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- The link in question is the official music video of the song in question. NYC Guru (talk) 07:48, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
Quick question[edit]
No implications being made here but is this your first account? Some of your activity is unusual for an account a couple days old. Lots of users edit as IPs before creating an account so just wondered if this was the case. Thanks in advance. Glen 08:44, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
- @Glen: yes, I've been editing as IP but I finally decided to make an account and build an edit history. The IPs I edited from constantly change and I travel a lot, but rest assured i am here to be a constructive editor. NYC Guru (talk) 21:40, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
Nomination of Synagogue of Deal for deletion[edit]
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- @Alansohn: I notice, but the article has been improved to the point that the AFD discussion already has 4 keep votes. NYC Guru (talk) 21:37, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
- All credit to those who expanded the article. It looks likely to be retained. Alansohn (talk) 22:02, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
- I already watching it. NYC Guru (talk) 22:51, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
- Hi, I left a note on your Commons page. Could you take a clearer picture of the synagogue in the daytime? Also, since the article has been significantly expanded, perhaps you could also take an interior picture, if not of the sanctuary then at least the lobby? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 11:01, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: I'll be happy to supply more images. I never thought to the that so many editors with be interested in expanding the article. NYC Guru (talk) 19:09, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks. I also nominated it for a main page appearance at Did You Know? Yoninah (talk) 20:15, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
- I already watching it. NYC Guru (talk) 22:51, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
- All credit to those who expanded the article. It looks likely to be retained. Alansohn (talk) 22:02, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
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DYK for Synagogue of Deal[edit]
On 18 August 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Synagogue of Deal, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that three 200-year-old Persian Torah scrolls were gifted to the Synagogue of Deal (pictured), a Syrian Jewish congregation in New Jersey, at its dedication in 1973? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Synagogue of Deal. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Synagogue of Deal), 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.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:01, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
- Wow! Over 4,300 clicks! Yoninah (talk) 16:50, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
- @Yoninah:, I never thought it would become that good. Thanks for your help, Yoninah. NYC Guru (talk) 09:16, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
- The picture added a lot of interest. Your article also inspired me to write another article about a Sephardi congregation in Philadelphia, Beit Harambam Congregation. Do you ever get over there to take pictures? Best, Yoninah (talk) 12:11, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
- @Yoninah:, I'm afraid not. I was able to get the pics of Synagogue of Deal because I'm staying in NJ near that neighborhood for the Summer, but I unable to take a picture for the other one. You'll have to try and find pics on a search engine. NYC Guru (talk) 22:58, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
- OK. Well, if you want to take pictures of any of the other synagogues in Deal and add them to Syrian Jewish communities of the United States, that would be helpful. We could even start articles about them! Best, Yoninah (talk) 18:03, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
- @Yoninah:, I can tell you that I updated a pic of the Synagogue of Deal's interior sanctuary. Take a look and compare it to the old version an you'll notice the difference. NYC Guru (talk) 05:42, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
- OK. Well, if you want to take pictures of any of the other synagogues in Deal and add them to Syrian Jewish communities of the United States, that would be helpful. We could even start articles about them! Best, Yoninah (talk) 18:03, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
- @Yoninah:, I'm afraid not. I was able to get the pics of Synagogue of Deal because I'm staying in NJ near that neighborhood for the Summer, but I unable to take a picture for the other one. You'll have to try and find pics on a search engine. NYC Guru (talk) 22:58, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
- The picture added a lot of interest. Your article also inspired me to write another article about a Sephardi congregation in Philadelphia, Beit Harambam Congregation. Do you ever get over there to take pictures? Best, Yoninah (talk) 12:11, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
- @Yoninah:, I never thought it would become that good. Thanks for your help, Yoninah. NYC Guru (talk) 09:16, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
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AfD[edit]
Hello NYC Guru, in cases like this were a user is repeatedly recreating his autobiography, discussing it at AfD usually doesn't lead to them realizing they're not notable. There's also very little to discuss since the article doesn't really make any claim of significance, and sources don't exist. – Thjarkur (talk) 09:20, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
- Also a tip to make nominations easier: If you go to Preferences > Gadgets and turn on Twinkle, nominating articles for deletion is much easier. The third step of adding this nomination to the log was missing, but I'll add it there for you. – Thjarkur (talk) 09:24, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
- @Þjarkur: Thanks for the advice. I only sent it to AFD because it appeared the automated notices were not getting through to this person. Now that the article will be deleted by consensus, the create/delete cycle will be put to bed and the AFD can be referred to in any further speedy deletions should it be re-posted after this closes. NYC Guru (talk) 11:44, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
Leaving Brooklyn?[edit]
@Fuhghettaboutit:! It's a safe bet this person is from Brooklyn, but did you try to spell your name as on the sign only to find it was alrady used? NYC Guru (talk) 02:14, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
- Yep, it was a safe bet; I write back from Brooklyn. (May I assume you're somewhere in the five boroughs as well?) There are many ways to spell it. It started as a running joke between friends with exaggerated emulation of older relatives and their go-to expressions, became an internet handle, but I literally can't remember anymore if when I signed up I tried other spellings or not. How'd you happen across my userpage?--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:29, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Fuhghettaboutit:, I review my watchlist from time to time are I noticed you edit one of the articles. Yeah, I'm from Brooklyn too. NYC Guru (talk) 02:49, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
Issue with the bots template on your talk page[edit]
Hi,
I see you're using the "bots" template. Specifically, "bots|deny". This talk page is listed as using the template incorrectly. I think if you don't want any (compliant) bots to edit this page, you need to change "bots|deny" to just "nobots". I don't want to make this change myself in case that's not actually your intention.
