User talk:John B123
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If you feel that I have reverted an edit or issued a warning in error, please let me know. I am human, and I do make mistakes. Please don't interpret an error on my part as a personal attack on you. It's not, I promise. I ask you to simply bring it to my attention; I am always open to civil discussion. Thank you. --John B123 (talk) 15:42, 12 April 2021 (UTC) |
Nomination of The Amara Sulya Freedom Movement for deletion
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The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Amara Sulya Freedom Movement until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.
New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022
[edit]Hello John B123,
Much has happened since the last newsletter over two months ago. The open letter finished with 444 signatures. The letter was sent to several dozen people at the WMF, and we have heard that it is being discussed but there has been no official reply. A related article appears in the current issue of The Signpost. If you haven't seen it, you should, including the readers' comment section.
Awards: Barnstars were given for the past several years (thanks to MPGuy2824), and we are now all caught up. The 2021 cup went to John B123 for leading with 26,525 article reviews during 2021. To encourage moderate activity, a new "Iron" level barnstar is awarded annually for reviewing 360 articles ("one-a-day"), and 100 reviews earns the "Standard" NPP barnstar. About 90 reviewers received barnstars for each of the years 2018 to 2021 (including the new awards that were given retroactively). All awards issued for every year are listed on the Awards page. Check out the new Hall of Fame also.
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New Pages Patrol newsletter January 2023
[edit]Hello John B123,
- Backlog
The October drive reduced the backlog from 9,700 to an amazing 0! Congratulations to WaddlesJP13 who led with 2084 points. See this page for further details. The queue is steadily rising again and is approaching 2,000. It would be great if <2,000 were the “new normal”. Please continue to help out even if it's only for a few or even one patrol a day.
- 2022 Awards
Onel5969 won the 2022 cup for 28,302 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 80/day. There was one Gold Award (5000+ reviews), 11 Silver (2000+), 28 Iron (360+) and 39 more for the 100+ barnstar. Rosguill led again for the 4th year by clearing 49,294 redirects. For the full details see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone!
Minimum deletion time: The previous WP:NPP guideline was to wait 15 minutes before tagging for deletion (including draftification and WP:BLAR). Due to complaints, a consensus decided to raise the time to 1 hour. To illustrate this, very new pages in the feed are now highlighted in red. (As always, this is not applicable to attack pages, copyvios, vandalism, etc.)
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New Pages Patrol newsletter June 2023
[edit]Hello John B123,
Backlog
Redirect drive: In response to an unusually high redirect backlog, we held a redirect backlog drive in May. The drive completed with 23851 reviews done in total, bringing the redirect backlog to 0 (momentarily). Congratulations to Hey man im josh who led with a staggering 4316 points, followed by Meena and Greyzxq with 2868 and 2546 points respectively. See this page for more details. The redirect queue is steadily rising again and is steadily approaching 4,000. Please continue to help out, even if it's only for a few or even one review a day.
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NPP backlog drive
[edit]Hello. I noticed you've done a significant bit of NPP work in the month of January and you're not listed on the leaderboard of our current backlog drive. It's not too late to sign up here and receive rewards for your contributions during the month. After all, you are deserving of them based on the work you've put in! Hey man im josh (talk) 16:40, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
Question about The Kingdom of Aurorasia
[edit]Hey I just got your notification about speedy deletion of my page The Kingdom of Aurorasia may I know why and how may I fix it?
Thank you @John B123 LuluNana01 (talk) 21:05, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
- Hi LuluNana01. Does the Kingdom of Aurorasia actually exist? All I could find on Google were a couple of reddit posts and a draft on MicroWiki. For a subject to have an article on Wikipedia it needs to be notable, which is demonstrated by in-depth coverage in independent sources. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 21:16, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
Moremi Ojudu
[edit]Thank you John B123 for this, I have carried out some recommendation on some of the errors you highlited on my new article, however I will will be super glad if you could have out to really improve this page with the necessary citation missing as the page is a major top government public figure page and it really needs to be live for people to know the placeholder of the Community Engagement Office in Nigeria. Moremi Ojudu Wandevictory (talk) 22:00, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Wandevictory, you need to find sources that verify the content of the article and also at least 2 of these articles need to have in-depth coverage about Moremi Ojudu to establish notability. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 22:23, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
- Hi John, thank you for your lead on this, I have been able to find the sources that verifies the content which establish the notability.
