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Hello Malcolm
I have just edited this page, and tried to move it to The Devil's Brigade (disambiguation), which failed. I was going to request a move, but noticed on the target page's edit history that you recently moved the page the other way. So I thought I would check with you first. I thought the First Special Service Force would be the primary topic for this (it has nearly 5000 page views recorded, as does the film about them, while the band, the album and the comic strip get about 420, 115, and 4, respectively). Do you not think so? Regards, Swanny18 (talk) 17:36, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Swanny18. Yes, I moved it in response to a {{db-movedab}} request that asked for a redirect to be deleted to move a 'malplaced disambiguation page'. Essentially, the guidance is that the title of a disambiguation page is the ambiguous term itself, provided there is no primary topic for that term. There is a WikiProject that works on malplaced disambiguation pages and you can find out more about this at Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation/Malplaced disambiguation pages. As I acted only in an administrative capacity, I have no opinion myself on whether there is a primary topic here. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 18:48, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Swanny18. Since the page was moved in accordance with the guidance, any change is likely to be controversial. I would suggest opening a requested move discussion to gauge consensus on this. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 11:37, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
- Hello, again: That's fair enough, but that does rather beg the question, doesn't it? (ie. whether the person who tagged it was correct in thinking there wasn't a primary topic). I'm happy to open a request move on it (done, here), but I would think that the editor who tagged it ought to be notified, to see if they disagree. Swanny18 (talk) 17:30, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
- OK, well, we'll see how it goes. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 17:34, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
- Hello, again: That's fair enough, but that does rather beg the question, doesn't it? (ie. whether the person who tagged it was correct in thinking there wasn't a primary topic). I'm happy to open a request move on it (done, here), but I would think that the editor who tagged it ought to be notified, to see if they disagree. Swanny18 (talk) 17:30, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Swanny18. Since the page was moved in accordance with the guidance, any change is likely to be controversial. I would suggest opening a requested move discussion to gauge consensus on this. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 11:37, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
It's one of the worst pages in this Wikipedia. So many authors, so poor the result.Xx236 (talk) 08:09, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Xx236. Yes, there's not much that can be said about this place. It exists, it has a pincode that can be found on the official India Post website; that gives some address info. I can't find any information in the 2011 census of India; I guess it's just too small. A Google search of English-language Indian newspapers is not helpful. Perhaps it would be better redirected to a 'list of villages in Lakhimpur district'. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 23:49, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
Dear,
I have been trying to recreate a page after it had been removed. The page is just an introduction about a sports manufacturing company. However my efforts have been in vein as the administrators are not allowing. It is requested that the page be allowed to publish as it has no promotion material inside.
If I’m doing anything wrong please help me fix that problem. It will be highly appreciated. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidboom (talk • contribs) 11:44, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
- I've commented already on this user's talk page, so you may want to reply there, cheers, Jimfbleak - talk to me? 12:49, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
Hello Malcolmxl5. I have seen some people or some one trying to insert a table regarding drivers securing a super licence. I would like to know, as I am new to this, how this information is not regarded as relevant whilst the information regarding the monthly awards in the 2015-16 Premier League article is seen as relevant. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doss13 (talk • contribs) 07:02, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
Hi Malcolm - you might want to block and add User:79.43.109.240 to your list - Arjayay (talk) 16:34, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Jenn Vix is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jenn Vix until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.43.241.117.171 (talk) 17:29, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
Dear Malcolm, This is with regards to a page that was voted to be deleted of Mr. Pradeep Gupta, CMD, CyberMedia India Ltd. The discussion for the same is here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Pradeep_Gupta
I would request for a re-assessment of this decision, as Mr. Gupta has played a key role in shaping the Indian IT industry and is a notable name in India. Am giving below a few notable achievements by him, but should you require any other info to help bring this page back, then I would be more than happy to provide. Thanks and really look forward to your response.
A few facts About Pradeep Gupta He's an Angel investor and has mentored over 150 start-ups. He is the co-founder of Indian Angel Network, Asia’s largest angel network with more than 300 members that has done over 70 deals. Currently IAN invests in 30-40 deals each year. Some successful exits of IAN include Druvaa Software, StayZilla etc.
Till 2015, he was also on the Board of UTI AMC and its subsidiary UTI Capital. UTI AMC is India’s 5th largest AMC with $20 Bn of AUM. UTI Capital ran the $ 80 Mn India Infrastructure Development Fund (IIDF).
He has been the past President of PanIIT India and Association of Indian Magazines. He is/has been on the Boards of IIT Mandi, Indian Newspaper Society, IIT Delhi incubator, etc.
