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Hi Nick. You might want to double check this. You unintentionally "garbled" part of a previous post made by another editor. Probably better if you were to one to fix it since it seems fairly obvious that you didn't mean to do that. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 00:45, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
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I admire your work. keep it up! happy new year!! -- Sm8900 ( talk) 19:57, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
Hi, it's me yet again. I thought you might be interested to know that I have started collaborating with Pine for On The Bright Side. Weekly threads are sent out on the mailing list; the first one that I helped contribute to was sent less than an hour ago! You're mentioned in the thread (with a link to your userpage) because I'm a graduate of your adoption program. Also, since it's the start of the last day of the year, happy new year! Clovermoss (talk) 06:20, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
Since you participated in the discussion on Wikipedia Books I herewith inform you that a decision has been taken.
See Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)/Archive_176#Suppress_rendering_of_Template:Wikipedia_books Dirk Hünniger ( talk) 20:28, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
In your guidance to referencing for beginners, the second clause of the first sentence says I actually think it's one of the worst help page we have here, as it's so long and off-putting for beginners.. To make that sentence clearer, I recommend I actually think it's the worst help page we have here, as it's so long and off-putting for beginners. or I actually think it's one of the worst help pages we have here, as it's so long and off-putting for beginners.. Please let me know your thoughts on this. Interstellarity ( talk) 17:51, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
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Sorry for my earlier edit summary because obviously you must not be aware of the background, otherwise you would not add that image. A very-banned and very-LTA performed the world's greatest troll by paying Pricasso to use his usual implements (skim that article) to paint Jimbo, and then spent the next year putting the image on as many pages in as many Wikipedias as possible. The LTA hates Jimbo and the image is a great way to be super-offensive while confusing onlookers who don't know the background. That is why the original image is on the MediaWiki:Bad image list. Hopefully the cropped version won't need to be added to the blacklist. Johnuniq ( talk) 09:39, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
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This is a reply from Nick Moyes (talk page stalker): @Gaurarjun: You have posted on the page of another new user, like yourself. I think Clovermoss might have since asked you to be careful not to leave the 'adoptme' template on other people's pages - this is rather unhelpful for reasons that are a bit complex to explain to a newcomer, but it adds Maryanne Cunningham's name to the list of people seeking adoption, not yours! Asking another new user to adopt you is not what the template is for - in other words, I'm afraid it's not a way of flagging up that you want to make friends here, sorry. Please also read WP:NOTFORUM for an understanding on this. Of course, if you seek human interaction, you will find there are other social media platforms that are designed for that. We do expect and require editors, old or new, to appreciate that we are solely here to build an encyclopaedia, not as a means of social engagement. I don't know your age, but it's also inadvisable to solicit conversations off-wiki via WhatsApp etc. as I see you've done a bit. Please see WP:YOUNG for guidance and safety issues for young editors and their parents. We take the safety and privacy of young editors very seriously, and so it's best that all our business should really be conducted on wiki, and in an open manner. That said, there is a great community of editors here, and they'd love you to contribute to that in the spirit of information sharing and dissemination. In so doing, we all get human interaction with other encyclopaedia-builders. If we get stuck, the Teahouse is a great way to get help from other humans (yeah, I know: mostly men - sorry!) I'm now going to remove the 'adopt me' template you added, though Maryanne is totally free to re-add it to her Userpage if she so chooses. Best wishes, Nick Moyes (talk) 11:47, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for the above, I had few questions on the same, if you have time that is, Would it be a terrible idea to consider speaking to me on WhatsApp rather than this texting back n forth.
