User talk:IntoThinAir/Archive 30

Request for adoption
Hello Everymorning, I saw your ad on the adoptee´s area. I´ve been editing for Wikipedia for a while and and I think getting adopted would be a great upportunity for me to learn more about content creating etc.

Thank you,

Laboz125 (talk) 18:43, 28 November 2018 (UTC) Laboz125
 * Sure, I'll adopt you. Let me know if you want/need help with something. IntoThinAir (talk) 19:07, 28 November 2018 (UTC) IntoThinAir
 * Okay cool, I´ve created some articles previously. What would you recommend for me to do (except editing) to become more familiar with the Wikipedia environment? Laboz125 (talk) 18:09, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

Psycho-Oncology Edit
Hi, I intentionally made that edit to the Psycho-Oncology (not the capital "O" in oncology) to facilitate reduction in confusion between the page for the journal versus the page for the field. I realize the link to the field of psycho-oncology is already on the journal page, but I wanted to add an extra line to make it more clear. Thanks, and let me know if you have any other concerns about the edit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmacdonald7 (talk • contribs) 22:26, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of Siobhan Thompson for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Siobhan Thompson is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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 * Hey we could use your input on the deletion discussion above. I've been trying to improve the sourcing, thought you might have some other ideas. --Krelnik (talk) 22:41, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of RapReviews


A tag has been placed on RapReviews requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about web content that does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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Proposed deletion of RapReviews


The article RapReviews has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "Article fails to establish notability of website"

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DYK for Statcheck
Gatoclass (talk) 00:02, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.16 15 December 2018
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HI IntoThinAir
how do I make a line break when there's already text in a section?

I'm trying it here now. BillyRayHiRes (talk) 21:45, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

Ok so I guess I just need to double-space it? That seemed to work. BillyRayHiRes (talk) 21:45, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Yeah, just adding a line of blank space should do it. IntoThinAir (talk) 21:58, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

Take part in a survey
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I also have autism
bradleyagin 22:05, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of Gwern Branwen


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Happy New Year!




 IntoThinAir , Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, and a Happy New Year to you and yours! North America1000 14:40, 1 January 2019 (UTC)


 * – Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year}} to user talk pages.

2019


Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht

Happy 2019

a time for thanks and praise

begin it with music and memories

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:48, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

DYK for Raymond Arritt
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 00:01, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for creating the article! Please check out "Happy" (thread above) once more, for his smile, and sharing, and resolutions. I wanted that for 1 January, but then wasn't sad about having our music pictured instead. Not too late for resolutions, New Year or not. DYK that he probably kept me on Wikipedia, back in 2012? By the line (which brought him to my attention, and earned the first precious in br'erly style) that I added to my editnotice, in fond memory? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:16, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Talking Angela.jpg
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Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors!
Thanks again :-) --  Doc James  along with the rest of the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation 17:41, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Joseph Terwilliger


The article Joseph Terwilliger has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "No indication this individual meets WP:GNG, nor WP:NPROF. The independent sources are all about Rodman's trip, which means he's not notable per WP:BLP1E."

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Michael Woodley of Menie page
The Michael Woodley page has been remade, this time with more sources, so I think it will stay up this time. I'm notifying you because you often edit BLPs of IQ researchers, and I think you previously created this page. I'm avoiding editing it myself due to WP:COI (MW is my coauthor). Deleet (talk) 22:45, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
 * You are correct that I did previously create this page. It was deleted at AFD because Woodley himself requested that it be taken down and no one objected in the AFD. Thanks for letting me know, I will look at the article. Of course, I am inclined to think he is notable enough for an article, since I already thought so when I created the page before. IntoThinAir (talk) 22:51, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

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Journal creation
This may interest you: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Academic Journals. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 09:12, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

Edit removal and current rephrasing
I appreciate you trying to keep information neutral!

Given the statement I edited to better represent the position of the Fetal Heartbeat Bill was prefaced with, "based on the conclusion," I did not think it could be construed as an unrepresentative, ideologically positive edition.

I have since made another edit.

Please consider the change and let me know why if you think it is unfair!