He is the recipient of the Distinguished Alumni award of IIT Delhi and the Helen Keller award for working in the disability sector.
Anilchopra1973 (talk) 05:43, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
Dear
- Hello Anilchopra1973. My role in that discussion was to determine the consensus of those taking part and then to carry it out. The challenge was that Mr Gupta did not meet Wikipedia's inclusion criteria for an article in the encyclopedia and there was unanimous agreement that this was the case. I do not see that I could have come to any other conclusion as to the outcome of that discussion other than 'delete'. If you feel that I erred in my reading of the consensus of the discussion, you may raise it at Wikipedia:Deletion review (but I do not recommend that course since the discussion is so clear).
- The basis for an article in Wikipedia is: "If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to be suitable for a stand-alone article..." (Wikipedia:Notability) and "People are presumed notable if they have received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject." (Wikipedia:Notability (people)).
- The page could be recreated but it would have to be sufficiently improved from the original so that the result of the deletion discussion no longer apply. If you were to come forward with multiple reliable sources independent of each other and of Mr Gupta, that discuss him and his work in some depth, then we could look at this again. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 12:50, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
- Dear User:Malcolmxl5. I understand and respect Wikipedia's inclusion criteria. Please find below a few reliable sources, independent of each other and of Mr. Gupta, which highlight his contributions to the Indian IT industry:
Mr. Gupta has been recognized in the book Global 101 IITians, a book sold on Amazon: [1]
Mr. Gupta in an on-stage discussion with the current PM of India, Mr. Narendra Modi: [2]
Interviews of Mr. Gupta carried by leading online portals, i.e. Indiainfoline, rediff, WSJ, etc: [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
I hope that the above are sufficient to re-consider publishing Mr. Gupta's page. Would request you to re-evaluate. Anilchopra1973 (talk) 08:34, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
References
Dear Malcolmxl5, Request you to revert on my post above, which provides sufficient reliable resources, independent of Mr. Pradeep Gupta, which talk about him. rgds, Anilchopra1973 (talk) 10:13, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
Hi. Just so you know, the sock master you have unblocked has continued his sockpuppetry and disruptive edits on Philippines and other pre-colonial history related articles. Kindly check this user out who continues to spam WP despite warnings from the WikiProject Philippines and other users including an Admin. Thanks.--RioHondo (talk) 02:28, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
User:Everymorning has asked for a deletion review of Paul Joseph Watson. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. —Cryptic 15:00, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
- Sorry for not notifying you myself. Everymorning (talk) 15:02, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
Sorry for being late to this closed AFD. I was unaware of it until just about now. I looked around. It seems like an inherently notable publication whose limited coverage is caused only by the fact that it is fairly new. Domain: visegradstudies.eu – Alexa global rank: 3528561. Visegrad Insight is being quoted by Amazon Books. Poeticbent talk 17:57, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Pradeep Gupta. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Anilchopra1973 (talk) 10:17, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
It appears you AfD'ed Chris Keniston earlier and, I imagine, the first iteration was sourced entirely to the party's website as some of these third party candidate articles tend to be. I found a fair number of RS that have cropped-up since the AfD passed and have, I think, salvaged it but wanted to drop you a line so you didn't think it was being endlessly recreated. LavaBaron|OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED AS MOST POPULAR DYK EDITOR IN HISTORY 05:42, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
Please undelete Kasey Palmer, now matches criteria after making his professional debut for Huddersfield Town today. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sixtrap (talk • contribs) 15:59, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) You should do it at Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion instead because the admin is inactive since. KGirlTrucker81 talk what I'm been doing 16:07, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
- It's done, Sixtrap. Hope to be back fully soon, KGirlTrucker81. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 16:10, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
Hello Malcolmmxl5, back in 2010 you placed a notability tag on the short article "The Great Game (Peter Hopkirk book)". In the 6 years since, it still lacks any notability and its creator has retired from Wikipedia. Could you advise me of the next steps, please? Regards, William Harris |talk 21:24, 10 August 2016 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place to request that New Page Patrollers be suitably experienced for patrolling new pages. Your comments at New pages patrol/RfC for patroller right are welcome. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 17:34, 28 August 2016 (UTC)
The NPP backlog now stands at 13,158 total unreviewed pages.
