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Hi, I note that in April, you had blocked an editor seeking to right great wrongs on Katyn war cemetery. It seems the same editor has been trying to link to an outdated version of the page on Stalin (1992 film). I am not sure what exactly is going on here, but it seems rather pointless for me to ask for a block on ANI on a blockevading IP editor or seek page protection for such a minor matter. I considered explaining policy but decided not to engage after seeing the IP changed twice.
While I am fairly sure this is the same editor, I hesitate to ask the other editors involved on the war cemetery page to watch the movie page. I will leave this up to your judgement, thanks. Seloloving ( talk) 22:22, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
I saw you relisted today, but then closed as keep not long after? Why? And why no closing statement? None of the keep !votes that gave sources actually demonstrated independent SIGCOV per NSPORT (which explicitly excludes routine match recaps), and the other !votes had zero basis in the guidelines. Can you please relist again? JoelleJay ( talk) 22:43, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
Clearly some significant coverage, but no overriding consensus. The keep view wins the voting but doesn't really create a strong enough consensus right now with just the single source of significance presented.), [3], [4], [5] (including three !votes calling The Football Sack unreliable), [6], [7]
The "keep" arguments consist only of references to WP:NFOOTY, which presumes notability for high-level players. But this presumption is rebuttable, and it has been rebutted here: the "delete" side argues that the subject fails WP:GNG for lack of substantial coverage in reliable sources, and that argument has not been refuted (or mostly even addressed) by the "keep" side. Based on the strength of the arguments presented, in the light of applicable guidelines, we therefore have rough consensus for deletion.[8], [9], [10]
...The first keep vote rests solely on the premise that paying in the Egyptian Premier League is sufficient for notability when no league carries that presumption..., [11], [12]
Although opinions are divided, the "delete" arguments are significantly more convincing in the light of applicable guidelines. These guidelines have recently been revised to make it clearer that mere participation in high-level sporting events is not a guarantee for inclusion at the article level if a search for sources does not establish notability to WP:GNG standards.[13], [14]. Note that some of these were from before NFOOTY was deprecated; those same keep arguments weren't even persuasive then. JoelleJay ( talk) 05:59, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
Delete unless someone can provide evidence of significant coverage of this person in independent, reliable sources. Ping me if you do and I will gladly change my mind. The closing administrator should discount any !vote that fails to provide rock solid evidence of significant coverage of this person in independent, reliable sources. Arguments that overtly or obliquely reference NFOOTY should be rejected out of hand, because that SNG is defunct.I am genuinely baffled how the exact same arguments you said should be discounted then are now valid for this particular footballer, whose SIGCOV should be orders of magnitude easier to find (but hasn't). JoelleJay ( talk) 04:32, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
JoelleJay, the context is entirely different. When I comment on an AfD, I am offering my own personal assessment as just another editor. I choose to participate when I think that I have or can quickly develop an understanding of the topic, and can perform a credible search for reliable independent sources. As shown on my userpage, I often expand and improve articles I find at AfD. And my record shows that I do not hesitate to recommend deletion a large percentage of the time. But I did not comment on this AfD. I was not even aware of it until I was asked to comment by our friend Ad Orientem after the close. I have had no formal involvement whatsoever with this AfD. I was just expressing an opinion about the close when I was asked for it. Very different. I made it clear that I know little about association football and even less about the best sources for that sport. In 13 years of editing, I rarely comment on this sport because I am not a fan and am not well informed, although my two sons played at the lowest youth level in the US. I doubt if I have commented on more than a handful and usually when I see something disruptive going on. I remember commenting on one soccer related AfD years ago, but that had to do with San Francisco, which I have been studying for 50 years. If you or anyone else wants an informed opinion about mountaineering, please feel to ask, because that is the sport I know the best.
The role of an administrator when closing an AfD is to assess consensus without making a supervote or imposing their own personal notability philosophy on the debate. Administrators can certainly discount AfD "votes" that are untethered to policies and guidelines, but they should not be the arbiter when one editor says "this is significant coverage" and another editor says "no it isn't". To me, that strays into supervote territory, and that was the basis of my unofficial, after the fact comment.
I am well aware of the recent changes in the sports notability guidelines and support those changes. I am also aware of the stressful dynamics among editors who have a range of views on these issues, often passionately held. I truly think that it is advisable for editors who want to delete sports biographies to focus on the ample and abundant low hanging fruit, as it were, instead of choosing to go after biographies of young players at the very highest level of the sport. I think that approach provokes conflict unnecessarily. That is my personal opinion and I am entitled to express it when asked for my opinion. Cullen328 ( talk) 05:22, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
The closing administrator should discount any !vote that fails to provide rock solid evidence of significant coverage of this person in independent, reliable sources. Arguments that overtly or obliquely reference NFOOTY should be rejected out of hand, because that SNG is defunct.) should not be applied in this case. All of the keep arguments "obliquely reference NFOOTY", and the sources these !voters produced were either not
reliableand
independent, or amounted to a few sentences combined in routine match reports, so, far from
significant coverage.
I recently posted about an IP Vandal User:159.196.168.12 on Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. I followed all the protocols and the IP Vandal has gone past the final warning and continues to vandalise pages but no action was taken and the request was deleted. Can you please care to explain why no action was taken?. Whenever I put a foot wrong on Wikipedia, I am told off straight away?, why does this User continue to get a free pass?. Sully198787 ( talk) 17:01, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
You beat me to the block button for 2600:1700:3BD2:8C0F:0:0:0:0/64 by seconds. In view of the nature of the recent editing I was going to block talk page access, which you didn't. Having thought about it for a while, I decided to go ahead and change the block, but please revert if you don't agree. I am in two minds about adding a "block no talk" notice to the talk page of the last used IP address, and maybe even to the block notice. In general I think a blocked editor without talk page access should know how to request an unblock, but this time the editing is so very much 100% unconstructive that my guess is that the only effect would be for admins at UTRS to have to waste time dealing with trolling, so I'm inclined to leave it. However, let me know if you disagree. JBW ( talk) 16:02, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
I am replying on your talk page because I have a word limit on the Arbitration thread.
Since you are the first person who has asked the question, I would like to answer the question. I am a new editor. I have never edited Wikipedia prior to my first edit on this account.
I would like to provide an explanation for why it may seem like I am more experienced then a new editor.
I started reading Wikipedia regularly because of the current events page. I found that it provided a more global overview of the news on a given day.
