Cullen328

I don't live on Cullen Ct, but I like the street sign

If you have any interest in editing Wikipedia by smartphone, I encourage you to read my essay, Smartphone editing. Thank you.

Welcome to my talk page I use the name Cullen328 on Wikipedia, but you can call me "Jim" because that's my real first name. If you want to start a new conversation, please click "New section" or "Add topic" at the top of this page. I keep the old comments from July and August of 2009 that follow the "Contents" here, because these friendly words of greeting made me feel welcome when I first started editing Wikipedia.

The importance of a friendly greeting

Hello and welcome to my talk page. If you want to start a new conversation, please click "New section" at the top of this page. I keep the comments that follow from July and August of 2009 readily visible, because these friendly words of greeting made me feel welcome here on Wikipedia when I first started editing. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 17:38, 6 November 2011 (UTC

Please offer your thoughts

I would appreciate comments and suggestions on any contributions I make. I am learning.Cullen328 (talk) 03:22, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Nice work on Jules Eichorn. He's been needing an article for a while.   Will Beback  talk  06:28, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

If I may suggest, now that you've posted the Eichorn article the draft below might be deleted. It's your talk page to do with as you like, but it's a bit hard to edit around.

As for formatting and pictures, a good way to learn is to look around at other articles to see what you think looks best. It can be helpful to break up long blocks of text into subsections. Perhaps it'd be possible to split the biography into two or three eras. Other than that, the formatting is usually kept fairly plain. As for photos, it's easy to upload them: the trick is in finding photos with appropriate licensing. If you have any personal photos then those'd be fine. There are might be pictures of the peaks he did first ascents on in the Wikicommons. File:Cathedral Peak.png is a so-so pic of Eichorn Pinnacle.

As before, feel free to ask if you have any questions. There are several editors here who are mountaineers or just admirers of the Sierra, so you're in good company.   Will Beback  talk  21:13, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

PS: Many editors create "sandbox" pages for drafting articles. For example, User talk:Cullen328/Sandbox.   Will Beback  talk  00:17, 1 August 2009

Your climber biographies

Hey Jim, just wanted to say welcome and thanks for your contributions to the Sierra Nevada climbing history articles. You're filling a niche that's been missing here, I look forward to working with you. --Justin (talk) 11:54, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

I'll second that. Nice work on Allen Steck and welcome to Wikipedia. I don't know who you are planning to write up next but if your taking requests I think Peter Croft (climber) could really use a page. If you ever have any questions please ask. Thanks again for your great additions.--OMCV (talk) 02:25, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Justin and OMCV. I am beginning work on Tom Frost and Glen Dawson. Comments on Norman Clyde would be welcomed. I will defintely read up on Peter Croft, OMCV. I am still "learning the ropes" in Wikipedia, to use a climbing analogy, and have all sorts of things in mind. My biggest challenge right now is getting permission to use images. My next biggest challenge is hiking to the top of Mt. Whitney with my wife in ten days - she's never been above 12,000 feet except for the train ride up Pikes Peak. As she's 56 and developing arthritis in her toes, it will be an accomplishment if she (and I) complete the Class 1 feat. Jim Heaphy (talk) 02:34, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Debra and I made it to the summit of Mt. Whitney at 2:20 PM on Friday, September 11. Jim Heaphy (talk) 00:59, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

2012 Archive (first six months)

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Happy New Year

Happy New Year 2021 I hope your New Year holiday is enjoyable and the coming year is much better than the one we are leaving behind. Best wishes from Los Angeles.   // Timothy :: talk

working on a new page

hello jim, hope you are doing well. i am a beginner on wikipedia but i am auto correction user. i want to write an article on a ngo which is working very good in there respective field. a friend of mine wrote a article on that topic but it got deleted due to less third party source. can you suggest me something how to write an article which won't get deleted, also i have some credible third party source so i want to ask how can i mention them because they are external links. Devanshusharma569 (talk)devanshusharma569

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day! I hope your St. Patrick's Day is enjoyable and safe. Hopefully next year there will be more festive celebrations. Best wishes from Los Angeles.   // Timothy :: talk

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Request of Help on "Just the Facts" Tone

Hi Jim,

I am very new to Wikipedia. I got your feedback on the draft article located under PhoCoHaNoi. Thanks so much for your comments. I would greatly appreciate if you would spare some valuable time to highlight those parts from the draft that I need to pay close attentions to regarding the aspect that you raised. I know it would be a long shot to ask if you would even consider providing specific examples by directly editing them on the draft.

