User talk:Czar/2022

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Thanks!

Hi Czar, thanks for your kind message and the interesting references and opportunities. I'll have a closer look and see if I have the expertise to contribute references, citations or make any suggestions for some of those pages. Nice to meet you and thanks for welcoming me to the community. Communalist (talk) 00:51, 3 January 2022 (UTC)Communalist

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Your GA nomination of Mario Buda

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The May Pamphlet at FAC

Hi talk page watchers, long time no chat. I wanted to let you know that The May Pamphlet, an article on Paul Goodman's early anarchist essays that I've been incubating for a few years, is up for featured article candidacy, if you'd be interested in reviewing a neat little anarchist tract against the featured article criteria. Would love to know what you think. If it ends well, I'll potentially have a few more to nominate in the coming months. Happy New Year, all! czar 19:38, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

Kitchener and District Soccer League deletion

Hi - I'm wondering if you would be able to give the reason behind the deletion of the Kitchener and District Soccer League wiki page which I have updated anonymously over more than a decade. Obviously I am hopeful it can be restored or be consideration for restoration. Happy to talk over email - Ticket#2022010910002901 opened with your volunteer desk. Message delivered by Pp99g -- 21:39, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Pp99g, you can read the deletion discussion here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kitchener and District Soccer League. Dedicated articles on Wikipedia require significant coverage in multiple reliable, independent sources. (?) In this case, the discussion participants said the topic's sources did not meet this standard. Those pages I've linked describe the standard and eligible sources in greater depth. If you enjoy editing on football topics, perhaps you would be interested in editing another article with our association football editing community? czar 22:28, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Czar, Thank you for providing the link to the decision, sad to read it though. At this point I'm not sure about moving onto another topic. I had latched onto that one and helped improve it since about 2007 or so. I would probably say I had been responsible for more than 50% of the content, and probably the majority of the updates since 2007, even though I have not lived in that metro area for 30 years. I may go to the university library when I visit and pull references from the daily newspaper articles on the league. It was regularly covered with a minimum of one article per week for quite a long time. With the decline of print journalism, the daily in that metro area has suffered major decline even though population has grown significantly. Newspaper content is about a quarter of the size it used to be.Pp99g 5:06, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

@Pp99g, if you'd like, I can restore the content to another wiki with a Wikipedia-compatible license (cc-by-sa) such as https://football.fandom.com, where you can continue to update it—just let me know where. Wikipedia tends to cover local topics one geographic region above, i.e., if it's a local league, we would want to see state or national coverage, not just local newspaper coverage. I hear you on the decline of print journalism but on the upside, local libraries tend to carry subscriptions to local paper archives and we also have a series of subscriptions available (for free) to Wikipedia editors who meet a certain level of editing activity. By the way, you can sign your posts on Wikipedia by typing four tildes. czar 05:59, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

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Query

I have followed with interest some of your contributions. Kafka's Prayer is one I particularly enjoyed. Is your focus more on anarchism or critical theory? I would eventually like to work on some articles, but presently don't have the time to improve/create ones like Minority (philosophy), Kafka: Towards a Minor Literature, Body without organs. Just wondering what the scope of your interests are, and if you have an interest in Deleuze. Maybe a future project together if you do, but no worries either way. Urve (talk) 05:47, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Urve, when I was writing that one, I wondered who would read it (besides bots) so that's heartwarming to hear! My focus is more on anarchism and books than critical theory in specific, with the Kafka book as part of a larger Paul Goodman series. Somewhere in my pile of drafts I have an old one on Bourdieu's Distinction that was pretty good but... complicated. Around that time I joined the John Searle school of French theory. So while a part of me would love to unpack Capitalism and Schizophrenia for a general audience if only for the challenge, I'm fully aware that it's an exercise in futility. (Not to mention that the level of effort to write a decent article on a sociological subject absolutely dwarfs the effort it takes to write an article from contemporary news sources.) The thought of searching for French-language reviews from the 1970s is horrifying and thrilling at once. But I find myself more often doing just that. czar 07:06, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

Thanks so much for your comments. I see you've turned the redlink in my query blue ;) Thanks for that, and the Searle video. I'll keep in touch and keep watching what you do - because you do it well, and your series of articles provide a good base to work on related subjects. If you ever have inspiration to do some work on D&G, let me know and I'll see what my editing is looking like; for now I have some projects in the works about something totally different, but some of my first edits were related to D&G and Žižek, and looking back at our roots is what life's all about. Thanks again. Urve (talk) 05:06, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Oh hey, look who it is. Hit me up for your inevitable GA nomination on these hypothetical articles. :) -- asilvering (talk) 01:42, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

Hi again, Czar and asilvering. I said I'd keep in touch, so I may as well ;) I've been reworking the body without organs article. Very early stages - planning on GA eventually, but far from now. It's hard, because many of the essential things D&G talk about (the egg example, which IMO is vital to understanding it, and helpful for lay readers) are just referenced in secondary sources, not explained in considerable depth. But time will tell :) Hope you're both well. Urve (talk) 16:14, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

You can summarize the example yourself, can't you? I would expect it to fall under the same kinds of guidelines as plot summaries for novels. Is that not the case? -- asilvering (talk) 20:42, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

Nice! Primary sources can be used insofar as they do not require our interpretation... which might unfortunately be the case here. I'd be surprised if this wasn't covered in one of the Deleuze and Guattari guides, though. And then, of course, what may exist yet in that otherworldly realm: French sources. czar 23:31, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for your efforts

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Your GA nomination of La Salute è in voi

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Ok, this isn't 100% official because... where the heck do I put this in the Law section? I don't disagree that it's related to law, but it's extremely "one of these things is not like the other" in every possible category. It is a publication, but it's not exactly a legal publication. Ethics? Help. -- asilvering (talk) 01:45, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

@Asilvering, well, we could file under "literature" as a hat tip to Larabee... It looks like most topic groups have a "Miscellaneous" section, so this would be a good candidate for starting Law's Miscellaneous if there ever was one. czar 01:58, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

Done. That appears to have added a strange underline in the middle of the section for mysterious reasons, but in the interest of not pushing sixteen different minor edits to trial-and-error the source, I will leave sorting that out for someone who knows what they are doing. -- asilvering (talk) 02:14, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

Oh. Well. This is why I'm in "digital humanities" and not "programming". I guess I should be kinder to the people who couldn't count how many pages there are in that pamphlet. -- asilvering (talk) 08:18, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

Recent revert

About Special:diff/1067340148, I'm genuinely not sure what the category is used for, looking through Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Bibliographies/archive, it's only been used 11 times last year, about half of them seems to be about individuals and a smaller portion about actual bibliographies. Starting to think that maybe a merge with Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/People might be needed, thoughts? Justiyaya 04:06, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

