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Nomination ofThomas A. Moorefor deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the articleThomas A. Mooreis suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according toWikipedia's policies and guidelinesor whether it should bedeleted.

The article will be discussed atWikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thomas A. Mooreuntil a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Ldm1954(talk)07:29, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

check ur dms

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Your draft article,Draft:Motley Coffeehouse

Hello, Sdkb. It has been over six months since you last edited theArticles for Creationsubmission ordraftpage you started, "Motley Coffeehouse".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you canrequest its undeletion.An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing.Liz^Read!Talk!19:23, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article,Draft:Hunan Grand Theatre

Hello, Sdkb. It has been over six months since you last edited theArticles for Creationsubmission ordraftpage you started, "Hunan Grand Theatre".

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing.Liz^Read!Talk!19:23, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article,Draft:Donald Bentley

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing.Liz^Read!Talk!19:24, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article,Draft:White Pearl

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Incorrect Bot Changes

Hey @Sdkb.One of your bots made a change tohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Blackburn_Historical_Plaquesto correct some dates to Wikipedia standard format. The affected text was taken from the plaques in question, so the changes made the text inaccurate.

I'm pretty new to editing Wikipedia, so asked in Teahouse if there was a way to protect some content from automated bot alteration (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse#c-Scooby359-20240714172200-How_to_protect_content_from_bots). They suggested raising it with yourself to let you know of the issue, and see if there's any way to resolve it.

I've now been made aware of the {{nobots}} tag. Is there any other way I could flag this content to protect it from bot alteration?

Thanks, Chris.Scooby359(talk)19:21, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Scooby359!Thanks for raising this.Those editswere part of thegeneral fixesset, which is a collection of normally uncontroversial edits that my or many other bots will make in the course of other edits. Normally, GENFIX would recognize and ignore text in quotes, but in this case there are no quotation marks so it did not identify the quotes as such.

@Mathglot's advice to use{{as written}}on the quotes rather than{{nobots}}on the whole article is solid, as it's a much more precise way to target the issue.

Cheers,Sdkb ^talk14:19, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@SdkbThat's great. I've changed the page to use{{as written}}so hopefully should be ok going forward. Thanks for explaining and teaching me something new!

Cheers, ChrisScooby359(talk)18:31, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Washington, D.C.

Hello. I'm reaching out because of your (semi) recent discussion at the article Talk page concerning the photo collage on the article, and changes being made to it without consensus. There's been a strange rash of revisions to the thing over the past four days, unilateral and without Talk discussion notwithstanding the request in the article source code, and my efforts to steer matters toward conversation and consensus. TBH I don't really care much one way or the other about the collage, but do believe that an FA deserves better than thrice-weekly revisions by editors who have decided that they like, or don't like, the photos at the top of the article. If you have the inclination I could use a bit of support on the issue of process at least - helping get interested editors talking about what the article's photo collage should look like, in the hope that we can find something agreeable to everyone, and stable. Thanks.JohnInDC(talk)17:55, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reaching out! I've found collages to be a notoriously hard area to maintain — for whatever reason, there's a strong tendency for editors to want to make changes towell-composedcollages that make them worse. It looks like the stable version of the D.C. collage has been restored, and I commented briefly on the talk page. Best,Sdkb ^talk04:48, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I don't much care if it's updated or not (though I think the existing version is *fine*) - but it does matter that changes be made deliberately and thoughtfully, taken from among suitable photo candidates, and not just something that caught a random editor's eye.JohnInDC(talk)12:55, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Culinary Institute of America photos

Hi Sdkb, I was able to get some additional photos for theCulinary Institute of Americaarticle. I've linked to them inmy responseon the Talk page. Was curious if you had any additional thoughts. Cheers,BINK Robin(talk)20:49, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for arranging to have the photos uploaded! I added the one of students in the kitchen to the history section of the article, where I think it's a nice addition. I'll leave the task of integrating the criticism section into the history section to someone else, as I unfortunately don't have the capacity at the moment to handle it myself. Cheers,Sdkb ^talk20:04, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, thanks for adding that! And no worries, I appreciate the feedback and work you've put in, and I saw Melchior responded about the criticism section. Cheers,BINK Robin(talk)15:29, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK mistake

Hey Sdkb, there's a supposed image of Chopin floating around, which seems to be disproved as a fake ([1]); that is, an edited detail from a 20th-century painting.

It's been removed from the associated Wikipedia articles, but apparently it was featured on the main page as a part of DYK. SeeWikipedia:Recent additions/2024/January#9 January 2024.Do you think its worth starting a discussion on DYK about checking the chosen images more thoroughly? I don't know if this really relates to a larger issue or not. I suppose at the end of the day, its still an intended depiction of him, but I doubt DYK would have used it if they knew it was a forgery.Aza24 (talk)00:23, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Aza24,I would absolutely bring it up. There isa prior instance in which a photo of the wrong person was used,so this isn't totally a one-off, and brainstorming about how to prevent it from recurring might be helpful.Sdkb ^talk04:58, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, just got a conversation goinghere–Aza24 (talk)03:29, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Possible issue withrmCloser?

