User talk:Elli/Archive 1
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Stub tags
Please note that all stub tags go at the bottom of an article, not the top - see WP:ORDER. And please take care not to add {{stub}} to an article like Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Turkey) which already has a specific stub tag in the right place. Thanks. PamD 15:24, 3 July 2016 (UTC)
Tagging of "Falling In" smoke and mirrors
I recently removed a speedy delete tag that you had placed on "Falling In" smoke and mirrors. I do not think that "Falling In" smoke and mirrors fits any of the speedy deletion criteria because "charted at 118" is a claim of significance. The stub is descriptive, not promotional. I request that you consider not re-tagging "Falling In" smoke and mirrors for speedy deletion without discussing the matter on the appropriate talk page.
- Understood. Thanks for correcting me. Elliot321 (talk) 20:26, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
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Autopatrol
Thank you. How do I go about applying for that right that you suggested? Tripp155 (talk) 17:10, 3 May 2017 (UTC)
- You're welcome. To apply, visit Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Autopatrolled to apply. Click add request and type your reason. Thanks! Elliot321 (talk) 19:21, 3 May 2017 (UTC)
Also could you show me how I add the lake page geo stub to link to the page: Lakes of New York? Thanks Tripp155 (talk) 03:16, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
- At the bottom of the page, you can add this line:
[[Category:Lakes of New York]]
Thank you :)
I'm glad you liked The Timeline of healthcare in the United Kingdom. It's part of a global healthcare project, still in expansion. My best wishes :) Wikisanchez (talk) 13:33, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
Please note that you have reviewed this page which has no categories. Please be careful in the future. Thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:50, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
County highway 34
Would you be able to help me add a county highway shield to the title of County highway 34(Otsego County, New York) or tell me how I generate a shield?also how do I type the lakes of New York Tag when I make an article? Thanks Tripp155 (talk) 22:59, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
First, county highway shields don't belong in page titles. You don't need to generate one.
For the lakes of New York tag, use this at the bottom of the article:
[[Category:Lakes of New York]]
Thanks for your message! Elliot321 (talk) 23:02, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
FlexE
Thanks - I fixed it up - it is much more neutral now. I also added more content. --User:Brholden 7 May 2017
- Thank you! Elliot321 (talk) 15:26, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
About letter of ECB page reviewed
Hi Elliot321, thank you for reviewing the page Letter of ECB to Italy on 5th August 2011 and for your appreciation. Bye! --Goemon (talk) 16:39, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
Tags
How do I type the Lakes of New York tag when I'm creating an article? Thanks Tripp155 (talk) 17:07, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
- At the bottom of the article, include the text:
[[Category:Lakes of New York]]
Thanks! Elliot321 (talk) 17:08, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
Thanks
I'm glad you liked the page Nina Teicholz. I am an aged person and still puzzled about consumption of fats and heart diseases :) Bilingual2000 (talk) 11:27, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
You are very kind...
...and I am most undeserving. Thanks for the smile. :-) --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:13, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for the revision!
The Article Moskovoretskaya Formation it is not finished, somo aspects will be remade. Thanks you for the revision! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yewtharaptor (talk • contribs) 17:17, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
Thank you for the compliment
I'm glad you found the Expert Action Badge so useful! I personally use Wikipedia for learning about new military awards, so when I got the rare opportunity to find one outside Wikipedia, I wanted to do my part, and spread the news to users who might also be interested. Again, thank you for the lovely note! Jionunez (talk) 19:26, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial
Thanks for the compliment. I shall be expanding the article considerably, considering the wealth of quotations on display and the historical pathos of the memorial park. Vale! kencf0618 (talk) 14:22, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
I have unreviewed a page you curated
Hi, I'm PRehse. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Liceo Sperimentale "G. Marconi", and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.
Re: THANKS
Thank you for your encouragement about Xiangjiangyuan title, Elliot. wish you can correct and remediate my errors. Cncs (talk) 18:09 14 may 2017 (UTC)
- I'm glad to see that you've improved it. Thanks! Elliot321 (talk) 21:30, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
This is to inform and discuss with you that Shivalik Institue of Management Education and Research.