One thing I later discovered was that each article on Wikipedia had a "Talk Page" where content on a page were discussed. It was quite interesting for me to see the discussions, since there were times when I felt the content on pages were not justified, and the discussions allowed me to see how the content had been decided.
After some time, it became a habit to just read the talk page with the main article, since it gave a degree of context to almost all articles. Over time, I started to pick up some of the abbreviations used, since they came up so much. That's why I've been able to use them sometimes when I edit.
Maybe you think what I've said is just a made-up story. I wouldn't blame you for thinking that, given my actions in the past few days. But if you use the technical tools that you detect sockpuppets and ban evaders with, you'll find that my profile will come up clean.
You may also consider the fact that I'd probably not have drawn attention like I've had if I really was trying to evade or avoid anyone, since that would have clearly been counterproductive. Carter00000 ( talk) 14:25, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
The recent request for Arbitration to which you were listed as a party has been declined, as the Committee felt it was premature. For the Arbitration Committee, firefly ( t · c ) 15:11, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
You recently declined a block on an Indian IP range, rightly citing collateral damage. Besides the immense among of sockpuppet evasion from that range (which I brought up here and at ANI), I have monitored that range and noticed roughly two in three edits are other vandalism, unsourced contributions, and BLP violations. Many are reverted by monitors of those respective pages. I was inclined against a range blocked in my SPI and ANI reports, but request additional consideration as neither process yielded more than wack-a-mole blocks and protections. Perhaps a similar extension in blocks to specific pages would fit the bill? If that is still unsatisfactory, I will continue reverting the sock IP editor's edits unless requested to do otherwise. Thank you and I appreciate the single IP block you did earlier. ~ Pbritti ( talk) 00:49, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
My many thanks. You're quite quick! ~ Pbritti ( talk) 18:21, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
If it is not much trouble, could you take some time to check the changes made to the page Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church by User:Pbritti in the last two months. All of his edits have no valid references/sources and these are all critical information about the church and the changes are mostly in the info box and leading section. After making all his critical edits he has asked you to lock the page.
Examples.
1. Founder of the Church : He has added the name of a Bishop , who is in no way regarded as the founder of the church. There is a discussion ongoing on the talk page , and no valid reference is still given. The current reference does not have the word "founder" nor suggest the church was "founded" by the said Bishop. This is the source/ reference he provided which is a private website which nowhere mentions a founder https://smiocbristol.org/vattasseril-thirumeni
2. Adding Foundation date as 1912 which is the date when "Catholicate" was established. After the establishment of Catholicate, the head of the church is designated with the title "Catholicos". How is a church "founded" when the church decided to establish a new designation for its bishop. Again the sources provided does not mention "founding of a new church" , but provides the date when the Catholicate was established.
3. Adding derogatory wordings which are outright false and nowhere in the source. 1) [
[15]] 2) [
[16]] . He wrote " However, the MOSC, often known as the "Orthodox party", are not fully recognized among Oriental Orthodox " and gave this source
https://www.firstpost.com/india/malankara-church-row-all-you-need-to-know-about-century-old-dispute-behind-high-drama-between-jacobite-orthodox-factions-in-kerala-7414211.html , where in this particlar source he provided is any mention of the communion of MOSC with other Oriental Orthodox Churches ?
Regarding Point 1 and 2 , a discussion is going on in the Talk Page and so far no valid references are provided. Here : Talk:Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church#31 August 2021
When sought for sources, this is what User:Pbritti did in my talk page. User talk:Zoticus777#SPA/MEATPUPPET . How can an editor with over 7000 edits , edit a page without valid sources and argue over it with other editors? Is changing words from "remains in" to "claims to" a good faith edit? [ [17]]
Could you please take some time and look at the sources , it wouldn't take more than 20 mins to verify the sources. Thank you. Zoticus777 ( talk) 07:27, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello Ad Orientem, I’m wondering if you could have a look at the contributions of User:Btheweeknd, specificially these article creations: To the Moon World Tour, Twelve Carat Tour, Reality Check Tour. I am seeking your input whether or not this may a case of UPE or COI.
Btheweeknd creates articles about concert tours that have not yet taken place and adds “citations” that are ticket sales or festival pass sales sites. This seems like unambiguous advertising and promotion, and the “citations” seem like spam links. When I have removed these, the editor adds them back again. When I asked why they are creating articles on concert tours that haven’t happened yet WP:FUTUREEVENT, they responded they are “not the only editor” who does.
I’ve asked if they are paid WP:UPE, they responded no. Yet, they have uploaded multiple official photographs of artists as their “own work”. I left a message about COPYVIO, and they said they were “unaware.” Please see their talk history for the multiple warnings that were issued by myself and several other editors (including you, as the blocking admin).
It seems there may be WP:COI as both artists he is currently promoting ( Kid Cudi and Post Malone) are represented by the Republic record label. The editor’s username is Btheweekend, and they state on their user page it’s because they are a fan of the entertainer The Weeknd, who is also, coincidentally, represented by the Republic record label.
