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Request you to please give the content in my draft or tell me where would i get the content back.~ [[User:ScitDei|<font color="Green" size="3.5pt" style="Algerian" face="Italic">ScitDei</font>]]<sup>[[User talk:ScitDei|Wanna talk?]]</sup> 04:37, 28 December 2017 (UTC) |
Request you to please give the content in my draft or tell me where would i get the content back.~ [[User:ScitDei|<font color="Green" size="3.5pt" style="Algerian" face="Italic">ScitDei</font>]]<sup>[[User talk:ScitDei|Wanna talk?]]</sup> 04:37, 28 December 2017 (UTC) |
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:Hi {{u|ScitDei}}. The entirety of the article was copied from [https://www.mala.co.in/article/fr-joseph-vithayathil-co-founder-of-congregation-of-holy-family-chf-kuzhikkattussery]. We can't host copyright infringing text on Wikipedia, even as a draft. – [[User:Joe Roe|Joe]] <small>([[User talk:Joe Roe|talk]])</small> 09:24, 28 December 2017 (UTC) |
:Hi {{u|ScitDei}}. The entirety of the article was copied from [https://www.mala.co.in/article/fr-joseph-vithayathil-co-founder-of-congregation-of-holy-family-chf-kuzhikkattussery]. We can't host copyright infringing text on Wikipedia, even as a draft. – [[User:Joe Roe|Joe]] <small>([[User talk:Joe Roe|talk]])</small> 09:24, 28 December 2017 (UTC) |
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Hi, Joe. I am contacting you because you closed [[WP:Articles for deletion/Peter Hood Ballantine Cumming]]. I believe you made an error by closing with no consensus. By my count there were 7 votes to delete, 3 to keep, and 1 to merge or keep. The arguments to keep were also very weak with one editor opining that "New York Times obituary is a defacto mark of notability" (something clearly not based in policy). I believe the clear consensus was delete, please explain your reasoning. Thank you.--[[User:Rusf10|Rusf10]] ([[User talk:Rusf10|talk]]) 14:33, 28 December 2017 (UTC) |
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Alia Gurtov, underground astronaut draft
Hi Joe,
I am not able to move my draft of Alia Gurtov to New Article Status. Would you be able to review the draft and move it for me?
Have I lost the ability/permission to move my drafts to New Articles? Whatever I was doing before, does not seem to work today.
Thanks MauraWen (talk) 02:33, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker)@MauraWen: Unless the most unexpected disaster in RfA history happens in the next half hour, Joe may be busy munching on Twiglets and champagne as our newest admin, so in the meantime I have moved your draft. The reason you couldn't is because there was an existing article Alia Gurtov which was a redirect to Underground Astronauts, so somebody without extended permissions wouldn't be able to do it. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 16:34, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
- Yep, I was thinking I'd do a move-over-redirect as my first admin action, but Ritchie snapped it from under me! Thanks for another fine article, Maura. – Joe (talk) 17:44, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
- You could delete Template:Infobox Student (unless another admin gets there first). And yes, thanks for these articles, Maura - I see you are familiar with Women in Red, which is good to hear. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 17:59, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
- Yep, I was thinking I'd do a move-over-redirect as my first admin action, but Ritchie snapped it from under me! Thanks for another fine article, Maura. – Joe (talk) 17:44, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
One of us, one of us, gobble, gobble...
Seems unlikely that you'll cock up your RFA in the handful of hours that remain (if you're having second thoughts, now's the time to start replacing the Main Page with a slew of profanity, good luck...) so I'm here to extend my congratulations. It's not often that I'll support an RFA where I've never crossed paths with the candidate, but after I looked into your history I couldn't help but tick the box. I reckon you'll do fine, but if you ever need a hand with the new buttons, feel free to ask. Well done! Yunshui 雲水 12:15, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
- Thank you, Yunshui, I appreciate the support. Happy to join the freakshow! – Joe (talk) 17:51, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
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Officially :D. I'm sure you'll do great. Remember to collect the free t-shirt that someone is sure to be offering you shortly :) Glad to have you on the team. TonyBallioni (talk) 16:58, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
- Congratulations and commiserations on becoming an administrator! Take it slow, and feel free to drop me a line if I can help in any way -- There'sNoTime (to explain) 16:58, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
- Congrats, Joe! If you ever need advice on
IP-blocking half of Singaporehandling socking cases, you know where to find me GABgab 17:05, 30 November 2017 (UTC) - Congratulations! Please take a moment to savor your triumph. Done? Great. CSD is this way. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:16, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
- Great RfA. Now you need to enable 2FA. Please nag me if I haven't posted to Wikiproject archaeology about[1] - I think the project could help. Doug Weller talk 17:34, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
- Congratulations for adminship !! CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 17:53, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
- Congratulations and good luck. Donner60 (talk) 08:44, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
Thanks guys! – Joe (talk) 18:04, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
A cup of coffee for you!