Just to recap:
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You naturally don't have to feel obliged, but if there's anything you can do it would be most appreciated. I've spent 40 hours on it this week but it's only a drop in the ocean.--Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 17:34, 28 August 2016 (UTC)
Articles for deletion/Thakkallapally Dayakar rao Hi Malcolmxl5, Hope you are doing great ! This is anvesh, i am the author of the page Thakkallapally Dayakar rao. I have requested for undeletion of this page. The initial reason is that i have not provided enough proofs. I have all the proofs with pictures of contributions done by the person i mentioned in the page. I even have links corresponding to the articles written by him. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anveshrao9 (talk • contribs) 05:04, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
- Hello Anveshrao9. :) You understand that to demonstrate that Thakkallapally Dayakar rao meets Wikipedia's inclusion criteria for an article in the encyclopedia, what is needed is significant coverage in independent and reliable sources. That is, Thakkallapally Dayakar rao has been written about in some detail in a source that has nothing to do with him, has editorial oversight and a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy. If you would like to list your sources here, we could have a look at them. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 11:31, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
Hi --Malcolmxl5, I have many refernces , as of now i want to post a prestigious history book written by Dayakar rao : It is available on Amazon.in . It has a ISBN-10 = 8190890697 ISBN-13 = 978-8190890694. i will provide many other books. I wanted to have an article on the book "History of Velama Kingdoms Rachakonda and Devarakonda", but unable to find the author's wiki page. hence here by i request you to Undelete the page "Thakkallapally Dayakar rao". Please kindly update me if i need to provide any other sources for undeletion. The following link finds him on the official university page for designation : http://kakatiya.ac.in/principals Thank you Anvesh Anveshrao9 —Preceding undated comment added 01:00, 11 September 2016 (UTC)
This page has been deleted twice on me now. He is ready to start his 2nd campaign in the Europa League which is a fully professional competition and the 2nd highest club competition in Europe. He plays for a fully professional team at the top level of domestic football in Ireland. He has won Player of the month award. I think if you restore the page then I can add the references and sources. His performances have made headlines locally, nationally and internationally.
Full article interview piece in national paper here
National coverage here and here and international headlines here
His EUFA Champions League profile his 5 appearances were in qualifying rounds here
Awards achieved here
Appearance in the Europa League already here and again likely to participate this year.
Can the page be restored please? DavidDublin (talk) 14:05, 15 September 2016 (UTC)
- Actually came on your user page to enquire about the same article, @Malcolmxl5:. As chance would have it, since DavidDublin's original post, Kilduff has scored in the UEFA Europa League group stage for Dundalk and received a lot of acclaim for this huge achievement. There are numerous articles and significant coverage in relation to the subject online from national media and I imagine more will follow. If it's possible to restore the old page to my own draft page as has been done with articles on other Dundalk who have since met the criteria for WP:GNG then I'll get to work on adding sources and references for further review. Or if @DavidDublin: would prefer to take it onboard that's absolutely fine. Thanks! --IrishTennis (talk) 20:19, 15 September 2016 (UTC)
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An editor has asked for a deletion review of Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2017 April 4. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Jamesjpk (talk) 02:34, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
Hi - I believe there was an article with this name which you deleted. I am editing a new article to be called shahrah-e-faisal. You can have a look in my sandbox.
Tissueboy (talk) 19:21, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
- Yes, I deleted a redirect to a page that didn't exist. Just housekeeping. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 18:20, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
Hi. May I please have a look at the latest version of article Malena Morgan, preferably without the AfD header, in a draft or sandbox? You are on record as one of the admins who deleted it. Thanks! — Jeff G. ツ (talk) 23:49, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
- @Jeff G.: Hi Jeff, did this get sorted out? Do you still need to see this article? --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 18:07, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
- It's already at User:Jeff G./Malena Morgan, thanks and welcome back. — Jeff G. ツ (talk) 19:47, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
I'd like to re-create this article. I found a good source here. Can you help me, please? Bearian (talk) 14:37, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
- @Bearian: Hi Bearian, I've restored the page and moved it to your user space User:Bearian/Ben L. Smith High School. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 18:02, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
- @Malcolmxl5: Many thanks! Bearian (talk) 11:07, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
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Hello again Malcolmxl5. I have a request similar to the one I made and you granted at User talk:Malcolmxl5/Archive 9#Richard d'Anjolell. It is related to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Heather Ashley Chase which you closed. I mentioned this and pinged you at Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion#Pfenning, BizWest, Cue Ball, Budhoo, Omallur, NextGen, Fagan, and Chase as well; just wanted to leave a message here to make sure you were aware of my request. The consensus at WP:UP/RFC2016 (B4) was If a userspace draft is moved to the mainspace by a user other than its author, then found to be unsuitable for the mainspace for reasons which wouldn't apply in the userspace, it should be returned to the userspace.
