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Tidying up page

Apologies for terse comment earlier. You were correcting the page while I was also trying to correct it and I kept losing edits as a result. It arose because I had published before checking as I had already lost all the edits in an internet drop-out and was actually re-entering content that had been removed from the original post by somebody who clearly was not a space scientist because the cuts made radically lessened and belittled Jim's massive contribution to space science. Hence my frustration - apologies. Mike MessageInABottle 18:12, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

Not to worry: in a few cases I thought you'd finished, so I jumped back in too soon, sorry about that. Collaborative editing isn't always easy, but we'll get there. Storchy (talk) 18:15, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

Yes I am a bit slow! Thanks for your help. By the way - I was keen to add Jeff Hughes name to the photo legend and the fact that the picture is published in one of my papers open access under CC-BY (with Jeffs permission: indeed he went to a great deal of trouble to supply it at maximum resolution for me) - in order to prevent its instant removal. The only other picture I have added was one I took myself of the Issac Koga medal that I personally won in 1990 and it was taken down with a (very) terse note that it was a blatant copyright violation! I dont want that happening again!

Thank you very much for all the work you've done on the article. But please note that if Mr. Hughes is the owner of that photo, and it's licensed under CC-BY, then permission or other verification will need to be communicated at Wikimedia Commons: the photo on Commons at the moment appears to have been copied from a copyrighted AGU paper at https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016SW001438, with no other source information added for that image. Have you got a link to the CC-BY paper you mentioned, so we can rescue it? Thanks.

(PS: to sign comments on a talk page, just type four tilde characters: ~~~~, and your username and posting date and time will automatically appear after your comment when you hit the "preview" or "publish" buttons. Storchy (talk) 19:06, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

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What your saying

I don't do any vandalism on Rashid Khan wp page but don't why your saying me like this, Ripomobo11 (talk) 12:57, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

I didn't say that you vandalised, I said that you added unsourced content. Reliable sources are especially important in biographies of living persons. Storchy (talk) 12:59, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

Sorry from know I used reliable sources buddy Ripomobo11 (talk) 13:01, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

Know = now again sorry Ripomobo11 (talk) 13:01, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

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I think you have only find me to edit, there are lot of editors too go and disturb them, don't bother me Ripomobo11 (talk) 12:53, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Stop deleting perfectly good references, and stop replacing facts with your opinion, and I'll stop telling you to stop. Storchy (talk) 12:58, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

They are not my opinion Ripomobo11 (talk) 13:10, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Please continue this discussion at your talk page, rather than split it into two discussions. Other editors have warned you about this there already. Storchy (talk) 13:11, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

https://www.crictracker.com/top-10-most-innovative-batsmen-among-active-cricketers/10/#:~:text=1.,AB%20de%20Villiers&text=There%20is%20literally%20no%20shot,Fondly%20called%20as%20'Mr it's the link see if you can Ripomobo11 (talk) 13:12, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Please continue this discussion at your talk page, rather than split it into two discussions. Other editors have warned you about this there already. Storchy (talk) 13:14, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Don't know why are you doing such things I have given link and write what is written in them. And I think for you icc and ESPN are not reliable. Thank you for corrupting Wikipedia Ripomobo11 (talk) 14:03, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Please continue this discussion at your talk page, rather than split it into two discussions. Storchy (talk) 14:09, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Suresh raina

I do a lot of research that take an hour and you just revert in just 1 click. This time I neither do any grammatical mistake nor add any unreliable website and don't do any mistake this time. This type of exploitation of new users can't be bothered by me. This is last warning ⚠ Ripomobo11 (talk) 11:39, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

Last warning? Until what, exactly? Storchy (talk) 11:42, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

Don't know what is wrong that I have done in my edit. Ripomobo11 (talk) 11:54, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

I've tried explaining the problem to you already, and we just don't seem to be communicating well. To avoid further wasted effort, maybe you should try proposing changes at the talk page, Talk:Suresh Raina. There are several editors who seem to have that page on their watch list, so they will also see when you post at the talk page. That would be a good way to get agreement with your proposed change, rather than all this tiresome back-and-forth editing. Thanks, Storchy (talk) 11:59, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

OK mate thanks Ripomobo11 (talk) 13:13, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

@Storchy:Hi, Suresh Raina need ce in below sections. Ripomobo11 is doing his editing without providing reliable refs, many editors aware him not doing so, you can read all this at his TP. A discussion about their editing is going on Admin'a notice board/incidents. You can join discussion there, happy editing. Success think (talk) 13:45, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

I have posted it on talk page of suresh Raina as you said,so can I do edit now? And yes I didn't add any unreliable source as success think is saying Ripomobo11 (talk) 06:13, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

I've replied at Talk:Suresh Raina. Storchy (talk) 07:26, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

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Hi Storchy

Thanks for starting your clean-up of the paclobutrazol article, which was in a sorry state when I happened to take a look at it yesterday. As you know, I've added a chemistry section and I have some other changes in mind to explain its early and current use. However, I'll hold off for the moment until you have finished your copy-editing. I think that Invasive Spices plans to chip in also, so between us we should arrive at something worthwhile. Mike Turnbull (talk) 13:01, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Excellent, very grateful to both of you for your help. I'm not a chemist, so am eminently unqualified to write new content there, but happy to help formatting journal references etc.

It looks as if a teacher somewhere has asked their chemistry students to contribute to that article: as you wrote at Invasive Spices' talk page, it's a series of short, badly-sourced edits from a number of new accounts. Storchy (talk) 13:06, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

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Link to Lexis database

You removed a reference I added to a Court decision because I linked to LexisNexis's main page. How do you suggest I refer to the decision? The real link was this, and the link still works, but I think this kind of link is likely to break much more quickly than a link to the main page.Thanks. Briane from Chilliwack (talk) 21:25, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

Hello, both the original link and the one you've helpfully given above present only a login prompt, without an abstract or even a title of the decision. It's OK to cite a subscription-only resource: the "cite web" template includes a "url-access" option to show readers that it's paywalled, with a little red lock icon at the end of the reference. But how about we search for some other, more accessible link? Happy to help with this if I can: I've got university access to a fairly wide range of journals, if there's no open access version available. Storchy (talk) 21:45, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

There's no problem in finding the decision itself; it's here. But that's a primary source, and to be avoided even to prove that the action was dismissed, I'm told. Also, summarizing it would be WP:OR (I agree with that). I've tried hard to find an open secondary source, believe me. There's this, but it only has a single sentence about Griffith's action, and the explanation is confusing even for a person who knows the law.

Perhaps a combination of a reference to the primary open source and the subscription-only summary would be enough?

If you're inclined to continue the search, the references are [2008] NSWSC 764 and [2010] NSWCA 257. (That's the common way to refer to a legal decision.) Thanks. Briane from Chilliwack (talk) 01:08, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

No intentional duplicate template arguments?

I used duplicate arguments as a shortcut to mix passing parameters anonymously and by number, forgetting that this puts the page automatically in Category:Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls. So, in the interest of not polluting the category, I take that this trick shouldn't be used even intentionally?

Specifically, I ask because I noticed you applied the auto fix to where I did this, which had the effect of simply removing the trick. I'm wondering if you know of an alternative way of passing that argument containing an equals sign (<span= …) without having to number all the other arguments. Of course, the straightforward way is to just number them all, but I'm always looking for cleverer syntax if it might exist. ;D  —wqnvlz (talk · contribs);  06:03, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Those are good questions, but I unfortunately have no answers. If you do come up with an easier solution, I'd be grateful if you could ping me back about it, and I'll try to document it. Thanks, Storchy (talk) 06:23, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Some baklava for you!

