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Sockorama

Yeah, I saw that. I'm looking into it right now, including a sockcheck. Bearcat (talk) 01:41, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/BeaverTails18, if you want to add a comment or anything. Bearcat (talk) 02:01, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

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As someone who just dropped into this talk page and was a little surprised to see the above claim, it doesn't take a lot to see that the accusation of disruptive editing by AusLondonder is nonsense. --Super Nintendo Chalmers (talk) 22:25, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

@Super Nintendo Chalmers: Indeed this editor seems to have a bit of a record of poor behaviour. They have edit-warred, used misleading edit summaries, removed sourced content and failed to follow WP:NPOV repeatedly. This template (from an editor with 108 edits) is about my removal of a "terrorist" category from an article about a British Islamic charity. AusLondonder (talk) 22:37, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

Anyway, as you've seen I decided to take the category to CFD because of the major potential for misuse AusLondonder (talk) 22:40, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

List_of_websites_blocked_in_the_United_States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:List_of_websites_blocked_in_the_United_States Ironcurtain2 (talk) 07:53, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

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Corbyn pic

I note you have not voted yourself in the corbyn beauty pageant, if you were going to vote ... the amusing thing is i sure Corbyn himself would not mind which picture it was :) -- BOD -- 22:25, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

@Bodney: I'm sure he'd be horrified by the very concept, to be quite honest! I think the current pic is certainly not the best. But I'm not convinced entirely on what picture is the best replacement. I'll probably make my mind up in the next couple of days :) AusLondonder (talk) 04:17, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

Ports of Nepal?

Please see my comments on your proposal re Category:Ports of Nepal Hugo999 (talk) 23:27, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

@Hugo999: Thanks for pointing that out, I have replied at CFDS. AusLondonder (talk) 01:14, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

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Draft:Murder of Jo Cox

Hey :)

I'd just like to point out a few things regarding the draft you just created:

• Under British English (which should apply given it's a British event), an assassination has to have a political motive. Since a motive is not yet known, this cannot be an assassination. (I note that you have since renamed the article from me starting to write this, but the infobox still says asssassination).
• It's not a murder until it's proven as such in a court of law - there's some discussion on Talk:Jo Cox about this. In the UK, Sub Judice applies now since an arrest has been made, which has potential implications for those reporting on the event in the UK, which we both are.
• You've named the alleged perpetrator of an unproven crime - I'd like to point you int the direction of WP:BLPCRIME

I'm not disagreeing with splitting it into a new article, just please be careful with this!

[stwalkerster|talk] 03:04, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of Murder of Jo Cox for deletion

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Where?

Where is this other nomination? Surely it would be at the current AfD's page title? StillWaitingForConnection (talk) 18:09, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

It is referenced on the talkpage. It was however at the earlier title of the page. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Murder of Jo Cox AusLondonder (talk) 18:12, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Well

You and AGF don't get along very well, I think. "Pointy, sly and contentious"? Drmies (talk) 11:51, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

@Drmies: you and BRD don't get on very well. AusLondonder (talk) 12:33, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

Depends. A revert whose edit summary contains only insults, that's not likely to make anyone discuss anything. BRD is an essay, as you know; AGF is a fundamental principle in this joint. Drmies (talk) 20:39, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

You waited until less eyes were on the article to remove a massive section which you know had community support. You arbitrarily chose some nations as "involved" - not French neighbours such as the Netherlands or the United Kingdom. You left the United States in unsurprisingly. The revert summary was describing your behaviour not you as a person or you as an editor. I have disputed your arbitrary and pointy removal now should be the time to discuss. AusLondonder (talk) 01:54, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

Flags on Death of Jo Cox

Please see this discussion Mlpearc (open channel) 15:39, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

@Mlpearc: Why bother starting a discussion if midway through with no consensus for your position, you show huge disrespect for your fellow editors by making the disputed change with a totally misunderstood rationale? AusLondonder (talk) 04:26, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Please check the times. Mlpearc (open channel) 04:28, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

@Mlpearc: Apologies, although I think the status quo should have remained before starting the discussion per WP:BRD AusLondonder (talk) 04:36, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

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There's an AfD about a topic related to you

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hallel Yaffa Ariel--Bolter21 (talk to me) 18:53, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

AFD

Little late in writing this but wanted to say that I hope there aren't any hard feelings about Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Reactions_to_the_2016_Orlando_nightclub_shooting. Hope you know that it has nothing to do with animus toward the LGBTQ community or anything. I just feel that many of the news-related articles are TOOSOON but it's becoming clear I'm in the minority with that opinion (e.g., Talk:2016_shooting_of_Baton_Rouge_police_officers#Way_too_soon). I'm recalibrating my perceptions of the community norm based on the feedback in the AFD.

TL;DR - sorry if I put you through any undue stress, especially related to such a traumatic event to folks in the LGBTQ community. EvergreenFir (talk) 03:06, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

@EvergreenFir: Thanks for that! Really cool of you, I appreciate it. I had taken a little break from the project for a couple of weeks which I think we all need sometimes! No hard feelings at all :) AusLondonder (talk) 22:27, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

Glad to hear and thank you. Hope your wikibreak went well! Glad to have you back! EvergreenFir (talk) 02:47, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

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Seats with most members

Hey, just explaining my undoing your change to Division of Bass - it's actually only had sixteen different members (equal with Bendigo, Denison and Swan), but Warwick Smith was the member twice. :) Frickeg (talk) 08:44, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

@Frickeg: No worries thanks for fixing it up :) AusLondonder (talk) 19:50, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

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Rename Legal history of cannabis in Canada to Cannabis in Canada?

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Nomination of United Kingdom general election, 2015 (London) for deletion

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Bret Chiafalo

Couldn't you just put in a regular deletion request? MB298 (talk) 06:25, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi MB298 I am willing to do that if you take exception. Just remove the tag if you disagree. AusLondonder (talk) 06:31, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

 Done. MB298 (talk) 06:33, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

Avocado Declaration

Another user already declined your PROD, so now you have to take it to AfD if you think it should be deleted. Me-123567-Me (talk) 01:20, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

BTW I invite you to join a new Wikiproject over at WP:Greens. Me-123567-Me (talk) 01:21, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

My apologies, it was a speedy tag. But if a speedy was declined, it is likely a PROD will be too. I suggest not wasting your time and going right to AfD if you feel strongly about it. Me-123567-Me (talk) 01:24, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of Lavender Greens for deletion

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A few examples

Of recurring events in location establishment categories

• New York City Marathon in 1970 establishments in New York
• Grand National in 1839 establishments in the United Kingdom
• Reading Amateur Regatta in 1842 establishments in England
• Mar del Plata chess tournament in 1928 establishments in Argentina
• Scripps National Spelling Bee in 1925 establishments in the United States

