User talk:Jeff G./Archives/2021/January

Vanya Milanova

Hi Jeff G. Thank you for your message. I have no bias I am not a company and i do not represent this artist. I have noticed that she is very well known and notable in books, journals, brochures Arts photography from the 80's/90's and printed newspapers but her Wikipedia does not yet reflect this -so there must be much more to add. The information provided is all true and verifiable. But please yes if anyone with Wikipedia experience and specialism in European Classical violin particularly if they understand newspapers in Cyrillic can work and add further to the information that would be great. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lightning1979 (talk • contribs) 11:40, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

@Lightning1979: Why did you claim all those images were your own work?   — Jeff G. ツ 14:48, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

Because I have these concert programs as original hard copies and thought they are of interest to fans of female vioinists, it is difficult to find them on the internet as actual weblinks as original concert programs and pictures taken by fans in the 70's and 80's are difficult to find i'm sorry i'm not experienced with which box to tick i thought because they are my copies they are mine but the information is all true and verifiable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lightning1979 (talk • contribs) 17:52, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

@Lightning1979: Please indicate the true sources (where you got them) and authors / original photographers of each image on each appropriate file description page.   — Jeff G. ツ 22:48, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lightning1979 (talk • contribs) 15:34, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

@Lightning1979: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ 15:39, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Ringer article interview inquiry

Hi Jeff,

I'm a writer for The Ringer, the tech, culture, and sports site. We're publishing a package of Wikipedia-related articles on Wikipedia Day, and I'm hoping to ask you some questions for a piece about combating Wikipedia vandalism. Might you have a little time to tell me about your efforts in that area?

Thanks,

Ben Lindbergh
Staff Writer, The Ringer
@BenLindbergh — Preceding unsigned comment added by BenLindbergh (talk • contribs) 17:29, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

@BenLindbergh: I might, please email me.   — Jeff G. ツ 17:38, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 January 2021

{{edit semi-protected}} My name is Steven Siegel My user name is StevenSiegelLeather I recently received a message from you suggesting that I change my username. Please tell me how to do this. Thanks, Steven Siegel (One of the Wiki Pages, for which I am an expert in this field is flawed and it should be corrected for accuracy) StevenSiegelLeather (talk) 18:54, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

@StevenSiegelLeather: I think you misinterpreted my message, your username is fine.   — Jeff G. ツ 18:56, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Then please explain what I am doing incorrectly. I am happy to share my knowledge. Please tell me how? Your previous message indicated that my edits will not be accepted — Preceding unsigned comment added by StevenSiegelLeather (talk • contribs) 19:02, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

@StevenSiegelLeather: As "an expert in this field", you should propose changes on the article's talk page, rather than changing the article itself.   — Jeff G. ツ 19:30, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

The entire article has much misinformation. Terms that are used were relevant over 100 years ago, no longer have ANY meaning. Facts that are presented are disjointed. I wrote an article on this subject which was published by a Bookbinding organization, Guild of Bookworkers. A pdf of the original article can be found here: https://files.constantcontact.com/9c277d5f001/ec879f47-4feb-4dfa-a68f-ad0d8c78d92a.pdf The article was published in the August 2019 edition of Guild of Bookworkers. I really don't have time to rewrite the entire article. Happy to help someone else or just make occasional edits to the most grievous errors. I am one of very few court certified experts in the field of leather. 100% of my clients have prevailed, representing defendants as well as the plaintiff Can I help???? — Preceding unsigned comment added by StevenSiegelLeather (talk • contribs) 19:51, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Friday Jan 15: ONLINE Wikipedia Day NYC

January 15, 6pm: Wikimedia NYC celebrates 20 years of Wikipedia

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File:Life is good logo 2.png listed for discussion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Life is good logo 2.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. P,TO 19104 (talk) (contribs) 01:15, 23 January 2021 (UTC) P,TO 19104 (talk) (contribs) 01:15, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Queston re Draft:Ron Tiner

Hi Jeff. Sorry to bother you directly - I'm relatively new and uncertain! I submitted a question to the commons but it llooks like no-one's responded. My question is as below, and is in short a request for specific help re references.

