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I sent you an e-mail; this me (above), logged out, from a smartphone. Thanks for your comments; must really be wiki-burnout. Cheers 109.45.0.73 ( talk) 16:12, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
Re: this bugzilla report, I am the former user who you helped back in February. I see the problem was finally cleaned up in July. Thanks for your attention to this matter as it would strangely gnaw at me every now and again knowing my contribs were spread between the two accts. Rgrds. -- 64.85.217.197 ( talk) 16:08, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
I am having difficulty getting the userboxes to work. Could you assist me?
P.S. What causes the lazy barnstar to appear or your header?— cyberpower ( Talk to Me)( Contributions) 21:14, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
{{#ifeq:}}
that tests to see if a number is greater than or less than a variable? If so how would you go about that? To make it easy how about just giving me an example if
for...say...if 25 is less than x then do a else do b.—
cyberpower (
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It does prove helpful. The {{#ifexpr:}} can handle varibles when comparing and I am having difficulties working it. Apparently when using the {{ days from now}} and the {{ CURRENTYEAR}} templates, it seems to be throwing errors left and right. Do they not come out as variables and how can this be fixed?— cyberpower ( Talk to Me)( Contributions) 13:02, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Xeno! I have a quick question if you don't mind.
I'm currently active in the account creations process ( my profile on the tool). Often times in the process, requests are referred to the Checkusers, per our normal procedure. Now, we don't have many Checkusers active in the process, and I'm interested in helping out with these Checkuser requests.
Could you please tell me the process for requesting this right? I am of the age of majority in the United States (I can send my age upon request) and I'm willing to identify to the foundation per the access to nonpublic data policy.
I was directed here from IRC. If there's a better venue for this request, feel free to direct me there.
Thank you, ~ Matthewrbowker Talk to me 06:09, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
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MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 06:47, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
Greetings Xeno-
My name is Randall Livingstone, and I am a graduate student at the University of Oregon, currently collecting data for my dissertation on Wikipedia editors who create and use bots and assisted editing tools, as well as editors involved in the initial and/or ongoing creation of bot policies on Wikipedia. As a member of BAG and an active member of the bot community, I would very much like to interview you for the project at a time and in a method that is most convenient for you (Gchat, another IM client, Skype, email, telephone, etc.). I am completely flexible and can work with your schedule. The interview will take approximately 30-45 minutes.
My dissertation project has been approved both by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at the University of Oregon, and by the Research Committee at the Wikimedia Foundation. You can find more information on the project on my meta page.
Please let me know if you have any questions, and I look forward to hearing from you to set up a time to chat. Thank you very much.
Randall Livingstone, School of Journalism & Communication, University of Oregon
UOJComm ( talk) 00:23, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
We are new with wikipedia and Lectonar deleted our article Health Asset Management Inc. We are trying to make the article conform with the wikipedia policies and have asked Lectonar to visit our sandbox: Khoot/sandbox. But it's been a month since a message was placed in his talk page [2] asking for his help and he had not made any reply.
Can you please kindly refer us to another administrator who can check our article? or advise us how to resolve this issue.
Khoot ( talk) 16:07, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
Can you please remove reviewer and patrol statuses since I'm not interested to review and patrol pages? BlueEarth ( talk | contribs) 22:36, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
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Sir how can I make the Status template functional? I added the script here: User:Renzoy16/Status but in the user page is says Unknown. I need your help sir, please?-- Renzoy16 | Contact Me 23:30, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
{{
Statustop}}
template isn't receiving any status input. You have to follow using a pipe and then your status. It should be something like {{Statustop|User:Renzoy16/Status}}
.Secondly, using script won't work because it renders as text when transcluded even if you use a .js subpage. I tried something similar and it's not working. I have gone ahead to try it out for you but I doubt it will work.— cyberpower ( Chat)( WP Edits: 512,067,052) 08:49, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
Hello Xeno. I just write you because I know you're an active oversighter. I wrote a mail to OTRS enwiki oversight address for a lot of things that should be oversighted something like two weeks ago and did not get any answer. I just wanted to know if everything is okay and if you received my mail properly. Thank you. -- Quentinv57 ( talk) 09:34, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi Xeno, I just wanted to know if there was any way of changing you StatusChanger2 js script so that it worked in Vector? Works well in modern, but I have a slight preference for Vector. Thanks-- Gilderien Talk| Contribs 21:35, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
importScript('User:Xenocidic/statusChanger2.js');
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Ive created User:Edinburgh Wanderer Mobile as an alternative account to my main one User:Edinburgh Wanderer. Purely because problems i was having problems with accidentally using rollback on mobile devices and i was advised this was a good idea. Ive got two questions though one have i done everything ok to declare this as an alternative and two i would like to get the autopatrolled user right added to this account is this something that can be done non controversially as its on the main or would i have to apply to get it added. Edinburgh Wanderer 23:47, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
Can you check this? Mikhailov Kusserow ( talk) 06:37, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
Hello Xeno. This is just a friendly reminder to email me back your responses to the interview questions for my research study on bots and bot operators. If you have any questions or concerns, or would like me to send you the questions again, please don't hesitate to contact me. Thank you again for your participation, and I look forward to hearing from you. UOJComm ( talk) 23:38, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Dear Xeno,
My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.
So a few things about the interviews:
Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.
If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.
Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Obar -- Jaobar ( talk) 07:26, 12 February 2012 (UTC) Young June Sah -- Yjune.sah ( talk) 22:32, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Jawadreventon ( talk) 22:35, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
Please drop me a note next time you're around, I'd like to ask you about some bot-related thing you mentioned in the past. Thanks : ) - jc37 05:24, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
Do I have to disclose my Cyberbot accounts to ArbCom before sending them to approval?— cyberpower ( Chat)( WP Edits: 517,473,409) 15:04, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
Template:Environmental-org-stub has no image after Xenobot did a change. -- Alan Liefting ( talk - contribs) 03:43, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi, so I would like my message of User:Ebe123/MtC/Invite to be sent out to all the users in Wikipedia:WikiProject Images and Media/Commons/Drives/Jan 2012/Logs subpages and it must be before the 1st of March. It is a lot of users, but it was the best place as the main page has over 50 users signed up but some of them have done nothing. ~~ Ebe 123~~ → report 13:33, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
We are discussing whether to include a disclaimer for the Muhammad images page, who would be good to ask how to technically implement the feature if a consensus is found? -- Eraserhead1 < talk> 19:57, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
There's a question here that you may be able to answer. -- Florian Blaschke ( talk) 20:21, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
Would it be possible to perform a CheckUser regarding Willsnoogbaroots and the IP address 77.97.87.115? Unconstructive modifications, mainly undoing other users' constructive and accurate edits, were made on an article several times. The intervals of time between each of the disruptive edits performed by the accounts suggests that the editors are in fact the same person, which edits unconstructively "under IP." (The damaged article was protected and repaired.) Thank you. -- MaxDawsonC ( talk) 00:58, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for the kind response.
Unfortunately it's been long enough that I'm not sure if I even remember what I was going to ask about. (I have a vague recollection that it was about whether something talked about in a discussion was implemented. And if so, in what way.)
If it comes up again, I'll drop you a note : )
Thanks again : ) - jc37 12:51, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
Is this an Arbcom endorsed removal of images from my talk page? It's unusual that two sitting arbs are trying to remove this image from my talk page. This has now been added to with another comic as well. Can u confirm if arbcom has received emails and has discussed this, leading to ur interjections on my user and talk page. Try discussing with me and others before bombastically forcing your...umm...opinions down my throat. Thanks Russavia ლ(ಠ益ಠლ) 03:37, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello I would like to delete some personal info. Tenretnieht ( talk) 02:38, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
On my talk page at User_talk:Russavia#Comment_from_AGK, there is a discussion between myself and your fellow Arb User:AGK, concerning an issue which came to the attention of Arbcom. As the various links and diffs show, many editors saw the recent RFC/U against User:Fae as harassment, at best, and as homophobic harassment, at worst.
AGK firstly stated that he "voted" to ban Delicious Carbuncle, then has "corrected" himself to state that he merely was in favour of the Committee reviewing the case; either way there was opposition on the Committee to either banning Delicious Carbuncle or even reviewing the harassment that Fae was being subjected to.
