User:BD2412/Archive 024

Archives By topic (prior to June 1, 2009): Articles-1st/Deletion-1st-2d/Law-1st-2d-3d-4th-5th Misc.-1st-2d-3d-4th/RfA-1st-2d-3d-4th/Tools-1st-2nd-3rd/Vandalism Dated (beginning June 1, 2009): 001-002-003-004-005-006-007-008-009-010-011-012-013-014-015 016-017-018-019-020-021-022-023-024-025-026-027-028-029-030 031-032-033-034-035-036-037-038-039-040-041-042-043-044-045 046-047-048-049-050-051-052-053-054-055-056-057 Dispute resolution clause: By posting on my user talk page, you agree to resolve all disputes that may arise from your interactions with me through the dispute resolution processes offered within the Wikipedia Community. BD2412 Tang Hi User:BD2412, because of your edits to Tang surname article was wondering if you could contribute another origin of Maiorana surname that's sourced here [1], which says it's derived from the name of a 16th century French family. Because of your other edits, I feel you can phrase it perfect. Hope you can help thanks. ~~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.132.224.187 (talk) 19:39, 29 October 2016 (UTC) Nomination of Cult of Orcus for deletion A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Cult of Orcus 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 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cult of Orcus until a consensus is reached, and anyone 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. Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. TTN (talk) 10:33, 8 October 2016 (UTC) Why "New York (state)" instead of just "New York"? Hello. May I ask why you must say that everything that has to do with the great state that is New York must redirect from "New York (state)"? I only click direct links. I do not like (nor approve of, as it can be vandalistic) all these redirects. I already noticed that you changed New York back to "New York (state)" on New York (disambiguation). You're supposed to link directly to each article listed on the disambiguation page.—Bde1982 (talk) 06:56, 9 October 2016 (UTC) All of these edits are per consensus in discussion at Talk:New York#Proposed action to resolve incorrect incoming links. There are thousands of incorrect links pointing to "New York" which are intended to point to other targets like "New York City" or "New York (magazine)". Because there are a large number of people working on this project, fixing the links intended for the state reduces the pool of false positives, and makes it easier to find and fix the incorrect links. So far, we have fixed over 13,000 errors this way. bd2412 T 15:27, 9 October 2016 (UTC) I'm intending to keep reverting your edits to PRR L5 where you replace a good link New York, with a re-direct New York (state). It may well be consensus, but its wrong. Your edits are also inconsistent. You replaced the link in PRR DD1 with New York City under the same premise. If you replace the links in either of these articles again with a redirect, then I shall make a report on WP:AN/I. Please give a little more thought to your edits. KirksKeyKard (talk) 09:09, 12 October 2016 (UTC) @KirksKeyKard: Both of these links should be piped through New York (state), in order to prevent false positives from disrupting efforts to fix the thousands of remaining links that should be pointed to articles other than "New York". Please be aware that you are expected to conform your conduct to the consensus of the community, even where you disagree with that consensus. Cheers! bd2412 T 13:51, 12 October 2016 (UTC) To judge from the talk page you have limited consensus, and I would caution you against trying to trying to use railroading tactics. Also, WP:NOTBROKEN is a guideline, and as an established editor you should be aware that a great many editors are opposed to redirects. KirksKeyKard (talk) 14:40, 12 October 2016 (UTC) I would hope that you would agree that repairing thousands upon thousands of errors is a good reason to use redirects in the unique instance of this highly prominent and ambiguous topic. bd2412 T 14:50, 12 October 2016 (UTC) I am in general agreement with what you are doing. As someone who has come late to the party, and is seeing changes that involve re-directs, it is rather difficult to see the consensus on a very large talk page. I'm not here to be disruptive, so I'll stay out of your way. But I'll share a thought with you. Just like on the admins noticeboard, where an issue is closed and a summary of events is posted, perhaps you may consider doing the same on the talk page of New York. It would help other editors (like myself) to see a summary of the discussion and the level of consensus gained. KirksKeyKard (talk) 15:00, 12 October 2016 (UTC) That is an excellent idea. I'll tap an admin not involved in the discussion itself to put a summary and hat on it. bd2412 T 15:06, 12 October 2016 (UTC) Hillary (politician) listed at Redirects for discussion An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Hillary (politician). Since you had some involvement with the Hillary (politician) redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. SSTflyer 12:45, 10 October 2016 (UTC) Adams, President listed at Redirects for discussion An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Adams, President. Since you had some involvement with the Adams, President redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. --Nevé–selbert 18:50, 10 October 2016 (UTC) Typhoon Linfa (disambiguation) listed at Redirects for discussion An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Typhoon Linfa (disambiguation). Since you had some involvement with the Typhoon Linfa (disambiguation) redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. N-C16 (talk) 08:25, 22 October 2016 (UTC) Typhoon Merbok (disambiguation) listed at Redirects for discussion An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Typhoon Merbok (disambiguation). Since you had some involvement with