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Hi, Mr. S. Would it be kosher to ask someone (e.g. you) if they have time to personally look over an article in the waiting queue for creation (i.e. in order to bypass the wait and just post it directly)? I think you could review an article I'm writing a lot faster and better than a randomly assigned editor. It may hit tricky issues we've already resolved, and I don't want to wait 3 or 4 waiting periods just to debate a certain issue that you could tweak/revise instantly. I'll only send the link if you say this is okay. Thanks for any reply! Squish7 ( talk) 00:15, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
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Merry Yuletides to you! (And a happy new year!)
Spread the Christmas cheer by adding {{ subst:Xmas3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Hi Mr. Stradivarius, Wishing you a very Happy and Wonderful Merry Christmas! Hope you are having a great time with family and friends :-) Best wishes. ~ TheGeneralUser (talk) 21:11, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
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Strad, I see you're online (unless I've got the times messed up). Do you have a moment for a very quick text chat through your old Gmail account that we've used in the past? Best regards, TransporterMan ( TALK) 14:41, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
Please delete:
-- SocietyBox ( talk) 03:44, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
Could you also delete:
-- SocietyBox ( talk) 03:49, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
Hello, I noticed that you deleted a new article wispa app and wanted to know why? and how i can fix this error?I I have researched other apps like waze, moovit and tried to mimic their sites to make sure i gave neutral information. I would really appreciate an explanation and advice what i can do to fix it. thank you ( Sharon Rachel Kirschner ( talk) 12:48, 26 December 2013 (UTC))
However, if you really have to submit an article, please do so through Wikipedia:Articles for creation, as that provides a layer of review before the article is put in the main article space. Also, be careful about using the word "you"; that is not good style for an encylopedia. Claims should be backed up by facts and numbers - sentences like "Wispa allows you to be the first to know about apartment or car opportunities" aren't acceptable, as there is no evidence that this is actually true. (See also Wikipedia:Verifiability.) You should also present both sides of Wispa's story, both the good and the bad, if that information has been published in reliable sources. And for other writing tips, check out the essay on " words to watch". Hope this helps. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 13:18, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
Thankyou Mr. Stradivarius for your feedback and suggestions, much appreciated. I will look into it further. ( Sharon Rachel Kirschner ( talk) 14:29, 26 December 2013 (UTC))
Hi! At User_talk:Pigsonthewing#Template:Infobox_settlement_and_Mexico_City I discovered that the template breaks for Mexico City because Nahuatl language does not have an ISO 639-1, only an ISO 639-2 and an ISO 639-3. Is it okay if an exception is added for languages without ISO 639-1 like Nahuatl? WhisperToMe ( talk) 23:33, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
Have you considered using mw.loadData for your 'local configuration' table ? It splits the file, but that might make it easier to force the separation of translation vs code. — TheDJ ( talk • contribs) 20:13, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
"Too early seen unknown, and known too late" William Shakespeare
Hi I saw your notification too late. In the meantime the article it seems has been deleted, which I am very disappointed about. Is there any way that you could you send me the data for the article? I spend about 40-50 hours working on it, and compiling numerous reliable sources. That Wikipedia would not want to have an article on one of the most historic occasions in modern European football is beyond me; it is still one of the most talked-about football matches of modern times with multiple references over time in the media, footballing anthologies, etc.
Thanks in advance.
Best wishes and I wish you a merry festive season and a prosperous 2014. Jprw ( talk) 12:22, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi could you please fix an issue with view, edit, history and purge buttons please because it does not use the current page it uses for example of your at template:documentation/sandbox and click purge it would not purge that page it would purge template:documentation/doc and same goes view it should view template:documentation/sandbox/doc and same goes for edit and history please could you fix the issue at Module:Documentation and please could you make the name of template documentation bigger the same size as the current template documentation name at template:documentation please 86.173.54.234 ( talk) 12:13, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I came across this in my role as an SPI clerk ( Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/DipanjanMADPLAYHOUSE). Although I've thus far declined to block based on duck, I wondered if I should block the "master" based on his username. Do you have any thoughts about that? Thanks.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 17:13, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi.
i would like you to add to Module:Math a function that pipes mw.language.parseFormattedNumber(). i would do it myself, but this module is locked. the reason for the request is a request in wp:vpt, which made me aware that none of the template parserfunctions are language aware, so it's not possible to recognize the fact that 12,333 or 12,333,444.555 are "kosher" number on wikinglish (but may not be legal numbers on some other wikis, e.g., for languages where comma is the decimal seperator).
peace, קיפודנחש (aka kipod) ( talk) 20:56, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
I noticed you've been using {{ EP|u}} to respond to some edit requests recently. We're trying to deprecate the u parameter so that it can be replaced with a version of the more sensible message that {{ ESp|u}} gives. Can you use a different template message when responding to edit requests in the future? Thanks, Jackmcbarn ( talk) 21:10, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
unpr
when I need it. —
Mr. Stradivarius
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03:22, 3 January 2014 (UTC)Barnstar archived to User:Mr. Stradivarius/Awards. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 02:40, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
If only all nomination statements were so informative. Best wishes. Axl ¤ [Talk] 12:49, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi! before we merge a version of Module:HtmlBuilder into Scribunto itself (as you were asked about in November), I thought I'd ping you to see if you have any additional comments or improvement suggestions on the code that will be merged. The patch is at gerrit:101874. If you want to comment there, you should be able to log in with your Wikitech account (you can create one if you don't have one already, for technical reasons it's not part of SUL). Unless someone raises issues, I'll probably merge it early next week. Thanks! BJorsch (WMF) ( talk) 16:07, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
Please convert this false and shameless information of damavand elevation to the correct and new elevation that's NASA and so many competent organizations that have been calculate that , (( 5610m is false and 5671m is correct )) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Horamantarh ( talk • contribs) 08:29, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi. I saw my request was rejected by you. I need your help and guide. Would you please show me some templates, diffs or edits for 5 & 6? Because I'm not familiar with them and I don't know how to do them. I need some edit examples for tutorial. Thanks. -- Zyma ( talk) 20:12, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
Hello Stradivarius,
Thank you for updating content, i don't have much more experience in Wikipedia, if i have any doubt i will contact you
Thank you
Anu Vasudevan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anuvb101 ( talk • contribs) 09:01, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
Hello User:Mr. Stradivarius
This is to request if you would be able to mediate for [1] which has been accepted for mediation.
All the parties to the dispute are agreeable to mediation.
Thanks (I am the filer) 2001:4DD0:FF00:8A8B:0:0:0:5747 ( talk) 10:34, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
I split the protection detection out of Module:Protected edit request into Module:Effective protection level. This should make it easier to rewrite {{ pp-meta}} and the rest of those templates with lua. (Also, does it look like I broke anything by doing that?) Jackmcbarn ( talk) 03:49, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for your assistance in semi-protecting my UserTalk page, and reverting edits relating to my denial of User:Colton Cosmic's unblock request. -- TommyBoy ( talk) 03:35, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
So, actually the problem is not about this module directly but is about {{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}} which is used along with Template:Time ago widely. {{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}} will return local time, but the module assumes that all inputs are in GMT. thwiki, for example, has timezone = GMT+7. When I saved a page which contains "{{Time ago|{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}}}", instead of "0 second ago," I got "7 hours' time" instead.