@Justiyaya, I assume it's for book/bibliography-related articles, though I can see why it's likely few would pass through AfD when there aren't that many in total. If anything, I think the action would be to retire it rather than merge it into People (where it wouldn't belong). But it's also not harmful to leave it as is, apart from the occasional confusion between Biography and Bibliography. Come to think of it, the Bibliography delsort (via Wikipedia:WikiProject Bibliographies/Article alerts) is how I found the discussion in question! czar 04:14, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

Mhm, the section probably won't be really harmful as is, thanks for clarifying the use of it :D Justiyaya 04:19, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

Query: Web interviews

Thanks for taking a look at my edits to the Chomsky page and the need to cite non-web interviews. I am still new to all of this :)

I am curious is this a standard throughout the whole of Wikipedia? Some of the information I put in there I think was novel and the interviewer has written for the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. It would be great to put some of the information in there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CarlMarks51 (talk • contribs) 19:09, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

Moved to Talk:Noam Chomsky

A little help please? Notability of politicians

I see you are a regular commentator on the Noam Chomsky page.

I am texting you because I want to know the policy on politicians. If a politician is one of two primary politicians for US Congress in 2022. who has had articles written about him with all large state papers in past elections, does that make this candidate notable?

What policy can I look up about this? Thank you so much in advance. Quiet2 (talk) 03:40, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

Moved to user talk:Quiet2

One Day at Horrorland

I disagree with your reference assessment, but it did encourage me to look for more sources. I found that the book has been used for instruction in schools and that it was once adapted into a Walt Disney World attraction. I thank you for that, even if it wasn't your intention. SL93 (talk) 13:58, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

The HorrorLand series was adapted, not this individual book, but this conversation belongs on the article's talk page. czar 15:09, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

I'm here to apologize for overreacting. You can do what you want with merging since the content will still exist in some form. SL93 (talk) 19:27, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

Debate on military funding's influence on Noam's thought

Hi, Could you advise me how to rewrite this so it is seen as acceptable:

Chomsky has been open about who employed him at this time, saying “[MIT] was a Pentagon-based university. And I was at a military-funded lab." What effect this had on his linguistic and political ideas has been debated in Open Democracy and the London Review of Books.

References

You said "these sources do not make a point about the Pentagon affiliation; if there is something specific to say, just say it, otherwise it's aspersions".

Really sorry, but I'm not clear what is wrong. The debate at Open Democracy consisted of 10 contributions from Frederick Newmeyer, Randy Allen Harris, Chris Knight, Les Levidow, David Golumbia, Peter Jones, and Wolfgang Sperlich. The debate was all about the extent to which "Pentagon affiliation" had an effect on Chomsky's politics and linguistics. A similar debate occurred with Hilary Rose (sociologist), Chomsky and others in the London Review of Books and the debate continued in and around a UCL conference and the publication of the book: "The Responsibility of Intellectuals: Reflections by Noam Chomsky and Others After 50 Years (Nick Allott, Chris Knight, Neil Smith (linguist))". The debate also occurred in several online interviews, various book reviews and the Chronicle Of Higher Education.

Is it not relevant to say, in two short sentences, that this debate occurred in the section concerning this crucial period of Noam's academic career: 'Early career: 1955–1966'? If so, how should it be described?

Thanks!

• Allott, Nick; Knight, Chris; Smith, Neil (2019). The Responsibility of Intellectuals - Reflections by Noam Chomsky and Others after 50 years (PDF). London: UCL Press. ISBN 9781787355514.
• Golumbia, David (25 September 2018). "The Chomskyan revolution and the politics of linguistics". Open Democracy.
• Levidow, Les (6 September 2018). "The Chomsky paradox: the responsibility of intellectuals, revisited". Open Democracy.
• Lears, Jackson (4 May 2017). "Mysterian". London Review of Books. 39 (9).

Morgan1874 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 18:17, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

Moved to Talk:Noam Chomsky

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Wikipedia:Press coverage 2022

Hi! I removed the high five per "This set of pages lists any press coverage of Wikipedia that covers or discusses Wikipedia as a project – that is, any aspect of Wikipedia overall, such as its structure, success, information, goals, history – or views on Wikipedia in general, and so on. Press sources that reference content of a particular Wikipedia article but do not discuss the project itself should instead be noted on the talk page of the referenced Wikipedia article in question using the..."

There are of course grey-areas but this didn't seem like one. The Ketanji Brown Jackson thing you added earlier was removed and redacted for more pressing reasons:[1] Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 19:59, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, @Gråbergs Gråa Sång. That text would be helpful clarification to add to the 2022 page if it is to be enforced there. czar 23:23, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

I think it adds a bit of focus, adding for example all of the press at Talk:List of most expensive artworks by living artists is not obvious improvement. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:49, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

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Ran Prieur

regarding Draft:Ran Prieur --

Thanks for the heads up regarding primary sources. It was a concern of mine that I had already tried to minimize, nevertheless I've simplified the draft further. At the moment draft only has three references to Ran's blog itself (about page which contains self-described political views, the original link to "How to Drop Out", and a miscellaneous about page which contains his birthplace). The other eight sources are secondary sources so my intuition is that it'll be appropriate to remove the template message. Haven't done so yet -- let me know your thoughts. cheers. quin 05:58, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

Moved to Draft talk:Ran Prieur

Some stroopwafels for you!

stumbled on your 'vita' page, it's gorgeously laid out. it's inspired me to do something similar for myself down the road :) quin 06:03, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

Saffron Barker afd/redirect

Hi, I’d like to ask you about the afd you closed for Saffron Barker, please. I apologise, because I’m new to editing Wikipedia, but am attempting to read the advice and follow the rules, it just gets a little confusing :) I believe that there wasn’t really enough discussion of her significance for there to justifiably considered a consensus. That, along with her further appearances in mainstream media has prompted me to attempt to get the redirect removed and the article reinstated. I’m not really sure how to go about that. I was hoping you could help, please? The advice on the deletion review page says to contact the closer of the afd in the first place- so, here I am. Saradipity*codes (talk) 17:33, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Saradipity*codes, you've come to the right place. :) What new sources do you have that discuss her career that were not in place or discussed in its deletion discussion? If you can share several reliable sources that discuss her career in depth, I'd be happy to restore the article as a draft for you to expand. czar 18:30, 5 March 2022 (UTC)

Archival research and WP:OR

You pulled most of the maybe-OR from Panteleimon Belochub when you removed the unsourced and unreliable-source stuff, but the "early life" and "WWI" sections are still mostly attributed to archival sources. I thought that was a no-go on Wikipedia? Or is this example fine because it's simple factual things like birth and death dates? (Though I suppose in this particular case there is an additional WP:V complication, since the State Archives of Donetsk Region may be some of the most inaccessible papers on earth right now...) -- asilvering (talk) 06:46, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

