User talk:William Graham

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Best regards! Peaceray (talk) 04:26, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

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Artists in Canada record number suggestions

I noticed you proposed Artists in Canada record number (P5239) some time ago. I made a query to easily find people who should probably have a link. These are Canadian artists (country of citizenship (P27) -> Canada (Q16)) with National Gallery of Canada artist ID (P5368), but no Artists in Canada record number (P5239) link. Maybe you want to help to link them up? Multichill (talk) 22:30, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

BandiBot

Yeah, it's mine. I'm sorry. I'm going to stop the Bot's activity and do whatever it takes. Can you tell me what the procedure is? --Vsuarezp (talk) 19:50, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

@Vsuarezp: I am slightly unclear myself, but I would read Wikidata:Bots. Since the runs are not fully automated, and you're using QuickStatements, you may not need approval. I would however clearly identify on both your personal page and the bot's page that you are the owner and how to get in touch with you. More questions can be answered on Wikidata talk:Bots William Graham (talk) 20:02, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Wikinews topic categories

Hi. I noticed you'd moved a Wikinews topic cat from Federal Election Commission (Q2705072) to Category:Federal Election Commission (Q8445285). This sometimes trips folks up: Wikinews topic categories are connected to the item of the corresponding Wikipedia article, not the associated Wikipedia category. There are, iirc, a few other cases where non-mainspace pages of a sister project are associated with Wikipedia articles; such as Wikisource author pages. --Pi zero (talk) 20:40, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

@Pi zero: Thank you for letting me know. I didn't realize there was an exception for Wikinews topics. William Graham (talk) 20:42, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

Q42360856

At Roy Samuel MacElwee (Q42360856) you added in a url for the NARA url, there is an identifier field for that value, I added it in and kept yours so you can see both. Good stuff you are doing. If you are looking for similar project the Library of Congress releases 50 images each Friday at Flickr Commons that need context. We already have all 40,000 the images at Wiki Commons but they are not in categories for the people in the photos, and the photos are not displayed in Wikidata yet. For instance I added the image to Roy Samuel MacElwee (Q42360856) based on info from Flickr Commons. --RAN (talk) 22:11, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

Interview Invitation

Greetings,

I noticed your editing stats in Wikidata, which led me to look up your profile. Thank you for all the great work!

I’m reaching out to you because I’m working on a research project about understanding what motivates editors like you to contribute to Wikidata. We’re also interested in learning about how you feel your contributions are being used outside of Wikidata. Since you are such an active community member, I thought you might also be interested in helping to build the broader community’s knowledge about Wikidata, and why it matters.

If you’re interested, let’s schedule a time to talk over Zoom, or whichever platform you prefer. If you are interested, please fill in a questionnaire or reply directly. The conversation should take about 30 min.

Hope you have a great day,

Chuankaz (talk) 23:05, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

Call for participation in the interview study with Wikidata editors

Dear William Graham,

I hope you are doing good,

I am Kholoud, a researcher at the King’s College London, and I work on a project as part of my PhD research that develops a personalized recommendation system to suggest Wikidata items for the editors based on their interests and preferences. I am collaborating on this project with Elena Simperl and Miaojing Shi.

I would love to talk with you to know about your current ways to choose the items you work on in Wikidata and understand the factors that might influence such a decision. Your cooperation will give us valuable insights into building a recommender system that can help improve your editing experience.

Participation is completely voluntary. You have the option to withdraw at any time. Your data will be processed under the terms of UK data protection law (including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018). The information and data that you provide will remain confidential; it will only be stored on the password-protected computer of the researchers. We will use the results anonymized (?) to provide insights into the practices of the editors in item selection processes for editing and publish the results of the study to a research venue. If you decide to take part, we will ask you to sign a consent form, and you will be given a copy of this consent form to keep.

If you’re interested in participating and have 15-20 minutes to chat (I promise to keep the time!), please either contact me on kholoudsaa@gmail.com or use this form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdmmFHaiB20nK14wrQJgfrA18PtmdagyeRib3xGtvzkdn3Lgw/viewform?usp=sf_link with your choice of the times that work for you.

