User talk:Asparagusus

Need more help with good sources for notability
Hi, I believe you denied my draft biography entry for game designer Arnold Hendrick. I get that I do not have enough reliable sources. I know they're out there but I am working full time still and I don't have time to find them. Is there a way I can ask others for help with this? Thank you. Nricketts (talk) 19:50, 24 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello Nricketts! I think that your draft has improved a lot since I reviewed it. However, the sections "Early life" and "Tabletop games" need inline citations. Even if the sources you have do support it, you need to link them after the correct sentences. You could ask people for help at the Teahouse, where I am a host. You could also add the template . Hope this helps! Asparagusus   (interaction)  13:18, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much for your help. If I get time I may try to add citations. But trying to do anything in here seems more and more complex every time I try. Drafts, Sandbox, user pages--there's just too much. I don't see how anyone has the time to mess with it. Anyway I do appreciate your help. Nricketts (talk) 16:27, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

Vandalist
Hello Asparagusus,

I'm not a vandalist. I corrected the playlist of the album of the Rolling Stones "Goats Head Soup" Deluxe edition. "Heartbreaker" and "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" are the same song, so it's not necessary to write two different ways. I just corrected that. Please, don't change my correction. The first time I corrected, I forgot to log in. I'm french and I use to correct french articles.

Greetings. Pigaillem (talk) 15:51, 27 September 2023 (UTC)


 * I'm so sorry about that. I misinterpreted your edit as vandalism. I should've researched more about the topic before I reverted it. Happy editing! —asparagusus   (interaction)  sprouts!  18:24, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

Why did you remove my contributions to Not Just Bikes
Hello,

I am writing you because I cannot understand why you (among others) have removed my contributions on Not Just Bikes. The stated reason is that it goes against Wikipedia's policy of NPOV, but, my contributions actually strengthen the NPOV principle. The article was lacking any sort of mention of the critics of NJB, and I decided to give them their righteous space in a NPOV encyclopedia. I felt the need to put the whole quote in the article without omission, as that would be tempering with the quote's original message and I am not qualified to omit certain paragraphs for that reason. I am for a NPOV and against censorship so I ask you again: why did my contributions get deleted?

Note that I also warned against starting a so-called "edit war", there was no response to this. Rather than removing my contribution, might I suggest we have a civil debate in the talk page of Not Just Bikes?

Greetings CommissieVervoersMigratie (talk) 21:20, 16 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello CommissieVervoersMigratie. I'm just going to respond here as this is where you posted. First, I recommend you read the policy on edit wars rather than warn me against starting one, when you could've started the discussion initially after your first revert. No critics have a "righteous space in an NPOV encyclopedia". As Skdb said, any reception section should also have positive/other reception, lest the critique have undue weight. The quote you grabbed was actually a criticism section from another article that was a collection of non-attributed quotes. It was also 2.5 times the size of the article before you added it, which raises a lot of concern about a copyright violation. Saying "Not all people are a fan of NJB" is unencyclopedic. A criticism section should have multiple examples to be due weight. I was not censoring the quote. If you really think that the reader needs the whole three-paragraph, 250-word, multi-unattributed-quote section, maybe just put that in the external links? I mean, first you'd have to make sure the link worked. You have not stated the country that the Commission on Mobility Migration is from, the person who wrote that text, the people who were quoted in that text, and whether the text is translated, which it looks to be based on the prose. Have a good day! —asparagusus   (interaction)  sprouts!  21:44, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

