Last year, you helped me by creating this query. I tried to copy it and run it myself to get an updated report, but it appears that the database schema (or whatever the lingo is) has changed, making your query fail to run. I tried to use the documentation and T299417 and a bit of logical thinking to create an updated query, and I got a query that doesn't give error messages, but it never finishes running. I know very little about SQL, so parsing exactly what the query is doing and how to update it is beyond my skills. I have left my new query running for hours with no results. If you have a minute, could you please take a look at the two queries and try to figure out how to update your query from last year to account for the database table changes? Thanks. – Jonesey95 ( talk) 14:12, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
JOIN linktarget ON lt_id = tl_target_id
Also, the "fork" button works more cleanly than cutting-and-pasting the query. —
Cryptic 14:47, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
Why you left no block notice?
Your block came without any warning per WP:BEFOREBLOCK.
I am already trying to resolve this issue here. The block is unnecessary and you should overturn it. Aman Kumar Goel ( Talk) 18:16, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
I found Category:Disambiguation message boxes. It includes {{ number disambiguation}} and {{ Letter–number combination disambiguation}}. What are your thoughts on the templates and specifically {{ Letter–number combination disambiguation}}? Do you think {{ Letter–number combination disambiguation}} should be reconciled with {{ Disambiguation}}? Iterresise ( talk) 11:16, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
Hi, I've been trying to figure out how to use complex wildcards in my Wikipedia searches without breaking things and thought you might have some insight. For example, I want to return pages that have words ending in "pillai" (because I stumbled across several Indian surnames ending in "pillai" that were prepended with Catholic given names, and what is that all about!) where the 4 characters immediately preceding that string cannot be a non-letter... I came up with insource:/[a-zA-Z]{4}pillai/
but that is throwing the "timed out, only partial results" error that instructs me to simplify my regex. Thoughts?
Thanks,
JoelleJay (
talk) 08:47, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
The rule regarding deaths of prominent persons clearly states "Exceptions to this rule are made for prominent persons who died in office (such as Pope John Paul II and Omar Bongo) or other instances where the death in itself has a major impact." (see here: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:How_the_Current_events_page_works#Other_guidelines)
There are two exceptions provided: Prominent person who died in office, or prominent person whose death in itself has a major impact. Senator Feinstein clearly falls under the first exception. 2603:6080:B207:AE70:A867:DDB2:96A4:B832 ( talk) 16:25, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy) § RfC on the "Airlines and destinations" tables in airport articles. I saw that you participated in a discussion on a similar topic. Sunnya343 ( talk) 18:23, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
I never do WikiLove, but this just seemed fitting since we both need it per our DRV comments this morning. ;-) Star Mississippi 15:22, 13 October 2023 (UTC) |
Hello, Cryptic,
The article counts in CSD categories are often off by 1 or more pages and in this case, you restored and then redeleted this draft. But we delete hundreds of expired drafts each day, how did you discover it was this one causing the problem? Just wondering what you can see that I can't. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 02:08, 14 October 2023 (UTC)
Why you delete a draft after refund to draft? G8 doesnt apply here. ( /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2023_October_11) And G4 excludes pages in userspace and draftspace where the content was converted to a draft. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mark21K ( talk • contribs) 20:42, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
Hi, I hope you're doing well. I noticed your recent edits on the article Rylan Brownlie. The issue isn't limited to today; the article was created just three days ago with two unreliable citations, and it didn't adhere to WP:ATHLETE. During the curation process, I moved it to the draft at Draft:Rylan Brownlie following WP:DRAFTIFY, and the mainspace page was promptly deleted. However, the creator of the article then made a new one in the mainspace for the same player, adding some more citations that still weren't significant. Most of these citations appear to be profiles and entries. I tagged the page for speedy deletion and added a redirect to the draft. In cases where a user isn't following the AfC process and adds the article again while ignoring the draft, it's important to maintain a consistent approach to uphold Wikipedia's content quality standards.❯❯❯ Chunky aka Al Kashmiri ( ✍️) 14:38, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar | ||
Thanks for your nice solution to my question in Wikipedia:Help desk#How to find out the edit count of pages with templates?. Cheers! Thinker78 (talk) 06:55, 3 November 2023 (UTC) |
Dear Cryptic. I'm writing in regards to the following draft that was recently deleted by you /info/en/?search=Draft:Ira_Vouk I believe the reason for deletion was Unambiguous advertising or promotion. Is it possible to undelete the article and place it back into the Draft space for further enhancement to meet the wiki requirements? I previously submitted it for a review and it's been declined a couple times. Reasons stated:
This person meets the notability requirements, based on the existence of media coverage of her life and work that is independent of the subject. She also has published books and research papers. There are reviews and citations of those works that were also cited in the article. Those were all added yesterday to the latest version, which got it declined and deleted for being too promotional. Perhaps I overdid it with the sources. So I'm requesting another chance to review it with wiki experts in the help channel before re-submission.