Welcome. Keep up hte good work! 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:26, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

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Euon Brown

Hi Storchy I was trying to update the Euon Brown page to make it more accurate but seen it has been altered back to the original text. I know Euon personally and he would like to have the page updated accurately. How do we go about doing that? 78.86.165.212 (talk) 10:26, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Hiya, are you User:Gfleary? Best if you log back in first, thanks.

If Brown is a friend or a client of your, then you need to read WP:Conflict of interest carefully, and declare your interest like that page describes. If you do have a conflict of interest, that's OK, but you'll need to propose your changes at Talk:Euon Brown to avoid turning the article into something like a personal website for him.

Information we get from personal experience isn't allowed, because that's WP:Original research. This is especially important in biographies of living people: if we can't find WP:Reliable sources for anything important, like matches played and his personal life, then it can't go in. If you want any help formatting any references you put in, then just give me a shout. Storchy (talk) 10:34, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Deletion of Nick Phoenix' Birthday

Hi Storchy (talk) - Please, let me know, why composer Nick Phoenix' Birthday has been deleted from his Wikipedia page. The Birthday is clearly stated on the artist's official website (see source 2). I'm a bit puzzled, as official websites are often used as source material for such information on on other artist WP-pages. Please, I'm really curious to know why official websites are not valid sources :) Happy Easter, Kmilling (talk) 17:47, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

There was no source cited for his birth date,[1] valid or invalid. You're welcome to re-add the birth date, with his About page as a source. And Happy Easter to you too. 🐣 Storchy (talk) 17:56, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

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Why did you remove the front camera specs on Mi 10T?

It was not a duplicate. It was front camera specs. Jemlim0108 (talk) 13:27, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

@Jemlim0108: Have another look at the infobox. Can you see the two "front_camera" fields, one above the other? The second overwrites the first, but you're welcome to delete whichever one is less accurate. Storchy (talk) 13:39, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

F265 Kiel

As you are transforming the page, please be accurate an rename this to Kiel, as well as in the template, thanks --90.186.249.22 (talk) 18:50, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

Kiel appears to be a separate ship. Please request a new article for that ship, or you're welcome to start a draft article on Kiel yourself. Storchy (talk) 19:38, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

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Warning vandals

Hi Storchy, When removing vandalism it's considered good practise to warn the vandal on their talk page. This helps to identify problem editors, and warn them of their misdeeds. WP:Twinkle is a tool you could install to help, otherwise the warnings are all listed here. Pabsoluterince (talk) 09:51, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Hi User:Pabsoluterince, thanks. But I usually do warn user accounts. Which vandalism did I not warn about? Storchy (talk) 09:59, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

This is the one I was refering to. Do you not warn IP vandals? Pabsoluterince (talk) 10:43, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Not often. It's usually hit-and-run vandalism from the IP vandals that I see while doing my reference and template fixing. If they keep at it for more than a few hours, then yes I do. Twinkle looks bloody marvellous, by the way. :-) Will read the docs first and make sure I don't blow things up with it. Storchy (talk) 10:53, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Yeah, I dabble in twinkle. I think you can control half of Wikipedia with three clicks on that thing. I only really was using it for restoring old versions of the pages, started using it for warnings and it's great. Yeah, I think there's a grey area when it comes to IP vandals. Personally I usually warn them because it's sometimes useful. I don't think I really needed to bring it up. Oh well. If you're looking to test out Twinkle warnings I'd suggest a visit to Recent Changes. Pabsoluterince (talk) 11:00, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

I'll think a little more about IP vandals, thanks. It is a grey area, yeah.

Holy habaneros! Recent Changes is a firehose, 500 edits in less than 5 minutes. Nobody actually monitors that raw, right? Aha, there are filters... No, I'm backing away from that now, looks like Vandalism Hypno-Hell. Storchy (talk) 11:18, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Yeah. If you ever forget the Sisyphean nature of Wikipedia, revert recent changes vandals. It's like taking a bucket of water from a river. I don't really know how productive it is. Sure is fun though. Pabsoluterince (talk) 11:29, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Wakefield High removal of issues: May 1

Hello Storchy, I am contacting you to ask what I can do to remove the remaining issue warnings on the page Wakefield High School (Raleigh, North Carolina). The main troublesome part of the article, the athletics section, you recently deleted in almost its entirety to everything left that was cited, so I don't think there is a problem there anymore.

I really want to see this page be the best it can be and remove all of the remaining issues, but I don't even know where to begin. In the past when I thought I had removed the issues, you reinstated them (for obvious reasons, it was my 8th edit at the time lol). Either way, I don't know where to start, and since you have done the most recently to improving the quality of the article, I wanted to ask for help. Thanks! --Johnson524 (talk) 06:15, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi, I'd say those issues are pretty much resolved now, so I've removed the templates. Thanks for your work on the citations. Storchy (talk) 06:32, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your help on improving the overall quality of the article too! Johnson524 (talk) 16:43, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Moving AfDs

Hi Storchy. Regarding this, I get why you did it, but you shouldn't actually move AfDs after they've been listed. WP:XFDCloser, which almost all AfD closers use, relies on the current name of the AfD being present in a daily log to relist correctly. It's not ideal when people move articles during an AfD, but the scripts can handle this I've fixed it all now so the AfD should remain at its current title. – Joe (talk) 10:09, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Sorry, thought I'd updated everything linked to avoid problems. You're right, better not to move them. Storchy (talk) 10:10, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

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I want to thank you very much for your awesome edits on Amhara genocide citations. You may have noticed I am trying to clean up manually while updating the Citation Styles. Please, i would appreciate your help on this. I believe, I am half-way and I hope you dont mind if i keep adding the duplicate templates (not intentionally). I appreciate your help on this! Petra0922 (talk) 02:56, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

Hiya, I'm happy to help where I can, so please keep the reference fixes coming, and don't worry about the tidy-up. Storchy (talk) 02:58, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

I am back to appreciate you, for your help cleaning up the article. I noticed you did great work recently. Thank you! Petra0922 (talk) 09:04, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

Actually it looks like the final batch of fixes was done by User:RickyCourtney and User:IAmChaos: big thanks to both of them for swooping in there before I could get to it. :-) And thank you Petra0922 for all your work on the bare URLs, it's much easier to read now. Storchy (talk) 09:33, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

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Jane's Revenge

I see that reference 15 is used twice. It doesn't mentioned Jane's revenge. Am I missing something? All I see is LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — The Lynchburg Police Department is investigating property damage and vandalism early Saturday morning at the Blue Ridge Pregnancy Center on Old Forest Road. Police were called to the center at 10:40 a.m. Saturday . They report the building had been spray painted with graffiti and multiple windows had been broken. LPD says security camera footage shows four masked individuals committing the acts around 1:30 a.m. The center's director didn't want to be interviewed but told ABC13 that what happened is heartbreaking because they try to do all they can to help support the community. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Detective Dubie at (434) 941-9937 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 798-5900. Enter an anonymous tip online at http://p3tips.com or use the P3 app on a mobile device. This is an ongoing investigation. On its website, the center is described as, "The Blue Ridge Pregnancy Center is dedicated to helping men and women faced with an unplanned pregnancy. All our services are free of charge so contact us today. Blue Ridge Pregnancy Center does not provide abortions or refer for abortions." Doug Weller talk 09:27, 26 June 2022 (UTC)

You're right. And as I tried to imply in one sentence, many of these are unverified, and attributed to the group by graffiti, or other unreliable means. Apparently there's a Twitter account that is trusted by some media, but if it's just a loose affiliation of like-minded protesters, then it's even more difficult to verify here. Maybe we should add a paragraph about this, what do you think? Storchy (talk) 12:08, 26 June 2022 (UTC)

That source and the text it sourced should be removed as clearly violationg WP:V. Maybe go to RSN and ask if sources mentioning only graffiti etc can be used in the article? Get others involved that way? Doug Weller talk 12:34, 26 June 2022 (UTC)

Very good ideas thanks. Storchy (talk) 12:45, 26 June 2022 (UTC)

I've gone to RSN. Doug Weller talk 12:46, 26 June 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll be right over. But I've also found two more refs that don't mention the group by name, and removed them too. Storchy (talk) 12:49, 26 June 2022 (UTC)

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Help

Hello.

