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Request reason:
Per the WP:AN Thread
Accept reason:
Per the clear consensus ( permalink) at AN to unblock. Thryduulf ( talk) 02:41, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
Finally... some sense! Jeni ( talk) 08:16, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
Took the liberty of correcting the permalink. Favonian ( talk) 08:58, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
About time too. It's a shame that you'll never get an apology for those who accused you of lying and those who shamefully mistreated and harassed you. The Rambling Man ( Staying alive since 2005!) 10:15, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
It's a shame this was handled in such a poor unprofessional manner, Glad to see you've been unblocked :), Also thank you for taking the time to improve the O2 Victoria Warehouse Manchester article - Not that you need me to tell you but you've done a fantastic job with it, Anyway happy editing. – Davey2010 Talk 11:01, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
Thankyou Swarm for agreeing to do the appeal and to Thryduulf for closing it. Now, what I would really like is Template:Did you know nominations/O2 Victoria Warehouse Manchester, and for someone in WP:GM (if there's anyone actually left on the project who hasn't quit or is blocked) to get a free contemporary photo of the venue, as I can't find one on Geograph. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 14:08, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Lisa Specht is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
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Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. SportingFlyer T· C 09:45, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
On 29 October 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Green Man, Blackheath, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that David Bowie's first gig as lead singer was at the Green Man, Blackheath? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Green Man, Blackheath. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Green Man, Blackheath), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Gatoclass ( talk) 00:01, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
.... and there's more, my friend, where that came from! Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 12:21, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for removing the text. However, the original is apparently from 1983 [2] (reused in a council text from 2013) and considerably longer than the enwiki text, which indicates that we copeid them, not the other way around. Furthermore, the original editor has a history of copyvios. Can you please revdel every version of the history until your edits fom today? Fram ( talk) 12:18, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
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I just want to say thank you for the initial work you did on the page Maurice Gaffney back in 2016! Mad to think it's 3 years ago. I was new to Wikipedia and was making loads of mistakes but thought, hey, this dude is notable enough! Obviously I didn't make it seem like so but due to your relentless sourcing and dedication you saved the page. I never thanked you for being such a fantastic contributor who stumbles across a random page and immediately swings into action to save it from deletion. Three years late, but thank you :) Eolais| Talk| Contribs 18:36, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
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For redirects created as a result of a page move, the mover must also have been the only substantive contributor to the pages before the move.I'm not complaining since I've nominated it for deletion, just an FYI in case you weren't aware. -- Tavix ( talk) 14:35, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
I ended up looking up the Peerage and was slightly astonished to discover her husband's name was Home Peel. ☕ Antiqueight chatter 20:36, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
Second to the post previously stated, how can an image of "Eduard von Grützner Falstaff" be a valid and not bogus presentation of "Ritchie333" if Wikipedia is to be a place for truthful and not deceiptful information. What is the relationship with "Ritchie333" and and image of "Eduard von Grützner Falstaff?" The truthful answer is: none. Starweavergroup ( talk) 18:24, 7 November 2019 (UTC)
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O2 Victoria Warehouse at the
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On 8 November 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Green Man, Leytonstone, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that two men who plotted to assassinate King George I were arrested in the Green Man public house in 1722? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Green Man, Leytonstone. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Green Man, Leytonstone), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Gatoclass ( talk) 00:01, 8 November 2019 (UTC)
Hi Ritchie, I saw you added then removed a question for me, but if this *is* something you would like an answer for I'm happy to provide one here, if you'd like. Thanks, Fish+ Karate 12:44, 8 November 2019 (UTC)
Sorry if I jumped the gun. I didn't see the red notice. Well... I said I was enthusiastic.
