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A quick question

Hi Josh! I had a quick question regarding informing people about a FLC. Since one of mine is currently in the "urgently needs reviewers" box, I'm thinking of leaving a notice on a few WikiProject talk pages. The issue is that I'm not sure whether that would be canvassing or not (because obviously members of certain WikiProjects could be biased). Thanks! :) SirMemeGod  13:35, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

No issue @Sir MemeGod. I've done that for some nominations needing reviews in the past and I encourage you to use Template:FC notice, as it's neutral. The idea is to just make sure that your notification is neutral, which the template is. It makes perfect sense to notify the groups that are most interested and knowledgeable on the subject, it doesn't inherintly mean that the reviews are going to be biased. I use Gonzo Fan2007 as an example of this. We both love American football, but few people grill me harder about my nominations than they do because they're so in the know on the subject. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:42, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
Okay, thanks! :) SirMemeGod  13:51, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

Redirect pages about fire

Hello Josh! I have found you reviewed the redirections I made about fire quenching. Are they OK?

Thanks! Scriptir (talk) 14:54, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

@Scriptir: If redirects have been marked as reviewed that typically means that a reviewer feels the redirect is relevant to the target and presents no obvious issues. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:55, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
OK. Thanks! Scriptir (talk) 22:14, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

Glock

Well of course, now I look like a total numbnuts for reporting a globally locked LTA just for a username vio. But I wish the WMF would make it slightly more obvious when they do. I mean, our block notices are generally impossible to miss. But even though a Glock is even (far far) more severe a sanction than a local block, the info's buried away in the contribs page. Talk about counterintuitive. Hope all is well! SerialNumber54129 17:00, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

No worries at all @Serial Number 54129, you'll never look like a numbnuts for trying to help protect Wikipedia :P I've done the same thing myself in the past! I agree, it would really be nice if the strikethrough option that some of us have enabled for blocked users also applied to globally locked users. That might actually be a useful request now that I'm thinking about it... Hey man im josh (talk) 17:02, 18 October 2024 (UTC)
I just asked and apparently a script for this exists @Serial Number 54129. Check out User:GeneralNotability/mark-locked.js or User:DaxServer/Mark-locked.js. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:17, 18 October 2024 (UTC)
That was quick, I was just replying with "That would be a great ida"  :) I'll try the new script now. Thanks very much! Anything to save my blushes at UAA! Cheers, SerialNumber54129 17:20, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

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Michael Afton

I just draftified Michael Afton, and noticed you deleted the article several months ago. Does the creator of the draft seem familiar to you? I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 22:11, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

@I dream of horses: That's actually one of the few LTAs I'm familiar with, and it's not obvious to me at this time whether that's them or not. For clarification though, that page, when I deleted it, was a redirect. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:44, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
@Hey man im josh Thanks for asking! At least there's some level of behavior difference. I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 15:40, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
@I dream of horses: Im not saying for sure it's not them for what it's worth. I'm just saying there's not enough for me to report at SPI. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:38, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
Fair enough. I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 18:57, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

Thanks for patrolling the redirects I just created. I enjoy seeing my watchlist refresh and update with reviews :-) LR.127 (talk) 02:40, 20 October 2024 (UTC)
Awww, thank you for your thanks and the effort you put in creating these helpful redirects @LR.127! Hey man im josh (talk) 02:41, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

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Rogers Centre Ottawa

I checked the website and it's branded as "Rogers Centre Ottawa" since they probably don't want to confuse it with the stadium in Toronto.

