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Harrison Ford - protection level - correction of errors

Hello, Courcelles, the entry on Harrison Ford has a major error and needs an addition. He does **not** have a grandchild named Giuliana, and he **does** have another grandchild not listed, Waylon (born 2010) So... "Ford has three grandchildren: Eliel (born 1993), Giuliana (born 1997), and Ethan (born 2000)." ought to read "Ford has three grandchildren: Eliel (born 1993), Ethan (born 2000) and Waylon (born 2010)." I am an aviation history editor, but I noticed that glaring error and lapse and also that HF's page has been "protected" due to vandals. I am **not** a vandal and the information above is correct. Carroll F. Gray (talk) 03:48, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, it's semi-protected to stop vandalism, but semi only stops IPs, or accounts with fewer than 10 edits and four days old. You easily meet the requirements to edit through that protection and make whatever (sourced) edits are necessary. Courcelles (talk) 03:58, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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  • VisualEditor gadget authors can no longer use the backwards-compatibility module ext.visualEditor.viewPageTarget.init. Use ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init instead. [4]
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WikiCup 2015 September newsletter

The finals for the 2015 Wikicup has now begun! Congrats to the 8 contestants who have survived to the finals, and well done and thanks to everyone who took part in rounds 3 and 4.

In round 3, we had a three-way tie for qualification among the wildcard contestants, so we had 34 competitors. The leader was by far Scotland Casliber (submissions) in Group B, who earned 1496 points. Although 913 of these points were bonus points, he submitted 15 articles in the DYK category. Second place overall was Philadelphia Coemgenus (submissions) at 864 points, who although submitted just 2 FAs for 400 points, earned double that amount for those articles in bonus points. Everyone who moved forward to Round 4 earned at least 100 points.

The scores required to move onto the semifinals were impressive; the lowest scorer to move onto the finals was 407, making this year's Wikicup as competitive as it's always been. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:

  1. Belarus Cas Liber (submissions), who is competing in his sixth consecutive Wikicup final, again finished the round in first place, with an impressive 1666 points in Pool B. Casliber writes about the natural sciences, including ornithology, botany and astronomy. A large bulk of his points this round were bonus points.
  2. Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points), second place both in Pool B and overall, earned the bulk of his points with FPs, mostly depicting currency.
  3. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions), first in Pool A, came in third. His specialty is natural science articles; in Round 4, he mostly submitted articles about insects and botany. Five out of the six of the GAs he submitted were level-4 vital articles.
  4. Somerset Harrias (submissions), second in Pool A, took fourth overall. He tends to focus on articles about cricket and military history, specifically the 1640s First English Civil War.
  5. Washington, D.C. West Virginian (submissions), from Pool A, was our highest-scoring wildcard. West Virginia tends to focus on articles about the history of (what for it!) the U.S. state of West Virginia.
  6. Somerset Rodw (submissions), from Pool A, likes to work on articles about British geography and places. Most of his points this round were earned from two impressive accomplishments: a GT about Scheduled monuments in Somerset and a FT about English Heritage properties in Somerset.
  7. United States Rationalobserver (submissions), from Pool B, came in seventh overall. RO earned the majority of her points from GARs and PRs, many of which were earned in the final hours of the round.
  8. England Calvin999 (submissions), also from Pool B, who was competing with RO for the final two spots in the final hours, takes the race for most GARs and PRs—48.

The intense competition between RO and Calvin999 will continue into the finals. They're both eligible for the Newcomers Trophy, given for the first time in the Wikicup; whoever makes the most points will win it.

Good luck to the finalists; the judges are sure that the competition will be fierce!

Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs), Miyagawa (talk · contribs) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs) 11:48, 2 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Fraternity and sorority categories

Courcelles, is this appropriate: Category:Sisters of Kappa Alpha Theta? There are apparently several that have been created in the past several weeks. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 02:59, 27 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  • Yes, sir. The related CfDs from November and December 2009 must be what I'm remembering; the 2007 discussions were before my time. I think these newly created categories should be nominated before anyone invests a great deal of time and effort creating more of these and tagging articles. Do you want to do the honors, or should I? Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 13:04, 30 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Done: Tagged and bagged seven of them for 1 September CFD. Dirtlawyer1 (talk)