To address the "advertising and promotion" concern: I didn't write the article for myself. I used to work with this person a while back and I have been admiring her work for over a decade, along with thousands of people in our industry. I feel she deserves a wiki page and that probably shows in the language I use when describing her. She is a notable figure in our space with a large following. I just need to understand how to phrase it to make it sound non-promotional.
I'm still hoping to be able to publish it as I've put a lot of effort into it. I would appreciate it if you allowed another chance to fine-tune the article to meet wiki standards.
Please ping me when responding, if you can. Thank you for your consideration. Faminalizblr ( talk) 18:48, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
Happy Adminship | from the Birthday Committee |
---|---|
Wishing Cryptic a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! -- Ezra Cricket ( talk) 18:56, 12 November 2023 (UTC) |
Dear Cryptic, I am contacting you regarding the article: Draft:Immigrant Invest. I ask you to do a favor and restore the article in the Drafts zone. I'll rework the article. Thank you! MazzDak ( talk) 12:53, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic. I have closed Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2023 November 6#File:Eintracht Frankfurt historial.png as per your suggestion to crop out the non-free logo on the right. When you have a moment could you please take care of that? Thanks, FASTILY 06:25, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
This is Regarding Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Smiley Children Society
initially how can we download the deleted article, so that it can be stored with references, and added in Wikipedia when it gets notability
second thing is, is it not possible to move the page to draft space and add the information and keep for admin approval,
Thanks CAJaganaddamRJY ( talk) 08:53, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
In your edit summary you mentioned WP:PERM. Did you mean to say I posted in the wrong place? Because WP:PERM says "This is not the place to request review of another user's rights. If you believe someone's actions merit removal of a permission flag, you should raise your concern at the incidents noticeboard." So it's unclear for me why you linked WP:PERM? Or was that meant as a hint for the user as to where to request the right in the future? — Alexis Jazz ( talk or ping me) 06:41, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
Regarding this comment [1]. He's reverted 3 separate edits of mine I've edited Wikipedia since 2007 and were the situation reversed I wouldn't argue that wasn't a violation. You appear to imply that if I were to undo his edits in 3 consecutive edits that would be OK. Can I just check that is your implication and the intention of the restriction? I ask because it overturns all of my understanding of 3RR, so much so I'm considering requesting a clarification at WP:AE W C M email 10:03, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
I didn't notify any of the other participants in the DRV because I didn't want to be accused of canvassing, and I don't think that I have ever reported a user at Arbitration Enforcement, because often I am trying to mediate a dispute in these areas. I agree that leniency, as in a logged warning, is in order. Robert McClenon ( talk) 14:30, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic! Thanks for the response
here—do you know when/how the imagestyle
parameter addition can be merged into {{
Infobox company}} so it can be used in that article? —
Bilorv (
talk) 17:09, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
Greetings Críptico,
I would like to report that the user "79a" is editing the article Arlyzinho BR, adding non-factual information without supporting references. As the original author of the article, based on research, I am concerned about the user "79a" attempting to link information without specific reference data to substantiate their claims. I kindly request a review of the situation, as this is notably compromising the quality of the content. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Zp124 ( talk) 19:11, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
This article was deleted repeatedly, recreated multiple times under multiple titles to avoid the deletion, deleted and s saltethen d, grudgingly and baselessly allowed back into draft space, moved into mainspace without review or approval under a new title to avoid the salting. Why did you unsalt?it. You should resathisinonsense non-notable, unreliably sourced fancruft. t. Banks Irk ( talk) 04:03, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
Would have sent a beer but it's only 9am where I am, so a tad early for that. ;)
Thanks for dealing with the music academy mess, appreciate it! -- DoubleGrazing ( talk) 09:20, 11 January 2024 (UTC) |