Moved to Talk:Panteleimon Belochub

Request

Hi Czar--could you possibly histmerge The Resort (TV series) into The Resort (American TV series), as they're essentially duplicates? Cheers! NathanielTheBold (talk) 04:58, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

@NathanielTheBold, since the histories overlap, I recommend just boldly merging the latter into the former (dropping "American" per WP:NCTV as the correct title) czar 05:31, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

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Anarchist FAQ

I didn't get to reply to you before the AfD was closed, but if I had I would've clarified that my hope was that a draft would allow for the possibility of a viable merge target being created, rather than new sources being found that would indicate notability. And I would have asked – so may as well ask now – what your thoughts are on the two possible as-yet-nonexistent targets I mentioned (Iain McKay and anarchism and the internet), and whether any others come to mind. I think the latter's probably a safer bet, and some sources definitely exist (Atton 1996, Owens and Palmer 2003, some of Franks 2006), but it's the sort of thing that would take me years to actually put together. Either way, I'm aware it's probably a long shot, but worth thinking about. – Arms & Hearts (talk) 13:40, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Arms & Hearts, thanks for the follow-up. Would you have sources for McKay? I didn't have significant coverage last time I checked, hence the redirect. And what would be the scope of anarchism and the Internet? The merge target I had been envisioning was a section on introductions to anarchism, of which the "FAQ" would certainly be a part. I needed more reviews of other introductory material though and didn't get to that point. czar 13:07, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

No particular sources for McKay come to mind I'm afraid – articles on living writers aren't my forte but I think you're probably right that the coverage is insufficient. Hence why anarchism and the Internet's probably preferable, but I don't have much of a sense of what that would in involve either (at least without having had a proper look at the sources suggested above), or whether it really merits an article in its own right or would itself be better folded into issues in anarchism. So all rather vague, but I'll keep you posted. Introductions to anarchism is another interesting possibility – chapter 2 of Süreyya Evren Türkeli's thesis What is anarchism? A reflection on the canon and the constructive potential of its destruction, on Woodcock's Anarchism and similar introductions, might be a good source. – Arms & Hearts (talk) 18:01, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

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Thank you today for the article, introduced: "One spring day in New York City, the irascible Paul Goodman marched into his World War II draft interview with these anarchist essays under his arm as a prop or perhaps totem that would show his country just how unfit for service he was. While the military immediately understood, it would take another 15 years for his country to hear. While largely forgotten today, Goodman was namechecked in Annie Hall as a prevailing public intellectual of the American mid-century: Dutch uncle to the 1960s counterculture, philosopher of the New Left, and the country's most prominent living anarchist. Goodman's career consisted of revealing mystic truths about the need to live out one's own animal instinct and the larger society's unfulfilled duty in fostering those impulses. The May 1945 essays that became known as the May Pamphlet outline Goodman's application of Reichian psychological theory to anarchist politics in the interregnum between the social revolutionary class warfare of turn-of-the-century classical anarchism and the rise of personal politics-focused, late-20th century contemporary anarchism. You can see Goodman bridge the twain in these very essays as he confronts the impossibility of large-scale social change by calling not for a massive social revolution but for an inward reformation: to instead realize one's own innate, individual powers and form a new society by living intentionally within the shell of the old."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:41, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

DYK for The Uses of Disorder

On 17 April 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Uses of Disorder, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that The Uses of Disorder, characterized by one reviewer as "the best available contemporary defense of anarchism", was intended to be a critique of orderly city life? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Uses of Disorder. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, The Uses of Disorder), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

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J. K. Rowling

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Category:Black-owned companies of the United States has been nominated for renaming

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A goat for you!

Congrats on getting an article to featured level by yourself!

Weshawitz (talk) 01:27, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Local standard

Hi Czar, Can you help illuminate for me the "local" objection being made in the Mo Karn deletion debate? I know WP:NPOL sets some parameters around notability of local elected officials, but I've not encountered before the demand that someone or something have greater than local-level coverage in reliable sources to meet notability. Thanks, —Carter (Tcr25) (talk) 14:53, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mo Karn

Hi @Tcr25, usually exclusively local coverage is an indicator that the subject has not been covered as noteworthy by wider press. For example, local activism is common but what makes it notable is its coverage by regional or national press. I.e., "5 Questions with a Foodie" is a human interest story, not evidence of the subject's noteworthiness ("Richmond's very own Food Not Bombs celebrity" is, one can only presume, tongue-in-cheek). But any discussion of specifics should continue at the AfD. My database searches had plenty of passing mentions from local press, but gluing those together to form an article would not do justice to the subject. czar 17:42, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, @[[[User:Czar|Czar]], thanks for the reply. I'm not trying to litigate the specific question around Mo Karn here, I just want to make sure I'm understanding the logic and where it fits into WP policies, although I'm not completely convinced that WP:GNG requires regional or national coverage. A human interest story may raise reliability questions, but they also can indicate a degree of notability in so much as a reporter and editor deemed the subject worthy of an interview/profile. —Carter (Tcr25) (talk) 18:43, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

I am reading Communitas, by the way...

It's on my bedside table right now. A fascinating book, certainly the sort that would make me want to write a GA about it, so I see why you put in all that work. Thanks for all you do here! ezlev (user/tlk/ctrbs) 01:42, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

Aw, thank you! With a little bit of that energy, perhaps I can make the final FAC push... czar 04:07, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

Sri Aurobindo School of Integral Education, Chandigarh

hi, the article Sri Aurobindo School of Integral Education, Chandigarh, i created has been properly cited with all valid links and is not a promotional article or a paid article and the article has been created with new and different content available on government websites and other trusted sources but has been marked for speedy deletion. help me stop the deletion of this page. please verify the article with all links and help me not to lost this article, do not delete it — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rishixkumar (talk • contribs) 10:13, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

See also User talk:Justiyaya#Question from Rishixkumar (10:09, 26 May 2022), not sure why they went on your talk page (edit: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sri Aurobindo School of Integral Education, Chandigarh) Justiyaya 10:25, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

Hidden text on Paul Goodman

I noticed that a few years ago you introduced a number of hidden text passages to Paul Goodman. Since hidden text often gets forgotten and abandoned, we are working to reduce instances of hidden text to short notes necessary to be perpetually maintained in the wikitext, such as cautions not to use disapproved wording. Eventually, this may become a bot task, in which more extensive hidden passages are automatically removed from the article to the talk page for discussion. Do you intend to address the hidden passages of text currently in the article? BD2412 T 22:18, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

I'm actively editing the article and ideally, when finished, there will be little hidden text left. Are you saying that a group of editors are looking to remove all hidden text that doesn't provide a warning? Where is this coordination taking place? czar 04:44, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

