User talk:MJL/Archive 16

Thank you

Thank you I'm trying to debug.

This is an article that deserves attention Thanks again Alhaikitivo (talk) 15:07, 18 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Alhaikitivo: It's nothing! I just do what I can. Just so you are aware, I nominated the paintings for deletion on Commons for potential copyright violations. Cheers! –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 17:11, 18 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Mayoral requests

need to restore article Burt Sugarman, thank-you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.43.110.199 (talk) 18:02, 18 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done Great timing because I was on my way out –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 19:12, 18 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

thank-you for letting me known Kathryn Scala article, i can't find much written on her, only that she was a 19303s and 1940s screenwriter — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.43.110.199 (talk) 20:00, 18 July 2019 (UTC) spelling error KATHRYN SCOLA, 1930s and 1940s screenwriter — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.43.110.199 (talk) 20:02, 18 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You're good. Don't worry. I'll look for some offline sources in a bit. –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 20:16, 18 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, how did you go, with the article on Kathryn Scola — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.42.219.97 (talk) 23:05, 19 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I haven't had time to follow-up on that one yet. My apologies. –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 01:24, 20 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

need to restore article List of surviving silent film actors, thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.42.219.97 (talk) 01:01, 20 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 01:24, 20 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, another article Sumiko Mizukubo , yes with the other one of Kathryn Scola, i had trouble, regards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.42.219.97 (talk) 01:58, 20 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

also forgot to ask, how did we go on our publication of article on BEN GABRIEL . — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.42.219.97 (talk) 02:06, 20 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

As to restore references and categories to article Sidney Kibrick — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.42.219.97 (talk) 11:52, 21 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies for getting too busy yesterday. I had time to fix the Kibrick article, but I'm finally getting to the rest of this now. –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 21:54, 22 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Cont.

Hello, how are you been, okay, thank you for restoring the articles for me, how did you go with finding information on screenwriter Kathryn Scola, also how did we go on our article on Ben Gabriel — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.42.219.97 (talk) 08:48, 23 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

article to restore Maggie Millar — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.42.219.97 (talk) 10:51, 23 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, to please restore references and categories etc, the lovely Patti Newton — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.42.219.97 (talk) 14:52, 23 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ben Gabriel has now been published after some major copy editing. The sources were all there, but I had to fix the way things were cited.
I also found a source for Kathryn Scola. Thank you for your patience with me! :D –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 00:56, 25 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Zinsland

Hello MJL, I hope you are doing GOOD. My submission declined on 16, July 2019. When you have free time, please take a look on draft again and please guide me, if the references are not resolving the issue yet. So that I can find some other sources to improve the article. your response will be highly appreciated. Best Regards T.davina (talk) 17:52, 21 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@T.davina: You've improved the article without a doubt, but I don't see why you removed so many references. Generally, you should be adding more citations rather than less to resolve the concern.

Are you in need of help in this regard? –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 02:22, 23 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@MJL: Thanks for the reply, yes i need help. i removed the citations because one of the respected senior user:"Huon" advice me on my talk page, to remove those six references because all of those references were not look 3rd party sources. that's why i removed all those references and added only 3rd party sources (according to Wikipedia policies). Please take a look if you have free time, and help me in this regard. i will be very thankful to you. T.davina (talk) 05:44, 23 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@T.davina: Okay, sorry for the delay. I've provided six additional references that can be found at Draft talk:Zinsland. These are all third party sources from the looks of it, and they should help you with ensuring compliance with our policies. I can't read German, so it'll have to be you who uses them!

–MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 01:14, 25 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@MJL:Thank you very much.I have used two of the references already and will try to add the other four now.T.davina (talk) 15:07, 25 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@T.davina: Okay, when you do let me know! I'll review the draft then for you and likely give it a passing grade if everything is sourced correctly.

–MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 16:26, 25 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@MJL:ok sure,Thanks T.davina (talk) 17:54, 25 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@MJL: hi, i have submitted all the six references. Please take a look at the draft if you free time. Best Regards T.davina (talk) 13:22, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@T.davina: Sorry for the delay again, but I was having major trouble with the tool I use to review these things. I've tagged three unsourced statements if you would like to continue working on the article, but for now it's been accepted. Congratulations! :D –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 22:52, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@MJL: awesome! you help me alot, i really appreciate it, i will try to further improve the article and if i need any guidance i will contact you again.