This is to inform and discuss with you that Shivalik Institue of Management Education and Research shouldn't be deleted as i want to work more on it. I will work on that article for maintaining quality of article.
Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sumitsharaf (talk • contribs) 03:46, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
@Sumitsharaf: if you would like to work on an article more before releasing it, I would recommend creating it in the draft namespace, and when you are happy with it, submit it for review. That way, other users will be able to tell you about ways to improve the page, and if it is good enough, you can move it into the mainspace. Elliot321 (talk) 13:43, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
I have unreviewed a page you curated
Hi, I'm Mabalu. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Agua Formosa Trail, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.
UJM
Thanks for reviewing UJM. >MinorProphet (talk) 19:27, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
Stub sorting
Hi. Instead of using page curation to add {{stub}} (like you did at Anbox), please stub sort instead. Thanks. -- I dream of horses If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{U|I dream of horses}} to your message (talk to me) (My edits) @ 23:23, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
Newtown Creek (disambiguaton)
No problem, Elliot321. I created the Newtown Creek (Bucks) and then the disamb. page to point to mine and the Newtown Creek (NYC). I broke about a billion links to the NYC page (big oops!), so Epicgenius put it back and put a link to my page (Bucks) on his (NYC). So, I put a link to his on mine. That makes the disamb. page a bit redundant. You're welcome to delete it. Newbie on Wikipedia, made a few goofs here and there. Good have you guys watching out for folks like me. Thanks.Are1718 (talk) 02:15, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
@Are1718: ah, that makes sense. Thanks for letting me know! Elliot321 (talk) 10:04, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
Search engine Sherman Smith (singer)
Ellioth the dutch edition of this article is available on google search but the English version doesn't appear in the google search . Do you know how to fix this? Maybe because the article was deleted in the past.
ronaldbaas (talk —Preceding undated comment added 10:12, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
@Ronaldbaas: the page is not reviewed yet, so it is marked for search engines to ignore. Once the page is reviewed, on the next sweep, Google will index it. Elliot321 (talk) 10:15, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
@Elliot321: Do you know how to assign this to be done faster? ronaldbaas (talk) 8:54PM, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
@Ronaldbaas: I've gone and reviewed the page, there is no way to make Google give priority to index your page. However, adding more links from relevant articles will increase the chance that they'll index it sooner. Elliot321 (talk) 20:16, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
Help
The Shuangpai Yangming National Forestry Park and Yangmingshan National Forest Park are titles of describing the same thing of the Yangmingshan National Forest Park. i preliminarily rewrited the title Shuangpai Yangming National Forestry Park. move the Shuangpai Yangming National Forestry Park to "Yangming Mountains", thanks. Cncs (talk) 02:33, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
Review
Thank you for reviewing my article! Best regards Crenelator (talk) 20:36, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
Thank you, Elliot321, for reviewing my pages and your nice commentary. H (Uruguay) (talk) 10:59, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
Thanks
Thanks for the comments on the Ivan Lazarev (basketball) article.Bluesangrel (talk) 23:52, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
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creating page
Please i want to create a page in wikipedia. Abubakarmaimota (talk) 05:27, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
@Abubakarmaimota: I am unsure what you want to do. Could you please explain? I would be happy to help. Elliot321 (talk) 17:17, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
I do not agree with the elimination
The article has references.--CanaryIslands (talk) 14:33, 30 April 2017 (UTC)
- I understand that it has references. I don't understand how it shows its notability.Elliot321 (talk) 14:35, 30 April 2017 (UTC)
- I have also withdrawn the request and replaced it with a Notability template. Elliot321 (talk) 14:38, 30 April 2017 (UTC)
- Wait, we are talking about Weaves (band), right? Mystery mustache man (talk) 13:23, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
- @Mystery mustache man: No, this was about a totally different article. Elliot321 (talk) 17:19, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
{:@Elliot321: ok, thanks.
