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Hi, Anna. I have just declined an unblock request at User talk:LGAQ web team. You placed the block, and posted a {{ Uw-ublock}} block notice to the talk page. However, you autoblocked the IP address and blocked account creation. I can only assume that you made a mistake, as it makes no sense to tell an editor "You are encouraged to choose a new account name that meets our policy guidelines and create the account yourself" while preventing him or her from doing so. I have explained my thoughts on the matter on the user's talk page; perhaps you would like to look there, and see whether you wish to change the block or not. The editor who uses the pseudonym " JamesBWatson" ( talk) 12:46, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
{{ subst:User:Anna Frodesiak/Welcome}} Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 00:44, 27 March 2014 (UTC) Your block, username, and article draft I deleted the content at your userpage because it was promotional. However, the subject may be notable enough for a Wikipedia article. While it is strongly discouraged, you may create an encyclopedia article about yourself or your organization. If you think the subject is notable, prepare it via Wikipedia:Articles for creation or in your sandbox after reading WP:42 and Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. But first, we must address your username issue. Please read the above notice about why I blocked your account. If you want, I can unblock you so that you can create a new account. Then, I would like to know what your new username is. Then, you can recreate the article draft via WP:AFC with lots and lots of references. Write neutrally, in your own words, based on the sources, with no copy pasting from the source. Please read WP:42 and Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. Does this sound reasonable? Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 00:44, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
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Further to this discussion, I've started User:Anna Frodesiak/Yellow sandbox. Please feel free to comment and give guidance, or just keep an eye on how it's going. I'm trying to keep the amount of new templates to a minimum, so I'll likely split them up so that I can have a bare minimum, and add them in combinations. Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 01:34, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
{{
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your new username here}}
to your userpage. Firstly, it is the talk page, not the userpage which is involved, so that needs changing. Secondly, even with the standard block notice wording, which says either "adding below this notice the text" or "adding the following text below this notice" (depending on which block notice you look at) there are still occasionally editors who manage to think that what they have to do is edit the existing copy, rather than add a new copy, resulting in an unblock request which is embedded inside the block notice. (
Here is an example.) Thirdly, I think more common than the mistake I have just mentioned is actually adding {{unblock-un|your new username here}} to the page, rather than something like {{unblock-un|Joe Smith}}. How anyone can fail to realise that "your new username here" is intended to be replaced, goodness knows, but people do. Fourthly, I think it is worth specifying that the request should go below the block notice, because very often, an unblock request is placed at the top of the page, someone responds below that request, someone else at the bottom of the page, and so on, so that before long it is very difficult to tell which messages follow which other messages. I therefore suggest something like To do so, please make a copy of the text {{
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your new username here}}
and post it below this notice (replacing "your new username here" with a suitable username). Unfortunately, that is a little longer and more cumbersome than the simple version you have suggested, but I'm afraid experience suggests that it is necessary to spell it out, unless you are willing to accept a proportion of misunderstandings in return for the benefits of simplicity. The editor who uses the pseudonym "
JamesBWatson" (
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11:46, 8 April 2014 (UTC)As I believe that this info should be available to the public a merger would probably be better.
When I initially tried to get an account, I was told to wait for a password to be mailed to my email address. When the info I merged into martingale (betting system): /info/en/?search=Martingale_(betting_system)was taken off, I signed up for an account and didn't need a special password. My name now appears to be Carlos Soto Turver : /info/en/?search=User:Carlos_Soto_Turver that I just noticed has also been deleted. The reference that I used on the martingale (betting system)page "The Improved Martingale Betting System" is one of the 4 booklets I have published on this subject that are now being offered on Amazon.com. The article that I have been working on at: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/The_Improved_Martingale_Betting_System is still there. I am writing to a number of authors who do gambling articles and will be writing to newspapers looking for columnists who also write about gambling topics such as mine. Other than the 3 booklets and the 1 book that contains the 3 booklets, I have no other references and have found no organization, institution or individual who will validate what I believe to be an original idea and a major improvement on the martingale betting system. I am obviously not computer literate! I have read just about everything about creating an article and as of this morning, I just came across a merging option. My original intent was to create a new page for Wikipedia but having read about the merging option, it makes more sense! I noticed that a request has been made to validate the entire page. If no one has verified the existing information, why not leave the information that I am offering on that page until someone does? If you can contact the person who originally wrote the martingale(betting system)page, he or she would be the most qualified person to verify or validate my improvement of this two century old betting system! As I am convinced that what I have thoroughly explained can be useful to any person who gambles, it needs to be available in the public domain, preferably through Wikipedia. As I really do not know what to do next about the merger,please advise. Carlos Soto Turver ( talk) 03:59, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
There are a few things that for me are still unclear. Therefore, I will respond to your reply by the point be point method that you used.
The bottom line:
Respectfully yours, Carlos Soto Turver ( talk) 01:23, 15 April 2014 (UTC) Anti-martingale[edit]
Hi, can I know the reasons why my page has been deleted. Thank you! Best regards, Alecs Botezatu — Preceding unsigned comment added by By Botezatu ( talk • contribs) 13:50, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
THANK YOU FOR EDITING MY PAGE .— Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.176.156.71 ( talk) 13:26, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
HI ,
THESE PICTURES ARE FROM ARTICLES IN INDIAN NEWSPAPERS ON ME. CAN YOU PLEASE UPLOAD THE SAME . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rubyyadav ( talk • contribs) 04:06, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
Flat Out let's discuss it 22:54, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
Ms. Frodesiak,
I just read your message and took a copy of the article.
Yes,I have spent a lot of time editing. All of my attempts at writing involve many rewrites! Now I like the way it reads!
Thank you for your invitation to help out at Wikipedia! I will first have to take the Wikipedia tour.
As of last week, I am actually doing what you have suggested. I sent the article to the WizardofVegas.com betting system forum and a poll is now being conducted. I have contacted a few authors who write about gambling, I have invited a number of newsletters to review the article and will be contacting newspaper and magazine columnists to also review the material. Hopefully in the near future I will receive one or more articles giving favorable reports on this improvement! If and when they are received, the articles will be listed in the reference section of the article page.
As you may have noticed, I removed the names of the booklets that I have on sale at Amazon.com. I initially did use Wikipedia for promotional purposes. Sorry! Why the change of attitude?
I am not interested in making money! I receive some 1,300 US/ month,that goes further in Guadalajara, Mexico, and any income above that amount has to be turned over to the Veterans Administration. Consequently, that is why I have the 3 booklets priced at .99 cents each, the lowest amount that can be charged for any publication. The latest "book" includes all 3 booklets for $1.49 "The Best Of All Available Betting Systems".
The real reason for the change in attitude is that I am trying to leave a legacy. Small as it may seem, this improvement appears to be original and if and when it spreads, I will have achieved my objective! I have submitted "large" ideas to the Presidents of Mexico, The Clinton Foundation, The United Nations etc. I have 1 US patent #4,819,666. My latest attempt was to send an idea to Mr. Bill Gates' foundation. However as I don't have a PHD nor work in an established institution, I was unqualified to fill out the application required to submit my idea. All have been unsuccessful in their implementation...and until I get some positive results on my martingale improvement, this could also be and unsuccessful venture.
Prior to reading your message, I was going to write and ask permission to do the following on the Martingale(betting system) page: Place a headline titled "The Improved Martingale Betting System", and invite those interested to review the material at: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/The_Improved_Martingale_Betting_System
In the meantime, I will be sending a "boilerplate" message to those columnists who write about casinos and gambling in hope that they will check out the article and write about this idea. And hopefully they will send me a copy that I will add to the list of references, but, of course, Carlos Soto Turver ( talk) 01:47, 22 April 2014 (UTC) only if their comments are positive!
Respectfully yours, Carlos Soto Turver
P.S. Again, thank you for the advice and suggestions!
I'm not sure what's going on here, but it looks like a simple error I'm hoping you can fix.
P.S. sorry about the confusion on Commons, previously I did say "uploaded on behalf of Anna Frodesiak" but since you didn't include it in your instructions, I didn't do it that time. Viriditas ( talk) 06:25, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
Do edits made on wikipedia commons count towards your total number of edits for the purpose of barnstar awards??
Superfast1111 ( talk) 15:05, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
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Hello. I'm 113.253.16.154. I have more than 1 IP adresses at home, so the message you left at 113.253.22.52's talk page is right. I'll consider creating a Wikipedia account to prevent people to think I'm a sockpuppeteer. 113.253.16.154 ( talk) 01:52, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi Anna, how are you? I guess you are not watching this and this anymore. Anyway, I have a request for you. Can you please move this to mainspace. Actually if I move then it will create a redirect which I don't want. So, I thought if you can move it without creating a redirect. Thank you. Jim Carter ( talk) 05:16, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi, Anna. No hurry on this or anything, but I think this issue could benefit from your insight. For several years (or more) a rapidly changing mobile IP posting from a cell phone in Michigan has been trying to participate on Wikipedia. I am not entirely sure if the user has ever registered an account. Admin Arthur Rubin and editor NewsAndEventsGuy have spent an inordinate amount of time tracking the user and blocking them. I feel that this time could be better spent teaching the user how to edit under a registered account. Whenever I try to talk to them, Mr. Rubin just ends up blocking them, at which point they move on to another IP on their phone, usually without having to do anything since their provider uses a pool of IPs. I believe the blocks are being meted out unfairly to begin with. I've pinged the blocking admin and the participating editor above because I'm sure they will have further information for you, but in my past experience, I've always thought Mr. Rubin was biased against the "Michigan Kid". I'm wondering if you can help solve this situation for good by working out a permanent solution. The current IP is 99.181.129.75 ( talk · contribs), but I'm not sure how long we will be able to communicate with them since their IP changes every time they shut down and open their browser on their phone. Thanks. Viriditas ( talk) 04:30, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi Viriditas, thanks very much for the ping! Anna here's my thoughts.... I think it was in 2012 that I felt the same as Viriditas, i.e., that we should be trying to teach and not block. So I initially spent an "inordinate amount" of time trying to do that and I logged some of those early efforts. Eventually I concluded that it was hopeless and the external POV-supporting linkspam would continue ( see 25-50-25). And so it did.
My watchlist was so ultra cluttered, that time to sort the spam from others' real edits was significantly cutting into my wikipedia time and enjoyment. The hopping block evasion got to be so flagrant that admins besides Arthur also got on the instant-block bandwagon. The IP just gave us all the finger and switched IPs in a classic example of the conditions for a block-clock reset (see WP:BLOCKEVASION which says in relevant part "in the case of sanctions, bans, or blocks, evasion typically causes the timer to restart"). It was only when the blocks were getting extended and the server was told to restart the count that my watchlist got much relief. As more editors started instant reverting these IP's gratuitous additions sometime last year the IP got busy, burnt out, was sick, or (glory be!) took the hint and backed off. In the relative peace I stopped monitoring the matter - I was just relieved the torrent of external link spam had dried up in my main subject area (climate change). But in the last few weeks the IP has reappeared in my watchlist, in a somewhat restrained way, thankfully. Some of my old notes are here; see also User:Arthur Rubin/IP list. If you can turn the IP into a registered user who edits articles in a substantive way, then hallelujah! But there appears to be no tools to do that. If the matter gets discussed elsewhere, please ping me. NewsAndEventsGuy ( talk) 05:48, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
(od) If anything; power, politics, and wealth (COI) are the center of this whole thing. Big, yes. Sobering, hopefully.