T.davina (talk) 07:37, 27 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

	Thx!
	Thank you very much for all of your help and guidance, Muchly appreciated. T.davina (talk) 07:37, 27 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@T.davina: Of course! Thank you for seeking to contribute to the encyclopedia!! :D –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 07:50, 27 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"Who is Sophia Stewart?"

In response to your question, in an edit summary where you reverted some vandalism at The Matrix (franchise), see:

https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/The_Matrix_(franchise)#Legal_claims

WanderingWanda (talk) 08:03, 23 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@WanderingWanda: You learn a lot by editing Wikipedia lol –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 01:15, 25 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note on Stephanie Dabney article lacking verifiable sources.

Draft:Stephanie Dabney

Note on Stephanie Dabney article lacking verifiable sources.

Your assertion is incorrect. Every single historical fact that I've written in this article comes from interviews or reviews published either The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, or The Washington Post. I ask did you check the citations listed in the reference section before make this incorrect call? Before making such a claim, please check the work first.

Aquariusveritas (talk) 00:22, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Aquariusveritas: There are just some minor issues that needed to be fixed. The draft I moved had a few unsourced claims like From that point onward, "Stephanie Baxter" was billed as "Stephanie Dabney". and ...[In 1975, she joined the company as an apprentice under the name Stephanie Baxter.
Besides that when you had moved your draft into mainspace, you caused formatting issues that would have been fixed if you let a reviewer see the progress you had made on the article. –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 00:42, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a couple of sources and citations for pretty much every claim in the article. At this stage, I think it's reasonable to move the article to mainspace. It's infinitely better sourced than the average article that comes out of AfC and it's time to cut Aquariusveritas some slack before he goes crazy over this. :-) Pichpich (talk) 00:46, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Pichpich: This is all correct. My problem is I have to wait for an admin to delete the article redirect left in mainspace before I can proceed frustratingly enough. (edit conflict) –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 00:48, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, we need to do that. I've copied the changes I made in the Draft article to the mainspace but I now realize that this breaks attribution and ideally we don't want that. The clean way to do it is to delete Stephanie Dabney and then move Draft:Stephanie Dabney to Stephanie Dabney... Pichpich (talk) 00:55, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Your summation on Stephanie Dabney article is incorrect.

Note, I posted this communication in the incorrect place prior to placing it here.

Regarding your note on Stephanie Dabney article lacking verifiable sources.

Your assertion is incorrect. Every single historical fact that I've written in this article comes from interviews or reviews published either The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, or The Washington Post. I ask did you check the citations listed in the reference section before make this incorrect call? Before making such a claim, please check the work first.

These are the sources that I've listed to support this article. You can internet search each news article to see that each claim is supported by either The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, or The Washington Post.

