User talk:MPGuy2824
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Question
Hello! Reaching out for your help/thoughts as I'm currently helping with NPP Sept backlog drive (relatively new but wanted to take a stab) and I saw you have experience in this area. I came across the Kharai camel page which needs review and noticed that it's flagged for possible copyvio but in looking at the page history it seems that the issue has been resolved. I also looked through the content and didn't see any more info with copyvio. So was jw as I wasn't sure if there's anything I should/need to do on my end to make note that it's been resolved before marking that the page as reviewed? Thanks! Eucalyptusmint (talk) 17:42, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
- Hi, The copypatrol page (linked from the page triage copyvio tag ) says that the problem is fixed and if you look at the history, the offending edits have been revdel-ed. Given that, you should ignore this tag and mark the page as reviewed based on the rest of the factors (e.g. whether it meets WP:GNG or not). I'll try to see what can be done on the backend to get such tags automatically removed. Happy reviewing and good luck with the drive~ -MPGuy2824 (talk) 04:02, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
- Sounds good, appreciate it! Eucalyptusmint (talk) 23:04, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
Question from Sabakaki Godfrey (04:31, 9 September 2024)
Hello I need to add my profile and Biography --Sabakaki Godfrey (talk) 04:31, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
- @Sabakaki Godfrey: Welcome to Wik.ipedia.Pro! I've left you a message with a few links on your talk page. Please go through them when you get a chance. To answer your question: Before starting an article on Wik.ipedia.Pro, you must first ask the question about whether the subject of the article is notable or not. On Wik.ipedia.Pro, we have a different definition of notability than what may be used in common language. Once you read through that, you can go to Help:Your first article and follow the steps there. Please feel free to reply to this message, if you have any questions regarding this. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 07:30, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
Special:Draftify log is broken
It appears that Special:Draftify log (used by your "MoveToDraft" script) is currently broken, as it is stuck at "Loading..." forever. Could you please check User:MPGuy2824/MoveToDraft/draftifyLog.js for the cause of this issue and debug it if possible? GTrang (talk) 16:39, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) GTrang, everything seems to be working fine for me. I checked your draftify logs, and everything loads quickly, including the load more option. You might want to try refreshing with F5 or doing a hard refresh with Ctrl+F5; it could be a browser cache issue. – DreamRimmer (talk) 16:54, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
- Neither F5 nor Ctrl+F5 worked for me. The page is still stuck saying "Loading..." forever. GTrang (talk) 03:10, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
- I'm facing similar issues to yours. Since it is working for DR, at least we know it isn't fully broken. Could you give me an idea about how important you feel this issue is to you? I wan't even aware that (m)any people used that Special url. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 07:39, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
- As I could always check Special:Log/move instead anyway, I would not consider this issue as very important. Anyway, the "Draftify log" special page is still having trouble loading even if I add the code from User:SD0001/Making user scripts load faster to my "common.js" subpage. GTrang (talk) 22:13, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
- I'm facing similar issues to yours. Since it is working for DR, at least we know it isn't fully broken. Could you give me an idea about how important you feel this issue is to you? I wan't even aware that (m)any people used that Special url. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 07:39, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
- Neither F5 nor Ctrl+F5 worked for me. The page is still stuck saying "Loading..." forever. GTrang (talk) 03:10, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
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Question from Alexa Szentmihályi (08:59, 10 September 2024)
Hi, I need your help. I'm working on a project related the Virgin Mary, and the pictures I would like to use, are on Wik.ipedia.Pro. For example Our Lady of Akita article has a picture by SICDAMNOME. How can I contact him/her? Thank you very much for your help. --Alexa Szentmihályi (talk) 08:59, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
- @Alexa Szentmihályi: I assume that you are talking about File:Virgin Mary of Akita Japan.jpg from Our Lady of Akita. If you look at that page you'll notice that the image has been released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. If that license works for your project, then you can use it. If you really want to contact the person who uploaded the image, then you can try to contact them on their user talk page, but since they haven't done any on-wiki work since 2015, it is possible that the message might fall on deaf ears. Good luck with your project. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 09:08, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
Mandatory notification added - MPGuy2824 is aware of the thread and is already assisting with this particular issue
There is currently a discussion at Wik.ipedia.Pro:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is User conduct issue: MPGuy2824 at Zamduar College. Thank you. Shirt58 (talk) 🦘 10:30, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
Runswick Bay Lifeboat Station
I received notification that you have reviewed the page Runswick Bay Lifeboat Station (a redirect)
As far as I am able, I have amended all the relevent links (to Runswick Lifeboat Station), and believe the redirect can now be deleted - but I don't think I can do that.
