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I would advise against warning a user who has not been welcomed yet. This can be seen as biting newcomers and can be seen as not assuming good faith. We don't wanted to scare away editors just because they made a mistake or don't understand Wikipedia yet. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor ( talk) 13:21, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
So you're the one who rather have fiction than fact on Randy Newman's page, but pretends you have all the answers? So much for welcoming a stranger. And so much for wiki being a trustworthy site. 173.49.69.238 ( talk) 15:14, 17 July 2021 (UTC)
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Regarding your RfA candidate poll, just a minor note: there is a typo in "Failed AfD RfA ten years ago".
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Do I know you sir? Valkyrie Red ( talk) 05:49, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
I've decided to try to look through this over the next few months as a summer project, to see what at least can be destubbed. Stuff like Clark's Mill and maybe Romney should be easily destubbable, especially once I finally get to move (the county I am moving to has a much better library system than the one I currently live in, so should make research easier) and I'm personally shocked Pickett's Mill and Rocky Face Ridge are stubs. But I'm really concerned that some of these may not be notable (see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Battle of Young's Point for a recent example and see User talk:Eight-Nation-Alliance fan101 which has a bunch of AFD notices from that user creating a bunch of articles for tiny skirmishes.
The first one I looked at was Skirmish at Threkeld's Ferry, and I frankly can't find anything substantial beyond the Encyclopedia of Arkansas entry cited in the article, which only uses the OR's as a source. Is this one really that iffy on notability, or am I just missing something that's fairly obvious? I don't like AFDing ACW battle articles, but some of the ones in those categories are looking really bad. Skirmish at Ackworth is currently only sourced to Dyer, for instance (haven't looked in-depth into that one yet. Donner60 took part in the old 8NA Fan AFDs, so they might have some insight into this. And TwoScars may be knowledgeable about some of the WV ones like Battle of Clark's House. Hog Farm Talk 04:27, 24 June 2021 (UTC)
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Thank you for what you said on User talk:SlimVirgin - missing pictured on my talk, with music full of hope and reformation -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 16:57, 29 June 2021 (UTC)
I missed your RFA poll but I forgot I was looking at an archived page and added support anyway. A bot did not throw me off the page so I guess it turned out ok. Best wishes if you go ahead with it. Donner60 ( talk) 04:40, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
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Thank you for beginning articles such as Charles Heywood and William E. Woodruff (soldier), for Samuel Escue Tillman, for offering admin services, for "I appreciate feedback from a newer editor who might see things with fresher eyes" and "wants infinite forgiveness", - Buster, repeating (3 May 2009): you are an awesome Wikipedian!
You are recipient no. 2626 of Precious, a prize of QAI. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 14:55, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
On 7 July 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jane Douglass White, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that before she entered the U.S. Army in 1942, Jane Douglass White, a songwriter for soldier's shows, had already composed the tune which would become the official " Song of the Women's Army Corps"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jane Douglass White. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Jane Douglass White), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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On 7 July 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Song of the Women's Army Corps, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that before she entered the U.S. Army in 1942, Jane Douglass White, a songwriter for soldier's shows, had already composed the tune which would become the official " Song of the Women's Army Corps"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jane Douglass White. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Song of the Women's Army Corps), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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On 7 July 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Soldier's show, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that before she entered the U.S. Army in 1942, Jane Douglass White, a songwriter for soldier's shows, had already composed the tune which would become the official " Song of the Women's Army Corps"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jane Douglass White. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Soldier's show), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 12:03, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
Hello BusterD, I appreciate your thoughtful responses at RfA. I found the answer concerning reading with your daughter to be a nice little moment of humanity and it brought back memories of my Papa. Sometimes we forget the very human side of Wikipedia. I found that and most of your answers to be refreshing. It seems you will be confirmed but we will let the tally finish first. Keep reading with your daughter. You have a beautiful song to sing and it's moments like that where you share it with her that will most definitely impact her life for a long time to come as it becomes part of her song too. Thank you for your contributions here and I wish you all the best. -- ARose Wolf 20:49, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
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Congratulations in advance for a successful relatively stress free RFA Celestina007 ( talk) 22:47, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
I've allocated you a chair, and plumped up the cushions. Welcome to the strange world of the Admin. SilkTork ( talk) 17:18, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
I have seen welcome and congratulation for my successful run. I appreciate your trust; I will not betray it. That said, I'm not perfect but improving daily, I hope.
