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Help?

Hi there, you recently reviewed an article I was working on for an actor Mark Griffin and it was declined. I appreciate what you said about it and I wondered if you or someone else might be able to help me get it right for resubmitting it next time. Any help would be great. WelshWonderWoman (talk) 00:24, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

@WelshWonderWoman: Hi there, since your draft was declined due to not proving the notability of the actor, the first thing you should do is to find independent, published sources that talk about the actor in detail - news sources, reputable magazines critiquing his work, some movie reviewers talking about his acting, etc. After you've found sources you can get back to me here and I'll help you with citing them. Thanks! Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 11:02, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

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L235 submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

I nominate Darylgolden as Editor of the Week for their great work in articles for creation and other maintenance or cleanup-related behind-the-scenes dredge duty. Darylgolden is a very consistent AfC reviewer, and I haven't really found a review I strongly disagree with yet. Darylgolden also goes deep on their reviews - not just snatching the easy fast declines for a higher edit count. Darylgolden takes the time to check sources and has a good accept-to-decline ratio. Darylgolden also does heaps of other miscellaneous gnome-y work, such as maintain persondata templates- something most editors don't dare to touch with a ten-foot pole. Darylgolden is really an all-around great editor.

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Darylgolden

A groundhog on the Laval University campus, Darylgolden's teahouse profile photo

Editor of the Week for the week beginning Febuary 1, 2015

A self-described "freelance editor" doing a variety of tasks depending on what he feels like doing. Usually it will consist of cleanup-related behind-the-scenes dredge duty. A diligent and probing AfC reviewer.

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Thanks again for your efforts! Go Phightins! 13:30, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

• Thanks for your work behind the scenes. . Buster Seven Talk 13:51, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
• Thank you for all your work, and congratulations. --L235 (talk) As a courtesy, please ping me when replying. 15:50, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
• Congratulations! Bob305 (talk) 20:48, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
• I'm always humbled by editors like yourself, who don't jump into the limelight, but instead, jump into the trenches and work some of the most backlogged areas of the encyclopedia. What we sometimes call "gnomes", the quiet editors who simply fix things and incrementally improve the encyclopedia one edit at a time, are the most important types of editors we have. It doesn't require many hours a day, or flashy style, just dedication and persistence. Your efforts make a difference. For taking the time to join Wikipedia, and for doing some of the most underappreciated work here, we truly owe you a debt of gratitude. Thank you. Dennis - 2¢ 20:57, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

Thank you! It's always nice seeing my work getting recognised :) Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 07:51, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

01:27:59, 5 February 2015 review of submission by 75.89.67.216

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This person has received wide press attention. Here's one article from the Huffington Post and Daily Mail: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/21/nypd-frisk-muslim-clothes_n_6014964.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2802266/youtube-pranksters-muslim-racial-profiling-video-hoax-designed-smear-nypd-cash-creating-viral-content.html

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Why was I patrolled by you?

I got a message saying I was patrolled by you. Not sure what that means or why you did it so can you fill me in on that? Thanks. - Jabrona (talk) 07:03, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

@Jabrona: It just means that I checked your userpage and found no problems with it (no vandalism, spam, or other inappropriate stuff). Patrolling newly created pages is used to catch vandals or spammers. Thanks! Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 07:21, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

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Thanks for help in IRC

Hey Darylgolden, Thanks for helping me out in Helpdesk. I've edited my drafted article. If you find time than can you please check it and help me to learn how to improve wiki article more? Thanks a lot, again. --Pruthv (talk) 11:17, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

@Pruthv: Well, the article does seem to have a lot more secondary sources, but notability is still a bit shaky. Most of the sources talk about the radio station as a whole, or another event that she just happened to participate in. If I were to review it, I would have a hard choice choosing between decline and accept, but if other reviewers are more strict, they might go for decline. I think one more good source will make me lean towards accepting it, though. Thanks! Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 01:37, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, shall look more into it or construct another article on some other topic. :) -Pruthv (talk) 15:14, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip

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RE: Pokemon: Symphonic Evolutions

I did know that already exsisted, because i already had submitted it earlier with major edits. Is there any possible way to delete the draft? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lucasstar1 (talk • contribs) 21:15, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

@Lucasstar1: To delete the draft, just place {{db-g7}} at the top of the draft. Thanks! Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 23:06, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

Thank you

Hello Darylgolden,

Thanks for patrolling Craspedia variabilis and good luck with your studies. Gderrin (talk) 08:22, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Mistake

I'm afraid so, pure carelessness. Another admin had deleted, and I've now put my message in the correct place, thanks Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:39, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for helping out a newby - User:GeorgiDane

You are right, some seem to be overly harsh and critical of new contributors. Just about enough to put you off completely. Thanks for the support. 58.7.45.67 (talk) 14:03, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Spitalfields Mathematical Society

Hello, I've just attended a training session for new Wikipedia editors during which we had to create a new Wikipedia article. I was encouraged to publish mine as it had two notable references, and was going to go back to it later once I'd checked additional references which are only available to me as hard copy. The article was marked for speedy deletion and disappeared before I could edit it. If you are the deleting administrator, please could I have the text of the article so that I can work on it in my sandbox and try publishing it again? Messier40 (talk) 14:58, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

@Messier40: I am not the deleting administrator, and it appears that the page has already been recovered. Thanks! Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 11:42, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks @Darylgolden: Sorry for any confusion caused. Messier40 (talk) 13:46, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

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TruthCo. page

Hi there. Would like to edit the page to meet the criteria, but it has been deleted already. Is it possible to undelete so I can edit it? Thanks, Bronagh — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prgirlsf (talk • contribs) 00:01, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

Reviewed as you requested. Should I recreate with sources and facts? Please advise on next steps. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prgirlsf (talk • contribs) 22:47, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

@Prgirlsf: To double check, that means the company has at least 3 sources like newspapers, news websites, reputable magazines or books that written about it in detail, correct? Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 05:59, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

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A brownie for you!

Thank you for the thoughtful welcome message! Kannukutty1989 (talk) 07:01, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Draft: Brett Harvey

Hello,

I'm messaging you about this article as I see that you previously declined it - I was intended to review it myself but got carried away and ended up re-writing it! I was wondering if you could pop back over to it and have another look. I have updated it with good references and tried to make the article less promotional.

Thanks, ツStacey (talk) 14:53, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

@Staceydolxx: Hi, I can't really say for certain whether this draft is good to go or not, because I don't have access to Newsbank, but assuming the articles on Newsbank are good, then I think the article is acceptable. Thanks! Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 13:27, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

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marvel realtors

Hello,

I have created page which goes into speedy deletion. And the problem mention is: (A7: Article about a company, corporation or organization, which does not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject) I would like to tell you that this real estate company is 14 years old and have covered most of news portals and companies. you can find them on international expos as well.

