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Hey Dennis. If there are any medical articles that need to be looked at following this paid editing issue I am sure a number of us at WP:MED would be happy to help look into it. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 02:13, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
Great work on this case by the way. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 00:46, 12 October 2013 (UTC)
Sorry to hear the frustration in your voice at Jimbotalk. Remember, if you feel you need a place to vent or to go into detail that might not be fully allowable at WP, WPO is always available to you. (I've got your back if they start throwing rocks at you...) Best regards as always, —Tim /// Carrite ( talk) 07:04, 12 October 2013 (UTC)
(or any talk page stalkers) If I'm at work (as I presently am) and one of my co-workers makes an account on one of the computers that also I edit from do I have to declare anything or do anything? Or do I just add {{ User shared IP address}} to my userpage and that's it? I just dont want -in the future- someone to think an account created from this same IP is me or something. Apparently me talking about what I do on WP and funny things that I find on Wikipedia over the last few months has made a few of them interested in it to the point where at least one person has registered an account, I'm not sure who else has though. Anywho, I hope all is well. Thanks, — dain omite 19:08, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
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The Purple Star | |
I regret to say that I just today noticed the rather lengthy discussion at WT:AC, and what you have been put through lately. I assume the Arbs have some sort of reason, and that maybe, in some way, they think they might have indicated it to you. That still may not make it right, though, and I sincerely hope that this brouhaha gets resolved as soon as possible. And that you can, eventually, hope to forget about this mess. This is a hugely important matter, but that also makes it one which we can't allow to cost us good independent editors and admins like yourself. John Carter ( talk) 21:22, 13 October 2013 (UTC) |
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The Admin's Barnstar |
I was a little sad and somewhat disconcerted to see your comment on Jimbo's talk page regarding "being chased away" from Wikipedia. I sincerely hope that you don't let anything chase you away from our project here - you are one of the top administrators we have, and our community needs much more of your calm voice of reason, not less. I hope work allows you to edit more regularly in the future. Thanks for all you have done, and thanks in advance for all I am sure you will do here. -- Go Phightins ! 18:39, 12 October 2013 (UTC) |
Have you seen this?♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:39, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
Dennis, I think I have expressed my gratitude for your work here a few times before. This seems an appropriate time to repeat my thanks. You are one of the "good guys" and I am really sorry that you are going through some tough times here. I am very concerned about these aggressive paid editing concerns, and deeply worried that you have been pressured to step aside. I hope that this matter is addressed promptly and aggressively. I wish you well. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 03:27, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
As you previously participated in related discussions you are invited to comment at the discussion at Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/RfC for AfC reviewer permission criteria. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 03:17, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
An IP editor, 174.56.57.138, has changed the column formatting on a bunch of articles. Unfortunately, the method he used separated the columns so far apart that they no longer are easily perceived as two halves of a single list. I explained this to the IP, and asked him to revert, then set about changing some of them back myself. When I looked again, he had not started to revert, but had instead pressed forward with making the changes, entirely ignoring my objection. At that point, I told him I would be rolling back his edits, and did so (such use of rollback is permitted, as long as a general explanation is given for the edits). The IP editor has now accused me of owning the articles (most of which aren't even on my watchlist) and has started reverting my edits.
As I told him on his talk page, I don't really care what method is used in creating columns, all I care about is the result, that the reader can easily read both halves (or all parts) of the list as parts of one whole thing. His method of splitting them to extreme sides doesn't fulfill that necessity, but he's aware (see that talk page discussion) of how to do it, he just apparently want to do it.
Would you take a look, please, and comment if you think it's appropriate? Thanks. Beyond My Ken ( talk) 05:12, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
There is no mention of using or not using "col-break", which is standard item in formatting lists. You have misread the guideline, please stop creating lists that are visually separated and difficult to read because of it. We are here to serve our 'readers and not to act like robots. Beyond My Ken ( talk) 05:30, 18 October 2013 (UTC)Do not separate list items, including items in a definition list (a list made with leading semicolons and colons) or an unordered list, by leaving blank lines between them, since this causes MediaWiki to end one list and start a new one. This results in screen readers announcing multiple lists when only one was intended. Lists are meant to group elements that belong together, and breaking these groups will mislead and confuse a screen-reader user. Improper formatting can also more than triple the length of time it takes to read the list.
This dispute may be over. As of 1:19 (5:19 UTC) with his edit to Sullivan County, New York, the IP began to use the method I had suggested, which involves using "col-break" with the "gap=" parameter. Why he continued to argue against "col-break" while doing that, I can't guess. but I hope that this is now behind us. Beyond My Ken ( talk) 06:10, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
{{
col-begin}}
/{{
col-end}}
technique encloses content (which might be a list, but doesn't have to be) in a single-row single-column table. What {{
col-break}}
does is to start another table cell on the same row, which again, can contain any content you like. Thus, if you have {{
col-break}}
occurring in the middle of what is otherwise a single bulleted list, the effect is to create two separate lists, which are shown side by side because of the table that encloses them.{{
div col}}
/{{
div col end}}
(also available via the redirects {{
colbegin}}
/{{
colend}}
). This has no marker to show where a fresh column should start - instead, the browser calculates it based upon the number of rows and columns. It can produce a similar visual appearance without semantically splitting the list: you can see one possible effect at
Wikipedia:Meetup/UK#London - as entries are added, the split points adjust themselves automatically. --
Redrose64 (
talk) 09:54, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
{{
colbegin}}
/{{
colend}}
and {{
columns-list}}
.
Frietjes (
talk) 14:50, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
{{
colbegin}}
/{{
colend}}
don't work with IE9 or earlier, for
the same reason that multi-column {{reflist}}
doesn't work: the
column-count:
and column-width:
properties are unrecognised. {{
col-begin}}
/{{
col-end}}
works going right back to IE4, possibly earlier. --
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Hello Dennis Brown, Miss Bono has given you an Irish Leprechaun, for some extra luck! You see, these things promote WikiLove and hopefully this has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else an Irish Leprechaun! Enjoy! ----- I wish you can solve the problems as soon as possible. |
P.S. This new template I made is giving me headaches because it replaces my name everytime anyone else post in the same page, but well, I am leaving you this note to prove it was me :D... Miss Bono [hello, hello!] 15:39, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
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Enjoy! Logical Cowboy ( talk) 13:53, 19 October 2013 (UTC) |
If my name shows up on that template....I'll really be confused. I looked and someone did attempt a fix....just don't know if that was enough. I believe the message needs to transclude with the signature in permanent text. That doesn't seem to be working. What I think needs to be done is remove the tildes from the hidden message as that is what seems to be the issue. Although the last tildes doesn't seem to work at all.-- Mark Miller ( talk) 01:06, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
..well....crap!-- Mark Miller ( talk) 01:07, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
Ah, I see. """Revision variables return data about the latest edit to the current page, even if viewing an older version of the page" and under Revisionuser it says clearly, "The username of the user who made the most recent edit to the page, or the current user when previewing an edit." Why do you suppose that was edited in. Mistake?-- Mark Miller ( talk) 02:34, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
{{REVISIONUSER}}
; and indeed, with
this edit, the intention was clearly to show the name of the user who originally placed the template -
Miss Bono. This works provided that two conditions are met: (i) the template must not be coded to use {{REVISIONUSER}}
alone but {{{{{|safesubst:}}}REVISIONUSER}}
instead (which had been done) and (ii) the template must be
substituted - by using {{
subst:Blank WikiLove}}
not {{
Blank WikiLove}}
- but this was not done. --
Redrose64 (
talk) 09:31, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
Do you have the power to ban? If so, this kid needs to be banned:
I've just undone his last lot of vandalism at Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School, presumably the school he goes to. LudicrousTripe ( talk) 07:40, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
Hi Dennis. You blocked User:Souslalune as a sock of Morning277. [1] Souslalune created an article on Plumbee, which was deleted under G5 Creation by a blocked or banned user in violation of block or ban. [2] An editor posted at the Help Desk that he/she created a draft of Plumbee. See this. There probably is no connection between the user and Morning277, but given Morning277's numerous accounts and being banned from the English Wikipedia, I thought you may want to be made aware of the Help Desk request. -- Jreferee ( talk) 12:59, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
Could you have a look at the 'Socks' thread on NativeForeigner's talk page? S/he is busy, and I don't feel competent to deal with this - and don't want to mess up. Peridon ( talk) 17:12, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at
Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2013_October_25#Category:Rape_victims. You are being notified since you participated in the last discussion.
