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Happy editing! Cheers, Cassiopeia talk 00:27, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of 2024 Portland train attack for deletion

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Lettlre (talk) 19:17, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

MfD nomination of Wikipedia:MAIN PAGE

Wikipedia:MAIN PAGE, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:MAIN PAGE and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:MAIN PAGE during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:26, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Although this was probably meant as an April Fools Joke, please keep in mind about keeping it away from formal articles, as you did in WP:MAIN PAGE. Thank you. Myrealnamm (💬talk · ✏️contribs) at 14:59, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mama Lion

A few quick Google Books searches turn up multiple sources:

Please remove your speedy deletion request from this page. The article does not qualify for speedy deletion by any metric. Also, why does the article need copyediting? The spelling and grammar is just fine.--LadybugStardust (talk) 01:45, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Then source the article. thetechie@wikimedia: ~/talk/ $ 01:46, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@LadybugStardust You do not even demonstrate the importance of the band. Even if there are sources, this may well be a failure of WP:GNG. thetechie@wikimedia: ~/talk/ $ 01:47, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@LadybugStardust and yes, it does require copyediting. See example below:

thetechie@wikimedia: ~/talk/ $ 01:47, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sources include Billboard, Turner Classic Movies, the Library of Congress, and Penthouse, to name just a few that came up. Also, if you're going to be the grammar police, I should point out that "were" is actually correct in that context.--LadybugStardust (talk) 01:52, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'll let the admins be the judge of this. I've had enough. thetechie@wikimedia: ~/talk/ $ 01:53, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've declined the speedy deletion. A band with notable members is a a credible assertion of importance. I've also removed a bunch of inappropriate article improvement tags. Tag-bombing is not a good way to review new articles. -- Whpq (talk) 03:02, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Whpq: Sorry, I was just adding maintenance tags that seem important. thetechie@wikimedia: ~/talk/ $ 03:05, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Did you even really look at the article before tagging?

{{Lead too short}} - It's a stub (and marked as such) The entire article is too short.
{{context}} - The first sentence makes it clear what this article is about. It's a band. They are American. They play blues rock. They existed from 1972 to 1974. What context do you think is missing?
{{Copyedit}} - The stub is written in complete, grammatical sentences that are easily understood. What sort of copyediting is needed?

I don't see how those tags identify any issue in the article. -- Whpq (talk) 03:15, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Addressing your comments:

I see that it is marked as a stub in tiny print at the bottom of the page, but was not assessed as such, so I likely missed it.
On second thought, interesting.
^ ^

Sorry about the mishap, Whpq. thetechie@wikimedia: ~/talk/ $ 03:18, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed the assessment thing myself. You're welcome. thetechie@wikimedia: ~/talk/ $ 14:59, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your sig

Please change your sig. Appending "@Wikimedia" to your username could give the impression that you represent the Wikimedia Foundation, and so should be removed, Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:15, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Um, why? Others add things like @enwiki, so I added @wikimedia, b/c I don't only work on enwiki. It would be tedious, IMHO, to do thetechie@enwiki/commons/wikivoyage. thetechie@wikimedia: ~/talk/ $ 14:18, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why? For the reason I already gave. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:31, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Any talk page watchers, a third opinion is requested on this matter. thetechie@wikimedia: ~/talk/ $ 19:17, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh - and to respond to this:

"Usernames that give the incorrect impression that the account is officially affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation; e.g. by containing "WMF"

Yeah, I'd say unfortunately the "@wikimedia" part sort of plays into that, as per the example given. Synorem (talk) 01:34, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, well, as I just realized that this signature is only on enwiki, I'll change it to that. @Pigsonthewing and Synorem: thanks for bringing this up. thetechie@wikimedia: ~/talk/ $ 01:36, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion declined: Draft:Generation Beta

