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I'm not vandalized because everything in the article is true and i read it and monitor. I watch on tv or full episodes i just based on the tv network whats all important. This user has reverted has not released by the network or full episodes or reliable sources. Barneysss ( talk) 15:19, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
If They Only Knew (Trip Lee album) was deleted per PROD. I was not aware that it had been tagged with that, or I would have rescued it. Could you un-delete and tag me so that I can rescue the article with some sources?-- 3family6 ( Talk to me | See what I have done) 03:29, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
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-- Rosiestep ( talk) 16:23, 27 August 2019 (UTC) via MassMessaging
Hey Bradv, is it possible you could please temporarily recover my personal sandbox you speedily deleted? That way I can copy stuff over to somewhere else. I get that my sandbox was in violation of U5, and I apologize for that, but I’ve spent dozens, if not hundreds of hours maintaining it, and I do not appreciate that you deleted it without giving me any sort of heads up or warning. I have maintained it since 2014, and it seems odd that you just now decided it was causing a problem and should be deleted. I have some stuff backed up, but I was not expecting it to be randomly deleted, so I didn’t bother backing everything up. I can definitely store that stuff elsewhere in the future, but I feel like it would be nicer if you could give people a few days notice before deleting their stuff. I had not even heard of U5 before you mentioned it, and I would imagine that most Wikipedians are not familiar with all the intricacies of Wikipedia rules. Also, I don't get the hoax accusation, as I'm pretty sure I made it clear that all the fake weatherboxes were fictional (but I do get that you don't want me to use my sandbox as a sort of web host). So if you could please temporarily reactivate my sandbox so I can copy the data to a different site, that would be much appreciated. I’m sorry for any inconvenience I may have caused. Thanks for reading. Sfoske70 ( talk) 20:07, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
For the same reason as Sfoske70 above me I'd appreciate it if you could email me the contents of my sandbox. I didn't realize that I was breaking any rules, but now that I know, I'd be very thankful to be able to save my sandbox that I'd invested so much time into, so that I could instead store it somewhere else that isn't on or affecting Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Baba Wethu ( talk • contribs) 00:36, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
I've done what you asked.
Thank you Baba Wethu ( talk) 01:15, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi again, Bradv,
I was attempting to revert the iHeartRadio Canada page name to its pre-May 2019 page name of Bell Media Radio prior to a WP:BRD move made by ViperSnake151 which, while encouraged, I reverted in early August 2019. I guess I misunderstood a portion of Wikipedia:Page_mover as I thought either all auto-confirmed or extended-confirmed users, of which I see that I am, had page mover privileges and/or by moving it to the Draft namespace, redirects weren't left. Thus, if you navigate to Draft:Move/Bell Media Radio, you'll see my draft. You can see I understand the process, but my misunderstanding was in terms of what is required not to leave a redirect in place. Nonetheless, I've issued an RfC to gather community feedback on whether to change the page name as ViperSnake151 has attempted to do.
I don't have an issue with ViperSnake151 making bold moves, but when they're in dispute, he should not be undoing page moves a second time, no?
And secondly, can you kindly complete my round-robin page swap that I'm not permissioned to do?
Cheers,
Doug Mehus (
talk) 01:48, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi Bradv. At the head of the Skytrax page, the {{ Disputed}} template isn't closed correctly. Thanks, EdJohnston ( talk) 14:21, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
There is no content dispute. There is persistent removal of sourced content by a single-purpose account and its sockpuppets. FPP is way OTT. Lard Almighty ( talk) 14:19, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi Brad,
I just noticed that, surprisingly, there was no pending move or merger proposal on National Energy Board and Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency especially since the combined agency Canadian Environmental Regulator came into force, so consistent with Wikipedia:Merging, I proposed to move the latter into the former, with the resulting page renamed Canadian Environmental Regulator. It seems like I did that the correct way, but I'm wondering if it would be worthwhile for you to move protect those three pages, or at least the proposed as yet non-existent page to prevent inadvertent moving in advance of consensus? Doug Mehus ( talk) 16:00, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
Likewise Baba Wethu and Sfoske70 not far-preceding me, may I receive the contents of my deleted sandbox via email? I have spent myriads of hours on that particular page, and cannot lose it so lightly. However, I shall not re-establish the aforementioned content on Wikipedia; I merely wish for it to remain within my personal grasp, nothing more. — Jovial regards
Please send the content to this particular email address: (Redacted) Frey Locksley ( talk) 09:37, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi Bradv,
Could you please email me the contents of my recently deleted page (Candle421)? I've had that since 2011 or 2012 and spent much time creating the contents of it and wasn't expecting a deletion without warning.
