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ITN recognition for Efeso Collins

On 21 February 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Efeso Collins, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 22:45, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

February 2024 WikiProject Unreferenced articles backlog drive – award

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		This award is given in recognition to Cloventt for collecting more than 50 points during the WikiProject Unreferenced articles's FEB24 backlog drive. Your contributions played a crucial role in sourcing 14,300 unsourced articles during the drive. Thank you so much for participating and helping to reduce the backlog! – – DreamRimmer (talk) 18:38, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Victoria Square article - Points of interest

Great work on this article. I have a suggestion that you create new headings instead of "Points of interest". There could be separate top-level headings for: Buildings, Bridges, Statues, Installations, etc.

The content in the existing "Points of interest" section includes history, and buildings that are no longer in existence. Perhaps this is out of scope, but one building that I remember from my childhood is the Hay's department store (subsequently Farmers), that had a frontage on Armagh Street, facing the square. The building was notable for many reasons, including the roof top playground for kids, and the (rather dodgy) Father Christmas with the beckoning finger that was mounted on the front of the building, directly facing Victoria Square. See: Haywrights, and and , and , and , and in particular: , and Marshelec (talk) 07:08, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

Finish the WP:SPLIT procedure on Christchurch

Hi Cloventt, given the acceptance above, you are free to finish the trimming of the Christchurch article in the history section. I have preemptively added the {{main}} hatnote to the section. Cheers, microbiologyMarcus ^{[petri dish·growths]} 18:56, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Great work on preparing the new article split out from the Christchurch article. This had led to a major improvement. It has resolved the overly-large amount of content about history in the main article, reduced the difficulties of enhancing coverage of history within that article, and created an interesting new article that can now be further expanded.

One of the points of the history of Christchurch that is worth expanding is the work associated with land drainage - since this was so fundamental to settlement on the flat land. I have a useful source, and plan to add some content from this source over the next week or two. I will also aim to include a small amount of the most pertinent information about land drainage in the main Christchurch article._Marshelec (talk) 07:58, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Victoria Square - GA review

I am willing to undertake a GA review of Victoria Square, Christchurch. However, before I begin (or someone else gets started first), it is best that we find a time when both of us can be available. The guidelines suggest that GA reviews should be completed ideally within 7 days, but this is only possible if the nominator and reviewer are both available and can commit the time required. Please let me know a period over the next two months that would be best for you, I will see if we can agree a period for the review._Marshelec (talk) 01:49, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Awesome! Thank you for the offer. I am very flexible, so whenever suits you the best. David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk) 03:24, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind words

Your mastodon contribution was drawn to my attention. Very kind of you. I should really get an account, too, and finally abandon Twitter, eh? Schwede66 05:09, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Victoria Square, Christchurch

The article Victoria Square, Christchurch you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Victoria Square, Christchurch for comments about the article, and Talk:Victoria Square, Christchurch/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Marshelec -- Marshelec (talk) 08:02, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

You are welcome

And nice to catch up with you on Sunday night. Schwede66 08:22, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

You too! David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk) 20:24, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

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Barnstar for you

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		For your work on your macron vandalism detector bot. ―Panamitsu (talk) 08:33, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
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Bots require approval

See Wikipedia:Bot policy. I'm not sure if your macron removal-detection bot falls within this, as it seems to be mostly about bots which edit in article space. If you haven't already, I suggest you read the policy and if there's any likelihood that your bot needs approval, better to ask about it (perhaps at Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard) than ignore the potential issue. It is also possible that the functionality could be incorporated more efficiently in an WP:Edit filter, which allows for edits meeting a given criteria to be logged.-Gadfium (talk) 22:56, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! As per the policy In addition, any bot or automated editing process that affects only the operator's or their own userspace (user pages, user talk pages, user's module sandbox pages and subpages thereof), and which are not otherwise disruptive, may be run without prior approval. so I think its ok.

