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NPR Newsletter No.11 25 May 2018

Hello AmericanAir88, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!
Notability
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See also

ACTRIAL:

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Your GA nomination of Trilogy of Error

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Your GA nomination of Trilogy of Error

The article Trilogy of Error you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Trilogy of Error for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Courcelles -- Courcelles (talk) 20:01, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Trilogy of Error

The article Trilogy of Error you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Trilogy of Error for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Courcelles -- Courcelles (talk) 19:41, 5 June 2018 (UTC)

NPP Backlog Elimination Drive

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Speedy deletion declined: William Dornan

Hello AmericanAir88. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of William Dornan, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: It appears there really was a person of that name who played 300+ games (numbers vary) for Hibernian F.C. . Thank you. Shirt58 (talk) 01:01, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

Request on 13:02:26, 17 June 2018 for assistance on AfC submission by Mumcheh


<Hi. Thank you for reviewing my article entitled Oramed. The reason you gave for not accepting the article is it reads more like an advertisement than an entry in an encyclopedia. Since I am new to Wikipedia and have gone through the editorial guidelines, I am still not able to have the article approved. Could you please advise me what I could do to fix the problem. My difficulty I am having is that the article is about Oramed. To write the article in a neutral point of view I have included Oramed's competition. I have also included independant sources. I would appreciate some advice. >

@Mumcheh: The real problem is that the article feels like it promoting the brand. Look at the history section as it gives an accomplishment that seems very biased towards the company. To be neutral, try and talk about background information and what the brand does. While doing that, do not sound like you are promoting the brand. Thank you AmericanAir88 (talk) 20:21, 17 June 2018 (UTC) Mumcheh (talk) 13:02, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

Help with Gallup article?

Hi, AmericanAir88! On behalf of Gallup, I am working on proposed updates to Gallup (company) and have been looking for editors who might be interested. The article is interesting because the bulk of it focuses on The Gallup Poll, for which the company is obviously well known, yet this is just a fraction of Gallup's business. I am working to update the article, and I recently posted my first round of proposed updates. My initial suggested edits propose updates to the infobox and Gallup Press section. The infobox is missing key content and the Gallup Press section is currently supported only by primary sources. I've suggested changes to fix these issues.

So far, I have looked for editors at WikiProjects Business, Companies, Nebraska, District of Columbia, and another individual editor. No one has responded so I am checking in with active editors from WP:COMPANIES. (You might recall that you participated in a discussion I started on a previous project earlier this year). As disclosed on the Gallup Talk page, I have a financial conflict of interest, as I'm offering these updates on behalf of the company as part of my work with Beutler Ink, so I'm looking for other editors to review. Do you have any time to review this request? Thanks for considering, Danilo Two (talk) 16:08, 6 June 2018 (UTC)

@Danilo Two: Of course. I will tend to what ever you need done. AmericanAir88 (talk) 03:11, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

Hi, AmericanAir88. Thanks for offering to help! Can you start with this request? After your review, we can then move on to addressing other sections in this article. Thanks! Danilo Two (talk) 19:13, 11 June 2018 (UTC)

Hi, AmericanAir88! Me again. If you get a chance, can you review my new request to update the Gallup article's History section? When I started drafting my proposed updates for the Gallup article, I thought it might be easier for reviewing editors to see drafts on a section-by-section basis. But if it is easier and less time-consuming for you, I can prep a full draft once I've finalized my proposed updates for you to review and consider. I want to make this as easy as possible for reviewing editors, so I'm willing to present my requests however makes the most sense for you. Thanks for considering! Danilo Two (talk) 18:35, 27 June 2018 (UTC)

Ways To Improve New Page

You recently left a comment on my talk page regarding the new page World_Coffee_Producers_Forum. Part of your comments included "Talk more generally about the organization. Try to avoid bias statements."

Can you provide examples from the article where I violated those two recommendations so that I can understand how I need to change the article?

Thanks.

Michael (talk) June 26, 2018

  • @AmericanAir88: Thanks for the assist! I now understand better about new articles and sourcing to establish notability. Does the article need more secondary sources to have the template removed?

