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Number of parties ARB thing

I might be able to lend some insight as I did get into the workshops that led to that arbitration enforcement change. There were, in the Israel / Palestine area, a few AE cases that were put up by a now-topic-banned editor with absolutely sweeping scope where several parties were named to a single AE action. I think those AE cases were found to be unwieldy in the extreme as, often, the evidence presented showed a variety of levels of sanctionability from some who had obviously violated arbitration remedies to those who had obviously not but who had been kind of swept up due to agreeing with some of the sanctionable editors.

My understanding is that this arbitration remedy was designed to prevent that scenario from repeating. Simonm223 (talk) 15:27, 10 February 2025 (UTC)

Draft review

Hi Seraphimblade, thank you for reviewing my draft. I am disappointed that my draft has been stopped as I provided multiple sources to prove that my subject is indeed notable. I would be more than willing to make any reccomended edits that you think would improve my draft. There are considerablly less notable subjects with articles about them on Wikipedia, with less references than I have provided, as such, having my draft denied does not seem to make sense. May I request a second review of my draft as I think the consideration that my subject is not notable is an oversight. Harbin Kiwi (talk) 09:58, 13 February 2025 (UTC)

Harbin Kiwi, could you please specify which three references cited in the draft best demonstrate the subject's notability? Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 10:00, 13 February 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for your prompt reply. The references that best demonstrate the subjects notably are:

Footnote 12

"Public Area – Middle Kingdom Wrestling – Events – Results – MKW Belt & Road Championship Tournament: Nepal – MKW 摔角王国". middlekingdomwrestling.com.

This references a match in which the subject performed the main event of a wrestling show that was broadcast on Nepalese TV in 2019. This reference is on the official site of China’s premier wrestling organisation, Middle Kingdom Wrestling. This match was for the Belt & Road championship, which was created to signify the close relations between China (the host promotion MKW), and Nepal (the hosts of the event).

Footnote 2

"Tommy Combat having the time of his life in HWA".

This references the earlier days of the subject’s career, in 2002. It is a news article from New Zealand’s most trusted professional wrestling website, The New Zealand Pro Wrestling Insider. It reports the subjects training at one of the United States's best known training facilities of that era.

Footnote 4

"IWA Trans Tasman Title [International Wrestling Australia]".

This source is from the website Wrestling-Titles.com, which lists the championships held by pro-wrestlers of all promotions around the world; note that Tommy Tamati (a moniker of the subject Tommy Combat) is listed as the IWA Trans-Tasman Champion in the year 2004.

Thank you for taking the time to re-assess my draft. 2407:7000:B087:2100:D05A:37A9:E27B:7C4 (talk) 10:38, 13 February 2025 (UTC)

My apologies for not signing in, this message is from Harbin Kiwi Harbin Kiwi (talk) 10:40, 13 February 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for your prompt reply. The references that best demonstrate the subjects notably are:

Footnote 12

"Public Area – Middle Kingdom Wrestling – Events – Results – MKW Belt & Road Championship Tournament: Nepal – MKW 摔角王国". middlekingdomwrestling.com.

This references a match in which the subject performed the main event of a wrestling show that was broadcast on Nepalese TV in 2019. This reference is on the official site of China’s premier wrestling organisation, Middle Kingdom Wrestling. This match was for the Belt & Road championship, which was created to signify the close relations between China (the host promotion MKW), and Nepal (the hosts of the event).

Footnote 2

"Tommy Combat having the time of his life in HWA".

This references the earlier days of the subject’s career, in 2002. It is a news article from New Zealand’s most trusted professional wrestling website, The New Zealand Pro Wrestling Insider. It reports the subjects training at one of the United States's best known training facilities of that era.

Footnote 4

"IWA Trans Tasman Title [International Wrestling Australia]".

This source is from the website Wrestling-Titles.com, which lists the championships held by pro-wrestlers of all promotions around the world; note that Tommy Tamati (a moniker of the subject Tommy Combat) is listed as the IWA Trans-Tasman Champion in the year 2004.

