User talk:Grendelkhan/Archive10

Portal:Railways listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Portal:Railways. Since you had some involvement with the Portal:Railways redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Thryduulf (talk) 15:05, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Bird scooter company logo.png
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ArbCom 2019 special circular
   

This message was sent to all administrators following a recent motion. Thank you for your attention. For the Arbitration Committee, Cameron11598 02:47, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular)
ArbCom would like to apologise and correct our previous mass message in light of the response from the community.

Since November 2018, six administrator accounts have been compromised and temporarily desysopped. In an effort to help improve account security, our intention was to remind administrators of existing policies on account security — that they are required to "have strong passwords and follow appropriate personal security practices." We have updated our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular, two-factor authentication remains an optional means of adding extra security to your account. The choice not to enable 2FA will not be considered when deciding to restore sysop privileges to administrator accounts that were compromised.

We are sorry for the wording of our previous message, which did not accurately convey this, and deeply regret the tone in which it was delivered.

For the Arbitration Committee, -Cameron11598 21:03, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Willimantic, Connecticut
The article Willimantic, Connecticut you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Willimantic, Connecticut for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Bolter21 -- Bolter21 (talk) 05:42, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

plastic recycling bale
Hello, My name is Hannah and I’m looking for a picture of bales of recycling plastic (or a bale).

I need it for an infographic poster for a craft show I’m attending.

I’d like to showcase the difference between PET mitts and wool mitts, by having a picture of plastic recycling bale next to a picture of sheep wool.

I’m not sure how to get a high res image of a bale of plastic and thought I’d reach out to you :)

Is there a url I can use? Or do I just right click download. I’d, of course, attribute the image to you. Would I need to pay for a high res image?

Thanks so much for helping if you can :) Warmly, Hannah Saltpony (talk) 01:12, 19 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Hi! You absolutely do not need to pay for use of the images, though you do need to provide attribution, which you were already planning on doing! To get the high-resolution original version of the image, go to the image description page, and either click on the image itself, or on the 'Original file' link below the image. For more about reusing content, see the Simple media reuse guide on Commons. And good luck with your project! --grendel&#124;khan 18:38, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Babylon 5 races


A tag has been placed on Category:Babylon 5 races requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

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Orphaned non-free image File:Hugh Blumenfeld - Barehanded.albumcover.jpg
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 * I've requested undeletion for that page. grendel&#124;khan 23:24, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

You made two very poor additions to the "YIMBY" article
I have corrected two entries you added to the "YIMBY" article. One of them was original research from a blog aggregator called "Medium" and is not appropriate for Wikipedia. Please familiarize yourself with WP: Reliable Sources if you need help. I see you are an administrator, so I am not sure if I need to tell you this.

Also, the California LAO Report was critiqued in peer-reviewed and published research by UC Berkeley scholars. It explained how the source incorrectly concluded that market-rate development is effective in preventing displacement, when in fact, UC Berkeley's own Urban Displacement Project had to write a report that outlined the errors in the LAO report.

I've corrected these faulty additions to the YIMBY article and would like to remind you that Wikipedia is not the place for political advocacy. Clearly, there are divergent views on this issue, with privately-funded interests having views that diverge from what the peer-reviewed research shows. Wikipedia requires a neutral viewpoint. Again, you are an administrator, so I'm not sure if I have to say this, but there is nothing wrong with a healthy reminder. CrenshawLine (talk) 01:25, 7 June 2020 (UTC)