User talk:Lefcentreright/Archive 5
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New Page Reviewer newsletter February 2020
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- Source Guide Discussion
The first NPP source guide discussion is now underway. It covers a wide range of sources in Ghana with the goal of providing more guidance to reviewers about sources they might see when reviewing pages. Hopefully, new page reviewers will join others interested in reliable sources and those with expertise in these sources to make the discussion a success.
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Patth, Bollywood movie
Hi, Hope you are well. Recently i created an article Patth for Bollywood movie which was marked for deletion by you. While the all information i collected from different sources and it's not the same as it was on those sites. I collected the details and put here in the article in a proper way like it should be on Wikipedia and still you marked it for deletion. Patth is 2003 Hindi Bollywood movie and i'm from Mumbai, India and i know well about Bollywood and Bollywood movies. You are senior and i request you to remove that deletion mark from the article. Thanks, FIH bone (talk) 05:39, 25 March 2020 (UTC+5:30 hours)
- @FIH bone: Hi, how are you? Thanks for your contributions. Unfortunately, I cannot take your word for it. To me, it just looks like you copy-and-pasted the section. The specific section has now been removed by a kind admin. You are welcome to summarise it in YOUR OWN WORDS. Kind regards, LefcentrerightTalk (plz ping) 20:28, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
- FIH bone, the 'plot' section appeared to be a direct copy/paste from the summary at IMDB. Please don't copy and paste content from any other website - we all need to write our own material in our own words. As well as being a copyright infringement, plot summaries from sites like IMDB are usually inappropriate for an encyclopedia - they tend to lean towards making the film sound exciting and encouraging the reader to watch it, whereas we aim for a more neutral, descriptive summary. If you have watched the film, you would be welcome to write a short plot summary in your own words - that would be better than trying to paraphrase another source. Best GirthSummit (blether) 09:16, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
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Discussion at AFD
I would like to bring your attention, for your inputs here 1, here 2 and here 3.– Akhiljaxxn (talk) 20:18, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
- @Akhiljaxxn: I will take a look at the articles and give my subsequent commentary. Thanks for notifying me. LefcentrerightTalk (plz ping) 20:48, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
ITN recognition for Constand Viljoen
On 3 April 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Constand Viljoen, 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. SpencerT•C 18:47, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
Ramaphoza
Did you know that his father was an apartheid police, a black man? Do you know what that meant for us blacks?You seem to have left out that part of his life story , intentionally! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.144.75.93 (talk) 20:27, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
- @41.144.75.93: I did not remove or leave out out anything in that sense. I am sorry if I have offended you. You are more than welcome to add that fact if you have the proper references. Kind regards, LefcentrerightTalk (plz ping) 20:34, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
Sonal Devraj
Hi, on Sonal Devraj you have crossed your comment. But WP:CANVAS also features allowed ways. Can you please elaborate to me why one has to cross. I think it should be acceptable, as the request by User:Akhiljaxxn was not to comment delete or Keep. I am just trying to understand why you did what you did and if I must follow suit too. --Cedix (talk) 21:23, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
- @Cedix: Hi, there. How are you? My best advice for you is to decide for yourself. I withdrew my vote because I saw a user who commented that the nominator approached them and it is a WP:CANVASSING concern to them, so I followed suit. LefcentrerightTalk (plz ping) 21:32, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
- I am doing fine, atleast so far, lets see how it goes. Thanks for asking,I truly appreciate it. How are you doing ?