If you'd like to help me as a wikipedian, please begin by commenting on my answers to questions. I have zero idea how I sound in the wikisphere. I'm blind to myself. I try to write from experience, not projection. So, what did I say well and with what do you disagree? Please help me to understand where we are as a community. (FD: I'll move this to a subpage if it gets too ruckus/raucus). BusterD ( talk) 17:37, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
I will be AFK for the next hour or two so feel free to trash the place. I have a new set of tools right here (or there, somewhere, oh, up there). I might warn somebody... BusterD ( talk) 17:52, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
For the record, I would have supported you for admin but I didn’t get to the discussion in time. Sorry about that! - Aussie Article Writer ( talk) 20:58, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
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Cheers--you did it. Well done. Drmies ( talk) 21:55, 10 July 2021 (UTC) |
I GOAT you this goat to celebrate you becoming an admin. I supported you, you deserve it
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As an admin, and content creator, and with a background and interest in tabletop games, you might just be interested in my project User:BOZ/Games deletions which I am still working on. :) I hope to be able to bring back anything that we can find sources for, although I'm sure most of what is on that list is going to stay the way it is. BOZ ( talk) 13:53, 16 July 2021 (UTC)
Sorry I did not get to !vote, BusterD. I'd say 99% a good result!! Martinevans123 ( talk) 16:08, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
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Belated congratulations on your successful RfA Buster. I've been on vacation the last couple of weeks. Glad I had a chance to vote for you before I left. Mojoworker ( talk) 21:31, 19 July 2021 (UTC) |
I don't think I have ever had a detailed thank you before from someone I have supported at RFA. Such scrupulous courtesy confirms me in the belief that you will be a top-notch admin. I wish you the very best of luck and great pleasure in your new capacity. Tim riley talk 17:34, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
Maybe I'm the last to welcome you to the admin corps. Sorry 'bout that! I know you will do great. Besides welcoming you, I wanted to clue you in to a couple of things your new status entitles you to. I see that you haven't yet created your adminstats page. You can learn how to do that here: User:MelanieN/Admin bling. And if you are planning to do much in the way of page protecting, you might want to check out this essay: User:MelanieN/Page protection. Have fun, and see you around the Wiki! -- MelanieN ( talk) 21:24, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
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Re your comment of 10/6/21: 'Not a good summary'. Does this refer to the lede? If so, I cannot see how it fails to summarise the action, as well as the context. Perhaps you could suggest key points that have not been covered. Valetude ( talk) 09:56, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/James Longstreet/archive1. Essentially, William Garrett Piston attributes Longstreet getting on the wrong road to Longstreet making an error, and is the source currently used in the article. Stephen W. Sears states that the issue was probably caused by Longstreet thinking he had the authority to reroute his troops. Sears can be kind of a maverick at times, though. Would you happen to have access to other sources on this topic to try to determine what the consensus is here (if there is one?) Thanks! Hog Farm Talk 04:33, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
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This statement is not intended to draw attention or sympathy, but to explain my recent inattention to matters Wikipedia. I have taken an entirely self-enforced break to deal with personal grief. I find it very hard to look at my watchlist. I trust all my fellow contributors will cover.
I had a sibling die. As we had been long parted and not especially close, I was startled by the overwhelming grief I felt, the despondence of us missing our window, the depression of inevitable mortality. I withdraw now from the community so as to cause no harm in my sudden unbalance.
I am grateful for my life, and I love my family and friends fiercely. While I am often at odds with my fellows here, I wish to express my enormous gratitude for my co-volunteers on Wikipedia. It is a strange thing that I gather my wikifriends by disagreeing with them, finding common ground on the other side of each conflict. Here consensus is a blessing born of skepticism and good-faith dispute. I am grateful for learning this lesson. I am grateful to each of my fellow editors for helping to teach me.
I am working to build gumption capacity back, and intend to get back to work (at some level) in a week or two.
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Was traipsing through my quarantined talk archive and remembered your well wishes after the events of June. Made me want to personally express my congratulations, though late, to you for passing through that Godawful swamp. Thank you for all the kind words since; I'd like to offer my own now (and this coffee). ♠Vami _IV†♠ 11:51, 7 September 2021 (UTC) |
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So a couple of months, maybe a year ago, someone made a helpful tweak to the block process for IPv6's, with the option to quickly block the range. I've learned that it's worth checking esp. if the same IP made a series of vandal edits, indicating a habit; if that's the case, then often more came from the range. In this case that was valid, so thanks for blocking the range. Later, Drmies ( talk) 14:15, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
The Masters world record progressions are a direct adjunct of List of world records in masters athletics. As in every other world record page that has progressions, the link is event specific, or in better wikipedia terms "subject specific," rather than a hodge podge of sublinks. When editing, you go directly to the article in question rather than a mass article and then needing to find the correct section to edit. For each sublink, all the targeting must be perfect or the user is taken to the wrong place. The user will be confused. Editing to articles is not limited to people who know what they are doing, anybody can edit meaning, in the process of adding new, relevant information, the linkage can be destroyed by someone who doesn't understand all this code. Yes it can be fixed once somebody notices, but that means somebody needs to notice. I'm monitoring 16,000 pages. Stuff slips by me sometimes.
In the case of the article under attack, yes the number of instances of improvement have been few. There are very few athletes qualified to attempt such a record, the requirements being male, 85+ years old and still capable of jumping in the very specific fashion required for triple jump. I've got decades before I can attempt it.
Let me ask you, why the concern about the size of the article. Yes the server has size limitations on large articles because it slows things down. On the List of world records in athletics we had to pare things down to make spacing work and its still slow to load. Another one I'm involved in is List of deaths due to COVID-19 which has been revamped multiple times to reduce size and its still huge. On the List of high schools in California, it used to include Los Angeles County and even Los Angeles City Schools in the master list (same for San Diego County) through sublinks. That got so screwed up repeatedly, we've just given up and post a link to the county list and it then links further to List of Los Angeles Unified School District schools.