My request is to have Heather Ashley Chase undeleted and moved back to User:AlexWen/Heather Ashley Chase. Best Regards, — Godsy (TALKCONT) 16:41, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
- @Godsy: I think I will decline to do anything here because this was already at WP:REFUND and I will defer to the outcome there. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 18:50, 18 July 2017 (UTC)
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Thank you for hiding the revisions of the white power IP. (hope you like falafel, but giving people beers was getting old) Cheers! ‡ Єl Cid, Єl Caɱ̩peador ᐐT₳LKᐬ 14:16, 14 August 2017 (UTC) |
- Happy to help and I love falafel! --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 15:04, 14 August 2017 (UTC)
Hi Malcolm – sorry I'm a bit new to Wikipedia!
I can't work out how to add a disambiguation page, would you mind helping me?
When you search "Bob Mahoney" in wikipedia, it automatically goes to a baseball player. I'd like it to go to a disambiguation page and from there you can choose the baseball player or the film director. Many thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sellotapemaskingtape (talk • contribs) 12:10, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
- @Sellotapemaskingtape: Hello and welcome, Sellotapemaskingtape. In a situation such as this where there are only two articles for people named 'Bob Mahoney' and one is the primary topic (the baseball player), we would usually use a hat note - a note at the top of the page for the baseball player - to direct people to the other page if that is what they are looking for. I'll sort that for you. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 15:53, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
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The Citation Barnstar | |
| For your work on the references/citations in Milton, Ontario. Well Done! PKT(alk) 18:01, 20 August 2017 (UTC) |
- Thanks! About halfway through now, I think. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 20:19, 20 August 2017 (UTC)
Hello, Malcolm. I see that you placed the above-named article under protection. But it seems that this protection will not be needed. As I discuss in more detail in this Talk page posting here, the IP addresses weren't completely wrong in their actions and, by the same token, the reversions were not completely correct. I've rescued the links that were the subject of the reversions and this will likely resolve the problem. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. NewYorkActuary (talk) 02:58, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
- @NewYorkActuary:. Thanks for clarifying the issue. I'll lift the protection and we'll see how it goes. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 03:05, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
@Malcolmxl5: Thanks for blocking the wikihounding IP, 2600:8800:FF0E:1200:150C:31B:85B8:805E, but can you block that IP from accessing its talk page? It keeps on removing the warnings added on the page, and I'm tired of repeatedly removing the warnings already posted. TagaSanPedroAko (talk) 08:52, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
- @TagaSanPedroAko:. Hi TagaSanPedroAko, I wouldn't worry too much about the talk page. We can assume that the user has read the warnings/block message and is aware of what they say. We can find them in the history if we need them. I have the page on my watchlist should they make an unblock request (which I think is unlikely) or write anything else. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 06:45, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
- Thank you. Is it really nine years? --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 16:44, 30 August 2017 (UTC)
Yesterday you quite properly deleted a large batch of redirects pointing to non-existent articles (about cricketers). Unfortunately some of the targets had semi-automatically been moved erroneously and they have now been returned to main space. For example Arthur Somerville Archdale pointing to Arthur Archdale. Others are being examined in draft space and some will be restored, possibly after improvements. A list of the articles moved is at move log. Is it possible to identify which redirects were deleted so they can be restored? Some have already been restored in an ad hoc way. It would be useful to know what redirects will need to be restored for any articles being returned to main space in future. The discussion about all this is at WT:CRIC#Draftification of over 500 cricket biographies. Thank you for any help you are able to give for this very unfortunate incident. Thincat (talk) 11:16, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
- @Thincat: Hi Thincat, that is unfortunate. The redirects are all in my deletion log dated 31 August - about 75 of them - identifiable by the tag 'G8: Redirect to a deleted or non-existent page'. There are only a few other deletions on that day so the cricket related ones can be seen quite easily. I'll have a look through for any where the target has been moved back to mainspace. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 11:58, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
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- ACTRIAL, a research experiment that restricts article creation to autoconfirmed users, will begin on September 7. It will run for six months. You can learn more about the research specifics at meta:Research:Autoconfirmed article creation trial, while Wikipedia talk:Autoconfirmed article creation trial is probably the best venue for general discussion.
