User talk:FormalDude/Archive/3

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Ruckersville, Virginia edit request

I removed the IP's latest request on BLP grounds, and removed your response as well when I did so. I didn't want to remove your comment without reaching out, however, so if you have an issue with the removal I can readd it and selectively redact the IP's message. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:09, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

@ScottishFinnishRadish: No worries. I appreciate the heads-up. Thanks! ––𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲^(talk) 19:45, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

Thank You

Thanks for your help in catching another GeraldFord1980 sock. I've been watching your work anonymously from my IP address, and you've inspired me to become a Wikipedia editor myself. I doubt I'll ever been as good as you, but I sure am going to try. Kudos on a job well done.InformalDude (talk) 20:45, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

 Note: This user is a confirmed sockpuppet. ––𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲^(talk) 20:08, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

Russell Westbrook Article

Hello it seems many people have informed you but Russell Westbrook is a Laker and there is evidence to back it up. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/31913935/sources-los-angeles-lakers-nearing-deal-acquire-russell-westbrook-send-3-player-package-pick-washington-wizards I have tried editing the page but it was locked and judging by how active you are on the talk page it seems you have access. AEWvsWWE (talk) 08:44, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

@AEWvsWWE: Not for two more days he isn't. The trade isn't official until August 6th.  𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 08:50, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

Your reverts on Vishnu 14:48, 4 August 2021‎

I don't understand what is the specific reason for your rollback of my edits on the Vishnu page on 14:48, 4 August 2021‎. The edits are clearly Wiki page internal linkage. —WikiLinuz (talk) 18:59, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

@WikiLinuz: Seemed like WP:OVERLINKING to me.  𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 19:04, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

@FormalDude: But, the specific words like "supreme being" or "avatar" or "cosmic" have very specific meaning in Hinduism. I don't see these as over internal linking. I can understand why this might be an issue in cases where the matter is trivial, but I don't see that in this case. —WikiLinuz (talk) 19:09, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

@WikiLinuz, that's a good point, I guess I didn't look closely enough, sorry. There were a couple words that were linked twice, and policy is to only the link the word the first time it appears in article article, and not link it for any subsequent appearances. I'll restore your edits though.

P.S. You don't have to ping me on my talk page, I get notifications anytime someone edits it . (I just notify you as a courtesy.)  𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 19:24, 4 August 2

Help me

help me to make an sony cyber shot w800 real page please — Preceding unsigned comment added by AndLikeThings (talk • contribs) 22:41, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

@AndLikeThings: Sure, I'd be happy to try and help. You can get started at Draft:Cyber-shot DSC-W800. That is a draft page so it can be edited freely without risk of deletion, and eventually can be submitted as an article for creation.

P.S. Don't forget to sign and date your talk page comments with four tildes (~~~~).  𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 22:35, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

@AndLikeThings: It looks like the sony cyber shot w800 is already on List of Sony Cyber-shot cameras. It may not be notable enough for a stand alone article.  𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 22:52, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

A Purple Barnstar for you!

		The Purple Barnstar
		For not letting yourself get pushed around when editors try to intimidate. Your unwavering commitment to the project is an inspiration. Keep up the good work.--Shibbolethink (♔ ♕) 02:00, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

@Shibbolethink: Thank you. Sometimes "it is awfully hard to be b-b-brave when you are a small user," so this is encouraging.  𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 02:13, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

/* G */ Submitting Grid Dynamics for an article to be created

Hi FormalDude,

I am aware of the conflict of interest issue, but I am confused.

I submitted the article to Wikipedia:Requested articles/Business and economics/Companies/F-L so that a third party can write it (and also because my writing skills would fail me in every attempt). But the submission itself was marked as a conflict of interest?

How can I get this page requested? — Preceding unsigned comment added by AGridDynamicsMarketingSpecialist (talk • contribs)

@AGridDynamicsMarketingSpecialist:

Hi! I only put that message there in order to familiarize you with Wikipedia COI policies. So far you seem to have done a great job following them.

