User talk:Aervanath/Archive 17

Deleted Page
Hi, I have Created a page titled 16 Symbols. I ma not able to find it now. Can you please Search it? and provide me the link?

Thank You. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.203.122.83 (talk) 04:13, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

Prajyot mahajan
Hi, Myself Fredrick Ellifsen i am the manager of Prajyot mahajan. The page Prajyot Mahajan is not unambiguously promotional also it is not an autobiography, it is a user page made by myself and i made this page with the name of my artist prajyot mahajan , because... the people in india must know about the biography of artist prajyot mahajan. He is an musician and we have legal information :

1. official facebook fan page account i.e     www.facebook.com/mahajan.prajyot 2. official website i.e                       www.prajyotmahajan.in 3. twitter account                            www.twitter.com/prajyotmahajan 4. Reverbnation                               www.reverbnation.com/prajyotmahajan

also refer news articles page :

http://www.deshdoot.com/detail_archive_news.php?type=region&id=4318241&region=Deshdoot%20Times&month=5&year=2014&cid=

We are not at all promoting any bussiness, its just we are helping this artist to get on internet, as people look on internet for finding information and history about prajyot mahajan

Please do look after it and cancel the page deletion. either you people make the Profile, i will provide the matter or let me do the same.

Contact Email id : mahajan.prajyot2@gmail.com

Regards, Fredrick Ellifsen — Preceding unsigned comment added by FredrickEllifsen (talk • contribs) 02:22, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
 * You can ignore the above - page deleted as hoax, user blocked. JohnCD (talk) 17:31, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Wikipedia:If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It


A tag has been placed on Wikipedia:If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

This redirect is an implausible typo and there are no incoming links

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not meet basic Wikipedia criteria may be deleted at any time.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. SD0001 (talk) 19:24, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

Recover Deleted Submission
Hi, Would you be able to recover the most recent edits done on the Nurse Next Door page but were taken down? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nursenextdoor (talk • contribs) 00:06, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

Deletion of Gabriel Brown (actor)
Brownray8309 (talk) 17:41, 21 May 2015 (UTC) Hello, Mr. Aervanath. Is there any way to un-delete the "Gabriel Brown (actor)" page that was created on 08:54, 2 January 2015 (UTC)? Valley2city deleted it on 02:45, 2 April 2015, and I don't have a copy. Thanks! Brownray8309 (talk) 17:41, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

Welcome back
Welcome back to Wikipedia. I hope you get your admin bit back without any hitches, we need more experienced admins such as yourself. Chillum 13:31, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the kind words. I look forward to contributing again!--Aervanath (talk) 23:43, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

Bad close on archive navigation templates discussion

 * The result of the discussion was Keep all While there is considerable support to merge these templates, the consensus seems to be that it would hinder more than it would help.--Aervanath (talk) 20:31, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

While I obviously have a stake in the matter, this simplistic assessment of the debate is terrible. There was significant disagreement on the matter, and you should have not declared it as anything stronger than "no consensus to merge". —  Scott  •  talk  10:44, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Scott, why don't you take it to a second DRV? So that the cycle of close as keep → harass the closer → DRV → reopen → ... can continue for eternity.


 * Or WP:STICK. Fleet Command (talk) 05:08, 29 October 2015 (UTC)


 * After having read through the discussion again, I do not see any reason to change my conclusion. While there was vocal disagreement, I feel that the discussion was conclusive enough to establish consensus. If you are not satisfied, I generally take no offense at having my decisions appealed to WP:DRV.--Aervanath (talk) 21:52, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

Levant
I saw you closed the discussion at Talk:Levant and then undid your edit. Why? I thought it was a good idea, actually. Debresser (talk) 22:44, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, I came upon the discussion through a request for closure at WP:ANRFC, now archived at Administrators%27_noticeboard/Requests_for_closure/Archive_19 and the section following it. There were actually two discussions requested for closure on 19 October and one discussion requested on 26 October. So by the time I got there, the discussions had all been dead for two weeks or more. I initially closed the first one just as a matter of form, but once I started delving into the other two, I realized that consensus seemed to have been achieved already, and all the participants seemed to have moved on. In that situation, there's really no point to a formal closure, so I just left those two the way they were, and went back and reversed my first closure for consistency's sake. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. If there's genuine dispute about the outcome of the discussion, then I or another uninvolved editor can come in and assess consensus across the various discussions. But frankly it seems unnecessary. Cheers, --Aervanath (talk) 21:56, 6 November 2015 (UTC)
 * There is one stubborn editor. He could use the "official" closure. Or in other words, the other editors could use the "official" closure, to prevent that stubborn editor from casting doubt on the outcome. Debresser (talk) 15:37, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

New DOB proposal
If you wish, please join in. — ATinySliver / ATalkPage &#128406; 23:25, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

Discover Babylon page
Hi there!

I created this page and you deleted it. You had good reason. I copied it word for word from my website, so you thought that I plagerized it. I cannot re-write it in my own words, because it was written by the ancient history experts who designed the game, Discover Babylon. (I am kind of just now getting back into Wikipedia. I love it, but never quite figured it out!) https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Discover_Babylon&action=edit&redlink=1

I am the copyright holder for the page http://fas.org/babylon. The Discover Babylon game and website was developed by the Learning Technologies Program at the Federation of American Scientists. I was the Director of this program from 2010 though 2013. The program was discontinued by the Federation of American Scientists and I was given permission to continue the Learning Technologies Program on my own. I started a for profit company, Molecular Jig Games and I now provide Discover Babylon information and free download at my site. (http://www.MolecularJig.com) As soon as I arrange it, DiscoverBabylon.org will forward to my site.