Check it out: https://rogers-centre.ca/ HalfOfAnOrange (talk) 17:04, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Huh, my mistake. Sorry for reverting in that case then @HalfOfAnOrange. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:19, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

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Submission Declined

My company topic submission declined due to it's not adequately supported by reliable sources and i don't have enough resources that mention my company or the website. Ahmed-reda-galal (talk) 08:02, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

@Ahmed-reda-galal: Then the company is likely not considered notable enough (based on Wikipedia notability guidelines) to have its own article. See WP:NCORP for the relevant guidelines. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:07, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for your comment at the tectonic plate lowercasing RM, now relisted

Thanks, and the RM at the talk page of Eurasian Plate was relisted on the 15th, so not much time left. Logic and commonsense would keep the uppercasing on the 90+ plates under discussion, but lowercasers are using the casing guideline, which some of us have countered with WP:IAR and WP:COMMONSENSE which is under fairly intense discussion. If you agree with this approach, or even have more comments, your additional participation may be useful. Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:24, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

I hope this message is being sent to all participants to avoid the illusion of canvassing @Randy Kryn. With that said, it's the same three that typically show up to support Dicklyon's proposed moves. I don't think IAR is necessary, as there seems to be a fairly clear consensus against the move which some folks are attempting to bludgeon against. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:36, 18 October 2024 (UTC)
Actually the relisting editor mentioned that the opposers had no guideline or policy reason to keep the uppercasing, so the IAR route may be the only one that might hold up as actual policy. And of course, the lowercasers should also have a chance to comment on the further relisting and use of WP:IAR but some already have. I'll notify all but they seem to know about it. Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:42, 18 October 2024 (UTC)
@Randy Kryn: My POV is that COMMONNAME and sources were fairly clear, despite cherry picked sourcing and the nearly always useless ngram usage that certain editors always rely on to downcase anything that has a common noun. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:43, 18 October 2024 (UTC)
Agreed, but the relisting editor Amakuru put their thumb on the scale by disregarding Commonname, IAR, and any other points in what seemed to me to be a logical overwhelming consensus. There is quite the discussion taking place on Amakuru's talk page which may be of interest. I hope you keep track of the RM, as it will likely be challenged once closed. Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:49, 18 October 2024 (UTC)
@Randy Kryn: Amakuru is not an unreasonable person, so it'd be best to speak to them directly about it. I've found it best that I walk away from RMs because far too many people bludgeon the absolute hell out of them and cherry pick stats, while ignoring relevant context, in order to down case anything with a common noun. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:51, 18 October 2024 (UTC)
Yes, Amakuru has been quite reasonable, which is why I was surprised at their thumb-on-scale comment, and I opened the discussion at their talk page a couple of days ago. Commonname would be argued by the existing n-grams which, although their approach is errorfilled, nonetheless are being used to lowercase what would be a massive change in Wikipedia's geology collection. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:57, 18 October 2024 (UTC)
Ngrams are absolutely useless for anything that includes any type of common noun imo @Randy Kryn. It's why so many clear proper names end up being downcased with an argument of "inconsistency", even when relevant context and subject matter experts are brought up. I've basically accepted that some of our processes are flawed enough that some editors are able to continue to cause anything with a common noun in it to be downcased. Certainly not an improvement to Wikipedia, which makes us as a whole look worse, and some people should find better ways to contribute. Hey man im josh (talk) 15:01, 18 October 2024 (UTC)
Yes, and this is a big one as a major change to Wikipedia's geology and geographic collections, of long-term proper names, and in the size of the items under discussion - the largest named structures on Earth! The "improvement" and "maintaining" aspects are why maybe only IAR can save the uppercasing, but time will tell. Thanks again. Randy Kryn (talk) 15:07, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia has now lowercased the largest named structures on Earth, its tectonic plates. The lowercasers can party like it's 1899! Randy Kryn (talk) 01:36, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Ah what a shame that "inconsistent capitalization among sources" leads to downcasing against what subject matter experts state. Seems to only be necessary to show that there's ANY inconsistency, which is obviously going to happen when those unfamiliar with a subject don't realize that the nouns in some proper names are meant to be capitalized and misreport it without the capitalization. Self fulfilling cycle, leading to a worse state of Wikipedia. Hey man im josh (talk) 12:11, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
This, though, is a major one, this now-present error in Wikipedia (uppercased in Britannica and many other sources) presents a societal shift in how the plates are viewed. This one should be challenged, but maybe someone other than myself should do so as I was quite active in the discussion. Do you want to address this in a challenge or maybe one of the geologists would be better (although the first step, of course, is to ask the closer to overturn). Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:02, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
Sorry for the delay in replying, but I'm not the one to make the challenge @Randy Kryn. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:05, 24 October 2024 (UTC)
Thanks. Will possibly add a comment to the closer's talk page later. Randy Kryn (talk) 13:23, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

