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Your submission at Articles for creation: Ben Ahlers has been accepted

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CF-501 Falcon (talk · contribs) 01:40, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Aotearoa

WP:NCNZ is a guideline for titling articles. You even wikilinked Aotearoa, which instead of talking about the country it is referencing it discusses a word. Wikipedia is an international encyclopaedia and you cannot assume every reader will be from New Zealand. Traumnovelle (talk) 21:41, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Explanations

About page 24-hour clock, the terms "wee hours" and "small hours" despite having a source, are not valid, as 00:00 until 06:00 is only postmidnight, not part of the morning. The two terms "daytime" and "nighttime" are unnecessary to be here. 168.232.221.207 (talk) 13:25, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, thanks for reaching out!

For the future, make sure to include explanations in your edit summaries - this was reason why I had reverted your edit.

As you are deleting sourced information, I'd recommend starting a discussion on Talk:24-hour clock first, and explaining why you think the information should be removed or why the referenced sources are incorrect.

Thanks, Nil🥝 (talk) 13:34, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I hope this message finds you well. I would like to respectfully bring to your attention that the information you previously shared regarding the institution from which Dr. Hassan Ayariga obtained his PhD appears to be outdated and inaccurate. As of today, degrees from Atlantic International University (AIU) are recognized in several African countries, particularly in Central and West Africa.

Labeling AIU as a "degree mill" is, therefore, a mischaracterization that could be considered defamatory and unsubstantiated. It is important that such claims be based on current and verifiable data.

I trust that Wikipedia aims to provide accurate, neutral, and well-sourced information, and I hope any future updates will reflect that standard accordingly. Scartoer (talk) 10:54, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Scartoer, have left a reply on your talk page now :)

Thanks, Nil🥝^Talk 12:45, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Ben Ahlers

On 28 June 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ben Ahlers, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that actor Ben Ahlers learned watchmaking from the Horological Society of New York for his role in The Gilded Age? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ben Ahlers. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Ben Ahlers), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:02, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

July 2025

Hello Nil NZ. Regarding the recent revert you made to Idiotville, Oregon: you may already know about them, but you might find Wikipedia:Template index/User talk namespace useful. After a revert, these can be placed on the user's talk page to let them know you considered their edit inappropriate, and also direct new users towards the sandbox. They can also be used to give a stern warning to a vandal when they've been previously warned. Twinkle contains a good utility for adding warnings after a rollback through its system. Once the talk page for the user opens, go to the TW menu at the top right of the main section, select Warn, and then pick a warning template. It's much easier than adding a warning manually :) UmbyUmbreon (talk) 07:05, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @UmbyUmbreon, unfortunately the TW menu doesn't appear on my mobile browser, which I would have made that reversion with. I normally add talkpage warnings (even typing out/copy–pasting on mobile), but will admit I miss them on occasion, so appreciate the reminder! Nil🥝 (talk) 04:02, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Reb Fountain has been accepted

Reb Fountain, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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Gheus (talk) 02:03, 6 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Scandiweb

Hello,

Removing orphan tag - article is linked from other pages, which can be clearly seen on this page - Special:WhatLinksHere/Scandiweb. As well as before no link was not an issue. Scandiweb is an agency so there is no changes to get linked from other pages with makes us hard to make changes now. 89.221.127.177 (talk) 11:34, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

None of those articles are in the main space - with the exception of the first one (a redirect to the page), the rest are form user talk pages.

The orphan tag should remain, and as an employee, you should not be editing that page. Nil🥝^Talk 11:42, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Notification

Check this out please: [[1]] Aldorwyn of Rivendell (talk) 09:51, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Word counts

Please stop adding word counts to plot summaries, they are only useful if everyone who edits the plot summary keeps them up-to-date and that is not the case. - adamstom97 (talk) 09:43, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Adamstom.97, most people (albeit, not everyone) were updating the word count accurately, even if previous editors hadn't.

The word count I added was accurate to your last edit, so I don't understand why you reverted it, and leaving edit summaries like this doesn't help either. You previously deleted it without explanation (mistakenly, I'd assumed), so I'm sorry for re-adding it without knowing what the issue is.

Would it not be worth noting that the current plot summary is 690 words, so any extra would likely push it over the limit?

