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Judicial Watch
Thanks for semi-protecting Judicial Watch. As it turns out we don't need it because all of the edit-warring were blocked by for socking. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 22:26, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
 * It doesn't hurt in case that person creates a new account or uses an IP address. – Muboshgu (talk) 13:56, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

Greg Pence
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Liborbital
You have already blocked his IPs. Can you consider analyzing the on-going SPI that has already spent a few days? CU can't do anything, it needs admin evaluation and since your recent blocks on IPs were perfect, you are already familiar with the case. Capitals00 (talk) 07:31, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Tyler Kinley
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Clay Higgins
Thanks for catching that. I got interrupted. Will fix it.Parkwells (talk) 15:49, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Okay, no problem. I suggest "early life" stuff belongs at the beginning and "personal life" based on his adult life probably belongs near or where it was. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:51, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
 * But his marriages and family life started long before he got involved in politics. I think this material should appear earlier, especially as issues about child support came up during his campaign. How about if I move this discussion to the Talk page of the article?Parkwells (talk) 16:57, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Probably a good idea. I'll take a look at your work later and comment with any thoughts I have. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:15, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018 May newsletter
The second round of the 2018 WikiCup has now finished. Most contestants who advanced to the next round scored upwards of 100 points, but two with just 10 points managed to scrape through into round 3. Our top scorers in the last round were:


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 * 🇺🇸 Usernameunique, a first time contestant, with fourteen DYKs
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 * Courcelles, another first time contestant, with twenty-seven GARs

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Your GA nomination of Kris Bryant
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Your GA nomination of Moses Malone
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Your GA nomination of Moses Malone
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Drafts of Kowar, Swaggerty, Rolison
Hello Muboshgu. Back in late March we decided that instead of deleting the articles of Jackson Kowar, Travis Swaggerty, and Ryan Rolison we would instead move them to drafts so I could find better sourcing. When you have time, could you review them and tell me if they are ready to be moved to a regular article? Thanks :) Malmmf (talk) 07:11, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Draft:Jackson Kowar
 * Draft:Travis Swaggerty
 * Draft:Ryan Rolison
 * I also found these on Swaggerty:. I think he's ready.--Yankees10 02:03, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I definitely agree with Swaggerty. Haven't checked Kowar or Rolison yet. – Muboshgu (talk) 02:23, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
 * All three moved to the mainspace. Great work. – Muboshgu (talk) 02:34, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

Richard Cordray additions
Maybe folks should discuss before removal, the additions were cited three times....its seems counter intuitive to remove additions that are correctly cited....this seems political and partisan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hogfanjax (talk • contribs) 19:00, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Please read WP:BRD. Your additions need to be discussed before we agree to include them. User:TonyTheTiger and I have both expressed concerns with your edits. These need community consensus to include, if they are to be included at all. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:03, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Moses Malone
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Nomination of Mark Harris (North Carolina politician) for deletion
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Talkback
Shearonink (talk) 02:12, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

I saw your message on IRC in the -revdel channel but you had left before I could respond to you. I've redacted the edit summary left here, as threats are purely disruptive and have no value or basis to be visible to the public. If you have questions or need me for anything else, let me know and I'll be happy to do so. Cheers -  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   23:25, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I assumed it should be deleted but decided to follow the advice I saw and check first. – Muboshgu (talk) 23:27, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
 * No problem; you're welcome to join and ask for input any time you need it. If you also like chatting and engaging general Wikipedia discussions and topics, feel free to join #wikipedia-en and chat with us. Cheers :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   23:35, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

a request
I left a request for Florin Fodor to be semi-protected. You both declined my request, and left me what I think you intended to be a formal administrator warning against lapsing from WP:3RR.

Another administrator did, eventually, apply semi-protection to Florin Fodor.

3RR has exemptions, and exemption 3 applied here.

I don't know you. I don't remember us crossing paths before. I am happy to assume that our interaction does not represent your best work. But I honestly think you made several mistakes here.

