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How can i speak with you?

I'm not ignore you i want to be agree Master Studio (talk) 14:04, 7 January 2018 (UTC)

Master Studio, if you want to talk about the Barozzi family, the place to do it is Talk:Barozzi family. Otherwise, I will see anything you write at User talk:Master Studio. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 15:50, 7 January 2018 (UTC)

Untitled

Hi, I'm working on the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe page and I'm not sure why the content is being reverted to an outdated version. Yesterday, I added relevant footnotes and references and it has been reverted again. Please let me know how to proceed. Thank you. CIRad84 (talk) 08:36, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

CIRad84, may I suggest that you read about (a) conflict of interest, (b) promotional editing and (c) independent reliable sources, which were my reasons for reverting your edits. I've replied here, but the place to discuss that article is the talk-page, Talk:Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 10:51, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

Fénix Awards

Hi, Justlettersandnumbers, I've just edited "Fénix Awards" in order to rescue the page, maintaining part of your original information. I make the commitment to keep it updated. Following the Wikipedia advice, I'm letting you know this change, hoping that you won't mind and help me to improve the content of this page. Thank you. --Lunaliu (talk) 13:10, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

I don't think that's "my" information, Lunaliu, it's just what was left after I removed a copyright violation there. Anyway, we don't move pages by copying the content to a new page, so for now I've redirected Fénix Awards to Draft:Fénix Awards, which has the previous history of the page. May I suggest that you work on it there and submit it for review when you think it is ready? Thanks, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 14:07, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

I wrote you because I thought, erroneously, that you were the creator of the page. My mistake. Anyway, neither do I copy the content of a page from another page. The information contained in Draft:Fénix Awards is all mine, as it's seen in the History of the page. It was I who put it in there and in Fénix Awards at the same time, because I thought that replacing the old draft was a previous requirement to make a new publication. In any case, the Draft:Fénix Awards is the one to repair, delete or reverse, not the other one. The work in Fénix Awards is new and original, not a copy-paste, (only from my sandbox, where it's still remaining), and has not a copyright violation. I'm not a relative with this stuff, only a fan who asked for some kind of help. It's for sure that the article may suffer from many issues but, as some user wrote: "it needs revision from a movie-spectacle expert". Sadly, again this article was "lost in translation", multiple mistakes, technicalities, and other obstacles that are placing it to a limbo, doing a small favor to casual readers, movie lovers, or general culture. The cry for help is still on the air for someone who has the faculties and the interest to serve and honor what should be the raison d'être of Wikipedia: accurate, reliable and verified information.--Lunaliu (talk) 21:12, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

Revert

Hi Justlettersandnumbers, I saw you reverted my edit on Lombard Street (Baltimore). I placed the article in Category:Guardia Lombardi because, as it says in the article, the street is named after the town of Guardia Lombardi. I think this makes the article relevant to that category. Do you not agree? Ergo Sum 01:33, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

Well, certainly I had missed that rather surprising statement, Ergo Sum, so I may have been wrong there (though I don't think so). The talk-page of that article would be the best place to discuss it, I think. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 12:13, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

Royal Microscopical Society

You seem to have reverted one of my edits...

...en route to deleting a pile of crap posted by a troll.

I approve. Narky Blert (talk) 00:54, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

David Ostrowski

Hi Justlettersandnumbers. You requested a revdel for large parts of David Ostrowski a few weeks back per WP:COPYVIO. Lots of content has been readded to the article again, so I'm wondering if you wouldn't mind taking a peek to see if it's the same as the previously removed stuff. -- Marchjuly (talk) 13:30, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

I saw, Marchjuly. I don't see any substantial copyright problem with the new content. Nor do I see anything good about it – it looks like the usual gallery puff-piece ("... addresses a sense of subversive Post-Minimalist apathy"? – could we have that in English, please?). Someone needs to go in there with a brush-hook. I might try to do something about it if no-one else does. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 14:47, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for taking a look. I was just curious as to whether somebody simply re-added content which has previously been removed as a copyvio. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:37, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

Baby Bootlegger

Hi Justlettersandnumbers. You requested a revdel for some parts of Baby Bootlegger. I tried to find the correct template for the article but could not find one, so I used what I found. I'm not a wikipedia expert but know about the topic of this page quite a lot. I will rewrite the article this week to remove the copyright violations. Thanks and sorry for the hassle. -- hki007 (talk) 13:52, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

Not quite, hki007 – what is needed there is a copyright investigation and clean-up; the revdeletion comes after that. Please don't make any edit to the page until that is complete. If you want to work on a re-write you can do so at this page (please follow that exact link to reach it). Please don't copy anything from the various sources you copied from before (or indeed any other published source), as doing that would make your re-write useless. Thanks, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 14:13, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

George Crouch

Hi Justlettersandnumbers. Thanks for your fast response and sorry for the similar copyright issues on both of the articles Baby Bootlegger and George Crouch I have recently written. I want to fix these problematic issues so that the accurate information remains. However, I remain somewhat confused with the Wikipedia policies, what is accepted and what is not. I know about the articles' substance but I'm not that much an expert when it comes to the Wikipedia process or technical details. Where could I find some layman intro to the Wikipedia policies, starting from very simple questions like "are cross-references inside Wikipedia good or bad?". As an example, I had a link in the George Crouch article to the APBA Gold Cup Wikipedia article, and after the latest revisions I notice that this cross-link has been removed. Is it a bad thing to refer to other Wikipedia articles? Is there something I can do to get the copyright violation notification removed from the George Crouch article? Big thanks. -- hki007 (talk) 10:46, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

Hki007, don't worry, those pages will get sorted out in time; the really important thing is to avoid adding any more copied content in the future. At George Crouch, the copyvio-revdel request will be removed by the administrator who hides the "bad" edits in the page history; it should be left there until that happens. You are free to edit the page, but not – of course! – to re-add any of the previous infringing content. Wikilinking is (within reason) always encouraged, and the only reason that "Gold Cup" isn't linked in that page is that I forgot to go back and see which Gold Cup it was – sorry! There's a lot of advice for newer editors at Wikipedia:Your first article, with plenty of links to various relevant topics. If you have specific questions, you can always ask at the Teahouse, which is there for that purpose, and particularly aimed at new editors.

A question: when you wrote Finnish transport vessel Wilhelm Carpelan, did you translate directly from some Finnish source or sources (such as fi.wp?), or was the text entirely your own? Because if this contains direct translation, it too may need to be sorted out and/or cleaned up (I'm afraid I can't read Finnish at all, so it's hard for me to judge). Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 12:56, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

Hi Justlettersandnumbers. I'm a classic boat and historic ship aficionado. I wrote both the original Finnish wikipedia article https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/M/S_Wilhelm_Carpelan and the English article Finnish transport vessel Wilhelm Carpelan. The winter photo of the vessel in the Wikipedia articles is taken by me, I could see her for ten years from my office windows. I built the original Finnish article from information snippets from multiple sources, all in Finnish and Swedish, including printed military history magazines from the 1970s (http://www.rannikonpuolustaja.fi/archive/1979_2.pdf) and early 2000s, and the obituary of the person who rebuilt the ship after the Finnish Navy decommissioned her. There's some later edits and additions to the pages by other Wikipedia contributors and I have not checked where all that information is coming from. I pretty much translated the English wikipedia article from my original Finnish article. One Finnish wikipedia editor did remove sections from my original wikipedia text saying that the information is not "relevant" which to me sounded a bit odd, especially now that I look at the sections that have been added by others, and tell about similar technical details of the vessel. -- hki007 (talk) 17:46, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

Personal question

Please tell what one needs to do to get Wikipedia access to HighBeam and Newspapers.com? Thank you. -- Bbarmadillo (talk) 20:51, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Bbarmadillo, some questions are easy ... but this isn't one of them. It's all changed since I signed up. The starting point should be here, but that takes you here, which is a page I've never seen. I think you need OAuth to log in there, and should then see a "Start new application" button. I'm sorry I can't be more helpful. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 21:21, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Thank you! -- Bbarmadillo (talk) 18:14, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