I’ll follow up with you to figure out what method is the best way for us to connect.

Please contact me using the email mentioned above if you have any questions or require more information about this project.

Thank you for considering taking part in this research.

Regards

Kholoud

To do list

Hey, this is just a tongue-in-cheek note to let you know that you can scratch creating podcast episode (Q61855877) from your to do list. ;-) --Azertus (talk) 23:00, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

Currently useless items

Hi William,

why is your item Barry N Kreiswirth (Q98321265) so empty? Kop Buster (talk) 09:11, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

@Kop Buster: I didn't create that item. BTW, what was your previous Wikidata username? --William Graham (talk) 18:07, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

Opinion journalist

The differentiation of Q114741303 from Q6482720 originates from misunderstaning. "Publicist" in this context is a commentator who participates in the formation of public opinion, therefore equivalent to "opinion journalist". A rare sense arguably, but can be found on both Merriam-Webster and Wiktionary. Would you mind revert the differentiating edits on both items please? Thank you. Seanetienne (talk) 14:27, 12 December 2022 (UTC) editted Seanetienne (talk) 14:56, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

@Seanetienne: I think they are articulably different in common English. Furthermore, I don't treat a dictionary as authoritative. A reasonable hierarchy might be both being subclasses of hypothetical occupations of "opinion writer" or "opinion communicator". I won't be making any further edits to these occupation items and category items. But I don't begrudge you if you want to make any changes. --William Graham (talk) 19:18, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

Call for participation in a task-based online experiment

Dear William Graham,

I hope you are doing well,

I am Kholoud, a researcher at King's College London, and I am working on a project as part of my PhD research, in which I have developed a personalised recommender model that suggests Wikidata items for the editors based on their past edits. I am inviting you to a task-based study that will ask you to provide your judgments about the relevance of the items suggested by our model based on your previous edits. Participation is completely voluntary, and your cooperation will enable us to evaluate the accuracy of the recommender system in suggesting relevant items to you. We will analyse the results anonymised, and they will be published to a research venue.

The study should take no more than 15 minutes.

If you agree to participate in this study, please either contact me at kholoud.alghamdi@kcl.ac.uk or use this form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSees9WzFXR0Vl3mHLkZCaByeFHRrBy51kBca53euq9nt3XWog/viewform?usp=sf_link

Then, I will contact you with the link to start the study.

For more information about the study, please read this post: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Kholoudsaa In case you have further questions or require more information, don't hesitate to contact me through my mentioned email.

Thank you for considering taking part in this research.

Regards Kholoudsaa (talk) 18:59, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

Matthew M. Zack (Q118611694) and others

Dear William Graham,

are you using a template to create scientist items like him?-- U. M. Owen (talk) 11:43, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

I'm using a feature of Author Disambiguator (Q76693569) (Wikidata:Tools/Author Disambiguator) that builds a 1 item QuickStatements batch if you provide identifiers. -- William Graham (talk) 16:44, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

Connecting categories about (living) persons to their userpage(s)

Dear William,

as I noticed your edit on Claudia Garad I would like to bring this discussion to your attention and I would appreciate if you share your insight on the matter.

thank you,

KaiKemmann (talk) 13:30, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Question on a recent merge.

Here [1] I want to thank you for merging these two.

Why did you choose the keep the spelling that was opposite to what I suggested was the correct English spelling according to many websites?

What source(s) did you use to support your choice? -- Ooligan (talk) 23:40, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

@ Ooligan: Sorry, I didn't see you want label changes as well. I have made the changes. And if you see something you think is incorrect, you can easily change the labels yourself. -- William Graham (talk) 00:05, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

I appreciate your help. Thanks again, -- Ooligan (talk) 00:30, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for your help.