Martin Ojsyork (talk) 15:27, 12 September 2024 (UTC)
- Hi Martin, This is a lifeboat station in Runswick Bay, and I believe that "Runswick Bay Lifeboat Station" is therefore a good redirect. In any case, if you think a redirect should be deleted, you can look through Wik.ipedia.Pro:Criteria for speedy deletion#Redirects. If none of those criteria apply you can take the redirect to WP:RFD. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 15:34, 12 September 2024 (UTC)
- Hi MPGuy2824
- The redirect for Runswick Bay Lifeboat Station to Runswick Lifeboat Station was created as a correction, as it was never known as "Runswick Bay Lifeboat". It was always just "Runswick Lifeboat".
- There are cases for retention, such as North Sunderland, which was renamed Seahouses, in which case, you still find images, documentation, etc for the old station name, so the redirect should remain.
- I shall endeavour to work out how to tag Runswick Bay Lifeboat Station for deletion.
- Best wishes
- Martin Ojsyork (talk) 16:08, 12 September 2024 (UTC)
Why isn't this page showing up in the New pages feed and NPP browser? — Saqib (talk I contribs) 06:25, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
- Hi Saqib, since the article has been taken to WP:AFD, it has been marked as reviewed. Some time (variable) after being marked as reviewed, it is removed from both these places so as to keep database tables to a manageable level. Hopefully that explains your question. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 06:51, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) () Saqib, SaadiCorp is currently at AfD and has been marked as reviewed. This means it has been removed from the Special:NewPagesFeed, which is why it is not showing in the NPP Browser feed. The NPP Browser updates at the 5th minute of each hour (UTC time), so reviewed articles are removed from the feed on an hourly basis. – DreamRimmer (talk) 06:53, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
- So is the page not showing up because it was marked as reviewed or is it due to being taken to AfD? — Saqib (talk I contribs) 07:00, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
- It's not showing because it's marked as reviewed. We mark AfDed pages as reviewed since the community decides their notability at AfD, so no further review is needed. – DreamRimmer (talk) 07:21, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
- So is the page not showing up because it was marked as reviewed or is it due to being taken to AfD? — Saqib (talk I contribs) 07:00, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
Question from Gerbil Snoot (01:22, 15 September 2024)
Hi can i add a page that doesn't exist yet when it's being discussed in the text? --Gerbil Snoot (talk) 01:22, 15 September 2024 (UTC)
- @Gerbil Snoot: Welcome to Wik.ipedia.Pro! Yes, you can add a page that doesn't exist yet, but you should read Help:Your first article first. If you tell me what article you want to create, I'd be happy to weigh in with my thoughts. On a different note, I was looking over at some of your edits, and you should know that there is no particular need to link common words (See MOS:OL). Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 04:10, 15 September 2024 (UTC)
Question from I'mhoot01 (08:22, 16 September 2024)
How famous would you have to be to have your own Wik.ipedia.Pro page? --I'mhoot01 (talk) 08:22, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
- @I'mhoot01: Welcome. On Wik.ipedia.Pro, we use the word notability. Read through that link and WP:GNG to get an understanding of what that means. If you can be more specific, then I would be able to provide more details. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:27, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
Question from Saddekake (20:31, 16 September 2024)
hi! hope you're doing well. is there any important information or tips you'd like to give me? --Saddekake (talk) 20:31, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
- @Saddekake: Another editor has already added a welcome message on your talk page. Go through those links when you get the chance. I'd suggest that you start and complete WP:TWA and follow that up with trying some of the tasks at Wik.ipedia.Pro:Task Center. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 06:00, 17 September 2024 (UTC)
- thank you, and i will as soon as i get home from work. glad to be a part of the team! Saddekake (talk) 06:08, 17 September 2024 (UTC)
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MediaWiki message delivery 23:59, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
DCWC submission declined
Hey MPGuy, and thanks for your contributions in the Developing Countries WikiContest! I've had to decline your submission of this FLC review as it is unfortunately too short to award points for. Please see the relevant section of the scoring rules for more information. However, it looks like the candidate has not yet received a source, image, or accessibility review, so your submission could be accepted if you conducted one. I hope you'll consider that, and please let me or another coordinator know if you have any questions! —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 16:47, 19 September 2024 (UTC)
