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- 1 Happy New Year, 78.26!
- 2 Happy New Year, 78.26!
- 3 Happy New Year, 78.26
- 4 Happy New Year, 78.26!
- 5 Speedy deletion nomination of User talk:IMuazzam
- 6 Reply
- 7 message from Nigec2v
- 8 January 2016
- 9 Thanks for reverting the edit
- 10 DYK for Norman C. Pickering
- 11 Speedy Deletion of YottaSolutions
- 12 Help for blocking a vandal
- 13 A barnstar for you!
- 14 Mars rover
- 15 DYK for Operaphone Records
- 16 Yuvan Jan 26
- 17 Thank You !
- 18 Deleted article request
- 19 Thank you for supporting my RfA
- 20 Complaint from user 85.72.212.188
- 21 Do you want the best for Wikipedia project ? READ !
- 22 Thank you for supporting my RfA
- 23 Thanks for your support
- 24 Ellen White
- 25 DYK for Jan Theobald Held
- 26 Thanks :-)
- 27 Please help
- 28 Fooled me!
- 29 Barnstar
- 30 About "veimotti page"
- 31 216.73.73.162
- 32 A barnstar for you!
- 33 WikiCup 2015 March newsletter
- 34 WikiCup 2016 March newsletter (update)
- 35 Life of Girls
- 36 DWPD
- 37 "Black Tuesday" to "Black Thursday" change
- 38 LOOK AT THIS
- 39 PLEASE READ THIS
- 40 Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center
- 41 user:70.165.70.13
- 42 Noggin
- 43 How's this?
- 44 DYK for Recorded In Hollywood Records
- 45 Invitation to our April event
- 46 Storage hypervisor
- 47 Thanks!
- 48 Your draft article, Draft:China Energy Fund Committee
- 49 request your views on an article nominated for deletion
Happy New Year, 78.26!
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- By the way, did you know that this edit was the last edit made in 2015, and this is the first edit of 2016? (Times in UTC, of course). —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 00:09, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion nomination of User talk:IMuazzam
A tag has been placed on User talk:IMuazzam requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section U5 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to consist of writings, information, discussions, and/or activities not closely related to Wikipedia's goals. Please note that Wikipedia is not a free Web hosting service. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such pages may be deleted at any time.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. TF { Contribs } { Edit Quest! } 16:08, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) Oh, the hazards of leaving "Notify page creator if possible" on. Eman235/talk 17:57, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
Reply
I hope that you as a perennial users with good reputation would have a greater chance for successful completion substafd process and permanently delete a page than I. Only my request that you personally write a comment for deletion and do not write that I'm suggesting that you do anything. I remind you that I urge you to personally put a comment for deletion and there is absolutely no mention of my account. I hope you set up a page on the discussion to delete because of this my remarks. The reason for deleting this and feel free to copy it as a comment. Tornik is part of Zlatibor mountain and not any particular part.There are peaks such as Čigota,small Tornik,Ljuljaš,Tornik...Height top of Tornik not 1502 meters and it is one of the reasons why the page is applied to erase. Height Tornik is not over 2000 meters and it is the norm of high peaks that are supposed to have their own page in relation to the mountains where they are located. In the case of Serbian mountains, all the peaks over 2,000 meters have their own special pages such as Pogled,Pančić's Peak,,Midžor...Tornik is much lower and it is not necessary to allocate a special page of the page Zlatibor. I have therefore submitted an application for deleting pages Tornik. I hope I have your support in deleting unnecessary and redundant pages Tornik. Simply existent page Zlatibor that mentions enhancing the offer is enough. Ok? Randysokofelet (talk) 21:07, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks for your explanation. I am unaware of any requirement or rule that states that mountain peaks under 2,000 meters are non-notable. Tornik (peak) is a recognized geographic feature, and as such is probably an encyclopedic topic. See WP:NGEO. I'm rather curious as to why you don't want your name associated with this request. When considering an AfD, weight is placed on the strength of the arguments, not on the number of edits of the person making the argument. There's no punishment for being "wrong" on an AfD, unless it becomes obvious that an editor is nominating numerous articles for deletion merely to create drama. Hope that helps. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 22:22, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
