User talk:Deisenbe/Archive 10

Reference error
When you made this edit, you called a named reference,, but you never defined it, which resulted in the error message at (current) ref number 22,  Please fix that when you have the chance. Thanks. BlackcurrantTea (talk) 06:42, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Done. I didn't know this triggered an alarm. deisenbe (talk) 08:49, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Category:Places named for John C. Calhoun has been nominated for deletion
Category:Places named for John C. Calhoun, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal 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. - RevelationDirect (talk) 12:02, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 41
 The Wikipedia Library Books & Bytes

Issue 41, September – October 2020 
 * New partnership: Taxmann
 * WikiCite
 * 1Lib1Ref 2021

Read the full newsletter Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --10:47, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

New, simpler RfC to define trust levels for WikiLoop DoubleCheck
HI , I'm writing to let you know we have simplified the RfC on trust levels for the tool WikiLoop DoubleCheck. Please join and share your thoughts about this feature! We made this change after hearing users' comments on the first RfC being too complicated. I hope that you can participate this time around, giving your feedback on this new feature for WikiLoop DoubleCheck users. Thanks and see you around online, María Cruz MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:05, 19 November 2020 (UTC) If you would like to update your settings to change the wiki where you receive these messages, please do so here.

Category:African-American heroes and icons has been nominated for deletion
Category:African-American heroes and icons has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal 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. Pincrete (talk) 10:18, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for November 23
An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Chiclete com Banana (song), you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Cover.

(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 06:17, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Readding content at Template:Thomas Dixon Jr.
Deisenbe, please do not re-add content at Template:Thomas Dixon Jr. without first discussing it on the talk page. Doing so is a form of edit-warring.--User:Namiba 17:04, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

The Signpost: 29 November 2020
 * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:45, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 December 2020
 * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:25, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

Category:Stoner/stonette of the year awards has been nominated for listification
Category:Stoner/stonette of the year awards has been nominated for listification. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal 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. RevelationDirect (talk) 00:33, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Secret societies in the United States


A tag has been placed on Category:Secret societies in the United States requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

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 "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 deleted 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. Liz Read! Talk! 16:03, 16 January 2021 (UTC)


 * It appears that Category:American secret societies is being used for this purpose. You might be able to propose it for a speedy rename at WP:CFD. Liz Read! Talk! 16:04, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot
Note: All columns in this table are sortable, allowing you to rearrange the table so the articles most interesting to you are shown at the top. All images have mouse-over popups with more information. For more information about the columns and categories, please consult the documentation and please get in touch on SuggestBot's talk page with any questions you might have.

SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. We appreciate that you have signed up to receive suggestions regularly; your contributions make Wikipedia better — thanks for helping!

If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please let us know on SuggestBot's talk page. -- SuggestBot (talk) 23:31, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot
Note: All columns in this table are sortable, allowing you to rearrange the table so the articles most interesting to you are shown at the top. All images have mouse-over popups with more information. For more information about the columns and categories, please consult the documentation and please get in touch on SuggestBot's talk page with any questions you might have.

SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. We appreciate that you have signed up to receive suggestions regularly; your contributions make Wikipedia better — thanks for helping!

If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please let us know on SuggestBot's talk page. -- SuggestBot (talk) 23:33, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot
Note: All columns in this table are sortable, allowing you to rearrange the table so the articles most interesting to you are shown at the top. All images have mouse-over popups with more information. For more information about the columns and categories, please consult the documentation and please get in touch on SuggestBot's talk page with any questions you might have.

SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. We appreciate that you have signed up to receive suggestions regularly; your contributions make Wikipedia better — thanks for helping!

If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please let us know on SuggestBot's talk page. -- SuggestBot (talk) 23:36, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

Books & Bytes - Issue 42
 The Wikipedia Library Books & Bytes

Issue 42, November – December 2020 
 * New EBSCO collections now available
 * 1Lib1Ref 2021 underway
 * Library Card input requested
 * Libraries love Wikimedia, too!