Thanks, Nil🥝^Talk 10:23, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Right now the article is popular and people are keeping it up-to-date, but it doesn't take long for that to fall off. In my experience, these hidden notes get out of date really quickly and could lead to more confusion. For example, say someone in a few months cuts down the summary by 40 or 50 words and doesn't update the note. Someone coming along might think that there isn't much room to expand it, when that is not the case. That is why I think it is better to just recommend that every editor checks the current word count themselves, rather than assuming that the note is correct. - adamstom97 (talk) 10:42, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ngā mihi for explaining, and I do agree that it could be an issue. Ideally, editors should be checking the word counts of their edits, but practically we know that that doesn't always happen, so having a word count is a simple pragmatic solution to that.

I'm going to reinstate it on the basis that it's useful for other editors (this is a collaborative effort, after all), and that it is being kept up to date. When the updates go stale/fall off, I have absolutely no problem with it being removed, but for now there are a lot of changes happening (the movie is only a week old, so understandable), and there are more than enough page watchlisters keeping the figure updated. At the moment it's not a problem, and is of more use than it is an issue.

Thanks, Nil🥝^Talk 22:11, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

UAA

Thanks for the report at WP:UAA but please note that some wikis allow organisation accounts - see Commons policy for an example, the German wiki is another. Except for the most offensive usernames, please don't report users at WP:UAA if they haven't edited on this wiki. Cabayi (talk) 07:41, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Cabayi apologies I was a bit too keen with that one.

I didn't realise that Special:Log/newusers was global but will keep in mind when flagging in the future. Thanks, Nil🥝^Talk 08:10, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The interaction of global & local when it comes to usernames is a learning curve. Happy editing. Cabayi (talk) 08:12, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion declined: User:Bob12435908/sandbox

Hello Nil NZ, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of User:Bob12435908/sandbox, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Not blatantly vandalism or a hoax. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. CoconutOctopus talk 11:11, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers @CoconutOctopus, I do think it's still CSD worthy though, if you'd be willing to reconsider?

I tagged with G3 as the supposed micronation doesn't exist. The source on the page (soloist.ai/allotia) is an obvious spam link, so I probably should have tagged as G11 as well. Nil🥝^Talk 11:19, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If it was in mainspace I'd be more inclined to agree, but people can mostly do what they want in their sandboxes (within obvious reason) and I find it best to be lenient there. The link is pretty much just a self hosted "look at my cool micronation!" page so I don't think this is a deliberate attemptto post a hoax on Wikipedia and more a new user just not quite getting what we're here for. CoconutOctopus talk 11:30, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough, I'll leave it (even though it probably fits WP:U5 too).

Hopefully the user doesn't attempt anymore of this, but they seem to be heeding their Talk page warnings for now. Nil🥝^Talk 11:41, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If they try adding it back anywhere feel free to let me know :) CoconutOctopus talk 11:42, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, will do! Nil🥝^Talk 11:44, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you want me to stop making talk pages tell me

Tell me if you want me to stop making talk pages 88.251.82.151 (talk) 12:45, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

AN/I

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved.—Locke Cole • t • c 20:06, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Nil🥝^Talk 20:12, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Rollback granted

Hi Nil NZ. After reviewing your request, I have enabled rollback on your account. Please keep the following things in mind while using rollback:

Being granted rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle or Ultraviolet. It just adds a [rollback] button next to a page's latest live revision. It does not grant you any additional "status" on Wikipedia, nor does it change how Wikipedia policies apply to you.
Rollback should be used to revert clear and unambiguous cases of vandalism only. Never use rollback to revert good faith edits. For more information about when rollback is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Rollback § When to use rollback.
Rollback should never be used to edit war, and it should never be used in a content-related dispute to restore the page to your preferred revision. If rollback is abused or used for this purpose or any other inappropriate purpose, the permission will be revoked.
Use common sense. If you're not sure about something, ask!

