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Grand Dukes

Hi, can you tell me why did decided to speed rename bunch of categories about various Grand Dukes from "Grand Dukes" to "Grand dukes"? ([1]) Marcelus (talk) 22:40, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's clearly against WP:NCROY. Marcelus (talk) 22:43, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Marcelus: You're coming on a little strong here, so I'll mention that we should always assume other editors are also trying to improve Wikipedia (WP:AGF). I obviously wouldn't make this type of change / proposal if I didn't believe it was correct.

So, to elaborate, I don't see how WP:NCROY is relevant in this case. Please do correct me if I'm wrong and point me to the appropriate section, but I don't see a part of that page addressing plurals of titles that are typically singular. As an example, Great Duke of Canada could be capitalized but Great dukes of Canada would be the appropriate capitalization, per MOS:JOBTITLES. Hey man im josh (talk) 23:18, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the clarification. Marcelus (talk) 07:36, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Marcelus: For what it's worth, I've spent a good bit of time over the last year working on downcasing category names of titles that are pluralized for consistency. I've made a few mistakes here and there, not knowing enough of a history to realize I was incorrect. I try to do my due diligence, so, if I do make a mistake in these renamings, let me know. I'll do the cleanup work of cleaning up after myself because, like you, I want to improve Wikipedia, not make it worse in any way :) Hey man im josh (talk) 13:44, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Of course, I understand, I'll make you aware if I find any mistakes. Marcelus (talk) 08:47, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/2409:40F3:1094:A201:5F1:A577:18D:9819

This and one similar ip are making mess with few pages, one especially as log shows ("madeena"). admin blocked his socks too, if you can delete the article best. ip refused my clearing attempt so redirect was quick solution. Appreciate 93.140.190.14 (talk) 17:28, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like it's been dealt with, but my talk page is typically not the best place for timely responses to these types of requests. You might consider the SPI report or WP:ANI next time, as I don't typically deal with socks. Hey man im josh (talk) 11:50, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Undiscussed Page Move

Hi, RikuOka0222 moved article Koreans in Japan to Zainichi Korean but I've reverted their this moved, they did n't created the discussion for changing the name of the article to new article and I've warned for undiscussed moved on their talkpage.please check it.Happy editing! --- ᗩvírαm7 • (@píng mє-tαlk mє) 13:09, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Aviram7: I'm not sure what you'd like me to do. You've reached out to them and I'm not really sure what type of admin intervention you're requesting. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:26, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

apology for about that,I would like to ask if this article could be protected from being moved, since they are suggesting on their user talk page that we should change this article's name.Happy editing --- ᗩvírαm7 • (@píng mє-tαlk mє) 13:57, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What happened to the article?

TL;DR You made an edit to an article I added and now the article is in a redirect loop(?)

The long story - The article "Billy Joel: Live at Yankee Stadium" (with a colon) redirected to "Billy Joel Discography." Another article, "Billy Joel - Live at Yankee Stadium" (with a dash) also redirected to "Billy Joel Discography."

I added content to the (dash) version and had the (colon) version redirect to it. Then someone changed the title to "Live at Yankee Stadium (Billy Joel video)" and everything was perfect.

Now, however, the two titles redirect to each other and the article I added is gone. Is there any way to revert "Live at Yankee Stadium (Billy Joel video)" to show the article I added? I'd try it myself, but I just seem to be making things worse. Baron Crimson (talk) 13:21, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I see now, the redirect became circular. The page is restored at Live at Yankee Stadium (Billy Joel video). Hey man im josh (talk) 13:24, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Baron Crimson (talk) 18:17, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promotion of 2016 Summer Olympics medal table

Congratulations, Hey man im josh! The list you nominated, 2016 Summer Olympics medal table, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, PresN (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:25, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hi Hey man im josh. Thank you for your work on Boccia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual BC1. Another editor, MPGuy2824, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

The ref is for the male version of the sport. please fix.

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-MPGuy2824 (talk) 11:03, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hi Hey man im josh. Thank you for your work on Boccia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual BC4. Another editor, MPGuy2824, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

one of the refs is for the BC1 version

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I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hi Hey man im josh. Thank you for your work on Boccia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual BC2. Another editor, MPGuy2824, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

one of the refs is for bc1

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-MPGuy2824 (talk) 11:08, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hi Hey man im josh. Thank you for your work on Boccia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual BC3. Another editor, MPGuy2824, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

one of the refs is for bc1

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-MPGuy2824 (talk) 11:09, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @MPGuy2824, just to recap what we briefly spoke about on Discord, these were actually created by someone else after I had created some redirects. Thanks for reviewing the pages and participating in the drive! Hey man im josh (talk) 12:02, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Bring It Now

Hello! A few days ago I tried publishing an article about a moving company called Bring It Now. It is my first time using Wikipedia and would love an explanation on why it was deleted and how I can edit it and get it posted! I had thought I followed all the guidelines and rules but if you can inform me what I did wrong id appreciate it for attempt #2! Thanks a ton, Bobby. BobbyJayy (talk) 16:27, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like your first edit was actually to this talk page, and I'm not finding anything under that name even when I change the capitalization. Hey man im josh (talk) 19:16, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I apologize, this is my first time using this site. Ill try again to publish it. BobbyJayy (talk) 12:43, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Future Events Redirects

Hey,

Apologies as you are becoming my go to for queries. What would you consider with regards to redirects for future events to the main competition. Is there tags that are relevant to this, and what would we consider excessive. This is my Example. Thanks in advance. Blethering Scot 20:16, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing to apologize for @Blethering Scot! It's all part of the collaborative effort and working together. My rule of thumb is generally "is it mentioned at the target", and is there anything at all useful there that someone who searches that event might find? My XfD log has some stuff in it that relates to this actually. Sometimes it's two years ahead (2026 Peach Bowl), sometimes the next three to four events may be valid redirects. It's case by case but if the redirect isn't useful because nothing is at the target that references it, then it should typically be deleted per WP:FUTURE. You'll notice I have some good recent examples in my xfd log actually, including WrestleMania, Olympics, basketball seasons, and a bit more.

Based on your example and the target, I think RfD is the way to go. I would say the redirect is misleading based on what's there.

Also, in case you ever want a second opinion from someone not me (you can always reach out to me, I'm definitely not pushing you away, but it's also great to learn from multiple sources), I encourage you to reach out to Utopes (next most redirect patrols next to myself until you came along), Tavix, or Thryduulf. The last two are two of the most active people at RfD, and they're both admins I've learned a lot from in discussions and from reaching out. Oh, one last person I'd feel bad about not mentioning is Steel1943, who has also taught me things and has been active at RfD for a long time. I've disagreed with every one of them and it's always been civil and a great opportunity to learn. Hey man im josh (talk) 21:55, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and for tags, r from subtopic, with possibilities, and print worthy. The season are sub topics of the overall target in a sense and it's probably more correct than the r from related topic tag. Hey man im josh (talk) 21:59, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Annual sack leaders

Hi Josh. Not sure if you want my recent edits to stay here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NFL_annual_sacks_leaders#NFL_annual_sacks_leaders. Someone was tinkering, I think they wanted to show that S. Barrett was retired and J. Houston is not currently active. I saw that Chandler Jones is shown as not active, but he is free agent. So I made Houston look the same way. Now, Vic Beasley is no longer active in the NFL, but he currently plays in the UFL. Bottom line, can we leave 'active' off for a free agent on this page, you know like the infobox would have it? It's not listed as active on a player page for a free agent. Just wondering. Thanks in advance. John Bringingthewood (talk) 01:08, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

== Had to share this. No rush to respond. Regarding my little T. J. Watt tantrum with the All-American infobox in August, I saw this today and was going to edit it. Beanie Bishop was a second-team All-American with the AP. Other selectors have him first. Same exact thing with Watt. But Bishop's page specifies first-team in the infobox. If we're using AP as the guide (when multiple selectors chose them), am I correct to edit Bishop to second-team? Truthfully, it's a sad situation when there are 15 selectors and basically 14 are irrelevant. Bringingthewood (talk) 03:12, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bringingthewood: Not active and retired are two different things and we need to think about it that way in my opinion, but I consider "active" to be active on a roster of any kind. I do think it's not really reasonable to mark them as inactive if they're a free agent during the offseason though. My feeling is they should be left as active during free agency, but once the season starts it does technically make sense to mark them as not active. That would be the most accurate I believe.

Re, first/second team, I'd default to whatever the college HoF recognizes, but I'm not sure which selectors those are. I believe there have been equally recognized selectors other than AP at various points, which is why it becomes a pain. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:14, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with that. I just wanted to make sure when I saw Jones one way and Houston another. On their Wikipedia page it's a no-no to have free agent listed in the infobox. You showed me that one, lol. So I had to ask. A bit confusing to a new reader, being that they tried to edit it yesterday. I think you're okay with the look right now, being that the season starts tonight. Beasley is in the UFL anyway. You have my word, if Houston or Jones are signed to a roster this weekend or any other weekend this season, I'll change it.

As far as AA selectors, I'll leave Beanie and Watt alone. I guess maybe AP, FWAA, and AFCA are higher on the pecking order than ESPN and CBS etc. Ridiculous. Thanks for all your input. John. Bringingthewood (talk) 23:59, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Confused by your reversion of a delete request

I am confused by your reversion of my request to delete the Draft redirect to List of amphibians of Vermont. I figured that now that the page has been accepted as an article, and is now in the main namespace (and there are no remaining links to the redirect--I checked), that it would be make sense to get rid of the redirect. What am I missing here? Unfortunately, your edit summary of Not U1 eligible means nothing to me.

It's not that important to me (other than wanting to clean up whatever cruft I've left behind), but I would like to understand.

Trackerwannabe (talk) 17:35, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Trackerwannabe: You tagged the page with a tag to indicate you wanted it deleted under the WP:U1 criteria. Being that the redirect is not in user space, it's not eligible for U1 deletion. There's no harm in having the redirect and it doesn't meet our definition of cruft. As far as cleaning up after yourself, that redirect was actually left behind by another user, but I understand the phrasing since it was something you worked on that caused that redirect. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:46, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay. Thanks.

I suspect it's going to be quite some time before I get a reasonable grasp of the ins and out of Wikipedia. Fortunately, though, I seem able to make useful contributions with whatever shallow I understanding I have.

Trackerwannabe (talk) 18:04, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The more rules you learn, the more you understand how many unknown rules are still out there! Your spirit of inquiry—"I am confused ... but I would like to understand"—will get you far here. For what it's worth, speedy deletion is on an extreme end of the "common sense gets you pretty far"–to–"bitter morass of bureaucracy" spectrum, so your reasonable grasp of the norms in most spots is probably stronger than you think. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 18:11, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Congrats!

Hi Josh. All of my rambling up there and I missed the promotion. Congrats on the 2016 Summer Olympics medal table! Feels like yesterday watching Phelps win six! Maybe he can paint the silver one. Regards, John. Bringingthewood (talk) 06:48, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Urgent advice

I recently edited on an article and was somehow logged out and made one logged out edit by mistake. Is there something I need to do? I'll appreciate any advice on this matter. PadFoot (talk) 15:56, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page watcher) If you're logged back in now, there's nothing else to do now... Reason for being logged out might be phab:T372702. Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 17:34, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, thanks @Vestrian24Bio. Also that reason seems likely. PadFoot (talk) 10:23, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you @7&6=thirteen! Hey man im josh (talk) 15:46, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Props

HMIJ, I do not know how you and other editors can keep up with watchlists during NFL Sundays lol. I mentioned this to another longtime editor. There are some good eggs out there trying to be helpful but the vandalism can be rampant. I try to stay away from current players' articles during Sunday afternoons and Sunday nights to make life a little easier. Red Director (talk) 15:44, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's fricken brutal some days, eh @Red Director? I too often wait until Monday because of the nuisance that is live updates, which some editors seem to insist on... Really wish WP:LIVESCORES applied everywhere! I happen to catch some things on my watchlist as I'm looking into fantasy stuff usually since I don't really edit on the weekends. Side note... I've won all 3 of my fantasy matches this week, so that's pretty cool at least! Hey man im josh (talk) 15:46, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Basic article writing

Hello! Id like to write an article and would just like to know the very basics of how to get it published and not denied. I so far understand that I can't be connected with the topic personally (I am not), and I need to be factually correct (Ill make sure to be). What id like to know is how can I optimize my chances of getting the article published? Should it be a certain length? How many sources should I provide and what kind of sources? Do I need sources etc...

