User talk:Ljdowning

Hazel Carter (linguist)
Hi, regarding your e-mail: Search engines sometimes take time to index pages. The article will start appearing in Google search results sooner or later. utcursch &#124; talk 19:51, 22 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Search engines only index Wikipedia pages after they are patrolled or after 90 days. Google is very fast at indexing as they get a special feed from Wikipedia. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:11, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

Event coordinator granted
Hi Laura, I've added the event coordinator group to your account. The boilerplate notice is below and hits on the important points, but you'll probably find the instructions at Event coordinator most useful on the day of the edit-a-thon. If you need help always feel free to ask on my talk page or by email. You can also notify me of a discussion using  in case that's useful.

After reviewing your request for the " eventcoordinator " permission, I have&#32;temporarily enabled the flag on your account&#32;until 12 March 2021. Keep in mind these things: If you no longer require the right, let me know, or ask any other administrator. Drop a note on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of the event coordinator right. Happy editing! — Wug·a·po·des​ 02:36, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
 * The event coordinator right removes the limit on the maximum number of new accounts that can be created in a 24-hour period.
 * The event coordinator right allows you to temporarily add the " confirmed " permission to newly created accounts. You should not grant this for more than 10 days.
 * The event coordinator right is not a status symbol. If it remains unused, it is likely to be removed. Abuse of the event coordinator right will result in its removal by an administrator.
 * Please note, if you were previously a member of the "account creator" group, your flag may have been converted to this new group.

March 2022
Hi Ljdowning! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia – it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Please see Help:Minor edit for more information. Thank you. Kj cheetham (talk) 13:00, 13 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Thank you! This is very helpful. LJD Ljdowning (talk) 14:26, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

ArbCom 2022 Elections voter message
 Hello! Voting in the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2022 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:33, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

Anne Vainikka reference
At this edit, you added a reference that looks like this:

I have recently fixed 17 or so references in other articles where the editors included  urls in url. I am unable to make a workable reference from the above. Can you fix it please?

—Trappist the monk (talk) 14:32, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

CS1 error on Doris L. Payne
Hello, I'm Qwerfjkl (bot). I have automatically detected that this edit performed by you, on the page Doris L. Payne, may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows: Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is a false positive, you can [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?action=edit&preload=User:Qwerfjkl/Botpreload&editintro=User:Qwerfjkl/boteditintro&minor=&title=User_talk:Qwerfjkl&preloadtitle=Qwerfjkl%20(bot)%20–%20Qwerfjkl_(bot)&section=new report it to my operator]. Thanks, Qwerfjkl (bot) (talk) 18:04, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
 * A "missing periodical" error. References show this error when the name of the magazine or journal is not given. Please edit the article to add the name of the magazine/journal to the reference, or use a different citation template. ([//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doris_L._Payne&action=edit&minor=minor&summary=Fixing+reference+error+raised+by+%5B%5BUser%3AQwerfjkl%20(bot)%7CQwerfjkl%20(bot)%5D%5D Fix] | [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Help_desk&action=edit&section=new&preload=User:Qwerfjkl%20(bot)/helpform&preloadtitle=Referencing%20errors%20on%20%5B%5BSpecial%3ADiff%2F1155783074%7CDoris%20L.%20Payne%5D%5D Ask for help])

CS1 error on Menominee language
Hello, I'm Qwerfjkl (bot). I have automatically detected that this edit performed by you, on the page Menominee language, may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows: Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is a false positive, you can [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?action=edit&preload=User:Qwerfjkl/Botpreload&editintro=User:Qwerfjkl/boteditintro&minor=&title=User_talk:Qwerfjkl&preloadtitle=Qwerfjkl%20(bot)%20–%20Qwerfjkl_(bot)&section=new report it to my operator]. Thanks, Qwerfjkl (bot) (talk) 19:12, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
 * A "missing periodical" error. References show this error when the name of the magazine or journal is not given. Please edit the article to add the name of the magazine/journal to the reference, or use a different citation template. ([//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Menominee_language&action=edit&minor=minor&summary=Fixing+reference+error+raised+by+%5B%5BUser%3AQwerfjkl%20(bot)%7CQwerfjkl%20(bot)%5D%5D Fix] | [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Help_desk&action=edit&section=new&preload=User:Qwerfjkl%20(bot)/helpform&preloadtitle=Referencing%20errors%20on%20%5B%5BSpecial%3ADiff%2F1156209199%7CMenominee%20language%5D%5D Ask for help])


 * Hi, thanks for noticing this. I went to the Menominee language page, but I can't figure out what error you might be referring to. I can't find any error highlighted on the page. The only change I made was to add a sentence about fairly recent dictionary project on the Menominee language, and the references for that information are both to websites related to the dictionary project, not to periodicals. So I think this is a false positive, and I'll try to report it. Ljdowning (talk) 12:42, 22 May 2023 (UTC)