Here: Wikidata:Project chat/Archive/2024/04#Possible merge needed. -- Ooligan (talk) 02:47, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Request for undeletion

Hi! You deleted some concert items that I would like to develop further as part of a collection, could you please undelete these items:

• Q125392207
• Q121302379
• Q125020154
• Q117592094

Thank you! RobinIsadorable (talk) 21:03, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

@RobinIsadorable: I nominated them for deletion because they I did not think they met Wikidata's notability policy. An administrator reviewed the request and did the actual deletion. If you want to request undeletion you should contact the deleting admin per Wikidata:Guide to requests for undeletion. -- William Graham (talk) 22:18, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

@RobinIsadorable These items are single event with no references. I don't know how they could be notable by WD:N. Fralambert (talk) 01:18, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for the feedback, I'm still new at this and learning. I believe these and the other event items meet at least one if not more of the notability requirements linked.

• 1. These items link to multiple Wikidata pages (e.g. Artist pages) and Wikimedia Commons, including a main item that links to a Commons gallery (Chinchilla Café, Chinchilla Café (Q115621122) and https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Chinchilla_Caf%C3%A9) of the institution that hosted it.
• 2. It and other similar Wikidata entries I've created refer to an instance of an identifiable material entity that can be described with serious and publicly available references (Chinchilla Café is a DIY, LGBTQ+ music venue in Charlottesville, VA, USA that hosts various events to benefit musical artists and the community).
• 3. It fulfills a structural need as it provides necessary contextual and archival information of past events and performances that are featured on Wikimedia Commons.

Please let me know if this is sufficient as I am continually in the process of documenting the impact of this venue and their artists, adding new information and updating entries as needed. I appreciate any constructive input! RobinIsadorable (talk) 21:10, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi, any updates on this? RobinIsadorable (talk) 18:37, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

@RobinIsadorable I suggest you take your discussion to the talk page of the deleting admin or WD:AN. I don't believe that any administrators will be monitoring my talk page. William Graham (talk) 18:39, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! RobinIsadorable (talk) 19:30, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank you!

Hi William Graham, just a small thank you for your tireless work on wikidata (and especially RfD) . --Wüstenspringmaus _talk 18:56, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Regarding your email

I believe that your rationale for communicating by email instead of using on-site noticeboards was insufficient, and as such will not respond to it or act on it in any way aside from leaving this message here. If you believe it necessary, you can contact Trust and Safety. Otherwise, please use on-site public noticeboards. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 17:09, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

@The Squirrel Conspiracy Understood. Thank you for taking the time to respond. William Graham (talk) 18:47, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

Page Revision Regarding Commons Category

Hi William, I saw that you reverted the edit I made on Buchi and Tochukwu as incorrect use of property. Could you please explain why the Commons category is incorrect and how it can be corrected? Thank you. King ChristLike (talk) 06:30, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

@King ChristLike the commons category property isn't about a category that is somewhat related to the item it's on, but an exact match of the items concept. I would expect that for each value used in a statement would be unique or only use in less than 3 categories. There are situations where it can make sense for the same value of this property to be used in a few items, such as when there are items corresponding to Wikipedia pages that cover a vague or too broad set of concepts, but those are relatively rare.

For a name (given name or surname) that is a category on Commons that would be a category that exactly matches, see Kathie (Q6376612), Kathie (Q6376612), or Žďárský (Q56712374) for representative examples.

This is NOT a suggestion that you create a commons category for each name you find. It is only useful to do so if there are actually category or categories of a person(s) on Commons that can be usefully categorized using the name category. Commons has it's own criteria for when a category is useful/is used and you should read their help pages, including c:Commons:Categories.

