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I thought you reversion of my edit on Alien about R/GA has a production company was arrogant and controlling 86.14.189.55 ( talk) 15:37, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
Hi Canterbury, sorry to bother you but you're the only admin I could think of off the top of my head. Could you possibly do anything about the visibility of the two Personal Attack edits at RoboCop by the IP ending 184 that have been made today? THanks. Darkwarriorblake / SEXY ACTION TALK PAGE! 19:07, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
what did i do — Preceding unsigned comment added by PeaceLoverStephenTrue1111 ( talk • contribs) 22:27, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
Can I kindly know in which way it was lik 'people magazine' type edit that you reverted today. I request you to visit the public Image section on Kate Winslet's wikipage. Fitzwilliams ( talk) 06:42, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
Again me. I respect your duty and support. But do consider the editings require much work. Who would better known than you? Anyway, I will republish the section if you have seen such things on Kate Winslet's wikipage as I requested. If you find that wrong to, then revert those too. Fitzwilliams ( talk) 07:01, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
As you know I am only 17 days old on Wikipedia so I learnt just know ho to operate the talk page. I have opened a new topic 'the public Image section' there on the talk page of the article. Please come here and discuss with me. Don't mind me. Fitzwilliams ( talk) 12:08, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
You are very aggressive, little man. :( I just want to get along........ — Preceding unsigned comment added by PeaceLoverStephenTrue1111 ( talk • contribs) 16:39, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
A donation cannot be considered as a gossip. I guess you didn't like the money factor I mentioned. If I can upload the reverted one now without mentioning that factor, please tell me. Fitzwilliams ( talk) 23:39, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
And can I suggest you one thing, editors like you should be welcoming and helpful towards other editors. A few days earlier, you created objection about the public Image section and I haven't forgotten that. Today I see hundreds of wikipages being displayed with such things. Don't mind but your thought seem to be marginalized into your own self, you don't want to consider what other editors write on other wikipages and what other editors want to write on this page. I want to make the heartiest request to you that anyone has made before to you. I will republish the information but not the money factor and you will wait for five or six hours and see if any other editor with such responsibility as you display here, revert it or not. If I get reverted again by anyone except you, I will understand I have problems with myself. If not than I hope you will understand that you have issues with your choice of notability and information. Have a good day. Fitzwilliams ( talk) 00:17, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
@ Canterbury tail, thank you. I will mind the copy right policy further. Fitzwilliams ( talk) 02:27, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
@ Canterbury tail, I came for a suggestion. I found it logical to seek your advice before taking this to the respective talk page. I literally found nothing about his song. But I did find that it was written by Ali Thomson and sung by Jamie Dornan. But these information weren't found anywhere under Copyright law or permission. Even some websites showing relative news don't show anything when you enter into them. All I found is a YouTube video which states it doesn't own the song. So what should I do? Your advice will be precious. Fitzwilliams ( talk) 09:10, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
Okay. I opening a topic there right away. Fitzwilliams ( talk) 13:26, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
Who are you? Are you an Admin? A criminal? A virgin? A whore? Let me get to know you. Why are you harassing me?
Could you tell me why according to you it is not appropriate category?-- Nous ( talk) 17:32, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
I'm still not sure what you suggest. French had permission from Ottoman sultan to do archeological work and to take what they find? I know nothing about it, and seriously, they were at war with Ottoman Empire, so forgive me, but I really doubt it. They conquer and occupied alien country, do illegal digging, and remove artifacts. It is called looting. The Nazis in occupied Greece did the same thing sometimes, and everybody call it looting (and they did it not only in Greece) P.S. Forgive me that I don't wrote it on the article's talk page, but, by the way, you should answer on my talk page. Or bring it all to talk page of the article, if you want to be consequential. Whatever - we are where we are.-- Nous ( talk) 20:48, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
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First of all, thanks a bunch for your help in reverting nonsense across the encyclopedia, it's a big help. I noticed you reversion of an edit to Abroad in Japan where the subject's nationality was changed from British to English. The reversion was correct {Broad is a self-described "British Guy making videos in Japan"), though I fear the reasoning for reversion was a bit off. When I added Broad's nationality , I was careful to read up on Wikipedia:Nationality of people from the United Kingdom beforehand (as an American who prefers to tread lightly with the national identities of the UK). What settled it for me was the section Wikipedia:Nationality of people from the United Kingdom#Guide to finding UK nationality. Broad describes himself as British, so that's that, but shouldn't there be instances where it would be correct to say one's nationality is English? Cheers, ❯❯❯ Mccunicano ☕️ 22:39, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Sudipto Surjo's block expires and they immediate resume their disruptive conduct. Thank you. DÅRTHBØTTØ ( T• C) 02:01, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
Did you get caught in an edit conflict with this revert? — C.Fred ( talk) 23:54, 24 April 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for taking a hatchet to MMMC Architects. I tagged it with a PROD, but does it meet G11 (Unambiguous advertising or promotion) for a speedy delete? Cheers. Magnolia677 ( talk) 18:22, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
You will note that User Ddep96 (created on 1 May 2021 at 12:56) has made three edits to Wikipedia since the account was created the day before yesterday. Each has been to change 'County Londonderry' to 'County Derry' on the above page. I simply reverted the first one with a reference to 'WP:Londonderry" in the edit summary. The second time that it happened, I put links to the Wikipedia policy on the article's talk page and the user's talk page. I have just reverted the third edit with a link to the talk page.This may be a case of a new editor who simply reverts edits with which they do not agree, perhaps is not familiar with Wikipedia talk pages, or is not interested in discussing the issue/is not prepared to discuss it. I am keen to avoid falling foul of the three-revert rule. Would this page be a candidate for semi-protection? Alekksandr ( talk) 16:19, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
Blocked a sock of his, User talk:Samuel Collingsworth - I forget how to not ping someone and can't find anything to help me. Anyway, see their unblock request. Definitely Mikemikev. I don't see an SPI but there probably should be one now, what do you think? And should Collingsworth have tpa removed? Doug Weller talk 12:05, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
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Hey, let's be friends. Here Warhammer is referred as space opera. Really. I don't want to enter in bad discussion, offend you or get into lengthy discussions. I know my place. Really. Let's be friends. I know things must be sourced. Regards: Elan Morin Tedronai ( talk) EDIT: Also, here by Random House. Referred fully as space opera. Fully. I want to be friends. EDIT: This personal space opera website also refers Warhammer 40,000 novels as derived literature of the space opera genre. Also, I noticed you removed the side-bar on Space Western. Let's put at least some written examples? Regards: Elan Morin Tedronai ( talk)
Hello, I just wanted to communicate to you that flags are meant to be used for Pro boxing records. You can check references such as other boxers such as Tyson Fury or Dillian Whyte. The flags are used to show the nationality of the fighter and the location. Sebzsoccer ( talk) 13:51, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
Is was a pro fight despite the lack of skill between the fighters. I understand where your coming from and I’m glad the issue is resolved. Sebzsoccer ( talk) 15:22, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
OK, I'm sorry. Really. I thought it was, considering Honorverse is. Sorry. I'll try not to happen again. Sometimes it's hard to distinguish both genres: military and space opera. Considering that sometimes fiction happens in space. I'll try to be better. Just show me civilized the way. I know I'm long term editor. Almost 20 years. Regards: Elan Morin Tedronai ( talk)
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You reverted my small edit to improve the time context of the plot synopsis on The Expanse. You asserted dates were never clear. That is incorrect. I viewed Eps. 1-3 (season 1) of the series today, and the23rd century bit was actually written on-screen, in one of those episodes. I believe it was Ep.1, near the beginning of the episode.
I don't care about it that much, so am not pushing it beyond this comment setting you straight. But your assertion is not correct; and the synopsis would be better with my edit left in it. Cheers. N2e ( talk) 00:28, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
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Please explain, given that we are currently in the midst of the discussion on WP:External links/Noticeboard § Archive.org hosting of copyrighted material, why you have posted this copyvio to my talk page. Thank you. Fabrickator ( talk) 11:50, 14 July 2021 (UTC)
I'm not sure of the best course of action over there. What do you think? Ghmyrtle ( talk) 08:01, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
Hi Canterbury. You have removed some of the nice new temperature bar charts from some articles. You wrote that they are lacking a scale. However, the scale is available via Commons. Just click on the bar chart. You might have overlooked that information? Maybe you want to add the figures again yourself? DiagramLover ( talk) 14:00, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
Greerings, CT. I'm messaging you because I noticed you editing Age of Sigmar. Do you know of any sort of Wikiproject for Warhammer or related wargagming? If not, do you know more active users interested in Warhammer who I could contact? I noticed that articles related to the game often read like advertisements and have poor sourcing, yet there's a ton of RS available in media coverage on the game. A lot of improvements could be done, but it will take a lot of work. MezzoMezzo ( talk) 12:01, 25 July 2021 (UTC)
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Why have all my recent edits you have changed something on the same page I have? Are you getting notifications when I contribute something? Honestly I am curious, I am new to the wiki scene.
Don’t worry he does that he is following me too trying to get pages I made deleted Australianblackbelt ( talk) 16:28, 1 November 2021 (UTC) Australianblackbelt ( talk) 16:28, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
Perhaps a page block from that article for 86.22.7.79 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) might be a good idea please? FDW777 ( talk) 10:41, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
This sort of thing. There's quite a lot of it alongside many good edits. I see you on the editor's Talk page too. I do feel somewhat concerned but I'm unclear whether action is appropriate ... I'm not really up for tackling it myself. I might go on watching for a while too and see how things develop. Thanks for your vigilance. Best wishes DBaK ( talk) 21:11, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
Hello CanterburyTail, just thought the following may be of use to you: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Martial_arts#Felix_Leong https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Felix_Leong_and_Maurice_Novoa.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Australianblackbelt#Please_do_not_advertise_on_Commons /info/en/?search=User_talk:Richie_Campbell#Mrs_Globe_Australia_2016_in_The_Latin_Australian_Times
I believe my edit shouldn’t of been changed as it remained accurate while avoiding political bias in a very tense political situation whereas your ‘correction’ does not. I changed the description of Slaghtaverty from being near Maghera in Londonderry to being near Maghera in Ulster, this is still an accurate and correct description. I will admit it is slightly less precise but only slightly and the reader should have no trouble finding the location based on my description, the reason I replaced ‘Londonderry’ with Ulster is that all communities across the island of Ireland agree on Ulster as the location, whereas the Name of Derry/Londonderry is both colloquially and legally recognised differently depending on your political and ethnic background or which state of Ireland you’re in (Northern or Republic), Londonderry is equally as correct as Derry yet moderators seem to insist that Londonderry has preference over Derry, wars where fought over issues like this and violence continues to this day, I feel it’s only respectable to avoid the county when describing the location of Slaghtaverty and it would be pedantic to insist on being so specific especially since it’s close proximity to Maghera was already mentioned Michael Murfie ( talk) 14:17, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
For context this was regarding the Abhartach page Michael Murfie ( talk) 14:26, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
Hi! I stumbled across one of the articles that you nominated for deletion. I agree that the article should be deleted, but your explanation brought up a question for me. Is a history of COI a reason to delete an article? I have been only looking at the article itself and not the editor who created it, but you and the other voter both brought up COI. I want to make sure that I am properly evaluating articles, so I thought I would ask. I really appreciate your help in making me a better editor! FiddleheadLady ( talk) 17:12, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
Hello, could I please alert you to the fact that 69.113.129.208 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is still edit warring on American Airlines, although you have blocked them for 24 hours. Perhaps a longer block is required? Regards, David J Johnson ( talk) 11:41, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
They're back! BilCat ( talk) 02:17, 12 September 2021 (UTC)
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Sorry I put my comments/request up top. Palisades1 ( talk) 03:51, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
Hi - the reason given for your revert on the 1981 Irish hunger strike page (2 Sept 2021) "Irish prisoners who died on hunger strike" on the page - was "already in more appropriate and specific subcategory". I assume you mean that you feel that the existing category "Hunger strikes" was more user friendly than the category "Irish prisoners who died on hunger strike".
Looking at the category Hunger strikes - in order to get to the listing of all of the Irish prisoners who died on hunger strike (20th century) a reader will need to access another page "List of hunger strikes" and then will find an incomplete listing of Irish prisoners who died on hunger strike.
The most appropriate and specific subcategory for a full listing of 20th century Irish hunger Striker deaths is the one that was reverted: Irish prisoners who died on hunger strike.
I think our goal is to provide readers simple access to the information.
Please reconsider your revert. Thanks for your consideration.
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Could you please have a word with this IP (who is obviously the same editor that you blocked previously for disruptive editing)? Thanks. M.Bitton ( talk) 22:06, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
If you got time and are interested ... Talk:Reform Party of Canada#political position.-- Moxy- 21:47, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
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Hi, the discussion has gotten long and slightly difficult to follow because of the number of participants, but I have replied to you on the Starship Troopers Talk page. Basically, I refer to the references provided by Schazjmd. Koikefan ( talk) 20:50, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
Since they admit to being a sockpuppet, could you block their current IP please? FDW777 ( talk) 14:18, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
Check your facts the news reports on Leong are certainly not local we have no local news TV channels in Australia they are channels 10, 9, SBS, 7, ABC Leong has been on prime time 3 times which is more than any other Australian martial artist this decade, As for the LATIN AUSTRALIAN TIMES that was a NATIONAL NEWSPAPER delivered to all state in the country. You have little idea about what is local or national in Australia as for the articles I've created I have made over a dozen, Leong is not my LAST article that remains . Your vendetta against me is childish and Leong will be restored as he will be featured in national news sources again next month on his birthday. get a life mate Australianblackbelt ( talk) 00:15, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
https://web.archive.org/web/20170216082414/http://latinaustralian.com.au/ this newspaper was supported by all 13 consulates and embassies of Spanish speaking countries in Australia and was delivered to all states, look at the journalists they are award winners yet you say its a local news letter with no journalistic oversite why spread such nonsense Australianblackbelt ( talk) 19:14, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
In fact you had all LAT sources deleted without proper discussion Australianblackbelt ( talk) 19:28, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
Nobody answered you call on the notice board about LAT what are you on about Australianblackbelt ( talk) 21:30, 1 November 2021 (UTC) Australianblackbelt ( talk) 21:30, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
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Hello, I'm Binaza. Can you please help me review what's going on, on this page? The second paragraph is wrongly cited as the references used, doesn't show verifiability. ◢ Binaza! ( talk) 23:35, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
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Hi, you had blocked User talk:ਕਿਸਾਨੀ ਜਿੰਦਾਬਾਦ for 24 hours for Edit warring recently for a period of 24 hours. However, the user is back to edit warring and making disruptive edits at 2017 elections in India as soon as the block period was over.
