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the entire set of articles whose topic relates to the Arab-Israeli conflict, broadly interpretedrather than
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Sorry to be dense, but I'm not sure what you mean by "template call". The bot is editing things that I copy paste from other wikipedias. I'm also curious as to why it just started doing that last month when I've had that page for many, many years WQUlrich ( talk) 06:05, 5 January 2020 (UTC)
I just came across this page which states that Fram is sitebanned by the WMF office until June. Obviously ARBCOM vacated that ban. I'm assuming this is just outdated information, so I thought I'd bring it to someone's attention, and you came to mind first. I'd fix it myself, but I am -- understandably, I hope -- very cautious about making edits to pages like these. Thanks! – Erakura (talk) 16:31, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi. Have you had a chance to read my explanation here? And also here? El_C 01:45, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi User:Xeno. Finally it opened access to Wikipedia in Turkey. After this news, I wanted to log into my account. However, I couldn't log in for more than 2 years and I forgot the email address and password. If I find out my e-mail address, I can reset the password. Can you learn that for me? User:Abecesel.
Since you are a bureaucrat and may need to determine consensus for this administrator, should you have posted support for the candidate? And did any of the rules recently change? Eschoryii ( talk) 17:33, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
You commented that there was no community consensus to deprecate portals. There is also no community consensus to use portals. There's just no consensus on anything having to do with portals, other than should not all be immediately deleted. I feel your comment is misleading, but it shouldn't affect results, so I'm not commenting on the Arbcom talk page. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 22:54, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
Hey man, I've been gone way too long to remember what should be done about this kind of situation... city employee copy/pasting stuff from the city website, but not doing it maliciously... could you please check it out for me? - Adolphus79 ( talk) 18:34, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi Xeno,
I'm not sure if I should be posting here or on the Arbitration request page as I am new to the process. But I am willing to take part in a two-way IBAN or a mutual TBAN. I don't stray too far from rallying articles these days, and when I do, I don't stay away for long. It's really the only place I'm likely to encounter Tvx1 (the other being Formula 1 articles, but I am nowhere near as active there as I once was). It was for this reason that I first suggested the mutual TBAN, where we each nominate a topic for the other to be banned from editing.
We are also attempting reconciliation through a third party, Chris.sherlock. Mclarenfan17 ( talk) 03:45, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
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Thank you for your reasoned vote not to desysop BrownHairedGirl. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 11:38, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
I also want to add my thanks and your helpful combination of being both reflective but also very interactive; Maxim and yourself show that Bureaucrats make natural Arbs. thanks. Britishfinance ( talk) 16:55, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
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Hello Xeno. Eranrabl's standard offer unblock request has disappeared off AN without much input, so I've no idea what happens next. Personally I would implore Arbcom again to allow him to be unblocked. It's patently obvious to me that Eran is not a sockmaster – he was a highly productive editor and never showed any signs of disruption. The disruptive accounts were clearly linked to each other, but not to his account (from which no disruption was ever identified). I can't understand why no-one has been willing to engage with my points about the behavioural evidence. His responses on talk since blocking have been reasonable and eloquent – not something you'd expect from the usual sockmaster.
The whole charade has been a bit of a farce, especially when the blocking admin claimed there was "pretty damning behavioral evidence" that him and SuperJew were the same person (they weren't). It does make me concerned that people are doubling down on a bad block. I won't gain anything from his unblocking, but IMO it's a serious miscarriage of justice that continues to bug me. If there's any chance for reconsideration – I am happy to be a character reference or be a mentor as part of a unconditional block or whatever. Cheers, Number 5 7 12:38, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
Did Eranrabl do anything wrong? Yes or no. I want to know if you (anyone) can believe people. Eschoryii ( talk) 06:42, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
I have been editing five years and I just read for the first time Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not. It would have been helpful explaining that Wikipedia is not a democracy when I wanted to count votes. Just thought I would remind you when you want to direct editors to the principle of consensus. Maybe it should be added to the welcome to new editors template. Anyway you just get my random edits. I read and like your dedication. Eschoryii ( talk) 14:32, 15 February 2020 (UTC) PS. Thanks for the response about Eranrabl.
I've opened a bureaucrat chat for the current RfA. Your input would be most appreciated at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Money emoji/Bureaucrat chat. Cheers, Primefac ( talk) 15:01, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi Xeno, thanks again for your RfA nomination, but more importantly thanks for your principled opposition in the portals case. I don't envy the arbs, but as a group I think you all summarized the main ideological conflict well: how do we weigh civility with
non-violent and
non-punitive remedies? It's probably a bellwether for what the community will need to consider in the future, and I would recommend you write up your thoughts in a more cohesive essay;
dissents are important after all. I agree with
SmokeyJoe on the ArbN talk page: I see that firm civility line from ArbCom as being strongly influenced by WP:FRAM, and the realisation that the WMF considered en.wikipedia to be weak on civility. Maybe RH and BHG got a harsh deal, but this hard response was coming.
I think between WP:FRAM and this set of ArbCom cases, the community is realizing that we need something...else...and the issues ArbCom has been dealing with will be kicked back to the community soon enough.
