Given that HiLo48 resorted to rhetorical insults, trying to undermine the intelligence of anyone who disagreed with him and his take on the Castro case, the inconsistency of your warnings about personal attacks says a great deal. Hypocrisy abounds. Bravo. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 153.161.195.137 ( talk) 08:34, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
Love you too, Drmies, but a brother would help a brother. Haha. I am not asking for anything unreasonable. And, honestly, I don't even know why I'm defending 68. I just feel bad for him because I know how hurt he gets by criticism and I've seen how pleasant he is in various discussions (when he's not under the gun haha). If one of you wanted to do the best thing, you could've offered to mentor him, or at least hook him up with a mentor. Being ganged up on (not meant pejoratively) by several admins at the same time is an awful thing to watch. And I can imagine how he felt being blocked by the same guy he just traded reverts with. I know when you guys take off your admin uniforms, you are really fun, cool people. But some of you get really tough when your warning and sanctioning people on here. Perhaps it's hard for you to see or understand because you're in the power circle. Well, I'm not. I'm on the outside, impartially looking in. I honestly believe that a few admins here totally forget that there's a real live human being on the other end of your computer screen. Someone who has feelings and is just begging to be understood and treated with a little friendliness and respect. Even if 68 is a pain in the ass sometimes, big deal. Be the great admins you are and find a good way to stay above it, while getting him to do things the right way. If he thinks you give a shit about him at all, he'll respond positively. Enough, you get it. :) -- 76.189.109.155 ( talk) 18:07, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
I get the feeling that a couple of these need starting. Dennis Brown - 2¢ - © - @ - Join WER 14:46, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
I sometimes think I should slip away from the front line and just plod through the CSD cats like many others do. But I would find that boring. Some of us have to do the dirty work and take the slings and contempt of the audacious youngsters and some older members (some as ancient as me) who still seem to be stuck in a schoolyard mentality. A lot of it comes from the Internet tradition of anonymity which lets people get away with stuff they wouldn't dream of doing/saying in RL. I've even heard that some are actually quite nice blokes in the pub. All the Wikipedians/medians I've met in RL with one exception who is both an admin and a WMF contractor are quite nice people - and I've personally met literally hundreds. I don't care two hoots what people say about me - I've made too many enemies among the children (and not so young) here already to ever succeed to higher office - but I look on with great distaste at those who have a general antipathy towards admins. Most of them reaped what they sowed; I'm convinced that actual abuse by admins is quite rare (although I've been at the brunt of it myself before I got the bit), and it's extremely unfair to tar us all with the same brush. Is it just my perception or is bashing admins on the increase? Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 03:17, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 23:11, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
Not sure what PumpkinSky "caused..last night"; but just some passing thoughts.
As wonderful as technology is, and as much as it has benefited mankind in so many ways - I think in some ways it has tended to isolate people even more too. No one can truly know another person; hell, we're lucky if we even understand ourselves in just a small way. Would that we could all share a "Vulcan mind meld" - but it just ain't so. When you throw communication such that comes with the Internet, texting, ect. into the mix - we lose even the body language and voice inflections to try to interpret. Is it really any wonder that people all too often feel isolated, and alone? Then you throw in the concept that when you communicate with someone only through digital means - where you tend to fill in the "blanks" with your own/our own thoughts ... when a dose of reality shows up uninvited .. it's a harsh thing to deal with. Don't mind me folks .. just running my mouth on the way through the pedia. For those of you in 'da States .. have a great holiday weekend. — Ched : ? 13:46, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
On 24 May 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jordaanlied, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Jordaanlied, a genre of sentimental songs celebrating the Amsterdam neighborhood the Jordaan, was popularized by a cabaret artist from Utrecht, a composer from Rotterdam, and a singer from England? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jordaanlied. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 16:06, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
Nobody is interested in Bad Taste any more?
Slow decline of once featured article.
[2]
[3] More decline in slow motion. [4] [5]
Until nothing is left.
[7] only a vast amount of book titles on the literature list and a few lines. Warrington ( talk) 12:29, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
This came out a couple years ago, was introduced to me by my niece, but I think of you every time I watch it. [8] He has several surreal and exceptional videos. Dennis Brown - 2¢ - © - @ - Join WER 01:17, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
This page fills up quickly. I don't know what became of that list article with which you'd intended to replace the rape victims category, or if you still have any interest in the topic, but that discussion was closed as no consensus. I've not added any more antique members since it opened, but will now perhaps, though that would probably just lead to a second nomination. davidiad { t } 02:42, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
I'll tell ya what. You, Dennis, NYB, etc. all have etched your efforts into a "hall of fame" as far as great admins., ... but I gotta tell ya ... keep your eyes on Bbb23 - this guy is GOOOOOOD. He has some sort of ESP or something - and he reaches out to people when they are down. Just sayin. Oh ... and by the way - take a break from the AN boards... they will really twist your concepts of the project. You folks have a great weekend and holiday. later. — Ched : ? 04:08, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies. Did you mean to remove my comment with no acknowledgement, or was that just a bug in the edit conflict software? -- Epipelagic ( talk) 06:19, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies. There is a discussion at AN in which your name is mentioned. -- 76.189.109.155 ( talk) 13:21, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I took a chance and unblocked Phead128, given the new direction on the template's talk page. Please don't shank me for it. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 13:45, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
Someone left me a link to how to make a chocolate teapot on my talk yesterday (long story). Thinking of you and your children (the ones at home, not the ones you deal with on WP), I thought you might want to stash it away as a school holiday project that is both educational and fun. Mind, you'll need a lot of chocolate. Enjoy! - Sitush ( talk) 14:22, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi,
Note my revert to an old version of the AAH, my reasoning is found in the ANI discussion. Thanks, WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules: simple/ complex 16:07, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
Hello Dmries!
I'm looking at the talk page of the Belarus Free theatre article and wondering how to get the neutrality tag removed. Could you help me understand what it takes to do that? Thank you! GayleKaren ( talk) 20:44, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
Sorry to bother you, but that despicable creature is back. He set a clever innocent looking trap for me at the Help Desk - WP:Help desk#Famous question and then revealed himself at my talk page - User talk:Dodger67#Poet. I'd be very grateful if you could do the necessary. Roger (Dodger67) ( talk) 22:17, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
It's back again! As an IP - User talk:76.31.89.90 and also take a look at WP:Help desk#Bogus entry - it used my name to try to intimidate someone else n the Help Desk. Roger (Dodger67) ( talk) 19:52, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
(diff | hist) . . Talk:Wikipediocracy; 01:43 . . (+666) . . Drmies (talk | contribs) (→Lede grammar and style and content)
Gasp! ;) Optimom ( talk) 02:52, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
Actually it is 594. This user is ranked 594 on the list of Wikipedians by number of pages created, you I mean. Do you remember Blue Lacy? Still alive. ... Warrington ( talk) 12: 787, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
Happy adminship anniversary and a spoon.
I have been on the road for a bit, am now In Akron, Ohio, fumbling away at my daughter's laptop, a species of computers that I find even more confounding than the male mind. So I am not exactly sure what was wrong with my edit, (see my talk page, I can't figure out how to do links here) that I re-formatted another editor's posting, or expressed my sometime inability to understand the male mind. As you probably know (though to assume that anyone else is aware of something easily leads us into the trap of projection that is or can be a problem with all assumptions) the female mind has been considered one of the unfathomable mysteries of the universe and it has been clear to me (i.e., opinion) that the male mind is just as incomprehensible. This is wrong to say? Einar aka Carptrash ( talk) 22:56, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
Well the question as to what I am doing there is a good one, but my comment about admins was (at least intended to be) that another editor hid a warning (to me) from an admin, thereby, at least from my perspective, rendering it less than effective. Carptrash ( talk) 14:42, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
If next week is like this week, will you indef block me and take away talk page and email access? Dennis Brown - 2¢ - © - @ - Join WER 01:06, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
Zad
68
14:00, 28 May 2013 (UTC)... yes very well thanks. Just don't get the chance to come on here as much as I'd like. Hope you're well too, and that you enjoy this sweet snack. FeydHuxtable ( talk) 10:31, 27 May 2013 (UTC) |
Hello sir, the articles are being vandalized again. Mostly in Brunei's version of the show, The Biggest Loser Brunei: No Pain, No Gain. I have created a summary of the whole Biggest Loser articles, and the active IPs who had been vandalizing the articles. See it here → TBL.-- AR E N Z O Y 1 6A •t a l k• 06:38, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
Yes and no. No, no indefinite block on an IP, which is irregular in the first place and won't do us much good. I did block them, and I semi-protected a few more articles, indefinitely. No, we can't put templates on a page unless they're protected, and it probably wouldn't scare that loser off anyway. If I'm ever not around, you can ask for semi-protection at WP:RFPP, and tell them that you'd like infinite semi-protection and that I've been doing that for a while now for these articles. Thank you sir, Drmies ( talk) 13:54, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies. I recently found an article which is using links like these [link deleted] as sources. Besides other problems, I suspect the link may be performing a copyvio on the book. I am at sixes and sevens about how to deal with this. I thought I should bring this to an admins notice. Thanks and regards. OrangesRyellow ( talk) 13:17, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
Hello. There is currently a discussion at noticeboard of discussion regarding Editor vendettas. The thread is Editor vendettas.The discussion is about the topic Editor vendettas. Thank you. unc123 ( talk) 14:06, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
[9]. You're right, I should have worded that better and will be far more careful from now on. Thanks for giving him the warning. Malke 2010 ( talk) 18:42, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
Look, I know next to nothing about gospel, but I think we may have multiple issues at Stewart Varnado, and I've dropped a stone down the well at BLP [10]. Any insight you can provide while not writing about triple-brewed Alsatian ales will be welcome. Best, 99.149.85.229 ( talk) 19:46, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
Did you delete the page? I am confused as to why you did this 68.114.152.148 ( talk) 15:55, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
But the Page should have never been redirected he is notable in and of himself and another admin even agreed and locked the page 68.114.152.148 ( talk) 16:28, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
Unfortunately I believe that User:Phead128 was unblocked prematurely. He is still being very disruptive and attacking editors. Edits like this are completely unacceptable. I would have to recommend the user be blocked again, or banned from editing. He has obviously not learnt his lesson. UrbanNerd ( talk) 00:37, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
I'm continuing to have problems with Lucia Black, but I'll keep it simple. Since the ANI where numerous issues were brought up, she has continued to refactor and alter my talk page comments. She was warned by RexxS after she altered his post on May 14th. [11] She altered my post pre-ANI at the VPP. [12] Post ANI, she continued by altering the statement in the latest discussion. [13] While it may be a single character, the change is terrible because it changed the context. ChrisGualtieri ( talk) 04:38, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
To summarize the dispute at Talk:Dragon Ball, I noticed their was no page and wanted to create one, apparently it was merged in 2008 for 'violating' MOS-AM. As seen in this discussion. Talk:Dragon_Ball/Archive_1#Merge So I did two things, get an RFC to split and an RFC to alter (later remove) the offending piece from MOS-AM. That RFC is here. It was no contest, but I asked for it formally closed to prevent future problems. Since there was no activity for weeks and my sandbox looked good I went ahead and recreated the page as it appeared the VPP RFC made clear the arguments against were overturned and that the 2008 merge was done for the wrong reasons. Ryulong reverted the page and threw a fit. [14] Now the issue is 'oh previously there was consensus to not split, so don't split it' and rather then argue policy, its "rhetoric" and I'm in the only one active on the support side now, other people supporting in Talk:Dragon_Ball_Z#Split seem unaware or have not been involved in the RFC. With 65 references and content half as long as the original franchise article, it completely lacks the plot and the overview of the works at this point. To be perfectly fair, Dragon Ball glosses over 200 episodes in a paragraph, instead focusing on the first half and the Frieza arc. Lucia has called my sandbox 'pointy', because I'm not adding the content to Dragon Ball before splitting off. [15] But I'm willing to overlook things like that for someone to explain policy. WP:CCC, WP:DETAIL and WP:SPINOFF all seem valid, but the opposition has only "rhetoric" of 'its not a good idea' or 'its not that different'. Lucia even claimed that my article was inaccurate because I mention the Dragon Ball Z manga, but didn't 'clarify it', when I did. [16] Its really just the continuation of their earlier grudge from before, but I've tried to appease them for days only to find their reasoning borders on "its not a worldview" so I address it to get the response that "Dragon Ball Z manga doesn't exist in Japan". USA and Germany both had DBZ manga releases, but most of Europe and South America did not and I clearly stated Viz's role in the brief section in the sandbox. This is a heavy condensed prose, but is an example of what Lucia calls inaccurate: User:ChrisGualtieri/sandbox#Dragon_Ball_Z_manga So, I'm just going to work some more on the sandbox because eventually it will be at such a point that it might hit GA or FA despite not being in main space and the whole conflict will look ridiculously silly in hindsight. I believe that it is beginning to become clear already. ChrisGualtieri ( talk) 14:32, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
User:Phead128 was again blocked today after a renewal of the Template:WW2InfoBox edit war. I am asking for a review of the block as I've explained here. Klein zach 05:12, 29 May 2013 (UTC) I should probably explain that I'm an 'involved party', as Phead128's opponent UrbanNerd has now refactored and deleted my messages there three times [21], [22], [23]. -- Klein zach 05:19, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
I will think of you, and of your memories of your father, for the next 24 hours, in your honor and in honor of your memory of him. I lost my dad in 2003, and the 10th anniversary approaches. I wish you well. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 06:58, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
Sorry if this is a bad time, but you may be interested to know that idiom dictionary is currently showing at DYK. This is not just a told-you-so as I feel it could still use more work. You and your talk-page stalkers seem to be interested in words and their usage and so may be able to improve the topic while it is on display. Warden ( talk) 07:28, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
The Administrator's Barnstar | ||
For going the extra mile to resolve what could have been a very nasty situation. Thank you Roger (Dodger67) ( talk) 11:04, 29 May 2013 (UTC) |
Do Dutch eat raw fish? On the Swedish wiki Dutch cuisine, the article say the most characteristic thing is Dutch eating habitually raw fish... called Nieuwe. I don’t know, nobody gave me raw fish while in Amsterdam. But then it might be something Dutch do when nobody is watching them? Or it is just fairy tale. ( Warrington ( talk) 12: 787, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the note. That's part of the reason why we have to go through them all actually, some were removed or reverted properly, others weren't actually checked, which seems to be the case of that editor. Thankfully the large bios are long done, we only have pieces and parts of paragraphs left to tackle at this point. Wizardman 17:50, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
Dear Drmies,
You had previously processed an edit war request in this article. At that time, you read the comments and even posted your thoughts about the dispute. Unfortunately, there seems to be another edit ware on this article. Given your previous experience, I would like to ask you to process this one as well. Thank You. Kazemita1 ( talk) 20:56, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
- Neutralhomer • Talk • 07:47, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar | ||
For stepping up to the plate (or the wicket, if you prefer) and helping to resolve the "Sallie Parker" episode. Thanks. Carrite ( talk) 16:51, 30 May 2013 (UTC) |
== Jaffna Kingdom and blocking me == This is a sentence in Jaffna kingdom article. It is well referenced. > The origin of the medieval Jaffna kingdom is obscure and still the subject of controversy among historians.[17][18][19][20][21] Everyone accepted Jaffna kingdom was there in 1323. Some historians argued that it was there in 1215 and some argued it wasn't in 1215. What are the measurements you used favor it was there in 1215 and end a centuries long debate? Himesh84 ( talk) 17:04, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
You were blocked for edit warring. Then your block was extended because you socked (you edited the article as an IP). You're about to get blocked again for these edits, which, frankly, display incompetence. You included a "reference" to an ANI discussion and introduced grammatical errors into a Good Article. Moreover, you seem to be making the same edits you were warring over in the first place. Continue that behavior and you'll be blocked indefinitely.
One more thing: in this edit summary (that's you socking as an IP), you said "Obi2canibe , Drmies, regentspark Concluded that Jaffna kingdom was established by Magha in 1215. This is not a controversial any more this edit". That is the extent to which you don't understand what it means to be an editor or what it means to be an administrator. I do not endorse any kind of date or whatever--I blocked you because of the way you behaved. Drmies ( talk) 17:21, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
now he removes everything from the talkpage instead of continuing the discussion so now further disussion seems impossible and his notice on my talkpage is against wp:goodfaith 95.195.223.226 ( talk) 17:38, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
Stealing a man's dog when he's away? Just came by to say hi, I'll probably come back to edit a little over the next few days. I hope you have been keeping busy on the cricket betting scandal article(s)? cheers. — Spaceman Spiff 17:59, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
You had previously expressed interest in the idea of category intersections. I wanted to give you a sneak peek of something
User:Magnus Manske has recently developed. To see it, add the following line to your
common.js page:
importScript('User:Obiwankenobi/intercat.js');
Then restart your browser, and visit Category:Wikipedia_categorization_intersect_test. You can click on the intersects up top, and it will display all articles that meet the criteria (e.g. American novelists who are LGBT and African American or whatever). This is still very early prototype stage, but since you were interested I wanted to share and get your feedback. -- Obi-Wan Kenobi ( talk) 18:28, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
An ANI discussion came up, fight between two editors on two articles Bicycle helmets in Australia and Bicycle helmet. The first is one of the worst article's I've seen in a long time, the second isn't much better. Both need to be trimmed by 75% and have entirely too many sources due to some POV warrioring. If any talk page stalker wants a real challenge on what should be two really straightforward articles, I'll buy the beer. Once all the POV and insanely tedious detail is removed, I'm guessing there will be less to fight about. The first article made my eyes cry. This is just a bit too much project for me to jump in and fix myself, but I know some of the best writers stalk here (one of them lives here), so I'm hoping a few will see this as a glorious challenge and opportunity. Dennis Brown / 2¢ / © / @ / Join WER 00:29, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
Just as an example of one section, maybe I'm off-base here...
