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Discussion at Talk:Emily Neves § Basic info: Middle name, date of birth, etc

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Emily Neves § Basic info: Middle name, date of birth, etc. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 02:34, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've also opened a discussion at Talk:Emily Neves#B-class/GA-class efforts, if you are interested in helping out. Thanks, sjones23 (talk - contributions) 21:12, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Syd Barrett

I did a quick skim through the disgruntled editor's contributions, and noticed they have a habit of ranting about articles on the talk page, sometimes reply to a comment over ten years earlier, without ever supplying sources. In this case, the rant appears to be distillable down to "this article isn't written in American English". Which it isn't, being of a British person. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 14:17, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gotcha. I'm open to criticisms/feedback/suggestions but we'll need specifics. Popcornfud (talk) 14:27, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Discussions at Talk:Peanuts § GA/FA? and Talk:Charles M. Schulz § GA/FA plans

You are invited to join the discussions at Talk:Peanuts § GA/FA? and Talk:Charles M. Schulz § GA/FA plans. sjones23 (talk - contributions) 01:44, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Noah Yorke

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@Alexandermcnabb I think there's been some sort of mixup here.

I assume, since I received this message, I'm the creator of the Noah Yorke page, which is totally plausible, but I can't remember and can't check because apparently the page has already been wiped.

In any case, I suspect the page would have been created some time before the rise of LLMs... which I do not use. (I'm a writer by trade. Enough said.)

Additionally: Noah Yorke has released music, has received coverage in secondary sources and is mentioned on the Thom Yorke page, where he is discussed. (I'm assuming the Noah Yorke page was a redirect to the Thom Yorke page - that's how I would I have done it.) So on the face of it I'm not understanding why the page ought to be deleted.

Is there some information I'm missing here? Is it possible the page was created as a redirect but then filled with AI junk? Popcornfud (talk) 13:09, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) From what I saw, you created the page originally as a redirect (likely to Thom Yorke) and another editor came in and replaced the page with entirely AI-generated content before it was speedy deleted. I remember taking a look at the page before it was deleted and that's what was in the revision logs. Rambley ^{(talk / contribs)} 13:20, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, that makes sense. I've recreated the Noah Yorke redirect. Popcornfud (talk) 13:22, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Too late to this party! Yes, basically. There's a draft maintained at Draft:Noah Yorke just in case someone fancies writing a real article and not LLM stuff. That draft has the history and it is precisely as @Rambley has it! The notification goes automatically to the page creator and I didn't catch the history. Sorry for alarums! Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 14:35, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

All good. Being accused of using an AI to write Wikipedia articles nearly gave me a heart attack, heheh. Popcornfud (talk) 14:40, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anime and manga § Voice actor GA/FA drive?

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anime and manga § Voice actor GA/FA drive?. sjones23 (talk - contributions) 06:54, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion at Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard § Houston Chronicle source for Emily Neves's birth date or birth year

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard § Houston Chronicle source for Emily Neves's birth date or birth year. sjones23 (talk - contributions) 22:45, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please note that I withdrew the BLPN discussion and it's already being taken care of at Talk:Emily Neves#Early life. sjones23 (talk - contributions) 06:57, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

MJ's Thriller

Hello. Thank you for your attention to my humble edit. You mentioned in your reverse that the source is not reliable. I added two links, first one a third party and the second, the parade's own website just for more clarification. I guess the first link was good enough for keeping my edit. Best Regards. The.shahab (talk) 17:02, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@The.shahab Sorry for the slowness of my reply, I saw your message but forgot.

I took a look at the other source you provided ([1]) but I'm not convinced it's a great source for Wikipedia either. I googled around trying to find coverage of this event in a usable source but didn't come up with much. This suggests it probably doesn't meet Wikipedia's requirements for notability.

If you find some other sources or if you disagree and want opinions from other editors feel free to start a discussion on the talk page at that article. Popcornfud (talk) 16:04, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ungainly introductions on Wicked film pages

I hope this message finds you well. This issue has been going on for sometime now and I wanted to address it before it escalates into an all-out edit war. We initially came to an agreement back in February on Talk:Wicked (2024 film) pertaining to WP:OFTHESAMENAME, and for the most part I and other editors have adhered to the introductions proposed and approved, but Lalelilolulu has consistently been reverting it to their own style these couple of days. I was going to address them on their talk page but wanted to run this by you first in case you were thinking of addressing it as well. J·B·D (talk) 01:29, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've reverted it. If they keep edit warring without consensus they'll run aground sooner or later. Popcornfud (talk) 01:32, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I did not know about the "of the same name" convention now, but I wasn't reverted to my "own style", but the style that I regularly see being used on Wikipedia on film pages. Also, what does it mean being "run aground"? Is this a threat? Are we on a actual war or just editing Wikipedia? Lalelilolulu (talk) 16:11, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding Wikipedia:WikiProject Anime and manga/Biography

Hello. If you are interested, can you please take a look at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anime and manga#Need some help on the Biography task force's anime credits when you have the time? Thanks, sjones23 (talk - contributions) 10:54, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

One last thing

I saw your reply on the "Just (song)" talkpage and thanked you for your edit, and using the sources you greenlit i restored the Ronson MVs section in modified form and moved the mentions there. But, before I drop out of this entirely, I found another source I could use to restore the Woodie Awards mention, from an archive of MTVU's website, but I again will let you have a say on it, and am up to using it alongside or as a replacement to the source used in previous versions. Go read it when you can. Oh, and I'm fine with any modifications you make. Cheers. Justdoowit665 (talk) 23:53, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Manual of Style violations

Careful, several references you keep adding to articles violate several Manual of Styles, which should not be edited against without reasonable explanation. It is a warnable offence, which no one wants to receive. livelikemusic (TALK!) 18:06, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Which ones? Popcornfud (talk) 18:16, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Edits one, two, and three all violate MOS:CURLY. livelikemusic (TALK!)

This is caused by Wikipedia's automatic citation feature, which automatically copies in article titles from URLs, including any curly apostrophes. I fix these when I spot them. There's no need to threaten me with talk-page warnings. Popcornfud (talk) 18:30, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There was zero threat; it was a friendly note about it. Please assume good faith and do not immediately jump to the accusation of threats. I did not place a warning template (which I normally would in this instance). Instead, I left a cordial message alerting you to the edit(s) against the Manual of Style in case you were not aware. livelikemusic (TALK!) 18:32, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds like I got off lightly this time. Popcornfud (talk) 18:35, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anime and manga § Merging defunct WikiProjects

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anime and manga § Merging defunct WikiProjects. sjones23 (talk - contributions) 13:03, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]