User talk:Joe Roe/Archives/2019

Happy New Year, Joe!

Happy New Year!

Some celestial fireworks to herald another year of progress for mankind and Wikipedia. All the very best , Joe,
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what to do about BMK's accusations against me

Hello Hello there, it's Nahom Now yes, at Talk:Caucasian race I did say that one of your arguments was bad due to it being a similar reason why the name of the page should change, namely it being a modern term while the article appears to be about the historical classification. User:Beyond My Ken accused me of insulting editors on that page, something he/she does all the time, accusing people of things with no explanation of where they get it from or what proof they have of these supposed evil motives, as was done on their talk page where they call me a racist. Yes the section at the talk page for Caucasian race where I proposed naming it "white race" could be a mistake, and had BMK have said, "it looks like you're being racist by doing this." rather than assuming that it's obvious, perhaps I wouldn't have had the upset reactions I do towards him/her. BMK has made it clear that he/she doesn't want me to interact with him/her despite him/her replying to various posts of mine at Talk:Caucasian race with some admittedly valid points in some cases. What should I do going forward should BMK accuse me of extream things in the future? I don't want to have to tag him with the AGF thing because that is over-used, even though we should assume good faith, as I do with him/her and everybody, even when I disagree with them. Also, while I got you, is it wrong that I am asking for more non-American perspectives on the discussion at Talk:Caucasian race so that more people from a position similar to mine in terms of not speaking American English can weigh in? thanks. Nahom 23.151.192.180 (talk) 03:51, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

Hi Nahom. I find it's best to let go of these things. It's easy to get offended online but, whether the offence was intended or not, it's more productive to focus on the substance of an argument rather than the person making it. But if you really want to take it further, concerns with user conduct are usually discussed first at WP:ANI.

There's nothing wrong with calling for a broader range of perspectives but I'm not American and neither are many of the other editors who have commented. Regardless, I don't think this is an North American usage vs. other usage. I'll comment further on the article talk page. – Joe (talk) 08:05, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

Thank you Joe. I'm just so tired of being labeled thigns by this user. I admit I can be a bit crude at times yes, but it looks like BMK does not assume I mean the best as I assume for them. is an/i's protected status done? I went to go after him during the first accusation on an/i but it was protected. thanks. 23.151.192.180 (talk) 12:53, 13 January 2019 (UTC) I would appreciate if you just let Beyond My Ken know maybe to go easy on the whole accusation thing, sexpecially with things like accusing me of insulting editors and of being racist. At the talk page for Caucasian he's even raising doubts that I was born in Eritrea. thanks. 23.151.192.180 (talk) 13:06, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

Yes, you should be able to edit it now. ANI has to be protected often because of vandalism, but as a general rule anyone should be able to edit it.

I would prefer not to get involved directly, but I'll ping BMK so he's aware of this discussion. – Joe (talk) 08:09, 15 January 2019 (UTC)

Well apparently I'm a troll now in his eyes. I'd request that he ither retract or leave me alone from here on out. If he has a non-smartass type comment to make I am more than open to hearing it. There are a few articles o nWikipedia I am really passionate about but I don't dare touch because I know I'd have a strong viewpoint on such as articles like this that I dare not even think about touching. thanks. 23.151.192.180 (talk) 22:27, 15 January 2019 (UTC)

Requesting a Page for Daphney Sanasie

Hello i will Like to request an article for Daphney Sanasie. Aigbokhan Chukwuemeka Ogbeiwi (talk) 14:31, 16 January 2019 (UTC)

@Aigbokhan Chukwuemeka Ogbeiwi: Please see WP:RA. – Joe (talk) 14:43, 16 January 2019 (UTC)

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"The Armenian hypothesis is older" - the exact words I had in mind. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 17:56, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

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Autism quackery - category for discussion

Hello :) I'm not sure if I'm supposed to do something re: this category discussion (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2019_January_6#Category:Autism_quackery), as it's been open for more than 7 days now and it seems that most people suggested renaming it from Autism quackery to the marginally less opinionated Autism pseudoscience. I had a look at the options for requesting a category name-change (I'm the category's creator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion#C2E:_Author_request) but as the cat has been applied by other people it looked like I probably shouldn't do that. It's currently in use but languishing under a pink banner. Thanks :) JoBrodie (talk) 23:34, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

Hello JoBrodie. There's nothing that you, as the creator, can do right now. The discussion will be closed by an experienced, uninvolved editor (usually an administrator) who will decide if there is a consensus and if so implement it. It looks like there's a backlog at CfD so it might take a while. In the mean time the category can still be used as normal. – Joe (talk) 05:08, 1 February 2019 (UTC)

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New entry

Hi Joe, thank you for clocking my rookie mistake. I've made a new entry in my sandbox. Let me know if there is any further mistakes I have made? Will any article in my user sandbox be renamed upon approval of the subject title Howardjdavis (talk) 15:00, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

Hi Howardjdavis. No worries, no damage done. You need to be careful about copying text (as Diannaa has said on your talk page) and you still haven't declared whether you have a conflict of interest with regard to Hinton, but other than that the new draft looks fine. – Joe (talk) 16:04, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

Hi Joe Roe. I appreciate your insight. Peter Hinton is a colleague of mine. Diannaa The photograph you've mentioned is my photograph which I give freely to Wikipedia. I am not being paid to do this work I just think Peter is a viable candidate for a wikipedia page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Howardjdavis (talk • contribs)

Okay, I'll note that on the talk page. We discourage editors from writing about people they know, so your article will need to be checked by an independent reviewer at some stage. – Joe (talk) 06:58, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

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Blaine Trump page

The page Blaine Trump had already been through two nominations for deletion and deleted by you. You deleted it on Sept 14, 2018. It is back. I just wanted to share that with you. I'm not sure how to proceed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Blaine_Trump_(2nd_nomination) P37307 (talk) 21:51, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know P37307. I would have said just restore the redirect, but that's complicated by the fact that Emir of Wikipedia did a round-robin move around the redirect that was the result of the last AfD. At this point I would say it would have to go back to AfD. It isn't eligible for G4 because it's a wholly different article. – Joe (talk) 07:03, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

I make no comment on if it should be kept or deleted. The page had been reviewed and as I saw no obvious BLP violations I made the necessary page swap. --Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 18:21, 19 February 2019 (UTC) (please  mention me on reply; thanks!)

Autopatrolled

Hello, I'm thinking of applying for Autopatrolled but do you think I would be successful? If not, what would you advise I work on? I'd appreciate your guidance. Just as an aside, noticed you read ArcAnth - first person I've met to have done the degree in years JamesMatthews01 (talk) 11:45, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

Hi JamesMatthews01. You've only created 25 articles and most in the last few days, so I don't think you need autopatrolled. It's not a right that affects your ability to edit in any way. Why do you want it?