I'm glad to see the discussion about RFC/U taking off; it's one of the more productive discussions I've seen. I skim the RFC/U archives every so often for fun, and I always find it interesting how similar it is to WP:DRN and WP:ARBCOM discussions. ArbCom has hosted RfCs before, right? I vaguely remember a decision at some point where an RfC was to be held on a subpage of WP:ARBCOM and maybe moderated by Arbitrators or clerks. It would be interesting if something like that could succeed RFC/U. I haven't put much more thought than that into the idea, but I thought you might find it interesting. Sorry for the novella, and I hope you're keeping well. — Wug· a·po·des 23:16, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
The group's deliberations should be public and separate from general community discussion. The process should be considered a formal, binding process, driven by the community but not as open a forum as the Administrator's noticeboard, but it would have required the Bureaucrats, as our most trusted users, to slightly extend their sphere of activity. I think the comment by Swarm sums up well the intention of the proposal. Perhaps 'the encyclopedia anyone can edit' was originally intended to mean article content and that slogan is not wholly appropriate for the democratic and sensitive issue of handling user behaviour. In my opinion, on these noticeboards there really is often too much background noise - in an educational setting the students do not decide on the guilt and punishment on an unruly pupil or college undergraduate. The faculty or school board reaches verdicts that require severe measures. I know you opposed, but you gave your reasons. Consensus can change and perhaps now, nearly 5 years later, it's time to revisit BARC or something like it; it ended with an overall majority in favour but on the strength of the arguments it was closed as 'no consensus'. BARC was a based on the outcomes of two previous RfCs that were proofs of concept, and there was this follow up by a user who has since retired. Of the many high-level RfCs I have proposed or participated on, these were some of the more intelligently subscribed, What people failed to understand is that WTT and I launched the BARC RFC more to just test the waters by at least proposing something; many users took it as a defiant attack on their own precepts (mainly that an admin is guilty until proven innocent) and there were nevertheless the traditional detractors who, as usual, tried to turn it into another long-winded side discussion on gender politics, others used it for their regular backdoor snipe at me, some tried to discredit the proposal on the grounds of false claims of incorrect discussion procedure. Both RfC are nevertheless well worth reading again for any one who has the time. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 05:40, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
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Viva flowers. It was a good idea deleting that; suggest you delete my response to it also per deny. Cheers, —— SN 54129 14:06, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi! I was scrolling my watch list on mobile and accidentally rolled back your edit on the Kudpung PD page. Just wanted to say: sorry for that mistake! I think I've fixed it now, but just wanted to meet you know it was an accident. :) Thanks, Puddleglum 2.0 18:47, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
I find the complaints lodged against Kudpung to be so weak that they're laughable. I also find your assessment of Kudpung's behavior unreasonable and your decision to remove his mop unmerited. While I have great respect for our admins that remain polite and unflappable in every circumstance, I think that attitude is neither required nor reasonable for all admins. While you may think that you protected this project by punishing Kudpung or preventing personal attacks, your actions today have only played into the hands of a certain clique of editors who took advantage of this opportunity to remove an obstacle to their plans. I can only assume that you've joined the "hasten the day" crowd. (I am not watching this page, so please ping me if you want my attention.) Chris Troutman ( talk) 01:12, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
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Why does Wikipedia eat its young? Someday it will turn on you. Eschoryii ( talk) 20:15, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
Your ping wont go through unless there is pure addition of text (no removals or changing existing text) along with a new signature. So this still won't work. GMG talk 17:23, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
It looks like the new case review of Jytdog has mountains of evidence lining up against him with little support. I know you must be involved somehow and I do not want any advise or assistance to me to hurt your standing or objectivity as a decision maker. Send me to another editor to help me. I want to add evidence on the notice board but I do not know how to copy forms for the next user. I do not want to offend or let someone else not be able to present evidence if I use the last template. I want three things in evidence: a)Jytdog's User page User:Jytdog which shows his support to the community, b) his talk page User Talk:Jytdog#That's all folks which shows how much he did and the fact that he would be missed by his friends, and c) User:Jytdog/How is an essay by Jytdog on how Wiki works. I would like these three items to help balance Jytdogs vindictive enemies. They are out for blood. I do not know Jytdog. Maybe I should be talking to a guy named DocJames. Anyway I only do things at the last moment. Please help if you can Eschoryii ( talk) 04:34, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
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Is the Jytdog decision tough or very clear for you? Eschoryii ( talk) 09:44, 10 April 2020 (UTC)
Hi Xeno, happy Easter. You linked to Special:PermanentLink/949718329#Response on the case request page; I wanted to bring to your attention the later statement, Special:Diff/949718329, in case you wanted to link that on the case request page, too. Cheers, Levivich dubious – discuss 19:49, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
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Just wanted in on the fun, not part of a committee. -- Floquenbeam ( talk) 22:13, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
Just wanted in on the fun, not part of a committee. -- Floquenbeam ( talk) 22:13, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
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Why was this user bad? Did the community eat another of its young like DocJames? Eschoryii ( talk) 22:27, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
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I agree with the move of Category:Films with screenplays by Peter Gould (writer), but just pointing out that Too Big to Fail (film) is a film and should not be in that category. -- Gonnym ( talk) 15:58, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on Category:Television episodes written by Vanessa Taylor requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.
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Hi, Xeno. I see that you've been removing the "Legal issues" heading (or similar) as "lending undue weight" in biography articles. While they sometimes do, as in the case of small sections, they don't always lend undue weight. There are times that a public figure is significantly known for their legal issues. And blending that in with other personal life material without a subsection heading separating it may not be best in those cases. To have a section titled "Personal life", but for it to be three or more paragraphs of legal material? That's misleading and makes it seem that the only personal life material worth reporting about the person is legal issues stuff. Also, headings help aid readers when reading a section that is long. Are you looking to have it so that Wikipedia never uses the "Legal issues" heading or similar?
Please don't ping me if you reply. I'll check back. Flyer22 Frozen ( talk) 03:48, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
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Hi, didn't you increment/decrement the wrong figures here [2]? If you moved from accept to decline, you should have changed "5/8" to "4/9", not to "6/7". Fut.Perf. ☼ 11:59, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi there. I was looking at the Warner Bros Interactive page and I noticed it is still part of Home Entertainment. Other pages state that it is part of Warner Bros Entertainment directly while Home Entertainment is moved to WarnerMedia Commercial. Which one is true? WarnerBros.com site states it is still a division of Home Entertainment. Is that an error? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Galagahunt ( talk • contribs) 16:45, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
Thanks a lot. It looked like nobody cares about that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Galagahunt ( talk • contribs) 18:29, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi. I saw that Warner Bros Interactive page remains same. But what about other articles ( Warner Bros. Entertainment)? They contradict each other now, and they should be fixed too according to Warner Bros. com.
