User talk:Lee Vilenski/Archives/2019/December

Please comment on Talk:Murder of Laquan McDonald
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List of world snooker champions
Hi! Please review my recent changes to List of world snooker champions and amend as appropriate. Mid-table probably isn't the best place for the addition, but that's where the request for clarification had been. Thanks! BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 22:02, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi the actual text looks good - I'd suggest it being written as a note (such as efn) so it doesn't stand out so much on the table. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski  (talk • contribs) 11:17, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Please comment on MediaWiki talk:Titleblacklist
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Thanks
I'd never used the "thanks" feature found on the page history... so I tried it for you after you changed the biography class on the page I linked. So anyway, thank you! --gobears87 (talk) 20:05, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
 * No problem. Yeah, you get a ping type notification (I'll send you one so you know what happens.) I should mention that references don't have to be implicit (with footnotes), you can have an article with a load of references at the bottom, and it be deemed to be referenced. However, there were a lot of issues with the first article, so I changed it to start. (Whoever wrote it doesn't know what a paragraph is.) The other one could probably be upgraded, but I only skimmed it, and I didn't feel like I was suited to do that. Have a great day. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:13, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't think I got a "ping" but that's ok. Thanks for looking at those pages... the first wasn't horrible but really did need references and so much of the content was opinion! The Beatrix Farrand page is actually quite good and needs at least a C rating if not B. I'll consider it or mention on its talk page. :-) Thanks again! --gobears87 (talk) 20:17, 9 December 2019 (UTC) EDIT: no ping but I now see the notification - cheers!

Please comment on Talk:Trump–Ukraine scandal
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Reshiram and Zekrom
Hey, I'd like to try my hand at a draft article for Reshiram and Zekrom; how can I get started, and how can I bring it to the WikiProject admins' attention? I've tried to look for instructions on how to submit articles, but to no avail. --Eh! Steve (talk) 19:45, 13 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, . It should be noted that creating an article on Wikipedia is one of the hardest thing to do, especially on WP:POKEMON. You would be best suited to finding WP: RELIABLE, WP:INDEPTH, WP: INDEPENDENT sources for the subject. This isn't bulbapedia, there are strict rules over what topics can be covered in Wikipedia.


 * With that being said, you can simply search for Draft:Zekrom and create by clicking the red link. Or, I suggest the WP: article wizard is a good place to start. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:23, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Bruce Pascoe
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Your GA nomination of Marharyta Fjafilawa
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Your GA nomination of Gerda Hofstätter
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6 red variant event
lee a 6 red variant event cannot and has never had the same colour coding as a 15 red event. it has to be different like previous variants.
 * Please discuss at the source ie Talk:Snooker season 2019/2020, rather than in multiple talk pages (such as here and user talk:Nigej). I don't really understand your prior edit summary saying multiple people agree with you, name dropping who has never posted in the discussions at all. There are plenty of editors who realise that it is very silly to have a weird gradient on one event, when realistically, we shouldn't have colours at all due to WP:access issues.


 * Please always remember to sign your posts.Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 23:04, 15 December 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 2019 World Open (snooker)
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Your GA nomination of 2019 World Open (snooker)
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Merry Christmas

 * thanks guys. Merry Christmas! Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 17:37, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

2019 Champion of Champions
Hello:

The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article 2019 Champion of Champions has been completed.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Best of luck with the GAN next year.

Merry Christmas,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 14:33, 22 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your help as always! Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski  (talk • contribs) 17:37, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

New Page Review newsletter December 2019


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Merry Merry!

 * Long time no speak ! Have a great one Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 12:26, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

DYK for 2019 Antalya Open (pool)
--valereee (talk) 00:02, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

Season's Greetings
FWiW Bzuk (talk) 03:13, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks ! Have a great time yourself. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 12:25, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

Season's Greetings
Happy Holidays text.png Hello Lee Vilenski: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, MWright96 (talk) 20:36, 23 December 2019 (UTC)


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Good luck
 豊かな十年へようこそ/WELCOME TO THE D20s Miraclepine wishes you a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, and a prosperous decade of change and fortune. このミラPはLee Vilenskiたちのメリークリスマスも新年も変革と幸運の豊かな十年をおめでとうございます！ フレフレ、みんなの未来！/GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR FUTURE! ミラP 04:57, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 2019 World Open (snooker)
The article 2019 World Open (snooker) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:2019 World Open (snooker) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of MWright96 -- MWright96 (talk) 06:41, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Events in Heeze-Leende


A tag has been placed on Category:Events in Heeze-Leende 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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Senseless edits or guidelines?
Basically, if you edit it in a certain way, there's still the problem of page overloading with information (and despite one can create all the subsections required to avoid this, the information won't be transferred there). Or you can let things as they stand and the page won't be updated for centuries. So, what should an user do in this situation? The page isn't updated, but in whatever way I try to do that, I'm wrong. It's a paradox. --151.53.233.102 (talk) 20:05, 28 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Hi IP user. We don't put in external links into the main parts of articles such as you did in the article. Yes, there are some size issues on the article for 2019 in sports, but fixing it by linking to a results site is not the way to fix this. I've already written at length on the talk as to my way to solve the issues on size, but I don't think they will be fixed in such a way. However, if we are to denote an event as requiring results - linking to another website to gain that information is a horrible idea. That is what inline citations are for. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski  (talk • contribs) 23:02, 28 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Ok, good. But was deleted years ago in this sense. At this point, since those information need to be inserted, I ask you to show me what should be done, except distorting the actual layout (at least for 2019 in sports, because this work needs to be done anyway starting from 2020 in sports and further, given the aforementioned size issues). Ready to follow that path. --151.53.233.102 (talk) 00:45, 29 December 2019 (UTC)
 * If it's simply a space issue, add a brief summary, then add a efn or similar note next to it for the longer list of results. We shouldn't ever tell a user to go elsewhere for information. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:30, 30 December 2019 (UTC)