User talk:JalenBarks
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Regarding page reviewer
Thank you to everyone who recommended I try out the New Page Reviewer right, however, I have opted not to make it permanent nor do I intend on returning to it for as long as this message is up. New page reviewing doesn't seem to make sense to me given all I've ever used it for (mostly) was page reviewing redirects following bad article attempts. Even that part of Wikipedia has given me a small amount of stress, and I've had to back away from disputes to avoid making that stress worse.
In short, it doesn't make sense to me to keep a user right if I know I'm not going to use it as frequently, especially given I might leave Wikipedia within the next few years. Jalen Folf (talk) 18:44, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
- Hi. I was coming here to leave a message to you regarding NPP, and saw this. Too bad, we could use quality folks over there, but I definitely understand about the stress. Thanks for all you do. Onel5969 TT me 15:21, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
Essential Mix
Hey,
Reaching out as you mentioned that a list of Essential Mix shows should not be listed on Wiki in ANY form.
IF the BBC website has a list of these shows, which it does as I have seen these dated on the bbc archival website, are you then saying this is not sufficient information to be linked to this Essential Mix page?
Thanks, James1Bus3 (talk) 01:34, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- As Essential Mix is run on BBC, it is considered a WP:PRIMARY source. We need reliable WP:THIRDPARTY sources for inclusion. Further, the concerns raised at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Essential Mix episodes needs to be addressed. Jalen Barks (Woof) 03:49, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- I see, okay - fair do's, I also see there is no list on Wiki of , say the show - Just a Minute, so I guess this is fair , if Wiki cannot have a list of shows of this show and Just a Minute. All good. James1Bus3 (talk) 21:35, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
"If you need to contact JohnAdams1800, do it on Commons"
Do you think it would be worth it to check the IP address to see if it is JohnAdams1800? --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 15:05, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
- Unfortunately, I do not have the user rights to make this check. If you are suspicious of a connection, please open an investigation at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations. Jalen Barks (Woof) 15:06, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – June 2025
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2025).
Administrator changes
Interface administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- An RfC is open to determine whether the English Wikipedia community should adopt a position on AI development by the WMF and its affiliates.
Technical news
- A new feature called Multiblocks will be deployed on English Wikipedia on the week of June 2. See the relevant announcement on the administrators' noticeboard.
- History merges performed using the mergehistory special page are now logged at both the source and destination, rather than just the source as previously, after this RFC and the resolution of T118132.
Arbitration
- An arbitration case named Indian military history has been opened. Evidence submissions for this case close on 8 June.
Miscellaneous
- Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 17 June 2025. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!
- An Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in June 2025, with over 1,600 drafts awaiting review from the past two months. In addition to AfC participants, all administrators and new page patrollers can help review using the Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!
- The Unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in June 2025 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!
Speedy deletion declined: User:Arajiline/sandbox
Hello JalenBarks. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of User:Arajiline/sandbox, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: article drafts and notes are a valid use of user space. Thank you. Whpq (talk) 19:03, 6 June 2025 (UTC)
Rollback Use
Hi JalenBarks. When you use rollback, please make sure that you are following WP:ROLLBACKUSE and are only reverting very obvious vandalism or edits where the reason for reversion is absolutely clear. In this edit you didn't provide an edit summary or an explanation for why the changes weren't helpful. In [1] you didn't explain why the United States should not be listed in the infobox, especially when there was a source in the article that said that the film was released in the United States by Hulu. Regarding this AIV Report, while the editor may have made edits that didn't improve the articles they visited, from an outside look it appears to be disruptive editing rather than blatant and obvious vandalism and should have been reported elsewhere to a place like WP:ANI. Just some things to keep in mind for the future. Fathoms Below (talk) 20:37, 10 June 2025 (UTC)