Yes! It was a good course. It's rare to be able to study such a broad subject this side of the Atlantic. – Joe (talk) 12:04, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

Well I do intend to continue at the same pace, so at some point I suppose the NPP will begin to get clogged with the biographies -- so far my metier on here -- that I've been creating. It would also be nice as an affirmation of sorts that I'm not completely screwing this up. So would your advice be to keep creating articles and sit tight?JamesMatthews01 (talk) 12:15, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

Yes, we really try to discourage the idea that it's an affirmation or mark of an established editor. Its only function is managing the NPP queue and you don't have an appreciable effect on that unless you're creating dozens of articles a month over a sustained period. If I were you I'd ignore it: if you create at that rate, somebody else will probably request it for you.

There's nothing wrong with wanting some recognition for your contributions of course – but WP:DYK and WP:GA are better places for that. – Joe (talk) 13:21, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

That makes sense. Appreciate the pointers. JamesMatthews01 (talk) 15:01, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

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I see that nine days ago you unblocked Couiros22 on behalf of the arbitration committee. I realise that sometimes the committee has to act on the basis of information that cannot be made public, but I am surprised that the committee did not at the least do me the courtesy of telling me that they had decided to overturn my block, even if they decided that there was no need to hear my opinion before doing so. I am not aware of any policy that says that the arbitration committee has to inform anyone whose actions it decides to over-rule, but doing so seems to me in line with the general principles on which we operate, and in line with the spirit of policies regarding administrators. However, granted that the committee has clearly decided that it was neither necessary nor desirable to inform me, let alone consult me, perhaps you would be so kind as to answer the following questions for me, by email if necessary to maintain confidentiality.

1. Another administrator told me that he forwarded to the arbitration committee a copy of the evidence which I emailed on two separate occasions to two different administrators, both of whom agreed with my conclusions. Can you confirm that arbitrators did receive and read that before coming to a decision?
2. If you did see that evidence, then can you tell me why you disagree with the conclusion I drew from it? I think it is really important for me to know that, because I found the evidence convincing way beyond all reasonable doubt, and if the arbitration committee has decided that my judgement was faulty in coming to that conclusion then I need to know why, in order to avoid making similar mistakes of judgement again. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 09:42, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Hi JamesBWatson. We were forwarded your detailed evidence and understood that you were aware that we were considering an appeal, so I believe the policy requirement to consult the blocking admin was fulfilled. I'm sure you can appreciate that we couldn't involve you in the subsequent discussion directly, as would happen in an on-wiki block appeal.

I apologise for not notifying you of the unblock. I was following the normal unblock procedure and assumed you would be watching their talk page, but given the circumstances, you're right, a direct notification would have been courteous. That's on me; the rest of the committee weren't involved in actually implementing our decision.

I'll respond further on why we disagreed with your findings by email. – Joe (talk) 20:28, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

OK, thanks. For some reason I didn't get a Wikipedia notification of your email, so it's just as well you told me here that you were sending it. I have read your email. I understand everything you say, but I see it as misunderstanding some significant aspects of what I had said, as well as simply not addressing most of the points that I raised. However, I am grateful to you for letting me know your reasons. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 20:55, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

The email notification has just arrived. It just took a little while. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 21:00, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

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Unblock of Couiros22

Hi Joe. You unblocked the user apparently as a result of an AC determination that they are not a sockpuppet. However, sockpupetry was not the only reason the user was blocked. I have not been able to find the AC discussion, so I cannot tell whether any consideration was given to these other issues. Please advise. - Nick Thorne ^talk 00:58, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

Hi Nick. It was a private appeal. We're aware that there were other conduct issues but as the block was initially and primarily for sockpuppetry, and we determined that there was no basis for this, we lifted it (noting that at this point he has been blocked for more than six months). We've warned Couiros22 that our decision is not an endorsement of his disruptive conduct and that he will likely be blocked again if that continues. – Joe (talk) 06:36, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks Joe, I guess we'll see. - Nick Thorne ^talk 07:01, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

• Yes, well it didn't take long. Have a look at their recent contribution here. They've restarteed their idiosyncratic re-categorisation program, making many edits each day with nary an edit summary in sight and no apparent consensus for the changes. If they have in fact obtained a consensus somewhere then they should be referring to it with a link in the edit summary. Not happy, Jan. Can you please fire a shot across their bows and remind them that the block was also for this sort of behaviour, not just the allegation of sock puppetry. - Nick Thorne ^talk 04:19, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

@Nick Thorne: I'd prefer to leave further interactions with Couiros22 to other admins. I'd suggest talking to them about their categorisations and, if that doesn't find a resolution, taking it to WP:ANI. – Joe (talk) 05:35, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

So you choose to wash you hands of the matter. The editor was blocked both for the sockpupetry, which the Arbcom overturned, but also for long term disruptive editing. Which disruptive editing they have simply continued with since you lifted the block. The editor has steadfastly refused throughout this whole sorry saga to own up to the disruptive editing. I never had an opinion on the sock issues, leaving that to others, admins, to decide. However, I am very upset that you chose to overturn both blocks, when the Arbcom only considered the sock. What should have happened is the terms of the block should have been changed from "Abusing multiple accounts, and long-term disruptive editing" to just "long-term disruptive editing". Until the editor faces up to this issue we will continue to suffer their disruption. - Nick Thorne ^talk 12:57, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

Like most arbs I try not to get involved in day-to-day conduct disputes because there's always the chance they will end up with ArbCom, and then I would have to recuse as WP:INVOLVED. There are plenty of other admins that are very experienced in handling this sort of thing at WP:ANI. – Joe (talk) 13:47, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

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Re: Draft:Orthodox Presbyterian Church of Korea

Hi there. I noticed the draft article did not have the AFC template, so I added it in. But then I realised that you had inserted the AFC template in this edit, which seems to have been removed in this edit. I am not sure what to do at this point, and whether to simply leave it as is or return your original timestamp, etc. --Caorongjin (talk) 10:02, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Hi Caorongjin. It was only draftified because someone said they would work on it, and they haven't, so I don't think it's appropriate to submit it to AfC. I left an unsubmitted AfC template on the article specifically so it wouldn't hang around in draft indefinitely. Since there haven't been any significant edits in more than six months, I am going to delete it under WP:CSD#G13. – Joe (talk) 12:23, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for that.--Caorongjin (talk) 12:28, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

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Procedure question

First, sorry to be popping around to different arb talk pages so much recently with questions. As I mentioned at the case request, I had originally planned to file an AE case against FeydHuxtable, but they "superseded" it procedure wise with their filing from my understanding. Combine that with me likely being on a very limited schedule today and I'm just trying to get details figured out when I can.

