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Drmies, An these IPs of of Romania have been used by an editor who has become very active on several topics where pop-culture and politics are intersecting. The IP editor seems very familiar with editing procedures and talk page processes. This makes me think this probably isn't a new user. I'm also wondering about why an editor who is in Romania would be interested in topics like the removal of Civil War statues in the south. They are very interested with Gina Carano. Some of their edits are iffy in terms of civility, in particular being very quick to accuse sources of being far/alt right which appears to be based on opinion vs presented evidence. [ [1]] [ [2]]. The behavior reminds me of IHateAccounts [ [3]] and the 27Jan timing aligns with the block of IHA.
Anyway, I wanted to put this on your radar. Thanks for the efforts on in this area! Springee ( talk) 15:42, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
He wants us to rule that CNN is not a reliable source, because: Project Veritas says so! See Wikipedia talk:Reliable sources.
Truly, it is to laugh. -- Orange Mike | Talk 14:56, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
Since we're dealing with sockpuppets of sockmaster Jinnifer, could we block 107.77.249.30 ( talk · contribs · WHOIS), too?-- Mr Fink ( talk) 03:49, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
Hello, Drmies,
I don't work much with questionable editor usernames so I'm curious what you would think about User:SHaran (WMF). A page they made was tagged for CSD and I removed the tag considering that it was a testing page for a WMF staff member. But then looking at the user page, it doesn't seem evident that they actually work at WMF. But they aren't very active. What do you think, ask for a name change or just leave them alone? Liz Read! Talk! 02:50, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
RandomCanadian ( talk / contribs) 22:50, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
A pastry or two | |
Sorry, couldn't get the salt. Probably best, too much is bad for you (unlike pastries, of course...) Cheers GirthSummit (blether) 17:18, 17 April 2021 (UTC) |
Hi admin, is it possible that you could follow up on the WP:ANI#Skb7 false accusation against me? I'm pretty pissed and drained by Skb7 continously accusations against me which tarnish my image on Wikipedia. As seen in the discussion and in the linked See also, Skb7 continously acussed me for something I didn't do, I have also presented the evidence which fellow admin Black Kite agreed with the evidence, however Black Kite is currently offline hence would appreciate if you could help out with it. Thanks a lot. — Paper9oll ( 🔔 • 📝) 16:55, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
Anti-Wikibullying Barnstar | ||
Thanks for standing up to the false accusations. — Paper9oll ( 🔔 • 📝) 02:30, 18 April 2021 (UTC) |
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Goulven of Léon you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Whiteguru -- Whiteguru ( talk) 01:41, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
Good day Drmies! I am very thankful to you and Girth Summit for reconsidering the block placed on me. Very many thanks too to the ever reliable NinjaRobotPirate for clearing my name as we have had a rich history of collaborating to weed out sockpuppets from Wikipedia. Now, as I have intimated before, I had been inactive from Wikipedia for a long while. It came as a surprise that I got blocked and the block was triggered by the actions of, ironically, a sockpuppet account. I would like to direct your attention to this. In that diff, the user that did that to me was Jricaplaza who was suspiciously eager said to implicate me as a sockpuppet of Ajhenson21. A big plot twist though, the user was a sockpuppet of Ajhenson21 himself. I have not had any activity on Wikipedia and have not reported said user for sockpuppetry as I would have done in the past had I been active. But given the fact of my inactivity and I was still the target of a smear campaign led me to believe that the user is somehow connected to Albe23413 and his string of sockpuppets. Why else would he attack someone who has not had any activity and whom he has not even interacted with? The reason I see is that he thought I was the one that reported him. Now after what he did, I don't know what stunt he'll pull off next. I just don't feel safe anymore at Wikipedia with users like that running amok. I fear that the next ploy he'll do, having failed at running me out of Wikipedia, is to track my location and attack me and those close to me. It's not a remote possibility, considering he just showed the extent of his depravity here. I implore all of you for help if we can find a more permanent solution of dealing with this sockpuppeteer. I feel like the more that he stays here on Wikipedia, the more that I'd be the subject of his attacks. I am hoping for a resolution of this concern. Thank you and warmest regards to you all. Gardo Versace ( talk) 21:52, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
But, by the same token, there's little we can do on our end. We can block accounts, we can scrub things they say if they reveal private information, that sort of thing. Have a look at WP:DWH: if such a thing happens, contact ArbCom--that's the first step. What we can do here is remain vigilant and keep blocking; I've semi-protected a bunch of the articles, but I know, that's not much. That person is a serious ... well I can't say what I think: they're following me around to just to fuck with me. That's pretty sad. So, as long as you stay safe on your end, and be mindful of what you put on this website, and you keep in mind what you put on social media and online, you are doing all you can and their harassment is not likely to spill over outside Wikipedia, and keep us (or ArbCom) posted of anything that goes outside of "regular" on-wiki harassment. I wish I could make it sound better. Take care, Drmies ( talk) 23:37, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
Is there a barnstar for bacon? -- Kansas Bear ( talk) 16:54, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
Thank you for helping me with my sockpuppet reports. Zai ( 💬 • 📝 • ⚡️) 16:26, 20 April 2021 (UTC) |
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. — MarkH21 talk 18:15, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. — Mikehawk10 ( talk) 08:40, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
Dear Drmies,
With respect to your recent edit, I agree of course that "Wikipedia user space is for working on articles and other activities related to Wikipedia". However, your statement about "material used to harass on other WMF projects" is unfounded. It is hard for you to judge, so i'll give you some background.
The Arbitration Committee of the Dutch wikipedia has accepted my case against unlawful actions by User:Daniuu and Natuur12 against my articles and me for arbitration. (Google Translate Dutch-English has improved a lot recently, so you can read for yourself.) Daniuu has acted rashly here by removing clearly innocent Dutch text on a false claim and hoax. The text was intended for the allowed space https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Humor_en_onzin and conforms fully to the traditional rules there. So there is no harassment whatsoever by me, as User:Daniuu should know. You can check that i was, am and intend to be a decent Wikimedian on various wikiplatforms. I am a moderator on nl.wikibooks. Daniuu has no valid argument. We should not allow cross-wiki editorial violence.
I agree with you 100% on both substance and outcome (because of course I do), I'm just encouraging you to be slightly more nuanced in your entirely correct statements :-) Guy ( help! - typo?) 18:51, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
If you want to pass your Senior Cambridge, you need to know what every schoolchild is taught on this subject: A Practical Rhetoric: For Instruction in English Composition and Revision in Colleges and Intermediate Schools at the Internet Archive
Uncle G ( talk) 00:16, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
So I'm not sure either of them would take issue with Drmies's bluntness, but who knows. MastCell Talk 18:39, 22 April 2021 (UTC)With regard to what is commonly meant by intemperate discussion, namely invective, sarcasm, personality, and the like, the denunciation of these weapons would deserve more sympathy if it were ever proposed to interdict them equally to both sides... whatever mischief arises from their use is greatest when they are employed against the comparatively defenceless.
The Engineering Professor Vacuum is of course awaiting a replacement pump, and an earnest pointer to Google Translate in case one has difficulty with Gallifreyan makes me chuckle. But: Doktoro, there's a Dutch Vacuum Society? When were you going to tell me this? I've just found a whole bunch of biographies, and if I find second sources you might find yourself with a Vacuuum Vacuuum.