Obi-Wan Kenobi (
talk) 15:30, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
Check out the sounds and chord voicings 57:00 onwards As dark and mysterious as you can get.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:17, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
Check out this too. One of the best electric players I've ever heard!♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:25, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
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Trick or Treat! Happy
Halloween Dennis Brown! I hope you have a great day and remember to be safe if you go
trick-or-treating tonight with friends, family or loved ones. Happy Halloween!
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TheGeneralUser has given you some
caramel and a
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Halloween treats, and promote
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Hi Dennis! Wishing you a very happy Halloween :-) TheGeneralUser (talk) 22:11, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
I always turn to you after I find I am in danger of failing :)
Please would you take a look at this editor, both at the contributions, the string of criticisms of the many very poor stubs they are creating, and at my and PamD's attempts to steer them into a more correct path, and consider what help you can be to this editor? He has huge enthusiasm and energy, but is hard to steer into using it well. Or I am finding it hard to steer him. Fiddle Faddle 10:51, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
What is our current guideline or policy regarding false or unfounded accusations of sock puppetry from a blocked user found to have been edit warring?-- Mark Miller ( talk) 04:38, 2 November 2013 (UTC)
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Eons ago, you helped sort out the mess at WP:RIGHT, which you may remember. Luckily the trouble has died down there since that last discussion, but I very much appreciated your help and ability to mediate between the different parties during the course of the dispute. I'm very sorry to see that you've been bogged down lately, and that you are thinking about retiring. As such, I'd like to give you a cup of chamomile tea. It works well for headaches. You will be a great loss to the project, but I can understand your reasons if you feel you cannot continue. RGloucester — ☎ 02:51, 3 November 2013 (UTC) |
If you semi retire who is going to take care of all the socks? Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 23:07, 2 November 2013 (UTC)
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Thank you for being a wonderful support to me and everyone else on wiki. We're all waiting and hoping you come back actively, and once again guide us all through delicate issues. May you match much more unpaired socks in the future too! TheOriginalSoni ( talk) 02:46, 4 November 2013 (UTC) |
Dennis: I'm not sure if you're aware that I work in the theatre as a career (huh, some career, more like a hobby given what I earn). The problem with "The Theatre" is that once you catch the "bug", you can never really get rid of it. It caused me to drop out of MIT, and leave behind what would probably have been a lucrative career in computer science; it keeps me working for small companies for peanuts because I enjoy the work they do, when I would earn more flipping burgers at McDonalds; and, worst of all, it makes me entirely unsuitable for doing any other kind of work at all.
Well, Wikipedia is, I think, a lot like "The Theatre". Once it's in your blood, it's goddamn hard to get rid of. Oh, you can fight it, you can resist for short periods of time, maybe even for significant ones, but Wikipedia will call you back again -- and when you return you'll find that it's just as exasperating and annoying and aggravating and enervating and full of assholes and idiots as it was when you left. (If for no other reason, Jimbo Wales will burn forever in Hell because of Wikipedia.) But, like addicts everywhere, you won't be as concerned with the adulterants in your drugs as you will that you get that "kick" than only your personal monkey can deliver, so you'll stick around, at least until the next time you kick.
Which is all to say: I appreciated you while you were here, I understand why you're gone, and I expect to see you again at some future time -- at least, I hope so. I'd really hate to see us lose one of the good ones. Best, Beyond My Ken ( talk) 05:29, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
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The Barnstar of Integrity | |
This barnstar is a humble acknowledgement of the many services you have provided the 'pedia over the years. Blessings and best wishes to you always, Jus da fax 20:35, 3 November 2013 (UTC) |
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some words for you | |
I wasn't sure my report about Sublimeharmony would be taken seriously. If it hadn't been, I would have stopped participating in Wikipedia. Thank you for what you've done here and may your other endeavours go well. — rybec 14:05, 4 November 2013 (UTC) |
My email has been overflowing with warm sentiments and I appreciate the kindness. I always enjoyed working ANI because it was often an opportunity to take complicated, heated or seemingly unsolvable problems and find solutions through patience, diligence and compromise. It was incredibly challenging but equally rewarding. I always enjoyed working SPI because I'm a sleuth at heart, and I know that puppets cause problems for good editors, and quickly dispatching with them made the place more enjoyable. It was demanding and exacting work, but also very rewarding at times. I would like to think that I was pretty good at both of those. Burn out isn't the problem.
My problems aren't with my fellow editors, those that write articles, format and clean up the templates and categories, and who turn mediocre lists of facts into GA+ grade articles. On the contrary, I have tremendous respect and admiration for you. It is why I became an admin, to mop up around those with more talent than I have, so you can make Wikipedia a better place for reading. The reader is more important than you or I, and content is why they come. This is why WP:WER was founded, to keep the (sometimes erratic) highly skilled editors. Wikipedia has so many talented writers, likely the largest pool on the planet, and I loved working with and learning from each of you. I received more than I ever gave, and I'm indebted to you.
I do have some serious misgivings about our bureaucracy, our system of governance, but it would be unfair to single out any individual for the failings of the entire system. The problem is systemic, and it isn't something I can fix. Several people in that bureaucracy have been incredibly kind and helpful (Dave and others), but the beast is what it is. There is nothing to be gained by laboring the details, so I won't. Don't fret, it is personal and of no real importance.
I will still read Wikipedia occasionally, correct a spelling here and there, but don't expect much. I may come back some day, as admin or not, but I don't see it happening any time soon. This is why "semi" is used, the future isn't written yet. For now I'm just stepping back. Far back. Please understand if I don't reply to each message or email individually, it isn't personal, I just won't be checking email nor this page often. Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has been kind to me over the last seven years. It made a difference, more than you realize.
Now, do the reader a favor and go write some articles. ;-) Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER
If you do ultimately decide to move on, I'll respect your decision, and I wish you the best of luck for any future endeavours. And if you ever feel like coming back, just know that you're always welcome around here. Your contributions have not gone unnoticed. :-) Kurtis (talk) 10:44, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
I hope you haven't forgotten my invite to share the '79 Puligny Montrachet if you're ever in Philadelphia! Joefromrandb ( talk) 04:38, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
Are you retiring? Noooooo.-- Mark Miller ( talk) 22:11, 2 November 2013 (UTC)
because I don't want anyone to think that I am not among the ranks of users who are very sad that we will have to get along without your contributions. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 08:09, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
— The candles you have lit will not wane. WE (Wikipedia Editors) cannot replace you but will do our best 'till you return. B7
Having participated in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vert skating, you may be interested in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Davide Giannoni, where I raise some general questions about the topic. DGG ( talk ) 22:12, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
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Just thought I'd stop by and say hello. I see you're on break, which is nice, especially from admin hassles. I haven't missed my bits in the least. They couldn't give me them back, unless they came with a paycheck. That goes double for checkuser.
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Hallo Dennis, I hope you're not too retired ...
You nominated Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Billy Garland (Ex Black Panther) in Jan 2012, and the result was "Merge to Tupac Shakur". A new stub was started at Billy Garland (Black Activist), and I've redirected it to TS, but you might be interested to watch it. All the best, Pam D 15:21, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
As a subscriber to one of The Wikipedia Library's programs, we'd like to hear your thoughts about future donations and project activities in this brief survey. Thanks and cheers, Ocaasi t | c 16:01, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
Sportsguy17 ( talk • contribs • sign) 03:00, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
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Best wishes |
for the holidays and 2014 from a warmer place than where you probably are ;) Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 11:32, 21 December 2013 (UTC) |
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a random beer because it's the week-end...keep it somewhere warm :) — rybec 21:57, 21 December 2013 (UTC) |
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I wish you success and happiness in your endeavours for this coming year, and I hope we'll be able to carry on improving the wonderful project that is Wikipedia together! Keep rocking on! :)
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Dennis Brown, I hope you have a Merry Christmas and hope your day is full of the true spirit of the day. Plus, good food, good family and good times. :) Have a Great Day! :) - Neutralhomer • Talk • 06:42, 25 December 2013 (UTC) Spread the joy of Christmas by adding {{subst:User:Neutralhomer/MerryChristmas}} to their talk page with a friendly message. |
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Merry Christmas and best wishes for a happy, lovely and productive 2014 to you! Don't forget about us. |
Hafspajen ( talk) 17:02, 25 December 2013 (UTC) |
Merry Yuletides to you! (And a happy new year!)