Edit filters look interesting, but I don’t have access to that feature. David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk) 01:15, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Ok, all good.-Gadfium (talk) 03:02, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for the support

Hi Cloverntt, thank you for your recent support! I am still learning and just want to focus on continuing to make positive contributions on this platform. I really appreciate your kindness! -Winnieswikiworld (talk)

Macron monitor suggestion

Sometimes there are links like [[2016 Kaikōura earthquake|a magnitude 7.8 earthquake]] where although it is true that a macron has been removed, there are no words that should have a macron. If you are still interested in working on your monitor, then maybe it should check if the pipe creates a macronless word or not. ―Panamitsu (talk) 05:25, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

I've just made some improvements to make it less noisy. I also have made it print the full linkpipe into the alert so you don't need to open the diff to check it. David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk) 03:59, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Kaiapoi Pā

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DYK for Cave Rock, Sumner

On 19 February 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cave Rock, Sumner, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Māori-language name for Cave Rock, Sumner—Tuawera—means 'cut down as if by fire'? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cave Rock, Sumner. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Cave Rock, Sumner), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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DYK for Kaiapoi Pā

On 26 February 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kaiapoi Pā, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Kaiapoi Pā has been incorrectly called Kaiapohia, a pun that can be translated as 'piling up of bodies for eating'? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kaiapoi Pā. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Kaiapoi Pā), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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File:Seagull Pit entry on Google Maps.png listed for discussion

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DYK for Christchurch Seagull Pit

On 25 March 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Christchurch Seagull Pit, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Christchurch Seagull Pit has been described as the "ninth wonder of the world"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Christchurch Seagull Pit. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Christchurch Seagull Pit), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cielquiparle (talk) 00:03, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 23,759 views (990.0 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of March 2025 – nice work!

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Speedy deletion nomination of Mike Casey (entrepreneur)

Hello Cloventt,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Mike Casey (entrepreneur) for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly indicate why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks!

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Barrettsprivateers (talk) 22:36, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

The World Destubathon

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Python fun

Not sure how applicable to your projects but I was curious at how many uploads I have done using various uploading tools and Quarry wasn't cutting it for querying user contributions, so I put together a simple python script here in case you want to adapt it for anything similar: https://github.com/bjhoareAM/CommonsContributionsFilter/tree/main Dactylantha (talk) 10:36, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

Autopatrolled granted

Hi Cloventt, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the autopatrolled user right to your account. This means that pages you create will automatically be marked as 'reviewed', and no longer appear in the new pages feed. Autopatrolled is assigned to prolific creators of articles, where those articles do not require further review, and may have been requested on your behalf by someone else. It doesn't affect how you edit; it is used only to manage the workload of new page patrollers.

Since the articles you create will no longer be systematically reviewed by other editors, it is important that you maintain the high standard you have achieved so far in all your future creations. Please also try to remember to add relevant WikiProject templates, stub tags, categories, and incoming links to them, if you aren't already in the habit; user scripts such as Rater and StubSorter can help with this. As you have already shown that you have a strong grasp of Wikipedia's core content policies, you might also consider volunteering to become a new page patroller yourself, helping to uphold the project's standards and encourage other good faith article writers.

Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing!

BTW, I checked the last 10 pages that you created and they were all solid. Schwede66 05:25, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk) 05:47, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

Terry Brown

I'm not 100% sure whether me creating a DYK nomination created a ping. In theory, it should (as it included your linked username and my signature), but I'm unsure whether that is also true for templates (which a DYK nomination is). Anyway, in case you didn't get pinged, here's a heads-up. Feel free to add other or a tweaked blurb.

BTW, it was Spencer who suggested that I consider nominating at DYK. Schwede66 09:14, 8 July 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! Yes the ping worked. I’ve decided not to bother with DYK for articles I create so thanks for leading that!

I’m actually unsure if the helicopter service was a real thing. He was famous for claiming things that he didn’t actually follow through on. David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk) 09:21, 8 July 2025 (UTC)

Oh. Schwede66 19:31, 8 July 2025 (UTC)

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Your nomination

Hello! I saw you had started preparing a nomination for the current elections. You seem like a promising new face here :).

