Dweller, just a note of thanks for your reminder to all concerned. I hope 2018 fares better for you and yours. With regards, -- Jack Frost ( talk) 09:53, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
Understood. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 11:09, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
Thanks to really horrible RL stuff that I wouldn't even wish on an FAC opposer, my availability to edit/mop/Crat/OS stuff until further notice* will be unpredictable, possibly sporadic and definitely severely limited.
I'm a grumpy old so-and-so at the best of times, but right now, I really need cheering up. You can cheer me up by posting here about some really great content work you've done, or other editing that is in line with the old-fashioned values in my sig. -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 15:59, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
*Actually, has been for a while, if I'm honest
This stuff is helping. Tyvm. -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 10:39, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
Update: RL events have left me tired and sad. I don't know if/when I'll return to editing. Apologies to anyone whose messages are not being responded to. You're not ignored, I just can't prioritise Wikipedia at the moment. -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 08:48, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
Sorry for any unanswered messages. It's been a difficult few months. I may make some occasional edits to Wikipedia but I think the best thing to do is mark my account as semi-retired. -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 09:20, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
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The reason for it is that simply acting on consensus actions in AE does not actually make an admin involved... if it did, almost no admin would be able to add to the consensus there.
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Coffee //
have a ☕️ //
beans //
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Best wishes for the RL stuff! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:48, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
Dweller, aware you're semi-retired but lately active on some interesting pages, I wanted to bring to your attention the curious case of Walter O'Brien, which struggles with the fictional CBS show and the real-life version who appears to consult U.S. Army and others on what we must see as vetted, technical, and competitive projects including artificial intelligence. In all lights, the page runs afoul of WP:NPOV. Perhaps some fresh eyes but veteran eyes are warranted to sort out fact and fiction, and what belongs on the fictional character page and the real-life page? 172.56.7.24 ( talk) 03:36, 15 February 2018 (UTC)
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... for improving article quality in Febuary 2018, even in semi-retirement! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 11:27, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
... and in March! Happy Easter! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 14:47, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
... and in April! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 09:25, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
... and in May! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:55, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
... and in June! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 11:30, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
Dweller, I hope you're well. Just a quickie—I've been reading this (very interesting by the way—the cricket world Cup was unbelievable!), and I wondered if you wouldn't mind casting an eye over this one? Not, I emphasise, for any kind of review (it's had plenty—see the TP), but to see whether at first glance it's ready for me to nominate. I haven't got any distance: it looks OK, but this is my first tme, and of course MRDA :) is that OK? Cheers! ...SerialNumber 54129 ...speculates 18:07, 2 March 2018 (UTC)
I would just like to thank you for kindly reminding me about citations, Thank You Ross Crawford. OTBC — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ross Crawford ( talk • contribs) 16:30, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
Hey Dweller,
I've written a user script to enhance search results.
It provides menu items for turning these features on/off:
The page Help:Searching has been revamped, and the above features work especially well with the special characters and parameters presented on that page.
It's SearchSuite.
Hope you like it. — The Transhumanist 02:04, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
I have no issue with these edits to " Century", but I do have an issue with one of the edit summaries:
(→Start and end in the Gregorian calendar: everyone agrees there was no year zero. It's the argument about it that's the issue)
The Anno Domini system of numbering years was created by Dionysius Exiguus in 525. He did not explain how he calculated or estimated the incarnation of Jesus, which he intended to commemorate. He also did not indicate which year of his notation he thought the incarnation occurred in; Using modern notation, he might have thought it was in 2 BC, 1 BC, or AD 1. He also did not make any suggestions about how to represent years before AD 1; he was only concerned with years in his Easter Table, which started in 532. So the statement that there was no year 0 is not universally agreed to. I would be cautious about extending your reasoning to any other article. Jc3s5h ( talk) 12:27, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
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Thanks very much for helping to review Mowbray—thanks to your helpful suggestions, it passed. I appreciate you taking the time and trouble to look in. Cheers! —SerialNumber54129 paranoia / cheap shit room 14:50, 13 May 2018 (UTC) |
Thank you very much! -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 10:16, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
Hey, I just wanted to update you on what I've been up to, and some of the things going on around the 'pedia that you might not be aware of...
