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MatthewVanitas (talk) 00:02, 22 February 2018 (UTC)Reply

Hi, I'm Graeme Bartlett. UU Archivist, thanks for creating Northwest Unitarian Universalist Congregation!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. independent sources should also be used to prove notability.

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 01:22, 11 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Aubrey Franklin Hess. Thanks! Robert McClenon (talk) 03:23, 3 October 2018 (UTC)Reply

Aubrey Franklin Hess, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
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Hello, UU Archivist,

Thank you for creating Daniel Bragg Clayton.

I have tagged the page as having some issues to fix, as a part of our page curation process and note that:

Hi, and thanks for creating the page. Since numerous parts of the article are still unsourced, and it seems you are mostly using offline sources, could you help add some more references? Thanks!

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ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 20:28, 11 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

@ARandomName123:

Need some help to resolve your comment "seems you are mostly using offline sources, could you help add some more references?"

Can you give an example or two? Are you referring to Clayton's Forty-seven years in the Universalist Ministry." His book is not available online. I have my personal copy. What is the solution to this situation.~~~ UU Archivist (talk) 20:55, 11 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

Yes, that's what I was referring to. Not having an online version of the book is perfectly fine. I was asking if you could add more references from the book, since the rest of us probably don't have access to it. Thanks. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 20:58, 11 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

@ARandomName123

All changes requested have been made. What now?

~~~ UU Archivist (talk) 14:20, 14 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for your work! Looks better now. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 15:44, 14 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

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Hello, I'm Patar knight. I noticed that you have been adding short descriptions to articles. However, the short descriptions you added are too long to be effective, such as at George Leonard Chaney. The guideline is that short descriptions should ideally be under 40 characters long, and no longer than needed. For more information, see the short description guidelines. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thank you. -- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 14:16, 3 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for correcting the short description length UU Archivist (talk) 19:13, 4 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Patar, I need assistance on moving a new Article (Frances C. Swift) to the main space. The content is in my Sandbox. I inadvertently moved a current article (George Leonard Chaney) to the Frances C. Swift name. I renamed the George Leonard Chaney article and that article now appears to appear correctly. However, I cannot move my Sandbox Frances C. Swift article because

The page could not be moved: a page of that name already exists, or the name you have chosen is not valid.

Please choose another name, or use Requested moves to ask for the page to be moved.

I tried the "Perform requested move" option, but that returns the same error.

How can I move my Fances S. Swift Sandbox article to the main space?

Thanks UU Archivist (talk) 20:07, 5 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Thank you. UtherSRG (talk) 21:48, 8 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

UU Archivist (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log) • SI)

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Request reason:

The user name UU Archivist identifies me as an archivist of Unitarian Universalism material. By definition, the term "archivist" identifies an individual. It has been active for years. Please identify, who or how the account blocking was initiated. Interestingly, the blocking of my account coincides with objections I raised with a Wikipedia editor over an article I recently published George Leonard Chaney. :My description also clearly identifies me as an individual. It reads: :After a 35-year IT career, I retired and discovered that my time is now "my time." With the freedom to explore activities that truly interest me, I was drawn to exploring the history of my Unitarian Universalism faith tradition in my hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. :Unitarians and Universalists had been active in Atlanta long before Atlanta iconic institutions such as Coca-Cola or Georgia Tech came into existence. Yet the story of Unitarians and Universalists has remained largely untold. :My hope is to share the rich history of my faith movement in Atlanta and in the South on Wikipedia. UU Archivist (talk) 19:53, 9 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

Accept reason:

See below. UtherSRG (talk) 12:07, 10 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

@UtherSRG:I think this request makes a reasonable argument that their username represents an individual, and I also find it a bit unusual to issue a no-warning block to a username that has been around for almost seven years. Beeblebrox ^Beebletalks 05:20, 10 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

I'm assuming that the block was issued because it could sound like a position as part of the church apparatus/administration(many organizations have an "archivist"), but I too find the explanation satisfactory. 331dot (talk) 10:17, 10 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

Yeah, I'm good. I did, indeed, think this was a position account. - UtherSRG (talk) 12:07, 10 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

@UtherSRG, thank you (and others) for responding quickly to address my blocked user account. In my petition to reopen my account, I also asked, "Please identify who or how the account blocking was initiated." Thanks in advance for your assistance. UU Archivist (talk) 20:10, 10 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

You're already communicating with the admin who blocked you, UtherSRG(who is named in the block notice above). 331dot (talk) 20:27, 10 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

I saw the name and it said "position account" to me. Position accounts are not allowed. This had nothing to do with any edits you had made. - UtherSRG (talk) 23:00, 10 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

UtherSRG Again, thanks for adding your observations about blocking my account. I consider my account blocking a serious action against me and, therefore, seek a complete understanding. There is still a remaining question.

Why was your attention drawn to my username? It has been active for years, never received such attention, and never was questioned as disruptive. Please answer this last question so we can conclude this issue without the need to escalate. UU Archivist (talk) 22:36, 14 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

What is there to escalate? The admin had a good faith reason for their action. It ended up being incorrect, but that happens. We're humans. I don't know how they saw your username, but all edits to every page on Wikipedia appear in the Recent Changes feed. It's not uncommon for inappropriate usernames to get away with it for awhile.

Turning this minor issue into a vendetta would be unwise and a poor use of community time. You're certainly entitled to ask questions, but there's nothing here to "escalate". 331dot (talk) 22:50, 14 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

Indeed, as 331dot says. This is a waste of time. My standard day's work on Wikipedia includes looking at my Watchlist and seeing which articles I'm interested in have been edited recently. I may have seen your name that way. I also fall down rabbit holes chasing edits to make and may have seen your name on a recent edit of an article along the way down a rabbit hole. I have no vendetta against you. You have no reason to have one against me. - UtherSRG (talk) 23:41, 14 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

	The Original Barnstar
	As one who keeps an eye on Burnt Corn, Alabama, I was pleased to see your article on a Burnt Corn native I'd never heard of, Frances C. Chaney. Thanks for sharing your research into UU history in the South. Great work! ℜob C. alias ALAROB 19:53, 21 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

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Note that per MOS:AIUPSCALE and MOS:COLORIZED, Wikipedia always prefers to use original photographs in biographies of historical figures such as William Henry McGlauflin, where they are available. An original newspaper photo is more appropriate than an AI's best guess at what McGlauflin might have looked like up close, and what colour his eyes or the bricks and windowframes of his church might have been. Belbury (talk) 12:46, 28 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

AI-enhanced photo removed. Please remove comments from the article. UU Archivist (talk) 16:15, 2 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

Thanks, I've reworked the tagging. Two other images in that article are still the AI colorised versions: File:Harriman Church Rev. McGlauflin and Wife.png and File:Rev. Q.H Shinn (left) and Rev. H.W. McGlauflin.png. Do you still have access to the original black and white images? Belbury (talk) 13:43, 20 January 2026 (UTC)Reply