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Hi Dennis, Wishing you a very Happy and Wonderful Merry Christmas! Hope you are having a great time with family and friends :-) I see you're very busy with work and real life for quite a while (most people are), but I do believe that eventually someday you'll be active once again. Best wishes. ~ TheGeneralUser (talk) 18:24, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
Hope the new year brings many happy returns! isaacl ( talk) 04:17, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
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Hello Dennis Brown: Thanks for all of your contributions to improve the encyclopedia for Wikipedia's readers, and have a happy and enjoyable New Year! Cheers, BusterD ( talk) 06:15, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
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Hello Dennis Brown: Thanks for all of your contributions to improve the encyclopedia for Wikipedia's readers, and have a happy and enjoyable New Year! Cheers, Northamerica1000 (talk) 06:32, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
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Please see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ali Mohammad Khilji.
Notifying you due to your prior investigation of related case.
Thank you for your time,
— Cirt ( talk) 17:14, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi Dennis, sent you an e-mail. Thanks. ~ TheGeneralUser (talk) 21:21, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
It is very nice to see you editing, even a little bit. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 02:36, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
An obvious COI/SPA created a promotional article on BP Logix, which came up in my routine searches for promotional articles that need to be stubbed or deleted. It looks like the COI/SPA voted Keep twice then created a second SPA sock account to vote Keep a third time. Question, should I submit an SPI request or do you think I can expect the closing admin to see the obvious socks? CorporateM ( Talk) 23:42, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
When I start typing too fast I toss out the occasional typo mixing up words! Thanks for fixing that!-- Mark Miller ( talk) 01:43, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
Sharing with Dennis and friends. My sincere apologies for the length. Feel free to not read this.
They weren't really lost but, my father has never really spoken about his past, his family or our relatives beyond his brothers and sisters. I have only met my own grandmother two or three times and was never allowed to talk to her. I was no older than 14 the last time I saw her.
A couple of years ago I tried to convince myself that it should be easy to track my genealogy. But without the proper spelling of family members it was impossible. I didn't even have the proper spelling of my father's middle name.
Blind searches for certain Key words associated with old family stories seemed to come to dead ends...but in reality I would end up back at those dead ends that...with names, cracked open a history dating back to the very beginnings of the Hawaiian islands.
Last April my sisters found a hand written family tree, only partially researched by my Uncle, a Harvard educated, Dean at a local Hawaii University (Dean of mathematics...odd considering I suck at math. LOL!). With the proper spelling and limited amount of names I trotted off to begin in earnest.
The way the tree was written, with no explanation, seemed to indicate a line to Kamehameha I otherwise known as King Kamehameha the Great, but off to the left of a figure only called "Moana". With no true direct lineage attached and no explanation of who the figure was, I admit, it meant little to me at the time. Sadly, even having grown up in Hawaii, we were never taught about Hawaiian history. In a way, this kinda helped me, as I find it very difficult to believe some stuff without seeing it in writing.
So, in order to understand what I was looking at, I decided to research the earliest names on the family tree starting with the name "Kilinahe Puahi". I was rather shocked to be directed to one of those dead ends. While that "dead end" had nothing to do with my family...in a way it did. The name "Kilinahe Puahi" was listed on a court document fighting against an eminent domain land purchase. The figure who was fighting against the purchase said that they were Heirs of Kilinahe (actually it turned out they were not, but hey...it had the name). The document also made mention of Charles Kanaina, and that name I was familiar with. A little more digging, a lot more research, and hours scrolling through document after document finally resulted in uncovering who Kilinahe Puahi was beyond the fact that he is my Great, Great, Great, Grandfather. He was one of the named heirs to Charles Kanaina, father of King Lunalilo who died before his father...Kanaina. That was such a huge thrill to find. I have always said my brother looks like Lunalilo. That alone would be a huge find and could leave me happy for years, as I admired William Charles Lunalilo as a kind monarch, with the most democratic beliefs of any of the Kingdom of Hawaii's monarchs. Lunalilo died before his father, Kanaina and when his father died a few years after his son, it kicked off about 5 years of probate hearings on the estates of both men (Lunalilo's will indicated a desire to use his fortune to assist in the creation of a trust to benefit the Hawaiian people).
The documentation I found was from the Hawaiian Supreme Court Probate. It showed that Kilinahe Puahi was a cousin of Kanaina and a listed heir to his estate. Further documentation showed that Kilinahe had died before the courts had declared him an heir. Very unfortunate for Kilinahe, but his wife and three children were declared heirs to him and were listed in the probate as heirs to Kanaina. The great part about that, it also listed all the children and their current spouses.
If it were not for my experience with Wikipedia, researching obscure subjects and BLPs, I would not have had either, the endurance needed to keep going in the face of one dead end after another, or the will to try to understand the facts surrounding this history.
As much as that alone would have been a tremendous find, that was simply not all I discovered. You see, with the names of my 3 x great grand parents came a full disclosure of the line to the figure known as Moana. She turned out to be "Moana Wahine" and it is her lineage that gives us a relation to many of the Hawaiian Royal family. Reliable sources have confirmed this genealogy, as have the documents from US census in Hawaii as well as Hawaiian newspaper articles.
To wrap this up, further research has shown that my father is directly related to the very creation myths of the Hawaiian Islands, all the way to Kane and Papa (the Hawaiian Adam and Eve), the same line that Kamehameha declared showed he was fit to rule the islands.
In short, my father and his mother and Grandmother are direct descendants of the ruling Kings of the Big Island of Hawaii as well as being descended from Kanekapolei, one of Kamehameha's concubines (wives) and the person who is credited with alerting the Hawaiian people of the kidnapping of her husband (at that time), Kalaniʻōpuʻu, which led to the death of Captain Cook.
That is an amazing link to history and on top of everything else was shocking and humbling to discover. But that was not all...it seems that if you keep going back in my family tree....it ends with the most common of the Hawaiian creation myths. Moving forward I found that Kamehameha I had inherited Liloa's Kāʻei. Liloa turns out to be my 14th Great Grandfather. Almost all of the Hawaiian Royal Family turn out to be, either direct descendants or cousins. Kamehameha the Great is my 5th Cousin, 5 times removed from one line...and, at the same time, my third great grandmother's ex husband, on the side of my Great Grandfather, Samuel Kalimahana Miller. His father was Alexander P. Miller JR. who was the son of Alexander P. Miller Sr. and Kanekapolei. His brother was John Mahiʻai Kāneakua and that subject was very much a part of the attempt to restore the Kingdom after the overthrow.
Many of our Wikipedia articles on the Hawaiian Royal Family are filled with misinformation using very bad sources. During my research I discovered just how bad our articles are. Many reliable sources have been ignored, over less reliable sources that have almost no publishing info. My new project (among so many here) is to improve the Hawaiian history articles as well as those relating to the Hawaiian Royal family....that I am very proud to call....my family.-- Mark Miller ( talk) 08:28, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
I know you're not very active any more (a very great pity) but I thought you should be aware that one of your former mentorees is making some claims about you here and here. -- NeilN talk to me 01:04, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Dennis - I hate to ask because I know you're semi-retired but I was hoping you could help resolve an issue on the Jimmy Henchman page. As you may remember we went through the AfD litigation process in which we looked at the underlying articles and built an article on which everyone voted. We vetted the underlying articles a year and a half ago. People were adding to it peacefully as Henchman was sentenced to life and then tried for murder. Suddenly, on January 23, 2014 as he is being tried for murder, a few people have wiped it out and ask that we start all over. A few of us have tried to save all the work litigated over a year and a half ago and have been met with attacks. Given that you worked so hard to help us navigate this process and you even read the underlying articles, I was hoping you could mediate to help us fund an easier way, a way of saving the work so many of us worked so hard to create (and which has been getting great attention of late.)