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Ernest Kanitz

Could you please restore what was A7ed to draftspace? I was going to redirect the page to Gertrud Kanitz#Persobal life but wanted to see what was there previously. I believe he is notable. Thanks! FloridaArmy (talk) 12:57, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Hey @FloridaArmy, it's not really worth restoring. It's simply "Ernst Kanitz born on April 9, 1894 in Vienna. Died in Palo Alto, CA in 1978." Hey man im josh (talk) 13:02, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
Okay, thanks. Probably would have been developed by now if it would have been left.. Take care. Thabks for your help. FloridaArmy (talk) 13:05, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Some redirect edit conflicts over at WP:AFC/R

Hello! Hope you're doing well.

I accepted the redirect here because it was mentioned in the target article, just hidden behind a collapsed table. You declined the redirect - and so the page section at WP:AFC/R shows that it was declined even though the redirect was created. That looks to be the only edit conflict I could spot. If you want to look over it again, that would be great. Cheers :-). LR.127 (talk) 14:43, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Ah no worries @LR.127, that should be the only one. Hey man im josh (talk) 21:14, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Quintets

You're so fast at NPP! Myrealnamm (💬pros · 📜cons) 21:13, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Right place, right time! Hey man im josh (talk) 21:14, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

About Bairakanda

I'm curious why you marked Bairakanda as "reviewed". I don't know much about NPP, but I am surprised that this article, which was moved out of Draft space by its creator after being moved there because there is no evidence that the article's topic exists, and is tagged for AFD and has no verifiable references, merits "reviewed" status. What am I missing? Thanks. – Jonesey95 (talk) 02:03, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

@Jonesey95: It's simply standard practice to mark pages sent to AfD as removed. The idea being it's undergoing a community review in a sense, making an individual NPPer reviewing it redundant and unnecessary. Our time can be better spent on other articles, so we do so with the knowledge that, if kept, it's already marked as reviewed, and if deleted, it really doesn't matter. Hey man im josh (talk) 02:21, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

Promotion of List of Detroit Lions Pro Bowl selections

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A barnstar for you!

The Barnstar of Diligence
Speedy Endorse for a barnstar. Never have I ever seen such a fast acting and hard working admin! ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Cooldudeseven7 join in on the tea talk 17:31, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
Well thank you so much for the kind words and barnstar @Cooldudeseven7! Hey man im josh (talk) 19:02, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
No problem ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Cooldudeseven7 join in on the tea talk 23:54, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Wabash Precincts

Instead of rapid fire deleting pages from areas that are not in Canada but are under the jurisdiction of WikiProject Illinois, why did you not instead try to improve them with information that was provided on those pages from the government of Illinois? Rhatsa26X (talk) 00:02, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

This was what was done in neighboring Edwards County, which like Wabash County and around 20 other counties in Illinois. Rhatsa26X (talk) 00:04, 29 October 2024 (UTC)
@Rhatsa26X, excuse me? What pages did I supposedly delete? I'm not sure what relevance Canada is to the discussion, but for reference, there is no such thing as jurisdiction on Wikipedia. It's not my responsibility to improve pages that I don't have an interest in. I simply marked redirects as reviewed because the redirects were valid, if they stayed as redirects. Hey man im josh (talk) 00:30, 29 October 2024 (UTC)
I just got notification that every single page for every precinct in Wabash County, Illinois has been deleted and you were the one who nominated every one for it. Rhatsa26X (talk) 02:49, 29 October 2024 (UTC)
@Rhatsa26X: You're definitely misunderstanding something, because I definitely haven't nominated any precincts for deletion. Please look at your notifications again, you'll see that I marked the redirects as reviewed. Someone else redirected the pages. So I'll ask again, what does Canada have to do with evaluating whether a redirect to a target is logical or not? Even if I had nominated them for deletion, the fact I'm Canadian is entirely irrelevant, so I encourage you to not attack editors and imply their opinion is irrelevant based on where they are from. Hey man im josh (talk) 03:07, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