Do you have any idea how to make "{{Time ago|{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}}}" come out correctly while other inputs are still funtional? -- Nullzero ( talk) 20:37, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
{{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}}
is in GMT but {{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}
is in local time, so whichever way we choose to parse the time zones, the module will break for one or the other. Because we don't know what time zone to expect, this will need to be done by parameter. How about having a |localtime=
parameter that interprets the time as local time if set, and GMT if not set? Or you could do it in individual templates by using {{#expr:{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}} - {{#timel: O}} * 100}}
as input. —
Mr. Stradivarius
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00:26, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi.
I am in bit of dilemma as to how to proceed with this case. An edit on 30 November 2013 has added a line of copyvio to Internet Explorer 11. I just spotted it today. The article hasn't changed much but there is a total of 23 revisions containing this copyvio. Is this case eligible for revision hiding?
Best regards,
Codename Lisa (
talk)
06:35, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
any idea why the first one works, but the second (currently) does not? Frietjes ( talk) 17:50, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
variableParam = tonumber(variableParam) or variableParam
, but seems like there must be a better way?
Frietjes (
talk)
19:02, 17 January 2014 (UTC)Thanks for that, the part about template sandboxes slipped my mind. :o Acalamari 10:09, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Hello! Please advise me what to do about things like this. I just can't stand it anymore and am considering to quit English WP alltogether. Specifcally I should note that you never miss an opportunity to highlight that someone is not a native speaker of English, which, frankly, borders on personal attack, where the never miss an opportunity part is so insulting and cruel and unfait that is makes me feel physically sick, and where the accusation of personal attack re: English is beyond my comprehension. It's been going on for a long time now, with that user. Would you please give me some constructive advice that might make me behave and/or feel better? -- SergeWoodzing ( talk) 06:42, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi the view, edit ,history and purge buttons are not showing please could you fix the issue in Module:Documentation 86.135.166.133 ( talk) 07:21, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi Mr. Stradivarius, Since there does not appear to be any hope of success at my RfA I have withdrawn my nomination. Thank you for your kindness and support through this rather challenging process. With all good wishes,-- — Keithbob • Talk • 02:11, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
Can you review my page Washington Arlington Catholic Forensics League? I know you probably do not know much about it, but can you edit it too make it an overall better article and if its biased make it unbiased. ImVeryAwesome ( talk) 07:27, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
In your opinion, does the idea behind http://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Module:Sandbox/Jackmcbarn/PolymorphicEditProtected have any merit, or is it too complicated and breakable? (If the former, are there any other places it may be useful?) Jackmcbarn ( talk) 23:16, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
As per your notes on the Voter Participation Center's Talk page, I've rewritten the proposed changes to the Voter Participation Center's page, adding third-party references or qualifying the claims made. Please take a look at the draft on my user page and let me know whether those changes have addressed your concerns. Thanks! —Preceding undated comment added 17:05, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
I see you created the module Module:NumberSpell. However, there has already been Module:ConvertNumeric, which, if I don't misunderstand, has the same functionality as NumberSpell. Isn't it better to merge these two modules together? -- Nullzero ( talk) 01:02, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
{{Template:Rfplinks}}
Hey, since I most often see you answering PERM requests (for TE anyways), what do you think of the changes I've been making to {{ Rfplinks}}? Technical 13 ( talk) 00:41, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
<tt>...</tt>
tags though, as they make the template fail HTML 5 validation. Also, it would be really useful if we could work in a link to template + template talk contribs with a limit of 999 for the template editor page. —
Mr. Stradivarius
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01:09, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi, Mr. S! I just tried to convert {{ R from move}} so that it uses {{ Redirect template}} and found it fully "cascade protected". I went to Wikipedia:Cascade-protected items, but I was unable to find R from move listed there. Is there another page that cascade protects pages? – Paine Ellsworth CLIMAX! 03:20, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
update to {{ documentation}} has resulted in Template:Infobox element showing a script error. the problem appears to be from the size of the templates transcluded within the documentation, in particular inclusion of the periodic table in Template:Periodic table templates. a simple fix would be to remove the periodic table from Template:Periodic table templates, since it's not really helpful for navigation between periodic table templates, but I thought I would check to see if there was another solution. Frietjes ( talk) 17:08, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
I have been working to improve an article located at /info/en/?search=Athiyur The talk page is located here: /info/en/?search=Talk:Athiyur
If you look at the diffs of the talk page this user Athiyurbala has edited your message there and put in her own name?
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Talk:Athiyur&diff=next&oldid=594009404
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Talk%3AAthiyur&diff=594009404&oldid=591081872
The user is somehow trying to protect the page by putting her name there instead of yours and then putting a work in progress tag on the article page itself? I really don't understand how she can change the message from your user name to hers? Is she an admin too?
I am just trying to improve the article, but I don't want to step on anyone's toes. I have been working on the article in good faith but now she has blocked editing of the article?
Can you help or explain this?
Thanks Carriearchdale ( talk) 09:06, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
Hello Mr. Stradivarius,
I am being Wiki-hounded on the Philosophy of education article and would appreciate some intervention.
stmullin
There is a vote on the
Philosophy of education page concerning Thales of Miletus . . . I need some support with his defense . . . could you visit that page and cast your vote?
Stmullin (
talk)
02:24, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
I found that function message() in Module:Documentation is very useful. Unlike string.format(), it can be used to swap parameters and therefore can localize many messages effectively. I think that it would be nice to move this function to meta module such as Module:Arguments. If you agree with me, please proceed. Thank you. -- Nullzero ( talk) 20:11, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
mw.message.newRawMessage("foo $2 bar $1"):params("baz", "qux"):plain()
will give you "foo qux bar baz". So there's no need for a separate meta-module. :) —
Mr. Stradivarius
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06:49, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
{{ You've got mail}}
Hope you're not being overworked. The email I sent you is short. Atsme ( talk)
(YGM)
Hi.
I have a question about Rollback. It appears that Twinkle can do exactly the same thing but is also available to all autoconfirmed users. So, why on earth would anyone want to become a rollbacker?
Best regards,
Codename Lisa (
talk)
18:47, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
Some discussions are as old as 17th January(older than 14 days). You should archive them. And the solved issues(like that comma one) should be marked as "closed". Agree? OccultZone ( Talk) 05:33, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
Note that 62.73.7.79 has been blocked twice in the last few weeks for extremely disruptive behavior (harassing and stalking of my edits). The IP is irrationally pushing for nationalistic POV in the Superpower article and deliberately chooses to ignore comments by other editors (including admins) on why his POV doesn't belong in the article. Much of the IPs comments at the talk page are nothing more than an ignorant tirade of false accusations towards me, they have no value. The IP is also using proxies to (his IP jumps from country to country to try mask his disruptive behavior), see this discussion I have been having with an administrator about the situation ( User talk:The Bushranger/Archive24#Suspicious activity). At the RfC on the Superpowers talk page, I would like to know if it is OK to remove the IPs comments which are abusive towards me and have no relation what-so ever to the RfC? Thanks. Antiochus the Great ( talk) 12:52, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi! You participated at the discussion at Talk:Latin Europe, so maybe you can help at the improvement of the article Latin peoples (= peoples speaking Latin languages). I was asked by an editor to provide sources about this subject at Talk:Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans#New_suggestion:_creation_of_a_dab and I need assistance 79.117.174.55 ( talk) 07:03, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
I can provide with you with evidence from the Local Government Ombudsman and the actual DfE letter as conclusive proof. The school wants to hide this. Very shortly the LGO will actually publish its findings on its own website. Shall I post it here or send you a private email if you provide an email address?
