User talk:Joseph2302/Archives/2021/April

The Signpost: 28 March 2021
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Thank you for what you said on Yoninah's talk! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:22, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

... and also for what you said for RexxS --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:56, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

Creation of female footballers
Good job on the creation of female footballers articles! Very glad to see full formed articles (as opposed to one-line stubs)! Keep it up :) --SuperJew (talk) 19:40, 4 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks, I go through phases of creating things, and women's footballers seem to be my thing right now. Joseph2302 (talk) 20:31, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Téné Birahima Ouattara
— Maile (talk) 00:02, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-14
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19:38, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Civility
A few of your recent comments cross the line into incivility. "This editing pattern would suggest a vendetta against Lugnuts, and you seem to be jumping on the anti-Lugnuts bandwagon from the stupid ANI threads people keep raising" and "These seem like bad faith nominations . . . Seems like a deletionist who's been reading ANI too much" are completely inappropriate, especially on a project page. Please WP:AGF and consider striking these two comments:. –dlthewave ☎ 23:02, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
 * It's a valid question. Why have you suddenly decided to bulk nominate loads of articles created by one person in topic areas you've never edited before? It seems unusual and you've yet to provide an explanation. Joseph2302 (talk) 07:36, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Also, please never post here again. I don't like your deletionist attitude. Joseph2302 (talk) 07:46, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Salt A Page?
Hey Joseph2302, I saw your note on Gabriel Farman. How do I salt a page? Megtetg34 (talk) 14:20, 7 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Salting, or create protection, would need an admin to do. Basically it would protect the name Gabriel Fairman, so that users who aren't admins can't create a page with that name. It's used for repeatedly created articles (which definitely applies here). Assuming the article gets deleted, an admin can protect it at that time (or anytime after it's deleted). Joseph</b><b style="color:#000000">2302</b> (talk) 14:25, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

DYK for GPSO 92 Issy
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

2020 Baltic Cup
Hey Joseph I see we disagree on the 2020 Baltic Cup. You left a message on my talk page and I actually gave you evidence on how it isn't cancelled but you still kept it as a redirect. Can you please see my explanation? The 2020 Baltic Cup isn't cancelled. Mohammad (talk) 02:33, 11 April 2021 (UTC)


 * I will look at it if/when you get unblocked. <b style="color:#0033ab">Joseph</b><b style="color:#000000">2302</b> (talk) 14:12, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

DYK for 2021 British Athletics Marathon and 20km Walk Trial
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

Running SNG
Hi there. You've most likely seen the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Notability (sports). It has made me rethink the running SNG and seeing as you are one of the only other users who contributes in this area, I just wanted to hear your thoughts. The modern running SNG was written in 2010 and seems to have been written by just one user. That was 11 years ago and running, especially long-distance has changed an awful lot. Participation has greatly increased and the marathon world record has decreased by over two minutes. Therefore, I think some changes need to be made. For example, number 1. of WP:NATH Have competed in the Olympics, the IAAF World Championships in Athletics, the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics, the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, or the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships (former IAAF World Road Running Championships). seems a little lax in the sense that the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships had runners in the 1:10s which is a long way off international level. Also number 2. Finished top 8 in a competition at the highest level outside of the Olympic Games and world championships seems a little strict seeing as the 10th place finishers in the men's race decreased by 7 minutes between the 2010 London Marathon and 2020 London Marathon. These are just a couple of thoughts and I wanted to see what you had to say. Kind regards, Willbb234Talk (please &#123;&#123;ping&#125;&#125; me in replies) 11:20, 30 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Sorry, only just found this again. Yes I agree that 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships seems way too lax, when there's 100 competitors and many are over 10 minutes slower (or 15% slower than the race winner). And similar at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. For the marathons, we could expand the 8, but not sure how many more articles would become "likely notable" by changing it. Almost every male finisher at the 2020 London Marathon has an article, as do 11 of the 12 top women's finishers (below that it's mostly not very well known British athletes). And of the 2019 London Marathon top 10, 9 of the men and all 10 of the women have articles- I guess if someone finishes 10th at one marathon, it's likely that at some point they'll finish top 8 at a different one. Might be worth revisiting once the general sport's RFC is done, as that may have an impact on it. Although if I'm one of the most active contributors in this area, we may struggle to get much interest to change- I seem to go in and out of creating runners' articles. <b style="color:#0033ab">Joseph</b><b style="color:#000000">2302</b> (talk) 15:00, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Ben Connor
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

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16:47, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

My discussion in WP:ANI
On 13 March, you opened a discussion in the WP:ANI. I would like to know if you opened it because of the GA/FL continuous nominations or because of the numerous failed nominations. <b style="font-family: Verdana; color: #6633FF;">Dr</b> <b style="font-family: Verdana; color: #6633FF;">Salvus</b> 21:42, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Why don’t you ever answer my questions? <b style="font-family: Verdana; color: #6633FF;">Dr</b> <b style="font-family: Verdana; color: #6633FF;">Salvus</b> 06:33, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I don't intentionally ignore people, but occasionally I do miss things, so sorry about that. I raised the ANI because you were creating lots of failed GA/FLs, where they were a long way from meeting the criteria, or weren't eligible (as lists aren't eligible for GA, and you nominated a few lists for GA). If in the future you have enough experience to handle nominating lots of articles which meet the criteria at the same time for GA/FL then that would be fine. My annoyance was that none of them were meeting the criteria, and so it was just wasting people's time to review them. I'm glad you've chosen to stop nominating articles for GA/FL for now, as your contributions here seem to be generally positive for the encyclopedia. <b style="color:#0033ab">Joseph</b><b style="color:#000000">2302</b> (talk) 14:52, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks so much. Yeah, I ignored the feedback of other users but I changed the approach. I have decided that before making a nomination of GA, FA or FL I will open a peer review, as I have done with Peer review/List of Italy national football team hat-tricks/archive1 <b style="font-family: Verdana; color: #6633FF;">Dr</b> <b style="font-family: Verdana; color: #6633FF;">Salvus</b> 20:54, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * Thanks, have commented there. <b style="color:#0033ab">Joseph</b><b style="color:#000000">2302</b> (talk) 14:17, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Lefébre Rademan
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 12:01, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Stephanie Davis (runner)
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 12:01, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 April 2021
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Tech News: 2021-17
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21:23, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Irene del Río
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

May 2021 at Women in Red
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"Captain Thomas Moore" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Captain Thomas Moore. The discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 April 30 until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. &#8209;&#8209;Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 18:57, 30 April 2021 (UTC)