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Hi Drmies and talk page stalkers, I just accepted this draft about one of the designers who designed the original silhouette for the Air Jordan. He died while the draft was waiting for AfC review so I added the NYT obit, which is robust, but there are more sources out there. I am not a content creator so thought I'd post a note here in case there are stalkers is interested.
Drmies, I hope you don't mind but thought at least this is not an ANI 2.0 request and couldn't think of appropriate/active WikiProject. I also know you are active at DYK thus your talk page might be a good place. Of course if you do mind just let me know. S0091 ( talk) 19:58, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
Hi Drmies and Drimies' talk page watchers. Perhaps one of you can help sort out WP:HD#Content deletion on biography of a living person? The Kamahl Santamaria content in question was added by an IP and it was removed by another IP. The IP who removed the content used the buzzword "libel" which makes me think that they'll keep coming back to remove it regardless of whether it's BLP OK. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 07:41, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
Many thanks for reverting the bad edits on Lord_Tweedsmuir_Secondary_School made by that one user, I tried my best to revert but I am a little less experienced than yourself, I have given that user a final warning as they made 8 non constructive vandalism edits to that article. Hope this was correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Karaokemac ( talk • contribs) 23:47, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
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You might consider the block merits an increase in scope: [1] AndyTheGrump ( talk) 03:33, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
this ones hitting some of his old haunts including shit about happy meals and a recreation of an old article (the douche one). PRAXIDICAE💕 16:34, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
I met a new user (one edit 2018, next today), Charlie Golightly, on Richard Adeney, changing pronoun "he" to "they". Please watch. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:18, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
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Sehr geehrter Drimes. Mein Englischkentnisse ist mangelhaft. Deshalb habe ich bei Ayşegül Yüksel möglicherweise ein Fehler gemacht. Vor Jahren hatten Sie mir mit der englischen Atilla Engin-Seite geholfen. Jetzt brauche ich wieder Ihre Hilfe. Können Sie mir für die Ayşegül Yüksel Seite helfen? /info/en/?search=Draft:Ay%C5%9Feg%C3%BCl_Y%C3%BCksel Vielen Dank -- Gemalmaz ileti 22:35, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
Hi Drmies! I hope you're having a great day and that life is treating you kindly, my friend! :-) I just wanted to shoot you an FYI to let you know that I went and extended the block that you applied to 86.185.199.66. I extended it from 31 hours to match the same one-month block that you applied to 89.211.181.104. Aside from the abuse that was observed, and the obvious fact that this is the same user who's IP hopping and adding the same vandalism back to the article - I ran a WHOIS on both IP addresses, and they originate to completely different countries and ISPs. I find it very highly likely that these IP addresses are both open proxies or VPNs. Hence, the reason I extended the block. Knowing you as well as I do, I highly doubt that you'll have any objection to what I did, but if you do object to the block extension that I placed, please let me know as soon as possible so that we can discuss it and make sure that the appropriate resulting actions are taken. :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~ (talk) (contribs) 02:18, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
Just saw that you blocked Imjimmer ( talk · contribs) for 72 hours. I fear that they are worse than just extremely rude: They inserted File:Portuguese India 16-17th centuries.png, a map by Hugo Refachinho in this edit, and File:Persian Gulf z1507-1750.gif in this edit. The latter one has been created by a sock of Hugo R., see meta:Special:CentralAuth/Ruyandrada. They also created two maps that have the same idea that H's maps have: Showing the greatness of the Portuguese empire. For the abuse history of Hugo R., see WP:Sockpuppet_investigations/Hugo_Refachinho. All the best for you and your work, Rsk6400 ( talk) 18:18, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
See Special:Contributions/Helengalmonte. Thanks. BilCat ( talk) 23:04, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
Hey Drmies can you take a look at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/HaughtonBrit? I think only you and Callanecc (not so active) got the logs of this case. Aman Kumar Goel ( Talk) 03:01, 11 June 2022 (UTC)
This is a troll bot, take a look at this. They're not fixing any redirects - they're just pointlessly piping them. And now they're mass welcoming vandals/random users via what appears to be a bot. Please just block them entirely. PRAXIDICAE🌈 20:37, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
On 15 June 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Key Underwood Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Key Underwood Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard is the only U.S. cemetery reserved exclusively for coon dog burials? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Key Underwood Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Key Underwood Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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I have a privacy concern about the use of an email-address here. I don't think that is useful as a source, nor is it a good idea. But as I have dumped IRC, I have no idea how to get it hidden. The Banner talk 08:50, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
cheers! Thanks! Lectorlatinoamericano ( talk) 16:49, 18 June 2022 (UTC) |
It was really awesome that my first substantive AIV report in many months got immediately acted upon by one of my favorite Wikipeople. Much obliged! Julietdeltalima (talk) 21:18, 20 June 2022 (UTC) |
Well they certainly weren't interested in what you had to say on the matter, were they? -- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 20:17, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
weird fellow.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 23:53, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
You might want to take a look at this edit, and the accompanying edit summary. [2] I get the distinct impression that CheckersBoard is trying to pick a fight. AndyTheGrump ( talk) 16:53, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
And see also the talk page. [3] AndyTheGrump ( talk) 17:03, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
Hi Drmies, this user is accusing in an
AE Request that I am following him and targeting his edits.
[4] Is there any ability on the part of you administrators to tell if I have arrived at this article by looking for the list of contributions of the user in question? Thank you very much.
PS. I suspect that the user is following me all the time. How could he get to these articles every time I edit, without having made a contribution before?
[5] Is there any way to tell if he got to these articles by checking my history?--
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For recent cases of wikihounding, I appeal to your kindness, if you could at least verify these 7 links, at least maybe I would get some justice (note that no admin has yet taken any of my points into consideration, only those of my opponent), as the user has harassed me last year and has started to do so again (and now he is probably getting a tban against me, which was what he had long dreamed of, to exclude me from discussions).
Talking about the BLP issue, I am taking advantage of this unpleasant situation to learn how to handle certain situations. The user now accuses me of this too. [6] Considering that the source is first class in Italy (the first Italian channel), and that several sources have spoken about it, that the text seems to me to be neutrally reported, and that it seems to me to respect the WP:PUBLICFIGURE, is there a BLP violation here too? Thank you for your patience.-- Mhorg ( talk) 06:57, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
Hello, hope you are well, this new editor [[ /info/en/?search=Special:Contributions/Bishopdoesit]] has already been warned few weeks ago, but they continue to remove sourced material and ignore warnings, can you please do something about it, the amount of removed text in article is already getting problematic, like this example [ [10]]. Thank you.
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Thanks, Carter00000 ( talk) 17:12, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
Hey Drmies, hope you are well. Did you mean to fully protect Tom Jones (singer)? -- LuK3 (Talk) 00:52, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
Hi Drmies, I have some questions regarding CSD tags. A user added a CSD tag to Redeeming Love (2021 film) and its talk page. This is a redirect page to Redeeming Love (2022 film), which was moved to that title last year. The user gave no reason for the CSD, and at first glance, I don't think it's eligible for CSD. As a non-admin user with some privileges such as Page Mover, what am I able to do about in this situation? Should I leave it for an admin to deal with, or am I able to remove the CSD myself? (I'm not asking you to deal with it yourself, if you're not able to at this time.) Thanks. BilCat ( talk) 20:20, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
Putting aside their username, since when did Deepfriedokra become you?-- Bbb23 ( talk) 12:59, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
The recent request for Arbitration to which you were listed as a party has been declined, as the Committee felt it was premature. For the Arbitration Committee, firefly ( t · c ) 15:11, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
FWIW, I'm in my underwear. This is, after all, Florida. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 22:16, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
I actually did have those rail-mounted foofy little bookcase ladders in my ex-office, not by choice. I'm 5'6", but dyspraxic. I was forbidden by management ever to TOUCH them. I have a bunch of $4 random thrift-store golf putters in every appropriate room that solve shelf-item-retrieval problems, though, and I pity the fool who ever burgles my space because neither they, nor I, will ever know what might have hit them. - Julietdeltalima (talk) 02:42, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
hej! Kindly take a look at the past day or so of activity from [12]. It's not overt "vandalism", but something's going on here from a user with a particular pattern of non- WP:CIR English syntax/usage errors. I appreciate a second look from you and your TPSes who are familiar with particular species of ESL mishaps. - Julietdeltalima (talk) 20:07, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
Hey, I noticed a new editor [13] who is making edit summaries that give the misleading impression that the edit is being made by a community approved bot instead of a new editor. I see that in their tp there is a template with a complaint about one of their edits. Isn't making such misleading edit summaries an issue? I have not checked their edits to see if they are all good or not. Ktrimi991 ( talk) 20:30, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for your attention on Supreme court ( [14]). Just so you know, the vandalism actually goes back further (and will likely continue until the RPP request is filled) and similar dreck fills the logs and diffs all the way back to this version. TJRC ( talk) 01:33, 28 June 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of memorable movie character names Drmies ( talk) 03:35, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
About this... I didn't give it much thought before the prods but twinkle automatically notifies the page creator when an article they created gets prodded; obv you knew that already but I apologize for the disturbance. -- VersaceSpace 🌃 05:45, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
Some days ago I warned Ftillimi for edit warring on the Arbëresh language article. After that they stopped reverting. Today a London IP started to edit with the same weird POV. I note that the first edit of Ftillimi on enwiki was the creation of the draft article of a London-based Arbëresh linguist. After I warned the IP for edit warring, ARBERESHTV started to make edits with the same POV. After another editor reverted ARBERESHTV, Ftillimi reverted that editor. Due to being on the phone at the moment I can't open the SPI page and the case needs quick CU due to the accounts causing edit warring with multiple editors, can you please use CU to compare the two accounts? Ktrimi991 ( talk) 15:34, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
You recently deleted the draft article at Draft:Ted (franchise). This was a collaborative effort and a lot of work went into make this page. Why did you delete it? Please reinstate that draft.-- DisneyMetalhead ( talk) 19:49, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
