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00:48, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

Hey just thought I would drop you a message since you just declined it, but I nominated Solo Riq for speedy again. The claim of having "hit singles" is completly fabricated. I explained in a conversation to this user on my talk page, that the subject was not notable with reasons why (since I nominated for deletion the first time, which afterwards it was moved to draft). Yet after their AFC submission was declined they shoved the article back in to mainspace. To put it in perspective, the subject has less than 100 followers on instagram/Twitter, which should tell you that this rapper is entirely unknown. A Google search literally turns up nothing but other Wikis and primary sources. I debated on taking this user to ANI since they are clearly a SPA created to promote this rapper. StaticVapor message me! 10:16, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

@STATicVapor: No problem. I'll leave the tag in place. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 10:20, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Thanks just wanted to give you some insight in case you stumbled upon the tag again. StaticVapor message me! 10:52, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

I am hoping that my newest change to the Haskell portal satisfies the exclusion of this portal from the selection criteria for deletion; the difference is that the single navbox scheme is now augmented by snippets which further discuss the selected articles, from the point of view of the Haskell language itself.

For example, the Girard-Reynolds type system is applied to Haskell Core, which means that the Core itself implements a strongly Typed language system even though it is implemented in C. This Core has remained stable for 25 years, showing the advantage of strong typing even as Haskell itself keeps changing with every release.

Thus each selected article has a Haskell-oriented commentary in the portal, showing the impact and application of the general concepts which have been selected. I pinged BHG about this change, with no answer yet. --Ancheta Wis   (talk | contribs) 21:11, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

• Hi
  !voted in the discussion, and just so you know, you are allowed to do so, if you'd like. Since you want the portal retained, you may want to consider going on the record as such. North America¹⁰⁰⁰
  01:40, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

This week's

article for improvement

(week 20, 2019)

Sashimi at a restaurant Hello, Northamerica1000. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement 's weekly selection: Sashimi Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Production logo • Gunilla Persson Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 13 May 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

Administrators' newsletter – May 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2019).

Administrator changes HickoryOughtShirt?4 • RexxS Necrothesp Bratsche • Kyle Barbour • Kzollman • Madman Interface administrator changes Pharos

Bureaucrat changes Primefac CheckUser changes Reaper Eternal

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment concluded that creating pages in the portal namespace should be restricted to autoconfirmed users.
• Following a
  WP:GNG
  .

Technical news

• XTools Admin Stats, a tool to list admins by administrative actions, has been revamped to support more types of log entries such as AbuseFilter changes. Two additional tools have been integrated into it as well: Steward Stats and Patroller Stats.

Arbitration

• In response to the continuing compromise of administrator accounts, the Arbitration Committee
  procedures for return of permissions (diff
  ). In such cases, the committee will review all available information to determine whether the administrator followed "appropriate personal security practices" before restoring permissions; administrators found failing to have adequately done so will not be resysopped automatically. All current administrators have been notified of this change.
• Following a
  arbitration policy has been amended (diff
  ). Specifically, the two-thirds majority required to remove or suspend an arbitrator now excludes (1) the arbitrator facing suspension or removal, and (2) any inactive arbitrator who does not respond within 30 days to attempts to solicit their feedback on the resolution through all known methods of communication.

Miscellaneous

• A request for comment is currently open to amend the community sanctions procedure to exclude non XfD or CSD deletions.
• A proposal to remove pre-2009 indefinite IP blocks is currently open for discussion.

Hi Northamerica1000, I've noticed you've been making some changes to Portal:Poland. Could you please explain what you're trying to do on the portal's talk page? I'm not saying I'm opposed to any changes; I'd just like to understand in what direction they are going. — Kpalion^(talk) 10:29, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

• @Kpalion: I have responded at Portal talk:Poland. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 10:48, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

Hello Northamerica1000,

WMF at work on NPP Improvements

Niharika Kohli, a product manager for the growth team, announced that work is underway in implementing improvements to New Page Patrol as part of the 2019 Community Wishlist and suggests all who are interested watch the project page on meta. Two requested improvements have already been completed. These are:

• Allow filtering by no citations in page curation
• Not having CSD and PRODs automatically marked as reviewed, reflecting current consensus among reviewers and current Twinkle functionality.

