User talk:MichaelQSchmidt/Archive 028
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Hello Mr. Schmidt: Long time no chat! With just a bit of additional work, Saving Mes Aynak has gone from AfC declined (diff) to main namespace (diff) with a DYK entry (here). Since you're a film fan, I figured that you may be interested in checking out and possibly helping to expand the article about this documentary film. Cheers, North America1000 03:33, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
- Well done.
. Schmidt, Michael Q. 04:28, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
Input?
You are involved in a lot of show business-related AfD discussions. What is your opinion of this? [1] And Adoil Descended (talk) 00:09, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
"Article coming"
Hello, Michael, I hope you are well. Regarding the entry to the Chapman University article list of notable people, which you labelled as "article coming" - it's always best to write the article first and then to make the links to it. I didn't revert, due to my regard for you, but I do suggest that you not pre-link in the future. Best, BMK (talk) 00:38, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
- He's notable enough... just needs me to finish up the ongoing BLP at User:MichaelQSchmidt/workspace/Carles Torrens.
Schmidt, Michael Q. 00:45, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
- Oh, I didn't doubt his notability, just the linking before writing. Thanks for self-reverting. BMK (talk) 01:42, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
Rabid
Rabid was of course intended in humour, a synonym of energetic and enthusiastic exaggerated to extreme. I know my humour is not very clever. I am always very glad to see you around. The deletionists (people would would delete even if in doubt) are increasingly the ones who turn up. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 09:12, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
- No issue. I respect what you said, how you said it, and agree. My response was intended for those deletionists who always show up, because fixing articles to serve the project is not wrong. Wow. If only the others would return instead of making a hit-and-run. The nominator is not accepting logical arguments and it is poor form to promise if the discussion closes against his opinion with a keep after eleven days, he'll take it to DRV. It is not a vote, but to be decided by policy and guideline over personal opinion. Essentially, twenty poor deletes do not outweigh one or two policy and guideline based arguments. Schmidt, Michael Q. 09:52, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
- Hasteur is pretty good, in my opinion. However, as nominator, few nominators are open to persuasion to change their mind. In making the nomination you then, I think I see, get a commitment to dig in. I've made few nominations, but I note that I feel a fool if made to change my mind and withdraw the nomination. However, as a mere uninvolved !voter, there is no shame in changing mind on the basis of others input. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 11:28, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
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Per your adoption request, this page has been moved to your subpage. Happy editing, — xaosflux Talk 03:11, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
- work work work... thank you.
. Schmidt, Michael Q. 04:20, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
AfD
Hi MichaelQSchmidt: A recent edit you performed at AfD has been reverted. You may want to check it out. North America1000 03:22, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
- @Northamerica1000: which one? Schmidt, Michael Q. 04:29, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
AfD closure
Note that I put Uzham at Draft:Uzham, if you'd rather have it in your userspace, that would not, I'm sure, be contentious. Cheers, --joe deckertalk 15:39, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
Help with a bunch of cinema-related proposed deletions
Hello Michael, could you take a look at these proposed deletions by SwisterTwister involving actors and directors? [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15]. I think some (maybe most?) of them are deproddable as they pass WP:NACTOR#1 or WP:CREATIVE standard, but I trust your evaluation. I already deprodded the more obvious cases of notability such as Simon Abkarian, Laura Chiatti and Peter Paul (actor). My best, Cavarrone 01:39, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
Hi! I have nominated the subject list for FL. Could you find some time out and give your comments here? We have previously interacted only on film related articles and am not sure if this fits in your choice of topics. But even if it doesn't it would be good to have comments from the non-usual suspects §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 09:29, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
Find-sources for Indian films
I seem to remember that there is a version of {{Find sources AFD}} specifically for Bollywood films and the like, but I can't find it. Can you point me to it? JohnCD (talk) 09:33, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
- @JohnCD: It's a great tool, specially if you check spelling differences and related searches. The Google weakness is explained and expanded at WP:INDAFD, where I found offer THIS one for "Indian English Newspapers Searches" and THIS other developed for various Indian languages. Works pretty well. Schmidt, Michael Q. 10:09, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Barnstar of Diligence |
Great work on A Girl, Three Guys, and a Gun. Thanks! — foxj 00:58, 16 April 2016 (UTC) |
@Foxj: I am always happy when my Google-Foo works. Schmidt, Michael Q. 02:09, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
Draft goes live?