- Warm regards. Wandevictory (talk) 00:04, 3 February 2025 (UTC)
January 2025 NPP backlog drive – Points award
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Special Edition New Page Patroller's Barnstar | |
| This award is given in recognition to John B123 for accumulating at least 200 points during the January 2025 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions helped play a part in the 16,000+ articles and 14,000+ redirects reviewed (for a total of 19,791.2 points) completed during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! Hey man im josh (talk) 19:30, 6 February 2025 (UTC) |
January 2025 NPP backlog drive – Streak award
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Geneva mechanism Award | |
| This award is given in recognition to John B123 for accumulating at least 25 points during each week of the January 2025 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions played a part in the 16,000+ articles and 14,000+ redirects reviewed (for a total of 19,791.2 points) during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! Hey man im josh (talk) 19:46, 6 February 2025 (UTC) |
Two articles for review
[edit]Hi John,
I have created two new articles this week that have replaced entries that were previously deleted a long time ago. They are OC&C Strategy Consultants and Espressif Systems.
I am submitting these articles for your review. Imcdc Contact 06:41, 10 February 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Imcdc, OC&C Strategy Consultants seems at best to be marginal on notability, ie SIGCOV in 2 independent sources. The FT would probably be acceptable, but includes lots of quotes from OC&C personnel so those parts can be excluded. As consultor.fr starts At OC&C, we are proud of our membership it doesn't seem independent. OC&C is a paying partner of Consultancy.eu/Consultancy.UK so these can't be considered independent. The Australian Financial Review article is behind a paywall so I can't see the content.
- Looking at Espressif Systems, whilst the Business Times article is mainly about Teo Swee Ann, there seems to be enough in there about the company to qualify towards notability. The Chinese source is ok for a second source for notability. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 21:40, 10 February 2025 (UTC)
- For OC&C, there's an archive link for AFR here. It is more of a news piece.
- I have also added to the article, information from the Vault guide here as a source. They do research on firms from various fields including consulting. I have extracted the non-promo info from it and added to article. Also added a few more lesser source info.
- See if this works.
- Edit:Consultor.fr calls itself an independent media for strategy consulting. Maybe we need a translator to help us on this but it seems odd that OC&C is considered a "member" of it especially the way it talks about its decline. Maybe what it is talking about is how its an associate like on this page. I see it more of a database since its a French consulting focused website, it would naturally have the data of every significant consulting firm as well as senior staff member. In which case OC&C being an associate in this context isn't special since every other significant consulting firm is one too. Imcdc Contact 00:59, 11 February 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Imcdc, adding those sources is probably enough to demonstrate notability. Regards.--John B123 (talk) 07:01, 11 February 2025 (UTC)
Excuse me!
[edit]Excuse me! I was JUST approving that the article of Huddinge shouldn't be redirected, so if you please leave Wikipedia alone! Thank you! 212.181.195.151 (talk) 20:23, 15 February 2025 (UTC)
- Please read Wikipedia policies, especially WP:VERIFY, which requires that all content is verifiable. This is satisfied by adding references to articles. Unreferenced articles are not acceptable. --John B123 (talk) 20:40, 15 February 2025 (UTC)
- I think that the article REALLY needs help WITHOUT being redirected. 🤔 212.181.195.151 (talk) 20:42, 15 February 2025 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) 212.181.195.151, if you want to develop a page you can do it in your sandbox. Only once it meets the standards for publication should it be placed in mainspace. Cabayi (talk) 10:39, 16 February 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks! Not a bad idea at all! 👍👍👍 212.181.195.151 (talk) 13:51, 16 February 2025 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) 212.181.195.151, if you want to develop a page you can do it in your sandbox. Only once it meets the standards for publication should it be placed in mainspace. Cabayi (talk) 10:39, 16 February 2025 (UTC)
- I think that the article REALLY needs help WITHOUT being redirected. 🤔 212.181.195.151 (talk) 20:42, 15 February 2025 (UTC)
Arun Chockalingam
[edit]I think there's the possibility that he may meet the notability requirements as founding director of institutes/centres so I declined the CSD & draftified to Draft:Arun Chockalingam. Regards, Cabayi (talk) 10:35, 16 February 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Cabayi. Apologies for the late reply, I missed your post between the idiot above and below. Thanks for letting me know. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 19:49, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