Thank you in advance! -Bobby Jay BobbyJayy (talk) 16:45, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WP:My first article is the place to start I'd say @BobbyJayy. Hey man im josh (talk) 16:46, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Clarity

You declined two speedy deletions I tagged from original creations by blocked users:

Cave of the Beasts - this was "moved" and immediately moved back by the now blocked editor 2 mins later. It could arguably be considered disruptive. Pages I have tagged for deletion in the past in similar circumstances have been deleted.
Oloirien, Arusha Rural District - the rationale of duration is not in itself unreasonable, although the page wasn't further developed under this title.

I considered the circumstances on the history of each beforehand, and while I appreciate duration for the 2nd makes it slightly different a consideration, there is not in my view any reason to not proceed with removal on the first one, at least. Maybe you could offer your opinion under the criterion you believe to be more suitable. We typically use G5 for creations by blocked users, and the creation of disruptive redirects, including from the origin of page moves, i'd argue could fall under such criteria (with exceptions).

If my thought process around this scenario is incorrect, please point me towards the appropriate policy and correct protocol to consider in further cases. Thanks. Bungle ^{(talk • contribs)} 20:14, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cave of the Beasts – One could argue the move was disruptive, yes, but I think that'd be an unreasonable assertion. I don't think this would qualify as page move vandalism, it was simply an attempted renaming. "Cave of the Beasts" sounds more grammatically correct to some, even if that's not the actual name of the cave, and it could actually still serve as a useful search term. Never the less, I'm actually surprised to see it, but G5 doesn't explicitly state that we don't typically delete redirects from page moves. This is more of a best practice not to because there's an expectation that, unless there's a very good reason not to (such as a completely ridiculous redirect name), we always leave a redirect behind when a page is moved. The whole purpose is to keep people directed to what they're looking for, especially if they looked for it at a past name. With that said, I was not aware at the time of tagging that the page had only been there for two minutes, but I typically follow what the most active checkusers at WP:SPI do, which is usually leave the redirects from moves not deleted. I admit, this one is rather borderline given that it was only at the location for 2 minutes, but the redirect has now existed for over 4 months without issue and the article starts out with "The Cave of the Beasts..."

Regarding Oloirien, Arusha Rural District, that did not qualify for WP:G5 because this was a redirect left behind from a move you completed. Sometimes redirects from page moves qualify for G7, but, per WP:G7, For redirects created as a result of a page move, the mover must also have been the only substantive contributor to the pages before the move. However that's not the case, so that redirect wouldn't qualify based on that and based on the fact the article was at this location a few days shy of four months. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:21, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Woops, forgot to ping you @Bungle. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:21, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the thoughtful response, first of all. Speaking generally, there are numerous redirects from page moves I encounter awaiting review, where the author is subsequently blocked for sockpuppetry and later determined as having been a blocked editor when the move/action took place. If it is credible, I often do accept it than G5 (it if it's not an unreasonable redirect title), although in some cases, I have then seen it subsequently G5'ed later on, so the consistency isn't always there.

My thinking with "Cave of the Beasts" is that if it were a straight redirect created, you would not be able to argue against it being eligible for G5, only through your own discretion if it seemed reasonable to retain. I feel this is along the lines of what you're suggesting anyway, although I disagree with your view of it not being eligible for G5.

The second one I considered in the same way beforehand (that "technically", I became the author due to reverting the move). I have, however, previously seen these deleted in similar circumstances, perhaps through G6, but I can't recall precisely. I didn't suggest or consider G7 for the reasons you outlined. Perhaps there is a case to point this to Oloirien, if it's even a different place, as it appears to be erroneous with the current target.

I don't professs to know everything about policy or that everyone would always be agreeable with my actions, though it helps to understand those who take a different view, to consider whether they better represent consensus thinking. Thanks. Bungle ^{(talk • contribs)} 17:56, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Bungle, if you do G5 a page move redirect again and you notice it's a specific admin that's processed and deleted several of them, I'd appreciate being let know who did so so that I can pick their brain a bit. It's possible I'm off base, I also do not claim to know everything about policy and make it a point to state that I don't. I hate to actually say this, it's something I was specifically trying to avoid saying on a talk page, but I'm hoping it'll get lost in the rest of the messages here... There are socks who specifically move redirects to other redirect titles in order to avoid their "creations" (redirects) getting deleted. There's a handful of specific sockmasters I have in mind for this, but it's part of their regular MO, and it's what has caused some of the redirects to stand when they wouldn't have if they were created in the regular fashion. This is actually a big part of where my thinking on the subject comes from, as I do do a lot of deletions (I think I'm fourth or something for the year?) and review a lot of redirects (I currently lead that category for the year), so it's something that I've dealt with a good bit. In doing so, I have tried to clean up the NPP queue by finding G5 eligible items, and I've found that those at SPI, and the tools they use, do not delete redirects left behind from moves in these cases. Possibly I inferred it somewhere or it's just a best practice I picked up somewhere? Again though, I could possibly be dealing with these better for all I know, and I would like to know if that were the case. I feel strongly that the redirect to Olorieni should be kept, especially because it's not under the sock's name now, but the other one I'm feeling quite wishy-washy about because of the 2 minute thing. That one could definitely be a judgement call that I could have gone the other way on had I initially realized it had been that short of a time. Initially, I just validate that the redirect was from a page move and that it made at least some sense (not R3 eligible then), not how long it had been at the title.

I could be wrong, but I do think Olorieni and Oloirien might be ever so slightly different? I'm not super sure, but they're both part of a "district" named Arusha, their names and coordinates are pretty close, but one is in an infobox for Arusha City Council, Arusha while the other is in an infobox for Arusha District Council, Arusha. The areas covered by those two pages look pretty darn close, but different from one another, and with a different number of wards in each, square km, and population. Hey man im josh (talk) 18:15, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your honesty here (in different ways, particularly an admission that you aren't always right either, which I respect more than a doubling-down approach). The matter in hand is trivial enough that it isn't actually going to be contentious either way, whether you supported my tagging or not, but I thank you for at least trying to rationalise your thought process on it. I know that you are relatively new to having usage of additional tools, though I also know you have more hands-on experience at NPP than I do. It used to frustrate me with the sheer amount of policy one had to familiarise themselves with, however I now moreso find frustration where policy is vague or lacking in matters which typically end up as discretionary decisions.

No idea on the credibility of those places to be honest. The fact that one was renamed to essentially the other one has thrown me a bit, and I considered that something seemingly erroneous, and generated by a blocked sock, may warrant removal to avoid further confusion. Although I am on the fence if they are different localities, if even just slightly. Bungle ^{(talk • contribs)} 21:23, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Admin role

hello Josh, I am considering applying for the admin role on English wiki.

please what do you think about my account and my chances to get selected. Thank you. Ugwulebo (talk) 20:41, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To be blunt @Ugwulebo, you do not currently have a chance. While there's no official threshold, most editors expect somewhere between 8 to 10 thousand edits, at minimum, as well as work in a number of administrator related areas, such as reporting vandals at WP:AIV or username violations at WP:UAA. Keep at it and maybe some day. Hey man im josh (talk) 12:19, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your blunt reply. I will keep improving my contributions. Ugwulebo (talk) 12:25, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Content model

Hi Josh, could you please help me out by changing the content model for User:BaranBOT/RestrictionScan from text to JSON? Thanks in advance! – DreamRimmer (talk) 17:49, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like you are offline at the moment. This is pretty urgent for me, so I am going to move the request to WP:AN. Thanks for understanding! – DreamRimmer (talk) 17:55, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the delay @DreamRimmer! This has been completed. Hey man im josh (talk) 18:19, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks :) – DreamRimmer (talk) 18:21, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Garden State Film Festival

Hi Josh! I did not know that I can't post about our Call For Entries. We are an arts non profit looking for help. Could you please unblock me so that we can continue to ensure factual information is on your site? Also, I know Laura McCullough and just learned that she is an expert with your website. I will make sure to find someone to help us instead of it being me.

173.70.32.42 (talk) 20:18, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the unblock template from this message. Please login to your account and use the template on your user talk page, not here. Hey man im josh (talk) 20:19, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

	The Working Man's Barnstar
	I give you this for continuing to improve articles while doing administrator work. Congratulations on recently going over 300,000 edits. You voluntarily took on a greater role with administrator duties and that is to be commended from my vantage point at least. Best wishes Red Director (talk) 23:18, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh wow! forgot to congratulate you on 300K edits. Very impressive! Fathoms Below (talk) 23:28, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much @Red Director!! I've been a big fan of yours for a long long time and I so very much appreciate your kind words. Hey man im josh (talk) 16:40, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Need help

Hi Josh! I need help determining whether 2024 MTV Video Music Awards is considered as an article or a list... Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 01:19, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Vestrian24Bio: From a quick look, I'd imagine list would be more appropriate. We've got plenty of award lists like that already, with the first one that springs to mind being Academy Awards. Hey man im josh (talk) 16:42, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Would you mind taking a look at 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup qualification as well, Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 05:58, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think it could be argued as such, as yes. Hey man im josh (talk) 12:07, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, Thanks.

Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 13:40, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User renaming

Hi, Hey man im josh, please change my name in Redirect autopatrol list because my username has been changed from Aviram7 to Bhairava7. Happy editing --- Bhairava7 • (@píng mє-tαlk mє) 12:45, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bhairava7: Done. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:11, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you

	Special:Diff/1241715198
	:wikimoyai: 1234qwer 1234qwer 4 21:13, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

YAY A BARNSTAR! Not clicking the diff! Just assuming it's good things @1234qwer1234qwer4! Just gonna add it to my collection instead of looking! Hey man im josh (talk) 12:08, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!

For the article protection. You're a star. Knitsey (talk) 13:54, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No problem at all. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:57, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

List of Vegas Golden Knights seasons and FLC

On the note of the GMs FL nomination - the seasons list is at seven entries, with season eight about to begin. Would I stand a chance if I improved/nominated it for FL in the near-future, or should I just wait until the end of the upcoming season? The Kip ^(contribs) 23:02, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Deferring to discussion at User_talk:PresN#List_of_Vegas_Golden_Knights_seasons_and_FLC. Hey man im josh (talk) 11:57, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Orphan article Scott Vlaun

Greetings, Today I de-orphaned this article by adding a link at List of photographers, United States section.

Help to de-orphan articles.

1. WikiProject Orphanage - working to reduce the article backlog.

2. Wikipedia:Orphan - the complete How-to Guide for Orphaned articles.

» De-orphaning articles is an important aspect of building the web.

