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NPR Newsletter No.14 21 October 2018
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Shawn Wasabi
On this article, per WP:ABOUTSELF, I believe that Shawn Wasabi's tweet about his alias can be used as a source. He uploaded the track "Mac n' Cheese" under the "sssshawnnnn" alias in January 2014. Two months later, he uploaded the track "Uncool Lunch Tables" under the "Shawn Wasabi" alias, saying: "I changed my alias to Shawn Wasabi just recently! Most of you probably know me as sssshawnnnn, but I and most other people found it difficult trying to remember how to spell that". Why do you think it is nonsense? I still don't get it.

Please stop calling me "pretentious twit". Wikipedia is built on collaboration, so it's one of our core principles to interact with one another in a polite and respectful manner. Thank you. 153.202.229.243 (talk) 14:42, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you, that's actually reasonable. Just bombing that tweet in there looked very much like the typical fanboi move of plastering some idol's every jocular utterance into an article; this background makes sense. - Serving me with the kind of template you used does come over as a pretentious twit move, so please refrain from that. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 17:04, 27 October 2018 (UTC)

Edit summaries
Regardless of whether you agree with Vurrath (and you clearly don't, and I'm not going to pick through the talk page to find out who's right), there's no excuse for being rude in your edit summaries like that (e.g., 'wild waffle'). I've suppressed that summary; please don't do that sort of thing again. DS (talk) 15:03, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I'll politely paraphrase as "inventive and idiosyncratic contribution of possibly doubtful usefulness and limited legibility" next time. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 17:06, 27 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Polite paraphrasing is all I ask. He's sincerely trying to help. He came on the IRC help channel asking what could be done about this situation, and expressly stated that he's open to requests for clarity and editing. DS (talk) 21:26, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Well colour me amazed. That must be the first case ever of someone whose writing is convoluted to the point of cryptography and who is unable to just... use fewer words, maybe? I'll be interested to see how that goes. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 07:39, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

Unable to Complete Article Nominations
Unable to complete AfD for the following: "U Mad", "The Glory", "Drunk and Hot Girls", "RoboCop (song)", "Say You Will"

The rest can be merged into main articles for respective albums: "Coldest Winter", "The Bounce", "Down and Out", "Nobody, "Spaceship (Kanye West song)", "Two Words"

Others such "Never Let Me Down" are currently up for deletion or awaiting deletion/redirects. Many of these articles, such as "Drunk and Hot Girls", were redirected but user involved has removed redirects time and again with the proposition that any such article should be put up for AfD. Potentially a COI in place.

Apologies for any and all past incomplete or malformed AfDs. For background info, refer to comments made on User talk page
 * Replied on your talk page. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 08:58, 31 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Think it'd be more formal under a registered name. The rationales can be found in their talk pages. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.26.97.61 (talk) 18:19, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
 * , I must ask you to please provide me with a reasoned nomination statement for each if you want this done - I'm not going to put them together myself, and one can't ask commenters at AfD to go digging through editor user pages for scattered arguments. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 19:22, 31 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Sure thing.

AfD

"The Glory" Contains unreliable source(s), does not meet WP:NSONG, did not chart. Already explained at length within Graduation album article.

"RoboCop" Contains unreliable source(s), original research, does not meet WP:NSONG, did not chart.

"Drunk and Hot Girls" Contains unreliable source(s), does not meet WP:NSONG, did not chart. Already explained at length within Graduation album article.

"Coldest Winter" Contains original research, does not meet WP:NSONG, did not chart. Content can be incorporated into 808s & Heartbreak article, where its hardly mentioned.

"Say You Will" Contains unreliable source(s), does not meet WP:NSONG, did not chart. Also contains original research. Similar to Bad News, the information regarding live performance at Hollywood Bowl can be used in a separate article designated for the concert. Considering the amount of coverage the concert seemed to have received, and reviews from published by verifiable sources that have individuals have taken the time to gathered here along with the fact that its has its own page at Wiki Commons, quite odd the concert (which I think meets notability standards) doesn't have a Wikipedia article.