I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, and feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into trouble or have any questions about appropriate use of rollback. If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. For information on rollback, see Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Rollback (even though you're not an admin) and Wikipedia:Rollback. Good luck and thanks! Giraffer (talk) 18:54, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Giraffer, appreciated! Nil🥝 00:50, 7 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Temporary account IP viewer granted

Hello, Nil NZ. Per your request, your account has been granted temporary account IP viewer rights. You are now able to reveal the IP addresses of individuals using temporary accounts that are not visible to the general public. This is very sensitive information that is only to be used to aid in anti-abuse workflows. Please take a moment to review Wikipedia:Temporary account IP viewer for more information on this user right. It is important to remember:

You must not share IP address data with someone who does not have the same access permissions unless disclosure is permissible as per guidelines listed at Foundation:Policy:Wikimedia Access to Temporary Account IP Addresses Policy.
Access should not be used for political control, to apply pressure on editors, or as a threat against another editor in a content dispute. There must be a valid reason to investigate a temporary user. Note that using multiple temporary accounts is not forbidden, so long as they are not used in violation of policies (for example, block or ban evasion).

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Edit request

Hello! I have set the |answered= parameter to "no" on this edit request you answered. Please remember to do this in the future as it removes the request from CAT:ESP. Yerlo (talk) 12:44, 8 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Yerlo Oopsie, my apologies for missing that, thank you for fixing up and reminding me! Nil🥝 15:13, 8 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Of course! Yerlo (talk) 15:33, 8 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Recent Page Engagement

Dear Nil, we have recently engaged together on a discussion over the page for Moshe Reuven. After the deletion discussion which I have withdrawn (and fully agree with the general community consensus), the new editor who defended the page at the time, has substantially re-written its content, making strict emphasis on the Grammys and highlighting single release information in a covertly-promotional style.

Given the "edit war" and major COI history of the page, I believe this is not a coincidence. The page content was completely fine and encyclopedic before; now it reads like a artist page summary on Spotify. I do not want to appear prejudice, so I am asking for your second opinion.

P.S. Call me paranoid; if you listen to this podcast, the tone and writing style of the contributor Systems292 is vastly similar to the presenter. Same pauses, same logical brakes in a middle of the sentence, same tone. I will not press these charges as they are too much of a stretch, but in the back of my mind I am convinced this IS him, just using a different computer and IP to edit a page about himself. Pathetic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Silvymaro (talk • contribs) 16:37, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've had a look and I think the page is okay, as it's been trimmed of WP:PUFFERY. I removed one part not backed up by citations, and it's been page protected, but I've added to my watchlist and will keep an eye on it for the future. Nil🥝 22:55, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Check Out?

Hello, I have made a page for Yung Fazo's page me vs me, could you check it out, it has an AI page on it but I didn't use AI on it, and quoted correctly, I also added "Adding" as a page by yung fazo and so faygo it goes as Adding (Yung Fazo & SoFaygo song) - gdshordy — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gdshordy (talk • contribs) 02:45, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hiya, I had a look and did not detect any AI issues, so I have removed the tag.

I did, however, find some copyright violations. I've removed them now, but please be careful when writing critical reception sections. You can not copy and paste entire sentences/paragraphs, as you had done here.

Have a read of WP:NFCCEG for policy and advice.

Thanks, Nil🥝 04:12, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Sachi (band)

On 30 August 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sachi (band), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the New Zealand band Sachi gained prominence after throwing a USB demo through the car window of music producer Diplo? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/SACHI (band). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Sachi (band)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Amakuru (talk) 00:04, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Feedback on talk page conduct

Hi, I'd like you to ask for feedback, so I can de better going forward.

You replied to the AfD on plant-based cat food having reviewed its talk page. If you're happy to do so, I'd like to ask for pointers where I you think I went too far or was unhelpful in making Wikipedia better. (No hard feelings if you'd rather not, feel free to ignore this)

Thanks in any case! Sklabb (talk) 22:05, 2 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kia ora @Sklabb, my concerns had nothing to do with talk page conduct etc., so please don't worry about your actions there!