-- Gaurarjun ( talk) 16:35, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
Haha, I read your full piece just now only, sorry for soliciting WhatsApp to you, hey, at least i removed that stupid 'adoptme' template, enjoy your tea party : )
-- Gaurarjun ( talk) 18:57, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
One request if you would like to consider, Would it be a terrible idea for you to consider removing your above comments from Maryanne's talk page, i removed it, but your friend Gråbergs came stalking there as well
-- Gaurarjun ( talk) 19:24, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
I'm actually very likely to question the protocol here, here's something for you >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMPSaZ4hxKk
-- Gaurarjun ( talk) 23:39, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
you see why i suggested WhatsApp, i could talk to you about this whole apology and friendly warning thing, but texting back n forth just doesn't do it, anyways enjoy something non-youtube : ) https://www.principles.com/principles-for-success/
-- Gaurarjun ( talk) 01:20, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
Great, how do i get in touch with those WMF employees or researchers you spoke with, i think the time has come to change the protocol around here : ) Gaurarjun ( talk) 02:10, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi Nick,
I got here, and thanks to User:Gråbergs_Gråa_Sång (have I dont that right?) for informing me that 'Add topic' is also 'New section'. People have been very kind and there's lots I have to look through. On the roast chicken front, I'm afraid that if I went near a timer it would probably go backwards, and you'd be more likely to end up with a fully-squawking fowl than a delicious roast chickie (it might lay a few eggs, I suppose...)
Thanks again Maryanne Cunningham ( talk) 20:14, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
Well done, Maryanne Cunningham - you've cracked it! And I even managed to set the chicken to be cooked for when I and the family got home this evening, so all is good with the world! I'm pleased to see you've also edited your main Userpage - it's a great place to collate stuff about editing Wikipedia. I also see you also asked Clovermoss (I won't ping her this time round) about the adoption template and deleting comments. It's all got a bit confusing, hasn't it? Firstly, you are certainly allowed to delete any post from your talk page - it's taken as a sign that you've read it - even formal warningscan be removed. Once the page gets full of lots of messages it's even possible to create an archive. You'd be surprised how useful that can become later on; but lets not run before we can walk. The one thing everyone does frown upon is if one editor changes or selectively deletes what another editor said on a talk page - that's called refactoring, and isn't OK. So yes, feel free to remove the entire thread.
I think it's me that should be apologising to you if I removed that 'adoption template' from your talk page. I actually thought that another editor (Gaurarjun) had added it when they posted there. Sorry if, in my haste, I removed it. That said, the right place to put it is, as Clovermoss explained, is on your userpage, not your talk page. So feel free to place it there, if you wish. Nick Moyes ( talk) 22:44, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
Glad the chicken got roasted. Cheers Maryanne Maryanne Cunningham ( talk) 22:53, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
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FYI, Gaurarjun has been blocked, and I agree with the block. Also pinging Clovermoss to inform her of this. I left a comment on Gaurarjun's talk page with some advice. ↠Pine (✉) 21:49, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi Nick, hope you don't mind me asking you another question (you are very helpful, bless you).
Pages that don't exist show up in red. But, so do some pages that DO exist Eg, I inserted this link to an article esplumoir , and it shows up red, as does the other French reference in the entry. The page itself is there, in French.
But 'your' Mont Blanc Massif: ( French: Massif du Mont-Blanc is blue.
Could you explain? (Hope this is the right place to post this, should it be in the Teahouse?) Thanks again Maryanne Cunningham ( talk) 22:57, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
{{
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) where, it is quite true: you get both a red link if there's no page on English Wikipedia (we often just write en-wiki for short), and then a blue link for the tiny 'fr' linking to the equivalent pre-existing article on French Wikipedia. There is no page on
Esplumoir yet on enwiki, so it is red, but the target page on fr-wiki is 'Esplumoir Merlin' -which does exist
as you appreciate.I probably ought to go through the Mont Blanc massif article to look for any new blue links in the interlanguage link templates and remove them (mainly glaciers), as I'm intending to renominate the article for Featured Article status later this year, as it needs to be as near perfect as possible. Were you aware that, in desktop view, the lower left side of the page shows all the languages that an article is available in? So there's then no need to use the 'ill' template when there is an article here on en-wiki.