😡
[edit]How come that you REDIRECTED the article of Vårby to Huddinge Municipality!? You’re NOT welcome to Wikipedia anymore, so leave it alone! 212.181.195.151 (talk) 14:38, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
- Please see comments above about the need for references John B123 (talk) 14:44, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
- We’ve just reported you to never come back here again. We’re very disappointed with you, so SuperTramp1987 ALREADY made the article clear so I WAS to remove the redirection! 😤 212.181.195.151 (talk) 14:51, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
- Feel free to report me to whoever you like, but I doubt if the Pope will listen as he's in hospital. In the meantime please familiarise yourself with Wikipedia policies. --John B123 (talk) 19:45, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
- GET OUT OF HERE!!!! 212.181.195.151 (talk) 19:52, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
- Feel free to report me to whoever you like, but I doubt if the Pope will listen as he's in hospital. In the meantime please familiarise yourself with Wikipedia policies. --John B123 (talk) 19:45, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
- [1] Brilliant song. --John B123 (talk) 19:57, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
- No, seriously… you’re NOT welcome to Wikipedia anymore, so you made us sick! Get out of Wikipedia right now! 212.181.195.151 (talk) 20:00, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
- [1] Brilliant song. --John B123 (talk) 19:57, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
- 😎 (I'm still here but in disguise). --John B123 (talk) 20:11, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
- I'm afraid that we're going to email you, so what's your email address then? Also, you're not going to come back to Wikipedia anymore, so sod off! 212.181.195.151 (talk) 20:22, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
- 😎 (I'm still here but in disguise). --John B123 (talk) 20:11, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
Please stay off my talk page. --John B123 (talk) 20:25, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
Question on Pensions & Investments status
[edit]Hi John,
Just want to check on something. For Pensions & Investments, is the page marked as reviewed in the curation toolbar? I have checked NPP and don't see anything but wanted to double check from the reviewer's point of view. Imcdc Contact 03:18, 20 February 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Imcdc. The curation toolbar only appears on pages that are unreviewed or have recently been reviewed. When I look at the article the toolbar doesn't appear. Looking at the page history, it was moved to mainspace by user Robertsky, as they are autopatrolled the article would automatically be marked as reviewed. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 06:32, 20 February 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks for checking. Imcdc Contact 06:58, 20 February 2025 (UTC)
The redirect Curtiss-Wright Model 2500 Air Car has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 February 28 § Curtiss-Wright Model 2500 Air Car until a consensus is reached. I am the pootis man1 (talk) 09:16, 28 February 2025 (UTC)
Sindkhed Raja Municipal Council
[edit]Dear John B123, I am spent my eight hours to create Sindkhed Raja Municipal Council Page and Type Info name wikipedian removed it it is unfair. I have added reference and citation in article also. Please approve my page it is request.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindkhed_Raja_Municipal_Council Swaraj Chaudhari (talk) 05:52, 1 March 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Swaraj Chaudhari. The article needs a lead section and inline citations. Please see MOS:LEAD, Help:Your first article and Help:Referencing for beginners. In addition, the sections 'History', 'Demographics', 'Tourist Attractions' and 'Transportation' are about the town not the council so should be moved to the article Sindkhed Raja. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 08:21, 1 March 2025 (UTC)
Hi please you nominated my page for deletion because you said it sound promotional i only discussed how a company is promoting african culture pls help me preview it Iyosomi3 (talk) 22:13, 1 March 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Iyosomi3. The article was written in a highly promotional manner and read like a press release for the company. You may wish to continue working on Draft:Kdnplus, taking into account the comments by AfC reviewers. --John B123 (talk) 08:32, 2 March 2025 (UTC)
Invitation to participate in research
[edit]Hello,
The Wikimedia Foundation is conducting a survey of a group of Wikipedians to better understand their experiences! We are also looking to interview some survey respondents in more detail, and you will be eligible to receive a thank-you gift for the completion of an interview. The outcomes of this research will shape future work designed to improve on-wiki experiences.