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Thank you for waving the magic revdel wand over that article just now! Julietdeltalima (talk) 22:41, 7 September 2017 (UTC) |
- Thank you. Glad to be able to help out there. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 22:44, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
Dear Malcolmxl5, Thank you for reviewing my Wikipedia page. As you assumed, it is just the source text of the copy of my German Wikipedia page - only the domain prefix has changed for simplifying the usability (English speaking people). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Appetitumscientiae and https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Appetitumscientiae. Kind regards, Appetitumscientiae. --Appetitumscientiae (talk) 10:38, 10 September 2017 (UTC)
- Happy to have been able to help and welcome to the English Wikipedia! --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 11:16, 10 September 2017 (UTC)
That was obviously not this editor's first rodeo, but CU revealed nothing. I know SwisterTwister has plenty of detractors, but I'm not keeping score, so I don't know if there's any point in starting an SPI. Drmies (talk) 04:57, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
- @Drmies: I've no idea who it could be. The autoblock was triggered so hopefully someone is enjoying 24 hours in solitary. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 11:21, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
Greetings and felicitations. Thank you for fixing my error. Apparently instead of pasting in the new address, I blanked the article. My apologies. <bows> —DocWatson42 (talk) 03:09, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
- A minor issue, it happens... I went to fix the double redirect too but was beaten to it by a bot. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 03:11, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
- Well, I didn't want you to think it was intentional vandalism. —DocWatson42 (talk) 04:07, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
- Perish the thought! --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 11:36, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
- Well, I didn't want you to think it was intentional vandalism. —DocWatson42 (talk) 04:07, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
Hello, my page was deleted:reason giving by you is that i was trying to promote the page.we would like to know the process to take for undoing the deleted the page.please get back to me ASAP. --Oyizz (talk) 12:08, 15 September 2017 (UTC)
- Hello Oyizz. May I ask you a question? You say: "we would like to know...". Who are 'we'? --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 00:53, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
- Ah, I've realised you're blocked. That's probably the end of this conversation. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 01:02, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi Malcolmxl5, hope you're doing well,
I noticed that these two articles were each deleted as a result of "one author who has requested deletion or blanked the page".
However as these two stub articles were pulled from the Video Game Wikiproject's official "Requests" page, I am unsure as to why those authors would request deletion for their own articles or blank their own pages.
I request that the articles be reinstated and instead be taken to AFD where a more complete discussion can be held to further establish notablity.
Best, Coin945--Coin945 (talk) 04:09, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
- @Coin945:. Hi Coin945, I have restored these pages as requested. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 08:32, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
Please could you compare other pages before you redirect existing pages?, you recently redirected 'List of rulers named Rhun' to 'Rhun (Welsh given name)' however, pages such as List of rulers named Henry & Henry (given name) is still up, if you're redirecting Rhun, then you're going to have to do the same with other similar pages also, but because Henry is a popular royal (and given) name, I doubt they will be fused/redirected, If you feel like reverting my 'undo', please give a reason why and give details as to how one subject has more paramount powers over the other when they hold exactly the same weight in subjects.
Hi Malcomxl5..
I wonder why do you want to delete this article. Victor is an important person in Venezuela because he created the first comic of that country, with a well know character, such as Jaimito.
He have also been interviewed by many media (which you can see in the article), the latest was last week by the Orlando Sentinel.
He have one of the few legal cryptocurrency exchange in United States
Please tell me
Carlos Arias Reggeti 16:04, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
- Hi Carlos, I nominated it for deletion because I felt it was promotional. Another editor disagreed and that is fine, that's how we roll. :). --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 10:36, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
Hello Malcomxl5,
I was going through the edit history for the article on Italian War Crimes, and was wondering how your latest revision worked regarding pp/vandalism
I'm doing a presentation on the reliability of Wikipedia, and a friend directed me to the page as one that they often edited for fun. I noticed now that its impossible to edit without authorization. Could you describe the process for me? Thanks in advance — Preceding unsigned comment added by Partinazi (talk • contribs) 15:43, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
- Hi Partinazi,
- The purpose of Wikipedia is to create a high-quality, free-content encyclopedia in an atmosphere of camaraderie and mutual respect among contributors. It is written collaboratively by the people who use it. Contributors are encouraged to be bold and to make an edit to improve the encyclopedia. Addition of content will usually need to be accompanied by a good quality reference so the facts can be verified. Significant coverage in multiple reliable sources about a subject are usually required to meet the criteria for an article in the encyclopedia.
- If another contributor disagrees with an edit, that edit may be undone (a 'revert'). At this point, contributors are expected to discuss the changes that they would like to make to the article, usually on the article's talk page, and reach consensus on what should be included, having regard to the policies and guidelines of Wikipedia. If they cannot agree, other means of resolving disputes may be used with the aim of reaching consensus. Controversial topics will usually require discussion and consensus before making an edit.
- Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia provides useful information on editing. New editors are invited to the Teahouse, an area specifically for new users to get help with editing, article creation, and general Wikipedia use, in a friendly environment.
- Contributors whose actions are detrimental to the purpose of Wikipedia may be asked to refrain from them or may be sanctioned. Pages may be protected to prevented disruptive editing between multiple users or to prevent vandalism. If a page is protected and a contributor would like an edit to be made to it, they may request an edit on the article's talk page.
- Does that help? --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 18:24, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
You locked the article mother!. Wikipedia is supposed to be the encyclopedia anyone can edit and I don't understand why you went for a full lock on the article instead of other options. Would you please change that to semi protection/flagged edits so that those of us who aren't misbehaving can also edit the article. Thanks. -- 109.79.55.12 (talk) 01:21, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
- Hi, I semi-protected the page for a couple of days in response to a request at WP:RfPP but I'm happy to change it to pending changes/flagged edits so you can continue to edit (and I've done so). --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 01:44, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
- thank you. -- 109.79.55.12 (talk) 02:10, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
- Why not just create a username, 109.79.55.12? It'll save you hassle in various situations. — Film Fan 09:48, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
- Right now too many reversions for PC. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 00:50, 26 September 2017 (UTC)
Hello,
I am new to this place, and I started learning things with simple edits. After too much of reading and some editing I tried to create a page for FairFX group plc, one of the services that I use regularly. I chose this subject because, it was not complex, and it had good number of references. The biggest reason was that, I didn't want my first article to be deleted( which was the reason was not lengthy).. But, now the page has been deleted.
For the first time, it was deleted, I asked the moderator subjected by writing for speedy deletion for the reason, and the answer I got was that, the content was spam. Then, I just got my content reviewed by Keith D(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Keith_D). I was asked to work on the Business Model and History section, as it was complex.
Once, I rewrote the content I got it reviewed by Keith again, and he said it was good to go, and only then was it published. It was again deleted, and then I was asked a couple questions, and I have answered them already - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:JustinSilva94
Here is the article that I have written - http://www92.zippyshare.com/v/rrX7BqHy/file.html
Could you please let me know, what I should be doing? JustinSilva94 (talk) 14:05, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
- @JustinSilva94: Oh dear, you've chosen a particularly problematic topic to work on. It has a history of promotional and conflict of interest editing over a number of years, and multiple deletions across two pages, including two community decisions for deletion, so much so that pages have been locked so the article can't be recreated. That being so, if you want to persevere with it, you will have to follow the article for creation route. I'm not sure that my advice is worth much when it come to articles about companies but for what it is worth, I would suggest writing about the history of the company, not about the services or products it provides, the company philosophy or business methods, who the officers are or awards - none of that. The problem of course, is that being a relatively young company there won't be much history, probably not enough to fill out more than a paragraph and you may be better off just moving on and finding another topic to write about. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 19:37, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
malcolmx why did you block me that edit you made to idols 2017 sweden frida hòrnqvist was one of the wildcard acts it was selina i just mistyped would you please unblock me again i did not made a vandalise edit 209.212.145.141 (talk) 19:05, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
- And here you are, evading your block again, this time using a proxy. Have you not got the message? You're not wanted here. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 19:49, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi, Malcolmxl5, Greetings:) Please review WP:NOQUORUM before relisting further AfDs.Anyways, thanks for your helping out help at the AfD workflow.Regards:)Winged Blades of GodricOn leave 08:52, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
- Thank you, Godric. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 13:03, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
You asked me not to edit your archives, and I will try to respect that. Recently Wikipedia has set up a system that reveals lint errors. See Special:LintErrors. These are pages that are already causing problems, or could pose problems in the future. When I edit talk pages, I am careful to change only the lint error items. I don't "clean up" anything else. At least one other Wikipedia editor has thanked me for editing talk pages, some of which are archives.
Of course archive pages should usually be preserved, but I do edit them to fix certain blatant errors, such as failing to include {{Reflist-talk}} sectionally, making references difficult to find. Occasionally I use page histories to "sign" and date entries that weren't signed and dated when created. Except for you, nobody has ever complained about my editing talk pages, including archives, in such careful and limited ways.
Anyway, since you asked, I will try to avoid editing your talk page archives, but if I screw up and do so, please just go ahead and revert me. —Anomalocaris (talk) 09:03, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2017).