Read the full newsletter Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --14:00, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 January 2021
 * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:10, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

Lol
I made this edit summary obliquely referring to you on the Prudence Crandall article without geolocating the IP I was reverting, which I probably should have done first ... it turns out that the editor is from Fort St. John, British Columbia, about 14 hours drive north-north-east of Vancouver! I don't know why you ... or almost anyone ... would want to live there, particularly at this time of year, but anyway ... :-) Graham 87 08:30, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I have never set foot in British Columbia. I live in Florida. deisenbe (talk) 08:35, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

Copying within Wikipedia
Please remember to identify the source of the material in your edit when copying within Wikipedia.

This type of edit does get picked up by Copy Patrol and a good edit summary helps to make sure we don't accidentally revert it. For future use, would you note the best practices wording as outlined at Copying_within_Wikipedia? In particular, adding a link to the source and the phrase "see that page's history for attribution" helps ensure that proper attribution is preserved. It is not too late to add the attribution. See Copying_within_Wikipedia which explains how to do so. S Philbrick (Talk)  13:55, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
 * This is a false positive. If the tool identifies something I copied within Wikipedia, I'd like to know what it is. deisenbe (talk) 11:33, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
 * , The text is a close match to text here. I did not assume that you copied it from there, but that that site copied from Wikipedia, which is still highly likely. However I read your edit summary "(??Strategic importance: moved here)" and mistakenly thought you were explaining that you copied material from Shenandoah River to this article. I now see that you are moving the paragraph within the article, which did trigger a false positive. Apologies. S Philbrick  (Talk)  14:04, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 February 2021
 * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:28, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

Request for interview
Hello there!

My name is AVardhana (WMF) (talk) 19:17, 3 March 2021 (UTC), and I recently joined The Wikipedia Library team to help with design work. I noticed you've been very generous with your input to our team so I thought I would reach out! I'm writing to invite you to participate in an interview study that I'm currently conducting.

This would involve us meeting via Google meets where I will ask you a few questions and then have you test a prototype with me. For the interview, I'd be recording your screen as well as audio. The purpose of the study is to get a better understanding of who is using The Wikipedia Library for the purposes of making the right improvements!

If you're interested, please email me at avardhana@wikimedia.org, and I'll send a copy of the privacy statement to you. If you have any questions, I am happy to answer them.

Thank you, Aishwarya


 * Send it to me. Glad to help if I can. deisenbe (talk) 20:47, 3 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Wonderful! Thank you. Would you mind emailing me at avardhana@wikimedia.org so I can send you the privacy form and we can coordinate a time? Thanks! AVardhana (WMF) (talk) 16:22, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Request for assistance at es-wiki
Hello Deisenbe. I got your name from the Local Embassy where you are listed as someone familiar with the Spanish language. I was wondering if I could enlist your assistance with

Two new accounts ( and ) have been coordinating edits regarding a business called Jüsto, both here and on Spanish Wikipedia. The first is undoubtedly an undisclosed WP:PAID editor; I'm sure the second is either a WP:SOCK or WP:MEAT account.

Here at en-wiki, the first account has posted promotional content about this company in their sandbox. The second account has created a nearly identical sandbox and also a draft article about this company. At es-wiki, the first account posted similar article-like content, in English, on their userpage (es:Usuario:Marianasegura). The second account created a mainspace article Jüsto, which appears to be now nominated for deletion.

Here, I left messages for both users (which the first user has subsequently deleted). I'm not sure if a similar template exists on es-wiki. I also noticed that there is a page there to request a Checkuser (es:Wikipedia:Solicitudes de verificación de usuarios), but I don't know if it's justified to do that just yet. Perhaps you could post a request there, or something else if you know a better protocol to follow?

Thanks in advance! --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 05:53, 17 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Update: After discovering a third involved account, I decided to file this report: Sockpuppet investigations/RicardoW10. I'll let you know the outcome of the investigation and see if I still require your assistance then. Thanks. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 06:22, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry but I am not familiar with the administrative side of es-wiki. deisenbe (talk) 09:42, 17 March 2021 (UTC)


 * No problem. I'll ask around for some help there. Thanks. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 13:55, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 42
 The Wikipedia Library Books & Bytes

Issue 42, January – February 2021 
 * New partnerships: PNAS, De Gruyter, Nomos
 * 1Lib1Ref
 * Library Card

Read the full newsletter Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --11:27, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for March 24
An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Nicknames of New York City, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Knickerbocker.

