User talk:Dotdotcomma/Archive 1

December 2023

Hello, Dotdotcomma! Here at Simple English Wikipedia, we use the section heading "Other websites" instead of English Wikipedia's "External links", which you used in "L'Officiel". This makes it simpler and easier to read. Please remember to use "Other websites" in pages that you create in the future. Thank you for your help! MathXplore (talk) 00:12, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for that notice! I was unaware, I appreciate it! Dotdashmeredith (talk) 03:44, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Hello, Dotdotcomma! Here at Simple English Wikipedia we use the section heading "Related pages" instead of English Wikipedia's "See also", which you used in "Billboard Argentina". This makes it simpler and easier to read. Please remember to use "Related pages" in articles that you create in the future. Thank you for your help! MathXplore (talk) 10:54, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Ah, MathXplore thanks again haha. :) Dotdashmeredith (talk) 15:27, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Please do not remove quick deletion tags from articles, as you did to "Stan Rogow", without a good reason. If you think the article should not be deleted, please add {{wait}} to the article and explain your reason on the article's talk page. Thank you. Cyber.Eyes.2005 (talk) 04:43, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

Hi Cyber.Eyes.2005 . I noticed you marked the article for A3 so I went ahead and simplified the article, and thus removed the deletion. I'll be more clear next time. Dotdashmeredith (talk) 04:47, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

While working on simplifying articles, you should keep the QD templates intact, an deleting administrator would decline the QD submission if changes have been made or you can simply add {{wait}} below it and explain the reason on articles talk page. Also, a quick edit summary is quite helpful. Noticed that the article you created, Stan Rogow, seems to be a direct copy/paste from English Wikipedia (en:Stan Rogow). For tips on creating content suitable for our wiki, you can check out How to write Simple English pages. Cyber.Eyes.2005 (talk) 05:39, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

Yes, I will do that next time, Cyber.Eyes.2005. But please note that I did not create the article. The original creator did directly copy/paste from the English Wikipedia. I simplified it after. Thank you. Dotdashmeredith (talk) 05:41, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

I'll start incorporating edit summaries into more of my work now, thank you! Dotdashmeredith (talk) 05:41, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification! Your efforts to simplify the article are appreciated. If you have any questions or need assistance, feel free to ask. Happy editing! Cyber.Eyes.2005 (talk) 05:44, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! Also I noticed how you are able to put Qd notices quite rapidly with the time automatically put in, how do you do that? I want to help put quick deletion notices, but I have to fill in the fields which takes too much time and is annoying. Dotdashmeredith (talk) 05:53, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

It's quite easy if you use the Twinkle tool. You can learn about its usage here. Also, you can easily enable the tool in the Gadgets section of your Preferences page. Cyber.Eyes.2005 (talk) 06:03, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

Sounds good, I'll figure it out, thanks Dotdashmeredith (talk) 06:06, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

RfD nomination of Poybo Media

An editor has requested deletion of Poybo Media, a page you created. We appreciate your changes, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not").

Please comment on the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Poybo Media and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).

You may also change the article during the discussion to address the nominator's concerns. But you should not remove the requests for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you very much. RiggedMint 05:11, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for this. Dotdashmeredith (talk) 05:28, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Quick deletion of Tedi Tičić

The page you wrote, Tedi Tičić, has been selected for quick deletion. If you think this page should be kept, please add {{wait}} below the line {{QD}} and say why on the talk page. If the page is already gone, but you think this was an error, you can ask for it to be undeleted. You can find more information about the reason here. Gotanda (talk) 11:51, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

RfD nomination of Tedi Tičić

An editor has requested deletion of Tedi Tičić, a page you created. We appreciate your changes, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not").

Please comment on the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Tedi Tičić and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).

You may also change the article during the discussion to address the nominator's concerns. But you should not remove the requests for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you very much. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 04:40, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Accounts

Hello. It looks like you have quite a long list of accounts used to evade blocks on Wikimedia projects. Would you be interested in sticking to only this account from now on? Your contributions on the Simple English Wikipedia seem to be constructive, and I think further cross-wiki abuse might necessitate global locks, which would prevent your cotnributing here. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 04:53, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Hi there, yes. I've learned my lesson from enwiki, and I genuinely want to contribute positively to the Simple Wiki. My family comes from a non English first language background, so I want to help people like that in the pursuit of knowledge. I will be sticking to this account, dotdashmeredith. I haven't logged in recently to those accounts nor will I ever log in to my past accounts. Dotdashmeredith (talk) 05:01, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

I appreciate the chance. Thank you @Fr33kman dotdashmeredith (talk) 18:54, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Quick deletion of The Vach

The page you wrote, The Vach, has been selected for quick deletion. If you think this page should be kept, please add {{wait}} below the line {{QD}} and say why on the talk page. If the page is already gone, but you think this was an error, you can ask for it to be undeleted. You can find more information about the reason here. Ravensfire (talk) 18:46, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Quick deletion of The Cramm

The page you wrote, The Cramm, has been selected for quick deletion. If you think this page should be kept, please add {{wait}} below the line {{QD}} and say why on the talk page. If the page is already gone, but you think this was an error, you can ask for it to be undeleted. You can find more information about the reason here. Ravensfire (talk) 18:47, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

RfD nomination of The Cramm

An editor has requested deletion of The Cramm, a page you created. We appreciate your changes, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not").

