Contents
- 1 Bad CSDs
- 2 Edit filter informal consult request
- 3 The Signpost: 02 December 2015
- 4 Draft:Eyal ben-Moshe (Eyal B)
- 5 Tech News: 2015-50
- 6 Books and Bytes - Issue 14
- 7 Please comment on Talk:Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
- 8 He's back
- 9 Heliodorus Trosidamas of Alexandria
- 10 The Signpost: 09 December 2015
- 11 Gary Wales Actor
- 12 Tech News: 2015-51
- 13 Could you block BlueSox
- 14 The Signpost: 16 December 2015
- 15 Copyright
- 16 Wikiclaus' cheer !
- 17 Tech News: 2015-52
- 18 WikiCup 2016 is just around the corner...
- 19 History of Persia
- 20 Wishing you all the best . . .
- 21 Newbie China Questions
Bad CSDs
Apologies there Sam, seems I didn't need to tag those sandboxes as CSDs -- samtar whisper 13:57, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
- @Samtar: You mean because I moved one of them? No worries; the other two that I deleted were blank so no problem deleting those. Sam Walton (talk) 13:59, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
Edit filter informal consult request
Hey, IIRC, you're quite experienced with the Edit Filter. We've been having some minor problems with trolling over at the Ref Desks, and it seems that the specific nature of the trolling is something an edit filter could be set up for to shut down; which would allow us to keep the ref desks open from semiprotection, which we'd really like to do. If you could check in to the discussion at this discussion, maybe you could lend your expertise. I'd be happy to bring you up to speed on exactly what we'd need from an edit filter, and if it can be enacted, I can also put it in the form of a formal request at the Edit Filter request board. Thanks in advance for your time! --Jayron32 02:58, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
- @Jayron32: Replying there. Sam Walton (talk) 09:09, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
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Draft:Eyal ben-Moshe (Eyal B)
Hi there, can you please help me? they declined but I have 14 References and even a few External Links... Eyal is a big personality in Israel and its obivous thanks to having so much written about him as well as winning awards.. please help Clipfunu (talk) 11:38, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
Tech News: 2015-50
17:53, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
Books and Bytes - Issue 14
Books & Bytes
Issue 14, October-November 2015
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs), Nikkimaria (talk · contribs)
- New donations - Gale, Brill, plus Finnish and Farsi resources
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The Interior, via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:13, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
Please comment on Talk:Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley. Legobot (talk) 00:05, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
He's back
See the page history at WP:RDM for his latest attempt to breach the edit filter. Probably needs a bit more tweak. --Jayron32 12:40, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
- Tweaked. Sam Walton (talk) 12:50, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
- @Jayron32: I've just had to protect, I'm on my phone and can't keep up. Sam Walton (talk) 13:11, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
- I had already protected RDM. Whenever you get around to fixing the filter, is fine. The whole thing is trying to stop one person from locking down the reference desks. It's blindingly obvious his whole goal is to force us to semiprotect the ref desks long term, just to be disruptive. I'm trying to find ways to avoid that. --Jayron32 13:15, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
- @Jayron32: I've just had to protect, I'm on my phone and can't keep up. Sam Walton (talk) 13:11, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
Heliodorus Trosidamas of Alexandria
Hi, Samwalton9,
Can you and Borsanova agree what you want to do with this article? Because Category:3rd-century Egyptian people is getting tagged for deletion, deleted and then recreated. I don't care whether or not the category exists (as long as it isn't empty) but it shouldn't be on this merry-go-round. Thanks. Liz Read! Talk! 19:48, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
- Properly merged and cat deleted again. Sam Walton (talk) 23:23, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
- And the category is recreated once more, Samwalton9. This is becoming a battle of wills. Liz Read! Talk! 01:29, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
- @Liz: The newly created article Dionysius of Alexandria (athlete) isn't one of those merged/redirected through an AfD and I have little to no effort left for these articles so I guess the category stays now. Sam Walton (talk) 10:19, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
- Okay, it is what it is. Thanks for checking on it. It's unusual to have repeat appearances of categories on Wikipedia:Database reports/Empty categories so that's what caught my eye. While categories get recreated as new articles are created and there is a new need for them, Category:3rd-century Egyptian people was listed twice in one week which was notable.