Heart of Glass Band - New User asking for guidance
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Heart of Glass Blondie Tribute Band Heart of Glass is a tribute band dedicated to emulating the music and performance style of the notable rock band Blondie. The group's performances focus on reproducing the authentic experience of Blondie's live shows. Band Members: Jennifer Queen - Vocals Jennifer Queen has previously been associated with bands such as Thallium, Josie & The Copycats, and Vicious Mistress. She's collaborated with a Chicago-based music management company and is recognized for her strong vocal range and stage presence. Lorrie Kountz - Lead Guitar and Vocals Lorrie Kountz is a skilled guitarist and pianist. She has toured North America and shared stages with established bands like U2, Scorpions, and Ramones. With multiple internationally distributed CDs and vinyl releases to her credit, Lorrie has been involved in various music genres and projects. She has received mention in media outlets such as the Chicago Tribune and Guitar Player Magazine. Recently, Lorrie collaborated with Paul Barker on his project, Lead Into Gold. Laura Jansons - Guitar and Synth A former member of the band Whatismu, Laura Jansons is a multimedia artist and composer. With a history of working alongside Lorrie Kountz in past musical endeavors, Laura plays a dual role in Heart of Glass, handling both the guitar and synth duties. Jeff Fite - Drums Beginning his drumming journey at the age of 7, Jeff Fite has studied percussion extensively, encompassing genres like Jazz, Latin, and Rock. Jeff's rich musical history has seen him involved with several bands and musical projects in and around Chicago. Pete Jansons - Bass Guitar In addition to his role as a bass guitarist for Heart of Glass, Pete Jansons has a presence in the podcasting scene, covering a variety of topics. His musical experience extends to performances with the band Chick Norris. Pete also possesses entrepreneurial experience, having established several businesses. Heart of Glass Blondie Tribute Band (talk) 13:52, 24 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello Heart of Glass Blondie Tribute Band. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. It is not your web hosting service or blog. It is not the place to advertise your band. —asparagusus   (interaction)  sprouts!  14:04, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * HJ Mitchell Thanks! :) —asparagusus   (interaction)  sprouts!  13:07, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Azeffoun District
There Is No Need For A Source? I Expand Through The French Translation And There Isnt A Source I Can Put Could You Please Put It Back. Thanks. TBATlol (talk) 23:05, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

November Articles for creation backlog drive
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Mark Loughman copyvio
I have RevDel'ed it. Daniel Case (talk) 04:50, 4 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Daniel Case! —asparagusus   (interaction)  sprouts!  13:37, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

Jeanne Socrates
I added her youtube as an external link. Just like her a link is there to her web page.

I also added in that she is currently documenting her journey on her youtube. something I though would be of interest to someone trying to understand what is going on with her.. and the source of her documentation.. is her youtube. I am not Jeanne.. but have met her and think that the more information about a humble person would be good.

Can you identify the problem with giving more external links to a topic of interest?

Thank you in advance.. 82.41.88.77 (talk) 13:19, 25 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello IP! Sorry about the wait; I was with family over the past week. The way that you presented the information in the article seemed a little bit like an advertisement. Also, the only source was her YouTube channel, which doesn't show that the information is a notable fact about her. I think that you should just put the link in the external links section. —asparagusus   (interaction)  sprouts!  14:31, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
 * it was in links.. and saying she is going round the world based on self published blog.. is fine... I just don't get what the deal is.. 82.41.88.77 (talk) 15:19, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Please see WP:EXTERNALLINKS. —asparagusus   (interaction)  sprouts!  15:51, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

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Drafts for articles for creation
Hi Asparagusus I don't know who you are and you don't know who I am but I've been trying to find someone who review my drafts it's been 10 days since I last submitted them again for review and no reviewer has reviewed them since than. I saw your names on the active reviewers list and I thought I'd give you my drafts for you to see and review if they are worthy to be included in Wikipedia as articles. Please respond once you have made a decision to review them or not. Thank you and have a great day!. [], [], []. 2600:1700:2F01:CDC0:DDF1:72AB:7BC7:E9F8 (talk) 15:00, 18 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello IP user! I am not at my computer right now, but I might have time to look at these drafts tomorrow. Luckily, the review queue is only about a week behind, so another reviewer might get to it before I do. Have a great day! —asparagusus   (interaction)  sprouts!  15:13, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * @Robertsky, thank you so much! Happy holidays :). —asparagusus   (interaction)  sprouts!  21:01, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Drafts for review
Hi asparagus can you review my articles and see if they are worthy to be included in Wikipedia. These articles meet all general notability requirements for inclusion in Wikipedia and that they are separate languages with their Iso codes and reference codes and names. Here they are. They are also not redirects as Anomie bot and Rober Mclennon only added redirects based on similar names but they are totally different language articles that i have created with information verified and reliable. Here they are.[], [], [], [], [], [], [] 2600:1700:2F01:CDC0:CDB:CEB6:91A7:23BB (talk) 13:09, 27 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Also [], [] 2600:1700:2F01:CDC0:CDB:CEB6:91A7:23BB (talk) 13:20, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Rollback granted
Hi Asparagusus. After reviewing your request, I have enabled rollback on your account. Please keep the following things in mind while using rollback: If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Administrators' guide/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into trouble or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! —Femke 🐦 (talk) 09:34, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
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 * @Femke, thanks! —asparagusus   (interaction)  sprouts!  12:40, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