{{
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template. Thus, it is 'French' which is blue linked, not "Massif du Mont-Blanc", so allowing a user to go to the page on the
French language, and so on. Click either of those template names above, and you'll go to the documentation for those templates.Hi, Nick. In your interaction with Sergacy at the Teahouse, you said " Were you to change the licencing back, you might find yourself having to go through our WP:OTRS system to prove there was no current copyvio". They asked for explanation, and you did so, using the phrase "Should you do so". I get the impression that the other party is not a native English speaker, and of course I don't know what part of your suggestion they had difficulty understanding. But I notice that in both your original comment and in your explanation you used the rather literary device of inversion to express a conditional ("Were you... "; "Should you ..."). I'd like to suggest that it is clearer, especially for non-native readers, to use an explicit "if".
@ Nick Moyes:Thank you for the photo! I put it on my user page... The Evil Sith Kitten ( talk) 16:58, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
I see you've finally taken the plunge. If you'd like another co-nom I'm happy to write a statement; of course, with Ritchie333 and Amorymeltzer nominating you you're already in good shape so I won't be offended if you say "no thanks". Let me know. Vanamonde ( Talk) 17:26, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
hi. thanks for your post at WP:History! we appreciate it. we will give it some thought.
I am writing on a separate subject. I have a new idea for a new Wikipedia policy. in fact I am thinking this should be a sixth pillar. Here it is: "Wikipedia has a zero-tolerance policy for harassment of any individuals." what do you think? the last day or two has really opened my eyes, in terms of the omissions and gaps here on that area. if you're interested, let me know, and I'll send you more details.
by the way, is it okay if I add some paragraph breaks to your useful note at WP:History I simply want to be able to read it more easily in full depth. thanks. -- Sm8900 ( talk) 14:24, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
Gooday. I have your Talk on my watchlist but no idea why, and just read the '6th pillar' stuff a few hours ago. Leaving that aside, I've just been trawling through the history of Mullet, and found your OR relating to an ice hockey team and radio station. Any reason this unsupported content was added and slipped-in with the 'wrong' edit summary? Thank you.-- Rocknrollmancer ( talk) 01:45, 18 January 2020 (UTC)
Nick Moyes Yes, thank you Nick I took you up on that. I appreciate it a lot. Best, LorriBrown ( talk) 05:08, 18 January 2020 (UTC)
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I need help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elenabesley ( talk • contribs) 23:25, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
Gooday and Compliments of the Season to you. I saw the closed AfD noting your extensive comments. I have done some editing at articles named Riber and Riber Castle (which I feel should be merged) and was minded to delete the prose at Riber relating to the beast. I was lucky to find a cached version of the deleted article at Google, so instead I left it with a couple of tweaks to de-sensationalise. As explained by WP:VNT, I have added the local sources which establish well-historic usage of the phrase in secondary media. Unfortunately, after a quick look only, there isn't an easy way to explain the local name of Lumsdale used by Matlock Mercury (Beast of Lumsdale) in WP terms. b rgds,-- Rocknrollmancer ( talk) 13:48, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I'd like to support you at RfA, but I have no idea how to post a support vote comment. Thanks.
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Just wanted to give my thanks for a lesson in clear-cut, truly kind, help on Elenabesley's page - definitely taking notes.
I was just going to come over here, but thought I should handle my other notification first - which was from Zinnmann confirming he'd seen your identification of the waterfall from over at WP:VPM.
I thought I'd just been seeing your name a lot at the moment from RfA, but actually that would be inaccurate - it isn't why I see you around at all. How do we get more editors to stay? Just find another Moyes!
You'd get a barnstar, but my wifi's too poor to load all the pictures, so please consider this a Textual Barnstar Voucher - redeemable for an image-based one at any future point where good internet is present. Nosebagbear ( talk) 10:14, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi, you recently answered a request with caption How to revert any edit? on Teahouse. You told that there is an undo option at the bottom of edit history page but it is not present there. One thing I must tell you that I'm editing wikipedia on a smartphone. Alpha rows ( talk) 19:21, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
I'll add your userpage to my 'Watchlist' so I'll get a notification if you're successful. If not, tell me what number (above) you get stuck on. (Nipping downstairs for a coffee - I expect success when I get back !! ) Nick Moyes ( talk) 20:53, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
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Good evening again. Quite obviously "HeeheeYogen8" is very much active again.