I removed your request for article creation because all requests must contain reliable, independent, third party sources, and press releases, the company's website, social media sites, and blogs are not reliable, independent sources. I'd like to see at least one strong reliable independent source for the company before accepting an article for creation request on it.  𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 19:47, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

Gotchya, thank you for the reasoning - now I know how to proceed AGridDynamicsMarketingSpecialist (talk) 20:29, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

It is difficult to find an independent source, seeing as most news about us are our own PRs. However, I am sure Forrester is a reliable and independent source. However, their article about us is locked behind a pricy paywall. Regardless, my question to you is if this is a strong source that you are looking for? Thanks again for your help AGridDynamicsMarketingSpecialist (talk) 20:46, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

@AGridDynamicsMarketingSpecialist: Yes, it does look like Forrester is reliable and independent. It has been used in other articles as a reliable source. A source being behind a paywall is not necessarily a reason not to use it. I would approve your new article for creation request if you submit it with that source. Happy to help!  𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 20:53, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

Awesome! Thanks so much man. Its tough being the new guy on the block AGridDynamicsMarketingSpecialist (talk) 21:01, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

I was there myself not too long ago, so I definitely know what you mean! Thanks for being accepting of Wikipedia's processes and policies, which I know can sometimes be tedious (to say the least).  𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 21:04, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

edit request

I will appreciate when you implement the edit request on Talk:Ike (Fire Emblem) and Talk:Marth (Fire Emblem) that were being declined randomly. 49.228.224.219 (talk) 04:00, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for the request, are you coming to me because I evaluated a previous edit request of yours? If so, what article was it for?

I've responded to the two edit requests you listed above, unfortunately I was not able to accept them since they did not have any new information. ––𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 talk 04:06, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

responded, and placed the reasons anyway. 49.228.224.219 (talk) 04:19, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Warning

Hi @FormalDude:, Hope you are safe there. If any new IP or Registered user had add any company website or other links to the external links section if presented on BLP on their first edit then what and which level of warning should we consider. Damak15 (talk) 09:59, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

@Damak15: I don't know what you referring to. Surely you're not talking about this edit that I reverted? ––𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 talk 10:04, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

FormalDude, No I am not talking about your edit. My question is different see in my first message. Damak15 (talk) 10:08, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

@Damak15: I see now. You would want to do the very lowest level since they haven't been warned before, and I'd consider using a welcome template if it is their very first edit. Something like Template:welcomevandal or Template:welcome-anon-unconstructive. ––𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 talk 10:13, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

FormalDude, can we use spam1 or vandalism1? Damak15 (talk) 10:16, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

@Damak15, Template:uw-spam1 would be perfect if they added an external link inappropriately. ––𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 talk 10:18, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

FormalDude, For example if any new user add www.facebook.com in external links section on BLP then we would consider it as a spam1. Please give exact answerDamak15 (talk) 10:22, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Yes, that would be considered spam under Wikipedia policy. And yes, it would be more than appropriate to use the Template:uw-spam1 on their talk page. ––𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 talk 10:24, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

If they did it on their second edits then which level of warning should we consider ? As they didn't receive any other warning level.Damak15 (talk) 11:03, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

It'd be helpful if you could tell me the username of the editor in question.

We would only bump the warning up from spam1 if they had already been warned before on their talk page recently. ––𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 talk 11:09, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

No username beacuse I have read WP:WARN and i want to be more clarify so i ask you these question is just example. It means we should give spam1, if they did it on 2nd edit as well but they didn't receive any level of warning. Thank you !Damak15 (talk) 11:21, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

If I'm understanding your question correctly, Damak15, generally, you should give level one warnings if there are no warnings posted on their talk page. There can be exceptions to this, such as if the vandalism is so serious it can not possibly be good faithed. (talk page stalker) Justiyaya 11:36, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

I've noticed that none of your edits are automated, consider installing twinkle or redwarn for easy reverting and warning. Justiyaya 11:38, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

@Justiyaya: Hope you are fine. This is my question If any new IP or Registered user had add any company website or other links to the external links section if presented on BLP on their first edit then what and which level of warning should we consider.Damak15 (talk) 11:43, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Level one Justiyaya 11:43, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Ping @Damak15 Justiyaya 11:44, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

@Justiyaya:, Spam level 1 or vandalism1.Damak15 (talk) 11:48, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

@Damak15 Sorry about the late reply, but in this situation use Spam level 1 Justiyaya 12:02, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Justiyaya No worries. If they did it on second or tenth edit then which level should we use. Damak15 (talk) 12:08, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

@Damak15 If there are no warnings posted on the talk page of the user, always start with a level one warning, then, every time you deside to warn the user, increase the level of the warning. Justiyaya 12:18, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Justiyaya, Lastly, If there is an vandalism in WP:MOS. In WP:MOS what type of vandalism we see.Damak15 (talk) 12:23, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