Much appreciated! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Candle421 ( talk • contribs) 02:42, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
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Hello, Bradv. Why you revert my edits? All my edits have been reverted by various users. Why? Why Bradv? (Forwarded to every user that reverted my edits since becoming active again) Please help me on editing so my edits don't get reverted.
This is Akmaie Ajam. Please answer this. Thanks. Akmaie Ajam ( talk) 15:20, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
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Hi Bradv, i'm assuming you are acting in good faith but less familiar with the Middle East modern history - please note that Iranian-Israeli conflict is different than Arab-Israeli conflict. In fact Israel is in alliance with major Arab League nations against Iran. The Iran-Israel proxy conflict articles may be tagged under Syrian Civil War & ISIL sanctions (if related with Iran-Israel standoff during Syrian conflict) or as WP:GS/78IRP (non-Syrian locations of standoff between Israel and Iran - such as in Lebanon and Iraq). Iran is not an Arab country, though does have several proxy Shia militias which act against Arab powers in the Gulf and against Israel and this has been specifically excluded from Arab-Israeli conflict topic in 2013 and several times since. This is relevant to 2019 Beirut drone attack and 2019 Israeli airstrikes in Iraq. GreyShark ( dibra) 14:46, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
Hello Bradv,
I have recently become aware that the contents of my Wikipedia sandbox were speedily deleted, along with many others. I was sadly not familiar with the portion of the rules that I was violating, and I have logged a lot of useful data in my sandbox that I would like to get back. Is there any chance that the contents of my sandbox could be emailed back to me? It would be greatly appreciated. I will not put the contents of the sandbox back up on Wikipedia, but simply use them for myself. Thanks for reading. Omegaraptor ( talk) 17:00, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
Hi, you seem to have missed it in the AE talk section of Francois, but VM also violated the IBAN, and more recently and from a more recent edit, not from a year ago. He reverted content added (or re-added) by Icewhiz last month ( [2] [3] [4] → [5]) since you blocked Icewhiz for something he supposedly did from an edit from a years past, I thought you would want to know about a more blatant IBAN violation. Sir Joseph (talk) 18:28, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
"I do find it troubling that Bradv just swooped it and blocked, especially in this area". Which is it? I take feedback such as this seriously, and I'd like to see how the discussion plays out first. – bradv 🍁 20:13, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
Go check it out and do actual research on who Walter Russell was and who he influenced not only politically but scientifically, someones butt hurt lol WikipediansSweep ( talk) 18:58, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
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Howdy hello Bradv! I see that you have been around WP:3O from time to time, and I have much respect for your opinion, and thus would like to ask for some advice. I recently responded to a third opinion request on Talk:Walter_Russell#Third_opinion. From what I could see, the debate concerned WP:PSCI, and made some exceptional claims which weren't well backed up. One of the two editors in the original debate ( User:WikipediansSweep) then responded by wall of texting me, and being pretty obstinate. So that's my question: how do I respond? Should I respond and keep trying to mediate the debate? Or have I said my piece and should simply leave? I don't want to waste my time arguing with a brick wall, but also don't want to abandon the discussion. Any advice would be much appreciated. Captain Eek Edits Ho Cap'n! ⚓ 18:50, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
Hello fren, read the reply which dismantles your apt judgements and do full research rather than start with a conclusion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WikipediansSweep ( talk • contribs) 04:06, 8 September 2019 (UTC)
You never read his first response which spurred all of this. Maybe you should tell him to investigate rather than have a preordained conclusion at the ready to sling with no foresight. Also the degradation in using terms like kook or quack so liberally and carelessly, calling for major overhauls on a page with sources calling this man the "modern Leonardo". If "edits ho!" is not a form of naive ignorance rampaging on a false campaign of their beliefs or battleground mentality then I am sad to logically conclude a double standard is being applied. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WikipediansSweep ( talk • contribs) 07:14, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
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Instead of reaching a magic 300 as it once did last year, the backlog approaching 6,000 is still far too high. An effort is also needed to ensure that older unsuitable older pages at the back of the queue do not get automatically indexed for Google.
