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Proposed deletion of Cut Up

The article Cut Up has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Fails notability, either WP:GNG or WP:MUSICBIO

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@Walter Görlitz: I'm actually not the person to inform about this. I created that as a redirect for Suicide Season, and haven't touched it since. The user who made the current iteration of the article is AlddiHagg0815. Sock (tock talk) 16:49, 7 January 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of Cut Up for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Cut Up is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cut Up until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Walter Görlitz (talk) 16:59, 7 January 2018 (UTC)

Copying within Wikipedia requires proper attribution

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you copied or moved text from List of iZombie characters into iZombie (TV series). While you are welcome to re-use Wikipedia's content, here or elsewhere, Wikipedia's licensing does require that you provide attribution to the original contributor(s). When copying within Wikipedia, this is supplied at minimum in an edit summary at the page into which you've copied content, disclosing the copying and linking to the copied page, e.g., copied content from [[page name]]; see that page's history for attribution. It is good practice, especially if copying is extensive, to also place a properly formatted {{copied}} template on the talk pages of the source and destination. The attribution has been provided for this situation, but if you have copied material between pages before, even if it was a long time ago, please provide attribution for that duplication. You can read more about the procedure and the reasons at Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. Thank you. If you are the sole author of the prose that was moved, attribution is not required. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 15:42, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

@Diannaa: Thank you for this heads up! I'm almost certain I've never done this otherwise unless I was duplicating my own work on other articles. I'm not sure how this has managed to slip by me considering my tenure editing here, but it goes to show there's always gonna be stuff I don't know. Thanks again! Sock (tock talk) 15:58, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

Sorry for the template. But the template says it all, and sometimes there's not much point in re-inventing the wheel :) — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 16:00, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

@Diannaa: Nah, not an issue! I don't take offense to templates when they're that in-depth. Would've been a waste of time for you to try and paraphrase it. Sock (tock talk) 16:02, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

Hello again!

Glad to see you actively editing again! :) Hope all has been well with you. Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 15:26, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

@Erik: Thanks pal! It's definitely been a minute, but it's been nice going back to this. Last year was actually pretty rough for me and I definitely needed a breather for a bit, but I've gotten myself back on track which has been great. Hope you're doing well too! Sock (tock talk) 15:58, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

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IMDb and tone

Hey, would you mind polishing your tone regarding your comments about IMDb? I'm worried that we're scaring off the editor. Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 00:56, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

@Erik: I understand the concern, but did you see the editor's comments on Lugnuts' page? I never really know how to deal with stubbornness at that level, because they're basically ignoring everything presented to them and latching on to the word "tertiary". The argument had gotten circular, and once it gets to that point, I tend to drop the fluff and cut through the shit. I agree I could've been a bit nicer in my first paragraph, and I'll definitely be conscious of that in the future, but that's a reposting of a comment I made on Lugnuts' page. I stick by the thought that the argument is pointless and the fact that the user misread the sources he used, and I don't really see a reason to beat around the bush further. Sock (tock talk) 13:13, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

I would say if the editor persists in looking for a different answer, then I would bring up WP:CONSENSUS and then minimize responses thereafter. No idea if this editor could be a potential contributor or not, but some current contributors probably have bad starts on Wikipedia and later get the hang of it. You never know. It seems like he feels more attacked than getting an answer, hence my request. Even if they have attitude, focus on content. Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 13:18, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

You're right. I've started adapting the tone I end up having to take at work on here, and I don't think those two things quite line up. A big part of the reason I stepped back from editing here was because I'd grown impatient, and it seems that's still a bit of an issue. Thanks for calling me on it, genuinely. Sock (tock talk) 14:13, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

@Erik: Forgot this. Sock (tock talk) 18:35, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

No worries! I have to do that myself too. It's easy to speak from experience but harder to convey the "why" based on that. We may deal with the same problem over and over, but for each new person, it would be their first problem. So maybe for IMDb, we need to get the wording across a little better (especially the "tertiary" bit). Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 18:45, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

Quentin Tarantino

Hi, in regards to the edits about supporting Roman Polanski on the Tarantino page, this source (https://jezebel.com/heres-audio-of-quentin-tarantino-defending-roman-polans-1822745916) includes this:

“He didn’t rape a 13-year-old. It was statutory rape...he had sex with a minor. That’s not rape. To me, when you use the word rape, you’re talking about violent, throwing them down—it’s like one of the most violent crimes in the world. You can’t throw the word rape around. It’s like throwing the word ‘racist’ around. It doesn’t apply to everything people use it for.”