Uncle G ( talk) 16:28, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
On 23 April 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Stratford General Strike of 1933, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during the Stratford General Strike of 1933 the Canadian military was brought in, with machine guns, to which the strikers responded with a rally and a parade? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Stratford General Strike of 1933. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Stratford General Strike of 1933), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Amakuru ( talk) 12:02, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
Sorry for bothering you. I've just reverted this anonymous change which had for over 2 months successfully suppressed the reliably sourced (as in BBC) info that the snooker player who is the subject of the article was currently banned for 5 years for match-fixing. The edit also left the lead of the article ungrammatical (sentence not ended by a full stop - aka period in American English) and absurd (the guy is a snooker player, not a snooker). The fact that this was not reverted for over 2 months suggests too few editors have the page on their watchlist, so semi-protection limiting changes to auto-confirmed users seems required, but I don't know how to request this properly, except by asking my favourite admin to do it. The page seems likely to get quite a bit of traffic because the player who received a one-year ban in the same incident (for failing to report his knowledge of the matter) is doing better than expected in the current World Championship, and his page wikilinks to the abused page. Regards, Tlhslobus ( talk) 17:15, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi Drmies. You spamublocked Pulsemedic back in March 2020, but they just resumed spamming on their talk page. You might wish to revoke their talk page access. Thanks. -- Drm310 🍁 ( talk) 15:58, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
JoAnne Lorenzana is an article created a decade ago by an SPA who has edited virtually nothing but this article for the decade she has been on Wikipedia. She also apparently has no clue how to cite things even after a decade. It was fancrufty enough already, but today she added a whole new level of misshapen bloat which I noticed via Recent Changes. I've trimmed 50% of the badly cited article, but she keeps adding more stuff back in. Could people help keep an eye on it? (By the way, I'm not even sure the subject meets notability; gets only a handful of Google hits; has some [mostly dead] links to Philippines news articles at the bottom of the article, but nothing comes up on Google unless perhaps in Filipino/Tagalog.) Does not even have an official website (website dead since 2015), so she seems to be making Wikipedia her official website. Thanks, y'all, Softlavender ( talk) 06:16, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
Hey Drmies, could you please block Hibby Dibsy? They're an LTA. Best, Pahunkat ( talk) 16:59, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
Maybe take a look, /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Shuppiluliuma Shadow4dark ( talk) 02:48, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
Uncle G ( talk) 11:57, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
On 27 April 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article William A. Radford, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that William A. Radford assisted in producing a 1700-page encyclopedia about cement? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William A. Radford. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, William A. Radford), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 00:02, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Gwerz Skolan you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tayi Arajakate -- Tayi Arajakate ( talk) 13:41, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
It's good to see that 'ole Philo is still remembered! I know Clint is more likely remembered as Dirty Harry, his spaghetti western characters, or perhaps even as a great director. Still, I always liked the Beddoe. :-). The follow up may have been even better than the original outing. I thought the chemistry between Clint and William Smith was amazing. Maybe it was just the fact that Smith was a real-life badass. (but I guess that's true of many Smiths). Either way - it's good to know that the Beddoe character is remembered. Hope you're well Drmies. Always good to see your name in the mix. — Ched ( talk) 12:11, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Breton Ballads you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of CommanderWaterford -- CommanderWaterford ( talk) 17:41, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
Liz Read! Talk! 19:06, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
Celestina007 ( talk) 19:34, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on Category:Years of the 17th century in the Netherlands indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. Liz Read! Talk! 14:27, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
On 29 April 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Vuurbaak van Katwijk aan Zee, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Vuurbaak van Katwijk aan Zee, built in 1605, is the second-oldest lighthouse in the Netherlands? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vuurbaak van Katwijk aan Zee. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Vuurbaak van Katwijk aan Zee), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 12:02, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
I apologize, I am still relatively new to wikipedia, I certainly didn't mean to cause an edit war. Please let me know if I still did something wrong in my referencing, just added what I understand as secondary sources and removed primary ones. -- BlackPantherDesert ( talk) 09:53, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
Doktoro, your recent focus on owning Donald Trump socks is quite disturbing, and I went looking for some more furniture for you to combat that. Imagine my surprise at finding a puppetteer lurking unbeknownst to all bar one person behind William Simons, a slightly dead person that the puppet creator has cleverly and posthumously arranged for Google to steer everyone towards instead, and William Simmonds, one of those two-sentence mass-created cricket people that are so the rage right now. It's even a shared account, and even more cleverly Google is steering the other person's name to Eva Simons from Gallifrey. Uncle G ( talk) 05:06, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
As for the bus stop, I fully expected at User talk:Drmies/Archive 133#Speedy deletion nomination of User:Drmies/Stavoren lighthouse that you, with your greater access to JSTORrery, Main Beaming, and — indeed! — Gallifreyan museums would be able to do far better than I could. The factoid about that tourist Peeters facing the wrong way and looking out from the bus stop was not enough.
Although we have discovered that your ISP is hiding things from Eastern Kentucky University from you. That seems like the Scunthorpe problem taken to absurd extremes. I would ask some pointed questions about its WWW filtering if I were you.
Whitworth Art Gallery (1976). "Peeters, Jan the Elder". Landscape in Flemish and Dutch Drawings of the 17th Century: From the Collections of the Musees Royaux Des Beaux-arts de Belgique, Brussels. University of Manchester.
Uncle G ( talk) 22:45, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
It is fortunate that this is the English Professor Vacuum, Doktoro. So there are no English professors around to warn of the dangers of working from the Cliff's Notes rather than reading the book.
Uncle G ( talk) 05:06, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
Perhaps we need to get Doktoro onto Wisconsin Cheeseman ( AfD discussion), which xe will immediately recognize as 388 F.2d 420, being a former Lord High Pajama.
Did you know Bernier the Lumberman's name, by the way?
Uncle G ( talk) 18:26, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
The zero-effort AFD mass-nominations including Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bottom (technical analysis) have led me to someone who wasn't furniture related, Doktoro. But it turns out that Richard W. Schabacker might be article-worthy despite having no relation to furniture. I discount the massive self-published biography, because there is nothing showing George A. Schade's credentials. But other stuff does turn up here and there. Perhaps the lurkers can find something more.
Uncle G ( talk) 06:24, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi Drmies, please take a look at this Wikipedia article here. It is also about a German communications person, but it appears to use no sourcing at all: /info/en/?search=Friedemann_Schulz_von_Thun . Neither does the page on the linked model: /info/en/?search=Four-sides_model None of the content of these two articles were deleted by editors. An issue of no sourcing at all vs. primary/secondary sourcing? Doesn't all content have to be referenced to a source? Just thought I'd draw your attention to this as an example of what I would personally consider an issue (based on my understanding of the wikipedia rules), but then again, I don't consider myself experienced enough yet to step in as an editor on pages like these without first understanding the sourcing issue better. That said, thank you for helping me understand this! -- BlackPantherDesert ( talk) 15:27, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
I already tagged it, so it's locked and loaded (they may try to remove my CSD tag):
-- Softlavender ( talk) 04:38, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
The article Breton Ballads you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Breton Ballads for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of CommanderWaterford -- CommanderWaterford ( talk) 08:01, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
We did manage to pickup 'Bama running back Najee Harris in the first round last night. TY 'Bama!! — Ched ( talk) 00:39, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
Can you talk to the guy who insists on converting every image on John Wayne to low grade colorized versions that he made himself? I've started a discussion on the talk page, and left him a message on his talk page, and I think he's seen them and just ignoring me. I've reverted twice and not interested in getting in an edit war. Since he has reverted back the same images that he originally changed, he obviously knows someone disapproves. If you, or an experienced talk page stalker has the time, thanks in advance. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 10:04, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
The article Goulven of Léon you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Goulven of Léon for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Whiteguru -- Whiteguru ( talk) 00:21, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
I noticed you were looking for the "himla med ögonen" emoji. And here it is! If lost again, you can always find it on Floquenstein's monster's page — that's what I do. Bishonen | tålk 21:33, 30 April 2021 (UTC).
[10]. It looks to me like someone won't discuss the issue, and since I've 1. reverted 2. posted on talk, and 3. warned them - I'm probably not the best person to block. — Ched ( talk) 21:49, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
I've pointed out the obvious problem with Lucille Ball's hair colour, and why these robot colourizations are clearly faulty. In similar vein, enjoy what the real colours of the podium at the 1968 RNC were.
The robot service is https://imagecolorizer.com/colorize.html and given this I think that we should not accept any of its colourizations, as these examples show this service to be a source of major falsehoods.
Uncle G ( talk) 06:35, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
I've had, just yesterday, Google Books give me two different views of a single book according to what search path I used to reach it. And that was when logged in.
Uncle G ( talk) 15:00, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
Did you see that someone has cited some books for you to write about the guns at Boozefighters ( AfD discussion)? Mind you, if only those two had looked at the article, they wouldn't have had to research it nearly so hard. ☺
Given your recent excitement over J-Pop and John Carter, lacking a furniture connection for the latter I find myself turning to the scary Texan books for a fireman. Uncle G ( talk) 09:31, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
Henry Lowry throughout. John Carter on pages 166, 168, 174, and in particular 169 which has stuff that you haven't got at all. Uncle G ( talk) 07:28, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
So let's see:
The 1935 New York anti-lynching exhibitions included Death (Lynched Figure) (modelled after the lynching of George Hughes), This Is Her First Lynching, and The Law Is Too Slow and were intended to support anti-lynching legislation (the Costigan-Wagner Bill) that would have made it against federal law for police to do nothing as they did in cases like the lynching of John Carter, earlier similar ( Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill) proposed legislation having been supported by the NAACP using the case of the lynching of Henry Lowry.
Uncle G ( talk) 09:48, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I just noticed an IP user 157.231.131.2 which you blocked for 3 months for being used by Gordimalo has just started editing again and they tried restoring another edit by one of Gordimalo's sockpuppets. Just a heads up. Thanks. Mellk ( talk) 09:16, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
And now that IP is trying to edit war. Mellk ( talk) 08:43, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
Do you think all wikipedians are good at coding? I think yes, at least you need to know a little bit about coding... Qiu Warren ( talk) 21:19, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
Sorry, but I don’t know why you block the iP 165.155.128.0/17, I don’t know what did this iP did cause you to block it. Your reason is ongoing talk page abuse, I think it did not abuse the talking page. So can you tell me the reason? Qiu Warren ( talk) 19:45, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
I am going do some contributions on Chinese Wikipedia Qiu Warren ( talk) 21:26, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
Comparing these edits to these edits, it looks like 187.39.133.201 is the blocked and globally locked editor User:ZaZooZee evading their block. Looks pretty DUCKy to me, but you might want to check. Beyond My Ken ( talk) 21:23, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Helena Kuipers-Rietberg, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Gouda.