And thousands more. You want to change what articles such as these are categorized, I suggest WP:RFC or the talk page for WP:Categorization....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 17:16, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Are you suggesting it should be categorised as an "establishment in Rhode Island" even though it could be held in any state in future years? AusLondonder (talk) 17:25, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Yes because that is where it started. Events as well as companies can move, but all started somewhere. There are cases where they move and even come back to its roots before ending. For instance, Western Open, a 1899 establishment and 2006 disestablishment in Illinois. In between the event was played in 15 other United States....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 17:42, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Ways to improve Lavender Hill High School

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CSD - Mexico radio stub cats

I wasn't aware of that particular CSD criterion. I want to populate those Mexico regional radio station stub cats but am not familiar with stub sorting and would need to create 32 templates and edit more than 1,200 articles. Would it be possible for you to help me with that? Raymie (t • c) 08:37, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

As soon as you add a single article to the CSD criteria no longer applies. I would probably be able to help if you let me know what needs to be done. I'm not an expert in stub sorting either though :) AusLondonder (talk) 09:14, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

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I didn't remove the comment, but it's still not nice. Me-123567-Me (talk) 17:29, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

Personal attack

"A bit of a patronizing arse" may be relatively mild compared to some other things I heard recently, but it is still a personal attack. Kindly refrain. Thank you, Drmies (talk) 03:31, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

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Tagging for speedy deletion

Thanks for reminding that a copy of the same tag need to be posted at the talk page of the page creator. I have been placing tags on the page alone so far. Bilingual2000 (talk) 06:58, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

@Bilingual2000: No problem thanks for your friendly response :) AusLondonder (talk) 07:00, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

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Belated April Fool's, maybe?

So... Wtmitchell blocks AusLondoner for twelve hours with the rationale to stop series of edits flouting WP:ENGVAR... Fifteen hours after their last edit?! Presumably the edits of concern are those most recent, labelled "per WP:TIES"- but none of those, that I can see, have been reverted, which begs the question as to how disruptive they were. In any case; where's the discussion, the escalated series of warnings, even? — O Fortuna! ^{Imperatrix mundi.} 09:01, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

Wtmitchell Is this a joke? What on earth is this about? You haven't even notified me of the block let alone discussed the issue with me?!? AusLondonder (talk) 11:08, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

Just checked Wtmitchell has not even reverted a single of my edits? Wtf? AusLondonder (talk) 11:10, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

No complaint about my conduct, no discussion raised that I'm aware of on any forum, no block template, no notification of the right of appeal? I'm seriously wondering whether Wtmitchell's account has been compromised. AusLondonder (talk) 11:13, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

AusLondonder (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

I'm not sure whether this is a mistake or not. I'm a regular editor in good-standing. Absolutely no complaint was made on any forum by any editor about my conduct. I received no warning or discussion about the block, as is generally the accepted precedent per WP:BEFOREBLOCK and I received zero notification or explanation of the block from the admin, in breach of WP:EXPLAINBLOCK. That policy states "The community expects that blocks will be made with good reasons only, based upon reviewable evidence and reasonable judgment" and "Administrators must supply a clear and specific block reason that indicates why a user was blocked...Administrators should notify users when blocking them by leaving a message on their user talk page". The admin, in their blocking summary, apart from threatening me with an indefinite block, stated the reason was "to stop series of edits flouting WP:ENGVAR". However, none of my edits have been reverted, even by the blocking admin and I simply changed spelling to, for example, New Zealand English on Suburbs of Nelson per WP:TIES which states "an article on a topic that has strong ties to a particular English-speaking nation should use the (formal, not colloquial) English of that nation". The admin has not engaged with me nor other editors since the block. Very happy to discuss any concerns with the reviewing admin.

Accept reason:

Bizarre block. No discussion, no warning, not even a block notification, even though AusLondoner's last edit was 16 hours before the block was applied. This was a very bad block. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 12:25, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

• I was just coming to the same conclusion as BrownHairedGirl. Bizarre block, good unblock. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 12:34, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
  • BrownHairedGirl Thanks a lot for that. Definitely was weird seeing this today. AusLondonder (talk) 12:43, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
    • You're welcome, @AusLondonder. I'm just sorry you had to go through this, and that I didn't spot it sooner. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 12:45, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
  • (ec)Thanks, Boing. I am going to raise this at ANI, where I hope that Wtmitchell will be able to give a good explanation of what happened here. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 12:44, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
    • @BrownHairedGirl: Perhaps ask him at his talk page first? There might be a good response that would avoid the need for ANI. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 12:56, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
      • Sorry -- too late, Boing. I had posted at ANI before seeing your comment.
        In any case, I think that something as bizarre as this deserves a more public discussion, particularly given the possibility of account compromise (as speculated above by AusLondonder).
        Hopefully Wtmitchell will have a good response which keep the ANI thread short. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 13:11, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
        • Yep, fair enough. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 13:16, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
• (ec) +1 to my colleagues above. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 12:45, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

Belated apology

I want to acknowledge my judgemental error here and to apologize for the block which I precipitously and improperly placed following on that judgemental error. This is discussed in some detail at WP:ANI#Wtmitchell's block of AusLondonder, and I don't want to rehash that discussion here. I do want to to apologize here, though, both for my bad judgement in this instance and for the block which I improperly placed as a result of that bad judgement. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 00:39, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

Wtmitchell Thank you for your apology. It is most appreciated. AusLondonder (talk) 17:35, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

ANI discussion relating to you

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Wtmitchell's block of AusLondonder. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 13:04, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

Can anyone help me write the article with finished contracts? — Preceding unsigned comment added by NIS Construction (talk • contribs) 16:21, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Is it possible to help me write an article on the corporation. I am the marketer and I have never written an article on wikipedia.

NIS Construction (talk) 16:28, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

Wrong guideline in editsummary?

Hi AusLondonder

I was just checking your contribs from yesterday[1] to see if I could find any trace of what might have prompted the block.

No sign of that, which makes the block look even more bizarre, but I did spot one small unimportant thing. Several of your edits which rightly corrected the spelling of International Labour Organization used an edit summary which included a link to WP:BRINT, which is a redirect to WP:Redirect#Bypass_redirects_in_navigational_templates. That clearly isn't what you meant, so I presume it was just a mistaken recollection of another shortcut.

Obviously, that small glitch in no way justifies any reproach, let alone an out-of-the-blue block ... but I just thought I'd point it out for future reference, in case someone gets antsy about it.

Hope this helps! If not, pls ignore.