- Also, Randysokofelet here is an obvious sockpuppet of a user who has been repeatedly socking, over and over, in this odd campaign to delete articles about Serbian mountains. - The Bushranger One ping only 22:56, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
message from Nigec2v
If I did a page like this but for another company with the same amount of links etc - would it be accepted -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeamSport_Go_Karting I don't want to go through the work of creating it and you deleting it? Regards Nigel unsigned comment from user:Nigec2v
- Hi Nigec2v. Thank you for writing. First, when communicating on talk pages, please use four tildes ("~~~~") which signs and dates your comments. I can't precisely answer your question. I reverted a number of your edits because you added commercial links to articles (such as the driveway gates to the gates article.) Please see our external links guideline. This is an encyclopedia, not a directory or a place to put out advertising. Your addition of external links were all commercial, but they did appear to promote a rather wide variety of commercial interests, so I'll take it on good faith that you aren't trying to promote a particular company. May I recommend you read two things before you write this article? First, Wikipedia:Your first article is a great place to start. Then please read our reliable sources policy. Yes, they are long and possibly overwhelming, but understanding these will save you a lot of grief in the long run. If there is something that confuses you, please feel free to contact me again and I'll do my best to explain it, I was once a new editor who made a lot of mistakes, and I am still learning things. I hope that helps. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 17:37, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
January 2016
Please stop your disruptive behaviour. Your behaviour is verging on harassment. Wikipedia prides itself on providing a safe environment for its collaborators, and harassing other users, as you did on Draft:Operaphone Records, potentially compromises that safe environment. If you continue behaving like this, you may be blocked from editing. Kindly stay away from 78.26, who's a fine admin. Drmies (talk) 21:31, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
- DANG! Caught red-handed. I'll do my best to behave, but you haven't had to deal with this character the way I have. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 21:32, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for reverting the edit
Thank you very much!
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THE GREATEST OF THEM ALL
YOU SHOULD BE MBE 1 DAY!
PLEASE REPLY!
--Voltaireuk123 (talk) 20:24, 12 January 2016 (UTC)Voltaireuk123
DYK for Norman C. Pickering
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:01, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
Speedy Deletion of YottaSolutions
Dear 78.26, First of all, I have no idea why would you delete an article of a company that "does" show an importance and value to be in Wikipedia. I can guarantee you that more than 10 if not most of the web design companies here in Wikipedia are less value than Yotta Solutions to be in this encyclopedia. I am not related to the company in any way and I don't know any connections there, but I can't see a famous and popular company in my country getting that kind of treatment. I joined Wikipedia and I was so confident and sure about the acceptance of my first article, knowing that 5 university IT teachers worked on writing this article and getting it summed up with no complications or non-valuable information. I believe the company deserves to be in this website, and please read it again and check its website and you will surely change your mind. Thank you very much. Smith7700 (talk)
- Hello Smith7700, thank you for writing. There are several issues with the article. First, there's a lot of articles on Wikipedia that shouldn't be here. We have an essay on this, called Wikipedia:Other stuff exists. In addition, your article is poorly sourced, the references are to the companies own web presence, or to various "wikis" which are not reliable sources. Additionally, the article is highly promotional in tone. "became known" "assisted" "provided the opportunity". None of these are sourced to an independent, reliable source. Every paragraph is not written in a neutral, dispassionate manner, but is written in a way which shows the company in a positive light. Writing an article on Wikipedia can be a steep learning curve. If you have reliable sources that show this company is indeed notable, I'll