A proposal is taking place here to confirm a nominated user as Coordinator of NPR.
Why I Hate Speedy Deleters, a 2008 essay by long since retired Ballonman, is still as valid today. Those of us who patrol large numbers of new pages can be forgiven for making the occasional mistake while others can learn from their 'beginner' errors. Worth reading.
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Hi. I saw the edit you did that removed BarlowGirl information from the hymn article. The song was featured in an "inspired by" album for The Nativity Story. It was also used for A Very Special Christmas: Bringing Peace on Earth (a fundraiser for the Special Olympics) and charted in the top 20 on Christian AC radio. For all of these reasons, I believe it is a notable cover. Why did you remove the information, and what do you believe is necessary to restore the information? Thank you for your time. -- LABcrabs ( talk) 20:18, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
Please protect 2019 Hong Kong protests, it has been attacked relentlessly by pro-Chinese bots. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.193.240.143 ( talk) 09:27, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
You recently closed my 1RR report regarding Israeli–Lebanese conflict claiming "no violation", because the page was supposedly not tagged with the template indicating it is subject to such a restriction. That is incorrect, as you can verify for your self here Here come the Suns ( talk) 21:04, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
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Thank you for fully protecting Nicki Minaj for now. Is there a way to make sure semi-protection automatically returns when it’s over? Otherwise the disruption and vandalism will get exponentially worse if the page is completely unprotected automatically (I saw it first hand with Drake, that’s why I’m taking caution). Trillfendi ( talk) 05:56, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
User:Ghyuw5 is again spamming talk pages. I noticed that you were the admin that previously blocked him so I figured I would let you know. Thanks and have a wonderful day. Casseb ( talk) 02:16, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
Hello Bradv, I just got a message that you removed a message from my talk page ("rv disruption"). I'm just curious as to why. Thanks. Al Leluia81 ( talk) 02:37, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
Hi Brad. Sorry for the trouble, but I'm not sure if you noticed this report at AIV about me by AlbusTheWhite, copying and pasting, (including non-working links for the article of Greece), the same comments I had made at 3RRN about him five minutes earlier. Not sure, if this is CIR, BATTLE, or all of the above, but this doesn't look good, at least to me. By the way, over the past year and a half, many of this account's edits concern edit-warring the dumping of large-scale image changes in articles. Dr. K. 22:53, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
Hey Bradv, hope all is well. Would it be possible to re-instate the indef semi-protection on Nicki Minaj? Looks like it was protected indefinitely due to BLP violations before your full protection. -- LuK3 (Talk) 22:42, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
...doesn't it. Cassianto Talk 16:59, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
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Your actions with regards to the Fram affair—whether you're deleting people's perfectly fair comments or censoring the name of Laura Hale—have only served to inflame the situation.— Chowbok ☠ 02:30, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
Exposing the abuse of power is a good thing. Please do it civilly to be most effective. The clerks have a hard job and they do it methodically without regard to ideology. This is proper. Jehochman Talk 12:26, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
Can you please either weigh in with a third opinion on the dispute at the Super Audio CD page and/or extend the edit lock for another week until we can get more comments on it? Thanks. Dharmabumstead ( talk) 18:12, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
Hi Brad, is this Julian Assange page the subject of any type of discretionary sanctions, such as 1RR? Seems a lot of edit warring going on today by Jack. Please ping me in your response, since I dont follow you talk page. Thanks! Jtbobwaysf ( talk) 08:45, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
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Hi, please can you explain the move to Draft:Lodhi Rajput (Lodh-Lodha Kshatriya). It is an out-and-out POV fork, as the CSD tag said. That was supported by two people experienced in the subject matter, by the indefinite protection placed by RegentsPark (another contributor experienced in matters India) on the main article, by the prior history of that main article and the almost-certain socking. Draftifying makes no sense to me and I don't think it is the usual procedure. A read of the notes at User:Sitush/CasteSources and the Sanskritisation article might assist but I can pretty much guarantee that if you took this discussion to WT:INB the consensus would be to delete. Thanks. - Sitush ( talk) 02:30, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
Brent Cowles (Musical Artist)
Hey brad! I noticed that you flagged and deleted the wikipedia page that I was working on for Brent Cowles. Would i be able to retrieve this material and continue working on the page for improvement? Had to leave off at an awkward spot the other day, and i understand the reasons why you might have flagged it. However, I think it was taken down a little prematurely. I am a new editor and would love more time to work on it before submitting it for review.