You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Administrator Conduct Case 2024-1: Mzajac. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Administrator Conduct Case 2024-1: Mzajac/Evidence. Please add your evidence by January 30, 2024, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Administrator Conduct Case 2024-1: Mzajac/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 17:55, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic, today I wanted to reach out to you and clear the air a bit. I note that you had asked me a question on my unsuccessful RfA. This was not an honest, acceptable answer and now, I wanted to explain why. In my userpage's (deleted) page history, there was content which I had wanted people to not see, as it could have led me to being doxxed/my IRL, personal identity being found out. At that time, I had considered a variety of answers which I had thought, "Would this be a good, acceptable answer?" and "Would this answer be problematic?". But ultimately I just went ahead with the lie and it turned out to be a very bad idea put forth by myself. Sure, I would've gone with another answer (that I now realize that it's acceptable) but I just didn't think it would be a good idea at that time to say answers such as, "Yeah, I had bad, weird stuff in my deleted userpage history". That's why I lied about this per those reasons; I'm sorry I had done so; I will definitely try not to do so again. At that point, the opposes kept coming and I realized per the lie and the other concerns pointed out on my RfA that I wouldn't be a trustworthy, competent administrator. I understand that you think I'm untrustworthy with the additional advanced tools at that time and currently, but I have felt the need to reach out and explain myself and this for a while now. I, however, do appreciate that you had asked this question because I'd taken some time to self-reflect thereafter on that situation and how to deal with similar situations. If I can't be honest, I'm truly not ready to run. ~ Tails Wx (he/him, aro ace, 🐾) 00:28, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
Could you tell me why you deleted "Valeria Kogan"? Was it the language I used or the content or something else? Oirish baguette ( talk) 17:35, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | |
Thank you for patiently correcting my errors and misunderstandings. It's a relief to know that you are willing to tell me what I've got wrong. I hate being wrong, and I love that you help me fix my mistakes. Thank you so much. WhatamIdoing ( talk) 02:23, 7 February 2024 (UTC) |
I don't understand why it was deleted, if the objection was phrases like "for his insightful poetry, thought-provoking essays, and impactful activism." - these were part of the sources and could have been removed. Basudev Sunani is an influential poet writing about oft-ignored subjects in a language that doesn't see much presence on wikipedia anyway. Miximon ( talk) 21:34, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
Hello Cryptic,
You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Conflict of interest management. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Conflict of interest management/Evidence. Please add your evidence by March 20, 2024, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Conflict of interest management/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration.
For the Arbitration Committee,
~ ToBeFree (
talk) 20:03, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
Hey there! This is to let you know that phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship (RfA) review is now no longer accepting new proposals. Lots of proposals remain open for discussion, and the current round of review looks to be on a good track towards making significant progress towards improving RfA's structure and environment. I'd like to give my heartfelt thanks to everyone who has given us their idea for change to make RfA better, and the same to everyone who has given the necessary feedback to improve those ideas. The following proposals remain open for discussion:
To read proposals that were closed as unsuccessful, please see Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review/Phase I/Closed proposals. You are cordially invited once again to participate in the open discussions; when phase I ends, phase II will review the outcomes of trial proposals and refine the implementation details of other proposals. Another notification will be sent out when this phase begins, likely with the first successful close of a major proposal. Happy editing! theleekycauldron ( talk • she/her), via:
MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 10:53, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
Hey there, I was looking at your user rights page and it seems for some reason a click was registered to change your rights, and I have no idea why that happened. Just wanted to let you know, as everything should be changed back to what it was before. Sorry about that, it may have been a misclick of something odd. - Fuzheado | Talk 17:30, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
Last year, you helped me by creating this query. I tried to copy it and run it myself to get an updated report, but it appears that the database schema (or whatever the lingo is) has changed, making your query fail to run. I tried to use the documentation and T299417 and a bit of logical thinking to create an updated query, and I got a query that doesn't give error messages, but it never finishes running. I know very little about SQL, so parsing exactly what the query is doing and how to update it is beyond my skills. I have left my new query running for hours with no results. If you have a minute, could you please take a look at the two queries and try to figure out how to update your query from last year to account for the database table changes? Thanks. – Jonesey95 ( talk) 14:12, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
JOIN linktarget ON lt_id = tl_target_id
Also, the "fork" button works more cleanly than cutting-and-pasting the query. —
Cryptic 14:47, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
Why you left no block notice?
