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Thanks for configuring the pending changes settings [1]. For some reason, it doesn't seem to be working anymore and the article is getting disruptive edits again. -- Bob K31416 ( talk) 19:50, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
This was mine, but looks like someone messed it up here. Original report. Amaury ( talk) 00:22, 31 July 2015 (UTC)
Hi Musik. What is the action to be taken on repeat offenders? 24.185.193.129 has resumed disruptive editing after being temp blocked for vandalism. I am withholding report by giving safe due process by giving incremental warnings. Please do advise. Thanks, Optakeover (Talk) 15:13, 31 July 2015 (UTC)
Hey Musik. User:Heathmcnease have feedback to me on a reversion of an edit I made in a message on my talk page here: User_talk:Optakeover#About_my_wiki_page. He has said that he doesn't want certain personal information to be made known on the article. I am currently reading WP:BLPPRIVACY. Balancing Wikipedia as an encyclopedia displaying publicly-made info and BLP issues especially requested by the person, can you advise on what should be edited out of the article? Optakeover (Talk) 15:54, 31 July 2015 (UTC)
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Greetings, GA Cup competitors! Wednesday saw the end of Round 1. The Rambling Man, who was eliminated during the first round in our last competition, earned an impressive 513 points, reviewed twice as many articles (26) as any other competitor. It was a tight race for second for first-time competitors BenLinus1214 and Tomandjerry211, who finished second and third with 243 and 224 points, respectively. Close behind was Wugapodes, who earned 205 points. The change in our points system had an impact on scoring. It was easier to earn higher points, although the key to success didn't change from last time, which was choosing articles with older nomination dates. For example, most of the articles The Rambling Man reviewed were worth 18 points in the nomination date category, and he benefited from it. BenLinus1214 reviewed the longest article, A Simple Plan (at 26,536 characters, or 4,477 words), the 1994 film starring Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, and Bridget Fonda and directed by Sam Raimi, and earned all possible 5 points in that category. After feedback from our participants, the judges slightly changed the rule about review length this time out. Shorter reviews are now allowed, as long as reviewers give nominators an opportunity to address their feedback. Shorter reviews are subject to the judges' discretion; the judges will continue their diligence as we continue the competition. Despite having fewer contestants at the beginning of Round 1 than last time, 132 articles were reviewed, far more than the 117 articles that were reviewed in Round 1 of the inaugural GA Cup. All of us involved should be very proud of what we've accomplished thus far. The judges are certain that Round 2 will be just as successful. 16 contestants have moved onto Round 2 and have been randomly placed in 4 groups of 4, with the top 2 in each pool progressing to Round 3, as well as the top participant ("9th place") of all remaining competitors. Round 2 has already begun and will end on August 29 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 2 and the pools can be found here. Good luck and remember to have fun! Cheers from Dom497, Figureskatingfan, 3family6 and Jaguar, and MrWooHoo. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletter, please add or remove your name to
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Hi Musik. Thank you for your help at the aforementioned article. Remember your help at O.T. Genasis? Please peruse Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Migosyrn, the same sockmaster is at work. We are dealing with a determined troll here. Optakeover (Talk) 15:24, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
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15:51, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
Semi for A. J. Price please. Random spurt of vandalism and additions of poorly sourced content. Cheers. DaHuzyBru ( talk) 16:17, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
Another request - block for this user? Has not heeded to warnings or final warning. DaHuzyBru ( talk) 16:41, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
hi musikanimal,i have been trying to make changes to the DDI page but to no avail i am not very good on the wiki pages if i was to have the txt or what changes needed to be done it would be most appreciated.railsparks 04/08/15 Railsparks ( talk) 17:32, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
