User talk:Alexf/Archive 58

Block of User:BetaThetaPiAO

When I saw that the user had been blocked with uw-spamblock, I was a little confused. I can understand blocking on possibly official (AO could be Administrative Office), but the account has made one edit in the last two years and that was a edit that appeared to properly change a referenced entry to a new reference. You may want to simply change to forcing a username change.Naraht (talk) 11:19, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

@Naraht: Isn't the name that of an organization? Aren't they adding links to their magazine? I might be convinced of your point with more info, but so far I am not convinced. A change of name would not accomplish much other than them renaming a COI account. This does not preclude it but does not tell them it is ok to spam and just the name was the issue. Comments? -- Alexf^(talk) 12:23, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

Yes, Beta Theta Pi is an fraternity. the AO is *probably* their administrative office, which is problematic. However the entry that they were altering is on a page for the National Interfraternity Conference of which they are a member, and specifically updating the number of chapters/members of which their national magazine is a good although primary source and updating the source to a more recent issue of their national magazine.

IMO, if the edit is fine (and I noticed, that you didn't revert the edit), it isn't spamming. Agreed, Name issues certainly, COI, maybe. Cheers!Naraht (talk) 21:18, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

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Recovery of Deleted page

Sir,

My article whose title was "Draft:Transzaar‬" is deleted from Wikipedia. This was my first article on Wikipedia. I have created this page for providing the information of a Tool that helps the Translation community. This tool is free. So I think people will be benefited to read this article. Since This was my first article so please give me chances to edit the my article. The page was deleted when an another author make changes to the article.

--Ashuutosh (talk) 04:43, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

@Ashuutosh: I understand your concerns but I did not delete the page. You should ask the deleting admin (@RHaworth:) about this. I was the one that requested the deletion, as the page was entirely inadmissible as it was clear advertisement, and had a serious conflict of interest when a user (since blocked) came in to edit, with the same name as the product, in clear violation of the username rules. Furthermore, in the draft you wrote: "Our proprietary Transliteration system...". Who is "we"? Are you implying you are part of eBhasha Setu and have an undeclared paid role? -- Alexf^(talk) 10:31, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

No I am not in Paid Role. --Ashuutosh (talk) 10:54, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

Then why are you writing "Our", as if you are with the company? Is it then because you may be copying from their website then? You have not explained yet. -- Alexf^(talk) 10:56, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

I am the user of this tool. Sine it is free so I think other translator get benefited to know about it. Yes, I copied some text from their website to make the article. But My intention was not the advertisement of Product. If I get a chance I will fix these issue.

--Ashuutosh (talk) 12:19, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

You copied some text. That is a copyright violation, and we take these very seriously. As a copyvio the page cannot be restored. If you want to contribute to Wiikipedia you need to be aware of the rules. You have to be aware of the Five Pillars of Wikipedia before you start. Please read the linked pages. If you have any questions about how Wikipedia works, please ask at the Tea House. -- Alexf^(talk) 12:24, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

I will change or remove copied text, please enable the draft so I can change it. --Ashuutosh (talk) 12:34, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

Please contact the deleting admin for his opinion. The user name is linked above. Please read the linked pages to learn how Wikipedia works. -- Alexf^(talk) 12:36, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

@Alexf Thanks --Ashuutosh (talk) 12:52, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

Block edit conflict

I was in the midst of blocking indef but edit conflicted with you here. As the account was clearly created as a throw away vandalism account ("Croatia for the win") in the midst of the Croatia/England World Cup match in order to post a death hoax in the opposing team's article, it's pretty blatantly a VOA account. What do you think?--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 18:54, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

@Ponyo:. Agreed. I only saw one or two edits and did not seem enough to warrant indef. Did not think of it as a throwaway account but I think you are correct. - Reblocked. -- Alexf^(talk) 18:57, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

Block

Yesterday you blocked User talk:AdventistHealth. Is this a spam block or a shared username block? It appears the same person is now editing as Shel.olives. Natureium (talk) 20:04, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

@Natureium: The block was based on the user name. That said, I see a lot of edits (probably same person) but they do not have sourcing for the changes, so they could be contested. -- Alexf^(talk) 21:09, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

Your Messages

I replied three days ago. As you have not responded, I assume you did not see it, so I am repeating the message here:

"I'm sorry, but VANDALISM? I made a grammatical correction on the Shaw Brothers page, and my additional "jake" definition is well-known and even substantiated by most dictionaries, including Oxford, Merriam-Webster and Collins. All my edits over the years have been in good faith and I find this accusation extremely disturbing. Please explain why you think this constitutes vandalism."

