User talk:Bri/Archive 19

Slowking bios
Happy new year, Bri! Is there an umbrella discussion of [deleting the persistent slowking bios]? Other options tried [a deleted list, or drafting]? It feels wasteful... I'm sure there's been discussion outside the individual AfDs, feel free to point me to it. – SJ + 04:01, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Happy New Year back to you.
 * Maybe the short answer to your question is that I'm not aware of any drastic "nuke from orbit" plan if that's what you're asking. Just G5s as we go. I only got involved relatively recently, so I don't really know the whole history.
 * There have been discussions about what to do about them. I'll assume you haven't seen these and just infodump.
 * Here is one, at the top of the page.
 * Other context can be found at Long-term abuse/Slowking4.
 * I will say that the community's reaction does not appear internally consistent, especially considering the fact the LTA is allowed to be active on Meta and on other Wikimedia things (including conferences and DC meetups, apparently, and maybe Hawaii as well). ☆ Bri (talk) 05:53, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Got it, thank you kindly. – SJ + 11:54, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Deletion of Moved Material - Need Assist
Twillisjr (talk) 14:16, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I had a look and I'm not sure what the problem is exactly. ☆ Bri (talk) 18:04, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
 * If you believe the federal legalization of cannabis should be a section of the 2024 United States presidential election page, your support is needed. Twillisjr (talk) 14:10, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

mail is calling
Smallbones( smalltalk ) 23:34, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Benzinga
Hi Bri, please take a look at edits of. Recently they were hired to whitewash the article. They are a sock of. 217.165.12.18 (talk) 12:37, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Away this weekend
I'm going to go on a self-imposed Wiki blackout until I get caught up with some stuff. Probably out till late Sunday at best. ☆ Bri (talk) 03:16, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

Miss Universe Philippines 2024
Hello @Bri. I find some paragraphs at the Miss Universe Philippines 2024 irrelevant to the article and the tone of some paragraphs are "unencyclopedic", especially one that talks about this edition being a "clash of veterans" (every year of Miss Universe Philippines has been dubbed a "clash of veterans"). The article is starting to have a tone similar to a newspaper article. Could you check if the article is still encyclopedic or not? "Removed paragraph adds greater context to the article" as a comment is not sufficient as to why it brings greater context to the article. Thank you! Allyriana000 (talk) 21:15, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
 * There is a discussion at the article's talk page, sorry if I missed that.
 * Hello @Bri, following up on your sentiments regarding the issue.Allyriana000 (talk) 13:39, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

Seattle March 2024 Events
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RFA2024 update: no longer accepting new proposals in phase I
Hey there! This is to let you know that phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship (RfA) review is now no longer accepting new proposals. Lots of proposals remain open for discussion, and the current round of review looks to be on a good track towards making significant progress towards improving RfA's structure and environment. I'd like to give my heartfelt thanks to everyone who has given us their idea for change to make RfA better, and the same to everyone who has given the necessary feedback to improve those ideas. The following proposals remain open for discussion:


 * Proposal 2, initiated by, provides for the addition of a text box at Requests for adminship reminding all editors of our policies and enforcement mechanisms around decorum.
 * Proposals 3 and 3b, initiated by and, respectively, provide for trials of discussion-only periods at RfA. The first would add three extra discussion-only days to the beginning, while the second would convert the first two days to discussion-only.
 * Proposal 5, initiated by, provides for a trial of RfAs without threaded discussion in the voting sections.
 * Proposals 6c and 6d, initiated by, provide for allowing users to be selected as provisional admins for a limited time through various concrete selection criteria and smaller-scale vetting.
 * Proposal 7, initiated by, provides for the "General discussion" section being broken up with section headings.
 * Proposal 9b, initiated by, provides for the requirement that allegations of policy violation be substantiated with appropriate links to where the alleged misconduct occured.
 * Proposals 12c, 21, and 21b, initiated by, , and , respectively, provide for reducing the discretionary zone, which currently extends from 65% to 75%. The first would reduce it 65%–70%, the second would reduce it to 50%–66%, and the third would reduce it to 60%–70%.
 * Proposal 13, initiated by, provides for periodic, privately balloted admin elections.
 * Proposal 14, initiated by, provides for the creation of some minimum suffrage requirements to cast a vote.
 * Proposals 16 and 16c, initiated by and, respectively, provide for community-based admin desysop procedures. 16 would desysop where consensus is established in favor at the administrators' noticeboard; 16c would allow a petition to force reconfirmation.
 * Proposal 16e, initiated by, would extend the recall procedures of 16 to bureaucrats.
 * Proposal 17, initiated by, provides for "on-call" admins and 'crats to monitor RfAs for decorum.
 * Proposal 18, initiated by, provides for lowering the RfB target from 85% to 75%.
 * Proposal 24, initiated by, provides for a more robust alternate version of the optional candidate poll.
 * Proposal 25, initiated by, provides for the requirement that nominees be extended-confirmed in addition to their nominators.
 * Proposal 27, initiated by, provides for the creation of a training course for admin hopefuls, as well as periodic retraining to keep admins from drifting out of sync with community norms.
 * Proposal 28, initiated by, tightens restrictions on multi-part questions.

