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For the Arbitration Committee, – MJL ‐Talk‐ ☖ 05:04, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
Hi Bilby. I have seen the block you gave to User:John from Idegon. I read the diff and it made me cringe. I don't mean to start WP:Gravedancing, but I have to agree that the way he treats editors is unacceptable. I bet the reason why you blocked him was because of the sentence where he stated he was going to go to his house and practice his "non-existent skills at open cranium brain surgery" on him. I agree that it constitutes a personal attack because that could be considered a threat, and he may never know if the editor on the other side of that computer screen could take it the wrong way. I have also interacted with John before, and it amazes me how an experienced editor like him is allowed to make personal attacks like this and get away with it. I just wanted to say thank you for indefinitely blocking him, as I was blocked because of my interactions with him. Colman2000 ( talk) 06:49, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
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That's definitely how most of these discussions go, which is why I've been trying to just ignore most of the RSN thread. It seems to be hard to accept that reasonable people can disagree. ScottishFinnishRadish ( talk) 22:23, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
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I sourced my claims on Peter singer. They were not unsourced claims any article does not sufficiently cover this aspect of his work. 2603:8080:1501:3816:9F4:D198:D4D9:3892 ( talk) 21:43, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
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Thanks for this! I'm currently stuck in quarantine trying to recover from COVID, so these come well timed and are very much appreciated. - Bilby ( talk) 13:10, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
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Sorry if I broke any rules! This is my problem; Tyson can write untruths about people in his books and be allowed to self-promote his work on the Wikipedia platform for free with no repercussions from Wikipedia. There is only one reason why Tyson a professor, Historian and Research Scholar would lie. Tyson, and his assistant, with sparsely written notes and a recorder that did not show any evidence that the [RT1] women changed her testimony. Tyson’s book prompted the FBI to investigate at Taxpayers’ expense to his clams. The Department of Justice report shows that Tyson was not trustworthy. I guest lying to the public while profiting from it is OK. Attention to detail: The Historian should have a strong attention to detail in almost every capacity. Whether researching verbal or written information. Tyson and his books have cast a lot of doubt on History, Historians and Research Scholars. [RT1] and no one will ever know. Thanks' Shakewalk (talk) 16:53, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
Is this edit acceptable? Published in 2017, The Blood of Emmett Till reexamines the lynching of Emmett Till in 1955. The book was a New York Times bestseller, won the 2018 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award and was longlisted for the National Book Award. The Big Question: Is Timothy B. Tyson miss leading the public that testimony was changed? You Must READ: The United States Department of Justice File - https://www.justice.gov/crt/case-document/emmett-till-notice-close-file-0 Shakewalk (talk) 14:42, 23 May 2022 (UTC) hope this email is getting to you? Shakewalk ( talk) 15:53, 25 May 2022 (UTC).
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Hi Bilby, can I ask why you added the undisclosed paid tag to this article? –– FormalDude (talk) 02:40, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
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consider blocking the whole subnet rather than an IP that may change within a minute.Hello, I'm looking for a willing administrator or experienced editor to consider my standard offer, set to be eligible from 30/11/2022 onward. Please email me at Surge_Of_Reason@mail.com, rather than commenting on my talk page.
I've done my nine months, and ardently request to continue enhancing Wikipedia's, at the moment rather meager, knowledge on companies. Based on what I've seen, easily a decade of controversial incidents was never added or added in such a way that made it difficult for visitors to find.
I'm sorry things blew up on the pages of Moderna, Biogen, and Netflix. The antipathy, and block evasion, concerning Moderna's dubious tax practices and abrasive work culture, Netflix's Qwikster spinoff, and Biogen's failed Alzheimer's drug, were unwarranted.
https://www.politico.eu/article/moderna-vaccine-profits-tax-havens/ https://www.statnews.com/2016/09/13/moderna-therapeutics-biotech-mrna/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/netflixs-lost-year-the-inside-story-of-the-price-hike-train-wreck/ https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/biogen-s-aduhelm-could-be-linked-to-alzheimer-s-patient-s-death-analyst-says
I want to voice my sympathies regarding the toxic atmosphere on Wikipedia, that can't make things easy, and acknowledge the need for systematic enforcement in order to overpower that atmosphere.