Simmaco

Thank you, Daryl! Thought I'd start small as far as creating my first article. It felt oddly self-serving, but since I'm not included on the list of people, that alleviated some of my feelings about that. Ha. Given that the family has kept its identity intact for over 2,000 years, I thought it should probably deserve an article. Though, as Terry Bellefleur on 'True Blood' said, "All families are old, some just keep better records". :) Again, thank you for the compliment! Quinto Simmaco (talk) 12:18, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for reviewing my new article page: Protographium agesilaus neosilaus. I also review new pages and know about and appreciate the time that you put into doing this. Best Regards,

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Hi, I just wanted to say thank you for taking the time when rejecting my new page entry to explain WHY you were rejecting it in terms that I can take back to the person who asked me to get this page approved. Although it was not what we were hoping to hear, it was extremely helpful nonetheless. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Danielletbd (talk • contribs) 23:12, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

moved to drafts

you said my first article should be a draft and not ready for main page. will you please explain why so that I can correct it. thank youDinosuarus (talk) 00:59, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

draft not complete enough?

hi. I saw your message that my article was not complete enough. will you please tell me what it's missing so that I can try to find more relevant info. thank youDinosuarus (talk) 01:38, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

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Question

Hello. I am not sure where exactly I should post my message. It relates to my article 'Alfred Edwin Jones' which you reviewed. You raised the issue of copyright. I have now contacted the Dictionary of Irish Architects who have given me permission to use their material. I have sent an email to permissions_en@wikimedia.org giving details (the text of the permission, date, email address and name of person giving the permission). Since I had already referenced the material used from the Dictionary, and since the Dictionary is a published work, I assumed that was sufficient. But evidently it was not. What must I do next? Will I receive permission now from Wikipedia allowing me to remove the Copyright Violation note from the text of the Article and to restore it. I will look through it before putting it back to see that everything is properly referenced. Thanks. Hope your exams go well. I am a Septenarian a veteran of many exams!

Hi Eamon, aside from having the dictionary email Wikipedia, it would be good to have the dictionary state on their webpage that they release the content under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 License (allowing anyone for any purpose to use it, provided credit is provided and they use a similar license). That way, administrators can see the license more easily. Thanks! Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 09:02, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

I am increasingly confused by Wikipedia. My article titled Alfred Edwin Jones has been accused of violating copyright. I received permission from the author to use the material excluded by Darygold (sic)). I thought I followed instructions by sending an email containing the permission to the address given and also notified Darygold (sic) of the fact I had got permission and sent the email. How every I have heard NOTHING from anyone. I need someone to help me so that I can restore my article

Eamon, I have responded to you here. Since you have already emailed Wikipedia, you should wait until your request is responded to and the copyright template will be removed.~Thanks! Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 06:03, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for reviewing my page about Clienteling.

Hi Daryl, Thank you for the specific feedback you provided on my draft page about clienteling. I really appreciate you taking the time to leave some precise notes. I took all the advice you gave to improve the article, and I hope it will be accepted soon. Many thanks, Danya — Preceding unsigned comment added by DanyaRielly (talk • contribs) 13:14, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for the welcome!

Thank you very much for the welcome links! When first joining, I was a little unclear where to start.

(AmazingAlec (talk) 14:42, 17 March 2015 (UTC))

No problem! Glad to be a help. Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 06:30, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

12:45:15, 18 March 2015 review of submission by Funkministry

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Funkministry (talk) 12:45, 18 March 2015 (UTC) Was wondering if you could help me out what references besides IMDB "IMDb, the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content" would be acceptable These are real records, real movies, real TV shows and commercials How can I help wikipedia help me :) what can I do to prove this to you I am real so are my works, let me know what is an acceptable reference link to prove my works to you.. link to actual movie on redbox, netflix or blockbuster? please help me tired of having my page removed Im a real person with reaL ACHIEVEMENTS AND NEED TO KNOW HOW TO PROVE THIS TO WIKIPEDIA...

Thank you so much my friend

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do any of these work out? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Funkministry (talk • contribs) 13:14, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

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Good Day @Darylgolden, I would like to ask a hand from you about the wikipedia editing. Since I am still a newcomer I currently face the troubles of {{}} things. I am a student also and it is our official summer break, I am bored at home that is why I am here in wikipedia so please lend me a hand. Hoping for you consideration

Note: English is not my first language and I am just using free internet from our service providerWalangForever (talk) 07:26, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

@WalangForever: Hi WalangForever, I would love to help but I am busy with school so won't be able to edit much. I can however recommend @Howicus: if he is interested. Looking at the times you edit, I think it would be great because he seems to edit in the same time period as well. Thanks! Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 08:17, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

@Darylgolden: Okay, I understand. I will resend this mail to @Howicus: after doing some stuff. Thank you still for your time and endorsmentWalangForever (talk) 08:25, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

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Edited article per your suggestions

Hi Daryl, Thanks much for the feedback! I think I understand better now the tone and language to use for Wiki. You asked that I notify you after I edit the article, I hope this is the correct place to do that. I look forward to hearing from you when you have had a chance to re-review my article. Best, Dyan Dyan at SAC (talk) 14:36, 18 April 2015 (UTC) Dyan at SAC (talk) 12:50, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

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Hi Darylgolden, In review of submitted article for iStreamPlanet you write that "Although the article appears to have sources from major news companies, the articles are actually just press releases from Marketwire." That is not entirely correct. The Marketwire press releases were only cited in support of the company's announcement of Series A funding, not as proof of the subject's notability. The subject's notability is supported by citations from the Wall Street Journal, Geek Wire, Streaming Media and CNN.com. I have removed all Marketwire press releases from the article and resubmitted it for approval. Thank you.

(talk page stalker) The WSJ is cited for one of their competitors; I doubt it says much about iStreamPlanet. CNN.com says nothing at all. The Streaming Media pieces are a "vendor-submitted case study", not third-party coverage, plus a blog post with the Q&A to a webinar co-hosted by iStreamPlanet - even less independent coverage. The GeekWire piece doesn't support the barrage of PR buzzwords it's cited for. Huon (talk) 10:27, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

Help with feedback on DRAFT page, and how do I add/upload a photo for this article?

Hi Daryl, Here's the draft article, can you please provide some feedback. I used the code for Notes and references from our former President's page but it doesn't appear in this article the same/correctly - the links were added directly under the Notes & ref section. I only entered "NA" because I got an error for empty categories when I saved the draft. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dyan_at_SAC/sandbox/Steven_R._DiSalvo,_Ph.D. Also, how do I add an image to this article? Thanks in advance, Dyan Dyan at SAC (talk) 19:42, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

Hello, Quick update, I received more help today and so I resubmitted the article. If you wouldn't mind taking a look, appreciate it! I hope to add more references as they may become available, but this is what is available today. Best, Dyan at SAC (talk) 14:09, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

Hi again, I've edited the article further and added citations. After the first review, you invited me to return here, I welcome your review and feedback when you can take a look. I was thankful for, and searched in, the links provided in the review notification. Thanks! Dyan at SAC (talk) 20:52, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

12:35:08, 20 April 2015 review of submission by P Bonnin Cugno

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Hi Daryl I was wondering why the references here are not enough to establish his notability. They are national Press< govt bodies and universities is it because I have not referenced them properly? This artist is one of a small group who have changed scottish art into a diverse but strong culture and this has directly lead to so many Turner prize winners but possibly helped to create the modern confidence that has arisen in our country. I have followed the guidelines as far as I can see and have looked at many other British artists on Wikipedia. Many who have less references and have taken a lesser part in British art therefore I am a little puzzled can you help me please? P Bonnin Cugno (talk) 12:35, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Hi P Bonnin Cugno, there are indeed many online newspapers in the article, but they don't seem to talk about P Bonnin Cugno. However, if the offline newspapers mention the person extensively, tell me here and I'll leave a note that they do. Another issue you have with the article is your tone. Even in your message here, you have used some promotional words about the person, which is alright here, but in the article, you must be completely neutral. You should make it feel as if the person writing the article has no particular interest in that person, no particular interest in their art and no intention to critique their work. So it should feel like an article containing solely of important encyclopedic facts, presented in prose. So the phrases such as "Forbes at his best, fragmented.." have to go, because they're both promotional and your own personal opinion of the person. Thanks! Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 11:02, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

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Thanks very much for your thoughtful and specific comments. I'll work on this today and resubmit when it's completely cleaned up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bjrudell (talk • contribs) 13:22, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

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Darylgolden do you have been an actor since in 2010s? --RandyNewell6000 (talk) 08:37, 26 April 2015 (UTC) The unknown Wikipedia founder

No, why? Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 10:49, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

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Hi Darylgolden Thank you for your useful suggestions. Rereading my work I can see that I let my passion for art spill into the article. I have changed it to include another two references and can assure you that the press cuttings that I have gathered from the archives are all about Forbes work. Do you feel that these changes are adequate or is there more that I should be doing?

