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You are correct, the policy as written doesn't fully reflect current practice, and in many cases there are legitimate reasons for wanting these redirects removed. – bradv17:51, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
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Now that its been confirmed that Magonz was socking, this editor was also prolific in creating content forks. I'm wondering what is best to do with all the articles they created? WCMemail16:22, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
I haven't seen any such examples, but if there are problematic articles they will need to be dealt with through the usual editing process. WP:G5 and WP:BMB only apply to edits made while a user was banned (i.e. they are not retroactive). Also FYI, there is currently an unblock request at User talk:Magonz#Blocked as a sockpuppet, so it's probably best not to rush into anything. – bradv23:30, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
How to reopen a sockpuppet investigation?
Hello. The case page of the Sockpuppet Investigations regarding R2dra was closed on April 4th and archived. However, a brand new user, User:Khalid bin walid II[1], has moved two drafts, Draft:Mughal Invasion of Bikaner (1534) and Draft:Al-Mamun's Invasion of Mewar, both of which were created by Narook, a sock of R2dra. Considering the similarity in editing areas, and the fact that Khalid bin walid II's first edit was made on April 5th, just after all the socks of R2dra were blocked, and both are editing Rajput-related articles, what procedure should I follow to reopen the case? Imperial[AFCND]12:16, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
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I wrote the article for the Dutch Wikipedia and had it translated by a native English speaker.
In the meantime, I have deleted a lot and re-edited the article completely at the request of the reviewers.
In Dutch the artikcle looks completely different, but it makes sense, because there is also a lot written about his hometown Roeselare.
I also removed some primary sources and added reliable secondary sources, totally independent of the subject. The article now contains at least 15 reliable secondary sources that are 100% about Kristof Santy, and abolutely no "just passing mentions".
Most of them are Dutch-language sources, especially newspapers, magazines, the Belgian Radio (VRT) and leading art websites in Belgium. I hope “Reliable" applies also to sources in another language and from foreign countries. The sources that one finds depend in part on the language settings of the PC. I can't find any English newspaper articles.
Kristof Santy is a rising star, who exhibits a lot in England, USA and Austria and gets very good reviews. That's why I published the translated article on the en.wikipedia, which is the first time. I don't have a personal connection with the artist, I just write continuously about art on the Dutch wikipedia and I am actually writing about contemporary Belgian artists, after a serie about contemporary American artists.
I hope it's all right now. If not, just scrap it. I have done everything that is asked and what is possible for me. Sorry, but I don't want to spend any more time on it. Lacuna Leemte (talk) 09:12, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
@Lacuna Leemte, Dutch-language sources are fine, but from what I could see they were mostly interviews, which aren't great for establishing notability (see WP:INTERVIEW). But perhaps I'm missing something – what would you say is the single best source that establishes notability (either WP:ANYBIO or WP:NARTIST)? – bradv01:42, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
I can’t agree with your assertion. I know the standards. The references include 6 interviews, 13 articles, 1 encyclopedia and 1 primary source. That is a healthy mix that I encounter in the many en.wikipedia articles I have translated and used for the wikipedia.nl. I have now listed the different kinds for each reference, so you can easily check for yourself. Lacuna Leemte (talk) 07:18, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki. (T6086)
Hey there, welcome to the 25th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter, covering all our favorite new and updated user scripts since 1 March 2024. We've got a ton of wonderful editors taking back their pitchforks today. Don't worry, for they come in peace, to forcibly fix and extend existing scripts you use with sheer passion. There's so many, them forks have got what's basically their own column now! gift us with some rows before it's too late Aaron Liu (talk) 04:00, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
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To a lesser extent, the same goes for PrimeHunter/Search sort. I wish someone would integrate the sorts into the sort menu instead of adding 11 portlet links.
An easily configurable script to add a link to the #p-vector-user-menu-overflow portlet with a name, target, and icon. This one should be a relatively easier one. I would do it myself, but I'm too busy rotting away on Celeste (video game).
After the ＲＩＩＪ update, Aaron Liu: Watchlyst Greybar Unsin has a dismiss button that allows you to mark an item as read in one click and cycle to the next Watchlist item.
Lordseriouspig/StatusChangerImproved is just like Enterprisey's script, except you select your status from a dropdown instead of cycling through them with a button. The WMF operates out of car-centric infrastructure anyway. Shame!
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Huh. I don't remember writing that script, and don't even have it installed. But I'll take a look. – bradv18:12, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
Hah! I think I am/was the only one using it, because we were chatting about it and you said "that's probably doable..." ;-) Primefac (talk) 17:16, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
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Just a note on the CSD you recently declined: I run such pages through Google Translate to see if there are glaring issues. This one turned out to be blatantly promotional. TornadoLGS (talk) 21:22, 20 November 2024 (UTC)
I don't understand this need to police people's sandboxes. This isn't hurting anyone. Plus, "promotional" really doesn't count when it's written in Norwegian, on the English Wikipedia, in a completely hidden and unindexed page. Surely we have bigger problems to deal with. – bradv21:30, 20 November 2024 (UTC)
Sorry, didn't mean to grump at you. That's a fair perspective, but in this case there's no imminent risk of disruption, and we need to balance that risk against the risk of frustrating or demotivating new editors. – bradv22:04, 20 November 2024 (UTC)
The deletion was completely unwarranted. Latestlaws.com doesnt hold a copyright to this text, it was released as a public notification by the government of India, and definetely released before Latestlaws.com added a copy on their website.
I'll look into that, but why are we copying laws verbatim onto Wikipedia? This is an encyclopedia, not a web hosting service. – bradv04:10, 23 November 2024 (UTC)
The article was created a few hours ago by me, do you not think this could have discussed and the article improved? My issue is against the deletion, not the content. Please don't strawman.
You will need to demonstrate that these documents have been released by the copyright holder into the public domain, or with a licence compatible with CC BY-SA 4.0. I can't find such a declaration on either of the websites you linked. – bradv04:28, 23 November 2024 (UTC)
"All parts, section and Sub-section of Gazette of India are uploaded in the egazette website by the concerned Government of India Printing Presses which can be accessed free of cost by the general public being available in the public domain." 16AdityaG09 (talk) 04:33, 23 November 2024 (UTC)
Actually, he has admitted on his talk page to being "the CEO and Founder of Oxerv", even though he hasn't made the COI declaration on his user page. I can't reply to your comments but perhaps you'd like to reword them? Deb (talk) 16:01, 23 November 2024 (UTC)
I see that now. I guess they can't make the COI disclosure while blocked, so I'll leave it for you or someone else to review. – bradv16:07, 23 November 2024 (UTC)
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There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Disagreement about blocking of 2601:646:201:57F0::/64. Thank you. Graham87 (talk) 08:26, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
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Confirmed. Thanks for letting me know. – bradv 18:38, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
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