Your block came without any warning per WP:BEFOREBLOCK.
I am already trying to resolve this issue here. The block is unnecessary and you should overturn it. Aman Kumar Goel ( Talk) 18:16, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
I found Category:Disambiguation message boxes. It includes {{ number disambiguation}} and {{ Letter–number combination disambiguation}}. What are your thoughts on the templates and specifically {{ Letter–number combination disambiguation}}? Do you think {{ Letter–number combination disambiguation}} should be reconciled with {{ Disambiguation}}? Iterresise ( talk) 11:16, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
Hi, I've been trying to figure out how to use complex wildcards in my Wikipedia searches without breaking things and thought you might have some insight. For example, I want to return pages that have words ending in "pillai" (because I stumbled across several Indian surnames ending in "pillai" that were prepended with Catholic given names, and what is that all about!) where the 4 characters immediately preceding that string cannot be a non-letter... I came up with insource:/[a-zA-Z]{4}pillai/
but that is throwing the "timed out, only partial results" error that instructs me to simplify my regex. Thoughts?
Thanks,
JoelleJay (
talk) 08:47, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
The rule regarding deaths of prominent persons clearly states "Exceptions to this rule are made for prominent persons who died in office (such as Pope John Paul II and Omar Bongo) or other instances where the death in itself has a major impact." (see here: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:How_the_Current_events_page_works#Other_guidelines)
There are two exceptions provided: Prominent person who died in office, or prominent person whose death in itself has a major impact. Senator Feinstein clearly falls under the first exception. 2603:6080:B207:AE70:A867:DDB2:96A4:B832 ( talk) 16:25, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy) § RfC on the "Airlines and destinations" tables in airport articles. I saw that you participated in a discussion on a similar topic. Sunnya343 ( talk) 18:23, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
I never do WikiLove, but this just seemed fitting since we both need it per our DRV comments this morning. ;-) Star Mississippi 15:22, 13 October 2023 (UTC) |
Hello, Cryptic,
The article counts in CSD categories are often off by 1 or more pages and in this case, you restored and then redeleted this draft. But we delete hundreds of expired drafts each day, how did you discover it was this one causing the problem? Just wondering what you can see that I can't. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 02:08, 14 October 2023 (UTC)
Why you delete a draft after refund to draft? G8 doesnt apply here. ( /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2023_October_11) And G4 excludes pages in userspace and draftspace where the content was converted to a draft. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mark21K ( talk • contribs) 20:42, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
Hi, I hope you're doing well. I noticed your recent edits on the article Rylan Brownlie. The issue isn't limited to today; the article was created just three days ago with two unreliable citations, and it didn't adhere to WP:ATHLETE. During the curation process, I moved it to the draft at Draft:Rylan Brownlie following WP:DRAFTIFY, and the mainspace page was promptly deleted. However, the creator of the article then made a new one in the mainspace for the same player, adding some more citations that still weren't significant. Most of these citations appear to be profiles and entries. I tagged the page for speedy deletion and added a redirect to the draft. In cases where a user isn't following the AfC process and adds the article again while ignoring the draft, it's important to maintain a consistent approach to uphold Wikipedia's content quality standards.❯❯❯ Chunky aka Al Kashmiri ( ✍️) 14:38, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar | ||
Thanks for your nice solution to my question in Wikipedia:Help desk#How to find out the edit count of pages with templates?. Cheers! Thinker78 (talk) 06:55, 3 November 2023 (UTC) |
Dear Cryptic. I'm writing in regards to the following draft that was recently deleted by you /info/en/?search=Draft:Ira_Vouk I believe the reason for deletion was Unambiguous advertising or promotion. Is it possible to undelete the article and place it back into the Draft space for further enhancement to meet the wiki requirements? I previously submitted it for a review and it's been declined a couple times. Reasons stated:
This person meets the notability requirements, based on the existence of media coverage of her life and work that is independent of the subject. She also has published books and research papers. There are reviews and citations of those works that were also cited in the article. Those were all added yesterday to the latest version, which got it declined and deleted for being too promotional. Perhaps I overdid it with the sources. So I'm requesting another chance to review it with wiki experts in the help channel before re-submission.