You mention considering a motion for topic-ban, etc. Is that something you arbs can do at the current case request, or does someone need to formally file an ammendment request over at WP:ARCA, etc. when you all close the request? Normally a violation of the GMO aspersions principle like that would go straight to AE and result in a topic ban, but the only relative certainty I have on procedure given the out of the norm sequence of events is that an AE thread shouldn't be opened while a case request is open. Thanks. Kingofaces43 (talk) 13:28, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Seeing as the case has been declined without other discussion, I went ahead and filed at AE. Not something I absolutely needed to notify you about, but I figured I’d do so in case the procedure question comes up related to what was declined versus what’s open for request. Kingofaces43 (talk) 22:06, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

Sorry for the late response Kingofaces43. I think that could have been handled equally well by us, at AE, or at ANI. As the other arbs didn't pick up on my suggestion, I agree AE was the best way to go. – Joe (talk) 07:20, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

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AfD deleted article re-instated

Greetings, Joe Roe. Please be informed that the article "Manjinder Singh" that you just deleted, has been immediately re-instated. And this redirect is still up. Do you have any salt in the kitchen? -The Gnome (talk) 22:15, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

Hi Gnome. It's a different Manjinder Singh, moved from Manjinder Singh (Indian cricketer) after the main title was freed up. Thanks for letting me know though. – Joe (talk) 06:02, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

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Your revert at Göbekli Tepe

It wasn’t that hard to cite, since a ref was handy just below, and the intrusive tag has now been removed, again. I find those types of tags most disruptive as a reader, don’t you? There were some changes that had to be made, since we now mention Schmidt in the second paragraph, instead of the third. I also found it helpful to create a fourth paragraph from the material already there. Do me a favor and discuss it either here, or on the article Talk page, if you feel further changes are warranted. I’ll watchlist your Talk page and check back. Cheers! Jusdafax (talk) 09:32, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

@Jusdafax: I reverted you because the tag was justified and your edit didn't fix it. I'm not sure what needs to be discussed? I think those tags are very useful when the draw the reader's attention to potentially misleading statements, until they can be fixed. – Joe (talk) 09:40, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

OK, we disagree on the use of tags in Wikipedia articles. No matter. My goal here is to to remove that one by answering the tag’s question and improving the article, which I have done. I assume you approve? If not, how can we work to do so, rather than leave it as it was? Jusdafax (talk) 09:51, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

@Jusdafax: Sure, it's fine without the tag now. I think the article still puts too much weight on Schmidt's interpretation (especially his interpretation filtered through journalists), but that's not an easy fix. – Joe (talk) 10:01, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

OK, thanks. I’ll look into your concerns further, since the article’s subject is of such importance. Best wishes! Jusdafax (talk) 10:08, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

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Hi please hide my Ip address: [REDACTED - Oshwah] from this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaled_Juffali without removing content added if possible. Expunge — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quantom122 (talk • contribs) 14:35, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

Note

Oliebol.

A highly disparaging comment about you was placed a while ago, and remains in place. See diff. Just a note to bring this to your attention, in the event that you were not aware of this personal attack. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 08:05, 6 April 2019 (UTC)

LOL! I understand why the editor in question semi-retired. Also means Dutch doughnut, "oliebol," according to vertalen.nu. Last year, I baked them for the first time in my life. Kind of "olie-beesten," actually, according to my sister. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 08:16, 6 April 2019 (UTC)

@Northamerica1000: Yeah I saw the reply at the time. Quite ironic really! – Joe (talk) 16:42, 6 April 2019 (UTC)

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DYK for Dana Lepofsky

On 9 April 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dana Lepofsky, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that according to research led by Dana Lepofsky, some clam gardens on the Pacific Northwest Coast are up to 3,500 years old? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dana Lepofsky. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Dana Lepofsky), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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User:Shahidul Hasan Roman

• Shahidul Hasan Roman (t · th · c · del · cross-wiki · SUL · edit counter · pages created (xtools · sigma) · non-automated edits · BLP edits · undos · manual reverts · rollbacks · logs ^{(blocks · rights · moves)} · rfar · spi · cci) (assign permissions)^{(acc · ap · ev · fm · mms · npr · pm · pc · rb · te)}

I'm fairly experienced with Wikipedia guidelines, i created 80+ articles to date. Most of my past work has been reviewed and passed successfully. I also have Autopatrolled, Rollbracker, New Page reviewer right in Bangla Wikipedia. I try to edit or create page in both English and Bangla wikipedia. --Shahidul Hasan Roman (talk) 14:55, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Please use WP:PERM/A to request autpatrolled, Shahidul Hasan Roman. – Joe (talk) 15:11, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

I requested there in 19 march. But still don't get any reply. That's why today i request here --Shahidul Hasan Roman (talk) 15:51, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

WP:PERM requests are looked at by administrators, who are also volunteers, as and when they have time. Please be patient. – Joe (talk) 16:06, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

"...being far laxer with the supports..."

Hi, Joe. For better or for worse, that is the accepted tradition from time immemorial. It would take an RfC to change, I believe. Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 19:06, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Well aware of that, Avi, although I think it's an extremely undesireable state of affairs. – Joe (talk) 21:33, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Perhaps so. But that means your issue is with the tradition, yet you clearly aspersions on the bureaucrats: "I feel strongly that this was a poor close by the crats, essentially supervoting away valid opposes because they were not convinced by them, while, as usual, being far laxer with the supports." when the very concern you have are the bureaucrats upholding a Wikipedia tradition as old as RfA. The proper mechanism to change that is RfC, not to tar and feather the bureaucrats. If anything, ignoring tradition would be a greater example of WP:IAR than upholding it. As I've said before, I'm thick skinned enough to weather the slings and arrows thrown at Wikipedians who volunteer in contentious areas. However, you are an arbitrator; your words carry more weight, de facto than other editors, and I would hope you hold yourself to higher standards of civility, clarity, and accuracy. If you believe that our decision was "a poor close," by all means, please explain how in the context of current accepted Wikipedia policy, guideline, and tradition. I am always open to receiving constructive criticism as to how I may better serve. However, I'd ask that you do not conflate your frustration with what you believe to be an archaic and ill-considered tradition in and of itself with valid application of that tradition in context. Thank you for listening. -- Avi (talk) 05:29, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

@Avraham: My primary 'issue' is the dismissal of the oppose votes, which in my opinion is clearly contrary to policy per WP:SUPERVOTE. And in general the absurdity of declaring an outcome that at least a third of participants opposed a consensus. I brought this up on the crat chat talk page before it was closed (twice), as did other editors. I don't think the fact that I'm on ArbCom makes my opinion more important than other's, but as we were asked to comment on the matter, I think I'm entitled to share it.

But yes, while we're on the subject, I also think this 'tradition' is unfair and unsupported by policy. As a crat you're supposed to judge consensus. You're not doing that properly if you adopt one rule for one side of a debate and another for the other – especially when the position you deweight is actually the harder one to make, practically and socially. We don't do this anywhere else on the project. We also don't carry on doing things that are contrary to common sense because they're 'tradition'.

