User talk:Mark Arsten

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Deletion "Sambhav Ratnakar"

Hey Mark, you deleted a page named, Sambhav Ratnakar a while ago. Please consider revisiting since the deletion took place a while ago and notability of the person has since increased. Here's him on The Huffington Post, amongst many other sources. 188.135.12.230 (talk) 09:48, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

Well, simply writing a blog on the Huffington Post isn't quite enough for an article. Has he received significant coverage from media sources? See WP:BIO for our guidelines on the issue. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 14:27, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

Deletion "Jennifer Leonhardt"

Hello Mark, In December 2015 you deleted the above article, citing dead links and that the topic didn't pass WP:GNG and WP:MUSICBIO criteria. There are multiple links that were not included in the review and one of the reviewers used an incorrect spelling of the subject's name in their research in News, Newspapers etc. A brief search revealed that Jennifer Leonhardt is/was included in an independent label list also here on Wikipedia for Waterbug Records, as well as their website, the Category:Waldorf school alumni page (now removed since her page was deleted), a listing on AllMusic.com , the reference site for musicians, including a review of her music by their chief music editor, inclusion on Pandora’s Music Genome Project, a SingOut! Magazine review, numerous folk and roots music radio charts, Paste Magazine’s Recommended artists, the WIKI Notable Waldorf Alumni page, the Waldorf School of Baltimore's Notable Waldorf Alumni page on their website, among others, all demonstrate that her notoriety is established and is based on generally available music across all sources (Spotify, iTunes, etc). and so I believe a page describing Jennifer should be undeleted and updated. If you or any other administrators require any further info or sources on her career to help update her page once reinstated, please contact me, I am happy to help. Thank you Wiikstaat (talk) 21:59, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

Deletion "Jon Barnes"

Hi Mark, In December 2015, you deleted the above article, citing that Jon Barnes was only previously active in national amateur motor racing. However Jon is racing currently - In 2015 and this year, 2016, Jon is racing as a 'Pro' driver in the British GT Championship in a GT3 Aston Martin. As well as having a very successful and relevant early career, Jon is also currently recognised as the sole works driver for Caterham Cars LTD and tests and develops all of their new road and racing cars. A quick search of Wikipedia shows just how many other pages contain his name/race results and thus I believe a page describing Jon should be undeleted and updated. If you or any other administrators require any information/sources on his career to help update his page once reinstated, please contact me and I will attempt to help out. Best regards Jmbcar33 (talk) 19:07, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

Sorry for the late response. I'm not too familiar with the notability standards for this subject. The best thing to do would probably be to open a request for undeletion at WP:DRV. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 13:32, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

Warning

Really, you only protected Donald Trump's talkpage only till Friday? Thats a very short wait for us to continue destroying his talkpage (like how hes destroying humanity) 137.122.64.12 (talk) 00:49, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

I don't like to protect talk pages for a long time usually, but I suppose I could be convinced to do so in this case. Mark Arsten (talk) 00:54, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

Bikeheight.com

Hey Mark, Pl explain me the reason for deletion of bikeheight.com. Very first bikeheight.com is a complete business portal having more than 20 international bike brands with more than 500 motorcycle and bulk data of dealers, price etc. Its media reference was there which includes AutoCar Professional (Haymarket Group, a famous, British automobile magazine ) report, its promoter Nitin Vats is a celebrity and ex-researcher of Microsoft research, he has been interview by CNN and all big media in the world. We gave proper media references, we linked word to Wikipedia internal and external links, it was in proper shape. Pl share us the valid reasons for its deletion.

Can you point out to me to some detailed media attention that Bikeheight.com specifically has received? Mark Arsten (talk) 14:14, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

• http://www.deccanherald.com/content/510401/upload-your-picture-take-virtual.html

This is the coverage of Deccan Herald, a reputed newspaper of India — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nikkik13 (talk • contribs) 18:58, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

That's not a bad source, but we really need more than one article to have a page about it here. Mark Arsten (talk) 02:57, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

Category:Rhubarb

Hello,

I recreated a category you had speedy deleted for being empty (WP:C1). I was able to populate it pretty well but, if you have any concerns, just tag me on my talk page. RevelationDirect (talk) 10:08, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

No problem, looks good. Mark Arsten (talk) 12:47, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

How to insert a photo/file

Hi Mark, I have tried to insert files from my laptop but am definitely missing something- even after reading from the Help tips. Can you help? Many thanks and sorry to bother youMelroross (talk) 11:36, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

It has been a while since I did this. Are you using the file upload wizard? Mark Arsten (talk) 16:37, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

Editing a Portal

Hi Mark, I just wanted to edit info in wiki portal "Military of India" which has some incorrect info. The portal is semi protected and can be edited by only auto confirmed users as updated by you. I have corrected the same in Wiki article/page by citing authentic sources & duly following protocol. I would appreciate if you help/direct me how to edit the portal or what has to be done to correct it. Thanks Hvvk89 (talk) 17:21, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

If you post the changes you want to make on the Portal's talk page I (or anyone else who sees it) can copy them over for you. Mark Arsten (talk) 17:43, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

3RR ?

Mark, can you or one of your stalkers look at this series of reverts by IHTS? I'm rather busy at the moment: [1]. Montanabw^(talk) 05:29, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

Sorry about how things turned out with that RFA, this place can be terrible sometimes. Mark Arsten (talk) 17:45, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Nuked, but I'm still standing. Now to get the trolls to simmer down, sigh.... Montanabw^(talk) 23:36, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

Budapest bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics

I would like the subject page Budapest bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics to be undeleted since the five candidates cities have now been announced. Since you deleted this page in the first place, can you do please do this or whom should I contact ? Hektor (talk) 11:28, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

@Hektor: Sorry for the delay, I've restored it. Might need a bit of cleanup now though. Mark Arsten (talk) 17:43, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Deletion "Hikmet Geckil"

Dear Mark, I will be happy for the reconsideration of inclusion of my name, Hikmet Geckil, in Wikipedia. Best wishes, Hikmet https://www.inonu.edu.tr/en/cms/hikmet.geckil Hgeckil (talk) 11:20, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

Hi Hikmet, it may be possible to restore the page if you can offer evidence that the nominator's rationale is no longer valid. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hikmet Geckil for details. Feel free to ask if you have any questions about our notability policy. Mark Arsten (talk) 17:40, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

This Friday: Women in Architecture edit-a-thon @ Cambridge, MA

You are invited to join the Women in Architecture edit-a-thon @ Cambridge, MA on October 16! (drop-in any time, 6-9pm)--Pharos (talk) 18:29, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Suspected sock

You worked on some sock puppet investigations for User:2sc945. I am quite confident that IP 120.16.88.202 is this user evading the block. If you look at article Jerome Randle, his editing choices are exactly the same as the sock master and sock Energy110. Rikster2 (talk) 02:11, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Looks like someone beat me to it! Mark Arsten (talk) 04:18, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Deletion of Mitzura Arghezi

I'm thinking of writing an article on Mitzura Arghezi and I saw you deleted this article in the past can I have a reason why and/or a cache so I don't recreate the reason it was deleted the first time. Zppix (talk) 14:44, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

It was deleted because it didn't have any sources cited in the article. The only text was "Mitzura Arghezi (born 10 December 1924 in Bucharest) is a Romanian actress, politician and daughter of poet Tudor Arghezi." You're free to recreate it if you can add some sources and hopefully some more details. Let me know if you have any issues. Mark Arsten (talk) 23:31, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

@Mark Arsten thanks man ill look into it a bit. If another editor sees this and wants to recreate this page let me know or I may. Zppix (talk) 17:45, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

Halloween cheer!

Happy Halloween!

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Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 14, 2015

Mark, a summary of a Featured Article you nominated at WP:FAC will appear on the Main Page soon. It mostly follows the lead section; how does it look? - Dank (push to talk) 15:22, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

Nice one Dank, and thank you Mark. There is a ref broken which will of course need fixing before the big day; I'd do it myself, but coding was really never my strong point. Cassianto^Talk 17:45, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks guys, it had been a long time since I looked at the article, really brought back some memories. I'm not sure about that reference error myself, @Diannaa: do you know what's causing the issue? Mark Arsten (talk) 23:52, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

Yes I do; I have been working on fixing these errors, so I got it. -- Diannaa (talk) 03:47, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks Diannaa, you sure have an eye for details! Mark Arsten (talk) 00:15, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

Precious again, your Elias Abraham Rosenberg, who "went from a humble peddler to royal adviser in a very short time, using only his charming personality and ability to predict the future"

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:33, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks Gerda. So far, not much trouble with vandals at all. Mark Arsten (talk) 17:24, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

Diwali

		Happy Diwali!!!
		Sky full of fireworks, Mouth full of sweets, Home full of lamps, And festival full of sweet memories... Wishing You a Very Happy and Prosperous Diwali. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 04:54, 10 November 2015 (UTC) Send Diwali wishings by adding {{subst:Happy Diwali}} to people's talk pages with a friendly message.

