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Are you enjoying maintaining your attack page? I see you've cravenly neglected to answer my questions at your RfA. Are you happy with the reversion of obvious improvements to articles that you've played such a large role in encouraging? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.9.132.118 ( talk) 04:59, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
I've noticed that you declined the speedy deletion request on Star Infranet on the grounds that it is "the PlusNet of India, and hence not an A7". IMHO the article fails WP:GNG in many ways: it has no significant coverage to be considered notable, references 3 & 4 are not reliable secondary sources as they are self-published material, reference 1 is obviously an advertisement, (so they are not independent of the subject) and source number 3 doesn't work. Would the correct procedure be to propose it for deletion for not complying with WP:GNG? Thanks in advance. Hansi667 (Neighbor Of The Beast) a penny for your thoughts? 16:51, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi Ritchie333, I have closed your request for adminship as successful. Congratulations on the positive result and for your place on WP:RFX100. As always, the administrators' reading list is worth reading and the new admin school is most certainly available if you feel that you might require some practice with the tools in a safe environment prior to applying them elsewhere on the project. Good luck with your adminship! Acalamari 21:27, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
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Congrats Ritchie! I knew you'd succeed in an RFA, so now let's celebrate!! Here's a beer for you. Snuggums ( talk / edits) 21:47, 10 May 2015 (UTC) |
Looks like a binge of support. Fine RFA! Binksternet ( talk) 22:45, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi everyone. Thank you all so much for your kind words and support. Without wishing this to turn into an Oscar speech, I'd like to thank @ MelanieN: and @ SNUGGUMS: for persuading me to give RfA a go, @ Kudpung:, @ Yunshui: and @ Drmies: for the nomination, @ Dennis Brown: for giving me the original inspiration that Wikipedia admins can actually be really good people, and everyone for participating. Some of the questions were mildly taxing, but ultimately I found that if you know enough to be an admin and can read constructive criticism without reacting to it, RfA does seem to be no big deal after all these days. Anyway, back to West Pier now.... Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 07:10, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
...by the way, can another admin explain to me why I now have a button called "deli-batch"? It that something to do with the secret deli counter that everybody has repeatedly denied existence of? Can you order a tasty footlong sub sandwich? If so - yum! Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 13:33, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
I'd have thought that's quite a notable amount, and in quite a different league to "favouring". Do you doubt the source? Or is it pure exaggeration? Martinevans123 ( talk) 16:26, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for the stalk - and for the edit summary which gave me my best laugh of the day! -- MelanieN ( talk) 20:33, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
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It's important for us to have this page as we're a growing startup and Wikipedia is integral to our growing media presence. Can you let me know what we can do to have it up again? Thanks and if it's easier, feel free to email me at jennifer@epic.foundation I look forward to hearing from you! Best, Jennifer Director of Communications Epic Foundation Andamanes ( talk) 15:41, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
Thanks Richie33. What can we do to ameliorate the situation? Should we remove the LinkedIn public profile link? We would really liked to keep his page because many journalists visit his Wikipedia page and his Crunchbase profile as part of their thought leader research. If it's better to remove that hyperlink, I am happy to do so. Thanks so much, Jennifer
Response: Hi there, I appreciate your awesome advice but my CEO wants his profile back up. And before we set his page up, I did some research and plenty of entrpreneurs and philanthropists have profiles (Pierre Omidyar, Ashish Thakkar, etc). Can we please repost his page? I'd REALLY appreciate it :)
Hi there, I tried to access the page so I could work on revising it but it looks like it's been deleted again. Can you send me the text so I can work on edits? Thanks and I'm sorry this is creating such a mess. @ Andamanes: I'm sorry, but now I really can't. @ Chrislk02: deleted it for the same original reasons I did. I've pinged him so hopefully he can join the conversation and give further advice. You're a new editor just trying to get things going, I understand. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 19:06, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi guys, I will go ahead and resubmit a new entry, keeping all those guidelines in mind and being sure to properly cite everything. I hope this time it will work. Again, I completely understand Wikipedia is not a place to grow our media presence. Alexandre Mars is a highly influential social entrepreneur and philanthropist, very much like Pierre Omidyar and Ashish Thakkar (both on Wikipedia). We're a growing nonprofit startup and we just want to make the world a better place for children and youth to live in. We're just a bunch of good people who are passionate about impact and the more we can inspire these wealthy folks to be like Alexandre, who's giving all of his time and energy and money to help organizations get what they need in 6 countries/regions around the world. So, it's more than media presence. It's about giving back to our communities and it's about being compassionate.