I just wanted to make you aware of some of the unspoken or semi-spoken expectations for candidates. You can find some good advice at WP:Advice for RfA candidates, which states that few people succeed with less than 10,000 edits of experience. You've achieved quite a lot in your 3,000 edits, including 2 GAs, so I imagine that you can pass with a lower number, but still, I don't think we've had somebody pass under 7,000 edits in recent years. Perhaps the next election is a better option. Up to you of course!

If you want to start helping more around deletion, you can ask for the NPP user right at WP:PERM/NPP. That way, you can get more experience with other elements of deletion such as WP:CSD tagging. If you go for that, feel free to ping me, as I've already had a look at your AfD record, and liked what I saw. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 19:35, 10 July 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the great advice! I had similar advice regarding low edit count from other trusted editors, but I thought I’d try the new election process anyway.

That said, NPP looks like a really excellent option for me, so thank you for the suggestion. I’ll look into applying there. David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk) 20:27, 10 July 2025 (UTC)

Also, you forgot the final step in submitting a caniddacy: adding yourself to the table at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/July 2025/Candidates#List of candidates! Aaron Liu (talk) 00:32, 11 July 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, I am aware of that, I'm still considering whether to complete the nomination. Currently, it can be considered in a draft state. I'm frankly impressed at the diligence of people checking the nominations category already! David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk) 02:49, 11 July 2025 (UTC)

Hello Femke, I just wanted to back up your impression. We are looking at a rather strong candidate here who will face some stiff views over low edit count, even if everything else stacks up. I know David personally and hold him in high regard. He's got lots to offer.

David, would you want to consider endorsement by admins for your candidacy? Schwede66 02:34, 11 July 2025 (UTC)

Certainly, if you or anyone would like to lend their support to the nom that would be very welcome. But I am also happy to go it alone on my own merit.

I'm not too bothered about people having stiff views on my low edit count; they'd be right, it's low! Honest criticism, feedback and advice is something I'm hoping to get out of this, even if I'm not successful. David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk) 02:54, 11 July 2025 (UTC)

Problem is that in these elections, you don't get much feedback. I'll draft a nomination statement. Schwede66 02:58, 11 July 2025 (UTC)

Yep, very true, I've just created an opinion poll at WP:ORCP to get more feedback. David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk) 03:10, 11 July 2025 (UTC)

@Cloventt, some advice: every candidate last time around who had a nominator was elected. Some with no nominators still succeeded, but I'm pretty confident you would not be one of them - I don't think a person can pull off both a lack of noms and a record-low edit count. But I'll also add that the one candidate who surprised me last time was one who evidently was known to a lot of longtimers from in-person events. So if you have a lot of people who know you personally, and you can get two of them to nominate you and tell us all how great you are (and I see you only need one more at this point), I think you may have a shot here. -- asilvering (talk) 03:12, 11 July 2025 (UTC)

I should add that I think it's a long shot, and my earnest advice would be to wait for a later election. But given @Schwede66's response above, I wouldn't count you out entirely. -- asilvering (talk) 03:16, 11 July 2025 (UTC)

New page reviewer granted

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Also, if you use Discord, there's a NPP server at . A bit less intimidating to ask quick questions there than on the main NPP talk page. By the way, I saw your comments about AfC at PERM and... yeah, I hear you. There's a lot of good to be done there, fixing up some nearly-there drafts and leaving helpful comments. But these days there's also a lot of AI junk, so it's a real slog. -- asilvering (talk) 05:10, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

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Your treatment of newcomers

... is miserable. You obviously want to drive me away. You use all the tricks from the book, to diminish my work and to insult me as a person. Can you please leave me alone .....!!!! If not, I will leave. I find it particularly nasty that after we had a debate in one article, you followed me to other articles. That's not civilized behavior. Photographer's Box (talk) 22:48, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

I'm sorry you feel that way. I have no opinion on you as a person. I'm doing my best to give you some guidance.