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A cycle helmet should generally be light in weight and provide ample ventilation, because cycling can be an intense aerobic activity which significantly raises body temperature, and the head in particular needs to be able to regulate its temperature. The dominant form of helmet up to the 1970s was the leather "hairnet" style. This offered acceptable protection from scrapes and cuts, but only minimal impact protection, and was mainly used by racing cyclists. More widespread use of helmets began in the U.S. in the 1970s. After many decades, when bicycles were regarded only as children's toys, many American adults took up cycling during and after the bike boom of the 1970s. Two of the first modern bicycle helmets were made by MSR, a manufacturer of mountaineering equipment, and Bell Sports, a manufacturer of helmets for auto racing and motorcycles. These helmets were a spin-off from the development of expanded polystyrene foam liners for motorcycling and motorsport helmets, and had hard polycarbonate plastic shells. The bicycle helmet arm of Bell was split off in 1991 as Bell Sports Inc., having completely overtaken the motorcycle and motor sports helmet business. The first commercially successful purpose-designed bicycle helmet was the Bell Biker, a polystyrene-lined hard shell released in 1975. [1] [2] At the time there was no appropriate standard; the only applicable one, from Snell, would be passed only by a light open-face motorcycle helmet. Over time the design was refined and by 1983 Bell were making the V1-Pro, the first polystyrene helmet intended for racing use. In 1984 Bell produced the Li'l Bell Shell, a no-shell children's helmet. These early helmets had little ventilation. In 1985, Snell B85 was introduced, the first widely adopted standard for bicycle helmets; this has subsequently been refined into B90 and B95 (see Standards below). At this time helmets were almost all either hard-shell or no-shell (perhaps with a vacuum-formed plastic cover). Ventilation was still minimal due mainly to technical limitations of the foams and shells in use. Around 1990 a new construction technique was invented: in-mould microshell. A very thin shell was incorporated during the moulding process. This rapidly became the dominant technology, allowing for larger vents and more complex shapes than hard shells. Use of hard shells declined rapidly among the general cyclist population during the 1990s, almost disappearing by the end of the decade, but remain popular with BMX riders as well as inline skaters and skateboarders. The late 1990s and early 2000s saw advances in retention and fitting systems, replacing the old system of varying thickness pads with cradles which adjust quite precisely to the rider's head. This has also resulted in the back of the head being less covered by the helmet; impacts to this region are rare, but it does make a modern bike helmet much less suitable for activities such as unicycling, skateboarding and inline skating, where falling over backward is relatively common. Other helmets will be more suitable for these activities. Since more advanced helmets began being used in the Tour de France, carbon fiber inserts have started to be used to increase strength and protection of the helmet. The Giro Atmos and Ionos, as well as the Bell Alchera were among the first to use carbon fiber. Some modern racing bicycle helmets have a long tapering back end for streamlining. This type of helmet is mainly dedicated to time trial racing as they lack significant ventilation, making them uncomfortable for long races. |
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History of designs
Two of the first modern bicycle helmets were made by MSR, a manufacturer of mountaineering equipment, and Bell Sports, a manufacturer of helmets for auto racing and motorcycles. These helmets were a spin-off from the development of expanded polystyrene foam liners for motorcycling and motorsport helmets, and had hard polycarbonate plastic shells. The bicycle helmet arm of Bell was split off in 1991 as Bell Sports Inc., having completely overtaken the motorcycle and motor sports helmet business. The first commercially successful purpose-designed bicycle helmet was the Bell Biker, a polystyrene-lined hard shell released in 1975. [3] [4] The Snell B85 was introduced in 1985 and became the first widely adopted standard for bicycle helmets, which has been further refined. Around 1990 construction techniques shifted and hard shell designs fell out of favor except with some BMX riders, inline skaters and skateboarders. citation needed As the years progressed, advances in retention and fitting systems replacing the old system of varying thickness pads with better fitting designs which offered less protection to the back of the head, where injuries are rare. Ventilation was also improved, increasing comfort for the rider. citation needed |
Dennis Brown / 2¢ / © / @ / Join WER 07:03, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
I just noticed a situation that I'm not sure I know how, or whether, I should address. An article that was either an attempt to further a self-published literary hoax or (I guess it's possible) an overly credulous reader's product is now the author's user page; cf. Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Classical Greece and Rome/Archive 14#Petreius Hyphantes for background (I'm User:Cardiffchestnut in that conversation before a name change). The user page shows up in Google searches. Should I care and should something be done? If so, what? Thanks, davidiad { t } 02:01, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
Drmies (or one of the admin page stalkers) could you perhaps have a look at this discussion: User talk:Yunshui#User:Jbignell (needs to be an admin to see the deleted article). One of those books was just added to another article by the same user. Looks very fishy to me, but have not time right now to look into it (another administrative form to fill out, in triplicate of course)... -- Randykitty ( talk) 14:54, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for your support. :)
Phead128 (
talk) 23:09, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
At least according to Jacob Rees-Mogg in last week's episode of Have I Got News For You, the word floccinaucinihilipilfication means "the estimation of something valueless". According to that TV programme, Rees-Mogg's use of the word in the House of Commons makes it the longest word to appear in Hansard. It is probably no surprise to you that I've never heard of the word before ... but I am tempted to find a use for it, perhaps at ANI. That will sort out the wheat from the chaff among the admin corps! Alternatively, perhaps I could just say that X or Y is crap? - Sitush ( talk) 00:39, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
Time to burn the midnight oil again. With this out of the way, you need to get another project. — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 02:47, 1 June 2013 (UTC) |
The Ape Man's Brother was a work in progress. You kinda Interrupted me as I was searching for more reliable sources. This is a relatively unknown ebook by a well known author. I sort of resent the fact you swooped in and deleted it before I had the chance to finish. PKDASD ( talk) 23:30, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
It's been written and published as a e-book, something that Joe Lansdale does very little of. Joe is a very popular and prolific writer with many hardcore fans and I think this article belongs in the encyclopedia. Just check out his bibliography. I'm going to redo the article and hopefully this time it will meet Wikipedia's strict standards. PKDASD( talk) 20:20 5 June (UTC)
Guy, I'm weary of arguing with you. If you want to delete it, go ahead. I doubt me or Joe Lansdale will lose any sleep over it.11:49, 21 June 2013 (UTC) PKDASD
Schlafly has been in the news for this numerous times.
I REPEATEDLY asked those removing information from the article to come to the talk page for discussion in accordance with what I understand the rules of wikipedia to be. They refused and instead, OUT OF POLICY, engaged in private conversation to get the page locked.
I have placed sections for information, discussion and sources on the talk page to try to get them to show up but I am confident they are not acting in good faith, as I am sure from YOUR direct threats that you are not bothering to act in good faith, and I'm certain they won't bother.
Prove me wrong, please. Show some good faith and show up for the discussion rather than making threats. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.31.208.198 ( talk) 14:20, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies! Hope you remember me in the ANI discussion. I just want to get your opinion about this edit on the same article Joya Ahsan. Since you warned me for indulging in an edit war, I've refrained myself from reverting that, but please take a close look. This time another user SlawTony is making the same edit that Ricose used to do (suspecting a sock puppet), removing the existing references as well as some referenced contents and putting some blog sites instead. -- Zayeem (talk) 15:42, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies. I'm poking around to get a couple more editors involved here if you're interested. It makes me uncomfortable to "argue" with volunteers and I would rather facilitate a thoughtful discussion among impartial editors.
I asked SmartSE initially, but he said he is busy IRL and not editing actively atm. CorporateM ( Talk) 13:54, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
Xr/ss mies, could you or a visual-arts loving TPS help me with Friedrich Carl Albert Schreuel? I've hit a brick wall (and I don't speak German or Dutch). — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 14:29, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies, could you perhaps have a look at this AFD? There are some BLP issues here, I think. Initially, I was surprised that this was apparently taken to AfD by an IP, but it's a new editor who has also edited this using his IP and doesn't sign his edits... -- Randykitty ( talk) 14:54, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
Just to make you aware that I predict an edit war, or at minimum total waste of everyone's time on the talk page as particular editors refuse to actually read WP policies. Sorry to only get in contact when nonsense happens, but there you go... Blackmetalbaz ( talk) 20:00, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Doc.
We have this aggressive person who is edit-warring on K-pop adding unsourced positions and personall attacks in his edit-summaries. Now he is attacking my articles: [27]. I reported them at AIV but I thought it wouldn't hurt to try contacting you as well. Thank you and sorry for the trouble. Δρ.Κ. λόγος πράξις 21:16, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
Drmies and stalkers, this seems like it might be up some of your alleys. There's some sort of slow brew edit war going on at Edward Said. I can't tell if it's hero-worshiper v. reactionary, but it's a GA and I suspect that nothing too productive is happening. (I only noticed because I tried to get rid of a couple weak phrases and both sides in whatever's going on have reverted me; one appears to think I'm a sock of the other.) davidiad { t } 22:58, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
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-- Tito Dutta ( talk • contributions • email) 08:23, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
I assume that your placement of this comment directly after mine is just a coincidence driven by when we each posted, but still...wow. You are one of a handful of admins i respect in person (as opposed to simply by virtue of the position), but i think you might have missed it here. I'm sure you're aware that Kumioko is always going on about the "us and them" mentality; thus far i've not agreed with him; please don't make me rethink that. I know WP:AN is primarily an announcement board for admins, but that function is acknowledged to lead to general community discussion, especially when regarding something which potentially affects the whole community like, oh i don't know, bans or blocks and their lengths. Cheers, Lindsay Hello 09:40, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for blocking the not so funny Fun Minister for his attacks on Blackmetalbaz. I'm too involved in that goth rock list for pulling out the admin tools myself. And it seems also that he's quit completely about this whole thing. De728631 ( talk) 14:20, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
Viz your semi-protection of Anti-Romanian discrimination, can you also semi-protect Ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureș, which is also a target of the IPs. Thanks. RashersTierney ( talk) 18:17, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
Thanks about that. No matter how many times I see those templates they just confuse the heck out of me. Can never remember what to put there. BTW I don't suppose you'd know whether or not articles written in the Hamilton Evening Journal in 1929 would be public domain by now? There is supposedly some interesting articles related to the Men's Rights League penned there by the creator of Wonder Woman 12 years prior to her debut. Ranze ( talk) 04:38, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
G'day from Oz; I have just come across List of aircraft in the Pima Air& Space Museum, which is apparently a creation of a COI editor calved off the Pima Air & Space Museum article after you deleted similar info from it late last year. The List is very very badly-done, being unsourced, full of OR and full of spelling mistakes (which is how it came to my notice). I am inclined to take it to AfD, but I don't know whether lists on WP have different standards for inclusion compared to articles and so I'd like your opinion. Cheers YSSYguy ( talk) 10:49, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
...and a GAF Nomad, product of Australia. I spent several days there just over five years ago (I have several photos I took there in my User page photo gallery), did the AMARG tour as well; I thought I'd died and gone to heaven :-) Thanks and Cheers again YSSYguy ( talk) 21:16, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
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For being willing to throw yourself into the mess of the
men's rights movement. — Tom Morris ( talk) 11:07, 6 June 2013 (UTC) |
It is a title given to any Minister who tries to be overly charming, something like this, see picture. That is my conclusion, after much original research. After that they are all put on Cabbage soup diet. Wonder what Malleus Fatuorum alias Corbett would think of that article, since he doesn't like how to do articles. Warrington ( talk) 13:06, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
Heya, is there a policy that would prevent me from posting on Malke's talk page after he told me not to, or is it just bad form to do so? Just in case I run into him sometime again and need to put something - I'm afraid that even if it's a notification or something, he'll remove it and try to bring more down on me, from his general lack of listening to people trying to help or explain that I've experienced. Thanks, Ansh 666 14:26, 6 June 2013 (UTC) (P.S. didn't see the section on my talk at all until over a week later, or else I would surely have apologized profusely on AN/I. Blame Echo!)
I see you made some minor edits to this article. I have nominated it for CSD G4, per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bilal Khan (singer) and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bilal Khan also see the delete log for Bilal_Khan. Gaijin42 ( talk) 15:25, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
in his wisdom, ended our exchange at Men's rights movement. (1) You might not have seen my reply or (2) you might not want to see my reply, but you may as well proceed with the knowledge of its existance. Your last posting (now removed) did prompt me to add "theory" to my list of words and phrases that mean in my opinion. Einar aka Carptrash ( talk) 18:16, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
Hello Drmies, I am very busy off Wiki, but there is some disruption going on that is upsetting User:Miss Bono. See my talk page and hers. User:OneMadScientist seems to be up to no good. Thanks for any assistance that you can provide. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 19:27, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
I had a bit of trouble following the edit diffs, I noticed characters were reduced but since the spacing was compacted it took a bit to figure. Here though, it appears you removed the footnotes marked '2' and '3', which I found essential for interpreting the statement (I didn't make the footnotes, they're in the actual book, probably added by the translators). Number 3 which was removed in this edit "Walter A. Berendsohn was a professor of Scandinavian literature at the University of Hamburg and active member of the League for Men's Rights. He emigrated to Sweden in 1933." I found essential for understanding this interpretation. We seem to have an issue here where translators are recurringly translating "Menchrechten" as "men's rights" rather than "human rights" as it is used today. The term "Mensch" appears to have shifted from back then referring to men, to in a modern sense also including women. This group is spoken of by WW creator also as a "men's" group and his discussion of their issues makes it very clear it's a MRA thing. The problem is just getting a good screenshot of the source documents. I have a text translation but that alone won't stand as a source without the raw newspaper.
Anyway, I'm wondering if there could be a non-confusing way to retain the footnotes. I attempted to keep them in original form by superscripting the notes. Ranze ( talk) 21:26, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
For Drmies or talk page stalkers: I've started a thread at the BLP noticeboard for Charles J. Hynes. Am I wrong that this looks like a bio that's gone off the tracks, with major NPOV issues? 99.149.85.229 ( talk) 23:36, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
The Season 2 table in List of Wild Kratts episodes had been messed up by an IP user which is 99.230.35.247. Please restore the table and try to warn that user. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.61.91.133 ( talk) 00:22, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
I just created Kristin Beck - if you're in the mood to expand a stub, there's plenty of material/coverage about them. -- Obi-Wan Kenobi ( talk) 15:38, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
User:Zimmermanh1997/ User:Hollisz is back, yet again, this time with a new account ( User:Zman9000) and two new edits to the WICL page (his favorite haunt). I'm leaving this one up to you, but I think a block for all accounts and his range (if possible) is due. He obviously isn't getting the idea of Wikipedia...or doesn't care. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 16:18, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I am not really involved in the dispute but I have noticed that an article that I have contributed alot too has been the subject of a dispute for a few days. It is a user named Geebee that runs a pro-Jodi website of somekind that has heavily edited the article, and it seems that alot of Pro-Jodi Arias stuff has been inserted. The user is showing the telling characteristics of someone who wants to "win the discussions" as evident on the users extensive use of the talk page. User Bishonen referred me to you and I thought I could atleast ask you to review it. Anywhow If you could take a look at it when you find time it would be appreciated. regards,-- BabbaQ ( talk) 16:24, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies, any wisdom you can provide at International Indian School Jeddah will be appreciated. I've tried to clean up the gratuitous listings of non-notable administrators, and have hit the 3rr wall. Am I wrong about this? Thanks, 99.149.85.229 ( talk) 18:41, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Doc. The socks are at Nine Muses (band), adding back the birthdays reverting your changes and using personal attacks. Δρ.Κ. λόγος πράξις 22:45, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
FYI I also opened Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Vgleer. Δρ.Κ. λόγος πράξις 22:58, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
Resolved for the moment as Bishonen blocked the account for 48 hours. Δρ.Κ. λόγος πράξις 23:38, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
If Dr. K thinks my jokes are funny, then I am surely . . . droll. Happy Friday night! Cullen328 Let's discuss it 05:12, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
That dog looks hungry. I have requested a topic ban of Geebee2 at ANI here because of his recent edits. Given your previous concerns on his edits I figure you may want to weigh in. Darkness Shines ( talk) 09:37, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
Nervous yet? Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 10:15, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
Could someone PLEASE tell Esoglou to stop edit warring and running off Eastern Orthodox editors [30] Please. LoveMonkey 23:01, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
Jasper Deng (talk) 03:01, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
I think Oliver summed it up well with this term [31], particularly when you look at the logs for DanielTom [32] combined with their talk page history. Combined with the abusive emails you have been sent, I think the editor needs to be indef blocked with talk page and email access removed for trolling. Normally, I would just block them myself but I'm leaving in a few hours and will have limited internet access for several days, and since they made me the target, people would have questions. Not sure if it needs to go to WP:AN or not, the total evidence is pretty self evident. It seems clear that a RFCU is no longer an option as the editor is simply going to troll. There really is no question about it at this point. Dennis Brown / 2¢ / © / @ 11:03, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
I'm seeing problems across numerous articles that basically amounts to spamming of the Aam Aadmi Party, a new-ish Indian political group. Many such parties in India last little more than a few months but they generate a lot of heat & they are increasingly aware of how they can use WP for their propaganda purposes etc. If you or any of your stalkers should come across references to the AAP then I'd appreciate it if a bit of scrutiny took place, mainly wrt WP:DUE and WP:PRIMARY. Ta, and sorry for using this as a sort of messageboard. - Sitush ( talk) 23:53, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi there, with all due respect i believe i was unfairly tageed with vandalism. The artic;e i tried to delete was far to short and i will copy and paste the entire thing onto here "Russell G. Lloyd, Jr. was mayor before Jonathan Weinzapfel took his spot in office.
Insert non-formatted text here *all credit to writer. The article does not have to be removed but if you review it and remove the vandalism tag that would be great. Thank you my fellow wikipedia lover and contributer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Worldwidesunshine ( talk • contribs)
Hi Drmies,
Thought I would let you know that there is currently an RfC taking place at Project Eurovision, just in case you wished to participate. Hope you're doing well BTW! Wesley♦ Mouse 00:15, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
My apologies. I was trying to smooth over an edit conflict and I accidentally only kept my post instead of both of ours. DrPhen ( talk) 03:02, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
If you do too much article work, they might think you're - gasp - a content admin. — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 03:43, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
June 2013
Your recent editing history shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly.
To avoid being blocked, instead of reverting please consider using the article's talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. See BRD for how this is done. You can post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection. ==== — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sonsoftheserpent ( talk • contribs) 03:44, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
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OK, I am amazed. That is exactly what Mrs. Cullen and I drank with our leftover chicken curry over Japanese noodles this evening. I should have remembered to put the bottle in an ice bucket but I was too busy pecking away on a certain encyclopedia website. I hope your wife returns soon. Men were not created to sleep alone. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 05:05, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi there my friend, longtime no "see" hope all's the best it could be and more by you,
again, a simple request from a simple man, can you please check the dutch reference in this guy's article and see if i translated it correctly? I admit, i "peaked" at GOOGLE TRANSLATOR, but i'll be damned if i used the "sentence" that resulted from their mixes entirely :)
My lab dog (not a pet, a friend) died a month ago, aged almost 11. He did not suffer heavily that was a bonus, it was like one day he was on cloud nine, the other he was "kill me please". He is missed, cute little thing inspiring us while we write in your page will too when it gets its turn.
Kind regards, thanks again for being there -- AL ( talk) 15:00, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
Shouldn't softer block be autoblock disabled, and not account creation blocked? 216.11.222.27 ( talk) 16:57, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
importScript("User:Writ Keeper/Scripts/blockDefaults.js");
as usual. The current defaults are very barebones: only revoke talk page (which automatically checks the appropriate box) and {{softerblock}} (which automatically unchecks everything, as is appropriate) are handled by default. But much of my time was spent making a nice GUI for you to make your own defaults; there's a link to it from the Special:Block page, and hopefully the instructions there will be clear enough. Let me know if you have any issues, questions, or comments.