Again, I take what I do seriously. I have had edits reverted, sometimes for baffling reasons, but I have NEVER been accused of vandalism and threatened with blocking. I look forward to your explanation.

Regards, Michael Schlesinger posting as Cadavra8Cadavra8 (talk) 23:08, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

Had not seen it I guess. Please always link to the article in question. In this case Jake. You posted: Jake, a somewhat dated slang term in the United States for "all right" or "fine," as in "That's jake with me.". Sorry but that is the first time I ever heard of this. Did not sound plausible, therefore the revert and warning. All I can find |is a reference to a 1932 movie in slang dictionary. Do you have a better source for this? I am not sure that is a reliable source. I would prefer a discussion on the article's Talk Page before committing to this one. A rare, (maybe one time), slang phrase may not be acceptable, but I am no authority on slang or movies. -- Alexf^(talk) 23:25, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

As I said, this definition can be found in the Oxford, Merriam-Webster and Collins dictionaries, if not more. Here is the definition as posted in Merriam Webster:

"adjective Definition of jake slang

all right, fine

Examples of jake in a Sentence once they hook up the game system, everything will be jake around here"

And from Oxford:

"ADJECTIVE NZ, North American, Australian informal predicative All right; satisfactory.

‘everything was jake again’"

I trust this will prove satisfactory proof. In any event, I am less concerned about this than I am about your threats. I am still bothered by this, and I want some reassurance that it has been withdrawn. Michael Schlesinger Cadavra8Cadavra8 (talk) 00:46, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

There are no threats. It was a standard level 2 canned warning. Putting definitions here does not do much. As mentioned before, discuss it in the article's talk page and provide proper sources as references. See: Wikipedia:Citing sources. -- Alexf^(talk) 19:50, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

The Oxford and Merriam-Webster Dictionaries are not "proper sources?" I give up. Cadavra8Cadavra8 (talk) 20:59, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

I never said they weren't. I said you need to read Wikipedia:Citing sources. Just saying so does not work. You need to add the citations to the articles you edit. -- Alexf^(talk) 21:05, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

All right, then, thank you. Cadavra8Cadavra8 (talk) 05:35, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

User:Nguyen xuan truong music/sandbox

You forgot this one. ~ Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk to me) 11:48, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

 Done -- Alexf^(talk) 12:02, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Angels (Robbie Williams song)

Hi Alexf, rather than placing a whois template on my talk page, perhaps you could help with this article. The vandalism has been continuing for an hour. Thank you, 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 15:34, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

• Strike that. Three hours. 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 15:35, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

I see. I was on my way out and caught suspicious activity. Noted. -- Alexf^(talk) 11:01, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Spammer returns

Hi Alexf,

When I reported Tope makinde (talk · contribs) to AIV you decided to to warn them. They have now recreated the page and make it more obvious what they're here for. Thanks –Ammarpad (talk) 18:12, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Blocked for a week. Maybe they learn. Follow and report to AIV if they continue. Next block for same reason will be indefinite. -- ~~

List of Gujarati-language television channels

Hello, Alexf. You have been edit warring at this article, and have 3 times removed an unref tag, despite two editors adding it. Can you please go to the talk page instad. Both editors gave clear summaries mentioning WP:SourceList. Thanks, Boleyn (talk) 20:06, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

@Boleyn: - It is a list that points to articles. As such it does not need references. The references must be placed in the respective articles. Any entries without and article do not belong in the list. Why add to the clutter? -- Alexf^(talk) 21:32, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for replying, Alex. The same level of sourcing is expected for all articles; WP:SourceList is a guideline, and otherwise random non-notable or wrong entries are regularly added. If you think the guideline should be changed, you may want to open a discussion at a relevant place for that. Thanks, Boleyn (talk) 18:45, 20 July 2018 (UTC)

Ah but is a list an article? I don't think so. It is a navigational aid to find articles. -- Alexf^(talk) 10:08, 21 July 2018 (UTC)

SourceList is clear that it is, it isn't a dab. Thanks, Boleyn (talk) 16:23, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

SathiyamTV - additional sock?