Just stopped by to say thanks again. I've got access to HighBeam following your advice! -- Bbarmadillo (talk) 21:10, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

Kaldighi

Hi, JLAN - Kaldighi is back in the NPP queue. I saw where you redirected it back in Aug last year. Not seeing any improvement so I'm inclined to send it to Draft space until it's fixed. Your thoughts? ^{Atsme📞📧} 03:11, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

Hmm... {hi, Atsme!) ... I either missed that revert or decided it was a battle best left unfought. The editor is now check-user blocked. I think a redirect is the best choice there, but draft space could work too. I can't find anything about it other than its (probable) existence as a quarter or suburb of Gangarampur – but then I don't speak or read Hindi. We also have Kaldighi Park, which should probably go the same way. We don't have a page on the lake, which this page tells us will be used for "pissiculture" – so maybe not the best spot for swimming? Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 18:46, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

Opinion sought

I'm curious for your opinion on the Mariah Robertson page. Should only take about 2 seconds, specifically these unreferenced gallery exhibition lists. And of course she wants to add more, because these lists apparently aren't enough. Spintendo ᔦᔭ 18:25, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

Corriente Cattle

You just reverted a set of edits I made to the Corriente article, because one of the three citations I added was to a magazine article that I wrote. I'm not clear on what was wrong with the citation. Generally speaking, a magazine article like that one is a perfectly valid Wikipedia cite. Is your issue that Acres U.S.A. doesn't have an archive of the article on their own website, or would it be a valid citation from someone else, but not from me? Thanks. Gary D Robson 20:46, 7 February 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gary D Robson (talk • contribs)

Gary D Robson, I haven't examined the source in detail, so can't comment on its reliablility. It's generally considered poor form to quote oneself in Wikipedia. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 21:06, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

Fair enough. If it's basically an etiquette thing, I'll make sure not to cite anything I've written and go back to my original sources.Gary D Robson 21:24, 7 February 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gary D Robson (talk • contribs)

@Gary D Robson: Just since I'm passing, FYI the actual policy is at Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest#Citing_yourself. Alarichall (talk) 00:59, 20 July 2018 (UTC)

"The National memo" dispute

Hi. As requested by Robert McClenon I am notifying you that a Dispute resolution request has been raised for your edits to The National Memo article. Please share your point of view at the dispute's page. -- Bbarmadillo (talk) 19:32, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

Remy Blumenfeld

@Justlettersandnumbers: Hi, May I know why are you reverting my all edits from article Remy Blumenfeld. It takes two days for me to prepare the whole article with proper citations and formatting. And, It took only few seconds to revert the whole article. The article complies Wikipedia guidelines and all the information is verifiable. If you think my edits not complies Wikipedia rules, you are free to add maintenance tags or can resolve the issue as per WP:FIXIT. Also, I would request you to please refrain from reverting my edits. I am taking the issue to Wikipedia Helpdesk. If there is any problem in my edits, they will inform me. Thanks 223.189.17.142 (talk) 09:31, 10 February 2018 (UTC)

223.189.17.142, what you wrote here is your first edit to Wikipedia. I reverted a large addition by another IP. My edit summary there was "rm a mass addition of promotional content (promotional both in tone and in intent) – WP:neutrality is one of the core principles of this project" – surely that tells you clearly why I did so? A question for you: what is your connection to Blumenfeld? Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 13:20, 10 February 2018 (UTC)

@Justlettersandnumbers: Thank you for explaining reason. What you reverted that was my edit. As I am associated with the subject, I do declare my conflict of interest here. As you told the article does not meet the Wikipedia's neutrality guidelines. I'm again preparing it complying neutrality guidelines and would share it with you for approval. Do it need to register myself on Wikipedia to make further edits. As edit option is disabled now. 106.209.177.61 (talk) 16:34, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

@Justlettersandnumbers: Hi, I have registered myself on Wikipedia. Can you please check my sandbox, I have reworked on the article, complying Wikipedia's policy. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MrDavies/sandbox. I have cited only reliable references, also have removed promotional wording as per Wikipedia:Neutrality. I would appreciate if you can do a favor and let me what more can be done. If you find any error or any kind of violation in article, please feel free to fix it. Thank you. --MrDavies (talk) 15:47, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

Well, MrDavies, your first step is to disclose the nature of your WP:conflict of interest, specifically whether you are WP:PAID. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 15:54, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

Yes, As earlier I disclosed that I am associated with the subject and have WP:conflict of interest. I work for Blumenfeld, but not directly paid to edit the Wikipedia article. You can consider me paid, if Wikipedia policy says so. I do not have problem.

Also, Please let me know if current article violates any policy. Also would request you to accept the article if it meets for approval. Thanks--MrDavies (talk) 16:15, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

There's another thing you need to clarify, MrDavies. If you previously edited as the IP 223.180.3.39, as you stated above, how was your very first edit to Wikipedia a lengthy and complete re-write in polished idiomatic English (in contrast to the English you use here), with perfectly formatted references, infobox, and filmography table [1]. That is not the sign of a new editor. It takes a great deal of experience here to produce something like that. Have you ever had another account here? Or perhaps Mr. Blumenfeld paid someone else to write the article and you simply uploaded it? Voceditenore (talk) 16:47, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

Liberal and Left-Wing

In the United States, 'liberal' has lost its original nineteenth-century meaning of referring to liberal democracy, partly because the original objective of liberal democracy has been considered achieved in the United States since the end of the eighteenth century. Liberal instead does mean either left-wing or progressive, and I mostly agree with Spintendo that left-wing and liberal are equivalent in context. In any case, it isn't worth volunteer editors spending a lot of time working to tweak the wording to provide a better advertisement for a paid editor. However, Spintendo is mostly correct in an American context, and that is the relevant context. Robert McClenon (talk) 20:57, 11 February 2018 (UTC)

I can't agree. Those words have to be used in a way and in a context that makes it possible for anyone, anywhere in the world, to understand them. I wasn't there, but I understand that Russia under Stalin was pretty left-wing, but not at all liberal; these are common and widely-understood meanings. But – though of course it's always a pleasure to hear from you – I really can't bring myself to devote one more word or brain-cell to the infernal National Memo or its politics. Sorry, but my patience there has worn thin. Best regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 21:11, 11 February 2018 (UTC)

Guardian News & Media Archive

Would you care to let me know how the business deal between GNM and Fleet Street's Finest Ltd. be covered in this section without just deleting it. It seems to be acceptable to cover other means of income generation for the paper in the sub headed - "Membership" subscription scheme - and other business links to DigitalArchive for example. Is it just the outbound link that's an issue? Should it just go to the Guardian page? Best regards, Bret Painter (talk) 23:18, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Bret Painter, please see the notice I left on your talk-page about disclosing your WP:conflict of interest. Wikipedia is not an advertising platform. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 23:21, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Justlettersandnumbers, Well that's good news, I'm struggling to write anything on this platform. How do I register my COI properly? And please consider my previous note on your talk page a personal request for you register the business dealing between Guardian News Media and Fleet Street's Finest in the archive section as you deem fit. Cheers Bret Painter (talk) 23:31, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Changes in Article.

I do appreciate the Reference changes, of which I did not know the correct way of adding them.

I am though upset of the major changes to my article without my notification or request. As I noted it was just my first published version being to a certain stranded but not my final. You watered it down to an absolute boring piece of pure information with more errors and inaccuracies than original noted. Taking out a lot of information that I had citations for. As Dury did very little teaching throughout his later career, as well with the incorrect version of emigrated and immigrated. As Dury did not leave the US to "emigrated" to the country. "emigrated" Is From, not to. (He immigrated to the US.) As well with removing his marriage which is the reason why he left Europe as well with the change in the caption of his self portrait. It is noted he's 18 on the back, therefor it is from 1835. As I am irritated to such major changes without just suggesting them privately. Of Which some are better, yes, but it still doesn't give you the grounds to change so much without my notice.