Best wishes, --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 22:06, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

Hi BrownHairedGirl. Thanks for that and for your help the past few days. It has been most appreciated. Sorry for my delay in replying I've been super-busy off-wiki. You're right I wasn't using the most correct shortcut. I was meaning the part just below where WP:BRINT appears which says "Spelling errors and other mistakes should be corrected. Don't link to a misspelled redirect". When correcting spelling in similar circumstances in future do you have any advice on what I should say in the edit summary?

Thanks again for your help :) AusLondonder (talk) 15:37, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

Edit the guideline and stick a specific anchor in it? Andy Dingley (talk) 15:46, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

@Andy Dingley: I don't think any guideline needed to be cited. It was just a matter of fixing the spelling of a proper name. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 15:57, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

(ec)Hi AusLondonder

I was glad to be able to help. I saw your username pop up somewhere else, but with a strikeout line through it (I have a CSS setting which does that to blocked usernames), and went to investigate ... and just thought I'd not like that to be me!

I dunno if you have seen my reply to Wtmitchell's response at ANI: WP:ANI#Response_by_Wtmitchell. What I suggested there (in point #1) was that since you were correcting the spelling of a proper name, a better edit summary might have been as something like "correct spelling of proper name International Labour Organization".

But I'm sure there are other ways of doing it. Just check shortcuts afore using them! (I know, we all screw up on that one sometimes, and it's no biggie, unless you encounter an admin on a hair-trigger over a flakey internet connection).

Best wishes, --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 15:49, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

Thankfully we have some competent admins around here! I thought what could I possibly have done to irritate this guy! I've seen your reply it certainly put in words exactly what I was thinking. Thanks for the tip about the edit summary it seems like a good idea to avoid any potential confusion. Who would have thought the spelling of the International Labour Organization would be cause for such excitement! AusLondonder (talk) 16:45, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

Glad that helped. And the ANI thread has been closed without any further action, which I think is a good outcome. Wtmitchell has (belatedly) apologised to you, and can be in no doubt that they screwed up badly and had better not screw up like that again. Hope you feel reassured that it hasn't left any stain on your record. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 16:18, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

I'm glad it is now all resolved. Hopefully they won't repeat their mistake in future. I want to thank you again for your assistance and wisdom through all of this. AusLondonder (talk) 17:38, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Enrique Guerrero Salom

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 Fixed AusLondonder (talk) 20:48, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

Discussion invite

Hello. I invite you to join a centralized discussion about naming issues related to China and Taiwan. Szqecs (talk) 10:33, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

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I think you made a big mistake on this. The article is written in British English. So the people have to use the British words. Look at the discussion page.--Rævhuld (talk) 19:53, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

Rævhuld I have replied at the talkpage. Your edits violate MOS:RETAIN and MOS:TIES. The first substantial versions of the page use truck not lorry. AusLondonder (talk) 19:54, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

Ulrike Rodust

Title doesn't match text Jutta Steinruck vs. Ulrike Rodust, --Mandavi (talk) 18:11, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

Thanks Mandavi that was a mistake from copying a template, I have now fixed it. AusLondonder (talk) 18:15, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

April 2017

Hello. This is a message to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions, such as the edit you made to Aniar, did not appear constructive and has been reverted. Please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at our welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make test edits, please use the sandbox for that. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on my talk page. also disruptive editing on Locks Brasserie and The Greenhouse (restaurant) plus POV-pushing. The Banner talk 22:19, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

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The Banner Please advise what "occasional exception" applies here. Don't bother with the crap about what you learnt at school again because that has no bearing on WP:TIES. Please try and stop POV-pushing for once. AusLondonder (talk) 22:45, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

Okay, you indeed do not understand treated with common sense. Clear, thank you. The Banner talk 23:02, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

Seriously? You're pushing British English onto an article, where you can't even give the title of that article without using Gaelic or at least some level of Irish English? As the local dialect would advise, catch yerself on. Andy Dingley (talk) 23:08, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

Reverting

Please stop reverting, as per the discussion on the 420 project I'm restoring them all, Thank you. –Davey2010^Talk 01:41, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

Al-Zebabist Nation of Ooog

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Have you ever heard of don't template the regulars?

If you haven't it's at Wikipedia:Don't template the regulars. There was no disruptive editing on my part. Walter Görlitz (talk) 19:14, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

Walter Görlitz Yes, I have. Which is why rather than placing a template warning I wrote you a personalised note regarding your disruptive editing. AusLondonder (talk) 06:06, 16 April 2017 (UTC)

I stand corrected. I am a member of the project where that template was placed and there's no consensus of the English language project to promote your project's cause so yeah, I have the right to remove it. Walter Görlitz (talk) 06:08, 16 April 2017 (UTC)

You have no such right. Please take a look at WP:TPO which states " The basic rule....is that you should not edit or delete the comments of other editors without their permission". AusLondonder (talk) 06:10, 16 April 2017 (UTC)

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Trump

Just FYI, another editor (not me) removed the word "false". I put it back in per longstanding consensus, but then it occurred to me that it's not proper to revert merely because of no consensus. So it's best if someone else (like you) puts that word back, given that I think it's overkill. Anyway, you wrote "???" in your edit summary, so I came here to explain. Cheers. Anythingyouwant (talk) 05:03, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

@Anythingyouwant: Ah ok no worries. AusLondonder (talk) 12:26, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

Just for pride purposes

I hand typed WCPW Pro Wrestling World Cup 2017 out. I understand and begrudgingly agree with it's deletion, but I did not copy and paste anything minus the bracket templates. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hiitit (talk • contribs) 00:54, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

@Hiitit: Hello there. I'm sorry your article got deleted, even if it was something I supported. From experience I know it can be seriously disheartening and irritating, especially when you put in work on it. I did self-revert the speedy template because I realised that wasn't appropriate in the circumstances. AusLondonder (talk) 12:28, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

2017 Stockholm attack (2)

Hello. I have removed the dog again since there was NO consensus for adding it in the discussions on the talk page. The only one who wanted to add it was you, while multiple editors opposed it. - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 09:53, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

@Thomas.W: False. Feel free to re-read Talk:2017 Stockholm attack/Archive 1#Pet dog and then get back to me. AusLondonder (talk) 09:55, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

I agree with AusLondonder, as I already stated in the archived thread. (Why is the archiving so quick?) But adding the dog to the infobox, or adding the dog's name (for god's sake) is just grotesque. Bishonen | talk 10:03, 24 April 2017 (UTC).

