User talk:Daffy123

Discussion at Talk:Michael Portillo
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Michael Portillo. Smerus (talk) 11:06, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

Kevin Newsom
I saw you added DOB to Kevin Newsom. Just fyi, there's been some pushback from the judges on this issue to the Wiki admins, so we've stopped adding it absent a public source.Bjhillis (talk) 17:14, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
 * This is the source. I'll add that on the page. Thanks for raising the issue.--Daffy123 (talk) 17:32, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Re: Ryan Wesley Bounds
Hi, I saw you added some biographical information to Ryan Wesley Bounds but I didn't see a citation. Could you please add the citation where you found the information otherwise it will have to be removed.

Thanks Snickers2686 (talk) 19:41, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up. Just added the reference. --Daffy123 (talk) 03:33, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

Happy holidays!
Marquardtika (talk) 06:05, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Edit summaries
Please consider including edit summaries in future when contributing. It only takes a couple seconds and is very helpful to other editors. See the page here for more information. ToastButterToast (talk) 12:40, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Justin Muzinich


The article Justin Muzinich has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this biography of a living person will be deleted after seven days unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the prod blp/dated tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within seven days, the article may be deleted, but you can when you are ready to add one. Boleyn (talk) 14:27, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Chopping
Hi Daffy123 I know you like History like I do I will try to explane Chopping to you but if you want to get learn more about Chopping talk to Corkythehornetfan Well lets take Rick Perry for reference click on his name and look at the picture. and then go to the Political appointments by Donald Trump page and look at the Rick Perry picture there. the Political appointments by Donald Trump Rick Perry pic look smaller then the Rick Perry pic on his page. It helps make room on the Political appointments by Donald Trump page to add more pictures. But you have to talk to Corkythehornetfan he will explane it better thanks and I look foward to working with you.96.36.68.29 (talk) 18:44, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

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Doug Wardlow
Thanks for the edit to lede. I wanted to completely take it out of the lede, but I feared reversion so I made a compromise edit. Thanks again. Koncurrentkat (talk) 18:25, 27 October 2018 (UTC)

Gov
I’m using that photo as at its resoltuon on Wikipedia it looks fine and it looks similar to Lt Gov Nuñez photo and has the state emblem and flag, something that is normally in a official portrait Zzannoni1956 (talk) 22:03, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

February 2019
- MrX 🖋 22:22, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Ron DeSantis
Where is this talk page ? For Ron DeSantis ,I haven’t seen it Zzannoni1956 (talk) 13:18, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Go to Talk:Ron DeSantis, scroll down until you've reached a section called 'Desantis's photo.' --Daffy123 (talk) 17:02, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Mylife.com as a reference source
Hi Daffy123. I stumbled upon a reference you had recently added that used mylife.com as the information source. This is not an appropriate reference source, because it is editable by third parties, by the subject of the page, and is aggregated from unknown and/or unattributed sources. The company does not guarantee the accuracy of the information. Please refrain from using it as a source in the future, most especially for biographical articles, where accuracy and attribution are critical. Thank you. Risker (talk) 04:42, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Adding: I note that you've done quite a bit of work on articles involving US federal judges. A solid reliable source for the year of birth of US federal judges is The Federal Judicial Center, and you could safely count on that as a source. In this day and age of identity theft, birth year is sufficient for most biographical subjects. And the "official" reference source may be useful in expanding other biographical information as well. I hope this is helpful to you.  Risker (talk) 05:20, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

File:Giovanni Spadolini.jpg listed for discussion
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Giovanni Spadolini.jpg, has been listed at Files for discussion. Please see the to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. Wikiacc (¶) 01:38, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Rollback
I have [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&user=&page=User%3ADaffy123 granted] the "rollbacker" permission to your account. After a review of some of your contributions, I believe you can be trusted to use rollback for its intended usage of reverting vandalism, and that you will not abuse it by reverting good-faith edits or to revert-war. For information on rollback, see Administrators' guide/Rollback and Rollback feature. If you do not want rollback, contact me and I will remove it. Good luck and thanks. — xaosflux  Talk 23:49, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for this. Will definitely make my best use of it. Don't think I'll be an admin now but this will definitely help. Cheers. --Daffy123 (talk) 08:22, 21 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Best wishes, be sure to look over the links of when to and when not to use 'rollback'. A similar set of tools for working with anti-vandalism can be found in the Twinkle gadget that you may enable. To learn even more about anti-vandalism check out the resources at Counter-Vandalism Unit.  Best regards, —  xaosflux  Talk 11:22, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

