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Moving during AfD[edit]

Hi, you moved Ramaiah Institute of Management Studies into the draft space during an open AfD discussion. While this is not strictly speaking prohibited, it is discouraged as it can cause all sorts of confusion and problems. It has been moved back now, so the matter is back on track; I'm just mentioning this for future reference. Best, -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 15:15, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I see, thank you for the information. I will take note in the future. Regards, Fermiboson (talk) 15:38, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Contents of philosophy[edit]

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Hi[edit]

Thank you for being congenial in your questions. May I please request you to archive the discussion at AN? Thank you, Lourdes 08:57, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. How do I do that? Fermiboson (talk) 08:58, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Use {{archive top}} and {{archive bottom}} at the top and bottom of the discussion. Thanks, Lourdes 08:59, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Alright, I will do that. Fermiboson (talk) 09:01, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. Lourdes 09:02, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Single-case COI declaration[edit]

I don't think this deserves a place on the userpage, as this COI is isolated to one edit, extremely unlikely to ever come up again, and my edit was against the COI. However, as noted in the edit summary of this edit, I am a member of the IKS, whose mentions I removed from the article due to lack of notability. Putting this here for permanent record and transparency. Fermiboson (talk) 04:06, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks, Beeblebrox (talk) 20:34, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Well, that was a bit unexpected. I hope you still enjoy Wikipedia! Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:29, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah… very much unexpected excitement. I am going to continue editing, after all it would be unreasonable to expect never to encounter drama when my activity is largely on the backend. I just didn’t expect it would be this soon. Well, I suppose I’m a witness to a piece of wikihistory now! Fermiboson (talk) 12:34, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nothing on the Wikipediocracy forum on this I can see yet, but it may come. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:41, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Notice[edit]

Hello Fermiboson, the arbitration case request in which you were named as a party has been declined. For the Arbitration Committee, –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 22:43, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, and thank God. Fermiboson (talk) 22:53, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

The Special Barnstar
For showing courage and by your actions helping reveal a highly egregious, long-standing abuse of community trust. Goldsztajn (talk) 06:16, 3 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you - I'm not happy that this is necessary, but I suppose it is a good thing in the end that a long-standing sock was revealed. Fermiboson (talk) 07:08, 3 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Notice of neutral point of view noticeboard discussion[edit]

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A barnstar for you![edit]

The Barnstar of Diplomacy
Thank you for examining and summarizing the accounts with less than 100 edits that were blocked by Lourdes. OhanaUnitedTalk page 19:57, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much, just doing what I can. Fermiboson (talk) 20:50, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Gravity/Gravitational wave[edit]

Hi there! You wrote me on my talk page, that you think that I was practicing on editing the top note of Gravity wave and Gravitational wave. Well I was not, and I dont know how you arrived at that conclusion. But most importantly I think that the current note "phenomenon of general relativity" is much too vague and does not give an easily understandable distinction to gravity wave. I would like to see if you have an alternative that gives a better distinction or just reinstate the descriptive note that I tried to give, trying to flash out the difference of waves that these articles are about. Thank you. Sincerely, Nsae Comp (talk) 21:08, 11 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Much apologies for the note, I used Twinkle to post the TP message not realising you were a regular, and thanks for telling me to resolve the issue (feel free to remove the notice from your TP if you wish to do so). I think that "how gravity can propagate in waves" is a bit of an inaccurate description of gravitational waves. The purpose of the disambig is to differentiate between people who already know what they're looking for, so if someone is directed to Gravity wave after, say, reading a news article on LIGO, they know it's about GR and when they see the note they will be able to figure out that fluid dynamics is not what they're looking for. "For [phenomenon/item/object] in [broad area/category]" is a pretty regular pattern for these tags, and I feel that there is no need to specifically attempt to describe gravitational waves in half a sentence. Ditto for the other direction. Fermiboson (talk) 21:21, 11 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Car speed and energy consumption[edit]

Dear Fermiboson,

Thank you for your interest in this topic. If you look up the Holmberg references given in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Physics#And_while_we%E2%80%99re_on_the_topic_of_essay-like_articles%E2%80%A6 , you see that Holmberg agrees with the Wikipedia article from the MacKay UK Govt report.