Thanks again for your help P Bonnin Cugno (talk) 17:30, 26 April 2015 (UTC)PBC

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Darylgolden, hello. Thanks for taking the time to comment on the Mary Ann Tighe draft. So far I've addressed the COI (I hope) on my user page; I'll go back through the article and make the tone more neutral, guided by pointers. Thanks for your help -- this is the first article I've attempted. Botteghe Oscure (talk) 01:00, 27 April 2015 (UTC)Botteghe Oscure

Thanks for feedback on my draft

Hi there. I understand the notability requirement. Although I think this company does gain coverage, perhaps more outside the US, and there are notable factors in terms of patents, and the IPO. I'm focused on smaller cap companies that ultimately can drive some technologies forward though the may be outside the coverage in the general business press. In any case, I've noticed that some of the entries in Wikipedia in certain niche technologies are interesting to me and others, but not necessarily notable to the general public. Picking almost at random, here's an entry that's not "notable" but certainly of interest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ApexKB.

So I'll move on to other topics. Thanks again for you help.

LaraSeeker (talk) 15:38, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

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Many thanks for reading the Steven Schoenberg draft and for your thoughtful suggestions. I hope I have followed your directions in my revision, which I've just re-submitted. I deleted the Testimonials section and worked some of that text into the earlier Career and Recording sections per your suggestions. Hampshire Hipster (talk) 19:11, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

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Aware IM

Hello Darylgolden,

First of all, thank you for reviewing my article about Aware IM.

This article is about a software system that has been around for more than 12 years and is used by people in more than 30 countries around the world. Not only that, but they also formed a development community that maintains its own resources to help others learn and use Aware IM.

The review comment says "This submission's references do not adequately show the subject's notability". I can assure you that all the references I included into the article (except for one that is clearly marked as such) are from genuine independent Aware IM developers. They are either from people describing their own experience working with Aware IM, or their actual applications built with Aware IM, or both.

Surely Aware IM deserves no less attention than similar tools such as Filemaker, Alpha Five (database) or AppFlower, each of which has its own Wikipedia page even though their history and widespread are apparently different. Some of them only have a single external reference, and even that does not appear particularly convincing.

I am trying to get a feel of the consistency in Wikipedia’s approach to assessing notability. I would greatly appreciate any advice you can offer on how I can improve the article to prove Aware IM notability.

Sincerely yours, Pen93 (talk) 05:38, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Wikipedia content should be based on reliable sources that are independent of the subject, such as articles about the company written by newspapers or reputable magazines. For comparison, Filemaker is the subject of an entire book published with J. Wiley & Sons, Alpha Five (database) has been reviewed by PC Magazine. AppFlower was tagged for probably not meeting our notability guidelines for years; I have proposed it for deletion. The references cited in the Aware IM draft do not meet Wikipedia's standards for reliable sources; not one of them is a third-party publication subject to editorial oversight. If the draft were turned live in its current state, it would go the way of AppFlower. Huon (talk) 10:27, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

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Darylgolden, hello. Thanks for taking the time to comment on the Mary Ann Tighe draft. So far I've addressed the COI (I hope) on my user page; I'll go back through the article and make the tone more neutral, guided by pointers. Thanks for your help -- this is the first article I've attempted. (I posted this earlier, but in the wrong section of your Talk page -- my mistake!) Botteghe Oscure (talk) 12:32, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

Mary Ann Tighe Draft, part 2

Darylgolden, I've re-edited the draft of Mary Ann Tighe's page to make it more neutral, following your guidelines. Thanks for you help on this. Botteghe Oscure (talk) 15:02, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

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Hey, There. I was just doing a prank to see how long it'll take others to notice, b/c the Baltimore Colts moved to Indy in the 60s. Sorry about that

No worries, but please don't do it again. Thanks Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 01:29, 18 December 2015 (UTC)

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• Darylgolden, writting my first Wiki-article Dipromisto I got a remark from user Satabdirayi that the article may require copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone, or spelling; needs additional citations for verification; and contains content that is written like an advertisement. I worked to improve the article and have changed it to meet better the Wikipedia's demands on January, 17. I kindly asked user Satabdirayi to check it and inform me if it is enough verifiable now and if it doesn't look as an advertisement any more or what I have to change more User_talk:Satabdirayi. But still there is no answer. It is necessary for me to receive an approval of the English version of the artcile before I'll publish the Russian version of it. I'll be grateful for your help or any advice what I have to do in this situation. OleAna (talk) 08:58, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

@OleAna: I think the article is fairly neutral now, and it would be quite safe to remove the advert part of the tag. However I still think the article needs a bit of copy editing - there are a few run-on sentences here and there. I may copy edit a few parts of the article if I have the time (I'm very busy with real life stuff). But do note that it's ok to have these tags on an article, and you shouldn't be too flustered about it. In fact the article is quite well written for a first attempt. By the way, in general the Wikipedias in different languages are all independent from each other, so you wouldn't need an "approval" on the English version to write it on the Russian version. Unless the Russian Wikipedia specifically states you do, which would be quite strange. And there's no "approval" system either, once an article is there, it's there. Those tags at the top have nothing to do with approval. Thanks and happy editing! Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 14:28, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

@Darylgolden: thank you for your answer and support. Getting support from English wiki community is necessary for me, because the Russian community is much less friendly. There have been already an article about Dipromisto created by someone few years ago, but it is very short and I got a question about changing the name of the article (due to the differences in Ukrainian and English names of the institute). I started consultaions regarding the article and representatives of Russian wiki community refered to the previous version of the English language article with the remark about an advertisement, saying that such article in Russian Wikipedia will be deleted immidiatly. So now it is important to have the English article at least without remarks that it needs additional citations for verification and contains content that is written like an advertisement to be more assured for publishing it in Russian Wikipedia. Thank you, once more. OleAna (talk) 11:14, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

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The list of nominees is running short, and so new nominations are needed for consideration. Have you come across someone in your editing circle who deserves a pat on the back for improving article prose regularly, making it easier to understand? Or perhaps someone has stepped in to mediate a contentious dispute, and did an excellent job. Do you know someone who hasn't received many accolades and is deserving of greater renown? Is there an editor who does lots of little tasks well, such as cleaning up citations?

Please help us thank editors who display sustained patterns of excellence, working tirelessly in the background out of the spotlight, by submitting your nomination for Editor of the Week today!