I think you made a mistake when you did not recognize that the IP edits were vandalism. My wikihounders are experienced enough that their bogus edit summaries give a surface appearance of normalcy -- to anyone who doesn't actually try to parse out what they really mean. But, if you are putting on your administrator hat, I think you should be paying more attention.

Since your warning seems to be due to a failure to recognize that I was reverting vandalism, I believe your warning was inappropriate.

As I wrote, in my reply to your warning on my talk page, I do not generally believe in apologies. But, I would like you to you to go to User talk:Geo Swan, and leave an acknowledgement that, since I was reverting vandalism, your warning was inappropriate. Geo Swan (talk) 04:21, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
 * You and I had a disagreement over that article over two months ago. Another admin protected the article you say? That's fine. You can consider what I did a mistake, but that doesn't mean it was. I have no idea why you're bringing this up again now; the article hasn't been edited in over a month. Per WP:OWNTALK, you're allowed to remove things from your talk page if you want to. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:06, 13 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Just to be clear, are we both agreed that being entrusted with administrator authority does not authorize you to behave unaccountably? Yes, I know that you aref a volunteer, and that many administrators whose actions are met with angry complaints by newbies or determined hot-heads, can grow tired of explaining the same simple policy implications, over and over.  Nevertheless, the wikipedia has no real training program, other than our wikidocuments, and our discussions on talk pages, user talk pages, and other discussion fora.  Therefore, IMO, every question, every disagreement, is a teachable moment.


 * With regard to your reply to my request... (1) you point out that I am following up on actions you took months ago.  That is misleading.  Your warning dates to March 5th, and my reply followed a day later.  So,  rather than making a request months after the event I have been waiting months for you to do the responsible thing.


 * The edit summaries used by the SPAs?, , , . Clearly bogus time-wasting, for anyone familiar with our rules on how to include, and how to challenge non-free images. If you are not familiar with how non-free images are used on the wikipedia, then should you be exercising administrator authority in an area outside your expertise?  NFCC does not require prior consensus, before inclusion.  Prior consensus is not even possible.  The SPAs did not weigh in at Talk:Florin Fodor, did not offer any explanation of a policy based concern over the fair use rationale.


 * You wrote: "You can consider what I did a mistake, but that doesn't mean it was." Sorry, any experienced contributor who looked into your warning would recognize that you made a mistake by failing to recognize that I was reverting malicious WP:SPAs.  In one of my edit summaries I said I was going to file and SPI, and I did do that.  Why didn't you recognize that as a clue to examine the SPA edits closely?


 * You wrote: "Per WP:OWNTALK, you're allowed to remove things from your talk page if you want to." Please think this through.  I can remove it.  And anyone else can go through my user talk pages history and make the claim that I am such a terrible edit warrior an administrator had to threaten to block me.  Yeah, well this advice is unsatisfactory to me, given the effort I have put into not responding to triggers to engage in edit-warring.


 * I work very hard to comply with our policies, including the policies on edit-warring. But I have lots of challengers who do not, who routinely tried to trigger edit wars, and who routinely leveled all kinds of baseless accusations against me, including that I had engaged in edit warring.  My malicious challengers aren't going away, or rather, while they do gradually retire, or earn indefinite blocks, new malicious challengers, or the same malicious challengers, evading their indefinite blocks, do arrive.


 * So long as your warning sits in my user talk page's history, without an acknowledgement that you were hasty, and did not recognize that I was reverting vandalism, and since I was reverting vandalism, WP:3RR did not apply, you aid the efforts of my wikistalkers.


 * I suspect you didn't read my essay on apologies. No one likes apologizing.  I don't ask people for apologies.  Actual apologies can use up way too much energy.  I would rather have that energy used for something productive.  But trust can require something short of an apology -- some kind of acknowledgement of error.