Martine Vanhove
Hi there, thanks for your work on Martine Vanhove! I wanted to flag that the external link on there doesn't seem to be working. -Kj cheetham (talk) 12:01, 22 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks for noticing this and being so collegial in the way you wrote to let me know. I think I've fixed the problem now. Ljdowning (talk) 12:33, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
 * It seems to work now, thanks again! -Kj cheetham (talk) 13:19, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks again for checking!
 * Also, I know this isn't your problem, but you might be able to see that in my talk thread I have comments on CS1 errors. I edit using the visual editor, not the source editor, so I can't really follow the comments. Also, both references mentioned (for the Doris Payne page and the Menominee language page) are to webpage, not to journal articles. Since I use the visual editor, I don't understand how I could have introduced this error. I do a LOT of editing using the visual editor and have never had this problem before. Again, I know this isn't your problem, but if you have time to have a look and give suggestions, I'd be grateful. If you don't, I appreciate you're busy and totally understand. Ljdowning (talk) 13:23, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Taking a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=1156209199, which seems to be one of the issues above, I can see from that that journal ref doesn't have the name of the journal, which flags it up on Category:CS1 errors: missing periodical. If you meant to use "website" rather than "journal", you still need to name the website too, which you had done on the other ref in that edit. I personally never use the visual editor, but hopefully that at least points you in the direction of where to look! -Kj cheetham (talk) 13:30, 22 May 2023 (UTC)

Odd edit at Tarifit
Hi, I don't know what you were trying to do here, but if I didn't look at your other edits I would have assumed it was vandalism, so maybe be more careful. You shouldn't be adding links in headings (MOS:LINKSTYLE), much less adding a WP:EASTEREGG-type link like this, and you deleted two templates without explanation. In any case, Mena Lafkioui is already linked in the sources section, as she is cited there. There's no reason for her to be linked anywhere else. R Prazeres (talk) 00:34, 27 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Hm, I didn't delete any templates on this page, so I'm not sure what you're talking about. I just looked at the page again, and the two templates that were there complaining about the quality of the citations when I made my one edit (adding a link) are still there. So what two templates are you accusing me of deleting? In any case, couldn't you avoid using aggressive terms like "vandalism" in your comments to experienced editors, even if you imagine they have made some serious editing error? All I did on this page was add one link, and frankly I think that your opinions about the number of links per entry are just a matter of opinion. This is a long article, and so not every reader will read the entire text. I think it is helpful to readers to have more than one link to important authors on a language in a long article like this one. Perhaps we could agree to disagree on this point? Ljdowning (talk) 00:52, 27 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi both, sorry to butt in, I just had Ljdowning's talk page on my watchlist as I'd fairly recently left another message. For that page, the two templates removed were at the bottom, for the Incubator link (which I'd have possibly removed myself), and the Portals (which were doing no harm). I agree with R Prazeres that having a link that says "Morocco" and points to "Mena Lafkioui" is a bit misleading though, as per WP:EASTEREGG. I also agree that links shouldn't be in headings, as per MOS:LINKSTYLE. You should be aware of MOS:LINKONCE. Hope this clarifies things a bit. I agree with Ljdowning though in that this message could have done a bit more WP:AGF. -Kj cheetham (talk) 09:59, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi, I still do not follow this conversation. The only edit I made on this page was to create a link (which has been removed) from Mena Lafkioui's name, which is in the text of the Morocco section since a work of hers is cited in that section, to her Wikipedia entry. I didn't delete any templates. I didn't make any links in any headings. I didn't create a link that said Morocco and pointed to Lafkioui. Again ALL I DID was create a link from Lafkioui's name to her Wikipedia entry, which is a perfectly standard link creation. Thank you, kjcheatham, for at least using a civilized tone in addressing me in this talk. But I still am baffled that I am being scolded for edits I didn't make. Ljdowning (talk) 11:54, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi, possibly you accidently did the edit in that case? Looking at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tarifit&diff=prev&oldid=1157195918 (which I think is your only edit on that page), the log says you did turn the heading into a link to Mena Lafkioui and removed two templates. Personally I wouldn't worry about it too much as it was easy to undo. I'm tempted to blame gremlins! -Kj cheetham (talk) 12:41, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Let's blame gremlins! I hope I've made it clear that what I intended to do was a really simple, legitimate edit. This seems to be a popular page, and maybe someone else was editing at the same time and wires got crossed - gremlins! Ljdowning (talk) 12:45, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

ArbCom 2023 Elections voter message
 Hello! Voting in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2023 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:50, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Reminder to vote now to select members of the first U4C

 * You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. 

Dear Wikimedian,

You are receiving this message because you previously participated in the UCoC process.

This is a reminder that the voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) ends on May 9, 2024. Read the information on the voting page on Meta-wiki to learn more about voting and voter eligibility.

The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. Community members were invited to submit their applications for the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, please review the U4C Charter.

Please share this message with members of your community so they can participate as well.

On behalf of the UCoC project team,

RamzyM (WMF) 23:09, 2 May 2024 (UTC)