Suggest to revert these edits again - Block evasion. Regards -- Uli Elch ( talk) 20:36, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
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Hi, sorry, I didn't catch your np-reply before the entry was removed from UAA. The user's name is: " International Law Case Updater" and their edits so far are exclusively to law-related articles, such as legal cases and judges. I believe one definite concern would be that some users are likely to believe they represent an entity or organization that gives their edits more weight and/or authenticity then that of an ordinary editor (ie: the rest of us), making it less likely they would challenge, or even check, any questionable edits. I don't think we should be required to review all their edits thus far, and then police them going forward to alleviate that concern. I think encouraging them to select a different user name, one that would also make it easier for editors to engage with them in talk page discussions, would be a reasonable means of addressing these concerns, no? (imho) - wolf 01:19, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
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Remember my first article, Katherine Hughes (activist)? It's now a GA! I thought you'd like to know. I've certainly come far since being a newbie, haven't I? Clovermoss (talk) 01:47, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
Hi Nick, thanks for blocking the Theologian81sp IP sock the other day. He is on a dynamic IP, apparently, and seems unable to understand the concept of block evasion – you blocked 78.14.139.25 two days ago, yesterday he returned as 84.223.68.239 and I posted another message for him on User talk:84.223.68.239, trying to be crystal clear about what "being blocked" actually means. Despite acknowledging that message and making a half-hearted attempt to get Theologian81sp unblocked, he returned today with another IP, 78.14.138.87. It is (at least) the 10th IP address he has used since being blocked on 11 July! (I have a list of the ones I've found and there are three different ranges: 78.14.13x.x, 94.38.23x.x, and 84.223.6x.x.) It's hard to know just what he thinks is going on, actually; he signs all his talk page posts so he is not trying to hide his activities or pretend to be someone else, but why did he acknowledge the message "you may not edit Wikipedia articles or post to talk pages" and proceed to ignore it?! Some of his edits look ok, while others are not, but that's not really the point. Would range blocks help, do you think?
Sorry, this got a bit disjointed and rambling, but I wanted to send it off before I go to bed. Best, -- bonadea contributions talk 22:20, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
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Hi Nick, back in June 2021 you were kind enough to offer me advice on Teahouse. Here is the link to that discussion - /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive_1113#Tom_Crean_(explorer)_article
My attempts to contact other editors on the Tom Crean article have not elicited a response and despite my efforts to have the changes applied I appear to be hitting a brick wall. I did do as you suggested and created a Word document that applied the edit revisions. This includes a reference to my book and notes that point to my book as the source where relevant. I am assuming that an editor applying those changes would just copy and paste after examining the changes but I could be naive in thinking this unless an editor were to check it over first. If this is possible and it's found that changes are required then I would apply them on the expert advice of an editor. In our previous discussion you did suggest I could perhaps make those edits myself but as the author of the biography that gave rise to the need for revisions, I'd still feel uncomfortable doing this. I would be most grateful for your help in the matter as the official revisions to Crean's story in the Dictionary of Irish Biography were made back in March 2021. I could send over the Word document that I have created as a replacement for the article if that is agreeable to you and of course, if you have the time to volunteer your assistance, Kind regards, Timfoley50 ( talk) 23:54, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
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Good evening. I really can't believe it any more: User:HeeheeYogen8 is now even falsifying rejecting unblock message !!
Imho he should now finally be blocked from editing his own talk and user pages.