RfD nomination statements

Hi. Normally I wouldn't worry about this but as you make a lot of RfD nominations, note that it is redirects for discussion (not deletion), so your nomination statement should include a recommended action (or at least be clear that you aren't specifically suggesting anything) as often it seems as though you are advocating deletion but haven't stated so explicitely. From WP:RFDHOWTO step 2 "The action you would like to occur (deletion, re-targeting, etc.) and the rationale for that action.". Thanks. A7V2 (talk) 03:32, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

@A7V2: The implied desired outcome, when one is not stated, is deletion. I don't think that's unexpected in any way when I state something is not mentioned at the target and there's no relevant information there. When I believe there may be a better outcome I absolutely do state the desired outcome / suggestion, historically speaking. Hey man im josh (talk) 03:58, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

In appreciation

The Barnstar of Good Humor
For being yourself. Enjoy a sausage sandwich next time you watch some handegg. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 14:20, 29 October 2024 (UTC)
Awwww hell yeahhhhhhh! Thanks @AirshipJungleman29, may your next sandwich on a bun be as delicious as this barnstar =D Hey man im josh (talk) 14:22, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

Great job!

Congrats again.. Josh! You're doing as well as the Lions!! Regards, John. Bringingthewood (talk) 20:58, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

There's a joke ot be made about the Lions winning a Super Bowl and me having the most FLs in the WikiCup, I'm just not clever enough to make it haha. Thanks John! Hey man im josh (talk) 11:57, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

Thanks!

The Original Barnstar
For your speedy diligance in sorting issues with page moves at List of Gaylactic Spectrum Award winners and nominees for best short fiction before I could tag you and ask you to move it back! CoconutOctopus talk 12:11, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
Thanks so much @CoconutOctopus, I very much appreciate it! I consider the topic they started at the cut and paste move location, which I moved to Talk:List_of_Gaylactic_Spectrum_Award_winners_and_nominees_for_best_novel#Don't move this page again, to be a sort of move discussion if you're interested in participating. Hey man im josh (talk) 12:18, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

List of accolades received by Oppenheimer (film) source review

Hello,

I was wondering if you could do a source review for List of accolades received by Oppenheimer (film) for featured list promotion. I would appreciate the feedback.

By the way, I will get back to editing 1992 Summer Olympics medal table as soon as I can wrap of the accolades list for Oppenheimer FLC. I've been sidetracked by many things in life as well as Internet Archive being down.

--Birdienest81talk 07:06, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
@Birdienest81: Oops, I missed this comment. The 1992 medal table is pretty much done, but I got bummed out and held up because there's such a terrible lack of pictures which are relevant to add to these lists. I really need to learn more about image uploading and find a source for some of the podium stuff, or for the individuals that are the first of their country to win, or have led the games in medals. I do intend to give your list a review when I can, I've just been busy unfortunately. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:06, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

Adani Enterprises

Hi, the discussion you linked in the edit summary had only two votes and both ofthem were UPEs that have been blocked, refer to this for more information, Thanks. Ratnahastin (talk) 13:36, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

@Ratnahastin: A checkuser block is not the same as a block for being a UPE. I do not have access to the relevant ticket to read more. I do not generally object to redirecting articles, but, if the socking is as prolific as implied, it'd be better to get an outcome at AFD to have it stay as a redirect. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:47, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 November newsletter

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Thanks for fixing the redirect I made

Yo Josh, tysm for fixing my redirect! Didn't know the thing you added exists :O

Again, thanks! Woahglaceon (talk) 18:26, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

No problem @Woahglaceon. Thank you for making the effort to create the redirect. Hey man im josh (talk) 18:27, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
:D Woahglaceon (talk) 18:31, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

The 2024 WikiCup

Awarded to Hey man im josh for being one of the eight finalists in the 2024 WikiCup.
The featured content reviewer prize, awarded to Hey man im josh for conducting the most FAC/FLC reviews in the 2024 WikiCup, with 110 FA/FL reviews overall.
The featured list prize, awarded to Hey man im josh for submitting the most featured lists in the 2024 WikiCup, with 23 FLs overall.