Thanks, you too. Mark Arsten (talk) 17:23, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

A question about your procedure

I noticed you've revdeleted a post on Montanabw's talk in the last few minutes. I have zero doubt you had excellent reasons for doing so. Is there a specific reason why you've chosen not to leave some kind of warning or notice on the ip contributor's talk? When I revert the normal range of vandal contributions, I always leave a UW so that the next vandal fighter who comes along can see the track record. Is this some sort of "don't feed the trolls" situation? I'm just curious. If for reasons of propriety you'd rather not reply here, I'd welcome your email. Thanks BusterD (talk) 16:32, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

I was under the impression this was an LTA with a number of IPs so I didn't bother with the usual steps. Maybe I should have though? Open to advice as always. Mark Arsten (talk) 16:45, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

As an admin, you do more of this than I do, so I was just asking. One of the reasons I add user warnings automatically is that it puts the ip address on my radar via watchlist. Periodically I delete such ips from the watchlist, but I find that in the short term, watchlisting the talkpage is a handy practice, a form of mapping. (As it turns out, the only reason I witnessed the action was because M's talkpage is on my watchlist--as is yours.) Thanks for logical answer. BusterD (talk) 18:20, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

Not a bad point there. I haven't been doing too much on Wikipedia, so I have to make sure I still remember how to do admin stuff right. Mark Arsten (talk) 03:09, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

UFC 193

This article has been suffering from numerous disputes. I don't see the heat cooling down soon. Can you extend protection? --George Ho (talk) 19:15, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

Hi George. There is a lot of reverting going on with registered users, not sure how much trouble IPs will add to it though. Cotto vs. Canelo might keep them occupied tonight, at least. Mark Arsten (talk) 00:06, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

Reference errors on 21 November

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ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
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ArbCom elections are now open!

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You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:49, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

I heard you the first time :) Mark Arsten (talk) 18:25, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

Nice to see you back

Welcome back Mark. Thank you also for the help with the socks. Take care. Dr. K. 16:06, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, I guess all the hubbub about the Arbcom elections drew me back in :) Mark Arsten (talk) 16:19, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

In that case we should hold these elections more often. :) Dr. K. 17:49, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Some baddies over there could use some blocking Thanks. Dat GuyWiki (talk) 13:45, 28 November 2015 (UTC)Template:Z48

William T. Anderson Research

I look forward to your comments about the family group of William T. Anderson. I understand that Wikipedia sources are limited to published research. Information from original research of primary sources is discouraged. The 1860 census of Breckenridge County, Kansas, shows an additional child, Charles, of William C. Anderson and Martha Jane Thomasson. The 1850 census of Randolph County, Missouri shows W. and Mahala Thomason living in the household of William Anderson. The 1840 census of Liberty Township, Marion County, Missouri, shows that William C. Anderson and William Thomason were heads of household. It seems reasonable to assume that the maternal grandparents of William T. Anderson were William Thomasson and Mahala Baker. Bill Anderson’s birth year of 1840 is widely accepted, and is found in published information and on memorials and monuments. Two contemporary records exist that indicate his birth year was before 1840. The 1850 census of Marion County, Missouri, shows that William Anderson was 11. The 1860 census of Breckenridge County, Kansas, shows that William T. Anderson was 21. 1850 and 1860 census instructions to enumerators: Under heading 4, entitled “Age,” insert in figures what was the specific age of each person at his or her last birthday previous to the 1st of June. (Commencement of the census was to begin June 1st.) William T. Anderson was born after June 1st, 1838, and before June 1st, 1839, IF the respondent provided the correct age of William T. Anderson to the enumerator, and IF the enumerator accurately recorded the information. Perhaps a more accurate source of the birth year of William T. Anderson exists. Published accounts of the life of William T. Anderson state that he married Bush Smith in Grayson County, Texas. That is confirmed by a Grayson County marriage liecense issued to Lieut. William T. Anderson and MIss Bush Smith on 2 March 1864. Published accounts of the life of William T. Anderson state that his brother, Jim, brought his surviving sisters, Mollie and Mattie, to Grayson County after the death of William T. Anderson. That is confirmed by Grayson County marriage licenses for A. V. Doak and Mollie E. Anderson; E. G. Douglass and Mattie G. Anderson; and James Anderson and Mary Erwin, and several census records. Published accounts of the life of William T. Anderson state that Jim Anderson married his brother's widow. That is possible. There is a Grayson County marriage record for J. M. Anderson and Malinda Anderson, but there is insufficient information to identify them as James Monroe Anderson and Bush Smith Anderson. There is very convincing evidence that Mary Erwin was not William T. Anderson's widow. Published accounts of the life of William T. Anderson state that he built a house for Bush Smith in Sherman. No tax or property records have been found to confirm that claim. Thanks, BBAhistorian (talk) 16:57, 28 November 2015 (UTC)BBAhistorian 27 November 2015

Hi again, thanks for all the details. I'm a little unclear though about which changes you would like to be made on this page. Could you suggest some specific edits? Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 04:58, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

Mark, thanks for the response. Possible edits. His siblings were Jim, Ellis, Mary Ellen, Josephine and Janie. Suggested revision: His siblings were Ellis, James Monroe “Jim”, Mary Ellen “Mollie”, Susan Josephine, Martha Jane “Mattie”, and Charles. (Justification: 1860 census record and Breckenridge County probate record of William C. Anderson’s estate)

Anderson married Bush Smith, a woman from Sherman, Texas. Suggested revision: Anderson married Miss Bush Smith of Sherman, Texas, 3 October 1864. (Justification: Copy of marriage license issued to Lieut William T. Anderson and Miss Bush Smith)

“William T. Anderson was born in 1840” Suggested revision: William T. Anderson was born about 1839. (Justification: 1850 and 1860 census records do not support the 1840 birth year)

By 1860, William T. Anderson was a joint owner of a 320-acre (1.3 km2) property that was worth $500 and his family had a net worth of around $1,000. QUESTION: Adjacent entries on the 1860 agricultural census of Breckenridge County, Kansas, show Wm. C. Anderson as the owner of 160 acres, and Wm. T. Anderson as the owner of 160 acres. Each acreage was valued at $500. Does this constitute joint ownership? 2602:301:774E:F040:7D88:78C5:390:4F08 (talk) 16:45, 29 November 2015 (UTC)BBAhistorian 29 Nov 2015

Oh thanks, that is helpful. I see what you mean now. Mark Arsten (talk) 15:35, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

I'm just thinking about how to add this to the article. Do you know the preferred format for citing census records and so on? I've never done it. Of course, if we could find sources that mention them it would be much simpler. Mark Arsten (talk) 20:39, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

SPI clerk list

Hi Mark, it's great to see you contributing again. Would you like to be moved back to active on the SPI clerk list? If so, you can do it yourself, or I can do it for you, whichever you prefer.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:19, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, it feels good to help out again. Sure, I think I will be around enough to be "active" again. I'll move myself over. Mark Arsten (talk) 20:40, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

Hooray! throws confetti--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:52, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

:) Mark Arsten (talk) 21:09, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

Another hooray! — MusikAnimal ^talk 18:44, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

A cookie for you!

Thanks for the block. Any chance you could please rev'del the material inserted by the IP on Muhammad? Thanks! GABHello! 03:03, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

No problem, glad to help. Mark Arsten (talk) 03:05, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

Good to see you back!

It's always nice when one of the more proactive Admins returns. Welcome back! JMHamo (talk) 15:52, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, glad to be back. Mark Arsten (talk) 14:02, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

Category:Fomboni FC players

Can I please ask why Category:Fomboni FC players was deleted as empty (and @Liz: even tagged in the first place) as C1 when it was not empty? GiantSnowman 08:10, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

I would have only tagged the category if it appeared on Wikipedia:Database reports/Empty categories and I found it empty. Then it sat in Category:Empty categories awaiting deletion for four days before being deleted. I regularly check this category and remove categories that are no longer empty so I don't know why I missed seeing that this category had one assigned article. I don't know how this one category slipped past us both if was not indeed empty. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 08:39, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

Hmm, that is odd, not sure what the issue was. Mark Arsten (talk) 14:06, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

User:Johannesgotha

Hello, you recently blocked Johannesgotha for three days for edit warring at List of Star Wars Rebels episodes, the second such block he received within the week. Well, as soon as the block expired, the user went right back to making the same edits. I have reverted him, and request a re-block, for clearly he intends to continue disrupting the page. oknazevad (talk) 22:15, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip, I blocked him indef. Mark Arsten (talk) 02:06, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

A cookie for you!