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Did I say how very glad I am that you are back? I mean I know I said it, but please read it again with emphasis on very. :) SusunW ( talk) 20:29, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
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Support that! And don't want to join the below, for an edit we can't even see. You are a good member of the cabal of the outcasts, Ritchie, like Br'er ( banned OTD 7 years ago), Eric, ... - would get sad by listing more. More musings on my talk: "go on with life ...". -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 09:20, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
Thank you for being back to article work, and nice that you did the latest DYK nom yourself! Click on "October" for our latest - quite great - music, - the critic (link to review at the bottom) had goose bumps in the end, imagine, first word in the header "Gänsehaut" ;) - A friend took shots from closer up, but I need to convince him to upload them. Actually, they are quite like the lead image of the choir which he also took. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:05, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
Today, I am proud of a great woman on the Main page, Márta Kurtág, finally! - Here's my ideal candidate for arbcom. - As he can't stand, how about you? I believe that victims of enforcement would be the better arbs. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:18, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
Today, I felt I had to something on the tags for Ingo Maurer, but there was RL, and I returned finding you worked on it! Thank you! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:21, 6 November 2019 (UTC)
Today, I noticed that you supported per me, which would make me feel good if you hadn't changed your mind ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 11:08, 9 November 2019 (UTC)
I'd like to try and help you get Tower Bridge to GA, but I think it needs some work particularly in the final few sections, and I don't want to step on anyone's toes so early in my time here. Whoever added those last two sections in particular, which would need to be radically reworked or got rid of, must have thought that they had merit. Dr Horncastle ( talk) 18:38, 8 November 2019 (UTC)
adding significantly to its accompanying articledespite managing to omit the bascule mechanisms, the glass-bottomed upper walkway, the way in which the structure was designed to blend with the Tower, the uniquely narrow roadway, the curving pavements, any of the three unique views (the modern City rising over the Tower, City Hall against the river, a clear down-river view of the Isle of Dogs) for which Tower Bridge is the only ground-level vantage point, HMS Belfast, the coloured illuminations of the four other City bridges—in short, every single thing that makes Tower Bridge distinctive, all while simultaneously failing to include anything that gives a sense of scale (a double-decker crossing the bridge is the traditional one) so viewers have no sense at all of how large it is. (All the "this is an extremely high resolution image" guff on the file description page also yanks my chain, come to that. 9462×4734 (44 mpx) isn't some kind of super-professional resolution which us mere peasants couldn't hope to replicate but the resolution of a decent-quality phone camera.) When the Commons folks realise you've removed it, that's when the tantrums will start, as "not in use in any articles" means automatic loss of Featured Picture status and nobody does tantrums like Commons does tantrums. ‑ Iridescent 15:54, 9 November 2019 (UTC)
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The aspersions at that RfA are unhinged, and admin action needs to be taken. It is worse than sad, Ritchie - we even have the comments of a sock that should be redacted. They are trying to destroy a good person and something must be done. Atsme Talk 📧 19:56, 9 November 2019 (UTC)
You reverted the text about this brewery without checking your facts. I don't need a source - I live there. You have used a years old source to state the brewery still exists when I drive past the site every day and know it's a housing estate. Check an aerial photo of the site if you still don't believe it.
I made an update to fix an error and you put the error back in. Not very good, is it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jayser100 ( talk • contribs) 23:04, 9 November 2019 (UTC)
... That's funny as heck. I'm in a public place right now, and I almost literally LOL'ed, hitting my head on the floor. Steel1943 ( talk) 23:45, 11 November 2019 (UTC)
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Hey Ritchie, not sure you were properly pinged, so Template:Did you know nominations/Green Man, Ashbourne. Thanks! 78.26 ( spin me / revolutions) 18:10, 13 November 2019 (UTC)
Ritchie333, I was wondering if you could take a look at the ALT2 hook here, which was added after you gave a tick to the nomination, to see whether it also meets with your approval in terms of sourcing and other checks. Many thanks. BlueMoonset ( talk) 23:00, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
Hi Ritchie, I've reverted your edit at ACN, since it restored disruptive material for which another editor was blocked. I'm initiating a discussion for the committee to review my edit, and will let you know if my action is reversed. Best, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 17:59, 18 November 2019 (UTC)
@ L235: I wanted to try and calm down the division between everybody. The original reversion and block of Giano started a noticeboard thread; these generally create dramah and are worth avoiding. While there was consensus to block Giano, his original point was worth mentioning. What are we going to do with FAs appearing on the main page when the main editor is blocked or retired? Eric can't come back until he files an unblock request himself to Arbcom. I don't think unblocking him is going to happen, so lets discuss what we can do about FAs and TFAs. We can defer a TFA if there aren't enough main editors around, and FAs generally get delisted if nobody is around to maintain them (eg: Wikipedia:Featured article review/AC/DC/archive2). That's a shame but when you look at the history of a good article, you tend to find the bulk of the work has been done by 1-2 editors. A truly crowdsourced article doesn't cut it, because everybody assumes somebody else is going to do the hard work of collating everything together.