I do appreciate the References change, but it's even more inaccurate then before. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Benjamin.P.L (talk • contribs) 17:34, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

Er, no, Benjamin.P.L, when he left the Kingdom of Bavaria to go to the United States, he emigrated. And, sorry, but it isn't your article, it's ours, Wikipedia's. Unwisely in my view, you chose to move it to mainspace before it was ready; it was (and I think still is) at risk of deletion because this person is apparently not WP:notable by our standards (the only explanations I can think of for the absence of any coverage of his work in Bavaria are (1) that he changed his name or (2) that all that stuff is a post-constructed myth). I tried to improve its chances of survival by strengthening the sourcing and removing some unsourced stuff; I'm sorry if you don't like the result. Anyway, the place to discuss errors in or changes to the article is the talk-page, Talk:George Dury. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 17:54, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

Justlettersandnumbers I disagree completely, I see that as just a sad excuse... Articles are by people and are direct references of their work, they do not go out to the whole community but allow the community to improve errors or inaccuracies. Wikipida makes it clear that people's articles are their work. I could make the same claim to anything the you've made. It was ready, it was to a good stranded with correct information with nothing wrong with citation. Just because it was not to a layout of your approval does not mean it wasn't. Don't throw me in another forum for your own changes which I see are worse. The direct TN State Museum article I cited had the same information. Along with the citation from the white house itself on the first ladies portrait. (He Immigrated to The U.S. He did not Emigrate from the U.S, If you included that he did emigrate from Kingdom of Bavaria to the United States, that would work. But, that wasn't added.) Mr. Dury is one of the Finest artist from TN, doing portraits of presidents and kings, he is notable by Wikipedia's standards.. Not yours. (As there are articles on lesser figures even shorter and sadder than mine, so don't be unreasonable.)

Benjamin.P.L, I'm really not sure what you are trying to say here (perhaps English is not your mother tongue?). Anyway, I do understand that you are upset. I left on your talk-page an invitation to the Teahouse. Why don't you try posting there if you don't want to use the talk-page of the article? – you might find someone sympathetic to your point of view, or get some friendly advice beyond what I am able to offer. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 18:24, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

Chulbul Pandey

The page comes under Wikipedia's Fictional characters portal. Kindly don't redirect, remove or try to delete the page. Instead help improving and expanding it. I am aman goyal (talk) 18:48, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Mea culpa

At some XfD or other in the last month, I recall saying something like "This is just the same tendentious breed-moves pattern by someone making the same argument over and over again", about an objection you'd raised. In retrospect, that was cranky on my part, and hypocritical, since I'm as consistent as you are in the arguments I make about such things, and I was recently professing a desire for us to get along better. So, I'm sorry about that. I don't quite recall the context, but it was at the tail end of a lot of stressy stuff from various parties all day long, and I took it out on whoever was handy. I vented in a similar way in the direction of Pigsonthewing around the same time span. Kind of a more-than-momentary loss of temper.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  07:46, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for this, SMcCandlish, though it really wasn't necessary – I took no notice of it at the time, and I'm certainly not going to start worrying about it now. As a result of the years (yes, years) of one person trying to impose his will on the naming of animal breed articles, I now have a profound disinclination to discuss them, or indeed to edit in that area at all. But thanks for the note. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 12:16, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

George Dury

Thanks for fixing the refs at George Dury I just couldn't figure out what was going on there! Theroadislong (talk) 22:11, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

No problem, it was my fault, not his – I added those refs. What I'm wondering now is whether he just scrapes through notability, or if it should go to AfD. What do you reckon? Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 22:37, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

George Dury

I'll be Glad to explain myself for the concerns you brought up.

I hadn't changed the References yet because I was in the process of adding more, especially for the "Other Notable Subjects" section. Like I noted, if people were Interested they could find them all on the Tennessee Portrait Project's website with little difficulty, while I was in the processes of adding the rest.

As well Explaining that Dury was a Tennessean and spent a longer art career in the state of TN rather then Europe. (That he was primarily a State painter rather than a national.) I was in the process of coming up with a better sentence then putting a State and Nation together.

Dury's Marriage is the reason he leaves Europe for the US. I understand it not being a strong Citation, But it's something simple that shows they were married, as "Mount Olivet Cemetery" has it cited being the Same George Dury.

If you read the Full citation from the "Memorials of Sarah Childress Polk" you would have noticed that the President and First lady paid for their official portraits out of Pocket when leaving the White House in 1849. (Allowing them to bring them Home to Nashville with them.) President Polk would not have a portrait in the White House till the Buchanan Administration, While Sarah till the Arthur administration. Dury Was commissioned by the Ladies Association of Nashville to copy Mrs Polk's official Portrait(GPA Healy's) the one she owned for the white house. As Sarah's White House Portrait is the copy by George Dury, not the the GPA Healy. (You can see the GPA Healy's at Polk's presidential museum.) As For Sarah's other Portrait it was a widowers portrait with no relation to the White House commission, that's why I left it out.(http://tnportraits.org/polk-sarah-childress-dury-1878.htm)

I'll be glad to Fix these problems in just a short Time, Including the References which I know are a mess. (So Excuse them for just the time being.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Benjamin.P.L (talk • contribs) 02:17, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

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Dear Justlettersandnumbers

Dear Justlettersandnumbers,

I was wondering if you could help me out with the Artist biography of: AIX1 And i was also wondering if you could help me with the biography of Recordlabel: Akhadir Recordings Amsterdam Wiki Link AIX1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIX1 Wiki Link Akhadir Recordings Amsterdam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhadir_Recordings_Amsterdam

These pages are not for commercial purpose endings but for independence for both the artist and the record label

Thanks for your Time! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akesc (talk • contribs) 12:27, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

I'm sorry, Akesc, but there's little help I can offer. I've nominated both articles for deletion because I can find no evidence (at all) that Ismaël Akhadir and his various projects are in any way WP:notable by our standards (and yes, I have searched for that evidence). If you want to prevent deletion you'll need to add a good number of references to solid independent reliable sources (major newspapers, music magazines, national music charts, books and so on) which discuss him or his projects in depth; you should then leave a note in the deletion discussions to say that you have done so. Also, if you have some personal or professional connection to him you should disclose it. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 12:41, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Religious promotion?

How is indicating the influence that a church has over a school promotion? People are free to decide for themselves whether they want to choose that school, but they have a right to know who's influential in running it. I note that there are as many editors who categorize themselves as atheists and agnostics in Wikipedia as Catholics and Christians, so I have no fear that a religion-friendly thrust will impose itself in Wikipedia. Jzsj (talk) 14:00, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Jzsj, given the circumstances, I think it would be very unwise to continue this conversation. Just briefly: if you can't see why some might think that you are here with an agenda, that may help to explain how things got to this unfortunate point – which I greatly regret, as I hope you know. My best regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 18:30, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for your kind words. Jzsj (talk) 19:34, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Richest Americans

Hi Justlettersandnumbers. First, a small technical issue: the talk page of List of Americans by net worth wrongly redirects to Talk:List of members of the Forbes 400. Could you please change that? Secondly, how do you suggest that names be added to that list without copyright controversies? The fact that Forbes lists in their entirety are found on Wikipedia - for years now and with virtually no opposition - should be taken into consideration. Regards, Yambaram (talk) 23:49, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

I fixed the first issue so you can disregard it... I'd also like to hear your opinion on whether the Richest american/s redirects should redirect to 1) List of Americans by net worth, or 2) List of richest Americans in history (the latter is the current state). Yambaram (talk) 00:16, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Late apologies

Please accept my late apologies for being rude and obnoxious during The National Memo discussion. You were right and I was wrong. Having 140% of my contribution deleted got me a bit off the track - this should never be the case again. Thank you for being patient and tolerant all the way through. I learned a lot about the concept of notability and depth of coverage from this discussion. -- Bbarmadillo (talk) 17:59, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

That is a very gracious apology, Bbarmadillo, and thank you for it. But it really isn't necessary at all – it was, after all, my own choice to get involved in that discussion and to continue with it even when it became difficult. I'm not going to apologise for my opinions of the harmful effects of paid editing in this project, but I do apologise if at any time my expression of those opinions has seemed to be directed at you personally – that was never my intention. Oh, and I learned a lot too! Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 18:35, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