I'm sorry if you feel I'm throwing "slings and arrows" but, at the end of the day, you hold the highest position of trust in our community. You should expect scrutiny. – Joe (talk) 06:13, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Responding in anti-chronological order, first, as I said, I'm thick-skinned and thick-headed. As long as those arrows are cast with EnWiki's best interests at heart, feel free to pincushion me. Second, I'm sure you are aware, but for the benefit of any jaguars, the reasoning behind the tradition is that every RfX comes with a nomination, which is usually detailed. Blank supports are considered per nom. Blank opposes don't have that fallback. Oppose per X where X lists arguments against the candidate are treated like X. lastly, and most importantly, in light of your particular concerns about the process, how do you believe bureaucrats should gauge the "strength of rationales presented" and how should they implement that in their decision process? Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 06:28, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

@Avraham: The same way I would close any other type of discussion (where, for example, I have consistently ignored every single "per nom"): by considering the extent to which they're in line with established consensus, their context, and the strength with which they were expressed. – Joe (talk) 06:37, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

So you are suggesting we change the 15 or so year old process and no longer treat naked supports as per nom. That's fine, but there needs to be a consensus to change than and thus an RfC. Furthermore, I believe well established consensus is that the ranges are not sharp; if they were, strength of argument would be irrelevant. Strike all policy violations and then just tally, and that isn't how RfA/B has behaved, at least since 2006. I have to log off now, it's late in EDT. Thank you for your time. -- Avi (talk) 06:43, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

I think I'm saying that you should judge consensus at RfAs the same way we do everywhere else. Including giving "per noms" (explicit or otherwise) practically no weight. And more importantly, not dismissing fellow contributor's opinions because you personally don't find them persuasive.

I fully agree that tallying and percentages are a naive way to gauge consensus. Incidentally, that's another aberration unique to RfA/B. – Joe (talk) 07:10, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

(talk page stalker). I'll just repost here what I posted a couple of hours ago at WT:RfA, (FYI Avraham):

• The 'crats don't evaluate on a score card points system. They each have their own way of examining the evidence for support or oppose as objectively as possible and that's what we pay them for, but it would needlessly prolong the process if, for example, a unanimous verdict were to be insisted upon, a minimum quorum, or laying down some strict formula for consistency, or a firm numerical cut-off.

Thus comparing the RexxS and the JBHunley RfAs is comparing apples with oranges - the only similarity was that they were both in the discretionary zone and both went to a 'crat chat. There was actually far more drama surrounding the Hunley RfA than the RexxS but nobody saw fit to re-debate the RfA system or the role of the Bureaucrats. The community needs to wake up to the fact that we have the Bureaucrats, a user group with the highest level of trust within their sphere of remit (even higher than that of Arbcom) and we have conferred on them the responsibility of adjudicating on close calls.

Anything else that may be wrong with RfA is the fault of the voters themselves: vindictive voters, clueless voters, trolls, vandals, socks, general drama mongers, and those who always resent the role and existence of admins. Biblioworm's reforms lowered the bar and doubled the voter turnout, but none of them addressed the core issues or led to an increase in the number of candidates coming forward. It's time to put an end to this drama and look for ways to address the real problems with RfA. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 03:29, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

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Gibmul clear up

Did you leave Katrin Gray (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) live intentionally? SmartSE (talk) 09:48, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

@Smartse: Yes, but only because other people had edited it since Gibmul. – Joe (talk) 12:01, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Ah yes. Good point. I've done some more tidying. I see despite how long they've been around, they were still consistently adding unverifiable information. SmartSE (talk) 12:48, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

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NPR Newsletter No.18

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WMF at work on NPP Improvements

Niharika Kohli, a product manager for the growth team, announced that work is underway in implementing improvements to New Page Patrol as part of the 2019 Community Wishlist and suggests all who are interested watch the project page on meta. Two requested improvements have already been completed. These are:

• Allow filtering by no citations in page curation
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Reliable Sources for NPP

Rosguill has been compiling a list of reliable sources across countries and industries that can be used by new page patrollers to help judge whether an article topic is notable or not. At this point further discussion is needed about if and how this list should be used. Please consider joining the discussion about how this potentially valuable resource should be developed and used.

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News

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Shad White: Page Deletion Because Of Banned User "05/25/19"

Hey Joe, it has come to our attention that you have deleted one of our client's (Shad White) Wikipedia page. Our client is the current State Auditor of Mississippi.

We contracted this project out using an online freelancing tool - we have no experience with building a Wikipedia page and quickly realized that we did not have time to figure out the process. I'm not sure how we would have figured out that the freelancer we used was a banned user, however, we provided him accurate information with correlating documentation. Shad's article successfully went through the approval process and was live until recently deleted by you.

Is there anything we can do on our end to get his page back live? Is there a way for me to claim the page instead of the freelancer we used or some other solution to this? It's unfortunate that our client is being penalized when the information provided is accurate with documentation to back it up, just because we used a vendor who we do not know personally (and had no inkling or anyway of finding out that he was in bad standing with Wikipedia).

Zgregory3 (talk) 14:51, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

@Zgregory3: Wikipedia is not a means of promotion. It is a neutral, volunteer-written encyclopaedia. The Wikipedia community strongly discourages editing with a conflict of interest and very strongly discourages editing for pay. In that sense all paid editors are in "bad standing". That Gibmul was not honest with you about this is not surprising given he also attempted to deceive the Wikipedia community to circumvent these and other rules.

Our policy is that edits by users evading a ban are deleted, so I will not restore Shad White. The page doesn't belong to its creator or its subject, but to the Wikipedia community as a whole. To be clear, the rules I linked above mean that you or any other representatives or employees of Shad White should not make edits about him. Thank you for understanding that encyclopaedic coverage is not for sale here. – Joe (talk) 02:21, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

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WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 14

Newsletter • June 2019

Updates: I've been focusing largely on the development side of things, so we are a lot closer now to being ready to actually start discussing deploying it and testing it out here.

There's just a few things left that need to be resolved:

• A bunch of language support issues in particular, plus some other release blockers, such as the fact that currently there's no good way to find any hubs people do create.
• We also probably need some proper documentation and examples up to even reference if we want a meaningful discussion. We have the extension documentation and some test projects, but we probably need a bit more. Also I need to be able to even find the test projects! How can I possibly write reports about this stuff if I can't find any of it?!

Some other stuff that's happened in the meantime:

• Midpoint report is out for this round of the project, if you want to read in too much detail about all the problems I've been running into.
• WikiProject Molecular Biology have successfully set up using the old module system that CollaborationKit is intended to replace (eventually), and it even seems to work, so go them. Based on the issues they ran into, it looks like the members signup thing on that system has some of the same problems as we've been unable to resolve in CK, though, which is... interesting. (Need to change the content model to the right thing for the formwizard config to take. Ugh, content models.)

Until next time,

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New Page Review newsletter July-August 2019

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WMF at work on NPP Improvements

More new features are being added to the feed, including the important red alert for previously deleted pages. This will only work if it is selected in your filters. Best is to 'select all'. Do take a moment to check out all the new features if you have not already done so. If anything is not working as it should, please let us know at NPR. There is now also a live queue of AfC submissions in the New Pages Feed. Feel free to review AfCs, but bear in mind that NPP is an official process and policy and is more important.

QUALITY of REVIEWING

Articles are still not always being checked thoroughly enough. If you are not sure what to do, leave the article for a more experienced reviewer. Please be on the alert for any incongruities in patrolling and help your colleagues where possible; report patrollers and autopatrolled article creators who are ostensibly undeclared paid editors. The displayed ORES alerts offer a greater 'at-a-glance' overview, but the new challenges in detecting unwanted new content and sub-standard reviewing do not necessarily make patrolling any easier, nevertheless the work may have a renewed interest factor of a different kind. A vibrant community of reviewers is always ready to help at NPR.