Anyway, so rather than just revert Giano on sight, let's take the central point and make a discussion out of it. It's a compromise between those two sides and will hopefully calm things down. I didn't interpret the content reverted as harassment or a personal attack (though it was not very well phrased and incivil) as the comment from EEng was also reverted, who is not blocked. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 23:11, 18 November 2019 (UTC)
I apologise for being rude, but actually you are all mistaken. It is clearly impossible that @ L235: could mean that ordinary editors cannot express their opinions about Arbcom business or any other nonsense that arbcom might discuss. I am sure that L235 is a nice person and did not mean to say any such thing, but merely mis-typed. You are all encouraged to continue to express your opinions in the appropriate places, one of which is Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard. For the avoidance of doubt: I've been threatened with being blocked if I made such edits myself, but, there you go. MPS1992 ( talk) 00:58, 19 November 2019 (UTC)
I want to point out that the article Run in Red that you A7-ed and salted (after A7ing by User:Deb, and earlier AfD of Run in Red (band) by User:Yngvadottir) has been recreated with different capitalization. The editors involved are similar to those in the earlier AfD. It's possible that the band has since achieved notability, but the runaround of the block is concerning.
I want to disclose that I came upon this upon seeing the AfD mentioned on the talk page of users involved in the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kate Killick. This discussion got rather heated, to say the least, and it is this that led me to look at the said talk pages. In short, I may not be sufficiently WP:AGFing. Russ Woodroofe ( talk) 16:57, 19 November 2019 (UTC)
This was refreshing to read. Thanks for that. Home Lander ( talk) 19:07, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
Can you help me to create the page for British Herald https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:British_herald Design.ch ( talk) 13:02, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
You recently closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Carla Denyer as keep. I thought this might go to no consensus, but was surprised at keep. If you feel the arguments support keep, I respect your decision, but your closing summary seemed to me not to summarise the debate very well. You wrote, "Essentially, nobody except the nominator and one minor comment suggested the article should be deleted." What I see is 3 for delete (me as nominator, Ralbegen and Tom Morris -- Tom Morris didn't vote "delete" but concludes "Notability looks doubtful at the moment") and 3 for keep (Alarichall as article creator, Deryck C, Montanabw).
I don't know who you meant by the "one minor comment": Ralbegen was fairly brief (but gave reasoning), but then Deryck C and Montanabw were just as brief. It seemed a bit dismissive to use that wording. Bondegezou ( talk) 15:39, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
Hello, I would like to know more about the revert of my Keith Moon biography change. When I read the article I struggled over the name of Neil Borland and the fact that he was killed. This was really too astonishing for me and made it very hard for me to continue reading. I tried to provide more context for this proper name and added a link to the deceased. To be honest, I think the edit did not actually make the page worse and could have stayed. -- Marcuse7 ( talk) 11:30, 20 October 2019 (UTC)
On 25 November 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rye railway station (East Sussex), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that both Rye railway station (pictured) and its signal box are Grade II listed? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rye railway station (East Sussex). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Rye railway station (East Sussex)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Gatoclass ( talk) 00:02, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
Hello,
Regarding this reversion, please note that the image's levels (brightness, saturation, vibrancy, colour balance, etc.) can be adjusted. I'm unsure of what you mean by "more grainy" (as I see very little grain), but that property can be tweaked as well. There's plenty to work with, given that the resolution is 6,960 × 4,640 pixels (163 times higher than that of Rye Station 01.jpg). — David Levy 04:01, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
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Ritchie333 ( block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser ( log))
Request reason:
Per the WP:AN Thread
Accept reason:
Per the clear consensus ( permalink) at AN to unblock. Thryduulf ( talk) 02:41, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
Finally... some sense! Jeni ( talk) 08:16, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
Took the liberty of correcting the permalink. Favonian ( talk) 08:58, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
About time too. It's a shame that you'll never get an apology for those who accused you of lying and those who shamefully mistreated and harassed you. The Rambling Man ( Staying alive since 2005!) 10:15, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
It's a shame this was handled in such a poor unprofessional manner, Glad to see you've been unblocked :), Also thank you for taking the time to improve the O2 Victoria Warehouse Manchester article - Not that you need me to tell you but you've done a fantastic job with it, Anyway happy editing. – Davey2010 Talk 11:01, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
Thankyou Swarm for agreeing to do the appeal and to Thryduulf for closing it. Now, what I would really like is Template:Did you know nominations/O2 Victoria Warehouse Manchester, and for someone in WP:GM (if there's anyone actually left on the project who hasn't quit or is blocked) to get a free contemporary photo of the venue, as I can't find one on Geograph. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 14:08, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
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67.81.163.178 ( talk) 01:05, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Lisa Specht is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
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On 29 October 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Green Man, Blackheath, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that David Bowie's first gig as lead singer was at the Green Man, Blackheath? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Green Man, Blackheath. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Green Man, Blackheath), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Gatoclass ( talk) 00:01, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
.... and there's more, my friend, where that came from! Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 12:21, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for removing the text. However, the original is apparently from 1983 [2] (reused in a council text from 2013) and considerably longer than the enwiki text, which indicates that we copeid them, not the other way around. Furthermore, the original editor has a history of copyvios. Can you please revdel every version of the history until your edits fom today? Fram ( talk) 12:18, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
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Hello Ritchie333,
This newsletter comes a little earlier than usual because the backlog is rising again and the holidays are coming very soon.
