User talk:PKT/Archive 2017

Robin Schmidt

Hi PKT, I was just sticking in some references. Even had an edit conflict with your message while inserting these. I usually get a little window of opportunity by some status that someone once assigned to me. I'm writing and editing here forever, never bother much with rights. I know there are vast amounts of folks who just dump stories that cannot and will not be seriously referenced. Just thought that my experience could also be helpful for your continued success! gidonb (talk) 18:41, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

Coordinates for Telus Garden article

Hi PKT. Thank you for adding coordinates to the Tsawwassen Mills article. It would be great if you could add coordinates to the infobox of the Telus Garden article. I tried using the tool from WMF Labs, but was a couple of blocks off the correct location. Thank you! Daylen (talk) 21:10, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

Done, but there's a problem with the article infobox. It says the building's at Robson and Seymour, but the map and the building's website both indicate that it's at West Georgia and Richards. I used coordinates from the latter - the article should be updated to match. PKT(alk) 21:58, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

Thank you! I fixed the address. Daylen (talk) 22:35, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

Hasty tagging

Please note that you can't hastily tag A1 or A3 after 5 minutes of creation. Thanks. KGirlTrucker81 ^{huh? what I've been doing} 15:22, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

You are Welcome

	You are Welcome
	No problem. I dislike 'undoing' someone's honest edits, but I thought in this case it was the easiest way to correct things. :) Juve2000 (talk) 16:55, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Robert Mackenzie

Okay you changed Robert Mackenzie to Robert Mackenzie (film sound), the correct link was actually Robert Mackenzie (sound engineer) (which has a page for some reason the creator never linked it to the dab. Wgolf (talk) 05:56, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

Auston Matthews

Leave the changes alone Brian C Butcher 14:12, 4 February 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by GypsySlide (talk • contribs)

Ha. PKT(alk) 17:57, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Smile!

Hello PKT, Me-123567-Me has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing! Me-123567-Me (talk) 18:10, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Thanks! I try my best  :) ...PKT(alk) 20:40, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

longshot

council/shire arts are never anything to do with bioregions - maybe you might think more Bulloo-Bancannia_drainage_basin  ?? JarrahTree 01:45, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

Your edit is probably more correct - the main thing is to define "Bulloo" better than it was. Thanks for following up!! PKT(alk) 02:37, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

one of the most neglected collections of red links in the Oz strylian project - IBRA JarrahTree 02:43, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors February 2017 News

Guild of Copy Editors February 2017 News Hello everyone, and welcome to the February 2017 GOCE newsletter. The Guild has been busy since the last time your coordinators sent out a newsletter! >>> Sign up for the March Drive! <<< December blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 11 through 17 December; the themes were Requests and eliminating the November 2015 backlog. Of the 14 editors who signed up, nine editors completed 29 articles. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all who took part. January drive: The January drive was a great success. We set out to remove December 2015 and January and February 2016 from our backlog (195 articles), and by 22 January we had cleared those and had to add a third month (March 2016). At the end of the month we had almost cleared out that last month as well, for a total of 180 old articles removed from the backlog! We reduced our overall backlog by 337 articles, to a low of 1,465 articles, our second-lowest month-end total ever. We also handled all of the remaining requests from December 2016. Officially, 19 editors recorded 337 copy edits (over 679,000 words). February blitz: The one-week February blitz, focusing on the remaining March 2016 backlog and January 2017 requests, ran from 12 to 18 February. Seven editors reduced the total in those two backlog segments from 32 to 10 articles, leaving us in good shape going in to the March drive. Coordinator elections for the first half of 2017: In December, coordinators for the first half of 2017 were elected. Jonesey95 stepped aside as lead coordinator, remaining as coordinator and allowing Miniapolis to be the lead, and Tdslk and Corinne returned as coordinators. Thanks to all who participated! Speaking of coordinators, congratulations to Jonesey95 on their well-deserved induction into the Guild of Copy Editors Hall of Fame. The plaque reads: "For dedicated service as lead coordinator (2014, 1 July – 31 December 2015 and all of 2016) and coordinator (1 January – 30 June 2015 and 1 January – 30 June 2017); exceptional template-creation work (considerably streamlining project administration), and their emphasis on keeping the GOCE a drama-free zone." Housekeeping note: We do not send a newsletter before every drive or blitz. To have a better chance of knowing when the next event will start, add the GOCE's message box to your watchlist. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Miniapolis, Jonesey95, Corinne and Tdslk. >>> Sign up for the March Drive! <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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St. Brendan's College

