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Apologies, I have had a Wikipedia account for about 20 minutes, I am trying to navigate my way to an undeletion for article LiveWorkPlay, I did find my way to the talk page about it, and I am confident I can fix it up with proper citations. I asked for undeletion and was told to contact you as the administrator who oversaw that process. I regret taking the page for granted, but I thought it was just fine, it was very well used (I have had many people over the years say that they found our organization or me via Wikipedia) I have certainly seen the page, although it was probably more than two years since I looked at it directly, and to me it was accurate and well written by several authors. I take it a lot of the citations had expired or just weren't up to the standards, and I respect that, I think I can fix that with proper citations, or change the content if there are no proper citations available. Thank you for your help. Iamthekanadian ( talk) 23:42, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
Thank you TonyBallioni it doesn't seem like it's very easy to get a page undeleted, so I set aside 5 hours or so and took at shot at starting a new one. I found it quite overwhelming so I would be very grateful if you would be able to review my work. I am not sure how to to share it but maybe this works /info/en/?search=Draft:LiveWorkPlay any suggestions appreciated. Iamthekanadian ( talk) 03:21, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
Hi,
I am concerned about the closure of this SPI, because of the comment made by another admin that "Other checkusers may wish to refer to my post to CU-L with respect to this SPI" and that same admin's comment at the OP's talk page where they basically dismiss the evidence as inconsequential and coming from the OP's "issues". I would like to confirm that the evidence presented there, including mine, was thoroughly reviewed and not dismissed quickly as a result of that other admin's views. I can confirm that the most of the evidence presented by the OP was in fact from Flyer22. Crossroads -talk- 03:02, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
Greetings,
I'm letting you know in advance about a meeting I'd like to invite you to regarding the Universal Code of Conduct and the community's ownership of its future enforcement. I'm still in the process of putting together the details, but I wanted to share the date with you: 27 June, 2021. I do not have a time on this date yet, but I will let you soon. We have created a meta page with basic information. Please take a look at the meta page and sign up your name under the appropriate section.
Thank you for your time.-- BAnand (WMF) 15:06, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
It gave birth and was a source of inspiration for WP:NANE, an essay I just created. Celestina007 ( talk) 02:19, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
Hey Tony,
Are you still following User:TonyBallioni/Initial Poland 500/30? If not, should I copy it to my namespace for future changes?
Cheers. François Robere ( talk) 20:46, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
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Hi, Alas I was not aware of the RfC about alternative accounts until I saw your revision of WP:SOCKPUPPETRY. I am extremely concerned that your changes will be taken as an invitation to OUT people who have a legitimate reason for an anonymous account in addition to the account they have in their real name. This could have serious real-life consequences. Zero talk 05:53, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
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Hi, Why you don't see my Page Mover request ? Please check my request.( Fade258 ( talk) 04:03, 30 June 2021 (UTC))
This new user began editing on May 29th, and jumped headfirst into AIV and RFPP. User:Bbb23 noticed the same thing, but was not answered. I pose the question here because you blocked a prolific vandalism patroller awhile back for abusing multiple accounts; it wouldn't surprise me if that user had trouble "staying away" during their block; that user's last edit to their talk page was May 27th, two days before this new user began editing. Like that blocked user, this new user has made some questionable AIV reports. OhNoitsJamie Talk 15:36, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
Drill it has now been globally locked as a long-term abuse case. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 11:27, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
Hello, could you go ahead and block this user? I put a report on WP:AIV a while ago, but they're still going.
Thanks Loafiewa ( talk) 23:00, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
Hello. If possible, could you please restore this page's history and move the page to my userspace? I'd like to draft a better version if possible.-- Enigma4221 ( talk) 06:58, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
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Hi, Tony, I hope you are well? If you have time: I see that you were active here, wondered if you had any thoughts on whether this should be merged into it? I can email you some reasons if necessary. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers ( talk) 12:41, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
Hi Tony - just letting you know I've sent you an email. Best, Patient Zero talk 02:28, 25 July 2021 (UTC)
TonyBallioni, I'm hoping you might tell MjolnirPants to chill with the accusations of lying etc at Andy Ngo. The Ngo article is subject to discretionary sanctions. The issue relates to this discussion [ [2]]. MjPants has repeatedly accused me a lying (see the material collapsed by another editor [ [3]]). I'm pinging you because you recently unblocked them and in hopes that you can kindly tell MjPants to knock it off. Thank you. Springee ( talk) 17:00, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
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A big hug! 😊 Betty ( talk) 05:09, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Album - Blueprints ( Wage War ). The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 September 13#Album - Blueprints ( Wage War ) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Regards, SONIC 678 03:23, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
Hello TonyBallioni,
Please join this discussion - there is increase in the abuse of Wikipedia and its processes by POV pushers, Paid Editors, and by holders of various user rights including Autopatrolled. Even our review systems themselves at AfC and NPR have been infiltrated. The good news is that detection is improving, but the downside is that it creates the need for a huge clean up - which of course adds to backlogs.
