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Hi. Thank you for Casolari. Is it better Delrio? Rago (talk) 07:52, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
I wasn't able to reply at the RfD but I'm ok with the dabify --Lenticel (talk) 02:05, 23 December 2015 (UTC)
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Tavix, Hope your holidays are happy, and have a happy new year! Steel1943 (talk) 17:27, 23 December 2015 (UTC)
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Thank you for the participation and support at my RFA. It is truly appreciated. I hope to be of further help around here, and if you see me doing something dumb, you know where to find me. Again, I thank you. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 02:22, 24 December 2015 (UTC) |
So you know the rule instead of me continuing to fix your mistake. Of course, the last few people I fixed the article and left a talk message about it, they yelled and reverted. So, no matter what, I get yelled at, just like you did. Bgwhite (talk) 08:24, 25 December 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for using the subtlest way (the thank button on my discussion closure edit) to remind me that I had yet to delete some of the RfD items that I had closed as delete. Merry Christmas. Deryck C. 23:03, 25 December 2015 (UTC) |
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Category:Macau Grand Prix drivers, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. The Bushranger One ping only 02:02, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
Tavix,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Rubbish computer (Merry Christmas!: ...And a Happy New Year!) 02:16, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for doing this and closing the RfD. A long time ago, some editor suggested to me that it's better to advise on the proper course of action and let the editor do it themselves, rather than doing it for them, so that inexperienced editors get to see how things are done. I thought that was good advice, so now it's usually how I address these sorts of requests. I just thought I'd share the advice with you; our colleague Anomalocaris is very obviously not a newbie. Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 17:17, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Kala Alexander at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 23:15, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
Hi Tavix! You've been interested in redirect categorization and the This is a redirect template in the past, so I wanted to let you know that there is a discussion at Template talk:This is a redirect#One parameter that might interest you. Good faith! Paine 21:11, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
On 27 February 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kala Alexander, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that professional surfer Kala Alexander is vice president of an organization that gives children with cystic fibrosis surfing lessons? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kala Alexander. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
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Hi, remember those Main Page redirects (that I had trouble to nominate. I have found a similar set of those that point to Wikipedia, and I think they should be dealt in the same way. Could you do me a favour and nominate them, they are at User:Champion/Redirects to Wikipedia and the nom is on today's RfD page. FYI if you were wondering how I made the list, I used this. Help would be much appreciated. Thanks. - Champion (talk) (contribs) (Formerly TheChampionMan1234) 06:18, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Current events pages. Thank you. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 02:20, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
You PRODded this, and it was deleted. Undeletion has been requested at WP:REFUND, so per WP:DEL#Proposed deletion I have restored it, and now notify you in case you wish to consider AfD. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 15:38, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Miss february 1990. Since you had some involvement with the Miss february 1990 redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. —Anomalocaris (talk) 08:17, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
What do you think about making a request at MediaWiki talk:Titleblacklist regarding "untitled"? It could be shown that they are consistently deleted at RfD. It is easy to make a request to create a page with "untitled" in it if needed (e.g. one listed at untitled). Best Regards,—Godsy(TALKCONT) 00:19, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
It's okay, I wouldn't have expected anyone who hasn't heard of FAMA to check search results for 農夫 and accidentally discover there is a rap duo by this name! Deryck C. 09:32, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
Thanks but I thought that was a quick reply from Ivanvector because of the quick posts and his (I think) post before... but nicely done in fun, I !voted properly afterwards. I'll amend the jibe back cos I was assuming it was Ivanvector and he and I have a good-humoured Canada vs. UK jibe every now and again, just because of timing I didn't think to look at the sig, my apols, but don't want to offend either of you accidentally. Si Trew (talk) 23:46, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
What do you think about redirect Esperantist to Esperantists? Regards. Dawid2009 (talk) 17:54, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
WHat do you think I am doing old bean? Am listing stacks at CSD, retargeting and doing so for other obvious ones, the ones I bring to RfD because I have enough judgment to know I can't judge it. What do you think I am doing? I can give up ploughing through the list if you want. My best judgment is to list a few at RfD if I am in doubt. Si Trew (talk) 22:34, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