I have initiated a discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Lots and lots and lots of hidden text, focused primarily on long-abandoned hidden text—there are cases where some block of text in an article was hidden due to an editorial disagreement a decade or more ago, and apparently not revisited since. I have also proposed a bot request to catalogue instances of hidden text by size and age. Bear in mind that something could happen to any editor at any time, so I would ask you to think about what would become of this content and this article if you were no longer around. Perhaps a better way to handle it would be to create a subpage linked from the talk page? Or to try and resolve as much of this lengthy content as possible in relatively short order, before taking up other things? BD2412 T 05:06, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for starting Molly White

I started drafting an article about the same time as you and it's almost identical! All my work for nought. :) I'll see how I can add a bit here and there. --Jprg1966 ^(talk) 16:13, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

If it took this long, I'm sure yours and mine were among many. Looking forward to your contributions! :) czar 16:23, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

Yes, thanks so much. She is awesome. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 15:05, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Molly White article

My read on things is that Molly is indeed notable so on that basis sure she is eligible for a page. That said, I'm wondering if you contacted her before writing the article? I know this is something Molly does in her own work because as we both know there are pluses and minuses to having an article and not everyone wants one. I have no idea how she feels about this, so she might be great with it, but felt it important to ask the question. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 16:43, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

@Barkeep49: I emailed her this morning, as I was also planning to write an article. I offered her the chance to air any concerns, but she acknowledged the notification and thanked me for the heads-up without raising any issues. --Jprg1966 ^(talk) 16:51, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

Yes, I think all's sorted. Thanks for checking. czar 18:30, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

TFA

Thank you today for Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, introduced: "This article is the most complete resource on the web for the Japanese sequel to Nintendo's 1985 smash hit Super Mario Bros. Critics say the title is best known for its extreme difficulty, but I'd wager it's better known for being confused with Super Mario Bros. 2, a completely different game. The Lost Levels was so difficult as to convince Nintendo of America against releasing the title in North America (that's how the "lost levels" were lost, until its re-introduction to English-speaking regions in 1993). But despite The Lost Levels' cultural confinement, the game performed a fair amount of forecasting for the series: its sadistic poison mushroom power-ups and differentiated abilities for Luigi persisted into other series games, but perhaps more salient is how the game served as a precursor to the contemporary fan community that creates challenging (read: impossible) Mario levels for each other, as well as the speedrunning community that attempted not just to finish these sadistic challenges, but with prowess.

The original Mario pulled the video game industry from the crash several years prior, and there was little games journalism infrastructure in place in 1986, nevertheless in English on a Japan-only title."!- --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:17, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

A question regarding List of books about anarchism

Hi Czar, I've recently been motivated to add something about anarchism in East Asia (i.e. Anarchism in China, Anarchism in Japan, Anarchism in Korea) to this list, but I'm not sure how notable these books would have to be to fit in, and would like to request your opinion. I don't mind moving this discussion if there is a more appropriate place for it. Many thanks! ときさき くるみ ^{not because they are easy, but because they are hard} 14:46, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Tokisaki Kurumi, glad to hear it! Which books—the ones in the bibliographies of those articles? The books with their own Wikipedia articles are the safest to not be contested additions but the Wikipedia way is to "be bold", add the books you feel fit the stated scope and if someone disagrees, they will say so and you will discuss. My take is that the whole list would be better off replaced with an overall bibliography. czar 02:08, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for your thoughts. BTW, I would like to share a little bit of the things: Firstly, Ba Jin wrote some pamphlets before the founding of PRC, I may examine them one by one. Secondly, both Peter Kropotkin and Max Stirner were once popular in East Asia, I may also add some works about them. ときさき くるみ ^{not because they are easy, but because they are hard} 17:06, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

Collectivism

With all due respect to your change at Collectivism, I have now some troubles. I try to solve links to disambiguation pages in templates, but I have no clue where the links in the following templates should go:

1. Template:Communism
2. Template:Christian democracy sidebar
3. Template:Communism sidebar
4. Template:Christian Democracy
5. Template:Community

Can you solve these ones? It would solve 300+ links to disambiguation pages. The Banner talk 11:18, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

 Done For what it's worth, I don't know what help those political sidebars really are to readers. They rarely cohere to a narrow enough scope that would make sense to a general, browsing reader. czar 02:04, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

Thank you. The Banner talk 08:28, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

Apologies and thanks

Just an apology for not participating in the Commune AfD, I got sucked down some rabbit-holes elsewhere, but thank you for persevering and helping to clean all that up. Kind regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 12:01, 19 June 2022 (UTC)

No worries. Thanks for your help researching the topic! czar 00:45, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

Mother 3 GA Reassessment

Mother 3 has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Eldomtom2 (talk) 17:51, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

IABot weirdness

Hey Czar. In this edit you added a bunch of IA archive links, but the second one is a completely different source to what was originally cited. Any idea how that happened? Nikkimaria (talk) 01:41, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

Super strange! I can't see any reason why iabot would pull that archive URL. I've filed a bug report here with some detail on reproducing the error and fixed it manually in the meantime. Appreciate the heads up czar 06:41, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

Discussion at WP:THQ § BLP article changed to redirect?

 You are invited to join the discussion at WP:THQ § BLP article changed to redirect?. -- Marchjuly (talk) 13:12, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

Hi Czar. Perhaps you can answer this user's question at the Teahouse since you're (1) an admin and (2) the person who redirected Samantha Gorman. -- Marchjuly (talk) 13:14, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

Hi, the Teahouse response looks good to me but I'll watch the section in case a follow-up is needed. Thanks for the heads up. czar 17:24, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

Deletion review for Samantha Gorman

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Your GA nomination of Molly White (writer)

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Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2022-08-01/Essay

Responded to you there, but forgot to ping. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8% of all FPs} 03:58, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

Blocking from it.wiki filter

Certainly it is possible to have the filter act in two steps, first the warning then the blocking, unfortunately the vandalism found was too much and too fast and we opted for immediate blocking. The problem is the continuous substitution of terms and expressions from Russian/Ukrainian and vice versa. I would have explained better by email but I see that is not possible. For now I only made a small change by reducing the blocking time and reported the issue to my sysop colleagues who created the filter. Elwood (talk) 23:31, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the context, @Elwood. I've reset my permissions to allow emails, if helpful. I didn't realize I had it turned off. czar 00:44, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

@Elwood, I was just blocked a second time for attempting a simpler (single sentence) version of the edit I mentioned in w:it:Wikipedia:Richieste agli amministratori/Richieste correnti#Blocco filtro anti abusi: "erunda durnizi" su Territorio Libero. Is there any way to exempt me from the bot or should I give up on it? For context, here is the diff the edit I would like to eventually make, and I had only attempted to edit the first sentence of the first paragraph (the one sentence) from that diff when I was just blocked a second time. I currently can't edit it.wiki and haven't had this issue when making these fixes at any other Wikipedia. czar 01:03, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

I've unblocked you but I recommend waiting until tomorrow, it's 3 a.m. here and I haven't got a response from the filter experts yet. --Elwood (talk) 01:13, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

January 6 United States Capitol attack

Hello! Just an FYI, 2021 United States Capitol attack has been moved to January 6 United States Capitol attack, if you wish to update the prose at Jason Moore (Wikipedia editor) or elsewhere. Thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 15:14, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

Thanks. That's a strange move—wouldn't be surprised if it's overturned. As long as the original title doesn't become a dab page, I think it's fine to leave as is. czar 18:35, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

MOS reversion?