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Offer to Help Improve Paolo Casali Page

Hi justlettersandnumbers, I wanted to reach out to you and ask for your assistance on improving the Dr. Paolo Casali page. If I can offer assistance on helping the page be neutral and utilize Encyclopedic content, please let me know. I am not a paid editor and have no intention of making unwanted changes on this page. The COI was disclosed on the talk page as well. Again, any input from you will help enhance the page and make sure it is written with a neutral point of view. Burles104 (talk) 16:05, 20 March 2018 (UTC)Burles104

Burles104, I think the best place to talk about this would be Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard#Paolo Casali, again. As I have said there, I'm prepared to devote a small (and I do mean small) amount of time to improving that page; that improvement would, in my opinion, include the removal of most or all of the existing COI text. What you could also do is start listing, on the talk-page, the independent reliable sources: not his own website, his university bio, his papers and publications, the in-house paper of the place he works and so on, but major independent newspapers, books and journals which talk about him in depth and detail. You'll also need to explain the nature of your connection to the other COI editors who have plagued the history of that article. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 20:21, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Copyright violations

I wasn't aware until you said something that a company with actual newspaper articles on its web site might be violating copyright. I went back to the web site a few years after using those as sources and they weren't there, but that was because an editor with a COI wanted to improve the article and I was helping him. I had to find the articles the proper way at that point.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 19:50, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Can you give me a hint which article this is in relation to, Vchimpanzee? (I'm assuming it's not Juliette Benzoni, which you don't seem to have edited?) Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 19:58, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

DriveTime was an article I created many years ago and helped improve several years ago. But the newspaper articles on the web site are gone.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 15:44, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

COIN Ping

I've mentioned you at Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#Eyes_on_editor_Rusboot over our seemingly mutual concerns about User:Rusboot. Hope this is ok.--SamHolt6 (talk) 01:07, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Natives Éditions

Hi Justlettersandnumbers! I would like to ask you for some advice. Recently, I have contributed for the page Natives (Éditions), but it was deleted. Maybe, Natives Éditions is not a huge company, but it is a very serious publisher and a really original music label. Do you think it is possible to do something in order to restore this page? I don't have now any access to its content on Wikipedia, the only link I could find is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Natives_(Éditions)

Thank you in advance for your advice! 1996Paris (talk) 12:34, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

On balance, 1996Paris, my advice is "don't". The consensus at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Natives (Éditions) is not overwhelming, but I don't see any reason or justification for you to ask for a review of the decision reached. You could try starting a new page at Draft:Natives (label), but unless you have a lot of solid reliable sources (say, at least five) which discuss the label in depth, I personally doubt whether that would achieve anything. There seems to be another problem too: every edit (but one) that you have made in this project has been to promote Marina Tchebourkina and her work; if you have a personal or professional connection to that person you should declare it, and should refrain from editing the page about her and also from making any edit about her to any other page. Wikipedia does not tolerate promotion of any kind, and can be quite hostile towards editors who attempt it. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 21:49, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for your advice, Justlettersandnumbers. No, I don't have any personal or professional connection, neither to Natives Éditions nor to Marina Tchebourkina. I know her CDs, they are remarkable. This musician as well this publisher worth to be known all over the world. Natives has an other outstanding French musician, Philippe Foulon; I had an intention to create an article about him, but now I think I willn't. I will try to find some reliable sources for Natives Éditions, but it is seems to be much more difficult to find them for a publisher, than for an artist… Best wishes, 1996Paris (talk) 14:46, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi Justlettersandnumbers! I have just published the draft for Natives (label). I added some new sources; maybe I can find some additional information later. By the way, I think that the Natives' logo is too transparent, maybe it worth to make it darker? Thank you for your advices. Have a nice day! 1996Paris (talk) 08:58, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

PC Reviewer

Hello. Your account has been granted the "pending changes reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on pages protected by pending changes. The list of articles awaiting review is located at Special:PendingChanges, while the list of articles that have pending changes protection turned on is located at Special:StablePages.

Being granted reviewer rights neither grants you status nor changes how you can edit articles. If you do not want this user right, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time.

See also:

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• Wikipedia:Pending changes, the summary of the use of pending changes
• Wikipedia:Protection policy#Pending changes protection, the policy determining which pages can be given pending changes protection by administrators.
  

~ Amory (u • t • c) 17:32, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Is there a reason why Justlettersandnumbers isn't an administrator yet? Alex Shih (talk) 17:40, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Whaddya say JLAN? ~ Amory (u • t • c) 19:54, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for extra userright, Amorymeltzer, now I'd better see if I can find out how to make use of it. As for the other suggestion, I'm going to think that over for a day or two at least; meanwhile, thanks for the confidence (probably misplaced) you've both shown. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 18:27, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

I do agree that, bollockings aside, JLAN is a possible future RfA candidate. I haven't looked in-depth though. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 00:49, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Bump ~ Amory (u • t • c) 21:37, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

ah ha!

I see now ... I should have looked under Recent listings. Sorry for the extra work! And thanks. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:27, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

No problem, not enough extra work to justify any sort of apology. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 20:41, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Unjustified removal of contributions ('digital painting')

Hi, justlettersandnumbers, I have given you the only ticket number that I have. I can not confirm what you write, "that a copyright violation was found". On the contrary: no violation was found. A substantial contribution was deleted unjustified. Even if it was deleted unjustified, you write, 'it would not mean that the content will necessarily be restored to the article'. I am surprised that the administrative procedure does not respect contributions untill they are proven to be incorrect, imprecise or in any way improper. After all, we donate time, effort and money. (April 1, 2018)

Best regards, Pauline van de VenVandevenp (talk) 00:15, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

Bojana Sentaler

Hello, I've reverted one of your edits by adding back the background section in the Bojana Sentaler entry (your comment mentioned it was deleted due to a lack of references). The references were already listed in the previous paragraphs but I've now added them directly to the background section text so it's more clear. Thanks Abonzz (talk) 14:47, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

Sounds good, Abonzz! What I don't understand is why the tone of that page is so promotional, and apparently becoming more so. Why would we want to have something like "... worn her luxury brand ..." in an encyclopaedia? Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 18:49, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

"Luxury brand" is a term often used in fashion lingo to describe a clothing line so I was unaware that it was promotional in tone. However, I can always remove that sentence from the lead. Previously, the lead also indicated that she was known for her alpaca coats. If you like, I can put that part back so the lead isn't too sparse.Abonzz (talk) 20:22, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Copyright issue...

Battle of Poison Spring appears to be pretty much a straight copy-paste from here. You're my copyright-problem-go-to-person (aren't you thrilled?). Ealdgyth - Talk 11:40, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi, Ealdgyth, there are better people to go-to! But this one was, I think, not too hard. At first I thought it was completely straightforward: the "dwindling supplies" stuff is, I'm pretty sure, public domain (published on nps.gov, copied without attribution by OSU); however, it seems that the "war was not as flashy, but no less bitter" section, copied from a different OSU page, is not. I reverted to before it was (recently) added and requested revdeletion of a few revisions. I've added attribution for the PD content, which was originally cited but at some point in the last thirteen years got un-cited. Let me know if you think any of that is wrong. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 18:45, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

SillaJen

Good morning Justlettersandnumbers, With regards to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SillaJen page SillaJen, I have deleted the parts that contain the copyright information. Also, I have requested the company to give permission to use the material that they have published through the newsletter and their website and they sent me an email approving it. It appears that "An email has been received by the OTRS Team." I was wondering if you could review the issue and resolve the current Copyvio message. Thank you for your kind consideration and support :) Best, Oncolytics101 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oncolytics101 (talk • contribs) 17:05, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