 * Frankly, by not really making the effort to understand the SPA's edits, so you didn't realize they weren't made in good faith, you let the project down. But we are all human, we are all fallible.  We are all allowed to make mistakes.  But, please, don't compound your mistake by failing to withdraw your baseless warning that I had engaged in edit-warring that would earn me a block if continued.  By letting this warning stand, without being withdrawn, you aid the vandals by giving them ammunition in their future harrassment of my contributions.  Geo Swan (talk) 12:54, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I don't believe there is anything to be gained from further discussion on this topic. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:13, 14 May 2018 (UTC)


 * When administrators are entrusted with administrator authority it is a sign the community generally trusts them.


 * If I am not mistaken administrators are expected to not assume their administrator authority and issue administrator warnings, or exercise administrator powers, when they are "involved". I believe this means not making rulings in favor of their friends, and not making rulings against individuals who have good, understandable reasons not to trust them.


 * For the record, you have lost my trust. You have given the appearance of being unwilling to even consider the possiblity you may have made a mistake.  I think that if something I write, or some action I take, triggers your concern, makes you think administrator intervention is required, you can't perform that intervention yourself, because you are involved.  Geo Swan (talk) 00:49, 15 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Maybe I made a mistake, maybe I didn't. I see you badgering me, and also other editors, with odd interpretations of policy and I don't see it going anywhere constructive. – Muboshgu (talk) 01:25, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protect Chase Headley
Can you please semi-protect Chase Headley. Numerous IP editors keep on incorrectly saying that he has been released. Boardg (talk) 17:50, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
 * He has been released. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:26, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

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John Morroni
Hi-I spent much time getting citations together for the John Morroni article. I reverted your edit in good faith to preserve the citations I had added. Thank you-RFD (talk) 18:13, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Then why didn't you provide the obit url with the citation? It took me five seconds to find. Otherwise I wasn't sure what was sourcing what. You called my edit good faith, and your revert of it was also good faith, but it would have been better if you had improved my edit instead of undoing it completely. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:15, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I did added the obituary in the article; it was one of the 4 citations I added to the article.-thank you-RFD (talk) 18:19, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
 * You cited the obituary, but you didn't provide the url in the citation. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:20, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you for putting it in; it is easier to cite the obituary instead of providing the url. Thank you for improving the article-RFD (talk) 18:23, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

quick question
do the updaters and nominator get credit for In the news/Candidates?, thanks--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 00:18, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
 * You mean the credit template for the talk page? Did I forget to do that when I posted the article? I generally do, but if I didn't, it was inadvertent. – Muboshgu (talk) 03:13, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
 * actually I meant (same nominator)...not to mention.... Updater: The Anome (talk • give credit) Other updaters: Geraldshields11 (talk • give credit) and myself, thank you--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 10:20, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
 * That's what I meant, too. We shouldn't be doing this for "credit", so generally speaking if someone gives you the template you get it and if they don't you don't. This one time, I'll go back and give the "credit" template. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:55, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
 * actually I wasn't aware of that(its the first time for me for ITN), I am however happy others who have worked on the article do get recognized, as it seems the outbreak will be difficult to control, hence this article will be around for some time. Thank you again--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 19:19, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

Unassigned players
Hey, I was wondering if a player hasn't been assigned to a minor league affiliate by now that signed in the offseason should I list them as a free agent or what?  Kingryan227  ( Decrees •  Acts ) 19:22, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Not necessarily. The player might be in extended spring training. Which player are you referring to? – Muboshgu (talk) 20:02, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

That is why I asked I was just curious as I was going through some things I found two players who should be marked as retired but were listed with the Texas Rangers Mason Tobin and the Arizona Diamondbacks Erick Threets but the two so far that I am referring too are Emmanuel Burriss and Tyler Danish.  Kingryan227  ( Decrees •  Acts ) 20:13, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Danish is on the Charlotte Knights' active roster. For Burris, it says elected free agency after the 2017 season, so it's interesting that it doesn't have the Angels listed there. The other two are weird. Tobin is listed as assigned to Round Rock in 2015, Threets to Reno in 2015, and nothing for either of them since, including any game stats. They're probably not active, but why is there no update? I have no idea. Maybe the page didn't get updated. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:30, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

