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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:05, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

2 academics
Don't know if you are interested, but while expanding Elena Arizmendi Mejía, I discovered Gabriela Cano Ortega does not have an en.WP article, though she has a Spanish one. I added her to the list of gender studies academics with some of the sources I found. She primarily works on women, but has also written on transgender people. The other one is Carolina Villarroel a professor and archivist who founded the U.S. Latino Digital Humanities Center in Texas. Totally get it if you don't have interest or time, but I know academics are something you like to focus on. SusunW (talk) 20:44, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I'll take a look! Thanks for bringing them to my attention :) TJMSmith (talk) 03:35, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I started a quick bio on Gabriela Cano Ortega. I think she meets WP:AUTHOR based on reviews of her works and likely WP:PROF based on the esWiki article that states she is a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences. I didn't uncover material demonstrating that Villarroel meets notability requirements, but if you found more sources, I'm happy to revisit! TJMSmith (talk) 23:30, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, TJ. No worries. Here's what I find on Villarroel Admittedly not a lot and she is primarily an archivist. Wonder if Texan might have other info. Or perhaps the way to go is to write about the program she founded? SusunW (talk) 06:17, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi TJ and ! I might be able to find some stuff. I've been offline a lot though because my library is in the middle of a major move and the process is exhausting. When I get home, I'm dead to the world! LOL. But we're finally slowing down and I may have access to resources you might need. Let me know. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:05, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks . I honestly don't know if the best way is to write about the U.S. Latino Digital Humanities Center (USLDHC) and mention Villaroel or do a stand-alone on her. The fact that she was the head archivist of Hispanic stuff at Houston Library, has been the Brown Foundation Director of Research of the Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage since 2011, and was the original co-founder of the USLDHC says to me she is notable. The question becomes do we have enough sourcing to meet WP GNG? SusunW (talk) 16:21, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
 * All I know is that I've used the excellent archives at USLDHC before and it's really nicely done! I think starting with the archives themselves and talking about her in the article is the best way to go at the moment. She's not written up in the Library Journals, which is frustrating. :( Megalibrarygirl (talk) 23:47, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:44, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Treacherous (Taylor Swift song)
Hello, I redirected the article because it fails WP:NSONG: "If the only coverage of a song occurs in the context of reviews of the album on which it appears, that material should be contained in the album article and an independent article about the song should not be created." Because "Treacherous" has not received standalone reviews or coverage, and chart positions alone do not guarantee notability, draftifying the article is a preferable alternative. Best, Ippantekina (talk) 00:38, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Joseph Eichberg


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DYK for Meadow Walker
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Response to “Welcome!”
Hi, I appreciate the warm welcome to Wikipedia. I read through the NPOV policy before writing my addition to Darryl Pines’ page, and now again after your revision. I do not believe my post can be fairly described as “not conforming” to the NPOV standards. I reviewed major public figures’ wikipedia pages to compare and based mine off of those, and it appeared routine to include contradictory empirical evidence when a false or misleading claim is made. I cited a peer-reviewed academic source. Could you explain why the sentence describing the existing research on prevalence of sexual assault in college Greek life should not be included? It seems to fit the norm of how wikipedia articles are written, and I strongly believe it fits the NPOV standards you sent me.

Thank you, 71.114.93.165 (talk) 00:11, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I appreciate your research and contributions to Wikipedia! The main policies that come to mind for me are WP:OR and WP:UNDUE. Sources need to be about the main subject of the article, in this case Pines. The sentence about sexual assault and Greek life would be better suited for Fraternities_and_sororities. Pines was not mentioned in those sources (as far as I could tell). I hope this helps to clarify my thoughts. TJMSmith (talk) 00:46, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:25, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

ITN pic
Hi, TJMSmith. May I ask how you got File:2020 Karl Nehammer Ministerrat am 8.1.2020 (49351366976) (cropped).jpg into Commons:Auto-protected files/wikipedia/en, please? Are you an admin at Commons, too? I'm curious. Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 18:17, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
 * It was already protected when I checked. I'm not a Commons admin. TJMSmith (talk) 18:25, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
 * No harm was done, so no worries. It just looks like that Kringle was 4 minutes behind. I'll make a switch at WP:CMP and release the unused version. Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 18:31, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

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DYK for Ruth Crosby Noble
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ITN recognition for Blackberri

 * Always sad when the subject of an article you started dies, my condolences. Best wishes, Stephen 22:01, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

Source on Alexander Tuzhilin
The Blasting News source on Alexander Tuzhilin was part of an elaborate scheme by another individual to promote himself using Wikipedia. It's something that has been going on for more than a decade, so I'm trying to clean up the mess. I removed the source and added a citation needed template. If you have another handy source, feel free to drop it in. If not, I'll find another one later. Thanks for your work! SimoneBilesStan (talk) 16:53, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

Sources Analysis
In this edit I have analyzed the three sources you cited, in defense of Victory Obasi, in my response to, I’m somewhat an expert in Nigerian sources so I do not even blame anyone who gets confused about how Nigerian sources work as most reliable Nigerian sources publish unreliable pieces. Celestina007 (talk) 19:22, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pinging me. I am no expert on Nigerian sources, so I appreciate you sharing your insights! TJMSmith (talk) 22:54, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh no no, my friend, you aren’t to blame see User:Celestina007 and scroll to (Come across a Nigerian source) if you read there, you’d see that you aren’t to blame, don’t get me wrong, I’ve lived in Nigeria for 20+ years this is why I’m familiar with Nigerian sources, having said it isn’t peculiar to Nigeria, this is Global, Infact said it best, when he mentioned or opined  that there wasn’t/isn’t anything like a (reliable source) we only have reliable pieces from “reliable sources” and this is even more true for my home country. So you see, like I said, you aren’t at fault. Thank you for your time TJ and happy holidays. Celestina007 (talk) 23:32, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:25, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

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Cavalier Johnson edit
You pinged me on this edit and reverted it due to insufficient sourcing. All I did there was take the DOB from the infobox (which was already present) and added it to the article intro line, which is standard format for biographical articles. If the sourcing for the DOB was not solid, it probably shouldn't have been in the infobox. --Asdasdasdff (talk) 18:41, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I've removed it from the infobox too. DOB needs a direct source. Thanks! TJMSmith (talk) 18:47, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

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Deletion of Sue Sherman-Broyles
Hi,

It appears you posted a page about me and I would like to have it taken down. I am no longer in science but love my work in real estate. My PhD advisor takes issue with some of the things in the post.

67.249.227.188 (talk) 18:58, 25 January 2022 (UTC)Sue Sherman-Broyles slsb@yaman.com
 * Deleted per your request. TJMSmith (talk) 02:50, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:02, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

"Pacho El Antifeka" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Pacho El Antifeka and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 February 8 until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Steel1943 (talk) 00:20, 8 February 2022 (UTC)