To read proposals that were closed as unsuccessful, please see Requests for adminship/2024 review/Phase I/Closed proposals. You are cordially invited once again to participate in the open discussions; when phase I ends, phase II will review the outcomes of trial proposals and refine the implementation details of other proposals. Another notification will be sent out when this phase begins, likely with the first successful close of a major proposal. Happy editing! theleekycauldron (talk • she/her), via:

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:52, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

Iran or Persia for Miss Universe 2024?
Hello @Bri! I have made a discussion about the use of "Persia" or "Iran" in the aforementioned article. Iran will debut at Miss Universe, but the candidate will use the name "Persia" in the competition as the Iranian government disallowed the Miss Persia Organization to use "Iran" for their candidate at Miss Universe due to religious beliefs. The problem now arises as the users switch Persia to Iran and vice-versa. Would you give your take on this at the talk page? It would be greatly appreciated if you do so. Thank you! Allyriana000 (talk) 13:51, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Got it, my reply is at Talk:Miss Universe 2024, and thanks for the ping. ☆ Bri (talk) 16:23, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

New message from JalenFolf
You are invited to join the discussion at Template talk:Annotated biography link § Substitute?. Jalen Folf  (Bark[s])  00:42, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Orphan
I disagree with your removals of orphan tags, but I am not going to war over it.

But looking at WP:ORPHAN it states thare: More colloquially, editors also sometimes use "orphan" to refer to pages that do not have as many incoming links as they ought to, even if they do not meet the technical definition for orphan status.

Based on that, I contest your removals. The Banner talk 10:00, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
 * It's a little confusing what you're telling me here. Do we need to have a discussion on whether it's acceptable to remove the orphan tag on articles with 1 or 2 inlinks? If so, maybe in a more watched area. Unfortunately WT:Orphan seems to be pretty quiet; only a single edit there in 2024. Maybe can give some advice. ☆ Bri (talk) 15:05, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
 * That is exactly what I mean. An article with zero incoming links is indeed always an orphan. But in my opinion, incoming links from a list are not really helpful. A more content based approach is better. In my opinion, a list of things fails that content-approach. And it is not incorrect to say an article is an orphan with just a few incoming links. But a wider discussion is welcome. The Banner  talk 16:17, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Bri and @The Banner - See recent Teahouse answer here to clarify. Regards, JoeNMLC (talk) 17:52, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

Category:Canadian military personnel from Kelowna has been nominated for merging
Category:Canadian military personnel from Kelowna has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Bearcat (talk) 14:51, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

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)
 * Proposals 2 and 9b (phase II discussion): Add a reminder of civility norms at RfA and Require links for claims of specific policy violations
 * Proposal 3b (in trial): Make the first two days discussion-only
 * Proposal 13 (in trial): Admin elections
 * Proposal 14 (implemented): Suffrage requirements
 * Proposals 16 and 16c (phase II discussion): Allow the community to initiate recall RfAs and Community recall process based on dewiki
 * Proposal 17 (phase II discussion): Have named Admins/crats to monitor infractions
 * Proposal 24 (phase II discussion): Provide better mentoring for becoming an admin and the RfA process
 * Proposal 25 (implemented): Require nominees to be extended confirmed

Also
I had assumed some time ago, but apparently I was wrong, and I checked to see if it had ever been the case, but apparently not. And the link is red! Well: I would be glad to serve as a nominator, maybe we could find somebody who wasn't insane to be a co-nom, and then you could have some extra buttons on your computer. What do you say... jp×g🗯️ 09:52, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

Women in Green GA Editathon June 2024 - Going Back in Time
 Hello Bri:

WikiProject Women in Green is holding a  month-long Good Article Edit-a-thon event in June 2024!

Running from June 1 to 30, 2024, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) edit-a-thon event with the theme Going Back in Time! All experience levels welcome. Never worked on a GA project before? We'll teach you how to get started. Or maybe you're an old hand at GAs – we'd love to have you involved! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to women and women's works (e.g., books, films) during the event period. We hope to collectively cover article subjects from at least 20 centuries by month's end. GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to earn a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.

We hope to see you there! Grnrchst (talk) 11:06, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Shamsuddin Faridi Desai unreferenced additions
Bri, I added "Shamsuddin taught both Khyal baaj and Dhrupad baaj." from information provided by Shamsuddin's son, Zahid. What reference more, do I need? You may contact him, for verification. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamsuddin_Faridi_Desai Vtranz (talk) 02:25, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
 * The link you need is in the message I left on your talkpage: Help:Referencing for beginners. ☆ Bri (talk) 02:50, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

Recent comments about section of H-1B
I saw you added an "original research" annotation to a section I edited relating to travel. I have since clarified how the FAM addresses most of the paragraph by adding specific sections of the FAM that different parts of the paragraph pertain to. Additionally, I have added two new non-FAM sources to support other parts not explicitly supported by the FAM. Accordingly, I removed the original research marker/annotation. As to the question of WP: HOWTO, I respectfully personally disagree that the section, as is, is "borderline WP:HOWTO", because none of the content provides instructions that are actually actionable (unlike a baking recipe let's say) for anyone likely to read the article. In other words, a visa applicant does not have control over the actions by a consular officer, so cannot actively use the information supported by the FAM and other sources cited to to take any concrete steps as they have no direct say over whether a petition is sent back to USCIS or regarding any action taken by a consular officer. Best Wickster12345 (talk) 16:50, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * sorry I haven't had time to look at this yet. I will try in the next 24 hours. ☆ Bri (talk) 22:03, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Still delayed in reviewing, but thanks for updating the section. I was concerned before that the section read like "in order to return to the U.S. you need to do X Y and Z...". When I get to reviewing it, I may do some copyediting if that concern remains. ☆ Bri (talk) 17:53, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Let's continue at Talk:H-1B visa. ☆ Bri (talk) 19:39, 27 June 2024 (UTC)