- Regarding the AfD, yes, I had seen that user's note as well. But I think although this invitation was a bad call, considering the AfD had just started, and users would have commented there any way. It would have made more sense had it been relisted and had a visible lack of participation as happens in some cases. Nevertheless, I would not cross my comment since I consider the invitation was a neutral one and hence allowed by WP:CANVAS. I have already added a disclaimer in the beginning of my comment on the AfD, for the admins to consider. I do hope User:Akhiljaxxn takes a note of this discussion. --Cedix (talk) 22:13, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
- @Cedix and Lefcentreright: I messaged a few editors who are known for their expertise in the field of discussions related to AfD. I wanted to draw a wider range of informed but uninvolved editors' input for this. And my message was "I would like to bring this your attention: your input here (link 1), here (link 2) and here (link 3)." I thought WP:APPNOTE allowed this.–Akhiljaxxn (talk) 08:03, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
- @Cedix and Akhiljaxxn: Sorry for the inconvenience caused. LefcentrerightTalk (plz ping) 19:17, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
- Lefcentreright, there is nothing for you to apologize about. This thread was for my own understanding. I see that you are an active SA topic contributor. Please accept my hands for friendship. I have copied a few templates from your user page, since I consider them useful. Keep in touch. Cedix (talk) 09:22, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
- @Cedix and Akhiljaxxn: Sorry for the inconvenience caused. LefcentrerightTalk (plz ping) 19:17, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
- @Cedix and Lefcentreright: I messaged a few editors who are known for their expertise in the field of discussions related to AfD. I wanted to draw a wider range of informed but uninvolved editors' input for this. And my message was "I would like to bring this your attention: your input here (link 1), here (link 2) and here (link 3)." I thought WP:APPNOTE allowed this.–Akhiljaxxn (talk) 08:03, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Naledi Pandor
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Page curation of So Hong-chan
Hi - just a heads up of your review process for the article on So Hong-chan. It is basically a word for word machine translation of the same article in Korean wikipedia. Given that there was only a single source on the page it's always worth checking around where material comes from. You may already be aware, but in case you are not, guidelines for the acceptable use of translations are here: WP:TFOLWP. Also, in case you don't know, there is a template that needs to be added to the talk page: {{translated page}}. This editor seems to have done this with many articles related to North Korea − in general the editor should be doing this themselves and I left them a message about this, but if we are reviewing and it is not there, at the least we should leave a comment (eg under sourcing). Regards, --Goldsztajn (talk) 08:35, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
- @Goldsztajn: Points taken. Thanks. LefcentrerightTalk (plz ping) 21:38, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
Beg your help
Hello dear friend, I'd be short so I don't annoy you, I am interested in studying Afrikaner language, do you know of any website that is free or mostly free to study the language? I'd greatly appreciate your advice. Your country and people are amazing. Cheers. --CoryGlee (talk) 18:58, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
- @CoryGlee: Hi, there. You can learn Afrikaans from this YouTube channel. They look professional and have a lot of videos explaining the basics of the language. There are also a lot of websites that give tutorials, such as Easy Afrikaans, AfrikaansPod101, LEARN101.ORG, etc. Best of luck with your search! Regards, LefcentrerightTalk (plz ping) 21:47, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
So many thanks!, See you soon! :-) . --CoryGlee (talk) 22:02, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
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DYK nomination of Makoti Khawula
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Would you mind taking a look?
Hi - I came across Blaq Diamond in the NPP queue. The sources don't look RS to me - one is a Wiki, and I can't find any details about editorial staff and policy for the other two. Based on what's in the article, I'd be leaning towards AfD on grounds of a lack of notability; I'm aware of the inherent bias against African subjects though, so I wondered whether you might want to run your eye over it and see if there is any coverage in local RS that could help support notability? Cheers GirthSummit (blether) 15:41, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
- Girth Summit Hi, there. I have taken a look at the article. My conclusion is that the article reads like one big puff piece. Blaq Diamond is an up-and-coming band, but not yet notable enough for them to have an article on Wikipedia. As of now, local coverage of them is minimal. Also, the article has been speedily deleted twice (A7 in March 2017 and G11 in February of this year), so I believe a third speedy deletion is probably needed. Regards, LefcentrerightTalk (plz ping) 17:53, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
- Lefcentreright, thanks - yeah, that was my reading too. I didn't think it was G11-level promo, so was trying to get a sense if it could be improved with better sourcing, or if AfD was the right location - I missed that it had been speeded in the past, although in fairness to the author this article is less spammy than the deleted version. Thanks for taking a look - I see that another reviewer has nominated it to AfD already, in case you want to look in there.
