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DYK for German submarine U-710

On 2 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article German submarine U-710, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that U-710 was sunk only ten days after beginning her first patrol? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/German submarine U-710. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, German submarine U-710), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:01, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

Congratulations

Congratulations! With 21,073 views, your hook on the German submarine U-710 is one of the most viewed hooks for the month of January. Accordingly, your hook has been included at DYKSTATS January. It is also eligible for inclusion at the all-time leaders page: All-time non-lead hooks list. All the more impressive since it was not a lead/photo hook. Keep up the good work! Cbl62 (talk) 00:40, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks! Lettler^{hello • contribs} 01:37, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

Declined A7s

Hi Lettler -- I've declined a couple of your recent A7s -- Space Force One and Statistics of the COVID-19 vaccination -- because they did not fall within the highly limited area that A7 covers. A7 is intentionally very limited so that it only covers topics in which a large number of non-notable articles are contributed and where a strong consensus for deletion exists. Everything else requires proposed deletion or Articles for deletion. Regards, Espresso Addict (talk) 01:23, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Belarusian Dance

Potential vandalism:

Hello. You nominated Belarusian folk dance for deletion, and the message was posted on my Talk page. I see a mistake or gross incompetence here based the justification provided: "This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic." Please remove this from my Talk page, if you made a mistake. The article is under improvement for editing and reference updates; however, it should not be deleted based on the criteria you indicated. Please do not make this mistake in the future. Thank you. Partizan Kuzya (talk) 17:01, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Nononsense101 (talk)'s coi

I saw your mesage, but please assume WP:GOODFAITH next time. I had a COI with the article(now a redirect). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nononsense101 (talk • contribs) 22:15, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

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SOLDIER AFDs

Not sure if you're aware of this discussion: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history#WP:SOLDIER regards Mztourist (talk) 08:49, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

I've finished going through the Navy Cross ship namesakes list, you were absolutely right about almost all of them. Mztourist (talk) 09:47, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

And its provoked the predictable reaction...Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#User:Mztourist_and_153_articles_redirect-merged_without_discussion Mztourist (talk) 03:44, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

Problem?

Your complaint concerning Longinus876 is both unfounded and untrue. Please mind your own business in the future.Longinus876 (talk) 13:08, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Jeremi Kubicki. Vance Wyman (talk) 21:51, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

Is this supposed to be some sort of stupid joke? Lettler^{hello • contribs} 22:26, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

Ronald Reagan page.

You keep removing the categories of American military personnel of World War II & United States Army officer categories from the Reagan page. Reagan was on active duty (as an officer) with the cavalry before being transferred to the AAF. Reagan was also on active duty during World War II in the United States military. This category (to my knowledge) includes stateside service. Ergo, please stop removing the categories. Regards.Rja13ww33 (talk) 04:44, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

• Category:American military personnel of World War II is superseded by Category:First Motion Unit personnel, which is itself part of Category:United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II, which is a part of Category:American military personnel of World War II. Lettler^{hello • contribs} 04:47, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

There is no policy here I am aware of that eliminates a category based on anything being superseded. It's a very basic category. It isn't unusual for armed forces personnel to fall into multiple categories.Rja13ww33 (talk) 04:51, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

It's common practice, however. Lettler^{hello • contribs} 04:53, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

I haven't seen it and it is no policy as far as I know. Without this, there is no way of noting (via categories) explicitly that he was on active duty during WW II.Rja13ww33 (talk) 05:00, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Could we then add the article to Category:United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II? It isn't my preferred decision, but it does note he served on active duty during the war. Lettler^{hello • contribs} 05:01, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Fine by me.Rja13ww33 (talk) 05:04, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Slow down a bit

Hello, I was hoping you would slow down a bit regarding the large AfD list you're going through. I think you should let the current AfDs close and then nominate more. Best wishes from Los Angeles,  // Timothy :: talk  19:16, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

Is this person up to military notability

I was looking over the article on Charles Faulconer. I was wondering if you think he meets the notability guidelines for soldiers.John Pack Lambert (talk) 21:40, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

Faulconer did receive the Legion of Honor, so he does meet WP:SOLDIER. Lettler^{hello • contribs} 21:46, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

I think he would have just received a Chevalier of which over 75,000 have been given so I don't think it satisfies #1 of SOLDIER. Mztourist (talk) 03:31, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

Alright. The article doesn't specify, so I wasn't sure exactly what to answer. Lettler^{hello • contribs} 04:16, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

In friendship

Thank you for help with the Jerome Kohl article, remembered in friendship --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:26, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

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Your revert of my changes to Tom Kirkwood

can you tell me why your reverted my edit of Tom Kirkwood on the grounds that there is unsourced material??

I did add more detail to this stub and I added 20 references to substantiate the information that I entered!