Sent on behalf of Buster Seven Talk for the Editor of the Week initiative by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:18, 22 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for getting me started

Thank you for the instructions on getting educated as a wiki editor/writer!

I note on you talk page that you took/are taking a break. I am thankful you are dack to help me along. Troutzone 15:03, 26 June 2016 (UTC) Troutzone 15:03, 26 June 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Troutzone (talk • contribs)

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Gabita97 (talk) 06:28, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

UN Stubs

Just a quick point, I did go to WP:AN because I was pointed that way, by an administrator as a place to see advice on the issue. My intent was to make sure I knew what I was talking about so I didn't end up confusing a new editor if I was wrong. That was pretty much it. No menace was intended nor did I request any action be taking against the user. It has been pointed out to me how It could look threatening to a new user to see the WP:AN Notice template, which hadn't dawned on me. I have apologized to the editor. Regards, --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 18:27, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

@Cameron11598: I understand. It was my mistake actually because I misread the notice as WP:ANI rather than WP:AN. Thanks, Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 02:21, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for welcome and reference formatting tip!

Stichodactyla (talk) 02:04, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

No problem! Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 02:32, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

Assessment at Canaseraga Creek

Hey, thanks for the rapid assessment at Canaseraga Creek; I have to say, I'm not used to assessment taking place before the article is even patrolled . One question, though; why dd you change "WikiProject New York" banner to "WikiProject United States"? The stream and its watershed are located entirely within the state. I'll be changing it back, but please let me know if there's a good reason for the project change. Antepenultimate (talk) 02:50, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

My apologies, that was a mistake. Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 03:09, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

No problem at all. Take care - Antepenultimate (talk) 03:11, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	just a minute ago i wrote on my own words about rock water please check it is correct Wakeel ansari (talk) 10:31, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

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New Page Review - newsletter

Hello Darylgolden,

Breaking the back of the backlog

We now have 811 New Page Reviewers! Most of you requested the user right to be able to do something about the huge backlog. Now it's time for action.

Mid July to 01 Oct 2016

If each reviewer does only 10 reviews a day over five days, the backlog will be down to zero and the daily input can then be processed by each reviewer doing only 2 or 3 reviews a day - that's about 5 minutes work!
Let's get that over and done with in time to relax for the holidays.

Second set of eyes

Not only are New Page Reviewers the guardians of quality of new articles, they are also in a position to ensure that pages are being correctly tagged for deletion and maintenance and that new authors are not being bitten. This is an important feature of your work. Read about it at the new Monitoring the system section in the tutorial.

PLEASE VOTE: Getting the tools we need - 2016 WMF Wishlist Survey:

With some tweaks to their look, and some additional features, Page Curation and New Pages Feed could easily be the best tools for patrollers and reviewers. We've listed most of what what we need at the 2016 WMF Wishlist Survey. Voting starts on 28 November - please turn out to make our bid the Foundation's top priority. Please help also by improving or commenting on our Wishlist entry at the Community Wishlist Survey. Many other important user suggestions are listed at at Page Curation.

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Hello. If you feel you can handle two adoptes, im interested. Thanks Catteth75 (talk) 20:49, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

New Page Review - newsletter #2

Hello Darylgolden,

Please help reduce the New Page backlog

This is our second request. The backlog is still growing. Your help is needed now - just a few minutes each day.

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Please protect the Grayson Allen article

Hurry! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.174.85.103 (talk) 04:55, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Looks like the page is protected now. Thanks for the help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.174.85.103 (talk) 05:08, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Let me know if you need help fighting other vandals. I'm here to help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.174.85.103 (talk) 05:10, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for your offer. You are welcome to stay and help if you want to. However, please do not "get back" at other vandals' by redirecting talk pages to another page. It does not help and is considered vandalism itself. Thanks. Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 05:20, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Leaving generic messages doesn't seem like a good way to combat vandalism. Maybe you can try personalizing them. It is nice to know that the person leaving you a message is actually a person and not a robot. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.174.85.103 (talk) 05:28, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

These messages have been well-established by the community and helps editors know the amount of vandalism conducted by a user, allowing them to decide if they should be reported or blocked. They are also used by semi-automated tools and bots which can automatically escalate the "warning level" and report the user once they exceed the final warning level. Moreover, insulting the vandals only incites them to vandalise more, because they know they are getting attention. Just as well that they think the user warning them is a robot. Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 05:34, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Stephen Fry edit

Thanks for your message, I've not used this before and am unsure how it works. I re-added with the citation as requested but it's been declined and I'm not sure why. Advice would be appreciated.

Listening Books (talk) 12:58, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Pending changes reviewer granted

Hello. Your account has been granted the "pending changes reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on pages protected by pending changes. The list of articles awaiting review is located at Special:PendingChanges, while the list of articles that have pending changes protection turned on is located at Special:StablePages.

Being granted reviewer rights neither grants you status nor changes how you can edit articles. If you do not want this user right, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time.

See also:

• Wikipedia:Reviewing pending changes, the guideline on reviewing
• Wikipedia:Pending changes, the summary of the use of pending changes
• Wikipedia:Protection policy#Pending changes protection, the policy determining which pages can be given pending changes protection by administrators. Widr (talk) 13:55, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

changed derby thing

Whyd you change my stuff broski — Preceding unsigned comment added by Idcaa (talk • contribs) 00:51, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

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Please avoid changing "Trump" to "Drumpf"

Hi Darylgolden. In one of your recent edits, you changed the word "Trump" to "Drumpf". I assume that this was unintentional and caused by having the Drumpfinator extension enabled. To avoid this kind of mistake in the future, please disable the extension before editing articles that mention Trump. Thank you. —Granger (talk · contribs) 14:55, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

Plip!

Or, perhaps pay more attention to everything in the edit before you revert. It's not countervandalism if you revert the wrong edits. Chris Troutman (talk) 15:12, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

Editor of the Week seeking nominations (and a new facilitator)

The Editor of the Week initiative has been recognizing editors since 2013 for their hard work and dedication. Editing Wikipedia can be disheartening and tedious at times; the weekly Editor of the Week award lets its recipients know that their positive behaviour and collaborative spirit is appreciated. The response from the honorees has been enthusiastic and thankful.

The list of nominees is running short, and so new nominations are needed for consideration. Have you come across someone in your editing circle who deserves a pat on the back for improving article prose regularly, making it easier to understand? Or perhaps someone has stepped in to mediate a contentious dispute, and did an excellent job. Do you know someone who hasn't received many accolades and is deserving of greater renown? Is there an editor who does lots of little tasks well, such as cleaning up citations?

Please help us thank editors who display sustained patterns of excellence, working tirelessly in the background out of the spotlight, by submitting your nomination for Editor of the Week today!

In addition, the WikiProject is seeking a new facilitator/coordinator to handle the logistics of the award. Please contact L235 if you are interested in helping with the logistics of running the award in any capacity. Remove your name from here to unsubscribe from further EotW-related messages. Thanks, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:19, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

Lord Myners

Hi Darylgolden,

I am keen to work with the editing community to provide sourced updates to Paul Myners entry. There are a number of verifiable, factual elements missing which could help move the class of the entry up from start. Are you able to help with that?

Thanks.

