Valfontis

Hey, Miss V., I need some pointers on two draft article questions.

1. 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?
2. 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)Reply

Howdy!

1. 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!
2. 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)Reply

Thanks, yes, I know I can count on you for practical advice! — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 20:23, 17 December 2019 (UTC)Reply

Blue Bucket Cow Camp, Oregon? Hah! So glad you are editing again... Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 18:17, 13 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

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)Reply

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)—Reply

I will look! Valfontis (talk) 02:52, 22 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

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)Reply

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)Reply

 

The article Shaniko Junction, Oregon has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

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Sorry about the outcome. —Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 03:41, 14 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

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)Reply

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)Reply

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)Reply

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)Reply

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)Reply

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)Reply

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)Reply

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)Reply

•   Working SurenGrig07 (talk) 02:33, 28 September 2020 (UTC). Reply
•   Done SurenGrig07 (talk) 22:16, 28 September 2020 (UTC)Reply
• 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)Reply

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)Reply

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)Reply

 

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No. Valfontis (talk) 14:52, 13 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

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)Reply

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)Reply

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The article Umpqua Research Company has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

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@StreetcarEnjoyer Thanks for the heads up. Usually I fight for the notability of my articles, but this sounds like a case of WP:IHEARDITONNPRONEMORNING and WP:GEESHIHADNOIDEADOUGLASCOUNTYHADANAEROSPACEINDUSTRY. No interest in it besides me and some COI editors. May or may not merit a blurb in the article about the space award. Edit: It wasn't even linked there! I just did that for convenience, however, no objections to this PROD. I'll let it run its course. Valfontis (talk) 20:41, 10 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

P.S. Maybe I'll redirect it to the award section. Valfontis (talk) 21:12, 10 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

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The article Rice, Oregon has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

GNIS and a place-names gazetteer are insufficient for notability. From all sources that could be found, this was just a station on a short-lived local railroad, not a "community" and it certainly "is" not a community today, as there is nothing at the coordinates but a single farm. Fails WP:GEOLAND and WP:GNG.

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The article Glenwood, Lane County, Oregon has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Mostly unsourced, and no information could be found other than a couple of extremely trivial mentions: [2], [3]. The only part with sourcing is the part about the bus route, which is trivial. Without better sourcing this is a failure of WP:GEOLAND and WP:GNG.

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The article Havana, Oregon has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

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Hey Valfontis!

Well said...well said, indeed - [4]

Big fan of your Oregon work. Me and my husband read some of your work when we came back from a Central Oregon road trip last year, helping us fill in a bunch we didn't know. Just great efforts on your part.

Hope your able to save more articles during this GNIS cleanup task. It's been draining in my area of interest...

All the best!

Shortiefourten (talk) 18:59, 1 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hello! My condolences about Ruth! It's good to know someone is reading my gentle screeds, even if the intended targets don't seem to be! (Or are getting scared off, alas.) I just ordered four railroad books and plan to get my revenge that way, by writing in as much detail as possible about the stations in an article about the line. I don't think redirecting station names to the line they were on will upset too many people. Globe, Oregon will rise again!

I was just in Central Oregon and am hoping to add to the knowledge bank after I back up my original research with some...research.

I lived in Olympia for a bit and had a project at TESC that involved Yelm and McKenna (glad to see it's still there). And I think I have some shirttail relations in Chehalis.

I don't usually wade into policy discussions but I'm wondering how hard it would be to work on improving WP:GEOLAND after the GNIS backlash dies down. (I swear there was a GNIS entry with a circular reference to something I wrote on Wikipedia, so I'm not too surprised it was deemed unreliable.)