Unfounded copyright issue, please restore text

Dear 'Justlettersandnumbers'. In february, you deleted and blocked a large and rather valuable contribution to 'digital painting' that I made over a long time, because of an unfounded copyright issue. You were checking he matter with the help of the ticket number that I gave you. As you can see, the lemma now only offers very limited information, partly inaccurate, and certainly not without commercial influence. What did you find out about the assumed 'copyright infringement'? Please let me know how we proceed. Kind regards, Pauline van de Ven (26/4/2018). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vandevenp (talk • contribs) 09:54, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

Walking and Biking in Florence

Hi, I made a section in the Transportation about walking and biking in Florence, and was wondering why it was removed? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Katieadeclue (talk • contribs) 18:49, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Hi, Katieadeclue! If you look at the edit summary I left for that edit, you'll see that it reads "sorry, this is not encyclopaedic content (you can walk or bike in almost any city); you can't cite your own sandbox as a reference". Most of the content you added was not specifically about Florence (can you name one city, town or village where walking is not a possible way of getting around?) except for the date of creation of the pedestrian zones – which was not supported by independent reliable sources. Does that help? Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 19:37, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2018 May 10

I do not know what is your role in deciding this matter but since you removed the comments last time around thus I am reaching out to you to request that this matter be decided with urgency before the discussion gets out of hand again. I have been trying to avoid commenting there since you removed the comments but it is hard to keep oneself at bay seeing the gross distortion of facts and personal attacks by OP. OP has provided the evidence and NadirAli has responded, there is no place for the last comment by OP. I request you to please remove that comment. Also, please know that this report has nothing to do with copyvios, this is all about the content disputes between OP and NadirAli. OP has no pain in his heart for copyvio rather their heartache is different, it is all about getting an opponent blocked to tilt the consensus building process on multiple pages. OP's grudge against NadirAli is shown in below diffs.

Capitals00 Feud with NadirAli

[2], [3], Deceptive edit summary when reverting the WP:STATUSQUO restored by NadirAli. After that Capitals00 goes on the talkpage to make WP:PERSONALATTACK (the one in number 2), [4], [5] Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 01:53, 12 May 2018 (UTC)

FYI

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Long-term abuse (3rd nomination). Best, Voceditenore (talk) 10:52, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

National Fire Protection Association

Hello mate. I was noticed that you eliminate the contribution I added in this article because I did not put citations to contrast the information. If is possible, I want to recover the article in order to indicate the site I searched the history of this association. Thanks for paying attention.

Irene Christian Manu Silvia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Irene Christian Silvia Manu (talk • contribs) 13:40, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

Vladimir Krulj

I was pointed to this page I was pointed to this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Krulj and I think the infobox is wrong and done for promotional purposes as most of the other information. Can you please fix it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.27.229.242 (talk) 08:07, 20 May 2018 (UTC)

EASA

We are student of Aerospace engineering and we know a lot about this topic. Moreover, you could watch the information that I have put if you enter in EASA official web page.

Thank you for your contributions but I have to say that our information is not invented.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Irene Christian Silvia Manu (talk • contribs) 19:22, 20 May 2018 (UTC)

Unblock in March

Just for your information, see this on my talk page:

"Fram, it's my idea to correct all past violations if I found them or I'm notified, and as I said, it's my idea not to "copy and paste" from sources in the future, even if they are in PD or CC0; therefore if I do not find a PAST violation, and I'm notified and allowed to correct it, and this does not count as new problems ("old violations which are only found after the unblock obviously don't count as new problems"), I understand than this is the last chance unblock. --Elisa.rolle (talk) 11:08, 12 March 2018 (UTC)" (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Elisa.rolle&oldid=830041401)

The violation for Dorothy Caruso was in August 2017. As I said if I was notified I would have taken care of it (as I did). Moreover, as you can currently see on my talk page, I'm "semi-retired", I do not contributed anymore new content on Wikipedia, and I'm only correcting things as I found them (or I'm notified). KR, Elisa.rolle (talk) 19:15, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

Elisa.rolle, you are responsible for any content you add to Wikipedia, including any copyright violation. At Dorothy Caruso you have been edit-warring to repeatedly restore a copyvio, albeit one of a single sentence. You don't need to wait to be notified by someone else that it's a copyvio – it was, after all, you and no-one else who copied it verbatim from the New Yorker article in the first place, in August of last year. And no, it wasn't you that took care of it – I did part of that, with this edit, and an admin will do the rest. Courtesy ping to Fram and TonyBallioni in case they have any comment. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 20:33, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

my article clearly passes GNG

Please respond to my response: User_talk:Dream_Focus#Puzzle_Puppers_moved_to_draftspace Dream Focus 11:49, 28 May 2018 (UTC)

Lady Eleanor Holles School

Hi, amongst other edits you deleted the list of all extracurricular activities apart from sport, but made no reference to this in your edit notes. What is the thinking here? Rhanbury (talk) 16:19, 21 June 2018 (UTC)

Rhanbury, I wonder, did you read the edit summary I left for that edit? Anyway, the thinking here is exactly the same as everywhere else in Wikipedia: our content is based on independent reliable sources, and unsourced material can be – and often is – removed at any time. If you have some connection to the school you should declare it; if you receive or expect to receive any financial reward from the school, disclosure is obligatory. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 16:48, 21 June 2018 (UTC)

Yes, I did read the edit summary. Throughout the rest of the article you have added the cn tag on unreferenced material, except in this one case where you deleted the sentence instead. I am trying to understand why the difference in treatment. I am not particularly attached to the sentence, which long predates my involvement, although there does need to be more than sports under the extracurricular heading so I shall seek out some references. On the COI point I have put full details on the talk page and would ask you to remove the COI tag at the top if you are satisfied. Thanks. Rhanbury (talk) 07:59, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

Geology of Uganda

Zircon 2 (talk)16:25, 21 June 2018 (UTC) Justlettersandnumbers, thanks very much for taking the time to review the recent Geology of Uganda article! If you would like to consolidate the references to the Thomas Schluter Atlas of African Geology, that would be excellent. I am a comparative newcomer to Wikipedia, and I appreciate all the people who have reviewed the recent launch of geology of Africa articles. A technical question you may understand better than I do. From a category or SEO perspective, is there a reason why none of the African country geology articles are showing up in general search engine searches?

Could you take a look

At Post-presidency of George Washington for lifted text and close paraphrase. I removed some and revdel and then did a second scan, and I suspect it has more close paraphrase and copying that I don't have the time this week to get to it and I don't want to send an article on a significant historical figure to CP unless absolutely necessary. If you don't have time, that's fine, but thought I'd reach out as you're great at this type of thing. TonyBallioni (talk) 01:21, 26 June 2018 (UTC)

Hi, Tony! That's not an easy one to review, as parts are already revdeleted and I can't see what was in the big chunk that was deleted by the author. My initial take: no obvious problems in the current version (though I don't know where that content came from or if it was existing wp content), but revdeletion didn't go back far enough – in past versions, "Mount Vernon a model of efficiency and productivity" was taken from here, "younger freedmen ... read and write" et seq. is (very) close paraphrasing from here. That's off the top of my head; I'll try to look little further tomorrow. In theory, CP should be an investigative process, not an inquisition; if it isn't clear that we're only trying to clean things up and that no-one is actually going to be hanged, drawn and quartered, we probably need to make some changes to the process or the blanking template or something. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 22:35, 26 June 2018 (UTC)

Hey, I was also dealing with this (see the author's talk page) and originally brought it to Tony's attention. I didn't realize you couldn't see the revdel'd parts, I can email them to you for comparison if you want? ♠PMC♠ (talk) 22:39, 26 June 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, Premeditated Chaos, but I think the table of examples you put on that talk-page is more than enough to show that there is a real problem, so the author's apparent inability to recognise it is quite concerning (I'd thought this was a new editor, not one with almost 40000 edits, many of them to very high-profile articles). The next question is probably whether the problem also extends to other articles. The Contribution Surveyor seems to be out of action, which doesn't make that task easier. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 10:13, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

But unfortunately it anyway doesn't take long to establish that. Text added to George Washington: "Washington's will was meant to be an act of atonement for a lifetime spent in human exploitation"; text in the source: "His will was an act of atonement for a lifetime of concurrence in human exploitation". PMC, Tony, please let me know if there's more I can do. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 10:26, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