hi musikanimal,thank you so much for taking the time to help me through this process of editing wiki i will endeavour to edith to the best of my ability and will do so in an truthfull and unbiased manor thank you again for time and patience.railsparks 4/08/15 Railsparks ( talk) 18:36, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi, since your name is listed at the bottom of the Edit Counter page and Cyberpower678 is busy IRL, I wanted to ask you a question about this tool. Specifically, where it should say "Article space" or something like that next to the pie chart when you enter a user's username, it instead says "일반 문서". Do you know why this is so and if you can fix it to be in English? Everymorning talk 18:53, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
Block for this IP please. Continued unsourced additions over a prolonged amount of time. Has not heeded to warnings. DaHuzyBru ( talk) 19:12, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
Hey, MusikAnimal – thanks for trying to fix my submission to WP:PERM/A. Honestly, I found the instructions there as clear as mud – how should I have submitted that (so it come out properly)?! Thanks in advance! -- IJBall ( contribs • talk) 22:10, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
Hello MusikAnimal. A couple of points ref the Notification: speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Brigadier Peter Macdonald. ( TW)
1. It is intended as a draft; as in something that I am still working on; and 2. I am the author of the obit in the Bristol newspaper (I am a freelance journalist and author). Have you an email address with which I could correspond (mine is pilgrimmaster@aol.com) and I am unfamiliar with this medium? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Son of Dòmhnall ( talk • contribs) 08:47, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
I removed Paolo De Ceglie beacause he is not listed in the squad according to this http://www.juventus.com/en/news/news/2015/squad-numbers-for-the-2015-16-season.php — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.68.146.165 ( talk) 00:51, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
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Hi MusikAnimal, Hope all's well :), I was wondering if you could revdel these [12] [13] [14] please, Cheers, – Davey2010 Talk 19:32, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
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14:57, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
You know, I would love to have rollback rights if I am eligible. 99.53.112.186 ( talk) 19:46, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
You've got a cool page about yourself. Appreciate the work you are doing! Cheers! TheGarvitGupta ( talk) 14:53, 10 August 2015 (UTC) |
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Howdy, MusikBot is not closing a < tt> tag properly at RFR. Can you please take a look? Thanks, Nakon 16:34, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
Xtools Edit count is not working and returning 404 error. Please check the tool. Thanks in advance. Prymshbmg ( talk) 14:42, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
Hey there, I removed some information from Brigitte Barclay's wikipedia page on request from her herself. She would actually like the page removed, if not the modelling references.
Many thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oriongrant ( talk • contribs) 15:09, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
I think personally that if someone makes a editing mistake you should cancel it and just leave it at that. Today my little brother came on to the laptop and just started to type, I got a message and I didn't know what to do — Preceding unsigned comment added by Guitars4ever ( talk • contribs)
Hi, I see you both deleted the added section and regenerated what was there before. I guess that is two points to discuss :)
I disagree regarding the additions being unconstructive. I don't feel you have had any time to examine the article to which it points and refers to and the amount of text is not dissimilar to that given to other ideas on what is bullshit. The idea is very much constructive as it provides a link between a real form of novel propaganda and the term which is used to describe it in the vernacular. If you don't believe this is the case please provide rationale for that.
With regard to what was removed. I felt the section read more like a dictionary than an entry to wikipedia. It was also about what Bullshit wasn't rather than what it was. Whether it stays or goes is something to discuss but is of secondary importance to me. Although it should definitely be edited whatever.
Kind regards
Adam — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adamjonmcnamara ( talk • contribs) 16:54, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
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REPLACE THIS TEXT WITH YOUR MESSAGE Mikebmr ( talk) 19:51, 10 August 2015 (UTC) Hi--- physician refers to medical practitioners: inclusion of 'chiropractor' within this definition is misleading and inaccurate and suggests that those of that vocation are equivalent to medical professionals in the diagnosis and treatment of illness, injury, or disase--which, by law, chiropractic is forbidden to do.
