User talk:Aaron Liu

Question from Alybalky1960 (00:59, 31 December 2024)

علي محمود البلكي في الوادي الجديد لافتتاح قطاع مياه استثماري حر جديد و يكرم من الجمعيه العالميه الامارتيه --Alybalky1960 (talk) 00:59, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

Hey, please don't use Wikipedia as a medium of self-Promotion. Aaron Liu (talk) 01:05, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

This is actually funny. This guy is (supposedly) a rather unknown Egyptian minister whose only edit outside of his userpage is him promoting himself in a random wikipedian's talkpage Abo Yemen✉ 10:37, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

i'm not random :( (advice) Aaron Liu (talk) 15:49, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

no no I meant he chose a random editor to contact. Also ty for the advice lol, I dont think that he is a vandal or troll tho Abo Yemen✉ 15:52, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

I was joking with the part outside the parentheses Aaron Liu (talk) 15:53, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

ah right mb lol Abo Yemen✉ 15:55, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar

TY for the close of WP:RFC/Grey Literature.. RFCBEFORE and the discussion on that RFC was several TOMATs, and I'm especially glad you didn't take the easy way out and close with bad RFC. I hope someone with more experience finds a better RFC for this, but glad i gave my best shot with it. Think "None" was def where that RFC would have headed in hind sight. Bluethricecreamman (talk) 03:56, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

A Diddly Issue with Your MFD Close

You closed the confirmation confirmation bias MFD thing saying Ip is free to reopen with actual deletion rationale.. No. A registered editor is free to reopen with actual deletion rationale. IPs cannot create an AFD or MFD because they cannot create new subpages. The IP should have asked the proxy to provide a reason for the nomination. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:31, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

I don't think there's a problem in allowing an IP to open an MfD with a reason.
and, uh, "diddly" is a very naughty word to use in 2024, thanks to this guy Aaron Liu (talk) 17:04, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

Question from Claudiakrich (20:08, 11 January 2025)

Hello Aaron, I understand you're my Wikipedia mentor. Thank you for this. I am trying to create a short Wikipedia entry about myself because my book publisher, University of Virginia Press, would like me to have an entry about the book and myself. I have tried to figure out how to do this but I have failed. Is it an "article?" If not, what is it? Thanks! Claudia Krich --Claudiakrich (talk) 20:08, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

Welcome! I'm frankly quite surprised that UVA would ask you of this, as WP:Autobiography#Creating an article about yourself is an extremely bad idea per the link in this sentence. The subject of an article must already have reliable, secondary (i.e. independent), and significant coverage to base a neutral and well-sourced article on. Creating an Wikipedia article is not useful for pre-release promotion.
I tried doing a search on you, and your story is very interesting. However, there's just nearly no sources (that arereliable, secondary (i.e. independent), and significant). Hopefully the reviews on your book would change that. I've no doubt you would get at least a few reviews! (And finally, as you've correctly posited, our encyclopedia is made of articles.) Aaron Liu (talk) 22:16, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

Question from Pri v15 (20:37, 11 January 2025)

Hello, Hope you are well. Nice to connect with you. I was keen on adding a page on Dr. Kanwal Vilku, who is the first Asian Woman to have spent winters (longest period of 16 months) in Antarctica. Request your kind advice on how to initiate the page please? Many thanks --Pri v15 (talk) 20:37, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

Welcome, and thank you for writing article content for Wikipedia! Help:Your first article is my favorite guide on how to get started. Also, take note that articles should only summarize information from all the good sources you can find. Good luck, and ask me if you need any help! Aaron Liu (talk) 22:51, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

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Thank you so much for your time! Have a great week! Phoebezz22 (talk) 15:34, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

Question from Addis Gh (22:47, 16 January 2025)

Hello, How do I publish my bio using Wikipedia step by step to be identified online --Addis Gh (talk) 22:47, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Ey, creating an article about WP:YOURSELF is an extremely bad idea per the link in this sentence. I really doubt that you meet our criteria for inclusion. Aaron Liu (talk) 23:58, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Question from StarsinAirI (22:17, 17 January 2025)

Hello, I am back from the winter break and I would love to revisit the question of creating a page for a nonprofit organization with which I am affiliated. Do you need me to resend to you references? What kind of 'disclosure' should I make before I can make the page? Many thanks! --StarsinAirI (talk) 22:17, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi! It looks like at Special:GoToComment/c-StarsinAirI-20241210192200-Question_from_StarsinAirI_(19:22,_10_December_2024), you asked @HouseBlaster before, not me. Let's continue from there: What are the three sources you think best present the subject's Wikipedia notability? Aaron Liu (talk) 02:29, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

Old RfC help

Thanks for your help with WP:EADAILY! Is this one that you could also take a look at? - Amigao (talk) 11:00, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

My time is limited. Could you file a WP:CR? Thanks! Aaron Liu (talk) 15:25, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

Looking for advice

Hello! I'm not sure how I should be proceeding with the Heritage Foundation RfC. I feel like I've roped myself into being the designated "devil's advocate", and I'm not sure if I leave that other people will step in to mention the points I'd want to mention. However, the way my participation currently feels (to me) is that I'm WP:BLUDGEONING until the conversation is dead. This RfC has kind of consumed most of my Wikipedia energy for a while, but it also feels like if I just dropped out that would be a weird reverse form of jury nullification.

On one hand, being extraordinarily thorough means the RfC might not need a rerun in 2 years when [insert something prophetic] midterm elections. On the other, it's possible that not needing a rerun won't prevent a rerun from happening — and stuff might change and make a rerun necessary anyways.

Since you seem to have more experience with RfCs, do you have any advice? Is it normal for them to slow down so much and drop to just a couple of contributors as they drag on? Am I doomed to defend, by being pedantic, a right-wing group that I don't like (not for the first time[1][2])? Should I embrace utilitarianism and spend all this time on freerice.com instead? Thanks regardless Placeholderer (talk) 01:59, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

There are indeed some replies of yours that repeat points already discussed. I am sure that closers will weigh those who engaged with opposing arguments more heavily. It's indeed normal for RfCs to drop off, so sit back and relax until a closer sorts this out.
And wow, freerice is an interesting black hole. I spent yesterday evening gazing into it instead of drafting a reply. Aaron Liu (talk) 21:49, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

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Question from RepealtheBakerAct (04:15, 24 January 2025)

I am trying to set up userbox templates in my user page, particularly the Babel one. What have I done wrong? --RepealtheBakerAct (talk) 04:15, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

The {{ syntax is source wikicode template syntax. In the Wikitext editor, you suppressed the prompt to enter a template and essentially told the VisualEditor to yield text that literally displayed the template's code instead of actually entering the template's code. Either invoke the template through the VisualEditor's template wizard, or edit the page's source code. I'd recommend you take a look at Help:Introduction to editing with Wiki Markup! Aaron Liu (talk) 04:18, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Question from Dominion Sanctuary of Grace Kano City (07:09, 25 January 2025)

How do I create an article? --Dominion Sanctuary of Grace Kano City (talk) 07:09, 25 January 2025 (UTC)

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