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Administrators' newsletter – November 2017
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:50, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

"better located in the list by number of kills"
hello dodger67! i notice you moved my addition of Klavdiya Kalugina ("Sniper" page, under "20th Century") from first position to further down the list of 20th century snipers. in viewing the editing history, i see you wrote "better located in the list by number of kills." forgive me if i misunderstood that you were the one who made this change (and that this was the reason); i'm new to wikipedia editing and i might have gotten the facts wrong here. however, if you are the author of this edit (i.e., moving Klavdiya Kalugina to further down the list of 20th century snipers): i think your idea that the snipers are better listed according to some order certainly makes sense. alphabetical order of last name is one possibility. another is what you suggest (by number of kills). however, if "list by number of kills" is to be respected, shouldn't there be others that are moved around too? for example, Billy Sing is the first one in the list, but Lyudmila Pavlichenko, who is placed much further down on the list, has more kills. can we come to some agreement on how the names should be ordered, and then order them according to this principle? it's best to follow some principle for all the names listed (not just for some names). let me know what you think. thanks for all your expertise and work on this page, best Springfulutopia (talk) 17:05, 2 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi Before my edit the paragraph about Kalugina was located at the very top of the "20th Century" section, above several First World War snipers, so it was chronologically out of place. That's why I moved it to among the Second World War snipers. After chronology (WW1 before WW2, etc) there is clearly a secondary sort order based on number of kills, so that's where I placed the paragraph within the other paragraphs about WW2 snipers. Because the list as a whole is about history the primary sort order neccessarily has to be chronological, that's just how history works. The secondary sort order is less "preordained", it could be alphabetical, by country, etc. However as the section is about snipers who are noted particularly for the number of their kills, that rather strongly suggests the order should be by that number. Until a few Russian women were added, that was the already established sort order, my edits simply restored it. If you feel strongly that the order should be different, please start a discussion on the article talk page so that consensus can be determined.  Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 18:25, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

19:46:19, 6 November 2017 review of submission by Memenade
why was my page declined? their is nothing wrong with it.


 * Hi, the short answer is that a paragraph about your own music preferences is of no relevance at all to Wikipedia. If you were a famous music critic or academic it might be relevant, but then only within the context of a comprehensive biographical article. I will post a message to your talk page containing some guidance for new Wikipedia contributors. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 19:53, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Heavy metal
i see why my page was declined but why would a page about me having my music preference not be relavent, its a page about my life. Memenade (talk) 19:54, 6 November 2017 (UTC) 


 * See my reply to your post above. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 19:56, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

15:39:40, 7 November 2017 review of submission by Bcevishal
Hello, I am not quite sure what is it that can be changed inorder to give a neutral point of view on my article's topic. I have tried to summarize the content thats the reason the article has points under nearly every heading and sub-heading. As I am stating facts about a mechanism of communication that I acquired from the mentioned sources nothing I wrote in my article is my opinion/finding and the mentioned references and citations are the actual source. Your guidance will really help me go forward in publishing my first wikipedia article so I hope to get a suggestion from you. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bcevishal (talk • contribs) 15:39, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi, perhaps you missed the comment I appended to the rewiew where I explained that your text reads like lecture notes. You even use the "lecturer's we" several times. Try to rewrite it so that the article is not directly "talking to" the reader. Use the third-person strictly, so no "we", "you". If you must refer to people use terms such as "users", "operators", etc. Never use ALL CAPS, except in acronyms. Section headings are written in "Sentence case like this", only use capitals for the first letter, proper nouns, or acronyms. Do not number headings or make them bold. Never put references inside headings. Your draft currently has entire paragrapgs and lists without any references - we expect every arguable fact or claim to have a reference, at the very least one per paragraph. You are welcome to request further general help at the Teahouse or subject-specialist assistance at WP:WikiProject Telecommunications. I hope this is helpful and not too much detail - writing an article from scratch is one of the most difficult tasks on Wikipedia. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 17:02, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

16:27:57, 13 November 2017 review of submission by Bruschi12
Hi Dodger, thanks for taking the time to review the page.

