User talk:Nthep/Archive 49
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Sagephora subcarinata
Heads up. I tagged it for an RD1 request, but I think it may be public domain since it was published in New Zealand. However, I don't want to trigger any filters. I apologize for any disruption. Scorpions13256 (talk) 04:25, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you. Scorpions13256 (talk) 20:13, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Rationale behind these revdels
Hi Nthep, thank you for answering so many revdels! I just wanted to get your thought rationale behind these two requests of mine (Abba Estifanos and Litani River Dam), as I see them as pretty similar cases. Why was Abba Estifanos declined while Litani was accepted? Sennecaster (Chat) 00:46, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
- @Sennecaster there's a variety of things (a non exhaustive list) that I consider:
- how far back does the copyright go?
- what proportion of the article is a copyvio?
- how many other editors have edited the article in the interim?
- how significant are those other editors contributions to the article?
- how blatant was the original copy violent?
- If, for example, a copyvio has gone unnoticed for several years but the only edits since then have been gnomeish things like typos, categories, small additions, then I'd probably revdel the lot. If it was a more recent copyvio but there have been considerable and substantial changes to the article text by other editors, I might decline the revdel under the large scale use clause of WP:REVDEL.
- I try to be reasonably consistent but probably don't manage to be so. Nthep (talk) 07:16, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
- Alright, thanks! I figured it was probably admin discretion/inconsistencies, but just wanted to make sure :) Happy revdeleting,Sennecaster (Chat) 18:37, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
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| Thanks for tirelessly working through revdel requests and keeping articles clear of copyvios! Your work is greatly appreciated. Complex/Rational 21:48, 4 August 2022 (UTC) |
- @ComplexRational Thanks, but I think the harder part is yours and the others who identify the copyvios and there sources. Nthep (talk) 22:04, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – August 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2022).
Administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- An RfC has been closed with consensus to add javascript that will show edit notices for editors editing via a mobile device. This only works for users using a mobile browser, so iOS app editors will still not be able to see edit notices.
- An RfC has been closed with the consensus that train stations are not inherently notable.
Technical news
- The Wikimania 2022 Hackathon will take place virtually from 11 August to 14 August.
- Administrators will now see links on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked. (T308570)
Arbitration
- The arbitration case request Geschichte has been automatically closed after a 3 month suspension of the case.
Miscellaneous
- You can vote for candidates in the 2022 Board of Trustees elections from 16 August to 30 August. Two community elected seats are up for election.
- Wikimania 2022 is taking place virtually from 11 August to 14 August. The schedule for wikimania is listed here. There are also a number of in-person events associated with Wikimania around the world.
- Tech tip: When revision-deleting on desktop, hold ⇧ Shift between clicking two checkboxes to select every box in that range.
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Regarding Harry Potter and 9/11
Can I get a more detaled reason why my artcle was rejencted? 70.56.147.118 (talk) 20:21, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
- Wikipedia is not a repository of reddit discussions speculating on obscure and hypothetical topics. If the topic is truly notable then you could provide multiple, reliable sources about the topic, not a single reddit drama board. Nthep (talk) 20:39, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
- I have more Reddit posts and a Fandom W*nk link if you want 70.56.147.118 (talk) 20:41, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
- No, it needs reliable sources - please read the links I gave above, not just fan speculation, theorising and discussion. Nthep (talk) 20:43, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
- And any such edits would fall under a discretionary sanctions regime regardless of how well-sourced they were. But we do not allow original synthesis or crackpot theories, especially so where discretionary sanctions are involved. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v a little blue Bori 21:00, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
- No, it needs reliable sources - please read the links I gave above, not just fan speculation, theorising and discussion. Nthep (talk) 20:43, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
- I have more Reddit posts and a Fandom W*nk link if you want 70.56.147.118 (talk) 20:41, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
| Nthep, I am very, very sorry this got as out-of-hand as it did. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v a little blue Bori 21:48, 6 August 2022 (UTC) |
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Chinese Military Exercises Near Taiwan
You redacted (revdel'd) some material from this article about twelve hours ago. A request was filed at DRN to discuss the deletion, by an editor who says that Mr. Blinken's words are in the public domain. I closed the DRN request as outside the scope of DRN, because we are not a copyright forum. I would appreciate if you would review my closure and provide any additional information to the filing editor. I can't see what was deleted, but, from your edit summary, I am inferring that the editor who copied the material was copying an account of Mr. Blinken's statement that was published in a news medium, in which case the news medium has copyright on the reporting of his words. Please check whether I closed the matter correctly. Thank you. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:06, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
- @Robert McClenon I agree with your close. The material was copied from a news medium and there was no way of ascertaining if the news outlet were quoting Blinken accurately or summarising his speech. Nthep (talk) 10:22, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
- (Hi Robert McClenon and Nthep, just so you know, the discussion seems to have moved to Talk:2022_Chinese_military_exercises_around_Taiwan#Restore_statement_by_US_Secretary_of_State_Antony_Blinken.) ~ ToBeFree (talk) 04:00, 7 August 2022 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #532
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Championship Rugby Table
what's the difference between having 0|0 next to the results on the championship results page?... i'm confused (lol)... on the super league results page, it doesn't have it. i don't really understand what it means...
regards - L1amw90 01:51, 9 August 2022 (UTC)
The template {{0}} allows you to keep the scores in alignment with each other by inserting invisible characters so you can balance the number of characters each side of the dash i.e. the dash is always in the centre.
| without {{0}} | with {{0}} | |
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| 6–4 | 6–4 | padding not needed, equal number of characters each side of the dash |
| 12–6 | 12-6 | one character needed on right to pad out |
| 12-22 | 12–22 | padding not needed, equal number of characters each side of the dash |
| 4–48 | 4–48 | one character needed on left to pad out |
| 100–4 | 100–4 | two characters needed on right to pad out |
Nthep (talk) 07:05, 9 August 2022 (UTC)
- @L1amw90 ps. Table captions are not optional, see MOS:TABLECAPTION. Nthep (talk) 07:13, 9 August 2022 (UTC)
Library of Congress query
Hi Nthep, just a quick query as I would like to be clear myself regarding content from LOC, especially as you took a view regarding a recent revdel request from their site. I was (mistakenly, perhaps?) of the view that it isn't necessarily the case that all content on LOC is PD, and their copyright page seems to support that as a general idea (admittedly it generally refers to items, rather than prose, but implies that not all content published there is PD). Please can you kindly confirm for me why the prose content on the page https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/matpc/background.html would be classed as PD (as I observe from the bottom that the content is attributed to individuals)? It would help me to understand better if I encounter any future copy-pastes from pages within the LOC. Many thanks. Bungle (talk • contribs) 16:46, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
- @Bungle The text at https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/matpc/background.html is credited to "Verna Curtis, Curator of Photography, and Arden Alexander, Cataloger". From the titles it implies they were at the time employees of the LoC and as such their work is PD as the text is "a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties." Nthep (talk) 17:07, 10 August 2022 (UTC)