That is what I am wondering cause I am gonna mark Threets and Tobin as retired as there isn't anything from less than 3 years ago but Burris signed with the Angels in February so I am really confused on him.  Kingryan227  ( Decrees •  Acts ) 21:01, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I think it's fair to consider Threets and Tobin retired. Maybe Burris is hurt and therefore unassigned? Not sure. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:21, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

Chris Dwyer is in the same boat as Threets and Tobin gonna mark him down as well.  Kingryan227  ( Decrees •  Acts ) 21:26, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Yeah, weird. Says assigned to Norfolk in 2016. No argument on him either. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:50, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

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Protection question
Hi. You assisted with a protection request I posted today (for Karl Kjer), though you implemented a 3-day protection window. Given that Kjer himself created the article, and then deleted the article (via User:Kjerish - see page history), and is now apparently engaged in the edit war via sockpuppets, it seems very likely that the edit-warring will continue as soon as the temporary protection is removed. If this happens, do I post a completely new protection request, or do I contact you directly to extend the protection? Thanks, Dyanega (talk)
 * You can do either or both. The page has never been protected before, so we admins tend to start with shorter durations and then build up to longer durations if it is needed. If the subject of the article is indeed editing it with sockpuppets, WP:SPI may be the proper venue to take care of the issue on a longer term basis. – Muboshgu (talk) 23:09, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

Dyanega & Muboshgu charges on Karl Kjer not approved. Don't keep adding different-different stories from NJ website. I had Read the whole story and its realty from Middlesex Gov website. Charges were not proved thats why there were no jail. Yes everything happened at his home was his fault only.

In 2017 he was convicted of secretly filming a teenager showering in his home.

We shouldn't add any such stories on this page. Thats the reason behind this whole drama. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blueparticle (talk • contribs) 23:27, May 25, 2018 (UTC)


 * I'm actually not using sockpuppets. Not really sure where you're getting that from. On the other hand, I'm not sure you can argue that this page about a non-notable subject does not fall under WP:LIBEL. Seems like the only reason the page is up is to tarnish the reputation of a living person. To be clear, I'm related to the subject and created the article before the described events happened. – Kjerish (talk) 18:09, 26 May 2018 (UTC)


 * It seems like WP:DR may be needed here. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:43, 26 May 2018 (UTC)


 * To be clear, User:Kjerish is Karl Kjer, the person who the article is about, and not just "related to the subject". Following WP:BIOSELF, he should realistically not be editing the article at all, though he has several options in terms of requesting oversight to ensure objectivity. The claim he has included in his RfD, that the article exists solely to tarnish his reputation, is clearly false, given that article was created by Dr. Kjer himself - no one creates a page solely to harm their own reputation. I will also point out that WP:BLPCRIME, which Dr. Kjer has invoked in his RfD, does not apply, as he was tried, convicted, and sentenced, whereas BLPCRIME is intended to protect the reputation of those who have only been accused but not convicted. Likewise, he has also invoked WP:BLPNAME, which also does not apply, as the trial and conviction were fully public; this is not privy information suddenly being made public via WP, which is what that policy is intended to prevent. He has also invoked WP:AVOIDVICTIM, which is also entirely inappropriate, as he is most definitively not the victim in this case. Again, the bottom line is that if he is notable enough to have a WP article (which he clearly felt was the case when he created the article originally, and no one else has disputed), then any and all notable public information about him is fair game to include in the article. WP's underlying policy is objectivity, and this is at risk if Dr. Kjer is claiming that only he is allowed to decide what appears in the article about himself. Dyanega (talk)