Merge

"Spaceship" Contains unreliable source(s), does not meet WP:NSONG, did not chart. Content can be incorporated into The College Dropout article. "Two Words" Contains unreliable source(s), does not meet WP:NSONG, did not chart. Content can incorporated into The College Dropout article, where the song is barely mentioned. "Nobody" While released as a single, it does not meet WP:NSONG, did not chart. Can be redirected into album.

Additional:

Experimental hip hop Misleading article almost completely devoid of sources. The primary basis for the article is an AllMusic entry describing a different subgenre.

Acoustic hip hop Lacking in verifiable sources to establish notability or credibility.

Hope this suffices. Thanks again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.26.97.61 (talk) 16:06, 1 November 2018 (UTC)


 * All right, sorted. Good luck. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 18:36, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

misinterpreting sources
Hi Elmidae: since you now have page reviewer rights, please have a short look at this diff https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rwindi&curid=58963237&diff=867376652&oldid=867374376. I came across this page by chance and checked the ref'ed source. I think you are aware that it’s not the first incident that these editors misinterpret a source, just a very recent one. What to do? Cheers -- BhagyaMani (talk) 09:57, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I don't have any special authority as a New page Reviewer, just a few extra tools :) Apart from that, you are certainly right - this statement based on this source is pure WP:SYNTHESIS and has no business being there. In fact, any connections of the article to lions of whatever flavour appears very tenuous. I have removed the image and "See also" entries. - The editor has shown rather bad morals in their sourcing so far. If they don't improve, I guess the usual approach applies, however arduous: collect instances and then drop the lot into an AN/I action if critical mass reached. I can't tell whether they already are at that point. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 10:50, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Another one, see :

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rufiji_Delta&type=revision&diff=867101043&oldid=866662929 -- BhagyaMani (talk) 11:36, 5 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Please have a look at a message I received: User_talk:BhagyaMani -- BhagyaMani (talk) 18:31, 5 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Re malign other editors : In your looong career as wikipedian, did you ever experience such a behaviour? Sometimes I look at the screen in disbelief, sometimes lolling, and feel like looking at a skit unfolding on stage -- BhagyaMani (talk) 12:19, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

I think this is ok to redirect the 'Dereck and Beverly Joubert' page to Eye of the Leopard. Before, it contained a redirect to 'Tiger versus lion', which imo was very unappropriate. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 14:13, 22 November 2018 (UTC)

African bush elephants
I don't have sources to the contrary, but how do you know if that book is valid source. We only need sources observed by human eyes. --Manwë986 (talk) 15:51, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
 * ...the fact that someone provided that book as a source indicates that they read it. Absent evidence to the contrary, you have no base to claim otherwise. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 16:12, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

But the book did not even have the records or reports that the lions can kill adult elephants. The author only stated the lion pride capable of taking down full-grown elephants, but he did not include the records or sightings that prove it. --Manwë986 (talk) 16:17, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
 * ...which you don't know because you don't have access to the book... right? -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 16:25, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

I looked into the book through the reference, all I see are only sentences of "In scenes that must resemble the cave lion attacks on mammoths are thousands of years ago" and "The lion pride are capable of taking down full-grown elephants ". Just these. But there are no records or reports of sightings that prove it. Access the book by yourself and see if there are records or reports of sightings which prove that sentence of "lions killing adult elephants" is relevant. --Manwë986 (talk) 16:34, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, I have done so. We are seeing as fraction of the text; without access to the hardcopy there's no telling what else is in that section. Thus you have no basis for your claim that the author provides no further details. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 18:26, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

Brandner Kaspar
Hi, you reverted my change from Tegernsee town to lake. Just for your information, it was actually my fault. Yesterday I've only took a quick look into the German article Brandner Kaspar where the lake is linked, not the town. However, today I looked at the original text; it may be translated as "The Brandner Kaspar was a locksmith and owned a small house near [the town] Tegernsee, nicely high up at the Alpbach at the route to the Schliersee." So he was not living directly in the town, but writing "a Tegernsee [town] locksmith" is ok and better than "a Tegernsee [lake] locksmith".

