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Thank you so much for picking up the task of slogging through the articles tagged for notability and determining if they should stay or go. I'd been doing it for several months before other things took priority, so I'm glad the work goes on. UtherSRG (talk) 13:32, 14 November 2023 (UTC) reply
Thanks, utherSRG, and for your work on this. I have done it on and off for years and it's always nice to see others have been making a dent in it too. Boleyn ( talk) 13:56, 15 November 2023 (UTC) reply

Unreferenced geography stubs

Hi Boleyn! Thanks for all your work on the geography stubs (some of which need to be tossed for notability) - while I appreciate it, this has added about 130 articles to the November 2023 unreferenced articles category in a few hours. I know there are no hard rules about drive-by taggings, but if you have the time, would you please try to add a source or an external link to some of them? WikiProject Unreferenced articles has a very small handful of active users and our backlog is some 116,000 articles. We would also definitely appreciate having an editor of your caliber and experience involved if you'd be interested! Thank you and have a good evening. Best, Kazamzam ( talk) 23:11, 21 November 2023 (UTC) reply

I had no idea I had tagged so many, sorry - I know the tags need to be there as they are unreferenced, but I appreciate it doesn't feel nice when you are working on a backlog and it goes up! I will be mindful of that if I look through any more and see if I can add any sources. Thanks, Boleyn ( talk) 11:53, 22 November 2023 (UTC) reply
Much obliged :) Kazamzam ( talk) 18:26, 22 November 2023 (UTC) reply
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WWB, I created this as a redirect to Mark Hogan, which may still be useful. Pinging the eprson who overwrote it, Djm99001. Boleyn ( talk) 14:30, 26 November 2023 (UTC) reply

Nomination of Gilbert Affleck (disambiguation) for deletion

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See Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2023 November 27. Pam D 20:38, 27 November 2023 (UTC) reply

Nomination of Thomas Ainsworth (disambiguation) for deletion

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I deleted the above two dab pages as WP:CSD#G14. - UtherSRG (talk) 12:39, 27 November 2023 (UTC) reply
I have asked @ UtherSRG to reinstate those two valid dab pages as they had been taken to AfD and there had not been enough time for other editors to contribute to discussion. Pam D 13:03, 27 November 2023 (UTC) reply
There are times an AFD can be quick closed. CSD is one of those reasons. - UtherSRG (talk) 13:08, 27 November 2023 (UTC) reply
@ UtherSRG Though your initial closes gave no such explanation. Pam D 13:36, 27 November 2023 (UTC) reply
Yeah, the tool I used which gives the "quick delete" option doesn't allow for any explanation. I've updated the AFDs to indicate G14 speedy. - UtherSRG (talk) 13:45, 27 November 2023 (UTC) reply

UtherSRG, this was a dab with about 6 entries and another with 4 entries, in no way candidates for deletion, never mind speedy. Unfortunately there is an editor nominating hundreds of dabs for deletions and the guidelines around MOS:DABRL and MOS:DABMENTION in particular aren't well-known. Please restore. Boleyn ( talk) 17:34, 27 November 2023 (UTC) reply

From G14: This applies to the following disambiguation pages: Disambiguation pages that have titles ending in "(disambiguation)" but disambiguate only one extant Wikipedia page. The above two pages disambiguated only one extant Wikipedia page and some number of other non-extant pages. This makes them G14 eligible. - UtherSRG (talk) 17:55, 27 November 2023 (UTC) reply

Ah, I see where you have got confused, UtherSRG. Both link to many pages (bluelinks). They don't have to be full articles on the person. See MOS:DABRL and MOS:DABMENTION. Boleyn ( talk) 19:10, 27 November 2023 (UTC) reply

I am not confused. I disagree that there are multiple extant articles being disambiguated. - UtherSRG (talk) 19:26, 27 November 2023 (UTC) reply

See Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2023 November 27. Pam D 20:38, 27 November 2023 (UTC) reply

I'm aware. - UtherSRG (talk) 21:23, 27 November 2023 (UTC) reply

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Hey, seeing you AfDing articles in that are in Category:Articles lacking sources from January 2024, I think you should join the discussion at Wikipedia:WikiProject Unreferenced articles and help us deal with these backlogs. CactiStaccingCrane ( talk) 14:56, 6 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Hi, CactiStaccingCrane, thanks, I will have a look at the discussion. Boleyn ( talk) 15:01, 6 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Thank you so much for clearing out the backlog! CactiStaccingCrane ( talk) 16:36, 6 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Thanks, but just a bit of it, it's such a crazy backlog! Boleyn ( talk) 16:45, 6 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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AFD Withdrawal

You can't CSD an AFD. You have to go through the withdraw/close process. I did the tasks for you. See Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion#Withdrawing_a_nomination for more info, including a link to the withdraw/close process itself. - UtherSRG (talk) 19:37, 17 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Thanks for your help :) Boleyn ( talk) 19:40, 17 January 2024 (UTC) reply