Forgot to mention, press release says Home Entertainment is now part of a new commercial unit. Maybe Warner Bros. com isn't updated yet. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Galagahunt ( talk • contribs) 13:09, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
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I have noticed that User:AndriiDr has not stopped their mass edits of articles that contain the term 'Kiev'. I've warned them to stop and to contribute to the discussion at AN (as well as tagged the last edit prior to the warning, so as to provide a marker for other editors to evaluate if they heeded the warning or not). I know how busy you are, but there is another discussion at AN about the uptick in Ukrainian-related articles being made by sudden visitors from - you guessed it - Ukraine. I think there is a deeper problem brewing here. What would you advise? - Jack Sebastian ( talk) 18:04, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
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Hello, Xeno! Thank you for your work to maintain and improve Wikipedia! Wishing you a
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I have very recently accepted an upcoming role with the Foundation to help facilitate the second phase of the meta:Universal Code of Conduct consultations investigating key enforcement questions. To protect the integrity of internal committee deliberations, I am humbly tendering my resignation from the Arbitration Committee.
Strong community governance is paramount to the ongoing health and longevity of our projects. My goal will be to ensure community concerns are clearly communicated and considered by the drafting committee while working to demonstrate that community enforcement mechanisms can adequately handle the additional burdens that may be placed on the Foundation and project volunteers by public policy changes.
I enjoyed working with last year's committee and look forward to serving the community in this more focused role. I hope that you will be willing to share with me any general or specific concerns concerning the Universal Code of Conduct, especially as it relates to enforcement. I will act as a conduit for community ideas, questions, and change requests.
Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions.
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Can user:79.67.12.41 please be blocked for triggering the filter. CLCStudent ( talk) 01:56, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
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Hallo there, my name is Aneglos-Philip Mitsis from Cologne /Germany. I have a huge problem with an editor/administrator(?). His Name is laof2017. ( /info/en/?search=User_talk:Iaof2017) I have added documented information to an article ( /info/en/?search=Anxhela_Peristeri) that her father is of Greek origin and this is also proven with the link to an interview with her:
https: // eurovisionfun. com / en / 2020/12 / anxhela-peristeri-karma-will-remain-in-albanian-for-eurovision-video /
The administrator / editor laof 2017 deleted the change! That was an important information about the singer's biography !! Please help me!
he wrote me that I hade attach proofs in albanian language allthogh I wrote ir in the englisch version of wikipedia! He attacked also with inappropriate words in german,what you can see in his disskussion site! I am new here and I thought Wikipedia has nothing with prejudice or hatred.He rejected my amendenment because I am greek.. I feel desperate,pleas help me..whta can I do..?
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Really? Lorik17 ( talk) 16:59, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
sorry this was just a repeat of my question , so I had to delet it, sorry for causing troubles..
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I found your exhaustive RFC preparation inspiring but depressing. Nightingale College has a history of paid editors. It is to the point were the editors now want to put the article up for AfD because they don't want any criticism on the page. There is massive WP:Wikilawyering. I have seen these before with other articles. A well established group of editors, with the same POV, make the article completely and totally criticism free.
Any advice on how I can avoid your same plight, having to spend hours and hours and hours proving WP:COI etc. I would deeply appreciate it. IF you can take a second to look at the talk page. I would be most grateful. I deeply believe that paid editors are only worse than people who bully new editors and delete content. Infinitepeace ( talk) 13:43, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
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One of the things I realized early on when coming to Wikipedia was how important it is for us to continually grow our editor base. If we want to achieve the goal of providing the sum of all human knowledge, we need to be welcoming to all who can help with this challenging task.
Our old adage is important advice for us to follow. What I’ve noticed is that being brusque with newcomers will cause them to leave, counter to our goal. It makes me sad when I see that happening, as providing a welcoming and inclusive environment is necessary to our goals.
Meanwhile, I imagine it can be somewhat frustrating to continually have to give the same advice to newcomer after newcomer, and reminding a new editor to cite reliable sources for the 1000th time can be irritating. Another editor's comment helped me to achieve perspective: even though it might be my thousandth time giving the same advice, that contributor is hearing this advice (or possibly even hearing from another editor) for the very first time. What feeling do I want them to experience when hearing from me? The feeling of being dismissed, excluded, or treated unfairly? Or the feeling of collaborative spirit that embodies our project? Our project ideals hold that we must not be abrasive with new editors, even (or especially) when we’re tired of saying the same things over-and-over.
I imagine it may seem like there is a never-ending deluge of edits requiring improvement from newcomers. This is, of course, true. It is also what makes Wikipedia great. We should always be trying to constructively improve on each other’s work with every edit or comment. Appreciate that there is no deadline, and if you’re feeling tired or frustrated dealing with the same issues over-and-over, to take some time off from that work task! Try focusing on another area of the project and come back later, with a refreshed enthusiasm. Someone else can handle it: it's a collaborative project, after all. – xeno talk
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Hi! It's been a few years since we spoke, but nice to see you are still around and editing !! I can't believe it was 12 years ago we put up those banners :¬)
I just dropped by to say hi, but was intrigued to see your top message and thought you might be
interested in this.
It seems that even when we try to do something to change things, it ends up getting strangled ... that one only lasted 6 months before it was dead!