A lot of the information is without reference as there is no reference point on line for it. It is a local sports club and the info posted here is a direct link to the same info on the clubs facebook page. I doubt facebook counts as a credible link, but this is it here. https://www.facebook.com/pg/fethardstmogues/about/?ref=page_internal

We were hoping to have a substantial and proper account of the history of the club available. I had looked at other GAA clubs in Ireland to see the type of information provided, and they seem to be similar in its approach. see this one here as an example - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilmacud_Crokes_GAA

If there is anything specific that does not meet guidelines or anything to adjust, I could see about altering that. But I just didnt want to lose the whole history of the formation and development of the club due to no resources online. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bruschi12 (talk • contribs) 16:27, 13 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi sources do not need to be online. Try local libraries that might have newspaper or sport magazine collections. You might have noticed that the other article you've mentioned is already tagged for being inadequately referenced. Another route would be to actually write an article about the club's history to be published by a reputable magazine that has proper editorial control. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 16:39, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi further to your comments, I have a published edited magazine that has a history of the club included in it. Please excuse my ignorance on referencing sources etc on Wikipedia, but how does one use this as a source so the article can be published? I have a copy here that I can take pictures of? Is it a case of submitting these and for someone to view and evaluate? Thanks for you help (and patience!) Bruschi12 (talk) 10:25, 16 November 2017 (UTC)bruschi12


 * Hi again, I see you have already used the "cite news" referencing template in the draft. For the magazine you use the similar cite magazine template.
 * Do not upload any scans or photos of the magazine as that would most likely be a copyright violation.
 * Just give as much of the detail about the article as possible; magazine name, author, article title, magazine issue, date, page number(s), etc. by filling the cite template. Simply leave out any bits that do not apply such as the url. Hope this helps Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 21:55, 16 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi perfect, thanks, I'll do that so. Thanks for your help.Bruschi12 (talk) 15:25, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

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Your draft article, Draft:Keith Billington


Hello, Dodger67. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Keith Billington".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the, , or  code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing.  T K K ! bark with me! 20:13, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

Dalhousie University Agricultural Campus
Hi, I have never written messages here, so I hope I'll do it correctly. First, thank you so much for looking at my article. Of course there's still some overlap, as my intention is to delete the information from the faculty page which is not actually about the Faculty. The Faculty content is the programs related to the Faculty, the agricultural-educational history, and maybe the Barley Ring etc. Dalhousie University has also other campuses with each other Faculties, and it would be great if down the road we could have the Faculty pages (e.g. some Faculties such as the Faculty of engineering have locations on various campuses). The campuses and what they offer are vastly different. They are driving hours apart from each other. Distinctive articles for each of the campuses as well as for each of the Faculties are my goal. The campuses are mentioned on the Dalhousie University page and subsequently should contain links to the various campus pages. I hope this explains what I am trying to do. Thanks for your consideration. Happy Monday! Yvonne PS: Turns out I got this partly wrong: On the AC Campus it's the Department of Engineering under the Faculty of Agriculture, and the Faculty of Engineering sits on the Halifax campus. I will change that. However, I still believe we need faculties and campus sites separately - our other campuses are home to various other faculties. YSmomilomii (talk) 13:09, 4 December 2017 (UTC)YSmomilomiiYSmomilomii (talk) 13:09, 4 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi, your plan to separate articles about campusses and departments makes a lot of sense. Just keep in mind that when you move content between pages that you leave a proper attribution statement in the edit summary at both the source and destination pages: "Content moved to/from Article xxxx".

Hi, Shall I throw the content out or add it to Dalhousie University of Agriculture? Whereas the Gardens, the Student Life parts etc. really don't belong to the Faculty imo, and the other campuses should have equivalent information sites, and then one runs into the issue with multiple Faculties on one campus ... Well, let me know, please. Yvonne YSmomilomii (talk) 17:27, 4 December 2017 (UTC)YSmomilomii


 * Hi again Move the information to wherever it fits and makes best sense. Don't throw anything out, unless it is unsourced, then it shouldn't be anywhere in Wikipedia. It seems you're taking on quite a big job involving multiple articles, so it may be worthwhile getting more opinions and advice at the WP:TEAHOUSE. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 17:42, 4 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi Thank you for your feedback! I'll try to sort this out tonight and add sources where missing. If I can sort out AC faculty and AC campus tonight that would be great ... I'll use the "Content moved to/from Article xxxx", thank you for the advice! <3 Have a good night! YSmomilomii (talk) 21:05, 4 December 2017 (UTC)Yvonne (YSmomilomii)

"Insufficient context for those unfamiliar": what's missing?
Hello, thanks for reviewing our article (Soldier's Dream). We think the topic is very important and interesting and we'd like to improve it to create the new page. We'd love to have as many suggestions as possible. "This submission provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter", which other information/sections about the poem could we add to solve this issue? Is there any other improvement we could make? Yours sincerely. Francina* (talk) 11:40, 9 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi I don't see any review of Draft:Soldier's Dream, could you give me a direct link to it? According to the page history the only edits I've ever done was this attempt to improve the page layout, dated 18 October 2017.
 * BTW, the context seems ok now, but this is not a review opinion, just a quick impression. On my screen (an 11" Android tablet running the Chrome browser) the layout of the lead section still looks overcrowded with boxes and images squeezing the text from both sides.
 * BTW×2 Is this a class project, it's very rare to see so many users all working on one draft? Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 13:06, 9 November 2017 (UTC)


