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Need help

Sir I want to discuss with you for some information like cite and linking for create a page.Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by POTIMANCH (talk • contribs) 16:07, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

And what is your question? Lectonar (talk) 11:23, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Deleted page Rodolfo Correa Vargas / Please help.

Hi Lectonar, can you please help me build this page back, and do it by Misplaced Pages standards and requirements, please. This is the info I got: 12:46, 29 September 2020 Lectonar talk contribs deleted page Rodolfo Correa Vargas (A2: Article in a foreign language that exists on another project: ES-Misplaced Pages, thrice deleted there for not meeting GNG) (thank)

As you explained, it was deleted three times. I would like to know how to recreate this page so that it is approved. Dr Vargas is a well known and appreciated personality in Colombia.

Thank you much!

As you said in your first email: "WE" would like to have the article back. Who is we? So let me point you first to our guideline about conflict of interest; please act accordingly if necessary. That being out of the way, there is still a draft to be found at Draft:Rodolfo Correa Vargas on which you could work; this will provide guidance for that endeavour. Regards. Lectonar (talk) 11:09, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Un-PCR request

Hello! I saw that you were the one to delist Relax (song) from semiprotection to PCR. I noticed that the page has almost all of the edits accepted and very little sourcing issues, so I was wondering if it could be un-PCR'd. Sennecaster (What now?) 02:41, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

Hello, I have set pending-changes protection to expire in 3 weeks time...will still watchlist until then. Lectonar (talk) 06:46, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Three years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:00, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

How time flies when one has fun. Thanks a million @Gerda Arendt:. Lectonar (talk) 09:29, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

WARNING! Rejectitis user.

I'm sorry, but you must know that I suffer from rejectitis, a disease in which Wikipedians like you reject me. So if you try reject me, think again.

Doctorine Dark (talk) 09:31, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

Always a good idea, talking to a long-time user like that :). Lectonar (talk) 19:10, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

Small translation request

Hi Lectonar. I understand you are a native speaker of German. I will be grateful if you will offer an English translation of the byline of this Deutsche Welle article, and as much as the remainder of the article as you have the inclination for (paragraphs 3, 4, 5 are the most relevant for WP purposes). It's for use in the article Julian Assange.

Google translate gives "A key witness for the indictment against the imprisoned Wikileaks founder revokes his testimony and MPs from almost all parties appeal to US President Joe Biden - but also to Chancellor Angela Merkel."

Thanks for your help. Cambial foliage❧ 13:05, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

@Cambial Yellowing: Hi....google translate is getting better, but I would translate it as follows: "A key witness for the prosecution against the imprisoned Wikileaks founder recants his testimony, and MPs from almost all parties appeal to US President Joe Biden - but also to German Chancellor Angela Merkel.".....tbh, I don't find the German byline to be terribly well written as such (it reads like it's been re-translated from English to German). I am not sure I can get around to translate the rest in the next days, though. Cheers and happy editing. Lectonar (talk) 13:38, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

Thank you Lectonar. Cambial foliage❧ 14:11, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

For block

to Block User:Kuwarjeet1996 and User:Eostrix for edit war in Sanātana Dharma157.49.252.124 (talk) 07:46, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Block User:Kuwarjeet1996 and User:Eostrix for edit war in Sanātana Dharma157.49.252.124 (talk) 07:47, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

This is continuing block evasion by 157.49.158.221 (blocked 31 hours for block evasion) stemming from the reversion of User:Indianculture2 and other edits by User:Sweetindian sockpuppets. Perhaps a range block would be called for given their continued activity.--Eostrix  ( _hoot🦉) 07:52, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Article has been fully protected in the meantime, so this is stale. Lectonar (talk) 14:50, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Thanks a million...16 years and counting. Lectonar (talk) 15:45, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

Sandbox

Hey I was wondering why you deleted my sandbox page? The Tips of Apmh (talk) 18:21, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

I didn't, sorry. Lectonar (talk) 18:33, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

Nevermind, I mistaked you for someone else The Tips of Apmh (talk) 18:56, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

Resource help for article (German to English)

Hello, I see you you translate from German to English. I am in the process of creating an English article of a Dutch company, based in Enschede, near the German border. I have found a potentially useful resource, but the article is in German, so I am unable to read it, and since it's a pdf, I can't use online translators either. Are you able to translate this German article from page 79 to 82? It's for the the article Hollandia (matzah)(Hollandia (matzes)), and this article appears to have useful information about the Woudstra family, who opened the matzo factory in 1933, after escaping the Nazis in Germany. Jizzygizzyfoshizzyyy (talk) 13:24, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the vote of confidence, but I probably will not have time for that. Lectonar (talk) 17:40, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

Boo!