Welcome to the admin corps, Joe Roe! My name is |
- Um... is it too late to change my mind? 😥 – Joe (talk) 18:07, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
- Well done, do also have a look at Wikipedia:What you won't learn in new admin school, never a truer word has been written... Ronhjones (Talk) 23:23, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
Precious
archeological culture
Thank you for quality articles around archeology and its people, such as Margaret Ursula Jones and British Institute in Amman, for Indigenous territory (Brazil), for {{Infobox archaeological culture}} and related images, maps and diagrams, for service from 2006, and now also offering admin service, - Joe, you are an awesome Wikipedian!
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:49, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
- Thank you, Gerda Arendt. I was embarrassed when I looked at the amount of unfinished articles I had before the starting the RfA, so I'm taking it as a bit of a kick up the backside to bring more up to scratch – I'll be trying to catch up to your GA count! – Joe (talk) 18:17, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
- I never counted GAs, it's just my initials ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:22, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
Your recent edits
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although all admins are welcome to delete constructively on Wikipedia, at least one of your recent deletions, such as the one you performed on the Main Page, did not appear to be constructive and has been undeleted. Please use Jimbo Wales' user page for any test deletions or blankings you would like to make, and read about our main page deletion guideline to learn more about deleting things on this encyclopedia. Thank you. —usernamekiran(talk) 17:51, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
- With all due respect, usernamekiran, that was a pretty obvious WP:CSD#G1. – Joe (talk) 18:09, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
- Now that I think about it; I see it was full of hoaxes, and fictional (made up/imaginative) stuff. Deleting it was a good call. That page really needs a lot of work. See you around Joe. :)
—usernamekiran(talk) 18:14, 30 November 2017 (UTC)- Don't delete the Main page today when I am so proud of a DYK that I decorated my talk with it ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:25, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
- Now that I think about it; I see it was full of hoaxes, and fictional (made up/imaginative) stuff. Deleting it was a good call. That page really needs a lot of work. See you around Joe. :)
New Admin Job
Congratulations Joe!
Thanks for responding so quickly when you must be very busy today!
MauraWen (talk) 18:41, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
- Yes, congrats Joe. Good luck. Onel5969 TT me 01:29, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
- Well done, Joe. Welcome to the team. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 00:00, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
A beer for you!
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A kitten for you!
Thanks for your kind words and the advice that you provided to me related to the doubts that I wanted to clarify about the redirects and page moves. You have made me cool and happy with your kindful efforts. Thanks a lot and happy editing.
