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Hi Drmies. Can you do me a favour? The user 109.69.167.235 had been tampering with Dc comics pages again. Is he been blocked before? No, is he the 109.69.160.98? -- Manwë986 ( talk) 16:25, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
Hello, Drmies. Are you there?-- Manwë986 ( talk) 04:17, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
Hello. So, the section title we've talked about has been changed to a more neutral one (at least, everyone seems to be okay with it), however, there's another problem now: I've created a draft for a separate page entirely dedicated to the core of the section's content (there have been talks about it, since the section is just too long and new material is arising every day), so, is it possible to urgently review/publish it as something related to an ongoing event? -- Nicholas Velasquez ( talk) 21:28, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
Your best guess; what is a Wikimedia movement? Tide rolls 18:34, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi, any chance of adding translations of the legends of this image to the Commons file? Thanks, Johnbod ( talk) 17:01, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
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As the blocking admin, you may care to know that 111.125.118.154 is continuing to vandalise his own talk page while blocked. Perhaps his access should be removed as he is making no attempt to appeal the block? -- AussieLegend ( ✉) 06:15, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
I just noticed that you had blocked one or more IPs of the format 41.XXX.XX.XXX that had edited this article. Did anyone check these IPs against User:Untrammeled? Some of the, shall we say "odd" constructions used by these IPs reminded me of him. -- Khajidha ( talk) 19:29, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
2.99.236.170 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
Would you mind taking a look at this IP's edits, and most likely blocking them? They are inserting nonsense sequences of (always) 4 words into random articles. They were reported at AIV more than an hour ago, but it seems to be backlogged. Thanks. General Ization Talk 01:06, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
You beat me to a block by about ten seconds. I guess that's what I get for being nice and only attempting a p-block (which cost me about 15 seconds figuring out the Twinkle menus). Primefac ( talk) 00:34, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
It's all in bitcoin floating around the ether. I'll tell you the secret if you send $49.95 (American currency only please) to:
Prince JfI P.o. box 13 Mombasa 36Z25
John from Idegon ( talk) 03:40, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
this LTA just posted your personal info. Good thing got them on time and reported pronto! Megan Barris (Lets talk📧) 11:34, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
I hope you are staying safe in these trying times -- Guerillero | Parlez Moi 11:20, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
I want to clarify that I requested to delete this page because I had made a rewrite of it on another page. It wasn't copied without attribution, since I wrote both of them and I mentioned on Draft talk:Women in the US Healthcare Workplace: A Focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion that it was a rewrite. Thanks for understanding. Eugenia Lee CEF ( talk) 14:35, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
I saw this comment. I'm not familiar with this dispute at all but the argument from silence caught my attention. In my wikipedia editing experience I'll sometimes find a scholar making a claim buried deep in a book and it will neither be repeated by other scholars nor rebutted by them (as it never gains prominence). That doesn't mean its false, but if something is WP:DUE shouldn't it be repeated by other sources? Thus, can argument from silence be a valid argument on wikipedia? VR talk 16:21, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
I wasn't sure how to handle the incident on the Jacob Blake page, thank you for the clarification! -- Buffaboy talk 17:31, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
Sorry for the ping, you were the first admin I saw online. I am anxiously waiting to hear back if I got a position I am vying for so my focus is a little strayed. As you can see from my talk page, it's been a very busy night. HickoryOughtShirt?4 ( talk) 00:45, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Appreciate your fast response over at Chadwick Boseman. If I got one more edit conflict message I was going to go insane. -- LuK3 (Talk) 02:45, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi, Drmies, and thanks for shutting down a couple of unproductive discussions at the talk page. Does it strike you as possibly more than a coincidence that we suddenly have a wave of editors, including at least one brand-new single purpose editor, all trying to change the article to be more supportive of Rittenhouse? Is some commentator out there telling their listeners, "go and fix the Wikipedia article about this!"? -- MelanieN ( talk) 02:52, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Firstly, my barnstar yesterday was sincere, so if it did not come across that way, I apologize. Secondly, they are up to their usual loser tactics again so perhaps another block is in order if you are interested. If so, I promise to keep my appreciation on the low down this time. Thanks for your assistance with this idiot. Rob van vee 09:00, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Hello. There's a problem with this template: it gets repeatedly vandalized by some IP editors who are forcing a "new code style", which drops the manual input of the gain percentages, even though I told them I don't need that as a sole maintainer of the template, since I have a script performing that task for me and their changes disrupt my workflow. They also seem to be aggressive about it and attempted to vandalize my personal talk page. Here are some of their edits there: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. To be clear, this coding style was not discussed on the default template's talk page and, as far as I know, is not enforced in any way by the template's developers. Even though the "new" style has been adopted by many of the COVID-19 cases templates' maintainers, it is purely optional, and the "old" style is still used, for example, in the UK template, or the Spanish one. So, is there anything that can be done about it? -- Nicholas Velasquez ( talk) 12:29, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Can you please block 14.192.208.0/20 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · block user · block log), or reinstate the block on 14.192.192.0/18 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · block user · block log)? This is an LTA who has returned very recently (one of the IPs that edited on August 15 was Globally Blocked today, for example). This range has been continuously abused since November 2018, and in the multiple individual IP blocks I've viewed, I've seen admin comments hinting that there are plenty of Open Proxies in this range. Given the behavior, I believe that this is WhenDatHotlingBling or My Royal Young (a CU wouldn't hurt either). Since you have some experience dealing with these LTAs, I thought that you should be the one to handle this. Thanks. LightandDark2000 🌀 ( talk) 16:57, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Hopefully, someone can take care of our LTA pal, now that this ****storm has blown over. BTW, the latest edit on the range (14.192.192.0/18) from today shows that the LTA is still on there. LightandDark2000 🌀 ( talk) 18:07, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi. Pretty manipulative move of yours to choke off a legitimate debate. Now even the neutrality template has been removed from the article. Why not let neutral admins take over? Gun Powder Ma ( talk) 21:06, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
1234qwer1234qwer4, he's already received two of these, just above yours, from
CAPTAIN RAJU and
Synoman Barris. Y'all really need to get a clue or stop posting these.
Softlavender (
talk)
09:30, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
More than one person from the committee may send messages to the same person. Please have a look at WP:BDC. Best regards Megan Barris (Lets talk📧) 09:33, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi! Can I just ask why you made this edit to Savage (song)? I did not know it violates the Wikipedia guidelines. Thank you! Bgkc4444 ( talk) 09:50, 30 August 2020 (UTC)Bgkc4444
Hi Drmies, I see you blocked Unusual Wikipedian and noticed EnlightenedWikipedian, which was created shortly before. Not sure if the name similarity is enough for a CU but probably worth keeping an eye out. S0091 ( talk) 14:28, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
I can't account for the tone on that talk page, but I feel like I'm watching one of those board games where all the players have a secret goal that they're not allowed to reveal to the other players but drives their movements. Folks need to calm down. I can't think of anything more genial than interrogating the historiography of a topic and yet everyone's at each other's throats. Best, Mackensen (talk) 18:54, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Special:Contributions/2600:8807:200:BA9:182:E20E:C361:F2D7 seems to be on an ongoing campaign to remove certain software categories the editor sees as redundant. This has often been reverted by multiple editors, including myself, but many of these are still outstanding. The editor often simply (manually) repeats his edits, and has not engaged on talk. With a couple dozen articles involved, it's getting a bit tedious. In fairness, the editor (per edit summaries) does have a point, just not a complete one. It could be discussed, somewhere, but I'm not sure where though, and the IP isn't discussing anything anyway.
Does this merit an attention-getting block, or maybe something more? Whatever you decide is fine by me. -- A D Monroe III( talk) 01:23, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
Sunflowers in Walsdorf |
Finally a reason to give you the bumblebee before the month is over: for the coffee you gave El C, while I still struggled to word something ironic about this Much ado about nothing. I think it's today that I finally understood what disruptive means. Waste the time of how many people about white space???-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 13:57, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Dear Drmies. I work for bitFlyer, the largest cryptocurrency company in Japan. I would like to contest the proposed deletion of the bitFlyer page, since multiple editors previously supported the page, approved/implemented my suggested edits, and said the references were good. However, I am not sure if I am allowed to contest the proposed deletion as an editor with a conflict of interest? Would greatly appreciated if you could take a look and advise. Thank you! Sebastien0693 ( talk) 15:18, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
Is it prudent to add a large weasel words number of tags to an article, without explanation? See Indo-Aryan migration: Revision history; I don't know what to think of this. Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 19:31, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
It appears that you protected the page Chadwick Boseman, for the following reason:
Persistent vandalism
Remember: The page is being heavily edited because the subject, Chadwick Boseman, has recently died.