Opera

or informal clarification request. Yesterday, the anniversary of my strangest day on Wikipedia, I had a few discussions, which boiled down to the case of Peter Planyavsky where I added an infobox to an article for which I was a main contributor. Why was that not the end of the story? Instead, it was reverted, discussed, collapsed, - why? In the end, a helper came to my rescue, uncollapsed it and put it back in the normal position. Much ado about nothing, one could say, and think at least that was the end of the story. No, arbitration took that very edit of help as a diff to ban the helper. I called it kafkaesque. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:11, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Things have changed. Now yesterday you added an infobox to an article for which you were a main contributor, in violation of your restriction, and it was not reverted, discussed, or collapsed. But you also decline to allow others to make decisions on articles for which they were main contributors, for example by seeking "helpers". Why should this be the end of the story? Note: I am not seeking any kind of sanction against you for this violation; I simply would like to finally understand why. Nikkimaria (talk) 01:19, 30 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Yesterday I did what? I added images, yes. I have some shining knights who follow up on a discussion. - Can we call the infoboxes war over? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:38, 30 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
As I said: BWV 228.
I'm trying, Gerda, really. I apologize to you for getting involved at Planyavsky and elsewhere - you should have been able to make the decision, and I should not have interfered with that. But I don't understand how that view reconciles with your actions elsewhere, where major contributors have opinions different than yours. I don't understand how when you and someone who doesn't want an infobox are both major contributors, an infobox is added almost by default. I don't understand how going through your "hitlist" of prior disputes, where you know at least one person has previously objected to an infobox, reconciles with your promise not to add one where you believe it is not wanted. I really don't understand how we can say the infobox war is over when infoboxes are being added or expanded not by real consensus but because you've explicitly asked others to come support them (Beethoven's Mass in C minor), or simply mocked other viewpoints on sympathetic talkpages (BWV 35). We could say the war is over when we understand and respect each other; we cannot say it now, as I don't feel I understand you and I don't feel you respect me. Nikkimaria (talk) 12:26, 30 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry about the motet, I wrote it as self-medication and forgot that there had been a few lines before I expanded. I will be back, hopefully in better health. Apology taken. I respect you, and am sorry if that doesn't come across enough. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:40, 30 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like y'all came to an understanding here. Pleased to see it. Courcelles (talk) 00:44, 1 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Re: User:NickAangWiki block

Don't know if you were aware of Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Nickaang/Archive when you blocked this account. I have added it to the SPI page. FYI. 220 of Borg 13:32, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Okay. 220 of Borg 04:04, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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  • You can now use Wikidata to find all good or featured articles in a Wikipedia version. [9]

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  • The Content Translation tool published some pages with the same reference repeated several times. This has been fixed. [11][12]

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  • Wikidata will soon be able to store measurements, such as a mountain's height or the distance between two places. [17][18]

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American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children

Hi there,

I just noticed the AfD of American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, which you just closed as delete. It's been a while since I've looked at the article; would you mind userfying it for me to see if I can find additional sources and improve it?

Thanks — Rhododendrites talk \\ 01:13, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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September 16: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

Wednesday September 16, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

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Tech News: 2015-38

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

  • You can now use the Wikidata query service. [19]
  • Belarusian-Taraškievica Wikipedia was moved from be-x-old.wiki.x.io to be-tarask.wiki.x.io. This caused some issues, but most of them were resolved. [20]
  • Language preferences might not be changed immediately when you adjust them. Language selection might work slower. Please report any problems. [21][22]

Problems

  • There was a problem when editing International Standard Book Numbers in Visual Editor. This has now been fixed. [23]
  • The Wikimedia mailing lists should have been upgraded on September 9. It didn't work as planned and will now happen later. [24]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 15. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 16. It will be on all Wikipedias from September 17 (calendar).

Meetings

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Future changes

  • ContentTranslation will show more data on the Special:ContentTranslationStats page. For example, it will show translation trends and information about deleted translations. [25]
  • The first version of the translation suggestions feature will be deployed soon. [26]

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Wikidata weekly summary #175

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Requesting Rollback Rights

Hi Courcelles,

I would like to have rollback rights. I have been reverting vandalism for a long time especially on Jimbo Wales user page. I normally use a watchlist and it sends me emails and if I find vandalism I revert it immediately. I will use the rights in good faith and only use it when there is blatant vandalism. I use twinkle to revert vandalism. Please can I have the right --EurovisionNim (talk to me)(see my edits) 03:22, 13 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sarah Fasha Discussion

Hi Courcelles , could you please close Sarah Fasha discussion as last edit was from 7 days --Mohamed Ouda (talk) 09:41, 11 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Tech News: 2015-39

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

  • There is now an experimental Wikimedia maps service. You can give feedback here. [27][28]
  • Last week a few issues with UploadWizard were fixed. Before this was done, UploadWizard would stop you from uploading your files if something went wrong. [29][30][31][32]
  • More Wikipedias can now use information from any Wikidata item in any Wikipedia article. Previously they could only use the Wikidata item that matched the subject of the article. [33]
  • The VisualEditor welcome dialogue has been changed. The intention is to make it more helpful for new users. [34]