I have of course read the discussion in the archive, a discussion I took part in, and see no consensus for adding it (people who say they won't oppose it count as neutral in my book, and when looking at the rest I find more who oppose it than who support it...). - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 10:10, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

Well when you mis-count consensus in a way that suits yourself it is no surprise you produce a result that suits yourself. AusLondonder (talk) 10:14, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

• RfC started about whether the dog should be mentioned among casualties/fatalities or not, since the outcome of the previous discussion obviously is "open to interpretations". - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 10:31, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

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Kiev vs. Kyiv

If you feel strongly about the matter, then take it to the Talk:Kiev/naming page, because that's where it's going to be decided -- not at the "Kyi, Shchek and Khoryv" article. AnonMoos (talk) 07:24, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

AnonMoos (talk · contribs) I'm fully aware of that. The consensus is that we use Kiev not Kyiv, which is what I have done at Kyi, Shchek and Khoryv. AusLondonder (talk) 08:15, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

I was very sure that I had already eliminated all "Kyiv" spellings in previous edits to the article (see summaries of past edits), so I guess I got confused, sorry... AnonMoos (talk) 21:26, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

@AnonMoos: No worries :) AusLondonder (talk) 09:00, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

Dear AusLondonder, The name Kiev is incorrect. The correct name is Kyiv, Kiev - is a Russian version of Kyiv, and it already has been proved as incorrect. For the more details, please, check the link with grammar background on this issue by Radio Svoboda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk8SiM75_eE — Preceding unsigned comment added by Annapetrenko (talk • contribs) 20:38, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

2017 Manchester Arena Bombing

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Category

Can you please remove it? Your rationale is obsolete.Zigzig20s (talk) 17:53, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion declined: Category:History of Cleveland County, Arkansas

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Speedy deletion declined: Category:History of Tishomingo County, Mississippi

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Re: June 2017

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What does this mean; I am not being "disruptive." Was this message intended for someone else? Am I supposed to register before I edit? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:E000:7FC0:7B:410:4122:4335:F6DD (talk) 03:19, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Grenfell Tower fire

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Revize

I think you/we meant B in Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2017_June_16#Organisations_based_in_Bolivia. Oculi (talk) 17:06, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

Finsbury Park attack

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Edits to Lee Rhiannon

Your recent edit to the page Lee Rhiannon doesn't make it clear that the issue was more than just education funding. Would you mind if I made an edit to that effect. Gumsaint (talk) 03:58, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

Categories for speedy deletion

Agree with deletion of categories "195 by country" and "196 by country" but not categories "195 by continent" and "196 by continent" Hugo999 (talk) 23:36, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

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Use British English template

Here you removed {{Use British English}} from Angers. While WP:TIES talks about which dialect should be used for new articles, my understanding of {{Use British English}}, based on its documentation, is that it's descriptive, not prescriptive. The article happens to be currently written in British English, and WP prefers that subsequent edits maintain consistency unless there is good reason to convert to another dialect (in this case, there isn't). The purpose of the template is to guide subsequent authors, and, at least in theory, the ENGVAR tool; this is an independent concept from WP:TIES. Did I miss something? David Brooks (talk) 02:14, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

The Angers article currently uses a combination of American and British spelling, though. For example it uses "center" and -ize spelling. AusLondonder (talk) 09:57, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

True. Thanks for pointing it out. David Brooks (talk) 11:59, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

Jamie Waylett

Hi Aus. You recently added a cat to Jamie Waylett: Prisoners and detainees of England and Wales. I've no idea what he's up to, but I assume he's out and about now. Unless that cat is slightly misnamed, it doesn't apply to him. Could you remove it? Cheers, Bromley86 (talk) 10:25, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

Ways to improve Pholisa Makeleni

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Murder of Jo Cox

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I have nominated you for Auto patrolled Rights

I have nominated you for Autopatrolled rights at WP:PERM/A, an administrator have asked you whether you commit to fill bare URLs which are cited as reference. Well I think you should say yes as filling bareurls is very easy, all you have to do is go at https://tools.wmflabs.org/refill/ and enter page name, this will automatically fillup bare URL's Anoptimistix (talk) 00:17, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

Anoptimistix Thanks for the nomination! I agreed to not use bare URLs in future. Thanks again! AusLondonder (talk) 10:38, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

It was my pleasure nominating a great content creator like you. Anoptimistix (talk) 11:31, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

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UK involvement in European XFEL

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A barnstar for you!

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Thanks, Slashme. I was rather pleased to find those edits and hopefully wipe the smug smirk of the vandal's face! AusLondonder (talk) 07:13, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

Talk:Pietrykaŭ District

I tried to ping you, but sometimes pings do not work. Could you please have a look at what I wrote there? There is no hurry. Thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:01, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

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Deletion of For Britain Edit

Hello AusLondoner, Can you supply your reason for your complete removal of my recent edit? --ThorpeCloud (talk) 19:21, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

@ThorpeCloud: Certainly - I reverted your edit because it was far too lengthy and WP:UNDUE for an article of that size. It also gave too much weight to the opinion of Waters and was not reliably sourced to an independent, reliable, secondary source as required. AusLondonder (talk) 05:31, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

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I recommend you or someone else start a discussion on "Reactions to..." question. I think the threshold is rather obvious: simple and almost unanimous condemnation, condolences, or whatever the trend may be needs to be met with deletion, a selective merge, or at least a completely different outlook on how these pages are written. Without an actual plan in place, I have little choice but to keep nominating these articles for deletion, and thus far participants have agreed with my rationale. Thanks for bringing that category to my attention; articles like this are simply ridiculous and fall under what Wikipedia is not.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 17:56, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

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AusLondonder I watch with surprise how someone would just wake up to revert an edit that was fully sourced with 8 valids references, claiming the edit was not sourced and duly promotional. You just have to mention each sentence that was not backed up with a valid source and was promotional. KingMak1 (talk) 07:47, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

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I am fully aware of the discretionary sanctions, thank you. I don't appreciate your loaded question. AusLondonder (talk) 07:45, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

• I followed User:Shrike here, and am struck by the question. AusLononder and I met, I think, at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2012 Paros (Greece) rape, a sort of baptism-by-fire for me, back when I was still a fairly new and utterly naive editor using a lot of pretty stupid arguments at AfD and making a lot of rookie mistakes. He knew all the right things to say and turned the big guns on me - a memorable encounter. Looking back in the light of Shrike's very pointed question, I am struck by the fact that AusLondonder, who had purportedly only been editing a few months at that point, already knew all the rules, the lingo, and the way to intimidate a newbie. @Shrike:, you do understand that there is little point to this unless you have some idea under what name AusLondonder previously edited. He might merely be a very quick learner. Nevertheless, AusLondonder, I think you should be able to give Shrike a straight answer to the question: Did you edit under any other account before?E.M.Gregory (talk) 19:16, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

