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22 Weeks (short film)

Hi William2001, I noticed you reviewed my newly created article 22 Weeks (short film) and tagged it as an orphan. I was actually in the process of linking pages when I received notification of your review. Article is now linked to two pages so orphan tag removed. If there are no other troubles, could you please remove "unreviewed tag" from the article.--BoboMeowCat (talk) 02:45, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

Piccadilly Valley wine sub-region

Hi William2001, thanks for pointing out the absence of linked articles; I have now linked the following articles to Piccadilly Valley wine sub-region - South Australian wine, Adelaide Hills wine region, Template:Wine regions of South Australia and List of wine-producing regions. Regards Cowdy001 (talk) 21:24, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

Willie Roche

Hi William, Willie Roche is my father. He played league of Ireland Football (soccer) from the age of 16 to the age of 38 and was recently inducted into the League of Ireland Hall of Fame.

He is a figure of significance in Irish Soccer and I felt that I should create a page for him to serve as a place to link to from other references to him.

I will be udpating it with references within the next week and cite those. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barrels2010 (talk • contribs) 22:16, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

List of PlayStation Now games

I see that you have tagged the article List of PlayStation Now games, and marked it as a copyright infringement of the IGN site (http://www.ign.com/wikis/playstation-4/List_of_PlayStation_Now_Games). However, I don't agree with this. Just like similar articles such as List of downloadable PlayStation 3 network games and List of PlayStation Move games etc, this article contains a list of PlayStation Now games. Like this Wikipedia article, that IGN page just happens to have another (and more outdated) list for games compatible with PlayStation Now. Since both of them contain a list of PlayStation Now games, they of course contain some similarities. If you count the number of games, that IGN page contains 122 games, and the Wikipedia article contains 178 games, so the Wikipedia article was clearly not copied from it, not to mention that the Wikipedia article already contains much more information than that IGN page. In fact, all that are similar in both pages are just the names of games mentioned in both pages, but game names themselves are obviously not copyright materials. Thus I cannot agree with the speedy deletion template (at all). --Cartakes (talk) 13:55, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. Have fun too. --Cartakes (talk) 16:49, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

You marked the page Do Not Stand Idly By for deletion because you say it is promotional. It is a charity. It is not a promotional page. It is an informative page.

When you think about it every page on here is promoting something. But the page I created is not promoting nor asking anyone to do anything,

I would appreciate you changing your deletion recommendation.

Thank you.

Ok. I did.

Langhorne Creek wine region

Hi William2001, Thanks for pointing out the article's 'orphan' status. I have now add the following links and removed the 'orphan' template - Langhorne Creek, South Australia. Fleurieu zone (wine), Australian wine, List of wine-producing regions and Template:Wine regions of South Australia. Regards Cowdy001 (talk) 00:14, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

CVUA

Hello, William2001/Archive 1! I have seen your hard work reverting vandalism, and I would like to thank you. But do you want to go to the next level? Would you like to know how reverts, warnings, reports, blocks, and bans all come together to keep this Encyclopedia free from disruption? Then consider enrolling today! Leave a message on my talk page or visit the Academy's information page. Chris Troutman (talk) 15:07, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

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The Original Barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		Thank you for your hard edits! :-) Jinsoeng (talk) 01:36, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

Welcome

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Alap Momin page. Thank you for approving my article! You assigned it a B Class and some other user changed that in less than 24 hours to a Start Class. How can I get the B class back? Also what can I do to improve it to A class? Hellokaryn (talk) 14:37, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

I changed it back to a B class article as you can tell by looking at the talk page. Check this out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Grading_scheme

Your review of Draft:Robert "Bob" Kuhn

Hi, you marked this submission as under review. It still says under review. Have you finished reviewing it? Thanks! — kikichugirl ^speak up! 08:23, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Also,, can I ask what your rationale was for accepting Michael Palance? It seems to me as that article doesn't have enough sources but it's a living person. Perhaps veteran AfC admin Kudpung would like to weigh in...? — kikichugirl ^speak up! 08:26, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Hello. I removed the "under review" tag in Draft:Robert "Bob" Kuhn. For Michael Palance,the article had more sources when I reviewed it. William2001 (talk) 21:55, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

500 edits to mainspace is a minimim but not an absolute qualification. In my opinion, William is any combination of 1) too inexperienced (just scraping 500 mainspace edits), 2) too young, and 3) too new to Wikipedia to be reviewing at AfC. I would rcommend he help the encyclopedia by constraining his maintenance work (because up to now that's all he appears to have joined the project for) by helping out at WP:CVU. By doing so he will rapidly gain an appreciation of what content is acceptable on Wikipedia and what isn't. If he needs any help he only has to ask me on my talk page - I don't bite. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 10:16, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Kudpung, now the Michael Palance article is being taken to AfD. William, can I recommend that you spend some time at AfD reading over what kinds of things are commonly deleted? Start with the oldest AfDs, so that you can read other people's arguments, perhaps. I always hate confusing new editors by accepting an article and then they go "Wait, now they want to delete it." Personally, I don't accept things unless they either a) don't have AFD risk or b) I would happily defend it at AFD. — kikichugirl ^speak up! 00:54, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Also, your edit at the Robert draft removed the AfC template completely so now it's an orphaned draft that no one will get to... Might I suggest avoid using the "marking as under review" altogether? I don't use it, because 1) It artificially inflates my edit count, and 2) It doesn't actually take that long to review it. — kikichugirl ^speak up! 00:56, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi! Bob Kuhn was born in Vernon, BC, according to his bio on the TWU governance page. Thanks for flagging the discrepancy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by UComm2015 (talk • contribs) 21:57, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