I am not sure it was you but I got an edit conflict I think you are around so I better stand off from RfD and I will do the lists of the Neelix redirects mostly at CSD. Si Trew (talk) 00:14, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
My attention did not fall upon the discussion, but please note that while I deleted the redirect "sea devils" did not delete "sea devil"". Neelix had a habit, inexplicable to me, of creating redirects in both the singular and plural, which is wholly unnecessary except in rare cases where the spellings of the two are markedly different. --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 18:33, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Hockey on the ice. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. . Right now this links to bandy, which is quite ridiculous if you ask me. Hockey on ice is ice hockey, and the redirect should justifiably go to that page. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 00:23, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
BDD would like to nominate you to become an administrator. Please visit Wikipedia:Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact BDD to accept or decline the nomination. A page has been created for your nomination at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Tavix. If you accept the nomination, you must state and sign your acceptance. You may also choose to make a statement and/or answer the optional questions to supplement the information your nominator has given. Once you are satisfied with the page, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so. |
It is just a formality now. Good luck in your new role! Axl ¤ [Talk] 11:54, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
Tavix, I meant to say "qualified support in my edit summary. Sorry! Drmies (talk) 14:14, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
Hi Tavix, I have closed your request for adminship as successful. Congratulations for your landslide result and for your new place on WP:RFX100. As always, the administrators' reading list is worth reading and the new admin help pages are most certainly available if you feel that you might require some practice with the tools in a safe environment prior to applying them elsewhere on the project. Good luck with your adminship! Acalamari 18:15, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
Congratulations on your RfA! You're an admin! Have a kitten.
ThePlatypusofDoom (Talk) 18:42, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
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Congratulations on your successful RfA. I hope you will be encouraged to put your new buttons to good use and contribute more good work to Wikipedia. Deryck C. 21:44, 30 May 2016 (UTC) |
Congratulations on your successful RFA! Allow me to impart the words of wisdom I received from the puppy after my RFA passed – nine long, sordid, I-should-have-found-a-better-hobby years ago: |
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I heard via another user late last night that your RfA succeeded. Well done and you will be excellent at it. Apparently my advocacy created some kerfuffle but I was deliberately standing off looking as I didn't want any accusation of WP:CANVASSing beyond saying that you didn't, I imagine that comes from the four or five personal attacks I get every day for listing Neelix redirects at CSD so my name is now "known". Oddly, the licence I granted to Wikipedia does not exclude me suing for libel and since I use my real name yet I "blacken" another user's name who I don't even know his real name, I am the one who can take any other Wikipedian to court if I find a personal attack against me. Odd, that. I don't mean you, we always argue WP:CIVILly at RfD and I don't know how to measure it but I bet it is about half and half who "wins". Or, I just simply resign and then the Neelix list will never get finished because nobody else is diligently doing it. I am trogging through them nobody else is and yet get personally attacked usually four or five times a day. Don't bother me that much what are they going to do come to Hungary with a brick to throw it through my window? But, yes, it hurts sometimes when all I am trying to do is make the encylopaeidia better. I'll keep going with them since the general consensus seems to be that is the right thing to do. I am not going to get every one right of course. Congratulations, thoroughly deserved. Si Trew (talk) 08:08, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
Yes, congratulations. I was changing my vote to "strong support" but didn't notice that it had already been closed! Coretheapple (talk) 12:16, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
Tavix, a while ago you said you have some AWB scripts specifically designed for going through RfD more quickly. May I have a copy of them so I can muck around and make some new RfD gadgets? Deryck C. 17:26, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
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Do you mind undeleting Category:1315 in the Old Swiss Confederacy? That one needs another CfD; it wasn't a part of the actual nominated categories and was improperly listed as one of the ones that would be emptied. It's not empty. I'm doing the follow-up nomination. ~ RobTalk 17:42, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
I don't understand this edit summary or your removal of the CSD. There are 2 articles on the dab page, one at the primary topic. So the dab page is an unnecessary dab page and should be CSD'd. What's the problem? PamD 06:44, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