Regards, DesertPipeline (talk) 14:34, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
- @DesertPipeline:. Done. Thanks for the heads-up. NYC Guru (talk) 11:48, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
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Your RFA[edit]
Hi, I have reverted your edit adding Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/NYC Guru to the main RFA page. It is not ready for transclusion yet, you have to answer the 3 standard questions and properly format the page before transcluding it. At just 600 edits, you would most likely fail and get closed quickly as WP:NOTNOW. But if you still insist, take a look at some of the recent RFAs to see how it is prepared. Thanks. ಮಲ್ನಾಡಾಚ್ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣೊ (talk) 10:51, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
- Agreed that you are not ready for adminship yet, and your RfA would only cause stress to you and waste time for others. Even your nomination has errors in it which show that you are not ready: "experience dictates that it's not about quality of edits, but quantity so it would be silly to reject me based on edit count alone." Surely you mean the reverse of what you wrote there? " I even had one of my synagogue articles evolve into featured article status: Synagogue of Deal. " That article is C-Class, far removed from FA. Fram (talk) 10:59, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
- Also: " I've had a passion for editing bible articles since I joined. Many of my bible edits cite anomalies in the bible text. " None of your most recent mainspace edits (only 100 in the last 2 years[1]) seem to match this description? If your nom has so many errors or problematic statements, it only goes to show your lack of experience: insisting that it is allowed to run for 7 days anyway comes across as arrogance, just wanting an editor review instead of actually believing that your RfA has any chance of passing. This is not really appreciated by most RfA regulars. Fram (talk) 11:05, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
- @Fram: I'm pretty sure many others will share your sediments and if you want to oppose on that, you have every right do that. I've addressed that at the top of the nom. I think many editors waist more time vandalising wikipedia than this so there's no reason to be concerned. I take being bold very seriously and to say it's arrogance is mistaken. 100 accounts for a fifth of what I did, so remember it's quality not quantity. NYC Guru (talk) 11:07, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
- Not going to pile on the RFA, but did you read Wikipedia:Advice for RfA candidates before going ahead with this? ಮಲ್ನಾಡಾಚ್ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣೊ (talk) 11:31, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
- @Fram: I'm pretty sure many others will share your sediments and if you want to oppose on that, you have every right do that. I've addressed that at the top of the nom. I think many editors waist more time vandalising wikipedia than this so there's no reason to be concerned. I take being bold very seriously and to say it's arrogance is mistaken. 100 accounts for a fifth of what I did, so remember it's quality not quantity. NYC Guru (talk) 11:07, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
Hi NYC Guru! Your recent RfA was closed pretty soon, despite you having asked to keep it open for the full seven days in order to get community input. I'm not entirely sure if hundreds of opposes and no support except for the few strictly moral support !votes that you would indubitably have gotten is really what you would have wanted, and so perhaps it's good that the RfA was closed early after all. Nevertheless, since I already wrote most of it by the time your RfA was closed, I will post my input here at your talk.
The fact that you seem to believe that the way to change our practices regarding blocking is to become an admin shows that you have a very inaccurate idea of what it involves to be an admin, which is to implement the consensus of the community about what should be done, not to unilaterally determine what should be done. Inaccurately describing a C-class article which you contributed 6% to as an FA and citing this as your best contribution further shows that you are completely unfamiliar with how things work here and what truly constitutes a valuable contribution (i.e. how difficult it is to really write an actual FA). The fact that you cite "editing bible articles" as your main interest also raises serious concerns with regard to competency, since anyone who is familiar with the scholarly literature on the Bible would know that this word is always capitalized.
I'd dare say this goes beyond WP:NOTNOW (which says you are welcome to reapply in a few months when you have more experience) and ventures into the territory where I would advise you not to return to RfA at all, or at least not before having edited quasi daily for a few years in a wide range of back areas in the project. Wikipedia is great not because of its ~500 active admins, but because of the thousands upon thousands of people who contribute in small ways. That's to say, Wikipedia is based on very effective crowdsourcing, and I sincerely believe that you would be much better off taking satisfaction in simply remaining a part of that crowd. Regards, ☿ Apaugasma (talk ☉) 13:47, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
- @Apaugasma:, Thanks for the input, but seriously I do intend to become an admin someday. I don't have to luxury of being able to edit every day do to real life issues, I'm certainly hoping to address the issues put forth next time in maybe 2500 to 5000 edits. NYC Guru (talk) 15:56, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
Forgive me for being blunt, but there are some things that need to be said;
- First, it is blatantly clear that you didn't read this, which appeared on your screen when you added your RfA to WP:RFA. Had you done so, you would have understood a few things.
