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Issue VII - August 2013
Hello from Hong Kong, and the Wikimania DevCamp! Just a quick bulletin to update everyone on recent goings-on:
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Recently the Dispute Resolution Noticeboard underwent some changes in how it operates. Part of the change involved a new list of volunteers with a bit of information about the people behind the names.
You are listed as a volunteer at DRN currently, to update your profile is simple, just click here. Thanks, Cabe 6403( Talk• Sign) 17:27, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
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Oh geez, nevermind, WK, I just read your note above. So sorry to hear that. My thoughts are with you and your family. -- Floquenbeam ( talk) 00:02, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
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I just blocked for 24 hours. I came to the situation from RFPP so I didn't see your note about a final warning on AN3 until afterwards. Sorry if I inadvertently overstepped there. Mark Arsten ( talk) 02:14, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
Looks like this script is acting up again, its not working for me. Werieth ( talk) 17:16, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
Iranian in Azerbaijan is diaspra, OKEY???????????---see Template:Armenian diaspora have article for the many country. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eight for Eight ( talk • contribs) 13:37, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
and see Armenians in Azerbaijan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eight for Eight ( talk • contribs) 13:39, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
you are angry? go this article for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eight for Eight ( talk • contribs) 13:42, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
You're right. On topic, it would appear that the phrasing that's being used is the opposite of what we're used to: we're used to ethnicity/citizenship, as in African American, but look at the Iranian Azerbaijanis article: it appears to be talking about people from Azerbaijani descent who are living in Iran (I guess there are some places called "Azerbaijan" that are actually just parts of Iran). So, if we're judging simply by the titles themselves, then this article might not be a duplicate. BUT, when I read the text of the new article, it still looks like it's talking about Azerbaijanis that are living in Iran. So, I don't know which way is up any more. I would say that probably the best thing to do would be to delete the new article while saving a list of the sources used, and then go through the sources to see if there's any way to write an article about people of Iranian descent (if that phrase even has any meaning; I'm starting to get the sense that it doesn't) who are living in Azerbaijan. Writ Keeper (WK to move) ⚇ ♔ 15:15, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
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The Original Barnstar | |
for explaining matters so well at Talk:Alexander Salas Dloh cierekim 14:54, 27 August 2013 (UTC) |
...would you take a look at Talk:The Pierre#Disputed "In popular culture" entry and the follow-up thread Talk:The Pierre#Unilateral Closing of a Discussion on a Talk Page? and do whatever you think appropriate? Thanks. Beyond My Ken ( talk) 19:23, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
Dear Writ Keeper, Thank you for the suggestion . Please give me more time to find other cites and add more meat. Also, please could you help me. I am always looking to work with other on makeing good articles with great cites. Thanks. Geraldshields11 ( talk) 14:05, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
Hi Writ Keepe. We actually had an edit conflict - as I was declining the CSD you were delting the article. I read the whole thing and did not find it to be overly promotional. Indeed anything promotional could have eaily been cleaned up by the creator if given support.The subt is clearly ,notable - unless I missed something. Can we take another look? Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 05:00, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
( edit conflict)@ Writ Keeper: Well I am considerably relieved to read that; when I read above "... not [...} overly promotional ...", I really began to wonder just what we are doing here. It's also clear that I should not post before my first morning cup of coffee, since I was obviously too bleary to get the right criterion. If you don't mind, I'll leave the deletion nomination to you in this case. But before you do that, and without wishing to stir it unduly or to impugn anybody's good faith: I know of course that anyone except the creator of the article can remove the speedy tag at any time. But that isn't quite what Kudpung did here; he recreated the article after it was deleted. Should he not have made a request at Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion if he disagreed with your decision, as suggested at WP:BIODELETE? Perhaps if he would like to accept that he made a rare error of judgement here, this mess could all go quietly away; or is it in any case too late for that?
As an aside, and for what it is worth: inviting an obvious long-term COI editor to fix the errors in his own article is not really in line with our COI policy, and not really very helpful to other editors either. Justlettersandnumbers ( talk) 17:18, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
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Thanks for you-know-what! ☸ 07:15, 1 September 2013 (UTC) |
Why did you speedy the Chuck Cooper Foundation even though the Speedy was disputed on the talk page (by me) and also I'd suggested it be integrated into the Chuck Cooper page.. Think it was a bit premature as the author was still working on the page! 86.30.135.155 ( talk) 20:56, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing my partial restore on [[Defibrillation]. Mike ( talk) 16:42, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
...by the user I was in dispute with on The Pierre. See [6] Beyond My Ken ( talk) 17:10, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
Hey Writ Keeper, while doing some testing, I created User:Ryan Vesey/References.js. Can you delete it? Thanks, Ryan Vesey 04:04, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
I have come across another bug, after closing a section I get a URL like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undefined/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content_review#%20 File:Royal Aus Regt.JPG Werieth ( talk) 12:40, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
.done(function(){
alert("Section closed.");
window.location.replace(""+window.location.origin+window.location.pathname+"#"+sectionTitle);
})
.done(function(){
alert("Section closed.");
window.location.replace(mw.config.get('wgServer') + window.location.pathname + "#" + sectionTitle);
})
text-decoration: blink;
anymore...