Great administrator work :-) Keep it up! Simeondahl (talk) 01:13, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, there sure is a lot of it to do! Mark Arsten (talk) 01:16, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

Orphaned image that was deleted

I have rewritten Friends of the Earth Scotland. The article had previously been turned into a redirect page, making an orphan of the non-free image that had been used on the previous version of the page: File:Line Colour weblogo.jpg. The image was deleted shortly after. I was wondering if it was possible to restore the deleted image. Can you help? Drchriswilliams (talk) 14:58, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Alright, I've brought it back and added it to the article. Let me know if you need anything else. Mark Arsten (talk) 15:45, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for sorting this out. Drchriswilliams (talk) 17:26, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks very much for cleaning up my Open wirld video game Open world video game mistake. —DangerousJXD (talk) 03:03, 19 December 2015 (UTC)

No problem, glad to help. We had one guy recently who created a ton of totally implausible redirects on purpose, so I was happy to see that's not what was happening here :) Mark Arsten (talk) 04:14, 19 December 2015 (UTC)

Edit warring MRT lines

Hello Marks Arsten, there seems to be going on some edit warring right now for a while already at two Articles by the two same people: one IP and a registered user, I have no knowledge on the subject so I cannot say much and username perhaps does not know he can report at a noticeboard. The 2 Articles are Downtown MRT Line, Circle MRT Line, just check their history. Since I am not involved I do not think I should be the one to report to noticeboard but at least you might be able to help being an admin :-) Alternatively maybe a page protection might help one cool off (edits do include rude language like this one from IP [2]. Thanks for looking. Poepkop (talk) 15:02, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Hmm, it looks like they both have technically broken WP:3RR on Downtown MRT Line so they could be blocked at admin discretion. The best thing to do at this point would probably be to drop them each a talk page note telling them that they've crossed the line and hope that causes them to back off on the edit warring for today. Obvious vandalism is an exception to 3RR of course, but I don't think changing "Change to [[Circle MRT Line<nowiki>" to "Crossover to opposite platform for [[Circle MRT Line</nowiki>" would count as obvious vandalism. Mark Arsten (talk) 15:22, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. Can any user do so (leave them a note on their Talkpage for this purpose), or only admins? I have bad memories trying to calm down other people's arguments. Oh well. Cheerio Poepkop (talk) 15:48, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Yes, any user is free to leave talkpage warnings about edit warring and so on. Twinkle has a warning function that's helpful, {{uw-3rr}} is usually what I use. With established users it's often better to write out a note than using a template though. Mark Arsten (talk) 16:15, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Hello, I'm one of the users that is engaged in the edit war. I have talked with the IP Address user to no reply. I have contacted the other registered user which I've resolved in a civilized manner. I'm sorry if you think that my reverts has caused this confusion. My revert from "Change to [[Circle MRT Line<nowiki>" to "Crossover to opposite platform for [[Circle MRT Line</nowiki>" is done as it does not make logical sense and I'm not trying to imply its vandalism. Putting a station name which has not been confirmed is considered to be vandalism and that explains my numerous reversions. I hope you guys understand my intentions and I'm NOT trying to engage in a edit war or argue with another user. 33ryantan (talk) 16:42, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, your changes may be correct, but please be careful of the 3RR bright line. Merely reverting incorrect changes is not an exception, they have to be apparent as deliberate attempts to damage to project. It is frustrating dealing with someone won't communicate, so you might want to post on a relevant wikiproject talk page to try to get more input or ask people who have edited that article or similar articles to weigh in. (I suspect one user is using both an IP and an account to revert here, so I'll treat them as the same individual for revert purposes.) Mark Arsten (talk) 16:53, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

SPI of Nmzbnmzbnmz

Hi, I noticed that you closed the SPI of Nmzbnmzbnmz. I didn't notice that the SPI was closed because I was typing a comment which took me 4 minutes long while you were blocking the sockpuppet. I think the SPI requires a checkuser because one more account is missing. Please see the investigation for explanation. Thanks. Ayub407^talk 18:52, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Good catch, looking at the deleted revisions now I see I missed a couple socks. Will update the SPI. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 18:58, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Contact me!

Hi Mark!

I'm a reporter working on a story about the Wikipedia page for Han Solo. I'd love to tell you more over email. Mind dropping me a line?

daniel.duray@gmail.com

Thanks and happy holidays!

Dan — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:2000:814C:1A00:5864:B0BE:2DE2:28C4 (talk) 23:50, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Sure, I'd be happy to. Just sent you an e-mail. Mark Arsten (talk) 00:04, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

SPI mismatch

You archived Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ethan.A.Gray of Craiglea/Archive but the closing admin comment mentioned that the socks are listed at Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Ethanagray which doesn't match. I think the easiest fix is renaming the SPI. Regards, Bazj (talk) 09:48, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

Alright, I must have mixed that, I'll move it over to the right title. Thanks for pointing that out. Mark Arsten (talk) 23:57, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing. Bazj (talk) 10:31, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

sockpuppet

I believe I will not used puppet of me Please dont block me I will use 1 user. (Parintar (talk) 22:07, 22 December 2015 (UTC)).

No worries, just stick to one account from now on and you'll be fine. If you do have to use two accounts for some reason make sure to follow this guideline. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 00:04, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

I want to Open that by final decision please Now Wiki Thai want to open them. How do you do? [3] [4] (Parintar (talk) 10:13, 23 December 2015 (UTC)).

Sorry, but I never do anything on meta. Good luck with that project though. Mark Arsten (talk) 16:59, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Merry Chirstmas (Parintar (talk) 09:43, 25 December 2015 (UTC)).

Merry Christmas, Mark

And may your holidays be merry and bright . . . . Cheers. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 22:39, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

Merry Christmas to you to! Mark Arsten (talk) 00:05, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

Season's greetings

	🍁 Season's greetings from Canada 🎄
	Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for everything you do to maintain, improve, and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 02:44, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

Season's greetings to you too Diannaa! Mark Arsten (talk) 14:56, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Han Solo

Can you add pending changes? The article has been vandalized before semi-protection. --George Ho (talk) 06:11, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

Merry stuff.

Poepkop (talk) is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

Spread the cheer by adding {{subst:Xmas6}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Poepkop (talk) 17:07, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, Merry Christmas to you too. Mark Arsten (talk) 14:46, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

FYI

Could you look at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/UnbiasedVictory... editor back making exact same edits. -- Moxy (talk) 18:02, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Looks like someone beat me to it! Mark Arsten (talk) 02:04, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

Season's Greetings

	Wishing you a Charlie Brown Charlie Russell Christmas! 🎄
	Best wishes for your Christmas Is all you get from me 'Cause I ain't no Santa Claus Don't own no Christmas tree. But if wishes was health and money I'd fill your buck-skin poke Your doctor would go hungry An' you never would be broke." —C.M. Russell, Christmas greeting 1914. Montanabw(talk)

Thanks, same to you! Mark Arsten (talk) 02:04, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

Season's Greetings

File:Xmas Ornament.jpg

To You and Yours!
FWiW Bzuk (talk) 22:05, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, same to you! Mark Arsten (talk) 02:04, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

Yo Ho Ho

MarnetteD|Talk is wishing you Seasons Greetings! Whether you celebrate your hemisphere's Solstice or Christmas, Diwali, Hogmanay, Hanukkah, Lenaia, Festivus or even the Saturnalia, this is a special time of year for almost everyone!

Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:WereSpielChequers/Dec15b}} to your friends' talk pages.

May your 2016 be full of joy and special times. MarnetteD|Talk 02:14, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for the block of the editor using my username and for the rev/del of the edit summaries. Since your present got here several hours (my time) before Santa you are welcome to the cookies and milk :-) MarnetteD|Talk 02:14, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

You're welcome, glad to help :) Mark Arsten (talk) 02:15, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

Hi again. It looks like talk page access may need removal. If you're off celebrating Xmas eve or day there is no hurry at all. MarnetteD|Talk 03:55, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

Wishing you a merry Christmas and a happy new year... Codename Lisa (talk)

Merry Christmas!