I really have no obligation to even engage with this ridiculous fishing expedition. Your disingenuous misrepresentation of the discuss on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2012 Paros (Greece) rape is really outrageous and truly typical for you. You seem to have a real problem with the truth, E.M.Gregory. You suggest that you were a "newbie" at the AfD discussion but you had been editing for more than six months longer than me. You say I "knew all the right things to say and turned the big guns on me" but my argument was just WP:NOTNEWS and failure of WP:GNG but I lost the AfD and you won! I've gone back and completely read the AfD and I have no fucking idea what you are talking about. If I said all the right things and you made "rookie errors" why did only one editor agree with me? I'm guessing this is part of your tried and tested tactic of flinging enough mud and hoping some will stick. But it is not going to work with me, buddy. So, E.M.Gregory. How come you had so much experience and learnt so fast after you joined? What was your previous account? AusLondonder (talk) 03:35, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Anne Marie waters

Hi.

I am concerned that conservatives like AMW are being misrepresented by Wikipedia. I wonder if you can tell me why you think my edit is not impartial, given I have quoted AMW, ratger than someone else writing about her. If someone came to get an opinion of your political views, would you rather they asked you directly, or asked say me, who knows very little about you? This is what the Wikipedia entry for AMW is like. Lazy, heavily left leaning, and making no attempt whatsoever to hear what the real person has to say

Whether you know it or not, you have the power to censor the truth. You can claim that edits such as mine are being inaccurate or biased, but before you do, why not actually read what Ms. Waters has to say for herself? Go to Breitbart.com and read her articles. Listen to the Delingpole podcast interview with her. And then come back and tell me, with a straight face, that the Wikipedia entry isn't the most awful leftist propaganda.

Left or right, you have to acknowledge truth of an individual comes from their mouth, and no other.

Please also look up conservative, far right, democrat and British culture and values, to familiarise yourself with the claims

Andrew Ahg196 (talk) 08:30, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments Ahg196. Wikipedia works on reliable sources. Per WP:WPNOTRS we also work mainly on the basis of secondary, and not primary, sources. Per WP:ABOUTSELF "Self-published and questionable sources" may be used in some contexts, but not if it is unduly self-serving or makes an exceptional claim. If Anne Marie Waters claims in an article she authored about herself that she is not an "anti-Islam activist" that seems to me both unduly self-serving and an exceptional claim, not supported by both her history of political activity and by reliable sources. Breitbart is not regarded as a reliable source at all. I cannot see how you would believe her article is "leftist propaganda", perhaps your own bias is showing? AusLondonder (talk) 17:35, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

AusLondoner - you seem to make a habit of altering items that don't fit your personal political views ? Not very helpful.

I stand by every single word I typed about Lady Nugee (AKA 'Emily Thornberry'). Please put them back and don't remove valid additions by British-born observers of the hypocritical side of British politics. Accurate123 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Accurate123 (talk • contribs) 15:55, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

Secondary sources?

May I ask your credentials to edit a political piece on a British politician. Are you Austrian as your handle suggests? If so, may I ask what qualifies you to edit entries on Wikipedia on the British and their politics.

Secondary sources? This is truly a nonsense if ever I heard it. A politician is in the business of politics. They make their living from it. They have nothing to hide, what they are is their product. If you would rather hear the views of a right wing politician from secondary sources (which happens to be heavily left biased) you get all sorts of opinions which do not represent the person. What is the reasoning for prioritising secondary sources? Can you explain?

Andrew

Ahg196 (talk) 19:05, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

@Ahg196: I am sorry you think our policies on sources are "nonsense". Unfortunately your personal opinion on sourcing requirements doesn't really matter. The reason you think everybody and everything is "left biased" is because you have your own (evidently very strong) political biases. Finally, Wikipedia is a global encyclopedia and not a Brexit fansite and I am certain I am an awful lot more qualified as an editor than yourself. AusLondonder (talk) 02:59, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

I know my personal opinion doesn't matter, but I will still express my opinion that your system is a nonsense. If you have a section titled political views, surely taking the person's actual statements about what they believe is more valid than a third party's opinion on their beliefs? If it doesn't, then BLP's should be ignored on Wikipedia as being pure propaganda.

I have not mentioned my views on the EU referendum, and for you to bring them up is concerning. Would it change your mind if I had voted remain? I am not interested in rubbishing anyone, I just feel they deserve a fair hearing. As a publication which prides itself in impartiality, Wikipedia and this editors like you who decide what goes and what doesn't, must at least hear out what people have to say.

Since my complaint, I found this article which explains a lot. I expect you'll tell me it's not a credible source - probably because it criticises Wikipedia.

http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/102601/how-left-conquered-wikipedia-part-1-david-swindle

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FrontPage Magazine doesn't seem like a reliable source. It is effectively a blog published by two political activists. I'm surprised you think having neutral, non-promotional biographies of notable people is "a nonsense". This isn't a left/right issue, by the way. Our sourcing policies apply project-wide. What specifically do you think should be added to Waters' bio? AusLondonder (talk) 10:34, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

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Since you seem to patrol the moves pages, if you come across more Tobias socks please mark for attention at the SPI or do let me know. Named socks can be reported directly at meta for global locking (he's globally banned). His disruption extends to Commons, Wikidata, de etc. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 14:21, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

@SpacemanSpiff: No worries, will do. AusLondonder (talk) 14:24, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

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@Sagittarian Milky Way: Thanks for your reply and clarification. The Global Power City Index seems to me a rather subjective and biased index. Indeed as I understood it we were discussing power and importance of respective cities not things like their environment or accessibility nor their attractiveness to artists or managers. According to that index, neither Moscow nor Beijing even feature in the top ten global cities, which seems inexplicable. However, I appreciate you do have a basis for what you wrote and I'm happy to clarify I certainly intended no hard feelings towards you. AusLondonder (talk) 09:10, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

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The AfroCine Project invites you to join us again this October and November, the two months which are dedicated to improving content about the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand contents in Wikimedia projects which are connected to this scope. Kindly list your username under the participants section to indicate your interest in participating in this contest.