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Hi Nick. You might want to double check this. You unintentionally "garbled" part of a previous post made by another editor. Probably better if you were to one to fix it since it seems fairly obvious that you didn't mean to do that. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 00:45, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
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I admire your work. keep it up! happy new year!! -- Sm8900 ( talk) 19:57, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
Hi, it's me yet again. I thought you might be interested to know that I have started collaborating with Pine for On The Bright Side. Weekly threads are sent out on the mailing list; the first one that I helped contribute to was sent less than an hour ago! You're mentioned in the thread (with a link to your userpage) because I'm a graduate of your adoption program. Also, since it's the start of the last day of the year, happy new year! Clovermoss (talk) 06:20, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
Since you participated in the discussion on Wikipedia Books I herewith inform you that a decision has been taken.
See Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)/Archive_176#Suppress_rendering_of_Template:Wikipedia_books Dirk Hünniger ( talk) 20:28, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
In your guidance to referencing for beginners, the second clause of the first sentence says I actually think it's one of the worst help page we have here, as it's so long and off-putting for beginners.. To make that sentence clearer, I recommend I actually think it's the worst help page we have here, as it's so long and off-putting for beginners. or I actually think it's one of the worst help pages we have here, as it's so long and off-putting for beginners.. Please let me know your thoughts on this. Interstellarity ( talk) 17:51, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for the fix. That's an unusually wierd string of typos even for me. DGG ( talk ) 00:57, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
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Sorry for my earlier edit summary because obviously you must not be aware of the background, otherwise you would not add that image. A very-banned and very-LTA performed the world's greatest troll by paying Pricasso to use his usual implements (skim that article) to paint Jimbo, and then spent the next year putting the image on as many pages in as many Wikipedias as possible. The LTA hates Jimbo and the image is a great way to be super-offensive while confusing onlookers who don't know the background. That is why the original image is on the MediaWiki:Bad image list. Hopefully the cropped version won't need to be added to the blacklist. Johnuniq ( talk) 09:39, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
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This is a reply from Nick Moyes (talk page stalker): @Gaurarjun: You have posted on the page of another new user, like yourself. I think Clovermoss might have since asked you to be careful not to leave the 'adoptme' template on other people's pages - this is rather unhelpful for reasons that are a bit complex to explain to a newcomer, but it adds Maryanne Cunningham's name to the list of people seeking adoption, not yours! Asking another new user to adopt you is not what the template is for - in other words, I'm afraid it's not a way of flagging up that you want to make friends here, sorry. Please also read WP:NOTFORUM for an understanding on this. Of course, if you seek human interaction, you will find there are other social media platforms that are designed for that. We do expect and require editors, old or new, to appreciate that we are solely here to build an encyclopaedia, not as a means of social engagement. I don't know your age, but it's also inadvisable to solicit conversations off-wiki via WhatsApp etc. as I see you've done a bit. Please see WP:YOUNG for guidance and safety issues for young editors and their parents. We take the safety and privacy of young editors very seriously, and so it's best that all our business should really be conducted on wiki, and in an open manner. That said, there is a great community of editors here, and they'd love you to contribute to that in the spirit of information sharing and dissemination. In so doing, we all get human interaction with other encyclopaedia-builders. If we get stuck, the Teahouse is a great way to get help from other humans (yeah, I know: mostly men - sorry!) I'm now going to remove the 'adopt me' template you added, though Maryanne is totally free to re-add it to her Userpage if she so chooses. Best wishes, Nick Moyes (talk) 11:47, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for the above, I had few questions on the same, if you have time that is, Would it be a terrible idea to consider speaking to me on WhatsApp rather than this texting back n forth.