I totally get it that fans are enthusiastic about supporting the artists they like, however it seems that they are here mainly to advertise, promote and sell tickets to concerts. WP:NOT, WP:PROMO and WP:SPAM may apply. Thank you in advance for your time, and please let me know if you would like to see diffs. Netherzone ( talk) 23:31, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I've extended your block there to six months, because edits on that range go back quite a way ... hope you don't mind. It's a /64 so there shouldn't be any major problems with that. I would have just monitored the edits on that range myself but they edit very prolifically and there could also be time zone issues. Graham 87 03:29, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
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T130439)There’s a user, Special:Contributions/73.246.31.164, who just decided that it’s a good idea to ridicule me over something that means nothing. I won’t go into detail, but I removed the stuff between me and this user as it was starting to get hostile. I’m not sure if what this user did is worth a block. I just want to stay safe on here. Dipper Dalmatian 16:15, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
Could you please improve Draft:Prima Class Cruise Ship. I can not get a link in here. You can access it from my user page History Buff1239ubj ( talk) 23:35, 11 July 2022 (UTC)
Hey, could you please block Dmead321 from editing Southern New Hampshire University? The editor continually tries to insert himself as notable alumni. – Skywatcher68 ( talk) 16:09, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
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TO Ad Orientem ONLY
background I found an obvious error in how bio information form was rendering
i suggest emailing me if you can find my gmail. for an honest expansion
I give permission to search for my login via my IP. just don't give it to the elitist mod who belittled me three times and tripled down on the "our forms are perfect"
(spoiler, THEY'RE NOT)
:D
73.246.31.164 (
talk) 16:21, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
Would you have a moment to look at User talk:Btheweeknd#AT&T Stadium? This editor doesn't seem to be "getting it". Thanks! Magnolia677 ( talk) 22:19, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello, Ad Orientem,
We've been plagued today with an IP vandal from Indonesia whose been posting the same paragraph about child molesting on a lot of different articles. But I don't think Special:Contributions/2607:FEA8:F86:D990:0:0:0:0/64 is involved. They geolocate to Canada and they had the bad misfortune of reverting once TO the IP vandal's edit which they thought might be valid information. But they seem really perplexed to be caught up in this mess and I think they are clueless rather than guilty. Just thought I'd speak up on their behalf. Hope you have a great weekend! Liz Read! Talk! 02:38, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
Yes this is resuming from the edits he made to Cobra (soundtrack). Now there is no use of warning him. Also could you also please check MNWiki846. Is he the same user as MNWiki845? Theoder2055 ( talk) 15:41, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
Now also he is continuously adding unsourced or poorly sourced content in the page Cobra (soundtrack). Theoder2055 ( talk) 17:03, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
MNWiki846 is my old account which is now completely inactive. And I'am adding jio Saavn as a source to Cobra (soundtrack) MNWiki845 ( talk) 17:49, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello, Ad Orientiem, this is 121.100.19.195 asking you to help expand the articles from the years 1892 to 1933 by adding the provincial governors' names from Brazil from the articles of the years 1892 to 1933, if you can't talk to me talk to another user to help the user expand the articles from the years 1892 to 1933 by adding the provincial governors' names from Brazil, please, thank you. 121.100.19.195 ( talk) 21:06, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
---Years in Brazil--- 1892 in Brazil 1893 in Brazil 1894 in Brazil 1895 in Brazil 1896 in Brazil 1897 in Brazil 1898 in Brazil 1899 in Brazil 1900 in Brazil 1901 in Brazil 1902 in Brazil 1903 in Brazil 1904 in Brazil 1905 in Brazil 1906 in Brazil 1907 in Brazil 1908 in Brazil 1909 in Brazil 1910 in Brazil 1911 in Brazil 1912 in Brazil 1913 in Brazil 1914 in Brazil 1915 in Brazil 1916 in Brazil 1917 in Brazil 1918 in Brazil 1919 in Brazil 1920 in Brazil 1921 in Brazil 1922 in Brazil 1923 in Brazil 1924 in Brazil 1925 in Brazil 1926 in Brazil 1927 in Brazil 1928 in Brazil 1929 in Brazil 1930 in Brazil 1931 in Brazil 1932 in Brazil 1933 in Brazil
---Governors---
I want to recreate the article about Kino Indonesia. It's my pleasure for you to appreciate. Ridwan97 ( talk) 06:55, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
To save you the trouble of searching through history, Ad O, Ridwan97 has posted copies of this message to each of three administrators who deleted spam articles on this subject in 2016. There shouldn't be any problem with re-creating the article if the topic is notable (which I haven't checked). JBW ( talk) 08:36, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi,
you declined an RPP/I from me regarding pages of my bot,
User:ThePhantomBot, for being preemptive. I believe my request falls under
WP:UPROT with previous vandalism toward me providing a point to protection
.
[1] Though I did not make it clear at all in my request, I also believe that at least part of the request should not be considered preemptive.
My user page is fully protected due to vandalism, with my talk page being a frequent recipient, ( 1, 2, 3) demonstrating a frequent intent from vandals to vandalize pages related to me. Recently, those attempts spread to my bot's talk page, which I don't believe would be negatively affected by protection due to it being redirected to my unprotected talk page. While protecting the bot's talk page would decrease some vandalism, if only the bot talk page is protected vandals may chose to target other unprotected user pages of the bot as they've shown a willingness to look for other pages to vandalize by choosing to vandalize the bot's talk page instead of mine.
For those reasons I'd ask you to reconsider granting protection to
User talk:ThePhantomBot, and the other currently unprotected pages
User:ThePhantomBot/Bot notice,
User:ThePhantomBot/navbox, and
User:ThePhantomBot/reports/reportitem. My original request was for extended confirmed protection with the reasoning that it is extremely unlikely for any user to need to edit the pages other than myself and some vandals may affect them regardless, but if you'd prefer autoconfirmed protection until there is evidence of that sort of activity I'd understand.
PhantomTech[
talk
07:26, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
Please take a look at this user's response to my reversion of his addition of a commercial link to a food article: [18]. I have pretty gosh-darned thick skin, and this was so inappropriate in an encyclopedic environment that I need to turn it over to others. Thanks for your thoughts. - Julietdeltalima (talk) 15:22, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
About a month or so ago we spoke about User Talk:159.196.168.12 and how they have been vandalising rugby league pages but you said that nothing could really be done because the vandalism was not constant and it was also done through an IP Address. Well the vandalism has started again and despite two warnings they persist on doing it. I was asked by you if they start again to post on here. Sully198787 ( talk) 13:07, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi. Can you please put a substantially longer protection on the Joe Quesada page? Persistent vandalism on it continues, and it doesn't look like it's going to stop. Nightscream ( talk) 15:17, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I see you blocked the range 85.76.0.0/16 from editing Jet set (where they were repeatedly attempting to link some adult cam site) back in May. They're doing the same thing on Jet set (disambiguation) now. Can you add that page to their block list? Thanks! PohranicniStraze ( talk) 21:01, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
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Hello Ad Orientem, a constantly changing IP has returned to the Stalin (1992 film) page and resumed adding an external link of an outdated Wikipedia page to the section. It seems this may be connected to the 107.77.208.233 IP which you had banned previously for disruptive editing. Seloloving ( talk) 08:32, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
Hello Ad Orientem, you'll notice I'm retired--I hung the "black flag" on my user & talk pages--though I still look in here and there. (I did some Wiki Gnome copy editing for a number of years, so you probably don't know me.) I watched the mess unfold from the sidelines when you retired several years ago, and I believe you had good reasons for leaving. (I hung it up soon after.) I've wanted to ask you why you decided to return. I don't believe Wikipedia is worth the effort anymore: the barely-disguised personal and political biases of editors, for whom we're supposed to "assume good faith"; rudeness and incivility tolerated because the editors in question were "long-time editors"; RfAs that were absolute farces (opposing votes practically shouted down, the supporters posting "don't worry, they're going to pass anyway"); a systemic bias that showed itself in your episode a few years back. You seemed to me an honest, level-headed editor. If you have time, I wonder if you'd feel comfortable sharing your thoughts. Thanks. Foreignshore ( talk) 01:51, 9 August 2022 (UTC)
A couple of weeks ago you did me a huge favor by blocking 159.196.168.12 as they were changing team names and information. They have now resurfaced as 159.196.168.218 and are doing the same thing. Whoever this is they have been doing it on multiple different IP Addresses for well over a year now. I thought I would just bring it to your attention. Sully198787 ( talk) 10:39, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
Hi! On 26 May 2022 you blocked 2601:89:c700:bd50::/64 for 3 years for disruptive editing. It appears that this editor has reappeared on IP 47.21.209.2. For example, compare Special:Diff/1090018656 and Special:Diff/1104574696. All the edits by the new IP seem to be vandalism or serious CIR. CodeTalker ( talk) 19:46, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
Hello, Ad Orientem,
I hope you are well. I just wanted to let you know that when you restore a draft or sandbox that has been deleted due to CSD G13, you have to make a minor edit to the page or it immediately becomes eligible for deletion again because it's been more than 6 months since the draft has been edited and the page restoration doesn't count as an edit to the page.
