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7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 15:48, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
Oh yeah! Thanks for your help. File:Yello - Oh Yeah excerpt.ogg 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 15:48, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
This. He blocked me for restoring a post from one of these IPs on my very own talkpage before going on to accuse me of enabling sockpuppets. It's simply not worth it. The Rambling Man ( talk) 09:24, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
As far as I am concerned, you (The Rambling Man) are one of the greatest vandal fighters in the history of Wikipedia. TRM, to see you cower from a belligerent user is shocking. Snap out of it, man!
Upon reading the above post, I became concerned. So I went to Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities and studied the edit histories. It looks like a bull was let loose in a china shop.
I came across this post, which FPAS removed without explanation. It looks like a valid question to me, so I restored the question and answered it with links to relevant material on Wikipedia.
If I get blocked over this, please reinstate me.
Thank you. The Transhumanist 21:08, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
You will not get anywhere with FPAS. He feels he has a divine right to do just as he likes to destroy the utility of the ref desks. There have been multiple discussions over trying to solve the "problem" not just "treat" the symptoms, but to no avail. The Rambling Man ( talk) 13:51, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
Please move String to String (disambiguation), over redirect.
And then please delete the resulting redirect at String, to make way for a new article.
Thank you. The Transhumanist 18:46, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
There were actually two requests above. No worries. Here's the second one again: Please delete String, to make way for new article. Thank you. The Transhumanist 01:42, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
Done Sorry, missed that. --
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What the hell? -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 08:23, 16 January 2017 (UTC) The Transhumanist Create a new consensus discussion. You can't depend on 11 year old consensus. Have it out and then call for admin intervention. Sorry, but I should have checked better in this case. -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 08:26, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
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Hi! I have been asked to write up an editorial for The Signpost. It is at User:Guy Macon/Draft of Signpost Editorial. Could you give it a quick look and correct any glaring errors you spot? Thanks! -- Guy Macon ( talk) 03:51, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
On 28 April 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Alf Ramsey, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Alf Ramsey (pictured) led Ipswich Town to become English football champions four years before leading England to win the 1966 FIFA World Cup? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alf Ramsey. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Alf Ramsey), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Mifter ( talk) 02:13, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
It might be good to set a time limit for 😂 to reply. If no reply/comment is made within that time, then the request can either be approved or declined, whichever is deemed most appropriate. ··· 日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 15:23, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
Thank you. I had already noticed and restored a more meaningful commentary. I did about 20 with that misleading summary before I realised. I have no idea how it changed (it must have been an accidental past change I made with a buffer full of stuff). -- PBS ( talk) 11:15, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
Hello. I just found myself in need of making more than 300 edits assisted by AWB in less than an hour. (post-move cleanup). I suppose I must request a bot account? Do not worry, I havent carried it out yet -- Kostas20142 ( talk) 10:28, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
Hello. I came across something in a book about a play called Money which led me to the playwright, who is better known for his novels. You may already know about one of his more famous original phrases but, if not, take a look. Jack | talk page 12:34, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
Yay. The Rambling Man ( talk) 07:29, 21 May 2017 (UTC)
Hello. Thanks for the review, Cassianto. TRM and I are always happy to improve stuff. -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 13:43, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
Here you go, trivial in the scheme of things, but just another brick in the wall from the clandestine machinations of a group who are interested only in curing symptoms, not causes. The Rambling Man ( talk) 13:20, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
Actually, we often link to articles in other Wikipedias when one is not available, in fact so much so there's a template to help you do it: {{ ill}}. Gerda often uses it when she's writing on the slightly more obscure German composers, locations and works. The Rambling Man ( talk) 09:10, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
I saw your tentative tennis tinker today there. Fancy spending all that free time you have right now tarting it up a bit more and then co-nominating for FLC? Beats dwelling (forgive me) on the big things... The Rambling Man ( talk) 19:35, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
This one is mint. Roy given out tonight obstructing the field, it's as rare as rocking horse poop. The article is close to okay, I suggest, when time and energy allows, we can make this one to be proud of. The Rambling Man ( talk) 19:30, 23 June 2017 (UTC)
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you unblocked the reference desk nazi. I'd suggest reblocking, but he IP hops enough that it won't matter. — Guan aco 15:38, 26 June 2017 (UTC)
You might be interested in the on-going discussion. Anarchyte ( work | talk) 07:43, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
GAB gab 20:02, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
Recently I blocked this user. They have taken very serious exception to the language used, both on their talk page and in the block log and I am getting emails threatening suits for defamation etc. As far as I can tell, they don't object to the block as such, just the description of the reasons. They say they'd be happy to be blocked as NOTHERE but object to the remainder of the description and want it changed. User:28bytes has already blanked their talk page, I gather in response to a request off-wiki. They are now badgering me to change the description in the block log. I've explained that I lack the technical capability to do this, but they insist that all I need do is contact a 'crat to get it done.
