User:ThePlatypusofDoom/Archive1

Suggestion about Colony Ships

Hi, well i totally agree with you, in fact, i was only copying and pasting from another wiki article, as i was trying to figure out how this whole link pages together thing works. I was telling Rhaworth, that i am new to wiki and writing, so i ma trying to experiment in my sandbox with all of wiki's features, i figures out the basics so far and now i was working on the links. I am So sorry it went live, was trying to delete it, but couldn't find the button. Thank you for your advice! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arcmind (talk • contribs) 18:53, 14 April 2016 (UTC) Your meant to put this at the bottom. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 18:57, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Palomino rabbit

Hello ThePlatypusofDoom,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Palomino rabbit 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. Thursby16 (talk) 20:42, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

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Anna Frodesiak (talk) 22:14, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

Award

		The Exceptional Newcomer Award
		For creating Palomino rabbit, I give you this award. Well done! Anna Frodesiak (talk) 22:14, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

Reference errors on 7 April

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question

What exactly do you mean by "I'm on AfD frequently"? This account was registered yesterday. What's frequently? Vanjagenije (talk) 15:18, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

Yes, but I have made small edits to Wikipedia for a time, and I find that I am normally on AfD. ThePlatypusofDoom (Talk) 14:11, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

ThePlatypusofDoom, you are invited to the Teahouse!

Hi ThePlatypusofDoom! Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia. Be our guest at the Teahouse! The Teahouse is a friendly space where new editors can ask questions about contributing to Wikipedia and get help from experienced editors like Missvain (talk). Visit the Teahouse We hope to see you there! Delivered by HostBot on behalf of the Teahouse hosts 16:04, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

Too soon? at 2016 Chicago Cubs season

Once the season starts the stats are "live", results are posted, everything is "GO. Why on earth would editors wait till mid-season? It's a little early in your Wikipedia career to be telling other editors when and where to work. Wander around abit first. Familiarize yourself with the place. Good luck. Buster Seven Talk 20:37, 8 April 2016 (UTC) From Wikipedia

Adoption

I'm happy to adopt you. Let me know if you have any questions. Everymorning (talk) 14:49, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Jimbo Wales is a penguin conspiracy

Hello ThePlatypusofDoom,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Jimbo Wales is a penguin conspiracy 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. Tc-99 (talk) 15:30, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

April 2016

Welcome, and thank you for your attempt to lighten up Wikipedia. However, this is an encyclopedia and the articles are intended to be serious, so please don't make joke edits, as you did to Groundhog. Readers looking for accurate information will not find them amusing. If you'd like to experiment with editing, please use the sandbox instead, where you are given a certain degree of freedom in what you write. CabbagePotato (talk) 23:31, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

Images needing articles

I thought you might be interested in starting one of these articles:

• Wikipedia:Requested articles/Images

This is a way better plan than making joke edits. Those will get you blocked. Please let me know if you need any help. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 00:07, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

April 2016

Your recent test edits to Groundhog was vandalism and reverted. Entry of false information is not helpful. If you want to experiment or make a test edit, please use the sandbox. These pages are patrolled by robots and human editors like me. When you make an edit please leave an accurate edit summary, and not a misleading one. You can be blocked for this. Further vandalism will get you blocked from editing without further notice. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 20:37, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 15, 2016)

Various foods in a delicatessen in Rome, Italy Hello, ThePlatypusofDoom. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Delicatessen Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Pecan pie • Gates of hell Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:09, 11 April 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Edits

Hi. I think your intentions may be good, but adding random unencyclopedic comments like "most people regard psychics as a hoax" and "bogus claims" to articles isn't helpful. If an article is unclear about the the relationship between WP:FRINGE minority and majority viewpoints, or if fringe material is WP:UNDUE, please try to improve it by citing reliable sources. Thanks. - LuckyLouie (talk) 16:59, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

Sorry. I just don't know how to cite sources yet. I'll work on it. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 19:17, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

Previous account

You do not have to say, but it appears that you have been here before. Are you a blocked editor? Who were you before? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:46, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

Me? I wasn't on Wikipedia before. I've read Wikipedia before, but never edited. I would know how to cite sources and not be in Adopt-A-User if I was here before. Why do you think that? ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 11:14, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

I thought that you might have been someone else because you got the hang of things so fast here and have been active at AfD. Most newcomers don't find AfD for a while. In fact, most people who've only read Wikipedia but haven't edited do not even know about talk pages. Ask a friend and see. They usually have no idea about all the goings-on behind the scenes. Anyway, you are most welcome here and I am happy to see you taking part. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 20:57, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! I just found the Wikipedia policies, read them, read everything I could to learn, and joined. I should just say yes and have everyone treat me like a veteran editor. :-) ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 21:54, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

Well, you learn fast. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 22:02, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

Bernard Esser

Hi-Bernard Esser served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1883 and American state legislators are notable. The citation in the article mentioned that Esser did served in the Wisconsin Blue Assembly in 1883. Thank you-RFD (talk) 23:37, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

El Papalonal Airport

Hi ThePlatypusofDoom. El Papalonal Airport is not a particularly notable airport, but it has an identifier from the U.N.'s International Civil Aviation Organization, and it is on at least three of the major airport lists used as Wikipedia references, and it is listed on Wikipedia's Nicaragua list and the List of airports by ICAO code.