Please unprotect the page so IPs can edit and add new evidence about Boseman's death. Sysages ( talk | contribs) 21:21, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
So I was reading our page on this repulsive man and they had a link to a book he had authored near the end of his life defending segregation and white supremacy. Believing the link did not belong in the body of the article, I have moved it to the external links section. However on reviewing the link which takes you to a digitized copy of Bilbo's book, I got suspicious and checked out the webhost. And naturally it is a white supremacist website. This has left me deeply conflicted. On the one hand I think the work, repulsive as it is, is historically significant and lays out very clearly Bilbo's beliefs and ideology. As such I tend to think it meets the criteria in WP:EL. On the other hand, I do not want Wikipedia being used in any way as a possible source of traffic to this website which is unquestionably WP:FRINGE. I am conflicted on whether to give weight to WP:NOTCENSORED or WP:PROFRINGE. I note that NOT is policy while PROFRINGE is a guideline, but... This is really odious stuff. Thoughts? - Ad Orientem ( talk) 05:17, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
Sorry I took my sweet time getting to this. I'm a bit miffed over recent developments at AN, and I don't really care to do much administrative work right now. Thanks again, and take care, Drmies ( talk) 22:04, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
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@ Drmies: Hi, I'm sorry to be bothering you about this again, but I'm making zero progress. I had created that RFC in the vain hope of getting the attention of users beyond the usual crowd, and very quickly it has been drowned out by Optra2021 who simply copy and pasted his massive response from previously. The only user to respond to this RFC has immediately ducked out, and frankly I don't expect anyone else to participate. These issues usually drag on until these new users get blocked for being revealed as sockpuppets, and frankly I suspect that user and H0llande are both socks of MixedButHumann. It'd be brilliant if I could get your thoughts or help on this. Cheers. Mugsalot ( talk) 23:02, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi Drmies,
When carrying out my recent changes patrolling, I came across the above named user, and what specially caught my attention was this edit [1]. It got reverted by cluebot, but you may know who the user is? They have also added things to their talkpage. Agent00x ( talk) 14:09, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi Drmies. How's it going? I was reflecting on the block of that IP range, and reached the conclusion that a month would be an appropriate length. I was tempted by a bit longer, but on balance I think a month rather than a week. I also reached the conclusion that you probably didn't intend to reduce it. [2] If you don't mind, I think I'll put it back. -- zzuuzz (talk) 00:17, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
Hiya Drmies, I've been this morning having the (dis)pleasure of receiving these grim comments by LissanX (whom you previously blocked for personal attacks [3]) out of nowhere.
You should spend your day taking a reading comprehension class instead
To explain it to you like a child, since apparently that’s what you need
A little thing I noticed, a few days after his block expired last year, he resorted to the same type of bad behaviour in this thread [4]. I frankly wouldn't be surprised if I found more if I started digging. The only reason I know about this thread is because I myself was part of it.
-- HistoryofIran ( talk) 05:05, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
Is your indentation correct here [6]? I'm not sure who you're saying is wrong, and it's important since it's currently one vs. one. Geogene ( talk) 00:55, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
Hey, I sent you an email, just a heads up. Praxidicae ( talk) 16:53, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
Books & Bytes
Issue 40, July – August 2020
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team -- 10:14, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi there! New to editing on Wikipedia and I thought I added verified information about Posey's romantic life that seemed to have been acceptable based on what other actors' pages have (ex George_Clooney#Relationships, Jennifer_Aniston#Relationships ). I avoided tabloids and kept the wording particular to the situation. Not hurt that it's gone. Nature of the game. But, what would have been a better revision for future reference?-- Sternalize ( talk) 23:26, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
Didn't want to muddy the discussion over at AE, but the editor you mentioned is almost certainly a sock, probably of some banned user. I'm never sure what to do in situations where a user hasn't yet reached that threshold of disruption that would merit an indef block yet fishing trips to SPI aren't allowed. ~ Awilley ( talk) 03:04, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
On 3 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Islam in the Arctic, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that despite an extensive history of Islam in the Arctic, the first mosque (pictured) in the Canadian Arctic was only built in 2010? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Islam in the Arctic), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
— Maile ( talk) 12:01, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for another good one! - Every once in a while, I have a TFA, happy that it was also a tribute to Brian, in great collaboration, fine Main page, and see also. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:52, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
Volkslied. I began that article, as a translation from a much longer thing in German, for the Wanderlust. So far, it redirected to the history of Folk music, and Volkslieder redirected to a certain album. Now, searching, I se that it is also a name for Dutch anthems. How do we distinguish? Hatnote? Mationing in lead? See also? I know too little about these anthems. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:10, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I have deprodded Drought (sport). Deletion of an article that's been around over 15 years and has such an extensive history isn't likely to be uncontroversial. I have no prejudice against bringing the article to AfD. — KuyaBriBri Talk 20:44, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi, could you please take a look at the W. Ian Lipkin page? I've been reluctantly drawn into an edit war with Thucydides411. The debate is related to quotes added from a primary source i.e an interview with Lipkin conducted by a fellow Columbia professor, which, along with material from over 70 other sources, is repeatedly wiped. Thanks. Before the Bang Before the Bang ( talk) 03:03, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi. You may want to consider the block you mentioned. See [7] Best, — Blablubbs ( talk • contribs) 14:55, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
Hey, Doc. Could you or one of your stalkers possibly take a look at the recent edits of Cificis. He's been here over two years. Recently he's become interested in catagories pertaining to schools and to my rather ignorant eye appears to be mangling them. Considering my recent problems with getting along with folks, I'd prefer someone else who knows more about catagories than I get involved. Thanks. John from Idegon ( talk) 01:11, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
Drmies
Ref previous talk page and email discussion about a sensitive case, Boynamedsue, has again referred to it. Could you please take another look at the talk page, inadvertently @ JzG: has also mentioned it. W C M email 12:25, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
You might be interested by Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ThegreatBush Elizium23 ( talk) 14:24, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
This editor's behavior strikes me as odd [ [8]]. New just 7 days ago, now at 400 edits. Starts by editing their own user page to blank (avoids the red user name). Lots of talk page activities in a short period of time... [ [9]]. Basically a bunch of red flags. Not sure which admin would be the best to look at this so I figured I would ask you. Thanks, Springee ( talk) 02:43, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
Occurs to me it's time for one of these. Cheers! Geoff | Who, me? 17:16, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
You beat me to it by about 2 seconds, maybe less. Have a lovely weekend.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 20:36, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
Thank you, it's been a while since I've done one. I think this might be another sock puppet, similar name, edits and history User:Kyurkan1 -- AW ( talk) 01:21, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
What do you think: [10]? -- Softlavender ( talk) 13:16, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
Note to Drmies: Please check who (re)created the Category and when: [11]. Thank you. Softlavender ( talk) 14:21, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
Well, it didn't come out of nowhere; they created it as a response to this entry on the Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Redirects and categories page. Still not good, and still not policy, but it's a little more understandable as part of mass-handling AfC requests than as a "let's create this cat redirect just because we can". I chose G6 just because it's what the {{ Category_redirect}} template suggested, and I didn't feel it was worth anyone's time to think more about exactly which criterion fit best for a page that so obviously needed deletion. Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 21:02, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
I have spoken to L293D via email, and without going into detail he has given me some difficult questions that I don't know how to answer easily. What I will say is that this is not the first time I have seen somebody not have a full grasp of cultural norms in the US that everyone who lives there knows about. For example, consider Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates/August 2018#(Posted blurb): Aretha Franklin, where we see comments like "Oppose Blurb She was a local singer. Except USA nobody around the world knew her. she had no world impact stastically speaking.", "I am pretty sure we have an established tradition of only posting deaths of Mandela-size figures to the ITN, and this person is sure as hell isn't, neither by the importance, nor by the number of views of her page before her death. Very disappointed in a yet another example of heavy American/Western bias on Wikipedia. Sad." and "Pull/Oppose blurb Not a world transforming figure therefore doesn't merit a blurb. Never even heard of her before she got hospitalised recently." Now, reading these comments about (IMHO) one of the greatest American singers and civil rights campaigners of all time, damn right I'm offended. But crying racist is about as helpful as somebody saying I support a No Deal Brexit because I've done some work on Jacob Rees Mogg. You don't know what L293D's opinion on this category is; one would hope he would endorse the G10 deletion along with everybody else. We also don't know why LaundryPizza03 wanted to create the redirect in the first place; I'm going to go out on a limb and say it's probably not because they're a closet racist. See Hanlon's razor. I also fully endorse the comment made by Coffeeandcrumbs that caused me to drop a barnstar on their page yesterday; that doesn't apply to the redirect here (which is just crass and pointless) but rather all of us should not shy away from difficult conversations just because they're, well, difficult. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 08:55, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
Considering possibilities for good use, I just dropped the category in my sandbox User:Coffeeandcrumbs/sandbox. There it is in bright red. How long would it take for someone to notice this on an obscure BLP? I am asking honestly since categories are not my strong suit? --- C& C ( Coffeeandcrumbs) 12:46, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
In general, an unpopulated category should be deleted (see speedy deletion criterion C1) because it is not useful for navigation and sorting.It goes on to say that soft category redirects should only exist
in limited circumstances, giving an example of hyphenated rather than en-dashed category names. Category redirects are not the norm--to the extent that the {{ Category redirect}} template includes a link to speedily delete itself when placed--and I cannot imagine a legitimate reason for this to be treated as a special case. Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 13:06, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Abuse of admin rights by Drmies. Thank you. Jackmcbarn ( talk) 00:09, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
I've seen actual college-level courses with names like the first one in this list. My gut says the editor is just listing factual information and editing in good faith. That said, good call on deleting the list.