So, out of an abundance of caution, I am requesting that a 'crat review the block, the message I left on the talk page and the description in the log and, if they feel it is necessary, change the block log to only mention NOTHERE. That's if 'crats have the technical capability to modify the block log - of which I am uncertain. GoldenRing ( talk) 13:05, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
I'm a Crat and an Oversighter. I agree that it's not in Crat toolbox and I believe it is in the Oversighter - I've never suppressed a block log entry, am unsure about how to do it and even less sure that it's within policy. I'm going to take this to my user talk and do some homework. -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 13:59, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
SashiRolls, Wikipedia's software tells me you've sent me some emails. None have arrived as yet. Don't worry, I'll read them all carefully [when they've arrived] but please don't deluge me - it'll be counter-productive. Thanks. -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 14:41, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/GeneralizationsAreBad 2 is up and awaiting your co-nomination. (Sorry for stealing your thunder ... again) Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 10:00, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
Flickr has this one but you'd need to email the owner and ask them to change the licence to Creative Commons. It's not a brilliant picture, but better than nothing. The Rambling Man ( talk) 09:56, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
Happy to talk about commas (but not always at WP:ERRORS). Short version: "big, bad wolf" is often written with a comma because the two elements are parallel and reinforce each other; the wolf was big and bad. "old grey mare" and "shiny new car" usually don't have a comma ... even though the same thing is true for them ... because the comma usually drops out as a phrase becomes a set phrase. When the two adjectives don't reinforce each other, the comma is usually omitted. But there are readers and writers whose understanding of comma usage is exactly the opposite. Also, more and more readers get nothing from the presence or absence of commas, so it's becoming increasingly important not to rely on the commas to convey important information, for a general readership. Above all: I don't put a lot of energy into comma disputes, because most Wikipedians don't care, and they don't like it when other people start to care.
Okay that's the summary. Having said that, I'm happy to discuss commas and other orthography matters with people who like to talk about that stuff. You had a comment about a comma after "new"? - Dank ( push to talk) 12:54, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
Okay, in order, and let me know if this doesn't help:
FYI, see also Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Hasdie hasnan for further history of this continuing attempt at self-promotion. Thank you for your time. -- Finngall talk 14:33, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
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Hey, I saw you left a comment on my DYK nomination. I have addressed your concerns as well as I can. Would you perhaps take another look? Thanks! alphalfalfa( talk) 02:42, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
I don't think I've said this before, so: thank you very much for this; very useful indeed, and without it I would have almost no chance of scheduling the older articles. I know others have helped contribute to that page, so if they see these, please consider this as thanks to everyone who helped. I try to pick the articles marked as acceptable; it's great to run really old FAs just to show that some people have been doing it right for a very long time. Mike Christie ( talk - contribs - library) 21:26, 15 July 2017 (UTC)
We've been deleting entries that make it to Main page. Should we continue doing that? I suppose the fact that they've appeared there means that at that time at least, it was considered up to scratch. -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 11:52, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
Casliber, Mike Christie, a question I've asked before but can't remember the answer. Do we require any sourcing for Plot sections of movie FAs? I've just reviewed our article on ET, which I am totally astonished hasn't made it to Main page in all these years. It looks fine to me, except for the issue I mention. -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 11:11, 31 July 2017 (UTC)
Looks like all of his edits today have been reverted by someone. [2] And since Feb 2015 he doesn't seem to have engaged in discussion, just removed warnings. Block? And if so indefinite until he can show elsewhere he can edit with sources? Doug Weller talk 11:35, 18 July 2017 (UTC)
