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[1] WP:OWN? WP:IDONTLIKEIT? BRD requires a "D." Toddst1 ( talk) 23:08, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
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With regards to this edit, By all means replace a dash with an ndash, but please do not remove full page numbers in a page number range. Just as with date ranges Wikipedia does not need to save the space that using the full page takes up. -- PBS ( talk) 13:38, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
I noticed you added id={{
ISBN|978-1400067602}}
to {{
cite book}}s in the David Brooks article with
this edit. Is there a reason you prefer this to the the attribute isbn=978-1400067602
? I actually ended up replacing the citations in question completely, so it's a moot point for that article, but I'm wondering for future reference.
Sondra.kinsey (
talk) 16:11, 8 August 2017 (UTC)
@
Sondra.kinsey: Hello. Take a second look and you'll see the templates were cite web and cite book. Since I was doing the edits on my iphone, using id= ISBN was the easiest way to assure that the ISBNs rendered. Thanks. –
S. Rich (
talk)
16:01, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
With this edit at List of Confederate monuments and memorials, you added a link to Camp White Sulphur Springs Confederate Cemetery. Why? Magnolia677 ( talk) 01:33, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
With this edit you removed a number of entries at List of Confederate monuments and memorials with the edit summary "remove mentions of graves of soldiers (per general attitude on talk page) as these are memorials to the individuals, not necessarily to the CSA)". Unfortunately, not all of what you removed were graves. For example, at Alton, Illinois, you removed the entry for the Confederate Cemetery and Memorial. This is the memorial. It's clearly not a grave. You also removed this image, which had the caption "Confederate Monument, Little Rock National Cemetery", as well as a text entry for it. I have only glanced at your edit, but suspect there will be more monuments (not graves) that were removed. Would you be prepared to revisit your edit and restore content which should not have been removed? Thank you. Magnolia677 ( talk) 22:06, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
Hi there,
Thanks for all your hard work on the above, mentioned article. I've had another go at editing it and because my reasons went into rather more depth than the edit summary allowed I've left some notes about the edit on the talk page. I appreciate your comments that the word "public sponsor" neglects and confuses the fact that some of the monuments might have been paid for privately. I've had another go at changing the word with the intent of using the source to clarify the text in the article without using potentially confusing terminology. Please check it and comment if necessary. Many thanks again. Edaham ( talk) 06:10, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
I'll take your snarky deletion of my note as refusal to discuss. You should not be deleting entire sections and creating notes. Legacypac ( talk) 01:15, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
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Dear Mr. Rich,
I read your note on my talk page /User_talk:Ahassan01. Recently I read the rules of Wikipedia regarding verification and reliable sources. I respect these rules and I will follow them. To do that, I am planing to convert my Islamosecularism blog to a conference paper that can be published in good conference. After the paper is published, it will be easy to add it to Wikipedia because at that time, it will be well-established topic, that have reliable reference (the proceedings of the conference). Finally, the topic of my PhD does not include islamosecularism.
Best Regards, ali hassan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ahassan01 ( talk • contribs) 13:35, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
@ Ahassan01: Thank you. Please let me know when it is is published. To avoid problems with WP:SELFCITE it is often best to have another editor make the contributions. – S. Rich ( talk) 03:56, 28 August 2017 (UTC)
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Sorry about the trouble with the Dam failure article, some of the new sites have changed their headlines since I posted the references. Pastorma ( talk) 23:07, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
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I'll take your snarky deletion of my note as refusal to discuss. You should not be deleting entire sections and creating notes. Legacypac ( talk) 01:15, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
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Hello.
Would you be willing to help me out by checking through the following list of statistics and other references, and inserting the ones that are appropriate and sufficiently reliable into related Wikipedia pages?
/info/en/?search=User:David_A/Important_Fact_Links
I am kept extremely busy constantly managing one of the world's most popular entertainment wikis, so I regrettably do not have the time to do so, and am also rather inexperienced with editing articles covering more serious subjects.