If reinstated my work would cover histories like:
Ting river pollution (Zijin Mining)
In July 2010, two toxic copper mine waste spills contaminated the Ting River in Fujian Province, China. Zijin Mining was found guilty of negligence and fined close to $4.4M. People developed lesions from contact with the water as much as a year after the spills. The area displayed elevated cancer rates and high concentrations of toxic cadmium have been found in the drinking water.
https://www.sfgate.com/green/article/Toxic-leak-taints-mining-firm-with-global-plans-3179105.php
Tailings dam collapse (Zijin Mining)
On September 21 2010, a tailings dam collapsed, destroying 523 homes and killing 22 people near the city of Xinyi, Guangdong Province, China. Though the dam was hit by a typhoon, responsibility for its collapse was placed firmly on the shoulders of Xinyi Zijin, an arm of Zijin Mining, which had violated construction procedures. Zijin Mining has expressed "deep sorrow and regret" and donated $7.5M to Xinyi City. By 2011, Xinyi Zijin was up against 800 lawsuits related to the destruction.
https://www.reuters.com/article/china-mining-zijin-idUSTOE71G05L20110217
Pollution in Chad (Glencore)
In January 2021, the UK accepted a human rights complaint alleging that Glencore's toxic wastewater leaks had injured at least fifty villagers in 2018 in Chad. They had been afflicted with severe burns, skin lesions, and illness. Burns left by crude oil waste had prevented a boy from moving for a whole year.
Heavy Metals Poisoning Pueblo Viejo (Barrick Gold Corp)
Since 2013, the communities surrounding Barrick's Pueblo Viejo mine have petitioned the government of the Dominican Republic with relocation demands. Residents spoke of respiratory problems, heavy metal poisoning, livestock dying, as well as skin lesions caused by tainted water. Their cacao production has been reduced by 60% and their rates of cancer, asthma, other illnesses, and miscarriages exceed those of Dominicans living outside the Pueblo Viejo region.
https://nowtoronto.com/barrick-gold-rules-horror-stories-from-the-frontline
North Mara pollution (Acacia Mining)
In May 2019, Acacia Mining was fined $2.4 million for alleged pollution near its North Mara mine in Tanzania. Authorities issued an environmental protection order concerning pollution from the mine's tailings dam. Reports include skin lesions, high rates of cervical cancer, and inhabitants eating poisoned fish.
Natural gas blowout (Sempra Energy)
On September 27 2021, Southern California Gas Co. along with its parent company Sempra Energy, agreed to a $1.8B settlement affecting 35,000 people. Thousands of families had been exposed to carcinogens and toxic substances by the Alison Canyon, LA, natural gas blowout, which lasted from October 23 2015 to February 18 2015. Residents had to be relocated and reported headaches, nausea, and nosebleeds, as well as cancer, heart palpitations, and varied long-term health problems. Attorneys attributed the disaster to well case corrosion, a problem known to the company. An independent analysis firm commissioned by two state agencies concluded that SoCalGas did not exercise due diligence and failed to seal the leak several times by underestimating the flow of gas. The company had previously agreed to a $120M settlement with the state attorney and a $4M settlement with L.A. prosecutors after being convicted for not reporting the leak in a timely manner.
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/27/1041037624/gas-leak-los-angeles-aliso-canyon-settlement?
Sexual assault charges (Uber)
In 2021, Uber agreed to pay $9M to settle allegations that it had withheld information concerning sexual assault claims from California regulators.
On July 13 2022, a law firm representing five hundred and fifty women claimed that passengers were kidnapped, sexually assaulted, sexually battered, raped, falsely imprisoned, stalked, harassed, or otherwise attacked by Uber drivers. In a 2022 US Safety Report, the company claimed to have received 3,824 reports of five categories of sexual assault between 2019 and 2020.