Problems

  • Wikimedia Labs' HTTPS certificate expired for most of Tuesday 15 September. To reach Wikimedia Labs and Tool Labs securely you had to ignore your browser's security error message. There was no risk to data security during this time. [35]
  • Last week the notification system was split into two parts. This was temporarily undone because of a bug and performance concerns. It will return to two parts this week. [36][37]
  • UploadWizard couldn't upload files larger than 5 MB when using chunked uploads. This has now been fixed. [38]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 22. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 23. It will be on all Wikipedias from September 24 (calendar).
  • The page move tool has been switched over to the new standard look for forms. [39]
  • You can now choose whether to extend a link or not when editing one in VisualEditor. This means it is easier to choose how much of what you type before and after the link is part of it. [40]
  • Wikibooks can now use data from Wikidata. [41]

Meetings

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18:29, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #176

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Plebeia remota

I noticed you declined my speedy deletion nomination of that article. However, if you noticed the edit history, I nominated the article back before it contained an infobox, when all it consisted of was {{My sandbox}}. Gparyani (talk) 23:30, 20 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Paula Rothermel

I would like to have a look at Paula Rothermel and see if something can be done about the concerns raised at the recent AfD discussion. Would you userfy it for me incl. editing history to User:Sam Sailor/Drafts/Paula Rothermel. Thanks, -- Sam Sailor Talk! 08:41, 15 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  • Thank you, if you would do so. Off-topic if you don't mind: you closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Jones (filmmaker) as No consensus last night with no closing comment. I had expanded the article and added ~25 sources (link), most of them cite books dealing with subject and his films. I've since added another 14 cite webs/news, but that's irrelevant in regards to the AfD closing obviously. My assumption was that my edits would substantiate my argument at the AfD discussion that no proper mandatory due diligence had been performed, and that the article was a Keep. Did I fail to advance my position properly? If you will explain your closing I will take it as a fine opportunity to learn something in this department of Wikipedia. -- Sam Sailor Talk! 08:51, 16 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • In this particular case it was more of "another week of discussion will lead to a clear keep consensus, but why waste everyone's time since 'no consensus' results in the same thing." Also, Paula emailed to you. Courcelles (talk) 18:37, 16 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Another CSD denied...

...see User_talk:Skamecrazy123#Speedy_deletion_declined:_User:Airl67. Drmies (talk) 18:10, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Tech News: 2015-40

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

  • In UploadWizard, the dialog to see an image preview has been removed. You already see the images in the thumbnails when you upload them. [42]
  • UploadWizard dialogs look a bit different now. They have been updated to the new OOUI look. [43]
  • You can now edit music scores in VisualEditor. You can add new sheet music scores and get live updates when you edit one. [44]
  • When you send an e-mail to another editor using Special:EmailUser, that user will now get a notification on the wiki as well. [45]
  • You can now see 500 images when you upload images from Flickr with UploadWizard. Before this change the limit was 50. [46]
  • The Wikimedia mailing lists have been upgraded. [47]
  • MediaWiki developers spent a day looking at proposed code changes in Gerrit. The goal was to clean up the backlog and give feedback to volunteer developers. [48]

Problems

  • Some visitors had problems reaching the Wikimedia sites for an hour on September 24. [49][50]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 29. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 30. It will be on all Wikipedias from October 1 (calendar).
  • There will be a new beta feature that allows editors to use Flow on their user talkpage if they want to. Each wiki can decide if they want to enable it. [51]
  • The Content Translation tool can give translation suggestions. This feature will now be available in more languages: English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Turkish, Japanese, Italian, and Catalan. [52]

Meetings

Future changes

  • The Wikimedia Foundation developers want the community to decide who can use OAuth in the future. You can discuss it on Meta.

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15:15, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #177

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Books and Bytes - Issue 13

The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 13, August-September 2015
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs), Nikkimaria (talk · contribs)

  • New donations - EBSCO, IMF, more newspaper archives, and Arabic resources
  • Expansion into new languages, including Viet and Catalan
  • Spotlight: Elsevier partnership garners controversy, dialogue
  • Conferences: PKP, IFLA, upcoming events

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Tech News: 2015-41

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

  • The link editor in the visual editor now shows results below the search box. This improves the usability on desktop and mobile. [54]
  • The description at Special:ChangeEmail now clearly explains that the page can also be used to remove your email. [55]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from October 6. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 7. It will be on all Wikipedias from October 8 (calendar).
  • UploadWizard will remind users to add a category. [56]
  • UploadWizard's category selectors will be easier to use. [57]
  • A new Cite error will be shown if a named reference is defined more than once in the same article. [58]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on 6 October at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

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18:32, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #178

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Shielding lotion

Would it break any rule for you to tell me what editor created the version of that article that was deleted, and when? I can't think of any way of finding out except to ask an admin. Looie496 (talk) 17:56, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, that's all I need. Looie496 (talk) 18:07, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Unblock request on hold

An unblock request for a block you placed has been on hold at User talk:Herbie rookie for a week. Could you have a look at it and comment? The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 16:09, 28 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 15:48, 29 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A cup of coffee for you!