Thank you, talk soon, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 7sintern1 ( talk • contribs) 17:28, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
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Hi Bradv,
I have a problem with your user script
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Interstellarity ( talk) 17:16, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
Hey, in this edit you made the DS template produce a list of DS topics, which is good, but I've just noticed it looks...incomplete compared to what's contained in the template. The September 11 attacks are listed in the template code, for example, but aren't showing up in the list. E-cigs is another one that is in the code but not on the list (and I can't see that either is rescinded). I don't want to go mucking about in there trying to fix it; could you have a look at it? ♠ PMC♠ (talk) 05:00, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
Hi! Just seen your anti-vandalism activities (recent changes). Given that I am not familiar with the procedures here, would you mind having a look here? Most of them are live edits as of now. Thank you in advance, UnaToFiAN-1 ( talk) 05:15, 5 October 2019 (UTC)
Why are you deleting sandboxes and userpages, or even removing the tables of talkpages that have climate data? Its been since the awful day of August 27, And also, Why are you continuing to delete those climate data tables, They make you creative. MVN1717 ( talk) 12:33, 5 October 2019 (UTC)
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I was wondering why User: Prospectorminerals/sandbox page was deleted. It was clearly not with "malicious" intentions nor a "hoax", but rather experimentation. Prospectorminerals ( talk) 05:53, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
Wikipedia allows users to experiment in their user Sandbox to gain experience in editing templates. It does benefit the encyclopedia because I can use my experience gained from editing sandbox towards real climate graphs on articles. Also, it is unlikely that visitors would mistake this for legitimate information. Prospectorminerals ( talk) 00:12, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
Can you please intervene here? The same behavior is ongoing in spite of an open RfC that was called for this exact issue. The other editor in question refuses to engage via the community discussion or abide by WP:BRD, so I'm at a loss here. ― Justin (koavf)❤ T☮ C☺ M☯ 20:14, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
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ich 02:55, 10 October 2019 (UTC)Hi, Brad, as this whole discussion is about me I thought I should poke my nose in. I am only going to show one edit, after you closed the edit warring report by Koavf with your advice of This is dumb. How about just redirecting the talk page like we do for all other redirects? In any case, No violation. I then followed your advice and redirected to a relevant page, Koafv immediately readded the project tags, this proves he wasn't prepared to listen to you, he doesn't listen or discuss with me (and this has been going on for several years over various subjects) and thinks he is above WP. If you can be bothered, I have re-opened the discussion at Koavf's user page, his response is telling.-- Richhoncho ( talk) 09:18, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
I am working to improve the article on Dr. Rafael Rebolo ( /info/en/?search=Rafael_Rebolo_L%C3%B3pez ) I am bilingual English/Spanish so I plan to add the same references in Spanish Wikipedia. Can you take a look at it? Toandael49 ( talk) 20:43, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:BMW 3 Series (E36). Legobot ( talk) 04:23, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
Can you please create the article for Jayasurya Mayilsamy — Preceding unsigned comment added by JayasuryaTech ( talk • contribs) 02:40, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
Please see User_talk:Koavf#Talk:7″_single. Can you intervene here? I do not deserve this abuse and have told him repeatedly to stop. ― Justin (koavf)❤ T☮ C☺ M☯ 17:47, 12 October 2019 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement#CMTBard -- Guy Macon ( talk) 17:30, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
