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95.237.98.36 is the Brescia LTA, promoting fascism from a series of IPs generally geolocating to the area of Brescia from a large range of Telecom Italia IPs. See User:Beyond My Ken/Brescia LTA. Acroterion (talk) 16:04, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
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I wouldn't be surprised if you already got this barnstar... nor would I be surprised if you got it 5 times before! You're so fast in recent changes reverting vandalism that you've ninjaed me thrice! Great job! InterstateFive ( talk) - just another roadgeek 15:11, 20 March 2022 (UTC) |
What’s up 2600:1006:B128:1165:11A4:6B1E:7E8C:1C6A ( talk) 13:49, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
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T301928)Please see link from camera, it is relevant to his bio. https://www.camera.org/article/according-to-the-uns-michael-lynk-facts-change-covetous-jews-do-not/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.9.220.42 ( talk) 14:46, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
Camera is a well respect source. Will you restore. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.9.220.42 ( talk) 16:41, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
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I noticed your very useful and rational presence in the article history. If reversions are made henceforth I'm prepared to take it to whichever noticeboard might prove most effective. Same goes for the Diocles article itself, and its user-box image (now deceased, but really quite inventive.) Rather gobsmacking, really... Haploidavey ( talk) 14:12, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
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I was just around and i found u and i saw u have a lot of wikilovers so i Just added mine
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Thanks for protecting Tyrone (rapper). That page was getting vandalized like hell, so I'm glad it's protected. (If this doesn't need a barnstar, feel free to remove it.) RteeeeKed 💬 📖 21:53, 10 July 2022 (UTC) |
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Hi from Redminton VA! Sides-Daren? ( talk) 16:41, 4 August 2022 (UTC) |
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Hi, I was wondering if you could reconsider your Keep close at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cirque Lake (Teton County, Wyoming). None of the Keep !votes correctly applied the relevant guidelines (GNG and NGEO) or refuted the reason that it was nominated, and thus should have been given less weight or disregarded:
There is also an argument that places with nationally protected status are presumed notable. This would apply to Grand Teton National Park, but I don't believe it's intended to extend to individual features within that protected area. I would appreciate hearing your perspective on how consensus was assessed in this situation and whether my reasoning above is sound. – dlthewave ☎ 03:06, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
Hi there, per the DRV instructions, I am contacting you before opening a DRV on the above case to see if we can discuss the closure. I believe that in this case you may have misinterpreted consensus as ‘’’keep’’’, perhaps based on the fact that it was one of a series, others of which have been kept, which would understandably feel like a precedent. In this case I and the nom. had argued (after searching) that there were insufficient sources for notability. Three others had raised keep !votes but the policy arguments did not deal with the lack of sourcing. A fourth keep !vote was struck by an editor who carried out searches and reluctantly came to the conclusion that sources did not exist. If that is interpreted as a (reluctant) delete vote, then that really looks more like “no consensus” than keep. I believe that at the very least this should have been relisted for another week in the hope of determining a fuller consensus.
When participating in deletion discussions, many editors spend a lot of time hunting for reliable sources before making their decision. If we just tally up the people arguing one side without evaluating the arguments, it begs the question as to why that time is being spent. Are you able to relist the case for another week? (or at least change the closure to “no consensus”)? Or, indeed, am I misinterpreting the process?
Many thanks Sirfurboy🏄 ( talk) 08:53, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
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Hi there. I see you deleted Stratford District Secondary School. I clarified some details, and would appreciate your input at User talk:Drmies#School question. Cheers. Magnolia677 ( talk) 09:17, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
Hi there! Just wondering whether you deleted this talk page in error? The reason given was G8: Page dependent on a deleted or nonexistent page, but Jamie Keeton is still a live page (as far as I can see). Cheers, Chocmilk03 ( talk) 01:58, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
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.Hi there! I noticed that you added an image to an article, and somehow, when you did so, the name of the file was included as a sort of second caption that does not display. This causes a minor syntax error that appears in a "bogus file options" report, but I'm not here to blame you at all. I have seen many of these errors crop up (where the file name is repeated as a duplicate caption), and I suspect that some image addition tool is causing the error. If that is the case, I'd like to get the tool fixed so that this error stops happening.
Can you please let me know how you added that image to the article? Is there a button or other link that you clicked on that helped you insert the image? Thanks. – Jonesey95 ( talk) 04:41, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
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Hi,
I apologize if this is not the preferred way to convey this message but I saw no alternative:
I saw that you were a main contributor to the Tamworth, VA article. Based on your knowledge of this niche piece of VA history, I was curious if you could point me in the direction of the current owners. I live across the river from there and have realized that my third-great-grandfather was Fleming Moon, who I suspect to be the Mr. Moon who at one time farmed the property. The article mentioned that the showings of the buildings could be arranged by appointment. I figured it could be an interesting place to check out, if I could.
Thanks,
A. Rock 173.66.17.171 ( talk) 02:09, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
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News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2022).
oversight
will be renamed suppress
in around 3 weeks. This will not affect the name shown to users and is simply a change in the technical name of the user group. The change is being made for
technical reasons. You can comment
in Phabricator if you have objections.I had added a message at Talk:Russian Orthodox Church in America - with a <code>{{G8-exempt}}</code> model - concerning how the article was used by the organisation that this article was about, but you removed it. I believe the talk page should be restored. Veverve ( talk) 14:43, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
95.237.98.36 is the Brescia LTA, promoting fascism from a series of IPs generally geolocating to the area of Brescia from a large range of Telecom Italia IPs. See User:Beyond My Ken/Brescia LTA. Acroterion (talk) 16:04, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
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The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar |
I wouldn't be surprised if you already got this barnstar... nor would I be surprised if you got it 5 times before! You're so fast in recent changes reverting vandalism that you've ninjaed me thrice! Great job! InterstateFive ( talk) - just another roadgeek 15:11, 20 March 2022 (UTC) |
What’s up 2600:1006:B128:1165:11A4:6B1E:7E8C:1C6A ( talk) 13:49, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2022).