Now you know why. That is your third coffee. I wonder whois coffee. Olowe2011 Talk 16:39, 27 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your comment on Arbcom debate

Courcelles It was to draw your attention to the article based on the thing sent to oversight. Nothing less or more, call it pre-emptive housekeeping. Olowe2011 Talk 16:33, 27 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Removing the block notice from my talk page

Hello, I was wondering if it is okay to remove the block notice (seen here) from my talk page)? Charlesaaronthompson (talk) 22:16, 22 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Homer G. Lindsay, Jr.

This may seem nit-picky, but I was wondering if you could reconsider your closure of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Homer G. Lindsay, Jr.. I know it doesn't make any difference to whether the article is kept or not, but I really do think it should be "keep" rather than "no consensus". References were provided and added to the article as the discussion progressed, and there were not further delete !votes after this occurred. StAnselm (talk) 01:34, 22 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of Tsubomi (actress)

I notice that you recently deleted Tsubomi (actress). In the discussion, I mentioned that she is one of the most famous AV idols, and I wasn't lying: a google news search for "つぼみ AV" will turn up dozens of articles about her in Japanese media. I am concerned that Spartaz has been nominating numerous articles on Japanese pornstars for deletion, and a couple anti-porn users, including Hullaballoo Wolfowitz, have been voting delete without even doing a Japanese search. Another user, GuzzyG, has expressed similar concerns. I believe the recent deletion campaign has created quite a big mess, in that many articles may have been wrongly deleted, and I'm not sure how to proceed. --Sammy1339 (talk) 00:54, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  • You really didn't raise the argument of sources in Japanese, or provide links to such significant coverage. You should have raised that argument there, and at AFD, you need to provide evidence that backs up your points -- by providing solid evidence that such sources exist. If you can show that, I can re-open the AFD and send it for another week; but your original keep argument did not provide a solid rationale. Courcelles (talk) 02:05, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • I provided a link to a 16 minute video biography of her by a mainstream news source. I could have gone and added a few Japanese news articles about her, but I think at that point it's just a technicality - there was, at a minimum, the other source mentioned which ranked her as the top AV idol, therefore "multiple" sources, and it's obvious she satisfies SIGCOV. More to the point, I don't have time to make a thorough list for every AV idol that goes to AfD, and it's a problem that all these articles are being deleted without anybody checking. --Sammy1339 (talk) 02:29, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks for notifying me of this discussion. I would just point out that its over a year since the changes to PORNBIO went through and yet the creators and proponents of these articles have done absolutely nothing to clean them up and less burdensome ways of going about this are impossible because the keep everything brigade makes it impossible to use PROD to easily remove the low hanging fruit. Having to go through AFD for essentially the same discussion everytime is simply ridiculous but not my choice. I'd be happy to leave this alone but no-one else seems interested in doing this and policy/guidelines need to be enforced because these are inadequately sourced BLPs. So what's the answer? Apparently people don't like the way I'm dealing with the problem but no-one else is stepping up to the plate and I'm enforcing what the rules actually say not what the proporn lobby want it to say. If you have a better idea of how to do this I'd be glad to hear it. Spartaz Humbug! 06:02, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Spartaz, while a small number of editors may be complaining, they're hardly representative. Looking over the 125 or so deletion proposals related to porn performers over the last six months of so, more than 90% have closed as delete, while only five AFD discussions have closed as keep. There's enduring consensus support for these deletions. Periodically a few porn enthusiasts react disruptively, and poison the environment for discussions so that most editors avoid them, but these characters regularly flame out and normal outcomes resume. I think only one porn performer deletion has been overturned at DRV in the recent past, and that was for applying the rejected no-consensus-defaults-to-delete principle. The community supports you and supports what's been done, even if many editors don't want to subject themselves to the recurrent bickering and mudslinging. The kind of disruption that doesn't go away, though, are the consistent efforts to cast aspersions on editor like you, me, Tarc, and (lately) Gene93k, all active on BLP matters, for applying basic BLP standards to porn performer bios. The Big Bad Wolfowitz (aka Hullaballoo) (talk) 21:17, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think the deletion of Tsubomi makes it clear that it is necessary to check Japanese media before deleting articles on Japanese pornography. Perhaps you could ask at WikiProject Japan if someone is willing to do this for the recently deleted AV idols - I am not the person for this, because I do not speak Japanese. Barring that I would advise not AfDing any more AV idols until we know that we don't have people voting delete without even looking. And of course the Tsubomi article should be restored. --Sammy1339 (talk) 20:25, 22 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not against your doing that but the onus is on those that want to keep comtent to source it. That puts the ball in your court I think. Spartaz Humbug! 21:18, 22 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
No valid reason to restore the article has yet been given, so I decline to do so. Sammy, the burden of proof is on you at this point. Courcelles (talk) 21:19, 22 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
There was already a 16 minute biography of her and a magazine rating her as #1 in her field. Obviously she is notable, use some common sense. To fulfill the ritual, here are a handful of numerous possible articles: [59], [60], [61], [62], [63]. And no, the default option is not delete - actually it is keep! When people nominate an article, or vote for it to be deleted, there is an expectation that they have made a reasonable effort to check for sources. --Sammy1339 (talk) 21:40, 22 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
"The Big Bad" noone here is a porn enthusiast, i am certainly not a keep everything "brigade" (Although if you're nominated for the top award in your field (AVN) then it should be a clear in. If you're a member of the top band in the world for the last 5 years Liam Payne, then you should qualify.) But you and the trio have consistently badgered the WP:PORNBIO standards down over the last four years down to only being in the hall of fame and the equivalent of winning the best Oscar award. I have no interest in pornography as it does not interest me in the slightest - but considering you have been hovering around it for 4 years and trying to get the standards higher and then only in this one field nominating over 125 (you keep track) articles for deletion.. (Also calling respectable foreign newspapers which do cover them "tabloids" is insulting to that countries media) leads one to believe one has had ulterior motives. It's awaken me to the potential for abuse in this "Anyone can edit" philosophy of Wikipedia that has given me seconds thoughts. Don't worry though you've got that icky porn off! Four years of hard work, i do applaud your efforts. GuzzyG (talk) 01:20, 24 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Brian Boxer Wachler AFD

