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19:52:20, 8 September 2015 review of submission by Bgondringer2
- Bgondringer2 (talk · contribs)
This is the draft that was denied for the reasoning that my sources were not sufficient. Could you tell me what specifically I can change? I'm not sure if it's a problem with the citations or if it is the sources themselves. I am an intern for Sen. Morfeld and all the information about him in this draft was approved by him. It can also all be found on our state legislature's website, which should make that source verifiable. This is my first wikipedia draft so any guidance and suggestions would be helpful. Thank you!
Bgondringer2 (talk) 19:52, 8 September 2015 (UTC)Brittany Gondringer Bgondringer2 (talk) 19:52, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
- You need to show significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject to show notability.- Happysailor (Talk) 19:05, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for helping with Secrets of the Last Nazi. Can you contribute to the deletion debate, please?Cantelo (talk) 17:22, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
- Canvassing? You obviously didn't see what my edit was... - Happysailor (Talk) 19:05, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
Draft:George Quinn re-review from the 7th of September
Hi Happysailor, You reviewed a draft article that I wrote on the 7th of September (Draft:George Quinn) and I was wondering if you have some time to review it again. I left you a message on my talk page as well a week ago, but I didn't get an answer yet. I added major changes to the article and the references that I used are trustworthy and show that George Quinn is a notable subject/firm. I would really appreciate if you would take another look at the article. Thank you! Regards, --Domiriat (talk) 11:46, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
P.S. I changed my username as instructed by C.Fred
Radha Damodar Gyan Jyoti Sanskrit Higher Secondary School et al
Hi Happysailor.
You declined Draft:Radha Damodar Gyan Jyoti Sanskrit Higher Secondary School but the editor went ahead and created Shree Radha Damodar Gyan Jyoti Sanskrit Higher Secondary School. Just. FYI. 220 of Borg 06:26, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
About Draft:Parker_Ito
Hi!, I apologize for the confusion with Parker Ito, I submitted a draft but decided to publish it directly. It seems the draft page was already deleted. I apologize for the misunderstanding. MetatarsiCairn (talk) 23:22, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
- You did a copy/paste move of your draft in your process to move it to mainspace. Both the mainspace copy & the draft were merged which is why the draft now doesn't exist. Next time, i would wait and let the AFC process finish - Happysailor (Talk) 16:33, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for visiting and editing
This is 15tinybirds. Thank you for visiting my Schnitzel Records draft and editing it. I don't know what you did to it, but it looks like the categories now show up at the bottom of the page - Thank You!! They were giving me fits because they just wouldn't show up even though they were in the source code! Today and tomorrow, I am learning how to do citations "properly" at the bottom of the page, so they don't look so ugly. I have all the text on my hard drive; just gonna try to figure out how to make that page pretty, and at the Wiki standard... then I can go back to adopting bad Engrish typos on Wikipedia in general. :)
Please do keep helping me, because I only have 51 edits, and only one with adding references to the page (the Schnitzel draft). I'm still sorta greenhorn. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Schnitzel_Records_Ltd.
Hi Happysailor, thanks for the edits on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Paloma_Lokus
Just updating to say the article was resubmitted 14 days ago and still now word, no idea what to do, I doubled up on citations and they're solid, any help / comment would be appreciated.