Jackedelman (talk) 13:34, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

New York Life article

I saw that you restored its Criticism and Controversy section. I'm not the one who deleted it, but I'm not sure the "well-researched" justification fits that particular text. See the article's Talk page. I left the main page alone. – 2*6 (talk) 06:33, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

RFK's death date

I'm a political scientist and I noted the death date of RFK was incorrect. He died shortly after midnight on Wednesday, June 5 (not June 6). He died the night of the California primary, which I knew was on a Tuesday (June 4). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries,_1968. So you should leave my edits as they are. I think it was confusing because of the "shortly after midnight" description. Someone must have thought it was the next day (June 6). But he died late on a Tuesday night (i.e., early Wednesday morning). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.22.205.11 (talk) 06:04, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

@67.22.205.11: Fair enough. I was initially suspicious of your edits because changing the date of death of a person is quite a common subtle form of vandalism. It would be better if you cite a reliable source to support the fact. I would also discuss the matter with SNUGGUMS, who disagrees with your edit as they state "While the assassination took place on June 5th, he actually died on the 6th." Thank you. Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 07:01, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

Hello. Sources such as United Press International indicate he was shot on June 5th, but died the next day. IP, I'm not sure if there's a specific citation you have for a June 5th death, but the Wikipedia article you linked currently states "After giving his victory speech at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, Kennedy was shot in the kitchen service pantry in the early morning of June 5. A Palestinian immigrant named Sirhan Sirhan was arrested. Kennedy died twenty-six hours later." Snuggums (talk / edits) 18:42, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

RFK death date cont.

My mistake. Sorry! Snuggums is correct. I was going by the date of the California primary. I did not realize that Kennedy lived 24+ hours after being shot. Collaboration: that's the strength of Wikipedia, right?

Indeed. I do hope you create an account and stay around - editors with special expertise in areas of knowledge is very much needed on Wikipedia. Thanks. Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 04:34, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

New Page Review - newsletter No.2

Hello Darylgolden,

A HUGE backlog

We now have 811 New Page Reviewers!
Most of us requested the user right at PERM, expressing a wish to be able to do something about the huge backlog, but the chart on the right does not demonstrate any changes to the pre-user-right levels of October.

Hitting 17,000 soon

The backlog is still steadily growing at a rate of 150 a day or 4,650 a month. Only 20 reviews a day by each reviewer over the next few days would bring the backlog down to a managable level and the daily input can then be processed by each reviewer doing only 2 or 3 reviews a day - that's about 5 minutes work!
It didn't work in time to relax for the Xmas/New Year holidays. Let's see if we can achieve our goal before Easter, otherwise by Thanksgiving it will be closer to 70,000.

Second set of eyes

Remember that we are the only guardians of quality of new articles, we alone have to ensure that pages are being correctly tagged by non-Reviewer patrollers and that new authors are not being bitten.

Abuse

This is even more important and extra vigilance is required considering Orangemoody, and

1. this very recent case of paid advertising by a Reviewer resulting in a community ban.
2. this case in January of paid advertising by a Reviewer, also resulting in a community ban.
3. This Reviewer is indefinitely blocked for sockpuppetry.

Coordinator election

Kudpung is stepping down after 6 years as unofficial coordinator of New Page Patrolling/Reviewing. There is enough work for two people and two coords are now required. Details are at NPR Coordinators; nominate someone or nominate yourself. Date for the actual suffrage will be published later.

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New Page Review-Patrolling: Coordinator elections

Your last chance to nominate yourself or any New Page Reviewer, See Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Coordination. Elections begin Monday 20 February 23:59 UTC. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:17, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

New Page Review - newsletter No.3

Hello Darylgolden,

Voting for coordinators has now begun HERE and will continue through/to 23:59 UTC Monday 06 March. Please be sure to vote. Any registered, confirmed editor can vote. Nominations are now closed.

Still a MASSIVE backlog

We now have 811 New Page Reviewers but despite numerous appeals for help, the backlog has NOT been significantly reduced.
If you asked for the New Page Reviewer right, please consider investing a bit of time - every little helps preventing spam and trash entering the mainspace and Google when the 'NO_INDEX' tags expire.

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New Page Review - Newsletter No.4

Hello Darylgolden,

Since rolling out the right in November, just 6 months ago, we now have 811 reviewers, but the backlog is still mysteriously growing fast. If every reviewer did just 55 reviews, the 22,000 backlog would be gone, in a flash, schwoop, just like that!

But do remember: Rather than speed, quality and depth of patrolling and the use of correct CSD criteria are essential to good reviewing. Do not over-tag. Make use of the message feature to let the creator know about your maintenance tags. See the tutorial again HERE. Get help HERE.

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LEVEL

Hi Darylgolden Level does not have any AOC so it doesnt have callsign, IATA or ICAO. It uses de Iberia ones as aircraft and crew are if this airline, LEVEL is just a brand which Iberia/IAG uses for Low Cost-Long Haul operations fron Barcelona. According to IATA s website LE corresponds to Lion Air Cargo Tanzania. Kind Regards JjjL — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.130.169.110 (talk) 14:06, 1 June 2017 (UTC) No problem! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.130.169.110 (talk) 14:42, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

Thanks !

Thanks for marking Disinformation (book) as reviewed !

Um, what does that do / mean ? Sagecandor (talk) 21:47, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

Bronwyn Manchez

Hi Darylgolden, Apparently I overlooked the AfD tag on the page Bronwyn Manchez. As i was absolutely convinced it was a hoax, I requested Speedy Deletion today. Not sure it interfered in the process when DESiegel deleted the page, but it if it did, please accept my apologies. Greetings, darthbunk pakt dunft 20:08, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

I was aware that the page was up for AfD when i saw the speedy delete tag, Darthbunk_Pakt_Dunft. It is perfectly proper to tag a page for speed deletion while it is being considered at a deletion discussion. An admin will tend to decline anything borerline in such a case, and leave it for the discussion to consider In this case several othe neditors had called for a speedy delete, and none for keep, so the speed could also be thought of as a SNOW delete close, althoigh it was a valid speedy delete in my judgement. This sort of sequence is not uncommon, and does not violate procedure (spoken as the drafter of Process is Important). DES ^(talk) 20:20, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated

Hi, I'm TheMagnificentist. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Visual Hallucinations in Psychosis, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.

- TheMagnificentist 07:29, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer Newsletter

Hello Darylgolden, thank you for your efforts reviewing new pages!

Backlog update:

• The new page backlog is currently at 18,511 pages. We have worked hard to decrease from over 22,000, but more hard work is needed! Please consider reviewing even just a few pages a a day.
• Some editors are committing to work specifically on patrolling new pages on 15 July. If you have not reviewed new pages in a while, this might be a good time to be involved. Please remember that quality of patrolling is more important than quantity, that the speedy deletion criteria should be followed strictly, and that ovetagging for minor issues should be avoided.

Technology update:

• Several requests have been put into Phabractor to increase usability of the New Pages Feed and the Page Curation toolbar. For more details or to suggest improvements go to Wikipedia:Page Curation/Suggested improvements
• The tutorial has been updated to include links to the following useful userscripts. If you were not aware of them, they could be useful in your efforts reviewing new pages:
  • User:Lourdes/PageCuration.js adds a link to the new pages feed and page curation toolbar to your top toolbar on Wikipedia
  • User:The Earwig/copyvios.js adds a link in your side toolbox that will run the current page through

General project update:

• Following discussion at Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers, Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Noticeboard has been marked as historical. Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers is currently the most active central discussion forum for the New Page Patrol project. To keep up to date on the most recent discussions you can add it to your watchlist or visit it periodically.