@Michael.C.Wright: My pleasure! Once a couple more secondary sources are present, I will remove the template. AmericanAir88 (talk) 15:53, 30 June 2018 (UTC)

Collaboration on Honeywell

I saw you're a member of of WP:Companies, and I was wondering if you could help review my proposed additions to the Honeywell article. If you've got a minute, could you take a look? It's been flagged for needing expansion for 3 years now. Thanks!--FacultiesIntact (talk) 00:49, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

@FacultiesIntact: Sure thing! Happy to help AmericanAir88 (talk) 00:52, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
I also see that you reached out to others with the same request. Again, this is something that should go through WP:COIN. As a paid editor, your actions will likely be scrutinized by others so staying in line with practice would be advisable. --CNMall41 (talk) 20:50, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

@FacultiesIntact: I put a bunch of citation tags on the article to ensure notability. For products and services, make complete sentences and list the most NOTABLE products and services. See Staples Inc. for example. Try to find sources outside of the companies website see WP:ORGIND AmericanAir88 (talk) 13:25, 5 July 2018 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Trilogy of Error

Hello! Your submission of Trilogy of Error at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 10:06, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

Star from a barn

The Resilient Barnstar
Like a business, it's valuable to have people who have made mistakes, learned from them, and therefore won't make them again. I thought you handled yourself well at AfC today and wanted to offer some recognition. originalmesshow u doin that busta rhyme? 21:02, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

@Originalmess: Thank you very much, it is very appreciated. This has made my day. AmericanAir88 (talk) 00:14, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

You mixed all REFs

Katowice International Airport You put all refs into one. There was a lot of different REFs for for example TUI! Now after youy edit you can click on everyone and it will put you to the same page! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Filips3 (talk • contribs) 18:20, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

@Filips3: Are you sure you are not getting confused with the "ref name" tag? See WP:DUPCITES. The Refill tool is what did it, I didn't. The tool is very reliable and make sure you read up to make sure it is not a miscommunication on your end. However, tools can break and this may be my problem.

Just remember, try not to have bare urls in the document. Bare urls are threatened with link rot and need to be fixed. Refill fixes them and can combine them. Please read up. AmericanAir88 (talk) 18:32, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

@AmericanAir88: Ok, but how to do it? How to refill(?) refs? I don't know how do it. It is a template on top of the site. How to delete it?

@AmericanAir88: The tool is used was called refill. You can however take care of the bare urls manually by using the "cite web" template. In my opinion the refill I did was fine but malfunctions can occur so keep me updated. Refill cut the number of refs down because websites shared the same url. AmericanAir88 (talk) 18:46, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

@AmericanAir88: Ok, but after your edit, when you click for REF for example for Enter Air's destinations, in every REF you see the same page (the booking page). Before your edition it was suitable info about the route. For example when you clicked on ref next to Malaga you could see the schedule of flights from Katowice to Malaga. Could you put REFs into "cite web" using your program, but with actual refs (another for every one route)?

@Filips3: Doing that many references manually is a huge chanllenge. I will do it over time though. I still think you are not understanding how reFILL works. I will do them manually though. AmericanAir88 (talk) 18:56, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

Liebherr Aerospace

The copyright violation you cited is a news article from where i sourced the information. Apart from one sentence which is direct copy, the rest i wrote in near similar words. Please refer to the terms of use on the "Aviation Pros" website. This is what it says - "You may display or print the content available through AviationPros.com for your personal, non-commercial use only." In my opinion, this classifies as a non commercial use and hence is in line with their terms of use. As for your comment of it being like an ad. Yes, the first para does read like that, but each of those statements has a source and citation, take time to check before declining. Also, the rest of the article is nothing like the first para !  :) ~¤Spacefarer¤~ (talk) 12:06, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

I have changed the first para to make it seem less like an ad. Also have rewritten the DOA para(even though according to terms of use it is okay). It is now completely different. Shall i resubmit or can you do it ? Have a wonderful day !!! :) ~¤Spacefarer¤~ (talk) 12:59, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

Can you check now ? Created more sections. Added some more info i found. Cleaned up the DOA para in the lead. Removed bullet points for sites.~¤Spacefarer¤~ (talk) 16:47, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

