User talk:Sagflaps

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Happy editing! Selfstudier (talk) 15:54, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

Unvanishing

Hi Sagflaps, please note that I have unvanished your previous account, Morphdog, per WP:RTV: If the user returns, the "vanishing" will likely be fully reversed, the old and new accounts will be linked, and any outstanding sanctions or restrictions will be resumed. (emphasis mine). Best regards, —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 20:57, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

This is fine, that old account didn't have any sanctions, restrictions, etc, and I didn't do anything particularly controversial or that could be considered socking. Sagflaps (talk) 21:05, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Replaceable non-free use File:Portrait of Richard T. Burke.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Portrait of Richard T. Burke.jpg. I noticed that this file is being used under a claim of non-free use. However, I think that the way it is being used fails the first non-free content criterion. This criterion states that files used under claims of non-free use may have no free equivalent; in other words, if the file could be adequately covered by a freely-licensed file or by text alone, then it may not be used on Wikipedia. If you believe this file is not replaceable, please:

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AI editing

Please remember that you cannot edit AI articles until you have 500 edits. Thanks. Selfstudier (talk) 19:40, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

@Selfstudier: If you want to litigate that (I assume WP:ARBECR is what you are talking about specifically here), you know where to go. Sagflaps (talk) 19:49, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

You know the rules, stick to them. Selfstudier (talk) 22:21, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

@Selfstudier: What I mean is, if you want to argue that extended confirmed means something other than just having the user group, you will probably have to go to arbitration to debate that. Sagflaps (talk) 23:37, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

You have been awarded a Barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		Thank you for your help in making pages more globally orientated Stix1776 (talk) 01:39, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	Good point, well made. ——Serial 11:31, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Reply

That guy on YouTube made one valid point about the page, and I fixed it. However, I would appreciate if you never make such postings on my talk page in a future. There is a lot of garbage on the internet. WP:DENY. My very best wishes (talk) 18:51, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

@My very best wishes: Fair enough, I just was not sure if you were aware of this video or not. Sagflaps (talk) 18:54, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

No, I was not. There are many people who worship USSR. I do agree with him that the quality of many WP pages, including that one, is low. But there is only so much we can do. My very best wishes (talk) 18:59, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

@My very best wishes: Do you think moving the article name to mention human rights violations is fair? The article pretty much only mentions violations, and as someone who isn't a USSR worshipper, I wouldn't be able to tell the difference if the name were changed given the current contents. Sagflaps (talk) 19:36, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

No, of course not. For example, one could say that page Human rights in North Korea is also mostly about human rights violations. Yes, we do not have page Human rights in Nazi Germany, but I think that one would be closer to North Korea. My very best wishes (talk) 19:41, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

To be fair the North Korea article has a section called Position of the DPRK, which the USSR article does not. Sagflaps (talk) 19:47, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

It does. This is Human_rights_in_the_Soviet_Union#Soviet_concept_of_human_rights_and_legal_system. My very best wishes (talk) 20:03, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

WP:Wikihounding

[1]. Please note that my edit had nothing to do with any AfD. As about WP:BIRTHDOY, yes, it does apply here, but what it says? Being the subject of a Wikipedia article is only a minimum requirement for inclusion in a days of the year article. Not all people meet the more stringent notability requirements for Wiki-calendar articles. For example, .... That was also discussed on the talk page of the corresponding article, 1944. Please self-revert. My very best wishes (talk) 19:19, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

 Done Sagflaps (talk) 19:32, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

@My very best wishes: Ah, and I did not mean to wikihound you on this. I was just looking through what you had changed on the Soviet Union article, and got a little distracted. It was only one edit anyways Sagflaps (talk) 22:14, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Ok, thank you! And you are welcome to fix this page about USSR or any other page. But when you are following someone only to revert their edit that does not need to be reverted on the page that you never edited before, that does not look good. Please keep this in mind. My very best wishes (talk) 02:37, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

ARBECR violation

Please do not violate WP:ARBECR again as you did at the Israel talk page. Surprised I have had to repeat this again. Selfstudier (talk) 15:51, 29 February 2024 (UTC)