Technical 13 (
talk)
14:47, 16 September 2013 (UTC)I was aiming for ten complete articles. These are the ones I've finished:
Still no hard feelings.
Writ Keeper is an interesting choice of user name. I always fancied Judge Dredd. lol
Due to your obvious youth as evidenced by your contribution history and excessive use of the word "fuck" and "fucking" in the descriptions. I'm going to take your action in banning me as a sign of age rather than wisdom. lol
Sluffs ( talk) 23:26, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
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Thanks for your help JMHamo ( talk) 21:25, 19 September 2013 (UTC) |
I understand. Sülde is okay. But, it is not tngri. also tengri... In mongolian it is tenger or tingri. but not tngri. because in modern mongolian writing three consonants can not be side by side at the beginning of the sentence... Also it must be Sülde Tengri... Thanks... Buzancar ( talk) 06:00, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for stalkiing my talk page and helping Gary Johnson out. I was swamped with real-world stuff rather suddenly this week, and I've got no time for WP for while. Nice to know you've got my back. -- Floquenbeam ( talk) 20:23, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
Can you see the image on Battle of Jassin? Ryan Vesey 02:30, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
so...many...emails... Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 03:39, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
With my limited amount of CSS knowledge, I knew that the font-family should be changed, but wasn't sure what class selector to use. I'm curious, why is body used instead of .body? Ryan Vesey 16:56, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
<div class="body">
, whereas "body" would select the tag <body>
. Does that make sense?
Writ Keeper
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17:41, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
.pBody
(in Monobook) or #mw-head, #p-personal, #left-navigation
or #right-navigation
(in Vector).
Ignatz
mice•
talk
02:33, 25 September 2013 (UTC)Hi there, I noticed that you haven't been as active at DRN as you was before. DRN has been a bit backlogged lately and we could use some extra hands. We have updated our volunteer list to a new format, Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard/Volunteers (your name is still there under the old format if you haven't updated it) and are looking into ways to make DRN more effective and more rewarding for volunteers (your input is appreciated!). If you don't have much time to volunteer at the moment, that's fine too, just move your name to the inactive list (you're free to add yourself back to active at any time). Hope to see you again soon :) Steven Zhang ( talk) 13:42, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
There is currently 2 Christopher Oakleys. One, is a historian. The other, is an animator.-- Mishae ( talk) 12:49, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
Can you make the change suggested at User_talk:Writ_Keeper/Archives/9#User:Writ_Keeper.2FScripts.2FautoCloser.js_2? due to comparability issues upgrading isn't possible. Werieth ( talk) 20:31, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi Writty, hope you're doing well. There's a bit of an OT discussion in this ANI thread of my change of the header back in June. [8] Not that anybody dislikes my version, as far as I can see (always excepting this <personal attack redacted> guy here), but it's a problem that the edit notice is different. Well, and inferior, IMO. You know how I am with edit notices. Could you change it to match what's seen on the page, please? (AN and ANI both, if possible.) I've put a request in the thread, but nobody's picked up on it so far. Bishonen | talk 13:01, 28 September 2013 (UTC).
Hi, I really appreciate your googleTitle script – it's the kind of thing I never thought I wanted until I realized how much of a timesaver it was! I've got a minor fix to ensure ampersands and characters of that ilk don't break the script; please change
searchNode.href = "http://www.google.com/search?q=" + subjectName.replace(/_/g, " ") + "+-wikipedia.org";
to
searchNode.href = "http://www.google.com/search?q=" + encodeURIComponent(subjectName.replace(/_/g, " ")) + "+-wikipedia.org";
Thanks! Theopolisme ( talk) 01:09, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
Konveyor Belt 01:50, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
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Thanks for your encouraging and helpful message about my work on The Bourne Identity (novel). As you've gathered, I'm new (just started yesterday) and I'm still trying to find my way around behind the scenes of Wikipedia and I welcome any assistance I can get! I wanted to reply to the message you sent me, but I don't know how so I did a bit of experimenting and found WikiLove so I'm sending you this as a message of thanks :) . Dianthus33 ( talk) 08:07, 13 October 2013 (UTC) |
There is currently a discussion at
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.--
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talk)
18:51, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
Hey Writ Keeper. I'm dropping you a note to let you know (or remind you) about Flow, the structured discussion system for Wikipedia that we're building. You may have heard about some of the longer-term vision for Flow in the past, but in the last two months we've been moving quickly to narrow down the short-term scope of the project, and we're keen to get feedback.
First: we've written up an explanation of the " minimum viable product" – the set of features that will be in the first, on-wiki deployment. Because discussions on Wikipedia are complex and varied, we're approaching Flow development as an incremental process of uncovering user needs for different types of discussion. The first release will be limited to a few WikiProject talkpages only, with the goal of testing out our first stab at peer-to-peer discussion functionality and improving it based on feedback from the WikiProject members who use it. If you've got any thoughts on the MVP, or on the philosophy we're trying to follow with this software, let us know on the Flow talkpage. If you know of a WikiProject that might be interested in testing this out, let Maryana know on her talkpage :)
Second: we're having a set of discussions around some experimental features we'll be trying in the first release. These include indenting and nesting of comments and comment editing. If you've got any practical thoughts on these, we'd appreciate hearing them. For background and feedback on the design, there are the ongoing set of design iteration notes, a Design FAQ, and a page for design feedback.