Hi--nothing wrong with the chiropractic vocation: however it is incorrect to assert that it is an equivalency to health care providers: there are lots of reasons for that, however the desire of those in the chiropractic field to state an association with the term physician should not be the merit for such inclusiveness here at the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mikebmr ( talk • contribs) 18:00, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
Dear Musik, I'm a newbie. We submitted a page /info/en/?search=Draft:The_CMO_Survey but never received confirmation that it was published. I just found out that it was but someone falsified the information. I have tried to edit twice but it was changed back even though I put in summary comments the second time as you recommended. Can you help me? Christine.moorman ( talk) 19:12, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for protecting our version. Peolle like ricky need to respect that we don't care about your notice boards or whatever say, they are just wrong. The WOP has already explained why the GRG is a reliable source. Please go and block ricky for disrupting the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.171.120.167 ( talk) 18:16, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
We have consensus. You protected the right version. Protect List of supercentenarians who died in 2014 too. Every version is going fine until the edit wars started. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.171.121.17 ( talk) 18:51, 14 August 2015 (UTC) Please comment at ANI. I collapsed the nonsense section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.171.121.17 ( talk) 19:15, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
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16:17, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
I wanted to ask you about another problem with this tool, which you help maintain. It seems that for everyone except myself [52] it is not working. Do you know why this is the case? Everymorning (talk) 15:19, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi,
I've had numerous problems with vandalism on a few pages. Unfortunately the user (definitely tied) has multiple cellular IP's it uses, severely interfering with my attempts to curb the vandalism. Overall, this user has reverted over 10-15 of my edits, with about 12 IP's. I have attempted communication through ALL the IP Talk pages, and usually the user taunts in reply. Recently (this has been going on for 9 days) this has become particularly frustrating, as I feel (even after opening a sock puppet investigation and No Original Research investigation) that I am the only one fighting this problem. A little background: This user has constantly added information about a "T-Squared Records", which cannot be found with any internet search and does not exist in this town. I had tried helping the user, but all attempts have failed. No response from CU's. Is there any help you can offer? This user must be having a kick since they haven't been blocked/banned yet.
Pages vandalized:
Open investigations:
Suspected sockpuppets:
Thanks - Garchy ( talk) 20:22, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for the advice! I'll keep an eye on it, and if it gets unmanageable I'll come to you. Thanks, Garchy ( talk) 20:05, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
i am creating a page for Rachael West but I got a deletion message. This is my first time using Wikipedia. Can you please help me so my page does not get deleted. You wrote on my page that you or someone could check it. I would appreciate any help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thescream80 ( talk • contribs) 01:51, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
{{ping|MusikAnimal}}
. That will send me a notification and I will see that you have replied. Best —
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talk 04:44, 19 August 2015 (UTC)Since IP 72.29.33.107's block expired, they have returned to make multiple unsourced changes across radio pages. No edit summaries, nothing. You were the last admin to deal with them - would you mind taking a look again? Thanks! Scr★pIron IV 14:13, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
And immediately agter the last block expired, they are at it again. Nothing on the talk pages, no edit summaries, just changing stations on templates and lists. I don't know if longer term page protection might be more effective? I don't know if they would just move on to different pages, or if a longer block is a better idea. I'm not certain if it is intentional vandalism, or just misguided good faith changes. The changes they have made have been surprisingly consistent. Scr★pIron IV 20:19, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
And here we are again, the individual changed IP's today and is back to the same behavior. They are now using 72.29.32.119. So far, I have kept up with the reversions, but I want to ensure that I am not hounding this user. I trust that my behavior in this matter has been acceptable. Scr★pIron IV 13:18, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi there,
I saw that you recently edited the article "Rainbow Loom" (bands) and I hope you can help me. I created an article for the UK band Loom, and I'd like to add a similar page redirect from "Loom (band)" to the "Rainbow Loom" article, and from "Rainbow Loom" to the "Loom (band)" article.
So on top of the Rainbow Loom article it can say:
"For the English rock band, see
Loom (band). For other uses, see Loom (disambiguation)."
and for Loom (band) it could say:
"For the plastic loom for rubber bands, see
Rainbow Loom. For other uses, see Loom (disambiguation)."
Thanks for your help,
BeeApril ( talk) 21:22, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
Please would you recreate Draft:Geoff Fincher, which you recently deleted, in my user space so I may work on it? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:44, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi MusikAnimal--sorry about that. I'm still learning the ropes, but the reason I did that was because there are two pages: College Union Slam Poetry Invitational and College Unions Slam Poetry Invitational. The former is not exactly what it's called--it's Unions instead of Union. Also, the former wasn't as up to date, as it didn't have the 2015 winners updated so I thought the latter was just a better result. To be honest, I was just trying to be helpful; in the future what should I do? AlecWinPE ( talk) 22:30, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
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13:02, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I just rewrote the article on Ulrike Haage accordingly to what I did on the german wikipedia. I left some you did write, just made an update. Hope this is OK with you. By the way I'm editing the German wikipedia from time to time. I know her personally and thought both the German and English should contain at least all her works so far. FYI, Her new solo album MAELSTROM will be out September 4, 2015.