A word of advice: do not take things too personally on Wikipedia. There is no reason to become personally offended by other volunteers doing basic maintenance tasks on your article. It happens all the time. David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk) 22:53, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

What you are doing is not "maintenance". We had a disagreement on one article, and all'improvviso you discovered another article, I wrote. You are persecuting my work and THIS IS NOT OKAY. And you know that! Stop talking like an angel.--Photographer's Box (talk) 22:58, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

I intend to disengage from you here because you appear to be unwilling to take advice. I recommend doing the same from your side. You should consider reading more about Wikipedia policies, process and culture before making more edits. David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk) 23:02, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

If you are willing to help me to improve an article, I am keen to listen. Let's go back to The Theatre Times. Help me to improve the article and I will be grateful. Putting badges on the article and deleting 70% is no help. Tell me, how this article can be improved ...... and I will be grateful!--Photographer's Box (talk) 23:09, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

I have replied on the article talk page. David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk) 23:22, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

Obviously you do not understand, why your remarks are so insulting to me. I have never received ONE CENT from the website, from the festival, from any of the photographers. You raise suspicions and I feel so helpless. Why, gosh, why did I ever go to Wikipedia? Just to be insulted! Just to be called suspicious? ..... No, you do not understand the miserable reaction your words are causing ....--Photographer's Box (talk) 17:37, 22 July 2025 (UTC)

Is it STALKING what you are doing? Following me from one article to the next just to proof that I am incapible of writing articles ... I don't know.--Photographer's Box (talk) 18:09, 22 July 2025 (UTC)

In case anyone stumbles on this, this user was ultimately blocked as prolific sockpuppet user who writes mostly self-promotional material. David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk) 02:51, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

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ITN recognition for Michael Hill (entrepreneur)

On 1 August 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Michael Hill (entrepreneur), which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Curbon7 (talk) 11:41, 1 August 2025 (UTC)

DYK for Terry Brown (brothel owner)

On 2 August 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Terry Brown (brothel owner), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Terry Brown is reported to have founded an escort service using helicopters for remote rural areas? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Terry Brown (brothel owner). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Terry Brown (brothel owner)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 2 August 2025 (UTC)

Nomination of Concrete Association of Estonia for deletion

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DYK for Andrew Oliver (disabled New Zealander)

On 21 August 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Andrew Oliver (disabled New Zealander), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a New Zealand dairy co-operative adjusted their collection schedule so that Andy Oliver could go to bed on time? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Andrew Oliver (disabled New Zealander). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Andrew Oliver (disabled New Zealander)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 21 August 2025 (UTC)

Rejection of Sahha article

Hi David, Wanted to further get your thoughts on how to proceed with this. I have tried hard to avoid writing in a promotional style. There have been re-edits from the first push back and AI had not been used beyond helping me figure out formatting and inline citations. I've seen your QWikicite links and can use that going ahead looks like a cool project.

Back to the article... I have fully disclosed my conflict of interest. The work is not written by AI. Please help convey what I can do better. I had asked on the help desk.

My interest in this area goes beyond the company. This AI tech space and the overlap in health seems to be basically a deadzone on Wikipedia. The biggest AI communities in both New Zealand and Australia don't have a mention. The developments of AI in Oceania I think will have cultural and historical significance in the next 50 years and early articles in this area would help capture and accurately record history as it happens. Sahha is unique as it is one of the frighteningly few companies in the ecosystem which actually has science based insights out of health data with wearables. This is relevant to health academia and increasing integration of bioinformatics into every day life. Sahha underpins many other app systems which offer scales of wellness and such. If you can find another Company that exists that currently does this I will definitely include it in the article for objectivity. I cannot find one.

I'd like to springboard from here into being able to write further in areas of government health monitoring systems, insurance health surveillance and the AI community which is rising in New Zealand and Australia. I think these are societally relevant areas. For Sahha, for notability I had ODT, News Japan, NBR, Athletech as references.

If the writing in regards to novel developments and partnerships was too promotional I will gut that, I included it to try ensure it clearly passed the test of notability but it seems that is irrelevant?

