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Hi James. I apologize for my terse response. There's a bug that won't allow any changes to be saved to a page if interim changes are made (even removing an in-use template); an HTTP 500 error pops up and the changes can't be saved. The only work around is to copy the entire article over to a text editor, abandon the ongoing edits, start again with the most recent version, paste the contents back over, then fix the formatting throughout the article. My first indication you had removed the editing tag was when I went to save the article rewrite, and the dreaded HTTP 500 error popped up. Orville1974 ( talk) 20:29, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
Good day, James. As I see you're in the category Wikipedia administrators willing to consider placing self-requested blocks, could I maybe ask you to hard-block me for 2 months? I've tried the other tricks several times (WikiBreakEnforcer, an /etc/hosts file), but Wikipedia is too enticing and I've bypassed those each time. I really do need to focus on work in the next weeks, so I'd be very grateful if you'd consider this block. Hope to see you again in August :) Regards, – Þjarkur (talk) 22:05, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi, JamesB. This keeps getting its redirect changed to a non-existent subsection of Bikini. Can something be done to prevent that? – Skywatcher68 ( talk) 15:36, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at User talk:Bbb23#User:Bring back Daz Sampson again. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 22:29, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
Thank you for your help regarding the David Levy Talk page. I obtained the photo through a public website, so what I meant by "obtained" is that I am the one that saved the image from the website and uploaded it to Wikimedia Commons. However, it is not a photo that I took, so I am not the creator. Regarding the photo, I edited the permission to state the website link that I obtained the photo from. Does that help with the permission status? In addition, when I go through the view history, I have noticed many changes and edits that were made to the page, and I don't see any promotional or non-encyclopedic language anymore. Would that allow me to remove that COI template? Furthermore, looking at the history of the talk page, there are 2 editors in addition to me that have stated their support of removing the COI tag.
Thank you Kmh1011 ( talk) 19:33, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
Just reaching out to you since you previously SALTed Angelo Dawkins. The consensus on Street Profits page has changed, and has been deemed to now be notable, and has recently been created. Would you be able to un-SALT Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford and redirect them to Street Profits? Thanks - Galatz גאליץ שיחה Talk 20:16, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
I fail to see how such information such as this [1] is needed when it does nothing for the page and just comes across as trivia. Would donating money to wiki give someone a free pass to put anything they want on an wiki page??? 108.208.136.189 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 00:29, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
I would like to recreat the page "Hans-Jürgen Burchardt". Can you explain why it was deleted before and what I can add to increase its relevance? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MontanaK ( talk • contribs) 13:10, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
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Hi, JamesB. Somebody using this announced troll's IP has been making dubious edits and so have other IPs in that range (82.132.236.67, 82.132.239.79, 82.132.238.155, 82.132.238.80, 82.132.239.45, etc.). No need to block the entire range but blocking some portions would help. – Skywatcher68 ( talk) 22:10, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
Here's another matter. It may or may not be of interest to you, and I also don't know how much (if any) of it you already know, but just ignore it if you either already know or don't know and don't care. You refer to "just IPs that begin with, say, 82.132.238." In the usual notation for IPv4 ranges, that range is called 82.132.238.0/24. Likewise all IP addresses beginning 82. make up the range 82.0.0.0/8, and all those beginning 82.132. are 82.132.0.0/16. Of the four numbers that make up an IP address the ones which are ignored are replaced by zeroes, and a number is appended to the end to indicate how many bits are to be counted (i.e. not ignored) with each number corresponding to 8 bits. Thus 82.132.238.0/24 means "any IP address where the first 24 bits correspond to 82.132.238 and the rest of the bits can be anything". Likewise for 82.132.0.0/16 the first 16 bits correspond to 82.132 and the rest can be anything. When IP addresses first came into use, that was all there was to IP ranges, but it became more complicated when "Classless Inter-Domain Routing" (usually called CIDR) was introduced. CIDR includes intermediate ranges, such as the 82.132.236.0/22 range that I mentioned above. That one means all IP addresses that begin with anything from 82.132.236 to 82.132.239. If you understand binary numbers then CIDR ranges are not too difficult to understand, otherwise they probably won't mean much to you. There is, of course, a Wikipedia article on Classless Inter-Domain Routing which explains it, but that article goes into far more detail than is needed just to understand the notation for IP ranges, and I am sure there must be more concise explanations available on the internet if one searches for them. Going back to your question about blocking "just IPs that begin with, say, 82.132.238.", it is possible to block any /16 or smaller CIDR range, which in this case means one could block all IP addresses beginning 82.132. or smaller ranges than that, but not bigger ranges such as all those beginning 82. JamesBWatson ( talk) 12:05, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
Hi, JamesB. I figured an admin should be made aware of these IPs responding on behalf of a registered user and this where they seem quite misguided about multiple accounts. – Skywatcher68 ( talk) 21:45, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
HI James, I am working closely with YangLan's assistant for modifying her wikipedia introduction. Me and my colleague "First Blooded" tried to delete the content with Chang Cheng Hotel because it is not true.
Also for " In March 2000, Yang Lan and her husband Bruno Wu, acquired Hong Kong company Leung Kee Holdings Limited, an ailing Hong Kong construction company, and changed its name to Sun Television Cybernetworks Holdings Limited. Yang was the chairman. Creating Sun TV required plenty of capital. Working with the investment bankers Worldsec International, an investment-house affiliate of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Wu injected SunTV's assets into Leung Kee, and used its Hong Kong stock exchange listing to float a new equity issue. The issue raised $28 million in new capital for Sun TV; Yang and Wu injected another $11 million. On August 8, Sun TV officially launched—the first Chinese historical and cultural channel in Greater China".
And "In early 1997, Yang took another career risk. She went to work as a public relations representative and spokesperson for Project Hope, China's main charity organization. This took Yang into China's nooks and crannies, from the pockets of growing wealth in the southern coastal provinces to the relentless poverty in the villages of Zhidan county, north of Xi'an. Her conviction grew that her generation needed thoughtful (and entertaining) cultural journalism." I am also going to go ahead and delete these. Let me know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aaa.ai.shan.zha ( talk • contribs) 14:30, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
Hello. Do you think this anti Semitic post by an IP warrants an immediate WP:NOFASH block?— N Ø 07:27, 13 June 2019 (UTC)
I've already requested List of Late Night with Seth Meyers episodes (2019) be semi-protected and had been going through the unsourced edits when I noticed all of them are likely from a known hoaxer. For example: here, here, and all of these. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skywatcher68 ( talk • contribs) 02:34, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
I just suggested to speedy again Francesco_Grillo, this article is related to that article which is similarly self-serving (and that article was earlier deleted through a discussion). Draft:Vision_Think_Thank (sic) also exists, created by another account, as is Draft:Francesco Grillo (the latter content being exactly the same as earlier). I'm not sure whether I should overrule your Prod and just delete/salt/block the whole bunch of them (as I am out in a couple of minutes, feel free to do the honours). (I already deleted Francesco grillo, which was moved to Portiere autista and having the same content before being blanked). -- Dirk Beetstra T C 14:02, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
hello, this is puro8007 I have created a page with you have deleted. it was not for the advertsing purpose it was registering the company to Wikipedia so that people now the information about for study purpose. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Puro8007 ( talk • contribs) 06:11, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
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A tag has been placed on User talk:Veeravshiva, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. GirthSummit (blether) 13:12, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
Hi, JamesB. This one is Polish so probably not related to the others. – Skywatcher68 ( talk) 16:32, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
And now we have
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That has been a telltale sign of the particular editor, and your implementing those protections is something much appreciated - you can see how disruptive on his almost weekly visits to create havoc, your effort to protect has given a better perspective on things, thanks JarrahTree 15:08, 21 June 2019 (UTC)
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In case this is not your true alternate account as stated.-- Cahk ( talk) 15:10, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
Hi JamesBWatson. Per WP:NOTWEBHOST, item 2, unused files, particularly those of lower quality, are eligible for deletion. Regards, FASTILY 19:58, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
I have my rights he was talking about my... you know what forget it my freaking dad! My dad freaking killed himself and that a-hole started talking crap about him. So if you think I don't have my rights well then guess what c section of chapter 19 #23 states : "If one is to insult,or have something disrespectfully about a deceased person then the spouce of that person then the child has the right to do what he wants with that person for disturbing the peace of the dead" so then I guess if wiki doesn't follow this rule then I can sue them or make the whole website go down for breaking the law! Kazy gain ( talk) 22:53, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
Hello, JamesBWatson!