Please comment on the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/The Cramm and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).

You may also change the article during the discussion to address the nominator's concerns. But you should not remove the requests for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you very much. --Ferien (talk) 21:50, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Dotdotcomma. You have new messages at Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser.
Message added 08:09, 19 December 2023 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

MathXplore (talk) 08:09, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

Four-step warning

Hello @Dotdashmeredith, I saw you gave a "only warning" on User talk:103.92.43.1 for removing QD template on page Ajit Menon. I believe we should adhere to the Four-step warning in this case and then report them on Wikipedia:Vandalism in progress. Cyber.Eyes.2005 (talk) 08:29, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

My bad, I got a little caught up as it was clear that these were a succession of sock puppet accounts. Thanks. These IP addresses just came again and again. dotdashmeredith (talk) 08:43, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, at this point they've been doing it several times. Man I wish there was a moderator role where some users could temporarily block editors. Would be nice. dotdashmeredith (talk) 08:46, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

Tedi Tičić

Hello, Tedi Tičić is currently up for deletion. You have seen it, as you already left a comment there. Eptalon (talk) 08:33, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. dotdashmeredith (talk) 08:43, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

Quick deletion of Bayu Prihandito

The page you wrote, Bayu Prihandito, has been selected for quick deletion for multiple reasons. Please see the page to see the specific reasons. If you think this page should be kept, please add {{wait}} below the line {{QD}} and say why on the talk page. If the page is already gone, but you think this was an error, you can ask for it to be undeleted. Gotanda (talk) 22:54, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

Username

Hello! I didn't notice this previously, but it seems your username is just Dotdash Meredith, a media company. This is a violation of the username policy, so please change your username before you continue editing. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 00:23, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Oh, okay, I guess I'll do that. I'm not in any form of connection with the company, just to clarify. dotdashmeredith (talk) 00:24, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Instead of creating a page, this person dotdashmeredith directly contacts us and demands money to delete all the pages and threatens to delete the page if the money is not given. SimonLoverWiki (talk) 05:28, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Vermont 🙏 dotdashmeredith (talk) 05:33, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

May I know why you are repeatedly putting my page on quick deletion? 103.214.60.46 (talk) 05:44, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

It's already marked why. It's also been created in the past. Stop sock puppeting, and stop reverting the QD nom. dotdashmeredith (talk) 05:46, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

It was you who deleted it, you all stop making this group buzz. The person whose page has been created is notable. 103.214.60.46 (talk) 05:51, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Till now 10 messages are coming on my brother's Facebook page asking for money in exchange for not deleting the Wikipedia page. Are you doing this? 103.214.60.46 (talk) 05:55, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Don't even try this. dotdashmeredith (talk) 05:55, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Please don't put it on quick deletion, put it on discussion and let it be decided whether this page should be stable or not. 103.214.60.46 (talk) 05:57, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

No. It doesn't meet notability, and it's a recreated article. dotdashmeredith (talk) 05:59, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Someone is demanding money from my brother to stabilize the page on Wikipedia and is threatening that if the money is not given, he will delete the page again and again. 103.214.60.46 (talk) 06:01, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Brother, I agree with you, people have deleted the pages of actors like Rajveer Yadav and Babil Khan, here stupid people have weapons in their hands. 103.214.60.46 (talk) 06:04, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

B. S. Abdur Rahman

Sorry for reverting without a summary, accidentally hit the enter key. I meant to say that the listing in "The 500 Most Influential Muslims" (plus the fact that there are plenty of references for the article on the English Wikipedia) mean that I'm not comfortable using quick deletion for that page. If you choose to nominate it for deletion you can, I just ask that you ping me in that discussion --DannyS712 (talk) 05:52, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for your comments. I'll mark it for RFD instead. dotdashmeredith (talk) 05:54, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Username

Hi. Have you submitted a rename request? Regards, Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 01:26, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, I did yesterday. dotdashmeredith (talk) 01:27, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Through which process? So I can check on it. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 01:28, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Found it. Please submit another request, and make sure to check whether there are similar usernames to your requested username first. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 01:32, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Oh, okay I'll do that, thanks dotdashmeredith (talk) 01:34, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Please do so before you continue editing. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 19:04, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

I have requested. thanks! dotdashmeredith (talk) 01:30, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Done! dotdashmeredith (talk) 01:33, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

December 2023

Hello, Dotdashmeredith. We welcome your changes to Wikipedia, but if you are closely associated with some of the people, places or things that you have written about on Wikipedia, you may need to read our advice on conflicts of interest.

