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Kapas Island
hi there, why did you delete the photos i uploaded ? did they violate any rules ? wish to know to avoid similar happening in future, thanks WorldTravleerAndPhotoTaker (talk) 13:32, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
 * yes, see WP:IG, which says: "Articles consisting entirely or primarily of galleries are discouraged, as the Commons is intended for such collections of images." Moreover it was self-serving, only adding all your own images. --  P 1 9 9  ✉ 16:06, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
 * i thought i was only allowed to add my own images due to copy right ? WorldTravleerAndPhotoTaker (talk) 08:08, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
 * that applies to uploading images. --  P 1 9 9  ✉ 13:10, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks for the clarification WorldTravleerAndPhotoTaker (talk) 13:17, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

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Sorry, but ...
I just found that Madridejos, Cebu, its wikidata has no finance numbers in it. And I can't work out where to find them - not in PSGC (and there is no webpage either). Have you got any idea how to find it? Auntie Kathleen (talk) 15:06, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
 * No, sorry, I don't know. BTW, all the PH articles are standardized, so please don't change formatting! In particular, reducing text size is contrary to MOS:FONTSIZE, and you are also removing valid "access-date" parameters in the weather box. If there is a specific reason for making these changes, first discuss them at WP Philippines. Thank you. --  P 1 9 9  ✉ 15:30, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I find what I originally ask myself: no reply at Tambayan Philippines
 * There are several things wrong with –
 * The internal format has the columns all aligned left, with a large gap aligned right in each column;
 * The graph fills the whole width of the entity, which means the graph is too wide to understand easily;
 * The width of the entity is too wide for my phone, neither table nor graph fits in a single view;
 * In my phone, but not in my pc, the header is not as wide as the body;


 * I think two columns is enough. By using graph-width=right, for pc style two columns of data, their height would be more or less the same height as the graph. For narrower pcs and phones, it would allow the graph to appear underneath.




 * The width is too wide to fit in my phone. It is three columns short, either right or left. I don't think that reducing to 90% is contrary to MOS:FONTSIZE (which I have read) and allows whole width.
 * [The colours are horrible, of course. To me, simple black and white text seems much better, Also see MOS:NAVBOXCOLOR ]


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 * Auntie Kathleen (talk) 01:45, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
 * These are merely cosmetic changes to suit your device. The census and weather boxes are used in tens-of-thousands of articles (not just PH articles), so if everyone keeps on making changes to suit their own devices, nothing would be standardized anymore... --  P 1 9 9  ✉ 02:20, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

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Your revert of Fokker
Re: you revert of a recent edit to Fokker with the reason "Not for company infoboxes" ... I respectfully ask you to reconsider. There are hundreds maybe thousands) of company articles where the age of the company's beginning and end are shown in the infobox. Truthanado (talk) 18:47, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi I haven't noticed that, but when I do, I would remove it there as well. It just doesn't serve a purpose to state in every infobox how long ago a year is. Just my opinion of course, so maybe this should be discussed in a general forum or wikiproject... --  P 1 9 9   ✉ 12:50, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

DYK for St. Raphael Provincial Park
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Speedy deletion declined: User:HouseOfBetula-Gryfudd
Hello P199, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of User:HouseOfBetula-Gryfudd, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: User does exist, or this is not a user page. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 17:33, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for all your hard admin work. In this case, yes, the user exists "on paper", but the User page was not created by the namesake user but by an unrelated user, to promote some personal (?) topic it seems. If you still think that U2 doesn't apply, what deletion process applies then? MfD? --  P 1 9 9  ✉ 18:06, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
 * The speedy criteria have to be applied narrowly - if the criterion says "pages of users that don't exist", and the user does exist, then that criterion does not apply, end of story. The criteria are very black and white, because they're the limited cases where pages can be deleted without any discussion. Normally yes, if a non-article page is declined for speedy deletion then the next step is MFD, as there's no PROD for drafts. In this case, though, I would normally review against other criteria and maybe just change the tag and delete the page anyway, but I was suddenly called into a meeting and didn't get a chance to review this page thoroughly.
 * Having reviewed it now: the page was created by User:HistoricallyAccurate, and they created the page less than an hour after the account that that userspace belongs to was created. It seems obvious then that HistoricallyAccurate also created the HouseOfBetula-Gryfudd account. As far as I can tell this is the only other account that they have created, the content is made up (though there are fantasy nobility "leagues" and they have bled onto Wikipedia before), and none of the content was used in the user's other work. Since it doesn't seem to have any use towards Wikipedia's purpose it might meet WP:U5, except that it's supposed to be pages made by users without much other activity, and HistoricallyAccurate is fairly active. If they meant it as a test and weren't meaning to keep it then either WP:G2 or WP:G7 would apply.
 * How about we just ask? For now I'll move it to a subpage of HistoricallyAccurate's user space, and then I'll leave them a message asking what they're meaning to do with it, if anything. In that case the page will also be eligible for deletion under WP:G13 if it's not edited for six months, so one way or another it will eventually be dealt with. If you disagree you can of course re-tag the article with a different speedy tag (I won't reject you again but can't speak for other admins) or start a discussion at MFD. Cheers, and thanks for your work patrolling. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 23:07, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Parks, parks, oh wonderful parks!

