User talk:Fluddsskark

Deletion request

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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Yanzhu28644-1-768x960.jpg

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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Yanzhu28644-1-768x960.jpg

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Non-commerical licenses Creative Commons licenses aren't free enough for Wikipedia's purposes and can't be used. If you can get the copyright holder of the photo to agree to give their WP:CONSENT, then the file can possibly be restored. There's some suggestions on how to do this at WP:PERMISSION. Please don't recreate file pages without files anymore because such pages are eligible for speedy deletion per WP:F2. It's OK if you didn't know this, but please don't do the same thing again. -- Marchjuly (talk) 08:14, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

August 2024

Hello, I'm Waxworker. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Joe Pera, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Waxworker (talk) 01:54, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm Paul2520. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Aaron Swartz, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. paul2520 💬 18:56, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

August 2024 (2)

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Mike Dailly (game designer), without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. The source you cited has three problems: (1) It doesn not prove "1970". (2) It does not explicitly mention the date nor even "today". Guessing so is Wikipedia:original research. (3) The timestamp on the tweet says "May 24", not "May 23". Note also that Wikipedia:Independent sources is preferred for subjective facts such as age, because people may lie about themselves. -- Wotheina (talk) 05:51, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

should I DM him in Twitter then? Fluddsskark (talk) 06:39, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Their reply can be false (joke, lie, etc.). For facts, Reliable sources such as magazines, journals, books published by respected publishing houses, or mainstream newspapers are preferred. -- Wotheina (talk) 08:07, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

in Miguel de Icaza's wiki page, he literally mentions his birthday in Twitter, I highly doubt Dailly would lie about his birthday though. He is an obscure figure in the gaming industry so I doubt I will find a reference of anything about him unless if I really dig in. Fluddsskark (talk) 10:05, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I recommend you to re-read Wikipedia:Independent sources#Why independent sources are required to understand the desired level of reliability. -- Wotheina (talk) 07:12, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Snowd4y moved to draftspace

Thanks for your contributions to Snowd4y. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it needs more sources to establish notability. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. BoyTheKingCanDance (talk) 13:00, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File permission problem with File:Lessig in 6th January 2024.jpg

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I have removed your comment at Talk:Dave Plummer because the WP:BLP policy requires that there must be no attacks against living people unless they are accompanied with very reliable sources. Questions can be asked at WP:Teahouse or WP:BLPN. Johnuniq (talk) 08:39, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

nominating BenSw to Did you know...

Hi Fluddsskark! Thanks again for starting the BenSw article.

I was thinking of nominating it for WP:DYK since it is new enough and long enough to meet the criteria.

Would you be able to add a source or two to the BenSw § After Twitch section, since it doesn't have any citations? After that, I think it would be good to nominate; I would be happy to do so or let you, if you wish. = paul2520 💬 02:20, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Most of the source comes from an already-citated article which is BenSw#cite note-1, so is there a reason to cite it again? I found his Linkedin too but I don't think it is a good way to cite his article in Wikipedia terms. I totally support the nomination though. Fluddsskark (talk) 09:12, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, inline citations should be used pretty much after every sentence (or paragraph, if the entire paragraph is based on one source).

The way to do this without creating a new citation is to name citations. For example, <ref name="Smith">{{cite web ...}}</ref> and then each successive use of this source can just have <ref name="Smith" />

This will use the same reference, without having to create a new one each time. Also I should note: I'm using the source editor, but there should be a way to do this using the visual editor, too. = paul2520 💬 13:20, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Anyways I have added some citations, hope you like it Fluddsskark (talk) 14:14, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! You can see the nomination here. It would be great if you could keep an eye on that, in case there is feedback to address. = paul2520 💬 15:21, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Proposed deletion of Robert Swartz

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Speedy deletion nomination of Cobalt.tools

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A tag has been placed on Cobalt.tools requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about web content that does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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@Fluddsskark and CycloneYoris: going by the GitHub profile here this would appear to pretty much unremarkable software used to download various internet media files. Just for the record, the technicalities of what it does and how it does it ain't any part of my skillset, I'm just looking at whether it meets speedy deletion criteria. Shirt58 (talk) 🦘 10:37, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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October 2024

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Speedy deletion nomination of ToastyTech

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November 2024

Hello Fluddsskark. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being employed (or being compensated in any way) by a person, group, company or organization to promote their interests. Paid advocacy on Wikipedia must be disclosed even if you have not specifically been asked to edit Wikipedia. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially serious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat search-engine optimization.

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Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, broadly construed, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:Fluddsskark. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Fluddsskark|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, do not edit further until you answer this message. _signed,Rosguill ^talk 18:51, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

i do this out of personal hobby Fluddsskark (talk) 06:36, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hi Fluddsskark. Thank you for your work on Hilzfuld. Another editor, MPGuy2824, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

not mentioned in target page

To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with {{Re|MPGuy2824}}. (Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

-MPGuy2824 (talk) 09:19, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]