Hi Chrislk02, I'm writing this in an official capacity. |
Can you change protection level for persisting sockpuppet from MariaJaydHicky. 115.164.59.51 ( talk) 11:10, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
I would like to know if I can make edits to pages? I understand I must use the Article wizard to create new pages, but what about editing existing articles? InfoDataMonger ( talk) 13:36, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
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And @ MelanieN: - you may recall me saying I'd never been personally pulled up to ANI ever, which makes me doubly sad :-( Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 16:28, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
In my previous life as head forum moderator, the colourful incidents I've had included some troll ringing up a pub pretending to be me and trying to cancel a meetup [1], and some pillock who trolled lots of people in private message for five years and whose final act (that caused his banning) was something like "I wonder if the management could confirm anything in writing that says that sharing passwords with another user is to be discouraged?" [2] So, me at ANI - pfffft, been there, done that. That's not why I'm sad.
The problem is - and it's really important to never forget it - we are here to write an encyclopedia, and this guy brought to my attention Alex Lowe, which is just ... awful. Quotes without sources and a Chuck Norris-esque fawning portrayal of somebody. I've half a mind to send it to AfD except it's not actually policy to send stuff there because it's rubbish. Why can't he concentrate on that? There's a new article on reshoring that has NPOV and geographic problems (it's a new article by an inexperienced editor; these things happen) that on past form he could whip into shape in a few edits. Why do we have to have all this additional bullshit and dramah? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 17:11, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
You made a very clear violation of a very clear policy. If you do it again, I'll report you again. And as for your plaintive wondering why I don't edit articles that you want me to edit, and your weepy complaint about "additional bullshit and dramah": you set up an idiotic attack page dedicated to making false accusations against me. Additional bullshit and drama is exactly what you wanted, and it's exactly what you've got. I am quite certain you're delighted by that.
Blocking me shortly after declaring that you would not do so because you were WP:INVOLVED is another serious mistake by the way. I don't think you're going to remain an administrator for very long if you keep on like this, you know. 186.9.131.35 ( talk) 18:48, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
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Hi, Thanks for asking me to jump in. I agree with the actions taken by you and Drmies, and I hope my comments/templates helped the situation. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 15:02, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi Ritchie and congratulations on your recent elevation to adminship. I tend to take a firm line on legal threats. The user was perfectly entitled to challenge any BLP issues on the article about him, but in mentioning "counsel" they crossed a line. All they need to do to be unblocked is to clarify that they do not intend to take legal action against us. At that point I will happily unblock. This is standard procedure in dealing with this issue, and I think it is there for good reason. Our policy on legal threats only works if it is a bright-line rule, somewhat like 3RR but with far fewer exceptions, of which I do not believe this to be one. Happy to discuss this further of course, but I prefer to do so here than at the user's talk page. Hope that makes sense. -- John ( talk) 18:17, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
"When someone screams about "admin abuse", it's most likely true – they're probably abusing admins again. If there's a block involved, expect to see a battalion of sockpuppets in short order, making even more shrill cries of admin wrongdoing."