Cheers Ohairtneada (talk) 21:58, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

Reply
Grammatical corrections aren't constructive somehow? Indygirl15 (talk) 05:50, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
 * These are not mere grammatical fixes as I explained on your talk page and as other editors have already informed you. IntoThinAir (talk) 06:03, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

Hi there. I'm very sorry I am new and don't yet understand how the talk pages work so I'm guessing I'm doing this wrong. Either way, I wanted to thank you for adding the categories to the Bill Maher special I wrote. I wanted to do so, however I couldn't figure out how to do it. Would you mind telling me how to go about this so I can add it to others I do in the future? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Halfire101 (talk • contribs) 23:35, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Robin DiAngelo


The article Robin DiAngelo has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "Failure to meet notability criteria for academics. 1. the term 'white fragility' does not have a significant scholarly impact. 2. She has not received any prestigious award. 3. She is not at the high position of any society or association. 4. ditto #1 5. She's not a distinguished professor. 6. ditto #2 7. ditto #1 8. ditto #2 9.She is not in the field of literature or art."

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Precious anniversary
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Speedy deletion nomination of Mini Ladd


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NPR Newsletter No.17


Hello ,


 * News
 * The WMF has announced that Google Translate is now available for translating articles through the content translation tool. This may result in an increase in machine translated articles in the New Pages Feed. Feel free to use the tag and gently remind (or inform) editors that translations from other language Wikipedia pages still require attribution per WP:TFOLWP.


 * Discussions of interest
 * Two elements of CSD G6 have been split into their own criteria: R4 for redirects in the "File:" namespace with the same name as a file or redirect at Wikimedia Commons (Discussion), and G14 for disambiguation pages which disambiguate zero pages, or have "(disambiguation)" in the title but disambiguate a single page (Discussion).
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 * A discussion recently closed with no consensus on whether to create a subject-specific notability guideline for theatrical plays.
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Formatting Help
Hello! My name is Christian and I am a student at Mercyhurst University in Erie, PA. For one of my classes, I have been tasked with creating a wikipedia article. One of the first pieces of advice I received was to ensure my formatting matched with the standard formats of the various WikiProjects, or else they would be quickly pulled down. For your WikiProject, what formatting requirements must be met? Thank you!

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Red flag traffic laws
Hi, IntoThinAir,

You recently removed a hoax template from the article red flag traffic laws; I've been looking into the question, and I've become increasingly convinced that the part about disassembling the automobile is indeed some sort of hoax. I skimmed through Hastings' vetoes in the Pennsylvania state archives—the closest match I could find was an 1897 act requiring motorists to drive on the right-hand side unless they couldn't drive on the left, which he vetoed as garbled and self-contradictory. I couldn't find the text of that act, but I doubt that the quotes in the article were taken directly from it: apparently the word "disassemble" was only beginning to be used in that sense, with the first recorded transitive usage in 1893 or 1903. A great number of online sources reference that quote, but I believe none antedate the Wikipedia entry. The editor who inserted that material cited Oyslager's Illustrated Motor Cars of the World from 1967, which, according to its Hathitrust entry, does not contain the word "disassemble" (nor "equestrian" nor "pacified"); you added a reference for a 2018 book which purports to quote from a 1968 book; that 1968 book likewise does not contain "equestrian" or "pacified" or "conceal". Cheers, gnu 57 03:34, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
 * You may be right; all I could tell was that some of the content there was not a hoax as I could find sources for it. IntoThinAir (talk) 14:42, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

Please close formatting tags properly
When you insert bold or italic formatting, please ensure that it is closed properly, like this. Thanks! – Jonesey95 (talk) 09:47, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Sure, sorry. I took that content from another page where it was also formatted like that so I figured it was the right way; I guess not. IntoThinAir (talk) 12:51, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

Category:Car Seat Headrest songs has been nominated for discussion
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Nomination of Tricia Newbold for deletion
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Can you review an article again?
Hello. Can you review the article on Amanda Urban using ProveIt again, if you have a chance? Thank you. Frannyshaw (talk) 03:59, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