There are now 804 holders of the New Page Reviewer flag! Most of you requested the user right to be able to do something about the huge backlog but it's still roughly less than 10% doing 90% of the work. Now it's time for action.
Exactly one year ago there were 'only' 3,650 unreviewed articles, now we will soon be approaching 7,000 despite the growing number of requests for the NPR user right. If each reviewer soon does only 2 reviews a day over five days, the backlog will be down to zero and the daily input can then be processed by every reviewer doing only 1 review every 2 days - that's only a few minutes work on the bus on the way to the office or to class! Let's get this over and done with in time to relax for the holidays.
Want to join? Consider adding the
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Our next newsletter will announce the winners of some
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Admin Barkeep49 has been officially invested as NPP/NPR coordinator by a unanimous consensus of the community. This is a complex role and he will need all the help he can get from other experienced reviewers.
Paid editing is still causing headaches for even our most experienced reviewers: This official Wikipedia article will be an eye-opener to anyone who joined Wikipedia or obtained the NPR right since 2015. See The Hallmarks to know exactly what to look for and take time to examine all the sources.
Would you like feedback on your reviews? Are you an experienced reviewer who can give feedback to other reviewers? If so there are two new feedback pilot programs. New Reviewer mentorship will match newer reviewers with an experienced reviewer with a new reviewer. The other program will be an occasional peer review cohort for moderate or experienced reviewers to give feedback to each other. The first cohort will launch November 13.
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MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 08:33, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
I just want to say thank you for the initial work you did on the page Maurice Gaffney back in 2016! Mad to think it's 3 years ago. I was new to Wikipedia and was making loads of mistakes but thought, hey, this dude is notable enough! Obviously I didn't make it seem like so but due to your relentless sourcing and dedication you saved the page. I never thanked you for being such a fantastic contributor who stumbles across a random page and immediately swings into action to save it from deletion. Three years late, but thank you :) Eolais| Talk| Contribs 18:36, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Alice Cleaver (Q2646855). Since you had some involvement with the Alice Cleaver (Q2646855) redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. -- Tavix ( talk) 03:46, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
For redirects created as a result of a page move, the mover must also have been the only substantive contributor to the pages before the move.I'm not complaining since I've nominated it for deletion, just an FYI in case you weren't aware. -- Tavix ( talk) 14:35, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
I ended up looking up the Peerage and was slightly astonished to discover her husband's name was Home Peel. ☕ Antiqueight chatter 20:36, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
Second to the post previously stated, how can an image of "Eduard von Grützner Falstaff" be a valid and not bogus presentation of "Ritchie333" if Wikipedia is to be a place for truthful and not deceiptful information. What is the relationship with "Ritchie333" and and image of "Eduard von Grützner Falstaff?" The truthful answer is: none. Starweavergroup ( talk) 18:24, 7 November 2019 (UTC)
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On 8 November 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Green Man, Leytonstone, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that two men who plotted to assassinate King George I were arrested in the Green Man public house in 1722? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Green Man, Leytonstone. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Green Man, Leytonstone), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Gatoclass ( talk) 00:01, 8 November 2019 (UTC)
Hi Ritchie, I saw you added then removed a question for me, but if this *is* something you would like an answer for I'm happy to provide one here, if you'd like. Thanks, Fish+ Karate 12:44, 8 November 2019 (UTC)
Sorry if I jumped the gun. I didn't see the red notice. Well... I said I was enthusiastic.