Small articles do not cause the same problem. We use small templates constantly in our articles to make repetitive functions work. Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay world record progression is a small article because it has a short history. I don't see that under attack. Small articles only look like low hanging fruit to deletionists who want a new something to target. Deletionists are the cancer that will destroy wikipedia from the inside. Trackinfo ( talk) 00:32, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
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User:BusterD could you please move the underlying entry to draftspace so it can be worked on. The subject continues to be very much in the news. Thank you. FloridaArmy ( talk) 20:21, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
On 22 October 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2021–22 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that women's basketball Hall of Famers Chris Dailey and Geno Auriemma are in their 37th season of coaching the UConn Huskies together? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2021–22 UConn Huskies women's basketball team. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, 2021–22 UConn Huskies women's basketball team), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Greetings BusterD. I created a draft proposal for your "Admin sponsorship" idea. Tonight I'll add some content to it. Currently it only has the {{ under construction}} tag in place. Of course you can edit the page and add whatever you'd like, whenever you want to, and seek help from whomever else you wish. The page is: Wikipedia:WikiProject Policy and Guidelines/Draft proposal: Admin training with sponsorship, which is pretty long so I also made WP:ATWS. Best regards.-- John Cline ( talk) 13:19, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
Hey, i haven't gotten to the list assembly yet, I'll do that—but i need your help. I got these comments at WT:DYK [1] [2]. his comments are making me feel stressed out and overlooked—should i respond, or just ignore it? theleekycauldron ( talk • contribs) ( they/them) 19:32, 23 October 2021 (UTC) theleekycauldron ( talk • contribs) ( they/them) 19:35, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
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Hello. I was the one who requested Scardust be locked. I just realized that locks me out, but not the vandal who keeps reverting relevant information. Is there a way to lock the article do only admins can edit it, for now, or to have an admin monitor the article so the disruptive edits may not continue? The state of the article is good right now. I'm in the process of reporting the vandal as being in an edit war, although I'm not quite sure what I'm doing. 2601:44:C27F:83A0:B15B:D4FD:1BA3:F229 ( talk) 04:47, 1 November 2021 (UTC) Edit: He ( User:Binksternet) changed the article, once again, removing important information, such as the timeline I made and the most recent concert, now I can't even revert the vandalism he created. Could you please revert the article and place a higher lock on it? I've reported him with this IP address. This is ridiculous...
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I re-read your response on Star Trek Into Darkness AfD. I wanted you to know that I probably laughed to hard, but I do think it is a keep. I am not sure if your were being flippant or serious with the response under my initial, lol. Just want to make sure I was not being dense by thinking you were reconsidering the article. Cheers. Lightburst ( talk) 23:31, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
Hi there BusterD, hope you're doing well. The IP from Van Cat page that you recently protected is making all kinds of personal attacks and rants against me, diff. They're doing the same WP:OTHERSTUFF arguments like they were doing in their edit-war descriptions, without attempting to talk. I'm not sure what to make of someone with such a high WP:COI and unawareness of their racism, so many baseless and weird assumptions topped with racially charged attacks. Seems to me like a WP:BATTLEGROUND mentality, and the IP mostly edit-warred in Van Cat page, using other ranges [3], [4]. ZaniGiovanni ( talk) 07:35, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
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Hope all is well. The deletion discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stephen Hogan - Wikipedia was full of sock puppet vandalism by deity who is really User:Nyxaros2 and who had come to edit disruptively previously under the guise of User:Dollyplay and User:Sleptlapps as well. Though I respect the nominator @ DGG:'s vast and long experience over the years, he made factual inaccuracy about the actor's performance and didn't refer to Wikipedia:Notability_(people)#Entertainers. Since his nomination, another article came out at Dublin actor stars in fascinating new Amazon Prime film about Indian revolutionary - Dublin Live which had been added to the underlying article to again demonstrate his notability. Maybe I was a poor writer who didn't know how to improve the writing. But clearly, the page shouldn't have been deleted. I respectfully request you to undelete and extend the deletion discussion at a minimum. Thank you for your time and consideration. Supermann ( talk) 03:47, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
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Well, here you are, BusterD--doing your job as an admin on something that should be cut and dried, something simple that is now turned into a 45k slog by editors with more zeal than common sense. I'm sorry, but this is how it goes sometimes, and there's nothing I can do to make this easier. I hope this gets ended the proper way--with an endorsement of your close. Drmies ( talk) 18:50, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
Got bored today and pieced together User:Hog Farm/Trans-Mississippi pulling from the various "Battles of the American Civil War in State" categories. Not perfect (I had to add Port Hudson to LA by hand, it was not in Category:Battles of the American Civil War in Louisiana for some reason), but should be generally pretty close. I wasn't entirely sure if the Apache Wars and Sioux Wars ones belonged in Trans-Mississippi, but went ahead and included for completeness' sake. Also some overlap in Arizona/New Mexico Territory I haven't had the chance to examine yet.