I think he really is new to Wikipedia. He deleted a history merge request I put on the page, twice. I'm assuming good faith, since the template did make the page "look ugly at the top" (my words, not his). I asked him about it on his talk page, I'll give him a day or two to respond before re-requesting the history merge. davidwr/( talk)/( contribs) 00:30, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
Drmies, would you take a look at the Andy Ngo page. This is another frustrating page? There were some recent, disputed changes made to the article and I think people are trying to "win" the edit war vs getting consensus for disputed changes. Springee ( talk) 20:14, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
Speaking of not respecting... could you take a look at this editor. [ [15]] Springee ( talk) 04:31, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
This user, which you so staunchly defended back in the day (i supposed you know how that turned out), has completely lost it with me, i suppose because i had the nerve to talk back.
A good example of the taunting can be found at Álvaro González (footballer, born 1990). But it serves me right for hanging in here for so long, why can't i just say "fuck it" and quit the project? And if this individual or any other thinks that when that happens they will win because they wore me down into leaving that's when i'll die of laughter. I should leave because i'm not having fun anymore, but i know in my heart i'm a good WP editor, even taking into consideration it's not that of my native tongue.
This person says they're not who they are being accused of in their many interactions at the pertinent threads, so who's to say if X or Y is the correct answer. But i suppose that with the tracking equipment available for WP admins, if they say that it is the same person they should be onto something.
Regards, (belated)thanks for the beer at the IP account! -- Quite A Character ( talk) 00:56, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
I need your help dealing Avdald because its gonna end with us getting blocked and I don't that to happen. SpectresWrath ( talk) 18:42, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
Howdy! Your recent Linode range block caught dashboard.wikiedu.org, which runs out of 2600:3c03::f03c:91ff:fe08:7973. Can you undo that or carve out a narrower block? Thanks!-- ragesoss ( talk) 02:16, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
I was a bit confused about your close of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rio Sul Shopping. The closing comment suggested that you'd be deleting it as WP:G5, but the result was keep. Would you mind clarifying? AleatoryPonderings ( talk) 13:55, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
on my talk from user:Albertpda. Multiple UTRS declines (banned) and much socking. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 14:45, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
I was going to post here but I figured drama could be avoided with a gentle nudge from you. This non-logged-in editor ( contributions) ( talk page history) has been blanking his user-talk page after every negative comment, leaving the impression each problematic edit is his first. You posted on his talk page on September 12th, he's blanked it at least 8 times since, blanking the comments of at least 10 editors including yourself. The majority of these editors posted informal or formal warnings. I was tempted to just restore all the old edits, but I think he would just revert a non-admin doing that, plus it would just increase the drama unnecessarily. davidwr/( talk)/( contribs) 21:27, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
Hello. 2 days ago, you blocked the IP 109.93.135.50 for vandalism. [16] How, IP 93.86.79.84 [17] is doing the same editions (overlinking, deleting pictures, deleting the lead). Can you do something? Thank you :) -- HHH Pedrigree ( talk) 14:39, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
HickoryOughtShirt?4 ( talk) 00:59, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
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I just thought you might be interested in knowing that WarriorWithin600 (the editor that you indeffed) is back. M.Bitton ( talk) 22:49, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
Concerning the socks @ Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Bcliot33, you tagged them as "{{checkuserblock-account}}--Bclout33)" and not Bcliot33. I assume that was auto-correct, and could you tag their user pages as socks. Thanks! Jerm ( talk) 02:30, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
@ Smartse and Drmies: Apologies for the late reply, I've been busy lately with off-wiki stuff. But do you still need help with this?
And nice to read your explanation of my nickname. It's pretty accurate. :-) Trijnstel talk 15:16, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
Dat boek heeft een artikel nodig! Ziet er interessant uit! (translated!)† Encyclopædius 16:14, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
Hallo, hoe gaat het vandaag, mijn vriend? (typed without assistance, I am learning!)† Encyclopædius 16:13, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
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1) if the result of a deletion discussion is to draftify; or 2) if the article is newly created.
An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Tia Dalma, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Calypso.
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Friendly observation, K-Pop is pop from Korea, J-Pop is pop from Japan (and the term is older). The… less mature segments of both fandoms rabidly hate each other, so getting the two confused may get both of them out for your virtual blood.
(Feel free to delete this after reading, of course. It's hardly important enough to preserve for posterity.)
Oh, just in case you have no idea what I'm talking about, it's not about anything you wrote in an article or Talk page, but an edit comment. -- Lalo Martins ( talk) 17:27, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
Hi, Drmies, I hope you don't mind if I ask for input regarding Talk:Assault of Maho Yamaguchi#Edit war, as another major contributor to the article is disputing how much information to include. Thanks. lullabying ( talk) 02:20, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
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I'd like to invite you to check out Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Didierstreckx since you recently blocked one of their suspected socks ( Ilovenia123). Amanuensis Balkanicus ( talk) 01:21, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
I hope you know how much I care about you. I just wanted to let you know that I saw some exceptionally ugly personal attacks directed against you and your family a while ago. I am so sorry that happened to you. I have a sense of how that feels. I spent yesterday with my granddaughter, by the way. Love to all. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 02:45, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
Sir I recently made edits to the wiki page on my home areas signature dish, Pie and Mash, you in Alabama, USA 4000 miles away, and probably not a Londoner, chose to not only reject edits from someone who has been eating the said food in the traditional way ,ie spoon & fork, liquor, pies turned over, it's like the Japanese tea ceremony to many, I have first hand customer experience going back to the early 1970s of Pie and Mash shops of numerous architectural styles, some offering the side dishes and deserts (afters, as us Londoners would say) that you also chose to expunge in your attack on a part of London culture that is not for tourists but for us Londoners, although many tourists do go, or are taken for (if a Cockney/Londoner takes you for PnM, den we like ya, just don't insult us/it by ordering gravy, when in Rome... And if said noob don't like it, it won't be wasted, as would happen with with gravy (mostly granulated instant, nasty, most P&M addicts will happily go at least another one and one, with liquor of course, even after a double double, or more! Get that kind of knowledge from Wikipedia, oh that's right, you can't because someone on another continent, with probably no deep connection to London, or nowhere near any knowledge of these endangered establishments, where real Londoners, including those who have adopted London as their home from elsewhere go to get a decent honest meal has chosen to suppress this part of a culture that is not theirs, but is so intrinsically linked to workin [sic] class London, that it deserves further expansion on what was already quite a dull and uninformative item, I say I added that, you choose to censor my lifetimes knowledge of the most identifiable part of London food culture, one that I have been a regular consumer of for almost half a century, and have seen changes in menus, eels less common, (they were still alive in the shop til killed/cooked when I was a kid) alternative pies, as said in the article, offered at, I would order neither. I am also watching the industry die, squeezed by not only gentrification, but local authorities, run by "parachuted politicians with no connection to London, that seem intent on killing off what Bill Bryson would call "mom n pop stores" if they were in the USA, family businesses with a particular speciality, being strangled with extortionate business rates, (locally levied taxes) parking restrictions and road closures that the local communities don't't want, that cause hardship to those deepl rooted communities, my own urban inner North London borough, Islington, had at least eight shops in around 5 square miles up til the mid 80s now there is 1 left in Islington, on the site of a (very good) Pie n Mash that closed about 1984. With at least another six within a short walk from Islington in surrounding boroughs. There are now no Pie and Mash shops North of the river from the unusual location of Portobello Road in the north part of Westminster, then for about five miles East of that location there are now only two. I am only trying to add some valuable insight into the subject, the current version of which reads as a sterile, 'past' history of this London cultural icon, way more so than Buck House and Beefeaters, we blank em, on our way to get the good stuff, PnM. GoonerNut ( talk) 11:42, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
I will not respond on the articles talk page, I am getting a whiff of wp:not about a certain unindenter. As well as Ididnot herethat. Slatersteven ( talk) 15:21, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
Hi! I have just rated around 7,500 WP:IR pages as part of clearing the backlog of unassessed pages. I note that you have removed country comparison tables and some See alsos. I understand why you are doing some of your reverts, but could you clue me in on about what is going on with the tables and See alsos as I have all these on my watchlist and keep getting emailed about them? Johncdraper ( talk) 16:50, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
Hi Drmies. Hope this message finds you well.