Review request ...
Hello again! I was under the mistaken idea that ProveIt was an automated app, akin to a bot of sorts, that cleaned up articles. I see now that it is more of a tool used to review citations, which is very helpful. My apologies (but I learned about ProveIt, thank you!).Frannyshaw (talk) 15:24, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

Question about sourcing
Hi, I noticed one of your contributions to the Race and Intelligence article (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Race_and_intelligence&diff=next&oldid=822773463) attributes the following quote: "Growing evidence indicates that environmental factors, not genetic ones, are more important in explaining the racial IQ gap." to Essentials of Psychology: Concepts and Applications by Jeffrey Nevid. However, the text itself does not seem to say this. You can see for yourself: https://books.google.com/books?id=dO8bCgAAQBAJ&q=+racial+IQ+gap#v=snippet&q=racial%20IQ%20gap&f=true. Any idea as to how this happened? I am sure it was an oversight, but unfortunately as the article is protected, I cannot change it. Thanks for your attention to the matter.
 * Well if you look at page 271 it says "increasing evidence points to the importance of environmental factors in explaining racial differences in IQ". So it was not an oversight even if the exact text I added (which I did not claim was an exact quote) is not in the book. IntoThinAir (talk) 19:43, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid I don't understand. As you may or may not be aware, this is an extremely contentious article, and it suffers from contributions that are taken out of context, misquoted or plain biased.  As a result, it's important to be very careful when making changes to the article.  The text does not say (paraphrasing) "growing evidence indicates environmental factors are more important than genetic factors in explaining the racial IQ gap".  It says (again paraphrasing) "growing evidence indicates the importance of environmental factors in explaining the racial IQ gap ".  There is a significant difference between the two quotes.  As I mentioned, I am sure this misquoting was unintentional, but I did feel it should be brought to your attention.
 * From the context of the quote it seems clear to me that the meaning intended is that environmental factors are relatively more important than are genetic factors. The previous sentence on p. 271 was asking if the differences were genetic or environmental, and the paragraph after the quote starts "Another factor arguing against genetic explanations..." I am in fact aware that this is a controversial subject with an associated ArbCom case, and I see your point, but it seems that the source I cited does in fact aim to emphasize that environmental factors are more important than their genetic counterparts here. But if you want to remove the stuff about genetics in the quote in question in the article you can. IntoThinAir (talk) 22:52, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.18


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Hysterical
You might want to be careful about using the word hysterical, as here. I was banned from User talk:Jimbo Wales for using it, on the grounds that it is a gendered slur. Smallbones made sure that the ban was enforced. - Sitush (talk) 14:56, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the heads up. In any case I did not realize or care about the gender of the users whose reactions I was referring to when I said that, in case that makes a difference. IntoThinAir (talk) 15:06, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Me, neither! Didn't stop it happening because people read into things more than what is intended. - Sitush (talk) 15:09, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia:HOWMANYFRAMSCOULDASANFRANBANIFASANFRANCOULDBANFRAM? listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect HOWMANYFRAMSCOULDASANFRANBANIFASANFRANCOULDBANFRAM?. Since you had some involvement with the Wikipedia:HOWMANYFRAMSCOULDASANFRANBANIFASANFRANCOULDBANFRAM? redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. — xaosflux  Talk 15:23, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Ted Terry (politician) for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Ted Terry (politician) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Ted Terry (politician) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Bearcat (talk) 18:22, 13 July 2019 (UTC)

Deletion of Alis Rowe deletion template
Hi, I am a paid editor operating under full COI disclosure. I am currently representing Alis Rowe who recently contacted me via my website requesting that her page be deleted. I have discussed this on the talk page and have been advised to place an Afd on the page. Difficulties are arising because it is the third time the page has been nominated for deletion. The page only has primary and self published sources so unless you can see another reason as to why the page should be kept, could you please restore the template and set up the appropriate deletion discussion page please?Essayist1 (talk) 16:20, 17 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I removed the afd template simply because the 3rd-nomination AFD page had been deleted. You would have to nominate the page for deletion again for the afd to be added back. But given that the last AFD was deleted itself I'm not sure if this is a good idea. IntoThinAir (talk) 16:25, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Andy Mabbett