I would really appreciate the help. David A ( talk) 16:23, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
@ David A: Sorry. There is much to much in the list to review. I would not know where to begin. Best wishes on your endeavor. – S. Rich ( talk) 03:53, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
Okay. Thanks anyway. There is a lot of important information there however. David A ( talk) 04:17, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
This ref [2] definitely supports? Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 07:28, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
See here, which messed up formatting and notes. I just found an IP removing one mess (an IP who is trying to make changes in grammar some of which change the meaning entirely). Doug Weller talk 10:14, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
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Hello. I do not fully understand your question about Bireley? [3] You mean the book about the "anti" Machiavellians in the Counter Reformation? I have a copy, but I am not sure what to look for. Please explain.-- Andrew Lancaster ( talk) 22:07, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
The user behind the TotalConversionMarketing ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) account is still a registered Wikipedia editor. They renamed to H20below ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) and their contributions to the Professional Association of Diving Instructors article can be seen at https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Professional_Association_of_Diving_Instructors&offset=20140703&action=history . It is true that the account hasn't edited since 2014.
A discussion about their edits on the talk page is in the second part of the section Talk:Professional Association of Diving Instructors #Criticism section removal, and at their talk page User talk:H20below. The criticism section has been the subject of several discussions as you can see from the talk page.
Nevertheless, the article is pretty stable now, and I won't contest your removal of the COI tag. -- RexxS ( talk) 13:46, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
"when dealing with an editor who has an actual conflict of interest, not merely a potential conflict of interest."It's not always apparent that such a condition exists, so I'd urge caution in its use. The {{ COI}} tag is aimed at readers, as well as editors, and is used
"to alert readers that the article may be biased by a conflict of interest, and to request help with an article that is biased or has other serious problems as a direct result of the editing done by the subject of the article or by a person with a close connection to the subject". Neither of them is a substitute for explaining our COI policies to an editor who may have some conflict of interest. -- RexxS ( talk) 19:14, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
I appreciate the thank you for unlinking English. Unfortunately, I'm getting beat up for it by those who think everything needs a link. Niteshift36 ( talk) 20:03, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
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At Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee. Thanks. Doug Weller talk 18:42, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
His term expires January 31, 2018 [1] as he was nominated to fill the unexpired term of Jeremy C. Stein. He has been renominated to fill the term expiring January 31, 2032 [2] for a new 14-year term. Your edit to Template:Federal Reserve Governors is therefore incorrect and I have reverted it. – JocularJellyfish Talk Contribs 23:30, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
References
@ JocularJellyfish: I miscalculated the end of Governor term as Jan 31, 2031. But you've reverted to the original incorrect date. Please double-check and change to 2032. – S. Rich ( talk) 00:03, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
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Please don't remove "dead" links as they can be recovered from archival sources. See [4] for an example. General Ization Talk 03:39, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
Can you please not alter the spacing in this template as you did here? [5]
Many thanks Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 08:36, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
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Hi Srich32977, I am roseoilpicnic, and I just revised the wikipedia article for The Heartland Institute. I spent quite a lot of time creating an up-to-date Bibliography and had posted it. Within a space of ten minutes, a message from your handle had removed the list. Your note mentions a lack of relevance and something about salad. I do not understand. Please explain. Roseoilpicnic ( talk) 23:15, 16 February 2018 (UTC)roseoilpicnic 2/16/2018
Follow-on note, Perhaps you ran across the unusual, but actual, title of "Don't Poop in my Salad". That book has been listed under the "Books" category of the article for quite some time. Please do reinstate the Bibliography. The citations are in order. Roseoilpicnic ( talk) 01:03, 17 February 2018 (UTC)roseoilpicnic2/16/2018
@ Roseoilpicnic: It wasn't me, but I agree with the removal. – S. Rich ( talk) 18:04, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
In
this edit where {{
snd}}
was added to the |title=
of a {{cite web}}
- this is disallowed as it breaks things. See the top of the {{
snd}}
where it says "STOP! Don't add this to citation templates" (-: In general, it's not a good idea to add templates within a citation template. --
Green
C
15:41, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
@ GreenC: Thanks. I didn't know. Happy to learn something new! – S. Rich ( talk) 18:21, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
Hello. First, I appreciate not having "discussions" via re-reverts and edit summaries.
