User talk:TheQ Editor/Archive Oct-Nov 2014

Adoption
Hi, no one seems to answer whenever I try to find an adopter, but I was hoping maybe you would be around because I saw you were listed? Infernus Is Hiding  -Talk  18:31, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I'd love to! But don't you already have an adopter? But isn't Mirror Freak already your adopter?  ΤheQ Editor   Talk? 19:23, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Regretfully, he had to drop me because he was told he was not "experienced" enough.  Infernus Is Hiding   -Talk  16:17, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Ughhh... I don't know. I would give him a chance. But for now, I can oversee the adoption. User:MirrorFreak, is that fine with you? But if you really want to switch adopters, it's fine.  ΤheQ Editor   Talk? 20:29, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Like I said, he had to drop me and told me to move on for now, as said here, so I am looking to learn to help with vandalism for now.
 * I finished step 1 a few weeks ago, yet I don't think you have noticed yet, mind checking it?  Infernus Is Hiding   -Talk  16:25, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

Good Article review request
Just noticed your offer to review GA candidates, and I am waiting to hear back on Honda Super Cub. Thanks! Brianhe (talk) 22:23, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but my userpage already stated that I am no longer accepting requests as I am very busy. But I'll be sure the first thing I do when I have time is to review that article if another article hasn't already. Cheers,  ΤheQ Editor   Talk? 22:29, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Brauchtisch
Since you are a judge in the GA Cup and I'm in no hurry you don't have to review Brauchtisch's article until after the cup. Jonas Vinther (speak to me!) 01:00, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you. But the GA cup ends like what, next year? The GA Cup did slow the process a bit but I can finish by Tuesday.  ΤheQ Editor  Talk? 11:55, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Well, if have the time, then by all means. Jonas Vinther (speak to me!) 12:35, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

September star
May I suggest to extend the image from the bottom to avoid the cut in the symbol? How about using the other symbols to add more color, with different sizes, and making a perfect star shape? 84.127.80.114 (talk) 16:11, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Ummm... I don't know what you are talking about. Can you link to it? Thanks,  ΤheQ Editor   Talk? 19:47, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
 * made this star for the GA Cup. Is linking a good idea? 84.127.80.114 (talk) 05:37, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
 * You mean File:Multiple GA Barnstar.png?
 * Precisely. It is unfortunate that I will not provide further feedback, since a judge that no one will listen. 84.127.80.114 (talk) 01:18, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Mississauga
The article Mississauga you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Mississauga for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zanimum -- Zanimum (talk) 21:22, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Robbi Weldon
Hello! Your submission of Robbi Weldon at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Mind matrix  18:06, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Brian Hill (swimmer)
— HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?  00:03, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Walter Wu
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Walter Wu you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of NickGibson3900 -- NickGibson3900 (talk) 06:02, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Brian Hill (swimmer)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Brian Hill (swimmer) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of NickGibson3900 -- NickGibson3900 (talk) 06:02, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Robbi Weldon
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

Sockpuppet investigation
Notifying you just in case you weren't already. I hope what they're saying isn't true. &mdash;  MusikAnimal talk 15:40, 14 October 2014 (UTC)
 * This sockpuppetry investigation has been closed; I'll say more about it at the bottom of this talk page. —  Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 18:33, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

Pablo Sandoval
Changes addressed; thanks for reviewing this article! Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 01:19, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

Username change
Hi, I was formerly WritingEnthusiast14, but I recently had myself renamed to Biblioworm. I'm signed up for the GA Cup under my old name, so can you please update the relevant pages to reflect my new username? Thanks. -- Biblioworm ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 03:23, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅  ΤheQ Editor  Talk? 15:53, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

Understand
HELLO sir,i read your answer and entered the link that has been provided by you but didn't understand what is stated in the link .would you like to get me the idea?i didn't understand at all. i am also not talking about edit summary .i'm talking just about page.Jojolpa (talk) 00:46, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

Far East Man GAN
Hi TheQ Editor. Any chance you could take a look at my replies at Talk:Far East Man/GA2? Sorry – don't mean to rush you – I just want to ensure the review period doesn't time-out, obviously. Thanks! JG66 (talk) 22:13, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Don't worry, it won't time out. It's good enough to pass, but I don't have time to do it right now. Just giving you a heads up.   ΤheQ Editor   Talk? 22:39, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

Baseball AfDs
You're making mistakes all over the baseball AfDs. You should probably refrain from voting until you have a better understanding of things. - Bbny-wiki-editor (talk) 21:49, 24 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I am? How is that so? I think WP:BASEBALL/N says it pretty clearly.  ΤheQ Editor   Talk? 21:52, 24 October 2014 (UTC)
 * You keep saying people appeared in an MLB game who never appeared in an MLB game. BASE/N does not grant notability to bullpen catchers. They need to pass GNG on their own merits. Thanks. - Bbny-wiki-editor (talk) 21:54, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

Please see my comment at Articles for deletion/Jordan Parraz (2nd nomination).--Yankees10 16:52, 25 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Can I get a response here?--Yankees10 16:56, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