Today, your August 2021 edit to WP:TPL was reverted as being "dubious". — Fourthords | =Λ= | 22:14, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

@Fourthords, thanks. I've started a discussion on the talk page. czar 02:18, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

Fabrizio De André page

As I was one of the main compilers of that page, I would like to inform you that all the sections written by myself are not original research but based on information taken from books and magazines published during De André's lifetime and immediately after. Ugo1970 (talk) 14:13, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

Moved to Talk:Fabrizio De André § Unsourced text

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Hey Czar

When I asked a question at the Teahouse, you responded (with other editors) that some other assassinators' articles may be worth redirecting. So, is redirecting some articles involving the conspirators worth it? Or just keep it the way it is and improve it with more sources/references? Sarrail (talk) 17:42, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Sarrail, every article topic is judged on its own merits so it really depends how much has been written about each individual. I believe someone mentioned that if all that can be written about an individual is that they participated in the assassination and later had a disease, then that would be good cause to redirect that person's name to the article about the assassination. czar 17:47, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

So this would include Trifko Grabež. The section under assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand has basically no sources. Any others? Sarrail (talk) 17:55, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

Well, it depends. Since every article is judged on its own merits, before redirecting an article, I recommend searching book and academic databases for articles on the topic. Since the subject is Serbian, there might be Serbian articles that just aren't as prominent in English-language search engines. Sometimes that research is worth sharing on the talk page for consideration. Other times the article can be redirected with an explanation of the lack of sourcing in the edit's edit summary. I wouldn't know about the other articles without taking a systematic look through them. With a cursory search on Grabež, yes, looks okay to redirect, given no major subject heading or monograph in WorldCat. czar 18:06, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

The other assassinators were Cvjetko Popovic, Muhamed Mehmedbasic, Nedeljko Cabrinovic, Vaso Cubrilovic, and Danilo Ilic. Gavrilo Princip, Cubrilovic and Mehmedbasic seems like they are in the clear for now; what about the rest? What is your opinion on this? Sarrail (talk) 18:14, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

Pardon the redirects, no way I can fix the accents on the keyboard. Sarrail (talk) 18:15, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

@Sarrail, it'd be a significant project to investigate the sourcing of each, especially considering what very well may exist in offline, Serbian books. For example, Ilić is the weakest article right now, but it may just be a poor representation of what exists in hard-to-find-sources. czar 02:20, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

Ok, thank you for your advice. Sarrail (talk) 14:39, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

Starbucks unions

Hi, @Czar! I recently proposed your article Starbucks unions for the Meta-Wiki project Translation of the week, so I would really appreciate it if you could vote here for the proposal to succeed in a way that other Wikipedias are encouraged to translate it into their language. Thank you! --Brunnaiz (talk) 23:25, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

Thanks but that makes me want even more to rewrite it before it's translated! :) czar 02:17, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

Growing Up Absurd up at FAC

Hi talk page watchers, for anyone following my Paul Goodman project with interest in reviewing, I have a featured article nomination up for Growing Up Absurd, the 1960 countercultural bible that launched Goodman from the unknown to the limelight in the luminous twilight of his career.

 Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Growing Up Absurd/archive1.

czar 17:56, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Citizen Sleeper

On 10 September 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Citizen Sleeper, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the developer of Citizen Sleeper was inspired by the feeling of people coming together and their own experiences as a non-binary person struggling to make ends meet through the gig economy? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Citizen Sleeper. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Citizen Sleeper), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

— Maile (talk) 00:03, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Zhemao hoaxes

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"Saints Row (upcoming video game)" listed at Redirects for discussion

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Concern regarding Draft:Haunted Chocolatier

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Mischief Makers scheduled for TFA

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For Featured Articles promoted recently, there will be an existing blurb linked from the FAC talk page, which is likely to be transferred to the TFA page by a coordinator at some point.

We suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:30, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

Restoring a deleted page

I know it was deleted but might there be a chance of restoring the page for Ling Tai? I have found better sources (such as newspapers regarding her childhood). Previously deleted pages (such as the actor John Brandon) have been restored so it's possible.Silurian25 (talk) 08:20, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Silurian25, can you link the sources you have? The standard you'd be looking to meet with source quality and quantity is here. czar 15:01, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

What I have are from Newspapers.com (you have to be a member to view).

• Abandoned as a baby - "26 years ago Mum abandoned me in a phone box. And every day since I've wondered why", The People", 31 May 1992 (pg.12-13)

• Planned return to Hong Kong - 10 years ago, Ruislip and Northwood Gazette, 13 June 1990 (pg.8) plus other local newspapers that day

• Theatre (first two: Aladdin pantomimes) - "The Stage", 10 January 1985 (pg.27); The Stage, 17 October 1985 (pg.3); Theatricalia

Hopefully, these will be acceptable. Perhaps the page could be brought back briefly so improvements with these references can be used. Some people who have had pages on Wikipedia for years don't have any sources in comparison.Silurian25 (talk) 11:50, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

Viewing those sources, (1) The Sunday People does not appear to be a reliable, encyclopedic source, as a tabloid, (2) the Gazette appears to be a single sentence mention, and (3) is a database listing so we're not sure what's in it. I can say on its face that this wouldn't be enough to overturn the existing consensus. I can, however, restore the article to draft status for you to find further sources (if you are confident more exist) and submit through the Articles for Creation process, but you shouldn't restore that article until someone has reviewed its contents. Let me know if you would like that. czar 04:56, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

See also section on Noam Chomsky

I realize this isn't the place to discuss content on the Chomsky page but I think your revert may have been mistaken. I could be mistaken but as far as I can tell the "see also" section isn't just a list of works by Chomsky nor is it supposed to be, as demonstrated by the current content and by the MOS. XeCyranium (talk) 02:42, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

That was my error—I thought it was added the Selected bibliography section, not See also, per the prior edit. This said, when a proposed edit is reverted as controversial, the general Wikipedia practice is to start a discussion on the article's talk page to find consensus. Reverting the revert is seen as disruptive (edit warring). That's where this should go next. czar 04:08, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

"Plessie" listed at Redirects for discussion

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Improper close?