Why can the school state its league table ranking and yet leave out critical data showing by its own admission 25% of children failed to acheive the the EB. If this fact cannot be stated to provide an objective analysis then surely the League tables should also be removed. The school stated 75% achieved the EB so clearly 25% didn't and this is not a great achievement compared to other grammar schools. This does not even place the school in the top 60. The head published this in the school's own newsletter.
These are facts and should be published. The site has biase without this.
LawrenceSheriff ( talk) 09:19, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Mr. Stradivarius,
You deleted the Edward A. Shadid article back in September 2012 because he did not meet the criteria. I think he does meet the criteria now. I've only made a couple of typographical edits. I don't know how to revive a deleted page.
Dr. Shadid is the only contestant against Mayor Mick Cornett in the Oklahoma City election, which is March 4th. Can you tell me how to get this page back up? I will work to get some good edits in to reflect his current public interest. -- Listserv ( talk • contribs) 01:35, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
Hello, MS
IrapedSteveJobs ( talk · contribs), a sockpuppet is of the now-blocked IamGoingToRapeYou ( talk · contribs) has resumed his misdeed. It is a vandal-only account. I thought perhaps reporting this to ANI is overkill and a simple notice to any admin would suffice.
Best regards,
Codename Lisa (
talk)
01:02, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
Barnstar moved to its rightful location. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 02:23, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
Barnstar archived to User:Mr. Stradivarius/Awards. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 02:32, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
Barnstar archived to User:Mr. Stradivarius/Awards. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 02:32, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for closing that, but please don't reduce the protection level. It's a highly technical template, and it's used to present some of the most sensitive bits of information on Wikipedia. The original protection request was not in anyway done to 'control' the content of the template [as evidenced by the large ammount of change in the template since TE was applied], but to protect it from Kwamikagami's half a million reckless edits. Any change made to val should go through the sandbox first, and that's why TE was applied in the first place. Headbomb { talk / contribs / physics / books} 13:55, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
Re your block of Babel AutoCreate ( talk · contribs) - have you informed the bot's owner? -- Redrose64 ( talk) 09:33, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
I didn't even realize I reverted you until I got the notification that you reverted me back. Complete accident. Sorry. Sergecross73 msg me 02:18, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
Sorry I messed up. Should've chosen the temporary one, dunno how it became indefinite... :p – H T D 11:53, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi, re the AN discussion, please see [3].
I hope this isn't 'canvassing' - I'm posting this to precisely 3 people (you, Britmax, and SarekOfVulcan), who expressed concern about the censorship, so I hope I'm OK. Best, 88.104.30.86 ( talk) 20:09, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
Hello Mr_Stradivarius. I'd like to ask for your assistance as a volunteer in a dispute resolution on the thread Highland Clearances. I would be grateful. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.173.7.13 ( talk) 12:45, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for looking into the matter, which seemed to have been overlooked by the typically nasty, pile-on (especially so with Kaldari) drama that plagues the venue. "My master, Annatar the Great, bids thee welcome!" 00:44, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
Hey! I would like to request you for modifying Template:Uw-c&pmove, I have found that most of the user/editors just copy and paste the template without signing ( see here). If possible please add ~~~~ at the end of template tag. WOWIndian Talk 08:01, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for your advice Mr Stradivarius, my first entry so I I will do my best to do it right! Yoelle — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yoellem ( talk • contribs) 10:34, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
I have found and installed Windows 8.1 Update 1. I will be adding this to Microsoft Windows' Wikipedia page. Just letting you know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gabe290 ( talk • contribs) 15:57, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
I have a question about my block: The information that you posted on my talk page states that I can't appeal for at least six months, but numerous users supported the block with the reservation that I be allowed to appeal closer to three months. What are the logistics of this issue, exactly? Reece Leonard ( talk) 04:38, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi Stradivarius, You are right when you said " I behaved in a uncivilized way", excuse me. But just imagine a group of people in wikipedia including a administrative editor work with a sole aim of maligning an organisation. They even threatened the other person (safwan) that he will be blocked etc. All the lines added to the pages (Soka gakkai and Daisaku Ikeda) by them (catflap,kiriung and shii) are original research, vololate WP:NPOV. Majority opinion and weightage ?? so you think these 3 people constitute the majority of the world,what about 12 million people who are memebers of SGI ? Above all it hurts me a lot being a SGI member that when ever I read this articles I feel so disturbed and feel nauseated. So much of negetivity and maligning. Just imagine how a organisation of 12 million members around the world can be so wrong and greedy and fool around with out getting caught !!! Depriving a person of his beliefs and faith is a heinious and unpardonable crime. I believe wikipedia should only be a source where people can get basic idea of things. It should not serve as a platform for maligning or a tool for propaganda be it negetive or positive. For that !! controversial points and claims should be avoided and such people should be restricted from misusing wikipedia. Thanks for letting me understand how disputes are handled in wikipedia Naveen Reddy 14:48, 17 March 2014 (UTC)( talk)
Dear Stradivarius kindly un do your decision in CRITICAL RECEPTION section of Total Siyapaa because it was based on FRAUD played by ZORDANLIGHTER , he misrepresented my edit summary for other protected edit request for Controversy section. He used that summary to show the WP consensus by me but that is not the case. He must also be blocked for playing CHEAT. Xcrescent9 ( talk) 14:31, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
When I was reading the Total Siyapaa talk page. I found Xcrescent9 ( talk) lauching personal attacks on ZORDANLIGHTER. He was blocked for that. As you were acting as an Administrator I decided to visit your talk page . Using terms like "cheat" , "fraud"should be considered as personal attack.-- Whistlingwoods ( talk) 15:35, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
HindustanTimes
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).Sir , kindly check this link, then you will know the truth /info/en/?search=User_talk:Huon#Fraud_played_by_ZORDANLIGHTER_to_win_his_proposed_edit_in_CRITICAL_RECEPTION_section_of_Total_Siyapaa-- Whistlingwoods ( talk) 12:41, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
Mr. Stradivarius I will not take third-party review of your decision because I expect just action by you as a good admin. what you want to show Whistlingwoods. I talked to Huon , so what. Archtexlic ( talk) 17:04, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for your support lately, but decided to retire for a while. Fanatics can take over the pages in question from now on. -- Catflap08 ( talk) 17:14, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
Some blocked user wrote all garbage in my talk page. At first I couldn't understand but reading the lines written in urdu using English alphabets(check the link- /info/en/?search=User_talk:Whistlingwoods#Mza_aya), it's clear the user is Xcrescent9 or Ibnebatutaji . The translation in English is this "I wrongly presented my statements to make sure my favorite movie gets good opening overseas................"rest is abuse in vulgar language which I don't want to translate. This person is writing in urdu so that International administrators don't understand what he is saying.-- Whistlingwoods ( talk) 04:02, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi, Mr. Stradivarius, I have seen your close of my request at ANI [4], and I think you have misunderstood my intentions. I am not asking for a comment on whether Sandstein has violated any policies, quite the opposite, I am asking for a community opinion of whether I have violated any policies. Is [5] right? The accusation, from over a year ago, is being made over and over again. And it's not true. But there is nothing, nothing, nothing I can point to when someone throws this in my face, to prove that it is not true. Surely the community opinion would mean something in this situation. — Neotarf ( talk) 11:17, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
against an editor who repeatedly or seriously fails to adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia
If you continue to misconduct yourself on pages relating to this topic ... blocks ...