Cheers, JoeNMLC (talk) 08:38, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @JoeNMLC. Thank you for de-orphaning the article. Yes, I am aware of that WikiProject, but I am not interested in taking on more projects at the moment, but thank you for thinking of me. Hey man im josh (talk) 11:58, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question

The bot says I have 69 mainspace edits. I have 400 edits. Why is this failing?? Source: https://xtools.wmcloud.org/ec/en.wikipedia.org/Cooldudeseven7 Cooldudeseven7 (Discuss over a cup of tea?) 17:14, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Cooldudeseven7: See this link to see the difference spaces in which you have edits. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:16, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Whats the difference between all of the spaces? Do reverts count?? Cooldudeseven7 (Discuss over a cup of tea?) 17:19, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Cooldudeseven7: Each WP:Namespace. Each namespace has their own purpose, but "mainspace" is typically where articles are hosted. Reverts do count as edits. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:20, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the information! Cooldudeseven7 (Discuss over a cup of tea?) 17:30, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Brian Solis

Sorry I was not able to contest the speedy deletion nomination in time. I think you missed my comment on the Talk Page. The page wasn’t a repost; I spent days creating it from scratch with many sources. The deletion debate lacked thorough research. There’s significant coverage of the subject, as confirmed in a previous debate [1] years ago. I added all the sources from that debate and more. Reviews of his books and descriptions by respected experts like Andrew Keen and Chris Brogan, all cited in my page, support his notability. My page should be restored and you can nominate it for a deletion debate to determine the current consensus. The first debate had more comments and arguments and resulted in a keep. Even the nominator changed their vote to keep, while the second ended in delete with only two comments. So, is he notable or not? My page and the earlier debate both affirm his notability. JJelax (talk) 11:28, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@JJelax: Your creation was similar enough to that which was deleted at the most recent AfD discussion, which actually had 3 participants (the nominator counts). The more recent AfD, from about 8 months ago, takes precedent over the older one, which was over 9 and a half years ago. Keep in mind that the previous discussion was linked from the recent one, which would have led to the past discussion being read. The consensus is recent enough, and the page similar enough, that I do not intend to restore and nominate the article at AfD. Hey man im josh (talk) 11:55, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Hey man im josh. I forgot that the nominator would also count as a participant. But why did the AFD not review any of the sources in the first one? There are also many other sources not mentioned in the first AFD. There are also academic papers about his work. Solis meets all the notability criteria for creative professionals and writers. He is known for originating a significant new concept (Pillars of Influence theory) which has been analyzed in academic papers published in Journalism & Mass Communication Educator [1] and Journal of Social and Political Sciences [2]. He has created significant and well-known works that have been the primary subject of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews such as this review in Journalism & Mass Communication Educator [3], this review in International Journal of Advertising [4] and this one in Financial Times [5]. He is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by peers (many examples in news articles and academic papers) JJelax (talk) 12:27, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Bjorn Vidoe

Hey... man :)

Absolutely no issue with you declining the G4 request at Draft:Bjorn Vidoe. I only requested it because Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bjørn Vidø closed as delete, and this draft is part of a set of several at slightly different spellings. Northamerica1000 already deleted Draft:Bjorn Vidos, the redirs at Bjorn Vidoe, Bjørn Vidø and Draft:Bjorn Vido, and possibly others. So I thought Draft:Bjorn Vidoe could go, too. (And yes, I now realise it would have made much more sense to just ping Northamerica1000... but alas, my best ideas often come too late!)

Up to you, I've no strong feelings about it either way.

Best, -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 15:14, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@DoubleGrazing: The two draft titles you point to were redirects, which is reflected in the G8 rationale they were deleted under. The difference is that the G4 request applies to a draft of an article, not to a redirect or mainspace article. I don't personally see a reason why we would need to rush and delete the draft, as opposed to letting someone try to address the reasons the page got deleted in the first place. Hey man im josh (talk) 15:17, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, my bad, I didn't spot that they were also redirs. There are two editors (possibly only one) who have created multiple versions of these and moved them around, I guess I lost track of them.

Alright, duly corrected, I'll have a stern word with myself for not paying proper attention. -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 15:29, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@DoubleGrazing: Mistakes happen, no biggy. You were confused about something that logically didn't make sense to you until the final bit (that they're redirects) became clear. Hey man im josh (talk) 15:31, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Pedong (community development block)

Review the page https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Pedong_(community_development_block) WB851300 (talk) 15:29, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@WB851300: No. Hey man im josh (talk) 15:30, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding my NPP rights

Hi Josh, I hope all is well with you. I humbly request that you grant me permanent NPP rights. Since I've only started contributing to the backlog (having earned 333 points so far) and considering that the 2 month trial is almost up, I figured it would be appropriate to ask now in case I forgot. I'll be extremely busy for the entirety of next month and the month after that, so I won't do much in the way of NPP patrolling until December. Thanks for your understanding, Wolverine XI ^{(talk to me)} 19:52, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Wolverine XI, I actually have some work I'm looking to wrap up before I'm expecting to be less active for a bit. I encourage you to make the request at WP:PERM/NPR so someone else can complete the review properly, since I'm not sure I have the time to do so. Hey man im josh (talk) 15:54, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for pointing that out. I'll request there instead. Wolverine XI ^{(talk to me)} 19:03, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:DotCoderr

Hello, and thanks for opening the SPI. Are the articles they created eligible for speedy G5? Wikishovel (talk) 09:25, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Wikishovel: I would have liked to get confirmation, but I'll give it some thought and maybe tag the user page tomorrow. It felt about as clear as can be, especially once they edit warred to remove it. It's just SPI is not my forte, but if I was ever sure, I think this would be one of the times. If/when I do tag the user page I'll follow up with the appropriate G5 deletions. I expect I'll see them again during my NPP work. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:55, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, and do shout if you want a spare pair of hands on the cleanup. Wikishovel (talk) 13:57, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

National Monuments

Your mass nomination regarding National Monuments is not processed at WP:CFDS. I guess there are two possible ways forward. Either you find an admin who is willing to process it from this platform, or you move it all to full discussion. If the latter, you may count on my support. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:09, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Marcocapelle: I'm pretty disappointed that the user has failed to elaborate after I think it was 5 pings and 3 talk page notices, and I think the changes will go through CFD fairly smoothly... but it's a pain to do so to be honest. I really should, but I was kind of hoping that at least the non-national monuments ones would be moved. Really don't feel like a CFD should be necessary to match capitalization that has stood for 7 years, but alas. Maybe I'll be up for it on Monday, I do want to wrap it up, it just makes CFDS so much bigger than it needs to be for a month now. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:28, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:HouseBlaster listed them in full CfD today. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:18, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Very grateful to @HouseBlaster for taking care of this!! Hey man im josh (talk) 15:47, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

List of NFL annual forced fumbles leaders

Hello, can you please indicate what sources are available that meet WP:NLIST for this topic? I spent about 10-20 minutes searching but couldn't find any, hence the tag. I'd like to add NLIST-compliant sources to the article, like I did at List of NFL career passer rating leaders. Left guide (talk) 12:57, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Left guide. I'm a bit busy, but the article is actually on my featured list to do list. It'll eventually show it, but for now I don't really have the time. I do however still strongly believe the tag is unnecessary and, to be honest, actually forgot I created the article. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:23, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

1992 Summer Olympics FLC and other FLCs I've been keep up with

Hello,

I see that you are expanding 1992 Summer Olympics medal table for what appears to be a future featured list promotion. I did attempt to add a few nations that won either their first gold and/or overall Summer Olympic medals along with references backing up that information. If you could see anymore nations that I've missed, feel free to add to that list with an appropriate reference backing that fact.

Also I was planning to add photos of some of the athletes that won gold at this specific edition. Unfortunately, Vitaly Scherbo, who was the leader in golds and overall medals, has no fair use image that I could use. Which athletes do you think I could add on to the side of the table?

I plan to submit 76th Primetime Emmy Awards for FLC on October 10, and I have a current FLC with List of accolades received by Oppenheimer (film). If you have time, could you review that list for featured list promotion? Sgubaldo and I would appreciate the feedback. Birdienest81talk 07:43, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Birdienest81: Thank you! I'm really getting bummed out at the number of significant athletes without an image, and I'm struggling to find appropriate images to include (particularly first time medal or gold winners for countries). I'll definitely be nomming it when I can. If/when I get time I'll do what I can in terms of reviews. Hey man im josh (talk) 10:09, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promotion of 1996 Summer Olympics medal table

Congratulations, Hey man im josh! The list you nominated, 1996 Summer Olympics medal table, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, PresN (talk) via FACBot (talk) 12:25, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Thank you and the committee!! Hard to believe it's been a year... Hey man im josh (talk) 10:06, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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I missed another one!

Hi Josh. CONGRATS on yet another gold medal promotion up there. I really need to start paying attention. :/ Regards, John. Bringingthewood (talk) 01:13, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lol no worries, and thanks John, there's no need to feel bad for not congratulating me each time :P Hey man im josh (talk) 01:44, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome and it's never a problem. I didn't think I would be here this often ... and it's too late to punish you now, lol. Enjoy your weekend. John. Bringingthewood (talk) 02:03, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Review edits

Hey, Josh. We may have not met, but I want you to know, a glitch on my computer's web browser caused me (in the middle of me logging me into my account) to edit without my username. This problem has been going for the past ten minutes since logging in.

My contribution to this article is tied to an IP address here while my recent edits to Jimmy Iovine and his former label, Interscope Records (IGA/CMG - UMG labels) are tied to me by name ([2][3]).

I assure you, these edits were planned, but my browser's bug and glitch causing my account to bounce in and out between my IP and user edits are unintentional. Please review this for me and see if my username edits are tied to my IP edit for its sister label, please and thank you. Appreciate it. Hope not to get blocked again for evasion or sock puppeting. Darrion "Beans" Brown 🙂 (my talk page / my sandbox) 05:33, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Promotion of 1994 Winter Olympics medal table

Congratulations, Hey man im josh! The list you nominated, 1994 Winter Olympics medal table, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, PresN (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:25, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for updating the leaderboard

Thanks for updating User:BaranBOT/Task 1/Drives/2024-09 New Page Patrol/leaderboard! I have fixed a minor typo in my total points for Week 3 in Special:Diff/1249914447, where the digit after the decimal point needs to be an even digit, not an odd digit. GTrang (talk) 14:15, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Appreciate it @GTrang, just going through and double checking everything now before sending out awards. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:18, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

September 2024 NPP backlog drive – Points award

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September 2024 NPP backlog drive – Streak award

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Virtual handshake

Thanks for always stepping up!

I know we do not work together closely, but I wanted to say thanks for the fact I always see you popping up. If I casually browse Discord, there you are to answer a question or assist someone. If I decide I wanna participate in a backlog, you are there coordinating and handing out the barnstars. This is labourious and often thankless, so, thanks! — MaxnaCarta ( 💬 • 📝 ) 04:56, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for the acknowledgement and kind words @MaxnaCarta, it's always nice to receive these types of messages and I love when folks take time out of their day to send them. You've put a smile on my face and I wanted to say I've also noticed you and appreciate all that you do as well :) Hey man im josh (talk) 14:15, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ahh

Obviously, I need to get hit in the head with a big brass bell! Congrats again, Josh! Maybe I should send these messages under the promotion .. it will save you some well-needed space, lol. You're the man! John. Bringingthewood (talk) 21:39, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, thanks as always John :) Hey man im josh (talk) 15:13, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Odisha Pol

Hey, I noticed that you redirected many names of Odisha politicians to the 17th Odisha Assembly. I was creating articles on them. Should I continue?

For example: Seemarani Nayak. GrabUp - Talk 15:37, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh by all means @GrabUp. I can actually delete them if you intend to finish out the set? Hey man im josh (talk) 15:38, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I will create them all, surely, but slowly slowly. Thanks GrabUp - Talk 15:39, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I believe that should be all of the redirects I created @GrabUp. Hey man im josh (talk) 15:47, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much. 🥰 GrabUp - Talk 15:48, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Odisha finished; Thank you for giving your time to review these. GrabUp - Talk 17:14, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the work you put in to make them. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:14, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"The page ‪* has been reviewed."