Copyright violations are also a serious issue. Most non-regular contributors do not understand why, and most of our Reviewers are not experts on copyright law - and can't be expected to be, but there is excellent, easy-to-follow advice on COPYVIO detection here.
At the time of the last newsletter (#25, December 2020) the backlog was only just over 2,000 articles. New Page Review is an official system. It's the only firewall against the inclusion of new, improper pages.
There are currently 706 New Page Reviewers plus a further 1,080 admins, but as much as nearly 90% of the patrolling is still being done by around only the 20 or so most regular patrollers.
If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be part of the New Page Reviewer user group, please consider asking any admin to remove you from the list. This will enable NPP to have a better overview of its performance and what improvements need to be made to the process or its software.
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Thank you for looking into the case objectively and thoroughly. I don't know why that person chose my former user name other than it was just after I requested the change and they needed a new one to evade any block. The depth of their intent to impersonate never really came to fruition because Ritchie blocked them as soon as they were notified. Very few things cause me anxiety. I'm just not that type of person. The copy and use of my mothers name, while partly my fault for using it in the first place, is something that I thought about during the investigation of the LTA. I've rarely been bothered by anything here for more than a day but that bothered me for weeks after. I wanted to respond back then and maybe it would have cleared everything up had I but my better judgement told me that it would get worked out and it did. Thank you for taking on the enormous responsibilities here that you have and thank you for the timely response to the case being filed. -- ARose Wolf 11:31, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
You seem to be around a little more lately, so I wondered if you knew why Ponyo has been absent for almost three weeks. Usually, if she's going to be on an extended vacation, she says so on her Talk page. I know I could e-mail her, but based on past experience, if she's away from Wikipedia, she also doesn't check her Wikipedia e-mail. Mildly concerned.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 13:53, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
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Hi Tony. Not sure if you saw my ping at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ASumaila a few weeks ago; I gather you've been busy. Seeing that you've been active a bit the past few days, I just wanted to check in to see if you'd object to me relisting, based on the evidence I've presented there. -- Tamzin cetacean needed (she/they) 02:49, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
:)
I'll just give them all {{
uw-agf-assign}} and call it a day, I think. --
Tamzin
cetacean needed (she/they) 06:44, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
I didn't check in for a while. This is to wish good health and good halloween 👻! @ Praxidicae, Drmies, and GeneralNotability: Your friend, -- ㄒ. 乃卂ㄥ口几乇ㄚ ( talk) 21:35, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
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Hello. I see you blocked a user I recently had some contentious edit disagreements with (Nevgerid). I've not explored the blocking topic before, and am curious if there is a way to see the reason. Anything I look at seems to be a dead-end in that regard. Thanks! Rp2006 ( talk) 17:21, 23 November 2021 (UTC)
Oh, and since I'm here, can you take a look at my addition to the article (which Negerid had a problem with) on Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (adding "controversial" to the short description and lead per its appearance in the criticism section of the article) and let me know what you think. Thanks! Rp2006 ( talk) 17:25, 23 November 2021 (UTC)
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Archive 35 | ← | Archive 38 | Archive 39 | Archive 40 | Archive 41 | Archive 42 | → | Archive 45 |
Apologies, I have had a Wikipedia account for about 20 minutes, I am trying to navigate my way to an undeletion for article LiveWorkPlay, I did find my way to the talk page about it, and I am confident I can fix it up with proper citations. I asked for undeletion and was told to contact you as the administrator who oversaw that process. I regret taking the page for granted, but I thought it was just fine, it was very well used (I have had many people over the years say that they found our organization or me via Wikipedia) I have certainly seen the page, although it was probably more than two years since I looked at it directly, and to me it was accurate and well written by several authors. I take it a lot of the citations had expired or just weren't up to the standards, and I respect that, I think I can fix that with proper citations, or change the content if there are no proper citations available. Thank you for your help. Iamthekanadian ( talk) 23:42, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