Ritchie, it's been at least 24 hours since you were last accused of abusing your admin tools. Keep it up! ;P EEng ( talk) 23:17, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for your feedback. They are always welcomed but the fact is that in order to create an article for a film you need make sure it passes WP:NFF and make sure you have at least one reference to the context. You just can't create an article with an infobox only and without any content and citations. That's what the point I made sure before adding the varius tags.Cheers!!! Sammanhumagain t@lk 01:20, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
Good afternoon. I am not ready to re-submit the Portland article into the GA process, as there is discussion in the talk page as to it's qualifications to being a "B" let alone a GA, but I have gone through most of the points you brought up last time. At your convenience, I would appreciate your checking it out again, and letting me know what you think. Thank you, Name Omitted ( talk) 02:30, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
is you the sabre guy?-- 13jospin ( talk) 05:52, 23 May 2015 (UTC) (M4 CROSSING)
Hi, Ritchie! While patrolling CSDs I came across this article: Draft:Stentorians. A bunch of people had been working on it for several months, and then for some reason one of them blanked the page. I declined speedy and restored the page, and I started trying to pull it together into a proper article because I think the subject is interesting and notable. But it looks like a job for more than one person. It apparently started out as an obituary for the founder of the group. It is still bloated and disorganized, and I haven't even started to look for copyvios yet. But take a look and let me know if you think this article is worth saving. If you don't think the subject is notable enough then I'll drop it. -- MelanieN ( talk) 23:06, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi Ritchie. I have a hard copy of the article from The Lichfield Mercury. I don't know how to upload it though. Can you help? I'm new to Wikipedia. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.125.232.220 ( talk) 11:13, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
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tag, like this : <ref>Chantry Cup Final, Lichfield Mercury, 24 June 1937, p. 8</ref>
.You or page stalkers up for Gloucestershire country houses at Wikipedia:WikiProject Intertranswiki? User:Martinevans123, User:Gareth E Kegg and User:KJP1 might also be up for helping start some. Any stubs or start class articles you can create will be appreciated!♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:15, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
Okay, Blofeld, I guess you and Rjd0060 aren't going to be exchanging Christmas cards this year ... but this seems to just be a one-off mistake. If you have solid evidence (and that means diffs) that an admin is repeatedly deleting things out of policy (and I really don't think he is from a cursory look), I can look into it. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 11:27, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
Can either of you expand Frampton Court, four Grade I listed buildings in one!!♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:51, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
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Are you enjoying maintaining your attack page? I see you've cravenly neglected to answer my questions at your RfA. Are you happy with the reversion of obvious improvements to articles that you've played such a large role in encouraging? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.9.132.118 ( talk) 04:59, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
I've noticed that you declined the speedy deletion request on Star Infranet on the grounds that it is "the PlusNet of India, and hence not an A7". IMHO the article fails WP:GNG in many ways: it has no significant coverage to be considered notable, references 3 & 4 are not reliable secondary sources as they are self-published material, reference 1 is obviously an advertisement, (so they are not independent of the subject) and source number 3 doesn't work. Would the correct procedure be to propose it for deletion for not complying with WP:GNG? Thanks in advance. Hansi667 (Neighbor Of The Beast) a penny for your thoughts? 16:51, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi Ritchie333, I have closed your request for adminship as successful. Congratulations on the positive result and for your place on WP:RFX100. As always, the administrators' reading list is worth reading and the new admin school is most certainly available if you feel that you might require some practice with the tools in a safe environment prior to applying them elsewhere on the project. Good luck with your adminship! Acalamari 21:27, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
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Congrats Ritchie! I knew you'd succeed in an RFA, so now let's celebrate!! Here's a beer for you. Snuggums ( talk / edits) 21:47, 10 May 2015 (UTC) |
Looks like a binge of support. Fine RFA! Binksternet ( talk) 22:45, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi everyone. Thank you all so much for your kind words and support. Without wishing this to turn into an Oscar speech, I'd like to thank @ MelanieN: and @ SNUGGUMS: for persuading me to give RfA a go, @ Kudpung:, @ Yunshui: and @ Drmies: for the nomination, @ Dennis Brown: for giving me the original inspiration that Wikipedia admins can actually be really good people, and everyone for participating. Some of the questions were mildly taxing, but ultimately I found that if you know enough to be an admin and can read constructive criticism without reacting to it, RfA does seem to be no big deal after all these days. Anyway, back to West Pier now.... Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 07:10, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
