Good close
I've been closing more RfDs lately and have been kinda surprised that it's empirically the most thankless task I regularly do (colloquially and Special:Log/thanks-ly). And I've noticed that I almost never see anyone thanking admins or frequent non-admin closers on any user talkpages I watch, and when I do see it, it's usually "Thanks for saying I'm right".
So, I wanted to take a moment to thank you for this close. It went against how I'd !voted, but I agree with it, and it was the exact kind of succinct but nuanced close to a complex discussion that any closer aspires to. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (she/they) 21:20, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
- Tamzin, thanks! There's some irony that by far the most-thanked thing, at least that I do, is reviewing redirects, the lowest-hanging fruit administrative there is, signed, Rosguill talk 21:27, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
Special:Diff/956349270
This was some time ago, but please note that in this case, you should have used the {{R to anchor}} tag. ~~~~
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Resident Evil creature list subpages
Hi. I noticed that you closed a few RfDs at WP:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 February 2#List of Resident Evil 1 creatures and below. There are a few subpages that should be G8 speedy-deleted: Talk:List of creatures in the Resident Evil series/Archive 1, Talk:List of creatures in the Resident Evil series/Impact, and Talk:List of creatures in the Resident Evil series/to do (search). I found nothing when searching for each of the other redirects, but double-checking wouldn't hurt if there's a tool. Thanks! Flatscan (talk) 05:33, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
- Flatscan, thanks for the heads up, taken care of. signed, Rosguill talk 14:18, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
WP:REFUND request.
Hi Rosguill, can I get a WP:REFUND of David Wood (Christian apologist). I remember seeing this article previously, and looking at the two previous AfD pages, I am keen to rescue this article if I can. It seems that the most recent AfD had very little participation, and I have doubts that it was thorough enough. Could you please recreate it as a draft for me? Thanks. — Insertcleverphrasehere(or here)(or here)(or here) 08:25, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
- Insertcleverphrasehere, you can now find the draft at Draft:David Wood (Christian apologist) signed, Rosguill talk 14:20, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks. — Insertcleverphrasehere(or here)(or here)(or here) 18:06, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
NPP
Hello I made a request to be a New Page reviewer over a week ago but had no response, I kindly ask you if you have time to review my request. Thanks Trains2050 (talk) 10:40, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
AE case closure
Dear Rosguill, many thanks for your input in this AE case. The case has been there for 3 weeks now, with two admins, including yourself, willing to impose topic ban. Would you be happy to close the case per that consensus? There is a risk it may get archived, without justice served. Best wishes, --Armatura (talk) 20:54, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
- Armatura, I actually already rescued it from being archived early once yesterday; I left a note in the result section saying that I'd prefer to have someone else close it but am willing to act on it if this is still open after one more week. signed, Rosguill talk 22:33, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you very much for clarifying and for the de-archival, Rosguill: I noticed the case disappeared and then reappeared, and now only seen your message in the result section. No harm in waiting for another week, agreed, will wait. --Armatura (talk) 23:31, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
Adoption request
Hello Rosguill, would you like to adopt me? I started editing in late January. Since joining I have done recent changes patrolling, reverting vandalism. I have nominated one page at MfD successfully, and have made my first AfD nomination today. Other things I've done: made cca 25 speedy deletion nominations; two successful PROD nominations; requested revision deletion, a page protection, and have made filings at the usernames noticeboard; made two successful reports at the edit warring noticeboard, alerted administrators of a legal threat at ANI; helped the GAN of QAnon move along, for which I got a barnstar. Through recent changes, I've become a little more involved with specific pages, mostly doing copyediting, to the best of my ability. I have been expanding Template:Video game industry, and I created one stub (Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences).
So that's me thus far, in a nutshell. When looking at the Task Center I realize that I haven't even scratched the surface. However, I'm still mostly interested in recent changes patrolling, and want to stay focused on this for a decent period of time. Maybe I will only be doing some type of maintenance work on Wikipedia. I enjoy editing a lot. I've learned about New pages patrol in the meantime, and I see it as sort of a next step from that; it seems like a fairly advanced activity. What I'm interested in from being your adoptee is getting help to structure my activities on Wikipedia, so that I can gain relevant experience and knowledge in order to eventually become a new pages patroller.