Thank you TonyBallioni it doesn't seem like it's very easy to get a page undeleted, so I set aside 5 hours or so and took at shot at starting a new one. I found it quite overwhelming so I would be very grateful if you would be able to review my work. I am not sure how to to share it but maybe this works /info/en/?search=Draft:LiveWorkPlay any suggestions appreciated. Iamthekanadian ( talk) 03:21, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
Hi,
I am concerned about the closure of this SPI, because of the comment made by another admin that "Other checkusers may wish to refer to my post to CU-L with respect to this SPI" and that same admin's comment at the OP's talk page where they basically dismiss the evidence as inconsequential and coming from the OP's "issues". I would like to confirm that the evidence presented there, including mine, was thoroughly reviewed and not dismissed quickly as a result of that other admin's views. I can confirm that the most of the evidence presented by the OP was in fact from Flyer22. Crossroads -talk- 03:02, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
Greetings,
I'm letting you know in advance about a meeting I'd like to invite you to regarding the Universal Code of Conduct and the community's ownership of its future enforcement. I'm still in the process of putting together the details, but I wanted to share the date with you: 27 June, 2021. I do not have a time on this date yet, but I will let you soon. We have created a meta page with basic information. Please take a look at the meta page and sign up your name under the appropriate section.
Thank you for your time.-- BAnand (WMF) 15:06, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
It gave birth and was a source of inspiration for WP:NANE, an essay I just created. Celestina007 ( talk) 02:19, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
Hey Tony,
Are you still following User:TonyBallioni/Initial Poland 500/30? If not, should I copy it to my namespace for future changes?
Cheers. François Robere ( talk) 20:46, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2021).
Hi, Alas I was not aware of the RfC about alternative accounts until I saw your revision of WP:SOCKPUPPETRY. I am extremely concerned that your changes will be taken as an invitation to OUT people who have a legitimate reason for an anonymous account in addition to the account they have in their real name. This could have serious real-life consequences. Zero talk 05:53, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
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Hi, Why you don't see my Page Mover request ? Please check my request.( Fade258 ( talk) 04:03, 30 June 2021 (UTC))
This new user began editing on May 29th, and jumped headfirst into AIV and RFPP. User:Bbb23 noticed the same thing, but was not answered. I pose the question here because you blocked a prolific vandalism patroller awhile back for abusing multiple accounts; it wouldn't surprise me if that user had trouble "staying away" during their block; that user's last edit to their talk page was May 27th, two days before this new user began editing. Like that blocked user, this new user has made some questionable AIV reports. OhNoitsJamie Talk 15:36, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
Drill it has now been globally locked as a long-term abuse case. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 11:27, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
Hello, could you go ahead and block this user? I put a report on WP:AIV a while ago, but they're still going.
Thanks Loafiewa ( talk) 23:00, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
Hello. If possible, could you please restore this page's history and move the page to my userspace? I'd like to draft a better version if possible.-- Enigma4221 ( talk) 06:58, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
Hello TonyBallioni:
WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long
Backlog Drive!
The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unreviewed articles. The drive is running until 31 July 2021.
Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.
There is currently a backlog of over 2700 articles, so start reviewing articles. We're looking forward to your help!
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) on behalf of Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for Creation at 21:54, 7 July 2021 (UTC). If you do not wish to recieve future notification, please remove your name from the mailing list.
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-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:48, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
Hi, Tony, I hope you are well? If you have time: I see that you were active here, wondered if you had any thoughts on whether this should be merged into it? I can email you some reasons if necessary. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers ( talk) 12:41, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
Hi Tony - just letting you know I've sent you an email. Best, Patient Zero talk 02:28, 25 July 2021 (UTC)
TonyBallioni, I'm hoping you might tell MjolnirPants to chill with the accusations of lying etc at Andy Ngo. The Ngo article is subject to discretionary sanctions. The issue relates to this discussion [ [2]]. MjPants has repeatedly accused me a lying (see the material collapsed by another editor [ [3]]). I'm pinging you because you recently unblocked them and in hopes that you can kindly tell MjPants to knock it off. Thank you. Springee ( talk) 17:00, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2021).