  • What do you mean by "plenty of OR"? Thanks, Hansmuller (talk) 13:07, 19 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the collegial reply. I’m currently on mobile and I’ll respond further in detail later, but in short, I’m not disputing the factuality of the derivations in the article, but WP:NOTTEXTBOOK applies. Fermiboson (talk) 13:25, 19 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  1. You wrote "...is factually incorrect to boot.", so i thought you disputed the factuality, can you update that on Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Car_speed_and_energy_consumption? 2. "OR" is to me an undefined variable, = 0? I look forward to you reply, thank you, Hansmuller (talk) 13:42, 19 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

LARA[edit]

Hi! I see you have something against Liberland project and its people or is this only my assumption. Can you please be more specific why you are deliberately deleting LARA - Liberland Amateur Radio Association, other than your personal political preference? I've stated the relevant sources, you can check who the members of organization are, so it's not fictive one. What more does this article need to be compliment? DelphiColor (talk) 11:46, 23 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I do not have any opinion on Liberland, the ideology behind it, or microstates in general. I am nominating it for deletion (which is different from it actually being deleted) because I do not think it meets our notability guidelines for organisations, which is required for the organisation to have an article on Wikipedia. As far as I can find, no secondary source has given any coverage to the organisation you mention, which is what we need to determine inclusion into content. If you have such sources which are reliable, secondary and independent of the organisation, please feel free to show me, or add it directly to the article as references. You are also able to state why you think the article should be kept according to our notability guidelines at the Articles for Deletion (AfD) page, which you can access from the banner at the top of your page. Note that Wikipedia is not a place for you to promote any cause or organisation, we exist only as a repository of information already reported in secondary sources.
I understand it can be frustrating to have your article nominated for deletion, or if you have strong feelings or connections with the subject (if you do, please also read WP:COI). Thank you very much for approaching this in a civil manner. Fermiboson (talk) 11:55, 23 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Understood. Thank you for your explanation. Well, it's true that not many global independent sources cite it besides some individuals in their blogs, as the state that it is based in is,... well sort of out of ordinary, and sometimes it is a taboo topic. What I can say form observations is that LARA is significant organization in state of Liberland, beside its chess club and some other separate non-gov organizations. So main sources that link to the organization are Liberland based. If that's biased source... maybe, but there are also other well known organizations in other countries that are promoted by govt that they are based in, otherwise they wouldn't be known outside their countires. And since the country it is based in is also not recognized by any UN country and has limited ties with other govts, also LARA isn't member of any international organization.
I added the article as I was editing List of amateur radio organizations and I know some details about this organization, so I thought that it will deserve its own article, as for example Aruba Amateur Radio Club has. I can also limit the content to bare minimum, if this content looks like it is promoting organization, which was not my intent. DelphiColor (talk) 14:20, 23 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
No worries. The concern was (and still isn't) promotion, it was (and still is) notability. With regards to Liberland, since as you say it is not a recognised government, we treat it as a self-published source. If you have further questions on the reliability of particular sources, you can take it to WP:RS, but I honestly doubt you'll get much of a different answer. I have no opinion (and also no wish to gain one) on whether mainstream sources treat Liberland as taboo, or censor it, &c. but, as I said above, Wikipedia reports on what is said in those mainstream sources, not some underlying "true value".
As an aside (this isn't relevant to the notability of this article in particular but I felt the need to mention it) we do treat governmental or government-associated organisations, which receive no coverage other than governmental promotion, as non-notable in normal countries. If independent news sources pick it up, that's another matter. We don't give special deference to any government. Fermiboson (talk) 14:40, 23 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you again. I apologize, if I made wrong assumptions about you and I admit I was a bit frustrated. Today I read reports that Croatia did something horrible to Liberland settlers and endangered their lives and that's why I was also a bit on edge. Anyways, if you think the site about LARA is not notable enough then yes... delete it, just please keep it on List_of_amateur_radio_organizations page. I think in that page I made clear enough that those are other organizations and not "national" ones. Thank you for understanding. Have a good day. DelphiColor (talk) 16:50, 23 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Message and vandalism[edit]

See diff Fermiboson (talk) 14:33, 26 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Please don't send message for me. If you would like to end your insult. But there is no problem, I have given your report to the admins. Keep in mind that Wikipedia has laws and is not your personal property. 

