User talk:Oaktree bHello, welcome to Wikipedia. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian. You can learn more on the how to edit page. The naming conventions and style guide pages are also useful. There is a sandbox which you can use to experiment in. If you have any questions, see the help pages or add a question to the village pump. Angela 02:43, 1 Sep 2003 (UTC) Welcome!![]() ![]() Welcome to Wikipedia, Oaktree b! I am Alpha Quadrant and have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. Thank you for your contributions. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions check out Wikipedia:Questions, or feel free to leave me a message on my talk page or type {{helpme}} at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
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-made by user [[1]] 7&6=thriteen Shibe Park photo...Great addition! Thanks for it! — HarringtonSmith (talk) 18:50, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
TUSC token d55652e282468a38082b4c7f12fa3de6I am now proud owner of a TUSC account! About Italian Wikipedia stuffThe content on the actual Wikipedia articles has to be neutral. But the WMF project and its affiliates CAN and SHOULD oppose political actions that would hamper the writing of the encyclopedia WhisperToMe (talk) 10:02, 9 October 2011 (UTC) BarnstarDYK for Charles Singleton (songwriter)
Orlady (talk) 16:02, 30 July 2012 (UTC) Thanks for adding the picture of Ida. I hope that the 'deletion squad' do not find some spurious reason to remove it. Cheers from Old Blighty. Derek R Bullamore (talk) 23:38, 31 July 2012 (UTC) Hello Oaktree! Thank you for the translation of this articles. Can you please check the translation of the lemma as there was only this horse burial on the grave fiels of Wulfsen, primarily it was a human burial site with one isolated bural of 3 horses. Thanks --Bullenwächter (talk) 18:22, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
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A page you started (George Ethelbert Carter) has been reviewed!Thanks for creating George Ethelbert Carter, Oaktree b! Wikipedia editor Ad Orientem just reviewed your page, and wrote this note for you:
To reply, leave a comment on Ad Orientem's talk page. Learn more about page curation. Nomination of Joris Bert for deletion![]() A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Joris Bert 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/Joris Bert 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. Spanneraol (talk) 19:56, 20 November 2014 (UTC) Bride 13Hi. Please can you point me to the policy where it states that public domain text can be copied verbatim? Thanks. Lugnuts Dick Laurent is dead 18:57, 11 March 2015 (UTC) A barnstar for you!
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Autopatrolled granted![]() Hi Oaktree b, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the "autopatrolled" permission to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the autopatrolled right, see Wikipedia:Autopatrolled. However, you should consider adding relevant wikiproject talk-page templates, stub-tags and categories to new articles that you create if you aren't already in the habit of doing so, since your articles will no longer be systematically checked by other editors (User:Evad37/rater and User:SD0001/StubSorter.js are useful scripts which can help). Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! ~Swarm~ {sting} 02:07, 20 March 2021 (UTC) DYK nom ...Sadly Les Cabrils station and Des Cabrils station both exist. Victuallers (talk) 15:45, 28 October 2021 (UTC) Incomplete DYK nomination
New message from Narutolovehinata5![]() Message added 02:11, 8 November 2021 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:11, 8 November 2021 (UTC) Liberty PooleHi Oaktree b I noticed you did a fantastic job on Shannon Singh's article and was wondering if you might create one for Liberty Poole? Liberty has now appeared on two television shows Love Island and Dancing on Ice and so now qualifies for one 2A01:4C8:C21:C53:F05D:B522:AEC6:9ABE (talk) 05:32, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for trying. I've been at it for hours to try to assist the editor in understanding notability, and I think I'm just going in circles. Oh well. Singularity42 (talk) 20:29, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
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Cheers! Thank you and best regards, Ethelmary OaklandSomeone has now threatened me for nominating Ethelmary Oakland for deletion. That someone threatens me for nominating an article sourced only to IMDb, which we hold to be unreliable, is very frustrating. Especially when at least one other editor was not able to find any reliable sources.John Pack Lambert (talk) 12:48, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
Brad WolfAccording to Broadcast Music Incorporated, the Brad Wolf in this article is not the same guy. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 19:04, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