I will be making a change on the policy page "Edit warring". I tracked down a usage that I'm not keen on-- using "edit war" as a compound verb (if that's the correct term) to an update you made on 9 June 2011 ["...and it is perfectly possible to edit war without..."] . Just wanted to let you know, and if you disagree, you can let me know. Jkgree ( talk) 16:50, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
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Hi. I won't be going to Stockholm most unfortunately, because I really can't afford $3,000 just for 5 days in the far north of Europe. I'll leave that trip to the Europeans and the 70-strong WMF junket. But next year Wikimania is right on my doorstep. I hope you will be able to come. I will be making absolutely sure that my friends who are able to come will have a great time. Regards, Chris. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 04:28, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
Hi, last night I nominated Ben Canham for a G4 CSD, since it had been deleted as non-notable at AfD in May. I went to the user's talk page to leave a note about recreating deleted articles without new sourcing, but saw that this is something of a pattern, and that you had already warned them less than a month ago about the same behaviour. I'll leave it to your judgement as to whether another warning, or any other action, is appropriate at this point. Cheers GirthSummit (blether) 06:52, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
Now...I'm not the best Englisher in the world, but I have trouble believing that Thales's theorem is grammatically correct. GMG talk 19:48, 11 July 2019 (UTC)
A while back, you blocked me for what you perceived to be edit warring on Sabra_(company). I took some time off from editing, and also reflected on my previous actions. I want to go back to constructive editing, and I also want the article to accurately reflect what reliable sources say. I studied the process for resolving edit disputes, and since there was only other editor to argue against my position on the talk page, I decided to ask for a third opinion. You can see the editor who provided that third opinion basically agrees with my position - "The term should be included...It is supported by reliable sources, therefore it can be included.". I want to put the term back into the article- would that be ok? Here come the Suns ( talk) 21:14, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
Hello. On 28 June 2019, you deleted the page User:VisualAwareness/sandbox as per CSD G11 (I think I nominated it, but it could be someone else). Today, I noticed User:Mvolod83 has created a page on the same company at Visual Awareness Technologies & Consulting (VATC). I suspect that that page is the same as User:VisualAwareness/sandbox was (the same page structure, same bold titles, and the very beginning from the creation log (first few words) matches the new page, and all these points assuming I remember everything correctly). Is that true (I can't see the page contents since it's deleted)? Does that imply User:Mvolod83 being the same person as User:VisualAwareness? - Edible Melon ( talk) 15:46, 11 July 2019 (UTC)
Hi, JamesB. 2601:586:400:833A:0:0:0:0/64 started editing two weeks ago and appears to be WP:NOTHERE. – Skywatcher68 ( talk) 22:26, 17 July 2019 (UTC)
Hello James. Have a look at this, please. My req re: revoking TPA stands. It is hard to leave it alone when the same editor constantly writes deceiving stuffs (one is mentioned here), continuing and subtle personal attacks directed to me. It has been about 2 weeks and it would be nice if someone stop this. Puduḫepa 10:25, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
Sir, my name is Ismail salad and i work for the Ministry of Women Development and family Affairs in Puntland state of Somalia as Multimedia consultant. Earlier today i added the profile of our Ministry into the Wikipedia which i had orders from my senior supervisor. then, i got a message that says your contents are being deleted by you James, and i dont know what is that mean. can i have more explanation please? I hope to hear from you soon, coz i am so fucked up if i dont add those information in to the wikipedia, here is my gmail account for more communication; xaajidirir2014@gmail.com thanks again. Ismail xaaji dirir ( talk) 11:12, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I was wondering whether you agree that it's time to unprotect the "London Buses route" redirects that you protected in 2015. They were immediately indefinitely semi'd and it doesn't look like the vandals have returned since. There are a bunch listed here in case you need a refresher as to what I'm talking about. Anarchyte ( talk | work) 11:30, 19 July 2019 (UTC)
This was great. Is this one of your templates? Dlohcierekim ( talk) 12:48, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
I am trying to write my profile, but then it was removed by you. Please can you help to i get it right — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lcmorleans ( talk • contribs) 12:10, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
Dear JamesBWatson, I started on this ride a few days ago and sprung on some of some stuff I know kinda well. The choice of which articles to work on came by chance as I got to read a book. Now to insinuate COI on the basis of a limited number of activities is kinda sad. I know how bullying works, once it starts no matter what you do it gets only worse without end. The end is when you just quit. I just quit. Thanks for giving me what was in store real early. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Speculative Boting ( talk • contribs) 15:05, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
I know it looks like there are random new users supporting me in the Michael Jackson articles, but I assure you I don't know them online or in real-life. Nor have I encouraged them to "vote" with me in discussions. You can see that I left the RfC open deliberately, and I haven't changed the Michael Jackson article in spite of apparent consensus. Also, I have disagreed with an edit proposal by TruthGuardian here, and I have conceded to Hammelsmith's proposal. TruthGuardian supported me in other Jackson articles, while Hammelsmith and I have disagreed on many other things. I think there should be more evidence for meatpuppetry. —Partytemple ( talk) 06:09, 24 July 2019 (UTC) Can you also consider this conversation here? I was offered the reFill tool to bring me up to 500 edits (I already had about 470 by then) after I noticed badly sourced/disruptive edits on the Michael Jackson article, and Moxy offered me the tool. Thanks. —Partytemple ( talk) 08:42, 24 July 2019 (UTC) Also this conversation about a wrongly written statement on the article; this was right before Moxy gave me the tool. —Partytemple ( talk) 08:46, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
[3] — Ched : ? — 05:46, 25 July 2019 (UTC) (back after it closes)
I had originally intended to have a discussion regarding the whole thing, but thought it best to wait til after things had been decided. Since I was so close to that seat on the fence, I did have a good think on your views, and if it was a practical !vote. Anyway James, having voiced my thoughts I'll leave you to your daily tasks. Best always, — Ched : ? — 13:50, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
I noticed that you had struck your vote. I added some further diffs of what I consider to be evidence of "picking sides". The RfA format isn't ideal for this. Finding diffs and browsing 1,400 ANI messages is extremely time-consuming with our awful search function. However, ideally you should be be quick because a hundred users will have voted in an instant. I guess what I'm trying to say is that you shouldn't be afraid to use your intuition based on your previous interactions, but of course do what feels right. -- Pudeo ( talk) 20:23, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
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Hi JamesBWatson,
Greetings for the day.