It appears you are a beginner/almost intermediate editor who works on Wikidata in a professional or semi-professional capacity, so I am assuming you will be able correct/remove the incorrect statemenst you have made. Can you please do that? William Graham (talk) 12:53, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

I think I’m clear on this. I’ll definitely make the corrections. Thank you. King ChristLike (talk) 16:17, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

described at URL (P973) on Nick Polom (Q109301963)

Hey hey, would you really say that Nick Polom (Q109301963) is described at all on https://www.mediaite.com/politics/left-wing-pundit-hasan-piker-says-i-dont-have-an-issue-with-hezbollah-praises-yemens-houthis-for-seizing-ships/ ? Referenced sure, but I don't really see any description there? I'd be inclined to remove it. ·addshore· ^{talk to me!} 09:03, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

@Addshore I was about to log out of Wikidata for the night and I couldn't think of a better place to add the link as a reference. I thought it was probably useful to include it somewhere in the item,.but I defer to your judgement. Feel free to remove it or change it to a reference elsewhere. William Graham (talk) 12:39, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

I went ahead and moved it to a reference for his family name for now ·addshore· ^{talk to me!} 13:59, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

November 2024

I'm not sure what makes you think that my Wiki page is a spam.

Please, specify the changes to be made to keep my page visible. Dr. Mojibul Haque (talk) 16:04, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

@Dr. Mojibul Haque Wikidata is not for hosting original encyclopedic content. If you want to know more information about what Wikidata is and what it is used for, you can read the help pages at Help:Contents Help:About data. If you have further questions about why your user page was deleted, you can ask the administrator that deleted the page. If you have general questions, you can ask at Wikidata:Project chat. William Graham (talk) 01:56, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

You're the one that tagged [speed deletion] on my post.

You need to specify if I'm not allowed to host original content then exactly what am I supposed to publish?

Your help will be profoundly appreciated. Dr. Mojibul Haque (talk) 05:04, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

@Dr. Mojibul Haque

Like I said before Wikidata is not for encyclopedic content. I added that template because you were using your user page to create an encyclopedic article about yourself in a way that appeared blatantly promotional. An appropriate usage of a user page could include a very limited autobiography, a list of your areas of interest, or a notepad of your edit progress.

Wikidata doesn't have a specific policy on user pages, so I look to mw:Help:User page, en:Wikipedia:User pages, and commons:Commons:User pages for the kinds of activities that other Wikimedia projects have found to be appropriate and inappropriate for a user page.

Wikidata is a knowledge base (database) for structured data. I encourage you to read the Help pages I linked above to better understand the nature of this wikiproject. William Graham (talk) 05:19, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

Historical information is fine and useful

I agree with what you said in the comments about keeping the historic episode accounts as it allows you to do things like have graph to show its growth.

However, I am tidying as others felt they should be culled :-(

The good news is will allow me to keep the count up to date without getting critased for adding to many values.

Thanks for letting me know I'm not alone :-)

Back ache (talk) 18:26, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Gotard Sobański

I see that you have cancelled my edit of Gotard Sobański's death date, citing another date given in the sources. I do not know what sources the authors of the alternative version were guided by, but I would like to draw your attention to the fact that the tombstone erected by Gotard Sobański's mother clearly states 1841. I will add that in memory of her son, she donated 600 rubles for the construction of the provincial church in Tobolsk, completed in 1848. It is not surprising that the Tyumen historian Genrikh Fil, who has spent his entire life researching the history of the Polish diaspora in Siberia, indicated this date in his publication, the link to which you have deleted. RG72 (talk) 12:39, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

Hello

Hello, which of the videos I linked to the Wiki Quests I suggested have you seen, and what did you find strange about them? Do you have any specific questions for me about how I can better support the Wiki? AndreasSchneider001989 (talk) 15:21, 12 August 2025 (UTC)

(APPEAL ESCALATION) Community Review of Deletion and Inconsistent Policy Application and Conflict of Interest Policy for Administrator Mahir Morshed (Mahir256)