I hope this explanation works.

Komischewise (talk) 02:20, 15 November 2015 (UTC)Komischeweise MolecularJig@gmail.com Melanie Stegman

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Al Kerth
On 24 October 2015, you indicated that you'd seen sources on Google that could help flesh out the Al Kerth article and demonstrate his notability. Please could you find those reliable sources with significan coverage and add them to the article? Thanks. --Bejnar (talk) 04:12, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

Disruptive behavior
Hi, there - can you please look at User:Spreadofknowledge's behavior on my Talk page? I don't know how he writes without signing, first of all, which is bad faith. Furthermore, his behavior is brazenly disruptive, I believe. Thank you. Best, Castncoot (talk) 06:20, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I have warned him on his talk page about his behavior. If the behavior continues, please post to WP:AN to request further administrator intervention. That will usually get a faster response. Cheers,--Aervanath (talk) 14:56, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
 * OK, will do, thank you. Best, Castncoot (talk) 01:47, 9 January 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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Nomination for deletion of Template:Suicide response
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Why Wikipedia Is Not So Great
Hello. You deleted "Why Wikipedia Is Not So Great" as a redirect to a project essay. I want to re-create the page as a redirect to "Criticism of Wikipedia". Is it acceptable? --George Ho (talk) 07:23, 24 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Should be fine.--Aervanath (talk) 09:04, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

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Speedy delete vs Speedy Delete
"Speedy delete" was deleted per Redirects for discussion/Log/2009 May 16. However, "Speedy Delete" (title cased) has been nominated for discussion; the result has been "kept". Would you undelete "Speedy delete" and then redirect it to Criteria for speedy deletion? --George Ho (talk) 01:42, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅--Aervanath (talk) 18:43, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Two more redirects
Thank you for undeleting speedy delete. Now... what about Meaning of the word "is" is and The definition of "is" is? The Definition of "is" is and Meaning of the word 'is' is were created in 2015. May you undelete those redirects to reflect that? Or may they be re-created as redirect to copula (linguistics)? --George Ho (talk) 06:11, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

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Deletion review for Meaning of the word &
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Meaning of the word &. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. George Ho (talk) 05:35, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

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

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Guideline and policy news
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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.
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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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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:11, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

I am looking
for someone to translate what I believe to be Hebrew on a frame around a bas relief (actually two) and I think your user page suggest to you can do it. Are you interested? Can I send you the pictures? Do you need the background story? Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 18:08, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi, I'm willing to give it a shot; if I can't translate it I'll be able to find someone who can.--Aervanath (talk) 12:03, 3 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Here are the two panels, crammed into one picture. Years after they were installed someone decided to add an awning to the entrance and in their wisdom encroached on the reliefs, oh well.  I think the images represent David & Ruth - since the David is more or less a knockoff of Michaelangelo's David.  Who knows where Ruth came from. They're on on the Jewish Community Center in Detroit and are the work of Corrado Parducci. Anyway, thanks for taking a look.  Carptrash (talk) 15:38, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

The two frames are two separate quotes from the Bible, both of which are sung as Jewish hymns. The one on the left is Hine Ma Tov, which is the opening of Psalm 133, and is sung across most Jewish traditions. The one on the right is Oz V'Hadar, which is Proverbs 31:25-26. As a hymn it is not widely sung to my knowledge, mainly popular with Hasidic Judaism as far as I know. (YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjXrO0KlEbw) I've added the bits which are obscured, although I suspect the right-hand frame is somewhat abbreviated, since it doesn't seem like there's enough room to fit the entire missing chunk of the quote. Anyway, here are the translations; I've gone with the standard Biblical translations, since Biblical Hebrew is very different than the Modern Hebrew I speak.

On the left frame: On the right frame: Hope this is what you needed. :) --Aervanath (talk) 12:11, 4 August 2017 (UTC)
 * along the top: הנה מה טוב "Behold how good"
 * continuing down the left side: ומה נעים "and how pleasant"
 * not visible: שבת אחים "for brothers to dwell"
 * visible along the bottom: גם יחד "together in unity"
 * along the top: עוז והדר לבושה "In strength and dignity she is clothed"
 * not visible: ותשחק ליום אחרון פיה פתחה בחכמה "and she shall rejoice in the time to come; her mouth opens in wisdom"
 * down the right side: ותורת חסד "and the teaching of kindness"
 * across the bottom: על לשונה "is on her tongue"

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.

Technical news
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Arbitration
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G7?
I agree to our talk page being deleted a fourth time, but don't think G7 applies: One author who has requested deletion or blanked the page. It's not even clear who the author is. As a project talk page, it had many authors when it was deleted last year. I took care not to recreate it, instead sent some statistical information directly to an archive. Francis Schonken moved it, but is not the author, and then requested deletion. How is that G7? - Other questions: What can the project do to prevent users who are no members moving project pages? The talk page was archived before it was deleted, - how can these archives be tagged "of a deleted page" without losing a sense of history. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:55, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

Invitation to Admin confidence survey
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Administrators' newsletter – October 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2017). Administrator changes
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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.
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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.
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Invitation to discussion about Per-user page blocking
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