I'm writing to address your message with regards to my edits for 3rd Eye Advisory recently.
Are you working for 3rd Eye Advisory, either directly (for example as an employee or an individual contractor) or indirectly (for example as an employee of a business that is working on contract for 3rd Eye Advisory)?
Yes, I'm working for 3rd Eye Advisory as an employee directly.
Is writing for Wikipedia part of paid work? I ask that because frequently people who edit on behalf of a business say that they are not being paid for doing so, meaning that they are editing as part of their regular paid work, without a specific payment explicitly for editing Wikipedia.
It is a part of my regular paid work as a content manager.
What do you mean by the words "by any other source"? Other than what?
By other source I mean, I'm not working for any independent projects or freelancing for creation of Wikipedia pages and I'm not paid by any such sources for the work. RohitPandey2310 ( talk) 06:12, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi JamesBWatson
Greetings for the Day
Sure, I have gone through the guidelines. Kindly, suggest as per your observation, does the current content look proper and should it serve as a platform for new edits? RohitPandey2310 ( talk) 12:47, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi JBW, when you blocked Shamrat Shangram did you have a master in mind? I've seen newish user S M Fahmid Hassan intersecting with the Shamrat Shangram account multiple times, so I want to poke around. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 02:13, 11 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I had a ban which was declined, even though there were requests for feedback there was no response from the user for almost two months so it seems to me that the user preferred to leave it that way, after I growth tired and submitted a draft with another account my ban was declined with I would say almost happiness and there was no thought of why I would do it with exactly the same username I was asking to unblock, there was more activity than ever and almost instantly so I can't not believe there is no preference to leave bans be than to really address them, I wrote back in my block but because I did it below the decline reason it was deleted instead of being edited to put it above the decline reason and what I had written before was stripped of the format so now it looks unintelligible, my talk page access rights were denied and there is no limit for the ban so I can’t do anything about itṜ, so even though I had never vandalized any content and all was about having more than one account I have been banned effectively for life, I not sure if you need to know all this but what I want is just to apologize to you because you were of the opinion to unblock and my last action maybe made you look bad and also there was a comment about something being unworthy of you that at the end I think it was also my fault, I wrote this but like I said it was deleted, is not really important except for me so I suggest you just delete it after you read it but I wanted to be sure you knew that, if you come across my ban again don’t worry about it because there is no chance about it and as I commented I don’t believe there was a chance even from the start so to go further would just provide for a bad time and what I want is just to say I’m sorry for the bad time I believe you already had, best regards. 18:11, 13 August 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.122.240.180 ( talk)
Hello JamesBWatson,
I saw that you just took down a page I created. I am the student representative for the IFMA and need to create this page for the organization. Is there anyway to get that deleted page back and I can make the changes necessary to not infringe on any copyright? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Campbkyl ( talk • contribs) 17:48, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi James, was just wondering if you could review my Edward Nangle page, now that I've changed it[i.e. inserted more citations, made it neutral etc.]. Thanks a lot, Tomás -- Tomás Deb ( talk) 16:22, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi, JamesB. Edits from 182.1.X.X at Out-of-band management and Intelligent Platform Management Interface have got to be from the same WP:NOTHERE editor. – Skywatcher68 ( talk) 16:54, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi JamesBWatson,
There's an IP (or IPs) editing on the Millennials and generation articles that I'm highly suspicious is Aboutbo2000 [4] evading their block. The IP sock is most recently participating in the Millennials RfC [5].
Suspected sockpuppets of Aboutbo2000:
Here are some of the previous socks of Aboutbo2000 that have been blocked before:
They all have the same narrow interest in the generation articles and are clearly not here to collaborate and improve the articles, but disruptively push their POV despite what reliable sources say. Please let me know your thoughts and if you need anything else. Thanks for reading, Someone963852 ( talk) 12:54, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
Why was Dorsai Irregulars deleted? I am a science fiction fan and longtime filker, and I was looking for that article. I tried to follow the instructions for finding a deletion log but without success.
I am not arguing about the deletion, especially since I don't know the reasoning behind it, but I would like to see that. Please {{Ping}} me to discuss. -- Thnidu ( talk) 19:23, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
JamesBWatson,
Thanks for the feedback on Draft:International_Academy_of_Science. I would like to continue to work on getting this page up to Wikipedia standards. To that end, I would appreciate some clarification.
1) In your opinion, is the KC Star article [18] not credible? They are a local paper but it looked editorial to me.
2) I think that some of the references to Acellus Academy as an accredited school are significant here (including [19] and [20] as examples) since it seems to one of the primary activities of IAS. Do you agree?
Thanks again. -- Tigereye7 ( talk) 14:44, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
James:
We're working to create a page about Luminex and had not intended to publish it yet, just playing in the Sandbox. When we are ready and it meets Wikipedia's standards for publishing, will we be able to? Or has your deleting our work-in-progress created an issue down the road?
Please let us know.
Thanks!