The warning asserts in very pompous and pointy language that the four editors are guilty, when any reasonable reading of the situation is that they were driven to distraction by a now-indeffed user who is universally recognized as one of the most clueless yet CIVIL seen at Wikipedia (the point about CIVIL is that it was very hard to get them indeffed). What Sandstein should have done was to close the second AE case as obvious retribution, then, if warranted, deliver a personal note to anyone who was letting their exasperation get the better of them. What should happen now is that an ANI discussion should vacate the sanctions placed by Sandstein, but that may be difficult given that people are easily distracted and will start arguing about whether a warning can be regarded as a sanction (yes it can—just read it!). Johnuniq ( talk) 04:15, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
It looks like a typo in the above comment; the two diffs go to the same place.
That clarification request was not a request to review the outcome of the case. Since it was filed by Sandstein, he could hardly ask to have his own decision overturned. And the ArbCom never made a decision on the technicalities he posed either, they have just postponed it again and again. No one has ever asked for a ruling on the case itself.
I think everyone just wants this thing to go away, especially the users whose real names are linked to this thing, either publicly or privately, but no one can figure out the technicalities. — Neotarf ( talk) 07:40, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
ASU Politehnica Timisoara has no relations with ACS Poli Timisoara and FC Politehnica Timisoara. ASU Politehnica Timisoara is a stand alone club that play's in Romania's 4th division. ACS Poli Timisoara is a club that plays in Romania's 1st division., with no relations between the two. ACS Poli Timisoara just received today FC Politehnica Timisoara's colours, records and statistics. ASU Politehnica Timisoara's redirect to FC Politehnica Timisoara is wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vlad9 ( talk • contribs) 18:53, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
(Thread moved to Module talk:Namespace detect#Possible performance issues with Module:Namespace_detect.) — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 09:38, 20 March 2014 (UTC)
(S)he's up to it again. Point-blank refusal to discuss, and total blindness to the wanton, reckless collateral damage (s)he has caused. "My master, Annatar the Great, bids thee welcome!" 20:51, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
Per your message here:
I'd adjust block settings, but I don't want to appear to be jumping on a grudge (for the record, I don't have one) and beating someone while they're down. However, given that the 1RR was the editor's idea and that I asked them to abide by it, I saw it as a cut-and-dry disregard for the promises made in LoM's unblock request.
I don't have any issues with how you handled this, though. Hopefully the editor's behaviour improves after the block expires. Best, m.o.p 19:19, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
Moved to Module talk:Namespace detect#Module:Namespace detect/data. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 14:30, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
One of the problems of the current "higher" forms of DR — DRN and MEDCOM — is that not much can be done at either place if some of the major participants in the dispute do not choose to join in. I've worked up a draft proposal for a fourth form of DR (3O being the third one) which would avoid that problem, but only in those cases which have been rejected at DRN or MEDCOM for lack of partipation. I'm inviting a small group of my DR colleagues — AGK, Hasteur, Keithbob, Macon, Miller, Strad, Writ Keeper, and Zhang — to tell me what they think of the feasibility of this idea. (And if any of you would like to invite someone else to the party, feel free to do so.) The proposal is located in my sandbox in my sandbox here. If you have a minute, I'd really appreciate your comments on the talk page there. Best regards, TransporterMan ( TALK) 19:19, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
Hello.
I read your opinion at WP:Administrators' noticeboard #Reverting merge about the short-lived independence of Crimea as a country, but strongly disagree with it. If you develop a subroutine that analyzes some input data, then it has to perform some validity checks. You certainly wouldn’t leave a validation to responsibility of the main program, would you? But why do you endorse such indifferential approach with respect to WP: closing discussions? Why should the result rely on times where “the political situation becomes more stable”? If arguments in favour of this specific merger were refuted, then the closing statement may not circumvent it. Please, consider your position on this dispute again, if only because the situation underwent some changes. Incnis Mrsi ( talk) 10:04, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
There is an unblock request at User talk:75.191.173.190 in connection with a block that you placed for edit warring. There is certainly justification for a block, but the editor asks why he/she has been blocked for three times as long as the other editor in the same edit war. I can't see any justification for the difference, but maybe you have a good reason that I haven't noticed, so I thought it best to consult you. Any comment? The editor who uses the pseudonym " JamesBWatson" ( talk) 09:14, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
I do believe this and that constitute inappropriate usage of talk page while blocked? Perhaps I did not iterate this tidbit of policy (from WP:TPG, I believe) clearly enough? "My master, Annatar the Great, bids thee welcome!" 20:37, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
There is strange thing in the infobox. I tried to remove Preview Version, it seems the only way to do that is by changing a the name to anything, but Project64 is this a bug? Valoem talk 03:07, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
It seems to be within infobox itself, I cannot remove that line if the name=Project64 and what is that symbol? Valoem talk 03:13, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
<shameless plug>Have you seen WP:EPH and/or are you interested in using it?</shameless plug> Jackmcbarn ( talk) 22:08, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
This policy question was bound to come up sooner or later. Would you say for example, that if I found an accepted AfC was complete copyvio, I could not speedy delete it? (That is not really hypothetical--I have seen AfCs with copyvio that the person accepting it had not missed. How about G10, or G3? How about a unsourced blp for which i could find no sources, is BLP prod valid?
(I agree G11 is always a little more subject to interpretation) DGG ( talk ) 00:25, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
I only just noticed this clever trick. Thank you, that's much more convenient, and with Drmies optional and everything. :-) Bishonen | talk 00:04, 3 April 2014 (UTC).
|drmies=yes
or a |rudeness=yes
on a new page. But adding a new button to the complaints page would definitely require an element of coding. If you want a rudeness page, though, I can set that up for you three now. :) —
Mr. Stradivarius
♪ talk ♪
13:42, 3 April 2014 (UTC)Hi. How do you do?
So, I have a rather awkward question. (So, if deleted and revdel it, I won't investigate.) I just can't bring myself up to ask it in a public talk page. (Actually, I thought emailing it to you but then I though: Overkill. Might as well not ask it if it so awkward. Besides, it's Wikipedia business.) It is well outside the area that I edit. Since I haven't studied the BLP policies (which are severe and strict, or so I hear) I am going to obfuscate human names, but you might know exactly what I am talking about.
So, I open a Wikipedia article. In the Controversy section, the subject of the article is cited to have said "It made me feel like a cheap whore." There is a source, a news website; it says exactly the same thing along paragraphs of trivial details but no explanation. Is it Wikipedia-sanctioned? Is it NPOV? Does it have due weight? Is it suitable for international audience, i.e. does everyone in the world know what it means except me? Okay, what does it mean? Is it possible to make a women feel like she is an expensive whore? Or is it a metaphorical sentence that might be said about men too?
Best regards,
Codename Lisa (
talk)
03:12, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
The phrase derives (I assume) from the stereotype that prostitutes are working against their own will and don't have any self-respect; however, I have read that in reality this is not necessarily the case, and how prostitutes view themselves depends a lot on their reasons for becoming a prostitute and on their situation. Because of this difference between the stereotype and reality, I would avoid using it in Wikipedia articles unless it is a direct quote. If it is a direct quote, and it comes from a reputable source, there isn't an urgent problem with WP:BLP. However, I find it hard to imagine a situation where a quote like that would not have undue weight, and the BLP policy says that we should be conservative when writing biographies, so I would say that it should be left out unless there is a good reason to include it.
