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AfC notification: Draft:Anthony Padilla has a new comment

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Your GA nomination of Yeezy Gap

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Your GA nomination of Yeezy Gap

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January 2023

Hello. Regarding the recent revert you made to Marc Garneau: you may already know about them, but you might find Wikipedia:Template index/User talk namespace useful. After a revert, these can be placed on the user's talk page to let them know you considered their edit inappropriate, and also direct new users towards the sandbox. They can also be used to give a stern warning to a vandal when they've been previously warned. Thank you. Idontknowwhattouseasmyusername300 (talk) 16:48, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

Thank you! I will use these in the future. ULPS (talk) 16:51, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

Pedo Group LLC

I added on Trung Luu the fact that he founded Pedo Group LLC. You reverted it saying it is not cited, but the source already in the article specifies this. Please reconsider your actions.

Also consider joining Pedo Group LLC. 178.138.32.2 (talk) 19:37, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

Feel free to add it back with a proper citation. I looked and I don't seem to find one, seems more like vandalism to me. ULPS (talk) 23:58, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

February 2023

Hello, I'm TheFrog001. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions—specifically this edit to Social media use in politics—because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse or the Help desk. Thanks. TheFrog001 - Talk to me! 16:14, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

Wrong guy! ULPS (talk) 16:15, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

Critical capitalization mistake

Hi. I noticed you made a critical capitalization mistake on the Martin Ganda article. Please refrain from making additional edits without proofreading it first. Thank you. ImperialMajority (talk) 00:48, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

Hey! I apologize for this, in the short description I did indeed capitalize investor (changed it now to not be capitalized) however the body was not edited by me! ULPS (talk) 01:59, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Anthony Padilla has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Anthony Padilla. Thanks! Robert McClenon (talk) 17:54, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

March 2023

This is regarding the txt page its better if you put reference which was related to lollapalooza in the main page. I don't think it is needed in the tour. thank you clara.zz (talk) 14:51 22 March 2023 (UTC)

You're right! I added that reference when I couldn't really find other reputable sources mentioning the tour dates (as that article mentioned a few dates of the tour in the body) ULPS (talk) 14:54, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hello, ULPS. Thank you for your work on NMPILA. User:AngusWOOF, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

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AngusW🐶🐶F (bark • sniff) 14:55, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

@AngusWOOF: Initialism. ULPS (talk) 15:10, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Rollback granted

Hi ULPS. After reviewing your request, I have enabled rollback on your account. Please keep the following things in mind while using rollback:

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• Rollback should be used to revert clear cases of vandalism only, and not good faith edits.
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If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into trouble or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! Spicy (talk) 04:27, 14 May 2023 (UTC) Spicy (talk) 04:27, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! ULPS (talk) 14:24, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:I Didn't Mean To Haunt You.png

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Your submission at Articles for creation: D. Anthony Padilla has been accepted

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Thanks! ULPS (talk) 17:59, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

Paleontological Statistics

Could you please check whether you think that the article now meets the inline reference criteria and, if so, remove the tag? Thank you. --Dirkjot (talk) 07:24, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

I'd say it does! Keep in mind for the future, if you feel the tag should be removed after work you've done, be bold and remove it. ULPS (talk) 12:31, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. I have some years experience in my home WP, andi if the first thing you do in another WP get's blocked, tagged and draftified, it is not so easy to be bold ;-) --Dirkjot (talk) 15:41, 28 May 2023 (UTC)

Haha yeah I get that, enwiki is sometimes pretty strict. Saw your article was accepted though, nice work! ULPS (talk) 16:29, 28 May 2023 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thank you for your work on the recent changes patrol. Half the time, you beat me to it! Key of G Minor (talk) 21:57, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, I appreciate the kind words :) ULPS (talk) 22:01, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

What was wrong with my edits?