Hey Sdkb, I noticed that onSpecial:Diff/1238025322,the rmCloser reverted the archive wrapper and re-added the RM dated template. I'm just curious if you noticed anything peculiar with that edit and are not surprised to see this message, or if you didn't and there might be something wrong with the script. Courtesy pingTheTVExpert.Best,Bobby Cohn(talk)18:55, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't notice anything unusual when I made that edit, so yeah, there may be some sort of script issue. Thanks for noticing/fixing!Sdkb ^talk19:17, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Question fromAbdulrahman nura(16:19, 12 August 2024)

Hi mento how i create my wekipedia page indeed --Abdulrahman nura(talk)16:19, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Abdulrahman nura— seeHelp:Your first article.Cheers,Sdkb ^talk19:23, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question fromAbdulrahman nura(17:08, 12 August 2024)

How do i create citation --Abdulrahman nura(talk)17:08, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Abdulrahman nura— seeHelp:Referencing for beginners.Cheers,Sdkb ^talk19:24, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Question fromRICHAOBO1(10:17, 27 August 2024)

Hi Sdkb, what's your best advice for someone who's new here and wants to learn how to edit and publish new articles? --RICHAOBO1(talk)10:17, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My advice is not to start with creating new articles; go build up some experience with othertasksfirst. Then, when you're ready, readHelp:Your first articleand follow its advice, particularly about sourcing. Cheers,Sdkb ^talk13:28, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Infobox musical artist

Heya, I saw you added pluralisation control to the instrument parameter ofTemplate:Infobox musical artist.Would you be able to do the same for occupation, spouse and partner?Miklogfeather(talk)12:26, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Miklogfeather,

Donehere;please let me know if there are any issues! Cheers,Sdkb ^talk19:30, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Boston meetups?

Hi Sdkb! I remember coming across your RfA previously and wanted to offer a belated congrats for successfully passing:)

I'm writing because I was browsingWikipedia:Meetup/Bostonand have noticed your name come up fairly often in recent meetups. Do you happen to still be in the area? I was interested in potentially attending/organizing one as there hasn't been a single in-person meetup in the region this year to my knowledge. I managed to catch the tail end of one nearly a decade ago but the opportunity has eluded me since. I'm close by and my schedule is relatively flexible for the coming months, and I'd love to meet some other contributors in the area. Would you happen to have any insight into what goes into organizing one of these (room reservation process, etc)? Appreciate it! ~Liance^talk19:20, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Liance; thank you! I'm not in the Boston area most of the year (although I will be atWikiConference North Americain Indianapolis in a few weeks), but best wishes with arranging a meetup!Sdkb ^talk19:22, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the quick reply! I'll reach out to some other editors who might be in the area. Perhaps our paths will cross sometime in the future. Best, ~Liance^talk23:21, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template spam reform idea

Hi there Sdkb, I'm toying with a proposal to reduce template spam, which perhaps you could comment on. My idea is that any template includes "discuss the issue" or "Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page" can be removed by any editor, if there was never a discussion begun on the talk page about such issues. In my mind, other editors can't be expected to read the mind of drive-by templaters, and it's not their responsibility to do so. Additionally, if the templater can't be bothered to even give one sentence on the talk page, that's on them.

I've found myself frequently removing templates undersuch rationales, seeheremost recently.

Examples of such templates include{{Original research}}&{{Too few opinions}},among many others. How does it sound?Aza24 (talk)16:19, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also, I just saw a comment from you a few years back atTemplate talk:GANotice#Linking to the assessment subpage.I'm not exactly sure what you mean, but given that we have a new bot & operator, perhaps this could be easily implemented now.Aza24 (talk)18:31, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question fromLarry0909(00:25, 10 September 2024)

Where is the little picture of a magnifying glass to click on to enter an item to locate and read? --Larry0909(talk)00:25, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If you are searching for the search bar, try zooming out on your browser.win8x(talking|spying)20:01, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Larry0909Pinging because I forgot:)win8x(talking|spying)20:20, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

She remembers

Last year, you wroteWikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-01-01/In_the_media#How_to_get_divorced_on_Wikipedia.Apparently, there are no hard feelings:[2](last question).Gråbergs Gråa Sång(talk)07:25, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Could use some closing expertise

Hey, Sdkb! I'm looking to get the gears turning onthe admin recall RfC,but a lot of the sections have been sitting open for a while. Since I know you have experience with RfC closes, would you be willing to help close a few sections? It looks like we won't be going right to implementation from there, so the closes are mainly advisory – helps in putting together the next discussion (fingers crossed!). Thanks in advance:)theleekycauldron(talk• she/her)08:37, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion ofTemplate:If this year

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