As an Arb, the community elected you to represent the community for the community. The Committee time and time again pushes on editors who come before it that transparency is essential in our editing; in fact, transparency is one of the key tenets of this project, however the Arbcom often does not act in the same transparent way that it (and the community) expects of the community itself.
AGK states on my talk page that one can only expect a transparent hearing if a request for arbitration is filed, and states that most Arbcom business is conducted this way. This notion is somewhat correct, but it is also very wrong. As the committee time and time makes a point of stating that community transparency is essential, the community also expects the same of the Committee -- at all times. The Committee also makes many decisions "behind closed doors", and when pushed to explain decisions cites various "get out of jail free cards" to avoid being transparent to the community-at-large. This includes decisions such as banning editors for things done offwiki which can't clearly be attributed to that editor, or unbanning editors with a history of socking, etc, etc.
In aid of this, and in the interests of transparency to the Community at large, I am asking that you answer the following questions:
These are very simple questions which one is able to answer if they are truly for transparency both on the Committee and in the community in general, and I would expect that many in the community would be wanting transparent answers to these questions.
The last thing, it is of course Fae's choice if he wishes to request a case for Arbitration, but these questions are not being asked to have an end-run around the Arbitration process, but are being asked in the interests of transparency on a specific example that the Committee was aware of and refused to act upon. I would expect Fae and other editors (especially LGBT editors) would be wanting transparent answers here now, before deciding if they wish to act. Russavia ლ(ಠ益ಠლ) 07:54, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
I invite you to the yearly Berlin hackathon, 1-3 June. Registration is now open. If you need financial assistance or help with visa or hotel, then please register by May 1st and mention it in the registration form.
This is the premier event for the MediaWiki and Wikimedia technical community. We'll be hacking, designing, teaching, and socialising, primarily talking about ResourceLoader and Gadgets ( extending functionality with JavaScript), the switch to Lua for templates, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Labs.
We want to bring 100-150 people together, including lots of people who have not attended such events before. User scripts, gadgets, API use, Toolserver, Wikimedia Labs, mobile, structured data, templates -- if you are into any of these things, we want you to come!
I also thought you might want to know about other upcoming events where you can learn more about MediaWiki customization and development, how to best use the web API for bots, and various upcoming features and changes. We'd love to have power users, bot maintainers and writers, and template makers at these events so we can all learn from each other and chat about what needs doing.
Check out the the developers' days preceding Wikimania in July in Washington, DC and our other events.
Best wishes! - Sumana Harihareswara, Wikimedia Foundation's Volunteer Development Coordinator. Please reply on my talk page, here or at mediawiki.org. Sumana Harihareswara, Wikimedia Foundation Volunteer Development Coordinator 00:33, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
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If you have a moment, it would be appreciated, I know this is not your regular cup of tea but if you can help
thanx
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MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 19:51, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Xeno, this is a follow-up to a discussion about a year ago in which you were involved, and which led to user name policy stating that people who had registered an organisational user name should not be blocked on sight if they had not made problematic edits, but should instead be gently persuaded to change user name. The question has just come up again at WP:AN; see Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Orange_Mike and following sections. Cheers, -- J N 466 07:49, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
I believe you have a toolserver account, but at least you are well versed in bots. I would be interrested in finding a graphic representation of the geographic location of the articles within a WikiProject ie using location data in the artcles. For example WP:Germany has some articles tagged in Nanibia due to colonial issues. Within the core area of the project such a report would identify areas that need attention. Has something like that already been done or would it be very difficult from a toolserver perspective? Agathoclea ( talk) 22:04, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
Xeno, please see this post of mine at the bottom, here on Admin:Bwilkins talk page, “Is this in jest or a joke?” (perma‑link)
What I am referring to there is, in part, is when I rewrote Fuzzball (string theory). I had, on my own time (obviously) in real life (obviously) emailed and spoken with Dr. SD Mathur after he and Oleg Lunin wrote a landmark paper on string theory in Physical Review Letters. He responded to my emailed inquiry and we later spoke several times over the phone and exchanged more emails. Dr. Mathur reviewed my proposed verbiage for the “Fuzzball” article to ensure it was factually correct. To that, Bwilkins wrote “Turns out you're more dangerous than I realized.” This seems a breathtaking personal attack and I am gobsmacked that an admin would just waltz over to my talk page and leave something like that. Greg L ( talk) 20:49, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Xeno. Please see my talk page and try to reign in Bwilkins. Rather than merely write “Oops, sorry. I didn’t mean it that way,” he wrote of what “rational” and “irrational” people would think in the face of what he bald-face wrote. Then, in response to an opinion piece where I advocate change in Wikipedia policy, he gives it a backhanding by coming to my talk page and referring to it as a “diatribe.” This is all just petty baiting and no editor should have to be subjected to it from an admin. Greg L ( talk) 00:30, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello Xeno. I found your page via the Command, that i should first ask a local bureaucrat, before triing other ways. My Problem: I have my main wikipedia-account in the german wiki, but wanted to write an article in the english wiki too. The unified login did not function. My Username in the german wiki is " Kommerz". There is a user named "Kommerz" in the english wiki, but it is not me. So i registered a new user in the en-wiki for me: " KommerzAndi". How can i merge the two accounts? Or if this is not possible: how do i make an account in the en-wiki, which is mergeable with my german-wiki-account? Ih hope you can help me, sorry fot bothering you. -- 131.130.244.36 ( talk) 10:49, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Xeno! Trying to reach you - could you look in your email for a note from wikimedia.org? Thanks! Sumana Harihareswara, Wikimedia Foundation Engineering Community Manager 21:31, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
After reading this opinion in an AfD I closed, I examined Hopakiuta's most recent edits more closely, and found that almost all of them appear to be nonsensical. Examples include [3] and [4], or their moving their user talk page to " User talk:hopiakuta/ index Samantha Geimer Lot Elizabeth Ann Smart Gilmour Deon Baptiste Ian Baptiste Emmett Louis Till Stanley Ann Dunham Anneke Frank Annele Frank Charles Augustus Lindbergh". However, there are no clearly detrimental mainspace edits; instead there are some small productive edits like typo corrections and redirects. Because you are referenced in [5], can you provide any advice about whether this situation needs administrative or other intervention? Sandstein 08:55, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
Template:YGT has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at
the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page.
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Hi, I was wondering if you could remove my IP address from WP's history? This is my account Johnny "ThunderPeel2001" Walker ( talk) 10:20, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Wikipedia:SMS. Since you had some involvement with the Wikipedia:SMS redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). D O N D E groovily Talk to me 15:52, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
I was told you were very instrumental (Sorry I can not cite my sources) in allowing non-Admin request the Oversight bit, just wanted you to know it is appreciated and being taken advantage of.
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MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 22:06, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
He's being discussed over at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#User:Hopiakuta. You mentored him at some point; I suppose you might be able to shed some light? - Penwhale | dance in the air and follow his steps 11:31, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey, I saw that, you edited your user page. Hopiakuta has run into difficulties, and was blocked. See WP:AN#User:Hopiakuta. Just 5 minutes ago I unblocked him, kind of sort of offering to take over your duties because you're AWOL. Unfortunately, I'm not as good as you are at understanding him, but I'll try. If you have any advice, I'm open to it (on- or off-wiki). Hope all is well with you. -- Floquenbeam ( talk) 02:30, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello Xeno,
A page that I created several years ago was deleted for "Clear Copyright Violations" but, if I remember correctly, I had merely sourced a wide variety of information to do with the origins of the Surname and a few famous people who had it.
I understand that this may not be the case (as my memory is a little foggy) so I was wondering if it would be possible to please userfy the page? This will allow me to get the data that I put in back and remove anything that I shouldn't have put in.
Thanks, -Jim Jskivington ( talk) 10:53, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
Please find the history of this place as well as El Piche a small town within El Carmen. Historical facts make a difference. There are people in my life that would like me to believe their marxism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.5.157.44 ( talk) 14:11, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
Welcome to the first edition of The Olive Branch. This will be a place to semi-regularly update editors active in dispute resolution (DR) about some of the most important issues, advances, and challenges in the area. You were delivered this update because you are active in DR, but if you would prefer not to receive any future mailing, just add your name to this page.