This individual, User:December of 2007 who I have now blocked and deleted some of their edit summaries, has been on a rampage vandalising BLPs and falsely proclaiming he death of the subject. He has also uploaded this image to Commons thumb|300px|Keshawn Thompson on October 3, 2017, an anonymous photo which he claims to have made, which he has been putting on those pages. I do not have a clue of even how to tag an image on Commons for deletion, but I think this should be deleted along with any others he's uploaded and he should also be blocked there. Can you help, or do you know an admin on Commons? Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 02:33, 22 July 2017 (UTC)
On 25 July 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Carlisle Best, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that international cricketer Carlisle Best would "aggravate bowlers" by commentating on himself while batting? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Carlisle Best. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Carlisle Best), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Alex Shih Talk 00:03, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
Hi. I don't disagree, but would probably have waited until tomorrow to tag. People get fussy about pages linked from the main page that have citation tags. StevenJ81 ( talk) 13:42, 1 August 2017 (UTC)
Hi Dweller, I'd like to ask what you think of the text I suggested as an alternative? Feel free to be honest if you think it's poor / a bad idea, and I promise I won't wave WP:CIVIL at you. :) EdChem ( talk) 14:12, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I saw your comment at User_talk:DynamoDegsy. I'm happy to see the block reduced to time-served as soon as they calm down and promise not to edit war. Something was needed but I was surprised to see a week imposed for a first block, and then even more surprised when the extender mooted a possible indef.
My quick flip through a bunch of rugby league historic bios suggest there are a massive number of problems but many of them are fairly easily fixed. A lot of the issues relate to inexperience (even with contributors who have been here for ages because they seem to be so subject-specific that they're oblivious to the bigger picture). As I said at Talk:Tom Askin, people with access to the British Newspaper Archive could have a field-day expanding these bios. Alas, the Wikipedia Library collaboration with BNA is no more but I am happy to shell out for a short-term subscription to help improve these things provided people aren't going to kick back at me. - Sitush ( talk) 11:21, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
I hope you can make useful contact with him and that he will return after the block expires. However he has an idiosyncratic style of writing and opinions about MOS and any challenges to his version tend to lead to the same PA and dismissal because we haven't created as many articles as him or he just plain disagrees; examples User talk:Nthep/Archive 21#Frederick Talbot and User talk:Mattlore#Overlinking. The argument that has led to the block is another example of the same, unfortunately this time "my way or the highway" became the highway for a period. We all know WP isn't perfect but we work within the constraints to do the best we can and Degsy needs to accept this too, if you can convince him of that, that will be a brilliant outcome - without him we wouldn't have over 2,000 biographies but it has to be on the understanding that if others say parts need to be scaled back then so be it. Nthep ( talk) 12:08, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
Thanks. Wisden 1901 is not in two parts as such. But there are two separate paginations. One, in lower case roman numerals, is a front section of 120 pages that includes the laws, the births and deaths lists, the obits, public school notes, a couple of feature articles, the cricketers of the year and the editor's notes. And then there's a back section of 470+ pages paginated with Arabic numerals that covers all the matches of the 1900 season, universities, minor counties, school averages, overseas cricket and fixtures for 1901. Later editions (after the First World War and through to the 1930s) call these two sections Part I and Part II and at that stage separate series of Arabic numerals were used for both sections, so the Part I and Part II are definitely necessary in citations for those editions. Not sure whether it's really needed for the 1901 edition; maybe I'll amend. Cheers. Johnlp ( talk) 14:34, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
Hi Dweller, thanks for your mediation efforts, my email is now enabled. Best regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.98.177.53 ( talk) 11:13, 14 August 2017 (UTC)
