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== Blocking of [[User talk: 2.101.54.127 | 2.101.54.127]] for ban evasion ==

Hi, I noticed the above IP was blocked for block evasion. It looks like they have a good number of contributions to chemical syntheses. Can you tell me about the reasoning behind this block? If there's some ambiguity about whether or not they were really evading, I'd like to discuss whether the (seemingly) useful contributions make blocking this IP more harmful than beneficial. Thanks for your time. [[User:RFZYNSPY|<span style="color:orange;">RFZYN</span><span style="color:purple;">SPY</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:RFZYNSPY|<span style="color:blue;">talk</span>]]</sup> 22:04, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

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Erich Clar page

I want to include a synthetic reaction that is known as Clar's reaction. It is of a certain class of cyclic ketones that condense with themselves when heated to 400 C in a mixture of zinc dust and zinc chloride.

I will add references and a description of what it is used for in synthesizing new polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

drillmario aka balloonmario has another account

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Samusandhisfriends also consider protecting both stoning and legal system of the UAE pages. Thanks. Pieinthesky1 (talk) 02:58, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked. I forget, do they jump around a lot, or should we keep these honeypots? DMacks (talk) 04:54, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Another one was just blocked by me a bit ago: User:DeeEffay. Looks like all from the same IP. RickinBaltimore (talk) 15:39, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your continued help, it seems he just won't learn. Maybe a long ip block is in order? Say 5 years since I guess you can't permaban ips. Just an idea. Pieinthesky1 (talk) 02:52, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@RickinBaltimore: I'd support an IP block. DMacks (talk) 06:41, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
IP blocked for a year to start. RickinBaltimore (talk) 11:46, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! DMacks (talk) 14:54, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Your recent comment.

Hi DMacks.

Can you please provide proof (evidence) that my website is 'low-value' and my content is 'spam'?

I am an expert in my field with more than 600 published crochet patterns available. I've been publishing for more than 10 years.

If you do not want to include my site as a source (even though I have more experience than some of the other sources that have been allowed to contribute and be linked in Wikipedia for Crochet Topics) that is totally fine.

However, leaving slanderous comments on the internet about the quality and type of content I provide in unacceptable.

My website is registered as a Corporation in Canada and as such, defamation of my business is taken very seriously.

Please provide your proof (other than your personal opinion) that my content is spam and low-value.

This is your comment:

curprev 16:54, 7 June 2024‎ DMacks talk contribs‎ 51,742 bytes −287‎ spam for a low-value blog is as unacceptable today as it was 3 years ago. Undid revision 1227755106 by Rhonddamol (talk) undothank Tag: Undo

Sincerely, Rhondda Mol Rhonddamol (talk) 17:21, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

By Wikipedia's definition of "reliable sources", blogs and other self-published material are by default considered non-reliable and therefore "low value" as a reference (I am one of now three different editors to note that using using your blog as a ref is a problem). Use of "reliable" sources is one of Wikipedia's gold standards as an encyclopedia. Personal reputation in a field is a reasonable basis for having one's publications be considered, but those sorts of claim are only relevant to the extent other independent sources verify them. Being a corporation does not add any extra weight or value here. DMacks (talk) 17:26, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
So you are saying that you are labelling my registered professional corporation as a unreliable source on crochet and that my business is providing spam and low-value content.
Please then explain why you have allowed the following (I've only included 5 examples from the Crochet topic - there are more) blogs to be linked as sources?
Sources you have allowed that are blogs:
https://www.knitterspride.com/blog/which-type-and-size-of-crochet-hook-do-i-choose/en
https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/winding-a-ball-from-hank-of-yarn-2116505
https://www.gathered.how/knitting-and-crochet/crochet/crochet-stitches
https://www.knitcrochetcreate.com/post/crochet-tension-explained
https://www.schoolofsweetgeorgia.com/spot-the-difference-us-vs-uk-crochet-terms/
The rules should be the same for all content creators.
If my website is not considered a reliable source because it is self-published then all five of the one's I've listed above should not have been allowed to be used as sources either. Based on Wikipedia's definition of "reliable sources".
Please explain. Rhonddamol (talk) 17:37, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed, combatting poor sources on Wikipedia's nearly 7 million articles is a never-ending task. There is no editorial board here that authorizes each piece of content, but instead thousands of editors who each can act on whatever they see. Do not make it worse. But as an easy first response for the one I've heard of, Spruce Crafts seems to have reasonable editorial oversight and identified some notable contributors, with Dotdash Meredith being a notable publisher of such sites. DMacks (talk) 17:43, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You may want to rethink your Spruce Crafts as a reliable source. They have transferred content that was user generated by bloggers to their site and repurposed links written by a blogger to things like this http://crochet. about.com/od/homedecorpatterns/p/variegated_earthtone_potholders.htm to become this https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/free-patterns-for-crochet-potholders-978957
Regardless I'd like you to remove your comment that my site is 'low-quality' and my source link is 'spam'.
I will refrain from submitting any further suggestions to Wikipedia. Rhonddamol (talk) 17:59, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Dotdash Meredith sites do seem to need case-by-case assessment. DMacks (talk) 18:36, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
While knitterspride does appear to be a blog and therefore default low-value source, the first link I saw to it was merely using a page of it that is merely an apparent restatement of a published medical research study. That's not bad. But we should find that study and use it directly instead. DMacks (talk) 17:52, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Here are the other blogs you have used as approved sources for the Crochet page:
https://itsallinanutshell.com/2016/02/12/how-to-crochet-difference-between-us-and-uk-crochet-terms-abbreviations/
http://ayarnifiedlife.wordpress.com/slip-stitch-crochet/
https://web.archive.org/web/20120224074527/http://www.crochetliberationfront.com/clf-myth-busting-13-more-yarn/ (this site does not exist anymore you are using web archive to serve the link)
Good luck updating Wikipedia. Rhonddamol (talk) 18:03, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sources need not be currently accessible electronically or at their original site. DMacks (talk) 18:08, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
it was still a blog...which = By Wikipedia's definition of "reliable sources", blogs and other self-published material are by default considered non-reliable and therefore "low value" as a reference...
I do have a question though...isn't all content available on the internet 'self-published' by definition? Rhonddamol (talk) 18:15, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That's a good question. Everyone publishes whatever they publish. One confusing distinction is between the "publisher" (who posts it or runs the site) vs the "author" (who writes the content). See WP:SELFPUBLISH for a guideline that builds on that idea. Regarding crochetliberationfront, I don't yet know anything about it, just noting that your parenthetical concern does not make the ref any worse. DMacks (talk) 18:28, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I resolved that knitterspride link (was redundant at best). Some others to that site were added by User:Themindfulcollection and seem solely to promote that site. Obviously that's not acceptable, so I removed the one that someone else had not already handled. Thanks for identiftying that set! Sometime I'll try to look back at the others and look in more detail at the status of Spruce. DMacks (talk) 18:12, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Sanganeri Prints article restore

