User talk:Star Mississippi#iPad, single quotes

I don't know if she's Wikipedia notable but this lady is fascinating! I would love to interview her. I had a heck of a time tracking down who she is with various name changes and such.

I've also been cranking out some drafts on Mississippi related subjects that would be great to have help on:

• Draft:Prentiss Institute
• Draft:Eliza Pillars

:* {{ping|FloridaArmy}} I made a few edits/expanded. — ERcheck (talk) 22:16, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

• Draft:David Leo Green
• Draft:Isiah Fredericks

:*{{ping|FloridaArmy|Star Mississippi}}: Added some details and references. Still quite rough. Doubt I'll have time to do more. Note, his wife, who succeeded him in office after his death, had a Wikipedia article that needs expanding. — ERcheck (talk) 04:03, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

• Draft:Eddie James Carthan (needs work)
• Draft:Charles Bernard Sheppard
• Draft:Philip West
• Draft:Barney Schoby
• Draft:Clayton P. Henderson
• Draft:Palmers Crossing

FloridaArmy (talk) 13:55, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

:Thanks for all of these. My on wiki time is still hit or miss, but will look as soon as I can. Flag away. Star Mississippi 15:17, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

Hi Star Mississippi! Thank you again for your earlier input on my draft article for Sachiko Hayashi. I’ve now completed the full version and posted a note on the talk page here: Draft:Sachiko Hayashi. If you have time to take a look and share your thoughts, I’d really appreciate it. Sachikosky (talk) 05:55, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

:Hi @Sachikosky, unfortunately my time is limited but I'll have a look when I'm able to. Star Mississippi 12:18, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

::Thank you @Star Mississippi I understand. I've done some volunteer work myself, so I completely understand how limited time can be. Thanks for getting back to me. Sachikosky (talk) 13:25, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

:::apologies for the even later than intended respone @Sachikosky, I had forgotten about this. Thank you for your improvements. I have accepted the draft and left a note on the article's Talk. cc @Netherzone Star Mississippi 19:27, 24 May 2025 (UTC)

::::Hi @Star Mississippi and @Netherzone! No need to apologise at all — I really appreciate that you found the time to review the draft. I also want to thank you for accepting it, as well as for your note on the article’s talk page. This has been a really interesting learning experience for me, and I’m very grateful to you and the other editors for the guidance and support. Wishing you all the best in your endeavours, and thanks once again. Sachikosky (talk) 11:22, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

:::::@Sachikosky, you worked a long time on the draft, and that effort shows! Great job. I hope that you decide to continue to contribute to the encyclopedia now that you have a good understanding of how to build an encyclopedia article. Perhaps you would like to join Women in Red, which is a WikiProject that helps to raise the coverage of women on Wikipedia. It's a wonderful group of editors devoted to this effort. WP:Women in Red - Netherzone (talk) 12:17, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

::::::Hi @Netherzone! Thank you so much for the kind words, as well as all the support and encouragement I received along the way. Thanks also for the info on Women in Red — what a fantastic project! I’ll try to find time to explore it more thoroughly and see how I might be able to contribute. I also know another visual artist who hasn’t been happy with her Wikipedia article, so perhaps I could start by listing her page for improvement at Wikipedia:WikiProject Women artists/Worklist. Wikipedia truly is a wonderful community, and I’ve been very happy to be a part of it. Sachikosky (talk) 15:16, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi there, so I understand that you blocked the above mentioned user from mainspace a few days ago and their ANI thread was archived without resolution. I noticed earlier another account {{no ping|Brandon0504}}, who edits in the same areas (buses and trains in the UK), and has similar behaviour to the TL9027 account (for example similar way of naming files on Commons and uses the same phone model to take photos [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FBL_BE37010_C1.jpg TL9027] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FBL_BCE47020_R94.jpg Brandon0504] and then adding the images to their wiki pages in spite of the previous one having better quality Special:Diff/1288229455). I'm not familiar with the sockpuppet policies, but do you think this would be enough evidence of the user evading the block? And also about the ANI thread, should we un-archive it and add more input considering it ended without a conclusive outcome? Thanks, S5A-0043🚎^{(Leave a message here)} 01:36, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