Hey, fantastic work at User:Dweller/Featured Articles that haven't been on Main Page. Jim is working on the September schedule as we speak, so the best place for this would be WP:TFAP. TFAP would be good for the cricketer in December, too. - Dank ( push to talk) 12:48, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
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Please see this campaign launch. All the best. Jack | talk page 11:01, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
A couple of years ago, you reviewed Craig Kieswetter at the first FAC, which unfortunately stalled somewhat. I have worked on the points you made then, and added some more detail about his time since cricket retirement (playing golf, obviously), and wondered if you would be so kind as to take another look for me at the new FA review: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Craig Kieswetter/archive2? Harrias talk 14:44, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi Dweller. I don't want to comment again at the ARCA request for TRM because I don't think it will necessarily be helpful, but what are the reasonable expectations here for activity? The request you opened has languished now without any substantial activity for a while. I personally think they should delete the sanction and move on, but now it doesn't even look like anything will pass. I guess I just wonder why they would accept the request and then not act on it. Mr Ernie ( talk) 02:19, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
Sorry I didn't respond to this, Mr Ernie. I'm not around much at the moment (see other comments on this page) -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 16:32, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
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Hello, Dweller. No need to apologise. I fully understand as I know you are having problems in real life. All the best and I hope everything works out well for you in the end. Jack | talk page 16:43, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
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It looks like unixpod no longer exists. Could you check to see if this block length is still appropriate? Thanks! SQL Query me! 03:08, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
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Hello Dweller. I have attempted to create a request for Guadalcanal Campaign to appear as the featured article on the 75th anniversary of the end of the battle, [4] but was unsuccessful. Can you help? I have gone over the article and will do so again; like all of Cla68's work it holds up well, despite its age. Thanks, Kablammo ( talk) 21:32, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
Thanks TRM. Yes, I'm not really involved at the moment, other than passing edits/admin actions on things I happen to notice when I visit for reference etc. -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 11:12, 13 December 2017 (UTC)
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7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 15:48, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
Oh yeah! Thanks for your help. File:Yello - Oh Yeah excerpt.ogg 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 15:48, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
This. He blocked me for restoring a post from one of these IPs on my very own talkpage before going on to accuse me of enabling sockpuppets. It's simply not worth it. The Rambling Man ( talk) 09:24, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
As far as I am concerned, you (The Rambling Man) are one of the greatest vandal fighters in the history of Wikipedia. TRM, to see you cower from a belligerent user is shocking. Snap out of it, man!
Upon reading the above post, I became concerned. So I went to Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities and studied the edit histories. It looks like a bull was let loose in a china shop.
I came across this post, which FPAS removed without explanation. It looks like a valid question to me, so I restored the question and answered it with links to relevant material on Wikipedia.
If I get blocked over this, please reinstate me.
Thank you. The Transhumanist 21:08, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
You will not get anywhere with FPAS. He feels he has a divine right to do just as he likes to destroy the utility of the ref desks. There have been multiple discussions over trying to solve the "problem" not just "treat" the symptoms, but to no avail. The Rambling Man ( talk) 13:51, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
Please move String to String (disambiguation), over redirect.
And then please delete the resulting redirect at String, to make way for a new article.