@Damak15: (My previous responce was probably too harsh) I don't really understand your question, are you referring to vandalism in WP:MOS, MOS violations are generally not considered vandalism Justiyaya 14:32, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

@Justiyaya: Sorry for my late response. If we don't follow the MOS rules, then it should be consider vandalism or not. Please clarify with strong reason.Damak15 (talk) 15:19, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

@Damak15 MOS violations are (in most cases) not vandalism Justiyaya 15:22, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

@Justiyaya:, In your point of view, please tell me the cases where there is a vandalism. Damak15 (talk) 15:26, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

@Damak15 See WP:VANDAL Justiyaya 15:28, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

@Damak15: See how to spot vandalism. ––𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 talk 15:29, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

@Justiyaya: and @FormalDude:, Thank you for your guidance. I will see the link you had provided. Bye for today.Damak15 (talk) 15:34, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Sources for Lalitaditya Muktapida

I added sources on Lalitaditya Muktapida. Ekdothinchaar (talk) 18:41, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

@Ekdothinchaar: We need a specific source that states the maximum land area in square kilometers occupied by Muktapida and in what year if it is to be included in the article. ––𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 talk 18:46, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Why are my replies not showing up? Ekdothinchaar (talk) 19:09, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

@Ekdothinchaar: What do you mean, where are your replies not showing up? On this page, or on Talk:List of largest empires? Remember to hit the submit and confirm button after editing the page. ––𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 talk 19:13, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Keep clicking publish they are not showing up Ekdothinchaar (talk) 19:14, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

On what page are they not showing up? Your comments here are clearly visible. ––𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 talk 19:15, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

I found the problem- it was that I cannot paste text. Ekdothinchaar (talk) 19:23, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Let me type some good sources, Ekdothinchaar (talk) 19:23, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

“Al-Hind: The Making of Indo-Islamic World” By André Wink Annals of Tang Dynasty Tarangini 4 of Rajatarangini by Kalhan Profile of Lalitaditya Muktapida from Britannica.com Exploits of Lalitaditya Muktapida M.A. Stein. Kalhana’s Rajtarangini A Chronicle of The Kings of Kashmir (Reprint 1979), Motilal Banarsidass 41-U.A, Bungalow Road, Delhi, 110007. Ekdothinchaar (talk) 19:32, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

So what is the maximum land area in square kilometers occupied, and where does the source state that? ––𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 talk 19:41, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Full text of “Rajatarangini of Kalhana - English - Jogesh Chandra Dutt Volumes 1 & 2” Kalhana (1147-1149); Rajatarangini. Sheldon Pollock (2006). The Language of the Gods in the World of Men: Sanskrit, Culture, and Power in Premodern India, pp. 241-242. Sunil Fotedar (June 1984). The Kashmir Series: Glimpses of Kashmiri Culture - Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari (p. 57). Book IV (p. 67-74) Rajatarangini of Kalhana: Kings of Kashmira/Book V,p. 111 Kalhana, Rajatarangini, IV.367 The Sixteen Kingdom Chinese Book Culture and Political History of Kashmir, Volume 1, P.N.K. Bamzai Ekdothinchaar (talk) 21:16, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

That's all very nice, but I don't have access to those sources and there do not have access to the information you want added to the article. Again, you'll need to state specifically the maximum land area (in square kilometers) occupied by Muktapida and in what year as supported by a reliable source. ––𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 talk 21:20, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Sorry for not answering your question, these state that Lalitaditya Muktapida’s empire was 8 million square miles. Which in kilometers is 12874752 square miles, and when rounding is 13 million square kilometers. Ekdothinchaar (talk) 21:26, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Now I will cite where I found my information Ekdothinchaar (talk) 21:41, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Method for alerting users about DS

Hi FormalDude, I've been bumping into your edits in a few places and I appreciate your good work. I saw you recently alerted some editors to discretionary sanctions, but all 3 were already technically "aware". I encourage you to check out the awareness criteria in full but here's my method:

1. Check the user's talk page history with a search for the tag "discretionary sanctions alert". It's particularly important not to alert someone who has received an alert in the same topic area within the last year.
2. For users who are very active in the topic area but who haven't received an alert, I also check their contributions with the same tag search to see if they've alerted others. Doing so also satisfies the awareness criteria.
3. For users who don't match 1 or 2, but who are regulars at arbitration-related areas, I might check their Wikipedia namespace edits to see if they participated in any enforcement cases in the topic area recently (I have only rarely done this step).