 * One of us had accidentally submitted the draft (before terminating it) and today this alerts has arrived "Submission declined on 18 October 2017 by Dodger67."
 * That's right and we will soon work to better format/size the page.
 * Yes, it's exactly a class project. But we are allowed (encouraged) to ask for help to other users in order to discover and exploit any instruments offered by wikipedia. Thanks again. Francina* (talk) 14:01, 9 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi again tell your class that the WP:Teahouse is a help page specifically aimed at beginners. WP:WikiProject Poetry is a good place for topic-specific advice and assistance too. I don't see any class project or student editor templates, is your class registered on the Wikipedia Education system? Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 14:13, 9 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Goodevening . Actually we are not registered, what is that useful for? Francina* (talk) 21:46, 9 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi there. There are some great resources available, including handouts, interactive training, assignment plans, etc. available for instructors and students contributing to Wikipedia for a class assignment. Could you tell me the name/email of the instructor and the school/university so we can try to connect him/her with information about those resources? --Ryan (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:28, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Student projects on the Wikipedia Education System
Hi. I need some (belatedly!) help to register my class projects on the Wikipedia Education System. I tried a request on the Educational Noticeboard in October, and put this on the student'sdraft pages : Application for course page currently pending on Education noticeboard Limelightangel (talk) 08:13, 5 October 2017 (UTC)Limelightangel

Can you advise? I have run this exercise for several years at LIUC, Castellanza, Italy. We currently have 7 draft pages in progress. Many thanks! Limelightangel (talk) 09:41, 11 November 2017 (UTC) Limelightangel


 * Hi I see your October post has actually been archived. I'm not really familiar with the inner workings of the educational program so all I can advise is to post again. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 10:24, 12 November 2017 (UTC)


 * you mentioned on the ENB that you were reaching out to Wikimedia Italy, but it was a different username that came up there so thought I'd ping here. It sounds like is the instructor. --Ryan (Wiki Ed) (talk) 22:18, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
 * : Thanks for letting me know, i will ask WMIT to see if they've had any results. VMasrour (WMF) (talk) 23:53, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
 * : : Hi. This class project is running on Wiki English platform, and just being completed. 3 new pages have been accepted, 3 are pending review, and 1 not yet submitted. Limelightangel (talk) 10:44, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

2017 Military Historian of the Year and Newcomer of the Year nominations and voting
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Fly Blue Crane
I note you have reverted my recent edit for Fly Blue Crane, where I had marked it as defunct, because, in your words, there was “No evidence that it is actually definitely dead”. I disagree, and was wondering whether you have more information than I?

I marked it as defunct because: 1) it is over 12 months since they had to enter Business Rescue, and there has been no announcement regarding the supposed investors; 2) there have been no posts to their Facebook or Twitter accounts since 12 December 2016 and 19 January 2017 respectively, and their website is closed; 3) flights ceased on 3 February, and there has been no news of their reinstatement since; 4) they have no fleet – their two aircraft (still visible on websites such as Planespotters.com), which were leased from Solenta, have had their Fly Blue Crane livery removed, and both planes have operated flights for fastjet with the last two days.

So unless you know different, there is considerable evidence that it is dead and indeed none that it is not, so my edit should therefore stand. The article can always be reinvigorated in the event that the airline rises from the grave. Thanks. Carbonix (talk) 20:03, 7 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi, the problem basically is that "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence". We have no proof that the company has actually been liquidated yet. All we have currently is the anouncement of business rescue. Imho that means it's status should remain as "suspended" until we get confirmation either way. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 10:10, 8 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi Roger, thanks for this. But you are talking about whether the company has been formally liquidated or not. The issue here is whether the airline should be classified as 'defunct' - a dictionary definition of which is "no longer in effect or use; not operating or functioning". Obviously, an announcement of a company's liquidation makes things a lot clearer for us; but the absence of one does not stop the airline being defunct.  It is not difficult to find other South African examples included in the list of defunct airlines - Trek Airways, Flitestar and more recently Interair South Africa are clearly defunct, but I can find no comment or evidence that these companies were formally liquidated. But no one would argue they are not defunct.