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Did I say how very glad I am that you are back? I mean I know I said it, but please read it again with emphasis on very. :) SusunW ( talk) 20:29, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
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Support that! And don't want to join the below, for an edit we can't even see. You are a good member of the cabal of the outcasts, Ritchie, like Br'er ( banned OTD 7 years ago), Eric, ... - would get sad by listing more. More musings on my talk: "go on with life ...". -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 09:20, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
Thank you for being back to article work, and nice that you did the latest DYK nom yourself! Click on "October" for our latest - quite great - music, - the critic (link to review at the bottom) had goose bumps in the end, imagine, first word in the header "Gänsehaut" ;) - A friend took shots from closer up, but I need to convince him to upload them. Actually, they are quite like the lead image of the choir which he also took. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:05, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
Today, I am proud of a great woman on the Main page, Márta Kurtág, finally! - Here's my ideal candidate for arbcom. - As he can't stand, how about you? I believe that victims of enforcement would be the better arbs. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:18, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
Today, I felt I had to something on the tags for Ingo Maurer, but there was RL, and I returned finding you worked on it! Thank you! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:21, 6 November 2019 (UTC)
Today, I noticed that you supported per me, which would make me feel good if you hadn't changed your mind ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 11:08, 9 November 2019 (UTC)
I'd like to try and help you get Tower Bridge to GA, but I think it needs some work particularly in the final few sections, and I don't want to step on anyone's toes so early in my time here. Whoever added those last two sections in particular, which would need to be radically reworked or got rid of, must have thought that they had merit. Dr Horncastle ( talk) 18:38, 8 November 2019 (UTC)
adding significantly to its accompanying articledespite managing to omit the bascule mechanisms, the glass-bottomed upper walkway, the way in which the structure was designed to blend with the Tower, the uniquely narrow roadway, the curving pavements, any of the three unique views (the modern City rising over the Tower, City Hall against the river, a clear down-river view of the Isle of Dogs) for which Tower Bridge is the only ground-level vantage point, HMS Belfast, the coloured illuminations of the four other City bridges—in short, every single thing that makes Tower Bridge distinctive, all while simultaneously failing to include anything that gives a sense of scale (a double-decker crossing the bridge is the traditional one) so viewers have no sense at all of how large it is. (All the "this is an extremely high resolution image" guff on the file description page also yanks my chain, come to that. 9462×4734 (44 mpx) isn't some kind of super-professional resolution which us mere peasants couldn't hope to replicate but the resolution of a decent-quality phone camera.) When the Commons folks realise you've removed it, that's when the tantrums will start, as "not in use in any articles" means automatic loss of Featured Picture status and nobody does tantrums like Commons does tantrums. ‑ Iridescent 15:54, 9 November 2019 (UTC)
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The aspersions at that RfA are unhinged, and admin action needs to be taken. It is worse than sad, Ritchie - we even have the comments of a sock that should be redacted. They are trying to destroy a good person and something must be done. Atsme Talk 📧 19:56, 9 November 2019 (UTC)
You reverted the text about this brewery without checking your facts. I don't need a source - I live there. You have used a years old source to state the brewery still exists when I drive past the site every day and know it's a housing estate. Check an aerial photo of the site if you still don't believe it.
I made an update to fix an error and you put the error back in. Not very good, is it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jayser100 ( talk • contribs) 23:04, 9 November 2019 (UTC)
... That's funny as heck. I'm in a public place right now, and I almost literally LOL'ed, hitting my head on the floor. Steel1943 ( talk) 23:45, 11 November 2019 (UTC)
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Hey Ritchie, not sure you were properly pinged, so Template:Did you know nominations/Green Man, Ashbourne. Thanks! 78.26 ( spin me / revolutions) 18:10, 13 November 2019 (UTC)
Ritchie333, I was wondering if you could take a look at the ALT2 hook here, which was added after you gave a tick to the nomination, to see whether it also meets with your approval in terms of sourcing and other checks. Many thanks. BlueMoonset ( talk) 23:00, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
Hi Ritchie, I've reverted your edit at ACN, since it restored disruptive material for which another editor was blocked. I'm initiating a discussion for the committee to review my edit, and will let you know if my action is reversed. Best, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 17:59, 18 November 2019 (UTC)
@ L235: I wanted to try and calm down the division between everybody. The original reversion and block of Giano started a noticeboard thread; these generally create dramah and are worth avoiding. While there was consensus to block Giano, his original point was worth mentioning. What are we going to do with FAs appearing on the main page when the main editor is blocked or retired? Eric can't come back until he files an unblock request himself to Arbcom. I don't think unblocking him is going to happen, so lets discuss what we can do about FAs and TFAs. We can defer a TFA if there aren't enough main editors around, and FAs generally get delisted if nobody is around to maintain them (eg: Wikipedia:Featured article review/AC/DC/archive2). That's a shame but when you look at the history of a good article, you tend to find the bulk of the work has been done by 1-2 editors. A truly crowdsourced article doesn't cut it, because everybody assumes somebody else is going to do the hard work of collating everything together.