--Michael — Preceding unsigned comment added by KingsleyForefront ( talk • contribs) 15:39, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi JamesBWatson. Would you mind explaining your G5 deletions of Operation Arrow (1999) and Yugoslavia and weapons of mass destruction in more detail? Both of these articles seemed to be about notable/encyclopedic topics. I realize that TryDeletingMe was topic banned from making edits related to the Balkans, so the articles would need to be reviewed carefully for original research, POV, and whatnot, but I would prefer to see the articles improved rather than deleted outright. – Lord Bolingbroke ( talk) 19:05, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
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Its of our hindu festival Khetwadichaganraj ( talk) 02:25, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
Hi, JB. This range has been making unsourced changes, one of which I've found to be demonstrably wrong. – Skywatcher68 ( talk) 19:57, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
Not sure why you want your talk page in Category:Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls. Frietjes ( talk) 20:45, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
Hi there – any chance you can unsalt the above article? I believe it is a valid topic for an article. Thanks. SFB 21:45, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
Good day Sir! Please review my added contents in the SOGIE Bill article. It does not violate the standards set by Wikipedia. I added websites as citation in every line to become vivid as well as verifiable. I hope for your action with regards on this matter. Thank you and God bless! Jsnueva1022 ( talk) 03:19, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
I am very sorry for my actions Sir/Madam! I am new at editing but I will assure you and the Wiki community to add related contents only and not include the incidents to the said topic. Everyday, I read the policies and regulations of the Wiki pages in order to use it in my daily editing habit. I understand my mistakes. From now on, I will include also citations in every content I added. Thank you and God bless! Jsnueva1022 ( talk) 12:22, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
Thank you very much for understanding Sir/Madam! Jsnueva1022 ( talk) 15:31, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
Vandalism (5.150.102.153) and reverts (5.150.99.73) coming from the same range. – Skywatcher68 ( talk) 15:02, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
I liked your previous username, and never thought it is your real name. But at least you can shorten your signature now :) —usernamekiran (talk) 14:30, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
Hi JBW. New to Wikipedia, where is the discussion about why you deleted the Grow article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjd13 ( talk • contribs) 03:34, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
Hi, JB. I see you blocked 86.135.249.0/24 for a year; they've returned as 86.146.109.114 (blocked for 72 hours by Zzuuzz). They've also used 86.154.78.11 earlier this month (rangedblocked until 5 October by NinjaRobotPirate) and 86.179.158.242 & 81.152.162.119 back in July. – Skywatcher68 ( talk) 19:41, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm looking for a request to remove page creation protection on the page Justin Friesen. I am going to be creating a sandbox version of the page first, as the subject has linked up with some pages I've recently edited and I believe their notability has changed. Let me know if this is possible. CaffeinAddict ( talk) 21:22, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
If you haven't had the pleasure - speedy deletions burn. They take the entire collaboration and consensus model of Wikipedia and throw it in the dumpster, and then lock the lid. I presently have about 20 tabs open on my screen for this article and I've spent the last week reading through this seemingly endless history. These are some of the best historical sources I've come across for a subject Snow King Mountain, and enough that I've considered writing a book about it. I stumbled on the article and found a godawful promotional mess copy pasted straight from the resorts pages on "activities" etc. I went through claims line-by-line and deleted, while trying to keep something meaningful where I could. I saved the history section for last because this required the most amount of research to evaluate and rewrite. My work on the article, though significant, begins mere days ago. The problematic content on this article has sat on the page for around five years. The CSD tags which were applied to this article apply to specific edits, but instead of taking the time to consider that, the entire last five years of edits were deleted and and hidden (and the page was functionally blanked), punishing me in the process and throwing days of my life in the garbage. Like so many others, this may be the turning point for me where I decide that Wikipedia is captive to it's 1,000 admin and I'm delusional to believe that outsiders could ever meaningfully participate without devoting valuable time every day to political and structural games and alliances. (anecdotally: someone is nominated to admin right now who has a decade of history and over 10,000 edits and yet has only tried to navigate the perils of page creation a handful of times.) Like many others they arrive at their high tower of edits by using bots and gaming technical edits to accomplish as many as 400 edits a day while adding little to Wikipedia but IMDB copy-paste. Should I just delete my account? WP:DONTDEMOLISH WP:DONTBITE Luke Kindred ( talk) 16:08, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
Hi, JB. I found an IP hopper – a different IP each day for the past three days – disrupting movie credits. Far as I can tell, none of their edits are remotely accurate. – Skywatcher68 ( talk) 20:25, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
Hi, got another range for you. I reported one address in that range to the Vandalism noticeboard as an obvious WP:DUCK for 75.189.225.76; the latter has been blocked again but the former is still active. – Skywatcher68 ( talk) 15:01, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
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Hi. I want to work on a page Adamu Garba II which was created by another user but you had previously deleted. It says i should ask you before I commence. I got the page from the wikiNigeria articles requested for creation section, Im waiting on your response Amaekuma ( talk) 11:49, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
User:Hyrdlak has asked for a deletion review of Bardhyl Selimi. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. — Cryptic 00:20, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
Hyrdlak ( talk) 08:35, 15 September 2019 (UTC)Hyrdlak
Dear JBW, below I enclose the discussion that followed. I believe that its outcome justifies relisting of the article on Bardhyl Selimi. I look forward to hearing from you how to effect such a relisting. Sincerely, Hyrdlak ( talk) 15:06, 8 October 2019 (UTC)Hyrdlak
Contesting the deletion of Bardhyl Selimi
This page should not be speedily deleted because: - In light of the 20 August 2019 comments by Slatersteven, I improved this article as requested by adding 50 links to websites and publications. - These prove the notability of Bardhyl Selimi as writer in his own right, and above all as translator of Albanian/Kosovan literature to Esperanto, and world literature (via Esperanto) to Albanian for the book markets of Albania and Kosovo. - As advised, the added references are independent of the subject.
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Okay, I found WP:RFA but have no clue how to self-nominate. I would like to help keep a lid on vandalism when I have time. – Skywatcher68 ( talk) 17:43, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
"have no clue how to self-nominate"You've just invalidated an attempt at RfA. Please feel free to join our countervandalism unit and perhaps teach new editors. Countervandalism doesn't require a mop, only effort. Adminship, however, requires clue which you lack. Chris Troutman ( talk) 17:53, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
It looks like you probably want to review your inbox for anomalies. (CC Trijnstel) — regards, Revi 00:37, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
See my response to your comment on my talk page. -- Svennik ( talk) 08:40, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
Why have you not responded? -- Svennik ( talk) 23:58, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
Hola! I have a request of sorts - I know that third opinion is a bit dead so I wanted to bring in a third party on something. I'll make sure to note that I asked on the article's talk page. In any case, here's the situation:
There's a debate on the talk page for the article on shock sites about what version of the page to use. A student I oversee has created some requested sections about the history, legality, media, and ethics of shock sites. This was reverted by another editor over a few concerns. One was the removal of content (which they later retracted) and the other was that the prior version of the article looked better, which was essentially a section on examples of shock sites. There's been some back and forth over this, mainly between the instructor and the other editor. My thought is that a good, happy medium would be to merge the two versions together (which I've done) since I can see both sides - a section that lists the notable examples does have a lot of merit, as do more general sections about shock sites. I think that there is a lot of content that can't really be adequately summarized in either format alone (general sections or specific examples).