But, of course, there are tools to help with this! If you expected to help out at WP:REFUND, it can be useful to use the script, User:SD0001/RFUD-helper, which will make these dummy edits for you. Thanks and have a good week! Liz Read! Talk! 00:52, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I've noticed you've blocked IPs in the 65.92.118.* range a number of times (I think most recently 65.92.118.198 in June for six months). It appears they're back as 65.92.118.137. I believe I've reverted their edits as of now but I figured I'd let you know since they haven't technically done enough for AIV yet, but I'm happy to report there if you can't get to it and they continue editing. I'm not sure if blocking the /24 makes sense, it seems they've been the only IP editor in that range since April 2020. See Special:Diff/1104640795 for one of their typical edits. Thanks! Skynxnex ( talk) 14:20, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
Thank you for your message @ Ad Orientem I am new at this and I think I need help. The information talking about key that happens in some countries in the caribbean is also the way we play in Haiti and maybe Puerto Rico but I don't know why this is not published as I did not see it and I don't know how to get to the page. I know what they call key is what we call Dekabès and what is called Capicu with an accent on the u in Puerto Rico. My source will be the fact that I grew in Haiti playing domino and this is how this game is played in the country everywhere. You can check the first blog I wrote about my game here which is one of the few game to acknowledge this way of playing domino. I would like to add that information in wikipedia's domino page and if there is a way that I can have full access to read everything on this page to make sure that everything I know about domino is there. Any way to meet and do some edit together will be greatly appreciated and will be used to add more information in wikipedia about Haiti mostly but also anything that I am comfortable working on. Dekabes Domino
Hey AO, I was wondering if you could clarify the wording on something. In 2020, you posted to the AE log: Das osmnezz is released with immediate effect from all editing restrictions originally imposed on 20 November 2017 and subsequently renewed. -Ad Orientem (talk) 1:03 pm, 3 July 2020, Friday (2 years, 1 month, 19 days ago) (UTC−4)[reply]
, the 2017 ban was for only a year and you imposed an indefinite ban on BLPs without approval from another editor etc... in 2019: Das osmnezz is subject to the following editing restrictions indefinitely, " You may not directly create any article about a living or recently deceased person as defined by BLP in the mainspace of the project. Any proposed new pages must be submitted as a WP:DRAFT to WP:AFC for review and approval. You may not make any edit to any article about a living or recently deceased soccer/football player without first having the edit proposed on the talk page of the article and then reviewed and approved by at least one editor with extended confirmed rights. When making an edit to a BLP article subject to this restriction you will name the editor who reviewed and approved your edit in the edit summary." -Ad Orientem (talk) 3:11 pm, 16 November 2019, Saturday (2 years, 9 months, 6 days ago) (UTC−5)[reply]
. Does this mean that only the 2017 restriction was rescinded or all of the restrictions?
PRAXIDICAE🌈 18:54, 21 August 2022 (UTC)
Never forget. - Ad Orientem ( talk) 17:11, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
Good day admin Ad Orientem! Can you extend the semi-protection of 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship until 11 September to protect it from future disruptive edits? Volley000 ( talk) 04:08, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
On 27 August 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Kallistos (Ware), which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai ( talk) 06:18, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
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You're killing it with the anti-vandal work. I see you all over the place, always making a difference. You deserve a break after blocking that last harasser, and luckily one of my dogs is throwing a pool party. ScottishFinnishRadish ( talk) 20:49, 27 August 2022 (UTC) |
Hi Ad O
Just requesting if you could move the above article back to Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation please?
The page was persistently being moved by an editor who has now been blocked as a sock, away from the long-term stable title. WP:RM has a clear instruction that controversial page titles be left at their original titles unless and until a discussion at RM is closed otherwise, and my prior moves were simply to revert to that longterm version, reversing the sock's actions, so I don't see it would be left otherwise for now.
Thanks — Amakuru ( talk) 07:27, 28 August 2022 (UTC)
Ad Orientem, IP range [19] appears to have found a way around your block at a new range: 2600:1017:B0BF:2E6:756D:ECD8:2232:1A25 ( talk · contribs), 2600:1017:B0BD:E8B6:181C:D853:B650:4953 ( talk · contribs). Cheers, 2601:19E:4180:6D50:0:0:0:71F0 ( talk) 10:35, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
After your protection of David Plummer (programmer) expired, the very next edit was the same vandal (posting from iiNET Limited in Adelaide, Australia). Is it possible to block a range of IPs from editing a particular page or is that just for registered users? This one looks like he isn't going to stop posting accusations regarding Plummer any time soon. -- Guy Macon Alternate Account ( talk) 22:15, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
Please do not revert an entire edit that includes many amendments, just because you disagree with a couple of them. Have the decency to change just the items with which you disagree, without deleting all the other improvements to the article. Please re-read what you have done to RMS Umbria and sort it out. Thankyou. Motacilla ( talk) 23:08, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
P.S. United Kingdom links to the article about the current UK of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. This is an anachronism for a ship scrapped before the 1921 partition of Ireland. Linking to United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, as I amended the article, was therefore correct. Motacilla ( talk) 23:16, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
Thankyou. Please restore all the other changes I made to the article, except the one about Govan if you violently disagree with it. WP:SHIPS did have a discussion about how much detail to include about the location of shipyards, and did reach a consensus on it. Please let me know if I was incorrect. Motacilla ( talk) 23:27, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
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Hi, I note that in April, you had blocked an editor seeking to right great wrongs on Katyn war cemetery. It seems the same editor has been trying to link to an outdated version of the page on Stalin (1992 film). I am not sure what exactly is going on here, but it seems rather pointless for me to ask for a block on ANI on a blockevading IP editor or seek page protection for such a minor matter. I considered explaining policy but decided not to engage after seeing the IP changed twice.