I am hoping to create the draft of the Shridhar University of Rajasthan, but the page's creation is restricted to admins for an indefinite period from 2014 ( /info/en/?search=Shridhar_University). Could you direct me on how to get started on this?
Thank you in advance. -- Adamsamuelwilson ( talk) 08:01, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
Cheers Megan☺️ Talk to the monster 08:34, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
Template:Spit cake has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. BenKuykendall ( talk) 04:12, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
Hello, Drmies. Hope you're well. Could you take a look at the contributions of MAXIMILIAN KLAUS VERSTAPPEN P2 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)? Regardless of the outcome of Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Didierstreckx, they have been engaging in vandalism on Albania-related articles [18] and other topics [19] and they have openly declared themselves to be redpilled and albanophobe.-- Maleschreiber ( talk) 12:41, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
I've filed an unrelated report about edits from a particular IP range ( Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Theonewithreason) on Croatia/Montenegro subtopics if you get the time to take a look. If you're busy, it's ok - you've been more than helpful :) -- Maleschreiber ( talk) 15:37, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for blocking the IP, as they have been purely disruptive on Nickelodeon's Unfiltered. However, you may want to look into blocking the full range as well, as they'll probably be going to another IP sometime soon. Magitroopa ( talk) 22:29, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
Dear. Drmies
This is not a destructive editing. [ [20]]
WP:RS WP:NEUTRAL WP:CHERRYPICKING WP:SOCKWP:NOT3RR
Can I delete it through discussion only? thank you Bablos939 ( talk) 00:25, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:David Ray Griffin § Description and interests. Thank you. Roy McCoy ( talk) 03:38, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
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An apology - I am not usually so grumpy. Orenburg1 ( talk) 16:25, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
First, I would like to apologize for any potential misunderstanding. I did not intend to vandalize, I am a lifelong supporter of Wikipedia and its mission. I believe it is of encyclopedic value to include a list of courses available in Duolingo and Pimsleur. How would I go about pursuing this belief, in a systematic and fair way? Thank you for your help. Edwyth ( talk) 21:30, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
Please, take a look at the revision history of this article. The editor appears to be completely unwilling to understand/learn how editing on Wikipedia works, despite having been pointed to the Wikipedia guidelines, and keeps sourcing the material with a social media link: 1, 2, 3. -- Nicholas Velasquez ( talk) 15:48, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
Hey, nice to see you turn up in my inbox unexpectedly! I hope all is well with you in these latter days. — alf laylah wa laylah ( talk) 17:19, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
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Hello, I think WT:MMA#Reliability of Sherdog violates WP:CAN by mentioning and pinging a lot of editors that did not participate at the relevant discussions before and they followed it by ordering those editors to ping others about it also. I reverted it but another editor reverted it back. So I wanted to ask if you could take a look at it? Thanks in advance. Best wishes, Lordpermaximum ( talk) 22:48, 14 October 2020 (UTC).
Please see this [22]. Also, this user has now started to harrass me as well [23] [24] [25]. How long of a rope is he gonna get? -- HistoryofIran ( talk) 23:57, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
@ Drmies, Berean Hunter, and Zzuuzz: Can you please run a CU on these IP socks? I tried opening an SPI case, but someone decided to delete the entire case page without giving any admin or CU the chance to examine my report. This person claims to be an experienced vandal and also said that they had at least 4 sock accounts. I don't need to know if the IPs are related - that's already obvious from the behavior. What I want to know is if this person has any sleeper accounts lying around, and if this is actually an older LTA that the CUs are familiar with. This person has been wreaking havoc on multiple articles for more than a year now, and I think that it's time for this nonsense to end. LightandDark2000 🌀 ( talk) 16:05, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
i found u adding a rewrite template in a page i created and rewritten could you assist me if there is something i need to omit NelsonLee20042020 ( talk) 14:32, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
but one thing, i want to tell you that it does not seem excessively detailed because these are the facts of the case and details of how the judges judged the case. the details of the case i wrote, they may be wordy, but are relevant to the narrative of how the case goes. NelsonLee20042020 ( talk) 14:37, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
could you help me point out specifically which are.not relevant? NelsonLee20042020 ( talk) 14:38, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
to be honest with you, the singapore website itself block our public access to any old, past news articles dated 1 January 1990 onwards NelsonLee20042020 ( talk) 14:40, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
it was not really my or our fault if we cannot go into it NelsonLee20042020 ( talk) 14:40, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
I lol'd....seriously. I may even register on Twitter now. I hope you're happy...dragging an old man into the social media quagmire. Roll Tide. Tide rolls 11:51, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
Kommt ein Vogel geflogen |
... even after Darwinbish stole apples and the header link, - eat them fast, I suggest. DYK that today I was invited to restore infoboxes? ... feels nice, I must say. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 17:51, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
16 October memories -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:54, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
On 9 Oct, Red Phoenix blocked 119.235.251.172 for vandalism. I think the user evaded the block, given the edit and edit summaries of these two edits, which both edits insert the word "The" before the subject name on Early modern warfare.
... to an encyclopaedia you must be descriptive or else
... to an encyclopaedia you must be descriptive or else!
This new editor then repeated their edit.
Red Phoenix suggested I should take this to AIV, but this particular edit, even if from a vandal, isn't obvious vandalism itself -- it's more like edit warring. In my experience, this won't get any response there for this reason.
Since then, another IP, 185.157.232.141, repeated this same poor edit. I haven't gotten any response on the talk page discussion I started.
What do you recommend? -- A D Monroe III( talk) 22:38, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
of these edits? [28] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doug Weller ( talk • contribs) 06:05, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
Hello, Drmies - hoping that you are all safe and well wherever you are. Coincidentally, we were both editing Olaudah Equiano at the same time. Let me say right away that I am not editing for content, just to improve the style. This mainly involves going into the present tense (sometimes known as the "historic present"), as plot summaries employing the past tense lack immediacy and dynamism. I'm also using subordinating and coordinating conjunctions to vary the sentence structure somewhat so that they don't all start with the subject. I have noticed your additions and, not being qualified to comment on any of that, defer to your superior knowledge there. With best wishes, FCleff ( talk) 22:24, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
Don't fall for it, M. Cliff. Doktoro is not one of those people who does not even know where xyr own talk page is. Uncle G ( talk) 09:46, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
Hey Drmies! I'm still interested in seeing the syllabus from your African Lit class. We had talked about it here. I hope all is well! = paul2520 💬 19:50, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
Your edit here is WP:INVOLVED. You have not allowed anyone to make more than one revert on the article therefore protecting your own disputed edit. A clear violation of involved since that was your own second revert. I would ask you to self revert. Lightburst ( talk) 17:26, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
Hello Drmies, I hope that you are well. I apologize it looks like we applied blocks at the same time to IP 67.181.231.129. Due to extensive, long-term abuse I have applied an extended {{ anonblock}} as behavior is consistent with that of a school facility, although there may be other explanations for these extended patterns of disruption. Please do not hesitate to contact me if there are any concern. Regards, Yamaguchi先生 ( talk) 21:17, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
Hi there matey,
think there is a possibility (methinks there is, but i'm not in charge of anything 'round here :)) of protecting this page? A die-hard PAOK FC fan, highly displeased with this manager's work at his club, continues to write stuff like "only managed second place in the league with great difficulty" and "those penalties in the match against Ajax should not have been given"; in that process, they remove relevant sources again and again.