"Edmund Ignatius Rice died in 1844, how could he be founder in 1939?". Ah, that would be the extra miracle he needs for sainthood! Thanks for pointing it out :-) Kerry (talk) 07:22, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

Copyright problem on See You in Valhalla

Plot descriptions cannot be copied from other sources, including official sources and IMDb, unless these can be verified to be public domain or licensed compatibly with Wikipedia. They must be written in original language to comply with Wikipedia's copyright policy. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 14:28, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

I did edit that text, although I suppose not enough...... PKT(alk) 14:33, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

Communities Project, Canada, problem

Good afternoon, PKT. You had given me some useful tips at the Community project Talk page WP:Canadian communities. Would you agree to take a look at the lead for another one? West Montrose, Ontario.

I have been working to improve many articles about small towns and cities in Southern Ontario, Canada including West Montrose, Ontario. When I first got involved (March 29) there was not a single citation. I added new content and added citations. Suddenly, we have a long, ongoing argument at the Talk page about the very short lead. Because the Talk content is so extensive, and hence confusing, it's tough to get anyone from the Feedback Service involved to try to cut through all that and help us get a Consensus.

The only real issues (as I see them) are:

1. Does this community have Old Order Mennonites who drive horse and buggies. (That content has been in the article since 2007 and I did not change it. I just added citations.) Very recently however, this became a huge item of contention.

2. Is West Montrose, Ontario just a small core with a bridge and a few houses or is it a more extensive area. (The citations confirm that this rural farming region with a few small villages has many Old Order Mennonites but because West Montrose is tiny, they do not specifically discuss this community.)

3. There were also debates as to what is, or is not, a reliable source, although I believe we have a consensus (though definitely not unanimous!) as to which are reliable sources.

The actual content of the lead is very short but the Talk section goes on and on and on with debates. (Admittedly, some of those are my posts.) Cheers! Peter K Burian (talk) 18:32, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

Why did you request a speedy deletion of my article on the BMW B57 engine?

Please explain FC2016 (talk) 00:43, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

It had no content. It was just a heading - no description, references or anything else. PKT(alk) 11:29, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion converted to PROD: Batcore

Hello PKT. I am just letting you know that I have converted the speedy deletion tag that you placed on Batcore to a proposed deletion tag, because I do not believe CSD applies to the page in question. Thank you. Adam9007 (talk) 17:01, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

Fair enough, I thought it could go one way or the other....... PKT(alk) 17:06, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

I ultimately made it a redirect to Batkor (the same subject I believe), though whether that's notable is questionable. Adam9007 (talk) 17:56, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

Quick question out of curiosity

Hi PKT,

Thanks for this edit. I saw it come by on my watchlist. However, it also triggered my curiosity - why did you change "[[Colombia|Colombian]]" to "[[Colombia]]n"? What's bad about the previous situation? Thanks for explaining, maybe I'm just not aware of something. effeietsanders 21:45, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

Hello @effietsanders - There's really nothing *bad* about the older piped link, but WikiPedia's preference is to avoid piped links if possible. Please see Wikipedia:NOPIPEDLINK for a few more details. Thanks for your question! ......... PKT(alk) 12:59, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

Refrain...