The software prototype is still in early development, and changing daily in small ways, with major goals updating every 2 weeks. If you've got comments about other bits of the software, we'll be holding an
IRC office hours session in #wikimedia-office at
18:00 UTC on 17 November to talk about Flow as a whole, and fielding questions on the talkpage before and after then.
Third: this is a pre-newsletter announcement of a new WP:Flow/Newsletter signup page! If you'd like further updates, details, and requests for input, please add your name there.
Thanks, Quiddity (WMF) ( talk) 20:03, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
Hi Writ Keeper, in case you don't see it, I left a text for you here: /info/en/?search=User_talk:Stefan2#My_Halloween_Photographs Maodhóg ( talk) 18:55, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
Volume 1, Issue 1, October 2013
by The Interior ( talk · contribs), Ocaasi ( talk · contribs)
Greetings Wikipedia Library members! Welcome to the inaugural edition of Books and Bytes, TWL’s monthly newsletter. We're sending you the first edition of this opt-in newsletter, because you signed up, or applied for a free research account: HighBeam, Credo, Questia, JSTOR, or Cochrane. To receive future updates of Books and Bytes, please add your name to the subscriber's list. There's lots of news this month for the Wikipedia Library, including new accounts, upcoming events, and new ways to get involved...
New positions: Sign up to be a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar, or a Volunteer Wikipedia Librarian
Wikipedia Loves Libraries: Off to a roaring start this fall in the United States: 29 events are planned or have been hosted.
New subscription donations: Cochrane round 2; HighBeam round 8; Questia round 4... Can we partner with NY Times and Lexis-Nexis??
New ideas: OCLC innovations in the works; VisualEditor Reference Dialog Workshop; a photo contest idea emerges
News from the library world: Wikipedian joins the National Archives full time; the Getty Museum releases 4,500 images; CERN goes CC-BY
Announcing WikiProject Open: WikiProject Open kicked off in October, with several brainstorming and co-working sessions
New ways to get involved: Visiting scholar requirements; subject guides; room for library expansion and exploration
Thanks for reading! All future newsletters will be opt-in only. Have an item for the next issue? Leave a note for the editor on the Suggestions page. -- The Interior 19:51, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
Hi, Writ Keeper. Is it edit warring if one party is protecting a copyright? I'm not questioning your knowledge of the particulars here for I certainly have little to none. I'm looking for a bit of enlightenment as I have seen this NFCC issue raised more frequently of late. Any guidance you can offer would be appreciated. Thanks Tide rolls 19:44, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
...but I'll ask anyone: Are you just taking an admin break, or are you packing it in? I hope the former. Beyond My Ken ( talk) 23:04, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
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Hello Writ Keeper, Hafspajen has given you a lovely Halloween dog, to wish you a Happy Halloween! ![]() |
File:SPLIT-Hebrard overall color restitution.jpg | The Palace of Diocletian |
"If you could show the cabbage that I planted with my own hands to your emperor, he definitely wouldn't dare suggest that I replace the peace and happiness of this place with the storms of a never-satisfied greed." -
Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus Augustus
In recognition of service rendered unto the empire in its time of need, I hereby award you this palace. May your cabbages grow always full and leafy, my friend. Cheers, - J-Mo Talk to Me Email Me 00:43, 2 November 2013 (UTC) |
User:SajjadF is editing an article on Sunset. The picures added are reverted by one editor wo has some ownership issues on this article. He is now in an edit war with this editor. I got reverted too. A lot of other editors were in the same positon, reverted. Pictures added to the article are reverted constantly, with the not so convincing argument that they are of poor quality and there is no need for them. I do not agree. The present pictures look all much the same. Reading the previous talk pages, really there is no consesnsus at all, even if this editor says it is. People are getting overrun. I left a message omn the talk page. We would need someone who can look into this. Will you please look att the issue? Eventually this could be something for an RfD. Might be socking involved on earlier stages. User:P and User.A. But I am not sure. Hafspajen ( talk) 14:23, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
[[:File:Sunset at Öja, Sweden, April 2009-2.jpg]]
becomes
File:Sunset at Öja, Sweden, April 2009-2.jpg. Diffs of their addition/removal are always helpful, of course, but it looks like you already have a bunch of those.
Writ Keeper
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17:28, 5 November 2013 (UTC) Oh, sorry.
. But I didn't know how to show it better that large amount of pictures removed. We can still do with some second oppinion.
Hafspajen (
talk)
22:15, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
Hey WK, do you know what happened to (my) mass rollback? Thanks, you digital sleuth you, Drmies ( talk) 17:31, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
importScript('User:John254/mass rollback.js');
to importScript('User:Writ Keeper/Scripts/massRollback.js');
and see if that works.