Hello William,

The following appeal of escalation is being shared with you, resulting from an original conversation with your administrative colleague, Mahir Morshed (Mahir256). This appeal of escalation pertains to three entries that were deleted two years ago, resulting from ONE "spammy" net worth link on only one of the three items. I provided proof(s) of notability for the three items and was told those proofs were sufficient for item restorations, etc. Upon posting my appeal of escalation on the Administrators' noticeboard this morning, the items have suddenly been restored. However, Mahir Morshed, according to himself, has re-listed the three notable items to the Widata: Request for deletions page. As I understand, once deleted items have been restored, with proof of notability, and the items aren't being vandalized or tampered with, the same was okay to remain in the knowledge base. I will say it one last time, William. I am not a vandal, or a bad actor, or a shyster. I am a contributor - just like all the rest of the contributors here. I am not a spammer. I do not know the living topics personally, William. I edited Lizzo's item, and the items of many others, too, but I don't know any of them personally, either. William, will you please unlist the three items from the Wikidata: Request for deletion page, as notability was proven and approved as sufficient? Also, will you please correct my initial mistake (two years ago), by removing the problematic "spammy" link and net worth value (which was information available in Google) from the item, Q115362412 (Cat Ellington)? Thank you. Please see my Appeal of Escalation, as I wanted to share a copy of it with you:

(Initial Appeal: "Request for Undeletion": 6 October 2025)

Hello again,

Approximately two years ago, three items — Q115362412 (Cat Ellington), Q115418086 (Joseph Strickland), and Q115418086 (Dual Mania) — were deleted by Mahir Morshed (@Mahir256). The stated reason for the deletion was a “spammy” net worth link. This decision was made despite the presence of numerous strong institutional identifiers and references listed in each item. And while the "spammy" net worth link (not known at the time to be considered "spammy" by the Wikidata community) was used as a reference in only one of the items, all three items were deleted. The other two were deleted without a legitimate reason.

An appeal was made to Mahir Morshed (Mahir256) on his talk page at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User_talk:Mahir256 (Re: Request for Undeletion). During this discussion, the administrator acknowledged that the additional evidence of notability, which I provided for the three items, was sufficient to warrant the restoration of the three items. However, despite this admission, the administrator has failed to restore the three items in a timely manner.

As it has now been over 7 days since my initial appeal, with which proofs of notability (for the three items) were included and approved, this latest appeal escalation is now brought to the Wikidata community for review on the following grounds:

1. Inconsistent Application of Policy: The administrator’s initial deletion of the three items (for well-known public figures and a globally released motion picture) for a single problematic reference was an overreaction and a misapplication of Wikidata’s notability policy. The policy allows items to pass notability based on strong identifiers and institutional references (although I submitted links to published magazine articles and critical film reviews for the three items in my initial appeal, which were deemed sufficient proofs of notability), a condition these three items met conclusively. The correct procedure would have been to remove the single link.

2. Conflict of Interest: The administrator has demonstrated a clear conflict of interest by creating and/or editing unreferenced (and UNNOTABLE) Wikidata items for himself and his family members (e.g., https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89633049 for himself, which HE edited 6 months ago, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89645010 for his father, AFM Mahbub Morshed, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89645732 for his mother (Afroza Hasin), and https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41890141 for his uncle, Altaf Hasan, which Mahir Morshed also himself last edited TWO YEARS ago, etc.) while deleting well-referenced (and notability-proven) items for others. This constitutes a double standard and a clear violation of Wikidata’s policy on administrative ethics, as well as a form of hypocrisy. I would assume that Wikidata administrators are expected to uphold the highest standards of neutrality and not utilize their positions for personal gain or to give preferential treatment to themselves, their family, or their associates. These actions (as I see it) indicate a lack of good faith and are a form of passive-aggressive abuse of power. As a contributor, I didn’t (terribly) appreciate being spoken to rudely (by Mahir Morshed), and falsely accused, through insinuations, of engaging in conflicts of interest when the very individual, and an administrator no less, obviously did exactly that himself. I should not have to jump through hoops to get deleted items restored, especially not after I submitted the requested (and approved) proofs of notability for those items.