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Good night Drmies, I saw that I was mentioned here, however, as you probably noticed, I have no relationship with this MarquinhosWikipediano. In my contributions, this is the first edition since December 2020. Perhaps I was mentioned because my account had a different name until March 27 of that year (my full name). In February I asked to globally rename my account so that it had a shorter username, but as there was a Commons account with that name, it was necessary to wait a month for my account to be effectively renamed. My English is bad and, since I don't speak Portuguese, I had to use the translator to write this message, but I believe I understood what I meant. Finally, pleasure to speak, I am sysop in Wikipedia in Portuguese. Marcos ( talk) 06:50, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Lynching of John Carter at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset ( talk) 16:21, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
Interestingly, that isn't a disambiguator. That's actually a part of the title of the work, as given by many people, including Abel. The Nogichi Museum seems to have it as an alternative title, "or Lynched Figure", but that's actually a rare exception from what I can see. Uncle G ( talk) 07:48, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
Whether and how you connect all of these is up to you.
Someone with better access than I can do Goodelman. Perhaps one of your talk page lurkers will have a go.
I suspect that there might be another side-article somewhere.
Uncle G ( talk) 17:45, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
I'm still new to Wikipedia edits, but am trying to update the Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge page to include activities, ecology, etc. as is listed in pages for other National Wildlife Refuges. However, you deleted my edits and said "that's for the website." I disagree. Several other Refuges/ wikipedia pages include the information that I'm trying to add. Is there somewhere to discuss this? Bpswiki ( talk) 15:21, 5 May 2021 (UTC)Bpswiki
This is how you do this. Uncle G ( talk) 17:23, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
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T112147 if you have objections.The article Gwerz Skolan you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Gwerz Skolan for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tayi Arajakate -- Tayi Arajakate ( talk) 08:41, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
Hey @Drmies, hope you're alright. You likely don't know me but I think there is a chance you may recognize the user Docholliday11.
I mean, how exactly does one go from accusations of vandalism and revisionism to blimming cyber-terrorism?
You blocked him right about 2 months ago, and after 3 appeals he finally was given a second chance, if I dare use your words.
He said this in his last appeal:
I would also like to add that if reinstated, I will spend time going over all the Wikipedia guidelines in order to make sure this never occurs again. Thank you.
...but after seeing what he had to say about me and the other three editors, I think he might have skipped a few bits.
So yeah thought I might as well report this 'incident' lets call it to somebody who may know the subject a little better. In any case I do apologize for cluttering your talkpage. Cheers Alltan ( talk) 02:12, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
I don't really know where the best place to report stuff like this is, but I've seen many editors write to admins directly and deal with it that way. What I meant with mentioning the block you gave him didn't have anything to do with SP accounts rather I just noticed it was you who blocked him, and as such thought you could possibly be familiar with their editing patterns. But more important to me would be the fact that he said he would spend time going over all the Wikipedia guidelines. Therefore I wonder how come he could just miss stuff like BRD and go straight into personal attacks. I would have no problem at all using the talk page to discuss any disagreement, but (in my case atleast) the user in question hasn't even edited any of the articles to begin with. So yeah, that's basically the jist of it.
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I am interested to learn from the author biography of ISBN 9781561640218 that there is such a thing as a professor of Florida studies and English.
Uncle G ( talk) 21:18, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
And meth. Loooooooots of meth... ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 22:52, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
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Grammar: | Endorsed by a CheckUser | uses the word " entitled" in its first Wiktionary meaning. |
Completeness: | Endorsed by a CheckUser | has "In popular Culture", "Plot summary", and "Controversies". What more does an article need? |
Correctness: | Endorsed by a CheckUser | There are more French people than Bretons. It is inarguably a more popular culture. And of course bagpipes and Youtube videos are controversial. Have you met Drmies? The video doesn't even have the libretto. |
Depth: | Inconclusive | "Plot summary" needs completion. This could be as simple as: There is a possibility of extra grammar points for using the word "unbeknownst" about the lady with a more expansive plot summary. |
MOS: | Endorsed by a CheckUser | external links correctly described. The Geocities-like site even plays annoying loud background music. |
Sources: | Endorsed by a CheckUser | mixes Francis Gourvil, Bengt R. Johnsson, Mary-Ann Constantine, and the 19th century with wild abandon. |
Conclusion: This article definitely fits the English Professor Vacuum, and will have English professors chomping at the bit to come and do better, lest this pass AFC.
Uncle G ( talk) 07:12, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
I have just discovered an entire area of California; and I've had to put an AFC submission in an AFD discussion. Sorry about that, Doktoro. Uncle G ( talk) 07:06, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for your warm welcome! I'm still trying to figure out how talk pages work in wikipedia.
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11:40, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
Books & Bytes
Issue 43, March – April 2021
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After looking further through the edit history at Samay Raina, I concluded that the totality of the edits to the page since April 25th was significantly net-negative, and largely reverted all of them, keeping only a few copy improvements and the edits you just made, as well as making some improvements of my own. ( The diff since 4/25 is deceptively large; most of the changes are yours and mine.) As this comes out to 167(!) edits by 66(!!) contributors over the course of 18(!!!) days (mostly) reverted, which is certainly the most extreme revert I've ever done, I thought I'd bring it to your attention for a sanity check. Was this a good use of the nuclear-ish option? Or could I have salvaged more from those 167 edits? -- Tamzin (she/they, no pref.) | o toki tawa mi. 02:02, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
If you feel like it, Sebastian Deffner could use another eye. I don't think there's any doubt of WP:NACADEMIC, but there's an awful lot of primary sources, and a lot of awards etc mentioned twice. Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 19:06, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
I don't know of any furniture makers who drive an Aston Martin DB5, Doktoro. But did you know that in 1831 the Botanic Garden of Ghent (a.k.a. the Ghent University Botanic Garden) gained a ballroom? Or that it was built in the grounds of Baudelo Abbey bordered by het Lys where het Baudelohof now is? Lots of straats and grachts for your Foreign-Sprechen lurkers, and more " ij"s than you can shake a stÿk at. Uncle G ( talk) 20:33, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
Hi Dermies, hope all is well. There is a RfC Rfc here on the talk page of List of Military Disasters. This has been going on for months and the arguing is getting less and less productive with all editors sticking strongly to their views. There appears to be canvasing as well given odd bursts of votes at times. I would ask Peacemaker67 as this area of military history is his specialty but he is an involved admin in the RfC. Would you be able to step in as here you can see the civility is taking a turn for the worst. If you are unable to, is there anyone you would recommend? I made an attempt to reach out in good faith to the user who initiated the RfC and was met with the usual nonsense insults. I tried. Thanks OyMosby ( talk) 14:28, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
The article Gwerz Skolan you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Gwerz Skolan for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tayi Arajakate -- Tayi Arajakate ( talk) 23:41, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
Can we block this particular IP94.114.14.177? I find this, unacceptable. -- Kansas Bear ( talk) 01:49, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
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What is the proper board to discuss a user being WP:NOTHERE? The WP page doesn't say. -- Steverci ( talk) 02:56, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
Good day Drmies! Would like to get your thoughts on this Special:MobileDiff/1023575456. Well we got our answer straight from the horse's mouth that he is actively engaged into sockpuppetry. What bothers me is that he admitted to editing as an IP user as a way to get around the block placed on him for his LTA. Is there a way for us to deal with him permanently? Hoping to get a positive response on this regard. Thank you and warmest regards. Gardo Versace ( talk) 13:56, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I have run into this user several times, and I noticed that they were banned back in April as a sockpuppet account of another banned account. I believe that this user has again created another sockpuppet account—this one called User:Coats Indoors. I think this because if you look at Coats Indoors's edit history, it starts in March of this year, almost exactly one month before One Way System was banned, and the articles, content, and focus of the edits are nearly identical between the two. I'm not sure how to go about making admins aware of this, but I figured you'd be the first one to whom I should reach out, given that you were the one who processed One Way System's ban in April. Please let me know if you would like some more clarity about this. Anwegmann ( talk) 21:39, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
Messed up ping. Can you take a look here and confirm my doubts? Thanks, RandomCanadian ( talk / contribs) 19:12, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
This [11] continues to be a thing - apparently if it's spaced out and labeled vandalism it's OK. Lots of warnings from me, no response. Acroterion (talk) 22:32, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
Their love of Henderson was already clear: this is obviously as far from an independent source as one can get, besides the fact that the man was a torturer and murderer. That HarrySime likes to add editorial commentary is obvious too: here they get started; I reverted here; Sime reverted here without a relevant summary; here I removed that phrase again. And here is another such beauty, "contempory British foreign policy documents need to be cited to support this assertion", as if both sides are equal, meaning that a book by an academic should be balanced out, somehow, by a publication from the colonial oppressor--which is prima facie ridiculous.