Your comments would be greatly appreciated. All the best and my congrats on your semi-retirement. Scholarlyarticles ( talk) 05:20, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
Just a word of thanks for permanently blocking this most irritating Uber Nerd / Wiki Moderator. One assumes DB not to be MF in another guise ? Either way - glad to be rid of him. Signed, an old MF adversary ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.196.231.210 ( talk) 11:39, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
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For your excellent close of the thread on the Kaldari fiasco at ANI. Good work, as usual. Recharge your batteries and come back strong! Carrite ( talk) 16:25, 11 March 2014 (UTC) |
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Good to have you around again, even if briefly. Take care of yourself. Drmies ( talk) 00:31, 16 March 2014 (UTC) |
Excellent! That will go well with the cup of Earl Grey tea I just poured. This place is like the Hotel California: You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave. It won't last, but I figured that perhaps I could do a little good while I have the time. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 00:35, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
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Nice to see you around WP. Best wishes, JoeSperrazza ( talk) 11:39, 17 March 2014 (UTC) |
Thanks Joe, and to everyone who has been patient over the last couple of months (and years...) I probably won't be able to get as involved as I used to be, but will try to at least be around enough to help. I have a bunch of new and exciting things on my plate here in the real world that will be taking up a lot of my time. Once I am able, I will give more details. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 22:54, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
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I'm really happy to see you working around Wikipedia again, even if it's for a short while. Your valuable judgement at various places is highly beneficial and useful. I've always seen you make careful decisions by analyzing the situation first rather than making hasty decisions which is a good trait for every admin to have. Best wishes and Take care! - TheGeneralUser (talk) 13:25, 19 March 2014 (UTC) |
Hi, https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Censorship_of_Twitter&action=history I added citation needed but it has been reverted twice. Can you help? Wesakgilda ( talk) 01:07, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
All the waffles, cookies and beer awards are nice...but what you really deserve.......is bacon! ;-)
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Welcome back Dennis...have some bacon!. Mark Miller ( talk) 01:36, 21 March 2014 (UTC) |
Nice to see you back, even if here less often than normal. Fiddle Faddle 19:54, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
It's nice to hear your thoughts at AN/I. I'm not sure why but there are fewer admins weighing in on the noticeboard than there was six months ago. I'm not sure whether people are retiring or just want to spend their time elsewhere. But it isn't unusual for a query to be posted and not getting any response at all from the admin corps. It means that some situations are left unresolved and either resolve themselves or reappear at AN/I at a later date.
Welcome back! Liz Read! Talk! 01:39, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
Whatever problem the member of the oversight team has, I think that your closing sweeps it under the rug. The closing has left the WP:BATTLEGROUND in place at the AfD. In your own comments, you used the word "hate" and put an f-bomb in my mouth. It was just as well that you found a procedural way to stop the ANI discussion. But the crafting of the WP:BOLD closing is not a balanced statement and requires that I respond. Care to comment? Thank you, Unscintillating ( talk) 17:17, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
I hope you don't mind but I thought it best to try removing the "badge of shame" stuff at User talk:CYl7EPTEMA777. I advised the other editor to do that but I think they got stuck on seeing you had replied. Obviously your revert at the user page (to remove a gratuitous "this editor is indeffed" tag) was correct and there should not be any ill-advised commentary on the talk. Thanks for your assistance with the case! Johnuniq ( talk) 07:10, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
I really think you ought to reconsider. For one, the self-declared country included Sevastopol; the Russian federal subject does not. - Kudzu1 ( talk) 18:10, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
Dennis, we often disagree and you know I hate "wikilove" messages with a passion (I eat kittens on toast with chilli-sauce) but I had to note my admiration for taking on a judgement Solomon would have flinched at, indeed most admins would have baulked at. Fondest regard, Wee Curry Monster talk 22:30, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
You made a terrible terrible mistake closing that merge. The Republic of Crimea (country) is a merge of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol which were two completely different separate entities. The new federal subject does not include Sevastopol, it's simply the same as the Autonomous Republic. Here's a timeline:
I have included some maps to help you understand these differences visually.
What needs to be done to revert these changes?
— Ahnoneemoos ( talk) 20:22, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
Ah, the glorious benefits of wielding a mop :-) -- NeilN talk to me 20:45, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
Dennis Brown, you are my admin role model. Making thoughtful, difficult decisions based on the evidence, sticking by your decision and not taking it personally when people are upset at you, even pointing them in the direction where they can get your decision reevaluated. I hope if I ever have a position of authority over others, I can be as fair and level-headed. It is far too easy to let ones ego get in the way when one encounters conflict and personal attacks. Liz Read! Talk! 00:30, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is
Protection review - Political status of Crimea. Thank you.
Dpmuk (
talk) 18:45, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
It is very likely that I won't be around for a couple of days due to work. Any concerns on the RFC or any other action should be directed to WP:AN. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 01:15, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
So a separate article Republic of Crimea (country) about the short-lived independent country in March 2014 cannot be called 'unrational'.
-- Wester ( talk) 15:21, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
Could you please delete this expired PROD for me List of Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players.. many thanks, JMHamo ( talk) 23:16, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
As this may be an actual password, will you please review this edit. You've deleted pages showing passwords before with Altimgamr. Thanks, Bahooka ( talk) 05:24, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
Hello, I also think this issue should not be handled voting. Having two separate articles is not conform to at least two Wikipedia's pillars. Silvio1973 ( talk) 06:24, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
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I am glad you are back and wielding a mop once again; we have missed your reason over the past few months. Thanks for all you do around the encyclopedia. Go Phightins ! 10:36, 2 April 2014 (UTC) |
... (albeit belatedly) to the long list of people who are glad to have you back. You were missed. Yunshui 雲 水 11:31, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for your response to my question (and thanks for moving it out of the CU's section). I fully appreciate that as a non-CU I have no way of knowing how many registered editors use a particular IP range, so there's no way for me to ever know if a rangeblock is possible, but I don't understand your comments about the >8 million users. Yes the network in question is a CIDR /9 (166.128.0.0 - 166.255.255.255 with 128 X 256 X 256 addresses), but surely Wikipedia doesn't have to block an entire network? I certainly wasn't suggesting that, and no-one ever would. The 50 low-end addresses I mentioned (plus the next 14 also unused IPs) would be covered by a fairly small CIDR /26 rangeblock, i.e., the 64 IPs in 166.137.191.0/26. I'm not arguing that this particular exmaple block is a good idea or that it would even cover the full range the IP hopper is using, I'm just concerned that I have misunderstood something about rangeblocks. Thanks Meters ( talk) 05:53, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
Why did you archive this discussion on the Shiba Inu talk page? Yes, the consensus is for it to not be included, but the vote was intended to remain open, as I have seen comments from new users who would like it to be included. I was about to re-open it myself but thought it might not be a good idea. Could you please un-archive the discussion? Felixphew ( talk) Ar! Ar! Ar! 19:44, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
You said you like admin actions where is no doubt of the problem. If you still like them, will you take a look at thr history of this article, Hachi: A Dog's Tale ? Hafspajen ( talk) 17:02, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
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You are a great guy, thank you Dennis ... Hafspajen ( talk) 23:32, 2 April 2014 (UTC) |
I just had some baklava for dinner, but this will make a nice dessert with the cup of Earl Grey I just poured, thank you :) Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 23:33, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
Just wanted to add my to what I'm sure is a chorus of voices behind the scenes, saying how good it is to see you editing again. Glad you're back, however long it's for. Basalisk inspect damage⁄ berate 21:12, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi, Dennis. I meant to comment on the ANI Doctornickel posted, for instance to mention the absence of edit summaries, but it was closed so fast. I never thought I'd see the day when I'd assume more good faith than you! (At least technically.) All the process the user has been indulging in — PROD, ANI, weird article moves — is indeed very strange from a new user, but I've given them some good advice for newbies on their page nevertheless. The AGF doesn't go any too deep with me in this case, but I figured it couldn't hurt. (Re the above section: I give a tea and cake appreciation class in Bishzilla's pocket on (most) Saturdays, welcome to join!) Bishonen | talk 21:53, 3 April 2014 (UTC).
