User talk:Pichpich/Archive-2017

BLP PROD on Erasma Arellano
I've undone your placement of a WP:BLPROD on Erasma Arellano. The article had a reference - it may not have been an inline link, but it had a section marked "Reference" that list the title, publishing year, and publisher for a book. If you have checked that book and found that it has no reference to the subject of the article, let me know and I'll restore the PROD. --Nat Gertler (talk) 06:10, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

Calthemite category for creation
Hi PichPich

I am trying to understand how Wikipedia works and am puzzled why you had tagged the request to create a category for "calthemites" as "Tag for speedy deletion" - link to the deletion message is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Newcaves#Speedy_deletion_nomination_of_Category%3ACalthemites

I can't understand why "Calthemites" are in the category of "Speleothems" as the only similarity is the shapes and forms which are created. Calthemites are derived from degrading concrete on manmade structures (outside caves), Speleothems are derived from Limestone or dolomite (natural rock in natural caves).

I haven't had any feedback regarding reasoning for the deletion, and it would really help me learn from your decision.

Instead of this request being deleted, would it better to change the category of "Speleothems" to "Speleothems and Calthemites" to at least allow "Concrete Degradation" to be included as a searchable item linked in the subgroups?

Much appreciate your thoughts and possible solution. Regards Newcaves Newcaves (talk) 10:51, 10 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi Newcaves. The deletion of the category you'd created was technical since it was empty and only included a paragraph of explanation that duplicated the info in the article Calthemite. But you have a point. Placing that article in Category:Speleothems is indeed a mistake. However, I don't think Category:Speleothems and calthemites is the solution. For now, I've removed Calthemite from Category:Speleothems and placed it in the category Category:Concrete. Do you think this makes sense? Best, Pichpich (talk) 16:42, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi PichPich

This subject has certainly raised a few eyebrows. I have had a number of conflicting views from various editors on how this should be handled. Its is not an easy subject, however one thing which has come from all this is that most people have not been aware of why calthemites grow so much faster than speleothems. I have been aware of multiple instances where railway tunnels and mine tunnels have fast growing calthemites in them and it is due to industrial waste lime on the surface being leached through the rock strata into the tunnels. Then there is the issue where calthemites are not speleothems despite have many similar aspects, but also many differences (chemistry, growth rates, location etc etc. So putting calthemites into concrete category doesn't quite fit the overall situation, nor does putting calthemites in speleothem category. Another reviewer has come up with a compromise which probably best fits the situation at present and that is to have calthemites as a subgroup of both "Concrete" and "speleothems". Its probably not perfect but at least people can use these two groups to cross reference and searches. I am in favour of leaving calthemites in both categories at this stage. I am assuming that calthemites has stayed in both categories. Thanks so much for your wisdom and patients on this matter. Regards Newcaves Newcaves (talk) 22:51, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Re: DZAY Alay Radyo
Thought I'd inform you that the user you reported appears to be a sock of long-term abuser Betrand101. Bert's modus operandi is to come up with made-up or hoax radio stations in the Philippines, as stated in his LTA case page. Blake Gripling (talk) 05:26, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Ok. Thanks for the info. Pichpich (talk) 14:43, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

New Page Review - newsletter No.2
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Have a lovely kitten:
Dear Pichpich, thank you for reviewing and accepting my first article. Although I am a month late, please take this kitten as a token of my appreciation.

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 * Still a MASSIVE backlog

why did you revert my bracket edit?
here -

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bracket&action=history

other punctuation gives an example. It's ridiculous not to mention a single one until far, far down the page. Come on. Please set back. thank you.
 * There's already an infobox on the side that lists all brackets so I don't feel that the change is necessary. Best, Pichpich (talk) 19:33, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

My article
Dear Pichpich,

I understand that there is a problem with my article that you are requesting for deletion. May you please address the problem to me so I can fix it.

