A New Subject
Welcome back from your vacation, AO! I would like to establish a new subject on the Southern aristocracy, but the page currently redirects to Plantations in the American South. How does one go about this? Am I to delete the redirect and begin contributing, or does the current page need deleting before the page can be used for content? – Conservatrix (talk) 06:44, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
Though reliable sources often employ the term "aristocracy," I could alternatively use Planter class to avoid its pointed nature. – Conservatrix (talk) 07:27, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
- Good morning Conservatrix.
I suggest you that propose the redirect for deletion (WP:PROD}. If no one objects the redirect will be deleted in seven days.The redirect has no substantial history of editing so I don't think it will be controversial. Just explain you want to create an article with that title. -Ad Orientem (talk) 12:59, 11 June 2018 (UTC)- Ack. I just noticed that PROD can't be used with redirects which seems odd. Send it to RfD or nominate it for CSD (G6). -Ad Orientem (talk) 13:03, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
Ah! I near forgot! Had you noticed that our muse, the Mad Monarchist, has left his writing for new adventures? – Conservatrix (talk) 08:43, 14 June 2018 (UTC)
- Sadly I had. :-( -Ad Orientem (talk) 14:43, 14 June 2018 (UTC)
That CSD (G6) is done. – Conservatrix (talk) 22:02, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
- @Conservatrix
Done -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:21, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
- Cannot describe how excited I am to have this published! Thank you. – Conservatrix (talk) 00:22, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
- I am glad your draft is up. However I note a rather glaring lack of references... I'd make that a priority item. -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:31, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
- Cannot describe how excited I am to have this published! Thank you. – Conservatrix (talk) 00:22, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
Can we use Template:Cite thesis to credit unpublished manuscripts? Are manuscript citations allowed? – Conservatrix (talk) 01:33, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
- A thesis or dissertation that has been accepted by an accredited university or college is typically regarded as a reliable source. If by unpublished you mean that you can't establish it's acceptance by a degree granting institution then I don't think that would fly. -Ad Orientem (talk) 01:45, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
- The subject is a typed manuscript procured from the LSU Department of Special Collections. Available for duplication w/ fee to any member of the public, the manuscript has been cited as a source for several published works. Does the University's ownership legitimize it? – Conservatrix (talk) 05:44, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
- Absent more details I can't express an informed opinion. But even if I did have one, I would encourage you to ask this question at WP:RSN. -Ad Orientem (talk) 05:50, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
- The subject is a typed manuscript procured from the LSU Department of Special Collections. Available for duplication w/ fee to any member of the public, the manuscript has been cited as a source for several published works. Does the University's ownership legitimize it? – Conservatrix (talk) 05:44, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
Disruptive editing at Love Story (Yelawolf album)
Disruptive editing at the article by IPs – probably the same person using various IPs: 109.161.146.252, 94.76.21.51, 109.161.172.33, 62.209.14.226 and 109.161.146.179. This editor keeps adding incorrect information by changing the date of the certification without explaining why. For example, in the RIAA database, it says June 8 not June 20. TheAmazingPeanuts (talk) 16:56, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
- Looks like Muboshgu just protected the page. -Ad Orientem (talk) 21:59, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
- Indeed I did. It was at WP:RFPP. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:02, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
- TheAmazingPeanuts... odd. I just got your message a few minutes ago and the page history shows you posted it at 21:56. But the time stamp says 16:56. I've never seen that before. @Muboshgu thanks for jumping on that. -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:06, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
- Same time from different time zones? – Muboshgu (talk) 22:12, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
- Maybe, but I always thought time stamps on Wikipedia are supposed to be standardized. We are all on Wikipedia standard time (i.e. GMT). -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:13, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
- I live in Central America, so my timeline is different than yours. TheAmazingPeanuts (talk) 17:17, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
- Ahhhh. I still don't get it lol. I am in the Eastern US Time Zone but my time stamp reflects GMT. Oh well. I'm not losing sleep over it. -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:19, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
- I live in Central America, so my timeline is different than yours. TheAmazingPeanuts (talk) 17:17, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
- Maybe, but I always thought time stamps on Wikipedia are supposed to be standardized. We are all on Wikipedia standard time (i.e. GMT). -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:13, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
- Same time from different time zones? – Muboshgu (talk) 22:12, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
- TheAmazingPeanuts... odd. I just got your message a few minutes ago and the page history shows you posted it at 21:56. But the time stamp says 16:56. I've never seen that before. @Muboshgu thanks for jumping on that. -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:06, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
- Indeed I did. It was at WP:RFPP. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:02, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Editor with various usernames
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Hi AO, can you maybe ask Bbb23 to run a CheckUser on a series of rather annoying editors? One is Clovaspark9, another is Margiela Yakimono, and I believe there have been a number of other (all registered accounts with red usernames) connected, but I have forgotten what these are (hence why CheckUser may be helpful). They update charts, often supplying unreliable ones, and continue adding/restoring these even after having it explained to them that said charts are on WP:BADCHARTS or are single-network charts (WP:SINGLENETWORK). Clovaspark9 is also another editor who never responds to talk page messages to supply accurate accessdates (of course, this is not a blockable offence in and of itself). Clovaspark9 also often updates the same charts Margiela Yakimono does, so it's quite suspect. Thanks. Ss112 17:26, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
- Ping Bbb23. Ss112 is one of our top editors in music related subjects and in my experience he has a good nose for socks. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:44, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
- The two users are
Unrelated.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:26, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
- Ok. Thanks for having a look. -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:29, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
- Oh, the other user I forgot was Moviefan49. I'm quite sure this user is connected to one of the above two, but I get that after this my word might not be so trusted... Ss112 07:00, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
- Also AO, while I'm here, can you please have a word to the user Sebastian James? They've been edit warring the past few days on Utopia (Björk album), ? (XXXTentacion album) and 17 (XXXTentacion album). I believe I told you about them in the past. They're big on the snark and disruptive editing to get their way. They've been adding unreliable reviews (listed at WP:ALBUMAVOID) on XXXTentacion's albums and summarising critical consensus when it's not sourced (against WP:SYNTH) and still aren't getting it even after having it explained to them. Honestly, I don't think a block would be too much at this stage (but that's my opinion). On the Björk article they have been removing a critical aggregation site despite its acceptance as a source on Wikipedia. Ss112 07:02, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
- Oh, the other user I forgot was Moviefan49. I'm quite sure this user is connected to one of the above two, but I get that after this my word might not be so trusted... Ss112 07:00, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
- Ok. Thanks for having a look. -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:29, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
- The two users are
- I didn't know about The Needle Drop thing (his reviews count when covered by another sources). Sputnikmusic is not an unreliable source. You are the one who adds dubious sources of reliability that don't have any article on Wikipedia. AOTY shows reviews with green/yellow and red instead of positive/mixed and negative. On the Björk article, a user tried to add AnyDecentMusic?, a review aggregator that has been problematic with notability since December 2012. It will be better for you if you act politely to other users, including me, because you are in the wrong. Sebastian James (talk)