I assume you didn't create this "Alt" name?" as it's not in the log as tied to your account? I've blocked for now pending confirmation. Thanks, N.J.A. | talk 19:08, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
If you would like to review Draft:Abd al-Masih Haddad, sources have been added inside. 92.184.102.192 ( talk) 17:24, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
I'm not vandalized because everything in the article is true and i read it and monitor. I watch on tv or full episodes i just based on the tv network whats all important. This user has reverted has not released by the network or full episodes or reliable sources. Barneysss ( talk) 15:19, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
If They Only Knew (Trip Lee album) was deleted per PROD. I was not aware that it had been tagged with that, or I would have rescued it. Could you un-delete and tag me so that I can rescue the article with some sources?-- 3family6 ( Talk to me | See what I have done) 03:29, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
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-- Rosiestep ( talk) 16:23, 27 August 2019 (UTC) via MassMessaging
Hey Bradv, is it possible you could please temporarily recover my personal sandbox you speedily deleted? That way I can copy stuff over to somewhere else. I get that my sandbox was in violation of U5, and I apologize for that, but I’ve spent dozens, if not hundreds of hours maintaining it, and I do not appreciate that you deleted it without giving me any sort of heads up or warning. I have maintained it since 2014, and it seems odd that you just now decided it was causing a problem and should be deleted. I have some stuff backed up, but I was not expecting it to be randomly deleted, so I didn’t bother backing everything up. I can definitely store that stuff elsewhere in the future, but I feel like it would be nicer if you could give people a few days notice before deleting their stuff. I had not even heard of U5 before you mentioned it, and I would imagine that most Wikipedians are not familiar with all the intricacies of Wikipedia rules. Also, I don't get the hoax accusation, as I'm pretty sure I made it clear that all the fake weatherboxes were fictional (but I do get that you don't want me to use my sandbox as a sort of web host). So if you could please temporarily reactivate my sandbox so I can copy the data to a different site, that would be much appreciated. I’m sorry for any inconvenience I may have caused. Thanks for reading. Sfoske70 ( talk) 20:07, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
For the same reason as Sfoske70 above me I'd appreciate it if you could email me the contents of my sandbox. I didn't realize that I was breaking any rules, but now that I know, I'd be very thankful to be able to save my sandbox that I'd invested so much time into, so that I could instead store it somewhere else that isn't on or affecting Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Baba Wethu ( talk • contribs) 00:36, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
I've done what you asked.
Thank you Baba Wethu ( talk) 01:15, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi again, Bradv,
I was attempting to revert the iHeartRadio Canada page name to its pre-May 2019 page name of Bell Media Radio prior to a WP:BRD move made by ViperSnake151 which, while encouraged, I reverted in early August 2019. I guess I misunderstood a portion of Wikipedia:Page_mover as I thought either all auto-confirmed or extended-confirmed users, of which I see that I am, had page mover privileges and/or by moving it to the Draft namespace, redirects weren't left. Thus, if you navigate to Draft:Move/Bell Media Radio, you'll see my draft. You can see I understand the process, but my misunderstanding was in terms of what is required not to leave a redirect in place. Nonetheless, I've issued an RfC to gather community feedback on whether to change the page name as ViperSnake151 has attempted to do.
I don't have an issue with ViperSnake151 making bold moves, but when they're in dispute, he should not be undoing page moves a second time, no?
And secondly, can you kindly complete my round-robin page swap that I'm not permissioned to do?