Sorry for repeatedly posting on your talk page. This time its about a completely different page. I see from your page that you too are an aviation enthusiast and so i was wondering whether you could help me in expanding the following page:[Retired Aircraft] ~¤Spacefarer¤~ (talk) 18:32, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

@Azhar0705: Sure. AmericanAir88 (talk) 18:33, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for being a wonderful guide ! :) ~¤Spacefarer¤~ (talk) 18:46, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

@Azhar0705: My pleasure AmericanAir88 (talk) 18:46, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

This needed considerable additional work. I rewrote the first paragraph so it made sense. I removed routine statements of certifications--any aircraft OEM manufacturer will have the necessary certifications. I put dates on some statements that were unclear without them. I removed unnecessary descriptions of 3D printing. and thae advantages of its plant locations. I removed details of its appearance at air shows that included even what stand it was in. I replaced about half the use of the company name with "the firm" or the equivalent. I added a link to the nearest corresponding German WP article.
I do not think I would have accepted it in the form it was submitted, because it was both promotional and unclear. It needs cleanup of a few additional details,and removal of those of the references that refer to press releases unless there is no other source for the material. But it's basically OK now. @Azhar0705:, if you add additional material, please write more carefully. DGG ( talk ) 01:25, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

4th Nomination to delete Artur Balder in English WP

The same Spanish user 'SAVH' has managed to delete an article that was previously by consensus approved by a board of English WP users and administrators (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Artur_Balder_(4th_nomination)). The recurring situation has all the odd looks of a persistent 'sham' and 'hate', and I think someone has to do something to clarify this. The deletion has been the work of 'haters'.

If you analyze the voting, at least one of the 'delete' voters comes from the Spanish WP, and had been previously involved in similar polemics in favor and coordination very often with 'Savh'. On the other hand, there are a tone of arguments against the deletion, it is just very insane. The user 'Savh' acknowledges direct contact via twitter with a journalist, and exposes all from a defaming perspective. I think we should be able to recover the article and clean it if necessary, the WP was born to grow and to be neutral, this is against its purposes...

Savh avoids at all cost for instance any collaboration with Academy-award winner Susan Sarandon, there are fotos of them together, and a trailer out there...

I think the 4th nomination is just another sham, and it is necessary to elevate the action to the attention of administrators, and to examine the article. There is enough traceability of notoriety. For instance, 'obsessed' Savh insist on a fine of 30,000 euros because allegedly Balder said a journalist has 'friends in high places'. Well, this is relevant in Spain perhaps, but according to the First Amendment there is no way to sue someone in the USA because of such facts, there is wider freedom to criticize a public figure... On the other hand, the same source, El Pais, exposes the 'success' of Balder's children books as back as 2006, see here: https://elpais.com/diario/2006/06/10/cultura/1149890405_850215.html SAVH is obviously biased and obviously, it recognizes it, in direct contact with a journalist that obviously has had problems with Balder. This is not enough to delete any article.

There must be a way to examine and rollback this absurd intromission of Spanish editors obsessed in bringing their own neuras into the English WP fabric. --FirstAmendment1 (talk) 21:00, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

@FirstAmendment1: Sahv is fine. The user is a wikipedia bureaucrat and has been with the encyclopedia for years. The deletion you see is just a normal AFD process. There was a delete consensus. I assure you that Sahv is just doing a bureaucrats job. If anything suspicious happens please report it to an Admin on a user reporting page. AmericanAir88 (talk) 21:09, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

@AmericanAir88: Do you really think this is just a bureaucrat's job? Avoiding to mention the El Pais 2016 praise of the writer's book, for instance, and focusing from the first sentence of the article in the polemic between him and a journalist? And avoiding mentioning the film with an Academy-award winner actor, but reinforcing the 'lesser' view about the MoMA screenings? Do you really think that this is neutral? Four nominations and a direct conversation on twitter with one of the part looks to you like 'neutral'?--FirstAmendment1 (talk) 21:17, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

@FirstAmendment1: Before I address this, why is this your first edit? Why is your first edit on wikipedia a reaction to an AFD? Afds usually are not found out by new editors until experience. If you do not have a valid reason, I will have to ask for a check on your ip and hopefully not, a sock puppet investigation. AmericanAir88 (talk) 23:28, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