Attentively, thanks a million in advance and regards from Portugal -- Quite A Character ( talk) 00:30, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
I wouldn't go that far man, i believe the nuisance believes no penalties must be awarded to whatever opposition as long as they're playing PAOK, that's the amount of "sportsmanship" some people have in them... -- Quite A Character ( talk) 00:52, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
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Hi Drmies. Can you do me a favour? The user 109.69.167.235 had been tampering with Dc comics pages again. Is he been blocked before? No, is he the 109.69.160.98? -- Manwë986 ( talk) 16:25, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
Hello, Drmies. Are you there?-- Manwë986 ( talk) 04:17, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
Hello. So, the section title we've talked about has been changed to a more neutral one (at least, everyone seems to be okay with it), however, there's another problem now: I've created a draft for a separate page entirely dedicated to the core of the section's content (there have been talks about it, since the section is just too long and new material is arising every day), so, is it possible to urgently review/publish it as something related to an ongoing event? -- Nicholas Velasquez ( talk) 21:28, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
Your best guess; what is a Wikimedia movement? Tide rolls 18:34, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi, any chance of adding translations of the legends of this image to the Commons file? Thanks, Johnbod ( talk) 17:01, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
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As the blocking admin, you may care to know that 111.125.118.154 is continuing to vandalise his own talk page while blocked. Perhaps his access should be removed as he is making no attempt to appeal the block? -- AussieLegend ( ✉) 06:15, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
I just noticed that you had blocked one or more IPs of the format 41.XXX.XX.XXX that had edited this article. Did anyone check these IPs against User:Untrammeled? Some of the, shall we say "odd" constructions used by these IPs reminded me of him. -- Khajidha ( talk) 19:29, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
2.99.236.170 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
Would you mind taking a look at this IP's edits, and most likely blocking them? They are inserting nonsense sequences of (always) 4 words into random articles. They were reported at AIV more than an hour ago, but it seems to be backlogged. Thanks. General Ization Talk 01:06, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
You beat me to a block by about ten seconds. I guess that's what I get for being nice and only attempting a p-block (which cost me about 15 seconds figuring out the Twinkle menus). Primefac ( talk) 00:34, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
It's all in bitcoin floating around the ether. I'll tell you the secret if you send $49.95 (American currency only please) to:
Prince JfI P.o. box 13 Mombasa 36Z25
John from Idegon ( talk) 03:40, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
this LTA just posted your personal info. Good thing got them on time and reported pronto! Megan Barris (Lets talk📧) 11:34, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
I hope you are staying safe in these trying times -- Guerillero | Parlez Moi 11:20, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
I want to clarify that I requested to delete this page because I had made a rewrite of it on another page. It wasn't copied without attribution, since I wrote both of them and I mentioned on Draft talk:Women in the US Healthcare Workplace: A Focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion that it was a rewrite. Thanks for understanding. Eugenia Lee CEF ( talk) 14:35, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
I saw this comment. I'm not familiar with this dispute at all but the argument from silence caught my attention. In my wikipedia editing experience I'll sometimes find a scholar making a claim buried deep in a book and it will neither be repeated by other scholars nor rebutted by them (as it never gains prominence). That doesn't mean its false, but if something is WP:DUE shouldn't it be repeated by other sources? Thus, can argument from silence be a valid argument on wikipedia? VR talk 16:21, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
I wasn't sure how to handle the incident on the Jacob Blake page, thank you for the clarification! -- Buffaboy talk 17:31, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
Sorry for the ping, you were the first admin I saw online. I am anxiously waiting to hear back if I got a position I am vying for so my focus is a little strayed. As you can see from my talk page, it's been a very busy night. HickoryOughtShirt?4 ( talk) 00:45, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Appreciate your fast response over at Chadwick Boseman. If I got one more edit conflict message I was going to go insane. -- LuK3 (Talk) 02:45, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi, Drmies, and thanks for shutting down a couple of unproductive discussions at the talk page. Does it strike you as possibly more than a coincidence that we suddenly have a wave of editors, including at least one brand-new single purpose editor, all trying to change the article to be more supportive of Rittenhouse? Is some commentator out there telling their listeners, "go and fix the Wikipedia article about this!"? -- MelanieN ( talk) 02:52, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Firstly, my barnstar yesterday was sincere, so if it did not come across that way, I apologize. Secondly, they are up to their usual loser tactics again so perhaps another block is in order if you are interested. If so, I promise to keep my appreciation on the low down this time. Thanks for your assistance with this idiot. Rob van vee 09:00, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Hello. There's a problem with this template: it gets repeatedly vandalized by some IP editors who are forcing a "new code style", which drops the manual input of the gain percentages, even though I told them I don't need that as a sole maintainer of the template, since I have a script performing that task for me and their changes disrupt my workflow. They also seem to be aggressive about it and attempted to vandalize my personal talk page. Here are some of their edits there: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. To be clear, this coding style was not discussed on the default template's talk page and, as far as I know, is not enforced in any way by the template's developers. Even though the "new" style has been adopted by many of the COVID-19 cases templates' maintainers, it is purely optional, and the "old" style is still used, for example, in the UK template, or the Spanish one. So, is there anything that can be done about it? -- Nicholas Velasquez ( talk) 12:29, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Can you please block 14.192.208.0/20 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · block user · block log), or reinstate the block on 14.192.192.0/18 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · block user · block log)? This is an LTA who has returned very recently (one of the IPs that edited on August 15 was Globally Blocked today, for example). This range has been continuously abused since November 2018, and in the multiple individual IP blocks I've viewed, I've seen admin comments hinting that there are plenty of Open Proxies in this range. Given the behavior, I believe that this is WhenDatHotlingBling or My Royal Young (a CU wouldn't hurt either). Since you have some experience dealing with these LTAs, I thought that you should be the one to handle this. Thanks. LightandDark2000 🌀 ( talk) 16:57, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Hopefully, someone can take care of our LTA pal, now that this ****storm has blown over. BTW, the latest edit on the range (14.192.192.0/18) from today shows that the LTA is still on there. LightandDark2000 🌀 ( talk) 18:07, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi. Pretty manipulative move of yours to choke off a legitimate debate. Now even the neutrality template has been removed from the article. Why not let neutral admins take over? Gun Powder Ma ( talk) 21:06, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
1234qwer1234qwer4, he's already received two of these, just above yours, from
CAPTAIN RAJU and
Synoman Barris. Y'all really need to get a clue or stop posting these.
Softlavender (
talk)
09:30, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
More than one person from the committee may send messages to the same person. Please have a look at WP:BDC. Best regards Megan Barris (Lets talk📧) 09:33, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi! Can I just ask why you made this edit to Savage (song)? I did not know it violates the Wikipedia guidelines. Thank you! Bgkc4444 ( talk) 09:50, 30 August 2020 (UTC)Bgkc4444
Hi Drmies, I see you blocked Unusual Wikipedian and noticed EnlightenedWikipedian, which was created shortly before. Not sure if the name similarity is enough for a CU but probably worth keeping an eye out. S0091 ( talk) 14:28, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
I can't account for the tone on that talk page, but I feel like I'm watching one of those board games where all the players have a secret goal that they're not allowed to reveal to the other players but drives their movements. Folks need to calm down. I can't think of anything more genial than interrogating the historiography of a topic and yet everyone's at each other's throats. Best, Mackensen (talk) 18:54, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Special:Contributions/2600:8807:200:BA9:182:E20E:C361:F2D7 seems to be on an ongoing campaign to remove certain software categories the editor sees as redundant. This has often been reverted by multiple editors, including myself, but many of these are still outstanding. The editor often simply (manually) repeats his edits, and has not engaged on talk. With a couple dozen articles involved, it's getting a bit tedious. In fairness, the editor (per edit summaries) does have a point, just not a complete one. It could be discussed, somewhere, but I'm not sure where though, and the IP isn't discussing anything anyway.
Does this merit an attention-getting block, or maybe something more? Whatever you decide is fine by me. -- A D Monroe III( talk) 01:23, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
Sunflowers in Walsdorf |
Finally a reason to give you the bumblebee before the month is over: for the coffee you gave El C, while I still struggled to word something ironic about this Much ado about nothing. I think it's today that I finally understood what disruptive means. Waste the time of how many people about white space???-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 13:57, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Dear Drmies. I work for bitFlyer, the largest cryptocurrency company in Japan. I would like to contest the proposed deletion of the bitFlyer page, since multiple editors previously supported the page, approved/implemented my suggested edits, and said the references were good. However, I am not sure if I am allowed to contest the proposed deletion as an editor with a conflict of interest? Would greatly appreciated if you could take a look and advise. Thank you! Sebastien0693 ( talk) 15:18, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
Is it prudent to add a large weasel words number of tags to an article, without explanation? See Indo-Aryan migration: Revision history; I don't know what to think of this. Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 19:31, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
It appears that you protected the page Chadwick Boseman, for the following reason:
Persistent vandalism
Remember: The page is being heavily edited because the subject, Chadwick Boseman, has recently died.