( talk page watcher) Franchise articles seem to be the in-thing in pop-culture subjects right now. See Top Gun (franchise) for but one a example, with a possible recreation discussed here. Oddly, we.don't have a franchise article for The Flintstones, which is certainly one. (My attempt to create one at Draft:The Flintstones (franchise) petered out, but I wouldn't object if someone else wanted to work on it.) BilCat ( talk) 01:13, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
Thank you so much for temp banning that IP range. The last four months on this website have been dreadful with a guy following my every edit. Thank you so much. ~ Pbritti ( talk) 01:05, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
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Hi there, hope you're well. Would you mind giving the Hyomin article a bit of a prune when you get chance? A few bits seem unnecessary to include to me. I’ve seen you do this with a few other articles hence my asking you as I trust your judgement on what should be removed. Alex ( talk) 18:41, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
I have seen some very dubious edits on Atul Kochhar. Now the editor admits that he is the personal assistant of mr. Kochbar. A quick search on google pointed to a PR-firm. I don't want it to become an edit war but I certainly do not want the article to degrade to an unsourced BLP/promo-vehicle. What now? The Banner talk 21:01, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello. About the interview in YouTube. Example: This is interview and can be published at New York Times website in form of text or it can be published by New York Times on YouTube in form of video. Is there any difference? About golf balls. Why not?. Also I don't think it's wrong information. Website is actually called "NZ Herald", not "The New Zealand Herald". Eurohunter ( talk) 14:58, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
Gtroviz has continued to resort to personal attacks within edit summaries over at Nelson Piquet - just notifying you as I saw you gave them a warning re NPA. Patient Zero talk 23:15, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello, Drmies. I have seen you removed the timeline from Bullet Club. You said it doesn't work. Can you tell me the policie? Other articles also have this kind of tables, so I want to understand it better. Thanks -- HHH Pedrigree ( talk) 19:00, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello,@ Drmies hope you are well, [ [20]] according to admin @ EdJohnston decision on article Zachumlia me and editor Santasa99 were both warned and will be blocked if we edit without reaching consensus on talk page, that was something that was officially posted on their talk page too [ [21]] since then nothing happened on talk page, actually I was the one that had support from other editor [ [22]] but today Santasa99 made the same disruptive editing on the page Zachumlia [ [23]], which means they broke the official warning. Can you please react. Thank you. Theonewithreason ( talk) 02:18 09.July 2022 (UTC)
Any chance this could be a sock? Special:Contributions/Mossad3 Some of the same interests, uses multiple posts on talk pages to get their point across. Thanks. Doug Weller talk 20:15, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
Please don’t behave the way you’ve been doing. An edit was made to an article to make a non-political fact be a part of it. Someone with a seemingly biased point of view reverted it and then I pointed out that my statement was not a point of view or political view being expressed, but only a fact. You reverted that statement that I put on the talk page. Please don’t behave in ways that risk Wikipedia not being a source of information by squashing people from even discussing bias. Annfrankenstein ( talk) 16:30, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
when you blocked this spam sock, this one popped up too? This is clearly a spam sock of some sort. PRAXIDICAE🌈 18:44, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
Drmies, hello. I am nelson. Thank you for your help when you spoke up to secret squirrel about the personal attack he made towards me in the two AFD discussions (I saw you deleted his comments from one of them). I do feel affected about this and tried to speak to him to mediate between myself and him but he has not replied yet. Anyway I am writing here just to show how grateful am I for your help. Thank you again and wish you a good day ahead -- NelsonLee20042020 ( talk) 02:15, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
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T130439)I see a swathe of recent edits to Farnborough Hall by IP addresses. I suspect block evasion by Kalorama20008, whom you recently blocked. (Pinging 331dot, against whom the legal threat was made.) Maproom ( talk) 07:05, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
if you're referring to those two accounts being socks, well not only do I agree but the OTRS ticket tells a different story than the one being told on-wiki from them. So, they're being far less than truthful. PRAXIDICAE🌈 15:26, 11 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi Drmies! At 'Ilm al-huruf, a new editor added (and has now re-added) a copyvio from something called the "Journal of Arts and Humanities". I see you revdel'd the first one (thanks for that) and I've added a revdel tag for the second one now. Apart from the copyvio issue, the source they are attempting to add looks a little suspect to me. Have you ever encountered this journal ( Journal of Arts & Humanities)? I can't find anything on either the journal itself or its publisher (LAR Center Press) to judge its suitability as a source. Thanks, and have a great day! PohranicniStraze ( talk) 00:33, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
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I'd say there's no way they're a new user, but unfortunately I have no clue who they are. In the words of a soon to be ex-Prime Minister, thems the breaks. TonyBallioni ( talk) 17:40, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
Didn't really know why you blocked user Nguyentrongphu. What do you mean " clearly not here to build an enclycopedia"? Victor311 ( talk) 13:42, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
Would it be possible to semiprotect Kulkulkan and Quetzalcoatl for a few days? Both pages are being vandalized by a vandal with an morphing IP who thinks he's found Christ's grave in pictures of quetzals or something. Mr Fink ( talk) 01:12, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
Xselant is continuing to edit war and insert the same information, ignoring WP:STATUSQUO and other things, despite being blocked for this just the other day. They clearly have no intention of changing their behavior. I don't know if there's anything you can really do, mostly because I think you're technically considered WP:INVOLVED now since you reverted them once. (I'm not too sure how that works.) So, this isn't me asking you if you can do anything, I'm just letting you know since you're also aware of their behavior. In any case, I'm not going to continue to play their games and will leave the article alone. Although it sounds like something needs to be done here, considering they had the audacity to accuse me of what they are doing. Just not sure what, but they're clearly the problem. Amaury • 17:42, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
Dear Drmies, can you make the Ayşegül Yüksel page to be moved to the main page, please? Even those who play in bad dramas are there. Ayşegül Hanım is an acamedician who is the teacher of the teachers. Please help me. Yours sincerely -- Gemalmaz ileti 19:23, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello Dermis. It seems that once again a user is removing sources that perhaps don’t align with a specific view. The IP is also not innocent in the matter but clearly there is a team up to censor certain information favoring a Serbian POV. I believe you warned the user of this already. This new article appears to be undergoing a battlegrounds due to recent political events in the balkans. I keep getting messages from what seems like a Croatian IP complaining about the Serbian editors on the article. Could you take a look? So much text is being added and removed. Not sure what is up. But I see some sudden new accounts popping up which gives me concern. Cheers. OyMosby ( talk) 11:46, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
Here's sources it's not made up. Stop acting like its formatting means it isn't real https://shop.crayola.com/color-and-draw/confetti-metallic-neon-and-cosmic-crayon-set-96-count-5234620000.html http://www.jennyscrayoncollection.com/2022/06/crayola-24-bold-bright-construction.html https://www.jennyscrayoncollection.com/2021/12/crayola-24-cosmic-crayons.html https://shop.crayola.com/color-and-draw/confetti-crayons-24-count-5234070000.html https://www.walmart.com/ip/CRAYOLA-SPECIAL-EFFECTS-CRAYONS-96-CT/1140967033?athbdg=L1700 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nintenfreak ( talk • contribs) 01:01, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
They obviously are on a mission. Best, M.Bitton ( talk) 20:04, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello, regarding the recent ANI on Arabic novels I came across a number of recent additions to main space and more. I have not made a determination on their notability but they appear to be machine translated. I am just notifying you because you made a determination in the ANI case. Note I may research the articles separately later. Bruxton ( talk) 17:45, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
It is. If you go to Matt Gaetz edit history, I tried doing the same thing as you but was told not to. Look it up . Sorry Bbraxtonlee ( talk) 17:40, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Re the Lurxxer ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) set of blocks, you might want to look at the new SPA ThePageNinja ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) that just posted at the relevant AFD. Thx. ZimZalaBim talk 18:32, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
today: violin solo and you can listen Gerda Arendt ( talk) 14:13, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
yesterday I attended a unique concert - the 18th Thomaskantor after Bach conducting - and with some good luck caught him happy afterwards! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:05, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
... and another 14 July: Voces8, pictured - I have a FAC open, in case of interest -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:17, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
more July songs, from Swiss Alps and a funeral -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:29, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi,
I thought you wanted me to advertise it, but from your recent message, it appears that the opposite is true. The message has been deleted from my talk page
Regards
Daryl Prasad
PS: with respect to collaboration. I am happy to collaborate with editors on the talk page of the article I am editing. However I have found that messages left on my talk page are often a distraction and do not add to the improvement of an article.
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Who expects others to fix them. We need to do something, although to an extent I feel sorry for them. Partial block from article space, letting them make talk page proposals? Doug Weller talk 18:31, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi Drmies. On the History of Kosovo page, someone with 3 sets of IPs is repeatedly adding the same contentious material and edit-warring, having already breached 3RR. Personal attacks like this and this ranting at some imaginary adversary also show WP:NATIONALIST behavior and WP:RIGHTGREATWRONGS.
Could you please put the article on semi-protection? Griboski ( talk) 14:34, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello Drmies: It has been a while, but I have revised my article on Bayard Brattstrom according to your suggestions. I located a published Wikipedia article on David B. Wake and followed the format for that article to revise my initial submission. I provided secondary sources throughout. I have excluded items that did not have secondary sources. Do I have your permission to submit this revision for your consideration for publication on Wikipedia? Thank you for considering this request. I look forward to your response. Dinomick DINOMICK ( talk) 17:27, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
I think you misunderstand what secondary sources are. His own article, "The Body Temperature of Reptiles", can simply not verify that "The Body Temperature of Reptiles" is his most seminal work, because it's his own article. Please consider the difference between primary and secondary sourcing. It is entirely possible that your subject is notable (but writing "he was a true academic" doesn't help your article), but this draft does not prove it. See also WP:PROF. Drmies ( talk) 17:41, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
First thank you for your reply. I believe I should try and clear up some misunderstandings on my part. I thought you did not want me to take down my first submission of the Bayard Brattstrom article, which is why it is still posted. I would very much like to take it down and submit a revised version.