be happy to help you integrate them into the article and keep it from being deleted. All the best, 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 20:05, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks for answering 78.26, I understand your point but the problem is that I am not a native English speaker and I always wanted someone to change some of the words in the article to make it better and to rescue it from getting deleted. Would you consider helping me in editing it and rescuing it from getting deleted? Those words you pointed at can be edited and I can add more facts about the company. I have a very valuable source I found on Google today, which is that the company is the winner of Best Growing IT Company 2016 by Hands Global. Will be waiting for your response. Thanks. UPDATE: I have seen a comment on my draft that you have salted my article, please remove this because I had no idea about it.Smith7700 (talk) 15:03, 26 January 2016 (UTC)
- Smith7700, I'm going to reply at your page because I think it would be easier for you. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 15:39, 26 January 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks for answering 78.26, I understand your point but the problem is that I am not a native English speaker and I always wanted someone to change some of the words in the article to make it better and to rescue it from getting deleted. Would you consider helping me in editing it and rescuing it from getting deleted? Those words you pointed at can be edited and I can add more facts about the company. I have a very valuable source I found on Google today, which is that the company is the winner of Best Growing IT Company 2016 by Hands Global. Will be waiting for your response. Thanks. UPDATE: I have seen a comment on my draft that you have salted my article, please remove this because I had no idea about it.Smith7700 (talk) 15:03, 26 January 2016 (UTC)
Help for blocking a vandal
Hi 78.26,
Can you block this vandal : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Cwgm he is also a cross wiki and find Commons. Thanks.--Sismarinho (talk) 15:13, 26 January 2016 (UTC)PS : Sorry but i don't know how to do this type on request in :en
- I did not block, because this user has received no prior warnings. However, I did give him a final warning, so if he continues to vandalize, let me know. I'll try to watch his edits as well. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 15:49, 26 January 2016 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
The Admin's Barnstar | |
Thanks for your help. Looking forward your response on Yotta Solutions article. Smith7700 (talk) 17:58, 26 January 2016 (UTC) |
Mars rover
11:18:15 p.m. EDT - it's 7 of July, but 03:18 at UTC - 8th! Look at the second reference!
- You are correct, the field itself is for UTC, I have self-reverted. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 18:38, 26 January 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Operaphone Records
— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 12:03, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
Yuvan Jan 26
I updated that yuvan had planned to perform Live concert in Coimbatore. It was true.May i know why it was removed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ravishankar1992 (talk • contribs) 17:55, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
- Hello Ravishankar1992. There are three reasons I undid your good faith edit. First, it was an unsourced edit. An important part of Wikipedia is that we can verify that a statement is true, so a reader can check out the facts for themselves. Second, a cancelled concert does not seem to be noteworthy. "Cancelled for unknown reasons" seems a bit negative, and since this is a living person we are discussing, the Biographies of Living Persons standard applies. Third, even if the concert wasn't cancelled, a given concert doesn't seem important to his overall career, making it trivia. If this concert was to affect his overall career in some way, then it would be encyclopedic knowledge. Since a big part of what most musical artists do is give concerts, why is this particular event noteworthy? I hope that helps, and I hope you continue to edit here. You're constructive participation is most welcome! 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 05:42, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
Thank You !
Thank You for helping me out Sir. I am a novice and just now started to edit. Just have couple of doubts.Are you the owner of this Yuvan page? or how were you notified about my edit? May i know the benefit for you for keeping this page updated without any flaw. Your response would be much appreciated.