Hey Josh, I got a notice saying "The page ‪Paris of the Plains‬ has been reviewed." with your username linked at the bottom. I'll admit I'm quite new to creating articles and doing more than wikignoming. May I ask what that means? TheBooker66 (talk) 15:42, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @TheBooker66, it just means I marked the redirect you created (Paris of the Plains), which redirects to Kansas City, Missouri was marked as reviewed. This is a function of WP:NPP, of which I am a part of. While it's not a ringing endorsement of any of your creations, it just means there's no obvious errors with the redirect that mean it should be immediately dealt with. Personally I will say I do think the redirect makes sense, since it's a nickname for the city. Hey man im josh (talk) 15:44, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, thank you! I'll make sure to read WP:NPP. Just one more question: I looked through history of Paris of the Plains and couldn't find any mention of your review there. Do reviews not show up there, or did I miss it? TheBooker66 (talk) 15:50, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@TheBooker66: Admins (I am one) and those with the WP:New Page Reviewer user group get a special option to mark pages as reviewed, which shows up in the page logs (here), but not in the edit history. You don't need to read through WP:NPP unless you really want to, but a page being marked as reviewed is typically a good thing. It just removes it from our "pages to be reviewed" queue. Hey man im josh (talk) 15:53, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ahh, the logs. Alrighty, and thank you once more. I might not fully read through it, but I'll at least skim as not to be totally ignorant. TheBooker66 (talk) 15:56, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

waving... I'm new here, navigating my way around. interesting accolades

Airypedia (talk) 23:03, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the adorable cat @Airypedia! I hope you enjoy your time here and thank you for signing up to contribute. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:49, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for checking my redirects

Thanks for checking my redirects. wait how do you do it? how do you check redirects? is it just redirects because when I made a new page I didn't get a message saying it was checked? so are there different people to check pages and redirects? I don't think ill ever wanna do it though, what if make a mistake and allow a bad redirect or a bad page to exist and it stays on wikipedia for years, im just cerous/wondering how you do it. Anthony2106 (talk) 13:42, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Anthony2106. Admins (of which I am one) and members of the WP:New Page Reviewer (NPR) user group have the option to mark pages as reviewed. I see that the article you mention, Angeline (Heartbreak High), has not yet been marked as reviewed, which is why you haven't received a message about it. All of the NPR members have the option to patrol redirects and articles, but each reviewer has their own interests and focuses and there's no requirement that they focus on anything specific. I myself prefer to patrol redirects, as it's often pretty easy to say "well this makes sense, I'll mark it as reviewed", whereas I typically have to do a bit more work for article reviews (not that I don't do them, I've done over 4,000 this year). As for a mistake, well, that happens to all of us. All we can do is our best, skip pages we're not comfortable marking as reviewed, and ask questions when we're unsure. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:46, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You think my new page would of made it past articles for creation if I made it a draft?, I think it would because its just a episode, but I was worried it wouldn't so just made it directly, I thought to myself "if its longer then other page its fine" The Yellow Lotus was way shorter when made. Also if my page is never approved does it get deleted? Anthony2106 (talk) 14:02, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I gotta be honest @Anthony2106, episode articles are not my forte and I don't typically review those. With that said, the length of the pages are not typically the primary concern, but what determines notability will typically be the sources available. For articles, if the page is never marked as reviewed it simply stays in the new page queue. For redirects, they're removed from the queue after six months. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:05, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ok thank you. Anthony2106 (talk) 14:15, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@user:Hey man im josh You know the redirect I made: Mental heath conditions well I didn't realize till after but its slightly pointless because it has a "s" at the end and I ended up not even using it. Do you think redirects with an "s" at the end are pointless? Also I vandled one time, you think this will stop me form becoming an admin? Anthony2106 (talk) 22:37, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Anthony2106: I think possible search terms, which include the pluralized versions of words, are helpful. They're certainly not making Wikipedia worse with their existence. As for adminship, that's likely a couple years away at minimum, but a vandalism edit early in isn't a disqualifying factor so long as it stopped and you build a good body of work afterwords. We all make mistakes. Hey man im josh (talk) 23:03, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Hey man im josh Hey can you please make my mum link to my Mom it's been protected for the last 12 years. Anthony2106 (talk) 09:31, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Correction of errant title move

Hi, Hey man im josh! I saw you reviewed my errant title, Disney Junior (UK & Ireland)), which I moved from Disney Junior (British and Irish TV channel), instead of Disney Junior (UK & Ireland), the latter of which was my actual target and the latter two are currently redirects. Could you please move the page to Disney Junior (UK & Ireland) without leaving a redirect, since it's what I was going for/ The rationales/reasons for this is evident at the "Cartoon Network (Central & Eastern Europe)" section here, the RM at Talk:Channel 33 (Israel) and the move rationales by Number 57 here contrary to this. Thanks. Intrisit (talk) 18:58, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Intrisit: I'm not on PC now so I'd suggest you make the request at WP:RM/TR instead. I'd rather not try to correct it via mobile. Hey man im josh (talk) 20:31, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Using WP:NORUSH here, please execute this when you're on PC, whenever you're ready! I ain't rushing to see this done now though. Thanks! Intrisit (talk) 20:54, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This has been fixed @Intrisit. Hey man im josh (talk) 12:06, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks and thanks so much; I can't thank you enough!!! :) :) Intrisit (talk) 15:07, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A quick question

Hi Josh! I had a quick question regarding informing people about a FLC. Since one of mine is currently in the "urgently needs reviewers" box, I'm thinking of leaving a notice on a few WikiProject talk pages. The issue is that I'm not sure whether that would be canvassing or not (because obviously members of certain WikiProjects could be biased). Thanks! :) Sir MemeGod  13:35, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No issue @Sir MemeGod. I've done that for some nominations needing reviews in the past and I encourage you to use Template:FC notice, as it's neutral. The idea is to just make sure that your notification is neutral, which the template is. It makes perfect sense to notify the groups that are most interested and knowledgeable on the subject, it doesn't inherintly mean that the reviews are going to be biased. I use Gonzo Fan2007 as an example of this. We both love American football, but few people grill me harder about my nominations than they do because they're so in the know on the subject. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:42, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, thanks! :) Sir MemeGod  13:51, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect pages about fire

Hello Josh! I have found you reviewed the redirections I made about fire quenching. Are they OK?

Thanks! Scriptir (talk) 14:54, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Scriptir: If redirects have been marked as reviewed that typically means that a reviewer feels the redirect is relevant to the target and presents no obvious issues. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:55, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OK. Thanks! Scriptir (talk) 22:14, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your comment at the tectonic plate lowercasing RM, now relisted

Thanks, and the RM at the talk page of Eurasian Plate was relisted on the 15th, so not much time left. Logic and commonsense would keep the uppercasing on the 90+ plates under discussion, but lowercasers are using the casing guideline, which some of us have countered with WP:IAR and WP:COMMONSENSE which is under fairly intense discussion. If you agree with this approach, or even have more comments, your additional participation may be useful. Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:24, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I hope this message is being sent to all participants to avoid the illusion of canvassing @Randy Kryn. With that said, it's the same three that typically show up to support Dicklyon's proposed moves. I don't think IAR is necessary, as there seems to be a fairly clear consensus against the move which some folks are attempting to bludgeon against. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:36, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Actually the relisting editor mentioned that the opposers had no guideline or policy reason to keep the uppercasing, so the IAR route may be the only one that might hold up as actual policy. And of course, the lowercasers should also have a chance to comment on the further relisting and use of WP:IAR but some already have. I'll notify all but they seem to know about it. Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:42, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Randy Kryn: My POV is that COMMONNAME and sources were fairly clear, despite cherry picked sourcing and the nearly always useless ngram usage that certain editors always rely on to downcase anything that has a common noun. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:43, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, but the relisting editor Amakuru put their thumb on the scale by disregarding Commonname, IAR, and any other points in what seemed to me to be a logical overwhelming consensus. There is quite the discussion taking place on Amakuru's talk page which may be of interest. I hope you keep track of the RM, as it will likely be challenged once closed. Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:49, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Randy Kryn: Amakuru is not an unreasonable person, so it'd be best to speak to them directly about it. I've found it best that I walk away from RMs because far too many people bludgeon the absolute hell out of them and cherry pick stats, while ignoring relevant context, in order to down case anything with a common noun. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:51, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, Amakuru has been quite reasonable, which is why I was surprised at their thumb-on-scale comment, and I opened the discussion at their talk page a couple of days ago. Commonname would be argued by the existing n-grams which, although their approach is errorfilled, nonetheless are being used to lowercase what would be a massive change in Wikipedia's geology collection. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:57, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ngrams are absolutely useless for anything that includes any type of common noun imo @Randy Kryn. It's why so many clear proper names end up being downcased with an argument of "inconsistency", even when relevant context and subject matter experts are brought up. I've basically accepted that some of our processes are flawed enough that some editors are able to continue to cause anything with a common noun in it to be downcased. Certainly not an improvement to Wikipedia, which makes us as a whole look worse, and some people should find better ways to contribute. Hey man im josh (talk) 15:01, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, and this is a big one as a major change to Wikipedia's geology and geographic collections, of long-term proper names, and in the size of the items under discussion - the largest named structures on Earth! The "improvement" and "maintaining" aspects are why maybe only IAR can save the uppercasing, but time will tell. Thanks again. Randy Kryn (talk) 15:07, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia has now lowercased the largest named structures on Earth, its tectonic plates. The lowercasers can party like it's 1899! Randy Kryn (talk) 01:36, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah what a shame that "inconsistent capitalization among sources" leads to downcasing against what subject matter experts state. Seems to only be necessary to show that there's ANY inconsistency, which is obviously going to happen when those unfamiliar with a subject don't realize that the nouns in some proper names are meant to be capitalized and misreport it without the capitalization. Self fulfilling cycle, leading to a worse state of Wikipedia. Hey man im josh (talk) 12:11, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This, though, is a major one, this now-present error in Wikipedia (uppercased in Britannica and many other sources) presents a societal shift in how the plates are viewed. This one should be challenged, but maybe someone other than myself should do so as I was quite active in the discussion. Do you want to address this in a challenge or maybe one of the geologists would be better (although the first step, of course, is to ask the closer to overturn). Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:02, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the delay in replying, but I'm not the one to make the challenge @Randy Kryn. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:05, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Will possibly add a comment to the closer's talk page later. Randy Kryn (talk) 13:23, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Glock

Well of course, now I look like a total numbnuts for reporting a globally locked LTA just for a username vio. But I wish the WMF would make it slightly more obvious when they do. I mean, our block notices are generally impossible to miss. But even though a Glock is even (far far) more severe a sanction than a local block, the info's buried away in the contribs page. Talk about counterintuitive. Hope all is well! SerialNumber54129 17:00, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No worries at all @Serial Number 54129, you'll never look like a numbnuts for trying to help protect Wikipedia :P I've done the same thing myself in the past! I agree, it would really be nice if the strikethrough option that some of us have enabled for blocked users also applied to globally locked users. That might actually be a useful request now that I'm thinking about it... Hey man im josh (talk) 17:02, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I just asked and apparently a script for this exists @Serial Number 54129. Check out User:GeneralNotability/mark-locked.js or User:DaxServer/Mark-locked.js. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:17, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That was quick, I was just replying with "That would be a great ida" :) I'll try the new script now. Thanks very much! Anything to save my blushes at UAA! Cheers, SerialNumber54129 17:20, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Afton

I just draftified Michael Afton, and noticed you deleted the article several months ago. Does the creator of the draft seem familiar to you? I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 22:11, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@I dream of horses: That's actually one of the few LTAs I'm familiar with, and it's not obvious to me at this time whether that's them or not. For clarification though, that page, when I deleted it, was a redirect. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:44, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Hey man im josh Thanks for asking! At least there's some level of behavior difference. I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 15:40, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@I dream of horses: Im not saying for sure it's not them for what it's worth. I'm just saying there's not enough for me to report at SPI. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:38, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough. I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 18:57, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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A cup of tea for you!

Thanks for patrolling the redirects I just created. I enjoy seeing my watchlist refresh and update with reviews :-) LR.127 (talk) 02:40, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Awww, thank you for your thanks and the effort you put in creating these helpful redirects @LR.127! Hey man im josh (talk) 02:41, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Rogers Centre Ottawa

I checked the website and it's branded as "Rogers Centre Ottawa" since they probably don't want to confuse it with the stadium in Toronto.