As for its suitability for an international audience, your average Briton would understand it without any problems, and as far as I'm aware the stereotype is present in most other English-speaking cultures too, so I can't see any problems on that front. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 03:58, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
I've changed all instances of '||' in the code to '\n|' here 'cause it'd break with bullets, etc. (see below for what I mean) if you'd like to make the change on live. Cheers — lfdder 05:16, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
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Hi, Mr. S. Would it be kosher to ask someone (e.g. you) if they have time to personally look over an article in the waiting queue for creation (i.e. in order to bypass the wait and just post it directly)? I think you could review an article I'm writing a lot faster and better than a randomly assigned editor. It may hit tricky issues we've already resolved, and I don't want to wait 3 or 4 waiting periods just to debate a certain issue that you could tweak/revise instantly. I'll only send the link if you say this is okay. Thanks for any reply! Squish7 ( talk) 00:15, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
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Spread the Christmas cheer by adding {{ subst:Xmas3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Hi Mr. Stradivarius, Wishing you a very Happy and Wonderful Merry Christmas! Hope you are having a great time with family and friends :-) Best wishes. ~ TheGeneralUser (talk) 21:11, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
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Strad, I see you're online (unless I've got the times messed up). Do you have a moment for a very quick text chat through your old Gmail account that we've used in the past? Best regards, TransporterMan ( TALK) 14:41, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
Please delete:
-- SocietyBox ( talk) 03:44, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
Could you also delete:
-- SocietyBox ( talk) 03:49, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
Hello, I noticed that you deleted a new article wispa app and wanted to know why? and how i can fix this error?I I have researched other apps like waze, moovit and tried to mimic their sites to make sure i gave neutral information. I would really appreciate an explanation and advice what i can do to fix it. thank you ( Sharon Rachel Kirschner ( talk) 12:48, 26 December 2013 (UTC))
However, if you really have to submit an article, please do so through Wikipedia:Articles for creation, as that provides a layer of review before the article is put in the main article space. Also, be careful about using the word "you"; that is not good style for an encylopedia. Claims should be backed up by facts and numbers - sentences like "Wispa allows you to be the first to know about apartment or car opportunities" aren't acceptable, as there is no evidence that this is actually true. (See also Wikipedia:Verifiability.) You should also present both sides of Wispa's story, both the good and the bad, if that information has been published in reliable sources. And for other writing tips, check out the essay on " words to watch". Hope this helps. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 13:18, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
Thankyou Mr. Stradivarius for your feedback and suggestions, much appreciated. I will look into it further. ( Sharon Rachel Kirschner ( talk) 14:29, 26 December 2013 (UTC))
Hi! At User_talk:Pigsonthewing#Template:Infobox_settlement_and_Mexico_City I discovered that the template breaks for Mexico City because Nahuatl language does not have an ISO 639-1, only an ISO 639-2 and an ISO 639-3. Is it okay if an exception is added for languages without ISO 639-1 like Nahuatl? WhisperToMe ( talk) 23:33, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
Have you considered using mw.loadData for your 'local configuration' table ? It splits the file, but that might make it easier to force the separation of translation vs code. — TheDJ ( talk • contribs) 20:13, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
"Too early seen unknown, and known too late" William Shakespeare
Hi I saw your notification too late. In the meantime the article it seems has been deleted, which I am very disappointed about. Is there any way that you could you send me the data for the article? I spend about 40-50 hours working on it, and compiling numerous reliable sources. That Wikipedia would not want to have an article on one of the most historic occasions in modern European football is beyond me; it is still one of the most talked-about football matches of modern times with multiple references over time in the media, footballing anthologies, etc.
Thanks in advance.
Best wishes and I wish you a merry festive season and a prosperous 2014. Jprw ( talk) 12:22, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi could you please fix an issue with view, edit, history and purge buttons please because it does not use the current page it uses for example of your at template:documentation/sandbox and click purge it would not purge that page it would purge template:documentation/doc and same goes view it should view template:documentation/sandbox/doc and same goes for edit and history please could you fix the issue at Module:Documentation and please could you make the name of template documentation bigger the same size as the current template documentation name at template:documentation please 86.173.54.234 ( talk) 12:13, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I came across this in my role as an SPI clerk ( Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/DipanjanMADPLAYHOUSE). Although I've thus far declined to block based on duck, I wondered if I should block the "master" based on his username. Do you have any thoughts about that? Thanks.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 17:13, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi.
i would like you to add to Module:Math a function that pipes mw.language.parseFormattedNumber(). i would do it myself, but this module is locked. the reason for the request is a request in wp:vpt, which made me aware that none of the template parserfunctions are language aware, so it's not possible to recognize the fact that 12,333 or 12,333,444.555 are "kosher" number on wikinglish (but may not be legal numbers on some other wikis, e.g., for languages where comma is the decimal seperator).
peace, קיפודנחש (aka kipod) ( talk) 20:56, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
I noticed you've been using {{ EP|u}} to respond to some edit requests recently. We're trying to deprecate the u parameter so that it can be replaced with a version of the more sensible message that {{ ESp|u}} gives. Can you use a different template message when responding to edit requests in the future? Thanks, Jackmcbarn ( talk) 21:10, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
unpr
when I need it. —
Mr. Stradivarius
♪ talk ♪
03:22, 3 January 2014 (UTC)Barnstar archived to User:Mr. Stradivarius/Awards. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 02:40, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
If only all nomination statements were so informative. Best wishes. Axl ¤ [Talk] 12:49, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi! before we merge a version of Module:HtmlBuilder into Scribunto itself (as you were asked about in November), I thought I'd ping you to see if you have any additional comments or improvement suggestions on the code that will be merged. The patch is at gerrit:101874. If you want to comment there, you should be able to log in with your Wikitech account (you can create one if you don't have one already, for technical reasons it's not part of SUL). Unless someone raises issues, I'll probably merge it early next week. Thanks! BJorsch (WMF) ( talk) 16:07, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
Please convert this false and shameless information of damavand elevation to the correct and new elevation that's NASA and so many competent organizations that have been calculate that , (( 5610m is false and 5671m is correct )) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Horamantarh ( talk • contribs) 08:29, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi. I saw my request was rejected by you. I need your help and guide. Would you please show me some templates, diffs or edits for 5 & 6? Because I'm not familiar with them and I don't know how to do them. I need some edit examples for tutorial. Thanks. -- Zyma ( talk) 20:12, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
Hello Stradivarius,
Thank you for updating content, i don't have much more experience in Wikipedia, if i have any doubt i will contact you
Thank you
Anu Vasudevan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anuvb101 ( talk • contribs) 09:01, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
Hello User:Mr. Stradivarius
This is to request if you would be able to mediate for [1] which has been accepted for mediation.
All the parties to the dispute are agreeable to mediation.
Thanks (I am the filer) 2001:4DD0:FF00:8A8B:0:0:0:5747 ( talk) 10:34, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
I split the protection detection out of Module:Protected edit request into Module:Effective protection level. This should make it easier to rewrite {{ pp-meta}} and the rest of those templates with lua. (Also, does it look like I broke anything by doing that?) Jackmcbarn ( talk) 03:49, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for your assistance in semi-protecting my UserTalk page, and reverting edits relating to my denial of User:Colton Cosmic's unblock request. -- TommyBoy ( talk) 03:35, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
So, actually the problem is not about this module directly but is about {{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}} which is used along with Template:Time ago widely. {{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}} will return local time, but the module assumes that all inputs are in GMT. thwiki, for example, has timezone = GMT+7. When I saved a page which contains "{{Time ago|{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}}}", instead of "0 second ago," I got "7 hours' time" instead.
