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Deleted Page Text

Hi Rosguill, you suggested that a page I was writing on Peter Earl be deleted a while back, as it had insufficient interest or source material. I was wondering whether there is any way I can still find the text I wrote before deletion so I can edit it and include some new articles I’ve found. Many thanks! Rich6500 (talk) 17:21, 11 August 2020 (UTC)Rich6500Rich6500 (talk) 17:21, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

 Done, you can find the restored text at Draft:Peter Earl _signed, Rosguill ^talk 17:26, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Perfect! Thank you! Rich6500 (talk) 17:36, 11 August 2020 (UTC)Rich6500Rich6500 (talk) 17:36, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Advice?

Presad@ Rosguill, I think there are some potential issues (CAN, COI, hounding) involved in this AfD discussion. Would it be possible for you to please take a look and share your opinion with me? Thanks for your consideration. إيان (talk) 12:40, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

إيان, I think that you were too quick to accuse people of canvassing here; it's perfectly reasonable for a higher proportion of Arabic-speaking editors to an AfD about an Arabic-language topic (especially once it's been transcluded to a list of deletion discussions about Lebanon). I'm not seeing anything I would call hounding or clear signs of COI either. If I were you, I would write a quick apology and let the discussion run its course, and consider sending personal apologies to the editors you accused of bad faith actions more directly. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 17:03, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

"Narasimharaja (Vidhan sabha constituency) " listed at Redirects for discussion

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Narasimharaja (Vidhan sabha constituency). The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 June 29#Narasimharaja (Vidhan sabha constituency) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Italawar (talk) 13:07, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

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Copyvio

Hallo Rosguill, während Sie das Earwig-Tool zum Überprüfen verwenden, in wie viel Prozent von Copivio sollte eine Seite mit G12 gekennzeichnet sein? Ich benutze G12 im Allgemeinen, wenn es mehr als 70 Prozent beträgt, und in anderen Fällen frage ich nach Revdel. Ich wollte nur fragen, ob es richtig ist. Ich hoffe, es macht Ihnen nichts aus, wenn ich auf Deutsch spreche. Es ist ein schönes Gefühl, wenn Sie in einer anderen Sprache sprechen als in der, die wir gewohnt sind. Trotzdem danke und zögern Sie nicht, in beiden Sprachen zu antworten. Antila ✉ 16:39, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Antila, moin moin, es hängt nicht nur vom Prozent. Man muss sich fragen, ob der Artikel ohne den Copyviosverstoß verständlich wäre. Wenn ja, denn soll man bloß die verstoßende Texte entfernen. Wenn nein das G12 gilt solange es keine frühere copyviofreie Revision gibt. Und natürlich ist es auch wichtig die Quelle zu bedecken, um zu bestätigen, dass die Ähnlichkeit ein echtes Copyvio ist, und nicht nur ein Wikipediaspiegel, eine Bibliographie, eine gemeinfreie Webseite oder sowas ist (Earwigs-Tool kann dass selbst nicht machen). _signed, Rosguill ^talk 17:05, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Regarding review of the article

Hi, Rosguill Can you please review/patrol the Bharat Biotech. Thank you. ~ Amkgp 💬 17:37, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

Amkgp, sorry I generally don't review articles on request. It's in the queue, so a reviewer will get to it eventually. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 18:33, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

Rosguill, OK. Thank you ~ Amkgp 💬 18:34, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

Nawab of Bengal

Hi. That page was arbitrarily moved without consensus in 2016 from Nawab of Bengal to Nawabs of Bengal and Murshidabad. There was no RM at the time. I suggest moving back to the original title and then have a RM.--LancelotLake (talk) 22:02, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

LancelotLake, the issue isn't so much the suitability of the name as the method you used to rename the article. We can't do copy/paste moves because that breaks the attribution history, which can cause legal problems in addition to being a pain for editors trying to look through an article's history. At this point, 4 years and hundreds of edits have passed without complaint so the current revision should be considered the status quo. If you're right about the underlying naming issue, then the RM should be resolved within the week. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 22:08, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

Yes, that is the underlying issue. See this https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nawab_of_Bengal&oldid=491133348

Unfortunately, some articles do not get adequate attention, and years pass by. I can assure you that the title to which I moved is definitively WP:COMMONNAME.--LancelotLake (talk) 22:16, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

NPP Essay

Hi Rosguill. I'm drafting a response to your recent essay on NPP and I wonder where you think the best place would be to post it? I originally thought I would do as you did and post an essay in my own user space and link it to the NPP discussion. Does that seem right or would it be better to try and keep the discussion in one place somehow? Thanks Mccapra (talk) 06:21, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

Mccapra, that's probably appropriate. You should probably also link to it as a See also from the original essay too. I'm honestly a bit worn out from the first round of discussion though. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 06:28, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

Thanks. I can appreciate your weariness. My contribution isn't so much a reply to you as an attempt to widen the discussion and propose actions for other editors to consider so don't feel you're being put on the spot! Mccapra (talk) 07:21, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

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Guidance on new BLP

Hello. We've never chatted, but I've seen you're advice on new articles and I thought I would reach out for your guidance. I've created a new article that is a biography of a living person (my first one). The article is Monica Muñoz Martinez. I know there are special requirements for BLP articles and wanted to make sure I haven't inadvertently broken any rules. If you have time (and I know you receive a lot of requests) any feedback would be appreciated. Hope this finds you well.   // Timothy :: talk  22:38, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

TimothyBlue, at a glance it looks good. There's a few sources that are a bit more affiliated with the subject than we'd generally prefer but that's pretty standard for academics. BLP concerns are mostly just about being stricter about sourcing for controversial statements, which don't seem to be a concern in this article. You've used a few external links in places you shouldn't but that's a minor concern that can be cleaned up (I would also consider combining some of the bibliography and rewards sections into subsections of the same heading). Finally, I haven't assessed the subject's notability, but at a glance it looks like Martinez has drawn enough attention that that is unlikely to be much of a concern. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 23:08, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for your time and advice. I think your suggestions definitely improved the article and I read WP:EL and learned a bit.   // Timothy :: talk  01:18, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

Latinx

Spain endured an Inquisition and decades of fascist rule, but may now be facing the gravest threat to its way of life from little ol' Wikipedia. Who knew? —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 18:54, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

Sangdeboeuf, claiming the Royal Academy to be a bastion of antiracist thought is a new level of mental gymnastics. The urge to condescend to this guy en nuestra lengua materna is extremely strong, but probably inappropriate. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 18:59, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

😁 —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 19:04, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

Indeed, linguistic imperialism aside, giving a small group of bureaucrats authority to dictate what is and isn't culturally/linguistically "pure" seems a bit, well, fascist, no? —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 19:19, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

Sangdeboeuf, it was founded in 1713 and its proclamations are reliably ignored by linguists, so I think referring to it as a feudal fiefdom (alongside the French academy) is more accurate. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 19:30, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

AIAI wording tweak

Thanks for the simpler working. I think though that the word “promote“ should be “promoted” to be the correct tense. I am too close to the article to amend it myself. If you have time, can you make this small change? Best wishes. Austin Tate (talk) 12:05, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

Austintate, I went ahead and took care of it, although those kinds of minor grammatical tweaks are often considered ok even if made by editors with a conflict of interest. Alternatively, you can also make a formal WP:Edit request, which will add your request to a backlog so you're not waiting around until the specific editor you messaged gets to it. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 17:59, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of copyrighted page Josias Welsh