All users need to follow Wikipedia's neutral point of view rules for content. People with a close connection to a subject often have a strong opinion about it. This may cause them to change the article in ways that make it either too flattering or too critical. They will most often not be aware they are doing it. Everybody is allowed to write about whatever subjects they want to, but they need to be very careful about making sure their changes are supported by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject you are writing about, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:

• Avoid changing or creating pages related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with. If you do decide to write about these things, be very careful with how you do it.
• Be careful about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to give information about independent sources in deletion discussions. However, try not to give an opinion about whether an article should be deleted.
• Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).
• Be very careful so that you do not accidentally break Wikipedia's rules.

Please make yourself familiar with Wikipedia's rules and guidelines on content — especially those about neutral point of view, giving sources, and autobiographies. Thank you.

You declared that you work for one company, but you have also been using sockpuppetry on enwiki to promote similar companies and people associated with them. While you said you were "not involved in sockpuppetry on the simplewiki", I don't really believe this because you have been defending articles at RfD's that are related to subjects created many times by sockpuppets on simplewiki, such as Poybo Media/Justin Jin. This is a warning to refrain from adding promotional content in the future. Kk.urban (talk) 17:46, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the comments @Kk.urban. I'd like to clarify that I'm not sockpuppeting on the simple wiki - on the enwiki I created the articles (as well as others) originally when the subject(s) didn't have sources, and I had an issue with just defending my own work. I've learned about Wikipedia since, and I haven't been involved in any sockpuppetry in months and don't plan on it in the future. I appreciate it! dotdashmeredith (talk) 18:24, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Attack pages

If you find such pages, tag as {{QD|G10}} and blank them. Thank you for your quick responses. MathXplore (talk) 06:48, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Ah, I see. Wasn't sure "Hoax" would be the right one, thanks for the clarification. .., (talk) 06:48, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

@MathXplore why don't you apply for administrator? I see you often marking these attack pages/clear advertorials for QD - but with admin wouldn't you be able to block them? .., (talk) 06:49, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Please see User_talk:MathXplore#Important_question because this is not my first time to have such questions. MathXplore (talk) 06:51, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Ah, got it. Great work regardless! .., (talk) 06:52, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

@MathXplore is there some other role that grants blocking permissions? I think it would be a lot more efficient if you received it, as these articles are clearly not appropiate. .., (talk) 06:59, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

At the best of my knowledge, only admins can block others. I hardly imagine there is a urgent need to establish new non-admin blockers, at least, I never heard such user group in any kind of MediaWiki website including WMF wikis. Simple English Wikipedia has limited numbers of user groups for simplicity, so I can hardly expect that the community will approve such user groups. I hope this can help you. MathXplore (talk) 07:03, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

I see, that was mainly my point of you to receive administrator permissions. Yeah, I noticed simple wiki has few groups. Thanks, I appreciate it! .., (talk) 07:04, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

RfD nomination of The Vach

An editor has requested deletion of The Vach, a page you created. We appreciate your changes, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not").

Please comment on the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/The Vach and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).

You may also change the article during the discussion to address the nominator's concerns. But you should not remove the requests for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you very much. Kk.urban (talk) 07:31, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Mass welcomes

Hi, please don't mass welcome user as you did today. It floods the recent changes feed and it is unnecessary to welcome a user unless they have made a constructive edit. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 23:26, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Ah, okay, got it. Usually on other wikipedias I have experience welcome messages right after sign up, but I've seen a lack of them here, which is why I decided to do some.

I won't do it in the future, thanks dotdotcomma (talk) 23:28, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Hello, and a note

Hello, Dotdotcomma, and welcome to Simple English Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions here.

I noticed that you included __INDEX__ in some articles that you created here. Please don't include that. It is the default for articles to be indexed, so there is no need to specify it.

Thanks again, and let me know if you have any questions. -- Auntof6 (talk) 12:09, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

User talk:103.73.221.19

I am fairly sure the edit made at Happy Birthday to You are not bad enough to give an only warning at User talk:103.73.221.19. Because of this, an admin will probably not block them if they make another bad edit. You should only start with the "only warning" in severe cases; in most cases, start with {{uw-vandalism1}} or {{uw-vandalism2}}. Kk.urban (talk) 05:50, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, I guess that's true, I'll do that next time.

Although, I remember seeing people edit the birthday pages often to wish a friend/family a happy birthday – do you think it's worth asking for a semi-protection on it? dotdotcomma (talk) 05:53, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

I don't know, but probably not. There's been only three such edits in the past year, which is probably too few for page protection. Kk.urban (talk) 05:55, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

RfD nomination of Jon Stojan

An editor has requested deletion of Jon Stojan, a page you created. We appreciate your changes, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not").