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Hi Joe,
Thank you for signing up our study to try out our recommender system! Right now, we are still waiting for more participants from other WikiProjects to sign up, so I will let you know when we are ready to provide you the recommendations (aiming at early January), and will let you know how to use it. Thank you! Bobo.03 (talk) 16:55, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
Golden record
I saw that you created dab page Golden record and redirected Gold record there. I have no opinion on the dab, other than Gold Record seems like it should be treated consistently, unless the proper noun is really a distinct case? Additionally, there is also the existing dab page Golden Record. Finally, the existing links to Gold record need to be disambiguated after the changed redirect. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk) 11:58, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
- Correction, I see that you only modified Golden record, and redirected Gold record there.—Bagumba (talk) 12:00, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
- I didn't actually create the disambig, I just came across it on new page patrol and cleaned it up. It seemed a reasonable creation at the time, but I don't have a strong opinion on whether it should remain or not. – Joe (talk) 14:51, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
- Understandable. In the meantime, BD2412 has reverted the changes, citing lack of evidence for changing a longstanding redirect. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk) 18:52, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
- I didn't actually create the disambig, I just came across it on new page patrol and cleaned it up. It seemed a reasonable creation at the time, but I don't have a strong opinion on whether it should remain or not. – Joe (talk) 14:51, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
Anatoly Shariy
Excuse me, but it was spelled "Kiev" since the article's very creation. Why change it? --Moscow Connection (talk) 18:14, 7 December 2017 (UTC)
- Note that I didn't make the change in the first place. I just reverted the revert because the reason given wasn't valid ("English name is Kiev"). All other things being equal, I would use Kyiv in articles related to contemporary Ukraine, but it's not a big deal. – Joe (talk) 18:21, 7 December 2017 (UTC)
- @Moscow Connection: – Joe (talk) 18:30, 7 December 2017 (UTC)
- I prefer "Kiev", but it's not a big deal to me either. --Moscow Connection (talk) 18:34, 7 December 2017 (UTC)
- I see now: [2]. That's who started it. --Moscow Connection (talk) 18:38, 7 December 2017 (UTC)
Bagshaw Museum
Hi Joe. I was just checking out your user page, and noticed you recently created a page on Bagshaw Museum. I just thought I'd thank you for that, and mention out of interest that the Bagsahw Museum was the first museum I was ever permanently employed in, way back in 1981. I took up the post of Junior Assistant Curator there at Kirklees, before moving to Tolson Museum before then being asked to return to manage the place in 1985. I remember it was a very big day whenever a very elderly Violet Bagshaw honoured us with a visit in her chauffer-driven car to spent an hour or so having tea with us all! I seem to remember there was a very curious story about either Walter Bagshaw or his brother who had died, but then the train carrying their coffin to the cemetery was involved in an accident and derailment, with his naked corpse being found on the trackside. Very disturbing stuff.
On a completely different matter I would really welcome the advice of an admin on a matter that has been concerning me, so I thought of dropping you or Cullen a note. I've been worrying about a response I gave at the Teahouse today to a young user to this question. They are an Indian 9th Grade student (I assume c.14-15yrs old) who has used their real name as well as naming both parents and their school on their user page. I felt it was appropriate for me to break a few rules and immediately delete these personal details and have recommended they choose a completely different account name. Obviously these personal details still remain in their user page history, which is a worry should they decide to continue using it. I'm not yet familiar enough to be confident of the most appropriate way to guide a brand new user on such a delicate matter. I had thought about referring my concern to WP:ANI or WP:OS, but thought this could just be an over-reaction on my part. I don't want to leave a new user floundering with complex instructions, nor worry them unduly, either. I've done my best, but would welcome a second opinion on whether anything further needs to be done to protect this user. Any help would be appreciated (and useful for me to know too). Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 22:31, 7 December 2017 (UTC)
- Small world! Hopefully I didn't make any big mistakes in the article?
- I think you're right to err on the side of caution w.r.t. the young editor. I've deleted the old revisions of the page and emailed oversight about it. Other than that I think you've given them sound advice. – Joe (talk) 23:06, 7 December 2017 (UTC)
- Thank you, Joe. - that's an immense relief. If they need further guidance on changing to a different username would oversight suggest that to them? Or do we leave it to the user to decide whether they ought to or not? I wouldn't want them changing to a new account name and then being accused of having a sock. I'll leave them a follow-up note to explain what's happened, anyway.
- Regarding the Museum, the only thing you missed out was the amazing and immense floor to ceiling diorama of seabirds - guillemots, razorbills and gannets from Bempton Cliffs - which filled one room above my old office. Seems like a lifetime ago, and I guess it actually was! I think it got stripped out sometime in the 1990s. Reading your article again, I'm wondering whether it was one of the Sheards whose corpse was exposed in that train crash. Couldn't find anything online at a quick search, though. I also remember working there at the time we got the most awful pea green 1960s paint stripped off the entire ground floor woodwork to reveal this amazing Canadian pitch pine interior. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 00:19, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
- I think the username is up to them. If they want to start using a new account it would probably be obvious why, and that they're not sockpuppeting (if checkuser ever came up).
