User talk:Dr vulpes/Archive2024

Welcome to the 2024 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2024 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close on 31 January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius (talk · contribs · email), and Frostly (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:21, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

January lichen task force newsletter

The January issue of the lichen task force newsletter is available here. Delivered by MeegsC (talk) 03:00, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Page mover granted

Hello, Dr vulpes. Your account has been granted the "extendedmover" user right, either following a request for it or demonstrating familiarity with working with article names and moving pages. You are now able to rename pages without leaving behind a redirect, move subpages when moving the parent page(s), and move category pages.

Please take a moment to review Wikipedia:Page mover for more information on this user right, especially the criteria for moving pages without leaving a redirect. Please remember to follow post-move cleanup procedures and make link corrections where necessary, including broken double-redirects when suppressredirect is used. This can be done using Special:WhatLinksHere. It is also very important that no one else be allowed to access your account, so you should consider taking a few moments to secure your password. As with all user rights, be aware that if abused, or used in controversial ways without consensus, your page mover status can be revoked.

Useful links:

• Wikipedia:Requested moves
• Category:Requested moves, for article renaming requests awaiting action.

If you do not want the page mover right anymore, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Thank you, and happy editing! Hey man im josh (talk) 15:47, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! I've thought about requesting this in the past but just never got around to it. Dr vulpes (Talk) 16:48, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Well done for your work on Clipperton Island Case! And thank your kind comment and review! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 04:12, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you I've put a lot of work into everything Clipperton Island 😊 Dr vulpes (Talk) 07:54, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Angelo863 on Kype (23:09, 7 January 2024)

In that piece is says attic char have no Kyle or it is barely visable, yet above that is a photo a a gut holding a very large Artic Char with a clearly visible Kyle. Very prominent. I'm new here and not sure how to go about things so whatever you think is fine with me as they said you were the mentor to ask. Thanks --Angelo863 (talk) 23:09, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Hey @Angelo863, glad to meet you! I think it's fine to leave it alone. In the article it says that "Among American species of charr, the kype reaches its maximum size in the large anadromous males" and then later it says "whereas it is reportedly absent or hardly visible in large nonanadromous males, Arctic char". So the image and text are both correct since the char in the image is returning from the sea (anadromous) to breed. Do you have any other question's about Wikipedia or any direction I can provide for you? Feel free to leave a message asking any questions on my talk page any time. Dr vulpes (Talk) 23:45, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Caleb Fisler (20:11, 5 December 2023)

Hi, do you know how to start a Wikipedia page? --Caleb Fisler (talk) 20:11, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Hey @Caleb Fisler, sorry for taking so long to get back to you. What kind of help did you need on making an article? Check out this link Wikipedia:Articles for creation and click the blue box to start a new article. Come back and let me know when you start and I'll be more then happy to help you. Dr vulpes (Talk) 23:48, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from 1O1chain (11:29, 3 December 2023)

Hi My Mentor, I'll like to ask that how can i edit my page like the other big Rappers because I want mine to be exact --1O1chain (talk) 11:29, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

Hey @1O1chain sorry for taking so long to get back to you. What kind of help did you need on making an article? What kind of rappers are you looking to edit? Come back and let me know I'll be more then happy to help you. Dr vulpes (Talk) 23:49, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Jpchihane (17:17, 7 January 2024)

How can I make my Wikipedia anonymous? --Jpchihane (talk) 17:17, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Jpchihane, you can make an article as just an IP editor if you don't want the article tied to your account. If you have more questions feel free to reply and let me know. Dr vulpes (Talk) 23:50, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Heatyeet (03:33, 12 December 2023)

Hello! I was assigned you as a mentor on Wikipedia, and I am interested in making election maps for various places in the world. How would I find a place that needs an election map done? Thanks! --Heatyeet (talk) 03:33, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Hey @Heatyeet, I'm sorry for taking so long to get back to you. Are you still looking to make election maps? Dr vulpes (Talk) 23:47, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

No worries at all. I am indeed. Heatyeet (talk) 00:08, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

So @Heatyeet if I were you I would download something like Inkscape and fill in a map you find on commons or from an earlier election. If you want to make the parlament style graphics there is a tool for that which can me found here [1]https://parliamentdiagram.toolforge.org/ . Dr vulpes (Talk) 00:23, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. I actually taught myself how to make legislative elections, I was just curious as to how I can find articles that need a map made. Heatyeet (talk) 00:31, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Ooo that's a good question I don't think that a lot of article are tagged or have a category. Maybe check out , for example I checked Australia and a lot of their early elections lack maps. Dr vulpes (Talk) 00:36, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

KSEE

Delighted to see you enjoyed reviewing it. I have a lot of similar pages at GAN you might be interested in and a titanic backlog of pages to nominate. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 02:06, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

I'll have to check them out later this week! I know you know this but your work is very good and wonderful to read, thank you for all your contributions. It's honestly refreshing to read something professional and in-depth. It makes me want to go back and improve my own work! Dr vulpes (Talk) 03:05, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Your NPP review of List of states with cities larger than their capital city by population

Hi, Dr vulpes! As part of the January 2024 NPP Backlog drive re-review process, I wanted to let you know that you should not have marked List of states with cities larger than their capital city by population as reviewed because the topic is already covered by other existing lists and is not notable enough itself for a standalone list. No action is needed on your part, but feel free to let me know if you have any questions. ––FormalDude (talk) 02:40, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

NPP Awards for 2023

		The New Page Patroller's Barnstar
		For over 100 article reviews during 2023. Well done! Keep up the good work and thank you! Dr vulpes (Talk) 02:44, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Barnstar for you!