Thank you very much, Brian Bullard Reddoggzz 67.45.100.75 (talk) 16:06, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
- Bear with us, we're all volunteers. The oldest draft in the queue is the 15 Sept, so it shoul dn't be long now. theres a bit of a backlog atm. - Happysailor (Talk) 12:01, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
My userspace drafts
Hi. For some reason I'm being targeted by an IP editor and they keep adding AFC tags to my drafts, which result in them getting moved (like this). I'm not the one adding these tags, as I usually move the page myself or ask an admin, and the drafts are not ready. If you come across anymore of my drafts with an AFC tag, could you possibly undo the edit or remove the tag? Thanks. - JuneGloom07 Talk 15:22, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
- No worries. It looks like it was taken care of. - Happysailor (Talk) 12:08, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
Userpage
Hi! Why your user page is different from other user? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yoobro39 (talk • contribs) 01:09, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
- Because I am a GOD!!! Mwahahahaha ... seriously though, take a look at Wikipedia:User page design center - Happysailor (Talk) 12:08, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
Image at Jeffery Jones
Hi Happysailor, I notice that you reverted the addition of a mug shot of Jones from the article, with the following edit comment: "Addition of negative unsourced content to a biographical article" with your revision as of 17:00, 16 June 201. This image has returned (it has been in the article in the past). The intent of including the image appears to reflect the editor's disapproval of the actions of the subject of the article, so it would appear to be non-neutral. However, the image comes from a citable source, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. In reviewing WP:BLP, I don't see a justification for omitting the image. What are your thoughts? I'll watch this page. Sincerely, User:HopsonRoad 15:54, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
- I'm confused what your asking of me? I haven't removed any image from the page in question. The only edits on 16 June on that page were reversions of vandalism, which have been oversighted so even I can't tell what was reverted? - Happysailor (Talk) 12:04, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks for your checking back, Happysailor. What was judged to be vandalism at that time, was the addition of the mug shot, which may have been included with an intent to malign, but appears to be consistent with the reportage on the subject of the article. I was asking for your perspective on whether inclusion of the image comports with Wikipedia policy. Sincerely, User:HopsonRoad 13:44, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
21:38:23, 12 October 2015 review of submission by Diana Stephens
Hi,
Another trip to the library to track down specific references to Dr. Schoenfeld may be necessary, but before I do that I thought I'd ask if TIME, Newsweek, and SF Chronicle articles are the types of things you are looking for as that is what I would be spending my time tracking down. Sorry for my extreme learning curve, any help appreciated. ThanksDiana Stephens (talk) 21:38, 12 October 2015 (UTC)Diana
- Your draft has been accepted by another reviewer. - Happysailor (Talk) 17:21, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Regarding Msg
Dear Happysailor,
Kindly guide us for editing / publishing our article page on Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:G-QASA_Pvt._Limited_Pakistan
Regards Ali Muhammad — Preceding unsigned comment added by ALI MUHAMMAD BURIRO (talk • contribs) 10:43, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi, thank you for reviewing my article.
My article was declined, though by another user, however my question is different:
You have erased some of my references, and though I went through the manual I couldn't figure out why, or what is the right way to cite these sources: mostly old news paper clips. Thank you again for the time you spent going over my article and for helping improve Wikipedia. Ghbeeri (talk) 15:22, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
- The references were removed, because they don't exist. - Happysailor (Talk) 19:29, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
I hope I'm not asking for too much: what is the right way to add old newspapers as references? I have only a paper copy. I added them as photos to wiki commons and linked to there, and I guess that they were removed due to copyright breach. ( I did go through wiki citation rules and copyright rules, but didn't understand it. ) Ghbeeri (talk) 08:57, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Decline
Hi there,
Can you please advise why we have been declined our subsidiary organization MPI has a wikipedia page so cant understand why this has been declined. Could you please advise so we can rectify this.
Many thanks Ana — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.73.152.10 (talk) 09:05, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi Happy Sailor can you please advise exactly why our GIA Secretariat page has been declined by you? Many thanks Ana — Preceding unsigned comment added by Giasecretariat (talk • contribs) 09:08, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
- Your draft was declined becuase you have not provided any references. You need to show significant coverage to specific articles/pages in reliable sources that are independent of the subject to show notability. - Happysailor (Talk) 21:44, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
RNLI page updates
Hi HappySailor!
I work for the RNLI in the communications team and have a list of small revisions to correct/update on the following pages (boat names that aren't quite right mostly) - I've used wikipedia for a long time and didn't want to directly make the changes inline with wikipedia best practice as I work for the RNLI
The pages I have amends for are:
I'm contacting you as you clearly already do much great work on these pages - would you prefer me to:
- make edits on the pages directly
- post a list of changes on the relevant talk pages
- email the list to you (email me on [email protected] if that's the case)
Thanks, Luke
Alukeonlife (talk) 10:18, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
- Hi Luke. Thanks for the message. It sounds like you're already well aware of the conflict of interest guidelines, so I won't go into it, except to say that options 2 & 3 are probably the best course of action to ensure no-one can accuse you of COI editing etc.
- Initially, as you probably have quite a few changes, you can either post the updates you think should be made here, or you can email them to me (see the image that shows you where the link is to do that), and I don't have a problem with going through them etc. In the future, you can either continue to do that, or you can make suggestions on the relevent talk pages of any edits etc that you think should be made at that article. - Happysailor (Talk) 18:50, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks, much appreciated!
