User talk:Primefac

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Hi, I was wondering if you could take a look at the recent edits of Edward Banayoti? I'm not sure what to think. thanks! DarthFlappy 18:31, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's on my list. Primefac (talk) 10:42, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Template:CUeject. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Naleksuh (talk) 09:01, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, thank you for granting my request for page mover rights! Since the right was given to me on a time limited basis, I was wondering if I can apply to be awarded the right indefinitely when the time period is coming to an end? If so, should I apply for it again on WP:PERM/PM using the same standard procedure as I did the first time or in some other manner? AntonSamuel (talk) 15:37, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Re-applying at PERM is the best way; gets more eyes on the situation. Primefac (talk) 22:49, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I see, thanks for the pointer! AntonSamuel (talk) 23:07, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Precious

Four years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:39, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you from the cabal of the outcast ;) - did you ever see the battles of the infobox war? ... open air example pictured --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:14, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You're very welcome, always nice when a decision is (more or less) clear-cut. I wasn't around during those troubled times, though ;-) Primefac (talk) 13:07, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not quite clear which decision that would be ;) - I came to tell you of Jerome Kohl on the Main page, remembered in friendship --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:43, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

The Draft:Russell Craig (artist) has been deleted. I am hoping to get a copy of what was deleted. I've been working on this page for a while and I'm not sure why it was deleted. I do not have a copy of what was deleted.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cdcmvp (talk • contribs) 05:49, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The short answer is "no", mainly because the text was copied almost directly from https://www.russellcraig.com.au/ and https://www.artnewsportal.com/art-news/five-to-one-exhibition-by-russell-craig (so in a way you do have the original text). I also deleted Draft:Russell Craig for the same reason; your talk page has more information about copyright issues and how to avoid them. Primefac (talk) 10:39, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I requered to become page mover becuase i moved a lot of Page. I think Is Better become a Page mover For this reason. Dr Salvus (talk) 18:50, 22 January 2021 (UTC)Dr SalvusDr Salvus (talk) 18:50, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your decline was what we call a "procedural decline": you failed to meet the editing requirements, so your request was denied. I would encourage you to keep editing and doing as you do. The more you can show that you understand the page mover guidelines, participate in move discussions, and (potentially) request valid moves at WP:RM/TR, the more likely it will be that when you do meet the editing requirements, it will be an easy decision for the patrolling administrator to make. Primefac (talk) 18:57, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ok thanks for the advice Dr Salvus (talk) 19:23, 22 January 2021 (UTC)Dr SalvusDr Salvus (talk) 19:23, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

I'm here to talk about this Draft. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft_talk:Sartawi_Muthana

I have made a few changes, added verifiable information, added new information.

I also would like to question about the criteria of notability for doctors.

Especially item 6 of this guideline: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(doctors)

How do you think this guideline applies to that Draft?

Kind regards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.36.179.235 (talk) 01:05, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That guideline is marked as historical, as in it is no longer used as a reference or guide for determining the notability of doctors. It's certainly a good place to start, but you cannot link to it and say "see, he meets the criteria!" It looks like you've added a few more references, which is always good for demonstrating notability. Good luck! Primefac (talk) 01:36, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I get it. Thanks for explaining. I have also updated the article, not only with removal off promotional tone, pseudo information, organized, corrected writing and added new material. Could you check the coverage, reliability, independence, and multiplicity of it? I enhanced the article citing Google Patents, Thomson Reuters' subsidiary Zawya, WCIA, Al Arabiya, The News-Gazette, Alqabas and UAE state media. Can you review your position? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.36.179.235 (talk) 22:23, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have also updated content on Knee_replacement#Modified_intervastus_approach with the innovation and the update wen through. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.36.179.235 (talk) 22:27, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. In September 2020, your bot updated params in Template:Infobox television channel using AWB. Do you have that script available? Can you send me? --আফতাবুজ্জামান (talk) 17:00, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's not a script, it's a custom module but it had quite a few bugs in it. I've been working on a new module but it's still in beta. Primefac (talk) 22:34, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, i can manage. I will use it for another wiki. If possible, please send it to Aftabuzzamanullah at gmail dot com. Thanks. আফতাবুজ্জামান (talk) 01:47, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've been meaning to throw it in a subpage of the bot anyway, so when I get it to working order I'll drop you a note. Primefac (talk) 01:53, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sir, I have moved Draft:International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technologists to International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technologists. Can you please review this. This was a mistake I should not have moved it myself Since I have done it now can you please review this. Peerzada Iflaq (talk) 18:50, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I am not an NPR, and thus I do not generally review new articles. Primefac (talk) 18:52, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou for your assistance. Peerzada Iflaq (talk) 20:54, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2020 December 19#Template:Hover title and Template:Tooltip, do you have any input on what to do to help effectuate this merge? I'm not a bot author and don't spend much time in that space, and maybe its a better AWB thing, or I dunno. To jog memory: The templates are essentially duplicates, but one has backwards parameters, so all calls to {{Hover title}} will need to have their parameter calls reversed before that redirects to {{Tooltip}}. I don't have any experience with Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Holding cell. Is this something I just don't need to concern myself about because there's already a mechanism in place to deal with it?  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  23:12, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

