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Please help me with... I'm expanding the article Quercus look. I'd like to use the "Named References" feature for some information that came from a source I used earlier in the article, but when I've clicked that button in the edit window, the only named source is #1, the source used in the infobox. I don't know how to adjust the other references so they will appear on that dropdown list. Joyous! | Talk 00:18, 5 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Before you can select an existing source to be used again as a named reference, you (or some other editor) must give the reference a name. Names should be short and easy to associate with the reference they are used on.

I hardly ever use the Visual Editor and I don't see a way to add a name to an existing reference using the VE, but whether this failure is simply my mistake or among the many problems with the VE, I don't know.

So, open up the source editor and locate the <ref> tag for the reference you want to reuse and add a name so it looks like <ref name=shortname > - of course, you can use whatever you think is suitable instead of the name shortname. After that, you can switch back to the VE and it should allow you to select the newly named ref for use in a different place. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:29, 5 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Thank you! That worked. I appreciate the assistance. Joyous! | Talk 02:57, 5 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

A quick thank you for your merge work on Conscious breathing, and for listing yourself on Wikipedia:WikiProject Merge with an interest in backlog management - music to my ears! I've been working on the backlog there for some years, mostly focussing on old and forgotten proposal, but it can sometimes be a little lonely; so having an (or another) experienced editor looking out at the tail will be very helpful. Just a note that I'm very happy to be disagreed with, and accept that there is often a wide set of reasonable actions! Klbrain (talk) 10:28, 9 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Thanks back, for the kind words! I'm looking forward to working with the Merge Project. Joyous! | Talk 02:21, 10 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

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Hello, Joyous!,

I deleted this page as a broken redirect. And then I noticed it had over 1,000 edits to the page which is unlike most of our redirect pages and it has a full talk page. The edit history says that you merged this article with Time of Pakistani history but this is a blank page which is why the redirect was broken. Did you merge it with a different article? In that case, the redirect and talk page should be restored and the redirect corrected. Thanks for looking into this. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:49, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

Ugh! Sorry, yes, I mistyped the target name. It was a miserable slog of a merge and I just didn't notice. (month/day dates on the source had to be switched to day/month at the target for every dang entry that was moved over. And the bolding adjusted. And now I'm just whining....) Thanks for catching that, Liz. I should have checked. Joyous! | Talk 15:57, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

Hey, Joyous!,

Another question! I saw you deleted Manoj Kumar Yadav and protected the page from being recreated. But I noticed that one version of the article at this page title was moved to this location. I looked at the version of the article that was just deleted and it looks like these two Manoj Kumar Yadavs are from the same general place but belonged to two different political parties. So, it's unclear to me whether or not they are about the same person. Since you closed the most recent AFD and handled this article, I thought I'd ask if you could follow up and see whether this page warrants CSD G4. Thanks for your help! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:00, 17 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

I've seen your name pop up recently, doing very good work. A little looksee shows me that you became significantly less (save about two months in 2016) about the time I became an active editor. Anyway, just wanted to tell you it's great to see you around and making this place better. All the best, 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 22:16, 17 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

Hey, thanks! Yes, when you look at my activity graph, it's pretty easy to see when I started a particularly stressful job in 2007, and roughly when I sank into retired-from-teaching-middle-school bliss. Joyous! | Talk 22:26, 17 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

Well now, my wife is recently in the same category. Welcome to the club! 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 22:29, 17 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

Best club ever, and I hope she's enjoying it as much as I am. Joyous! | Talk 22:57, 17 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for all of your work in closing geography AfDs. I noticed that you've been unlinking deleted stubs from lists like this. In situations where the location fails verification as a "populated place" and turns out to be a ranch, natural feature, etc, would you consider removing the entry entirely instead? I've spent a lot of time cleaning up the Arizona place lists and would appreciate it if closers could help keep them clear of erroneous items. –dlthewave ☎ 03:19, 27 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the note. I will definitely do that in the future. Joyous! | Talk 04:02, 27 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

This close [1] is written about on OpIndia. Take care. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:51, 1 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

And same to @Editorkamran@Georgethedragonslayer@QueerEcofeminist@BoyTheKingCanDance. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:57, 1 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for the heads-up. Joyous! | Talk 15:17, 1 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

+1 Editorkamran (talk) 16:31, 1 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

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Hey Joyous, I see you deleted a page Jayaram Kailas in which I participated. The user:Akevsharma was so desperate in the discussion, so I noted him and checked his account in detail. I wanted to make a major thing into your attention. The AFD nominator user:Akevsharma is also a suspected sockpuppet of blocked sockpupper Farzanfa007 link - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Farzanfa007 . He is manupulating many discussions. I noted you said my points were not taken into consideration as I am a new user. Additionally you said his movie page was previously deleted. when I checked it was deleted once and that too on the same day and few time before you deleted this page, in that page too user:Akevsharma aka user:Iamfarzan manupulated the discussion and I doubt the IPs voted are from his side. If you still doesnt go with what I said, you may consider it draftified as he is a notable filmmaker, who is a National Film Awards jury member, Kerala Film Critics Association Award winner, and 2 movie director etc. and its possible that the page can have improvements. Hope Justice prevails in wikipedia too Christopheronthemove (talk) 05:11, 14 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

Addition : User:Akevsharma who nominated the page Jayaram Kailas for deletion has been confirmed as a sockpuppet and has been blocked few days before. So the discussion might be manupulated by him in some form and you can see lot of IP votes in that discussion which says delete, which might be from his side. I request you to undelete the page Jayaram Kailas as the discussion might be manupulated and this is the case or you may draftify it as I wish to work on the article Christopheronthemove (talk) 18:07, 18 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

I'm reluctant to reinstate the article even in Draft space right now. You yourself are suspected of acting as a sockpuppet, for one thing. During the deletion discussion, I relied more heavily on the comments of editors who I know are "themselves,", and those editors strongly recommended deletion. At the moment, there are so many accusations of "you're a sockpuppet, no YOU are" that I prefer not to reinstate the article. Feel free to bring up the matter as a deletion review if you feel that I closed the discussion improperly. Joyous! Noise! 18:40, 18 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

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Hello! The merger proposal has now been up for discussion for a while and it doesn't look like there are any further dissenting voices to the proposal. If you agree, would you be so kind as to close it? --PalaceGuard008 (Talk) 13:12, 23 May 2023 (UTC)Reply