Do you have any idea how to make "{{Time ago|{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}}}" come out correctly while other inputs are still funtional? -- Nullzero ( talk) 20:37, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
{{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}}
is in GMT but {{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}
is in local time, so whichever way we choose to parse the time zones, the module will break for one or the other. Because we don't know what time zone to expect, this will need to be done by parameter. How about having a |localtime=
parameter that interprets the time as local time if set, and GMT if not set? Or you could do it in individual templates by using {{#expr:{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}} - {{#timel: O}} * 100}}
as input. —
Mr. Stradivarius
♪ talk ♪
00:26, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi.
I am in bit of dilemma as to how to proceed with this case. An edit on 30 November 2013 has added a line of copyvio to Internet Explorer 11. I just spotted it today. The article hasn't changed much but there is a total of 23 revisions containing this copyvio. Is this case eligible for revision hiding?
Best regards,
Codename Lisa (
talk)
06:35, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
any idea why the first one works, but the second (currently) does not? Frietjes ( talk) 17:50, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
variableParam = tonumber(variableParam) or variableParam
, but seems like there must be a better way?
Frietjes (
talk)
19:02, 17 January 2014 (UTC)Thanks for that, the part about template sandboxes slipped my mind. :o Acalamari 10:09, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Hello! Please advise me what to do about things like this. I just can't stand it anymore and am considering to quit English WP alltogether. Specifcally I should note that you never miss an opportunity to highlight that someone is not a native speaker of English, which, frankly, borders on personal attack, where the never miss an opportunity part is so insulting and cruel and unfait that is makes me feel physically sick, and where the accusation of personal attack re: English is beyond my comprehension. It's been going on for a long time now, with that user. Would you please give me some constructive advice that might make me behave and/or feel better? -- SergeWoodzing ( talk) 06:42, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi the view, edit ,history and purge buttons are not showing please could you fix the issue in Module:Documentation 86.135.166.133 ( talk) 07:21, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi Mr. Stradivarius, Since there does not appear to be any hope of success at my RfA I have withdrawn my nomination. Thank you for your kindness and support through this rather challenging process. With all good wishes,-- — Keithbob • Talk • 02:11, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
Can you review my page Washington Arlington Catholic Forensics League? I know you probably do not know much about it, but can you edit it too make it an overall better article and if its biased make it unbiased. ImVeryAwesome ( talk) 07:27, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
In your opinion, does the idea behind http://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Module:Sandbox/Jackmcbarn/PolymorphicEditProtected have any merit, or is it too complicated and breakable? (If the former, are there any other places it may be useful?) Jackmcbarn ( talk) 23:16, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
As per your notes on the Voter Participation Center's Talk page, I've rewritten the proposed changes to the Voter Participation Center's page, adding third-party references or qualifying the claims made. Please take a look at the draft on my user page and let me know whether those changes have addressed your concerns. Thanks! —Preceding undated comment added 17:05, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
I see you created the module Module:NumberSpell. However, there has already been Module:ConvertNumeric, which, if I don't misunderstand, has the same functionality as NumberSpell. Isn't it better to merge these two modules together? -- Nullzero ( talk) 01:02, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
{{Template:Rfplinks}}
Hey, since I most often see you answering PERM requests (for TE anyways), what do you think of the changes I've been making to {{ Rfplinks}}? Technical 13 ( talk) 00:41, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
<tt>...</tt>
tags though, as they make the template fail HTML 5 validation. Also, it would be really useful if we could work in a link to template + template talk contribs with a limit of 999 for the template editor page. —
Mr. Stradivarius
♪ talk ♪
01:09, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi, Mr. S! I just tried to convert {{ R from move}} so that it uses {{ Redirect template}} and found it fully "cascade protected". I went to Wikipedia:Cascade-protected items, but I was unable to find R from move listed there. Is there another page that cascade protects pages? – Paine Ellsworth CLIMAX! 03:20, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
update to {{ documentation}} has resulted in Template:Infobox element showing a script error. the problem appears to be from the size of the templates transcluded within the documentation, in particular inclusion of the periodic table in Template:Periodic table templates. a simple fix would be to remove the periodic table from Template:Periodic table templates, since it's not really helpful for navigation between periodic table templates, but I thought I would check to see if there was another solution. Frietjes ( talk) 17:08, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
I have been working to improve an article located at /info/en/?search=Athiyur The talk page is located here: /info/en/?search=Talk:Athiyur
If you look at the diffs of the talk page this user Athiyurbala has edited your message there and put in her own name?
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Talk:Athiyur&diff=next&oldid=594009404
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Talk%3AAthiyur&diff=594009404&oldid=591081872
The user is somehow trying to protect the page by putting her name there instead of yours and then putting a work in progress tag on the article page itself? I really don't understand how she can change the message from your user name to hers? Is she an admin too?
I am just trying to improve the article, but I don't want to step on anyone's toes. I have been working on the article in good faith but now she has blocked editing of the article?
Can you help or explain this?
Thanks Carriearchdale ( talk) 09:06, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
Hello Mr. Stradivarius,
I am being Wiki-hounded on the Philosophy of education article and would appreciate some intervention.
stmullin
There is a vote on the
Philosophy of education page concerning Thales of Miletus . . . I need some support with his defense . . . could you visit that page and cast your vote?
Stmullin (
talk)
02:24, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
I found that function message() in Module:Documentation is very useful. Unlike string.format(), it can be used to swap parameters and therefore can localize many messages effectively. I think that it would be nice to move this function to meta module such as Module:Arguments. If you agree with me, please proceed. Thank you. -- Nullzero ( talk) 20:11, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
mw.message.newRawMessage("foo $2 bar $1"):params("baz", "qux"):plain()
will give you "foo qux bar baz". So there's no need for a separate meta-module. :) —
Mr. Stradivarius
♪ talk ♪
06:49, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
{{ You've got mail}}
Hope you're not being overworked. The email I sent you is short. Atsme ( talk)
(YGM)
Hi.
I have a question about Rollback. It appears that Twinkle can do exactly the same thing but is also available to all autoconfirmed users. So, why on earth would anyone want to become a rollbacker?
Best regards,
Codename Lisa (
talk)
18:47, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
Some discussions are as old as 17th January(older than 14 days). You should archive them. And the solved issues(like that comma one) should be marked as "closed". Agree? OccultZone ( Talk) 05:33, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
Note that 62.73.7.79 has been blocked twice in the last few weeks for extremely disruptive behavior (harassing and stalking of my edits). The IP is irrationally pushing for nationalistic POV in the Superpower article and deliberately chooses to ignore comments by other editors (including admins) on why his POV doesn't belong in the article. Much of the IPs comments at the talk page are nothing more than an ignorant tirade of false accusations towards me, they have no value. The IP is also using proxies to (his IP jumps from country to country to try mask his disruptive behavior), see this discussion I have been having with an administrator about the situation ( User talk:The Bushranger/Archive24#Suspicious activity). At the RfC on the Superpowers talk page, I would like to know if it is OK to remove the IPs comments which are abusive towards me and have no relation what-so ever to the RfC? Thanks. Antiochus the Great ( talk) 12:52, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi! You participated at the discussion at Talk:Latin Europe, so maybe you can help at the improvement of the article Latin peoples (= peoples speaking Latin languages). I was asked by an editor to provide sources about this subject at Talk:Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans#New_suggestion:_creation_of_a_dab and I need assistance 79.117.174.55 ( talk) 07:03, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
I can provide with you with evidence from the Local Government Ombudsman and the actual DfE letter as conclusive proof. The school wants to hide this. Very shortly the LGO will actually publish its findings on its own website. Shall I post it here or send you a private email if you provide an email address?