Hi Alexf. You blocked Sathiyam news as a suspected sockpuppeteer and marked the user "Dharvess" as a suspected sock. Should "Swaminathan1970" also be included as a suspected sock (I avoided using the {{u}} template here to prevent them from being notified) ?

Swaminathan1970 is a WP:SPA displaying the same kind of behaviour... adding promotional and copyvio content to this article. It's been quiet for ten days but maybe it should be flagged still? --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 21:15, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

@Drm310: Looks like a duck to me. -- Alexf^(talk) 21:28, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) @Drm310: Just an FYI, you can use the template {{noping|username}} for that. —SerialNumber54129 ^{paranoia /cheap sh*t room} 10:31, 21 July 2018 (UTC)

Thanks Alex. And thanks @Serial Number 54129: I had not seen that template before. Good to know! --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 14:24, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

Ma Long (Architect)

This appears to be an autobiography with no sources. What should I do with it? ~ Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk to me) 01:39, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

You tag for CSD as A7 using {{Db-person}} . Deleted and user notified about autobio.-- Alexf^(talk) 01:44, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

A7 also applies to autobiographies? What if the subject is notable such as Donald Trump? ~ Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk to me) 01:46, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

A7 has nothing to do with autobio. Has to do with an article about someone non-notable or with notability not-asserted. -- Alexf^(talk) 01:48, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

Ok. How about if the notability of the subject in the autobiography is asserted with enough reliable sources? ~ Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk to me) 01:52, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

Now you have a COI issue. The user should be admonished for writing autobiographies (there is a template for that as you know). Read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest for details. If the issue is serious, you can always start a discussion at ANI to get opinions and maybe action. -- Alexf^(talk) 10:57, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

Noted with thanks. ~ Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk to me) 11:38, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

Notable people / Buenos Aires

I'm unclear about your comments regarding the addition of Norma Aleandro and Alfredo Di Stefano to the Notable People section of the article on Buenos Aires. Are you suggesting I undo the addition of both? If you review the articles for both, I think they are considered notable persons who are from Buenos Aires.

Norma Aleandro won a Best Actress Award (Cannes film festival) and an Obie Award (Off-Broadway) and was nominated for an Oscar.

I know less about sports, but re: Alfredo Di Stefano, he did play in both Argentina and Spain, and is listed on the Wikipedia page, "List of association players considered the greatest of all time." The qualification for that list is perhaps dubious, but he seems to have a high enough profile in and outside of Argentina. (From that same list, Jose Manuel Moreno might also be considered for inclusion.)

Regardless, I attempted to show some diversity in the "Notable People" section, not just actors and filmmakers, but also sports professionals. I am hoping that others might add businesspeople, scientists, etc., at least if notable people from Buenos Aires in these categories exist.

Both would seem to meet the criteria for "notability" that Wikipedia has for articles about well-known persons. I might concede on Alfredo Di Stefano and would leave that to others to determine his notability for this list. However, I feel comfortable including Norma Aleandro in this list. Bayonett (talk) 12:06, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

@Bayonett: -- we seem to have a misunderstanding here. I undid the removal of them from the list as they are notable. Leonina666444 had said they weren't or so I understood. -- Alexf^(talk) 23:35, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

@AlexF Oh dear gods, how embarrassing. My sincere apologies, AlexF--clearly, I was having trouble parsing the messages. Thank you for being such a gentleman/woman/person in your response. I will try to read more carefully next time. Thanks for your help with the article. Bayonett (talk) 00:58, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

Newcomer

Re. templating the newcomer Toheed Ali Badshah Official, their 1st edit was evidently not vandalism. Please keep in mind WP:AGF and WP:BITE. Thanks, — kashmīrī ^TALK 12:51, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