Please unprotect the page so IPs can edit and add new evidence about Boseman's death. Sysages ( talk | contribs) 21:21, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
So I was reading our page on this repulsive man and they had a link to a book he had authored near the end of his life defending segregation and white supremacy. Believing the link did not belong in the body of the article, I have moved it to the external links section. However on reviewing the link which takes you to a digitized copy of Bilbo's book, I got suspicious and checked out the webhost. And naturally it is a white supremacist website. This has left me deeply conflicted. On the one hand I think the work, repulsive as it is, is historically significant and lays out very clearly Bilbo's beliefs and ideology. As such I tend to think it meets the criteria in WP:EL. On the other hand, I do not want Wikipedia being used in any way as a possible source of traffic to this website which is unquestionably WP:FRINGE. I am conflicted on whether to give weight to WP:NOTCENSORED or WP:PROFRINGE. I note that NOT is policy while PROFRINGE is a guideline, but... This is really odious stuff. Thoughts? - Ad Orientem ( talk) 05:17, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
Sorry I took my sweet time getting to this. I'm a bit miffed over recent developments at AN, and I don't really care to do much administrative work right now. Thanks again, and take care, Drmies ( talk) 22:04, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2020).
mustor
shoulduse the articles for creation process.
@ Drmies: Hi, I'm sorry to be bothering you about this again, but I'm making zero progress. I had created that RFC in the vain hope of getting the attention of users beyond the usual crowd, and very quickly it has been drowned out by Optra2021 who simply copy and pasted his massive response from previously. The only user to respond to this RFC has immediately ducked out, and frankly I don't expect anyone else to participate. These issues usually drag on until these new users get blocked for being revealed as sockpuppets, and frankly I suspect that user and H0llande are both socks of MixedButHumann. It'd be brilliant if I could get your thoughts or help on this. Cheers. Mugsalot ( talk) 23:02, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi Drmies,
When carrying out my recent changes patrolling, I came across the above named user, and what specially caught my attention was this edit [1]. It got reverted by cluebot, but you may know who the user is? They have also added things to their talkpage. Agent00x ( talk) 14:09, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi Drmies. How's it going? I was reflecting on the block of that IP range, and reached the conclusion that a month would be an appropriate length. I was tempted by a bit longer, but on balance I think a month rather than a week. I also reached the conclusion that you probably didn't intend to reduce it. [2] If you don't mind, I think I'll put it back. -- zzuuzz (talk) 00:17, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
Hiya Drmies, I've been this morning having the (dis)pleasure of receiving these grim comments by LissanX (whom you previously blocked for personal attacks [3]) out of nowhere.
You should spend your day taking a reading comprehension class instead
To explain it to you like a child, since apparently that’s what you need
A little thing I noticed, a few days after his block expired last year, he resorted to the same type of bad behaviour in this thread [4]. I frankly wouldn't be surprised if I found more if I started digging. The only reason I know about this thread is because I myself was part of it.
-- HistoryofIran ( talk) 05:05, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
Is your indentation correct here [6]? I'm not sure who you're saying is wrong, and it's important since it's currently one vs. one. Geogene ( talk) 00:55, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
Hey, I sent you an email, just a heads up. Praxidicae ( talk) 16:53, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
Books & Bytes
Issue 40, July – August 2020
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Hi there! New to editing on Wikipedia and I thought I added verified information about Posey's romantic life that seemed to have been acceptable based on what other actors' pages have (ex George_Clooney#Relationships, Jennifer_Aniston#Relationships ). I avoided tabloids and kept the wording particular to the situation. Not hurt that it's gone. Nature of the game. But, what would have been a better revision for future reference?-- Sternalize ( talk) 23:26, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
Didn't want to muddy the discussion over at AE, but the editor you mentioned is almost certainly a sock, probably of some banned user. I'm never sure what to do in situations where a user hasn't yet reached that threshold of disruption that would merit an indef block yet fishing trips to SPI aren't allowed. ~ Awilley ( talk) 03:04, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
On 3 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Islam in the Arctic, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that despite an extensive history of Islam in the Arctic, the first mosque (pictured) in the Canadian Arctic was only built in 2010? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Islam in the Arctic), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
— Maile ( talk) 12:01, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for another good one! - Every once in a while, I have a TFA, happy that it was also a tribute to Brian, in great collaboration, fine Main page, and see also. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:52, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
Volkslied. I began that article, as a translation from a much longer thing in German, for the Wanderlust. So far, it redirected to the history of Folk music, and Volkslieder redirected to a certain album. Now, searching, I se that it is also a name for Dutch anthems. How do we distinguish? Hatnote? Mationing in lead? See also? I know too little about these anthems. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:10, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I have deprodded Drought (sport). Deletion of an article that's been around over 15 years and has such an extensive history isn't likely to be uncontroversial. I have no prejudice against bringing the article to AfD. — KuyaBriBri Talk 20:44, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi, could you please take a look at the W. Ian Lipkin page? I've been reluctantly drawn into an edit war with Thucydides411. The debate is related to quotes added from a primary source i.e an interview with Lipkin conducted by a fellow Columbia professor, which, along with material from over 70 other sources, is repeatedly wiped. Thanks. Before the Bang Before the Bang ( talk) 03:03, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi. You may want to consider the block you mentioned. See [7] Best, — Blablubbs ( talk • contribs) 14:55, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
Hey, Doc. Could you or one of your stalkers possibly take a look at the recent edits of Cificis. He's been here over two years. Recently he's become interested in catagories pertaining to schools and to my rather ignorant eye appears to be mangling them. Considering my recent problems with getting along with folks, I'd prefer someone else who knows more about catagories than I get involved. Thanks. John from Idegon ( talk) 01:11, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
Drmies
Ref previous talk page and email discussion about a sensitive case, Boynamedsue, has again referred to it. Could you please take another look at the talk page, inadvertently @ JzG: has also mentioned it. W C M email 12:25, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
You might be interested by Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ThegreatBush Elizium23 ( talk) 14:24, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
This editor's behavior strikes me as odd [ [8]]. New just 7 days ago, now at 400 edits. Starts by editing their own user page to blank (avoids the red user name). Lots of talk page activities in a short period of time... [ [9]]. Basically a bunch of red flags. Not sure which admin would be the best to look at this so I figured I would ask you. Thanks, Springee ( talk) 02:43, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
Occurs to me it's time for one of these. Cheers! Geoff | Who, me? 17:16, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
You beat me to it by about 2 seconds, maybe less. Have a lovely weekend.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 20:36, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
Thank you, it's been a while since I've done one. I think this might be another sock puppet, similar name, edits and history User:Kyurkan1 -- AW ( talk) 01:21, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
What do you think: [10]? -- Softlavender ( talk) 13:16, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
Note to Drmies: Please check who (re)created the Category and when: [11]. Thank you. Softlavender ( talk) 14:21, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
Well, it didn't come out of nowhere; they created it as a response to this entry on the Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Redirects and categories page. Still not good, and still not policy, but it's a little more understandable as part of mass-handling AfC requests than as a "let's create this cat redirect just because we can". I chose G6 just because it's what the {{ Category_redirect}} template suggested, and I didn't feel it was worth anyone's time to think more about exactly which criterion fit best for a page that so obviously needed deletion. Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 21:02, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
I have spoken to L293D via email, and without going into detail he has given me some difficult questions that I don't know how to answer easily. What I will say is that this is not the first time I have seen somebody not have a full grasp of cultural norms in the US that everyone who lives there knows about. For example, consider Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates/August 2018#(Posted blurb): Aretha Franklin, where we see comments like "Oppose Blurb She was a local singer. Except USA nobody around the world knew her. she had no world impact stastically speaking.", "I am pretty sure we have an established tradition of only posting deaths of Mandela-size figures to the ITN, and this person is sure as hell isn't, neither by the importance, nor by the number of views of her page before her death. Very disappointed in a yet another example of heavy American/Western bias on Wikipedia. Sad." and "Pull/Oppose blurb Not a world transforming figure therefore doesn't merit a blurb. Never even heard of her before she got hospitalised recently." Now, reading these comments about (IMHO) one of the greatest American singers and civil rights campaigners of all time, damn right I'm offended. But crying racist is about as helpful as somebody saying I support a No Deal Brexit because I've done some work on Jacob Rees Mogg. You don't know what L293D's opinion on this category is; one would hope he would endorse the G10 deletion along with everybody else. We also don't know why LaundryPizza03 wanted to create the redirect in the first place; I'm going to go out on a limb and say it's probably not because they're a closet racist. See Hanlon's razor. I also fully endorse the comment made by Coffeeandcrumbs that caused me to drop a barnstar on their page yesterday; that doesn't apply to the redirect here (which is just crass and pointless) but rather all of us should not shy away from difficult conversations just because they're, well, difficult. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 08:55, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
Considering possibilities for good use, I just dropped the category in my sandbox User:Coffeeandcrumbs/sandbox. There it is in bright red. How long would it take for someone to notice this on an obscure BLP? I am asking honestly since categories are not my strong suit? --- C& C ( Coffeeandcrumbs) 12:46, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
In general, an unpopulated category should be deleted (see speedy deletion criterion C1) because it is not useful for navigation and sorting.It goes on to say that soft category redirects should only exist
in limited circumstances, giving an example of hyphenated rather than en-dashed category names. Category redirects are not the norm--to the extent that the {{ Category redirect}} template includes a link to speedily delete itself when placed--and I cannot imagine a legitimate reason for this to be treated as a special case. Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 13:06, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Abuse of admin rights by Drmies. Thank you. Jackmcbarn ( talk) 00:09, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
I've seen actual college-level courses with names like the first one in this list. My gut says the editor is just listing factual information and editing in good faith. That said, good call on deleting the list.