If it's literally just flipping the parameter order in {{hover title}} I can get the bot to clean that up. Primefac (talk) 23:21, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm noting that there are some talk pages of articles that call {{WikiProject Television}} with |BANNER_NAME=Template:WikiProject Television Stations. The WikiProject was subsumed into WikiProject Television and the talk pages that call this parameter will not display their quality ratings, e.g. [1]. Would it be possible to have PrimeBOT run to just remove any such examples that might be lingering? I suspect there could be a good few. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 06:43, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like about 6k pages so that's doable. Primefac (talk) 11:16, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, that's a bad subst then by AnomieBOT when the project was folded in last year. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 18:15, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Bot wasn't the issue, just a miscommunication between the editors who were working on it before it was subst. Happens sometimes, easy enough to fix. Primefac (talk) 18:24, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Mendocino County, California has only 154 154 transclusions, which is below the RFC number by about 50 (many articles transcluding the template have been deleted). There does not seem to be any vandalism is the edit history. Would you be okay with me removing the protection you placed back in 2018, as it no longer really qualifies as a high-risk template? Hog Farm _Talk 18:01, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see there being a need, but if you want to, go for it. Primefac (talk) 18:09, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, it's not a huge need, but I'm a believer in there needing to be a really good reason for protection because of the "anyone can edit" thing, so I'll remove it for now. If it does attract vandalism, it can always be reprotected. Hog Farm _Talk 18:19, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Every now and then I run across someone who seems young, either because of self-outing, which I report to WP:OVERSIGHT, or based on a combination of naivete and/or enthusiasm.

It's this second group that I'm asking about. Depending on their maturity, they should either be welcomed with a mentor or two, or gently encouraged to find another hobby.

I prefer to keep my interaction with obviously-young editors to a minimum. That said, sometimes "the minimum" consists of a welcoming message or advice, which may lead to a few rounds of back-and-forth before I can politely disengage. This is where you come in:

I recently saw you give a nice welcoming message to an obviously-young new editor. That got me thinking:

If either the WMF or ARBCOM would form a dedicated team of people who had some mechanism of screening and accountability, such as having their real-life identity "known" to the WMF, people like me could just "pass off" the names of such users to that group, knowing that the editor would be watched and, when needed, shepherded and guided without drawing public attention to the fact that he is a minor. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 18:26, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there.

I noticed you removed by addition to the talk page on Jordan Peterson. Could you explain why? The identity of the editor is clearly relevant to why I edited the main page - the account appears to exist purely for the promotion of one individual. How else am I able to justify my (I believe) correct edit to the main page without including the reason in talk (especially given this edit has previous discussion on it)? I don't particularly want to "out" somebody but at the same time the account hasn't exactly been subtle! How better could I do approach this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Atshal (talk • contribs) 00:02, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Regardless of how "obvious" the evidence may be, it's part of the policy to not make those connections on Wikipedia itself. You can certainly ask if they have a COI, or bring the matter before COIN (saying "I think they've got a COI, here are the problematic edits"), but since COI editors aren't necessarily prohibited from editing pages they're connected to, making statements like "Person X is User Y" is rather problematic. Primefac (talk) 02:58, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm a bit confused. I thought you needed to be extended confirmed to be elected for admin. Are you sure that you can be an admin without extended confirmed? Toad64 14:18, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The main WP:RFA page is ECP-protected because historically it was flooded with silly/nonsense RFAs. However, our guide on becoming an administrator states that there are no formal requirements for running (or being accepted as) an administrator; of course, if you're not ExCon at the time of running, you'll need someone else to transclude the nomination, but that's a minor hurdle if you have someone who is willing to nominate you in the first place. Primefac (talk) 14:55, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello there, is it preferable to send individual email tickets for oversightable instances, or better to just bundle them up in a single email and send it that way? I think I sent a flood of requests a few times and was wondering if it would be better for me to just send a single email with all the requests inside. Zupotachyon (talk) 02:47, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

If you find five issues in five minutes, easier to just batch-request, but it's not the end of the world if they're sent individually. On a couple of occasions I just merged all of your tickets into one so I only had to send one request. Primefac (talk) 03:19, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, will do. Thanks. Zupotachyon (talk) 03:25, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, could you unblock this user? Their identity was confirmed in OTRS (see ticket:2021012710010941), but the original blocking admin is now retired. Thanks, Sam-2727 (talk) 05:45, 30 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]