Thank you --Cyfal (talk) 21:51, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.15 16 November 2018
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Notification
Since didn't do the required notification, I figured I'd let you know there's a thread (though I can't discern what it actually says) about you at ANI. Praxidicae (talk) 15:34, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Cheers - it's highy unlikely that niceties like notifications would have featured with this editor, so I appreciate the heads-up :) -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 15:45, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Was that a complaint or a drive-by conceptual art project. Only history will tell. Simonm223 (talk) 15:53, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

Dangerous restart

 * Well, as I said - senior moment. I'm allowed one per quarter... |p -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 19:38, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

Checks and balances
Do not turn existing redirects with large numbers of incoming links into disambiguation pages without discussion. Definitely do not do this to create a WP:TWODABS page. See also WP:PRIMARY TOPIC; WP:DIFFCAPS. bd2412 T 04:48, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
 * - fair point, that probably produced more problems than it solved. So - (section) hatnote? Or no linkage at all? -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 07:51, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
 * A hatnote would be appropriate, yes. bd2412  T 12:22, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

Health in Mongolia
This is the anchor article for its own category. How do you think we can improve its categorisation?Rathfelder (talk) 10:39, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Is there no category that contains all these "Health in..." articles? Something like that is what I would have expected there. Also, "Healthcare by country"? Quite a number come to mind, actually. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 10:46, 21 November 2018 (UTC) (gotta run, back in 3h)
 * Indeed there is - Category:Health by country, but its a diffusing category. The individual articles shouldn't be in it. I dont think it makes sense to put these articles into Healthcare by country. that is a subcat of Category:Health by countryRathfelder (talk) 11:04, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I see - one of these "contains only subcategories" categories. No doubt you have the better overview here. I've de-tagged. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 14:10, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated
Hi, I'm MB. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Gaoligong forest hedgehog, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.

MB 03:13, 22 November 2018 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dogs: Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History, (if only more nominators were as nice, thanks:))

Coolabahapple (talk) 07:26, 22 November 2018 (UTC) 

2019 IFAF World Championships
I am confused as to why the redirect should be there if it prevents the growth of the article, all previous IFAF world championships have their own page.

-WeiszGypsy305 November 24, 2018 — Preceding unsigned comment added by WeiszGypsy305 (talk • contribs) 16:17, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
 * they have a page once there is actual material to put on it. Luckily Quidster4040 appears to have picked up the ball where you dropped it, and the resulting page is actually something that can stay in mainspace. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 18:02, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

Be Kind
I will keep editing my page, because that is my homework! Thank you for your commons, I will keep trying to improve that. However, I need that page show up whenever my teacher search that. Not the NCED3 one! Please! Thank you for your cooperation! — Preceding unsigned comment added by JieLin627812 (talk • contribs) 12:22, 25 November 2018 (UTC)
 * replied on your talk page. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 13:14, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

Evaluation of Student Articles
Hello Elmidae, Thank you for the work you do for Wikipedia. I appreciate how you helped my student salvage her text after the AfD lead to the deletion of her work. I was, however, rather frustrated to read the text of your original statement nominating the article for deletion. I have dedicated my life to encouraging young people, especially those from minority groups and disadvantaged backgrounds, to believe they can succeed in scientific fields. If I had received the comment you started the AfD with as a student it would probably have convinced me that academia was not the place for me to be (when in fact it is exactly where I should be). I am hoping against hope that this experience won't drive this particular student out of the sciences. Please do provide constructive criticism but please choose your words to be constructive and not hurtful. Wikipedia is not just about communicating facts but also about mentoring community members and our society's future leaders, which requires both encouragement and kind criticism. Thanks! Laurakreed (talk) 15:36, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi, I am sorry if this has had a discouraging effect on the student. I admit that with doing such quality checks and AfD nominations rather frequently, I have only a limited capacity for formulations that are guaranteed to hurt noone's feeling. The usual bare-bones version, much more commonly seen, would actually have been something like "Duplicative, fails WP:NOTESSAY. Over and out." Material does get judged harshly here, but we do our best not to extend that to the people, and I don't think I have done it here.
 * Not to give the impression that I'm trying to turn the tables, but you might want to communicate to your students something more about the structural requirements that this particular article has already run afoul of. I have noticed that a number of students in the course are poised to have the exact same experience when they go ahead and move their material into mainspace. I have left some notes for one of them (User_talk:Kaelengolden/sandbox) but you might want to spread that a little wider. Cheers -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 16:37, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the suggestion and giving Kaelengolden the concrete and constructive feedback that should help him. I will reemphasize your message about style with them. Laurakreed (talk) 18:25, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