Hi Dennis, sorry I don't understand, when I put in Honey Baked Ham it now takes me to an American company called HoneyBaked Ham not to an article about ham. Unibond ( talk) 14:13, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
Re [8], yes you're wrong. (See ANI thread for the link to policy) NE Ent 22:36, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
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Hey Dennis. If there are any medical articles that need to be looked at following this paid editing issue I am sure a number of us at WP:MED would be happy to help look into it. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 02:13, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
Great work on this case by the way. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 00:46, 12 October 2013 (UTC)
Sorry to hear the frustration in your voice at Jimbotalk. Remember, if you feel you need a place to vent or to go into detail that might not be fully allowable at WP, WPO is always available to you. (I've got your back if they start throwing rocks at you...) Best regards as always, —Tim /// Carrite ( talk) 07:04, 12 October 2013 (UTC)
(or any talk page stalkers) If I'm at work (as I presently am) and one of my co-workers makes an account on one of the computers that also I edit from do I have to declare anything or do anything? Or do I just add {{ User shared IP address}} to my userpage and that's it? I just dont want -in the future- someone to think an account created from this same IP is me or something. Apparently me talking about what I do on WP and funny things that I find on Wikipedia over the last few months has made a few of them interested in it to the point where at least one person has registered an account, I'm not sure who else has though. Anywho, I hope all is well. Thanks, — dain omite 19:08, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
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I regret to say that I just today noticed the rather lengthy discussion at WT:AC, and what you have been put through lately. I assume the Arbs have some sort of reason, and that maybe, in some way, they think they might have indicated it to you. That still may not make it right, though, and I sincerely hope that this brouhaha gets resolved as soon as possible. And that you can, eventually, hope to forget about this mess. This is a hugely important matter, but that also makes it one which we can't allow to cost us good independent editors and admins like yourself. John Carter ( talk) 21:22, 13 October 2013 (UTC) |
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I was a little sad and somewhat disconcerted to see your comment on Jimbo's talk page regarding "being chased away" from Wikipedia. I sincerely hope that you don't let anything chase you away from our project here - you are one of the top administrators we have, and our community needs much more of your calm voice of reason, not less. I hope work allows you to edit more regularly in the future. Thanks for all you have done, and thanks in advance for all I am sure you will do here. -- Go Phightins ! 18:39, 12 October 2013 (UTC) |
Have you seen this?♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:39, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
Dennis, I think I have expressed my gratitude for your work here a few times before. This seems an appropriate time to repeat my thanks. You are one of the "good guys" and I am really sorry that you are going through some tough times here. I am very concerned about these aggressive paid editing concerns, and deeply worried that you have been pressured to step aside. I hope that this matter is addressed promptly and aggressively. I wish you well. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 03:27, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
As you previously participated in related discussions you are invited to comment at the discussion at Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/RfC for AfC reviewer permission criteria. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 03:17, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
An IP editor, 174.56.57.138, has changed the column formatting on a bunch of articles. Unfortunately, the method he used separated the columns so far apart that they no longer are easily perceived as two halves of a single list. I explained this to the IP, and asked him to revert, then set about changing some of them back myself. When I looked again, he had not started to revert, but had instead pressed forward with making the changes, entirely ignoring my objection. At that point, I told him I would be rolling back his edits, and did so (such use of rollback is permitted, as long as a general explanation is given for the edits). The IP editor has now accused me of owning the articles (most of which aren't even on my watchlist) and has started reverting my edits.
As I told him on his talk page, I don't really care what method is used in creating columns, all I care about is the result, that the reader can easily read both halves (or all parts) of the list as parts of one whole thing. His method of splitting them to extreme sides doesn't fulfill that necessity, but he's aware (see that talk page discussion) of how to do it, he just apparently want to do it.
Would you take a look, please, and comment if you think it's appropriate? Thanks. Beyond My Ken ( talk) 05:12, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
There is no mention of using or not using "col-break", which is standard item in formatting lists. You have misread the guideline, please stop creating lists that are visually separated and difficult to read because of it. We are here to serve our 'readers and not to act like robots. Beyond My Ken ( talk) 05:30, 18 October 2013 (UTC)Do not separate list items, including items in a definition list (a list made with leading semicolons and colons) or an unordered list, by leaving blank lines between them, since this causes MediaWiki to end one list and start a new one. This results in screen readers announcing multiple lists when only one was intended. Lists are meant to group elements that belong together, and breaking these groups will mislead and confuse a screen-reader user. Improper formatting can also more than triple the length of time it takes to read the list.
This dispute may be over. As of 1:19 (5:19 UTC) with his edit to Sullivan County, New York, the IP began to use the method I had suggested, which involves using "col-break" with the "gap=" parameter. Why he continued to argue against "col-break" while doing that, I can't guess. but I hope that this is now behind us. Beyond My Ken ( talk) 06:10, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
{{
col-begin}}
/{{
col-end}}
technique encloses content (which might be a list, but doesn't have to be) in a single-row single-column table. What {{
col-break}}
does is to start another table cell on the same row, which again, can contain any content you like. Thus, if you have {{
col-break}}
occurring in the middle of what is otherwise a single bulleted list, the effect is to create two separate lists, which are shown side by side because of the table that encloses them.{{
div col}}
/{{
div col end}}
(also available via the redirects {{
colbegin}}
/{{
colend}}
). This has no marker to show where a fresh column should start - instead, the browser calculates it based upon the number of rows and columns. It can produce a similar visual appearance without semantically splitting the list: you can see one possible effect at
Wikipedia:Meetup/UK#London - as entries are added, the split points adjust themselves automatically. --
Redrose64 (
talk) 09:54, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
{{
colbegin}}
/{{
colend}}
and {{
columns-list}}
.
Frietjes (
talk) 14:50, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
{{
colbegin}}
/{{
colend}}
don't work with IE9 or earlier, for
the same reason that multi-column {{reflist}}
doesn't work: the
column-count:
and column-width:
properties are unrecognised. {{
col-begin}}
/{{
col-end}}
works going right back to IE4, possibly earlier. --
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Hello Dennis Brown, Miss Bono has given you an Irish Leprechaun, for some extra luck! You see, these things promote WikiLove and hopefully this has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else an Irish Leprechaun! Enjoy! ----- I wish you can solve the problems as soon as possible. |
P.S. This new template I made is giving me headaches because it replaces my name everytime anyone else post in the same page, but well, I am leaving you this note to prove it was me :D... Miss Bono [hello, hello!] 15:39, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
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Enjoy! Logical Cowboy ( talk) 13:53, 19 October 2013 (UTC) |
If my name shows up on that template....I'll really be confused. I looked and someone did attempt a fix....just don't know if that was enough. I believe the message needs to transclude with the signature in permanent text. That doesn't seem to be working. What I think needs to be done is remove the tildes from the hidden message as that is what seems to be the issue. Although the last tildes doesn't seem to work at all.-- Mark Miller ( talk) 01:06, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
..well....crap!-- Mark Miller ( talk) 01:07, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
Ah, I see. """Revision variables return data about the latest edit to the current page, even if viewing an older version of the page" and under Revisionuser it says clearly, "The username of the user who made the most recent edit to the page, or the current user when previewing an edit." Why do you suppose that was edited in. Mistake?-- Mark Miller ( talk) 02:34, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
{{REVISIONUSER}}
; and indeed, with
this edit, the intention was clearly to show the name of the user who originally placed the template -
Miss Bono. This works provided that two conditions are met: (i) the template must not be coded to use {{REVISIONUSER}}
alone but {{{{{|safesubst:}}}REVISIONUSER}}
instead (which had been done) and (ii) the template must be
substituted - by using {{
subst:Blank WikiLove}}
not {{
Blank WikiLove}}
- but this was not done. --
Redrose64 (
talk) 09:31, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
Do you have the power to ban? If so, this kid needs to be banned:
I've just undone his last lot of vandalism at Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School, presumably the school he goes to. LudicrousTripe ( talk) 07:40, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
Hi Dennis. You blocked User:Souslalune as a sock of Morning277. [1] Souslalune created an article on Plumbee, which was deleted under G5 Creation by a blocked or banned user in violation of block or ban. [2] An editor posted at the Help Desk that he/she created a draft of Plumbee. See this. There probably is no connection between the user and Morning277, but given Morning277's numerous accounts and being banned from the English Wikipedia, I thought you may want to be made aware of the Help Desk request. -- Jreferee ( talk) 12:59, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
Could you have a look at the 'Socks' thread on NativeForeigner's talk page? S/he is busy, and I don't feel competent to deal with this - and don't want to mess up. Peridon ( talk) 17:12, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at
Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2013_October_25#Category:Rape_victims. You are being notified since you participated in the last discussion.