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Very sad, I helped set up all the pages and some of the policy, then had to go away for a while and dropped out of the guides program.
So strange, as it had involvement from several of the WikiFoundation team trying to increase editor retention, I figured that was one project that would stay around for a few years!
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They have a process there called "sweeping the wikivoyage:Travellers' pub” (where substantive discussions that occur on the Village pump get archived to the talk page of the relevant place) which I'll probably bring to the idea lab. WhatamIdoing: any thoughts on their process? (Is it unique? Does it scale?) – xeno talk 20:36, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
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Hi, I saw in like 2009 you move protected Sleep Deprivation for 6 months. I'm not sure why, but it's still protected. I don't see a reason to move it, but at the same time I don't see why it's still protected and believe pages shouldn't be protected unless it's necessary. Do you think it's appropriate to remove the protection at this time? Ben ❯❯❯ Talk 04:36, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
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Block me indefinitely
I'm mentally ill and can't help my actions. I shouldn't take it out on editing the encyclopedia in a disruptive manner. -- Hey mid ( contribs) 22:32, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
Hello, Xeno,
I just came across a curiosity and thought you might have an idea about it. You mass deleted a lot of geography stubs earlier today, I'm assuming through Twinkle's batch delete function. But when I went to do my regular check for broken redirects, as you can see here, there were 81 talk pages of redirects for the articles that you deleted. Just the talk pages. So, there must be a bug with Twinkle that, for some reason, it deleted those thousands of articles, the article talk pages and the redirects but not the redirect talk pages. Hmmmmmm. Liz Read! Talk! 03:29, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
Hello, could you please finish what you started at User:Alexis Reggae/Articles for locations oh my what a mess? Section 3 should have been deleted according to Alexis Jazz's deletion plan. Section 4 can also be deleted unless Alexis Jazz wants to work on it (which I do not recommend). Thanks 4nn1l2 ( talk) 18:27, 10 April 2021 (UTC)
Hello Xeno, I have no idea what made this article on a populated and legally recognized place ( censusindia.gov.in#35597) deleted so can you please refund per WP:GEOLAND? Thank you, GSS 💬 04:23, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
The article at
Bahua used to be about an Iranian abadi for which there was consensus to delete. I requested
WP:CSD G6 so
Bahua, Punjab could be moved in its place. It seems you restored the history for both the Iranian abadi and the village in Punjab as well as the history from 2006 which was prodded by Desertsky85451 on 12 October 2006. For historical reference, this was the whole article in 2006: Bahua, according to at least one chinese source, is supposed to have been the eponymous ancestor of the Uar component of the Alchoni. General Bahua was recruited by General Ban Yong (the son of Ban Chao) as part of his mercenaries in a campaign against the Huyan in 126. After the event there were centuries without significant reference to Pahua's army.
You'll have to selectively delete the revisions for the abadi:
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Alexis Jazz: where are we with list curation? – xeno talk 13:26, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
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Hi Xeno. Last month you granted me the Page Mover user right for a period of one month, which has recently expired. I have a good understanding of WP:RMPM and understand the tools this user right provides (especially suppressredirect). As there are still many situations I have found when editing where it has been useful, I would like to request for it be regranted. Happily888 ( talk) 07:24, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
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Hey Xeno :) I'm looking for people to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 22:26, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
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Hi Xeno! I'd like to wish you a splendid solstice season as we wrap up the year. Here is an artwork, made individually for you, to celebrate. It was great to meet you in Toronto, and enjoyed your presentations! Take care, and thanks for all you do to make Wikipedia better!Cheers,{{u| Sdkb}} talk 07:11, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
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Hello Xeno: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 22:42, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
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Thank you for helping organize Toronto's Wikipedia Day! Oh, and thank you for unblocking me many years ago! Without you, I would not have maintained my longest editing streak record. Johnny Au ( talk/ contributions) 01:10, 16 January 2024 (UTC) |
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I know you're not very active anymore. But, you must have been doing something right to continue to attract a fan club for so long :) (account blocked). I hope things in life are well for you. -- Hammersoft ( talk) 21:23, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
Hi Xeno, checking in to see if there was any plans for the next Toronto Wikiclub meeting? If not, I'm happy to connect with you or others that are interested to set a date and plan events. Z1720 ( talk) 16:33, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
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Sorry to be dense, but I'm not sure what you mean by "template call". The bot is editing things that I copy paste from other wikipedias. I'm also curious as to why it just started doing that last month when I've had that page for many, many years WQUlrich ( talk) 06:05, 5 January 2020 (UTC)
I just came across this page which states that Fram is sitebanned by the WMF office until June. Obviously ARBCOM vacated that ban. I'm assuming this is just outdated information, so I thought I'd bring it to someone's attention, and you came to mind first. I'd fix it myself, but I am -- understandably, I hope -- very cautious about making edits to pages like these. Thanks! – Erakura (talk) 16:31, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi. Have you had a chance to read my explanation here? And also here? El_C 01:45, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi User:Xeno. Finally it opened access to Wikipedia in Turkey. After this news, I wanted to log into my account. However, I couldn't log in for more than 2 years and I forgot the email address and password. If I find out my e-mail address, I can reset the password. Can you learn that for me? User:Abecesel.
Since you are a bureaucrat and may need to determine consensus for this administrator, should you have posted support for the candidate? And did any of the rules recently change? Eschoryii ( talk) 17:33, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
You commented that there was no community consensus to deprecate portals. There is also no community consensus to use portals. There's just no consensus on anything having to do with portals, other than should not all be immediately deleted. I feel your comment is misleading, but it shouldn't affect results, so I'm not commenting on the Arbcom talk page. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 22:54, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
Hey man, I've been gone way too long to remember what should be done about this kind of situation... city employee copy/pasting stuff from the city website, but not doing it maliciously... could you please check it out for me? - Adolphus79 ( talk) 18:34, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi Xeno,
I'm not sure if I should be posting here or on the Arbitration request page as I am new to the process. But I am willing to take part in a two-way IBAN or a mutual TBAN. I don't stray too far from rallying articles these days, and when I do, I don't stay away for long. It's really the only place I'm likely to encounter Tvx1 (the other being Formula 1 articles, but I am nowhere near as active there as I once was). It was for this reason that I first suggested the mutual TBAN, where we each nominate a topic for the other to be banned from editing.
