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Speedy deletion nomination of User:Retswerb/sandbox


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 * This is abuse of speedy deletion. "Except for blatant or serious matters, it is preferable to try contacting the user before deletion" (User pages ) The sandbox in question is being used for drafting of a new article and does not fall afoul of Criteria for speedy deletion in any way. Please stop. Retswerb (talk) 22:51, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

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 * Thanks @Ahunt! Looking forward to taking part. Retswerb (talk) 04:42, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

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Fan Mail
😂 Okay old man. Whatever you say. --51.19.76.142 (talk) 22:25, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

Great to see you!
Hi Retswerb – thanks for taking the time to talk today! As we discussed there are a lot of user scripts that make editing easier. The one I referenced was Popups, which provides more advanced functionality to the hover previews we talked about. You can enable that by going to Special:Preferences -> Gadgets -> Navigation popups. You'll also see a lot of other gadgets available, many of which are extremely useful. Aside from those, there are a great deal of other custom user scripts that make the editing experience easier; you can find a lot of the ones I use at m:User:L235/global.js and User:L235/common.js. Let me know if I can help at all with those! Best, KevinL ( aka L235 · t · c) 22:09, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks L235! Great to connect. I'll check out those links, thanks for providing them and for your work on behalf of this community. Retswerb (talk) 09:39, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

I can't find the problem you referenced.
Hi James K McMahon! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor at 3D Printing that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia – it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Please see Help:Minor edit for more information. Feel free to let me know if you need help, I'm still fairly new but can help point you in the right direction. Retswerb (talk) 03:00, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

I do not see this 28 November in your Read page.

I will go to 3D printing now to look into it. I cannot find it. Did you delete it?

You need to understand something about the history of 3D printing. I worked with people who became involved in 3D Printing. The historical information is old and those I may references are no longer with us. For Example: Juki Manufacturing has been contacted for information about printing with plastics but they have no one working with this any more. Any information they may have had is gone. The man who hired them to manufacture a plastic ink printer, Robert Howard is no longer alive. I called the company he started but they dropped the product line and discarded all documentation related to it around 2000. No one who works there knows anything about the early history. You have asked me about minor edits and I believe I have mad an error choosing this marked box. You do know that these things cannot be reversed after they are entered. I'll try not to ever do it again. I have some much to offer Wikipedia about 3D printing. I hope my contributions will not create difficulties again. Historian and Godfather of Single nozzle inkjets (talk) 18:48, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi James, welcome aboard. Take a look at your contribution page at Special:Contributions/James_K_McMahon and you can see the ones marked with a bolded 'm' are the ones you've marked as minor. Please also remember that information you add to articles needs to be attributable to reliable sources rather than your own original research. Check out WP:OR for more info and let me know if I can help. Retswerb (talk) 04:25, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

Cuvier's beaked whale
Hi Retswerb. No trout slaps just thanksfor the message I saw today. I answered you elsewhere. ( On my back page?) Cheerio Watkins-Jorgensen (talk) 09:45, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

Copy edit still needed?
Would you please review Cuvier's beaked whale and see if you still think it needs the "copy edit" tag? The tag was removed by another user whose edits were reverted, yet the tag is still missing. Much work has been done with the article since you edited the Talk page on 28 December 2020. Thanks in advance. azwaldo (talk) 23:33, 20 January 2021 (UTC)


 * I took a look today and made a couple of small edits, the page has certainly come a long long way in the last month or two. I'm content to leave the tag off, if others think it still applies they can reinstate it. Retswerb (talk) 08:22, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

Unblock Request

 * Looking at https://www.netskope.com/services, it does not appear to me that they offer internet service. If you are able to help me understand why/how you edit via that range, I can try to help. !ɘM γɿɘυϘ ⅃ϘƧ  03:21, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Frankly I had never heard of them either until digging into this block a little. Per the discussion linked to above, they appear to be a corporate security provider. Much of my editing takes place from a work computer, apparently using Netskope's services. My hope is that I can be given IP Block Exemption so I can continue to edit while logged in. When this block was originally placed back in January I took it as an unintended wikibreak hoping that the situation would resolve itself but I'd love to get back at it now.  Retswerb (talk) 04:40, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

IP block exempt
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Please read the page IP block exemption carefully, especially the section on IP block exemption conditions. Inappropriate usage of this user right may result in revocation. I hope this will enhance your editing, and allow you to edit successfully and without disruption. !ɘM γɿɘυϘ ⅃ϘƧ  04:45, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you - I appreciate your help with this! I have familiarized myself with the conditions and will comply. Back to editing again! Retswerb (talk) 08:48, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

Formatting of discussion thread comments
Regarding [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Signatures&diff=1028282687&oldid=1028282633 this edit] and similar ones: as the following is unsolicited advice, please feel free to ignore it, particularly if you are aware of it already. Note the,  , and   characters introduce different types of lists, and aren't just indent levels. In order to minimize the number of start/end list announcements made by screen reader software used by those with vision problems, and  provide guidance on how to format discussion thread comments. The nutshell summary is if you're the first person replying, copy the prefix from the comment to which you replying, and append the character of your choice. If you're not the first person replying, copy the prefix from the last person who replied at the same nesting level. If you could consider helping to make Wikipedia discussions threads more accessible, it would be highly appreciated.