- We use both “and” and “&” within our boat names – we have to use what’s given to us in the will (in case you were wondering why some were each type – the exception being ALBs which have to be “and” for call sign reasons)
- B class page
- B-881 location for this boat is “Hartlepool”
- B-885 “Julia & Angus Wright”
- B-886 – allocation has changed and is now “Peter and Ann Setten” – location is also due to be Abersoch
- B-888 – “Sheila & Dennis Tongue”
- B class page
- D class page
- D-776 “SuperG II” – no space between Super and G and then a space between G and II
- D-777 “Vi and Charles Hogbin”
- D-780 “Hick’s Help”
- D-784 “Joan Woodland”
- D-786 Allocation is now “Redcar”
- D-787 “XKalibur”
- D-788 “Leslie & Mary Daws”
- D-791 “Mary & Archie Hooper”
- D class page
- Shannon page
- ON 1318 “Nora Stachura”
- ON 1319 is not due until 2016
- ON 1320 is not due until 2016
- ON 1323 “Elizabeth and Leonard” due in 2016 and location is “Amble”
- Shannon page
Thanks so much!
Welsh Development Agency
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Dear Happy Saylor, I find your manner extremely high handed. What happened to courtesy and truth? You have deleted my edit re the subject matter in the headline. I am far more qualified than you to "speak" on certain facts reading the Welsh Development Agency. I owned it as a private company. Why are you censoring fact? Nothing I have written or intend to write is inaccurate or shows bias. Methinks you and I need to agree a form of words. I have to ask are you politically motivated? — Preceding unsigned comment added by WDA OWNER (talk • contribs) 21:33, 5 November 2015 (UTC)
- Hi. First, since you are hilariously accusing me of being politically motivated, you could at least get my name right... Secondly, I was extremely courteous by explaining in my edit summary why I reverted your edit, and by leaving you a message on your talk page. In regards to 'Truth', read Wikipedia:Verifiability, not truth.
- In regards to your edit, your edit had nothing to do with the QUANGO Welsh Development Agency. Your edit is about a private company with the same name, so should be in it's own article - but ONLY if your private company is notable enough for it's own article.
- Lastly, regardless if you feel you are more qualified or not to 'speak' on your company, you have a Conflict of Interest, and so in fact should NOT be editing or creating articles in regards to YOUR company. - Happysailor (Talk) 10:46, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
- Oh I haven't made a mistake re saylor= dancer or acrobat. Now my edit had eveything to do with the QUANGO but you are just not qualified to comment. You have no idea as to the real politics, history drives. The company I owned and the QUANGO are intertwined in way you will never understand. I have no conflict- that's rubbish. Prove a conflict. Its claar why WIKI gets its poor (color-ful hah)reputation. User talk with WDA OWNER <COLOUR> green4go 15:39 CET 09/11/2015 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.193.150.216 (talk) 14:39, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
- Wait read me first...sigh. Sorry Happy S but I've come to the conclusion Wikki is Miki and so are you. Pompous and unfulfilled come to mind. OK plenty of credible places to air the truth which is well known anway. I'm minded to just delete the bogus WDA entry. Toodle pip? wiki it x — Preceding unsigned comment added by WDA OWNER (talk • contribs) 21:46, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
- Since you don't want to be courteous, or follow Wikipedias policies in regards to your Conflict of Interest, pushing your Point of Views and your WP:IDIDNTHEARTHAT attitude in regards to what multiple editors have told you over the years, I'm archiving this - don't post here again. - Happysailor (Talk) 21:58, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
Request on 09:49:06, 8 November 2015 for assistance on AfC submission by Omri rt
Hi, you have deleted draft:Tamar Rachum due to copyright infringement. I have copied some of the content in the draft under a license from the copyright owner. Regardless, I would like to retrieve the draft in order to edit it and try to make it eligible for publication. Please advise. Omri rt (talk) 09:49, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
Omri rt (talk) 09:49, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
- You need to go to WP:REFUND. That is the place to request undeletion, however you would need to prove what licence the text is released under - see WP:COPYOTHERS. All text must be released under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA) (CC-BY-SA compatible licenses are also accepted, as, of course, is release into public domain). - Happysailor (Talk) 10:14, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
How to modify my page and resubmit
Hi Happysailer,
Thanks for review my page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:SmartPixel, unfortunately it was declined, I don't know why, maybe because of the review list, I was tried to write the page for nearly one day and tried my best to not to break wikipedia rules.
In your reviews you said What you can do: Add citations (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners) to secondary reliable sources that are entirely independent of the subject.