Anyway, notability has come up before on airport lists. Airports get copied and miscopied from one list to another list. Our country airports lists are copied lists. No one ever checked the individual airports, mainly because there was no way to do so. Now we have Google Earth and other mapping services, so I am going through the many Wiki country lists and finding the lost airports, and making pages for the red-linked ones. And correcting the pages of an untold number of other smaller airports.

Most of the 480+ airport stubs and pages I've created are not notable, but they're the only verified sources for airports in the 42 countries that I've cleaned up so far. Cptmrmcmillan (talk) 02:32, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

Since you asked

Your nice little note said to leave a message if I had something to say, so I replied on my talk (as per normal) but was unsure if you receive such pings. Cheers, Primefac (talk) 15:27, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

I got your ping. Sorry about that, I'm fairly new to wikipeda, but I know the basics of deletion. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 16:39, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

Adspeed deletion

Well you said I dont think is very terrible english its either you know or you dont know the english wikipedia terms well.

Let me see We don't tell people I don't think so .

Its either YES OR NO Question sbf1998 16:57, 14 April 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbf1998 (talk • contribs)

Uh.... What? "I don't think" is just a common phrase in English. Your question is very odd. If this is a try to get me to remove my deletion, It's not happening. I am a native English speaker, I was just expressing my thoughts. I could tell you about your bad English, but I'm not going to. Also, questions are not black and white all the time. If everyone gave a yes or no answer, the concept of probability would not be in math! ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 17:06, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

Or maybe I don't edit wikipedia a lot because Idon't want to and I have other things better to do . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbf1998 (talk • contribs) 19:48, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

What? You are making very little sense. Your article was promotional. So I put a PROD tag on this. That's really all. I don't want to get into a fight, so please stop sending me badly worded vague questions. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 21:01, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

Flag for Deletion: NextNav

Hi ThePlatypusofDoom,

I have followed all the Wikipedia guidelines - the article has a neutral point of view, valid references and is a notable company.

If you would like to further know why NextNav is a notable company and worthy of inclusion within Wikipedia I have provided additional information below.

NextNav has developed a metropolitan beacon system which allows mobile phones and other devices to reliably determine users location in indoor and urban environments where GPS signals can't be received. Their system delivers latitude, longitude and "floor level" altitude in GPS challenged areas - pinpointing users location accurately. No other company has developed such a technology. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alexnaess (talk • contribs) 00:02, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

@ThePlatypusofDoom: Just some friendly advice to a newcomer. You might try searching for reliable secondary sources before tagging articles for notability. For example, I found [1], [2], [3], and [4] with a simple Google search. You seem anxious to help, so I have some further advice, a suggestion really. Next time you find an article with few or no sources, try searching Google books for a cited source that supports the article text. When you find one, paste the url into Google Books citation Tool, hit "load", and copy and paste the resulting citation into the article. Obviously, NextNav isn't a good candidate for this method since the references appear to be all outside of Google books. But I think you might enjoy making actual article contributions rather than just tagging. Cheers, - LuckyLouie (talk) 00:11, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

Yes, NextNav looks notable to me. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 00:31, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

Alexnaess, it wasn't flagged for deletion. The article is safe. It was just templated. Add more sources and remove the template. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 00:32, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

Expanding your experience

Two things that are quite interesting:

• WP:CVIO (finding and removing copyright violations)
• WP:SPI (finding and catching sockpuppeteers)

Let me know if these intrigue you.

Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:11, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

Alvi Fokou Fopa

Thanks for your note. Still not finished with the entry. If you could hold on a bit, I want to put in more references. But you can start talking about your justifications too.--A21sauce (talk) 04:31, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

Still working on it. Need to sleep. thanks for your patience.--A21sauce (talk) 05:13, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize

Will be populated in ten minutes Thanks GrahamHardy (talk) 17:10, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

All done now GrahamHardy (talk) 17:33, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

Okay, you can delete it. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 17:35, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of User:Johnjercel Jimenez

Just a note that I declined your Proposed deletion of User:Johnjercel Jimenez. The Proposed deletion process is only applicable to articles in the main article space. It is not applicable in user space, talk space, draft space, etc. Instead, you should use the Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion process, as described at that link. Thanks. Safiel (talk) 17:54, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

Adspeed

I tried to CSD this 'first off' but got an edit conflict with your prod. And didn't change it. Eagleash (talk) 20:45, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

• Sorry, I made a mistake. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 21:16, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

No problem. It'll get deleted one way or another. Eagleash (talk) 21:43, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

Zachary Forshaw

Hi there, although I agree that Zachary Forshaw is likely a candidate for speedy deletion, I did want to mention that tagging an article a minute or two after creation is a bit bitey and doesn't really assume good faith. This, of course, doesn't apply to things like adverts or attack pages, but generally giving a new user 10+ minutes is a good rule of thumb. --Non-Dropframe _talk 21:45, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