While I am fairly sure this is the same editor, I hesitate to ask the other editors involved on the war cemetery page to watch the movie page. I will leave this up to your judgement, thanks. Seloloving ( talk) 22:22, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
I saw you relisted today, but then closed as keep not long after? Why? And why no closing statement? None of the keep !votes that gave sources actually demonstrated independent SIGCOV per NSPORT (which explicitly excludes routine match recaps), and the other !votes had zero basis in the guidelines. Can you please relist again? JoelleJay ( talk) 22:43, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
Clearly some significant coverage, but no overriding consensus. The keep view wins the voting but doesn't really create a strong enough consensus right now with just the single source of significance presented.), [3], [4], [5] (including three !votes calling The Football Sack unreliable), [6], [7]
The "keep" arguments consist only of references to WP:NFOOTY, which presumes notability for high-level players. But this presumption is rebuttable, and it has been rebutted here: the "delete" side argues that the subject fails WP:GNG for lack of substantial coverage in reliable sources, and that argument has not been refuted (or mostly even addressed) by the "keep" side. Based on the strength of the arguments presented, in the light of applicable guidelines, we therefore have rough consensus for deletion.[8], [9], [10]
...The first keep vote rests solely on the premise that paying in the Egyptian Premier League is sufficient for notability when no league carries that presumption..., [11], [12]
Although opinions are divided, the "delete" arguments are significantly more convincing in the light of applicable guidelines. These guidelines have recently been revised to make it clearer that mere participation in high-level sporting events is not a guarantee for inclusion at the article level if a search for sources does not establish notability to WP:GNG standards.[13], [14]. Note that some of these were from before NFOOTY was deprecated; those same keep arguments weren't even persuasive then. JoelleJay ( talk) 05:59, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
Delete unless someone can provide evidence of significant coverage of this person in independent, reliable sources. Ping me if you do and I will gladly change my mind. The closing administrator should discount any !vote that fails to provide rock solid evidence of significant coverage of this person in independent, reliable sources. Arguments that overtly or obliquely reference NFOOTY should be rejected out of hand, because that SNG is defunct.I am genuinely baffled how the exact same arguments you said should be discounted then are now valid for this particular footballer, whose SIGCOV should be orders of magnitude easier to find (but hasn't). JoelleJay ( talk) 04:32, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
JoelleJay, the context is entirely different. When I comment on an AfD, I am offering my own personal assessment as just another editor. I choose to participate when I think that I have or can quickly develop an understanding of the topic, and can perform a credible search for reliable independent sources. As shown on my userpage, I often expand and improve articles I find at AfD. And my record shows that I do not hesitate to recommend deletion a large percentage of the time. But I did not comment on this AfD. I was not even aware of it until I was asked to comment by our friend Ad Orientem after the close. I have had no formal involvement whatsoever with this AfD. I was just expressing an opinion about the close when I was asked for it. Very different. I made it clear that I know little about association football and even less about the best sources for that sport. In 13 years of editing, I rarely comment on this sport because I am not a fan and am not well informed, although my two sons played at the lowest youth level in the US. I doubt if I have commented on more than a handful and usually when I see something disruptive going on. I remember commenting on one soccer related AfD years ago, but that had to do with San Francisco, which I have been studying for 50 years. If you or anyone else wants an informed opinion about mountaineering, please feel to ask, because that is the sport I know the best.
The role of an administrator when closing an AfD is to assess consensus without making a supervote or imposing their own personal notability philosophy on the debate. Administrators can certainly discount AfD "votes" that are untethered to policies and guidelines, but they should not be the arbiter when one editor says "this is significant coverage" and another editor says "no it isn't". To me, that strays into supervote territory, and that was the basis of my unofficial, after the fact comment.
I am well aware of the recent changes in the sports notability guidelines and support those changes. I am also aware of the stressful dynamics among editors who have a range of views on these issues, often passionately held. I truly think that it is advisable for editors who want to delete sports biographies to focus on the ample and abundant low hanging fruit, as it were, instead of choosing to go after biographies of young players at the very highest level of the sport. I think that approach provokes conflict unnecessarily. That is my personal opinion and I am entitled to express it when asked for my opinion. Cullen328 ( talk) 05:22, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
The closing administrator should discount any !vote that fails to provide rock solid evidence of significant coverage of this person in independent, reliable sources. Arguments that overtly or obliquely reference NFOOTY should be rejected out of hand, because that SNG is defunct.) should not be applied in this case. All of the keep arguments "obliquely reference NFOOTY", and the sources these !voters produced were either not
reliableand
independent, or amounted to a few sentences combined in routine match reports, so, far from
significant coverage.
I recently posted about an IP Vandal User:159.196.168.12 on Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. I followed all the protocols and the IP Vandal has gone past the final warning and continues to vandalise pages but no action was taken and the request was deleted. Can you please care to explain why no action was taken?. Whenever I put a foot wrong on Wikipedia, I am told off straight away?, why does this User continue to get a free pass?. Sully198787 ( talk) 17:01, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
You beat me to the block button for 2600:1700:3BD2:8C0F:0:0:0:0/64 by seconds. In view of the nature of the recent editing I was going to block talk page access, which you didn't. Having thought about it for a while, I decided to go ahead and change the block, but please revert if you don't agree. I am in two minds about adding a "block no talk" notice to the talk page of the last used IP address, and maybe even to the block notice. In general I think a blocked editor without talk page access should know how to request an unblock, but this time the editing is so very much 100% unconstructive that my guess is that the only effect would be for admins at UTRS to have to waste time dealing with trolling, so I'm inclined to leave it. However, let me know if you disagree. JBW ( talk) 16:02, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
I am replying on your talk page because I have a word limit on the Arbitration thread.
Since you are the first person who has asked the question, I would like to answer the question. I am a new editor. I have never edited Wikipedia prior to my first edit on this account.
I would like to provide an explanation for why it may seem like I am more experienced then a new editor.
I started reading Wikipedia regularly because of the current events page. I found that it provided a more global overview of the news on a given day.