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		For doing the work to send barnstars to all NPP patrollers. It's a great motivation for me, thank you very much! ✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 07:24, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks @SunDawn! It's my first time doing this so this means a lot to me, thank you. Dr vulpes (Talk) 17:23, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

NPP awards

Hi Dr vulpes. Thanks so much for the barnstar. Just a quick note that, like all talk message page templates, these should be substituted on use, i.e. {{subst:The New Page Patroller's Barnstar|type=iron|text=your message here ~~~~}}. – Joe (talk) 08:00, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up @Joe Roe, sorry for the (massive) mistake. It's my first year doing the awards coordination so I haven't really had to give out that many awards before. Won't happen again. Dr vulpes (Talk) 17:20, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

I have added {{subst only|auto=yes}} to the documentation for this barnstar, so AnomieBOT should fix all of these sometime soon without causing any new pings. SilverLocust 💬 08:58, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you so much @SilverLocust, I was kind of dreading having to go back today and fix those mistakes after work. Dr vulpes (Talk) 13:46, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Oui Management (16:00, 18 January 2024)

Hello, How do i create a page ? --Oui Management (talk) 16:00, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Oui Management, can you give me some more details about what you mean? Dr vulpes (Talk) 08:12, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Purplerhino1924 (19:32, 31 January 2024)

How can i generate a new page please --Purplerhino1924 (talk) 19:32, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

January 2024 GOCE drive award

		The Minor Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Dr vulpes for copy edits totaling between 1 and 3,999 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE January 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 02:39, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Clipperton Island case

On 5 February 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Clipperton Island case, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that it took the King of Italy 22 years to decide whether France or Mexico owned Clipperton Island? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Clipperton Island Case. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Clipperton Island case), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

—Kusma (talk) 00:03, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 8,380 views (698.3 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of February 2024 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:28, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

You edited your new article Clipperton Island case at 00:02, 7 Jan, adding text:

"Although the levels of exclusive authority are interrupted on a case by case basis with areas such as the Artic and Clipperton being uninhabitable having a much lower bar then territory with a native population."

Someone else has fixed a couple other bits here, but the strange use of the word 'interrupted' remains in the article. Did you perhaps mean to use the word 'interpreted', as in "interpreted on a case-by-case basis"? Shenme (talk) 03:52, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

January 2024 NPP backlog drive – Points award

		The New Page Patroller's Barnstar
		This award is given in recognition to Dr vulpes for collecting more than 100 points during the January 2024 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions played a part in the 16,070 reviews completed during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! Hey man im josh (talk) 22:34, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 February newsletter

The 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017.

Our current leader is newcomer Generalissima (submissions), who has one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher) and 10 GAs and 12 DYKs mostly on New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:

• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), with one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, and two DYKs;
• Vami_IV (submissions), with one FA on Doom (2016 video game), one GA on Boundary Fire (2017), and 11 reviews;
• MaranoFan (submissions), with one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and two DYKs;
• Skyshifter (submissions), with one FA on OneShot and one DYK;
• Sammi Brie (submissions), with five GAs and five DYKs on television and radio stations;
• voorts (submissions) and Elli (submissions), both with one FA and one DYK each.

As a reminder, competitors may submit work for the first round until 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February, and the second round starts 1 March. Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round; currently, competitors need at least 15 points to progress. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:58, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

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March 2024 GAN backlog drive

Good article nominations | March 2024 Backlog Drive
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WikiCup 2024 March newsletter

The first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2.

The following scorers in Round 1 all scored more than 300 points:

• Generalissima (submissions), who has 916 points mostly from one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher), 15 GAs, and 16 DYKs on a variety of topics including New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures, in addition to seven reviews
• Vami_IV (submissions), who has 790 points from two FAs on Felix M. Warburg House and Doom (2016 video game), two GAs, one DYK, and 11 reviews
• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who has 580 points from one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, two DYKs, and five reviews
• Sammi Brie (submissions), who has 420 points mostly from nine GAs and seven DYKs on television and radio stations
• MaranoFan (submissions), who has 351 points from one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and three DYKs
• Skyshifter (submissions), who has 345 points from one FA on OneShot, one DYK and two reviews

In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to Vami_IV (submissions), who unfortunately passed away this February. At the time of his death, he was the second-highest-scoring competitor. Outside the WikiCup, he had eight other featured articles, five A-class articles, eight other good articles, and two Four Awards. Vami also wrote an essay on completionism, a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on his to-do list.

