ITN recognition for Mohamed Al-Fayed

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On 6 September 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Mohamed Al-Fayed, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 21:43, 6 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

With thanks

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  The Article Rescue Barnstar
In appreciation for your work at Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Leoš Janáček/1 ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:40, 8 September 2023 (UTC)Reply
Thanks very much! Glad to have been able to help with that – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 17:02, 8 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

Thanks!

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Aww thanks! I don't know if I'll stay any long but thank you for sharing the cuteness overload =D I see you've been hanging around and having great work on the main-space after many years. Cheers to your longevity and dedication! --PeaceNT (talk) 17:49, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

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Six years!

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Krakow

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Gents, this is starting to look like a slow burn edit war. Please leave the article alone and take the discussion to the talk page. See WP:EDITWAR. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 22:47, 24 January 2024 (UTC) Sorry, I didn't realise you were an admin. Please excuse the noise. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 22:53, 24 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

No worries User:Martin of Sheffield, you're still allowed to admonish admins for edit warring, but I'd only reverted once. – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 08:13, 25 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
Re my conduct over Jan 24/25: no excuses, please accept my apologies. Thank you. 73.1.228.60 (talk) 16:31, 27 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

RFA2024 update: no longer accepting new proposals in phase I

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Hey there! This is to let you know that phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship (RfA) review is now no longer accepting new proposals. Lots of proposals remain open for discussion, and the current round of review looks to be on a good track towards making significant progress towards improving RfA's structure and environment. I'd like to give my heartfelt thanks to everyone who has given us their idea for change to make RfA better, and the same to everyone who has given the necessary feedback to improve those ideas. The following proposals remain open for discussion:

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Happy First Edit Day!

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Unofficial Tottenham Hotspur taskforce/project

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Hello, myself and another user had the idea to try to get a taskforce/project going so Spurs fans can all focus on similar articles or just keep tabs on what other editors are working on.

I made the project on a userpage here and welcome you to add whatever is of interest to you, and we can always add more pages as we need to.

COYS! Christiangamer7 (talk) 02:47, 23 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Proposing Regional at Best article creation