Going into a bit more detail regarding the effect of your edit for screen readers: you responded to a comment that starts with  with a reply starting with. The comment you were responding to consists of (from right to left) a second-level unbulleted list item nested within a first-level bulleted list item. Your reply consisted of three levels of unbulleted listed items, nested within each other. As this changed the type of the first-level list, screen readers will announce the closure of two lists, and announce the start of three new levels, instead of just announcing the start of one new level if you had used  instead. And since the comment below yours starts with, screen readers will announce the closure of three levels of lists and the start of a new list, instead of just announcing the closure of two lists. This adds up to six extra announcements. Thanks very much for your time. isaacl (talk) 05:23, 13 June 2021 (UTC)


 * That's helpful, and I appreciate you taking the time to explain it. I saw that previous items had been constructed both as  and as   as well as various other colon permutations and incorrectly assumed they were all just different ways of producing the indents. Cheers. Retswerb (talk) 04:40, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

Request for interference
Hello Retswerb......I've been watching the Kempegowda International Airport today and I noticed that unnecessary paragraphs have been adding up.....I'm not a confirmed user ....so if try to revert them people warn me of ban....I feel those paragraphs are not required....so request you to watch the page and revert them Adithya003 (talk) 13:38, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

I'm asking you because you previously have reverted those points today....Thanks! Adithya003 (talk) 13:39, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Agreed, it had a lot of unnecessary material. I'll swing by again later and take another look. Retswerb (talk) 04:50, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Your email
I finally got around to replying. Thanks again. --Blablubbs (talk) 11:13, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks @Blablubbs - I appreciate you taking the time! Retswerb (talk) 03:05, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

Akane Yamaguchi
Hello. Help copy edit. Thanks you. Limpae (talk) 09:15, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
 * I made a couple of small punctuation fixes. Any reason you've been intent on so many Talk pages to have this article improved? Retswerb (talk) 09:31, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
 * You may be unaware but they are an LTA: Sockpuppet investigations/Haiyenslna. Robby.is.on (talk) 09:36, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Not surprised, I glanced at contribs and saw the spam. Retswerb (talk) 09:55, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

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AtYourGate moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, AtYourGate, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of " " before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page.  Onel 5969  TT me 13:20, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Reverted via WP:DRAFTOBJECT. Article meets WP:NCORP and is still in active development. Retswerb (talk) 03:37, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

Do not delete
This article is relevant and sh I understand remain a part of the airlines public history. Autumnlei (talk) 04:27, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi @Autumnlei! I assume you're referring to the discussion at Articles_for_deletion/Cape_Air_Flight_2072. While I certainly agree that the event was important, it does not meet the criteria laid out in WP:AIRCRASH to have its own article here. It does, however, already have a mention in the "Accidents and incidents" section of Cape Air, which includes references for anyone looking to read more about the flight and its outcome. Retswerb (talk) 09:09, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of AtYourGate


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AtYourGate moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, AtYourGate, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of " " before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page.  DGG ( talk ) 10:50, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
 * @DGG: You are the second to unilaterally draftify, so I have returned it to mainspace. Please AfD instead if you feel it fails WP:NCORP. Retswerb (talk) 03:52, 20 February 2022 (UTC)


 * now at Articles for deletion/AtYourGate , DGG ( talk ) 11:18, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

Please suggest
Please suggest me to edit. I was IP user for long and I registered today for edit warning ⚠️. I do respect rules to continue. Please guide me some pages that I can improve and edit I am just normal user. Say a novice with mid level English efficiency. But I don't see mid-level is an issue, if I am not wrong, to continue.

I am from Mizoram. Please suggest accordingly. With best 117.99.213.221 (talk) 08:41, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi there, and welcome to Wikipedia. I'm not sure exactly what you're looking for, but I'll post on your talk page momentarily with some links that may be helpful. Retswerb (talk) 09:00, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

Nomination of AtYourGate for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article AtYourGate 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/AtYourGate until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, 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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Benild Joseph
Hi there. Benild Joseph, This subject has been significantly covered under GNG, I have already sufficiently analysis of the sources as well as the topic also, and I request you to kindly re-consider the same. RAJENDRA PAL SINGH (talk) 08:46, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

New Page Reviewing

 * Thanks @Dr vulpes - been a while since I looked into that, I'll check it out. Retswerb (talk) 08:03, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Sounds good and if you have any questions about my experiences or anything just let me know.  Dr vulpes  (💬 • 📝) 08:20, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

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Citations in leads
You might want to be careful with "citation needed" tags in leads. I encountered such a tag [this revision of Aerobee], which then got given a citation by another editor. But there was already a supporting citation and statement in the text.

Just don't want you to have to make extra work for yourself. :)

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