WP:Civil
Put a cork in it. Lighten up. We are all volunteers here.. 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 15:08, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
 * As such we also rely on people not making out voluntary work harder by mechanically hitting the revert button because some box isn't ticked. - All right, I've become a bit stressed out with these student articles... have a peaceful weekend :) -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 15:13, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
 * What we've got here is failure to communicate. We can get along.  Happy holidays.  Cheers.  7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 15:15, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

AfD
Please see Talk:Mirwais Azizi. Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 18:26, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
 * thanks for the heads-up. I saw this pop up again in the NPP queue and actually figured I'd give it a miss this time round. Businessman notability is not my strong suite (mostly because I actively detest the kind of sources that tend to turn up by the cartload in paid-for bios, which makes for bad evaluation). If an AfD eventuates I'll look it into it again, but I'll not initiate it. Cheers :) -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 18:34, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

WP:NPA
Please do not attack other editors. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. This is uncalled for  ♟♙ (talk) 22:51, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
 * - I reserve the right of calling you on pointless and ill-considered contributions that show nothing but that you have not actually considered or understood the issue under discussion (NB, that neither notability or sourcing where ever under any criticism here, and we are talking about problems of WP:OR and WP:SYNTH). Contentious AfDs are difficult enough without such red herrings. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 07:49, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

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Harlequin Rasbora.
You have removed my comment concerning the Black Harlequin. A quick net search will quickly find videos of them in peoples tanks. They are available from time to time in many aquatic retailers. I think I know a little about Harlequins as I have kept them on and off for over 50 years and regard myself as a cyprinid specialist. I would however agree that the comment may be better suited to the description section, but generally regard that as the description of the wild fish. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adrianxw (talk • contribs) 13:48, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
 * - the problem is that you did not provide a reliable source that allows readers to verify the statement (and no, a video won't do). If you can rustle up an article, website (non-forum) text etc. that describes this, feel free to re-add. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 13:58, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

I can't be bothered to jump through hoops in an attempt to help other people. The fish are a commercial product, I very much doubt there are "acceptable" articles about them, perhaps a quick mention in Practical Fishkeeping or Tropical Fish Hobbyist, but why would there be? Forget it, I will. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adrianxw (talk • contribs) 08:06, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
 * well, them's the breaks here - our charter is to summarize information already published in reliable sources, not collect all possible information on any subject. There's plenty of things that experts know to be "true" (myself included, in my discipline) but that can't be part of a WP article because the rest of the world has not seen fit to write about it in sufficient depth. Verifiability for the reader is required. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 08:14, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Justin Klosky
Hi Elmidae, I write regarding one of my articles you tagged for deletion. What do you want me to improve on the article to prevent it from being deleted. The name of the article is Justin Klosky, please I need your response and assistance too Ziggy 2milli (talk) 12:41, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
 * As is stated in the AfD nomination, there is a complete absence of independent, reliable sources that cover the subject in depth. Instead you have piled up a dozen random articles that drop his name somewhere or just let him waffle. Neither demonstrates notability. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 12:55, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

Most of the references are reliable sources they discussed about him and his ocd experience firm. They recognize him as actor too please take out time to go through the references — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ziggy 2milli (talk • contribs) 16:53, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

Notice
Hello! You can check out my reply at Articles for deletion/Freak Me (Ciara song). AfD as itself is not a problem at all and is a smart way to try and resolve things around. It is just that I feel the full deletion would solve this much better. This AfD is just going in an obvious path, redirect again like it was used to be, so that is my question here. It's not like there would be a big loss of content here and would prevent IP users to meddle with the article (as they cannot create articles). Jovanmilic97 (talk) 18:51, 25 December 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Hi, the problem was that in your last edit you inserted your entire text into an existing reference (Winter) rather than behind it; your own references are well-formed. - However, I must agree with the editor who has reverted that entire insertion. The lede of this article is intended to summarize the contents, not add new material; actually it shouldn't talk about Greek oligarchy at all, since that isn't treated in the text body. In any case, details about Philippides would probably not be very well located here. Cheers -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 08:49, 29 December 2018 (UTC)