Reliable Sources for NPP

Rosguill has been

compiling a list of reliable sources across countries and industries that can be used by new page patrollers to help judge whether an article topic is notable or not. At this point further discussion is needed about if and how this list should be used. Please consider joining the discussion

about how this potentially valuable resource should be developed and used.

Backlog drive coming soon

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New Page Patrol talk page

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News

• Following a
  WP:GNG
  .

Discussions of interest

• A
  request for bot approval
  for a bot to patrol two kinds of redirects
• There has been a lot discussion about Notability of Academics
• What, if anything, would a SNG for Softball look like

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Delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of DannyS712 (talk) at 19:17, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi Northamerica1000. Non-free content like

13:04, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Ancient Greek letters painted on the body of an Attic black-figure cup Hello, Northamerica1000. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement 's weekly selection: Letter (alphabet) Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Sashimi • Production logo Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 20 May 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

There is currently a discussion taking place as to whether Portal:Adele should be deleted at MfD.
You are being notified because you were a participant in the previous nomination discussion.
Thank you, –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 20:59, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

Hello. I was just wondering if WP:MISSING would be interested in a missing topics list for

• I don't know. There's actually a stub version of the article as per this diff, and after this, a user redirected the page. If the book is
  WP:BOOKCRIT), then it could theoretically qualify for a standalone article. North America¹⁰⁰⁰
  03:52, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. 173.162.220.17 (talk) 16:43, 22 May 2019 (UTC)

I have been focusing on all things carrot. Your carrot soup article is pretty nice. What about carrot muffins?

Best Regards, Barbara ✐✉ 19:16, 16 May 2019 (UTC)

@Barbara (WVS): Carrot muffin is presently a red link. Sources are out there, as per the search links below. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 03:55, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

{{fss|Carrot muffin}}

15:33, 27 May 2019 (UTC)

Josephine Bornebusch in 2013 Hello, Northamerica1000. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement 's weekly selection: Josephine Bornebusch Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Letter (alphabet) • Sashimi Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 27 May 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

Moved to Portal talk:Nigeria

– UnitedStatesian: I've replied at Portal talk:Nigeria. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:23, 26 May 2019 (UTC)

15:24, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

The official logo of the latest HTML version, HTML5 Hello, Northamerica1000. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement 's weekly selection: HTML Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Josephine Bornebusch • Letter (alphabet) Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 3 June 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

17:06, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

A merge to Pineapple has been proposed. ^Atsme _Talk 📧 13:28, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

@Atsme: Thanks for the notification. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:53, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

I've done a little research and found numerous food and cocktails recipes that use pineapple juice, and I also found quite a bit of science info in Science Direct, including Agriculture and biological sciences, and Food Science. Another is in the Encyclopedia of Food Sciences and Nutrition (Second Edition), 2003 (Elsevier): "Pineapple juice is a major item of commerce, as fresh or frozen, full strength, or as a concentrate. Reasonably high in carbohydrates, fermented juice is used to make vinegar. It does not make a good-quality wine but, fermented and distilled, it makes a potent, if somewhat disreputable, alcoholic spirit, available in several Pacific island countries." There's plenty for a stand-alone article but I've been a little under the weather with a head/chest cold so won't be of much help. ^Atsme _Talk 📧 15:33, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

@Northamerica1000: You are invited to vote on Pineapple juice.Catfurball (talk) 16:39, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

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• An
  WP:OUTING
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• An RfC on WT:RfA concluded that Requests for adminship and bureaucratship are discussions seeking to build consensus.
• An RfC proposal to make the templates for discussion (TfD) process more like the requested moves (RM) process, i.e. "as a clearinghouse of template discussions", was closed as successful.