Yes, but it was COI editing, an autobiography. This could never be notable, no matter how long this article was worked on for. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 21:47, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

That's undoubtedly true. The purpose of giving a bit of time is to avoid seeming hostile. See WP:NPPNICE for more information. Thanks! --Non-Dropframe _talk 22:16, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated

Hi, I'm Ueutyi. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Stephen Buhner, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you. Ueutyi (talk) 22:24, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

Good idea, thanks! ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 22:24, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

Comments about Apache_Tika page

Hi I addressed the comments you left about notability and also about citations. I have also asked others on the Apache Tika mailing list to contribute to the description since as you pointed out I am one of Tika's progenitors. Thank you for your constructive comments. In addition, because I am unverified, I am unable to add the Tika logo to the page and upload it from http://tika.apache.org/. If you are able to do that I would appreciate it. Thanks - Chris — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chrismattmann (talk • contribs) 23:29, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

NPP

Hi. We appreciate your enthusiasm but you have nowhere near sufficient experience to be carrying out maintenance tasks on our encyclopedia. For using New Pages Feed you should first preferably have been around for 90 days and have accumulated at least 500 mainspace edits, and then have read and thoroughly understood WP:NPP, WP:DELETION, and WP:OUTCOMES. I suggest that if you find you must carry out maintenance tasks rather than helping us to build he encyclopedia, you could start with something much easier such as combating vandalism. When you have reached 200 mainspace edits you would be able to enroll at the WP:CVUA to learn how to do it. Happy editing! --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 10:07, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

Where does it say that in the rules? Also, I have been reading Wikipedia policies for around a year now. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 11:57, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

Thirdly, the only reason I joined Wikipedia was to revert vandalism and things like that. If I wanted to write articles, I could have done it under an IP address. I'm really not very interested in writing articles. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 13:09, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

It is generally accepted on Wikipedia that the knowledge of policies and guidelines comes through content 'building' activities. Those are the metrics we apply when according additional user rights. Currently NPP does not have a mechanism to prevent inexperienced users from patrolling new pages. This is a technical issue which will soon be addressed. In the meantime, users who have clearly demonstrated insufficient experience are asked to refrain from doing maintenance tasks and either write new articles or improve existing ones. When you have reached 200 mainspace edits you would be able to enroll at the WP:CVUA to learn how to do it. Thank you for your comprehension. If you have any questions or would like any help, don't hesitate to ask me on my talk page. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 07:35, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 16, 2016)

Debt is the amount of money that is owed or due. Hello, ThePlatypusofDoom. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Debt Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Delicatessen • Pecan pie Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 18 April 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Merger discussion for Doombot

An article that you have been involved in editing—Doombot —has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Yamamoto Ichiro (talk) 16:26, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

inre Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Code 8 (2017 film)

You opined "this film hasn't been released yet, so I agree with the logic of WP:TOOSOON". That's fine, as I am the author who wrote the logic of WP:TOOSOON. But what you may have overlooked is that after offered that comment, the article's focus has changed from a predictive about a 2017 film to one specifically about a released and well-covered 2016 film. To meet WP:GNG and WP:NF, and even though not all are being used (not a mandate), we have multiple more-than-trivial coverages which address the topic directly and in detail. IE: International Business Times, Inquisitr. Entertainment Weekly, I09, Comicbook.com, MoviesRoom (Poland). Coming Soon, Crowdfund Insider, Deadline, Da Endgadet (German), Journal Du Geek (French), Observatorio Do Cinema (Portuguese), Sensacine (Spanish), Tomatazos (Spanish), and more... As it is no longer the article of which you first opined, might you care to revisit? Schmidt, ^{Michael Q.} 04:54, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

TAFI

Hello, ThePlatypusofDoom - I supported your nomination of The arts at WP:TAFINOM. I hope you don't mind, but I added today's "daily hits" (daily page views) statistic, and I added a few things I saw in the article that could be improved. I wonder if your nomination is in the right place, though. There is a permanent section on The Arts just below your nomination. If you decided to move it, I think you could copy all of it (except the heading "The Arts" – not the article title, but the unnecessary heading, which you could remove) while in edit mode; then, after right-clicking, click "Copy", and then paste it (click "Paste") after the other nominations in The Arts section. If you'd like, I can do this for you. Just let me know.  – Corinne (talk) 02:27, 23 April 2016 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 17, 2016)

Hello, ThePlatypusofDoom. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Fame (Irene Cara song) Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Debt • Delicatessen Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 25 April 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Sleek Kitchens

Hi PlatypusofDoom! I see that you nominated my page for deletion - Sleek Kitchens specifically under WP:CORP. As per the discussion on the deletion page, I did modify many of the references to include content from mainstream media platforms which I hoped would help showcase notability. This should have ideally, I had hoped improved the quality of references. Could you please point to any specific reason as to why the page was deleted in spite of me making the necessary changes? Thanks! Sportonion555 (talk) 16:22, 25 April 2016 (UTC)