Thank you. The Transhumanist 18:46, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
There were actually two requests above. No worries. Here's the second one again: Please delete String, to make way for new article. Thank you. The Transhumanist 01:42, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
Done Sorry, missed that. --
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talk) Become
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What the hell? -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 08:23, 16 January 2017 (UTC) The Transhumanist Create a new consensus discussion. You can't depend on 11 year old consensus. Have it out and then call for admin intervention. Sorry, but I should have checked better in this case. -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 08:26, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
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Hi! I have been asked to write up an editorial for The Signpost. It is at User:Guy Macon/Draft of Signpost Editorial. Could you give it a quick look and correct any glaring errors you spot? Thanks! -- Guy Macon ( talk) 03:51, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
On 28 April 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Alf Ramsey, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Alf Ramsey (pictured) led Ipswich Town to become English football champions four years before leading England to win the 1966 FIFA World Cup? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alf Ramsey. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Alf Ramsey), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Mifter ( talk) 02:13, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
It might be good to set a time limit for 😂 to reply. If no reply/comment is made within that time, then the request can either be approved or declined, whichever is deemed most appropriate. ··· 日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 15:23, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
Thank you. I had already noticed and restored a more meaningful commentary. I did about 20 with that misleading summary before I realised. I have no idea how it changed (it must have been an accidental past change I made with a buffer full of stuff). -- PBS ( talk) 11:15, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
Hello. I just found myself in need of making more than 300 edits assisted by AWB in less than an hour. (post-move cleanup). I suppose I must request a bot account? Do not worry, I havent carried it out yet -- Kostas20142 ( talk) 10:28, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
Hello. I came across something in a book about a play called Money which led me to the playwright, who is better known for his novels. You may already know about one of his more famous original phrases but, if not, take a look. Jack | talk page 12:34, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
Yay. The Rambling Man ( talk) 07:29, 21 May 2017 (UTC)
Hello. Thanks for the review, Cassianto. TRM and I are always happy to improve stuff. -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 13:43, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
Here you go, trivial in the scheme of things, but just another brick in the wall from the clandestine machinations of a group who are interested only in curing symptoms, not causes. The Rambling Man ( talk) 13:20, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
Actually, we often link to articles in other Wikipedias when one is not available, in fact so much so there's a template to help you do it: {{ ill}}. Gerda often uses it when she's writing on the slightly more obscure German composers, locations and works. The Rambling Man ( talk) 09:10, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
I saw your tentative tennis tinker today there. Fancy spending all that free time you have right now tarting it up a bit more and then co-nominating for FLC? Beats dwelling (forgive me) on the big things... The Rambling Man ( talk) 19:35, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
This one is mint. Roy given out tonight obstructing the field, it's as rare as rocking horse poop. The article is close to okay, I suggest, when time and energy allows, we can make this one to be proud of. The Rambling Man ( talk) 19:30, 23 June 2017 (UTC)
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you unblocked the reference desk nazi. I'd suggest reblocking, but he IP hops enough that it won't matter. — Guan aco 15:38, 26 June 2017 (UTC)
You might be interested in the on-going discussion. Anarchyte ( work | talk) 07:43, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
GAB gab 20:02, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
Recently I blocked this user. They have taken very serious exception to the language used, both on their talk page and in the block log and I am getting emails threatening suits for defamation etc. As far as I can tell, they don't object to the block as such, just the description of the reasons. They say they'd be happy to be blocked as NOTHERE but object to the remainder of the description and want it changed. User:28bytes has already blanked their talk page, I gather in response to a request off-wiki. They are now badgering me to change the description in the block log. I've explained that I lack the technical capability to do this, but they insist that all I need do is contact a 'crat to get it done.
So, out of an abundance of caution, I am requesting that a 'crat review the block, the message I left on the talk page and the description in the log and, if they feel it is necessary, change the block log to only mention NOTHERE. That's if 'crats have the technical capability to modify the block log - of which I am uncertain. GoldenRing ( talk) 13:05, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
I'm a Crat and an Oversighter. I agree that it's not in Crat toolbox and I believe it is in the Oversighter - I've never suppressed a block log entry, am unsure about how to do it and even less sure that it's within policy. I'm going to take this to my user talk and do some homework. -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 13:59, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
SashiRolls, Wikipedia's software tells me you've sent me some emails. None have arrived as yet. Don't worry, I'll read them all carefully [when they've arrived] but please don't deluge me - it'll be counter-productive. Thanks. -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 14:41, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/GeneralizationsAreBad 2 is up and awaiting your co-nomination. (Sorry for stealing your thunder ... again) Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 10:00, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
Flickr has this one but you'd need to email the owner and ask them to change the licence to Creative Commons. It's not a brilliant picture, but better than nothing. The Rambling Man ( talk) 09:56, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
Happy to talk about commas (but not always at WP:ERRORS). Short version: "big, bad wolf" is often written with a comma because the two elements are parallel and reinforce each other; the wolf was big and bad. "old grey mare" and "shiny new car" usually don't have a comma ... even though the same thing is true for them ... because the comma usually drops out as a phrase becomes a set phrase. When the two adjectives don't reinforce each other, the comma is usually omitted. But there are readers and writers whose understanding of comma usage is exactly the opposite. Also, more and more readers get nothing from the presence or absence of commas, so it's becoming increasingly important not to rely on the commas to convey important information, for a general readership. Above all: I don't put a lot of energy into comma disputes, because most Wikipedians don't care, and they don't like it when other people start to care.