Congratulations! Epicgenius (talk) 16:55, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks so much @Epicgenius, and thank you for all the work you put in. Hey man im josh (talk) 18:40, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

Hey man, thanks for adding my redirect

Gotta love French onion song Idek mann (talk) 14:52, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

Double check

Hello Josh, Hallowme moved Tyla to multiple titles without reaching any sort of consensus and went as far as to create a duplicate titled Tyla Laura. My guess is that they were trying to get the credits for creating the Tyla article. Can you please look at the article, its talk and subpages and check if there's anything wrong? I can't locate the GA1 page associated with talk. Thank you. dxneo (talk) 14:52, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

@Dxneo: Ugh, that's not ideal. I'm on mobile right now, which isn't the best for investigating these sort of issues. I had planned to take the laptop out shortly, at which point I'll take a look if someone else doesn't beat me to it. Hey man im josh (talk) 15:00, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
Not a problem, thank you so much. This was stressing me out. dxneo (talk) 15:07, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
Sorry for the delay @Dxneo, I didn't get on nearly as soon as I had hoped to. Luckily, it appears that the issue has been resolved now :) Hey man im josh (talk) 22:15, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

Promotion of List of Detroit Lions NFL All-Decade Team selections

Congratulations, Hey man im josh! The list you nominated, List of Detroit Lions NFL All-Decade Team selections, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.
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Page on "stichic" poetry

An error: Punctuation? or something omitted. Between the words "1979" and "Greek epic" there's no linking phrase, or perhaps a period is missing. Dmmsj00 (talk) 21:36, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

@Dmmsj00: I see what you mean. You're more than welcome to make the appropriate change yourself at Stichic, but that's not my area of interest or expertise, so you may be better equipped to make the fix than I would be. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:13, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

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Well, I am a (former) scholar of classical Greek (Homeric, Attic, and Koine' (demotic), but I suspect this is a mere punctuation omission. I'm reluctant to make such a change because, well, I'm a reluctant editor. Further, I don't know what the intention was of the text; as I noted, there may be some prose omitted. 104.177.133.202 (talk) 21:52, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Page on Gregory Battcock

I expanded the Gregory Battcock new page with a number of citations. Perhaps you would like to review it again? Valueyou (talk) 16:50, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

The Signpost: 6 November 2024

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Janas (band)

I ran the band's website through MS Edge's built-in translator - the result was identical (verbatim) to the article. I've deleted per G12. (I suspect I might like them though - I wonder if I can get a CD somewhere, I don't do spotify...) Girth Summit (blether) 15:19, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

Oh you're funny @Girth Summit, thanks for taking care of that and letting me know! Also, it does look like they have a YouTube channel :P Hey man im josh (talk) 15:21, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
Mm. They're alright - a bit too Anglo-Saxon poppy (whatever that is?) and not enough traditional folksy for my liking. Give me the Gipsy Kings any day. Girth Summit (blether) 17:10, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
Anglo-Saxon poppy... I LOVE that choice of phrasing, even if I don't quite know what it means haha. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:11, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

Fantastic work on yet another one!

Josh, you should be on the BALLOT tonight!! Aren't you a New York resident? Don't answer .. I don't blame you. ;) Congrats, John. Bringingthewood (talk) 23:31, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

@Bringingthewood: Someone appears to have missed the Canadian top icon! I'm quite proudly Canadian, but thank you for the kind words none the less! Hey man im josh (talk) 00:07, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
LOL! I always knew that, my attempt at humor was to prevent you from responding, "John, I'm from Canada you idiot!!" Jokes really need to be presented face to face, lol. No matter the country, you'll always get a congrats! Regards, John. Bringingthewood (talk) 23:46, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