The user has been making the same incorrect edit again and again - (1), (2) and (3). The user has also disrupted the table under section 'State legislatures' here. The map has been specifically made for the page 2022 elections in India and the user is deliberately adding it to the wrong page. The user does not respond to warnings on the talk page as well. Would you please check this out? Thanks. Dhruv edits ( talk) 01:46, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I added a one sentence citation to a new book I read that consists of articles and essays about the James Bond books translated now from what were Iron Curtain countries. This was immediately deleted as "not notable" by a user w/o a user page and then, after I reverted, another user who clearly had not read the book deleted it. I have read the book, it is by Ian Fleming's nephew, James Fleming. It includes translations from East European counties of essays written about Bond. You suguessted I take this to the James Bond "Talk" page, which I did. Neither of them have responded. What do you suggest I do next? I don't see what these two did as an edit war...more like vandalism from people who did not take the time to read the book. Thank you. Kmccook ( talk) 15:07, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
The book just came out and I read it last week. These essays were in Russian, Polish, etc. and not known to the West. Their cultural impact on the former Iron Curtain nations cannot be assessed until we have responses from their literary establishments. Kmccook ( talk) 23:10, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
Hi CT, was startled to see you blocked, but then I saw the reason. Hoping that you and your family are okay. GeneralNotability ( talk) 15:08, 27 November 2021 (UTC)
The reason I believe you had a vendetta against me was you had Felix Leong the Australian Wing Chun master deleted but didn’t touch Jim Fung who has stuff all sources and has never been on TV like Felix. Australianblackbelt ( talk) 22:13, 30 November 2021 (UTC) Australianblackbelt ( talk) 22:13, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
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Look, I'm not interested in getting involved in an edit war with you, so I'm not going to revert your edit again. I do however think that you're misguided in your belief about the Irish government using the term "British Isles". In an Oireachtas debate, the Minister for Foreign Affairs said that "[t]he Government, including the Department of Foreign Affairs, does not use this term." [5] You are also wrong to say that the term Atlantic Archipelago is only used in an "obscure academic text" - it is increasingly common. That said, I don't have any particular attachment to the phrase: Britain and Ireland, the Anglo-Irish Isles, or the British-Irish isles are all equally fine to my ears. Moreover, the academic text in question you referenced was published in 1975, whereas this has been an issue that has gone longer. In 1954, the UN office in Geneva apologised for using the term, and promised not to do so again in future. The US State Department changed from using the term "British Isles" and instead started using "United Kingdom and Ireland" in 1958. [6] The Good Friday agreement completely avoids the term, opting for the very diplomatic "these islands". [7]
I'm trying to remain polite, but I will say that I personally find the term "British Isles" insensitive at best and outright offensive at worst. Even so, I don't have an issue with it's use on pages relating primarily to areas within the U.K., but on pages that are primarily related to Ireland, I think forcing the use of the term "British Isles" bery genuinely constitues a form of
cultural colonialism. Some articles are written in American English, others British English, and others Hiberno-English. I urge you to reconsider changing this term on pages that are primarily going to be of interest to people who may find the term offensive, when inoffensive alternatives do exist.
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To be clear, I'm not asking for a restoration here (I don't think that's worth the bother), I just want to make sure we're on the same page. Thanks! stwalkerster ( talk) 22:59, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Good catch with the sock who's been "fixing" WP:NOTBROKEN redirects since last April. I spotted a spate of similar accounts last summer and helped guide them patiently as you did here, but they persisted and were indef blocked for their own actions without a SPI. I suspect others may be around but the nature of their edits makes them difficult to spot. Certes ( talk) 22:13, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
My talk page is not a place for defences of trolling and bad faith editing, if anyone uses it for that purpose it's going to be removed. Complaining about any commit messages relating to that IMHO takes some cheek, IMHO, and I'm going to consider any attempt at retaliation using admin processes a misuse of those processes and respond accordingly. Artw ( talk) 23:28, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
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You recently reverted Rebroad ( talk · contribs) for a nonsense edit, which they're continuing to revert back to. I read the associated source and it's not even debatable. I was going to raise it at ANI but the previous thread has been archived and I'm unsure of the correct way to reopen it. What would your advice be? Cheers. – 2. O. Boxing 11:05, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
Template talk:Infobox country#electricity. Was added in 2019 with zero talk. Moxy- 23:00, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
Re removal of bold face from placenames in 1st para of Mere, Wiltshire ... it was probably me that added it, following the guidance at MOS:BOLDREDIRECT ... "Terms which redirect to an article or section are commonly bolded when they appear in the first couple of paragraphs of the lead section". Seems to be helpful to readers who arrive through a redirect, to reassure them that they got to the right article. -- Wire723 ( talk) 17:03, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
kinda new to editing so idk if this is the right place to ask this but why shouldnt it include the fact that its the largest city? including the largest city bit would make it consistent with the descs of: london, boston, paris, mexico city, moscow, columbus, and more that i havent listed
it doesnt matter or anything i just want to know so i dont make the same mistake in future edits Cpquinn0903 ( talk) 23:46, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
I understand that and read the information short descriptions. My question is more about why it’s sufficient for Tokyo but not sufficient with the other cities I originally mentioned. You could say the same thing about London, Moscow, or Paris, and yet they all include the fact that it’s the largest city. Cpquinn0903 ( talk) 13:34, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
Alright, thanks for the info :) Cpquinn0903 ( talk) 13:47, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
If anything, you're not the only one who made the same silly mistake. Doesn't change the rest, but hey, at least something to laugh at a bit. If you want something else to laugh at I'd recommend the "Short-Tempered Clavier" :) Cheers, RandomCanadian ( talk / contribs) 15:22, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
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Greetings! If you have time, your help is required here. There is Rooveaouravevo who doen't want cooperate, but only promotes his OR and POV: [8], [9] even after numerous attempts [10], [11] to explain to him that is not how it works here. After that account started enage in insults and personal attacks as you can see: [12] and here [13]. TyronMcLannister ( talk) 14:41, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
I think you earned your admin-salary today. Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 20:20, 20 April 2022 (UTC) |
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Fantastic job. I see how well you have dealt with that difficult situations. Good work. Keep it up. Hajrakhala ( talk) 21:10, 20 April 2022 (UTC) |
Hi, there's a new user disruptively editing Rachel Fury. Would it be be possible for some help dealing with this? Also is this a situation where asking for page semi-protection is appropriate rather than just asking to ban them (just trying to understand options here). Thanks Sciencefish ( talk) 11:04, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
Hi there. I understand the podcast name that was added in Jamie Dornan doesn't have a Wikipedia article, but it was discussed in The Guardian. And doesn't the notablity depend on whether it was discussed in a reliable source? I don't understand why it was reverted based on insignificance. 123.253.65.5 ( talk) 16:40, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
Okay. Thanks for the reply. Fitzwilliams ( talk) 21:39, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
Hi Canterbury Tail, There's an open-proxy IP user continuously removing a "further reading" from the article on Ghalib. I suspect it is the recent disruptive user that you blocked. In that case, can you please protect this page for a certain period of time? Regards, ─ The Aafī on Mobile (talk) 17:43, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for reverting my edit re Eurolines and Canterbury. Having done some more digging, I can see Eurolines are still operating in the UK, but I can't see any evidence that the coaches still call at Canterbury Dupont Circle ( talk) 14:20, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for the tips re adding Irish translations this evening. In relation to sources evidencing use of the relevant translation, you advised the following on Bar of Northern Ireland:
This doesn't appear to be supported by WP:IMOS, which says:
WP:IMOS appears to indicate that a statement by a Government Minister using the relevant translation of the name of a Professional Regulatory Organisation in an official government statement would be sufficient evidence of usage, and the source used in the reference doesn't have to be the organisation itself? Gatepainter ( talk) 20:33, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
I'm going to blame the cat for that random italic text! Nfitz ( talk) 17:23, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
Just a heads up: re this, "Republic of Ireland" is not in the Irish Constitution, although it is prescribed by Irish statute law, i.e. the Republic of Ireland Act 1948. Scolaire ( talk) 14:55, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
Please see my points on the discussion on my talk page regarding the general notability of buses in Baltimore. For anything related to the LocalLink 80 route in particular, the talk page for that article would be a better place for it. I will prioritize it since it has been highlighted first but bear in mind that there are quite a lot of topics to update, some related to this one, which will take some time. If you are wondering what makes the 80 distinct in short is that it is one of the most frequently running and highest ridership routes in the network despite not being functionally classified with the rest of the high frequency network, and the path the route takes itself is unique because of its deviation from the "spoke and hub" model of the network as well as going through a particularly unusual portion of the street grid and serving a number of neighborhoods that are not served by another route. (These neighborhoods, like many in Baltimore, are where the majority of the population does not drive. I would argue that this route has more relevance than most highway routes in Maryland, many of which are not even signed or referred to as highway routes. The bus argument might make more sense in cities that are more car-dependent.)
If there are any particular types of sources or information you would like to see in bus articles to improve them, let me know. I have a collection of print material on Baltimore bus transit, so I may be able to point you to something if you have a question that can't be answered with a Google search. (I scan them but PDF scans aren't ideal for search indexing even with OCR). -- Middle river exports ( talk) 02:24, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
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Hello,
Although a long time ago now, you did once offer to help me with matters of understanding site policiy and I believe I could use that now. User MagicAllium has yesterday made an amount of disruptive edits such as removing content because it is 'lame' or removing entire sections because they disagree with the grammar. I posted warnings on their talk page but they just removed them all and didn't acknowledge it and attempting to talk to them on my talk page led to them not responding to any points being made. My understanding is that after this I am to turn to ANI which I have done but it had been 12 hours and no one has engaged with my posting there.
Do you have any advice as I can't see what else to do from here? Dubarr18 ( talk) 06:18, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
Apologies but in regards to their edits on the String of Pearls I can't see how those edits are valid, especially when the only reason being given is grammar issues and elsehwere they fixed and improved an identical section on other pages. In regards to talk pages I can attempt it in future but any attempt to add anything to their talk page has just had them ignore and remove it making it difficult to have any proper conversation. Dubarr18 ( talk) 13:02, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
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I was told to come to an administrator because I mistakenly removed edits on my user talk pages. They said only am admin can revert it. Please revert mine to show my user boxes thanks so much,and please ping reply,cheers. Uricdivine ( talk) 11:58, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
Dear friend, I noticed your comment on the Rory Gallagher (Gaelic footballer) page about the Irish version of names in the source code (and Gallagher is "Ó Gallchóir", a *very common surname in Ulster Irish). I don't know if this issue may not be a minefield, for 95% of names in Ireland have the original Irish version they came from. The pages for Liam Watson (hurler) and DJ Carey have the 'correct' Irish version ‐ certainly Watson's. During Irish-language commentary, I've heard these names, although those people may only occasionally refer to themselves in Irish, if at all. Hence, what advice would you give on how best to proceed, and apologies if you know all this already! Regards, Billsmith60 ( talk) 14:10, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
I recently reverted some edits ( see here for example) because the consensus seems to be that the tables are borderline if not outright inappropriate on smaller articles like that, unless the "width-auto" is used and it's collapsed, in which case there seems to be no issue amongst editors for its inclusion. However the editor I reverted keeps readding the tables without addressing these issues and without attempting to make any discussion once it's known there's an issue with the content. I tried to fix them myself but was unable to do so. I did notice that you seem to be able to make the edits in a way that works, so I wanted to point out my edits because if you are able to make the changes, please feel free to revert me so that the problems with the tables are fixed. I'm certainly not asking you to do work for me or create work for you, it's just that I wasn't able to make it work, I honestly don't know what I was doing wrong when I attempted to fix it myself. Thanks. - Aoidh ( talk) 18:33, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
In roughly 50 years time. All pronouns will no longer be used, as every group in society will find something offensive about them. GoodDay ( talk) 21:45, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
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You reverted my change on the Orphan Black page. Having taught courses on applied ethics (one called "Moral Problems of Contemporary Society") for many years at university, I know something about the subject. The terms "morals" (from Latin) and "ethics" (from Greek) are commonly used interchangeably, even by scholars. Where a distinction is being made (e.g., using "ethics" to refer specifically to the study of right and wrong conduct), the distinction should be made clear to the reader. The present links to the Wikipedia entries don't do much to clarify what distinction may be intended in this case. I made the change I did because I find that the present wording is likely to muddy the water for the average reader. Scales ( talk) 02:17, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
Here. /info/en/?search=Northern_Ireland_Protocol LeicesterToNottingham123 ( talk) 20:33, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I'm the creator of an article you were involved in the discussion of, Loch Naver. As you can see here we never came to a conclusion. Since I want to revamp Loch Naver after my block I want your perspective regarding whether the settlements we discussed should be included in any shape or form in the final article? And if not why? N1TH Music ( talk) 16:32, 21 August 2022 (UTC)
I checked RootOfAllLights talk and saw warnings for vandalising the swastika page in multiple other sections going back at least a year. The adding of the symbol may be a recurring issue. At the very least, the vandalising of the page is. I don't have time to check the specific edits they were previously warned for rn Stephanie921 ( talk) 01:05, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
User_talk:RootOfAllLight#December 2020 goes back almost 2 years, and even at that point the behaviour was described as having been done for "quite a long time". Stephanie921 ( talk) 01:09, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
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Hello, Canterbury Tail! Can you pay attention to this discussion please. I was forced to start this discussion due to the removal of sources from the Hazaras article. I would be very grateful if you could take your time. KoizumiBS ( talk) 17:05, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
Can i donate Wikipedia monthly basis Bijender dutta ( talk) 13:59, 19 September 2022 (UTC)
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Hello. I would like to make a request for an account. I have already done three times there, to no avail (did not even get a response on my e-mail once). If you could help me with this, I would be more than thankful. Thank you in advance for your time. 2A02:1388:208E:4ED0:3D12:FBF9:E54D:10AD ( talk) 14:17, 1 October 2022 (UTC)
Just after the block expired our friend is back. He has been adding improper categories to transit pages and actors' biographies: in the case of the former, he adds the "List of rolling stock" category to pages that are not lists; for the latter, he adds filmography categories to pages that are not filmographies. I reverted and warned him but if prior habits persist I'm sure he'll continue to do it. Happy to post to WP:ANI when that happens if you'd prefer I handle it there but thought you'd might like to know since it seems you've been following this user. Wallnot ( talk) 23:25, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
Many thanks for your revision on the Flybe page. I will look for a source on the two aircraft in question ASAP. I am still very new to Wikipedia so am just getting to grips with many of the courtesies and guidelines which are in place! Regards. C F Spring ( talk) 18:33, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
If you looked, you can see I only removed the underscores, and in no way changed the spelling or meaning of your post. I only do this when it creates a lengthy link that forces the page to compress to left, making reading and navigation difficult. I have done this numerous times, going back years, and you are the very first editor to make an issue of it, ever. It would actually be considerate of you to remove the underscores yourself, going forward, but as for this edit, as you really didn't have a reason to revert, and the purpose of my edit was for accessibilty, which you have now been made aware of, I will kindly ask that you now self-revert. Thanks - wolf 21:52, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
There is a part where TPO states: "Cautiously editing or removing another editor's comments is sometimes allowed..." and it continues with a section that leads off with:
"Examples of appropriately editing others' comments", one of which is:
"Fixing format errors that render material difficult to read. In this case, restrict the edits to formatting changes only and preserve the content as much as possible. Examples include:", and it goes on to list several examples, ending with "etc.".
This of course meaning that the list is not exhautive, there are other possible exceptions, (such as simply removing underscores when they cause issues with reading and/or navigation, and that have absolutely no effect on meaning).
I would think that idea is this section just can't list every possible exception. I would also think that for some unlisted items, like the situation we have here, the hope is that two editors can be reasonable and collaborative, that they would review, discuss and come to an agreement. I'm not sure why that isn't happening here. You again refer to how the page looks to you, but what about how it looks to other people? Perhaps editing on a different device? Or that have other issues and factors at play, that simply lead to a different result?
I made the edit and you reverted it. Ok, some people are like that, but I then explained it, and now, look at all the effort we've expended here... this is pointless. Surely you agree we could be putting all this time and effort to better use, no?