I have just been looking over this AFD and I have decided that I think that, with all due respect, your close thereof was improper. Although I was the only experienced editor who voted keep, I actually provided sources that covered Wachler in depth, which contradicted the assertions of many of the delete !voters that "No third-party evidence indicating how this person meets WP:BIO notability criteria." and "need independent sources." I linked to some of them in the discussion and added others to the (now deleted, of course) article about Wachler. I am asking you to reconsider your close, and if you still think you were right to close it the way you did, I will take this to WP:DRV. If you think a no consensus or keep close would have been more appropriate, as I do, then of course you are welcome to re-close it and restore the article. Best, Everymorning (talk) 22:47, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  • Your first and third links are the exact same article, which means you have two stories, both of which are fluff. I don't see any other possible close to this AFD, but I also don't see any objections to a {{WP:TNT]] resolution. If you do want to just start a new article, let me know, as it needs to be semi'ed to keep those socks away. Courcelles (talk) 03:24, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I have put something together at Draft:Brian Boxer Wachler. Also, the links I linked to in the AFD, although they were both to Foxnews.com, were to separate articles on that site. First, third. Everymorning (talk) 15:20, 11 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
But they are effectively the same, one is simply a six item series of summaries of articles, one of which is the actual story. Courcelles (talk) 05:33, 15 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Thursday October 15: Women in Architecture Edit-a-thon @ Guggenheim (drop-in any time, noon-8pm!)

Thursday October 15: Women in Architecture Edit-a-thon @ Guggenheim

You are invited to join us for a full day and evening of social Wikipedia editing at the Guggenheim (drop-in any time, noon-8pm!), during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles covering the lives and works of women in architecture.

noon - 8pm (drop-in anytime!) at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Garrett Lobby @ 1071 5th Ave by E 88 St

In conjunction with Archtober and New York Archives Week, the Guggenheim will host its third Wikipedia edit-a-thon—or, #guggathon—to enhance articles related to women in architecture on Wikipedia. The Guggenheim aims to further the goals of Ada Lovelace Day for STEM, and Art+Feminism for art, in a field that, by its nature combines both.

The Guggenheim will work alongside ArchiteXX, the founders of WikiD: Women Wikipedia Design #wikiD, the international education and advocacy program working to increase the number of Wikipedia articles on women in architecture and the built environment. New and experienced editors are welcome.

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Thursday October 15: Women in Architecture Edit-a-thon @ Guggenheim (drop-in any time, noon-8pm!)

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You are invited to join us for a full afternoon and evening of social Wikipedia editing at the Guggenheim (drop-in any time, noon-8pm!), during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles covering the lives and works of women in architecture.

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In conjunction with Archtober and New York Archives Week, the Guggenheim will host its third Wikipedia edit-a-thon—or, #guggathon— to enhance articles related to women in architecture on Wikipedia. The Guggenheim aims to further the goals of Ada Lovelace Day for STEM, and Art+Feminism for art, in a field that, by its nature combines both.