Hi Rosguill I know it's not your job to educate me but I had a page deleted for copyright and have no idea why. The book was published in 1879 so I believe it is out of copyright and therefore in the public domain. I had added a This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. after the reference which was given. There are scans on internet archive here: https://archive.org/details/genealogicalmemo00byuroge and https://archive.org/details/genealogicalmem02rogegoog and https://archive.org/details/genealogicalknox00rogeuoft. Would you be able to advise me on what text I am allowed to use or point me in the direction of the answer? Thanks Ehdeejay (talk) 09:03, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

Ehdeejay, this was a mistake, and thank you for calling me on it. The reason that the article ended up deleted was because it was a match of the text in this archive, which did not clarify the content's public domain status. The citations you provided, however, do establish that the text is in the public domain and thus ok for us to use. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 17:16, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

Copyright law is tricky but I thought I was getting the hang of the basics. Thanks for restoring the page. I woke up to find it flagged and deleted. At least nobody died. (If I was as pessimistic as a marshwiggle I'd say Charles Rogers died but since that was in the nineteenth century at least wikipedia isn't stealing his intellectual property).Ehdeejay (talk) 17:58, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Thanks for reviewing every page that I have created. Field Marshal Aryan (talk) 03:21, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

July 2020

@Rosguill Hello Rosguill, there's this user called Timwikisidemen, who you told just 2 months to stop edit warring. However, that use has continued disruptive editing, edit warring, adding fancruft and original research. If you look at his talk page, he has been told to stop doing this many times. Just this day alone, he has reverted 17 edits on KSI discography. He keeps adding songs in the singles table on KSI discography that were never released as singles, neither for streaming nor digital download. It also comes under poorly sourced information since the sources he added to those songs doesn't classify them as singles either. Moreover, he's clearly a fan since he keeps adding fancruft to the article like adding "Bronze certification", a thing that doesn't even exist. Even the source he added to 'bronze certification' doesn't even contain the word 'bronze' in it, its straight up original research, he just wants the album to show a certification even though it doesn't have any yet. When I tried removing original research from that article, he accused me of having multiple accounts, even though I don't even have an account yet. I edit only occasionally & edit pages that are not that popular, hence I didn't felt the need to have an account, I just edit through IPs that change periodically

In short, I tried to explain him to stop edit warring and stop adding fancruft and original research, however he keeps reverting my edits. So, can you explain it to him ? 2405:205:1581:2029:8020:291E:E0E9:1CE1 (talk) 14:59, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

IP, I don't have time to look into a dispute at this moment. I would suggest that you file a case at WP:ANEW so that another admin can take a look at it. Otherwise I can't guarantee when I'll be able to review this. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 17:15, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia:Help desk#someone named Rosguill keeps deleting my wikipedia page

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Help desk#someone named Rosguill keeps deleting my wikipedia page. An editor has raised concern over a deletion that you were involved with. Just letting you know because you have a right to know! :-) Field Marshal Aryan (talk) 20:00, 11 July 2020 (UTC)Template:Z48

Field Marshal Aryan, noted. I don't think that my participation is needed at this time. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 20:04, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

Rosguill, understood. It was just a reminder anyways and not a formal invite (the talkback template makes it look that though). Cheers, Field Marshal Aryan (talk) 20:07, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

NPP school admission request

Hi, Rosguill, I'm here to request you to accept me as your pupil in NPPS training. As you know that I'm 3 months old user and have made 3000+ edits. Ping me if you agree. Thank you. Empire AS ^Talk! 06:31, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

Empire AS I know perfectly well who you are at this point. I am not going to mentor you. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 06:36, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

And what's the reason behind it. Perhaps not trustworthy? Empire AS ^Talk! 06:54, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

Empire AS, it's not that hard to not add copyvio. You did so four days ago, despite having been warned back in April. Which means that either you added copyvio despite knowing that you're not supposed to and then lied about it, or you don't understand copyright rules on such a fundamental level that I honestly wouldn't know how to teach you not to break them. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 07:08, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

It's not my mistake. I learnt this from existing content. For example, In here the content is copied from this source. Some content is copied from here. Also from here. Seeing these all, I also found a source and added informations from it to the article. Also copied some text too. I think that if other content is true although copied then my content would also be. That's the story. Thank you. Empire AS ^Talk! 07:53, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

User:Empire AS - Unfortunately, I and some other experienced editors are concerned when a new editor seems too eager to get multiple permissions. There should be no urgency to get New Page Patrol permission, but there is urgency to learn to avoid copyvio before learning to do New Page Patrol. That is just the way it is. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:58, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

@Robert McClenon:, yes very little I understand the importance of avoiding copyvio. I haven't read any policies or guidelines. These are time consuming. I learnt this all from existing contents as described above. But where can I find help about copyvio. Thank you. Empire AS ^Talk! 03:09, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

User:Empire AS - Why are you in such a hurry to get advanced permissions? The most favorable answer is simply that you want to help improve Wikipedia. However, there are signs that you do not understand Wikipedia well enough to help it. We don't need to grant advanced permissions to editors who are trying to help improve the encyclopedia, but are creating more work for other volunteers to clean up behind them. There are other less favorable reasons, such as that you are trying to sneak in for advertising for a hidden employer, that are unlikely but are not impossible. You have shown that you mean well but have questionable judgment, and that your questionable judgment makes work for other volunteers. I see a distressing number of notices of Categories for Deletion that are red-linked, meaning that the categories were deleted. You don't need to create categories that the community deletes. Slow down! You don't need to be so eager to use advanced permissions to help us that you make work cleaning up behind you. You can learn about policies and guidelines through ordinary editing. You don't need mentoring or training; you need self-mentoring, slowly. We can see that you make too many mistakes, which probably just means that you are in a big hurry to help us, but we don't need help by being in a big hurry. Slow down and learn by normal editing. Robert McClenon (talk) 14:57, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

RfC

You're right, I hadn't seen that Khirurg had already initiated an RfC on the same topic. [1] Feel free to blank my RfC. Amanuensis Balkanicus (talk) 18:35, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for review

I appreciate your review of the REDIRECT page I created at Bob Israel. I am curious if you are using an "app" to help you with reviews? I just recently tried out the web-based service at WikiLoop Battlefield. It's a little clunky, but still somewhat addictive. I could see myself spending more and more time reviewing other people's edits, rather than working on my own stuff that interests me, which could be a drawback. Anyway, thanks again. There are so many different people who keep Wikipedia running smoothly! - AppleBsTime (talk) 18:03, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

AppleBsTime, I'm using WP:TWINKLE and the Page curation tool _signed, Rosguill ^talk 18:08, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

Wow, I didn't even know about Gadgets yet. Thank you for the explanation! - AppleBsTime (talk) 18:13, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

SkyWay

Hi. Earlier, I asked you for help in evaluating my edits in the article SkyWay Group. One participant again added to the article's preamble information that the public was allegedly warned about risky investments. As I said earlier, the source does not speak for all countries, but only for some of them. This information about the ban by financial regulators in some countries is already available in the article. Why should it be included in the preamble of the article? Can you help me delete this sentence? Thanks. 95.153.134.208 (talk) 10:59, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