We've both been on WP a long time, I don't recall ever having a dispute with you, so I don't think this is personal. So really, I'm kinda at a loss as to why you want to pursue a conflict here, instead of just letting it go and moving on. - wolf 08:33, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
...so unless you can provide a policy reason to refactor someone else's talkpage comment, with a reason and evidence that it's necessary, do not alter other's talk page comments that are not broken." - that right there tells me you are not reading my replies above, or choosing to ignore whatever in them that doesn't suit you. I provided several quotes, highlighted in color, from TPO that support the change I made. I did not "refactor" your comment, I simply removed the underscores, and I explained why, repeatedly: that they were causing an issue with the page. So you have chosen to revert, yet again, and oddly chose to cite TPO, (I've provided quotes from TPO, you haven't), and EW, (you're a revert ahead of me, and you provided no reason for your reverts. Actually read WP:EW, as well as H:RV, WP:RV, WP:ROWN & WP:OWN.) I made an edit to fix a problem. Just becuase you don't see it, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. It's a reasonable edit to make, supported by the guidelines. You, otoh, have not provided a single, worthwhile reason to revert, making your edits purely disruptive.
Thank you for that response. As to not being clear, I apologize for that and I will try to clarify now: the issue does not appear when I use my laptop, but does appear when I use my android smartphone, in desktop mode. In read view, when there is a wikilink with underscores in every space, creating one long string of characters, it extendes past the normal page width on the right, causing the page to compress to the left. The longer the link, the more it compresses, making the text smaller. This also creates room for the page to scroll left and right, as well as and down. When you are navigating on a small screen by thumb, it's now not just matter of sliding up and down, but you also need to continually correct to the left. When there are lenthy url strings, they are automatically broken to fit to the screen size, to they don't cause the same problem. This is different in edit mode, however, where both wikilinks and urls extend past the normal screen width to right, causing the navigation problem, but at least here there is no compression.
I assure you, this is not "nit-picking". I suppose I just figured this was an issue that only appears in the particular circumstance of editing with a smartphone, in desktop mode. Whenever I'm editing a page, for whatever reason, and come across these extended wikilinks, I sometimes just simply remove the underscores, which improves both navigating and reading. To me, this is a legitimate improvement. I've done this on busier pages, such wikiproject talk pages, and the busiest of them all, ANI, and as I said, no one has ever made an issue of it, not even in the slightest. I have not inquired about it at a venue such as VP/T (or at least, I haven't yet... I may have at some point). I believed that was because others were also aware of this issue and knew that I was only removing the underscores to fix it. So now, the question is: can you accept that I was making a legitimate edit, as outlined here, and covered in TPO, (as well as a possible access issue), or do you still think I'm needlessly chasing after underscores as some kind of pet peeve, and making up the page issue as an excuse? I can assure you it is the former, not the latter. I fully realize that editing another editor's comment, especially a second time, without a legitimate reason, is just asking for a block, and I'm not looking to get blocked.
As for the Titanic talk page, after the edits that have been made since, the link in question now defaults to the left side, casuing less extension to the right, and making the compression minimal. (But for me, it is still there). In edit mode, the navigation issue is still there, but there is also a long IPv6 signature, so (afaik) not much to be done. (It makes a difference where such links are, and whether editing threads vs full page). To be honest, if that wikilink was in it's current position when I first edited the page (answering an edit request), I probably wouldn't have bothered with it. At any time, if the compression in read mode is mimimal, or there are also lengthy urls and/or IPv6 signatures in edit mode, then I usually don't bother with any wikilinks extended by underscores.
So there, sorry about the length, but I wanted to try and clearly explain the issue, what I've done (so far) because of it, and why. I hope I've now done that. And, as I've done in my previous posts, I still want to try and maintain some goodwill going forward. Have a nice day - wolf 15:24, 26 October 2022 (UTC)
Hi! Not sure where best to report this, nor if you can do anything about this (though noting you were the one who blocked him recently here), but Accassidy has been making the same kind of edits to Simple English Wikipedia as those he was blocked for here on en.wiki, see simple:Special:Contributions/Accassidy. I would have responded to the original ANI discussion about it, but I just realised this after the discussion was closed unfortunately. Monster Iestyn ( talk) 02:27, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
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Hi, CT. As a Friendly Local Administrator, could you look at UCL Press, please? Looks like a copy/paste job (hopefully, COI edit if not).
For UCLP to have its own article is uncontroversial IMO (when I created it as a redirect to UCL, it was a quick'n'dirty fix that I forgot to come back to). So the question re the means rather than the end. Is a null edit giving attribution enough or does it have to be done 'properly'? 𝕁𝕄𝔽 ( talk) 16:27, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
Why did you remove the infobox Michelin star from the article K Club? It is part of a series where all restaurant with a historical Michelin star have that infobox. The star is sourced. The Banner talk 18:08, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
Please see User talk:99.233.169.216. You blocked them two months ago and they are back making the same kinds of edits on a mass scale. I reported this at ANI but no one has taken any action yet. MB 00:49, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
TCG here, I just want to say that I appreciate your attempt to offer a balanced point of view while I was being used as a scratching post. Wikipedia would be a far better website if there were more editors like you. The others in that nasty shouting match have now taken over a page I had put a good deal of work into and now revert any and all edits not made by themselves. The sheer amount of bad faith, bias, and possessiveness over articles is frankly disgusting. I got indefinitely blocked for the high crime of reverting an article they had arbitrarily commandeered. However I have no further interest in the site anyway given the appalling behaviour of a certain admin I will not name. I had once thought Wikipedia could be reformed, but it would need many many more people like you and far fewer like.... yes...
Cheers, and farewell. - TCG. 89.240.246.123 ( talk) 14:10, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
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I wanted to see how reliable the info on Wikipedia was, so I vandalised it a few times to test if anyone would bother reverting them. I was surprised to see that people do care about Wikipedia and they will stop vandalism. Thank you for being one of those who care.
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Please block the IP range 147.158.0.0/16 because it was used for adding fake information across Wikimedia projects as depicted like this..... Thanks...... 180.241.77.113 ( talk) 04:07, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
Please extend the expiration blocking time of IP range 120.188.0.0/17 until 31 May 2025 because it would be used by the anonymous user which frequently add word "Lampung" at the wrong place as well as adding any wrong information across Wikimedia projects like this..... Thanks..... 36.78.194.76 ( talk) 04:00, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
Thank you for reversing my edit on the pronoun. A while after I made the edit, I realized I had misread the sentence and went back to undo -- but you beat me to it. Good to know someone is double-checking! Grammarbuddy ( talk) 04:16, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
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I sincerely appreciate your dedication for maintaining Jamie Dornan article thoroughly against countless vandalism attempts. Also thank you for guiding me through my earlier edits. Cheers! Early Happy New Year! Fitzwilliams ( talk) 19:20, 30 December 2022 (UTC) |
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At first not too happy with your undoing of my contribution in good faith. 24 hours later and I can see why it's very important to have users like you who help others to think critically about their suggestions. I especially appreciated the time you took out of your busy schedule to explain the reasons behind your actions. That helped me to bring better focus in my edits and additions. In short: thanks and keep up the good work. No easy task! Majvdl ( talk) 14:58, 31 December 2022 (UTC) |
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User talk:SharadSHRD7 is continuously vandilizing the page Next Indian general election even after warning him. Editors like User talk:Dhruv edits told not to add regional alliances to the page as it is national election. He is still vandalizing the page even requesting him not to do that. He has contested in edit warring many times in past and there was a discussion involving him at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring. Please do something. XYZ 250706 ( talk) 14:32, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
Could you specify from which lemma you have removed external links? Smi953 ( talk) 10:15, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
You wrote on 17 January 2023: Self promotion. Please do not use Wikipedia to reference and link to your own works, this is considered self-promotion and spamming.
Information icon Hello, I'm Canterbury Tail. I wanted to let you know that one or more external links you added have been removed because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. Canterbury Tail talk 12:40, 17 January 2023 (UTC) Smi953 ( talk) 11:57, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
It was not meant as selfpromotion, but to give users more insight into bar scale values, especially historical ones. The International Cartographic Association has thought it usefull enough to make this information available on its own site on the internet. For my part the 'see also reference' can be used without my name as author, as long as the user can have profit from it. When someone else would have added the reference it would have been an independent source! Smi953 ( talk) 10:23, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
@ Canterbury Tail Please block User:SharadSHRD7. He is continuously creating dispute and edit warring in some pages like Next Indian general election and Rajya Sabha. He is creating arguement with other editors with baseless logics and is continuously reverting others' edits. He is imposing his edits over others even aftr other editors are against his disruptive edits. Users like User:XYZ 250706, User:Chennai Super Kings Lover, User:AS Sayyad, User:Repto79456, User:Ku423winz1, User:Shakya2007 have discussed with him, but he is still imposing his edits over others. These edits are fed up with User:SharadSHRD7's disputes and baseless arguements. XYZ 250706 ( talk) 15:28, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
Should I blank that article due to WP:CRYSTALBALL, to stop these edits war? Chennai Super Kings Lover (talk)
Thank you for standing with our factual group against a disruptive user accused of violating Wikipedia's guidelines. Shakya2007 ( talk) 16:36, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
Hi, you made an edit to the Banagher page by deleting an external link that I had put in. The link was incomplete so I had inserted the wrong URL. However, it is a while since I used Wikipedia extensively and I cannot find the place in the text where the citation was. It was removed from Line 427. Is there a way of getting line numbers up in Edit? I'd like to fix it but just cannot find it - I did a lot of updating at the same time. Thanks for the help. Corcs999 ( talk) 12:24, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
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Brother, I really thanked you for blocked that "Meme kid" Simpsonsfan505. Very weird that he's ever deleted the entire article about Ohio tho BroBro1222 ( talk) 07:20, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
Srry mate, just didn't know if the word "Encyclopaedia" exists😅😅 BroBro1222 ( talk) 08:19, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
I have begun a discussion on Alien 3 talk page about the stylised 'Alien³' name. Find it here: Talk:Alien_3#Name_stylised_as_Alien³
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Please note that as per our style guidelines, all airports with distinguishing name annexes are hyphenated, that includes London-Heathrow - you won't find another destination chart where its not. 2001:A61:1016:8201:184A:C762:E1C4:73EB ( talk) 07:53, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
I'm not sure how much you remember about that "IP hopping Malaysian block evading editor" (refer to this and this), but their behaviour has continued on for a long time now since then, to this day, with pretty much all recent edits coming from 42.190.x.x and 219.92.x.x IP ranges.
I've filed a report at ANI/Vast history of disruptive edit warring and personal attacks from a user at 42.190.128.0/18 (+ more IP ranges), including a comprehensive list of incidents table, the first IP range has been blocked long-term already, but I just wanted to post this notice/message since you were involved in this at least once in the past, if you know more about them and have anything to add.
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Hi @ Canterbury Tail! Sorry to have pinged you on ANI regarding this one user's ANI blitz before I saw it was resolved on their talk page (i.e. they said they'd stop). I was just very concerned about a fairly new and inexperienced user making a really stern and bold judgment, along with a vote declaring it should be involved editor's last chance, in a very contentious and sensitive discussion, and clearly without giving it much thought. I am all for users with a variety of experience participating in public debates, but have found his conduct to be suspicious at best. Anyway, I am happy it was resolved and thank you. Ppt91 talk 17:04, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
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Hey there, just a heads up: it's possible Inadvertent Consequences is actually a sock of the permanently blocked twobells (who you blocked). The fact that they're edit warring about the UK/US thing, which is exactly what twobells did (which was a factor in their block), is very telling. The BSG article has been on my watchlist for over a decade, and they were the only one to ever edit war over this. Despite having under 300 edits, they have edited 14 of the same articles as twobells and Inadvertent Consequences's previous account, Roland Of Yew (they made a new one because they forgot their password) has edited 36 of the same articles as twobells. Thoughts? Drovethrughosts ( talk) 14:32, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
I noticed you reverted by edit to The Empire Strikes Back. I have noticed many, many Star Wars articles with {{Wookieepedia}} applied to them, Grand Admiral Thrawn, Luke Skywalker, Star Wars (film), etc. Why did you revert my edit? I believe that linking to wookieepedia is helpful for articles, as Wookieepedia provides a IU presentation of the subject. Senior Captain Thrawn ( talk) 19:48, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
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Hello! I see you have just removed a bit on Poverty in Canterbury. I understand your reasons. There is much additional material I could cite from e.g. local paper Kent Messenger. Is it just the source cited that you are not happy with or is it the whole idea of having something rather negative on the Canterbury page that you do not like? If the former, then I can rework with different sources? Balance person ( talk) 08:25, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
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I'd remove flags in accordance to Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Icons, since what I removed some of these flags, like .ru, .me, .tv and .ws, when flag icons lead to unnecessary disputes when over-used. 112.204.193.241 ( talk) 23:40, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
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Ya might as well cue up, Boar's Breath while yer at it, Mr. Voorhees. Americanfreedom ( talk) 15:51, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
By way of heads-up, see the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style/Ireland-related_articles#Londonderry/Derry. Alekksandr ( talk) 17:32, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentArchive1101#Odd_edit_farm,_unsure_if_sockpuppetry_or_meatpuppetry that you raised last June all switched to adding big paragraphs of blog-sourced content a few months later, if you hadn't already noticed. I just reverted some such links added by AuntElizabeth today, and noticed this after being curious about a warning on the user's talk page. Belbury ( talk) 09:28, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
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I noticed the thread about this user and thank you for your actions. I probably should be reported them to AIV or similar and/or investigated their edits more when I had posted on their talk page. I was trying to give them some benefit of the doubt but I will take this outcome in mind for the future and be willing to take more action for similar content (I think I didn't partly because it felt like a case where an admin would defer until more evidence. My mistake.) Skynxnex ( talk) 21:08, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
Thanks for blocking the disruptive editor at 2607:FEA8:699C:8700:A976:26B4:32CB:C9FA ( talk · contribs · WHOIS) Note that he/she was editing for several day - same stuff, same articles, hundreds of edits - using a different IP address in the 2607:FEA8:699C:8700:0:0:0:0/64 ( talk · contribs · WHOIS) range. Probably worth a /64 rangeblock. 10mmsocket ( talk) 13:53, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
User:Scutata Mutt Lunker ( talk) 10:05, 6 May 2023 (UTC)
User:Pratyush Jiban Borah warned umpteen times but kept vandalising. Can you please block him? Thankyou. zoglophie 08:30, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
How is it possible to edit an article with reliable sources? Seepelan ( talk) 20:02, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
IP 107.15.19.235 who you reverted a short time ago on Warhammer 40,000 has two similar edits to the Warhammer Age of Sigmar and Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game articles doing much the same thing, blanking sections on the respective settings. A reading of WP:NOTGUIDE doesn't lead me to believe this is an appropriate application of the policy (the sections are not a game guide in the sense the policy talks about) but history shows me to not be the best judge of Wikipedia's policies, so I'd just like to touch base on this before taking action; is this something to be reverted? Rogue 9 ( talk) 02:09, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
You said they seem inappropriate. Can you please elaborate why do you think they seem unrelated, spam or inappropriate? Bytepie ( talk) 13:03, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
Momentarily thought you were calling me the link spammer, as mine was the last edit before yours. Then saw you removed actual spam from an earlier edit. Well done. Hyperbolick ( talk) 03:19, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
The other day I added what I thought was an interesting piece of information on the subject of Mesolithic Ireland. I added some additional information regarding a Mesolithic site where I live (Ballymaglaff). I also cited a reference to the deceased archaeologists book, who initially wrote about this decades ago. This is an article on archaeology.org, about the settlement. https://www.archaeology.org/news/2158-140603-ireland-ballymaglaff-mesolithic
Why did you remove this information? Do you think that I am making this settlement up? I simply cannot understand why you would just erase this. Stevemcb ( talk) 21:51, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
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Hello! I noticed that you reverted my edit at the M20 motorway article. I'll agree with you that the context regarding Brexit in the lead was too detailed, however, I think that the overall structure of the lead in my edit was an improvement to the previous revision, delivering it in a more succinct and structured manner. Using the previous revision of the article (my edit), it would go from this:
"It is also used as a holding area for goods traffic under Operation Stack when traffic across the English Channel is disrupted. Since 2018, Operation Brock..."