- Hope you're keeping well in the current situation. GirthSummit (blether) 10:30, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
DYK for Makoti Khawula
On 5 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Makoti Khawula, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that South African MP Makoti Khawula insists on speaking and being addressed in isiZulu and isiXhosa while in parliament? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Makoti Khawula. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Makoti Khawula), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
Your GA nomination of Alan Winde
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FF Plus Page
Liewe Jan-Hendrik,
Baie dankie vir jou boodskap. Ek stem 100% met jou saam dat dit 'n COI mag wees. Gee my asb raad... hoe gemaak om dan wel die korrekte inligting geplaas te kry? (Ek is nuut tot Wikipedia) en sal raad waardeer.
Groete,
Pieter — Preceding unsigned comment added by PieterdN (talk • contribs) 10:35, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
- PieterdN. Hallo daar! I'm going to write in English for future reference. Since you assert you are the Chief Executive Officer of the Freedom Front Plus, I am going to assume you have a WP:FCOI (financial conflict of interest) because you are employed by the party. Please read Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.
- In a nutshell, you must disclose who is paying you and add the disclosure to your user page and anywhere else relevant, e.g. see Talk:Mia Farrow and User:Alexdltb to see how to disclose. You are strongly discouraged from directly editing related articles, however, you can make edit requests {{request edit}} (Always add the preceding template) at the talk page of the specific article or at the WP:COIN to have it peer-reviewed. If you want to create an article, please do so through the Articles for Creation instead of creating them directly. I hope this helped. LefcentrerightTalk (plz ping) 13:59, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello from Lara
Hello Lefcentreright! My name is Lara and I accidentally found your userpage. I'm relatively new to Wikipedia, so I thought I'd reach out and say hi! Not sure how meeting each other works here so excuse me if I'm being a little weird. I hope you are doing well! I see that you have a lot of great contributions here on Wiki, so I also wanted to say good job! I want to try to get better at editing as well. Lara Vichnezka (talk) 08:12, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
- Lara Vichnezka Hi, Lara. Thanks for checking in! LefcentrerightTalk (plz ping) 11:26, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks for answering :) How long have you been here on Wikipedia? Do you edit here full-time? Sounds like a cool and important thing to do. I'm considering devoting more time to Wikipedia if I like it. Lara Vichnezka (talk) 14:50, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
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Tagging of Daily Lokaai
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Review Submission
Hi, I have edited the Draft:Amit Bhadana (Youtuber). Please review. Perhaps you will find the overview of the article like an advertisement, but if you like it, please correct it, I have done a lot of research by writing the article. If there are two sources of Hindi news website in the article, please do not declare it. If you accept this article, I will appreciate you. I hope so from you Hindu Viki (talk) 14:19, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
- @Hindu Viki: Hi, I moved it to mainspace because I believe it was properly cited and indeed notable. It is written in a way more encyclopedic manner than the other article I declined. Also, don't worry if some of your sources are in another language, it can just be translated. Thanks. LefcentrerightTalk (plz ping) 15:07, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
@User:Lefcentreright, Thank you for accepting the article. But the article why the link is not visible on the search engine. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hindu Viki (talk • contribs) 15:15, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
- @Hindu Viki: I moved it to Amit Bhadana (comedian). LefcentrerightTalk (plz ping) 15:20, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
Lefcentreright, just as a heads-up, articles and drafts about Amit Bhadana have been deleted many times and recreated by a large number of paid sockpuppets – it is not a coincidence that Amit Bhadana is create protected, as is Draft:Amit Bhadana. Hindu Viki is definitely one of the sockpuppets, there are a lot of overlaps with previous sockpuppets of Swarup Kumar Solanki. This is not a comment on your edits or your AfC approval of the draft, of course. None of us can be aware of all the paid socks around. I just wanted to explain why I have placed a UPE tag on it. Best, --bonadea contributions talk 18:56, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
- @Bonadea: Hi, there. Thanks for notifying me about this development. I was a bit naive and should've seen the red flags. Regards, LefcentrerightTalk (plz ping) 19:08, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
- @Bonadea: I see a bunch of IP editors have been removing the notability and paid edit tags and adding spammy references to the article. Are they possibly also sockpuppets? Regards, LefcentrerightTalk (plz ping) 17:56, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
Copyright Infringement Amer Jamil
Hi there,
In regards to the speedy deletion you put on this article.