But speaking of ridiculous, this one takes the cake: "concentration camps and emergency villages" is changed to "fortified villages", and again HarrySime adds "oh there's no evidence cited". Now I don't have access to the book--but I note that a. it's editorial commentary anyway; b. I'm not convinced that Sime has read that book; and c. it's published by Knoph, and Wangari Maathai is a Kenyan woman who won the f***ing Nobel Peace Prize.
I guess this is the long way of showing that HarrySime should be indeffed for perverting and whitewashing articles (the essence of WP:POV, for inserting awful and baseless editorial comments (a violation of WP:OR as well), and for longterm edit warring (which should add up to NOTHERE). Obviously I can't do this because I have been duking it out with this person for far too long. I don't often feel these things personally, but what this editor is doing is repugnant. If you don't see reason to either block them indefinitely or block them (partially) from editing all relevant articles, then I guess I have to take it to some board--but I think every uninvolved admin would know what to do here. Thanks Acroterion; I appreciate the alert. Drmies ( talk) 00:33, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
...would you please take a look at this discussion (which followed on from this one and this one) and the connected edits at Shepard Company Building and evaluate the situation? Beyond My Ken ( talk) 23:42, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
Hi @Drmies I thanked you for several edits you made reversing my edits on the TutorMe page. They were not originally there by the page creator, I was only trying to help but per the result and your harsh comments I see I did not. I think it would be helpful to leave more constructive feedback rather than judgmental notes as to not to dissaude those of use who only want to help improve Wikipedia ultimately and learn along the way. I respect your feedback regardless though and it was not my intention to mess up the page, which it seems I did based on the fall out. Thank you kindly. WikiWonderWiki ( talk) 21:29, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
Thank you for your patience with the review of Philipp Harnoncourt. I'll continue after outside work, - weather just pleasant right now. I'll head towards a Trinity hook (30 May this year), could be the prize and/or the chapel. Will write about the chapel later today. He wanted the opening on Trinity Sunday, and they obliged, although it was the day after his funeral. Quite a character. I was blessed with having met him once, on top of the funeral of Viktor Fogarassy which he held in a packed cathedral. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:38, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
... and then I forgot what I came to say: I am behind with this person because I was busy making Raimund Hoghe ready for the Main page (where he is now). Even more of a character, and feel free to improve the lead, - hard to summarize, I felt, without using stereotypes. Not many award-winning dancers who did their first solo at age 40, and read why ... -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:41, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
... getting closer with Harnoncourt, needs a lead, but then ... -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:28, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
... also, today: Kammermusik (Hindemith), - don't miss caricature, "badboy" and the review! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:51, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
Dear Drmies,
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The Harvard errors script throw up an error for "Bellows 1928" not pointing to any citation. Is that the name that belongs to the "The Law's Too Slow" reference? Or is this a question for Uncle G? — Kusma ( t· c) 12:19, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
Chasa caste is part of khandayat community. This is the famous book on Indian caste. You can check page 147 chasa khandayat... https://archive.org/details/hinducastesands00bhatgoog/page/n170/mode/2up Sekharblack123 ( talk) 11:32, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
I want you should edit it. In chasa caste page.. Sekharblack123 ( talk) 11:32, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
On 22 May 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lynching of John Carter, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that some 5,000 white people looted a Black church for wood to burn the lynched body of John Carter, a Black man who was hanged and shot in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1927? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lynching of John Carter. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Lynching of John Carter), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Amakuru ( talk) 00:02, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
It would be very hard to argue with your closure given CW's demeanour following the initial complaint. While it is regrettable to lose a prolific and mostly valuable editor they have made the decision to leave by their behaviour. All you have done is to enforce that decision in a formal manner. There was no appetite for allowing more rope. FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 21:17, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
Sanction discussions must be kept open for at least 24 hours before any sanction is implemented to allow time for comments from a broad selection of community members. For site bans, the discussion must be kept open for 72 hours..."There's good reason for this policy, including it prevents established editors from being permabanned by a witchhunt, where accounts collude off wiki.
No one with that much contempt for other editors could ever be a productive member of the community-- the things he said to and about me on Discord after the block were enough that if he'd said them onwiki there would definitely not be any dispute from a single editor that Drmies' close was completely appropriate. I'm scared he's going to turn LTA and start stalking me. Vaticidal prophet 15:32, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
I had pretty much decided to drop out of this discussion after CW proved I was wrong that he'd accepted responsibility in an EC with me saying he had. However, since this was closed as a WP:CBAN and not just your individual discretion, I want to note that even the SNOW provision requires it be left open 24 hours - this whole thread was only open 12 and didn't start with a motion to restore the indef - and it seems to me there was consensus but not SNOW consensus at the point it was closed. Barkeep49 ( talk) 15:06, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
-- Blablubbs| talk 07:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
Dear @ Drmies,
Please do not change the infobox on Lyodra Ginting article, especially the genres. She is a pop — specifically pop ballad — and R&B singer, not just a "pop music". I have cited the reliable sources on Artistry (from Indonesian musical news site). Lyodra's first three singles are pop ballad and the fourth is pop R&B. Cosmopolitan Indonesia has wrote about her as "the new face of Indonesian R&B music" — I have cited this on Artistry. Pop ballad genre is also exist on the Genre section in Sentimental Ballad article.
By the way, Billie Eilish article also uses flat list occupation template and they put more than two pop genres on infobox, e.g., pop, electropop, dark pop. Well, I am still confused about the deletion of those parts.
I accept your correction about YouTube cited sentences, but I cannot find any article that relatable to her interview on that channel. About Personal Life, I use the same format with Billie Eilish and other artist articles, e.g., where and with whom she lives now. For your information, the Early Life and Personal Life contents were accepted and didn't count as some mistake by the editors of Wikipedia Indonesian edition, including an administrator. One of them just merged them into one section: Life (bahasa Indonesia: Kehidupan) — although the YouTube cited sources still considered as abuse filter log by system.
I wrote she loves acting and a former member of theater club because it's relate to her occupation as an actress, the same thing happened to vocal class sentences. They also wrote Billie Eilish is a former member of dance class on her article.
Because of my limited English proficiency, I cannot write exactly the same as the Indonesian article version. You could read it on the Indonesian version of Lyodra Ginting (in Bahasa) article. Google Translate tools might help, although not 100% correct.
Thank you very much. Cheers, Fetus Lyly ( talk) 07:40, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
I have a suspicion that 49.149.117.75 might be a sock of Commander Waterford. Doing NPP, I saw a prod from this IP, and on the talk page, a note about adding GA stars to articles. Given the very recent indef, I just wonder if this is a sock. -- Whiteguru ( talk) 07:07, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
Hello, Drmies; I suspect some ongoing sockpuppetry; nearly identical userpages (previous: [12], [13],current: [14]); same old Alabama-related haunts ( Mobile Government Plaza, Lagniappe (newspaper)), but I don't recall the staleness threshold for previous investigations. Would filing a CU relating to User:BigDwiki or User:ManuelLopezz be likely to yield anything substational? I think this may be approaching WP:DUCK, but I'd like a second opinion on that. OhNoitsJamie Talk 20:20, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
Hi, Drmies. TruthBuster21223 is a single-purpose account on the Owen Benjamin article who you have interacted with in the past when they were attacking me. They are currently repeatedly inserting this information. This seems like an undue addition and potential BLP violation about a local zoning dispute that is using inflammatory language not supported by reliable sources, as neither of the cited websites use the term "Aryan Style" and the word "cult" is taken from a press release by Benjamin's neighbors that is quoted in self-published article on the "Kootenai Valley Times" site. I don't want to waste your time, but does that added content seem appropriate to you? – wallyfromdilbert ( talk) 21:11, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
Hello, Drmies. Thanks for your time. I think my point has been proven. Two independent articles I used to source this information. It is further evidenced as Wally claims it doesn't state Aryan style, which it explicitly does. This proves either maliciousness or lack of attention. That alone should suffice to prove his reverts are unwarranted. Thanks. In fact, the point about an Aryan Style compound is in the first paragraph of the article. TruthBuster21223 ( talk) 21:27, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
I'll expound more if anyone's unaware and interested. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 22:55, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
Someone needs your help at Talk:Wises Landing, Kentucky#DYK, Doktoro, but has asked me thinking that I can spell DYK.
This came out of User:Hog Farm/Kentucky#References.
There are tens of thousands of likely bogus "unincorporated community" articles for the United States. Look how many books I've had to go through to handle just 33 of them.
