Welcome

edit

Hello, Thatwhichmay, and welcome to Wikipedia!

Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask at the help desk, or place {{Help me}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking   or by typing four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Also, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! - theWOLFchild 15:40, 20 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

Getting started
Finding your way around
Editing articles
Getting help
How you can help

May 2018

edit

  Hello, I'm Donner60. I noticed that you made a change to an article, TotalBiscuit, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Donner60 (talk) 23:16, 24 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

File permission problem with File:Task Unit Bruiser Iraq.jpg

edit
 

Thanks for uploading File:Task Unit Bruiser Iraq.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

If you are the copyright holder for this media entirely yourself but have previously published it elsewhere (especially online), please either

  • make a note permitting reuse under the CC-BY-SA or another acceptable free license (see this list) at the site of the original publication; or
  • Send an email from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en@wikimedia.org, stating your ownership of the material and your intention to publish it under a free license. You can find a sample permission letter here. If you take this step, add {{OTRS pending}} to the file description page to prevent premature deletion.

If you did not create it entirely yourself, please ask the person who created the file to take one of the two steps listed above, or if the owner of the file has already given their permission to you via email, please forward that email to permissions-en@wikimedia.org.

If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Non-free content, use a tag such as {{non-free fair use}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:File copyright tags#Fair use, and add a rationale justifying the file's use on the article or articles where it is included. See Wikipedia:File copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have created in your upload log. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described in section F11 of the criteria for speedy deletion. You may wish to read Wikipedia's image use policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Ronhjones  (Talk) 16:58, 12 November 2018 (UTC)Reply

File permission problem with File:Jonny Kim SEAL.png

edit
 

Thanks for uploading File:Jonny Kim SEAL.png. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

If you are the copyright holder for this media entirely yourself but have previously published it elsewhere (especially online), please either

  • make a note permitting reuse under the CC-BY-SA or another acceptable free license (see this list) at the site of the original publication; or
  • Send an email from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en@wikimedia.org, stating your ownership of the material and your intention to publish it under a free license. You can find a sample permission letter here. If you take this step, add {{OTRS pending}} to the file description page to prevent premature deletion.

If you did not create it entirely yourself, please ask the person who created the file to take one of the two steps listed above, or if the owner of the file has already given their permission to you via email, please forward that email to permissions-en@wikimedia.org.

If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Non-free content, use a tag such as {{non-free fair use}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:File copyright tags#Fair use, and add a rationale justifying the file's use on the article or articles where it is included. See Wikipedia:File copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have created in your upload log. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described in section F11 of the criteria for speedy deletion. You may wish to read Wikipedia's image use policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Ronhjones  (Talk) 17:01, 12 November 2018 (UTC)Reply

February 2019

edit

  Thank you for your contributions. It seems that you may have added public domain content to one or more Wikipedia articles, such as Military budget of the United States. You are welcome to import appropriate public domain content to articles, but in order to meet the Wikipedia guideline on plagiarism, such content must be fully attributed. This requires not only acknowledging the source, but acknowledging that the source is copied. There are several methods to do this described at Wikipedia:Plagiarism#Public-domain sources, including the usage of an attribution template. Please make sure that any public domain content you have already imported is fully attributed. Thank you. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 22:22, 17 February 2019 (UTC)Reply

United States Secretary of Defense page

edit

Hi Thatwhichmay do you know how to upload pictures to Wikipedia? And Richard V. Spencer is from Wyoming not Connecticut. How did you come up with Connecticut? Thanks:96.36.68.29 (talk) 22:09, 15 July 2019 (UTC)Reply

His Wikipedia page says he was born in Connecticut.Thatwhichmay (talk) 23:11, 15 July 2019 (UTC)Reply

We don't do the State they are born in for the lists we do the state they live in now and here is where you can find it https://www.defense.gov/Our-Story/Meet-the-Team/Acting-Secretary-of-Defense/ And do you know how to upload pictures to Wikipedia?96.36.68.29 (talk) 01:35, 16 July 2019 (UTC)Reply

Yes why?Thatwhichmay (talk) 01:45, 16 July 2019 (UTC)Reply

Because my Wikipedia account been blocked for like two years and I am not able to upload them my self If I give you 6 each day or every other day can you try to upload them to Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.36.68.29 (talk) 04:04, 16 July 2019 (UTC)Reply