You are the second editor I've asked to adopt me (previous request). I really hope that you will take me on. Sincerely, twsabin 22:50, 4 February 2022 (UTC) twsabin 17:01, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
- Twsabin, thanks for your contributions so far. Normally I'd be happy to mentor an editor with a track record like yours, but I'm currently a bit too overwhelmed with off-wikipedia tasks to commit to taking you on. If you're still looking for a mentor in a month or two, things may be a bit easier for me. signed, Rosguill talk 18:46, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
- Sounds great! twsabin 20:19, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
Request for adoption
Hi. I would like to be adopted by an adopter. would you be willing to do so? I appreciate any help. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 07:28, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
- Sm8900, I'm afraid I'm a bit overwhelmed by off-wiki tasks right now and can't commit to taking on any students right now. signed, Rosguill talk 14:55, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
Image uploaded by user you just indeffed
Hey, the user you just indeffed (User:Carfian) was trying to edit an abusive image they had uploaded into the Emergencies Act article. The link to the image is [1]. I don't see how to request a deletion for it, perhaps you could assist? Or is that something that needs to be done at Commons? I've never had to report an abusive image before so I don't quite know the procedure. Sideswipe9th (talk) 01:53, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Sideswipe9th, this is a Commons problem now, and as such is of my wheelhouse as well, I've only ever nominated Commons images for deletion when there's been copyright violation, which is a pretty straightforward process. To be honest, I'm not even sure this image violates any Commons rules, even though it obviously doesn't belong on enWiki. signed, Rosguill talk 01:56, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- No worries. I'll try to figure out where to report that on Commons. Thanks. Sideswipe9th (talk) 01:59, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
WP:AFC Helper News
Hello! I wanted to drop a quick note for all of our AFC participants; nothing huge and fancy like a newsletter, but a few points of interest.
- AFCH will now show live previews of the comment to be left on a decline.
- The template {{db-afc-move}} has been created - this template is similar to {{db-move}} when there is a redirect in the way of an acceptance, but specifically tells the patrolling admin to let you (the draft reviewer) take care of the actual move.
Short and sweet, but there's always more to discuss at WT:AFC. Stop on by, maybe review a draft on the way? Whether you're one of our top reviewers, or haven't reviewed in a while, I want to thank you for helping out in the past and in the future. Cheers, Primefac, via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
Perhaps course completion!
Hi Rosguill. The year of 2021 has been very drastic & troublesome. There was a lot of academic pressure on us during this year. It has been more than a year since I left my NPP classes at a "mid-way", provided my involvement on some admin-stuff on Urdu Wikipedia, and some administrative responsibilities at a user-group of which I was formerly a lead member. Now that I've myself started an approved user-group, DCW UG; I feel I should complete my NPP classes and become a graduate. That said, I'm graduating from my university in the coming August. What about NPP? Regards, ─ The Aafī on Mobile (talk) 17:39, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- AafiOnMobile, I'd be happy to help you complete the course, but I seem to have lost track of the link where you had been working. Do you happen to still have it? signed, Rosguill talk 21:21, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- You should be able to find it at the top of the list of your subpages. Regards, ─ The Aafī on Mobile (talk) 23:53, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- AafiOnMobile, so, looking at your school page, I actually think you've covered everything you need: the only modules left are on AfD and maintenance tags, which I think you're already pretty familiar with. Is there anything in particular you were hoping to practice? signed, Rosguill talk 00:23, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
- Indeed, I've learnt a plethora of things during the last year. What I'm looking for is to take the final set of questions and be formally called an "alumnus" or a "graduate" of the NPP school. This set of questions could help me know where I lack and thus likely adding more to my knowledge and skills. Regards, ─ The Aafī on Mobile (talk) 02:18, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
- AafiOnMobile, so while there is a final exam in the module, it's really just there as a way to formally fail students that aren't learning. I was going to suggest a practical test, but since you've been a new page reviewer and reviewed a dozen or so articles, I just went through them. I don't see any problems so far, and that's good enough to consider you a graduate in my book. signed, Rosguill talk 02:59, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