Backlog

The backlog is still far too high at between 7,000 and 8,000. Of around 700 user rights holders, 80% of the reviewing is being done by just TWO users. In the light of more and more subtle advertising and undeclared paid editing, New Page Reviewing is becoming more critical than ever.

Move to draft

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Notifying users

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3 Arbs (AGK, Courcelles and Callanecc) did not sign on it. Will it be possible to state, as to whether this stems from inactivity or non-alignment of views? ∯WBG^converse 09:32, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

@Winged Blades of Godric: Courcelles and Callenecc have not been active on our mailing list recently. I won't speak for AGK. – Joe (talk) 09:41, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

Thank you! ∯WBG^converse 09:44, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	A Gorilla told me you wrote most of an open letter. Thank you. GRuban (talk) 18:52, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

• I saw the same accreditation from Worm. Impressive. You're kind of a "new blood" or "freshman" arb, yet during the election I remember a lot of resounding confidence that you'd bring something very important to the team. It's good that you took the initiative to write the statement you did. You proved the endorsements right. You bring something special to the committee. ~Swarm~ ^{sting} 06:44, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
• Thank you so much for the kind words GRuban, Swarm. But credit where credit is due, the whole committee was behind the letter, and GorillaWarfare wrote a large chunk of it with me. – Joe (talk) 07:56, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

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Independence

I recommend that ArbCom not create the appearance that they are taking marching orders from T&S. Otherwise, your action won't end the controversy. You should act independently of T&S, based upon our established traditions. Jehochman ^Talk 18:17, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

@Jehochman: It's certainly not my intention to create that impression. But realistically, T&S have already banned Fram and we can't take on the case without them passing us evidence, so they have to be involved in some way (essentially as a party to the case, in my view). – Joe (talk) 13:32, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

The current state of play is that Fram will be away July 15 to July 30. You can’t do much of a case without his input. Since the case can’t really get very far before he leaves, I now think it best to wait until Aug 1 and let Fram make a case request. By then you’ll have been briefed and be able to respond to questions without long delays. I recommend you follow the standard process for taking cases. I’d also like you to look at the behavior of people complaining anonymously about Fram. There may be an issue of off-wiki collusion, and a pattern of head hunting. Wikipedia is not a game where editors try to get perceived opponents banned. Jehochman ^Talk 00:12, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

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Thanks

For you and Arbcom’s dedication to this project. Don’t take the heated words to seriously, this has been going on for weeks. Keep on making tough but fair decisions. Thanks again.BabbaQ (talk) 19:17, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

Thank you. It's been a rough few months on ArbCom, so it's really appreciated. – Joe (talk) 19:30, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

It's been a rough few months to us whom you (committee) put in distress. I don't want to repeat what I told Katie, Eric and the notice board, but please take some to heart. I read to myself "go on with life, have a laugh, don't get too upset over this" (from my talk) again and again, but it hasn't worked yet. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:00, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

Gerda I make no apologies for acting to remove people who are abusive to other editors from the project. I'll continue to advocate doing so for as long as I'm on the committee, no matter how good their contributions or how many friends they have. – Joe (talk) 22:24, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

I agree! But can you please show how Fram was abusive after his last warning, to the extent that he needed to be banned, precluded from commenting on his own case, and then desysopped? So far no diffs have been posted, and nobody has explained why Fram was locked in a cage and muzzled. That's not a nice way to treat a volunteer while their case is being heard, at least not until they start misbehaving on the case pages. Jehochman ^Talk 15:55, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

Request

You said, Enough doubt has been cast on Fram's conduct in this case that, at the least, another RfA is appropriate. Could you please add a finding of fact stating this clearly with a few representative diffs? Additionally could you add a second finding that "Contrary to our customs, Fram was not unblocked to participate on the case pages, due to restrictions placed by the Wikimedia Foundation." Maybe that reason isn't correct. See? A finding would be helpful to document this unusual condition and clarify the reason for it. Thank you. Jehochman ^Talk 14:22, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

This is what the PD talk page is for, Jehochman. A FoF on ADMINCOND has already been suggested multiple times (including by arbs). We're working on it. You really don't need to repeat the same point on all our individual talk pages. – Joe (talk) 15:03, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

Can you answer the other point please. Each of you got a differently framed set of questions based on your specific statements. My other question that you didn’t answer was what are you going to do about Fram having been banned improperly and not having been allowed to comment on the case pages. This was highly irregular and at minimum should be noted as a finding with an explanation of how it happened. As for the PD talk page, it seems like these questions were asked multiple times and no answer was given. Jehochman ^Talk 15:08, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

Also, thank you for your work. Thank you. Jehochman ^Talk 15:09, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

I agree with WTT's answer to the same question on GorillaWarfare's talk page. Finding of facts are supposed to be observations that directly inform our decision. They're not a complete record of the evolution of the case; for that we have the request, evidence, and workshop pages too. – Joe (talk) 16:20, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

New Page Review newsletter September-October 2019

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Why I Hate Speedy Deleters, a 2008 essay by long since retired Ballonman, is still as valid today. Those of us who patrol large numbers of new pages can be forgiven for making the occasional mistake while others can learn from their 'beginner' errors. Worth reading.

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Joe, thank you for your hard work. I can only imagine how difficult this has been for all of you, and I appreciate the time and energy you all spent on this. --valereee (talk) 13:47, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

Thank you valereee, I appreciate it. It's the job I signed up for! – Joe (talk) 15:29, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

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Portal:Nanotechnology

Hi Joe

I see that you closed the Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2019 September 10 of Portal:Nanotechnology as "relist", and relisted it at MFD. You also, rightly, restored the page Portal:Nanotechnology.

However, the baroque way in which a portal like this are built involves a forest of sub-pages, without which the portal is just a shell. IN this case, there were 130 sub-pages, listed in the deletion log of the MFD closer User:MER-C.

To allow editors at MFD to properly examine the portal, those subpages need to be restored. Please can you do that, or arrange for it to be done? --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 20:49, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. Baroque indeed :/

Do you (or any friendly TPSers) happen to know a quick way to restore 130 pages...? – Joe (talk) 20:54, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't know of any quick way.

BTW, just for the record, I disagree with your close as relist, but I didn't come here to argue that. I just want to ensure that if we are to have a renewed debate on a page which gets only 20 views per day ... then editors should be able to examine it.

My evil twin is mumbling that another 130 manual restorations is karma for your decision to exercise your discretion in this way, but I couldn't possibly comment on that .

Best wishes, --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 21:00, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

I thought the consensus was pretty clear, and my rule of thumb is that more discussion (almost) never hurts. Still, I closed it, I'll take my 130 lumps. – Joe (talk) 21:10, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

I count 9 explicit endorses, 4 overturns, and 6 relists. A 9—10 split is not a clear consensus in my book. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 21:29, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

I counted 11–8, but it comes down to the balance of arguments as usual. There was a lot of regurgitating the MfD arguments in the endorses, when DRVs are supposed to be about the deletion process. Also several bold-endorses said they didn't object to relisting as a compromise.