:Hi and apologies for the delay @S5A-0043. I have and continue to be offline, but @PhilKnight handled it in the interim. (Thank you!) Not sure how they found it, but flagging is always a good first step. Star Mississippi 23:35, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

@Star Mississippi I have a query. A discussion in the talk page of an article, more than 60% supported one idea and 40% opted not for it. So is this a clear consensus? An editor (who belongs to the 40%) is reverting opinions of 60% supporters saying that there is no consensus and you have start another discussion. XYZ 250706 (talk) 05:13, 9 May 2025 (UTC)

:Sorry for the delay @XYZ 250706. My on wiki time is extremely minimal. Please ask for WP:3O or at the Teahouse for someone to help assess the issues and advise on if the discussion is finalized Star Mississippi 11:57, 12 May 2025 (UTC)

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Hi Star - as the nominator I have no objection to the article being deleted, but I'm not sure it's soft-delete-eligible. The bot appears not to have missed the tone of the comments. The page creator is the only other participant and while they didn't leave a bolded !vote for "keep", I also don't have any reason to believe the page creator supported deletion. Could you take a second look and let me know if you think a relist is appropriate? Dclemens1971 (talk) 03:09, 13 May 2025 (UTC)

:Hi @Dclemens1971

:My read was that they chose to address your concern with Find a Grave by providing the source to verify the information, therefore addressing that piece of your nomination but never actually contested your argument that Schenck didn't meet either NPOL or GNG. I am happy to relist it if @Thief-River-Faller would like. I am logging off shortly for the evening, so this is carte blance for someone else to revert and relist if I'm offline. Star Mississippi 03:16, 13 May 2025 (UTC)

::You are correct, I would be more than happy for this to be soft deleted, I fully agree there needs to be better references to prove notability. Thief-River-Faller (talk) 12:58, 13 May 2025 (UTC)

:::Great, thanks -- sorry for any trouble. Dclemens1971 (talk) 12:59, 13 May 2025 (UTC)

::::No trouble at all, I always appreciate another set of eyes.

::::Thanks for your input too @Thief-River-Faller Star Mississippi 03:00, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi there. I wonder if you could expand on your close for the above AfD? You closed as keep, but there was only a very narrow numerical majority for that (5 keeps, 4 deletes including the nom.) and, to my mind at least, unresolved questions on sourcing. Would this have been better as no consensus perhaps? Thanks once again for your tireless work at AfD. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 14:01, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

:Consensus is based on strength of the arguments, not numerical majorities. And spurious interpretations of guidelines are not particularly strong arguments. Rlendog (talk) 14:56, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

:In the process of a response, but happy to just relist if you two would prefer @Rlendog @Sirfurboy. No preference on my end. Star Mississippi 14:58, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

::Relist or "no consensus" would both be fine with me. A keep, on the other hand, could at least do with some explanation. Thanks again. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 15:12, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

:I'm going to relist as I need to step offline before I can finish my thoughts, and that's not fair to anyone involved. What I'd started to say was:

:Hi! My read on the discussion was that while you and Beanie (primarily) disagreed on the source's assessment-and thanks for that-the identified sourcing mostly countered Ravenswing's oppose. That dropped us from N/C to a clearer keep in my eyes. I did not worry about Ramos' block as they were temporarily blocked for nothing to do with the AfD in question.

:Always happy to inform my thoughts. Star Mississippi 15:25, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

::Okay. Thanks for the relist. We'll see how it plays from here. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 15:33, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

@Star Mississippi Hi Star, I have no idea who to report and I need your urgent help in the following. I was just taking a break from assignments and closing Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fusion Engine using XFDcloser.

There was a system glitch or error and closer also redirected two other pages including [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alessandro_Cosimi_(footballer)&redirect=no], [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Citadel_Investment_Services&redirect=no] at the same time as you can verify it. I also took a screenshot as it was slow and showing multiple talk pages instead of 1 as it should have.

I have reopened the discussion now, can you help by changing the system redirects back and also change redirect of Talk:Fusion Engine.