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RB

Hi Darylgolden,

I talked with you in IRC last week about a page being declined because of insufficient news sources. I added some extra and was wondering if it looks okay now. Page is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Rosy_Blue

Thanks!

Question

Sir, there is a mistake too. It is Baidauli not Bedauli Plzzz change it along with URL address and title too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedauli

Khan Waseem (talk) 08:29, 28 July 2017 (UTC)Khan Waseem

Mickey's Farm

I was reverting vandalism.The user put WWE wrestling content in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.243.236.95 (talk) 13:48, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Responded on your talk page. Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 13:55, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Darylgolden Thank you

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Most of the time you beat me to undoing vandalism, and that's a great thing :). Keep up your excellent work! McSqueegee (talk) 01:07, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

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Cheltenham Town away kit

Hi Darylgolden

I understand you changed my edit for Cheltenham town away kit. But I will show you an example of Cheltenham Town's new away kit for 2017-18 and see if you could edit it to be more for approval.

Here are examples Historical Kits (Cheltenham Town should have both kits)

Kit example

Example of team playing in kit yellow kit

I hope this helps

Ben — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.192.214.138 (talk) 22:05, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for explaining your edit. I have changed the away kit colours back. Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 12:30, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Response to your last messgage/Hello!

Dear Darylgolden,

I've recently received your message informing me of an non-cited piece of information that I had edited on the article, Battle of Seattle (1856). I'll admit to adding that piece of information on the page without any source. However, there is a Wikipedia article detailing the Yakima War which blatantly says on the Battle of Seattle section; "Two Americans were killed in the fighting and 28 Natives lost their lives." I've linked the page for you to see; it is the very last sentence of that exact section. Thank you for taking the time to read this response.

Warm regards, ISpeakWashingtonState Wikipedia User — Preceding unsigned comment added by ISpeakWashingtonState (talk • contribs) 06:57, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

@ISpeakWashingtonState: Then please add the content again while citing the same source that the Yakima War article used for that sentence. On an unrelated note, please also sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~) at the end of each post - this will automatically be converted into your username with a link to it. Thanks! Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 07:13, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Checking about notability

Thanks for your advice about checking notability on my talk page earlier. I'd just like to check that the two secondary sources I've added to the J. P. E. Harper-Scott page are the kind of thing I need to include for new pages. They're in the second paragraph, and in the new section on sources. They're from books. Thanks! Constituent12 (talk) 12:57, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

@Constituent12: Yep, those are good sources. I don't know if it's sufficient to completely ascertain notability, but you're on the right track. If you can find more sources, you can add them, otherwise you can just leave it. In future though please try to keep the discussion in one place (respond on your talk page and ping me). Thanks! Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 13:02, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

@Darylgolden:Thanks again. There's lots to learn but it's clearly a very supportive community! I hope I've got the ping right now, and will keep to single pages in future (I wrote on your chat page because I didn't know about pinging!). I'll put in one or two more sources from Google Books maybe, and then leave it to the review process, which I guess will happen sooner or later?Constituent12 (talk) 13:07, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Yep. Good luck! Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 13:10, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Darrylgolden, it might help if you read WP:PROF. After Constituent12 asked for my assitance, I commented further on his talk page, and on mine. DGG ( talk ) 22:05, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Quick response

Firstly, I would like to address the fact that I'm new to Wikipedia and do not know of how to sign my name on a message. Secondly, I've tried citing the source however, it continues to show up as an error. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ISpeakWashingtonState (talk • contribs) 07:21, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

@ISpeakWashingtonState: What error showed up? Also, please do not start a new section for a follow up response. Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 07:24, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

The error that shows up says this: "Cite error: The named reference 'batsea' was invoked but never defined." I would also appreciate that you make it less complicated for me and instead of saying "Also, please do not start a new section for a follow up response.", just inform me that I can use the same section as used previously. (ISpeakWashingtonState (talk) 05:16, 23 August 2017 (UTC))

@ISpeakWashingtonState: I have added your content back onto the page with a reference. It appears you tried to copy the shortened form of the reference in Yakima War that is used next to the phrase rather than the full reference information (defined earlier in the article). Also, I wasn't deliberately trying to make things more complicated for you, I just didn't realise there was a simpler way of putting it. Thanks for your contributions to the article! Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 11:56, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Hello again, and thanks for the warm welcome, regardless of if it is belated or not, the cookies are indeed still gonna be warm. I'd also like to congratulate you on your banstar and thanks for being a great help to me. (ISpeakWashingtonState (talk) 00:47, 26 August 2017 (UTC))

@Darylgolden: Thanks for the link! Hope I can help with it. If I do make any mistakes, you can notify me on my talk page. Thanks once again! (ISpeakWashingtonState (talk) 03:29, 26 August 2017 (UTC))

New Page Reviewer Newsletter

Hello Darylgolden, thank you for your efforts reviewing new pages!

Backlog update:

• The new page backlog is currently at 16,991 pages. We have worked hard to decrease from over 22,000, but more hard work is needed! Please consider reviewing even just a few pages a a day.

Technology update:

• Rentier has created a NPP browser in WMF Labs that allows you to search new unreviewed pages using keywords and categories.

General project update:

• The Wikimedia Foundation Community Tech team is working with the community to implement the autoconfirmed article creation trial. The trial is currently set to start on 7 September 2017, pending final approval of the technical features.
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LAMATA

Hello Darylgolden,

I am an employee of LAMATA, we are currently trying to increase our internet footprint, our references are primarily generated and we use our in house records, I would appreciate if you could slow down on your backlash, as this means a lot for our organization. regards (Muizzogbara (talk) 12:16, 25 August 2017 (UTC))

@Muizzogbara: The edits you have made to Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority are inappropriate as they are copied directly from your website, which from what I can tell, is copyrighted. Due to legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot host copyrighted text. Even if you were to try to donate the text into the public domain, the Wikipedia article still should not be written in that way, as the tone of the prose is far too promotional. Please note that Wikipedia is not a business directory, linked-in nor place to promote your company. Wikipedia is not the place to "increase your internet footprint", and if your company continues to attempt to use it for promotion, I (and other editors) will not hesitate to revert your edits. Please seek other methods of promotion instead. Thanks. Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 12:29, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

darylgoden I have made the effort to carefully reference text that have been cited on the page, and for your information these texts are not lifted from the website, a compendium was compiled and perhaps it might contain some words from the website, I have made an attempt to reference it. On that note I would like to inform you that our organization is not a profit making organization, We are a government agency. you saying our "prose" is promotional is absurd. Wikipedia is a source of information to educate, and our state see it fit to use the tool to educate our citizens with the right information, it has taken quite a number of people to gather these data, I would appreciate if you can make a meaningful contribution to fine tune our page for the better and not condescend our agenda.