...to this:
"It is also used as a holding area for goods traffic under Operation Stack and Operation Brock when traffic across the English Channel is disrupted.", which is similar to the wording prior to the edit and after it was reverted.
Thank you! Yasslaywikia ( talk) 13:47, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
I need a current event timestamp on the Canada article. The place is in the news-STILL in the news due to the ongoing fires.Some believe the cause is Arson, some say it is a accident, like someone had thrown out a lit butt. I can't do anything at all there, due to a protect status. Got smoke from this even in the US Heartland area. 216.247.72.142 ( talk) 13:24, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
It'sss just that the fires on Canada are having a real impact on the US economically, and physically, since asthma claims are up as well, and I need help on this, since these fires are no longer a local news item, they're now a International matter as well. That is why I need the current affairs tag for Canada. As to the cause, I've heard everything from Arson to a major accident, such as people throwing out lit cigs and/or a unattended campfire.
Please see https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=2023_Virginia_plane_crash&diff=prev&oldid=1162374183 ☆ Bri ( talk) 19:14, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
Again /info/en/?search=Special:Contributions/Babqari ☆ Bri ( talk) 22:01, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
I think you antered the wrong number of tildes here. Easily done! 17:58, 29 June 2023 (UTC) Phil Bridger ( talk) 17:58, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
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There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding lack of civility in WP:CFD. Thank you. RevelationDirect ( talk) 04:09, 7 July 2023 (UTC)
Hi, the Kung Hibbe NOTBROKEN sock is active again, impersonating me into the bargain. Could you? Mutt Lunker ( talk) 11:17, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
I wanted your eyes on this thread if you have the time. I am unfamiliar with the limits regarding potentially transphobic content. Honestly, their past several edits show serious WP:CIR issues in my non-admin opinion, but I didn't want to raise this to ANI if I am incorrect. Cerebral726 ( talk) 14:49, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
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The contributor with the numbers as a username mistakened my edit on The Butcher Boy as vandalism when in fact it is not. Sinead died recently and it was her final feature film. Just wanted to give you a head ups on the clarification in case you or someone numbered user reverts my edit on the page again. Cosmic2992 ( talk) Cosmic2992 ( talk) 18:29, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
You ”removed the scam site" from Talk:Toronto, but left the link to it in the article itself. I directly copy-and-pasted it from the citation in the article's lead. The way you removed it from the discussion also now makes gibberish of what I was saying, while also making it look like I'm the one linking "scam sites". 2402:6B00:8E60:E300:50D0:74DF:19D3:657 ( talk) 07:21, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
Hi there, I have pinged you into a discussion concerning the recent conduct of user Betty Logan. I would appreciate if you could take immediate action. Many thanks. Richie wright1980 ( talk) 17:04, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
User:PaulLaForge, who has made a blustering post on my talk page, is reverting my reversions of unsourced, unencyclopedically written commentary regarding an entertainment project that they have not demonstrated actually exists. Could you kindly help out with a second opinion? Much obliged. - Julietdeltalima (talk) 17:20, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
postscript: it has now descended to personal attacks on my talk page. (You're on the "Recently Active Admins" list is why I got here.) - Julietdeltalima (talk) 17:25, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
Did you look here before making this edit. The sources you need are given there? ww2censor ( talk) 16:48, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2023 August 29#Population of cities Moxy- 21:03, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
I am requesting help dealing with a obvious sockpuppet account 2001:8F8:173D:665C:F439:2CF7:3D9:7AB0 that has been mass reverting edits of mine that were of the now blocked Becausewhynothuh?. I see that you previously blocked the user and have much more experience in dealing with these issues than I am. Sorry for the trouble. — JJ Be rs 17:54, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
I did a quick look at a couple of articles without finding anything, but if you want me to help you can email me. Doug Weller talk 18:51, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
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Well. Maybe no fame. That was surely when Breitbart called me out! :-) Bastun Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 23:15, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
I note that you blocked user 81.144.121.47 for vandalism at 18:01, 13 March 2023. By way of heads-up, see https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Conradh_na_Gaeilge&diff=1175963263&oldid=1174033522 - they have made the usual county name change (which I have reverted) on the basis that "Conradh na Gaeilge do not refer to their branches in Derry as being in 'Londonderry' which is an offensive colonist name". Alekksandr ( talk) 20:26, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
Hi, there's an IP user on Talk:Sini Shetty, who in the two threads on there is monologuing rather than discussing anything to contribute to the article. I'm a bit stumped over what to do here, as I've tried engaging, could you please advise. Sciencefish ( talk) 14:26, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
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Hello, I just wanted to inquire about your recent edit on the info box for the International Lunar Research Station page. I see that you've removed the country flags from the infobox, and are an administrator, so I was wondering if there was a reason for this related to rules? In my personal opinion the flags being in the infobox is more asthetically pleasing than the alternative bullet points and doesn't really take anything away from the page. I'm not familiar enough with site rules to know if there is a policy mandate for removal, though I had assumed the flags being there was appropriate considering they are present on (for example) the infobox for the Artemis Accords page and the ITER page, among other international collaborations. Wanting to seek clarification rather than reverting here. Thanks in advance for any insights or guidance you can provide. Chancellor1 ( talk) 02:02, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
Hi there,
I notice that you posted several comments on User:Alpha200807's talk page a few days ago, so I thought you should know:-
After posting a comment of my own about what I'd treated as a good-faith, one-off mistake, I noticed they already had numerous complaints and warnings (including yours) going back some time, with no sign they'd taken any of it on board or were about to stop.
So I took it to the Administrators' noticeboard to see what their response would be, and the upshot was they were blocked almost immediately afterwards.
Still no indication in their response to the block that they even get why they were considered disruptive, so you were likely spot-on that this is (at the very least) a CIR issue.
All the best,
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Bro @ Canterbury Tail, please delete the redirected page 2008 Beijing Drum Tower incident during the Olympic Games because it have WP:2REDIR issues..... Trims..... 36.77.145.72 ( talk) 20:24, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
Dear Mr. @ Canterbury Tail, please recheck range IP 114.5.0.0/16 and 114.10.0.0/16, these range IP are also used by LTA Lampung, please check the contribution of these LTA.
Please block it again for two years. Thanks. 36.69.20.240 ( talk) 13:54, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
Hi there! Do you recall when you edited Cyberpunk (role-playing game) last week, if you saw a yellow box at the top of the screen saying "There are suggestions on this article's talk page for references that may be useful when improving this article in the future"? BOZ ( talk) 21:32, 31 October 2023 (UTC)
I noticed you reverted my edit but Blade Runner being the original work ( which it actually isn't) is beside the point because it's still a film in the franchise (look at Category:Terminator (franchise) and Category:Terminator (franchise) films to see what I mean) and as for the category itself, you're welcome to start a deletion discussion if you think it serves no purpose but you should do that before emptying it. Charles Essie ( talk) 23:45, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
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Mr. @ Canterbury Tail, please protect Dewa United F.C. and Sriwijaya F.C. pages indefinitely from anonymous edit, especially LTA Lampung because they are always vandalized by these LTA. Thanks.... 36.76.0.10 ( talk) 19:03, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
I was just notified of a comment you made on my talk earlier this evening. Can you cite the article involved so that I can look into this? Please refer to the ongoing discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Date format for year articles. Best, 31.55.242.67 ( talk) 20:11, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
Hi Canterbury Tail. Would you mind taking a look at this Teahouse question which is about Draft:Felix Leong. I think Australianblackbelt be back again trying to create an article about Leong. I'm asking you about this because of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Felix Leong and also your various other previous interactions with Australianblackbelt. Perhaps you remember enough about the prior attempt to create this article to be able to assess whether this newer one is just the same thing all over again. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 09:08, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
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I think removing the nationality altogether, like Elon Musk, can solve the problem. 78.131.72.186 ( talk) 18:53, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello, thanks for your efforts there, but I've undone your semi-protection of that article. The particular long-term abuser targetting that page, JohnLickor372 (also known as the history section vandal), likes to go back to the same pages over and over, as you've probably noticed. I want to keep this one open as a honeypot of sorts so I can detect more IP addresses used by this vandal. The article's been on my watchlist long before he came to the scene. Graham87 ( talk) 05:09, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
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Seen that you deleted my placed information. You found him not big enough to put him in the list like the way I did, from The Nerherlands, did. Maybe are you more specialized in Irish music and stars but....I would be glad if you see a possibility to at least mention him in the text on another way...His debutalbum sold 6,5 million copies and here he is for sure the most nowadays popular Irish musician. Musicworldvision ( talk) 23:57, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
I noticed that you blocked an IP with the comment "LTA Barrie airport disruptive editor". Where can I find more info about this LTA? The Banner talk 13:37, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Just wondering if I am permitted to edit Wales templates e.g "Template:Geography of Wales". I assume that I am because it's not a mainspace page but rather a template page?
Thanks! Titus Gold ( talk) 16:29, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
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Hi, Canterbury Tail,
What did you want me to learn from your addition to my Sandbox, where you posted: "(rv don't mess with other editors sandboxes unless they've explicitly said you can)"?
TIA for the explanation. BilCen ( talk) 22:44, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
Thank you for recognizing what I could not. How do you know when a discussion is made in good faith or not and if it should be removed? I have Wikipedia:WikiProject_Occupational_Safety_and_Health/Discussions on my watchlist, so I see very similar topics come up pretty frequently and would like to know when to delete and when to respond. Or does it just come with experience? Thanks. Recon rabbit 14:34, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi, User:Wywuwuwu is edit waring in Miss Universe 2021, reverting flag removals and other MOS in the infobox. I have warned them but they continue to add back or revert. Could you please help [16]. Sciencefish ( talk) 17:14, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
The traffic on the Alien Talk page is very low with very low responses there. And I am not sure that starting an RFC is the best path to take at this time. Your previous edits were to remove chronology from the Plot sections, and also to remove it from the Alien franchise page. Since the footnote option on the Plots is currently even at 2 supports and 2 opposed, then my suggestion is to return it to the franchise page which has no Plot section. The reliable sources I would use are articles from Variety magazine and science.com to add the chronology to the Alien franchise page. Would that work for you? HenryRoan ( talk) 16:27, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
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Could you please provide guidance on which images are suitable for use on Wikipedia? Alternatively, could you recommend a Wikipedia page where I can learn more about this topic? Thatsyrianitalian ( talk) 00:54, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
I am here trying to contribute to Wikipedia while balancing school (I'm doing this during school hours) I'm sorry I'm not perfect but I don't like it when a 50 year old Brexit geezer tells me my contributions aren't worth much because in the span of 1 week i made 51 edits and less than 30 present were reverted I'm sorry i can spend 10 hours a day browsing a encyclopedia and fixing mistakes because i have a life but I'm trying to help. Lion1010NT ( talk) 16:53, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
Hey you might remember me from that Star Wars article where I say the owner is Disney but the owner is Lucasfilsm which itself is owned by Disney now. I am just wondering there are lots of franchises articles that don’t follow ur rules like in The Last Airbender article has Nickelodeon as the owner and underneath Nick is the parent company of Nick which is Paramount Global under small fonts. Is this allowed? How come they can mention the parents companies of the company itself but not the Disney stuff? NakhlaMan ( talk) 05:01, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
Hello @ Canterbury Tail,
After reading the 2024 Haneda Airport runway collision article again, I feel like it's ready to be nominated for WP:GA status. Although this article is only a month old, is it still too early to nominate this? 🛧 Midori No Sora♪🛪 ( ☁=☁=✈) 01:03, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
I appreciate your comment and I'm able to comprehend with it. I'm new to wikipedia so not so good with the rules. But there's a guy called "Krish Nikhil" who has been removing my pictures from some pages without any reason. He is doing it out of jealousy and he has absolute no reason to support the removal. He made the account day before yesterday just to remove my pictures and he only uses it only for that purpose. He has some beef with me for no reason.. I'd like to see your take on this issue. Sanil Nath ( talk) 13:47, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
Hello. I removed the citation template from Georg Bruchmüller because 7 separate sources, with 15 inline citations, seems appropriate for article that is only roughly 5 paragraphs in size. Every single section contains at least one citation as well. Do you feel this is inadequate? How many additional sources do you think that page requires before that template should be taken down? Thank you. Durchbruchmüller ( talk) 23:15, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
I am reaching out in regards to the wWiki entry from teh sinegr Mabel. Someone keeps reverting her background from "English-Swedish" to "English" siting "no proof of citizenship". I just included this link from The Guarding about Swedish RnB and souls singers. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/dec/01/scandipop-mabel-zhala-seinabo-sey In fact no article linked states her citizenhip as eitehr Swedish nor English, but having a Swedish mother, English father and spent ages 8-18 (ten years) in Swedena nd teh Swedish schol system, I fail to see how she shoudl only be listed as "English". Isn't this sabotage? Can you help out? Fantomen73 ( talk) 20:09, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
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Krotch Lockman is back to violating MOS:NUMERAL. You warned him back in 2022 but it didn't take. [17] [18]. He is also making pointless abbreviations like here even thought the source explicitly says "Saint Louis Bread Company". ThaddeusSholto ( talk) 13:31, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
I am assuming that you are aware of User_talk:Crazybangladesiooooha and related issues.
I seem to have calamities abound when trying to quote/use the foreign script user name.