...by the way, can another admin explain to me why I now have a button called "deli-batch"? It that something to do with the secret deli counter that everybody has repeatedly denied existence of? Can you order a tasty footlong sub sandwich? If so - yum! Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 13:33, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
I'd have thought that's quite a notable amount, and in quite a different league to "favouring". Do you doubt the source? Or is it pure exaggeration? Martinevans123 ( talk) 16:26, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for the stalk - and for the edit summary which gave me my best laugh of the day! -- MelanieN ( talk) 20:33, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
I have rewritten Draft:Alexandre Mars from scratch and given it back to the original creator to take to AfC, and hence the discussion here can now be safely closed. |
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It's important for us to have this page as we're a growing startup and Wikipedia is integral to our growing media presence. Can you let me know what we can do to have it up again? Thanks and if it's easier, feel free to email me at jennifer@epic.foundation I look forward to hearing from you! Best, Jennifer Director of Communications Epic Foundation Andamanes ( talk) 15:41, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
Thanks Richie33. What can we do to ameliorate the situation? Should we remove the LinkedIn public profile link? We would really liked to keep his page because many journalists visit his Wikipedia page and his Crunchbase profile as part of their thought leader research. If it's better to remove that hyperlink, I am happy to do so. Thanks so much, Jennifer
Response: Hi there, I appreciate your awesome advice but my CEO wants his profile back up. And before we set his page up, I did some research and plenty of entrpreneurs and philanthropists have profiles (Pierre Omidyar, Ashish Thakkar, etc). Can we please repost his page? I'd REALLY appreciate it :)
Hi there, I tried to access the page so I could work on revising it but it looks like it's been deleted again. Can you send me the text so I can work on edits? Thanks and I'm sorry this is creating such a mess. @ Andamanes: I'm sorry, but now I really can't. @ Chrislk02: deleted it for the same original reasons I did. I've pinged him so hopefully he can join the conversation and give further advice. You're a new editor just trying to get things going, I understand. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 19:06, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi guys, I will go ahead and resubmit a new entry, keeping all those guidelines in mind and being sure to properly cite everything. I hope this time it will work. Again, I completely understand Wikipedia is not a place to grow our media presence. Alexandre Mars is a highly influential social entrepreneur and philanthropist, very much like Pierre Omidyar and Ashish Thakkar (both on Wikipedia). We're a growing nonprofit startup and we just want to make the world a better place for children and youth to live in. We're just a bunch of good people who are passionate about impact and the more we can inspire these wealthy folks to be like Alexandre, who's giving all of his time and energy and money to help organizations get what they need in 6 countries/regions around the world. So, it's more than media presence. It's about giving back to our communities and it's about being compassionate.
Hi Chrislk02, I'm writing this in an official capacity. |
Can you change protection level for persisting sockpuppet from MariaJaydHicky. 115.164.59.51 ( talk) 11:10, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
I would like to know if I can make edits to pages? I understand I must use the Article wizard to create new pages, but what about editing existing articles? InfoDataMonger ( talk) 13:36, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. — Preceding
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186.9.130.238 (
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15:34, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
And @ MelanieN: - you may recall me saying I'd never been personally pulled up to ANI ever, which makes me doubly sad :-( Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 16:28, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
In my previous life as head forum moderator, the colourful incidents I've had included some troll ringing up a pub pretending to be me and trying to cancel a meetup [1], and some pillock who trolled lots of people in private message for five years and whose final act (that caused his banning) was something like "I wonder if the management could confirm anything in writing that says that sharing passwords with another user is to be discouraged?" [2] So, me at ANI - pfffft, been there, done that. That's not why I'm sad.
The problem is - and it's really important to never forget it - we are here to write an encyclopedia, and this guy brought to my attention Alex Lowe, which is just ... awful. Quotes without sources and a Chuck Norris-esque fawning portrayal of somebody. I've half a mind to send it to AfD except it's not actually policy to send stuff there because it's rubbish. Why can't he concentrate on that? There's a new article on reshoring that has NPOV and geographic problems (it's a new article by an inexperienced editor; these things happen) that on past form he could whip into shape in a few edits. Why do we have to have all this additional bullshit and dramah? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 17:11, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
You made a very clear violation of a very clear policy. If you do it again, I'll report you again. And as for your plaintive wondering why I don't edit articles that you want me to edit, and your weepy complaint about "additional bullshit and dramah": you set up an idiotic attack page dedicated to making false accusations against me. Additional bullshit and drama is exactly what you wanted, and it's exactly what you've got. I am quite certain you're delighted by that.