If by preamble you mean lead, the purpose of the lead is to summarize the contents of the article. Glancing at the page again, there probably should be some mention of the regulators' warning in the lead, but the rest of the content should be better summarized as well. I'm guessing that a more due presentation would be two or three paragraphs of summary, of which the financial regulators' warning and its context take up a sentence or two. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 17:20, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi. Thanks for the answer. Yes, I was referring to the introduction of the article about the public being warned about risky investments. However, it cannot be said that the entire public was warned. The company cooperates with many countries and in some cases has a positive cooperation, in some cases the activity is prohibited. I think it is correct to leave the preamble without this information. If the activity of this company is prohibited somewhere, it is indicated in the sections of each country. But we can't generalize this in the introduction. The source quoted there speaks of financial regulators in some countries, but not all countries have banned activities, with many there is positive cooperation.Porar234 (talk) 09:42, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

Porar234, then it sounds like you know what you need to do? The lead should be a succinct and neutral summary of the article's contents. It also looks like another editor has stepped in and reverted some of the edits you mentioned. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 17:04, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the answer. I ask you for advice. I think that this information should be in the appropriate sections, given that the company operates in many countries and its activities are prohibited only in some. Thanks again for the dialogue!Porar234 (talk) 17:51, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

Hello. The participant re-added information to the introduction of the article. He mentioned the ban of Belgium and Germany, as well as other 15 countries, but the source does not contain so much. Please tell me if this information is included in the introduction. There is a section on Financial regulation in the article where this information is included. Why display this information in the introduction? Also mentioning "potential fraud". This is not considered neutral. I consider it necessary to return the edits, but I'm afraid of war. I ask for help in resolving the conflict. Thank you very much! Porar234 (talk) 13:53, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

Porar234, at this point if you have concerns about article content you should raise a discussion on the article's talk page, which is the best way to avoid edit wars. Bear in mind that neutrality is based on reliable sources: if reliable sources accuse SkyWay of "potential fraud", then it is in fact neutral to include it. Additionally, the lead is supposed to summarize and repeat information from the body of the article, so the mere presence of the content in the body does not mean that it shouldn't be in the lead. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 19:17, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

Mark Tuan at RFD

I am a little confused by your statement in the RFD that perhaps WP:AN would have been a better forum. What is the administrative concern for which AN would have been a better forum? I don't see an administrative concern except a Request for Unprotection, and that has been dealt with. Are you saying that WP:AN is the right forum for unprotection requests, or are you saying that WP:AN is the right forum for draft acceptance requests, or what? Robert McClenon (talk) 14:53, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Robert McClenon, I think that the actual concern/request that you raised at RfD falls through the cracks of the scopes of most of our discussion boards, and AN sometimes works as a bit of a catch all for cases like that. Add to that that the concern is related to possible bad faith resubmissions of the article and it seems to me like a better fit than RfD, which isn't typically the place to give an incoming draft the thumbs up or down or catch UPE. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 17:18, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

No. My experience is that RFD is by far the weakest of the XFD forums. AFD and MFD have well-informed regulars. I know almost nothing of CFD or TFD. I have seen that RFD has cracks. It also has stupid comments, such as the one about Mark Twain, which implies that the editor didn't know anything. My experiences with RFD have been mixed, not good. Robert McClenon (talk) 22:33, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Robert McClenon, by "fall through the cracks" I just meant that we don't have a board that's specifically meant to address concerns like the one you raised, it wasn't meant as a comment on the general competence of editors at the various XfD boards. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 22:37, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Right. But RFD has its own cracks. Robert McClenon (talk) 23:48, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Robert McClenon, yeah, the low bar for participation (as well as the relatively trivial nature of a lot of the discussions there) means that there it's hard to push back against editors that consistently show bad judgment there without coming off as bitey. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 01:26, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

Low bar indeed. The bar for participation in any XFD process is to know how to use a web browser to edit Wikipedia. That's like a bar of 70 centimeters (the bar being the bar that has to be cleared on a high jump), so that you can step over it. The closer will discount IP !votes and !votes that appear to be from socks, but there is no bar. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:51, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

iPhone 9

Why do you keep deleting the redirect of iPhone 9? I really need the redirect. Neel.arunabh (talk) 17:16, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

Neel.arunabh, there was a discussion about whether the redirect should be deleted, which you can read here. A majority of editors in the discussion felt that the redirect was misleading. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 17:22, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

Look at https://www.techjunkie.com/why-is-there-no-iphone-9/. According to this site, "If you really want to get the equivalent to the iPhone 9, the closest you’ll be able to get would be the iPhone XR, released in October 2018. It is, essentially, the middle of the road phone that the iPhone 9 would have been, had it actually existed by that name."Neel.arunabh (talk) 17:27, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

Neel.arunabh, the time to raise these arguments would have been during that discussion, of which you were notified while it was actually occurring. That having been said, I don't think that an article that offhandedly says that the XR is the closest to an iPhone 9 is a particularly strong argument, especially when said article is in a third-rate tech blog with a fake byline. If you had multiple, reliable tech sources making this argument as a centerpiece of their coverage, then you'd have a strong case for the redirect being created. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 17:35, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

Also see https://9to5mac.com/2018/10/27/ifixit-iphone-xr-teardown.Neel.arunabh (talk) 17:55, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

Neel.arunabh, re-litigating this with me accomplishes nothing. I would suggest that you WP:DROPTHESTICK. If you really, really, really can't live without this redirect existing, wait a few weeks, collect as many sources as you can that establish that a specific iPhone model is a suitable target, and recreate the redirect with an edit summary that says that you've found sources justifying the creation of the redirect (and provide them on the talk age). Then, when it gets renominated for deletion, actually participate in the discussion and make your case there. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 18:11, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/India-related articles#Legislative Assembly constituency names

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/India-related articles#Legislative Assembly constituency names. Italawar (talk) 12:37, 17 July 2020 (UTC)Template:Z48

Hi. Please take a look at the move log of Vijethnbharadwaj and resume discussions on Legislative Assembly constituency names. Italawar (talk) 12:37, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for joining me into the "New page reviewers" user group. However...

... I see at WP:PERM that it is "for 1 month as a trial period".

I hope I will have time to do some new page reviewing during this period, but the nature of my professional commitments right now makes it quite possible that I won't have much time to participate during this short timeframe.

Just to let you know. SCHolar44 🇦🇺 💬  at 04:42, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

SCHolar44, thanks for the heads up. Do what you can, and if it's not enough for an admin to review we can give you an extension. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 05:22, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

NPP Admission Request

Hi Rosguill, Hope you are doing well. I am writing here to know if you have time to teach me NPP steps. Though i have already tried for New Page Reviewer request and it was rejected but that is not the concern. I want to learn that what is missing from my end. I would really appreciated for your time. Thank You. DMySon 06:39, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

DMySon, unfortunately I don't have the capacity to take on an additional student right now. I know you have an open permissions request at WP:PERM right now; I've avoided reviewing it because I generally try not to review requests from editors that I've already declined because I worry that I won't be able to make a fair assessment. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 19:24, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Dear Rosguill Sir, Not a problem. I can understand your responsibility on Wikipedia. In future if you have time for me, I would really want to learn from you. Thank You for your time. DMySon 05:10, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

DMySon, noted. I have things off-Wikipedia that are eating up my time right now so I'm actively avoiding taking on any new tasks. Things are likely to stay that way for at least a month, so hopefully you either have the permission or else a mentor by the time I'd be ready to help you. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 05:47, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

No problem Sir, you please focus on your daily life hassles. Hope all is well. I can wait. But i want to learn from you. DMySon 05:53, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

DMySon, if you're looking for advice in reviewing articles, you can read through WP:QG which was mostly written by me and offers a variety of pointers. Also, please don't call me sir, the formality is unnecessary. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 06:42, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank You Rosguill. Noted all points. I shall read WP:QG. DMySon 07:08, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Redirects review