Anyway, so rather than just revert Giano on sight, let's take the central point and make a discussion out of it. It's a compromise between those two sides and will hopefully calm things down. I didn't interpret the content reverted as harassment or a personal attack (though it was not very well phrased and incivil) as the comment from EEng was also reverted, who is not blocked. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 23:11, 18 November 2019 (UTC)
I apologise for being rude, but actually you are all mistaken. It is clearly impossible that @ L235: could mean that ordinary editors cannot express their opinions about Arbcom business or any other nonsense that arbcom might discuss. I am sure that L235 is a nice person and did not mean to say any such thing, but merely mis-typed. You are all encouraged to continue to express your opinions in the appropriate places, one of which is Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard. For the avoidance of doubt: I've been threatened with being blocked if I made such edits myself, but, there you go. MPS1992 ( talk) 00:58, 19 November 2019 (UTC)
I want to point out that the article Run in Red that you A7-ed and salted (after A7ing by User:Deb, and earlier AfD of Run in Red (band) by User:Yngvadottir) has been recreated with different capitalization. The editors involved are similar to those in the earlier AfD. It's possible that the band has since achieved notability, but the runaround of the block is concerning.
I want to disclose that I came upon this upon seeing the AfD mentioned on the talk page of users involved in the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kate Killick. This discussion got rather heated, to say the least, and it is this that led me to look at the said talk pages. In short, I may not be sufficiently WP:AGFing. Russ Woodroofe ( talk) 16:57, 19 November 2019 (UTC)
This was refreshing to read. Thanks for that. Home Lander ( talk) 19:07, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
Can you help me to create the page for British Herald https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:British_herald Design.ch ( talk) 13:02, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
You recently closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Carla Denyer as keep. I thought this might go to no consensus, but was surprised at keep. If you feel the arguments support keep, I respect your decision, but your closing summary seemed to me not to summarise the debate very well. You wrote, "Essentially, nobody except the nominator and one minor comment suggested the article should be deleted." What I see is 3 for delete (me as nominator, Ralbegen and Tom Morris -- Tom Morris didn't vote "delete" but concludes "Notability looks doubtful at the moment") and 3 for keep (Alarichall as article creator, Deryck C, Montanabw).
I don't know who you meant by the "one minor comment": Ralbegen was fairly brief (but gave reasoning), but then Deryck C and Montanabw were just as brief. It seemed a bit dismissive to use that wording. Bondegezou ( talk) 15:39, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
Hello, I would like to know more about the revert of my Keith Moon biography change. When I read the article I struggled over the name of Neil Borland and the fact that he was killed. This was really too astonishing for me and made it very hard for me to continue reading. I tried to provide more context for this proper name and added a link to the deceased. To be honest, I think the edit did not actually make the page worse and could have stayed. -- Marcuse7 ( talk) 11:30, 20 October 2019 (UTC)
On 25 November 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rye railway station (East Sussex), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that both Rye railway station (pictured) and its signal box are Grade II listed? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rye railway station (East Sussex). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Rye railway station (East Sussex)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Gatoclass ( talk) 00:02, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
Hello,
Regarding this reversion, please note that the image's levels (brightness, saturation, vibrancy, colour balance, etc.) can be adjusted. I'm unsure of what you mean by "more grainy" (as I see very little grain), but that property can be tweaked as well. There's plenty to work with, given that the resolution is 6,960 × 4,640 pixels (163 times higher than that of Rye Station 01.jpg). — David Levy 04:01, 26 November 2019 (UTC)