Probably more work there than can ever be dealt with, but a few here and there and things will look better (currently have Battle of Bayou Meto at GAN, so that'll be one down hopefully).
As an aside, should Category:Battles of the American Civil War in North Dakota be Category:Battles of the American Civil War in the Dakota Territory? I see the Indian Territory is used instead of Oklahoma in that category. Hog Farm Talk 05:51, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
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I am pleased Special:Diff/1056256243. However I have been working over several hours this evening on/around the Hogan article/talk with regards to edits you made and a strikeout/change would be more appropriate. While you can argue there have been no posts to the talk page and you have done an edit summary and you can judge its within their rights I regard it as bad form to alter comments to talk discussions. Probably more serious is the feeding of discussions on the AfD, I'm a little horified about the fallout discussion from DGG's good faith !vote and comment. I'm also concerned you may have attributed a viewpoint to DGG they they haven't made .... per Supermann is gone, which is what DGG would have liked to do but was just too just too personally kind to do which I think essentially refers to a comment that Special:Diff/1055150104 was correct, and my reading of that doesn't seem to directly read that DGG would have liked to have blocked Supermann; but I concede I may be wrong. I think at time DGG makes very thoughtful nominations of marginals to determine what the community thinks of marginals, and your close was entirely endorsable. Anyway back to MOTD & the article, or maybe viewing Tate paintings or Dodder'ing study. Thankyou. 22:59, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
You recently blocked User talk:Ruling party but they moved something like 200 tennis articles before the block. While some can be moved back, others will need administrative privilege to move back since he added items to the redirected page. Is there a bot that can move back all his moves or is Tennis Project out of luck in doing them all one by one? Thanks. Fyunck(click) ( talk) 08:04, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
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Hi, I just made a few edits to the /info/en/?search=Second_French_intervention_in_Mexico and they were reverted as incorrect. I changed the year 1862 to 1861 at the beginning (As in the sentence "On 8 December 1862, the three navies disembarked..."). I think the reversions are incorrect. To see this, just look at the rest of the article, which contradicts these dates. For example, see the sentences in the section "The Tripartite Expedition" that read:
"On December 14, 1861, a Spanish Fleet sailed into and took possession of the port of Veracruz. The city was occupied on the 17"
Then in the next section ("The French invasion begins") we have "On April 9, 1862, agreements at Orizaba between the allies broke down...". So it definitely must have been December 1861 that the intro section wants to reference. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SittingPlant ( talk • contribs) 20:34, February 26, 2022 (UTC)
Buster,
That's quite a long entry in Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/Archive 165. I will read it later and perhaps have more to say. But I'll give you a quick reply for now. I read and enjoyed Seidule's book, Robert E. Lee and Me, and I take his point about using "U.S. Army" instead of "Union army"; it is important to emphasize that we should not view blue and gray as equal, but blue as a nation and gray as traitors to that nation. But I don't believe that ceasing to use "Union army" or "Union" generally will affect how people view the conflict (whereas ceasing to use "War Between the States" will). Certainly writing "union" in lower case has no effect except to appear to be an error.
Everyone uses "Union," and that does not mean that they view blue and gray as equal. I have been reading extensively about the Civil War for 20 years (I've published reviews of more than 25 books on it, and I don't mean at amazon.com), and that's the basis on which I say that everyone uses "Union." (By the way, I have little interest in military history; my interest lies in the law and politics and personalities of the Civil War.) Also by way, I am a northerner, so I am on the same side as you; I just don't think that ceasing to use "Union" will advance our side. (I see that you're from N.C.; I have one connection there: My daughter went to Guilford College in Greensboro and, after she graduated 20 years ago, married a local boy and has remained there, so I've spent quite a bit of time in that city.)
I will quote you something that you might interest you. It is from The Fiery Trial, by Eric Foner, pp. 267-268:
The Gettysburg Address also contained a subtle but significant shift in wording. Since the mid-1840s, in referring to the United States Lincoln had generally used the word "Union," a polity composed of individual states, rather than "nation," a unitary entity. In his message to Congress of July 1861, Lincoln had referred to the Union over forty times and the nation only three. Now, he spoke of the nation five times and did not mention the Union at all. In this, the speech reflected the explosive growth of national self-consciousness that arose from the Civil War.
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Hi, Buster. I think a block is needed for this user, whose talk page is filled with unheeded warnings for violating WP:V/ WP:NOR/ WP:CS, which go all the way back to May 2013, just a few months after they started editing, with no indication that they heeded or even responded to them. The most recent violation was this addition of uncited material to Ronald Paul Bucca. Looking through some of his recent other edits, I see other additions of uncited information, such as here and here. Please help. Thanks. Nightscream ( talk) 14:52, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
I did not see the article before editing Civil War. Sorry about that! — Preceding unsigned comment added by SteelerFan1933 ( talk • contribs) 03:34, 12 March 2022 (UTC)
Hello, BusterD,
I have recently been unadopted by bop34, and I was wondering if you could adopt me. Can you please adopt me?
