User:Vejvančický/Archive 24

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Season's Greetings!
Happy Holidays text.png Hello Vejvančický: Enjoy the holiday season and upcoming winter solstice, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, North America1000 22:21, 20 December 2015 (UTC)


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Merry Christmas, Vejvančický
And may your holidays be [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvfhoWIPoVw merry and bright. . . .] Cheers. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 06:25, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

Holidays


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Thank you for beautiful wishes, postcards and Christmas songs! I wish the same to all of you. Keep peace and joy in your hearts :) Tonda Vejvančický (talk / contribs) 08:10, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

Alison Richards is Anglican
Hello, you recently removed my edit of Alison Richards being an Anglican. I think this is the wrong thing to do because although she lives in the US now, that does not make her automatically Episcopalian. She was baptised in the Church of England and should be called Anglican as this is the English term and how she would identify herself. Thank you.


 * It was not me, see . --Vejvančický (talk / contribs) 10:34, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

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There is an election
Hi Vejvančický, there is an election concerning your native town and so on, going from now on till 5th February. There are two candidates for whom I voted. They need some other votes. Our old pal, I mean another person, is still there, doing things. Kind regards, --Zbrnajsem (talk) 18:26, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:30, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

Three years now! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:51, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

Proposal to rename categories
Please see my proposal to speedily rename Category:Defunct villages by country and subcategories to Category:Former villages by country etc. Hugo999 (talk) 18:38, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

Assitance please
Any chance of help in improving Joel Chernoff‎ Thanks :: Kevinalewis  : (Talk Page) /(Desk)  07:54, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

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Re. Wifione ArbCom case
This is probably irrelevant now that it's been a year and a half since the case closed, but for the record - I was wrong about Wifione. My involvement in the ArbCom case has become a source of embarrassment and I feel awkward reading through some of my comments there. Much as I hate speaking negatively about anyone, he was one of the most manipulative editors I've ever come across, and we are much better off without him. Please disregard anything critical I may have said about your continued involvement with Wifione; I was completely and utterly wrong, and I only realized it a few months too late. Kurtis (talk) 01:01, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamil_Tellioğlu
Hi,

Can you add this page on wiki because he is the real person and famous int. arch.

Thank you

The classic style that meets the needs of modern life without giving up their hot element designs, forms the most important differences Kamil Tellioğlu places.

Tellioğlu one of the new generation, including representatives of Turkish architecture and furniture design, embodies the concept of two styles; New and universal.

Kamil Tellioğlu, Turkey's economic and cultural perhaps the biggest change in his own life, was born in Istanbul in July 1981 4. In 2004, he returned back after a few circuits of years overseas experience in Istanbul, which specializes in the design of houses and hotels, including the Decoractive Architecture founded.

Kamil Tellioğlu constitute the building blocks of the Interior of the period can be summarized as follows. Tellioğlu, Beykent University, graduated from the Department of Interior Architecture. Immediately after graduation, world-famous architecture with international accreditation, including worked in architecture and planning firm. He believes that the differences in times took the first steps to initiate studies for the architecture, including Turkey. Here before setting up his own office, as well as the point at which both came to analyze the market correctly point could come on the market, including innovative architecture firm has worked with the industry.

Kamil Tellioğlu, modern Turkey, in this new era, it was time to motion with its own look and style was also decided at the end of this process. Boutique companies, including Kamil Tellioğlu Interior architecture, history and culture center was established in Besiktas Istanbul.

Architectural design expertise as well an array of advanced 3dsmax, AutoCAD advanced, advanced Photoshop advanced ArchiCAD, advanced Allplan advanced next summer and programming information, advanced features graphic design knowledge.

Tellioğlu, which runs on every project, from design to implementation are undertaken until all the aesthetic responsibility. Worked on the space, time and route are expected to be delivered in person team manages all processes and quality.

In their study, the classic style of the indispensable elements, which express the contemporary technical style Tellioğlu, and be able to remain faithful to its own brand, as well as space / owner of the self-characteristics suitable component aims to achieve perfection could occur. Designs, you can see the weight of the symmetrical and sharp geometric forms. Combining traditional and modern, creating a great sense of perspective and space are also not ignore.

The original design philosophy, Kamil visibly Tellioğlu of venues provides a way to distinguish. This philosophy is one of the most important elements Kamil Tellioğlu Interior Architecture.

Kamil Tellioğlu The famous Int. Architect of Turkey, was born in 04.07.1981, Istanbul.