@Muizzogbara:Whether or not your organisation is for-profit or not is irrelevant. This report shows large chunks of text directly copied from your website. Even if the text was not copyrighted, it would need to be less promotional (phrases such as "strong, renowned and internationally acclaimed" and "awesome" need to be removed) and properly referenced not just from your website, but from secondary sources as well. Since you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid editing the article directly and make edit requests on the talk page. With all due respect, Wikipedia does not care about your organisation's agenda - in fact, editing with goal of pushing an agenda runs directly contrary to our goals of writing a neutral encyclopedia. Please also note that the article is does not belong to your organisation but rather the Wikipedia community, thus you need to make sure your edits are in accordance to Wikipedia's guidelines, not the other way around. Thank you. Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 13:13, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Adding a picture

How to upload a picture Dawarnath (talk) 06:33, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Uploading images. If you have any questions about how Wikipedia works, please ask at the Tea House. -- Alexf^(talk) 12:47, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Your extraordinary work on reverting vandalism is much appreciated! A very good work done. Adityavagarwal (talk) 12:13, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

Annie.Wan

Hello Darylgolden, I am Annie Wan, who has ever edit the profile of Kathleen Tan. Thanks for ur great contribution on Kathleen's wiki in advance. I am her Chinese fans, I wanna enrich her wiki include her current career title and career experience. It is appreciated that ur suggestion on my content should be neutal. Is is possible for us to provide more rich content on Kat's wiki? I could provide a draft first.

Looking forward to ur reply.

Hello, sorry for the late reply. It is expected that prose added on a page is written neutrally, see WP:TONE for guidance. Moreover, all information that you add about her should be backed up with a reliable source - see WP:REFB for guidance. You may want to have other uninvolved editors review your additions by requesting an edit first - see Wikipedia:Simple COI request for instructions. If you have further questions, please ask them at WP:TEAHOUSE as I may not be free to respond to questions this period of time. Thanks, Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 02:46, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

Conflict

What was the conflict of interest if I may ask? How are you by the way Rtrtpublicrelations (talk) 06:50, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

Responded on your talk page. Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 02:47, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

Billbo T. Baggins

That was User:Kumioko you were chatting with. Drmies (talk) 16:05, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

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Question

You just posted the following message to me: Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Darylgolden(talk) Ping when replying 12:51, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

I assume this is in reference to the link I just posted to a trip report we wrote about our experience walking the GTA. Since the Wiki page is about the GTA and our report is primarily for providing information for people who may want to walk this route at some point, it is not clear to me what it is that you find inappropriate. We are offering nothing for sale or promoting anything that may benefit us personally. The information we provide in the site is directly relevant to the Wiki entry, but perhaps you did not have an opportunity read our entire post to assess this relevance. There are similar links on other Wikipedia entries for various trails: see John Muir Trail for example. I would appreciate a more complete explanation of what you are objecting to. Thanks24.7.31.52 (talk) 19:05, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

I have requested help from other editors with Template:Helpme as I am busy in real life and can't answer your question. Thanks, Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 00:14, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

Next time you have to add information that you have personal or professional involvement with, go to the talk page and add {{request edit}}. The links you see on other articles about trails either went through this process, or simply fell through the cracks.  I dream of horses  If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{U|I dream of horses}} to your message  (talk to me) (My edits) @ 06:43, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

Editing question

Hi Daryl, thanks for patrolling my edit so fast. As a new user, how do I get more involved with editing wikipedia and patrolling spam changes? I've wanted to help the community for a long time. Do you have any helpful guides you could link me or advice?

Hello, you may want to take a look at WP:Vandalism, WP:Spam and WP:CVUA. For now though, it's best to just learn more in general about Wikipedia policies. The Wikipedia Adventure is a good way to do that. Thanks! Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 03:07, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

Prism lighting

Lightning editing strikes at dawn...

That was an insanely fast page review! I'd barely posted it. Thank you for looking after Wikipedia. HLHJ (talk) 04:39, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

No problem! Thanks for your work! Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 04:39, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

No problem. I'm amazed that you fixed the phrasing of the second paragraph six seconds after I posted a new article. HLHJ (talk) 14:56, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

Six minutes, actually. Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 23:36, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

Sorry darylgolden

Some kid went onto my iPad and deleted all the contents. My apology for that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Benjaminzygs9403 (talk • contribs) 03:16, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

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Daryl golden I need your help friend

as we both know this page Flyrobe has saved by you but somebody arises some issues on that page again please can you help me again to save that page I respect your Wikipedia contribution I waiting ... Sumitmpsd (talk) 04:11, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

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David Nirenburg's wikipedia article

Hi Daryl,

You recently deleted an adjustment I had made to David Nirenberg's page calling him a union buster. If we take 'union buster' by it's standard definition, that is to say: someone that actively refuses to accept the majority vote for unionization and sends anti-union union propaganda out in order to suppress unionization attempts then there is not doubt that Union Buster is a completely accurate and neutral description of David Nirenburg. Your attempt to make his wikipedia page contain only positive information about his academic career whilst ignoring the other aspects of his career (being paid by UChicago to bust unions) isn't 'neutral' at all but rather allowing the employer to have a monopoly on wikipedia and to create a one-sided and inaccurate picture of who David Nirenberg is and what his job-description involves. With this in mind, please place my accurate entry back on the wikipedia page.

Best,

J — Preceding unsigned comment added by 8.37.27.119 (talk) 15:42, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

Hello, @8.37.27.119:, let me preface by stating that I have no special knowledge of the person, and only came about your edit while patrolling recent changes. I certainly have no interest in the actual controversy itself. That being said, your edit which removed the entire text of the article, replacing it with a two sentence criticism of the person is grossly inappropriate, violating our policies on biographies of living people and could be construed as an attack. If you have valid criticism about the person, then add it on to the article, but only if backed by reliable sources, and if there is any part of the current article poorly sourced, you can remove it. Since you seem to have been personally affected by the person in real life, please read our policies on conflict of interest and neutrality before attempting to make your changes. Thanks, Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 02:54, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

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James Madison-Richmond football rivalry

The James Madison-Richmond football rivalry article has no independent citations and does not establish that a rivalry exists, instead it simply reports on games played. WP:NRIVALRY. UW Dawgs (talk) 04:37, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

@UW Dawgs: Sorry, that's what I get for reviewing by only comparing with similar articles instead of actually checking for notability. Feel free to revert my review or AfD. Thanks, Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 13:04, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

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ACTRIAL:

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MY ARTICLE DELETED

dear sir i am trying to create an article about company i work with and i din't add any details for advertising and allways deleted i found many articles about companies in Wikipedia and didn't deleted just when i create my article its deleted

regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by AzadJameel (talk • contribs) 06:47, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

@AzadJameel: What makes you think that if you keep asking the same question over and over and ignoring all answers, you will get a different reply? Darylgolden already gave you a very clear answer. Why do you think that if you keep recreating the same article under different names they will be accepted? Please accept the fact that your company is not notable, stop spamming and vandalising Wikipedia, stop cheating and read the conflict of interest guideline. You should avoid creating or editing articles about your company. Thanks.—J. M. (talk) 15:40, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

dear iam not trying to cheat or do any thing illegal i just want to add our company and you think our company is not qualified to be in Wikipedia and i checked there are a lot of companies in Wikipedia same our company. just i need to know where is my mistake to correct it to keep our company in Wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by AzadJameel (talk • contribs) 08:11, 20 May 2018 (UTC)

There is no mistake, your company doesn't meet Wikipedia's notability criteria. Nothing you do on this website will change that. Please reread your old messages for more clarification and do not make any further attempts to write an article about your company here. If you persist, you may be indefinitely blocked from editing. Thanks, Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 12:16, 20 May 2018 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.11 25 May 2018

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Thank you

Thank you so much for taking your time to review and approve my article, Daryl.It was really frustrated when others continued to reject my article when I had already tried my best to change accordingly. Thanks again! Appreciate it a lot. God bless :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Im entmy (talk • contribs) 09:41, 5 June 2018 (UTC)