I think he really is new to Wikipedia. He deleted a history merge request I put on the page, twice. I'm assuming good faith, since the template did make the page "look ugly at the top" (my words, not his). I asked him about it on his talk page, I'll give him a day or two to respond before re-requesting the history merge. davidwr/( talk)/( contribs) 00:30, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
Drmies, would you take a look at the Andy Ngo page. This is another frustrating page? There were some recent, disputed changes made to the article and I think people are trying to "win" the edit war vs getting consensus for disputed changes. Springee ( talk) 20:14, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
Speaking of not respecting... could you take a look at this editor. [ [15]] Springee ( talk) 04:31, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
This user, which you so staunchly defended back in the day (i supposed you know how that turned out), has completely lost it with me, i suppose because i had the nerve to talk back.
A good example of the taunting can be found at Álvaro González (footballer, born 1990). But it serves me right for hanging in here for so long, why can't i just say "fuck it" and quit the project? And if this individual or any other thinks that when that happens they will win because they wore me down into leaving that's when i'll die of laughter. I should leave because i'm not having fun anymore, but i know in my heart i'm a good WP editor, even taking into consideration it's not that of my native tongue.
This person says they're not who they are being accused of in their many interactions at the pertinent threads, so who's to say if X or Y is the correct answer. But i suppose that with the tracking equipment available for WP admins, if they say that it is the same person they should be onto something.
Regards, (belated)thanks for the beer at the IP account! -- Quite A Character ( talk) 00:56, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
I need your help dealing Avdald because its gonna end with us getting blocked and I don't that to happen. SpectresWrath ( talk) 18:42, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
Howdy! Your recent Linode range block caught dashboard.wikiedu.org, which runs out of 2600:3c03::f03c:91ff:fe08:7973. Can you undo that or carve out a narrower block? Thanks!-- ragesoss ( talk) 02:16, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
I was a bit confused about your close of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rio Sul Shopping. The closing comment suggested that you'd be deleting it as WP:G5, but the result was keep. Would you mind clarifying? AleatoryPonderings ( talk) 13:55, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
on my talk from user:Albertpda. Multiple UTRS declines (banned) and much socking. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 14:45, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
I was going to post here but I figured drama could be avoided with a gentle nudge from you. This non-logged-in editor ( contributions) ( talk page history) has been blanking his user-talk page after every negative comment, leaving the impression each problematic edit is his first. You posted on his talk page on September 12th, he's blanked it at least 8 times since, blanking the comments of at least 10 editors including yourself. The majority of these editors posted informal or formal warnings. I was tempted to just restore all the old edits, but I think he would just revert a non-admin doing that, plus it would just increase the drama unnecessarily. davidwr/( talk)/( contribs) 21:27, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
Hello. 2 days ago, you blocked the IP 109.93.135.50 for vandalism. [16] How, IP 93.86.79.84 [17] is doing the same editions (overlinking, deleting pictures, deleting the lead). Can you do something? Thank you :) -- HHH Pedrigree ( talk) 14:39, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
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I just thought you might be interested in knowing that WarriorWithin600 (the editor that you indeffed) is back. M.Bitton ( talk) 22:49, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
Concerning the socks @ Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Bcliot33, you tagged them as "{{checkuserblock-account}}--Bclout33)" and not Bcliot33. I assume that was auto-correct, and could you tag their user pages as socks. Thanks! Jerm ( talk) 02:30, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
@ Smartse and Drmies: Apologies for the late reply, I've been busy lately with off-wiki stuff. But do you still need help with this?
And nice to read your explanation of my nickname. It's pretty accurate. :-) Trijnstel talk 15:16, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
Dat boek heeft een artikel nodig! Ziet er interessant uit! (translated!)† Encyclopædius 16:14, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
Hallo, hoe gaat het vandaag, mijn vriend? (typed without assistance, I am learning!)† Encyclopædius 16:13, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
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Hi, Drmies, I hope you don't mind if I ask for input regarding Talk:Assault of Maho Yamaguchi#Edit war, as another major contributor to the article is disputing how much information to include. Thanks. lullabying ( talk) 02:20, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
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I'd like to invite you to check out Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Didierstreckx since you recently blocked one of their suspected socks ( Ilovenia123). Amanuensis Balkanicus ( talk) 01:21, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
I hope you know how much I care about you. I just wanted to let you know that I saw some exceptionally ugly personal attacks directed against you and your family a while ago. I am so sorry that happened to you. I have a sense of how that feels. I spent yesterday with my granddaughter, by the way. Love to all. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 02:45, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
Sir I recently made edits to the wiki page on my home areas signature dish, Pie and Mash, you in Alabama, USA 4000 miles away, and probably not a Londoner, chose to not only reject edits from someone who has been eating the said food in the traditional way ,ie spoon & fork, liquor, pies turned over, it's like the Japanese tea ceremony to many, I have first hand customer experience going back to the early 1970s of Pie and Mash shops of numerous architectural styles, some offering the side dishes and deserts (afters, as us Londoners would say) that you also chose to expunge in your attack on a part of London culture that is not for tourists but for us Londoners, although many tourists do go, or are taken for (if a Cockney/Londoner takes you for PnM, den we like ya, just don't insult us/it by ordering gravy, when in Rome... And if said noob don't like it, it won't be wasted, as would happen with with gravy (mostly granulated instant, nasty, most P&M addicts will happily go at least another one and one, with liquor of course, even after a double double, or more! Get that kind of knowledge from Wikipedia, oh that's right, you can't because someone on another continent, with probably no deep connection to London, or nowhere near any knowledge of these endangered establishments, where real Londoners, including those who have adopted London as their home from elsewhere go to get a decent honest meal has chosen to suppress this part of a culture that is not theirs, but is so intrinsically linked to workin [sic] class London, that it deserves further expansion on what was already quite a dull and uninformative item, I say I added that, you choose to censor my lifetimes knowledge of the most identifiable part of London food culture, one that I have been a regular consumer of for almost half a century, and have seen changes in menus, eels less common, (they were still alive in the shop til killed/cooked when I was a kid) alternative pies, as said in the article, offered at, I would order neither. I am also watching the industry die, squeezed by not only gentrification, but local authorities, run by "parachuted politicians with no connection to London, that seem intent on killing off what Bill Bryson would call "mom n pop stores" if they were in the USA, family businesses with a particular speciality, being strangled with extortionate business rates, (locally levied taxes) parking restrictions and road closures that the local communities don't't want, that cause hardship to those deepl rooted communities, my own urban inner North London borough, Islington, had at least eight shops in around 5 square miles up til the mid 80s now there is 1 left in Islington, on the site of a (very good) Pie n Mash that closed about 1984. With at least another six within a short walk from Islington in surrounding boroughs. There are now no Pie and Mash shops North of the river from the unusual location of Portobello Road in the north part of Westminster, then for about five miles East of that location there are now only two. I am only trying to add some valuable insight into the subject, the current version of which reads as a sterile, 'past' history of this London cultural icon, way more so than Buck House and Beefeaters, we blank em, on our way to get the good stuff, PnM. GoonerNut ( talk) 11:42, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
I will not respond on the articles talk page, I am getting a whiff of wp:not about a certain unindenter. As well as Ididnot herethat. Slatersteven ( talk) 15:21, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
Hi! I have just rated around 7,500 WP:IR pages as part of clearing the backlog of unassessed pages. I note that you have removed country comparison tables and some See alsos. I understand why you are doing some of your reverts, but could you clue me in on about what is going on with the tables and See alsos as I have all these on my watchlist and keep getting emailed about them? Johncdraper ( talk) 16:50, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
Hi Drmies. Hope this message finds you well.