Blocking me shortly after declaring that you would not do so because you were WP:INVOLVED is another serious mistake by the way. I don't think you're going to remain an administrator for very long if you keep on like this, you know. 186.9.131.35 ( talk) 18:48, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of
Wickedly Welsh Chocolate at the
Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath
your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!
Yoninah (
talk)
23:06, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at
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Hi, Thanks for asking me to jump in. I agree with the actions taken by you and Drmies, and I hope my comments/templates helped the situation. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 15:02, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi Ritchie and congratulations on your recent elevation to adminship. I tend to take a firm line on legal threats. The user was perfectly entitled to challenge any BLP issues on the article about him, but in mentioning "counsel" they crossed a line. All they need to do to be unblocked is to clarify that they do not intend to take legal action against us. At that point I will happily unblock. This is standard procedure in dealing with this issue, and I think it is there for good reason. Our policy on legal threats only works if it is a bright-line rule, somewhat like 3RR but with far fewer exceptions, of which I do not believe this to be one. Happy to discuss this further of course, but I prefer to do so here than at the user's talk page. Hope that makes sense. -- John ( talk) 18:17, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
"When someone screams about "admin abuse", it's most likely true – they're probably abusing admins again. If there's a block involved, expect to see a battalion of sockpuppets in short order, making even more shrill cries of admin wrongdoing."
Ritchie, it's been at least 24 hours since you were last accused of abusing your admin tools. Keep it up! ;P EEng ( talk) 23:17, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for your feedback. They are always welcomed but the fact is that in order to create an article for a film you need make sure it passes WP:NFF and make sure you have at least one reference to the context. You just can't create an article with an infobox only and without any content and citations. That's what the point I made sure before adding the varius tags.Cheers!!! Sammanhumagain t@lk 01:20, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
Good afternoon. I am not ready to re-submit the Portland article into the GA process, as there is discussion in the talk page as to it's qualifications to being a "B" let alone a GA, but I have gone through most of the points you brought up last time. At your convenience, I would appreciate your checking it out again, and letting me know what you think. Thank you, Name Omitted ( talk) 02:30, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
is you the sabre guy?-- 13jospin ( talk) 05:52, 23 May 2015 (UTC) (M4 CROSSING)
Hi, Ritchie! While patrolling CSDs I came across this article: Draft:Stentorians. A bunch of people had been working on it for several months, and then for some reason one of them blanked the page. I declined speedy and restored the page, and I started trying to pull it together into a proper article because I think the subject is interesting and notable. But it looks like a job for more than one person. It apparently started out as an obituary for the founder of the group. It is still bloated and disorganized, and I haven't even started to look for copyvios yet. But take a look and let me know if you think this article is worth saving. If you don't think the subject is notable enough then I'll drop it. -- MelanieN ( talk) 23:06, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi Ritchie. I have a hard copy of the article from The Lichfield Mercury. I don't know how to upload it though. Can you help? I'm new to Wikipedia. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.125.232.220 ( talk) 11:13, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
<ref>
tag, like this : <ref>Chantry Cup Final, Lichfield Mercury, 24 June 1937, p. 8</ref>
.You or page stalkers up for Gloucestershire country houses at Wikipedia:WikiProject Intertranswiki? User:Martinevans123, User:Gareth E Kegg and User:KJP1 might also be up for helping start some. Any stubs or start class articles you can create will be appreciated!♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:15, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
Okay, Blofeld, I guess you and Rjd0060 aren't going to be exchanging Christmas cards this year ... but this seems to just be a one-off mistake. If you have solid evidence (and that means diffs) that an admin is repeatedly deleting things out of policy (and I really don't think he is from a cursory look), I can look into it. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 11:27, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
Can either of you expand Frampton Court, four Grade I listed buildings in one!!♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:51, 25 May 2015 (UTC)