Kind regards ( AufErsuchen ( talk) 18:23, 25 August 2015 (UTC))
(Redacted) I do not know how to reference the Registry of which he is in and is also in violation. Crimes like these should be part of a persons biography. Not including it when its absolutely true is a crime in itself. [62] 24.228.25.68 ( talk) 19:31, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
I noticed that you have been commenting on some inappropriate edits by editor MusicAngels ( /info/en/?search=User_talk:MusicAngels) and I thought you might be interested in my latest comment on a page reassessment that this editor requested recently: /info/en/?search=Talk:W._H._Auden/GA1
This editor seems to be conducting a new kind of edit war: Last month, I removed a few dozen improper hatnotes that the editor had created, and now the editor seems to be taking revenge with a reassessment request that has some very odd features in it. I'll be very grateful if you could look it over and draw your own conclusions. Thanks. - Macspaunday ( talk) 09:18, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
May I chime in to say that MusicAngels ( /info/en/?search=User_talk:MusicAngels) is the named creator of several very bad poetry pages that he refuses to let anyone edit or criticize. I am anonymous, yes, but I am a professor of poetry and there are quite a few of us startled by his pages and the lack of justifications for their existence. Now they are protected so that nobody can change them. They really are terribly terribly bad.23:01, 24 August 2015 (UTC)23:01, 24 August 2015 (UTC)23:01, 24 August 2015 (UTC)~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:147:102:B30:7DE7:2B1E:CEE2:B91A ( talk)
I have tagged all articles created by User:MusicAngels for deletion on the basis that they were not created by consensus.11:29, 26 August 2015 (UTC)11:29, 26 August 2015 (UTC)~~
nuts? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.185.75.74 ( talk) 18:06, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
There are no copyright violations of any kind in the article which fully attributes all of its many citations. The policy about valid forms of using old material in Wikipedia in new articles which have been reviewed and patrolled by WikiProjects and WikiPartrol are documented in WP:CWW (Copying within wikipedia) and in WP:Forking for Valid forms of use of old material within wikipedia. There is no copyright violation anywhere in the article of any kind and I have gone out of my way to bring the references up to date and ensuring that the links are working. Any flags for copyright violations should be removed since there is no copyright violation in the reviewed article of any kind. MusicAngels ( talk) 15:04, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for the added user priviledge, I'd be interested in your comments on my past editing history. Domo Arigato. Regushee ( talk) 18:44, 26 August 2015 (UTC) |
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Thanks for configuring the pending changes settings [1]. For some reason, it doesn't seem to be working anymore and the article is getting disruptive edits again. -- Bob K31416 ( talk) 19:50, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
This was mine, but looks like someone messed it up here. Original report. Amaury ( talk) 00:22, 31 July 2015 (UTC)
Hi Musik. What is the action to be taken on repeat offenders? 24.185.193.129 has resumed disruptive editing after being temp blocked for vandalism. I am withholding report by giving safe due process by giving incremental warnings. Please do advise. Thanks, Optakeover (Talk) 15:13, 31 July 2015 (UTC)
Hey Musik. User:Heathmcnease have feedback to me on a reversion of an edit I made in a message on my talk page here: User_talk:Optakeover#About_my_wiki_page. He has said that he doesn't want certain personal information to be made known on the article. I am currently reading WP:BLPPRIVACY. Balancing Wikipedia as an encyclopedia displaying publicly-made info and BLP issues especially requested by the person, can you advise on what should be edited out of the article? Optakeover (Talk) 15:54, 31 July 2015 (UTC)
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So I only just discovered responseHelper and needless to say, it is fantastic. Where has it been all my life?! Better to find it late than never, I suppose. Anyway, it is far from your crowning achievement here but I wanted to thank you for that, as well as for everything else you have done and continue to do around here! Enjoy this very unique award, as a token of my appreciation. Best regards, Swarm we ♥ our hive 08:06, 31 July 2015 (UTC) |
Greetings, GA Cup competitors! Wednesday saw the end of Round 1. The Rambling Man, who was eliminated during the first round in our last competition, earned an impressive 513 points, reviewed twice as many articles (26) as any other competitor. It was a tight race for second for first-time competitors BenLinus1214 and Tomandjerry211, who finished second and third with 243 and 224 points, respectively. Close behind was Wugapodes, who earned 205 points. The change in our points system had an impact on scoring. It was easier to earn higher points, although the key to success didn't change from last time, which was choosing articles with older nomination dates. For example, most of the articles The Rambling Man reviewed were worth 18 points in the nomination date category, and he benefited from it. BenLinus1214 reviewed the longest article, A Simple Plan (at 26,536 characters, or 4,477 words), the 1994 film starring Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, and Bridget Fonda and directed by Sam Raimi, and earned all possible 5 points in that category. After feedback from our participants, the judges slightly changed the rule about review length this time out. Shorter reviews are now allowed, as long as reviewers give nominators an opportunity to address their feedback. Shorter reviews are subject to the judges' discretion; the judges will continue their diligence as we continue the competition. Despite having fewer contestants at the beginning of Round 1 than last time, 132 articles were reviewed, far more than the 117 articles that were reviewed in Round 1 of the inaugural GA Cup. All of us involved should be very proud of what we've accomplished thus far. The judges are certain that Round 2 will be just as successful. 