It takes a little bit of time, but is, I think, worth it to avoid confronting other users with redundant bureaucracy. As an aside, the whole DS awareness/alert system is deeply broken, and I'm hopeful a fix is forthcoming. 20:14, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, @Firefangledfeathers! I didn't know what all counted as satisfying the awareness criteria exactly, I thought they had to be notified on their talk page, so I appreciate your explanation. I see where the users were notified now except for User:CycoMa, I'm still not seeing where they were already aware. ––𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 talk 20:24, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

This January edit. The Gamergate DS got folded into Gender and Sexuality in February. Firefangledfeathers (talk) 20:31, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Thank you. ––𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 talk 20:33, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

You're welcome. I hope this doesn't put you off of alerting in general. I've seen an ArbE case get turned down b/c the user wasn't technically aware and it's bizarre. Firefangledfeathers (talk) 20:35, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Not at all, if anything this gives me more confidence to do it correctly in the future. ––𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 talk 20:38, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Tom Danley

Oh, I'm sorry! I haven't ever edited anything before. I'll look into that and change it. I'm his daughter and just thought it would be fun to add, and correct when the divorce was. Pieceratops (talk) 00:58, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

Hi, @Pieceratops, no worries! We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. I put some helpful information on your talk page that explains more. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me or go to The Teahouse! ––𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 talk 01:17, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

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Ahmed Yassin

Hi, I'm not sure I understand your reply to my request for editing Ahmed Yassin's page.

My request was basic: The page describes Yassin's village as having been "ethnically cleansed." This is not factually correct and the source was not reliable. One's position on Middle East politics is irrelevant here; factual representation of data is. The term "ethnically cleansed" has a very specific meaning and the situation that led to the exile of residents from that village simply does not meet the criteria nor definition of ethnic cleansing. Wikipedia is a place for facts, not opinions. Using a politically charged and inaccurate term does no good to either side in the Israeli-Arab dispute.

For the person who is pro-Palestinian, its inaccuracy destroys the credibility of any claim of unfair treatment, as the focus becomes shifted toward the misrepresentation, not the overall condition of the event. For the person who is pro-Israel, its inaccuracy is yet another thorn in the side of truth. For the person who is neutral, its inaccuracy is offensive simply because it is yellow journalism.

Rewriting this sentence to state the facts--"The village was emptied by the IDF during the 1948 war*"--preserves the integrity of all three of the above parties, none of whom benefit from editorializing the situation.

• It should be noted that there is ample historical evidence that, while al-Jura was, indeed, slated for destruction by the IDF post-capture of the town, its residents had already vacated completely. Common and well-known practice by the Egyptian and Jordanian armies was to evacuate the residents with promises of their being permitted to return after the ethnic cleansing of the Jews had been completed by the victorious Arab armies.

I would urge you, no matter which of the three aforementioned groups you ally with, to reread the sentence as written. Then, study the available historical facts, read the accepted definition of the term "ethnic cleansing," and decide whether you are, in fact, inserting bias, unintentionally or otherwise. TO not do so reflects poorly not only on the pro-Palestinian, pro-Israel, and neutral parties but on your credibility as well. Sincerely, David Feder DPBF58 (talk) 21:38, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

Hi @DPBF58, thanks for reaching out. It sounds like you know a lot about this issue! I'm happy to clarify my response to your edit request at Talk:Ahmed Yassin.

The wording that you want to change, specifically "ethnically cleansed", is supported and verified by the following reliable source: https://books.google.com/books?id=0hm9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT281#v=onepage&q&f=false. In order to change the text, we would need multiple other reliable sources stating that this was not ethnic cleansing but rather something else. Since you have not provided any other reliable sources, we cannot implement your requested change. If sources exist that support your requested changes, please provide them. ––𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 talk 21:48, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #477

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Copyright problem on Utah State Senate

Content you added to the above article appears to have been copied from https://senate.utah.gov/about-the-senate, which is not released under a compatible license. Copying text directly from a source is a violation of Wikipedia's copyright policy. Unfortunately, for copyright reasons, the content had to be removed. Content you add to Wikipedia should be written in your own words. Please let me know if you have any questions. — Diannaa (talk) 12:45, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