We have identified you as a good candidate for this research, and would greatly appreciate your participation in this survey, which shouldn’t take more than 2-3 minutes. You may view its privacy statement here. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns. Kind regards, Sam Walton (talk) 16:35, 10 March 2025 (UTC)
Ebrahim Bahmani
[edit]Speedy deletion nomination of Ebrahim Bahmani [edit] Hello Jonoubnews, I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Ebrahim Bahmani for deletion, because it's a redirect from an article title to a namespace that's not for articles. If you don't want Ebrahim Bahmani to be deleted, you can contest this deletion, but don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top. You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks! Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer. John B123 (talk) 06:21, 16 March 2025 (UTC)
This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because... (your reason here) --Jonoubnews (talk) 14:36, 15 March 2025 (UTC)
Ebrahim Bahmani is a prominent figure in southern Iran, actively engaged in urban management, media, and regional politics. In addition to his work as a writer and journalist, he has held key leadership positions, including Chairman of the Islamic Council of Bandar Shirinoo, Chairman of the Islamic Council of Siraf District, and Vice Chairman of the Islamic Council of Kangan County.
He has played a significant role in addressing infrastructure challenges, advocating for social development, and improving governance in Bushehr Province. His contributions and influence have been widely covered in reputable national media outlets such as IRNA, Mehr News Agency, ISNA, and Fars News, demonstrating his public recognition and notability.
Furthermore, his selection as the "Top Youth of Bushehr Province" at the National Youth of the Year Festival further underscores his importance and credibility. Given the multiple reliable and independent sources confirming his impact, the deletion of this article under Criterion A7 is unwarranted.
References:
"Mehr News Agency - Ebrahim Bahmani".
"Fars News - Ebrahim Bahmani". 95.130.60.203 (talk) 06:47, 16 March 2025 (UTC)
- @Jonoubnews: It is the redirect from mainspace to draft that I nominated for deletion not the article. The article still exists at Draft:Ebrahim Bahmani where you can continue to work on it. --John B123 (talk) 06:55, 16 March 2025 (UTC)
A320 page
[edit]hi John,
first of all I wanted to tell you that the French page for this motorway didn't have any sources, so this one didn't too, as info about French spur routes are pretty scarce and hard to find, and as I use it sometimes I added everything I knew about it yesterday
plus it isn't the definitive page, it's going to be a page I'll regularly edit to add more info about this motorway that didn't have a page before yesterday, and it's also my first attempt at creating a page
kind regards,
Problème d'ICC ambulant Problème d'ICC ambulant (talk) 07:30, 27 March 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Problème d'ICC ambulant. The various different language variants of Wikipedia don't share a common set of rules. Each language sets its own policies and guidelines so what is acceptable on one may not be on a different language version.
- On the English Wikipedia there are basic principles that need to be adhered to. The first is WP:NOTABILITY, which in short means the topic of every article needs to be notable. This is defined as
A topic is presumed to be suitable for a stand-alone article or list when it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject.
The second is WP:Verifiability,verifiability means that people are able to check that information comes from a reliable source. Its content is determined by published information rather than editors' beliefs, experiences, or previously unpublished ideas or information.
- I hope this helps. You may want to move the article to WP:draftspace where you can work on it without hindrance and then when you feel it is ready move it back to mainspace. Regards --John B123 (talk) 20:17, 27 March 2025 (UTC)
Francisco
[edit]Thank you for your hatnote for translation from the Spanish language page for Francisco Javier de Céspedes, but the reason I didn't translate the page in the first place is because they have so many facts on that page that I just can't verify from their sources yet. The Spanish language website seems to have a different approach to sources and citations. They have them, but they don't show up in-line. Guylaen (talk) 21:52, 1 April 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Guylaen. Firstly apologies for not getting back to you sooner, my life outside Wikipedia has been hectic lately. The English Wikipedia does seem to have higher standards for verification than other language versions. Also the requirements have changed over the years so even on the English version some older articles fall below the current standards. I assume the same is true on the Spanish version.