Thanks. PenguinPublishers (talk) 05:48, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
 * The book quite simply does not pass the general notability criterion. It is a self-published book by a non-notable teenager and it doesn't stand a chance as a Wikipedia article. Pichpich (talk) 07:44, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

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I have unreviewed a page you curated
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Vision China Times
Hi there

I noticed Vision China Times was redirected to Kanzhongguo. I have reverted this because Vision China Times is a separate legal entity in Australia on its own. Vision Times in Australia is not the same as Vision Times in kanzhongguo which is the US, hence I have deleted that phrase to reduce confusion. The references in relation to it being an independent newspaper in Australia is only relevant to the Vision China Times in Australia. The chief editors are also different people so it would be incorrect to direct it to the kanzhongguo page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EmilyzhangAU (talk • contribs) 01:28, 16 April 2017 (UTC)

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Fernanfloo
Hi! I just noticed that you undid my edit to Fernanfloo, without any explanation. I removed the redirect to the list, because Fernanfloo is a YouTube personality. The reason I did this is because people who want to know about the personality Feranfloo want to learn about the person, not the list of the top 100 YouTubers. Please let me know your take. Jamesjpk (talk) 02:54, 23 April 2017 (UTC)
 * The point is that there currently is no content at Fernanfloo so at least the redirect provides some information however minimal. Pichpich (talk) 16:12, 23 April 2017 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated
Thanks for reviewing Binodoxys communis, Pichpich.

Unfortunately Reb1981 has just gone over this page again and unreviewed it. Their note is:

"good job with improving."

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Reb1981 (talk) 21:39, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

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Simoliophiidae
You may have been blocked from editing if you keep vandalizing. Fourthigs (talk) 18:48, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

New Page Review - Newsletter No.4
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Fierra fly
The plot is about to thickenDlohcierekim (talk) 04:36, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
 * ??? Pichpich (talk) 04:37, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Nevermind. I've just found Sockpuppet investigations/John Smooth! Pichpich (talk) 04:48, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of EternalRocks worm


The article EternalRocks worm has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern:
 * Isolated incident that was only covered to a minor degree, and failed to cause significant damage. Shouldn't be merged with Wannacry, the media incorrectly connected the two.

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Vote to keep/delete article Silu Wang
Hi Pichpich, Thanks for reviewing article Silu Wang on 2 June 2017. I created the original article but it was quickly deleted before I even had a chance to add references etc. An other user recreated the article but again is being considered for deletion Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Silu_Wang.

In music world, there are so many rising starts, it is not fair to say they are not notable simply because they are young and early in their career. Yes I am a new wiki user, but as long as what I said can be verified, it doesn't make me less trustworthy. It is sad to see that a genuine talented young pianist can't have a wikipedia article even with many references from legitimate sources.

I am a new wikipedia user and since I created the original page, I am not sure if my vote counts. If you agree with me and believe that she deserves a wiki article, or even if you don't, please help to vote here.

Since a lot of reference sources are in Chinese, if you need any help in translation, please feel free to contact me (Google translate is good but I am better :D )

Best regards --Michaeljwei (talk) 11:25, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated
Thanks for reviewing Mallhopp, Pichpich.

Unfortunately Mabalu has just gone over this page again and unreviewed it. Their note is:

"Unreviewing so that if the creator tries removing deletion notice again a reviewer should catch it."

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Orphaned non-free image File:Bulletin cover (Belgium).jpg
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Costa Rican classical musicians


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Speedy deletion nomination of Baylee Almon
Hello Pichpich,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Baylee Almon for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly say why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions.

 Dr Strauss   talk   16:08, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

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Notability of Hammerax
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A Barnstar for you!
oooooooooooooh, shiny barnstar! Thanks! Pichpich (talk) 21:58, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

F.A. die on Nov 23
can you please stop to undo my edits on the François Aquin page? Thank you. C Siegfried (talk) 08:57, 26 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I don't think I've ever edited that article and the article history both here and on Wikidata appears to confirm that. Maybe you've got the wrong person. Pichpich (talk) 20:12, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

Quinn cleanup
Hey, what's the rationale for this edit? Removing the unfilled parameters and hidden comments is fine, but wondering about the rest. Nikkimaria (talk) 17:47, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Well it's not a very interesting edit... I'm removing some of the infobox parameters that are unused and unlikely to be relevant for that particular article. Also I used templates for the dates of birth/death in the infobox so that the age at the date of death is displayed automatically. In short, a very boring edit! Pichpich (talk) 20:42, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Okay, so why remove parameters that are used? Nikkimaria (talk) 21:29, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Did I? If so it was an accident but from what I see in the diff, I only removed unused parameters although some contained hidden text that defines the parameter. (if you see what I mean). In any case, feel free to revert whichever deletion you disagree with. Pichpich (talk) 21:38, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

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