RezonansowyakaRezy (talk | contribs) is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year! Spread the Christmas cheer by adding {{subst:Xmas3}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

--Rezonansowy_akaRezy (talk | contribs) 16:11, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

Harassment

Hi Mark. Recently you blocked the user Qtwe. Can you delete the page history who Qtwe edited in White Latin Americans? He attacks me in the edit summary and added an ip. Also he insulted me in my user talk in many times (in spanish) [5] [6] Thanks. --Bleckter (talk) 21:31, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

Sure, I revision deleted an edit summary on the article and one on your talk page. Let me know if he turns up again... Mark Arsten (talk) 22:08, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

Vandalism Thanks

Hi Mark Arsten, thank you so much for your efforts in preventing vandalism. I see you protected the page of the human rights activist, Majid Rafizadeh. Do you think you can address the templates in the page so people stop vandalizing the page? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:30A:2E8C:D950:70B1:2C7C:4FD8:3960 (talk) 02:18, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

I probably won't get involved much more with it than I have been, Melcous might be able to help though. Mark Arsten (talk) 21:50, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

Happy New Year Mark Arsten!

Happy New Year!

Mark Arsten,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Poepkop (talk) 13:51, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year 2016}} to user talk pages.

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I'll second that. Happy new year and happy editing @Mark Arsten:! BlAcKhAt9(9 (talk) 17:00, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Mark Arsten!

Happy New Year!

Mark Arsten,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:42, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Happy New Year, Mark Arsten!

Happy New Year!

Mark Arsten,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 17:29, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Happy New Year 2016}} to send this message

By the way, did you know that this edit was the last edit made in 2015, and this is the first edit of 2016? (Times in UTC, of course). —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 17:29, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Design42Day

Hello, I was convinced to have commented to the discussion but eventually I missed to push the botton "save page". I just found the unsaved page (one of the many open pages in my Firefox), but when I tried to save the page I noted in the meanwhile the discussion was closed. I had voted to keep and I would apprecciate my comment was added to the discussion, then you or others would be welcome to re-asses the consensus and to re-close the discussion (I would not complain if the delete close will be confirmed). For the record, this was the text of my comment: Keep, if I am not missing something, in addition to the already mentioned Vogue, the article contains multiple reliable sources, such as two articles from Corriere della Sera ([7] [8]) and an article from TgCom24 ([9]). The fact they are in Italian does not make them unreliable (eg., Corriere della Sera is the major and most authoritative newspaper in Italy). Thanks in advance. Cavarrone 07:42, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Sure, I'll undelete and relist it. Mark Arsten (talk) 01:52, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

Deletion of an orphaned file

Hi Mark, you recently deleted the file File:Jisedai No Tou logo.jpg. I had actually reinserted it back into the article about 10 minutes before you deleted it. I think it serves a purpose in there as the original logo of the political party. Is it possible to have the file restored? Thanks, AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 00:35, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

Alright, it's back. Mark Arsten (talk) 00:37, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 00:40, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Jimarey

Five or six years later, Jimarey is return as an IP 82.53.179.230 to focus on Chris Brown or others. 123.136.111.80 115.164.87.223 (talk) 04:26, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

Looks like someone already blocked the IP. Mark Arsten (talk) 22:13, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 7 January 2016

I manage Kate Upton and she has requested to change her picture on her WIki page to something other then Game Of War. Please help me edit the image? Contact me at Todd@KateUpton.com if you have any questions

This would really help me!

Thank you!!

Toddtouron (talk) 20:31, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

You should discuss this at Talk:Kate Upton. I will copy this message there. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 20:38, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

Hi Toddtouron, sorry about how confusing our image policies are. Is there a specific image or type of image you're thinking of for a replacement? Mark Arsten (talk) 22:47, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

@ Mark Arsten Thanks for the quick reply, not sure how this works. Any picture that is not to revealing and is not associated with "Game of War" of Kate will suffice. Perhaps one that looks more professional and clearly captures her face.

Toddtouron, Alright, I've swapped it out for the picture of her that had been at the top of the article until last Spring. I think it's better than the Game of War once at least. We don't have too many available pictures that meet our freely licensed criteria, the ones we do have are here: commons:Category:Kate Upton. If a photographer uploads a picture of her under the free licence in the future we could add that as well, but I understand that's probably not a priority for most photographers. Let me know if there's anything else I can help with. Mark Arsten (talk) 02:54, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Request for copy of deleted article

Hi Mark,

Would it be possible for you to userfy a copy of the recently deleted Robin Haley article so I can see about improving it? Thank you. Hmlarson (talk) 21:04, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

Sure, I think that would be alright. It's now at User:Hmlarson/Robin Haley. Mark Arsten (talk) 22:47, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks - appreciate it. Hmlarson (talk) 17:19, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Providence Park

I would like to retrieve the file history from File:Providence Park logo.jpg for reference on File:ProvidencePark-logo.svg. MB298 (talk) 02:27, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

Also, please notify me when this message has been answered. MB298 (talk) 02:28, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

@MB298: Sorry, I'm not sure I understand what you want me to do here. Mark Arsten (talk) 02:35, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

Retrieve the table that displays the history of the uploads. For example, on File:Sunset-apollos.png, there was a previous "Sunset-apollos.gif" that was replaced with a png version. It lists the uploads of the gif file above the file history of the current version. MB298 (talk) 04:28, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

Ok, I think I understand now, I've added the information. Mark Arsten (talk) 19:43, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Betty X Musician BLP

I'd like to request that the article for the musician Betty X be restored. In the discussion it was stated that it was an "ill-sourced" BLP, which simply isn't true. Even a cursory amount of research shows that this person is an established and notable musician that has worked with some pretty well-known people (Al Jourgensen, Martin Atkins, Patty Quatro, etc.). While the article needed some revisions to clean it up and provide sources for some of the comments (which are readily available online), I see no valid reason for the deletion of this article; it does the usefulness of Wikipedia a disservice when we remove legitimate content. Thanks for your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Enoch22 (talk • contribs) 02:49, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

The version of the article that was deleted didn't cite any sources, actually. If you can find some good sources feel free to create a WP:DRAFT that includes them and we can look at restoring the article. Let me know if you have any questions. Mark Arsten (talk) 18:11, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

Configuring Pending Changes for Daniel Day-Lewis

Why did you configure pending changes settings for Daniel Day-Lewis, just out of curiosity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eurocus47 (talk • contribs) 16:47, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

I don't recall anything about this article specifically, but generally I would look at the history and see how many instances of vandalism/BLP violations were generally occurring and the volume of edits overall before adding PC. Mark Arsten (talk) 18:14, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

You've got mail

Hello, Mark Arsten. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.

Destiny Leo (talk) 12:06, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

Andrew Hussie protection

Hi Mark, do you think the pending changes status on Andrew Hussie could now be revoked? The level of vandalism does not now seem excessive, with over a month without edits until one outbreak yesterday: Noyster (talk), 17:47, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

Help with edit war

Hello Mark, could you do something to block the user Vuca1990, He continues to add vital information without any source on IHF World Men's Handball Championship I already told him, but it has now become an edit war, and it seems like he will never stop. He seems to be doing this on other articles as well. He goes on sports articles and credits Serbia as the official inheritor of Yugoslavia's medals, even tho the organizations doesn't agree with him, and therefore he adds no source for it, because it's just his own personal opinion. I hope you ahve the time to do something about this problem, thank you.Csknowitall (talk) 19:56, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

Well, first things first, you have to make sure you don't edit war yourself (even if his changes are wrong you can't keep reverting). You might want to ask at a relevant Wikiproject to get more participation on the article. Mark Arsten (talk) 21:40, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

Ides of March

Strange. I don't remember doing that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.44.210.89 (talk) 00:33, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

No worries in any case. Mark Arsten (talk) 19:06, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

Eyes

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.

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Just asking some extra eyes on Colonial Spanish Horse. Sorry to bug you, but probably some outside watchers would be helpful. Montanabw^(talk)|GO THUNDER! 20:16, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

Yes please. Just be aware of this and this Lynn (SLW) (talk) 20:24, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

Is there a reason why you are being creepy and stalking another editor's edits LynnWysong? Cassianto^Talk 20:40, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

Because the edits involve me. What is your excuse for creeping Cassianto?