This is a case of "Alumbrados", as: La Beata de Piedrahita, Magdalena de la Cruz, etc.--CanaryIslands (talk) 14:40, 30 April 2017 (UTC)
- OK. Can you please add this information to the article? Elliot321 (talk) 14:42, 30 April 2017 (UTC)
Thank you. What information?--CanaryIslands (talk) 15:09, 30 April 2017 (UTC)
- Information on notability. The article talks about the person's life, but doesn't give context.Elliot321 (talk) 14:57, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
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Reviewing New Articles
Thank you Elliot321 for reviewing the new articles about the US Presidential Elections in the states that I've created! I appreciate that very much and there'll be more on the way. Oh, and by the way, you don't have to leave messages on my talk page about you notifying me about you reviewing the new articles I created, the notifications you send to the notifications box are enough. I'm not angry, I just don't want there to be so much comment spaces taken up by messages repeating similar things over and over again. Have a nice day and see you around. --JCC the Alternate Historian (talk) 14:30, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
@JCC the Alternate Historian:OK, sorry about that. You can remove those messages if you want. I've enjoyed reviewing your pages and am glad you are continuing to make them. I actually didn't know that reviewing pages sent a notif, or I would've only left one message, then stopped. Thanks for filling me in! Elliot321 (talk) 15:04, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
You're welcome Elliot321! Well, at least you know about the notifications now. As for the comments on my talk page, don't worry about it, I'll probably just merge them all into one large comment so it won't be a big deal. --JCC the Alternate Historian (talk) 18:59, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
Well, I've finally found some spare time to do what I needed to do. I organized all the US Presidential election article notifications into one section! If you ever need my help on anything Elliot321, give me a message on my talk page and I'll reply back to you as soon as I can. See you around and have a nice day. :) --JCC the Alternate Historian (talk) 19:59, 3 August 2017 (UTC)
@JCC the Alternate Historian:Thanks :) I looked at your talk page and saw you got the autopatrolled right. I'll miss seeing your articles in the new pages feed, but congratulations! Elliot321 (talk) 15:46, 5 August 2017 (UTC)
Globalize
The page I tagged is about Oceania, but only discusses Australia and New Zealand. While those are the two major countries in the region, there are many others. Globalize didn't feel like the perfect tag but I didn't know what else to use. ‡ Єl Cid of ᐺalencia ᐐT₳LKᐬ 15:20, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
- @El cid, el campeador: that makes sense. I guess that it depends on the definition of Oceania, if the article needs to be broader or not. I'll search for the appropriate tag, if there is one. Thanks, Elliot321 (talk) 15:22, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
- If you'd like to you're welcome to, but otherwise it's probably not a huge deal. I just didn't want you to think I was crazy in adding the tag. Thanks! ‡ Єl Cid of ᐺalencia ᐐT₳LKᐬ 15:24, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
- @El cid, el campeador: don't worry, I don't think you're crazy. Anyway, I found the overcoverage tag, which I think works better. Elliot321 (talk) 15:27, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
- If you'd like to you're welcome to, but otherwise it's probably not a huge deal. I just didn't want you to think I was crazy in adding the tag. Thanks! ‡ Єl Cid of ᐺalencia ᐐT₳LKᐬ 15:24, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
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Stub sorting
Please don't use the {{Stub}} tag if you can find a more specific stub tag; stub sort when you can. To do otherwise will backlog Category:Stubs. Thank you. -- I dream of horses If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{U|I dream of horses}} to your message (talk to me) (My edits) @ 02:53, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
I have unreviewed a page you curated
Hi, I'm PRehse. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, AGPgart, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.