Your rationale is not entirely clear to me, although I get that you don't like unspaced emdash. There is no basis in my experience for a statement that spaced endash is "used elsewhere - consistently", if that's what you meant. While it's currently true that "no other unspaced eMdashs are in the article", it's also true that there were no spaced endashes in the article's prose. MOS says you can use either provided you use it consistently within the article, and it's not talking about things like date and time ranges, which always use spaced endash. To my mind, all this means that the one use of unspaced emdash should be left alone. ―
Mandruss
☎
11:40, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
@ Mandruss: per MOS:DASH "In all these cases [e.g. sentence punctuation], use either unspaced em dashes or spaced en dashes, with consistency in any one article:" – S. Rich ( talk) 18:25, 1 March 2018 (UTC) The article now has 2 emdashes (improperly spaced) and several other properly spaced endashes. Not consistent, and not in keeping with the MOS. 18:31, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
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contains_all
that edit filter managers may use to check if one or more strings are all contained in another given string.Would you be interested in a RfA nom? You seem to be a great candidate. L293D ( ☎ • ✎) 18:56, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
@ L293D: Thanks for the invite. I've toyed with the idea before and other fine editors have encouraged me as well. At this stage, though, I'll defer. The RfA can be a bothersome process. At the moment I do not want the aggravation. I'll let you know when I'm ready. Best regards. – S. Rich ( talk) 02:41, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 15 | ← | Archive 18 | Archive 19 | Archive 20 | Archive 21 | Archive 22 | → | Archive 25 |
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[1] WP:OWN? WP:IDONTLIKEIT? BRD requires a "D." Toddst1 ( talk) 23:08, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2017).
With regards to this edit, By all means replace a dash with an ndash, but please do not remove full page numbers in a page number range. Just as with date ranges Wikipedia does not need to save the space that using the full page takes up. -- PBS ( talk) 13:38, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
I noticed you added id={{
ISBN|978-1400067602}}
to {{
cite book}}s in the David Brooks article with
this edit. Is there a reason you prefer this to the the attribute isbn=978-1400067602
? I actually ended up replacing the citations in question completely, so it's a moot point for that article, but I'm wondering for future reference.
Sondra.kinsey (
talk) 16:11, 8 August 2017 (UTC)
@
Sondra.kinsey: Hello. Take a second look and you'll see the templates were cite web and cite book. Since I was doing the edits on my iphone, using id= ISBN was the easiest way to assure that the ISBNs rendered. Thanks. –
S. Rich (
talk)
16:01, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
With this edit at List of Confederate monuments and memorials, you added a link to Camp White Sulphur Springs Confederate Cemetery. Why? Magnolia677 ( talk) 01:33, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
With this edit you removed a number of entries at List of Confederate monuments and memorials with the edit summary "remove mentions of graves of soldiers (per general attitude on talk page) as these are memorials to the individuals, not necessarily to the CSA)". Unfortunately, not all of what you removed were graves. For example, at Alton, Illinois, you removed the entry for the Confederate Cemetery and Memorial. This is the memorial. It's clearly not a grave. You also removed this image, which had the caption "Confederate Monument, Little Rock National Cemetery", as well as a text entry for it. I have only glanced at your edit, but suspect there will be more monuments (not graves) that were removed. Would you be prepared to revisit your edit and restore content which should not have been removed? Thank you. Magnolia677 ( talk) 22:06, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
Hi there,
Thanks for all your hard work on the above, mentioned article. I've had another go at editing it and because my reasons went into rather more depth than the edit summary allowed I've left some notes about the edit on the talk page. I appreciate your comments that the word "public sponsor" neglects and confuses the fact that some of the monuments might have been paid for privately. I've had another go at changing the word with the intent of using the source to clarify the text in the article without using potentially confusing terminology. Please check it and comment if necessary. Many thanks again. Edaham ( talk) 06:10, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
I'll take your snarky deletion of my note as refusal to discuss. You should not be deleting entire sections and creating notes. Legacypac ( talk) 01:15, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
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Dear Mr. Rich,
I read your note on my talk page /User_talk:Ahassan01. Recently I read the rules of Wikipedia regarding verification and reliable sources. I respect these rules and I will follow them. To do that, I am planing to convert my Islamosecularism blog to a conference paper that can be published in good conference. After the paper is published, it will be easy to add it to Wikipedia because at that time, it will be well-established topic, that have reliable reference (the proceedings of the conference). Finally, the topic of my PhD does not include islamosecularism.