- I'll have to visit the museum again and check out the building itself. I haven't been since I was in school – when I wasn't interested in much beyond the cool 'mummy'! – Joe (talk) 10:49, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Quaid School and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ace School System (2nd nomination)
Given the highly controversial nature of this RfC and its interpretation, as you may know if you are involved in school AfDs, I am asking you to reopen these discussions or close them as no consensus. You cannot discount opinions on this sort of basis. If not, I shall take them to DRV. Thank you. -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:27, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
- I can't say I didn't see this coming, but I stand by my close and would prefer to get an independent opinion at DRV. I've seen your "per longstanding precedent and consensus" !vote copy-and-pasted into multiple school AfDs recently, and as I see it that is exactly the kind of circular logic that was discouraged in the WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES RfC. Its close explicitly stated that such arguments "may be discounted when the AFD is closed". Even if it didn't, I judged that the consensus in both of these AfDs was that there were insufficient sources for an article, and ultimately WP:V trumps ancient precedents. – Joe (talk) 10:41, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
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Becca Peixotto
Hi Joe,
I submitted Becca Peixotto for review. If its possible for you to review and move the draft to new article status, I can start working on another underground astronaut.
Thanks MauraWen (talk) 23:12, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
- No problem Maura, Done. – Joe (talk) 00:22, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
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Hannah Morris draft ready to be a new article
Hi Joe,
If you have time to take a look at the Hannah Morris draft and move it to new article, I would appreciate it.
There is another Hannah Morris listed on Wikipedia, so I was not sure how to list Hannah's name in the infobox.
A quick question: I would like to use the same paragraph I put together about the Rising Star experience for each of these women. I know I am not supposed to cut and paste, but the paragraph is my own words, a combination of facts and cited quotes. Can I do that?
I have been changing the paragraph slightly for each astronaut, but I am not sure if that is even necessary or if I should be writing a completely different paragraph for each scientist.
thanks Maura
MauraWen (talk) 16:35, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
- Hi Maura. Sure thing, I'll move it now & disambiguate the other Hannah Morris article.
- Copying within Wikipedia is okay since everything has an open license; just make sure you link to the article you copied from (in this case Becca Peixotto) to maintain the proper attribution.
- Just a note of caution with these: I'm not sure that all of the "underground astronauts" are individually notable. They might be – but just make sure you're checking that there are a decent number of sources on each subject as an individual, if you're planning to continue. Thanks. – Joe (talk) 19:42, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
Thanks Joe,
I assumed all six women were notable because they were on the Women in Red List. I will check the candidates more carefully in the future.
MauraWen (talk) 21:46, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
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First review and request
Dear Joe, Thank you for your feedback. I am trying to improve it following your instructions. I have also one request. I made a page by mistake which has to be deleted. Can you please do it as an admin?
This is the page to be removed: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Alireza_Mashaghi&redirect=no
Thank you. Plectoneme (talk) 07:29, 14 December 2017 (UTC)
- No problem, Plectoneme, I've deleted it. Thanks again for your contribution. – Joe (talk) 09:08, 14 December 2017 (UTC)
AfD
Re: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of stories set in a future now past – While there were a larger number of Keep !votes, the majority of them were WP:ILIKEIT or simply asserted GNG satisfaction without providing evidence. I believe the Delete !votes had the stronger policy argument, based on WP:LISTN and WP:INDISCRIMINATE. James (talk/contribs) 19:10, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
- I'd have to disagree with that assessment, James. In reading through I was struck that none of the participants actually mentioned WP:LISTN. The majority of the keeps were assertions of notability, whilst the deletes boiled down to an assertion that it was OR. Personally I don't think either of those are very compelling arguments, but the weight of numbers was clearly in favour of keeping the article.
- Even if I were to weight the deletes more (which I think would be a bit of a supervote), with those numbers it couldn't be more than a no consensus so the outcome would be the same. – Joe (talk) 20:00, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
Marina Elliott
Hi Joe,
I submitted the Marina Elliott draft for approval yesterday and got a message this morning. Comment: I can't approve because it exists as a redirect. Sorry Eddie891 Talk Work 14:56, 16 December 2017 (UTC)"
I am not sure if an admin like yourself needs to do something with my draft or I should just wait and the draft will eventually get moved to article.
Also, given your advice about notability, I won't be creating an article for L. Eaves-Hunter.
Is it ok to remove the underground astronauts from the Red List? The list is all blue now except for Eaves-Hunter.
Thanks MauraWen (talk) 16:32, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
- Yes it just needed an admin to delete the redirect. Eddie could have requested it with {{db-move}}.