Hello. Thanks for having the same name as me. Also thanks for looking at a page I created and reviewing it. If you look at my user page you will notice that I am working (painfully slowly) through a list of notable (mostly living) interior designers. The page you reviewed was created with the aim of expansion which was delayed. I appreciate the kick up the posterior and will begin by establishing notability per Wikipedia guidelines. A quick question I'd like to ask is what is a rough time frame for finding the necessary source material as this may take a couple of days. Also I have had trouble establishing RS in this field, which was eventually resolved in the case of two industry journals. Is there anyway I can solidify the reliability of these sources for use in future articles? Thanks so much for your time. Edaham (talk) 16:36, 28 August 2017 (UTC)
- @Edaham: I really appreciate your message! I've checked your user page and now I understand what you are doing. As for the expansion and establishing notability, I'd say that you should add the sources as soon as possible, and leave a message on the talk page explaining what you are doing. In addition, I would recommend creating the pages in the Draft namespace first, like Draft:test, so once the articles are ready, you can just move them to the mainspace to get reviewed. Also, I would think those sources are reliable, but you may want to see if you can find any other sources that are also applicable. Please leave another message if you have any more questions! Elliot321 (talk | contribs) 17:32, 28 August 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks, just to be specific - the soonest I'm going to be able to get that done (probably) is Friday. If it happens to be deleted before then it may be necessary to redraft and resubmit. Thanks for taking the time to look at my user page. ***Update*** I have added sources and a note regarding my time constraints on the talk page. I hope this will have the effect of temporarily establishing the subject's notability while page improvements are in progress. Edaham (talk) 02:07, 29 August 2017 (UTC)
Markerspace
Hello. Thanks for this edit [1]. If you look at the article prior to the redirect you will notice one wikilink to Maker Movement and one wikilink to Make Magazine. Because this "Markerspace" article shows no evidence of notability, it seems the intent is to promote these companies. I have warned this editor twice on their talk page [2], [3]. And,I wrote this only intending to let you know the situation. However, this person has reverted you this time. Further action may be warranted, such as at the WP:3RR board. I will warn this person about that and see how it goes. Regards ---Steve Quinn (talk) 21:41, 28 August 2017 (UTC)
- Please note that Hackerspace and Makerspace are not the same, and equating the two is outdated. I intend to establish an accurate article that makes this distinction. There is discussion on Hackerspace Talk to this effect in support of Hackerspace as a subset of Makerspace. If more substantial support is needed, please let me know what your minimum requirements are so that we can come to a consensus on this matter. BrainDozer (talk) 23:09, 28 August 2017 (UTC)
- @BrainDozer and Steve Quinn: I think that a good idea would be to create a draft first (at Draft:Makerspace) and wait until there is support before moving it into the mainspace. As for more sources, I think we should have some more sources to coverage of Makerspace independent of either Makerspace or Hackerspace (e.g. by a news organization like the NY times). Elliot321 (talk | contribs) 02:41, 29 August 2017 (UTC)
- @Elliot321 and BrainDozer: I agree with Elliot321. A draft of this article should be created, and wait for RS support before moving it back into the mainspace. And I agree we should have sources for coverage that are independent, not related to Hackerspace. I think this is an excellent compromise. ---Steve Quinn (talk) 01:16, 30 August 2017 (UTC)
- @BrainDozer and Steve Quinn: I think that a good idea would be to create a draft first (at Draft:Makerspace) and wait until there is support before moving it into the mainspace. As for more sources, I think we should have some more sources to coverage of Makerspace independent of either Makerspace or Hackerspace (e.g. by a news organization like the NY times). Elliot321 (talk | contribs) 02:41, 29 August 2017 (UTC)
Alphacaine
Dear Elliot321, I can see that you have undone my edits to Alphacaine, saying that it is "better as a redirect".
Alphacaine does not just refer to Lignocaine; I have provided three links to products called Alphacaine that contain different local anaesthetics (which are very different in their properties).
Leaving this page as a redirect is confusing without explanation especially given that the target page does not contain any mention of "Alphacaine".
Please remember that even if Alphacaine refers solely to Lignocaine in your locale that it may refer to different products in different locales.
I am going to revert your edit, as I feel that Alphacaine is justified in having it's own explanation page, because a simple redirect does not do it justice.
I am happy to discuss this further on the articles talk page.
Kind regards, DemandAmbition (talk) 08:01, 30 August 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for Reviewing my pages.
Thanks for reviewing my pages Elliot321, I appreciate it. --Cass
Note: Adding date so message will be archived. Elliot321 (talk | contribs) 03:08, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
Thanking You
Thank you for appreciating and encouraging me for my work. Will appreciate if you can help and guide me always. Please do guide me in adding many things in the articles, as i am new, so i dont know how to insert many things in the articles. jeromeenriquez
Note: Adding date so message will be archived. Elliot321 (talk | contribs) 03:08, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
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Seperation of anal and fecal incontinence articles
Hello Elliot321,
Adding a section to your page regarding [your revision]. I have added a [section to the fecal incontinence talk page], which includes the quote from the source. Please reply to that section with your argument and a source, explaining why these two terms are synonyms. I have [contacted menaechmi], who seemed to be fine with my decision to revert their original revision.