So you are saying that purposely breaking a page's template, then looking at the result after saving the edit, and leaving it broken, is not vandalism? I get your comment about AGF. Vandalism in my book does not merit AGF. What I do see is you deleted my comments there. Why? If you do disagree, you make your comment, as you did, but do not remove other people's comments unless they are vandalism themselves. -- Alexf^(talk) 10:13, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

You will have to prove that the editor had malicious intent, i.e., he intended to damage the article. To me, he clicked the source out of curiosity, saw "software" (a weird term for a web service that Google Sites actually is) and tried to see how removing it will look like. It is perfectly possible he did not realise there is an "undo" function in Wikipedia, and left it there. Try to AGF more often. BTW, I did not remove any of your comments, I just removed an assinine level-2 template. Consider welcoming a new problematic user with {{welcometest}} or {{welcomevandal}} next time. — kashmīrī ^TALK 14:40, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

Continued violations of MOS:CONTRACTION by 71.174.234.187

71.174.234.187 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) is continuing to violate MOS:CONTRACTION only a few days after the previous block for such expired, such as here. I suggest a longer block.--Jasper Deng (talk) 17:59, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. I was out for a while. I see it has already been blocked. In any case, the place to report this, as you know, is at AIV. -- Alexf^(talk) 10:15, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

Removal of link to San Francisco City Hall Virtual Tour

Dear Alex,

Your action to remove a link to the San Francisco City Hall Virtual Tour (SFCHVT) from the San Francisco City Hall Wikipedia page does a great disservice to City Hall visitors and to those who are simply looking for more information about the place. No other single website, I believe, contains more useful information in a single place about the building, it's purpose and it's history than SFCHVT.

The source for SFCHVT is a Power Point presentation created by City Hall Building Management more than fifteen years ago. In 2012, while recovering from surgery, I converted the presentation to HTML and put it up on the Web. Since then, I have added more new information and tried to keep the rest up to date.

SFCHVT contains absolutely no advertising. It does not link to or promote any product or any commercial enterprise of any kind. In fact, most of its links are to other Wikipedia pages. Its link on the San Francisco City Hall Wikipedia page has been there for many years, and I am sure that you have never received a single complaint.

SFCHVT is not a personal website. For reasons of economy, SFCHVT is hosted on a subdomain of the domain where I host my personal website, but it is not in any way linked to my personal website.

Personally, I cannot imagine a more informative, inoffensive, non-commercial, impersonal, and downright appropriate link for Wikipedia. But you, apparently, disagree.

So why, after all these years, is this link suddenly "inappropriate." What is your problem exactly? I am not trying to be challenging. I am trying to figure out what I can do to satisfy you. If you can let me know what specifically it is about SFCHVT that you find "inappropriate" for Wikipedia, or what can be added to it to make it more "appropriate", I can fix it!

Please either let me know, or restore the link.

Respectfully,

Bud Ryerson San Francisco

P.S. You don't make it easy to respond. Please forgive me if I have not successfully met all your criterion. We are all still learning.

Budryerson (talk) 18:49, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

@Budryerson: It is not a question of "receiving complaints" or "making a great disservice", or "informative, inoffensive, non-commercial, impersonal", as you put it, but a question of policy. The issue is you are directing traffic to your website in violation of WP:SPAMLINK. I am not saying this should not be there under any circumstances, or an exception can't be made, but this is not the place to discuss it. Place the link, and your reasoning, in the article's Talk Page. The community, through consensus, must decide. If you want more exposure, you can always do a request at ANI. If the community agrees, I will help you place it if you need, but not before this is discussed. -- Alexf^(talk) 20:00, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

Question

How do I create a page like a biography page about somebody

Read Your first article, but if you have any questions about how Wikipedia works, the best place is to ask at the Tea House. Remember to always sign your posts in Talk pages with four tildes. -- Alexf^(talk) 10:11, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

File:PR-GTD at GIG.jpg

Hi. Please undelete the subject file. I thought I had made it small enough and it otherwise fully complied with WP:NFCC. If you can't, please at least reveal where it was copied from and where it was used (actually and per the rationale).   — Jeff G. ツ 14:16, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Ok. Restored per your request. Isn't any image from JetPhotos copyrighted? -- Alexf^(talk) 14:23, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. Yes, it is copyrighted, but I believe this is a better photo for the article (one of the exact planes involved in the accident).   — Jeff G. ツ 14:34, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

