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  • Following a request for comment, a new speedy deletion criterion, G15, has been enacted. It applies to pages generated by a large language model (LLM) without human review.
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America Windows

Hi Deor, I'm confused about this revert where you removed coords and readded {{coord missing}}. Did you mean that the article shouldn't have coords at all (as implied by your edit summary), or that the coords I added were incorrect? Thanks, Pi.1415926535 (talk) 21:42, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

@Pi.1415926535: I'm sorry, I should have removed the {{coord missing}} template, which I have done now. The article shouldn't have coordinates, since they're not used in articles for artworks inside museums ("works of art "). The Anomebot2 frequently adds {{coord missing}} to such articles because it goes by the categories in the articles—I'm not sure whether it was Category:Landmarks in Chicago or Category:Public art in Chicago that triggered it in this case—and I routinely remove the template, but you had gotten in ahead of me with America Windows. Deor (talk) 22:08, 9 August 2025 (UTC)
Gotcha, thanks for that. I hadn't realized that even permanently installed indoor works shouldn't have coords. Best, Pi.1415926535 (talk) 03:12, 10 August 2025 (UTC)

Correction for 3-D SPACE

Regarding the recent redirect to a lower case "Space" for 3-D SPACE attributed to your approval: The museum name is an acronym for 'stereoscopic photography, art, cinema, and education' and the correct punctuation is 3-D SPACE (all caps). All other information within the page is correct. The museum website lists this acronym at the top of the website 3-D SPACE. la3dspace.wixsite.com

Whatever citation attributing a lower case "Space" is a source that is incorrect. Boobopper (talk) 15:00, 14 August 2025 (UTC)

@Boobopper: I was going by the sources cited in the article (even the everymuseum.la one, which uses "3-D SPACE" in the headline, uses "3-D Space" in the descriptive text), and if they're all "a source that is incorrect", then the article has no reliable sources at all. I see that the museum's own Web site uses all caps, but such is common for organizations talking about themselves; and I see no explict statement that "space" is an acronym—though I did note the mention of the "Center for Stereoscopic Photography, Art, Cinema, and Education" on the "About" page.

If you think the article's title should be in all caps, you can follow the instructions at WP:RSPM, to post on the article's talk page a request that it be moved back to the all-caps version; and after other editors comment on the request, someone else will judge what the title should be. Deor (talk) 17:15, 14 August 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, Deor. I appreciate the follow through and acknowledge that several sources have errors. To prevent further mistakes, The LA Times has been alerted about the error and acknowledged a request to correct the published online material, understanding that 3-D SPACE is correct, similar to SAG-AFTRA or TED Talk. I'll follow the instructions at WP:RSPM per your suggestion as well. Boobopper (talk) 02:48, 26 August 2025 (UTC)

Draft Doubts

Hey @Deor, I hope everything’s alright. I came here to seek your guidance on finding article topics. I found a topic on the Alaska Triangle, and during my research, I gathered quite a few sources, maybe even more than enough, so I created a draft here: Draft:Alaska Triangle. However, I later discovered that an article with a similar title had been deleted three times, which makes me unsure how to proceed. I have collected multiple sources that I consider reliable and in-depth, but I wanted to get your advice before moving forward. Jesus isGreat7 ☾⋆ | Ping Me 07:49, 15 August 2025 (UTC)

@JesusisGreat7: Well, nothing is stopping you from submitting the draft via Wikipedia:Articles for creation and seeing whether or not it's accepted. However, the article that was deleted just last October following Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alaska Triangle (2nd nomination) was on the same topic (though somewhat shorter) and contained basically the same information, and no one in that AfD recommended keeping it, so I'd say that it's probably unwise to move it to article space. Take a look at the comments in that AfD; I'd agree that most of the sources in your draft do seem rather clickbaity rather than reliable.

On a different topic, the ☾⋆ and "Ping Me" in your signature are very hard for me to see; you may want to change the change the colors to something that stands out more, for accessibility reasons. Deor (talk) 23:50, 15 August 2025 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2025

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Geotagging bot

Hi Deor, as you are probably the single most prolific geocoder here, I wonder if you have any feedback you could give me about my geotagging bot. In particular, are there any things it is doing, or not doing, that could be improved? Best regards, — The Anome (talk) 13:34, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

@The Anome: I can't offhand think of any improvements needed to The Anomebot2. It still slaps {{Coord missing}} on a few articles that don't need coordinates, but that seems to be principally because the article creators have added vague or misleading categories; and editors have been doing a pretty good job of untagging these. If I think of anything else, I'll drop a post on your talk page.