- I think it is news to some editors that there is a CSD tag for empty categories. But considering how easy it is to create new categories and the fact that they don't pass through the NPP, there are always categories that seemed like a good idea at the time but then are never used. Liz Read! Talk! 22:47, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
- @Liz: The newly created article Dionysius of Alexandria (athlete) isn't one of those merged/redirected through an AfD and I have little to no effort left for these articles so I guess the category stays now. Sam Walton (talk) 10:19, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
- And the category is recreated once more, Samwalton9. This is becoming a battle of wills. Liz Read! Talk! 01:29, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
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Gary Wales Actor
Hello Sam
I noticed that the article I created was deleted by yourself, can I ask you why please HeatherWalker1 (talk) 11:47, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
- @HeatherWalker1: Hi, the article (GaryWalesActor) was deleted because it read like little more than a promotional piece for the subject, rather than the encyclopedic tone and content that we aim for on Wikipedia. In regards to the tone; terms like "Wales began to advance his love of acting and production involvement", "His facebook page which has been verified by facebook has a great audience of over 11,000 likes", "As a child, Wales's Favourite film was The Lion King" are not appropriate for a Wikipedia article, which should aim to be factual and neutral in tone. Additionally, articles should cite reliable sources of information to back up the statements in the article and prove that the subject is notable by Wikipedia standards. If you want to write a new article please do so at Draft:Gary Wales to work on it without fear of deletion for notability reasons until it's ready, if Gary is indeed notable. Sam Walton (talk) 19:06, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
Tech News: 2015-51
17:42, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
Could you block BlueSox
BlueSox (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) - personal attacks on my talk/user page and WP:ANI -- samtar whisper 13:50, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
- Zzuuzz got to it before me! Sam Walton (talk) 13:54, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
- Phewww, thank you though - you were the first admin in my watchlist :P -- samtar whisper 13:57, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
- No worries, you were write in guessing I was available. Revdel'd the worst of the edits. Sam Walton (talk) 13:58, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
- Phewww, thank you though - you were the first admin in my watchlist :P -- samtar whisper 13:57, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
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Copyright
Dear Samwalton9, where did you see copyrighted material? We did not copy paste from anywhere. we did what our teacher said, read the sources and created the work without looking at the sources. Also, baegel is deleting some of my messages in his talk page, where I tried to speak with him. I asked several times to give us time, or cooperate with us. Nevertheless, he just delete our job and put his, without even looking at what we have done. Please, start a conversation with us, instead of just using the power and spoiling our work. You delete days of our work just with one click, and say that it is wikipedia policy. I thought wikipedia is created for informating people, and not fighting to own our article. From my viewpoint it just looks like Baegel wants to steal our article, and put his name on it.
Regards, Arman — Preceding unsigned comment added by Armanilogin (talk • contribs) 19:34, 20 December 2015 (UTC)
Wikiclaus' cheer !
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18:29, 21 December 2015 (UTC)
WikiCup 2016 is just around the corner...
Hello everyone, and we would like to wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2016 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. There are some changes we'd like to announce before the competition begins.
After two years of serving as WikiCup judge, User:Miyagawa has stepped down as judge. He deserves great thanks and recognition for his dedication and hard work, and for providing necessary transition for a new group of judges in last year's Cup. Joining Christine (User:Figureskatingfan) and Jason (User:Sturmvogel 66) is Andrew (User:Godot13), a very successful WikiCup competitor and expert in Featured Pictures; he won the two previous competitions. This is a strong judging team, and we anticipate lots of enjoyment and good work coming from our 2016 competitors.