Remember that any content promoted after 27 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:40, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from K10Productions1 (23:34, 29 February 2024)

can i make a wikipedia article on the youtuber "masonsmappingz"? --K10Productions1 (talk) 23:34, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from Jkintree2 (21:17, 6 March 2024)

I created an account because I wanted to help edit Wikidata. My login at m.wikidata.org is blocked because my IP address is in a blocked range of addresses. When I reported being blocked to sessions@wikimedia.org, I was advised to create an account at https://accounts.wmflabs.org/. Following that advice succeeded for me to create the Wikipedia account, but I am still blocked from Wikidata. --Jkintree2 (talk) 21:17, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Jkintree2 (21:54, 6 March 2024)

Please disregard my previous message. I also reported still being blocked from logging in at m.wikidata.org to stewards@wikimedia.org, and the block has been removed. It's all good. --Jkintree2 (talk) 21:54, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Bello aliyu ridwan (23:44, 15 March 2024)

hello what are the differences between medical health care and primary health care --Bello aliyu ridwan (talk) 23:44, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Spheh Hlengwa (01:55, 22 March 2024)

Hello --Spheh Hlengwa (talk) 01:55, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Happy New Year to you too!

Hello, Dr. Wolfy!

Thank you so much for the message on my talk page. I saw it right away but wanted to think of a pithy and pleasant response. I failed, so I am here now, hoping the remaining nine months are happy ones for you too.

You seem to have a lot of recent traffic on your talk page! I, too, would like to be able to use the email address stewards@wikimedia.org! Better yet, SupremeCommander@wikimedia.org similar to Douglas MacArthur!--FeralOink (talk) 18:09, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

April lichen task force newsletter

The April issue of the lichen task force newsletter is available here. Delivered by MeegsC (talk) 21:12, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

New Pages Patrol newsletter April 2024

Hello Dr vulpes,

New Page Review queue January to March 2024

Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to Schminnte, who led with over 2,300 points.

Following that, New Page Patrol organized another backlog drive for articles in January 2024. The January drive started with 13,650 articles and reduced the backlog to 7,430 articles. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 1,340 points in this drive.

Looking at the graph, it seems like backlog drives are one of the only things keeping the backlog under control. Another backlog drive is being planned for May. Feel free to participate in the May backlog drive planning discussion.

It's worth noting that both queues are gradually increasing again and are nearing 14,034 articles and 22,540 redirects. We encourage you to keep contributing, even if it's just a single patrol per day. Your support is greatly appreciated!

2023 Awards

Onel5969 won the 2023 cup with 17,761 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 50/day. There was one Platinum Award (10,000+ reviews), 2 Gold Awards (5000+ reviews), 6 Silver (2000+), 8 Bronze (1000+), 30 Iron (360+) and 70 more for the 100+ barnstar. Hey man im josh led on redirect reviews by clearing 36,175 of them. For the full details, see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone for their efforts in reviewing!

WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers deployed the rewritten NewPagesFeed in October, and then gave the NewPagesFeed a slight visual facelift in November. This concludes most major work to Special:NewPagesFeed, and most major work by the WMF Moderator Tools team, who wrapped up their major work on PageTriage in October. The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers will continue small work on PageTriage as time permits.

Recruitment: A couple of the coordinators have been inviting editors to become reviewers, via mass-messages to their talk pages. If you know someone who you'd think would make a good reviewer, then a personal invitation to them would be great. Additionally, if there are Wikiprojects that you are active on, then you can add a post there asking participants to join NPP. Please be careful not to double invite folks that have already been invited.

Reviewing tip: Reviewers who prefer to patrol new pages within their most familiar subjects can use the regularly updated NPP Browser tool.

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Another bot run on stale IP talk pages?

I'm finding Linter syntax errors on stale IP talk pages like User talk:45.112.177.115. It would be better for the bot to blank them than for me to fix the errors. Are you interested in doing another bot run? – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:04, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Azosio (18:12, 9 April 2024)

Hello Dr. Vulpes, I was wondering how Wikipedia articles like Mario Party Superstar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Party_Superstars) can upload images of the mario party cover without getting in trouble because I don't believe that image is in the public domain.

Thanks, Azo --Azosio (talk) 18:12, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 April newsletter

We are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round.

Our current top scorers are as follows:

• Sammi Brie (submissions) with 642 points, mostly from 11 GAs about radio and television;
• voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two FAs (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three GAs;
• Generalissima (submissions) with 523 points, mostly from 11 GAs about coinage and history;
• SounderBruce (submissions) with 497 points, mostly from a FA about the 2020 season of the soccer club Seattle Sounders FC and two GAs;
• Tamzin (submissions) with 410 points, mostly from a FA about the drink Capri-Sun and three GAs;
• Kusma (submissions) with 330 points, mostly from a FA about the English botanist Anna Blackburne and a GA.