Kamil Tellioğlu
Kamil Tellioğlu page why deleted ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Architects1 (talk • contribs) 13:42, 10 October 2016 (UTC)


 * @Architects1: In the text of your article (reposted in the section above), you don't explain how notable (or "famous") Kamil Tellioğlu is. The text looks like a promotional personal page of an aspiring architect/interior designer explaining his ideas and work rather than encyclopedic article. I wrote "looks like" because the English used in your article is hardly comprehensible. I've checked also the sources: Nos. 1 and 2 seem to be artist's personal websites, No. 3 is just a photo of him and No. 4 lists Kamil Tellioğlu among "World's Famous Architects", which is surprising, because I was unable to find a single independent article on the web describing famous works and achievements of Kamil Tellioğlu. So that's why I deleted the page. --Vejvančický (talk / contribs) 14:30, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

WikiProject Europe/The 10,000 Challenge
Hi, can I interest you in this or a 1000 Challenge for Czech Republic?♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:42, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
 * It looks like a good idea but I'm afraid I'm too busy at the moment to work systematically on anything WP related. I can help with specific tasks and maybe answer some specific Czech Republic related questions when I feel I'm competent to do so. I hope I'll be more active during winter. --Vejvančický (talk / contribs) 05:12, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins
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A new user right for New Page Patrollers
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A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

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Commented to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yutaka Ooe
Hi, I commented to your post as "Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yutaka Ooe". --Omotecho (talk) 10:27, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Well thank you Omotecho :) --Vejvančický (talk / contribs) 05:50, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Behind the Front Door


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Please note: I'm notifying you as the second most significant contributor to the article (of 3 total non-bot edits to the article), where by you added a single reference to the article which remains the sole citation. -- Whats new?(talk) 04:36, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Randall Hicks
Just wanted to thank you for adding a source/book review to my article on Randall Hicks. Gelo962 (talk) 23:17, 30 January 2017 (UTC)Gelo962
 * No problem Gelo962. I have to say that this is really a borderline case (I'm talking about notability) but I like to see Wikipedia rich and detailed - that's our biggest strength. Your article is well developed and acceptable, in my opinion. However, some editors disagree, that's normal. Don't be discouraged, things not always work in accordance with our wishes. --Vejvančický (talk / contribs) 05:43, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the encouragement. I've done three articles now. One (Brian Wiprud) was tagged for deletion, but everyone has voted to keep it. And one on Laurence Shames, which initially someone said was not notable but now I don't see any mention it is considered for deletion, but maybe it will follow, as happened with those two and the Randall Hicks one. I really don't understand how any of these authors could be found not sufficiently notable as anyone who writes so many books and is mentioned in multiple national media spots seems someone of note to me, but I don't have to understand everyone's thinking. It is what it is. As long as people are not mean spirited as only some seem to be, I'll stay involved. Something to do in my retirement. Thanks again. Gelo962 (talk) 01:21, 1 February 2017 (UTC)Gelo962

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Username question
If you go to and sort by number of contributions, you'll see that you have no data at all, because the script got confused by čický in your username. I was just curious — does the presence of č and ý routinely cause you problems here at en:wp, or is this page an anomaly? And if it is an issue, have you ever taken actions (aside from creating User:Vejvancicky) to mitigate them? Nyttend (talk) 16:46, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
 * The data are there, and correct, just in a wrong column. I edit as Vejvančický since March 2008 and using the name (which is btw also my real life surname) doesn't cause me any problems other than cosmetic (such as the case you point to), so I have no need to take any "actions". --Vejvančický (talk / contribs) 05:35, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

John Mark Makwatta
Hi. I just have some questions regarding you declining CSD at John Mark Makwatta in this edit. As you can see on the creator talkpage, all of his created article (I am going through them after raised suspicions) have been copied directly from a webpage called soka. The editor even admitted editing on soka in one of the now deleted talkpages. It is not a case about notability, but the fact that the editor creates articles at an other website and then copies them to wikipedia. It is both copyright violation as well as him using himself as a source. Did you look at that before making your decision? Qed237&#160;(talk) 12:08, 11 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Qed237: No I haven't checked the creator's talk page and you haven't applied g12 criterion. I noticed mainly the I can not find the profile for this player on Soka in your rationale. Please understand that the context in your rationale might not be so clear to me as an uninvolved admin, and the fact that something is clear to you without clear evidence is not enough to delete the article. --Vejvančický (talk / contribs) 12:26, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

About the suppression of the Institut du Monde Arabe au Canadawiki page
Hi,

Last 12 February 2017, I created the "Institut du Monde Arabe au Canada" wiki page but you removed it because you said that the content reprensted "an Unambiguous copyright infringement" of http://www.imarabe.ca/?page_id=146. It is important to note that I'm the president of the (Institut du Monde Arabe au Canada) ant the owner of the web site http://www.imarabe.ca that's why I used the same content.