There is a lot of Pictures that's needs to be uploaded to the [Political appointments by Donald Trump] page I will give you 6 pics a day and If you can see if you can upload them that would be great And I will do it by department so it can be easy for you.96.36.68.29 (talk) 17:49, 16 July 2019 (UTC)Reply

Community Insights Survey

edit

RMaung (WMF) 16:26, 10 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

Reminder: Community Insights Survey

edit

RMaung (WMF) 15:36, 20 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

Reminder: Community Insights Survey

edit

RMaung (WMF) 20:35, 3 October 2019 (UTC)Reply

ArbCom 2019 election voter message

edit
 Hello! Voting in the 2019 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 on Monday, 2 December 2019. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2019 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:23, 19 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

April 2020

edit

  Thank you for your contributions. It seems that you may have added public domain content to one or more Wikipedia articles, such as Theodore D. Martin. You are welcome to import appropriate public domain content to articles, but in order to meet the Wikipedia guideline on plagiarism, such content must be fully attributed. This requires not only acknowledging the source, but acknowledging that the source is copied. There are several methods to do this described at Wikipedia:Plagiarism#Public-domain sources, including the usage of an attribution template. Please make sure that any public domain content you have already imported is fully attributed. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 12:23, 7 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

edit

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Robert B. Abrams, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Combined Forces Command (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are usually incorrect, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of unrelated topics with similar titles. (Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.)

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 17:12, 16 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

edit

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Michael Dugan (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver).

(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 06:14, 20 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your draft article, Draft:Army of the West (Union Army)

edit
 

Hello, Thatwhichmay. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Army of the West".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! JMHamo (talk) 08:24, 12 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

ArbCom 2020 Elections voter message

edit
 Hello! Voting in the 2020 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 7 December 2020. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2020 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:58, 24 November 2020 (UTC)Reply

ArbCom 2021 Elections voter message

edit
 Hello! Voting in the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 6 December 2021. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2021 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:50, 23 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Brian S. Eifler (August 4)

edit
 
Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by StartOkayStop was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.
StartOkayStop (talk) 08:11, 4 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
Thanks, I'll try to iron these issues out. Do you have any advice? Thatwhichmay (talk) 13:41, 4 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
 
Hello, Thatwhichmay! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! StartOkayStop (talk) 08:11, 4 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Brian S. Eifler (August 5)

edit
 
Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Cabrils was:  The comment the reviewer left was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.
Cabrils (talk) 02:00, 5 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
The reason I ask this question is because the content on this page is very similar to other pages of other 2 star division commanders(for example David Hodne) , which is why I assumed it would be approved without an issue. Thatwhichmay (talk) 06:18, 5 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
@Cabrils sorry forgot to ping Thatwhichmay (talk) 06:27, 5 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for the ping. I can't find specific guidelines for the notability of military personnel beyond WP:NSOLDIER, and that reference refers us on to WP:BIO. You're right that Hodne's page seems to have similar sources and notability. Personally I'm an inclusionist and would like to include pages where possible and appropriate, and having achieved the rank of Major General is no mean feat and would seem to roughly equate to being appointed to a names chair professorship, which assumes notability (see WP:PROF). Leave it with me and I'll see if I can get some advice from more senior editors. Again, good work with the draft, it's sincere and well presented. Cabrils (talk) 06:58, 5 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
Hi valereee. Just wondering if you have a view about the notability of Brian S. Eifler. I initially declined the draft for lack of RSs (in order to meet WP:BIO). However Thatwhichmay has raised that comparable pages do exist (eg David Hodne). Eifler is a Major General and has received the Defense Superior Service Medal (amongst others) and so arguably he does satisfy BIO. If you have a moment to look at this your opinion would be greatly valued! Cabrils (talk) 22:29, 8 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
Hey, Cabrils! I'll answer this at Draft talk:Brian S. Eifler so that other reviewers can see discussion. Valereee (talk) 12:35, 9 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

ArbCom 2022 Elections voter message

edit

Hello! Voting in the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 12 December 2022. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2022 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:40, 29 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Concern regarding Draft:Brian S. Eifler

edit

  Hello, Thatwhichmay. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Brian S. Eifler, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 07:01, 5 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

Your draft article, Draft:Brian S. Eifler

edit
 

Hello, Thatwhichmay. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Brian S. Eifler".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 07:17, 5 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

ArbCom 2023 Elections voter message

edit

Hello! Voting in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 11 December 2023. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2023 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:49, 28 November 2023 (UTC)Reply