I added a source in the Cüneyt Arkın article about the actor's death, but problems have occurred with the access-date and date of publication.

Can you fix it?

Thank you, 31.200.20.13 (talk) 09:03, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for fixing it. 31.200.20.13 (talk) 09:06, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

Rica ederim! :-) Storchy (talk) 09:07, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

Draft:West Bengal Official Language Act, 1961

Hello Storchy. You had moved a stub I had created (for the FA Darjeeling) to draft space. I have added the sources. Please review it. Thanks. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 19:49, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

Happy to help with this where I can: I've just requested the required permission. Storchy (talk) 22:53, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

Thank you very much. If you have any suggestions for further improvement, they would be very welcome! Fowler&fowler«Talk» 00:05, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

Your edit to Park Royal tube station

Although I'm not saying you were wrong with this edit, plesse be aware that you did actually make a change: before you did it, under the "former service" header there was an other London Underground header, and you removed that. An other minor point you should know is that you missed one parameter when changing the 3's to 2's - the to-left3 parameter. Animal lover |666| 06:25, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

Actually there was no other London Underground header showing in the previous edit. But thanks for picking up the missing change to to-left3. Storchy (talk) 06:30, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

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I don't see the point of running a script immediately after someone makes a housecleaning edit. There's a very good chance they're still going to be working on the page, and the likeliest outcome is they'll just force their edits over yours rather than deal with a truly obnoxious EC. Like I just did. SamuelRiv (talk) 10:54, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

@SamuelRiv: I waited 43 minutes after you edited, after you posted with an edit summary "fix remaining ref templates and all free urls". That's not immediate, nor is it "truly obnoxious". It's just collaborative editing. If you want an hour to work on a page, then please use the In use template. Thanks, Storchy (talk) 11:02, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

Reverse Discrimination explained as "One must bear in mind that this phenomena is a result of disloyal position of the state towards its own citizens"

One must bear in mind that this phenomena is a result of disloyal position of the state towards its own citizens

Not my comment, I wish!, I did read it in a book/study online, but cannot find it again now, it is very accurate and short, which is always a good way to explain something that seems complicated and long.

Listen, with respect, if you can use your powers to find the original author please do. Don't delete something that explains it. Sean4780 (talk) 22:37, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

I had a rummage online, but can't find attribution for it in any reliable sources, unfortunately. We also need to observe MOS:EDITORIAL and WP:No original research. Storchy (talk) 08:18, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

found it, and I understand the need of attribution reliable sources, thank you for pushing me to find it again.

Cite as

Kotlarik, Erik, The EU Citizenship in Purely Internal Situations and Reverse Discrimination (March 7, 2013). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2279861 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2279861

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2279861

page 8

One must bear in mind that this phenomena is a result of disloyal position of the state towards its own citizens, where it aims to pursue certain policies that diverge negatively from what is mandated at EU level with regard to nationals of other States which is apparent in the area of EU family migration rights Sean4780 (talk) 11:23, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

Hi again, if you are happy with the cite, can you reinstate the explanation, and link the source. Sean4780 (talk) 13:46, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

That citation is a paper written by a graduate student, Erik Kotlarik, but he's mostly quoting (in his cite 34 on page 8) from this paper by Hailbronner and Sanchez: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1927198 . He paraphrases freely, unfortunately. I don't think Kotlarik's poorly written quote is useful here, but we could quote from Hailbronner (a law professor) and Sanchez (a référendaire at the EU Court of Justice). Storchy (talk) 14:00, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

What do you suggest, something like

"Reverse Discrimination emanates from a disloyal position of the state towards its own citizens." Sean4780 (talk) 15:29, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

you have gone very quiet, perhaps shy, you should not be Sean4780 (talk) 22:55, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

I saw you added the Hailbronner and Sanchez citation, thanks. But you've also put that opinion back in the lead section, in WP:WIKIVOICE, sourced by that quote, and that's a problem. It's part of a wider problem with the whole article. Its title is Reverse Discrimination (EU Law), but it reads like a personal essay on how EU visa law has a reverse discrimination problem. It's full of point of view commentary like that, and WP:Synthesis from sources to advance a point of view. The whole article needs an overhaul to fix that, and a rename to clarify that it is only about one very narrow part of EU law. Storchy (talk) 06:46, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

I agree, but the only explanations and justifications given by the public servants and courts is that, while being absurd, it's not illegal. That is the only justification given, and I have included it. But I get what you're saying.

quote

Irish high court

"Ireland is entitled to treat its own citizens less favourably than other Union citizens"

German Court

"The German courts have ruled that reverse discrimination does not violate equal treatment as required under the German Constitution, nor fundamental rights or Article 7(2) of the Family Reunification Directive"

Getting back to the post, Reverse Discrimination (EU Law),

I agree the Lead section needs overhaul.

But what about the big section, where it analyses the status in each country, that is where the real meat is,

and it's incomplete, France is missing ! Can you help with it ?

many thanks. Sean4780 (talk) 10:52, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

What is the article about? Is it primarily a list of EU countries whose visa laws have been ruled in court to be in breach of EU reverse discrimination law? Also, there is POV commentary throughout the article, not just in the lead section. Storchy (talk) 10:57, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

The article is suppose to define what is Reverse Discrimination.

How it emanates.

What is the status in each EU state. Sean4780 (talk) 11:17, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

There's already an article on reverse discrimination, so that doesn't need to be defined in this new article. Can you please clarify what you mean by "how it emanates"? Storchy (talk) 11:19, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

reverse discrimination and the EU situation are two different things,

The explanation given by Erik Kotlarik explains it perfectly

One must bear in mind that this phenomena is a result of disloyal position of the state towards its own citizens

Don't read it as a POV, it's an explanation. Sean4780 (talk) 11:23, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

Since clearly not everyone would agree with that statement (by Hailbronner and Sanchez), it's a point of view. Certainly the politicians who passed the legislation wouldn't think they were being intentionally disloyal to their fellow citizens, regardless of what some courts and legal scholars have said.

I definitely think the article needs to be moved back to draft, and rewritten. Storchy (talk) 11:29, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

I talked with the politicians that passed the legislation, they know exactly what they are doing, and it's being done at request from the Home Office and Dept of Justice and equality, so they gain power.

That is the truth. Sean4780 (talk) 11:34, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

I urge you to read WP:No original research and WP:Truth. Storchy (talk) 11:36, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

I'm only making a post about a real subject, that people don't seem to grasp.

Read the books please.

This started with your valid point that I need to give a source.

Now the goal posts have moved, and you don't accept books and courts...

"regardless of what some courts and legal scholars have said." Sean4780 (talk) 11:42, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

Of course I accept books and courts. We can write "the court ruled..." and "the legal scholar said...", but that's not proof that all of the politicians involved in all the cases listed were intentionally disloyal to their fellow citizens, and it's WP:Synthesis to claim that it is. Storchy (talk) 11:45, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

Now you are dreaming of what is the motivation in the mind of the politicians involved.

Stick with facts. As written in books and courts. Sean4780 (talk) 11:48, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

"disloyal : not trustworthy; unreliable"

What is your definition of disloyal ?

We are talking about politicians here. Sean4780 (talk) 11:53, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

ok, The disloyal comment and the book by the Professor of Law at Yale is removed.