Reminded by Robin Quivers that Polanski’s victim—who had been plied with quaaludes and alcohol before her assault—did not want to have sex with Polanski, Tarantino became riled up.

Tarantino: No, that was not the case AT ALL. She wanted to have it and dated the guy and—"

If I used this source, would I be able to point out that he falsely recounted the case, or does it also not count because the article doesn't directly state that he presented false information?

Thanks. Abbyjjjj96 (talk) 15:41, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

D'oh!

Thanks for the catch on BP! - Favre1fan93 (talk) 20:14, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

@Favre1fan93: Haha, no problem. It made for a good chuckle. Sock (tock talk) 20:25, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Thanks

Just wanted to say: Thank you for the kind words. I try hard to help improve Wikipedia, and it means a lot to me that good editors like yourself take notice. Your words are much appreciated.--Tenebrae (talk) 21:13, 10 February 2018 (UTC)

@Tenebrae: No problem at all. I've seen you here for as long as I've actively participated in conversation for film articles, and I've seen all the hard work you do. I wouldn't have stood for someone saying that about an editor I'd never seen before, but I certainly wasn't going to fume silently when it was someone I respect as much as you. Not that I have any doubt that you won't, but keep it up. It is very much appreciated. Sock (tock talk) 14:36, 11 February 2018 (UTC)

Inquiry from The Washington Post

Hi there,

My name is Sonia, and I write for The Washington Post. I'm interested in pursuing a story about Wikipedia users who update/edit pages detailing specific histories of the Academy Awards (e.g. "List of black Academy Award winners and nominees"). I believe you might have edited a similar page in the past, perhaps around when the nominations were announced. People who are simply curious often end up on these informative pages, and I believe our readers might find it interesting to hear the story behind the quick edits — are there some Wikipedia users who wait for the nominations to be announced and then update the pages immediately? How do you keep track of all the history? And so on.

If you'd be interested in chatting with me, please let me know. I can be reached at sonia.rao@washpost.com.

Thanks! Sonia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Soniarao (talk • contribs) 15:24, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. With 53 contestants qualifying, the groups for round 2 are slightly smaller than usual, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining users.

Our top scorers in round 1 were:

• Aoba47 led the field with a featured article, 8 good articles and 42 GARs, giving a total of 666 points.
• FrB.TG , a WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points, gained from a featured article and masses of bonus points.
• Ssven2, another WikiCup newcomer, was in third place with 403 points, garnered from a featured article, a featured list, a good article and twelve GARs.
• Ceranthor, Numerounovedant, Carbrera, Farang Rak Tham and Cartoon network freak all had over 200 points, but like all the other contestants, now have to start again from scratch. A good achievement was the 193 GARs performed by WikiCup contestants, comparing very favourably with the 54 GAs they achieved.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.

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Nine years of editing

Hey, Sock. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Chris Troutman (talk) 15:01, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

♪♫♬ Ba-ba, ba-ba-barilla ♪♫♬

Hey Sock. Not sure if you have been busy or not and no pressure or anything but do you think you will be able to get back to the Barbarella review soon? :) I know you have been busy and you can take all the time you need. Just figured I'd check in to see what the situation is. Hope all is well. Andrzejbanas (talk) 15:16, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

@Andrzejbanas: I think I'm living in some revisionist history because I would've sworn I already finished that review. I even remember typing it out, so maybe I didn't save it or maybe I dreamt it, who knows. Sorry about that! I've actually marked it on my calendar to do tonight and tomorrow (in case tonight doesn't work out). Thanks for being patient! Sock (tock talk) 15:19, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

No worries. Take your time! Glad we cleared it up. :) Andrzejbanas (talk) 15:23, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

Hey sock, I went through most of the article and believe I've fixed up about 75% of it at least. The rest I'm not sure what to make-of. My main issues are for the release information, is that getting detailed (let alone accurate) information on non-American genre films and their release is a pretty tricky subject. I've narrowed it down to a month which more than most sources can state, but if I can confirm a French release date being before or after the New York premiere, I'll add it. As for the remake information, most remakes are announced to great hub-ub then usually filter away. The Rodriguez one got closest to being made it seems which explains the extra info, but the others are relatively obscure and never seem to get much information outside of an announcement made. It's pretty much all I could find. See my Black Sabbath article for similar issues. It also had an announcement of a remake!...in 2004. Then nothing! Andrzejbanas (talk) 02:43, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

