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Your submission at Articles for creation: Luke Toki (January 3)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Robert McClenon was:
This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.
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This draft, as written, does not appear to indicate that the appropriate notability criterion is satisfied. In particular, this draft does not appear to indicate that WP:NBIO is satisfied. If one of the criteria is satisfied, please revise this draft appropriately, with a reliable source, if necessary stating on the talk page or in AFC comments which criterion is met, and resubmit. It is the responsibility of the submitter to show that a subject satisfies a notability criterion.

You may ask for advice about the notability criteria at the Teahouse.

In particular, see and refer to WP:NBIO for notability, which is the guideline that the subject should be evaluated against.

The added material is More Of The Same and does not appear to establish notability.
Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.
Robert McClenon (talk) 07:12, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

Australian Survivor numbering system

Hello! Are there any citations for the claim that Charlie Parsons prefers the Wikpedia/Castaway Productions numbering system for Australian Survivor? This numbering system is extremely confusing for new or recent Australian viewers as well as for viewers coming to the show from Paramount Plus. The 2002 and 2006 renditions are not even widely available anymore. I believe there should at least be some acknowledgement of the different numbering systems or the confusion caused by this at the top of each season's page, not merely in a citation or footnote.

I have not used a talk page before, so apologies for any errors in decorum.

Soupcat (talk) 20:54, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

@Soupcat: Hi Soupcat, this is the reference which is linked in the Australian Survivor article.
I understand that this could be confusing to some newer viewers although seeking consensus on the article talk page before making significant or potentially controversial changes is necessary. For more info on talk pages, see H:TALK, WP:TALKPAGE or WP:TPG. Happily888 (talk) 05:18, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

That reference link leads to a 404 error. Soupcat (talk) 21:09, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

@Soupcat: See here for an archived version. Happily888 (talk) 00:34, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

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Concern regarding Draft:Alli Simpson

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Your draft article, Draft:Alli Simpson

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Hey Happily888

Happily888, can you please link SBS TV (South Korean TV channel) on Korean articles on the English Wikipedia that currently link to SBS TV. I already asked Liz and she said she was busy doing admin work and I want to thank you. From Bas. Bassie f (talk) 06:56, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Bassie f: {{done}}. Any reason why you were unable to do this, or was it just time? Happily888 (talk) 06:12, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
So many articles. Bassie f (talk) 06:15, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
Ok, thanks!! Happily888 (talk) 06:16, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
I fixed some of them and you did others Bassie f (talk) 06:28, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
Will you do the same thing on user pages? Bassie f (talk) 09:50, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
As many of the user pages are WP:ARCHIVES, it may be better and easier to just leave them. They are user's WP:OWNTALK pages afterall. Happily888 (talk) 10:42, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
Leave them because they might fix the link. Bassie f (talk) 21:38, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Luke Toki (July 4)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Robert McClenon was:
This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.
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This draft has been resubmitted without any visible improvement, or with very little improvement. If you do not know what is needed to improve this draft, please ask for advice rather than making minor improvements and resubmitting.

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This draft, as written, does not appear to indicate that the appropriate notability criterion is satisfied. In particular, this draft does not appear to indicate that WP:NBIO is satisfied. If one of the criteria is satisfied, please revise this draft appropriately, with a reliable source, if necessary stating on the talk page or in AFC comments which criterion is met, and resubmit. It is the responsibility of the submitter to show that a subject satisfies a notability criterion.

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Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.
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You forgot to create the article 2023 in Australian television yesterday

Dear, @Happily888

You forgot to create the article 2023 in Australian television yesterday, so can you please create the article using formatting from 2022 in Australian television soon or tomorrow because there's already 5 2023 in television articles. From Bas. Bassie f (talk) 23:27, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Also in our timezone (GMT+11), yesterday was New Year’s Day Bassie f (talk) 23:28, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
{{Done}}: Bassie, just a reminder that you could always be WP:BOLD and start a new article, (or if you'd prefer, to create a draft or userspace draft) yourself. Happily888 (talk) 02:47, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
Thanks Happily888 Bassie f (talk) 04:13, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

