User talk:Newyorkbrad/Archive/2022/Dec

Draft:Biswasing
Thanks for speedy deleting Draft:Biswasing. I honestly wasn't quite sure what it was, other than inappropriate for Wikipedia, so I went with MfD instead of CSD. I'm glad the MfD caught your attention, and that you realized what it was. I found it when I checked out the contributions of the last IP, who'd edited an aircraft article. We find strange stuff on Wikipedia sometimes! BilCat (talk) 22:58, 2 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Is it possible to require some sort of review for drafts that are over a year old, regardless of when they were last edited? As you said, it's embarrassing that this was here for so long, and it appears some edits were made solely to avoid the six month without edits restriction. Thanks. BilCat (talk) 23:02, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I don't spend much time in the draft namespace, but my understanding is that screening typically takes place when an article is either published to mainspace or hits the six-months-without-edits mark. Some sort of screening as you suggest makes sense, but the time and efforts of our new-page patrollers are already stretched very thin. I wonder if anyone reading here might have a suggestion. In the meantime, the saving grace is that drafts are not indexed for search engages, so few people will see them who aren't looking for them. Regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 23:06, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the explanation. I was thinking that a bot could nominate old drafts for MfD, and let that process handle the review, or something similar, maybe DfR (Drafts for reveiw). Any creator or other user can request it be kept, amd it would be, and of course would refunded if deleted. BilCat (talk) 23:24, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

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Merry Christmas!
Thanks, and wishing you a healthy and productive 2023 as well. Regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:03, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

Seasons Greetings
Thanks, and wishing you the same. Regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:04, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

Long jokes that only need the punchline
And Saint Peter scratches his head and leans his crozier back on the Pearly Gates. "Well, you see, we've never actually a lawyer up here before" User:Shirt58 (talk) 🦘 13:15, 26 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for sharing. I hadn't heard that one in almost a week. :) Regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:05, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
 * It's been several years since I heard that joke, until just last week. Weird. BilCat (talk) 02:31, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Here is the punchline of a joke about an unfortunate encounter between a pair of Eastern European large mammal researchers and a pair of Grizzlies: "The Czech is in the male." Cullen328 (talk) 02:37, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
 * And the farmer says, "You can have the duck." BilCat (talk) 02:49, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
 * And then the moth answers the podiatrist, "Because the light was on." BilCat (talk) 19:15, 29 December 2022 (UTC)