Hello again Sock! I think I covered most of what you wanted for the Barbarella article and had some questions as well. Would you be able to take a look at the GA-review page this week? :) Andrzejbanas (talk) 04:56, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

@Andrzejbanas: Gonna be checking this over tonight, fear not. Not gonna make you wait a month this time. Sock (tock talk) 21:52, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

Thanks! I think I've followed-up with everything. Happy to tackle other things, or fix up anything I may have missed out on. Andrzejbanas (talk) 03:45, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

Hey sock! Any chance on taking a look at the Barbarella article again|? I think I've covered everything. :) Andrzejbanas (talk) 02:06, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

@Andrzejbanas: Gonna get this done during my lunch today. At a cursory glance, it's looking like we'll finally be promoting this bad boy. Again, I can't apologize enough for how scattered my availability has been. I make a good 90% of my edits on my phone at this point, so I don't even see the talk page messages. Sock (tock talk) 18:02, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Ah no worries! And great news! Hope all is well. Andrzejbanas (talk) 19:26, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

User:Sock/Okra (song)

It wasn't deleted because regular editors can only swap two existing pages, not move one and delete the other. Might be more fitting to use {{db-u1}}. -- Alex^TW 10:06, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

@AlexTheWhovian: Ah, gotcha. I didn't mean to imply I thought you'd made a mistake, I thought it just bugged honestly. Thanks for the info! Sock (tock talk) 10:07, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

No problems. If the redirect hadn't existed, then yes, we could have moved it while suppressing the redirect. Good work on the article! -- Alex^TW 10:09, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

@AlexTheWhovian: Thanks! It was a bitch, but oddly enjoyable. Thanks for the help! Sock (tock talk) 10:13, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

Odd Future

I don't think the article should announce that they have split until there's official confirmation. Aitch & Aitch Aitch (talk) 15:28, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018 May newsletter

The second round of the 2018 WikiCup has now finished. Most contestants who advanced to the next round scored upwards of 100 points, but two with just 10 points managed to scrape through into round 3. Our top scorers in the last round were:

• Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with three featured articles
• Iazyges, with nine good articles and lots of bonus points
• Yashthepunisher, a first time contestant, with two featured lists
• SounderBruce, a finalist last year, with seventeen good topic articles
• Usernameunique, a first time contestant, with fourteen DYKs
• Muboshgu, a seasoned competitor, with three ITNs and
• Courcelles, another first time contestant, with twenty-seven GARs

So far contestants have achieved twelve featured articles between them and a splendid 124 good articles. Commendably, 326 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2018 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met; most of the GARs are fine, but a few have been a bit skimpy.

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DYK for Beats of Rage (film)

On 18 May 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Beats of Rage (film), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that it took two campaigns to raise the funds for Beats of Rage, the sequel to The FP? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Beats of Rage (film). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Beats of Rage (film)), 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.

— Maile (talk) 01:41, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

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Harry R. Truman

Your edits here removed information that was supported by the sources within the paragraph. Please be sure to check before removing information from an article, particularly when it's on the main page. Thanks, ceranthor 23:23, 5 June 2018 (UTC)

@Ceranthor: I usually am, I only removed information that was marked as "citation needed" that honestly came off as borderline slanderous if unsourced. That's my mistake for not double checking the source there, apologies for that. Sock (tock talk) 05:05, 6 June 2018 (UTC)

Cache GAC

Will you be returning here? Ribbet32 (talk) 16:35, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

@Ribbet32: I blame mobile Wikipedia for not pinging me, as I've barely been editing from the site lately. Looking now! Sock (tock talk) 15:06, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

About your revert of my edit on the Kids See Ghost article

Hey, I hope this isn't the wrong place to ask this, but I'm wondering why you reverted it. ~~Craiko~~

@Craiko: No problem at all! Fantano is not considered a reliable review source per WP:ALBUMAVOID, based on several previous discussions. If you can find third party coverage of his review's relevance, it can certainly be added. Thanks for contacting! Sock (tock talk) 16:14, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

Vaxxed

Hi Sock. I note that you are a member of the Documentary films task force of WikiProject Film. There is currently a discussion on Talk:Vaxxed spawned from my edit request that attempted to add the genre label "documentary" to the opening sentence of the article, as the Manual of Style requests.