- Sounds good. I'd go ahead and remove them from the red list. Great work! – Joe (talk) 16:51, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
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Hello Joe, could you give me any pointers for my short article?
Hi Joe,
I have a draft I've been working on and wanted to see if you had any suggestions to get it approved? [[3]]
Lloan (talk) 16:16, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
- Hi Lloan. I'm afraid not; I don't spend my time on articles that have been paid for. My only suggestion would be to give up on the draft, because Wikipedia is not a means of promotion. – Joe (talk) 10:45, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
- Hey Joe Roe, seems like a subjective view. The article is paid for in the sense that I work for the company. I wasn't given the task to write it, but I did have to disclose that I'm affiliated with the company. Would you then suggest the articles for OrangeTheory Fitness, Planet Fitness, etc. be removed from Wikipedia? These are big companies that people want to know about. Nothing in that article is promoting anything, its informational. Thank you for the helpful input though. ~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lloan (talk • contribs) 15:10, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
- @Lloan: Regardless of the notability of the subject (I have no opinion on FBBC or the other articles you mentioned), would you trust an encyclopaedia where the articles were all written by the subjects themselves, or their employees? I certainly wouldn't, and it baffles me that so many paid/COI editors do not see the issue there. That may be my subjective opinion, but the consensus of the community, very clearly expressed in WP:COI, is that paid editing is undesirable and discouraged. As you've chosen to ignore that and do it anyway, don't be surprised if you find a higher level of scrutiny applied to your edits, or if you encounter other volunteer editors like me who choose not to review or improve paid-for articles. – Joe (talk) 18:21, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
- Hey Joe Roe, seems like a subjective view. The article is paid for in the sense that I work for the company. I wasn't given the task to write it, but I did have to disclose that I'm affiliated with the company. Would you then suggest the articles for OrangeTheory Fitness, Planet Fitness, etc. be removed from Wikipedia? These are big companies that people want to know about. Nothing in that article is promoting anything, its informational. Thank you for the helpful input though. ~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lloan (talk • contribs) 15:10, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion criterion U5
I see that you declined a speedy deletion nomination because you thought the page was not an example of "Pages in userspace consisting of writings, information, discussions, and/or activities not closely related to Wikipedia's goals, where the owner has made few or no edits outside of user pages". The page contains nothing except for telling us about the YouTube account of the person who created the page, how many views it has had, and that he is "up and coming". The account has made no edits at all to any page apart from its user page. Can you tell me what you think would be "Pages in userspace consisting of writings, information, discussions, and/or activities not closely related to Wikipedia's goals, where the owner has made few or no edits outside of user pages"? Breaking sticks (talk) 21:49, 25 December 2017 (UTC)
- @Breaking sticks: A valid U5 candidate would be one that is an unambiguous ("blatant") misuse of userspace. That user page could have been an attempt to promote a YouTube channel (although it didn't link to it). On the other hand, it could simply be the user telling us about themselves, which is a perfectly valid use of userspace and something lots of new editors do in their first few edits. It is hard to tell from just 1-2 lines of text, and in ambiguous cases like that we should always assume good faith, especially where new accounts are concerned. – Joe (talk) 12:09, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
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--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 18:13, 27 December 2017 (UTC) via MassMessaging
Deletion of Joseph Vithayathil
Instead of deleting the article, wouldn't it have been better if you had reverted it back to my drafts and given me time to modify it? Request you to please give the content in my draft or tell me where would i get the content back.~ ScitDeiWanna talk? 04:37, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
- Hi ScitDei. The entirety of the article was copied from [4]. We can't host copyright infringing text on Wikipedia, even as a draft. – Joe (talk) 09:24, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
Peter Hood Ballantine Cumming AfD
Hi, Joe. I am contacting you because you closed WP:Articles for deletion/Peter Hood Ballantine Cumming. I believe you made an error by closing with no consensus. By my count there were 7 votes to delete, 3 to keep, and 1 to merge or keep. The arguments to keep were also very weak with one editor opining that "New York Times obituary is a defacto mark of notability" (something clearly not based in policy). I believe the clear consensus was delete, please explain your reasoning. Thank you.--Rusf10 (talk) 14:33, 28 December 2017 (UTC)