(Anyone who isn't aware, see Project:Reliability of GNIS data/Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection for background.)
Uncle G ( talk) 09:50, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
Hello, why the reversal. The article says "Us has more policemen than the world average" What is the world average. And well since recently US is no more "35 %" below the average. The article is also very american centered.
-- Joujyuze ( talk) 18:15, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
I din't edit the words by the way just marked them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joujyuze ( talk • contribs) 18:15, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
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Drmies, An these IPs of of Romania have been used by an editor who has become very active on several topics where pop-culture and politics are intersecting. The IP editor seems very familiar with editing procedures and talk page processes. This makes me think this probably isn't a new user. I'm also wondering about why an editor who is in Romania would be interested in topics like the removal of Civil War statues in the south. They are very interested with Gina Carano. Some of their edits are iffy in terms of civility, in particular being very quick to accuse sources of being far/alt right which appears to be based on opinion vs presented evidence. [ [1]] [ [2]]. The behavior reminds me of IHateAccounts [ [3]] and the 27Jan timing aligns with the block of IHA.
Anyway, I wanted to put this on your radar. Thanks for the efforts on in this area! Springee ( talk) 15:42, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
He wants us to rule that CNN is not a reliable source, because: Project Veritas says so! See Wikipedia talk:Reliable sources.
Truly, it is to laugh. -- Orange Mike | Talk 14:56, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
Since we're dealing with sockpuppets of sockmaster Jinnifer, could we block 107.77.249.30 ( talk · contribs · WHOIS), too?-- Mr Fink ( talk) 03:49, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
Hello, Drmies,
I don't work much with questionable editor usernames so I'm curious what you would think about User:SHaran (WMF). A page they made was tagged for CSD and I removed the tag considering that it was a testing page for a WMF staff member. But then looking at the user page, it doesn't seem evident that they actually work at WMF. But they aren't very active. What do you think, ask for a name change or just leave them alone? Liz Read! Talk! 02:50, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
RandomCanadian ( talk / contribs) 22:50, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
A pastry or two | |
Sorry, couldn't get the salt. Probably best, too much is bad for you (unlike pastries, of course...) Cheers GirthSummit (blether) 17:18, 17 April 2021 (UTC) |
Hi admin, is it possible that you could follow up on the WP:ANI#Skb7 false accusation against me? I'm pretty pissed and drained by Skb7 continously accusations against me which tarnish my image on Wikipedia. As seen in the discussion and in the linked See also, Skb7 continously acussed me for something I didn't do, I have also presented the evidence which fellow admin Black Kite agreed with the evidence, however Black Kite is currently offline hence would appreciate if you could help out with it. Thanks a lot. — Paper9oll ( 🔔 • 📝) 16:55, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
Anti-Wikibullying Barnstar | ||
Thanks for standing up to the false accusations. — Paper9oll ( 🔔 • 📝) 02:30, 18 April 2021 (UTC) |
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Goulven of Léon you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Whiteguru -- Whiteguru ( talk) 01:41, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
Good day Drmies! I am very thankful to you and Girth Summit for reconsidering the block placed on me. Very many thanks too to the ever reliable NinjaRobotPirate for clearing my name as we have had a rich history of collaborating to weed out sockpuppets from Wikipedia. Now, as I have intimated before, I had been inactive from Wikipedia for a long while. It came as a surprise that I got blocked and the block was triggered by the actions of, ironically, a sockpuppet account. I would like to direct your attention to this. In that diff, the user that did that to me was Jricaplaza who was suspiciously eager said to implicate me as a sockpuppet of Ajhenson21. A big plot twist though, the user was a sockpuppet of Ajhenson21 himself. I have not had any activity on Wikipedia and have not reported said user for sockpuppetry as I would have done in the past had I been active. But given the fact of my inactivity and I was still the target of a smear campaign led me to believe that the user is somehow connected to Albe23413 and his string of sockpuppets. Why else would he attack someone who has not had any activity and whom he has not even interacted with? The reason I see is that he thought I was the one that reported him. Now after what he did, I don't know what stunt he'll pull off next. I just don't feel safe anymore at Wikipedia with users like that running amok. I fear that the next ploy he'll do, having failed at running me out of Wikipedia, is to track my location and attack me and those close to me. It's not a remote possibility, considering he just showed the extent of his depravity here. I implore all of you for help if we can find a more permanent solution of dealing with this sockpuppeteer. I feel like the more that he stays here on Wikipedia, the more that I'd be the subject of his attacks. I am hoping for a resolution of this concern. Thank you and warmest regards to you all. Gardo Versace ( talk) 21:52, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
But, by the same token, there's little we can do on our end. We can block accounts, we can scrub things they say if they reveal private information, that sort of thing. Have a look at WP:DWH: if such a thing happens, contact ArbCom--that's the first step. What we can do here is remain vigilant and keep blocking; I've semi-protected a bunch of the articles, but I know, that's not much. That person is a serious ... well I can't say what I think: they're following me around to just to fuck with me. That's pretty sad. So, as long as you stay safe on your end, and be mindful of what you put on this website, and you keep in mind what you put on social media and online, you are doing all you can and their harassment is not likely to spill over outside Wikipedia, and keep us (or ArbCom) posted of anything that goes outside of "regular" on-wiki harassment. I wish I could make it sound better. Take care, Drmies ( talk) 23:37, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
Is there a barnstar for bacon? -- Kansas Bear ( talk) 16:54, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
Thank you for helping me with my sockpuppet reports. Zai ( 💬 • 📝 • ⚡️) 16:26, 20 April 2021 (UTC) |
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. — MarkH21 talk 18:15, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. — Mikehawk10 ( talk) 08:40, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
Dear Drmies,
With respect to your recent edit, I agree of course that "Wikipedia user space is for working on articles and other activities related to Wikipedia". However, your statement about "material used to harass on other WMF projects" is unfounded. It is hard for you to judge, so i'll give you some background.
The Arbitration Committee of the Dutch wikipedia has accepted my case against unlawful actions by User:Daniuu and Natuur12 against my articles and me for arbitration. (Google Translate Dutch-English has improved a lot recently, so you can read for yourself.) Daniuu has acted rashly here by removing clearly innocent Dutch text on a false claim and hoax. The text was intended for the allowed space https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Humor_en_onzin and conforms fully to the traditional rules there. So there is no harassment whatsoever by me, as User:Daniuu should know. You can check that i was, am and intend to be a decent Wikimedian on various wikiplatforms. I am a moderator on nl.wikibooks. Daniuu has no valid argument. We should not allow cross-wiki editorial violence.
I agree with you 100% on both substance and outcome (because of course I do), I'm just encouraging you to be slightly more nuanced in your entirely correct statements :-) Guy ( help! - typo?) 18:51, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
If you want to pass your Senior Cambridge, you need to know what every schoolchild is taught on this subject: A Practical Rhetoric: For Instruction in English Composition and Revision in Colleges and Intermediate Schools at the Internet Archive
Uncle G ( talk) 00:16, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
So I'm not sure either of them would take issue with Drmies's bluntness, but who knows. MastCell Talk 18:39, 22 April 2021 (UTC)With regard to what is commonly meant by intemperate discussion, namely invective, sarcasm, personality, and the like, the denunciation of these weapons would deserve more sympathy if it were ever proposed to interdict them equally to both sides... whatever mischief arises from their use is greatest when they are employed against the comparatively defenceless.
The Engineering Professor Vacuum is of course awaiting a replacement pump, and an earnest pointer to Google Translate in case one has difficulty with Gallifreyan makes me chuckle. But: Doktoro, there's a Dutch Vacuum Society? When were you going to tell me this? I've just found a whole bunch of biographies, and if I find second sources you might find yourself with a Vacuuum Vacuuum.