German aircraft designations
I've started a discussion at WT:Air to attempt to agree a consensus on this issue here. As you contributed to the discussion at the Teahouse (here) - I've invited you to the discussion.Nigel Ish (talk) 13:36, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

Anvay Saxena
Hi Asparagusus,

Why did you not accept my page on Anvay Saxena? Urps5 (talk) 23:07, 28 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Hello @Urps5. I rejected the draft because it contained sensitive personal information. Please be safe with what information you put out about yourself online. —asparagusus   (interaction)  <sup style="color:#562">sprouts!  01:49, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi Asparagusus,
 * Thanks. Urps5 (talk) 02:07, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

Unconstructive edit
I don't think "wincest" is merely a Supernatural thing. It's old 4chan slang (it specifically arose out of the anime fanbase for the "incest-teasing/imouto" genre of romantic anime, which culminated with Oreimo - that was far more over the internet than Supernatural was at the time, specifically around late 2010-11), and I think the old redirect should be restored. 87.116.164.218 (talk) 21:46, 7 March 2024 (UTC)


 * I’m fairly sure Wincest is a portmanteau based on the main characters of Supernaturals’ surname. Please provide a reliable source. However, I should not have called your edit vandalism as I can see where you’re coming from. —asparagusus   (interaction)  <sup style="color:#562">sprouts!  22:00, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

Bina-Etawa copyedit
I was going to copyedit this article but noticed that you worked on it March 2 (but not since), and it's on your section of the GOCE drive page. Are you going to continue? It helps to remove the copy edit tag before starting a copyedit so we don't bump into each other; there's plenty of work to go around. All the best,  Mini  apolis  20:17, 11 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi @Miniapolis! Sorry about that! I meant to take the tag off but forgot. I will continue, but I’m on vacation right now. I guess I should’ve put a banner. Thanks! —asparagusus   (interaction)  <sup style="color:#562">sprouts!  22:24, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know, and enjoy your vacation! I didn't want to yank the article out from under you. All the best,  Mini  apolis  01:01, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

RFA2024 update: no longer accepting new proposals in phase I
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FYI I have posted about Fabrickator on the ANI noticeboard.
Here's the link: Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents

Thanks for your suggestion regarding an interaction ban, which is something I didn't know about. And thanks again for the stroopwafels. I noticed some on sale in an Amazon Coffee Cafe in real life and because of you kind post, bought them and later ate them. They were tasty. Polar Apposite (talk) 21:33, 16 March 2024 (UTC)


 * @Polar Apposite Thanks for the notification! I’ll check it out today or tomorrow. —asparagusus   (interaction)  <sup style="color:#562">sprouts!  20:43, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

The person using this IP address has long been a vandalist, repeatedly adding large amounts of unsourced content. and delete maintenance tags without correcting them
Hi Asparagusus, I found that there are two IP address ranges 2001:1388:A44:0:0:0:0:0 and 2001:1388:A45:0:0:0:0:0 All edits from the IP address found to be the same person. Harassing and deleting content in other articles which had administrators warn and rollback more than 20 disruptive edits Found the latest edit, redo it. 2001:1388:A44:EDDB:98F3:C8BE:82C6:175D