 * Thank you! Slow process but more to come! --  P 1 9 9  ✉ 19:08, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

Spontaneous flora in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade
can you explain why you delete the gallery in the site Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade my point is that those plants are as real as the church, the road, the river I understand that they also grow elsewhere but as you can see whit the géolocalisations those pictures where taken on the municipality site in those time so concern about ecologies for me it's important to realize that the plants are our day to day compagnon please reconsider Nichole Ouellette (talk) 14:36, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your efforts at WP and your image uploads at Commons. As per WP:IG: "Wikipedia is not an image repository. A gallery is not a tool to shoehorn images into an article, and a gallery consisting of an indiscriminate collection of images of the article subject should generally either be improved in accordance with the below paragraphs or moved to Wikimedia Commons." In other words, the inclusion of the images at Commons is more than sufficient. Regards, --  P 1 9 9  ✉ 14:46, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

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DYK for Lake of the Woods Provincial Park
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DYK for Kesagami Provincial Park
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DYK for Kesagami Lake
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DYK nomination of Otoskwin River
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DYK for Otoskwin–Attawapiskat River Provincial Park
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DYK for Otoskwin River
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DYK for Turtle River–White Otter Lake Provincial Park
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Reversion of the images I added on Coron, Palawan
I strongly disagree with your removal of my images that I added in the wiki page of Coron. I think they are significant because they show places in that town that are not normally known but should be known to other people. Therefore, I propose that it should be reverted since no one else has also placed pictures related to the geology of the area that is not limestone-related and Mt. Dalara. Pcbyed (talk) 13:47, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
 * That is what is Commons for. If there was a paragraph on geology, then it makes sense to add an image on geology. --  P 1 9 9  ✉ 13:50, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

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DYK for Algoma Headwaters Provincial Park
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:54, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

Proposal to Rename "South China Sea" to "West Philippine Sea" (La union wiki dispute)
Hello fellow editors,,

I would like to propose a discussion regarding the naming of the body of water commonly referred to as the "South China Sea." Given its geographical location and historical context, I believe it would be more accurate and appropriate to use the term "West Philippine Sea."

The name "South China Sea" has often been criticized for its bias towards one particular claimant and disregards the territorial disputes among neighboring countries. By using the term "West Philippine Sea," we can provide a more neutral and accurate representation of the area, highlighting the Philippines' claims without favoring any specific nation.

I encourage everyone to share their thoughts on this proposal. Let's engage in a constructive conversation and consider the historical, geographical, and political aspects when deciding on the most appropriate name for this body of water.

Thank you for your attention and participation.

Best regards, Haruno212007

Haruno212007 (talk) 04:20, 12 August 2023 (UTC)


 * First, my personal talk page is not the place to propose naming conventions for international bodies of water. That should be done at Talk:South China Sea. And secondly, such a proposal would not pass. Your proposed name "West Philippine Sea" is equally contentious and only applicable to use within the Philippines. WP is global, and therefore we use globally accepted common names, see WP:USECOMMONNAMES. Regards, --  P 1 9 9  ✉ 18:24, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

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DYK for Kississing Lake
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DYK for Aubinadong River
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Lauwersmeer - Dyke/Dam - contradiction?
See page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauwersmeer. My reading of it reveals that some clarification, or removal of contradiction may be appropriate.