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We would be adding additional categories as the contest progresses, along with local prizes from affiliates in your countries. For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. Looking forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 19:22, 22nd September 2020 (UTC)

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@Liz: it's obvious a former Member of the European Parliament meets WP:NPOL. I query why then you didn't follow the guidance at WP:BLPPROD. Step 2 before nomination "Consider finding reliable sources yourself" AusLondonder (talk) 16:10, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

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Could you please move the page

Hi, 7 days ago you supported the move of the page 1987 Meerut communal riots. 7 days have elapsed and I don't know how to move a page. The move is under WP:CONSISTENT and can be justified under WP:RMUM. Could you move the page? >>> Extorc.talk 08:46, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

@Extorc: Hi, as it's a discussion started through requested moves and I have commented on the proposal it will probably be best to let another editor close it per Wikipedia:Simple RM closing instructions. Another editor, or admin, may decide to relist the discussion per WP:RMRELIST because of low participation. Unfortunately the process is a bit beauracratic. AusLondonder (talk) 16:29, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Doesn't it qualify for move under WP:RMUM >>> Extorc.talk 17:45, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Email?

Any reason you don't have it active? I wanted to make a comment that might be better done in a private way. Nothing major, just a remark. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 12:23, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

@Piotrus: No reason actually, just never activated it. I have activated it now. AusLondonder (talk) 20:57, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

PRODs

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Thank you for PRODding these air strips and private-use "airports". I'm not sure why years ago some page creators thought they were notable enough for their own articles. If anything, they should have been placed on a country or state list of private airports, not have stand along articles. I appreciate you taking the time to find and tag them for deletion. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:12, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

@Liz: Thanks for that and a special thanks to you for your excellent work as always :) AusLondonder (talk) 00:09, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

American Christian Academy (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)

I deprodded that article. I usually agree with you. I've developed it a bit and as they've had numerous state athletic championships, it's pretty clear this isn't a MILL school. As a matter of fact, I'm really curious why they'd drop such a successful track program. I'm going to reach out to an editor with more experience to research any segregation history that may be appropriate to use. Any chance you could move it to American Christian Academy (Alabama)? There are other schools by the same name, but in other states, making just the state name the correct disambiguation. It's much easier for a registered editor I understand. 174.212.212.106 (talk) 11:53, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

@174.212.212.106: Thanks for leaving a note. I'm happy to give time for improvements re sourcing and additional content. Happy to move as well given that seems quite a reasonable suggestion. AusLondonder (talk) 12:39, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

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@Escape Orbit: I am well aware of Oxford spelling. However, Indian English uses -ise spelling. This is evident in usage by the government (see Indian Space Research Organisation, India Trade Promotion Organisation, Defence Research and Development Organisation), non-government bodies (All India Democratic Students Organisation) and the media. It is also supported by our Template:Indian English and the entire category tree of Category:Organisations based in India. AusLondonder (talk) 14:33, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

If we take the specific example of "analysed", I'm afraid what is says on Template:Indian English is not true. I wonder who was responsible for writing it? Here's Chetan Bhagat, a leading contemporary Indian author, spelling it "analyzed". Here's the Indian Space Research Organisation doing the same. Here's a one from the Ministry of Human Resource Development. The India Trade Promotion Organisation. Here's the Times of India. India Today (with a bonus "urbanization" in the headline). The Hindu.

Indian spelling uses both forms, just like British English. So it's not really correct to change spellings on the basis that one is not Indian spelling. --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 19:33, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

It's easy to cherry-pick specific individual uses of analyze. I can do that for analyse. It would seem to me of more weight that, for example, so many agencies of the Indian government use "organisation" in their name. I also disagree that -ize is acceptable in modern British English spelling outside of specific contexts, such as some academic publications. I note even the University of Oxford style guide recommends against -ize. AusLondonder (talk) 23:02, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

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Hi to whomsoever it may concern. We cannot retain former names of cities, the current name is Gurugram and not Gurgaon. Why do we need rfc ? it is common sense? If that is the case, then we should retain the city names Bombay and Madras. The advise received in preceding section is some editor's personal opinion. Personal opinions doesn't work in this case. News paper articles can write anything, they just take info from wikipedia, it is called mirroring of wikipedia. Coming to books and articles, there are still millions of articles calling cities as Bombay and Madras before their official name change. You cant take it as a standard, and forcefully rub your opinions on other editors. Your personal interest with Gurgaon instead of Gurugram cannot be endorsed by other editors. The Govt officially designated it as Gurugram city in (Gurugram District) - https://gurugram.gov.in/department/municipal-corporation-gurugram/ Fostera12 (talk) 14:08, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

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Sam Corne

Hello, AusLondonder,

Please use Twinkle to tag pages for speedy deletion. Then when you select CSD G4, there is a field for you to put a link to the deletion discussion where it was decided to delete this article. It's necessary for patrolling admins to check and make sure there was an AFD for each article to verify the tagging and the tag you used provides no link to a relevant AFD discussion. So, this means that the admin will have to go looking for it themselves and the AFD might be under a different page title. What happens is that, most of the time, admins see this and just move on to some other task because it's a bit of a chore. So, this tagged article will probably sit around for some hours.

Twinkle is such a useful editing tool that does SO many things, you can use it to tag articles, report vandals to noticeboards, tag for a PROD, set up an AFD discussion, maintain a deletion log for you, it's a tool I use all day when editing and I encourage you to try it out if you haven't used it yet. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:51, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi Liz, thanks for your message. I do use Twinkle for AFDs, thanks for the reminder to use for speedy deletion. On a side note I am now thinking the Sam Corne article may not be sufficiently identical to the previous one deleted, but the AfD was at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sam Corne.

AusLondonder (talk) 05:21, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Also to add to my comment I edit on mobile 95% of the time, I know I can use Twinkle just need to select Desktop view, but that's probably why I haven't been doing it always. AusLondonder (talk) 05:27, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Sam Corne

Hello AusLondonder, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Sam Corne, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: not sufficiently identical to the deleted version. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 21:13, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

This templated message isn't quite right. Thank you for looking out for potential G4 candidates. There's no way for you to know if it's identical or not, so you may as well tag. I might be less likely to do so when there's been so long a period since the AfD. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 21:14, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Cover Image (copywrite free) on Why Bharat Matters

Hi AusLondonder, I have left a message for you on Talk:Why Bharat Matters. Could you please have a look at it? Waonderer (talk) 18:09, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

March 2024

Please stop attacking other editors, as you did on Talk:Te Whatu Ora. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Comment on content, not on other contributors or people. Also at Talk:European settlers in New Zealand BilledMammal (talk) 05:10, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

This is completely ridiculous. My comments at the RM were not a personal attack. If I see editors engaging in culture wars and POV-pushing, I will call out it out. I am not the only one to notice your behaviour. Above I see ANI referrals, 1RR breaches and editor disputes. There's no question you were engaging in a culture war at Talk:Jewish exodus from the Muslim world#Requested move 26 February 2024 when nine of ten editors opposed you, many forcefully with very strong arguments. AusLondonder (talk) 06:18, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

At Talk:European settlers in New Zealand your complete argument against the move was This issue has been discussed enough already and I consider the latest RM to be disruptive. Simple question for the nom: What has changed since the previous RMs? If consensus goes against you, you should not simply try and exhaust other editors by repeating the process with a flawed argument every couple of years. Other editors have set out above, in detail, why this proposal is flawed and why the existing name is appropriate. This is disruptive behaviour that should not be rewarded.