 * In short, we are agreed Fly Blue Sky has long ceased operations, has no staff and no planes, and we therefore need no other evidence to say it is defunct. Carbonix (talk) 16:42, 8 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi again I think we should open this topic to a wider audience, so I'll post about it at WT:WikiProject Airlines so that broader agreement about the definition of "defunct airline" can be reached. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 18:05, 8 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi Roger; thanks, I have no problem with this. I should perhaps point out that a clear outcome (if we get one!) will impact past classifications, in the various country lists ('List of Defunct airlines of XXXX') and country templates (such as Template:Airlines of Mexico), where previous editors have judged which airlines are defunct based on the facts available.  Carbonix (talk) 12:03, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

Request on 17:27:29, 7 December 2017 for assistance on AfC submission by Thedecentone
Hi, I have attempted to add correct information with citations for each fact to the page, Jean Theslof. This page currently carries inaccurate historical data. Please kindly accept these edit suggestions or kindly suggest what more details I need to add the correct information (with provided respectable news source citations for each fact)?

I do not know how to code beyond basic EAD born docs - or what this particular form of code is? So all suggestions on how to add my suggested factual information would be greatly appreciated. thank you.

Thedecentone (talk) 17:27, 7 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi you need to add your content directly to the existing article at Jean Theslöf, working on a draft when the article already exists is a waste of time and effort, because such a draft can never be accepted as having multiple articles about a given subject is not allowed. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 20:28, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

Indexing Post
Hi Dodger67,

Thanks for reviewing my recent post "Laura Briggs"! I am wondering how I can index this page so it shows up in searches? Thanks!

Faunevita (talk) 17:16, 9 December 2017 (UTC)Faune


 * Hi indexing will happen automatically, we have no way to influence when Google and other search engines will index the page, it can take a few days. BTW I tagged a section for having no references, maybe you can fix it. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 19:46, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks Dodger67 for your response. I'm not trying to get this page to show up more that is usual in searches, just when someone searches her. I also wanted to let you know that I did add a source to the section without any that you had flagged. Thanks! Faunevita (talk) 22:13, 9 December 2017 (UTC)Faune


 * Hi again, don't forget to remove the "unreferenced section" tag, it's directly below the section heading. If you need any further help, you know where to find me. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 22:24, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – December 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2017). Administrator changes
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Arbitration
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 * Over the last few months, several users have reported backlogs that require administrator attention at WP:ANI, with the most common backlogs showing up on WP:SPI, WP:AIV and WP:RFPP. It is requested that all administrators take some time during this month to help clear backlogs wherever possible. It should be noted that AIV reports are not always valid; however, they still need to be cleared, which may include needing to remind users on what qualifies as vandalism.
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New Page Reviewer Newsletter
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Submissions Deleted - Talib Kewli Album, "Radio Silence"
Hello Dodger67,

Thank you for addressing my recently created page. I would like to get the content ready and elligible for publication as soon as possible. Can you explain more in-depth why the page I worked to create was deleted for "promotional" purposes under the G11 rule? There does not seem to be any biased information in that text, nor links to where one may purchase the album. Thousands of pages like this exist, so I am confused as to why this one was no good. Please advise on what features should be removed.

Thank you, Bnrdmnd 12/12/2017 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bnrdmnd (talk • contribs) 21:14, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

Hello Dodger67,

I have made it clear in my User page that I am an employee of companies who have asked me to create and/or update Wikipedia articles for their respective content. Hopefully disclosing this information will expedite the approval process? Please let me know if more can be done to push this along on my behalf. Thank you. --Bnrdmnd (talk) 22:04, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

User group for Military Historians
Greetings,

"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.

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Seasons' Greetings
...to you and yours, from the Great White North! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 22:30, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

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New Year's resolution: Write more articles for Women in Red!
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New Years new page backlog drive
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Administrators' newsletter – January 2018
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Capitalisation of races in SA English
Howzit Dodge,

I recently brought up the capitalisation of races in a discussion with another contributor. For some time now, I have not been capitalising the races on South Africa-related articles, and indeed have been reverting existing caps to lowercase. The way I was taught in school was that races are not capitalised, but specific ethnic groups are ("black" and "white" would not be capitalised, but "Cape Coloured", "Xhosa", or "Indian" would).

What exactly is the norm in South African English? There appears to be no consensus as to whether or not racial demonyms should be capitalised as a matter of course.