3. Conflict of Interest: In addition to the "person items" the administrator, Mahir Morshed (Mahir256), edited, and chances are, also created, for himself and his family members, Mahir Morshed also himself edited published academic articles authored by his father, which appear in the Wikidata knowledge base (e.g., https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127781995 for his father's academic article, Does the presence of international students improve domestic graduations in the US?, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128042108 for his father's academic article, Dynamics of immigrant assimilation: lessons from immigrants’ trust, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115041141 for his father's academic article, Fiscal policy in a small open economy with cross-border labor mobility, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125732399 for his father's academic article, International migration, migrant stock, and remittances: Reexamining the motivations to remit, and https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128301090 for his father's academic article, Price convergence among Indian cities: The role of linguistic differences, topography, and aggregation, etc.) These actions (as I see it) also indicate a lack of good faith and are a serious form of passive-aggressive abuse of (administrative) power. I thought administrators were held to a higher standard of behavior and are expected to use their tools responsibly to improve the project, not obstruct it. The behavior of Mahir Morshed speaks volumes.

4. Abuse of Administrative Tools: By maliciously obstructing the restoration of the three items at the forefront of my initial appeal, even after acknowledging their validity (as a result of notability proofs), the administrator has abused their administrative tools to enact a form of sadistic punishment or bias/discrimination. This inaction, following a pattern of inconsistent behavior, is unacceptable for an administrator whose duties require impartiality and timely action based on policy.

Request for Action:

I kindly request that the (Wikidata) community review the actions of administrator Mahir Morshed and the evidence provided.

Item Restoration: I kindly request that an impartial administrator restore the items for Q115362412 (Cat Ellington), Q115418086 (Joseph Strickland), and Q115418086 (Dual Mania). Because no single individual, including a Wikidata administrator, has the authority or right to decide who is worthy of being represented in the Wikidata knowledge base, especially not when items (who are well-known public figures and projects) have proven notability, beyond institutional and industry identifiers.

Administrative Conduct: I also request, and kindly, that the community assess the administrator’s conduct, including the inconsistent application of policy and the conflicts of interest.

Thank you for your time and attention to this matter. BluestBelle (talk) 20:45, 14 October 2025 (UTC)

@BluestBelle This message seems to be a duplication of a message already posted on WD:AN. I will make my reply there. William Graham (talk) 22:18, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

@BluestBelle I will also note that I am not an administrator on Wikidata (nor have I ever been one). I am simply a normal (unprivileged) user that is participating in the discussion in my personal capacity. I take interest with discussions of notability and the application of notability policy. William Graham (talk) 22:21, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi William,

I understand. I thought you were an administrator because @Mahir256 told me that he was waiting for your approval to go ahead and restore the items. I did submit proofs of notability, which were satisfactory, and approved by Mahir. He has restored the items, and I hope that everything is okay now. I will not participate in editing any of those items again; I will leave that to the other editors. Again, MY editing contributions (with those or any other item listed in the knowledge base) have never been intentional spamming, but when I help out with editing items, I may have to go over things again and again and again, so that statements requiring references can be accurate, and not sloppy, or disorganized, or haphazard. I like to get it right, because it will reflect back on your community. The problem, aside from what Mahir perceived as shoddy behaviors, or what you guys call "vandalism," was a link added to the statement for a net worth on the item for Q115362412 (Cat Ellington). The item-deleting administrator indicated that the reference link provided for that statement was "spammy." If that was the case, I hope they go ahead and remove that link. There is no reason, whatsoever, to delete the entire item again, as there was nothing else wrong with the item, I don't think. It was just that one frowned upon (reference) link. I edit honestly. I don't know about those others the administrator(s) took offense to; I can only speak for myself. And I like to get the statements right and properly referenced. Thank you, William. Have a nice weekend. BluestBelle (talk) 21:25, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

Project Q212128 was been vandalism by ~2025-34471-64

Hello, user ~2025-34471-64 has been vandalism by project Q212128. Please View History, Thank you. Hyuvan (talk) 04:10, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

@Hyuvan I am not sure why you sent me this message. I am not an administrator. If you are trying to report vandalism, you can post at WD:AN. William Graham (talk) 06:11, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

Received, thank you Hyuvan (talk) 07:07, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

equest for Undeletion of Q131370061 / Appeal for restoration of Bryce North

Hi William,

I respectfully request the restoration of the Wikidata item for Bryce North (Q131370061), which was recently deleted under the premise of “non-notability / recreation of a previously deleted item.” Since that deletion, I have compiled substantial independent, verifiable evidence demonstrating that Bryce North meets the notability criteria defined by Wikidata.