I have also removed other references,

what else do you think ? Sean4780 (talk) 12:23, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

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Stargirl

First, you've not paid attention or you'd see it's listed twice.

Second, look up the following shows. Murdoch Mysteries Season 16, Law & Order Season 22, CSI Vegas Season 2, The Conners Seasons 5 and Blue Bloods Season 13. Then tell me it's "too early". Three Vent to someone else please and leave my edits alone. 72.38.51.152 (talk) 72.38.51.152 (talk) 21:41, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

Please go back and check the page history, like you should have done before posting angrily here: I never said anything about "too early". That was one of the other editors whose edits you've been reverting the last few days.

I only warned you in an edit summary and at your user talk page about WP:Edit warring. You haven't even bothered with an edit summary until your most recent revert. If you don't like getting warning templates at your talk page, then next time discuss the disputed change at the article's talk page to get WP:Consensus for the changes you want. That's how it works on Wikipedia. Best of luck avoiding that block, Storchy (talk) 08:55, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Patrick Köllner

Hello, I've added some more citations to the Patrick Köllner article. Would you say that's enough for verification? Greetings! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wanquanbiantai (talk • contribs) 06:04, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Hello, and thanks for the extra citations. I think the article needs more WP:Secondary sources: at the moment the references are all links to his professional profiles, Google Books search for his work, and JSTOR search for his work. Has Köllner's work been written about by his peers? At the moment it's not clear from the citations whether he meets WP:PROF. Thanks, Storchy (talk) 09:01, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Hm, I'd think so. I'm going to look for secondary sources tomorrow. Wanquanbiantai (talk) 00:48, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

So, I decided to look up secondary sources now instead of tomorrow and (luckily) found several. Where should I add them? To "Literature"? Wanquanbiantai (talk) 01:03, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

Sounds good, thanks. We can always move them around later if needed. Storchy (talk) 01:25, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

Alright, I've added some peer reviews - in both English and German, is that alright? Please correct/change everything that's not ideal yet. (And thank you very much for the friendly feedback, by the way!) Wanquanbiantai (talk) 05:40, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for adding those. We can't use a search as a reference, but we can use searches to find good references. I've moved the Google Scholar and ResearchGate searches to templates in external links. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a way of linking an author profile in JSTOR, the way we can on ResearchGate. Storchy (talk) 08:19, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

Michael Fredo

Hello, Storchy,

You took what was a terrible new article and turned it into a decent stub article. Well done! The page creator was lucky you came by and took the time to improve what he had started. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:06, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

@Liz: Thanks. I actually speedied it as a hoax ("comprised of elves and gnomes", "mastermind in political science", etc), until new account User:Ublaz01 came along, declined the speedy without comment and added a RS to show that he actually exists (their only edit that day). So, erm... credit where due I guess. I then found a second, rather funny RS panning his performance opening for Britney in Saskatoon, and removed the jokey stuff. Not much of an article left: he's a low-notability musician, former hair salon owner, and Hilfiger's nephew.

Page creator then returned a few hours later and tried to re-terrible it: [2]. User:Warfooting might be a compromised account, as its few previous edits seem OK. It looks like a coordinated attempt at a joke article between those two accounts. In any case, I don't see notability by WP:MUSICBIO or WP:GNG, so I'll take it to AFD now. Hope I'm not disappointing you. :-) Storchy (talk) 05:41, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

Oh, just found he had a single that reached #21 in the Billboard Hot Singles in 1999. Hurray for WP:BEFORE, lol. Storchy (talk) 05:54, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

Please Help

Hey, how to add tv serials images on this (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wah_bhai_Wah) artical.copy right license? please explain step by step. They deleted the photo Ishqyk (talk) 07:50, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

You need an image that's not copyrighted. You're uploading them correctly, but they're all copyrighted, and that's why they're being deleted.

In any case, you've been blocked from Wikimedia Commons for abusing multiple accounts, so you can forget about uploading images. Storchy (talk) 08:13, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

False warning

I did not restore "my preferred" version, they are not the same each time. I changed a redirect after I created a detailed article. It currently redirects to a spelling mistake. And really, you pointing a redirect to a spelling mistake over a much more famous person is wrong.לילך5 (talk) 05:00, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Waah bhai Waah(Tv Show)

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@Liz: Heh, that was one that I moved, not created. Storchy (talk) 13:31, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

Jane's Revenge event sorting?

Hi - don't we want this to be chronological? [3]? TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 16:17, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

Hi, yes, I think you might have mistaken a "July" for a "June" in your earlier edit? [4]. Storchy (talk) 16:19, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

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Help me to write more

Hi, you been reverted all the edits. I am very new to Wikipedia. Kindly help me to write more. Royalfriend 13:43, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

In all cases, you've been trying to fix things, but are turning good grammar into bad grammar, and good spelling into bad spelling. I don't know how I can help with that, apart from reverting back to the last good version.

It's also painfully obvious that you are evading the block on your original account User:Writegood. Please stop. Storchy (talk) 13:49, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

Storchy, have you considered opening a wp:SPI ticket? Cheers Adakiko (talk) 21:34, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

Thought about it, thanks, but probably more trouble than it's worth. Hoping they'll just go away if I keep reverting their spam and their atrocious writing. Storchy (talk) 22:33, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

I've changed the spelling based on suggestions. Then, I will be more careful next time. Thank you for your feedback. Royalfriend 13:59, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

No, you haven't changed a single thing. Storchy (talk) 22:33, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

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You deleted two of my edits, Langhorne Slim - Strawberry Mansion and Jesse Malin - Sunset Kids, for being "unsourced and self-promotional." I'm new to making edits on Wikipedia and am curious as to why. The information cited in my edits is from interviews that we conducted with both artists, and what I quoted appears in our print fanzines (I included issue numbers); so, there's an actual, physical source where a reader can find these quotes. As for the self promotional aspect, we are trying to share some of our content with fans of these musical artists. If there's a way we can do this without raising your objections, can you let me know here? I appreciate your time. BandboxEditor (talk) 00:42, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

Please read the guidelines on conflict of interest. Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, and is not meant for promotion of products or services. Thanks, Storchy (talk) 08:42, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

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Not seeing an WP:NORG pass here; what do you think? Ovinus (talk) 20:49, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

Notability is weak at the moment, but I haven't really dug very deeply for RS.

How about a merge to an article about their parent company, Sphere Media? There seems to be more about the parent on GNews, mainly animation news sites, but I'm afraid I don't know which of those are RS. Is the animation business something you know much about? Storchy (talk) 21:06, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

Draftification

Hello, Storchy,

Please do not move long-standing articles from main space to Draft space. The Tower on the Rift has been around since 2006 so it can not be considered "recently created". My rule of thumb for recently created is articles created in the last 6 months but an RFC on the Village Pump earlier this year stated that articles that are older than 90 days shoud not be moved to Draft space.