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Looking at the (long) thread. So far most of the ideas are good, and very useful. I would certainly like to have a better (more surgical?) tool -- Alexf^(talk) 01:14, 11 August 2018 (UTC)

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Recovery of a deleted page: Maithili_Thakur

Hi Alexf, Sorry for inconvenience! I know the page Maithili_Thakur (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maithili_Thakur) was deleted due to some issue on it, But i am assuring you this wiki page was created for a notable singer in India.you can verify from your end (https://www.facebook.com/maithilithakurofficial/). I request you, if it can be undeleted and also suggest what modification needs to be done so in future it may not be nominated for deletion. PawanJha 14:39, 2 September 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by PawanJha91 (talk • contribs)

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Diamond Batiste - deleted article

Good Afternoon,

I am Destiny, I work for a public relations company and our client, Diamond Batiste, has directed and worked with entertainment celebrities like Janet Jackson, Ciara and Justin Combs. He has been featured on many outlets such as I am an intern and need to recover the page, so that my boss may add and view what the needed appropriate references/resources, verbiage and information is. The red link is below:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Diamond_batiste&action=edit&redlink=1

I am very appreciative of your time, efforts and consideration.

Thank you!

Dnfeemster (talk) 19:15, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

You have a conflict of interest here promoting people for pay, and have not declared you are a paid editor, as required. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure. What is needed for asserting notability? See Wikipedia:Notability (music). If you have any questions about how Wikipedia works, please ask at the Tea House. -- Alexf^(talk) 19:33, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

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Did You Protect A Camila Cabello Song Titled Havana?

Good morning Alexf.

Are you a fan of Fifth Harmony? You already know who the current members are Ally Brooke Hernandez, Normani Kordei Hamilton, Dinah-Jane Hansen, Lauren Jauregui, and until her departure in December 18, 2016 Camila Cabello.

Yes the first two songs she released as a solo artist were titled Crying in the Club and I Have Questions. The former sampled Genie in a Bottle by Christina Aguilera while the latter was released as a promotional single on May 22.

These two were supposed to be on what was supposed to be titled The Hurting The Healing The Loving supposedly due our September 22.

Fast forward to August 30 in the preceding year. She released a new song called Havana and it features Young Thug. Initially said song was released as a promotional single on August 3.

And are you the one who protected it indefinitely? Cause she only released a few singles. It would be better off to have it unprotected. Very unfair.

Best wishes,

67.81.163.178 (talk) 11:47, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

No idea what you are talking about. Can't remember thousands of edits, so unless you provide a link as requested above (see Request #1), I don't know and don't have the time to search through every edit, protection, or block. As per your question if I'm a fan, no idea who they are as I do not follow or am interested in music groups in general and no idea about these people. If I protected a page, it was per request at RFPP due to repeated vandalism, or other violation of policy. So, please leave a link so see if it followed policy, (I can guarantee it did), before you call it "unfair". -- Alexf^(talk) 21:01, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

FYI

Don't know if you know this, but when you made your page read-only it only blocks editing. page moves are still open to all editors — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.250.119.17 (talk) 15:13, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

Ok. -- Alexf^(talk) 15:58, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

Talk page access removal

Hey Alex! I don't know if you are still online but would you mind removing talk page access from NastyDoctor8 (whom you blocked a few days ago). They are spamming the unblock request system with edits like this. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 02:27, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

 Done(by talk page stalker). --Jayron32 02:36, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Was off line. Thanks to both of you. -- Alexf^(talk) 11:04, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

32.218.39.238

Why do you think their edits are vandalism? Widr (talk) 17:58, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

@Widr: Thanks for catching that. Error while doing vandalism patrol. Got confused on which IP. Unblocked. -- Alexf^(talk) 18:23, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. Widr (talk) 18:38, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

École supérieure de journalisme de Paris

ESJ Paris is not a "grande école". It does not award the master's degree (please do not confuse MasterE and Master).

To be categorized as a "Grande Ecole", you must at least deliver the Master's degree.