Repeatedly adding unsourced content and deleting maintenance tags by correcting them and not explained in the article Nine (singer) in terms of being a fan club Due to adding content to live broadcast activities to sell products Duplicate content is added which is not important. As with most of the content in this article

You can help check and revert the last edit of 2001:1388:A44:EDDB:98F3:C8BE:82C6:175D Is this possible? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/2001:1388:A44:EDDB:98F3:C8BE:82C6:175D This person from Peru is using the same IP address range to harass many other articles, using the same IP address range, but the address Unique IP to avoid blocking

This person is constantly adding a lot of unsourced content. Deleting maintenance tags without correcting them Repeatedly adding unsourced content to Nine (singer)'s articles after being warned and the administrators reverting the edits. He has been doing the same behavior for a long time. The latest modification behavior I consider serious because it has been doing it for a long time is being warned with different IP addresses. Therefore, no one can block his actions. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nine_(singer)&action=history

Edit history Nine (singer) has only one person, IP addresses starting with 2001:1388:A45 and 2001:1388:A44 all are the same person The edits will be made in the same way, namely adding information to the article without the source in Nine (singer) and deleting and disturbing other articles. which always has admin rollback This person made repeated changes with new IP addresses like this.

The entire article was edited by the same person, unexplained removal of maintenance tags, and recently used a new IP address to add a lot of unsourced content.

Administrators address disruptive IP address user behavior issues. Continuously adding unsourced content to Nine (singer) A single person from Lima, Peru, used the IP address to reverse an update notification. Unexplained deletion of maintenance tags Modifications were not performed according to the maintenance tag instructions. Please disturb other articles as well.

repeated addition of unsourced content I think examining a person is difficult. This person from Lima, Peru uses a different IP address every time they resolve. Every time delete and add information to another article. will be reversed Then edit again with the new IP address.

This person created information in the Nine (singer) article and also caused mischief in other articles. Add information without references Administrators always roll back edits that this person deleted on other articles. Editing that disturbs another article and edited and added information only to the article Nine (singer) The person using all IP addresses in this Nine (singer) article is the same person who removed the maintenance tag without editing it.

The person using all the IP addresses I attached is the same person. I'm only giving examples because there are many. The entire article Nine (singer) has an IP address from the same person from Lima, Peru, but the IP address in the update is different every time the information is added. This person deleted the maintenance tag notice. Delete without correcting Most articles lack references. As I looked at the article's history, Nine (singer) has been doing this for a long time, but no user has come to check on this person.

Edit history of this article There is an IP address from Peru adding a lot of content. and repeat it many times continuously. without reference source The IP address in every edit is different. But I and another user checked and it was all the same person.

MeetHoneyBee (talk) 18:13, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

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Editor experience invitation
Hi Asparagusus :) I'm looking for experienced editors to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss 🍀  (talk) 12:17, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Reverting User Removing Their Own Talk Page Messages
You did this on here (specifically this diff ). Please don't. Users are actually able to remove their own talk page messages, since you can always look in history ( in this case).

Thank you and have a nice day! Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 10:56, 25 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Hello @Me Da Wikipedian! I am aware of the policy, but forgot about it at the moment. Thank you for reminding me. Have a good day! :) —asparagusus   (interaction)  <sup style="color:#562">sprouts!  13:04, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Your welcome. Thank you. Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 13:25, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

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 * @Pumpkinless Spice, you're welcome! You, too! —asparagusus   (interaction)  <sup style="color:#562">sprouts!  18:26, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

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RFA2024 update: phase I concluded, phase II begins
Hi there! Phase I of the Requests for adminship/2024 review has concluded, with several impactful changes gaining community consensus and proceeding to various stages of implementation. Some proposals will be implemented in full outright; others will be discussed at phase II before being implemented; and still others will proceed on a trial basis before being brought to phase II. The following proposals have gained consensus:

See the project page for a full list of proposals and their outcomes. A huge thank-you to everyone who has participated so far :) looking forward to seeing lots of hard work become a reality in phase II. theleekycauldron (talk), via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:08, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
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Administrators' newsletter – July 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2024).



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