The Pot Bears a Son

Do You want to do the actual closure or should I? -- Ouro ( blah blah) 12:14, 18 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Hi Ouro, if you know how to do it, that would be great. Thanks, Boleyn ( talk) 12:16, 18 January 2024 (UTC) reply
I know. I'll do it within the hour. -- Ouro ( blah blah) 12:17, 18 January 2024 (UTC) reply

 Done

Thanks :) Probably something I should learn. Boleyn ( talk) 13:09, 18 January 2024 (UTC) reply
I could say the same about a lot of things :) have a nice day! -- Ouro ( blah blah) 13:36, 18 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Database Nation AfD

Hello! I've noticed that you nominated the Database Nation article about Simson Garfinkel's book for deletion. I've found multiple reliable sources and rewritten the article to include them. I think that this article was probably nominated by accident, as you mentioned the WP:MUSICBIO and this book is about privacy and has nothing to do with music. Deltaspace42 ( talkcontribs) 14:23, 19 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Thanks, Deltaspace42, I will sort that out. All the best, Boleyn ( talk) 15:18, 19 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Steve Kirk

Hi Boleyn

Please see the recent RM at Talk:Stephen Kirk. The purpose of the move was indicated in the proposing comment - "Rather than using a pointless disambiguation page, it'd be much better to move Stephen Kirk (handballer) to Stephen Kirk and add an hatnote for each article saying "For the footballer/handballer, see Steve/Stephen Kirk"." This is a clear WP:TWODABS situation and there are no other notable people with this name. The dab page is no longer needed, and I will list it at AFD given that you've contested the PROD nomination on it. Cheers  —  Amakuru ( talk) 15:29, 25 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Thanks, but there are several of this name mentioned on Wikipedia. I think an AfD sounds like a good idea - thanks for worknig on this. Boleyn ( talk) 15:37, 25 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Stéphane Richer

The forward was found as the primary topic per a move request in November. I don't want to leave the DAB as it is, so what do you propose? AllTheUsernamesAreInUse ( talk) 22:50, 4 February 2024 (UTC) reply

  • Hi, I have done a bit more work on the dab, you may want to look it over. AfD is an option if you think it still doesn't meet MOS:DAB. Thanks for your work on this, Boleyn ( talk) 10:41, 5 February 2024 (UTC) reply

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A barnstar for you!

The Barnstar of Diligence
For finding a variety of articles that are so bad that they need userfication or blowing up and starting from scratch, and even when we disagree why at WP:AFD, I still appreciate your hard work. Bearian ( talk) 17:01, 16 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Thanks, Bearian, I really appreciate that. Working through CAT:NN is a bit dispiriting at times, so that will help keep me motivated :) Boleyn ( talk) 14:37, 17 February 2024 (UTC) reply

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On what basis exactly did you decide it doesn’t meet WP:N? Cheers, RadioactiveBoulevardier ( talk) 04:35, 29 February 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello, RadioactiveBoulevardier. I couldn't find good enough sources to show it meets any part of WP:N, or any evidence of real significance. It is part of a group of hotels, which also appears to be a non-notable group. However, I read over your edit summary and removed it from CAT:NN. Hopefully someone can add to it and show more clearly how it is notable. Thanks for your work on this, Boleyn ( talk) 11:43, 29 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Yeah, I've noticed that a lot of articles have lots of useless search results and the few SIGCOV results tend to get lost in there. But sometimes they actually are there, buried among the chaff.
In this case I did a "news" search, not sure which engine maybe Brave Search. I saw 2-3 candidates so I assume that there's more somewhere else. Often in 2024 we forget that not all "independent RS" are findable via The Google.
Cheers, RadioactiveBoulevardier ( talk) 18:52, 29 February 2024 (UTC) reply

Nomination of Rohit Sharma (Rajasthan cricketer) for deletion

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Reverted draftification

Hello. I wanted to let you know that I reversed your draftification of Monte Jackson. The reason I did this is because articles older than 90 days should not be draftified without prior consensus at AfD, per WP:DRAFTIFY (point 2d). Hey man im josh ( talk) 19:19, 6 March 2024 (UTC) reply

I also reverted the move of Craig Schlattman to draft space for the same reason. Hey man im josh ( talk) 19:22, 6 March 2024 (UTC) reply
Sorry, I think my brain must have not been working well - thanksfor correcting my errors. Boleyn ( talk) 13:01, 7 March 2024 (UTC) reply
No problem, these things happen from time to time =) Hey man im josh ( talk) 13:41, 7 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Ettamogah Rail Hub

Hi Bolyen, I am wondering why you are deleting my page? And redirecting it. It is correct I just haven’t added most things, thanks 871-G ( talk) 22:34, 6 March 2024 (UTC) reply