RfA
Hi Daffy 123. Thanks for stepping up at RfA. Unfortunately it does not look like you are going to pass. As an experienced editor I would suggest that you consider withdrawing. Knowing when a discussion is not going your way and accepting the community's verdict is generally regarded favorably. And it may reflect well on your judgement and maturity if you decide to take another stab at this somewhere down the road. Please also note that the vast majority of the oppose votes are based mainly on your lack of experience. So I am not seeing any impediment to a future RfA. I would encourage you to read the comments and take them on board. In a year or two if you are still interested ask around. There are admins who would likely be willing to nominate you assuming there are no other issues. If you do decide to lower the curtain on this all you need to do is post a note under your nomination statement to that effect and maybe copy it over at WP:BN so the crats know to close the RfA. Just as word of caution though, if the support level remains well below 50% it is entirely possible that a crat may shut it down based on WP:SNOW. It almost always looks better if the candidate withdraws first. Thanks again for stepping up and best regards. -Ad Orientem (talk) 01:31, 22 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi Daffy123, I’d encourage you to withdraw this as well. At 33%, it isn’t going to pass. Thank you for volunteering :) TonyBallioni (talk) 18:20, 22 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, please do withdraw it. If you're really interested in being an admin, what you need to do has been pointed out to you by numerous editors (including myself).  Please read their comments and follow their advice, and show some respect for the obvious will of the community by withdrawing your RfA.  Not doing so is going to look bad for you the next time you put yourself forward. Beyond My Ken (talk) 21:38, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

RfA Pings
Just to let you know, the template only works if you sign your post. -- Dolotta (talk) 02:30, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

Edit summaries
Sorry you experienced such a bloodbath at RfA. Can I suggest you turn on "prompt me when entering a blank edit summary" in Preferences - Editing. It's a great feature and you'll never miss one again. – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 13:15, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

Please stay with the project
You tried and you got knocked down. Thank you for trying. Please pick yourself up, and continue editing. You received a lot of helpful suggestions about what you can do in the weeks and months to come to be more successful next time. If you ever need any frank advice, just reach out. I wish you well. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  19:03, 23 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Seconded. Hope to see you around soon. Best of luck, GABgab 01:05, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Yep Wikipedia can be brutal. You will make a great admin...if you stick it out! - Ret.Prof (talk) 13:57, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I came here to leave a similar message, so I will just add my name to those above. I opposed your candidacy, but I would be happy to support you in future once you have more experience and with a bit more attention to detail in the RfA itself. I'd also suggest finding a nominator or two the next time you want to give it a go, rather than self-nominating. When I ran, I found that my nominators provided me with good advice before the RfA process started. Cordless Larry (talk) 17:30, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your kind message. I don't read my talk page often and I've just seen these now. I am still editing on Wikipedia and will continue to do so in the future! --Daffy123 (talk) 19:34, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Hello
I saw your recent RFA and while I did not participate, I wanted to tell you that you remind me a lot of myself. My first RFA had a lot of similar comments to what you received at yours. I feel like you and I have a lot in common - you go along doing your best to fix up the encyclopedia, trying to avoid drama, and focusing on making this place better. You, like me during my first RFA, don't have very much experience in the Wikipedia Space - that is to say, places that focus on the background tasks of making the encyclopedia run smoothly. I made this page for myself twelve years ago and it helped me remember where everything was. When I put forth my first RFA, I didn't even know what kind of things I didn't know - there are so many nooks and crannies that there are still things out there with which I'm unfamiliar, even after all these years.