Please do not modify AfD discussions after closeHello Oaktree. I revered your additions to the AfD discussion at the Jason Moore (writer) article here. As it states at the top of the closed discussion, in bold and in red, "Please do not modify it." The AfD is closed and archived, and any continuing discussion should take place on the draft article's talk page. Thank you. --Kbabej (talk) 22:07, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
Sig issueHi! This is the second time I've noticed a malfunction sig after your AfD !vote. Any idea if you have a template issue going on? Just flagging in case. Star Mississippi 14:01, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
Disambiguation link notification for July 2An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Alexander Bain. (Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 19:47, 2 July 2022 (UTC) Clarifying the policy on content-free business articlesHey! I've seen you around a whole bunch on AfD talking about articles that are just lists of financial transactions and stuff (like Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jungle Ventures). I'm trying to clarify the policy on them a little, since there's definitely a small community of folks who are insistent that raising VC rounds establishes notability, and wondering if you might know how to go about it. I started a discussion here to try and clarify WP:NCORP here Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(organizations_and_companies)#Analyst_reports_in_WP:LISTED but it's got very little discussion so far and might not be enough. Thoughts? FalconK (talk) 02:10, 3 July 2022 (UTC) Article deletion confusionI am sure your equally confused as me. My theory is that some article about a flood got nominated 4 deletion but the link to that deletion discussion got "lost in a flood"(I'll stop the dumb jokes)and the link to the flood deletion discussion goes to the yahwism deletion discussion. May ask permission to remove your question from the deletion debate so that debate stays on Yahwism. MAY I also ask to know the flood article title so I can help clear things up Greenhighwayconstruction (talk) 01:06, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
The nominator of this AfD has been blocked as a sock, and you are the only other user who supported deletion, on the basis that there were only passing mentions in two sources. About a dozen more news articles written specifically about the subject have been found since then, so if you would be willing to reconsider your vote, I think it would help to expedite closing the issue. Thanks! 2406:3003:2077:1E60:C998:20C6:8CCF:5730 (talk) 06:21, 8 August 2022 (UTC) Would you mind checking an article?Hello Oaktree b! As you participated in Zibby Owens AFD discussion I wonder if you could evaluate the article itself too. Jjanhone (talk) 07:06, 10 August 2022 (UTC) Orphaned non-free image File:Archeological playing card.jpg![]() Thanks for uploading File:Archeological playing card.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media). Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:14, 20 August 2022 (UTC) Loofball AFDHi Oaktree b, thank you for your comment at Loofball adD! I have made some improvements to the article loofball, including adding another source (https://thenationonlineng.net/loofball-emerging-sport-shaping-young-lives-in-nigeria/). Please review and reassess. Thank you once again. Joesmithroots (talk) 07:59, 23 August 2022 (UTC) Hello!Hi, Oaktree b, I just wanted to thank you for your active participation in deletion discussions. I don't always see things the same way that you see them but as a discussion closer, it's not about my opinion but about the consensus and evidence presented by the discussion participants. I see you there frequently and I know it can be time-consuming giving articles a thorough evaluation and tracking down sources so I wanted to thank you for that. And I hope if you have issues with either a comment of mine or a closure, you'll come talk it out on my User talk page. See you around! Liz Read! Talk! 06:36, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
Also just wanted to say thanks for your consistently civil and well-thought-out participation. Ovinus (talk) 20:34, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for your insightsOak.. thanks for your insights; I am sort of learning my way around... PS how do you get, or earn, one of those nifty looking Barnstars? Flibbertigibbets (talk) 01:09, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
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FrustrationHey, Oaktree b! Just wanted to followup on this edit without derailing the AfD. Not that I'm not occasionally frustrated by policies, but what in particular? Valereee (talk) 18:51, 12 December 2022 (UTC) Reconsider deletion support for Giannis-Harden rivalryYou said that you didn't see a lot of sources for the feud, so I added a lot, maybe too much, sources for their relationship and what they have said to each other. Thanks, Matthew. MasterMatt12 (talk) 02:46, 19 December 2022 (UTC) Please reconsider Arthur GraaffI've cleaned up the article. Please let me know if still have objections and possibly I can resolve them. 86.82.98.200 (talk) 10:22, 16 January 2023 (UTC) The Wikipedia Asian Month 2022 Barnstar![]() The Wikipedia Asian Month 2022 Barnstar