(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 06:11, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

Undefined reference
Hi Deisenbe, in your recent edits to John Brown (abolitionist) you cited the undefined reference "Meyer", creating a ref error. Could you please edit the article to clarify what reference was intended? Thanks! —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 13:17, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Fixed, also found it missing in Virginia v. John Brown. Sorry you had to write and thanks for checking. deisenbe (talk) 14:03, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Hmm, it doesn't seem to be fixed in John Brown (abolitionist). Did you forget to save, maybe? —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 15:48, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes. deisenbe (talk) 15:59, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

WikiLoop 2020 Year in Review
Dear editors, developers and friends:

Thank you for supporting Project WikiLoop! The year 2020 was an unprecedented one. It was unusual for almost everyone. In spite of this, Project WikiLoop continued the hard work and made some progress that we are proud to share with you. We also wanted to extend a big thank you for your support, advice, contributions and love that make all this possible.

Head over to our project page on Meta Wikimedia to read a brief 2020 Year in Review for WikiLoop.

Thank you for taking the time to review Wikipedia using WikiLoop DoubleCheck. Your work is important and it matters to everyone. We look forward to continuing our collaboration through 2021!

María Cruz MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:35, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 March 2021
 * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:43, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for March 31
An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Shields Green, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Incognito.

(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 06:06, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 April 2021
<div class="hlist" style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:31, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 April 2021
<div class="hlist" style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:29, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Queering Wikipedia 2021 User Group Working Days: May 14–16
The Wikimedia LGBTQ+ User Group is holding online working days in May. As a member of WikiProject LGBT studies, editing on LGBTQ+ issues or if you identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community, come help us set goals, develop our organisation and structures, consider how to respond to issues faced by Queer editors, and plan for the next 12 months.

We will be meeting online for 3 half-days, 14–16 May at 1400–1730 UTC. While our working language is English, we are looking to accommodate users who would prefer to participate in other languages, including translation facilities.

More information, and registration details, at QW2021 .--Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group 02:41, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot
Note: All columns in this table are sortable, allowing you to rearrange the table so the articles most interesting to you are shown at the top. All images have mouse-over popups with more information. For more information about the columns and categories, please consult the documentation and please get in touch on SuggestBot's talk page with any questions you might have.

SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. We appreciate that you have signed up to receive suggestions regularly; your contributions make Wikipedia better — thanks for helping!

If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please let us know on SuggestBot's talk page. -- SuggestBot (talk) 23:41, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot
Note: All columns in this table are sortable, allowing you to rearrange the table so the articles most interesting to you are shown at the top. All images have mouse-over popups with more information. For more information about the columns and categories, please consult the documentation and please get in touch on SuggestBot's talk page with any questions you might have.

SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. We appreciate that you have signed up to receive suggestions regularly; your contributions make Wikipedia better — thanks for helping!

If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please let us know on SuggestBot's talk page. -- SuggestBot (talk) 12:07, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot
Note: All columns in this table are sortable, allowing you to rearrange the table so the articles most interesting to you are shown at the top. All images have mouse-over popups with more information. For more information about the columns and categories, please consult the documentation and please get in touch on SuggestBot's talk page with any questions you might have.

SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. We appreciate that you have signed up to receive suggestions regularly; your contributions make Wikipedia better — thanks for helping!

If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please let us know on SuggestBot's talk page. -- SuggestBot (talk) 12:10, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot
Note: All columns in this table are sortable, allowing you to rearrange the table so the articles most interesting to you are shown at the top. All images have mouse-over popups with more information. For more information about the columns and categories, please consult the documentation and please get in touch on SuggestBot's talk page with any questions you might have.

SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. We appreciate that you have signed up to receive suggestions regularly; your contributions make Wikipedia better — thanks for helping!

If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please let us know on SuggestBot's talk page. -- SuggestBot (talk) 12:09, 30 April 2021 (UTC)