Not that I think the final result would differ, but you closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cul (software) in 48h. Shouldn't we wait 7d before closing any discussion? _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 09:59, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

Hi, it was opened on 14:26, 24 September 2022 (UTC) and closed slightly over a week later: 22:57, 1 October 2022 (UTC) but let me know if I missed something. czar 10:08, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

My apologies, I must have been looking at some wrong date. You are correct. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:17, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

Thanks and request(s)

Hello! I wanted to thank you belatedly for your invitation to explore WP:WikiProject Anarchism. I think my contributions in this area would be occasional at best, but have been very impressed with how organized the WikiProject is compared to most. On that note, I have a couple of requests:

• Might be worthing checking the embedded links in the "Anarchism" welcome message moving forward (if it hasn't been updated already). At least one of them – the one for "adopting a cleanup category" – was broken and should point to here instead of there (I think).
• Could you please send an Anarchism project welcome message to the following user: Janosabel? Apparently he is quite keen on following the project discussions, and was impressed when I mentioned it was the very first WikiProject invitation I received as a new editor on WP last year.
• If/when you have time, could you please have a read of Seven Days (magazine)? The magazine was started as an anti-establishment news magazine of the American Left in the 1970s by a group of editors including David Dellinger. Most people associate Dellinger with socialism but in his later years he leaned more anarchist, and I've taken great pains to make sure we don't automatically label Seven Days as "socialist" (or "anarchist" for that matter) unless there are reliable secondary sources that say so. For now the label "anti-establishment" is definitely sourced; in any case, they aspired to appeal to the American Left as a whole so probably resisted being pigeonholed either way. Anyway interested in any feedback or suggestions you may have on the article. Thanks in advance!

Cielquiparle (talk) 09:53, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, @Cielquiparle! It's appreciated.

re: that link, I use the old (broken?) one because I wager it has the longest chance of redirecting to the right place if it moves again.

Nice work on Seven Days! I'm familiar with Dellinger from his work with Paul Goodman, both Liberation (magazine) and the press in Dellinger's tiny NJ commune that printed (and crowdfunded) what Goodman contended was his best work. I've been chipping away at our Goodman articles for close to a decade now. I also have Andrew Hunt's Dellinger biography if that would be helpful. czar 02:16, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Haunted Chocolatier

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In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 04:13, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Katie Sierra suspension controversy

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Precious anniversary

Precious

Seven years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:41, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

Thank you today for Mischief Makers, introduced (in 2014): "Shake, shake! Another cult classic, MM was a strange game—perhaps par for Treasure—but also their first Nintendo game. It had really strange gameplay centered around grabbing and shaking things—I haven't heard of it being adopted since. While it got mixed reviews at the time, perhaps due to the unpopularity of a 2D game during great hype for 3D technology, GamesRadar called the game "possibly the most underrated and widely ignored ... on the N64"." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:02, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

Thank you today for Blast Corps, introduced: "Flush from its recent expansion as Nintendo bought major stake in the company, Rare handed an ambitious Nintendo 64 console project to four young, recent grads in 1996. They, in turn, released Blast Corps, a game of creative destruction, to universal acclaim, with one million copies sold. Even minding the indie movement, projects of such stature are scoped much differently today. Blast Corps led a series of Nintendo console games with consistently high critical acclaim (think GoldenEye 007, Banjo-Kazooie, Perfect Dark, Jet Force Gemini). In comparison, Blast Corps was not so much a cult classic or sleeper hit as simply cherished. The game's creative concept was emblematic of the company's spirit and left fans hungry for more even two decades later. It was among the most anticipated re-releases in the 2015 Rare Replay retrospective compilation and proved to be the standout favorite among reviewers." - Enjoy the day and the season! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:14, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

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Tomb of the Mask

I noticed your early 2016 draft but it wasnt used. So i created my own Tomb of the mask article but i used some of your draft. SMBMovieFan (talk) 00:49, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Jason Moore (Wikipedia editor)

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Thanks for your work on this article, Czar. I was a bit bothered by how the entry was created, but the article's in a much better place now. Happy editing! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 13:07, 2 November 2022 (UTC)

By the way, I'm not sure if project or user pages can be linked within "In the news" hooks. If not, a better hook might be: "... that Jason Moore and other Wikipedia editors curated the entry about the January 6 United States Capitol attack in real time?" (or similar). Just a thought, take care! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 15:08, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! I think it ended up in a good place, but do continue to let me know if you have ideas for improvements. And I'll pass the hook idea along czar 14:44, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

Well, definitely not a big deal, but since you asked, I'll just say the article is slightly inaccurate in that I don't live in Portland currently. However, I'm not aware of any sources verifying my current location. There are sources published from 2013 to 2021 which confirm my residence in Portland at the time, so the article could be updated to say I "lived in Portland as of 2013–2021" or similar, but perhaps this is a minor thing to worry about. I was just planning to wait until a source confirmed my new location before submitting a request to update the entry. I'll let you decide if changes are necessary. Take care! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 16:56, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

Have a tweet we can cite? :) czar 04:25, 11 November 2022 (UTC)

Wow, Another Believer, you're a GA! Congratulations! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 08:59, 12 November 2022 (UTC)

@Liz Thanks! (Czar did the major lift here.) I never imagined I'd see the day and I'm flattered. A dream come true :) ---Another Believer _(Talk) 17:33, 12 November 2022 (UTC)

Sorry, Czar, I don't tweet. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 17:30, 13 November 2022 (UTC)

Fascinating! nl:Wikipedia:Te_beoordelen_pagina's/Toegevoegd_20221218#Jason_Moore_(Wikipedia_Editor) Thought I'd put this on your radar as the primary author of the ENWP bio. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 23:29, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

Instead of posting a formal request on the article's talk page, I'll ask you here if applying Category:American Wikimedians is appropriate. Also, I had added a COI template to talk page at th:ฉบับร่าง:เจสัน มัวร์ (บรรณาธิการวิกิพีเดีย), which was deleted by another editor for some reason. Sharing in case you'd like to add a talk page translation template like you did at es:Discusión:Jason Moore. Either way, thanks again and happy editing! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 17:58, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

ty! That looks like a user category so I wouldn't use that in mainspace. I think Category:Wikipedia people is the best mainspace category for present purposes. Will take a look at the Thai article too. czar 04:49, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

I view Category:American Wikimedians as a content category and Category:American Wikipedians as a user category, but I don't feel strongly about including. Thanks and take care for now! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 18:37, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