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• The CSD feature of
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• Twinkle's d-batch (batch delete) feature now supports deleting subpages (and related redirects and talk pages) of each page. The pages will be listed first but use with caution! The und-batch (batch undelete) option can now also restore talk pages.

Miscellaneous

• The previously discussed unblocking of IP addresses indefinitely-blocked before 2009 was approved and has taken place.
• The 2019 talk pages consultation produced a report for Phase 1 and has entered Phase 2.

Hey, Northamerica1000. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the talk ) 12:50, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

Hey, Northamerica1000. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Thank you for all of your valued contributions to the Encyclopedia, Have a great day! –Davey2010Talk 13:08, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

• Hi
  Mjs1991 and Davey2010: Thanks, and it's nice to know that people are receiving these. Wow, just about everything on Wikipedia is tracked somewhere! North America¹⁰⁰⁰
  02:35, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi NorthAmerica, To be honest you're the only person I've ever sent of these too :), Haha WP is just like big tracking system lol, Anyway Happy First Edit day!, Take care, –Davey2010^Talk 20:30, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

20:37, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

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Hello, North America 1000, I noticed you added the two relisted notices in the deletion discussion. I think there is something going on there which should be carefully looked into. Those people who voted keep seem to be propagandists because they were falsely suggesting the musician to be notable without any backing evidences. I don't know when it will be closed but it has been so long already I think it's possible it will be closed now in favor of those people. If that happens, the process has failed its purpose. I tried talking to Cassiopiae about it but they seem reluctant to offer assistance. What should be done? KoopaLoopa (talk) 07:25, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

• @KoopaLoopa: I notice that you have commented at the discussion. I may not close this discussion. Ultimately, I recommend that you state your concerns placed here directly in the discussion as a comment. Also, you can consider pinging those who have contributed and ask for references to be provided in the discussion to qualify notability claims, if you'd like. Furthermore, per your concerns, I have added the {{not a ballot}} template to the discussion (diff). North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 09:48, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
  • I have noticed that, thanks for your help. KoopaLoopa (talk) 09:17, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

Hey NorthA,

How are you doing? I am just checking in to see how life is and your wikipedia time. I see you are still on a semi-break, but still functioning. Its been a while since we collaborated on something. Please feel free to give any articles you need help on with cleanup, creation, or ref issues. I will be more active on

As for myself: I am doing better than I was in May, however still stressed. I have a trip to Chicago in two weeks for a few days. I am trying to be more active on Wikipedia then I was in the Spring. I may even want to look into

See you around

Your Pal AA

AmericanAir88^(talk) 19:02, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

• Hi AmericanAir88: Glad to hear you're feeling good. Do what you gotta do to stress less: get some exercise, eat healthy, engage in various hobbies, meditate, get out more in nature, etc., whatever it takes. Well, my semi-break is basically just that; I've taken some time off, sometimes a couple of days in a row, but then find myself back editing, closing discussions, contributing to discussions, working on various articles and content, etc. No ideas for collaboration right now, in part because I don't want to commit to anything where I would then have to edit. If you'd like, you can help out in archiving resolved entries at WP:CLEAN. I usually archive around two to three weeks after a struck entry has been fully resolved. Enjoy Chi-town. Also, regarding RfA, I would have to look into your contribution history, talk page discussions at articles/on your talk page, content creation, non-admin closures if you've performed any of these, etc. to provide any advice, but at this time, I don't want to commit to providing RfA advice and time to research, etc., because I'm really trying to take a wiki break. Otherwise, some simple advice is that the RfA atmosphere can be a snake pit at times. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 08:46, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

17:29, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

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Your Pal AA AmericanAir88^(talk) 15:47, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