Cheers,
Doug Mehus (
talk) 01:48, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi Bradv. At the head of the Skytrax page, the {{ Disputed}} template isn't closed correctly. Thanks, EdJohnston ( talk) 14:21, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
There is no content dispute. There is persistent removal of sourced content by a single-purpose account and its sockpuppets. FPP is way OTT. Lard Almighty ( talk) 14:19, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi Brad,
I just noticed that, surprisingly, there was no pending move or merger proposal on National Energy Board and Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency especially since the combined agency Canadian Environmental Regulator came into force, so consistent with Wikipedia:Merging, I proposed to move the latter into the former, with the resulting page renamed Canadian Environmental Regulator. It seems like I did that the correct way, but I'm wondering if it would be worthwhile for you to move protect those three pages, or at least the proposed as yet non-existent page to prevent inadvertent moving in advance of consensus? Doug Mehus ( talk) 16:00, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
Likewise Baba Wethu and Sfoske70 not far-preceding me, may I receive the contents of my deleted sandbox via email? I have spent myriads of hours on that particular page, and cannot lose it so lightly. However, I shall not re-establish the aforementioned content on Wikipedia; I merely wish for it to remain within my personal grasp, nothing more. — Jovial regards
Please send the content to this particular email address: (Redacted) Frey Locksley ( talk) 09:37, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi Bradv,
Could you please email me the contents of my recently deleted page (Candle421)? I've had that since 2011 or 2012 and spent much time creating the contents of it and wasn't expecting a deletion without warning.
Much appreciated! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Candle421 ( talk • contribs) 02:42, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
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Hello, Bradv. Why you revert my edits? All my edits have been reverted by various users. Why? Why Bradv? (Forwarded to every user that reverted my edits since becoming active again) Please help me on editing so my edits don't get reverted.
This is Akmaie Ajam. Please answer this. Thanks. Akmaie Ajam ( talk) 15:20, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
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Hello, Icewhiz has appealed your WP:AE decision. I helped them copy the request. This is to notify you: Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement#Arbitration enforcement action appeal by Icewhiz. starship .paint ( talk) 08:15, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
Hi Bradv, i'm assuming you are acting in good faith but less familiar with the Middle East modern history - please note that Iranian-Israeli conflict is different than Arab-Israeli conflict. In fact Israel is in alliance with major Arab League nations against Iran. The Iran-Israel proxy conflict articles may be tagged under Syrian Civil War & ISIL sanctions (if related with Iran-Israel standoff during Syrian conflict) or as WP:GS/78IRP (non-Syrian locations of standoff between Israel and Iran - such as in Lebanon and Iraq). Iran is not an Arab country, though does have several proxy Shia militias which act against Arab powers in the Gulf and against Israel and this has been specifically excluded from Arab-Israeli conflict topic in 2013 and several times since. This is relevant to 2019 Beirut drone attack and 2019 Israeli airstrikes in Iraq. GreyShark ( dibra) 14:46, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
Hello Bradv,
I have recently become aware that the contents of my Wikipedia sandbox were speedily deleted, along with many others. I was sadly not familiar with the portion of the rules that I was violating, and I have logged a lot of useful data in my sandbox that I would like to get back. Is there any chance that the contents of my sandbox could be emailed back to me? It would be greatly appreciated. I will not put the contents of the sandbox back up on Wikipedia, but simply use them for myself. Thanks for reading. Omegaraptor ( talk) 17:00, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
Hi, you seem to have missed it in the AE talk section of Francois, but VM also violated the IBAN, and more recently and from a more recent edit, not from a year ago. He reverted content added (or re-added) by Icewhiz last month ( [2] [3] [4] → [5]) since you blocked Icewhiz for something he supposedly did from an edit from a years past, I thought you would want to know about a more blatant IBAN violation. Sir Joseph (talk) 18:28, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
"I do find it troubling that Bradv just swooped it and blocked, especially in this area". Which is it? I take feedback such as this seriously, and I'd like to see how the discussion plays out first. – bradv 🍁 20:13, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
Go check it out and do actual research on who Walter Russell was and who he influenced not only politically but scientifically, someones butt hurt lol WikipediansSweep ( talk) 18:58, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
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Howdy hello Bradv! I see that you have been around WP:3O from time to time, and I have much respect for your opinion, and thus would like to ask for some advice. I recently responded to a third opinion request on Talk:Walter_Russell#Third_opinion. From what I could see, the debate concerned WP:PSCI, and made some exceptional claims which weren't well backed up. One of the two editors in the original debate ( User:WikipediansSweep) then responded by wall of texting me, and being pretty obstinate. So that's my question: how do I respond? Should I respond and keep trying to mediate the debate? Or have I said my piece and should simply leave? I don't want to waste my time arguing with a brick wall, but also don't want to abandon the discussion. Any advice would be much appreciated. Captain Eek Edits Ho Cap'n! ⚓ 18:50, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
Hello fren, read the reply which dismantles your apt judgements and do full research rather than start with a conclusion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WikipediansSweep ( talk • contribs) 04:06, 8 September 2019 (UTC)