On the page of Emma Iranzo

Hello! Regarding Enma Iranzo Martín, I moved the page from "Enma ..." to "Emma ..." without giving any reference, sorry for that. You reverted back (with good criterion, of course :) ). I changed the page in several languages and forgot to add references, or to review the source of the article. She was a mayor of my hometown and I know her name. For reference, you can check her X (Twitter) account: https://x.com/emmair As I don't want to revert back your edit (no fights here :') ), I just first wanted to talk to you to discuss if we revert back the article again or not. You have way more experience editing/managing wiki articles than I, so I prefer checking with oyu first. Thanks! WikiCholi (talk) 09:30, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

"No significant coverage"

You tagged approximately a dozen of my articles with template {{No significant coverage}}. What the heck does that mean? I have been creating articles about sports events for many, many years, but this has never happened to me. How about the following article? – 2024 Centrobasket Women. Do you think it's okay? Should I take that as an example of how an article with a "significant coverage" should look? Maiō T. (talk) 16:20, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

@Maiō T.: I found them while reviewing pages, as part of WP:NPP work. While I believe the events I tagged the articles on are notable, articles are typically expected to contain independent significant coverage in their references. I do not think they'd end up being deleted, which is why I haven't nominated them for deletion, but it's a maintenance tag to signify that the articles would be improved with references from independent sources. Hey man im josh (talk) 16:24, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Oh shit!

Congrats and condolences on the adminship! GRINCHIDICAE🎄 22:22, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Thank you @Praxidicae! That's certainly a good way to put it lol. Your absence has been felt, but I hear it's for good reason and I hope you're well :) Hey man im josh (talk) 00:13, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
What, you as well? Wow! Good luck, and well done, I think. 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦 00:17, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Thanks for blocking vandals and reverting vandalism! TheWikipedetalk 14:36, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
Thanks so much for the barnstar @TheWikipede! Hey man im josh (talk) 13:27, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
Thank you for creating a permanent link and reviewing all of my redirects for the "Eastern Orthodox liturgics" pages! 𝔅𝔦𝔰-𝔖𝔢𝔯𝔧𝔢𝔱𝔞? 16:29, 11 November 2024 (UTC)
Happy to help, and I'm grateful for the work you put in @Bis-Serjetà?! Thanks so much for the lovely barnstar :) Hey man im josh (talk) 16:32, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

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Idea for a drive

Hello Josh, I have noticed you have experience with creating and managing editing drives, such as the one for NPP. Is it possible you could refer to me to an admin who could run a drive for adding short descriptions?

Thank you for all your hard work on NFL lists. -1ctinus📝🗨 14:16, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Oh it's been my pleasure to work on those lists! As for someone to manage a drive... why not you? You don't need to be an admin to recruit for and manage a drive =) It'd be nice if there was a way to automatically track it, but I don't think the numbers would be anywhere close to accurate. I think you might end up needing to have areas where a user simply submits a list of articles they've added a short description to, you award a point for each short description, and you then hand out barnstars for certain mile stones. The only admin-y aspect that would be necessary would be a mass message to recruit for the drive, which can be requested (see Wikipedia:Request a mass message). You could start by having the recruitment message sent out to Wikipedia:WikiProject Short descriptions/Members, and having the drive listed on watchlists for a week leading up to the start (request at MediaWiki talk:Watchlist-messages). The first drive is the hardest, but it's a worthwhile effort that anybody can take on if they're up for it. Happy to help with questions you may have on it @1ctinus. Hey man im josh (talk) 15:03, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanking you for the draft decline

You are awesome! Rollingonthefloorwaackin (talk) 09:43, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Well, thank you! Hey man im josh (talk) 15:04, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Comment

Hello again, and again sorry if my comment about your decline sounded too personal or harsh; I was only pointing out what might have been caused by distraction, and expressing my concern about a much more general issue. I thought that it was clear and apologise if it was not. However, I don't think it was necessary to comment the way you did subsequently: Things happen, but your attitude is what leads to a giant backlog instead of people making genuine efforts to help others. But, given your bad attitude, I suspect this will fall on deaf ears. It sounds like a very personal remark and the responsibility you seem to associate with what you call twice my "attitude" (was it about that message or did I miss something?) sounds a bit extreme. Thank you for your time. Mushy Yank (talk) 00:59, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

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