Obi-Wan Kenobi (
talk) 15:30, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
Check out the sounds and chord voicings 57:00 onwards As dark and mysterious as you can get.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:17, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
Check out this too. One of the best electric players I've ever heard!♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:25, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Dennis! Wishing you a very happy Halloween :-) TheGeneralUser (talk) 22:11, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
I always turn to you after I find I am in danger of failing :)
Please would you take a look at this editor, both at the contributions, the string of criticisms of the many very poor stubs they are creating, and at my and PamD's attempts to steer them into a more correct path, and consider what help you can be to this editor? He has huge enthusiasm and energy, but is hard to steer into using it well. Or I am finding it hard to steer him. Fiddle Faddle 10:51, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
What is our current guideline or policy regarding false or unfounded accusations of sock puppetry from a blocked user found to have been edit warring?-- Mark Miller ( talk) 04:38, 2 November 2013 (UTC)
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Eons ago, you helped sort out the mess at WP:RIGHT, which you may remember. Luckily the trouble has died down there since that last discussion, but I very much appreciated your help and ability to mediate between the different parties during the course of the dispute. I'm very sorry to see that you've been bogged down lately, and that you are thinking about retiring. As such, I'd like to give you a cup of chamomile tea. It works well for headaches. You will be a great loss to the project, but I can understand your reasons if you feel you cannot continue. RGloucester — ☎ 02:51, 3 November 2013 (UTC) |
If you semi retire who is going to take care of all the socks? Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 23:07, 2 November 2013 (UTC)
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Thank you for being a wonderful support to me and everyone else on wiki. We're all waiting and hoping you come back actively, and once again guide us all through delicate issues. May you match much more unpaired socks in the future too! TheOriginalSoni ( talk) 02:46, 4 November 2013 (UTC) |
Dennis: I'm not sure if you're aware that I work in the theatre as a career (huh, some career, more like a hobby given what I earn). The problem with "The Theatre" is that once you catch the "bug", you can never really get rid of it. It caused me to drop out of MIT, and leave behind what would probably have been a lucrative career in computer science; it keeps me working for small companies for peanuts because I enjoy the work they do, when I would earn more flipping burgers at McDonalds; and, worst of all, it makes me entirely unsuitable for doing any other kind of work at all.
Well, Wikipedia is, I think, a lot like "The Theatre". Once it's in your blood, it's goddamn hard to get rid of. Oh, you can fight it, you can resist for short periods of time, maybe even for significant ones, but Wikipedia will call you back again -- and when you return you'll find that it's just as exasperating and annoying and aggravating and enervating and full of assholes and idiots as it was when you left. (If for no other reason, Jimbo Wales will burn forever in Hell because of Wikipedia.) But, like addicts everywhere, you won't be as concerned with the adulterants in your drugs as you will that you get that "kick" than only your personal monkey can deliver, so you'll stick around, at least until the next time you kick.
Which is all to say: I appreciated you while you were here, I understand why you're gone, and I expect to see you again at some future time -- at least, I hope so. I'd really hate to see us lose one of the good ones. Best, Beyond My Ken ( talk) 05:29, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
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This barnstar is a humble acknowledgement of the many services you have provided the 'pedia over the years. Blessings and best wishes to you always, Jus da fax 20:35, 3 November 2013 (UTC) |
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I wasn't sure my report about Sublimeharmony would be taken seriously. If it hadn't been, I would have stopped participating in Wikipedia. Thank you for what you've done here and may your other endeavours go well. — rybec 14:05, 4 November 2013 (UTC) |
My email has been overflowing with warm sentiments and I appreciate the kindness. I always enjoyed working ANI because it was often an opportunity to take complicated, heated or seemingly unsolvable problems and find solutions through patience, diligence and compromise. It was incredibly challenging but equally rewarding. I always enjoyed working SPI because I'm a sleuth at heart, and I know that puppets cause problems for good editors, and quickly dispatching with them made the place more enjoyable. It was demanding and exacting work, but also very rewarding at times. I would like to think that I was pretty good at both of those. Burn out isn't the problem.
My problems aren't with my fellow editors, those that write articles, format and clean up the templates and categories, and who turn mediocre lists of facts into GA+ grade articles. On the contrary, I have tremendous respect and admiration for you. It is why I became an admin, to mop up around those with more talent than I have, so you can make Wikipedia a better place for reading. The reader is more important than you or I, and content is why they come. This is why WP:WER was founded, to keep the (sometimes erratic) highly skilled editors. Wikipedia has so many talented writers, likely the largest pool on the planet, and I loved working with and learning from each of you. I received more than I ever gave, and I'm indebted to you.
I do have some serious misgivings about our bureaucracy, our system of governance, but it would be unfair to single out any individual for the failings of the entire system. The problem is systemic, and it isn't something I can fix. Several people in that bureaucracy have been incredibly kind and helpful (Dave and others), but the beast is what it is. There is nothing to be gained by laboring the details, so I won't. Don't fret, it is personal and of no real importance.
I will still read Wikipedia occasionally, correct a spelling here and there, but don't expect much. I may come back some day, as admin or not, but I don't see it happening any time soon. This is why "semi" is used, the future isn't written yet. For now I'm just stepping back. Far back. Please understand if I don't reply to each message or email individually, it isn't personal, I just won't be checking email nor this page often. Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has been kind to me over the last seven years. It made a difference, more than you realize.
Now, do the reader a favor and go write some articles. ;-) Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER
If you do ultimately decide to move on, I'll respect your decision, and I wish you the best of luck for any future endeavours. And if you ever feel like coming back, just know that you're always welcome around here. Your contributions have not gone unnoticed. :-) Kurtis (talk) 10:44, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
I hope you haven't forgotten my invite to share the '79 Puligny Montrachet if you're ever in Philadelphia! Joefromrandb ( talk) 04:38, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
Are you retiring? Noooooo.-- Mark Miller ( talk) 22:11, 2 November 2013 (UTC)
because I don't want anyone to think that I am not among the ranks of users who are very sad that we will have to get along without your contributions. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 08:09, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
— The candles you have lit will not wane. WE (Wikipedia Editors) cannot replace you but will do our best 'till you return. B7
Having participated in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vert skating, you may be interested in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Davide Giannoni, where I raise some general questions about the topic. DGG ( talk ) 22:12, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
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Just thought I'd stop by and say hello. I see you're on break, which is nice, especially from admin hassles. I haven't missed my bits in the least. They couldn't give me them back, unless they came with a paycheck. That goes double for checkuser.
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Hallo Dennis, I hope you're not too retired ...
You nominated Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Billy Garland (Ex Black Panther) in Jan 2012, and the result was "Merge to Tupac Shakur". A new stub was started at Billy Garland (Black Activist), and I've redirected it to TS, but you might be interested to watch it. All the best, Pam D 15:21, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
As a subscriber to one of The Wikipedia Library's programs, we'd like to hear your thoughts about future donations and project activities in this brief survey. Thanks and cheers, Ocaasi t | c 16:01, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
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for the holidays and 2014 from a warmer place than where you probably are ;) Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 11:32, 21 December 2013 (UTC) |
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a random beer because it's the week-end...keep it somewhere warm :) — rybec 21:57, 21 December 2013 (UTC) |
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I wish you success and happiness in your endeavours for this coming year, and I hope we'll be able to carry on improving the wonderful project that is Wikipedia together! Keep rocking on! :)
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Dennis Brown, I hope you have a Merry Christmas and hope your day is full of the true spirit of the day. Plus, good food, good family and good times. :) Have a Great Day! :) - Neutralhomer • Talk • 06:42, 25 December 2013 (UTC) Spread the joy of Christmas by adding {{subst:User:Neutralhomer/MerryChristmas}} to their talk page with a friendly message. |
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Merry Christmas and best wishes for a happy, lovely and productive 2014 to you! Don't forget about us. |
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Hi Dennis, Wishing you a very Happy and Wonderful Merry Christmas! Hope you are having a great time with family and friends :-) I see you're very busy with work and real life for quite a while (most people are), but I do believe that eventually someday you'll be active once again. Best wishes. ~ TheGeneralUser (talk) 18:24, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
Hope the new year brings many happy returns! isaacl ( talk) 04:17, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
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Hello Dennis Brown: Thanks for all of your contributions to improve the encyclopedia for Wikipedia's readers, and have a happy and enjoyable New Year! Cheers, BusterD ( talk) 06:15, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
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Hello Dennis Brown: Thanks for all of your contributions to improve the encyclopedia for Wikipedia's readers, and have a happy and enjoyable New Year! Cheers, Northamerica1000 (talk) 06:32, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
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Please see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ali Mohammad Khilji.