Check it out: https://rogers-centre.ca/ HalfOfAnOrange (talk) 17:04, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Huh, my mistake. Sorry for reverting in that case then @HalfOfAnOrange. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:19, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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My company topic submission declined due to it's not adequately supported by reliable sources and i don't have enough resources that mention my company or the website. Ahmed-reda-galal (talk) 08:02, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ahmed-reda-galal: Then the company is likely not considered notable enough (based on Wikipedia notability guidelines) to have its own article. See WP:NCORP for the relevant guidelines. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:07, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Ernest Kanitz

Could you please restore what was A7ed to draftspace? I was going to redirect the page to Gertrud Kanitz#Persobal life but wanted to see what was there previously. I believe he is notable. Thanks! FloridaArmy (talk) 12:57, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @FloridaArmy, it's not really worth restoring. It's simply "Ernst Kanitz born on April 9, 1894 in Vienna. Died in Palo Alto, CA in 1978." Hey man im josh (talk) 13:02, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, thanks. Probably would have been developed by now if it would have been left.. Take care. Thabks for your help. FloridaArmy (talk) 13:05, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Some redirect edit conflicts over at WP:AFC/R

Hello! Hope you're doing well.

I accepted the redirect here because it was mentioned in the target article, just hidden behind a collapsed table. You declined the redirect - and so the page section at WP:AFC/R shows that it was declined even though the redirect was created. That looks to be the only edit conflict I could spot. If you want to look over it again, that would be great. Cheers :-). LR.127 (talk) 14:43, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah no worries @LR.127, that should be the only one. Hey man im josh (talk) 21:14, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Quintets

You're so fast at NPP! Myrealnamm (💬pros · 📜cons) 21:13, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Right place, right time! Hey man im josh (talk) 21:14, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

About Bairakanda

I'm curious why you marked Bairakanda as "reviewed". I don't know much about NPP, but I am surprised that this article, which was moved out of Draft space by its creator after being moved there because there is no evidence that the article's topic exists, and is tagged for AFD and has no verifiable references, merits "reviewed" status. What am I missing? Thanks. – Jonesey95 (talk) 02:03, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jonesey95: It's simply standard practice to mark pages sent to AfD as removed. The idea being it's undergoing a community review in a sense, making an individual NPPer reviewing it redundant and unnecessary. Our time can be better spent on other articles, so we do so with the knowledge that, if kept, it's already marked as reviewed, and if deleted, it really doesn't matter. Hey man im josh (talk) 02:21, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promotion of List of Detroit Lions Pro Bowl selections

Congratulations, Hey man im josh! The list you nominated, List of Detroit Lions Pro Bowl selections, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, PresN (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:26, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	Speedy Endorse for a barnstar. Never have I ever seen such a fast acting and hard working admin! ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Cooldudeseven7 _{join in on the tea talk} 17:31, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well thank you so much for the kind words and barnstar @Cooldudeseven7! Hey man im josh (talk) 19:02, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No problem

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Wabash Precincts

Instead of rapid fire deleting pages from areas that are not in Canada but are under the jurisdiction of WikiProject Illinois, why did you not instead try to improve them with information that was provided on those pages from the government of Illinois? Rhatsa26X (talk) 00:02, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This was what was done in neighboring Edwards County, which like Wabash County and around 20 other counties in Illinois. Rhatsa26X (talk) 00:04, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Rhatsa26X, excuse me? What pages did I supposedly delete? I'm not sure what relevance Canada is to the discussion, but for reference, there is no such thing as jurisdiction on Wikipedia. It's not my responsibility to improve pages that I don't have an interest in. I simply marked redirects as reviewed because the redirects were valid, if they stayed as redirects. Hey man im josh (talk) 00:30, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I just got notification that every single page for every precinct in Wabash County, Illinois has been deleted and you were the one who nominated every one for it. Rhatsa26X (talk) 02:49, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Rhatsa26X: You're definitely misunderstanding something, because I definitely haven't nominated any precincts for deletion. Please look at your notifications again, you'll see that I marked the redirects as reviewed. Someone else redirected the pages. So I'll ask again, what does Canada have to do with evaluating whether a redirect to a target is logical or not? Even if I had nominated them for deletion, the fact I'm Canadian is entirely irrelevant, so I encourage you to not attack editors and imply their opinion is irrelevant based on where they are from. Hey man im josh (talk) 03:07, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RfD nomination statements

Hi. Normally I wouldn't worry about this but as you make a lot of RfD nominations, note that it is redirects for discussion (not deletion), so your nomination statement should include a recommended action (or at least be clear that you aren't specifically suggesting anything) as often it seems as though you are advocating deletion but haven't stated so explicitely. From WP:RFDHOWTO step 2 "The action you would like to occur (deletion, re-targeting, etc.) and the rationale for that action.". Thanks. A7V2 (talk) 03:32, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@A7V2: The implied desired outcome, when one is not stated, is deletion. I don't think that's unexpected in any way when I state something is not mentioned at the target and there's no relevant information there. When I believe there may be a better outcome I absolutely do state the desired outcome / suggestion, historically speaking. Hey man im josh (talk) 03:58, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In appreciation

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		For being yourself. Enjoy a sausage sandwich next time you watch some handegg. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 14:20, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Awwww hell yeahhhhhhh! Thanks @AirshipJungleman29, may your next sandwich on a bun be as delicious as this barnstar =D Hey man im josh (talk) 14:22, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Great job!

Congrats again.. Josh! You're doing as well as the Lions!! Regards, John. Bringingthewood (talk) 20:58, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There's a joke ot be made about the Lions winning a Super Bowl and me having the most FLs in the WikiCup, I'm just not clever enough to make it haha. Thanks John! Hey man im josh (talk) 11:57, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

List of accolades received by Oppenheimer (film) source review

Hello,

I was wondering if you could do a source review for List of accolades received by Oppenheimer (film) for featured list promotion. I would appreciate the feedback.

By the way, I will get back to editing 1992 Summer Olympics medal table as soon as I can wrap of the accolades list for Oppenheimer FLC. I've been sidetracked by many things in life as well as Internet Archive being down.

--Birdienest81talk 07:06, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Birdienest81: Oops, I missed this comment. The 1992 medal table is pretty much done, but I got bummed out and held up because there's such a terrible lack of pictures which are relevant to add to these lists. I really need to learn more about image uploading and find a source for some of the podium stuff, or for the individuals that are the first of their country to win, or have led the games in medals. I do intend to give your list a review when I can, I've just been busy unfortunately. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:06, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

		The Original Barnstar
		For your speedy diligance in sorting issues with page moves at List of Gaylactic Spectrum Award winners and nominees for best short fiction before I could tag you and ask you to move it back! CoconutOctopus talk 12:11, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much @CoconutOctopus, I very much appreciate it! I consider the topic they started at the cut and paste move location, which I moved to Talk:List_of_Gaylactic_Spectrum_Award_winners_and_nominees_for_best_novel#Don't move this page again, to be a sort of move discussion if you're interested in participating. Hey man im josh (talk) 12:18, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Adani Enterprises

Hi, the discussion you linked in the edit summary had only two votes and both ofthem were UPEs that have been blocked, refer to this for more information, Thanks. Ratnahastin (talk) 13:36, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ratnahastin: A checkuser block is not the same as a block for being a UPE. I do not have access to the relevant ticket to read more. I do not generally object to redirecting articles, but, if the socking is as prolific as implied, it'd be better to get an outcome at AFD to have it stay as a redirect. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:47, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2024 November newsletter

The 2024 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round being a very tight race. Our new champion is AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who scored 2,283 points mainly through 3 high-multiplier FAs and 3 GAs on military history topics. By a 1% margin, Airship beat out last year's champion, BeanieFan11 (submissions), who scored second with 2,264 points, mainly from an impressive 58 GAs about athletes. In third place, Generalissima (submissions) scored 1,528 points, primarily from two FAs on U.S. Librarians of Congress and 20 GAs about various historical topics. Our other finalists are: Sammi Brie (submissions) with 879 points, Hey man im josh (submissions) with 533 points, BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 432 points, Arconning (submissions) with 244 points, and AryKun (submissions) with 15 points. Congratulations to our finalists and all who participated!

The final round was very productive, and contestants had 7 FAs, 9 FLs, 94 GAs, 73 FAC reviews, and 79 GAN reviews and peer reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field.

Generalissima (submissions) wins the featured article prize for 3 FAs in round 4, and 7 FAs overall.
Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured list prize for 23 FLs overall.
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Thanks so much @Epicgenius, and thank you for all the work you put in. Hey man im josh (talk) 18:40, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for fixing the redirect I made

Yo Josh, tysm for fixing my redirect! Didn't know the thing you added exists :O

Again, thanks! Woahglaceon (talk) 18:26, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No problem @Woahglaceon. Thank you for making the effort to create the redirect. Hey man im josh (talk) 18:27, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

:D Woahglaceon (talk) 18:31, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Bold, or disruptive?

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. 180 Degree Open Angedre (talk) 10:43, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Double check

Hello Josh, Hallowme moved Tyla to multiple titles without reaching any sort of consensus and went as far as to create a duplicate titled Tyla Laura. My guess is that they were trying to get the credits for creating the Tyla article. Can you please look at the article, its talk and subpages and check if there's anything wrong? I can't locate the GA1 page associated with talk. Thank you. dxneo (talk) 14:52, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Dxneo: Ugh, that's not ideal. I'm on mobile right now, which isn't the best for investigating these sort of issues. I had planned to take the laptop out shortly, at which point I'll take a look if someone else doesn't beat me to it. Hey man im josh (talk) 15:00, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not a problem, thank you so much. This was stressing me out. dxneo (talk) 15:07, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the delay @Dxneo, I didn't get on nearly as soon as I had hoped to. Luckily, it appears that the issue has been resolved now :) Hey man im josh (talk) 22:15, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey man, thanks for adding my redirect

Gotta love French onion song Idek mann (talk) 14:52, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promotion of List of Detroit Lions NFL All-Decade Team selections

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Well, I am a (former) scholar of classical Greek (Homeric, Attic, and Koine' (demotic), but I suspect this is a mere punctuation omission. I'm reluctant to make such a change because, well, I'm a reluctant editor. Further, I don't know what the intention was of the text; as I noted, there may be some prose omitted. 104.177.133.202 (talk) 21:52, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Page on "stichic" poetry

An error: Punctuation? or something omitted. Between the words "1979" and "Greek epic" there's no linking phrase, or perhaps a period is missing. Dmmsj00 (talk) 21:36, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Dmmsj00: I see what you mean. You're more than welcome to make the appropriate change yourself at Stichic, but that's not my area of interest or expertise, so you may be better equipped to make the fix than I would be. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:13, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Page on Gregory Battcock

I expanded the Gregory Battcock new page with a number of citations. Perhaps you would like to review it again? Valueyou (talk) 16:50, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fantastic work on yet another one!