Hello TheTechie, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Draft:Generation Beta, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: G4: the deletion discussion clearly endorsed working on the topic as a draft. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 18:48, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ivanvector I see, understood. I just saw a comment in that AFD saying that we can tag it for G4 if it gets recreated. thetechie@wikimedia: ~/talk/ $ 19:16, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I didn't see that comment. I was looking into it more after I declined, and the deleted article was actually restored to User:Wesoree/Generation Beta, so the draft you tagged is a recreation. I'm not sure what to do about it yet, though. (@Jay and Liz: - so you're aware) Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 19:25, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just curious, @Ivanvector why are you tagging the first? I know the second was the deleting admin. thetechie@wikimedia: ~/talk/ $ 19:30, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Jay restored the userspace draft, and also was actually the one who declined your speedy but we edit-conflicted. Seems like they undid the tag but I notified you. Weird how the tools work sometimes. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 19:46, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I did not realize the userfied draft I was involved with was the same topic as this draftspace draft. I think the two pages should co-exist. Once User:Wesoree is ready for submission, he should merge it to the draft to avoid duplicate submissions. Jay 💬 20:08, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Your signature

Hate to tell you this, but that dark background makes it hard to see for visually impaired people like me. Thanks, -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 16:07, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry! Didn't think of it that way. (Note: the signature is meant to make it look like a terminal prompt): What color would make it easy for you to see? thetechie@wikimedia: ~/talk/ $ 17:01, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Deepfriedokra Or should I bold the text, underline, etc? thetechie@wikimedia: ~/talk/ $ 17:01, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 17:05, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No background -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 17:06, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I will look into this when I have time. thetechie@wikimedia: ~/talk/ $ 17:10, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks on behalf of all of us with visual impairment. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 17:21, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Yamla:

Done I just fixed my signature. Sorry if I blinded you. You can see me new one here ---> thetechie@wikimedia: ~/talk/ $ 20:14, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Flicking through your contribution history, I see good work. I encourage you to apply for rollback, and come join the RCP team full-time! Synorem (talk) 00:58, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Synorem Thank you! Though I was previously declined for not having a month of recent changes, do you think that applies now? Also, do you an admin who'd be willing to take my request. Thanks! -- thetechie@wikimedia: ~/talk/ $ 01:00, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Frankly, Fastily is usually the main admin whom manages requests. My first request was denied for the same reason - mind you, so don't see that as a roadblock or as an encouragement to find go a different route.

I can't seem to find the exact date since your application, but so long as it wasn't anytime very recently then I'd say it's worth another shot. I see you already help with pending changes - which is a good start, and good experience. Synorem (talk) 01:18, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Synorem: I got declined on 2024-03-21. Is that considered recent? thetechie@wikimedia: ~/talk/ $ 01:20, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See here. Note: that was when I was under a different username. thetechie@wikimedia: ~/talk/ $ 01:26, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose it's a bit of an in-between, that's your judgement to make. Whether you choose to give it some time or re-apply, while I cannot say you have or haven't contributed for a month, your work is appreciated regardless. Synorem (talk) 01:30, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I'll hit Fastily up in their talk page and I'll see. Thanks regardless --- thetechie@wikimedia: ~/talk/ $ 01:33, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

CVUA

Hi TheTechie, Good day. I have removed you as the CVUA trainer. Pls note that you have only less than 500 edits on the main space and little experience on counter vandalism. I have more than 30K edits before I became one of the trainer as the program entails a boarder aspect of vandalism which need to understand a lot of vandalism guidelines and experience. I suggest you to take CVUA program yourself and complete it and have at least 5K edits before try again to be a trainer. Cassiopeia talk 03:42, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That doesn't make sense? I wanted to train other users about vandalism. And that's <500 undeleted edits, I think. I think my contributions do counter vandalism, but go ahead, remove my name. I patrol RC and if that doesn't constitute enough experience, I don't know what does. --- thetechie@enwiki: ~/talk/ $ 14:18, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi TheTechie, good day. You have (at this moment 553 edits on your talk page and 448 edits on mainspace which means you edits more on your talk page then your edits in the main space. Further more, you have reports to AIV only 13 times so not having a lot of experience in counter vandalism for being a CUVA trainer needs to know a lot more than some vandalism knowledge. If you really want to be a trainer then take the CVUA with an experience editor first. I suggest you to take WP:TWA program to understand some fundamental info and guidelines of Wikipedia to do the RC work. stay safe and best. Cassiopeia talk 00:27, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay then. thetechie@enwiki: ~/talk/ $ 01:50, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to revert your edit on your talk page as the Welcome message is automatically place on the very top of the talk page. I moved our message here so it is a continuing thread of our communication. stay safe and best. Cassiopeia talk 02:52, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My sig