AfC

Hi. I am just letting you know that I have removed your name from the list at Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Participants because I do not think you have sufficient experience. You may have over 500 edits to mainspace but this is not the only criterion. Please stop reviewing AfC submissions and consider doing a less complex maintenance task instead such as removing vandalism (see WP:CVU). --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:11, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Tagged page

Hi William2001 - I see you tagged the page Alex Shepherd. Thank you for helping and viewing the page :) I was just wondering, you place a tag that says The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's general notability guideline. I was just wondering, how can I fix the article and remove the tag, if that is possible? Thank you! CookieMonster755 (talk) 20:35, 7 February 2015 (UTC).

Hello. I tagged the article because I cannot see what makes Alex so special that he deserves to have a Wikipedia article. Everyone can edit Wikipedia, but not everyone can have their article in Wikipedia. There are thousands of people with cancer, so you must state what makes him different and notable from other patients. Otherwise, your article is very good. Happy editing! :-) William2001 (talk) 21:53, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

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Civil Air Patrol

Hello William2001! I see that you have identified yourself as a cadet in the CAP. As a cadet, do you by any chance have access to the CAP's e-services website? If so, I have a little project that could use your help. There are currently 47 articles about CAP wings (soon to be 52 articles) and they desperately are in need of someone to update the membership numbers. The most accurate numbers can be found in the e-services website, but only members have access to that. For a link to the articles, click on Civil Air Patrol and scroll to the bottom where you will find a template that links to every CAP-wing article. Oh, and please, please, put your schoolwork and other important activities ahead of this request -- it is not urgent, just something that needs to get done sooner or later. Etamni | ✉ | ✓ 

P.S. I like your collection of userboxes -- might have to borrow one or two of them for my own page! Etamni | ✉ | ✓  15:18, 28 November 2015 (UTC)

Note

Hi William2001, I have unfortunately had to suppress some of your edits because they reveal too much personally identifiable information about you. We have a policy of protecting editors' safety by hiding such information if they share it. I'm really sorry about having to suppress your edits, and I know it's annoying, but it's for the best. Please don't re-add the information. For some useful information on privacy and safety, you can take a look at Wikipedia:Guidance for younger editors and Wikipedia:On privacy, confidentiality and discretion. Thanks, and sorry for messing about with your pages! Keilana (talk) 19:42, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

Badminton

Sorry, I hit the wrong button. I was attempting to determine which users were vandalizing the page, so I could warn them. I did this successfully, and I thank you for your vandalism revert. Lord Laitinen (talk) (requests) 03:28, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

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El Al revert

Hi William. Which project are you referring to? I made the change because it is not quite right to say that 45 years is the longest sentence, unless it is made clear that we are talking here about a determinate sentence of years. There are prisoners who have served longer (e.g. John Straffen), and it gives the reader the impression life sentences don't exist in the UK. So, I have reinstated my clarification. Wyddgrug (talk) 02:44, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

@Wyddgrug: Okay, I think your explanation is reasonable. I reverted it because at first, I thought there was no need to say (in short of a life sentence) and that the unnecessary info would just needlessly be there. Happy editing and thank you for your contributions. William2001^(talk) 02:58, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

Wild Goats

Hi William2001. I recently made a very accurate edit to the page on "Wild Goats," but you seem to feel it does not live up to Wikipedia's standards. I am very heartbroken at this tragic news and would like to know why you changed it. Thank. I love you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GoatExpert (talk • contribs) 20:38, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

@GoatExpert: I will assume that you were the IP editor (2601:146:300:bb13:3d07:f8a3:bc73:ad66). I know that it can be disappointing when your edits are reverted. However, adding contents like "lol" and "buttholes" in inappropriate places is unacceptable. I am sorry that you are heartbroken, but I was just trying to make Wikipedia a better place. You may want to read Wikipedia:Vandalism. William2001^(talk) 20:49, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

Hello!