Uncle G ( talk) 16:28, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
On 23 April 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Stratford General Strike of 1933, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during the Stratford General Strike of 1933 the Canadian military was brought in, with machine guns, to which the strikers responded with a rally and a parade? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Stratford General Strike of 1933. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Stratford General Strike of 1933), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Amakuru ( talk) 12:02, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
Sorry for bothering you. I've just reverted this anonymous change which had for over 2 months successfully suppressed the reliably sourced (as in BBC) info that the snooker player who is the subject of the article was currently banned for 5 years for match-fixing. The edit also left the lead of the article ungrammatical (sentence not ended by a full stop - aka period in American English) and absurd (the guy is a snooker player, not a snooker). The fact that this was not reverted for over 2 months suggests too few editors have the page on their watchlist, so semi-protection limiting changes to auto-confirmed users seems required, but I don't know how to request this properly, except by asking my favourite admin to do it. The page seems likely to get quite a bit of traffic because the player who received a one-year ban in the same incident (for failing to report his knowledge of the matter) is doing better than expected in the current World Championship, and his page wikilinks to the abused page. Regards, Tlhslobus ( talk) 17:15, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi Drmies. You spamublocked Pulsemedic back in March 2020, but they just resumed spamming on their talk page. You might wish to revoke their talk page access. Thanks. -- Drm310 🍁 ( talk) 15:58, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
JoAnne Lorenzana is an article created a decade ago by an SPA who has edited virtually nothing but this article for the decade she has been on Wikipedia. She also apparently has no clue how to cite things even after a decade. It was fancrufty enough already, but today she added a whole new level of misshapen bloat which I noticed via Recent Changes. I've trimmed 50% of the badly cited article, but she keeps adding more stuff back in. Could people help keep an eye on it? (By the way, I'm not even sure the subject meets notability; gets only a handful of Google hits; has some [mostly dead] links to Philippines news articles at the bottom of the article, but nothing comes up on Google unless perhaps in Filipino/Tagalog.) Does not even have an official website (website dead since 2015), so she seems to be making Wikipedia her official website. Thanks, y'all, Softlavender ( talk) 06:16, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
Hey Drmies, could you please block Hibby Dibsy? They're an LTA. Best, Pahunkat ( talk) 16:59, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
Maybe take a look, /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Shuppiluliuma Shadow4dark ( talk) 02:48, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
Uncle G ( talk) 11:57, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
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Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 00:02, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Gwerz Skolan you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tayi Arajakate -- Tayi Arajakate ( talk) 13:41, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
It's good to see that 'ole Philo is still remembered! I know Clint is more likely remembered as Dirty Harry, his spaghetti western characters, or perhaps even as a great director. Still, I always liked the Beddoe. :-). The follow up may have been even better than the original outing. I thought the chemistry between Clint and William Smith was amazing. Maybe it was just the fact that Smith was a real-life badass. (but I guess that's true of many Smiths). Either way - it's good to know that the Beddoe character is remembered. Hope you're well Drmies. Always good to see your name in the mix. — Ched ( talk) 12:11, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
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Liz Read! Talk! 19:06, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
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On 29 April 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Vuurbaak van Katwijk aan Zee, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Vuurbaak van Katwijk aan Zee, built in 1605, is the second-oldest lighthouse in the Netherlands? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vuurbaak van Katwijk aan Zee. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Vuurbaak van Katwijk aan Zee), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 12:02, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
I apologize, I am still relatively new to wikipedia, I certainly didn't mean to cause an edit war. Please let me know if I still did something wrong in my referencing, just added what I understand as secondary sources and removed primary ones. -- BlackPantherDesert ( talk) 09:53, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
Doktoro, your recent focus on owning Donald Trump socks is quite disturbing, and I went looking for some more furniture for you to combat that. Imagine my surprise at finding a puppetteer lurking unbeknownst to all bar one person behind William Simons, a slightly dead person that the puppet creator has cleverly and posthumously arranged for Google to steer everyone towards instead, and William Simmonds, one of those two-sentence mass-created cricket people that are so the rage right now. It's even a shared account, and even more cleverly Google is steering the other person's name to Eva Simons from Gallifrey. Uncle G ( talk) 05:06, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
As for the bus stop, I fully expected at User talk:Drmies/Archive 133#Speedy deletion nomination of User:Drmies/Stavoren lighthouse that you, with your greater access to JSTORrery, Main Beaming, and — indeed! — Gallifreyan museums would be able to do far better than I could. The factoid about that tourist Peeters facing the wrong way and looking out from the bus stop was not enough.
Although we have discovered that your ISP is hiding things from Eastern Kentucky University from you. That seems like the Scunthorpe problem taken to absurd extremes. I would ask some pointed questions about its WWW filtering if I were you.
Whitworth Art Gallery (1976). "Peeters, Jan the Elder". Landscape in Flemish and Dutch Drawings of the 17th Century: From the Collections of the Musees Royaux Des Beaux-arts de Belgique, Brussels. University of Manchester.
Uncle G ( talk) 22:45, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
It is fortunate that this is the English Professor Vacuum, Doktoro. So there are no English professors around to warn of the dangers of working from the Cliff's Notes rather than reading the book.
Uncle G ( talk) 05:06, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
Perhaps we need to get Doktoro onto Wisconsin Cheeseman ( AfD discussion), which xe will immediately recognize as 388 F.2d 420, being a former Lord High Pajama.
Did you know Bernier the Lumberman's name, by the way?
Uncle G ( talk) 18:26, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
The zero-effort AFD mass-nominations including Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bottom (technical analysis) have led me to someone who wasn't furniture related, Doktoro. But it turns out that Richard W. Schabacker might be article-worthy despite having no relation to furniture. I discount the massive self-published biography, because there is nothing showing George A. Schade's credentials. But other stuff does turn up here and there. Perhaps the lurkers can find something more.
Uncle G ( talk) 06:24, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi Drmies, please take a look at this Wikipedia article here. It is also about a German communications person, but it appears to use no sourcing at all: /info/en/?search=Friedemann_Schulz_von_Thun . Neither does the page on the linked model: /info/en/?search=Four-sides_model None of the content of these two articles were deleted by editors. An issue of no sourcing at all vs. primary/secondary sourcing? Doesn't all content have to be referenced to a source? Just thought I'd draw your attention to this as an example of what I would personally consider an issue (based on my understanding of the wikipedia rules), but then again, I don't consider myself experienced enough yet to step in as an editor on pages like these without first understanding the sourcing issue better. That said, thank you for helping me understand this! -- BlackPantherDesert ( talk) 15:27, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
I already tagged it, so it's locked and loaded (they may try to remove my CSD tag):
-- Softlavender ( talk) 04:38, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
The article Breton Ballads you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Breton Ballads for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of CommanderWaterford -- CommanderWaterford ( talk) 08:01, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
We did manage to pickup 'Bama running back Najee Harris in the first round last night. TY 'Bama!! — Ched ( talk) 00:39, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
Can you talk to the guy who insists on converting every image on John Wayne to low grade colorized versions that he made himself? I've started a discussion on the talk page, and left him a message on his talk page, and I think he's seen them and just ignoring me. I've reverted twice and not interested in getting in an edit war. Since he has reverted back the same images that he originally changed, he obviously knows someone disapproves. If you, or an experienced talk page stalker has the time, thanks in advance. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 10:04, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
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I noticed you were looking for the "himla med ögonen" emoji. And here it is! If lost again, you can always find it on Floquenstein's monster's page — that's what I do. Bishonen | tålk 21:33, 30 April 2021 (UTC).
[10]. It looks to me like someone won't discuss the issue, and since I've 1. reverted 2. posted on talk, and 3. warned them - I'm probably not the best person to block. — Ched ( talk) 21:49, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
I've pointed out the obvious problem with Lucille Ball's hair colour, and why these robot colourizations are clearly faulty. In similar vein, enjoy what the real colours of the podium at the 1968 RNC were.
The robot service is https://imagecolorizer.com/colorize.html and given this I think that we should not accept any of its colourizations, as these examples show this service to be a source of major falsehoods.
Uncle G ( talk) 06:35, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
I've had, just yesterday, Google Books give me two different views of a single book according to what search path I used to reach it. And that was when logged in.
Uncle G ( talk) 15:00, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
Did you see that someone has cited some books for you to write about the guns at Boozefighters ( AfD discussion)? Mind you, if only those two had looked at the article, they wouldn't have had to research it nearly so hard. ☺
Given your recent excitement over J-Pop and John Carter, lacking a furniture connection for the latter I find myself turning to the scary Texan books for a fireman. Uncle G ( talk) 09:31, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
Henry Lowry throughout. John Carter on pages 166, 168, 174, and in particular 169 which has stuff that you haven't got at all. Uncle G ( talk) 07:28, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
So let's see:
The 1935 New York anti-lynching exhibitions included Death (Lynched Figure) (modelled after the lynching of George Hughes), This Is Her First Lynching, and The Law Is Too Slow and were intended to support anti-lynching legislation (the Costigan-Wagner Bill) that would have made it against federal law for police to do nothing as they did in cases like the lynching of John Carter, earlier similar ( Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill) proposed legislation having been supported by the NAACP using the case of the lynching of Henry Lowry.