I was just wondering if there were any particular parts of the article which you thought I should review more thoroughly in terms of copyright infringement? I'm addressing the issues now and hopefully will soon remove any instances of this. If you let me know which bits in particular I'll be sure to look into those bits in greater detail.
Thanks!
Edit: I have now removed any potential copyright infringement, please do let me know if there's anything else you think I've missed out. Thank you again for pointing this out I really do appreciate it!
Usmanaq (talk) 15:28, 4 June 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Usmanaq (talk • contribs) 14:31, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
- @Usmanaq: Hi, there. You should've read Wikipedia:Copyrights and additional guidelines to know that you are supposed to write information you gathered on the web in your OWN WORDS, not directly copy/paste it onto an article. LefcentrerightTalk (plz ping) 15:38, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
- @Lefcentreright: Apologies, it was a mistake on my behalf in terms of copy pasting the wrong thing, but I'll certainly go and have another read of the copyright guidelines again! Usmanaq (talk) 15:48, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
SACP
So according to your level of editing and the experience that you have aquired in this field, it is fine with you that an Organisation such as the SACP, it's Central Committee Members must not be published in the Article of the SACP. The only important once are the veterans and secretaries of that organisation, last I checked the catations where used such as the organisational, governmental wabsite etc. So I am asking what lead to the delatation of that information.
I am asking because you seem to be most focus on South African Politics and Politicians. So probably you will inlighten me.Tefo S Radebe (talk) 15:38, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
@Tefo S Radebe: Hi, there. It looked a bit cluttered so I moved it all to Central Committee of the South African Communist Party to make it easier to navigate. On the main article, I would prefer to see the key leadership, such as General Secretaries and Chairpersons, and not lists of Central Committee members. Thanks, LefcentrerightDiscuss 16:09, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
Commons
Sorry to see you retire from Commons. Hope you come back some time in the future - FWIW the rules can be frustrating but I find it more mellow than WP. Gbawden (talk) 07:25, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
- Hi, Gbawden. Thanks for messaging me. I haven't retired from Commons. All is well. I mean, I've been trying to categorise all those pictures in the Commons category "Politicians of South Africa". I just wanted fewer pictures of me to be on Commons. I did not expect that to be a sign of me retiring. Best, LefcentrerightDiscuss 08:31, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
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Bloemfontein as judicial capital
Your disruptive reverts of cited information are not helpful. Furthermore South Africa's constitution came into effect in 1996, and it doesn't contain the word "Bloemfontein" so your reason for the last revert is dubious~.Park3r (talk) 14:49, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
- Your supposed cited information is incorrect. Look here. Also, the constitution came into effect on 4 February 1997. Dispute this? Look here LefcentrerightDiscuss 15:16, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
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edits reverted on knysna
my edits on Knysna were just been reverted, what did i do wrongs? thanks baronaccounter
- Hi, there. Your edits contained a copyright violation. Best, Lefcentreright Talk | Contribs | Global 11:13, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
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Hello. Did you mean to undo more than the removal of some spaces in this edit? Number 57 23:35, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
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