User talk:Mr Sitcom

November 2023
Hello, I'm PiGuy3. I noticed that in this edit to Jimmy Perry, you removed content without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. PiGuy3 (talk) 06:53, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

Re: Dad's Army task force
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia - thank you for your message. The Dad's Army task force used to be what was called a 'Wikiproject' and was fairly active in about 2006-8 or so, which seems a long time ago now. The standard of Wikipedia has really improved since those early days - most of the 'Good Articles' I created about British sitcoms seem to be being delisted every other week! Which is a bit disheartening although I mostly find myself agreeing with their reasoning.

I'd be inclined to caution against restarting the task force - I remember at the time editors spent quite a bit of time creating Wikiprojects for sitcoms which either ended up with too many episode and character articles, or became a thing that was really just one person's project (and really the time setting up a project may have been better spent improving the main article).

With that in mind, I'd probably suggest that improving the main Dad's Army page may be a good aim. There are a plethora of excellent in-depth books for sources, especially the Graham McCann one, not to mention the various memoirs by actors, and I've often thought that of all sitcoms it really has the potential to regain a Good Article status, or even featured article (which always have to have loads of reliable sources). I'm afraid I'm a bit jaded with big editing projects these days though. Bob talk 00:05, 1 December 2023 (UTC)


 * To @Bob Castle: Thank you for your very prompt reply. I thought the answer may be no, given how long the task force has been inactive for, but it was worth a shot.
 * Isn't it funny how the Dad's Army article – with the amount of information written about the show, and being listed as one of Britain's greatest sitcoms – is not even a Good Article yet (though it used to be). It is a good place to start and I will keep the advice in mind.
 * Thank you very much for your advice and considerate reply. Lotsw73 (talk) 22:13, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

center tags are obsolete
Please note the correct way to center userbox text. Thanks. – Jonesey95 (talk) 03:38, 26 January 2024 (UTC)


 * @Jonesey95: I have now taken note of this. Thanks for the tip! Lotsw73 (talk) 03:58, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Pages using WikiProject Bendigo with unknown parameters


A tag has been placed on Category:Pages using WikiProject Bendigo with unknown parameters indicating that it is currently empty, 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. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz Read! Talk! 01:13, 31 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hello, Lotsw73,
 * Most WikiProjects that only have one member are not successful. It's a lot of work to do, assessing articles and keeping the WikiProject alive. I encourage you to recruit more editors to participate in it. If you have questions, please bring them to the Teahouse. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 01:19, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Automatically assessed Bendigo articles


A tag has been placed on Category:Automatically assessed Bendigo articles indicating that it is currently empty, 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. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz Read! Talk! 05:34, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Reverting my edits
@Lotsw73, you reverted my edits (including my Citation bot edits) on 2022 in Australian television (specifically the revisions of 1203012336, 1203012886 and 1203022023), while making your edit at rev 1203049262. Can you please not revert my edits to articles from now on? Yours sincerely, TechGeek105 (his talk page) 03:12, 4 February 2024 (UTC)


 * I have just added information from those revisions of 2022 in Australian television back to that article. Yours sincerely, TechGeek105 (his talk page) 03:31, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi @TechGeek105, sorry about that, I had no idea I had reverted your edits. We must have been editing the article at the same time, and it messed up with the edit history and what actually appeared in the article when the edits were completed... who knows. I will see what else I can add to article. All the best, Lotsw73 (talk) 07:09, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

g'day
https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&range=latest-90&pages=Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Australian_historic_places

It is worth getting a handle on where the editors are... that is not one place... - maybe worth checking

https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&range=latest-90&pages=Wikipedia:Australian_Wikipedians%27_notice_board

JarrahTree 13:01, 4 February 2024 (UTC)


 * @JarrahTree: Thanks for this. I'll have more luck posting a message in the bottom group rather than in the top one. Lotsw73 (talk) 00:25, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

National varieties of English
Hello. In a recent edit to the page 2022 in Australian television, you changed one or more words or styles from one national variety of English to another. Because Wikipedia has readers from all over the world, our policy is to respect national varieties of English in Wikipedia articles.

For a subject exclusively related to the United Kingdom (for example, a famous British person), use British English. For something related to the United States in the same way, use American English. For something related to another English-speaking country, such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, India, or Pakistan, use the variety of English used there. For an international topic, use the form of English that the first author of the article used.

In view of that, please don't change articles from one version of English to another, even if you don't normally use the version in which the article is written. Respect other people's versions of English. They, in turn, should respect yours. Other general guidelines on how Wikipedia articles are written can be found in the Manual of Style. If you have any questions about this, you can ask me on my talk page or visit the help desk. Thank you. Yours sincerely, TechGeek105 (his talk page) 08:53, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Doctor Who (series 2)
I have nominated this page for GA and I was wondering if you were interested in working with me to pass the GA review. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 01:17, 3 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi @OlifanofmrTennant: Sure, I would be happy to help out. I might start with the basic copyediting jobs first, and then move on to something more substantial.
 * With the Done symbols that you have placed underneath each dot point, I think it would be better if the symbols were placed on the same line,
 * like this, ✅
 * to make it easier to see which tasks are done and which tasks still need doing. Would you mind if I set the Done symbols to look like this example? Lotsw73 (talk) 02:20, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Not at all go ahead Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 02:32, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Lotsw73 (talk) 02:56, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Fawlty Towers episodes
Thank you for your message on my talkpage re Fawlty Towers and your plans to reinstate individual articles for all 12 episodes.

I am replying here because I see that you have only joined Wikipedia very recently and I want to welcome you to the Wikipedia community. I hope you are enjoying your time here and that you continue to contribute.

I am very much looking forward to reading your Fawlty Towers articles and I am more than happy to help. Therefore, please leave a message on my talkpage when you are ready to begin reinstating the pages for each episode.

One idea might be to write the articles in your sandbox ahead of putting them onto the main site to reduce the chance of them ending up in a speedy AfD with a view to redirecting them to the main FT article, as I presume that these episodes did previously have their own articles and that the redirect followed that AfD. Rillington (talk) 08:03, 6 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi @Rillington, thanks for the warm welcome! I'm glad you like my idea. I will let you know on your talk page when I am ready to begin. Lotsw73 (talk) 11:14, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: The Jury (Australian TV program) has been accepted
 The Jury (Australian TV program), which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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Thanks again, and happy editing! Crunchydillpickle🥒 (talk) 16:54, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of It Sticks Out Half a Mile
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Your GA nomination of It Sticks Out Half a Mile
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Your GA nomination of It Sticks Out Half a Mile
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The Phenomenon Squad moved to draftspace
Thanks for your contributions to The Phenomenon Squad. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it has no sources and it needs more sources to establish notability. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

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DYK for It Sticks Out Half a Mile
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I have sent you a note about a page you started
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WIkiProject Doctor Who Newsletter: July 2024
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