Josh, you should be on the BALLOT tonight!! Aren't you a New York resident? Don't answer .. I don't blame you. ;) Congrats, John. Bringingthewood (talk) 23:31, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bringingthewood: Someone appears to have missed the Canadian top icon! I'm quite proudly Canadian, but thank you for the kind words none the less! Hey man im josh (talk) 00:07, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

LOL! I always knew that, my attempt at humor was to prevent you from responding, "John, I'm from Canada you idiot!!" Jokes really need to be presented face to face, lol. No matter the country, you'll always get a congrats! Regards, John. Bringingthewood (talk) 23:46, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Janas (band)

I ran the band's website through MS Edge's built-in translator - the result was identical (verbatim) to the article. I've deleted per G12. (I suspect I might like them though - I wonder if I can get a CD somewhere, I don't do spotify...) Girth Summit _(blether) 15:19, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh you're funny @Girth Summit, thanks for taking care of that and letting me know! Also, it does look like they have a YouTube channel :P Hey man im josh (talk) 15:21, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mm. They're alright - a bit too Anglo-Saxon poppy (whatever that is?) and not enough traditional folksy for my liking. Give me the Gipsy Kings any day. Girth Summit _(blether) 17:10, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Anglo-Saxon poppy... I LOVE that choice of phrasing, even if I don't quite know what it means haha. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:11, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On the page of Emma Iranzo

Hello! Regarding Enma Iranzo Martín, I moved the page from "Enma ..." to "Emma ..." without giving any reference, sorry for that. You reverted back (with good criterion, of course :) ). I changed the page in several languages and forgot to add references, or to review the source of the article. She was a mayor of my hometown and I know her name. For reference, you can check her X (Twitter) account: https://x.com/emmair As I don't want to revert back your edit (no fights here :') ), I just first wanted to talk to you to discuss if we revert back the article again or not. You have way more experience editing/managing wiki articles than I, so I prefer checking with oyu first. Thanks! WikiCholi (talk) 09:30, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"No significant coverage"

You tagged approximately a dozen of my articles with template {{No significant coverage}}. What the heck does that mean? I have been creating articles about sports events for many, many years, but this has never happened to me. How about the following article? – 2024 Centrobasket Women. Do you think it's okay? Should I take that as an example of how an article with a "significant coverage" should look? Maiō T. (talk) 16:20, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Maiō T.: I found them while reviewing pages, as part of WP:NPP work. While I believe the events I tagged the articles on are notable, articles are typically expected to contain independent significant coverage in their references. I do not think they'd end up being deleted, which is why I haven't nominated them for deletion, but it's a maintenance tag to signify that the articles would be improved with references from independent sources. Hey man im josh (talk) 16:24, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh shit!

Congrats and condolences on the adminship! GRINCHIDICAE🎄 22:22, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you @Praxidicae! That's certainly a good way to put it lol. Your absence has been felt, but I hear it's for good reason and I hope you're well :) Hey man im josh (talk) 00:13, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What, you as well? Wow! Good luck, and well done, I think. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 00:17, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Thanks for blocking vandals and reverting vandalism! TheWikipede^talk 14:36, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much for the barnstar @TheWikipede! Hey man im josh (talk) 13:27, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	Thank you for creating a permanent link and reviewing all of my redirects for the "Eastern Orthodox liturgics" pages! 𝔅𝔦𝔰-𝔖𝔢𝔯𝔧𝔢𝔱𝔞? 16:29, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy to help, and I'm grateful for the work you put in @Bis-Serjetà?! Thanks so much for the lovely barnstar :) Hey man im josh (talk) 16:32, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting

Hi, I have a question about two users/user pages, the first of which I recently reported/tagged and you blocked/deleted as a result (National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting (talk · contribs) ^[no ping]). I have coincidentally come across the second user in question, LeeHite (talk · contribs) ^[no ping] (created in 2020 but only started editing more substantially three weeks ago), because they have made, let's say, noteworthy (as in "worth paying attention to") edits to the article Voice of America Bethany Relay Station, and I just saw that they until recently had this content on their user page. Now to my question: If my memory doesn't let me down here, I believe this content is veeery similar (if not almost identical) to the content of the (now-deleted) user page of National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting; could you perhaps check whether that is the case?

If it is, I have tried quite a bit to find those sentences on the Internet but was unsuccessful (although the museum's official website contains a bunch of sentences similar in structure and voice), which in my view would make it a pretty big coincidence that both users added it to their user pages within a few days of each other. {some info removed by josh, just in case} the user LeeHite also added works this person has written about the museum/station as external links to Voice of America Bethany Relay Station, see diff of all their recent changes.) Let me know what you think, thanks! Felida⁹⁷ (talk) 13:34, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Felida97: The user that you tagged was exactly identical to the one that user had. I could definitely see a connection, but let's be very careful about any sort of potential WP:OUTING (I may be going overboard, but I'm erring on the side of caution here). It may be worth a report at WP:SPI, because I definitely see what you see. I encourage you to check out Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Conflict of interest reports instead though and send an email there with the information that I've now revdelled. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:41, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Sorry for the delayed reply.) Thank you very much for confirming my impression, your assessment of the situation, and directing me towards the ArbCom page (I have just written them an email with the information, as you suggested; let's see what they do with it)! Regarding the RevDel/potential outing: I considered the issue and chose my words carefully, but I can definitely also see that I may have ended up on the wrong side of the line regardless. FWIW, I noticed on the day that you had revdelled my revision but didn't look at your reply until today, because I had a feeling that you did it because I had violated WP:OUTING, and I then promptly had a bad dream the next night about being outed myself, so the next time I will definitely be erring on the side of caution as well :) Thanks again! Felida⁹⁷ (talk) 01:31, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 00:18, 13 November 2024 (UTC) [reply]

Thanking you for the draft decline

You are awesome! Rollingonthefloorwaackin (talk) 09:43, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well, thank you! Hey man im josh (talk) 15:04, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Idea for a drive

Hello Josh, I have noticed you have experience with creating and managing editing drives, such as the one for NPP. Is it possible you could refer to me to an admin who could run a drive for adding short descriptions?

Thank you for all your hard work on NFL lists. -1ctinus📝🗨 14:16, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh it's been my pleasure to work on those lists! As for someone to manage a drive... why not you? You don't need to be an admin to recruit for and manage a drive =) It'd be nice if there was a way to automatically track it, but I don't think the numbers would be anywhere close to accurate. I think you might end up needing to have areas where a user simply submits a list of articles they've added a short description to, you award a point for each short description, and you then hand out barnstars for certain mile stones. The only admin-y aspect that would be necessary would be a mass message to recruit for the drive, which can be requested (see Wikipedia:Request a mass message). You could start by having the recruitment message sent out to Wikipedia:WikiProject Short descriptions/Members, and having the drive listed on watchlists for a week leading up to the start (request at MediaWiki talk:Watchlist-messages). The first drive is the hardest, but it's a worthwhile effort that anybody can take on if they're up for it. Happy to help with questions you may have on it @1ctinus. Hey man im josh (talk) 15:03, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Would you do me a favour? (if it's not a burden)

If you don't mind, could you please make another permanent link for me which is nearly identical to this one, but with the text "Eastern " (the space after Eastern is important) removed? It is also crucial that they are red links, so that I could create them as redirects quickly and efficiently. I tried to make one myself, but I'm not smart enough with my word processor to add the "[[" before the numbers without messing them up. If it's in any way a hassle for you to make, then it's fine. Thanks for your previous help and God bless. 𝔅𝔦𝔰-𝔖𝔢𝔯𝔧𝔢𝔱𝔞? 17:23, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bis-Serjetà?: Absolutely, no problem! It may be a few hours before I can do so, but it's super easy for me to do once I'm not on mobile and will only take me a couple moments. They're useful redirects in my opinion so I'd absolutely like to help. Hey man im josh (talk) 18:02, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Bis-Serjetà?, so sorry for the delay. I was out of town on Thursday and Friday and forgot my laptop charger and I don't typically edit on the weekends. I've created this permalink for you if you're still interested in creating these redirects. Let me know if this isn't actually what you wanted or there's any tweaks you'd like, I expect to be available most weekdays to help you out if need be, and thanks again for the work you're putting in! Hey man im josh (talk) 14:33, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, I'm glad you made it regardless. Thanks for the help! 𝔅𝔦𝔰-𝔖𝔢𝔯𝔧𝔢𝔱𝔞? 14:35, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment

Hello again, and again sorry if my comment about your decline sounded too personal or harsh; I was only pointing out what might have been caused by distraction, and expressing my concern about a much more general issue. I thought that it was clear and apologise if it was not. However, I don't think it was necessary to comment the way you did subsequently: Things happen, but your attitude is what leads to a giant backlog instead of people making genuine efforts to help others. But, given your bad attitude, I suspect this will fall on deaf ears. It sounds like a very personal remark and the responsibility you seem to associate with what you call twice my "attitude" (was it about that message or did I miss something?) sounds a bit extreme. Thank you for your time. Mushy Yank (talk) 00:59, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

About Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jairam Kumar Mahato

Hi, It has come to my attention that some key evidence was not included in the discussion I am requesting you to reopen the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Jairam_Kumar_Mahato hoping an response soon! Sarim Wani (talk) 16:04, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Hey man im josh :) just in case :) Sarim Wani (talk) 16:05, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

used Ping|Hey man im josh just just in case @Hey man im josh: Sarim Wani (talk) 05:51, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Sarim Wani: what might this "key evidence" be, then? The new article I subsequently deleted presented precisely zero evidence of notability; and lest we forget, notability is what the AfD discussion you refer to was there to determine. -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 08:53, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I was trying to reopen the discussion but if you want to "discuss" it here fine

the following person Jairam Kumar Mahat was responsible for launching a movement in the state (Jharkhand India) so basically languages considered to be from outside Jharkhand like Bhojpuri, Magahi and Angika were included in the list of regional languages for state-level examinations in 11 districts. soo He led the protests with the demand that only the local language should be promoted. He also demanded that natives of Jharkhand should get the jobs in the state and no one from the other states should be allowed due to this he (the person) falls under Wikipedia:Notability (people) (Any biography) "The person has made a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in a specific field" and under Politicians and judges "Major local political figures who have received significant press coverage" it is also to note it does not qualify under "People notable for only one event" due to "However, if media coverage of both the event and the individual's role grow larger, separate articles may become justified"

and @DoubleGrazing

Please assume good faith

I understand that the nomination of the article may have been frustrating for you. However, it's important to remember that we're all here to improve Wikipedia and ensure that it remains a reliable and verifiable source of information. Please keep in mind that Wikipedia operates under a spirit of collaboration and good faith, and our actions are aimed at maintaining quality, not criticizing individual efforts.

I encourage you to engage constructively and openly in discussions, as this helps strengthen the community and improve articles in the long run. Let's work together to build a better Wikipedia! Sarim Wani (talk) 10:02, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Sarim Wani: nothing in that constitutes evidence, which is what you said exists. (I'm not even sure it constitutes a credible claim of notability, but that's beside the point here.)

Closed AfD discussions are not reopened. You can take the matter to a deletion review (WP:DRV), but as there is no question of the discussion having been closed against consensus, you would need to show newly-available proof of notability. So we're back to the question of the missing evidence.

Finally, when did I assume bad faith? Please point to what I said which demonstrates that. Absent of which, may I ask that you in turn assume good faith. Thank you. -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 10:22, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

soo you want me cite it all.... and you literally deleted my article.. Sarim Wani (talk) 10:30, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

and I am pretty sure you are dilebiletry trying to shut this article down by using loopholes why? who knows?

@Hey man im josh you there man? Sarim Wani (talk) 10:41, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Sarim Wani: I was asking you to produce this evidence that you say exists, so if that's what you mean by "cite it all", then yes.

If it makes it easier for you to do that (cite your sources), I'm happy to restore the deleted article into the draft space, as long as you agree not to publish it again without sufficient evidence of notability. I would strongly suggest that you put the draft through the AfC review process instead. Let me know?

And please don't go further down the road of aspersions and innuendo, it isn't helping. -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 10:49, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

got it please put my article under draft and an afc review has been raised Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2024 November 17 - Wikipedia Sarim Wani (talk) 10:56, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

please provide me the draft link too.. Sarim Wani (talk) 11:01, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@DoubleGrazing Sarim Wani (talk) 11:01, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Sarim Wani: IMO it was unnecessary to open that DRV (still without showing any of this evidence you keep referring to, I might add), but you of course must do what you feel is right. However, now that you've opened it, I'm minded to await its outcome before doing anything else. -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 11:07, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There's no need to ping a user on their own talk page @Sarim Wani. I typically do not edit on the weekends, aside from responding to things that can be answered quickly. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:14, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Anyways, I do appreciate @DoubleGrazing chiming in. It looks like the DRV has been opened, so I'll let that run its course, but I don't believe the AfD could have been closed any other way at the time. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:18, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@DoubleGrazing @Hey man im josh

"Truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error.”