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Since you had interaction related to one of the socks named here, I thought I'd bring your attention to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/DanielTom. Toddst1 ( talk) 20:25, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies. There is a discussion at AN/EW regarding CSDarrow, in which your name was mentioned. So I just wanted to make you aware of it. -- 76.189.109.155 ( talk) 20:48, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies. Would you take a look at Talk:Jeanne Phillips#Long-term vandalism by 68.94.xx.xx? The article has been subjected to long-term vandalism by dynamic IP editor 68.94.xx.xx who repeatedly adds Category:Transgender and transsexual women and Category:Transgender and transsexual writers to the article. I listed the seven additions/reversions on the talk page. The vandal is persistent: The vandalism started in June 2011 and last occurred two days ago. Would you consider watchlisting Jeanne Phillips or applying Wikipedia:Protection policy#When to apply pending changes protection to the article to counter the vandalism? Thank you for your help. Best, Cunard ( talk) 01:29, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
I hope you don't mind, but I made the post before I saw your own and cited the evidence where Lucia lied to you about the troll claiming it was me. It was a rather obvious attempt to deflect and justify her personal attacks at ANI. Normally, that kind of stunt would get a harsh warning, but as you can tell I've been trying to resolve things hoping there was some chance of peace. Lucia seems to be completely opposed to that and intends "justice" on me; so at this point I have little reason to remain silent. Everything is too personal for her; I think I may actually need to do the RFC/U at this point. I just don't know what to at this point. ChrisGualtieri ( talk) 03:05, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
User:Toby323- is constantly breaking the three-revert rule. He is warned several times by other editors but again he put vandal edits on this article here! Bangladesh; as he has previously done at Talk:List of countries where English is an official language and was blocked by you!!!! Samudrakula ( talk) 10:48, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
Fai zan 15:22, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
Drmies,
Perhaps, we need to start the conversation again because quite frankly I do not understand what's going on with the pages I created. I am a grad student, and I am simply interested in all things Augustine and the various scholars who have contributed to my intellectual growth. Firs, as far as I can see, Augustinian phenomenology is a new field within phenomenology, and it is rooted in Augustine's own phenomenology. Second, now you tell me that you have removed Craig J. N. de Paulo's listing as a Heidegger scholar from the Heidegger's template when many of his books and articles listed on his page clearly indicate that he is a notable Heidegger scholar. If twelve books and 133 (WorldCat, Philosopher' Index, etc.)articles on Heidegger does not make him eligible for this listing, what would? There are others listed who are not as accomplished. Since I am not an expert in creating or editing these pages, I am sure that I have made many mistakes but everything that I have ever posted is true to the best of my knowledge. I also try to reference as much as possible using links, etc. Please help! Augustinestudent ( talk) 01:15, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
Second, I am really, really disturbed by some of your edits, as I noted at the AfD. I do a bunch of legwork, and then you go and borrow one little bit of it and completely misapply it. And I think I explained my reservations on "Augustinian phenomenology" often enough at the AfD--you still don't seem to recognize that the term is used in multiple ways.
I don't think your issue has anything to do at all with Wikipedia: it has to do with other, more academic matters, like proper citation and interpretation. And it has to do with what you think is simple math: 12 books. Well, 1 book with Oxford UP is probably worth more than a dozen with Peter Lang and Edwin Mellen, and no matter how much you defend Mellen, it's an academic reality which applies here as well. What's more, even an OUP doesn't count much here--unless it's been reviewed in an academic journal. And that's what's missing here: reliable secondary material. Thank you. Drmies ( talk) 02:33, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
...I'm not responding to CSD's latest tirade only because you asked me to back out, which I am respecting. But when an editor posts such nonsense where he again attacks the entire project and the quality of all of its editors, it's difficult not to respond. As I asked elsewhere, why would an editor who despises the project so much be so upset about not being able to participate in it? ;) -- 76.189.109.155 ( talk) 01:40, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
Seems to be a sockpuppet of User:Jakob_Franz_Katze_258, who you blocked a couple of days ago. Valenciano ( talk) 13:55, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi, Drmies! Well, we have tried clear away your reservations regarding that nomination to the best of what we could have done... Please go, have a look and tell us what you think.— Шαмıq ☪ тαʟκ✍ @ 14:41, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.
Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!
Drmies ( talk) 16:19, 13 June 2013 (UTC)Hi, can you detail on the talk page for AKB48 what specifically needs to be cleaned up for the fanpov tag? I have tried to make the Concept, Membership, and History sections neutral, although questioning the notability of specific events and information was met with resistance as you can see on the talk page. - AngusWOOF ( talk) 17:28, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
I saw your message on my talk page and was saddened to see that you underestimate me. I have participated on over 100 AfD discussion, almost all of which went according to my vote. I am very aware of notability guidelines. I might remind you, for instance, of WP:NRVE which states that "Notability requires only the existence of suitable independent, reliable sources, not their immediate citation." Just because the Shinoda article is bad now does not mean she is not notable. I suggest you do some searching for sources before turning pages into redirects, or better yet, seek consensus first per WP:CON. Working on Japan topics, I know she is notable and can prove that. (Note that I saw you turning other AKB48 members into redirects, but I did not undo some of those because I did not have an argument to claim notability.) Michitaro ( talk) 18:43, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
Tired of letting you have all the fun, I decided to write about a somewhat depressing novel for children. — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 10:02, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
the Return. Δρ.Κ. λόγος πράξις 17:29, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
On 14 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mathijs Bouman, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Dutch "TV economist" Mathijs Bouman is known for such one-liners as "if women pay fewer taxes, men will vacuum more often"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mathijs Bouman. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 18:03, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
Not sure you should even care, but FYI, there is a thread at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#Block and ANI process is completely subjective where a "mistaken" block issued by you is used as an example of why all admins are biased against.... sorry we haven't quite established that bit yet. Beeblebrox ( talk) 18:32, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
I'm not certain to whom this edit is directed. Indentation implies Jensen, but I think you meant to address Lucia.— Kww( talk) 19:28, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
Again i come to you so you can come to the rescue (about bloody time i helped you in reverse, but we edit in different fields it seems), let's see if you can oblige (i know you will, as it involves your favorite team and that who will be coached by the son of god!),
The article is Miralem Sulejmani. I'd like for you to retrieve references in Dutch for the following sentences: 1 - intro, him being the most expensive transfer between Dutch clubs (that one is optional, i just wished to replace the horrible TRANSFERMARKT.com table with a newspiece that's all); 2 - him signing for Ajax, there is a source from the official web, but it's DEAD; 3 - his solo goal against Juventus; 4 - him falling out with Franky de Boer.
If you do not wish to insert them in text mate, just send me the URLs, i'll do it myself. Kindest regards from your friend VAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASCO! -- AL ( talk) 20:54, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies (and talk page stalkers), can you help ascertain which came first, the content of the Wiki article or this copyrighted version [33]. I'd tagged the article as a copypaste job, then removed the template out of uncertainty. Once that's settled, the neutrality issue still bears observation. Thanks from above the Mason Dixon, 76.248.151.159 ( talk) 22:03, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
That went into the ANI archives without any sort of formal conclusion, despite what looked like clear consensus to impose some sort of topic ban. 86.121.18.17 ( talk) 02:19, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diplomacy | |
Drmies, your unblock statement surrounding Kiefer was, in my opinion, brilliant. Thank you for donating your time to Wikipedia ... with resolutions like that, you make this a better place to contribute, and consequently a better encyclopedia. Go Phightins ! 02:51, 15 June 2013 (UTC) |
You unblocked him?!? Yay! Well done :-) Yngvadottir ( talk) 15:54, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
Well, you inspired me while in Vegas, and Mrs. Brown took a few photos of me with my Wikipedia t-shirt on with beer in hand at the Stratosphere, but I look somewhat drunker than I was so I don't think I will use them. It might be because it was 10am. It is amazing the things you do in Las Vegas that you wouldn't do in the course of a normal day at home. Pretty good time was had, broke even gambling, so all is well. Finally saw Hoover Dam, which was amazing. Take the long tour if you ever go. The Fremont Street Experience was the best time you can have for almost free, as always. I go every couple of years, and they have gotten their act together on rebuilding downtown. People running on ziplines above the crowds, several really good band playing on the street, and the bar serving the street crowd actually had reasonable prices. The strip kind of sucked, way too expensive, $10 for a coke and chips. Paris Las Vegas is over-rated, although their buffet has the best prime rib and worth the $30 easily. Dennis Brown / 2¢ / © / @ 03:02, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
No one opposed your wording substantially, since there is no real difference between your wording and Bbb23's. The thread was archived (I really HATE Mizsabot, by the way ;) ), but might as well put in the topic ban. Eh doesn't afraid of anyone ( talk) 03:10, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies, just read the message you left on my talk page. Sorry for reverting, but like you said there was no explaination and when I looked at the history and seen what that editor had been up to in previous edits, combined with the fact that he had already been warned on talk page about removing the templates, I just assumed that he was removing them again for no reason. Cmr08 ( talk) 07:18, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
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...since that noticeboard is protected, I'm seeking protection for SPNRC High School, which is being used as a high school yearbook page by multiple accounts, likely the same editor. Thanks Drmies, and happy weekend, 76.248.151.159 ( talk) 11:19, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
An IP editor removed sourced content from the Movies! page (it's an American TV network, in case you are wondering). I reverted twice (up to my 2RR limit) and posted a warning on the IPs talk page. The anon is using an IP registered to Sprint PCS in the Charlotte area, so rangeblocks are out.
While typing this up, the anon reverted a third time with the edit summary "e/i not welcome nor noteworthy. do NOT revert!". Obviously the warning didn't get through to them.
Since I am at 2RR, I am turning this one over to you. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 13:54, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies,
If you get some time, could you please review the Tube Bar main article & album listings that I created to verify my work. Since I am a fan, I don't want to be bias, the article and album listings should be notable. Thank you for your help, and I am glad to see you are running for the Board. Tyros1972 Talk 15:48, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
I open a new message topic because the other one is already way up in the "charts", this makes it easier for you chap,
found out this ref about him being banned by FIFA for his contract with 'veen, maybe this about covers it (see this one http://www.voetbalzone.nl/doc.asp?uid=172190), you please tell me if otherwise, i'll search further.
Cheerio -- AL ( talk) 17:27, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
On 16 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kristin Beck, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Kristin Beck served as a Navy Seal for 20 years before revealing her gender identity as a woman? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kristin Beck. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 01:04, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
You may not be around at the moment, but you should take a look at my revert here. There's also a brief, weird discussion on the project talk page.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 14:03, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
Hey, this. Yes. Illegitimi non carborundum. The Rambling Man ( talk) 15:15, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
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On 16 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Burnt Offering (Galzy novel), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Jeanne Galzy's novel Burnt Offering, winner of the 1930 Prix Brentano, explores a love between a teacher and a 12-year-old female student? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Burnt Offering (Galzy novel). You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 16:32, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Integrity | ||
For your support during the recent unpleasantness. PumpkinSky talk 22:29, 16 June 2013 (UTC) |
Drmies, I've been thinking very hard about this since you unblocked Kiefer.Wolfowitz the other day, and I feel that the following needs to be said on-wiki. I think that your unblocking Kiefer overstepped your authority and was very disrespectful to Wikipedians. Here's why:
This is all very important, because there are a few editors who, for one reason or another, have some resentment about Wikipedia and take every opportunity to chip into any discussion to air it. Maybe some of them have good reasons for that, and I'm not judging anyone, but it's very distracting and energy-consuming and really quite unfair to the rest of us. As I've said elsewhere, we shouldn't have to jump into a fire if we want our say on who can block us and delete our articles. Admins give us precious little protection from people doing that, and when an admin undoes some little bit of respite that we've been given, and bypasses due process to do so, then it's very bad. In summary, this unblock has been very disruptive.
Regards, -- Stfg ( talk) 19:40, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
As for my "elitist" remark, I don't think I'm the only one who on occasion detects a lynch mob mentality. I've noted it before--in the case of Youreallycan/Off2riorob, with whom I have a mixed relationship, with Pumpkinsky (not the most recent incident), with Malleus, with a lot of editors who have made both friends and enemies. And while I am not going to spell out in exhaustive detail what I think, I will reiterate that dramah threads too easily attract comments from just about everyone, including (in the thread you pointed at) editors with just a few hundred article space edits and little else. Note also that you yourself, in your count above, included all "votes" (as far as I can tell), even though those discussions are not votes--and you use it as an argument to claim I don't have a consensus which, you argue, I should have. Pile-ons easily get out of hand. That's all I want to say about that right now, and that's what I was pointing at. And I don't believe the whole "us poor editors have no recourse" bit: in fact, this very discussion should prove the opposite, except for that you are not on Kiefer's side (I think).
You are welcome to ask for my bit. You are also welcome to ask for one for yourself, and I for one might not oppose you; I don't know, I'm not that familiar with you. And then you can see that there's a lot of things that are easy, a lot of them, and some are not. I did what I could and what I thought was right and proper, with input and without the intent to shut off anything. Finally, I disagree with the very premise you outline for an unblock of, in this case Kiefer, but perhaps others as well, and at least WP:UNBLOCK does not require me to call a vote. (Also, see Wikipedia:Unblocks are cheap, which I agree with). You have doubts about my uninvolvedness? I can only reassure you that I unblocked Kiefer not because he is a friend (which remains to be seen--and I don't say that because of recent events, but because "friend" is a difficult concept) but because I thought it was the right thing to do, with the restrictions I thought were reasonable. I don't know if you know this, but the previous editor for whom I stuck my neck out (ineffectively, I'm sad to say) was Ottava Rima, with whom I have never been and probably never will be a friend. Still I'd like to see him back. Now, you can point at all the Kiefer edits you like that you find troublesome since the unblock (I haven't looked at any--I also have a day job, I'm sad to say), but hey, you have recourse: you can always start an ANI thread or ask a friendly admin. Non-admin editors are not completely powerless. And let's face it: it shouldn't be hard to find an admin willing to reblock Kiefer if he, in their opinion, steps out of line. That's sad for him, and I'm not sure you appreciate to which extent his career here is hanging by a thread, and yours is not. So yeah, I stuck out my neck for him since I think he is (or certainly can be) a net positive, but I would probably do the same for you, and I don't even know you very well. I probably still would, even after you (possibly rightfully) question my competence and (not so nicely) my ethics. And now I'm going to cook dinner, and let you all go back to writing articles and nominating DYKs and reviewing GAs. Slash or making all these threads even longer. Drmies ( talk) 22:53, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
Kiefer has asked me about the duration of the ban here User talk:Salix alba#AN close. I've interpreted the length as indefinite.-- Salix ( talk): 06:38, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar | |
It's difficult to see a positive solution when people are baying for blood, even more difficult when the subject seems masochistic. I admire you for sticking your neck out when others wouldn't and wanted to let you know that. WormTT( talk) 21:19, 17 June 2013 (UTC) |
Could you please remove the off-topic slander on the Talk:WW2InfoBox. It's unconscionable that an off-topic slander of another editor is left on a talk page in a closed discussion with a "do not modify" tag applied. UrbanNerd ( talk) 23:07, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
Dear Drmies, I made no attack upon you. I was corrected the libelous remark that was launched against The Edwin Mellen Press, which also infers slander against all of those scholars who have published with this publisher. As Wikipedia editors, it is not our place to make such judgments. Universitybuff ( talk) 23:43, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
Any thoughts on this? I was reverted soon after removing a rather promotional section, and would prefer reinforcements to heading down the edit war path. Thanks, 76.248.151.159 ( talk) 02:15, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
Just fried 5 pieces of bacon, then fried some potatoes in the bacon grease, followed by a couple of eggs. My left arm is a bit numb now, but my taste buds and belly are happy. I should go walk around the block or something... Dennis Brown | 2¢ | © | WER 13:28, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
Someone linked this at Anna's guantlet, and I then remembered that I have not seen any odd articles linked on your page in days. I have to admit, I have near heard of such a thing in my entire life. I wonder if they have them in bifocals? Dennis Brown | 2¢ | © | WER 00:37, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
Tried for a late hommage, but as expected he is (was) not notable enough,
more about my attempt and my feelings due to the legal updates here ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Football#Richard_Nieuwenhuizen_-_A_late_hommage.3F). Kind regards -- AL ( talk) 15:46, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
Hey Drmies! Hope you're doing well! Just want your suggestion, an user ( Special:Contributions/Baigmirzawaqar) has just made few edits outside an AfD and I have tagged his vote with {{ SPA}}, but he is continuously removing that. I have also discussed the matter in his talk page but he is still edit warring. What should I do? -- Zayeem (talk) 16:12, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
What are your thoughts on taking this to FAC? Eric Corbett 01:11, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies,
Would it be possible for you to mediate a situation via my talk page please? Both myself and Pickette have endured, shall we say, "negative" interactions with each other. I have tried to seek peace, but to no avail. Anyhow, we are discussing the issue now via my talk page, and are both thinking of some sort of mediation, without going through the ANI route (a bit like the now defunct WP:WQA). I know that you are very good at being impartial, which is why I thought of you first as a potential mediator. The discussion is taking place at User talk:Wesley Mouse#Issue. Thanks, Wesley ☮ Mouse 17:16, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
Hello. I have undone the removal of some contents after checking that numerous editors contributed to that particular section. I feel that I should apologise in case I have missed a good reason for the removal but could not understand since it seems relevant to understanding the history of this movement. Perhaps a discussion on the Talk page of the article would be helpful. Thanks for your understanding. Bamkin ( talk) 18:27, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I apologize for getting carried away there yesterday. If we've really muddied up the discussion, could we remove the comments and suggestions posted at the end yesterday?-- ArmanJ ( talk) 20:37, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
new article: Brasserie de la Senne Ladyof Shalott 01:45, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
Hey Drmies,
Found a nice easy case for you to do your magic on. Bulgaria in Radoslav's Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013. It is clearly a false article as there is no such contest in the world, never mind in Europe. And by looking at this Facebook page, it looks like some over-enthusiastic kid who lives in a fantasy world making up their own contests and using Wikipedia to "promote" their fantasia. I don't even know why it has gone via AfD when a speedy is clearly the solution on this. Enjoy! Wesley ☮ Mouse 04:07, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for keeping it, I had just started improving the heck out of it prior to opining at the AfD; we have so few articles on þættir anyway, it's criminal. Yngvadottir ( talk) 05:03, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies, thank you so much for cleaning up the article as it needed it as unfortunately most of us are fresh editors writing it of non-english mother tongue but above all not wikipedian expert editors. I have only a point for to you as I have gone through the person story since long now and it is that you are very much right that absolutely no hypothesis has to be made referring to personality like the Pope, but why to erase his religious experience which is the fulcrum of the person life as activist which he and his family has suffered badly and which is his main social fight to help preventing abuses. Himself has exposed it and beside all the italian newspapers of the time which reported his battle against the church even in the guardian interview of nowadays he has mentioned it and which is the most reliable source. Therefore i think that although it is a tough subject it is of public interest to know such concealed facts and not to be hidden. It is like to repress true achievements done by notable people like James Wales (not to compare). Please find the right way and according wikipedia guidelines to revert it back or kindly advice how it has to be put taking in consideration also our journalistic effort to research verifiable sources which should not be an in vane work for dedicating our free time to contribute to wikipedia expansion like you do. Many thanks. DrKlain ( talk) 08:40, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies, you are invited to participate in this discussion. Please note that participation is optional and the discussion closes at 12:15am sharp tonight (GMT+8). Cheers. -- Arctic Kangaroo ( ✉ • ✎) 14:40, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
On 21 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jeunes filles en serre chaude, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the 1934 Jeanne Galzy novel Jeunes filles en serre chaude, with its seductive title, was deemed to contain "dangerous aberrations" and "strong emotional reaction[s] of an undesirable nature"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jeunes filles en serre chaude. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 16:03, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
Ok, it's up Magnus Manske. Go wild. I'm submitting DYK now. -- Obi-Wan Kenobi ( talk) 19:54, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
Lucia Black is bothering me on my own talk page despite telling her that she is not welcome; I've explained the issue, why she is wrong, and given another warning. She came to my user page to make a "warning" for pointing out her behavior issues; and refusal to discuss and work together as demonstrated by her response at DRN at that time. link. And yes; the Dragon Ball Z article recreation is still an issue with my sandbox User:ChrisGualtieri/sandbox and User:ChrisGualtieri/sandbox5 holding the prototypes. Two new editors have joined in the talk page discussion, so it helps, but the problem remains. Since she doesn't want me on her talk page; I told her that any issue will go through a third-party. Considering you know the issue; could you please take a look at User talk:ChrisGualtieri and comment? I don't want to argue with her all day long; her "warning" is non-sense and I am seriously considering ANI or RFC/U, but I don't know if what the procedure would be for notifying those who have issue with her behavior from past discussions or if that would be "canvassing" because I need at least one other person who has issues with her IDHT and personal attacks. ChrisGualtieri ( talk) 23:32, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
Yes--something a bit deeper than this. Drmies ( talk) 21:19, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for helping me revert his revert! Contrary to what he claims, it WAS plagiarism. Thanks. ☯ Bonkers The Clown \(^_^)/ Nonsensical Babble ☯ 03:02, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
While you're at it, could you make me invisible too? :/ — Ched : ? 03:55, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
...to say hello. I may ask for some help with a recalcitrant user here if this continues [34]. I've asked them not to post at my talk page anymore, but we so seldom get what we wish for. I hope you're well. Very best, 76.248.151.159 ( talk) 04:07, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
Heya Doc, could you or one of your admin TPSers do a history merge of 2008 riot in Mongolia and User:Kelapstick/Riot. I have some edit summaries in my userspace draft that I want to keep in the main article history. Much thanks, -- kelapstick( bainuu) 01:08, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
←Hmmm....Well There were some lovely vacation photos, I have been living vicariously through you as I am stuck in the desert, and believe it or not we got flooded out two days ago (photos to come). Did you know, tomorrow is election day, which means we are not allowed to use explosives. What kind of a rule is that? -- kelapstick( bainuu) 04:40, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
...to say hello. Warrington ( talk) 16:16, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
schelvis (Tuna liver) paté, have you ever had one? Warrington ( talk) 16:16, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
Hey Drmies, hope all is well with you. I am having a problem with User:71.254.85.74. The user added some original research yesterday under a different IP. Today it was added again and I reverted per OR, especially after an edit summary saying the information was "per listeners" (which has disappeared for some reason). A couple minutes ago, the anon, again, reverted back to the OR information. Since I am at 2RR, could you take it from here? Thanks... Neutralhomer • Talk • 16:27, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
Did you realize that you edited a fully protected article without talk page consensus?