Please can you restore this content of this wiki page? If not, what is the procedure to restore this page.

I'am available if you need more information

Regards Ahmed Mahidjiba — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mahidjiba (talk • contribs) 05:57, 19 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Mr. Mahidjiba, it isn't clear that you are the owner of the website unless it is confirmed in a transparent way, please see Donating copyrighted materials. You claim that you represent the institute as president, which means that you apparently have coflict of interest. Here on Wikipedia, it is generally considered inappropriate to create articles about subjects you are affiliated with, WP editors usually take this form of editing as self-promotion. As for the notability of your institute, I can't find any independent and reliable sources confirming that "Institut du Monde Arabe au Canada" is a notable organization. There are many news articles about "Institut du Monde Arabe" but they may refer to other organizations existing in the francophone world under the same name. --Vejvančický (talk / contribs) 08:55, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for answer. Here is the the official source/proof that you van obtain from the Enterprise Registrar institution in Quebec (Canada). If you look for "Institut du Monde Arabe" in "Find an Enterprise", you can find the full information about our organism included information on myself as president: Institut du Monde Arabe

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mahidjiba (talk • contribs) 20:06, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Mr. Mahidjiba: I don't question your presidency or the existence of your organization, I just can't find any evidence that the "Institut du Monde Arabe" is a notable organization in accordance with Wikipedia requirements. --Vejvančický (talk / contribs) 05:44, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2017
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Administrators' newsletter – April 2017
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Administrators' newsletter – May 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2017). Administrator changes
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Administrators' newsletter – June 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2017).

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2017).

Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * The RFC discussion regarding WP:OUTING and WMF essay about paid editing and outing (see more at the ArbCom noticeboard archives) is now archived. Milieus #3 and #4 received support; so did concrete proposal #1.

Technical news
 * Fuzzy search will soon be added to Special:Undelete, allowing administrators to search for deleted page titles with results similar to the search query. You can test this by adding ?fuzzy=1 to the URL, as with Special:Undelete?fuzzy=1. Currently the search only finds pages that exactly match the search term.
 * A new bot will automatically revision delete unused file versions from files in Category:Non-free files with orphaned versions more than 7 days old.

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2017). Administrator changes
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i m pavithra,i think it's correct but my way of editin is wrong .i sorry for that — Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.212.253.227 (talk) 06:51, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Removal of my name from this page
Hi, it came to my attention that that my name is mentioned in your talk page as a MMA fighter not relevant enough to be in Wikipedia. I have never requested to be in Wikipedia and I am kindly asking you to please delete my name from your page so it doesn't appear in Google Searches as I am not authorizing anyone assessing anything about my career and persona. Here is the link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Mixed_martial_arts/Archive_6#Luis_Ciraiz

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.47.21.21 (talk) 13:51, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2017). Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * ACTRIAL, a research experiment that restricts article creation to autoconfirmed users, will begin on September 7. It will run for six months. You can learn more about the research specifics at meta:Research:Autoconfirmed article creation trial, while Wikipedia talk:Autoconfirmed article creation trial is probably the best venue for general discussion.
 * Following an RfC, WP:G13 speedy deletion criterion now applies to any page in the draftspace that has not been edited in six months. There is a bot-generated report, updated daily, to help identify potentially qualifying drafts that have not been submitted through articles for creation.

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 * In your notification preferences, you can now block specific users from pinging you. This functionality will soon be available for Special:EmailUser as well.

Arbitration
 * Applications for CheckUser and Oversight are being accepted by the Arbitration Committee until September 12. Community discussion of the candidates will begin on September 18.

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Invitation to Admin confidence survey
Hello,

Beginning in September 2017, the Wikimedia Foundation Anti-harassment tool team will be conducting a survey to gauge how well tools, training, and information exists to assist English Wikipedia administrators in recognizing and mitigating things like sockpuppetry, vandalism, and harassment.

The survey should only take 5 minutes, and your individual response will not be made public. This survey will be integral for our team to determine how to better support administrators.