So, please, if you see articles like this in the future, either work on improving the article or use an appropriate process of deletion that are available to you. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:46, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

Yes, I saw the edit summaries from User:Pppery when they moved the three articles back, but you're right to assume I might have missed those. In case you're wondering, I only moved them because they were part of a series with the recently created article; I don't routinely draftify old unsourced articles, even BLPs, and this was a first for me. But a rule's a rule. Thanks, Storchy (talk) 06:15, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

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Hello,

The logo for radio station WONC was removed because it is no longer in use by the radio station. This was explained in the comments of the edit that was made to remove the image. RadioRed83 (talk) 15:29, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

Ah you're right, sorry about that. Storchy (talk) 15:36, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

Removing pages and all edits

Iv removed pages created and will no longer be adding anything to Wikipedia. You have made me uncomfortable and feel unsafe using this platform so have removed my work from it. Romesh67 (talk) 14:01, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Please, you are just "crying wolf" here. I see no problem with Storchy's interaction with you. He has been helpful, on the contrary. You are welcome to contribute to Wikipedia. I, too would like to help you out. Chanaka L (talk) 14:14, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

It's not "your work", mate, it's Wikipedia's. Sorry to hear that following the same rules as the rest of us makes you feel "unsafe". Storchy (talk) 14:32, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Zanzibari general election, import

Hello. Thank you for noticing my mistake on Talk:2020 Zanzibari general election. My intention was to update WP:TZ importance and somehow forgot the TZ part and doubled the WP:Africa import of it! Thank you for noticing. It is sorted now with Af back to low and Tz to mid. Amani kwako. BevoLJ (talk) 12:15, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

Happy to help! Thanks for your work on this. Storchy (talk) 12:17, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

Torat Hamelekh

Hello @Storchy I'm messing about it, but the book is not popular, and even Wikipedia in Hebrew does not exist. Sarah Schneuwly -Schneider (talk) 19:12, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

Hi, I see a lot of reliable sources for it online, so it passes WP:GNG. For the Hebrew Wikipedia article, see he:תורת המלך. Storchy (talk) 19:33, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

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@Storchy hi there. I am working on the page for James DeFina. You say he was only mentioned in passing but he is called out as the director of many Post Malone music videos within the first paragraph on many notable sites. This MTV post says the following in the opening hook, https://www.mtv.com/news/qppu9b/post-malone-ty-dolla-sign-psycho-video, "Ever wonder how Post Malone and Ty Dolla $ign would fare in the apocalypse? Look no further than the video for "Psycho." The James DeFina-directed visual sees Malone and Ty stranded in a desert wasteland where only the powers of flamethrowers and R&B music can set them free." To me this is direct and stating James is the notable director. I have sources from CNN, and Forbes as well. Nickgmitter (talk) 03:16, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

@Nickgmitter: Hello, that passage you cited above is exactly what is meant by "mentioned in passing". The sources aren't about DeFina, he's just mentioned in them. Can you find any articles that are actually about him, like a bio, a profile, something that is substantially about him and his work?

On an important related matter, what is your connection with Mr. DeFina? You have added unsourced biographical detail about him that I can't find online, and there are other details about the article suggesting a conflict of interest. As I've just posted at your talk page, it's important that you declare any connection you have with him. Thanks, Storchy (talk) 07:01, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

Regarding page - Advitya (2022)

Hi there. This is an upcoming film. Will you move the draft to article? Assameseboy (talk) 13:44, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Sorry about the mistyped. I meant the page: Advitya (film) Assameseboy (talk) 13:47, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi, I've just added a button to the top of Draft:Advitya (film), and tidied the references a bit. As it hasn't been released yet, the article will probably need some more reliable sources to show how it's notable: you can read more about this at Wikipedia:Notability (films).

When you think it's ready, then press the "Submit draft for review!" button, and one of the draft page reviewers will have a look. Good luck with the new article! Storchy (talk) 13:50, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

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30th Troop Carrier Squadron

If you can believe it, the editor simply recreated the same piece of crap in mainspace again. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 13:42, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

Well... maybe they plan to actually write an article this time. How long do we give them, before draftifying again? Storchy (talk) 13:45, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

Hurray, an actual article has materialised this time. 🙃 Storchy (talk) 13:51, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

Storchy, please look at the editor who has created an article before deciding to move articles to Draft space. Look at their User and User talk pages. This editor has been active since 2007 and has tens of thousands of edits, they have much more experience on Wikipedia than you have. I assume they were in the beginning stage of writing an article and it is kind of an insult to move an artice of a veteran editor to Draft space, one who has previously created other articles. Look at 30th Troop Carrier Squadron, it's a complete article, not the work of a newbie. Some editors don't use Draft or User space and just start and work on articles in main space. Please take a few minutes to assess who the page creator is and possibly reach out to them on their talk page before using the Draftification tools. Often a personal note is much more effective than templates. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:44, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

There was no intention to insult, and I did check their edit history before draftifying it by script. But it's not really OK for any editor, regardless of experience level, to leave an article in this state in main space for eleven hours. If you're saying just move it to draft, and leave a note, rather than by script (with template), then yeah fair enough. Storchy (talk) 02:11, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

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Request on 13:21:21, 17 September 2022 for assistance on AfC submission by Drapi

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The Article (Andrej Drapal biography) was rejected because there are no reliable sources cited. This is absurd. In all three books that I have published with different publishers, there is a biography of me cited that is not much different from the one I have posted on Wikipedia. So: Three books cited exist. Institutions I have been working in exist - and my position there can be verified. The biographies published in different places (not by myself) can be verified and compared to what I have posted on Wikipedia. If that is not enough verification options, then nothing is enough. So please consider the rejection once again, especially because I have been very cautious to present only objectively verifiable facts with no bias.

Drapi (talk) 13:21, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

Hello. Please read Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons and Wikipedia:Autobiography. Thank you. Storchy (talk) 13:27, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

Thanks,

I have red both, Wikipedia instructions about Biographies of living persons and Autobiography. I agree that autobiography represents a conflict of interest - so please help me finding a third person that can double check facts that I have listed.

Aparto from a conflict of interest, I have followed all other rules, at least as I can understand them. I'm no0t politically involved, but at the same ti9me reasonably well known Slovenian public personality with quite a long history. I have avoided all possible controversial that might be understood as subjective or biased. All institutions I have been working for are public, respectful and verifiable. My birthdate is publicised and verifiable. All three books listed are published and available. Standard Branding model is publicised in the book Brandlife. I Feel Slovenia brand was contracted with Pristop and me as a leader of the team that developed that brand. II Feel Slovenia is known and praised worldwide and frequently cited in scientific papers. I have avoided all other possible achievements, that could be understood as plain self-promotion. If these is something else that challenges the rules of Wikipedia, I7m willing to remove it or I give a permission to an editor to remove it.

Regards, ad Drapi (talk) 12:36, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

The promotional tone can be fixed. The main reason that the article isn't ready for publication is the lack of independent, secondary sources for all the things you've written about your career. This is explained in more detail at Help:Referencing for beginners, and at Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons, particularly in this section and this section.

To pick an example at random from the article, secondary sources are needed to verify these sentences:

• "From 1991 to 2011, he was a partner of the first and still largest public relations and marketing agency, Pristop."
• "He founded the first professional lobby association in Slovenia (1996)"

Ideally the references should be cited as footnotes, but that can be sorted out later. For now you can just add them to the bottom of the article. Storchy (talk) 15:32, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Pathaan Movie

Hlo Sir why did you delete Pathaan Movie Article which I created Gurpreet76 (talk) 13:33, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

Hello, it's not deleted, it's just redirected for now. Please see Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Pathaan (film) for more information on this. Thanks, Storchy (talk) 13:37, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

NPP

Hi there, I've seen your name quite a bit of late. You seem to have a grasp of the notability/refs/verify requirements. Have you ever given any thought to WP:NPP? Onel5969 ^{TT me} 15:47, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

Hiya, yeah been doing lots of ref/template fixes, and categorization. Lately I've also been trying to find gems in the new drafts, after I saw how the backlog for draft review was up to four months. It's not easy, which might explain the backlog. It's like catching salmon with a net, in a river of muck. Made lots of fixes to drafts so far, and I think I've moved about a dozen from draft to main space. I'd hoped for a better result than that, to be honest. It seems like far more time needs spending on fixing vandalism and advertising, than actually building an encyclopedia.