I wasn't the one who initially blocked the IP, and the Kalamazoo Library IP was initially blocked because of clear vandalism by a person who is clearly not the person we are talking about. I would be in favor of reducing that block to 6 months from now, and resetting all the other blocks to 6 months from now. However, the IP was blocked for a year by consensus at ANI, and hasn't stopped editing for more than 3 months at a time. Many of the edits still are not accepted by WP:CONSENSUS. The particular questionable edits are:
I believe most of the edits are made to emphasize certain points, and many of those more relate to righting great wrongs than to improving the encyclopedia. There are certainly fewer categories of good (or even not bad) edits than there are categories of bad edits; whether there are fewer good edits than bad edits, I cannot say. May I suggest that the IP make a request at WP:ANI that he be un"blocked", although that would technically be in violation of the block, there is no sensible way to request an unblock other than by editing. I would argue against it, but would abide by consensus. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 09:27, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
I think the aim of both your edits (IP and AR) is to counter the agenda of others. That's a polite way of saying that I'm seeing the POV righting of great wrongs all around. AR's blocklog and topic ban (especially considering he's an admin), and IP's "...I would like to give back appropriately; otherwise wp will wither..." disturb me greatly. One thousand surveyed editors would certainly find the manner of both your edits way out of line with what the community wants. I can't imagine any of this changing. Maybe this is for the best as you seem to spend huge amounts of energy trying to neutralize each other.
Anyway, there may be something you can both agree upon: another couple of years of this is a lousy choice. AR: How many hours reverting and blocking? Dozens? IP: How many hours writing and linking, only to get easily discovered and reverted? Dozens?
Now, I'm no genius and both of you have giant brains, but what I'm seeing here seems kind of dumb. Please don't reply with "But, I've tried to communicate and he wouldn't listen." You are both reacting to the other's abnormal edits, and abnormal edits attract reactions.
So, isn't there some saying about doing the same futile thing and expecting different results? If you are both interesting in not continuing this indefinitely, why not figure something out? Start a discussion at AR's talk, or even a subpage. Forget the individual diffs. Get to the heart of the issue. Start with the big picture. Get philosophical and go from there. Sorry for the long post.
Anna Frodesiak (
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21:02, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
What percentage of his recent edits would you say are revert-worthy? Looking at Special:Contributions/99.119.130.31, I see around 20 edits. They are better than if they were all random, different people. Why block? Why spend dozens of hours chasing him? Shouldn't we allocate our resources elsewhere? Is this the best use of so much energy? I know we ought to block on principle for block evasion, but shouldn't we pick our battles?
So, yes, step one for me would be to evaluate his edits. Is he a net positive? I know Wikipedia has editors who are a net positive in terms of working the mainspace, but are a huge drain with disruption, warring, and incivility at the back pages. We don't block them, or not permanently anyway, because their edits are good. Compare this case to those.
I may be way off on this one. Thoughts? Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 00:49, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
Anna, thanks for looking into this. As you can see, this has been going on for a long time. The user is now following my contributions and adding links in vioation of WP:OVERLINK and reverting my attempts to remove them. While that doesn't bother me (I can always request semi) I am concerned that this user lacks WP:COMPETENCE. I opened this inquiry alleging that Arthur Rubin was biased in his approach. But now, after seeing the evidence in real time, I propose that this inquiry should be closed, with an added offer of apology to Arthur Rubin, as his concerns were not only warranted but supported by solid behavioral evidence. I really have no idea what Vsmith is insinuating when he says you were dragged into this; all I wanted was your opinion and the participation of the involved parties. Now that has happened, there doesn't seem to be any further purpose in this investigation. However, Wikipedia does need to figure out a way to deal with users who edit disruptively from mobile IP addresses, beyond simply following BRI. Thanks for listening. Viriditas ( talk) 02:46, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
(od) More? 99.181.130.127 ( talk) 04:43, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi AF: Per your list acumen, here's a new one: List of soft drink flavors. Improve it if interested! NorthAmerica 1000 14:46, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Redmouth grunt. Since you had some involvement with the Redmouth grunt redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Smarkflea ( talk) 19:12, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
Im back n ready to hit those articles.... Hulkster2 ( talk) 14:44, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
I responded to your note. Buymyfiat ( talk) 13:02, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
Go Phightins ! 23:30, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
I've reverted your removal of the two articles from this talk page, as the editor was advised that during his one week block he could use his talk page like a sandbox and practicing editing articles. I don't think there's any more of a copyvio concern there then there is with anyone working on improving an article in their userspace, whether it's on a dedicated page or in a sandbox. In any event, the guy has had a hard time of it, he's not learning well, and this was something of a bone that was thrown to him to keep him involved. He may or may not work out as an editor, but lots of admins are keeping an eye on him, so there's little to be concerned about regarding the two articles. (You can take a look at his talk page, its history, and the brief discussion on WritKeetper's talk page to get a sense of the background.) Thanks. BMK ( talk) 01:09, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi. Can you offer your opinion in the consensus subthread of this discussion? Thanks. Nightscream ( talk) 18:06, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
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For beating me to the punch at Soma mine disaster, and your graciously letting me move my version over yours (with some liberal borrowing of your material). Pity it had to be under such dire circumstances. kelapstick( bainuu) 23:34, 13 May 2014 (UTC) |
Hi Anna Hope all is peace and new knowledge with you :). I would like to request reviewer rights. I have recently been privileged with rollbacker status by NickD, a well respected admin and I thought I would approach an admin I equally respect to request this. Its hard, I know some great admins, but i've picked on you :D I have a solid editing record and have been edding for exactly 2 years. My mainspace contributions are a decent percentage, and I try to contribute on the boards including RFAs. I wish to expand my wikipotential for helping out by getting a couple of extra tools. I think I would be an acceptable reviewer, my WP procedural knowledge is now fairly solid and am very aware of what an acceptable pending should be, so think I could function ok as an additional help. I have made myself aware of reviewer requirements via the relevant WP articles, and would like to help out. Cheers Anna! Irondome ( talk) 00:06, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
You seem to have a somewhat lack-of-understanding of the IP. Would you like to communicate on it further, or not? It is difficult to judge emotions on a computer screen. 141.218.35.129 ( talk) 23:33, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
(edit conflict)
So, you've delcared this discussion closed. Oh, well. Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 00:02, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
Morning Anna! Just to let you know, the brending enthusiast is now at User:Danielhighberger. -- Demiurge1000 ( talk) 01:16, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
WOW! My dad was right. No sour grapes just want to document this properly. Riddle me this.... When "Johnny & Marko" invented the portmanteau or neologism on March 9th, 2011 any iteratee could purchase the key word for under one US cent. Why does it cost over $2.00 dollars per click. My dad told me that I need to ask for administrative protection from you both. How do I do that? Danielhighberger ( talk) 17:11, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
User:Danielhighberger, on a serious note, I'll say it in simple terms. There are two places "brending" can be mentioned at Wikipedia: userpages and the main encyclopedia.
Is this your de facto answer to the question of "more"? 99.181.135.21 ( talk) 22:33, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Brent Hinkley is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brent Hinkley until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 00:06, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
hi .
can you now help me to creat an article as i am come forth in loksabha. Rubyyadav ( talk) 18:02, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
Thank you , this image is owned by me Rubyyadav ( talk) 11:16, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
Go Phightins ! 01:00, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
...your alternate account? :) Viriditas ( talk) 09:16, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi Anna. I think I have figured it out after much pain and too much Strongbow cider. Please take a look at my talk page edit list. The bot migrated over 100k of stuff but created a file I think based on me not fixing the bot parameters correctly. I finally managed to incorporate it into my archive box, but the file has a strange name, so I think I forgot to take off some uneeded stuff when I was setting it up. I hope the bot will migrate files automatically to archive box from now on. Anyway take a look when you have a moment :). Next and last is demonstrating diffs and that I can do them and I will have learned the absolute WP basics to function as an editor fully. Ha ha :/. Much affection and respect as always. Irondome ( talk) 20:10, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
I'm a new Wikipedian. Can you add a list to another page as a category? In other words, at the bottom of a page, can you add to the category list but instead of it being a category, have it refer to a list? The reason I ask is that I created The List of Contemporary Writers of the American West ( /info/en/?search=List_of_Contemporary_Writers_of_the_American_West) as a list, and it has been created/added. However, you suggest that I add incoming links. If I can't add it as a category, do I just link within the text? Suggestions? Tlinse ( talk) 02:30, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
Hey Anna,
My name is Alec Rosenman, head of admissions at Peking University HSBC Business School. I am trying to update the website but my recent edits were removed due to copy right issues. The edit I made to the "internationalization" section should not have been removed. The data concerning the upcoming academic class (over 70 students from 33 countries) was written in my own words and is factually accurate.
Also, my most recent add on concerning the new business school building and its design was also removed because it was "not in my own words". Actually, this information was taken from the information page on the universities website from an article that I WROTE! I understand that it seems to be "plagiarized" but actually it is anything but. I will try and rewrite this information and insert it in again. I hope that is okay.
Please offer me some advice for how I can accomplish adding in this factually accurate information that I myself have written!
Thank you,
Alec Rosenman International Admissions Manager Peking University HSBC Business School — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stylingoo ( talk • contribs) 09:00, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
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I noticed that you originated and contributed almost all of the updates to the U.S. detention center article. I made a few changes to that article.
Looking at your USER page I was quite impressed by the extraordinary amount of time you have obviously volunteered to originate and update so many pages on a wide variety of subjects. Thanks for your diligent work. Activist ( talk) 13:31, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
He Anna, I saw this previously deleted article pop up on my watchlist: Vikrant Sandal, which I'd like to submit of speedy deletion as a recreation of a previously deleted article. But my memory is failing me: is this the case; or is this a second try with different content (in which case I'll go via AfD?)? L.tak ( talk) 19:29, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
You haven't replied me here? Is it my fault? Please show me the right way. Many thanks. Jim Carter ( talk) 12:16, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
Thank you so much Anna for the two nice nudibranch articles! All good wishes, Invertzoo ( talk) 00:11, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
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Hi Anna, thank you for that cute kitten, in return a bunny for you. Jim Carter ( talk) 05:43, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
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Hi Anna. Trying to change a photo in Turkish War of Independence I could not place it rightly. Could you kindly give me a helping hand there, please? Thank you very much for your possible help. Regards. -- Why should I have a User Name? ( talk) 18:29, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
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Dd it hurt, when you fell from heaven?
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Hi Anna. Just wondering if you could do a brief analysis on my quality of edits, community participation and attitude, with a view to a possible attempt at adminship in the next 12 months. I need to create a few articles (I have a few in the pipeline) but please do give me an honest opinion, if you wish to respond Irondome ( talk) 01:42, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
See. 141.218.35.31 ( talk) 23:52, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello Anna, I'm not sure about the proper pathway for responding to your inquiry. I appreciate the concern over the copyrights. My name is Chris Free and I am a mahogany researcher. I am the owner/writer of all of the SwietKing.org content. If you don't believe me, you can email me at cfree@swietking.org. I have copyright for everything I posted on Wikipedia since I wrote it all or took the pictures. Please let me know what I can do to clear this up. Thanks!