the Typhoon Merbok (disambiguation) redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. N-C16 (talk) 15:24, 22 October 2016 (UTC) Precious anniversary Four years ago ... Courts of the United States ... you were recipient no. 295 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:37, 5 November 2016 (UTC) Thanks, that is certainly something. bd2412 T 14:42, 5 November 2016 (UTC) Interview invitation from a Wikipedia researcher in University of Minnesota Hello BD 2412, I am Bowen Yu, a Ph.D. student from GroupLens Research at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. Currently, we are undertaking a study about turnover (editors leaving and joining) in WikiProjects within Wikipedia. We are trying to understand the effects of member turnovers in the WikiProject group, in terms of the group performance and member interaction, with a purpose of learning how to build successful online communities in future. More details about our project can be found on this meta-wiki page. I would like to invite you for an interview if you are interested in our study and willing to share your experience with us. The interview will be about 30 - 45 minutes via either Skype or Google Hangout. You will receive a $10 gift card as compensation afterwards. Please reach me at bowen@cs.umn.edu if you are interested or have any questions. Thank you, Bowen Hello, BD2412. You have new messages at Bobo.03's talk page. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. The incorrect links to NY Hi I was wondering how many are left? Pyrusca (talk) 23:10, 8 November 2016 (UTC) About 5,650. bd2412 T 23:35, 8 November 2016 (UTC) Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins Hello, Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:32, 12 November 2016 (UTC) That is a pretty cool...... ....table you added. Thanks NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 23:36, 13 November 2016 (UTC) Wikipedia in Esperanto Dear colleague! I am an administrator of Wikipedia in Esperanto. I reviewed few your edits in it (they are file renames, I know) and I want to give to you an autoreview status. Do you agree? Gamliel Fishkin 07:28, 14 November 2016 (UTC) Yes, that sounds very reasonable, thanks. bd2412 T 12:32, 14 November 2016 (UTC)  Done (it would not be needed, if my proposal about global autopatrolled status would be accepted). Gamliel Fishkin 14:44, 14 November 2016 (UTC) Thanks! bd2412 T 15:05, 14 November 2016 (UTC) A new user right for New Page Patrollers Hi BD2412. A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right. It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best. If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins).MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC) Ok. bd2412 T 13:49, 15 November 2016 (UTC) My solution to the New York problem is up for discussion on the Community Wishlist See m:2016 Community Wishlist Survey/Categories/Editing#Administrator- and Page mover-editable display titles, that make more than cosmetic changes to the title. Under 4,000! Wow! You're getting closer to the finish line... wbm1058 (talk) 15:52, 16 November 2016 (UTC) Request for input Hi, BD2412! Given you were an original participant in the discussion over at Talk:Hillary Clinton, would you mind adding further input to the new concern PackMecEng posed? Thanks. GEORGIANGo Dogs 03:13, 21 November 2016 (UTC) I have nothing to add to that discussion, thanks. bd2412 T 01:21, 22 November 2016 (UTC) ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open! Hello, BD2412. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. Mdann52 (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC) Your bot... did this: removed an IP-geolocate template. Didn't seem quite appropriate to me so I am going to restore the previous information and wanted you to know. It seems like something about the Bot might need to be tweaked? Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 12:43, 28 November 2016 (UTC) There has been no activity from this IP address in nearly five years. The assignment or nature of IP addresses can change over time, so after a while, these old IP talk pages must be allowed to sink into obscurity. bd2412 T 13:25, 28 November 2016 (UTC) Andrew Gould (judge) Thanks for taking a look at this stub I created for one of the newest justices of the Arizona Supreme Court. I'm just curious as to why you chose to leave the "New Unreviewed Article" tag in place after your changes? The article is marked as a stub, and will hopefully grow over time, but I think it's sufficient to be considered "reviewed" (particularly after your helpful cleanup) and am curious if I'm missing something on that count. --NDSteve10 (talk) 16:12, 29 November 2016 (UTC) I really didn't do much in the way of reviewing it. bd2412 T 16:15, 29 November 2016 (UTC) Zorobabela Kaʻauwai Can you fix this? Please move User:Zorobabela Kaauwai to Zorobabela Kaʻauwai. Thanks.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 22:28, 30 November 2016 (UTC) Done, although you should know that there is some controversy about using the ʻokina in article titles. Cheers! bd2412 T 22:33, 30 November 2016 (UTC) Check your edits You are adding a red linked stub. Please review. -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:56, 1 December 2016 (UTC) Already caught and fixed. Cheers! bd2412 T 22:58, 1 December 2016 (UTC) A barnstar for you! The Admin's Barnstar I see you going HAM on that deletion log, removing old IP address talk page archives. Thanks for the hard work! AlexEng(TALK) 05:04, 2 December 2016 (UTC) They task me. They task me, and I shall have them. bd2412 T 05:04, 2 December 2016 (UTC) Your revert in Administrative region This page is a disambiguation. Two lines explanation and the listing of the two regions in Brazil. It is only a translated imported version of "região administrativa" with a bit expansions. Please revert your revert. --Plagiat (talk) 12:14, 2 December 2016 (UTC) WP:DIFFCAPS applies to the two regions. WP:BRD compels discussion achieving consensus before converting a page with incoming links to a disambiguation page. Also, you should fix all incoming links before engaging in such a change. bd2412 T 12:21, 2 December 2016 (UTC) It's not a proper disambiguation page anyway. It is a (stub) article describing a specific type of political subdivision of Brazil. Maybe the Portuguese Wikipedia has a different standard; I don't know, but it doesn't matter, since in this Wikipedia we use our standards. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 12:30, 2 December 2016 (UTC)  Done →Talk:Administrative region --Plagiat (talk) 14:21, 3 December 2016 (UTC) A barnstar for you! The Editor's Barnstar Great use of UserSpace to retain notable data against the tides of deletionism which hinders its inclusion. Ranze (talk) 14:44, 2 December 2016 (UTC) Thanks. I anticipate a time when this will be good for mainspace again. Cheers! bd2412 T 01:22, 3 December 2016 (UTC) Deletion of redirects I see you deleted many redirects with the reason Non-matching redirect to a disambiguation page; terms should only redirect to a disambiguation page if they are minor variations of spelling or punctuation. The names of professional cycling teams changes every year and have all many incoming link which are now all red. From this year the name of the men's and women's teams have the same name, that might be the reason they were linked to a disamb page. I recreated Liv-Plantur, Skil Koga, Team Skil-Argos and Skil 1t4i. Can you please do any others (if there are any others)? Sander.v.Ginkel (Talk) 09:40, 5 December 2016 (UTC)  Done The remaining links were Team Skil–Argos, Team Giant-Shimano, and Team Argos-Shimano. bd2412 T 12:50, 5 December 2016 (UTC) A page you started (Jesse W. Carter) has been reviewed! Thanks for creating Jesse W. Carter, BD2412! Wikipedia editor Devopam just reviewed your page, and wrote this note for you: This article has potential. Please try to develop it by collecting relevant and referenceable facts and adding new sections To reply, leave a comment on Devopam's talk page. Learn more about page curation. Four by four/Four-wheel drive (disambiguation) listed at Redirects for discussion An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Four by four/Four-wheel drive (disambiguation). Since you had some involvement with the Four by four/Four-wheel drive (disambiguation) redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Pppery 23:34, 15 December 2016 (UTC) Ways to improve Hardy Summers Hi, I'm Devopam. BD2412, thanks for creating Hardy Summers! I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Fixed first reference per WP:CS. Kindly do the needful for the rest. The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse. Devopam (talk) 05:57, 16 December 2016 (UTC) Thanks for assist at Wheeling Convention Thanks for the assist at Wheeling Convention. Your contribution is better than that of a previous editor who simply removed the brackets on names to disambiguation pages for the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829-1830 and the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850. I've begun working through the 1830 Convention chart, creating new bio articles for Samuel Taylor (Virginian) to disambiguate, and for Philip N. Nicholas to remove a red link in the chart. Other daughter articles of Virginia Conventions (nominated as a Good Article), with charts holding links to disambiguation pages, are: Fifth Virginia Convention Virginia Ratifying Convention Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829–1830 Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850 Virginia Secession Convention of 1861 Wheeling Convention Virginia Loyalist Convention of 1864 Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1868 Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1902 Sorry, I have not yet figured out how to make them into a topic, "Virginia Constitutional Conventions", but I am searching. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 13:49, 22 December 2016 (UTC) ) Merry Christmas Rubbish computer (HALP!: I dropped the bass?) is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year! Spread the cheer by adding {{subst:Xmas2}} to their talk page with a friendly message. --Rubbish computer (HALP!: I dropped the bass?) 19:31, 22 December 2016 (UTC) Thanks - cheers! bd2412 T 19:34, 22 December 2016 (UTC) Merry Christmas Hello BD2412: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) 21:29, 23 December 2016 (UTC) Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings}} to send this message A very Merry Christmas, indeed! bd2412 T 23:01, 23 December 2016 (UTC) Merry Christmas! BOZ (talk) is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Don't eat yellow snow! Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:Flaming/MC2008}} to their talk page with a friendly message. I'm wishing you a Merry Christmas, because that is what I celebrate. If you don't like Christmas or just don't celebrate it in any of its forms, then please accept a generic "Happy Holidays". If you celebrate no holidays at this time of year, then hopefully you will be satisfied with an even more generic "Season's Greetings".  :) BOZ (talk) 01:16, 24 December 2016 (UTC) Same to you, my friend. bd2412 T 01:45, 24 December 2016 (UTC) Merry, merry! From the icy Canajian north; to you and yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 21:32, 26 December 2016 (UTC) Many thanks! bd2412 T 01:18, 27 December 2016 (UTC) Hi Draft:List of San Francisco 49ers players is complete. Thanks WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 02:34, 30 December 2016 (UTC) Draft:List of Tennessee Titans players  Done WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 20:56, 31 December 2016 (UTC) Moved back, thanks. bd2412 T 21:03, 31 December 2016 (UTC)