Just took a look at NPP/School, and spotted your name on the trainers list. Got room for one more student? At the least, maybe it'll make me better at draft review. Storchy (talk) 06:12, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

I can take on someone else, sure. It's a lengthy process, and more of a marathon than a sprint. How quickly it goes depends on you. There are 10 sections, and some of them are split into sub-sections. If you're interested, and I hope you are, ping me back and we can start.Onel5969 ^{TT me} 16:10, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Ohhh yeah, I used review drafts coming up for G13 deletions before joining AfC. It's like mining for diamonds but there are some gems out there. If I had my way there would be a CSD criteria to get rid of the "muck" earlier so the remaining is more enticing/easier to slug through. S0091 (talk) 18:40, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

• Hey, Onel5969, another subject that may help Storchy is to demonstrate when/when not to add a PE or COI tag on an article or its TP, especially when the PE's material has been removed from the article or the material was approved by other uninvolved editors, or the article is a complete makeover by uninvolved editors. I just removed this tag. Good luck in NPPSCHOOL, Storchy! Atsme 💬 📧 23:08, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

Thanks Atsme. OK @Onel5969: I clearly need the training, especially since I've also been occasionally tagging new articles with maintenance templates, and sometimes nominating articles in Category:Uncategorized pages for deletion (including speedy), while doing categorization. Thank you for generously agreeing to spend the time required.

Now that I've read the essential documentation and watched the curation tool video at NPP/School, let's proceed at your convenience. I'll pause all deletion nominations, till I've completed the training. Plenty of work to be done elsewhere in the meantime. Maybe I could even create an article that isn't a category. :-) Thanks, Storchy (talk) 00:34, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

Welcome aboard, have started your page. You can find it here: User:Onel5969/Storchy/NPP. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 09:38, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

A cookie for you!

Hi Storchy, just stopping by to say thanks for all the things you do around here! S0091 (talk) 18:32, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

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Thank you so much

That was one in a few times I make mistakes. Thanks for the swift correction. Danidamiobi (talk) 14:22, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

No worries, I make tons of mistakes on Wikipedia every day, heh! Storchy (talk) 14:52, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

Some baklava for you!

Thanks for letting me know about the categories fix for my sandbox article! :) AdamKershner (talk) 18:28, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

Exorcist edit

You're welcome for thanking me for this edit. From your username, am I to gather that you are some relation to the late Arthur Storch? Daniel Case (talk) 02:20, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

A good question, but no, I don't think so. Storchy (talk) 05:14, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

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Review request for @Moiz Abbas

Please review there are lots of updates at @Moiz Abbas Draft:Moiz Abbas 182.190.197.174 (talk) 23:41, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

Why are you logged out? Storchy (talk) 19:31, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

WP etiquette

Perhaps you didn't realise? Or your bot was incorrectly set up? It is not required, expected or appreciated when editors do minor tidyups on articles being created in userspace, unless the person creating that article is breaking WP rules or international law. (diff) There will be plenty of time to do edit the article after the article is published. Thank you. Storye book (talk) 07:30, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

Actually it has been appreciated by other editors, but if you don't want fixes on your userspace drafts that's fine, I'll leave yours alone in future. Storchy (talk) 07:50, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

Thank you. It would save your time, anyway, since my creations go through a lot of rewrites, corrections and amendments before publication. Storye book (talk) 16:40, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

Haha, in contrast with all the other Wikipedia articles, which are normally quite static. Storchy (talk) 08:13, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

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A cookie for you!

Good job on Shrines of Gaiety, always nice coming across quality articles like this while patrolling. W42 13:38, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

Oh thank you! Storchy (talk) 13:55, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

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Neiman Marcus

Hi Storchy, I wanted to bring to your attention that I posted an edit request on the Talk:Neiman_Marcus#Corporate_affairs_and_other_edits. Could you look this over and consider implementing it as you see fit? Please note that in the interim the third bullet point, which asked to move a paragraph to a different section in History, is no longer relevant because the paragraph in question was removed entirely. Thanks again. C at nmg (talk) 14:26, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

Hello, I've replied at that thread you linked above. Storchy (talk) 15:39, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

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Jonathan Coleman

Hi Storchy, Id like to respectfully query you removing my edits to the Jonathan Coleman (physcist) page. I am Jonathan Coleman and I wanted to extend the page and update it with more detail. What do I need to do to get it back? (Redacted) Jonathan (Nesbitt1973) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nesbit1973 (talk • contribs)

Hello Professor Coleman. Thank you for your contributions, especially the very interesting article on liquid phase exfoliation, which is coming along nicely.

But I strongly suggest that you read Wikipedia:Autobiography, which explains why on Wikipedia we shouldn't write about ourselves and our work. Your edits at that article were unsourced, and while I've no doubt that they were correct, as explained in Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons it's essential that all additions to articles on living persons be neutral and verifiable, with no original research.

I'd be happy to help you improve the Jonathan Coleman article, especially with the referencing. May I suggest that, as outlined at WP:AUTO#IFEXIST, you post edit requests at Talk:Jonathan Coleman (physicist)? Many thanks, Storchy (talk) 12:06, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

OK, read and understood. I have added the info and references in the talk page. TNX — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nesbit1973 (talk • contribs) 10:05, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

Thanks very much, I've replied at the talk page. Storchy (talk) 10:59, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the welcome I hope you like the article Mini Basketball Relay it’s in a book called 50-COVID-FRIENDLY-PE-GAMES-SOCIAL-DISTANCING-LITTLE-TO-NO-EQUIPMENT-ETC this is a book not written by me. Grant 667 (talk) 04:10, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

You're welcome. Please note that the article is not very well sourced at the moment, and should probably be moved to draft for further work. Thanks, Storchy (talk) 04:23, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Ok I think it’s good for now it was 5 on 5 football but it has a name to it I think it’s a hybrid sport list would do or a variation of Basketball Grant 667 (talk) 04:27, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

www.cpnorthcountry.org it’s also under here for further reading Cp of the north country website Grant 667 (talk) 04:30, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Please see WP:Reliable sources. Storchy (talk) 04:34, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Cerebral palsy of the north country is a reliable source I believe I just want to help edit on here Grant 667 (talk) 04:36, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

It’s program North Country Recreation plays the game regularly Grant 667 (talk) 04:39, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

OK, but that reference doesn't actually mention the game. Storchy (talk) 04:40, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Ok it’s a program that plays various games it does on there main website Grant 667 (talk) 04:43, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Please see WP:Verify. References need to verify what's written in an article. Storchy (talk) 04:44, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Ok I did see that page I think it has enough references for its own Wikipedia page Grant 667 (talk) 04:46, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Banned user; see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Zaner25. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 04:53, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Ha, why am I not surprised. Thanks. Storchy (talk) 04:55, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

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Thanks! I won't add a userbox though, until I've finished the NPP School. It's a lot of work (not least for User:Onel5969), but definitely worth it for the learner. Storchy (talk) 15:50, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

I went through it myself, with Barkeep49 as my mentor - yes, a lot of work for trainer and trainee, but definitely worthwhile. Cheers Girth Summit _(blether) 17:17, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

DREAMDAY draft

Hi!

I'm just wondering what I need to do to get the DREAMDAY draft published as I realised you declined it for the time being. Thank you, Limeisthebest123 Limeisthebest123 (talk) 18:59, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

Hi,

Wikipedia doesn't have articles on every band. Please see WP:BAND for more information on which bands Wikipedia includes.

I put some notes at Draft:DREAMDAY (musical group), in the pink boxes at the top, about that and about reliable sources.

At the moment the draft doesn't have any sources, and I couldn't find any online.

