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Promotion of List of governors of Edo State

Congratulations, Vanderwaalforces! The list you nominated, List of governors of Edo State, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.
This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Hey man im josh (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:25, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 November newsletter

The 2024 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round being a very tight race. Our new champion is AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who scored 2,283 points mainly through 3 high-multiplier FAs and 3 GAs on military history topics. By a 1% margin, Airship beat out last year's champion, Delaware BeanieFan11 (submissions), who scored second with 2,264 points, mainly from an impressive 58 GAs about athletes. In third place, Generalissima (submissions) scored 1,528 points, primarily from two FAs on U.S. Librarians of Congress and 20 GAs about various historical topics. Our other finalists are: Sammi Brie (submissions) with 879 points, Canada Hey man im josh (submissions) with 533 points, BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 432 points, Arconning (submissions) with 244 points, and Christmas Island AryKun (submissions) with 15 points. Congratulations to our finalists and all who participated!

The final round was very productive, and contestants had 7 FAs, 9 FLs, 94 GAs, 73 FAC reviews, and 79 GAN reviews and peer reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2025 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement!

If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:49, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

patrol of an article

Thanks for reviewing a book article that I wrote. I also have another awaiting review that seems to have gotten missed because it has been around since April without patrol or review. If you would not mind possibly patrolling it real quick that would be appreciated. It is ¡Viva la libertad, carajo!. Thanks in advance. Iljhgtn (talk) 16:16, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for creating it and reaching out. I have taken a look now :) Happy editing. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 17:09, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

JZyNO

Being this was extended twice and an admin asked for source evaluation, I would request this be left open for an admin close. CNMall41 (talk) 18:41, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) @CNMall41, if you're not satisfied with the closure, I recommend taking it to DRV instead of discussing it here. As far as I know, the closure accurately reflects consensus. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 20:13, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
I came here because it is a non-admin closure. As an admin requested the source assessment, it is clear that they should be the ones judging that for a close. --CNMall41 (talk) 20:40, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
Hi CNMall41, I should revert my close so that an admin can close it with the same result? Please make this make sense to me. Whether an admin requested for a source analysis or not, they’re not going to rely their closure on their opinion of the source analysis but the consensus from the participants of the discussion. That’s how consensus and closures work if you ask me. So asking me to revert my closure is ridiculous, please. WP:DRV is always open if you want. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 20:56, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
Wow. Okay. Would have expected a more civil response. Didn't mean to offend you with the question. --CNMall41 (talk) 21:07, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
Do not misinterpret my message, I was not by any chance offended. I’m happy you got my message. Thanks! Vanderwaalforces (talk) 21:10, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
Maybe I misread the tone. See below. --CNMall41 (talk) 21:15, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

Deletion review for JZyNO

An editor has asked for a deletion review of JZyNO. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. CNMall41 (talk) 21:15, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

Patrol

Hey, just made few edits to an article. Not sure if the events should have a separate article or exist within this article Boca Raton Championship Wrestling. Can you take a look and give possible improvements? Thanks. Highly appreciated. Freeoftheletters (talk) 19:31, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

Your user talk page

Hello, Vanderwaalforces,

I can't help but notice that you keep your User talk page completely blanked. When I looked at your talk page archives, I see you have archived another message left for you earlier today that you didn't respond to yet. That is awfully quick. What if the editor returns to see what your response is? Of course, it's your user page and it's your call but if you want to be involved in processes like closing AFDs, you're going to regularly have editors coming here for explanations and with questions. You should leave messages up for at least a few weeks if not a month. Visitors to your takl page shouldn't have to go into your archived messages to see if anyone has come here with a problem. There is also no reason to "hide" messages if that is what your aim is. Every active editor has other editors communicating with them, sometimes it's positive and sometimes it's negative, it's the nature of collaborative editing.

But my recommendation is, since you seem interested in assuming more responsibilites on the project, that's it's not a good look to wipe your user talk page clean after every message you get. It shows a lack of responsiveness and the more you take on administrative work, the more discussions you will have with other editors about your decisions. You don't need to have an overloaded talk page like my own (which I really need to archive) but it's healthy to show a little activity here and if someone has questions, you should reply to them. Thank you for all of your contributions here, they are appreciated. Liz Read! Talk! 06:49, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