- Ss112 & Sebastian James- I think a lot of this can be classified as a content dispute which should be handled in the normal manner and does not require administrator intervention. In any event the subject matter is outside my competency so I am not going to get involved in sorting those issues out. To the extent that there has been multiple reverting... don't do that. Also please remember that we are all on the same team here. We want a better encyclopedia. There is no need to be short with one another. Thank you both for your many contributions to the project. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:51, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
- @Sebastian James: Take a look at this. Most of the editors supported AnyDecentMusic? should be added in the album rating template, just because you don't agreed with the website doesn't mean you have to removed it, especially in the Utopia (Björk album) article. TheAmazingPeanuts (talk) 14:50, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
- @Sebastian James: Oh, in response to this...when did you report me the first time? You didn't. So by all means, please report me to an admin for my "unkindness" in what I thought was a perfectly justified message due to your behaviour, especially when multiple editors tried to explain this to you and you reverted them all. I didn't say Sputnikmusic was reliable; I said "user reviews from Sputnikmusic are unreliable", which if you had read WP:ALBUMAVOID you would know (they are distinguished by "USER" in caps next to the author's name). Aside from my restoring two legitimate sources to 17 (pulse.ng, a Nigerian news source, and Salute Mag), you have no real experience in what sources I do and don't add to articles, so please by all means point out where else I have added "dubious sources of reliability" (which doesn't make a lot of sense, by the way). Also, music reviewers don't need to have articles here to be considered reliable. I think you're confusing notability to have an article made for them and reliability as a source. Sebastian, meanwhile, has a year-long history of removing sources without explanation and ADM scores simply because WP:IDON'TLIKEIT. They did this half a year ago at a Björk article and they're still edit warring at several Björk articles (with other editors, mind you, so AO, I'm not really involved in this) to remove ADM scores despite the fact, as TheAmazingPeanuts pointed out, they are considred suitable for inclusion by the wider Wikipedia music community. Ss112 21:03, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
- @Sebastian James: Take a look at this. Most of the editors supported AnyDecentMusic? should be added in the album rating template, just because you don't agreed with the website doesn't mean you have to removed it, especially in the Utopia (Björk album) article. TheAmazingPeanuts (talk) 14:50, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
- Ss112 & Sebastian James- I think a lot of this can be classified as a content dispute which should be handled in the normal manner and does not require administrator intervention. In any event the subject matter is outside my competency so I am not going to get involved in sorting those issues out. To the extent that there has been multiple reverting... don't do that. Also please remember that we are all on the same team here. We want a better encyclopedia. There is no need to be short with one another. Thank you both for your many contributions to the project. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:51, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
- @TheAmazingPeanuts: just because you don't agreed with the website doesn't mean you have to removed it, I have never mentioned that I "don't agreed" with the website. If you had looked ADM?'s page, you would have seen the template that has been staying there since 2012. I have done the reverts because of this. You should mention this on the article's talk page, because this thing is hard to find. (I also checked Utopia's talk page and there had been no consensus.) Sebastian James (talk)
- I was pointing out your sentence (They've been adding unreliable reviews) when I mentioned Sputnikmusic, because I have only added one unreliable review (it may be two if you are gonna insist to add The Needle Drop).
- music reviewers don't need to have articles here to be considered reliable: Again, I added this as an extra thing, you did understand it wrongly.
- Sebastian, meanwhile, has a year-long history of removing sources without explanation and ADM scores simply because WP:IDON'TLIKEIT.: I have already explained this, it is not a personal thing.
- They did this half a year ago at a Björk article and they're still edit warring at several Björk articles: The last edit I have done to a Björk article was ADM? score on Utopia. Previous edit was this, as you can see I mostly explain when I revert, or if the edit really needs an explanation. So stop informing incorrect things about me. I have edited many music articles, not only the ones about Björk. So, Ss112, remember that your perception can be wrong. If the other person is writing in an unfamiliar language, or has a different cultural background, you may misunderstand their intentions. Being right about an issue does not mean you're behaving properly. Last but not least, don't try to persuade people of things that aren't true. Sebastian James (talk)
- @Sebastian James: There is nothing with this bring added in the Utopia (Björk album) article, stop edit warring with other editors who have more experience in Wikipedia then you. You clearly don't fully understand how it works here, Ss112 already pointed it out to you. TheAmazingPeanuts (talk) 11:58, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
- @TheAmazingPeanuts: You clearly have no intention to understand, and probably haven't read my reply properly. You don't and will never know who is experienced more "then" the other. Stop being salty, and mind your own business. Sebastian James (talk)
- Sebastian James the well being of the project is the business of every editor. That part of your comment was not helpful. I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that this may need to be sent over to WP:DRN or possibly even ANI. -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:39, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
I added some references to Anurag Arora and added a heading for the list of roles. I think he might be notable. You might want to revisit Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anurag Arora Eastmain (talk • contribs) 01:47, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you. I have replied at the AfD discussion. -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:10, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
deleted bruce milne entry
hi ad orientum i posted the comprehensive entry on Bruce Milne that you have just deleted. i am not a fervent wiki contributor but an aust music biz insider who likes to correct things when they strike me as egregiously wrong. (this happened when i tried to correct the entry Aust Pub Rock which was so plain wrong it was just a joke, but my corrections/expensions were removed too and at that time i had neither the time now inclination to re-correct. but in this instance...) the entry on Bruce Milne as far as i could tell did what wiki asked - i.e., insert references. it is full of references. i don't think i need to try and justify the article, as opposed to being pulled down because it's advertising or promotion, the article justified itself in its content and the several dozen references present, i have vested interest in this living person and so i can't understand why the biography has been pulled down. i think the deletion is an error the same as the removal of my rewrite of the Aus Pub Rock entry, which is an appalling mistake. i'll take the trouble now i'm thinking about it to add something to that pub rock talk page, if this is the right way, i hope, for me to be making these asks, with thanks Flamippo (talk) 01:11, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
- Hi Flamippo. I have taken a second look and I am afraid I stand by the deletion. It clearly was a specie of unambiguous promotion of the subject. I also spot checked the references, and almost all of the ones I looked at likely fail WP:RS. I have not salted the article so you are free to try again. However if you do, please be careful about the language you use which cannot contain peacock phrases or adjectives that serve only to promote the subject. Also you are going to need better references in order to establish the notability of the subject. Please see WP:RS and WP:BASIC. You should also read WP:COI as you have stated you have a connection to the subject. Alternatively you may appeal the deletion at WP:DRV. As an experienced editor I would advise you that in my opinion such an appeal will not succeed. Best regards... -Ad Orientem (talk) 01:43, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
hi ad. thanks for this. i think i get it. a lot less declamatory, just the facts. so okay, i'll give it another run through at some point in the near future when i've got time. although i do think the references are every bit as credible as references i see in other wiki pages. thing is, i could have cited published books in which this subject is discussed but wasn't sure how to cite books without a URL. but i've run out of time on this for the meantime, with thanks Flamippo (talk) 21:22, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
oh and the other thing was, it was just an unfortunate typo that it read i have vested interests, it should have read i have NO vested interests Flamippo (talk) 21:23, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
Request for Undeletion Article Sunteck Realty
Hi, I would request to undelete the Wikipedia page Sunteck Realty, because It passes Wikipedia's notability guidelines under WP:NCORP, WP:LISTED and WP:GNG.
