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Someone known as Queen Of Hearts "blocked" me...Billy Rebel. I am a member since 2008!!! The block is according to " Queen" that l am "advertising"...!!!! Nonsense. I do my best to add information for readers. Unblock me...it was rude to do that.

(Originally asked at Wikipedia Talk:Administrators yesterday) With WP:A is there an agreed upon time-frame without actions that would define an admin as "inactive" or is it based on feels?- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 10:22, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

@FusionSub See Wikipedia:Inactive administrators,

An inactive administrator is one who had made less than 100 changes or administrative actions combined within the past calendar year. Editors who have zero edits in a 12 month period will also be considered inactive.

Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ツ} 10:35, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

I know the policy with the removal an inactive admin's rights but WP:A uses a different criteria when categorising the admins into the active-semi active-inactive categories.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 10:37, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

oh, okay Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ツ} 10:38, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

@FusionSub: it probably depends on the user's activity in other projects - for example, if someone is a steward, they cannot be active only on simplewiki due to responsibilities in other projects. It is similar if someone is an admin in several projects at once. And that's why such an administrator is semi-active here. BZPN (talk) 14:53, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

The way I see it: active is when they have tens or hundreds of recent edits/actions in the past few months. Semi-active is when they have some edit/actions in past few months. Inactive is when they have no edits/actions in past few months. BRP ^ever 15:00, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

But is there any roughly agreed upon time frames? If I take your wording at face value I get the feeling the answer is closer to feels.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 20:03, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

Maybe it's worth just asking one of the people who is listed, for example, as semi-active? @Bsadowski1, could you please help explain this (if it's not a problem for you) as you are listed as semi-active? BZPN (talk) 20:17, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

Bsadowski is a steward, so he has probably a lot of work to do so it very reasonable. Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ツ} 07:51, 20 February 2025 (UTC)

I don't think I'm gonna get a concrete answer (and to be honest I don't think anybody has a concrete answer) so I'll just use my definition and discretion if/when I edit the admin list.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 10:13, 21 February 2025 (UTC)

Which is? Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ツ} 10:15, 21 February 2025 (UTC)

I will assume you are asking about my definition of "inactive admin" which is 3 months with 0 edits/actions.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 10:16, 21 February 2025 (UTC)

ok Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ツ} 10:17, 21 February 2025 (UTC)

I think less than 100 edits/admin actions in the last 12 months could be a decent benchmark for activity of admin. It would, however, be significantly higher than the equivalent on enwiki, which is:

1. Has made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least a 12-month period
2. Has made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period.

Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:22, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

That is also tied into the removal of admin rights, but basically it's 100 edits in 5 years, or no actions at all in the last year. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:23, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

@Lee Vilenski: Simple English already has a policy for removal of inactive admins (<100 edits/logged actions in one calendar year, or 0 over a 12 month period), see WP:Inactive administrators. 2601:644:8184:F2F0:4C62:E0B:70C2:2EA1 (talk) 17:26, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

When I used to update the admin pages, my rule of thumb was if their edits on there last 50 edits went back 3 months then I considered them semi-active and moved them over. However, if an admin objected to that I wouldn't move them. Inactive was no edits/actions in 3 months. -Djsasso (talk) 12:42, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

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Sadly I have seen a lot of articles with either social media sites or IMDb (Internet Movie Database). And we all know that those are not reliable sources for Wikipedia, we need reliable sources of info for Wikipedia, to make the article more readable and reliable. So let's cast a vote, should we just blacklist IMDb all together? Thanks, - Adelaide P. Johnson— Preceding unsigned comment added by Adelaideslement8723 (talk • contribs) 19:44, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

As a source, it generally shouldn't be used. There are a couple of areas where it can be considered a reliable source though, see w:WP:CITEIMDB. It does make for a helpful Other website link for movies and actors. I would be against blacklisting. Ravensfire (talk) 19:48, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

No, we certainly cannot do this for two reasons:

1. Although IMDB cannot be a source, links to IMDB often constitute a valuable addition to the content of the article for the reader (in the "Other websites" section),
2. You cannot add any website to the blacklist as long as it appears in the content - you must first remove all links from the articles (failure to remove links and put them on the blacklist means that the pages will be blocked from editing, because the system will detect them as abuses).