As you know, I'm quite involved with Wikipedia's navigation systems.
One of the systems I had not been directly involved in for years, the portals, was nominated for deletion (yes, all portals, and the portal namespace) in an RfC that drew over 500 Wikipedians to comment.
It wasn't going well for portals, due to the pile on effect. I noticed that they hadn't notified the pages nominated for deletion. So, I intervened. :)
Many editors came to the portals' defense, and it turned out that many people are interested in portals, and we now have a thriving Portals WikiProject of 84 members.
We're in the process of automating portals, and I thought you might be interested in what we've been up to, and what we are up to now.
Sincerely, — The Transhumanist 22:20, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
P.S.: By the way, the current issue of the Signpost features an article with interviews about the RfC conflict and the Portals WikiProject.
Dude, I know the score, but Mattythewhite has helpfully tagged the article with a few [citation needed]s, per this edit. If you ever find any real time and inclination here, we should resolve them I suppose, or else just let the tags rot the page to hell and see it demoted. I'll see what I can do but we're mid-family-pet-tragedy at the moment so time is short. In more ways than one. The Rambling Man ( talk) 19:37, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
Do we know now what will be the date of the first match in 2018 in the History of Norwich City F.C.? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:26, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi I recently undid your edit on the above page concerning his knighthood. I like you, initially thought there was an error on the year as he was on the 2015 birthday honours list but I checked out the sources and in fact the list is simply "PRIME MINISTER’S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BIRTHDAY HONOURS" which the Queen approves but the knighthood itself is conferred at a later date as per [2] and Van's knighthood was conferred in 2016. It might be worth mentioning this in the Recognition and legacy section though. Cheers. Dom from Paris ( talk) 09:58, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
Bots aside, I think you'll see from the history of those pages that few 'crats actually do all the paperwork... That said, Graham87 might be glad of a bot taking over! WJBscribe (talk) 14:52, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
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From your work and talkpage entries, I fully think you deserve this. Mikael Häggström ( talk) 09:05, 19 July 2018 (UTC) |
You are cordially invited to comment on reliability of sources on Talk:Rob Brezsny. Thanks. Kleuske ( talk) 11:01, 20 July 2018 (UTC)
Unfortunately, the Greek construction involved isn't very precise in its meaning. The nominative singular name Ελεαζαρος is followed by a masculine nominative singular definite article, so what follows could be a description (Alexandros ho Megas) or an alternative name, etc. It's certainly not any ordinary or direct way of indicating "son of", but it should be kept in mind that Jerome claims to have had access to the lost Hebrew original text of 1 Maccabees... AnonMoos ( talk) 08:54, 23 July 2018 (UTC)
This is to let you know that I've scheduled History of Norwich City F.C. to appear on the main page as today's featured article on August 4, 2018. If you need to make tweaks to the blurb, it is at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/August 4, 2018. Ealdgyth - Talk 13:59, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
Would a new protection level, "Pending admin review", be feasible? An alternative to Full protection but similar to Pending changes, only requiring admin tools to approve. --- Coffeeand crumbs 22:18, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I saw you had a question (When I was checking the history on that page) on why they couldn't just use the pole as a lechi as is often done. One thing with an eruv wire is that is has to be at the top of the lechi. In many cases the wires on the telephone pole cross in a T with the pole so it's not on top, and putting something on the top of the pole would be too high so a shorter lechi is used adjacent to the telephone pole. Sir Joseph (talk) 20:27, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
I'm curious about something that you as a bureaucrat might be able to explain to me.