- Indeed, I've learnt a plethora of things during the last year. What I'm looking for is to take the final set of questions and be formally called an "alumnus" or a "graduate" of the NPP school. This set of questions could help me know where I lack and thus likely adding more to my knowledge and skills. Regards, ─ The Aafī on Mobile (talk) 02:18, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
- AafiOnMobile, so, looking at your school page, I actually think you've covered everything you need: the only modules left are on AfD and maintenance tags, which I think you're already pretty familiar with. Is there anything in particular you were hoping to practice? signed, Rosguill talk 00:23, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
- You should be able to find it at the top of the list of your subpages. Regards, ─ The Aafī on Mobile (talk) 23:53, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
DYK
Hi. Can I make a few minor fixes to Lazar Bicherakhov to make it qualify for DYK? It is a non-controversial article, and has only tangential relevance to Azerbaijan due to brief involvement of the person in the battle of Baku in 1918. Otherwise, it is more Russia than Azerbaijan related article. Grandmaster 15:50, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
- Grandmaster, Your DYK nomination for this article is open and there are several suggestions over there. If you address these issues, I'm sure this article will makes it way to DYK. The first issue is adequate sourcing, and the second is hook length. Have a look around and see if all the offline sources are independent & reliable, and support what is being claimed. Reviewers often assume good faith on offline sources but that needs to be adequate. I hope this helps! ─ The Aafī on Mobile (talk) 16:19, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
- Grandmaster, the topic ban covers the paragraph about involvement in 1918 military campaigns, but if there's changes you want to make to other aspects of the article that would be fine. signed, Rosguill talk 17:24, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi again. Could you please clarify the issue raised here: [2] Thanks very much. Grandmaster 18:33, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
Discretionary sanctions
Hi, this is a general question, I tried to find out what an AA2 topic ban meant and found Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Armenia-Azerbaijan 2 impenetrable, but eventually concluded the key section was Amendments by motion. Is there a straightforward way to find the topic covered by discretionary sanctions? TSventon (talk) 20:07, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- TSventon, the topics covered are under the subsection "Standard discretionary sanctions",
Standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all pages related to Armenia, Azerbaijan, or related ethnic conflicts, broadly interpreted.
signed, Rosguill talk 20:42, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
Sorry
Hey - I think I was a bit short with you at SPI earlier on - I'm sorry for that, I have enormous regard for your work here. It has been a long day; sorry, I was being a bit of a dick in criticising you. Girth Summit (blether) 23:47, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
- Girth Summit, no worries! Thanks for handling the SPI case. signed, Rosguill talk 23:59, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
Religion in Egypt
That DRN case didn't last long, because the sockpuppet who filed it didn't last long. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:28, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
- Robert McClenon, what confuses me is why they're willing to rush to DRN, but not make an argument on the talk page. They've been at this for months signed, Rosguill talk 09:00, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
- Maybe they are trying to maximize disruption. Robert McClenon (talk) 13:40, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
- Robert McClenon, I feel like there are plenty of more interesting and effective ways to disrupt Wikipedia, the only thing they're maximizing is looking like a fool. signed, Rosguill talk 14:38, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
- Maybe they are trying to maximize disruption. Robert McClenon (talk) 13:40, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
NPPSCHOOL
Dear Rosguill, I'm contacting you as I've been recommended to go through a training at WP:NPPSCHOOL by TheAafi and Celestina007. Recently, I've been blocked for 24 hours by Bbb23 for "disruptive editing" at NPX Capital (with my NPP rights) and also there had been an ANI discussion on my draftification behaviour. I would like you to provide me a training and a fair assessment on NPP. If you want me to surrender the NPP rights to undergo the training, then I would be very happy to oblige. -Hatchens (talk) 11:12, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
- Sorry Hatchens, I'm currently a bit overwhelmed by off-wiki stuff and can't commit to teaching you an NPP course at this time. Earliest things may clear up would be about a month, and that's just speculation. signed, Rosguill talk 14:35, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
