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A couple of questions
Hey, Miss V., I need some pointers on two draft article questions.
- Draft:Abdülbaki Gölpınarlı is translated from Turkish Wikipedia with the help of a friend who is interested in his work translating Rumi's poetry. My question: what is the appropriate way to indicate it is based on the Turish Wiki page? By the way, did you know that people in Turky cannot access Wikipedia, Turkish or otherwise?
- I'm interested in drafting an article on a book that currently has a re-direct to the author's bio. What is the least clunky way to change a re-direct to an article?
Thanks for any light you can shed on these minor issues. Hope your December is going well! — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 21:49, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
- Howdy!
- This looks like the thing--a talk page template: Category:Pages translated from Turkish Wikipedia. I know there a lot of folks who live overseas who can't access their electronic ballot materials. It is quite a long list of countries, so this does not surprise me!
- For the article, just turn it into an article! Then check what redirects there. I think a bot will fix any double redirects but I used to like to check them myself.
- Hope this helps! Valfontis (talk) 20:06, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks, yes, I know I can count on you for practical advice! — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 20:23, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
Great editing!
Blue Bucket Cow Camp, Oregon? Hah! So glad you are editing again... Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 18:17, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
- Hi! Thanks! This project might interest you! http://breakfastonbikes.blogspot.com/2020/01/americas-greatest-women-in-1923-women-of-the-century-project.html Ping me in real life--you might be able to lure me out of my lair. :-) Valfontis (talk) 20:04, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
Finished new natural area article
Hey, would you have time to check out Sitka Sedge State Natural Area? It could use some pruning--I got lazy and maybe put in too many direct quotes. Sigh. Then I added it to List of Oregon state parks but couldn't translate the coordinates to create the little dot on the map. Will post to Oregon talp page for that technical stuff. Cheers! — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 02:49, 22 January 2020 (UTC)—
- I will look! Valfontis (talk) 02:52, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
Deletion of Inshorts wiki page
Hello Valfontis,
Hope you are doing good. This request is regarding the wiki page for our company, name is inShorts. It is an android/IOS based app which provides summary of worldwide news in 60 words. We had a wiki page in the past which got deleted. Please find the deleted page history :-[[1]]
We don't have much know-how and expertise of the wiki page creation guidelines and hence have been unable to get our company page back on wiki. We were told that page creation for Inshorts will require administrator access due to the repeated attempts at page creation historically. Hence, I request you to guide us further on this as it is essential for us to have a wiki page. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Harshi Inshorts Medialabs Pvt Ltd Wiki Inshorts (talk) 08:29, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
- Sorry I'm busy and I hate people who only want to use the wiki for advertising. Go ask someone else. Valfontis (talk) 14:19, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
The article Shaniko Junction, Oregon has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
Sources do not support "incorporated community" label; no claim of notability is made.
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Nomination of Shaniko Junction, Oregon for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Shaniko Junction, Oregon is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shaniko Junction, Oregon until 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.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. –dlthewave ☎ 23:28, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
Well, phooey.
Sorry about the outcome. —Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 03:41, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
- Saw your query about the redlink on U.S. Route 97 in Oregon-- I had just removed the redlink on U.S. Route 97. —Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 03:55, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks for trying. I am henceforth going to stay out of the hair of the highway people. The tables drive me (ha ha) bonkers. Valfontis (talk) 11:47, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello again! Curious about your take on these edits to the Agness article. I'm very skeptical of those claims about the population. Jsayre64 (talk) 19:19, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
- What Wikipedia guidelines are at play here? Is the information cited? I reverted to the last clean version. It would be a service if you could research the claims made by the new editor, update the article, and provide citations. Some of those edits seemed useful (but WP:OR) and I hate to throw the good out with the bad. Valfontis (talk) 01:49, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
TPSs who like to work on community articles might want to take a gander at Waconda, Oregon. Needs editing and pruning. Valfontis (talk) 23:42, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
- I thought better of blanket reverting so my solution was put all the new edits "below the cut" as it were. Valfontis (talk) 23:43, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
C/e request
Hi Valfontis; a copy-editor at the GOCE Requests page has left you a message without a ping. I'm copying the request here to preserve its context; it will shortly be automatically archived. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 19:10, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
Although I am copyeditor, I need someone who doesn't feel ownership do the copyediting so that I can go back and assess the content. Thanks! Valfontis (talk) 23:46, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
Working SurenGrig07 (talk) 02:33, 28 September 2020 (UTC).