The article was well referenced, verifiable and complying the Wikipedia's Policy. It would be unfair to delete under Speedy delete. If you still believe that the article is not Notable, I would say Article for deletion process would be best way to reach any consensus.Thank you.--Eramritasharma (talk) 15:32, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
Done. After reviewing the references more closely I agree that there is enough independent RS coverage to make a plausible argument that the subject now passes NCORP. Courtesy ping SamHolt6. If doubts remain AfD is the best place to resolve them. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:55, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
Disruptive editing again
- 116.45.140.21 (talk · contribs) You have blocked this editor in March [1] and last month [2] for adding content without sources, the editor is still once again doing the same thing, especially in the Damn (Kendrick Lamar album) article. Like just recently [3]. TheAmazingPeanuts (talk) 03:14, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
- Final warning issued. If this continues let me know and I will drop the hammer (again). -Ad Orientem (talk) 14:33, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
Fhsig13
Thanks for the warning on his talk. Any chance you'd take a look at the report he just made at ANEW? Thanks. John from Idegon (talk) 00:38, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
- I have declined the report, for now. I will comment further on his talk page. -Ad Orientem (talk) 01:00, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
(edit conflict):Thanks again. Any possibility you'd try to explain BRD to him? If you read his emotional responses in his talk, you'll see clearly he's not grasping some very basic notions, such as OR. He's also apparently pretty blinded by COI as his talk page makes clear. There's been a history of "be true to my school" editing on this article, and at least one other school article regular, Meters, is aware of it. I'm just gonna piss this dude off further, so I'm not gonna do anything for at least a day. Hopefully Meters will pick it up later. Have a good morning or evening or whatever it is where you are. John from Idegon (talk) 01:08, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
- He is clearly a newer editor who is not yet familiar with all of WP:PAG. Sometimes you need to gently walk them through things. Posting warning templates for mistakes that were almost certainly made in good faith might not be helpful. I will post a few links for their benefit. -Ad Orientem (talk) 01:16, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
- Ok I think we managed to sort this out w/o a trip to ANI or anyone getting blocked. I am going to go smoke a cigar. -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:26, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
- Ping John from Idegon
- Ok I think we managed to sort this out w/o a trip to ANI or anyone getting blocked. I am going to go smoke a cigar. -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:26, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
- He is clearly a newer editor who is not yet familiar with all of WP:PAG. Sometimes you need to gently walk them through things. Posting warning templates for mistakes that were almost certainly made in good faith might not be helpful. I will post a few links for their benefit. -Ad Orientem (talk) 01:16, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
Hey, I know you userfied this in trying to help me, but it's actually causing more harm. People are threatening to request speedy deletes on it, and I'm getting hammered on because the image that was on it when it was in the mainspace was non-free use uploaded. If you unuserfy it, I'd really appreciate it, as it was a viable article beforehand, and I've added to it since, so I'd much prefer it as it was, given that I was harrassed for it before. THis is only one of many times I've gotten this kind of treatment since joining Wikipedia, and I'm almost at the point of quitting. Please help. Thanks, Fhsig13 (talk) 04:51, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
- It's already been userfied and it should not be deleted unless you request it. The image is a different story. Copyright is something we take super seriously and unless you can pass muster there it is going to get deleted. -Ad Orientem (talk) 04:56, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
I think it is an interesting suggestion, though I am not too sure that the community would be open to it. Perhaps worth an RfC some day? --TheSandDoctor Talk 01:20, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
- Possibly but I am doubtful that the community would be prepared to give that kind of discretion to admins. All of the other CSD criteria is written in very narrow language. -Ad Orientem (talk) 01:28, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
Deb Haaland
I've been noticing that as well, though I'm not sure it's as sudden as you seem to think — so far, this entire year has been an unprecedented barrage of pushback against WP:NPOL. A lot more candidates are trying to get Wikipedia articles than usual (I don't remember even 2016 being this bad!), and a lot more editors than ever are trying to drown the notion that campaign coverage in and of itself shouldn't be enough to get a person over WP:GNG. Try pointing out that every candidate always gets enough coverage to technically pass GNG if campaign coverage itself were automatically enough to pass GNG in and of itself, or try pointing out that Wikipedia's standard is the ten-year test for permanent significance and not the every single person who happens to get into the news today test, and people just stick their fingers in their ears and repeat that their candidate has enough campaign coverage to clear GNG — and try raising WP:BLP1E, and you get the response that an election is somehow not an event. Which, er, yes, it is.
It's tiresome, and I'm extremely fed up with it — if we don't hold "candidates do not get to use Wikipedia as a platform for their campaign brochures" as the bright red line that NPOL does not erase, then we may as well just fold up. Our value as a project depends on having standards for how a person becomes notable enough to get in here, and what their article has to look and sound like, and how it has to be referenced — without those, we're just Ballotpedia x LinkedIn, not a proper encyclopedia anymore. But what to do about it, I simply don't know. Bearcat (talk) 05:15, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
- @Bearcat I agree with pretty much everything you wrote. Perhaps we need to open a discussion of this issue somewhere. -Ad Orientem (talk) 05:20, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
Block
Hi can you please block IHateWalter666 and Fuckwalter? The former one is vandalising Walter Bustamante and the latter one is a sock I suppose. ~ Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk to me) 05:53, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
Done First one blocked by Anachronist (what an awesome user name) and I got the 2nd one. FYI I am off to bed so if there are anymore issues of this sort please report them at WP:AIV. Thanks for your great work and good night. -Ad Orientem (talk) 06:01, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
Re: Some friendly advice
I never said nor hinted that editors should be penalized, that I my edits are not neutral, nor that I have an agenda (as does the "Sovereign citizen movement" page). The data I provided is backed by the stated sources - current law, .... I have said over and over that, as you said, "Sovereign citizens lacks balance or fails". Content disputes by majority vote do NOT change the information to a truth. Majority rules does not = reality. My political views are not the subject nor have I given any. The "other side" of the sovereign citizen is all I provided backed by actual current law (see below). Nothing "odd" here except the emotional and exaggerated responses to my evidence and comments.