It seems it might be cross wiki as well... JarrahTree 12:22, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
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Thank you for blocking IP: 104.180.97.95. However, it appears that the same person with exactly the same edit content and same location is also operating from IP 101.108.97.95. Can I respectfully suggest that your block also applies to this address? Thanks and regards, David J Johnson ( talk) 18:13, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
As for your comment in the edit summary: No, not every safety video emphasizes that. Only in Japan that luggage part is emphasized in detail. Sources have pointed out specifically that this safety video stood out from all other airlines' which is usually a passing one-liner. See [19], [20] just for a few more examples. - Mailer Diablo 19:49, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi - last month, you blocked CPPConstruct ( talk · contribs) for evade a block. Can I inquire about the username of the main account behind this sock puppet? I require assistance with a SPI. — Saqib ( talk | contribs) 20:30, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi Canterbury Tail, I was referring to Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Ireland-related articles#Other names, which states that for places in Northern Ireland, foreign-language terms should only be included in the lead where the name derives from that language, whereas
"Newtownards" is derived from "New", "town" and "Ards", all of which are English-language terms (although Ards ultimately derives from Irish, which is why Ards Peninsula has the Irish in the lead). Thanks, Dāsānudāsa ( talk) 16:32, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
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I thought you reversion of my edit on Alien about R/GA has a production company was arrogant and controlling 86.14.189.55 ( talk) 15:37, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
Hi Canterbury, sorry to bother you but you're the only admin I could think of off the top of my head. Could you possibly do anything about the visibility of the two Personal Attack edits at RoboCop by the IP ending 184 that have been made today? THanks. Darkwarriorblake / SEXY ACTION TALK PAGE! 19:07, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
what did i do — Preceding unsigned comment added by PeaceLoverStephenTrue1111 ( talk • contribs) 22:27, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
Can I kindly know in which way it was lik 'people magazine' type edit that you reverted today. I request you to visit the public Image section on Kate Winslet's wikipage. Fitzwilliams ( talk) 06:42, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
Again me. I respect your duty and support. But do consider the editings require much work. Who would better known than you? Anyway, I will republish the section if you have seen such things on Kate Winslet's wikipage as I requested. If you find that wrong to, then revert those too. Fitzwilliams ( talk) 07:01, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
As you know I am only 17 days old on Wikipedia so I learnt just know ho to operate the talk page. I have opened a new topic 'the public Image section' there on the talk page of the article. Please come here and discuss with me. Don't mind me. Fitzwilliams ( talk) 12:08, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
You are very aggressive, little man. :( I just want to get along........ — Preceding unsigned comment added by PeaceLoverStephenTrue1111 ( talk • contribs) 16:39, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
A donation cannot be considered as a gossip. I guess you didn't like the money factor I mentioned. If I can upload the reverted one now without mentioning that factor, please tell me. Fitzwilliams ( talk) 23:39, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
And can I suggest you one thing, editors like you should be welcoming and helpful towards other editors. A few days earlier, you created objection about the public Image section and I haven't forgotten that. Today I see hundreds of wikipages being displayed with such things. Don't mind but your thought seem to be marginalized into your own self, you don't want to consider what other editors write on other wikipages and what other editors want to write on this page. I want to make the heartiest request to you that anyone has made before to you. I will republish the information but not the money factor and you will wait for five or six hours and see if any other editor with such responsibility as you display here, revert it or not. If I get reverted again by anyone except you, I will understand I have problems with myself. If not than I hope you will understand that you have issues with your choice of notability and information. Have a good day. Fitzwilliams ( talk) 00:17, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
@ Canterbury tail, thank you. I will mind the copy right policy further. Fitzwilliams ( talk) 02:27, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
@ Canterbury tail, I came for a suggestion. I found it logical to seek your advice before taking this to the respective talk page. I literally found nothing about his song. But I did find that it was written by Ali Thomson and sung by Jamie Dornan. But these information weren't found anywhere under Copyright law or permission. Even some websites showing relative news don't show anything when you enter into them. All I found is a YouTube video which states it doesn't own the song. So what should I do? Your advice will be precious. Fitzwilliams ( talk) 09:10, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
Okay. I opening a topic there right away. Fitzwilliams ( talk) 13:26, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
Who are you? Are you an Admin? A criminal? A virgin? A whore? Let me get to know you. Why are you harassing me?
Could you tell me why according to you it is not appropriate category?-- Nous ( talk) 17:32, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
I'm still not sure what you suggest. French had permission from Ottoman sultan to do archeological work and to take what they find? I know nothing about it, and seriously, they were at war with Ottoman Empire, so forgive me, but I really doubt it. They conquer and occupied alien country, do illegal digging, and remove artifacts. It is called looting. The Nazis in occupied Greece did the same thing sometimes, and everybody call it looting (and they did it not only in Greece) P.S. Forgive me that I don't wrote it on the article's talk page, but, by the way, you should answer on my talk page. Or bring it all to talk page of the article, if you want to be consequential. Whatever - we are where we are.-- Nous ( talk) 20:48, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
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First of all, thanks a bunch for your help in reverting nonsense across the encyclopedia, it's a big help. I noticed you reversion of an edit to Abroad in Japan where the subject's nationality was changed from British to English. The reversion was correct {Broad is a self-described "British Guy making videos in Japan"), though I fear the reasoning for reversion was a bit off. When I added Broad's nationality , I was careful to read up on Wikipedia:Nationality of people from the United Kingdom beforehand (as an American who prefers to tread lightly with the national identities of the UK). What settled it for me was the section Wikipedia:Nationality of people from the United Kingdom#Guide to finding UK nationality. Broad describes himself as British, so that's that, but shouldn't there be instances where it would be correct to say one's nationality is English? Cheers, ❯❯❯ Mccunicano ☕️ 22:39, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Sudipto Surjo's block expires and they immediate resume their disruptive conduct. Thank you. DÅRTHBØTTØ ( T• C) 02:01, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
Did you get caught in an edit conflict with this revert? — C.Fred ( talk) 23:54, 24 April 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for taking a hatchet to MMMC Architects. I tagged it with a PROD, but does it meet G11 (Unambiguous advertising or promotion) for a speedy delete? Cheers. Magnolia677 ( talk) 18:22, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
You will note that User Ddep96 (created on 1 May 2021 at 12:56) has made three edits to Wikipedia since the account was created the day before yesterday. Each has been to change 'County Londonderry' to 'County Derry' on the above page. I simply reverted the first one with a reference to 'WP:Londonderry" in the edit summary. The second time that it happened, I put links to the Wikipedia policy on the article's talk page and the user's talk page. I have just reverted the third edit with a link to the talk page.This may be a case of a new editor who simply reverts edits with which they do not agree, perhaps is not familiar with Wikipedia talk pages, or is not interested in discussing the issue/is not prepared to discuss it. I am keen to avoid falling foul of the three-revert rule. Would this page be a candidate for semi-protection? Alekksandr ( talk) 16:19, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
Blocked a sock of his, User talk:Samuel Collingsworth - I forget how to not ping someone and can't find anything to help me. Anyway, see their unblock request. Definitely Mikemikev. I don't see an SPI but there probably should be one now, what do you think? And should Collingsworth have tpa removed? Doug Weller talk 12:05, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
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Hey, let's be friends. Here Warhammer is referred as space opera. Really. I don't want to enter in bad discussion, offend you or get into lengthy discussions. I know my place. Really. Let's be friends. I know things must be sourced. Regards: Elan Morin Tedronai ( talk) EDIT: Also, here by Random House. Referred fully as space opera. Fully. I want to be friends. EDIT: This personal space opera website also refers Warhammer 40,000 novels as derived literature of the space opera genre. Also, I noticed you removed the side-bar on Space Western. Let's put at least some written examples? Regards: Elan Morin Tedronai ( talk)
Hello, I just wanted to communicate to you that flags are meant to be used for Pro boxing records. You can check references such as other boxers such as Tyson Fury or Dillian Whyte. The flags are used to show the nationality of the fighter and the location. Sebzsoccer ( talk) 13:51, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
Is was a pro fight despite the lack of skill between the fighters. I understand where your coming from and I’m glad the issue is resolved. Sebzsoccer ( talk) 15:22, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
OK, I'm sorry. Really. I thought it was, considering Honorverse is. Sorry. I'll try not to happen again. Sometimes it's hard to distinguish both genres: military and space opera. Considering that sometimes fiction happens in space. I'll try to be better. Just show me civilized the way. I know I'm long term editor. Almost 20 years. Regards: Elan Morin Tedronai ( talk)
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You reverted my small edit to improve the time context of the plot synopsis on The Expanse. You asserted dates were never clear. That is incorrect. I viewed Eps. 1-3 (season 1) of the series today, and the23rd century bit was actually written on-screen, in one of those episodes. I believe it was Ep.1, near the beginning of the episode.
I don't care about it that much, so am not pushing it beyond this comment setting you straight. But your assertion is not correct; and the synopsis would be better with my edit left in it. Cheers. N2e ( talk) 00:28, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
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Please explain, given that we are currently in the midst of the discussion on WP:External links/Noticeboard § Archive.org hosting of copyrighted material, why you have posted this copyvio to my talk page. Thank you. Fabrickator ( talk) 11:50, 14 July 2021 (UTC)
I'm not sure of the best course of action over there. What do you think? Ghmyrtle ( talk) 08:01, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
Hi Canterbury. You have removed some of the nice new temperature bar charts from some articles. You wrote that they are lacking a scale. However, the scale is available via Commons. Just click on the bar chart. You might have overlooked that information? Maybe you want to add the figures again yourself? DiagramLover ( talk) 14:00, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
Greerings, CT. I'm messaging you because I noticed you editing Age of Sigmar. Do you know of any sort of Wikiproject for Warhammer or related wargagming? If not, do you know more active users interested in Warhammer who I could contact? I noticed that articles related to the game often read like advertisements and have poor sourcing, yet there's a ton of RS available in media coverage on the game. A lot of improvements could be done, but it will take a lot of work. MezzoMezzo ( talk) 12:01, 25 July 2021 (UTC)
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Why have all my recent edits you have changed something on the same page I have? Are you getting notifications when I contribute something? Honestly I am curious, I am new to the wiki scene.
Don’t worry he does that he is following me too trying to get pages I made deleted Australianblackbelt ( talk) 16:28, 1 November 2021 (UTC) Australianblackbelt ( talk) 16:28, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
Perhaps a page block from that article for 86.22.7.79 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) might be a good idea please? FDW777 ( talk) 10:41, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
This sort of thing. There's quite a lot of it alongside many good edits. I see you on the editor's Talk page too. I do feel somewhat concerned but I'm unclear whether action is appropriate ... I'm not really up for tackling it myself. I might go on watching for a while too and see how things develop. Thanks for your vigilance. Best wishes DBaK ( talk) 21:11, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
Hello CanterburyTail, just thought the following may be of use to you: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Martial_arts#Felix_Leong https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Felix_Leong_and_Maurice_Novoa.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Australianblackbelt#Please_do_not_advertise_on_Commons /info/en/?search=User_talk:Richie_Campbell#Mrs_Globe_Australia_2016_in_The_Latin_Australian_Times
I believe my edit shouldn’t of been changed as it remained accurate while avoiding political bias in a very tense political situation whereas your ‘correction’ does not. I changed the description of Slaghtaverty from being near Maghera in Londonderry to being near Maghera in Ulster, this is still an accurate and correct description. I will admit it is slightly less precise but only slightly and the reader should have no trouble finding the location based on my description, the reason I replaced ‘Londonderry’ with Ulster is that all communities across the island of Ireland agree on Ulster as the location, whereas the Name of Derry/Londonderry is both colloquially and legally recognised differently depending on your political and ethnic background or which state of Ireland you’re in (Northern or Republic), Londonderry is equally as correct as Derry yet moderators seem to insist that Londonderry has preference over Derry, wars where fought over issues like this and violence continues to this day, I feel it’s only respectable to avoid the county when describing the location of Slaghtaverty and it would be pedantic to insist on being so specific especially since it’s close proximity to Maghera was already mentioned Michael Murfie ( talk) 14:17, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
For context this was regarding the Abhartach page Michael Murfie ( talk) 14:26, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
Hi! I stumbled across one of the articles that you nominated for deletion. I agree that the article should be deleted, but your explanation brought up a question for me. Is a history of COI a reason to delete an article? I have been only looking at the article itself and not the editor who created it, but you and the other voter both brought up COI. I want to make sure that I am properly evaluating articles, so I thought I would ask. I really appreciate your help in making me a better editor! FiddleheadLady ( talk) 17:12, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
Hello, could I please alert you to the fact that 69.113.129.208 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is still edit warring on American Airlines, although you have blocked them for 24 hours. Perhaps a longer block is required? Regards, David J Johnson ( talk) 11:41, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
They're back! BilCat ( talk) 02:17, 12 September 2021 (UTC)
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Sorry I put my comments/request up top. Palisades1 ( talk) 03:51, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
Hi - the reason given for your revert on the 1981 Irish hunger strike page (2 Sept 2021) "Irish prisoners who died on hunger strike" on the page - was "already in more appropriate and specific subcategory". I assume you mean that you feel that the existing category "Hunger strikes" was more user friendly than the category "Irish prisoners who died on hunger strike".
Looking at the category Hunger strikes - in order to get to the listing of all of the Irish prisoners who died on hunger strike (20th century) a reader will need to access another page "List of hunger strikes" and then will find an incomplete listing of Irish prisoners who died on hunger strike.
The most appropriate and specific subcategory for a full listing of 20th century Irish hunger Striker deaths is the one that was reverted: Irish prisoners who died on hunger strike.
I think our goal is to provide readers simple access to the information.
Please reconsider your revert. Thanks for your consideration.
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Could you please have a word with this IP (who is obviously the same editor that you blocked previously for disruptive editing)? Thanks. M.Bitton ( talk) 22:06, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
If you got time and are interested ... Talk:Reform Party of Canada#political position.-- Moxy- 21:47, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
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Hi, the discussion has gotten long and slightly difficult to follow because of the number of participants, but I have replied to you on the Starship Troopers Talk page. Basically, I refer to the references provided by Schazjmd. Koikefan ( talk) 20:50, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
Since they admit to being a sockpuppet, could you block their current IP please? FDW777 ( talk) 14:18, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
Check your facts the news reports on Leong are certainly not local we have no local news TV channels in Australia they are channels 10, 9, SBS, 7, ABC Leong has been on prime time 3 times which is more than any other Australian martial artist this decade, As for the LATIN AUSTRALIAN TIMES that was a NATIONAL NEWSPAPER delivered to all state in the country. You have little idea about what is local or national in Australia as for the articles I've created I have made over a dozen, Leong is not my LAST article that remains . Your vendetta against me is childish and Leong will be restored as he will be featured in national news sources again next month on his birthday. get a life mate Australianblackbelt ( talk) 00:15, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
https://web.archive.org/web/20170216082414/http://latinaustralian.com.au/ this newspaper was supported by all 13 consulates and embassies of Spanish speaking countries in Australia and was delivered to all states, look at the journalists they are award winners yet you say its a local news letter with no journalistic oversite why spread such nonsense Australianblackbelt ( talk) 19:14, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
In fact you had all LAT sources deleted without proper discussion Australianblackbelt ( talk) 19:28, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
Nobody answered you call on the notice board about LAT what are you on about Australianblackbelt ( talk) 21:30, 1 November 2021 (UTC) Australianblackbelt ( talk) 21:30, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
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Hello, I'm Binaza. Can you please help me review what's going on, on this page? The second paragraph is wrongly cited as the references used, doesn't show verifiability. ◢ Binaza! ( talk) 23:35, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
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Hi, you had blocked User talk:ਕਿਸਾਨੀ ਜਿੰਦਾਬਾਦ for 24 hours for Edit warring recently for a period of 24 hours. However, the user is back to edit warring and making disruptive edits at 2017 elections in India as soon as the block period was over.