Administrators will no longer be autopatrolled

A recently closed Request for Comment (RFC) reached consensus to remove Autopatrolled from the administrator user group. You may, similarly as with Edit Filter Manager, choose to self-assign this permission to yourself. This will be implemented the week of December 13th, but if you wish to self-assign you may do so now. To find out when the change has gone live or if you have any questions please visit the Administrator's Noticeboard. 20:06, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

Lucina

@Lectonar: Hello my name is RomanceLove88, so i was curious and thinking about Lucina page, if the page locked was expired, the other anonymous user will continued to vandalized again, can you change indefinite protection please? RomanceLove88 (talk) 07:33, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

@RomanceLove88: There is no need for that at the moment, as there are still about 11 months of protection left. And the goal is not to keep pages protected, but to leave as many pages as possible unprotected. Please have a look at our protection policy, if you ave not done so already. Lectonar (talk) 18:49, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

How we will see unregistered users

Hi!

You get this message because you are an admin on a Wikimedia wiki.

When someone edits a Wikimedia wiki without being logged in today, we show their IP address. As you may already know, we will not be able to do this in the future. This is a decision by the Wikimedia Foundation Legal department, because norms and regulations for privacy online have changed.

Instead of the IP we will show a masked identity. You as an admin will still be able to access the IP. There will also be a new user right for those who need to see the full IPs of unregistered users to fight vandalism, harassment and spam without being admins. Patrollers will also see part of the IP even without this user right. We are also working on better tools to help.

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We have two suggested ways this identity could work. We would appreciate your feedback on which way you think would work best for you and your wiki, now and in the future. You can let us know on the talk page. You can write in your language. The suggestions were posted in October and we will decide after 17 January.

Thank you. /Johan (WMF)

18:13, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Query about page protection

Hello, Lectonar,

I ran into something puzzling, it looks like here, you protected Sabareesan V so that only extended confirmed editors could create this page but a very new editor was able to move an unapproved draft on to this main space title. I've seen this happen before when page titles are protected, that editors who should not be able to create these pages are able to move pages on to these titles in main space. It seems like a way around page protection.

Am I missing something or should this problem be brought up elsewhere? Thanks. Liz 21:49, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

Hmmm... I looked at it, and it seems the protection I applied before the deletion of the article died with said deletion. When I looked at the redlinked article-page now, it was only possible to create-protect it. So it seems to depend on the order in which you do things like deletion and /or protection. I will look at it a little more, but my guess is it might be intended. We just have to be careful for now. Thank you for pointing that out, @Liz:. Lectonar (talk) 22:33, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

ruff

To be fair, I do self identify as a dog on my talk page. Must be a friend of Trappist's. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 13:32, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

I didn't block him for the black dog part...and I like Westvleteren beer, so also helping a trappist monk is the least I could do :). Lectonar (talk) 13:43, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

RE: Noam Chomsky/Kyle Kulinski

Hello,

As a better source, I added a link to a longform interview that Kyle Kulinski did with Noam Chomsky.

I previously listed a twitter source, which, understandably, is not considered reputable.

I also added a discussion on the talk page.

-LyonsDen LyonsDen1995 (talk) 16:31, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

Features for new users coming soon (and mentors, like you, wanted!)

Hello. As you're currently listed as a host at the Teahouse, I wanted to make sure you're aware of the imminent rollout of new Growth Team Features which every new account will be getting by default. Each users will soon see a new 'Homepage' tab next to their User page. It contains two main elements which might impact on your involvement - and you'd be welcome to get involved and help out directly with one of them.

• Firstly, they will be offered a range of 'suggested edits', and encouraged to make simple improvements to pages that interest them. (Being aware of this feature would be helpful for all Teahouse hosts if you're likely to offer advice on tasks for them to start out doing.)
• There's also a 'Your impact' box to show them how many people have seen the pages they've just edited.
• Finally, each new user is randomly assigned a 'mentor' from a list of friendly, experienced editors, like yourself. If they get stuck, they can ask a question directly to them via a Your mentor box, and hopefully get a swift, friendly answer from that mentor. Currently, this feature is given to 2% of new users, but it's set to increase to around 10% in the very near future.