Improper protaction after becoming involved and reverting
I don't think it is proper for an admin to protect a page after you became inolved in editing it by doing reverts yourself:,. I have no opinion on which side is right, but an admin who reverts another editor and them protects the page in 'their preferred version' is IMHO abusing the tools. I'll ask you to revert yourself to remedy this - if you want to protect an article, that's fine, but you should not protect 'your version'. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 06:35, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I was attempting to restore the last stable version, not my version. There's a dispute being discussed on that talk page that I am trying to stay out of aside from slight attempts to get that editor who I reverted to express their views in a clearer way. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:02, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I do see your point thouh, as I've thought about it. I will endeavor to lock without concerning myself with right and wrong in the future. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:36, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Actually, restoring the "last stable version" is standard practice after full-protecting an article. On the other hand, see WP:WRONGVERSION to illustrate that you are damned if you do and damned if you don't! 0;-D --MelanieN (talk) 23:05, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
 * See that's what I had thought. Thank you for stalking. – Muboshgu (talk) 23:38, 27 May 2018 (UTC)


 * I appreciate your explanation (too often, some admins would just ignore such a request, because *admins don't make mistakes attitude rant*). Restoring to the last stable version does seem like the best choice, of course, what is the last stable version can be disputed. The other good choice is just protecting. The problem is that once you revert the article, outside reasons like obvious vandalism/copyvio, you become involved and should not protect it. In the future, I'd recommend listing this at protection requests, AN(I) or such, and asking another admin to protect the article, saying that you are involved due to a revert and cannot do it yourself. Perhaps the best choice now would be to unprotect the article, and list on one of said forums, asking another admin for a re-review of the protection. (Also, TBH, I don't think the article needs protection that much... at the same time I won't be surprised if involved parties find themselves at ArbCom eventually, this is not the first temporary protection of an article related to this topic and involving the very same editors...). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 04:01, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Just because I'm an admin doesn't mean I don't make mistakes. It just means that when I do, the consequences can be worse. I've already suggested the editors need to take it to WP:DR. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:47, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Well. Impressive attitude. For what's it worth, I wish more admins had your attitude. Keep giving them a good example :) That aside, we still do need to address the protection issue at Anti-Jewish violence in Poland, 1944–1946. I know, I know, we are talking, it will expire in a day or so, but it would be nice to if you put some action behind your nice words... --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 07:26, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I see discussion there is ongoing, which was the point of page protection. I don't see a reason to unprotect the page now, much as I don't see a need to extend it as of now. It may need to be reprotected when protection expires. – Muboshgu (talk) 13:49, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of Drew Cumberland for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Drew Cumberland is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Drew Cumberland until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Request
Can you please move John Ross II (American football) back to John Ross (American football)? II is not his common.--Yankees10 22:55, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Done. Odd that the opening sentence says his name is "John Ross III". – Muboshgu (talk) 23:36, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks man. Belated congrats on the adminship by the way.--Yankees10 23:40, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
 * No problem, and thank you. – Muboshgu (talk) 23:49, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – June 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2018). Administrator changes
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:00, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Ryan Bollinger
Gatoclass (talk) 04:16, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

Demand
Dear Muboshgu, I have noticed your recent edits of Billboard Music Awards pages in the name of MOS. Can I please ask you to edit all of them. I am doing lots of repairs right now related to this topic so I will be grateful for any help - esp. useful like yours.Dr.saze (Dr.saze) 19:05, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I don't have interest in vague demands. Address any edit requests you have on the relevant article talk pages. – Muboshgu (talk) 14:05, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Lucy McBath
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Oregon template
fyi, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Current_Oregon_statewide_political_officials&action=history — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.197.17.44 (talk) 00:14, 6 June 2018 (UTC)