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- Rgojoey please read WP:TRUTH. Best regards... -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:56, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) What, you don't think patriotnetwork.info is a trustworthy source? /s clpo13(talk) 23:19, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
- Well, given my own political inclinations... oh never mind. -Ad Orientem (talk) 23:23, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) What, you don't think patriotnetwork.info is a trustworthy source? /s clpo13(talk) 23:19, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
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ITN recognition for Gudrun Burwitz
On 2 July 2018, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Gudrun Burwitz, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 04:23, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steve Lee (artist)
You closed the discussion with a no consensus, defaulted to keep. Can you take another look at the decision? The only keep vote is from the article's creator who has less than a hundred minor edits. His rationale for keep is pretty week as well. 2Joules (talk) 05:27, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
- Hi 2Joules. I took another look at the AfD and I do agree that the sole Keep is not really impressive. Unfortunately there is only one comment supporting Deletion. And the single Keep, which though not compelling is also not frivolous enough for me to completely disregard. The unhappy fact is that there is not a CONSENSUS favoring deletion. I considered relisting but the discussion has already been relisted twice and absent something unusual that's typically my limit. I suggest waiting a couple of weeks and renominating it. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:34, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
Tim Bjorkman
I am puzzled by your decision and why, frankly, you are granted such authority. Your stated political beliefs lead me to believe you must, repeat MUST, no longer be involved in this process. Your bias is clear. Tim Bjorkman is a lawyer, a judge who served more than a decade on the South Dakota bench, an author, historian and legal scholar and the 2018 Democratic candidate for South Dakota's lone congressional seat. There have been dozens and dozens of media reports on his campaign. He is indeed a newsworthy person. In the page on the campaign, it appears all other candidates have pages. Why were they not deleted? I believe the answer is obvious. Yes, I work for Tim's campaign as communications director. I want to be upfront about that. But as a longtime Wikipedia user, it's clear to me Mr. Bjorkman merits a Wikipedia page -- and you should have no role in deciding if it should exist. Tom Lawrence sdwriter25@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 26SDWriter (talk • contribs) 19:14, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker)@26SDWriter:If you can cite "dozens and dozens" of media reports, you should probably do that. Merely insisting that they exist (while insulting the person whom you expect to help you, no less) is only going to result in most people assuming you are lying. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 19:25, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
- @26SDWriter I am sorry that you feel that I have acted in bad faith [I also redirected a Republican candidates article last night]. You might also want to read this thread a few spaces above. On Wikipedia we live and die by WP:CONSENSUS. And as I noted in my earlier reply to you, in my judgement a rough consensus exists favoring deletion. If you wish to appeal my close you may do so at WP:DRV. I do appreciate your disclosure of your WP:COI. Again, best regards... -Ad Orientem (talk) 20:46, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
- This is a little off topic, but I think the obvious explanation for why there's a push for articles about politicians is the little infoboxes google puts on the results page for the most famous person matching a name when you google that name. They used to pull information from a wide variety of sources, but seem to have cut back to just using WP data after the recent google image search lawsuit. I'd not be surprised if this push extended to all BLPs who value exposure. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 12:58, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
Permissions
What permission/user rights are required to view logs of deleted pages? I want to check who created a couple of pages I AFD'ed, but even though I watchlisted them, I am unable to view the history. I hold only extended confirmed rights. Which user rights should I apply for in order to view creation logs?
- Good morning 2Joules. You have to be an administrator to see deleted pages. If you let me know which articles, I will check and get you the names of the creating editors. -Ad Orientem (talk) 14:39, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
Miller Baking Company Comment
Hi, can you expand a little on your rationale for No Consensus? The first Keep !vote uses the term "reliable sources" which is not the criteria for establishing notability. The next doesn't use any policy based arguments. The next also uses "third-party reliable sources" which isn't the criteria. The last states they've added references and posted a requested move. Basically, none of the Keep !voters have provided any indication of the criteria in NCORP. Can you help me understand how you weighted the Yea and Nay !votes? Thank you. HighKing++ 11:48, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
- @User:HighKing hmm, I thought I had satisfied WP:BEFORE and the article was deletion worthy. I seem to have removed it from my watchlist, or else I would have made this request myself. 2Joules (talk) 14:31, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
- I will take another look as soon as I have cleared out my morning inbox. -Ad Orientem (talk) 14:39, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
- @HighKing & 2Joules After taking a closer look at the discussion and the article I have decided to re-open the discussion and relist it. You can read my explanation in the relist notice, but the short version is I think the pro-delete arguments are weightier than the keep, but I am not satisfied that consensus to that end is sufficiently strong to delete. This could be called a no consensus given that it has already been relisted twice, but I think we are close enough to consensus to justify a third relist. Thanks for bringing your concerns to my attention. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:58, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
- Sheesh, sorry to come back to this but I just don't get it. There were two more Keep !votes added after the discussion. One from the author, Jayfish420 who pretty much admits as his last comment that he's uploading appropriate supporting material now but never did. The last was by HenryMP02 who !votes using reasoning that is clearly ruled out in policy and guidelines. At worst (and only because the nom had been blocked as a sock) it should have been closed as No Consensus. Based on your comments before reopening that the arguments were stronger for deletion, it should have been closed as Delete. This isn't a !vote counting contest as we all know but the evidence on this AfD makes me think that sometimes, that is actually what is comes down to. HighKing++ 11:53, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
- Good morning HighKing OK, I took yet another look at this. There is no way this could be closed as a delete. There is clearly no consensus that supports such a close. NOTAVOTE is not carte blanche for ignoring what appears to be consensus or inventing one that doesn't exist. However, I do think I erred in the close. This should have been procedurally closed as soon as the nom was identified as a sock per DENY. I am going to alter the close accordingly. This will be w/o prejudice to a speedy renomination if you are so inclined. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:03, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
- No probs. I won't renom straight away either - I think the product might be notable so there's no real harm in leaving it at the "wrong" title for a while HighKing++ 16:38, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
- Good morning HighKing OK, I took yet another look at this. There is no way this could be closed as a delete. There is clearly no consensus that supports such a close. NOTAVOTE is not carte blanche for ignoring what appears to be consensus or inventing one that doesn't exist. However, I do think I erred in the close. This should have been procedurally closed as soon as the nom was identified as a sock per DENY. I am going to alter the close accordingly. This will be w/o prejudice to a speedy renomination if you are so inclined. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:03, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
- Sheesh, sorry to come back to this but I just don't get it. There were two more Keep !votes added after the discussion. One from the author, Jayfish420 who pretty much admits as his last comment that he's uploading appropriate supporting material now but never did. The last was by HenryMP02 who !votes using reasoning that is clearly ruled out in policy and guidelines. At worst (and only because the nom had been blocked as a sock) it should have been closed as No Consensus. Based on your comments before reopening that the arguments were stronger for deletion, it should have been closed as Delete. This isn't a !vote counting contest as we all know but the evidence on this AfD makes me think that sometimes, that is actually what is comes down to. HighKing++ 11:53, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