-- Gaurarjun ( talk) 16:35, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
Haha, I read your full piece just now only, sorry for soliciting WhatsApp to you, hey, at least i removed that stupid 'adoptme' template, enjoy your tea party : )
-- Gaurarjun ( talk) 18:57, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
One request if you would like to consider, Would it be a terrible idea for you to consider removing your above comments from Maryanne's talk page, i removed it, but your friend Gråbergs came stalking there as well
-- Gaurarjun ( talk) 19:24, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
I'm actually very likely to question the protocol here, here's something for you >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMPSaZ4hxKk
-- Gaurarjun ( talk) 23:39, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
you see why i suggested WhatsApp, i could talk to you about this whole apology and friendly warning thing, but texting back n forth just doesn't do it, anyways enjoy something non-youtube : ) https://www.principles.com/principles-for-success/
-- Gaurarjun ( talk) 01:20, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
Great, how do i get in touch with those WMF employees or researchers you spoke with, i think the time has come to change the protocol around here : ) Gaurarjun ( talk) 02:10, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi Nick,
I got here, and thanks to User:Gråbergs_Gråa_Sång (have I dont that right?) for informing me that 'Add topic' is also 'New section'. People have been very kind and there's lots I have to look through. On the roast chicken front, I'm afraid that if I went near a timer it would probably go backwards, and you'd be more likely to end up with a fully-squawking fowl than a delicious roast chickie (it might lay a few eggs, I suppose...)
Thanks again Maryanne Cunningham ( talk) 20:14, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
Well done, Maryanne Cunningham - you've cracked it! And I even managed to set the chicken to be cooked for when I and the family got home this evening, so all is good with the world! I'm pleased to see you've also edited your main Userpage - it's a great place to collate stuff about editing Wikipedia. I also see you also asked Clovermoss (I won't ping her this time round) about the adoption template and deleting comments. It's all got a bit confusing, hasn't it? Firstly, you are certainly allowed to delete any post from your talk page - it's taken as a sign that you've read it - even formal warningscan be removed. Once the page gets full of lots of messages it's even possible to create an archive. You'd be surprised how useful that can become later on; but lets not run before we can walk. The one thing everyone does frown upon is if one editor changes or selectively deletes what another editor said on a talk page - that's called refactoring, and isn't OK. So yes, feel free to remove the entire thread.
I think it's me that should be apologising to you if I removed that 'adoption template' from your talk page. I actually thought that another editor (Gaurarjun) had added it when they posted there. Sorry if, in my haste, I removed it. That said, the right place to put it is, as Clovermoss explained, is on your userpage, not your talk page. So feel free to place it there, if you wish. Nick Moyes ( talk) 22:44, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
Glad the chicken got roasted. Cheers Maryanne Maryanne Cunningham ( talk) 22:53, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
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FYI, Gaurarjun has been blocked, and I agree with the block. Also pinging Clovermoss to inform her of this. I left a comment on Gaurarjun's talk page with some advice. ↠Pine (✉) 21:49, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi Nick, hope you don't mind me asking you another question (you are very helpful, bless you).
Pages that don't exist show up in red. But, so do some pages that DO exist Eg, I inserted this link to an article esplumoir , and it shows up red, as does the other French reference in the entry. The page itself is there, in French.
But 'your' Mont Blanc Massif: ( French: Massif du Mont-Blanc is blue.
Could you explain? (Hope this is the right place to post this, should it be in the Teahouse?) Thanks again Maryanne Cunningham ( talk) 22:57, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
{{
ill}}
) where, it is quite true: you get both a red link if there's no page on English Wikipedia (we often just write en-wiki for short), and then a blue link for the tiny 'fr' linking to the equivalent pre-existing article on French Wikipedia. There is no page on
Esplumoir yet on enwiki, so it is red, but the target page on fr-wiki is 'Esplumoir Merlin' -which does exist
as you appreciate.I probably ought to go through the Mont Blanc massif article to look for any new blue links in the interlanguage link templates and remove them (mainly glaciers), as I'm intending to renominate the article for Featured Article status later this year, as it needs to be as near perfect as possible. Were you aware that, in desktop view, the lower left side of the page shows all the languages that an article is available in? So there's then no need to use the 'ill' template when there is an article here on en-wiki.