Hello William,

I know this has nothing to do with improving Wikipedia or anything like that, but I'd just like to say a few things. Being a young editor myself, I dislike the fact that many people are skeptical of it and presume that all young editors are vandals or lack knowledge. I myself am sixteen years of age. May you go far on here; it is great to see more young editors on Wikipedia. Kindest regards, Ches (talk) 20:17, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

@Chesnaught555: Good afternoon! Nice to see you too! Best, William2001^(talk) 20:22, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

It is early night-time over here in the UK! Ches (talk) 20:26, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

Haha, looks like I forgot that we live in a different time zone. Oops. William2001^(talk) 20:28, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

Not a problem at all, haha! Ches (talk) 20:42, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

Thank you! If I can be of any more assistance please don't hesitate to ask. :) Ches (talk) 18:11, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

rollback

Hi William2001. After reviewing your request for "rollbacker", I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:

• Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
• Rollback should be used to revert clear cases of vandalism only, and not good faith edits.
• Rollback should never be used to edit war.
• If abused, rollback rights can be revoked.
• Use common sense.

If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! Beeblebrox (talk) 19:53, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

@Beeblebrox: Great, thank you! William2001^(talk) 22:17, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

Outsider music

I'm not sure why my edit to 'Outsider music' was deleted. Eilert Pilarm is an outsider musician, it even says so on his page, so I can't see why adding to him to the list was not constructive. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hc19321 (talk • contribs) 05:15, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

@Hc19321: Hello, Hc19321. I have reverted your edit not because of the list addition, but because you have irrationally added the letter "a" in the article multiple times. This turned the word "outer space" into "outer spaaaace." From my point of view, adding random letters is clear vandalism. However, if you were serious about your edit and think that the addition of the letter "a" was necessary, you can revert my edit with the reason as the edit summary. Also, please leave a message on my talk page. Thanks! William2001^(talk) 06:15, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

Your Reversion of my Augusta County, Virginia edit

You have reverted my edit of 09 February 2016 and stated in part I noticed that you removed some content from Augusta County, Virginia without explaining why. I did in fact explain my edit in detail in the article's discussion page. I stand by my edit and will be re-editing shortly. Thank you for your concern. Gapmtn1 (talk) 15:17, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

New deal for page patrollers

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Answering

Thanks for your edit and sorry for mistake. Am goin' crazy with a case of massive sockpuppetry: the vandal has the ability to confuse normal edits with vandalisms. Regards :-) --Dэя-Бøяg 21:13, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

DerBorg (talk · contribs) No problem. Happy editing! William2001^(talk) 00:15, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Little info

Hello, i added the references on the Milica Milosev page. Can you please tell me, is this the only problem, or if not, what else should i fix. I'm sorry for the errors, i am new to Wiki, this is my first article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MrMijuskovic (talk • contribs) 21:48, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

User:MrMijuskovic Welcome to Wikipedia! I have temporarily removed the deletion tag. However, keep in mind that the sources you cite must be reliable. Also, I suggest that you fix any typos on your articles. Thanks! William2001^(talk) 22:36, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Welcome back, William! I award you this for your excellent anti-vandalism work, which I can see you have returned to. :-) Ches (talk) (contribs) 18:33, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

@Chesnaught555: Thank you! :) William2001^(talk) 03:30, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

No problem! --Ches (talk) (contribs) 09:14, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

And welcome back once again. Best of luck with your exams! Patient Zero^talk 14:05, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

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Kingdavid4861

Your comment on my editing to a biography of Faisal Shahzad, and I wrote that the Pakistan army, Saudia Arabia Wahabi, China and Catholic Christian are against the liberals. This is my idea which I learned by living in these countries like Pakistan, China and also met Catholic Christians. It is the same as the dark age of Europe when fundamentalist (Catholic Christain vs Protestant) wants liberals to slient them and these fundamentalist keep ruling by keeping ignorant these people. We are now in the same phase again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kingdavid4861 (talk • contribs) 06:14, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for removing vandalism!

	Thanks for removing vandalism!
	You made the Kawasaki ZX-6R page a better place! Viewratio (talk) 19:20, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

Yeah, of course! Happy editing! William2001^(talk) 19:53, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

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Invite to RfC (Request for Comment) at Reagan article on Iran-Contra

Hi,

You're invited to an RfC on the question of, "Within the section on the Iran-Contra affair, should we include the aspect of drug trafficking on the part of some Nicaraguan Contras?"

Talk:Ronald_Reagan#rfc_85A761C

Thanks,

FriendlyRiverOtter (talk) 15:57, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