If I might proffer a suggestion, I would recommend checking out WP:AFD and watch some of the discussions there. You'll see what kinds of articles are deleted from Wikipedia, and importantly, why they are deleted (for example, lack of notability). You can participate in those discussions, voting to keep or delete an article and why (based on policy) that action should be taken.

Another place would to check out would be WP:AIV. People (and bots) report users there who should potentially be blocked due to vandalism, personal attacks, etc. Administrators look at the contributions of those users to determine if they should apply a block and how long that block should be. You, too, can look at their contributions to see what kind of actions end up resulting in a block. Being that you're not an admin (yet), you can't actually perform the block, but you'll want to know what kind of activity is a "block-able offense" for lack of a better term.

There are lots of other places - take a look at my Helps page I linked above, if you'd like - to get a feel for some of the things going on. Not every administrator is interesting in doing the same kind of work, so you can find the sort of things you'd like to work on and make yourself more familiar with them. That being said, the "block" button and the "delete" button are given to every administrator, and many RFA voters will be more comfortable if you have a good handle on those two, so that's why I recommended familiarizing yourself with those in particular. Participate in AFD and if you happen to come across someone vandalizing Wikipedia, report them at AIV (after properly warning them). And so on.

If you ever have any questions or whatever, don't hesitate to reach out to me. Useight (talk) 22:03, 23 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, I came to give some similar advice. Well done for having the courage to stand for RfA, which can be a bruising process. You seem to have survived it in one piece. Please stay involved and stay positive! – Fayenatic  L ondon 16:57, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your kind message. I don't read my talk page often and I've just seen these now. I am still editing on Wikipedia and will continue to do so in the future! --Daffy123 (talk) 19:35, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

July 2019
Please stop adding unreferenced or poorly referenced biographical content, especially if controversial, to articles or any other Wikipedia page, as you did at Thomas Homan. Content of this nature could be regarded as personal and private and is in violation of Wikipedia policy. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Toddst1 (talk) 00:55, 13 July 2019 (UTC)

Images That need updating on Wikipedia
Hi Daffy123, I saw that you have been adding the images of the members of the house of lords and house of commons to wikipedia, which I am so grateful for you doing. I saw that some articles still have older 2017 potraits, and I am not sure how to do it myself, so I was wondering if you might be able to add these images to their respective pages or would know someone who might be able to:

Official portrait of Lord Paul crop 2, 2019.jpg to Swraj Paul, Baron Paul

Official portrait of Lord Patel crop 2, 2019.jpg to Narendra Patel, Baron Patel

Official portrait of Baroness Falkner of Margravine crop 2, 2019.jpg to Kishwer Falkner, Baroness Falkner of Margravine

Official portrait of Lord Sheikh crop 2, 2019.jpg to Mohamed Sheikh, Baron Sheikh

Official portrait of Lord Loomba crop 2, 2019.jpg to Raj Loomba, Baron Loomba

Official portrait of Lord Suri crop 2, 2019.jpg to Ranbir Singh Suri, Baron Suri

Official portrait of Lee Rowley MP crop 2.jpg to Lee Rowley

Official portrait of Baroness Butler-Sloss crop 2, 2019.jpg to Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss

Official portrait of Baroness Donaghy crop 2, 2019.jpg to Rita Donaghy, Baroness Donaghy

Official portrait of Baroness Fookes crop 2, 2019.jpg to Janet Fookes

Official portrait of Baroness Wheeler crop 2, 2019.jpg to Margaret Wheeler, Baroness Wheeler

Thank you once again for all the images you have added :) 82.132.225.212 (talk) 19:20, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Done. --Daffy123 (talk) 19:33, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

updating images on article
Hey, there is an article on Wikipedia called List of ethnic minority politicians in the United Kingdom, where the overwhelming majority of images of the politicians are out of date and I was wondering if you wouldn’t mind updating them with their newer versions, from their Wikipedia article. If you don’t have the time I understand but I’d really appreciate it. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.132.247.73 (talk) 11:18, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

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