Ravishankar1992 (talk) 09:26, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Ravishankar1992. No, I'm not the owner of that page. No one owns any pages in Wikipedia, this is a collaborative project, and anyone can edit. There are several ways you can be notified about changes. When you are logged in, you should see a "watchlist" link at the top right of Wikipedia. You can go to "Preferences" and change settings, but generally any page you edit can be added to your "watchlist", and if a page is on your watchlist you will be told when someone has made a change to it. I might have found this edit by looking at "recent changes", which is found in the left column under the wikipedia logo. This will show you the most recent changes that have been made to Wikipedia, regardless of page. I sometimes check this area to "patrol" it, because unfortunately some editors modify changes which don't help the encyclopedia, and they damage it out of curiosity, boredom, or viciousness. The benefit to me is that I read this encyclopedia, and I want to make it better for others as well. I hope that helps. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 18:41, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
Deleted article request
Hi 78.26! How would you like to try out some new Admin skills?! – I'd like to request a look at the deleted article for Laurie Fortier. It was deleted back in 2010, basically for WP:BLPPROD, but I think there may be enough to this particular one that it might pass WP:NACTOR if I put some work into it. Anwway, I'm asking you because the Admin that did the deletion at the time hasn't been active since 2010, and... well, basically I thought I'd ask you! If you wish, you could E-mail the contents to me, or append it to my Sandbox #6 page. Thanks in advance! --IJBall (contribs • talk) 00:16, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
- @IJBall: Ooh! Sounds fun! 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 00:17, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
- Whoa! That was super fast! Thanks!! (Looks like I'll have to put some work into what was there, though. [sigh...] ) --IJBall (contribs • talk) 00:21, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
- Yeah, I'd just barely clicked on my watchlist when your message came. Great timing! Yes, looks like it needs work. If there's anything else I can do for you, just let me know. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 00:23, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
- Whoa! That was super fast! Thanks!! (Looks like I'll have to put some work into what was there, though. [sigh...] ) --IJBall (contribs • talk) 00:21, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
Thank you for supporting my RfA
Hawkeye7 RfA Appreciation award | |
Thank you for participating in and supporting my RfA. It was very much appreciated. Hope you don't mind me appropriating your thank you template. I have a lot of people to thank. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:05, 1 February 2016 (UTC) |
@Hawkeye7: Oh trust me, I know the exact feeling! Thank you for running, and for handling the stress of a contentious RfA well. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 20:22, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
Complaint from user 85.72.212.188
Fool.Why did you do that?
I would like to explain something about the page The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.What's the point the existence of wikitable in this Content called Accolades; This wikitable says the wins and nominations of the third Hobbit film. What is the reason of the existence of this wikitable in the page The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies;There is a special page (this page is a wikitable generally) about the Accolades of the entire Hobbit film trilogy named List of accolades received by The Hobbit film series.Also, there is no wikitable about the wins and nominations OF the two previous Hobbit films in both pages, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.There is no reason the existence of wikitable about the wins and nominations of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies in the specific page.That is why I removed it.I have already talked about it to User:Mlpearc and User SummerPhDv2.0.You can check it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.72.212.188 (talk) 18:33, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
- Fool nor not (and please be aware of WP:NPA), I did that because 1.you continued your course of action despite repeated requests to stop, and 2. you did not offer any explanation. When material seems to be removed randomly and repeatedly, it looks like vandalism, and even if the reason is valid, continuing a course of action, without responding to the concerns of other editors, is disruptive. 3. I "did that" (and I presume you mean blocked you temporarily) at the request of another editor who also viewed your actions as disruptive. Now that you are communicating, perhaps some collaborative editing can occur. If you find yourself being reverted several times, please use the talk page of the article you wish to modify, and provide an explanation as you did above. Then you (collectively) can come to a consensus about the proposed edits. Also, please use an edit summary as suggested by User:SummerPhDv2.0, it would truly help other editors understand what you are trying to accomplish. I hope this is helpful. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 18:51, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
In case you don't know, I already gave an edit summary about the editings in the page The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.Look it here [1].The edit summary is this one: I removed the wikitable about the wins and nominations of the third Hobbit film because there is a Special page about it.) Moreover I already gave an explanation to users SummerPhDv2.0 and Mlpearc about it.It's up to them if the have read my comments or not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.72.212.188 (talk) 19:06, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
- Horse. Water. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 19:13, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
Moreover, what are you trying to say to me in my talk page; — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.72.212.188 (talk) 19:28, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
Do you want the best for Wikipedia project ? READ !