What do you think? Also, are you willing to weigh in? It's fine if you wouldn't want to - I'm definitely more than understanding on that! It's more of a gentlepersons' discussion to be honest - there's no actual drama to it. I think that a third party that's not me (since I am involved in obvious ways) would be good here. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (。◕‿◕。) 17:54, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
Hi, JBW. You've declined the X2 on this article saying that "the translation has been substantially cleared up". However, this doesn't invalidate CSD X2. Fixing the English doesn't fix the problem with these translations -- it obfuscates it. For the detailed reasoning and community consensus on this, please see WP:AN/CXT. Would you reconsider declining the speedy, please?— S Marshall T/ C 13:44, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
And so are IP vandals who have been dormant during Summer Vacation. 24.121.225.34 & 70.166.240.253, for example. – Skywatcher68 ( talk) 22:20, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
Just a heads up that I have reblocked the above user for violating one of their unblock conditions.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 21:57, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
Hi JBW,
I've found another so-called user, with no edits apart from setting up a user page, and using the project as a personal web space. Again found via Wikimedia: /info/en/?search=User:A.Wiki.The.Guy Acabashi ( talk) 17:35, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
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Hi James. I apologize for my terse response. There's a bug that won't allow any changes to be saved to a page if interim changes are made (even removing an in-use template); an HTTP 500 error pops up and the changes can't be saved. The only work around is to copy the entire article over to a text editor, abandon the ongoing edits, start again with the most recent version, paste the contents back over, then fix the formatting throughout the article. My first indication you had removed the editing tag was when I went to save the article rewrite, and the dreaded HTTP 500 error popped up. Orville1974 ( talk) 20:29, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
Good day, James. As I see you're in the category Wikipedia administrators willing to consider placing self-requested blocks, could I maybe ask you to hard-block me for 2 months? I've tried the other tricks several times (WikiBreakEnforcer, an /etc/hosts file), but Wikipedia is too enticing and I've bypassed those each time. I really do need to focus on work in the next weeks, so I'd be very grateful if you'd consider this block. Hope to see you again in August :) Regards, – Þjarkur (talk) 22:05, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi, JamesB. This keeps getting its redirect changed to a non-existent subsection of Bikini. Can something be done to prevent that? – Skywatcher68 ( talk) 15:36, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at User talk:Bbb23#User:Bring back Daz Sampson again. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 22:29, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
Thank you for your help regarding the David Levy Talk page. I obtained the photo through a public website, so what I meant by "obtained" is that I am the one that saved the image from the website and uploaded it to Wikimedia Commons. However, it is not a photo that I took, so I am not the creator. Regarding the photo, I edited the permission to state the website link that I obtained the photo from. Does that help with the permission status? In addition, when I go through the view history, I have noticed many changes and edits that were made to the page, and I don't see any promotional or non-encyclopedic language anymore. Would that allow me to remove that COI template? Furthermore, looking at the history of the talk page, there are 2 editors in addition to me that have stated their support of removing the COI tag.
Thank you Kmh1011 ( talk) 19:33, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
Just reaching out to you since you previously SALTed Angelo Dawkins. The consensus on Street Profits page has changed, and has been deemed to now be notable, and has recently been created. Would you be able to un-SALT Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford and redirect them to Street Profits? Thanks - Galatz גאליץ שיחה Talk 20:16, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
I fail to see how such information such as this [1] is needed when it does nothing for the page and just comes across as trivia. Would donating money to wiki give someone a free pass to put anything they want on an wiki page??? 108.208.136.189 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 00:29, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
I would like to recreat the page "Hans-Jürgen Burchardt". Can you explain why it was deleted before and what I can add to increase its relevance? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MontanaK ( talk • contribs) 13:10, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
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Hi, JamesB. Somebody using this announced troll's IP has been making dubious edits and so have other IPs in that range (82.132.236.67, 82.132.239.79, 82.132.238.155, 82.132.238.80, 82.132.239.45, etc.). No need to block the entire range but blocking some portions would help. – Skywatcher68 ( talk) 22:10, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
Here's another matter. It may or may not be of interest to you, and I also don't know how much (if any) of it you already know, but just ignore it if you either already know or don't know and don't care. You refer to "just IPs that begin with, say, 82.132.238." In the usual notation for IPv4 ranges, that range is called 82.132.238.0/24. Likewise all IP addresses beginning 82. make up the range 82.0.0.0/8, and all those beginning 82.132. are 82.132.0.0/16. Of the four numbers that make up an IP address the ones which are ignored are replaced by zeroes, and a number is appended to the end to indicate how many bits are to be counted (i.e. not ignored) with each number corresponding to 8 bits. Thus 82.132.238.0/24 means "any IP address where the first 24 bits correspond to 82.132.238 and the rest of the bits can be anything". Likewise for 82.132.0.0/16 the first 16 bits correspond to 82.132 and the rest can be anything. When IP addresses first came into use, that was all there was to IP ranges, but it became more complicated when "Classless Inter-Domain Routing" (usually called CIDR) was introduced. CIDR includes intermediate ranges, such as the 82.132.236.0/22 range that I mentioned above. That one means all IP addresses that begin with anything from 82.132.236 to 82.132.239. If you understand binary numbers then CIDR ranges are not too difficult to understand, otherwise they probably won't mean much to you. There is, of course, a Wikipedia article on Classless Inter-Domain Routing which explains it, but that article goes into far more detail than is needed just to understand the notation for IP ranges, and I am sure there must be more concise explanations available on the internet if one searches for them. Going back to your question about blocking "just IPs that begin with, say, 82.132.238.", it is possible to block any /16 or smaller CIDR range, which in this case means one could block all IP addresses beginning 82.132. or smaller ranges than that, but not bigger ranges such as all those beginning 82. JamesBWatson ( talk) 12:05, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
Hi, JamesB. I figured an admin should be made aware of these IPs responding on behalf of a registered user and this where they seem quite misguided about multiple accounts. – Skywatcher68 ( talk) 21:45, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
HI James, I am working closely with YangLan's assistant for modifying her wikipedia introduction. Me and my colleague "First Blooded" tried to delete the content with Chang Cheng Hotel because it is not true.
Also for " In March 2000, Yang Lan and her husband Bruno Wu, acquired Hong Kong company Leung Kee Holdings Limited, an ailing Hong Kong construction company, and changed its name to Sun Television Cybernetworks Holdings Limited. Yang was the chairman. Creating Sun TV required plenty of capital. Working with the investment bankers Worldsec International, an investment-house affiliate of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Wu injected SunTV's assets into Leung Kee, and used its Hong Kong stock exchange listing to float a new equity issue. The issue raised $28 million in new capital for Sun TV; Yang and Wu injected another $11 million. On August 8, Sun TV officially launched—the first Chinese historical and cultural channel in Greater China".
And "In early 1997, Yang took another career risk. She went to work as a public relations representative and spokesperson for Project Hope, China's main charity organization. This took Yang into China's nooks and crannies, from the pockets of growing wealth in the southern coastal provinces to the relentless poverty in the villages of Zhidan county, north of Xi'an. Her conviction grew that her generation needed thoughtful (and entertaining) cultural journalism." I am also going to go ahead and delete these. Let me know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aaa.ai.shan.zha ( talk • contribs) 14:30, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
Hello. Do you think this anti Semitic post by an IP warrants an immediate WP:NOFASH block?— N Ø 07:27, 13 June 2019 (UTC)
I've already requested List of Late Night with Seth Meyers episodes (2019) be semi-protected and had been going through the unsourced edits when I noticed all of them are likely from a known hoaxer. For example: here, here, and all of these. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skywatcher68 ( talk • contribs) 02:34, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
I just suggested to speedy again Francesco_Grillo, this article is related to that article which is similarly self-serving (and that article was earlier deleted through a discussion). Draft:Vision_Think_Thank (sic) also exists, created by another account, as is Draft:Francesco Grillo (the latter content being exactly the same as earlier). I'm not sure whether I should overrule your Prod and just delete/salt/block the whole bunch of them (as I am out in a couple of minutes, feel free to do the honours). (I already deleted Francesco grillo, which was moved to Portiere autista and having the same content before being blanked). -- Dirk Beetstra T C 14:02, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
hello, this is puro8007 I have created a page with you have deleted. it was not for the advertsing purpose it was registering the company to Wikipedia so that people now the information about for study purpose. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Puro8007 ( talk • contribs) 06:11, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
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A tag has been placed on User talk:Veeravshiva, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.