My concerns were content related; I wasn't fully satisfied with the answers to the concerns/points raised by Traumnovelle, and additionally, the issues raised here further my concerns regarding WP:POV. Thanks, Nil🥝 04:22, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, that's clear. Thanks! Sklabb (talk) 11:31, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Stephen King (conservationist)

On 7 September 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Stephen King (conservationist), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that conservationist Stephen King was kicked out of Bible College for refusing to wear shoes? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Stephen King (conservationist). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Stephen King (conservationist)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Editor experience invitation

Hi Nil NZ. I'm looking for experienced editors to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 18:00, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Clovermoss, thanks for the invitation! I'll check it out and write something up if I get the chance :) Nil🥝 23:32, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Hospitals in Gaza

Hi Nil, please note:

Nasser Hospital, one of the largest hospitals in the Gaza Strip, is in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.

≠

Al-Nasr Children's Hospital is in Gaza City (Alarming footage shows Israel left premature babies to die alone in Gaza hospital it forcefully evacuated, The New Arab, 29 November, 2023).

Thanks! 91.54.1.252 (talk) 01:25, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind. User Zuck28 helped. Cheers, --87.170.195.247 (talk) 02:26, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

redirect error

Hi @Nil NZ, when you accepted Nissan Z32, it was not a redirect, instead, it was shown like this:

REDIRECT Nissan 300ZX#Z32

as you can see here. I have fixed this. ~Rafael (He, him) • talk • guestbook • projects 19:11, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Rafaelthegreat, that's my bad, thanks for fixing!

It (had) looked all good to me in the source editor, but I didn't realise SD messes with that oops – Nil🥝 20:28, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gonna give myself a

Self-trout for not double checking it worked after accepting Nil🥝 20:30, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Draft:Brianna J. Rivers

Hello, Nil NZ,

You tagged this draft as an attack article that should be deleted. And I was just wondering, of the two people the article talks about, which one do you think is being attacked by the editor? Thank you for providing more infomation. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:34, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Liz: I ummed and ahhed whether G10 would correctly apply, but ended up erring on the side of caution by tagging it anyway for an admin to review, as I felt it would fit the description from Wikipedia:Attack page, as biographical material that is entirely negative in tone and [...] poorly sourced.

In this case, it appears to have been drafted to disparage Rivers, who is not notable outside of WP:BLP1E, with descriptions that violate WP:BLPCRIME. The sources are largely unreliable, being from the likes of WP:NYPOST, WP:DAILYMAIL, WP:FOXNEWS, WP:NATIONALREVIEW or partisan sources like Right to Life. Nil🥝 05:50, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Most of this message was written by Mz7 (source). Thanks, 🎃 SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 02:47, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

BLP section that may be of interest

Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard#What_to_do_about_this?, concering relatives of Draft:Brianna J. Rivers. --JBL (talk) 21:21, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note

This is probably skirting the line of disclosing information. Disclosing Your IP /24 has only made two other edits this year, on pages Mandruss hasn't edited on at all wasn't really needed IMO, and could help someone looking for the IP address of this temp account. 45dogs (they/them) (talk page) 22:07, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @45dogs, I appreciate the cautious approach, but I disagree that this could help someone find the temp's IP, as I intentionally:

didn't name or hint at the pages that the IP range has edited (other than to say another editor hadn't edited them), and;
gave no other hints (such as geolocation or ISP) of the IP range (other than say it's made two other edits).

Whilst (in hindsight) I could have perhaps been a bit more vague (e.g. "your IP has had no interactions with Mandruss previously, and shows almost no recent activity of logged-out edits"), I think it still comfortably clears WP:TAIVDISCLOSE in this case. Nil🥝 22:42, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

~2025+

Howdy. There's an increasing # of ~2025 mobiles appearing. Something isn't adding up. GoodDay (talk) 23:13, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

These are all WP:Temporary accounts, which were implemented today. The IP addresses of logged out users are no longer shown – instead, they're assigned a temporary account that displays as (e.g.) ~2025-12345-67. Nil🥝 23:18, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh jeez. This will increase the likely hood of evading for sure. GoodDay (talk) 23:23, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bubble2beef is a confirmed sockpuppet

Hello Nil NZ, an editor partially blocked from editing the article about Thomas Skinner (businessman) has returned as "Wehavetoknow1" and "Bubble2beef". You had recently undone their edits, but their latest edit is still online. I won't restore it but perhaps you're interested. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 10:13, 6 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That was done. Perhaps the article needs to be checked for BLP issues/neutrality; I have mentioned this at WP:BLPN now. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 10:28, 6 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]