Read this: https://www.letudiant.fr/etudes/ecoles-specialisees/ecoles-de-journalisme-les-formations-non-reconnues-moins-selectives-mais-plus-couteuses.html

"Schools of journalism: non-recognized, less selective but more expensive training" => not "grande école"

Can you explain why you revert me ?

thanks.--EulerObama (talk) 16:02, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

Had not seen the link until you provided. -- Alexf^(talk) 16:54, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

Please think about the two times you have been blocked during the last three weeks and change your behavior. Last warning. 80.12.43.194 (talk) 16:44, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

What blocks? What are you talking about? -- Alexf^(talk) 16:54, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

to use many IP for WP:POV. There are false information in the article. I explain why. You are under IP and you explain nothing.--EulerObama (talk) 16:56, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

This gentleman has been blocked twice already for vandalism, POV and try to delete some articles. Unfortunately nothing change. 80.12.39.133 (talk) 19:17, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

Then open a case at ANI or report at AIV if the conditions warrant. This is not the place. -- Alexf^(talk) 19:19, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

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List of Alpine four-thousanders

A while ago you intervened re some pro-Italian sockpuppets who kept on changing the above page and Mont Blanc de Courmayeur to a partisan position. It seems that they are back again in the form of User:Rupold. I wonder, if you have the time, whether you could look into this. Many thanks, Ericoides (talk) 21:42, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

At the time I semi-protected per request at RFPP. I do not routinely follow the article, nor am familiar with the subject. I see a couple of users have been temporarily blocked for edit warring and 3RR. -- Alexf^(talk) 10:58, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

OK, thanks for your reply. Ericoides (talk) 11:22, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

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Blocked user

I noticed you blocked Poopuiit (talk · contribs) for not contributing, I have some more users like this HERE A 10 fireplane (talk) 20:42, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

If they meet the conditions then report them to AIV or UAA which ever case may be applicable. -- Alexf^(talk) 20:52, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

Will do :) A 10 fireplane (talk) 14:49, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

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User talk:Toolsvilla

You may wish to revoke talk page access.--Cahk (talk) 09:27, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

 Done -- Alexf^(talk) 10:35, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

HNTB

Hi Alexf,

I note that you applied a protection template to this article a little while back to stop repeated vandalism. Would you be prepared to repeat the task again? The vandal is back is seems determined to add false information into the article. Many thanks in advance. - Morphenniel (talk) 09:12, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

@Morphenniel:  Done Next time please report at RFPP for more visibility and quicker action. -- Alexf^(talk) 11:46, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

Acknowledged. Thank you. - Morphenniel (talk) 17:00, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

FYI

Hello A. I encountered Elaxf (talk · contribs) who looks to be mimicking your account. I have already reported them to WP:UAA so this is just a note to let you know about the situation. Cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 00:49, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

I see. Thanks. -- Alexf^(talk) 10:34, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

User:Jackass556

I don't understand how that was an attack page? It simply had one word (a first name) on the page, and it didn't directly attack, disparage, or contain unreferenced content about a BLP that's negative in nature... Did I miss something? Please let me know. Thanks :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:03, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

Oh, and for the record, I agree with your block on the account for their username ;-). I'm not not sure about that G10 tagging... ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:04, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

I did not tag it. I agree it was borderline but sounded like the nominator said. I was going to block the account anyway because of the name. -- Alexf^(talk) 23:18, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

Oshwah I tagged it. Thegooduser Let's Chat 🍁 21:14, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

Por Tí (Yolandita Monge song)

Why you keep deleting the page I create for this album? Do you actually know this singer? Are you aware that this album exists and was released? I await your answer.

Huh? No link, no signature. Had to search, Never heard of it. I did not even see where you think I had to do anything with it. That said, your Talk page explains clearly why it keeps being deleted. If you have any questions about how Wikipedia works, please ask at the Tea House. -- Alexf^(talk) 10:46, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

TheAlexcaf

That account has a very similar username.... Thegooduser Let's Chat 🍁 20:49, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

Can't do much about that. Name is not in violation of username rules. Edits will tell. -- Alexf^(talk) 21:02, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