- @HighKing & 2Joules After taking a closer look at the discussion and the article I have decided to re-open the discussion and relist it. You can read my explanation in the relist notice, but the short version is I think the pro-delete arguments are weightier than the keep, but I am not satisfied that consensus to that end is sufficiently strong to delete. This could be called a no consensus given that it has already been relisted twice, but I think we are close enough to consensus to justify a third relist. Thanks for bringing your concerns to my attention. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:58, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
- Actually, there's another AfD that was nominated by a (now) blocked sock - StuMagz. HighKing++ 10:39, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
- AfD closed per DENY. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:08, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks. While you're on a roll - here's yet another couple - AfD of Furniture Choice and Sunesis Pharmaceuticals. HighKing++ 16:22, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
- Closed per DENY. -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:33, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
- I will take another look as soon as I have cleared out my morning inbox. -Ad Orientem (talk) 14:39, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
Jeffrey Sussman (Deletion)
Hello I am asking that the Jeffrey Sussman page be restored. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vintagemovieguy (talk • contribs) 16:54, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
Not done See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jeffrey Sussman. I stand by my close. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:07, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
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Please comment on Talk:?egota
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:?egota. Legobot (talk) 04:24, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
Graham Kentsley
Hello Ad Orientem! You decided to keep the article about Graham Kentsley referring to lack of consensus. I think, that there was a consensus because all the real users with a real contribution to Wikipedia concurred that the person isn't notable enough for the encyclopedia. The lack of consensus was made only by newly registered users, who are probably associated with Kentsley. Moreover, all their arguments are like "look, he was mentioned in some local tabloid", but I believe that this is not a sufficient reason. So, what do you think about it? Unfortunately, I'm not very familiar with the rules of English Wikipedia, so could you please explain me how can I appeal the keeping decision? --XVodolazx (talk) 11:35, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
- Hi Ad Orientem, I found the fact that all the keep votes were made by new accounts suspicious as well, so I checked. The following accounts are
Likely to each other:
- The following accounts are
Confirmed to each other and
Unrelated to the other two:
- Garfild2017 (talk · contribs · count)
- Alexandr France (talk · contribs · count)
Blocked without tags. You might want to consider reopening the AfD. Regards.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:25, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
- Hi XVodolazx & Bbb23 I have reverted my previous close and reclosed the discussion as delete. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. -Ad Orientem (talk) 14:47, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks! --XVodolazx (talk) 19:33, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
- Hi XVodolazx & Bbb23 I have reverted my previous close and reclosed the discussion as delete. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. -Ad Orientem (talk) 14:47, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
Toontown
There are several issues with your close of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Toontown. Firstly your close redirect to Toontown (disambiguation)
should be a nonstarter as that put the pages in the WP:MALPLACED work queue (which is how I found this close). Secondly, you should have realized that this close made some 25 pages link to the disambiguation and taken it upon yourself to clean those up rather than leaving the task for some random editor to sort out. Of course, de facto deletion of the article on the topic (without actually deleting it) left nothing to disambiguate these links to, so I removed the links, and made sure that there was a nearby link to Who Framed Roger Rabbit or a related article, so that the meaning of "Toontown" could still be ascertained by the reader. Thirdly, since this close effectively removed the article from WP:primary topic status, it became necessary to move the article to a newly disambiguated title. While I was pondering over what title to move the article to, and sleeping on the matter, another editor filed a technical request to move the malplaced dab page, and administrator Anthony Appleyard move the redirected article page to Toontown (version 2) – a title I'm not keen on, but understandable in this case. Fourthly, I question the need for a disambiguation page at all, as all of the items on the dab are Disney-related, excepting "Toontown", a nickname for Saskatoon
which makes it a WP:TWODABS situation that could be handled by a hatnote. Checking Google Ngrams for the date the term originated, I see that it wasn't on the radar until 1985, although there was some obscure usage before then. Looking at Google Books shows a handful of references that these mostly relate to Roger Rabbit, as Who Censored Roger Rabbit? was published in 1981. The floodgates opened by the early 1990s, following the 1988 release of the film. I don't find the argument that the term fails WP:GNG very convincing, given all these mentions by multiple independent publications. I think Disney made this a valid topic for a WP:Broad-concept article – there is a somewhat amorphous relationship between the articles on the disambiguation page. The idea that the article should "Merge with Toontown (disambiguation)" is another nonstarter. We don't merge content into disambiguation pages. This is more an argument for merging the disambiguation into the broad-concept article and deleting Toontown (disambiguation). If this is indeed a valid broad-concept created by Disney, then that negates the need to remove those 25 links to the topic. – wbm1058 (talk) 15:58, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
- Hi Wbm1058. Ouch. I am somewhat surprised at the technical cluster bleep I appear to have caused. In particular the 25 links
as I almost always use XFD Closer and opt for the automatic removal of links to articles that are being deleted. I am not sure if this was something that XFD Closer missed or if I failed to hit the button when closing. I am guessing the latter.In any event I apologize for the unnecessary added work. With respect to your analysis of the article, I think it is reasonable and I wish it had been a part of the discussion. It likely would have given me pause even in the face of the other four comments favoring redirection. (I dismissed the idea of a merge based on the poor referencing.). If you think it would be beneficial to reopen the discussion so you can add your views and see if that might change some of the minds of the other participating editors or persuade new ones, I am prepared to revert my close and relist the discussion. Let me know, and again I apologize for the abandoned links. Mea culp mea culpa mea maxima culpa... -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:51, 5 July 2018 (UTC)- Ok I am an idiot. Redirection does not = deletion. I should have grasped that and handled those. [facepalm]. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:57, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks, no need to call yourself names, but I appreciate the response. That reminds me of an essay I made significant contributions to five years ago, Wikipedia:Deletion by redirection. Yes, I think reopening it is a good idea. I don't often participate in AfD discussions but would be happy to make the above points in a relisted discussion. – wbm1058 (talk) 18:09, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
Done. @Wbm1058 When you comment, please ping the other participants to the discussion so they are aware the discussion has been reopened. Now I need to find the original article somewhere. Ugh... -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:25, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
- The original article is sitting at Toontown (version 2), as I mentioned above. Check the page history of that. wbm1058 (talk) 18:27, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
- Ok this is going to get a bit messy. I think the best thing to do is revert the moves and redirects and reset to the status quo ante. Any objections? -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:32, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
- That's fine, I could have run with it either way (reverse now, or reverse later if necessary). wbm1058 (talk) 18:42, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
- I decided to just revert pending the final close. The AfD template was on the wrong article and the links would have caused confusion for anyone joining the discussion. -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:44, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
- That's fine, I could have run with it either way (reverse now, or reverse later if necessary). wbm1058 (talk) 18:42, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
- Ok this is going to get a bit messy. I think the best thing to do is revert the moves and redirects and reset to the status quo ante. Any objections? -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:32, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