I ran across the account Mohamed Ouda today after noticing he had re-created (not moved) a rejected draft in main space. I moved it back, then looked at his contributions.... and it's full of user account renamings. Mohamed Ouda has been here since 2008, he has less than 500 edits on en-wiki, and no user rights (other than autoconfirmed), although his talk page says he's an admin on the Arabic Wikipedia. I thought only bureaucrats could rename accounts. Can anybody do it? Could I as an admin rename accounts? Or is he doing something he shouldn't be doing? ~ Anachronist ( talk) 03:58, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
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... for improving article quality in July! Three days to the game ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:29, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
... for improving in August! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:23, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
... and in September! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:48, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
... and in October! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:17, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
... for article quality improvements in October! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:03, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
... and in November! - Have you voted? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:42, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
Hello fellow bureaucrats, in regards to a current RfA that has met its time, I would like your assistance in judging the community consensus presented in the discussion at Jbhunley's RfA. Your input would be most welcome at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Jbhunley/Bureaucrat chat. Best regards, MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 03:37, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
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In the last 17 days alone, we've identified and fixed more than 100 errors at the ALL NEW TRM ERRORS page!! Thanks so much for your diligence and your dedication to ensuring our readers get the best possible experience from Wikipedia! The Rambling Man ( talk) 09:13, 7 August 2018 (UTC) |
RE - this comment (I don't want to derail the AE to the side topic of ARBPIA arcana) - WP:ARBPIA3#500/30 applies to all users, not just IPs - users that are not WP:EXTENDEDCONFIRMED may not edit ARBPIA relate page - some of these are ECP-protected (the "hotter" ones), some aren't (and at times - e.g. Acid throwing#Middle East - it is a sub part of the page). As for the user in question - they edited two talk pages (and one page) of articles that I had watch listed. I was concerned by the initial soap boxing (which was on a talk page). When they edited the second article (which at the time was not ECP protected) - I informed them of the applicability of the ARBPIA3#500/30 rule to their edits With most users a polite note (such as this, which I hope is polite enough) suffices. In this case - I received a series of personal attack in exchange and they continued editing the page. Icewhiz ( talk) 12:40, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
toAll IP editors, accounts with fewer than 500 edits, and accounts with less than 30 days tenure are prohibited from editing any page that could be reasonably construed as being related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.
In order to edit any page that could be reasonably construed as being related to the Arab-Israeli conflict an editor must be registered and have more than 30 days tenure and have more than 500 edits
Sir Joseph (talk) 18:40, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I can't tell if my comment was accepted or not. Pinging @ Doug Weller:. The version "Registered accounts with fewer than 500 edits and with less than 30 days tenure are also prohibited." is wrong. Literally it says that to be prohibited you need to have both less than 500 edits and also less than 30 days. But in fact either of those things alone makes you prohibited. I suggest that it would be less liable to misreading if worded with fewer negatives: "Registered accounts are only permitted if they have been registered for at least 30 days and have made at least 500 edits." Cheers. Zero talk 23:37, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi. Sorry, I missed these messages. -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 08:36, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
Hey Dweller,
A lot has happened since last we connected. I've taken on curation of the
Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals, and participation in that project has grown to nearly 100 users, including several programmers and about 15 admins. We've been working on a new portal design, and I was wondering if you would take a look at it. Please check out
Portal:Lithuania, click on the various <
and >
symbols, and let me know what you think. —
The Transhumanist
12:56, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
Hello, each Cup, we typically don't update the score each and every hole, and it is messy and requires too much. Typically we wait until the match is over. Also, proper wording was taken out by that editor who never edits golf and had little or no understanding of the correct terminology. Johnsmith2116 ( talk) 10:06, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
I've started expanding the article, based on the book and gathering other sources from the info contained therein. Would appreciate some ad hoc copyediting in my wake... The Rambling Man ( talk) 06:46, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
Per this, check the article. I think you added it???? We should be told. The Rambling Man ( talk) 12:53, 17 October 2018 (UTC)
If the rumours are to be believed, I think we have our next joint venture.... The Rambling Man ( talk) 10:39, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
Lots of material lifted from Kevin Beattie's autobiography. Just wondering what permission you have to use this?
So, what's the schedule? The Rambling Man ( talk) 11:11, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
Hello, Dweller. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.
The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
Hello, Dweller. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.