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Hi there, I understand that the page for Regional at Best was protected due to consensus that it was not a standalone notable topic. However, I believe that the album has garnered enough coverage and analysis to warrent an article. A draft I have written is available at User:Miklogfeather/Regional at Best. Please let me know if you would consider reducing the page's protection level (along with the similar redirect Regional At Best). Miklogfeather (talk) 01:30, 9 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi, thanks a lot for writing the article, which does look better-sourced than the previous version. The 2017 AfD was closed with the rationale to protect the redirects because of disruptive edit warring and the same version being repeatedly recreated, which was still continuing in 2019 and 2021.
I'd like to ask for a second opinion from @Ferret: who salted the Regional At Best redirect first. On the one hand, the sourcing is substantially better than previous versions of the article with some new sources which actually discuss the album: [1], [2], [3] (Allmusic staff reviews are considered RS). On the other hand, a lot of this content is about songs which are also on the other album Vessel which was one of the concerns raised in the various AfDs. I'd normally be okay with moving the new article to mainspace and allowing it to run another AfD to evaluate the new sources if necessary, but the history of disruption here makes me a bit hesitant. – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 22:58, 9 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
Has Ferret gotten back with their thoughts? I'd really like for this article to get a chance. Miklogfeather (talk) 19:16, 26 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
Hi @Miklogfeather:, as no one has responded, and this version looks substantially different from previous ones with new sources, I've moved it to mainspace at Regional at Best, and history merged it with the old redirect. Anyone objecting to this can start a new AfD to evaluate the new sources. Thanks, – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 21:49, 26 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
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Hi. I heard you locked the redirect for Quiet Council of Krakoa. I was wondering if you would be able to change the redirect target to it's section at List of Marvel Comics teams and organizations after it's information was imported from Krakoa. Just asking a favor here. --Rtkat3 (talk) 01:42, 16 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Done, thanks – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 10:28, 16 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
Just want to flag that I oppose the move to the list. When possible, List of Marvel Comics teams and organizations should point to articles which expand more in-depth on individual teams/orgs. Immortal X-Men has the Quiet Council's fictional team biography (Dawn of X to Destiny of X but needs a Fall of X update) & team rosters (issues joined, left, disbanded, etc); the list article has a short description which is mostly unsourced & out of date. Sariel Xilo (talk) 15:31, 16 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
OK - has there been a discussion about this in talkspace anywhere to get consensus for one option or the other? – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 16:13, 16 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
I don't think so (or at least nothing popped up on pages I watch). Maybe it was just a BOLD request? I added a link to the redirect (Template:Main) in a couple of places recently after doing some improvements on Krakoan Age articles. Sariel Xilo (talk) 16:29, 16 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Filelakeshoe, I also agree with @Sariel Xilo that the Quiet Council's redirection should be at Immortal X-Men article because of the same reasons: It have Quiet Council's fictional team biography and team rosters with sources and Quiet Council's section in List of Marvel Comics teams and organizations isn't sourced enough. Also, the information and the article already existed before @Rtkat3 transferred the information from Krakoa article. Vinbrad (talk) 08:29, 23 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
Here is my line of defense. I asked for the page to be redirected to List of Marvel Comics teams and organizations as I thought that it would have better luck having any full information listed there like every other organization that currently redirects there. Rtkat3 (talk) 13:04, 23 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
I understand you @Rtkat3 as you had just merely transferred information from one page to another to protect it, but I still think Immortal X-Men is reliable article for Quiet Council of Krakoa's redirection. We can also add main article template in Quiet Coucil's section in List of Marvel Comics teams and organizations. Vinbrad (talk) 15:59, 23 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
So before the switch of the redirect, I had added a Template:Main to direct to Immortal X-Men. Many entries in List of Marvel Comics teams and organizations are simply the org name with a main link or a very a short explanation with the main link. I don't think we need a bunch of info on the Quiet Council at the list article since the Immortal X-Men covers it all in depth (WP:REDUNDANTFORK). A lot of the X-Men articles will have team info at the comic series article where the team appears the most (ex: Hellions (Marvel Comics)). Sariel Xilo (talk) 16:52, 23 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
OK - I've reverted the change as there seems to be no consensus for it. The use of {{main}} seems sensible in the meantime. – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 11:54, 24 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Leoš Janáček

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Just saw the Leoš Janáček article and it looks a lot better than I remember. Seems like this is due to your fixes a while back, thank you! Aza24 (talk) 20:58, 3 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

No worries and thank you for the kind words! – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 17:32, 9 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

User: Ana Kasparian ignorant

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I was about to put an SPI in for this user, but I see you’ve caught half of them.

What do you make of User:Drekeld and them pushing the same MO? [4] Sock likely?

MM (Give me info.) (Victories) 13:52, 11 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thanks, I've blocked that account as a VOA, I guess there might be more sleepers if you did still want to do the SPI. Will try and keep an eye on that talk page. – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 13:55, 11 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

London book event for "The Editors"

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Hello - Reaching out because I saw that you were listed as a Wikipedian from London.

I am a writer who has covered Wikipedia for Slate, The Washington Post, and other publications.

My novel The Editors is inspired by Wikipedia and was published earlier this month. As part of the book tour, I will be in London on Thursday 29 of August at 6:30 PM at Newspeak House.

Details for the event here: https://lu.ma/ubri3176

Sorry for the short notice, but if you are able to attend the event, it would be great to see you there! No RSVP required; just show up at Newspeak house on Thursday evening. Stephenbharrison (talk) 22:48, 27 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

2024 Central European floods

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Seems like we accidentally crossed paths when reverting the vandalism - apologies! - a boat that can float! (watch me float) 18:00, 21 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

No worries, I gave that IP its third block of the year for that. I restored my original edit again, I just wanted to clarify the situation with the Prague Metro and when I saved my edit the infobox had disappeared! – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 18:05, 21 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

RFA2024 update: Discussion-only period now open for review

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Battle of Hayoc Dzor

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Sorry to disturb you at this hour, but do you mind if I make a wikipedia page about the battle of Hayoc Dzor?I would also like to know why you once deleted the same edit. Hay kamavor (talk) 16:43, 3 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Not sure which edit you mean, sorry. – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 22:57, 3 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Legendary battle between Hayk and Bel in 2492 BC Hay kamavor (talk) 06:33, 4 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

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