Competitors may submit work for the second round until the end of 28 April, and the third round starts 1 May. Remember that only competitors with the top 32 scores will make it through to the third round. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs. As a reminder, competitors are strictly prohibited from gaming Wikipedia policies or processes to receive more points.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please read Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:05, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

New page patrol May 2024 Backlog drive

New Page Patrol | May 2024 Articles Backlog Drive
On 1 May 2024, a one-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin. Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles patrolled. Barnstars will also be granted for re-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive. Each review will earn 1 point. Interested in taking part? Sign up here.
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Question from Lofeyi (11:42, 29 April 2024)

Hello! I wanted to know how to write an article when there's conflict of interest. --Lofeyi (talk) 11:42, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 May newsletter

The second round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 April. This round was particularly competitive: each of the 32 contestants who advanced to Round 3 scored at least 141 points. This is the highest number of points required to advance to Round 3 since 2014.

The following scorers in Round 2 all scored more than 500 points:

• Sammi Brie (submissions) with 707 points, mostly from 45 good article nomination reviews and 12 good articless about radio and television;
• Generalissima (submissions) with 600 points, mostly from 12 good articles and 12 did you know nominations about coinage and history;
• SounderBruce (submissions) with 552 points, mostly from a featured article about the 2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, three featured lists, and two good articles;
• BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 548 points, mostly from a featured article about the snooker player John Pulman, two featured lists, and one good article;
• voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two featured articles (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three good articles.

The full scores for Round 2 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76 in the news credits and at least 200 did you know credits. They have conducted 165 featured article reviews, as well as 399 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 21 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed during Round 3, which starts on 1 May at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:37, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

Reminder to vote now to select members of the first U4C

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Dear Wikimedian,

You are receiving this message because you previously participated in the UCoC process.

This is a reminder that the voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) ends on May 9, 2024. Read the information on the voting page on Meta-wiki to learn more about voting and voter eligibility.

The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. Community members were invited to submit their applications for the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, please review the U4C Charter.

Please share this message with members of your community so they can participate as well.

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Question from "johnvanveen2020" (19:54, 7 May 2024)

Good day , My name is John van Veen and , I'm a semi professional photographer. I believe that,

I have invented a new artform that uses the cursor/mouse position to "dance" while selecting visual data.
My movements visually respond to  the beat,melodies, and the lyrics of songs.

I have a bonafide permission to post my first creation from " the owners of the music " .for release on my youtube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/@johnvanveen1482

I would love to create an instant in time that documents that with Wikipedia. I have not done this before . I need to learn how to do it properly from someone ,who knows the ins and outs if the process.

check the link ,select the latest ,or any or, all to see it for yourself. It looks much better on a full screen much bigger than a phone. cheers, John --"johnvanveen2020" (talk) 19:54, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Question from Full Gospel Pentecostal Church National (15:30, 18 May 2024)

I want to create info about my church with about 800000 believers in India --Full Gospel Pentecostal Church National (talk) 15:30, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

Question from Margieschneider1962 (21:20, 6 June 2024)

Hi there - I want to update the logo for the company I work at on our wikipedia page. I was able to change the source URL on the logo page but was not able to upload the png file. Any help is appreciated - thank you! --Margieschneider1962 (talk) 21:20, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

Question from Willowava67 (04:30, 10 June 2024)

Hello My Mentor,

Greetings from Willow Ava!

I tried to edit the page content: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_of_sale but someone undone the changes stated "All that just to get in the obligatory spam link of an account's first edit". Well, the content is 100% unique and written on the reference page which I have linked on it. Can you please review and let me know what can be done to publish the content and link permanently? --Willowava67 (talk) 04:30, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

Question from Powershell17 (17:22, 20 June 2024)

Hello Dr.vulpes, I wanted to ask you how can we create a article page --Powershell17 (talk) 17:22, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Question from Moren Khay (11:03, 21 June 2024)

Hi. How do I create a page for myself as an Artiste? --Moren Khay (talk) 11:03, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

@Moren Khay: Please don't create such a page. See wp:Autobiography Thank you Adakiko (talk) 11:22, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Question from Chizoba Ofodile (12:44, 25 June 2024)

My account keeps being deleted --Chizoba Ofodile (talk) 12:44, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Question from Holofira on Haseki sultan (14:59, 26 June 2024)

The Haseki Sultan is Asporca Sultan Why? --Holofira (talk) 14:59, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 July newsletter

The third round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 June. As with Round 2, this round was competitive: each of the 16 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 256 points.

The following editors all scored more than 400 points in Round 3:

• Generalissima (submissions) with 1,059 points, mostly from 1 featured article on DeLancey W. Gill, 11 good articles, 18 did you know nominations, and dozens of reviews;
• Skyshifter (submissions) with 673 points, mostly from 2 featured articles on Worlds (Porter Robinson album) and I'm God, 5 good articles, and 2 did you know nominations;
• Sammi Brie (submissions) with 557 points, mostly from 1 featured article on KNXV-TV, 5 good articles, and 8 did you know nominations; and
• AryKun (submissions) with 415 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Great cuckoo-dove, with a high number of bonus points from that article.