BZPN (talk) 19:50, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

IMBd cannot be a reliable source, I have seen what IMDb is like, I know what the website is about. 𝓐𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓭𝓮 ^{(𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴 ♡ 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓫𝓼)} 19:52, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

Yes, we know that, as Ravensfire mentioned above. BZPN (talk) 19:53, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

IMDB can be a reliable source, but only in a few circumstances (and really only for writing credits).

1. The writing credits marked with "WGA" that are supplied directly by the Writers Guild of America (where applicable). For released films, citations are typically not necessary because the film itself is implied to be the primary source.
2. The MPA ratings reasons, where they appear, that are supplied directly by the Motion Picture Association.

The second one is basically useless, the first can be helpful at times. Ravensfire (talk) 22:09, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

Right... Well I guess that makes sense, but why do editors add IMDb when they know it is not reliable? 𝓐𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓭𝓮 ^{(𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴 ♡ 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓫𝓼)} 19:56, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

Maybe these editors don't know the rules, or they are new, etc. It's best to ask them yourself. BZPN (talk) 19:59, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

Okay, that makes a whole ton of sense, thanks for explaining 𝓐𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓭𝓮 ^{(𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴 ♡ 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓫𝓼)} 20:01, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

IMDb is not a reliable source, so it should not be used for claims made in articles. I personally avoid using the site in general, but many readers will probably find an external link to IMDb helpful. If we decide to blacklist it, we can still provide external links only via templates, like those listed at Template:IMDb, which can be drawn from entries at d:. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 20:11, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

Okay, makes sense, thanks! 𝓐𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓭𝓮 ^{(𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴 ♡ 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓫𝓼)} 20:11, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

Not sure if my comment is of any help here but blacklisting it would be mean it couldn't be used in the Other websites section which would be a problem as it tends to be useful there, I won't say the rest because you know the whole Citing IMDB thing :), (If you already knew all of what I've just said then my apologies), Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 20:23, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

@Davey2010:, see my above comment about using Wikidata. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 20:28, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

Good point I forgot about that, Still meh not really seeing a need to blacklist it –Davey2010^Talk 20:38, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

I'm not sure that I'm advocating it either, just explaining how it could be achieved fairly painlessly. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 20:39, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

We need to look through Justin Bieber and fact check it. It's riddled with vandalism and it's not easy to tell which edits were constructive and which were intentional falsehoods. For example, Braum presented to Bieber to two successful artists, including Billie Eilish who was about 6 years old at the time? TagUser (talk) 21:19, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

Hi @TagUser, I've since updated the article but I'm not entirely sure if what's there is still correct, I think it is, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 23:42, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

@Davey2010 That seems good, thank you! TagUser (talk) 21:13, 5 March 2025 (UTC)

The short description of the Bugatti Veyron is "hypersonic car"... how do I go about changing "Basic information" such that I can remove this tidbit? TheSaturnLover (talk) 03:43, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

@TheSaturnLover Go to the Wikidata item and change the description there. 2601:644:8184:F2F0:1805:E17C:9F3B:75BA (talk) 03:47, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, this bothered me a lot... no more :) TheSaturnLover (talk) 03:51, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Not ready to stay published (as of February 2025).
Please nominate (first) for Delete /AfD, any of the following 3,
Hawtai
Haima Automobile
M-Hero

Nissan S-Cargo
Nissan Be-1
Nissan Figaro (the last 3 seem fine for redirect to "Nissan", but Delete-talk seems to be the way to go, since redirect has been reverted).

Mitsubishi ASX
Mitsubishi Xforce
Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross (the last 3 seem fine for redirect to "Mitsubishi", but Delete-talk seems to be the way to go, since redirect has been reverted).

The following 5 seem fine for various redirects, but Delete-talk seems to be the way to go, since redirect has been reverted). Haima 7X
Haima 8S
Haima Automobile
Hawtai Terracan
Hanteng X5.