Uncle G ( talk) 09:48, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I just noticed an IP user 157.231.131.2 which you blocked for 3 months for being used by Gordimalo has just started editing again and they tried restoring another edit by one of Gordimalo's sockpuppets. Just a heads up. Thanks. Mellk ( talk) 09:16, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
And now that IP is trying to edit war. Mellk ( talk) 08:43, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
Do you think all wikipedians are good at coding? I think yes, at least you need to know a little bit about coding... Qiu Warren ( talk) 21:19, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
Sorry, but I don’t know why you block the iP 165.155.128.0/17, I don’t know what did this iP did cause you to block it. Your reason is ongoing talk page abuse, I think it did not abuse the talking page. So can you tell me the reason? Qiu Warren ( talk) 19:45, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
I am going do some contributions on Chinese Wikipedia Qiu Warren ( talk) 21:26, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
Comparing these edits to these edits, it looks like 187.39.133.201 is the blocked and globally locked editor User:ZaZooZee evading their block. Looks pretty DUCKy to me, but you might want to check. Beyond My Ken ( talk) 21:23, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
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Good night Drmies, I saw that I was mentioned here, however, as you probably noticed, I have no relationship with this MarquinhosWikipediano. In my contributions, this is the first edition since December 2020. Perhaps I was mentioned because my account had a different name until March 27 of that year (my full name). In February I asked to globally rename my account so that it had a shorter username, but as there was a Commons account with that name, it was necessary to wait a month for my account to be effectively renamed. My English is bad and, since I don't speak Portuguese, I had to use the translator to write this message, but I believe I understood what I meant. Finally, pleasure to speak, I am sysop in Wikipedia in Portuguese. Marcos ( talk) 06:50, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
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Interestingly, that isn't a disambiguator. That's actually a part of the title of the work, as given by many people, including Abel. The Nogichi Museum seems to have it as an alternative title, "or Lynched Figure", but that's actually a rare exception from what I can see. Uncle G ( talk) 07:48, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
Whether and how you connect all of these is up to you.
Someone with better access than I can do Goodelman. Perhaps one of your talk page lurkers will have a go.
I suspect that there might be another side-article somewhere.
Uncle G ( talk) 17:45, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
I'm still new to Wikipedia edits, but am trying to update the Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge page to include activities, ecology, etc. as is listed in pages for other National Wildlife Refuges. However, you deleted my edits and said "that's for the website." I disagree. Several other Refuges/ wikipedia pages include the information that I'm trying to add. Is there somewhere to discuss this? Bpswiki ( talk) 15:21, 5 May 2021 (UTC)Bpswiki
This is how you do this. Uncle G ( talk) 17:23, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
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Hey @Drmies, hope you're alright. You likely don't know me but I think there is a chance you may recognize the user Docholliday11.
I mean, how exactly does one go from accusations of vandalism and revisionism to blimming cyber-terrorism?
You blocked him right about 2 months ago, and after 3 appeals he finally was given a second chance, if I dare use your words.
He said this in his last appeal:
I would also like to add that if reinstated, I will spend time going over all the Wikipedia guidelines in order to make sure this never occurs again. Thank you.
...but after seeing what he had to say about me and the other three editors, I think he might have skipped a few bits.
So yeah thought I might as well report this 'incident' lets call it to somebody who may know the subject a little better. In any case I do apologize for cluttering your talkpage. Cheers Alltan ( talk) 02:12, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
I don't really know where the best place to report stuff like this is, but I've seen many editors write to admins directly and deal with it that way. What I meant with mentioning the block you gave him didn't have anything to do with SP accounts rather I just noticed it was you who blocked him, and as such thought you could possibly be familiar with their editing patterns. But more important to me would be the fact that he said he would spend time going over all the Wikipedia guidelines. Therefore I wonder how come he could just miss stuff like BRD and go straight into personal attacks. I would have no problem at all using the talk page to discuss any disagreement, but (in my case atleast) the user in question hasn't even edited any of the articles to begin with. So yeah, that's basically the jist of it.
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I am interested to learn from the author biography of ISBN 9781561640218 that there is such a thing as a professor of Florida studies and English.
Uncle G ( talk) 21:18, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
And meth. Loooooooots of meth... ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 22:52, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
Category | It's a vote. | It's not a vote. |
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Grammar: | Endorsed by a CheckUser | uses the word " entitled" in its first Wiktionary meaning. |
Completeness: | Endorsed by a CheckUser | has "In popular Culture", "Plot summary", and "Controversies". What more does an article need? |
Correctness: | Endorsed by a CheckUser | There are more French people than Bretons. It is inarguably a more popular culture. And of course bagpipes and Youtube videos are controversial. Have you met Drmies? The video doesn't even have the libretto. |
Depth: | Inconclusive | "Plot summary" needs completion. This could be as simple as: There is a possibility of extra grammar points for using the word "unbeknownst" about the lady with a more expansive plot summary. |
MOS: | Endorsed by a CheckUser | external links correctly described. The Geocities-like site even plays annoying loud background music. |
Sources: | Endorsed by a CheckUser | mixes Francis Gourvil, Bengt R. Johnsson, Mary-Ann Constantine, and the 19th century with wild abandon. |
Conclusion: This article definitely fits the English Professor Vacuum, and will have English professors chomping at the bit to come and do better, lest this pass AFC.
Uncle G ( talk) 07:12, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
I have just discovered an entire area of California; and I've had to put an AFC submission in an AFD discussion. Sorry about that, Doktoro. Uncle G ( talk) 07:06, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for your warm welcome! I'm still trying to figure out how talk pages work in wikipedia.
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After looking further through the edit history at Samay Raina, I concluded that the totality of the edits to the page since April 25th was significantly net-negative, and largely reverted all of them, keeping only a few copy improvements and the edits you just made, as well as making some improvements of my own. ( The diff since 4/25 is deceptively large; most of the changes are yours and mine.) As this comes out to 167(!) edits by 66(!!) contributors over the course of 18(!!!) days (mostly) reverted, which is certainly the most extreme revert I've ever done, I thought I'd bring it to your attention for a sanity check. Was this a good use of the nuclear-ish option? Or could I have salvaged more from those 167 edits? -- Tamzin (she/they, no pref.) | o toki tawa mi. 02:02, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
If you feel like it, Sebastian Deffner could use another eye. I don't think there's any doubt of WP:NACADEMIC, but there's an awful lot of primary sources, and a lot of awards etc mentioned twice. Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 19:06, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
I don't know of any furniture makers who drive an Aston Martin DB5, Doktoro. But did you know that in 1831 the Botanic Garden of Ghent (a.k.a. the Ghent University Botanic Garden) gained a ballroom? Or that it was built in the grounds of Baudelo Abbey bordered by het Lys where het Baudelohof now is? Lots of straats and grachts for your Foreign-Sprechen lurkers, and more " ij"s than you can shake a stÿk at. Uncle G ( talk) 20:33, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
Hi Dermies, hope all is well. There is a RfC Rfc here on the talk page of List of Military Disasters. This has been going on for months and the arguing is getting less and less productive with all editors sticking strongly to their views. There appears to be canvasing as well given odd bursts of votes at times. I would ask Peacemaker67 as this area of military history is his specialty but he is an involved admin in the RfC. Would you be able to step in as here you can see the civility is taking a turn for the worst. If you are unable to, is there anyone you would recommend? I made an attempt to reach out in good faith to the user who initiated the RfC and was met with the usual nonsense insults. I tried. Thanks OyMosby ( talk) 14:28, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
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Can we block this particular IP94.114.14.177? I find this, unacceptable. -- Kansas Bear ( talk) 01:49, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
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What is the proper board to discuss a user being WP:NOTHERE? The WP page doesn't say. -- Steverci ( talk) 02:56, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
Good day Drmies! Would like to get your thoughts on this Special:MobileDiff/1023575456. Well we got our answer straight from the horse's mouth that he is actively engaged into sockpuppetry. What bothers me is that he admitted to editing as an IP user as a way to get around the block placed on him for his LTA. Is there a way for us to deal with him permanently? Hoping to get a positive response on this regard. Thank you and warmest regards. Gardo Versace ( talk) 13:56, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I have run into this user several times, and I noticed that they were banned back in April as a sockpuppet account of another banned account. I believe that this user has again created another sockpuppet account—this one called User:Coats Indoors. I think this because if you look at Coats Indoors's edit history, it starts in March of this year, almost exactly one month before One Way System was banned, and the articles, content, and focus of the edits are nearly identical between the two. I'm not sure how to go about making admins aware of this, but I figured you'd be the first one to whom I should reach out, given that you were the one who processed One Way System's ban in April. Please let me know if you would like some more clarity about this. Anwegmann ( talk) 21:39, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
Messed up ping. Can you take a look here and confirm my doubts? Thanks, RandomCanadian ( talk / contribs) 19:12, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
This [11] continues to be a thing - apparently if it's spaced out and labeled vandalism it's OK. Lots of warnings from me, no response. Acroterion (talk) 22:32, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
Their love of Henderson was already clear: this is obviously as far from an independent source as one can get, besides the fact that the man was a torturer and murderer. That HarrySime likes to add editorial commentary is obvious too: here they get started; I reverted here; Sime reverted here without a relevant summary; here I removed that phrase again. And here is another such beauty, "contempory British foreign policy documents need to be cited to support this assertion", as if both sides are equal, meaning that a book by an academic should be balanced out, somehow, by a publication from the colonial oppressor--which is prima facie ridiculous.