Fuck. He's all over that article. (And see also my talk page, where Yopienso (courtesy ping) seems to confirm this is an ongoing problem). I think this needs to go to WP:CCI. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 11:31, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

My sentiments precisely! In theory I agree, CCI is the next step; but in practice that probably means that just so many more articles will be added to the immovable fatberg that is the backlog there, with the risk that people will continue to work on them only to see their work wasted further down the line. I don't expect it can be made to happen, but a co-ordinated clean-up effort might be a preferable approach. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 14:54, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

Okay. I think I'm up for it, I've got some time generally speaking. How/where should we start? ♠PMC♠ (talk) 00:43, 29 June 2018 (UTC)

Talk:Paolo Casali

Thanks for the reply on Talk:Paolo Casali. I left follow up questions and comments. Thanks again. --Meriville (talk) 03:30, 27 June 2018 (UTC)

Also, the image is mine but I have asked him to see if he has a better one that can be used. Please tell me how to prove permission to the image.--Meriville (talk) 03:32, 27 June 2018 (UTC)

Meriville, the simplest way to provide permission for a photo you took yourself is to use this release generator. Once you have an OTRS ticket number, you can leave a note of it on the file page (or mention it here). For any other photo, the copyright owner (usually the photographer) should upload the file, preferably with the original EXIF data, here, and create a release as above. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 12:59, 27 June 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. I have a newer image of him that I think is better so I will go through the process stated above. For now, do you want me to do so for the current image since it will not be used in the near future? I also left another comment on the talk page. Thanks so much for the quick response and information. --Meriville (talk) 03:05, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

Meriville, the photo is on Wikimedia Commons, which has its own rules and practices. My guess is that unless permission is provided, it is likely to be deleted. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 09:31, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

Justlettersandnumbers, I uploaded the newer image and filled out the link you sent. I will email the information requested but it is coming from a gmail account as I don't use my business email for personal reasons. Thanks for walking me through this. I am also leaving another request on the talk page to get the image added and also wondering about the previous request. Thanks so much for your time. --Meriville (talk) 03:06, 29 June 2018 (UTC)

Justlettersandnumbers, the permission email was sent and I received ticket #2018070610000381. The file is now up for deletion in Wikimedia Commons for the same reason as the last. If you could please review the request to add the image and the other requests on the talk page it would be appreciated. Thanks again. --Meriville (talk) 02:42, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

Justlettersandnumbers, I am wondering what I need to do to get a response on the talk page of Paolo Casali. Not sure if I am doing everything correctly but I have not heard back from you or anyone else about the edit requests or the image permission which you provided me instructions for. Please let me know. --Meriville (talk) 05:26, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

Actually, I see a response on the talk page from today. However, the file is nominated for deletion despite me sending the permission statement as instructed above. What can be done to help that?--Meriville (talk) 05:30, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

Sorry for jumping the gun. I didn't see anything on the talk page of the article until after I left the message on your talk page. I check daily from mobile and did not see anything so I assumed nothing had been responded. Again, sorry to jump the gun with the above message. --Meriville (talk) 05:48, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

Töfrahöllin

Hi there! You changed the entry for Töfrahöllin into a redirect to the entry for the author. I'm not sure why: the entry cited two reviews, which demonstrates that it is notable. Your edit summary mentioned that there were no citations, but we shouldn't expect citations in summaries. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it was a great entry, and lots more could be done with it, but maybe it would be more appropriate to mark it as a stub than remove it? I'd be interested to hear what you think. Thanks! Alarichall (talk) 21:57, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

Hi, Alarichall! I've no specific knowledge of this book, by a writer whose work I don't know. But I think about this the same as I think about the rest of Wikipedia: that there is no value whatsoever in unsourced content (and yes, despite a strong WP:LOCALCONSENSUS to the contrary, I believe that plot summaries and the like are subject to exactly the same project-wide independent sourcing requirements as any other content and should be either referenced or removed). In this particular case, the (fairly standard) approach I would suggest is to develop sourced content within the page on the author, and consider splitting it out into a separate page if it ever becomes unmanageably large. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 08:57, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

Toll Group and WP:CP entry

Hi J-lan. I think you meant to say the content was copied from https://web.archive.org/web/20080731210843/http://www.toll.com.au:80/about.html and was added with this diff? Could you please fix the necessary pages (article, WP:CP entry, and user talk)? I would do it myself but I don't want to make assumptions about what you were trying to say. Thank you, — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 17:34, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

Yes, indeed that's what I meant, what an idiot! – thanks for picking that up, Diannaa! Best regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 22:57, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi @Justlettersandnumbers: as a paid contributor for Toll Group (COI disclosed) I am in the process of requesting updates to the page. Just saw this notice of copyright investigation and I'm not sure what that means. I read that there is the possibility of the page being deleted and want to make sure that does not happen. If necessary, can the particular content that is in question be removed but the rest of the page remain? Not sure what I need to do to remedy the problem (or really what the problem is). Thanks in advance for your help with this! MeInMelbs (talk) 01:51, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

What it means, MeInMelbs, is that someone has apparently copied copyright material from one of the company's websites into Wikipedia, which we don't allow. It'll be sorted out in due course, and any infringing content will be removed; it usually takes from one to several weeks for that to happen, so some patience may be needed. It should be quite straightforward, but I just didn't have time at that particular moment to check everything and do it straight away. There is absolutely no risk that a page on such a major company will be deleted. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 08:38, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

Thanks Justlettersandnumbers. Any update on when this can be looked at? Is there anything I can do at my end to expedite the process? Cheers MeInMelbs (talk) 04:10, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

Richard Moya

Due diligence fail on my part... sorry... pours ashes on head --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 07:46, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

About the least of our worries concerning that page, I think, Elmidae, so go easy on the ashes! Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 11:12, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Justlettersandnumbers. You have new messages at Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion.
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Football stubs

Hi!

Since when do football stubs need more than two references that directly reference everything that's written on the stub itself? Maybe I'm still living in the past, when it was still acceptable. You put two of my articles into draftspace though, when 4 similar articles were reviewed. If you look across Wikipedia, you'll see hundreds, no - thousands of such articles with no fuss about them. --Janisterzaj (talk) 15:44, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

@Janisterzaj: This sounds a bit like a difficulty I noted in the section User_talk:Justlettersandnumbers#Töfrahöllin above. In this case, User:Justlettersandnumbers removed the content of an article of mine and turned it into a redirect. It wasn't a great article by any means, but it visibly met notability criteria, and although it had some content that didn't have secondary references, this was consistent with relevant policy. (And Justlettersandnumbers agreed that his/her objection to that policy is out of step with community opinion.) @Justlettersandnumbers: There's no question that you're doing some really good work on Wikipedia, and I'm grateful for your labours. But perhaps you could be a bit gentler when it comes to policing stubs? Thanks! Alarichall (talk) 00:48, 20 July 2018 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Four years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:38, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, Gerda! I do notice that the jewel, unlike the rest of us, never gets any older. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 17:10, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

Copyright problem: Richard Moya

Thanks for your explanation on my Talk page. However, I'm confused about where to proceed with my work on the article. You provided a link [6] to create a temp, but the Draft:Richard_Moya is still out there, and it contains my work with its revision history. I would prefer to keep working at the original at the draft location, so the revision history is not lost. Can you somehow undo your mistake there? Mbcoats (talk) 20:43, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

Mbcoats, I don't think there's any mistake. You can work on a new version of the page at that link, but please don't copy any compromised text from the old version (because that will make the rewrite unusable). When it's ready, please leave a note here or at Draft talk:Richard Moya, and I'll ask someone to move it into place. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 11:46, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