Hi PKT. Please stop patrolling articles now – your patrolling does not appear to be in accordance with the instructions at New Page Patrol. Specifically, in your patrol of Visorhead you tagged it with WP:BLPPROD which was not at all suitable.It is not a biography.. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask me on my talk page. User:PKT (talk) 01:40, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

• ...What a sweet refrain... — fortunavelut luna 17:15, 15 July 2017 (UTC)

That's a matter of opinion - according to what was posted, Visorhead was an alias for two people who did some travelling to several countries on motorcycles. I would have tagged it for speedy deletion, but wasn't sure that db-person was appropriate (they apparently did something semi-notable); however the article certainly has no references so I used BLP prod instead, anticipating that other editors would notice and change it to a speedy deletion if they thought it deserved it. I will continue to patrol newpages from time to time, as I have done in the past. Thanks for your note, PKT(alk) 17:50, 15 July 2017 (UTC)

Deletion of Page

Hi PK, I created a page for my friend as I thought he had earned it. Why has it been deleted? I am confused by this situation. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vineadar (talk • contribs) 08:51, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

Response was posted on Vineadar's talk page. PKT(alk) 14:25, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

Assessment for WikiProject Canada

Hi! I noticed your name at Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada/Assessment and also at The 10,000 Challenge. The challenge is coming up to its one-year anniversary in November, and I'm looking for editors who do assessment and who might be willing to check the quality of improvements for the challenge. – Reidgreg (talk) 22:17, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

Downsview

The perception that Downsview extends to Steeles is common. I've heard it quite a lot. Lots of businesses in particular do. For example:

http://www.academyoflearning.com/locations_ontario_toronto_downsview.html
http://mail.toronto-restaurants.com/restaurant-applejacksjunior-8376-90%20Signet%20DriveNorth%20York
http://www.werbar.com/properties/855-877-alness-street-downsview-ontario/
http://www.martinrosspianos.ca/location.htm Transportfan70Transportfan70 (talk) 19:21, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy

Hello PKT, I missed seeing your message yesterday about Philip of Burgundy and Charles VII on this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_(1986_TV_series) I have now added his correct name Philip the Good. With so many Dukes, it really needs the correct name I agree with you. Thanks again, best Laramie1960 (talk) 20:15, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

Cool! I'm very glad you could clear up the confusion! PKT(alk) 00:49, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

Conservative government and Liberal government

Hi PKT. Are you sure these pages are dabs and not set-index articles? Per WP:SETNOTDAB, I find it likelier that they are the latter.--Nevé–selbert 19:16, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

I had not heard of "set index articles" in 11 years of editing here on WP. Having read through WP:SETNOTDAB, I think the delineation between "set" vs "dab" to be quite a fine line. In any case, you're referring to the WikiProject classifications I applied to the two articles, and whether they're marked as "class=dab" or "class=list" is a minor nit. If you'd like to change them to "class=list", please feel free, as long as they're the same class for all WikiProjects. PKT(alk) 20:09, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Your contributed article, Parbati rai dancer

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Not my article. There is already an appropriate message on the talk page of the article's creator: Iunc2 (talk · contribs). PKT(alk) 23:52, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

Help Me

Hello, please see this page and comment on it Hamed Baradaran Thank you. Mahsa Tehrani 92 (talk) 12:57, 8 October 2017 (UTC) Mahsa Tehrani 92 (talk) 12:57, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

Leary Field

Your change to the link to "CF" is reasonable; however, nearby, "LF" links to Left fielder and "RF" links to Right fielder, an inexplicable difference. Spike-from-NH (talk) 04:33, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

I made the change you suggested, for the sake of consistency - and it's a slightly better link. PKT(alk) 10:57, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Your signature

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Respectfully, Anomalocaris (talk) 20:00, 22 November 2017 (UTC)

Oh! I had no idea. Change has been made now - thanks for this! ... PKT(alk) 20:05, 22 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! —Anomalocaris (talk) 20:14, 22 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks!

I appreciate the help over at List of Pro Bowl players. It's been mostly a solo project thusfar, so any contributions from experienced Wikipedians are gladly accepted! Thanks! caknuck _° needs to be running more often 19:29, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

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Wikipedia Visiting Scholars at Windsor