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Underscores in linksI wanted to reply on the AfD page, but that would've been off-topic. The gist of it is: an underscore acts the same way as a space in wikilinks. For instance, Morbius_(film) is the same thing as Morbius (film) to the software. LilianaUwU (talk / contributions) 04:32, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
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Nomination of Betcha (band) for deletion![]() The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Betcha (band) (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, 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 until the discussion has finished. You previously participated in the previous AFD for this article. UtherSRG (talk) 16:45, 24 February 2023 (UTC) RegardingHello, Oaktree b. I wanted to let you know that I have removed the Template:Lead missing that you added in this edit as there was already a lead section. Did you mean to add a different template listed at Template:Introduction cleanup maintenance templates? --Super Goku V (talk) 19:24, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
Notable World Records RuleHello, you cited a notable World Records Rule earlier here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Douglas_and_Mary_Beth_Meyer I have not been able to find any information on this. Can you please link me to the rule? I think it would be helpful. Thanks.KatoKungLee (talk) 17:37, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
AfD commentsHi. I hope you are doing well. I often come across your participation in AfDs. I have always found your arguments well thought, and well worded. I just have a nagging suggestion. Sometimes, you break the indent/dont follow standard MOS while commenting. When you are !voting, no matter what is above, the !vote should be bulleted (with
Something fishyHey I saw you opened Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tony Michael. The user Christopheronthemove looks really suspicious after I found Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Jehowahyereh/Archive. I think the evidence provided there were pretty clear to prove Christopheronthemove have been using multiple accounts. Even the closing admin commented as It's certainly possible that there's some socking/meatpuppetry/UPE going on here. Unfortunately the filer of that case also got blocked and no action were taken only because of that. This user's sudden jump into AFD discussions immediately after creating the ID looks so suspicious to me. They are continuously creating promotional articles. Look at Vriddhi Vishal. I think someone experienced like you should watch over this user's edits. Thank you. 111.92.78.199 (talk) 18:17, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
Please stop adding replies to a blocked user. It's pointless and unnecessary. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:46, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
Your tireless cleaning on AfDAn admin once said about articles that shouldn't be on Wikipedia that it's "a sad feature of Wikipedia that it will continue to have a lot of substandard content." The "substandard content" gets added everyday. You have a knack for finding every manner of article that has no reason to be on the project and nominating it on AfD. My opinion is not the popular one but it is my perspective you're doing a great service and adeptly navigating a difficult area where, in my observation, the most canvassing and spurious arguing happens on the website. Saucysalsa30 (talk) 21:32, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
AfDsHello! I would like to thank you for your help on my AfDs. You regularly contribute to the discussion of my nominations in the last few days. Unfortunately, I feel my work wasn't recognized at all, to the contrary, it was even being blamed for implicit misogyny and discrimination by a user. Since I am still quite new and I wasn't expected such unfair comments, I won't continue in that aspect of work anymore. Is it possible to inform you about some additional articles that I intended to nominate for deletion in order for you to check and start this process? The articles are: CAP-e, Neembuu Uploader and GigaPix. Thank you, Chiserc (talk) 15:10, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
Why marked my article as speedy?This page is not unambiguously promotional because it provides a factual overview of the notable achievements and contributions of Amro Mustafa (formerly known as Zack TM), an Egyptian entrepreneur. The article highlights his educational background, career trajectory, and involvement in various ventures, including software solution companies and investments in well-known organizations. While it mentions specific companies, the focus is on Mustafa's professional journey and entrepreneurial endeavors, rather than solely promoting those companies. The content adheres to the guidelines of providing an objective and informative perspective on the subject. --Zacktm3 (talk) 15:17, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
Mind explaining how this is vandalism? -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 02:00, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