You never read his first response which spurred all of this. Maybe you should tell him to investigate rather than have a preordained conclusion at the ready to sling with no foresight. Also the degradation in using terms like kook or quack so liberally and carelessly, calling for major overhauls on a page with sources calling this man the "modern Leonardo". If "edits ho!" is not a form of naive ignorance rampaging on a false campaign of their beliefs or battleground mentality then I am sad to logically conclude a double standard is being applied. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WikipediansSweep ( talk • contribs) 07:14, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
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Hi. I saw the edit you did that removed BarlowGirl information from the hymn article. The song was featured in an "inspired by" album for The Nativity Story. It was also used for A Very Special Christmas: Bringing Peace on Earth (a fundraiser for the Special Olympics) and charted in the top 20 on Christian AC radio. For all of these reasons, I believe it is a notable cover. Why did you remove the information, and what do you believe is necessary to restore the information? Thank you for your time. -- LABcrabs ( talk) 20:18, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
Please protect 2019 Hong Kong protests, it has been attacked relentlessly by pro-Chinese bots. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.193.240.143 ( talk) 09:27, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
You recently closed my 1RR report regarding Israeli–Lebanese conflict claiming "no violation", because the page was supposedly not tagged with the template indicating it is subject to such a restriction. That is incorrect, as you can verify for your self here Here come the Suns ( talk) 21:04, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
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Thank you for fully protecting Nicki Minaj for now. Is there a way to make sure semi-protection automatically returns when it’s over? Otherwise the disruption and vandalism will get exponentially worse if the page is completely unprotected automatically (I saw it first hand with Drake, that’s why I’m taking caution). Trillfendi ( talk) 05:56, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
User:Ghyuw5 is again spamming talk pages. I noticed that you were the admin that previously blocked him so I figured I would let you know. Thanks and have a wonderful day. Casseb ( talk) 02:16, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
Hello Bradv, I just got a message that you removed a message from my talk page ("rv disruption"). I'm just curious as to why. Thanks. Al Leluia81 ( talk) 02:37, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
Hi Brad. Sorry for the trouble, but I'm not sure if you noticed this report at AIV about me by AlbusTheWhite, copying and pasting, (including non-working links for the article of Greece), the same comments I had made at 3RRN about him five minutes earlier. Not sure, if this is CIR, BATTLE, or all of the above, but this doesn't look good, at least to me. By the way, over the past year and a half, many of this account's edits concern edit-warring the dumping of large-scale image changes in articles. Dr. K. 22:53, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
Hey Bradv, hope all is well. Would it be possible to re-instate the indef semi-protection on Nicki Minaj? Looks like it was protected indefinitely due to BLP violations before your full protection. -- LuK3 (Talk) 22:42, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
...doesn't it. Cassianto Talk 16:59, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
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For your great contribution to civility on Wikipedia, which was much improved by your actions. Jehochman Talk 02:42, 21 September 2019 (UTC) |
Your actions with regards to the Fram affair—whether you're deleting people's perfectly fair comments or censoring the name of Laura Hale—have only served to inflame the situation.— Chowbok ☠ 02:30, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
Exposing the abuse of power is a good thing. Please do it civilly to be most effective. The clerks have a hard job and they do it methodically without regard to ideology. This is proper. Jehochman Talk 12:26, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
Can you please either weigh in with a third opinion on the dispute at the Super Audio CD page and/or extend the edit lock for another week until we can get more comments on it? Thanks. Dharmabumstead ( talk) 18:12, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
Hi Brad, is this Julian Assange page the subject of any type of discretionary sanctions, such as 1RR? Seems a lot of edit warring going on today by Jack. Please ping me in your response, since I dont follow you talk page. Thanks! Jtbobwaysf ( talk) 08:45, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
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Hi, please can you explain the move to Draft:Lodhi Rajput (Lodh-Lodha Kshatriya). It is an out-and-out POV fork, as the CSD tag said. That was supported by two people experienced in the subject matter, by the indefinite protection placed by RegentsPark (another contributor experienced in matters India) on the main article, by the prior history of that main article and the almost-certain socking. Draftifying makes no sense to me and I don't think it is the usual procedure. A read of the notes at User:Sitush/CasteSources and the Sanskritisation article might assist but I can pretty much guarantee that if you took this discussion to WT:INB the consensus would be to delete. Thanks. - Sitush ( talk) 02:30, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
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Hey brad! I noticed that you flagged and deleted the wikipedia page that I was working on for Brent Cowles. Would i be able to retrieve this material and continue working on the page for improvement? Had to leave off at an awkward spot the other day, and i understand the reasons why you might have flagged it. However, I think it was taken down a little prematurely. I am a new editor and would love more time to work on it before submitting it for review.