Notifying you due to your prior investigation of related case.
Thank you for your time,
— Cirt ( talk) 17:14, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi Dennis, sent you an e-mail. Thanks. ~ TheGeneralUser (talk) 21:21, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
It is very nice to see you editing, even a little bit. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 02:36, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
An obvious COI/SPA created a promotional article on BP Logix, which came up in my routine searches for promotional articles that need to be stubbed or deleted. It looks like the COI/SPA voted Keep twice then created a second SPA sock account to vote Keep a third time. Question, should I submit an SPI request or do you think I can expect the closing admin to see the obvious socks? CorporateM ( Talk) 23:42, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
When I start typing too fast I toss out the occasional typo mixing up words! Thanks for fixing that!-- Mark Miller ( talk) 01:43, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
Sharing with Dennis and friends. My sincere apologies for the length. Feel free to not read this.
They weren't really lost but, my father has never really spoken about his past, his family or our relatives beyond his brothers and sisters. I have only met my own grandmother two or three times and was never allowed to talk to her. I was no older than 14 the last time I saw her.
A couple of years ago I tried to convince myself that it should be easy to track my genealogy. But without the proper spelling of family members it was impossible. I didn't even have the proper spelling of my father's middle name.
Blind searches for certain Key words associated with old family stories seemed to come to dead ends...but in reality I would end up back at those dead ends that...with names, cracked open a history dating back to the very beginnings of the Hawaiian islands.
Last April my sisters found a hand written family tree, only partially researched by my Uncle, a Harvard educated, Dean at a local Hawaii University (Dean of mathematics...odd considering I suck at math. LOL!). With the proper spelling and limited amount of names I trotted off to begin in earnest.
The way the tree was written, with no explanation, seemed to indicate a line to Kamehameha I otherwise known as King Kamehameha the Great, but off to the left of a figure only called "Moana". With no true direct lineage attached and no explanation of who the figure was, I admit, it meant little to me at the time. Sadly, even having grown up in Hawaii, we were never taught about Hawaiian history. In a way, this kinda helped me, as I find it very difficult to believe some stuff without seeing it in writing.
So, in order to understand what I was looking at, I decided to research the earliest names on the family tree starting with the name "Kilinahe Puahi". I was rather shocked to be directed to one of those dead ends. While that "dead end" had nothing to do with my family...in a way it did. The name "Kilinahe Puahi" was listed on a court document fighting against an eminent domain land purchase. The figure who was fighting against the purchase said that they were Heirs of Kilinahe (actually it turned out they were not, but hey...it had the name). The document also made mention of Charles Kanaina, and that name I was familiar with. A little more digging, a lot more research, and hours scrolling through document after document finally resulted in uncovering who Kilinahe Puahi was beyond the fact that he is my Great, Great, Great, Grandfather. He was one of the named heirs to Charles Kanaina, father of King Lunalilo who died before his father...Kanaina. That was such a huge thrill to find. I have always said my brother looks like Lunalilo. That alone would be a huge find and could leave me happy for years, as I admired William Charles Lunalilo as a kind monarch, with the most democratic beliefs of any of the Kingdom of Hawaii's monarchs. Lunalilo died before his father, Kanaina and when his father died a few years after his son, it kicked off about 5 years of probate hearings on the estates of both men (Lunalilo's will indicated a desire to use his fortune to assist in the creation of a trust to benefit the Hawaiian people).
The documentation I found was from the Hawaiian Supreme Court Probate. It showed that Kilinahe Puahi was a cousin of Kanaina and a listed heir to his estate. Further documentation showed that Kilinahe had died before the courts had declared him an heir. Very unfortunate for Kilinahe, but his wife and three children were declared heirs to him and were listed in the probate as heirs to Kanaina. The great part about that, it also listed all the children and their current spouses.
If it were not for my experience with Wikipedia, researching obscure subjects and BLPs, I would not have had either, the endurance needed to keep going in the face of one dead end after another, or the will to try to understand the facts surrounding this history.
As much as that alone would have been a tremendous find, that was simply not all I discovered. You see, with the names of my 3 x great grand parents came a full disclosure of the line to the figure known as Moana. She turned out to be "Moana Wahine" and it is her lineage that gives us a relation to many of the Hawaiian Royal family. Reliable sources have confirmed this genealogy, as have the documents from US census in Hawaii as well as Hawaiian newspaper articles.
To wrap this up, further research has shown that my father is directly related to the very creation myths of the Hawaiian Islands, all the way to Kane and Papa (the Hawaiian Adam and Eve), the same line that Kamehameha declared showed he was fit to rule the islands.
In short, my father and his mother and Grandmother are direct descendants of the ruling Kings of the Big Island of Hawaii as well as being descended from Kanekapolei, one of Kamehameha's concubines (wives) and the person who is credited with alerting the Hawaiian people of the kidnapping of her husband (at that time), Kalaniʻōpuʻu, which led to the death of Captain Cook.
That is an amazing link to history and on top of everything else was shocking and humbling to discover. But that was not all...it seems that if you keep going back in my family tree....it ends with the most common of the Hawaiian creation myths. Moving forward I found that Kamehameha I had inherited Liloa's Kāʻei. Liloa turns out to be my 14th Great Grandfather. Almost all of the Hawaiian Royal Family turn out to be, either direct descendants or cousins. Kamehameha the Great is my 5th Cousin, 5 times removed from one line...and, at the same time, my third great grandmother's ex husband, on the side of my Great Grandfather, Samuel Kalimahana Miller. His father was Alexander P. Miller JR. who was the son of Alexander P. Miller Sr. and Kanekapolei. His brother was John Mahiʻai Kāneakua and that subject was very much a part of the attempt to restore the Kingdom after the overthrow.
Many of our Wikipedia articles on the Hawaiian Royal Family are filled with misinformation using very bad sources. During my research I discovered just how bad our articles are. Many reliable sources have been ignored, over less reliable sources that have almost no publishing info. My new project (among so many here) is to improve the Hawaiian history articles as well as those relating to the Hawaiian Royal family....that I am very proud to call....my family.-- Mark Miller ( talk) 08:28, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
I know you're not very active any more (a very great pity) but I thought you should be aware that one of your former mentorees is making some claims about you here and here. -- NeilN talk to me 01:04, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Dennis - I hate to ask because I know you're semi-retired but I was hoping you could help resolve an issue on the Jimmy Henchman page. As you may remember we went through the AfD litigation process in which we looked at the underlying articles and built an article on which everyone voted. We vetted the underlying articles a year and a half ago. People were adding to it peacefully as Henchman was sentenced to life and then tried for murder. Suddenly, on January 23, 2014 as he is being tried for murder, a few people have wiped it out and ask that we start all over. A few of us have tried to save all the work litigated over a year and a half ago and have been met with attacks. Given that you worked so hard to help us navigate this process and you even read the underlying articles, I was hoping you could mediate to help us fund an easier way, a way of saving the work so many of us worked so hard to create (and which has been getting great attention of late.)