Hello Drmies,
I was wondering if you, or maybe a member of your fan club, might take a look at Robert A. J. Gagnon and especially its talk page. There is a relatively new editor who has spent weeks trying to add a large and poorly referenced "controversy" section to this brief BLP. Several editors have tried to dissuade this editor from this path, but the new editor is convinced that all the experienced editors are completely wrong and that the new editor is 100% right. I have been accused now of incivility, so maybe fresh voices might help, or then again, maybe not. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 19:19, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
Close but no cigar. Very, very respectable showing I might add. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | © | WER 20:18, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
Could I kindly ask for a history merge of User:ChrisGualtieri/sandbox from [35] to the new Dragon Ball Z page? The conflict seems to be over, with Lucia backing off, new 3Os and continued improvements to the article as a whole. ChrisGualtieri ( talk) 22:53, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
Drmies -
The problems at breast cancer awareness are back in full force. I am willing to reopen the possibility of a topic ban (for the both of us, obviously). Is there anyway I can contact you in private? Please. We really need an admin here and I am willing to be topic banned, but I would like to explain the situation to you in private if that is okay.
Oh, and by the way, this is Charles. MidnightRequestLine ( talk) 01:30, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
I could have sworn I saw a FAQ for RFC/U guidelines, but I can't seem to find it now. Quickly, since you seem to have some experience with this. I started one, it's been endorsed by multiple users (including two others who made mediation attempts), but the subject has declined to participate. What happens now? MezzoMezzo ( talk) 03:57, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
Please be careful to check whether requests are the same as the existing protection (such as semi vs. full). Dogmaticeclectic ( talk) 17:33, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
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The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
For your work at WP:RFPP. Bearian ( talk) 19:35, 25 June 2013 (UTC) |
Can you suggest a good Dutch idiom that would translate to "Idle hands are the devil's playground", i.e. "a child that is not kept busy will get into trouble"?— Kww( talk) 22:14, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
Please could you clarify your earlier ANI comments regarding this issue? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:22, 26 June 2013 (UTC)
Oh my goodness, it's not just Nick Park's mad imaginings, it's real! Geoff Who, me? 22:18, 26 June 2013 (UTC)
Unless the point is, "we dont have the answer, but we rather not say it outloud". Refusing to get the point shouldnt apply to people who actually want answers. If you analize the discussion more objectively, youll notice a lot of question dodging from multiple editors. And this is AFTER I proposed a compromise that would benefit both sides, in which still havent brought an actual reason why the compromise wouldnt work.
And I know you as an involved admin enough to know you dont see me as any other editor, but rather you get tired of my typos (your words not mine) and dont believe a smartphone edit could cause autocorrect. So I ask you, to see both sides. The only advantage other editors have is bringing up links, in which I cannot because I dont own a computer. I only have a smartphone in which would take literally an entire day to prove that im not the one throwing the first punch, or that another editor uses strong consensus gaming methods.
Maybe you could explain what point im refusing to get? If not, maybe a more impartial admin (in this case an admin that doesnt get irritated by me so quickly to prejudge a false ANI on me, which ended up only reverse blocking the accuser). I think it sounds completely fair. This isnt like a unified consensus where 1 strongly opposes while the supporters have countered them. This is supporters that dont even want to bother answering a relatively important question. And you can see how well Andy has dodged in the "compromise" section, when demands answers about the compromise but doesnt want to answer back. Lucia Black ( talk) 11:22, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
I cant provide proof the direct way. I can only provide the whole conversation, and even then, I can only point to you which one it is. Thats what im trying to say. Many admins ask for links and dont bother to look at what I can prove.
Regardless, im not saying your involved in the subject to be bias, im saying with me. You claim to have no strong feelings, but your comments and actions dont seem that way. you talk about how irritating it about my bad grammar. You prejudged an ANI about me because it was me and not review the situation. And you dont believe a smartphone edit could accidentally autocorrect a word. (The last part gets me the most).
but why dont you explain it to me. What point am I refusing to get? Lucia Black ( talk) 19:21, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
autocorrect on smartphone doesnt offer removal of hyphens or commas. In fact, not even on computer. Also, i previously had a mytouch 3G. A smartphone with a keyboard, and it was the smoothest smartphone i had when it came to editing wikipedia. Which i originaly refused to upgrade because of that alone. But now i have a Galaxy S 4, and this phone offers auto correct options already as you type and as you move the curser.oh and it gets worst, if the text is too long, it wont allow me to paste in any links. And it gets worst, due to low internet connection, despite the edit box being mostly loaded, if i type in and it eventually does load, it pushes the cursor midway. And for that momentary jump, i may accidentally edit someone elses by accident. And the worst is if im discussing, i have to edit at the bottom of the page. And because of that it also will jump the cursor to the middle of the entire discussion. I have to manually drag the cursor back done, which is why i dont bother correcting.
So with all that you can see how easy it is to make such a mistake. And it all boils down to why would i even want to change someone elses post? rhe not/now was incredibly small. Even if i wanted to change someones comment, i knew the penalty would be block, so why throw myself in a suicide. Im happpy to take responsibility for any mistakes, but as mistakes, not as vandalism, which banning was completely irrelevant. The unblock system is flawed in the sense that if one was falsely blocked, the process to getting unblocked would be based on the editor sucking upto another. Lucia Black ( talk) 01:25, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
The point was that I wa snt lying. And taking responsibility doesnt mean block for an accident and then refuse to unblock for insignificant reasons unrelated to the actual situation. But beside the point, I want to know what point im refusing to get? iI feel like refusing to get to the point is too subjective, prolonging a consensus that doesnt actually answer consensus changing questions, shouldnt be seen as disruptive simply because one is the minority. Especially if the minority is actually begging for answers because their willing to support if theres enough reason. Lucia Black ( talk) 02:18, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
Lucia Black, your response to me is filled with typographical errors. If you are going to edit using a mobile device, you have to take responsibility for proofreading and accuracy. For example, why would you type the word "I" or any variation of it, without capitalizing? Please proofread carefully and take full responsibility for the accuracy of your edits. This is an encyclopedia, not Facebook. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 03:23, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
@Chris, im ignoring you now. You come to stir even more trouble even after an editor has had similar problems? Not going to happen. You talk big and say no auto correct happens, but im not going to argue with you for something you dont actually proven yourself. So either get or even borrow a galaxy s 4 and edit, or dont nother me again about the subject.
@cullen, im sorry but I cant afford an edit conflict. I could if it was on pc, but not on phone. Copy and pasting is incredibly difficult and it leads me with 4 more edit-conflicts. So for fast paced discussions such as these, I cannot be patient for it. However dont confuse how I handle myself in discussions with how I edit articles. I have less chances of edit conflict in an article. Lucia Black ( talk) 03:45, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
@Lucia Black. I know about edit conflicts, and have dealt with them countless times myself. Please don't tell me how "incredibly difficult" it is when I am a mobile editor myself. So, post your comment quickly in a fast moving conversation. Fine. Then, go back and proofread your comments, if you expect people to take your comments seriously. That's what I do. That's what I recommend to you. Just a friendly hint. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 06:18, 28 June 2013 (UTC) @Drmies incredibly judgemental to believe such a mistake would be done intentionally, and I know you know better than to believe it was intentional especially if one editor is strongly trying to tell you that it does happen. Even cullen agrees, so dont say "no one here believes you". Its demeaning, disrespectful and simply not true. But the worst of you not believing is you judging me by not believing a very probable truth. Which leads me to believe that this isnt impartial. (Unless you disregard everyone who ever said such a thing, then it would be worst, because thats a speedy block ready to happen without even able to defend themselves).but you know what? It will be discrimination everytime you block an editor and not give benefit of the doubt when it comes to this until you actually use a smartphone to edit wikipedia yourself. Im using the Galaxy S 4. Try it out for a week or a day or maybe even an hour and then tell me straight out you had no issues.
@Cullen, eventually typos get disregarded in the process of a discussion. If an editor focuses too much on the typos and not on what the editor is actually saying, itll go nowhere. For example: currently a trademark discussion and its going quite smoothly into my favor despite the troubles of typos (and in case chris believes im using I win/lose wording, when I say in my favor, im just trying to clarify consensus is leaning toward my view, not that its a game and im trying to win it). Lucia Black ( talk) 06:59, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
@Lucia Black. If you truly believe that you have no obligation to try to correct large numbers of obvious typos in discussions, then please be prepared to deal with people who will think otherwise. There is a big difference between an occasional typo, and a swarm of them that interferes with comprehension. Eventually, that raises basic questions of competence. Again, please note that I edit mobile too. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 07:29, 28 June 2013 (UTC) Maybe they have too much weak faith. Honestly, I do try to edit, but im not looking for a lecture of responsibility when it comes to typos. I understand the issue, and find it important, but I dont like to be told how important, because I already know. But still, I can only go so far when it comes to fast paced discussions. Lucia Black ( talk) 07:43, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
Drmies, SL93, a user with a previously clean block log, lost his rag when he was baited by User:Scott Martin. It's obvious that SL93 was particularly outraged because an admin was speaking to him like that, and I can't blame him there. Please unblock him, or I will. Bishonen | talk 18:55, 27 June 2013 (UTC).
I wish SL93 the best; I was really surprised to see that coming from someone with whom I had occasional interactions which, I think, were always positive. What I didn't see mentioned above is that SL93 received a warning from another admin, one also not know to block from the hip. Drmies ( talk) 23:56, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
Montanabw (talk) 21:48, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
On 28 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chicken harvester, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ...that nearly 8,000 birds per hour can be gathered up with the chicken harvester? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Chicken harvester. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 11:39, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
Beste collega,
Betreffende deze edit: zie hier. Maar of dat als bronvermelding kan dienen weet ik zo niet. In ieder geval klopt het wel. Vriendelijke groet, Spraakverwarring ( talk) 17:34, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
Quite an "iconic" figure in my country's football, mock petitions for him in the national team, folks with too much time on their hands if you ask me...
My request is the following if you please (as i "may" have told you already i'm a simple man, so my requests will always be about the same subject): i added several refs to the article, two in Dutch. However, i did not like what i saw in the Google Translator ("trekt" or "aantreken" - i suppose that's the correct verb form - being translated to "draws" or "attracts" or even "affect calculation"; "duiken" or "duikt op" getting "diving" or "emerges" on the other end), left the wordbattle a bit dizzy to say the least.
Also, i think there is a great possibility that mention of him being the second best Portuguese player abroad that season is plain 'ole vandalism (more mocking for the poor guy), he scored his most goals ever in a year that's a given, but the comparison with "The Special One" Part 2? Hmmm...
Kind regards to the lowlands, RIP Ray Manzarek! -- AL ( talk) 18:46, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
Envy me. Eating a fried green tomato (no breading), just picked off the vine, along with a single slice of bacon. That is as close to healthy as I care to be today. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | © | WER 19:33, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
I've heard it said before that "y'all" is singular, but not in my language, and I don't know anyone who uses it that way. Y'all refers to two or more, and all y'all refers to three or more. There can be an additional distinction of meaning: "Are y'all going?" = asking the group if they are coming (even if only some of them might be); "Are all y'all going" = "Is every single one of you going?" Ladyof Shalott 16:34, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
I am not conducting an edit war on the Silesia article simply reverting what I understand to be vandalism, the blanket reverting of a series of edits. I stated this in each edits summary. Am I in error about what constitutes vandalism? Rsloch ( talk) 19:59, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
I wanted to let you know I revised the article and copy-pasted the text to Word so as to check any typos and spanish words that could have remained. I corrected every mistake I saw. I reckon its prose is good enough to be GA, though I think those mistakes had to be corrected. I have also taken away unnecessary flag icons. I've replied saying this same thing, in Talk:C.A. Peñarol/GA2, but just wanted to make sure to inform you.— Nuno93 ( talk) 03:06, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
I came across an unusual, sleeper SPA. More than five years ago, they uploaded a Photoshopped version of a painting and substituted it for the genuine thing in an article. Then no edits until today, when they tried passing it off as the real thing in seven articles, including the article about the painting. I reverted them all, put a notice on the file, and issued a warning on the user's talk page. If you inspect the fake at full resolution, you can see that they've altered the "hand of justice" on the staff on the right. I actually came here to ask you or one of your followers if you knew what the hand gesture meant. But then I decided to try to investigate on my own. I checked the hand gesture article, and discovered that it appears to be a shocker. Especially in light of this, I think I may have been too gentle with my warning. I would say that this is a vandalism-only account. But I'll leave it to your immense wisdom and judgement to decide if any action is called for at this time. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 09:50, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
What does "the unmediated knowledge the boys gain on Coral Island reflects both the tradition of Robinson Crusoe's" mean? Are we talking about the genre, in which case wouldn't "Robinsonades" be better, or are we talking about Robinson Crusoe himself, as opposed to the book? Eric Corbett 13:28, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
Hello,
I'd like to discuss this article with you.
User 99.224.131.58 has now made 21 blanking edits to the article without reasonable explanation. He claims NPOV but doesn't acknowledge that he can't just delete 70% of an article's text, that is fully referenced and cited. The nature of the text appears to paint the subject of the article in a bad light - I would imagine that at 21 blanking edits claiming NPOV, the user was trying to censor this, Furthermore, the subject of the article and the IP user are both from Ottawa which could potentially infer they are the same, not that I am saying that but it is possible given what the IP user was trying to do. I made contact and invited them to check out WP:BLANK, WP:OPINION etc.. but there was no acknowledgement. I then invited them to discuss the issues they have on the article's talk page but again there was no acknowledgement, only more article blanking and a claim in the talk page that I am a bad user with negative motives.
Clearly, 21 blanking edits without acknowledgment of my attempts to help the user is beyond dispute and is vandalism.
They also deleted this message I placed on their talk page.
Consequently, I'd like to state that I respectfully object to your edit summary where you said "stop fighting, or I'll block both of you." At no time was I attempting to engage in an edit war, I was simply undoing massive section blanking and advising the user that there are policies they should read, policies to follow, and I invited them to discuss their issue with me on the article's talk page. I reported the user to AIV after his 13th blanking edit (and 4th warning, with the warning templates containing links to WP:BLANK, WP:CITE etc.. and an invitation to discuss their problems on the talk page) several hours ago but the user continued to make blanking edits.