Thanks, Storchy (talk) 20:22, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

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New biography page CoI

Hi - thanks for offering to help me submit a new biographical article. I've put a draft here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Neil_Henderson so if you have time to have a look that would be great. Hepatorenal (talk) 15:00, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

You can click the "Submit this draft for review" button to have the draft evaluated. ■ ∃ Madeline ⇔ ∃ Part of me ; 16:06, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

Hello Hepatorenal, the Neil Henderson draft currently has only WP:Primary sources. Have a look at WP:PROF for the guidelines on notability for academics. Thanks, Storchy (talk) 16:10, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

Note

Thank you for your CSD for Shuleeg Dasht Balochistan, which I previously tagged. Though, I'm unsure if CSD would work. Dunno if any criteria are applicable. Of course, it's obviously poor and not ready for mainspace. Perhaps AfD or draftify again? Many thanks! VickKiang (talk) 10:28, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

Also see User talk:Dashtshuligkech#Note on New Articles for the note I left- if it's possible you could elaborate and expand upon it. Many thanks again for your reviewing! VickKiang (talk) 10:35, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

Good question. I would like to try to engage with that editor, whose English is clearly very limited, and try to explain to them about why articles need references. They might have no idea why their articles keep getting sent to draft.

I couldn't find anything in English-language RS online about the various names given for this village, so it might not notable by WP:GEOLAND. Any ideas on how we could get them to find reliable sources in Urdu or Balochi? Or is this a matter of WP:CIR, and we need to ask at WP:ANI? Good grief, listen to me spouting letters like a broken modem. Storchy (talk) 10:39, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

Hmmm. I don't think I conducted a detailed WP:BEFORE search in other languages, but my one in English didn't find much that could show WP:GEOLAND being met. IMO as they started editing four days ago, WP:ANI is probably a bit too fast to me right now. I think that the user is generally good-faith but is unconstructive, most of their contribs have been reverted, so WP:CIR might apply. Though, after a friendly remainder if they continue perhaps we should go with a sterner level 2/level 3 warning on unsourced content or unhelpful pages, if that still doesn't work then we might report to this somewhere. In the meantime, these should be drafted and AfDed, the CSD might work but might also more likely not, depending on the deleting admin. Many thanks! VickKiang (talk) 10:44, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

Oh agreed, much better to avoid ANI. I see you saw my note at their talk page about which language to use. Here's hoping that works. Someone told me in a WP discussion somewhere that there's a WP phone app that doesn't show user talk page alerts. Zheeezh. But here's hoping. Storchy (talk) 11:07, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

One of their articles was in Urdu (says Google Translate), so I posted at Wikiproject Pakistan, asking for an Urdu speaker to help explain about references. Fingers crossed that happens before an admin gets fed up with what looks a lot like sullen revenge edits at the moment. Storchy (talk) 15:05, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

Help in reviewing and publishing draft

Hi Storchy, hope you’re doing well. Please I need help with a draft article page I made for Richardine Bartee with review and approval I created the draft on 5th of this month and submitted it, thanks. The link can be found below https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Richardine_Bartee</nowiki> Ndymaka (talk) 07:01, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

Can we talk

What mistake I had done in creating a Wikipedia page that it got deleted Matty19962022 (talk) 03:12, 11 November 2022 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Spam. Wikipedia doesn't allow advertisements. Storchy (talk) 11:19, 11 November 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for your help.. could use your insights

Storchy.. thanks! As a new user I really appreciate any help I can get. There are very few references available to something that was quite iconic notable in the 1970.

Any help you can extend is highly appreciated!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Curb_your_dog_(Sign_NYC)

Is this an ok source? Can it be used as a reference?

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nytimes/name/walter-kacik-obituary?id=14406784 Flibbertigibbets (talk) 13:00, 12 November 2022 (UTC)

Hi, that's a good question. I had a look at Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard, and found these two discussions:

• Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_238#Legacy.com
• Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_373#Legacy.com_used_for_info_on_a_subject's_family

It seems that legacy.com is more of a Wikipedia:Primary source. Were you just looking to reference that single sentence about Kacik that's currently in the draft? I bet we could find a better source than a family's obituary. Here's one: [5] Storchy (talk) 13:08, 12 November 2022 (UTC)

Thanks I used "design observer previously" so I wanted to have multiple sources, and the obituary was a reprint from the new york times.

Yep, I was looking for the single sentence about Kacik.

Also, I am personally trying to figure out notability - pre-internet age this was very notable - perhaps I can find something in print.

PS it's great having help and a sounding board! Flibbertigibbets (talk) 19:57, 12 November 2022 (UTC)

Tamika Hamilton

Hello @Storchy,

The Tamika Hamilton article was supposed to be a draft, my bad. Can I draftify it and then remove the redirect?

Thanks! Mooonswimmer 19:20, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

Yes, of course, and thanks for asking. I thought it would be better to leave the redirect in place, on the slim chance that she wins. Storchy (talk) 19:24, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

Xsoundbeatz (Macedonian producer)

Hello @Storchy

I have a question the article Xsoundbeatz (Macedonian producer) is a new writting here and my question is can you delete the old Xsoundbeatz draft or edit the old one?

Thankyou Mirjanjanku3 (talk) 21:38, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

Hello. To delete the old draft, we would need to propose deletion at WP:MFD.

You can edit the old draft, and submit it for review again, if you really have something new to add. But if it's just the same tweaks that were made in the last four submissions, then it will just get rejected again. Storchy (talk) 21:43, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

Thankyou for your answer @Storchy

I wrote everything the same what is written on macedonian wikipedia about him Mirjanjanku3 (talk) 22:01, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

I understand, but different Wikipedia projects have different policies. Storchy (talk) 22:58, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

@Storchy and the old draft I can’t resubmit for review. I can't see the submit draft button Mirjanjanku3 (talk) 00:42, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

The button is there now. Storchy (talk) 06:44, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

piri & tommy page

hiya @Storchy i recently submitted a page to be checked, would you mind having a look at it? you did do some small edits to it earlier but i have improved it alot since! many thanks. Draft:Piri_&_Tommy (talk) 17:18 November 2022 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Georgebenee (talk • contribs)

It's a lot better now, so I've gone ahead and published it. Watch out for the promotional tone creeping back in: that will just get reverted by other editors.

By the way, to sign your post on a talk page, just type the "~" character four times at the end of your message, and it will magically change into your signature: ~~~~. Thanks, Storchy (talk) 18:16, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

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Removal of family info from Arshad Sharif's page

Since Arshad sharif was a private man and would not want information regarding his family on the page, it is only fair that his choices be respected. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arshad_Sharif Stony123 (talk) 23:32, 21 November 2022 (UTC)

I'll reply at the article talk page, where you've also posted about this. Storchy (talk) 23:38, 21 November 2022 (UTC)

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Request on 10:00:11, 22 November 2022 for assistance on AfC submission by Ajatontiriajabale

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  • Draft:Mustapha Ado Muhammad (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Hi! Storchy,

I got your review. The subject in question is actually very popular and notable. Unfortunately, He's more active in Northern Nigeria where the coverage is fewer. His company has actually been a pioneer in the Nigerian market and has been involved in various projects. No doubt, he is really notable. I agree the coverage is limited. What would you advise?

Ajatontiriajabale (talk) 10:00, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

Hi, yes finding reliable sources on notable African subjects from areas with lower coverage online is a longtime problem on Wikipedia. You might consider looking for offline sources, such as scans of reliable printed newspaper articles. You could also ask for assistance at the talk page of WP:WikiProject Nigeria: perhaps there are editors from Northern Nigeria who can help. The coverage doesn't have to be in English, either. Any language is fine, so long as it's from a reliable source. Storchy (talk) 10:07, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

Thank you Storchy, I will look for more sources around...and as you've advised, I will look out for more offline sources...I am sure I should be able to find a couple. Thank you so much for your help. Ajatontiriajabale (talk) 10:15, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

Help review new article

Hello, I saw you moved the article I created Dumo Lulu-Briggs, Thanks for doing that, I needed permission to do so, please also help me review the article, you did well Madeforall1 (talk) 11:29, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

User:Happydad69

I've been looking through those edits and I think all of them are reverted now? I have asked another admin about what to do with the editor as I wasn't sure where to report? I wasn't sure if they went to AIV or the BLP noticeboard? Knitsey (talk) 17:01, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

AIV isn't the right place for this, because unsourced additions to a BLP aren't considered vandalism, unless they're blatantly defamatory, like "Mr. So and So is a stinking nazi", that sort of thing.