The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for the note, but the point is to stop people who are ignorant or careless; since you think there's some sort of real benefit to leaving a note at that page, no objection. Nyttend ( talk) 11:56, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
I appreciate your offer to help improve Heaven for the nobles, Purgatory for the townspeople, Hell for the peasants, and Paradise for the Jews article. Feel free to edit it now or in the future, or join discussions on talk. That said, I think there's little else we can do outside getting the two offline Polish sources that seem to be in-depth treatment of this. Everything else is pretty much already in the article, and for the most part, seems to be discussing the proverb or any of its derivative or originating elements in passing. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:25, 2 December 2018 (UTC)
.... are nothing without the Angostura bitters. Best Regards, Hamster Sandwich ( talk) 02:36, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
On 4 December 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kevin Beattie, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the footballer Kevin Beattie (pictured) was described by former England manager Bobby Robson as the best England player he had ever seen? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kevin Beattie. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Kevin Beattie), 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) 00:01, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
Too many tildes I think, I've done that before. [4] Doug Weller talk 18:35, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
It never rains, it pours... Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 02:27, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
(sent out exact copy to all AfD participants - apologize if you are aware) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Heaven for the nobles, Purgatory for the townspeople, Hell for the peasants, and Paradise for the Jews which you were involved in is in discussion at Wikipedia:Move review/Log/2018 December. Input there is welcome. Icewhiz ( talk) 07:03, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
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Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and troll-free. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:54, 18 December 2018 (UTC) |
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Hello Dweller, Early in A Child's Christmas in Wales the young Dylan and his friend Jim Prothero witness smoke pouring from Jim's home. After the conflagration has been extinguished Dylan writes that My thanks to you for your efforts to keep the 'pedia readable in case the firemen chose one of our articles :-) Best wishes to you and yours and happy editing in 2019. MarnetteD| Talk 19:13, 18 December 2018 (UTC) |
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Tuck into this! We've made about three of these in the last few days for various festivities. Supermarkets are stuffed with cheap berries. Season's greetings! Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 22:06, 24 December 2018 (UTC) |
...to double-!vote. Happy New Year. ― Mandruss ☎ 12:59, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
Dweller, just a note of thanks for your reminder to all concerned. I hope 2018 fares better for you and yours. With regards, -- Jack Frost ( talk) 09:53, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
Understood. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 11:09, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
Thanks to really horrible RL stuff that I wouldn't even wish on an FAC opposer, my availability to edit/mop/Crat/OS stuff until further notice* will be unpredictable, possibly sporadic and definitely severely limited.
I'm a grumpy old so-and-so at the best of times, but right now, I really need cheering up. You can cheer me up by posting here about some really great content work you've done, or other editing that is in line with the old-fashioned values in my sig. -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 15:59, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
*Actually, has been for a while, if I'm honest
This stuff is helping. Tyvm. -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 10:39, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
Update: RL events have left me tired and sad. I don't know if/when I'll return to editing. Apologies to anyone whose messages are not being responded to. You're not ignored, I just can't prioritise Wikipedia at the moment. -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 08:48, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
Sorry for any unanswered messages. It's been a difficult few months. I may make some occasional edits to Wikipedia but I think the best thing to do is mark my account as semi-retired. -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 09:20, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
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The reason for it is that simply acting on consensus actions in AE does not actually make an admin involved... if it did, almost no admin would be able to add to the consensus there.
—
Coffee //
have a ☕️ //
beans //
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Precious six years |
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... for improving article quality in January 2018! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 16:08, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
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Best wishes for the RL stuff! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:48, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
Dweller, aware you're semi-retired but lately active on some interesting pages, I wanted to bring to your attention the curious case of Walter O'Brien, which struggles with the fictional CBS show and the real-life version who appears to consult U.S. Army and others on what we must see as vetted, technical, and competitive projects including artificial intelligence. In all lights, the page runs afoul of WP:NPOV. Perhaps some fresh eyes but veteran eyes are warranted to sort out fact and fiction, and what belongs on the fictional character page and the real-life page? 172.56.7.24 ( talk) 03:36, 15 February 2018 (UTC)
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... for improving article quality in Febuary 2018, even in semi-retirement! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 11:27, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
... and in March! Happy Easter! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 14:47, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
... and in April! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 09:25, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
... and in May! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:55, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
... and in June! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 11:30, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
Dweller, I hope you're well. Just a quickie—I've been reading this (very interesting by the way—the cricket world Cup was unbelievable!), and I wondered if you wouldn't mind casting an eye over this one? Not, I emphasise, for any kind of review (it's had plenty—see the TP), but to see whether at first glance it's ready for me to nominate. I haven't got any distance: it looks OK, but this is my first tme, and of course MRDA :) is that OK? Cheers! ...SerialNumber 54129 ...speculates 18:07, 2 March 2018 (UTC)
I would just like to thank you for kindly reminding me about citations, Thank You Ross Crawford. OTBC — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ross Crawford ( talk • contribs) 16:30, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
Hey Dweller,
I've written a user script to enhance search results.