AFDsHello, Oaktree b, I just wanted to thank you for your continued, thoughtful participation in AFD deletion discussions. We have a lot fewer "regulars" in AFD land than we did a year or so ago and even fewer who are not a predictable "Delete" or "Keep" in every discussion they participate in. I take your opinion seriously, especially on relisted discussions, because I know you actually investigate and evaluate an article, its sources and even look for previously undiscovered sources that can be used to improve an article. I think right now we have too many newish editors participating in AFDs who see it as a vote and not as an opportunity to possibly improve a mediocre article to become a better one. We seem to have lost a lot of participating editors during last year's battles over athletes' biographies and if you know of any editors who were once active in AFDs and "retired" and who offered useful opinions in discussion, please give them a nudge and encourage them to return even on a occasional basis. Thanks again for all of your contributions to the project. Liz Read! Talk! 00:10, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
A trout for you!![]() Festucalex has given you a WikiTrout! Trouts promote WikiFun and hopefully this one has made your day more fun. Spread the WikiFun by giving someone else a trout, especially when they are doing something silly. Happy slapping! Spread the fun of trouts by adding {{subst:Troutalt}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message! Mahlagha JaberiHi, I nominated the article after some Iranian "fan" removed your tag! Ireland nat (talk) 00:56, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
Nomination of Ideal Bread Company Factory for deletion![]() The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ideal Bread Company Factory until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, 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 until the discussion has finished. Okoslavia (talk) 04:09, 10 July 2023 (UTC) JudikayHello. First of all, I want to thank you for your relentless efforts to the Wikipedia community.I strongly commend you and draw a lot of inspiration from your works. However, I'll really love to understand why you marked an article I created "Judikay" for deletion. She has over 5 awards/nominations which are all referenced, a lot of media coverage from reliable sources, notable works (song) and international recognition. Perhaps, there's something missing on my own end. I'm just really curious as to why the article was flagged for deletion. I'll really appreciate your response. Once again, thanks for all you do. Cheers! Mevoelo (talk) 21:06, 14 July 2023 (UTC) Hello, Oaktree b, Just letting you know I've removed the Notability tag from that page. Sources seem to confirm that short film is notable. Yours, -MY, OH MY! (mushy yank) 10:28, 16 July 2023 (UTC) @Mohamednainar54 and Marxist Economist are continuously making edits without providing any sources to support his actions. I warned them twice at MN54 talk page and ME talk page but they still keep doing so. Have a look at Marxist's contributions and at Mnainar54's contributions. Please help. Shaan Sengupta (talk) 11:18, 17 July 2023 (UTC) Edit conflictApologies - I was in the process of deleting Anthony Vaz (American investor) as complete garbage at the same time you were nominating at AFD. I left a note there. I'd prefer to let the CSD stand and close the AFD early, but can undelete if you're seeing something I may be missing in the sourcing. Sam Kuru (talk) 13:40, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
Deaf Queer Men Only questionHi - thank you for your feedback on the new article and your willingness to help newer users. I understood that the cited Chicago Tribune article, Windy City Times article, and Canadian Deaf news, all of which are independent and significant coverage, would be enough? Oddrobb (talk) 16:30, 23 July 2023 (UTC) I'm curiousYou're a prolific AfD nominator across a wide range of topics -- do you have a method for how you look for articles to nominate (for instance, perusing a maintenance category of articles tagged as problematic)? Or are you more eclectic (I just look at the list of AfDs and pick ones I find interesting). Anyway, what you do is important even if we frequently disagree. Thanks for doing this! --A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 20:33, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