For NPP rights
Hello Rosguill, I just want you to know that i had wrote a request for NPR rights here on 27 feb, please check.. If there is any problem in giving me the rights, then I would like to withdraw my request..... Thanks. — B203GTB (talk) • 09:09, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
Redirect patrolling
When a redirect is created as the result of a MOVE, the redirect itself needs to be patrolled (unless the MOVE was done by someone with AP). These redirects are de-facto valid, so can't their patrolling be automated? Unless there is an expectation that NPP reviewer should be checking if the MOVE itself was valid. I've never seen any discussion of that, and the checklist doesn't address it. I believe we generally rely on pagewatchers and other anti-vandalism mechanisms to catch bad page moves. I would say that these redirects are, in a practical sense, outside the scope of NPP and we should get the software to mark these patrolled when they are created, or have the bot do it. What do you think? MB 04:16, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
- MB, I'm not sure if there's a reliable way to pick up that a redirect is a move leftover, as a bad-faith editor could just add the {{R from move}} in the edit in which they create the redirect. DannyS712 may have more accurate insight. That having been said, I do occasionally come across redirects leftover from moves that need further work: sometimes there's a better new target, sometimes it's obvious housekeeping that meets G6 or G7, and sometimes it's something that should be hashed out at RfD. But the vast majority are typically fine. signed, Rosguill talk 04:28, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
- Might be possible to check based on log entries - if there is only 1 edit to the redirect, and it matches a log entry for a move, then its from a move. Let me know if I should investigate adding this to the bot DannyS712 (talk) 04:40, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
- Having the wikimedia software do it as part of Move/Redirect creation would insure it the redirect was from a legitimate page move. MB 04:46, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
User not following BRD
Hello Rosguill, there's issues with this user who deletes content and wont follow BRD despite numerous posts on their talk page [3]. They've requested page protection to maintain this. Can you step in here? Magherbin (talk) 21:19, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
- Magherbin I've restored the status quo ante with respect to the changes that you contested and will be keeping an eye on further developments. N.b. that both the protection request and the action taken by Deepfriedokra are targeted at IPs/non-autoconfirmed editors, so that is tangential to the actual edit war underway at Medri Bahri between you and ZemenfesKidus. At this point, neither of you should be changing the content at-issue until talk page discussion is resolved. signed, Rosguill talk 21:56, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
- @Rosguill: I suppose i could increase to full protection. Or partial block these two . . . . Wasn't aware they were a problem. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 22:00, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
Looks like I was looking at past problems. I'd be happy to fully protect. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 22:02, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
- Now @Magherbin: and @ZemenfesKidus: can discuss, seek DR, mediation, RfC, etc. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 22:06, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
- Deepfriedokra, not sure the edit warring is entrenched enough for full protection to be needed, at this point with me (and possibly you) keeping an eye on the page it should be straightforward to deal with further edit warring. signed, Rosguill talk 22:20, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
- To be honest, I won't be watching. Thanks --Deepfriedokra (talk) 22:21, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
- Deepfriedokra, not sure the edit warring is entrenched enough for full protection to be needed, at this point with me (and possibly you) keeping an eye on the page it should be straightforward to deal with further edit warring. signed, Rosguill talk 22:20, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
Jeanne II d'Albret
Hello. I would like you to help me because I have created the page Jeanne II d'Albret and I notice that there is a redirection from "Jeanne II d'Albret" to "Arthur III of Brittany". I think this redirection should be removed. Thank you. Bonjour. Je souhaiterais que vous m'aidiez parce que j'ai créé la page "Jeanne II d'Albret" et je m'aperçois qu'il existe une redirection de "Jeanne II d'Albret" vers "Arthur III of Brittany". Je pense qu'il faudrait supprimer cette redirection. Merci. --Parsedan (talk) 16:33, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
- Sorry. I just noticed that while I was writing to you, another contributor whitewashed my article and redirected to Arthur III of Brittany. Thanks anyway. --Parsedan (talk) 16:42, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