We are also attempting reconciliation through a third party, Chris.sherlock. Mclarenfan17 ( talk) 03:45, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
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Thank you for your reasoned vote not to desysop BrownHairedGirl. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 11:38, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
I also want to add my thanks and your helpful combination of being both reflective but also very interactive; Maxim and yourself show that Bureaucrats make natural Arbs. thanks. Britishfinance ( talk) 16:55, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
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Hello Xeno. Eranrabl's standard offer unblock request has disappeared off AN without much input, so I've no idea what happens next. Personally I would implore Arbcom again to allow him to be unblocked. It's patently obvious to me that Eran is not a sockmaster – he was a highly productive editor and never showed any signs of disruption. The disruptive accounts were clearly linked to each other, but not to his account (from which no disruption was ever identified). I can't understand why no-one has been willing to engage with my points about the behavioural evidence. His responses on talk since blocking have been reasonable and eloquent – not something you'd expect from the usual sockmaster.
The whole charade has been a bit of a farce, especially when the blocking admin claimed there was "pretty damning behavioral evidence" that him and SuperJew were the same person (they weren't). It does make me concerned that people are doubling down on a bad block. I won't gain anything from his unblocking, but IMO it's a serious miscarriage of justice that continues to bug me. If there's any chance for reconsideration – I am happy to be a character reference or be a mentor as part of a unconditional block or whatever. Cheers, Number 5 7 12:38, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
Did Eranrabl do anything wrong? Yes or no. I want to know if you (anyone) can believe people. Eschoryii ( talk) 06:42, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
I have been editing five years and I just read for the first time Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not. It would have been helpful explaining that Wikipedia is not a democracy when I wanted to count votes. Just thought I would remind you when you want to direct editors to the principle of consensus. Maybe it should be added to the welcome to new editors template. Anyway you just get my random edits. I read and like your dedication. Eschoryii ( talk) 14:32, 15 February 2020 (UTC) PS. Thanks for the response about Eranrabl.
I've opened a bureaucrat chat for the current RfA. Your input would be most appreciated at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Money emoji/Bureaucrat chat. Cheers, Primefac ( talk) 15:01, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi Xeno, thanks again for your RfA nomination, but more importantly thanks for your principled opposition in the portals case. I don't envy the arbs, but as a group I think you all summarized the main ideological conflict well: how do we weigh civility with
non-violent and
non-punitive remedies? It's probably a bellwether for what the community will need to consider in the future, and I would recommend you write up your thoughts in a more cohesive essay;
dissents are important after all. I agree with
SmokeyJoe on the ArbN talk page: I see that firm civility line from ArbCom as being strongly influenced by WP:FRAM, and the realisation that the WMF considered en.wikipedia to be weak on civility. Maybe RH and BHG got a harsh deal, but this hard response was coming.
I think between WP:FRAM and this set of ArbCom cases, the community is realizing that we need something...else...and the issues ArbCom has been dealing with will be kicked back to the community soon enough.
I'm glad to see the discussion about RFC/U taking off; it's one of the more productive discussions I've seen. I skim the RFC/U archives every so often for fun, and I always find it interesting how similar it is to WP:DRN and WP:ARBCOM discussions. ArbCom has hosted RfCs before, right? I vaguely remember a decision at some point where an RfC was to be held on a subpage of WP:ARBCOM and maybe moderated by Arbitrators or clerks. It would be interesting if something like that could succeed RFC/U. I haven't put much more thought than that into the idea, but I thought you might find it interesting. Sorry for the novella, and I hope you're keeping well. — Wug· a·po·des 23:16, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
The group's deliberations should be public and separate from general community discussion. The process should be considered a formal, binding process, driven by the community but not as open a forum as the Administrator's noticeboard, but it would have required the Bureaucrats, as our most trusted users, to slightly extend their sphere of activity. I think the comment by Swarm sums up well the intention of the proposal. Perhaps 'the encyclopedia anyone can edit' was originally intended to mean article content and that slogan is not wholly appropriate for the democratic and sensitive issue of handling user behaviour. In my opinion, on these noticeboards there really is often too much background noise - in an educational setting the students do not decide on the guilt and punishment on an unruly pupil or college undergraduate. The faculty or school board reaches verdicts that require severe measures. I know you opposed, but you gave your reasons. Consensus can change and perhaps now, nearly 5 years later, it's time to revisit BARC or something like it; it ended with an overall majority in favour but on the strength of the arguments it was closed as 'no consensus'. BARC was a based on the outcomes of two previous RfCs that were proofs of concept, and there was this follow up by a user who has since retired. Of the many high-level RfCs I have proposed or participated on, these were some of the more intelligently subscribed, What people failed to understand is that WTT and I launched the BARC RFC more to just test the waters by at least proposing something; many users took it as a defiant attack on their own precepts (mainly that an admin is guilty until proven innocent) and there were nevertheless the traditional detractors who, as usual, tried to turn it into another long-winded side discussion on gender politics, others used it for their regular backdoor snipe at me, some tried to discredit the proposal on the grounds of false claims of incorrect discussion procedure. Both RfC are nevertheless well worth reading again for any one who has the time. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 05:40, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
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Viva flowers. It was a good idea deleting that; suggest you delete my response to it also per deny. Cheers, —— SN 54129 14:06, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi! I was scrolling my watch list on mobile and accidentally rolled back your edit on the Kudpung PD page. Just wanted to say: sorry for that mistake! I think I've fixed it now, but just wanted to meet you know it was an accident. :) Thanks, Puddleglum 2.0 18:47, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