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Me again

I'm being a total PITA today, so apologies in advance. Would you consider restoring talk page access to Caleb David Smith solely to allow him to work through mentorship with Walter Görlitz? They've made the request at UTRS.--Jezebel's Ponyobons mots 20:48, 2 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see why you have to apologize. If you take the pita and spread some hummus or baba ghanoush on it, along with whatever else strikes your fancy, it's delicious.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:03, 2 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Is there any single actual reason we want this user back? I can't see it. Courcelles (talk) 16:38, 4 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Every so often I do something nice and unexpected in order to ensure the Wiki-devil can't claim my soul. This was that moment. Nakon has already declined the unblock, so I guess I'm to become permanently hard and jaded.--Jezebel's Ponyobons mots 22:17, 5 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
You are far from either. Far. Courcelles (talk) 22:25, 5 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect

Do you think it may be better to redirect Kim Howe to this section as it's where she is specifically mentioned? As I voted in the AfD I don't want to edit through the protection to fix the target. If you don't think it matters much then that's fine as well! --Jezebel's Ponyobons mots 20:04, 2 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I changed it. Does it work for you? Or am I just lucky?--Jezebel's Ponyobons mots 22:12, 5 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Not for me, but I have every confidence you did it correctly and it works for everyone else! Courcelles (talk) 22:13, 5 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Gamer Gate Silly 500 Edit Rule.

I just saw a change made to GamerGate that left the grammar of a sentance in SHAMBLES and tried to correct it. I was unable. I then went to the talk page figuring I might be able to ask someone to change it (a totally resonable request in my humble opinion), but that would be too easy. So as the admin who SET those restrictions, I don't really have any CLUE of where else to place this except here. So congrats, it's yours! This is what I would have posted on the talk page if it wasn't ALSO restricted....

Following another editor's edits, the following sentance was the result.
"Former NFL player Chris Kluwe also posted criticisms of Gamergate, his comments noted for the use of creative insults."
That doesn't make any sense grammatically and is, at the very least, missing the word were (if not a total rewrite of the now difficult to read sentance). I'd change it back, but I apparently never reached 500 edits and am thus not to be trusted with grammar. Cheers y'all! Immortal Horrors or Everlasting Splendors 12:46, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I understand that this page is trolled often and I definitely don't want to downplay the difficulty in fighting those trolls, but when I can neither fix obvious grammar errors or even ask someone else to, it seems very cumbersome. Cheers. Immortal Horrors or Everlasting Splendors 12:46, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

(grammar nerd talk page stalker sticking my nose in) The sentence you're talking about is actually perfectly grammatical - it's using a passive (and past) participle phrase ("his comments noted...") to modify "Chris Kluwe" (see this page for some background on participles and their usage). It's a bit on the sophisticated side, grammatically, and I can see why it would lead down the garden path for a lot of readers (and it may well be better rephrased in the long run), but it's not actually an error. It may read more intuitively to you as "Former NFL player Chris Kluwe, his comments noted for the use of creative insults, also posted criticisms of Gamergate.", though that has the stylistic disadvantage of surfacing a description of the criticisms before mentioning that there are criticisms. This has been your Thursday English lesson, please make sure you've gathered up your pencils and notebooks before you go out to recess... A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 14:48, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Fair point. I am very clearly outclassed grammatically here. But maybe as an obvious representative of the grammar low-brow society (as now seen through my own ignorance in posting insistence that the grammar was wrong), someone could change it so that those of us not as well versed in grammar glean a clearer meaning from it. Cheers and thanks for the actually rather insightful and well constructed grammar lesson! Immortal Horrors or Everlasting Splendors 15:36, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

List of oldest people by year of birth

This article that you recently deleted. Can I get it exported to the Gerontology Wiki? — AMK152 (t • c) 06:55, 25 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Alice Eklund-Ward

Hello, I noticed you deleted a page I created. I am upset because not only was I not notified the page was up for deletion, but the discussion was not even open for more than 2 days, which does not offer enough time for editors to have a discussion. HesioneHushabye (talk) 21:29, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that is the page I am referring to. I have a feeling the nominator didn't give me a notification on purpose, I had no idea, or I would have made some comments HesioneHushabye (talk) 21:16, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
If you can produce some arguments for keeping the article, you can always take it to WP:DRV, but you're going to need policy-based reasoning to succeed there. Courcelles (talk) 22:06, 5 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

John D. Haines

Courcelles Can you send me a copy of the deleted article. Also I did find references and changed the style of the article, so I was wondering whether you have some tips for me, if I decide to upload it again. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kalina3112 (talk • contribs) 10:03, 6 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Spinningspark ArbCom case

You do realise that DGG has already voted? SpinningSpark 17:21, 10 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oops. We were sitting on a bench, and both of us missed it. Courcelles (talk) 17:24, 10 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Abdali Mall