a disambiguation page which either disambiguates only one extant Wikipedia page and whose title ends in "(disambiguation)" (i.e., there is a primary topic); or disambiguates no (zero) extant Wikipedia pages, regardless of its title.Shin Min-a (disambiguation) disambiguates between two pages, so it doesn't fit either criterion. I still think it should be deleted via WP:TWODABS, but it's not speedy-able. In this case, the WP:PROD works fine, and gives others a chance to find more links. -- Tavix (talk) 11:56, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
Tavix, I see you moved a userpage over to Wikipedia:Redirects are costly. However, looks like there was a MfD with the consensus that the essay actually belongs in userspace. Oiyarbepsy (talk) 05:06, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
Hi Tavix! It's great to see you wielding the mop! I was just perusing your logs and admiring your work ;) when I came upon these three Merge entries and was wondering, was this just you fixing up a past mess? Or do you have a new/better scheme or archiving your talk page? Just curious, thanks. -- Ϫ 05:48, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
I think your redirect is not really careful enough : if you read the target article, there is only one occurence of "pruned tree" and as far as I can see, no definition. This is data loss and this makes the article incomplete and unanderstandable. Typically in this kind of situation you want to know a definition for some term and ... you get redirected to the article you are reading. This kind of not careful merges hurts wikipedia articles about maths very bad. TomT0m (talk) 11:04, 12 June 2016 (UTC)
Hello Tavix, I saw you nominated a couple of redirects for deletion. I would like to have your opinion on why editors won't includ their opinions at my nomination for the Acts of Mar Mari. I would really want to recreate the article as an independent. Your thoughts please. Thnx! — JudeccaXIII (talk) 22:09, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
Sorry you had to revert all of those articles marked w/ PROD. This is the first time someone has raised concerns to me about redirecting song titles to album articles. ---Another Believer (Talk)
Hi. Thanks for moving pages to X as food. I think you missed one. Could you please move Dog meat to Dog as food. Many thanks. DrChrissy (talk) 21:16, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
Hello, I don't really see the logic behind deleting big state, perhaps you can explain it to me? Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2016 June 17#Big state Siuenti (talk)
Hello Tavix, Do you know the policy for education and school articles. I'm not entirely confident about edits at El Shorouk Academy after this discussion: hello. Thank you & Cheers! — JudeccaXIII (talk) 22:35, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
Is the draft for Director General of Indian Coast Guard accepted or not? I can see the article but I was not notified anything about the accepting it and on the talk page of the article, it shows as Draft-class article and I can neither see the article in articles created by me on X! Tools. KCVelaga ☚╣✉╠☛ 03:14, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect January 1, 2003. Since you had some involvement with the January 1, 2003 redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. All other such MDY date redirects are also nominated. Pppery (talk) 00:38, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
Why remove the header? DGG nominated the two redirects separately, so the "this redirect's entry" link on Cavalcading now goes to a section header that doesn't exist; it looks odd, but having two headers seems to me to be the simplest option for someone who reaches RFD from the redirect. Please leave a note at my talk, or leave me a ping, so that I know you've responded. Nyttend (talk) 00:44, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
Hello, friendly Tavix. I want to thank you for leaving your thoughts on Yeshua (name). However, I want to apologize for missing your fiasco party at the talk page. I really wish I was invited! So I could be told how I am canvassing when I am not. But again, I could say the same about you, my friend ;) Listen, I don't want drama, but I don't like you falsely accusing me in front of the whole Wikipedia community. Why not tell me via email, or on my talk page? I was not canvassing nor was that my intention or purpose for notifying my friend Juju. I just wanted them to leave their thoughts on the matter. But I am certainly fine with you leaving yours, as long as it is not a personal matter, grudge, or false canvass accusation. If you want to talk about it, let me know my friend. Cheers! Ḉɱ̍ 2nd anniv. 01:05, 23 July 2016 (UTC)
Don't you think a close of a closely contested RM like at Talk:Mooloolaba deserves at least a closing rationale statement from the closer? Dicklyon (talk) 22:07, 23 July 2016 (UTC)
If you're not willing to state your rationale on close cases, please do not close them. Dicklyon (talk) 23:18, 23 July 2016 (UTC)
Hi Tavix,
I noticed that the redirect Super Smash Bros. Melee's Debug Menu has not yet been deleted, although it has been over four weeks since the deletion discussion. Kind regards, soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 07:02, 26 July 2016 (UTC)
Thanks, I was debating doing that as well. Couldn't decide if the spam reverts were worth it. :) I was like whoa where did this come from and who is this guy who sent it. I had never seen him editing hockey articles before. -DJSasso (talk) 17:20, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:01, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