The user has been making the same incorrect edit again and again - (1), (2) and (3). The user has also disrupted the table under section 'State legislatures' here. The map has been specifically made for the page 2022 elections in India and the user is deliberately adding it to the wrong page. The user does not respond to warnings on the talk page as well. Would you please check this out? Thanks. Dhruv edits ( talk) 01:46, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I added a one sentence citation to a new book I read that consists of articles and essays about the James Bond books translated now from what were Iron Curtain countries. This was immediately deleted as "not notable" by a user w/o a user page and then, after I reverted, another user who clearly had not read the book deleted it. I have read the book, it is by Ian Fleming's nephew, James Fleming. It includes translations from East European counties of essays written about Bond. You suguessted I take this to the James Bond "Talk" page, which I did. Neither of them have responded. What do you suggest I do next? I don't see what these two did as an edit war...more like vandalism from people who did not take the time to read the book. Thank you. Kmccook ( talk) 15:07, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
The book just came out and I read it last week. These essays were in Russian, Polish, etc. and not known to the West. Their cultural impact on the former Iron Curtain nations cannot be assessed until we have responses from their literary establishments. Kmccook ( talk) 23:10, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
Hi CT, was startled to see you blocked, but then I saw the reason. Hoping that you and your family are okay. GeneralNotability ( talk) 15:08, 27 November 2021 (UTC)
The reason I believe you had a vendetta against me was you had Felix Leong the Australian Wing Chun master deleted but didn’t touch Jim Fung who has stuff all sources and has never been on TV like Felix. Australianblackbelt ( talk) 22:13, 30 November 2021 (UTC) Australianblackbelt ( talk) 22:13, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
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Look, I'm not interested in getting involved in an edit war with you, so I'm not going to revert your edit again. I do however think that you're misguided in your belief about the Irish government using the term "British Isles". In an Oireachtas debate, the Minister for Foreign Affairs said that "[t]he Government, including the Department of Foreign Affairs, does not use this term." [5] You are also wrong to say that the term Atlantic Archipelago is only used in an "obscure academic text" - it is increasingly common. That said, I don't have any particular attachment to the phrase: Britain and Ireland, the Anglo-Irish Isles, or the British-Irish isles are all equally fine to my ears. Moreover, the academic text in question you referenced was published in 1975, whereas this has been an issue that has gone longer. In 1954, the UN office in Geneva apologised for using the term, and promised not to do so again in future. The US State Department changed from using the term "British Isles" and instead started using "United Kingdom and Ireland" in 1958. [6] The Good Friday agreement completely avoids the term, opting for the very diplomatic "these islands". [7]
I'm trying to remain polite, but I will say that I personally find the term "British Isles" insensitive at best and outright offensive at worst. Even so, I don't have an issue with it's use on pages relating primarily to areas within the U.K., but on pages that are primarily related to Ireland, I think forcing the use of the term "British Isles" bery genuinely constitues a form of
cultural colonialism. Some articles are written in American English, others British English, and others Hiberno-English. I urge you to reconsider changing this term on pages that are primarily going to be of interest to people who may find the term offensive, when inoffensive alternatives do exist.
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To be clear, I'm not asking for a restoration here (I don't think that's worth the bother), I just want to make sure we're on the same page. Thanks! stwalkerster ( talk) 22:59, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Good catch with the sock who's been "fixing" WP:NOTBROKEN redirects since last April. I spotted a spate of similar accounts last summer and helped guide them patiently as you did here, but they persisted and were indef blocked for their own actions without a SPI. I suspect others may be around but the nature of their edits makes them difficult to spot. Certes ( talk) 22:13, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
My talk page is not a place for defences of trolling and bad faith editing, if anyone uses it for that purpose it's going to be removed. Complaining about any commit messages relating to that IMHO takes some cheek, IMHO, and I'm going to consider any attempt at retaliation using admin processes a misuse of those processes and respond accordingly. Artw ( talk) 23:28, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
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You recently reverted Rebroad ( talk · contribs) for a nonsense edit, which they're continuing to revert back to. I read the associated source and it's not even debatable. I was going to raise it at ANI but the previous thread has been archived and I'm unsure of the correct way to reopen it. What would your advice be? Cheers. – 2. O. Boxing 11:05, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
Template talk:Infobox country#electricity. Was added in 2019 with zero talk. Moxy- 23:00, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
Re removal of bold face from placenames in 1st para of Mere, Wiltshire ... it was probably me that added it, following the guidance at MOS:BOLDREDIRECT ... "Terms which redirect to an article or section are commonly bolded when they appear in the first couple of paragraphs of the lead section". Seems to be helpful to readers who arrive through a redirect, to reassure them that they got to the right article. -- Wire723 ( talk) 17:03, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
kinda new to editing so idk if this is the right place to ask this but why shouldnt it include the fact that its the largest city? including the largest city bit would make it consistent with the descs of: london, boston, paris, mexico city, moscow, columbus, and more that i havent listed
it doesnt matter or anything i just want to know so i dont make the same mistake in future edits Cpquinn0903 ( talk) 23:46, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
I understand that and read the information short descriptions. My question is more about why it’s sufficient for Tokyo but not sufficient with the other cities I originally mentioned. You could say the same thing about London, Moscow, or Paris, and yet they all include the fact that it’s the largest city. Cpquinn0903 ( talk) 13:34, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
Alright, thanks for the info :) Cpquinn0903 ( talk) 13:47, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
If anything, you're not the only one who made the same silly mistake. Doesn't change the rest, but hey, at least something to laugh at a bit. If you want something else to laugh at I'd recommend the "Short-Tempered Clavier" :) Cheers, RandomCanadian ( talk / contribs) 15:22, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
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Greetings! If you have time, your help is required here. There is Rooveaouravevo who doen't want cooperate, but only promotes his OR and POV: [8], [9] even after numerous attempts [10], [11] to explain to him that is not how it works here. After that account started enage in insults and personal attacks as you can see: [12] and here [13]. TyronMcLannister ( talk) 14:41, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
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Fantastic job. I see how well you have dealt with that difficult situations. Good work. Keep it up. Hajrakhala ( talk) 21:10, 20 April 2022 (UTC) |
Hi, there's a new user disruptively editing Rachel Fury. Would it be be possible for some help dealing with this? Also is this a situation where asking for page semi-protection is appropriate rather than just asking to ban them (just trying to understand options here). Thanks Sciencefish ( talk) 11:04, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
Hi there. I understand the podcast name that was added in Jamie Dornan doesn't have a Wikipedia article, but it was discussed in The Guardian. And doesn't the notablity depend on whether it was discussed in a reliable source? I don't understand why it was reverted based on insignificance. 123.253.65.5 ( talk) 16:40, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
Okay. Thanks for the reply. Fitzwilliams ( talk) 21:39, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
Hi Canterbury Tail, There's an open-proxy IP user continuously removing a "further reading" from the article on Ghalib. I suspect it is the recent disruptive user that you blocked. In that case, can you please protect this page for a certain period of time? Regards, ─ The Aafī on Mobile (talk) 17:43, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for reverting my edit re Eurolines and Canterbury. Having done some more digging, I can see Eurolines are still operating in the UK, but I can't see any evidence that the coaches still call at Canterbury Dupont Circle ( talk) 14:20, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for the tips re adding Irish translations this evening. In relation to sources evidencing use of the relevant translation, you advised the following on Bar of Northern Ireland:
This doesn't appear to be supported by WP:IMOS, which says:
WP:IMOS appears to indicate that a statement by a Government Minister using the relevant translation of the name of a Professional Regulatory Organisation in an official government statement would be sufficient evidence of usage, and the source used in the reference doesn't have to be the organisation itself? Gatepainter ( talk) 20:33, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
I'm going to blame the cat for that random italic text! Nfitz ( talk) 17:23, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
Just a heads up: re this, "Republic of Ireland" is not in the Irish Constitution, although it is prescribed by Irish statute law, i.e. the Republic of Ireland Act 1948. Scolaire ( talk) 14:55, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
Please see my points on the discussion on my talk page regarding the general notability of buses in Baltimore. For anything related to the LocalLink 80 route in particular, the talk page for that article would be a better place for it. I will prioritize it since it has been highlighted first but bear in mind that there are quite a lot of topics to update, some related to this one, which will take some time. If you are wondering what makes the 80 distinct in short is that it is one of the most frequently running and highest ridership routes in the network despite not being functionally classified with the rest of the high frequency network, and the path the route takes itself is unique because of its deviation from the "spoke and hub" model of the network as well as going through a particularly unusual portion of the street grid and serving a number of neighborhoods that are not served by another route. (These neighborhoods, like many in Baltimore, are where the majority of the population does not drive. I would argue that this route has more relevance than most highway routes in Maryland, many of which are not even signed or referred to as highway routes. The bus argument might make more sense in cities that are more car-dependent.)
If there are any particular types of sources or information you would like to see in bus articles to improve them, let me know. I have a collection of print material on Baltimore bus transit, so I may be able to point you to something if you have a question that can't be answered with a Google search. (I scan them but PDF scans aren't ideal for search indexing even with OCR). -- Middle river exports ( talk) 02:24, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
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Hello,
Although a long time ago now, you did once offer to help me with matters of understanding site policiy and I believe I could use that now. User MagicAllium has yesterday made an amount of disruptive edits such as removing content because it is 'lame' or removing entire sections because they disagree with the grammar. I posted warnings on their talk page but they just removed them all and didn't acknowledge it and attempting to talk to them on my talk page led to them not responding to any points being made. My understanding is that after this I am to turn to ANI which I have done but it had been 12 hours and no one has engaged with my posting there.
Do you have any advice as I can't see what else to do from here? Dubarr18 ( talk) 06:18, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
Apologies but in regards to their edits on the String of Pearls I can't see how those edits are valid, especially when the only reason being given is grammar issues and elsehwere they fixed and improved an identical section on other pages. In regards to talk pages I can attempt it in future but any attempt to add anything to their talk page has just had them ignore and remove it making it difficult to have any proper conversation. Dubarr18 ( talk) 13:02, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
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I was told to come to an administrator because I mistakenly removed edits on my user talk pages. They said only am admin can revert it. Please revert mine to show my user boxes thanks so much,and please ping reply,cheers. Uricdivine ( talk) 11:58, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
Dear friend, I noticed your comment on the Rory Gallagher (Gaelic footballer) page about the Irish version of names in the source code (and Gallagher is "Ó Gallchóir", a *very common surname in Ulster Irish). I don't know if this issue may not be a minefield, for 95% of names in Ireland have the original Irish version they came from. The pages for Liam Watson (hurler) and DJ Carey have the 'correct' Irish version ‐ certainly Watson's. During Irish-language commentary, I've heard these names, although those people may only occasionally refer to themselves in Irish, if at all. Hence, what advice would you give on how best to proceed, and apologies if you know all this already! Regards, Billsmith60 ( talk) 14:10, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
I recently reverted some edits ( see here for example) because the consensus seems to be that the tables are borderline if not outright inappropriate on smaller articles like that, unless the "width-auto" is used and it's collapsed, in which case there seems to be no issue amongst editors for its inclusion. However the editor I reverted keeps readding the tables without addressing these issues and without attempting to make any discussion once it's known there's an issue with the content. I tried to fix them myself but was unable to do so. I did notice that you seem to be able to make the edits in a way that works, so I wanted to point out my edits because if you are able to make the changes, please feel free to revert me so that the problems with the tables are fixed. I'm certainly not asking you to do work for me or create work for you, it's just that I wasn't able to make it work, I honestly don't know what I was doing wrong when I attempted to fix it myself. Thanks. - Aoidh ( talk) 18:33, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
In roughly 50 years time. All pronouns will no longer be used, as every group in society will find something offensive about them. GoodDay ( talk) 21:45, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
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You reverted my change on the Orphan Black page. Having taught courses on applied ethics (one called "Moral Problems of Contemporary Society") for many years at university, I know something about the subject. The terms "morals" (from Latin) and "ethics" (from Greek) are commonly used interchangeably, even by scholars. Where a distinction is being made (e.g., using "ethics" to refer specifically to the study of right and wrong conduct), the distinction should be made clear to the reader. The present links to the Wikipedia entries don't do much to clarify what distinction may be intended in this case. I made the change I did because I find that the present wording is likely to muddy the water for the average reader. Scales ( talk) 02:17, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
Here. /info/en/?search=Northern_Ireland_Protocol LeicesterToNottingham123 ( talk) 20:33, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I'm the creator of an article you were involved in the discussion of, Loch Naver. As you can see here we never came to a conclusion. Since I want to revamp Loch Naver after my block I want your perspective regarding whether the settlements we discussed should be included in any shape or form in the final article? And if not why? N1TH Music ( talk) 16:32, 21 August 2022 (UTC)
I checked RootOfAllLights talk and saw warnings for vandalising the swastika page in multiple other sections going back at least a year. The adding of the symbol may be a recurring issue. At the very least, the vandalising of the page is. I don't have time to check the specific edits they were previously warned for rn Stephanie921 ( talk) 01:05, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
User_talk:RootOfAllLight#December 2020 goes back almost 2 years, and even at that point the behaviour was described as having been done for "quite a long time". Stephanie921 ( talk) 01:09, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
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Hello, Canterbury Tail! Can you pay attention to this discussion please. I was forced to start this discussion due to the removal of sources from the Hazaras article. I would be very grateful if you could take your time. KoizumiBS ( talk) 17:05, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
Can i donate Wikipedia monthly basis Bijender dutta ( talk) 13:59, 19 September 2022 (UTC)
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Hello. I would like to make a request for an account. I have already done three times there, to no avail (did not even get a response on my e-mail once). If you could help me with this, I would be more than thankful. Thank you in advance for your time. 2A02:1388:208E:4ED0:3D12:FBF9:E54D:10AD ( talk) 14:17, 1 October 2022 (UTC)
Just after the block expired our friend is back. He has been adding improper categories to transit pages and actors' biographies: in the case of the former, he adds the "List of rolling stock" category to pages that are not lists; for the latter, he adds filmography categories to pages that are not filmographies. I reverted and warned him but if prior habits persist I'm sure he'll continue to do it. Happy to post to WP:ANI when that happens if you'd prefer I handle it there but thought you'd might like to know since it seems you've been following this user. Wallnot ( talk) 23:25, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
Many thanks for your revision on the Flybe page. I will look for a source on the two aircraft in question ASAP. I am still very new to Wikipedia so am just getting to grips with many of the courtesies and guidelines which are in place! Regards. C F Spring ( talk) 18:33, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
If you looked, you can see I only removed the underscores, and in no way changed the spelling or meaning of your post. I only do this when it creates a lengthy link that forces the page to compress to left, making reading and navigation difficult. I have done this numerous times, going back years, and you are the very first editor to make an issue of it, ever. It would actually be considerate of you to remove the underscores yourself, going forward, but as for this edit, as you really didn't have a reason to revert, and the purpose of my edit was for accessibilty, which you have now been made aware of, I will kindly ask that you now self-revert. Thanks - wolf 21:52, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
There is a part where TPO states: "Cautiously editing or removing another editor's comments is sometimes allowed..." and it continues with a section that leads off with:
"Examples of appropriately editing others' comments", one of which is:
"Fixing format errors that render material difficult to read. In this case, restrict the edits to formatting changes only and preserve the content as much as possible. Examples include:", and it goes on to list several examples, ending with "etc.".
This of course meaning that the list is not exhautive, there are other possible exceptions, (such as simply removing underscores when they cause issues with reading and/or navigation, and that have absolutely no effect on meaning).
I would think that idea is this section just can't list every possible exception. I would also think that for some unlisted items, like the situation we have here, the hope is that two editors can be reasonable and collaborative, that they would review, discuss and come to an agreement. I'm not sure why that isn't happening here. You again refer to how the page looks to you, but what about how it looks to other people? Perhaps editing on a different device? Or that have other issues and factors at play, that simply lead to a different result?
I made the edit and you reverted it. Ok, some people are like that, but I then explained it, and now, look at all the effort we've expended here... this is pointless. Surely you agree we could be putting all this time and effort to better use, no?