Why can the school state its league table ranking and yet leave out critical data showing by its own admission 25% of children failed to acheive the the EB. If this fact cannot be stated to provide an objective analysis then surely the League tables should also be removed. The school stated 75% achieved the EB so clearly 25% didn't and this is not a great achievement compared to other grammar schools. This does not even place the school in the top 60. The head published this in the school's own newsletter.
These are facts and should be published. The site has biase without this.
LawrenceSheriff ( talk) 09:19, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Mr. Stradivarius,
You deleted the Edward A. Shadid article back in September 2012 because he did not meet the criteria. I think he does meet the criteria now. I've only made a couple of typographical edits. I don't know how to revive a deleted page.
Dr. Shadid is the only contestant against Mayor Mick Cornett in the Oklahoma City election, which is March 4th. Can you tell me how to get this page back up? I will work to get some good edits in to reflect his current public interest. -- Listserv ( talk • contribs) 01:35, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
Hello, MS
IrapedSteveJobs ( talk · contribs), a sockpuppet is of the now-blocked IamGoingToRapeYou ( talk · contribs) has resumed his misdeed. It is a vandal-only account. I thought perhaps reporting this to ANI is overkill and a simple notice to any admin would suffice.
Best regards,
Codename Lisa (
talk)
01:02, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
Barnstar moved to its rightful location. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 02:23, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
Barnstar archived to User:Mr. Stradivarius/Awards. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 02:32, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
Barnstar archived to User:Mr. Stradivarius/Awards. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 02:32, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for closing that, but please don't reduce the protection level. It's a highly technical template, and it's used to present some of the most sensitive bits of information on Wikipedia. The original protection request was not in anyway done to 'control' the content of the template [as evidenced by the large ammount of change in the template since TE was applied], but to protect it from Kwamikagami's half a million reckless edits. Any change made to val should go through the sandbox first, and that's why TE was applied in the first place. Headbomb { talk / contribs / physics / books} 13:55, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
Re your block of Babel AutoCreate ( talk · contribs) - have you informed the bot's owner? -- Redrose64 ( talk) 09:33, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
I didn't even realize I reverted you until I got the notification that you reverted me back. Complete accident. Sorry. Sergecross73 msg me 02:18, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
Sorry I messed up. Should've chosen the temporary one, dunno how it became indefinite... :p – H T D 11:53, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi, re the AN discussion, please see [3].
I hope this isn't 'canvassing' - I'm posting this to precisely 3 people (you, Britmax, and SarekOfVulcan), who expressed concern about the censorship, so I hope I'm OK. Best, 88.104.30.86 ( talk) 20:09, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
Hello Mr_Stradivarius. I'd like to ask for your assistance as a volunteer in a dispute resolution on the thread Highland Clearances. I would be grateful. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.173.7.13 ( talk) 12:45, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for looking into the matter, which seemed to have been overlooked by the typically nasty, pile-on (especially so with Kaldari) drama that plagues the venue. "My master, Annatar the Great, bids thee welcome!" 00:44, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
Hey! I would like to request you for modifying Template:Uw-c&pmove, I have found that most of the user/editors just copy and paste the template without signing ( see here). If possible please add ~~~~ at the end of template tag. WOWIndian Talk 08:01, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for your advice Mr Stradivarius, my first entry so I I will do my best to do it right! Yoelle — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yoellem ( talk • contribs) 10:34, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
I have found and installed Windows 8.1 Update 1. I will be adding this to Microsoft Windows' Wikipedia page. Just letting you know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gabe290 ( talk • contribs) 15:57, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
I have a question about my block: The information that you posted on my talk page states that I can't appeal for at least six months, but numerous users supported the block with the reservation that I be allowed to appeal closer to three months. What are the logistics of this issue, exactly? Reece Leonard ( talk) 04:38, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi Stradivarius, You are right when you said " I behaved in a uncivilized way", excuse me. But just imagine a group of people in wikipedia including a administrative editor work with a sole aim of maligning an organisation. They even threatened the other person (safwan) that he will be blocked etc. All the lines added to the pages (Soka gakkai and Daisaku Ikeda) by them (catflap,kiriung and shii) are original research, vololate WP:NPOV. Majority opinion and weightage ?? so you think these 3 people constitute the majority of the world,what about 12 million people who are memebers of SGI ? Above all it hurts me a lot being a SGI member that when ever I read this articles I feel so disturbed and feel nauseated. So much of negetivity and maligning. Just imagine how a organisation of 12 million members around the world can be so wrong and greedy and fool around with out getting caught !!! Depriving a person of his beliefs and faith is a heinious and unpardonable crime. I believe wikipedia should only be a source where people can get basic idea of things. It should not serve as a platform for maligning or a tool for propaganda be it negetive or positive. For that !! controversial points and claims should be avoided and such people should be restricted from misusing wikipedia. Thanks for letting me understand how disputes are handled in wikipedia Naveen Reddy 14:48, 17 March 2014 (UTC)( talk)
Dear Stradivarius kindly un do your decision in CRITICAL RECEPTION section of Total Siyapaa because it was based on FRAUD played by ZORDANLIGHTER , he misrepresented my edit summary for other protected edit request for Controversy section. He used that summary to show the WP consensus by me but that is not the case. He must also be blocked for playing CHEAT. Xcrescent9 ( talk) 14:31, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
When I was reading the Total Siyapaa talk page. I found Xcrescent9 ( talk) lauching personal attacks on ZORDANLIGHTER. He was blocked for that. As you were acting as an Administrator I decided to visit your talk page . Using terms like "cheat" , "fraud"should be considered as personal attack.-- Whistlingwoods ( talk) 15:35, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
HindustanTimes
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).Sir , kindly check this link, then you will know the truth /info/en/?search=User_talk:Huon#Fraud_played_by_ZORDANLIGHTER_to_win_his_proposed_edit_in_CRITICAL_RECEPTION_section_of_Total_Siyapaa-- Whistlingwoods ( talk) 12:41, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
Mr. Stradivarius I will not take third-party review of your decision because I expect just action by you as a good admin. what you want to show Whistlingwoods. I talked to Huon , so what. Archtexlic ( talk) 17:04, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for your support lately, but decided to retire for a while. Fanatics can take over the pages in question from now on. -- Catflap08 ( talk) 17:14, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
Some blocked user wrote all garbage in my talk page. At first I couldn't understand but reading the lines written in urdu using English alphabets(check the link- /info/en/?search=User_talk:Whistlingwoods#Mza_aya), it's clear the user is Xcrescent9 or Ibnebatutaji . The translation in English is this "I wrongly presented my statements to make sure my favorite movie gets good opening overseas................"rest is abuse in vulgar language which I don't want to translate. This person is writing in urdu so that International administrators don't understand what he is saying.-- Whistlingwoods ( talk) 04:02, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi, Mr. Stradivarius, I have seen your close of my request at ANI [4], and I think you have misunderstood my intentions. I am not asking for a comment on whether Sandstein has violated any policies, quite the opposite, I am asking for a community opinion of whether I have violated any policies. Is [5] right? The accusation, from over a year ago, is being made over and over again. And it's not true. But there is nothing, nothing, nothing I can point to when someone throws this in my face, to prove that it is not true. Surely the community opinion would mean something in this situation. — Neotarf ( talk) 11:17, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
against an editor who repeatedly or seriously fails to adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia
If you continue to misconduct yourself on pages relating to this topic ... blocks ...