To take the survey sign up here and we will send you a link to the form.

We really appreciate your input!

Please let us know if you wish to opt-out of all massmessage mailings from the Anti-harassment tools team.

For the Anti-harassment tools team, SPoore (WMF), Community Advocate, Community health initiative (talk) 20:56, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – October 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2017). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Boing! said Zebedee • Ansh666 • Ad Orientem
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Tonywalton • AmiDaniel • Silence • BanyanTree • Magioladitis • Vanamonde93 • Mr.Z-man • Jdavidb • Jakec • Ram-Man • Yelyos • Kurt Shaped Box

Guideline and policy news
 * Following a successful proposal to create it, a new user right called "edit filter helper" is now assignable and revocable by administrators. The right allows non-administrators to view the details of private edit filters, but not to edit them.
 * Following a discussion about mass-application of ECP and how the need for logging and other details of an evolving consensus may have been missed by some administrators, a rough guide to extended confirmed protection has been written. This information page describes how the extended-confirmed aspects of the protection policy are currently being applied by administrators.

Technical news
 * You can now search for IP ranges at Special:Contributions. Some log pages and Special:DeletedContributions are not yet supported. Wildcards (e.g. 192.168.0.*) are also not supported, but the popular contribsrange gadget will continue to work.

Arbitration
 * Community consultation on the 2017 candidates for CheckUser and Oversight has concluded. The Arbitration Committee will appoint successful candidates by October 11.
 * A request for comment is open regarding the structure, rules, and procedures of the December 2017 Arbitration Committee election, and how to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2017). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Longhair • Megalibrarygirl • TonyBallioni • Vanamonde93
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Allen3 • Eluchil404 • Arthur Rubin • Bencherlite

Technical news
 * The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team is creating an "Interaction Timeline" tool that intends to assist administrators in resolving user conduct disputes. Feedback on the concept may be posted on the talk page.
 * A new function is now available to edit filter managers that will make it easier to look for multiple strings containing spoofed text.

Arbitration
 * Eligible editors will be invited to submit candidate statements for the 2017 Arbitration Committee Elections starting on November 12 until November 21. Voting will begin on November 27 and last until December 10.
 * Following a request for comment,, and  will serve as the Electoral Commission for the 2017 ArbCom Elections.

Obituaries
 * The Wikipedia community has recently learned that (William Allen Peckham) passed away on December 30, 2016, the same day as . Allen began editing in 2005 and became an administrator that same year.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:50, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Scheinpflugova.jpeg
Thanks for uploading File:Scheinpflugova.jpeg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. G M G <sup style="color:#000;font-family:Impact">talk   15:06, 27 November 2017 (UTC)


 * I've deleted the image. Thanks for letting me know, User:GreenMeansGo. --Vejvančický (talk / contribs) 15:37, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – December 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2017). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Joe Roe
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg JzG
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ericorbit • Perceval • Thingg • Tristanb • Violetriga

Guideline and policy news
 * Following a request for comment, a new section has been added to the username policy which disallows usernames containing emoji, emoticons or otherwise "decorative" usernames, and usernames that use any non-language symbols. Administrators should discuss issues related to these types of usernames before blocking.

Technical news
 * Wikimedians are now invited to vote on the proposals in the 2017 Community Wishlist Survey on Meta Wiki until 10 December 2017. In particular, there is a section of the survey regarding new tools for administrators and for anti-harassment.
 * A new function is available to edit filter managers which can be used to store matches from regular expressions.

Arbitration
 * Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is open until Sunday 23:59, 10 December 2017 (UTC). There are 12 candidates running for 8 vacant seats.

Miscellaneous
 * Over the last few months, several users have reported backlogs that require administrator attention at WP:ANI, with the most common backlogs showing up on WP:SPI, WP:AIV and WP:RFPP. It is requested that all administrators take some time during this month to help clear backlogs wherever possible. It should be noted that AIV reports are not always valid; however, they still need to be cleared, which may include needing to remind users on what qualifies as vandalism.
 * The Wikimedia Foundation Community health initiative is conducting a survey for English Wikipedia contributors on their experience and satisfaction level with Administrator’s Noticeboard/Incidents. This survey will be integral to gathering information about how this noticeboard works (i.e. which problems it deals with well and which problems it struggles with). If you would like to take this survey, please sign up on this page, and a link for the survey will be emailed to you via Special:EmailUser.

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