Jalen Beeks
Hi - I saw your edit/revert comment about Jalen Beeks. I'm happy to seek consensus on whether he should have a stand-alone page vs. being part of Boston Red Sox minor league players; I assume I would do that by raising the question on Talk:Jalen_Beeks (I've not been down this path before, so if that's not right, just let me know). That said, I'm not picking up on why he's notable. There are currently three Red Sox minor league players on the 40-man roster who have yet to appear in an MLB game (Beeks, Ty Buttrey, and Williams Jerez); I should think they can each be carried on the minor league page, until they appear in an MLB game, at which point they get their own pages. I'm mostly looking for consistency—which is what I would express on the Talk page—but if there's something I've overlooked, just let me know? Thanks. Dmoore5556 (talk) 21:24, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Since he’s already on the 40-man, was named the team’s top pitcher in the minors last year at AA and AAA, and started off the season in AAA very hot again, he’s about as close to an MLB call-up as a player can get. Even if we don’t agree on whether there is enough independent coverage (I see features at MassLive and the Boston Globe), I don’t think it is efficient to move this when we’re just going to have to move it back in the next few weeks when he gets promoted and thus meets the SNG. EricEnfermero (Talk) 21:56, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Eric makes some good points there. I do think the coverage is enough for WP:GNG, but surely someone else can differ with that opinion. If you do want to have a fuller discussion on whether or not to merge the article, we can use the Proposed mergers procedures. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:11, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I'll yield to intertia for now, as his stand-alone page already exists; let's see what does happen over the next few weeks. That said, I fundamentally don't see that being a "hot" prospect (40-man roster or not) really satisfies notability; any player still in the minors is an injury away from losing their shot at the show. If stand-alone pages are created when a player appears in an MLB game, and until then the minor league page is a prep area, that's clear and effective, IMO. I do appreciate the dialog; thank you both.Dmoore5556 (talk) 22:53, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I agree that simply being a prospect on the cusp of the majors is not sufficient for a standalone page. But, many who don't play in the majors are notable due to the coverage they receive. Phantom ballplayer lists some of them. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:58, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Agreed here as well. The points I made, though I didn’t state them very clearly, were just intended to show that it doesn’t make good sense to move anything right now. Surely, even with the talented Boston rotation, the IL strikeout leader (also top five in ERA and WHIP) won’t linger in the minors. EricEnfermero (Talk) 03:37, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Boston Red Sox prospect Jalen Beeks to make major-league debut Thursday ;-) Dmoore5556 (talk) 03:33, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I hadn't seen that yet, thanks for the news. – Muboshgu (talk) 03:37, 6 June 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of Mikie Sherrill for deletion
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Nomination of Andrew Janz for deletion
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Possibly the best example of the word "pedantic" that I have ever seen on Wiki
|Really?!? —Tim <--my nickname ///// Carrite (talk) 18:19, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
 * You call it "pedantic", I call it "accurate". I'm striving to remove hypocorisms from Wikipedia articles. Any little bit helps. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:27, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Ronny Rodríguez
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:29, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

Pings
... only work if they are signed, so later unsigned mentions like this don't notify the user. At any rate, I'm on business travel for another day, but did stumble on your note while looking at ITNC to see why it wasn't on main page already. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk) 09:04, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Oops. I thought adding it on afterwards would still work. It's not up because I'm not that good on writing basketball game prose, I was out for the weekend, and nobody else has added any prose at all. I will give it a shot this afternoon, unless you know anyone else who could? – Muboshgu (talk) 13:45, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Good work to get it posted. I don't know offhand who regularly does NBA Finals game recaps.  I've done it a year or two, but it's a mood and time thing.—Bagumba (talk) 23:16, 11 June 2018 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Deb Haaland
Hello! Your submission of Deb Haaland at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! TriiipleThreat (talk) 12:10, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