Thanks! -- Katan gais (talk) 16:25, 4 January 2018 (UTC)


 * , I agree with you; black, white, Zulu, Afrikaner, Khoisan. Race is lowercase but an ethnonym is a proper noun so it must be written with a capital. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 19:55, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

21:15:55, 10 January 2018 review of submission by Jmontouliu
Hello Dodger67, and happy new year! Thank you for taking the time to review my draft page on the "Punta del Tigre B" Power Plant. Since my last submission was declined on the 26th December 2017 I have been working to improve the page's referencing by including references to several press releases as well as specific mentions by equipment suppliers and financial institutions that were involved in the project. I have also taken out from the draft pieces of information that could be considered (at least in my view) "original research", and made efforts to justify most of the submission's statements by external sources. I feel quite confident that the independent coverage requirements are reasonably addressed now, but I am not completely sure if I am overreferencing or if the sources I quoted can be considered in some way partial or at least not independent enough, or even if there is a cleaner way of presenting the references to make the page tidier and more readable.

I would wish to have your comments before resubmitting the draft, which I will take into consideration as kind advice.

Thanks again for your time. Best regards

Jmontouliu (talk) 21:15, 10 January 2018 (UTC)

Draft or not?
Should Talk:European Union disability policy have class=Draft or some other class? If some other class, can I change it?--Dthomsen8 (talk) 01:49, 21 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi, It's not in sandbox or draftspace so it obviously cannot be Draft-class. It's also much too long to be a Stub. It does however contain quite a few spelling and grammar errors, so Start-class is arguably the highest classification it can now have. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 07:41, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:48, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

First adminship anniversary!
Wishing Dodger67 a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Chris Troutman ( talk ) 19:21, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I can't believe it's been a year already! I've not been quite as active as I thought I might be, but I hope I've done some useful mopping. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 21:24, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2018). Administrator changes
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 * A tag will now be automatically applied to edits that blank a page, turn a page into a redirect, remove/replace almost all content in a page, undo an edit, or rollback an edit. These edits were previously denoted solely by automatic edit summaries.

Arbitration
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New Page Reviewer Newsletter
Hello, thank you for your efforts in reviewing new pages!

Backlog update: New Year Backlog Drive results:
 * The new page backlog is currently at 3819 unreviewed articles, with a further 6660 unreviewed redirects.
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 * Reviewing redirects is an important and necessary part of New Page Patrol. Please read the guideline on appropriate redirects for advice on reviewing redirects. Inappropriate redirects can be re-targeted or nominated for deletion at RfD.

Draft awaiting approval
Hi Dodger67, Some months ago I submitted a draft (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Fethard_St_Mogues_GAA_Club) and based on your suggestions, I have now resubmitted for approval. Could you please take a look adn make sure it is satisfactory for you as per your suggestions? Thanks, Bruschi. Bruschi12 (talk) 10:12, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 11
Newsletter • February 2018

Check out this month's issue of the WikiProject X newsletter, with plans to renew work with a followup grant proposal to support finalising the deployment of CollaborationKit!

-— Isarra ༆ 21:26, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

David Williams-Ellis
Thank you for your comments and help with the formatting. You say that some paragraphs are entirely un-referenced. Does this mean that the article will be rejected? Also can I use the information on his website as a reference?

EmmaJayneRWEmmaJayneRW (talk) 11:59, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

Fully protect my userpage
Can you fully protect my Userpage?? So that only I can editFountaineditor (talk) 13:39, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
 * , we do not proactively protect user pages. If you are finding yourself consistently vandalised you can request protection at WP:RFPP. Primefac (talk) 14:00, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

23:07:43, 28 February 2018 review of submission by Linusado66
I have provided valid references from third parties mentioning this big up and coming virtual reality company. I definitely think it deserves a spot on wikipedia as they are revolutionizing art in a way where you can access museum exhibitions from anywhere in the world. I re wrote my article three times taking in the notes the reviewers were telling me, but now I believe I have followed all the wikipedia rules and really would like this page to be published.

How is this not a valid source? https://news.artnet.com/art-world/experience-kerry-james-marshall-mastry-vr-1140995 This is just one of the 12+ articles I found online.

Please help me understand as I see multiple wiki pages with no valid links of resources.

Thanks Linusado66 (talk) 23:07, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2018). Administrator changes
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Deleting category pages
Hi Dodger67

On 21 February 2018 you deleted the pages Category:Scottish Paralympic competitors and Category:Scottish Paralympic competitors.

