Elli

Hi! This is my talk page, feel free to drop me a message. To experienced editors: feel free to stalk my talk page and reply to any threads here.To admins: I prefer that my talk page remain unprotected, even if it's being vandalized. Such edits do not particularly bother me and I prefer to remain accessible to anyone who would like to reach me. However, if the volume of vandalism is so high that no other solution would stop disruption, I don't mind if my talk page is semi-protected for a day or two. Hopefully, this is a rare occurrence.

Question from Peacehappinesslove (18:53, 19 September 2024)

Hello Elli, how do I go about moving my published page from the sandbox to an live article? --Peacehappinesslove (talk) 18:53, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

Question from EGGLIOT EGG (12:19, 20 September 2024)

Heya mentor i wanna know how do u get barnstars and those banners saying this editor is from this country. Etc --EGGLIOT EGG (talk) 12:19, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

@EGGLIOT EGG: hi; I think WP:Barnstars and WP:Userboxes should explain this. Please let me know if you have any more questions. Elli (talk | contribs) 03:42, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

Question from Reshma27 (08:21, 23 September 2024)

I want to write an article on the Wikipedia. Can you please help me for that --Reshma27 (talk) 08:21, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

@Reshma27: Help:Your first article should help you get started. Please let me know if you have any particular questions? Elli (talk | contribs) 03:40, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

Question from Mohsin H. Shawkat (03:39, 24 September 2024)

I am a writer. I would like to make my own page in Wikipedia. This is the main reason for making account. Off course I use Wikipedia usually. I donated to your site with small amount of money just to say thank you. Greetings Mohsin H. Shawkat --Mohsin H. Shawkat (talk) 03:39, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

@Mohsin H. Shawkat: hi and thanks for reaching out. It's strongly discouraged to write a page about yourself, or about any other subject you'd have a conflict of interest with. You can request someone else create a page for you at requested articles, though it's likely to take a while. Please let me know if you have any further questions. (And thank you for donating.) Elli (talk | contribs) 03:42, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

I want to add an article about a new art. How can i possible to publish?

how it works? Reshma27 (talk) 03:51, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

@Reshma27: I'm not sure exactly what you are asking here? Elli (talk | contribs) 03:51, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

Request for rationale

What is the rationale for the block on Urburang? Sweet6970 (talk) 14:50, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

@Sweet6970: they're pretty clearly Architect 134. Probably should've included that in the block reason. Elli (talk | contribs) 16:14, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for that information. Sweet6970 (talk) 18:03, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

Glad I could clarify :) Elli (talk | contribs) 18:58, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

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One of them, an SPA

Hi Elli, could you help block this SPA who just recently created Draft:Jishnu raghavan, and with the same information as the deleted one. The user name, an IP, is User:2409:40F4:1013:2BE6:E96A:1E26:C0AC:9706 Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 05:41, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

@SafariScribe: yes, I've blocked them temporarily (tho IPs can't really be SPAs by definition since they aren't accounts at all). Elli (talk | contribs) 06:13, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Question from Below very much on John B. Minor (07:15, 27 September 2024)

This man is so good and bitch --Below very much (talk) 07:15, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Stage Fighter

Hi admin @Elli, why did you "unmarked as reviewed" the article I made after moving it to mainspace? 98𝚃𝙸𝙶𝙴𝚁𝙸𝚄𝚂 ^{[𝚃𝙰𝙻𝙺]} 13:45, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

@98Tigerius I was moving the article as a procedural action on behalf of another user. Since I'm autopatrolled, pages I move to mainspace automatically become marked as reviewed. I wasn't actually conducting a review of your article, though, and I didn't feel like doing so at the time, so I marked it as unreviewed. Hope that clears things up; it's not anything negative about your article. Elli (talk | contribs) 15:52, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

@Elli Thanks for the clarification. 98𝚃𝙸𝙶𝙴𝚁𝙸𝚄𝚂 ^{[𝚃𝙰𝙻𝙺]} 19:21, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Safa Khulusi

Hi, Elli. I hope I'm wrong, but I very much suspect that you are being over-optimistic in protecting the article for six months, since the same editor has been disruptively editing it at least since 2011. (I haven't checked further back than that.) 😒 JBW (talk) 19:07, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

@JBW: I wouldn't mind extending semiprotection longer or a switch to indef PC, since this seems like the sort of thing that pending changes could help sort out, if it's really that long-term. Up to you in either case. Elli (talk | contribs) 19:32, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

I hadn't thought of PC. I usually don't consider it, because in my experience it usually isn't very helpful, but this may be one of the occasions when it is helpful. JBW (talk) 21:39, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

A question for my talkpage watchers (and anyone else)

It's been almost four months since I've RfA'd, so I'm curious... how do y'all think I'm doing? If there's any feedback you have for me, positive or negative, I'd like to know. Feel free to email me or message me on Discord if you don't feel comfortable sharing publicly. Elli (talk | contribs) 01:51, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

You're getting my fresh and un-researched impression. I've seen your name attached to a lot of admin actions, and I'm impressed by how active you are. I can't recall a single such action, so it's unlikely any of them have struck me as nearing or passing the line of admin discretion. Hope you keep doing what you're doing! Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 02:00, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you especially for getting involved with unblock requests! Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 15:39, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

@Firefangledfeathers: thanks for the thanks and your words of support :) It's definitely an area of the project that most admins understandably stay away from, but I find it pretty important -- so I'm doing my best. Hopefully we can get the backlog down to something reasonable eventually... Elli (talk | contribs) 15:41, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

I'm honestly happy to see it down to just two digits. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 15:43, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Question from Jpurcell13 (21:37, 28 September 2024)

i din't understand what this is? --Jpurcell13 (talk) 21:37, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