@Diannaa: Thank you, I promise to be more diligent going forward. P.S. I have a poster in my room of the Lennon wall picture on your talk page! ––𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 talk 19:06, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

Is it the same photo? That's cool :)— Diannaa (talk) 19:08, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

The exact same, with the Imagine peace sign and everything :D ––𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 talk 19:15, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

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Wikidata weekly summary #481

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

• Events
  • Ongoing:
    • Wikimania Wikidata related events (On this page you can find a summary of sessions and community gatherings related to Wikidata and Wikibase.):
      • Add a pinch of Wikidata to your web browser: Entity Explosion
      • Documenting Women Artists in the University of Salford Art Collection Through Wikidata
      • Automatically maintained citations with Wikidata and Cite Q
      • Making feedback loops work for Wikidata
      • Wikidata: What happened? Where are we going?
  • Upcoming:
    • A biodiversity-themed hackathon is being organized at the National Botanic Garden of Belgium for September 20-24. Three of the ten proposed topics are Wikidata-related — biodiversity-related Wikidata lexemes, taxonomic names, and women in biodiversity research. Remote participation is possible.

• Press, articles, blog posts, videos
  • Papers
    • Wikidata:PAWS describes how to use PAWS to write SPARQL notebooks.
  • Videos
    • Guide to fetch Wikipedia data from Wikidata using Wikibase-SDK and node.js (in Hindi) - YouTube
    • How to create an item on Wikidata (in Portuguese) - YouTube
  • Books
    • SPARQL wikibook

• Tool of the week
  • Template:SPARQL Inline is a Wikidata template which allows to write SPARQL query in Wikidata with a label. It is an alternative to Template:SPARQL and Template:Wdquery.

• Other Noteworthy Stuff
  • User:So9q/KORP-link.js is a userscript to add a link to the Swedish corpus KORP in the Tools section on items.
  • WMF Search team is working on scaling up Wikidata Query Service (WDQS) to handle increasing graph size and queries. Please provide feedback by filling out this Google Forms survey!

• Did you know?
  • Newest properties:
    • General datatypes: performed at, Smithsonian trinomial format regex, setlist, number of Classification of the Functions of Government
    • External identifiers: Rock Paper Shotgun game ID, Looted Cultural Assets Database ID, abART term ID, The Women's Print History Project person ID, FANZA AV actress ID, Tax Identification Number (Belarus), IFFR filmmaker ID, Index Theologicus ID, IrishTheatre.ie company ID, Joods Biografisch Woordenboek ID, Smartify artwork ID, Yale Center for British Art artwork Lido ID, ASE person ID, Alsharek Archive author ID, UCLA Space Inventory LocID, ARPI author ID, IRIS SSSUP author ID, Royal Ontario Museum ID
  • New property proposals to review:
    • General datatypes: dissertation program, CDDA designationType, container, remix of, insurance number (building), numéro de parcelle
    • External identifiers: SNK ID (2), CREPČ IDs, Spotify podcast episode ID, Fontaines de France ID, Center for Turkish Cinema Studies film ID, Center for Turkish Cinema Studies person ID, Palynodata taxa ID, arheologi.ro ID, DDB-Person-Nummer, CDDA designationTypeCode, WiiG game ID, Svenska Ord ID, Penguin Random House book ID, Penguin Random House author ID, Brussels Inventory of movable heritage object ID, Brussels Inventory of movable heritage institutions ID, izeltlabuak.hu ID, Mapping the Lives ID, MART catalog person ID, Asian Historical Architecture structure ID, Palynodata publications ID, opaquenamespace ID, HarperCollins product ID, Derrieux Agency person ID, Lambic.Info ID, Jornal do Vôlei ID, GLN, Unconsenting Media ID, Svenska Akademins Ordbok-section ID, Civilisti Italiani member ID, ICCD ID - Santuari Cristiani, Iași Central University Library ID, Volleybox ID, Team-Deutschland-Paralympics-ID, ISL ID, Anagrafe degli studiosi ID, ASJC
  • Query examples:
    • List of properties which have instances or subclass of organisations as possible value (source)
    • List of classes which are used as value constraints for the properties (source)
    • Concepts, processes, practices, etc. linked to the philosophical concept of power (Source)
    • Twelve Times table using Wikidata items (Source)
    • Newly protected World Heritage sites in 2021 (Source)
    • Total number of wins for each world snooker champion (Source)
    • Who was the UK Prime Minister when each of the English Premier League/First Division title winners last won the title (Source)
    • Map of the birthplace of sports team players by decade (lines link birthplace to home venue location) (Source)
  • Newest WikiProjects: Neighborhood Public Art in Boston