Yankees retired numbers
As one of the major Yankees editors here, I'm interested in your perspective of Articles for deletion/List of Green Bay Packers retired numbers. Someone there mentioned that New York Yankees retired numbers doesn't exist as sort of a litmus test for other team retired numbers lists. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk) 13:23, 14 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Classic WP:OTHERSTUFF. – Muboshgu (talk) 13:45, 14 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I guess the more specific question I have is whether you believe a Yankees article could exist? Or would that level of detail outside the team article only be fan cruft?—Bagumba (talk) 13:52, 14 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Your AfD response answered that one.—Bagumba (talk) 13:54, 14 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Like I said in the AfD, I fear a separate List of New York Yankees retired numbers would be redundant with Monument Park (Yankee Stadium). That doesn't mean that it isn't possible, though. I'm shocked those are currently redlinks so I will make them redirects right now. – Muboshgu (talk) 13:55, 14 June 2018 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Gil Cisneros
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Deletion of PrncesRachel
Why did you delete the artist page of PrncesRachel? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:201:300:6AE1:D4EE:1D73:3CD7:1052 (talk) 03:24, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of Gil Cisneros for deletion
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Deletion of PrncesRachel
This article seems to have been deleted with undue haste and affording no time in which to lodge an objection......Paul venter (talk) 08:56, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
 * "A tag has been placed on PrncesRachel, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which pages can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:

It seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. (See section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.

It appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), individual animal, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. (See section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable."

It seems to me that the criteria are not that strictly defined if the user follows up with "It seems to be" and "It appears to be", indicating some uncertainty. Paul venter (talk) 13:25, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
 * That bolded text doesn't appear anywhere on WP:CSD. It's called speedy deletion for a reason, and it met A7 and G11 criteria. I wonder what your interest is in this and from looking over your user page, I suspect you're still using multiple accounts, which I see you have been blocked for in the past. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:19, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Look again - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Paul_venter#Speedy_deletion_nomination_of_PrncesRachel
 * Secondly, be very careful with your accusations Paul venter (talk) 08:05, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I seem to remember blocking an account relating to that page. I assumed that account was the page creator. I stand corrected. It doesn't change that the page violated A7 and G11 and was a valid speedy deletion. – Muboshgu (talk) 14:59, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

YGM
- FlightTime  ( open channel ) 18:31, 25 June 2018 (UTC)


 * Looks like I'm gonna keep ya busy all day :P  -  FlightTime  ( open channel ) 18:32, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
 * RevDel completed. I do have to step away from my computer now though. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:34, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank ya :) - FlightTime  ( open channel ) 18:34, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

Perfect games of David Wells and David Cone
Hi. A week ago, I placed "oddity" entiries, for the articles on both the '1998 David Wells Perfect Game", and the "1999 David Cone Perfect Game". But you decided to delete them, even though I gave a webite reference. Did you find my entires to be inaccurate? Garciaglenn1234 (talk) 18:59, 26 June 2018 (UTC)


 * Obviously I'm not the one who removed your edits, but I did take a look at them and I also would of removed them as Non-notable trivia, This is an Encyclopedia not a book the obscure facts/trivia. -  FlightTime  ( open channel ) 19:04, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, that is the reason. I did neglect to explain myself when I did that, I see, and for that I do apologize. Thank you . – Muboshgu (talk) 19:49, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
 * NP. -  FlightTime  ( open channel ) 19:50, 26 June 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Deb Haaland
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 * SounderBruce, a finalist last year, with a variety of submissions related to transport in the state of Washington

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Revdel?
Hey, I noticed you were online. Could you look at my edit to Rick Michaels and see if it needs RevDel? It’s unsourced and, based on my amateur research, possibly just wrong. And thanks for working on Nate Orf. I was there at Round Rock last night and thought we might be doing this pretty soon. EricEnfermero (Talk) 00:13, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Only popped on quickly before heading back out. Still on vacation after all. RevDel applied. That edit was a serious BLP violation. – Muboshgu (talk) 00:19, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:22, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