- The original article is sitting at Toontown (version 2), as I mentioned above. Check the page history of that. wbm1058 (talk) 18:27, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks, no need to call yourself names, but I appreciate the response. That reminds me of an essay I made significant contributions to five years ago, Wikipedia:Deletion by redirection. Yes, I think reopening it is a good idea. I don't often participate in AfD discussions but would be happy to make the above points in a relisted discussion. – wbm1058 (talk) 18:09, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
- Ok I am an idiot. Redirection does not = deletion. I should have grasped that and handled those. [facepalm]. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:57, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
Block evasion by PeopleEater143
Hi AO. I have just been waiting since last year for this user to come back in some way, shape or form, and they're back using 208.28.133.202 (they previously used this IP in 2017 with the same snark). I can spot their attitude anywhere. Last year they edit warred over the mere order of singles on ÷ (album) and a slew of other then-recent pop music articles. Now they're back with their snark on recent pop music articles again. You can see (some) of their editing history at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/PeopleEater143/Archive. It's like they can't edit without writing smart alec edit summaries, for example usually something along the lines of "that's not how it works" and acting like they have final say on everything. Looks like they've been around for a while now with their snark, but I only just spotted them at Palo Santo (Years & Years album). They also edit war like crazy. I'll report any further IP hops to you, because they came back using different usernames and IPs last year when users like myself and Jennica spotted a pattern (Jennica even said that she was sure they frequented a pop music forum she visited and were distinguishable by their attitude there). @Hayman30: because they appeared to be editing Sweetener (album) quite a bit and you watch that article quite a bit. Can you be on the lookout there? Thanks! Ss112 00:01, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
- Blocked x 6 months. -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:05, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
- They're already back evading on the same article with the same attitude, using 2601:48:8100:6d8a:6c2c:18f2:ae34:53c4, which geolocates to the same area of the US. Can you please protect Palo Santo (Years & Years album)? Looks like it's going to be the latest target of sock activity. I've told them to find a hobby outside of Wikipedia; doubtful they'll comply. Also, I think it'd be wise to protect Sweetener (album) as I'm sure they'll go back there. Ss112 04:13, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
- Blocked and page protected. -Ad Orientem (talk) 04:31, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
- @Bbb23 When you get a minute can you check out Braxlee2323? I suspect they are PeopleEater143. Thanks... -Ad Orientem (talk) 04:36, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for all of that. I'm not so sure this Braxlee2323 editor is PeopleEater143 myself. They seem like a newbie, and I don't get the impression PeopleEater143 would write kind of naive summaries like "I just added a link to Sweetener on the top" and "Sry still learning". They're usually far more cocky and standoffish than to communicate doubt in anything they do. Ss112 05:04, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
- You may well be right which is why I didn't block them. But I am very suspicious that a newbie editor shows up at this particular moment and lands on the same article we are having sock issues with. I dropped a Welcome on their talk page in case I am wrong. Bbb23 can give us a verdict at his convenience. -Ad Orientem (talk) 05:13, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
- What account would I be comparing Braxlee2323 to? I can see only two named accounts that were ever blocked as socks of PE, and they're both quite stale.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:13, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
- Bbb23 Ah. I think we will just have to wait and see how this user behaves. Thanks for looking. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:36, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
- What account would I be comparing Braxlee2323 to? I can see only two named accounts that were ever blocked as socks of PE, and they're both quite stale.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:13, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
- You may well be right which is why I didn't block them. But I am very suspicious that a newbie editor shows up at this particular moment and lands on the same article we are having sock issues with. I dropped a Welcome on their talk page in case I am wrong. Bbb23 can give us a verdict at his convenience. -Ad Orientem (talk) 05:13, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for all of that. I'm not so sure this Braxlee2323 editor is PeopleEater143 myself. They seem like a newbie, and I don't get the impression PeopleEater143 would write kind of naive summaries like "I just added a link to Sweetener on the top" and "Sry still learning". They're usually far more cocky and standoffish than to communicate doubt in anything they do. Ss112 05:04, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
- @Bbb23 When you get a minute can you check out Braxlee2323? I suspect they are PeopleEater143. Thanks... -Ad Orientem (talk) 04:36, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
- Blocked and page protected. -Ad Orientem (talk) 04:31, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
- They're already back evading on the same article with the same attitude, using 2601:48:8100:6d8a:6c2c:18f2:ae34:53c4, which geolocates to the same area of the US. Can you please protect Palo Santo (Years & Years album)? Looks like it's going to be the latest target of sock activity. I've told them to find a hobby outside of Wikipedia; doubtful they'll comply. Also, I think it'd be wise to protect Sweetener (album) as I'm sure they'll go back there. Ss112 04:13, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
Prabesh Samrat Bara
- Hey, Ad. The author of Prabesh Samrat Baral keeps removing the CSD tag of the article you deleted via AFD. Could you please take a look and maybe delete/salt the article? Thanks. The editor whose username is Z0 04:38, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
Done -Ad Orientem (talk) 04:43, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
- There's also a draft - Draft:Prabesh Samrat Baral. The editor whose username is Z0 04:44, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
- Not anymore. -Ad Orientem (talk) 04:45, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
- There's also a draft - Draft:Prabesh Samrat Baral. The editor whose username is Z0 04:44, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
Block evasion by Drizzy010
Hey again AO. The editor Drizzy010 (talk · contribs) mostly edited Drake discography and several Billboard achievement pages; Dalzon9596 is doing exactly the same thing. Same type of edits to Drake discography and editing the other pages Drizzy010 did. Ss112 16:34, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
- Indeffed. -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:45, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
- The user @ʎɐpʎɹəʌə pəəʍ əʞoɯs: doesn't appear to be here for any constructive purpose. See here, here, and here. Ss112 07:03, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
- Indeffed. -Ad Orientem (talk) 14:27, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
- Looks like Drizzy010/Dalzon9596 is back as WD1024, who appears to have registered after you blocked Dalzon9596. Editing several pages related to Drake's recent achievements and several pages Dalzon and Drizzy frequented (2018 in hip hop music, List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements by decade). Ss112 16:54, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
- Blocked and pages protected x 1 month. -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:58, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
- Looks like Drizzy010/Dalzon9596 is back as WD1024, who appears to have registered after you blocked Dalzon9596. Editing several pages related to Drake's recent achievements and several pages Dalzon and Drizzy frequented (2018 in hip hop music, List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements by decade). Ss112 16:54, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
List of England international footballers (alphabetical)
Hello, Ad. Recently, I merged List of England international footballers (alphabetical) to List of England international footballers and later redirected it to the latter per the result of an AFD. Another editor kept undoing the redirect, saying "the result is merge not redirect" but after completing the merge it is normal practice to redirect to the target article. It'll be great if you could take a look. The editor whose username is Z0 21:15, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
- I have restored the redirect per the clear consensus in the AfD. Hopefully this will be the end of the matter. -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:15, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
RE: restore John Humphrey (drummer)
Hello, please restore John Humphrey (drummer) rather than redirect to The Nixons. His discography is with both bands. Also member of both bands. Here is one source showing Humphrey joining Seether in 2003.