Kisselgoff, Anna (March 14, 1994). "Review/Dance; A Company Still in Search Of a Repertory". The New York Times.
"The Misty-rious Case of the Vanishing Ballerinas of Color: Where have all the Others Gone? | My Body My Image". mybodymyimage.org. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
Kisselgoff, Anna (1982-01-13). "Ballet: Harlem Dance Theater Presents 'Firebird'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
Willis, Margaret (August 9, 1984). "Dramatic, zestful Dance Theater of Harlem in London". The Christian Science Monitor.
Pratt, Stacy (April 13, 2017). "Standing ovation! These 25 African American ballerinas paved the way for Misty Copeland". Yahoo News.
Dunning, Jennifer (June 25, 1985). "BALLET: HARLEM TROUPE'S 'GISELLE'". The New York Times.
"Stephanie Dabney". MOBBallet.org. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
Dunning, Jennifer (January 15, 1982). "DANCE THEATER OF HARLEM A MAGNET FOR YOUTH". The New York Times.
Lee, Trymaine (October 5, 2010). "A Firebird No Longer in Toe Shoes". The New York Times.
Kisselgoff, Anna (September 28, 1984). "DANCE: HARLEM TROUPE AT CITY CENTER". The New York Times.
Anderson, Jack (July 2, 1988). "Review/Dance; Fokine Infuses a Program by the Harlem Troupe". The New York Times.
Dunning, Jennifer (June 22, 1985). "BALLET: HARLEM DANCE THEATER IN TRIPLE BILL OF DIVERSE STYLES". The New York Times.
O'Connor, John (May 5, 1982). "TV: THE HARLEM DANCERS' 'FIREBIRD'". The New York Times.
Litsky, Frank (August 13, 1984). "A STRIKING CLOSING CEREMONY". The New York Times.
Anderson, Jack (October 31, 1988). "Reviews/Dance; Harlem Troupe Celebrates Itself on the Stage". The New York Times.
Tomalonis, Alexandra (April 9, 1991). "Dance". The Washington Post.
Jackson, George (March 15, 1989). "HARLEM'S FINE-TUNED BALANCHINE". The Washington Post.
Dunning, Jennifer (June 22, 1985). "BALLET: HARLEM DANCE THEATER IN TRIPLE BILL OF DIVERSE STYLES". The New York Times.
Anderson, Jack (June 29, 1989). "Review/Ballet; Solemn, Giddy, Dazzling: Nijinska". The New York Times.
Anderson, Jack (January 12, 1981). "THE DANCE: THEATER OF HARLEM TROUPE". The New York Times.
Kisselgoff, Anna (February 13, 1983). "Dance; Harlem Theatre's Othello". The New York Times.
Dunning, Jennifer (March 21, 1987). "DANCE: 'AGON' OFFERED BY TROUPE IN HARLEM". The New York Times.
Jackson, George (March 20, 1990). "Dance". The Washington Post.
Dunning, Jennifer (June 24, 1989). "Review/Dance; Harlem Troupe Displays A Balanchine Presence". The New York Times.
"Dance review : Dabney and Williams Join Harlem Theatre's 'Giselle'". Los Angeles Times. 1985-05-14. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
Perron, Wendy (December 1, 2000). "LIVING WITH AIDS: SIX DANCERS SHARE THEIR STORIES". Dance Magazine.
Perron, Wendy (November 5, 2013). Through The Eyes of a Dancer. Wesleyan University Press. pp. 163–169. ISBN 9780819574091.

I read and re-read every single source that I have list while researching this subject. This article meets the burden of notability with verifiable sources by a large measure. If you find something that is not verified, please list it and place a "needs citation" notice next to it, which is what I have found is the custom for editing on Wikipedia. Or even look for the source yourself or remove the information that you find unverified.

Aquariusveritas (talk) 00:47, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You can relax @Aquariusveritas:. We are in agreement that the article is now ready, we just have to take care of a copyright technicality so that we can get the article with the modifications I made in the Draft version. (see discussion above) Pichpich (talk) 00:58, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

User:PichPich Thank you for your assistance on this matter. I appreciate all of the work that everyone has put into these subjects. I feel lately that incorrect claims of plagiarism or lacking verifiable sources have been made against my work. I have just returned to editing Wikipedia after suffering a massive concussion and I work very hard to make sure that everything I write is backed up with massive research. I do not feel that the claims of plagiarism or lacking verifiable sources are given the same attention that my work has been given. Whatever my personal issues, thank you and all other editors who have worked on this for the help.

Aquariusveritas (talk) 01:05, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Aquariusveritas and Pichpich: My apologies to you both. I only meant the move to draftspace to be temporary. I have two other drafts waiting in limbo right now in a similar situation. The difference here was that I forgot to uncheck the box that says "notify submitter." Aquariusveritas, your article was fine. I just wanted to make some tweaks is all. No one thinks you did a bad job. I'm incredibly sorry for the inconvenience and distress I have caused you. I hope you'll forgive my mistake in this regard.
Pichpich, please feel free to mark Stephanie Dabney as reviewed if you would like. Cheers, –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 01:12, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you for your help on the Stephanie Dabney page. While I did not agree with your assessment that unverifiable claims were made, I see that you were actually working to solve a problem. Thank you again for your hard work. -Aquariusveritas Aquariusveritas (talk) 01:13, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Request for an issue regarding a Copyright claim against an article that I wrote.

Good evening. I would like to ask for your review and possible guidance on an article that I wrote. I have reviewed the thorough work that you have done and appreciate your time. If you are too busy, might you be able to point me towards another editor with expertise in this area? It is regarding a Claim against the subject Kenyon Farrow.

Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.

Aquariusveritas (talk) 01:31, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Aquariusveritas: I'm reviewing now. If all goes well, I'll have that your article all set by the rest of tonight. Cheers, –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 01:37, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I have not been able to receive information on how to resolve the issue from anyone with whom I have spoken. If you see a solution or can even tell me what the original problem was, PLEASE share with me so that I can learn for future articles that I write. I am passionate about adding articles on accomplished dancers and activists to Wikipedia and happily apply everything that I learn from every exchange with another editor. Thank you so much.

Aquariusveritas (talk) 01:43, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Aquariusveritas: Basically, you had a number of issues with that article. What I did was run the article through toollabs:copyvios. Pretty much, if it says there is a copyright issue, someone will flag the article for deletion or investigation. In your case, someone flagged it for deletion, but then someone else flagged it for investigation. I looked into the matter and saw that major parts of the article were duplicated from other websites [sometimes that's okay, in the case of keywiki (if properly attributed); but other times not so much]. I rewrote the parts that were duplicates, so now there is no more copyright issues. The old versions that contained copyright issues will be deleted, though. In the future, try running your article through that tool to see if it displays any errors. It'll prevent this situation in the future. Cheers!

–MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 02:26, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your help on this. I'm curious about the portions of the article that were flagged for copyright infringement. I am asking about this to understand how to deal with this in the future. When I looked at the Copyvio Detector report these are the parts of the article that were flagged:

[Potential copyvio]

and then

[Potential copyvio]

These copyright infringement notices are for listing the subjects accolades and published works, which are listed to meet the thresh hold of the subject's notability. But how can one list a subject's accomplishments that have been listed elsewhere without having a copyright notice slapped on a Wikipedia article?

I ask this because these listings are what constituted the "offending material" and if I write an article about an author in the future I worry that I will run into the same problem. Can you please advise me on this? Or am I incorrect in my understanding of what triggered the copyright notice? I also want to make clear that I did not plagiarize any material. As with the every article that I have written or rewritten, I committed hours of research on the subject and take great care with my writing.

Thank you again for your helping in resolving and explaining these issues.

Aquariusveritas (talk) 02:58, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Aquariusveritas: Hmmm, I'll be honest and say that we are at where my comfort zone ends. I'm not as experienced as you may imagine in this sort of thing. My recommendation is to ask the same question at the WP:Teahouse. Those folks know a lot more than me. –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 03:05, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Aquariusveritas, (talk page stalker), reviewing the offending revision, I would have let it pass as an unavoidable phrasing. In general, it looks like the problem was not changing the words preceding award names. However, this likely happened organically. I definitely wouldn't have G12'd it. The other concern seems to have been long quotes. StudiesWorld (talk) 10:36, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for telling me about this, Studiesworld. I have only recently become aware of how egregious the use of long quotes is in Wikipedia articles. I learned to write articles by studying other articles about famous entrants and have seen the use of extensive quotes on pages of highly visible figures from President Barack Obama to Madonna to Dr. Dre to Martin Luther King. I will not speak to this as "fair or unfair" because it is irrelevant. What alarms me is that rather than addressing this and making it a teachable moment or even fixing the offending material, an editor flagged it in one appears to me a highly aggressive moment. What matters to me now is that you all have taught me that quoting material is unacceptable on Wikipedia and for that I will never stop feeling thankful. Obrigado — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aquariusveritas (talk • contribs) 14:15, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Today I learned StudiesWorld watches my talk page. That's pretty cool!

–MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 17:03, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

With 58 watchers, I'm sure someone more interesting than me watches. Nonetheless, I'm glad that you find it cool. I find your talk page to be the site of many interesting conversations. StudiesWorld (talk) 17:31, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@StudiesWorld: Give yourself more credit! You're pretty awesome. interesting conversations is certainly one way to describe what happens here. lol –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 22:35, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Page mover granted

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If you do not want the page mover right anymore, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Thank you, and happy editing! TonyBallioni (talk) 03:14, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@TonyBallioni: Best. Day. Ever. –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 03:24, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

🥳 TonyBallioni (talk) 03:28, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

With great power comes great responsibility! – WanderingWanda (talk) 03:31, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]