Hi there, you've recently reviewed 20-30 redirects I made, for churches and heritage monuments etc, many thanks! As they are all uncontroversial and are mostly about spelling variations or eliminating geographical ambiguities, is there a way that they can be automatically reviewed so you don't have to do each one individually? Okay, if not, just thought I'd check. Thanks anyway! CallMeByYourMane (talk) 08:25, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

CallMeByYourMane, I've gone ahead and added you to our redirect whitelist; from here on out a bot will take care of your redirects. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 19:26, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Great, thanks! CallMeByYourMane (talk) 09:08, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

NPPSCHOOL request

Hello, I'm asking if you can take me on as an NPPSCHOOL student. I've finished the CVUA, and now want to expand my work to new page patrol. Thanks, Thanoscar21_{talk, contribs} 13:58, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Thanoscar21, sorry, I'm not taking any new students right now as I'm a bit busy with off-Wikipedia stuff. If you still need a mentor in a month or so I may be able to help then. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 17:14, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Oh, I'm sorry — I just noticed the section above. Thanks for your time! Thanoscar21_{talk, contribs} 21:44, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Question regarding redirects and titles with accent marks

Hello. Recently you provided me some advice on Monica Muñoz Martinez and I was hoping to ask you another question. I was reading about article titles and came across WP:TITLESPECIALCHARACTERS. It indicates that a redirect should be created from Monica Munoz Martinez >> Monica Muñoz Martinez. When I type the name into the search box without the accent it does go to the correct article, however typing the URL directly does not. Before I create a redirect I wanted to make sure this was the correct choice or if WP:TITLESPECIALCHARACTERS was outdated. Thank you for your time.   // Timothy :: talk  03:09, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

TimothyBlue, TITLESPPECIALCHARACTERS is correct and the behavior you're seeing from the search box vs the url is also "correct"; the search box is smart and automatically matches some characters (in addition to matching accent marks, it also matches upper to lower case and vise versa), but the URL does not have this flexibility. Additionally, if you create a redirect for a matched-pair and point it somewhere ELSE then the actual redirect overrides the matching. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 03:23, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for your thoughtful close at the Fox News RFC. I know it was not easy. Blueboar (talk) 17:35, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

+1 from me - a belated thank-you to you, and your colleagues, for closing the discussion—and for correcting misrepresentations of the close. MastCell ^Talk 02:11, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

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And here I thought that closers just got coffee. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 19:44, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

Dachau

Regarding your close of Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 July 13#Dachau: Note that the status quo did not, in fact, have Dachau pointing to the concentration camp. Dachau, Bavaria had been at the bare title for years until it was moved recently in an apparently unilateral action. That is why I think running a WP:DABTEST for a month or more and revisiting the discussion when we have data is the ideal way to go. Because once you declare a primary topic, it is impossible to collect outgoing pageview statistics in an unbiased manner. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 23:10, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

King of Hearts, I see, my mistake on the prior consensus. I still think that the discussion's overall consensus was weakly for maintaining a redirect to the concentration camp, however. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 23:16, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

That's fine, but would you object to temporarily retargeting Dachau to Dachau (disambiguation) for a month? At the end of that period, if I'm satisfied that Dachau concentration camp is the primary topic, then I'll restore the redirect there; if I still disagree, then I intend to file an RM (Dachau (disambiguation) → Dachau) armed with this data, defaulting to restoring the redirect to the concentration camp in case of no consensus. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 23:22, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

King of Hearts, as much as I don't personally have a problem with that proposal, I feel like that would be supervoting over the opinions of the other editors involved in the discussion. If you can bring them around, I'd have no further objection. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 23:26, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

I will go ahead and be WP:BOLD then. There is no WP:DEADLINE, and if the town was at the base page for over 15 years with no complaints then an extra month isn't going to cause significant inconvenience for readers. In these matters, consensus is a judgment on the desired permanent state of affairs, and I wouldn't classify a temporary test to be against the spirit of it. In fact, the very act of conducting a DABTEST on any disambiguation page is technically a violation of the sitewide consensus at MOS:DABPIPE, but we accept it as a necessary evil for a greater purpose. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 23:40, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

King of Hearts, fair enough. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 23:42, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

By the way, if after a week or so, Dachau concentration camp is very obviously ahead, then the redirect can be restored even earlier. The beauty of this is that we minimize reader inconvenience when it is most severe, but can run the test for the full duration when it is not so clear that readers are being inconvenienced at all. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 23:46, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

King of Hearts, I am sorry but to me this does seem like an attempt to circumvent the consensus, which did not accept your proposal for a dabtest. I am restoring the redirect per Rosguill's closure. (t · c) buidhe 00:36, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Buidhe I made the suggestion at the very end, and it simply wasn't discussed by anyone else, so I wouldn't say there was a consensus against my proposal. If Dachau concentration camp is really the primary topic, what harm does waiting an additional week to a month cause? If the data ultimately shows that readers are actually split 50/50 between the two topics, wouldn't you want to disambiguate as well? -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:42, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

King of Hearts, dabtest works quite well if pageviews are relatively constant, or at least at a consistent ratio. Unfortunately, toolforge shows that's not the case with this article. Dachau concentration camp has high spikes in views such that if you did the analysis now, it would significantly underestimate the long-run average pageviews for the concentration camp, versus doing such an analysis in January 2020 would have overestimated it. Therefore, I'm not convinced the test you propose is all that helpful in this case. (t · c) buidhe 00:14, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

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New Page Patrol

Hi. Since I started patrolling new pages I have been looking at the pages and if there is a major issue, such as no references, I've tagged accordingly but not marked the page as "reviewed". Where the issue is minor I tag and mark as "reviewed". Effectively, I've defined "reviewed" as the article being ok for mainspace. A comment from another editor has made me question this, and that "reviewed" means that a reviewer has looked at the article, and should be marked as "reviewed" no matter what tags are added. Your thoughts would be appreciated. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 08:59, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

John B123, your approach is correct. There's often articles that are borderline for notability; it's fair game to tag these and not mark them reviewed, or simply watchlist them and leave them to the next reviewer, especially if the articles are about subjects that you're not familiar with. That having been said, if you've looked for sources online, came up empty handed, and don't have reason to believe that you may have missed something, you should proceed to AfD. An exception would be if the article was recently created (< 24 hours ago), in which case I'll often put a notability tag instead of going straight to deletion processes if notability is the only concern. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 18:24, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification and advice. Regards --John B123 (talk) 18:35, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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	Thanks, Bhi ... Playlikeastar (talk) 12:15, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

BFM Lyon Ado

See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Best of Shopping (TV channel); they continue to create 90% infobox articles for French channels which do not justify articles. Nate • (chatter) 22:56, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

Mrschimpf, sorry, I don't have time to look into this right now. Consider asking a different admin for help or writing a report at ANI. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 03:23, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

No problem, more just to make you aware than anything. Nate • (chatter) 04:53, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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	Hello, I was wondering how much time does it take a new page to be patrolled? Kabid1026 (talk) 19:28, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

Kabid1026 right now the backlog is around 3-4 months for articles, although many reviewers choose to sort the articles by topic and thus may review some newer articles earlier (there's also a fair amount of reviewers who patrol from the front of the queue so that they can catch vandalism). Ensuring that articles you write are well-written and well-sourced will also speed up their review, as articles that don't clearly meet notability guidelines are more difficult to review and thus may be skipped over by editors short on time or who aren't familiar with the subject matter. As an added note, barnstars are supposed to be awarded for outstanding work; awarding one just to ask a question is not particularly appropriate. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 19:40, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