Hi MQS, I was curious about this edit, because I don't think I've ever seen a draft article linked to in main space. Was this on purpose? Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 03:53, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
Update: I should have checked the link. I see that it's pointing to a live article and Yobot handled the removal of "Draft:". Cyphoidbomb (talk) 03:55, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
A kitten for you!
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For doing an awesome job saving articles at AfD! (Me and My Mates vs the Zombie Apocalypse)
ThePlatypusofDoom (Talk) 14:25, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
- @ThePlatypusofDoom: Glad to have helped out.
Schmidt, Michael Q. 15:03, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
AfD
Hi MQS: Just a note that you didn't sign your close at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Endre Lund Eriksen. Rather than adding the unsigned template, I figured I'd just let you know here. Cheers, North America1000 11:20, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
I moved a page as it seemed strange to have (2007 Bengali film) only to find out the other page was also a 2007 film!
Here Dhoka (2007 film), as it turns out the page for Dhoka is ALSO from 2007! I was going to move it back, but it wont let me now. (I think a hat note is needed for both films), when I saw that the main page was for a film with the same name I didn't expect that they both be from the same year. (odd that it seems no other film has this name, but the 2 that do are from the same year? I have no clue what to say!) Wgolf (talk) 22:47, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
- @Wgolf: I just did this. Actually same-year same-time title is not all that unusual for India... specially when filmmakers try to capitalize on title popularity of other projects. It seems that India with its many languages has (sadly and confusedly) many title duplications. Schmidt, Michael Q. 23:19, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
Sorcha Faal
Hi MichaelQSchmidt Here is the information they wanted deleted from the Sorcha Faal article as dichotomies such as this are never allowed to survive. Maybe you can put it back in, but if you do, watch how fast it will disappear:
In 2016, Russian newspaper Trud claimed that Faal was affiliated with foreign intelligence services:
Experts noted that the Sorcha Faal's website is a "flush tank", through which one of the groups of American military and political elite merges information uncomfortable for their opponents. "Of course, for the project are special services, but who exactly—to understand yet difficult: British MI6, Mossad, CIA, DIA (Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense) and the American National Security Agency, for example," said professor of the Diplomatic Academy of Russia Igor Panarin. "Of course, it is an element of information warfare, but within the American elite".[1]
In 2016, Russian channel REN TV alleged, without offering proof, that Sorcha Faal was a portal for unnamed intelligence services.[2]
Concerns that Faal was in some way affiliated with the U.S. government were first raised in 2009 by the conservative political advocacy organization Americans for Limited Government when they posted on their website[3] a Freedom of Information Act reply from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that stated 10 Faal articles had been used by the DHS in compiling their controversial report titled Right-wing Extremism Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment.[4]
In 2016, a Faal report alleging that two U.S. military helicopters were shot down by Turkey over Syria was widely reported by mainstream Russia media sources including Свободная пресса—Википедия[5] and Trud[6] with the Sputnik news agency (in their German language edition) reporting that the United States Department of Defense denied this happened with Pentagon spokeswoman Michelle Baldanza stating "This is an absolute lie"[7] and Trud still commenting on it a subsequent article about Turkey.[8]
Thanks. Picomtn (talk) 09:28, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
References
- ^ Politics, News (February 4, 2016). ""Барбаросса" Эрдогана: МО РФ обнаружило подготовку Турции к нападению на Сирию". Trud. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
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has generic name (help) - ^ материалы, Секретные (February 1, 2016). "СМИ: Турция сбила два американских военных вертолета в Сирии, 12 морпехов погибли". REN TV. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
- ^ Lockett, Vama (August 5, 2009). Re: DHS/OS/PRIV 09-502 (PDF) (Report). United States Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved February 26, 2009.
- ^ Division, FBI (April 7, 2009). Rightwing Extremism Report (PDF) (Report). Federation of American Scientists. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
- ^ Мардасов, Антон (January 22, 2016). "Турция в Сирии сбила морпехов США". Свободная пресса — Википедия. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
- ^ Politics, News (February 4, 2016). ""Барбаросса" Эрдогана: МО РФ обнаружило подготовку Турции к нападению на Сирию". Trud. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
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has generic name (help) - ^ Military, News (February 1, 2016). "Pentagon dementiert Berichte über Abschuss seiner Hubschrauber durch Türkei". Sputnik (news agency). Retrieved February 16, 2016.