Hello, IntoThinAir. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Andy Mabbett".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the, , or  code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. UnitedStatesian (talk) 04:03, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

Meetup/Atlanta/Wiknic 2019 Sunday Aug 4
I wanted to update you that Meetup/Atlanta/Wiknic 2019 has been moved to Sunday August 4 (instead of Saturday).--Pharos (talk) 17:44, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

Quick question
Hi - just a quick question about this - if the discussion has already been included at the list of Texas-related deletion discussions, is it necessary to list it at the list of USA-related ones? I always assumed that it was better just to use the more specific one, but maybe I've been doing it wrong? Cheers Girth Summit  (blether)  00:49, 3 August 2019 (UTC)
 * No, you haven't, I'm sorry, I was wrong. IntoThinAir (talk) 00:50, 3 August 2019 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks - just wanted to check! I agree about the history one though, I missed that one! Girth Summit  (blether)  01:00, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

Metro Atlanta Wiki-Picnic Sunday: Meetup/Atlanta/Wiknic 2019
A friendly reminder that Meetup/Atlanta/Wiknic 2019 is Sunday in Morgan Falls Park from 11am-2pm!--Pharos (talk) 17:28, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Kimball Atwood for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Kimball Atwood is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Kimball Atwood until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. gnu 57 14:42, 17 August 2019 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Pal Benko
 Spencer T• C 12:38, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

New Page Review newsletter September-October 2019
Hello ,

Instead of reaching a magic 300 as it once did last year, the backlog approaching 6,000 is still far too high. An effort is also needed to ensure that older unsuitable older pages at the back of the queue do not get automatically indexed for Google.
 * Backlog

A proposal is taking place here to confirm a nominated user as Coordinator of NPR.
 * Coordinator

Why I Hate Speedy Deleters, a 2008 essay by long since retired, is still as valid today. Those of us who patrol large numbers of new pages can be forgiven for  making  the occasional  mistake while  others can learn from  their 'beginner' errors. Worth reading.
 * This month's refresher course

Do bear in mind that articles in the feed showing the trash can icon (you will need to have 'Nominated for deletion' enabled for this in your filters) may have been tagged by inexperienced or non NPR rights holders using Twinkle. They require your further verification.
 * Deletion tags

Please be sure to look for the tell-tale signs of undisclosed paid editing. Contact the creator if appropriate, and submit the issue to WP:COIN if necessary. WMF policy requires paid editors to connect to their adverts.
 * Paid editing


 * Subject-specific notability guidelines' (SNG). Alternatives to deletion
 * Reviewers are requested to familiarise themselves once more with notability guidelines for organisations and companies.
 * Blank-and-Redirect is a solution anchored in policy. Please consider this alternative before PRODing or CSD. Note however, that users will often revert or usurp redirects to re-create deleted articles. Do regularly patrol the redirects in the feed.

Regular reviewers will appreciate the most recent  enhancements to  the New Pages Feed and  features in the Curation  tool, and there are still more to  come. Due to the wealth  of information  now displayed by  ORES, reviewers are strongly  encouraged to  use the system now rather than Twinkle; it  will  also  correctly  populate the logs.
 * Not English
 * A common issue: Pages not in English or poor, unattributed machine translations should not reside in main space even if they are stubs. Please ensure you are familiar with WP:NPPNE. Check in Google for the language and content, and if they do have potential, tag as required, then move to draft. Modify the text of the template as appropriate before sending it.
 * Tools

Stub sorting, by SD0001: A new script is available for adding/removing stub tags. See User:SD0001/StubSorter.js, It features a simple HotCat-style dynamic search field. Many of the reviewers who are using it are finding it an improvement upon other available tools.

Assessment: The script at User:Evad37/rater makes the addition of Wikiproject templates extremely easy. New page creators rarely do this. Reviewers are not obliged to make these edits but they only take a few seconds. They can use the Curation message system to let the creator know what they have done.

is now patrolling certain categories of uncontroversial redirects. Curious? Check out its patrol log.

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