User talk:John B123/Archive 31

Archive 25

←

Archive 29

Archive 30

Archive 31

Seasons Greetings

Merry Christmas, John B123! Or Season's Greetings or Happy Winter Solstice! As the year winds to a close, I would like to take a moment to recognize your hard work and offer heartfelt gratitude for all you do for Wikipedia. And for all the help you've thrown my way over the years. May this Holiday Season bring you nothing but joy, health and prosperity. Onel5969 TT me 02:48, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Onel5969 ^{TT me} 02:48, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

~~~ Merry Christmas! ~~~
Joyeux Noël! ~ Buon Natale! ~ Vrolijk Kerstfeest! ~ Frohe Weihnachten!
¡Feliz Navidad! ~ Feliz Natal! ~ Καλά Χριστούγεννα! ~ Hyvää Joulua!
God Jul! ~ Glædelig Jul! ~ Linksmų Kalėdų! ~ Priecīgus Ziemassvētkus!
Häid Jõule! ~ Wesołych Świąt! ~ Boldog Karácsonyt! ~ Veselé Vánoce!
Veselé Vianoce! ~ Crăciun Fericit! ~ Sretan Božić! ~ С Рождеством!
শুভ বড়দিন! ~ 圣诞节快乐！~ メリークリスマス！~ 메리 크리스마스!
สุขสันต์วันคริสต์มาส! ~ Selamat Hari Natal! ~ Giáng sinh an lành!
Весела Коледа! ~ Meri Kirihimete!

Hello, John! Thank you for your work to maintain and improve Wikipedia! Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
RV (talk) 05:20, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

I need your help, please

Hello, John B123,

Compliments of the season and a happy new year in advance. I'm reaching out to you because I enjoyed your guidance on helping me spot the issues on the page, Zaki Biam Massacre, which I reworked and you subsequently reviewed.

I created the article, Juwon Lawal Razaq, and moved it to main space last month. However, it was neither reviewed nor returned to draft space nor any tag placed on it, and I have been worried as to what this means. All articles I have created in the past usually get reviewed or reactions for improvement the same day or within a week. About a week ago, out of worry, I erroneously moved it to draft space to work on it again and returned it to main space, hoping that it would be seen and get a reaction. However, I woke up the next day with only a caution about moving articles between spaces which I apologized. I've added more references since then from reputable national news platforms that wrote about the subject directly and in detail and wanted an experienced opinion. Could you help me check it out and review if in good standing or make appropriate recommendations that appeal to you, please? Thank you. Bemmax (talk) 06:26, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Hi Bemmax, seasons greetings.

There is a large queue at the moment for new page reviews so I wouldn't read anything into the article hasn't been looked at yet. I've had a quick look at the article and it comes across as being promotional, please see MOS:PEACOCK. Regards --John B123 (talk) 23:14, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Okay then. Thank you for your insight. Bemmax (talk) 03:22, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Category:Novels about Japanese prostitution has been nominated for splitting

Category:Novels about Japanese prostitution has been nominated for splitting. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 16:50, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

NPP Awards for 2023

		The New Page Patroller's Barnstar
		For over 100 article reviews during 2023. Well done! Keep up the good work and thank you! Dr vulpes (Talk) 02:43, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

IMbesharam

Hello, I saw you added an advert tag in this article. Whatever information I added are published in reliable third party sources. CometVolcano (talk) 10:18, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi CometVolcano, whilst all the information can be verified by third party sources, it reads as if it is written to promote the company. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 10:21, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

I have made some changes. Have a look. --CometVolcano (talk) 10:31, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Also if you feel it needs some changes, please do that. I am new to Wikipedia, so not well-versed about these things. --CometVolcano (talk) 10:36, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Looking at the references in the article, they are largely based in what Raj Imarni has said, and as such not independent. Have a look at Help:Your first article which you may find helpful. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 11:09, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

I have deleted one such statement. Now please have a look. --CometVolcano (talk) 12:15, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

I have deleted Armani's statements and removed the advert tag. --CometVolcano (talk) 14:43, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Category:Red-light districts in Hawaii has been nominated for splitting

Category:Red-light districts in Hawaii has been nominated for splitting. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 01:11, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

Mountain Tobacco

Hi, I note that you reverted my edit that changed Mountain Tobacco from a redirect to Bearberry into a disambiguation page that linked to both Bearberry and Arnica. I wrongly stated in the edit summary that the phrase appeared in both target pages, my apologies for that - in fact the phrase appears in Arnica (as an alternative name) but not in Bearberry (which says only that it was traditionally smoked by Native American Indians "as a tobacco substitute or mixed with tobacco").

Mountain Tobacco was originally created as a redirect to Arnica in 2005, then switched to redirect to Bearberry in 2008 (by a user that was later blocked). Please could you clarify why you feel the redirect to Bearberry is the correct disposition, and preferable to anything that connects to Arnica? Hv (talk) 23:15, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi Hv. I reverted your edit as the term Mountain Tobacco is not mentioned in Bearberry (MOS:DABNOMENTION) to the previous version, but didn't look at what that previous version was, apologies forthat. You are correct that Arnica is a better target, so I'll change it. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 09:24, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I looked a little deeper, and found that at the time the redirect was moved to Bearberry that page did list Mountain Tobacco as an alternative name; a lengthy list of alternative names was removed in 2017 at [1] by an IP address later blocked for vandalism. The list was introduced in 2005 at [2], and does not ever appear to have had a citation attached to it; but the author appears to have been (briefly) part of a project to incorporate data from newly released Project Gutenberg works.

I'm not sure how much energy I have to track that down further, but for the avoidance of doubt: if Bearberry should acquire an appropriately sourced mention of "Mountain Tobacco" as an alternative name, would a DAB page along the lines I had created become appropriate? Hv (talk) 14:09, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi Hv. If you can find a source and add "Mountain Tobacco" as an alternative name to Bearberry then changing the redirect to a dab page would be appropriate. Regards --John B123 (talk) 21:12, 2 March 2024 (UTC)