In this issue:
--The Olive Branch 19:39, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
I would have left a report at WP:ANI, but unfortunately it has recently been semiprotected - I am sorry to bother you, and please feel free to pass this onto any of your colleagues there. I am a long-term reader of Wikipedia, being particularly interested in military history, and I recently tried to show my gratitude to User:HJ Mitchell, whose work I greatly admire. I was under the impression that the more "barnstars" added the better, and thus I gave him a long list of them. My edit was reverted, and since I couldn't see anything wrong with just showing my appreciation, I reverted the revert, quite surprised. A perfectly civil message almost instantly followed, explaining the undesirable technical consequences of such an action, and that it was not the custom. However, it was coupled soon afterwards by what, as outlined at my talk page, I believed was assuming bad faith. I demanded that the user take back what he or she had said, requesting an apology. Instead of any apology, yet further bad faith ensued, and I, being quite hurt by this, wrote back yet another message. No response or any attempt at justification (of which I think there is none) were given, but instead, the talkback message on his user page, which I had given to him as a courtesy, was quite ruthlessly removed, the justification given – WP:DFTT. I find it highly offensive that a user should assume such bad faith that he effectively repeatedly accuses me of being a deliberately unconstructive "troll", or, more simply, a "vandal". For years I have been a staunch advocate of Wikipedia, even donating money to the Foundation, and to be treated with such personal attacks is profoundly insulting. I would request either your, or some other authority's intervention in this deeply upsetting matter.
Yours sincerely, -- 81.105.181.20 ( talk) 18:25, 13 September 2012 (UTC).
Hello Xeno,
I wanted to ask you if it is possible to rename User:Anguish (which is "a sockpuppet of user:Angus [...]" with only one edit) to something else, so that I can use unified login for the english Wikipedia too.
I ask you because meta:Help:Unified_login#Conflict_resolution states that I should ask a bureaucrat and you are one :) If you are not the right person to do this, could you please point me to the correct person/group/location that is able to help me with my request?
Thank you,
-- Anguish — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.91.94.64 ( talk) 13:12, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
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MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 16:05, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
Hello! As the author of the remarkable {{ Xsign}} (for which you deserve some kind of reward), I'd value your input on this template question. Many thanks. — Hex (❝?!❞) 19:50, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
You have been mentioned at Wikipedia:Missing Wikipedians Ottawahitech ( talk) 01:00, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
I don't know if you remember me (I was formerly known as "Master&Expert"), but I've missed your input on Wikipedia — and I guarantee you I'm not the only one who feels this way.
Hope to see you again sometime. =) Kurtis ( talk) 21:09, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
![]() Dispute Resolution – Volunteer Survey Invite Hello Xeno. To follow up on the first survey in April, I am conducting a second survey to learn more about dispute resolution volunteers - their motivations for resolving disputes, the experiences they've had, and their ideas for the future. I would appreciate your thoughts. I hope that with the results of this survey, we will learn how to increase the amount of active, engaged volunteers, and further improve dispute resolution processes. The survey takes around five to ten minutes, and the information you provide will not be shared with third parties other than to assist in analyzing the results of the survey. No personally identifiable information will be released. Please click
HERE to participate. You are receiving this invitation because you have either listed yourself as a volunteer at a dispute resolution forum, or are a member of a dispute resolution committee. For more information, please see the page that describes my fellowship work which can be found here. Szhang (WMF) ( talk) 02:46, 29 November 2012 (UTC) |
Tell me about the tool that can take a talk category like Long Island and make the Long Island template have the same class and importance that the other templates on the page already have. -- DThomsen8 ( talk) 17:12, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
Welcome back! -- Tryptofish ( talk) 00:52, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
Yes welcome back! Legoktm ( talk) 01:16, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
What they said : ) - jc37 01:17, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
Yes! Paul Erik (talk) (contribs) 03:08, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
Hello Xeno,
Yes, you guessed it, I've had a page deleted (my first effort) and I'd really like to try again. I originally wanted to create a new page called Hong kong junks but the deletion admin told me that there was already a similar page Junk (ship) that covered the topic.
I would like to try once more and justify the reasons that it should be separated. One of the most popular weekend pastimes in Hong Kong is to charter a boat (usually just referred to as a junk) and go out to find a beach or a remote island. This topic is quite different to the content described in the existing page - mainly historical and nautical information.
If you can allow me to try again, I will attempt to be more careful in citing the right sources and go into more detail - maybe even change the page name.
Anyway, I'd love it if you could you send me a copy of the text...many thanks in advance!
HKJamesM HKJamesM ( talk) 10:54, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
Hello Xeno, for personal use, please can I get to see some deleted articles which I authored? DSO Nano and eveything under Category:Shipyards on the River Thames. -- Robkam ( talk) 13:45, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
I'm having some problems getting a rename... I want to change my user from XeBerkeley to PrairieKid. (I'm unsure which will pop up here, but I'm both...) I've had two bureaucrats do it, but both times it has only fixed around half of the articles. I feel like I'm beginning to nag, but would really like this fixed. Thanks. Xeberkeley ( talk) 00:57, 22 December 2012 (UTC) ...Oh, and uh, adorable picture...
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Hello Xeno! Wishing you a very Happy Merry Christmas :) TheGeneralUser (talk) 13:32, 25 December 2012 (UTC)
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As one of my wikifriends, I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas. I hope you had a great one.— cyberpower Online Merry Christmas 02:05, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi Following the drama at BN, I'm trying to come up with a statement all Crats could agree to. Please take a look, below. I am quite content to do this onwiki -we have always worked transparently, except where secrecy is essential (ie RTV). I think we should be able to wordsmith a statement acceptable to all, and I think it's an important thing to do.
Signed [crat sig] Lmk what you think. Many thanks, -- Dweller ( talk) 15:19, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
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Requesting mediation on the subject of User:Launchballer's signature. I see you've had discussions with this user before, and since the user informed me that he had previous issues and my issue was never brought up then, I have decided to research this. I've so far found you have had issues there before, and would like you to help mediate this to make sure the user understands there is no "grandfathering" as it were of signatures. You may find the current discussion here. Thank you. — User:Technical 13 ( C • M • Click to learn how to view this signature as intended ) 16:08, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Xeno, I noticed that in 2010 you protected the Wiki Project Visual Arts template. I was wondering if it'd be okay to unprotect it so I could add the importance assessment to the template. I've been setting up the project to include articles listed by importance and need the template to be changed to help with classifying the articles. I did this with another project and would like to help this group with including important articles. Is there any way you or someone else could change the template if it is protected? Or allow permissions? thanks! -- Turn685 ( talk) 21:20, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
Dear Ms. Xeno,
I am writing to you this letter, as there is a major problem and I believe that you are the best person to talk to about it.
The reason that I am communicating you, is because someone that was using the name : "Panagiotis Xenos-Kokoletsis" appears in a number of pages in wikipedia and this is a major problem for me, as it is creating a confusion that turned out whenever I have applied for a job, because all of the employers are asking me whether this person is me.
I would like to make a parenthesis telling you, that this name is extremely rare, as we are only four people in the whole planet with this name (me and three cousins of mine) and after a communication that I had with all three of them, it turned out that none of them had, or have an account in wikipedia either.
There was a similar issue with a person using the name : "Panagiotis Xenos-Kokoletsis" on a Website called : "Yatedo" that was solved just 12 hours after contacting the administrator of the website.
The problem with this account in wikipedia though, is a lot more serious, as it is not that it is creating a confusion on whether I was working for the greek government or not(as the Yatedo-profile did), but that there are certain complaints in wikipedia about this user(Panagiotis Xenos-Kokoletsis) which ends up receiving negative answers from the employers, as they can not know whether this person is me or not and I can do nothing to prove that this user is not me.
The consequence of this though, is that without a job, I can not cope with the financial obligations that I have towards my family.
Ms. Xeno, i will kindly ask you to delete the name :"Panagiotis Xenos-Kokoletsis" from these pages in wikipedia, as can not do it myself.