I apologize, but I'm not changing this, and this has been discussed multiple times (including at ANI); the signature has been the same for 15+ years and you can easily hover over my name and see by my user talk who I am. I am certainly not misrepresenting myself by using my true first name. Nate • (chatter) 20:36, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Facepalm I've had enough minute issues today. Do whatever. thetechie@enwiki: ~/talk/ $ 22:46, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My contributions

I wanted to apologize for not explaining my changes better. I was trying to improve the page, but it may have seemed like I was intentionally removing content when that was not my intention. 73.79.229.7 (talk) 19:31, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@73.79.229.7: Which change? thetechie@enwiki: ~/talk/ $ 21:09, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh the one to the Nickelodeon show? thetechie@enwiki: ~/talk/ $ 21:10, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That edit has loads of grammar issues, removed references too, which is more of an issue than helpful. Which is why I reverted it. thetechie@enwiki: ~/talk/ $ 21:12, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay. It will not happen again. 73.79.229.7 (talk) 21:33, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@73.79.229.7 No worries, it looks like you haven't been welcomed so I just did that. thetechie@enwiki: ~/talk/ $ 22:05, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. 73.79.229.7 (talk) 22:19, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WP:TWA

Hi The Techier
Pls read - the following links since you cant access to TWA. Pls read them through and understand the info and guidelines well especially you want to a trainer as the below are the basic fundamental guidelines Wikipedia. (Dont rush) . It is a lot of reading as TWA program is a lot faster and easier. I will set up your CVUA program this weekend so you have some time to read all the below.

Editor - making an edit 1- Help:Editing
Fomatter - making an edit 2 Help:Wikitext
Communicator - replying to an editor - Help:Talk pages
Copyeditor - fixing typos - Wikipedia:Basic copyediting
Neutrality - neutral Point of View - WP:NPOV
Collaborator - working with other editors - Wikipedia:Collaborations
Researcher - for asking great questions - Wikipedia:Help desk
Verifiability - verifiability policy - Wikipedia:Verifiability
Sourcer - reliable sources - Wikipedia:Reliable sources
Advisor - good advice to other editors - Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia
Civility - staying cool, calm and collected - Wikipedia:Staying cool when the editing gets hot and Wikipedia:Etiquette
Citer - inline citation - Wikipedia:Citing sources
Wikilinker - links to other articles - Help:Link#Wikilinks (internal links)
Illustrator - adding images - Wikipedia:Images

Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia talk 01:02, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

CHAD MOTTOLA / VANDALISM / ???

The Techie - Good Day Please explain why you would feel why this change would be anything considered to be ' vandalism '. On reading your page it was noted you seem to handle vandalism however the entry in question was only straight correct fact. It very much appears the vast majority of you too many ' reverting / revision types ' know very little to absolutely nothing about sports or military facts or life, therefore why not arrange for some people who do know something in this regard to handle those two subjects in particular to make you all and Wikipedia, in particular, appear to be very much more professional. Therefore please now restore what was entered which you reverted. Chad Mottola will be most appreciative. Thank You Very Much - 69.159.70.156 69.159.70.156 (talk) 02:50, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't revert anything. If you think I reverted something, give me a diff link. In addition, be mindful using ALL CAPS titles for topics, this may be perceived as aggression/shouting. Just a tip. thetechie@enwiki: ~/talk/ $ 02:53, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@69.159.70.156: and key word: "was difficult to distinguish" not "it is". thetechie@enwiki: ~/talk/ $ 02:54, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(passing-by user)How is changing but to although something that is difficult to distinguish from, let alone appears to be at all, vandalism? Did you just warn them for the wrong page? You didn't even revert their edit. – 143.208.237.220 (talk) 03:14, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]