Frankly speaking I can't find out reliable sources meet your standard, can I remove the referal blank or add later? Can you please show me what should I do to get this page listed on wikipedia, thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alex.shawn1216 (talk • contribs) 02:50, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
Thanks
Thank you very much for your support.I will try my level best to provide inline citations to this Article further. I have a question to share with you,I have created the article about TCB Road,Karnataka,but it has less reference sources what may I do?please suggest me about it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Manoj Hagalavadi. (talk • contribs) 16:59, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
- You need to read WP:Verifiability, and you need to read about how to cite references correctly/ Lastly, Look at all the advice you've been given, and don't resubmit it until it's all followed - otherwise your draft will keep getting declined - Happysailor (Talk) 21:22, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
Mehteran and Mehtaran
I corrected several things around Mehteran and Mehtaran. There is not much left to do but to correct the page histories. Please read with attention everything I wrote on discussion pages, including on that of an RD. Regards. --141.196.204.248 (talk) 11:32, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
- I have reverted your edits, as you have cut and paste a page from one title to another against wikipedia guidelines. I have left you a note on your talk page. If you want the page move, please follow these guidelines on how to do so. - Happysailor (Talk) 19:44, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
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Seeking a sponsor/volunteer editor
Hi! I am seeking a volunteer to help me edit and improve an article about New College UNSW and possibly in the future create new related articles. Since I am an employee of New College I want to avoid making edits myself so that I don’t breach Wikipedia’s Conflict of Interest Policy however I am happy to be involved by suggesting edits and citations. I am reaching out to you because of your interest in creating new articles and because you have edited the draft Trevor Cairney page which is one of the articles I’m hoping to work on. If contributing to this project sounds like something you are interested in then please get in contact with me :) Looking forward to hearing from you soon! Ralahar (talk) 02:56, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
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Hello im new on wikipedia and i wondered if you could help me. I want to add some new information that i've gathered but I don't know how to. I don't want the page to look in some sort "messy".
Thanks Alridge Alridge (talk) 12:02, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
Wikiproject United States Coast Guard Auxiliary
RNLI boat name and location updates
hi there, we've spotted a few more items to update on RNLI lifeboat pages:
- Boat name for B-890 (Youghal) is: Gordon and Phil
- Boatname for B-891 should be: Renée Sherman
- B-889 / B-890 and B-891 are all due in 2016 (not 2015)
- ON1322 (Scarborough) should be: Frederic William Plaxton
- ON1324 (Skegness) should be spelt: Joel and April Grunnill
As I work for the organisation, I didn't want to make these amends myself - for future reference, when we relaunch our website later in the year (RNLI.org) we'll be putting future boat names/locations etc on there which can act as a verified source.
Thanks!
Luke
Alukeonlife (talk) 12:03, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
- Done Hi Alukeonlife, Those are done, and the update to the site will help. Do you happen to have access to info on the D-class pre-IB1? (fleet no., name, dates/station etc), mainly anything before D-500 is where info is missing on my list. Cheers - Happysailor (Talk) 20:33, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
Thank you! Yes, I can get a scan from our archives of all D-class boats from 1 onwards - is there an email address I can send it to you on? Email me on [email protected] FAO: Luke. If there's anything else you'd like, do let me know.
Request on 19:52:35, 3 April 2016 for assistance on AfC submission by Bvweelde
Dear Sir,
I strongly protest against your decision made to reject my article about Edward_Boyd_Barrett. The man worked the most part of his life in an enclosure amidst the Order of Jesus Christ which he finally left. As of the numerous books he published non were reviewed. The publishers he had contact with all went bankrupt. Is it the policy of Wikipedia to reject articles just based on the absence of references and the lack of proof of his nobility? You can't be serious in this, right? Or is Wikipedia also controlled by the Jesuit Order, like all other 'objective' media sources?