The links for two of them, that I found just now are the following : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AlexNewArtBot/GreeceSearchResult/archive15 http://wpedia.goo.ne.jp/enwiki/User_talk:Panagiotis_Xenos-Kokoletsis
I am looking forward for your reply — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.117.76.138 ( talk) 07:56, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
You have been identified as someone who does a large number of renames. If you could visit meta:Rename practices and explain your renaming practices and policy, we would appreciate the effort. We are making this request to help us better understand local renaming practices as we work towards SUL finalization. Thank you for your time and feel free to contact me if you have any questions. MBisanz talk 22:53, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi, sorry for writing in English. I'm writing to ask you, as a bureaucrat of this wiki, to translate and review the notification that will be sent to all users, also on this wiki, who will be forced to change their user name on May 27 and will probably need your help with renames. You may also want to help with the pages m:Rename practices and m:Global rename policy. Thank you, Nemo 13:07, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
Greetings.
I'm a newbie, and I'm wise enough to say so, so pardon me if I'm doing things the "wrong" way or seem to be out of place. I'm trying to learn all I can and practice techniques in my own userspace before attempting to do things in the "real world" and inadvertently causing a big stir, as newbies are wont to do. :-)
It seems like you were a contributor to Template:Split from a few years ago. So it seems to me like you may be an excellent person to have in the discussion we're having on how to properly split an article, and then properly updating WP:SPLIT to reflect what we've learned. I think I'm not the only one who's a bit confused about how this template is to be used and what the final result should look like.
I'm actually an old computer geek, myself, and pretty good at writing documentation, so I can certainly help there ... but where we're weak is understanding specifically what the template is calling for.
I'll also be inviting contributors of Template:Split to to our discussion, so we can have a full understanding and agreement on this.
Thanks in advance for your help and comments!
Djdubay ( talk) 13:42, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi there, I just was reading WP:RTV and understand I can request that my old userpage be deleted, rather than redirect to my current one. Is this possible? aqwfyj Talk/ Contribs 14:43, 7 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi! Could you please complete my usurpation request from Soheyla Sh → Soheyla? I requested to change my user name 11 days ago, but nothing happened. I changed my username on fawiki and want to change it everywhere. Thank you Soheyla (Talk) 09:58, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
Can you complete the usurp request for me?— cyberpower ChatOnline 15:37, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
I've responded @ "None (SUL request) → Elysion". I was conscious in explaining my thinking that I've rather gone ahead and created my own rules for how finalisation affects SUL rename requests without consultation. On reflection, I shouldn't have. The approach I have been taking is to perform all requests that SUL finalisation renders inevitable anyway, especially where this makes life for everyone post-finalisation simpler. When I have a moment, I will start a discussion on the subject and check that there is a general consensus for local renames to be performed on that basis. WJBscribe (talk) 11:22, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
Perhaps you're back for a while? Nice to see your username pop up on my watchlist. Risker ( talk) 21:54, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
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Can you please remove the Bot Flag from Darkicebot? Thanks, Razor flame 21:45, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi there. I would very much appreciate it if you could spend ~2 minutes and take a short survey - a project trying to understand why the most active Wikipedia contributors (such as yourself) may reduce their activity, or retire. I sent you an email with details, if you did not get it please send me a wikiemail, so that I can send you an email with the survey questions. I would very much appreciate your cooperation, as you are among the most active Wikipedia editors who show a pattern of reduced activity, and thus your response would be extremely valuable. Thanks! -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:28, 25 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi Xeno. I just wanted to alert you to the fact that there are a couple of items showing up at Special:DoubleRedirects that might be of interest to you: User:Xenocidic and User:Xeno on an iPhone. Thanks. – Wdchk ( talk) 17:46, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi there Xeno! Can you please fulfull my rename request from Lester Foster to "Küñall", it's at WP:CHU too. Regards :) Lester Foster ( talk | talk) 22:01, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi Xeno. Re: User:PRICMP/sandbox. When a user is renamed, is it a requirement to keep the sandbox under the old user name? I ask because it is showing up as a double redirect. If we can delete the old sandbox – problem solved. Thanks. – Wdchk ( talk) 17:04, 4 August 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I see you're a bureaucrat involved in CHU, so I thought you might know the answer to this: how long is it that I can still change usernames here, and not have to request them on meta after the switch? I want to change my name, but would prefer to wait until a few things that I'm involved in are over, such as my current FAC. Thanks, StringTheory11 ( t • c) 03:44, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
... for attending to my usurpation request. :-) -- Thingol ( talk) 06:19, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
Hello xeno, can you take a look at my request for usurpation at WP:CHUU? I wouldn't ask normally but the request is three days after what it should have been addressed by. Thank you. Albacore ( talk) 22:06, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
No problems here! Just passing by to say thanks about renaming my username!
Cheers!-- Potasmic ( talk) 03:54, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
I'm just curious why your archives apparently stop in 2012. I was looking for a recent conversation (Summer 2013) but it doesn't appear in the little graphic depicting your TP archives. By the way, I'm a TP visitor, not a stalker. ;-) NewJerseyLiz Let's Talk 12:39, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
I am absolutely shocked that my username usurpation request went through! That is awesome. Thank you so much! For the last time, NewJerseyLiz Let's Talk —Preceding undated comment added 16:26, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
It's really awesome you did a quick change in my Username! :-)
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I would like to change my name it is my regular name and its just to revealing I would like to change it to Red. please write back — Preceding unsigned comment added by Professer. Reed D. Mangrum ( talk • contribs) 05:57, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
I sent you an email. Please respond. Ignocrates ( talk) 16:55, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
Hi xeno-- just wanted to ask if you might be able to make this change when you have a moment. I saw you were going through some requests recently. I'm sorry if my request will be somewhat time-consuming or somewhat annoying, as I've already posted a request at WP:BN, but I'd like to have this done so I can continue to provide updates for the WLL event I am coordinating and, well, just so I can edit in general. I get the sense that I should be logged out for this change based on my edit count, but it's been somewhat difficult for me to stay away for very long! I'll stay signed out until I hear from you. I, Jethrobot drop me a line (note: not a bot!) 19:08, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
Pl read my answer at my talk page-- Guglani1 ( talk) 12:22, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
What's up? -- MZMcBride ( talk) 03:07, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect SAW. Since you had some involvement with the SAW redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). — PinkAmpers & (Je vous invite à me parler) 23:40, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the rename. I think the block might need to remain on Duckduckgo (or something to that effetx) because the user is continuing to edit under that old name, rather than Duckduckstop. I wasn't sure what you meant by "horrible block" - it was unfortunate, because two editors, and myself, missed Duckduckgo's post at WP:CHU, as I detailed here before Duckduckgo (!) deleted it. -- Lexein ( talk) 19:39, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi Xeno, I see you're around. I sent you an email a week or two ago. Did you ever get it? Not really critical, but I never know whether to ignore these things, assuming you've got no comment, or risk pestering you. So I chose the latter. -- Floquenbeam ( talk) 19:03, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi Xeno!
You were the one who authorized my username change from Natxohm to the one I am using now. Thanks for that. I have a question though. My old username is still active. I mean, I can still log in with it. There are no contributions associated to it, but I can still log in. Do I have to delete it somehow or does it disappear automatically? And another thing. Is there a way to change all usernames from all the other projects from one place? Thanks Xeno. Ijhm86 ( talk) 11:30, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
I know, I was marking them done for the users sake or other clerks, but I'll stop. Mlpearc ( open channel) 16:29, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
Hello. I left a usurpation request on WP:CHUU and it was done by you. However when I make a change it still shows up as my old username in the log. As far as I know this is not what should happen, is that right? My login name is still the same and the name that shows up on the right top corner is still the same. Could you please look into this? (Maybe because the old name user:Identitycrisis still remains?)
Thank you. -- 1wonjae ( talk) 16:45, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
So after I log out, I log in with the same password and just the different username? Because it's not working. (Says wrong password) 1wonjae ( talk) 16:49, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
Hey, just dropping by to let you know that User:VeteransPlus, whose CHUS request you approved, is an inappropriate username, given the recently G13'd AfC submission that the user created. I'm not asking you to reverse the username change, just wondering if a block would be justifiable in this case. hmssolent\ You rang? ship's log 02:45, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi Xeno I want to changing my user name لطرش احمد الهاشمي to لطرش أحمد الهاشمي in other global Wikipedia, if you can please tell me-- A. Latreche ✉ 20:47, 11 December 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by لطرش أحمد الهاشمي ( talk • contribs)
I've replied to you on this page: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Changing_username/Simple#Pakseykin_.E2.86.92_UVSMTID
The ru wiki has already changed the username. That's why bot reports about it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pakseykin ( talk • contribs) 16:14, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
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I sent you an e-mail; this me (above), logged out, from a smartphone. Thanks for your comments; must really be wiki-burnout. Cheers 109.45.0.73 ( talk) 16:12, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
Re: this bugzilla report, I am the former user who you helped back in February. I see the problem was finally cleaned up in July. Thanks for your attention to this matter as it would strangely gnaw at me every now and again knowing my contribs were spread between the two accts. Rgrds. -- 64.85.217.197 ( talk) 16:08, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
I am having difficulty getting the userboxes to work. Could you assist me?