• Development
  • Cut save-time for edits in half (phab:T288639)
  • Mismatch Finder: We are making good progress on the tool. We made it possible to retrieve mismatches that are in the store part of the tool via an API.
  • Regular expressions in constraints are now no longer checked via the Query Service. The checks have been completely moved over to a dedicated service for regular expression checking. (phab:T204031)
  • Edits made via the user interface (as opposed to with tools, bots, etc.) are now tagged as such to make them easier to filter (example - edits made to labels, descriptions and aliases on mobile are still missing but will follow soon)
  • Working on allowing to restrict constraints to certain entity types (phab:T269724)

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer.

• Monthly Tasks
  • Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
  • Comment on property proposals: all open proposals
  • Contribute to a Showcase item.
  • Help translate or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language!
  • Help merge identical items across Wikimedia projects.
  • Help write the next summary!

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My "Plan B" Summary

Hello,

You removed my summary of the film "Plan B" due to a lack of reliable sourcing. I was a bit confused as to what that meant, as I don't think I directly sourced any quotes or anything similar from the film in said summary. What should I change?

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jarrjack (talk • contribs)

@Jarrjack: Sorry for the confusion. I took another look at your edit and it is too long and wordy. Per WP:FILMPLOT, summaries should only be 400-700 words. Try to condense it down if you can please. ––𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 talk 16:57, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Cup bop (August 18)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Theroadislong was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Cup bop and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
• If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to Draft:Cup bop, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "{{Db-g7}}" at the top of the draft text and click the blue "publish changes" button to save this edit.
• If you do not make any further changes to your draft, in 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
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Theroadislong (talk) 08:08, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Hello, FormalDude! Having an article declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Theroadislong (talk) 08:08, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

@Theroadislong: Thanks for the quick review. Would you mind elaborating your view a little more? Do you think this article is not notable, or is it currently too promotional? I can see that it possibly has some unintended WP:PUFFERY, which I will clean up. Just so you know I am not affiliated with this subject in any way, other than being a person who has patronized it in the past. Appreciate any more feedback you can provide. ––𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 talk 08:14, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Cup bop has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Cup bop. Thanks! Theroadislong (talk) 08:17, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Cup bop has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Cup bop. Thanks! Theroadislong (talk) 11:39, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Re: User Sakura emad

She needs to be blocked. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Sakura_emad#I,_ROBOT 136.49.32.166 (talk) 20:39, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

If you want me to give my opinion, please provide diffs. ––𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 talk 20:49, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

This is a person who's excessively literal and "rule following". This person probably cited their homework to death. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Sakura_emad#Victorian_Health_Promotion_Foundation 136.49.32.166 (talk) 21:19, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Give me diffs. ––𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 talk 21:52, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Actually, I do assume good faith. I don't think she's malicious. It doesn't change the fact that she's making errors and creating avoidable problems. 136.49.32.166 (talk) 22:28, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Your responses make it seem like you are assuming bad faith. Just talk to them civilly the same way you're talking with me. No need for the all caps and excessive exclamations. ––𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 talk 22:30, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

No, I just detest people who keep mentioning "official Wikipedia policy" when they themselves don't follow them. 136.49.32.166 (talk) 22:33, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Well you'll need to hide your detestation of other editors on Wikipedia better in order to maintain civil discourse. ––𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 talk 22:37, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

I think she created a sock account to add plagiarized garbage to the Testosterone page, which she had previously tried to edit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Oshwah#I_think_Sakura_emad_and_Anonymous_gay.fairy_are_the_same_person. 136.49.32.166 (talk) 20:12, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

One similar edit in common is not grounds for a SPI. You're pushing your luck and bordering on harassing this user with these accusations. ––𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 talk 20:48, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

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Wikidata weekly summary #482

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

• Discussions
  • Open request for adminship: MusikBot II (RfP scheduled to end after 26 August 2021 03:07 UTC)