I find the complaints lodged against Kudpung to be so weak that they're laughable. I also find your assessment of Kudpung's behavior unreasonable and your decision to remove his mop unmerited. While I have great respect for our admins that remain polite and unflappable in every circumstance, I think that attitude is neither required nor reasonable for all admins. While you may think that you protected this project by punishing Kudpung or preventing personal attacks, your actions today have only played into the hands of a certain clique of editors who took advantage of this opportunity to remove an obstacle to their plans. I can only assume that you've joined the "hasten the day" crowd. (I am not watching this page, so please ping me if you want my attention.) Chris Troutman ( talk) 01:12, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
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Why does Wikipedia eat its young? Someday it will turn on you. Eschoryii ( talk) 20:15, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
Your ping wont go through unless there is pure addition of text (no removals or changing existing text) along with a new signature. So this still won't work. GMG talk 17:23, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
It looks like the new case review of Jytdog has mountains of evidence lining up against him with little support. I know you must be involved somehow and I do not want any advise or assistance to me to hurt your standing or objectivity as a decision maker. Send me to another editor to help me. I want to add evidence on the notice board but I do not know how to copy forms for the next user. I do not want to offend or let someone else not be able to present evidence if I use the last template. I want three things in evidence: a)Jytdog's User page User:Jytdog which shows his support to the community, b) his talk page User Talk:Jytdog#That's all folks which shows how much he did and the fact that he would be missed by his friends, and c) User:Jytdog/How is an essay by Jytdog on how Wiki works. I would like these three items to help balance Jytdogs vindictive enemies. They are out for blood. I do not know Jytdog. Maybe I should be talking to a guy named DocJames. Anyway I only do things at the last moment. Please help if you can Eschoryii ( talk) 04:34, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
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Is the Jytdog decision tough or very clear for you? Eschoryii ( talk) 09:44, 10 April 2020 (UTC)
Hi Xeno, happy Easter. You linked to Special:PermanentLink/949718329#Response on the case request page; I wanted to bring to your attention the later statement, Special:Diff/949718329, in case you wanted to link that on the case request page, too. Cheers, Levivich dubious – discuss 19:49, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
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Just wanted in on the fun, not part of a committee. -- Floquenbeam ( talk) 22:13, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
Just wanted in on the fun, not part of a committee. -- Floquenbeam ( talk) 22:13, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
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Why was this user bad? Did the community eat another of its young like DocJames? Eschoryii ( talk) 22:27, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
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I agree with the move of Category:Films with screenplays by Peter Gould (writer), but just pointing out that Too Big to Fail (film) is a film and should not be in that category. -- Gonnym ( talk) 15:58, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on Category:Television episodes written by Vanessa Taylor requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.
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Hi, Xeno. I see that you've been removing the "Legal issues" heading (or similar) as "lending undue weight" in biography articles. While they sometimes do, as in the case of small sections, they don't always lend undue weight. There are times that a public figure is significantly known for their legal issues. And blending that in with other personal life material without a subsection heading separating it may not be best in those cases. To have a section titled "Personal life", but for it to be three or more paragraphs of legal material? That's misleading and makes it seem that the only personal life material worth reporting about the person is legal issues stuff. Also, headings help aid readers when reading a section that is long. Are you looking to have it so that Wikipedia never uses the "Legal issues" heading or similar?
Please don't ping me if you reply. I'll check back. Flyer22 Frozen ( talk) 03:48, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
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Hi, didn't you increment/decrement the wrong figures here [2]? If you moved from accept to decline, you should have changed "5/8" to "4/9", not to "6/7". Fut.Perf. ☼ 11:59, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi there. I was looking at the Warner Bros Interactive page and I noticed it is still part of Home Entertainment. Other pages state that it is part of Warner Bros Entertainment directly while Home Entertainment is moved to WarnerMedia Commercial. Which one is true? WarnerBros.com site states it is still a division of Home Entertainment. Is that an error? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Galagahunt ( talk • contribs) 16:45, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
Thanks a lot. It looked like nobody cares about that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Galagahunt ( talk • contribs) 18:29, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi. I saw that Warner Bros Interactive page remains same. But what about other articles ( Warner Bros. Entertainment)? They contradict each other now, and they should be fixed too according to Warner Bros. com.
Forgot to mention, press release says Home Entertainment is now part of a new commercial unit. Maybe Warner Bros. com isn't updated yet. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Galagahunt ( talk • contribs) 13:09, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
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I have noticed that User:AndriiDr has not stopped their mass edits of articles that contain the term 'Kiev'. I've warned them to stop and to contribute to the discussion at AN (as well as tagged the last edit prior to the warning, so as to provide a marker for other editors to evaluate if they heeded the warning or not). I know how busy you are, but there is another discussion at AN about the uptick in Ukrainian-related articles being made by sudden visitors from - you guessed it - Ukraine. I think there is a deeper problem brewing here. What would you advise? - Jack Sebastian ( talk) 18:04, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
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I have very recently accepted an upcoming role with the Foundation to help facilitate the second phase of the meta:Universal Code of Conduct consultations investigating key enforcement questions. To protect the integrity of internal committee deliberations, I am humbly tendering my resignation from the Arbitration Committee.
Strong community governance is paramount to the ongoing health and longevity of our projects. My goal will be to ensure community concerns are clearly communicated and considered by the drafting committee while working to demonstrate that community enforcement mechanisms can adequately handle the additional burdens that may be placed on the Foundation and project volunteers by public policy changes.