P.S. What causes the lazy barnstar to appear or your header?— cyberpower ( Talk to Me)( Contributions) 21:14, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
{{#ifeq:}}
that tests to see if a number is greater than or less than a variable? If so how would you go about that? To make it easy how about just giving me an example if
for...say...if 25 is less than x then do a else do b.—
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It does prove helpful. The {{#ifexpr:}} can handle varibles when comparing and I am having difficulties working it. Apparently when using the {{ days from now}} and the {{ CURRENTYEAR}} templates, it seems to be throwing errors left and right. Do they not come out as variables and how can this be fixed?— cyberpower ( Talk to Me)( Contributions) 13:02, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Xeno! I have a quick question if you don't mind.
I'm currently active in the account creations process ( my profile on the tool). Often times in the process, requests are referred to the Checkusers, per our normal procedure. Now, we don't have many Checkusers active in the process, and I'm interested in helping out with these Checkuser requests.
Could you please tell me the process for requesting this right? I am of the age of majority in the United States (I can send my age upon request) and I'm willing to identify to the foundation per the access to nonpublic data policy.
I was directed here from IRC. If there's a better venue for this request, feel free to direct me there.
Thank you, ~ Matthewrbowker Talk to me 06:09, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
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Greetings Xeno-
My name is Randall Livingstone, and I am a graduate student at the University of Oregon, currently collecting data for my dissertation on Wikipedia editors who create and use bots and assisted editing tools, as well as editors involved in the initial and/or ongoing creation of bot policies on Wikipedia. As a member of BAG and an active member of the bot community, I would very much like to interview you for the project at a time and in a method that is most convenient for you (Gchat, another IM client, Skype, email, telephone, etc.). I am completely flexible and can work with your schedule. The interview will take approximately 30-45 minutes.
My dissertation project has been approved both by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at the University of Oregon, and by the Research Committee at the Wikimedia Foundation. You can find more information on the project on my meta page.
Please let me know if you have any questions, and I look forward to hearing from you to set up a time to chat. Thank you very much.
Randall Livingstone, School of Journalism & Communication, University of Oregon
UOJComm ( talk) 00:23, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
We are new with wikipedia and Lectonar deleted our article Health Asset Management Inc. We are trying to make the article conform with the wikipedia policies and have asked Lectonar to visit our sandbox: Khoot/sandbox. But it's been a month since a message was placed in his talk page [2] asking for his help and he had not made any reply.
Can you please kindly refer us to another administrator who can check our article? or advise us how to resolve this issue.
Khoot ( talk) 16:07, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
Can you please remove reviewer and patrol statuses since I'm not interested to review and patrol pages? BlueEarth ( talk | contribs) 22:36, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
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Sir how can I make the Status template functional? I added the script here: User:Renzoy16/Status but in the user page is says Unknown. I need your help sir, please?-- Renzoy16 | Contact Me 23:30, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
{{
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.Secondly, using script won't work because it renders as text when transcluded even if you use a .js subpage. I tried something similar and it's not working. I have gone ahead to try it out for you but I doubt it will work.— cyberpower ( Chat)( WP Edits: 512,067,052) 08:49, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
Hello Xeno. I just write you because I know you're an active oversighter. I wrote a mail to OTRS enwiki oversight address for a lot of things that should be oversighted something like two weeks ago and did not get any answer. I just wanted to know if everything is okay and if you received my mail properly. Thank you. -- Quentinv57 ( talk) 09:34, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi Xeno, I just wanted to know if there was any way of changing you StatusChanger2 js script so that it worked in Vector? Works well in modern, but I have a slight preference for Vector. Thanks-- Gilderien Talk| Contribs 21:35, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
importScript('User:Xenocidic/statusChanger2.js');
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Ive created User:Edinburgh Wanderer Mobile as an alternative account to my main one User:Edinburgh Wanderer. Purely because problems i was having problems with accidentally using rollback on mobile devices and i was advised this was a good idea. Ive got two questions though one have i done everything ok to declare this as an alternative and two i would like to get the autopatrolled user right added to this account is this something that can be done non controversially as its on the main or would i have to apply to get it added. Edinburgh Wanderer 23:47, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
Can you check this? Mikhailov Kusserow ( talk) 06:37, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
Hello Xeno. This is just a friendly reminder to email me back your responses to the interview questions for my research study on bots and bot operators. If you have any questions or concerns, or would like me to send you the questions again, please don't hesitate to contact me. Thank you again for your participation, and I look forward to hearing from you. UOJComm ( talk) 23:38, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Dear Xeno,
My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.
So a few things about the interviews:
Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.
If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.
Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Obar -- Jaobar ( talk) 07:26, 12 February 2012 (UTC) Young June Sah -- Yjune.sah ( talk) 22:32, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Jawadreventon ( talk) 22:35, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
Please drop me a note next time you're around, I'd like to ask you about some bot-related thing you mentioned in the past. Thanks : ) - jc37 05:24, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
Do I have to disclose my Cyberbot accounts to ArbCom before sending them to approval?— cyberpower ( Chat)( WP Edits: 517,473,409) 15:04, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
Template:Environmental-org-stub has no image after Xenobot did a change. -- Alan Liefting ( talk - contribs) 03:43, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi, so I would like my message of User:Ebe123/MtC/Invite to be sent out to all the users in Wikipedia:WikiProject Images and Media/Commons/Drives/Jan 2012/Logs subpages and it must be before the 1st of March. It is a lot of users, but it was the best place as the main page has over 50 users signed up but some of them have done nothing. ~~ Ebe 123~~ → report 13:33, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
We are discussing whether to include a disclaimer for the Muhammad images page, who would be good to ask how to technically implement the feature if a consensus is found? -- Eraserhead1 < talk> 19:57, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
There's a question here that you may be able to answer. -- Florian Blaschke ( talk) 20:21, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
Would it be possible to perform a CheckUser regarding Willsnoogbaroots and the IP address 77.97.87.115? Unconstructive modifications, mainly undoing other users' constructive and accurate edits, were made on an article several times. The intervals of time between each of the disruptive edits performed by the accounts suggests that the editors are in fact the same person, which edits unconstructively "under IP." (The damaged article was protected and repaired.) Thank you. -- MaxDawsonC ( talk) 00:58, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for the kind response.
Unfortunately it's been long enough that I'm not sure if I even remember what I was going to ask about. (I have a vague recollection that it was about whether something talked about in a discussion was implemented. And if so, in what way.)
If it comes up again, I'll drop you a note : )
Thanks again : ) - jc37 12:51, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
Is this an Arbcom endorsed removal of images from my talk page? It's unusual that two sitting arbs are trying to remove this image from my talk page. This has now been added to with another comic as well. Can u confirm if arbcom has received emails and has discussed this, leading to ur interjections on my user and talk page. Try discussing with me and others before bombastically forcing your...umm...opinions down my throat. Thanks Russavia ლ(ಠ益ಠლ) 03:37, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello I would like to delete some personal info. Tenretnieht ( talk) 02:38, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
On my talk page at User_talk:Russavia#Comment_from_AGK, there is a discussion between myself and your fellow Arb User:AGK, concerning an issue which came to the attention of Arbcom. As the various links and diffs show, many editors saw the recent RFC/U against User:Fae as harassment, at best, and as homophobic harassment, at worst.
AGK firstly stated that he "voted" to ban Delicious Carbuncle, then has "corrected" himself to state that he merely was in favour of the Committee reviewing the case; either way there was opposition on the Committee to either banning Delicious Carbuncle or even reviewing the harassment that Fae was being subjected to.