Your latest critique concerns that initial submission, which leads me to think that you may think that it is my revision. It is not. I have not posted anything since the beginning of July.
Concerning my yet to be posted revision, I think you will notice significant improvements in terms of references, all are secondary sources. My delay in posting a revision is due to the time consuming task of tracking down all of the acceptable secondary sources (e.g. Evidence of the various grants he received is particularly hard to find). Also, I have eliminated unsupported statements that weaken the article. As my awareness of these increases, I will continue to sweep through the revision ferreting out such statements.
With regard to the Wake article model, I used it for the way it is organized, not for its content. My revision has ten short paragraphs, not one giant one, but, I do like the structure of the article. So, I will continue to use it as a model with that qualification.
I mean to reassure you that I am seriously taking your suggestions and am complying with Wikipedia guidelines to the degree that I understand them. It is a lengthy learning process for me. Finally, I do appreciate your expertise in guiding me through the task of readying an acceptable article for publishing on Wikipedia. I look forward to posting my revision as soon as possible. Thank you for your ongoing support. DINOMICK ( talk) 16:55, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
I knew I'd seen those odd edit summaries before. Thanks! -- Bbb23 ( talk) 01:34, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
I think 194.145.237.79 ( talk) might be back as 31.192.237.18 ( talk), going by behavioural patterns. Care to take a look? TompaDompa ( talk) 17:21, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I've seen that you've lately reverted some edits made by the now blocked user Patachonica, or Magnatyrannus, on south american taxa of animals. I don't know if it's standard procedure or not, but as I'm the translator of most of these articles, I've been a little upset. I'm not a very fluent english writer, and a lot of Patachonica's edits were either to correct some forms, or to clarify stuffs that weren't clarified in the original italian article. (He was on the Wikiproject's Discord.) Now, he has been blocked for a month, his created articles have mostly been retracted to act as a guarantee of good behaviour, but those correction edits he made should be studied case by case, to verify if it don't lower the quality of the articles. (He wasn't blocked for copyvio but for bad behaviour with other editors, and to my knowledge never engaged in published copyvio, but this can also be easily verified.) Now, the block is only for a month, and if he comes back again with another sock, I'll be the first to help you revert all of his edits, but I don't think it's worth the hassle of removing everything now to add back everything again.
For instance, on Protheosodon, most of the correction were either corrective or productive, and their removal probably lowered the readability of the article. So please, maybe consider removing only new sections created by the blocked user, because I can't suffer my frenglish and typos displayed on Wikipedia for the world to see. SALMA mammals are already rarely maintained, making them harder to read really isn't the best thing to do. I really think he deserved the block and the retraction of his articles, but the removal of every of his edits regardless of their quality or of the articles quality without them is a bit exaggerated for a block that short.
Sorry again for disturbing you, I hope I don't break some rules by asking this, and I understand you have a lot of responsibilities on wiki and a lot of blocked users to deal with, but please consider before removing stuff by this one. Larrayal ( talk) 00:19, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
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Issue 51, May – June 2022
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Hi there, Dr! I've emailed you in response to yours, and hope you'll receive it, but, well, you usually don't. The address you use has always so far bounced my messages. If you again, as usual, don't receive it, I'm afraid you'll have to try providing me with a different address. Best, Bishonen | tålk 16:12, 2 August 2022 (UTC).
Hi Drmies,
I was trying to create a page for Mitsogo Inc and was notified that the previous draft (and not page) was deleted. And something looked very odd about that.
Anyways, I was asked to contact 'the user(s) who performed the action(s)' if I was 'recreating a page similar to the previously deleted page, or are unsure'. I don't think there is another Mitsogo out there, so I'm probably trying to create something similar, and I am indeed very unsure about this whole thing.
So, I just wanted to ask you what happened, why the draft was deleted, and what I can do to create a page for Mitsogo without this happening in the future.
Best Regards, AudB37 ( talk) 19:22, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for taking care of the page, I am accused left and right by that user just because he/she disagrees. I followed rules and I tried to avoid any of this happening. S.G ReDark ( talk) 14:55, 3 August 2022 (UTC)
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[28] My original thought was this was a spam link added to a number of articles. Tragically it isn't spam and these are basically null edits to the articles themselves. However, I'm not sure this is the correct way to get the message out. Springee ( talk) 04:11, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
This is not directed at the CheckUser you. Any idea who Special:contributions/2601:647:5800:1A1F:0:0:0:0/64 is? Rather impressive, don't ya think?-- Bbb23 ( talk) 18:17, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
he's back, would you mind blocking so we don't have to wait forever at AIV? (And yes, I'm positive it's him, but not gonna spill the beans on wiki.) PRAXIDICAE🌈 00:32, 7 August 2022 (UTC)
Hello- I'm not quite sure what you mean within this edit summary. Is this saying that because there hasn't been any renewal for anymore seasons, it's fair to assume the show has concluded? Would that not be going against no original research?
As far as reliable sources for the show being cancelled are concerned, the closest would be this, which only says, "3rd season finale"- nothing regarding being the series finale or the series being cancelled. The source I've seen been used to claim the series is cancelled here on Wikipedia is this, which very much appears to be not reliable.
Continuing to list the end date as 'present' is following the template instructions/documentation, which states: "Only insert the last episode's date after it has happened. In some cases the fate of a program might be uncertain, for example if there are no announcements that a show has been renewed. If such a program has not aired a new episode in 12 months, "present" can be changed to the date the last episode aired, using {{ End date}}. This does not imply the series has been cancelled, rather that the program "last aired" on that date. This is to prevent programs from being listed as "present" in perpetuity. In the event that a program resumes airing after a long hiatus, such as more than 12 months between episodes or cancellation and subsequent renewal, the date is simply replaced with "present" to reflect the "current" status of the program." Inserting the end date at this point just because an assumed series finale has aired with nothing new goes entirely against this.
If you disagree with how it's handled, I would think it would be appropriate to discuss changing it at either WT:TV or Template talk:Infobox television. I think Template talk:Infobox television/Archive 6#Proposal to change last_aired parameter instructions may be related as well- however, I think the specific issue within Total DramaRama should probably be discussed further... Thanks. Magitroopa ( talk) 22:42, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I see you blocked this range [29], the IP continues to edit Ethiopian related articles by removing content. [30] What should be done here? I suspect its the blocked editor from this SPI [31], this is the main problem I had with the editor, they would remove referenced content. Magherbin ( talk) 03:57, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
Didn't figure this needed it's own section, since there was already an apt heading. This IP is making changes you earlier reverted as block evasion. Also they're changing dates on edit requests I answered last year, for some reason. ScottishFinnishRadish ( talk) 23:44, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I noticed you created the lovely Glass Town article many moons ago. I'd be delighted if you could have a quick look over my book of ryhmes, as I'm hardly a Bronte expert! No Swan So Fine ( talk) 09:17, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
... but what is the best place to get some attention to this discussion: Talk:Excelsior Recordings#A full list of artists, including non-notable artists? The Banner talk 17:49, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
Hi Drmies! I would like to get a new template created that would go (at least) atop WP:MANDY, saying: “Essays sometimes oppose policies or guidelines, or are often construed that way, and such is the case here. Please do not use this essay at article talk pages to oppose normal implementation of Wikipedia policies or guidelines.” There was broad consensus at the BLP talk page that Mandy is currently being misused. Then I got a lot of negative input about my proposal at the Mandy talk page which helped me formulate the template language. So what’s the next step? If I say another word about this anywhere but the BLP talk page or the Mandy talk page, then I will get the usual BS about forum shopping and not dropping the stick, and the like. I think an RFC is in order now (as I already said at BLP talk), but I’m not sure where. I could go ahead and create the template and then fight it out at templates for deletion, but then I won’t have any RFC results to back me up. It’s clear to me that some essays contradict policies and guidelines, which is fine; in fact, there’s already a template for a subset of those (i.e. the essays that were failed policy changes). But there’s currently no template for general use on essays that either oppose policy or are often construed that way. When people read essays, they often assume that it would have been deleted if it opposed policy, but that’s not the case. More importantly, no templates currently distinguish essays that oppose policy from those that don’t. Thanks for any advice. And if I’m asking for advice here in a suboptimal manner, please tell me where to ask for neutral advice about it. I’m not asking whether you support this new template, or asking you to get involved anywhere but this talk page, I just don’t know what to do next. Thanks. Anythingyouwant ( talk) 21:09, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
I have a feeling that we're dealing with a sock again at Manor Solomon. Just a heads-up. Anwegmann ( talk) 01:59, 9 August 2022 (UTC)
This is a quiz. When was the last new policy created (not an extension of an existing policy)? What would happen if I wrote a new policy called WP:BANANAS similar to WP:NOTHERE and WP:DE - and maybe WP:CIR? It has a nice tropical ring to it, don't you think?-- Bbb23 ( talk) 23:50, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
Hi Drmies. Could you have a look at the recent edits at the Rodney Howard-Browne article? You previously commented at User talk:Veritasandlux. I feel out of my depth dealing with this WP:SPA. Kind regards, Robby.is.on ( talk) 16:11, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
is requesting unblock. Could you indicate on their talk if the request is adequate? Thanks, -- Deepfriedokra ( talk) 13:56, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
Avesta is one of the oldest books in the world that mentions ties. There are also ancient works that Iranian soldiers have a type of tie. It is better to mention these things in Wikipedia. thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mitrayasna ( talk • contribs) 17:36, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
I see you're working on Yosef Abramowitz which I've worked on some time ago and a disclosed paid editor Ovedc ( talk · contribs) popped in. It seems like they're under the impression that if you disclose it, you can do promotional editing with impunity. The amount of new articles they've created that are getting through is troubling. I'm considering taking it NPOV or COI /N but haven't decided on which yet.. Graywalls ( talk) 01:19, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
Dear @ Drmies,
I’m LizziePEP, an employee of Pacific Equity Partners, an Australian alternative investment firm. You can find out a little more about me and my COI/paid editor status at my user page.