Anyway, I think I've finished restoring the subpages. Thanks again for pointing out the oversight. – Joe (talk) 21:35, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

That must have been fun doing manually? :) Next time, use Twinkle's batch-undeletion tool. SD0001 (talk) 15:47, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

@SD0001: Ah, I knew there must be something. Thanks! – Joe (talk) 15:49, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

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An explanation

Hi! Can you explain me why have you relisted Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Crunchball 3000 (2nd nomination) again? Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Stacia_Pierce had the same situation, yet it hasn't been closed the same way. Jovanmilic97 (talk) 19:32, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

@Jovanmilic97: There isn't a strong consensus in either AfD, since only one other person participated. The difference is that Crunchball 3000 has already been through an AfD, so the barrier for deletion is a little higher. – Joe (talk) 07:08, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

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Greenman

Hi Joe, I am concerned that your hardline (and in my view, unreasonable) interpretation of WP:PAY may have helped to sink the RfA of a good candidate. Unless they were actually paid to edit Wikipedia, it is simply unfair and untrue to call Greenman a paid editor. You can argue that they have edited with a conflict of interest, but by levelling this accusation of editing for pay, I feel you have crossed a line. You seem a very reasonable person, so I thought I would just clarify this with you :) Best — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:03, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

Hi MSGJ. I acknowledge that there is some room for interpretation in the COI policy and that mine is on the stricter end. Making a sharp distinction between "paid editing" and a "financial conflict of interest" seems to be important to some but I just don't see that as a hair worth splitting. I very much agree with Lourdes' view: his continuing engagement with the MariaDB article (his part-time employers) makes it impossible to differentiate what is paid editing and what is not. If you're editing your employer's page, even if you are not getting paid for the edits but are being paid for any other work, the differentiation is but so little. So while I'm sorry that Greenman is having to suffer a bad RfA—they're an unpleasant experience even when they go well—I did vote oppose so I obviously can't claim that I'm unhappy with the outcome. – Joe (talk) 11:51, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

Only (watching), but: I think it's fair to say that the only guilty parties for the failure of this RfA are the candidate themselves and their nominator: the former for not getting their ducks, as they say, in a row, and the latter for not ensuring that they were watertight. Indeed, a good nominator would have alleviated many of the opposes with a well-crafted nomination. While it's not necessarily the fault of the candidate who their nominator is (that is, the faults of the nominator are not and should not be confused with those of the candidate), it's hardly the fault of the RfA reviewer that they did not do so. And it is not JoeRoe's fault that the nom has taken the trajectory that it has: sixteen editors opposed before them, and it was no more doomed after one particular !vote than it was previously. Except Lourdes's perhaps. ——SerialNumber54129 11:58, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

Another tps: I was determined to just let the RfA go without a comment, but "doomed" has alerted me. Too bad, I really don't have the time to investigate a candidate I don't know yet, but I am defiant ;) - will vote support or not at all. - Could someone else please deal with "my" referencing problems for a GAN, perhaps? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:18, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

• Thanks for your reply at the RfA. The reason the semantic difference is important is because one is a TOU violation, while the other merely a local policy violation: different disclosure requirements and enforcement paths, among other things. –xeno^talk 14:27, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

If policy violations have become "merely" violations, then by that logic we would welcome back most of CAT:BLOCKED. ——SerialNumber54129 15:37, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bill Hutchens

Hi Joe. I saw you closed this. I'm not sure whether User talk:Marchjuly#Please remove deletion notice from Bill Hutchens would affect your close, but I'm also not sure why the creator never posted something similar in the AfD. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:43, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

Thanks Marchjuly, I hadn't seen that. I probably would have relisted the AfD if that comment had been made in it. @Superstars8547: would you like me to reopen the discussion? Note that there's no guarantee that it will change the outcome, but it might. – Joe (talk) 09:16, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

COI

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I disagree with most of your interpretation of COI at BN and RFA. Consider this - you state on your user page that you are employed as an archaeologist, specifically using computational archaeology. Most of your listed selected contributions are articles falling somewhere in that field. I'll pull one - Digital archaeology - where it is written that computational archaeology is a subfield of digital archaeology. According to how I understand your understanding of COI, you've not been editing in accordance with the policy. You are paid to utilize computational archaeology, and here you are writing articles that seek to further that field and it's applications. You need to recuse yourself from the topics where you have a financial incentive to edit. Thank you. Mr Ernie (talk) 08:20, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

I resent that accusation, Mr Ernie. Archaeology is a field of academic study. It doesn't pay me – because it's not an organisation and has no money. The idea that experts can't contribute to their area of expertise is a tortuous misinterpretation of the COI policy that would shoot the encylopaedia in the foot. There's even a passage in WP:COI about it, subject-matter experts (SMEs) are welcome on Wikipedia within their areas of expertise.

I've always been very careful about potential professional COIs in my field. My employer is the University of Copenhagen which of course I haven't edited. I don't cite my own papers, even though that's permitted by WP:SELFCITE. I don't directly edit articles on sites I've worked on, even though again that is allowed by policy and there are tonnes of red links in that area. I don't edit biographies of colleagues I've ever been in contact with, even though I'm one of the main contributors to biographies of archaeologists.

It's fine that we disagree about the interpretation of the COI policy. It's not okay to throw around absurd accusations. That is the issue at BN right now and a recurring problem at RfA recently: legitimate disagreements over policy are used as excuses to badger and cast aspersions on the competence of fellow editors. – Joe (talk) 08:54, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Certainly it could be argued that you have an ongoing financial interest in keeping these articles up-to-date, well-written, well-cited, and showing your field to be producing useful or interesting discoveries even if not your own. Having these articles up-to-date may impact future funding that is accreted to you, your department, or your field in general. If you find this line of argument to be ridiculous, surely you can understand why some feel that your line of argument that updating version numbers raises a financial conflict concern is ridiculous as well. I agree that a disagreement over policy was used to cast aspersions on Greenman, which was unfortunate. –xeno^talk 09:42, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

You cannot be serious. The field has existed for 200 years and will almost certainly get along fine regardless of my Wikipedia edits. There is no comparison to editing the article on the company that pays your wages.

To be honest xeno, I'm sick of you hounding me and deliberately misrepresenting my words over this. It's totally inappropriate for a bureaucrat to so doggedly badger oppose voters in an RfA. Please do not ping me or post to my talk page from here on. – Joe (talk) 10:57, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

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DRV condense undo

I undid the condense at DRV. I think we are getting to the heart of the issue. which is why the whole thing needs to be seen. See here:User_talk:Hut_8.5#"I_suggest_you_contribute_to_it..."_Comment I hope this clarifies my undo. I'll offer up a condensed comment a bit later. Thanks Johnvr4 (talk) 14:41, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

@Johnvr4: I don't think that was a good idea. It was still there for anyone to read, but uncollapsed the sheer length makes the discussion (and by extension the whole DRV page at the moment) cumbersome to navigate. This isn't helpful for other participants who have already read your comments, or whoever eventually closes it. Collapsing extended commentary is a pretty normal thing to do. – Joe (talk) 15:06, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

@Joe Roe: My apology, It all seemed very relevant to the issue per the linked discussion. Feel free to reverse my undo or offer your two cents at the discussion. I won't edit war but if you could please trim it sparingly, I'd appreciate it. I just can't believe there is all grief over one sentence with enough RS Citekill to literally kill something. Johnvr4 (talk) 15:32, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

OnBuy Article Undelete

Hi There Joe_Roe! I hope that you can help me to restore a page that you once voted for deletion which I feel was very unfair given that the company was very notable in the UK. I had performed some updates for this company as I took a very active interest in their development as a brand. They are now even more notable and soon launching overseas according to a press release I read this Am, so I am surprised to see that since your deletion they have not been back on Wikipedia. I think this was a mistake, if I am honest and I hope that you can assist with the undeleting.