@AmericanAir88: I had already before collaborated with admin Northamerica1000 during the 2nd Nomination to delete this article and others, which seemed quite biased, but I don't have the access credentials to the other user, Northamerica1000 knows about, I lost them now. But yes, I already made contributions in other articles. There are many clear ways to demonstrate that what is happening in this case is that we are in front of a witch hunt, and there is connection between one part, the journalist, and the all-mighty SAVH. On the other hand, a formidable contributor can make a 1000, or 10,000 great contributions: that doesn't mean that then that contributor has the right to act wrongly just 1 time. This is not the understanding people have about this project. We have the right to correct according to the truth. Why we cannot see complete snapshots of the so interesting conversation held between Savh and the journalist via twitter? The journalist twitter account is a verified account, so is legally binding. On the other hand, the fact that the filmmaker doesn't twit is indicative of what...? Isn't it weird? --FirstAmendment1 (talk) 01:47, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.12 30 July 2018

Chart of the New Pages Patrol backlog for the past 6 months. (Purge)

Hello AmericanAir88, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

June backlog drive

Overall the June backlog drive was a success, reducing the last 3,000 or so to below 500. However, as expected, 90% of the patrolling was done by less than 10% of reviewers.
Since the drive closed, the backlog has begun to rise sharply again and is back up to nearly 1,400 already. Please help reduce this total and keep it from raising further by reviewing some articles each day.

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WP:PROF

Your review of Draft:Sarah E Reisman: was incorrect, because it did not use the correct standard. Academics are an exception to the GNG--the relevant standard is WP:PROF. Almost always, notability under WP:PROF depends depneds on showing the person an authority in their field, as demonstrated extent of citations to their research. Please check how we deal with this field before doing further reviews of articles in this area. DGG ( talk ) 05:50, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

@DGG: Thank you, now I know for the future. However, I failed this for more than just that reason. I found the prose to be promotional and the text needing more references. Thanks AmericanAir88 (talk) 13:37, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

Additional Gallup updates

Hi, AmericanAir88! I posted more proposed edits to the Gallup article at Talk:Gallup (company). The live article lacks details about Gallup as an organization, so I prepared a new section titled Organization. If you get a chance, can you review my new request? Thanks for considering! Danilo Two (talk) 18:35, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

Pending changes reviewer granted

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TonyBallioni (talk) 02:46, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

དར་རྩེ་མདོ།

Couple of things with this:

  • It's generally considered OK to have a redirect from a foreign language term to the English equivalent, as long as the subject is something related to that language or a place where that language is spoken. It's OK to have a redirect from the Tibetan name of a place where Tibetan is spoken.
  • A2 is supposed to be for foreign language articles which are exact duplicates of pages on other Wikipedias, so somebody decided to copy and paste the foreign language content from some other Wikipedia article without translating it. It doesn't cover all foreign language content and it doesn't extend to redirects, only articles.

Hut 8.5 20:48, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

@Hut 8.5: Thank you for your insight. Sorry about the CSD, it just seemed odd to have this on an English wikipedia. Thanks again. You have been a big help in my stale draft drive. AmericanAir88 (talk) 23:04, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

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July 2018 GOCE Drive bling

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
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Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Long Articles, 5th Place
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Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Longest Article, 5th Place
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@Reidgreg: Thanks! Glad to help. AmericanAir88 (talk) 15:11, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion of M&C, a Natural History Compendium

Delete to your heart's content. I forgot it was there (I bet you never heard that before!). Sorry for taking up the space.