Lastly, I still do not know on how to submit the revision for review. I do not see any obvious buttons or pull-down menus from the Sandbox setting that would be able to allow to submit the article for review.

Thank you so much.

PhoCoHaNoi

Hello, PhoCoHaNoi. I am not going to edit the draft myself, because I want this to be a learning exercise for you. Here are a few examples of unacceptable wording:

• "celebrating the 73-year history of outstanding men and women"

• "pioneering contributions"

• "sustained leadership and strategic vision"

• "Exceptional services to innovation ecosystem"

• "stimulating small business innovation, meeting the Air Force and DoD R&D needs, broadening participation in innovation and entrepreneurship, and boosting commercialization"

• " So, as Dr. Pham looked back now, he brought systems-theoretic science and control engineering principles, together with teamwork and interdisciplinary to bear fruition in solving warfighter engineering problems, various areas of specific focus for increased activities in space control autonomy and space domain awareness."

It is not the job of a Wikipedia editor (you) to praise a person. Every trace of this non-neutral language must be removed. A Wikipedia article should never say "Person A is great!" Instead, it should say "Reliable source C reports that Expert B says that Person A is great", along with a reference to Reliable source C.

As for how to submit your draft, I will explain that when the draft complies with the neutral point of view. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it

Sending Messages to Other Editors

Hi Jim. I will deeply appreciate anything that you can do to help. How can I find out about other editors and send them messages? I recently looked for an article about The Italian Coffee Company that I had read years ago. However, I could not find it. I believe that this article should be available. I am a new editor and I have a big learning curve ahead of me. Maybe you can post to my talk page. I am user Mojosa17. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Invitation to Local Wikimania Event in San Francisco this Friday

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Wikimania is happening and hopefully you're enjoying the sessions. While it's fairly last minute, you're warmly invited to participate in the local Wikimania-themed meetup in the Wikimedia Foundation office this Friday (tomorrow!). You will have to register in advance, but we would love to see more people from the WikiSalon community participate! For more information and registration, please check out meta:Wikimania 2022/San Francisco Meetup.

The event will involve hacking, teaching, learning, and celebrating and we'll have snacks. We will have the opportunity to watch live sessions at Wikimania together in the afternoon. The rest of the day we'll have opportunity to participate in the hackathon, and we may have some on-demand workshops/learning sessions.

In case we run out of space, it's first-come-first-serve so let us know soon! Hope to see you there.

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i don't know how to edit anything Me and you forever1215 (talk) 16:53, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Me and you forever1215. Follow the process at Help:Introduction. Cullen328 (talk) 17:03, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Question from LC2024 (20:13, 31 August 2024)

Hello, I would like to create my first article. Can you give me a short explanation on where to start? Also, my article is about a 24 years old dog breed. Which category would this be? --LC2024 (talk) 20:13, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

Hello, LC2024. I suggest that you spend a few weeks improving existing articles about dogs or any other topics that interest you before setting out to write a new article. Brand new editors who immediately set out to write a new article commonly fail because they do not understand Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Do a lot of reading before starting to write a new article. The most important thing to know is that everything you write must be verified by a reference to a published reliable source. That means that what you know only from your personal experience has no place in the article. I recommend that you begin by gathering up and properly formatting all of your references before writing a single line of prose. This list of references is the skeleton of your draft article, and then your task is to accurately and neutrally summarize them. Your first article has lots of good advice.

You can find lots of good information at Wikipedia:WikiProject Dogs. Unfortunately, Wikipedia:WikiProject Dogs/Dog breeds task force is inactive but the information there remains relevant, including advice about categorization. Take a look at List of dog breeds and try to model your work after Good articles such as Scottish terrier and Featured articles such as Beagle.