Talkback
 NickGibson3900 Talk 02:54, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

Chamber of Facets
The above page has just been written by a new editor. To add a non-notable template to a page, threatening with deletion, when it's clearly notable seems a very odd thing to do. Had you bothered to read it, the lead clearly explains why this page is more than notable - it's an important historic building and belongs to a style of architecture almost unique in Russia. I have reverted you. I note you seek to adopt newbies, I hope you ae a little more understanding towards them. Giano   (talk) 22:30, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Ditto that. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site for goodness sake.Charles (talk) 22:56, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
 * {[ping|Giano|Charlesdrakew}} Thank you Giano for reverting that. I meant to tag it with ref improve but somehow tagged it with notability issues. The sources provided were in Russian but it was easy enough to identify one of them as a primary source, an unreliable source (from a blog) and one of them is a dead link. I also did not notice it was created by a new a new editor. I probably wouldn't of tagged it for sources and give it a week or two. Thanks,  ΤheQ Editor   Talk? 23:49, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Echo did not trigger.  ΤheQ Editor   Talk? 11:51, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Walter Wu
The article Walter Wu you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Walter Wu for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of NickGibson3900 -- NickGibson3900 (talk) 00:03, 31 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I have reverted this GA pass, as the article is very far removed from actual GA quality. I left comments at the article talk page. Fram (talk) 09:45, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

Talkback
 NickGibson3900 Talk 00:15, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

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Happy Halloween!!!
Cheers! &#34;We could read for-EVER&#59; reading round the wiki!&#34; (talk) 17:53, 31 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I was just going to create a template to give to people and then you came! (saves me a lot of work). Have a nice Halloween.  ΤheQ Editor   Talk? 18:06, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

Halloween cheer!


Happy Halloween!

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Please comment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(sports)#Bullpen_catchers Alex (talk) 21:59, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014: The results
The 2014 WikiCup champion is, who flew the flag of the Smithsonian Institution. This was Godot13's first WikiCup competition and, over the 10 months of the competition, he has produced (among other contributions) two featured lists and an incredible 292 featured pictures, including architectural photographs and scans of historical documents. , 2012 and 2013 WikiCup champion, came in second, having written a large number of biology-related articles. , WikiCup finalist every year since 2010, finished in third.

A full list of our prize-winners follows:


 * wins the prize for first place and the FP prize for 181 featured pictures in the final round.
 * wins the prize for second place and the DYK prize for 65 did you knows in the final round.
 * wins the prize for third place and the FA prize for four featured articles in the final round.
 * wins the prize for fourth place
 * wins a final 8 prize.
 * wins a final 8 prize.
 * wins a final 8 prize.
 * wins the GA prize for 27 good articles in round 2 and the review prize for 28 good article reviews in round 1.
 * wins the FL prize for three featured lists in round 2.
 * wins the FPo prize his work on featured portals.
 * wins the topic prize for a nine-article featured topic in round 3.
 * wins the news prize for 28 in the news articles in round 3.

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WikiProject Good articles/GA Cup/Submissions/J Milburn
Hate to be a pain, but I think I am owed a couple of bonus points- there were 34 days between the nomination and my closure (though I'm not sure how you are measuring it). J Milburn (talk) 22:04, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, but it only counts if there are more than 30 days between the nomination date and the start of the review. Sorry,  ΤheQ Editor   Talk? 22:08, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
 * No problem, that makes sense. J Milburn (talk) 08:58, 6 November 2014 (UTC)

GA Cup points
Hey, TheQ. You scored me 18 points for my recent review of Mauricio González-Gordon y Díez and I believe it was worth 20 as it was on the pink list (Nov 6). Thanks! Bob Amnertiopsis ∴ChatMe! 21:15, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Oops, my fault. I will change it as soon as possible. Thanks for telling me!  ΤheQ Editor   Talk? 21:19, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

Ellipsis
I noticed your edit at Falcon's Fury: diff. For my education, I'm wondering if there is a reason the script replaced "[...]" (three periods) with "[…]" (U+2026). According to WP:ADVISOR, it should be changing in the reverse direction (that is, WP:ELLIPSIS says to use three periods). No problem, I'm just curious. Johnuniq (talk) 00:27, 12 November 2014 (UTC)
 * You're right. But advisor didn't do that. I also used WP:AED to do it. I don't really have much time right now but you can switch it back to [...]. Thanks,  ΤheQ Editor   Talk? 00:55, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

Talkback
Sorry about the hassle this may cause.  NG39  (Used to be NickGibson3900) Talk 05:08, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

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Thanks!
Good luck with your plan, but I warn you, I've created literally hundreds of articles on curlers! :-) -- Earl Andrew - talk 04:25, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

Onassis
ArticleName, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Gareth E Kegg (talk) 12:01, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
 * I'll try to. Just a little note, next time, be more specific. It took me a while to figure out the article was Alexander Onassis. Thanks,  ΤheQ Editor   Talk? 17:58, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
 * That was hilariously badly written! My sincere apologies.. ;) Gareth E Kegg (talk) 22:15, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

it's me Kristine
Does the category I created Category:People_from_the_Inuvik_Region make sense to you? Can you tell me if it should be deleted? Venustar84 (talk) 18:34, 16 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Just so that there aren't multiple and potentially differing answers to the same question, I responded to this question at User talk:CaroleHenson-- CaroleHenson  ( talk ) 18:54, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