Default action for WP:T

In my opinion, a "no consensus" close of Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 July 23#Wikipedia:T should result in restoring it to its long-standing target of Wikipedia:Tutorial (historical), which was previously at Wikipedia:Tutorial. Note that the current target was only implemented in April 2020 without any consensus supporting the change. (Wikipedia talk:Introduction (historical)#Proposal: Redirect this page and WP:Tutorial to Help:Introduction had a consensus to retarget WP:Introduction and WP:Tutorial which are not the same thing, and WP:T was discussed only minimally with no firm decisions made.) -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 21:55, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

King of Hearts, good point, I've gone ahead and made that change. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 22:02, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

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Basim zulfkar

Hi I’ve run across this page at NPP. It seems to be a user talk page that’s mistakenly been moved into mainspace. I don’t know what to do to move it back. Thanks Mccapra (talk) 04:38, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Mccapra, taken care of. For future reference, in situations like this, tag whatever's at the user talk page for G6 speedy deletion and make sure the explanation mentions the page in mainspace too so that the admin responding to the issue can fix that too. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 04:51, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks very much. I did that but speedy deletion was declined. Mccapra (talk) 04:53, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Mccapra, from what I saw in the page history, it looked like you tagged Basim zulfkar, in mainspace, rather than the redirect that was left behind in user space. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 12:12, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Yes that’s right I did. I’ll try to remember the right steps if I encounter this again. Thank you. Mccapra (talk) 12:37, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Deletion review for IPhone 9

An editor has asked for a deletion review of IPhone 9. 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.Neel.arunabh (talk) 17:46, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Redirect removal

Hello! I started reviewing articles in the new pages feed (the oldest) and came across Trey Azagthoth. You have turned it to redirect in January and today your edit was undone by an IP user. After checking the history I have noticed the article was actually a redirect back in 2016 but was recreated this year again. Twice already. I have checked all the sources and even turned some into external links as they are primary - the subject doesn't pass WP:GNG. I wanted to ask you as I am a new reviewer - what should I do in such cases - report to ANI or request page protection? Will appreciate you help and advice. Best,Less Unless (talk) 17:39, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

Less Unless, given the time elapsed between the recreations, and that the IPs are not obviously the same/related (mind you, I'm not a CU so that's just a guess based on looking at the numbers and their editing histories), I don't think there's need for any special actions other than restoring the redirect. If it were a more persistent edit war, either requesting page protection or reporting the editor(s) for edit warring would be appropriate, depending on the specifics of the editors involved and the timing. If it becomes an intractable issue with significant levels of disruption over a long period of time despite having tried other remedies, only then is ANI necessary. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 17:47, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

Rosguill thank you! So should I restore it or you will? Sorry for being annoying)Less Unless (talk) 18:10, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

Less Unless, I haven't looked at the new draft and was going off of your assertion that it's still not notable. I usually avoid reinstating my own decisions to convert to redirect unless the article has significant problems other than just being non-notable. That way I avoid getting sucked into a potentially exhausting edit war, and the editor reinstating the article also gets to see that multiple editors disagree with them, not just one editor that's decided their word is law. I'm more inclined to step in if warring continues after multiple editors have weighed in. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 18:14, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

Rosguill Sounds very sensible! I will review the article once again and AFD it in case my opinion doesn't change. Thank you for your time. Best,Less Unless (talk) 10:07, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

Less Unless, looks like another editor beat you to it. While doing a WP:BEFORE as if you were going to take it to AfD is a good idea, I'd say it doesn't need to be taken to AfD unless there's an active edit war over it. My usual procedure for scenarios like this is that if I'm going back and forth with one other editor in the span of a week, AfD is an option. If multiple new page reviewers have already weighed in such that we can say that there's a consensus to redirect, I usually bring it up on the talk page, point out the current balance of opinion, and then tell the editor that keeps recreating the article that if they still feel like they need a proper hearing, we can go to AfD. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 15:16, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

Admin warning requested

Hi Rosguill can I ask for an admin eye to be cast over User:202.58.86.64? Rahmat Mohamad was created in March and I came across it at New Page Review on 28 July. At this stage it was a gigantic wall of text so I cut out the unsourced sections, corrected the English mistakes, trimmed the lede and marked it as reviewed. [2]. The next day user:202.58.86.64 reverted everything I’d done. I went to their talk page to explain why I’d removed material and asking them to provide sources or I’d remove it again. On 31 July I left them a following note to say that as they’d not provided any sources I was reverting their reverts and restoring my ‘clean’ version. A few hours ago they undid my revisions again, restoring masses of unsourced junk. The article is now as they left it. As they’re not listening to me I think they need to hear from someone with some authority. Thanks Mccapra (talk) 04:27, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

Mccapra, I restored your version and left warnings on the talk pages of the IPs involved. I'm not sure it will accomplish much, as I suspect that they may not be reading their talk page. If disruption continues, a partial block from the page in question will hopefully put an end to it, although I'm a bit worried that it may not work if they can just hop to another IP. I'd rather not apply page protection to an article in such a poor state, but that unfortunately may be the only solution. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 04:56, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

Thank you. I agree. I thought the article was pretty borderline anyway in terms of notability but had the capacity to improve perhaps. I did wonder if I’d made a mistake and should perhaps have sent it to AfD. Mccapra (talk) 05:01, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

Mccapra, I didn't review the article's notability. It is basically a resume, however, and given that at least one editor appears to have an interest in promoting the subject, sending it to draft on COI grounds may be appropriate if you think there's a chance the subject is notable. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 05:08, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks yes if they revert again I may do that (though I doubt it will be long before it moves back into mainspace....). Mccapra (talk) 05:35, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

Marvel Animated Universe

Can you block this user Aaa11769 from editing the Marvel Animated Universe page? because he is vandalizing and adding "Fan-term" even though it's official and confirmed it's the official name.

NoobMaster01, the page in question has been protected and Aaa11769 appears to now be engaging on the talk page, so I don't think there's anything left for me to do at this time. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 15:32, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

References

That page is reverted. Can you change it back to the previous version because they confirmed it's official.

NoobMaster01, there appears to be a consensus to keep it as is, with multiple different editors agreeing that the page should be a redirect. You need to convince the others otherwise on the talk page before attempting to reinstate your edits. Repeated attempts to make edits that circumvent the consensus is tantamount to edit warring, and will result in a loss of your editing privileges. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 16:35, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

That consensus was 9 years ago and that information was wrong at that time. Now, it's official and they confirmed it.

Nu, convincing me is irrelevant. You need to convince the other editors that are actively editing the article. I'm not going to do anything as an admin unless there's a clear consensus for it. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 16:51, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Draft:Axcient

Draft:Axcient, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Axcient and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Draft:Axcient during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Nathan2055^{talk - contribs} 19:53, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

Article

i'm sorry Rosguill but could you please bring back my Gabi DeMartino article? i mean what was the problem this time? i added all the references now, this isn't fair at all! --User:Gabriella Grande (talk) 8 August 2020 (UTC)

Gabriella Grande, I didn't do anything to the article, I just approved the redirect that was created after the article was removed. Looking through the article's history, it looks like multiple experienced editors have objected to the article's creation. From looking at the article itself, my guess is that it falls afoul of WP:MUSICBIO; we generally do not create articles about members of musical groups unless the member has had a career outside that group that would be notable independent of the group in question. If you would like to pursue this further, I would suggest starting a discussion at Talk:Gabi DeMartino or Talk:Niki and Gabi and pinging the relevant editors to it. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 15:30, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

Rosguill, i'm really sorry if i was rude in my message, but i got mad cause i spent a lot of time on this article, and Gabi has a solo career outside the group, she released two albums and many singles, there are a lot of references, so i don't know if that made sense, but it would be nice if the article was up again, i'm really sorry.