I am hoping to create the draft of the Shridhar University of Rajasthan, but the page's creation is restricted to admins for an indefinite period from 2014 ( /info/en/?search=Shridhar_University). Could you direct me on how to get started on this?
Thank you in advance. -- Adamsamuelwilson ( talk) 08:01, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
Cheers Megan☺️ Talk to the monster 08:34, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
Template:Spit cake has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. BenKuykendall ( talk) 04:12, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
Hello, Drmies. Hope you're well. Could you take a look at the contributions of MAXIMILIAN KLAUS VERSTAPPEN P2 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)? Regardless of the outcome of Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Didierstreckx, they have been engaging in vandalism on Albania-related articles [18] and other topics [19] and they have openly declared themselves to be redpilled and albanophobe.-- Maleschreiber ( talk) 12:41, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
I've filed an unrelated report about edits from a particular IP range ( Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Theonewithreason) on Croatia/Montenegro subtopics if you get the time to take a look. If you're busy, it's ok - you've been more than helpful :) -- Maleschreiber ( talk) 15:37, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for blocking the IP, as they have been purely disruptive on Nickelodeon's Unfiltered. However, you may want to look into blocking the full range as well, as they'll probably be going to another IP sometime soon. Magitroopa ( talk) 22:29, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
Dear. Drmies
This is not a destructive editing. [ [20]]
WP:RS WP:NEUTRAL WP:CHERRYPICKING WP:SOCKWP:NOT3RR
Can I delete it through discussion only? thank you Bablos939 ( talk) 00:25, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:David Ray Griffin § Description and interests. Thank you. Roy McCoy ( talk) 03:38, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
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An apology - I am not usually so grumpy. Orenburg1 ( talk) 16:25, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
First, I would like to apologize for any potential misunderstanding. I did not intend to vandalize, I am a lifelong supporter of Wikipedia and its mission. I believe it is of encyclopedic value to include a list of courses available in Duolingo and Pimsleur. How would I go about pursuing this belief, in a systematic and fair way? Thank you for your help. Edwyth ( talk) 21:30, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
Please, take a look at the revision history of this article. The editor appears to be completely unwilling to understand/learn how editing on Wikipedia works, despite having been pointed to the Wikipedia guidelines, and keeps sourcing the material with a social media link: 1, 2, 3. -- Nicholas Velasquez ( talk) 15:48, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
Hey, nice to see you turn up in my inbox unexpectedly! I hope all is well with you in these latter days. — alf laylah wa laylah ( talk) 17:19, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
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Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you do not violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. Wolbo ( talk) 23:27, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I think WT:MMA#Reliability of Sherdog violates WP:CAN by mentioning and pinging a lot of editors that did not participate at the relevant discussions before and they followed it by ordering those editors to ping others about it also. I reverted it but another editor reverted it back. So I wanted to ask if you could take a look at it? Thanks in advance. Best wishes, Lordpermaximum ( talk) 22:48, 14 October 2020 (UTC).
Please see this [22]. Also, this user has now started to harrass me as well [23] [24] [25]. How long of a rope is he gonna get? -- HistoryofIran ( talk) 23:57, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
@ Drmies, Berean Hunter, and Zzuuzz: Can you please run a CU on these IP socks? I tried opening an SPI case, but someone decided to delete the entire case page without giving any admin or CU the chance to examine my report. This person claims to be an experienced vandal and also said that they had at least 4 sock accounts. I don't need to know if the IPs are related - that's already obvious from the behavior. What I want to know is if this person has any sleeper accounts lying around, and if this is actually an older LTA that the CUs are familiar with. This person has been wreaking havoc on multiple articles for more than a year now, and I think that it's time for this nonsense to end. LightandDark2000 🌀 ( talk) 16:05, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
i found u adding a rewrite template in a page i created and rewritten could you assist me if there is something i need to omit NelsonLee20042020 ( talk) 14:32, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
but one thing, i want to tell you that it does not seem excessively detailed because these are the facts of the case and details of how the judges judged the case. the details of the case i wrote, they may be wordy, but are relevant to the narrative of how the case goes. NelsonLee20042020 ( talk) 14:37, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
could you help me point out specifically which are.not relevant? NelsonLee20042020 ( talk) 14:38, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
to be honest with you, the singapore website itself block our public access to any old, past news articles dated 1 January 1990 onwards NelsonLee20042020 ( talk) 14:40, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
it was not really my or our fault if we cannot go into it NelsonLee20042020 ( talk) 14:40, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
I lol'd....seriously. I may even register on Twitter now. I hope you're happy...dragging an old man into the social media quagmire. Roll Tide. Tide rolls 11:51, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
Kommt ein Vogel geflogen |
... even after Darwinbish stole apples and the header link, - eat them fast, I suggest. DYK that today I was invited to restore infoboxes? ... feels nice, I must say. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 17:51, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
16 October memories -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:54, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
On 9 Oct, Red Phoenix blocked 119.235.251.172 for vandalism. I think the user evaded the block, given the edit and edit summaries of these two edits, which both edits insert the word "The" before the subject name on Early modern warfare.
... to an encyclopaedia you must be descriptive or else
... to an encyclopaedia you must be descriptive or else!
This new editor then repeated their edit.
Red Phoenix suggested I should take this to AIV, but this particular edit, even if from a vandal, isn't obvious vandalism itself -- it's more like edit warring. In my experience, this won't get any response there for this reason.
Since then, another IP, 185.157.232.141, repeated this same poor edit. I haven't gotten any response on the talk page discussion I started.
What do you recommend? -- A D Monroe III( talk) 22:38, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
of these edits? [28] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doug Weller ( talk • contribs) 06:05, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
Hello, Drmies - hoping that you are all safe and well wherever you are. Coincidentally, we were both editing Olaudah Equiano at the same time. Let me say right away that I am not editing for content, just to improve the style. This mainly involves going into the present tense (sometimes known as the "historic present"), as plot summaries employing the past tense lack immediacy and dynamism. I'm also using subordinating and coordinating conjunctions to vary the sentence structure somewhat so that they don't all start with the subject. I have noticed your additions and, not being qualified to comment on any of that, defer to your superior knowledge there. With best wishes, FCleff ( talk) 22:24, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
Don't fall for it, M. Cliff. Doktoro is not one of those people who does not even know where xyr own talk page is. Uncle G ( talk) 09:46, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
Hey Drmies! I'm still interested in seeing the syllabus from your African Lit class. We had talked about it here. I hope all is well! = paul2520 💬 19:50, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
Your edit here is WP:INVOLVED. You have not allowed anyone to make more than one revert on the article therefore protecting your own disputed edit. A clear violation of involved since that was your own second revert. I would ask you to self revert. Lightburst ( talk) 17:26, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
Hello Drmies, I hope that you are well. I apologize it looks like we applied blocks at the same time to IP 67.181.231.129. Due to extensive, long-term abuse I have applied an extended {{ anonblock}} as behavior is consistent with that of a school facility, although there may be other explanations for these extended patterns of disruption. Please do not hesitate to contact me if there are any concern. Regards, Yamaguchi先生 ( talk) 21:17, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
Hi there matey,
think there is a possibility (methinks there is, but i'm not in charge of anything 'round here :)) of protecting this page? A die-hard PAOK FC fan, highly displeased with this manager's work at his club, continues to write stuff like "only managed second place in the league with great difficulty" and "those penalties in the match against Ajax should not have been given"; in that process, they remove relevant sources again and again.
Attentively, thanks a million in advance and regards from Portugal -- Quite A Character ( talk) 00:30, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
I wouldn't go that far man, i believe the nuisance believes no penalties must be awarded to whatever opposition as long as they're playing PAOK, that's the amount of "sportsmanship" some people have in them... -- Quite A Character ( talk) 00:52, 20 October 2020 (UTC)