https://www.mlive.com/entertainment/saginaw/index.ssf/2011/07/seether_on_the_right_track_as.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jhdrumr (talk • contribs) 01:42, 8 July 2018 (UTC)
Not done Hi Jhdrumr. As was explained on your talk page, a discussion about the article resulted in a consensus that the subject does not currently meet our guidelines for establishing encyclopedic notability. Please see WP:BASIC and WP:MUSICBIO for a more detailed explanation for how to establish notability. If you believe that you have found enough coverage in reliable secondary sources to do this you may create a WP:DRAFT and submit for review at WP:AfC. Please be sure to declare any relationship you may have with the subject before doing so. See also WP:COI. Best regards... -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:14, 8 July 2018 (UTC)
https://www.moderndrummer.com/article/july-2018-seethers-john-humphrey/
https://www.sabian.com/en/artist/john-humphrey
https://www.therockpit.net/2018/interview-john-humphrey-seether/
http://www.goldminemag.com/articles/kiss-collection-is-seether-drummers-pride-and-joy
https://www.axs.com/into-the-pit-interview-with-seether-drummer-john-humphrey-68927
https://amnplify.com.au/portfolio-items/interview-with-john-humphrey-of-seether/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jhdrumr (talk • contribs) 04:00, 8 July 2018 (UTC)
- Again, please see my comment above. You can write a draft and add the sources. Then submit to AfC. The original article is still available in the page history of the redirect if you want the text. However, I am not going to reverse the decision of the discussion when the consensus was so clear. Best regards... -Ad Orientem (talk) 04:04, 8 July 2018 (UTC)
You should be a comedian
I happened to come across your express lane analogy here. Thanks for the laughs! Noticed their name had a strike-through at Chris Savino and got curious, then I see your funny message. Amaury (talk | contribs) 16:59, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
Tanapot2001 socking again
Hey AO, the Drake-loving block-evading editor from Thailand, Tanapot2001, is back using 27.55.99.17 Ss112 19:18, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
- Blocked. -Ad Orientem (talk) 19:20, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
Reporting 108.31.98.232
108.31.98.232 (talk · contribs) This editor keeps adding false information in the album ratings template in music-related articles [4] [5] [6]. TheAmazingPeanuts (talk) 06:14, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
- Blocked x 60 hrs. -Ad Orientem (talk) 13:39, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
TITANIIC
Can you take a look at the article TITANIIC? (Yes, that's the way it is spelled.) This is another Titanic replica project but by Czech entrepreneur Ondřej Vrkoč. It's flown under the radar here as it is an orphan article. Very hard to evaluate the reliability of the sources as they are mostly in Czech and the English language articles are Wiki mirrors. But from what I can tell it's all self promotion with help from an editor with an apparent COI. The project leader claims a collaboration with QM2 designer Stephen Payne and a business partnership with shipyard STX France. Maybe he spoke with them but an official role in his project is something on another level. As the main editor of Payne's article I don't see somebody with his credentials being associated with a ship that would have numerous SOLAS issues if built in the 1912 form. STX France's site comes up with zero results for a search of "Titaniic".
Given the lack of geographic scope, and difficulty of RS verification, at best this is a merger with Replica Titanic or a straight up AfD. I can merge it but I'd like to get another editor's opinion. Blue Riband► 02:55, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
- Hi Blue Riband. Wow. That is dreadful. You can always ask for help on the Project Ships talk page. But FWIW I think it's an unencyclopedic mess with far too many issues to be in the mainspace as a stand alone article. My suggestion is boldly merge and redirect it. If challenged send it to AfD. If there is a sense that the subject is actually independently notable I could see sending it into draft space pending a massive overhaul. -Ad Orientem (talk) 03:12, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
- P.S. It's getting late here and I am off to bed. But I will look in on this tomorrow. -Ad Orientem (talk) 03:14, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
Registered user using an IP to make disruptive edits
Hi AO, a week ago I reverted the user InUser on CeCe Peniston discography for their thinking things don't need to be sourced on Wikipedia, because they seem to be under the impression that some very relative things are "common knowledge". Just half an hour ago, they edited using the IP 89.24.184.201 to revert me twice: once on CeCe Peniston discography and InUser's talk page, both times using the summary I wrote when I reverted InUser's message on my talk page (which is a giveaway it was them). Now, not only that, but InUser seems to have edited several topics related to Jessica Lange. Not coincidentally, the IP address has edited Jessica Lange's awards and nominations page. This seems like a deliberate attempt to make disruptive, spiteful edits/reverts (copying my edit summary) while logged out. Ss112 11:36, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
- I've dropped a warning on their talk page about the logged out editing. That's definitely a no no. -Ad Orientem (talk) 13:53, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
Deletion of The Signals Network page
Hi Ad Orientem, First of all beware I'm a newbie in wikipedia. I tried to get a new page in wikipedia for a non profit called "The Signals Network" that offers protection for whistleblowers. It appeared that the page was instantly marked for deletion : not enough notable sources -- from what I understood. I wanted to improve it but now that it has been removed is there a way I can get my text back in some way? (through some kind of revision history?). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/The_Signals_Network --Mathieuleddet (talk) 09:20, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
- Good morning Mathieuleddet. I have userfied the article which can now be found at User:Mathieuleddet/The Signals Network. Please note, this page is not to be moved back into the article mainspace w/o first submitting it to WP:AfC for review and approval. I am going to tag it as a WP:DRAFT. Best regards... -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:28, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
Denis Law (politician)
I understand that the numerical votes in the discussion (as it was) favored deletion, but I think it is important that as the closer of the AfD, that you add explanation for the close. Most of the delete votes (Nom, Tillerh11, John Paul Lambert) put in their comments before the expansion of the article (now I feel appropriate proclaiming WP:HEY). The argument raised in favor of deletion by SportingFlyer was rejected by Bearcat. And, it is not hard to characterize Mangoe's argument as "only things that happen in big cities are important." But, because AfD is not a vote, but a discussion of policy, I feel that as the closer, you should articulate which rational(s) you based the close upon, rather than a simple "delete."