Roman Temkin
I don't think that the removal of the prose there is actually wrong, per WP:BLPCRIME. He doesn't seem to be a public figure and has not been convicted, as far as I can see. To be honest though, I think the article should just be deleted, as he certainly does not appear notable. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 15:55, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
- ScottishFinnishRadish, I remember having concerns along those lines when the article was first created, and was mostly reacting to the IP's tendentious opportunism vis-a-vis "Russian propaganda". If you want to slap a PROD on it I don't have any issues with that. signed, Rosguill talk 16:14, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
- I prodded it. Hopefully we can avoid the additional wait of an AfD. I don't think it was Russian propaganda, though, just a non notable guy. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:17, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
Review request
Hello, I noticed u reviewed one of my previously created articles, so I was hoping you could review another new one I created–Iqbal Hossain (footballer, born 1975), since no one has reviewed it even though it has been 8 days already. Thanks. FNH004 (talk) 17:44, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
- Sorry, I don't do article reviews on request. The typical backlog is about 3-4 months for articles and 1 month for redirects. signed, Rosguill talk 18:01, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
Internet Archive Scholar vs. JSTOR
Hello, I see on your user page that you use JSTOR and I'd like to know more about your experience. By my calculations, a good 70 % of the main JSTOR content is now available for everyone at Internet Archive Scholar, with full text search provided e.g. at https://scholar.archive.org/ . The service is still in beta, but I've used it for some source-finding and it seems quite usable to me; I wonder whether that's just my experience. If you have a chance, the next time you'd be looking for a source on Google Scholar or JSTOR or similar, to perform the same search on IA scholar instead, I'd be curious to hear how it ends up. Thanks, Nemo 19:04, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
Themis Rechtwissenschaft
Hello Rosguill, I am a brand new user. I am interested in getting the German article Themis Rechtswissenschaft translated into English. I've been trying to get the process started through Wikipedia: Requests for page importation. I got the advice to just wait for an established user to do it, or to add it to a requested articles list. It seems to me that the chances to get this solved in a timely manner are not too high. However, I am really eager to get this article translated. What can I do to proceed? Since I have little experience, I am VERY thankful for any kind of help.--GTCJ (talk) 09:55, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
- GTCJ, if you're interested in starting work on it yourself, I would suggest reading our guide to writing your first article--while it's not exactly the same as translating an article, it highlights pretty much everything you'd need to watch out for when translating a new article as well. More specific translation advice can be found at Help:Translation. signed, Rosguill talk 18:50, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
Deletion review for Antineutronium
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Antineutronium. 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. Nicole Sharp (talk) 08:54, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
Request for a comment at a RfD
Hello. Do you think you have an opinion to give at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 March 28#Consanguinity (in Canon Law)? If so, please say so, as Jay has closed the discussion but has stated: if you find that Rosguill (or anyone else too) wants to vote, I can revert the close (but not relist, but someone else may do it)
. Veverve (talk) 15:20, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
- Eh, I don't think I have a particularly valuable opinion to add, and would probably align with Tamzin's position of "weak keep but redirect if dab created at correctly capitalized title" signed, Rosguill talk 17:54, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
Adoption
Rosguill, I am a new user and have been blocked from a particular talk page for bludgeoning (but I don't think I did what is said at WP:BLUDGEON). I have also been accused of tendentious editing. Please adopt me and guide me to make good edits here. Thanks!
- I saw here that you are willing to adopt newcomers.-Y2edit? (talk) 16:53, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
- I have now been topic banned from articles related to Indian politics also because an admin mistakenly thought I have edited a page other than my own talk page after saying I will not do so until adopted by a Mentor, according to this thread which I feel was done because she (the admin) mistakenly thought I had edited another page after I said I would not until I get adopted.-Y2edit? (talk) 17:06, 5 April 2022 (UTC)