To address the "advertising and promotion" concern: I didn't write the article for myself. I used to work with this person a while back and I have been admiring her work for over a decade, along with thousands of people in our industry. I feel she deserves a wiki page and that probably shows in the language I use when describing her. She is a notable figure in our space with a large following. I just need to understand how to phrase it to make it sound non-promotional.
I'm still hoping to be able to publish it as I've put a lot of effort into it. I would appreciate it if you allowed another chance to fine-tune the article to meet wiki standards.
Please ping me when responding, if you can. Thank you for your consideration. Faminalizblr ( talk) 18:48, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
Happy Adminship | from the Birthday Committee |
---|---|
Wishing Cryptic a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! -- Ezra Cricket ( talk) 18:56, 12 November 2023 (UTC) |
Dear Cryptic, I am contacting you regarding the article: Draft:Immigrant Invest. I ask you to do a favor and restore the article in the Drafts zone. I'll rework the article. Thank you! MazzDak ( talk) 12:53, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic. I have closed Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2023 November 6#File:Eintracht Frankfurt historial.png as per your suggestion to crop out the non-free logo on the right. When you have a moment could you please take care of that? Thanks, FASTILY 06:25, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
This is Regarding Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Smiley Children Society
initially how can we download the deleted article, so that it can be stored with references, and added in Wikipedia when it gets notability
second thing is, is it not possible to move the page to draft space and add the information and keep for admin approval,
Thanks CAJaganaddamRJY ( talk) 08:53, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
In your edit summary you mentioned WP:PERM. Did you mean to say I posted in the wrong place? Because WP:PERM says "This is not the place to request review of another user's rights. If you believe someone's actions merit removal of a permission flag, you should raise your concern at the incidents noticeboard." So it's unclear for me why you linked WP:PERM? Or was that meant as a hint for the user as to where to request the right in the future? — Alexis Jazz ( talk or ping me) 06:41, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
Regarding this comment [1]. He's reverted 3 separate edits of mine I've edited Wikipedia since 2007 and were the situation reversed I wouldn't argue that wasn't a violation. You appear to imply that if I were to undo his edits in 3 consecutive edits that would be OK. Can I just check that is your implication and the intention of the restriction? I ask because it overturns all of my understanding of 3RR, so much so I'm considering requesting a clarification at WP:AE W C M email 10:03, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
I didn't notify any of the other participants in the DRV because I didn't want to be accused of canvassing, and I don't think that I have ever reported a user at Arbitration Enforcement, because often I am trying to mediate a dispute in these areas. I agree that leniency, as in a logged warning, is in order. Robert McClenon ( talk) 14:30, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic! Thanks for the response
here—do you know when/how the imagestyle
parameter addition can be merged into {{
Infobox company}} so it can be used in that article? —
Bilorv (
talk) 17:09, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
Greetings Críptico,
I would like to report that the user "79a" is editing the article Arlyzinho BR, adding non-factual information without supporting references. As the original author of the article, based on research, I am concerned about the user "79a" attempting to link information without specific reference data to substantiate their claims. I kindly request a review of the situation, as this is notably compromising the quality of the content. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Zp124 ( talk) 19:11, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
This article was deleted repeatedly, recreated multiple times under multiple titles to avoid the deletion, deleted and s saltethen d, grudgingly and baselessly allowed back into draft space, moved into mainspace without review or approval under a new title to avoid the salting. Why did you unsalt?it. You should resathisinonsense non-notable, unreliably sourced fancruft. t. Banks Irk ( talk) 04:03, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
Would have sent a beer but it's only 9am where I am, so a tad early for that. ;)
Thanks for dealing with the music academy mess, appreciate it! -- DoubleGrazing ( talk) 09:20, 11 January 2024 (UTC) |