Cheers,
Feedthepope ( talk) 18:10, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
Hello,
This IP keeps reverting my good edits. UEFA has reviewed the stadium.
http://www.astragiurgiu.ro/match/1001/ http://www.nk-domzale.si/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=979%3Aob-1300-bo-znan-prvi-nasprotnik-v-kvalifikacij-za-el&catid=44%3Anovice&Itemid=203&lang=en
and for the referee
http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/coltescu/profil/schiedsrichter_1108.html
Hello Drmies and friends,
This young man had a bizarre public psychiatric breakdown, reported by reliable San Francisco media outlets. The article is at AfD, where consensus is to delete. Can someone close early? It would be a kindness to delete this ASAP, per BLP policy. Thank you. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 01:19, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies. Based on a recent discussion, I have quickly drafted this. It is in no way definitive, but the effort is to keep it very simple and on track. You are welcome to develop this further on its talk page or tweak the draft until such times if and when a collaborative effort can be moved to RfC space. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 07:40, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies. User:Ning-ning/sub-ning has two images which might be of use. Ning-ning ( talk) 10:05, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
Since you're so, like, into literature recently, I've decided to try and one up you. Where's your poetry anthology, Drmies? Mine's done. — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 14:09, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies! Do me a favor, please move the page Dhaka Film Festival to Dhaka International Film Festival per WP:COMMONNAME, it won't be a controversial move as I'm the only significant contributor on the page so far.-- Zayeem (talk) 15:07, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
The article Thuppakki has been nominated for becoming a GA. but the film's lead actor Vijay has such a huge fan following that it is his fans who keep vandalizing the page every minute of the day. That is why the article needs protection from IP edits for all eternity. further evidence: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Thuppakki&action=history Kailash29792 ( talk) 05:03, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
In simple English, how do I close an AfD? I know there's a template somewhere but the instructions start talking about removing templates from the article first and then get still more opaque. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Synechron Technologies meets the conditions for early closure: the article could have been deleted A10, no one has spoken against making it a redirect to the pre-existing Synechron except those who simply want it deleted, and I plan to then AfD Synechron. I managed to do a histmerge yesterday! I am not ineducable! But it's almost as hot as Muspell here and folks keep yammering at me and my head is mush. Can you or a talkpage stalker explain it simply? Yngvadottir ( talk) 17:49, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
Given that HiLo48 resorted to rhetorical insults, trying to undermine the intelligence of anyone who disagreed with him and his take on the Castro case, the inconsistency of your warnings about personal attacks says a great deal. Hypocrisy abounds. Bravo. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 153.161.195.137 ( talk) 08:34, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
Love you too, Drmies, but a brother would help a brother. Haha. I am not asking for anything unreasonable. And, honestly, I don't even know why I'm defending 68. I just feel bad for him because I know how hurt he gets by criticism and I've seen how pleasant he is in various discussions (when he's not under the gun haha). If one of you wanted to do the best thing, you could've offered to mentor him, or at least hook him up with a mentor. Being ganged up on (not meant pejoratively) by several admins at the same time is an awful thing to watch. And I can imagine how he felt being blocked by the same guy he just traded reverts with. I know when you guys take off your admin uniforms, you are really fun, cool people. But some of you get really tough when your warning and sanctioning people on here. Perhaps it's hard for you to see or understand because you're in the power circle. Well, I'm not. I'm on the outside, impartially looking in. I honestly believe that a few admins here totally forget that there's a real live human being on the other end of your computer screen. Someone who has feelings and is just begging to be understood and treated with a little friendliness and respect. Even if 68 is a pain in the ass sometimes, big deal. Be the great admins you are and find a good way to stay above it, while getting him to do things the right way. If he thinks you give a shit about him at all, he'll respond positively. Enough, you get it. :) -- 76.189.109.155 ( talk) 18:07, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
I get the feeling that a couple of these need starting. Dennis Brown - 2¢ - © - @ - Join WER 14:46, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
I sometimes think I should slip away from the front line and just plod through the CSD cats like many others do. But I would find that boring. Some of us have to do the dirty work and take the slings and contempt of the audacious youngsters and some older members (some as ancient as me) who still seem to be stuck in a schoolyard mentality. A lot of it comes from the Internet tradition of anonymity which lets people get away with stuff they wouldn't dream of doing/saying in RL. I've even heard that some are actually quite nice blokes in the pub. All the Wikipedians/medians I've met in RL with one exception who is both an admin and a WMF contractor are quite nice people - and I've personally met literally hundreds. I don't care two hoots what people say about me - I've made too many enemies among the children (and not so young) here already to ever succeed to higher office - but I look on with great distaste at those who have a general antipathy towards admins. Most of them reaped what they sowed; I'm convinced that actual abuse by admins is quite rare (although I've been at the brunt of it myself before I got the bit), and it's extremely unfair to tar us all with the same brush. Is it just my perception or is bashing admins on the increase? Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 03:17, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 23:11, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
Not sure what PumpkinSky "caused..last night"; but just some passing thoughts.
As wonderful as technology is, and as much as it has benefited mankind in so many ways - I think in some ways it has tended to isolate people even more too. No one can truly know another person; hell, we're lucky if we even understand ourselves in just a small way. Would that we could all share a "Vulcan mind meld" - but it just ain't so. When you throw communication such that comes with the Internet, texting, ect. into the mix - we lose even the body language and voice inflections to try to interpret. Is it really any wonder that people all too often feel isolated, and alone? Then you throw in the concept that when you communicate with someone only through digital means - where you tend to fill in the "blanks" with your own/our own thoughts ... when a dose of reality shows up uninvited .. it's a harsh thing to deal with. Don't mind me folks .. just running my mouth on the way through the pedia. For those of you in 'da States .. have a great holiday weekend. — Ched : ? 13:46, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
On 24 May 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jordaanlied, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Jordaanlied, a genre of sentimental songs celebrating the Amsterdam neighborhood the Jordaan, was popularized by a cabaret artist from Utrecht, a composer from Rotterdam, and a singer from England? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jordaanlied. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 16:06, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
Nobody is interested in Bad Taste any more?
Slow decline of once featured article.
[2]
[3] More decline in slow motion. [4] [5]
Until nothing is left.
[7] only a vast amount of book titles on the literature list and a few lines. Warrington ( talk) 12:29, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
This came out a couple years ago, was introduced to me by my niece, but I think of you every time I watch it. [8] He has several surreal and exceptional videos. Dennis Brown - 2¢ - © - @ - Join WER 01:17, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
This page fills up quickly. I don't know what became of that list article with which you'd intended to replace the rape victims category, or if you still have any interest in the topic, but that discussion was closed as no consensus. I've not added any more antique members since it opened, but will now perhaps, though that would probably just lead to a second nomination. davidiad { t } 02:42, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
I'll tell ya what. You, Dennis, NYB, etc. all have etched your efforts into a "hall of fame" as far as great admins., ... but I gotta tell ya ... keep your eyes on Bbb23 - this guy is GOOOOOOD. He has some sort of ESP or something - and he reaches out to people when they are down. Just sayin. Oh ... and by the way - take a break from the AN boards... they will really twist your concepts of the project. You folks have a great weekend and holiday. later. — Ched : ? 04:08, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies. Did you mean to remove my comment with no acknowledgement, or was that just a bug in the edit conflict software? -- Epipelagic ( talk) 06:19, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies. There is a discussion at AN in which your name is mentioned. -- 76.189.109.155 ( talk) 13:21, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I took a chance and unblocked Phead128, given the new direction on the template's talk page. Please don't shank me for it. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 13:45, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
Someone left me a link to how to make a chocolate teapot on my talk yesterday (long story). Thinking of you and your children (the ones at home, not the ones you deal with on WP), I thought you might want to stash it away as a school holiday project that is both educational and fun. Mind, you'll need a lot of chocolate. Enjoy! - Sitush ( talk) 14:22, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi,
Note my revert to an old version of the AAH, my reasoning is found in the ANI discussion. Thanks, WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules: simple/ complex 16:07, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
Hello Dmries!
I'm looking at the talk page of the Belarus Free theatre article and wondering how to get the neutrality tag removed. Could you help me understand what it takes to do that? Thank you! GayleKaren ( talk) 20:44, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
Sorry to bother you, but that despicable creature is back. He set a clever innocent looking trap for me at the Help Desk - WP:Help desk#Famous question and then revealed himself at my talk page - User talk:Dodger67#Poet. I'd be very grateful if you could do the necessary. Roger (Dodger67) ( talk) 22:17, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
It's back again! As an IP - User talk:76.31.89.90 and also take a look at WP:Help desk#Bogus entry - it used my name to try to intimidate someone else n the Help Desk. Roger (Dodger67) ( talk) 19:52, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
(diff | hist) . . Talk:Wikipediocracy; 01:43 . . (+666) . . Drmies (talk | contribs) (→Lede grammar and style and content)
Gasp! ;) Optimom ( talk) 02:52, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
Actually it is 594. This user is ranked 594 on the list of Wikipedians by number of pages created, you I mean. Do you remember Blue Lacy? Still alive. ... Warrington ( talk) 12: 787, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
Happy adminship anniversary and a spoon.
I have been on the road for a bit, am now In Akron, Ohio, fumbling away at my daughter's laptop, a species of computers that I find even more confounding than the male mind. So I am not exactly sure what was wrong with my edit, (see my talk page, I can't figure out how to do links here) that I re-formatted another editor's posting, or expressed my sometime inability to understand the male mind. As you probably know (though to assume that anyone else is aware of something easily leads us into the trap of projection that is or can be a problem with all assumptions) the female mind has been considered one of the unfathomable mysteries of the universe and it has been clear to me (i.e., opinion) that the male mind is just as incomprehensible. This is wrong to say? Einar aka Carptrash ( talk) 22:56, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
Well the question as to what I am doing there is a good one, but my comment about admins was (at least intended to be) that another editor hid a warning (to me) from an admin, thereby, at least from my perspective, rendering it less than effective. Carptrash ( talk) 14:42, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
If next week is like this week, will you indef block me and take away talk page and email access? Dennis Brown - 2¢ - © - @ - Join WER 01:06, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
Zad
68
14:00, 28 May 2013 (UTC)... yes very well thanks. Just don't get the chance to come on here as much as I'd like. Hope you're well too, and that you enjoy this sweet snack. FeydHuxtable ( talk) 10:31, 27 May 2013 (UTC) |
Hello sir, the articles are being vandalized again. Mostly in Brunei's version of the show, The Biggest Loser Brunei: No Pain, No Gain. I have created a summary of the whole Biggest Loser articles, and the active IPs who had been vandalizing the articles. See it here → TBL.-- AR E N Z O Y 1 6A •t a l k• 06:38, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
Yes and no. No, no indefinite block on an IP, which is irregular in the first place and won't do us much good. I did block them, and I semi-protected a few more articles, indefinitely. No, we can't put templates on a page unless they're protected, and it probably wouldn't scare that loser off anyway. If I'm ever not around, you can ask for semi-protection at WP:RFPP, and tell them that you'd like infinite semi-protection and that I've been doing that for a while now for these articles. Thank you sir, Drmies ( talk) 13:54, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies. I recently found an article which is using links like these [link deleted] as sources. Besides other problems, I suspect the link may be performing a copyvio on the book. I am at sixes and sevens about how to deal with this. I thought I should bring this to an admins notice. Thanks and regards. OrangesRyellow ( talk) 13:17, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
Hello. There is currently a discussion at noticeboard of discussion regarding Editor vendettas. The thread is Editor vendettas.The discussion is about the topic Editor vendettas. Thank you. unc123 ( talk) 14:06, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
[9]. You're right, I should have worded that better and will be far more careful from now on. Thanks for giving him the warning. Malke 2010 ( talk) 18:42, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
Look, I know next to nothing about gospel, but I think we may have multiple issues at Stewart Varnado, and I've dropped a stone down the well at BLP [10]. Any insight you can provide while not writing about triple-brewed Alsatian ales will be welcome. Best, 99.149.85.229 ( talk) 19:46, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
Did you delete the page? I am confused as to why you did this 68.114.152.148 ( talk) 15:55, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
But the Page should have never been redirected he is notable in and of himself and another admin even agreed and locked the page 68.114.152.148 ( talk) 16:28, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
Unfortunately I believe that User:Phead128 was unblocked prematurely. He is still being very disruptive and attacking editors. Edits like this are completely unacceptable. I would have to recommend the user be blocked again, or banned from editing. He has obviously not learnt his lesson. UrbanNerd ( talk) 00:37, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
I'm continuing to have problems with Lucia Black, but I'll keep it simple. Since the ANI where numerous issues were brought up, she has continued to refactor and alter my talk page comments. She was warned by RexxS after she altered his post on May 14th. [11] She altered my post pre-ANI at the VPP. [12] Post ANI, she continued by altering the statement in the latest discussion. [13] While it may be a single character, the change is terrible because it changed the context. ChrisGualtieri ( talk) 04:38, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
To summarize the dispute at Talk:Dragon Ball, I noticed their was no page and wanted to create one, apparently it was merged in 2008 for 'violating' MOS-AM. As seen in this discussion. Talk:Dragon_Ball/Archive_1#Merge So I did two things, get an RFC to split and an RFC to alter (later remove) the offending piece from MOS-AM. That RFC is here. It was no contest, but I asked for it formally closed to prevent future problems. Since there was no activity for weeks and my sandbox looked good I went ahead and recreated the page as it appeared the VPP RFC made clear the arguments against were overturned and that the 2008 merge was done for the wrong reasons. Ryulong reverted the page and threw a fit. [14] Now the issue is 'oh previously there was consensus to not split, so don't split it' and rather then argue policy, its "rhetoric" and I'm in the only one active on the support side now, other people supporting in Talk:Dragon_Ball_Z#Split seem unaware or have not been involved in the RFC. With 65 references and content half as long as the original franchise article, it completely lacks the plot and the overview of the works at this point. To be perfectly fair, Dragon Ball glosses over 200 episodes in a paragraph, instead focusing on the first half and the Frieza arc. Lucia has called my sandbox 'pointy', because I'm not adding the content to Dragon Ball before splitting off. [15] But I'm willing to overlook things like that for someone to explain policy. WP:CCC, WP:DETAIL and WP:SPINOFF all seem valid, but the opposition has only "rhetoric" of 'its not a good idea' or 'its not that different'. Lucia even claimed that my article was inaccurate because I mention the Dragon Ball Z manga, but didn't 'clarify it', when I did. [16] Its really just the continuation of their earlier grudge from before, but I've tried to appease them for days only to find their reasoning borders on "its not a worldview" so I address it to get the response that "Dragon Ball Z manga doesn't exist in Japan". USA and Germany both had DBZ manga releases, but most of Europe and South America did not and I clearly stated Viz's role in the brief section in the sandbox. This is a heavy condensed prose, but is an example of what Lucia calls inaccurate: User:ChrisGualtieri/sandbox#Dragon_Ball_Z_manga So, I'm just going to work some more on the sandbox because eventually it will be at such a point that it might hit GA or FA despite not being in main space and the whole conflict will look ridiculously silly in hindsight. I believe that it is beginning to become clear already. ChrisGualtieri ( talk) 14:32, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
User:Phead128 was again blocked today after a renewal of the Template:WW2InfoBox edit war. I am asking for a review of the block as I've explained here. Klein zach 05:12, 29 May 2013 (UTC) I should probably explain that I'm an 'involved party', as Phead128's opponent UrbanNerd has now refactored and deleted my messages there three times [21], [22], [23]. -- Klein zach 05:19, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
I will think of you, and of your memories of your father, for the next 24 hours, in your honor and in honor of your memory of him. I lost my dad in 2003, and the 10th anniversary approaches. I wish you well. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 06:58, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
Sorry if this is a bad time, but you may be interested to know that idiom dictionary is currently showing at DYK. This is not just a told-you-so as I feel it could still use more work. You and your talk-page stalkers seem to be interested in words and their usage and so may be able to improve the topic while it is on display. Warden ( talk) 07:28, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
The Administrator's Barnstar | ||
For going the extra mile to resolve what could have been a very nasty situation. Thank you Roger (Dodger67) ( talk) 11:04, 29 May 2013 (UTC) |
Do Dutch eat raw fish? On the Swedish wiki Dutch cuisine, the article say the most characteristic thing is Dutch eating habitually raw fish... called Nieuwe. I don’t know, nobody gave me raw fish while in Amsterdam. But then it might be something Dutch do when nobody is watching them? Or it is just fairy tale. ( Warrington ( talk) 12: 787, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the note. That's part of the reason why we have to go through them all actually, some were removed or reverted properly, others weren't actually checked, which seems to be the case of that editor. Thankfully the large bios are long done, we only have pieces and parts of paragraphs left to tackle at this point. Wizardman 17:50, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
Dear Drmies,
You had previously processed an edit war request in this article. At that time, you read the comments and even posted your thoughts about the dispute. Unfortunately, there seems to be another edit ware on this article. Given your previous experience, I would like to ask you to process this one as well. Thank You. Kazemita1 ( talk) 20:56, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
- Neutralhomer • Talk • 07:47, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar | ||
For stepping up to the plate (or the wicket, if you prefer) and helping to resolve the "Sallie Parker" episode. Thanks. Carrite ( talk) 16:51, 30 May 2013 (UTC) |
== Jaffna Kingdom and blocking me == This is a sentence in Jaffna kingdom article. It is well referenced. > The origin of the medieval Jaffna kingdom is obscure and still the subject of controversy among historians.[17][18][19][20][21] Everyone accepted Jaffna kingdom was there in 1323. Some historians argued that it was there in 1215 and some argued it wasn't in 1215. What are the measurements you used favor it was there in 1215 and end a centuries long debate? Himesh84 ( talk) 17:04, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
You were blocked for edit warring. Then your block was extended because you socked (you edited the article as an IP). You're about to get blocked again for these edits, which, frankly, display incompetence. You included a "reference" to an ANI discussion and introduced grammatical errors into a Good Article. Moreover, you seem to be making the same edits you were warring over in the first place. Continue that behavior and you'll be blocked indefinitely.
One more thing: in this edit summary (that's you socking as an IP), you said "Obi2canibe , Drmies, regentspark Concluded that Jaffna kingdom was established by Magha in 1215. This is not a controversial any more this edit". That is the extent to which you don't understand what it means to be an editor or what it means to be an administrator. I do not endorse any kind of date or whatever--I blocked you because of the way you behaved. Drmies ( talk) 17:21, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
now he removes everything from the talkpage instead of continuing the discussion so now further disussion seems impossible and his notice on my talkpage is against wp:goodfaith 95.195.223.226 ( talk) 17:38, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
Stealing a man's dog when he's away? Just came by to say hi, I'll probably come back to edit a little over the next few days. I hope you have been keeping busy on the cricket betting scandal article(s)? cheers. — Spaceman Spiff 17:59, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
You had previously expressed interest in the idea of category intersections. I wanted to give you a sneak peek of something
User:Magnus Manske has recently developed. To see it, add the following line to your
common.js page:
importScript('User:Obiwankenobi/intercat.js');
Then restart your browser, and visit Category:Wikipedia_categorization_intersect_test. You can click on the intersects up top, and it will display all articles that meet the criteria (e.g. American novelists who are LGBT and African American or whatever). This is still very early prototype stage, but since you were interested I wanted to share and get your feedback. -- Obi-Wan Kenobi ( talk) 18:28, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
An ANI discussion came up, fight between two editors on two articles Bicycle helmets in Australia and Bicycle helmet. The first is one of the worst article's I've seen in a long time, the second isn't much better. Both need to be trimmed by 75% and have entirely too many sources due to some POV warrioring. If any talk page stalker wants a real challenge on what should be two really straightforward articles, I'll buy the beer. Once all the POV and insanely tedious detail is removed, I'm guessing there will be less to fight about. The first article made my eyes cry. This is just a bit too much project for me to jump in and fix myself, but I know some of the best writers stalk here (one of them lives here), so I'm hoping a few will see this as a glorious challenge and opportunity. Dennis Brown / 2¢ / © / @ / Join WER 00:29, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
Just as an example of one section, maybe I'm off-base here...