Firstly, I want to assume you watch this page, so. Looking at VWF’s talk history, it will show that they are not the one manually archiving the pages. It is being archived by Cluebot. So, they’re not trying to hide anything. The recommendation to early archiving is to actually set the archive time to probably 300. Best, Reading Beans, Duke of Rivia 06:59, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
Hello, Liz! It’s great to see you here again, and thank you for reaching out. I had actually been expecting a message from you on my talk page since last week, so I’m glad it finally arrived. I realize pings may not notify you due to your settings, but I'll leave my response here for reference.
There are several points in your message that I believe may not accurately reflect the situation. I'll clarify why I feel your remarks are, in my opinion, "entirely incorrect".
You noted, I can't help but notice that you keep your User talk page completely blanked. When I looked at your talk page archives, I see you have archived another message left for you earlier today that you didn't respond to yet. That is awfully quick. What if the editor returns to see what your response is?. As of the time I received this message from you—07:49 on 12 November my time, 02:49 your time, and 06:49 Wikipedia time—the most recent human edit to my talk page was on 6 November. The last bot edit was Cluebot III archiving the latest discussion at 02:27 on 10 November. Your specific statement that I archived another message left for [me] earlier today that [I] didn't respond to yet does not match this timeline, as you can see. Perhaps, you have been typing this message for me in the last 4-6 days ago? I can't tell.
Thank you as well for suggesting that I extend the duration before threads are archived on my talk page. I realize now that I could adjust that to allow more time, and I'll make those changes following this message.
You also commented, There is also no reason to "hide" messages if that is what your aim is.. I think a quick look at WP:GOODFAITH might be beneficial for you here. I'm curious as to why you might think my intention is to "hide" any messages. For as long as I can recall, I have always made a point of addressing questions, listening to feedback, and acknowledging my mistakes when necessary.
Once again, thank you for the feedback—it's always helpful to have another perspective, even if I disagree with some of your conclusions. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 09:34, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

AFD Closure World Defense Show

Hello, I noticed that the recent AfD closure did not seem to consider the source analysis table provided. This table was intended to offer a comprehensive look at the quality and relevance of sources related to the topic, and it would be very helpful to understand if there were specific aspects of the analysis you found less significant or if other factors took precedence in your decision. Could you clarify how the closure was assessed as "keep" in light of the available SAT which clearly proves otherwise? Thank you for your time and attention! TC-BT-1C-SI (talk) 08:00, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

Hello, @TCBT1CSI. The AfD discussion you initiated was closed as "no consensus," not as "keep." These are distinct outcomes: "no consensus" indicates that the discussion did not reach a clear agreement, meaning the article could be renominated after approximately one month. In contrast, a "keep" result would reflect a consensus that the article meets notability guidelines, as confirmed by participants in the discussion.
I am sure this clarifies what "no consensus" means in this context. Regarding the source analysis you provided, my role as the closer is not to evaluate the sources myself, as doing so would constitute a supervote. My responsibility is to close the discussion based on the consensus established by the participants, not my personal judgment. In this case, there was no consensus to keep, merge, redirect, or delete the article. Please feel free to reach out if you have further questions. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 09:45, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
Thank you for the helpful explanation. I have one more question: since the AfD was closed as "no consensus," is it permitted to relist it for another AfD immediately, or is there a required waiting period, such as a six-month cooling-off? TC-BT-1C-SI (talk) 11:14, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
@TCBT1CSI You're welcome. So, there is actually no exact waiting period before renomination, not that I know of. I think it is mostly discretionary. When I said "could be renominated after approximately one month" above, it was just from my discretion and not like it is generally stated somewhere, not even at WP:NOCONSENSUS. But I will not advise you to not "immediately" renominate an article whose AfD was closed as no consensus. You could wait for as long as you find more evidence and reasons it really isn't suitable for Wikipedia. I hope this helps. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 11:25, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
According to Wikipedia:Renominating for deletion; If the XfD discussion was closed as “no consensus”, generally do not renominate the page for at least two months. I’ll be sure to follow this rule. Thank you for your thoughtfulness and the useful tips. TC-BT-1C-SI (talk) 11:37, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
There you go. No problems. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 11:38, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

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AI and Nigerian English

Interesting article somebody shared with me. [1]. It's about how companies have outsourced a lot of their AI-trainers to African countries, such as Nigeria, which has led to lots of large language models favouring words used in those dialects of English. So, some of the "classic tells" that people use to see if a text was AI written? Those might just be tells that the person they're talking to is using a dialect of English they're unfamiliar with. But anyways, just wanted to share this with you. GreenLipstickLesbian (talk) 09:18, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

@GreenLipstickLesbian Thank you for sharing this. It's really interesting to think about how much of AI's language quirks might actually just reflect everyday dialects from places like Nigeria. Makes you wonder how much of what people assume is "AI-speak" is just unfamiliar phrasing to them. Perhaps we'll need to revisit some of those "tells" for AI-generated text, as what we think of as authentic language may start reflecting a broader range of dialects and nuances. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 16:56, 14 November 2024 (UTC)
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