Hi, I was wondering on why 'no consensus' was reached, although the overwhelming majority agreed on keeping it? --Makeandtoss (talk) 20:42, 6 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  • Some of those arguments were incredibly weak. Of the keep comments after the first relist, only the very last one was on-point. (In general, it was a well attended AFD, but not a well-argued AFD at all. And AFD is not an exercise in counting votes.) Functionally, no consensus and keep are the same, it makes no difference at all. Courcelles (talk) 21:42, 6 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

User you banned indefinitely is back: Skyhook1

Old username

I notice your old username is no longer a redlink because a Meta page for it still exists and is now being transcluded across all projects. Thought you might want to know. Jenks24 (talk) 13:46, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Need deletion of talk:ROBOTC as part of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robotc

Yesterday you deleted Robotc, talk:Robotc and ROBOTC as part of closing Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robotc. Unless I'm missing something, you missed talk:ROBOTC. Thanks. Rwessel (talk) 15:37, 15 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, that's a G8, though as a talk page of a redirect, I don't think our closure script would ever catch it. (And no one in their rights minds would close AFD's manually.) Someone or some bot always cleans up the G8's like this eventually, but I've done this one now. Courcelles (talk) 17:54, 15 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I'm not really familiar with how AfDs are closed, although I certainly expected some degree of automation. I just came across the page while cleaning up some redlinks to the deleted article, so I thought I'd bring it to your attention, not knowing that a bot would clean that up automatically. Rwessel (talk) 04:48, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Skyhook article and Skyhook1 sock puppet

Hello. Last winter you banned User:Skyhook1 indefinitely for persistent introduction of original research at the Skyhook (structure) article, and for employing multiple sock puppets to revert all changes. A few weeks later, in January, he used the SpaceX redirect "Space exploration technologies‎" [68] to publish his skyhook assay, and amazingly, it stayed there undetected until now. I need help containing his socks again and of hijacking this reditect to SpaceX to post his own assays. Thank you, BatteryIncluded (talk) 20:42, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a bunch!! -Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 20:57, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Moving file names

I was wondering if you would please move File:Denver Brancos radio affiliates.png to a spelling corrected name: File:Denver Broncos radio affiliates.png? If you cannot, please notify an appropriate admin and request they move the file to the name I am requesting. Thank you. Charlesaaronthompson (talk) 01:54, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I was now wondering if you would please move File:OKC Thunder 3rd Alternte Unifroms.jpg to a spelling corrected name: File:Oklahoma City Thunder 3rd alternate uniform.jpg? If you cannot, please notify an appropriate admin and request they move the file to the name I am requesting. Thank you. Charlesaaronthompson (talk) 02:11, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Courcelles (talk) 02:58, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much! Charlesaaronthompson (talk) 04:08, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion review for List of devices supported by CyanogenMod

An editor has asked for a deletion review of List of devices supported by CyanogenMod. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Stifle (talk) 08:14, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Courcelles (talk) 17:00, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikidata weekly summary #180

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Oct 28: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

Wednesday October 28, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our evening "WikiWednesday" salon and knowledge-sharing workshop by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.

This month, we will also host a Newcomer's Wiki Workshop for those getting started on the encyclopedia project!

We will also include a look at our annual plan and budget ideas, to see if the chapter is able to fiscally sponsor more ongoing projects tied to our core mission of expanding and diversifying free knowledge.

We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming editathons, and other outreach activities.

After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!

7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles, 137 West 14th Street

We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 17:44, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikidata weekly summary #181

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Commons Question

'alo - I need some Commons expertise (as opposed to common expertise). A user there has uploaded a whack of images, claiming them as "own work", that are blatant copyvios. I tagged a couple of them for speedy deletion before I realized the extent of the damage. Is there a way to just delete them in bulk?--Jezebel's Ponyobons mots 16:43, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There are a couple that appear legit (i.e Flicker uploads), perhaps I do have to go through each and every one? What a pain.--Jezebel's Ponyobons mots 16:54, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Lot of obvious copy its, mixed in with legit Flicker uploads. Odd, very odd. Courcelles (talk) 16:58, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
And some images have sprung from the head of Zeus, with no EXIF data but also no clear provenance. It's all pretty dodgy. Thanks for your help (as always)!--Jezebel's Ponyobons mots 17:02, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Vandalism on ESPN

I wanted to know if you could semi-protect the ESPN article, as there's too much vandalism on the article.

Thanks Courcelles for solving the problem.