@Jpurcell13: I'm not sure what you mean by "this" either, but if you have any questions about Wikipedia, feel free to ask me :) Elli (talk | contribs) 23:41, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

Question from เกี่ยวข้าว (08:30, 1 October 2024)

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Question from Manish MK Kala on MultiDark (05:24, 2 October 2024)

hello, how can i add a page refrence in this article. --Manish MK Kala (talk) 05:24, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

@Manish MK Kala: hi; Help:Referencing should explain it. Feel free to let me know if you have more questions :) Elli (talk | contribs) 17:38, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

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Question from Southbeachcody (17:34, 5 October 2024)

Hey Elli, I’m looking to create a wiki page for the owner and CEO of our new company. He’s a former college football star and former nfl player so I’m surprised he’s not on here already. Do you know how I go about creating a page rather than editing a current? --Southbeachcody (talk) 17:35, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

@Southbeachcody: Help:Your first article has instructions for how to create a page. However, I strongly discourage you from writing about a subject you have a conflict of interest with. If you share their name, though, I could see if they are notable. Elli (talk | contribs) 17:37, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

his name is Tony Kennedy, here are a few notable links. Not a conflict of interest. Just looking to get a page with his early life, college, nfl, current.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/tony-kennedy-2.html

https://www.sportsandservice.com/post/history-super-bowl-sunday-tale-passion-die-hard-football-fans

https://www.rxsportsinc.com/about-us/ Southbeachcody (talk) 17:44, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

A beer for you!

Thanks for dealing with the UK opinion polling page, it's made the addition of legitimate polls a lot easier now we're not dealing with an edit war! CipherRephic (talk) 17:56, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 August 26#Multiiple CC BY-SA licenses categories

Hello, Elli,

The JJMC90 bot moved the category Category:Cc-by-sa-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0 files but didn't move the contents of the category over to the new one, Category:Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0–3.0 files. Can you check on this? Thanks. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:07, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

@Liz I think this is a job queue issue, but I'll check again when I'm back at my laptop. Elli (talk | contribs) 23:24, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

Update: looks to be resolved. Elli (talk | contribs) 12:39, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Chloe Cole § Do No Harm

 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Chloe Cole § Do No Harm. You were related in a prior conversation on the topic at the talk page and may be interested to join the active discussion. Raladic (talk) 23:40, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

A racecar for you!

	A racecar for you!
	Great to see you again at WCNA :) (Next year: Magic tourney. It has to happen.) Accedie (talk) 15:32, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

@Accedie: thanks! I enjoyed getting to see you again as well :) and yeah, I'll bring my cards if I can remember (though I haven't actually played since... early high school? so not exactly gonna be tournament-legal decks). Elli (talk | contribs) 00:40, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Category:121st United States Congress has been nominated for deletion

Category:121st United States Congress has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. AusLondonder (talk) 22:27, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

Question from SCTidy (15:12, 11 October 2024)

Hi there, how do I add further images to an existing page ? --SCTidy (talk) 15:12, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

@SCTidy Help:Pictures should explain how to do this. Please let me know if you more questions :) Elli (talk | contribs) 14:50, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

Nice to meet you

...Elli the adminstrator. We are the academics that work on citations and WP:VERIFY compliance in the English, German, and other WP encyclopedias, and that you recently engaged constructively at Wikimedia (where we'd suggested correction of an image title, based on the image content and translation of the accompanying Hebrew image information). Thank you for respecting our work. It is a pleasure to engage others that contribute, and that do not look askance at us because we choose not to log. With regard, we are [Eutychus Window]. 73.110.70.231 (talk) 13:38, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

1964 Illinois House of Representatives election scheduled for TFA

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Question from Below very much (07:43, 13 October 2024)

I don't really know forgive me Neh --Below very much (talk) 07:43, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

Question from Neshat Sarkar on User:Neshat Sarkar (06:00, 15 October 2024)

I need good and --Neshat Sarkar (talk) 06:00, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:2030 in American law

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:2031 in American politics

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If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 19:17, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:2031 in American law

A tag has been placed on Category:2031 in American law indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 19:18, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

Category:2028 United States Senate elections has been nominated for deletion

Category:2028 United States Senate elections has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. AusLondonder (talk) 00:28, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

Some clarifications on rules

Hello @Elli I'm curious about a recent incident and I'm looking for clarification cause I often have difficulty navigating Wiki's rules. On this page under "Add (disputed) to fascism in ideology" I see a user with over 500 edits here and an IP address rather than between "two users" as such. I get that the user also didn't follow rules for language purposes but I thought users without accounts weren't even supposed to contribute to discussions and only able to add opinions?

I'm asking because I've been bumped out of discussions such as this by 500+ edit users while in this situation I see an IP address being given that access if you get me? I also thought they weren't allowed to take part in consensus votes without an account?

Thanks! Galdrack (talk) 10:18, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

@Galdrack hi and thanks for reaching out. Unregistered people are allowed to engage in discussions just as other editors are. However, in some (but not all) contentious topics, there's a 30/500 restriction in place, limiting discussions in that scope to registered editors who have had an account for a month and have made at least 500 edits. However the SSNP doesn't obviously fit into a specific CTOP that has those restrictions (though maybe it fits into WP:CT/A-I). So you or anyone else, including IPs, can discuss things there. (Also I'm well aware that our procedures around this sort of thing are confusing. Feel free to reach out if you want more clarification.) Elli (talk | contribs) 21:55, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

Help with deleted page

Hi, recently i see that you delete a Page, i will consider an help from you, to make best with sources and references , and if possible page to be alive again. Benny8907 (talk) 21:30, 18 October 2024 (UTC)