Thanks so much for any feedback in advance. Fivelidz5lidz (talk) 11:35, 22 August 2025 (UTC)

The best way to get into Wikipedia is finding a subject you care about that has an existing article, and trying to improve that. This is the best way to learn about our culture and the ins-and-outs of editing. Hunting down new sources and expanding a topic. Starting off by writing a whole new article is really jumping in the deep end. David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk) 03:48, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Stefan Wackerbauer

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Speedy deletion declined: Talhah Yunus

Hello Cloventt. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Talhah Yunus, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Being a member of a notable musical act is a credible claim of importance negating A7 . Thank you. Whpq (talk) 04:41, 29 August 2025 (UTC)

Someone else blanked and redirected it anyway. David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk) 01:29, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

Lincoln City Libraries merge

I've noticed you've merged Lincoln City Libraries branches into the parent article without contacting me about this first, or starting a discussion. I am entirely fine with you doing this as long as this is what everyone agrees with. However, I wish that you either contacted me and started a merge discussion first. ^Wiinter_U 01:15, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

If you'd rather have them separate, feel free to revert and we can find consensus on the talk page. That is the nature of the WP:BRD process we use here.

That said, I came across the article in New Page Patrol. Your list of branches seems very well researched and a great contribution to the wiki, but the parent article for the library system as a whole seemed pretty short. In such cases, it's usually better to include the information in the parent article. I don't really see a reason to keep them separate. David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk) 01:20, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

I'm leaning for keeping them together for now. Once the branches article get too big, they can be separate again. Just please notify someone or start a discussion next time unless it's extremely obvious. ^Wiinter_U 01:26, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you so much for redirecting the Divine hiddenness page. Too much AI slop nowadays flooding wikipedia. Plasticwonder (talk) 21:56, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. Those editors were also blocked for being sockpuppets of each other. David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk) 21:58, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

Mike Davidson

Hiya, have just noticed a draft page you've made at Draft:Mike Davidson (New Zealand politician). There's also another draft for him at Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand/politics/New MPs/Mike Davidson. Yours seems to cover most of that but just letting you know in case you were unfamiliar. LivelyRatification (talk) 05:39, 7 September 2025 (UTC)

Thanks yeah I have seen that, I’ll leave it with others to figure out where to go with them! If the other gets published I’ll delete the draft, or the draft can be overwritten. David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk) 05:41, 7 September 2025 (UTC)

I've published the older draft and tagged the articles for merging. Can you please remove the unreferenced date of birth from your draft, or add a reference? I don't want to do it myself, given that I haven't yet edited any of the draft articles (other than moving one to main space). Schwede66 22:45, 7 September 2025 (UTC)

Done. That was straight from his Wikidata item, which is also unreferenced David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk) 22:54, 7 September 2025 (UTC)

I've nuked it from Wikidata. It seems the merge has been done. If you are satisfied that everything of relevance has been transferred, let me know and I can delete the draft. Schwede66 00:20, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

yep feel free to delete David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk) 01:22, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

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Lyttelton gaol blog

https://blog.underoverarch.co.nz/2016/08/the-big-house-in-a-little-town/ PhileasPassepartout (talk) 22:07, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

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Happy to have helped. It was fun getting to work with both of you. ThaesOfereode (talk) 14:35, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

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Dated talk page threads

You asked why I reverted the notice that an article was up for deletion, and deleted it was. Because I feel it's clutter. For whom would that information still be relevant? -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:20, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

It is useful to anyone looking into the activity of a prolific disruptive sockmaster account. David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk) 23:22, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

Indeed, Gerda. It's best for those messages to get archived, not deleted. Schwede66 23:31, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

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Takahanga Marae

Happy New Year :) I would like to ask if you would be interested in joining up to the Kaikōura project and perhaps taking on the job of creating an article for Takahanga Marae ? Here is the article list on the project page: Wikipedia:GLAM/Kaikōura/Articles#Articles to create I have created a Wikidata item for Takahanga Marae but wondered if you would be interested in the Wikipedia article ?_Marshelec (talk) 22:54, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

I've still been working on the Banks Peninsula project! But I can certainly take a look at the marae. David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk) 19:32, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

Cool. I added several useful sources for Takahanga Marae in the comments on the project articles page. I am planning on going down to Kaikōura for the Wiki Weekend event on 7-8 March. Hope you will consider joining :)._Marshelec (talk) 19:39, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

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Prince Zinhle Dlamini

Hello, Cloventt.