As an Arb, the community elected you to represent the community for the community. The Committee time and time again pushes on editors who come before it that transparency is essential in our editing; in fact, transparency is one of the key tenets of this project, however the Arbcom often does not act in the same transparent way that it (and the community) expects of the community itself.
AGK states on my talk page that one can only expect a transparent hearing if a request for arbitration is filed, and states that most Arbcom business is conducted this way. This notion is somewhat correct, but it is also very wrong. As the committee time and time makes a point of stating that community transparency is essential, the community also expects the same of the Committee -- at all times. The Committee also makes many decisions "behind closed doors", and when pushed to explain decisions cites various "get out of jail free cards" to avoid being transparent to the community-at-large. This includes decisions such as banning editors for things done offwiki which can't clearly be attributed to that editor, or unbanning editors with a history of socking, etc, etc.
In aid of this, and in the interests of transparency to the Community at large, I am asking that you answer the following questions:
These are very simple questions which one is able to answer if they are truly for transparency both on the Committee and in the community in general, and I would expect that many in the community would be wanting transparent answers to these questions.
The last thing, it is of course Fae's choice if he wishes to request a case for Arbitration, but these questions are not being asked to have an end-run around the Arbitration process, but are being asked in the interests of transparency on a specific example that the Committee was aware of and refused to act upon. I would expect Fae and other editors (especially LGBT editors) would be wanting transparent answers here now, before deciding if they wish to act. Russavia ლ(ಠ益ಠლ) 07:54, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
I invite you to the yearly Berlin hackathon, 1-3 June. Registration is now open. If you need financial assistance or help with visa or hotel, then please register by May 1st and mention it in the registration form.
This is the premier event for the MediaWiki and Wikimedia technical community. We'll be hacking, designing, teaching, and socialising, primarily talking about ResourceLoader and Gadgets ( extending functionality with JavaScript), the switch to Lua for templates, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Labs.
We want to bring 100-150 people together, including lots of people who have not attended such events before. User scripts, gadgets, API use, Toolserver, Wikimedia Labs, mobile, structured data, templates -- if you are into any of these things, we want you to come!
I also thought you might want to know about other upcoming events where you can learn more about MediaWiki customization and development, how to best use the web API for bots, and various upcoming features and changes. We'd love to have power users, bot maintainers and writers, and template makers at these events so we can all learn from each other and chat about what needs doing.
Check out the the developers' days preceding Wikimania in July in Washington, DC and our other events.
Best wishes! - Sumana Harihareswara, Wikimedia Foundation's Volunteer Development Coordinator. Please reply on my talk page, here or at mediawiki.org. Sumana Harihareswara, Wikimedia Foundation Volunteer Development Coordinator 00:33, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
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If you have a moment, it would be appreciated, I know this is not your regular cup of tea but if you can help
thanx
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MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 19:51, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Xeno, this is a follow-up to a discussion about a year ago in which you were involved, and which led to user name policy stating that people who had registered an organisational user name should not be blocked on sight if they had not made problematic edits, but should instead be gently persuaded to change user name. The question has just come up again at WP:AN; see Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Orange_Mike and following sections. Cheers, -- J N 466 07:49, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
I believe you have a toolserver account, but at least you are well versed in bots. I would be interrested in finding a graphic representation of the geographic location of the articles within a WikiProject ie using location data in the artcles. For example WP:Germany has some articles tagged in Nanibia due to colonial issues. Within the core area of the project such a report would identify areas that need attention. Has something like that already been done or would it be very difficult from a toolserver perspective? Agathoclea ( talk) 22:04, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
Xeno, please see this post of mine at the bottom, here on Admin:Bwilkins talk page, “Is this in jest or a joke?” (perma‑link)
What I am referring to there is, in part, is when I rewrote Fuzzball (string theory). I had, on my own time (obviously) in real life (obviously) emailed and spoken with Dr. SD Mathur after he and Oleg Lunin wrote a landmark paper on string theory in Physical Review Letters. He responded to my emailed inquiry and we later spoke several times over the phone and exchanged more emails. Dr. Mathur reviewed my proposed verbiage for the “Fuzzball” article to ensure it was factually correct. To that, Bwilkins wrote “Turns out you're more dangerous than I realized.” This seems a breathtaking personal attack and I am gobsmacked that an admin would just waltz over to my talk page and leave something like that. Greg L ( talk) 20:49, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Xeno. Please see my talk page and try to reign in Bwilkins. Rather than merely write “Oops, sorry. I didn’t mean it that way,” he wrote of what “rational” and “irrational” people would think in the face of what he bald-face wrote. Then, in response to an opinion piece where I advocate change in Wikipedia policy, he gives it a backhanding by coming to my talk page and referring to it as a “diatribe.” This is all just petty baiting and no editor should have to be subjected to it from an admin. Greg L ( talk) 00:30, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello Xeno. I found your page via the Command, that i should first ask a local bureaucrat, before triing other ways. My Problem: I have my main wikipedia-account in the german wiki, but wanted to write an article in the english wiki too. The unified login did not function. My Username in the german wiki is " Kommerz". There is a user named "Kommerz" in the english wiki, but it is not me. So i registered a new user in the en-wiki for me: " KommerzAndi". How can i merge the two accounts? Or if this is not possible: how do i make an account in the en-wiki, which is mergeable with my german-wiki-account? Ih hope you can help me, sorry fot bothering you. -- 131.130.244.36 ( talk) 10:49, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Xeno! Trying to reach you - could you look in your email for a note from wikimedia.org? Thanks! Sumana Harihareswara, Wikimedia Foundation Engineering Community Manager 21:31, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
After reading this opinion in an AfD I closed, I examined Hopakiuta's most recent edits more closely, and found that almost all of them appear to be nonsensical. Examples include [3] and [4], or their moving their user talk page to " User talk:hopiakuta/ index Samantha Geimer Lot Elizabeth Ann Smart Gilmour Deon Baptiste Ian Baptiste Emmett Louis Till Stanley Ann Dunham Anneke Frank Annele Frank Charles Augustus Lindbergh". However, there are no clearly detrimental mainspace edits; instead there are some small productive edits like typo corrections and redirects. Because you are referenced in [5], can you provide any advice about whether this situation needs administrative or other intervention? Sandstein 08:55, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
Template:YGT has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at
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Hi, I was wondering if you could remove my IP address from WP's history? This is my account Johnny "ThunderPeel2001" Walker ( talk) 10:20, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Wikipedia:SMS. Since you had some involvement with the Wikipedia:SMS redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). D O N D E groovily Talk to me 15:52, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
I was told you were very instrumental (Sorry I can not cite my sources) in allowing non-Admin request the Oversight bit, just wanted you to know it is appreciated and being taken advantage of.
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MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 22:06, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
He's being discussed over at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#User:Hopiakuta. You mentored him at some point; I suppose you might be able to shed some light? - Penwhale | dance in the air and follow his steps 11:31, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey, I saw that, you edited your user page. Hopiakuta has run into difficulties, and was blocked. See WP:AN#User:Hopiakuta. Just 5 minutes ago I unblocked him, kind of sort of offering to take over your duties because you're AWOL. Unfortunately, I'm not as good as you are at understanding him, but I'll try. If you have any advice, I'm open to it (on- or off-wiki). Hope all is well with you. -- Floquenbeam ( talk) 02:30, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello Xeno,
A page that I created several years ago was deleted for "Clear Copyright Violations" but, if I remember correctly, I had merely sourced a wide variety of information to do with the origins of the Surname and a few famous people who had it.
I understand that this may not be the case (as my memory is a little foggy) so I was wondering if it would be possible to please userfy the page? This will allow me to get the data that I put in back and remove anything that I shouldn't have put in.
Thanks, -Jim Jskivington ( talk) 10:53, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
Please find the history of this place as well as El Piche a small town within El Carmen. Historical facts make a difference. There are people in my life that would like me to believe their marxism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.5.157.44 ( talk) 14:11, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
Welcome to the first edition of The Olive Branch. This will be a place to semi-regularly update editors active in dispute resolution (DR) about some of the most important issues, advances, and challenges in the area. You were delivered this update because you are active in DR, but if you would prefer not to receive any future mailing, just add your name to this page.