Sincerely, SteelerFan1933 — Preceding unsigned comment added by SteelerFan1933 ( talk • contribs) 05:25, 12 March 2022 (UTC)
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Thanks for helping out so much with the new user at WP:RPP. I was reading over the talk-page from after my previous message and the level of care and assumption of good faith you put in there was delightful to see and something I strive for as I try to become a better editor. Thank you for being an example for the community. Tartar Torte 01:06, 21 March 2022 (UTC) |
Hi, Buster. An anonymous IP editor keeps removing material from the Band in China article. Although I've reverted, and attempted to place warnings on two of the IP pages they've used to do this ( [5], [6]), they've done it a third time, from a third IP account. Can you protect that article? Thanks. Nightscream ( talk) 13:38, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
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I would advise against warning a user who has not been welcomed yet. This can be seen as biting newcomers and can be seen as not assuming good faith. We don't wanted to scare away editors just because they made a mistake or don't understand Wikipedia yet. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor ( talk) 13:21, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
So you're the one who rather have fiction than fact on Randy Newman's page, but pretends you have all the answers? So much for welcoming a stranger. And so much for wiki being a trustworthy site. 173.49.69.238 ( talk) 15:14, 17 July 2021 (UTC)
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Do I know you sir? Valkyrie Red ( talk) 05:49, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
I've decided to try to look through this over the next few months as a summer project, to see what at least can be destubbed. Stuff like Clark's Mill and maybe Romney should be easily destubbable, especially once I finally get to move (the county I am moving to has a much better library system than the one I currently live in, so should make research easier) and I'm personally shocked Pickett's Mill and Rocky Face Ridge are stubs. But I'm really concerned that some of these may not be notable (see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Battle of Young's Point for a recent example and see User talk:Eight-Nation-Alliance fan101 which has a bunch of AFD notices from that user creating a bunch of articles for tiny skirmishes.
The first one I looked at was Skirmish at Threkeld's Ferry, and I frankly can't find anything substantial beyond the Encyclopedia of Arkansas entry cited in the article, which only uses the OR's as a source. Is this one really that iffy on notability, or am I just missing something that's fairly obvious? I don't like AFDing ACW battle articles, but some of the ones in those categories are looking really bad. Skirmish at Ackworth is currently only sourced to Dyer, for instance (haven't looked in-depth into that one yet. Donner60 took part in the old 8NA Fan AFDs, so they might have some insight into this. And TwoScars may be knowledgeable about some of the WV ones like Battle of Clark's House. Hog Farm Talk 04:27, 24 June 2021 (UTC)
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I missed your RFA poll but I forgot I was looking at an archived page and added support anyway. A bot did not throw me off the page so I guess it turned out ok. Best wishes if you go ahead with it. Donner60 ( talk) 04:40, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
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Thank you for beginning articles such as Charles Heywood and William E. Woodruff (soldier), for Samuel Escue Tillman, for offering admin services, for "I appreciate feedback from a newer editor who might see things with fresher eyes" and "wants infinite forgiveness", - Buster, repeating (3 May 2009): you are an awesome Wikipedian!
You are recipient no. 2626 of Precious, a prize of QAI. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 14:55, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
On 7 July 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jane Douglass White, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that before she entered the U.S. Army in 1942, Jane Douglass White, a songwriter for soldier's shows, had already composed the tune which would become the official " Song of the Women's Army Corps"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jane Douglass White. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Jane Douglass White), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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On 7 July 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Song of the Women's Army Corps, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that before she entered the U.S. Army in 1942, Jane Douglass White, a songwriter for soldier's shows, had already composed the tune which would become the official " Song of the Women's Army Corps"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jane Douglass White. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Song of the Women's Army Corps), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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On 7 July 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Soldier's show, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that before she entered the U.S. Army in 1942, Jane Douglass White, a songwriter for soldier's shows, had already composed the tune which would become the official " Song of the Women's Army Corps"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jane Douglass White. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Soldier's show), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Hello BusterD, I appreciate your thoughtful responses at RfA. I found the answer concerning reading with your daughter to be a nice little moment of humanity and it brought back memories of my Papa. Sometimes we forget the very human side of Wikipedia. I found that and most of your answers to be refreshing. It seems you will be confirmed but we will let the tally finish first. Keep reading with your daughter. You have a beautiful song to sing and it's moments like that where you share it with her that will most definitely impact her life for a long time to come as it becomes part of her song too. Thank you for your contributions here and I wish you all the best. -- ARose Wolf 20:49, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
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I've allocated you a chair, and plumped up the cushions. Welcome to the strange world of the Admin. SilkTork ( talk) 17:18, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
I have seen welcome and congratulation for my successful run. I appreciate your trust; I will not betray it. That said, I'm not perfect but improving daily, I hope.