We've both been on WP a long time, I don't recall ever having a dispute with you, so I don't think this is personal. So really, I'm kinda at a loss as to why you want to pursue a conflict here, instead of just letting it go and moving on. - wolf 08:33, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
...so unless you can provide a policy reason to refactor someone else's talkpage comment, with a reason and evidence that it's necessary, do not alter other's talk page comments that are not broken." - that right there tells me you are not reading my replies above, or choosing to ignore whatever in them that doesn't suit you. I provided several quotes, highlighted in color, from TPO that support the change I made. I did not "refactor" your comment, I simply removed the underscores, and I explained why, repeatedly: that they were causing an issue with the page. So you have chosen to revert, yet again, and oddly chose to cite TPO, (I've provided quotes from TPO, you haven't), and EW, (you're a revert ahead of me, and you provided no reason for your reverts. Actually read WP:EW, as well as H:RV, WP:RV, WP:ROWN & WP:OWN.) I made an edit to fix a problem. Just becuase you don't see it, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. It's a reasonable edit to make, supported by the guidelines. You, otoh, have not provided a single, worthwhile reason to revert, making your edits purely disruptive.
Thank you for that response. As to not being clear, I apologize for that and I will try to clarify now: the issue does not appear when I use my laptop, but does appear when I use my android smartphone, in desktop mode. In read view, when there is a wikilink with underscores in every space, creating one long string of characters, it extendes past the normal page width on the right, causing the page to compress to the left. The longer the link, the more it compresses, making the text smaller. This also creates room for the page to scroll left and right, as well as and down. When you are navigating on a small screen by thumb, it's now not just matter of sliding up and down, but you also need to continually correct to the left. When there are lenthy url strings, they are automatically broken to fit to the screen size, to they don't cause the same problem. This is different in edit mode, however, where both wikilinks and urls extend past the normal screen width to right, causing the navigation problem, but at least here there is no compression.
I assure you, this is not "nit-picking". I suppose I just figured this was an issue that only appears in the particular circumstance of editing with a smartphone, in desktop mode. Whenever I'm editing a page, for whatever reason, and come across these extended wikilinks, I sometimes just simply remove the underscores, which improves both navigating and reading. To me, this is a legitimate improvement. I've done this on busier pages, such wikiproject talk pages, and the busiest of them all, ANI, and as I said, no one has ever made an issue of it, not even in the slightest. I have not inquired about it at a venue such as VP/T (or at least, I haven't yet... I may have at some point). I believed that was because others were also aware of this issue and knew that I was only removing the underscores to fix it. So now, the question is: can you accept that I was making a legitimate edit, as outlined here, and covered in TPO, (as well as a possible access issue), or do you still think I'm needlessly chasing after underscores as some kind of pet peeve, and making up the page issue as an excuse? I can assure you it is the former, not the latter. I fully realize that editing another editor's comment, especially a second time, without a legitimate reason, is just asking for a block, and I'm not looking to get blocked.
As for the Titanic talk page, after the edits that have been made since, the link in question now defaults to the left side, casuing less extension to the right, and making the compression minimal. (But for me, it is still there). In edit mode, the navigation issue is still there, but there is also a long IPv6 signature, so (afaik) not much to be done. (It makes a difference where such links are, and whether editing threads vs full page). To be honest, if that wikilink was in it's current position when I first edited the page (answering an edit request), I probably wouldn't have bothered with it. At any time, if the compression in read mode is mimimal, or there are also lengthy urls and/or IPv6 signatures in edit mode, then I usually don't bother with any wikilinks extended by underscores.
So there, sorry about the length, but I wanted to try and clearly explain the issue, what I've done (so far) because of it, and why. I hope I've now done that. And, as I've done in my previous posts, I still want to try and maintain some goodwill going forward. Have a nice day - wolf 15:24, 26 October 2022 (UTC)
Hi! Not sure where best to report this, nor if you can do anything about this (though noting you were the one who blocked him recently here), but Accassidy has been making the same kind of edits to Simple English Wikipedia as those he was blocked for here on en.wiki, see simple:Special:Contributions/Accassidy. I would have responded to the original ANI discussion about it, but I just realised this after the discussion was closed unfortunately. Monster Iestyn ( talk) 02:27, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
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Hi, CT. As a Friendly Local Administrator, could you look at UCL Press, please? Looks like a copy/paste job (hopefully, COI edit if not).
For UCLP to have its own article is uncontroversial IMO (when I created it as a redirect to UCL, it was a quick'n'dirty fix that I forgot to come back to). So the question re the means rather than the end. Is a null edit giving attribution enough or does it have to be done 'properly'? 𝕁𝕄𝔽 ( talk) 16:27, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
Why did you remove the infobox Michelin star from the article K Club? It is part of a series where all restaurant with a historical Michelin star have that infobox. The star is sourced. The Banner talk 18:08, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
Please see User talk:99.233.169.216. You blocked them two months ago and they are back making the same kinds of edits on a mass scale. I reported this at ANI but no one has taken any action yet. MB 00:49, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
TCG here, I just want to say that I appreciate your attempt to offer a balanced point of view while I was being used as a scratching post. Wikipedia would be a far better website if there were more editors like you. The others in that nasty shouting match have now taken over a page I had put a good deal of work into and now revert any and all edits not made by themselves. The sheer amount of bad faith, bias, and possessiveness over articles is frankly disgusting. I got indefinitely blocked for the high crime of reverting an article they had arbitrarily commandeered. However I have no further interest in the site anyway given the appalling behaviour of a certain admin I will not name. I had once thought Wikipedia could be reformed, but it would need many many more people like you and far fewer like.... yes...
Cheers, and farewell. - TCG. 89.240.246.123 ( talk) 14:10, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
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I wanted to see how reliable the info on Wikipedia was, so I vandalised it a few times to test if anyone would bother reverting them. I was surprised to see that people do care about Wikipedia and they will stop vandalism. Thank you for being one of those who care.
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Please block the IP range 147.158.0.0/16 because it was used for adding fake information across Wikimedia projects as depicted like this..... Thanks...... 180.241.77.113 ( talk) 04:07, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
Please extend the expiration blocking time of IP range 120.188.0.0/17 until 31 May 2025 because it would be used by the anonymous user which frequently add word "Lampung" at the wrong place as well as adding any wrong information across Wikimedia projects like this..... Thanks..... 36.78.194.76 ( talk) 04:00, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
Thank you for reversing my edit on the pronoun. A while after I made the edit, I realized I had misread the sentence and went back to undo -- but you beat me to it. Good to know someone is double-checking! Grammarbuddy ( talk) 04:16, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
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I sincerely appreciate your dedication for maintaining Jamie Dornan article thoroughly against countless vandalism attempts. Also thank you for guiding me through my earlier edits. Cheers! Early Happy New Year! Fitzwilliams ( talk) 19:20, 30 December 2022 (UTC) |
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At first not too happy with your undoing of my contribution in good faith. 24 hours later and I can see why it's very important to have users like you who help others to think critically about their suggestions. I especially appreciated the time you took out of your busy schedule to explain the reasons behind your actions. That helped me to bring better focus in my edits and additions. In short: thanks and keep up the good work. No easy task! Majvdl ( talk) 14:58, 31 December 2022 (UTC) |
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User talk:SharadSHRD7 is continuously vandilizing the page Next Indian general election even after warning him. Editors like User talk:Dhruv edits told not to add regional alliances to the page as it is national election. He is still vandalizing the page even requesting him not to do that. He has contested in edit warring many times in past and there was a discussion involving him at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring. Please do something. XYZ 250706 ( talk) 14:32, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
Could you specify from which lemma you have removed external links? Smi953 ( talk) 10:15, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
You wrote on 17 January 2023: Self promotion. Please do not use Wikipedia to reference and link to your own works, this is considered self-promotion and spamming.
Information icon Hello, I'm Canterbury Tail. I wanted to let you know that one or more external links you added have been removed because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. Canterbury Tail talk 12:40, 17 January 2023 (UTC) Smi953 ( talk) 11:57, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
It was not meant as selfpromotion, but to give users more insight into bar scale values, especially historical ones. The International Cartographic Association has thought it usefull enough to make this information available on its own site on the internet. For my part the 'see also reference' can be used without my name as author, as long as the user can have profit from it. When someone else would have added the reference it would have been an independent source! Smi953 ( talk) 10:23, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
@ Canterbury Tail Please block User:SharadSHRD7. He is continuously creating dispute and edit warring in some pages like Next Indian general election and Rajya Sabha. He is creating arguement with other editors with baseless logics and is continuously reverting others' edits. He is imposing his edits over others even aftr other editors are against his disruptive edits. Users like User:XYZ 250706, User:Chennai Super Kings Lover, User:AS Sayyad, User:Repto79456, User:Ku423winz1, User:Shakya2007 have discussed with him, but he is still imposing his edits over others. These edits are fed up with User:SharadSHRD7's disputes and baseless arguements. XYZ 250706 ( talk) 15:28, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
Should I blank that article due to WP:CRYSTALBALL, to stop these edits war? Chennai Super Kings Lover (talk)
Thank you for standing with our factual group against a disruptive user accused of violating Wikipedia's guidelines. Shakya2007 ( talk) 16:36, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
Hi, you made an edit to the Banagher page by deleting an external link that I had put in. The link was incomplete so I had inserted the wrong URL. However, it is a while since I used Wikipedia extensively and I cannot find the place in the text where the citation was. It was removed from Line 427. Is there a way of getting line numbers up in Edit? I'd like to fix it but just cannot find it - I did a lot of updating at the same time. Thanks for the help. Corcs999 ( talk) 12:24, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
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Brother, I really thanked you for blocked that "Meme kid" Simpsonsfan505. Very weird that he's ever deleted the entire article about Ohio tho BroBro1222 ( talk) 07:20, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
Srry mate, just didn't know if the word "Encyclopaedia" exists😅😅 BroBro1222 ( talk) 08:19, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
I have begun a discussion on Alien 3 talk page about the stylised 'Alien³' name. Find it here: Talk:Alien_3#Name_stylised_as_Alien³
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Please note that as per our style guidelines, all airports with distinguishing name annexes are hyphenated, that includes London-Heathrow - you won't find another destination chart where its not. 2001:A61:1016:8201:184A:C762:E1C4:73EB ( talk) 07:53, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
I'm not sure how much you remember about that "IP hopping Malaysian block evading editor" (refer to this and this), but their behaviour has continued on for a long time now since then, to this day, with pretty much all recent edits coming from 42.190.x.x and 219.92.x.x IP ranges.
I've filed a report at ANI/Vast history of disruptive edit warring and personal attacks from a user at 42.190.128.0/18 (+ more IP ranges), including a comprehensive list of incidents table, the first IP range has been blocked long-term already, but I just wanted to post this notice/message since you were involved in this at least once in the past, if you know more about them and have anything to add.
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Hi @ Canterbury Tail! Sorry to have pinged you on ANI regarding this one user's ANI blitz before I saw it was resolved on their talk page (i.e. they said they'd stop). I was just very concerned about a fairly new and inexperienced user making a really stern and bold judgment, along with a vote declaring it should be involved editor's last chance, in a very contentious and sensitive discussion, and clearly without giving it much thought. I am all for users with a variety of experience participating in public debates, but have found his conduct to be suspicious at best. Anyway, I am happy it was resolved and thank you. Ppt91 talk 17:04, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
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Hey there, just a heads up: it's possible Inadvertent Consequences is actually a sock of the permanently blocked twobells (who you blocked). The fact that they're edit warring about the UK/US thing, which is exactly what twobells did (which was a factor in their block), is very telling. The BSG article has been on my watchlist for over a decade, and they were the only one to ever edit war over this. Despite having under 300 edits, they have edited 14 of the same articles as twobells and Inadvertent Consequences's previous account, Roland Of Yew (they made a new one because they forgot their password) has edited 36 of the same articles as twobells. Thoughts? Drovethrughosts ( talk) 14:32, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
I noticed you reverted by edit to The Empire Strikes Back. I have noticed many, many Star Wars articles with {{Wookieepedia}} applied to them, Grand Admiral Thrawn, Luke Skywalker, Star Wars (film), etc. Why did you revert my edit? I believe that linking to wookieepedia is helpful for articles, as Wookieepedia provides a IU presentation of the subject. Senior Captain Thrawn ( talk) 19:48, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
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Hello! I see you have just removed a bit on Poverty in Canterbury. I understand your reasons. There is much additional material I could cite from e.g. local paper Kent Messenger. Is it just the source cited that you are not happy with or is it the whole idea of having something rather negative on the Canterbury page that you do not like? If the former, then I can rework with different sources? Balance person ( talk) 08:25, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
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I'd remove flags in accordance to Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Icons, since what I removed some of these flags, like .ru, .me, .tv and .ws, when flag icons lead to unnecessary disputes when over-used. 112.204.193.241 ( talk) 23:40, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
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Ya might as well cue up, Boar's Breath while yer at it, Mr. Voorhees. Americanfreedom ( talk) 15:51, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
By way of heads-up, see the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style/Ireland-related_articles#Londonderry/Derry. Alekksandr ( talk) 17:32, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentArchive1101#Odd_edit_farm,_unsure_if_sockpuppetry_or_meatpuppetry that you raised last June all switched to adding big paragraphs of blog-sourced content a few months later, if you hadn't already noticed. I just reverted some such links added by AuntElizabeth today, and noticed this after being curious about a warning on the user's talk page. Belbury ( talk) 09:28, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
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I noticed the thread about this user and thank you for your actions. I probably should be reported them to AIV or similar and/or investigated their edits more when I had posted on their talk page. I was trying to give them some benefit of the doubt but I will take this outcome in mind for the future and be willing to take more action for similar content (I think I didn't partly because it felt like a case where an admin would defer until more evidence. My mistake.) Skynxnex ( talk) 21:08, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
Thanks for blocking the disruptive editor at 2607:FEA8:699C:8700:A976:26B4:32CB:C9FA ( talk · contribs · WHOIS) Note that he/she was editing for several day - same stuff, same articles, hundreds of edits - using a different IP address in the 2607:FEA8:699C:8700:0:0:0:0/64 ( talk · contribs · WHOIS) range. Probably worth a /64 rangeblock. 10mmsocket ( talk) 13:53, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
User:Scutata Mutt Lunker ( talk) 10:05, 6 May 2023 (UTC)
User:Pratyush Jiban Borah warned umpteen times but kept vandalising. Can you please block him? Thankyou. zoglophie 08:30, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
How is it possible to edit an article with reliable sources? Seepelan ( talk) 20:02, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
IP 107.15.19.235 who you reverted a short time ago on Warhammer 40,000 has two similar edits to the Warhammer Age of Sigmar and Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game articles doing much the same thing, blanking sections on the respective settings. A reading of WP:NOTGUIDE doesn't lead me to believe this is an appropriate application of the policy (the sections are not a game guide in the sense the policy talks about) but history shows me to not be the best judge of Wikipedia's policies, so I'd just like to touch base on this before taking action; is this something to be reverted? Rogue 9 ( talk) 02:09, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
You said they seem inappropriate. Can you please elaborate why do you think they seem unrelated, spam or inappropriate? Bytepie ( talk) 13:03, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
Momentarily thought you were calling me the link spammer, as mine was the last edit before yours. Then saw you removed actual spam from an earlier edit. Well done. Hyperbolick ( talk) 03:19, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
The other day I added what I thought was an interesting piece of information on the subject of Mesolithic Ireland. I added some additional information regarding a Mesolithic site where I live (Ballymaglaff). I also cited a reference to the deceased archaeologists book, who initially wrote about this decades ago. This is an article on archaeology.org, about the settlement. https://www.archaeology.org/news/2158-140603-ireland-ballymaglaff-mesolithic
Why did you remove this information? Do you think that I am making this settlement up? I simply cannot understand why you would just erase this. Stevemcb ( talk) 21:51, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
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Hello! I noticed that you reverted my edit at the M20 motorway article. I'll agree with you that the context regarding Brexit in the lead was too detailed, however, I think that the overall structure of the lead in my edit was an improvement to the previous revision, delivering it in a more succinct and structured manner. Using the previous revision of the article (my edit), it would go from this:
"It is also used as a holding area for goods traffic under Operation Stack when traffic across the English Channel is disrupted. Since 2018, Operation Brock..."