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I would have left a report at WP:ANI, but unfortunately it has recently been semiprotected - I am sorry to bother you, and please feel free to pass this onto any of your colleagues there. I am a long-term reader of Wikipedia, being particularly interested in military history, and I recently tried to show my gratitude to User:HJ Mitchell, whose work I greatly admire. I was under the impression that the more "barnstars" added the better, and thus I gave him a long list of them. My edit was reverted, and since I couldn't see anything wrong with just showing my appreciation, I reverted the revert, quite surprised. A perfectly civil message almost instantly followed, explaining the undesirable technical consequences of such an action, and that it was not the custom. However, it was coupled soon afterwards by what, as outlined at my talk page, I believed was assuming bad faith. I demanded that the user take back what he or she had said, requesting an apology. Instead of any apology, yet further bad faith ensued, and I, being quite hurt by this, wrote back yet another message. No response or any attempt at justification (of which I think there is none) were given, but instead, the talkback message on his user page, which I had given to him as a courtesy, was quite ruthlessly removed, the justification given – WP:DFTT. I find it highly offensive that a user should assume such bad faith that he effectively repeatedly accuses me of being a deliberately unconstructive "troll", or, more simply, a "vandal". For years I have been a staunch advocate of Wikipedia, even donating money to the Foundation, and to be treated with such personal attacks is profoundly insulting. I would request either your, or some other authority's intervention in this deeply upsetting matter.
Yours sincerely, -- 81.105.181.20 ( talk) 18:25, 13 September 2012 (UTC).
Hello Xeno,
I wanted to ask you if it is possible to rename User:Anguish (which is "a sockpuppet of user:Angus [...]" with only one edit) to something else, so that I can use unified login for the english Wikipedia too.
I ask you because meta:Help:Unified_login#Conflict_resolution states that I should ask a bureaucrat and you are one :) If you are not the right person to do this, could you please point me to the correct person/group/location that is able to help me with my request?
Thank you,
-- Anguish — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.91.94.64 ( talk) 13:12, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
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MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 16:05, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
Hello! As the author of the remarkable {{ Xsign}} (for which you deserve some kind of reward), I'd value your input on this template question. Many thanks. — Hex (❝?!❞) 19:50, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
You have been mentioned at Wikipedia:Missing Wikipedians Ottawahitech ( talk) 01:00, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
I don't know if you remember me (I was formerly known as "Master&Expert"), but I've missed your input on Wikipedia — and I guarantee you I'm not the only one who feels this way.
Hope to see you again sometime. =) Kurtis ( talk) 21:09, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
![]() Dispute Resolution – Volunteer Survey Invite Hello Xeno. To follow up on the first survey in April, I am conducting a second survey to learn more about dispute resolution volunteers - their motivations for resolving disputes, the experiences they've had, and their ideas for the future. I would appreciate your thoughts. I hope that with the results of this survey, we will learn how to increase the amount of active, engaged volunteers, and further improve dispute resolution processes. The survey takes around five to ten minutes, and the information you provide will not be shared with third parties other than to assist in analyzing the results of the survey. No personally identifiable information will be released. Please click
HERE to participate. You are receiving this invitation because you have either listed yourself as a volunteer at a dispute resolution forum, or are a member of a dispute resolution committee. For more information, please see the page that describes my fellowship work which can be found here. Szhang (WMF) ( talk) 02:46, 29 November 2012 (UTC) |
Tell me about the tool that can take a talk category like Long Island and make the Long Island template have the same class and importance that the other templates on the page already have. -- DThomsen8 ( talk) 17:12, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
Welcome back! -- Tryptofish ( talk) 00:52, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
Yes welcome back! Legoktm ( talk) 01:16, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
What they said : ) - jc37 01:17, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
Yes! Paul Erik (talk) (contribs) 03:08, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
Hello Xeno,
Yes, you guessed it, I've had a page deleted (my first effort) and I'd really like to try again. I originally wanted to create a new page called Hong kong junks but the deletion admin told me that there was already a similar page Junk (ship) that covered the topic.
I would like to try once more and justify the reasons that it should be separated. One of the most popular weekend pastimes in Hong Kong is to charter a boat (usually just referred to as a junk) and go out to find a beach or a remote island. This topic is quite different to the content described in the existing page - mainly historical and nautical information.
If you can allow me to try again, I will attempt to be more careful in citing the right sources and go into more detail - maybe even change the page name.
Anyway, I'd love it if you could you send me a copy of the text...many thanks in advance!
HKJamesM HKJamesM ( talk) 10:54, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
Hello Xeno, for personal use, please can I get to see some deleted articles which I authored? DSO Nano and eveything under Category:Shipyards on the River Thames. -- Robkam ( talk) 13:45, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
I'm having some problems getting a rename... I want to change my user from XeBerkeley to PrairieKid. (I'm unsure which will pop up here, but I'm both...) I've had two bureaucrats do it, but both times it has only fixed around half of the articles. I feel like I'm beginning to nag, but would really like this fixed. Thanks. Xeberkeley ( talk) 00:57, 22 December 2012 (UTC) ...Oh, and uh, adorable picture...
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Hi Following the drama at BN, I'm trying to come up with a statement all Crats could agree to. Please take a look, below. I am quite content to do this onwiki -we have always worked transparently, except where secrecy is essential (ie RTV). I think we should be able to wordsmith a statement acceptable to all, and I think it's an important thing to do.
Signed [crat sig] Lmk what you think. Many thanks, -- Dweller ( talk) 15:19, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
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Requesting mediation on the subject of User:Launchballer's signature. I see you've had discussions with this user before, and since the user informed me that he had previous issues and my issue was never brought up then, I have decided to research this. I've so far found you have had issues there before, and would like you to help mediate this to make sure the user understands there is no "grandfathering" as it were of signatures. You may find the current discussion here. Thank you. — User:Technical 13 ( C • M • Click to learn how to view this signature as intended ) 16:08, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Xeno, I noticed that in 2010 you protected the Wiki Project Visual Arts template. I was wondering if it'd be okay to unprotect it so I could add the importance assessment to the template. I've been setting up the project to include articles listed by importance and need the template to be changed to help with classifying the articles. I did this with another project and would like to help this group with including important articles. Is there any way you or someone else could change the template if it is protected? Or allow permissions? thanks! -- Turn685 ( talk) 21:20, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
Dear Ms. Xeno,
I am writing to you this letter, as there is a major problem and I believe that you are the best person to talk to about it.
The reason that I am communicating you, is because someone that was using the name : "Panagiotis Xenos-Kokoletsis" appears in a number of pages in wikipedia and this is a major problem for me, as it is creating a confusion that turned out whenever I have applied for a job, because all of the employers are asking me whether this person is me.
I would like to make a parenthesis telling you, that this name is extremely rare, as we are only four people in the whole planet with this name (me and three cousins of mine) and after a communication that I had with all three of them, it turned out that none of them had, or have an account in wikipedia either.
There was a similar issue with a person using the name : "Panagiotis Xenos-Kokoletsis" on a Website called : "Yatedo" that was solved just 12 hours after contacting the administrator of the website.
The problem with this account in wikipedia though, is a lot more serious, as it is not that it is creating a confusion on whether I was working for the greek government or not(as the Yatedo-profile did), but that there are certain complaints in wikipedia about this user(Panagiotis Xenos-Kokoletsis) which ends up receiving negative answers from the employers, as they can not know whether this person is me or not and I can do nothing to prove that this user is not me.
The consequence of this though, is that without a job, I can not cope with the financial obligations that I have towards my family.
Ms. Xeno, i will kindly ask you to delete the name :"Panagiotis Xenos-Kokoletsis" from these pages in wikipedia, as can not do it myself.
The links for two of them, that I found just now are the following : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AlexNewArtBot/GreeceSearchResult/archive15 http://wpedia.goo.ne.jp/enwiki/User_talk:Panagiotis_Xenos-Kokoletsis
I am looking forward for your reply — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.117.76.138 ( talk) 07:56, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
You have been identified as someone who does a large number of renames. If you could visit meta:Rename practices and explain your renaming practices and policy, we would appreciate the effort. We are making this request to help us better understand local renaming practices as we work towards SUL finalization. Thank you for your time and feel free to contact me if you have any questions. MBisanz talk 22:53, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi, sorry for writing in English. I'm writing to ask you, as a bureaucrat of this wiki, to translate and review the notification that will be sent to all users, also on this wiki, who will be forced to change their user name on May 27 and will probably need your help with renames. You may also want to help with the pages m:Rename practices and m:Global rename policy. Thank you, Nemo 13:07, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
Greetings.