Hi there,

I work on the Wikipedia Visiting Scholars program in my role with Wiki Education. I've been talking to someone at the University of Windsor about sponsoring a Visiting Scholar and hope to get your thoughts about the subject. The basic idea of the program is that a university gives remote library access (ebooks, databases, etc.) to an experienced Wikipedian capable of using those resources to improve articles in an area of mutual interest. In other words, it's a pretty easy-going relationship intended to empower a Wikipedian in their editing while increasing the impact of a library's holdings. UWindsor would like to support someone interested to write about the history of southwestern Ontario. In my experience, it can be challenging to find the right person given a geographically limited topic scope, but I wanted to get your take. The first question would be whether this sort of program would be interesting to you personally. Second question is what your sense is of how many editors actively contribute to such articles? The opportunity hasn't been formally announced yet -- I'm just doing some advance research at this point. :) Thanks for your time. --Ryan (Wiki Ed) (talk) 22:49, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

Very important tags

Hi and thank you for putting a warning at the top of Khai khrop alerting readers that the citation style used therein might be unclear to them. But the article contains a sum total of five citations, so my understanding of you action was that in choosing not to undertake the trivial task of fixing them and instead opting to put a big sign at the top of the article you were simply being too polite and wary of imposing your own citation style. I removed the tag with an indication that any style you choose will be accepted. But you seem to have foregone the opportunity to make the changes you deem necessary and have simply put the tag back on. Now I am perplexed and I am wondering whether I might not have misconstrued your intention. – Uanfala (talk) 01:26, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

I responded to this on User talk:Uanfala ............. PKT(alk) 16:44, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive971#User:The Train Master continuously editing without sources

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive971#User:The Train Master continuously editing without sources. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk • contribs) 21:03, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated

Hi, I'm Onel5969. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, John Gibbons (DJ), and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.

Onel5969 ^{TT me} 16:19, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

Don't know why you would do so, and the article shows as reviewed again, so......OK.......PKT(alk) 16:57, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2017 News

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Seasons' Greetings

...to you and yours, from the Great White North! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 17:48, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

LaMont "ShowBoat" Robinson

Hello, I received a message saying the article I started for LaMont "ShowBoat" Robinson was proposed for deletion because it's a biography of a living person that lacks references. I looked at it today and I now see there are references listed so I'm wondering if it's still proposed for deletion? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jehof — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jehof (talk • contribs) 22:56, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

WP Canada scope

Hello, I had a question about an edit you did recently, mostly for my own knowledge so I do not repeat any past mistakes! I noticed that you deleted WikiProject Canada from Alice Merton and her works. Would she be covered by the scope of WikiProject Canadian music? I am asking be cause she has ties to Canada. She was raised in Ontario. I am not sure if she has Canadian citizenship but she does have a Canadian accent. Cheers! Thsmi002 (talk) 14:27, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

@Thsmi002: Hi Thsmi002 - I removed the WPCanada banner from her talk page because she doesn't identify as Canadian, and while she appears to have lived in Canada (Oakville) for a while it clearly wasn't for a lot of time, so in my opinion she's not in scope. There are a lot of WikiProject banners on her talk page, so it's not like her article is orphaned :). I definitely don't see how her music would be in scope for WikiProject Canadian music - from what I can see, her work was recorded and produced in Europe. It's my opinion that people who worked or resided in Canada for a small portion of their lives would usually not identify as Canadian and therefore would be out of scope for WPCanada. BTW, there's nothing wrong with applying the WPCanada banner per se, but this is Wikipedia and other editors are able to make changes if they see fit. Happy new year! PKT(alk) 15:55, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for the insights! I can see why Merton's case is unique and how opinions can vary. I came across several sources that list her as a variety of nationalities...German-English, Canadian-English, Canadian-German...etc. I believe WPCanada is relevant in this instance because her Canadian upbringing and subsequent moves are a focal part of her career and identity which she wrote about in her debut single "No Roots." FWIW, while obviously not a RS, she mentions her Canadian accent/upbringing across her social media pages. Happy New Year! Thsmi002 (talk) 02:43, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

New Years new page backlog drive

Hello PKT, thank you for your efforts reviewing new pages!

Announcing the NPP New Year Backlog Drive!

We have done amazing work so far in December to reduce the New Pages Feed backlog by over 3000 articles! Now is the time to capitalise on our momentum and help eliminate the backlog!

The backlog drive will begin on January 1^st and run until January 29^th. Prize tiers and other info can be found HERE.

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