My article has been published as Richard A. Moya. Thanks for you help. Mbcoats (talk) 18:21, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

lists of artworks

Hi Justlettersandnumbers I could use some advice. What do you make of List of artworks by John Middleton, given that you've created List of works by Giambattista Pittoni? I think it goes against guidance at WP:CSC. What's your view? Thanks, Vexations (talk) 21:55, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi! Hmm, so I did! That happened while I was trying to clean up after a very troublesome nuisance/hoax editor, and I don't think I would have done it otherwise (no, I'm wrong, I once created an interminable list of exhibitions just to get them out of the main article – it was, fortunately, deleted almost immediately). I think a good case could be made for merging each of them to its respective parent page, and I think I might just go ahead and propose that for the Pittoni one. This book lists some paintings by Middleton; I wonder what the source was for our list? Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 22:25, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

Many of these lists have been moved out of the bios to stand alone, so I'd sound out talk before doing that. Unless with images they are pretty useless, & perhaps best left to fester. Johnbod (talk) 23:18, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

Old email

Forgot to let you know, but sent you an email a few days ago. No need to reply if there's no need, just forgot to mention. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 12:30, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Revert: Marc J. Lane

Hello, I saw that on July 9, you reverted the Marc J. Lane page to a previous version because of a paid editing violation. However, I have since updated my user page to fully disclose who I work for in accordance with Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure, but please let me know if there is anything else I may be missing. Otherwise, please undo the revert as some of the information in this previous version is no longer accurate. Thanks so much. Mannpark (talk) 15:07, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

Our old friend

FYI for when you return... Our old friend is back. See this "new" user and especially the global contributions. If not already there, put Carlo Bazzi, Ezio Moioli, and Ladislao de Gauss on watch. He also seems to be editing James Rivière (again) both here and cross-wiki as the IP 151.38.20.48. I'll be away in Italy August 2–September 3, but will check in once in a while. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 06:45, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

Gadhawa Rural Municipality

Sir, you moved an article related to Gadhawa Rural Municipality in draft because of publishing without references. I was quite busy while creating that article at that time.Now, I have mentioned reliable sources and references of contents on that draft.Would you mind to publish that draft? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sharad87 (talk • contribs) 16:15, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi, Sharad87! I see that you didn't wait for your draft to be reviewed. If you had, I would have told you that we already have a page on that village – it's at Koilabas. I've redirected your page to the existing article, but it still needs better references (which means not Facebook!). Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 18:09, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

The BongShomoy News

talk Sir last time this page you moved to draftspace . i extremely sorry, for not adding reference, :) sir, now i added it, please see it. thank you .Rakib kumar (talk) 06:49, 18 July 2018 (UTC)User talk:Rakib kumar

Hi, Rakib kumar! There's still only one reference for Draft:The BongShomoy News, which really isn't enough to show that the paper is notable by our standards. Most of your draft seems to be unsourced – though, as I can't read Bengali, I can't be sure about that. By the way, if you have some personal or professional connection to the paper, you must disclose it. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 18:52, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

A note

I feel like the Sirens article you flagged for deletion is notable. Maybe you can add to the article? Plus look at my new signature — ColorTheoryRGB CMYK 21:13, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Surreal Barnstar
	You are a jerk ColorTheoryRGB CMYK 22:22, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

Untitled

Sir, Gadhawa rural municipality and koilabas are different regions. This rural municipality has been established since last two years by federal government of Nepal. I am a resident of Gadhawa Rural Municipality ward number 1. So,I would like to request you to publish Gadhawa Rural Municipality article.Many VDCs, including Gobardiya VDC has been merged to form Gadhawa Rural Municipality. Sincerely, Sharad87— Preceding unsigned comment added by Sharad87 (talk • contribs) 11:43, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

Sharad87, there was just one reference in that version of the page; it stated that Gadhawa Rural Municipality was formerly known as Koilabas. But it's beyond me to sort this out – we also have Gadhawa, apparently also the same place. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 18:50, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

Copyright

At least check the sources you're deleting before you blank an entire page. The archive source clearly stated "Usage Public Domain / creative commons & uncopyrighted" Just the fact that we have on Wikimedia a copy of the entire song should be evidence enough, but if it's not, then it's reinforced by how the sources very clearly stated that it's public domain. I don't think you're acting in bad faith, but I do think you're acting foolish. Brendon the Wizard ✉️ ✨ 18:09, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

BrendonTheWizard, please do not again remove the copyvio blanking template from Anthem of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic or any other page. That'll be done by the admin who evaluates the copyright status of the material. Thanks, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 18:15, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

I would like to politely remind you that the copyright status of the Anthem of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic has already been assessed. Tajikistan is the legal successor of the Tajik SSR and national/state symbols are not and cannot be copyrighted. The same holds true under the law of the Russian Federation, the legal successor of the Soviet Union. "it has not been demonstrated that the music, the lyrics or the translations of the lyrics are out of copyright" simply means you didn't check information readily available, as it has already been evaluated for copyright and determined to legally not be subject to copyright. In the future, please stop and see for yourself before you purge an entire Wikipedia article. Thank you. Brendon the Wizard ✉️ ✨ 20:26, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Meetoo

Hi,

I work for Meetoo the organisation and created the article that you said is copyrighted via this wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Meetoo

How can I show you the evidence? I can change show you that I can login to that page and show you? That is also my author section https://www.meetoo.com/blog/2017/meetoo-a-brief-history.

Here is another one of my blogs on this website: https://www.meetoo.com/blog/2018/3-reasons-you-must-try-a-student-response-system-this-year

I also declared that I work for the company and that this page is completely taken from other independent sources and references. I am not sure why this is becoming such a challenge?

Many thanks, Ben.

Benwaugh4, there's a link to instructions on how to release copyright material for use in Wikipedia in the message I left on your talk-page (at the end of the second bullet-point). However, you might as well be aware that such material is in practice hardly ever included in our articles, among other reasons because it is almost invariably unacceptably promotional in tone. Wikipedia does not tolerate promotion of any kind, so any attempt to promote your employer here is pretty much doomed to failure. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 11:31, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

Hello

I am undoing all of your redirects. You pissed me off. Thanks for ruining my birthday. Make sure to think about my feelings, as well as the fact that I am bisexual.

Plus, if Sirens can’t have a page, why can’t The shape of my heart song by nas have one?

ColorTheoryRGB CMYK 19:10, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Havi Carel

Hi, this was the first draft I moved to mainspace after being accepted at AfC earlier today and I noticed you tagged it with a few issues pretty quickly once I had moved it. It seemed like the subject would pass an AfD based on some searching, so I'm just checking to see if you thought I was too hasty with accepting it, just to ensure I'm on the right track? SportingFlyer talk 11:49, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

SportingFlyer, I'm sorry to have been slow to reply here. I believe that she is fairly certainly notable based on her Google Scholar citations, and that you were basically quite right to accept it. It probably needs a good deal of cleaning and tidying, however, and the COI is blatantly obvious – hence my tags. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 18:59, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

COI

Why do you have to assume that people who edit a webpage have a relation with the subject? So people cannot edit their favourite soccer players? or musicians?

Input....