It provides menu items for turning these features on/off:
The page Help:Searching has been revamped, and the above features work especially well with the special characters and parameters presented on that page.
It's SearchSuite.
Hope you like it. — The Transhumanist 02:04, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
I have no issue with these edits to " Century", but I do have an issue with one of the edit summaries:
(→Start and end in the Gregorian calendar: everyone agrees there was no year zero. It's the argument about it that's the issue)
The Anno Domini system of numbering years was created by Dionysius Exiguus in 525. He did not explain how he calculated or estimated the incarnation of Jesus, which he intended to commemorate. He also did not indicate which year of his notation he thought the incarnation occurred in; Using modern notation, he might have thought it was in 2 BC, 1 BC, or AD 1. He also did not make any suggestions about how to represent years before AD 1; he was only concerned with years in his Easter Table, which started in 532. So the statement that there was no year 0 is not universally agreed to. I would be cautious about extending your reasoning to any other article. Jc3s5h ( talk) 12:27, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
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The Reviewer Barnstar | |
Thanks very much for helping to review Mowbray—thanks to your helpful suggestions, it passed. I appreciate you taking the time and trouble to look in. Cheers! —SerialNumber54129 paranoia / cheap shit room 14:50, 13 May 2018 (UTC) |
Thank you very much! -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 10:16, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
Hey, I just wanted to update you on what I've been up to, and some of the things going on around the 'pedia that you might not be aware of...
As you know, I'm quite involved with Wikipedia's navigation systems.
One of the systems I had not been directly involved in for years, the portals, was nominated for deletion (yes, all portals, and the portal namespace) in an RfC that drew over 500 Wikipedians to comment.
It wasn't going well for portals, due to the pile on effect. I noticed that they hadn't notified the pages nominated for deletion. So, I intervened. :)
Many editors came to the portals' defense, and it turned out that many people are interested in portals, and we now have a thriving Portals WikiProject of 84 members.
We're in the process of automating portals, and I thought you might be interested in what we've been up to, and what we are up to now.
Sincerely, — The Transhumanist 22:20, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
P.S.: By the way, the current issue of the Signpost features an article with interviews about the RfC conflict and the Portals WikiProject.