Below is a summary of new evidence and identifiers supporting this request:

Independent coverage and editorial sources

= Feature article on ValiantCEO profiling Bryce North and his agency, Don’t Be A Little Pitch — a substantial business-press source. = Independent profile on LeadersPerception covering his background, career, and public-relations agency. = Feature on MediaPeople Podcast (episode 120) discussing his public-relations work — third-party media coverage. Additional press and media mentions including [other credible publications or interviews you have].

Published works and products - Book: How to Stop Begging for Attention and Start Owning the Damn Spotlight — includes ASIN B0DPBMX7Z4. Item Q137178823 exists in Wikidata as a verified bibliographic work. - Product: TrapTap — item Q137178942 exists in Wikidata, with national broadcast appearance on Dragons’ Den (CBC) and external media coverage.

Authoritative external identifiers - IMDb ID (nm16786733) verifying national-broadcast presence and media credibility. - Crunchbase profile (person ID: bryce-north) verifying business existence and corporate history. - Trademark registration under U.S. serial number 98717977 (company item includes that registration). - Company item for Don’t Be A Little Pitch with proper structure, headquarters location, inception date, and trademark.

Structured identity and employer link - Personal item includes birth year, place of birth, residence, citizenship, occupations (entrepreneur; public relations consultant; author; businessperson), field of work (public relations), employer linking to company item, and membership in Startup Grind. - Notability anchors: book, product, Dragons’ Den participation, independent media coverage, company ownership.

Alignment with Wikidata’s Notability Criteria (N2 / N3) - N2: Multiple independent authoritative sources, credible external identifiers, published works, and documented public-facing activity. - N3: Connections to other notable Wikidata items (book, product, company, media appearances), forming an integrated knowledge graph cluster.

Given this strong cluster of evidence - independent journalism, published media, corporate presence, a real product, broadcast appearances, and verifiable identifiers — the previous deletion based on non-notability or “recreation” no longer applies. The entity clearly qualifies as a notable real person under current Wikidata standards.

I request that you please reconsider the deletion decision and restore the item. I am willing to answer any questions, provide further documentation, or make any edits to satisfy Wikidata’s policies.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

— Bryce North

Notes & Clarifications I have not included any emotional appeals, claims about search ranking, or promises to “improve” the entry; this request relies solely on verifiable facts and sources.

All sources are publicly available and not self-published promotional materials.

The deleted item has now been rebuilt externally (book, product, company, coverage), but I am requesting true restoration rather than re-creation, per Wikidata guidance. Brycegonorth (talk) 05:33, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

@Brycegonorth I am not an admin and did not delete that item. I nominated it for deletion and an admin deleted it. If you want to request undeletion you can read Wikidata:Guide to requests for undeletion and follow that process. William Graham (talk) 23:39, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

Notability of Jonathan Ressler / Big Fat, Inc

The proposed deletion on grounds of non-notability is not supported by policy. The subject meets Wikidata notability criteria through significant, independent, and reliably sourced coverage over several decades. This includes national and editorially controlled publications such as: • The New York Times

• The Wall Street Journal
• CNN
• AdAge
• Fast Company
• Other regional and national outlets covering the subject’s marketing work and public activity
• A commercially published book with independent distribution and reviews
• A publicly distributed podcast referenced on third-party platforms

These are not trivial mentions. They are independent secondary sources with substantive coverage. The subject has an extensive professional history documented by media organizations unaffiliated with the subject. This satisfies WD:N. The item is a neutral data entry documenting a person who has long-standing, verifiable, non-trivial coverage. It is not promotional in tone or scope. Deletion should be withdrawn. BringdaThunder (talk) 10:29, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

@BringdaThunder If you want to contest deletion you should do so at WD:RFD. Leaving a comment on the nominator's talk page will not affect the outcome. Thank you. William Graham (talk) 23:40, 2 December 2025 (UTC)