Block some socks (hey! that rhymes!)
Please also block Special:Contributions/Own This Guy! and Special:Contributions/Musicmonster49. SemiHypercube ✎ 00:47, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Both blocked – Muboshgu (talk) 00:51, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Oh, you might also have to revdel some of Musicmonster49's contributions (probably copyvios) and maybe the other socks' contribs? — Preceding unsigned comment added by SemiHypercube (talk • contribs) 12:53, 9 July 2018 (UTC) ‎
 * I don't know that we need to. I see one of them is the lyrics to Take On Me. I don't know that we really need to revdel that. – Muboshgu (talk) 01:53, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

Austin Jackson
You reverted my update reflecting his trade to Texas, on the basis that he may never play for them. I have no idea what your source is on that one - does Texas have too much talent to put him in the outfield? I have a hard time believing they will release or demote him. Whatever. Either way, the Wikipedia page as currently constructed looks ridiculous, as it has him on SF and Texas simultaneously. If you are going to insist he's still on the Giants, then at least edit Texas off of the lede across the board. A Google search of Austin Jackson leads to the Wikipedia article, and before you even click on the damn thing you see him playing for two teams at the same time. It looks foolish. Vcuttolo (talk) 03:49, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Rangers GM has instructed Austin Jackson not to report to team just yet. We only list teams that the player has played for. He hasn't played for Texas and might not at all. – Muboshgu (talk) 13:31, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

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 * ✅ – Muboshgu (talk) 04:51, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

Template talk:National College Baseball Hall of Fame
Hi - I added a proposal to consolidate sections of the above note template, on its Talk page. Would value your feedback on that, when you may have a chance to review. Thanks in advance. Dmoore5556 (talk) 16:51, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Sure, but I can't right now. I'll try to look at it tonight. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:57, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

Broken navbox
Not sure what happened, but when you edited Template:Telemundo telenovelas and series, the navbox broke. Please, check the results when using AWB. — Gorthian (talk) 05:06, 10 July 2018 (UTC)


 * And again. At least this one was easy to fix. I don’t use AWB; don’t you preview the results when you use it? — Gorthian (talk) 04:36, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Another one — Gorthian (talk) 06:05, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Number four — Gorthian (talk) 06:07, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
 * It doesn't provide previews. I eyeball but clearly sometimes miss a nowrap. Thanks for fixing those. I'll skim through more of what I've done to ensure there are no other mistakes. – Muboshgu (talk) 13:31, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

Austin Jackson
Well, you were correct in saying that we should all hold off in putting Austin Jackson on the Rangers. He's been released by the organization, having never reported. The problem is that his Wikipedia article is a royal mess - it has him on the Rangers and a free agent simultaneously. It also has him formerly playing on the Rangers. Perhaps you can do what you need to and straighten out that mess. Vcuttolo (talk) 08:43, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
 * I'll take a look. It probably needs some cleanup. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:15, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

I appreciate it. I just looked back, and I see that you cleaned it up. That said, when you Google Austin Jackson, and before you click on his Wikipedia article, there is a box of Wikipedia information which shows him on the Rangers. I am too much a novice to know how to clean up that part. I hope I am explaining this well. Vcuttolo (talk) 02:10, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
 * I do see that Googling "Austin Jackson", it says "Current team: Texas Rangers (Outfielder)". There's not much we can do about that. Google pulls that info from various sources, including but not limited to Wikipedia, using their algorithms. With time, it should update. – Muboshgu (talk) 02:32, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Okay, got it. I always thought that box was part of Wikipedia. Now I learned something. Once again, thank you. Vcuttolo (talk) 02:58, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Happy to help. – Muboshgu (talk) 03:24, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Urgent page semi-protection
The page Josh Hader is experiencing very high levels of vandalism and BLP vios at the moment. Can you take a look at it? Aspening (talk) 04:24, 18 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting support.svg Semi-protected&#32;for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. – Muboshgu (talk) 04:29, 18 July 2018 (UTC)