I want to report a huge erasing on Wikipedia done by User:Sir Sputnik, see: [2] this user delete infoboxes, sourced texts, and other many information as you see in the history with no plausible explanation ! This IPs usefull improved Wikipedia project with correct data ! and never damaged Wikipedia project as you see in their history ! So do you prefer to see Wikipedia project erased or to do something and restore the correct and usefull data ? Thank you !--86.124.250.110 (talk) 01:50, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
- You've come to the wrong admin, I'm sorry. I don't have talent in sockpuppet issues, neither pro nor con. Nor do I know anything about football. Although I have never dealt with this editor Sir Sputnik is a longstanding, productive editor who would not over-rule lightly, even if I knew what I was doing in a particular area. Your claim of "no plausible explanation" is without merit, as far as I can tell, as he has given an edit summary for each action. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 02:50, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
Thank you for supporting my RfA
Brianhe RfA Appreciation award | |
Thank you for participating at my RfA. Your support was very much appreciated even if I did get a bit scorched. Brianhe (talk) 03:27, 6 February 2016 (UTC) |
- I'm sorry things did not go as planned. I would support you again, and plan on it next time you run. Thank you for all your hard work here. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 03:33, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for your support
Peacemaker67 RfA Appreciation award | |
Thank you for participating and supporting at my RfA. It was very much appreciated, and I am humbled that the community saw fit to trust me with the tools. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 05:08, 6 February 2016 (UTC) |
Ellen White
The thing is that it wouldn't be obvious to most users why, of all the hundreds of people listed in List of vegetarians, Ellen White was somehow the only one who warranted being singled out for inclusion in a category that the rest of them didn't belong in. Had she invented the concept, there might be a case for her inclusion — but there's not really much evidence that she occupies some special sphere of notability, which would make her uniquely more central to the concept category than anybody else who's ever written about or advocated vegetarianism. Once you move out of "the Seventh Day Adventist community" and into "the general public" instead, there are a few dozen people who could legitimately claim to have as much or more prominence for being vegetarians as she does. And not even all real people, either — I also had to remove Lisa Simpson from the category at the same time (and no, I don't mean some disambiguated Lisa Simpson, I really do mean the cartoon character herself.) Bearcat (talk) 06:53, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Jan Theobald Held
— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 12:02, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
Thanks :-)
Hi, 78.26. I just wanted to thank you for the honest assessment that you made of me at WP:RFACP here. I really appreciated your input :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 11:10, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
- @Oshwah: I'm glad it was helpful. My estimate is that if you ran today, you'd have about a 60 percent chance of passing. However, let me assure you of my personal support if you choose to run. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 00:09, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
Please help
Hello 78.26! Thank you for the opportunity that through the Teahouse I can write to you. I am working now on a 6 years old article that was not properly sourced, and thou I am very new here, I still found more than 40 new sources that I have already built in. However, I have almost no one who would control what I am doing. May I kindly ask you just to take a glance to the article and let me know your thoughts? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zolt%C3%A1n_Deme and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Zolt%C3%A1n_Deme My other problem is that this tag "Find sources: "Zoltán Deme" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images" proved to be useless for reaching the sources of the 1960-1980 decades, especially the sources of the past communist countries in East Europe where most of the libraries very poorly digitized. For example "Scholar" gives 1 citation, though just with 10 minutes research I got immediately 20 citations! [[3]] page 65 [[4]] p.2 [[5]] p.23 [[6]] p.1 [[7]] p.289 [[8]] p.5 [[9]] p.2 [[10]] p.353 [[11]] p.35 [[12]] p.1 [[13]] p.46 [[14]] p.75 [[15]] p.63 [[16]] p.84 [[17]] p.64 [[18]] p.1 [[19]] p.48 [[20]] p.317 [[21]] p.196 [[22]] p.101. (Plus I got many items, as "required reading" in the universities, like [[23]] p.1 [[24]] p.1 [[25]] p.48 [[26]] and so on). For other example, Books, Google Books gives 3 items, while this site (and others) show the pictures and data of more than 20 items! [[27]] [[28]] [[29]] This misleads almost everyone, presents the subject non-notable with only one citation and three books, thus, I had to go over this problem and collect printed material. Would you kindly investigate the improved article, is my work now sufficient? I saw your contributions, so any advice or any proposal I would accept from you! Thank you for reading this message, with hope and kind regards, Norbert. 89.133.187.29 (talk) 12:09, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
- Hello 89.133.187.29. I've spent a bit of time looking over the article and the AfD discussion. I think there are two things that would help immediately. First, I think the article reads as too promotional toward the subject. To a certain extent, I think this is a translation problem. If I'm not mistaken, much of the prose of this article was not written by a native English speaker. For instance, the very first words in the body are "First, less than 16, he wrote". I think what is meant is "Before he reached the age of 16, he wrote...". Phrases such as "this made him reputable in the scientific world", " made him country-wide known again" are red flags to experienced editors. These are phrases like "he is well-known for" and "famous for", which are often used by new editors trying to establish WP:N for a topic that is usually non-notable.