But if they continue to add unsourced info to BLPs, and continue refusing to respond to requests and warning at their talk page, you could report them at WP:ANI. Storchy (talk) 17:05, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for tge advice. It's appreciated. Knitsey (talk) 17:08, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

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CSD G5s

Hello, Storchy,

I just untagged some pages you had tagged for speedy deletion, CSD G5, and I wanted to explain why. This criteria is misunderstood a lot. G5 is not a criteria for being a blocked account or for having multiple accounts/sockpuppetry. It is actually intended for block evasion, that is, for using sockpuppets AFTER an account has been blocked or during a block.

So, for example, Cambridge Guys was blocked for 3 days on November 17th. Any page creations that were made by sockpuppets prior to that November 17th block date are not eligible for CSD G5 because the sockmaster was not blocked during that time, hence, no block evasion. And the block was only for 3 days, not indefinitely. So, the only page creations that might be eligible for CSD G5 speedy deletion were if Cambridge Guys created a sock puppet from Nov. 17-20, while they were blocked, and then created some draft articles.

This can be a tricky CSD criteria to assess, you have to check when the original account was blocked, how long the bock was for, what date the page you are examining was created, was it created during a time the original account was blocked and if there are any substantial article contributions by other editors. If you go into my talk page archives, you can find at least a dozen discussions about CSD G5, even one where we pinged a checkuser to confirm our understanding of the criteria. But thanks for all of your contributions to the project, I run into work you've done or articles you've reviewed almost every day. Thank you! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:12, 23 November 2022 (UTC)

Ah, I see. OK, thanks for the reverts then. I'll check the timeline of creation versus block carefully next time.

And it's a relief to hear that reverts are only needed on a minority of my contributions. :-) Storchy (talk) 21:40, 23 November 2022 (UTC)

Request on 08:43:52, 25 November 2022 for assistance on AfC submission by Veerle De Jonge ACI

• Veerle De Jonge ACI (talk · contribs)
  • Draft:AGORA CLUB INTERNATIONAL (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Hi, thanks for your feedback on my submission of the Agora Club International article. Our goal was to give some general info to explain what Agora Club International stands for, especially since it is referred to (with red hyperlinks) from the wikipedia page "Round Table family of Clubs". Your feedback that more in-depth references are needed is a bit difficult to address, maybe you can help us by suggesting alternatives ways to meet your concerns?

With kind regards,

Veerle De Jonge

Veerle De Jonge ACI (talk) 08:43, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

Hello, I've replied at your talk page. Storchy (talk) 12:32, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

Thanks

Recently I was thinking something like "I'm so happy that this experienced editor has chimed in and tried to apply the correct guidelines and processes here". Again today, I notice the same person fixed some things again, so I checked your page. I see you're actually here less than a year, a bit like myself (I joined years ago, but editing in earnest for less than a year).

So this is a note to say that I appreciate how you are contributing to the encyclopaedia. I mostly agree with what you say, disagree with some of the more minor detail, but the important thing is that you've separated surmountable problems from insurmountable ones, which is what we need at WP:AFD. The topic we are discussing is difficult to deal with in a neutral manner for obvious reasons, but I think you've succeeded where I fear others are making emotion based arguments and then trying to find logical/guideline/police justifications to support them, rather than trying to be genuinely neutral.

Thanks for the way you're editing, I appreciate it. CT55555(talk) 16:14, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

You're very welcome. Thanks for keeping a cool head at the talk page, when there have been implicit and explicit allegations made about the motives for creating the article. It's probably a difficult topic for anyone to stay neutral about though, and by and large the discussion's been mostly civil.

By the way, did you notice this yet? There should have been a notification at your user talk page about that discussion, as article creator. Storchy (talk) 16:28, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

Without much thought, I created absolutely the most emotion-provoking article out of the 300+ I've started so far. I guess as I wrote it, I did start to realize it might get extra scrutiny and I think that's a good thing and probably best to get it right away and from a very wide range of people. I don't care about the implied allegations about my motives because anyone who looked into things will see that I've actually started and edited a bunch of articles about Ukraine (including Olha Franko,Petro Franko, Tetiana Barantsova, so anyone who cares to forensically examine my history will inevitably conclude that any bias I have is in favour of Ukraine.

My actual motivations are the same as almost every article I write. I write about something, I learn something new in that process, I figure out if it's notable. So when I wrote about Duncan Kinney I ended up learning about Roman Shukhevych statue (Edmonton) and after I wrote that one, I realised there was reliable sources dealing with the collective group of such monuments.

Nobody notified me about the WP:ANI thread, which was slightly annoying, but in the context of the sensible interventions by multiple editors who are unconnected, that's probably for the best. So I read it last night and decided I had nothing to add to what was said already. Today I realise the WP:ANI thread is a good thing, it gets more experienced eyes on the article. I have faith in the WP:AFD process, I used to hang out at AFD a lot and I know the people who close them really can separate relevant and not relevant arguments, and WP:GNG plus WP:NLIST arguments will likely outrank others.

The whole conversation is a bit disappointing because I think those who disagree with me are driven by a very understandable sense of kindness and solidarity to Ukrainians. It would have been better if this article was created before Russia seized on this real issue as a talking/propaganda point. But I went ahead anyway, I don't think ignoring difficult issues is encyclopedic or good for society.

Let's hope cool heads prevail, and if what I've learned about Wikipedia so far remains true, I think they will. Peace. CT55555(talk) 16:51, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

Request on 10:55:29, 26 November 2022 for assistance on AfC submission by Kunaljoon9

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Kunaljoon9 (talk) 10:55, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

Hello Kunal Joon. I think the answers you're looking for can be found by reading these two guidelines:

• Wikipedia:Notability (people), and
• Wikipedia is not a social networking service.

Thank you. Storchy (talk) 12:20, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

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	Thank you for your help! I will do better and not post an article without first checking to make sure it hadn't already been made by someone else. Hope there wasn't any problems. Thanks again, dude! Hajiru (talk) 20:28, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

No problems at all! I make much worse mistakes here every week, I promise you. :-) 21:09, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

Post.news

Thanks for the additions. I was running out of energy.

Sources I was going to use for further work:

• https://www.axios.com/2022/11/22/twitter-clone-tech-giants-microsoft-google-meta
• https://www.thewrap.com/what-is-post-twitter-alternative-news-social-media-mastodon
• https://mobile.twitter.com/noam/status/1594468317137440768 (Jobs ad with a list of technology used, but it's not an independent source, which is problematic)

— Steve98052 (talk) 10:56, 28 November 2022 (UTC)

Happy to help. Just wondering now about the name: on their website, and in all the references I see, it's called just "Post". Should we move it to something like Post (social network)? Storchy (talk) 11:09, 28 November 2022 (UTC)

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My article "Draft:Yes_No_Oracles" was deleted due to a quote that triggered a copy right violation. I apologize for the error, I was under the impression, based on Wikipedia's copy right policies: Wikipedia:Quotations allowed quotations if properly sighted, which i thought I did, but must not be understanding something.

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Hello Storch, You previously declined my article on Panto sunglasses and I have been trying to improve it with time. Are you able to review let me know if I need to make further adjustments? Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kelmaa (talk • contribs) 17:36, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

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