- @TechnoSquirrel69: There is no actual difference between a short review because it was done half-heartedly, and a thorough review that is short because there isn't much to nitpick about (prose-wise). I do understand that it is impossible for someone else to know which of the above cases is true. In any case, no worries: the inclusion/exclusion of these points aren't going to change my rankings in the contest much. On a side note, I hope this contest will be repeated next year too. I assume that you guys are going to write something about it in the Signpost once it concludes, which would serve as a recruitment ad for any future contests. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:41, 20 September 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks MPGuy; yes, we had the issue of short (but still probably comprehensive) reviews at FLC before, and the solution that the coordinators agreed on was to allow for resubmission with one of the technical aspects completed as well. We are indeed hoping to make the contest a repeating event as this year's participation and content improvement results were miles beyond what we were expecting! I'm planning on inviting the participants to a general reflection discussion after the contest is over so we can get some feedback about how to move forward with it in the future, which I hope you'll join in on — keep your eyes open for a talk page link in the mass message at the start of October. We hadn't actually discussed a Signpost article, but that makes perfect sense to me, so I'll talk to the other coordinators and see what we can do. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 16:22, 20 September 2024 (UTC)
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MediaWiki message delivery 23:33, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
Thank you
Hi,
Just a word of thanks for all your hard work reviewing new redirects. It doesn't go unnoticed.
Best wishes, Jean-de-Nivelle (talk) 10:30, 26 September 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks, Jean. There are other reviewers doing the same, but its possible that I might have reviewed a lot of the ones you created. Since you seem to be interested in them, do consider joining Wik.ipedia.Pro:WikiProject Redirect. In any case, happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 10:38, 26 September 2024 (UTC)
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Question from Nastaran Ebrahimi on Saint Petersburg Conservatory (08:34, 27 September 2024)
سلام من یک شهروند افغان هستم برای بورسیه در یک سایت خواندم دولت روسیه ۹ ماه آموزش زبان میدهد سپس آزمون زبان را میگیرد میخواستن در رشته موسیقی در دانشگاه روسیه تحصیل کرده و چگونه درخواست بورسیه بدهم؟ --Nastaran Ebrahimi (talk) 08:34, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
- @Nastaran Ebrahmi: Hi, I think you are confused. This is Wik.ipedia.Pro, which isn't related to any Russian university. I found this site, but I don't know how trustworthy it is. Good luck with your studies and your scholarship application.
- سلام فکر کنم گیج شدی این ویکی پدیا است که به هیچ دانشگاه روسی مربوط نمی شود. من سایت رو پیدا کردم ولی نمیدونم چقدر قابل اعتماده. در ادامه تحصیل و درخواست بورسیه موفق باشید. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:47, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
Question from Ancient seekr (02:49, 29 September 2024)
I have edited and article that was misleading and gave source to every piece of information but an editor keeps reverting it giving baseless reasons. How do i got about this? --Ancient seekr (talk) 02:49, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- @Ancient seekr: Welcome to Wik.ipedia.Pro. The usual way to is to bring up the issue on the concerned article's talk page and discuss it with the other editor(s) there. In this case, a third editor has already started the topic. You should make your case there on why certain sources and their points of view should be added to the article, in a civil manner. Try to remain polite, even if you think that you are instigated. Hopefully, you can come to some sort of consensus with the help of the third editor. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:58, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- @MPGuy2824 Thank you. I have added information with clear citations to enhance the article's content. While I am open to suggestions and improvements from other editors, including the addition of "citation needed" templates, I believe the recent revert was unjustified. The reverted edit lacked proper structure, lacked citations for even existing information, and displayed a clear POV push. Despite the other editor's seniority, their reason for the revert appears baseless. I have expressed my concerns on the article's talk page and am waiting for their response. Ancient seekr (talk) 05:03, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
Gibraltar Wave FC -namespace
Hi! Thanks for editing the last changes. I only wanted to set the page back into draft mode, as some previous changes were not correct and some legal issues need to be sorted out first before the changes can be published. Stating the correct information in this article is very essential to the club and the FA. If there was an error setting this article back into draft mode, could you maybe correct this? I was not aware of this namespace issue and just followed the instructions. Thanks a lot. StrangeBrotherhood (talk) 15:29, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
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