One thing I later discovered was that each article on Wikipedia had a "Talk Page" where content on a page were discussed. It was quite interesting for me to see the discussions, since there were times when I felt the content on pages were not justified, and the discussions allowed me to see how the content had been decided.
After some time, it became a habit to just read the talk page with the main article, since it gave a degree of context to almost all articles. Over time, I started to pick up some of the abbreviations used, since they came up so much. That's why I've been able to use them sometimes when I edit.
Maybe you think what I've said is just a made-up story. I wouldn't blame you for thinking that, given my actions in the past few days. But if you use the technical tools that you detect sockpuppets and ban evaders with, you'll find that my profile will come up clean.
You may also consider the fact that I'd probably not have drawn attention like I've had if I really was trying to evade or avoid anyone, since that would have clearly been counterproductive. Carter00000 ( talk) 14:25, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
The recent request for Arbitration to which you were listed as a party has been declined, as the Committee felt it was premature. For the Arbitration Committee, firefly ( t · c ) 15:11, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
You recently declined a block on an Indian IP range, rightly citing collateral damage. Besides the immense among of sockpuppet evasion from that range (which I brought up here and at ANI), I have monitored that range and noticed roughly two in three edits are other vandalism, unsourced contributions, and BLP violations. Many are reverted by monitors of those respective pages. I was inclined against a range blocked in my SPI and ANI reports, but request additional consideration as neither process yielded more than wack-a-mole blocks and protections. Perhaps a similar extension in blocks to specific pages would fit the bill? If that is still unsatisfactory, I will continue reverting the sock IP editor's edits unless requested to do otherwise. Thank you and I appreciate the single IP block you did earlier. ~ Pbritti ( talk) 00:49, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
My many thanks. You're quite quick! ~ Pbritti ( talk) 18:21, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
If it is not much trouble, could you take some time to check the changes made to the page Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church by User:Pbritti in the last two months. All of his edits have no valid references/sources and these are all critical information about the church and the changes are mostly in the info box and leading section. After making all his critical edits he has asked you to lock the page.
Examples.
1. Founder of the Church : He has added the name of a Bishop , who is in no way regarded as the founder of the church. There is a discussion ongoing on the talk page , and no valid reference is still given. The current reference does not have the word "founder" nor suggest the church was "founded" by the said Bishop. This is the source/ reference he provided which is a private website which nowhere mentions a founder https://smiocbristol.org/vattasseril-thirumeni
2. Adding Foundation date as 1912 which is the date when "Catholicate" was established. After the establishment of Catholicate, the head of the church is designated with the title "Catholicos". How is a church "founded" when the church decided to establish a new designation for its bishop. Again the sources provided does not mention "founding of a new church" , but provides the date when the Catholicate was established.
3. Adding derogatory wordings which are outright false and nowhere in the source. 1) [
[15]] 2) [
[16]] . He wrote " However, the MOSC, often known as the "Orthodox party", are not fully recognized among Oriental Orthodox " and gave this source
https://www.firstpost.com/india/malankara-church-row-all-you-need-to-know-about-century-old-dispute-behind-high-drama-between-jacobite-orthodox-factions-in-kerala-7414211.html , where in this particlar source he provided is any mention of the communion of MOSC with other Oriental Orthodox Churches ?
Regarding Point 1 and 2 , a discussion is going on in the Talk Page and so far no valid references are provided. Here : Talk:Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church#31 August 2021
When sought for sources, this is what User:Pbritti did in my talk page. User talk:Zoticus777#SPA/MEATPUPPET . How can an editor with over 7000 edits , edit a page without valid sources and argue over it with other editors? Is changing words from "remains in" to "claims to" a good faith edit? [ [17]]
Could you please take some time and look at the sources , it wouldn't take more than 20 mins to verify the sources. Thank you. Zoticus777 ( talk) 07:27, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello Ad Orientem, I’m wondering if you could have a look at the contributions of User:Btheweeknd, specificially these article creations: To the Moon World Tour, Twelve Carat Tour, Reality Check Tour. I am seeking your input whether or not this may a case of UPE or COI.
Btheweeknd creates articles about concert tours that have not yet taken place and adds “citations” that are ticket sales or festival pass sales sites. This seems like unambiguous advertising and promotion, and the “citations” seem like spam links. When I have removed these, the editor adds them back again. When I asked why they are creating articles on concert tours that haven’t happened yet WP:FUTUREEVENT, they responded they are “not the only editor” who does.
I’ve asked if they are paid WP:UPE, they responded no. Yet, they have uploaded multiple official photographs of artists as their “own work”. I left a message about COPYVIO, and they said they were “unaware.” Please see their talk history for the multiple warnings that were issued by myself and several other editors (including you, as the blocking admin).
It seems there may be WP:COI as both artists he is currently promoting ( Kid Cudi and Post Malone) are represented by the Republic record label. The editor’s username is Btheweekend, and they state on their user page it’s because they are a fan of the entertainer The Weeknd, who is also, coincidentally, represented by the Republic record label.