I've edited this page; I've removed the failed verification, and I've added a link announcing his charitable activities. I now propose removing the proposed deletion tag, as the charitable work establishes that he is independently notable in a way that his cousin Ndaba Mandela and his half-brother Prince Cedza Dlamini are.

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Yours sincerely,

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Banner for the Christchurch meetups

Hi mate,

I crafted a banner for the meetups, and added it to the next one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event:Meetup/Christchurch/45. See what you think. The side effect was adding a bunch of Edmonds-related content to Commons… Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 00:30, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

Also I did a little bit of element shuffling for the layout. Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 00:45, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

Looks brilliant! I love it. David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk) 01:28, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

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If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 00:28, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Wikidata

I have no idea what is with your insistence on exporting information from Wikipedia to a website that simply makes it easier to vandalise Wikipedia Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentArchive950#Hard_to_detect_mobile_vandalism. A site where a BLP can be labelled as a pornographic actor by a troll and have such libel last for 2 years

Wikidata is certainly a better place for this data if you wish to make it easier for it to be vandalised, but I fail to see any reason how this change benefits the English Wikipedia. Do you enjoy making the jobs of vandals easier? Traumnovelle (talk) 10:22, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

We’re not talking about a BLP issue—if we were, I’d agree with you. This is the approximate physical location of a building we’re talking about. Is vandalism of coordinate locations a major issue on Wikidata? I haven’t seen it anywhere. David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk) 10:29, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Its just an example of how there is no functional oversight and even blatant vandalism runs rampant. Changing numerical values is a common form of vandalism, in fact there are 3 LTAs named 'Date-changing vandal' for example. If someone changed the coordinates to be off by a few numbers there'd be no way of knowing this has been changed from English Wikipedia. Traumnovelle (talk) 20:00, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

May 2026 Administrator Elections – Discussion Phase

The discussion phase of the May 2026 administrator elections is officially open. As a reminder, the schedule of the election is:

• May 8–12: Discussion phase (we are here)
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May 2026 Administrator Elections – Voting Phase

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New Page Patrol Newsletter - May 2026

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New Page Review queue November 2025 - May 2026

Backlog update

At the time of this message, there are 15,282 articles and 32,951 redirects awaiting review.

After the January–February drive the article backlog was reduced to 15,179 articles and the redirect backlog to 19,053 respectively. Great job! However, both queues are growing rapidly and any additional reviews are highly appreciated.

2024 and 2025 NPP Awards

JTtheOG was selected as the NPP reviewer of the year for both 2024 and 2025, for reviewing the most articles amongst all reviewers.

Hey man im josh and MPGuy2824 won the Redirect Ninja Master Award for 2024 and 2025 respectively, for reviewing the most redirects.

Overall in 2024, one Platinum, two Gold, eight Silver, 12 Bronze and 45 Iron Barnstars were awarded. Additionally, 66 reviewers got the NPP barnstar for doing more than 100 reviews through the year. In 2025, one Platinum, ten Silver, 13 Bronze and 38 Iron Barnstars were awarded. Additionally, 38 reviewers got the NPP barnstar for doing more than 100 reviews through the year.

BoyTheKingCanDance, Rosiestep, SunDawn, and Vanderwaalforces were inducted into the NPP Hall of Fame for having two separate years of 2,000+ article reviews.

January–February backlog drive

The experimental two-month long backlog drive concluded with 183 reviewers patrolling over 27,761 articles and 35,309 redirects, earning over 36,836 points. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 6,484.6 points in this drive.

May backlog drive

An article-only backlog drive is currently underway. We are hoping to make a big dent in the backlog. You can read more about it or join at Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Backlog drives/May 2026.

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June 2026 GAN Backlog Drive

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May 2026 NPP backlog drive – Points award

		The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
		This award is given in recognition of Cloventt for accumulating at least 10 points in the May 2026 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions helped review 14884 articles during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and helping reduce the backlog! – DreamRimmer ■ 15:57, 12 June 2026 (UTC)