Writ Keeper
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18:13, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
@ Drmies: Oops, sorry. It was working in Monobook, but Monobook must be weird about things. I've fixed it now; try bypassing your cache and it should work now. Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 19:44, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I understand your closing point, but with respect I also think the closure on discussion of User:Coffee's edits was premature - I cannot see any attempt to answer several of the questions the User was asked. I have added a note at the bottom of WP:AN in a new section specific to notification of sourced stub creators and implementation of own prods. In ictu oculi ( talk) 03:12, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
Hello Writ Keeper. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Cost per 1000 Eyeovers, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: No indication the term was invented by the author or someone known to him/her. Thank you. — Darkwind ( talk) 07:52, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
Greetings. Because you have already cast a vote for the 2013 Arbitration Committee Elections, I regret to inform you that due to a misconfiguration of the SecurePoll we've been forced to strike all votes and reset voting. This notice is to inform you that you will need to vote again if you want to be counted in the poll. The new poll is located at this link. You do not have to perform any additional actions other than voting again. If you have any questions, please direct them at the election commissioners. --For the Election Commissioners, v/r, TParis
You're back as an admin!!! Good to have you with the buttons again. Sportsguy17 :) ( click to talk • contributions) 23:17, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
Can you help me understand your comment here. When I tried to undo the edit in question I got an error from the system that the edit could not be undone, and must be fixed manually. It is my, seemingly incorrect, understanding that if I re-added the comment that was originally posted by the IP user, that it would be the same as me commenting on the thread, which I did not want to do. Can you help me understand how I could have fixed this so that I don't cause future admins additional work should I see this situation again? — Bill W. ( Talk) ( Contrib) — 17:47, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
you remove sergecross73's comment as well. its uncivil and only promoting friction. Lucia Black ( talk) 17:58, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Not exactly Writ. what makes criticism acceptable and what makes it un-called for? What Sergecross was doing wasn't criticizing, it was belittling another person for past actions he deems inadequate. it wasn't on topic, and it wasn't called for. if he has a problem with something, he can definitely tell it straight to me, rather than trying to spread that i'm inadequacy to other editors. and this is a constant pattern not just in ANI.
The comment was directed in the past, and you said it yourself the drama came from those two editors. It may look like an edge-case on your book, but this has been going on for a long time. I rather he avoid making me into a topic of discussion. He's doing it even now. and it seems ridiculous and incivil Lucia Black ( talk) 18:47, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Aaah, I missed being an admin. Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 19:00, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
just to clarify Writ:
WHat can be considered a personal attack
- Criticisms of, or references to, personal behavior in an inappropriate context, like on a policy or article talk page, or in an edit summary, rather than on a user page or conflict resolution page. Remember: Comment on content, not on the contributor. For dispute resolution including how best to address the behavior of others, please follow WP:DR.
— Wikipedia, WP:NPA
i believe the principle of this applies here. Lucia Black ( talk) 19:15, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
...For the quick revert. It's much appreciated! Salvio Let's talk about it! 23:18, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
If this [9] is not an vandalism only account, I'll eat my hat, right now. EX_Warrington ( talk) 14:39, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
Writ, I think you've just been punk'd by Hafspajen. (See my talk). Montanabw (talk) 22:38, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
I'm not about to do anything. This isn't because I think it should stay, but because I have no clue what the right action is. When I unblocked him, I decided to remove the entry, but then I wondered if it should stay because the entry remains in his block log — I've wanted it to be properly removed, ever since I unblocked him. I would prefer that someone familiar with arbitration procedures deal with it, whether by removing it entirely or striking it or whatever else. If they need some sort of agreement from me before modifying the entry, this comment should suffice, because I'm happy to see it removed.
Nyttend (
talk)
01:02, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
Hey Writ Keeper, just wondering, how do I install User:Writ Keeper/Scripts/massRollback.js correctly on my own script file? Epicgenius ( talk) 17:04, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
importScript("User:Writ Keeper/Scripts/massRollback.js");
You deleted both my Sam Pepper (artist) page, and the talk page, which was asking for help and clarification as to why the page was deleted.. How am I supposed to get help with it if you delete the talk page as well? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kpshu ( talk • contribs) 18:47, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
Thanks. I am just trying to sort this out.. Kpshu ( talk) 18:54, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi Writ Keeper, notwithstanding your correct observation [12], I've requested the page be protected from its creator. Thanks, JNW ( talk) 22:29, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
...was a pretty good call, actually. :) Hope you're prepared for the onslaught of notifications! – Juliancolton | Talk 18:45, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
Damnit man, I can't type that fast. So here's what I was going to say, for the peanut gallery. The edit summary would have been, "My personal rainbows and cotton candy viewpoint".
Thanks for the warm welcome and the recommendation to Teahouse! TelosCricket ( talk) 00:48, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
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The Brilliant Idea Barnstar |
Thankyou for closing yet another ANI time sink. It shouldn't have even got that far... ♦ Dr. Blofeld 07:38, 6 December 2013 (UTC) |
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The
Help Project Newsletter
Issue VII - August 2013
Hello from Hong Kong, and the Wikimania DevCamp! Just a quick bulletin to update everyone on recent goings-on:
Suggestions for future issues are welcome at Wikipedia:Help Project/Newsletter.
If you don't wish to receive this newsletter on your talk page in future then just edit the participants page and add "no newsletter" next to your name.