AFDsHello, Oaktree b, I hope you know that I value all of your contributions but especially your consistent participation in AFD deletion discussions. I always value your evaluation of articles even when they don't end up in line with the consensus of the group. However, I just closed several AFD discussions you started as Keeps and the commonality is that you nominated all of these articles within an hour or a few hours after they were created in main space. There is no official "grace period" that we extend to editors creating new articles before they can be tagged for deletion but I would advise against nominating an article that has just been created and is actively being edited and improved. What can happen is over the next 7 days, the article is improved so much that it doesn't resemble the original article you tagged for a deletion discussion. On the other hand, I think we have lots of poor articles from the "old days" that could use clearing out. I know they can be tougher to track down but you might take a subject you know well and just go through a category, looking at older articles that don't meet the standards we have in 2023. I think of an editor a year or so ago who went through a software category and PROD'd dozens of articles of software that were created 15 years ago and then the software wasn't supported or the company was shut down or the programs just disappeared. Just dated articles that made no sense a decade later. Any way, it's just a suggestion. Thanks again for all you do and I hope you are having a cool and restful weekend. Liz Read! Talk! 00:41, 30 July 2023 (UTC) New pages patrol invitation
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Rajput Mughal marriage alliancesOaktree b (talk) Hey, good morning. Wrongly, I prodded the Rajput Mughal marriage alliances page for deletion, then I immediately undid my edit, but after some time, a robot again prodded for deletion. I didn't prod, and I really want to save the article. Please recommend to me the right way to request or get rid of this mistake because my intentions were to request the deletion of only one page of the Jethwa dynasty and nothing else. So if you're familiar with how to save a mistakenly deleted page, please do help. Thank you Transe Ænd Danse (talk) 20:27, 28 August 2023 (UTC) Keeping the peaceHi Oaktree b. I saw your latest comment on Articles for deletion/Fuck the War EP. I know that you didn't mean anything by it but I have a feeling that Annette Bonze Blayk might react negatively to your use of the word "man" when you replied to her. It might be a good idea to go back and change the comment before it unintentionally causes any more drama. --DanielRigal (talk) 23:02, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
Hi. I removed the speedy deletion tag from this article. The article is promotional but its got refs and the guy may be notable. I think it’s better off taken to AfD. Thanks for all you do to keep this place going, especially at deletions! —A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 00:31, 4 September 2023 (UTC) Trout is off, dearWe've got a lovely beef pie, though. Do you want chips with that? 🤡 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦 15:40, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:13, 9 September 2023 (UTC) Placement of your AfD votesIs there a reason why you place your AfD !votes often higher on the page, even at the very beginning, instead of in chronological order? Your indentation is also different to the standard used on those pages. Fram (talk) 14:19, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
Alexzandra Sarmiento's pagehi there, I spotted that you moved one of the pages I created to draft. I thought sources were pretty good and I have spotted other articles on wiki being much shorted and with barely any sources. Can I ask you what made this one go back to draft? How can I improve it and how many sources do I need? Thank you Musicalge3k5 (talk) 22:42, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
Request for a favorAt Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fenton Communications (2nd nomination). I posted a couple of links to articles at newspaperarchive.com. Can you verify whether you can click through and see the articles? Thanks! — Jacona (talk) 13:59, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:46, 22 September 2023 (UTC) Hello. I saw you leave Delete in this deletion discussion, and I think it is right for this document to be listed, so I am seeking your help. (This is not an objection to your opinion in the deletion discussion, so I'll leave it on your page.) I thought this article had enough sources, but I'm going to revise this article so it can be a Keep for others too. Do I need to add more reliable sources? 올해의수상자 (talk) 04:03, 1 October 2023 (UTC) I rewrote the stub singleton field into a different stub that maybe situates the topic in context better. What do you think? XOR'easter (talk) 18:02, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
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Nomination of Ngõ 224 Lê Duẩn for deletion![]() The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ngõ 224 Lê Duẩn until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, 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 until the discussion has finished. Đại Việt quốc (talk) 00:07, 25 October 2023 (UTC) November Articles for creation backlog drive![]() Hello Oaktree b: WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive! You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful. Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive. Closed as Keep, so please go ahead to add in your sources. All the best! -- Ssilvers (talk) 02:00, 6 November 2023 (UTC) ArbCom 2023 Elections voter messageHello! Voting in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 11 December 2023. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2023 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add A WAM Barnstar for you!