• Hi AmericanAir88: For starters, what specific types of admin tasks are you interested in? Contributors at RfA often want to know a candidate's specific intentions for use of the admin toolset. Having some GA and FA content under your belt is a definite plus; some users view significant content contributions and recognized content as strongly associated with competency for adminship. Of course, this is not a requirement, but it tends to receive a favorable reception. Of note is that some of the points you make above do not require the admin bit (helping users, making Wikipedia a better place). However, these are good traits for admins to possess. Per your User contributions page, you started editing on 21 July 2017, which comes across to me as a sufficient amount of time relative to a potential RfA. Per this Pages created query, you've created 31 articles, with only one two deleted, which demonstrates knowledge in content creation, page formatting and layout, sourcing, etc. Other things you have going for you is a positive demeanor and a clean block log.

The first three questions of a new RfA have the following standard questions, which you can further consider:

1. What administrative work do you intend to take part in?
2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?
3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or have other users caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

– North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 18:33, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

@Northamerica1000: Thank you for this. The administrative work I intend to take part in revolves around reducing the wikipedia backlogs and helping users out. I will do whatever I am asked to perform. For instance, the administrative backlog can fill up frequently and I will ensure that it stays in check. I would help with but not limited to the AFD, AIV, RFPP, and Admin Noticeboard. I would help prevent vandalism (I already patrol RC) All of my edits will be based on improving the encyclopedia.

My best contributions to wikipedia are when I am either reducing a backlog or honing in on a particular article. I would say that my best work is with Deep Space Homer. That article is my most edited and I am the process of getting it to FA. The FA right now is all support. I have failed twice with the FA on the article and have never gave up on the article. I have multiple articles that I have improved to GA and have done several GA reviews to balance my actions. I also try to focus on backlogs to reduce the workload for other users.

The only editing conflicts I think I have ever got close to was with a user called LegacyPac. The user supported mass deletion, foul language, and linear thinking. I have never lost my cool though and engaged in civil discussion. When Legacy nominated the American Airlines portal for deletion, I gave a justified comment and he even respected my attitude. LegacyPac has since been blocked for his behavior. I also defended the recent New York helicopter crash article I created. There was another instance on AFC where a user questioned two acceptances I gave. However, I had a civil conversation and we both decided that deletion would be best. I never try to make chaos, start wars, or dispute others opinions.

Thank you AmericanAir88^(talk) 18:52, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

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Hello, it appears that you were the last person to work on that portal page. Seeing as how you are an admin also, I thought, you'd know enough to be able to help me on this. I know I was supposed to be patient, but I am a bit obsessive, so just in case you happened to have the time, figured no harm in trying.

So, I wanted to correct an error there but I was too afraid of making a mistake. I tried asking for help but they recommended patience. Anyway, it seems a bot updates article lists on the page. And Darjeeling is listed as a featured article for the portal. It doesn't belong there. How can we make the bot stop adding that article there. I have explained the reasons on the talk page. I don't understand why Shiva is there either, but I don't think that'd cause any trouble. Thanks! Usedtobecool ^✉️ ✨ 13:19, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

• Hi Usedtobecool: I agree that these entries are ambiguous relative to the general topic of Nepal, so I removed them from Portal:Nepal/Recognized content (diff, diff). The recognized content page is updated by User:JL-Bot, which is rather accurate, but sometimes there will be ambiguous or unrelated results generated. As such, the listings may appear again in the future when an update occurs, so feel free to keep an eye on the page if you'd like.

At any rate, thanks very much for bringing this to my attention, which is appreciated and is cool. As such, you are not previously cool (Usedtobecool), you're cool now! North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 13:34, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

So very thoughtful! Brought a wide smile to my face, especially coming back to add the gif. So, I must throw it right back at you: You're the coolest admin I've had the pleasure to interact with.

In a related note, the talk page itself has those lists as well. I looked at what u'd done and tried to get to the analogous subpage of the talk page but it doesn't exist. Not that I think it matters a lot, just thought you'd appreciate a heads-up on that. Thanks a lot for everything! Usedtobecool ^✉️ ✨ 16:18, 26 June 2019 (UTC)