Dude, I know the score, but Mattythewhite has helpfully tagged the article with a few [citation needed]s, per this edit. If you ever find any real time and inclination here, we should resolve them I suppose, or else just let the tags rot the page to hell and see it demoted. I'll see what I can do but we're mid-family-pet-tragedy at the moment so time is short. In more ways than one. The Rambling Man ( talk) 19:37, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
Do we know now what will be the date of the first match in 2018 in the History of Norwich City F.C.? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:26, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi I recently undid your edit on the above page concerning his knighthood. I like you, initially thought there was an error on the year as he was on the 2015 birthday honours list but I checked out the sources and in fact the list is simply "PRIME MINISTER’S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BIRTHDAY HONOURS" which the Queen approves but the knighthood itself is conferred at a later date as per [2] and Van's knighthood was conferred in 2016. It might be worth mentioning this in the Recognition and legacy section though. Cheers. Dom from Paris ( talk) 09:58, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
Bots aside, I think you'll see from the history of those pages that few 'crats actually do all the paperwork... That said, Graham87 might be glad of a bot taking over! WJBscribe (talk) 14:52, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
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From your work and talkpage entries, I fully think you deserve this. Mikael Häggström ( talk) 09:05, 19 July 2018 (UTC) |
You are cordially invited to comment on reliability of sources on Talk:Rob Brezsny. Thanks. Kleuske ( talk) 11:01, 20 July 2018 (UTC)
Unfortunately, the Greek construction involved isn't very precise in its meaning. The nominative singular name Ελεαζαρος is followed by a masculine nominative singular definite article, so what follows could be a description (Alexandros ho Megas) or an alternative name, etc. It's certainly not any ordinary or direct way of indicating "son of", but it should be kept in mind that Jerome claims to have had access to the lost Hebrew original text of 1 Maccabees... AnonMoos ( talk) 08:54, 23 July 2018 (UTC)
This is to let you know that I've scheduled History of Norwich City F.C. to appear on the main page as today's featured article on August 4, 2018. If you need to make tweaks to the blurb, it is at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/August 4, 2018. Ealdgyth - Talk 13:59, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
Would a new protection level, "Pending admin review", be feasible? An alternative to Full protection but similar to Pending changes, only requiring admin tools to approve. --- Coffeeand crumbs 22:18, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I saw you had a question (When I was checking the history on that page) on why they couldn't just use the pole as a lechi as is often done. One thing with an eruv wire is that is has to be at the top of the lechi. In many cases the wires on the telephone pole cross in a T with the pole so it's not on top, and putting something on the top of the pole would be too high so a shorter lechi is used adjacent to the telephone pole. Sir Joseph (talk) 20:27, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
I'm curious about something that you as a bureaucrat might be able to explain to me.
I ran across the account Mohamed Ouda today after noticing he had re-created (not moved) a rejected draft in main space. I moved it back, then looked at his contributions.... and it's full of user account renamings. Mohamed Ouda has been here since 2008, he has less than 500 edits on en-wiki, and no user rights (other than autoconfirmed), although his talk page says he's an admin on the Arabic Wikipedia. I thought only bureaucrats could rename accounts. Can anybody do it? Could I as an admin rename accounts? Or is he doing something he shouldn't be doing? ~ Anachronist ( talk) 03:58, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
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... for improving article quality in July! Three days to the game ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:29, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
... for improving in August! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:23, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
... and in September! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:48, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
... and in October! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:17, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
... for article quality improvements in October! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:03, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
... and in November! - Have you voted? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:42, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
Hello fellow bureaucrats, in regards to a current RfA that has met its time, I would like your assistance in judging the community consensus presented in the discussion at Jbhunley's RfA. Your input would be most welcome at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Jbhunley/Bureaucrat chat. Best regards, MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 03:37, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
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The Outlaw Halo Award | |
In the last 17 days alone, we've identified and fixed more than 100 errors at the ALL NEW TRM ERRORS page!! Thanks so much for your diligence and your dedication to ensuring our readers get the best possible experience from Wikipedia! The Rambling Man ( talk) 09:13, 7 August 2018 (UTC) |
RE - this comment (I don't want to derail the AE to the side topic of ARBPIA arcana) - WP:ARBPIA3#500/30 applies to all users, not just IPs - users that are not WP:EXTENDEDCONFIRMED may not edit ARBPIA relate page - some of these are ECP-protected (the "hotter" ones), some aren't (and at times - e.g. Acid throwing#Middle East - it is a sub part of the page). As for the user in question - they edited two talk pages (and one page) of articles that I had watch listed. I was concerned by the initial soap boxing (which was on a talk page). When they edited the second article (which at the time was not ECP protected) - I informed them of the applicability of the ARBPIA3#500/30 rule to their edits With most users a polite note (such as this, which I hope is polite enough) suffices. In this case - I received a series of personal attack in exchange and they continued editing the page. Icewhiz ( talk) 12:40, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
toAll IP editors, accounts with fewer than 500 edits, and accounts with less than 30 days tenure are prohibited from editing any page that could be reasonably construed as being related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.