Please be aware that you should declare any conflict of interest that you may have. I hope this helps. Cullen328 (talk) 21:07, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

Question from Sinag08 (08:21, 2 September 2024)

Hi. How do I start contributing? --Sinag08 (talk) 08:21, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Sinag08. Follow the process at Help:Introduction. Cullen328 (talk) 17:05, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

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User talk:Deepfriedokra/talk

Hi Cullen328. User talk:Deepfriedokra/talk might be an attempt to circumvent your temporary protection of Deepfriedokra's user talk page. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:48, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

Clearly an attempt by a blocked or banned user to circumvent some restriction, for sure. I deleted that page, Marchjuly. Thanks for noticing it. Cullen328 (talk) 04:54, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

Was recreated by another IP. Likely another block evasion. Zinnober9 (talk) 05:04, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

Deleted again, Zinnober9. Next time, I will salt it. Cullen328 (talk) 05:34, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

it's been recreated yet again. Is there a way to prevent the creation of subpages in Deepfriedokra's user namespace by IP accounts? My guess is the IP hopper will just chose another "name" and continue to create such pages. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:58, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

Marchjuly, I deleted it again and salted it. Anything more sophisticated than that is beyond my technical capabilities. Maybe someone at WP:VPT might have a better idea. Cullen328 (talk) 07:38, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

Question from Humble cee (22:01, 5 September 2024)

Hi ! I'm Humble cee --Humble cee (talk) 22:01, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Humble cee, what is your question? Cullen328 (talk) 22:04, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

September music

story · music · places

Thank you for thinking of me! - Recommended reading today: Frye Fire, by sadly missed Vami_IV. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:11, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much, Gerda Arendt. Wishing you the best. Cullen328 (talk) 23:50, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! I'm happy because my story today is about a Czech mezzo soprano who is mentioned on the Main page on her birthday. --Gerda Arendt (talk)

Three stories related to today in memory, 11 September, 20 July and 20 June, the latter piece of art also pictured on the Main page. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:06, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Today is Schoenberg's 150th birthday! On display, portrayed by Egon Schiele, with a DYK hook from 2010 and another from 2014, about his 40th birthday, appeared on his 140th birthday. - See places for a stunning sunrise, on the day Bruckner's 200th birthday was celebrated (a few days late). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:11, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for saying nice things about the interestingness of my topics in an RfA, however I firstly believe that the view on "interesting or boring" is absolutely not related to anything factual, plain POV, secondly this POV - for me at least - has nothing to do with the ability for administration, thirdly: that my topics are boring is the general common POV of the current DYK team, has been for 5 years by now, and if you want to do something for me chime in there, not in an RfC. The last case was Maryvonne Le Dizès, a name you will have heard, where after weeks of arguing we arrived at a variant of the original hook. Waste of time, every time, and the next DYK is not in sight because I don't like to waste my time. For an overlooked great woman, however, I endure it. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:54, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Gerda Arendt, I have no idea why you would assume that I would be familiar with Maryvonne Le Dizès, a name that I had never heard even once until you posted here. I will readily assume that she is an outstanding performer in your preferred genres. But I have told you several times previously that I have been a fan of rock and roll music broadly defined, and related broad genres like soul, blues, jazz, punk and new wave, ever since I was a child nearly 70 years ago. I have a rudimentary familiarity and respect for classical music and opera, am capable of enjoying that style of music when there is no other choice, have no negative feelings about people who love classical music, and accept it as as great artistry. But I have been and will remain a rock and roll fan forever. I certainly would not expect you to be familiar with someone rated #403 on a list of the 500 best rock guitarists in history that I may have been listening to since my teenage years.

As to the main point, I will never accept some editor insulting you so rudely, just as I would hope that you you would object to to another editor insulting me. Despite our musical differences, I have the deepest respect for your expertise and your contributions. And your kindness towards others which is remarkable and exemplary.

As for DYK in particular and the main page in general, I find 99.9% of the Sturm und Drang there to be a total waste of time. Main page content is evanescent and comparable to the newsprint used to line canary cages, in my opinion. All that I care about is enduring and informative encyclopedia articles, including those about the music that you love and the music that I love. Cullen328 (talk) 09:39, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for explaining, Jim. - I expected you to have heard of the name simply because you took part in a lengthy thread on my talk that was also about her. Sorry if I was wrong. I'm going to archive that discussion with the new month although some questions remain open.

"boring" is no insult in my book, and I think I explained that. - "blatant canvassing" for what I thought was pleading for help to meet a deadline felt more like an insult.