Administrator changes
- Boing! said Zebedee • Ansh666 • Ad Orientem
- Tonywalton • AmiDaniel • Silence • BanyanTree • Magioladitis • Vanamonde93 • Mr.Z-man • Jdavidb • Jakec • Ram-Man • Yelyos • Kurt Shaped Box
Guideline and policy news
- Following a successful proposal to create it, a new user right called "edit filter helper" is now assignable and revocable by administrators. The right allows non-administrators to view the details of private edit filters, but not to edit them.
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Arbitration
- Community consultation on the 2017 candidates for CheckUser and Oversight has concluded. The Arbitration Committee will appoint successful candidates by October 11.
- A request for comment is open regarding the structure, rules, and procedures of the December 2017 Arbitration Committee election, and how to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.
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The Teamwork Barnstar |
| Thank you for your help! Great teamwork! PaleBlueDot1 (talk) 12:18, 3 October 2017 (UTC) |
- Thank you! --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 19:05, 3 October 2017 (UTC)
- And thanks for tidying up some of the numerous pointless "enclosure" edits. Sjwells53 (talk) 17:01, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
- What a pain they are! --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 17:24, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
- And thanks for tidying up some of the numerous pointless "enclosure" edits. Sjwells53 (talk) 17:01, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
Hi, just letting you know there are now separate {{uw-blank1}} and {{uw-blank2}} templates for when somebody removes all content from a page, as opposed to merely removing some content without adequate explanation. You may wish to make use of these next time you find that someone has blanked a page (or otherwise left it in a state that would qualify as {{db-nocontent}} if there were no suitable version to revert to). — Smjg (talk) 12:37, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
- That’ll be useful. Thanks for letting me know. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 12:43, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
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| I've always admired your civility, patience and kindness working with new users that ran into problems in the battlefield of AN/ANI. Thank you for being a awesome Wikipedian! Alex ShihTalk 16:36, 15 October 2017 (UTC) |
- That’s very kind of you, Alex. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 16:42, 15 October 2017 (UTC)
Sorry to message you directly, just wanted to tell you it's your choice if you feel full-protection is more appropriate. Optakeover(U)(T)(C) 18:15, 31 October 2017 (UTC)
- Hi Optakeover, semi-protection should do it. I have the page on my watchlist and can full-protect it if it turns out to be needed. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 18:38, 31 October 2017 (UTC)
Dear Malcolmxl5, Thank you very much for your help!!! :-) Kind regards, --Gyanda (talk) 20:48, 31 October 2017 (UTC)
- I’m happy to have been of help, Gyanda. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 22:21, 31 October 2017 (UTC)
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Administrator changes
- Longhair • Megalibrarygirl • TonyBallioni • Vanamonde93
- Allen3 • Eluchil404 • Arthur Rubin • Bencherlite
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- The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team is creating an "Interaction Timeline" tool that intends to assist administrators in resolving user conduct disputes. Feedback on the concept may be posted on the talk page.
- A new function is now available to edit filter managers that will make it easier to look for multiple strings containing spoofed text.
Arbitration
- Eligible editors will be invited to submit candidate statements for the 2017 Arbitration Committee Elections starting on November 12 until November 21. Voting will begin on November 27 and last until December 10.
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Obituaries
- The Wikipedia community has recently learned that Allen3 (William Allen Peckham) passed away on December 30, 2016, the same day as JohnCD. Allen began editing in 2005 and became an administrator that same year.
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These are being fixed because they are displaying at Special:LintErrors/multi-colon-escape. Changing them in this way actually fixes the page so that the items display correctly and display the original intent of the editors whose sigs were changed. --Izno (talk) 23:34, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
- You're reverting me after I left a message. Please respond instead of further reverts. --Izno (talk) 23:56, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
- Izno, it’s a simple request. Do not edit my archive pages. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 23:59, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
- Yes, and the simple response is, "why?" --Izno (talk) 00:04, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
- Because I ask you not to do so. That should be sufficient. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 00:07, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
- Yes, and the simple response is, "why?" --Izno (talk) 00:04, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
- Izno, it’s a simple request. Do not edit my archive pages. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 23:59, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
Thank you for locking Ed Henrys account. T His children do not deserve any of this. Milam77 (talk) 03:44, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
- Ah, yes. Quite a lot of what was going on there was uncalled for and unnecessary. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 03:52, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
Stating facts is one thing but opinions and attacking children is another. Thank you again. Milam77 (talk) 03:58, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
Im afraid this is going to go on all night. Milam77 (talk) 04:10, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
- The disruption has slowed right down. Bongwarrior, who is an admin, is keeping an eye on the article and on Nerdpsych. We’ll see how it goes. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 04:19, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
Thank you so much Milam77 (talk) 04:33, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
The military age should be raised to 21 to keep anyone who cannot buy a beer off the battlefields. It is totally inappropriate to send to war anybody who has not yet been granted all adult privileges, including drinking and gambling. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.200.0.116 (talk) 05:16, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
- Fine, but an encyclopaedic article is not the place for your opinion. Have you considered lobbying your local congressman? --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 05:20, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
In the page User talk:Malcolmxl5/Archive 3 three errors have been spotted. Three of them are of multi colon excape problem which needs to be rectfied. With regardsAdithyak1997 (talk) 15:10, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) @Adithyak1997: The talk archive is fully protected, so please do not edit his talk archives (even mine in my talk page). KGirl (Wanna chat?) 15:17, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
I cannot edit his page. I just informed him to do that edit so that almost all multi escape problems are solved in english wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adithyak1997 (talk • contribs) 15:21, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
Hello I hope all is well. I noticed that you deleted a well known producer's wikipage.