Best, Chris — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cfree14 ( talk • contribs) 03:06, 20 March 2014 (UTC)
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Please do scrub my edit summary as well, as it too includes RD2 from when I reverted those edits. :s Thank you. 「dsprc」 [ talk ] 09:39, 6 June 2014 (UTC)
Bishal Khan is adding false information in LGBT rights in Bangladesh. Please take adequate action against him. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Za-ari-masen ( talk • contribs) 11:07, 6 June 2014 (UTC)
Anna someone is again adding false information, this time it's Samira Sadik. I think Samira is Bishal's friend that's why she is adding the same false information that Bishal was adding. Please take action. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Za-ari-masen ( talk • contribs) 17:18, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
Update: Bishal Khan is back and again adding false information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Za-ari-masen ( talk • contribs) 18:39, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
Anna it was definitely false. First he was saying that homosexuality is legal throughout Bangladesh. Then he said homosexuality is legal only in Boalmari Upazilla, a sub-district of Bangladesh. How can this be possible? Sub-districts don't have separate constitutions. However, he has not edited since 11th June. I will let you know if he comes back. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Za-ari-masen ( talk • contribs) 10:12, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
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I didn't reply on time to a request to leave an comment at this discussion at the village pump but I thought you might like to know of an approach that was advised to me before I became an admin.
Another editor suggested I open a subpage of my talk dedicated to other leaving opinion on whether I should request adminship or whether I would make a good admin. You can see it here: User:Tóraí/Request for comment: Adminship. Informal, but it did the trick. -- Tóraí ( talk) 21:58, 6 June 2014 (UTC)
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Hi Anna, a comment about your new template: the last heading "People in permaculture" doesn't do justice to all the practitioners and advocates. Perhaps "Permaculture writers" could work better, though some people would need to be removed. Sminthopsis84 ( talk) 16:30, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello Anna, please help me out of this. Thanks. -- Why should I have a User Name? ( talk) 18:47, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi Anna. I noticed the detail map for Clinton-Colden Lake is incorrect. The coordinate for the page is right, but the label is pointing to Aylmer Lake. Clinton-Colden Lake is the large lake just SE of Aylmer Lake (actually they seem to be siamese twins, i.e. connected). --ian — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ian.macky ( talk • contribs) 02:49, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
Anna, could you speedily delete this hoax please, before it is in the press... -- Why should I have a User Name? ( talk) 11:44, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi, sorry to bug you. But I am not sure where to take this question without being a major pest. I had placed a request to see if a source from a university newspaper is useful for establishing notability under the GNG. I also presented a few pieces of evidence pertaining to the reliability of the paper-- evidence which was not mentioned by the one person who seemed like they were not keen on it being reliable despite my best efforts to convince them of the contrary. I am not sure what the process is at this point. Any advice would be great. Also: I just went to the admin list, and clicked the first name I saw. Oh, here is my attempt to conversate with this person regarding the reliability of the Portland State University Vanguard. I am disappointed because I feel they were not weighing in on my original question regarding the Vanguard in good faith. Corporatemonster ( talk) 07:24, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
The Portland State University Vanguard's editorial staff is listed here. As for the reliability/authority of the organization giving the Vanguard awards-- The ONPA is the one, and here is their about page. I guess they are a trade association of newspapers in the state/region. Seems like they would be an authority on what makes a good newspaper. Hope this helps. Also, I see what you are saying about the living person biography. Also: in regards to the typo on their website, everyone makes mistakes? It is a logical fallacy to point to one typo in an attempt to discredit an entire arguement. Just saying, not trying to offend you. Corporatemonster ( talk) 00:45, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi Anna. I would like to add Acıbadem kurabiyesi and Boyoz to the Pastries list but after a failure in changing a simple picture at another article I am afraid of breaking the structure. Would you mind doing that for me, please? Thank you very much. -- Why should I have a User Name? ( talk) 14:56, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi Anna - thanks a lot for your comment. I am going to check and modify in case I did violate the content. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Olgaeilya ( talk • contribs) 12:22, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
I hope you are doing fine Miss Bono [hello, hello!] 15:30, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
Anna, Thanks for your note. Please know that I tried to add the link to the cookbook in a space, usually near the top, that was unobtrusive. I would be OK with moving the cookbook references down to the bottom. Austncorp ( talk) 00:40, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello Anna, I'm sorry for the MMS incident. Can you please unblock my old account User:Rudra john cena?? I want to change it's user name to User:Jim Carter - Public. Currently most of the time I'm AFH (Away from home) so I have to use this account through Public cybers. Public cybers are risky, if the cache of my log in is not removed. So I want to use that old account by renaming it. But before I can ask any crat I need the account to be unblocked. Since you was the blocking admin so I thought if you can help that account to be unblocked (I don't want to create any other accounts). Thanks a lot. Jim Carter ( talk) 08:10, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
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Hi, Anna,
Thanks for deleting the link i provided. There was a dead link before, it was a blog, i checked it in the Wayback Machine, it was totally junk website. I don't know why it is not deleted by you. Does it means that a deak junk link is more reliable then a page providing value but from a small website?
I came across this link, and i replaced it with a much better relevant resource to the "pellet mill" page. Then you take it as spammy.
OK, i know you are trying to make wiki a well ruled place, but i don't think you know pellet mill more than me. What i provide is VALUABLE to people who are searching on this thing. It's reliable and it's NOT SPAM.
Anyway, help me to delete this account and please don't reply cause i'll never be back here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ella Liang ( talk • contribs) 08:38, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi Anna, Thank you for your kind message, its great to know that wikipedia is indeed a living document. I'm actually South American and I moved to Sanya to study Mandarin for a year. Im interested on the environmental impact from development in Hainan. My Mandarin is very basic so most of the information I have is anecdotal, and the rest is often unreliable because Hainan is not in the spotlight of international journalists, other than travel writers. Im still getting to know how wikipedia works, my initial intention wasn't to contribute. I wasn't sure if this was the right platform for the subject matter I hope to highlight, but there was so little information I decided to jump in. I looked at the Dubai wiki page and thought I could follow that as a template, but this page needs more contributors. I am finding it difficult to find information outside of the tourism parameters, so Im adding to broad preexisting information. I hope someone can help connect the dots, eventually. To me one of the best sources I have found on China and the environmental impact of urbanisation is: http://juccce.org and I hope to add to the discussion by including some of their arguments. I appreciate any pointers. Cheers, C Edit888 ( talk) 11:58, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
I've been reading about birds' eggs in the article on Bird egg, and I came across two sentences that are a bit unclear. I'm wondering if you can resolve the issues. The first is in the first paragraph of the lead. The sentence reads, "Some birds lay eggs even when not fertilized...." I suppose it really means when the eggs are not fertilized, but it could sound like when the birds are not fertilized. Is it clear enough to you, or should it be made more precise?
The second one is in the first sentence in the second paragraph in the section "Colors". It reads:
My question is about the last bit: "and some parasitic cuckoos, which have to match the passerine's host's egg". It sounds a bit like "parasitic cuckoos have to match the...host's egg", with the cuckoos actively matching themselves or their egg to the passerine's egg, when it probably should be saying that the cuckoo's eggs have to match the host's egg, or eggs -- eggs matching eggs. To convey the latter meaning, the clause at the end of the sentence should read, "whose eggs have to match the passerine host's egg (or eggs)." Which meaning is more correct?
Thanks in advance for your time. CorinneSD ( talk) 00:00, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi - do you remember when I started writing an article (yes, it was about myself) earlier on and I couldn't find anything to support it? While I might still be looking, I'm not sure how long it will take before I find something to support the information. It is alright if I could have the content from the deleted article back so that I can leave it in a Word document (so that I don't lose the info, which I can't remember now) until such time when I can use it properly? If that could be done somehow, I would be very grateful.
Thank you for your help earlier in the year. With regards, 4TheWynne ( talk) 07:43, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello Anna. Hope you are doing OK. I wonder if you know about this: I brightened an image that was too dark and gloomy and I now want to upload the new version. However I only know how to upload an image using the Upload Wizard, and that would create a new file rather than a new version of an old file. Any ideas? Thanks, Invertzoo ( talk) 23:41, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
Thanks so much Anna! I also left you a note about the name of those cheap cloth shoes, further up this page. :) Invertzoo ( talk) 00:04, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi there. If I am not wrong, I guess you are mentoring this user. But I find lot of problems in the articles they create. None of them are sourced and all have lot of OR content. The only sources include clear trip, youtube videos, home page of Indian Railways and the online portal of IR for booking tickets which I am sure do not qualify. I am pretty concerned on the quality of articles that they create. Given the fact that this user has no civility in his approach (which was one of the main reasons they were blocked), I do not want to interact with them. I hope you could help out here. Cheers. — LeoFrank Talk 11:47, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
Maybe you can tell me which wikipedia policy applies when a editor thinks that these two images are the same & cant tell the difference between Mumbai central image & http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Surat_railway_station&diff=562828261&oldid=562347791] & 12951 Mumbai Rajdhani Express and 12953 August Kranti Rajdhani Express [ [4]], thinks that [ [5]] is a great image to have on a article, they should refrain from pointing fingers at other individuals.
You can only get respect if you give others any. I do deal with other editors from time to time but there is a mutual respect, i don't blindly go around vandalizing articles. I have also tried to tell you why you are wrong but you have also chosen not to listen to me so why should i waste my time listening to you. And do check your own block log before commenting on others & ofcourse lets not forget about the nice message you left on my talk page.
Superfast1111 ( talk) 07:06, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
LeoFrank: Please read your comment "...I did not mean to comment at the user in any way. By having no civility in approach I meant that the user always goes on a spate of PAs and provoking editors through their comments on talk pages and does not heed to any advice despite citing policies..." Do you see the problem there? You once again attacked the editor rather than talking about the edits, while, and this is the real zinger, saying that you did not meant to comment on the user. This just keeps the pot boiling.
Superfast1111: Having the old username User:Abhishek191288 is not a crime. Please address the concerns raised by others. One's judgement about images is not a reason to disallow him from raising concerns. You have a history of being blocked several times, being a sockpuppet, and drawing plenty of heat with your editing. That definitely means that you ought to spent more energy examining your own conduct.
Both of you: Do you know what being nice as pie gets you? Results! Short discussions! Saved time! Do you like typing long paragraphs and digging up diffs? It's a waste of life. You get more with honey than vinegar. Learn a life lesson from this here at Wikipedia and take it into the real world. Honey gets you everything. Now, this all took me 7 minutes to write. Don't make me feel that I've wasted my time. Be nice. Compromise. Seek to resolve things. Don't zap each other because every time you do, you get a zappy response. Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 00:11, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
As i have mentioned earlier, i give respect to those who respect me. You can check out the recent interactions with other editors - they have been civil & it was just a couple of guys talking to each other. The image was to prove a point that even he has been wrong on more than one occasion & if you choose to lash out then you can expect a return. What reason did he have for refusing to listen to my concerns & undoing my edits on those pages. The worse part was when an admin refused to believe what i was saying & blocked me instead.
I know Wikipedia has policies about content but they read out like legal documents & are subject to how a user interprets them but i certainly did not expect this Mumbai central image & http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Surat_railway_station&diff=562828261&oldid=562347791] to get lost in translation. Guess we have our moments.
I would like nothing better than to leave him alone if he does the same. The answer to each action is not to quote a policy. During the discussion on time table's, not one editor referred to any policy but we talked it out. I was the only dissenting voice but i did agree to abide by the consensus. Superfast1111 ( talk) 05:15, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
I suspect TweetiePie1947 is on the autism spectrum, so they may not be aware they're being disruptive.