If you'd like to help me as a wikipedian, please begin by commenting on my answers to questions. I have zero idea how I sound in the wikisphere. I'm blind to myself. I try to write from experience, not projection. So, what did I say well and with what do you disagree? Please help me to understand where we are as a community. (FD: I'll move this to a subpage if it gets too ruckus/raucus). BusterD ( talk) 17:37, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
I will be AFK for the next hour or two so feel free to trash the place. I have a new set of tools right here (or there, somewhere, oh, up there). I might warn somebody... BusterD ( talk) 17:52, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
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As an admin, and content creator, and with a background and interest in tabletop games, you might just be interested in my project User:BOZ/Games deletions which I am still working on. :) I hope to be able to bring back anything that we can find sources for, although I'm sure most of what is on that list is going to stay the way it is. BOZ ( talk) 13:53, 16 July 2021 (UTC)
Sorry I did not get to !vote, BusterD. I'd say 99% a good result!! Martinevans123 ( talk) 16:08, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
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Belated congratulations on your successful RfA Buster. I've been on vacation the last couple of weeks. Glad I had a chance to vote for you before I left. Mojoworker ( talk) 21:31, 19 July 2021 (UTC) |
I don't think I have ever had a detailed thank you before from someone I have supported at RFA. Such scrupulous courtesy confirms me in the belief that you will be a top-notch admin. I wish you the very best of luck and great pleasure in your new capacity. Tim riley talk 17:34, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
Maybe I'm the last to welcome you to the admin corps. Sorry 'bout that! I know you will do great. Besides welcoming you, I wanted to clue you in to a couple of things your new status entitles you to. I see that you haven't yet created your adminstats page. You can learn how to do that here: User:MelanieN/Admin bling. And if you are planning to do much in the way of page protecting, you might want to check out this essay: User:MelanieN/Page protection. Have fun, and see you around the Wiki! -- MelanieN ( talk) 21:24, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
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Re your comment of 10/6/21: 'Not a good summary'. Does this refer to the lede? If so, I cannot see how it fails to summarise the action, as well as the context. Perhaps you could suggest key points that have not been covered. Valetude ( talk) 09:56, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/James Longstreet/archive1. Essentially, William Garrett Piston attributes Longstreet getting on the wrong road to Longstreet making an error, and is the source currently used in the article. Stephen W. Sears states that the issue was probably caused by Longstreet thinking he had the authority to reroute his troops. Sears can be kind of a maverick at times, though. Would you happen to have access to other sources on this topic to try to determine what the consensus is here (if there is one?) Thanks! Hog Farm Talk 04:33, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
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This statement is not intended to draw attention or sympathy, but to explain my recent inattention to matters Wikipedia. I have taken an entirely self-enforced break to deal with personal grief. I find it very hard to look at my watchlist. I trust all my fellow contributors will cover.
I had a sibling die. As we had been long parted and not especially close, I was startled by the overwhelming grief I felt, the despondence of us missing our window, the depression of inevitable mortality. I withdraw now from the community so as to cause no harm in my sudden unbalance.
I am grateful for my life, and I love my family and friends fiercely. While I am often at odds with my fellows here, I wish to express my enormous gratitude for my co-volunteers on Wikipedia. It is a strange thing that I gather my wikifriends by disagreeing with them, finding common ground on the other side of each conflict. Here consensus is a blessing born of skepticism and good-faith dispute. I am grateful for learning this lesson. I am grateful to each of my fellow editors for helping to teach me.
I am working to build gumption capacity back, and intend to get back to work (at some level) in a week or two.
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So a couple of months, maybe a year ago, someone made a helpful tweak to the block process for IPv6's, with the option to quickly block the range. I've learned that it's worth checking esp. if the same IP made a series of vandal edits, indicating a habit; if that's the case, then often more came from the range. In this case that was valid, so thanks for blocking the range. Later, Drmies ( talk) 14:15, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
The Masters world record progressions are a direct adjunct of List of world records in masters athletics. As in every other world record page that has progressions, the link is event specific, or in better wikipedia terms "subject specific," rather than a hodge podge of sublinks. When editing, you go directly to the article in question rather than a mass article and then needing to find the correct section to edit. For each sublink, all the targeting must be perfect or the user is taken to the wrong place. The user will be confused. Editing to articles is not limited to people who know what they are doing, anybody can edit meaning, in the process of adding new, relevant information, the linkage can be destroyed by someone who doesn't understand all this code. Yes it can be fixed once somebody notices, but that means somebody needs to notice. I'm monitoring 16,000 pages. Stuff slips by me sometimes.
In the case of the article under attack, yes the number of instances of improvement have been few. There are very few athletes qualified to attempt such a record, the requirements being male, 85+ years old and still capable of jumping in the very specific fashion required for triple jump. I've got decades before I can attempt it.
Let me ask you, why the concern about the size of the article. Yes the server has size limitations on large articles because it slows things down. On the List of world records in athletics we had to pare things down to make spacing work and its still slow to load. Another one I'm involved in is List of deaths due to COVID-19 which has been revamped multiple times to reduce size and its still huge. On the List of high schools in California, it used to include Los Angeles County and even Los Angeles City Schools in the master list (same for San Diego County) through sublinks. That got so screwed up repeatedly, we've just given up and post a link to the county list and it then links further to List of Los Angeles Unified School District schools.