- When I look at the sourcing, I am confused. For instance, take source 19, which reads as "Király p. 4.". When I see that, I think "Great! A cited book! This will be easy to establish notability" and then I look for a Bibliography section. But there is no bibliography section. There is just a link to the Hungarian Wikipedia page on Király István. Are you trying to reference a book by Király? If so, please use Template:Cite book. That would help in a lot of cases, if true. I hope that helps. All the best, 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 00:22, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
Fooled me!
Your name got me! I spent five minutes trying to figure out how an IP editor thanked me for one of my contributions. Boomer VialHolla 19:10, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
- @Boomer Vial: Yeah, sorry about that. Per the discussion at my RfA, looks like I'm stuck with my name here permanently. I do appreciate your contributions, no matter what my Wiki-handle is. All the best, 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 19:13, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
- Haha, no need to be sorry. Hope to see you out there on the battlefield. :) Boomer VialHolla 19:14, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
Barnstar
Thanks very kindly - I went ahead and made the change when I found his name given differently on the German Wikipedia. Figured it would be better to match the two, for consistency's sake.
Nice article - keep up the good work, and happy editing! --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:13, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
About "veimotti page"
Hello, thank you for your message. I am absolutely new to wikipedia, so could you please tell me where i can find "Draft area" of my "veimotti" page which you moved to? And also, maybe you have any tips, how my article shouldn't look like G11 (Advertisement) and etc. Where i did mistake in my page?
Thank you very much — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vmti (talk • contribs) 15:42, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
- (replied at Vmti's talk page) 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 15:51, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
216.73.73.162
Hi!
Did you mean to only block this user: 216.73.73.162 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) for 31 hours? It's a school IP, and the previous block was for 1 year. Thanks!
Rightdown (talk) 04:47, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
- Yes, I figured it was one kid messing around based on the type of vandalism. Probably the next vandalism will bring a much longer block. Perhaps this wasn't the most clever thing I've ever done, and I would have no problem if any given admin extended the block. If you have any concerns regarding future actions from this address, let me know. All the best, 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 07:14, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
The Admin's Barnstar | |
Your CSD work has been recognized and appreciated. ;) Ϫ 08:03, 28 February 2016 (UTC) |
That was very kind. Thank you! 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 14:57, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
WikiCup 2015 March newsletter
That's it, the first round is done, sign-ups are closed and we're into round 2. Forty-seven competitors move into this round (a bit shy of the expected 64), and we are roughly broken into eight groups of six. The top two of each group will go through to round 3, and then the top scoring 16 "wildcards" across all groups.
Twenty-two Good Articles were submitted, including three by Cyclonebiskit (submissions), and two each by MPJ-DK (submissions), Hurricanehink (submissions), 12george1 (submissions), and Cas Liber (submissions). Twenty-one Featured Pictures were claimed, including 17 by Adam Cuerden (submissions) (the Round 1 high scorer). Thirty-one contestants saw their DYKs appear on the main page, with a commanding lead (28) by Cwmhiraeth (submissions). Twenty-nine participants conducted GA reviews with J Milburn (submissions) completing nine.
If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Thanks to everyone for participating, and good luck to those moving into round 2. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), and Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:38, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
WikiCup 2016 March newsletter (update)
Along with getting the year wrong in the newsletter that went out earlier this week, we did not mention (as the bot did not report) that Cas Liber (submissions) claimed the first Featured Article Persoonia terminalis of the 2016 Wikicup. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), and Godot13 (talk · contribs · email).--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:05, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
Life of Girls
Fair question. My justification was that with such a sketchy set of details - no channel listed, no dates, nothing turning up when I google the claimed makers - it seems very unlikely to not be a hoax. I googled most of the cast and crew members and found nothing. Not in English, not in Croatian, not in Polish. No TV listings, no fansites, no details at all. Sure, the name of the show might be a translation, but not the actresses involved. (Incidentally, in the infobox it says it’s broadcast in English and one of the claimed makers has the very non-Slavic name of "Dora Emma Hope".) I suppose it's possible it's real, but I really doubt it. (You're going to show me it is and make me look stupid now, I'm sure.) I do care about WP:BITE and WP:AGF, but if you can’t find any evidence something’s real….? And something as notable as a TV series? (Oh yes, and also the claimed theme tune composer is a smartphone app.)