I welcome your input on American Bucking Bull. ^{Atsme📞📧} 21:14, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

OK, Atsme, I've now (finally) looked at that, apparently one of several editors to have done so. Was there any particular aspect of concern to you? If I was working on the article I might look more closely at both copyrights and notability, I think, and definitely at sourcing and scope (is it about a breed or a company?). What prompted you to ask me of all people? Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 19:11, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

I queried you because I believe that while we may have disagreed in the past, that doesn't mean I don't respect your input. Different views may lead to passionate debate which helps to achieve quality & neutrality in our articles - at least from my perspective. Some may consider it disruptive but I'm not one of them. Our commonality is the fact that we are both here to help build the encyclopedia, and do what we can to make it the best it can be - and that's why I was seeking your input. A question has been raised regarding the separation of the company from bucking bull cattle which actually involves multiple breeds, a DNA registry and what genetics indicate to be a consistency in inherited temperament and other desirable characteristics for bucking bulls. It's not the typical breed or color association, although the cattle industry does have a bit more flexibility with regards to DNA and foundation registries. If you have time and the desire, I would appreciate your input in the split proposal that was initiated by McCandlish. Thanking you in advance, ^{Atsme📞📧} 19:45, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

Ashby's Mill

I've revdel'd the IP's edit; I think that is the one you were concerned was a copyvio. Let me know if this is not the case. Mjroots (talk) 20:22, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, Mjroots, that was indeed the one – that edit was (correctly) flagged by CopyPatrol. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 20:28, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

Photographer promotion

Just a little recreational reading for you and Scope creep: Talk:Rodney Lough Jr.. Enjoy! -- Hoary (talk) 23:24, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar

Hi Justlettersandnumbers. I'm new to Wikipedia and still getting familiar with things. You flagged some updates made to Cabbagetown, Toronto that I made. Cabbagetown HCD Committee is a group that I am part of. My name is noted on the groups website. The page Cabbagetown, Toronto was updated with original content from our committee. Other revisions to some incorrect information was also amended on the page. If the changes haven't already been sourced, the content has been affirmed. I'm still trying to figure out how to reference my sources. My apologies if I missed something. I will ensure that updates and changes conform with the policies and guidelines of the Wikipedia community before edits are saved. If there is anything I can provide or assist with, please let me know. Thanks for your contribution to Wikipedia. StudioLAND (talk) 23:56, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, StudioLAND! I'll leave some guidance on how to proceed on your talk-page. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 11:02, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Margaret Baker-Genovesi: Difference between revisions

Thank you for your prompt input into this page. I have just posted only the first two sentences and the discography as the content is not found at https://sydneyeisteddfod.com.au/articles/margaret-baker-genovesi/. I hope this will be an acceptable start.Spt.08 (talk) 13:43, 20 August 2018 (UTC)

No, I'm afraid that even that has problems, Spt.08 – there's some apparent copying from a source I hadn't previously identified, this. Everything you write in Wikipedia must be in your own words. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 11:00, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for that. Sorry again for the extra work. I had been granted use of the content and that image by the creator of the text and owner of the image for use (so it was not personally contentious) but was unaware it was from a printed article. I can definitely see the complexities for Wiki for any textual similarities. This is not a criticism of your actions or the policy of Wiki at all but I do wonder about the challenges of being able to present comprehensive biographical information re classical performers as

• where someone was born is significant especially because it reveals a performer's cultural affinity or the ability to master foreign languages and assimilate aspects of a foreign cultural heritage
• the age and location of their debut is significant because it gives an understanding of the trajectory of their career and hints to significant talent
• the repertoire, opera houses, discography, and named conductors are critical to objectively establish the quality and standing of the artist, their international recognition, and their artistic legacy
• the additional roles they have been engaged highlights their artistic and technical mastery and again provides an objective indication of their international standing amongst their peers. For a singer, this specifically includes adjudication and the teaching of masterclasses.

To this end, I have been reading through a number of biographies of this sort, especially of living artists, and a lot of the material is presented in a somewhat stilted manner and I wonder if this is as a result of the constraints for entirely original content. To me, this impoverishes the content somewhat viz: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taryn_Fiebig; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%C3%ABmi_Nadelmann; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_GrahamAnyhow thanks againSpt.08 (talk) 20:30, 22 August 2018 (UTC) Hi again - did I do the wrong thing by posting the revised draft on your talk page? Thanks Spt.08 (talk) 11:26, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

Draft: Jeff Hunt (music producer)

Hi Justlettersandnumbers, I just wanted to let you know that I am not being paid by Jeff to edit his wikipedia page. He is a friend and I have been helping him with this. We took directly from his autobiography because it's comprehensive. Working with him to create an edited version of his autobio that's not self-aggrandizing, but just verifiable facts. Alaks Hovel 23:22, 20 August 2018 (UTC)

Alakshovel, Wikipedia is built on what is reported in independent reliable sources, and cares little or nothing what people or organisations choose to say about themselves. Anything you write about Hunt should be based on solid reliable sources that are not connected to him in any way; if you can't find enough of those, he may not be notable by our standards, and in that case should not have an article here. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 10:51, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

Well there were several links to external sources corroborating the claims before the entirety biography was deleted, so. Alaks Hovel 15:55, 21 August 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alakshovel (talk • contribs)

Weissenburg, Zscheiplitz

You are an ignorant bully, who tires to impose his own understanding of the term "promotion"! Your actions are very alarming and are to be brought to the attention of the wiki community. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Avhahn (talk • contribs) 10:35, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

Avhahn, please be careful to avoid making personal remarks directed at other editors. If you want to bring attention to edits I've made to Zscheiplitz and Weissenburg, Zscheiplitz, do please feel absolutely free to do so. You can choose between this general complaints board or the conflict-of-interest noticeboard; you should be aware that your own edits will also be looked at. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 10:43, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

Even if you consent to allow copyrighted material for which you hold copyright to be put on a Wikipedia page, English Wikipedia still can't include it as per WP:COPYVIO so Justlettersandnumbers was perfectly justified in their removal as per the big notice about copyright that was posted on talk. In addition, Wikipedia articles about places are not appropriate places to transclude information from a municipal / tourism website for a host of other reasons. I would suggest Avhahn would be wise to look up WP:COI before proceeding further. Simonm223 (talk) 12:32, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

reversion on Massese Sheep

Can the link be added under a new section "External Links"? The source is referenced in numerous articles (reliable or not) and is often the only source. I understand that the pages there have not been tended to or updated in years, however some information is still pertinent and may support other sources. Refiner (talk) 15:50, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

Refiner, what we've found over the years is that that source is frequently inaccurate, often hopelessly so. There's surely no need for it at Massese (sheep), where there is already an adequate number of reliable sources. It's great that you're doing something to improve livestock articles, and great that adding sources is what you've chosen to do. However, I'd not suggest adding any more links to either OSU or sheep101 – neither has a good track record. A sound source which covers virtually all livestock breeds is: Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 17:37, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

Copyright Issue

Hi

I have rewritten the Alex Sloley article in my own words. There should be no copyright issues now. It is now on my sandbox.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nacentaeons/sandbox#

I understand that I have to ask you to replace the old article with the revised one?

Nacentaeons (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 19:31, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

Question about UK English

In this edit, you said "oh, please, this is a UK English page, 'meet' is an ordinary transitive verb". In the US, if someone "meets" students, it means she's introduced to them, and that may be the entirety of the interaction, whereas if she "meets with" them, she spends time in a meeting with them. Is that different in UK English? MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 21:44, 26 August 2018 (UTC)

(Butting in) "Meet with" really has a rather restricted place in British English, and doesn't carry that different meaning. Of course we all know the wider American usage, but I think the different meaning escapes us. In fact I'm slightly dubious the distinction is that clear to Americans either - many always seem to use met with for all contacts. Saying when it is used in English is rather complicated - I'd say mainly in 3rd person & past tenses. You'd never say "I met with..." at all. Johnbod (talk) 01:15, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for asking, Mandarax. I expect that, like most things in language, it's more complex and variable than any one of us thinks. I think Johnbod more or less has it, but here's my take: you "meet" people, regardless of what form the meeting takes; to "meet with" is to encounter or undergo an unexpected thing, as in "meet with an accident"; the get-together-and-chew-fat meaning is covered in colloquial English by "meet up with". While I'm at it, "surgery" is uncountable in the context in which it's used in that article; I'll change that in a minute. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 08:30, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I somewhat simplified the situation in what I said above. The "meet with" thing is definitely different. I always try for correct UK date formats, spellings, and usage for UK subjects, but I was obviously unaware of this. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 09:06, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

Why have you removed valid edit?

You have removed an edit that I made on the UAL page regarding the partnership schemes that they offer through several colleges outside London e.g. Buckinghamshire College Group. Please advise why you have removed this as the edit was correct; my daughter has completed and received her certificate for a UAL qualification there last year, and is enrolled for an extended version of her UAL Diploma for this coming academic year. Wordsworthnothing (talk) 07:33, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

Captive animals

Hi, you wanted me to talk on here -- do you think I'm wrong about those sentences? Samsonsegg (talk) 13:18, 27 August 2018 (UTC)