At Talk:Te Whatu Ora, your argument started with Just the latest instalment of the Wikipedia culture wars brought to us by a certain editor. It is better than your !vote at European settlers in New Zealand, as it does go on to include an argument that isn't just an attack on an editor, but neither is acceptable - if you see an issue with an editor, bring it up, with evidence, on their talk page or at ANI. It is inappropriate, and against policy, to bring it up on an article talk page.

I'm not sure why you removed this and instead responded on my talk page, but please do not do so again - if you feel the need for further response then please do so here, to keep the discussion in a single thread. BilledMammal (talk) 06:44, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Also, please don't WP:HOUND me - turning up to take a position against mine immediately after I raise this issue, on an article you haven't engaged with since 2017, in a discussion started five days ago, strongly suggests you are following my edits. BilledMammal (talk) 06:49, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

• Please do not tell me how I construct my arguments at RMs. It was directly relevant to the RM to note that the nominator has a pattern of POV-pushing and engaging in culture wars. I note all three of the RMs in question were highly controversial and one was opposed 9-1. What I have done is go to ANI to have a look at what other editors have been saying about your behaviour and to say you're well-acquainted with that particular venue there is an understatement. I've been editing Wikipedia longer than yourself but have never been involved in anywhere near the level of disputes you have with other editors. Rather than always saying everyone else is in the wrong, why don't you consider why it is you have major disputes with so many editors? In January this year you were subject to significant criticism at ANI where a long-standing, well-respected editor stated that "I’ve long been concerned about BilledMammal's conduct (BATTLEGROUND is an apt description)" while another stated "BilledMammal's editing goes quite far with one-sided editing and attempts to defend it, and I'd call such edits as mentioned a blatant violation of NPOV and collegial spirit." Remember back in March 2022 when you said "it is clear that in general how I engage in discussion is not ideal, and even if this discussion is closed without action I will take any criticism onboard and attempt to adjust my behaviour to address it" but yet here we are again - you labelling editorial criticism personal attacks, accusing other editors of hounding for contributing to one discussion you're involved in. As a veteran editor said at the March 2022 ANI thread "My brief encounters with BM, gave me the impression that he argues for the enjoyment of arguing." Nothing has changed, has it? AusLondonder (talk) 07:24, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

  Per WP:PA: Do not make personal attacks anywhere on Wikipedia. Comment on content, not on the contributor.

  Saying that the nominator has a pattern of POV-pushing and engaging in culture wars is commenting on the contributor, not content, and is against policy; I'm asking you politely to stop. If you believe there is an issue with my conduct that needs discussing, PA tells you what the appropriate forums are. BilledMammal (talk) 07:31, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

  As I said, nothing has changed with the way you behave. You have been asked politely to stop battleground behaviour and POV-pushing but after each time-wasting ANI encounter you say you'll change (" I will take any criticism onboard and attempt to adjust my behaviour") but nothing ever changes. You still view Wikipedia as an ideological fight to win. Eventually, the community will tire of an editor who enjoys conflict and argument. AusLondonder (talk) 07:40, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Stop you mass deletions

Hello, You are misunderstanding Wikipedia's guidelines. The requirements you refer to for notability are sufficient, but not necessary for an article to be notable. Your selective choice of articles that you promote for deletion makes it appear that you are on a crusade against the IPSC. Sauer202 (talk) 11:51, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi there, I have never previously heard of IPSC. Why would I have something against it? These insinuations and conspiracy theories are not constructive. I have no need to defend myself but if you see my contributions I frequently nominate articles for deletion, the majority of which are subsequently deleted. I'm not sure what you mean regarding the notability of organisations. WP:NORG states that the policy applies to "commercial and non-commercial activities, such as charitable organizations, political parties, hospitals, institutions, interest groups, social clubs, companies, partnerships, proprietorships, for-profit educational institutions or organizations, etc." This obviously includes the articles in question. When you created a large number of wholly unsourced articles would you not expect that to be an issue? AusLondonder (talk) 12:48, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Your are posting a factual error that the articles in question were unsourced. I can agree that they were undersourced and could need improvement. I would be glad to improve them given a couple of days. However, I think it is not fruitful that they are speedily deleted and that editors are not given a chance to improve the articles. As mentioned, these stubs have been on the Wiki for about 10 years. While the notability guidelines set sufficient parameters for notability, they do not necessarily say these are necessary requirements. Nevertheless, I feel the approach of mass deletions harms the project. In my eyes, it seems like you may have gotten into a rhythm where you can not see the forest for the trees. Sauer202 (talk) 08:05, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

I won't nominate any more for deletion for the next few days, to give you time to begin improvements. Unfortunately though you are wrong regarding notability requirements for organisations. Per WP:ORGCRIT: "A company, corporation, organization, group, product, or service is presumed notable if it has been the subject of significant coverage in multiple reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject." This applies to all organisations. This is part of WP:NORG; "The scope of this guideline covers all groups of people organized together for a purpose" Finally, to clarify, the articles deleted were in fact wholly unsourced. Some featured external links, others featured dead external links. That is not considered sourcing. AusLondonder (talk) 12:22, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Editor experience invitation

Hi AusLondonder :) I'm looking for people to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 07:09, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Lynwood

On the topic of unnotable lists of mayors, you may want to look at List of mayors of Lynwood, California, a city of just under 70,000 that seems to have mostly primary sourcing. I am unsure if it meets WP:NLIST but it doesn't seem to be an especially notable topic to me. AllTheUsernamesAreInUse (talk) 17:35, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Candidates and AFD

I think we get non-policy !votes when there is an AfD of a US senatorial candidate close to an election. I think it is better to clean up the article and then consider what to do with the article after the election is in the rear view mirror. - Enos733 (talk) 22:10, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Yeah although I frankly think many of the !votes at that AfD should be disregarded, but I can't see an admin closing as delete or redirect now. AfD has pretty much become a purely numbers game these days, an AfD I started recently was closed as keep despite several editors literally advancing complete falsehoods as justification for keeping. It's a pretty dumb precedent to be setting that people can be notable purely for coverage they receive as an election candidate. AusLondonder (talk) 02:33, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

And our community has and is moving away from any presumption of notability. - Enos733 (talk) 15:26, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Help with RfC summary

