User talk:Frank/Archive 11

Christopher Jaroniec
According to the WP:Academic #3 the person is notable as long as he is a fellow of some notable society, in this case, he is a research fellow at the National Science Foundation a respected organization, and therefore makes him notable.--Mishae (talk) 03:40, 20 December 2013 (UTC)


 * The article (and its lone source) do not say that; what they do say is that as a graduate student, he was a graduate research fellow. That is not the same thing. Nevertheless, you are free to follow the procedures set forth in WP:PROD. Frank  &#124;  talk  03:50, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I removed prod and added CV where it mentioned that he have even more awards and numerous peer-reviewed articles, which according to WP:Academic makes him notable. I am a bit surprised why I couldn't find CV earlier...--Mishae (talk) 04:40, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Sophie Masloff
Hi. Can you point to me where in the article it backs up the claim that "Masloff, who was 70 years old when she took office, was characterized by her short stature and raspy, nasal voice, along with her ability to speak Pittsburghese (the local dialect). These attributes were quickly caricatured by political cartoonists. Her image as a "little Jewish grandmother" made her a well liked figure, even by those who disagreed with her administration. Masloff is best remembered for pop-culture malaprops. She once referred to Bruce Springsteen as "Bruce Bedspring". When the Grateful Dead came to Pittsburgh, she called them the "Dreadful Dead" and their fans "Deadenders"."? I see the part where it mentions her referring to "The Who" as "The How" (which is why I left that in), but I don't see any of the rest of that paragraph. Thanks. Canadian  Paul  23:01, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
 * My mistake, and I've self-reverted. You are quite correct; the one thing you left is the only thing that actually is cited in that reference. I mis-read the edit. If I can find cites, I'll restore the info, but not before. My apologies. Frank  &#124;  talk  23:32, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
 * No worries, it happens (just usually to me, not other people, haha). Canadian   Paul  23:53, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

Mecaplast Group
Thank-you for the recent modifications you have made to the page. Sincerely appreciated.(Albert av (talk) 14:45, 14 February 2014 (UTC))
 * No worries. It would be nice to find more independent sources; do you know of any? Frank  &#124;  talk  14:46, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

Request for comment
Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:47, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Checkuser
Hello, since you're no longer a checkuser, would you remind removing Category:Wikipedia checkusers from your userpage? I came here while looking for assistance from a checkuser. Nyttend (talk) 13:56, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thanks for the note. Frank  &#124;  talk  04:08, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Talkback
Shearonink (talk) 20:33, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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Requesting rollback
The user Helmoony is mass-removing "Tunisian arabic" in articles that was in place since several months. after the debate in Tunisia portal in september, an admin finally decided to grant the mention of Tunisian arabic for the names of people and places. Things were so settled since then, but the user Helmoony is recently removing all the mentions, could you please do something about it ? Thank you.Zangouang (talk) 16:20, 5 January 2016 (UTC)


 * I don't think I'm qualified to judge the merits of this particular matter; I read the discussion at WP:ANI and it seems there is a long history to this. Perhaps those more closely involved can offer counsel. Frank  &#124;  talk  12:14, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

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Aerosmith
Sorry, a lot of the edits seemed to be unnecessary grammar and word choice changes (most cases, for the worse) and adding too many unnecessary details to the lead. I do agree that the reference improvements and perhaps some of the changes to the body were salvageable. I'll try to restore them when I get a chance. If you have time, and would like to at least restore the reference improvements, I would appreciate it. Abog (talk) 17:46, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins
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Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:33, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

A new user right for New Page Patrollers
Hi.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins) .MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Protection on Debbie Reynolds
Can you reset the PC protection? That one ends first, while the semi-protection ends later? --George Ho (talk) 03:21, 29 December 2016 (UTC)


 * ✅ Frank  &#124;  talk  03:24, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Actually, no. I still see blue highlighters in the history logs. George Ho (talk) 03:26, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Also, if both will end simultaneously, PC protection is unnecessary. George Ho (talk) 03:27, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Looks like you're correct and I learned something about PC; I've fixed it (again). Thanks. Frank  &#124;  talk  03:32, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

Maxine or Maxene?
Did it every occur to you that the source might be in error? The authenticity of source information cannot be guaranteed or verified. This same problem exists with Tonya Harding. Her middle name is spelled Maxene, but Maxine might be the correct spelling.

I perused an exhaustive list of girls' names; Maxine comes up, but there is no listing for Maxene.

I would be willing to lay odds that "Maxine" is the correct spelling for the name.

Anthony22 (talk) 15:02, 29 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Sure it occurred to me, so I checked other sources and found it as "Maxene" with an E in other places, including CNN. It's not our job to decide that an "exhaustive list" is more accurate than the actual source we are referencing for the information. Frank  &#124;  talk  15:10, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
 * In addition, the spelling of a person's name is - whether we spelling snobs like it or not, and I do count myself as a spelling snob - a personal thing. I personally know of people who spell the name Michael as Micheal, which is "wrong", except that it's what is on their birth certificates, so by default it is right. Frank  &#124;  talk  15:14, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

If you will click on the following link, you will see that the the name is spelled Maxine:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001666/bio

A great deal of source information is hearsay, conjecture, speculation, or information to the nth degree. I guess that you would have to go all the way back to Debbie Reynold's mother to verify the spelling of the name.


 * I'm not saying that there are no references that use Maxine as the spelling; indeed, I agree that is by far the more common spelling I've heard of. But IMDB as a source? This essay explains why that's a bad idea. Sure, it's an essay, not a policy, but as long as I've been around these parts, IMDB hasn't been what we think of as a reliable source. Frank  &#124;  talk  15:36, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

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Request for deleted page information
Hello I'm the admin of the Katy Perry Wiki and I was wondering if I can see the information from the deleted page "(A) Katy Perry". IT was deleted years ago, but I thought it would be worth a shot asking an admin. Thank you have a great day. Cyberjoel95 (talk) 05:13, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm not clear what you're asking for. The page history for Katy Perry goes back to 2008. What do you need? Frank  &#124;  talk  15:21, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

Category:Wikipedians who like NationStates
Hey! Based on your edits to NationStates, I thought maybe you would be interested that I started a series of userboxes for the game. Feel free to add any or add your own!- 🐦Do☭torWho42 ( ⭐ ) 05:50, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

Ben Judd (producer)
I've restored the article, and expanded the it significantly. I argued for notability on the talk page. Harizotoh9 (talk) 09:31, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

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Hello,

This is Nupur Chine. I had done few edits which were deleted from the articles. Can you please copy it to my userpage? Nupur Chine (talk) 12:55, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

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Valérie Belin
Hello Frank, my text on Valérie Belin page has been deleted because it has been identified as copyrights infringement, can I recover a copy of the deleted version on my page? So how can I add a bibliography (which is also on the artist's website) without it being considered plagiarism? Thanks a lot Clotse (talk) 15:53, 28 June 2021 (UTC)Clotse


 * Hi Clotse - thanks for contacting me. If you are copying and pasting text directly from another web site, that's plagiarism and not allowed. You'll need to re-write the content in your own words. Frank  &#124;  talk  17:32, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!
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New administrator activity requirement
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