About two months ago, I submitted what I hope other editors will find to be an appropriate update to the Pacific Equity Partners article. Since I submitted the request, and haven’t heard anything back from other editors.
I decided I’d search Wikipedia for an active and respected editor who might have any insight or advice - should I stay patient and wait for a response regarding my request, or is there a way this edit request might be sped up?
Thanks very much. Lizzie PEP ( talk) 00:36, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
what would Wikipedia be without endless, pointless, low-participation AFDs that could have been easily handled by other means? ;) PRAXIDICAE🌈 02:15, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
Sending you one of my attack kittens to assist you with the much needed pruning of the IEEE mess.
Randykitty (
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22:12, 21 August 2022 (UTC)
Ha. Yeah, someone was really enthusiastic there. Thanks,
Drmies (
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00:49, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
I am not involved in those content disputes, but due to being on my watchlist I have read parts of the discussions taking place there. I have noticed that an editor continuously refers to the perceived nationality of editors and academic sources they disagree with. So:
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I think it's worth mentioning here that there is a group of Albanian editors who appear to be colluding to impose the Albanian nationalist perspective
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The attempts by Albanian editors here....are risible at best
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The obvious bias of a couple of Albanian authors cannot erase international historiography
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Your distinguished Albanian “scholar”......I think we can safely disregard anything he has to say (or write) about anything, since it is patently obvious he is just another deranged Albanian nationalist. Cite a reliable source or go away. This comment might need to be deleted because they are referring to a living person, Pëllumb Xhufi, as "another deranged Albanian nationalist"
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It is abundantly clear that you are the one engaging in disruptive editing across a range of articles, with the help of your fellow Albanian nationalists on this talk page and elsewhere
My question is whether continuosly referring to other editors' and sources' perceived nationality is sth that is unconstructive or not? Especially referring to a public figure as "another deranged Albanian nationalist"? Frankly, I have not read the entire discussions to see the level of civility of other editors, I just noticed this particular editor.
Ktrimi991 (
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19:31, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
Hey, Drmies. Thanks for stepping in and reminding everyone that policies should be followed. I just saw that the warning that you left to [33] about defamatory content about academics he disagrees with in Greek revolt of 1567–1572 was reverted/removed from his talkpage by another user who has the same views as Theodoros in the content dispute [34]. Can someone else who is not the talkpage owner actually do such a thing? Also, what does "non-productive biting" refer to? I'm puzzled as to why your standard reminder was "non-productive" and how exactly it relates to WP:BITE in the case of Theodoros who has had an account since 2008 with 5k edits in total. Alltan ( talk) 02:03, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
pics and thoughts on 13 August -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:51, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
I see you reverted my edit to add a link to a TV commercial that uses the song "Skeletons" to the article on the Indie group "Easy Life" (with whom I have no connection). I further note you subsequently removed a number of similar references from that article. As a very infrequent contributor to Wikipedia, I am never quite certain what the "official" policies on such matters are, and I confess that I find it hard to discover/comprehend them. Could you please point me to the relevant material so I may avoid wasting my time like this in future?
For what it is worth, I saw the commercial, wondered what the song was and - having expended the effort to track it down - thought this was of interest (as, indeed, in my opinion, was the other material that you removed). Peter Headland ( talk) 01:28, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
On the My Son Hunter I gave the editor Middle Passage1 a simple warning on their talk page, here, [36] about their repeated disruptive editing. About 20 minutes later, they did it again. I don't know if I should go back to their talk page & warn them again; I don't know if I'm allowed to issue an official notice such as this . If I do keep passively warning them, do you know how many times I need to warning them on their talk page before I can seek help at WP:AIV? Thank you in advance for any help. Best wishes, BetsyRMadison ( talk) 21:23, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
Hello. Could you please remove User:JarvisJones95 is Orca Vision Inc.'s talk page access? Magnatyrannus ( talk | contribs) 02:03, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
Dear Drmies/Archive 141,
I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Fifteen Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for fifteen years or more.
Best regards, Chris Troutman ( talk) 12:23, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
Happy First Edit Day! Hi Drmies! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 14:05, 30 August 2022 (UTC) |
Happy First Edit Day! Hi Drmies! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! Chris Troutman ( talk) 12:23, 30 August 2022 (UTC) |
Good morning (though afternoon, I think, for you). Sorry to bother you with this, but I am not good with the more unpleasant Wikipedia issues. I have some concerns about Ldsgaming21. Their edit history consists of a couple minor and fairly inoffensive vandalism-type edits, and then they made (and undid) a rather more concerning edit at Swastika. I tried to go out of my way to assume good faith and gave them a gentle warning, which resulted in a quick edit/undo to my talk page. The sandbox they created also seems to augur WP:NOTHERE issues. At any rate, just wanted to get your opinion as to what, if anything, should be done at this stage. Cheers. Dumuzid ( talk) 14:50, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
I give up trying to keep this shitshow of an article representative of what it actually is, maybe you'll have more luck dealing with the delusions of the factually-impaired editors coming out of the woodwork to make this article seem like it's about anything other than a work of fiction. PICKLEDICAE🥒 15:49, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
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Greeting, Drmies. Can you tell me how to delete the old junks under alerts and notifications. I want to delete the old junks of notifications and alert, not turning notifications off. The old junks from 2 years ago are still present. Manwë986 ( talk) 04:21, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
No, I meant the bell-shaped thing with the name Alerts. It's between my username and Notice at the top.-- Manwë986 ( talk) 15:43, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
You were either a participant in WP:DS2021 (the Arbitration Committee's Discretionary Sanctions reform process) or requested to be notified about future developments regarding DS reform. The Committee now presents Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Discretionary_sanctions/2021-22_review/Phase_II_consultation, and invites your feedback. Your patience has been appreciated. For the Arbitration Committee, MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 17:01, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
I believe you reverted an edit of mine last month in error. [41] You repeated the reversion of another admin, Primefac. [42] Primefac's complaint was "removing this paragraph per WP:BLPCRIME" I had already read this section. You can refer to it, but this is what it says: "For individuals who are not public figures; that is, individuals not covered by § Public figures, editors must seriously consider not including material—in any article—that suggests the person has committed, or is accused of having committed, a crime, unless a conviction has been secured." (Emphasis mine).
In other words, the section you removed was allowed if Everett Stern is a public figure. So is he a public figure? To me, the fact that he is running for U.S. Senate ought to be sufficient. But if we look at Wikipedia:Who_is_a_low-profile_individual, he is high profile under Media attention (has given interviews). He is high profile under promotional activities (has voluntarily participated in self-publicity activities, including press conferences for his Senate run, and before). He is high profile under Eminence (has sought a position in a political sphere). Over and over again he has met the criteria of a public figure.
Ultimately do we let wikipedia editors provide well-documented evidence of a criminal prosecution of a Senate candidate, or do we let Senate candidates remove accurate and well-sourced information that they feel might hurt their candidacy or reputation? The rules on this are pretty clear in my opinion and neither you nor Primefac interpreted them correctly here. Also, I feel your comment when you reverted that edit, "do not be fighting with an admin" is not that productive. While you also referred to specific rules, I had already read these and as I describe above, I believe they back my changes, not your reversion.
Mr. Stern seems to think I somehow have it ought for him. My interest here accurate information and fair application of the rules. It does appear to me that over time Stern has made edits to his own web page that were there to promote himself, and could not be backed up by any supplied references. And I think he is just getting what he wants in this case by protesting loudly, rather than because this is what Wikipedia rules say about how public figures accused of crimes should be handled.
Thank you for your consideration. Battling McGook ( talk) 20:20, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
If an allegation or incident is noteworthy, relevant, and well documented, it belongs in the article; I believe the point that both Drmies and I were attempting to make with our reverts is that it fails at least two of those three criteria, especially since it seems to have only been an allegation and not a conviction. Should that change, then by all means we can discuss adding it in, but until then we should not be adding every piece of gossip and news about an individual to their page. Primefac ( talk) 07:58, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
Hi @ Drmies, I just replied to two 3O requests and had some questions. I noticed you were somehow involved in those so thought you might be able to help:
AlanTheScientist ( talk) 23:30, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
I have been trying to edit some of the contributions [43] made by Iliochori2, and I'm having difficulty keeping up. I noticed that you addressed them on their talk page a year or so ago, and I'd appreciate some guidance on the best, most effective way to broach the issue of an editor's lack of ability to write clearly in English. There are dozens upon dozens of pages that either need complete revision/rewriting or simply should just be deleted to which the editor has added a large amount of unreadable, turgid content or created in full. Given that you and Robby.is.on have both brought this up with the editor previously, I'm unsure exactly how to proceed here. I'd appreciate any guidance or help you can provide. Anwegmann ( talk) 01:48, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
I admit I was rude, but I figured I'd say this. Thank you so much for warning me - I didn't realize I was fueling the fire. As much as I don't think users shouldn't deny evidence of misbehaving or twist others' words, I wonder if it's okay with agreeing with admin comments. Side note: but I've left User talk:Ki999. WannurSyafiqah74 ( talk) 08:40, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
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Hi Drmies and talk page stalkers, I just accepted this draft about one of the designers who designed the original silhouette for the Air Jordan. He died while the draft was waiting for AfC review so I added the NYT obit, which is robust, but there are more sources out there. I am not a content creator so thought I'd post a note here in case there are stalkers is interested.