This may be a guess, but my suspicion is that - if this isn't totally out of someone's imagination - this was made up by a bunch of schoolkids imagining themselves appearing in a TV sitcom. I have seen situations like that before - where an editor who says they’re thirteen on their profile creates a page for a company they run in their daydreams or something like that. Yes, that's obviously a bit hard to reconcile with the English name, but maybe they're from a Slavic country and decided to add a vaguely Anglo-sounding name. (Their username - Kayla.Hart - sounds American and from googling may be a reference to Chuck.) Or it's a group of kids of Slavic ancestry in an English-speaking country with some English-named friend. But to be honest I don't really care - no evidence it's real. Does that sound reasonable? Blythwood (talk) 14:43, 7 March 2016 (UTC)
- (responded on Blythwood's talk page, thank you very much!) 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 14:57, 7 March 2016 (UTC)
DWPD
Are you referring to this video on YouTube as an evidence? In case you didn't know, it was uploaded by Bertrand101 who is a blocked user. Also, check out the channel where it was uploaded ([30]). That user seems to fool or mislead someone about his claims of a new radio station by uploading such videos. Sixth of March 15:28, 7 March 2016 (UTC)
- @Sixth of March: thanks for the detailed explanation. I've deleted the article. Hoaxes like this usually require some research, which I'm glad you've done. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 03:59, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
"Black Tuesday" to "Black Thursday" change
Hi 78.26,
I'm pretty sure that the day is not correct, because the 24th of October of 1929, was a Thursday, not a Tuesday. You can also check it on any other online source, or even in Wikipedia.org in spanish (for example): https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jueves_Negro
A history.com article: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/stock-market-crashes
A calendar: http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/calendars/1929-calendar.png
A photo of the newspaper: http://america.pink/images/4/7/2/3/3/5/6/en/3-wall-street-crash-1929.jpg
It's true that on other sources puts that it was on Tuesday:https://wecanshootyou.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/black_tuesday_22.jpg
But I suppose they're wrong...
Check it out, regards
Me — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.25.42.22 (talk) 21:10, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
- Every one of these sources list Tuesday, not Thursday. If the 24th was Thursday, then the 29th was Tuesday. Check a 1929 calendar, October 29, 1929 was a Tuesday. I have no idea what argument you're trying to make, because every source you've listed disproves your point. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 21:35, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
Ohh what a dummy!!! I misunderstood the days, because there are two different days: the 24th and the 29th, and I thought there was only one, and that one was the Thursday... Excuse me for my confusion, and thanks for helping me, because I've got a history exam tomorrow about this, so... I might have to revise the concepts a little bit more. Excuse me from wasting your time, I feel so sorry...