I enjoyed working with last year's committee and look forward to serving the community in this more focused role. I hope that you will be willing to share with me any general or specific concerns concerning the Universal Code of Conduct, especially as it relates to enforcement. I will act as a conduit for community ideas, questions, and change requests.
Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions.
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Can user:79.67.12.41 please be blocked for triggering the filter. CLCStudent ( talk) 01:56, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
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Hallo there, my name is Aneglos-Philip Mitsis from Cologne /Germany. I have a huge problem with an editor/administrator(?). His Name is laof2017. ( /info/en/?search=User_talk:Iaof2017) I have added documented information to an article ( /info/en/?search=Anxhela_Peristeri) that her father is of Greek origin and this is also proven with the link to an interview with her:
https: // eurovisionfun. com / en / 2020/12 / anxhela-peristeri-karma-will-remain-in-albanian-for-eurovision-video /
The administrator / editor laof 2017 deleted the change! That was an important information about the singer's biography !! Please help me!
he wrote me that I hade attach proofs in albanian language allthogh I wrote ir in the englisch version of wikipedia! He attacked also with inappropriate words in german,what you can see in his disskussion site! I am new here and I thought Wikipedia has nothing with prejudice or hatred.He rejected my amendenment because I am greek.. I feel desperate,pleas help me..whta can I do..?
my regards A.Ph. Mitsis
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Really? Lorik17 ( talk) 16:59, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
sorry this was just a repeat of my question , so I had to delet it, sorry for causing troubles..
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I found your exhaustive RFC preparation inspiring but depressing. Nightingale College has a history of paid editors. It is to the point were the editors now want to put the article up for AfD because they don't want any criticism on the page. There is massive WP:Wikilawyering. I have seen these before with other articles. A well established group of editors, with the same POV, make the article completely and totally criticism free.
Any advice on how I can avoid your same plight, having to spend hours and hours and hours proving WP:COI etc. I would deeply appreciate it. IF you can take a second to look at the talk page. I would be most grateful. I deeply believe that paid editors are only worse than people who bully new editors and delete content. Infinitepeace ( talk) 13:43, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
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One of the things I realized early on when coming to Wikipedia was how important it is for us to continually grow our editor base. If we want to achieve the goal of providing the sum of all human knowledge, we need to be welcoming to all who can help with this challenging task.
Our old adage is important advice for us to follow. What I’ve noticed is that being brusque with newcomers will cause them to leave, counter to our goal. It makes me sad when I see that happening, as providing a welcoming and inclusive environment is necessary to our goals.
Meanwhile, I imagine it can be somewhat frustrating to continually have to give the same advice to newcomer after newcomer, and reminding a new editor to cite reliable sources for the 1000th time can be irritating. Another editor's comment helped me to achieve perspective: even though it might be my thousandth time giving the same advice, that contributor is hearing this advice (or possibly even hearing from another editor) for the very first time. What feeling do I want them to experience when hearing from me? The feeling of being dismissed, excluded, or treated unfairly? Or the feeling of collaborative spirit that embodies our project? Our project ideals hold that we must not be abrasive with new editors, even (or especially) when we’re tired of saying the same things over-and-over.
I imagine it may seem like there is a never-ending deluge of edits requiring improvement from newcomers. This is, of course, true. It is also what makes Wikipedia great. We should always be trying to constructively improve on each other’s work with every edit or comment. Appreciate that there is no deadline, and if you’re feeling tired or frustrated dealing with the same issues over-and-over, to take some time off from that work task! Try focusing on another area of the project and come back later, with a refreshed enthusiasm. Someone else can handle it: it's a collaborative project, after all. – xeno talk
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Hi! It's been a few years since we spoke, but nice to see you are still around and editing !! I can't believe it was 12 years ago we put up those banners :¬)
I just dropped by to say hi, but was intrigued to see your top message and thought you might be
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It seems that even when we try to do something to change things, it ends up getting strangled ... that one only lasted 6 months before it was dead!
I only just found out that it was dead after a user
asked me about a
blank page there.
Very sad, I helped set up all the pages and some of the policy, then had to go away for a while and dropped out of the guides program.
So strange, as it had involvement from several of the WikiFoundation team trying to increase editor retention, I figured that was one project that would stay around for a few years!
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They have a process there called "sweeping the wikivoyage:Travellers' pub” (where substantive discussions that occur on the Village pump get archived to the talk page of the relevant place) which I'll probably bring to the idea lab. WhatamIdoing: any thoughts on their process? (Is it unique? Does it scale?) – xeno talk 20:36, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
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Hi, I saw in like 2009 you move protected Sleep Deprivation for 6 months. I'm not sure why, but it's still protected. I don't see a reason to move it, but at the same time I don't see why it's still protected and believe pages shouldn't be protected unless it's necessary. Do you think it's appropriate to remove the protection at this time? Ben ❯❯❯ Talk 04:36, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
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Block me indefinitely
I'm mentally ill and can't help my actions. I shouldn't take it out on editing the encyclopedia in a disruptive manner. -- Hey mid ( contribs) 22:32, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
Hello, Xeno,
I just came across a curiosity and thought you might have an idea about it. You mass deleted a lot of geography stubs earlier today, I'm assuming through Twinkle's batch delete function. But when I went to do my regular check for broken redirects, as you can see here, there were 81 talk pages of redirects for the articles that you deleted. Just the talk pages. So, there must be a bug with Twinkle that, for some reason, it deleted those thousands of articles, the article talk pages and the redirects but not the redirect talk pages. Hmmmmmm. Liz Read! Talk! 03:29, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
Hello, could you please finish what you started at User:Alexis Reggae/Articles for locations oh my what a mess? Section 3 should have been deleted according to Alexis Jazz's deletion plan. Section 4 can also be deleted unless Alexis Jazz wants to work on it (which I do not recommend). Thanks 4nn1l2 ( talk) 18:27, 10 April 2021 (UTC)
Hello Xeno, I have no idea what made this article on a populated and legally recognized place ( censusindia.gov.in#35597) deleted so can you please refund per WP:GEOLAND? Thank you, GSS 💬 04:23, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
The article at
Bahua used to be about an Iranian abadi for which there was consensus to delete. I requested
WP:CSD G6 so
Bahua, Punjab could be moved in its place. It seems you restored the history for both the Iranian abadi and the village in Punjab as well as the history from 2006 which was prodded by Desertsky85451 on 12 October 2006. For historical reference, this was the whole article in 2006: Bahua, according to at least one chinese source, is supposed to have been the eponymous ancestor of the Uar component of the Alchoni. General Bahua was recruited by General Ban Yong (the son of Ban Chao) as part of his mercenaries in a campaign against the Huyan in 126. After the event there were centuries without significant reference to Pahua's army.