-- EdwardsBot ( talk) 06:17, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
Recently the Dispute Resolution Noticeboard underwent some changes in how it operates. Part of the change involved a new list of volunteers with a bit of information about the people behind the names.
You are listed as a volunteer at DRN currently, to update your profile is simple, just click here. Thanks, Cabe 6403( Talk• Sign) 17:27, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
[redacted previous question]
Oh geez, nevermind, WK, I just read your note above. So sorry to hear that. My thoughts are with you and your family. -- Floquenbeam ( talk) 00:02, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
Hello Writ Keeper! Thank you for being a host at the Teahouse. However, we haven't heard from you lately, so our bot has moved your Host profile from the host landing page to the host breakroom. No worries; you can always just and our bot will move your profile back. Editing any Teahouse-related page will do the same thing for you. If you would prefer not to receive reminders like this, you can unsubscribe here. Thanks for your help at the Teahouse! HostBot ( talk) 03:50, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/The Shrinking Lonesome Sestina, a page you created has not been edited in at least 180 days. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace. If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it. You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements. If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13. Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot ( talk) 04:31, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
I just blocked for 24 hours. I came to the situation from RFPP so I didn't see your note about a final warning on AN3 until afterwards. Sorry if I inadvertently overstepped there. Mark Arsten ( talk) 02:14, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
Looks like this script is acting up again, its not working for me. Werieth ( talk) 17:16, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
Iranian in Azerbaijan is diaspra, OKEY???????????---see Template:Armenian diaspora have article for the many country. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eight for Eight ( talk • contribs) 13:37, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
and see Armenians in Azerbaijan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eight for Eight ( talk • contribs) 13:39, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
you are angry? go this article for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eight for Eight ( talk • contribs) 13:42, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
You're right. On topic, it would appear that the phrasing that's being used is the opposite of what we're used to: we're used to ethnicity/citizenship, as in African American, but look at the Iranian Azerbaijanis article: it appears to be talking about people from Azerbaijani descent who are living in Iran (I guess there are some places called "Azerbaijan" that are actually just parts of Iran). So, if we're judging simply by the titles themselves, then this article might not be a duplicate. BUT, when I read the text of the new article, it still looks like it's talking about Azerbaijanis that are living in Iran. So, I don't know which way is up any more. I would say that probably the best thing to do would be to delete the new article while saving a list of the sources used, and then go through the sources to see if there's any way to write an article about people of Iranian descent (if that phrase even has any meaning; I'm starting to get the sense that it doesn't) who are living in Azerbaijan. Writ Keeper (WK to move) ⚇ ♔ 15:15, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
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for explaining matters so well at Talk:Alexander Salas Dloh cierekim 14:54, 27 August 2013 (UTC) |
...would you take a look at Talk:The Pierre#Disputed "In popular culture" entry and the follow-up thread Talk:The Pierre#Unilateral Closing of a Discussion on a Talk Page? and do whatever you think appropriate? Thanks. Beyond My Ken ( talk) 19:23, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
Dear Writ Keeper, Thank you for the suggestion . Please give me more time to find other cites and add more meat. Also, please could you help me. I am always looking to work with other on makeing good articles with great cites. Thanks. Geraldshields11 ( talk) 14:05, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
Hi Writ Keepe. We actually had an edit conflict - as I was declining the CSD you were delting the article. I read the whole thing and did not find it to be overly promotional. Indeed anything promotional could have eaily been cleaned up by the creator if given support.The subt is clearly ,notable - unless I missed something. Can we take another look? Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 05:00, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
( edit conflict)@ Writ Keeper: Well I am considerably relieved to read that; when I read above "... not [...} overly promotional ...", I really began to wonder just what we are doing here. It's also clear that I should not post before my first morning cup of coffee, since I was obviously too bleary to get the right criterion. If you don't mind, I'll leave the deletion nomination to you in this case. But before you do that, and without wishing to stir it unduly or to impugn anybody's good faith: I know of course that anyone except the creator of the article can remove the speedy tag at any time. But that isn't quite what Kudpung did here; he recreated the article after it was deleted. Should he not have made a request at Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion if he disagreed with your decision, as suggested at WP:BIODELETE? Perhaps if he would like to accept that he made a rare error of judgement here, this mess could all go quietly away; or is it in any case too late for that?
As an aside, and for what it is worth: inviting an obvious long-term COI editor to fix the errors in his own article is not really in line with our COI policy, and not really very helpful to other editors either. Justlettersandnumbers ( talk) 17:18, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
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Thanks for you-know-what! ☸ 07:15, 1 September 2013 (UTC) |
Why did you speedy the Chuck Cooper Foundation even though the Speedy was disputed on the talk page (by me) and also I'd suggested it be integrated into the Chuck Cooper page.. Think it was a bit premature as the author was still working on the page! 86.30.135.155 ( talk) 20:56, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing my partial restore on [[Defibrillation]. Mike ( talk) 16:42, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
...by the user I was in dispute with on The Pierre. See [6] Beyond My Ken ( talk) 17:10, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
Hey Writ Keeper, while doing some testing, I created User:Ryan Vesey/References.js. Can you delete it? Thanks, Ryan Vesey 04:04, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
I have come across another bug, after closing a section I get a URL like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undefined/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content_review#%20 File:Royal Aus Regt.JPG Werieth ( talk) 12:40, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
.done(function(){
alert("Section closed.");
window.location.replace(""+window.location.origin+window.location.pathname+"#"+sectionTitle);
})
.done(function(){
alert("Section closed.");
window.location.replace(mw.config.get('wgServer') + window.location.pathname + "#" + sectionTitle);
})
text-decoration: blink;
anymore...