{{
ill}}
), that sentence is using a different template to speedily indicate how the place name is spelled in different languages. It uses the {{
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template. Thus, it is 'French' which is blue linked, not "Massif du Mont-Blanc", so allowing a user to go to the page on the
French language, and so on. Click either of those template names above, and you'll go to the documentation for those templates.Hi, Nick. In your interaction with Sergacy at the Teahouse, you said " Were you to change the licencing back, you might find yourself having to go through our WP:OTRS system to prove there was no current copyvio". They asked for explanation, and you did so, using the phrase "Should you do so". I get the impression that the other party is not a native English speaker, and of course I don't know what part of your suggestion they had difficulty understanding. But I notice that in both your original comment and in your explanation you used the rather literary device of inversion to express a conditional ("Were you... "; "Should you ..."). I'd like to suggest that it is clearer, especially for non-native readers, to use an explicit "if".
@ Nick Moyes:Thank you for the photo! I put it on my user page... The Evil Sith Kitten ( talk) 16:58, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
I see you've finally taken the plunge. If you'd like another co-nom I'm happy to write a statement; of course, with Ritchie333 and Amorymeltzer nominating you you're already in good shape so I won't be offended if you say "no thanks". Let me know. Vanamonde ( Talk) 17:26, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
hi. thanks for your post at WP:History! we appreciate it. we will give it some thought.
I am writing on a separate subject. I have a new idea for a new Wikipedia policy. in fact I am thinking this should be a sixth pillar. Here it is: "Wikipedia has a zero-tolerance policy for harassment of any individuals." what do you think? the last day or two has really opened my eyes, in terms of the omissions and gaps here on that area. if you're interested, let me know, and I'll send you more details.
by the way, is it okay if I add some paragraph breaks to your useful note at WP:History I simply want to be able to read it more easily in full depth. thanks. -- Sm8900 ( talk) 14:24, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
Gooday. I have your Talk on my watchlist but no idea why, and just read the '6th pillar' stuff a few hours ago. Leaving that aside, I've just been trawling through the history of Mullet, and found your OR relating to an ice hockey team and radio station. Any reason this unsupported content was added and slipped-in with the 'wrong' edit summary? Thank you.-- Rocknrollmancer ( talk) 01:45, 18 January 2020 (UTC)
Nick Moyes Yes, thank you Nick I took you up on that. I appreciate it a lot. Best, LorriBrown ( talk) 05:08, 18 January 2020 (UTC)
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I need help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elenabesley ( talk • contribs) 23:25, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
Gooday and Compliments of the Season to you. I saw the closed AfD noting your extensive comments. I have done some editing at articles named Riber and Riber Castle (which I feel should be merged) and was minded to delete the prose at Riber relating to the beast. I was lucky to find a cached version of the deleted article at Google, so instead I left it with a couple of tweaks to de-sensationalise. As explained by WP:VNT, I have added the local sources which establish well-historic usage of the phrase in secondary media. Unfortunately, after a quick look only, there isn't an easy way to explain the local name of Lumsdale used by Matlock Mercury (Beast of Lumsdale) in WP terms. b rgds,-- Rocknrollmancer ( talk) 13:48, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I'd like to support you at RfA, but I have no idea how to post a support vote comment. Thanks.
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#'''Oppose'''
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Just wanted to give my thanks for a lesson in clear-cut, truly kind, help on Elenabesley's page - definitely taking notes.
I was just going to come over here, but thought I should handle my other notification first - which was from Zinnmann confirming he'd seen your identification of the waterfall from over at WP:VPM.
I thought I'd just been seeing your name a lot at the moment from RfA, but actually that would be inaccurate - it isn't why I see you around at all. How do we get more editors to stay? Just find another Moyes!
You'd get a barnstar, but my wifi's too poor to load all the pictures, so please consider this a Textual Barnstar Voucher - redeemable for an image-based one at any future point where good internet is present. Nosebagbear ( talk) 10:14, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi, you recently answered a request with caption How to revert any edit? on Teahouse. You told that there is an undo option at the bottom of edit history page but it is not present there. One thing I must tell you that I'm editing wikipedia on a smartphone. Alpha rows ( talk) 19:21, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
I'll add your userpage to my 'Watchlist' so I'll get a notification if you're successful. If not, tell me what number (above) you get stuck on. (Nipping downstairs for a coffee - I expect success when I get back !! ) Nick Moyes ( talk) 20:53, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
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Good evening again. Quite obviously "HeeheeYogen8" is very much active again.