Hey, I have a questionLike you mentioned, at Manish Doshi's 2nd Afd nomination, the use of news coverage about a medical device not make it notable person, even though it's certified by the FDA. FDA certification is necessary to sell medical items in the USA, but it doesn't automatically make something or someone notable. This same idea was used in the nomination of Concept Medical. I am really doubtful how news and coverage about a medical devicee can make the company manufacturing it notable. Even though the AfD discussion is closed and I don't plan to nominate it again, mam curious to know if my nomination was incorrect. If it was, how should someone evaluate such articles? Charlie (talk) 11:57, 17 December 2023 (UTC) The AfD for the the subject article was closed as merge on October 10. Since you started the discussion, I wanted to remind you about it because it has not yet been merged. I realize there is no hard requirement for an AfD starter to complete resulting merge work, but I hope you will consider doing it. Stefen Towers among the rest! Gab • Gruntwerk 02:11, 18 December 2023 (UTC) New pages patrol January 2024 Backlog drive
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— Red-tailed hawk (nest) 03:25, 18 January 2024 (UTC) James Mason (wrestler)Hi, you previously participated in a deletion debate for this article which was deleted due to not enough RS. I have found some more sources for this article and would appreciate it if you could contribute to the follow up discussion at User talk:Sionk#James Mason (wrestler). Thank you. Romomusicfan (talk) 08:03, 18 January 2024 (UTC) Orphaned non-free image File:Clarence Birdseye.jpg![]() Thanks for uploading File:Clarence Birdseye.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media). Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 03:02, 23 January 2024 (UTC) FYIYour vote at this afd was tampered with. I have restored your original vote. Hope you don't mind that. NW1223<Howl at me•My hunts> 05:44, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
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Request For Deletion Review: John PaczkowskiI'd ask that you resurrect John Paczkowski's page, as continues to be a very well known andrespected journalist. His reporters have won pretty much every award in the business (Livingston, Polk, Pulitzer, Mirror, SABEW). And he's completely resurrected Forbes tech reporting, which has led the industry on TikTok reporting: https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2022/11/28/tiktoks-china-problem/?sh=550c549c1ee4 Before moving to editing, he interviewed Apple CEO Tim Cook and broke all manner of news about Apple and other big tech companies. Forbes announcement: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbespr/2022/05/26/forbes-names-john-paczkowski-executive-editor-of-innovation-and-technology/?sh=218988244539 Day of announcement Vision Pro review: https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnpaczkowski/2023/06/07/this-is-what-its-like-to-use-apples-new-vision-pro-mixed-reality-headset/ Buzzfeed News Archive: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/author/johnpaczkowski Kara Swisher announcing Paczkowki's column: https://www.vox.com/2014/4/28/11626138/john-paczkowskis-back-with-daily-codered-column-on-recode Paczkowki's allthingsD archive. He was Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg's first editorial hire: https://allthingsd.com/author/john/index.html Tim Cook interview: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/johnpaczkowski/twenty-minutes-with-tim-cook AirPods scoop: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/johnpaczkowski/inside-iphone-7-why-apple-killed-the-headphone-jack# AliceTheGoon (talk) 17:45, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