To spread the load on our current list of around 65 mentors, I'm reaching out to ask if you'd like to help out and sign up as one? The workload is relatively small; User Panini! reports receiving four questions a month, on average, all of which were simple ones of the type we already get at the Teahouse and elsewhere, and I've had just the one in the last 3 weeks. To view a list of every question asked of all mentors over the last 14 days, click here.

If becoming a mentor and being available to help new users on their first few days here interests you - just as you already do at the Teahouse - then please consider signing up at Growth Team features/Mentor list. Existing users can already 'opt-in' to seeing the Newcomer Homepage features via their Preferences.

Thank you! Nick Moyes (talk) 10:23, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

Thank you, I signed up. Cheers. Lectonar (talk) 13:35, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

Question from Daniellealgo (19:43, 1 March 2022)

Hello! I am trying to get the company I work for on Misplaced Pages. Do you know how I can accomplish this? --Daniellealgo (talk) 19:43, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

Hi, @Daniellealgo:. Ir will be difficult. As you work for the company, you have a conflict of interest and per the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use, you need to disclose it. Also see WP:NCORP; the requirements for companies and corporations to have an article on Misplaced Pages are stricter then the usual requirements. You would also need to find reliable sources which are independent from the company you work for, for that take a look at WP:Finding sources. To read the linked articles/pages, click on the words in blue. Lectonar (talk) 08:38, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

Question from Synkronizedfilms (15:08, 3 March 2022)

Hello, I am Daniela and I am an executive at Synkronized, a 22 years old film and series studio based in the US. We have a lot of mentions from our previous films and history on wiki, and we feel it is time to create a page about this company. Hope you can help in any ways and glad to connect with you and this community. --Synkronizedfilms (talk) 15:08, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

Hello, @Synkronizedfilms: The first problem is your username: Please read our username policy, and act accordingly. Then: I suppose you are being paid by your company to make the page? If so, you are required to disclose it, and then follow the instructions at our guide for managing conflicts of interest and WP:PAID. When these hurdles are overcome, please keep the following in mind: Misplaced Pages is an encyclopedia, which means that it is not interested in what the subject of an article says or wants to say about themselves, or what their associates say about them. Misplaced Pages is only interested in what people who have no connection with the subject, and who have not been prompted or fed information on behalf of the subject, have chosen to publish about the subject in reliable sources. More info can be found here. Regards. Lectonar (talk) 15:25, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

I shall answer to your e-mail here, as I like to keep things as open as possible. Misplaced Pages is, with very little exceptions, run by volunteers. So there is no contributor I would know where you could make an order for an article to be written; the nearest we got is this, but if (supposing the studio is notable or when an article can or will be written I can not say. Regards. Lectonar (talk) 08:11, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

Ban them all, is that your plan?

So I see you have taken the knee jerk reaction to indefinitely stop all IP editing P&O Ferries because of a bit of hoo har after the decision by its owner, a Dubai equity company, to sack 800 staff (many of which have been with the ferry company longer than you have edited this site). Wow considering the only people who ever make any meaningful contributions on this site are IPs (leaving the rest of you to have your edit wars and nonsense arguments) banning IPs forever from editing that page shows a great deal of short-sightedness and ham-fistedness. In six months this issue would have all blown over but since don't seem to be able to conceive that, you unimaginatively ban IPs forever is incredibly lazy and pathetic.146.200.202.126 (talk) 20:35, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

Well, I just did an honest mistake...I wanted to protectect for 3 days (as has been mentioned in the response to the request for protection), but it came out as infinite. This has been remedied now, just 3 more days and the article is free to edit again. There is no need to rant off, a polite query would have had the same effect. Regards. Lectonar (talk) 08:17, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

Cheri DiNovo

Hi, Lectonar. Thanks for unprotecting Cheri DiNovo! I think you may have forgotten to unprotect its talk page, however. Graham (talk) 05:15, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

@Graham11: Indeed I did, thx for the heads-up. I somehow seem to remember that in olden times talk-pages were automatically unprotected when one lifted the article-protection. It's done now. Lectonar (talk) 08:04, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

@Graham11: The icon for protection would have been removed automagically, of that I am sure now :). Lectonar (talk) 08:34, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

Haha, I assumed it would be! I was getting rid of the custom semi-protection banner they had on the page, so I figured I might as well delete the lock icon while I was at it. Graham (talk) 08:41, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

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