Your reverted to the version of DarkMatterMan4500, but as you can see on his talk page I discussed this with him and he agreed that my edits were okay. LexaDlawok (talk) 09:43, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

Did somebody page me? And yes, I do remember that conversation, and please keep in mind that I have made plenty of mistakes here and on Miraheze as well. The thing is, I get very impulsive, so if I inadvertantly revert your edits without thinking, that's why. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 14:31, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

LexaDlawok, he did not agree with you. All he said was, verbatim, "That's because it didn't look sourced at first glance. If you believe that it was made in error, please, feel free to change it." Lettler^{hello • contribs} 17:20, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

And that is what I did. So why are you disagreeing ?? Please tell me, why you think the references I gave are not sufficient, otherwise I can't improve it. LexaDlawok (talk) 08:08, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Death categories

Please do not remove or replace 'XXXX deaths' categories. GiantSnowman 21:48, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

GiantSnowman, Category:1913 suicides now supersedes Category:1913 deaths. Lettler^{hello • contribs} 21:49, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

No, it doesn't. Please do not revert again, see WP:BRD. GiantSnowman 21:54, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Sumner Atherton

Hello fellow Wikipedian. I am the creator of the above article. You kindly nominated it for deletion. I wanted to let you know that I have reworked it (in order to attempt to salvage the article which in this process it is at risk of being lost). Feel free to read and perhaps consider endorsing it as “keep”. Thank you in advance.User:Adin-Atherton (talk) 20:10, 2 February 2021 (UTC) Adin-Atherton (talk) 20:09, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Ernst Udet - Olympian in what?

I see you list Ernst Udet (about whose flying career I have read) among the list of Olympians killed in WWII but not noted as such in Olympedia. I find no mention of sports interests in his wikipedia article. What event and when did he compete in?Cloptonson (talk) 14:57, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Udet actually had literature exhibited at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Lettler^{hello • contribs} 15:11, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for enlightening. I have written his entry into his wiki biography, cited to his biography page in Olympedia.Cloptonson (talk) 19:24, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Draft:Ma Hsin-yeh

Hi, I believe you moved my newly created article page on Ma Hsin-yeh to the Draft section. I apologize, as a new contributor I didn't realize what was going on with the article since you moved it so quickly after I first published it. Not knowing, I republished it. Please feel free to move it back to Draft and I will look at the citation situation you mention. Gaoyoude (talk) 20:43, 12 February 2021 (UTC)Gaoyoude

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Relisting of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edward Costello

Hi there. I'm Barkeep49, an editor and administrator. I noticed you relisted Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edward Costello for a third relist. According to our guideline, such third relists need to be accompanied by a relisting statement. Additionally, as a non-administrator I urge you to be careful with AfD relisting/closing. As WP:RELISTBIAS points out non-adminstrators can be tempted to do actions which they have the tools to carry out and it can be hard to judge which discussions are controversial and thus need administrative closure per WP:NAC. Barkeep49 (talk) 22:39, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

• Hi Lettler, to add to Barkeep's point, I noticed that you were the nominator and relisted your own nomination. You should never take action towards closing discussions articles that you nominate for deletion, besides closing as 'speedy keep' if you withdraw your nomination. Cheers, Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 18:42, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

Why change "New Zealand" fighter pilot to "New Zealand-born"?

I noticed you changed the short description on the Edgar Kain article from from "New Zealand fighter pilot" to "New Zealand-born British World War II flying ace" [1]. The article correctly calls him a "New Zealand" fighter pilot, so why did you change it to "New Zealand-born"? What's wrong with "New Zealand Fighter pilot"? How was that an improvement? And why did you call him British? Moriori (talk) 20:02, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

Kain isn't notable because he was a fighter pilot; he is notable because he became an ace. A short description should be a short explanation of what makes a person notable. I added "British" because Kain served in the RAF, but I can understand your concerns with that term. Lettler^{hello • contribs} 20:10, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

Really? What part of the bolded word born did you miss? It was bolded because it was the guts of my question -- and you haven't answered it. As for British, I am amazed at your deflection. Check out Vernon Keough, Andrew Mamedoff and Eugene Tobin, RAF pilots all. Are they British too? And note well, they are called Americans, not American-born. Your response prompted me to wonder about your editing so I decided to check. I needed to go back only as far as your previous contribution [2] to see you had left an untrue and misleading edit summary, "fixed grammar", when you had actually deleted information from the article. I am not talking about the efficacy of the information, but am pointing out that editors have a right to expect edit summaries to be accurate, and yours wasn't. Moriori (talk) 20:52, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

I suppose Wikipedia was an extremely different site in 2005. At least we now have reasonable editors who can establish who would fit as a good admin and who wouldn't. Lettler^{hello • contribs} 20:25, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

We also have editors who accept that a canned edit summary should be truthful. Moriori (talk) 20:47, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

Your edit to the article Kevin Spacey

Hi,

I just reverted an edit you made to the article Kevin Spacey (diff). While it isn't sourced, your edit summary was "fixing grammar". If you'd like to remove unsourced material, please remember to give a proper rationale for the removal in your edit summary. Regards, DesertPipeline (talk) 12:49, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

@DesertPipeline:, I was using a canned edit summary. Lettler^{hello • contribs} 15:31, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

I'd recommend writing your own summary when you remove or add text; that's what edit summaries are for, after all, to tell people what you did :) Although I noticed that there is a reference for what you removed from the lead in the body of the article. I missed it too, so no judging there :) Anyway though, I hope you don't feel like I'm trying to tell you off or something! Just a friendly reminder is all :) DesertPipeline (talk) 15:50, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

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Edit summaries

Hello, this edit was changing categories, not fixing grammar. As already noted above, please do not use inaccurate edit summaries. Thank you. Majavah (talk!) 09:38, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

Edit warring over a short description

What should I be looking for in WP:SHORTDESC that justifies edit warring to change the short description of Central Park Mandarin duck to simply "Mandarin duck" as though it is an article about that species? — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 19:53, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

My response

Dear Lettler. It is just an idea to help people understand how people think, but I am afraid it does not matter anymore since Wikipedia is a neutral site. My proposal has no purpose here. Good day sir. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Azuchi1579 (talk • contribs) 10:19, 28 February 2021 (UTC)