@Amaling: Done! Thank you for your cooperation. AmericanAir88 (talk) 00:24, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

Do not remove deadlinked citations to reliable sources

Information icon Hello, and thank you for your efforts to improve Wikipedia! However, you should know that it is not a good idea to remove citations or information sourced through citations simply because a link to a source is not working, as you did to Ten Chimneys. Dead links should not be deleted. Instead, please repair or replace the link, if possible, and ensure properly sourced information is retained. Often, a live substitute link can be found. Links not used as references, notes or citations are not as important, such as those listed in the "External links" or "Further reading" sections, but bad links in those sections should also be fixed if possible. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. 32.218.152.116 (talk) 02:29, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

@32.218.152.116: Thank you for this message but I did not remove the link just because it was dead. The link did not support the article and another one did the same job. I may have made a mistake but I am trying to cut down the backlog. Also, I am impressed that an IP is taking action. Im proud of you. AmericanAir88 (talk) 04:00, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of All's Fair in Oven War

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article All's Fair in Oven War you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Anarcho-authoritarian -- Anarcho-authoritarian (talk) 02:40, 7 August 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of All's Fair in Oven War

The article All's Fair in Oven War you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:All's Fair in Oven War for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Anarcho-authoritarian -- Anarcho-authoritarian (talk) 21:41, 7 August 2018 (UTC)

@Anarcho-authoritarian: Thank you so much! For your first review, you did excellent. AmericanAir88 (talk) 13:43, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

Journal of Biomedical Sciences

This is a specific journal, not a generic one. Like everything else in Category:OMICS Publishing Group academic journals. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 21:48, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

A page you started (The Darien Times) has been reviewed!

Thanks for creating The Darien Times, AmericanAir88!

Wikipedia editor Insertcleverphrasehere just reviewed your page, and wrote this note for you:

Thanks for starting this article. Are there any additional sources that discuss the paper that can be added? MBFC is pretty good as a source to demonstrate notability, but we should really be looking for multiple sources like this. If we could find a reliable source for this, it might be something good to add to the article.

To reply, leave a comment on Insertcleverphrasehere's talk page.

Learn more about page curation.

— Insertcleverphrasehere (or here) 15:30, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of SpongeBob SquarePants (season 9)

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User Page in my sandbox

AmericanAir88,

The reason why your user page in my sandbox, because I was looking for a userbox to put my own achievements and my own project there. I'm not trying to plagiarize or anything.

@Happypillsjr: Ok, I understand. I was just making sure you were not going to do any vandalism or plagiarism. Thank you for the reply. AmericanAir88 (talk) 17:00, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of SpongeBob SquarePants (season 9)

The article SpongeBob SquarePants (season 9) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:SpongeBob SquarePants (season 9) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Figfires -- Figfires (talk) 17:42, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

How did I do with my first GA review? FigfiresSend me a message! 18:44, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
@Figfires: Excellent. Here are some minor maintenance pointers though: You do not need to put the GA icon on the article, a bot does that automatically. You must also add the newly passed article to the list of GAs by topic. Your review was correct and on point. Great job. AmericanAir88 (talk) 18:51, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

Request on 11:51:39, 16 August 2018 for assistance on AfC submission by Eliza Pearson


Hi AmericanAir88, Thank you for your feedback for my Wikipedia article. Would you be able to explain further why the article was not accepted? I have edited to ensure the references were reliable, but seem to be having no luck. Thanks, Eliza

Eliza Pearson (talk) 11:51, 16 August 2018 (UTC)


@Eliza Pearson: Hello, first off you need to fix the broken references. Almost half of them are red and in improper format. Also you need to find independent sources (see WP:CORP) instead of just local nearby sources. As for promotional content, you need to reword the article so it is not an advertisement. "The bank aims to provide an alternative to high street banks[14] with a business model focusing on speed, service and community banking.[15][16]" is a big promotional sentence. Thank you. AmericanAir88 (talk) 13:23, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

Cleanup barnstar

The Cleanup Barnstar
Well deserved! Bbarmadillo (talk) 20:09, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

@Bbarmadillo: Thank you so much! Very much appreciated. AmericanAir88 (talk) 20:12, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

Need help !~¤Spacefarer¤~ (talk) 09:27, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