The full scores for round 3 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 28 featured articles, 38 featured lists, 240 good articles, 92 in the news credits, and at least 285 did you know credits. They have conducted 279 featured article reviews, as well as 492 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 22 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed during Round 4, which starts on 1 July at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

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Question from Lofeyi (09:46, 10 July 2024)

Hi! I'd love if you could give me a few tips about creating pages. Also, please check out a few of my edits and let me know what you think! --Lofeyi (talk) 09:46, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

Question from Maboki Bonolo (15:51, 16 July 2024)

Hello!How can I edit my page and citation. --Maboki Bonolo (talk) 15:51, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Wikiproject

Hi, I see you've contributed a lot to Indigenous science, would you be interested in joining a wikiproject on oral tradition? Kowal2701 (talk) 18:24, 25 July 2024 (UTC)

Question from IDRIS ADAMU EL-BASI on User:IDRIS ADAMU EL-BASI (18:48, 13 August 2024)

How do i create article please? --IDRIS ADAMU EL-BASI (talk) 18:48, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

Question from Dariusmumbere (15:07, 16 August 2024)

Hello mentor, How do I get my page published on google --Dariusmumbere (talk) 15:07, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

Question from Elizabeth Boleman-Herring (18:15, 16 August 2024)

Greetings, Dr. Vulpes, I am an experienced author/editor who wishes to open and bare-bones-write a Wikipedia page about myself/my publications, as I am mentioned in other posts/pages and would like readers to be able to click through to more information about me/my work. How do I get started? Many thanks, eb-h --Elizabeth Boleman-Herring (talk) 18:15, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

Question from FateOfNature (22:44, 17 August 2024)

Hey I just need a bit of help; I'm making a page about a public figure, this person is featured on quite a few news sites in their country, made a few books, and has founded a church (that surprisingly doesn't have a page either yet) , is that enough for a page? --FateOfNature (talk) 22:44, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

So you’ll need to check the notability guidelines for a person. What does this person do? Are they a politician or artist? A lot of different groups of people have different requirements for being notable. Dr vulpes (Talk) 23:12, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

Question from Dabrat22 (06:18, 26 August 2024)

Hello how would a new Zealanders pronounce tû:ve lu: --Dabrat22 (talk) 06:18, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

Sorry I have no idea, do you have an article that you see that in? Dr vulpes (Talk) 06:23, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

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Why are you failing to respond?

You reverted a fix I made to an extremely messed up section in a community's article. Not only did you revert it, but you sent me a message that I had made the change without an edit summary. Clearly you failed to read the edit summary, then made the reversion, then failed to respond to my reply, then failed to fix the messed up portion of the article.

I am simply asking why you did this. 50.81.237.81 (talk) 23:03, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

Please self-revert

I did fine routine work and added a perfectly normal author-link to a Wikipedia article. The link goes to the correct academic. It's pretty out there to call that vandalism and issue warnings (multiple!). Please self-revert and retract (delete) your warnings. 2A02:FE1:E185:A000:FD73:603A:2B2E:F4D1 (talk) 07:35, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

Are you sure you have the correct person in mind? The Magne Malmanger you linked to is an art critic and you linked them to the second author (Svein Magnussen) on a psychology article.

• Brennen, Tim; Magnussen, Svein (2020). "Research on Non-verbal Signs of Lies and Deceit: A Blind Alley". Frontiers in Psychology. 11: 613410. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.613410. ISSN 1664-1078. PMC 7767987. PMID 33381072.

Dr vulpes (Talk) 07:40, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

• • I'm sorry. Copy-paste error! I was a bit harsh on you as well. 2A02:FE1:E185:A000:FD73:603A:2B2E:F4D1 (talk) 07:46, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

    Hey it's all good no harm no foul! Glad this was all a silly misunderstanding, I've also made the same mistake. You should make an account! Dr vulpes (Talk) 07:48, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

"small"-tag fixes

Could you clarify what the edit-summary means for [2] and [3]? The edits do not seem to make any changes to any <small> tags and the articles do not appear to have any of that tag in any <ref> or <sub> or <sup>. DMacks (talk) 18:28, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

Hey @DMacks yeah sorry that was my mistake, I was going over a list of pages that had that error and fat fingered a couple of them. I ended up not finishing all of them because I was too tired. I'm still getting back into the groove after being away for a bit. Won't happen again. Dr vulpes (Talk) 20:16, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

No worries! Definitely a near-infinite backlog of those sorts of things, anyone working on any of them is worthy. DMacks (talk) 06:48, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the support and glad to be back. If you ever see anything that you feel needs some attention feel free to just ping me. Dr vulpes (Talk) 07:02, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 August newsletter

The fourth round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 29 August. Each of the 8 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 472 points, and the following contestants scored more than 700 points:

• Generalissima (submissions) with 1,150 points, mostly from 3 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 7 good articles, and 13 did you know nominations;
• Arconning (submissions) with 791 points, mostly from 2 featured lists, 8 good articles, 4 did you know nominations, and plenty of reviews;
• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 718 points, mostly from a high-multiplier featured article on Genghis Khan and 2 good articles; and
• BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 714 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Susanna Hoffs, 2 featured lists, and 3 good articles.

Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated. Contestants put in extraordinary amounts of effort during this round, and their scores can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 36 featured articles, 55 featured lists, 15 good articles, 93 in the news credits, and at least 333 did you know credits. They have conducted 357 featured content reviews, as well as 553 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 30 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Any content promoted after 29 August but before the start of Round 5 can be claimed during Round 5, which starts on 1 September at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. If two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Remember to claim your points within 14 days of earning them, and importantly, before the deadline on 31 October.

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Fringe Content

Hello, I see that you have recently added content in wiki voice that says that Joseph Smith was able to raise the dead. Please provide a source that meets WP:MEDRS for any claims of necromancy. 207.213.181.29 (talk) 04:26, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

Orphan article Tryon Coterie

Greetings, Today I de-orphaned this article by adding a link at Baylor University article, See also section. Cheers, JoeNMLC (talk) 18:49, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

Cool thanks for improving the article! Dr vulpes (Talk) 19:45, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

Question from Caroline Ju (17:50, 3 September 2024)

Hello,

Can you help me publish a new page about an artist that I think ought to have one? I've edited it and it says it's been published but I'm not sure it has. And I'd like to add some more images. --Caroline Ju (talk) 17:51, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Caroline Ju sure I can help you. What page is it? Dr vulpes (Talk) 17:59, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

It was about a potter called Audrey Richardson but I don't think it has registered. Caroline Ju (talk) 18:09, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Ok @Caroline Ju so I checked and didn't see an article for them on Wikipedia, first thing you should do is check and see if they're notable. If they're not notable there's a chance the article will be deleted. So review this page Wikipedia:Notability (people), if you think they're notable then start a draft of that article. This will let you take your time and work on the article. So you can find sources you need and make sure everything else is correct. You learn all about starting a draft article at this page Wikipedia:Drafts. If you have any questions or need a hand just leave me a message here. I live in California so it's my work time right now so if I don't respond quickly don't worry I'll be back online in about 5-6 hours. Dr vulpes (Talk) 18:15, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Ok, thanks a lot: I suppose notability is to a certain extent in the mind of the observer! But I'll look at the rules and get back to you. Caroline Ju (talk) 19:25, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Query: Seán Duggan

Hey there. I note you PRODed this one. Do you not think the fact he has appeared as a significant character in several notable shows for multiple episodes meets WP:NACTOR? I tend not to remove PRODs, especially from experienced editors. Just asking though, as I'd have marked this one as approved. — MaxnaCarta  ( 💬 • 📝 ) 00:45, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Hey @MaxnaCarta so before I PRODed the article I did WP:BEFORE on Google, Newspapers.com and Archive.org and nothing was coming up. I checked sources in the article and they don't appear to be WP:INDEPENDENT. Also at the same time I'm not in Europe so it's possible that there's material in European newspapers that I don't have access to or Irish language materials. That's why I did a PROD and not an AfD, I put in some work and couldn't find anything that I would support WP:NACTOR. If you have some ideas of where to find material for the article let me know and I'll pull the PROD and add them. I really dislike removing articles when there could be sources that exist but I can't access due to language or geography or my own lack of knowledge. And because it's the internet I promise I'm being sincere and not sarcastic or anything mean like that. Dr vulpes (Talk) 04:50, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Yeah fair enough! Honestly, I am checking my own thought process rather than yours. I tend to be more lenient and give the benefit of doubt to actors who have a good filmography, films that exist and were professionally made, etc. And then very stringent in applying the SNG/GNG for things like ANYBIO, PRODUCT, or NCORP etc — MaxnaCarta  ( 💬 • 📝 ) 05:14, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

review

Hi @Dr vulpes

Can you review my page Draft:Almohad conquest of Evora (1191) - Wikipedia . Tahanido (talk) 19:42, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

Hey @Tahanido sorry I had to work late tonight but it appears that someone else was able to review it for you. Thanks for thinking of me! Dr vulpes (Talk) 04:52, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

No problem Sir @Dr vulpes thanks anyway Tahanido (talk) 08:25, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Jay Anson

I found citations for the AfD on Jay Anson so I'm pinging you as you requested. Do you think the citations are enough to prove notability? If you feel they are enough, let me know and I can add them to the article. SouthernNights (talk) 15:59, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

I saw your note about expanding the redirect for "R2D2: Beneath the Dome" into a full article. The full article was previously deleted for lack of notability. Here's an archive of the debate discussing it. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/R2-D2: Beneath the Dome I added the redirect because it's better than no results. Baron Crimson (talk) 01:09, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

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Question from Friendliness12345 (11:24, 15 September 2024)

Hello I was wondering I need your mentoring.