Also, unrelated: the huge image on your user page is pretty awesome. :) Trivialist ( talk) 23:37, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi Anna, I was wondering if you'd mind me overwriting File:Low Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD ) - during recovery.jpg with https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasamarshall/14356917087/. Somewhat different dimensions but vastly higher resolution, and I think the crop is much more useful for articles. — Huntster ( t @ c) 09:14, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
Anna, thank you for the table of tool equivalents which I saw while lurking on Dispenser's and MZMcBride's talk pages (you really need to put that somewhere central where people can find it—maybe on or linked from Wikipedia:Wikimedia Labs). I found that really useful and it has helped me recover at least one tool I had lost.
Two comments you might want to incorporate in the table; "Interaction analyzer" appears to have the same function as the old "Stalker" so could be listed as a replacement. The information from the old "Watcher" tool can be found in the sidebar "Page information" tool (or "?action=info" appended to the url). Spinning Spark 10:41, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
Link: Wikipedia:Wikimedia Labs/Toolserver replacements
By the way, Spinningspark, I did post at Wikipedia talk:Wikimedia Labs about having this visible at the Wikipedia:Wikimedia Labs project page. It could also be at Wikipedia:Toolserver. I'm just think of where we go looking when we get the "Sorry" message from toolserver. So, where it appears is one thing, but where it should be centralized is another. Obviously, it ought to be transcluded so that we only need to update one table. Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 14:12, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
no problem. will do in the future. Primergrey ( talk) 13:06, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi A.F.: I haven't had time to mess around with macros yet, so posting a request for you to take a look at List of Indian dishes. All four sections would significantly benefit from alphabetization. Since your table fu is awesome, if you're interested, polished, alphabetized tables would be an exceptional improvement to this heavily-viewed page ( 39,446 page views for June 2014). Thanks for your consideration, NorthAmerica 1000 13:50, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
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Anna - do you mean low-sided slip-ons with cotton uppers, minimal lining or mid-sole and waffle-pattern outsoles? I believe they are better known as "kung fu shoes". Pete aka -- Shirt58 ( talk) 10:21, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
In the US they are known as " Kung fu shoes". See here: [6] and also on Amazon.com [7]. When they have rubber on the sole they are sometimes called "martial arts shoes". There are also women's ones with a strap and buckle that are shaped a bit like Mary Jane (shoe), [8]. I hope this is helpful? Invertzoo ( talk) 23:51, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
Okay, I started it as Kung fu shoe. It has a nice ring to it, but I must say that I'm not crazy about starting anything without a single reference. Google anything is still blocked in China (although it may be coming back), so I can't find any good ref in the only good place, which would be Google books. Again, I will get photos of the modern variety. Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 23:32, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi A.F. - per your table fu (expertise and ease in performing table edits), requesting for you to take a look at List of fried dough foods. It has a cleanup tag requesting alphabetization. I normally don't post edit requests, but since you have great table fu, is there a way to easily perform this, rather than manually going through every entry to alphabetize it? NorthAmerica 1000 16:11, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
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I'm not actually convinced yet, since they haven't rendered an AfD and most of their edits have been helpful rather than removing critical info, which the nauseating 'let's describe what all the Disney Junior logo characters look like' list in that article they removed certainly is not. Nate • ( chatter) 21:15, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
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Hi Anna. I have a peculiar question for you: Today, while reviewing my contributions, I saw that at a deletion discussion where I made one edit, after my user name, instead of my own page there is a redlink talk page which, of course, does not belong to me. What does this mean? Any idea? Thank you very much and regards. -- Why should I have a User Name? ( talk) 22:00, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
I can't get it to work. [9] How about you? Viriditas ( talk) 04:24, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
How can we stop User:Troydevinny545? Cordially. -- Why should I have a User Name? ( talk) 18:52, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
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To my very knowledgeable friend Anna, who I hold in great esteem: I made a new rotated (and a little cleaned up) version of an image of a stack of slipper limpets I uploaded my new version once, but it did not seem to come out right so I did it again with a slightly different file name. The stack should be more or less vertical, not laying down. Now the first revised image is showing correctly, and the second one is weird. What should I do now? Many thanks, Invertzoo ( talk) 18:49, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
No, you are!!! :) I may know more about snails, but you know more about Wikipedia and are smarter than me too. Believe me, I spent 15 years with top-flight academics, and I know how to tell who is really brilliant (you are). So anyway, the middle of the three versions of that image is the way I want it to be. The top one is distorted, and the bottom one is the original. BTW, I did not make the original photo; I just wanted to get it in the correct orientation, and clean up the background a tiny bit. Thanks, I did take a look at both of those Crepidula links you listed; the first one is very nice, but that paper, oh boy, yikes, it makes my brain hurt; it's just horribly written and impenetrable... Anyway, I think these slipper limpets are basically just fine in their native range, but they certainly can be a pest to oyster fisheries, especially in Europe, where they were accidentally introduced with American oysters. At any rate as protandrous hermaphrodites they are very interesting. What a life! And I did read last year about someone trying them cooked, who said actually they are not at all bad, so I think your solution is the best one! Invertzoo ( talk) 23:48, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
Looks great now! Maybe part of the problem was that thing about "clearing the cache"? I don't know, anyway my thanks, it is much improved. :) My testimonials: "wrinkled English poser", "academic wannabe", "typical low-grade know-it-all" and "should try harder"! :) Invertzoo ( talk) 22:53, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
That is the best idea I have heard in a long time!!! Invertzoo ( talk) 02:11, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi, Anna. I believe you are uniquely qualified to offer sound input on the readability issues of the noticeboard template. I first raised the issue in 2011, but there has been no response. The template remains protected, preventing the majority of Wikipedians from modifying it as usage changes. IIRC, this template was originally designed for administrator noticeboards and related issues. Over the years, its scope has widened and become more inclusive as additional, non-admin noticeboards were added. However, due to protection, the layout of the template has not changed to match the increasing focus on non-admin issues. I cannot fathom, for example, how a new editor is supposed to find what they are looking for, as the menu sorting is close to useless, if not terminally confusing. I know you are the right person to raise this problem with as you have a talent for seeing messy template menus and changing them to increase usability. As Captain Picard used to say, "make it so" please. I don't think there is any need to discuss this first. If the community objects to your changes, they can easily revert, at which point we can discuss it further. The spirit of boldly making changes to improve this site has been lost to bureaucratic malaise. Please relight the fire of innovation before it is extinguished by the inflexible naysayers who are afraid of change. Viriditas ( talk) 03:24, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
Thank you Anna, and a peek at your page confirms that your are indeed an Awesome Wikipedian.
I've actually been making minor contributions and edits since 2007, but nothing particularly noteworthy, except as a suspected TYPE A. ;)
Believe me, I'm honored to be acknowledged by such a distinguished member as yourself. Thanks Again, HOUNDDAWG ( talk) 18:55, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
He/she always added unsourced genre on Africa (Toto song) two times, though I undid it. Can you please block him/her? 183.171.175.130 ( talk) 22:12, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
Please see this diff where you blocked GXSOUL and note the new user in the revision history of Draft:GXSOUL who created the page GXSOUL.
One could probably consider this to be block evasion, so they should potentially be guided to change of username. Your warning about promotion stands, naturally. The WP:AFC folk seem to accept COI in the Draft: namespace on the basis that the effects are likely to have been ripped away by the time the article is reviewed properly. Fiddle Faddle 08:06, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
You seem to be fluent in editing Wikitables, so your help is requested in modifying List of soups to add an "Origin" column, as discussed in Talk:List of soups. I am not up to the task of doing the repeated systematic edits needed, and hope that you have semi-automated tools to ease this, or are simply more adept at doing the mass edits. I am willing to help fill in and standardize the content of the new column, once the structure is set up. Thank you for your anticipated help. Reify-tech ( talk) 20:14, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
Please see this. I think the username "Jewess Flordeliza Americana" is intended as an insult. If one reads between the lines, one gets Jewess (a Jewish female) Americana (American) Flordeliza (Fleur-de-lis, a symbol used by royalty, such as a "Princess"). Putting it all together, you get Jewish-American Princess, a pejorative stereotype of a subtype of Jewish-American female. Viriditas ( talk) 07:57, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
Nope, actually it is a Virtual Spelling Bee. It was created by Tata Soesetyo last 2009 and I got to collaborate with her with all of this stuffs. We both noted that this is all fictional - "trues are accidental". Virtual Bees Apiary ( talk) 20:49, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
To be honest Anna, (for I know of no other way) finding Wehwalt]'s page is a project and I don't know where to begin.
In fact moving around this site is very difficult for me. And using the special edit characters and instructions? I'm lost.
There's prolly a tutorial here but I wouldn't know how to find that either.
In my defense, when I use Wikipedia as a resource I'm usually in the middle of writing something for another website, and taking time to dissect all available instructions/links would break my concentration. (I took the time to learn to edit spelling errors while reading, but that's my TYPE A affliction manifesting...)
Any suggestions would be appreciated. (like how to edit out the "r" in my first message to you. I wrote "your are" instead of "you are". Geez, iz mie face read!)
Again thanks, HOUNDDAWG ( talk) 12:49, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
How about improving it enough to nominate for a DYK? AshLin ( talk) 19:27, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
It looks like most of the damage was caused by high wind. I wonder if there is a way to prevent it in the future. Viriditas ( talk) 02:34, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
Glad to hear that you are alright. It seemed pretty awful, judging from photos. We have one heading our way in the next couple of days; with some luck it won't be too bad. Stay safe this summer! wctaiwan ( talk) 14:49, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi, I'm User:Anupmehra. I was just here to say if you could help this user, Sandhya2012 to learn WP:COPYRIGHT as she seems to be a persistent copyright violator and on the verge to get herself blocked from editing Wikipedia. Thanks and Regards, Anupmehra - Let's talk! 13:17, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
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Hi A.F.: Per your expertise in alpha sorting, (and since in the past you said I could ask again
), requesting table alpha sorting for the
List of soups article, if you have the time, etc. Thanks for your consideration!
NorthAmerica
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Thanks for alphabetizing List of soups, much appreciated! NorthAmerica 1000 04:27, 23 July 2014 (UTC) |
Thanks for the prompt comment. I now realize that there was no need to delete the content -- and I don't know how to reverse things now. Rwood128 ( talk) 21:57, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi, Thanks for tidying my clumsy editing. In fact I did the transferring in advance. I will trim as necessary. Rwood128 ( talk) 23:57, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
I opened a Wikipedia page and there's a banner saying i edited the K2 disambiguation page based on my ip, and it's been reverted. Well, i didn't edit the K2 page, i had never been to the K2 disambiguation page, in my memory. I have edited a few pages this year, but they were typo/spelling corrections only.