One unrelated matter: I wish someone would develop a bot that flags overprecise coordinates (more than five decimal places in decimal coordinates, say, or more than tenths of a second in d/m/s). There's a lot of these, many picked up from Wikidata, and it would be useful to identify articles containing them. I'm somewhat irked by coordinates given to ten decimal places for towns and other rather large locations. Deor (talk) 14:51, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! Short of using ML to make the decision, I don't think I can really do better at getting rid of false positives, although I still deal with bug reports on a case-by-case basis when I can find heuristics to help clean things up. The overprecise coordinates are a real pain. I think some of them are caused by round-tripping DMS, rounding, and back to decimal or vice versa - Wikidata really ought be keeping better track of whether decimal or DMS is being used for entry. "Geocoding the doorknob" really annoys me too. I'll see if I can add it to the bot's list of activities - I think there's now a table for coordniates in dumps, so it should be relatively easy to data-mine for candidate articles for processing. — The Anome (talk) 15:35, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – October 2025

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2025).

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Decimal vs d/m/s coords

In peace, re this edit: is there a guideline or policy that specifies d/m/s as the preferred format for co-ordinates or is it just your personal preference? Personally, I find decimal simpler and easier to deal with, but I wouldn't change d/m/s to decimal because of my personal preferences. Dave.Dunford (talk) 10:03, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

@Dave.Dunford: Well, WP:GEO#Precision guidelines says, "Cities must be specified with a precision of degrees, minutes and seconds to respect historical norms," which I suppose is open to interpretation, but I tend to use it to justify preferring d/m/s for settlements. (I was looking at the article because I had just watched Local Hero.) I do frequently use decimal coordinates for other kinds of features—lakes, valleys, railway stations and other buildings, etc.

As I recall, when I first started dealing with coordinates on Wikipedia, I used decimal coords for almost everything (for the same reason you prefer them), but I guess that over the years I have become rather fond of d/m/s. When I emend erroneous or inexact coordinates in articles, I usually preserve the existing format, though. Deor (talk) 12:33, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

Makes sense – thanks. Dave.Dunford (talk) 12:46, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

Guide to temporary accounts

Hello, Deor. This message is being sent to remind you of significant upcoming changes regarding logged-out editing.

Starting 4 November, logged-out editors will no longer have their IP address publicly displayed. Instead, they will have a temporary account (TA) associated with their edits. Users with some extended rights like administrators and CheckUsers, as well as users with the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right will still be able to reveal temporary users' IP addresses and all contributions made by temporary accounts from a specific IP address or range.

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2025

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Deletion of my own Talk page topic

I looked online about whether Talk page comments could/should be deleted and found that an editor can remove their own comments. My thought was that this made sense in the sense that Talk pages are more useful if they only contain "active" topics?

(I just re-deleted a Talk topic I had made, deleted and then you undid the earlier deletion so I thought I would drop by here to let you know what I was thinking when I did that.) Kirsten Jørgensdatter (talk) 16:54, 22 November 2025 (UTC)

@Kirsten Jørgensdatter: You deleted not only your comment but someone's response to it. That is unacceptable; see WP:TPO (Removing others' comments is prohibited, except on one's own user talk page ...). I see that another editor has already restored that thread on Talk:Science in the Renaissance, or I would have done that myself. Deor (talk) 17:40, 22 November 2025 (UTC)
OK. Kirsten Jørgensdatter (talk) 18:54, 22 November 2025 (UTC)

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Happy First Edit Anniversary Deor 🎉

Hey @Deor. Your wiki edit anniversary is today, marking 19 years of dedicated contributions to English Wikipedia. Your passion for sharing knowledge and your remarkable contributions have not only enriched the project, but also inspired countless others to contribute. With over 167,489 edits, your dedication is an inspiration to the community. 🌻 Thank you for your amazing contributions. Wishing you many more wonderful years ahead in the Wiki journey. 😊 -Snuggle 📫 🖤 03:41, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

Happy edit anniversary @Deor. Wishing you more years to go.. :) - ❙❚❚❙❙ GnOeee ❚❙❚❙❙ ✉ 15:50, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

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