Your deletion reason did not meet any of WP:CSD criteria, so I have restored the pages. If you believe that the categories should not exist, you should open a WP:CfD discussion to seek a WP:Consensus to delete them ... but you should not unilaterally use your admin tools to delete pages which don't meet WP:CSD. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 04:46, 2 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi - Those categories should be empty (thus deletable per C1) because there is no such thing as a Scottish Paralympic team. Scotland, England, Wales are parts of Britain, they all compete as Team Great Britain. Just like Oklahoma, Florida, New York, etc. do not have Olympic teams separately from Team USA. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 11:43, 2 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Dodger67, this is not complicated:
 * Please read WP:C1 before citing it as the basis for using admin tools; it applies to categories that have been unpopulated for at least seven days. It does not say "categories which Dodger67 believes should be empty". Those categories were not empty, so WP:C1 does not apply. You believe they should be empty, but that is not the test in C1.  There was no basis for speedy deletion.
 * If you believe those categories should be empty, then open a WP:CfD discussion and seek a WP:Consensus.
 * the categories by Paralympic team take the form Category:Paralympic competitors for foo. These are categories by nationality, not by team, so they are named differently: Category:Fooish Paralympic competitors.  If you disagree with this form of categorisation, seek a consensus.
 * Please do not use your admin tools as a substitute for seeking consensus ... and please do not delete a category page while the category is still populated. That just creates a redlink on each page. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 12:07, 2 March 2018 (UTC)


 * thanks, I won't be following up this matter, per the consensus established at Categories for discussion/Log/2012 August 17 which can naturally be extended to Paralympians. -- Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 06:28, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Minibar Delivery
Thank you for trying to fix the copy-paste, but it wasn't a good-faith copy-paste. Since it was an exact copy of the same text using a different account name, it was either sockpuppetry (the more likely of the two explanations) or plagiarism. An SPI has been filed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Robert McClenon (talk • contribs) 17:18, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads-up. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 17:25, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
 * User:Dodger67 - In my experience, if a draft already exists, and a sandbox is then submitted to AFC on the same topic (so that the sandbox cannot be moved cleanly), one of the three situations applies. First, the same editor is creating both of them, which is a good-faith copy-paste for some reason.  Second, two different accounts are creating them, but with the same content, which is sockpuppetry, and a relatively common form of sockpuppetry, to try to get an advertisement or autobiography in.  Third, there are really two different editors, and the text of the two drafts on the same person is different.  This is relatively rare but not unknown, and then the two editors can be asked to pull their edits together into one draft.  Robert McClenon (talk) 17:45, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi Your first and third scenarios are fairly common in the AFC stream. Another that sometimes happens; a new editor comes along, finds a (semi-)abandoned draft, then copies it to his/her sandbox to work on it, while leaving the old draft untouched. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 17:52, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

More copypasta
, I've found some more copypasta which probably needs a history merge, a skill I have yet to master. Draft:Gaylord (band) and Gaylord (American Funk and Progressive Metal band), thanks Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 18:39, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Sorry about the edit on Culuture South Africa
On my browser the flag of South Africa appeared as the old Apartheid flag, I omitted it to be accurate and to prevent allegations of racism on Wikipedia. I do apologize as it appears to have been an error on my browser. DumaTorpedo (talk) 16:44, 11 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi actually somebody did change the flag in the template. I undid the change and put the template back on the article page. In future please keep in mind that South African law has no relevance on Wikipedia. In any case the "banning" of the old flag is only being discussed as an idea, it's nowhere near becomming a law yet. If such a ban does ever happen it could not apply to articles discussing history of the country.  Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 16:58, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

I am not sure what else. I think I have complied.
Dear Dodger67,

Thanks for taking the time to review the posting for Politics Done Right. I made the modifications from the previous decline by including citations from CNN, the Houston Chronicle, etc. I included ISBN for the book. I even included images of our talk show in several venues (these images were subsequently deleted even though I own them).

The section without citation are interviews that were done by Politics Done Right. Should I provide a link to each interview? I have all of those.

The other sections that do not include attribution concern the topics the show covers. The corroboration for that is the show itself. Should I link to specific shows?

Please note that the show is carried by the Pacifica Network and is broadcast live on air on KPFT 90.1 FM as corroborated by the KPFT and Pacifica Network citation. Shows like the Majority Report and The Dave Pakman show which are similar to Politics Done Right but not broadcast on air live already have Wikipedia acceptance.

Thanks for your kind review.