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From Japanese to English

Request translation: ja:烏丸家 (Karasumaru family), ja:山本顧彌太 (Koyata Yamamoto), ja:亀井重清 (Shigekiyo Kamei), ja:片岡常春 (Tsuneharu Kataoka), ja:伊勢義盛 (Yoshimori Ise), ja:駿河次郎 (Jirō Suruga), ja:鷲尾義久 (Washio Yoshihisa), ja:富樫泰家 (Yasuie Togashi), ja:大社駅 (Taisha Station), ja:村田勝志 (Katsushi Murata), ja:藤井恒久 (Tsunehisa Fujii), ja:宮根誠司 (Seiji Miyane), ja:諸國沙代子 (Sayoko Shokoku), ja:世界一受けたい授業 (THE MOST USEFUL SCHOOL IN THE WORLD), ja:にっぽん丸 (Nippon Maru (1990)), ja:馬場元子 (Motoko Baba), ja:生ハムと焼うどん (Nama Ham & Yaki Udon), ja:さわかぜ (護衛艦) (JDS Sawakaze), ja:いず (巡視船・2代) (Izu (PL 31)), ja:かめりあ丸 (Camellia Maru), ja:京都府警察 (Kyoto Prefectural Police), ja:柳川次郎 (Jirō Yanagawa), ja:花形敬 (Kei Hanagata), ja:小林楠扶 (Kusuo Kobayashi), ja:毎朝新聞 (Maiasa Shinbun), ja:田中六助 (Rokusuke Tanaka), ja:角田 久美子 (Kumiko Tsunoda), ja:安村直樹 (Naoki Yasumura), ja:三枝夕夏 (Yūka Saegusa), ja:少年ケニヤ (Shōnen Kenya), ja:チャンピオン太 (Champion Futoshi), ja:ジャイアント台風 (Giant Typhoon), ja:引田有美 (Yumi Hikita), ja:松岡巌鉄 (Gantetsu Matsuoka), ja:鈴木理子 (ホリプロ) (Riko Suzuki), ja:谷内里早 (Risa Taniuchi), ja:尾崎仁彦 (Kimihiko Ozaki), ja:アーサ米夏 (Aasa Maika), ja:ミスター高橋 (Mister Takahashi), ja:吉村道明 (Michiaki Yoshimura), ja:沖識名 (Shikina Oki), ja:芳の里淳三 (Junzō Yoshinosato), ja:SAKI (SAKI), ja:MIZUKI (MIZUKI), ja:万喜なつみ (Natsumi Maki), ja:篠原光 (Hikaru Shinohara), ja:沖野ヨーコ (漫画家) (Yōko Okino), ja:徳住有香 (Yuka Tokuzumi), ja:とみながまり (Mari Tominaga), ja:堀内博之 (Hiroyuki Horiuchi), ja:永野椎菜 (Shiina Nagano), ja:諏訪道彦 (Michihiko Suwa), ja:阿部ゆたか (Yutaka Abe), ja:渡部陽一 (Yōichi Watanabe), ja:吉岡昌仁 (Masahito Yoshioka), ja:グレッグ・アーウィン (Greg Irwin). Thank you very much, if you can help me. --95.237.235.212 09:41, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

Re Teahouse comment

That's probably true in this case, but sometimes spammers, those in SEO(search engine optimization) or promotional editors want their article to be reviewed quickly so it appears in Google and other search engines to help promote their business or whatever it is being promoted. 331dot (talk) 16:43, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

@331dot: Interesting, did not know that. Thank you for letting me know! William2001^(talk) 17:03, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

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Your question

I moved your section and replied to it here. Regards, El_C 04:39, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

Yoshitsune (TV series)

Please, can you create List of Yoshitsune (TV series) characters? Thank you. --95.237.235.212 09:41, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

I'll get there once I'm done translating Korean pages. Thanks. William2001^(talk) 22:11, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

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Hopefully we can get your notifications issue worked out quickly. West.andrew.g (talk) 14:01, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

@West.andrew.g: Thank you for the barnstar, and I appreciate your effort into fixing the issue. Thanks. William2001^(talk) 19:23, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

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Living people

Hallo William, Thanks for your contributions. I see that you tagged Holly Kagis as unreferenced, but as it's an article about a living person it must be nominated for {{PROD BLP}}. Thanks. PamD 06:03, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

@PamD: Thank you for letting me know. It's good that I marked the article as unreviewed just in case. William2001^(talk) 17:58, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

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Weasel words

You have applied the weasel word tag to the Marion Elizabeth Rodgers entry, but did not courteously explain your use of this tag. Maybe you could visit the entry’s talk section and explain your action, as seems the responsible thing to do. I’ve already posted my responses. Nicmart (talk) 18:04, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

@Nicmart: Hello and thank you for your message. I will leave a reply on the article's talk page in a moment. William2001^(talk) 18:14, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

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Hunter Avallone Draft

Hey William, I’m messaging you about the Hunter Avallone draft. So what changed since The last decline, is that I removed the Instagram links and all sources that were posted by Hunter himself, (right now the YouTube videos in references are only there as proof of events found in article) And added other articles that are independent secondary sources and are not connected to Hunter, they are also not passing mentions but articles on him specifically, (the Caiden cowger and John f Trent sources) as well as the lgbtnation and rob smith source (from queerty) NepVegas (talk) 16:21, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

NepVegas, by any chance, do you have a more reliable source? Perhaps from a well-established news source instead of fringe interest-specific websites? William2001^(talk) 02:49, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

William2001, Hey again William, I have another main stream source (one that isn't interest-specific) that is reliable that I could find. (Although the article is a bit older, theyre mainstream coverage by an official editor from Wetpaint covering some controversies with the older videos.) Could you let me know if it will work? Thanks

http://www.wetpaint.com/hunter-avallone-transphobic-video-1476913/ (Wetpaint, an official article reporting on Hunter Avallone controversy)

Hi!