The warning asserts in very pompous and pointy language that the four editors are guilty, when any reasonable reading of the situation is that they were driven to distraction by a now-indeffed user who is universally recognized as one of the most clueless yet CIVIL seen at Wikipedia (the point about CIVIL is that it was very hard to get them indeffed). What Sandstein should have done was to close the second AE case as obvious retribution, then, if warranted, deliver a personal note to anyone who was letting their exasperation get the better of them. What should happen now is that an ANI discussion should vacate the sanctions placed by Sandstein, but that may be difficult given that people are easily distracted and will start arguing about whether a warning can be regarded as a sanction (yes it can—just read it!). Johnuniq ( talk) 04:15, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
It looks like a typo in the above comment; the two diffs go to the same place.
That clarification request was not a request to review the outcome of the case. Since it was filed by Sandstein, he could hardly ask to have his own decision overturned. And the ArbCom never made a decision on the technicalities he posed either, they have just postponed it again and again. No one has ever asked for a ruling on the case itself.
I think everyone just wants this thing to go away, especially the users whose real names are linked to this thing, either publicly or privately, but no one can figure out the technicalities. — Neotarf ( talk) 07:40, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
ASU Politehnica Timisoara has no relations with ACS Poli Timisoara and FC Politehnica Timisoara. ASU Politehnica Timisoara is a stand alone club that play's in Romania's 4th division. ACS Poli Timisoara is a club that plays in Romania's 1st division., with no relations between the two. ACS Poli Timisoara just received today FC Politehnica Timisoara's colours, records and statistics. ASU Politehnica Timisoara's redirect to FC Politehnica Timisoara is wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vlad9 ( talk • contribs) 18:53, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
(Thread moved to Module talk:Namespace detect#Possible performance issues with Module:Namespace_detect.) — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 09:38, 20 March 2014 (UTC)
(S)he's up to it again. Point-blank refusal to discuss, and total blindness to the wanton, reckless collateral damage (s)he has caused. "My master, Annatar the Great, bids thee welcome!" 20:51, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
Per your message here:
I'd adjust block settings, but I don't want to appear to be jumping on a grudge (for the record, I don't have one) and beating someone while they're down. However, given that the 1RR was the editor's idea and that I asked them to abide by it, I saw it as a cut-and-dry disregard for the promises made in LoM's unblock request.
I don't have any issues with how you handled this, though. Hopefully the editor's behaviour improves after the block expires. Best, m.o.p 19:19, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
Moved to Module talk:Namespace detect#Module:Namespace detect/data. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 14:30, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
One of the problems of the current "higher" forms of DR — DRN and MEDCOM — is that not much can be done at either place if some of the major participants in the dispute do not choose to join in. I've worked up a draft proposal for a fourth form of DR (3O being the third one) which would avoid that problem, but only in those cases which have been rejected at DRN or MEDCOM for lack of partipation. I'm inviting a small group of my DR colleagues — AGK, Hasteur, Keithbob, Macon, Miller, Strad, Writ Keeper, and Zhang — to tell me what they think of the feasibility of this idea. (And if any of you would like to invite someone else to the party, feel free to do so.) The proposal is located in my sandbox in my sandbox here. If you have a minute, I'd really appreciate your comments on the talk page there. Best regards, TransporterMan ( TALK) 19:19, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
Hello.
I read your opinion at WP:Administrators' noticeboard #Reverting merge about the short-lived independence of Crimea as a country, but strongly disagree with it. If you develop a subroutine that analyzes some input data, then it has to perform some validity checks. You certainly wouldn’t leave a validation to responsibility of the main program, would you? But why do you endorse such indifferential approach with respect to WP: closing discussions? Why should the result rely on times where “the political situation becomes more stable”? If arguments in favour of this specific merger were refuted, then the closing statement may not circumvent it. Please, consider your position on this dispute again, if only because the situation underwent some changes. Incnis Mrsi ( talk) 10:04, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
There is an unblock request at User talk:75.191.173.190 in connection with a block that you placed for edit warring. There is certainly justification for a block, but the editor asks why he/she has been blocked for three times as long as the other editor in the same edit war. I can't see any justification for the difference, but maybe you have a good reason that I haven't noticed, so I thought it best to consult you. Any comment? The editor who uses the pseudonym " JamesBWatson" ( talk) 09:14, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
I do believe this and that constitute inappropriate usage of talk page while blocked? Perhaps I did not iterate this tidbit of policy (from WP:TPG, I believe) clearly enough? "My master, Annatar the Great, bids thee welcome!" 20:37, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
There is strange thing in the infobox. I tried to remove Preview Version, it seems the only way to do that is by changing a the name to anything, but Project64 is this a bug? Valoem talk 03:07, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
It seems to be within infobox itself, I cannot remove that line if the name=Project64 and what is that symbol? Valoem talk 03:13, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
<shameless plug>Have you seen WP:EPH and/or are you interested in using it?</shameless plug> Jackmcbarn ( talk) 22:08, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
This policy question was bound to come up sooner or later. Would you say for example, that if I found an accepted AfC was complete copyvio, I could not speedy delete it? (That is not really hypothetical--I have seen AfCs with copyvio that the person accepting it had not missed. How about G10, or G3? How about a unsourced blp for which i could find no sources, is BLP prod valid?
(I agree G11 is always a little more subject to interpretation) DGG ( talk ) 00:25, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
I only just noticed this clever trick. Thank you, that's much more convenient, and with Drmies optional and everything. :-) Bishonen | talk 00:04, 3 April 2014 (UTC).
|drmies=yes
or a |rudeness=yes
on a new page. But adding a new button to the complaints page would definitely require an element of coding. If you want a rudeness page, though, I can set that up for you three now. :) —
Mr. Stradivarius
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13:42, 3 April 2014 (UTC)Hi. How do you do?
So, I have a rather awkward question. (So, if deleted and revdel it, I won't investigate.) I just can't bring myself up to ask it in a public talk page. (Actually, I thought emailing it to you but then I though: Overkill. Might as well not ask it if it so awkward. Besides, it's Wikipedia business.) It is well outside the area that I edit. Since I haven't studied the BLP policies (which are severe and strict, or so I hear) I am going to obfuscate human names, but you might know exactly what I am talking about.
So, I open a Wikipedia article. In the Controversy section, the subject of the article is cited to have said "It made me feel like a cheap whore." There is a source, a news website; it says exactly the same thing along paragraphs of trivial details but no explanation. Is it Wikipedia-sanctioned? Is it NPOV? Does it have due weight? Is it suitable for international audience, i.e. does everyone in the world know what it means except me? Okay, what does it mean? Is it possible to make a women feel like she is an expensive whore? Or is it a metaphorical sentence that might be said about men too?
Best regards,
Codename Lisa (
talk)
03:12, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
The phrase derives (I assume) from the stereotype that prostitutes are working against their own will and don't have any self-respect; however, I have read that in reality this is not necessarily the case, and how prostitutes view themselves depends a lot on their reasons for becoming a prostitute and on their situation. Because of this difference between the stereotype and reality, I would avoid using it in Wikipedia articles unless it is a direct quote. If it is a direct quote, and it comes from a reputable source, there isn't an urgent problem with WP:BLP. However, I find it hard to imagine a situation where a quote like that would not have undue weight, and the BLP policy says that we should be conservative when writing biographies, so I would say that it should be left out unless there is a good reason to include it.
As for its suitability for an international audience, your average Briton would understand it without any problems, and as far as I'm aware the stereotype is present in most other English-speaking cultures too, so I can't see any problems on that front. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 03:58, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
I've changed all instances of '||' in the code to '\n|' here 'cause it'd break with bullets, etc. (see below for what I mean) if you'd like to make the change on live. Cheers — lfdder 05:16, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
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