Drmies, I hope you don't mind but thought at least this is not an ANI 2.0 request and couldn't think of appropriate/active WikiProject. I also know you are active at DYK thus your talk page might be a good place. Of course if you do mind just let me know. S0091 ( talk) 19:58, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
Hi Drmies and Drimies' talk page watchers. Perhaps one of you can help sort out WP:HD#Content deletion on biography of a living person? The Kamahl Santamaria content in question was added by an IP and it was removed by another IP. The IP who removed the content used the buzzword "libel" which makes me think that they'll keep coming back to remove it regardless of whether it's BLP OK. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 07:41, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
Many thanks for reverting the bad edits on Lord_Tweedsmuir_Secondary_School made by that one user, I tried my best to revert but I am a little less experienced than yourself, I have given that user a final warning as they made 8 non constructive vandalism edits to that article. Hope this was correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Karaokemac ( talk • contribs) 23:47, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
Books & Bytes
Issue 50, March – April 2022
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You might consider the block merits an increase in scope: [1] AndyTheGrump ( talk) 03:33, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
this ones hitting some of his old haunts including shit about happy meals and a recreation of an old article (the douche one). PRAXIDICAE💕 16:34, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
I met a new user (one edit 2018, next today), Charlie Golightly, on Richard Adeney, changing pronoun "he" to "they". Please watch. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:18, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
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Sehr geehrter Drimes. Mein Englischkentnisse ist mangelhaft. Deshalb habe ich bei Ayşegül Yüksel möglicherweise ein Fehler gemacht. Vor Jahren hatten Sie mir mit der englischen Atilla Engin-Seite geholfen. Jetzt brauche ich wieder Ihre Hilfe. Können Sie mir für die Ayşegül Yüksel Seite helfen? /info/en/?search=Draft:Ay%C5%9Feg%C3%BCl_Y%C3%BCksel Vielen Dank -- Gemalmaz ileti 22:35, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
Hi Drmies! I hope you're having a great day and that life is treating you kindly, my friend! :-) I just wanted to shoot you an FYI to let you know that I went and extended the block that you applied to 86.185.199.66. I extended it from 31 hours to match the same one-month block that you applied to 89.211.181.104. Aside from the abuse that was observed, and the obvious fact that this is the same user who's IP hopping and adding the same vandalism back to the article - I ran a WHOIS on both IP addresses, and they originate to completely different countries and ISPs. I find it very highly likely that these IP addresses are both open proxies or VPNs. Hence, the reason I extended the block. Knowing you as well as I do, I highly doubt that you'll have any objection to what I did, but if you do object to the block extension that I placed, please let me know as soon as possible so that we can discuss it and make sure that the appropriate resulting actions are taken. :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~ (talk) (contribs) 02:18, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
Just saw that you blocked Imjimmer ( talk · contribs) for 72 hours. I fear that they are worse than just extremely rude: They inserted File:Portuguese India 16-17th centuries.png, a map by Hugo Refachinho in this edit, and File:Persian Gulf z1507-1750.gif in this edit. The latter one has been created by a sock of Hugo R., see meta:Special:CentralAuth/Ruyandrada. They also created two maps that have the same idea that H's maps have: Showing the greatness of the Portuguese empire. For the abuse history of Hugo R., see WP:Sockpuppet_investigations/Hugo_Refachinho. All the best for you and your work, Rsk6400 ( talk) 18:18, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
See Special:Contributions/Helengalmonte. Thanks. BilCat ( talk) 23:04, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
Hey Drmies can you take a look at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/HaughtonBrit? I think only you and Callanecc (not so active) got the logs of this case. Aman Kumar Goel ( Talk) 03:01, 11 June 2022 (UTC)
This is a troll bot, take a look at this. They're not fixing any redirects - they're just pointlessly piping them. And now they're mass welcoming vandals/random users via what appears to be a bot. Please just block them entirely. PRAXIDICAE🌈 20:37, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
On 15 June 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Key Underwood Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Key Underwood Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard is the only U.S. cemetery reserved exclusively for coon dog burials? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Key Underwood Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Key Underwood Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard), 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) 00:04, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
I have a privacy concern about the use of an email-address here. I don't think that is useful as a source, nor is it a good idea. But as I have dumped IRC, I have no idea how to get it hidden. The Banner talk 08:50, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
cheers! Thanks! Lectorlatinoamericano ( talk) 16:49, 18 June 2022 (UTC) |
It was really awesome that my first substantive AIV report in many months got immediately acted upon by one of my favorite Wikipeople. Much obliged! Julietdeltalima (talk) 21:18, 20 June 2022 (UTC) |
Well they certainly weren't interested in what you had to say on the matter, were they? -- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 20:17, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
weird fellow.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 23:53, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
You might want to take a look at this edit, and the accompanying edit summary. [2] I get the distinct impression that CheckersBoard is trying to pick a fight. AndyTheGrump ( talk) 16:53, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
And see also the talk page. [3] AndyTheGrump ( talk) 17:03, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
Hi Drmies, this user is accusing in an
AE Request that I am following him and targeting his edits.
[4] Is there any ability on the part of you administrators to tell if I have arrived at this article by looking for the list of contributions of the user in question? Thank you very much.
PS. I suspect that the user is following me all the time. How could he get to these articles every time I edit, without having made a contribution before?
[5] Is there any way to tell if he got to these articles by checking my history?--
Mhorg (
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12:17, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
For recent cases of wikihounding, I appeal to your kindness, if you could at least verify these 7 links, at least maybe I would get some justice (note that no admin has yet taken any of my points into consideration, only those of my opponent), as the user has harassed me last year and has started to do so again (and now he is probably getting a tban against me, which was what he had long dreamed of, to exclude me from discussions).
Talking about the BLP issue, I am taking advantage of this unpleasant situation to learn how to handle certain situations. The user now accuses me of this too. [6] Considering that the source is first class in Italy (the first Italian channel), and that several sources have spoken about it, that the text seems to me to be neutrally reported, and that it seems to me to respect the WP:PUBLICFIGURE, is there a BLP violation here too? Thank you for your patience.-- Mhorg ( talk) 06:57, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
Hello, hope you are well, this new editor [[ /info/en/?search=Special:Contributions/Bishopdoesit]] has already been warned few weeks ago, but they continue to remove sourced material and ignore warnings, can you please do something about it, the amount of removed text in article is already getting problematic, like this example [ [10]]. Thank you.
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Thanks, Carter00000 ( talk) 17:12, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
Hey Drmies, hope you are well. Did you mean to fully protect Tom Jones (singer)? -- LuK3 (Talk) 00:52, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
Hi Drmies, I have some questions regarding CSD tags. A user added a CSD tag to Redeeming Love (2021 film) and its talk page. This is a redirect page to Redeeming Love (2022 film), which was moved to that title last year. The user gave no reason for the CSD, and at first glance, I don't think it's eligible for CSD. As a non-admin user with some privileges such as Page Mover, what am I able to do about in this situation? Should I leave it for an admin to deal with, or am I able to remove the CSD myself? (I'm not asking you to deal with it yourself, if you're not able to at this time.) Thanks. BilCat ( talk) 20:20, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
Putting aside their username, since when did Deepfriedokra become you?-- Bbb23 ( talk) 12:59, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
The recent request for Arbitration to which you were listed as a party has been declined, as the Committee felt it was premature. For the Arbitration Committee, firefly ( t · c ) 15:11, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
FWIW, I'm in my underwear. This is, after all, Florida. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 22:16, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
I actually did have those rail-mounted foofy little bookcase ladders in my ex-office, not by choice. I'm 5'6", but dyspraxic. I was forbidden by management ever to TOUCH them. I have a bunch of $4 random thrift-store golf putters in every appropriate room that solve shelf-item-retrieval problems, though, and I pity the fool who ever burgles my space because neither they, nor I, will ever know what might have hit them. - Julietdeltalima (talk) 02:42, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
hej! Kindly take a look at the past day or so of activity from [12]. It's not overt "vandalism", but something's going on here from a user with a particular pattern of non- WP:CIR English syntax/usage errors. I appreciate a second look from you and your TPSes who are familiar with particular species of ESL mishaps. - Julietdeltalima (talk) 20:07, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
Hey, I noticed a new editor [13] who is making edit summaries that give the misleading impression that the edit is being made by a community approved bot instead of a new editor. I see that in their tp there is a template with a complaint about one of their edits. Isn't making such misleading edit summaries an issue? I have not checked their edits to see if they are all good or not. Ktrimi991 ( talk) 20:30, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for your attention on Supreme court ( [14]). Just so you know, the vandalism actually goes back further (and will likely continue until the RPP request is filled) and similar dreck fills the logs and diffs all the way back to this version. TJRC ( talk) 01:33, 28 June 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of memorable movie character names Drmies ( talk) 03:35, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
About this... I didn't give it much thought before the prods but twinkle automatically notifies the page creator when an article they created gets prodded; obv you knew that already but I apologize for the disturbance. -- VersaceSpace 🌃 05:45, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
Some days ago I warned Ftillimi for edit warring on the Arbëresh language article. After that they stopped reverting. Today a London IP started to edit with the same weird POV. I note that the first edit of Ftillimi on enwiki was the creation of the draft article of a London-based Arbëresh linguist. After I warned the IP for edit warring, ARBERESHTV started to make edits with the same POV. After another editor reverted ARBERESHTV, Ftillimi reverted that editor. Due to being on the phone at the moment I can't open the SPI page and the case needs quick CU due to the accounts causing edit warring with multiple editors, can you please use CU to compare the two accounts? Ktrimi991 ( talk) 15:34, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