I'm a newbie, and I'm wise enough to say so, so pardon me if I'm doing things the "wrong" way or seem to be out of place. I'm trying to learn all I can and practice techniques in my own userspace before attempting to do things in the "real world" and inadvertently causing a big stir, as newbies are wont to do. :-)
It seems like you were a contributor to Template:Split from a few years ago. So it seems to me like you may be an excellent person to have in the discussion we're having on how to properly split an article, and then properly updating WP:SPLIT to reflect what we've learned. I think I'm not the only one who's a bit confused about how this template is to be used and what the final result should look like.
I'm actually an old computer geek, myself, and pretty good at writing documentation, so I can certainly help there ... but where we're weak is understanding specifically what the template is calling for.
I'll also be inviting contributors of Template:Split to to our discussion, so we can have a full understanding and agreement on this.
Thanks in advance for your help and comments!
Djdubay ( talk) 13:42, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi there, I just was reading WP:RTV and understand I can request that my old userpage be deleted, rather than redirect to my current one. Is this possible? aqwfyj Talk/ Contribs 14:43, 7 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi! Could you please complete my usurpation request from Soheyla Sh → Soheyla? I requested to change my user name 11 days ago, but nothing happened. I changed my username on fawiki and want to change it everywhere. Thank you Soheyla (Talk) 09:58, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
Can you complete the usurp request for me?— cyberpower ChatOnline 15:37, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
I've responded @ "None (SUL request) → Elysion". I was conscious in explaining my thinking that I've rather gone ahead and created my own rules for how finalisation affects SUL rename requests without consultation. On reflection, I shouldn't have. The approach I have been taking is to perform all requests that SUL finalisation renders inevitable anyway, especially where this makes life for everyone post-finalisation simpler. When I have a moment, I will start a discussion on the subject and check that there is a general consensus for local renames to be performed on that basis. WJBscribe (talk) 11:22, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
Perhaps you're back for a while? Nice to see your username pop up on my watchlist. Risker ( talk) 21:54, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
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Can you please remove the Bot Flag from Darkicebot? Thanks, Razor flame 21:45, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi there. I would very much appreciate it if you could spend ~2 minutes and take a short survey - a project trying to understand why the most active Wikipedia contributors (such as yourself) may reduce their activity, or retire. I sent you an email with details, if you did not get it please send me a wikiemail, so that I can send you an email with the survey questions. I would very much appreciate your cooperation, as you are among the most active Wikipedia editors who show a pattern of reduced activity, and thus your response would be extremely valuable. Thanks! -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:28, 25 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi Xeno. I just wanted to alert you to the fact that there are a couple of items showing up at Special:DoubleRedirects that might be of interest to you: User:Xenocidic and User:Xeno on an iPhone. Thanks. – Wdchk ( talk) 17:46, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi there Xeno! Can you please fulfull my rename request from Lester Foster to "Küñall", it's at WP:CHU too. Regards :) Lester Foster ( talk | talk) 22:01, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi Xeno. Re: User:PRICMP/sandbox. When a user is renamed, is it a requirement to keep the sandbox under the old user name? I ask because it is showing up as a double redirect. If we can delete the old sandbox – problem solved. Thanks. – Wdchk ( talk) 17:04, 4 August 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I see you're a bureaucrat involved in CHU, so I thought you might know the answer to this: how long is it that I can still change usernames here, and not have to request them on meta after the switch? I want to change my name, but would prefer to wait until a few things that I'm involved in are over, such as my current FAC. Thanks, StringTheory11 ( t • c) 03:44, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
... for attending to my usurpation request. :-) -- Thingol ( talk) 06:19, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
Hello xeno, can you take a look at my request for usurpation at WP:CHUU? I wouldn't ask normally but the request is three days after what it should have been addressed by. Thank you. Albacore ( talk) 22:06, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
No problems here! Just passing by to say thanks about renaming my username!
Cheers!-- Potasmic ( talk) 03:54, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
I'm just curious why your archives apparently stop in 2012. I was looking for a recent conversation (Summer 2013) but it doesn't appear in the little graphic depicting your TP archives. By the way, I'm a TP visitor, not a stalker. ;-) NewJerseyLiz Let's Talk 12:39, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
I am absolutely shocked that my username usurpation request went through! That is awesome. Thank you so much! For the last time, NewJerseyLiz Let's Talk —Preceding undated comment added 16:26, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
It's really awesome you did a quick change in my Username! :-)
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I would like to change my name it is my regular name and its just to revealing I would like to change it to Red. please write back — Preceding unsigned comment added by Professer. Reed D. Mangrum ( talk • contribs) 05:57, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
I sent you an email. Please respond. Ignocrates ( talk) 16:55, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
Hi xeno-- just wanted to ask if you might be able to make this change when you have a moment. I saw you were going through some requests recently. I'm sorry if my request will be somewhat time-consuming or somewhat annoying, as I've already posted a request at WP:BN, but I'd like to have this done so I can continue to provide updates for the WLL event I am coordinating and, well, just so I can edit in general. I get the sense that I should be logged out for this change based on my edit count, but it's been somewhat difficult for me to stay away for very long! I'll stay signed out until I hear from you. I, Jethrobot drop me a line (note: not a bot!) 19:08, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
Pl read my answer at my talk page-- Guglani1 ( talk) 12:22, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
What's up? -- MZMcBride ( talk) 03:07, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect SAW. Since you had some involvement with the SAW redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). — PinkAmpers & (Je vous invite à me parler) 23:40, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the rename. I think the block might need to remain on Duckduckgo (or something to that effetx) because the user is continuing to edit under that old name, rather than Duckduckstop. I wasn't sure what you meant by "horrible block" - it was unfortunate, because two editors, and myself, missed Duckduckgo's post at WP:CHU, as I detailed here before Duckduckgo (!) deleted it. -- Lexein ( talk) 19:39, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi Xeno, I see you're around. I sent you an email a week or two ago. Did you ever get it? Not really critical, but I never know whether to ignore these things, assuming you've got no comment, or risk pestering you. So I chose the latter. -- Floquenbeam ( talk) 19:03, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi Xeno!
You were the one who authorized my username change from Natxohm to the one I am using now. Thanks for that. I have a question though. My old username is still active. I mean, I can still log in with it. There are no contributions associated to it, but I can still log in. Do I have to delete it somehow or does it disappear automatically? And another thing. Is there a way to change all usernames from all the other projects from one place? Thanks Xeno. Ijhm86 ( talk) 11:30, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
I know, I was marking them done for the users sake or other clerks, but I'll stop. Mlpearc ( open channel) 16:29, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
Hello. I left a usurpation request on WP:CHUU and it was done by you. However when I make a change it still shows up as my old username in the log. As far as I know this is not what should happen, is that right? My login name is still the same and the name that shows up on the right top corner is still the same. Could you please look into this? (Maybe because the old name user:Identitycrisis still remains?)
Thank you. -- 1wonjae ( talk) 16:45, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
So after I log out, I log in with the same password and just the different username? Because it's not working. (Says wrong password) 1wonjae ( talk) 16:49, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
Hey, just dropping by to let you know that User:VeteransPlus, whose CHUS request you approved, is an inappropriate username, given the recently G13'd AfC submission that the user created. I'm not asking you to reverse the username change, just wondering if a block would be justifiable in this case. hmssolent\ You rang? ship's log 02:45, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi Xeno I want to changing my user name لطرش احمد الهاشمي to لطرش أحمد الهاشمي in other global Wikipedia, if you can please tell me-- A. Latreche ✉ 20:47, 11 December 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by لطرش أحمد الهاشمي ( talk • contribs)
I've replied to you on this page: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Changing_username/Simple#Pakseykin_.E2.86.92_UVSMTID
The ru wiki has already changed the username. That's why bot reports about it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pakseykin ( talk • contribs) 16:14, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
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Thanks for helping me out change my username. It was very nice to help me out. Enjoy the barnstar as a gift. Happy Holidays :) RomeEonBmbo ( Talk) 04:27, 19 December 2013 (UTC) |
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