Thank you, talk soon, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 7sintern1 ( talk • contribs) 17:28, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
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Interstellarity ( talk) 17:16, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
Hey, in this edit you made the DS template produce a list of DS topics, which is good, but I've just noticed it looks...incomplete compared to what's contained in the template. The September 11 attacks are listed in the template code, for example, but aren't showing up in the list. E-cigs is another one that is in the code but not on the list (and I can't see that either is rescinded). I don't want to go mucking about in there trying to fix it; could you have a look at it? ♠ PMC♠ (talk) 05:00, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
Hi! Just seen your anti-vandalism activities (recent changes). Given that I am not familiar with the procedures here, would you mind having a look here? Most of them are live edits as of now. Thank you in advance, UnaToFiAN-1 ( talk) 05:15, 5 October 2019 (UTC)
Why are you deleting sandboxes and userpages, or even removing the tables of talkpages that have climate data? Its been since the awful day of August 27, And also, Why are you continuing to delete those climate data tables, They make you creative. MVN1717 ( talk) 12:33, 5 October 2019 (UTC)
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I was wondering why User: Prospectorminerals/sandbox page was deleted. It was clearly not with "malicious" intentions nor a "hoax", but rather experimentation. Prospectorminerals ( talk) 05:53, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
Wikipedia allows users to experiment in their user Sandbox to gain experience in editing templates. It does benefit the encyclopedia because I can use my experience gained from editing sandbox towards real climate graphs on articles. Also, it is unlikely that visitors would mistake this for legitimate information. Prospectorminerals ( talk) 00:12, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
Can you please intervene here? The same behavior is ongoing in spite of an open RfC that was called for this exact issue. The other editor in question refuses to engage via the community discussion or abide by WP:BRD, so I'm at a loss here. ― Justin (koavf)❤ T☮ C☺ M☯ 20:14, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
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ich 02:55, 10 October 2019 (UTC)Hi, Brad, as this whole discussion is about me I thought I should poke my nose in. I am only going to show one edit, after you closed the edit warring report by Koavf with your advice of This is dumb. How about just redirecting the talk page like we do for all other redirects? In any case, No violation. I then followed your advice and redirected to a relevant page, Koafv immediately readded the project tags, this proves he wasn't prepared to listen to you, he doesn't listen or discuss with me (and this has been going on for several years over various subjects) and thinks he is above WP. If you can be bothered, I have re-opened the discussion at Koavf's user page, his response is telling.-- Richhoncho ( talk) 09:18, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
I am working to improve the article on Dr. Rafael Rebolo ( /info/en/?search=Rafael_Rebolo_L%C3%B3pez ) I am bilingual English/Spanish so I plan to add the same references in Spanish Wikipedia. Can you take a look at it? Toandael49 ( talk) 20:43, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
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Can you please create the article for Jayasurya Mayilsamy — Preceding unsigned comment added by JayasuryaTech ( talk • contribs) 02:40, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
Please see User_talk:Koavf#Talk:7″_single. Can you intervene here? I do not deserve this abuse and have told him repeatedly to stop. ― Justin (koavf)❤ T☮ C☺ M☯ 17:47, 12 October 2019 (UTC)