You recently deleted the draft article at Draft:Ted (franchise). This was a collaborative effort and a lot of work went into make this page. Why did you delete it? Please reinstate that draft.-- DisneyMetalhead ( talk) 19:49, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
( talk page watcher) Franchise articles seem to be the in-thing in pop-culture subjects right now. See Top Gun (franchise) for but one a example, with a possible recreation discussed here. Oddly, we.don't have a franchise article for The Flintstones, which is certainly one. (My attempt to create one at Draft:The Flintstones (franchise) petered out, but I wouldn't object if someone else wanted to work on it.) BilCat ( talk) 01:13, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
Thank you so much for temp banning that IP range. The last four months on this website have been dreadful with a guy following my every edit. Thank you so much. ~ Pbritti ( talk) 01:05, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
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Hi there, hope you're well. Would you mind giving the Hyomin article a bit of a prune when you get chance? A few bits seem unnecessary to include to me. I’ve seen you do this with a few other articles hence my asking you as I trust your judgement on what should be removed. Alex ( talk) 18:41, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
I have seen some very dubious edits on Atul Kochhar. Now the editor admits that he is the personal assistant of mr. Kochbar. A quick search on google pointed to a PR-firm. I don't want it to become an edit war but I certainly do not want the article to degrade to an unsourced BLP/promo-vehicle. What now? The Banner talk 21:01, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello. About the interview in YouTube. Example: This is interview and can be published at New York Times website in form of text or it can be published by New York Times on YouTube in form of video. Is there any difference? About golf balls. Why not?. Also I don't think it's wrong information. Website is actually called "NZ Herald", not "The New Zealand Herald". Eurohunter ( talk) 14:58, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
Gtroviz has continued to resort to personal attacks within edit summaries over at Nelson Piquet - just notifying you as I saw you gave them a warning re NPA. Patient Zero talk 23:15, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello, Drmies. I have seen you removed the timeline from Bullet Club. You said it doesn't work. Can you tell me the policie? Other articles also have this kind of tables, so I want to understand it better. Thanks -- HHH Pedrigree ( talk) 19:00, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello,@ Drmies hope you are well, [ [20]] according to admin @ EdJohnston decision on article Zachumlia me and editor Santasa99 were both warned and will be blocked if we edit without reaching consensus on talk page, that was something that was officially posted on their talk page too [ [21]] since then nothing happened on talk page, actually I was the one that had support from other editor [ [22]] but today Santasa99 made the same disruptive editing on the page Zachumlia [ [23]], which means they broke the official warning. Can you please react. Thank you. Theonewithreason ( talk) 02:18 09.July 2022 (UTC)
Any chance this could be a sock? Special:Contributions/Mossad3 Some of the same interests, uses multiple posts on talk pages to get their point across. Thanks. Doug Weller talk 20:15, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
Please don’t behave the way you’ve been doing. An edit was made to an article to make a non-political fact be a part of it. Someone with a seemingly biased point of view reverted it and then I pointed out that my statement was not a point of view or political view being expressed, but only a fact. You reverted that statement that I put on the talk page. Please don’t behave in ways that risk Wikipedia not being a source of information by squashing people from even discussing bias. Annfrankenstein ( talk) 16:30, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
when you blocked this spam sock, this one popped up too? This is clearly a spam sock of some sort. PRAXIDICAE🌈 18:44, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
Drmies, hello. I am nelson. Thank you for your help when you spoke up to secret squirrel about the personal attack he made towards me in the two AFD discussions (I saw you deleted his comments from one of them). I do feel affected about this and tried to speak to him to mediate between myself and him but he has not replied yet. Anyway I am writing here just to show how grateful am I for your help. Thank you again and wish you a good day ahead -- NelsonLee20042020 ( talk) 02:15, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
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T130439)I see a swathe of recent edits to Farnborough Hall by IP addresses. I suspect block evasion by Kalorama20008, whom you recently blocked. (Pinging 331dot, against whom the legal threat was made.) Maproom ( talk) 07:05, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
if you're referring to those two accounts being socks, well not only do I agree but the OTRS ticket tells a different story than the one being told on-wiki from them. So, they're being far less than truthful. PRAXIDICAE🌈 15:26, 11 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi Drmies! At 'Ilm al-huruf, a new editor added (and has now re-added) a copyvio from something called the "Journal of Arts and Humanities". I see you revdel'd the first one (thanks for that) and I've added a revdel tag for the second one now. Apart from the copyvio issue, the source they are attempting to add looks a little suspect to me. Have you ever encountered this journal ( Journal of Arts & Humanities)? I can't find anything on either the journal itself or its publisher (LAR Center Press) to judge its suitability as a source. Thanks, and have a great day! PohranicniStraze ( talk) 00:33, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
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Thank you for your good work! Andrevan @ 05:13, 17 July 2022 (UTC) |
I'd say there's no way they're a new user, but unfortunately I have no clue who they are. In the words of a soon to be ex-Prime Minister, thems the breaks. TonyBallioni ( talk) 17:40, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
Didn't really know why you blocked user Nguyentrongphu. What do you mean " clearly not here to build an enclycopedia"? Victor311 ( talk) 13:42, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
Would it be possible to semiprotect Kulkulkan and Quetzalcoatl for a few days? Both pages are being vandalized by a vandal with an morphing IP who thinks he's found Christ's grave in pictures of quetzals or something. Mr Fink ( talk) 01:12, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
Xselant is continuing to edit war and insert the same information, ignoring WP:STATUSQUO and other things, despite being blocked for this just the other day. They clearly have no intention of changing their behavior. I don't know if there's anything you can really do, mostly because I think you're technically considered WP:INVOLVED now since you reverted them once. (I'm not too sure how that works.) So, this isn't me asking you if you can do anything, I'm just letting you know since you're also aware of their behavior. In any case, I'm not going to continue to play their games and will leave the article alone. Although it sounds like something needs to be done here, considering they had the audacity to accuse me of what they are doing. Just not sure what, but they're clearly the problem. Amaury • 17:42, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
Dear Drmies, can you make the Ayşegül Yüksel page to be moved to the main page, please? Even those who play in bad dramas are there. Ayşegül Hanım is an acamedician who is the teacher of the teachers. Please help me. Yours sincerely -- Gemalmaz ileti 19:23, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello Dermis. It seems that once again a user is removing sources that perhaps don’t align with a specific view. The IP is also not innocent in the matter but clearly there is a team up to censor certain information favoring a Serbian POV. I believe you warned the user of this already. This new article appears to be undergoing a battlegrounds due to recent political events in the balkans. I keep getting messages from what seems like a Croatian IP complaining about the Serbian editors on the article. Could you take a look? So much text is being added and removed. Not sure what is up. But I see some sudden new accounts popping up which gives me concern. Cheers. OyMosby ( talk) 11:46, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
Here's sources it's not made up. Stop acting like its formatting means it isn't real https://shop.crayola.com/color-and-draw/confetti-metallic-neon-and-cosmic-crayon-set-96-count-5234620000.html http://www.jennyscrayoncollection.com/2022/06/crayola-24-bold-bright-construction.html https://www.jennyscrayoncollection.com/2021/12/crayola-24-cosmic-crayons.html https://shop.crayola.com/color-and-draw/confetti-crayons-24-count-5234070000.html https://www.walmart.com/ip/CRAYOLA-SPECIAL-EFFECTS-CRAYONS-96-CT/1140967033?athbdg=L1700 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nintenfreak ( talk • contribs) 01:01, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
They obviously are on a mission. Best, M.Bitton ( talk) 20:04, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello, regarding the recent ANI on Arabic novels I came across a number of recent additions to main space and more. I have not made a determination on their notability but they appear to be machine translated. I am just notifying you because you made a determination in the ANI case. Note I may research the articles separately later. Bruxton ( talk) 17:45, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
It is. If you go to Matt Gaetz edit history, I tried doing the same thing as you but was told not to. Look it up . Sorry Bbraxtonlee ( talk) 17:40, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Re the Lurxxer ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) set of blocks, you might want to look at the new SPA ThePageNinja ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) that just posted at the relevant AFD. Thx. ZimZalaBim talk 18:32, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
today: violin solo and you can listen Gerda Arendt ( talk) 14:13, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
yesterday I attended a unique concert - the 18th Thomaskantor after Bach conducting - and with some good luck caught him happy afterwards! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:05, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
... and another 14 July: Voces8, pictured - I have a FAC open, in case of interest -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:17, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
more July songs, from Swiss Alps and a funeral -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:29, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi,
I thought you wanted me to advertise it, but from your recent message, it appears that the opposite is true. The message has been deleted from my talk page
Regards
Daryl Prasad
PS: with respect to collaboration. I am happy to collaborate with editors on the talk page of the article I am editing. However I have found that messages left on my talk page are often a distraction and do not add to the improvement of an article.
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Who expects others to fix them. We need to do something, although to an extent I feel sorry for them. Partial block from article space, letting them make talk page proposals? Doug Weller talk 18:31, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi Drmies. On the History of Kosovo page, someone with 3 sets of IPs is repeatedly adding the same contentious material and edit-warring, having already breached 3RR. Personal attacks like this and this ranting at some imaginary adversary also show WP:NATIONALIST behavior and WP:RIGHTGREATWRONGS.