deletelogentry
and deletedhistory
rights. This means that those in the
Researcher user group and
Checkusers who are not administrators can now access
Special:RevisionDelete. The users able to view the special page after this change are the 3 users in the Researcher group, as there are currently no checkusers who are not already administrators. (
T301928)Please see link from camera, it is relevant to his bio. https://www.camera.org/article/according-to-the-uns-michael-lynk-facts-change-covetous-jews-do-not/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.9.220.42 ( talk) 14:46, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
Camera is a well respect source. Will you restore. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.9.220.42 ( talk) 16:41, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
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22:53, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
I noticed your very useful and rational presence in the article history. If reversions are made henceforth I'm prepared to take it to whichever noticeboard might prove most effective. Same goes for the Diocles article itself, and its user-box image (now deceased, but really quite inventive.) Rather gobsmacking, really... Haploidavey ( talk) 14:12, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
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The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar |
Thank you for your hard work in Wikipedia we appreciate your work
Thank you very much if you don't now me im Paulaa Paul😁😁😁 Paulaa Paula ( talk) 13:38, 28 May 2022 (UTC) |
I was just around and i found u and i saw u have a lot of wikilovers so i Just added mine
Paulaa Paula (
talk)
07:34, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2022).
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News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2022).
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user_global_editcount
is a new variable that can be used in
abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users. (
T130439)
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The Padlock Barnstar |
Thanks for protecting Tyrone (rapper). That page was getting vandalized like hell, so I'm glad it's protected. (If this doesn't need a barnstar, feel free to remove it.) RteeeeKed 💬 📖 21:53, 10 July 2022 (UTC) |
Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:06, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
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The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar |
Hi from Redminton VA! Sides-Daren? ( talk) 16:41, 4 August 2022 (UTC) |
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2022).
Hi, I was wondering if you could reconsider your Keep close at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cirque Lake (Teton County, Wyoming). None of the Keep !votes correctly applied the relevant guidelines (GNG and NGEO) or refuted the reason that it was nominated, and thus should have been given less weight or disregarded:
There is also an argument that places with nationally protected status are presumed notable. This would apply to Grand Teton National Park, but I don't believe it's intended to extend to individual features within that protected area. I would appreciate hearing your perspective on how consensus was assessed in this situation and whether my reasoning above is sound. – dlthewave ☎ 03:06, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
Hi there, per the DRV instructions, I am contacting you before opening a DRV on the above case to see if we can discuss the closure. I believe that in this case you may have misinterpreted consensus as ‘’’keep’’’, perhaps based on the fact that it was one of a series, others of which have been kept, which would understandably feel like a precedent. In this case I and the nom. had argued (after searching) that there were insufficient sources for notability. Three others had raised keep !votes but the policy arguments did not deal with the lack of sourcing. A fourth keep !vote was struck by an editor who carried out searches and reluctantly came to the conclusion that sources did not exist. If that is interpreted as a (reluctant) delete vote, then that really looks more like “no consensus” than keep. I believe that at the very least this should have been relisted for another week in the hope of determining a fuller consensus.
When participating in deletion discussions, many editors spend a lot of time hunting for reliable sources before making their decision. If we just tally up the people arguing one side without evaluating the arguments, it begs the question as to why that time is being spent. Are you able to relist the case for another week? (or at least change the closure to “no consensus”)? Or, indeed, am I misinterpreting the process?
Many thanks Sirfurboy🏄 ( talk) 08:53, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2022).
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2022).
Hi there. I see you deleted Stratford District Secondary School. I clarified some details, and would appreciate your input at User talk:Drmies#School question. Cheers. Magnolia677 ( talk) 09:17, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
Hi there! Just wondering whether you deleted this talk page in error? The reason given was G8: Page dependent on a deleted or nonexistent page, but Jamie Keeton is still a live page (as far as I can see). Cheers, Chocmilk03 ( talk) 01:58, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2022).
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.Hi there! I noticed that you added an image to an article, and somehow, when you did so, the name of the file was included as a sort of second caption that does not display. This causes a minor syntax error that appears in a "bogus file options" report, but I'm not here to blame you at all. I have seen many of these errors crop up (where the file name is repeated as a duplicate caption), and I suspect that some image addition tool is causing the error. If that is the case, I'd like to get the tool fixed so that this error stops happening.
Can you please let me know how you added that image to the article? Is there a button or other link that you clicked on that helped you insert the image? Thanks. – Jonesey95 ( talk) 04:41, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
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to the end of an IP in
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consider blocking the whole subnet rather than an IP that may change within a minute.Hey, thank you for blocking 74.143.47.242 for their edits at Daniel Day-Lewis, would you also be able to do the same for Oessee as they are making the same edits. Suonii180 ( talk) 14:19, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
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Donner60 ( talk) 04:47, 24 December 2022 (UTC)
Hi,
I apologize if this is not the preferred way to convey this message but I saw no alternative:
I saw that you were a main contributor to the Tamworth, VA article. Based on your knowledge of this niche piece of VA history, I was curious if you could point me in the direction of the current owners. I live across the river from there and have realized that my third-great-grandfather was Fleming Moon, who I suspect to be the Mr. Moon who at one time farmed the property. The article mentioned that the showings of the buildings could be arranged by appointment. I figured it could be an interesting place to check out, if I could.
Thanks,
A. Rock 173.66.17.171 ( talk) 02:09, 27 December 2022 (UTC)