Just seen you’ve returned to Wikipedia - I remember you from all those years ago 😆 Hope all is well with you. Best, Patient Zero^talk 23:44, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Patient Zero, long time, no talk! Thank you for the message, and I hope you are having a fun time editing Wikipedia (and outside of Wikipedia too, of course :) ). Take care, William2001^(talk) 03:04, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Yeah it’s been a while! No worries - I am indeed :) I go into my second year of university next week, I imagine you’ll be starting further education yourself soon? You too, take care! Patient Zero^talk 11:39, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

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Request on 09:48:19, 16 September 2019 for assistance on AfC submission by Weirdghoul

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  • Draft:Dominic Davies (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Hi, I am making a page for a British Psychotherapist, aids activist and quite well known LGBT peson, and you said it needed better references - I would appreciate any guidence you could offer on how to improve them, as I thought I had put in good, independent, primary sources

many thanks

wierdghoul

Weirdghoul (talk) 09:48, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Weirdghoul, hello, I suggest that you take a look at WP:RS for more information. Can you tell me an example of a reliable source that you put in? William2001^(talk) 23:45, 5 October 2019 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Thanks for creating Chamisul.

User:Rosguill while examining this page as a part of our page curation process had the following comments:

I converted the article to a redirect due to the lack of enough references to meet WP:GNG. From searching online, I suspect that there likely is enough coverage to meet notability guidelines, but it's covered under a veritable mountain of press releases, which are not reliable. If you can find more coverage of Chamisul in independent, reliable sources, feel free to restore the article and add them.

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_signed, Rosguill ^talk 19:28, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Rosguill, thank you for your comments. I still believe that there is no way that Chamisul does not meet GNG as it is an extremely popular drink. It is like Coca Cola not having an article. However, I understand that the burden of proof is on me, and fortunately, there are dozens of sources in Korean. I will be adding them soon or later. Thank you again for your work on reviewing new articles! William2001^(talk) 23:02, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Rosguill, I have revived the article with many more sources now. I hope you will take another look at it, and since nearly all sources are well-established news sources, perhaps the maintenance tag can be removed. I am hesitant to remove it myself as I clearly have a COI here. Again, I appreciate your time! William2001^(talk) 00:30, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

William2001, looks good. The maintenance tag was added by another editor who was blocked for sockpuppetting; it's not clear that it was ever appropriate. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 00:34, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

Rosguill, I see. Thanks! William2001^(talk) 00:35, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

Translation help request

Greetings,

I see that your name is currently listed on Wikipedia:Translators available for "Korean-to-English" translations and I was wondering if you had time to translate two Korean-language sources (these two) into English, for an article on Lomilik. I did ask -revi last year about this but they were busy, and the other three editors (Iceager, Jocelyndurrey, Oil0518) listed there appear to be inactive. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 09:40, 5 October 2019 (UTC)

Jo-Jo Eumerus, thank you for contacting me. I will definitely try to get to it, but unfortunately, due to other tasks and real life, I cannot guarantee speedy work on this. Please feel free to send me a reminder sometime later if necessary. Thank you. William2001^(talk) 23:49, 5 October 2019 (UTC)

Thanks! I'll probably check in again next week if that isn't too early. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 08:34, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

Jo-Jo Eumerus, I have college materials to finish until November 1st, so I'll probably start working on it after that. William2001^(talk) 16:04, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

Thanks again. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 16:05, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

Jo-Jo Eumerus, do you just want me to add the information directly to the article? It's probably easier that way unless you want the word-for-word translation of the document. William2001^(talk) 13:30, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

Better the word-to-word translation IMO as I am also considering writing an article on Litakpooki. Keep in mind that both documents are more than one page long, though. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 19:58, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

William2001 If you haven't started then I could get started with the first one. Let me know when you have started. Jo-Jo Eumerus Where do you want the translated material posted in? Oil0518 (talk) 01:02, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

@Oil0518:A PDF or file by email would be best. I don't think that posting it on-wiki would be allowed by the copyright policy. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 06:13, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

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Deb, thank you for your message. I am confused; can you please elaborate on this notice? What promotional edit did I make? Thank you. William2001^(talk) 16:22, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

Oh, I'm sorry! Because you created the Talk page, which I also deleted, I mistook you for the article creator. The warning was meant for him. Deb (talk) 19:42, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

Deb, no worries :) William2001^(talk) 02:51, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Draft:Asia khan

Hello, William2001,

You know, putting two or three CSD tags on a page requesting deletion does not increase the chances that it will be seen and deleted. At different times during the day/night, a variety of admins go through the speedy deletion categories and having more than one tag doesn't increase its visibility in these deletion categories. Also, unless it is an attack page, there really isn't an urgency to delete any page immediately, particularly a draft article which readers won't come across. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 20:04, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Liz, I see... thank you for letting me know! Since I'm not an admin, I do not have much knowledge regarding how admins go through the pages with CSD tags. I thought that there was a centralized list in which admins go through and delete/skip. If this was the case, I thought that putting a second tag a while after the first one will bring the page to the top of the list. But, I guess that's not how it works... William2001^(talk) 20:08, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