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NPR Newsletter No.12 30 July 2018

Chart of the New Pages Patrol backlog for the past 6 months. ()

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June backlog drive

Overall the June backlog drive was a success, reducing the last 3,000 or so to below 500. However, as expected, 90% of the patrolling was done by less than 10% of reviewers.
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Hi. As you do not appear to have reviewed new pages for over 6 months, your account has been removed from the New Page Reviewer user group. If you wish to review new pages, don't hesitate to apply for the right again at WP:PERM. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 04:46, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

@Kudpung: Hi, I'm not sure where you got the fact that I haven't reviewed new pages for over 6 months from. While I'm not too active, this log shows that I have indeed reviewed multiple pages in the past 6 months. If I'm missing something, please let me know. Either way, I would like to keep the right. Thanks! Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 13:15, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

You are quite correct. You have made exactly 50 reviews. This error comes from taking the data provided by another method, clearly demonstrating that we still have some way to go in monitoring the system accurately. There is of course the possibility that I simply failed to see your name on the lists. I apologise for any inconvenience and I have re-added your account to the New Page Reviewer group. I look forward to you helping out with a new, fast growing backlog. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 14:34, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Lisa Goldman (American author)

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A tag has been placed on Draft:Lisa Goldman (American author), requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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Idid not edit that107.77.253.10 (talk) 19:08, 30 January 2019 (UTC)

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Hello! I've been working with Full Sail University to update the Wikipedia article by submitting requests on the article's talk page. You helped with a few edit requests for the article back in April 2018. Despite multiple WikiProject posts, I've struggled to get an editor to review my most recent request, and I was wondering if you might be willing to take a look and update the article appropriately. Thanks for your consideration, Inkian Jason (talk) 17:20, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

Responded there. Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 03:53, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, I've replied as well. Inkian Jason (talk) 15:43, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

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Apologies - I just noticed this in my contributions history, I think we must have been reviewing the article at the same time. I thought I had been the one to mark it patrolled when I added a tag, and I then unreviewed it because I had a concern about the image (which is now resolved) - I didn't realise I was undoing your review. Cheers GirthSummit _(blether) 09:24, 19 July 2019 (UTC)

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Hello, recently FR30799386 was blocked for sock puppetry. The left behind few of their scripts. DannyS712 has copied the scripts, and has taken over maintaining them. It appears that you currently importing an outdated version of import FR30799386's mobileUndo, and I thought that you might want to import an updated and maintained version. The outdated version you are currently importing has some bugs. Those bugs have been fixed by the original creator and DannyS712 synced their version of the script with it. Also FR is currently rewritting and updating this script on meta-wiki per this advice as well as adding new features. Please copy one of the following codes and replace it with the code you currently have in your Special:MyPage/minerva.js or Special:MyPage/common.js to import this script. Thank you. Masum Reza^📞 15:57, 19 July 2019 (UTC)

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Thanks for the notice. Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 16:18, 19 July 2019 (UTC)

A bowl of strawberries for you!

Thanks for reviewing my draft! Texas Black Walnut (talk) 15:06, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

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It's not a typo for linesman, just a rare word equivalent to liegeman. I have replaced it with the more common word "vassal". Srnec (talk) 19:23, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for the corrections. I have requested an entry on wikt:Wiktionary:Requested_entries_(English)#L_2020. Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 01:58, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

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Copyvio requests on SG COVID article

Hi there, I would like to ask, how does Copyvio work? Cause to be honest, I don't see any plagiarism in the edits. Let me know. Thanks. TheGreatSG'rean (talk) 03:10, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

@TheGreatSG'rean: The copyvio was introduced on this revision (the extended discussion about the SCCI leak), and was copied from [1]. I have already removed the copyvio from the current revision of the text. You can view the copyvio report here. The revisions that have this text will be revdeled under RD1. The link to the diff and copyvio report will most likely no longer work after this is done. Unfortunately, that means all contributions made within that time will no longer appear in the respective users' contributions. Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 03:18, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

Let me clarify: As long as more than 50% of text is copied, that means a possible violation? Does that mean that sources shouldn't be cited? Thanks. TheGreatSG'rean (talk) 03:33, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

@TheGreatSG'rean: No for both. Don't look at the confidence percentage; it is rather meaningless. If you look at the copyvio report, you'll see that chunks of text were copied directly from the Mothership article. "In the leaked audio... supermarkets island-wide." and "in support of Chan's candidness... throughout the rest of the world" were two large chunks directly copied without modification. This would fall under "No in-text attribution, no quotation marks, no change in text, inline citation only" on Wikipedia:Plagiarism#Avoiding_plagiarism. Citing sources is of course required on Wikipedia and using information from sources is the only way articles get information. However, copying the wording of sources and presenting it in Wikipedia's voice is not allowed. The rest of the article is fine because it is presented in the editors' own words. Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 03:54, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the guidance. I understand now. TheGreatSG'rean (talk) 03:59, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

@TheGreatSG'rean: I was wrong about the contributions page. You can still view your contributions, they're just greyed out. Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 09:10, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

Noted. TheGreatSG'rean (talk) 10:19, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

Recent edit on POSB Bank

Hi there Daryl,

Regarding your recent edit of POSB Bank, i realised you removed the list of services the bank provided as directed by WP:NOTDIR. Thank you. But along with that you also removed a picture that was part of the article. I have put it back for now, but in the future please do check before you delete the section. --Deoma12^(Talk) 09:34, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 14:19, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

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Expansion of George D. Lundberg page

I have expanded the George Lundberg page to reflect his complete history, especially as the current article is technically incorrect. I have never met Dr. Lundberg, although I have clarified several uncontroversial items via email with him; neither am I being reimbursed by Dr. Lundberg. There has been much discussion among professionals as to the need for an accurate and comprehensive article about Dr. Lundberg. Additionally, this article's footnotes and references primarily comprise research and outside verifiable sources. I have spent many hours on this project and do not appreciate you simply calling for taking it down without any discussions or without asking me any questions. I have edited and written research papers, chapters, and books for decades and was, for a decade, the managing editor of Environmental Practice journal, and this current Wikipedia project is, in my opinion, being handled quite unprofessionally. I understand the need to police, but you are doing a disservice to your readers by taking careful research and reverting to an unprofessional and untrue stub. Please tell me what it is you need to do to resolve this issue and return the article to the one I have written. If you would like me to delete the 1 or 2 quotes from Dr. Lundberg, I would be happy to do so. Debora Holmes (talk) 04:26, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

@Debora Holmes: The article that you have written is written in a promotional tone and is too reliant on primary sources. While you are not being reimbursed by the subject, the fact that you have interviewed him shows that you have some personal or professional connection to him. Please follow the advice here and avoid editing the article directly but make edit requests to the article talk page instead. Thanks. Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 04:59, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

Our comments have overlapped. Please see the edit to my original post to you that I wrote a few minutes ago. I should also state that I previously reached out to Wiki editors to have them review the entire article to make sure it was okay, but I never heard back from anyone. I can certainly revise the tone and avoid reliance on primary sources. However, I would like some assurance that after reviewing and rewriting the article, I can present it to someone in its entirety so that the article can be properly reviewed again and okayed (or not, in which case I can revise again). What is the best way to do this? Debora Holmes (talk) 05:07, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

I don't see any edit to your original post. As for reviewing of your edits, you can do that via an edit request. Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 05:34, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

Good luck on your exams

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