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That is quite funny, given that I was the one that filed the report. Wikipedia does not have "laws", it has policies and guidelines, several of which you have violated. Further discussion here is meaningless; please keep everything you wish to say on the AN/I thread. Fermiboson (talk) 16:23, 25 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The funny thing is that you have the illusion of being a godfather. I don't want to see any messages from you. You have broken the rules by making personal rules for yourself. Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).
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Would you believe twelve years of WP:COI edits? -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 09:58, 1 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

With an edit summary in 2018 that clearly indicates autobiographical issues as well. I suppose we can never know what really slips under the radar. Fermiboson (talk) 10:09, 1 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Get rollback[edit]

Surprised that you weren't a rollbacker already. Let me know and I'll grant, since I have no doubt that you can distinguish vandalism from good faith edits. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 06:05, 2 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the vote of confidence. I'm actually not quite clear on what the difference between rollbacker rights and the Twinkle rollback/restore version option is, could you please enlighten me? Fermiboson (talk) 06:06, 2 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Rollback works faster than Undos (which is what twinkle uses for restore or "rollback" if you don't have rollback rights), since it works only on the latest revisions and reverts ALL edits made by the same user. If you use Twinkle to revert vandalism, then having rollback would make your workflow faster. And also, having rollback gives you access to Huggle, a tool that helps you patrol recent changes and combat vandalism. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 06:13, 2 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I see, thank you. I'll make a request on the appropiate page. Fermiboson (talk) 06:14, 2 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It didn't have to be requested at that page. I haven't stressed the difference from rollback to a revert yet: rollback is for obvious vandalism only. The second and third points in the section below should elaborate a bit on this. If you have any questions while using rollback, feel free to ask me :) 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 06:28, 2 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you! Fermiboson (talk) 06:27, 2 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you very much. Fermiboson (talk) 21:24, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

G5[edit]

Hi. Just wanted to let you know I declined your G5 request at Shuja'iyya ambush. Violations of Contentious Topic restrictions aren't currently included in G5, and the subject of adding them to that criteria is the topic of an on-going request for comment. I know the template exists, but it should not be used until the RFC concludes and they are officially added to the CSD criteria. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 19:32, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Understood, thank you. I was not aware of the RfC until recently (was told off-wiki to use G5 for ARBPIA violations). I have since stopped the use of db-gs. Fermiboson (talk) 22:31, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Vipin Das[edit]

Hi. I declined to speedy this under WP:G4 as it isn't identical to the deleted version. That said, I would encourage you to pursue an AFD on this article, and ask the admin who closes that to salt the article if it closes as delete. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 17:41, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, will do so shortly. Fermiboson (talk) 17:46, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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IP block exemption[edit]

Requesting IP block exemption for mobile editing which appears to have been caught up in WP:BKFIP. Fermiboson (talk) 14:43, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've granted it for 1 month; hopefully that will be long enough to resolve the issue. If not, let me know and I'll be happy to extend it further. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 15:51, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Prentice Powell[edit]