- I can only commend you for not just translating the Spanish version unreferenced. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 20:25, 5 April 2025 (UTC)
Regarding Storage class, which you seem not to like. Yes it needs more references and such, but they don't appear instantly. In the mean time, you revert to a redirect to a section on the C programming language that has no references, and only describes C. Storage class is important for all languages, though some only offer one choice. And references are just as important in the case of C as any other language. Why no comment about no references there? thanks, Gah4 (talk) 19:20, 5 April 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Gah4 per WP:BURDEN, the
burden to demonstrate verifiability lies with the editor who adds or restores material, and it is satisfied by providing an inline citation to a reliable source that directly supports the contribution
. The citations need to be added at the same time as the content to satisfy WP:V. - You're right, C doesn't have inline references. Nor do many other older articles which were probably created before the current verifiability standards. The article was redirected as part of New Page Patrol, which tries to ensure new articles comply with the current minimum standards. Regards --John B123 (talk) 20:48, 5 April 2025 (UTC)
- The whole C syntax article has {{More footnotes needed}}, but the actual storage class specifiers section has none. I, and some others, were working on the Storage class article, and especially to find good references. They are not always easy to find, especially for the good ones. An imperfect article helps others who know, help find them. The redirect doesn't help, though. The idea of storage class should be independent of the C language, but you would never know that, if the only mention is for C. Gah4 (talk) 18:59, 7 April 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Gah4, there is a copy of the article at Draft:Storage class. Perhaps you and the other editors could develop the article there and when ready move it back to mainspace. (I'm quite happy to move it for you when you feel it is ready.) Regards. --John B123 (talk) 20:03, 7 April 2025 (UTC)
- I could, but probably won't. Someone else started that one about the time that I stated mine, and I did copy some from theirs. I don't remember ever working on anyone else's draft article. Seems that I now have 9804 edits since 2006, so am not a new and inexperienced editor. And I still don't know why a section of the C article with no references is better than one here with references. Gah4 (talk) 08:27, 8 April 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Gah4, there is a copy of the article at Draft:Storage class. Perhaps you and the other editors could develop the article there and when ready move it back to mainspace. (I'm quite happy to move it for you when you feel it is ready.) Regards. --John B123 (talk) 20:03, 7 April 2025 (UTC)
- The whole C syntax article has {{More footnotes needed}}, but the actual storage class specifiers section has none. I, and some others, were working on the Storage class article, and especially to find good references. They are not always easy to find, especially for the good ones. An imperfect article helps others who know, help find them. The redirect doesn't help, though. The idea of storage class should be independent of the C language, but you would never know that, if the only mention is for C. Gah4 (talk) 18:59, 7 April 2025 (UTC)
Ceriantipatharia
[edit]Hi, John B123.
A week ago you correctly marked Ceriantipatharia as a coral-stub. Since then, I have significantly improved the article. I believe that now deserves the stub template to be removed for the following reasons/criteria:
Text expanded as much as is sensible for this article in a general purpose encyclopedia. Meaningful references added. Historical notability made explicit. A clear candidate to apply the Croughton/London rule, in my opinion. Weaker criteria: a) about 490 words; b) two images added.
Could you please check it and tell me, for me to remove the template? Thanks. PMRonchi (talk) 14:07, 9 April 2025 (UTC)
- ... for me to remove the template if you agree, or edit it more if necessary?
- (that was what was meant :) PMRonchi (talk) 14:10, 9 April 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Pmronchi. You've improved the article well. I've removed the stub tag and also marked it as start class on the talk page. I think it's not far off a C class. Regards --John B123 (talk) 18:59, 9 April 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you! Regards PMRonchi (talk) 21:08, 9 April 2025 (UTC)
Question about reviewing
[edit]Can I ask for you to review an article that I created, or is that not allowed? Asclepias tuberosa (talk) 21:01, 15 April 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Asclepias tuberosa. It's not prohibited, what's the article? Regards --John B123 (talk) 21:30, 15 April 2025 (UTC)
- The article is about Muqdad Fatiha Asclepias tuberosa (talk) 21:36, 15 April 2025 (UTC)
- It looks OK to me. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 21:40, 15 April 2025 (UTC)
- Alright, thx! Asclepias tuberosa (talk) 21:43, 15 April 2025 (UTC)
- It looks OK to me. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 21:40, 15 April 2025 (UTC)
New pages patrol May 2025 Backlog drive
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International Organization for Mediation
[edit]Hi John,
I noticed the article International Organization for Mediation has been out for a while but not yet reviewed. If you have time, could you please review it? Thanks Imcdc Contact 05:07, 17 June 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Imcdc, it looks OK to me. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 20:25, 17 June 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks John. Imcdc Contact 01:10, 18 June 2025 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Duraundha railway station
[edit]Very poor form of you to notify me FOUR HOURS after it was actually deleted. Useddenim (talk) 21:40, 11 July 2025 (UTC)
- No idea what you are talking about, the article hasn't been deleted. --John B123 (talk) 22:55, 11 July 2025 (UTC)
Your draft article, Draft:Template:Yamaha motorcycles timeline 70s
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Kasing Lung
[edit]Hi John,
I noticed the article Kasing Lung has been out for a while but not yet reviewed. If you have time, could you please review it? Thanks Imcdc Contact 12:26, 8 August 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Imcdc. Apologies for not getting back to you sooner. He seems to pass WP:GNG, but agree with the tag that the prose could be more encyclopedic. Regards.--John B123 (talk) 19:49, 11 August 2025 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion nomination of Life and Living It
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Cross Country Tours
[edit]Hey, just giving you a head's up. Not saying that this person is a sock or anything like that, but we have had some sockpuppeting surrounding the Merrie Melodies articles (TweetiePie1947 and Yay Dad). Again, it's entirely likely they aren't either person or sock related at all, I just figure it's good to pass along if you monitor that area. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 12:57, 22 September 2025 (UTC)
- Hi ReaderofthePack, thanks for the heads up. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 20:17, 22 September 2025 (UTC)
Reverted edit of template for "Prostitution in the United States"
[edit]Hello!