So I created a redirect on the Chinese Wikipedia titled zh:中國共產黨亡 (Communist Party of China perish) and redirected it to the corresponding page to Hidden character stone. Minutes afterwards, it was take to the XfD (They don't have separate forums for AfD, RfD, TfD etc.). It was claimed that it was an attacking redirect, even though I said it is mentioned at the target, it was still described as attacking (zh:Wikipedia:頁面存廢討論/記錄/2016/08/16. It is a perfectly valid redirect, and someone even called it a misleading search term and the reader may be looking for WP:CRYSTAL information, I had a little argument at zh:Talk:中國共產黨亡 and User:南极的熊 said that people would look for info about when the CPC collapses rather than info on an obscure stone. How many differences are there! I have justification for creating such a redirect, the Chinese Wikipedia, in my opinion, is as corrupt as the regime is. It reminded me of the many discussions that have occurred here at RfD, especially the one at Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2016_March_1#Windows_Technical_Support
Give me back my redirect! Give the rights back to the editors!. - Champion (talk) (contribs) (Formerly TheChampionMan1234) 05:34, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
You deleted the redirect Lip-synced citing Wikipedia:Neelix mass deletions. That issue is about thousands of redirects, so it seems likely that this specific redirect was a baby thrown out with the bathwater. "What links here" lists four articles. Any objection if I restored it? Art LaPella (talk) 21:47, 17 August 2016 (UTC)
May I kindly ask you to stop creating make-work projects by deleting popular and useful redirects, please? I do understand the process and am aware of the fact that Bossanoven, a sockpuppet of TyrusThomas4lyf was once a productive editor in my area of interest. But a single glance of where his redirects lead should not be that much of a challenge. For example if SS-Scharführer redirects to Scharführer, The Holocaust in German-occupied Poland redirects to The Holocaust in Poland, and Thomas Toivi Blatt redirects to Thomas Blatt deleting them inevitably produces redlinks showing up in multiple articles and therefore would need to be recreated. I don't have time nor desire for undoing your own efforts in this way. Thanks in advance for your kind understanding. Poeticbent talk 18:51, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
Dear Tavix- Thank you for all the excellent editing work you have been doing on Wikipedia over many years.
Please allow me to ask about your deletion of the page "William Lawton." I believe the page to be of important informational interest and should be re-instated if possible, or that improvements be made to address concerns you have about the content. William Lawton is an important community activist working to help many families in Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea.
If you go to the following web page you will can see the work Mr. Lawton has funded in China, the Philippines, and the war torn break-away island from Papua New Guinea. He has is also working to provide loans to small businessmen and businesswomen in Malaysia. http://www.seagateglobal.com/poge-1
In my opinion the page on Mr. Lawton and his background was not promotional, was not conflicted and provides information on an important public figure whom is helping over 150,000 families through POGE. Plus his achievements such as helping to set up the central bank of China, The People's Bank of China, make him notable.
Please also go to the Facebook page for POGE: https://www.facebook.com/pogecorporative page and review the important work he is doing to educate people from the war torn island of Bougainville. Deleting the William Lawton page on Wikipedia means that the Wikipedia users will not have information about this important public figure.
There was little discussion of the removal, so it is not clear why the page was removed.
Could you please provide me more information as to your thoughts? Thank you
Berkeley222Berkeley222 (talk) 22:21, 20 August 2016 (UTC)
Dea Tavix and DGG. Thank you for your reply. William Lawton has been given several international awards and has numerous independent sources references that were not included in the article. I can add those to the article that was previously posted and meet the notability guidelines you cited. Can I edit the prior article, or do I have to start a new article? Thank you for your guidance.Berkeley222 (talk) 16:54, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
Thanks. I will give it another try. Berkeley222 (talk) 22:14, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
You removed Category:Point and shoot cameras from the CfD/S page here without any special comment, but it was not renamed (to Category:Point-and-shoot cameras), did you miss it? nyuszika7h (talk) 19:53, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
Hi Tavix. Please could you restore the above article so I can bring the following links which highlight Gannon's notability under WP:GNG to the attention of those who voted to delete the article in the deletion debate and improve the article to the required standard. I realise the deletion debate was only recently but unfortunately I didn't get the chance to do this then and it got deleted very speedily. See: , , , , , , . They are just an example of some of the articles relating to Gannon showing coverage across a range of national and international media. Many thanks, --IrishTennis (talk) 02:44, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Sean Gannon (footballer). 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. IrishTennis (talk) 13:08, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
Restarting the discussion here regarding the redirect. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 00:58, 29 August 2016 (UTC)
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