User talk:Alan Islas/Archive 1

Welcome!

Hello, Alan Islas, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, especially your edits to Power factor. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

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Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or , and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! ~Kvng (talk) 16:50, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks so much for your friendly welcome User:Kvng. Looking forward to start editing! Alan Islas (talk) 07:45, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

February 2020

Hello, I'm OnePt618. Your recent edit to Time appears to have added incorrect information, so I removed it for now. If you believe the information was correct, please cite a reliable source or discuss your change on the article's talk page. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. -- φ OnePt618^Talk φ 05:48, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

Barnstar Award

		The E=mc² Barnstar
		For exceptional boldness in tackling a very deep and challenging article like Time, I award you the E=mc2 Barnstar. Keep up the great work! -- φ OnePt618Talk φ 07:35, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

Thank you User:OnePt618, my first barnstar!! I'm trying to become a more committed editor and this is very encouraging and appreciated.

Welcome to the GOCE!

Hello Alan Islas and welcome to the Guild of Copy Editors! We are glad that you have decided to help us in our mission to improve grammar on the English Wikipedia! Here are some links that you might find helpful to get started on your copy-editing journey!

• A how-to guide to Wikipeda copyediting

• Wikipedia manual of style - helpful to refer to while copy editing

• A simplified version of the above

• A quick guide to writing on Wikipedia

You can help out here if you already have considerable English copy-editing skills or start out here to gain experience.

Thank you so much for joining the GOCE, we appreciate it!

For the GOCE, Puddleglum ^2.0 16:57, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

Thank you Puddleglum2.0, I am looking forward to contributing to the valuable work of the GOCE! Alan Islas (talk) 11:01, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

March 2020 backlog elimination drive leaderboard

Hey, I saw you edited 2 5k+ word articles! Great work! You may want to edit your stats on the leaderboard. :) --Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝) 21:06, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

Thank you Tenryuu 🐲 !! This is my first time participating in a drive so I'm still somewhat unsure about the process. I fixed the word count in my section in the Totals, since I hadn't been able to get the page size script working until now. Quite a bit less but that's ok, now I have the script and can report accurately.

About editing my stats in the leaderboard, do you mean not just in the Totals section, but actually adding my name and stats to the "Gold Star Award Leaderboard"? Your guidance and encouragement is very much appreciated!

Alan Islas (talk) 04:56, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Alan Islas, yeah, I'm talking about the gold star leaderboard. Think you'll upset the current rankings once you put your stats in there. Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝) 05:22, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

March 2020 GOCE drive bling

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Alan Islas for copy edits totaling over 20,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE March 2020 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg (talk) 21:59, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for helping to reduce the copy-editing backlog by 75% in one month! – Reidgreg (talk) 21:59, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

Thank you Reidgreg, this was my first Drive it was a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to the next one! Alan Islas (talk) 22:52, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

You're welcome! We'll probably be having a themed one-week blitz in another week. Watch for this link to turn blue to sign up! (Or you can go to that empty page location and put it on your watchlist.) – Reidgreg (talk) 11:44, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

Joseph Sanchez

Hello! Just a heads up that I deleted earlier copyvio items on the above page, and asked an admin to rev-del the history. I don't think this will affect your recent edits, but here's the heads up.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 16:02, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi ThatMontrealIP, thanks for letting me know! I'm going to at least re-do a small draft of the parts that were deleted, but without the copyvio issues. --Alan Islas (talk) 17:00, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

OK! you will have to look offsite for them (peoplepill.com etc) as they have been revision deleted from the history by an admin.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 17:04, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Just added a little bit more on top of what you did. Thanks again! --Alan Islas (talk) 17:31, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Hello Alan Islas, I incorporated the first three citations you listed, and added a bit more info to the article. When I find a moment, will try to add more. Glad ThatMontrealIP resolved the copyvio issues. Netherzone (talk) 17:26, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi Netherzone, glad to see the decision was "keep", even though I voted twice without even realizing it was wrong! It was good working with you and ThatMontrealIP on this. I will also try to add to the article going forward, for example it would be nice to include an image of his art, if one could be found without copyright issues. Perhaps if I ever go to New Mexico or Alberta I could take some pictures! --Alan Islas (talk) 03:26, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

Carnival of São Paulo

Thank you for a decency to ask. Nowadays wikipedias enhanced with twinkle and such act like bots without talking and thinking.

This partilular event is really notable in Brazil, please take a look at its ptwiki page. Carnival of São Paulo even has a page at the Brazil government site ("paulistano" is the adjective for Sao Paulo). Unfortunately I dont know portuguese and it remains to wait for a samba aficionado to write this article. It was my fault that I did not add any references, adding now.

In the future in cases of doubt please always check interwikilink and see if other wikipedias demonstrate notability. Staszek Lem (talk) 17:33, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for your response Staszek Lem, I should have looked more closely, my bad.