Bvweelde (talk) 19:52, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
- Your draft was declined by three seperate reviewers, all of whom declined with the same reason, that you have failed to show notability of the subject in question. All articles must be verifiable, so yes, we will reject articles that have no references or do not show notability, otherwise, every man and his dog would have an article. - Happysailor (Talk) 14:23, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
RNLI
Thanks, your improvements to the RNLI page have given me a much-needed nudge. Cheers, Tony Holkham (Talk) 23:38, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
- It was great to see this article promoted to GA today. Do you have the template for the userbox on your userpage "...significantly contributed...RNLI...Good Article"? I can't find it in Wikipedia:Userboxes/Wikipedia/Participation. Cheers, Tony. Tony Holkham (Talk) 20:27, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
- @Tony Holkham:, Hi Tony, yep. well done & nice nomination, you did a lot of work there. The template is {{User Good Article Significant}}, so
{{User Good Article Significant|Royal National Lifeboat Institution}}
is what you need. - Happysailor (Talk) 15:16, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
- @Tony Holkham:, Hi Tony, yep. well done & nice nomination, you did a lot of work there. The template is {{User Good Article Significant}}, so
- Thanks for the template. Good team effort, I'd say. Tony Holkham (Talk) 15:25, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
45ft 6in Watson-class lifeboat - (RNLI) - 1928
Hello, We found the list off historic RNLI boats here. As the last days we have freinds how owned one from 1928 and after world crusing over 235 year the couple will sell here now. I will check witch of the 3 boats from 1928 this is. If intrested to get more from this boat to the WP like a cruisingplan over the last 40 years. you find the Boat here : http://www.shipsnetwork.com/en/boat/detail/?id=61_b_57736 you can send me an email here : [email protected]
Thanks and nice day Jürgen — Preceding unsigned comment added by Juergenantares (talk • contribs) 09:53, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
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14:44:20, 29 June 2016 review of submission by Beveritttx
- Beveritttx (talk · contribs)
SouthwellCo 14:44, 29 June 2016 (UTC) HI, thank you for your help. I am still trying to figure all this out. Can you please give me some advice on how to structure this entry. I'm trying to do it myself, but I am not very good at these kind of things. Thank you again for your assistance.
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False accusation
You falsely accused me of vandalizing the page for Gross Reservoir, on my talk page. I request that you verify this and that you apologize. I reverted vandalism done by another user. Jeffrey Beall (talk) 14:26, 25 February 2017 (UTC).
- If you take a look at the page, you will see that the other editor was reverted, not you, so it looks like a glitch in Huggle warning the wrong user - Happysailor (Talk) 14:28, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
- The Huggle page says, "Warning: You take full responsibility for any action you perform using Huggle." I again ask that you apologize. Jeffrey Beall (talk) 14:37, 25 February 2017 (UTC).
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French to English
Hi, How can I get a French page to the English page? Like this one, for instance: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/(22421)_Jamesedgar JameswoodSK (talk) 02:02, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
2017
From Blaenffos, Pembrokeshire,
best wishes for 2017
(and may all your edits be fruitful),
from Tony Holkham (Talk) 15:46, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
Name change from Tarun Shatriya to Sulile Kumar aka Tarun Shatriya
I request you to change my page title from "Tarun Shatriya" to "Sulile Kumar aka Tarun Shatriya" , Reason being my name change in the recent times — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sulile kumar (talk • contribs) 15:23, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
- Article titles do not include an 'aka' in their titles. Articles go by the name the person is knows as. - Happysailor (Talk) 17:32, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
Why?
WHY THE FU--Bogigy (talk) 16:12, 26 February 2017 (UTC)C--Bogigy (talk) 16:12, 26 February 2017 (UTC)K DID U DELEAT MY POST ITS A REAL COMPANY IN QATAR I EVEN HAVE A PRODUCT FROM THEM
- Because you are deleting content from a page, while adding and usurping the page in question. if you think they are notable enough to have an article on them, then write one the correct way - See Wikipedia:First article - Happysailor (Talk) 17:32, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
Applied Memetics
You may reverse any changes you wish, but Kek is not pleased by your attempts at harmony. Applied Memetics is a science and an art, NOT a cult. Please do not bring such bigoted and prejudicial language to the Wikipedia atmosphere, kthx bai. 2605:E000:AC40:7F00:E1FD:EE41:7DBE:A402 (talk) 16:27, 26 February 2017 (UTC) Four Tildes - Four Tildes Ln., Tildeton, Nation of Tilde, 16:27, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
Stoped!
Hi. Stoped your personal opinion on article. for article there is no consensus. Jacurani (talk) 18:18, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
- You need to stop removing AFD templates, or you will be blocked. - Happysailor (Talk) 18:19, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
Sorry
Sorry about that I didn't mean to actually set it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Teamk09 (talk • contribs) 20:27, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
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Moroccan Western Sahara
Hi Dear,
How you learned lies? where are you from? Morocco is greater than you and than you think. We are one Union and no one can tear us or divide us. If you are looking for money??? go and play far AWAY from the sands of my BLOOD. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.105.151.245 (talk) 22:41, 1 March 2017 (UTC)