Okay that's the summary. Having said that, I'm happy to discuss commas and other orthography matters with people who like to talk about that stuff. You had a comment about a comma after "new"? - Dank ( push to talk) 12:54, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
Okay, in order, and let me know if this doesn't help:
FYI, see also Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Hasdie hasnan for further history of this continuing attempt at self-promotion. Thank you for your time. -- Finngall talk 14:33, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
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Hey, I saw you left a comment on my DYK nomination. I have addressed your concerns as well as I can. Would you perhaps take another look? Thanks! alphalfalfa( talk) 02:42, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
I don't think I've said this before, so: thank you very much for this; very useful indeed, and without it I would have almost no chance of scheduling the older articles. I know others have helped contribute to that page, so if they see these, please consider this as thanks to everyone who helped. I try to pick the articles marked as acceptable; it's great to run really old FAs just to show that some people have been doing it right for a very long time. Mike Christie ( talk - contribs - library) 21:26, 15 July 2017 (UTC)
We've been deleting entries that make it to Main page. Should we continue doing that? I suppose the fact that they've appeared there means that at that time at least, it was considered up to scratch. -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 11:52, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
Casliber, Mike Christie, a question I've asked before but can't remember the answer. Do we require any sourcing for Plot sections of movie FAs? I've just reviewed our article on ET, which I am totally astonished hasn't made it to Main page in all these years. It looks fine to me, except for the issue I mention. -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 11:11, 31 July 2017 (UTC)
Looks like all of his edits today have been reverted by someone. [2] And since Feb 2015 he doesn't seem to have engaged in discussion, just removed warnings. Block? And if so indefinite until he can show elsewhere he can edit with sources? Doug Weller talk 11:35, 18 July 2017 (UTC)
This individual, User:December of 2007 who I have now blocked and deleted some of their edit summaries, has been on a rampage vandalising BLPs and falsely proclaiming he death of the subject. He has also uploaded this image to Commons thumb|300px|Keshawn Thompson on October 3, 2017, an anonymous photo which he claims to have made, which he has been putting on those pages. I do not have a clue of even how to tag an image on Commons for deletion, but I think this should be deleted along with any others he's uploaded and he should also be blocked there. Can you help, or do you know an admin on Commons? Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 02:33, 22 July 2017 (UTC)
On 25 July 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Carlisle Best, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that international cricketer Carlisle Best would "aggravate bowlers" by commentating on himself while batting? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Carlisle Best. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Carlisle Best), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Alex Shih Talk 00:03, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
Hi. I don't disagree, but would probably have waited until tomorrow to tag. People get fussy about pages linked from the main page that have citation tags. StevenJ81 ( talk) 13:42, 1 August 2017 (UTC)
Hi Dweller, I'd like to ask what you think of the text I suggested as an alternative? Feel free to be honest if you think it's poor / a bad idea, and I promise I won't wave WP:CIVIL at you. :) EdChem ( talk) 14:12, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I saw your comment at User_talk:DynamoDegsy. I'm happy to see the block reduced to time-served as soon as they calm down and promise not to edit war. Something was needed but I was surprised to see a week imposed for a first block, and then even more surprised when the extender mooted a possible indef.