...to this:
"It is also used as a holding area for goods traffic under Operation Stack and Operation Brock when traffic across the English Channel is disrupted.", which is similar to the wording prior to the edit and after it was reverted.
Thank you! Yasslaywikia ( talk) 13:47, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
I need a current event timestamp on the Canada article. The place is in the news-STILL in the news due to the ongoing fires.Some believe the cause is Arson, some say it is a accident, like someone had thrown out a lit butt. I can't do anything at all there, due to a protect status. Got smoke from this even in the US Heartland area. 216.247.72.142 ( talk) 13:24, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
It'sss just that the fires on Canada are having a real impact on the US economically, and physically, since asthma claims are up as well, and I need help on this, since these fires are no longer a local news item, they're now a International matter as well. That is why I need the current affairs tag for Canada. As to the cause, I've heard everything from Arson to a major accident, such as people throwing out lit cigs and/or a unattended campfire.
Please see https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=2023_Virginia_plane_crash&diff=prev&oldid=1162374183 ☆ Bri ( talk) 19:14, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
Again /info/en/?search=Special:Contributions/Babqari ☆ Bri ( talk) 22:01, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
I think you antered the wrong number of tildes here. Easily done! 17:58, 29 June 2023 (UTC) Phil Bridger ( talk) 17:58, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
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There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding lack of civility in WP:CFD. Thank you. RevelationDirect ( talk) 04:09, 7 July 2023 (UTC)
Hi, the Kung Hibbe NOTBROKEN sock is active again, impersonating me into the bargain. Could you? Mutt Lunker ( talk) 11:17, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
I wanted your eyes on this thread if you have the time. I am unfamiliar with the limits regarding potentially transphobic content. Honestly, their past several edits show serious WP:CIR issues in my non-admin opinion, but I didn't want to raise this to ANI if I am incorrect. Cerebral726 ( talk) 14:49, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
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The contributor with the numbers as a username mistakened my edit on The Butcher Boy as vandalism when in fact it is not. Sinead died recently and it was her final feature film. Just wanted to give you a head ups on the clarification in case you or someone numbered user reverts my edit on the page again. Cosmic2992 ( talk) Cosmic2992 ( talk) 18:29, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
You ”removed the scam site" from Talk:Toronto, but left the link to it in the article itself. I directly copy-and-pasted it from the citation in the article's lead. The way you removed it from the discussion also now makes gibberish of what I was saying, while also making it look like I'm the one linking "scam sites". 2402:6B00:8E60:E300:50D0:74DF:19D3:657 ( talk) 07:21, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
Hi there, I have pinged you into a discussion concerning the recent conduct of user Betty Logan. I would appreciate if you could take immediate action. Many thanks. Richie wright1980 ( talk) 17:04, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
User:PaulLaForge, who has made a blustering post on my talk page, is reverting my reversions of unsourced, unencyclopedically written commentary regarding an entertainment project that they have not demonstrated actually exists. Could you kindly help out with a second opinion? Much obliged. - Julietdeltalima (talk) 17:20, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
postscript: it has now descended to personal attacks on my talk page. (You're on the "Recently Active Admins" list is why I got here.) - Julietdeltalima (talk) 17:25, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
Did you look here before making this edit. The sources you need are given there? ww2censor ( talk) 16:48, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2023 August 29#Population of cities Moxy- 21:03, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
I am requesting help dealing with a obvious sockpuppet account 2001:8F8:173D:665C:F439:2CF7:3D9:7AB0 that has been mass reverting edits of mine that were of the now blocked Becausewhynothuh?. I see that you previously blocked the user and have much more experience in dealing with these issues than I am. Sorry for the trouble. — JJ Be rs 17:54, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
I did a quick look at a couple of articles without finding anything, but if you want me to help you can email me. Doug Weller talk 18:51, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
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Well. Maybe no fame. That was surely when Breitbart called me out! :-) Bastun Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 23:15, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
I note that you blocked user 81.144.121.47 for vandalism at 18:01, 13 March 2023. By way of heads-up, see https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Conradh_na_Gaeilge&diff=1175963263&oldid=1174033522 - they have made the usual county name change (which I have reverted) on the basis that "Conradh na Gaeilge do not refer to their branches in Derry as being in 'Londonderry' which is an offensive colonist name". Alekksandr ( talk) 20:26, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
Hi, there's an IP user on Talk:Sini Shetty, who in the two threads on there is monologuing rather than discussing anything to contribute to the article. I'm a bit stumped over what to do here, as I've tried engaging, could you please advise. Sciencefish ( talk) 14:26, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
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Hello, I just wanted to inquire about your recent edit on the info box for the International Lunar Research Station page. I see that you've removed the country flags from the infobox, and are an administrator, so I was wondering if there was a reason for this related to rules? In my personal opinion the flags being in the infobox is more asthetically pleasing than the alternative bullet points and doesn't really take anything away from the page. I'm not familiar enough with site rules to know if there is a policy mandate for removal, though I had assumed the flags being there was appropriate considering they are present on (for example) the infobox for the Artemis Accords page and the ITER page, among other international collaborations. Wanting to seek clarification rather than reverting here. Thanks in advance for any insights or guidance you can provide. Chancellor1 ( talk) 02:02, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
Hi there,
I notice that you posted several comments on User:Alpha200807's talk page a few days ago, so I thought you should know:-
After posting a comment of my own about what I'd treated as a good-faith, one-off mistake, I noticed they already had numerous complaints and warnings (including yours) going back some time, with no sign they'd taken any of it on board or were about to stop.
So I took it to the Administrators' noticeboard to see what their response would be, and the upshot was they were blocked almost immediately afterwards.
Still no indication in their response to the block that they even get why they were considered disruptive, so you were likely spot-on that this is (at the very least) a CIR issue.
All the best,
Ubcule ( talk) 17:07, 15 October 2023 (UTC)
Bro @ Canterbury Tail, please delete the redirected page 2008 Beijing Drum Tower incident during the Olympic Games because it have WP:2REDIR issues..... Trims..... 36.77.145.72 ( talk) 20:24, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
Dear Mr. @ Canterbury Tail, please recheck range IP 114.5.0.0/16 and 114.10.0.0/16, these range IP are also used by LTA Lampung, please check the contribution of these LTA.
Please block it again for two years. Thanks. 36.69.20.240 ( talk) 13:54, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
Hi there! Do you recall when you edited Cyberpunk (role-playing game) last week, if you saw a yellow box at the top of the screen saying "There are suggestions on this article's talk page for references that may be useful when improving this article in the future"? BOZ ( talk) 21:32, 31 October 2023 (UTC)
I noticed you reverted my edit but Blade Runner being the original work ( which it actually isn't) is beside the point because it's still a film in the franchise (look at Category:Terminator (franchise) and Category:Terminator (franchise) films to see what I mean) and as for the category itself, you're welcome to start a deletion discussion if you think it serves no purpose but you should do that before emptying it. Charles Essie ( talk) 23:45, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
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Mr. @ Canterbury Tail, please protect Dewa United F.C. and Sriwijaya F.C. pages indefinitely from anonymous edit, especially LTA Lampung because they are always vandalized by these LTA. Thanks.... 36.76.0.10 ( talk) 19:03, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
I was just notified of a comment you made on my talk earlier this evening. Can you cite the article involved so that I can look into this? Please refer to the ongoing discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Date format for year articles. Best, 31.55.242.67 ( talk) 20:11, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
Hi Canterbury Tail. Would you mind taking a look at this Teahouse question which is about Draft:Felix Leong. I think Australianblackbelt be back again trying to create an article about Leong. I'm asking you about this because of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Felix Leong and also your various other previous interactions with Australianblackbelt. Perhaps you remember enough about the prior attempt to create this article to be able to assess whether this newer one is just the same thing all over again. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 09:08, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
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I think removing the nationality altogether, like Elon Musk, can solve the problem. 78.131.72.186 ( talk) 18:53, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello, thanks for your efforts there, but I've undone your semi-protection of that article. The particular long-term abuser targetting that page, JohnLickor372 (also known as the history section vandal), likes to go back to the same pages over and over, as you've probably noticed. I want to keep this one open as a honeypot of sorts so I can detect more IP addresses used by this vandal. The article's been on my watchlist long before he came to the scene. Graham87 ( talk) 05:09, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
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Seen that you deleted my placed information. You found him not big enough to put him in the list like the way I did, from The Nerherlands, did. Maybe are you more specialized in Irish music and stars but....I would be glad if you see a possibility to at least mention him in the text on another way...His debutalbum sold 6,5 million copies and here he is for sure the most nowadays popular Irish musician. Musicworldvision ( talk) 23:57, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
I noticed that you blocked an IP with the comment "LTA Barrie airport disruptive editor". Where can I find more info about this LTA? The Banner talk 13:37, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Just wondering if I am permitted to edit Wales templates e.g "Template:Geography of Wales". I assume that I am because it's not a mainspace page but rather a template page?
Thanks! Titus Gold ( talk) 16:29, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
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Hi, Canterbury Tail,
What did you want me to learn from your addition to my Sandbox, where you posted: "(rv don't mess with other editors sandboxes unless they've explicitly said you can)"?
TIA for the explanation. BilCen ( talk) 22:44, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
Thank you for recognizing what I could not. How do you know when a discussion is made in good faith or not and if it should be removed? I have Wikipedia:WikiProject_Occupational_Safety_and_Health/Discussions on my watchlist, so I see very similar topics come up pretty frequently and would like to know when to delete and when to respond. Or does it just come with experience? Thanks. Recon rabbit 14:34, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi, User:Wywuwuwu is edit waring in Miss Universe 2021, reverting flag removals and other MOS in the infobox. I have warned them but they continue to add back or revert. Could you please help [16]. Sciencefish ( talk) 17:14, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
The traffic on the Alien Talk page is very low with very low responses there. And I am not sure that starting an RFC is the best path to take at this time. Your previous edits were to remove chronology from the Plot sections, and also to remove it from the Alien franchise page. Since the footnote option on the Plots is currently even at 2 supports and 2 opposed, then my suggestion is to return it to the franchise page which has no Plot section. The reliable sources I would use are articles from Variety magazine and science.com to add the chronology to the Alien franchise page. Would that work for you? HenryRoan ( talk) 16:27, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
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Could you please provide guidance on which images are suitable for use on Wikipedia? Alternatively, could you recommend a Wikipedia page where I can learn more about this topic? Thatsyrianitalian ( talk) 00:54, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
I am here trying to contribute to Wikipedia while balancing school (I'm doing this during school hours) I'm sorry I'm not perfect but I don't like it when a 50 year old Brexit geezer tells me my contributions aren't worth much because in the span of 1 week i made 51 edits and less than 30 present were reverted I'm sorry i can spend 10 hours a day browsing a encyclopedia and fixing mistakes because i have a life but I'm trying to help. Lion1010NT ( talk) 16:53, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
Hey you might remember me from that Star Wars article where I say the owner is Disney but the owner is Lucasfilsm which itself is owned by Disney now. I am just wondering there are lots of franchises articles that don’t follow ur rules like in The Last Airbender article has Nickelodeon as the owner and underneath Nick is the parent company of Nick which is Paramount Global under small fonts. Is this allowed? How come they can mention the parents companies of the company itself but not the Disney stuff? NakhlaMan ( talk) 05:01, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
Hello @ Canterbury Tail,
After reading the 2024 Haneda Airport runway collision article again, I feel like it's ready to be nominated for WP:GA status. Although this article is only a month old, is it still too early to nominate this? 🛧 Midori No Sora♪🛪 ( ☁=☁=✈) 01:03, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
I appreciate your comment and I'm able to comprehend with it. I'm new to wikipedia so not so good with the rules. But there's a guy called "Krish Nikhil" who has been removing my pictures from some pages without any reason. He is doing it out of jealousy and he has absolute no reason to support the removal. He made the account day before yesterday just to remove my pictures and he only uses it only for that purpose. He has some beef with me for no reason.. I'd like to see your take on this issue. Sanil Nath ( talk) 13:47, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
Hello. I removed the citation template from Georg Bruchmüller because 7 separate sources, with 15 inline citations, seems appropriate for article that is only roughly 5 paragraphs in size. Every single section contains at least one citation as well. Do you feel this is inadequate? How many additional sources do you think that page requires before that template should be taken down? Thank you. Durchbruchmüller ( talk) 23:15, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
I am reaching out in regards to the wWiki entry from teh sinegr Mabel. Someone keeps reverting her background from "English-Swedish" to "English" siting "no proof of citizenship". I just included this link from The Guarding about Swedish RnB and souls singers. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/dec/01/scandipop-mabel-zhala-seinabo-sey In fact no article linked states her citizenhip as eitehr Swedish nor English, but having a Swedish mother, English father and spent ages 8-18 (ten years) in Swedena nd teh Swedish schol system, I fail to see how she shoudl only be listed as "English". Isn't this sabotage? Can you help out? Fantomen73 ( talk) 20:09, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
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Krotch Lockman is back to violating MOS:NUMERAL. You warned him back in 2022 but it didn't take. [17] [18]. He is also making pointless abbreviations like here even thought the source explicitly says "Saint Louis Bread Company". ThaddeusSholto ( talk) 13:31, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
I am assuming that you are aware of User_talk:Crazybangladesiooooha and related issues.
I seem to have calamities abound when trying to quote/use the foreign script user name.
It seems it might be cross wiki as well... JarrahTree 12:22, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
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Thank you for blocking IP: 104.180.97.95. However, it appears that the same person with exactly the same edit content and same location is also operating from IP 101.108.97.95. Can I respectfully suggest that your block also applies to this address? Thanks and regards, David J Johnson ( talk) 18:13, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
As for your comment in the edit summary: No, not every safety video emphasizes that. Only in Japan that luggage part is emphasized in detail. Sources have pointed out specifically that this safety video stood out from all other airlines' which is usually a passing one-liner. See [19], [20] just for a few more examples. - Mailer Diablo 19:49, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi - last month, you blocked CPPConstruct ( talk · contribs) for evade a block. Can I inquire about the username of the main account behind this sock puppet? I require assistance with a SPI. — Saqib ( talk | contribs) 20:30, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi Canterbury Tail, I was referring to Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Ireland-related articles#Other names, which states that for places in Northern Ireland, foreign-language terms should only be included in the lead where the name derives from that language, whereas
"Newtownards" is derived from "New", "town" and "Ards", all of which are English-language terms (although Ards ultimately derives from Irish, which is why Ards Peninsula has the Irish in the lead). Thanks, Dāsānudāsa ( talk) 16:32, 23 April 2024 (UTC)