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History of designs
A cycle helmet should generally be light in weight and provide ample ventilation, because cycling can be an intense aerobic activity which significantly raises body temperature, and the head in particular needs to be able to regulate its temperature. The dominant form of helmet up to the 1970s was the leather "hairnet" style. This offered acceptable protection from scrapes and cuts, but only minimal impact protection, and was mainly used by racing cyclists. More widespread use of helmets began in the U.S. in the 1970s. After many decades, when bicycles were regarded only as children's toys, many American adults took up cycling during and after the bike boom of the 1970s. Two of the first modern bicycle helmets were made by MSR, a manufacturer of mountaineering equipment, and Bell Sports, a manufacturer of helmets for auto racing and motorcycles. These helmets were a spin-off from the development of expanded polystyrene foam liners for motorcycling and motorsport helmets, and had hard polycarbonate plastic shells. The bicycle helmet arm of Bell was split off in 1991 as Bell Sports Inc., having completely overtaken the motorcycle and motor sports helmet business. The first commercially successful purpose-designed bicycle helmet was the Bell Biker, a polystyrene-lined hard shell released in 1975. [1] [2] At the time there was no appropriate standard; the only applicable one, from Snell, would be passed only by a light open-face motorcycle helmet. Over time the design was refined and by 1983 Bell were making the V1-Pro, the first polystyrene helmet intended for racing use. In 1984 Bell produced the Li'l Bell Shell, a no-shell children's helmet. These early helmets had little ventilation. In 1985, Snell B85 was introduced, the first widely adopted standard for bicycle helmets; this has subsequently been refined into B90 and B95 (see Standards below). At this time helmets were almost all either hard-shell or no-shell (perhaps with a vacuum-formed plastic cover). Ventilation was still minimal due mainly to technical limitations of the foams and shells in use. Around 1990 a new construction technique was invented: in-mould microshell. A very thin shell was incorporated during the moulding process. This rapidly became the dominant technology, allowing for larger vents and more complex shapes than hard shells. Use of hard shells declined rapidly among the general cyclist population during the 1990s, almost disappearing by the end of the decade, but remain popular with BMX riders as well as inline skaters and skateboarders. The late 1990s and early 2000s saw advances in retention and fitting systems, replacing the old system of varying thickness pads with cradles which adjust quite precisely to the rider's head. This has also resulted in the back of the head being less covered by the helmet; impacts to this region are rare, but it does make a modern bike helmet much less suitable for activities such as unicycling, skateboarding and inline skating, where falling over backward is relatively common. Other helmets will be more suitable for these activities. Since more advanced helmets began being used in the Tour de France, carbon fiber inserts have started to be used to increase strength and protection of the helmet. The Giro Atmos and Ionos, as well as the Bell Alchera were among the first to use carbon fiber. Some modern racing bicycle helmets have a long tapering back end for streamlining. This type of helmet is mainly dedicated to time trial racing as they lack significant ventilation, making them uncomfortable for long races. |
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History of designs
Two of the first modern bicycle helmets were made by MSR, a manufacturer of mountaineering equipment, and Bell Sports, a manufacturer of helmets for auto racing and motorcycles. These helmets were a spin-off from the development of expanded polystyrene foam liners for motorcycling and motorsport helmets, and had hard polycarbonate plastic shells. The bicycle helmet arm of Bell was split off in 1991 as Bell Sports Inc., having completely overtaken the motorcycle and motor sports helmet business. The first commercially successful purpose-designed bicycle helmet was the Bell Biker, a polystyrene-lined hard shell released in 1975. [3] [4] The Snell B85 was introduced in 1985 and became the first widely adopted standard for bicycle helmets, which has been further refined. Around 1990 construction techniques shifted and hard shell designs fell out of favor except with some BMX riders, inline skaters and skateboarders. citation needed As the years progressed, advances in retention and fitting systems replacing the old system of varying thickness pads with better fitting designs which offered less protection to the back of the head, where injuries are rare. Ventilation was also improved, increasing comfort for the rider. citation needed |
Dennis Brown / 2¢ / © / @ / Join WER 07:03, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
I just noticed a situation that I'm not sure I know how, or whether, I should address. An article that was either an attempt to further a self-published literary hoax or (I guess it's possible) an overly credulous reader's product is now the author's user page; cf. Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Classical Greece and Rome/Archive 14#Petreius Hyphantes for background (I'm User:Cardiffchestnut in that conversation before a name change). The user page shows up in Google searches. Should I care and should something be done? If so, what? Thanks, davidiad { t } 02:01, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
Drmies (or one of the admin page stalkers) could you perhaps have a look at this discussion: User talk:Yunshui#User:Jbignell (needs to be an admin to see the deleted article). One of those books was just added to another article by the same user. Looks very fishy to me, but have not time right now to look into it (another administrative form to fill out, in triplicate of course)... -- Randykitty ( talk) 14:54, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for your support. :)
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At least according to Jacob Rees-Mogg in last week's episode of Have I Got News For You, the word floccinaucinihilipilfication means "the estimation of something valueless". According to that TV programme, Rees-Mogg's use of the word in the House of Commons makes it the longest word to appear in Hansard. It is probably no surprise to you that I've never heard of the word before ... but I am tempted to find a use for it, perhaps at ANI. That will sort out the wheat from the chaff among the admin corps! Alternatively, perhaps I could just say that X or Y is crap? - Sitush ( talk) 00:39, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
Time to burn the midnight oil again. With this out of the way, you need to get another project. — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 02:47, 1 June 2013 (UTC) |
The Ape Man's Brother was a work in progress. You kinda Interrupted me as I was searching for more reliable sources. This is a relatively unknown ebook by a well known author. I sort of resent the fact you swooped in and deleted it before I had the chance to finish. PKDASD ( talk) 23:30, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
It's been written and published as a e-book, something that Joe Lansdale does very little of. Joe is a very popular and prolific writer with many hardcore fans and I think this article belongs in the encyclopedia. Just check out his bibliography. I'm going to redo the article and hopefully this time it will meet Wikipedia's strict standards. PKDASD( talk) 20:20 5 June (UTC)
Guy, I'm weary of arguing with you. If you want to delete it, go ahead. I doubt me or Joe Lansdale will lose any sleep over it.11:49, 21 June 2013 (UTC) PKDASD
Schlafly has been in the news for this numerous times.
I REPEATEDLY asked those removing information from the article to come to the talk page for discussion in accordance with what I understand the rules of wikipedia to be. They refused and instead, OUT OF POLICY, engaged in private conversation to get the page locked.
I have placed sections for information, discussion and sources on the talk page to try to get them to show up but I am confident they are not acting in good faith, as I am sure from YOUR direct threats that you are not bothering to act in good faith, and I'm certain they won't bother.
Prove me wrong, please. Show some good faith and show up for the discussion rather than making threats. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.31.208.198 ( talk) 14:20, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies! Hope you remember me in the ANI discussion. I just want to get your opinion about this edit on the same article Joya Ahsan. Since you warned me for indulging in an edit war, I've refrained myself from reverting that, but please take a close look. This time another user SlawTony is making the same edit that Ricose used to do (suspecting a sock puppet), removing the existing references as well as some referenced contents and putting some blog sites instead. -- Zayeem (talk) 15:42, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies. I'm poking around to get a couple more editors involved here if you're interested. It makes me uncomfortable to "argue" with volunteers and I would rather facilitate a thoughtful discussion among impartial editors.
I asked SmartSE initially, but he said he is busy IRL and not editing actively atm. CorporateM ( Talk) 13:54, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
Xr/ss mies, could you or a visual-arts loving TPS help me with Friedrich Carl Albert Schreuel? I've hit a brick wall (and I don't speak German or Dutch). — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 14:29, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies, could you perhaps have a look at this AFD? There are some BLP issues here, I think. Initially, I was surprised that this was apparently taken to AfD by an IP, but it's a new editor who has also edited this using his IP and doesn't sign his edits... -- Randykitty ( talk) 14:54, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
Just to make you aware that I predict an edit war, or at minimum total waste of everyone's time on the talk page as particular editors refuse to actually read WP policies. Sorry to only get in contact when nonsense happens, but there you go... Blackmetalbaz ( talk) 20:00, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Doc.
We have this aggressive person who is edit-warring on K-pop adding unsourced positions and personall attacks in his edit-summaries. Now he is attacking my articles: [27]. I reported them at AIV but I thought it wouldn't hurt to try contacting you as well. Thank you and sorry for the trouble. Δρ.Κ. λόγος πράξις 21:16, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
Drmies and stalkers, this seems like it might be up some of your alleys. There's some sort of slow brew edit war going on at Edward Said. I can't tell if it's hero-worshiper v. reactionary, but it's a GA and I suspect that nothing too productive is happening. (I only noticed because I tried to get rid of a couple weak phrases and both sides in whatever's going on have reverted me; one appears to think I'm a sock of the other.) davidiad { t } 22:58, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
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-- Tito Dutta ( talk • contributions • email) 08:23, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
I assume that your placement of this comment directly after mine is just a coincidence driven by when we each posted, but still...wow. You are one of a handful of admins i respect in person (as opposed to simply by virtue of the position), but i think you might have missed it here. I'm sure you're aware that Kumioko is always going on about the "us and them" mentality; thus far i've not agreed with him; please don't make me rethink that. I know WP:AN is primarily an announcement board for admins, but that function is acknowledged to lead to general community discussion, especially when regarding something which potentially affects the whole community like, oh i don't know, bans or blocks and their lengths. Cheers, Lindsay Hello 09:40, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for blocking the not so funny Fun Minister for his attacks on Blackmetalbaz. I'm too involved in that goth rock list for pulling out the admin tools myself. And it seems also that he's quit completely about this whole thing. De728631 ( talk) 14:20, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
Viz your semi-protection of Anti-Romanian discrimination, can you also semi-protect Ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureș, which is also a target of the IPs. Thanks. RashersTierney ( talk) 18:17, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
Thanks about that. No matter how many times I see those templates they just confuse the heck out of me. Can never remember what to put there. BTW I don't suppose you'd know whether or not articles written in the Hamilton Evening Journal in 1929 would be public domain by now? There is supposedly some interesting articles related to the Men's Rights League penned there by the creator of Wonder Woman 12 years prior to her debut. Ranze ( talk) 04:38, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
G'day from Oz; I have just come across List of aircraft in the Pima Air& Space Museum, which is apparently a creation of a COI editor calved off the Pima Air & Space Museum article after you deleted similar info from it late last year. The List is very very badly-done, being unsourced, full of OR and full of spelling mistakes (which is how it came to my notice). I am inclined to take it to AfD, but I don't know whether lists on WP have different standards for inclusion compared to articles and so I'd like your opinion. Cheers YSSYguy ( talk) 10:49, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
...and a GAF Nomad, product of Australia. I spent several days there just over five years ago (I have several photos I took there in my User page photo gallery), did the AMARG tour as well; I thought I'd died and gone to heaven :-) Thanks and Cheers again YSSYguy ( talk) 21:16, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
The Editor's Barnstar | |
For being willing to throw yourself into the mess of the
men's rights movement. — Tom Morris ( talk) 11:07, 6 June 2013 (UTC) |
It is a title given to any Minister who tries to be overly charming, something like this, see picture. That is my conclusion, after much original research. After that they are all put on Cabbage soup diet. Wonder what Malleus Fatuorum alias Corbett would think of that article, since he doesn't like how to do articles. Warrington ( talk) 13:06, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
Heya, is there a policy that would prevent me from posting on Malke's talk page after he told me not to, or is it just bad form to do so? Just in case I run into him sometime again and need to put something - I'm afraid that even if it's a notification or something, he'll remove it and try to bring more down on me, from his general lack of listening to people trying to help or explain that I've experienced. Thanks, Ansh 666 14:26, 6 June 2013 (UTC) (P.S. didn't see the section on my talk at all until over a week later, or else I would surely have apologized profusely on AN/I. Blame Echo!)
I see you made some minor edits to this article. I have nominated it for CSD G4, per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bilal Khan (singer) and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bilal Khan also see the delete log for Bilal_Khan. Gaijin42 ( talk) 15:25, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
in his wisdom, ended our exchange at Men's rights movement. (1) You might not have seen my reply or (2) you might not want to see my reply, but you may as well proceed with the knowledge of its existance. Your last posting (now removed) did prompt me to add "theory" to my list of words and phrases that mean in my opinion. Einar aka Carptrash ( talk) 18:16, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
Hello Drmies, I am very busy off Wiki, but there is some disruption going on that is upsetting User:Miss Bono. See my talk page and hers. User:OneMadScientist seems to be up to no good. Thanks for any assistance that you can provide. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 19:27, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
I had a bit of trouble following the edit diffs, I noticed characters were reduced but since the spacing was compacted it took a bit to figure. Here though, it appears you removed the footnotes marked '2' and '3', which I found essential for interpreting the statement (I didn't make the footnotes, they're in the actual book, probably added by the translators). Number 3 which was removed in this edit "Walter A. Berendsohn was a professor of Scandinavian literature at the University of Hamburg and active member of the League for Men's Rights. He emigrated to Sweden in 1933." I found essential for understanding this interpretation. We seem to have an issue here where translators are recurringly translating "Menchrechten" as "men's rights" rather than "human rights" as it is used today. The term "Mensch" appears to have shifted from back then referring to men, to in a modern sense also including women. This group is spoken of by WW creator also as a "men's" group and his discussion of their issues makes it very clear it's a MRA thing. The problem is just getting a good screenshot of the source documents. I have a text translation but that alone won't stand as a source without the raw newspaper.
Anyway, I'm wondering if there could be a non-confusing way to retain the footnotes. I attempted to keep them in original form by superscripting the notes. Ranze ( talk) 21:26, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
For Drmies or talk page stalkers: I've started a thread at the BLP noticeboard for Charles J. Hynes. Am I wrong that this looks like a bio that's gone off the tracks, with major NPOV issues? 99.149.85.229 ( talk) 23:36, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
The Season 2 table in List of Wild Kratts episodes had been messed up by an IP user which is 99.230.35.247. Please restore the table and try to warn that user. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.61.91.133 ( talk) 00:22, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
I just created Kristin Beck - if you're in the mood to expand a stub, there's plenty of material/coverage about them. -- Obi-Wan Kenobi ( talk) 15:38, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
User:Zimmermanh1997/ User:Hollisz is back, yet again, this time with a new account ( User:Zman9000) and two new edits to the WICL page (his favorite haunt). I'm leaving this one up to you, but I think a block for all accounts and his range (if possible) is due. He obviously isn't getting the idea of Wikipedia...or doesn't care. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 16:18, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I am not really involved in the dispute but I have noticed that an article that I have contributed alot too has been the subject of a dispute for a few days. It is a user named Geebee that runs a pro-Jodi website of somekind that has heavily edited the article, and it seems that alot of Pro-Jodi Arias stuff has been inserted. The user is showing the telling characteristics of someone who wants to "win the discussions" as evident on the users extensive use of the talk page. User Bishonen referred me to you and I thought I could atleast ask you to review it. Anywhow If you could take a look at it when you find time it would be appreciated. regards,-- BabbaQ ( talk) 16:24, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies, any wisdom you can provide at International Indian School Jeddah will be appreciated. I've tried to clean up the gratuitous listings of non-notable administrators, and have hit the 3rr wall. Am I wrong about this? Thanks, 99.149.85.229 ( talk) 18:41, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Doc. The socks are at Nine Muses (band), adding back the birthdays reverting your changes and using personal attacks. Δρ.Κ. λόγος πράξις 22:45, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
FYI I also opened Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Vgleer. Δρ.Κ. λόγος πράξις 22:58, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
Resolved for the moment as Bishonen blocked the account for 48 hours. Δρ.Κ. λόγος πράξις 23:38, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
If Dr. K thinks my jokes are funny, then I am surely . . . droll. Happy Friday night! Cullen328 Let's discuss it 05:12, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
That dog looks hungry. I have requested a topic ban of Geebee2 at ANI here because of his recent edits. Given your previous concerns on his edits I figure you may want to weigh in. Darkness Shines ( talk) 09:37, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
Nervous yet? Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 10:15, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
Could someone PLEASE tell Esoglou to stop edit warring and running off Eastern Orthodox editors [30] Please. LoveMonkey 23:01, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
Jasper Deng (talk) 03:01, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
I think Oliver summed it up well with this term [31], particularly when you look at the logs for DanielTom [32] combined with their talk page history. Combined with the abusive emails you have been sent, I think the editor needs to be indef blocked with talk page and email access removed for trolling. Normally, I would just block them myself but I'm leaving in a few hours and will have limited internet access for several days, and since they made me the target, people would have questions. Not sure if it needs to go to WP:AN or not, the total evidence is pretty self evident. It seems clear that a RFCU is no longer an option as the editor is simply going to troll. There really is no question about it at this point. Dennis Brown / 2¢ / © / @ 11:03, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
I'm seeing problems across numerous articles that basically amounts to spamming of the Aam Aadmi Party, a new-ish Indian political group. Many such parties in India last little more than a few months but they generate a lot of heat & they are increasingly aware of how they can use WP for their propaganda purposes etc. If you or any of your stalkers should come across references to the AAP then I'd appreciate it if a bit of scrutiny took place, mainly wrt WP:DUE and WP:PRIMARY. Ta, and sorry for using this as a sort of messageboard. - Sitush ( talk) 23:53, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi there, with all due respect i believe i was unfairly tageed with vandalism. The artic;e i tried to delete was far to short and i will copy and paste the entire thing onto here "Russell G. Lloyd, Jr. was mayor before Jonathan Weinzapfel took his spot in office.
Insert non-formatted text here *all credit to writer. The article does not have to be removed but if you review it and remove the vandalism tag that would be great. Thank you my fellow wikipedia lover and contributer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Worldwidesunshine ( talk • contribs)
Hi Drmies,
Thought I would let you know that there is currently an RfC taking place at Project Eurovision, just in case you wished to participate. Hope you're doing well BTW! Wesley♦ Mouse 00:15, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
My apologies. I was trying to smooth over an edit conflict and I accidentally only kept my post instead of both of ours. DrPhen ( talk) 03:02, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
If you do too much article work, they might think you're - gasp - a content admin. — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 03:43, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
June 2013
Your recent editing history shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly.
To avoid being blocked, instead of reverting please consider using the article's talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. See BRD for how this is done. You can post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection. ==== — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sonsoftheserpent ( talk • contribs) 03:44, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
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OK, I am amazed. That is exactly what Mrs. Cullen and I drank with our leftover chicken curry over Japanese noodles this evening. I should have remembered to put the bottle in an ice bucket but I was too busy pecking away on a certain encyclopedia website. I hope your wife returns soon. Men were not created to sleep alone. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 05:05, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi there my friend, longtime no "see" hope all's the best it could be and more by you,
again, a simple request from a simple man, can you please check the dutch reference in this guy's article and see if i translated it correctly? I admit, i "peaked" at GOOGLE TRANSLATOR, but i'll be damned if i used the "sentence" that resulted from their mixes entirely :)
My lab dog (not a pet, a friend) died a month ago, aged almost 11. He did not suffer heavily that was a bonus, it was like one day he was on cloud nine, the other he was "kill me please". He is missed, cute little thing inspiring us while we write in your page will too when it gets its turn.
Kind regards, thanks again for being there -- AL ( talk) 15:00, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
Shouldn't softer block be autoblock disabled, and not account creation blocked? 216.11.222.27 ( talk) 16:57, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
importScript("User:Writ Keeper/Scripts/blockDefaults.js");
as usual. The current defaults are very barebones: only revoke talk page (which automatically checks the appropriate box) and {{softerblock}} (which automatically unchecks everything, as is appropriate) are handled by default. But much of my time was spent making a nice GUI for you to make your own defaults; there's a link to it from the Special:Block page, and hopefully the instructions there will be clear enough. Let me know if you have any issues, questions, or comments.