Thank you for taking the time to re-assess my draft. Harbin Kiwi (talk) 10:54, 13 February 2025 (UTC)

For 2, that is from an organization called "NZPWI". It is also involved in promotion of things like wrestling events, so it is not an independent source. 4 and 12 are just mentions or name drops, not in-depth material about this individual. Sorry, but that doesn't change my mind and I would stand by my assessment. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 11:21, 13 February 2025 (UTC)

Carl Azuz

Good morning, thank you for reviewing the page I created on Draft:Carl Azuz. It is my opinion that by nature, journalists are going to have less secondary sources written about them. If you browse other journalists' wiki pages, you will notice that articles about those notable people are few and far between. There are exceptions, certainly people like Don Lemon have had a lot written about them, but for your average journalist there isn't a lot out there. That being said, I'm committed to getting this page published, so I was hoping with finding another source or two we could get there. Since my original draft, I did notice another article that was published in The Teen Magazine, linked here: https://www.theteenmagazine.com/behind-the-world-from-a-z-how-carl-azuz-inspires-the-next-generation Do you think this article would help establish the notability of the subject? Thank you in advance. Pveclaire (talk) 15:53, 21 February 2025 (UTC)

Pveclaire, that's not going to really help. The site ([1]) states that it's written "by teens, for teens", so questionable at best for WP:RS, and mostly an interview, which is also not independent. Sometimes a subject looks promising, but the sourcing just isn't there. When that occurs, it's time to move on to something else. It's happened to me too. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 16:49, 21 February 2025 (UTC)

Got it. I added in some more material to try to establish notability. I feel like getting secondary media coverage as a journalist while working for one of the major media companies (CNN) is uncommon. It isn't like Fox News, for example, is going to run a profile about CNN's student current event show. His job is not to make news, but rather report it to students. Also considering that his work is directed at middle and high school students, it makes sense that sites like Teen Magazine would give him coverage. I would argue that Azuz's role at CNN as the student news anchor/face of the program would make him notable. Certainly he is as notable as other CNN contributors that have pages (many with fewer references). I will continue to try to enhance the page with more sources, but outside a feature on a mainstream media outlet like NPR, the NY Times, or another outlet, I'm not sure what I'll be able to find. He is a frequent guest on education podcasts and blogs, but those wouldn't qualify as a quality source. Pveclaire (talk) 21:45, 21 February 2025 (UTC)

Arbitration enforcement (continued)

Hello, this is Mk8mlyb. I am currently having a conflict with Orange2001 ABC over the Los Angeles Angels article. Is there a place I can settle this conflict? Mk8mlyb (talk) 04:23, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

It doesn't appear that the two of you have yet discussed the matter at Talk:Los Angeles Angels. That would generally be the first step. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 10:37, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

I recently was doing some digging into Wikipedia's guidelines and I came across a page on the administrators' noticeboard with a section in which a user requested to be unbanned. This gave me a question: is it possible to appeal a ban from Wikipedia? If so, how can it be done? Also, LOL at this page. And this page. Mk8mlyb (talk) 05:01, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

The procedure for appealing a contentious topic sanction is described here. And yes, people have written some pretty witty stuff over the years. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 13:05, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

Hello there would you like to help me in creating a article on Zebronics

I am new to creating articles in Wikipedia so it would be great if you could help in creating this article.if you agree please reply on my talkpage Drinfio (talk) 08:28, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

by help i mean granting access to me for editing the article

Because now it is set to administer only mode i think and the name specified there was yours.

It would be great if you could help Drinfio (talk) 08:33, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

Drinfio, I reply on my own talk page to avoid fragmenting conversations. You will have to specify what page you are talking about, as I have absolutely no idea what you mean. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 13:04, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

Ah, I see now, you're talking about Zebronics. I will not unprotect the mainspace title, as it was subject to a tremendous amount of spamming and paid editing. However, you may work on the draft, at Draft:Zebronics, and request review via articles for creation. If AfC accepts the draft, I will be happy to unsalt the title at that time, but I will not unprotect for direct mainspace creation. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 13:14, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

Okay i will try to get the aprroval. I appreciate your support Drinfio (talk) 13:38, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

Worth SPI?

From the use of the image by ATLFAVORITE (talk · contribs) I was at least mildly suspicious that they could be a sock of Reignsound (talk · contribs) but I didn't know if it would be worth opening an SPI. TornadoLGS (talk) 02:53, 24 February 2025 (UTC)