Human rights violations in Papua New Guinea (Barrick Gold Corp)
For years, security forces under the employ of Barrick Gold Corp have been accused of killing, battering, torturing, raping locals, and burning homes in the area surrounding its Porgera gold mine. The men did so in the context of deterring illegal miners, a minority of which stages violent raids on the mine. Papa New Guinea is notorious for the rapes and abuses by its police forces. Nonetheless, the company has been accused of negligence and being responsible for attracting crime and gang warfare to the area through its business activities. Barrick Gold has since made attempts to improve officer conduct, but failed to stop it. In 2015, Barrick confessed to having settled eleven claims involving the rape, beating, and torture of women. Later that same year, one-hundred-nineteen other women announced that they had waived the right to sue the company for far worse terms. Two years later, another eighty victims came forward claiming to have never been offered compensation. In 2020, the government of Papua New Guinea refused to renew the mine's lease. In 2021, the government negotiated a 51% stake in Barrick Niugini, the arm controlling the mine.
https://www.hrw.org/report/2011/02/01/golds-costly-dividend/human-rights-impacts-papua-new-guineas-porgera-gold-minend/human-rights-impacts-papua-new-guineas-porgera-gold-mine Passionate Dynamo ( talk) 12:01, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
Hello, Bilby,
Please leave a redirect behind when you correct for a bad page move. If you check User:AnomieBOT III/Broken redirects, you'll see that there were 30 redirects that needed to be fixed manually to the correct redirect target. If you leave a redirect behind, then the Wikipedia's bots will handle the corrections automatically which saves some labor. I know that the impulse is to remove any trace of this vandalism but please first check to see if the displaced page has any redirects when you are deciding whether or not to leave a redirect behind. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 01:49, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
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Hi @ Bilby I noticed our edit histories intersected recent on a draft page I tagged for concerns over its notability. If this is what prompted your message, then I urge to look closely at that draft. If not I would like you to disclose what prompted you to address me, because I find the timing very suspicious, and I suspect sabotage. el.ziade ( talkallam) 08:26, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
It is likely that each of us detests UPE as much as the other. As you can see I think you have left it rather up in the air on the editor's page where we have coincided.
If we are fair, the ball is always in the court of the undeclared paid editor. However, leaving that truism on the editors talk page, is, in my view, on the wrong side of the borderline of snark. I'm mentioning this to you because you may be unaware how it has been interpreted certainly by me.
Obviously, you have admin goggles and I do not. This means you may be able to see that which I cannot. If you can I do not want to know what you can see, nor particularly that you can see anything. What I hope you will do if you can see something awry is take it, maybe via WP:VRT if that is a correct route, to those who specialise in UPE hunting. 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦 17:09, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
Hello Bilby, may I know the reason why you moved Haut Monde Mrs. India Worldwide to the draftspace even though it was reviewed by a reviewer, and I have declared my conflict of interest? Thank you. Hutah ( talk) 13:01, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
Hi Bilby, I'm writing you because I came across an American politician page; Joseph Carraro and I saw that you recently reversed an edit by a user. When I checked the reversed edit, I could see that it is a more detailed, factual and updated version of the current form. I wonder why you reversed the edit, it actually looks and reads good can you do something to fix this?-- Popxyl ( talk) 12:37, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
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Hi Bilby,
Re Lee Oser: I was unaware of any policy regarding editing. My goal for this last edit was strip things down in order to have the previous banners removed. I figured paying someone to do it was actually the right thing to do. Should I just go back to the previous version with the previous banners? As I say, I didn't start the page in the first place and many people other than myself have edited it. I am not skilled, however, at this kind of thing. Now I seem to have the worst case scenario, where I stand accused of buying my way onto Wikipedia - when all I wanted to do was get rid of those previous banners about link rot and lengthy quotations.
Please note, there were no changes in neutrality. I'd prefer for the page to be as neutral as possible. I'd appreciate any suggestions in that respect.