I removed Northern Liberties, Philadelphia from Template:Prostitution in the United States. I could not find any sources for this nor have ever heard this before. What I think whoever added this originally was trying to reference is the Philadelphia Tenderloin, a neighborhood which no longer exists. In any case, the Philadelphia Tenderloin was never coterminous with Northern Liberties, though they are adjacent. I’m working on adding an article for the Philadelphia Tenderloin, but for now, listing Northern Liberties in the template is inaccurate.
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Location of Northern Liberties, from the Wikipedia article: “Northern Liberties is located north of Center City (specifically, Old City) and is bordered by Girard Avenue to the north; Callowhill Street to the south; North 6th Street to the west; and the Delaware River to the east””
According to the Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia, the Tenderloin was “bound by Sixth Street on the east, Thirteenth Street on the west, Race Street to the south, and Callowhill Street to the north.” [2]
-- AndAllForWhat? (talk) 21:49, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
- Hi AndAllForWhat?, I've replied at Template talk:Prostitution in the United States. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 19:50, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
Hello, John B123! Would you mind marking the article The Court of the Dead as reviewed so that the article appears in search engine results? The book has topped multiple bestseller lists, so should qualify! Justthefacts (talk) 20:50, 10 October 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Justthefacts. It looks a well written article. Per the notability guidelines for books: the book has been the subject of two or more non-trivial published works appearing in sources that are independent of the book itself. "Non-trivial published works" usually means reviews. Perhaps the 'Critical response' section can be expanded to include other reviews? Regards. --John B123 (talk) 21:37, 10 October 2025 (UTC)
- @John B123: Hi, John B123! Actually, the notability guidelines for books criteria explicitly states that "non-trivial published works" includes both "bestseller lists" and "reviews", so the article already qualifies on the number of bestseller lists that it appears alone, but, nevertheless, the Critical response section has now also been expanded per your request! Regards. --Justthefacts (talk) 22:21, 10 October 2025 (UTC)
- @Justthefacts: I've seen arguments at WP:AfD that inclusion in a best seller list does not satisfy the WP:GNG requirement of 'in-depth coverage' (and often sparks a debate of WP:SNG v GNG) which is why I prefer the 'safer option' of reviews. Notability aside, I think expanding the Critical response section helps the article balance. Another reviewer has already marked it as reviewed but I would happily have done so. Congratulations on writing such a nice article. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 22:51, 10 October 2025 (UTC)
- @John B123: Thank you! :) WarGrowlmon18 also deserves credit for their significant expansion of the article! :) Regards! :) --Justthefacts (talk) 23:56, 10 October 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks.😁😁😁 WarGrowlmon18 (talk) 00:54, 11 October 2025 (UTC)
- @John B123: Thank you! :) WarGrowlmon18 also deserves credit for their significant expansion of the article! :) Regards! :) --Justthefacts (talk) 23:56, 10 October 2025 (UTC)
Re Review
[edit]Hello @John B123, could you please take a look at the article Nupur Joshi. This page is about a Hindi actress. I have attempted to write it based on information from several important sources. Does it still need some improvements? Because I have noticed that it has remained unreviewed even after several months. Perhaps this article appears to have been written by someone else before 2020, which you also reviewed Thanks Neuroswasthya (talk) 12:27, 12 October 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Neuroswasthya. An article about the actress was deleted at AfD on notability grounds. I don't see that anything she has appeared in since then shows that she has now met the notability requirements. Most of the references are interviews with Joshi, or based on what she has said. You need in include references from reliable sources that are independent of the subject and give significant coverage of her. Regards.--John B123 (talk) 15:30, 12 October 2025 (UTC)
