User talk:Sergecross73/Archive 109

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2024).

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Guideline and policy news

• Following an RFC, the policy on restoration of adminship has been updated. All former administrators may now only regain the tools following a request at the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard within 5 years of their most recent admin action. Previously this applied only to administrators deysopped for inactivity.
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• Technical volunteers can now register for the 2025 Wikimedia Hackathon, which will take place in Istanbul, Turkey. Application for travel and accommodation scholarships is open from November 12 to December 10, 2024.

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Yasuke (formerly titled Backlash to diversity and inclusion) has been closed.
• An arbitration case titled Palestine-Israel articles 5 has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case will close on 14 December.

The IP user with nonsensical edit summaries and a particular focus on media franchises is back. See here. Would you prefer if I just post these in your running vandalism discussions? soetermans. ^{↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK} 21:33, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Blocked. Either works equally fine. Sergecross73 msg me 00:24, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Hello Sergecross73: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 02:04, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 02:04, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! Same to you!! Sergecross73 msg me 13:30, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

Hello Sergecross73: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 01:51, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Thank you!! Sergecross73 msg me 22:38, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Hello Sergecross73: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Left guide (talk) 22:02, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! It was good working with you on Wikipedia this year! Sergecross73 msg me 22:39, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Hi Sergecross73,

There's no Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources entry for YahooEntertainment, but the entry for Yahoo News notes: "Take care with syndicated content, which varies from highly reliable sources to very unreliable sources. Syndicated content should be evaluated as you would evaluate the original source. Syndicated content will have the original source's name and/or logo at the top." The Yahoo content on Rodrigo appears to come directly from theblast.com, which does not have a Reliable sources entry, and which did not confirm the story with Rodrigo's representatives. The Independent "reached out to Rodrigo’s representatives for comment," but does not appear to have done any additional source-checking. Newsweek questioned the story and appears not to have updated or corrected its initial story.

This is pretty flimsy stuff. It's essentially a rumor that got reported as an unconfirmed fact. I'm new here, so I will defer to your judgment. But at the very least, please remove the word "posthumously" from the Olivia Rodrigo entry!

In other, more important news, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! Don Q314 (talk) 15:06, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

That's fair, you can remove it if you want, I didn't realize how flimsy that one was (I didn't write that entry.) And same to you, Happy Holidays and New Year! Sergecross73 msg me 15:59, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

Sergecross73,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Novellasyes (talk) 15:20, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

   Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Novellasyes (talk) 15:20, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, same to you! Sergecross73 msg me 15:26, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

Hello there! Look sorry for bothering you right now but since you're a Wikipedia admin, i wanted to consult you regarding these gameplay image files that i've uploaded:

1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SFC_Spriggan_Powered.png

2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PCE_SG_Aldynes_(Aldynes_-_The_Misson_Code_for_Rage_Crisis).png

3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TG-CD_(TD)_Syd_Mead%27s_Terraforming_(Terraforming).png

4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PS1_Gaia_Seed_-_Project_Seed_Trap.png

5) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PCE_Coryoon_(Coryoon_-_Child_of_Dragon).png

I uploaded those gameplay image files to provide visual aid as to how the game plays. However, User:Iruka13 placed tags indicating that they're being used as decorative purposes that does not provide nothing to the article as it lacks sources talking about the games, even though i had to salvage them by finding reviews for it, which more than enough have commentary to support the usage of the image files. I don't know if it's a new rule and i don't have any issues if it was just one file but five in a day is a bit overkill in my opinion. Again, sorry for bothering you but i wanted to let you know about this issue. Have a good day and happy new year! Roberth Martinez (talk) 19:28, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

It's no bother at all. So, I'm not an image expert per se, but I do believe that other editor is technically correct. But I also think it can be pretty easily salvaged by simply adding some sourced content to the gameplay articles, as the images themselves are (as far as I can tell) good representations of gameplay otherwise. Sergecross73 msg me 21:28, 3 January 2025 (UTC)