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Since you had interaction related to one of the socks named here, I thought I'd bring your attention to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/DanielTom. Toddst1 ( talk) 20:25, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies. There is a discussion at AN/EW regarding CSDarrow, in which your name was mentioned. So I just wanted to make you aware of it. -- 76.189.109.155 ( talk) 20:48, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies. Would you take a look at Talk:Jeanne Phillips#Long-term vandalism by 68.94.xx.xx? The article has been subjected to long-term vandalism by dynamic IP editor 68.94.xx.xx who repeatedly adds Category:Transgender and transsexual women and Category:Transgender and transsexual writers to the article. I listed the seven additions/reversions on the talk page. The vandal is persistent: The vandalism started in June 2011 and last occurred two days ago. Would you consider watchlisting Jeanne Phillips or applying Wikipedia:Protection policy#When to apply pending changes protection to the article to counter the vandalism? Thank you for your help. Best, Cunard ( talk) 01:29, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
I hope you don't mind, but I made the post before I saw your own and cited the evidence where Lucia lied to you about the troll claiming it was me. It was a rather obvious attempt to deflect and justify her personal attacks at ANI. Normally, that kind of stunt would get a harsh warning, but as you can tell I've been trying to resolve things hoping there was some chance of peace. Lucia seems to be completely opposed to that and intends "justice" on me; so at this point I have little reason to remain silent. Everything is too personal for her; I think I may actually need to do the RFC/U at this point. I just don't know what to at this point. ChrisGualtieri ( talk) 03:05, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
User:Toby323- is constantly breaking the three-revert rule. He is warned several times by other editors but again he put vandal edits on this article here! Bangladesh; as he has previously done at Talk:List of countries where English is an official language and was blocked by you!!!! Samudrakula ( talk) 10:48, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
Fai zan 15:22, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
Drmies,
Perhaps, we need to start the conversation again because quite frankly I do not understand what's going on with the pages I created. I am a grad student, and I am simply interested in all things Augustine and the various scholars who have contributed to my intellectual growth. Firs, as far as I can see, Augustinian phenomenology is a new field within phenomenology, and it is rooted in Augustine's own phenomenology. Second, now you tell me that you have removed Craig J. N. de Paulo's listing as a Heidegger scholar from the Heidegger's template when many of his books and articles listed on his page clearly indicate that he is a notable Heidegger scholar. If twelve books and 133 (WorldCat, Philosopher' Index, etc.)articles on Heidegger does not make him eligible for this listing, what would? There are others listed who are not as accomplished. Since I am not an expert in creating or editing these pages, I am sure that I have made many mistakes but everything that I have ever posted is true to the best of my knowledge. I also try to reference as much as possible using links, etc. Please help! Augustinestudent ( talk) 01:15, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
Second, I am really, really disturbed by some of your edits, as I noted at the AfD. I do a bunch of legwork, and then you go and borrow one little bit of it and completely misapply it. And I think I explained my reservations on "Augustinian phenomenology" often enough at the AfD--you still don't seem to recognize that the term is used in multiple ways.
I don't think your issue has anything to do at all with Wikipedia: it has to do with other, more academic matters, like proper citation and interpretation. And it has to do with what you think is simple math: 12 books. Well, 1 book with Oxford UP is probably worth more than a dozen with Peter Lang and Edwin Mellen, and no matter how much you defend Mellen, it's an academic reality which applies here as well. What's more, even an OUP doesn't count much here--unless it's been reviewed in an academic journal. And that's what's missing here: reliable secondary material. Thank you. Drmies ( talk) 02:33, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
...I'm not responding to CSD's latest tirade only because you asked me to back out, which I am respecting. But when an editor posts such nonsense where he again attacks the entire project and the quality of all of its editors, it's difficult not to respond. As I asked elsewhere, why would an editor who despises the project so much be so upset about not being able to participate in it? ;) -- 76.189.109.155 ( talk) 01:40, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
Seems to be a sockpuppet of User:Jakob_Franz_Katze_258, who you blocked a couple of days ago. Valenciano ( talk) 13:55, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi, Drmies! Well, we have tried clear away your reservations regarding that nomination to the best of what we could have done... Please go, have a look and tell us what you think.— Шαмıq ☪ тαʟκ✍ @ 14:41, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.
Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!
Drmies ( talk) 16:19, 13 June 2013 (UTC)Hi, can you detail on the talk page for AKB48 what specifically needs to be cleaned up for the fanpov tag? I have tried to make the Concept, Membership, and History sections neutral, although questioning the notability of specific events and information was met with resistance as you can see on the talk page. - AngusWOOF ( talk) 17:28, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
I saw your message on my talk page and was saddened to see that you underestimate me. I have participated on over 100 AfD discussion, almost all of which went according to my vote. I am very aware of notability guidelines. I might remind you, for instance, of WP:NRVE which states that "Notability requires only the existence of suitable independent, reliable sources, not their immediate citation." Just because the Shinoda article is bad now does not mean she is not notable. I suggest you do some searching for sources before turning pages into redirects, or better yet, seek consensus first per WP:CON. Working on Japan topics, I know she is notable and can prove that. (Note that I saw you turning other AKB48 members into redirects, but I did not undo some of those because I did not have an argument to claim notability.) Michitaro ( talk) 18:43, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
Tired of letting you have all the fun, I decided to write about a somewhat depressing novel for children. — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 10:02, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
the Return. Δρ.Κ. λόγος πράξις 17:29, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
On 14 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mathijs Bouman, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Dutch "TV economist" Mathijs Bouman is known for such one-liners as "if women pay fewer taxes, men will vacuum more often"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mathijs Bouman. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 18:03, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
Not sure you should even care, but FYI, there is a thread at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#Block and ANI process is completely subjective where a "mistaken" block issued by you is used as an example of why all admins are biased against.... sorry we haven't quite established that bit yet. Beeblebrox ( talk) 18:32, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
I'm not certain to whom this edit is directed. Indentation implies Jensen, but I think you meant to address Lucia.— Kww( talk) 19:28, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
Again i come to you so you can come to the rescue (about bloody time i helped you in reverse, but we edit in different fields it seems), let's see if you can oblige (i know you will, as it involves your favorite team and that who will be coached by the son of god!),
The article is Miralem Sulejmani. I'd like for you to retrieve references in Dutch for the following sentences: 1 - intro, him being the most expensive transfer between Dutch clubs (that one is optional, i just wished to replace the horrible TRANSFERMARKT.com table with a newspiece that's all); 2 - him signing for Ajax, there is a source from the official web, but it's DEAD; 3 - his solo goal against Juventus; 4 - him falling out with Franky de Boer.
If you do not wish to insert them in text mate, just send me the URLs, i'll do it myself. Kindest regards from your friend VAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASCO! -- AL ( talk) 20:54, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies (and talk page stalkers), can you help ascertain which came first, the content of the Wiki article or this copyrighted version [33]. I'd tagged the article as a copypaste job, then removed the template out of uncertainty. Once that's settled, the neutrality issue still bears observation. Thanks from above the Mason Dixon, 76.248.151.159 ( talk) 22:03, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
That went into the ANI archives without any sort of formal conclusion, despite what looked like clear consensus to impose some sort of topic ban. 86.121.18.17 ( talk) 02:19, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
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Drmies, your unblock statement surrounding Kiefer was, in my opinion, brilliant. Thank you for donating your time to Wikipedia ... with resolutions like that, you make this a better place to contribute, and consequently a better encyclopedia. Go Phightins ! 02:51, 15 June 2013 (UTC) |
You unblocked him?!? Yay! Well done :-) Yngvadottir ( talk) 15:54, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
Well, you inspired me while in Vegas, and Mrs. Brown took a few photos of me with my Wikipedia t-shirt on with beer in hand at the Stratosphere, but I look somewhat drunker than I was so I don't think I will use them. It might be because it was 10am. It is amazing the things you do in Las Vegas that you wouldn't do in the course of a normal day at home. Pretty good time was had, broke even gambling, so all is well. Finally saw Hoover Dam, which was amazing. Take the long tour if you ever go. The Fremont Street Experience was the best time you can have for almost free, as always. I go every couple of years, and they have gotten their act together on rebuilding downtown. People running on ziplines above the crowds, several really good band playing on the street, and the bar serving the street crowd actually had reasonable prices. The strip kind of sucked, way too expensive, $10 for a coke and chips. Paris Las Vegas is over-rated, although their buffet has the best prime rib and worth the $30 easily. Dennis Brown / 2¢ / © / @ 03:02, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
No one opposed your wording substantially, since there is no real difference between your wording and Bbb23's. The thread was archived (I really HATE Mizsabot, by the way ;) ), but might as well put in the topic ban. Eh doesn't afraid of anyone ( talk) 03:10, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies, just read the message you left on my talk page. Sorry for reverting, but like you said there was no explaination and when I looked at the history and seen what that editor had been up to in previous edits, combined with the fact that he had already been warned on talk page about removing the templates, I just assumed that he was removing them again for no reason. Cmr08 ( talk) 07:18, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
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...since that noticeboard is protected, I'm seeking protection for SPNRC High School, which is being used as a high school yearbook page by multiple accounts, likely the same editor. Thanks Drmies, and happy weekend, 76.248.151.159 ( talk) 11:19, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
An IP editor removed sourced content from the Movies! page (it's an American TV network, in case you are wondering). I reverted twice (up to my 2RR limit) and posted a warning on the IPs talk page. The anon is using an IP registered to Sprint PCS in the Charlotte area, so rangeblocks are out.
While typing this up, the anon reverted a third time with the edit summary "e/i not welcome nor noteworthy. do NOT revert!". Obviously the warning didn't get through to them.
Since I am at 2RR, I am turning this one over to you. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 13:54, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies,
If you get some time, could you please review the Tube Bar main article & album listings that I created to verify my work. Since I am a fan, I don't want to be bias, the article and album listings should be notable. Thank you for your help, and I am glad to see you are running for the Board. Tyros1972 Talk 15:48, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
I open a new message topic because the other one is already way up in the "charts", this makes it easier for you chap,
found out this ref about him being banned by FIFA for his contract with 'veen, maybe this about covers it (see this one http://www.voetbalzone.nl/doc.asp?uid=172190), you please tell me if otherwise, i'll search further.
Cheerio -- AL ( talk) 17:27, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
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You may not be around at the moment, but you should take a look at my revert here. There's also a brief, weird discussion on the project talk page.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 14:03, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
Hey, this. Yes. Illegitimi non carborundum. The Rambling Man ( talk) 15:15, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
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For your support during the recent unpleasantness. PumpkinSky talk 22:29, 16 June 2013 (UTC) |
Drmies, I've been thinking very hard about this since you unblocked Kiefer.Wolfowitz the other day, and I feel that the following needs to be said on-wiki. I think that your unblocking Kiefer overstepped your authority and was very disrespectful to Wikipedians. Here's why:
This is all very important, because there are a few editors who, for one reason or another, have some resentment about Wikipedia and take every opportunity to chip into any discussion to air it. Maybe some of them have good reasons for that, and I'm not judging anyone, but it's very distracting and energy-consuming and really quite unfair to the rest of us. As I've said elsewhere, we shouldn't have to jump into a fire if we want our say on who can block us and delete our articles. Admins give us precious little protection from people doing that, and when an admin undoes some little bit of respite that we've been given, and bypasses due process to do so, then it's very bad. In summary, this unblock has been very disruptive.
Regards, -- Stfg ( talk) 19:40, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
As for my "elitist" remark, I don't think I'm the only one who on occasion detects a lynch mob mentality. I've noted it before--in the case of Youreallycan/Off2riorob, with whom I have a mixed relationship, with Pumpkinsky (not the most recent incident), with Malleus, with a lot of editors who have made both friends and enemies. And while I am not going to spell out in exhaustive detail what I think, I will reiterate that dramah threads too easily attract comments from just about everyone, including (in the thread you pointed at) editors with just a few hundred article space edits and little else. Note also that you yourself, in your count above, included all "votes" (as far as I can tell), even though those discussions are not votes--and you use it as an argument to claim I don't have a consensus which, you argue, I should have. Pile-ons easily get out of hand. That's all I want to say about that right now, and that's what I was pointing at. And I don't believe the whole "us poor editors have no recourse" bit: in fact, this very discussion should prove the opposite, except for that you are not on Kiefer's side (I think).
You are welcome to ask for my bit. You are also welcome to ask for one for yourself, and I for one might not oppose you; I don't know, I'm not that familiar with you. And then you can see that there's a lot of things that are easy, a lot of them, and some are not. I did what I could and what I thought was right and proper, with input and without the intent to shut off anything. Finally, I disagree with the very premise you outline for an unblock of, in this case Kiefer, but perhaps others as well, and at least WP:UNBLOCK does not require me to call a vote. (Also, see Wikipedia:Unblocks are cheap, which I agree with). You have doubts about my uninvolvedness? I can only reassure you that I unblocked Kiefer not because he is a friend (which remains to be seen--and I don't say that because of recent events, but because "friend" is a difficult concept) but because I thought it was the right thing to do, with the restrictions I thought were reasonable. I don't know if you know this, but the previous editor for whom I stuck my neck out (ineffectively, I'm sad to say) was Ottava Rima, with whom I have never been and probably never will be a friend. Still I'd like to see him back. Now, you can point at all the Kiefer edits you like that you find troublesome since the unblock (I haven't looked at any--I also have a day job, I'm sad to say), but hey, you have recourse: you can always start an ANI thread or ask a friendly admin. Non-admin editors are not completely powerless. And let's face it: it shouldn't be hard to find an admin willing to reblock Kiefer if he, in their opinion, steps out of line. That's sad for him, and I'm not sure you appreciate to which extent his career here is hanging by a thread, and yours is not. So yeah, I stuck out my neck for him since I think he is (or certainly can be) a net positive, but I would probably do the same for you, and I don't even know you very well. I probably still would, even after you (possibly rightfully) question my competence and (not so nicely) my ethics. And now I'm going to cook dinner, and let you all go back to writing articles and nominating DYKs and reviewing GAs. Slash or making all these threads even longer. Drmies ( talk) 22:53, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
Kiefer has asked me about the duration of the ban here User talk:Salix alba#AN close. I've interpreted the length as indefinite.-- Salix ( talk): 06:38, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
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It's difficult to see a positive solution when people are baying for blood, even more difficult when the subject seems masochistic. I admire you for sticking your neck out when others wouldn't and wanted to let you know that. WormTT( talk) 21:19, 17 June 2013 (UTC) |
Could you please remove the off-topic slander on the Talk:WW2InfoBox. It's unconscionable that an off-topic slander of another editor is left on a talk page in a closed discussion with a "do not modify" tag applied. UrbanNerd ( talk) 23:07, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
Dear Drmies, I made no attack upon you. I was corrected the libelous remark that was launched against The Edwin Mellen Press, which also infers slander against all of those scholars who have published with this publisher. As Wikipedia editors, it is not our place to make such judgments. Universitybuff ( talk) 23:43, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
Any thoughts on this? I was reverted soon after removing a rather promotional section, and would prefer reinforcements to heading down the edit war path. Thanks, 76.248.151.159 ( talk) 02:15, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
Just fried 5 pieces of bacon, then fried some potatoes in the bacon grease, followed by a couple of eggs. My left arm is a bit numb now, but my taste buds and belly are happy. I should go walk around the block or something... Dennis Brown | 2¢ | © | WER 13:28, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
Someone linked this at Anna's guantlet, and I then remembered that I have not seen any odd articles linked on your page in days. I have to admit, I have near heard of such a thing in my entire life. I wonder if they have them in bifocals? Dennis Brown | 2¢ | © | WER 00:37, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
Tried for a late hommage, but as expected he is (was) not notable enough,
more about my attempt and my feelings due to the legal updates here ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Football#Richard_Nieuwenhuizen_-_A_late_hommage.3F). Kind regards -- AL ( talk) 15:46, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
Hey Drmies! Hope you're doing well! Just want your suggestion, an user ( Special:Contributions/Baigmirzawaqar) has just made few edits outside an AfD and I have tagged his vote with {{ SPA}}, but he is continuously removing that. I have also discussed the matter in his talk page but he is still edit warring. What should I do? -- Zayeem (talk) 16:12, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
What are your thoughts on taking this to FAC? Eric Corbett 01:11, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies,
Would it be possible for you to mediate a situation via my talk page please? Both myself and Pickette have endured, shall we say, "negative" interactions with each other. I have tried to seek peace, but to no avail. Anyhow, we are discussing the issue now via my talk page, and are both thinking of some sort of mediation, without going through the ANI route (a bit like the now defunct WP:WQA). I know that you are very good at being impartial, which is why I thought of you first as a potential mediator. The discussion is taking place at User talk:Wesley Mouse#Issue. Thanks, Wesley ☮ Mouse 17:16, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
Hello. I have undone the removal of some contents after checking that numerous editors contributed to that particular section. I feel that I should apologise in case I have missed a good reason for the removal but could not understand since it seems relevant to understanding the history of this movement. Perhaps a discussion on the Talk page of the article would be helpful. Thanks for your understanding. Bamkin ( talk) 18:27, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I apologize for getting carried away there yesterday. If we've really muddied up the discussion, could we remove the comments and suggestions posted at the end yesterday?-- ArmanJ ( talk) 20:37, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
new article: Brasserie de la Senne Ladyof Shalott 01:45, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
Hey Drmies,
Found a nice easy case for you to do your magic on. Bulgaria in Radoslav's Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013. It is clearly a false article as there is no such contest in the world, never mind in Europe. And by looking at this Facebook page, it looks like some over-enthusiastic kid who lives in a fantasy world making up their own contests and using Wikipedia to "promote" their fantasia. I don't even know why it has gone via AfD when a speedy is clearly the solution on this. Enjoy! Wesley ☮ Mouse 04:07, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for keeping it, I had just started improving the heck out of it prior to opining at the AfD; we have so few articles on þættir anyway, it's criminal. Yngvadottir ( talk) 05:03, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies, thank you so much for cleaning up the article as it needed it as unfortunately most of us are fresh editors writing it of non-english mother tongue but above all not wikipedian expert editors. I have only a point for to you as I have gone through the person story since long now and it is that you are very much right that absolutely no hypothesis has to be made referring to personality like the Pope, but why to erase his religious experience which is the fulcrum of the person life as activist which he and his family has suffered badly and which is his main social fight to help preventing abuses. Himself has exposed it and beside all the italian newspapers of the time which reported his battle against the church even in the guardian interview of nowadays he has mentioned it and which is the most reliable source. Therefore i think that although it is a tough subject it is of public interest to know such concealed facts and not to be hidden. It is like to repress true achievements done by notable people like James Wales (not to compare). Please find the right way and according wikipedia guidelines to revert it back or kindly advice how it has to be put taking in consideration also our journalistic effort to research verifiable sources which should not be an in vane work for dedicating our free time to contribute to wikipedia expansion like you do. Many thanks. DrKlain ( talk) 08:40, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies, you are invited to participate in this discussion. Please note that participation is optional and the discussion closes at 12:15am sharp tonight (GMT+8). Cheers. -- Arctic Kangaroo ( ✉ • ✎) 14:40, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
On 21 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jeunes filles en serre chaude, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the 1934 Jeanne Galzy novel Jeunes filles en serre chaude, with its seductive title, was deemed to contain "dangerous aberrations" and "strong emotional reaction[s] of an undesirable nature"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jeunes filles en serre chaude. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 16:03, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
Ok, it's up Magnus Manske. Go wild. I'm submitting DYK now. -- Obi-Wan Kenobi ( talk) 19:54, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
Lucia Black is bothering me on my own talk page despite telling her that she is not welcome; I've explained the issue, why she is wrong, and given another warning. She came to my user page to make a "warning" for pointing out her behavior issues; and refusal to discuss and work together as demonstrated by her response at DRN at that time. link. And yes; the Dragon Ball Z article recreation is still an issue with my sandbox User:ChrisGualtieri/sandbox and User:ChrisGualtieri/sandbox5 holding the prototypes. Two new editors have joined in the talk page discussion, so it helps, but the problem remains. Since she doesn't want me on her talk page; I told her that any issue will go through a third-party. Considering you know the issue; could you please take a look at User talk:ChrisGualtieri and comment? I don't want to argue with her all day long; her "warning" is non-sense and I am seriously considering ANI or RFC/U, but I don't know if what the procedure would be for notifying those who have issue with her behavior from past discussions or if that would be "canvassing" because I need at least one other person who has issues with her IDHT and personal attacks. ChrisGualtieri ( talk) 23:32, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
Yes--something a bit deeper than this. Drmies ( talk) 21:19, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for helping me revert his revert! Contrary to what he claims, it WAS plagiarism. Thanks. ☯ Bonkers The Clown \(^_^)/ Nonsensical Babble ☯ 03:02, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
While you're at it, could you make me invisible too? :/ — Ched : ? 03:55, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
...to say hello. I may ask for some help with a recalcitrant user here if this continues [34]. I've asked them not to post at my talk page anymore, but we so seldom get what we wish for. I hope you're well. Very best, 76.248.151.159 ( talk) 04:07, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
Heya Doc, could you or one of your admin TPSers do a history merge of 2008 riot in Mongolia and User:Kelapstick/Riot. I have some edit summaries in my userspace draft that I want to keep in the main article history. Much thanks, -- kelapstick( bainuu) 01:08, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
←Hmmm....Well There were some lovely vacation photos, I have been living vicariously through you as I am stuck in the desert, and believe it or not we got flooded out two days ago (photos to come). Did you know, tomorrow is election day, which means we are not allowed to use explosives. What kind of a rule is that? -- kelapstick( bainuu) 04:40, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
...to say hello. Warrington ( talk) 16:16, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
schelvis (Tuna liver) paté, have you ever had one? Warrington ( talk) 16:16, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
Hey Drmies, hope all is well with you. I am having a problem with User:71.254.85.74. The user added some original research yesterday under a different IP. Today it was added again and I reverted per OR, especially after an edit summary saying the information was "per listeners" (which has disappeared for some reason). A couple minutes ago, the anon, again, reverted back to the OR information. Since I am at 2RR, could you take it from here? Thanks... Neutralhomer • Talk • 16:27, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
Did you realize that you edited a fully protected article without talk page consensus?