My edits were correct, the Mar-A-largo is Not a goose! I don't see how that's nonconstructive. Isitagoose (talk) 22:31, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

Factually sure, but that statement right after it is not. I get the joke, Wikipedia is just not the place for it. ULPS (talk) 22:42, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	I appreciate your diligent anti-vandalism contributions. Keep up the good work! Sincerely, Novo Tape (She/Her)My Talk Page 16:20, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

Thank you! ULPS (talk) 16:22, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

Study Invite

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Hey! This sounds cool, unfortunately I am not quite sure as to whether I'll have enough time for this, I'll look into it if that changes though :) ULPS (talk) 15:18, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

No worries, thanks for your considerations! Tzusheng (talk) 19:23, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

Speedy delete of Band 'O Gypsys

I found this YouTube video [1] that calls them the "Godfathers of South African Rock", and there's a biography about 19 seconds in. I'm not sure what the content of the article was before it was speedy deleted, but I think it should have gone to a full AFD, potentially after a move to Band O' Gypsys. I also found some references to them as "Band of Gypsies" in Google Books.[2] It's annoying that they ripped off a Jimmy Hendrix song as the name of the band, which is what makes searching for them difficult, and it's possible that the article title was a clumsy attempt at disambiguation. Regardless, this should probably go to a full AfD. EDIT: found more [3][4] [5] Park3r (talk) 02:49, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

The band definitely exists or existed at some point in time, I'm not disputing that, just that there is no real coverage in WP:RS. I just tagged the article anyway (and an admin ended up agreeing). Those YouTube videos wouldn't really count as coverage, and that google books thing is just a passing reference. Either way, it would've probably ended up deleted at AfD. If you really want you could recreate it I guess, but I think it would end up deleted. ULPS (talk) 03:16, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

Either way, I think that a speedy delete was not the correct choice here. There seems to be a fan base, and someone could have dug up more (potentially) in a full AfD. I found the article in the Internet Archive and it makes a WP:SIGNIF claim about being one of the oldest bands in the world invalidating A7 as a criterion for speedy deletion. Park3r (talk) 03:42, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

I'm not quite sure what the point of this discussion is honestly, as neither of us (both not admins) can really do anything about it. We seem to disagree and I don't think either of us will end up changing our minds. If you really feel strongly about this though you should recreate it, but something gives me the feeling that in 7 days it'll become a red link again. ULPS (talk) 04:06, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

The point is that speedy deletion is meant for specific circumstances, and appear not to have been met here. But I get your point. Park3r (talk) 05:16, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

I personally disagree ("credible claim", and that oldest band thing is obviously not true imo as they literally stated when the band was founded and ended and it was not really the oldest or longest running band, but to be fair that could come from background knowledge on the subject). I do get what you're saying though, thanks for being civil about it lol some people are quite the opposite. Have a good day :) ULPS (talk) 14:07, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

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Removing the delete tag from Amir shokrgozar's page

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Dexmedetomidine

You linked "nasal surgery" to a citation template, but there's a URL-wikilink conflict and I don't see this phrase anywhere in this page. Achmad Rachmani (talk) 02:27, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

Yeah I'm sorry for that, I configured awb incorrectly and tried to manually fix it for those errors I saw, but I see that some slipped through my fingers. I'll make sure this doesn't happen again, thank you for notifying me. ULPS (talk) 02:52, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

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Mass editing

Hi, please be more careful when mass editing phrases and dont edit direct quotes like here: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ted_Nugent&diff=prev&oldid=1167321724 --FMSky (talk) 06:43, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing this out to me, I'll be careful about this in the future. ULPS (talk) 19:59, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

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war

You have made a powerful enemy.

2601:647:5F01:8090:58A9:90CE:B4FA:9C05 (talk) 01:48, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

Ok! ULPS (talk) 01:48, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hello, ULPS. Thank you for your work on Delresto (Echoes). User:Losipov, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

More sources would be helpful, but right now I think's a decent article (and the sources used are good). Thanks for making!

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WP:INTDABLINK

... specifically says (in the WP:RTODAB section) don't change targets of redirects. As you did to Camp (disambiguation). Cheers! --R'n'B (call me Russ) 16:45, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

Yeah thanks for telling me I am fairly new to editing dabs and probably not as well versed in the guidelines that I should be, I apologize and don’t think I’ll be editing things like that without much greater care in the future :) ULPS (talk) 16:48, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

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IOL medal table

Hi, I corrected the many errors on the medal table, but you have reinstated your incorrect version. I am secretary of the IOL Board and based my figures on the IOL's own listing. Who are you? Kind regards. 86.6.236.111 (talk) 11:08, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

Not quite sure what you are talking about, you made your edits after me, I have not edited the page since (I just edited the page now to fix a typo, didn't touch the tables). ULPS (talk) 13:37, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

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Thank you! ULPS (talk) 23:27, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:54, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for info about dates

Still learning Noperpetrator (talk) 04:40, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