Hello again ! I need your help,support and advice. You are one of the few people i know on wikipedia and i couldnt think of anyone better to ask. I know its long....but it is so you can understand the background. Background: I was on my routine browsing, getting my fill of information. Reading up on all kinds of topics but always stumbling back to the few "Categories" i am most passionate about. Aviation and Aerospace, cricket etc. are some of the main ones. So i got to reading in detail on some of the manufacturers. The whole article, till the end. One article lead to another, lead to another. I noticed that on most of the manufacturer company pages, at the very end, there is a listing of categories. So i read these, there are all kinds of categories associated to the article. All except the most important one "Aerospace Companies" So i did a wiki search for the "Category:Aerospace companies" , found it. Within it, you can spot so many small and not well known companies listed. I am fine with that, an encyclopaedia should have all the necessary information. What is most striking in the category is what's missing. Companies like Airbus, Boeing, ATR,among many others are not listed there. How can they be left out ? Doesn't that make the category incomplete? So i went ahead, searched some of the companies, of the top of my head and added them to relevant categories. They were already a part of many other categories, but not a part of Category:Aerospace companies or any of its sub-categories such as Aircraft manufacturer etc. I did this for 3-4 companies that occurred to me at the moment. Next day: I am back to consume more info on aviation :D and i notice that all the companies i added to the category are now gone. How did i know ? This time i started browsing by opening the category and then selecting a article to read. User Bilcat was removing them with the reason of "overcategorisation". I once again added the ones i had done before and left him a message in my edit summaries, explaining that it is a necessary/critical categorisation. If you dont categorise Beoing as an Aerospace company, all other catégorisations are moot. The day after: Removed again! First thing i did today was read up on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Category I am pretty convinced that they need to be there. Can you please review my edits on the concerned pages and also check out the "Category" in question? Your help is greatly appreciated !!! ~¤Spacefarer¤~ (talk) 09:27, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

@Azhar0705: Of course. AmericanAir88 (talk) 11:07, 17 August 2018 (UTC) @Azhar0705: I see the problem, the category Aerospace companies is a general category that is unsorted. Major airlines manufacturers are in the category sorted by COUNTY. Instead of Boeing being in Aerospace companies they are in Aerospace companies in the United States. When categories are sorted by country, you do not need to put them in the general category, you sort it by country. Let me know of any concerns. AmericanAir88 (talk) 11:10, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

This is what i found when i read the Help page on categorization earlier. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization#Non-diffusing_subcategories For these types, if Beoing is in Sub-category (USA) of the Sub-category (Country) of the grandparent category (Aerospace Companies) ..... the entries in the sub category of the sub category do not get inherited to the grandparent category automatically. Hence, making it necessary to add the grand parent category seperately. I may have misunderstood, but i think this is all about the non diffusing categories. ~¤Spacefarer¤~ (talk) 11:31, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

@Azhar0705: Makes sense, I am adding the categories back. AmericanAir88 (talk) 13:10, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

Thank you very much !!! I am happy to have learnt something more about how wiki works! ~¤Spacefarer¤~ (talk) 11:20, 19 August 2018 (UTC)

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SB Nation

Hello, AmericanAir88! You helped me with an edit request to update the Web.com article back in 2017. I was wondering if you might be interested in helping with a similar project again.

I've drafted an expanded and improved draft to replace the existing SB Nation article, and I've outlined my reasons why here. I don't edit the main space directly, and I'm looking for an editor who is willing to review the draft and implement content appropriately.

I'm happy to go section by section, or try to get other editors to help with other sections if you don't have interest or time to review the whole draft. Thanks for your consideration. Inkian Jason (talk) 22:00, 7 August 2018 (UTC)

@Inkian Jason: Sure thing AmericanAir88 (talk) 16:06, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

Thanks again for your help. I left a message on the article's talk page regarding the screenshot field in the infobox. On the off chance you're interested in a related biography, I've shared a draft for the Jim Bankoff article here, and I've also submitted some edit requests for Ezra Klein (here) and the Polygon (here) articles. I don't think any of these would take too long to review, but I certainly don't want to ask too much of one volunteer editor. If any of these pique your interest, I'd welcome any feedback or other assistance. Either way, your assistance on SB Nation is appreciated. Inkian Jason (talk) 21:09, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

@Inkian Jason: My pleasure, Ill get right on the others. AmericanAir88 (talk) 01:34, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