Thank you. Brian Osgood ( talk) 20:11, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
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Hi,
Can I get my autopatrolled right back? Now I am doing everything within the guidelines. Since then, I haven't done any UPE, in fact, have submitted my one and only paid draft through AfC. But I have to wait unnecessarily for my created articles to be approved by some NPPs. Sometimes, my obviously notable articles are annoyingly thrown into AfDs, for example Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Majid Jahangir. Therefore, It would be convenient for me if I have autopatrolled right. Insight 3 ( talk) 06:54, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
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For the Arbitration Committee, – MJL ‐Talk‐ ☖ 05:04, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
Hi Bilby. I have seen the block you gave to User:John from Idegon. I read the diff and it made me cringe. I don't mean to start WP:Gravedancing, but I have to agree that the way he treats editors is unacceptable. I bet the reason why you blocked him was because of the sentence where he stated he was going to go to his house and practice his "non-existent skills at open cranium brain surgery" on him. I agree that it constitutes a personal attack because that could be considered a threat, and he may never know if the editor on the other side of that computer screen could take it the wrong way. I have also interacted with John before, and it amazes me how an experienced editor like him is allowed to make personal attacks like this and get away with it. I just wanted to say thank you for indefinitely blocking him, as I was blocked because of my interactions with him. Colman2000 ( talk) 06:49, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
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That's definitely how most of these discussions go, which is why I've been trying to just ignore most of the RSN thread. It seems to be hard to accept that reasonable people can disagree. ScottishFinnishRadish ( talk) 22:23, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
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I sourced my claims on Peter singer. They were not unsourced claims any article does not sufficiently cover this aspect of his work. 2603:8080:1501:3816:9F4:D198:D4D9:3892 ( talk) 21:43, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
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Happy adminship anniversary! Hi Bilby! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of your successful request for adminship. Enjoy this special day! Dinosaur TrexXX33 (chat?) 11:15, 1 June 2022 (UTC) |
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Happy adminship anniversary! Hi Bilby! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of your successful request for adminship. Enjoy this special day! Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 12:09, 1 June 2022 (UTC) |
Thanks for this! I'm currently stuck in quarantine trying to recover from COVID, so these come well timed and are very much appreciated. - Bilby ( talk) 13:10, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
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Sorry if I broke any rules! This is my problem; Tyson can write untruths about people in his books and be allowed to self-promote his work on the Wikipedia platform for free with no repercussions from Wikipedia. There is only one reason why Tyson a professor, Historian and Research Scholar would lie. Tyson, and his assistant, with sparsely written notes and a recorder that did not show any evidence that the [RT1] women changed her testimony. Tyson’s book prompted the FBI to investigate at Taxpayers’ expense to his clams. The Department of Justice report shows that Tyson was not trustworthy. I guest lying to the public while profiting from it is OK. Attention to detail: The Historian should have a strong attention to detail in almost every capacity. Whether researching verbal or written information. Tyson and his books have cast a lot of doubt on History, Historians and Research Scholars. [RT1] and no one will ever know. Thanks' Shakewalk (talk) 16:53, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
Is this edit acceptable? Published in 2017, The Blood of Emmett Till reexamines the lynching of Emmett Till in 1955. The book was a New York Times bestseller, won the 2018 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award and was longlisted for the National Book Award. The Big Question: Is Timothy B. Tyson miss leading the public that testimony was changed? You Must READ: The United States Department of Justice File - https://www.justice.gov/crt/case-document/emmett-till-notice-close-file-0 Shakewalk (talk) 14:42, 23 May 2022 (UTC) hope this email is getting to you? Shakewalk ( talk) 15:53, 25 May 2022 (UTC).
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Hi Bilby, can I ask why you added the undisclosed paid tag to this article? –– FormalDude (talk) 02:40, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
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Hi, Bilby!
Digging your name :) (if you get the reference haha)
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consider blocking the whole subnet rather than an IP that may change within a minute.Hello, I'm looking for a willing administrator or experienced editor to consider my standard offer, set to be eligible from 30/11/2022 onward. Please email me at Surge_Of_Reason@mail.com, rather than commenting on my talk page.
I've done my nine months, and ardently request to continue enhancing Wikipedia's, at the moment rather meager, knowledge on companies. Based on what I've seen, easily a decade of controversial incidents was never added or added in such a way that made it difficult for visitors to find.
I'm sorry things blew up on the pages of Moderna, Biogen, and Netflix. The antipathy, and block evasion, concerning Moderna's dubious tax practices and abrasive work culture, Netflix's Qwikster spinoff, and Biogen's failed Alzheimer's drug, were unwarranted.
https://www.politico.eu/article/moderna-vaccine-profits-tax-havens/ https://www.statnews.com/2016/09/13/moderna-therapeutics-biotech-mrna/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/netflixs-lost-year-the-inside-story-of-the-price-hike-train-wreck/ https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/biogen-s-aduhelm-could-be-linked-to-alzheimer-s-patient-s-death-analyst-says
I want to voice my sympathies regarding the toxic atmosphere on Wikipedia, that can't make things easy, and acknowledge the need for systematic enforcement in order to overpower that atmosphere.