I like to tell my stories, and many more look at them on the Main page than in my user space ;) - For the violinist, it was 15k+ per ITN, and we'll see for DYK on 3 October, - 1.5k I assume. Pinging AirshipJungleman29 as I should have done in the last post. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:01, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Gerda although I'm not really sure what you need me here for. One thing I was thinking (I hope Cullen328 doesn't mind), next time please ping me to return to an FAC like this one—I quite liked the article and thought I could probably support after a few more tweaks, but I got distracted, sorry. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 10:21, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

I didn't want you to do anything here, just not talk about you behind your back. I would have pinged you to the FAC if I wanted to continue but I changed my mind about the sequence of FACs, and will alert you to the (different) next. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:49, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Appreciate it, on both counts. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:48, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Question regarding BLPSPS

Noticed you posted at BLPN recently, so hopefully you can help me understand a concept...

Say we have a claim that is made about a well-known living person in a non-BLP article. The claim is about their career specifically, and may be more about a decision an entity (or third-party) made involving them, but they are mentioned in the claim and in the article.

The sole basis for the claim relies on an EXPERTSPS that is generally considered reliable. Does that automatically disqualify inclusion on Wikipedia per WP:BLPSPS? Before you answer, here are a few things that muddy the waters:

• There are several medium-quality secondary sources that have picked up on this EXPERTSPS report and regurgitated it, providing some brief analysis. However, they all refer to the claim with attribution and caution, using phrases like "reportedly", "according to", and "may have". In other words, these secondary sources did not independently verify the claim.
• There are only a handful of medium-quality sources that did this, but within this industry, you would have expected a lot more, especially if this news was significant.
• The claim itself is fairly mild and trivial, and it does not really impact the living person's reputation; not something you would necessarily deem positive or negative.

Is this a BLPSPS violation or even a BLP concern? Sorry, I'm just not well-versed in this area. Thanks in advance! --GoneIn60 (talk) 02:49, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

Hello, GoneIn60. This appears to be a borderline area the way you are describing it, and the best decision probably depends on the specific context. Which article are you talking about? Always keep in mind that WP:BLP says Be very firm about the use of high-quality sources. That is mandatory. Cullen328 (talk) 03:02, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

Well, there is an active discussion going on right now in the form of a straw poll (which I'm sure you would quickly spot from my editing history), but it just kind of dawned on me that BLP might apply here. Wanted to be sure before I brought it up. I haven't weighed in with a !vote and was actually acting more like a moderator, trying to keep the peace and seeing it through to completion. Things had gotten a bit contentious earlier. -- GoneIn60 (talk) 03:11, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

To be frank, it strikes me as trivial gossip. If I was interested in the topic, I would oppose inclusion. I think that it is bordeline regarding BLP policy. I'm just astonished that someone thought it was a good idea to list 15 actors as "stars" in the lead section. I saw the original film during its first run at the Coronet Theater in San Francisco in 1977, and remain amazed that Hollywood is still trying to squeeze money out of this franchise 47 years later. Cullen328 (talk) 04:28, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

Pinging GoneIn60. Cullen328 (talk) 04:30, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

That was my initial reaction as well, trivial. I suspect a widely-published discussion would draw the same conclusion.

The problem these days is that any localized discussion within the TV and film realms is likely to run into what I call these segregated think tanks (for lack of a better term), formed by large groups of editors that primarily live here. Each one specializes in a topic of interest, such as the MCU, and if you dip a toe into their pond, they are going to notice! They do great work, of course, but occasionally helpful changes and suggestions are weeded out prematurely by the swarm. That's not how things have been always been done. Change doesn't come easy in these parts, and you wind up with nonsensical leads with 15 actor names (because we're following an old rule that needs updating) or inserting trivial details (because our MoS says so).