UKBizMan (talk) 12:31, 15 October 2019 (UTC) UKBizMan 13:30, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Hi UKBizMan I had deja vu reading your message and, sure enough, we have had this same conversation last year. Back then I agreed to restore the old article as a draft (Draft:OnBuy), but you didn't make any improvements to it and it was deleted again. I'm not willing to restore the draft again. There is nothing stopping you writing a new article on the company but it will probably just get deleted again. – Joe (talk) 12:48, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for your message. I will give up on Wikipedia I took an interest in this company because I believe what they are doing is right - but having wasted my time for you to come along and delete it because you feel superior is just a waste of my time entirely, and I was simply doing what I felt was right after seeing a company regularly on the news but having no page. I will bow down to your obvious superiority and retire from Wikipedia. Be well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by UKBizMan (talk • contribs) 12:52, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

@UKBizMan: I'm sorry to hear you are giving up on editing. As I tried to explain before, I don't personally decide to delete articles, Wikipedia admins like me only implement what other editors agree should be done. – Joe (talk) 13:21, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

@Joe Roe: I've given it one last go. If it works I'm going to spend the next six months of my retirement reviewing marketplaces as it's where I have an active interest. I've kept the page very short Draft:OnBuy what do you think? Is this better? If so I'll leave it for others to contribute. But if this isn't enough for notability (I listed the UK government site which advises customers where to sell online!) then none of my interested marketplaces that I wanted write about will work. 13:40, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

@UKBizMan: In the interests of fairness, I'll leave it to others to look at your draft. – Joe (talk) 13:45, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

References

New Tenzing Energy Drink Article

@Joe Roe: I have created Draft:Tenzing so before I start working down my list of things I wanted to either create or edit, I hoped you could share a small bit of feedback from your experience - is it acceptable to create small draft pages from the outset and grow them over time, or is it more likely to be published if pages are comprehensive from draft stage? Much appreciated. User:UKBizMan 14:15, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Hello again UKBizMan. It's perfectly fine to start small and add material over time – that's what drafts are for. The key thing is that before you hit "submit your draft for review", you've put in enough references to independent, reliable sources to show that the subject is notable (specifically a notable company in this case). That is the main thing reviewers will be looking for. If you're unsure about whether a subject is notable or if a draft is ready, the Teahouse is a good place to ask. – Joe (talk) 14:52, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

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Shinhan Bank Canada

Joe Roe, If you strike Carajou's invalid vote and completely irrelevant comment, consensus is unanimous to delete this stub-class, non-notable Canadian bank subsidiary. I'd argue relisting doesn't serve a useful purpose.--Doug Mehus (talk) 16:58, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

@Dmehus: I disagree. Carajou claiming there are sources is neither irrelevant nor an invalid vote. With only three participants, no consensus has emerged; there needs to be more discussion to see whether others agree with you or Carajou. – Joe (talk) 17:07, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

Joe Roe, Did you look at the sources quoted, though? They aren't even relevant. They link to a spammy site CoinDesk, and have literally nothing to do with Shinhan Bank Canada. At the same time, Carajou is the subject of an active WP:COI case related to his or her participation in the NewtonX deletion discussion, for which one or more admins raised eyebrows at the listed users' coordinated involvement. I suspect this was a case of WP:SOURGRAPES on Carajou's part, so figured he or she would just vote counter to emerging consensus on a number of articles when the NewtonX discussion wasn't going his or her way. At any rate, I think quality of arguments should be considered—for which there was zero put forth by Carajou—and it makes sense to at least strike his or her spammy, irrelevant links from the record. Doug Mehus (talk) 17:15, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

LOL, there was already a WP:SOURGRAPES wiki shortcut link. I just guessed. Doug Mehus (talk) 17:16, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

@Dmehus: It's not a closer's place to decide on the quality of the sources. We judge whether there's a consensus – and there isn't one yet. Please assume good faith of your fellow contributors and remember that everyone gets to participate in discussions. – Joe (talk) 18:22, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

Joe Roe, I have assumed good faith, and always do except when demonstrated, habitually, otherwise. But still, do you not at least admit that the sources provided were completely irrelevant? Doug Mehus (talk) 18:26, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

I've relisted the discussion. I don't intend to participate it. – Joe (talk) 18:33, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

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Dick Willebrandts, jazz band leader

Dear Joe Roe, you have helped me in the past with new English articles such as the one on Constant Cornelis Huysmans. Now I would like to request once again your assistance. I have submitted as a draft a new English article on the Dutch jazz band leader Dick Willebrandts. The Dutch version of this article which I also wrote is available on the Dutch Wikipedia. Now the Engllish article on Dick Willebrandts seems to be accepted as a draft, but I am not sure how to submit it for review, link https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:AllPages&from=Detlef+Schuppan&namespace=118 Please help. Best regards, Hanengerda (talk) 07:35, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

Hello again Hanengerda. You just need to click "Submit this draft for review" in the grey box at the top of the article. – Joe (talk) 07:46, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

Thanks very much! I just clicked on the grey box which I initially was afraid to do and it is now a draft for review. Thanks again, best regards, Hanengerda (talk) 07:55, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

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New Page Review newsletter November 2019

Hello Joe Roe/Archives,

This newsletter comes a little earlier than usual because the backlog is rising again and the holidays are coming very soon.

Getting the queue to 0

There are now 805 holders of the New Page Reviewer flag! Most of you requested the user right to be able to do something about the huge backlog but it's still roughly less than 10% doing 90% of the work. Now it's time for action.
Exactly one year ago there were 'only' 3,650 unreviewed articles, now we will soon be approaching 7,000 despite the growing number of requests for the NPR user right. If each reviewer soon does only 2 reviews a day over five days, the backlog will be down to zero and the daily input can then be processed by every reviewer doing only 1 review every 2 days - that's only a few minutes work on the bus on the way to the office or to class! Let's get this over and done with in time to relax for the holidays.
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This month's refresher course

Paid editing is still causing headaches for even our most experienced reviewers: This official Wikipedia article will be an eye-opener to anyone who joined Wikipedia or obtained the NPR right since 2015. See The Hallmarks to know exactly what to look for and take time to examine all the sources.

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I , by this, dicussion cite that the year regarding the book was correctly cited but this book was published and influenced only due Mortensen's views based on the research on web.