2019 US Banknote Contest

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There are an estimated 30,000 different varieties of United States banknotes, yet only a fraction of these are represented on Wikimedia Commons in the form of 2D scans. Additionally, Colonial America, the Confederate States, the Republic of Texas, multiple states and territories, communities, and private companies have issued banknotes that are in the public domain today but are absent from Commons. In the months of November and December, WikiProject Numismatics will be running a cross-wiki upload-a-thon, the 2019 US Banknote Contest. The goal of the contest is to increase the number of US banknote images available to content creators on all Wikimedia projects. Participants will claim points for uploading and importing 2D scans of US banknotes, and at the end of the contest all will receive awards. Whether you want to claim the Gold Wiki or you just want to have fun, all are invited to participate. If you do not want to receive invitations to future US Banknote Contests, follow the instructions here

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Re-review of CSI NGS Portal

Hi William,

Thank you for reviewing and giving suggestions for our page. I have made the necessary corrections and I hope you will re-visit and approve it soon:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:CSI_NGS_Portal

Thanks in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Omeran (talk • contribs) 10:46, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

Omeran, thank you for your message. I see that you have tried to add inline citations, but inline citation means that you link an outside source to a specific claim in an article. Simply linking to another Wikipedia page is not a valid citation (although it is helpful). I think you should take a look at this guide. If you have any further questions, please let me know. William2001^(talk) 21:53, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

Also, if you are in any way related to the topic of this article, please read about this. Thank you. William2001^(talk) 22:09, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

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New Page Review newsletter November 2019

Hello William2001,

This newsletter comes a little earlier than usual because the backlog is rising again and the holidays are coming very soon.

Getting the queue to 0

There are now 812 holders of the New Page Reviewer flag! Most of you requested the user right to be able to do something about the huge backlog but it's still roughly less than 10% doing 90% of the work. Now it's time for action.
Exactly one year ago there were 'only' 3,650 unreviewed articles, now we will soon be approaching 7,000 despite the growing number of requests for the NPR user right. If each reviewer soon does only 2 reviews a day over five days, the backlog will be down to zero and the daily input can then be processed by every reviewer doing only 1 review every 2 days - that's only a few minutes work on the bus on the way to the office or to class! Let's get this over and done with in time to relax for the holidays.
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richard rudd page

hello William2001 I re-edited Richard Rudd page trying to follow your indications, even though there are things that I don't understand. First of all, when I go to the edit session, there is s flag/pop-up saying that I self declared a conflict of interest: what is that about? I never declared anything of the sort. I was asked by a friend to help in building this page, as a volunteer. I am a professional translator and editor (italian language), so my friend assumed I have some skills that can help. I kind of like Richard Rudd so I said yes, but I don't think I am in a conflict of interest here, 'cause I just like the guy, nothing more... Secondly. I toned down the article, highlighting what according to me can be of actual interest and notable. Personally, being a student and conosseur of the I-ching, I find his interpretation of the I-ching very valuable from many points of view. The guys is, before anything else, a great intellectual and knows a lot about many things in the realm of spiritual traditions. And there are a lot of people in the world requiring that kind of knowledge. Third thing: I put any external sources that I found, and I have no idea if they might be affiliated or not. The only possible affiliation I could figure is a mention of Rudd on Watkins website, whereas Watkins is also the publisher of one of Rudd's books. I ll cut out that one, but there is also the List of most spiritually influential people in 2019, which is also published by Watkins based on many criteria and it is not a list of Watkins authors. According to me it should be accepted. Rudd has been a Watkins author for years and made it to the list only this year. Many notable people, starting with the Pope are there... It should account for something... But this is just my opinion, of course...

Anyway, thanks for ur precious help and advice and I hope that I ll finally manage to pull this off... Sincerely, Marga Eleonora Scroppo alias Margajee — Preceding unsigned comment added by Margajee (talk • contribs) 10:06, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

Margajee, thanks for your message. If you simply like the subject and are not related in any way, then you are correct that there is no conflict of interest that should be declared. However, the more pressing problem is the fact that your article lacks reliable sources. You listed a lot of references that are website profiles, and unfortunately, profiles alone are usually not enough to establish notability. Also, I understand that he won an award, but the award website simply lists his name and does not provide any significant coverage. Perhaps you can start by checking if he was covered by a major newspaper or news site? Good luck to you. William2001^(talk) 19:07, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Submission - Toni Morgan Haye article

Hi William2001! I am still somewhat a wiki newbie but I have a few articles I am working on for submission. I just submitted one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Toni_Morgan_Haye and wanted your opinion on how I did. I tried my best to follow all guidelines and used as much reliable information as I possibly could. Please let me know what you think. I'm working on targeting individuals in the film and music industry that are notable but dont yet have a Wikipage. I'm looking forward to your response! Thanks in advance. --FabianKnowles 17:57, 12 October 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fabian0821 (talk • contribs)