Since the translation template has been added to the th:ฉบับร่าง:เจสัน มัวร์ (บรรณาธิการวิกิพีเดีย) talk page, might you be willing to move the entry into main space? I'll let you decide if you want to add the translation template to the talk pages of the other translated entries. Very cool to see your Good article translated into other languages. Happy editing! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 15:22, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

I can't vouch for the quality of its translation so I think it's best to leave that call to a local editor (asked here) czar 02:44, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

No prob! Thanks ---Another Believer _(Talk) 03:02, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Seems your edits at Thai Wikipedia did the trick! I'll let you decide if you want to add the translation template to the talk pages at pl.wiki and no.wiki. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 22:21, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

Hello

Hello Czar

Sorry I am terrible at using the Wikipedia interface but I'm a historian v much interested in Anarchism. I keep meaning to update things on Wikipedia but find the ui on this site v difficult to use. I promise I am not v old haha, not that that matters. Anyway, I often have a lot of information with good sources. Would you be interested at all on collaborating on stuff like this? I can provide a lot of the info and you can help with the Wikipedia side? I am a historian tho and not v knowledgeable of the broader philosophy of Anarchism or its modern theory especially.

Sjp Shaunjpitt (talk) 22:55, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

@Shaunjpitt, you bet—happy to help with whatever you need! Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anarchism would definitely chip in too with any hands-on collaboration. czar 01:00, 2 November 2022 (UTC)

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DYK for Jason Moore (Wikipedia editor)

On 15 November 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jason Moore (Wikipedia editor), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Jason Moore and other Wikipedia editors curated the entry about the January 6 United States Capitol attack in real time? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jason Moore (Wikipedia editor). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Jason Moore (Wikipedia editor)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

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"Freedom Ride 1992" listed at Redirects for discussion

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Update on my Article's Subject: More Official and Significant News Coverage

Hello. A couple of months ago, you or somebody deleted my first article Matthew Kenslow on grounds you guys listed and I had to agree with you guys on them. However guess what, I kept tabs on Matthew Kenslow periodically and found that he got all over news media. Please take time to look at these RECENT coverage but know that this is not all. Please also take the time to Google his name and keep scrolling. He is beginning to appear everywhere worldwide which makes me believe that he is (or is nearly) encyclopedic material. Please let me know what you think. If there are more, I'll let you know:

Yahoo!Entertainment: https://www.yahoo.com/now/matthew-kenslow-released-juggling-issues-111200764.html

Digital Journal: https://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/matthew-kenslow-has-released-juggling-the-issues-living-with-aspergers-syndrome-an-award-winning-book-on-autism-spectrum-disorder

SNNTV News: https://www.snntv.com/story/47888706/matthew-kenslow-has-released-juggling-the-issues-living-with-aspergers-syndrome-an-awardwinning-book-on-autism-spectrum-disorder

Benzinga: https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/22/12/30003488/matthew-kenslow-has-released-juggling-the-issues-living-with-aspergers-syndrome-an-award-winning-bo

Shoreline Beacon: https://www.shorelinebeacon.com/newsfile/147086-matthew-kenslow-has-released-juggling-the-issues-living-with-aspergers-syndrome-an-awardwinning-book-on-autism-spectrum-disorder

Keep the Faith Magazine: https://www.keepthefaith.co.uk/2022/07/26/aspergers-and-unstoppable-matthew-kenslow-doesnt-let-labels-limit-him/

YourTango: https://www.yourtango.com/self/went-from-being-teased-having-autism-social-media-influencer

e27: https://e27.co/how-autism-shaped-my-life-and-what-i-want-people-to-know-20220906/

KTTC Minnesota : https://kttc.marketminute.com/article/newsfile-2022-12-8-matthew-kenslow-has-released-juggling-the-issues-living-with-aspergers-syndrome-an-award-winning-book-on-autism-spectrum-disorder

The Sun Chronicle: https://thesunchronicle.marketminute.com/article/newsfile-2022-12-8-matthew-kenslow-has-released-juggling-the-issues-living-with-aspergers-syndrome-an-award-winning-book-on-autism-spectrum-disorder

The Daily Press: https://www.timminspress.com/newsfile/147086-matthew-kenslow-has-released-juggling-the-issues-living-with-aspergers-syndrome-an-awardwinning-book-on-autism-spectrum-disorder/

and hundreds more. I just keep seeing more and more that it's impossible to list them all here.

I hope this will get my first and at this time only article reinstated.

Regards,

CCFT Historian

CCFT Historian (talk) 06:53, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Pinging Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matthew Kenslow participants @TomStar81, Robert C 571, ReaderofthePack, and GPL93 for your consideration.

I wasn't involved in this discussion apart from judging its consensus but I can already tell from the URLs that most of these are press releases (PR). Wikipedia requires significant coverage in multiple reliable, independent sources (?) to warrant a dedicated article. Off the bat, it looks like these sources have the same issues with those listed in the deletion discussion, on which ReaderofthePack had elaborated on the article's talk page. Wikipedia cares about the quality and depth of the coverage, such that we can write an article without delving into original research from primary sources. Whether there are hundreds or thousands of press releases on this topic is immaterial.

re: your "first and ... only article", on Wikipedia no one "owns" any content. Part of the nature of Wikipedia is that your contributions will be continually rewritten and removed, especially as you get started. Some of the better ways to avoid that are to work on existing articles that already have reliable, secondary source coverage. czar 17:12, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

OK thanks. I understand that. Well I will wait for what the other participants says and I will keep looking for more articles. I got excited when I saw all those but as you say I guess PR doesn't really count.

Also I have worked on a lot of other existing articles, but I meant to say this was the only one I started myself.

CCFT Historian (talk) 19:42, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

• I'm seeing a lot of fluff, but not a lot gold. Most of this only establishes that he exisits, not that he's done anything worthy of inclusion here (no Oscar award, or Tony, or Emmy, or Grammy, or Nobel Prize , or Election to the papacy, or declaration of a new nation as its leader, etc). To your credit, you've successfully managed to find plenty of sources that confirm he exists, but thats true of just about anyone. If I went digging I'd find enough information on myself to write an article, but yearbooks and newspaper quotes and those three times I happened to be in the background of pictures at important moments don't count for anything when trying to establish notability. What we need, if you will, is precious material: Anyone can dig a hole anywhere, but yours need to result in people finding gold, or oil, or fossils, or so forth. Without that, your hole is no more remarkable than anyone else's hole, save but to those of us who have the job of filling the holes so others don't fall in them. TomStar81 (Talk) 13:30, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

  Hey Tomstar. I'm jumping in. I understand if this isn't gold yet but Matthew is getting closer. He is now verified on Instagram with over 1 million followers and 80 thousand on Youtube. Also he's back in the news. I don't know if this is considered fluff to you but check these recent stories out

  1. https://kslnewsradio.com/1996562/awareness-and-acceptance-for-those-with-autism/
  2. https://scrippsnews.com/stories/spotlighting-the-spectrum-autism-representation-on-tv/
  3. He was on ABC7 Los Angeles but I only found it on his Youtube channel. If it'll help reinstate this article, type "ON ABC7 LOS ANGELES NEWS | CDC Says Prevalence of Autism is Increasing | Early Intervention is Key" on his channel.