Please can you help me with the article Metrication in the United Kingdom, and the talk page, and Lead photo discusion, or how to stop a disruptive user. I have gone to a 3rd party and they have advised they agreed with the submission 2 meaning, which i agree with we now have consensus of today. What should I do. I have noticed they have recently been blocked for this sort of thing. --Friendliness12345 (talk) 11:24, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

I’ll take a look at the article when I get home, I’m currently out shopping and on my phone. Dr vulpes (Talk) 21:59, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

interceptor drawbacks

I personally own this motorcycle more than 1.5 years so thought to add it and I was about to add reference to it but until then it was removed Farooque Shaikh (talk) 06:33, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

Sorry about that @Farooque Shaikh that was 100% my mistake. No worries I put you content back, just go ahead and add your sources. Dr vulpes (Talk) 06:37, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

Draft:Mikheil Lomtadze

Hello. Please help me with the article. I deleted some phrases and sources, and also supplemented the article with encyclopedic information. Please take a look. I am ready to correct the comments. 195.49.205.23 (talk) 10:12, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Ok I'll take a look after work. Give me 8-10 hours or so. Dr vulpes (Talk) 15:42, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much! I'll be waiting for a response from you. 195.49.205.23 (talk) 07:16, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Just wanted to let you know I'm going to bed and I forgot all about this, that's on me and is my mistake. But I put a note on my monitor to go back and review this after work tomorrow. Sorry, just got caught up with everything. Dr vulpes (Talk) 07:19, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for your reply. I will be waiting for your answer. 195.49.205.23 (talk) 07:20, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Hello. Haven't watched it yet? 195.49.205.23 (talk) 07:48, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

Ok so just a heads up this article has been deleted twice already. Once in March 2022 and again in August 2022. It passes AfC for I'll push it to main but just keep in mind that it might get deleted again. This isn't intended to be rude or anything, just trying to give you a heads up. Dr vulpes (Talk) 08:07, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much! The article is written in a neutral style. All comments have been taken into account and corrected. 195.49.205.23 (talk) 08:52, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

Hope you make an account and keep adding valuable articles here! Dr vulpes (Talk) 09:05, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

Question from DeiUniversity (03:43, 19 September 2024)

hello, how can I publish my page --DeiUniversity (talk) 03:43, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi @DeiUniversity this is a great place to start Wikipedia:Drafts#Creating_and_editing_drafts. Dr vulpes (Talk) 07:13, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

Reviewing my redirects

Hi, I'm still kind of new here. Thank you for reviewing my redirects. If I'm making too many or any of them were unnecessary I apologize. Thank you again! DarthCloakedGuy (talk) 13:41, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Liga Indonesia Premier Division

Hello Dr vulpes. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Liga Indonesia Premier Division, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: there are reasonable mainspace targets, and the currently targeted draft bounces back to one of the mainspace options. Thank you. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 17:06, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

Crossed wires. Another admin did speedy delete, just as I was creating it as a dab page. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 17:10, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

No worries all good, sorry for the mistake! Dr vulpes (Talk) 17:13, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion revised: Thejo Kumari Amudala

Hi, Dr vulpes! I wanted to check in to let you know that I reviewed your G4 nomination for Thejo Kumari Amudala. Per the deletion discussion, this article was speedy deleted because it was created by a blocked user. As such, this wouldn't qualify as a G4 deletion. However, the page you nominated was recently recreated by the blocked user, so I have deleted it under G5. Take care, Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 02:11, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you and sorry for the wrong nomination. I'll be more mindful with them going forward. Dr vulpes (Talk) 02:22, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

No worries! Just wanted to stop by and let you know. :) Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 02:46, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Question from JayLou123 (06:39, 25 September 2024)

How can I make a Wikipedia article? --JayLou123 (talk) 06:39, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi @JayLou123, I'll leave a welcome message for you on your talk page. Dr vulpes (Talk) 23:10, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Roman Orus Article Draft

Hi Dr vulpes,

I'm working on a draft for Prof. Roman Orus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Roman_Orus), a researcher cited in Tensor network, an article you edited.

The draft has been rejected due to lack of notability. Do you have any advice for the construction of the draft and getting the article approved?

Thanks,

CBathka (talk) 10:04, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi @CBathka, I would review the notability guidelines which can be found here WP:NPROF. In general I dislike it when an academic or author has a list of all their publications. If the person’s work is outside my own academic training it makes it harder for me to figure out if these publications are notable or fluff. It’s better to have a short article that highlights notable achievements of a person using good secondary sources than to just have a really big article.

Take a look at the notability guidelines and if you have more questions just leave me a message here and I’ll try to help if I can. Dr vulpes (Talk) 00:15, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks @Dr_vulpes, I incorporated your feedback after reviewing the notability guidelines. Prof Orus meets the first criterion for his work on quantum tensor networks, so I added that to the overview and academic career. I also removed the list of selected publications. Please take a look at the most recent version and let me know what you think. CBathka (Talk) 11:37, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Dr vulpes, I've made even more changes to the draft (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Roman_Orus) and was hoping you could give it a quick review. Thank you again! CBathka (talk) 01:59, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Conflict of interest?