No problem! If you have any questions, feel free to ask me or at the Teahouse. Happy editing :) BTW, I meant moreso that you don't use the "th" or "nd" when writing dates, the exact order (day, month, year or month, day, year) depends on the article, you will usually see a template at the top telling you which dates to use. ULPS (talk) 04:42, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started

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war

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2601:647:5F01:8090:58A9:90CE:B4FA:9C05 (talk) 01:48, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

Ok! ULPS (talk) 01:48, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hello, ULPS. Thank you for your work on Delresto (Echoes). User:Losipov, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

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Losipov (talk) 02:01, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

WP:INTDABLINK

... specifically says (in the WP:RTODAB section) don't change targets of redirects. As you did to Camp (disambiguation). Cheers! --R'n'B (call me Russ) 16:45, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

Yeah thanks for telling me I am fairly new to editing dabs and probably not as well versed in the guidelines that I should be, I apologize and don’t think I’ll be editing things like that without much greater care in the future :) ULPS (talk) 16:48, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

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IOL medal table

Hi, I corrected the many errors on the medal table, but you have reinstated your incorrect version. I am secretary of the IOL Board and based my figures on the IOL's own listing. Who are you? Kind regards. 86.6.236.111 (talk) 11:08, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

Not quite sure what you are talking about, you made your edits after me, I have not edited the page since (I just edited the page now to fix a typo, didn't touch the tables). ULPS (talk) 13:37, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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• The tag filter on Special:NewPages and revision history pages can now be inverted. This allows hiding edits made by automated tools. (T334338)
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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:54, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for info about dates

Still learning Noperpetrator (talk) 04:40, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

No problem! If you have any questions, feel free to ask me or at the Teahouse. Happy editing :) BTW, I meant moreso that you don't use the "th" or "nd" when writing dates, the exact order (day, month, year or month, day, year) depends on the article, you will usually see a template at the top telling you which dates to use. ULPS (talk) 04:42, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started

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The Teamwork Barnstar

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		I'm glad we could team up to work on and get List of National Football League annual passing touchdowns leaders promoted to a featured list. Let me know if you ever want to team up on a list again sometime! Hey man im josh (talk) 16:54, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

It was a great experience, I definitely will let you know in the future :) ULPS (talk) 16:58, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

Promotion of List of National Football League annual passing touchdowns leaders

Congratulations, ULPS! The list you nominated, List of National Football League annual passing touchdowns leaders, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, PresN (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:25, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

Great job!

Hello ULPS,

You did a great job with Josh. I wish you good times in the future!

All the best, John Bringingthewood (talk) 21:05, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for the kind words, I wish you the best as well. ULPS (talk) 21:09, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

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DYK for Delresto (Echoes)

On 23 August 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Delresto (Echoes), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Travis Scott expressed interest in collaborating with Beyoncé eight years before creating "Delresto (Echoes)" with her? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Delresto (Echoes). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Delresto (Echoes)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Triple Crown

Congratulations to ULPS, who is hereby awarded a Triple Crown for their incredible contributions to Wikipedia. Damien Linnane (talk) 14:05, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

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New page patrol October 2023 Backlog drive

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DYK for Scaring the Hoes

On 13 September 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Scaring the Hoes, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that JPEGMafia did not use Pro Tools when Scaring the Hoes? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Scaring the Hoes. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Scaring the Hoes), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Robux

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Is there a question here? ULPS ^{(talk • contribs)} 14:14, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

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Promotion of List of Houston Texans seasons

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Triple Crown

I'm pleased to award ULPS the Imperial Triple crown Jewels for their amazing and ongoing efforts to improve Wikipedia. Damien Linnane (talk) 03:02, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Pennsylvania's official song

Hello, ULPS

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Pennsylvania's official song for deletion, because it seems to be vandalism or a hoax.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks!

(Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

CLYDE ^{TALK TO ME}/_{STUFF DONE} 01:16, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, I forgot to tag lol. ULPS ^{(talk • contribs)} 01:17, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Friendship / Mentorship

Hello @ULPS I want to thank you for reviewing the page Rick Ross Car Show. Would you love to be friends? Oklo Adiga (talk) 12:32, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

@LobitoSnr: Hey! Unfortunately, I don't think I can be a wiki-mentor to anyone right now, but I think of myself as friends with everyone until proven otherwise :) ULPS ^{(talk • contribs)} 13:57, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Give me chance to prove my friendship to you. On Wikipedia, I can't do anything you can't do. Oklo Adiga (talk) 14:44, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

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