User talk:Lightburst/Archive 1-10-20

Nav Box
I am sorry that you think I am being confrontational with regard to nav boxes on the Haine article it was not my intention. I have a large number of articles on my watchlist and I try and make sure that changes are consistent. Seeing two non-standard nav boxes being added I challenged this by removing them as in my consistent mind they are not used on the other thousands of articles of similar subject. This is why I am trying to find out why these nav boxes are an exception to the general practice. So far I only get back that they may be of use to the reader, if thats the case then why are they are not on thousands of military articles. So rather than rules and guidelines its more of common sense. Other similar nav boxes have been removed recently from military articles using the bidirectional guideline. And as for the RAF squadron navboxes I just dont get that one hence again why I am trying to find out why it is of value on Haine and not on the thousands of other non-squadron articles. The medal issue is being dicussed at project level so I will defer to any consensus or wisdom there, although in the past differences in American and British views have precluded a general consensus. Thanks. MilborneOne (talk) 18:15, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

c:COM:VPC
Hi Lightburst. You might want to take a look at this c:COM:VPC thread since it's related to my previous post here. Only one response as been received so far, but that person is pretty experienced when it comes to file licensing. You can do two things here: (1) convert the local file's licensing back to PD-FLGov, replace its non-free use rationale with Information, and then tag with Copy to Wikimedia Commons; or (2) upload a better quality/higher resolution version (if you can find one)directly to Commons under the same file name under the "PD-FLGov" license and then tag the local file with Now Commons so that it's deleted. Of course there's always the do nothing option and leave the file as non-free, but there doesn't really seem to be any valid reason to do that (technically the file could be deleted per WP:FREER) and it would be much easier for other WMF projects to use the file if it were hosted on Commons. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:55, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the information. Lightburst (talk) 15:07, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

10-42
Feel free to revert my revert, I don't feel strongly about it. Bkatcher (talk) 04:09, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

Happy Holidays
PS: You inspired me to hack your Holiday template! ThanksThatMontrealIP (talk) 05:23, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

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Happy holidays
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Season's greetings, but ...
Thanks for your seasonal message on my talk page... but you didn't close the box quite right, so my next message initially got absorbed into your box! Adding a newline before your closing couple of characters did the trick. You might like to check whether any other messages you've left need that little bit of a tweak? Enjoy the season, anyway. Pam D  11:06, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

Happy Holidays
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Nomination for deletion of Template:Guy King
Template:Guy King has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Star cheers peaks news lost wars Talk to me 20:19, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Eric Tessmer
Template:Eric Tessmer has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Star cheers peaks news lost wars Talk to me 20:49, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

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Lightburst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 02:14, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

Seasons greetings!
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Regarding Proposing Mr Faizal Khan in deletion option
Sir/ Madam...

Don't know what made you to say that content needs to be deleted. Person like him should be known to society in relevant reasons. He is a down to earth person irrespective of all the achievements in this young age and person who can be considered as an icon by this young generation. I am not trying to boast him but understanding the fact I feel that should raise you to think about it twice before degrading an eminent personality either you or me can't ever become.. People like him should be known to world...even the unrated celebrity's are maintaining their page, why not a worthy person like him have that...I can tell you with a simple example, how many keralites are directly invited to UN General Assembly to speak on....Should be proud as an Indian Vediad (talk) 19:04, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, I did not !vote on the AfD. I have not investigated the subject at all. I only placed deletion sorting on the AfD which allows those who follow other projects to come to the AfD and assess the article and subject. Lightburst (talk) 19:07, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Sure: you must place an asterisk and bold your vote like this

Give a reason for your vote (Read WP:N), otherwise it is WP:JUSTAVOTE and will be discounted. Justify how this person can meet the criteria. Lightburst (talk) 19:15, 27 December 2019 (UTC) Great to know that....could you please tell me how to vote in AfD.. Vediad (talk) 19:10, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep meets WP:GNG (give a rational here) (and finish by signing with four ~)

Could you please tell me where should I do this...inside the content below the notification or somewhere else. Vediad (talk) 19:31, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

I have done just below that AFD message..hope it is correct..if you could check it for a noble reason...it would be grateful. Vediad (talk) 20:31, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank you...if you have helped me.. Vediad (talk) 01:51, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Happy New Year Lightburst!
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Bachelor Lake AfD
As an aside, I think you should consider un-striking 's !vote for two reasons. First, you struck the entire comment, and that's not how it's done–when striking a duplicate !vote, traditionally only the bolded !vote part ("Redirect" or whatever) is struck; the rest of the comment remains unstruck, because a nom is allowed to make comments even if they're not allowed to !vote. Second, this isn't actually a duplicate !vote. The nomination statement is considered a delete !vote, it's true, but in this case, the nominator !voted "redirect", which I read as a change of !vote, and not a second !vote. I think the better move, if any, would be to tag it as a nominator !vote, but really, I think the closer will figure that out on their own. Because it's a change of !vote, I don't see it as a duplicate !vote. – Levivich 06:06, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Regarding the article. It is not a side issue when an AfD nominator is tendentious and keeps refactoring an article to favor deletion. The state of the article is exactly what notifying participants and the AfD closer is about. We disagree - (see WP:BLUDGEONING). Also, someone already un-struck the duplicate !vote. FYI: you know that this is a small lake in Minn - one of 10,000! The nominator, you and I should work on one of the other 6 million articles and let this AfD close without walls of text and chicanery. Lightburst (talk) 14:31, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Bertha Boronda
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

List of lakes in Washington, D.C. moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, List of lakes in Washington, D.C., does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of " " before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. buidh<b style="color: White">e</b> 05:24, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
 * (removed ping)Buidhe Thanks much! I added references this am and moved it to main space. Thanks for helping make the encyclopedia great! Lightburst (talk) 14:44, 10 January 2020 (UTC)