FabianKnowles 17:51, 12 October 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fabian0821 (talk • contribs)

@Fabian0821: Hello, and thank you for your message. While I appreciate your efforts, I found some problems with the references, and I left a comment on the submission regarding that. Please take a look at it. Thank you. William2001^(talk) 02:52, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Hi William, William2001^(talk) Thanks for the pointers. I removed and added some more sources. If you can take a look when you have time that would be great, let me know if I'm on the right track with the contribution. I really appreciate your help. FabianKnowles 00:08, 8 November 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fabian0821 (talk • contribs)

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Seminole_Middle_School_(Pinellas_County)

Hi William,

my nephew just started with Wikipedia and his first article is Draft:Seminole_Middle_School_(Pinellas_County). You rejected it what is okay. But I tried to improve the article with him. Is it now corresponding with the English Wikipedia rules? If not, please tell me what we have to do. Thank you very much :-) --Pietz (talk) 06:23, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

Pietz, thank you for your message, and Timbot4x4, welcome. The most important issue regarding the article is the principle that every article in Wikipedia must be notable. In other words, not every subject that exists on Earth can have an article, and articles usually must have significant coverage by reliable sources to be included. For new editors, please take a look at this link and the Wikipedia Adventure. Thank you. William2001^(talk) 21:59, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

New Page Review newsletter December 2019

Reviewer of the Year

This year's Reviewer of the Year is Rosguill. Having gotten the reviewer PERM in August 2018, they have been a regular reviewer of articles and redirects, been an active participant in the NPP community, and has been the driving force for the emerging NPP Source Guide that will help reviewers better evaluate sourcing and notability in many countries for which it has historically been difficult.

Special commendation again goes to Onel5969 who ends the year as one of our most prolific reviewers for the second consecutive year. Thanks also to Boleyn and JTtheOG who have been in the top 5 for the last two years as well.

Several newer editors have done a lot of work with CAPTAIN MEDUSA and DannyS712 (who has also written bots which have patrolled thousands of redirects) being new reviewers since this time last year.

Thanks to them and to everyone reading this who has participated in New Page Patrol this year.

Top 10 Reviewers over the last 365 days

Rank	Username	Num reviews	Log
1	Rosguill (talk)	47,395	Patrol Page Curation
2	Onel5969 (talk)	41,883	Patrol Page Curation
3	JTtheOG (talk)	11,493	Patrol Page Curation
4	Arthistorian1977 (talk)	5,562	Patrol Page Curation
5	DannyS712 (talk)	4,866	Patrol Page Curation
6	CAPTAIN MEDUSA (talk)	3,995	Patrol Page Curation
7	DragonflySixtyseven (talk)	3,812	Patrol Page Curation
8	Boleyn (talk)	3,655	Patrol Page Curation
9	Ymblanter (talk)	3,553	Patrol Page Curation
10	Cwmhiraeth (talk)	3,522	Patrol Page Curation

(The top 100 reviewers of the year can be found here)

Redirect autopatrol

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Source Guide Discussion

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This month's refresher course

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Discussion at User talk:Curb Safe Charmer‎#‎Draft:Jewel of the Nile (album)

 You are invited to join the discussion at User talk:Curb Safe Charmer‎#‎Draft:Jewel of the Nile (album). -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:44, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Just letting you know about this as a courtesy since you've declined the draft. An article about this album already exists as Jewel of the Nile. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:44, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Marchjuly, thank you for letting me know! William2001^(talk) 05:01, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

I think the IP might be trying to move the article to a new title, but is unable to do so as an IP account; so, they created the draft thinking that the end result would be the same per Talk:Jewel of the Nile#I copied the pages exactly and added a disambiguation page. I'm not sure why WP:DAB would be needed in this case, but perhaps there's a reason. Moreover, since you seem to have declined the draft for not meeting WP:NALBUM, then maybe the actual article should be re-assessed accordingly since the content is but the article didn't pass through AfC when it was created back in 2007. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:51, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

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Declined article

I had hoped to become a wiki editor myself, and I am choosing software products that have been around for at least 20 years and have no mention here on Wikipedia. What exactly do you expect to see? The DDCLIENT client application article that you declined is about a program used by millions world wide etc.. To not include it in a global encyclopedia is kind of like book burning in my mind. I understand vetting companies looking to promote links etc.., but what about things used by millions of people and that are not included here? There are a few I had in mind DDCLIENT used by hundreds of thousands if not millions, MintDNS used by at least 100 CCTV/NVR manufactures and looks like maybe 10% of the worlds IP cameras. GNUDIP which is like MintDNS only GNU licensed etc..

I would just like to know if you expect fortune 500 or its a no go, before I waste my time. I plan three articles for the software I mentioned above to start, but if they will not be included I would prefer to know ahead of time.