Done SurenGrig07 (talk) 22:16, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
- However, I would primarily suggest a generalised revision of particular sections within the interior of the article; in particular, the "Post office" section and the "Telegraph" station, in addition to the section concerning the town census, primarily remain particularly similar within content, listing various professional establishments within the town and warranting a merger into a singular section. However, this remains a suggestion rather than an excessively advised recommendation; thank you. SurenGrig07 (talk) 20:12, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
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COI Help with Catlin Gabel School
Hello @Valfontis: I am in a conflict of interest relationship with Catlin Gabel School, and am looking for a volunteer to help review and make my requested edits, if approved. I noticed that at one point you had edited the page for the neighborhood West Haven-Sylvan, Oregon where the school resides. Might you have the time and inclination to assist me/the school? They are wanting to make some updates and additions to the page. A few volunteers have helped already, but may have lost interest. I greatly appreciate you considering my request. Best, LeepKendall (talk) 19:20, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks for thinking of me, but I'm not able to help out right now. You might hit up WikiProject Oregon or maybe I still have some talk page stalkers who would take a look. Cheers, Valfontis (talk) 04:03, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Smegma (band) albums
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Dear fellow Wikipedian, Despite having been off Wikipedia for sometime now, I am coming back with a few specific ideas in mind for which I may need to get help and advice. I am looking to create a few Wikipedia pages about various financial institutions which are quite high in notability but have not yet been covered, however, despite my experience and my knowledge of the field, I am new to this kind of content.
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Nomination of Alicel, Oregon for deletion
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Happy holidays
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Hi Valfontis, May you have a bright and beautiful holiday season. Thanks for your encouragement re: Breitenbush Hot Springs, I hope they have been able to rebuild. |
Netherzone (talk) 18:01, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
Merchandise giveaway nomination
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A token of thanks
Hi Valfontis! I've nominated you (along with all other active admins) to receive a solstice season gift from the WMF. Talk page stalkers are invited to comment at the nomination. Enjoy! Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} talk ~~~~~
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Sweet (and Snarky) Sixteen
My Wikipedia career is old enough to drive today, even if I don't. Have some cake and may we all see each other in person again. You know who you are. <3 Please also have the beverage of your choice, and always wiki responsibly. Slaynt as shee eash dy vea as maynrys son dy bra! Valfontis (talk) 02:20, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
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I am looking for a mentor. I wanna go through a course under your tutelage for a period of time that you determine for a counter vandalism course and/or a course on proper page creation. After which I will be given rollback and new page reviewer privileges. I'm reaching out to you because I wanna do this the proper way. It will be a honor to learn. Cheers Amaekuma (talk) 07:44, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
Nomination of Alice Di Micele for deletion
Hello, I'm hoping to get your input to help save this page because in a weird way you are indirectly responsible for the nomination for deletion. I typically only do little edits here, spelling and grammar, correcting numbers based on the passing years and such, but the other day I wanted to change the name of the above mentioned page based on my real world conversation with Alice. The page originally was titled "Alice Di Micele" but on 15 September 2015 you changed it to "Alice DiMicele" and said "that's how she spells her own name" but it isn't, at least not according to her. I didn't know how to make the edit to move the page and I asked in the Tearoom. The first editor to respond explained what needed to be done, another editor fixed it before I could, but then a third editor came along and said that the page should be deleted. This is all over my skill level to deal with. I've known Alice since we were teenagers and I would hate for my bumbling attempt to update and correct her page were to lead to it being deleted.
Thank you for any help you can give. I believe Alice will also be coming to your page to plead her case with you.
AgLupo (talk) 00:10, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
Possible Deletion of page
Greetings. I was sent a warning from a friend who edited it, that my wikipedia bio (which i honestly have nothing to do with) was going to be deleted and that i needed to fix it. I knew nothing about wiki and tried to fix the problems but found out it was COI. Apparently a friend who is an editor, tried to fix the spelling of my name. Long story short, when you changed it from Di Micele to DiMicele you weren't wrong... because technically I spell it both ways.. but in the last year I've had to make sure i keep the space in my name. My legal name is Alice Di Micele. Long story short, and sparing you the annoying details of having a complicated name, I couldn't get my facebook page for my music business or my spotify pages verified until i used the correct spelling. So I've been moving to add the space everywhere and a friend asked me the other day if he could fix it on my wiki page. I don't know much about wikipedia so I said sure. Now my bio is likely going to be deleted as that somehow alerted editors to it and they feel my career is not notable enough for a wiki page. Many of the feature articles done about me over the years aren't available online and I think people who don't live in Oregon or love folk music have no clue who I am or why I would have a page about me. If you care to weigh in on the talk/delete page I would be grateful since apparently you know who I am. It may be that I am not notable enough to continue to have a wiki page as the other editors seem to think. If thats the case, then thats fine, but I figured it was worth speaking to you since you edited the page at one point. The person who set it up originally isn't on wiki anymore and says they don't have time to even look at this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Alice_Di_Micele
Thank you for your time. warmly, Alice Di Micele Alicedimicele (talk) 00:16, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
Happy New Year, Valfontis!
Valfontis,
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