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has generic name (help) - ^ Фоменко, Виктория (February 17, 2016). "Обстреливать курдов сейчас и всегда: Эрдоган выдвинул ультиматум США". Trud. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
As an exercise for the student, I have adopted your useful search technique for this 9-minute short film (see talk page), but found nothing. It existed, it was shown at 3 festivals in 2001, that was it. I have PRODded it, as I really don't think it needs discussion, but I know you can find pearls in unlikely places, so I am letting you know in case you want to dePROD. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 20:33, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
- @JohnCD: I gve it a face-lift, but in its lacking notability, perhaps a mention in and redirect to the initiating Arts Council of Wales? Schmidt, Michael Q. 22:03, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
Deletion
Can't believe Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brandon Brooks (actor) was deleted. Can you or Lugnuts recreate? So familiar as that surfer dude from Malibu CA, perhaps he doesn't have the sourcing?♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:26, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
Infobox film and plainlist
If you look at {{infobox film}}, it explicitly says to use {{plainlist}} to separate multiple items. I'm not sure where you're getting this thing that says MOS:FILM says we should use {{ubl}}. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 09:08, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
- @NinjaRobotPirate: Old habits I suppose. When I first began expanding infoboxes, I found that {{plainlist}} looked and felt clunky and so I became accustomed to using {{ubl}} because it was easier to use and looked sleeker and... this may only be me... I read the template header explanation "All parameters are optional" as not stating that "only" {{plainlist}} should or must be "explicitly" used without exception. Be well. Schmidt, Michael Q. 12:04, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
Hi ! Hope you are doing good. In case you are interested and your time permits, could you please help me cleaning up the aforementioned article? Looking forward for a response. Thanks ! Ch.th (talk) 10:34, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
How Funny
Unless you can find a fellow Administrator to undertake an early close to the AfD discussion, as it has been recently relisted, this may just have to wait until sufficient time has passed. Thanks btw for the work that you undertook to improve the article. Dan arndt (talk) 06:32, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
- You're welcome Dan, and I'm always happy to work on topics that can be improved. As AFD is not a simple count of heads and should be based upon an evaluation of arguments and the work to address issues, my hope is that a drive-by closer does not ignore improvements and then lazily close as no-consensus. We shall see. Thanks for your withdrawal at the How Funny AFD.
Schmidt, Michael Q. 17:30, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
As an Administrator can you advise whether an AfD lodged by a sockpuppet of a blocked user is still a valid AfD or should the AfD be dismissed? BTW I hope you don't mid but I paraphrased some of your comments in my justification on this AfD. Dan arndt (talk) 10:14, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
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Add poster for The Superior Human?
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- direct link of the poster here http://thesuperiorhuman.ultraventus.info/movie/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/poster_small.jpg
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Highfive (company)
Hi. I spent quite a lot of time expanding and improving this article. I spotted a poorer quality stub and worked on it. I have no idea why it was deleted. It was reliably sourced to over 20 credible sources, and I made sure it was written neutrally and encyclopedically. Look about on the web and you'll see it meets content guidelines. I've not been editing here long but if this is the how my work gets treated I'm not sure I want to continue here. Please look at is and restore to my user space or recreate it, thanks.CLHoyas97 (talk) 16:25, 26 July 2016 (UTC)
- @CLHoyas97: It is not so much about the article or its sourcing (which on the face of it seem reasonable), but was deleted as suspected and undisclosed paid editing by a sockfarm. Better that you read this and then write to BethNaught... to explain your edits and ask that if it is determined that you are not part of a sockfarm that the deletion might be reconsidered. Schmidt, Michael Q. 04:08, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
(Page stalker). Mind if I take a look at it MQ, can you put it in the user space? Sometimes some decent content can get deleted when there is a mass deletion. Judging by this editor's recent article work I would be highly surprised if this was the same editor involved. We don't want to frighten away potential good editors either!♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:12, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