I guess because WP:USEFUL, WP:NEGLECT, WP:HURT, WP:EVERYTHING and a bunch of other inadmissible arguments, I just don't get why we can't host a well-sourced short article on a tiny place name that appears on a map, that PEOPLE MIGHT WANT TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT! /rant

Thank you for your well-researched work on Washington places! Valfontis (talk) 17:23, 2 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

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  Arbitration

• Following a motion, remedies 5.1 and 5.2 of World War II and the history of Jews in Poland (the topic and interaction bans on My very best wishes, respectively) were repealed.
• Remedy 3C of the German war effort case ("Cinderella157 German history topic ban") was suspended for a period of six months.
• The arbitration case Historical Elections is currently open. Proposed decision is expected by 3 September 2024 for this case.

  Miscellaneous

• Editors can now enter into good article review circles, an alternative for informal quid pro quo arrangements, to have a GAN reviewed in return for reviewing a different editor's nomination.
• A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in September 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,900 articles and 26,200 redirects awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!

 

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --16:34, 11 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2024).

 

  Administrator changes

 

• Asilvering
• Significa liberdade

 

• Good Olfactory
• Hesperian
• I JethroBT
• TommyBoy
• Woody

  CheckUser changes

 

• Barkeep49
• Izno

 

• Doug Weller
• Spicy

  Guideline and policy news

• Administrator elections are a proposed new process for selecting administrators, offering an alternative to requests for adminship (RfA). The first trial election will take place in October 2024, with candidate sign-up from October 8 to 14, a discussion phase from October 22 to 24, and SecurePoll voting from October 25 to 31. For questions or to help out, please visit the talk page at Wikipedia talk:Administrator elections.
• Following a discussion, the speedy deletion reason "File pages without a corresponding file" has been moved from criterion G8 to F2. This does not change what can be speedily deleted.
• A request for comment is open to discuss whether there is a consensus to have an administrator recall process.

  Arbitration

• The arbitration case Historical elections has been closed.
• An arbitration case regarding Backlash to diversity and inclusion has been opened.
• Editors are invited to nominate themselves to serve on the 2024 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission until 23:59 October 8, 2024 (UTC).

  Miscellaneous

• If you are interested in stopping spammers, please put MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist and MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist on your watchlist, and help out when you can.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2024).

 

  Administrator changes

 

• Crisco 1492

 

• Babajobu
• Daniel
• Elf
• Jayron32
• Thue
• Wugapodes

  CheckUser changes

  Maxim

  Oversighter changes

  Maxim

  Guideline and policy news

• Following a discussion, the discussion-only period proposal that went for a trial to refine the requests for adminship (RfA) process has been discontinued.
• Following a request for comment, Administrator recall is adopted as a policy.

  Technical news

• Mass deletions done with the Nuke tool now have the 'Nuke' tag. This change will make reviewing and analyzing deletions performed with the tool easier. T366068

  Arbitration

• RoySmith, Barkeep49 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2024 Arbitration Committee Elections. ThadeusOfNazereth and Dr vulpes are reserve commissioners.
• Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate from 3 November 2024 until 12 November 2024 to stand in the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections.
• The Arbitration Committee is seeking volunteers for roles such as clerks, access to the COI queue, checkuser, and oversight.

  Miscellaneous

• An unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in November 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!

Hallo Valfontis! My name is Angeliki Preza and I am new in wikipedia. I wrote an article about myself and so it was deleted. Your name was listed in the list that people can copy my deleted article to my user page. So can you help me? If yes, what is the procedure? Yours sincerely, Angeliki Preza Αγγελική Πρέζα (talk) 20:24, 6 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Well, I can't do much if you don't give me a link to the article. It looks like the articles have been recreated: Draft:Αγγελική Πρέζα, Draft:Angeliki Preza. However, besides having an obvious conflict of interest, it also appears you are not notable enough to have an article about yourself. Please don't use Wikipedia for self-promotion. Valfontis (talk) 20:57, 6 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

<Valfontis redacted messy redundant link> 46.199.27.136 (talk) 21:11, 6 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Angeliki_Preza 46.199.27.136 (talk) 21:13, 6 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Again these articles haven't been deleted, and read what I wrote carefully, I already linked the articles in what I wrote. You also need to log in. Good luck, Valfontis (talk) 21:17, 6 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

 

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