Speaking of typos, the X! page had a apparently random banner quote that says :
[quote] I too am here to build this giant wiki. But that doesnt mean we cant mean make friends along the way. ”
—Gears of War [/quote]
But this is a typo i cannot touch, for i do not want to be part of the political back-biting culture of another big organisation. 75.120.20.102 ( talk) 00:35, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
Hello, I recently retired an account about a few weeks ago and changed the email and password, so I can't remember it. I'm considering having the username changed once I have access to it. The email is an AOL account, and the password is kind of long. You can view the IP use with this current account for more confirmation. -- Thank You -- JudeccaXIII ( talk) 02:37, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
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cool, thanks. Obvious Bicycle ( talk) 01:01, 24 July 2014 (UTC) |
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Hi, Anna. I have just declined an unblock request at User talk:LGAQ web team. You placed the block, and posted a {{ Uw-ublock}} block notice to the talk page. However, you autoblocked the IP address and blocked account creation. I can only assume that you made a mistake, as it makes no sense to tell an editor "You are encouraged to choose a new account name that meets our policy guidelines and create the account yourself" while preventing him or her from doing so. I have explained my thoughts on the matter on the user's talk page; perhaps you would like to look there, and see whether you wish to change the block or not. The editor who uses the pseudonym " JamesBWatson" ( talk) 12:46, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
{{ subst:User:Anna Frodesiak/Welcome}} Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 00:44, 27 March 2014 (UTC) Your block, username, and article draft I deleted the content at your userpage because it was promotional. However, the subject may be notable enough for a Wikipedia article. While it is strongly discouraged, you may create an encyclopedia article about yourself or your organization. If you think the subject is notable, prepare it via Wikipedia:Articles for creation or in your sandbox after reading WP:42 and Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. But first, we must address your username issue. Please read the above notice about why I blocked your account. If you want, I can unblock you so that you can create a new account. Then, I would like to know what your new username is. Then, you can recreate the article draft via WP:AFC with lots and lots of references. Write neutrally, in your own words, based on the sources, with no copy pasting from the source. Please read WP:42 and Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. Does this sound reasonable? Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 00:44, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
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Further to this discussion, I've started User:Anna Frodesiak/Yellow sandbox. Please feel free to comment and give guidance, or just keep an eye on how it's going. I'm trying to keep the amount of new templates to a minimum, so I'll likely split them up so that I can have a bare minimum, and add them in combinations. Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 01:34, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
{{
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your new username here}}
to your userpage. Firstly, it is the talk page, not the userpage which is involved, so that needs changing. Secondly, even with the standard block notice wording, which says either "adding below this notice the text" or "adding the following text below this notice" (depending on which block notice you look at) there are still occasionally editors who manage to think that what they have to do is edit the existing copy, rather than add a new copy, resulting in an unblock request which is embedded inside the block notice. (
Here is an example.) Thirdly, I think more common than the mistake I have just mentioned is actually adding {{unblock-un|your new username here}} to the page, rather than something like {{unblock-un|Joe Smith}}. How anyone can fail to realise that "your new username here" is intended to be replaced, goodness knows, but people do. Fourthly, I think it is worth specifying that the request should go below the block notice, because very often, an unblock request is placed at the top of the page, someone responds below that request, someone else at the bottom of the page, and so on, so that before long it is very difficult to tell which messages follow which other messages. I therefore suggest something like To do so, please make a copy of the text {{
unblock-un|
your new username here}}
and post it below this notice (replacing "your new username here" with a suitable username). Unfortunately, that is a little longer and more cumbersome than the simple version you have suggested, but I'm afraid experience suggests that it is necessary to spell it out, unless you are willing to accept a proportion of misunderstandings in return for the benefits of simplicity. The editor who uses the pseudonym "
JamesBWatson" (
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11:46, 8 April 2014 (UTC)As I believe that this info should be available to the public a merger would probably be better.
When I initially tried to get an account, I was told to wait for a password to be mailed to my email address. When the info I merged into martingale (betting system): /info/en/?search=Martingale_(betting_system)was taken off, I signed up for an account and didn't need a special password. My name now appears to be Carlos Soto Turver : /info/en/?search=User:Carlos_Soto_Turver that I just noticed has also been deleted. The reference that I used on the martingale (betting system)page "The Improved Martingale Betting System" is one of the 4 booklets I have published on this subject that are now being offered on Amazon.com. The article that I have been working on at: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/The_Improved_Martingale_Betting_System is still there. I am writing to a number of authors who do gambling articles and will be writing to newspapers looking for columnists who also write about gambling topics such as mine. Other than the 3 booklets and the 1 book that contains the 3 booklets, I have no other references and have found no organization, institution or individual who will validate what I believe to be an original idea and a major improvement on the martingale betting system. I am obviously not computer literate! I have read just about everything about creating an article and as of this morning, I just came across a merging option. My original intent was to create a new page for Wikipedia but having read about the merging option, it makes more sense! I noticed that a request has been made to validate the entire page. If no one has verified the existing information, why not leave the information that I am offering on that page until someone does? If you can contact the person who originally wrote the martingale(betting system)page, he or she would be the most qualified person to verify or validate my improvement of this two century old betting system! As I am convinced that what I have thoroughly explained can be useful to any person who gambles, it needs to be available in the public domain, preferably through Wikipedia. As I really do not know what to do next about the merger,please advise. Carlos Soto Turver ( talk) 03:59, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
There are a few things that for me are still unclear. Therefore, I will respond to your reply by the point be point method that you used.
The bottom line:
Respectfully yours, Carlos Soto Turver ( talk) 01:23, 15 April 2014 (UTC) Anti-martingale[edit]
Hi, can I know the reasons why my page has been deleted. Thank you! Best regards, Alecs Botezatu — Preceding unsigned comment added by By Botezatu ( talk • contribs) 13:50, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
THANK YOU FOR EDITING MY PAGE .— Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.176.156.71 ( talk) 13:26, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
HI ,
THESE PICTURES ARE FROM ARTICLES IN INDIAN NEWSPAPERS ON ME. CAN YOU PLEASE UPLOAD THE SAME . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rubyyadav ( talk • contribs) 04:06, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
Flat Out let's discuss it 22:54, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
Ms. Frodesiak,
I just read your message and took a copy of the article.
Yes,I have spent a lot of time editing. All of my attempts at writing involve many rewrites! Now I like the way it reads!
Thank you for your invitation to help out at Wikipedia! I will first have to take the Wikipedia tour.
As of last week, I am actually doing what you have suggested. I sent the article to the WizardofVegas.com betting system forum and a poll is now being conducted. I have contacted a few authors who write about gambling, I have invited a number of newsletters to review the article and will be contacting newspaper and magazine columnists to also review the material. Hopefully in the near future I will receive one or more articles giving favorable reports on this improvement! If and when they are received, the articles will be listed in the reference section of the article page.
As you may have noticed, I removed the names of the booklets that I have on sale at Amazon.com. I initially did use Wikipedia for promotional purposes. Sorry! Why the change of attitude?
I am not interested in making money! I receive some 1,300 US/ month,that goes further in Guadalajara, Mexico, and any income above that amount has to be turned over to the Veterans Administration. Consequently, that is why I have the 3 booklets priced at .99 cents each, the lowest amount that can be charged for any publication. The latest "book" includes all 3 booklets for $1.49 "The Best Of All Available Betting Systems".
The real reason for the change in attitude is that I am trying to leave a legacy. Small as it may seem, this improvement appears to be original and if and when it spreads, I will have achieved my objective! I have submitted "large" ideas to the Presidents of Mexico, The Clinton Foundation, The United Nations etc. I have 1 US patent #4,819,666. My latest attempt was to send an idea to Mr. Bill Gates' foundation. However as I don't have a PHD nor work in an established institution, I was unqualified to fill out the application required to submit my idea. All have been unsuccessful in their implementation...and until I get some positive results on my martingale improvement, this could also be and unsuccessful venture.
Prior to reading your message, I was going to write and ask permission to do the following on the Martingale(betting system) page: Place a headline titled "The Improved Martingale Betting System", and invite those interested to review the material at: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/The_Improved_Martingale_Betting_System
In the meantime, I will be sending a "boilerplate" message to those columnists who write about casinos and gambling in hope that they will check out the article and write about this idea. And hopefully they will send me a copy that I will add to the list of references, but, of course, Carlos Soto Turver ( talk) 01:47, 22 April 2014 (UTC) only if their comments are positive!
Respectfully yours, Carlos Soto Turver
P.S. Again, thank you for the advice and suggestions!
I'm not sure what's going on here, but it looks like a simple error I'm hoping you can fix.
P.S. sorry about the confusion on Commons, previously I did say "uploaded on behalf of Anna Frodesiak" but since you didn't include it in your instructions, I didn't do it that time. Viriditas ( talk) 06:25, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
Do edits made on wikipedia commons count towards your total number of edits for the purpose of barnstar awards??
Superfast1111 ( talk) 15:05, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
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Hello. I'm 113.253.16.154. I have more than 1 IP adresses at home, so the message you left at 113.253.22.52's talk page is right. I'll consider creating a Wikipedia account to prevent people to think I'm a sockpuppeteer. 113.253.16.154 ( talk) 01:52, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi Anna, how are you? I guess you are not watching this and this anymore. Anyway, I have a request for you. Can you please move this to mainspace. Actually if I move then it will create a redirect which I don't want. So, I thought if you can move it without creating a redirect. Thank you. Jim Carter ( talk) 05:16, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi, Anna. No hurry on this or anything, but I think this issue could benefit from your insight. For several years (or more) a rapidly changing mobile IP posting from a cell phone in Michigan has been trying to participate on Wikipedia. I am not entirely sure if the user has ever registered an account. Admin Arthur Rubin and editor NewsAndEventsGuy have spent an inordinate amount of time tracking the user and blocking them. I feel that this time could be better spent teaching the user how to edit under a registered account. Whenever I try to talk to them, Mr. Rubin just ends up blocking them, at which point they move on to another IP on their phone, usually without having to do anything since their provider uses a pool of IPs. I believe the blocks are being meted out unfairly to begin with. I've pinged the blocking admin and the participating editor above because I'm sure they will have further information for you, but in my past experience, I've always thought Mr. Rubin was biased against the "Michigan Kid". I'm wondering if you can help solve this situation for good by working out a permanent solution. The current IP is 99.181.129.75 ( talk · contribs), but I'm not sure how long we will be able to communicate with them since their IP changes every time they shut down and open their browser on their phone. Thanks. Viriditas ( talk) 04:30, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi Viriditas, thanks very much for the ping! Anna here's my thoughts.... I think it was in 2012 that I felt the same as Viriditas, i.e., that we should be trying to teach and not block. So I initially spent an "inordinate amount" of time trying to do that and I logged some of those early efforts. Eventually I concluded that it was hopeless and the external POV-supporting linkspam would continue ( see 25-50-25). And so it did.
My watchlist was so ultra cluttered, that time to sort the spam from others' real edits was significantly cutting into my wikipedia time and enjoyment. The hopping block evasion got to be so flagrant that admins besides Arthur also got on the instant-block bandwagon. The IP just gave us all the finger and switched IPs in a classic example of the conditions for a block-clock reset (see WP:BLOCKEVASION which says in relevant part "in the case of sanctions, bans, or blocks, evasion typically causes the timer to restart"). It was only when the blocks were getting extended and the server was told to restart the count that my watchlist got much relief. As more editors started instant reverting these IP's gratuitous additions sometime last year the IP got busy, burnt out, was sick, or (glory be!) took the hint and backed off. In the relative peace I stopped monitoring the matter - I was just relieved the torrent of external link spam had dried up in my main subject area (climate change). But in the last few weeks the IP has reappeared in my watchlist, in a somewhat restrained way, thankfully. Some of my old notes are here; see also User:Arthur Rubin/IP list. If you can turn the IP into a registered user who edits articles in a substantive way, then hallelujah! But there appears to be no tools to do that. If the matter gets discussed elsewhere, please ping me. NewsAndEventsGuy ( talk) 05:48, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
(od) If anything; power, politics, and wealth (COI) are the center of this whole thing. Big, yes. Sobering, hopefully.