Could you please put the article on semi-protection? Griboski ( talk) 14:34, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello Drmies: It has been a while, but I have revised my article on Bayard Brattstrom according to your suggestions. I located a published Wikipedia article on David B. Wake and followed the format for that article to revise my initial submission. I provided secondary sources throughout. I have excluded items that did not have secondary sources. Do I have your permission to submit this revision for your consideration for publication on Wikipedia? Thank you for considering this request. I look forward to your response. Dinomick DINOMICK ( talk) 17:27, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
I think you misunderstand what secondary sources are. His own article, "The Body Temperature of Reptiles", can simply not verify that "The Body Temperature of Reptiles" is his most seminal work, because it's his own article. Please consider the difference between primary and secondary sourcing. It is entirely possible that your subject is notable (but writing "he was a true academic" doesn't help your article), but this draft does not prove it. See also WP:PROF. Drmies ( talk) 17:41, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
First thank you for your reply. I believe I should try and clear up some misunderstandings on my part. I thought you did not want me to take down my first submission of the Bayard Brattstrom article, which is why it is still posted. I would very much like to take it down and submit a revised version.
Your latest critique concerns that initial submission, which leads me to think that you may think that it is my revision. It is not. I have not posted anything since the beginning of July.
Concerning my yet to be posted revision, I think you will notice significant improvements in terms of references, all are secondary sources. My delay in posting a revision is due to the time consuming task of tracking down all of the acceptable secondary sources (e.g. Evidence of the various grants he received is particularly hard to find). Also, I have eliminated unsupported statements that weaken the article. As my awareness of these increases, I will continue to sweep through the revision ferreting out such statements.
With regard to the Wake article model, I used it for the way it is organized, not for its content. My revision has ten short paragraphs, not one giant one, but, I do like the structure of the article. So, I will continue to use it as a model with that qualification.
I mean to reassure you that I am seriously taking your suggestions and am complying with Wikipedia guidelines to the degree that I understand them. It is a lengthy learning process for me. Finally, I do appreciate your expertise in guiding me through the task of readying an acceptable article for publishing on Wikipedia. I look forward to posting my revision as soon as possible. Thank you for your ongoing support. DINOMICK ( talk) 16:55, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
I knew I'd seen those odd edit summaries before. Thanks! -- Bbb23 ( talk) 01:34, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
I think 194.145.237.79 ( talk) might be back as 31.192.237.18 ( talk), going by behavioural patterns. Care to take a look? TompaDompa ( talk) 17:21, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I've seen that you've lately reverted some edits made by the now blocked user Patachonica, or Magnatyrannus, on south american taxa of animals. I don't know if it's standard procedure or not, but as I'm the translator of most of these articles, I've been a little upset. I'm not a very fluent english writer, and a lot of Patachonica's edits were either to correct some forms, or to clarify stuffs that weren't clarified in the original italian article. (He was on the Wikiproject's Discord.) Now, he has been blocked for a month, his created articles have mostly been retracted to act as a guarantee of good behaviour, but those correction edits he made should be studied case by case, to verify if it don't lower the quality of the articles. (He wasn't blocked for copyvio but for bad behaviour with other editors, and to my knowledge never engaged in published copyvio, but this can also be easily verified.) Now, the block is only for a month, and if he comes back again with another sock, I'll be the first to help you revert all of his edits, but I don't think it's worth the hassle of removing everything now to add back everything again.
For instance, on Protheosodon, most of the correction were either corrective or productive, and their removal probably lowered the readability of the article. So please, maybe consider removing only new sections created by the blocked user, because I can't suffer my frenglish and typos displayed on Wikipedia for the world to see. SALMA mammals are already rarely maintained, making them harder to read really isn't the best thing to do. I really think he deserved the block and the retraction of his articles, but the removal of every of his edits regardless of their quality or of the articles quality without them is a bit exaggerated for a block that short.
Sorry again for disturbing you, I hope I don't break some rules by asking this, and I understand you have a lot of responsibilities on wiki and a lot of blocked users to deal with, but please consider before removing stuff by this one. Larrayal ( talk) 00:19, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
Books & Bytes
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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team -- 16:45, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
Hi there, Dr! I've emailed you in response to yours, and hope you'll receive it, but, well, you usually don't. The address you use has always so far bounced my messages. If you again, as usual, don't receive it, I'm afraid you'll have to try providing me with a different address. Best, Bishonen | tålk 16:12, 2 August 2022 (UTC).
Hi Drmies,
I was trying to create a page for Mitsogo Inc and was notified that the previous draft (and not page) was deleted. And something looked very odd about that.
Anyways, I was asked to contact 'the user(s) who performed the action(s)' if I was 'recreating a page similar to the previously deleted page, or are unsure'. I don't think there is another Mitsogo out there, so I'm probably trying to create something similar, and I am indeed very unsure about this whole thing.
So, I just wanted to ask you what happened, why the draft was deleted, and what I can do to create a page for Mitsogo without this happening in the future.
Best Regards, AudB37 ( talk) 19:22, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for taking care of the page, I am accused left and right by that user just because he/she disagrees. I followed rules and I tried to avoid any of this happening. S.G ReDark ( talk) 14:55, 3 August 2022 (UTC)
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[28] My original thought was this was a spam link added to a number of articles. Tragically it isn't spam and these are basically null edits to the articles themselves. However, I'm not sure this is the correct way to get the message out. Springee ( talk) 04:11, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
This is not directed at the CheckUser you. Any idea who Special:contributions/2601:647:5800:1A1F:0:0:0:0/64 is? Rather impressive, don't ya think?-- Bbb23 ( talk) 18:17, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
he's back, would you mind blocking so we don't have to wait forever at AIV? (And yes, I'm positive it's him, but not gonna spill the beans on wiki.) PRAXIDICAE🌈 00:32, 7 August 2022 (UTC)
Hello- I'm not quite sure what you mean within this edit summary. Is this saying that because there hasn't been any renewal for anymore seasons, it's fair to assume the show has concluded? Would that not be going against no original research?
As far as reliable sources for the show being cancelled are concerned, the closest would be this, which only says, "3rd season finale"- nothing regarding being the series finale or the series being cancelled. The source I've seen been used to claim the series is cancelled here on Wikipedia is this, which very much appears to be not reliable.
Continuing to list the end date as 'present' is following the template instructions/documentation, which states: "Only insert the last episode's date after it has happened. In some cases the fate of a program might be uncertain, for example if there are no announcements that a show has been renewed. If such a program has not aired a new episode in 12 months, "present" can be changed to the date the last episode aired, using {{ End date}}. This does not imply the series has been cancelled, rather that the program "last aired" on that date. This is to prevent programs from being listed as "present" in perpetuity. In the event that a program resumes airing after a long hiatus, such as more than 12 months between episodes or cancellation and subsequent renewal, the date is simply replaced with "present" to reflect the "current" status of the program." Inserting the end date at this point just because an assumed series finale has aired with nothing new goes entirely against this.
If you disagree with how it's handled, I would think it would be appropriate to discuss changing it at either WT:TV or Template talk:Infobox television. I think Template talk:Infobox television/Archive 6#Proposal to change last_aired parameter instructions may be related as well- however, I think the specific issue within Total DramaRama should probably be discussed further... Thanks. Magitroopa ( talk) 22:42, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I see you blocked this range [29], the IP continues to edit Ethiopian related articles by removing content. [30] What should be done here? I suspect its the blocked editor from this SPI [31], this is the main problem I had with the editor, they would remove referenced content. Magherbin ( talk) 03:57, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
Didn't figure this needed it's own section, since there was already an apt heading. This IP is making changes you earlier reverted as block evasion. Also they're changing dates on edit requests I answered last year, for some reason. ScottishFinnishRadish ( talk) 23:44, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I noticed you created the lovely Glass Town article many moons ago. I'd be delighted if you could have a quick look over my book of ryhmes, as I'm hardly a Bronte expert! No Swan So Fine ( talk) 09:17, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
... but what is the best place to get some attention to this discussion: Talk:Excelsior Recordings#A full list of artists, including non-notable artists? The Banner talk 17:49, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
Hi Drmies! I would like to get a new template created that would go (at least) atop WP:MANDY, saying: “Essays sometimes oppose policies or guidelines, or are often construed that way, and such is the case here. Please do not use this essay at article talk pages to oppose normal implementation of Wikipedia policies or guidelines.” There was broad consensus at the BLP talk page that Mandy is currently being misused. Then I got a lot of negative input about my proposal at the Mandy talk page which helped me formulate the template language. So what’s the next step? If I say another word about this anywhere but the BLP talk page or the Mandy talk page, then I will get the usual BS about forum shopping and not dropping the stick, and the like. I think an RFC is in order now (as I already said at BLP talk), but I’m not sure where. I could go ahead and create the template and then fight it out at templates for deletion, but then I won’t have any RFC results to back me up. It’s clear to me that some essays contradict policies and guidelines, which is fine; in fact, there’s already a template for a subset of those (i.e. the essays that were failed policy changes). But there’s currently no template for general use on essays that either oppose policy or are often construed that way. When people read essays, they often assume that it would have been deleted if it opposed policy, but that’s not the case. More importantly, no templates currently distinguish essays that oppose policy from those that don’t. Thanks for any advice. And if I’m asking for advice here in a suboptimal manner, please tell me where to ask for neutral advice about it. I’m not asking whether you support this new template, or asking you to get involved anywhere but this talk page, I just don’t know what to do next. Thanks. Anythingyouwant ( talk) 21:09, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
I have a feeling that we're dealing with a sock again at Manor Solomon. Just a heads-up. Anwegmann ( talk) 01:59, 9 August 2022 (UTC)
This is a quiz. When was the last new policy created (not an extension of an existing policy)? What would happen if I wrote a new policy called WP:BANANAS similar to WP:NOTHERE and WP:DE - and maybe WP:CIR? It has a nice tropical ring to it, don't you think?-- Bbb23 ( talk) 23:50, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
Hi Drmies. Could you have a look at the recent edits at the Rodney Howard-Browne article? You previously commented at User talk:Veritasandlux. I feel out of my depth dealing with this WP:SPA. Kind regards, Robby.is.on ( talk) 16:11, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
is requesting unblock. Could you indicate on their talk if the request is adequate? Thanks, -- Deepfriedokra ( talk) 13:56, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
Avesta is one of the oldest books in the world that mentions ties. There are also ancient works that Iranian soldiers have a type of tie. It is better to mention these things in Wikipedia. thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mitrayasna ( talk • contribs) 17:36, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
I see you're working on Yosef Abramowitz which I've worked on some time ago and a disclosed paid editor Ovedc ( talk · contribs) popped in. It seems like they're under the impression that if you disclose it, you can do promotional editing with impunity. The amount of new articles they've created that are getting through is troubling. I'm considering taking it NPOV or COI /N but haven't decided on which yet.. Graywalls ( talk) 01:19, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
Dear @ Drmies,
I’m LizziePEP, an employee of Pacific Equity Partners, an Australian alternative investment firm. You can find out a little more about me and my COI/paid editor status at my user page.