Technical 13 (
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14:47, 16 September 2013 (UTC)I was aiming for ten complete articles. These are the ones I've finished:
Still no hard feelings.
Writ Keeper is an interesting choice of user name. I always fancied Judge Dredd. lol
Due to your obvious youth as evidenced by your contribution history and excessive use of the word "fuck" and "fucking" in the descriptions. I'm going to take your action in banning me as a sign of age rather than wisdom. lol
Sluffs ( talk) 23:26, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
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Thanks for your help JMHamo ( talk) 21:25, 19 September 2013 (UTC) |
I understand. Sülde is okay. But, it is not tngri. also tengri... In mongolian it is tenger or tingri. but not tngri. because in modern mongolian writing three consonants can not be side by side at the beginning of the sentence... Also it must be Sülde Tengri... Thanks... Buzancar ( talk) 06:00, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for stalkiing my talk page and helping Gary Johnson out. I was swamped with real-world stuff rather suddenly this week, and I've got no time for WP for while. Nice to know you've got my back. -- Floquenbeam ( talk) 20:23, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
Can you see the image on Battle of Jassin? Ryan Vesey 02:30, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
so...many...emails... Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 03:39, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
With my limited amount of CSS knowledge, I knew that the font-family should be changed, but wasn't sure what class selector to use. I'm curious, why is body used instead of .body? Ryan Vesey 16:56, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
<div class="body">
, whereas "body" would select the tag <body>
. Does that make sense?
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17:41, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
.pBody
(in Monobook) or #mw-head, #p-personal, #left-navigation
or #right-navigation
(in Vector).
Ignatz
mice•
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02:33, 25 September 2013 (UTC)Hi there, I noticed that you haven't been as active at DRN as you was before. DRN has been a bit backlogged lately and we could use some extra hands. We have updated our volunteer list to a new format, Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard/Volunteers (your name is still there under the old format if you haven't updated it) and are looking into ways to make DRN more effective and more rewarding for volunteers (your input is appreciated!). If you don't have much time to volunteer at the moment, that's fine too, just move your name to the inactive list (you're free to add yourself back to active at any time). Hope to see you again soon :) Steven Zhang ( talk) 13:42, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
There is currently 2 Christopher Oakleys. One, is a historian. The other, is an animator.-- Mishae ( talk) 12:49, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
Can you make the change suggested at User_talk:Writ_Keeper/Archives/9#User:Writ_Keeper.2FScripts.2FautoCloser.js_2? due to comparability issues upgrading isn't possible. Werieth ( talk) 20:31, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi Writty, hope you're doing well. There's a bit of an OT discussion in this ANI thread of my change of the header back in June. [8] Not that anybody dislikes my version, as far as I can see (always excepting this <personal attack redacted> guy here), but it's a problem that the edit notice is different. Well, and inferior, IMO. You know how I am with edit notices. Could you change it to match what's seen on the page, please? (AN and ANI both, if possible.) I've put a request in the thread, but nobody's picked up on it so far. Bishonen | talk 13:01, 28 September 2013 (UTC).
Hi, I really appreciate your googleTitle script – it's the kind of thing I never thought I wanted until I realized how much of a timesaver it was! I've got a minor fix to ensure ampersands and characters of that ilk don't break the script; please change
searchNode.href = "http://www.google.com/search?q=" + subjectName.replace(/_/g, " ") + "+-wikipedia.org";
to
searchNode.href = "http://www.google.com/search?q=" + encodeURIComponent(subjectName.replace(/_/g, " ")) + "+-wikipedia.org";
Thanks! Theopolisme ( talk) 01:09, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
Konveyor Belt 01:50, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
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Thanks for your encouraging and helpful message about my work on The Bourne Identity (novel). As you've gathered, I'm new (just started yesterday) and I'm still trying to find my way around behind the scenes of Wikipedia and I welcome any assistance I can get! I wanted to reply to the message you sent me, but I don't know how so I did a bit of experimenting and found WikiLove so I'm sending you this as a message of thanks :) . Dianthus33 ( talk) 08:07, 13 October 2013 (UTC) |
There is currently a discussion at
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.--
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18:51, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
Hey Writ Keeper. I'm dropping you a note to let you know (or remind you) about Flow, the structured discussion system for Wikipedia that we're building. You may have heard about some of the longer-term vision for Flow in the past, but in the last two months we've been moving quickly to narrow down the short-term scope of the project, and we're keen to get feedback.