I totally get it that fans are enthusiastic about supporting the artists they like, however it seems that they are here mainly to advertise, promote and sell tickets to concerts. WP:NOT, WP:PROMO and WP:SPAM may apply. Thank you in advance for your time, and please let me know if you would like to see diffs. Netherzone ( talk) 23:31, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I've extended your block there to six months, because edits on that range go back quite a way ... hope you don't mind. It's a /64 so there shouldn't be any major problems with that. I would have just monitored the edits on that range myself but they edit very prolifically and there could also be time zone issues. Graham 87 03:29, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
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T130439)There’s a user, Special:Contributions/73.246.31.164, who just decided that it’s a good idea to ridicule me over something that means nothing. I won’t go into detail, but I removed the stuff between me and this user as it was starting to get hostile. I’m not sure if what this user did is worth a block. I just want to stay safe on here. Dipper Dalmatian 16:15, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
Could you please improve Draft:Prima Class Cruise Ship. I can not get a link in here. You can access it from my user page History Buff1239ubj ( talk) 23:35, 11 July 2022 (UTC)
Hey, could you please block Dmead321 from editing Southern New Hampshire University? The editor continually tries to insert himself as notable alumni. – Skywatcher68 ( talk) 16:09, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
TO Ad Orientem ONLY
background I found an obvious error in how bio information form was rendering
i suggest emailing me if you can find my gmail. for an honest expansion
I give permission to search for my login via my IP. just don't give it to the elitist mod who belittled me three times and tripled down on the "our forms are perfect"
(spoiler, THEY'RE NOT)
:D
73.246.31.164 (
talk) 16:21, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
Would you have a moment to look at User talk:Btheweeknd#AT&T Stadium? This editor doesn't seem to be "getting it". Thanks! Magnolia677 ( talk) 22:19, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello, Ad Orientem,
We've been plagued today with an IP vandal from Indonesia whose been posting the same paragraph about child molesting on a lot of different articles. But I don't think Special:Contributions/2607:FEA8:F86:D990:0:0:0:0/64 is involved. They geolocate to Canada and they had the bad misfortune of reverting once TO the IP vandal's edit which they thought might be valid information. But they seem really perplexed to be caught up in this mess and I think they are clueless rather than guilty. Just thought I'd speak up on their behalf. Hope you have a great weekend! Liz Read! Talk! 02:38, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
Yes this is resuming from the edits he made to Cobra (soundtrack). Now there is no use of warning him. Also could you also please check MNWiki846. Is he the same user as MNWiki845? Theoder2055 ( talk) 15:41, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
Now also he is continuously adding unsourced or poorly sourced content in the page Cobra (soundtrack). Theoder2055 ( talk) 17:03, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
MNWiki846 is my old account which is now completely inactive. And I'am adding jio Saavn as a source to Cobra (soundtrack) MNWiki845 ( talk) 17:49, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello, Ad Orientiem, this is 121.100.19.195 asking you to help expand the articles from the years 1892 to 1933 by adding the provincial governors' names from Brazil from the articles of the years 1892 to 1933, if you can't talk to me talk to another user to help the user expand the articles from the years 1892 to 1933 by adding the provincial governors' names from Brazil, please, thank you. 121.100.19.195 ( talk) 21:06, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
---Years in Brazil--- 1892 in Brazil 1893 in Brazil 1894 in Brazil 1895 in Brazil 1896 in Brazil 1897 in Brazil 1898 in Brazil 1899 in Brazil 1900 in Brazil 1901 in Brazil 1902 in Brazil 1903 in Brazil 1904 in Brazil 1905 in Brazil 1906 in Brazil 1907 in Brazil 1908 in Brazil 1909 in Brazil 1910 in Brazil 1911 in Brazil 1912 in Brazil 1913 in Brazil 1914 in Brazil 1915 in Brazil 1916 in Brazil 1917 in Brazil 1918 in Brazil 1919 in Brazil 1920 in Brazil 1921 in Brazil 1922 in Brazil 1923 in Brazil 1924 in Brazil 1925 in Brazil 1926 in Brazil 1927 in Brazil 1928 in Brazil 1929 in Brazil 1930 in Brazil 1931 in Brazil 1932 in Brazil 1933 in Brazil
---Governors---
I want to recreate the article about Kino Indonesia. It's my pleasure for you to appreciate. Ridwan97 ( talk) 06:55, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
To save you the trouble of searching through history, Ad O, Ridwan97 has posted copies of this message to each of three administrators who deleted spam articles on this subject in 2016. There shouldn't be any problem with re-creating the article if the topic is notable (which I haven't checked). JBW ( talk) 08:36, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi,
you declined an RPP/I from me regarding pages of my bot,
User:ThePhantomBot, for being preemptive. I believe my request falls under
WP:UPROT with previous vandalism toward me providing a point to protection
.
[1] Though I did not make it clear at all in my request, I also believe that at least part of the request should not be considered preemptive.
My user page is fully protected due to vandalism, with my talk page being a frequent recipient, ( 1, 2, 3) demonstrating a frequent intent from vandals to vandalize pages related to me. Recently, those attempts spread to my bot's talk page, which I don't believe would be negatively affected by protection due to it being redirected to my unprotected talk page. While protecting the bot's talk page would decrease some vandalism, if only the bot talk page is protected vandals may chose to target other unprotected user pages of the bot as they've shown a willingness to look for other pages to vandalize by choosing to vandalize the bot's talk page instead of mine.
For those reasons I'd ask you to reconsider granting protection to
User talk:ThePhantomBot, and the other currently unprotected pages
User:ThePhantomBot/Bot notice,
User:ThePhantomBot/navbox, and
User:ThePhantomBot/reports/reportitem. My original request was for extended confirmed protection with the reasoning that it is extremely unlikely for any user to need to edit the pages other than myself and some vandals may affect them regardless, but if you'd prefer autoconfirmed protection until there is evidence of that sort of activity I'd understand.
PhantomTech[
talk
07:26, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
Please take a look at this user's response to my reversion of his addition of a commercial link to a food article: [18]. I have pretty gosh-darned thick skin, and this was so inappropriate in an encyclopedic environment that I need to turn it over to others. Thanks for your thoughts. - Julietdeltalima (talk) 15:22, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
About a month or so ago we spoke about User Talk:159.196.168.12 and how they have been vandalising rugby league pages but you said that nothing could really be done because the vandalism was not constant and it was also done through an IP Address. Well the vandalism has started again and despite two warnings they persist on doing it. I was asked by you if they start again to post on here. Sully198787 ( talk) 13:07, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi. Can you please put a substantially longer protection on the Joe Quesada page? Persistent vandalism on it continues, and it doesn't look like it's going to stop. Nightscream ( talk) 15:17, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I see you blocked the range 85.76.0.0/16 from editing Jet set (where they were repeatedly attempting to link some adult cam site) back in May. They're doing the same thing on Jet set (disambiguation) now. Can you add that page to their block list? Thanks! PohranicniStraze ( talk) 21:01, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
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Hello Ad Orientem, a constantly changing IP has returned to the Stalin (1992 film) page and resumed adding an external link of an outdated Wikipedia page to the section. It seems this may be connected to the 107.77.208.233 IP which you had banned previously for disruptive editing. Seloloving ( talk) 08:32, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
Hello Ad Orientem, you'll notice I'm retired--I hung the "black flag" on my user & talk pages--though I still look in here and there. (I did some Wiki Gnome copy editing for a number of years, so you probably don't know me.) I watched the mess unfold from the sidelines when you retired several years ago, and I believe you had good reasons for leaving. (I hung it up soon after.) I've wanted to ask you why you decided to return. I don't believe Wikipedia is worth the effort anymore: the barely-disguised personal and political biases of editors, for whom we're supposed to "assume good faith"; rudeness and incivility tolerated because the editors in question were "long-time editors"; RfAs that were absolute farces (opposing votes practically shouted down, the supporters posting "don't worry, they're going to pass anyway"); a systemic bias that showed itself in your episode a few years back. You seemed to me an honest, level-headed editor. If you have time, I wonder if you'd feel comfortable sharing your thoughts. Thanks. Foreignshore ( talk) 01:51, 9 August 2022 (UTC)
A couple of weeks ago you did me a huge favor by blocking 159.196.168.12 as they were changing team names and information. They have now resurfaced as 159.196.168.218 and are doing the same thing. Whoever this is they have been doing it on multiple different IP Addresses for well over a year now. I thought I would just bring it to your attention. Sully198787 ( talk) 10:39, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
Hi! On 26 May 2022 you blocked 2601:89:c700:bd50::/64 for 3 years for disruptive editing. It appears that this editor has reappeared on IP 47.21.209.2. For example, compare Special:Diff/1090018656 and Special:Diff/1104574696. All the edits by the new IP seem to be vandalism or serious CIR. CodeTalker ( talk) 19:46, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
Hello, Ad Orientem,
I hope you are well. I just wanted to let you know that when you restore a draft or sandbox that has been deleted due to CSD G13, you have to make a minor edit to the page or it immediately becomes eligible for deletion again because it's been more than 6 months since the draft has been edited and the page restoration doesn't count as an edit to the page.