It is quite a commitment but might attempt a translation, starting from a machine translation. Not sure if with my knowledge of Spanish and Portuguese dictionaries I could do a good enough job. In any case, I would work on it (slowly) offline or in my sandbox before publishing anything. --Alan Islas (talk) 23:09, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

May 2020 GOCE drive bling

		The (modern) Guild of Copy Editors Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Alan Islas for copy edits totaling over 40,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE May 2020 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Tdslk (talk) 04:17, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

		Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Long Articles, 5th Place
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Alan Islas for copyediting 3 long articles during the GOCE May 2020 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Tdslk (talk) 04:17, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Emilio López Zamora dam

On 16 July 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Emilio López Zamora dam, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Emilio López Zamora dam in Ensenada, Baja California, almost overflowed on March 4, 1978? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Emilio López Zamora dam), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Guerillero | Parlez Moi 00:02, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

Copyright infringement

I can see that you are a new editor, but you need to know that Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously. You must not copy and paste text from sources you find on the web into articles as you did in the article Lake Poway. I have removed the infringing text and rephrased some other sentences, but the material you copied is subject to copyright, as is almost everything on the web, and when creating or expanding articles, you should completely rewrite the information from the source using your own words. It would have been very embarrassing if this copyvio had come to light when the article was featured on the main page as a DYK! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:39, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you Cwmhiraeth for finding and fixing this issue. I copy pasted from the sources and then worked on rephrasing the text. But I see now that this is a mistake, since oversights can be made and sentences or even whole sections left unchanged. I will take this to heart, and be more careful going forward. Regards, --Alan Islas (talk) 13:55, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Lake Poway

On 2 August 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lake Poway, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the bond issue for building Lake Poway (pictured) had to be voted on three times before it was approved? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lake Poway. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Lake Poway), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:01, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

Teahouse request for comments

I offered an opinion (as a question) to your comments at the Teahouse -- Otr500 (talk) 15:21, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

July 2020 GOCE drive bling

		The Cleanup Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Alan Islas for copy edits totaling over 12,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE July 2020 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Tdslk (talk) 18:10, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Pappajohn Sculpture Park

On 13 August 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pappajohn Sculpture Park, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that people used to drive by John and Mary Pappajohn's house to look at the sculptures in their yard before they were donated for the Pappajohn Sculpture Park? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pappajohn Sculpture Park. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Pappajohn Sculpture Park), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Wug·a·po·des​ 00:33, 10 August 2020 (UTC) 00:01, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Verraco of the bridge

On 29 August 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Verraco of the bridge, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that an Iron Age bull statue known as the verraco of the bridge was thrown into the Tormes river in 1834, and stayed there for more than 30 years? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Verraco of the bridge. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Verraco of the bridge), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Cuca Roseta

On 21 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cuca Roseta, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Portuguese fado singer Cuca Roseta has a black belt in Taekwondo? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cuca Roseta. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Cuca Roseta), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

The Ambassadors...thank you!

I really appreciate you digging in on The Ambassadors. I noticed the potential problem back in March because I was thinking about reading it. Checking out the Amazon description and the intro to the WP article, I could see that it was the same language in both places which is what actually led me to become a WP user (so I could ask about that). Coincidentally, I finally did read The Ambassadors and just finished it last week. Your changes to the text of the WP page make the intro better. From my perspective as a new reader of the novel, it's a very strange book. Strether runs over to Paris to figure out what is holding Chad there and to get him back to the U.S. Everyone assumes that what is holding Chad in Paris is a sexual liaison with someone vulgar and inappropriate. When Strether encounters Chad, he experiences Chad as being much more mature and fully-realized as a person than Chad had been back in the states. This makes Strether have positive feelings toward Chad's circle of Parisian friends, because Strether assumes they were instrumental in bringing about these changes in Chad. It doesn't seem to Strether that an inappropriate sexual liaison is part of the mix, and it especially doesn't seem to Strether that Chad is sexually entangled with the elegant, cultured, virtuous and married-but-separated Madame Marie de Vionnet. So Strether declines to attempt to drag Chad back to the U.S. and this endangers Strether's standing with his set of American friends. It also endangers his opportunity to marry Chad's wealthy mother. Strether seems to be willing to give all that up in favor of feeling positive toward the Parisian sensibility, life-lived-deeply-and-well sort of thing. But then...it turns out that Chad and Marie are sexually entangled. FWIW. Novellasyes (talk) 14:32, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Hi Novellasyes thanks for the message! I also had a potential copyright issue that I didn't know how to deal with, and noticed that the Copyright Problems page has a signficant backlog. I plan to continue trying to help there while getting more experience in that area of Wikipedia. I feel bad that the plot summary had to be removed completely, but hopefully another editor can add it back without the copyright infringement.

By the way, I see that you are quite new to WP so welcome! You are already doing very good work with the novels, keep it up!

Have not read The Ambassadors yet, but it sounds interesting, especially about what it means to "live life deeply and well" and if it might be, in some cases, just a sophisticated facade for the usual human desires. But I just get that from the summary and your comments, need to read the whole book when I get a chance. --Alan Islas (talk) 14:41, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you

Many thanks for the article you wrote on Oxonmoot. I may be able to help with a few more sources, though I do need to declare a conflict of interest as I once (a while ago) helped to organise the event. Do you plan to do any more work on this article? Carcharoth (talk) 14:06, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi Carcharoth, I tried to add as many secondary sources as possible in order to fully establish notability and avoid relying too much on primary sources from The Tolkien Society. But as you can see, some of those secondary sources don't have much new information and get repetitive. So, yes please, if you could add or point me to more sources it would be great. I didn't know what else I could do to improve the article, other than addressing issues that may come up during the DYK nomination I just submitted. Personally, I attended Oxonmoot once back in 2009, and joined the Tolkien Society recently but I'm definitely not an expert or very involved, so your help is much appreciated! --Alan Islas (talk) 15:34, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Oxonmoot

On 4 December 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Oxonmoot, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Oxonmoot is an annual conference and fan convention in Oxford dedicated to the life and works of J. R. R. Tolkien? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Oxonmoot. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Oxonmoot), and it may be added to the statistics page if it received over 400 views per hour. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

Marjon Lambriks

Thank you for your help, - look! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:20, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Hi Gerda Arendt, great! --Alan Islas (talk) 15:33, 11 December 2020 (UTC)