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A big hug! 😊 Betty ( talk) 05:09, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Album - Blueprints ( Wage War ). The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 September 13#Album - Blueprints ( Wage War ) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Regards, SONIC 678 03:23, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
Hello TonyBallioni,
Please join this discussion - there is increase in the abuse of Wikipedia and its processes by POV pushers, Paid Editors, and by holders of various user rights including Autopatrolled. Even our review systems themselves at AfC and NPR have been infiltrated. The good news is that detection is improving, but the downside is that it creates the need for a huge clean up - which of course adds to backlogs.
Copyright violations are also a serious issue. Most non-regular contributors do not understand why, and most of our Reviewers are not experts on copyright law - and can't be expected to be, but there is excellent, easy-to-follow advice on COPYVIO detection here.
At the time of the last newsletter (#25, December 2020) the backlog was only just over 2,000 articles. New Page Review is an official system. It's the only firewall against the inclusion of new, improper pages.
There are currently 706 New Page Reviewers plus a further 1,080 admins, but as much as nearly 90% of the patrolling is still being done by around only the 20 or so most regular patrollers.
If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be part of the New Page Reviewer user group, please consider asking any admin to remove you from the list. This will enable NPP to have a better overview of its performance and what improvements need to be made to the process or its software.
Various awards are due to be allocated by the end of the year and barnstars are overdue. If you would like to manage this, please let us know. Indeed, if you are interested in coordinating NPR, it does not involve much time and the tasks are described here.
To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here. Sent to 827 users. 04:33, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
Thank you for looking into the case objectively and thoroughly. I don't know why that person chose my former user name other than it was just after I requested the change and they needed a new one to evade any block. The depth of their intent to impersonate never really came to fruition because Ritchie blocked them as soon as they were notified. Very few things cause me anxiety. I'm just not that type of person. The copy and use of my mothers name, while partly my fault for using it in the first place, is something that I thought about during the investigation of the LTA. I've rarely been bothered by anything here for more than a day but that bothered me for weeks after. I wanted to respond back then and maybe it would have cleared everything up had I but my better judgement told me that it would get worked out and it did. Thank you for taking on the enormous responsibilities here that you have and thank you for the timely response to the case being filed. -- ARose Wolf 11:31, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
You seem to be around a little more lately, so I wondered if you knew why Ponyo has been absent for almost three weeks. Usually, if she's going to be on an extended vacation, she says so on her Talk page. I know I could e-mail her, but based on past experience, if she's away from Wikipedia, she also doesn't check her Wikipedia e-mail. Mildly concerned.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 13:53, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
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Hello.
According to the checkuser investigation in UkWiki the account RogueRickC137 ( talk · contribs) belongs to the indefinitely blocked user in EnWiki Piznajko ( talk · contribs). Please, take appropriate admin actions. -- Mykola7 ( talk) 20:18, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
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Hi Tony. Not sure if you saw my ping at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ASumaila a few weeks ago; I gather you've been busy. Seeing that you've been active a bit the past few days, I just wanted to check in to see if you'd object to me relisting, based on the evidence I've presented there. -- Tamzin cetacean needed (she/they) 02:49, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
:)
I'll just give them all {{
uw-agf-assign}} and call it a day, I think. --
Tamzin
cetacean needed (she/they) 06:44, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
I didn't check in for a while. This is to wish good health and good halloween 👻! @ Praxidicae, Drmies, and GeneralNotability: Your friend, -- ㄒ. 乃卂ㄥ口几乇ㄚ ( talk) 21:35, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2021).
Hello. I see you blocked a user I recently had some contentious edit disagreements with (Nevgerid). I've not explored the blocking topic before, and am curious if there is a way to see the reason. Anything I look at seems to be a dead-end in that regard. Thanks! Rp2006 ( talk) 17:21, 23 November 2021 (UTC)
Oh, and since I'm here, can you take a look at my addition to the article (which Negerid had a problem with) on Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (adding "controversial" to the short description and lead per its appearance in the criticism section of the article) and let me know what you think. Thanks! Rp2006 ( talk) 17:25, 23 November 2021 (UTC)