If reinstated my work would cover histories like:
Ting river pollution (Zijin Mining)
In July 2010, two toxic copper mine waste spills contaminated the Ting River in Fujian Province, China. Zijin Mining was found guilty of negligence and fined close to $4.4M. People developed lesions from contact with the water as much as a year after the spills. The area displayed elevated cancer rates and high concentrations of toxic cadmium have been found in the drinking water.
https://www.sfgate.com/green/article/Toxic-leak-taints-mining-firm-with-global-plans-3179105.php
Tailings dam collapse (Zijin Mining)
On September 21 2010, a tailings dam collapsed, destroying 523 homes and killing 22 people near the city of Xinyi, Guangdong Province, China. Though the dam was hit by a typhoon, responsibility for its collapse was placed firmly on the shoulders of Xinyi Zijin, an arm of Zijin Mining, which had violated construction procedures. Zijin Mining has expressed "deep sorrow and regret" and donated $7.5M to Xinyi City. By 2011, Xinyi Zijin was up against 800 lawsuits related to the destruction.
https://www.reuters.com/article/china-mining-zijin-idUSTOE71G05L20110217
Pollution in Chad (Glencore)
In January 2021, the UK accepted a human rights complaint alleging that Glencore's toxic wastewater leaks had injured at least fifty villagers in 2018 in Chad. They had been afflicted with severe burns, skin lesions, and illness. Burns left by crude oil waste had prevented a boy from moving for a whole year.
Heavy Metals Poisoning Pueblo Viejo (Barrick Gold Corp)
Since 2013, the communities surrounding Barrick's Pueblo Viejo mine have petitioned the government of the Dominican Republic with relocation demands. Residents spoke of respiratory problems, heavy metal poisoning, livestock dying, as well as skin lesions caused by tainted water. Their cacao production has been reduced by 60% and their rates of cancer, asthma, other illnesses, and miscarriages exceed those of Dominicans living outside the Pueblo Viejo region.
https://nowtoronto.com/barrick-gold-rules-horror-stories-from-the-frontline
North Mara pollution (Acacia Mining)
In May 2019, Acacia Mining was fined $2.4 million for alleged pollution near its North Mara mine in Tanzania. Authorities issued an environmental protection order concerning pollution from the mine's tailings dam. Reports include skin lesions, high rates of cervical cancer, and inhabitants eating poisoned fish.
Natural gas blowout (Sempra Energy)
On September 27 2021, Southern California Gas Co. along with its parent company Sempra Energy, agreed to a $1.8B settlement affecting 35,000 people. Thousands of families had been exposed to carcinogens and toxic substances by the Alison Canyon, LA, natural gas blowout, which lasted from October 23 2015 to February 18 2015. Residents had to be relocated and reported headaches, nausea, and nosebleeds, as well as cancer, heart palpitations, and varied long-term health problems. Attorneys attributed the disaster to well case corrosion, a problem known to the company. An independent analysis firm commissioned by two state agencies concluded that SoCalGas did not exercise due diligence and failed to seal the leak several times by underestimating the flow of gas. The company had previously agreed to a $120M settlement with the state attorney and a $4M settlement with L.A. prosecutors after being convicted for not reporting the leak in a timely manner.
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/27/1041037624/gas-leak-los-angeles-aliso-canyon-settlement?
Sexual assault charges (Uber)
In 2021, Uber agreed to pay $9M to settle allegations that it had withheld information concerning sexual assault claims from California regulators.
On July 13 2022, a law firm representing five hundred and fifty women claimed that passengers were kidnapped, sexually assaulted, sexually battered, raped, falsely imprisoned, stalked, harassed, or otherwise attacked by Uber drivers. In a 2022 US Safety Report, the company claimed to have received 3,824 reports of five categories of sexual assault between 2019 and 2020.