But, of course, there are tools to help with this! If you expected to help out at WP:REFUND, it can be useful to use the script, User:SD0001/RFUD-helper, which will make these dummy edits for you. Thanks and have a good week! Liz Read! Talk! 00:52, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I've noticed you've blocked IPs in the 65.92.118.* range a number of times (I think most recently 65.92.118.198 in June for six months). It appears they're back as 65.92.118.137. I believe I've reverted their edits as of now but I figured I'd let you know since they haven't technically done enough for AIV yet, but I'm happy to report there if you can't get to it and they continue editing. I'm not sure if blocking the /24 makes sense, it seems they've been the only IP editor in that range since April 2020. See Special:Diff/1104640795 for one of their typical edits. Thanks! Skynxnex ( talk) 14:20, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
Thank you for your message @ Ad Orientem I am new at this and I think I need help. The information talking about key that happens in some countries in the caribbean is also the way we play in Haiti and maybe Puerto Rico but I don't know why this is not published as I did not see it and I don't know how to get to the page. I know what they call key is what we call Dekabès and what is called Capicu with an accent on the u in Puerto Rico. My source will be the fact that I grew in Haiti playing domino and this is how this game is played in the country everywhere. You can check the first blog I wrote about my game here which is one of the few game to acknowledge this way of playing domino. I would like to add that information in wikipedia's domino page and if there is a way that I can have full access to read everything on this page to make sure that everything I know about domino is there. Any way to meet and do some edit together will be greatly appreciated and will be used to add more information in wikipedia about Haiti mostly but also anything that I am comfortable working on. Dekabes Domino
Hey AO, I was wondering if you could clarify the wording on something. In 2020, you posted to the AE log: Das osmnezz is released with immediate effect from all editing restrictions originally imposed on 20 November 2017 and subsequently renewed. -Ad Orientem (talk) 1:03 pm, 3 July 2020, Friday (2 years, 1 month, 19 days ago) (UTC−4)[reply]
, the 2017 ban was for only a year and you imposed an indefinite ban on BLPs without approval from another editor etc... in 2019: Das osmnezz is subject to the following editing restrictions indefinitely, " You may not directly create any article about a living or recently deceased person as defined by BLP in the mainspace of the project. Any proposed new pages must be submitted as a WP:DRAFT to WP:AFC for review and approval. You may not make any edit to any article about a living or recently deceased soccer/football player without first having the edit proposed on the talk page of the article and then reviewed and approved by at least one editor with extended confirmed rights. When making an edit to a BLP article subject to this restriction you will name the editor who reviewed and approved your edit in the edit summary." -Ad Orientem (talk) 3:11 pm, 16 November 2019, Saturday (2 years, 9 months, 6 days ago) (UTC−5)[reply]
. Does this mean that only the 2017 restriction was rescinded or all of the restrictions?
PRAXIDICAE🌈 18:54, 21 August 2022 (UTC)
Never forget. - Ad Orientem ( talk) 17:11, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
Good day admin Ad Orientem! Can you extend the semi-protection of 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship until 11 September to protect it from future disruptive edits? Volley000 ( talk) 04:08, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
On 27 August 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Kallistos (Ware), which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai ( talk) 06:18, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
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You're killing it with the anti-vandal work. I see you all over the place, always making a difference. You deserve a break after blocking that last harasser, and luckily one of my dogs is throwing a pool party. ScottishFinnishRadish ( talk) 20:49, 27 August 2022 (UTC) |
Hi Ad O
Just requesting if you could move the above article back to Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation please?
The page was persistently being moved by an editor who has now been blocked as a sock, away from the long-term stable title. WP:RM has a clear instruction that controversial page titles be left at their original titles unless and until a discussion at RM is closed otherwise, and my prior moves were simply to revert to that longterm version, reversing the sock's actions, so I don't see it would be left otherwise for now.
Thanks — Amakuru ( talk) 07:27, 28 August 2022 (UTC)
Ad Orientem, IP range [19] appears to have found a way around your block at a new range: 2600:1017:B0BF:2E6:756D:ECD8:2232:1A25 ( talk · contribs), 2600:1017:B0BD:E8B6:181C:D853:B650:4953 ( talk · contribs). Cheers, 2601:19E:4180:6D50:0:0:0:71F0 ( talk) 10:35, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
After your protection of David Plummer (programmer) expired, the very next edit was the same vandal (posting from iiNET Limited in Adelaide, Australia). Is it possible to block a range of IPs from editing a particular page or is that just for registered users? This one looks like he isn't going to stop posting accusations regarding Plummer any time soon. -- Guy Macon Alternate Account ( talk) 22:15, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
Please do not revert an entire edit that includes many amendments, just because you disagree with a couple of them. Have the decency to change just the items with which you disagree, without deleting all the other improvements to the article. Please re-read what you have done to RMS Umbria and sort it out. Thankyou. Motacilla ( talk) 23:08, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
P.S. United Kingdom links to the article about the current UK of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. This is an anachronism for a ship scrapped before the 1921 partition of Ireland. Linking to United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, as I amended the article, was therefore correct. Motacilla ( talk) 23:16, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
Thankyou. Please restore all the other changes I made to the article, except the one about Govan if you violently disagree with it. WP:SHIPS did have a discussion about how much detail to include about the location of shipyards, and did reach a consensus on it. Please let me know if I was incorrect. Motacilla ( talk) 23:27, 31 August 2022 (UTC)