Also, please guide me on how should I report this error and whether it is frequent and known. I will check for recently active admin as well and let you know if it is done. HilssaMansen19 (talk) 19:52, 21 May 2025 (UTC)

:I was offline but have just cleaned up those weird recreations. I'm pinging @Novem Linguae as they frequently monitor Wikipedia talk:XFDcloser to see if they have any insight on what the issue was @HilssaMansen19. Thanks for flagging. Star Mississippi 01:15, 22 May 2025 (UTC)

::Thank you Star. It was still showing up until a few hours ago. From then, I haven't used XFDcloser. I also took a screenshot of the warning template this time, it said, redirecting warning. The discussion I was closing was a keep but still those particular pages seem to be glitching towards Fusion Engine, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fusion Engine. @Novem Linguae HilssaMansen19 (talk) 05:36, 22 May 2025 (UTC)

:::@HilssaMansen19. Hey there. Please feel free to copy paste your post to Wikipedia talk:XFDcloser so there is a record of it in the correct spot. It probably won't get worked on due to no one maintaining the gadget, but if someone ever takes an interest, that is the spot where they'd look. Hope that helps. –Novem Linguae (talk) 18:42, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

::::Thank you for your message. About 2 days back, there was a similar error showing and it was not 1 or 2 pages but 8 in total ready for a redirect. Since then, I haven't been active closing AfDs, so I can't say about any recent glitches but that was a significant one @Novem Linguae. Also, when I am active, I will surely add that message. @Star Mississippi can you close 1 this as it may not get any votes with a redirect being already a consensus. I don't know if you use XFDcloser or not but upon checking (only) this one recently, it is showing errors. It is possible that you may not face this issue. Irien1291S • spreading wiki love ~HM19 Message here; no calls 18:55, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi - I just cleaned up the formatting of this close, there were in fact two contributions that argued for keep, although without basis in policy or guidelines. You may wish to amend the text of your close. Regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 02:48, 22 May 2025 (UTC)

:Thanks for flagging as well as the cleanup @Goldsztajn. I can't say for sure, but I truly did not see those misplaced !votes on first load. Weird. Amended. Star Mississippi 02:59, 22 May 2025 (UTC)

:You're very welcome @JeffSpaceman

:I hope they'll engage but it doesn't look likely Star Mississippi 19:23, 24 May 2025 (UTC)

Reaching out because you closed this AfD (sorry to bring you back to it), but it's been getting comments after the close this evening. Not sure whether the best way to handle would just be reverting or what, but the original person who commented after the fact is borderline attacking you (as the closer) and "the admin corps".. and I'm not sure where is best or what's actually actionable based on those comments. So I figured I'd at least reach out and let you know. Thanks for your thoughtful closure of the discussion from me, for what it's worth :) -bɜ:ʳkənhɪmez | me | talk to me! 04:45, 23 May 2025 (UTC)

:I was just passing by to give a thanks but stumbled upon this.

:@Int21h can you actually shed light upon your decision to comment there and remarks made in the comments? You are not a vandal but an experienced user with assuming that you have a great deal of knowledge about Wikipedia. HilssaMansen19 (talk) 07:48, 23 May 2025 (UTC)

:Thanks @Berchanhimez & @HilssaMansen19 for flagging and @Sirfurboy for the cleanup. {{ping|Int21h}} you're welcome to take it to Deletion Review if you believe my close was in error. I have re-read it and do not see any other way I could have closed that discussion. Star Mississippi 15:33, 23 May 2025 (UTC)

:Thank you @HilssaMansen19

:Always happy to try and help when I can Star Mississippi 19:22, 24 May 2025 (UTC)

::Respect for you my friend! You are a real G. Your kindness and affection is very visible. Life is like a mystery you know. It was from your user page that I got to know that users DGG and SlimVirgin passed way. I am sure they were kind humans full of knowledge for which they dedicated their life here. I was not editing much but active here as a kid. I didn't know how to edit Wikipedia and often checked how others edited, active admins and experienced ones. I remember checking edits of both DGG and SlimVirgin. I couldn't help but break down in tears thinking about how time flies. You are a great person to dedicate a memory to them. This made me really feel helpless, I am editing actively here as I can't forget about my great friend unc. I don't even know why I am writing this, it feels like useless in this universe and the endless time that binds us to loss and pain. What lies behind mysteries of this eternal world and ahead of us in that eternal path... and why are we allowed to feel so much sadness when we can't even control it. I am just being a preacher right now as my unc would have smiled listening to these words impersonating great saints and philosophers, lol. May they rest in peace and power! Have a great day! Thank you for being here. Irien1291S • spreading wiki love ~HM19 Message here; no calls 19:39, 24 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi, thank for you blocking this user, however, I can guarantee they have returning editing as User:Lmurdock67, as they have the exact same editing habits. Thank you. Drovethrughosts (talk) 11:37, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

