User talk:Festucalex

JG Barbara's article
I don't understand that my submission does not appear to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. I adopted a neutral point of view and I gave a range of independent, reliable, published sources. Please provide examples of miswriting. Jgbarbara49 (talk) 17:05, 19 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Dr. Barbara, with all due respect to your impressive academic career and status, Wikipedia simply does not want to deal with autobiographies. Autobiographies are almost always inherently biased, and they almost always get deleted. Take an example: Mrs. XYZ is a notable journalist, and she submits an article about herself to WP:AfC. She cites all the proper sources and adopts—ostensibly—a neutral tone, but what we in the AfC review team can't tell is what she might have omitted from that article. Mrs. XYZ might have, hypothetically, had some controversies in the past that she didn't include in the article. We can't tell easily, unless we do in-depth research into her background, which is simply outside the purview of AfC reviewers like myself. That's not even mentioning unconscious biases that exist about the self in every human being on Earth. Please read WP:AUTOBIO, and especially this section and this section, and don't take this personally at all. I'm sure I'd be honored to have a supervising professor like you when I hopefully start my PhD in the not-too-far future. 〜 Festucalex  •  talk  18:33, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Many thanks for your prompt and detailed reply. You convinced men with the omission argument. Of course most academics would simply create a new anonymous account with a new IP to post their biography with changes. But the omission argument makes me think that autobiographies would indeed need guarantors. I don’t know what kind of PhD you are looking for but I do supervise doctorates in Paris with university Paris Diderot in the history and philosophy of biology (although not in genetics and evolution). Also if you want to be my guarantor, feel free! My cursus was straight and it is reported on academic and institution websites (see FENS website for example in the external links). Anyway thanks again for your time. Jean-Gaël Barbara.Jgbarbara49 (talk) 05:04, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Trial of Lina E.
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Thank you! - It's also featured on Portal:Germany. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:22, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

While today's DYK highlights Santiago on his day, I did my modest share with my story today, describing what I just experienced, pictured. I began the article of the woman in green. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:43, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

Women in Red
Hi there, Festucalex, and welcome to Women in Red. We look forward to more articles about women scientists and activists. In this connection, you might find it useful to look at some of our essays, perhaps starting with the Primer. And as you are an Arab, you might be interested in contributing to our August focus on women from the Arab League countries. Please let me know if you run into any difficulties or need assistance. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 07:36, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

Women in Red August 2023

 * A very good suggestion. I've already found some articles I'd like to create in the Meetup 280 page. Small question though: does the article have to be in these lists for it to count towards the WikiProject? 〜 Festucalex  •  talk  08:50, 29 July 2023 (UTC)


 * There is absolutely no requirement for an article to appear in the Women in Red lists. If you are aware of other women from these countries who deserve an article, you can list them on the meetup page under "Redlinked names not currently included in a Women in Red redlist" where other editors will be able to work on them if you do not have time yourself.--Ipigott (talk) 10:01, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Mustansirite Hardship
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New pages patrol invitation

 * How nice of you. I was actually going to request NPP permission soon. I'll do it now. Thanks for the nudge. 〜 Festucalex  •  talk  17:45, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for being willing to give it a shot! Hey man im josh (talk) 17:48, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Done. Now we wait. By the way, if administrators have a mop, what do patrollers have? A whistle? 〜 Festucalex  •  talk  18:00, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Some masking tape, string, and a broom with a broken handle? If you bend over you can still use the broom to sweep! Hey man im josh (talk) 18:02, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Some good boots and an ice pick for climbing the massive pile of papers. 〜 Festucalex  •  talk  18:04, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Steel toed rubber boots and a dull ice pick, best I can do. Hey man im josh (talk) 18:05, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
 * That'll have to do! 〜 Festucalex  •  talk  18:06, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Klimaseniorinnen
Hello Festucalex, you declined the article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Klimaseniorinnen. While I understand the issue about more neutral sources, we looked them up and didn't find them. So my question is now: Should we erase those paragraphs and then submit again, or how do we go about it? Another question: In the meantime, an article in German about the Klimaseniorinnen has emerged, here: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klimaseniorinnen_Schweiz does it maybe make more sense to just translate that one? Thanks in advance! Agneta Melzer (talk) 09:29, 11 August 2023 (UTC)


 * If there are no neutral, reliable sources to be found, then the article would almost definitely fail English Wikipedia's Notability Guidelines. It wouldn't be accepted if resubmitted. 〜 Festucalex  •  talk  09:34, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Well that is not about the general article, I was talking about some parts. How about the other question to translate an already submitted article that is currently online in German? Agneta Melzer (talk) 11:02, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
 * You definitely can translate the German article, but please read Translating German Wikipedia before you do. There are significant differences between English and German Wikipedia that you have to keep in mind. 〜 Festucalex  •  talk  11:16, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you! 2A04:4540:6544:9C00:88C:E7B4:745D:2EEF (talk) 12:01, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

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DYK for Mustansirite Hardship
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Question from Kevinlloyd02 (00:09, 16 September 2023)
Hello, I appreciate your openness to provide support. How can create a wikipedia page for my friend who is a musician? Looking forwards to your guide --Kevinlloyd02 (talk) 00:09, 16 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Welcome to Wikipedia. Please check if your friend fulfills the General Notability Guidelines and the Musician Notability Guidelines because, if they don't, your new article would be liable to be deleted quickly. Also, more importantly, as you are connected to the subject of the article and may have a conflict-of-interest, you are heavily discouraged from creating that article yourself (see WP:PSCOI). Alternatively, you can request someone else to write the article on WP:REQUEST. 〜 Festucalex  •  talk  04:00, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

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Hello Festucalex I Have A Question on How to put a citation needed --LiamTera (talk) 14:58, 9 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Hey, assuming you have figured this out by now, but just in case please see Help:Introduction_to_referencing_with_VisualEditor/2 Nisingh.8 (talk) 06:44, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

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