Regards, Edgar

EdgarBrown (talk) 06:42, 13 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi, yes cite all the sources, but look for independent sources wherever possible. Wikipedia does not really care for what the subject has to say about itself. Notability is based on what outsiders such as reviewers, professional journalists or academics have published about the subject.
 * You say "our talk show", that implies that you have some sort of involvement with the subject. In that case mandatory wikipedia policy requires you to declare your conflict of interest, and particularly if you are writing the article as part of your job or are in any other way being rewarded for doing so. Please carefully read and comply with WP:COI and WP:PAID insofar as they are applicable. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 07:08, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Dodger67, I am an avid listener to the show and asked them why they did not have a Wikipedia page and then told them I would put one up. They give us all ownership of that show and we all call it our show. You should check it out and listen to what the host says. I will link to the actual sources and find more citations. I simply surprised that what I have placed so far isn't enough especially given similar shows that are already listed that are much less skimpy on citations and are not even broadcast over the airwaves. It just makes me wonder if there is something else here. That's all. Thanks for your reply, Edgar 14:34, 13 March 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by EdgarBrown (talk • contribs)


 * Hi again Comparing articles is of very limited value, unless you're comparing to articles with a "Good Article" or "Featured Article" quality rating. The other articles could even be low quality junk that nobody has got around to improving or nominating for deletion. Wikipedia has been around for quite some time, in the early 2000s standards were not as high as now. A large proportion of articles have also never been reviewed. Of the more than 5 million articles just on the English Wikipedia it's a fairly safe bet that at least half a million do not meet the present standards. WP:OTHERSTUFF has useful information about this issue. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 18:34, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

20:20:03, 5 March 2018 review of submission by Larszhansen
Larszhansen (talk) 20:20, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Dear Dodger, Please this is my first time on Wikipedia as a contributor. I did not know that you would react that quickly. I posted contents from our web-site with a view to save it and edit it later to make it more neutral, taking for granted that you have a heavy backlog. You mention 2 months of waiting time, but in my case it took less than two hours.

Please, people should have the chance to familiarize themselves with Mali Folkecenter for Renewable Energy, so please give me a change to edit the text so it is neutral and informative.

Best regards, Lars ZH


 * Hi, you are welcome to continue working on the draft. When you are ready for another review you simply click the blue "Resubmit" button in the pink review box. The two months mentioned isactually the longest that it might take for a review to be done, but as you've seen it could be much quicker so don't resubmit it before you think its ready for another review.
 * Is there anything you would like specific advice about? I'd be happy to assist where I can. You should look for independent sources such as the mainstream press, magazines and perhaps academic or technical journals that discuss the organization's work in some depth and detail. Sources may be in any language, though we prefer English if they are available. Hope this helps. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 23:14, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, Dodger, I shall put in the (neutral) core contents and add and edit some more when time allows me. Hope that is ok? I guess you/wikipedia do not have the facility to translate into French, or how does that work? Also: I am not too sure how I (technically) handle the various boxes and columns that the reader sees when opening Wikip. Do you as an editor take care of that as well? Best, Lars — Preceding unsigned comment added by Larszhansen (talk • contribs) 13:06, 6 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi again, the priority now is to get the basic text done with proper referencing. Don't worry if your editing skills are not yet up to doing the "pretty" stuff, that can be fixed later by others. Writing for Wikipedia is a collaborative process, there are many editors who specialise in fixing layout and formatting. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 06:31, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Dear Dodger, Please tell me exactly what is wrong. As far as I can tell, there are plenty similar articles on Wikepedia: Mentioning and news clips and websites of collaborators. Some of them are considerably shorter than the Mali Folkecenter text. Please explain exactly I shall do. Best, Lars — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.64.107.219 (talk) 09:15, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Dear Dodger: I read this guideline: "This page in a nutshell: An organization is generally considered notable if it has been the subject of significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources. Trivial or incidental coverage of a subject by secondary sources is not sufficient to establish notability. All content must be verifiable. If no independent, third-party, reliable sources can be found on a topic, then Wikipedia should not have an article on it.".

Please, as far as I can tell I have now included quite a lot of "independent secondary sources" that ought to verify the notability of Mali Folkecenter. Is it because I have not put the references in the right spot? I am still new to this. So please assist. Best, Lars — Preceding unsigned comment added by Larszhansen (talk • contribs) 10:08, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

ACTRIAL - next steps for the Future of AfC & NPP
Hello, thank you for your efforts reviewing New Page and AfC submissions and your support for the ACTRIAL initiative.

