User talk:Perfect4th/Archive 1

And, of course, you can still come to me if you have any questions. Once again, congrats! Panini! • 🥪 12:17, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Many, many thanks, Panini! It's been a blast! Perfect4th (talk) 14:05, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

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Cheers, Nick Moyes (talk) 21:00, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Thanks so much for RC patrolling. I just wanted to call your attention to a relatively common scam by ill intentioned users that you might not be aware of. Have a look at the history for Depp v News Group Newspapers Ltd. See how there's a bunch of content added by one IP editor, then an obvious vandalism edit by another IP? That's designed to trick you into reverting the obvious vandalism and leaving the rest of the recent edits. If you look at the edits by the first IP that I removed, they're an even worse form of unsourced/poorly sourced edit. It's good practice to glance down at the rest of the history when you're reverting obvious vandalism, just to make sure this isn't happening. Thanks again for your hard work! agtx 00:25, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip! I've done that a couple times, but didn't realize it was so common. I'll need to pay attention to that! Perfect4th (talk) 00:29, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi there! --Lam888infinity (talk) 17:23, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi, Lam888infinity, and welcome to Wikipedia! I will put some links on your talk page that you might find useful. Do you have a specific question about editing? Perfect4th (talk) 17:59, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

I am looking for a mentor. I see you're taking in adoptees. I wanna go through a course under your tutelage for a period of time that you determine for a counter vandalism course and/or a course on proper page creation. After which I will be given rollback and/or new page reviewer privileges. I'm reaching out to you because I wanna do this the proper way. It will be a honor to learn. Cheers Amaekuma (talk) 17:14, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi, Amaekuma! I see you've put this request on several users' talk pages. Please only use one request at a time, as multiple can be confusing for those requested as well as those requesting. I believe Rosguill is currently unavailable for adoption, but I see you asked Justiyaya first, as well as FormalDude, so I will let them respond first; if neither of them do so, I would be willing to discuss adoption with you. In the meantime, be patient, as they will respond when they can. Best, Perfect4th (talk) 17:19, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

Okay. Thanks Amaekuma (talk) 17:22, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

@Perfect4th Okay. Amaekuma (talk) 17:23, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

No problem, Amaekuma! In the meantime, you may want to start looking though the pages of Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit/Academy and Wikipedia:New pages patrol/School. These two are courses in counter-vandalism and reviewing pages that you can take. You will probably want to talk to potential trainers for those eventually, but you should see what the adopters you reached out to say before you do. Happy editing! Perfect4th (talk) 17:30, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

Okay. I'm on it @Perfect4th Amaekuma (talk) 17:48, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

Okay, Amaekuma, it looks like the users you contacted are not available for adoption, so let me list some resources before I discuss with you more.

• You said you want to take a counter vandalism course. The best resource you will find for this is the Counter-Vandalism Unit/Academy. You should read the homepage, as it lists what the program is designed for; if that sounds like what you're looking for, then you will want to go ahead and look at the list of trainers. Two of them indicate that they don't have any open slots, so you will want to contact either Cassiopeia or Pahunkat (I'd recommend Cassiopeia first as Pahunkat hasn't edited in a while); ask on their talk page if they'll be willing to take you on as a Counter-Vandalism Academy student.
• As for learning proper page creation, a good place for that is New pages patrol/School, mentioned earlier. It doesn't necessarily teach you how to create pages, but it will teach you how to review them. Read the main page for it and then check the list of trainers; as Rosguill has declined to for now, you would want to check with either Cassiopeia again or Atsme. However, you should note that this school requires more experience than the CVUA, and Rosguill does not think you are yet ready; you should probably focus on the CVUA first and later check back in with NPP School.

So I would recommend that after you read the pages I linked you to, you check in on Cassiopeia's talk page. Ask about the Counter-Vandalism Academy and mention that you are interested in NPP school as well, but might not be experienced enough yet; that way Cassiopeia knows you are interested in it and can help you when you are ready.

Since those are the two things you are most interested in, I should add that those aren't my areas of expertise. I've done some counter-vandalism but not the course, and I've not done NPP school either. I think it would make more sense for you to go through those schools in the capacity they already have, without me as an extra point of reference; adoption is intended as a main point of reference with a more experienced user to guide you, and if you're mainly involved in projects with other users, it doesn't make as much sense. That's not to say it's a bad thing; it just doesn't quite fit your personal purposes. Should you still wish to be adopted, I can discuss it with you, but I wouldn't suggest it. You are still welcome to drop by if you have questions either way, though :). Happy editing! Perfect4th (talk) 23:22, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

@Perfect4th Thanks for your guidance, it is appreciated. I have been reading the materials you recommended. I should be done reading by Tuesday and ready to take the next step Amaekuma (talk) 21:22, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

Hello @Perfect4th, I am done with the materials. What next? Amaekuma (talk) 14:00, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

Teahouse if you have more questions! Perfect4th (talk

) 14:24, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

Okay. Thanks @Perfect4th: Amaekuma (talk) 15:14, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

Hello @

Hi, Amaekuma! You can tag the page with the template More citations needed by typing this text at the top of the article and clicking publish changes: {{More citations needed|date=May 2022}}. Alternatively, if you have Twinkle, you can click "Tag" under the TW tab, scroll to the ''Verifiability and sources'' heading, and select the box for 'more citations needed' and submit the query. A full list of article-related templates can be found here. Let me know if you have any more questions, and happy editing! Perfect4th (talk) 19:36, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

@Perfect4th: Thanks. You are appreciated! Amaekuma (talk) 19:42, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

@Perfect4th: Thanks. You are appreciated! Amaekuma (talk) 19:42, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

Not a problem! Happy editing, Perfect4th (talk) 19:44, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

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	For your great responses to TH questions. Keep it going! Volten001 ☎ 22:33, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

Thank you, Volten001! It's fun to be useful and I'm glad I've not made too much of a mess of things so far :) Perfect4th (talk) 01:02, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Most welcome, Perfect4th.. Indeed, you're doing great. Happy editing! Volten001 ^☎ 06:51, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi. You are probably not aware that all entries in this type of article require a citation to back up the date. We're trying to clean them up but it's a very slow process so please don't accept edits like this one. Thanks in anticipation. Deb (talk) 07:53, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

Oh, my apologies, Deb! I should have checked for a reference rather than just the linked articles to back up the entries. I will definitely do so in the future! Perfect4th (talk) 13:33, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for responding to the Teahouse question about talk page notifications. I finally understood what you were saying: "topic subscriptions" (subscribing to a topic on a talk page) is a beta feature that I could enable in my user preferences under "Beta Features" -- "Discussion Tools". I enabled the "Discussion Tools" beta feature and I can see it now. PacificDepths (talk) 08:48, 28 May 2022 (UTC)

Whoops, PacificDepths, I had completely forgotten that was a beta feature. I'm glad it was helpful! Happy editing, Perfect4th (talk) 23:04, 28 May 2022 (UTC)

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Who is the father of the nation --Silpante Garg R marak (talk) 06:32, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi, Silpante Garg R mark, and welcome to Wikipedia! If you're referring to the United States of America, you could make a case that several people were fathers of the nation, including George Washington. However, I'm not a historian, so those questions are not my area of expertise. If you have a question about editing Wikipedia, I'd be happy to help out! Perfect4th (talk) 11:25, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

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Wow, that's very kind of you. Thank you so much, Charlesreid1! Perfect4th (talk) 21:42, 30 June 2022 (UTC)