Hello,

You have deleted my article Sanganeri prints.

I did not know about copy right issue as i am a new Wikipedia user.

I will change content of the article and will try to write in my own language.

please restore my article so that i can write it according to guidelines.

Thank you.

Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft%3ASanganeri_prints&redlink=1&oldid=0&action=edit Hmathur127 (talk) 15:51, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi User:Hmathur127. Writing in your own language means just that. Not changing a word here and there, but from the start having it be only your own. You are welcome to create a new article at the site of the deleted one. I do not see the need for this old version to be revived as a basis for that. And it would be against copyright policy anyway (we are strictly prohibited from hosting copyvio content, even in visible article history). DMacks (talk) 15:55, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
will try to write it again
Thank you Hmathur127 (talk) 15:59, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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My page Inayat Khan (actor)

Dear @DMacks i am a Pakistani actor my name is Inayat Khan. Please restore my page Inayat Khan (actor) which has been deleted by you. Inayatkhanactor (talk) 13:00, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Inayatkhanactor:, the Inayat Khan (actor) page was deleted based on a WP:AFD discussion. I do not see a basis to go against that consensus.
Convenience links:
DMacks (talk) 19:18, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@DMacks could you please help me out to recover Inayat Khan (actor) ? Inayatkhanactor (talk) 19:33, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No. It will not be done. Not by me, not by others. Read what I wrote. DMacks (talk) 19:34, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The next step for you is WP:Deletion review, but you will have to argue that my handling of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Inayat Khan (actor) was improper or that there are multiple major new notable details that have happened in the past month. DMacks (talk) 19:44, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
unfortunately I couldn’t understand the whole conversation. @BeauSuzanne can you leave me a message on my official verified instagram @inayatkhanofficial i want to recover my wiki page Inayat Khan (actor) Inayatkhanactor (talk) 08:27, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No. I discuss Wikipedia issues on the Wikipedia site, not on Instagram. No. Your article will not be recovered. DMacks (talk) 11:38, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Inayatkhanactor, How do you know about Draft:Inayat Khan Actor? — Saqib (talk I contribs) 12:07, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I wrote that "Convenience links" list (I just now re-positioned it to clarify). They have good reason to know about the now-deleted Draft article, since they had created it. Instead, I would ask how they know about Inayat Khan (actor). DMacks (talk) 12:14, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Obviously i am an actor & i like to type my name on google & i like to know about my self, thats how I found my article (page) InayatKhan (actor) on wikipedia Inayatkhanactor (talk) 12:26, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Dear @Saqib I have been working in industry for 10 years how could you say i am not a notable actor in Pakistan? Haven’t seen my drama Muqaddar Ka Sitara for ARY Digital on YouTube? Check out views & comments on my character. And i am playing the leading Hero Inayatkhanactor (talk) 12:30, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Inayatkhanactor, I don't waste my time watching dramas. Sorry! — Saqib (talk I contribs) 12:36, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Saqib
& Hurting people is a waste of life. You can’t drag an horse to the donkeys grave. Inayatkhanactor (talk) 12:59, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You will accomplish more here by speaking directly rather than in euphemisms that do not make sense to everyone. DMacks (talk) 13:33, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Best wishes for success in your chosen career path. Maybe some day you will meet the threshold to earn an article on Wikipedia. DMacks (talk) 12:41, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This Month in Education: May 2024

This Month in Education

Volume 13 • Issue 5 • May 2024

In This Issue

Blocking of 2.101.54.127 for ban evasion

Hi, I noticed the above IP was blocked for block evasion. It looks like they have a good number of contributions to chemical syntheses. Can you tell me about the reasoning behind this block? If there's some ambiguity about whether or not they were really evading, I'd like to discuss whether the (seemingly) useful contributions make blocking this IP more harmful than beneficial. Thanks for your time. RFZYNSPY talk 22:04, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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