― Thomas Jefferson Sarim Wani (talk) 17:08, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, and the truth is there was not another way to close that AfD. The truth is WP:DRV is not a place to re-litigate a discussion, but to assess whether consensus was appropriately assessed. The truth is, as much as you may dislike the result, proper procedure was followed in this case. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:19, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Aww man my quote was soo cool it tool soo muvj time to find :( Sarim Wani (talk) 17:23, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ok where can I do that pleaseeeeeeeeeee tell pleauseeeeeeeeee Sarim Wani (talk) 17:24, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Sarim Wani: At this point, your best bet would be to start a draft about the subject instead of fighting for the result of the AfD to be overturned. You are certainly not barred from attempting to demonstrate the subject is notable. Remember to make sure the draft is as neutral as possible and includes reliable sources that help to establish notability. You could start the page at Draft:Jairam Kumar Mahato if you so wish. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:21, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is to be noted that I had already stated the page and am requesting that page to be turned into a draft. wich has been agreed in the delete dission I request you please reinstate it back as a draft thanks :) Sarim Wani (talk) 16:19, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

since I gave you a goat jpeg can you restore it (to a draft ) pleaseeeeeee? Sarim Wani (talk) 16:52, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Double Disambiguation

Hey, I have to say I was originally going to RFD it, but changed my mind. I cant get my head around it being plausible though. No one is going to double bracket disambiguation search it. They would give up and get multiple hits before that point. Is it worth taking, or is it very unlikely and im wasting my time. Blethering Scot 20:43, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Blethering Scot: I feel you on this one. I'm on mobile at the moment, so I don't have access to my typical bookmarks and references, but consider searching for double disambiguation at RfD. I think I've nominated similar redirects at points and found that they were kept. There are a number of redirects styles that I personally don't like, but I've accepted are not likely to be deleted. I could very definitely be wrong, but double disambiguations are stuck in my head as not inherently deletable for some reason. Hey man im josh (talk) 21:06, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Blethering Scot, now that I'm back on PC, I asked on the NPP Discord server. I was pointed to this large RfC, which includes a lot of noms. There's also this more recent one from a couple weeks ago. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:19, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion review for Jairam Kumar Mahato

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Jairam Kumar Mahato. 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. ~~~~

like that?

Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2024 November 17 - Wikipedia its here incase it does not work Sarim Wani (talk) 10:57, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A goat for you!

This goat clearly adores you. Take good care of it :)

Fred Gandt · talk · contribs 15:01, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hell yeah, a fifth goat to join the pack! Thanks @Fred Gandt! Hey man im josh (talk) 14:06, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Battle for Grbavica (Lašva Valley)

Since Red Spino draftified Battle for Grbavica (Lašva Valley), I’d like to withdraw my AfD nomination. I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 18:06, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @I dream of horses, sorry for not responding sooner, but I typically don't edit on weekends except for quick replies sometimes. It looks like someone else has non-admin closed the thread, which should resolve this for now. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:16, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Misplaced comment

I think you might have misplaced this comment? It looks like a reply to Soni not to me? Thryduulf (talk) 17:35, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, ugh. So much that I'm catching up on today and I'm being sloppier than I should be. Thanks for pointing this out to me @Thryduulf, I'll get that fixed. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:37, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Greetings Josh,

It seems my email that I sent you a week ago has landed in your spam folder. Do you mind replying to it, please? Maliner (talk) 20:35, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Maliner, I must have, sorry about that. I'm playing catch up at the moment and almost done for the day, but I'll try to take a look in the morning. Hey man im josh (talk) 20:40, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Hey man im josh Thanks! Maliner (talk) 20:42, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Here I leave you with my goats.

I actually have a fight with someone on Wikipedia:Deletion review#Jairam Kumar Mahato and here wonder I who it is anyway

I behold you with my precious Pashmina goats!

Sarim Wani (talk) 04:27, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well thank you, I do love goats! Hey man im josh (talk) 13:24, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

no problem fights happen but the goats should be coming in! Sarim Wani (talk) 16:20, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WP:FLC

If you have a few minutes for WP:FLC in the next few days, there's maybe ~10 noms that have 3+ supports, are over 20 days and have source reviews. Would be nice to clear out the queue a bit :) no worries either way. Thanks! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 14:28, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads up @Gonzo fan2007, I'm still working on doing a bit of catchup from a bit of an absence I've had. However, you know me, I want to encourage folks to participate at FLC, which means promoting when it's time, so I'll definitely take a look as soon as I can today. I also do still plan on chiming in on your ping for the FLC coords. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:31, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There was certainly a backlog of lists ready to be promoted, and I'm extremely grateful that many of them are because of your quality reviews @Gonzo fan2007! Thank you! Hey man im josh (talk) 17:20, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I had some time and took a crack at some of them. There was maybe sone selfish reason involved too... haha. Thanks! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 17:25, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

When you have a few minutes, a few more could use a check: 1, 2, 3. :) « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 14:39, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Meant to let you know that I took care of those @Gonzo fan2007. Hey man im josh (talk) 19:45, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Difference between {Quote and {Bquote ?

Hi, I noticed you changed a “quote” code to a “bquote” code over in the Reservation and disallowance article. Not disagreeing with you, but could you explain the difference between the two? I’ve always thought of them as the same thing? Thanks. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 15:29, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Mr Serjeant Buzfuz, it looks like you're talking about this edit at Disallowance and reservation in Canada. Quote is simply a redirect to blockquote, and if you apply general fixes with AWB, it typically tries to bypass a number of redirects to templates. I have AWB set to not make these minor edits as the only edit on a page, but AWB wanted to make an edit on this page specifically to replace hyphens in date ranges with en dashes (MOS:DATERANGE). Since it was already making an edit, and that the bypassing that redirect wasn't the only edit it was making, it applied all of the fixes along with the hyphen fix. I may not have explained that perfectly... But, in short, it's "don't make these edits unless there's an actual other non-cosmetic edit to make". So, feel free to continue to use quote if you'd like, there's absolute zero harm in doing so and they do do the same thing, AWB just wants to bypass it. Hey man im josh (talk) 15:35, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I’ve seen them both used and didn’t see a difference in output. Didn’t réalise quote is a redirect. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 15:52, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, redirects for templates are entirely fine to utilize @Mr Serjeant Buzfuz. Frankly I'm not sure WHY AWB does that fix, but I kind of just assume there must be a reason and it's not breaking anything, so I haven't tried to fight that part of the edits because it would reduce my productivity :P Hey man im josh (talk) 15:57, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Zulmarys Sánchez and Miss Universe 2025

I'm starting to think maybe an "articles for draftification" process would be useful. A place where articles that technically don't qualify for a unilateral draftification can get consensus for a non-unilateral draftification without getting irritation for wasting peoples time at AfD.

Or we can just improve the culture at AfD. Whatever works. I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 17:29, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@I dream of horses: I'm always open to ideas, there's no harm in at least talking it out. Unfortunately, I think the fear is that it wouldn't have much activity or people would simply say that it should go to AfD instead. There's also the additional concern about whether there's someone who steps up and is willing to take on said draft, otherwise we're just delaying draftification. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:33, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

All valid concerns. At least the last one can be countered with "G13 is refundable." I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 17:40, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Well thank you @Cooldudeseven7! Hey man im josh (talk) 13:16, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No Problem

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Page - Rituraj Kishore Sinha

Dear Hey man im josh,

I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to request the restoration of the Wikipedia page for Rituraj Kishore Sinha. I understand the importance of adhering to Wikipedia's guidelines on notability and verifiability, and I would like to provide additional information and reliable sources to support the notability of Mr. Sinha.

Notability and Contributions:

Business Leadership:
- Managing Director of SIS Group Enterprises: Mr. Sinha serves as the Group Managing Director of SIS Group Enterprises, a leading security services company in India. SIS India
- Revenue Milestones: Under his leadership, SIS crossed the ₹10,000 crore annual revenue mark for the first time in FY22. Financial Express
Political Involvement:
- BJP National Secretary: In July 2023, Mr. Sinha was appointed as the National Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), representing Bihar. Jagran
Industry Influence:
- FICCI Leadership: He serves as the Chairperson for the private security sector at the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI). OneIndia

Supporting References:

Economic Times: Coverage on Mr. Sinha's role and contributions in the security industry. Economic Times
Financial Express: Reports on SIS's financial achievements under his leadership. Financial Express
Jagran: Announcement of his appointment as BJP National Secretary. Jagran

Given the significant roles and contributions of Mr. Sinha in both the business and political arenas, I believe his notability is well-established. I kindly request the reconsideration of the deletion decision and the restoration of his Wikipedia page. If there are specific concerns or additional information required, please let me know, and I will be happy to provide further details.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Regards,

Honestme

Honestme (talk) 02:23, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Honestme (talk page watcher) I realize that this may be hard to accept, but the article was deleted as a result of a discussion; I really doubt it's coming back so soon. I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 06:16, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@I dream of horses - would really appreciate if we can work around this and to make small version of the page live...even if it's a 2 liner page to start with. Can you and @Hey man im josh help us in this? Adhering to guidelines of course... Honestme (talk) 10:51, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, but I do not intend to restore the page, as it's been deleted twice as a result of two different discussions. See:

Please also see WP:COI and disclose a conflict of interest on your user page if you are connected to the article subject or representing them in any capacity. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:18, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Who is the "us" you're referring to in Can you and Hey man im josh help us in this? I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 15:53, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Request for protection

Hi Admin, I am requesting your assistance in protecting the Miss Planet International page due to ongoing instances of vandalism. These incidents have occurred since the organization began its current activities, continuing up to the final event. Additionally, there is an issue between the organization and the contestants, and it appears that the vandalism may be coming from individuals in the contestants' home countries. I lack the authority to undo these changes efficiently, as each edit needs to be reversed individually, and they are spread far apart. Thank you for your help. 🌼𝓡𝓬 𝓡𝓪𝓶𝔃🍁 (talk) 07:26, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Rc ramz. Page protection requests should be made at WP:RFPP. The vandalism also appears isolated to a specific IP, which typically means it's better to warn the user for vandalism then report them to WP:AIV if necessary. We prefer to block an individual who's vandalizing as opposed to protect a page when there's only one vandal involved. However, it appears they have stopped for now, so it appears no further action is necessary at this point in time. Hey man im josh (talk) 12:38, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Moderator Tools newsletter - Issue #2

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Automoderator

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We are wrapping up our focused time developing Automoderator while we review data and feedback about its impact. We also still plan to provide support for small Wikimedia projects with few/no administrators (T372280), and integrate the multilingual revert risk model, which is an improved version of the model currently in use, with support for 47 language Wikipedias. We're looking for support testing the multilingual model to better understand its behaviour - please check out the testing process and review some edits!

Nuke extension ('Mass delete')

During the 2024-2025 Wikimedia Foundation fiscal year, our team wants to make improvements to the software that moderators (patrollers, administrators, stewards, etc.) are using today, rather than focusing on building new tools. Although it's valuable to build new features, it's also important that we continue maintaining the important tools that are already being used to maintain and improve Wikipedia's quality.

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Deleted without asking!

Hello Josh! Why did you delete Aeroin Aerospace? Please explain. – 𝙰𝚔𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚟™ ^🗿 14:15, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Akshadev: It looks like Aeroin Aerospace never existed, did you mean Aeroin Spacetech? If so, that was a redirect left behind from when you moved the page to draft space. Redirects from main space to draft space are deleted under the WP:CSD R2 deletion rationale because redirects from main space to draft space should not exist. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:21, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is there any way to get it back? I worked very hard on it. – 𝙰𝚔𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚟™ ^🗿 14:28, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Akshadev: You moved the article to draft space at Draft:Aeroin Spacetech (which I was actually planning to do before you did so), I simply deleted the redirect that pointed to the draft space page which was left behind from the page move. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:29, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I thought you deleted the main article, sorry for the confusion. Happy editing! – 𝙰𝚔𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚟™ ^🗿 14:31, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please Review My Article

Hi,

I've recently submitted a new article via AFC - and want to make sure it's patrolled/is high quality enough for Wikipedia.