Black Death Protection

I'm considering unprotecting for a bit and seeing what happens. I'm not that optimistic (I'm afraid we'll get more vandalism) but I think it's worth a shot. I might end up having to just re-protect indef as you did in 2010. Just checking in with you to make sure that's reasonable before doing so. NativeForeigner Talk 03:32, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  • Patterns shift. It would be grossly irresponsible to not place it on my watchlist and keep an eye on things but we're 5 years later wrt cluebot, edit filters, and patterns can shift. Perhaps optimistic but I don't think unreasonable. NativeForeigner Talk 05:24, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think it is unreasonable, these are the sort of topics that unprotecting will never, ever do anything but waste time, especially during the school year when this becomes a major part of history classes. Courcelles (talk) 17:51, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Red acting

What are you doing? [86] ... reverting a section on an essentially quiescent page with a "Do not restore" summary (-- why not? Is that a arbcom action? Administrator? any particular policy support that? --) acts like a bright neon sign that says Click here for drama. If it needs to go, you should revdel / or oversight it; otherwise its best to "hide in plain sight" as Edgar Allan Poe famously explained in The Purloined Letter. NE Ent 18:15, 10 October 2015 (UTC):[reply]

I was in the process of oversighting it when roped into a long discussion in real life, that I THOUGHT would be a short one. Courcelles (talk)
Instead you may have relit a beacon fire. Juan Riley (talk) 20:42, 10 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I concur; it smells funny, even if done for all the right reasons. BusterD (talk) 23:17, 10 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
All things considered, I can understand it. Not only was it a particularly nasty thread (as was the RfA in general), but it also had some personally identifying information in it. I suspect that several folks who were involved in that thread may not object to the removal. — Ched :  ?  00:18, 11 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The latter was the problem. It should have been oversighted operationally, but for some reason was not. Courcelles (talk) 17:03, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Boilerplate principles

When I was writing some of the decisions, I was asked more than once why we included boilerplate principles case after case. The question is that the boilerplate may be obvious to the arbitrators and to other editors who spend much of their wikilives on the arbitration pages. But for editors involved in the dispute that led to the arbitration case, or other people who read the decision without prior knowledge of what Wikipedia arbitration is, these points may not be so obvious to them. That was always my thinking, anyway. Regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 20:58, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Parole or repeal

Thank you for your trust, here.

I would, after four (4) years, of course love to be placed on parole (or repeal, per your prior wording, either one).

It would allow me to maintain and improve in quality pages I'd previously brought to Featured Article, for example.

Do you think that has a chance of passing?

Is it worth being proposed as a motion?

Thank you again, very much, for your kind thoughts,

— Cirt (talk) 07:50, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  • I'm going to try to find out. Courcelles (talk) 10:01, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thank you very much, I sincerely appreciate any effort you would take on my behalf in this regard. Thank you for your trust, — Cirt (talk) 10:04, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
      • One thing which might be worth noting, maybe, is that at least right now, regarding Scientology, it has according to published works only around 17,000 active "members" worldwide, and, taking into account movies, critical books, exposes, South Park and other satires, and what-all else, the public perception of it is, pretty much, as a joke. We are now even at the point of having Christian groups arguing against Scientology being discriminated against in places like Germany. Academia has, at least in the last few years, grown up a little along with the boomers, and on that basis the "pro-Scientology" spin isn't as discernible, making any attempts at counteracting negative spin pretty much unnecessary. Just a few ideas, anyway. John Carter (talk) 23:49, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Courcelles:The motion closed, it seems, a tad early. Any updates for me on the wider suggestion you were working on ? Thank you, — Cirt (talk) 02:40, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

FLC for List of Connecticut Huskies in the NFL Draft

Hello, I hope you have been doing well. Back in the day (more like a few years ago now) you reviewed a couple of my UConn FxCs. I was wondering if you would be willing to do so again, at the FLC for List of Connecticut Huskies in the NFL Draft. It's been languishing for almost a month now with minimal review. If nothing else, this might serve as a good diversion from arbitration / administrative headaches. Thanks, –Grondemar 23:11, 17 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Henry Heimlich

In a passing piece of gnomery I've removed the edit semi-protection at Henry Heimlich which you placed in 2012 after the page was repeatedly targeted by sockpuppets. In hindsight I should have asked you first, as the admin who imposed the protection. However this is hopefully a harmless change given its been three years since the sockpuppetry occurred. If you disagree (or if I've missed some other issue warranting page protection) then please feel free to restore the semi-protect. -- Euryalus (talk) 02:38, 28 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  • I actually have no memory of what sockmaster I protected that page against, and little desire to dig through it. Doubt they are still here, though. 22:26, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-47

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  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from November 17. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 18. It will be on all Wikipedias from November 19 (calendar).

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  • Internet Explorer 8 will no longer have JavaScript support. You will still be able to browse and edit Wikipedia, but will not be able to use some features. This can be solved by upgrading to a newer version or switching to a different browser. The change will happen in January 2016. [90][91]

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