Good day, I just saw your comment on Draft: Prentice Powell. I would really appreciate it if you tell me the particular source you stated that happens to have coverage. TheChineseGroundnut (talk) 10:38, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page gnome) I do not think he was saying he had a particular source with coverage of your subject, he was saying if one exists, it would be welcome in the article. Remsense留 10:46, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Ok. Thank you. TheChineseGroundnut (talk) 10:47, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for asking. The source I was referring to in the small text (which I believe you added afterwards?) is source 6, the KQED one. I realise I forgot to address sources 4 and 5, which are interviews, and hence primary sources. Hope that helps. Fermiboson (talk) 10:48, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I really appreciate this information. Please one more question. Should I remove the interview sources and the information attached? Because those are the only sources I could find. TheChineseGroundnut (talk) 10:51, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Once you do establish notability, primary sources can be used to source uncontroversial statements of fact, so there is no need to remove them. You do, however, need to find more sources to establish notability in the first place. Fermiboson (talk) 10:54, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Ok. I just found some few more source. Thank you for your kind responses. Have a great day! TheChineseGroundnut (talk) 10:57, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, and you too. Fermiboson (talk) 10:59, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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WikiCup 2024 March newsletter[edit]

The first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2.

The following scorers in Round 1 all scored more than 300 points:

In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to Vami_IV (submissions), who unfortunately passed away this February. At the time of his death, he was the second-highest-scoring competitor. Outside the WikiCup, he had eight other featured articles, five A-class articles, eight other good articles, and two Four Awards. Vami also wrote an essay on completionism, a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on his to-do list.

Remember that any content promoted after 27 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:40, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – March 2024[edit]

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

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. (T353388)

Miscellaneous

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2024[edit]

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

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Technical news

  • The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. (T313405)

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  • Editors are invited to sign up for The Core Contest, an initiative running from April 15 to May 31, which aims to improve vital and other core articles on Wikipedia.
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New Pages Patrol newsletter April 2024[edit]

Hello Fermiboson,

New Page Review queue January to March 2024

Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to Schminnte, who led with over 2,300 points.

Following that, New Page Patrol organized another backlog drive for articles in January 2024. The January drive started with 13,650 articles and reduced the backlog to 7,430 articles. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 1,340 points in this drive.

Looking at the graph, it seems like backlog drives are one of the only things keeping the backlog under control. Another backlog drive is being planned for May. Feel free to participate in the May backlog drive planning discussion.

It's worth noting that both queues are gradually increasing again and are nearing 14,034 articles and 22,540 redirects. We encourage you to keep contributing, even if it's just a single patrol per day. Your support is greatly appreciated!

2023 Awards

Onel5969 won the 2023 cup with 17,761 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 50/day. There was one Platinum Award (10,000+ reviews), 2 Gold Awards (5000+ reviews), 6 Silver (2000+), 8 Bronze (1000+), 30 Iron (360+) and 70 more for the 100+ barnstar. Hey man im josh led on redirect reviews by clearing 36,175 of them. For the full details, see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone for their efforts in reviewing!

WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers deployed the rewritten NewPagesFeed in October, and then gave the NewPagesFeed a slight visual facelift in November. This concludes most major work to Special:NewPagesFeed, and most major work by the WMF Moderator Tools team, who wrapped up their major work on PageTriage in October. The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers will continue small work on PageTriage as time permits.

Recruitment: A couple of the coordinators have been inviting editors to become reviewers, via mass-messages to their talk pages. If you know someone who you'd think would make a good reviewer, then a personal invitation to them would be great. Additionally, if there are Wikiprojects that you are active on, then you can add a post there asking participants to join NPP. Please be careful not to double invite folks that have already been invited.

Reviewing tip: Reviewers who prefer to patrol new pages within their most familiar subjects can use the regularly updated NPP Browser tool.

Reminders:

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WikiCup 2024 April newsletter[edit]

We are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round.

Our current top scorers are as follows:

Competitors may submit work for the second round until the end of 28 April, and the third round starts 1 May. Remember that only competitors with the top 32 scores will make it through to the third round. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs. As a reminder, competitors are strictly prohibited from gaming Wikipedia policies or processes to receive more points.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please read Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:05, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

New page patrol May 2024 Backlog drive[edit]

New Page Patrol | May 2024 Articles Backlog Drive
  • On 1 May 2024, a one-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin.
  • Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles patrolled.
  • Barnstars will also be granted for re-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive.
  • Each review will earn 1 point.
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