Gabriella Grande, like I said, take it up with the editors that actually objected to the article. Start a discussion and identify 3 citations to articles in independent, reliable sources that have significant coverage of DeMartino that aren't covering her in the context of Niki and Gabi. If you can do that, they should be more than willing to restore the article. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 21:01, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

Rosguill, sadly they didn't answer, but thank you so much for being nice!

Gabriella Grande, I would suggest pinging them by using {{ping|TheirUsername}}. Don't forget to sign your message with four tildes ~~~~ or it won't fire. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 20:01, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

Rosguill, I've tried it now, hopefully they'll answer, thank you so much! Gabriella Grande (talk) 20:38, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

Question

Hi. May I ask why did you "add the confusing" template to Lanuza, Spain. Is it a copy edit/poor English issue? Or another different issue altogether? Regards.--Asqueladd (talk) 19:14, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

Asqueladd, I actually went ahead and fixed the issue myself. The original copy had some poor word choices that made the article seem self-contradictory vis-a-vis the village's planned destruction and reestablishment. Upon looking at the cited source, however, I found enough information to clear it up myself. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 19:22, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. Could "reincorporated" be somewhat idiomatic/misleading (as it may well mean "incorporate again", and it is not sourced to be the case)? Regards.--Asqueladd (talk) 19:25, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

Asqueladd, fair point. I think it's ok either way, but replacing the word with "incorporated" is less ambiguous. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 19:36, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

History of the Baloch people

Hello rosguill page called History of Baloch people, was attacked by Iranian vandalists, I want to restore and improve again, only with your help ...?

Habir As (talk) 03:22, 11 August 2020 (UTC) Habir As (talk) 22:26, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

Please Habir As (talk) 22:28, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

Habir As, if you want to improve our coverage of this subject, you should follow my advice and make improvements to the History section of Baloch people. If it becomes long enough that it's taking up an unjustifiably long portion of the article, then it can be split to a new article. As a side note, I'm not sure who you're accusing of being an Iranian vandal, but I doubt it's called for. Stick to discussing article content, don't cast aspersions about other editors. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 22:35, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

I promise a good edit, with your help ... Habir As (talk) 22:42, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

Habir As, just work on the existing article. We don't need a WP:CFORK. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 23:55, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

Lionel Barnett Abrahams

Hi, Sorry to bother you again. Could you have a look at the new article Lionel Barnett Abrahams. In my view it gives no indication of notability of Abrahams, although it says he's " notable for his work in India". On this basis I tagged it for speedy deletion {{db-person}} : does not indicate why its subject is important or significant. This was rejected on the grounds that the subject has an entry in the ODNB. Whilst the ODNB would be a strong indicator of notability in a full article, it is not conclusive proof (Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Additional criteria), nor do I think it overrides the need to show why an individual is notable. This rejection sets a precedent that articles such as "X is notable because they have an entry in the ODNB" is an acceptable article without specifying why they are notable. I'm not sure how to proceed on this one so your advice would be appreciated. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 23:57, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

John B123, I would agree with whoever declined the speedy that {{db-person}}. An ODNB entry may not be enough to establish notability on its own, but it's certainly a credible indication of importance (which is a much, much lower bar than notability; I'm not worried about this setting any new precedent with respect to notability guidelines). A7 speedy deletion should be reserved for articles that truly don't have the slightest whiff of notability, a la John Gregory is a school teacher at the Frederick Douglass Elementary School in Brainville, Mass with only primary sources as citations. Honestly, an ODNB entry would probably push me to go straight to AfD rather than trying PROD, and unless I had access to the entry and could establish that there was very little coverage to work with there, I would consider just tagging it for notability and moving on. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 00:35, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

OK. Thanks for having a look. --John B123 (talk) 06:07, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Patrol

Hello. Please patrol the article - Sergey Albertovich Smirnov. Thank. Namerst (talk) 14:23, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

Namerst, there's quite a long backlog for new page reviews, please be patient. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 14:38, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

Dalais Woods

Would you mind taking a look at the content, sources, and editor history of the biography Dalais Woods? I get the feeling that it is too self-promotional for Wikipedia, but I thought an administrator would know for sure. - AppleBsTime (talk) 17:42, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

AppleBsTime, yeah, its provided sources are not sufficiently reliable or significant, and the cited chart is a promotional website. You could either proceed to AfD, or given that some of the editors have a clear COI, draftify it. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 18:30, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

Wa 3%

You keep reverting to factually incorrect statements. _signed, TheRogueLibertarian ^talk —Preceding undated comment added 19:17, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

TheRogueLibertarian, if you make legal threats like this one, you're going to find your stay on this website incredibly short. Respect our policies or find another hobby. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 19:19, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

You might look up the word irony, you just threatened me. _signed, TheRogueLibertarian ^talk —Preceding undated comment added 20:06, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks

Just want to say thanks and the diff comment had me laughing. I probably should have let it go but had a bad day today. Straw met camel’s back. OyMosby (talk) 17:06, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

OyMosby, haha, I was a little worried that the edit summary may have pushed a bit too far. Glad you appreciated it. As for the concern you noted about whether admins are paying attention to Balkan-related disruption, there's really nothing new under the sun. As I'm sure you know, it's one of the more contentious subjects on Wikipedia, so I hope you'll forgive me and other admins if we focus on addressing it primarily when specific disruptive behavior is brought to our attention, rather than proactively scouring the edit histories of every editor that may have pushed a POV on the subject. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 17:30, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

No worries I am aware that admins are doing all they can and are pressed for time and resources. So I know that some cases just slip through. My concern is the potential sockpuppeting that was happening in the main page edits. Also I agree with the edit for the main page. Just that I reincorporated the image into the body were it was before. Hopefully the talk page can be put to rest as it seems all agree on the anti-Communist poster. Take care and thanks!OyMosby (talk) 17:46, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

@Rosguill: Seems the other user is moving my input about the anti-Communist poster into the “off-topic” section you made. I moved it back but if they do it again what recourse do I have with further persona harassment by them? They replied with another screed to me off topic. Thanks. OyMosby (talk) 20:57, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

OyMosby, I'll keep an eye out and try to step in if it happens again. I'd suggest you stay out of it at this point, as that way it will be easier to deescalate. If over a day goes by without me doing anything, feel free to ping me again. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 21:00, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Fair enough. I had made a final comment there. But will stay out from now as me responding likely won’t solve anything. Probably better I don't read their replies. Thanks. OyMosby (talk) 21:08, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

OyMosby, I will say that you may be able to put a swift end to this by voluntarily refactoring your own comment so that we can keep the relevant parts in the discussion and move the foruming under the hat. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 13:35, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Jamie's Quick & Easy Food

What do I need to do to get the page from being redirected? Does it need more citations? Davidsmith2015 (talk) 15:12, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

Davidsmith2015, it needs citations to independent secondary sources, such as episode reviews or retrospectives about its cultural impact. The relevant rules are summarized here. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 15:46, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

Cover Art Help

Hello, Rosguill, could you add this [[3]] cover art picture to the Individual (EP) article?, i wish i could but my common account is blocked from adding picture so please help if you don't mind! thanks! Gabriella Grande (talk) 01:33, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Gabriella Grande, I can't commit to helping at this moment, but the issue here is likely due to our rules regarding non-free image use. Commons is not going to accept such an image because it's copyrighted and Commons is only for free-use and Creative Commons content. However, album covers for infoboxes are allowed on Wikipedia itself, so you can upload them here. You should be able to add the image by following the instructions at Wikipedia:Upload/Non-free album cover. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 01:37, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Rosguill, thank you so much! Gabriella Grande (talk) 02:37, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Biman Bandar metro station

Hello. I want to discuss regarding this. I made the "controversial move request" move request last year because-

1. I was new back then. I wasn't bold enough.
2. The official website of Kolkata Metro had both older and new data/maps, which created confusion.
   