But speaking of ridiculous, this one takes the cake: "concentration camps and emergency villages" is changed to "fortified villages", and again HarrySime adds "oh there's no evidence cited". Now I don't have access to the book--but I note that a. it's editorial commentary anyway; b. I'm not convinced that Sime has read that book; and c. it's published by Knoph, and Wangari Maathai is a Kenyan woman who won the f***ing Nobel Peace Prize.
I guess this is the long way of showing that HarrySime should be indeffed for perverting and whitewashing articles (the essence of WP:POV, for inserting awful and baseless editorial comments (a violation of WP:OR as well), and for longterm edit warring (which should add up to NOTHERE). Obviously I can't do this because I have been duking it out with this person for far too long. I don't often feel these things personally, but what this editor is doing is repugnant. If you don't see reason to either block them indefinitely or block them (partially) from editing all relevant articles, then I guess I have to take it to some board--but I think every uninvolved admin would know what to do here. Thanks Acroterion; I appreciate the alert. Drmies ( talk) 00:33, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
...would you please take a look at this discussion (which followed on from this one and this one) and the connected edits at Shepard Company Building and evaluate the situation? Beyond My Ken ( talk) 23:42, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
Hi @Drmies I thanked you for several edits you made reversing my edits on the TutorMe page. They were not originally there by the page creator, I was only trying to help but per the result and your harsh comments I see I did not. I think it would be helpful to leave more constructive feedback rather than judgmental notes as to not to dissaude those of use who only want to help improve Wikipedia ultimately and learn along the way. I respect your feedback regardless though and it was not my intention to mess up the page, which it seems I did based on the fall out. Thank you kindly. WikiWonderWiki ( talk) 21:29, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
Thank you for your patience with the review of Philipp Harnoncourt. I'll continue after outside work, - weather just pleasant right now. I'll head towards a Trinity hook (30 May this year), could be the prize and/or the chapel. Will write about the chapel later today. He wanted the opening on Trinity Sunday, and they obliged, although it was the day after his funeral. Quite a character. I was blessed with having met him once, on top of the funeral of Viktor Fogarassy which he held in a packed cathedral. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:38, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
... and then I forgot what I came to say: I am behind with this person because I was busy making Raimund Hoghe ready for the Main page (where he is now). Even more of a character, and feel free to improve the lead, - hard to summarize, I felt, without using stereotypes. Not many award-winning dancers who did their first solo at age 40, and read why ... -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:41, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
... getting closer with Harnoncourt, needs a lead, but then ... -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:28, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
... also, today: Kammermusik (Hindemith), - don't miss caricature, "badboy" and the review! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:51, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
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The Harvard errors script throw up an error for "Bellows 1928" not pointing to any citation. Is that the name that belongs to the "The Law's Too Slow" reference? Or is this a question for Uncle G? — Kusma ( t· c) 12:19, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
Chasa caste is part of khandayat community. This is the famous book on Indian caste. You can check page 147 chasa khandayat... https://archive.org/details/hinducastesands00bhatgoog/page/n170/mode/2up Sekharblack123 ( talk) 11:32, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
I want you should edit it. In chasa caste page.. Sekharblack123 ( talk) 11:32, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
On 22 May 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lynching of John Carter, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that some 5,000 white people looted a Black church for wood to burn the lynched body of John Carter, a Black man who was hanged and shot in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1927? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lynching of John Carter. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Lynching of John Carter), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Amakuru ( talk) 00:02, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
It would be very hard to argue with your closure given CW's demeanour following the initial complaint. While it is regrettable to lose a prolific and mostly valuable editor they have made the decision to leave by their behaviour. All you have done is to enforce that decision in a formal manner. There was no appetite for allowing more rope. FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 21:17, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
Sanction discussions must be kept open for at least 24 hours before any sanction is implemented to allow time for comments from a broad selection of community members. For site bans, the discussion must be kept open for 72 hours..."There's good reason for this policy, including it prevents established editors from being permabanned by a witchhunt, where accounts collude off wiki.
No one with that much contempt for other editors could ever be a productive member of the community-- the things he said to and about me on Discord after the block were enough that if he'd said them onwiki there would definitely not be any dispute from a single editor that Drmies' close was completely appropriate. I'm scared he's going to turn LTA and start stalking me. Vaticidal prophet 15:32, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
I had pretty much decided to drop out of this discussion after CW proved I was wrong that he'd accepted responsibility in an EC with me saying he had. However, since this was closed as a WP:CBAN and not just your individual discretion, I want to note that even the SNOW provision requires it be left open 24 hours - this whole thread was only open 12 and didn't start with a motion to restore the indef - and it seems to me there was consensus but not SNOW consensus at the point it was closed. Barkeep49 ( talk) 15:06, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
-- Blablubbs| talk 07:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
Dear @ Drmies,
Please do not change the infobox on Lyodra Ginting article, especially the genres. She is a pop — specifically pop ballad — and R&B singer, not just a "pop music". I have cited the reliable sources on Artistry (from Indonesian musical news site). Lyodra's first three singles are pop ballad and the fourth is pop R&B. Cosmopolitan Indonesia has wrote about her as "the new face of Indonesian R&B music" — I have cited this on Artistry. Pop ballad genre is also exist on the Genre section in Sentimental Ballad article.
By the way, Billie Eilish article also uses flat list occupation template and they put more than two pop genres on infobox, e.g., pop, electropop, dark pop. Well, I am still confused about the deletion of those parts.
I accept your correction about YouTube cited sentences, but I cannot find any article that relatable to her interview on that channel. About Personal Life, I use the same format with Billie Eilish and other artist articles, e.g., where and with whom she lives now. For your information, the Early Life and Personal Life contents were accepted and didn't count as some mistake by the editors of Wikipedia Indonesian edition, including an administrator. One of them just merged them into one section: Life (bahasa Indonesia: Kehidupan) — although the YouTube cited sources still considered as abuse filter log by system.
I wrote she loves acting and a former member of theater club because it's relate to her occupation as an actress, the same thing happened to vocal class sentences. They also wrote Billie Eilish is a former member of dance class on her article.
Because of my limited English proficiency, I cannot write exactly the same as the Indonesian article version. You could read it on the Indonesian version of Lyodra Ginting (in Bahasa) article. Google Translate tools might help, although not 100% correct.
Thank you very much. Cheers, Fetus Lyly ( talk) 07:40, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
I have a suspicion that 49.149.117.75 might be a sock of Commander Waterford. Doing NPP, I saw a prod from this IP, and on the talk page, a note about adding GA stars to articles. Given the very recent indef, I just wonder if this is a sock. -- Whiteguru ( talk) 07:07, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
Hello, Drmies; I suspect some ongoing sockpuppetry; nearly identical userpages (previous: [12], [13],current: [14]); same old Alabama-related haunts ( Mobile Government Plaza, Lagniappe (newspaper)), but I don't recall the staleness threshold for previous investigations. Would filing a CU relating to User:BigDwiki or User:ManuelLopezz be likely to yield anything substational? I think this may be approaching WP:DUCK, but I'd like a second opinion on that. OhNoitsJamie Talk 20:20, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
Hi, Drmies. TruthBuster21223 is a single-purpose account on the Owen Benjamin article who you have interacted with in the past when they were attacking me. They are currently repeatedly inserting this information. This seems like an undue addition and potential BLP violation about a local zoning dispute that is using inflammatory language not supported by reliable sources, as neither of the cited websites use the term "Aryan Style" and the word "cult" is taken from a press release by Benjamin's neighbors that is quoted in self-published article on the "Kootenai Valley Times" site. I don't want to waste your time, but does that added content seem appropriate to you? – wallyfromdilbert ( talk) 21:11, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
Hello, Drmies. Thanks for your time. I think my point has been proven. Two independent articles I used to source this information. It is further evidenced as Wally claims it doesn't state Aryan style, which it explicitly does. This proves either maliciousness or lack of attention. That alone should suffice to prove his reverts are unwarranted. Thanks. In fact, the point about an Aryan Style compound is in the first paragraph of the article. TruthBuster21223 ( talk) 21:27, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
I'll expound more if anyone's unaware and interested. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 22:55, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
Someone needs your help at Talk:Wises Landing, Kentucky#DYK, Doktoro, but has asked me thinking that I can spell DYK.
This came out of User:Hog Farm/Kentucky#References.
There are tens of thousands of likely bogus "unincorporated community" articles for the United States. Look how many books I've had to go through to handle just 33 of them.
(Anyone who isn't aware, see Project:Reliability of GNIS data/Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection for background.)
Uncle G ( talk) 09:50, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
Hello, why the reversal. The article says "Us has more policemen than the world average" What is the world average. And well since recently US is no more "35 %" below the average. The article is also very american centered.
-- Joujyuze ( talk) 18:15, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
I din't edit the words by the way just marked them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joujyuze ( talk • contribs) 18:15, 28 May 2021 (UTC)