Great, thank you! Do let me know if you have any questions. Inkian Jason (talk) 16:16, 13 August 2018 (UTC)
Hello again. I just wanted to let you know that I've submitted a request to replace the current version of the Vox Media's "SB Nation" section with a sourced version of the SB Nation article's introduction. Thought I'd share since you recently updated the SB Nation article. Thanks, and do let me know if you're unable to address the Bankoff, Klein, or Polygon requests and I'll try to identify some other editors to help out. Thanks again! Inkian Jason (talk) 15:57, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
Sorry for the multiple messages here, AmericanAir88, but I just wanted to share an update. I've found editors to help with the Ezra Klein and Polygon requests, so now just the Jim Bankoff and SB Nation requests remain, if you're available to help with either. Inkian Jason (talk) 20:41, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
@Inkian Jason: I will get to it tomorrow. AmericanAir88 (talk) 04:16, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
Thanks. I saw your "I got this one" comment, so thanks for reviewing. Another editor has also commented there, so if you prefer, you might take a look at the Jim Bankoff draft instead. Either way, thanks again for revisiting the SB Nation request. Inkian Jason (talk) 17:11, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

Hello again!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/2.247.252.78 I found this person vandalising. There are more than one edits on the same article. Is there a way to restore to the base version? ~¤Spacefarer¤~ (talk) 12:54, 28 August 2018 (UTC)


Figured it out!! Thanks :) ~¤Spacefarer¤~ (talk) 12:58, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

DYK nomination of SpongeBob SquarePants (season 9)

Hello! Your submission of SpongeBob SquarePants (season 9) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! MX (✉ • ✎) 13:36, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

Please

see WP:NOQUORUM and WP:RELISTBIAS.Best,∯WBGconverse 06:38, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

@Winged Blades of Godric: Sorry for whatever I did. I just wanted to get light shined on discussions with few to no comments. Do you mind telling me what I did or what discussion I messed up on? AmericanAir88(talk) 11:01, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
I suspect they are referring to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/K S Bava. I noted the triple redirect and thought I would somewhat more reasonably note it for you. I have had the same (as in copy/pasted) comment dropped on mine for doubles, which is fairly standard form. At a minimum, it would have been nice for WBG to actually point out examples. Nosebagbear (talk) 11:10, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
AmericanAir88, I agree that I ought to have provided some examples.This ought not be relisted at any event.This is a horrible relist. This is borderline.Another needless relist which ought to have ended in a deletion or a plain-redirect, at maximal extent (you need to weigh !votes and don't let the absence of delete button affect your editorial actions).Many (like this one) can't be strictly criticised but as Power notes fits the definition of soft-delete-able-stuff. ∯WBGconverse 13:45, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
At any case, let this message not overshadow the immense amount of good work, that you do for the project:)∯WBGconverse 13:47, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
@Nosebagbear: @Winged Blades of Godric: Thank you for this insight. I have carefully read what you have sent me and will ensure improvement in relisting. AmericanAir88(talk) 18:32, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

About deletion of U13 youth league

I have updated this article with trusted sources and add many links to this articles.That makes the article genuinely true.so i request you to not delete this article. Abhishe78 (talk) 09:43, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

  • @Abhishe78: Hello, thank you for your improvements. However I am just the nominator and several other editors have pitched it to saying why this article should be deleted. It is not a notable subject but we will see how the discussion plays out. AmericanAir88(talk) 12:39, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

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Monopoly (game)

Hello:

The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the afticle Monopoly (game) has been completed.

Do let me know if you have ny questions or concerns.

I know you are hoping for a "smooth" review for your GAN nomination. From a grammatical standpoint I think his will be the case. I did spend quite a bit of time trying to find citations for many unsourced statements with some success. I was not successful in every case, however, and this may prove a problem during the review. You should probably try to resolve the unsourced "issues" if you can before submitting your GAN. I also fixed the formatting of many citations so they are consistent with the rest of the article.

At 11,000+ words this article is a brute. Reviewers may balk at its length, but I cannot see how it can be shortened and still do the subject justice. Many sections have been spun off with articles of their own; I don't see anywhere else where this could be done to allow the original to be shortened.