Under "History", please review para 2, noting references to "32km", "dykes", "13km", "dam", "13 km dike plan was more expensive than the 32 km plan", and "government decided on the cheaper option". Then in para 4, note reference to "The 13-kilometer-long dike".

The whole reads as if the 32km plan was cheaper, and the government used the cheaper option, yet we are later told that the structure now existing is 13km. How can this be?

Perhaps someone with access to validated history of Lauwersmeer could clarify this? Pwat (talk) 09:34, 23 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Wow, you are asking about an edit I did in 2007! And that edit was a merge, so I did not write that specific info. You better search through the original article's history to find who wrote it and ask them. Sorry, not much help... --  P 1 9 9  ✉ 16:14, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2023).



Administrator changes
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Technical news
 * The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to edit MediaWiki configuration directly. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A technical RfC is running until November 08, where you can provide feedback.
 * There is a proposed plan for re-enabling the Graph Extension. Feedback on this proposal is requested.

Arbitration
 * Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 12 November 2023 until 21 November 2023 to stand in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections.
 * , and  have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee Elections.  is the reserve commissioner.
 * Following a motion, the contentious topic designation of Prem Rawat has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
 * Following several motions, multiple topic areas are no longer designated as a contentious topic. These contentious topic designations were from the Editor conduct in e-cigs articles, Liancourt Rocks, Longevity, Medicine, September 11 conspiracy theories, and Shakespeare authorship question cases.
 * Following a motion, remedies 3.1 (All related articles under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned), 6 (Stalemate resolution) and 30 (Administrative supervision) of the Macedonia 2 case have been rescinded.
 * Following a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
 * An arbitration case named Industrial agriculture has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.

Miscellaneous
 * The Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in November 2023, with 700+ drafts pending reviews for in the last 4 months or so. In addition to the AfC participants, all administrators and New Page Patrollers can conduct reviews using the helper script, Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:23, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

Deletion Nominations in Commons
You recently nominated the following images for deletion:


 * File:Photo of St.George Utah.jpg
 * File:Panorama of St.George Utah.jpg
 * File:Old Highway 91 Bridge in Middleton Utah.jpg

With The claim that they are most likely not my own work, i can send you the link to my google photos with all the mete & EXIF data.

Link to album: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMqOJFN8aCTJLpDx-ZRR1c32RqtO1eG9oWhprKN6rqgMJP4fwJkUABy2kz2dMrILg?key=RHR1dExybDVzazJmWUVFTmtZa2RWRXNJNmVKMWdB ( https://photos.app.goo.gl/n2yTTDbaEdrnhKAN8 )

😎😎PaulGamerBoy360😎😎 (talk) 18:01, 14 November 2023 (UTC)


 * I messaged you here because i am using a vpn to access commons & cannot edit there(I only need it for commons, i can access all other wikimedia foundation sites.) 😎😎PaulGamerBoy360😎😎 (talk) 18:02, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
 * OK noted. I have copied your comments to the DR discussion at Commons. --  P 1 9 9  ✉ 19:37, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
 * thanks, sorry about all of this. 😎😎PaulGamerBoy360😎😎 (talk) 19:39, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 20 November 2023
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The Signpost: 4 December 2023
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Administrators' newsletter – December 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2023).

Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * Following a talk page discussion, the Administrators' accountability policy has been updated to note that while it is considered best practice for administrators to have notifications (pings) enabled, this is not mandatory. Administrators who do not use notifications are now strongly encouraged to indicate this on their user page.

Arbitration
 * Following a motion, the Extended Confirmed Restriction has been amended, removing the allowance for non-extended-confirmed editors to post constructive comments on the "Talk:" namespace. Now, non-extended-confirmed editors may use the "Talk:" namespace solely to make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided that their actions are not disruptive.
 * The Arbitration Committee has announced a call for Checkusers and Oversighters, stating that it will currently be accepting applications for CheckUser and/or Oversight permissions at any point in the year.
 * Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 11, 2023 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:54, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Kaipokok Bay
RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Eagle-Dogtooth Provincial Park
Aoidh (talk) 00:03, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 December 2023
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