We would also like to announce one change in how this year's WikiCup will be run. In the spirit of sportsmanship, Godot13 and Cwmhiraeth have chosen to limit their participation. See here for the announcement and a complete explanation of why. They and the judges feel that it will make for a more exciting, enjoyable, and productive competition.
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History of Persia
Hello Samwalton9, you may remember User:Artin Mehraban = User:History of Persia, whom you blocked in June. I'm not turning to you because you blocked him, but because you are interested in Greek history, which overlaps with this user's edits. Now a natural problem we have is that this user created some information that is still being used. In particular, I am wondering about File:Provinces of the Achaemenid empire.png. How reliable is it? Do we need to go through more of this user's edits? — Sebastian 07:15, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
- @SebastianHelm: Honestly, I know next to nothing about Greek history! You'd be better of finding the relevant Wikiproject if you think some of his content needs discussion. Sam Walton (talk) 09:20, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
Wishing you all the best . . .
Merry Christmas, Sam, and may your holidays be merry and bright . . . . Cheers. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 16:47, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
- @Dirtlawyer1: Thank you, merry christmas to you too :) Sam Walton (talk) 16:54, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
Newbie China Questions
Hello, I'm a new editor and your name was given to me by the teahouse. I see you have access to the university of Liverpool's library. Wondering if you could get some free electronic books or journal articles for me. I"m interested in the chinese black market, at least that's the articles I'm doing now, and want to see if there is any additional information out there that I could access. In particularly, I would be interested in books since I already have access to journal articles through Jstor, nellco.org, bepress.com, google scholar and another one. Is there any storage function on wikipedia where you could upload documents and I could download them from the site without giving out my email address? I'm interested in the following topics:
pirated online content such as music movies TV shows for downloading or online streaming, Pirated Dvds Cds Vcds, financial black market (shadow banking), Black market money exchange services, pirated Software, Cigarettes and tobacco, Fake local brands, Fake international brands for domestic and int markets, Luxury goods, Factories producing genuine products for foreign brands but sell the same ones in Chinese black or grey market after changing logo or not, Illegal Surrogate mothers, Child beggars industry (where kids are kidnapped by criminals and forced to work on the street), Aborting of females with illegal sex determination, Online and on ground copyright infringement Trademark, patent, Pharmaceuticals fake and for making illegal synthetic drugs overseas, Exotic animal parts, Black market banking (shadow banking), Black market money exchanges, Fake Western military parts/electronics,
There might be some more that I will add later but up to now this is all I could think of. Also is there any way to introduce me to other Wikipedians interested in China that like to collaborate and share workloads? Without help this article will probably take me six months and this is too bad because I feel it will be a fairly important addition to the China section of Wikipedia. A mix of native Chinese speakers with excellent English skills and native English speakers would be the best so as to have access to more sources, perhaps in Chinese books/journal articles. Thanks in advance for all your help :-) See you later.Notgoingtotellyou (talk) 16:53, 24 December 2015 (UTC)
- @Notgoingtotellyou: Hi there. I'm not in Liverpool at the moment but I could definitely take a look into this for you, and can distribute without having to email you. Have you tried looking through Google Books and other similar online resources? It seems there are a number of available books on Google with information on the black market. As for Wikipedians interested in China, you should first take a look at WikiProject China; there are a number of resources there and the talk page should hopefully be a good place to post for discussion and questions. Hope that helps. Sam Walton (talk) 17:18, 24 December 2015 (UTC)
Wow you're quick, I just posted that 5 mintues ago! You must have mobile app notification or something. I will check out the china project section and look for partners to work on the project thanks for that advice and also for the google books idea, I totally forgot about that but from my past experience the only books offered are not the newest and best ones because they still want to make money on selling them to readers. I will search through there nevertheless to check for relevant books..Thanks againNotgoingtotellyou (talk) 17:23, 24 December 2015 (UTC)
Holidays
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Please comment on Talk:CobraNet
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:CobraNet. Legobot (talk) 00:03, 27 December 2015 (UTC)