedom Haven page deleted for incorrect reason - please correct

If I'm reading this correctly (I'm a newbie), you deleted Freedom Haven page for copyright violations because I missed adding a reference to my page when I was quoting myself. I then added the missing reference, but you deleted it anyways - please correct this and restore the page. The page in question is both [FreedomHaven.org FreedomHaven.org] AND http://freedomhaven.org/Tony/FreedomHaven/index2.html?5800771.8848421555... they both point to the same folder on the same server - it's the same page. Please correct your mistake and restore the page. Thank you.TonyOlsen (talk) 02:05, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

Hello there. I took the decision to close the RfD early mainly because of the clear copyright violation. We cannot keep any text sourced from another website. Aside from that, as some voters said, the subject doesn't seem to have been covered in enough reliable sources to be notable for Wikipedia. There also appears to be a conflict of interest here; I suggest you edit in areas that you are not directly involved in. If you still disagree with my deletion, you can take it to deletion review. Best, --IWI (talk) 10:39, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

"I took the decision to close the RfD early mainly because of the clear copyright violation." I referenced the page I was quoting - why didn't this fix the copyright flag? What should I have done on the page that I didn't? TonyOlsen (talk) 00:17, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

Whether you reference the source of the text or not, we cannot use copyrighted text from other websites. --IWI (talk) 13:15, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for your response. "we cannot use copyrighted text from other websites" - I'm having trouble understanding this and would appreciate more information. Ignoring for the moment the fact that the source qouted here (FreedomHaven.org) was/is NOT copyrighted (it's published under the GNU license), doesn't WikiPedia quote copyrighted sources? If so, was the problem that I quoted this source incorrectly, or are you saying that we shouldn't quote copyrighted sources at all... or are you saying something else? I'm confused and request additional clarification (so that I can do it correctly next time). TonyOlsen (talk) 12:06, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

I hadn’t seen that it was published under a free licence, and would need to see where it says that. And you didn’t just quote the page (which would be fair use anyway), you simply used the text in the article to create this article. The point is moot anyway, because there were other reasons why I closed the RfD early as highlighted in the RfD for the deletion (notability). It was my bad choosing to delete under G12, instead of the RfD; apologies for that. --IWI (talk) 10:44, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

Tea Sea

Don't forget this, tedious as the process is! Macdonald-ross (talk) 13:38, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

Yes, I nominated it. Thanks! --IWI (talk) 13:41, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

Revdel

I noticed you removed the edit summary, but it can be still found in the move log. Darubrub (Let me know) 13:04, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

 Done --IWI (talk) 13:05, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

the uses of "unauthorized" editing bot scripts

Is there some reason Wikipedia editors are prohibited from operating unauthorized editing bot scripts? Can you please explain reasons that editors on Wikipedia sites would not be allowed to do so? Angela Kate Maureen 02:43, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Probably because if done wrong, they would mess up all the pages it operated on. --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 03:29, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

Because to use a bot, you have to be approved by a crat at WT:BOTS. Though the community has shown opposition to mass page creation with bots in the past. --IWI (talk) 08:35, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Using a script can allow a user to make a mess of hundreds (if not thousands) or articles in a very short period of time. That is the biggest reason, so only trusted users are given the ability to use bots through the process that IWI links to. Anyone else that does so will be blocked. -Djsasso (talk) 12:03, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

Deletion of 'Mohammed Shanooj (musician)

Hello Administrator, --Ferien (talk) 15:44, 29 August 2021 (UTC), he has selected article 'Mohammed Shanooj (musician)' for speedy deletion! The Article seems Notable and there are more references to stable. It contains no promotional, advertising, autobiography, or anything. Its view in neutral point of view. Please Undo/Remove your Block and Republish same article as soon as possible, because its Notable and need to be in wikipedias with policy. If you find any Mistakes or any manner, please edit it & improve you can or for other users instead of speedy deletion. UnknownEditor1234567890 (talk) 06:38, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Please do not spam. Ferien has already explained it to you. It is NOT within wikipedias policy. Please note that you may be blocked for advertising and promoting yourself or someone that has paid you. Ely - Talk 07:01, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Request for information (WLWSA Newsletter #1)

Wiki Loves Women South Asia 2021
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Thank you for organizing the Wiki Loves Women South Asia 2021 edition locally in your community. For the convenience of communication and coordination, the information of the organizers/judges is being collected through a Google form, we request you to fill it out.

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Hey

Sorry I am too busy to had missed your RFA, this is my late congrats. So glad to see you elected and doing good admin work here. Thank you for stepping up and take care. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 12:23, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

@Camouflaged Mirage: Hi! :) I've missed you; nice to see you here. Thank you, and welcome back! --IWI (talk) 14:16, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Welcome back

Welcome back after a long gap, that's pretty long gap for former super active editor like you. May I know what had happened to you during those days? We're you unwell or sick? Haoreima (talk) 18:58, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

@Haoreima: Hi! Thank you for asking; no I have not been sick, thankfully, but I recently started university so I have been very busy with that. I also had to move across the country to be here, so I haven't really had much time for Wikipedia. I was mostly only doing small fixes on enwiki. I hope to be more active this month. Thanks :) --IWI (talk) 19:01, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

time

Hey IWI, hope you're doing well. You may want to change your user page now the clocks have gone back. Thanks :) --Ferien (talk) 17:53, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, I will do that :) --IWI (talk) 19:37, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Question about a Wiki Page

Hi there, I'm new to Wiki editing wiki and noticed that the name on the page https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highways_England is wrong, and since you were one of the others to edit I think you might be able to help. It should now be National Highways, just wanted to know if you could change the title, because I'm not too sure what I'm doing, lol. Oykwos (talk) 00:51, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

 Done I moved the page to the new name. Thanks, --IWI (talk) 22:19, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

Deletion Review of Youssef Rzouga

Thanks for undeleting the Social Media Marketing page that I nominated for deletion review. Could you please look at the other one that I nominated? Both were deleted outside of our normal process by the same administrator and there seems to be consensus to undelete both. It looks like I put them both at the top of the page when I was meant to put them at the bottom, which might be why they were ignored for so long. Thank you. Wikipedia:Deletion review#Youssef Rzouga Blissyu2 (talk) 04:13, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

• @Blissyu2: You've been cautioned about canvassing before, so please have a care before asking anyone to look at nominations you made. I say this knowing that I was the admin you're having the disagreement with, but this is a separate issue. -- Auntof6 (talk) 04:31, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

Deletion reason of Syed Falak

Hi, you recently deleted the page Syed Falak and you didn't mention the deletion reason in the logs. I would like to know the reason to improve the page. Thank you. 39.33.255.88 (talk) 12:58, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

Because there was consensus from the community that the subject does not meet notability guidelines. It's unlikely any improvement will end with a different result. --IWI (talk) 16:10, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for your response. The person is notable. Before making the decision, I think you should see the page by yourself instead of making decision on consensus from the community. Because I added so many reliable sources which were supporting the subject. I don't think so that the person is not notable. Please review the page again it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. 39.33.255.88 (talk) 16:42, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

Happy holidays

Hello ImprovedWikiImprovment: 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

Merry Chrysler

Hello ImprovedWikiImprovment: 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, Tsugaru let's talk! :) 21:12, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

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Thank you, both. Merry Christmas. :) --IWI (talk) 22:28, 23 December 2021 (UTC)