I am really sorry for not giving a clear enough reason for my edit, 871-G. The article was at too early a stage for publishing - with refernces and it being clearer how it meets WP:NOTABILITY, it can easily be moved back. In the meantime, please don't let this put you off working on it. Boleyn ( talk) 13:00, 7 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Chimney flue liners

I noticed you just draftified it; I don't know how to do that but I think maybe Twin wall flues should also be. It was created by the same user at the same time and has the same kind of content. Mrfoogles ( talk) 16:16, 11 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Thanks, it still wasn't an approved draft so I have moved it back to draftspace. It has a reference, which is more than the other article, but still needs a lot of work. Thanks, Boleyn ( talk) 22:01, 11 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Draftification script

I see that you are still using Evad37's version of the draftication script. Please switch to MPGuy2824's version, which is substantially better than the old version. GTrang ( talk) 16:32, 11 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello, GTrang, I am using the 'Move to draft' that comes up at the side of myscreen as I have the permissions - do you think there is a way to change it there? Thanks, Boleyn ( talk) 17:51, 11 March 2024 (UTC) reply
Boleyn, please edit your common.js subpage by removing the existing line and adding {{ subst:iusc|User:MPGuy2824/MoveToDraft.js}} to switch to the new version of the script. GTrang ( talk) 21:32, 11 March 2024 (UTC) reply
In Special:Diff/1213986179, for example, there is still a "via script" link that points to User:Evad37/MoveToDraft.js, but that script is outdated. So, please follow my above suggestion by editing User:Boleyn/common.js. Do not ignore this please! GTrang ( talk) 00:33, 17 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Paul Boujenah

Hi @ Boleyn, it appears we are engaged in a silly edit war on the Paul Boujenah page. In my experience, if a page has zero references, no reference section is included. Unless you plan on adding refs within the next 24 hours, I would suggest removing the section until references are available. Revirvlkodlaku ( talk) 19:59, 20 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Hi, I think you maybe haven't looked at the page recently - when I wrote it was being actively worked on, I did mean that :) I also don't know of any guidelines/rules that say references sections should be deleted if it doesn't have refs yet, but please direct me to any guidelines like that, as I maybe just haven't come across them. All the best, Boleyn ( talk) 20:01, 20 March 2024 (UTC) reply
I don't know if there is such a guideline, but it seems obvious to me that an article shouldn't include empty sections. Next time, please don't add bare urls to a page. Revirvlkodlaku ( talk) 20:18, 20 March 2024 (UTC) reply
I don't think you should edit war on what seems obvious to you, we all see things differently :) There are no guidelines I know of that ban how I added the reference (please correct me if I am wrong, as I may well be). It wasn't perfect, but was quickly putting together a refernce. Boleyn ( talk) 20:21, 20 March 2024 (UTC) reply

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Draftifying articles with "no sources"

Hello! You moved Lists of Glagolitic inscriptions to draftspace because it had "no sources". It was a list of lists and therefore did not require any. I moved it back. Then you moved John Mearsheimer bibliography to draftspace because it had "no sources". The entire article is a list of sources, and like other bibliography articles lacking citations it does not need them unless claims are made, i.e. within the lead or annotations. Can you undo your move of John Mearsheimer bibliography please? Ivan ( talk) 20:06, 25 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello, Иованъ. Lists do need refs, as they are classed as articles. I wouldn't feel comfortable when patrolling to put articles fully into mainspace, search engines, etc. when there is no clear idea where the information has come from, especially as search engines are likely to put WP articles at the very top of the search results. Boleyn ( talk) 21:49, 25 March 2024 (UTC) reply
Lists need refs. Lists of lists do not. Think of lists of lists as "advanced" disambiguation pages. See Lists of Glagolitic manuscripts for its manuscript counterpart, or Lists of New Testament minuscules for an older example, or Lists of hoards or Lists of dictionaries or Lists of deaths by year for examples currently lacking any sources at all. Or Category:Lists of lists if you are still skeptical (or List of lists of lists if you want a good laugh). These are simply articles that have grown too long for MediaWiki to render efficiently and have had to be split. Sometimes new additions don't fit any of the subsumed lists, and the list of lists page has to be used instead, and that is how sources make their way onto list of lists. Once these are placed within subsumed lists or split off into another list. Ivan ( talk) 22:03, 25 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Redirect instead of Prod?

Would it be too bold of me to redirect Ted A. Bohus to This Thing of Ours (film)? Bearian ( talk) 21:27, 26 March 2024 (UTC) reply

I think it would be OK, especially as it is an unref blp. Boleyn ( talk) 13:16, 27 March 2024 (UTC) reply
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Hi. I didn't realize you had created this article (14 years ago) when I posted the PROD. Gives me pause slightly but I still think it's a bit thin. Perhaps in 2024, it looks a bit different to you? Yours, Nirva20 ( talk) 05:25, 29 March 2024 (UTC) reply