- Dear @John B123, When this page was first created, many shows weren't added, which have been added now. Nupur plays the lead role in shows like Rakhi – Atoot Rishtey Ki Dor, Jasoos Vijay, Ssshhhh...Koi Hai etc., which qualifies for WP:NACTOR criteria. Joshi also has supporting roles in several serials and films. The reason for failing the WP:GNG criteria at that time was probably that only 9 sources were added at that time, some of which were not even reliable, but now some important sources have been added like 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 All these reliable sources talk about the artist's role and character. Source 6 is inspired by the Government awarding the short film. I think this article may be a little weak but it also meets the WP:GNG criteria to some extent. You are requested to please take a look, your opinion is important. thanks Neuroswasthya (talk) 08:05, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Neuroswasthya. Of the refs you mention, 1-5 are based on interviews with Joshi or what she has said so are not 'independent' and therefore don't contribute towards notability. Ref 6 doesn't actually mention her by name. As I said previously you need references from reliable sources that are independent of the subject and give significant coverage of her. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 20:35, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
- @John B123 ok i will look for some secondary reliable sources if they are available..thanks Neuroswasthya (talk) 07:24, 15 October 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Neuroswasthya. Of the refs you mention, 1-5 are based on interviews with Joshi or what she has said so are not 'independent' and therefore don't contribute towards notability. Ref 6 doesn't actually mention her by name. As I said previously you need references from reliable sources that are independent of the subject and give significant coverage of her. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 20:35, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
Nomination of Mano Ya Na Mano (film) for deletion
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Template:Infobox motorcycle rider modification
[edit]Hi. I've been working on All Japan Road Race Championship related articles recently and noticed that the current Template:Infobox motorcycle rider doesn’t include support for this series. Nobody has ever really worked on anything All Japan-related on English Wikipedia (other than the main article, which is pretty neglected), so naturally it's missing in there. The template already includes other regional series of similar relevance in motorcycle racing like the BSB, Isle of Man TT or MotoAmerica. The All Japan sits at a somewhat similar recognition level I reckon (just not English-speaking).
Would it be possible to add All Japan support to the template? I haven’t edited templates before so I'm not sure what the steps would be, whether it would require a talk page discussion. I've noticed you're the last editor to implement a whole series to the template (WorldWCR), back in 2024, so advice would be appreciated. I was thinking about including the current four categories (JSB1000, ST1000, ST600 and J-GP3) separately, similar to how Moto3, Moto2 and MotoGP are incorporated individually, since these categories don't necessarily work as feeder series to each other. Thanks! Fishyblyn (talk) 14:35, 22 November 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Fishyblyn. It should be possible to add this to the template. I added the WorldWCR without discussion, but as this is a FIM world championship it would be difficult to argue against it's inclusion. A nation series that is not in an English speaking country and not extensively covered in English language media may be objected to. I would suggest adding it to the template and seeing if there is any reaction.
- On the template All Japan Road Race Championship JSB1000 category is unwieldy for a section heading would All Japan JSB1000 be ok? (And similar for the other categories). Regards --John B123 (talk) 00:39, 23 November 2025 (UTC)
- @John B123 Yes All Japan JSB1000 is perfect for the header. Will try implementing soon. Thanks for the help! Fishyblyn (talk) 11:48, 23 November 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Fishyblyn. I went to edit the template this morning but see you have already added the All Japan sections. Looking at the changes, you seem to have covered everything and not made any errors, (Edit to add) I added the ST1000 stats to the infobox of Taiga Hada and all worked correctly, well done. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 07:45, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
- Hi @John B123! Thank you! It's nice to hear this from an experienced editor :) Thanks for the help and advice again! Fishyblyn (talk) 11:23, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Fishyblyn. I went to edit the template this morning but see you have already added the All Japan sections. Looking at the changes, you seem to have covered everything and not made any errors, (Edit to add) I added the ST1000 stats to the infobox of Taiga Hada and all worked correctly, well done. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 07:45, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
Articles for Creation backlog drive
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