Human rights violations in Papua New Guinea (Barrick Gold Corp)
For years, security forces under the employ of Barrick Gold Corp have been accused of killing, battering, torturing, raping locals, and burning homes in the area surrounding its Porgera gold mine. The men did so in the context of deterring illegal miners, a minority of which stages violent raids on the mine. Papa New Guinea is notorious for the rapes and abuses by its police forces. Nonetheless, the company has been accused of negligence and being responsible for attracting crime and gang warfare to the area through its business activities. Barrick Gold has since made attempts to improve officer conduct, but failed to stop it. In 2015, Barrick confessed to having settled eleven claims involving the rape, beating, and torture of women. Later that same year, one-hundred-nineteen other women announced that they had waived the right to sue the company for far worse terms. Two years later, another eighty victims came forward claiming to have never been offered compensation. In 2020, the government of Papua New Guinea refused to renew the mine's lease. In 2021, the government negotiated a 51% stake in Barrick Niugini, the arm controlling the mine.
https://www.hrw.org/report/2011/02/01/golds-costly-dividend/human-rights-impacts-papua-new-guineas-porgera-gold-minend/human-rights-impacts-papua-new-guineas-porgera-gold-mine Passionate Dynamo ( talk) 12:01, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
Hello, Bilby,
Please leave a redirect behind when you correct for a bad page move. If you check User:AnomieBOT III/Broken redirects, you'll see that there were 30 redirects that needed to be fixed manually to the correct redirect target. If you leave a redirect behind, then the Wikipedia's bots will handle the corrections automatically which saves some labor. I know that the impulse is to remove any trace of this vandalism but please first check to see if the displaced page has any redirects when you are deciding whether or not to leave a redirect behind. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 01:49, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
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Bilby Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, RV ( talk) 07:36, 24 December 2022 (UTC)
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Hi @ Bilby I noticed our edit histories intersected recent on a draft page I tagged for concerns over its notability. If this is what prompted your message, then I urge to look closely at that draft. If not I would like you to disclose what prompted you to address me, because I find the timing very suspicious, and I suspect sabotage. el.ziade ( talkallam) 08:26, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
It is likely that each of us detests UPE as much as the other. As you can see I think you have left it rather up in the air on the editor's page where we have coincided.
If we are fair, the ball is always in the court of the undeclared paid editor. However, leaving that truism on the editors talk page, is, in my view, on the wrong side of the borderline of snark. I'm mentioning this to you because you may be unaware how it has been interpreted certainly by me.
Obviously, you have admin goggles and I do not. This means you may be able to see that which I cannot. If you can I do not want to know what you can see, nor particularly that you can see anything. What I hope you will do if you can see something awry is take it, maybe via WP:VRT if that is a correct route, to those who specialise in UPE hunting. 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦 17:09, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
Hello Bilby, may I know the reason why you moved Haut Monde Mrs. India Worldwide to the draftspace even though it was reviewed by a reviewer, and I have declared my conflict of interest? Thank you. Hutah ( talk) 13:01, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
Hi Bilby, I'm writing you because I came across an American politician page; Joseph Carraro and I saw that you recently reversed an edit by a user. When I checked the reversed edit, I could see that it is a more detailed, factual and updated version of the current form. I wonder why you reversed the edit, it actually looks and reads good can you do something to fix this?-- Popxyl ( talk) 12:37, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
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Hi Bilby,
Re Lee Oser: I was unaware of any policy regarding editing. My goal for this last edit was strip things down in order to have the previous banners removed. I figured paying someone to do it was actually the right thing to do. Should I just go back to the previous version with the previous banners? As I say, I didn't start the page in the first place and many people other than myself have edited it. I am not skilled, however, at this kind of thing. Now I seem to have the worst case scenario, where I stand accused of buying my way onto Wikipedia - when all I wanted to do was get rid of those previous banners about link rot and lengthy quotations.
Please note, there were no changes in neutrality. I'd prefer for the page to be as neutral as possible. I'd appreciate any suggestions in that respect.
Thank you. Brian Osgood ( talk) 20:11, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
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Hi,
Can I get my autopatrolled right back? Now I am doing everything within the guidelines. Since then, I haven't done any UPE, in fact, have submitted my one and only paid draft through AfC. But I have to wait unnecessarily for my created articles to be approved by some NPPs. Sometimes, my obviously notable articles are annoyingly thrown into AfDs, for example Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Majid Jahangir. Therefore, It would be convenient for me if I have autopatrolled right. Insight 3 ( talk) 06:54, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
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It will show information about how active a discussion is, such as the date of the most recent comment. There will soon be a new "Add topic" button. You will be able to turn them off at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion. Please tell them what you think.
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