- @Dr. Blofeld: Have a look at User:Dr. Blofeld/Highfive (company). I think it was improved enough to no longer be the one-edit work of a sockfarm, but when spoken of with the deleting Admin, she did not want to reverse herself and buck the ANI discussion and suggested a DRV. CLHoyas97, work with Dr. Blofeld and it may well come back. Schmidt, Michael Q. 08:14, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for that. At quick glance I see nothing glaringly promotional about it and seems to meet GNG and neutrality guidelines, it certainly has the coverage in reliable sources and seems to be notable in its field. How many articles got deleted? It would be good to see a list. I agree that nuking the work of the sockfarmer was justified to deter them, and fully understand why Beth would feel uncomfortable acting in this situation. The sock doesn't own the article subjects though. I would guess that some of the articles which got deleted were actually notable. A problem arises though when a company wants an article on wikipedia and under normal circumstances it would be meet notability requirements. Our job is to document all notable information, so if we ignore and are intolerant of subjects because that subject might want the article we're not doing our job properly, as much as we need to send them a message that it's totally not acceptable. The best solution would be to assess what is notable and what isn't and ensure that if the articles are restarted that they're completely devoid of promotion and the gushing material you often get from PR people. I don't share the view with some people on here that if a company wants an article we completely block it from existing. If the article subject meets GNG then the article should exist, regardless. We need to find some middle ground on here in acknowledging this sort of thing I think, as companies (and hotels) typically get a very hard time on wikipedia and do face a sort of discrimination, and not all are paid PR work, or have neutrality problems. Each article needs to be assessed independently and checked for notability and neutrality.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:05, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
@Ritchie333: Can you do me a favour and read User:Dr. Blofeld/Highfive (company). It appears to meet GNG and to be written neutrally to me, with significant coverage in reliable publications like Bloomberg, San Francisco Chronicle and Los Angeles Times, but I want a further opinion on this.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:28, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) As the original proposer of the ANI that resulted in a community ban and WP:TNT of every article produced by the sock farm, I was careful to include one caveat in my proposal. Articles that had been significantly expanded or changed should warrant exclusion -- provided a neutral review of the article determined it met the criteria for inclusion and met our guidelines for WP:PROMO. Mkdwtalk 16:02, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
@Mkdw: Thanks for that, yes Beth said that this one was the exception. OK, I'll deal with this, it certainly seems to meet WP:PROMO. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:47, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
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Brandon Brooks
I completely forgot about him BTW, you put him in the user space somewhere. I thought he'd be easily notable but recall that there wasn't much material available on him.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:18, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
- @Dr. Blofeld: I put it HERE.
Schmidt, Michael Q. 09:48, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
- Do you think there's enough to salvage it? He's a pretty well known actor, so surprising if it had to remain deleted!♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:54, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
Blake Fitzpatrick
Hi! I thought you would like to know that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Fitzpatrick was deleted and is currently under deletion review after an arguably unreliable Afd. Filmfan655321 (talk) 12:00, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
A kitten for you!
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I am not a Wikipedia source/editor, but the O Brother Where Art Thou pages seem to ignore my proof that the station in movie is WLZY (Not WEZY, as Wikipedia says. Please visit chotank.com and use Roar Radio button to access history of Mark and Brian INTERWOVEN with O Brother history. Avon Edward Foote, former editor of Educational Broadcasting Review with Ph.D., Ohio State, 1970. date September 19, 2016. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.35.109.55 (talk) 13:19, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
An editor has been going around commenting out sections saying it needs a source. An example is Robert Tinkler. Interesting they are commenting out films/TV in lists, but leaving them in the text (ie American Dad). IMDb is listed in external links section. Is this kosher? Is this policy so I have to learn something new? Bgwhite (talk) 06:07, 10 September 2016 (UTC)
- @Bgwhite: Wow. Deconstructing a sourcable article is never helpful. I see that this early VERSION is far more complete than this later one and, by being more comprehensive, could lead to better source searches than would the current version. Also the early version includes many bluelinks to support WP:NACTOR, while the later has been made quite weak. Might be best to roll back to the early version, add the source and tags from the later and let it be improved over time and through diligent effort. Schmidt, Michael Q. 16:52, 10 September 2016 (UTC)
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Colons: one or two for indentation?
FYI, an old edit of yours has come up, here.Anythingyouwant (talk) 20:26, 16 October 2016 (UTC)
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Hi MichaelQSchmidt.
A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.
It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.
If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins).MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
The Challenge Series
The Challenge Series is a current drive on English Wikipedia to encourage article improvements and creations globally through a series of 50,000/10,000/1000 Challenges for different regions, countries and topics. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are invited to participate.