First: we've written up an explanation of the " minimum viable product" – the set of features that will be in the first, on-wiki deployment. Because discussions on Wikipedia are complex and varied, we're approaching Flow development as an incremental process of uncovering user needs for different types of discussion. The first release will be limited to a few WikiProject talkpages only, with the goal of testing out our first stab at peer-to-peer discussion functionality and improving it based on feedback from the WikiProject members who use it. If you've got any thoughts on the MVP, or on the philosophy we're trying to follow with this software, let us know on the Flow talkpage. If you know of a WikiProject that might be interested in testing this out, let Maryana know on her talkpage :)
Second: we're having a set of discussions around some experimental features we'll be trying in the first release. These include indenting and nesting of comments and comment editing. If you've got any practical thoughts on these, we'd appreciate hearing them. For background and feedback on the design, there are the ongoing set of design iteration notes, a Design FAQ, and a page for design feedback.
The software prototype is still in early development, and changing daily in small ways, with major goals updating every 2 weeks. If you've got comments about other bits of the software, we'll be holding an
IRC office hours session in #wikimedia-office at
18:00 UTC on 17 November to talk about Flow as a whole, and fielding questions on the talkpage before and after then.
Third: this is a pre-newsletter announcement of a new WP:Flow/Newsletter signup page! If you'd like further updates, details, and requests for input, please add your name there.
Thanks, Quiddity (WMF) ( talk) 20:03, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
Hi Writ Keeper, in case you don't see it, I left a text for you here: /info/en/?search=User_talk:Stefan2#My_Halloween_Photographs Maodhóg ( talk) 18:55, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
Volume 1, Issue 1, October 2013
by The Interior ( talk · contribs), Ocaasi ( talk · contribs)
Greetings Wikipedia Library members! Welcome to the inaugural edition of Books and Bytes, TWL’s monthly newsletter. We're sending you the first edition of this opt-in newsletter, because you signed up, or applied for a free research account: HighBeam, Credo, Questia, JSTOR, or Cochrane. To receive future updates of Books and Bytes, please add your name to the subscriber's list. There's lots of news this month for the Wikipedia Library, including new accounts, upcoming events, and new ways to get involved...
New positions: Sign up to be a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar, or a Volunteer Wikipedia Librarian
Wikipedia Loves Libraries: Off to a roaring start this fall in the United States: 29 events are planned or have been hosted.
New subscription donations: Cochrane round 2; HighBeam round 8; Questia round 4... Can we partner with NY Times and Lexis-Nexis??
New ideas: OCLC innovations in the works; VisualEditor Reference Dialog Workshop; a photo contest idea emerges
News from the library world: Wikipedian joins the National Archives full time; the Getty Museum releases 4,500 images; CERN goes CC-BY
Announcing WikiProject Open: WikiProject Open kicked off in October, with several brainstorming and co-working sessions
New ways to get involved: Visiting scholar requirements; subject guides; room for library expansion and exploration
Thanks for reading! All future newsletters will be opt-in only. Have an item for the next issue? Leave a note for the editor on the Suggestions page. -- The Interior 19:51, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
Hi, Writ Keeper. Is it edit warring if one party is protecting a copyright? I'm not questioning your knowledge of the particulars here for I certainly have little to none. I'm looking for a bit of enlightenment as I have seen this NFCC issue raised more frequently of late. Any guidance you can offer would be appreciated. Thanks Tide rolls 19:44, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
...but I'll ask anyone: Are you just taking an admin break, or are you packing it in? I hope the former. Beyond My Ken ( talk) 23:04, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
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Hello Writ Keeper, Hafspajen has given you a lovely Halloween dog, to wish you a Happy Halloween! ![]() |
File:SPLIT-Hebrard overall color restitution.jpg | The Palace of Diocletian |
"If you could show the cabbage that I planted with my own hands to your emperor, he definitely wouldn't dare suggest that I replace the peace and happiness of this place with the storms of a never-satisfied greed." -
Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus Augustus
In recognition of service rendered unto the empire in its time of need, I hereby award you this palace. May your cabbages grow always full and leafy, my friend. Cheers, - J-Mo Talk to Me Email Me 00:43, 2 November 2013 (UTC) |
User:SajjadF is editing an article on Sunset. The picures added are reverted by one editor wo has some ownership issues on this article. He is now in an edit war with this editor. I got reverted too. A lot of other editors were in the same positon, reverted. Pictures added to the article are reverted constantly, with the not so convincing argument that they are of poor quality and there is no need for them. I do not agree. The present pictures look all much the same. Reading the previous talk pages, really there is no consesnsus at all, even if this editor says it is. People are getting overrun. I left a message omn the talk page. We would need someone who can look into this. Will you please look att the issue? Eventually this could be something for an RfD. Might be socking involved on earlier stages. User:P and User.A. But I am not sure. Hafspajen ( talk) 14:23, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
[[:File:Sunset at Öja, Sweden, April 2009-2.jpg]]
becomes
File:Sunset at Öja, Sweden, April 2009-2.jpg. Diffs of their addition/removal are always helpful, of course, but it looks like you already have a bunch of those.
Writ Keeper
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17:28, 5 November 2013 (UTC) Oh, sorry.
. But I didn't know how to show it better that large amount of pictures removed. We can still do with some second oppinion.