Was the decline based on the article not being up to snuff, or do you vet for some other reasons etc..? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pookiemcdingding (talk • contribs) 00:41, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

(by talk reader) @Pookiemcdingding: Hi! You are welcome to edit Wikipedia and be a regular contributor. That doesn't always mean that you are ready to start new articles. Your draft lacks the significant coverage of the subject in independent, reliable sources that we require. Because the reviewers of drafts almost never know anything about the subject, we look for in-depth discussion of the subject in major sources like The New York Times. That the subject seems important to people like you means nothing to us. I wouldn't lose sleep over that. Instead, please take a look at our list of tasks where you could get started. Wikipedia has a significant learning curve and writing articles usually takes a lot of work that new editors aren't always prepared for. Because we want to keep you as a contributor long-term, it would help all involved if you could get started on our backlogs rather than attempt a new article. Chris Troutman (talk) 00:56, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

I see, and I am happy to help with any backlog. That said a software product used by millions of users may not have citable sources in the New York Times, but demand inclusion all the same. Keep the junk out, but define all that is common for sure. Am I wrong in this thinking? I guess I miss the point of Wikipedia. If a software title is mentioned in the news it may be worthy of an article, but its use in the real world by a million persons does not qualify? What about the other items I mentioned, I have worked for days on the MintDNS article and have found over 100 CCTV/NVR manufactures using the same, which constitutes maybe 10% of the worlds IP cameras using this software title. Does that warrant an inclusion, or it as you said because I am a new editor? Should I choose other topics? I fully understand keeping the junk out, but the ability to discern between trash and software titles that power our world should be any easy distinction to make. I am going to try again, but if I do provide say a thousand references will you even have a look, or am I rejected because I am new? I do need to know. Should I just edit articles for a while as you said? I have been compiling a list of things which are widely used but not mentioned here. Would you not want the same? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pookiemcdingding (talk • contribs) 01:14, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Pookiemcdingding, I really appreciate the fact that you are trying to add content to Wikipedia. This website needs people just like you, and I understand that you may be confused or frustrated at the fact that an article about a seemingly notable topic is declined. However, not all topics are suitable for Wikipedia. If your topic is suitable, then it is the responsibility of the editors (you, me, and everyone else) to demonstrate its notability. You claim that this software is used by millions, but statements like this must be supported by reliable sources.

Also, we do not (or, at least, should not) automatically decline articles simply because they are created by a new editor. Although new editors are more likely to make mistakes, they often make great contributions to Wikipedia. If you add references to your draft, please submit it again, and either I or someone else will take a look at it eventually (the draft backlog is huge). William2001^(talk) 01:40, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

I am going to help with some of the backlog, as suggested. I am committed to keep the junk out as well. After much research I thought I had identified some widely used software titles that had no mention on Wikipedia. I spent several days researching the subjects, but I will make sure I have a concrete article before submitting again etc.. That said during my research I saw more than a few articles that are nothing more than advertisements. Parts of Wikipedia have more in common with a link farm than an encyclopedia, just sayin. I think that wide spread real world usage should supplant a press release and mention on the New York Times. I know the DDCLIENT article was lacking, but in my research I found the same is behind the linksys brand routers DDNS options. That alone suggests most even yourself have likely has used the same, albeit behind the scenes. I stand firm in my belief that anything that is widely used deserves inclusion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pookiemcdingding (talk • contribs) 01:56, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Pookiemcdingding, I am glad to hear that you will be helping out Wikipedia. If you see an article that is nothing more than an advertisement (i.e. super promotional with little encyclopedic value, little to no reliable sources), please let me know. Many of those articles are eligible for deletion. Thanks again. William2001^(talk) 02:02, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

(edit conflict) (by talk reader) @Pookiemcdingding: Your belief that "anything that is widely used deserves inclusion" isn't what our rule on notability says. Because this is an encyclopedia, we require sources for content. If we had no sources, we couldn't have content. Therefore, something that no one has or heard of but that's been deeply written about can be included because we have sources upon which to base an article. Common, every-day items that we all use and no one remarks about would have too little source material from which to write an article. Of course, many people just want to write what they want others to read, and we often don't seek to placate those editors. Chris Troutman (talk) 02:06, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Translation help

Greetings,

was wondering if User talk:William2001/Archive 1#Translation help request is still possible. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:47, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Jo-Jo Eumerus, yes, definitely, and I apologize for the late reply. I have been busy in real life and still am. Spring break is coming up in March, so hopefully, I'll get some free time then to work on this. If this is time-sensitive, let me know, and I'll try to get to it this week. William2001^(talk) 01:50, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

It's not really time critical, but given how much time had passed I was wondering if it was still possible. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 10:13, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer newsletter February 2020

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Source Guide Discussion

The first NPP source guide discussion is now underway. It covers a wide range of sources in Ghana with the goal of providing more guidance to reviewers about sources they might see when reviewing pages. Hopefully, new page reviewers will join others interested in reliable sources and those with expertise in these sources to make the discussion a success.

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