Hey Happily888, can you please do what's in the description

Hey Happily888, can you please check what linked to Nine (Southern Cross Austereo) and Southern Cross Nine prior to August 2022, when I edited some articles that linked to both redirects and what articles still don't link to both. Both are redirects to 10 (Southern Cross Austereo). From Bas. Bassie f (talk) 04:29, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

Also, Happily888, can you please list them in number format like this:
1. (Article)
2. (Article)
3. (Article)
4. (Article) Bassie f (talk) 04:33, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
{{Done}} Bassie f: Sorry, but I'm unsure why you're asking me to do this, and don't have the time to do this for you currently. You would be able to do this manually by just going through your contributions or using the WhatLinksHere tool.
In future, try reading WP:BEBOLD first and I would also recommend that you would please try do the edits you want to do yourself first – if they are reverted or someone brings the edit up on your talk page, then you can discuss it or ask for help. Happily888 (talk) 11:45, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
I will do it myself per WP:BOLD Bassie f (talk) 20:08, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
So, it turns out the articles Deniliquin, TNQ, Drouin, Victoria, Canowindra, User:The Strikester/Userboxes/Southern Cross 10, QTQ, Cooma, Parkes, New South Wales, WTFN, Ballarat, SGS/SCN, Broken Hill, TDT (TV station), State Focus, Sharyn Ghidella, Canberra, Colac, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory, Southern Cross Media Group, Rockhampton, Rockhampton City, Queensland and CTC (TV station) did link to Southern Cross Nine or Nine (Southern Cross Austereo) prior to August 2021 and now link to GLV/BCV, TNQ, 10 (Southern Cross Austereo), Southern Cross Ten or Southern Cross 10, thanks to me. I didn't count the articles that still link to Southern Cross Nine or Nine (Southern Cross Austereo), for example the Nine Network article has literally only 1 link to Nine (Southern Cross Austereo), prior to August 2022, a Nine (Southern Cross Austereo) link was also in the infobox of the Nine Network article. From Bas. Bassie f (talk) 01:48, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

Hey Happily888

Would you please retarget PrimeTV and other related redirects to Prime (disambiguation)#Television. From Bas. Bassie f (talk) 10:12, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi, I won't do this as I don't think this is necessary, as redirects should link to WP:PTOPICs (what a reader is most likely searching for) where possible and the redirects are, from my perspective, appropriately targeted already to the most likely related article that a reader would be searching for. The hatnote on Prime7 contains a link to the disambiguation page too, so the disambiguation page is easily accessible already if for some reason a user gets to the wrong article.
Of course, if you disagree with something on wikipedia and want to change it, please just be WP:BOLD and edit it. If you're unsure, just start a discussion on the article's talk page, rather than waiting for someone else to make edits or add content to articles you want to be changed. Happily888 (talk) 13:00, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

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Someone retargeted SBS TV to SBS TV (South Korean TV channel)

Can you please retarget it back to SBS#Broadcasting Happily888. Thanks for the help of retargeting all Korean articles with SBS TV in it to SBS TV (South Korean TV channel). From Bas Bassie f (talk) 20:34, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

I fixed it right now. Bassie f (talk) 20:42, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

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The explanation for this can be found in the Whitepapers Realm and commonwealth by Steven Spiers. Well worth the read for the truth of the commonwealth and the flag. 2001:8003:3810:EB00:C121:7B7F:66E1:4F23 (talk) 22:16, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

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"Julius" is not the name of the gens, otherwise it would have been titled Julius gens. Clarityfiend (talk) 19:43, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

No, Julia gens refers to the Roman family, which is used by members as the stem of their name "Julius" – Julia gens#Members. If you had read that article, you would have seen how they were clearly linked and how it is a better target for the "Julius" redirect. The name "Julius" inherently refers to, for most users, a member of the Roman family, rather than the large number of people found at Julius (name) which are much more ambiguous and are much less detailed in terms of information. Happily888 (talk) 23:11, 17 November 2022 (UTC) (also, see my comment on RM discussion.)

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