:Done. If another one pops up despite my warning, an SPI will be hepful. Thanks for flagging @Drovethrughosts Star Mississippi 12:47, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

I apologize for dragging you into all that drama. Best, GPL93 (talk) GPL93 (talk) 02:20, 29 May 2025 (UTC)

:Not to worry, but I don't even think you did @GPL93

:I saw the AfD and noted the conduct that was unproductive as far as attaining consensus. I'm mostly offline through Monday but will check pings and respond if able/further action needed. Star Mississippi 02:25, 29 May 2025 (UTC)

:::On the same day Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Gainer was closed delete by {{u|asilvering}}, the article was recreated with minor changes as :Buffalo ReUse and also created a redirect to :Michael Gainer. Best, GPL93 (talk) 20:36, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

::::@GPL93, I only just spent a few minutes looking into this, but since multiple AfD participants suggested that an article on Buffalo Reuse might be merited, I don't see anything wrong with an editor doing so. -- asilvering (talk) 20:42, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

Hi. Possible block evasion by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/IvyBowie User:IvyBowie] at Darnell Edge. I suspect that user is a sock of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/InfinitiBowie97 User:InfinitiBowie97]. Thoughts? DaHuzyBru (talk) 03:09, 31 May 2025 (UTC)

:Hi and sorry for the delay @DaHuzyBru as I was offline That probably needs someone with OTRS access, and I'm not sure who the relevant Commons Admin would be. I see you raising it there on Ivy's Talk. Probably best handled there. Star Mississippi 01:34, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

Jw93d59 has asked for a deletion review of :Gary King (radio presenter). Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. —Cryptic 23:30, 1 June 2025 (UTC)

Hi Star,

How are you doing? I hope all is well. I took a break from AFDs and will be participating later after observing for a few weeks. If I have more extra time, I will focus on mentoring as well. I participated in AFC backlog today, my first AFC review today was accepting Food Adulteration today. After checking on Google search, the subject has numerous sources citing it on all of the books/archive/news/and others. I think the article may need more references which I will try adding if the submitting editor is not available. As per guidelines it is notable and accepted. I will be working to save drafts meeting their respective notability and help out wherever possible. When you are available, please check this and share your review as a veteran experienced editor. Also, please help by removing the following two redirects -

• One is [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:HilssaMansen19/sandbox&redirect=no| this sandbox redirect], idk how it happened, I redirected it 6 years ago when I was an inexperienced editor.
• another is [https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Food_adulteration&redirect=no| this redirect from 19 years back] with the same name as the above AFC review article.

HilssaMansen19Irien1291S • spreading wiki love ~ Message here; no calls 14:29, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

:Hi @HilssaMansen19

:I deleted your sandbox redirect. I'm not sure what the issue with the Food adulteration one is as it's working fine for me, possibly because CoconutOctopus got there first. My on wiki time is still somewhat limited but if you run into an issue improving and accepting articles, the AfC Help Desk is great resource and I think with an indicator of who is online. Of course happy to help if I can. Glad you're working in this area. Star Mississippi 01:45, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

::Thanks Star for your help and guidance once again! I hope all is well and you are doing great! I know you love Wikipedia more than many as one of the greatest contributors here. Dumping wiki for a while is fine for some normalcy, self time, mental well-being, off-screen time for eyes and yes, for our people/social life. About the desk, I will remember that for any future issues. Anyway, enjoy your off-wiki time too Star! I will keep pinging you randomly sometimes just to have a conversation. Whenever you have any tasks for my capacity level that you wish to complete but don't find time for them, do share. I will do my best to help! Good day! HilssaMansen19Irien1291S • spreading wiki love ~ Message here; no calls 02:31, 3 June 2025 (UTC)