Suggest to revert these edits again - Block evasion. Regards -- Uli Elch ( talk) 20:36, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
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Hi, sorry, I didn't catch your np-reply before the entry was removed from UAA. The user's name is: " International Law Case Updater" and their edits so far are exclusively to law-related articles, such as legal cases and judges. I believe one definite concern would be that some users are likely to believe they represent an entity or organization that gives their edits more weight and/or authenticity then that of an ordinary editor (ie: the rest of us), making it less likely they would challenge, or even check, any questionable edits. I don't think we should be required to review all their edits thus far, and then police them going forward to alleviate that concern. I think encouraging them to select a different user name, one that would also make it easier for editors to engage with them in talk page discussions, would be a reasonable means of addressing these concerns, no? (imho) - wolf 01:19, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
Hello. User:CanadaGirl has been reported as deceased over a decade ago. However, a sub-account was created on test2.wiki in 2017. I'm not sure whether it's an indicator of compromise, or simply a server error. 103.130.61.61 ( talk) 10:39, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
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Remember my first article, Katherine Hughes (activist)? It's now a GA! I thought you'd like to know. I've certainly come far since being a newbie, haven't I? Clovermoss (talk) 01:47, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
Hi Nick, thanks for blocking the Theologian81sp IP sock the other day. He is on a dynamic IP, apparently, and seems unable to understand the concept of block evasion – you blocked 78.14.139.25 two days ago, yesterday he returned as 84.223.68.239 and I posted another message for him on User talk:84.223.68.239, trying to be crystal clear about what "being blocked" actually means. Despite acknowledging that message and making a half-hearted attempt to get Theologian81sp unblocked, he returned today with another IP, 78.14.138.87. It is (at least) the 10th IP address he has used since being blocked on 11 July! (I have a list of the ones I've found and there are three different ranges: 78.14.13x.x, 94.38.23x.x, and 84.223.6x.x.) It's hard to know just what he thinks is going on, actually; he signs all his talk page posts so he is not trying to hide his activities or pretend to be someone else, but why did he acknowledge the message "you may not edit Wikipedia articles or post to talk pages" and proceed to ignore it?! Some of his edits look ok, while others are not, but that's not really the point. Would range blocks help, do you think?
Sorry, this got a bit disjointed and rambling, but I wanted to send it off before I go to bed. Best, -- bonadea contributions talk 22:20, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
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19:25, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
Hi Nick, back in June 2021 you were kind enough to offer me advice on Teahouse. Here is the link to that discussion - /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive_1113#Tom_Crean_(explorer)_article
My attempts to contact other editors on the Tom Crean article have not elicited a response and despite my efforts to have the changes applied I appear to be hitting a brick wall. I did do as you suggested and created a Word document that applied the edit revisions. This includes a reference to my book and notes that point to my book as the source where relevant. I am assuming that an editor applying those changes would just copy and paste after examining the changes but I could be naive in thinking this unless an editor were to check it over first. If this is possible and it's found that changes are required then I would apply them on the expert advice of an editor. In our previous discussion you did suggest I could perhaps make those edits myself but as the author of the biography that gave rise to the need for revisions, I'd still feel uncomfortable doing this. I would be most grateful for your help in the matter as the official revisions to Crean's story in the Dictionary of Irish Biography were made back in March 2021. I could send over the Word document that I have created as a replacement for the article if that is agreeable to you and of course, if you have the time to volunteer your assistance, Kind regards, Timfoley50 ( talk) 23:54, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
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21:57, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
Good evening. I really can't believe it any more: User:HeeheeYogen8 is now even falsifying rejecting unblock message !!
Imho he should now finally be blocked from editing his own talk and user pages.
Regards -- Uli Elch ( talk) 17:40, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
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