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Hi, JamesB. This one is Polish so probably not related to the others. – Skywatcher68 ( talk) 16:32, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
And now we have
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That has been a telltale sign of the particular editor, and your implementing those protections is something much appreciated - you can see how disruptive on his almost weekly visits to create havoc, your effort to protect has given a better perspective on things, thanks JarrahTree 15:08, 21 June 2019 (UTC)
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In case this is not your true alternate account as stated.-- Cahk ( talk) 15:10, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
Hi JamesBWatson. Per WP:NOTWEBHOST, item 2, unused files, particularly those of lower quality, are eligible for deletion. Regards, FASTILY 19:58, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
I have my rights he was talking about my... you know what forget it my freaking dad! My dad freaking killed himself and that a-hole started talking crap about him. So if you think I don't have my rights well then guess what c section of chapter 19 #23 states : "If one is to insult,or have something disrespectfully about a deceased person then the spouce of that person then the child has the right to do what he wants with that person for disturbing the peace of the dead" so then I guess if wiki doesn't follow this rule then I can sue them or make the whole website go down for breaking the law! Kazy gain ( talk) 22:53, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
Hello, JamesBWatson!
I will be making a change on the policy page "Edit warring". I tracked down a usage that I'm not keen on-- using "edit war" as a compound verb (if that's the correct term) to an update you made on 9 June 2011 ["...and it is perfectly possible to edit war without..."] . Just wanted to let you know, and if you disagree, you can let me know. Jkgree ( talk) 16:50, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
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Hi. I won't be going to Stockholm most unfortunately, because I really can't afford $3,000 just for 5 days in the far north of Europe. I'll leave that trip to the Europeans and the 70-strong WMF junket. But next year Wikimania is right on my doorstep. I hope you will be able to come. I will be making absolutely sure that my friends who are able to come will have a great time. Regards, Chris. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 04:28, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
Hi, last night I nominated Ben Canham for a G4 CSD, since it had been deleted as non-notable at AfD in May. I went to the user's talk page to leave a note about recreating deleted articles without new sourcing, but saw that this is something of a pattern, and that you had already warned them less than a month ago about the same behaviour. I'll leave it to your judgement as to whether another warning, or any other action, is appropriate at this point. Cheers GirthSummit (blether) 06:52, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
Now...I'm not the best Englisher in the world, but I have trouble believing that Thales's theorem is grammatically correct. GMG talk 19:48, 11 July 2019 (UTC)
A while back, you blocked me for what you perceived to be edit warring on Sabra_(company). I took some time off from editing, and also reflected on my previous actions. I want to go back to constructive editing, and I also want the article to accurately reflect what reliable sources say. I studied the process for resolving edit disputes, and since there was only other editor to argue against my position on the talk page, I decided to ask for a third opinion. You can see the editor who provided that third opinion basically agrees with my position - "The term should be included...It is supported by reliable sources, therefore it can be included.". I want to put the term back into the article- would that be ok? Here come the Suns ( talk) 21:14, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
Hello. On 28 June 2019, you deleted the page User:VisualAwareness/sandbox as per CSD G11 (I think I nominated it, but it could be someone else). Today, I noticed User:Mvolod83 has created a page on the same company at Visual Awareness Technologies & Consulting (VATC). I suspect that that page is the same as User:VisualAwareness/sandbox was (the same page structure, same bold titles, and the very beginning from the creation log (first few words) matches the new page, and all these points assuming I remember everything correctly). Is that true (I can't see the page contents since it's deleted)? Does that imply User:Mvolod83 being the same person as User:VisualAwareness? - Edible Melon ( talk) 15:46, 11 July 2019 (UTC)
Hi, JamesB. 2601:586:400:833A:0:0:0:0/64 started editing two weeks ago and appears to be WP:NOTHERE. – Skywatcher68 ( talk) 22:26, 17 July 2019 (UTC)
Hello James. Have a look at this, please. My req re: revoking TPA stands. It is hard to leave it alone when the same editor constantly writes deceiving stuffs (one is mentioned here), continuing and subtle personal attacks directed to me. It has been about 2 weeks and it would be nice if someone stop this. Puduḫepa 10:25, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
Sir, my name is Ismail salad and i work for the Ministry of Women Development and family Affairs in Puntland state of Somalia as Multimedia consultant. Earlier today i added the profile of our Ministry into the Wikipedia which i had orders from my senior supervisor. then, i got a message that says your contents are being deleted by you James, and i dont know what is that mean. can i have more explanation please? I hope to hear from you soon, coz i am so fucked up if i dont add those information in to the wikipedia, here is my gmail account for more communication; xaajidirir2014@gmail.com thanks again. Ismail xaaji dirir ( talk) 11:12, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I was wondering whether you agree that it's time to unprotect the "London Buses route" redirects that you protected in 2015. They were immediately indefinitely semi'd and it doesn't look like the vandals have returned since. There are a bunch listed here in case you need a refresher as to what I'm talking about. Anarchyte ( talk | work) 11:30, 19 July 2019 (UTC)
This was great. Is this one of your templates? Dlohcierekim ( talk) 12:48, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
I am trying to write my profile, but then it was removed by you. Please can you help to i get it right — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lcmorleans ( talk • contribs) 12:10, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
Dear JamesBWatson, I started on this ride a few days ago and sprung on some of some stuff I know kinda well. The choice of which articles to work on came by chance as I got to read a book. Now to insinuate COI on the basis of a limited number of activities is kinda sad. I know how bullying works, once it starts no matter what you do it gets only worse without end. The end is when you just quit. I just quit. Thanks for giving me what was in store real early. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Speculative Boting ( talk • contribs) 15:05, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
I know it looks like there are random new users supporting me in the Michael Jackson articles, but I assure you I don't know them online or in real-life. Nor have I encouraged them to "vote" with me in discussions. You can see that I left the RfC open deliberately, and I haven't changed the Michael Jackson article in spite of apparent consensus. Also, I have disagreed with an edit proposal by TruthGuardian here, and I have conceded to Hammelsmith's proposal. TruthGuardian supported me in other Jackson articles, while Hammelsmith and I have disagreed on many other things. I think there should be more evidence for meatpuppetry. —Partytemple ( talk) 06:09, 24 July 2019 (UTC) Can you also consider this conversation here? I was offered the reFill tool to bring me up to 500 edits (I already had about 470 by then) after I noticed badly sourced/disruptive edits on the Michael Jackson article, and Moxy offered me the tool. Thanks. —Partytemple ( talk) 08:42, 24 July 2019 (UTC) Also this conversation about a wrongly written statement on the article; this was right before Moxy gave me the tool. —Partytemple ( talk) 08:46, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
[3] — Ched : ? — 05:46, 25 July 2019 (UTC) (back after it closes)
I had originally intended to have a discussion regarding the whole thing, but thought it best to wait til after things had been decided. Since I was so close to that seat on the fence, I did have a good think on your views, and if it was a practical !vote. Anyway James, having voiced my thoughts I'll leave you to your daily tasks. Best always, — Ched : ? — 13:50, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
I noticed that you had struck your vote. I added some further diffs of what I consider to be evidence of "picking sides". The RfA format isn't ideal for this. Finding diffs and browsing 1,400 ANI messages is extremely time-consuming with our awful search function. However, ideally you should be be quick because a hundred users will have voted in an instant. I guess what I'm trying to say is that you shouldn't be afraid to use your intuition based on your previous interactions, but of course do what feels right. -- Pudeo ( talk) 20:23, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
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Hi JamesBWatson,
Greetings for the day.