You'll have to selectively delete the revisions for the abadi:
— Alexis Jazz ( talk or ping me) 05:37, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
Alexis Jazz: where are we with list curation? – xeno talk 13:26, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
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Issue 2, July 2021
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Hi Xeno. Last month you granted me the Page Mover user right for a period of one month, which has recently expired. I have a good understanding of WP:RMPM and understand the tools this user right provides (especially suppressredirect). As there are still many situations I have found when editing where it has been useful, I would like to request for it be regranted. Happily888 ( talk) 07:24, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
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From /info/en/?search=Special:Log?type=&user=&page=User%3ASandman30s 16:50, 16 July 2013 Xeno talk contribs moved page User:Sandman30s to User:Sandman1142 (Automatically moved page while renaming the user "Sandman30s" to "Sandman1142") (thank) 16:50, 16 July 2013 Xeno talk contribs renamed user Sandman30s (2609 edits) to Sandman1142 (WP:CHU)
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Issue is I want to login as Sandman1142 But Sandman1142 password is broken and there is no email registered to reset it. If I set an email on the the Sandman30s account, can you copy that email to the Sandman1142 account?
I enquired in discord and someone said I should mention this: SuperHamster Just for others' reference: not actually resolved. Sandman logged in on their old username, which persisted as a global Wikimedia account after being renamed locally on the English Wikipedia per their request. Though I guess that might help in proving their identity...(edited)
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Welcome to the ninth issue of the English Wikipedia's Bots Newsletter, your source for all things bot. Vicious bot-on-bot edit warring... superseded tasks... policy proposals... these stories, and more, are brought to you by Wikipedia's most distinguished newsletter about bots. After a long hiatus between August 2019 and December 2021, there's quite a bit of ground to cover. Due to the vastness, I decided in December to split the coverage up into a few installments that covered six months each. Some people thought this was a good idea, since covering an entire year in a single issue would make it unmanageably large. Others thought this was stupid, since they were getting talk page messages about crap from almost three years ago. Ultimately, the question of whether each issue covers six months or a year is only relevant for a couple more of them, and then the problem will be behind us forever. Of course, you can also look on the bright side – we are making progress, and this issue will only be about crap from almost two years ago. Today we will pick up where we left off in December, and go through the first half of 2020. Overall January 2020
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Following a discussion at the Bureaucrats' noticeboard, the minimum activity requirements for bureaucrats have been updated to also include the the recently updated minimum editing requirements for administrators (i.e. at least 100 edits every 5 years). This will be enforced beginning in January 2023. Should you no longer wish to volunteer as a bureaucrat you may request removal at SRP and.or let us know at WP:BN.
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Hi I am busy making changes to U.S._Open_Pool_Championship with official references and the help of an expert, but user 92.3.101.44 keeps rolling them back. How can I protect my changes please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sandman1142 ( talk • contribs) 09:18, 27 November 2021 (UTC)
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News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2023).
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Hey Xeno :) I'm looking for people to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 22:26, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
❄️ Happy holidays! ❄️
Hi Xeno! I'd like to wish you a splendid solstice season as we wrap up the year. Here is an artwork, made individually for you, to celebrate. It was great to meet you in Toronto, and enjoyed your presentations! Take care, and thanks for all you do to make Wikipedia better!Cheers,{{u| Sdkb}} talk 07:11, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2024! | |
Hello Xeno, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this
seasonal occasion. Spread the
WikiLove by wishing another user a
Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2024. Spread the love by adding {{ subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages. |
The Herald (Benison) ( talk) 06:04, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello Xeno: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 22:42, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 22:42, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
Xeno,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable
New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
CAPTAIN RAJU
(T) 18:46, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
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CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:46, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
The Real Life Barnstar | |
Thank you for helping organize Toronto's Wikipedia Day. :) Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 18:29, 15 January 2024 (UTC) |
The Real-Life Barnstar | ||
Thank you for helping organize Toronto's Wikipedia Day! Oh, and thank you for unblocking me many years ago! Without you, I would not have maintained my longest editing streak record. Johnny Au ( talk/ contributions) 01:10, 16 January 2024 (UTC) |
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2024).
I know you're not very active anymore. But, you must have been doing something right to continue to attract a fan club for so long :) (account blocked). I hope things in life are well for you. -- Hammersoft ( talk) 21:23, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
Hi Xeno, checking in to see if there was any plans for the next Toronto Wikiclub meeting? If not, I'm happy to connect with you or others that are interested to set a date and plan events. Z1720 ( talk) 16:33, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
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The redirect List of Pokémon items has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 April 6 § List of Pokémon items until a consensus is reached. Nickps ( talk) 02:55, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
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-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:50, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
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