I wasn't the one who initially blocked the IP, and the Kalamazoo Library IP was initially blocked because of clear vandalism by a person who is clearly not the person we are talking about. I would be in favor of reducing that block to 6 months from now, and resetting all the other blocks to 6 months from now. However, the IP was blocked for a year by consensus at ANI, and hasn't stopped editing for more than 3 months at a time. Many of the edits still are not accepted by WP:CONSENSUS. The particular questionable edits are:
I believe most of the edits are made to emphasize certain points, and many of those more relate to righting great wrongs than to improving the encyclopedia. There are certainly fewer categories of good (or even not bad) edits than there are categories of bad edits; whether there are fewer good edits than bad edits, I cannot say. May I suggest that the IP make a request at WP:ANI that he be un"blocked", although that would technically be in violation of the block, there is no sensible way to request an unblock other than by editing. I would argue against it, but would abide by consensus. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 09:27, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
I think the aim of both your edits (IP and AR) is to counter the agenda of others. That's a polite way of saying that I'm seeing the POV righting of great wrongs all around. AR's blocklog and topic ban (especially considering he's an admin), and IP's "...I would like to give back appropriately; otherwise wp will wither..." disturb me greatly. One thousand surveyed editors would certainly find the manner of both your edits way out of line with what the community wants. I can't imagine any of this changing. Maybe this is for the best as you seem to spend huge amounts of energy trying to neutralize each other.
Anyway, there may be something you can both agree upon: another couple of years of this is a lousy choice. AR: How many hours reverting and blocking? Dozens? IP: How many hours writing and linking, only to get easily discovered and reverted? Dozens?
Now, I'm no genius and both of you have giant brains, but what I'm seeing here seems kind of dumb. Please don't reply with "But, I've tried to communicate and he wouldn't listen." You are both reacting to the other's abnormal edits, and abnormal edits attract reactions.
So, isn't there some saying about doing the same futile thing and expecting different results? If you are both interesting in not continuing this indefinitely, why not figure something out? Start a discussion at AR's talk, or even a subpage. Forget the individual diffs. Get to the heart of the issue. Start with the big picture. Get philosophical and go from there. Sorry for the long post.
Anna Frodesiak (
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21:02, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
What percentage of his recent edits would you say are revert-worthy? Looking at Special:Contributions/99.119.130.31, I see around 20 edits. They are better than if they were all random, different people. Why block? Why spend dozens of hours chasing him? Shouldn't we allocate our resources elsewhere? Is this the best use of so much energy? I know we ought to block on principle for block evasion, but shouldn't we pick our battles?
So, yes, step one for me would be to evaluate his edits. Is he a net positive? I know Wikipedia has editors who are a net positive in terms of working the mainspace, but are a huge drain with disruption, warring, and incivility at the back pages. We don't block them, or not permanently anyway, because their edits are good. Compare this case to those.
I may be way off on this one. Thoughts? Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 00:49, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
Anna, thanks for looking into this. As you can see, this has been going on for a long time. The user is now following my contributions and adding links in vioation of WP:OVERLINK and reverting my attempts to remove them. While that doesn't bother me (I can always request semi) I am concerned that this user lacks WP:COMPETENCE. I opened this inquiry alleging that Arthur Rubin was biased in his approach. But now, after seeing the evidence in real time, I propose that this inquiry should be closed, with an added offer of apology to Arthur Rubin, as his concerns were not only warranted but supported by solid behavioral evidence. I really have no idea what Vsmith is insinuating when he says you were dragged into this; all I wanted was your opinion and the participation of the involved parties. Now that has happened, there doesn't seem to be any further purpose in this investigation. However, Wikipedia does need to figure out a way to deal with users who edit disruptively from mobile IP addresses, beyond simply following BRI. Thanks for listening. Viriditas ( talk) 02:46, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
(od) More? 99.181.130.127 ( talk) 04:43, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi AF: Per your list acumen, here's a new one: List of soft drink flavors. Improve it if interested! NorthAmerica 1000 14:46, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Redmouth grunt. Since you had some involvement with the Redmouth grunt redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Smarkflea ( talk) 19:12, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
Im back n ready to hit those articles.... Hulkster2 ( talk) 14:44, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
I responded to your note. Buymyfiat ( talk) 13:02, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
Go Phightins ! 23:30, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
I've reverted your removal of the two articles from this talk page, as the editor was advised that during his one week block he could use his talk page like a sandbox and practicing editing articles. I don't think there's any more of a copyvio concern there then there is with anyone working on improving an article in their userspace, whether it's on a dedicated page or in a sandbox. In any event, the guy has had a hard time of it, he's not learning well, and this was something of a bone that was thrown to him to keep him involved. He may or may not work out as an editor, but lots of admins are keeping an eye on him, so there's little to be concerned about regarding the two articles. (You can take a look at his talk page, its history, and the brief discussion on WritKeetper's talk page to get a sense of the background.) Thanks. BMK ( talk) 01:09, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi. Can you offer your opinion in the consensus subthread of this discussion? Thanks. Nightscream ( talk) 18:06, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
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For beating me to the punch at Soma mine disaster, and your graciously letting me move my version over yours (with some liberal borrowing of your material). Pity it had to be under such dire circumstances. kelapstick( bainuu) 23:34, 13 May 2014 (UTC) |
Hi Anna Hope all is peace and new knowledge with you :). I would like to request reviewer rights. I have recently been privileged with rollbacker status by NickD, a well respected admin and I thought I would approach an admin I equally respect to request this. Its hard, I know some great admins, but i've picked on you :D I have a solid editing record and have been edding for exactly 2 years. My mainspace contributions are a decent percentage, and I try to contribute on the boards including RFAs. I wish to expand my wikipotential for helping out by getting a couple of extra tools. I think I would be an acceptable reviewer, my WP procedural knowledge is now fairly solid and am very aware of what an acceptable pending should be, so think I could function ok as an additional help. I have made myself aware of reviewer requirements via the relevant WP articles, and would like to help out. Cheers Anna! Irondome ( talk) 00:06, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
You seem to have a somewhat lack-of-understanding of the IP. Would you like to communicate on it further, or not? It is difficult to judge emotions on a computer screen. 141.218.35.129 ( talk) 23:33, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
(edit conflict)
So, you've delcared this discussion closed. Oh, well. Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 00:02, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
Morning Anna! Just to let you know, the brending enthusiast is now at User:Danielhighberger. -- Demiurge1000 ( talk) 01:16, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
WOW! My dad was right. No sour grapes just want to document this properly. Riddle me this.... When "Johnny & Marko" invented the portmanteau or neologism on March 9th, 2011 any iteratee could purchase the key word for under one US cent. Why does it cost over $2.00 dollars per click. My dad told me that I need to ask for administrative protection from you both. How do I do that? Danielhighberger ( talk) 17:11, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
User:Danielhighberger, on a serious note, I'll say it in simple terms. There are two places "brending" can be mentioned at Wikipedia: userpages and the main encyclopedia.
Is this your de facto answer to the question of "more"? 99.181.135.21 ( talk) 22:33, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Brent Hinkley is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brent Hinkley until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 00:06, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
hi .
can you now help me to creat an article as i am come forth in loksabha. Rubyyadav ( talk) 18:02, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
Thank you , this image is owned by me Rubyyadav ( talk) 11:16, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
Go Phightins ! 01:00, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
...your alternate account? :) Viriditas ( talk) 09:16, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi Anna. I think I have figured it out after much pain and too much Strongbow cider. Please take a look at my talk page edit list. The bot migrated over 100k of stuff but created a file I think based on me not fixing the bot parameters correctly. I finally managed to incorporate it into my archive box, but the file has a strange name, so I think I forgot to take off some uneeded stuff when I was setting it up. I hope the bot will migrate files automatically to archive box from now on. Anyway take a look when you have a moment :). Next and last is demonstrating diffs and that I can do them and I will have learned the absolute WP basics to function as an editor fully. Ha ha :/. Much affection and respect as always. Irondome ( talk) 20:10, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
I'm a new Wikipedian. Can you add a list to another page as a category? In other words, at the bottom of a page, can you add to the category list but instead of it being a category, have it refer to a list? The reason I ask is that I created The List of Contemporary Writers of the American West ( /info/en/?search=List_of_Contemporary_Writers_of_the_American_West) as a list, and it has been created/added. However, you suggest that I add incoming links. If I can't add it as a category, do I just link within the text? Suggestions? Tlinse ( talk) 02:30, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
Hey Anna,
My name is Alec Rosenman, head of admissions at Peking University HSBC Business School. I am trying to update the website but my recent edits were removed due to copy right issues. The edit I made to the "internationalization" section should not have been removed. The data concerning the upcoming academic class (over 70 students from 33 countries) was written in my own words and is factually accurate.
Also, my most recent add on concerning the new business school building and its design was also removed because it was "not in my own words". Actually, this information was taken from the information page on the universities website from an article that I WROTE! I understand that it seems to be "plagiarized" but actually it is anything but. I will try and rewrite this information and insert it in again. I hope that is okay.
Please offer me some advice for how I can accomplish adding in this factually accurate information that I myself have written!
Thank you,
Alec Rosenman International Admissions Manager Peking University HSBC Business School — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stylingoo ( talk • contribs) 09:00, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
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I noticed that you originated and contributed almost all of the updates to the U.S. detention center article. I made a few changes to that article.
Looking at your USER page I was quite impressed by the extraordinary amount of time you have obviously volunteered to originate and update so many pages on a wide variety of subjects. Thanks for your diligent work. Activist ( talk) 13:31, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
He Anna, I saw this previously deleted article pop up on my watchlist: Vikrant Sandal, which I'd like to submit of speedy deletion as a recreation of a previously deleted article. But my memory is failing me: is this the case; or is this a second try with different content (in which case I'll go via AfD?)? L.tak ( talk) 19:29, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
You haven't replied me here? Is it my fault? Please show me the right way. Many thanks. Jim Carter ( talk) 12:16, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
Thank you so much Anna for the two nice nudibranch articles! All good wishes, Invertzoo ( talk) 00:11, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
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Hi Anna, thank you for that cute kitten, in return a bunny for you. Jim Carter ( talk) 05:43, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
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Hi Anna. Trying to change a photo in Turkish War of Independence I could not place it rightly. Could you kindly give me a helping hand there, please? Thank you very much for your possible help. Regards. -- Why should I have a User Name? ( talk) 18:29, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
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Dd it hurt, when you fell from heaven?
Corey122002 (
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Hi Anna. Just wondering if you could do a brief analysis on my quality of edits, community participation and attitude, with a view to a possible attempt at adminship in the next 12 months. I need to create a few articles (I have a few in the pipeline) but please do give me an honest opinion, if you wish to respond Irondome ( talk) 01:42, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
See. 141.218.35.31 ( talk) 23:52, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello Anna, I'm not sure about the proper pathway for responding to your inquiry. I appreciate the concern over the copyrights. My name is Chris Free and I am a mahogany researcher. I am the owner/writer of all of the SwietKing.org content. If you don't believe me, you can email me at cfree@swietking.org. I have copyright for everything I posted on Wikipedia since I wrote it all or took the pictures. Please let me know what I can do to clear this up. Thanks!