Best Regards, ali hassan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ahassan01 ( talk • contribs) 13:35, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
@ Ahassan01: Thank you. Please let me know when it is is published. To avoid problems with WP:SELFCITE it is often best to have another editor make the contributions. – S. Rich ( talk) 03:56, 28 August 2017 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2017).
Backlog update:
Technology update:
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If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, go here. TonyBallioni ( talk) 02:16, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
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Sorry about the trouble with the Dam failure article, some of the new sites have changed their headlines since I posted the references. Pastorma ( talk) 23:07, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2017).
I'll take your snarky deletion of my note as refusal to discuss. You should not be deleting entire sections and creating notes. Legacypac ( talk) 01:15, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
Backlog update:
Technology update:
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If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, go here. TonyBallioni ( talk) 17:47, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
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Hello.
Would you be willing to help me out by checking through the following list of statistics and other references, and inserting the ones that are appropriate and sufficiently reliable into related Wikipedia pages?
/info/en/?search=User:David_A/Important_Fact_Links
I am kept extremely busy constantly managing one of the world's most popular entertainment wikis, so I regrettably do not have the time to do so, and am also rather inexperienced with editing articles covering more serious subjects.
I would really appreciate the help. David A ( talk) 16:23, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
@ David A: Sorry. There is much to much in the list to review. I would not know where to begin. Best wishes on your endeavor. – S. Rich ( talk) 03:53, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
Okay. Thanks anyway. There is a lot of important information there however. David A ( talk) 04:17, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
This ref [2] definitely supports? Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 07:28, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
See here, which messed up formatting and notes. I just found an IP removing one mess (an IP who is trying to make changes in grammar some of which change the meaning entirely). Doug Weller talk 10:14, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2017).
Backlog update:
Outreach and Invitations:
{{subst:NPR invite}}
. Adding more qualified reviewers will help with keeping the backlog manageable.New Year New Page Review Drive
General project update:
If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, go here. — TonyBallioni ( talk) 20:27, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
Hello. I do not fully understand your question about Bireley? [3] You mean the book about the "anti" Machiavellians in the Counter Reformation? I have a copy, but I am not sure what to look for. Please explain.-- Andrew Lancaster ( talk) 22:07, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
The user behind the TotalConversionMarketing ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) account is still a registered Wikipedia editor. They renamed to H20below ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) and their contributions to the Professional Association of Diving Instructors article can be seen at https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Professional_Association_of_Diving_Instructors&offset=20140703&action=history . It is true that the account hasn't edited since 2014.
A discussion about their edits on the talk page is in the second part of the section Talk:Professional Association of Diving Instructors #Criticism section removal, and at their talk page User talk:H20below. The criticism section has been the subject of several discussions as you can see from the talk page.
Nevertheless, the article is pretty stable now, and I won't contest your removal of the COI tag. -- RexxS ( talk) 13:46, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
"when dealing with an editor who has an actual conflict of interest, not merely a potential conflict of interest."It's not always apparent that such a condition exists, so I'd urge caution in its use. The {{ COI}} tag is aimed at readers, as well as editors, and is used
"to alert readers that the article may be biased by a conflict of interest, and to request help with an article that is biased or has other serious problems as a direct result of the editing done by the subject of the article or by a person with a close connection to the subject". Neither of them is a substitute for explaining our COI policies to an editor who may have some conflict of interest. -- RexxS ( talk) 19:14, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
I appreciate the thank you for unlinking English. Unfortunately, I'm getting beat up for it by those who think everything needs a link. Niteshift36 ( talk) 20:03, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
Announcing the NPP New Year Backlog Drive!
We have done amazing work so far in December to reduce the New Pages Feed backlog by over 3000 articles! Now is the time to capitalise on our momentum and help eliminate the backlog!
The backlog drive will begin on January 1st and run until January 29th. Prize tiers and other info can be found HERE.
Awards will be given in tiers in two categories:
NOTE: It is extremely important that we focus on quality reviewing. Despite our goal of reducing the backlog as much as possible, please do not rush while reviewing.
If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, go here. — TonyBallioni ( talk) 20:24, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2017).
At Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee. Thanks. Doug Weller talk 18:42, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
His term expires January 31, 2018 [1] as he was nominated to fill the unexpired term of Jeremy C. Stein. He has been renominated to fill the term expiring January 31, 2032 [2] for a new 14-year term. Your edit to Template:Federal Reserve Governors is therefore incorrect and I have reverted it. – JocularJellyfish Talk Contribs 23:30, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
References
@ JocularJellyfish: I miscalculated the end of Governor term as Jan 31, 2031. But you've reverted to the original incorrect date. Please double-check and change to 2032. – S. Rich ( talk) 00:03, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
Please carefully read this information:
The Arbitration Committee has authorised discretionary sanctions to be used for pages regarding all edits about, and all pages related to post-1932 politics of the United States and closely related people, a topic which you have edited. The Committee's decision is here.
Discretionary sanctions is a system of conduct regulation designed to minimize disruption to controversial topics. This means uninvolved administrators can impose sanctions for edits relating to the topic that do not adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, our standards of behavior, or relevant policies. Administrators may impose sanctions such as editing restrictions, bans, or blocks. This message is to notify you that sanctions are authorised for the topic you are editing. Before continuing to edit this topic, please familiarise yourself with the discretionary sanctions system. Don't hesitate to contact me or another editor if you have any questions.— Coffee // have a ☕️ // beans // 13:30, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
Please don't remove "dead" links as they can be recovered from archival sources. See [4] for an example. General Ization Talk 03:39, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
Can you please not alter the spacing in this template as you did here? [5]
Many thanks Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 08:36, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
Precious six years |
---|
... for improving article quality in January 2018! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 16:16, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2018).
Backlog update:
New Year Backlog Drive results:
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If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, go here. 20:32, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
Hi Srich32977, I am roseoilpicnic, and I just revised the wikipedia article for The Heartland Institute. I spent quite a lot of time creating an up-to-date Bibliography and had posted it. Within a space of ten minutes, a message from your handle had removed the list. Your note mentions a lack of relevance and something about salad. I do not understand. Please explain. Roseoilpicnic ( talk) 23:15, 16 February 2018 (UTC)roseoilpicnic 2/16/2018
Follow-on note, Perhaps you ran across the unusual, but actual, title of "Don't Poop in my Salad". That book has been listed under the "Books" category of the article for quite some time. Please do reinstate the Bibliography. The citations are in order. Roseoilpicnic ( talk) 01:03, 17 February 2018 (UTC)roseoilpicnic2/16/2018
@ Roseoilpicnic: It wasn't me, but I agree with the removal. – S. Rich ( talk) 18:04, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
In
this edit where {{
snd}}
was added to the |title=
of a {{cite web}}
- this is disallowed as it breaks things. See the top of the {{
snd}}
where it says "STOP! Don't add this to citation templates" (-: In general, it's not a good idea to add templates within a citation template. --
Green
C
15:41, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
@ GreenC: Thanks. I didn't know. Happy to learn something new! – S. Rich ( talk) 18:21, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
Hello. First, I appreciate not having "discussions" via re-reverts and edit summaries.
Your rationale is not entirely clear to me, although I get that you don't like unspaced emdash. There is no basis in my experience for a statement that spaced endash is "used elsewhere - consistently", if that's what you meant. While it's currently true that "no other unspaced eMdashs are in the article", it's also true that there were no spaced endashes in the article's prose. MOS says you can use either provided you use it consistently within the article, and it's not talking about things like date and time ranges, which always use spaced endash. To my mind, all this means that the one use of unspaced emdash should be left alone. ―
Mandruss
☎
11:40, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
@ Mandruss: per MOS:DASH "In all these cases [e.g. sentence punctuation], use either unspaced em dashes or spaced en dashes, with consistency in any one article:" – S. Rich ( talk) 18:25, 1 March 2018 (UTC) The article now has 2 emdashes (improperly spaced) and several other properly spaced endashes. Not consistent, and not in keeping with the MOS. 18:31, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2018).
contains_all
that edit filter managers may use to check if one or more strings are all contained in another given string.Would you be interested in a RfA nom? You seem to be a great candidate. L293D ( ☎ • ✎) 18:56, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
@ L293D: Thanks for the invite. I've toyed with the idea before and other fine editors have encouraged me as well. At this stage, though, I'll defer. The RfA can be a bothersome process. At the moment I do not want the aggravation. I'll let you know when I'm ready. Best regards. – S. Rich ( talk) 02:41, 3 March 2018 (UTC)