The conclusion to the ACTRIAL report commissioned by the Wikimedia Foundation strongly reiterates our long-time on going requirements for the NPP and AfC processes to be improved. Within minutes of the trial being switched off, the feed was swamped with inappropriate creations and users are being blocked already. This is now the moment to continue to collaborate with the WMF and their developers to bring the entire Curation system up to date by making a firm commitment to addressing the list of requirements to the excellent suite of tools the WMF developed for Curation. Some of these are already listed at  Phabricator but may  need a boost. The conclusions also make some recommendations for AfC. A place to discuss these issues initially is here where you are already a task force member. Wikipedia:The future of NPP and AfC. To opt-out of future mailings, go here. From MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:02, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Winnie Mandela (film)
I did look, thanks. That was the only one I could find. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 17:25, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I see the error happened because someone had previously added an African-American category. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 17:28, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Well...part of the error came about also because someone created the category "Black Biopics" and didn't really define how it should be populated. So it was moved to a new name. Which is fine if it's a category only for films about Americans. But what about films for non-American figures? Do we want a category for those? I'm agnostic on the subject; I was just running a bit of cleanup. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 17:31, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Indeed, categorising films by the race of the subject is imho probably not particularly useful, and surely not uncontroversial. Perhaps a topic for a CFD discussion? Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 17:38, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm not quite convinced it's not useful. But it needs to be defined properly, which this wasn't. Yes, probably something to raise at CFD at some point. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 17:46, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Ratel lineart table
Hi Dodge,

I'm proposing we scrap the current "variants" section on the Ratel IFV article (the table with the lineart images) and replace it with a more traditional text-based section delineated into 1) production marks, 2) variants by armament, and 3) derivatives, as per EE-11 Urutu. Could you have a look and let me know what your thoughts are? I'd value your input on this.

Thanks, -- Katan gais (talk) 04:34, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Status of Review?
Hello Dodger67:

I received a note from you earlier this week about a draft article I am writing and wondered if you could tell me where things stand. Here's the article I am referring to:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Context-Based_Sustainability

I was told by someone on your help line today that we cannot use quoted statements from others in an article even if they come from publications that are copyrighted by me. The statements from others I want to use constitute independent and reliable third parties whose comments about our subject are informative. They just happen to be taken from a book that I wrote and copyrighted. Is it true that I cannot include quotes from my own copyrighted publications in my Wikipedia article?

Next, I am prepared to add all of the missing references and then resubmit the article for your review. Should I take that step now or do you have additional comments coming back to me that I should see first?

Thanks for your help!

Mark (Mwmcelroy) Mwmcelroy (talk) 18:12, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Oakbay Investments


Hello, Dodger67. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Oakbay Investments".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the, , or  code.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. » Shadowowl  &#124;  talk  14:47, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

April 2018 Milhist Backlog Drive
G'day all, please be advised that throughout April 2018 the Military history Wikiproject is running its annual backlog elimination drive. This will focus on several key areas:


 * tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
 * adding or improving listed resources on Milhist's task force pages
 * updating the open tasks template on Milhist's task force pages
 * creating articles that are listed as "requested" on the project's various lists of missing articles.

As with past Milhist drives, there are points awarded for working on articles in the targeted areas, with barnstars being awarded at the end for different levels of achievement.

The drive is open to all Wikipedians, not just members of the Military history project, although only work on articles that fall (broadly) within the scope of military history will be considered eligible. This year, the Military history project would like to extend a specific welcome to members of WikiProject Women in Red, and we would like to encourage all participants to consider working on helping to improve our coverage of women in the military. This is not the sole focus of the edit-a-thon, though, and there are aspects that hopefully will appeal to pretty much everyone.

The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 April and runs until 23:59 UTC on 30 April 2018. Those interested in participating can sign up here.

For the Milhist co-ordinators, AustralianRupert and MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:53, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Women in Red World Contest
Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale! — Preceding unsigned comment added by MediaWiki message delivery (talk • contribs) 03:09, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

Can You Help?
Hello Dodger67. Can you please help me with something? Within the past week or so, you were instrumental in helping me to get a new article launched (ContextBased Sustainability). Part of that was that you included a list of issues at the top of the page that needed to be resolved afterwards. Over the past several days, I have made many painstaking efforts to address those issues, some of which you acknowledged and then took steps to delete them from the list at the top of the page. Yesterday, another editor (Kirbanzo) stepped into the picture and undid all of that, restoring the page to what it was on 3/25, including the list of issues that you and I had worked so hard to resolve. Now I can't get Kirbanzo to respond further. I really must protest in the strongest possible terms to what seems like an arbitrary, capricious and downright thoughtless move on that editor's part and was hoping you could intervene to help me get the page restored to what it was as of yesterday when I made my most recent change to it. Can you help? This revolving door of editors stepping into and out of the picture without regard to what has come before is terribly dysfunctional.

With thanks in advance, Mwmcelroy2601:185:8301:911E:ACAD:F211:31B8:9DCC (talk) 14:29, 29 March 2018 (UTC)