Copyright checks when performing AfC reviews
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Use of the term "homosexual."
Gay rights advocates have been protesting the use of the term "homosexual" for about 40 years, stating that it is homophobic, reflective of the pathologization and criminalization that LGBT people have faced for decades. It is a term for a type of psychosis. Most LGBT people, as well as scholars in the field of gender and sexuality studies, find the term offensive. The preferred terms are gay, gay/lesbian, LGBT, same-sex, and queer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.115.110.100 (talk) 19:11, 18 November 2014‎
 * First of all, that was four months ago. But that doesn't really matter. I'm sorry to say I do not know a lot about LGBT related stuff, but LGBT would be the official term. On Wikipedia, we do not censor the content, as stated here. "Wikipedia may contain content that some readers consider objectionable or offensive, even exceedingly so." It doesn't matter if you don't like it. Again, I have almost completely no knowledge on this. You can bring it to a WP:Noticeboard if you want.  ΤheQ Editor   Talk? 20:47, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Never mind all that. I was wrong, I looked into some of the sources provided and it uses the term "gay". I am very sorry. Also, you claim that you have a Ph.D which I am not going to argue about. But next time, when you are explaining something, provide sources. Wikipedia is not a place for Original Research and if you provide sources, people would more likely believe and listen to you. Thanks,  ΤheQ Editor   Talk? 21:02, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Actually, Q is right. Like Q said, Wikipedia is not censored. Also, having a PhD gives you no advantage (See WP:EXPERTISE) and you shouldn't go saying you know more than everyone else. Also, look at how many times "homosexual" or one of it's derived words is used at WikiProject LGBT studies. It's been discussed many times. I'm not going to dig into all of those discussions, but I think if the discussions said that the term was offensive and shouldn't be used, WikiProject LGBT studies would be the first place to stop using it. -- Amaryllis Gardener  talk 21:35, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, but if you look at the references, they all use the term "gay" not "homosexual".  ΤheQ Editor   Talk? 21:46, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Well, if the references say "gay", then "gay" can be used, if the ref says "homosexual", then "homosexual" can be used. If the ref says gay, then okay, but that's not the argument this editor's trying to make. All I'm saying is that "The LGBT/gay community finds this term offensive" is not a valid argument. -- Amaryllis Gardener  talk 21:53, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Mississauga
The article Mississauga you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Mississauga for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zanimum -- Zanimum (talk) 04:22, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

Sockpuppetry investigation closed
Hi. I've closed the sockpuppetry investigation that was opened against you on November 3. The evidence presented to suggest that the account was your sockpuppet was not sufficiently convincing (in my opinion) to justify taking action.

However, in the course of the investigation, five other accounts were uncovered which were judged (either conclusively or on balance of probabilities) to have been sockpuppets of yours:, , , , and. All of these accounts have been indefinitely blocked.

I would strongly advise you not to create any more sockpuppet accounts, unless you can provide a very, very good explanation of what you are doing and why you need more than one account. The only reason you were not given a block right now is that the above sockpuppets hadn't been used for several weeks, and any sanction against you at this time for these actions would be purely punitive (something which Wikipedia sanctions are not supposed to be). Please carefully read the sockpuppetry policy (WP:SOCK) and make sure your actions from here on are firmly on the "good" side of the line, because any future action by you that seems likely to fall under the sockpuppetry umbrella will probably lead to you being blocked from editing. — Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 18:44, 22 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for closing the investigation . I have one concern though, I still don't understand why you blocked my other account (indefinitely) though. That's basically the only account I can use to edit Wikipedia on public computers and it is now blocked. That being blocked also performed an autoblock on me. If you could please unblock me, then I could continue working on articles. Scratch that, I probably won't be editing for the rest of the day. But if you could lift the block of TheOther Q, then it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks,   ΤheQ Editor   Talk? 19:34, 22 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. I've unblocked TheOther Q.  I can't find any autoblocks; please contact me with more details if you continue to be autoblocked.  —  Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 00:47, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

Advice on Berkhamsted
Hello, I am not sure if you work, time and interests cover Towns and Cities in general. I have been slowly trying to improve the article on the small but very historic town Berkhamsted Herts. I would like to raise its WikiProject Cities status from Rated Start-class, Low-importance  to  B-class, mid-importance. I put up the article for peer review last week, but it has not been picked up yet, though I have tried to implement the auto=peer review suggestions. The article has not been formerly copy-edited. Any advice or help would be appreciated. -- BOD --  13:04, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Sure, I don't have much to do these days. I'll try to help when I have time. I'll probably have enough time on the weekends to do a peer review and light copy edit. Cheers,  ΤheQ Editor   Talk? 15:16, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
 * That would be gratefully appreciated. Thank you :) --  BOD --  17:28, 25 November 2014 (UTC)