Your comments would be greatly appreciated. All the best and my congrats on your semi-retirement. Scholarlyarticles ( talk) 05:20, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
Just a word of thanks for permanently blocking this most irritating Uber Nerd / Wiki Moderator. One assumes DB not to be MF in another guise ? Either way - glad to be rid of him. Signed, an old MF adversary ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.196.231.210 ( talk) 11:39, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
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For your excellent close of the thread on the Kaldari fiasco at ANI. Good work, as usual. Recharge your batteries and come back strong! Carrite ( talk) 16:25, 11 March 2014 (UTC) |
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Good to have you around again, even if briefly. Take care of yourself. Drmies ( talk) 00:31, 16 March 2014 (UTC) |
Excellent! That will go well with the cup of Earl Grey tea I just poured. This place is like the Hotel California: You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave. It won't last, but I figured that perhaps I could do a little good while I have the time. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 00:35, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
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Nice to see you around WP. Best wishes, JoeSperrazza ( talk) 11:39, 17 March 2014 (UTC) |
Thanks Joe, and to everyone who has been patient over the last couple of months (and years...) I probably won't be able to get as involved as I used to be, but will try to at least be around enough to help. I have a bunch of new and exciting things on my plate here in the real world that will be taking up a lot of my time. Once I am able, I will give more details. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 22:54, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
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I'm really happy to see you working around Wikipedia again, even if it's for a short while. Your valuable judgement at various places is highly beneficial and useful. I've always seen you make careful decisions by analyzing the situation first rather than making hasty decisions which is a good trait for every admin to have. Best wishes and Take care! - TheGeneralUser (talk) 13:25, 19 March 2014 (UTC) |
Hi, https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Censorship_of_Twitter&action=history I added citation needed but it has been reverted twice. Can you help? Wesakgilda ( talk) 01:07, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
All the waffles, cookies and beer awards are nice...but what you really deserve.......is bacon! ;-)
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Welcome back Dennis...have some bacon!. Mark Miller ( talk) 01:36, 21 March 2014 (UTC) |
Nice to see you back, even if here less often than normal. Fiddle Faddle 19:54, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
It's nice to hear your thoughts at AN/I. I'm not sure why but there are fewer admins weighing in on the noticeboard than there was six months ago. I'm not sure whether people are retiring or just want to spend their time elsewhere. But it isn't unusual for a query to be posted and not getting any response at all from the admin corps. It means that some situations are left unresolved and either resolve themselves or reappear at AN/I at a later date.
Welcome back! Liz Read! Talk! 01:39, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
Whatever problem the member of the oversight team has, I think that your closing sweeps it under the rug. The closing has left the WP:BATTLEGROUND in place at the AfD. In your own comments, you used the word "hate" and put an f-bomb in my mouth. It was just as well that you found a procedural way to stop the ANI discussion. But the crafting of the WP:BOLD closing is not a balanced statement and requires that I respond. Care to comment? Thank you, Unscintillating ( talk) 17:17, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
I hope you don't mind but I thought it best to try removing the "badge of shame" stuff at User talk:CYl7EPTEMA777. I advised the other editor to do that but I think they got stuck on seeing you had replied. Obviously your revert at the user page (to remove a gratuitous "this editor is indeffed" tag) was correct and there should not be any ill-advised commentary on the talk. Thanks for your assistance with the case! Johnuniq ( talk) 07:10, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
I really think you ought to reconsider. For one, the self-declared country included Sevastopol; the Russian federal subject does not. - Kudzu1 ( talk) 18:10, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
Dennis, we often disagree and you know I hate "wikilove" messages with a passion (I eat kittens on toast with chilli-sauce) but I had to note my admiration for taking on a judgement Solomon would have flinched at, indeed most admins would have baulked at. Fondest regard, Wee Curry Monster talk 22:30, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
You made a terrible terrible mistake closing that merge. The Republic of Crimea (country) is a merge of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol which were two completely different separate entities. The new federal subject does not include Sevastopol, it's simply the same as the Autonomous Republic. Here's a timeline:
I have included some maps to help you understand these differences visually.
What needs to be done to revert these changes?
— Ahnoneemoos ( talk) 20:22, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
Ah, the glorious benefits of wielding a mop :-) -- NeilN talk to me 20:45, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
Dennis Brown, you are my admin role model. Making thoughtful, difficult decisions based on the evidence, sticking by your decision and not taking it personally when people are upset at you, even pointing them in the direction where they can get your decision reevaluated. I hope if I ever have a position of authority over others, I can be as fair and level-headed. It is far too easy to let ones ego get in the way when one encounters conflict and personal attacks. Liz Read! Talk! 00:30, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is
Protection review - Political status of Crimea. Thank you.
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It is very likely that I won't be around for a couple of days due to work. Any concerns on the RFC or any other action should be directed to WP:AN. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 01:15, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
So a separate article Republic of Crimea (country) about the short-lived independent country in March 2014 cannot be called 'unrational'.
-- Wester ( talk) 15:21, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
Could you please delete this expired PROD for me List of Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players.. many thanks, JMHamo ( talk) 23:16, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
As this may be an actual password, will you please review this edit. You've deleted pages showing passwords before with Altimgamr. Thanks, Bahooka ( talk) 05:24, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
Hello, I also think this issue should not be handled voting. Having two separate articles is not conform to at least two Wikipedia's pillars. Silvio1973 ( talk) 06:24, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
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I am glad you are back and wielding a mop once again; we have missed your reason over the past few months. Thanks for all you do around the encyclopedia. Go Phightins ! 10:36, 2 April 2014 (UTC) |
... (albeit belatedly) to the long list of people who are glad to have you back. You were missed. Yunshui 雲 水 11:31, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for your response to my question (and thanks for moving it out of the CU's section). I fully appreciate that as a non-CU I have no way of knowing how many registered editors use a particular IP range, so there's no way for me to ever know if a rangeblock is possible, but I don't understand your comments about the >8 million users. Yes the network in question is a CIDR /9 (166.128.0.0 - 166.255.255.255 with 128 X 256 X 256 addresses), but surely Wikipedia doesn't have to block an entire network? I certainly wasn't suggesting that, and no-one ever would. The 50 low-end addresses I mentioned (plus the next 14 also unused IPs) would be covered by a fairly small CIDR /26 rangeblock, i.e., the 64 IPs in 166.137.191.0/26. I'm not arguing that this particular exmaple block is a good idea or that it would even cover the full range the IP hopper is using, I'm just concerned that I have misunderstood something about rangeblocks. Thanks Meters ( talk) 05:53, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
Why did you archive this discussion on the Shiba Inu talk page? Yes, the consensus is for it to not be included, but the vote was intended to remain open, as I have seen comments from new users who would like it to be included. I was about to re-open it myself but thought it might not be a good idea. Could you please un-archive the discussion? Felixphew ( talk) Ar! Ar! Ar! 19:44, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
You said you like admin actions where is no doubt of the problem. If you still like them, will you take a look at thr history of this article, Hachi: A Dog's Tale ? Hafspajen ( talk) 17:02, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
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You are a great guy, thank you Dennis ... Hafspajen ( talk) 23:32, 2 April 2014 (UTC) |
I just had some baklava for dinner, but this will make a nice dessert with the cup of Earl Grey I just poured, thank you :) Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 23:33, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
Just wanted to add my to what I'm sure is a chorus of voices behind the scenes, saying how good it is to see you editing again. Glad you're back, however long it's for. Basalisk inspect damage⁄ berate 21:12, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi, Dennis. I meant to comment on the ANI Doctornickel posted, for instance to mention the absence of edit summaries, but it was closed so fast. I never thought I'd see the day when I'd assume more good faith than you! (At least technically.) All the process the user has been indulging in — PROD, ANI, weird article moves — is indeed very strange from a new user, but I've given them some good advice for newbies on their page nevertheless. The AGF doesn't go any too deep with me in this case, but I figured it couldn't hurt. (Re the above section: I give a tea and cake appreciation class in Bishzilla's pocket on (most) Saturdays, welcome to join!) Bishonen | talk 21:53, 3 April 2014 (UTC).
Hi Dennis, sorry I don't understand, when I put in Honey Baked Ham it now takes me to an American company called HoneyBaked Ham not to an article about ham. Unibond ( talk) 14:13, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
Re [8], yes you're wrong. (See ANI thread for the link to policy) NE Ent 22:36, 6 April 2014 (UTC)