Anyway, rant over! I appreciate you taking the time to review. Thanks for the feedback! --GoneIn60 (talk) 05:37, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

GoneIn60, unless major policy violations are going on, I tend to stay away from fan-dominated pop culture topic areas. I was pretty much done with comic book inspired films by the release of the 1978 Superman film. Call me narrow minded and judgmental, but I consider this type of thing to be the realm of children and adolescents, and I am bemused by full grown adults who remain really big fans of this stuff until old age. Cullen328 (talk) 06:06, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

Ha, that's fair! It used to be less-accepted back in the day, but now you're not so hip if you're not donning a Captain America T-Shirt. Personally, I never cared much for comics, superheroes, and the like when I was growing up (Gen X here), but I always loved cinema. You're wise to keep your distance from the kids, but my passion for film keeps me close to the action...unfortunately closer than I'd prefer to be. -- GoneIn60 (talk) 06:55, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

Fine, you won

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		Your nitpicking got into my head. Ha! GustavoCza (talk • contribs) 21:36, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

GustavoCza, my goal is clarity. Cullen328 (talk) 21:51, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

September 2024

Hi, I hope I am not doing something utterly wrong by approaching you. An editor in a very politically charged talk page discussion I observed today was arguably WP:CASTINGASPERSIONS fairly intensely.[1] I then noticed that the account had basically only ever edited post-1992 politics talk page discussions.[2] One of their first such threads was called "This is fascism".[3] Isn't all that actionable per WP:NOTHERE? Biohistorian15 (talk) 18:27, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

I'll just post it to AN/I. You may ignore the info.Biohistorian15 (talk) 10:53, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

Your question at the ongoing RfA

I sympathise with you question. "in need of new hobbies" does seem odd. (When I started on a Ph.D., I already had hobbies; and I continued to pursue them, doing less work than I should. A foolish decision, to be sure. But going out of my way to look for distractions would have been even more foolish.) Maproom (talk) 21:41, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi Jim!

I know you are a busy man, but would you be so kind to help my new friend Feeglgeef? They could be a good new vandalfighter but they respond badly to criticism and they need more guidance. We butted heads a bit so they are unlikely to listen to my advice. Thanks, Polygnotus (talk) 07:55, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Polygnotus. I have taken a quick look and saw your argument with Feeglgeef. I followed up on an IP they reverted who was spamming a dentistry website into a number of dental articles. I reverted some of that spam and blocked the IP for a week. Anyway, I need to get some sleep and then tomorrow, I will have a medical procedure not on my teeth (I had a dental crown installed a couple of weeks ago) but rather laser surgery on my "good" eye. I hope things go smoothly but my vision may be adversely affected for a while. Continue monitoring please. Cullen328 (talk) 08:22, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Ah, then please ignore me, your todolist is far far more important; and I can ask someone else. I am in no hurry. Thanks for blocking that IP, hopefully that IP finds a new hobby, and sleep well and good luck! Polygnotus (talk) 08:27, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Disruptive IP

Unrelated to my own teahouse question, recommend blocking this disruptive IP that's been active in the section immediately below mine. The Kip ^(contribs) 22:17, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

The Kip, I have extended their block to one week and revoked their talk page access. Cullen328 (talk) 22:25, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Note

I didn't spot that WMF had already made a comment at the article t/p (my bad; by the ANI case, I meant this) and thought it to be a new development because it popped up on my X feed! Apologies, TrangaBellam (talk) 11:06, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

No apology needed, TrangaBellam. Cullen328 (talk) 16:25, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Question from Bukhari110 (20:57, 17 September 2024)

Hi

Hope your well

I would like to create a new page for group reciters just wanted to know how can i create a new page. --Bukhari110 (talk) 20:57, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Bukhari110. Are you familiar with the Wikipedia article Qira'at?

It is very difficult for a brand new editor to create an acceptable new article. I recommend that you spend several weeks at least learning about Wikipedia's Policies and guidelines, and improving existing articles. During that time, study Your first article. Gather your references to reliable sources before you begin writing prose. Wikipedia:Writing Wikipedia articles backward has great advice. Cullen328 (talk) 21:17, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

User:Fox de Quintal

Hello, Cullen328. I'm very sorry to bother you here with this case again. As I have pinged you on Commons, I imagine you are aware that de Quintal has been harassing me across various projects, including this English Wikipedia, the Portuguese Wikipedia, and Commons as well, as mentioned before. Now that he is blocked here, he has shown up on the Spanish Wikipedia, where I rarely edit, inviting me to a WhatsApp group (?!?!?!) that apparently also includes a long-term abuser named "Quintinense" (who has previously harassed and legally threatened me on Wikidata). I would like to know if it's a case for a permanent block here or if I should pursue the global lock of de Quintal. Thank you, RodRabelo7 (talk) 23:46, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