I'm writing to address your message with regards to my edits for 3rd Eye Advisory recently.
Are you working for 3rd Eye Advisory, either directly (for example as an employee or an individual contractor) or indirectly (for example as an employee of a business that is working on contract for 3rd Eye Advisory)?
Yes, I'm working for 3rd Eye Advisory as an employee directly.
Is writing for Wikipedia part of paid work? I ask that because frequently people who edit on behalf of a business say that they are not being paid for doing so, meaning that they are editing as part of their regular paid work, without a specific payment explicitly for editing Wikipedia.
It is a part of my regular paid work as a content manager.
What do you mean by the words "by any other source"? Other than what?
By other source I mean, I'm not working for any independent projects or freelancing for creation of Wikipedia pages and I'm not paid by any such sources for the work. RohitPandey2310 ( talk) 06:12, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi JamesBWatson
Greetings for the Day
Sure, I have gone through the guidelines. Kindly, suggest as per your observation, does the current content look proper and should it serve as a platform for new edits? RohitPandey2310 ( talk) 12:47, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi JBW, when you blocked Shamrat Shangram did you have a master in mind? I've seen newish user S M Fahmid Hassan intersecting with the Shamrat Shangram account multiple times, so I want to poke around. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 02:13, 11 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I had a ban which was declined, even though there were requests for feedback there was no response from the user for almost two months so it seems to me that the user preferred to leave it that way, after I growth tired and submitted a draft with another account my ban was declined with I would say almost happiness and there was no thought of why I would do it with exactly the same username I was asking to unblock, there was more activity than ever and almost instantly so I can't not believe there is no preference to leave bans be than to really address them, I wrote back in my block but because I did it below the decline reason it was deleted instead of being edited to put it above the decline reason and what I had written before was stripped of the format so now it looks unintelligible, my talk page access rights were denied and there is no limit for the ban so I can’t do anything about itṜ, so even though I had never vandalized any content and all was about having more than one account I have been banned effectively for life, I not sure if you need to know all this but what I want is just to apologize to you because you were of the opinion to unblock and my last action maybe made you look bad and also there was a comment about something being unworthy of you that at the end I think it was also my fault, I wrote this but like I said it was deleted, is not really important except for me so I suggest you just delete it after you read it but I wanted to be sure you knew that, if you come across my ban again don’t worry about it because there is no chance about it and as I commented I don’t believe there was a chance even from the start so to go further would just provide for a bad time and what I want is just to say I’m sorry for the bad time I believe you already had, best regards. 18:11, 13 August 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.122.240.180 ( talk)
Hello JamesBWatson,
I saw that you just took down a page I created. I am the student representative for the IFMA and need to create this page for the organization. Is there anyway to get that deleted page back and I can make the changes necessary to not infringe on any copyright? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Campbkyl ( talk • contribs) 17:48, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi James, was just wondering if you could review my Edward Nangle page, now that I've changed it[i.e. inserted more citations, made it neutral etc.]. Thanks a lot, Tomás -- Tomás Deb ( talk) 16:22, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi, JamesB. Edits from 182.1.X.X at Out-of-band management and Intelligent Platform Management Interface have got to be from the same WP:NOTHERE editor. – Skywatcher68 ( talk) 16:54, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi JamesBWatson,
There's an IP (or IPs) editing on the Millennials and generation articles that I'm highly suspicious is Aboutbo2000 [4] evading their block. The IP sock is most recently participating in the Millennials RfC [5].
Suspected sockpuppets of Aboutbo2000:
Here are some of the previous socks of Aboutbo2000 that have been blocked before:
They all have the same narrow interest in the generation articles and are clearly not here to collaborate and improve the articles, but disruptively push their POV despite what reliable sources say. Please let me know your thoughts and if you need anything else. Thanks for reading, Someone963852 ( talk) 12:54, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
Why was Dorsai Irregulars deleted? I am a science fiction fan and longtime filker, and I was looking for that article. I tried to follow the instructions for finding a deletion log but without success.
I am not arguing about the deletion, especially since I don't know the reasoning behind it, but I would like to see that. Please {{Ping}} me to discuss. -- Thnidu ( talk) 19:23, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
JamesBWatson,
Thanks for the feedback on Draft:International_Academy_of_Science. I would like to continue to work on getting this page up to Wikipedia standards. To that end, I would appreciate some clarification.
1) In your opinion, is the KC Star article [18] not credible? They are a local paper but it looked editorial to me.
2) I think that some of the references to Acellus Academy as an accredited school are significant here (including [19] and [20] as examples) since it seems to one of the primary activities of IAS. Do you agree?
Thanks again. -- Tigereye7 ( talk) 14:44, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
James:
We're working to create a page about Luminex and had not intended to publish it yet, just playing in the Sandbox. When we are ready and it meets Wikipedia's standards for publishing, will we be able to? Or has your deleting our work-in-progress created an issue down the road?
Please let us know.
Thanks!