Hello Drmies,
I was wondering if you, or maybe a member of your fan club, might take a look at Robert A. J. Gagnon and especially its talk page. There is a relatively new editor who has spent weeks trying to add a large and poorly referenced "controversy" section to this brief BLP. Several editors have tried to dissuade this editor from this path, but the new editor is convinced that all the experienced editors are completely wrong and that the new editor is 100% right. I have been accused now of incivility, so maybe fresh voices might help, or then again, maybe not. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 19:19, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
Close but no cigar. Very, very respectable showing I might add. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | © | WER 20:18, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
Could I kindly ask for a history merge of User:ChrisGualtieri/sandbox from [35] to the new Dragon Ball Z page? The conflict seems to be over, with Lucia backing off, new 3Os and continued improvements to the article as a whole. ChrisGualtieri ( talk) 22:53, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
Drmies -
The problems at breast cancer awareness are back in full force. I am willing to reopen the possibility of a topic ban (for the both of us, obviously). Is there anyway I can contact you in private? Please. We really need an admin here and I am willing to be topic banned, but I would like to explain the situation to you in private if that is okay.
Oh, and by the way, this is Charles. MidnightRequestLine ( talk) 01:30, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
I could have sworn I saw a FAQ for RFC/U guidelines, but I can't seem to find it now. Quickly, since you seem to have some experience with this. I started one, it's been endorsed by multiple users (including two others who made mediation attempts), but the subject has declined to participate. What happens now? MezzoMezzo ( talk) 03:57, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
Please be careful to check whether requests are the same as the existing protection (such as semi vs. full). Dogmaticeclectic ( talk) 17:33, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
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The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
For your work at WP:RFPP. Bearian ( talk) 19:35, 25 June 2013 (UTC) |
Can you suggest a good Dutch idiom that would translate to "Idle hands are the devil's playground", i.e. "a child that is not kept busy will get into trouble"?— Kww( talk) 22:14, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
Please could you clarify your earlier ANI comments regarding this issue? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:22, 26 June 2013 (UTC)
Oh my goodness, it's not just Nick Park's mad imaginings, it's real! Geoff Who, me? 22:18, 26 June 2013 (UTC)
Unless the point is, "we dont have the answer, but we rather not say it outloud". Refusing to get the point shouldnt apply to people who actually want answers. If you analize the discussion more objectively, youll notice a lot of question dodging from multiple editors. And this is AFTER I proposed a compromise that would benefit both sides, in which still havent brought an actual reason why the compromise wouldnt work.
And I know you as an involved admin enough to know you dont see me as any other editor, but rather you get tired of my typos (your words not mine) and dont believe a smartphone edit could cause autocorrect. So I ask you, to see both sides. The only advantage other editors have is bringing up links, in which I cannot because I dont own a computer. I only have a smartphone in which would take literally an entire day to prove that im not the one throwing the first punch, or that another editor uses strong consensus gaming methods.
Maybe you could explain what point im refusing to get? If not, maybe a more impartial admin (in this case an admin that doesnt get irritated by me so quickly to prejudge a false ANI on me, which ended up only reverse blocking the accuser). I think it sounds completely fair. This isnt like a unified consensus where 1 strongly opposes while the supporters have countered them. This is supporters that dont even want to bother answering a relatively important question. And you can see how well Andy has dodged in the "compromise" section, when demands answers about the compromise but doesnt want to answer back. Lucia Black ( talk) 11:22, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
I cant provide proof the direct way. I can only provide the whole conversation, and even then, I can only point to you which one it is. Thats what im trying to say. Many admins ask for links and dont bother to look at what I can prove.
Regardless, im not saying your involved in the subject to be bias, im saying with me. You claim to have no strong feelings, but your comments and actions dont seem that way. you talk about how irritating it about my bad grammar. You prejudged an ANI about me because it was me and not review the situation. And you dont believe a smartphone edit could accidentally autocorrect a word. (The last part gets me the most).
but why dont you explain it to me. What point am I refusing to get? Lucia Black ( talk) 19:21, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
autocorrect on smartphone doesnt offer removal of hyphens or commas. In fact, not even on computer. Also, i previously had a mytouch 3G. A smartphone with a keyboard, and it was the smoothest smartphone i had when it came to editing wikipedia. Which i originaly refused to upgrade because of that alone. But now i have a Galaxy S 4, and this phone offers auto correct options already as you type and as you move the curser.oh and it gets worst, if the text is too long, it wont allow me to paste in any links. And it gets worst, due to low internet connection, despite the edit box being mostly loaded, if i type in and it eventually does load, it pushes the cursor midway. And for that momentary jump, i may accidentally edit someone elses by accident. And the worst is if im discussing, i have to edit at the bottom of the page. And because of that it also will jump the cursor to the middle of the entire discussion. I have to manually drag the cursor back done, which is why i dont bother correcting.
So with all that you can see how easy it is to make such a mistake. And it all boils down to why would i even want to change someone elses post? rhe not/now was incredibly small. Even if i wanted to change someones comment, i knew the penalty would be block, so why throw myself in a suicide. Im happpy to take responsibility for any mistakes, but as mistakes, not as vandalism, which banning was completely irrelevant. The unblock system is flawed in the sense that if one was falsely blocked, the process to getting unblocked would be based on the editor sucking upto another. Lucia Black ( talk) 01:25, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
The point was that I wa snt lying. And taking responsibility doesnt mean block for an accident and then refuse to unblock for insignificant reasons unrelated to the actual situation. But beside the point, I want to know what point im refusing to get? iI feel like refusing to get to the point is too subjective, prolonging a consensus that doesnt actually answer consensus changing questions, shouldnt be seen as disruptive simply because one is the minority. Especially if the minority is actually begging for answers because their willing to support if theres enough reason. Lucia Black ( talk) 02:18, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
Lucia Black, your response to me is filled with typographical errors. If you are going to edit using a mobile device, you have to take responsibility for proofreading and accuracy. For example, why would you type the word "I" or any variation of it, without capitalizing? Please proofread carefully and take full responsibility for the accuracy of your edits. This is an encyclopedia, not Facebook. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 03:23, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
@Chris, im ignoring you now. You come to stir even more trouble even after an editor has had similar problems? Not going to happen. You talk big and say no auto correct happens, but im not going to argue with you for something you dont actually proven yourself. So either get or even borrow a galaxy s 4 and edit, or dont nother me again about the subject.
@cullen, im sorry but I cant afford an edit conflict. I could if it was on pc, but not on phone. Copy and pasting is incredibly difficult and it leads me with 4 more edit-conflicts. So for fast paced discussions such as these, I cannot be patient for it. However dont confuse how I handle myself in discussions with how I edit articles. I have less chances of edit conflict in an article. Lucia Black ( talk) 03:45, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
@Lucia Black. I know about edit conflicts, and have dealt with them countless times myself. Please don't tell me how "incredibly difficult" it is when I am a mobile editor myself. So, post your comment quickly in a fast moving conversation. Fine. Then, go back and proofread your comments, if you expect people to take your comments seriously. That's what I do. That's what I recommend to you. Just a friendly hint. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 06:18, 28 June 2013 (UTC) @Drmies incredibly judgemental to believe such a mistake would be done intentionally, and I know you know better than to believe it was intentional especially if one editor is strongly trying to tell you that it does happen. Even cullen agrees, so dont say "no one here believes you". Its demeaning, disrespectful and simply not true. But the worst of you not believing is you judging me by not believing a very probable truth. Which leads me to believe that this isnt impartial. (Unless you disregard everyone who ever said such a thing, then it would be worst, because thats a speedy block ready to happen without even able to defend themselves).but you know what? It will be discrimination everytime you block an editor and not give benefit of the doubt when it comes to this until you actually use a smartphone to edit wikipedia yourself. Im using the Galaxy S 4. Try it out for a week or a day or maybe even an hour and then tell me straight out you had no issues.
@Cullen, eventually typos get disregarded in the process of a discussion. If an editor focuses too much on the typos and not on what the editor is actually saying, itll go nowhere. For example: currently a trademark discussion and its going quite smoothly into my favor despite the troubles of typos (and in case chris believes im using I win/lose wording, when I say in my favor, im just trying to clarify consensus is leaning toward my view, not that its a game and im trying to win it). Lucia Black ( talk) 06:59, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
@Lucia Black. If you truly believe that you have no obligation to try to correct large numbers of obvious typos in discussions, then please be prepared to deal with people who will think otherwise. There is a big difference between an occasional typo, and a swarm of them that interferes with comprehension. Eventually, that raises basic questions of competence. Again, please note that I edit mobile too. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 07:29, 28 June 2013 (UTC) Maybe they have too much weak faith. Honestly, I do try to edit, but im not looking for a lecture of responsibility when it comes to typos. I understand the issue, and find it important, but I dont like to be told how important, because I already know. But still, I can only go so far when it comes to fast paced discussions. Lucia Black ( talk) 07:43, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
Drmies, SL93, a user with a previously clean block log, lost his rag when he was baited by User:Scott Martin. It's obvious that SL93 was particularly outraged because an admin was speaking to him like that, and I can't blame him there. Please unblock him, or I will. Bishonen | talk 18:55, 27 June 2013 (UTC).
I wish SL93 the best; I was really surprised to see that coming from someone with whom I had occasional interactions which, I think, were always positive. What I didn't see mentioned above is that SL93 received a warning from another admin, one also not know to block from the hip. Drmies ( talk) 23:56, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
Montanabw (talk) 21:48, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
On 28 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chicken harvester, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ...that nearly 8,000 birds per hour can be gathered up with the chicken harvester? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Chicken harvester. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 11:39, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
Beste collega,
Betreffende deze edit: zie hier. Maar of dat als bronvermelding kan dienen weet ik zo niet. In ieder geval klopt het wel. Vriendelijke groet, Spraakverwarring ( talk) 17:34, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
Quite an "iconic" figure in my country's football, mock petitions for him in the national team, folks with too much time on their hands if you ask me...
My request is the following if you please (as i "may" have told you already i'm a simple man, so my requests will always be about the same subject): i added several refs to the article, two in Dutch. However, i did not like what i saw in the Google Translator ("trekt" or "aantreken" - i suppose that's the correct verb form - being translated to "draws" or "attracts" or even "affect calculation"; "duiken" or "duikt op" getting "diving" or "emerges" on the other end), left the wordbattle a bit dizzy to say the least.
Also, i think there is a great possibility that mention of him being the second best Portuguese player abroad that season is plain 'ole vandalism (more mocking for the poor guy), he scored his most goals ever in a year that's a given, but the comparison with "The Special One" Part 2? Hmmm...
Kind regards to the lowlands, RIP Ray Manzarek! -- AL ( talk) 18:46, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
Envy me. Eating a fried green tomato (no breading), just picked off the vine, along with a single slice of bacon. That is as close to healthy as I care to be today. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | © | WER 19:33, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
I've heard it said before that "y'all" is singular, but not in my language, and I don't know anyone who uses it that way. Y'all refers to two or more, and all y'all refers to three or more. There can be an additional distinction of meaning: "Are y'all going?" = asking the group if they are coming (even if only some of them might be); "Are all y'all going" = "Is every single one of you going?" Ladyof Shalott 16:34, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
I am not conducting an edit war on the Silesia article simply reverting what I understand to be vandalism, the blanket reverting of a series of edits. I stated this in each edits summary. Am I in error about what constitutes vandalism? Rsloch ( talk) 19:59, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
I wanted to let you know I revised the article and copy-pasted the text to Word so as to check any typos and spanish words that could have remained. I corrected every mistake I saw. I reckon its prose is good enough to be GA, though I think those mistakes had to be corrected. I have also taken away unnecessary flag icons. I've replied saying this same thing, in Talk:C.A. Peñarol/GA2, but just wanted to make sure to inform you.— Nuno93 ( talk) 03:06, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
I came across an unusual, sleeper SPA. More than five years ago, they uploaded a Photoshopped version of a painting and substituted it for the genuine thing in an article. Then no edits until today, when they tried passing it off as the real thing in seven articles, including the article about the painting. I reverted them all, put a notice on the file, and issued a warning on the user's talk page. If you inspect the fake at full resolution, you can see that they've altered the "hand of justice" on the staff on the right. I actually came here to ask you or one of your followers if you knew what the hand gesture meant. But then I decided to try to investigate on my own. I checked the hand gesture article, and discovered that it appears to be a shocker. Especially in light of this, I think I may have been too gentle with my warning. I would say that this is a vandalism-only account. But I'll leave it to your immense wisdom and judgement to decide if any action is called for at this time. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 09:50, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
What does "the unmediated knowledge the boys gain on Coral Island reflects both the tradition of Robinson Crusoe's" mean? Are we talking about the genre, in which case wouldn't "Robinsonades" be better, or are we talking about Robinson Crusoe himself, as opposed to the book? Eric Corbett 13:28, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
Hello,
I'd like to discuss this article with you.
User 99.224.131.58 has now made 21 blanking edits to the article without reasonable explanation. He claims NPOV but doesn't acknowledge that he can't just delete 70% of an article's text, that is fully referenced and cited. The nature of the text appears to paint the subject of the article in a bad light - I would imagine that at 21 blanking edits claiming NPOV, the user was trying to censor this, Furthermore, the subject of the article and the IP user are both from Ottawa which could potentially infer they are the same, not that I am saying that but it is possible given what the IP user was trying to do. I made contact and invited them to check out WP:BLANK, WP:OPINION etc.. but there was no acknowledgement. I then invited them to discuss the issues they have on the article's talk page but again there was no acknowledgement, only more article blanking and a claim in the talk page that I am a bad user with negative motives.
Clearly, 21 blanking edits without acknowledgment of my attempts to help the user is beyond dispute and is vandalism.
They also deleted this message I placed on their talk page.
Consequently, I'd like to state that I respectfully object to your edit summary where you said "stop fighting, or I'll block both of you." At no time was I attempting to engage in an edit war, I was simply undoing massive section blanking and advising the user that there are policies they should read, policies to follow, and I invited them to discuss their issue with me on the article's talk page. I reported the user to AIV after his 13th blanking edit (and 4th warning, with the warning templates containing links to WP:BLANK, WP:CITE etc.. and an invitation to discuss their problems on the talk page) several hours ago but the user continued to make blanking edits.
Cheers,
Feedthepope ( talk) 18:10, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
Hello,
This IP keeps reverting my good edits. UEFA has reviewed the stadium.
http://www.astragiurgiu.ro/match/1001/ http://www.nk-domzale.si/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=979%3Aob-1300-bo-znan-prvi-nasprotnik-v-kvalifikacij-za-el&catid=44%3Anovice&Itemid=203&lang=en
and for the referee
http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/coltescu/profil/schiedsrichter_1108.html
Hello Drmies and friends,
This young man had a bizarre public psychiatric breakdown, reported by reliable San Francisco media outlets. The article is at AfD, where consensus is to delete. Can someone close early? It would be a kindness to delete this ASAP, per BLP policy. Thank you. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 01:19, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies. Based on a recent discussion, I have quickly drafted this. It is in no way definitive, but the effort is to keep it very simple and on track. You are welcome to develop this further on its talk page or tweak the draft until such times if and when a collaborative effort can be moved to RfC space. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 07:40, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies. User:Ning-ning/sub-ning has two images which might be of use. Ning-ning ( talk) 10:05, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
Since you're so, like, into literature recently, I've decided to try and one up you. Where's your poetry anthology, Drmies? Mine's done. — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 14:09, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Drmies! Do me a favor, please move the page Dhaka Film Festival to Dhaka International Film Festival per WP:COMMONNAME, it won't be a controversial move as I'm the only significant contributor on the page so far.-- Zayeem (talk) 15:07, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
The article Thuppakki has been nominated for becoming a GA. but the film's lead actor Vijay has such a huge fan following that it is his fans who keep vandalizing the page every minute of the day. That is why the article needs protection from IP edits for all eternity. further evidence: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Thuppakki&action=history Kailash29792 ( talk) 05:03, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
In simple English, how do I close an AfD? I know there's a template somewhere but the instructions start talking about removing templates from the article first and then get still more opaque. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Synechron Technologies meets the conditions for early closure: the article could have been deleted A10, no one has spoken against making it a redirect to the pre-existing Synechron except those who simply want it deleted, and I plan to then AfD Synechron. I managed to do a histmerge yesterday! I am not ineducable! But it's almost as hot as Muspell here and folks keep yammering at me and my head is mush. Can you or a talkpage stalker explain it simply? Yngvadottir ( talk) 17:49, 2 July 2013 (UTC)