My quick flip through a bunch of rugby league historic bios suggest there are a massive number of problems but many of them are fairly easily fixed. A lot of the issues relate to inexperience (even with contributors who have been here for ages because they seem to be so subject-specific that they're oblivious to the bigger picture). As I said at Talk:Tom Askin, people with access to the British Newspaper Archive could have a field-day expanding these bios. Alas, the Wikipedia Library collaboration with BNA is no more but I am happy to shell out for a short-term subscription to help improve these things provided people aren't going to kick back at me. - Sitush ( talk) 11:21, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
I hope you can make useful contact with him and that he will return after the block expires. However he has an idiosyncratic style of writing and opinions about MOS and any challenges to his version tend to lead to the same PA and dismissal because we haven't created as many articles as him or he just plain disagrees; examples User talk:Nthep/Archive 21#Frederick Talbot and User talk:Mattlore#Overlinking. The argument that has led to the block is another example of the same, unfortunately this time "my way or the highway" became the highway for a period. We all know WP isn't perfect but we work within the constraints to do the best we can and Degsy needs to accept this too, if you can convince him of that, that will be a brilliant outcome - without him we wouldn't have over 2,000 biographies but it has to be on the understanding that if others say parts need to be scaled back then so be it. Nthep ( talk) 12:08, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
Thanks. Wisden 1901 is not in two parts as such. But there are two separate paginations. One, in lower case roman numerals, is a front section of 120 pages that includes the laws, the births and deaths lists, the obits, public school notes, a couple of feature articles, the cricketers of the year and the editor's notes. And then there's a back section of 470+ pages paginated with Arabic numerals that covers all the matches of the 1900 season, universities, minor counties, school averages, overseas cricket and fixtures for 1901. Later editions (after the First World War and through to the 1930s) call these two sections Part I and Part II and at that stage separate series of Arabic numerals were used for both sections, so the Part I and Part II are definitely necessary in citations for those editions. Not sure whether it's really needed for the 1901 edition; maybe I'll amend. Cheers. Johnlp ( talk) 14:34, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
Hi Dweller, thanks for your mediation efforts, my email is now enabled. Best regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.98.177.53 ( talk) 11:13, 14 August 2017 (UTC)
Hey, fantastic work at User:Dweller/Featured Articles that haven't been on Main Page. Jim is working on the September schedule as we speak, so the best place for this would be WP:TFAP. TFAP would be good for the cricketer in December, too. - Dank ( push to talk) 12:48, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
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. . . and for the edit summaries. Regards, Kablammo ( talk) 15:50, 30 August 2017 (UTC)
I just passed Cardiff City F.C. at GAN...you reckon it is within striking distance of FA-hood? Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 11:22, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi there. I see that you have done several edits for the OBCC Wiki entry. Well done!! I was involved in an early attempt to get the entry established but gave up for various reasons. I have since then set up a separate web site detailing the history of OBCC. I am writing to ask if you could/would add a link to the web site into the Wiki entry (if that is appropriate). The site is http://www.oldbelvederecc.com Thank you Popgdm ( talk) 21:28, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
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A couple of years ago, you reviewed Craig Kieswetter at the first FAC, which unfortunately stalled somewhat. I have worked on the points you made then, and added some more detail about his time since cricket retirement (playing golf, obviously), and wondered if you would be so kind as to take another look for me at the new FA review: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Craig Kieswetter/archive2? Harrias talk 14:44, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi Dweller. I don't want to comment again at the ARCA request for TRM because I don't think it will necessarily be helpful, but what are the reasonable expectations here for activity? The request you opened has languished now without any substantial activity for a while. I personally think they should delete the sanction and move on, but now it doesn't even look like anything will pass. I guess I just wonder why they would accept the request and then not act on it. Mr Ernie ( talk) 02:19, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
Sorry I didn't respond to this, Mr Ernie. I'm not around much at the moment (see other comments on this page) -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 16:32, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
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Hello, Dweller. No need to apologise. I fully understand as I know you are having problems in real life. All the best and I hope everything works out well for you in the end. Jack | talk page 16:43, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
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It looks like unixpod no longer exists. Could you check to see if this block length is still appropriate? Thanks! SQL Query me! 03:08, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
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Hello Dweller. I have attempted to create a request for Guadalcanal Campaign to appear as the featured article on the 75th anniversary of the end of the battle, [4] but was unsuccessful. Can you help? I have gone over the article and will do so again; like all of Cla68's work it holds up well, despite its age. Thanks, Kablammo ( talk) 21:32, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
Thanks TRM. Yes, I'm not really involved at the moment, other than passing edits/admin actions on things I happen to notice when I visit for reference etc. -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 11:12, 13 December 2017 (UTC)
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