You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Administrator Conduct Case 2024-1: Mzajac. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Administrator Conduct Case 2024-1: Mzajac/Evidence. Please add your evidence by January 30, 2024, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Administrator Conduct Case 2024-1: Mzajac/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 17:55, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi Cryptic, today I wanted to reach out to you and clear the air a bit. I note that you had asked me a question on my unsuccessful RfA. This was not an honest, acceptable answer and now, I wanted to explain why. In my userpage's (deleted) page history, there was content which I had wanted people to not see, as it could have led me to being doxxed/my IRL, personal identity being found out. At that time, I had considered a variety of answers which I had thought, "Would this be a good, acceptable answer?" and "Would this answer be problematic?". But ultimately I just went ahead with the lie and it turned out to be a very bad idea put forth by myself. Sure, I would've gone with another answer (that I now realize that it's acceptable) but I just didn't think it would be a good idea at that time to say answers such as, "Yeah, I had bad, weird stuff in my deleted userpage history". That's why I lied about this per those reasons; I'm sorry I had done so; I will definitely try not to do so again. At that point, the opposes kept coming and I realized per the lie and the other concerns pointed out on my RfA that I wouldn't be a trustworthy, competent administrator. I understand that you think I'm untrustworthy with the additional advanced tools at that time and currently, but I have felt the need to reach out and explain myself and this for a while now. I, however, do appreciate that you had asked this question because I'd taken some time to self-reflect thereafter on that situation and how to deal with similar situations. If I can't be honest, I'm truly not ready to run. ~ Tails Wx (he/him, aro ace, 🐾) 00:28, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
Could you tell me why you deleted "Valeria Kogan"? Was it the language I used or the content or something else? Oirish baguette ( talk) 17:35, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | |
Thank you for patiently correcting my errors and misunderstandings. It's a relief to know that you are willing to tell me what I've got wrong. I hate being wrong, and I love that you help me fix my mistakes. Thank you so much. WhatamIdoing ( talk) 02:23, 7 February 2024 (UTC) |
I don't understand why it was deleted, if the objection was phrases like "for his insightful poetry, thought-provoking essays, and impactful activism." - these were part of the sources and could have been removed. Basudev Sunani is an influential poet writing about oft-ignored subjects in a language that doesn't see much presence on wikipedia anyway. Miximon ( talk) 21:34, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
Hello Cryptic,
You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Conflict of interest management. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Conflict of interest management/Evidence. Please add your evidence by March 20, 2024, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Conflict of interest management/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration.
For the Arbitration Committee,
~ ToBeFree (
talk) 20:03, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
Hey there! This is to let you know that phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship (RfA) review is now no longer accepting new proposals. Lots of proposals remain open for discussion, and the current round of review looks to be on a good track towards making significant progress towards improving RfA's structure and environment. I'd like to give my heartfelt thanks to everyone who has given us their idea for change to make RfA better, and the same to everyone who has given the necessary feedback to improve those ideas. The following proposals remain open for discussion:
To read proposals that were closed as unsuccessful, please see Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review/Phase I/Closed proposals. You are cordially invited once again to participate in the open discussions; when phase I ends, phase II will review the outcomes of trial proposals and refine the implementation details of other proposals. Another notification will be sent out when this phase begins, likely with the first successful close of a major proposal. Happy editing! theleekycauldron ( talk • she/her), via:
MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 10:53, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
Hey there, I was looking at your user rights page and it seems for some reason a click was registered to change your rights, and I have no idea why that happened. Just wanted to let you know, as everything should be changed back to what it was before. Sorry about that, it may have been a misclick of something odd. - Fuzheado | Talk 17:30, 21 April 2024 (UTC)