As Bearcat alluded earlier on your talk page (which I also fully agree with), these AfDs do set precedent (to a degree, as certain arguments are stronger than others). In my concluding comments on the AfD, "there are lots of local mayors" who are similar to the final version of the (now) deleted page, who are mayors of cities with a substantial sized population, whose article is greater than stub length, and whose merits would presumably be debated around the "significant things he did in the position" - as Bearcat mentioned, which is not, traditionally, been a question of this project. --Enos733 (talk) 06:14, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
- This is not a case of vote counting. There is a fairly strong WP:CONSENSUS that the coverage in reliable sources is insufficient to ring the WP:N bell. When I read the discussion it appeared that you were taking issue with NPOL and or the way it has been applied. That may well be a discussion worth having. But this isn't the right venue for that. The bottomline is that AfD is not always perfect or even generally consistent. We base our decisions on consensus and that is typically dictated by those who show up for the discussion and in all but the rarest of cases, which would need a serious explanation, a closing admin is bound to respect that. Indeed if anyone closed this as a Keep or even a No Consensus I think such a close might well be challenged at DRV with a very strong likelihood of being overturned. Best regards... -Ad Orientem (talk) 14:46, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
- Where would be the appropriate forum to have the discussion? Because, by endorsing the close, I feel that the strongest argument for deletion along the lines of not sufficient coverage in reliable sources completely discounts any local reporting, to the point of worthlessness. Also, because the arguments that the sources were insufficient came before substantial work was done on the article (taking it from a very incomplete stub to a full article), the close also has the effect of discouraging recreation (as revised). --Enos733 (talk) 16:17, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
- If you want to discuss the guidelines for notability relating to politicians that can be done at WT:BIO. If you want to challenge the actual close that would be done at WP:DRV. In the latter case please read the directions carefully as DRV is not where you rehash the AfD but rather whether the closing admin correctly interpreted the consensus. Best regards... -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:23, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
- Are you wiling to put the article in my draft space? The problem I run into is that if the decision to close was based on inadequate sources I am not sure what sources are needed to add to the article to satisfy concerns of the delete votes (based on the most recent version, not the article when it was proposed for deletion). --Enos733 (talk) 17:47, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
Done @Enos733 This page is not to be restored to the mainspace w/o first being submitted as a draft for review at WP:AfC. Good luck. -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:27, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
- Are you wiling to put the article in my draft space? The problem I run into is that if the decision to close was based on inadequate sources I am not sure what sources are needed to add to the article to satisfy concerns of the delete votes (based on the most recent version, not the article when it was proposed for deletion). --Enos733 (talk) 17:47, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
- If you want to discuss the guidelines for notability relating to politicians that can be done at WT:BIO. If you want to challenge the actual close that would be done at WP:DRV. In the latter case please read the directions carefully as DRV is not where you rehash the AfD but rather whether the closing admin correctly interpreted the consensus. Best regards... -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:23, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
- Where would be the appropriate forum to have the discussion? Because, by endorsing the close, I feel that the strongest argument for deletion along the lines of not sufficient coverage in reliable sources completely discounts any local reporting, to the point of worthlessness. Also, because the arguments that the sources were insufficient came before substantial work was done on the article (taking it from a very incomplete stub to a full article), the close also has the effect of discouraging recreation (as revised). --Enos733 (talk) 16:17, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
Girls Like You page protection
Hey AO. Basically every day, an IP in the 83.xx.xxx.xxx range is coming back around to Girls Like You and adding a bunch of unreliable charts (listed at WP:BADCHARTS), unsourced or component charts we don't need. Can you maybe protect it for a bit? This 83-range IP is persistent with Maroon 5 articles; they did it previously at What Lovers Do as well. Ss112 12:42, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
- Has there been any attempt to communicate with this user on a talk page somewhere? I realize that may be difficult if they are a dynamic IP. But while potentially disruptive, and certainly irritating, this isn't naked vandalism. Some attempt at communication should normally be attempted before protecting pages that do garner a high level of editing from the internet. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:12, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
- I did explain them multiple times to check WP:BADCHARTS on the talk pages of various IP addresses they used to edit What Lovers Do. They would continue restoring it regardless. This is what's happening here, and I've just undone another round of it. Ss112 16:06, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
- Page protected for a few days. Let's see what happens after that. -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:28, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
- I did explain them multiple times to check WP:BADCHARTS on the talk pages of various IP addresses they used to edit What Lovers Do. They would continue restoring it regardless. This is what's happening here, and I've just undone another round of it. Ss112 16:06, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
Choice?
Hi there! I was interested to see your close here, and wondered if you had seen the brief discussion at Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion#Sockpuppet nominations. I'm fully in agreement with you, but I'm not sure that those other editors would be. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 19:30, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for the heads up. I was not aware of the discussion and have just dropped a note there. -Ad Orientem (talk) 19:40, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
Hutterite Christian Communities
Hi there, please help me understand why two of our communities have been deleted. Thank-you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rus2er (talk • contribs) 21:33, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
- Hi Rus2er. Welcome to Wikipedia. Unfortunately two articles that were created in good faith were alleged to not meet our guidelines for inclusion in the encyclopedia. Generally we require any subject is being considered for a possible article to have a certain measure of notability. This is discussed in detail at WP:N. The principle guidelines for establishing notability in this situation are WP:GNG and WP:ORG. Discussions regarding these two articles were opened in WP:AFD. Those discussions can be viewed here and here. Due to inadequate participation these discussions were closed as what we call a "soft delete." This means that anyone can request the articles be restored. However I must advise you that I believe both articles have significant shortcomings that are likely to result in their being renominated for deletion. If you would like, I can restore them both and move them into a subpage of your username. This will allow you to work on them while they are not in the encyclopedia's mainspace. -Ad Orientem (talk) 21:42, 13 July 2018 (UTC)