Warmest regards, Xavi — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.25.42.22 (talk) 22:09, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
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- Glad you've figured it out. Yes, there was a stock market crash on the 24th, but it was dwarfed by another crash 5 days later, in the 29th. Good luck on your history exam! 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 22:11, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
THANKS!!!! ;D
LOOK AT THIS
Please forgive me 78.26. I am a new Wikipedia editor. Also, if you block me, may it not be indefinite. Thanks. Bye.--MML Ruler (talk) 23:53, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
PLEASE READ THIS
Are you an IP or something?--96.229.20.84 (talk) 00:18, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) No, he's a registered user – there's only one dot in his username, that's not a valid IP address. nyuszika7h (talk) 11:52, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center
Hello. Thanks for your attention to my AfC submission. The "Associated Publications" were meant to be a set of publications that resulted from activities at the swamp. These focused largely on two basic areas: 1) Education (of school-age children mostly); and 2) Research done at the swamp largely as a result of the Bird Monitoring Project and various research projects undertaken by the LSU school of renewable resources. These should be worked into the article a bit more seamlessly, but the original intention was to show that the park was being used as a base for both active research and educational programs and to mention the publications resulting from those activities. I am trying to expand the article so that it does not seem so amateurish at the moment, but this is my first real article, so I do apologize for any lingering awkwardness in the way that I have presented the material. I am trying to fix this now. Again, thanks for your kind attention. H.dryad (talk) 17:26, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
user:70.165.70.13
Please block user:70.165.70.13. He is vandalizing even after being reported to wp:aiv and he is not stopping. CLCStudent (talk) 18:15, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
@CLCStudent: Done, thanks! 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 18:17, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
Noggin
Thanks for deleting the page. You might want to look at who the creator of the first version was. We may be dealing with a sock. Harry Let us have speaks 20:36, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
@Harry the Dirty Dog: You're welcome. I agree, this is probably a sock, and it appears the editor is NOTHERE. However, I'm going offline momentarily, and I won't be back for a few days. I hate to bring this up, but you might want to get another admin's attention, possibly at WP:ANI <shudder>, as there is more going on than socking. All the best, and thanks for your contributions and diligence. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 21:10, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
How's this?
For a start? There are some photos in a 1954 TV Guide that also might be useful. I think the copyright wasn't renewed, but need to confirm that before going further with them. ;) We hope (talk) 21:20, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
- @We hope: You are nothing short of amazing! Thank you, the article will be much better for it. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 21:21, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
- I'd seen this photo previously but at the time, we had neither an article nor a hope of one until now. :D We hope (talk) 21:23, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
- Radio-TV Mirror article on Charlie. We hope (talk) 21:43, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
- I'd seen this photo previously but at the time, we had neither an article nor a hope of one until now. :D We hope (talk) 21:23, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
more Charlie
- File:Charlie Applewhite Milton Berle TV Guide April 9, 1954.jpg Cover of TC guide with Charlie and Milton Berle April 9, 1954. This is the best copy of the cover, quality-wise, even though it's not that large. Copies of the other photos with the story I've seen are either too small, too fuzzy or both. ;) We hope (talk) 14:43, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
- That is not only a good find, but some fantastic legwork. I think small is fine, the publicity photo works well for the main image, and the TV Guide image I'll use in the article body. Thank you yet again! 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 15:20, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
- What about me adding info I found with newspapers.com and you can put this up for DYK? We hope (talk) 18:53, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Recorded In Hollywood Records
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Storage hypervisor
Good afternoon! I've registered and followed all the instructions to do AfD like for "Storage hypervisor" you've proposed but I'm stuck for some reason in a very final stage - I cannot save log AfD page for no good reason :( Just keeping you informed ;) P.S. I now have an account on Wikipedia! After so many years of IP editing. So cool! Thanks! NISMO1968 (talk) 12:35, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
- @NISMO1968: looks like a bot finished it for you. Glad you registered an account, I think you will find several things easier to accomplish now. I hope you enjoy it. Let me know if there is anything I can do for you. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 12:57, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
Thanks!
for taking care of the DYK for Charlie Applewhite. :) Have spent quite a bit of time the last couple of days fixing links on some vet med articles. Well, about a day after I'd done one of them, a bot came along and undid everything I'd recently changed there and on another article which had about 2 fixes. After you spend an hour + on each of the larger articles, only to have it changed back to the way it was previously, you hurry to apply nobot tags for those particular articles. :-) We hope (talk) 21:01, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
- Ouch! My condolences. Please feel free to remove any of the proposed hooks you don't like, or add one you find more interesting. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 21:04, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
Your draft article, Draft:China Energy Fund Committee
Hello, 78.26. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "China Energy Fund Committee".
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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Onel5969 TT me 12:46, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- Oh great, see what reward I get for trying to help? 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 17:35, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
request your views on an article nominated for deletion
I'd request you to state your vote on [[31]] article for deletion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.177.216.113 (talk) 11:20, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
- I'm afraid I have nothing to add to the conversation not covered by user:DGG and user:Ian.thomson. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 16:45, 20 April 2016 (UTC)