Small articles do not cause the same problem. We use small templates constantly in our articles to make repetitive functions work. Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay world record progression is a small article because it has a short history. I don't see that under attack. Small articles only look like low hanging fruit to deletionists who want a new something to target. Deletionists are the cancer that will destroy wikipedia from the inside. Trackinfo ( talk) 00:32, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
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User:BusterD could you please move the underlying entry to draftspace so it can be worked on. The subject continues to be very much in the news. Thank you. FloridaArmy ( talk) 20:21, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
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Greetings BusterD. I created a draft proposal for your "Admin sponsorship" idea. Tonight I'll add some content to it. Currently it only has the {{ under construction}} tag in place. Of course you can edit the page and add whatever you'd like, whenever you want to, and seek help from whomever else you wish. The page is: Wikipedia:WikiProject Policy and Guidelines/Draft proposal: Admin training with sponsorship, which is pretty long so I also made WP:ATWS. Best regards.-- John Cline ( talk) 13:19, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
Hey, i haven't gotten to the list assembly yet, I'll do that—but i need your help. I got these comments at WT:DYK [1] [2]. his comments are making me feel stressed out and overlooked—should i respond, or just ignore it? theleekycauldron ( talk • contribs) ( they/them) 19:32, 23 October 2021 (UTC) theleekycauldron ( talk • contribs) ( they/them) 19:35, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
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Hello. I was the one who requested Scardust be locked. I just realized that locks me out, but not the vandal who keeps reverting relevant information. Is there a way to lock the article do only admins can edit it, for now, or to have an admin monitor the article so the disruptive edits may not continue? The state of the article is good right now. I'm in the process of reporting the vandal as being in an edit war, although I'm not quite sure what I'm doing. 2601:44:C27F:83A0:B15B:D4FD:1BA3:F229 ( talk) 04:47, 1 November 2021 (UTC) Edit: He ( User:Binksternet) changed the article, once again, removing important information, such as the timeline I made and the most recent concert, now I can't even revert the vandalism he created. Could you please revert the article and place a higher lock on it? I've reported him with this IP address. This is ridiculous...
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I re-read your response on Star Trek Into Darkness AfD. I wanted you to know that I probably laughed to hard, but I do think it is a keep. I am not sure if your were being flippant or serious with the response under my initial, lol. Just want to make sure I was not being dense by thinking you were reconsidering the article. Cheers. Lightburst ( talk) 23:31, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
Hi there BusterD, hope you're doing well. The IP from Van Cat page that you recently protected is making all kinds of personal attacks and rants against me, diff. They're doing the same WP:OTHERSTUFF arguments like they were doing in their edit-war descriptions, without attempting to talk. I'm not sure what to make of someone with such a high WP:COI and unawareness of their racism, so many baseless and weird assumptions topped with racially charged attacks. Seems to me like a WP:BATTLEGROUND mentality, and the IP mostly edit-warred in Van Cat page, using other ranges [3], [4]. ZaniGiovanni ( talk) 07:35, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
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Hope all is well. The deletion discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stephen Hogan - Wikipedia was full of sock puppet vandalism by deity who is really User:Nyxaros2 and who had come to edit disruptively previously under the guise of User:Dollyplay and User:Sleptlapps as well. Though I respect the nominator @ DGG:'s vast and long experience over the years, he made factual inaccuracy about the actor's performance and didn't refer to Wikipedia:Notability_(people)#Entertainers. Since his nomination, another article came out at Dublin actor stars in fascinating new Amazon Prime film about Indian revolutionary - Dublin Live which had been added to the underlying article to again demonstrate his notability. Maybe I was a poor writer who didn't know how to improve the writing. But clearly, the page shouldn't have been deleted. I respectfully request you to undelete and extend the deletion discussion at a minimum. Thank you for your time and consideration. Supermann ( talk) 03:47, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
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Well, here you are, BusterD--doing your job as an admin on something that should be cut and dried, something simple that is now turned into a 45k slog by editors with more zeal than common sense. I'm sorry, but this is how it goes sometimes, and there's nothing I can do to make this easier. I hope this gets ended the proper way--with an endorsement of your close. Drmies ( talk) 18:50, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
Got bored today and pieced together User:Hog Farm/Trans-Mississippi pulling from the various "Battles of the American Civil War in State" categories. Not perfect (I had to add Port Hudson to LA by hand, it was not in Category:Battles of the American Civil War in Louisiana for some reason), but should be generally pretty close. I wasn't entirely sure if the Apache Wars and Sioux Wars ones belonged in Trans-Mississippi, but went ahead and included for completeness' sake. Also some overlap in Arizona/New Mexico Territory I haven't had the chance to examine yet.
Probably more work there than can ever be dealt with, but a few here and there and things will look better (currently have Battle of Bayou Meto at GAN, so that'll be one down hopefully).