--Michael — Preceding unsigned comment added by KingsleyForefront ( talk • contribs) 15:39, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi JamesBWatson. Would you mind explaining your G5 deletions of Operation Arrow (1999) and Yugoslavia and weapons of mass destruction in more detail? Both of these articles seemed to be about notable/encyclopedic topics. I realize that TryDeletingMe was topic banned from making edits related to the Balkans, so the articles would need to be reviewed carefully for original research, POV, and whatnot, but I would prefer to see the articles improved rather than deleted outright. – Lord Bolingbroke ( talk) 19:05, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
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Its of our hindu festival Khetwadichaganraj ( talk) 02:25, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
Hi, JB. This range has been making unsourced changes, one of which I've found to be demonstrably wrong. – Skywatcher68 ( talk) 19:57, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
Not sure why you want your talk page in Category:Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls. Frietjes ( talk) 20:45, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
Hi there – any chance you can unsalt the above article? I believe it is a valid topic for an article. Thanks. SFB 21:45, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
Good day Sir! Please review my added contents in the SOGIE Bill article. It does not violate the standards set by Wikipedia. I added websites as citation in every line to become vivid as well as verifiable. I hope for your action with regards on this matter. Thank you and God bless! Jsnueva1022 ( talk) 03:19, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
I am very sorry for my actions Sir/Madam! I am new at editing but I will assure you and the Wiki community to add related contents only and not include the incidents to the said topic. Everyday, I read the policies and regulations of the Wiki pages in order to use it in my daily editing habit. I understand my mistakes. From now on, I will include also citations in every content I added. Thank you and God bless! Jsnueva1022 ( talk) 12:22, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
Thank you very much for understanding Sir/Madam! Jsnueva1022 ( talk) 15:31, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
Vandalism (5.150.102.153) and reverts (5.150.99.73) coming from the same range. – Skywatcher68 ( talk) 15:02, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
I liked your previous username, and never thought it is your real name. But at least you can shorten your signature now :) —usernamekiran (talk) 14:30, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
Hi JBW. New to Wikipedia, where is the discussion about why you deleted the Grow article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjd13 ( talk • contribs) 03:34, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
Hi, JB. I see you blocked 86.135.249.0/24 for a year; they've returned as 86.146.109.114 (blocked for 72 hours by Zzuuzz). They've also used 86.154.78.11 earlier this month (rangedblocked until 5 October by NinjaRobotPirate) and 86.179.158.242 & 81.152.162.119 back in July. – Skywatcher68 ( talk) 19:41, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm looking for a request to remove page creation protection on the page Justin Friesen. I am going to be creating a sandbox version of the page first, as the subject has linked up with some pages I've recently edited and I believe their notability has changed. Let me know if this is possible. CaffeinAddict ( talk) 21:22, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
If you haven't had the pleasure - speedy deletions burn. They take the entire collaboration and consensus model of Wikipedia and throw it in the dumpster, and then lock the lid. I presently have about 20 tabs open on my screen for this article and I've spent the last week reading through this seemingly endless history. These are some of the best historical sources I've come across for a subject Snow King Mountain, and enough that I've considered writing a book about it. I stumbled on the article and found a godawful promotional mess copy pasted straight from the resorts pages on "activities" etc. I went through claims line-by-line and deleted, while trying to keep something meaningful where I could. I saved the history section for last because this required the most amount of research to evaluate and rewrite. My work on the article, though significant, begins mere days ago. The problematic content on this article has sat on the page for around five years. The CSD tags which were applied to this article apply to specific edits, but instead of taking the time to consider that, the entire last five years of edits were deleted and and hidden (and the page was functionally blanked), punishing me in the process and throwing days of my life in the garbage. Like so many others, this may be the turning point for me where I decide that Wikipedia is captive to it's 1,000 admin and I'm delusional to believe that outsiders could ever meaningfully participate without devoting valuable time every day to political and structural games and alliances. (anecdotally: someone is nominated to admin right now who has a decade of history and over 10,000 edits and yet has only tried to navigate the perils of page creation a handful of times.) Like many others they arrive at their high tower of edits by using bots and gaming technical edits to accomplish as many as 400 edits a day while adding little to Wikipedia but IMDB copy-paste. Should I just delete my account? WP:DONTDEMOLISH WP:DONTBITE Luke Kindred ( talk) 16:08, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
Hi, JB. I found an IP hopper – a different IP each day for the past three days – disrupting movie credits. Far as I can tell, none of their edits are remotely accurate. – Skywatcher68 ( talk) 20:25, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
Hi, got another range for you. I reported one address in that range to the Vandalism noticeboard as an obvious WP:DUCK for 75.189.225.76; the latter has been blocked again but the former is still active. – Skywatcher68 ( talk) 15:01, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
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applies if the category contains only an eponymous article or media file, provided that the category has not otherwise been emptied shortly before the nomination. The default outcome is an upmerge to the parent categories.
focus[ing] on how harassment and private complaints should be handled in the future, there is currently a global community consultation on partial and temporary office actions in response to the incident. It will be open until October 30th.
Hi. I want to work on a page Adamu Garba II which was created by another user but you had previously deleted. It says i should ask you before I commence. I got the page from the wikiNigeria articles requested for creation section, Im waiting on your response Amaekuma ( talk) 11:49, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
User:Hyrdlak has asked for a deletion review of Bardhyl Selimi. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. — Cryptic 00:20, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
Hyrdlak ( talk) 08:35, 15 September 2019 (UTC)Hyrdlak
Dear JBW, below I enclose the discussion that followed. I believe that its outcome justifies relisting of the article on Bardhyl Selimi. I look forward to hearing from you how to effect such a relisting. Sincerely, Hyrdlak ( talk) 15:06, 8 October 2019 (UTC)Hyrdlak
Contesting the deletion of Bardhyl Selimi
This page should not be speedily deleted because: - In light of the 20 August 2019 comments by Slatersteven, I improved this article as requested by adding 50 links to websites and publications. - These prove the notability of Bardhyl Selimi as writer in his own right, and above all as translator of Albanian/Kosovan literature to Esperanto, and world literature (via Esperanto) to Albanian for the book markets of Albania and Kosovo. - As advised, the added references are independent of the subject.
Hyrdlak ( talk) 09:30, 22 September 2019 (UTC)Hyrdlak
Hyrdlak ( talk) 09:17, 23 September 2019 (UTC)Hyrdlak
Okay, I found WP:RFA but have no clue how to self-nominate. I would like to help keep a lid on vandalism when I have time. – Skywatcher68 ( talk) 17:43, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
"have no clue how to self-nominate"You've just invalidated an attempt at RfA. Please feel free to join our countervandalism unit and perhaps teach new editors. Countervandalism doesn't require a mop, only effort. Adminship, however, requires clue which you lack. Chris Troutman ( talk) 17:53, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
It looks like you probably want to review your inbox for anomalies. (CC Trijnstel) — regards, Revi 00:37, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
See my response to your comment on my talk page. -- Svennik ( talk) 08:40, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
Why have you not responded? -- Svennik ( talk) 23:58, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
Hola! I have a request of sorts - I know that third opinion is a bit dead so I wanted to bring in a third party on something. I'll make sure to note that I asked on the article's talk page. In any case, here's the situation:
There's a debate on the talk page for the article on shock sites about what version of the page to use. A student I oversee has created some requested sections about the history, legality, media, and ethics of shock sites. This was reverted by another editor over a few concerns. One was the removal of content (which they later retracted) and the other was that the prior version of the article looked better, which was essentially a section on examples of shock sites. There's been some back and forth over this, mainly between the instructor and the other editor. My thought is that a good, happy medium would be to merge the two versions together (which I've done) since I can see both sides - a section that lists the notable examples does have a lot of merit, as do more general sections about shock sites. I think that there is a lot of content that can't really be adequately summarized in either format alone (general sections or specific examples).
What do you think? Also, are you willing to weigh in? It's fine if you wouldn't want to - I'm definitely more than understanding on that! It's more of a gentlepersons' discussion to be honest - there's no actual drama to it. I think that a third party that's not me (since I am involved in obvious ways) would be good here. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (。◕‿◕。) 17:54, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
Hi, JBW. You've declined the X2 on this article saying that "the translation has been substantially cleared up". However, this doesn't invalidate CSD X2. Fixing the English doesn't fix the problem with these translations -- it obfuscates it. For the detailed reasoning and community consensus on this, please see WP:AN/CXT. Would you reconsider declining the speedy, please?— S Marshall T/ C 13:44, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
And so are IP vandals who have been dormant during Summer Vacation. 24.121.225.34 & 70.166.240.253, for example. – Skywatcher68 ( talk) 22:20, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
Just a heads up that I have reblocked the above user for violating one of their unblock conditions.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 21:57, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
Hi JBW,
I've found another so-called user, with no edits apart from setting up a user page, and using the project as a personal web space. Again found via Wikimedia: /info/en/?search=User:A.Wiki.The.Guy Acabashi ( talk) 17:35, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
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