Hafspajen (
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22:15, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
Hey WK, do you know what happened to (my) mass rollback? Thanks, you digital sleuth you, Drmies ( talk) 17:31, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
importScript('User:John254/mass rollback.js');
to importScript('User:Writ Keeper/Scripts/massRollback.js');
and see if that works.
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@ Drmies: Oops, sorry. It was working in Monobook, but Monobook must be weird about things. I've fixed it now; try bypassing your cache and it should work now. Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 19:44, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I understand your closing point, but with respect I also think the closure on discussion of User:Coffee's edits was premature - I cannot see any attempt to answer several of the questions the User was asked. I have added a note at the bottom of WP:AN in a new section specific to notification of sourced stub creators and implementation of own prods. In ictu oculi ( talk) 03:12, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
Hello Writ Keeper. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Cost per 1000 Eyeovers, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: No indication the term was invented by the author or someone known to him/her. Thank you. — Darkwind ( talk) 07:52, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
Greetings. Because you have already cast a vote for the 2013 Arbitration Committee Elections, I regret to inform you that due to a misconfiguration of the SecurePoll we've been forced to strike all votes and reset voting. This notice is to inform you that you will need to vote again if you want to be counted in the poll. The new poll is located at this link. You do not have to perform any additional actions other than voting again. If you have any questions, please direct them at the election commissioners. --For the Election Commissioners, v/r, TParis
You're back as an admin!!! Good to have you with the buttons again. Sportsguy17 :) ( click to talk • contributions) 23:17, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
Can you help me understand your comment here. When I tried to undo the edit in question I got an error from the system that the edit could not be undone, and must be fixed manually. It is my, seemingly incorrect, understanding that if I re-added the comment that was originally posted by the IP user, that it would be the same as me commenting on the thread, which I did not want to do. Can you help me understand how I could have fixed this so that I don't cause future admins additional work should I see this situation again? — Bill W. ( Talk) ( Contrib) — 17:47, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
you remove sergecross73's comment as well. its uncivil and only promoting friction. Lucia Black ( talk) 17:58, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Not exactly Writ. what makes criticism acceptable and what makes it un-called for? What Sergecross was doing wasn't criticizing, it was belittling another person for past actions he deems inadequate. it wasn't on topic, and it wasn't called for. if he has a problem with something, he can definitely tell it straight to me, rather than trying to spread that i'm inadequacy to other editors. and this is a constant pattern not just in ANI.
The comment was directed in the past, and you said it yourself the drama came from those two editors. It may look like an edge-case on your book, but this has been going on for a long time. I rather he avoid making me into a topic of discussion. He's doing it even now. and it seems ridiculous and incivil Lucia Black ( talk) 18:47, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Aaah, I missed being an admin. Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 19:00, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
just to clarify Writ:
WHat can be considered a personal attack
- Criticisms of, or references to, personal behavior in an inappropriate context, like on a policy or article talk page, or in an edit summary, rather than on a user page or conflict resolution page. Remember: Comment on content, not on the contributor. For dispute resolution including how best to address the behavior of others, please follow WP:DR.
— Wikipedia, WP:NPA
i believe the principle of this applies here. Lucia Black ( talk) 19:15, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
...For the quick revert. It's much appreciated! Salvio Let's talk about it! 23:18, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
If this [9] is not an vandalism only account, I'll eat my hat, right now. EX_Warrington ( talk) 14:39, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
Writ, I think you've just been punk'd by Hafspajen. (See my talk). Montanabw (talk) 22:38, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
I'm not about to do anything. This isn't because I think it should stay, but because I have no clue what the right action is. When I unblocked him, I decided to remove the entry, but then I wondered if it should stay because the entry remains in his block log — I've wanted it to be properly removed, ever since I unblocked him. I would prefer that someone familiar with arbitration procedures deal with it, whether by removing it entirely or striking it or whatever else. If they need some sort of agreement from me before modifying the entry, this comment should suffice, because I'm happy to see it removed.
Nyttend (
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01:02, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
Hey Writ Keeper, just wondering, how do I install User:Writ Keeper/Scripts/massRollback.js correctly on my own script file? Epicgenius ( talk) 17:04, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
importScript("User:Writ Keeper/Scripts/massRollback.js");
You deleted both my Sam Pepper (artist) page, and the talk page, which was asking for help and clarification as to why the page was deleted.. How am I supposed to get help with it if you delete the talk page as well? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kpshu ( talk • contribs) 18:47, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
Thanks. I am just trying to sort this out.. Kpshu ( talk) 18:54, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi Writ Keeper, notwithstanding your correct observation [12], I've requested the page be protected from its creator. Thanks, JNW ( talk) 22:29, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
...was a pretty good call, actually. :) Hope you're prepared for the onslaught of notifications! – Juliancolton | Talk 18:45, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
Damnit man, I can't type that fast. So here's what I was going to say, for the peanut gallery. The edit summary would have been, "My personal rainbows and cotton candy viewpoint".
Thanks for the warm welcome and the recommendation to Teahouse! TelosCricket ( talk) 00:48, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
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Thankyou for closing yet another ANI time sink. It shouldn't have even got that far... ♦ Dr. Blofeld 07:38, 6 December 2013 (UTC) |