I'm trying to complete an entry for the illustrator and author Ron Tiner (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Ron_Tiner) but it keeps being rejected because its sources don't provide significant enough cover. The subject is a very prolific comic and book illustrator, who's also had his own books published (by mainstream publishers and globally available) and is mentioned in many places across the web... but often only really in listings (except for a detailed interview i've found in print). And this is my probblem.

However, his body of work is significant, as is/was his influence on others. And for this reason I believe he should be on wikipedia - most of his peers/contemporaries already are. My problem is that, as with many in his field, much of the work was published then destroyed, and so records are hard to come by. The listings in which he appears are important and official/independent ones - ISBN filings, catalogues of work and so on. And for this reason I feel that an entry which mainly only lists his factual body of work could possibly be allowed.....?

What I'm hoping for help on is which of the sources I have provide suitable coverage, and which don't. Then i can amend the entry, slimming it down to only include the suitably verified information. Looking at entries for similar illustrators, such as Mark Buckingham (herehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Buckingham_(comic_book_artist)) I can see I have more sources, and I wonder if I would be better off deleting almost all of the sources I've used, so that I only include one or two longer mentions. But this seems counter to a thorough, verified approach.

Thanks in advance for any help provided. I'm not sure where I look for any response you provide to this, so I'll keep checking my talk page.

Thanks again JOn — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jontickner (talk • contribs) 14:46, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

@Jontickner: Hi, and thanks for asking. What is it exactly that you call "a detailed interview i've found in print"? Please sign your posts.   — Jeff G. ツ 15:43, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

Hi Jeff. Thanks for coming back to me. Apologies for the lack of signature! Well, there are two interviews I've used. One was for Illustration Magazine, Issue 61 from late 2019 (mention of the interview is also on their site here: https://www.cellopress.co.uk/product/illustration-autumn-2019-issue-61). Plus an interview in 2002 for Paper Tiger Magazine. Would it help to get images to you? Jon. Jontickner (talk) 11:22, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

@Jontickner: Can you cite them in references per WP:REFB?   — Jeff G. ツ 13:09, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

That was the pointer I needed! Thanks Jeff - I'm very grateful. I've changed those citations to the right formats and resubmitted. Fingers crossed this does the trick. Thanks again. Jon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jontickner (talk • contribs) 16:57, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

@Jontickner: You're welcome!   — Jeff G. ツ 18:15, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

Do you, by any chance, know why the image in the infobox template I've just inserted has a picture of a girl and "Wikipe-tan says: "You can't use fair-use images outside of articlespace!"" under it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jontickner (talk • contribs) 19:02, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

@Jontickner: Where is that? Your sigs are slipping.   — Jeff G. ツ 03:44, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

If you look at the draft here: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Ron_Tiner&action=submit I put in an image of the artist (copying the image link correctly) but it's coming up as a japanese girl! Jontickner (talk) 09:05, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

@Jontickner: You may complain about that at Template talk:Infobox comics creator or use {{infobox person}} instead.   — Jeff G. ツ 12:17, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

COI tag on 2021 New York City Mayoral Election

Hey Jeff, I saw you placed a COI tag on 2021 New York City mayoral election. I couldn't find anything in talk, could you put something on there, because I can't seem to find the editor with the conflict of interest. Thanks! Shadowrvn728 (talk)

@Shadowrvn728: Hi, and thanks for asking. I referred in my Edit Summary to this edit by an IP Address claiming to be User:User9412 and "a member of Kathryn Garcia's digital team", who made these four edits to that page.   — Jeff G. ツ 04:02, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

The proper approach I would suggest is to have the editor blocked (or blocked from editing that page). The photo - if it meets muster - is fine. If the other additions are not, delete them. But the tag is not needed to address the issue. And is a poor look for the article as a whole. Shooting a fly with a cannon. Plus - you did not point us to where they make the claim to be "a member of Kathryn Garcia's digital team".2603:7000:2143:8500:6DC8:71E:DA17:6742 (talk) 10:01, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

That was in this immediately previous edit.   — Jeff G. ツ 13:26, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. I would suggest going with the approach I outlined above. The photo itself does not appear to be a problem, though I defer to the commons people. For COI, if the other edits are not in accord w how we are reflecting other candidates, I think they should be changed. The editor should be warned - probably no reason to block right away. No need though for coi templates imo.2603:7000:2143:8500:8108:6890:4A75:96A7 (talk) 17:56, 29 January 2021 (UTC)