Actually there's no such controversial thing here. Later I forgot about the renaming of the article. Here are the sources.

• 8 May 2014 data - In the proposed station tables its mentioned, Location = Biman Bandar (it means Airport in English) and Name of station = Jai Hind. Check the 3rd map, its written Jai Hind (6.25 km). In some areas Biman Bandar was also used.
• 5 Aug 2019 data - In the left yellow portion of map, you will find Biman Bandar mentioned in a box.
  

Jai Hind name isn't used anymore. The whole Noapara-Barasat (red line/line 4) stations were renamed. Compare the old and new version. I hope this helps. ❯❯❯   S A H A 14:06, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

• ArnabSaha, the links you've provided aren't working for me. I can't guarantee that I'll have time to read through this anytime soon; it may be quicker just to file a RM request anyway. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 15:36, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Rosguill OK. ❯❯❯   S A H A 16:05, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Tea table

Given that Tea table has substantial edit history as an article in its own right about the geological meaning I'd suggest moving the history to Tea table (geology) and then the Tea table (furniture) redirect could be moved to the base name. Note for example on Commons, Commons:Category:Tea tables is about the furniture and Commons:Category:Tea tables (geology) is about the rock formation so we could do the same here. I'd then put the RFD notice on the newer redirect at the base name, thanks. Crouch, Swale (talk) 17:36, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Crouch, Swale, wouldn't that make it harder to track down the correct history? I would anticipate that attribution messages would just refer to Tea table, rather than Tea table (geology); these moves would make that harder to find. Although looking more closely now, I see that it doesn't appear that any content was actually merged. Assuming I'm correct about the latter, your suggestion seems reasonable. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 17:40, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Yes possibly be I'm not sure that that's worth having the edit history in the wrong place especially since its quite plausible that an article on the furniture might be created at this title though I suppose if that happens then a move could happen, if you don't think its worth it feel free not to move it. There doesn't appear to be any content actually merged given that the Table (furniture) article was last edited in July but I was talking about the edit history its self being redirected to the wrong place. Crouch, Swale (talk) 17:48, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Crouch, Swale, hm, in that case I think it's best to leave it be for now, but maybe leave a message on the talk page for Tea table explaining the situation so that we can take the appropriate actions if and when an article is created there. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 17:51, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

The talk page already links to the RFD (the only contents on the page) so I don't think another message is needed but otherwise we can just leave as is until someone creates another article, thanks. Crouch, Swale (talk) 17:55, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your input on my talk page. But it's editors like that which is why I'm still debating coming back. Just dipping my toe in the waters for now... Onel5969 ^{TT me} 23:53, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Onel5969, yeah I wouldn't blame you, that was particularly harsh. Sorry you had to deal with that. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 00:02, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Quick note on User talk:Pulak Chakraborty

I messed up. I did not mean to ping you :\ Aasim 05:47, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Asking

What i needed to become New page reviewer --VETTI PAIYAN-(talk) 10:28, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Vettipaiyan, there's a minimum requirement of 500 edits to mainspace and at least 90 days of age on the account. However, it's probably better to understand that minimum as a minimum to have your request reviewed, not as a minimum for actually conferring the permissions. New page reviewers are expected to have a strong understanding of a wide range of policies and guidelines, particularly notability, original research, neutrality, copyright and BLPs, as well as being familiar with standard article creation and deletion procedures. This knowledge can be demonstrated by a track record of thoughtful participation at WP:AfD, successful speedy-deletion and WP:PROD tagging, article creations, or ideally a combination of all three. For editors who have the right attitude and mentality, but don't quite have the skills yet, we also offer the WP:NPPSCHOOL to learn the ropes with a tutor. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 14:45, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Rosguill Thank You --VETTI PAIYAN-(talk) 14:52, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated

Hi, I'm Onel5969. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Pestminster, and have marked it as unpatrolled. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.

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Onel5969 ^{TT me} 16:37, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated

Hi, I'm Onel5969. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Artophorion, and have marked it as unpatrolled. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.

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Onel5969 ^{TT me} 16:37, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Onel5969, I found references calling that scandal Pestminster online, and Artophorion is mentioned halfway down the page of the other. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 16:40, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Sorry, I thought I had reviewed them, and then unreviewed my own review. Didn't realize I had already done that and then you reviewed them in the interim. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 17:10, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Please desist from offensive name calling

I may be autistic but that is no reason to call me offensive names on talk-pages. I am not interested in sourcing some policy breach by you, but ask you please desist from calling me "daft"[4], call my judgement "absurd" [5] or tell me to "Get off your high horse"[6]. The fact that you are much more knowledgeable than I about policy here means there is absolutely zero need for you to use offensive names to get your way. Thank you in advance. You have made the inference that I am an idiot who doesn’t know how to edit on WP - this is hurtful and I will take that forward as self-doubt. CatCafe (talk) 02:03, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

CatCafe, quite frankly, given your repeated accusations that I have engaged in disruptive editing when I have done nothing of the sort and the multiple times that you have claimed that I intended the exact opposite of what I had written, even after I explicitly stated my position, it's you who owe me an apology. But ultimately we're here to build an encyclopedia, not to swap pleasantries; if you can engage in civil discussion in order to sort out our disagreements about article content, I'll more than happily return the favor. I do still think that at this point WP:DRN may be a more useful way to make progress towards working out our primary remaining disagreement, which I believe is about the question of whether to include the Toronto Star column as a source. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 03:14, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

I never asked for your apology, so please don't infer I want one. If you can't move forward without committing to not using derogatory name calling then so be it - that's all I asked for as doing such would show maturity. As you have now said "it's you who owe me an apology", then I sincerely offer one, as your feelings must be hurt. I apologise. CatCafe (talk) 03:27, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

CatCafe, I already said that I would engage in civil discussion. If you want to dispute any of our open disagreements further, start a thread at DRN. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 03:50, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

That's great that you are committed to refrain from calling other editors derogatory names. And what would also be appreciated is you finding a bunch of good secondary sources for the Yasmine Mohammed page so the 'prim source' tag can be removed. Not forgetting that it you put the tag up then deleted a bunch of secondary sources you didn't agree with to further compound the need for more sources on the page . Adding those secondary's and removing the tag would be seen as good faith on your part and improve the encyclopaedia. I'm no longer working on the page. Regards, CatCafe (talk) 00:30, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