Please comment on the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2024/Jon Stojan and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).

You may also change the article during the discussion to address the nominator's concerns. But you should not remove the requests for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you very much. --Ferien (talk) 19:51, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Quick deletion of Justin Jin

The page you wrote, Justin Jin, has been selected for quick deletion. If you think this page should be kept, please add {{wait}} below the line {{QD}} and say why on the talk page. If the page is already gone, but you think this was an error, you can ask for it to be undeleted. You can find more information about the reason here. Gotanda (talk) 23:32, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Categorizing

Hello, Dotdot. I was just looking at some of the articles you created. In several of them, you did what is called overcategorizing. That means you added two categories where one of them is implied by the other. If you're familiar with the idea of a category tree, you can look at it as one category being under another in the same branch (not necessarily an immediate child, though -- it could have intervening entries). For example, in Florida land boom of the 1920s you included the following categories:

1. Category:1920s in Florida
2. Category:History of Florida
3. Category:Miami
4. Category:Florida

The 1st category is under the 2nd, which is under the 4th, so the 2nd and 4th don't need to be included. I see that English Wikipedia has the categories for 1920s in Florida and history of Florida, but our categories are managed differently.

Please watch out for this, and feel free to let me know if you have any questions. Thanks! -- Auntof6 (talk) 03:26, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Ah, I started categorizing more after I was denied Patroller rights due to a lack of good categorization. Thanks for the heads up! dotdotcomma (talk) 03:31, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

This is a case of more not being better! One other tip I can give you is this: in articles about people, include something that indicates where they're from. Sometimes it's just a category like "French people", but sometimes it can be more specific, like "People from Paris" or "French politicians". Here is something I wrote that might help find categories to put on biographical articles. -- Auntof6 (talk) 03:42, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Got it - so "People from Paris" would automatically include "French people" in the categories? dotdotcomma (talk) 03:46, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Or I suppose encompass it dotdotcomma (talk) 03:46, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Yes, exactly. :) -- Auntof6 (talk) 04:07, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

RfD nomination of Justin Jin

An editor has requested deletion of Justin Jin, a page you created. We appreciate your changes, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not").

Please comment on the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2024/Justin Jin and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).

You may also change the article during the discussion to address the nominator's concerns. But you should not remove the requests for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you very much. Gotanda (talk) 05:01, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Your removal of the discussion "Deletion" from the RfD as "reorganizing" was not helpful. I have replaced it in the correct place.--Gotanda (talk) 08:05, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Ah okay, wasn't aware thanks dotdotcomma (talk) 08:12, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Oh wait @Gotanda I meant to put it under /Deletion for organization but I forgot to do that, didn't mean to delete it. Is that a good idea or no? dotdotcomma (talk) 08:13, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

To help

Hello, Dotdotcomma! What is your opinion on this situation? I'm trying to showcase the reliable strengths of an article marked for deletion, emphasizing the visibility of each strength and demonstrating the article's relevance on the discussion page. Could you take a look to see if I am correct?

https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Arlyson_Gomes_Santos

BenjaminGM (talk) 06:38, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

I have opened a QD. dotdotcomma (talk) 06:42, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

AfD, i mean. dotdotcomma (talk) 06:42, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Do I have the right to vote? Also, the article's Wikidata is available. Here is the link below.

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124047639 BenjaminGM (talk) 06:48, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

WikiData cannot be used as a source. You have a right to vote. dotdotcomma (talk) 06:54, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Not regarding Wikidata, is it possible to link it to the article? BenjaminGM (talk) 06:57, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Not a source that can be used dotdotcomma (talk) 07:38, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Recreation of Bayu Prihandito

Hey dotdot! You have recently recreated the page Bayu Prihandito, which has been deleted multiple times before for being promotional and non-notable and some editors have pointed out its lack of notability. So, I'm going to start an RFD for it. Feel free to join the discussion there. Best, – Cyber.Eyes2005^Talk 20:36, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Okay, that makes sense. Thanks. dotdotcomma (talk) 20:37, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

RfD nomination of Bayu Prihandito

An editor has requested deletion of Bayu Prihandito, a page you created. We appreciate your changes, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not").

Please comment on the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2024/Bayu Prihandito and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).

You may also change the article during the discussion to address the nominator's concerns. But you should not remove the requests for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you very much. – Cyber.Eyes2005^Talk 20:37, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Quick deletion of Francis Nijim

The page you wrote, Francis Nijim, has been selected for quick deletion. If you think this page should be kept, please add {{wait}} below the line {{QD}} and say why on the talk page. If the page is already gone, but you think this was an error, you can ask for it to be undeleted. You can find more information about the reason here. Mastashat (talk) 20:54, 4 January 2024 (UTC)