I don't know how to contact you, privately. But if you have recommendations to make on the page, please contact me so we can fix it. My email is (Redacted) ENKWMS (talk) 22:32, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
- The way forward would be to draft an article using high-quality sources (reliable, third-party, published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy) with significant coverage of the subject ("Significant coverage" addresses the topic directly and in detail, so that no original research is needed to extract the content). --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 05:58, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for the protection. Beyond My Ken (talk) 03:05, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
- No problem, Beyond My Ken. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 03:21, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
Thank you for protecting my user talk - that persistent spamming vandal had come back with a vengeance. He spams my user talk and some other user talk with content/coding about "LarryBoy"/"Pajama Sam/Thomas the Tank Engine"/etc.
The last time he did this to my page was March 2017. He's also done the same or very similar disruptive editing on my user talk in September 2016. Shearonink (talk) 07:07, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
- No problem, Shearonink. I’ve not heard of this vandal before, I will have to look out for it. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 08:40, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
Hey,
Hope you don't mind but I changed the protection for this. Over here in Florida there's been websites falsely claiming he's died and I get the feeling this will go on longer than 24 hours. Feel free to change it though 5 albert square (talk) 02:25, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
- No problem, 5 albert square, better safe than sorry! --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 02:38, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
- My thinking too especially as it's a BLP article. His poor family having to go through this. 5 albert square (talk) 03:44, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
- Yes, it’s very sad. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 03:57, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
- What do you reckon to unprotecting it in a week? Should give any hype about his death the chance to die down 5 albert square (talk) 01:32, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
- Hi 5 albert square. Yes, that should do it. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 14:45, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
Hi Malcolmxl5, I'm just working on an update for the Bill Robinson article and I'm missing a little detail. I'm trying to complete the career stats table, but I don't know of any online sources that have historical stats for Charlton players. I see from the WP:FOOTY Booklist that you're listed as having a copy of "Cameron, Colin (2003). Home & Away with Charlton Athletic 1920–2004. If you still have this and it's to hand, if you could do me a massive favour and fill in the gaps for me, that'd be great (or, if you know of any online sources, that'd also be great!). I've dumped the table on the talk page. If you can't, don't worry. I'll add it to my list for a BL visit. Thanks, Nzd (talk) 00:20, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
- Hi Nzd, I’ve filled in the Charlton Athletics stats. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 17:04, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
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News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2017).
Administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- Following a request for comment, a new section has been added to the username policy which disallows usernames containing emoji, emoticons or otherwise "decorative" usernames, and usernames that use any non-language symbols. Administrators should discuss issues related to these types of usernames before blocking.
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- Wikimedians are now invited to vote on the proposals in the 2017 Community Wishlist Survey on Meta Wiki until 10 December 2017. In particular, there is a section of the survey regarding new tools for administrators and for anti-harassment.
- A new function is available to edit filter managers which can be used to store matches from regular expressions.
Arbitration
- Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is open until Sunday 23:59, 10 December 2017 (UTC). There are 12 candidates running for 8 vacant seats.
Miscellaneous
- Over the last few months, several users have reported backlogs that require administrator attention at WP:ANI, with the most common backlogs showing up on WP:SPI, WP:AIV and WP:RFPP. It is requested that all administrators take some time during this month to help clear backlogs wherever possible. It should be noted that AIV reports are not always valid; however, they still need to be cleared, which may include needing to remind users on what qualifies as vandalism.
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