User talk:Ged UK/Archives/2015/December

Used to Love You
Thanks so much for protecting Used to Love You! Now that that fiasco is over with, do you know anyone who would be willing to review the article? Thanks; much appreciated! Carbrera (talk) 00:46, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
 * What sort of review? Ged  UK  12:58, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 02 December 2015

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Expressionism
Extend PC time? --George Ho (talk) 19:22, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Done. Ged  UK  12:57, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

Khtzkonk Monastery
Hello, I see that back in 2012 you semi-protected this article. It looks like the same IP address editor has returned and is again repeatedly reinserting the same unsourced OR material. Would it be possible to re-apply the page protection? It's a fairly obscure article (I only found it because I was looking at past edits by Cirflow who seems to share my interest in architecture from this area) - so unless the article is going to be constantly watched this misinformation might remain unless it is prevented from being reinserted using article protection. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 17:11, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I've put pending changes on for a year, and I've added it to my watchlist. I'll see if that works. Ged  UK  11:58, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you, that should fix the problem. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 22:08, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

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Fazura
Thank you so much for protecting the page. Can't stand seeing numerous vandalism attacks as I am one of the contributor to that page. May God bless you! —14:36, 4 December 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Avriliza (talk • contribs)
 * No problem. Ged  UK  14:56, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
 * @Ged UK: Since the protection period are over by today, please consider to protect the page again as an act of vandalism has just strikes, again. Thank you so much! —Avriliza (talk) 23:03, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I've given it another 3 weeks. Ged  UK  12:17, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

BENN JORDAN
This article has been tagged for deletion and is quite dubious as the musician clearly wrote it himself, is not notable, and has 18 seperate articles for purported releases that are unsourced, not notable or never actually released. Total Puff Piece. Please assist by locking page to amateur editors, and ensure the deletion process runs its course on the talk page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benn_Jordan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Musicchief007 (talk • contribs) 10:58, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi there. Just so you know, any editor except the article creator can remove a speedy deletion tag(s). That counts as a rejected CSD. If you still think it should be deleted, then you take it to AFD which is much tighter and can only be closed through that process. was one of the people removing the tags, and they're an admin so they're perfectly entitled to. I'm not going to protect this at this stage, let the AFD run its course.  Ged  UK  12:30, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Angels with Dirty Faces plot copy-edit
Hi, Ged, great talking to you again! As you already know, I have been improving the article on Angels with Dirty Faces. While I am nowhere near finished improving or expanding the article, I was wondering if you had any time to make copy-edits / improvements to the article's plot section? I have finished writing the production section; and am very happy with it, but after reading the plot, I have come to the conclusion that it is poorly written, and I am having trouble getting it up to scratch. If you don't have the time to make any edits or improvements to this section, then don't worry, its fine! Either way, I look forward to hearing back from you. All the best, Martin. -- Metal121 (talk) 18:42, 12 December 2015 (UTC).
 * Done :) Ged  UK  13:24, 17 December 2015 (UTC)
 * It's greatly appreciated my friend! If you ever want me to return the favour some day, just ask! :D -- Metal121 (talk) 17:26, 17 December 2015 (UTC).

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Aqib Shah
Hi Ged. The mainspace article for Aqib Shah is currently protected from being created (deleted four times in two days back in Oct 2009). Yours is the last name against the deletion log. There is a cricketer with this name who has played first-class cricket, therefore meeting WP:NCRIC, and I've created the stub in my sandbox. I'd be grateful if you could move this into the mainspace. Any issues, please drop me a note. Thanks.  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 15:48, 21 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Ah, I see you might not be around (Christmas?! Humbug, I say!) I'll alert one of the other admins who deleted the original article. I think Bearcat is around. Thanks.  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 09:52, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Done :) I'm not on much over the holidays, but I get emails when someone edits this talk page! Ged  UK  14:54, 22 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Nice one - thank you! Have a good one.  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 14:57, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for page protection#Fuck (disambiguation), Maddox (writer), Ronald McDonald
You are invited to join the discussion at Requests for page protection, Maddox (writer), Ronald McDonald]]. Someone is calling you for your request for Ronald McDonald. Thanks. Qwertyxp2000 (talk &#124; contribs) 00:41, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

VisualEditor News #6—2015
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