With all that being said, best of luck with the GAN.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 14:38, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

@Twofingered Typist: Thank you so much for this. I am also part of the GOCE but could not have the time to do this! This will get you far in the drive for sure. Thank you so much for this again. AmericanAir88(talk) 18:06, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

Draft:The Flash (season 1)

Can you please review and see if it can enter the mainspace? Drafts left abandoned for too long can be under threat of deletion. --Kailash29792 (talk) 04:05, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

@Kailash29792: Sure. AmericanAir88(talk) 01:57, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
@Kailash29792: Accepted and properly added. I made your draft a redirect to the S1 article. AmericanAir88(talk) 02:01, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

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DYK for SpongeBob SquarePants (season 9)

On 12 September 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article SpongeBob SquarePants (season 9), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that season 9 is the longest-running of SpongeBob SquarePants seasons, airing for four and a half years? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/SpongeBob SquarePants (season 9). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, SpongeBob SquarePants (season 9)), 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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Main Page Barnstar

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Congratulations for promoting SpongeBob SquarePants (season 9) to the Main Page, your first DYK! It got over 5,000 views, which means it is eligible to be added to the Stats page. See here. Congrats again! MX (✉ • ✎) 14:13, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

@MX: Thanks! Much appreciated. AmericanAir88(talk) 17:11, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

Advice needed

Please check my contribution Draft:Roman Avdeev. This is a properly stated COI contribution. I would appreciate your advice on what needs to be improved and corrected. -- Bbarmadillo (talk) 13:05, 16 September 2018 (UTC) @Bbarmadillo: Hello, try to make the article as unbiased as possible and take out things that do not need to be in the encyclopedia. For example, does wikipedia need to contain information that he is a vegetarian? Also try and incorporate the business career into prose instead of bullet points. Bullets look like you are giving positive traits.

Thank you AmericanAir88(talk) 14:14, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for your suggestions. I decided to keep his current assets as list to avoid too many details that are related to acquisitions, changes and so on. Otherwise it will be "bought in XXX" - "sold in XXX", too many details. Will remove some trivia per your advice. --Bbarmadillo (talk) 14:17, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Cleanup

I removed your addition, because they way you worded it, it appeared as though I had posted it. Feel free to re-add it underneath my comment, and don't forget to add your signature. Cheers, North America1000 20:09, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

@Northamerica1000: Thank you for this, I forgot to add it underneath and sign it. Always can count on you. AmericanAir88(talk) 20:32, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.13 18 September 2018

Hello AmericanAir88, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

The New Page Feed currently has 2700 unreviewed articles, up from just 500 at the start of July. For a while we were falling behind by an average of about 40 articles per day, but we have stabilised more recently. Please review some articles from the back of the queue if you can (Sort by: 'Oldest' at Special:NewPagesFeed), as we are very close to having articles older than one month.

Project news
As part of this project, the feed will have some larger updates to functionality next month. Specifically, ORES predictions will be built in, which will automatically flag articles for potential issues such as vandalism or spam. Copyright violation detection will also be added to the new page feed. See the projects's talk page for more info.
Other
Moving to Draft and Page Mover
  • Some unsuitable new articles can be best reviewed by moving them to the draft space, but reviewers need to do this carefully and sparingly. It is most useful for topics that look like they might have promise, but where the article as written would be unlikely to survive AfD. If the article can be easily fixed, or if the only issue is a lack of sourcing that is easily accessible, tagging or adding sources yourself is preferable. If sources do not appear to be available and the topic does not appear to be notable, tagging for deletion is preferable (PROD/AfD/CSD as appropriate). See additional guidance at WP:DRAFTIFY.
  • If the user moves the draft back to mainspace, or recreates it in mainspace, please do not re-draftify the article (although swapping it to maintain the page history may be advisable in the case of copy-paste moves). AfC is optional except for editors with a clear conflict of interest.
  • Articles that have been created in contravention of our paid-editing-requirements or written from a blatant NPOV perspective, or by authors with a clear COI might also be draftified at discretion.
  • The best tool for draftification is User:Evad37/MoveToDraft.js(info). Kindly adapt the text in the dialogue-pop-up as necessary (the default can also be changed like this). Note that if you do not have the Page Mover userright, the redirect from main will be automatically tagged as CSD R2, but in some cases it might be better to make this a redirect to a different page instead.
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