User talk:Cassianto/Archives/2020/February

The Great Britain/Ireland Destubathon
Hi. The The Great Britain/Ireland Destubathon is planned for March 2020, a contest/editathon to eliminate as many stubs as possible from all 134 counties. Amazon vouchers/book prizes are planned for most articles destubbed from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland and Northern Ireland and whoever destubs articles from the most counties out of the 134. Sign up on page if interested in participating, hope this will prove to be good fun and productive, we have over 44,000 stubs! Even if you don't think much of "contests" or "editathons", if you could flesh out a few crappy stubs as part of it, it would be appreciated. ;-)♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:54, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

Carl Gugasian
Nice edits, on the above. And it is possible to run into the woods whilst still in the bank. I use several banks and I'm forever running into the branches.  Cassianto Talk  08:30, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Good one. EEng 09:45, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
 * ... "he moved in a "crab-like" manner to confuse estimates of his height". I wish we could have seen that. Let's hope he got there before all the other crabs. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:57, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I was too tired to check the source (if there was one) so I just stuck it in quotes and left it. Lazy I know, but I didn't want to deny the subject the credit for this intriguing holdup strategem unless absolutely necessary. EEng 19:59, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
 * also called Coconut crabs, apparently. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:05, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

Partial block removed
Pinging you since you placed the block.

Hello, since partial blocks are not yet permitted in almost all cases as per the blocking policy, I have removed this partial block. Additionally, prohibiting all communication with other editors (the effect of blocking the user talk namespace) will block effective dispute resolution. Furthermore, the comments you made were only slightly worse than the comments immediately following by the blocking administrator, so leaving you blocked would be a double standard.

Please do keep in mind the reason for the block, though, and try to refrain from excessively combative postings.

Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 22:55, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I'd forgotten about this! Great, will do.  Let's hope  can also learn to control his intemperate behaviour. I will now delete his diffs in the section above as they have served their purpose.  Thanks .   Cassianto Talk  23:43, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

Sarah Baker
Thanks for your kind wishes. I am well - as I hope you are. Jack1956 (talk) 20:14, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer newsletter February 2020
Hello ,

The first NPP source guide discussion is now underway. It covers a wide range of sources in Ghana with the goal of providing more guidance to reviewers about sources they might see when reviewing pages. Hopefully, new page reviewers will join others interested in reliable sources and those with expertise in these sources to make the discussion a success.
 * Source Guide Discussion

New to NPP? Looking to try something a little different? Consider patrolling some redirects. Redirects are relatively easy to review, can be found easily through the New Pages Feed. You can find more information about how to patrol redirects at WP:RPATROL.
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 * Discussions and Resources
 * There is an ongoing discussion around changing notifications for new editors who attempt to write articles.
 * A recent discussion of whether Michelin starred restraunts are notable was archived without closure.
 * A resource page with links pertinent for reviewers was created this month.
 * A proposal to increase the scope of G5 was withdrawn.

Geographic regions, areas and places generally do not need general notability guideline type sourcing. When evaluating whether an article meets this notability guideline please also consider whether it might actually be a form of WP:SPAM for a development project (e.g. PR for a large luxury residential development) and not actually covered by the guideline.
 * Refresher

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On a personal note
Today, I "met" this woman - the place has still much to offer. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:34, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I very much agree with you on Williams, . Did you check if it was OK with the filing party if it was ok for you to post there? It appears we may have to ask for his permission. :)   Cassianto Talk  09:08, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I am part of project freedom of speech ;) - Did you see today's kind of related DYK? - thank you for the term double standard, eye-opening --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:40, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I am sad that Volker David Kirchner died. I didn't know him personally but was present at the moving event with also Toshio Hosokawa, Helmut Lachenmann, Wolfgang Rihm and Jörg Widmann. I found a youtube video of him playing music, Mozart arranging Bach - enjoy! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:02, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
 * ... now Nello Santi, the "last maestro", and I haven't looked at Deaths in 2020 yet ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:41, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
 * ... and since, 4 more, including Mirella Freni and Lucille Eichengreen, and today I received note that a cousin died, may she rest in peace - flowers - Valentine - I had just started Alte Liebe (old love, name of a boat) and I Will Mention the Loving-kindnesses for the occasion. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:12, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

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Romford Garden Suburb
Have a DYK. Template:Did you know nominations/Romford Garden Suburb Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  11:49, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
 * How kind, thanks.  Cassianto Talk  23:14, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

Welcome back!
I was leaving a message on someone's user talk page and noticed that you had left them a message just prior. Last I remember, you had decided to retire and leave Wikipedia. I just wanted to message you and welcome you back. :-) Cheers -  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:18, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi, nice to hear from you. I dip in and out these days, interest depending. At the moment, I'm working on a few things, which I'm enjoying doing, and I'm being left alone, so all is good at the moment.  Cassianto Talk  23:13, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
 * That's good to hear, Cassianto. :-) Getting oneself back to "the basics" and contributing just to pages and areas that give joy, pleasure, and peace, and keeping it as simple as that, is never a bad thing to do. It's easy for one to get sucked into complex and contentious areas, disputes, cases, and arguments, expand into projects and topics that they see no joy or pleasure in contributing to, stretch themselves too far and to the point where quantity becomes the focus and at a significant cost to quality, and/or get involved in other matters that impact them in a negative way... It can be quite a rejuvenating feeling to rid oneself of all of that negative burden. Keep yourself outta trouble, stick to what you genuinely enjoy and have a passion for, and have fun... I'm happy to see that you're back. :-D Cheers -  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:37, 27 February 2020 (UTC)