The request to Mark had nothing to do with you; you weren't mentioned, insinuated, or pinged. So go and get yourself a life. Cassianto^Talk 21:01, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

Are you for real, Cassianto? Lynn (SLW) (talk) 21:06, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

I am, yes. Although I suspect you're more mythical. Cassianto^Talk 21:20, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

You're calling me a troll? What is your justification for that uncivil remark? Lynn (SLW) (talk) 21:27, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

You start arguments, upset people, harass other editors, stalk contributions, and you do all this from behind a keyboard. What would you call it? Cassianto^Talk 21:32, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

Now you are casting aspersions? Lynn (SLW) (talk) 21:34, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

• I can try to find time to look, but I'll probably have my eyes on some other horses most of the night. Mark Arsten (talk) 20:41, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

• I looked and find this strange: "Banker horses, a well-known Colonial Spanish Horse", - "horses, a horse", but don't know how to fix it. Why do I read a Dr. title? Why are there refs in the lead which should only summarize sourced info from the article body? - Perhaps horses are different from music? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:47, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

"Why are there refs in the lead which should only summarize sourced info from the article body? - Perhaps horses are different from music?" Been trying to fix that Gerda Arendt. Not having much luck. Lynn (SLW) (talk) 21:03, 7 February 2016 (UTC) Lynn (SLW) (talk) 21:06, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

The discussion above 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.

Luka Modrić

Hi Mark, I've started a requested GOCE copy-edit to Luka Modrić, which you set a stable version of on 18:55, 2 January 2014. The c/e will take me a few days; it might be a good plan to wait until I've finished befor re-reviewing the article and approving the changes. I'll post an edit summary announcing that I've finished my c/e. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 23:42, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

I don't recall ever editing that article, so don't worry about me jumping in now. Mark Arsten (talk) 00:45, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

No worries; you didn't edit but you set autoreview protection [10]; your notice still appears in the edit window and I wondered whether you wanted to re-review. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 01:20, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

C/e  Done. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 22:54, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

Ben 10 vandalism

The Ben 10 article has been subject to frequent IP vandalism since I've been watching it. (about October last year) Do you think you could give it semi protection? — Preceding unsigned comment added by JoshBM16 (talk • contribs) 13:54, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

Well, you might want to post a request at WP:RFPP. It's generally best to get requests logged there. Mark Arsten (talk) 04:02, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Request to restore deleted page - Betty X

Betty X is an influential female musician, conceptual artist, and songwriter that first made her impact in Seattle during the 1990's. She has been described by Seattle publications as a "Dangerously sexy blend of poisonous and volatile apocalyptic-metal with sarcastic aggro female vocals." Betty X has become one of the most recognized names in conceptual art, post-apocalyptic rock - not just in Seattle, but in Austin and Los Angeles, as well. She continues to be a powerful influence for female singers/songwriters/artists/musicians and participates on many panel discussions and appearances along with Patti Quatro and others, in addition to her live performances and collaborations with such bands as Ministry and Pigface.

Betty X is currently gearing up to release her fifth solo album, which is being co-produced by the legendary Al Jourgensen of Ministry fame, confirming her presence as a current and relevant musician. This article supports the claim that Betty X has played with Ministry, , and removes any question of the claim's validity.

This article , as well as this book excerpt, , confirm and validate her work with Martin Atkins and Pigface: Tour Smart.

From her first band, Salon Betty, which performed with Alice In Chains and other influential Seattle bands, to being featured on the new Surgical Meth Machine (Al Jourgensen's new project) to be released April 15th on Nuclear Blast records, Betty X continues to be relevant in the music industry.

Betty X is affiliated with Salon Betty, Satan in High Heels, Ministry, Pigface, Sheep on Drugs, and Surgical Meth Machine. She has current websites and fan pages including , , , , . It would be a detriment to the history of female artists and musicians, as well as the history of post-apocalyptic rock, music in Seattle, etc.

With all due respect, I am requesting that this page, which has been active for over 10 years, be fully restored. Any claims that were deemed to be without validation will be updated, as well as any other pertinent information. Not only does the removal of this page have an impact on booking agents, etc., to research Betty X, but it also hinders the education of younger generation conceptual artists, musicians, singers, and songwriters. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Terivangogo (talk • contribs) 20:29, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

References

FYI MA this thread Wikipedia:Help desk#Deleted.2Fremoved article - Betty X has already answered this persons questions. I have directed the to WP:DRV as well. Cheers and enjoy your week. MarnetteD|Talk 21:05, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

Alright, see my response above to the last person who asked about her, but basically I'd recommend creating a new draft. Mark Arsten (talk) 03:56, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	Thanks for getting rid of another vandal! Promotional Attack (talk) 20:28, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

File:Wolfgang priklopil.jpg

Hi Mark. The file is not orphaned anymore (broken file link). --Leyo 22:37, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Looks like someone else took care of it, sorry for the delay in responding. Mark Arsten (talk) 03:52, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

Changes in Ranveer Singh's page

Hi Mark, I'm Ranveer Singh's manager. (Page URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranveer_Singh ) The info panel wrongly mentions his relatives to from the Kapoor family. I tried to remove this data from the page and also change his profile picture but it keeps the original, incorrect information. Would request you to help me make these changes and get them to stay on the page. Thanks.

Ishaan2212 (talk) 07:53, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi Ishaan2212, I would recommend you post to Talk:Ranveer Singh to explain the changes that you wish to make to the article, providing sources to back them up if possible. That way other people who are familiar with the subject can help evaluate and make changes to the article. Mark Arsten (talk) 03:57, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Rosin Jolly

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A tag has been placed on Rosin Jolly requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. JackTracker (talk) 08:49, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

I only created a redirect, but thanks for the note. Mark Arsten (talk) 03:50, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

Reworking previously deleted Michael de Claro biography, now with references

Hi Mark, the Michael de Claro biography I wrote a few years ago was deleted due to the lack of references. I now have the references for the article and would also like to update the content but it is no longer available. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Medevenx (talk • contribs) 11:20, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi, the best thing to do would be to work on a Userspace draft of the article until it is sourced. I can move the deleted revisions there for you if you want. Mark Arsten (talk) 03:50, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

Request for information

I have been editing wikipedia from quite sometime now. Could I become an admin. Is there any criteria or similar for such. I love editing wikipedia and providing positive information always. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MMXVI (talk • contribs) 14:47, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi, anyone can become an admin if they are involved with the project long enough and do good work. People who vote at WP:RFA often have very high standards (sometimes comically high) about who they will support. Generally most people who succeed at RFA have a been active for more than a year and have more than 6,000 edits. Writing quality articles and participating in deletion work and counter-vandalism is generally looked on very well at RFA. So if you enjoy doing those things, you will eventually have a good chance at becoming an admin. Let me know if you have any questions. Mark Arsten (talk) 20:22, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Closed AfD where article was never deleted?

Hi Mark, you closed this AfD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Andrew_de_Burgh in December, but the article still remains & the subject (it's a promotional autobio) continues to edit it. Not sure why it never actually got deleted, can you address this please? JamesG5 (talk) 20:48, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Well, it looks like it was deleted after that Afd, but someone recreated it later and no one noticed for a while. Another admin has taken care of the recreation, thankfully. If they try to create it again we can just WP:SALT the title. Mark Arsten (talk) 21:05, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Dhudhi

Hi Mark, you semi-protected Dhudhi in December for three months. That expired last week and in the last couple of days one anon and one new user account have added a load of content that simply doesn't meet V, RS etc and appears in part to be likely copyright violations. I've just reverted that lot.

Of course, the anon may be the same person who subsequently registered a user account. I've left a welcome with the latter but it might be handy if you could spare the time to keep an eye on things there. I suspect we may well soon need another spell of semi, sorry. - Sitush (talk) 13:27, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Ok, I'll take a look. Mark Arsten (talk) 00:51, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Johnny Garrett

Johnny Garrett may need to be re-evaluated. In South by Southwest they released a movie loosely based on the case The Last Word of Johnny Frank Garrett http://schedule.sxsw.com/2016/events/event_FS19784 and there had been previously a documentary and a fictional novel based on his case http://www.thelastworddocumentary.com/nl.php

I could just write a new article with sourced info but I'm wondering if it's a good idea to do a DRV first? Either way I would like to recover the previous edit hitory. WhisperToMe (talk) 23:25, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

I wouldn't bother with a DRV in this case. The other version was hardly sourced at all, so we might as well just create a new article and let someone take it to AFD again if they still think it fails WP:CRIME with all the new coverage. Mark Arsten (talk) 00:55, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Deletion of Delta Sigma Iota

Hi Mark, I am reaching out regarding the deletion of the page for Delta Sigma Iota (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Delta_Sigma_Iota)

The page was deleted in 2012 as a result of review which stated the organization did not have a national scope. However, since then the organization has expanded and has an official presence in over seven major universities http://www.deltasigmaiota.org/chapters--colonies.html in multiple states. Additionally, the organization has also been recognized by the National Asian Pacific Islander Pan-Hellenic Association (http://www.napahq.org/about/#organizations)

Hi, I'm not too familiar with the guidelines for these types of articles. The best thing to do would be to open a section about the article at deletion review, WP:DRV. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 13:40, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