Could you please do that/tell me where I can improve?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chai_(software) - here's a link ScotsOats (talk) 13:58, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ScotsOats: I do not review articles upon request, I'm sorry. A reviewer will be by at their earliest convenience. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:20, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	Thank you, Josh, for your valuable contributions to Wikimedia. Your efforts are truly commendable, and editors like you are essential to the growth and success of Wikimedia. Cheers! Baqi:) (talk) 17:54, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for the kind words and taking time out of your day to give me this barnstar @Jannatulbaqi! I very much appreciate it! Hey man im josh (talk) 17:56, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

) Baqi:) (talk) 17:57, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Jeffrey Manufacturing Company

Hi. I've expanded the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company article and moved it back into mainspace, as I think there is enough there now to justify an article. I hope that's okay. Best, Opolito (talk) 18:57, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Opolito: At a quick glance, it's immensely better than it was at the time of draftification. Thank you for your effort! Hey man im josh (talk) 18:59, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Official URL

I was told by Sbaio that the above referenced template should be used. As such, it was added to the CFL, MLB, MLS, NBA, NFL, NHL, and WNBA pages. Assadzadeh (talk) 15:37, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Could you link to the discussion @Assadzadeh? Hey man im josh (talk) 15:38, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If you Iook at the history for these pages, you'll see that he reverted my changes. Here is one example.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Major_League_Baseball&oldid=1259997105 Assadzadeh (talk) 15:44, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a discussion link or has it just been edit summary discussions @Assadzadeh? Hey man im josh (talk) 15:45, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just edit summary discussions Assadzadeh (talk) 15:47, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well that's typically not the best way to go about things. @Sbaio, why would we be using the template that shows "www." in the URL? Hey man im josh (talk) 15:51, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Per Template:Official URL documentation This template is for use in infoboxes... and the rest what is written there. In addition, I am not sure why this particular editor is running around through various talk pages and making all the fuss. I am not interested. – sbaio 15:56, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Sbaio I'm just trying to understand which template is the correct one to use and make it consistent across the multiple sports leagues pages. Assadzadeh (talk) 16:02, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Sbaio: Thank you for the link. For what it's worth, it looks like {{Official website}} should also be acceptable for use in infoboxes. The main purpose of {{Official URL}} seems to be to pull the data from WikiData. Do you have any thoughts on the influence of "www." in the links in infoboxes? Personally I'm not a fan of it and, based on the usage of the two templates (~322k for official website vs ~15k for official URL), it seems to be used much more widely. I suspect this may have something to do with the ability to pipe with {{Official website}}. Hey man im josh (talk) 16:03, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Private conversation

I would like to have a private conversation with you, but am not sure if your Talk page is the correct venue. Please advise. Assadzadeh (talk) 16:23, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Assadzadeh: Truthfully, I prefer most of my communication to be on site unless there's an explicit need for privacy. In most cases, asking questions or for clarifications, there is not. Hey man im josh (talk) 16:10, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for reviewing redirects

Symbol redirect arrow grey	Redirect thank
	Thank you for reviewing most of my redirects Idek mann (talk) 03:14, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And thank YOU for putting the effort in to make them! Hey man im josh (talk) 14:40, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

+1. You keep reviewing some of my redirects before the bot has time to, and I find that quite impressive. Thank you! QuicoleJR (talk) 14:49, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Woopsies! I'd say my bad @QuicoleJR, but I'm just trying to keep the queue as small as I can lol. Thank YOU for the useful redirects being created! =D Hey man im josh (talk) 15:00, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Talk pages banners and deprecated script

Hey, I noticed from the edit summary on pages like this that you use the deprecated User:Eejit43/scripts/AFCRHS. When you place a banner with that script it doesn't add the banner shell so the pages end up in Category:WikiProject banners without banner shells. Can you see if the recommended script User:Eejit43/scripts/afcrc-helper works for you? That seems to add the shell. Gonnym (talk) 16:47, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Gonnym. The scripts both are meant for the same page, but they operate fairly differently, which is why I haven't started using that version of the script. Hey man im josh (talk) 16:49, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A cup of coffee for you!

Just a follow-up to my first email to you if you have forgotten. I understand your busy schedule. Maliner (talk) 18:02, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Maliner: Letting you know I've started preparing a response. Hey man im josh (talk) 15:42, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Hey man im josh Thanks so much. Maliner (talk) 15:45, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alan Bates

Hey, just a recommendation based upon that page move: John Gielgud, roles and awards & Ralph Richardson, roles and awards might be worth moving and renaming as well for consistency then. Those were the templates from whom I copied the name (and loose setup). --Cinemaniac86^Talk_Stalk 18:06, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah I wasn't aware of those, thanks for the heads up @Cinemaniac86. I found those based on the sub categories of Category:Lists of awards received by person, which those are not a part of. Hey man im josh (talk) 18:08, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No problem! I like the general consistency of this, as I don't think most should fuss since it doesn't affect article content. (Unlike Gielgud/Richardson editors when people try to implement infoboxes. Haha, futile endeavors…) Especially glad you changed Ingrid Bergman's too—I forgot about hers, but that one irked my OCD because the title just kinda plunked. Sounds better now! --Cinemaniac86^Talk_Stalk 21:58, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Cinemaniac86: I'm a big believer that lists should follow the same naming scheme when they're about the same content, just with a different focus (person). I'm considering doing more RMs and sets of moves to further standardize things that have been mildly neglected. These things just sort of happen over time when no one is keeping an eye on it and people are trying to contribute constructively without realizing there's already existing naming schemes. Ah well, we can only do what we can do. Hey man im josh (talk) 22:17, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect listed at Redirects for discussion

A redirect or redirects you have created has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 November 29 § Kid named Finger until a consensus is reached. jlwoodwa (talk) 19:54, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted redirects

Hello, Josh,

I noticed that you recently created a lot of redirects that were somehow deleted when an admin "nuked" the contributions of a sockpuppet. This seems like an unintended consequence. I have recreated a few of them but you created quite a few so I thought I'd alert you in case you wanted to restore them all. Just go into your Deleted contributions and you'll see them all listed. Sorry for all of this unnecessary work. I still am unsure how they were caught up in this mass deletion of sock pages. I hope you have a great weekend though! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 08:35, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Liz: This was intentional, I actually helped to create a lot of them. They were all requested at WP:AFC/R. Hey man im josh (talk) 12:18, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just to elaborate a bit further, it has to do with requests made by socks of TotalTruthTeller24. One of the ways they get around the redirects they want to create being deleted is to request them at WP:AFC/R. I'm actually pretty familiar with them and, frankly, I should have known better when I was processing requests. I was just absent minded, and I do support the deletion of those redirects and deleted many of them myself. Hey man im josh (talk) 16:44, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello there,

Sorry to interject but I had a hand in dealing with the AFC redirect requests and I must object strongly to this mass deletion. Other reviewers (including yourself) and I found them to be independently valid and therefore created them. It’s illogical to delete redirects simply for who the requester (not creator) was. By the logic presented in the past, I could simply recreate every single redirect and they would suddenly be acceptable. This seems like a “cutting off your nose to spite your face” situation. Why spend a bunch of time taking destructive action simply because someone who the community has labeled as “bad” happened to be involved in the original contributions? Please consider restoring some or all of the redirects. Garsh (talk) 18:51, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Garsh2: I personally had what looks like 361 redirects deleted, most of which I deleted myself, some of which were deleted by Ponyo. Truth be told, I followed @Ponyo's lead, who has much more experience in dealing with socks. Though I wouldn't have started the deletes off myself, I disagree that it's illogical and I do actually agree with Ponyo in this case. The idea is to discourage the sock because they're getting what they wanted by evading the block and requesting that others edit on the blocked user's behalf. Frankly I'm more annoyed at myself that I didn't catch what was happening sooner, I know better, I know that user's behaviour, but I was in autopilot of sorts. Hey man im josh (talk) 19:11, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I understand the argument behind discouraging the socks, but I don’t think it actually happens that way as this seems to be a repeated issue. To me, a contribution is either constructive or it’s not and deleting things that are constructive is simply destructive. Since this is a multi admin thing, I’ll bring it to the admin noticeboard for others to comment. Garsh (talk) 20:42, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Garsh2: I really think we could have waited for Ponyo to chime in and give their input. As mentioned, I was just helping Ponyo with a task they were working on. At the end of the day, discussion typically is far more beneficial and constructive than a noticeboard, and by going to the notice board, you're prematurely you're feeding the trolls. Never the less, it's there already, so it is what it is. Hey man im josh (talk) 22:04, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To be blunt, I'm actually pretty upset this went right to WP:AN instead of allowing a conversation to actually finish. Very disappointed we couldn't continue the discussion here until we actually hit a road block and, for all we know, maybe Ponyo / I would have reverted what had happened. Instead, now I have the stress of a noticeboard discussion over my head. Consider allowing discussions to run their course @Garsh2. Things don't happen in less than six hours all the time. There was no reason for the rush before we even hit a point where the discussion was going nowhere. Now this discussion doesn't matter at all, so I guess that's that. Hey man im josh (talk) 22:29, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I did not intend to jump the shark, upset anybody, or feed any trolls, but this relates to an issue that has been ongoing for months. This is a broader issue and I am confident it is not something that can be resolved here. Nobody is attacking you or Ponyo and in fact, I made sure to clarify in the post that it wasn’t something I was doing. I’m posting about the (lack of) policy, not the redirects were deleted in specific. You don’t even have to view that discussion, as nobody is accusing you of doing anything wrong. Garsh (talk) 23:07, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Contesting the speedy moves of pages like NBA championship–winning head coaches

As I explained on Category talk:NBA championship–winning players and on the editor's talk page who requested the moves, User talk:BittersweetParadox (who didnt answer my request), moving from "NBA championship-winning players" to the ndash "NBA championship–winning players" is improper English. Compound words like "championship-winning" always use a hyphen. I don't think there is any exception. Hyphens join words and ndashes separate words/phrases. And even when using ndashes (like 2024 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles) the ndash would have a space on either side. BittersweetParadox said in the speedy move that he wanted the categories to match "Category:NBA championship–winning head coaches" right here... well he failed to realize that the head coaches category was wrong to begin with. Please void all these moves and fix the original category. Thanks. Fyunck(click) (talk) 09:34, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Fyunck(click): I cannot simply reverse the moves without discussion or sending them to WP:CFDS. I understand you tried to contest them, I see that now, but I believe the expectation would have been to contest it WP:CFDS. You're welcome to send them back to WP:CFDS with an explanation of this mistake, or to nominate them at WP:CFD. Truthfully, CFD is probably your best bet, since I believe they renamed at least a hundred plus categories that used this style. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:18, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Hey man im josh: Hmmm. Per speedy moves at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy it says, "If you belatedly notice and want to oppose a speedy move that has already been processed, contact one of the admins who process the Speedy page. If your objection seems valid, they may reverse the move, or start a full CFD discussion." So it does sound like you have the power to change them if you feel my argument is sound. Can't you talk to a couple other speedy-moving admins and see what they think about my argument? Then I don't have to bring up a new CFD. If it's against the rules of normal English and Wikipedia, it seems they may agree to the reversal. Fyunck(click) (talk) 23:15, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for pointing me to that @Fyunck(click). Truthfully, I just make requests there, but that doesn't stop me from addressing the issue. I'll definitely look into it for you. Hey man im josh (talk) 23:37, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's all I ask. I don't really work on basketball articles so I have no skin in the game, but I recall some of these questions at tennis articles with titles like "US Open – Women's singles" or badminton articles like "Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles" and I knew immediately this was a category bad move. If it wasn't me, someone would have eventually pointed this error out. I'm surprised the editor requesting the speedy move didn't since I explained it to them on their talk page, but they have made many edits since my post and ignored answering for reasons unknown to me. Fyunck(click) (talk) 04:50, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]