  I managed to find more articles of him on yahoo, insider, bloomberg, digital journal, market watch and much more but I know you'd say that's fluff so I'm not including those. He also got on a couple small podcasts that you probably wouldn't consider but I have a link saved if you want.

  Thanks Tom. I hope one day soon the article on Matthew will be reinstated. I still keep a close eye on Matthew's influence. Hopefully these three things I sent you (and more if you do your own research) along with the fact that he's verified on instagram with 1 million followers will nearly get you to reinstate it or at least get it close to be reinstated. If it was up to me I would reinstate him due to how much influence and coverage he got since last year.

  I'll include @CCFT Historian (author of the article) and @ReaderofthePack and @Czar Robert C 571 (talk) 23:13, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

• I remember this AfD - it was frustrating since there was coverage, but not really enough of the type that could help establish notability. It's really super difficult to establish notability nowadays on Wikipedia and honestly, it can feel discouraging when you see someone get famous for doing something silly, stupid, or outright dangerous, yet people who are doing great things don't get even a small percentage of their coverage. We can't really do anything to make up that difference, something that is sometimes really unfortunate. I've seen a lot of pages deleted on people who I felt deserved an article for the work they've done, but just didn't get that coverage. In the meantime what I recommend is looking for articles that need work - if you are interested in autism specific articles, there is a category for articles that need more expansion: Category:Autism stubs. Some of them may be articles that fail notability (and as such, would need to be nominated), but some of them are articles on topics that meet guidelines but need to be more fleshed out. There are a wide variety of topics in there, from people to organizations to films and so on. My only caution would be to exercise extra caution if the topic is health and medicine related, as those have a specific set of rules that must be followed. (You can read more about this at WP:MEDRS.) ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 20:42, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

Hey I've been waiting over 2 months since my submission of the article for Matthew Kenslow. Google his name and scroll down forever. Google his name and press the "news" tab. He's been on more tv, radio and magazine programs worldwide and is verified on instagram and has over a million followers. THIS IS YOUR GOLD YOU'RE LOOKING FOR! Now please reinstate the up-to-date article at this time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Matthew_Kenslow @CCFT Historian @ReaderofthePack @Czar @TomStar81 Robert C 571 (talk) 22:33, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

Hi @Robert C 571, I'm afraid you've been waiting for months for a review that will never happen - there are no AfC review tags on that draft. It's not even in the queue! You must have copy-pasted your draft over the AfC templates at the top of the article wizard. -- asilvering (talk) 22:57, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

Robert, Wikipedia entries are not determined by Google search engine hits but by significant coverage in multiple, reliable independent sources. I do not see such sources in the draft article, which still relies heavily on sources from small blogs without editorial policies and posts by the subject himself. You can submit the draft for review but I doubt it would past muster based on its sourcing. czar 23:14, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

I can tell you right here and now its not going to pass the AFC process. You're fighting a two front war now, one front for notability, and the other on G4 grounds. When an article on Wikipedia is deleted it is ipso facto considered to be cannon fodder for G4 deletion if the new version is substantially similar to the previous version, and the two versions I am seeing in the deletion log and the AFC page share about 80% or so of the same information altered only very slightly. What that means is that even if your article miraculously cleared AFC, it'd be shot down right out of the gate either in a speedy deletion on CSD G4 grounds for being too similar or would end up right back at AFD where, as it was the first time around, it would in all likelihood be deleted again. I don't want to rain on your parade here, but I do want you to hear it like its going to be told. It still needs work, and LOTS of it, if its going to be published here. TomStar81 (Talk)

Nomination of Emma Goldman: A Documentary History of the American Years for deletion

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a user you may know has passed away

Hi Czar, I don't know if you already heard, but Digitaleffie recently died. There is a memorial on her talk page. I thought since you did some work with the Smithsonian that you might know her and want to know. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 17:36, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

YYYY categories

When you create "Year in X" categories that are template-based and thus autogenerate their own parent categories through the template, such as Category:2024 video games, could you please also ensure that you take the time to also create any parent categories that don't exist yet, such as Category:2024 in video gaming, Category:Products introduced in 2024, Category:2024 software and Category:Games and sports introduced in 2024? Content can't be left sitting in redlinked categories, but since those are autogenerated by a template they're impossible to remove and can be resolved only by creating them -- so any time you create a template-generated category like that, you need to ensure that you also create any and all missing parent categories, so that that you're not making unnecessary cleanup work for other people by leaving any redlinked parent categories for Special:WantedCategories to pick up after the fact. Thanks. Bearcat (talk) 16:31, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Wouldn't the better route be to have the template suppress showing those red categories if they don't exist? It's treacherous enough creating a 2024 year-based category for a single entity, but at least I could justify it, whereas the categories you mention will be empty (apart from this). czar 18:11, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Walter James

Why did you move Walter James without changing any of the incoming links? Now there are over 100 links to a disambiguation page. Steelkamp (talk) 06:04, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

My edit summary explains the "why" part but I think you know that already. That incoming links subsequently need disambiguating is unfortunate but all part of normal follow-up editing, not borne by the page mover. czar 06:13, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

I can't say I'm a fan of page movers not cleaning up links after themselves. Steelkamp (talk) 06:21, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

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	Merry Christmas, Czar
	Or Season's Greetings or Happy Winter Solstice! As the year winds to a close, I would like to take a moment to recognize your hard work and offer heartfelt gratitude for all you do for Wikipedia. May this Holiday Season bring you and yours nothing but joy, health and prosperity. Onel5969 TT me 20:07, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

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Happy New Year!

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year, Czar!

The other day, I was having a conversation with someone about holiday cards and social media. It occurred to me that, in the years since I left Facebook, the site I use most to communicate with people I like isn't actually a social media site at all. If you're receiving this, it's pretty likely I've talked with you more recently than I have my distant relatives and college friends on FB, at very least, and we may have even collaborated on something useful. So here's a holiday "card", Wikipedia friend. :) Hope the next couple weeks bring some fun and/or rest. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 18:12, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

New article you may be interested in

Hey, Czar. Merry Christmas! Back in 2014, you created a redirect for Mew-Genics, for the game that would eventually find itself in development hell. I wanted to inform you that a couple days back, I finally created a standalone article for Mewgenics and was sure to change the target of your redirect to it. I hope to see you contribute to the article in the future. All the best! BOTTO _(T•C) 18:10, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Parents' Day (novel)

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