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Bishal Khan is adding false information in LGBT rights in Bangladesh. Please take adequate action against him. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Za-ari-masen ( talk • contribs) 11:07, 6 June 2014 (UTC)
Anna someone is again adding false information, this time it's Samira Sadik. I think Samira is Bishal's friend that's why she is adding the same false information that Bishal was adding. Please take action. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Za-ari-masen ( talk • contribs) 17:18, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
Update: Bishal Khan is back and again adding false information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Za-ari-masen ( talk • contribs) 18:39, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
Anna it was definitely false. First he was saying that homosexuality is legal throughout Bangladesh. Then he said homosexuality is legal only in Boalmari Upazilla, a sub-district of Bangladesh. How can this be possible? Sub-districts don't have separate constitutions. However, he has not edited since 11th June. I will let you know if he comes back. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Za-ari-masen ( talk • contribs) 10:12, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
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I didn't reply on time to a request to leave an comment at this discussion at the village pump but I thought you might like to know of an approach that was advised to me before I became an admin.
Another editor suggested I open a subpage of my talk dedicated to other leaving opinion on whether I should request adminship or whether I would make a good admin. You can see it here: User:Tóraí/Request for comment: Adminship. Informal, but it did the trick. -- Tóraí ( talk) 21:58, 6 June 2014 (UTC)
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Hi Anna, a comment about your new template: the last heading "People in permaculture" doesn't do justice to all the practitioners and advocates. Perhaps "Permaculture writers" could work better, though some people would need to be removed. Sminthopsis84 ( talk) 16:30, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello Anna, please help me out of this. Thanks. -- Why should I have a User Name? ( talk) 18:47, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi Anna. I noticed the detail map for Clinton-Colden Lake is incorrect. The coordinate for the page is right, but the label is pointing to Aylmer Lake. Clinton-Colden Lake is the large lake just SE of Aylmer Lake (actually they seem to be siamese twins, i.e. connected). --ian — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ian.macky ( talk • contribs) 02:49, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
Anna, could you speedily delete this hoax please, before it is in the press... -- Why should I have a User Name? ( talk) 11:44, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi, sorry to bug you. But I am not sure where to take this question without being a major pest. I had placed a request to see if a source from a university newspaper is useful for establishing notability under the GNG. I also presented a few pieces of evidence pertaining to the reliability of the paper-- evidence which was not mentioned by the one person who seemed like they were not keen on it being reliable despite my best efforts to convince them of the contrary. I am not sure what the process is at this point. Any advice would be great. Also: I just went to the admin list, and clicked the first name I saw. Oh, here is my attempt to conversate with this person regarding the reliability of the Portland State University Vanguard. I am disappointed because I feel they were not weighing in on my original question regarding the Vanguard in good faith. Corporatemonster ( talk) 07:24, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
The Portland State University Vanguard's editorial staff is listed here. As for the reliability/authority of the organization giving the Vanguard awards-- The ONPA is the one, and here is their about page. I guess they are a trade association of newspapers in the state/region. Seems like they would be an authority on what makes a good newspaper. Hope this helps. Also, I see what you are saying about the living person biography. Also: in regards to the typo on their website, everyone makes mistakes? It is a logical fallacy to point to one typo in an attempt to discredit an entire arguement. Just saying, not trying to offend you. Corporatemonster ( talk) 00:45, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi Anna. I would like to add Acıbadem kurabiyesi and Boyoz to the Pastries list but after a failure in changing a simple picture at another article I am afraid of breaking the structure. Would you mind doing that for me, please? Thank you very much. -- Why should I have a User Name? ( talk) 14:56, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi Anna - thanks a lot for your comment. I am going to check and modify in case I did violate the content. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Olgaeilya ( talk • contribs) 12:22, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
I hope you are doing fine Miss Bono [hello, hello!] 15:30, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
Anna, Thanks for your note. Please know that I tried to add the link to the cookbook in a space, usually near the top, that was unobtrusive. I would be OK with moving the cookbook references down to the bottom. Austncorp ( talk) 00:40, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello Anna, I'm sorry for the MMS incident. Can you please unblock my old account User:Rudra john cena?? I want to change it's user name to User:Jim Carter - Public. Currently most of the time I'm AFH (Away from home) so I have to use this account through Public cybers. Public cybers are risky, if the cache of my log in is not removed. So I want to use that old account by renaming it. But before I can ask any crat I need the account to be unblocked. Since you was the blocking admin so I thought if you can help that account to be unblocked (I don't want to create any other accounts). Thanks a lot. Jim Carter ( talk) 08:10, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
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Hi, Anna,
Thanks for deleting the link i provided. There was a dead link before, it was a blog, i checked it in the Wayback Machine, it was totally junk website. I don't know why it is not deleted by you. Does it means that a deak junk link is more reliable then a page providing value but from a small website?
I came across this link, and i replaced it with a much better relevant resource to the "pellet mill" page. Then you take it as spammy.
OK, i know you are trying to make wiki a well ruled place, but i don't think you know pellet mill more than me. What i provide is VALUABLE to people who are searching on this thing. It's reliable and it's NOT SPAM.
Anyway, help me to delete this account and please don't reply cause i'll never be back here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ella Liang ( talk • contribs) 08:38, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi Anna, Thank you for your kind message, its great to know that wikipedia is indeed a living document. I'm actually South American and I moved to Sanya to study Mandarin for a year. Im interested on the environmental impact from development in Hainan. My Mandarin is very basic so most of the information I have is anecdotal, and the rest is often unreliable because Hainan is not in the spotlight of international journalists, other than travel writers. Im still getting to know how wikipedia works, my initial intention wasn't to contribute. I wasn't sure if this was the right platform for the subject matter I hope to highlight, but there was so little information I decided to jump in. I looked at the Dubai wiki page and thought I could follow that as a template, but this page needs more contributors. I am finding it difficult to find information outside of the tourism parameters, so Im adding to broad preexisting information. I hope someone can help connect the dots, eventually. To me one of the best sources I have found on China and the environmental impact of urbanisation is: http://juccce.org and I hope to add to the discussion by including some of their arguments. I appreciate any pointers. Cheers, C Edit888 ( talk) 11:58, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
I've been reading about birds' eggs in the article on Bird egg, and I came across two sentences that are a bit unclear. I'm wondering if you can resolve the issues. The first is in the first paragraph of the lead. The sentence reads, "Some birds lay eggs even when not fertilized...." I suppose it really means when the eggs are not fertilized, but it could sound like when the birds are not fertilized. Is it clear enough to you, or should it be made more precise?
The second one is in the first sentence in the second paragraph in the section "Colors". It reads:
My question is about the last bit: "and some parasitic cuckoos, which have to match the passerine's host's egg". It sounds a bit like "parasitic cuckoos have to match the...host's egg", with the cuckoos actively matching themselves or their egg to the passerine's egg, when it probably should be saying that the cuckoo's eggs have to match the host's egg, or eggs -- eggs matching eggs. To convey the latter meaning, the clause at the end of the sentence should read, "whose eggs have to match the passerine host's egg (or eggs)." Which meaning is more correct?
Thanks in advance for your time. CorinneSD ( talk) 00:00, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi - do you remember when I started writing an article (yes, it was about myself) earlier on and I couldn't find anything to support it? While I might still be looking, I'm not sure how long it will take before I find something to support the information. It is alright if I could have the content from the deleted article back so that I can leave it in a Word document (so that I don't lose the info, which I can't remember now) until such time when I can use it properly? If that could be done somehow, I would be very grateful.
Thank you for your help earlier in the year. With regards, 4TheWynne ( talk) 07:43, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello Anna. Hope you are doing OK. I wonder if you know about this: I brightened an image that was too dark and gloomy and I now want to upload the new version. However I only know how to upload an image using the Upload Wizard, and that would create a new file rather than a new version of an old file. Any ideas? Thanks, Invertzoo ( talk) 23:41, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
Thanks so much Anna! I also left you a note about the name of those cheap cloth shoes, further up this page. :) Invertzoo ( talk) 00:04, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi there. If I am not wrong, I guess you are mentoring this user. But I find lot of problems in the articles they create. None of them are sourced and all have lot of OR content. The only sources include clear trip, youtube videos, home page of Indian Railways and the online portal of IR for booking tickets which I am sure do not qualify. I am pretty concerned on the quality of articles that they create. Given the fact that this user has no civility in his approach (which was one of the main reasons they were blocked), I do not want to interact with them. I hope you could help out here. Cheers. — LeoFrank Talk 11:47, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
Maybe you can tell me which wikipedia policy applies when a editor thinks that these two images are the same & cant tell the difference between Mumbai central image & http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Surat_railway_station&diff=562828261&oldid=562347791] & 12951 Mumbai Rajdhani Express and 12953 August Kranti Rajdhani Express [ [4]], thinks that [ [5]] is a great image to have on a article, they should refrain from pointing fingers at other individuals.
You can only get respect if you give others any. I do deal with other editors from time to time but there is a mutual respect, i don't blindly go around vandalizing articles. I have also tried to tell you why you are wrong but you have also chosen not to listen to me so why should i waste my time listening to you. And do check your own block log before commenting on others & ofcourse lets not forget about the nice message you left on my talk page.
Superfast1111 ( talk) 07:06, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
LeoFrank: Please read your comment "...I did not mean to comment at the user in any way. By having no civility in approach I meant that the user always goes on a spate of PAs and provoking editors through their comments on talk pages and does not heed to any advice despite citing policies..." Do you see the problem there? You once again attacked the editor rather than talking about the edits, while, and this is the real zinger, saying that you did not meant to comment on the user. This just keeps the pot boiling.
Superfast1111: Having the old username User:Abhishek191288 is not a crime. Please address the concerns raised by others. One's judgement about images is not a reason to disallow him from raising concerns. You have a history of being blocked several times, being a sockpuppet, and drawing plenty of heat with your editing. That definitely means that you ought to spent more energy examining your own conduct.
Both of you: Do you know what being nice as pie gets you? Results! Short discussions! Saved time! Do you like typing long paragraphs and digging up diffs? It's a waste of life. You get more with honey than vinegar. Learn a life lesson from this here at Wikipedia and take it into the real world. Honey gets you everything. Now, this all took me 7 minutes to write. Don't make me feel that I've wasted my time. Be nice. Compromise. Seek to resolve things. Don't zap each other because every time you do, you get a zappy response. Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 00:11, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
As i have mentioned earlier, i give respect to those who respect me. You can check out the recent interactions with other editors - they have been civil & it was just a couple of guys talking to each other. The image was to prove a point that even he has been wrong on more than one occasion & if you choose to lash out then you can expect a return. What reason did he have for refusing to listen to my concerns & undoing my edits on those pages. The worse part was when an admin refused to believe what i was saying & blocked me instead.
I know Wikipedia has policies about content but they read out like legal documents & are subject to how a user interprets them but i certainly did not expect this Mumbai central image & http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Surat_railway_station&diff=562828261&oldid=562347791] to get lost in translation. Guess we have our moments.
I would like nothing better than to leave him alone if he does the same. The answer to each action is not to quote a policy. During the discussion on time table's, not one editor referred to any policy but we talked it out. I was the only dissenting voice but i did agree to abide by the consensus. Superfast1111 ( talk) 05:15, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
I suspect TweetiePie1947 is on the autism spectrum, so they may not be aware they're being disruptive.
Also, unrelated: the huge image on your user page is pretty awesome. :) Trivialist ( talk) 23:37, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi Anna, I was wondering if you'd mind me overwriting File:Low Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD ) - during recovery.jpg with https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasamarshall/14356917087/. Somewhat different dimensions but vastly higher resolution, and I think the crop is much more useful for articles. — Huntster ( t @ c) 09:14, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
Anna, thank you for the table of tool equivalents which I saw while lurking on Dispenser's and MZMcBride's talk pages (you really need to put that somewhere central where people can find it—maybe on or linked from Wikipedia:Wikimedia Labs). I found that really useful and it has helped me recover at least one tool I had lost.