• I've left a note for them at WP:REFUND. However my concern here is that seven chapters might not be what is considered as far as "scope of their activities is national or international in scale". They also left a link to a Google search, but a look at the coverage shows that much of it is trivial mentions by student newspapers at the handful of colleges that host chapters. The mentions are usually that they participated in something at their universities with other Greek organizations and it seems to all be in passing. They also linked to a userfied version of the page that contained copyvio from the official website - I'm more mentioning that just so that they see an explanation as to why this was deleted. To be honest, I don't entirely see where the past concerns at AfD have really been met, although I have no problem with them trying to make a new article at WP:AfC. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 06:33, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for looking into that. I tend to agree with your analysis here. Mark Arsten (talk) 20:44, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

Moose You indefinitely locked down open editing nearly 3 years ago? A bit excessive

Heads up! You locked down Moose nearly 3 years ago. Is not that excessive and against the policy of anyone can edit? You might want to reconsider your indefinite block on a species of Deer. 23.235.7.188 (talk) 21:04, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

It's unfortunate, but sometimes we get so much nonsense on a given page that we have to protect it from unregistered users. It's not actually against policy, see here for the explanation. I don't recall much about this page specifically though. Would you like me to take another look? Mark Arsten (talk) 21:23, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

Request to move recently deleted article to draftspace or userfy

Hi Mark, would it be possible for you to move Katie Rodan to draft space or my userspace so that it can be worked on or parts incorporated in the related Proactiv article? There is a related deletion review. Thank you. Hmlarson (talk) 21:30, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

Ok, done. Mark Arsten (talk) 22:37, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Four years ago ...

talk
... you were recipient no. 104 of Precious, a prize of QAI!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:48, 22 April 2016 (UTC)

User:Dhelfond/Valley Bulldog

In March 2013, you userified User:Dhelfond/Valley Bulldog following the AFD discussion. There's been no improvements since then. I've taken the page to MFD at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Dhelfond/Valley Bulldog but would you consider evaluating the content and possibly reversing that decision, as is your right? -- Ricky81682 (talk) 03:56, 23 April 2016 (UTC)

File restore request

Hello, can you restore the following image files?

File:Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship Tournament 2004 Cover.png

File:Yu-Gi-Oh! Worldwide Edition - Stairway to the Destined Duel Coverart.png

File:Dawnofdestiny.jpg

Thanks, « Ryūkotsusei » 04:40, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

@Ryūkotsusei: Sorry for the delay, I've restored the images. Mark Arsten (talk) 02:14, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

India and Indic scripts

Hullo,

First I noticed that you blocked edition of the Wikipedia page for India indefinitely so much so that even the most basic edits can't be done

Second, there's a so-called "consensus" on Indic scripts that goes back quite a long time ago and was wondering if a new vote could be organised? (I don't think there was any initial voting to be frank)

The reasons are as follows: The consensus seems to be very strictly enforced on any India related page but Indic scripts are used broadly on say the Wikipedia page of Bangladesh, where's the logic in that?

Secondly, the ban against Indic script stemmed from the controversy of what language should be used to write the native names of Indian personalities eg local languages like Gujerati for Gandhi and Modi? Or Hindi, the official language, for everyone? But where's no language controversy like in writing Bharat Ganarajya in Hindi, why the fuss?

Thirdly, I personally favour scrapping the ban by using the same policies as applied to personalities who come from countries where there are multiple official languages or people who are of "foreign" origins when compared to their current nationality or state of residence.

For instance, Nobel Laureate Ada Yonath has her name in Hebrew despite the fact that Israel has two official languages. Her religious background was here seen as a criterion for picking the right language.

Similar solutions based on background could be used for Indian personalities.

What are your views?

Manish2542 (talk) 23:33, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Hello, India still can be edited, just not by new accounts and unregistered user. I haven't been very active on this article though. The best thing to do would be to post your proposed changes on Talk:India for consideration on that article. Also, Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics would be a good place for general concerns about the subject. Sorry I can't be of more help. Mark Arsten (talk) 02:19, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

@Manish2542: has very nice point. The consensus may have changed. The present approach makes no sense at all. Mohsinpathania (talk) 18:37, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

@Mark Arsten: Thank you for your answer, appreciated. That's weird, I'm a long time editor and a registered user, I'll try again then. I'll try to do the necessary on the Talk:India page but I need the support of veterant users like you so if you wanna help, feel free

Thanks @Mohsinpathania: I'll need help to raise the issue and organise a vote, can you help?

Manish2542 (talk) 22:15, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

Ashley van Haeften

Hello. Please unlock this article because I want to work on it to improve it very much. My draft is at here Mohsinpathania (talk) 18:34, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi, last I recall, this article was a pretty clear case of WP:BLP1E. Has that changed with recent coverage? We'd usually need to see a lot of coverage around one event or coverage about more than one event to have an article on someone. Mark Arsten (talk) 18:57, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

That probably related to banning/resignation issue. Beyond that he is recently notable for initiating motion to remove Ammon Geshun, as most prolific Commons uploader, as a privacy expert assisting UK Parliament Committee etc. Also notability standards for Chair of Wikimedia UK should be on par with that of Chair of Wikimedia USA., see 1, 2 where the notability standards for WP:N, WP:BIO, WP:BLP1E, WP:GNG etc. were discussed in considerable length, comments were made that Chairs of Wikimedia were automatically notable, .. We extend this favour to Wikipedians with marginal notability. (Not marginally notable non-Wikipedians, though. We take care of our own) etc. Van Haeftan has many more reliable citations compared to Devouad. Mohsinpathania (talk) 22:57, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

Seems like the motion, uploading, and testimony have only garnered fairly trivial coverage. I'm not inclined to unprotect for that reason. Also, I disagree that we should hold Wikipedian biographies to a different standard than run-of-the-mill BLPs. Mark Arsten (talk) 16:02, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

The consensus at the last Florence Devouard DR (previously linked) was "Keep - there's is minimal enough coverage to meet the guidelines for WP:N". The same standard should be applied here for van Haeften (a past Wikimedia Chair) since there is reliable media coverage of him beyond a BLP1E event and which adequately meets the minimal coverage guidelines for WP:N far better than in Devouard's case. From Parliament TV, Text the coverage for the testimony event was not limited just to BBC Television and he is notable for at least 2 events. Luridaxiom (talk) 04:41, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

As I said before, we would have to see significant coverage for more than one event. I'm not seeing anywhere near that level of coverage. If you disagree with me on this, you are free to open a deletion review. Note that you should talk to the admin who actually deleted the article first though (User:John Vandenberg). Mark Arsten (talk) 05:08, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

IMO WP:DR is the best approach here, as the existing article covered most of the proposed article, so it should be undeleted and expanded if there is consensus for it, so that attribution is kept. Based on the sources at Talk:Wikimedia UK#Ashley van Haeften, I wouldnt undelete it, but I also would very likely vote delete wrt Florence Devouard unless I found something not already on the article. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 05:56, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

@John Vandenberg: I've added several new sources over at Talk:Wikimedia UK#Ashley van Haeften and c/e'd it some. The deleted article had 2 only sources and was deleted with the summary G10: Attack page or negative unsourced BLP: bio based on one event and very low quality sources for a bio; contributor has marked themselves as retire. All these defects have been addressed with the present BLP proposal for a notable and active Wikimedian. Luridaxiom (talk) 19:59, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Using Wikipedia Signpost as a source isnt likely to help your cause... As I said, I am not seeing enough notability. WP:BLPDEL applies. No admin is going to independently unprotect unless the proposed article is unquestionably notable. So you need to work with other editors to get consensus, either on that talk page or at WP:DR. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 06:59, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

@John Vandenberg: Under WP:BLPDEL the deleting admin should be prepared to disclose if the subject had requested deletion. This also seems a case of past administrative "summary deletion" so it would be inappropriate to approach the community via DR (which is a "review" process) since this was not a community deletion. Because the Signpost report (which is intensively peer reviewed throughout Wikidom) shows you had a COI situation with the article subject, I am merely requesting you to administratively restore the article of this notable former Wikimedia UK Chair to the one proposed so that interested editors can work on it and bring it to near GA status. Luridaxiom (talk) 09:46, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

Of course I am willing to declare such a thing. As far as I can recall, the subject did not request deletion, and a quick check of my emails doesnt show anything related at that time.