• Events
  • Upcoming:
    • The next Wikibase live session is at 16:00 UTC on Thursday 26th August 2021 (18:00 Berlin time). You're welcome to come and share your work around Wikibase.
    • Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group call: Érica Azzellini and Éder Porto on MBABEL, a tool which creates seed Wikipedia articles based on Wikidata statements. Agenda with call link, August 24.
    • BiCIKL Hackathon at the Meise Botanic Garden, September 20 - 24. Theme: adding articles/items about “Hidden women in science” on Wikipedia/Wikidata. If you're interested to participate, please write to maarten.trekelsplantentuinmeise.be
  • Past:
    • Wikimania 2021 Wikidata related events (summary of sessions and community gatherings related to Wikidata and Wikibase)
      • Neat and tidy: data quality on Wikidata
      • Integrating Wikidata into the Wikimedia projects
    • Preparing languages for natural language generation using Wikidata lexicographical (Arctic Knot 2021)

• Press, articles, blog posts, videos
  • Articles
    • 50 cool new things you can now do with KB’s collection highlights -

      

      In this series of 5 articles we show the added value of putting images and metadata of digitised collection highlights of the KB, national library of the Netherlands, into the Wikimedia infrastructure. By putting our collection highlights into Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia, dozens of new functionalities have been added. As a result of Wikifying this collection in 2020, you can now do things with these highlights that were not possible before. Article by OlafJanssen, DanielleJWiki and 1Veertje_(KB)
  • Blogs
    • Organizing the Public Data about a Researcher - Charles Tapley Hoyt
    • The Invisible Citation Commons - Phoebe Ayers and Samuel J. Klein
    • The Wikidata data model and your SPARQL queries - Bob DuCharme
    • Wikidata or scraping Wikipedia - Denny Vrandečić
  • Videos
    • Introduction to Wikidata SPARQL query service (in Arabic) - YouTube

• Tools of the week
  • Python script to Add structured data to files on Wikimedia Commons from an Excel sheet (Github) - by OlafJanssen

• Other Noteworthy Stuff
  • Wikidata:Query Builder has been deployed: Try it!
  • The "Wikidata Quickstatements" translator which lets users transfer metadata about citation sources from Zotero into Wikidata, no longer needs to be manually installed. Existing manually-installed versions should update automatically, like other translators.
  • Wikidata Query Service scaling updates for Aug 2021

• Did you know?
  • Newest properties:
    • General datatypes: UEFA stadium category, mix or remix of
    • External identifiers: Palynodata taxa ID, CDDA designationTypeCode, PsycNET ID, Penguin Random House author ID, Palynodata publications ID, Mapping the Lives ID, WiiG game ID, SNK ID, arheologi.ro ID, Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica ID, Asian Historical Architecture structure ID, Likee username
  • New property proposals to review:
    • General datatypes: hunting areas, number of evacuated, External wiki, Код Энциклопедия ислама (второе издание), SCTA ID
    • External identifiers: TeamNL player ID, Finnish National Gallery ID, Online Begraafplaatsen memorial ID, NDL earlier law ID, Cinemaitaliano IDs, KNHB ID, Deutsche-Sporthilfe-ID, Convict Records ID, Australian Medical Pioneers Index, YouTube Music, Gujarati Vishwakosh entry, WikiApiary farm, copyright registration, Mozilla extension ID, NRK TV-ID, Enciclopedia dell'Arte Medievale ID, ECO code
  • Query examples:
    • Predicates implicated in non-scholarly-article item bloat (source)
    • Church of Scotland Synods as Geoshapes (Source)
    • Map of the origin of Balinese palm-leaf manuscripts, current location (Source)
    • Current principal local authorities in England

• Development
  • Deployed the new shiny Query Builder to https://query.wikidata.org/querybuilder
  • Edits to labels, descriptions and aliases on mobile are now also tagged as edits made via the user interface. All edits made via the user interface are now tagged as such. (phab:T286775)
  • ArticlePlaceholder pages will now indicate that they are generated by the ArticlePlaceholder thanks to a patch by Luca (phab:T124191)
  • Working on making it possible to restrict constraints to certain entity types (phab:T269724)
  • Adding a new constraint type to ensure Items have a label in a certain language (phab:T195178)

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer.

• Monthly Tasks
  • Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
  • Comment on property proposals: all open proposals
  • Contribute to a Showcase item.
  • Help translate or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language!
  • Help merge identical items across Wikimedia projects.
  • Help write the next summary!

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