Two comments you might want to incorporate in the table; "Interaction analyzer" appears to have the same function as the old "Stalker" so could be listed as a replacement. The information from the old "Watcher" tool can be found in the sidebar "Page information" tool (or "?action=info" appended to the url). Spinning Spark 10:41, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
Link: Wikipedia:Wikimedia Labs/Toolserver replacements
By the way, Spinningspark, I did post at Wikipedia talk:Wikimedia Labs about having this visible at the Wikipedia:Wikimedia Labs project page. It could also be at Wikipedia:Toolserver. I'm just think of where we go looking when we get the "Sorry" message from toolserver. So, where it appears is one thing, but where it should be centralized is another. Obviously, it ought to be transcluded so that we only need to update one table. Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 14:12, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
no problem. will do in the future. Primergrey ( talk) 13:06, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi A.F.: I haven't had time to mess around with macros yet, so posting a request for you to take a look at List of Indian dishes. All four sections would significantly benefit from alphabetization. Since your table fu is awesome, if you're interested, polished, alphabetized tables would be an exceptional improvement to this heavily-viewed page ( 39,446 page views for June 2014). Thanks for your consideration, NorthAmerica 1000 13:50, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
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Anna - do you mean low-sided slip-ons with cotton uppers, minimal lining or mid-sole and waffle-pattern outsoles? I believe they are better known as "kung fu shoes". Pete aka -- Shirt58 ( talk) 10:21, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
In the US they are known as " Kung fu shoes". See here: [6] and also on Amazon.com [7]. When they have rubber on the sole they are sometimes called "martial arts shoes". There are also women's ones with a strap and buckle that are shaped a bit like Mary Jane (shoe), [8]. I hope this is helpful? Invertzoo ( talk) 23:51, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
Okay, I started it as Kung fu shoe. It has a nice ring to it, but I must say that I'm not crazy about starting anything without a single reference. Google anything is still blocked in China (although it may be coming back), so I can't find any good ref in the only good place, which would be Google books. Again, I will get photos of the modern variety. Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 23:32, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi A.F. - per your table fu (expertise and ease in performing table edits), requesting for you to take a look at List of fried dough foods. It has a cleanup tag requesting alphabetization. I normally don't post edit requests, but since you have great table fu, is there a way to easily perform this, rather than manually going through every entry to alphabetize it? NorthAmerica 1000 16:11, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
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I'm not actually convinced yet, since they haven't rendered an AfD and most of their edits have been helpful rather than removing critical info, which the nauseating 'let's describe what all the Disney Junior logo characters look like' list in that article they removed certainly is not. Nate • ( chatter) 21:15, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
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Hi Anna. I have a peculiar question for you: Today, while reviewing my contributions, I saw that at a deletion discussion where I made one edit, after my user name, instead of my own page there is a redlink talk page which, of course, does not belong to me. What does this mean? Any idea? Thank you very much and regards. -- Why should I have a User Name? ( talk) 22:00, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
I can't get it to work. [9] How about you? Viriditas ( talk) 04:24, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
How can we stop User:Troydevinny545? Cordially. -- Why should I have a User Name? ( talk) 18:52, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
Hello, Template:Gambling was previously a redirect to Template:WikiProject Gambling, and this template was transcluded by way of the redirect on a bunch of article talk pages. By replacing this redirect with your new navbox, all those articles have been removed from the Gambling WikiProject. You can see all the articles that have been removed in the last few days' entries of Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Gambling articles by quality log. Toohool ( talk) 00:44, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
To my very knowledgeable friend Anna, who I hold in great esteem: I made a new rotated (and a little cleaned up) version of an image of a stack of slipper limpets I uploaded my new version once, but it did not seem to come out right so I did it again with a slightly different file name. The stack should be more or less vertical, not laying down. Now the first revised image is showing correctly, and the second one is weird. What should I do now? Many thanks, Invertzoo ( talk) 18:49, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
No, you are!!! :) I may know more about snails, but you know more about Wikipedia and are smarter than me too. Believe me, I spent 15 years with top-flight academics, and I know how to tell who is really brilliant (you are). So anyway, the middle of the three versions of that image is the way I want it to be. The top one is distorted, and the bottom one is the original. BTW, I did not make the original photo; I just wanted to get it in the correct orientation, and clean up the background a tiny bit. Thanks, I did take a look at both of those Crepidula links you listed; the first one is very nice, but that paper, oh boy, yikes, it makes my brain hurt; it's just horribly written and impenetrable... Anyway, I think these slipper limpets are basically just fine in their native range, but they certainly can be a pest to oyster fisheries, especially in Europe, where they were accidentally introduced with American oysters. At any rate as protandrous hermaphrodites they are very interesting. What a life! And I did read last year about someone trying them cooked, who said actually they are not at all bad, so I think your solution is the best one! Invertzoo ( talk) 23:48, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
Looks great now! Maybe part of the problem was that thing about "clearing the cache"? I don't know, anyway my thanks, it is much improved. :) My testimonials: "wrinkled English poser", "academic wannabe", "typical low-grade know-it-all" and "should try harder"! :) Invertzoo ( talk) 22:53, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
That is the best idea I have heard in a long time!!! Invertzoo ( talk) 02:11, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi, Anna. I believe you are uniquely qualified to offer sound input on the readability issues of the noticeboard template. I first raised the issue in 2011, but there has been no response. The template remains protected, preventing the majority of Wikipedians from modifying it as usage changes. IIRC, this template was originally designed for administrator noticeboards and related issues. Over the years, its scope has widened and become more inclusive as additional, non-admin noticeboards were added. However, due to protection, the layout of the template has not changed to match the increasing focus on non-admin issues. I cannot fathom, for example, how a new editor is supposed to find what they are looking for, as the menu sorting is close to useless, if not terminally confusing. I know you are the right person to raise this problem with as you have a talent for seeing messy template menus and changing them to increase usability. As Captain Picard used to say, "make it so" please. I don't think there is any need to discuss this first. If the community objects to your changes, they can easily revert, at which point we can discuss it further. The spirit of boldly making changes to improve this site has been lost to bureaucratic malaise. Please relight the fire of innovation before it is extinguished by the inflexible naysayers who are afraid of change. Viriditas ( talk) 03:24, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
Thank you Anna, and a peek at your page confirms that your are indeed an Awesome Wikipedian.
I've actually been making minor contributions and edits since 2007, but nothing particularly noteworthy, except as a suspected TYPE A. ;)
Believe me, I'm honored to be acknowledged by such a distinguished member as yourself. Thanks Again, HOUNDDAWG ( talk) 18:55, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
He/she always added unsourced genre on Africa (Toto song) two times, though I undid it. Can you please block him/her? 183.171.175.130 ( talk) 22:12, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
Please see this diff where you blocked GXSOUL and note the new user in the revision history of Draft:GXSOUL who created the page GXSOUL.
One could probably consider this to be block evasion, so they should potentially be guided to change of username. Your warning about promotion stands, naturally. The WP:AFC folk seem to accept COI in the Draft: namespace on the basis that the effects are likely to have been ripped away by the time the article is reviewed properly. Fiddle Faddle 08:06, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
You seem to be fluent in editing Wikitables, so your help is requested in modifying List of soups to add an "Origin" column, as discussed in Talk:List of soups. I am not up to the task of doing the repeated systematic edits needed, and hope that you have semi-automated tools to ease this, or are simply more adept at doing the mass edits. I am willing to help fill in and standardize the content of the new column, once the structure is set up. Thank you for your anticipated help. Reify-tech ( talk) 20:14, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
Please see this. I think the username "Jewess Flordeliza Americana" is intended as an insult. If one reads between the lines, one gets Jewess (a Jewish female) Americana (American) Flordeliza (Fleur-de-lis, a symbol used by royalty, such as a "Princess"). Putting it all together, you get Jewish-American Princess, a pejorative stereotype of a subtype of Jewish-American female. Viriditas ( talk) 07:57, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
Nope, actually it is a Virtual Spelling Bee. It was created by Tata Soesetyo last 2009 and I got to collaborate with her with all of this stuffs. We both noted that this is all fictional - "trues are accidental". Virtual Bees Apiary ( talk) 20:49, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
To be honest Anna, (for I know of no other way) finding Wehwalt]'s page is a project and I don't know where to begin.
In fact moving around this site is very difficult for me. And using the special edit characters and instructions? I'm lost.
There's prolly a tutorial here but I wouldn't know how to find that either.
In my defense, when I use Wikipedia as a resource I'm usually in the middle of writing something for another website, and taking time to dissect all available instructions/links would break my concentration. (I took the time to learn to edit spelling errors while reading, but that's my TYPE A affliction manifesting...)
Any suggestions would be appreciated. (like how to edit out the "r" in my first message to you. I wrote "your are" instead of "you are". Geez, iz mie face read!)
Again thanks, HOUNDDAWG ( talk) 12:49, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
How about improving it enough to nominate for a DYK? AshLin ( talk) 19:27, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
It looks like most of the damage was caused by high wind. I wonder if there is a way to prevent it in the future. Viriditas ( talk) 02:34, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
Glad to hear that you are alright. It seemed pretty awful, judging from photos. We have one heading our way in the next couple of days; with some luck it won't be too bad. Stay safe this summer! wctaiwan ( talk) 14:49, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi, I'm User:Anupmehra. I was just here to say if you could help this user, Sandhya2012 to learn WP:COPYRIGHT as she seems to be a persistent copyright violator and on the verge to get herself blocked from editing Wikipedia. Thanks and Regards, Anupmehra - Let's talk! 13:17, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
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Gatoclass ( talk) 17:22, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi A.F.: Per your expertise in alpha sorting, (and since in the past you said I could ask again
), requesting table alpha sorting for the
List of soups article, if you have the time, etc. Thanks for your consideration!
NorthAmerica
1000
21:59, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
![]() | Good Job!
Thanks for alphabetizing List of soups, much appreciated! NorthAmerica 1000 04:27, 23 July 2014 (UTC) |
Thanks for the prompt comment. I now realize that there was no need to delete the content -- and I don't know how to reverse things now. Rwood128 ( talk) 21:57, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi, Thanks for tidying my clumsy editing. In fact I did the transferring in advance. I will trim as necessary. Rwood128 ( talk) 23:57, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
I opened a Wikipedia page and there's a banner saying i edited the K2 disambiguation page based on my ip, and it's been reverted. Well, i didn't edit the K2 page, i had never been to the K2 disambiguation page, in my memory. I have edited a few pages this year, but they were typo/spelling corrections only.
Speaking of typos, the X! page had a apparently random banner quote that says :
[quote] I too am here to build this giant wiki. But that doesnt mean we cant mean make friends along the way. ”
—Gears of War [/quote]
But this is a typo i cannot touch, for i do not want to be part of the political back-biting culture of another big organisation. 75.120.20.102 ( talk) 00:35, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
Hello, I recently retired an account about a few weeks ago and changed the email and password, so I can't remember it. I'm considering having the username changed once I have access to it. The email is an AOL account, and the password is kind of long. You can view the IP use with this current account for more confirmation. -- Thank You -- JudeccaXIII ( talk) 02:37, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar |
cool, thanks. Obvious Bicycle ( talk) 01:01, 24 July 2014 (UTC) |