If I have a COI, I should be taking no action at all. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 10:19, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. To assist, the dates in 2012 were 11.July (Fae elected), 13.July or thereabouts (An email to the private chapters list, the copy which 'Tony1' claims you shared with him), 01.August (your admin deletion of Fae's BLP article). The article as it stood then is a far cry from the present BLP proposal. So perhaps @Mark Arsten: can now take the call on unlocking the article so it can be recreated for the proposed content - ie. if you have no objections ? Luridaxiom (talk) 14:15, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

Neither John nor I will be undeleting or unprotecting the article for the reasons outlined above. You are free to seek outside review from admins in another venue, but I doubt you'll have much success, to be honest. Mark Arsten (talk) 17:38, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

Looking at the deleted article, it was deleted as an attack page and it was entirely negative. Most of the information was written in a more neutral fashion at Wikimedia UK#Chairman resigns. Luridaxiom, if you are seeking an article on this subject, I think it would be best if you started from scratch with a draft (in Draft space, not article talk space). I can't imagine there is any material in the deleted article that you would want to use and there was only one contributor and one contribution. If you create a worthy article, that meets notability standards, then the page can be unprotected and you can move the draft to main space. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:35, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks Liz. Have done so at Draft:Ashley van Haeften Luridaxiom (talk) 07:08, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	great job at keeping people like dwindu from malicious editing that damages wiki articles and violates the rules set by wikipedia Hganus (talk) 00:23, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

Amber Heard

Since it was you who applied pending changes to Amber Heard in January 2014, this is worth a look.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 08:43, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

Deletion of page for Billy Kirsch

Hi Mark,

I see that you deleted the page that had my biography on it. The page name was Billy Kirsch. In your deletion comments, you mentioned that the some of the information was not verifiable. You correctly refer to All Music to verify some of my credits. But additionally, if you do a search on wikipedia with my name, you'll see that I'm attributed as the author of many hits songs and song recordings in general. So my name and my credits are cross-reference throughout Wikipedia itself.

I'd appreciate it if you can restore my page, since it really is legitimate.

Thank you, Billy Kirsch — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kidbilly Music (talk • contribs) 22:17, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

Hi Billy, sorry for the late response, I haven't been very active on Wikipedia recently. Have you read our WP:MUSICBIO guideline? If you meet the standards there it will be possible to have your page restored. Let me know if you have any questions. Mark Arsten (talk) 19:05, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Draft:Lisa Aliff

I believe that, after the AfD discussion, the article is safe to move back to mainspace. What do you say? --George Ho (talk) 10:46, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

I'd prefer to see better sourcing, but technically it can be moved to mainspace at this point. Mark Arsten (talk) 19:47, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

Mark Hughes

I think this edit is potentially libelous and should be redacted. Can you help? 77.130.195.10 (talk) 17:05, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. 77.130.195.10 (talk) 19:45, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

No prob, glad to help. Mark Arsten (talk) 19:47, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

Goodrich Petroleum Corporation

Hello. Is it possible to see what this article looked like when it was deleted (twice) please? I was just about to start a stub. I think it should definitely have an article as a public oil and gas company.Zigzig20s (talk) 10:53, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

Ok, looks like it's probably notable. I moved the history to Draft:Goodrich Petroleum Corporation for you. Mark Arsten (talk) 14:04, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

Not Sure What to Make of This - Something Hinky:

Hello,

I don't know if this is something 'wrong' or 'bad', or something that goes against the TOS, but I came across something that just struck a chord within me that just felt wrong or 'off'. I was looking at the entry for Betty J. Sapp the current Director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NOR) and I noticed it was created by a user named "TDRSS." I Also noticed that the content of the page was an almost verbatim reproduction of her official CV provided as a preamble to an official site visit she is making. I also know that TDRSS is the name of a military satellite system: the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System and which is an NRO-owned system.

So I was thinking that perhaps it might be someone (or group of someones) who is employed by the NRO or one of their contractors, and I began a little digging. I quickly found that the user TDRSS is responsible for the creation and/or frequent editing of pages related to EVERY other director of the NRO as well: <ref>[[Bruce_A._Carlson|Bruce A. Carlson]] [16th] (Creator)</ref> <ref>[[Scott_F._Large|Scott F. Large]] [15th] (Early Editor)</ref> <ref>[[Donald_Kerr|Donald M. Kerr]] [14th] (Early Editor)</ref> <ref>[[Peter_B._Teets|Peter B. Teets]] [13th] (Creator)</ref> <ref>[[Keith_R._Hall|Keith R. Hall]] [12th] (Creator)</ref> <ref>[[Jeffrey_K._Harris|Jeffrey K. Harris]] [11th] (Early Editor)</ref> <ref>[[Martin_C._Faga|Martin C. Faga]] [10th] (Creator)</ref> <ref>[[Edward_C._Aldridge_Jr.|Edward C. Aldridge Jr]] [9th] (Early Editor)</ref> <ref>[[Robert_J._Hermann|Robert J. Hermann]] [8th] (Early Editor)</ref> <ref>[[Hans_Mark|Hans M. Mark]] [7th] (Editor)</ref> <ref>[[Thomas_C._Reed|Thomas C. Reed]] [6th] (Editor)</ref> <ref>[[James_W._Plummer|James W. Plummer]] [5th] (Creator)</ref> <ref>[[John_L._McLucas|John L. McLucas]] [4th] (Early Editor)</ref> <ref>[[Alexander_H._Flax|Alexander H. Flax]] [3rd] (Creator)</ref> <ref>[[Brockway_McMillan|Brockway McMillan]] [2nd] (Creator)</ref> <ref>[[Joseph_V._Charyk|Joseph V. Charyk]] [1st] (Creator)</ref> It struck me as highly unlikely that this person(s) is THAT uniquely interested, as a layman, in the current and past Directors NRO (most of then are downright unremarkable). The author(s) also has created or edited NUMEROUS other (NRO-related) pages, a volume of which is unlikely for a single layperson to create or maintain. Again I don't know if this is anything improper, or untoward, it just felt wrong - for whatever it's worth - but I could be completely off base. Please do what you will with this information (or even do nothing if that is apropriate).

Please feel free to contact me if you have any further questions or concerns:

138.163.106.72 (talk) 22:44, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
Kind Regards
Jeffrey A. La Grua

Hi Jeffrey, thanks for the detailed note. This is an interesting situation. There are a couple issues that I can see at a glance. One is that this may be a case of conflict-of-interest editing, if not paid editing. The other is the apparent copying. If he is copying public domain resources then that's not as big of a deal, but still needs to be looked into. It doesn't look like he has been too active lately but I will drop a note on his talk page. Mark Arsten (talk) 19:45, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

Help

You're an admin, right? Can I ask, how to create a poll? If there is none, then how does an agreement in Wikipedia can be made?

Zero stylinx (talk) 15:39, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

Well, we don't usually do "polls" per se. Usually if there's a dispute about an article we will just have a discussion between interested editors and try to judge consensus after people weigh in. Sometimes we'll do something closer to a vote, called Wikipedia:Requests for comment or WP:AFD depending on the situation. Of course, if there's a discussion about banning someone or promoting someone to admin we basically do just hold a poll but it's not a pure vote in that strength of argument can be taken into account. Mark Arsten (talk) 15:54, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Zoffy

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I don't know what a Zoffy is. It doesn't sound very notable though. Mark Arsten (talk) 19:29, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

Question

Template:Subs:DRVNote Wiikstaat (talk) 21:59, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

Hello Mark. I am not sure what this is about but I've moved it to the bottom of your talk page so that you don't have to hunt for it. Cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 13:22, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

OK I did a little hunting and it seems to be related to this Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jennifer Leonhardt. I hope that this helps. MarnetteD|Talk 13:24, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks Marnette. My advice to the user would be to make a WP:DRAFT using the best sources he/she can find and then I'd consider moving it back to mainspace. Mark Arsten (talk) 18:14, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

10 July

10 July

Took only 300 years to restore a good name. - Thank you for the history merge of the article. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:29, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

Question: I moved User:Gerda Arendt/PumpkinSky Prize to Wikipedia:WikiProject Quality Article Improvement/Precious. Would it be difficult to replave all redirects to the current, automatically? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:48, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

--Ged Gilmore (talk) 23:27, 13 August 2016 (UTC)== Didn't do it! ==

Hi Mark I just opened a wiki page and saw I had two messages. I have never seen this before. The messages referred to alterations to pages that I had made being undone. I have just signed up to Wikipedia. I have never edited any page on wikipedia and have no intention of ever doing so. I use my mobile phone as a tethered hot spot and do not share it with anyone. Whomever it is that you are trying to contact over this it is certainly not me. Please correct this as i don't wish to become known as a "wiki vandal" as I believe the term is. My Best Regards Ged Gilmore — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ged Gilmore (talk • contribs) 23:25, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

No worries, unless the warning was given recently admins will assume you're someone else. Mark Arsten (talk) 23:29, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

FAC voluntary mentoring scheme

During a recent lengthy discussion on the WP:FAC talkpage, several ideas were put forward as to how this procedure could be improved, particularly in making it more user-friendly towards first-time nominees. The promotion rate for first-timers at FAC is depressingly low – around 16 percent – which is a cause for concern. To help remedy this, Mike Christie and I, with the co-operation of the FAC coordinators, have devised a voluntary mentoring scheme, in which newcomers will guided by more experienced editors through the stages of preparation and submission of their articles. The general format of the scheme is explained in more detail on Wikipedia: Mentoring for FAC, which also includes a list of editors who have indicated that they are prepared to act as mentors.