- @Candide124:First, when someone speaks up, silence is no longer a form of consensus (even more so when I was probably one of the only few who stumbled upon the article). If you would like to create an article for Anal incontinence, I would recommend creating it at Draft:Anal incontinence first, so it could be reviewed by others before being accepted. Thank you for your message, and if you have anything else you would like to discuss, or you would like to discuss the further, please make sure to let me know. Elliot321 (talk | contribs) 21:45, 9 September 2017 (UTC)
Thank you and keep it up!
Many thanks, Elliot321, for your help at Criticism of Protestantism! Much appreciated!!!
Kindly continue passing by the article sometime as there will be more improvements needed later.
Thanks a million! Marax (talk) 03:20, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
- @Marax: thank you for your kind message! I'll continue to stop by and contribute :) Elliot321 (talk | contribs) 13:45, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
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John Saladino - edited
An editor has made extensive edits to a page you reviewed and tagged for notability. Could you please look at the page again and see if it is appropriate to remove the tag. As I created the page, I feel that it's tricky for me to review it dispassionately from an objective standpoint. Edaham (talk) 07:17, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
- @Edaham: it would be helpful for the article to have more sources independent from the subject, but I suppose it would be notable. Elliot321 (talk | contribs) 13:20, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
- I put a bunch of NYT sources into the talk page and will use those to generate content. There are also articles on him in design periodicals which should be considered to be RS for this industry. There are whole books which include his work and note is influence, but I'll need to wait till next time I'm in London to access them. Can't get anything here in china Edaham (talk) 23:34, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
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Ways to improve Services Transactions on Internet of Things
Hi, I'm Elliot321. Sissicxi, thanks for creating Services Transactions on Internet of Things!
I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. please add more references for this article, too
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.
Elliot321 (talk) 13:11, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks so much for your suggestion. I created Services Transactions on Internet of Things and other entries because when doing research, I found that they are all related to a growing discipline — Services Computing. I decided to create a series of entries to let people have a clearer understanding.
I still have some questions. After I modify the article and add more references, can I resubmit the entry? I can't find any instruction. Waiting for your answerSissicxi (talk) 03:02, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
- Elliot, Sissicxi asked a similar question on my talk page, and I have given a fairly long answer there. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 12:54, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
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- @XavierGreen:Thanks for your notice. Reverted. Elliot321 (talk | contribs) 14:03, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
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New Year Backlog Drive results:
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New Page Review Newsletter No.10
ACTRIAL:
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NPR Newsletter No.11 25 May 2018
ACTRIAL:
- WP:ACREQ has been implemented. The flow at the feed has dropped back to the levels during the trial. However, the backlog is on the rise again so please consider reviewing a few extra articles each day; a backlog approaching 5,000 is still far too high. An effort is also needed to ensure that older unsuitable older pages at the back of the queue do not get automatically indexed for Google.
Deletion tags
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Editathons
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Paid editing - new policy
- Now that ACTRIAL is ACREQ, please be sure to look for tell-tale signs of undisclosed paid editing. Contact the creator if appropriate, and submit the issue to WP:COIN if necessary. There is a new global WMF policy that requires paid editors to connect to their adverts.
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Not English
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News
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NPP Backlog Elimination Drive
Hello Elli, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!
We can see the light at the end of the tunnel: there are currently 2900 unreviewed articles, and 4000 unreviewed redirects.
Announcing the Backlog Elimination Drive!
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NPR Newsletter No.12 30 July 2018
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Hello Elli, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!
- June backlog drive
Overall the June backlog drive was a success, reducing the last 3,000 or so to below 500. However, as expected, 90% of the patrolling was done by less than 10% of reviewers.
Since the drive closed, the backlog has begun to rise sharply again and is back up to nearly 1,400 already. Please help reduce this total and keep it from raising further by reviewing some articles each day.
- New technology, new rules
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