Your blocking of User:188.240.175.2

Not long ago you had to block User:188.240.175.2 who was on a spree of vandalism as I'm sure you often have to do. First I would like to thank you for doing it so promptly. Secondly I would like to apologize for the conduct of the user. In one of my recent classes I was boasting about my exploits here on Wikipedia (I'm a relatively new user and I get over excited about these things). This leads me to believe that one of my students found my account and began posting about me willy-nilly as a personal insult to me. I will hopefully be able to find out who did this and have them disciplined. Thank you again :)

God be with you Dr Jarse (talk) 13:57, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

No need to thank or apologize. These things happen. That is why we have many administrative volunteers to help keep the place in order and tidy. -- Alexf^(talk) 14:42, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

List of science-fiction authors

I added Franz Werfel on the list, which was then removed becuase the article doesn't refer to him as a science fiction author. But the list of published novels clearly mentions Star of the Unborn as a science fiction novel, and a search on google gives the same result. 84.208.233.159 (talk) 10:31, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

If that is the case and there are reliable sources that he wrote and published Science-Fiction then add him again. -- Alexf^(talk) 10:40, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

Question about external links

Good morning, Is it allowed to add a link to a French Wikipedia page on an English Wikipedia page ? For example, if a French artist is quoted in an English page and there is no English Wikipedia page about this artist but there is a French page, can I add a link to the French page on the English page ? Yanterrien (talk) 16:31, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

@Yanterrien: See {{ill}}. --Izno (talk) 17:33, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

If you mean as a source? No. Wikipedia itself is not a reliable source. If you mean indicating a link to another language Wikipedia (on the panel on the side called Languages or Interlinks), yes, you can use this facility with {{ILL}} as indicated above by User Izno. -- Alexf^(talk) 17:45, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

OK. Thank you. I try that. Yanterrien (talk) 09:26, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks Alexf for the information, i promise to work correctly on my contributions next time by getting more familiar with the rules and guidelines. AkataJerry King (talk) 13:10, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

User:Kenglazer block

Any objections to me unblocking this user given this pledge to not attempt to link to his personal site again? OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 22:18, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

@Ohnoitsjamie: Ok. The link you showed him was indeed the one that caused the lock. -- Alexf^(talk) 23:42, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

Comment

Not too sure I’d im writing this in the right spot but don’t really see how my page got tagged for what you said. I heard about Wikipedia lol such a joke.

@SimplyEast: Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not FB, nor a place for advertising or promoting your brand. Writing your autobiography is strongly discouraged. If you think this serious project is a joke, then it may not be for you. If you have any questions about how Wikipedia works, please ask at the Tea House. Lastly, always remember to sign your posts in Talk with four tildes at the end. -- Alexf^(talk) 14:42, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

Review for English/French speaker

Hello Alexf. Please excuse me if I am doing something improper, as I am new to Wikipedia. I am contacting you because you are a speaker of both English and French. I have created the page Draft:Pierre_Jovanovic nearly 2 months ago, and I am waiting for a review. Could you please consider having a look at it ? And again, please excuse me if my request is improper. I am learning the ropes. Best regards. Micha Jo (talk) 16:29, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

@Micha Jo: The request is not improper, but I have to decline. I am not a reviewer, I do not have the time, and my French is not as good as I would like. You can always ask at the Tea House. -- Alexf^(talk) 16:59, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the answer. I really appreciate! Kind regards. Micha Jo (talk) 17:42, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

Scheduled for deletion of Andhra jyothy page

HI, Sorry for not describing the reasons for the changes on the article. This is a 60 years old organaization, But the previous article was written by sources who do not have the complete knowledge and the article was biased. So, I have updated the articles with my research from the official resources from the organaization. In a couple days we are going to update the article with complete details. Thank you.

Please link properly to the page: Andhra Jyothi. This is not the place for this anyway. You should make your comments on the article's Talk Page. If you can fix the article please do so, but I find some of your comments troubling. "I have updated the articles with my research from the official resources". You said Your research? That amounts to original research and it is not acceptable. Then you said "In a couple days we are going to update the article". Who is "we"? Do you mean you account represents a group? Please explain. Whenever you talk to another user, it is uncool to create subpages on their user pages. Please do not do that. Lastly, always remember to sign your posts in Talk with four tildes at the end. -- Alexf^(talk) 18:44, 30 October 2018 (UTC)