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Revising and Republishing 'Jonathan Paul Wagner'

Hey Mark,

I'm a writer who has been hired by Jonathan Paul Wagner to look into why his Wikipedia page (http://deletedwikipedia.gawker-labs.com/wiki/Jonathan_Paul_Wagner) was deleted, in hopes of having me make revisions to content and citation in order to get the page restored. I'd like to change the page so it meets Wikipedia's standards, but I'd like a couple suggestions by you as to the best way of going about doing this with particular respect to the article. What caused his article to get taken down, and what are the biggest changes I would need to make to get it back on track? Were sources not credible, or lines cited improperly?

I appreciate any and all advice you can give me on this one, Mark.

- Joseph Cavera — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joesilver72 (talk • contribs) 01:53, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

Hi, the reason the article was deleted was because it seemed to fail the notability guideline we have for keeping articles about artists. To have the article restored, you'd have to provide sources that make the case that he meets the standards in that guideline. Sources that provide detailed, in-depth discussion of him would also help. Local sources or interviews can help, but usually we want more than that. (Note that we also have rules editing for pay, see here for the instructions on the matter.) Feel free to let me know if you have any more questions. Mark Arsten (talk) 02:51, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

Undelete request for one of my User subpages.

Hi, would you be able to help me out with an undelete of these two of my User subpages? Game Zero magazine / Game Zero magazine, talk page . The were archived when the original pages were deleted while I worked on citations, and then someone came by and deleted them as well. If I could atleast get them undeleted so I can offline copy the contents, I would be very appreciative. Thanks. BcRIPster (talk) 04:37, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

Sure, why don't you e-mail me and I will send you the text of the draft. Mark Arsten (talk) 14:34, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

Got'em. Thanks. BcRIPster (talk) 04:23, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

Burke and Hare murders

How lovely to see your name on my watchlist and especially on Burke and Hare murders, my latest FA. I hope your keeping well! Cassianto^Talk 14:58, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the note, it's good to see you too. And to read your fascinating article. Mark Arsten (talk) 15:25, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

Extended confirmed protection

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Protected edit request on 25 September 2016

Ortiz Gaytan (talk) 22:12, 25 September 2016 (UTC)

Not sure what this is about? Mark Arsten (talk) 23:40, 25 September 2016 (UTC)

Sock Puppet

Good evening, I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I made the mistake of creating a sock puppet account without the knowledge that it went against the guidelines of Wikipedia. I've just started using a Wikipedia page today, and when I was creating an article instead of previewing it I accidentally submitted it, before it was complete resulting in speedy deletion. I've made several corrections and added citations, but I noticed that the deletion was still listed. So I used my brother's account to delete the speedy deletion as it said another account can remove the notice. I realize now that was extremely naive, but I had no malintent other than just making sure I could carry editing the article without the deletion in the way. I'm not sure if there is anything else I should cover other than providing a link to the article, but thank you for time and sorry more any issues my use of another account might have created. If I should submit this somewhere else please let me know. Thank you again for your time and ensuring that Wikipedia operates on such a high level. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:TravellingTycoon#Sockpuppet_investigation — Preceding unsigned comment added by TravellingTycoon (talk • contribs) 01:08, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for the explanation. As long as you stick to one account in the future you won't have problems. I'll update Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/TravellingTycoon. Mark Arsten (talk) 01:25, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

Also, it looks like Jake Skinner probably does not meet the WP:POLITICIAN guideline. If he wins the election the page will probably meet the guideline (if I'm understanding the office right), but usually local politician articles are deleted. Mark Arsten (talk) 01:34, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

Reviewing Christina Grimmie

Hello, I saw that in 2013, you configured pending changes settings for Christina Grimmie to auto-accept, requiring "autoconfirmed" permission because of "violations of the biographies of living persons policy." Could you remove this now that she's dead? -BRAINULATOR9 (TALK) 22:33, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

The BLP policy can apply for a while after the subject dies, I believe. I'd be hesitant to remove it for now if there's still disruption going on. Mark Arsten (talk) 00:00, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

I request Checkuser

For this Can you please see https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Hwy43&oldid=744238897 Shark32322 (talk) 00:32, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

Request to review

Would you be willing to review Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sevcohaha/Archive and the subsequent discussion on the editor's talk page and provide an opinion or suggestions for moving forward? Thank you. Hmlarson (talk) 17:47, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

I took a quick look at it. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be an easy way forward that I can see. The best advice I could give would be for the user to wait six months without editing at all and then request an unblock. Kind of a "Hail Mary" at this point, but after multiple accounts are blocked it's really hard to get permission to edit again. Mark Arsten (talk) 14:59, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for taking a look. Hmlarson (talk) 23:33, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

Definitive Technology Deleted

Hi Mark -

My name is Joel Sietsema. One of my team members tried some time ago to get The "Definitive Technology" page published. He ran into what he deemed some pretty fierce headwinds that stopped it from being approved. Can you help me better understand what it was specifically that stopped it from being approved.

My thanks, Joel — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joel.sietsema (talk • contribs) 02:26, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi Joel, I think the issue was that some editors felt the sources in the article didn't have enough depth of discussion about the company. (We are often quick to delete articles on corporations for fear of people using Wikipedia for advertising.) This guideline has some info about what we look for in articles about companies. The best thing to do would be to create a draft that includes more citations to detailed articles and then request creation of an article. I can move the deleted text to your userspace if you want. Also, please note our conflict of interest editing policy. Let me know if you have any more questions. Mark Arsten (talk) 15:14, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

Zoffy's page

A long time ago, Zoffy's page was deleted and turned into a redirect due to lacking reliable source. If I were to restore the page with reliable source, will you accept it?

Zero stylinx (talk) 09:30, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

Well, maybe. I'd have to look at the page and the source (hopefully sources) first. Probably best to create a userspace draft first. Mark Arsten (talk) 15:03, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

User:Zero stylinx/sandbox/Zoffy Zero stylinx (talk) 16:18, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

Ok, that looks pretty thoroughly sourced, but it is hard for me to evaluate the draft due to the heavy reliance on non-English sources (which is itself 100% alright, per policy). I guess posting to WP:DRV and asking for the deletion to be overturned by restoring this draft would be the best idea now. Mark Arsten (talk) 18:13, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

Yeah about that, how do I actually use it? I'm not thoroughly experienced. I had once requested Zoffy's page to be un-deleted but one user told me to refer to you (the one who redirect Zoffy's page) instead...Zero stylinx (talk) 22:00, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

promotional account User:Foreverstocks

User:Foreverstocks has only created 2 pages, both of which have been tagged for speedy deletion due to purely promotional content. i tagged one, someone else tagged the other back in march 2015. the user hasnt made any other posts or edits to articles. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.72.120.122 (talk) 18:39, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins

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A new user right for New Page Patrollers

Hi Mark Arsten.

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.

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Happy Thanksgiving

Danke

Variedades de calabaza
Happy Thanksgiving with a variety of pumpkins

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:13, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! I saw Messiah performed the other day, and I thought of you. Mark Arsten (talk) 03:16, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

please consider an addition to Bruno Mars semi-protected page

section discography Earth to Mars unofficial release (2011) [11] i am new to this so please let me know if this is the proper forum to add to a semi-protected page Davomail (talk) 21:32, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi, the right place to post the request would be Talk:Bruno Mars. Mark Arsten (talk) 03:13, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

hi

how do i submit a sockpuppet case? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paramdeeptung (talk • contribs) 22:59, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi, there are instructions at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations, look for the "How to open an investigation" box. Let me know if you have any issues, Mark Arsten (talk) 03:15, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

Template:In use

Hello, Mark. Is this template good enough for ECP? It is a recurrently used and highly visible template, but can you trust EC users to edit this template? --George Ho (talk) 06:15, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

I don't see any reason to change the protection here, to be honest. Mark Arsten (talk) 14:27, 29 November 2016 (UTC)