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Hi. I'm considering withdrawing this nomination. The article is now sourced and expanded by another editor. Your thoughts would be most welcome — Iadmc♫talk 11:14, 10 June 2024 (UTC) AfD on Mitchell WaiteIf you don't mind, could you check out the new info regarding notability posted on the Mitchell Waite AfD and let us know what you think? I've also done a rewrite of the article and added new citations there. SouthernNights (talk) 15:32, 30 June 2024 (UTC) Nomination of Resmi R Nair for deletion![]() The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Resmi R Nair (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, 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 until the discussion has finished.Padavalam🌂 ► 14:14, 12 August 2024 (UTC) ArbCom 2024 Elections voter messageHello! Voting in the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 2 December 2024. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2024 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add xfd vote-flavored heads up!!i'm pretty sure this edit was done in the wrong page. i'm assuming it's for afd, but you went to check the policy, and accidentally added it there or something consarn (formerly cogsan) 20:48, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
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— Benison (Beni · talk) 18:13, 22 December 2024 (UTC) You know nothingQuit editing things you know nothing about. You think you have some high power over what gets posted here. You dont control nothing. Basement dwelling no life. You’re in canada too, we’ll talk to you in person soon. 2001:56A:73F5:1900:B4DE:F855:1CCE:D82B (talk) 03:10, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
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Newly created redirect for Ana OrsiniFollowing the very recent closure of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ana Orsini as delete, the page creator has recreated the page as a redirect. Since this redirect proposal was considered and rejected during the AfD, I have opened a deletion discussion for the redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2025_January_23#Ana_Orsini. I am notifying you along with all prior participants in the deletion discussion. Thanks! Dclemens1971 (talk) 14:09, 23 January 2025 (UTC) And there it is...The fact that the two attempts to create a Wikipedia article about Natalie Labbée last year came from an Ontario Liberal Party operative means this didn't come as a surprise to me at all... Bearcat (talk) 21:08, 1 February 2025 (UTC)
19+ years and only a New Page Reviewer?You've been on Wikipedia for so many years, yet you still haven’t become an admin? Since 2003-09-01, the highest you’ve reached is just a New Page Reviewer? Do you even know anything beyond using XFD participation tool? ⋆。˚꒰ঌ OnixPhilos ໒꒱˚。⋆ 19:51, 11 February 2025 (UTC)
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InterestingHi Oaktree b. Papaya Global deleted after a thorough discussion. Do how come it recreated ? PAPAYA Global ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A0D:6FC7:720:52D6:86E:56FE:355:D11A (talk) 10:00, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
CollectiveHi Oaktree b a page you nominated for deletion has resurfaced and I was wondering if you could give your input here - Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Collective (organisation) (2nd nomination) - please on the new page. It seems to use mostly sources of questionable reliability; i.e. someone's Substack page, Worker' Liberty, Xekinima News, Dawn Newspaper, Bella Caledonia etc. Helper201 (talk) 19:49, 8 July 2025 (UTC)
"It wasn't created in a ban evasion"Yeah, and I think that wasn't correct. I note that a page of the same ilk - same creating editor, same AI slop - was speedied under {{db-g5}}. Oh well. Cheers, SunloungerFrog (talk) 12:22, 10 July 2025 (UTC)
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Gwendolyn M. MillerIt appears that Miller was not the first African-American person on the Tampa City Council. It appears she was the first African-American woman on that city council. I am only pointing this out for preciseness.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:50, 14 August 2025 (UTC) New pages patrol September 2025 Backlog drive
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Three company articlesCan you find any reliable sources for the following listed below? Since you seem to be the best source finder on Wikipedia. Articles in question: Because they are endangered of being deleted, and you can go ahead and add reliable sources to the articles to make sure they meet notability, if you can find good sources for them. 210.185.122.34 (talk) 01:40, 2 October 2025 (UTC) |