As an aside, should Category:Battles of the American Civil War in North Dakota be Category:Battles of the American Civil War in the Dakota Territory? I see the Indian Territory is used instead of Oklahoma in that category. Hog Farm Talk 05:51, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
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You have it right. Thanks. DGG ( talk ) 11:36, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
I am pleased Special:Diff/1056256243. However I have been working over several hours this evening on/around the Hogan article/talk with regards to edits you made and a strikeout/change would be more appropriate. While you can argue there have been no posts to the talk page and you have done an edit summary and you can judge its within their rights I regard it as bad form to alter comments to talk discussions. Probably more serious is the feeding of discussions on the AfD, I'm a little horified about the fallout discussion from DGG's good faith !vote and comment. I'm also concerned you may have attributed a viewpoint to DGG they they haven't made .... per Supermann is gone, which is what DGG would have liked to do but was just too just too personally kind to do which I think essentially refers to a comment that Special:Diff/1055150104 was correct, and my reading of that doesn't seem to directly read that DGG would have liked to have blocked Supermann; but I concede I may be wrong. I think at time DGG makes very thoughtful nominations of marginals to determine what the community thinks of marginals, and your close was entirely endorsable. Anyway back to MOTD & the article, or maybe viewing Tate paintings or Dodder'ing study. Thankyou. 22:59, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
You recently blocked User talk:Ruling party but they moved something like 200 tennis articles before the block. While some can be moved back, others will need administrative privilege to move back since he added items to the redirected page. Is there a bot that can move back all his moves or is Tennis Project out of luck in doing them all one by one? Thanks. Fyunck(click) ( talk) 08:04, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
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Hi, I just made a few edits to the /info/en/?search=Second_French_intervention_in_Mexico and they were reverted as incorrect. I changed the year 1862 to 1861 at the beginning (As in the sentence "On 8 December 1862, the three navies disembarked..."). I think the reversions are incorrect. To see this, just look at the rest of the article, which contradicts these dates. For example, see the sentences in the section "The Tripartite Expedition" that read:
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Then in the next section ("The French invasion begins") we have "On April 9, 1862, agreements at Orizaba between the allies broke down...". So it definitely must have been December 1861 that the intro section wants to reference. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SittingPlant ( talk • contribs) 20:34, February 26, 2022 (UTC)
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That's quite a long entry in Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/Archive 165. I will read it later and perhaps have more to say. But I'll give you a quick reply for now. I read and enjoyed Seidule's book, Robert E. Lee and Me, and I take his point about using "U.S. Army" instead of "Union army"; it is important to emphasize that we should not view blue and gray as equal, but blue as a nation and gray as traitors to that nation. But I don't believe that ceasing to use "Union army" or "Union" generally will affect how people view the conflict (whereas ceasing to use "War Between the States" will). Certainly writing "union" in lower case has no effect except to appear to be an error.
Everyone uses "Union," and that does not mean that they view blue and gray as equal. I have been reading extensively about the Civil War for 20 years (I've published reviews of more than 25 books on it, and I don't mean at amazon.com), and that's the basis on which I say that everyone uses "Union." (By the way, I have little interest in military history; my interest lies in the law and politics and personalities of the Civil War.) Also by way, I am a northerner, so I am on the same side as you; I just don't think that ceasing to use "Union" will advance our side. (I see that you're from N.C.; I have one connection there: My daughter went to Guilford College in Greensboro and, after she graduated 20 years ago, married a local boy and has remained there, so I've spent quite a bit of time in that city.)
I will quote you something that you might interest you. It is from The Fiery Trial, by Eric Foner, pp. 267-268:
The Gettysburg Address also contained a subtle but significant shift in wording. Since the mid-1840s, in referring to the United States Lincoln had generally used the word "Union," a polity composed of individual states, rather than "nation," a unitary entity. In his message to Congress of July 1861, Lincoln had referred to the Union over forty times and the nation only three. Now, he spoke of the nation five times and did not mention the Union at all. In this, the speech reflected the explosive growth of national self-consciousness that arose from the Civil War.
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Hi, Buster. I think a block is needed for this user, whose talk page is filled with unheeded warnings for violating WP:V/ WP:NOR/ WP:CS, which go all the way back to May 2013, just a few months after they started editing, with no indication that they heeded or even responded to them. The most recent violation was this addition of uncited material to Ronald Paul Bucca. Looking through some of his recent other edits, I see other additions of uncited information, such as here and here. Please help. Thanks. Nightscream ( talk) 14:52, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
I did not see the article before editing Civil War. Sorry about that! — Preceding unsigned comment added by SteelerFan1933 ( talk • contribs) 03:34, 12 March 2022 (UTC)
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I have recently been unadopted by bop34, and I was wondering if you could adopt me. Can you please adopt me?
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Thanks for helping out so much with the new user at WP:RPP. I was reading over the talk-page from after my previous message and the level of care and assumption of good faith you put in there was delightful to see and something I strive for as I try to become a better editor. Thank you for being an example for the community. Tartar Torte 01:06, 21 March 2022 (UTC) |
Hi, Buster. An anonymous IP editor keeps removing material from the Band in China article. Although I've reverted, and attempted to place warnings on two of the IP pages they've used to do this ( [5], [6]), they've done it a third time, from a third IP account. Can you protect that article? Thanks. Nightscream ( talk) 13:38, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
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Special:Contributions/Lskkls16 -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 22:12, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
On 5 April 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Step hen 04:45, 5 April 2022 (UTC)