Ford Mondeo Sport, this one is probably easier to fix (for anyone), but Delete-talk seems to be the way to go (while i am busy fixing other articles). 2001:2020:347:A2A3:C87E:75AE:913A:677 (talk) 03:51, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

USERFY or Stubify, are alternatives (while i fix other articles). "Nuke" is last resort.--C. none of the articles are ready to stay published. 2001:2020:347:C6D3:B941:BF97:F8F:D5F9 (talk) 02:40, 2 March 2025 (UTC) /2001:2020:347:A2A3:C87E:75AE:913A:677

(See: https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saturn_ION&action=history)

I have read the article on what spam is... why might this be getting flagged as potential spam? And how do I ensure that it is known this is not spam? TheSaturnLover (talk) 23:57, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

@TheSaturnLover: I don't know why it was tagged, but you do need to categorize the article and include a references section. -- Auntof6 (talk) 01:38, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, these are good suggestions and I'll start applying them across all future articles I make, I didn't know to do this and it really brings the whole thing together :) TheSaturnLover (talk) 02:05, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

@TheSaturnLover: Sounds great! Let me know if you need any help categorizing. Also, you only need a references section if there are references in the article. -- Auntof6 (talk) 07:35, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

Walking stick, Cane, and Posture cane. If so, what should the title be? 207.62.246.71 (talk) 00:05, 27 February 2025 (UTC)

At English-wiki, the article is "Walking stick".--The other two, are not articles (there), it seems. 2001:2020:347:C6D3:C915:BE00:AD91:3BC8 (talk) 19:13, 1 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi, Just wondering; are articles here supposed to have {IPAc-en} in them ?, (Example: Zendaya /zɛnˈdeɪ.ə/;), I would consider these to be complex here but maybe that's just me ?, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 16:00, 3 March 2025 (UTC)

Complex - I sort of agree.--In theory, that thingy will be helpful to at least one person, over time..--I never use those, but i sometimes do online searches of "how to pronounce ...".--The question from user:Davey2010, reminds me of a way of doing things, which maybe is okay or maybe not:

simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=XPeng&diff=10113689&oldid=9922342
. If the Zendaya article had a similar link, then I would check out (or use) that link.--If my post is regarded as helpful, then fine. 2001:2020:355:AB0B:5D22:233D:8D4:6175 (talk) 19:02, 3 March 2025 (UTC)

I assume there are a lot of non-native English speakers who know IPA and read articles here, so it could be useful? Could anyone confirm this? 24.130.150.141 (talk) 19:10, 3 March 2025 (UTC)

2001, Exactly but is it helpful to the majority of readers or is it just helpful to say 5 out of 1000 readers? (I'm inclined to go with the latter)

24, I'm British/a Native English speaker and even I don't get it although we all know I'm not the sharpest tool in the box anyway :),

I have in the past ummed and arred whether to get rid but chose not to as I've never knew if these actually serve a purpose to anyone here, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 22:22, 3 March 2025 (UTC)

There's a recent error on {Infobox settlement}. The settlement_type parameter is supposed to be centred, but on mobile view, it is left-aligned instead. Example: London 166.107.163.31 (talk) 22:12, 3 March 2025 (UTC)

Category:Sonic the Hedgehog
It has two characters like Knuckles and Miles "Tails" Prower in the category, but it leads to the main article: Sonic the Hedgehog
I think they were merged to the main article, but my own article is about Tails, Tails (Sonic). So should those be removed since they were merged by any chance or am I wrong? Thanks! 𝓐𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓭𝓮 ^{(𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴 ♡ 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓫𝓼)} 22:40, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

@Adelaideslement8723 It doesn't look as if they are (or were in the past) merged. I think the redirects are just because they have not been created yet at the time. All you need to do is to change the redirect from Sonic the Hedgehog to the article you just created, and it is the same if you wanted to create an article about Knuckles. Happy editingǃ ⯎ Asteralee ⯎ 22:48, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

Oh okay, that makes total sense! Thanks and have a great day! :) 𝓐𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓭𝓮 ^{(𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴 ♡ 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓫𝓼)} 22:49, 4 March 2025 (UTC)