Hello, could you help with closing the RfD on David Lammy talk page and summarising? It seems there's a slim consensus on a change to British? but I do not want to make a mistake. Never done this before. Erzan (talk) 22:40, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Radio stations

Hey, want to just leave a message. A lot of the LPFMs and such that are unsourced are tough to put a source on, but if you want to run something by me, please do. I know where to look for at least reasonable resources, especially for stations that started in the pre-internet era. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 05:12, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Geriatricists

Wikipedia only has about 70 articles that have been placed in the geriatricists category. With that few I think we would be best off merging all of them. I really think we need to create a rule that we will not subdivide any occupation by nationality if we have under 100 articles on people who did it. This especially applies when it is a sub-cat of physicians/medical doctors, who are a sub-cat of scientists. If this was a top level occupation kline barbers.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:36, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

on further review we have 81 articles in the barners category, and have not subdivided them at all. At least one is disambiguation as a historian. I have no clue if all of these really ought to be in the batlrber category. I also have no clue if all those in "geriatricists" really belong there, some may be doctors who we would argue do not quite make the cut. The main point is that we can and do for dome occupations not divide by nationality. I see no reason why geriatricists cannot be such a nomination.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:40, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Review my article

Can You Review My article.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalda_Liz Warrantys (talk) 12:19, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

List_of_websites_blocked_in_the_United_States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:List_of_websites_blocked_in_the_United_States Ironcurtain2 (talk) 07:53, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

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United States Federal Government;

TikTok may be banned soon too, as there is pending legislation about it. TikTok is banned on some government phones.

Websites blocked in certain states

Currently websites such as .... are blocked in certain states, and illegal ... content is taken down in the United States.

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Women in Red April 2024

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Nomination of Where is Kate? for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Where is Kate? 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/Where is Kate? (3rd nomination) 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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Draft: Bhai Roop Chand

Hi, I am komaldeeppunni a student editor on Wikipedia. I was working on this article Bhai Roop Chand. Earlier, I uploaded an unfinished version of the article and the article was moved to the Draft: Bhai Roop Chand. Now I have added more information in the article with suitable sources. I request you to examine the revised draft of the article and possibly move it to the main space. Komaldeeppunni (talk) 21:48, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Radio station deletions

I don't disagree that these database-sourced articles don't demonstrate notability but per WP:ATD I believe it would be better to redirect them to the appropriate List of... articles. I will continue to assert this in my WP:PRODPATROLING unless there is some indication from WP:AFD or WP:MFD that deletion is preferred by the community. We could save each other both some work if you used WP:BLAR instead of WP:PROD for these. ~Kvng (talk) 17:18, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

I don't really agree that all these articles need redirects. I'm not sure that the community consensus is to favour redirect over delete. Within the last month, multiple radio station articles I've taken to AfD have been deleted: see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/KEAA-LP, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WFHA-LP (2nd nomination) and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/KMAC (FM). I'm also not certain redirects are called for per WP:RPURPOSE. Many of these list articles such as List of radio stations in Alaska and List of radio stations in Wyoming are wholly unsourced by the way. AusLondonder (talk) 10:13, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. I will keep watching the AfDs. The examples you link to are not yet convincing me that there is a community preference for deleting over redirecting in this subject area. ~Kvng (talk) 12:12, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

Redirected

1. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/KBBV-CD
2. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WLOG (FM)
3. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WCQT-LD
4. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WOOH-LD
5. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WOCW-LD
6. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/KCCC-LP
7. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/KHMG

Deleted

1. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/KEAA-LP - no redirect target idententified
2. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WFHA-LP (2nd nomination) - no WP:ATD discussion
3. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/KMAC (FM) - no WP:ATD discussion
4. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/KVQT-LD - no WP:ATD discussion
5. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/KKGU - no WP:ATD discussion

Of the redirects, all but one of those are television stations, and two of them were redirected to articles about parent companies rather than poorly sourced lists. Of those deleted, AfDs were attended by experienced editors aware of the option to redirect, so the lack of specific discussion of ATD doesn't seem overly relevant to me. AusLondonder (talk) 13:45, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

You seem to be implying that we should be considering television stations separately. I think they fall under the same issue of stations previously presumed notable due to licensing.

I take your point that experienced editors should know about WP:ATD, that doesn't seem to be universally the case though. If you can find some examples where a specific redirect was suggested and then rejected by others in the discussion or by the closer, that would be persuasive.

I will try to add to the above lists as this develops. ~Kvng (talk) 13:56, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

All AfDs I've been watching have closed. All your recent station AfDs have closed as redirect. ~Kvng (talk) 01:00, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Hmm that's weird, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/KKGU closed as delete yesterday. AusLondonder (talk) 01:07, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

That wasn't one I was watching. I'm not sure why. I've added it to the list though. Now that it has been deleted, I can't determine whether I was ever involved. I clearly wasn't involved in the AfD.

The pattern is clear for this set of articles though. Whenever a reasonable redirect target is suggested at AfD (parent company or list), it is accepted. Again, if you know of an exception to this, I'd be interested to see it. ~Kvng (talk) 13:42, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Alex Bhathal

Hello AusLondonder, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Alex Bhathal, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: G4: not substantially identical; much new information since the page's deletion 8 years ago. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 13:49, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

@Ivanvector: Thanks for the note. I can't see the deleted version, although I suspected it may have changed slightly with more elections contested. AusLondonder (talk) 13:57, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, that's a problem with this criterion, if you could see the deleted version then you wouldn't need to tag it to delete in the first place. The eight-year-old deleted version was basically a promotional profile of a non-notable candidate contesting their first election. They seem to have acquired some notability as a perennial candidate in the meantime (I didn't look too closely) but you could list at AFD if you think notability is still not there. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 14:03, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

Re: G4 deletions. A clue for non-admins who can't see previously deleted articles: I've learned to check the references -- if any of them are newer than the article deletion date, then it's not the same article. (Maybe it's very similar but since I don't know for sure, I don't recommend a speedy G4 deletion). --A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 16:52, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

Deepak Narwal

@AusLondonder you think it's a bad article? Any chances to help it? 2001:14BA:4C18:F400:7876:2711:9C0:693A (talk) 10:53, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

@AusLondonder 404 2001:14BA:4C18:F400:7876:2711:9C0:693A (talk) 10:54, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi, are you the article creator? AusLondonder (talk) 11:03, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Username reporting

"Egregious username" usually only means particularly vulgar usernames or particularly offensive/denigrating usernames, not promotional usernames. I can't speak to another situation without knowing what it was. I'm happy to discuss this further at WT:U. 331dot (talk) 19:40, 19 April 2024 (UTC)