In order to edit any page that could be reasonably construed as being related to the Arab-Israeli conflict an editor must be registered and have more than 30 days tenure and have more than 500 edits
Sir Joseph (talk) 18:40, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I can't tell if my comment was accepted or not. Pinging @ Doug Weller:. The version "Registered accounts with fewer than 500 edits and with less than 30 days tenure are also prohibited." is wrong. Literally it says that to be prohibited you need to have both less than 500 edits and also less than 30 days. But in fact either of those things alone makes you prohibited. I suggest that it would be less liable to misreading if worded with fewer negatives: "Registered accounts are only permitted if they have been registered for at least 30 days and have made at least 500 edits." Cheers. Zero talk 23:37, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi. Sorry, I missed these messages. -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 08:36, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
Hey Dweller,
A lot has happened since last we connected. I've taken on curation of the
Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals, and participation in that project has grown to nearly 100 users, including several programmers and about 15 admins. We've been working on a new portal design, and I was wondering if you would take a look at it. Please check out
Portal:Lithuania, click on the various <
and >
symbols, and let me know what you think. —
The Transhumanist
12:56, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
Hello, each Cup, we typically don't update the score each and every hole, and it is messy and requires too much. Typically we wait until the match is over. Also, proper wording was taken out by that editor who never edits golf and had little or no understanding of the correct terminology. Johnsmith2116 ( talk) 10:06, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
I've started expanding the article, based on the book and gathering other sources from the info contained therein. Would appreciate some ad hoc copyediting in my wake... The Rambling Man ( talk) 06:46, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
Per this, check the article. I think you added it???? We should be told. The Rambling Man ( talk) 12:53, 17 October 2018 (UTC)
If the rumours are to be believed, I think we have our next joint venture.... The Rambling Man ( talk) 10:39, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
Lots of material lifted from Kevin Beattie's autobiography. Just wondering what permission you have to use this?
So, what's the schedule? The Rambling Man ( talk) 11:11, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
Hello, Dweller. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.
The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
Hello, Dweller. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.
The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for the note, but the point is to stop people who are ignorant or careless; since you think there's some sort of real benefit to leaving a note at that page, no objection. Nyttend ( talk) 11:56, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
I appreciate your offer to help improve Heaven for the nobles, Purgatory for the townspeople, Hell for the peasants, and Paradise for the Jews article. Feel free to edit it now or in the future, or join discussions on talk. That said, I think there's little else we can do outside getting the two offline Polish sources that seem to be in-depth treatment of this. Everything else is pretty much already in the article, and for the most part, seems to be discussing the proverb or any of its derivative or originating elements in passing. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:25, 2 December 2018 (UTC)
.... are nothing without the Angostura bitters. Best Regards, Hamster Sandwich ( talk) 02:36, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
On 4 December 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kevin Beattie, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the footballer Kevin Beattie (pictured) was described by former England manager Bobby Robson as the best England player he had ever seen? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kevin Beattie. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Kevin Beattie), 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) 00:01, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
Too many tildes I think, I've done that before. [4] Doug Weller talk 18:35, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
It never rains, it pours... Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 02:27, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
(sent out exact copy to all AfD participants - apologize if you are aware) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Heaven for the nobles, Purgatory for the townspeople, Hell for the peasants, and Paradise for the Jews which you were involved in is in discussion at Wikipedia:Move review/Log/2018 December. Input there is welcome. Icewhiz ( talk) 07:03, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
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Happy Saturnalia | |
Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and troll-free. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:54, 18 December 2018 (UTC) |
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Happy Christmas! | |
Hello Dweller, Early in A Child's Christmas in Wales the young Dylan and his friend Jim Prothero witness smoke pouring from Jim's home. After the conflagration has been extinguished Dylan writes that My thanks to you for your efforts to keep the 'pedia readable in case the firemen chose one of our articles :-) Best wishes to you and yours and happy editing in 2019. MarnetteD| Talk 19:13, 18 December 2018 (UTC) |
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Austral season's greetings |
Tuck into this! We've made about three of these in the last few days for various festivities. Supermarkets are stuffed with cheap berries. Season's greetings! Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 22:06, 24 December 2018 (UTC) |
...to double-!vote. Happy New Year. ― Mandruss ☎ 12:59, 28 December 2018 (UTC)