CatCafe, I think you're misunderstanding the nature of the underlying problem. The overreliance on primary sources isn't something I determined by counting up the secondary sources in the article as compared to the number of primary sources, it was due to large swathes of the article with significant, contentious claims relying solely on primary sources. Moreover, the sources I removed, while some were secondary with respect to their main topics, were not secondary with respect to Mohammed (with the exception of The Post Millennial, which is unfortunately unreliable (RSP entry) and thus cannot be used to support BLP content). My edits in no way moved the article further away from addressing its primary source problem. Adding more sources to support the already well-supported claims doesn't help anything, it's actually a form of WP:REFBOMBING and is generally considered to make things worse as it can impede verifiability. I went through several pages of Google search results just now and couldn't find any additional secondary coverage other than some book reviews, which don't help support the claims about Mohammed's early life which are the crux of the issue. And finally, ensuring that articles are neutral, verifiable, and BLP-compliant is improving the encyclopedia. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 01:50, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

Thank you. CatCafe (talk) 02:02, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

NPP Question

Hey Rosguill, while patroling I have come through this article Squad (2020 film) and seen that you have marked it as Undisclosed paid. Is there anything in the backend you find it which leads to the same? What is the best way to approach as a patroller in this case? - The9Man ^(Talk) 07:23, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

The course of action depends a bit on what the situation is. In this case, the editor didn't have any warnings on their talk page, so I placed {{uw-paid1}}. The article itself seemed borderline for notability so I left it at that; I generally avoid nominating articles for deletion (or doing preliminary steps like BEFORE) when I've already taken disciplinary steps that could be misinterpreted as an attempt to sabotage the article (removing giant swathes of copyvio also falls in this category) unless I'm extremely confident that it is not notable or that the article needs to be deleted for some other reason. If the editor has already been previously warned, reporting them to WP:COIN is the appropriate next step (although if it was long ago or about a seemingly unconnected topic it may be better to start fresh). If the article is about a potentially-notable subject, is refbombed, or is otherwise difficult to review while also having COI issues, I'll usually send it to draftspace and replace the standard "unsourced" message with one of the messages from User:Rosguill/Draftify templates. I generally avoid doing this if the article has already been moved out of draftspace, as this generally causes an unproductive edit war. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 14:26, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for your reply. I guess I have to consider borderline notability subjects in a different way from now on. I was more into AfD and CSD with suspicious articles. - The9Man ^(Talk) 09:43, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

The9Man, CSD G11 is only appropriate if either the article is blatantly promotional in its content or in some rare cases if it's been repeatedly resubmitted after there's a consensus for it not being notable. As far as AfD is concerned, there's no rule against you taking an article to AfD if you think it's not notable, I just personally try to avoid going after an article in multiple channels at once because it can cause the other editor to get more defensive and uncivil. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 15:02, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

New pages patrol training

Hi, I'm approaching you to ask whether you'd be willing to give me some training on New Page Patrolling. I enjoyed the process of going through the CVUA training under Girth Summit, and I learned a huge amount about how things worked here, so I'm now thinking about branching our and finding additional ways to support the project. I was requested to Barkeep49 for this training, but unfortunately (s)he don't have time at the moment to take a new student. I also have served as a NPR for 3 months from 27 October 2019 to 27 January 2020, you also could check my Patrol and Page Curation logs. After, if you feel that training is not necessary then with your suggestion I could work on this. Thank you very much in advance for your time. Warm Regards, ZI Jony ^(Talk) 13:22, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

ZI Jony, was there a particular reason you didn't reapply for the permission following the end of the trial run (or did I miss the reapplication in your edit history)? Looking at your AfD record and the last few reviews you did, you would probably have the permission conferred if you asked for it. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 16:01, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

Rosguill, actually I'm working several projects, and I was unable to full focus on that time. Assign user rights are completely depend on admin, if you could conform the permission I'll be happy for that, and I'll get back to you if any help needed. Warm Regards, ZI Jony ^(Talk) 16:30, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

ZI Jony, I'll do a full check soon and get back to you on that. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 16:39, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

ZI Jony, alright, I went through your contributions and I think you've done a good enough job to have the permission conferred indefinitely. The one thing that I think you should pay a bit more attention to going forward is to remember to tag articles that have issues. 34th Golden Disc Awards and Cross My Heart and Hope to Die (film) stand a good chance of being notable, but they're short on citations and should thus be marked with either {{refimprove}} or {{notability}}. Super-short articles should be marked with stub tags (User:SD0001/StubSorter is a useful script for that), and articles with bare-url citations should be marked with {{Cleanup bare urls}}. Don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 20:23, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

Rosguill, Thank you for your trust and suggestion. Warm Regards, ZI Jony ^(Talk) 07:10, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

NPP school

I have gone through topics like notability guidelines, speedy deletion and others in which i also have passion and interest in this NPP. Please i would like to be a student in NPP/S. I can't work with other due to they are not near my timezone. Tbiw (talk) 14:35, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

Tbiw, from looking through your recent contributions, I'm seeing a lot of articles that have significant issues with notability, including articles that you've been working on as recently as a few weeks ago. I think it would be premature to do NPP tutoring at this time. Try building up experience by observing (and eventually participating in) AfD discussions, or see if someone listed at Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user is willing to tutor you in article creation. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 16:50, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

New set of eyes

Hi. Hate to bug you, but would you mind taking a look at User:I'm Aya Syameimaru! contributions? They seem to have created a bunch of redirects, but the target pages don't mention the redirect subject. I was going through their work, and nominated 4 I came across for deletion, but there were others which were okay. But the remaining 20 or so don't appear to mention the redirect subject. And sorry I missed the teleconference today, seems to have gone well. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 00:07, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

Onel5969, looking through the redirects, while there's no mention at the target articles, they all appear to be nominally correct in that the Gridino is a village in Nizhny-Novgorodsky Oblast, cut&paste is an electronic music subgenre, etc. I honestly never feel like I know what to do in cases like this, and usually decide whether or not to nominate for RfD based on the likelihood of the search term obscuring some other subject.

As for the group editing session, I barely made it myself, I think Barkeep was holding down the fort for most of it. People seemed pretty happy with how it went. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 00:46, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks. At RDF, the usual criteria is that it be mentioned in the target. But I feel like you do, these are probably correct, but no mention. Maybe a note on the editor's talkpage asking him to add it in somewhere on the target?Onel5969 ^{TT me} 00:54, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

AirDee

Hi, I have noted your discussion to delete a page regarding non-performing personnel due to notability and the sources being from interviews. Please note there is by default limited coverage with producers especially in the South African music scene as they are often in the background but the subject of the article is a prominent figure but the credit ostensibly goes to the artists he produces for.

Thank you Pen Bull (talk) 08:47, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

Replied at the AfD discussion. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 15:13, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

Redirect review for 🍜

An editor has asked for a redirect review of 🍜. Because you closed the redirect discussion for this page or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the redirect review. Neel.arunabh (talk) 20:29, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

Doubt

Hello, Let me ask you a question, there are two Indian models by one name. One is from Bangalore and one is from Kerala. The model is an actress and model from Kerala. Then how to add extension name.--Chennai Passangai (talk) 07:51, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

Chennai Passangai, I assume that you're asking about disambiguators? Usually disambiguations for people go first by profession, then by name, so in this case you'd have Person's Name (born 19XX) and Person's Name (born 19XY). If they've only done work at the state-level then it may be appropriate to disambiguate as (Bangalore model) and (Kerala model), but if they're known for any work at all outside their home state this scheme will probably be more confusing than helpful. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 14:49, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

Asking

Hi there, i want know my account is eligible or not for New Page Viewer permission.--Prasanth202 (talk) 18:28, 27 August 2020 (UTC)