Unfortunately for some reason editors seem to neither believe the film is a documentary, nor will they consider removing it from Category:Pseudoscience documentary films. In my view this makes the article contradict itself. I was hoping as a member of the Documentary films task force you would be best placed to provide a justification for whether a film is indeed a documentary or not, and thus what categories and genre labels are appropriate for this article. Thanks. --85.211.212.153 (talk) 20:19, 26 June 2018 (UTC)

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Concern regarding Draft:Ari Aster

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About your revert of my edits on Template:Kanye West songs

First of all, remixes are classified as 'songs' too. Secondly, you erased more than remixes from the songs template anyway, so please don't erase either of these in the future.

@Kyle Peake: First of all, I didn't revert your edit. Your edit was reverted to the previous version edited by me by user Binksternet. Please discuss with that user about the revert.

Secondly, simply saying "this is right because I say so" is not an argument. You don't own that template. And I agree with the removal; I think the remixes make the template bloated. Again though, not my revert.

And finally, sign your posts with four tildes (~~~~) so users can easily see who they're speaking to. Sock (tock talk) 14:55, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

@Sock: I never used the "this is right because I say so" argument nor did I claim ownership of anything. Unless you can prove me wrong, then remixes are songs as well.

Kyle Peake (talk) 06:58, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

@Kyle Peake: You ignored the key part, which is that I didn't revert your edit. I'm not going to revert it further. Please discuss with Binksternet. Sock (tock talk) 07:15, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

Category:American films

Please note that per the category's description, all American films should be added to this category regardless of whether they are also in subcategories. Thanks! DonIago (talk) 15:50, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

@Doniago: I even checked the main page to see if I was missing something but apparently I couldn't read last night. Sorry about that! Sock (tock talk) 16:11, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

No worries! Happens to the best of us. :) DonIago (talk) 16:29, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

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Precious anniversary

Precious

Four years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:15, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018 September newsletter

The fourth round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The eight users who made it to the final round had to score a minimum of 422 points to qualify, with the top score in the round being 4869 points. The leaders in round 4 were:

• Courcelles scored a magnificent 4869 points, with 92 good articles on Olympics-related themes. Courcelles' bonus points alone exceeded the total score of any of the other contestants!
• Kees08 was second with 1155 points, including a high-scoring featured article for Neil Armstrong, two good topics and some Olympics-related good articles.
• Cas Liber, with 1066 points, was in third place this round, with two featured articles and a good article, all on natural history topics.
• Other contestants who qualified for the final round were Nova Crystallis, Iazyges, SounderBruce, Kosack and Ceranthor.

During round four, 6 featured articles and 164 good articles were promoted by WikiCup contestants, 13 articles were included in good topics and 143 good article reviews were performed. There were also 10 "in the news" contributions on the main page and 53 "did you knows". Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

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Greetings!

The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which has been dedicated to improving contents that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

This is a global online edit-a-thon, which is happening in at least 5 language editions of Wikipedia, including the English Wikipedia! Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section, if you haven't done so already.

On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing Users who are able to achieve the following:

• Overall winner (1st, 2nd, 3rd places)
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For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 22:50, 03 October 2018 (UTC)

Cast and characters

Hey Sock, I remember sometime back that you and I were editing the cast and characters section of a television series article and you pointed out that it was redundant to list a character twice when someone played a younger version of that character in a guest appearance or a recurring role. That sounded like a pretty logical argument to me and I've been following it on other television articles that I have edited since. I've been running into a bit of trouble over on the article for Manifest where one editor keeps moving a younger appearance of a character to the guest section and out of the paragraph for the character that already exists in the main section. I was hoping you'd take a look at it if you have the time. Sincerely, BoogerD (talk) 20:30, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

Heads up, I just went ahead and made the change again. Hopefully it sticks. – BoogerD (talk) 20:41, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

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Nomination of At the Throne of Judgment for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article At the Throne of Judgment is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Merry Merry

		Happy Christmas!
		Hello Sock, Early in A Child's Christmas in Wales the young Dylan and his friend Jim Prothero witness smoke pouring from Jim's home. After the conflagration has been extinguished Dylan writes that Nobody could have had a noisier Christmas Eve. And when the firemen turned off the hose and were standing in the wet, smoky room, Jim's Aunt, Miss. Prothero, came downstairs and peered in at them. Jim and I waited, very quietly, to hear what she would say to them. She said the right thing, always. She looked at the three tall firemen in their shining helmets, standing among the smoke and cinders and dissolving snowballs, and she said, "Would you like anything to read?" My thanks to you for your efforts to keep the 'pedia readable in case the firemen chose one of our articles :-) Best wishes to you and yours and happy editing in 2019. MarnetteD|Talk 21:05, 19 December 2018 (UTC)