- One of the pages that links to, and asks you to read, is Wikipedia:Advice for RfA candidates. That clearly says, in a rather prominent box,
"most RfAs that fail nowadays do so simply because candidates did not read the instructions and advice pages."
. Had you read that, you would have realized that you needed to invest the time to understand exactly what it was you were doing, and how to proceed. Yet, you didn't. - You botched your creation of the RfA [2],
- couldn't figure out how to fix it [3],
- and were still confused about how to do this [4].
- For reference, you should have been reading Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Nominate. Had you read the advice provided to you, you would have known that. You didn't.
- Despite this, you proceeded ahead with your RfA anyway, and someone had to fix the edit you made to RfA [5].
- Off to a poor start, you were then upset the RfA was closed before you wanted it to be, and you voted in support of yourself [6] when the RfA was already closed.
- Further, you then attempted to ping editors back to the now closed RfA in the hopes of continuing discussion [7] but didn't realize that your pings didn't work. Had you read the documentation at {{ping}}, you would have known that
"notification will work successfully only if you sign your post in the same edit in which you use this template."
. But, you didn't read that either. - Now we're at Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/NYC Guru, where you are apparently wanting to continue discussion about you, in hopes of improving.
I want to be clear here; I am not laying this all out to make you feel bad or in any way insult your behavior. That is most emphatically not my intent. My intent is to make it absolutely clear to you that the way in which you handled this was unequivocally wrong. Understand, WP:RFA is NOT editor review. Keeping your RfA open until you had a set number of opposes or more is not the intent. The intent is to find appropriate candidates to become administrators. If it were editor review, then leaving it open for a set period might make sense. Another person directed you to Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Optional RfA candidate poll. But, even that is not editor review. After you've been here a couple more years, and gotten considerably more experience (which is not judged by edit counts, but by demonstration of your experience), you might consider using that tool instead of attempting another RfA. My advice to you;
- Stop worrying about feedback on your recently closed RfA. It's closed, and that's the end of it.
- Do read appropriate Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines when venturing into a new area of Wikipedia.
- Ask questions of people who are more experienced in areas unfamiliar to you.
- It's ok to make mistakes; just make new ones.
- Try. By that I mean Wikipedia:Ignore all rules. Obviously don't be disruptive, but do try.
- Being an administrator is NOT a goal for someone to have on the project. It's not a prestigious posting. It's a steaming pile of refuse that has to be dealt with by experienced users who have gained the trust of the community. The true power users on the project are the editors themselves, like you. Becoming an admin is something that you might realize you need to have in order to more efficiently do work that you're already doing on the project. It's not the other way around.
If you need help, let me know. I'll be happy to answer your questions. Just, if you {{ping}} me, make sure you add your signature in the same post! :) All the best, --Hammersoft (talk) 19:20, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
- +1 to everything that Hammersoft has said - this is solid advice. Girth Summit (blether) 21:08, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
@Hammersoft:, it's easy for you to say since you've become one. makes me wonder why you wanted to become one in the first place. NYC Guru (talk) 02:04, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
- See my answer to Q7 on my RfA. And, it's not easy for me to say. Being an admin sucks at times. Really sucks. --Hammersoft (talk) 02:53, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
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One editor, one vote[edit]
You cast two votes at this AfD. I've struck your second. Each editor gets one vote at any given AfD. You're welcome to amend or add to your original vote, but you cannot make two bolded votes in the same AfD. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 17:46, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
You closed this AFD two days early. Since this required admin attention to complete the deletion, per WP:BADNAC you should not have SNOW closed it. Do you have a reason to act outside of policy? - UtherSRG (talk) 12:12, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
- besides the early closure, I'm not sure if non-admins are allowed to close discussions as deleted. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 13:21, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
@UtherSRG: There was a clear consensus to delete. Even if it would have went 2 days more, it still would have likely been deleted. NYC Guru (talk) 06:36, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
- But you (or I) can't delete an article, and thus we are not allowed to close AfDs as "delete" no matter how obvious the outcome is. Closing early should rarely be done, it has been long decided that 7 days is the minimum length to give enough people a chance to give their opinion and more importantly look for sources, which isn't always easy. But even in those cases where seven days aren't needed, you still may not close it if the outcome is delete. Please keep that in mind in the future. Fram (talk) 08:35, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
Feb 15: WikiWednesday Salon in Brooklyn[edit]
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The Magic Box (TV show) moved to draftspace[edit]
An article you recently created, The Magic Box (TV show), is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more in-depth coverage about the subject itself, with citations from reliable, independent sources in order to show it meets WP:GNG. It should have at least three. And please remember that interviews, as primary sources, do not count towards GNG.(?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page.Onel5969 TT me 13:55, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
Mar 8: WikiWednesday Salon by Grand Central[edit]
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