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Thanks for your help - great to e-meet you! Lajmmoore (talk) 14:25, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

@Lajmmoore: Thank you for writing so many nice articles in such a short time! If you're interested, we have a small working group working on biographies of women archaeologists at WP:ARCHAEO/WOMEN. It's not been particularly active lately, but you might find some of the resources there helpful. – Joe (talk) 14:39, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

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TY for acknowledging and responding. I remember it was done once, but I couldn't tell you what year, so I can't give you details. (I'm sure NYB will know). I think maybe a pause between evidence and workshop during the week between Christmas and New Years? IDK. Anyway - good luck with a difficult case, and I know I don't say it nearly often enough - TY to all for serving. (it will be my NY resolution to be more appreciative of you folks) — Ched (talk) 01:05, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Thanks Ched, I appreciate it. To clarify, I do agree with you that it would be helpful to have the new arbs' help on this, I just think it will happen anyway without an explicit suspension. I certainly don't plan on doing an arbitration work over the Christmas holiday! – Joe (talk) 07:33, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

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November 2019

Do not simply delete others valid talk page comments. Thanks. It's not your page. There is nothing wrong with the query. It is there for all to see, not just you. I don't care what the nature of it is, don't delete others input and nobody will ever be upset by it, right? ~ R.T.G 17:57, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

In fact, now that I read the enquiry, it is a request not to be ignored. Deleting this enquiry was inflammatory indeed. You know not to do this. Thanks. ~ R.T.G 18:02, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Hi RTG. That page is not a talk page. It's an arbitration case request, which is there for the sole and specific purpose of helping ArbCom decide whether to accept a case. Arbitrators (like myself) and clerks have the full remit to maintain pages in arbitration space, for example by removing comments that are not directly relevant to the case request. Usedtobecool's question was a perfectly valid one, but it was misplaced – it should have been on the talk page. As it happens, I was able to answer it in my edit summary, so there was no need to move it. And judging by their "thanks" for my revert, I don't think Usedtobecool minds. – Joe (talk) 18:14, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Those are another editors words. You cannot predict thanks for questionable actions. If you deleted a comment from me saying please don't ignore this comment, I'd be infuriated. There was no need to delete the comment. It was an expression that arbitration is not needed in this case. I have no opinion on that. I have an opinion though about deleting others comments or changing their meaning, or preventing discussion. You know you shouldn't do this. I am inclined now to watch out for you and when you upset someone like this annoy the s*** out of you. There is absolutely no need or valid reason to delete that comment. The fact that arbs have the power over that page does not lift them above simple things like this, as you well know. A statement asking you not to take a case on the requests page is not for the talk page. Sorry to challenge your comfort but you are going to confuse somebody, they are going to get upset about it, edit war their comment back onto the page or, go away with the idea they shouldn't make that comment on that page. You could just leave it there. Instead you edit warred it off with me. There's not much I can do to make you do anything but I am proposing something here that you, as a dispute settler, should be agreeable to. Sorry about getting all up in your station here but that really is an infuriating thing you just done whether Usedtobecool cares, or rolls over, or whatever basically. ~ R.T.G 18:30, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

With respect, RTG, are you sure you've understood Usedtobecool's comment? They asked why there has been a delay in accepting the case, and I pointed them to a comment from another arbitrator that explained why. They didn't say anything about being ignored, and in the immediately preceding paragraph said I think this case should be accepted. I don't think anyone is upset here except you, and I'm scratching my head as to why you care so intensely about another editor's comment which, at least initially, you didn't even read? – Joe (talk) 18:40, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Usedtobecool asked you to close the request and move along. It includes words to the effect of what is the point of making comments if they are not allowed to stand. Removing, and changing the nature of another editors comments, is the most inflammatory thing you can do with them. There was no need to delete the comment. There is no need to try and shuffle around the point I am making here, like as if I didn't make a point, like as if you just deleted it. ~ R.T.G 18:50, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Do I have to start quoting guidelines about this? I know you know about not to delete others comments. There is no need to try and game your way around accepting it if indeed the action was innocent enough. If you want to respond to Usedtobecool, you should use the arbitration area and the notification system, as is standard. ~ R.T.G 18:54, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

@RTG: In fairness it is a bit hard to parse, but Usedtobecool actually said ...if comments disregarding the point aren't not allowed to stand, i.e. they're asking why we've allowed off-topic comments to remain on the page (@Usedtobecool: please correct me if I've misunderstood). Your point, as I understand it, is that removing others' comments can be seen as inflammatory? My response was that removing off-topic comments is a routine part of clerking arbitration pages. I think most reasonable people understand that and don't get upset by it. It's particularly banal in this case since I answered the editor's question at the same time, apparently to their satisfaction. I don't have much to say beyond that. – Joe (talk) 19:02, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

The first sentence was in fact directly relevant to the case at hand. Usedtobecool said, "and I think I've words to spare". They weren't interested in being deleted. They just said they weren't going to press very hard for a response. Deletion was not very encouraging was it. ~ R.T.G 19:12, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) @RTG: The clerks are currently opening the case, and will have completed that process in the next few hours. This seems to supersede the question of restoration. AGK ■ 19:35, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Nothing superceeds deleting comments pertinent to discussion. Here is Joe about my complaint, "actions aggravate people simply because they come from an arb/clerk". I've made the point. Let's just see what happens then. ~ R.T.G 19:48, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

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New Page Review newsletter December 2019

Reviewer of the Year

This year's Reviewer of the Year is Rosguill. Having gotten the reviewer PERM in August 2018, they have been a regular reviewer of articles and redirects, been an active participant in the NPP community, and has been the driving force for the emerging NPP Source Guide that will help reviewers better evaluate sourcing and notability in many countries for which it has historically been difficult.

Special commendation again goes to Onel5969 who ends the year as one of our most prolific reviewers for the second consecutive year. Thanks also to Boleyn and JTtheOG who have been in the top 5 for the last two years as well.

Several newer editors have done a lot of work with CAPTAIN MEDUSA and DannyS712 (who has also written bots which have patrolled thousands of redirects) being new reviewers since this time last year.

Thanks to them and to everyone reading this who has participated in New Page Patrol this year.

Top 10 Reviewers over the last 365 days

Rank	Username	Num reviews	Log
1	Rosguill (talk)	47,395	Patrol Page Curation
2	Onel5969 (talk)	41,883	Patrol Page Curation
3	JTtheOG (talk)	11,493	Patrol Page Curation
4	Arthistorian1977 (talk)	5,562	Patrol Page Curation
5	DannyS712 (talk)	4,866	Patrol Page Curation
6	CAPTAIN MEDUSA (talk)	3,995	Patrol Page Curation
7	DragonflySixtyseven (talk)	3,812	Patrol Page Curation
8	Boleyn (talk)	3,655	Patrol Page Curation
9	Ymblanter (talk)	3,553	Patrol Page Curation
10	Cwmhiraeth (talk)	3,522	Patrol Page Curation

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Redirect autopatrol

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Source Guide Discussion

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This month's refresher course

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