Hello, RodRabelo7. I am an adminstrator only on the English Wikipedia. Though I speak a few words of Spanish haltingly, I am nowhere near fluent, and I speak no Portuguese. I upload images occasionally to Wikimedia Commons but am not really familiar with their administrative procedures though I have made a handful of comments there. This is what I can promise you. If the editor in question engages in further disruptive editing here on English Wikipedia, and I learn about it before another administrator (I could be asleep or doing something fun or useful off Wikipedia), I will block the editor again, and the block will be much longer or indefinite. As for a global lock, please read this Meta page. I know very little about it. In fairness to Fox de Quintal, I am pinging them so that they know what I am saying about them. Cullen328 (talk) 02:42, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

Sock?

Hi, could I bother you with something so I don't need to open an SPI on it?

Last month you blocked Hangama1, whose only edit was to a film promo, Draft:Hangama Dot Com, in which they clearly have a COI based on the user name.

That draft was abandoned, but new user Rickmood duplicated it into Draft:Hangama Dot Com 2. This account was registered after Hangama1 was blocked, and is an SPA with interest in only this topic, which seems ducky to me. (I did ask them about this at the AfC HD, but they conveniently didn't hear me.)

If you don't think they're the same, let me know. Or if you don't feel comfortable blocking on such circumstantial evidence, I can take this to SPI, just didn't want to go there automatically as it's backlogged.

Thanks either way, -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 14:34, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

Hello, DoubleGrazing. Although the drafts are not identical, vast swathes are the same, word for word. I have indefinitely blocked Rickmood as a sockpuppet. Thanks for noticing. Cullen328 (talk) 16:20, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

Question from Prateektosniwal (06:03, 20 September 2024)

Hello, i want to edit content about: CFO | Investor | Financial Advisor | Tax & Business Consultant | Networker | Entrepreneur. --Prateektosniwal (talk) 06:03, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

I blocked this account. Cullen328 (talk) 17:42, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

Recent block

Hi, Screw-your-political-censorship (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is an obvious sockpuppet of Nothing-nothing-at-all (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), who I now see is a sockpuppet of Agoraagoras (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). DuncanHill (talk) 10:16, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, DuncanHill. You are correct and I have noted that in the block log. Cullen328 (talk) 17:41, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

Caracas-squirrel (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is another. DuncanHill (talk) 22:23, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, DuncanHill. I blocked the latest sock and semi-protected the three target articles for three weeks. If it starts up again, I will protect for longer. Cullen328 (talk) 01:59, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. DuncanHill (talk) 09:56, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

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Maicon Nogueira

Hi Jim. Would you mind taking a look at Maicon Nogueira? I'm not seeing anything that might establish Nogueria's Wikipedia notablity per WP:NPOLITICIAN or WP:BIO, and I think the page might've been created because the subject is currently running for local office. I thought of draftifying the article, but just want a second opinion just in case I'm missing something. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:42, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Marchjuly. I think that it is likely that the mayor of a city of about 900,000 is notable, but serving as the Municipal Secretary of Youth of Campo Grande is not a plausible claim of notability. Consider this unreferenced and non-neutral gem from that article: The work of SEJUV is of great importance to the local community, as it provides young people with opportunities for training and development, preparing them for the job market and encouraging entrepreneurship. In addition, the department plays a vital role in the formation of conscious and active citizens in society. I do not read Portuguese and don't claim expertise in Brazilian politics. The article looks like a campaign brochure masquerading as an encyclopedia article to me, and I do not need Google Translate to know what candidato a Vereador de Campo Grande, MS means in the headline of the first reference. Whether draftification or AfD is the best option, I will leave up to you. Cullen328 (talk) 05:01, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Jim for taking a look. I drafity the article and post a message about it on the creator's user talk page suggesting that they continue working on it and submit it via WP:AFC when they think it's ready for review. If they move it back, I'll bring it to AFD. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:36, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

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Patrick Clervoy

Can I draftify articles created by Autopatrolled editors? The BLP article has no sources cited. I added the BLP Unsourced tag, but after one hour, no sources have been added. GrabUp - Talk 17:09, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

Draftified :) GrabUp - Talk 17:40, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

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