About two months ago, I submitted what I hope other editors will find to be an appropriate update to the Pacific Equity Partners article. Since I submitted the request, and haven’t heard anything back from other editors.
I decided I’d search Wikipedia for an active and respected editor who might have any insight or advice - should I stay patient and wait for a response regarding my request, or is there a way this edit request might be sped up?
Thanks very much. Lizzie PEP ( talk) 00:36, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
what would Wikipedia be without endless, pointless, low-participation AFDs that could have been easily handled by other means? ;) PRAXIDICAE🌈 02:15, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
Sending you one of my attack kittens to assist you with the much needed pruning of the IEEE mess.
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Ha. Yeah, someone was really enthusiastic there. Thanks,
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I am not involved in those content disputes, but due to being on my watchlist I have read parts of the discussions taking place there. I have noticed that an editor continuously refers to the perceived nationality of editors and academic sources they disagree with. So:
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I think it's worth mentioning here that there is a group of Albanian editors who appear to be colluding to impose the Albanian nationalist perspective
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The attempts by Albanian editors here....are risible at best
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The obvious bias of a couple of Albanian authors cannot erase international historiography
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Your distinguished Albanian “scholar”......I think we can safely disregard anything he has to say (or write) about anything, since it is patently obvious he is just another deranged Albanian nationalist. Cite a reliable source or go away. This comment might need to be deleted because they are referring to a living person, Pëllumb Xhufi, as "another deranged Albanian nationalist"
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It is abundantly clear that you are the one engaging in disruptive editing across a range of articles, with the help of your fellow Albanian nationalists on this talk page and elsewhere
My question is whether continuosly referring to other editors' and sources' perceived nationality is sth that is unconstructive or not? Especially referring to a public figure as "another deranged Albanian nationalist"? Frankly, I have not read the entire discussions to see the level of civility of other editors, I just noticed this particular editor.
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19:31, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
Hey, Drmies. Thanks for stepping in and reminding everyone that policies should be followed. I just saw that the warning that you left to [33] about defamatory content about academics he disagrees with in Greek revolt of 1567–1572 was reverted/removed from his talkpage by another user who has the same views as Theodoros in the content dispute [34]. Can someone else who is not the talkpage owner actually do such a thing? Also, what does "non-productive biting" refer to? I'm puzzled as to why your standard reminder was "non-productive" and how exactly it relates to WP:BITE in the case of Theodoros who has had an account since 2008 with 5k edits in total. Alltan ( talk) 02:03, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
pics and thoughts on 13 August -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:51, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
I see you reverted my edit to add a link to a TV commercial that uses the song "Skeletons" to the article on the Indie group "Easy Life" (with whom I have no connection). I further note you subsequently removed a number of similar references from that article. As a very infrequent contributor to Wikipedia, I am never quite certain what the "official" policies on such matters are, and I confess that I find it hard to discover/comprehend them. Could you please point me to the relevant material so I may avoid wasting my time like this in future?
For what it is worth, I saw the commercial, wondered what the song was and - having expended the effort to track it down - thought this was of interest (as, indeed, in my opinion, was the other material that you removed). Peter Headland ( talk) 01:28, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
On the My Son Hunter I gave the editor Middle Passage1 a simple warning on their talk page, here, [36] about their repeated disruptive editing. About 20 minutes later, they did it again. I don't know if I should go back to their talk page & warn them again; I don't know if I'm allowed to issue an official notice such as this . If I do keep passively warning them, do you know how many times I need to warning them on their talk page before I can seek help at WP:AIV? Thank you in advance for any help. Best wishes, BetsyRMadison ( talk) 21:23, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
Hello. Could you please remove User:JarvisJones95 is Orca Vision Inc.'s talk page access? Magnatyrannus ( talk | contribs) 02:03, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
Dear Drmies/Archive 141,
I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Fifteen Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for fifteen years or more.
Best regards, Chris Troutman ( talk) 12:23, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
Happy First Edit Day! Hi Drmies! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 14:05, 30 August 2022 (UTC) |
Happy First Edit Day! Hi Drmies! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! Chris Troutman ( talk) 12:23, 30 August 2022 (UTC) |
Good morning (though afternoon, I think, for you). Sorry to bother you with this, but I am not good with the more unpleasant Wikipedia issues. I have some concerns about Ldsgaming21. Their edit history consists of a couple minor and fairly inoffensive vandalism-type edits, and then they made (and undid) a rather more concerning edit at Swastika. I tried to go out of my way to assume good faith and gave them a gentle warning, which resulted in a quick edit/undo to my talk page. The sandbox they created also seems to augur WP:NOTHERE issues. At any rate, just wanted to get your opinion as to what, if anything, should be done at this stage. Cheers. Dumuzid ( talk) 14:50, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
I give up trying to keep this shitshow of an article representative of what it actually is, maybe you'll have more luck dealing with the delusions of the factually-impaired editors coming out of the woodwork to make this article seem like it's about anything other than a work of fiction. PICKLEDICAE🥒 15:49, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2022).
Greeting, Drmies. Can you tell me how to delete the old junks under alerts and notifications. I want to delete the old junks of notifications and alert, not turning notifications off. The old junks from 2 years ago are still present. Manwë986 ( talk) 04:21, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
No, I meant the bell-shaped thing with the name Alerts. It's between my username and Notice at the top.-- Manwë986 ( talk) 15:43, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
You were either a participant in WP:DS2021 (the Arbitration Committee's Discretionary Sanctions reform process) or requested to be notified about future developments regarding DS reform. The Committee now presents Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Discretionary_sanctions/2021-22_review/Phase_II_consultation, and invites your feedback. Your patience has been appreciated. For the Arbitration Committee, MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 17:01, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
I believe you reverted an edit of mine last month in error. [41] You repeated the reversion of another admin, Primefac. [42] Primefac's complaint was "removing this paragraph per WP:BLPCRIME" I had already read this section. You can refer to it, but this is what it says: "For individuals who are not public figures; that is, individuals not covered by § Public figures, editors must seriously consider not including material—in any article—that suggests the person has committed, or is accused of having committed, a crime, unless a conviction has been secured." (Emphasis mine).
In other words, the section you removed was allowed if Everett Stern is a public figure. So is he a public figure? To me, the fact that he is running for U.S. Senate ought to be sufficient. But if we look at Wikipedia:Who_is_a_low-profile_individual, he is high profile under Media attention (has given interviews). He is high profile under promotional activities (has voluntarily participated in self-publicity activities, including press conferences for his Senate run, and before). He is high profile under Eminence (has sought a position in a political sphere). Over and over again he has met the criteria of a public figure.
Ultimately do we let wikipedia editors provide well-documented evidence of a criminal prosecution of a Senate candidate, or do we let Senate candidates remove accurate and well-sourced information that they feel might hurt their candidacy or reputation? The rules on this are pretty clear in my opinion and neither you nor Primefac interpreted them correctly here. Also, I feel your comment when you reverted that edit, "do not be fighting with an admin" is not that productive. While you also referred to specific rules, I had already read these and as I describe above, I believe they back my changes, not your reversion.
Mr. Stern seems to think I somehow have it ought for him. My interest here accurate information and fair application of the rules. It does appear to me that over time Stern has made edits to his own web page that were there to promote himself, and could not be backed up by any supplied references. And I think he is just getting what he wants in this case by protesting loudly, rather than because this is what Wikipedia rules say about how public figures accused of crimes should be handled.
Thank you for your consideration. Battling McGook ( talk) 20:20, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
If an allegation or incident is noteworthy, relevant, and well documented, it belongs in the article; I believe the point that both Drmies and I were attempting to make with our reverts is that it fails at least two of those three criteria, especially since it seems to have only been an allegation and not a conviction. Should that change, then by all means we can discuss adding it in, but until then we should not be adding every piece of gossip and news about an individual to their page. Primefac ( talk) 07:58, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
Hi @ Drmies, I just replied to two 3O requests and had some questions. I noticed you were somehow involved in those so thought you might be able to help:
AlanTheScientist ( talk) 23:30, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
I have been trying to edit some of the contributions [43] made by Iliochori2, and I'm having difficulty keeping up. I noticed that you addressed them on their talk page a year or so ago, and I'd appreciate some guidance on the best, most effective way to broach the issue of an editor's lack of ability to write clearly in English. There are dozens upon dozens of pages that either need complete revision/rewriting or simply should just be deleted to which the editor has added a large amount of unreadable, turgid content or created in full. Given that you and Robby.is.on have both brought this up with the editor previously, I'm unsure exactly how to proceed here. I'd appreciate any guidance or help you can provide. Anwegmann ( talk) 01:48, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
I admit I was rude, but I figured I'd say this. Thank you so much for warning me - I didn't realize I was fueling the fire. As much as I don't think users shouldn't deny evidence of misbehaving or twist others' words, I wonder if it's okay with agreeing with admin comments. Side note: but I've left User talk:Ki999. WannurSyafiqah74 ( talk) 08:40, 2 September 2022 (UTC)