Hey, you reverted me, and then apparently added some COI material here: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adam_and_Eve_in_Mormonism&diff=prev&oldid=1247815379

That user was banned for adding himself to articles, why did you add it back? Why are you allowed to add content that breaks policy? Thomas C Sharp (talk) 04:53, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Hey @Thomas C Sharp, did you have a source for this? I see that the user was blocked but I can't see why. Dr vulpes (Talk) 05:01, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

There is a big ANI thread. The user who added this content is the author listed. A lot was cleaned up, it seems a lot wasn't. Thomas C Sharp (talk) 05:02, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

o cool yeah some of that older stuff is hard to find, would you mind linking me to it? Dr vulpes (Talk) 05:03, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Are you trolling me? You don't know how to use the search feature? You also reverted the addition of Better source needed tags after primary sources. Why? Are primary sources appropriate? Thomas C Sharp (talk) 05:13, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

No I figured you had just read it so it would be easy for you to find. I'll go dig it up later when I have time. Dr vulpes (Talk) 05:16, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Here it is, I ask that you stop adding conflict of interest material to Wikipedia. I'm not going to template you,but really, why would you add COI material and remove BSN tags from primary sources? Please read WP:RS [4] Thomas C Sharp (talk) 05:18, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Your closure on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/IMOCA 60 Initiative Coeur 4

Hi there - can you explain why you thought the consensus on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/IMOCA 60 Initiative Coeur 4 was "keep"? There were two participants, one !voting for keep and one the nominator. Not sure why it had to be closed by a non-admin in the first place. Thanks - Dclemens1971 (talk) 02:08, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

damn it I'm an idiot, I misread your last line and though that you were withdrawing the nomination. I'll message an admin to clean up my mistake. Sorry @Dclemens1971 no clue how that one got past me. Dr vulpes (Talk) 02:11, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

@Dclemens1971 fixed it, again super sorry. Dr vulpes (Talk) 02:13, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

No worries, I think you can just revert your changes on the three pages -- don't think any admin action is necessary. I still don't think the sources added provide sufficient sigcov or independence or else I would have withdrawn and closed already. Dclemens1971 (talk) 02:13, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

For sure, thanks for being cool about this and for pointing it out to me professionally. Dr vulpes (Talk) 02:16, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Huh?

Hello, Dr vulpes,

Why did you create an article from the redirect AFD closure of Ginger Alden? It seems like odd timing given the discussion we are having in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anita Wood. I was just surprised to see the blue link given how heated the other AFD is. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 07:19, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

Hey @Liz, here's what happened. So when that AfD started to get a little heated I remembered seeing Ginger Alden mentioned in some of the sources I had added to the Anita Wood article. So I looked into Ginger Alden since there was a conversation about her not being notable. After a quick search on Archive.org one of the top results was a book she released a few months after the previous AfD closed. Since it had a few reviews and she qualified as a notable author I rewrote the article with some other sources and pushed it to main. Then when I went back to the AfD it had gotten really heated and I felt that if I had said anything about the new article at best it would make me look like a smug jerk and at worst it could look or feel like bullying. So I figured the best path forward was to wait until the AfD was finished, reach out to people who might be interested in article, and try to move forward in a productive manner. If I had checked the AfD before pushing the Ginger Alden article to main I would have kept it in draft until after the AfD. I'm sorry if this was against some rule or guideline, I meant no ill intent. I honestly was just trying to expand off the previous work I had done for the Anita Wood article and with a fairly clear WP:NAUTHOR I felt it wouldn't be that big of a deal or effort. If you would like I can rollback the article to the redirect until the AfD is finished or if there are any other actions/processes you feel that would be productive and fair I'm more then willing to do so. I'll defer to your judgment on this matter since you deal with this area a lot more than I do and the last thing I want is to cause problems for the community. Dr vulpes (Talk) 17:32, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

Draft:CT Group Viet Nam

Hello, I have removed all sections that were considered to be advertising. Please review the article again. Thank you. Nguyenkimgs (talk) 09:04, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

Hey @Nguyenkimgs I'll take a look later tonight after I get off work. Dr vulpes (Talk) 16:31, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for your closure of the move discussion of the Wikiproject

Hi, Thanks for taking the time and closing of the Wikiproject LGBTQ+ requested move discussion and summarizing it for all with a well rounded closure summary. Are you going to execute the move yourself or ask an admin to perform it? Raladic (talk) 06:33, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

Hey @Raladic, thanks for checking in. I posted the request for an admin move. If I don't see a change by tomorrow I'll lightly pester someone.Dr vulpes (Talk) 07:03, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

September 2024 GOCE drive award

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		This barnstar is awarded to Dr vulpes for copy edits totaling between 1 and 3,999 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE September 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 06:06, 3 October 2024 (UTC)