16 contestants have moved onto Round 2 and have been randomly placed in 4 groups of 4, with the top 2 in each pool progressing to Round 3, as well as the top participant ("9th place") of all remaining competitors. Round 2 has already begun and will end on August 29 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 2 and the pools can be found here. Good luck and remember to have fun! Cheers from Dom497, Figureskatingfan, 3family6 and Jaguar, and MrWooHoo. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletter, please add or remove your name to
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Hi Musik. Thank you for your help at the aforementioned article. Remember your help at O.T. Genasis? Please peruse Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Migosyrn, the same sockmaster is at work. We are dealing with a determined troll here. Optakeover (Talk) 15:24, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
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15:51, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
Semi for A. J. Price please. Random spurt of vandalism and additions of poorly sourced content. Cheers. DaHuzyBru ( talk) 16:17, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
Another request - block for this user? Has not heeded to warnings or final warning. DaHuzyBru ( talk) 16:41, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
hi musikanimal,i have been trying to make changes to the DDI page but to no avail i am not very good on the wiki pages if i was to have the txt or what changes needed to be done it would be most appreciated.railsparks 04/08/15 Railsparks ( talk) 17:32, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
hi musikanimal,thank you so much for taking the time to help me through this process of editing wiki i will endeavour to edith to the best of my ability and will do so in an truthfull and unbiased manor thank you again for time and patience.railsparks 4/08/15 Railsparks ( talk) 18:36, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi, since your name is listed at the bottom of the Edit Counter page and Cyberpower678 is busy IRL, I wanted to ask you a question about this tool. Specifically, where it should say "Article space" or something like that next to the pie chart when you enter a user's username, it instead says "일반 문서". Do you know why this is so and if you can fix it to be in English? Everymorning talk 18:53, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
Block for this IP please. Continued unsourced additions over a prolonged amount of time. Has not heeded to warnings. DaHuzyBru ( talk) 19:12, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
Hey, MusikAnimal – thanks for trying to fix my submission to WP:PERM/A. Honestly, I found the instructions there as clear as mud – how should I have submitted that (so it come out properly)?! Thanks in advance! -- IJBall ( contribs • talk) 22:10, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
Hello MusikAnimal. A couple of points ref the Notification: speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Brigadier Peter Macdonald. ( TW)
1. It is intended as a draft; as in something that I am still working on; and 2. I am the author of the obit in the Bristol newspaper (I am a freelance journalist and author). Have you an email address with which I could correspond (mine is pilgrimmaster@aol.com) and I am unfamiliar with this medium? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Son of Dòmhnall ( talk • contribs) 08:47, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
I removed Paolo De Ceglie beacause he is not listed in the squad according to this http://www.juventus.com/en/news/news/2015/squad-numbers-for-the-2015-16-season.php — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.68.146.165 ( talk) 00:51, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
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Hi MusikAnimal, Hope all's well :), I was wondering if you could revdel these [12] [13] [14] please, Cheers, – Davey2010 Talk 19:32, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
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14:57, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
You know, I would love to have rollback rights if I am eligible. 99.53.112.186 ( talk) 19:46, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
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Howdy, MusikBot is not closing a < tt> tag properly at RFR. Can you please take a look? Thanks, Nakon 16:34, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
Xtools Edit count is not working and returning 404 error. Please check the tool. Thanks in advance. Prymshbmg ( talk) 14:42, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
Hey there, I removed some information from Brigitte Barclay's wikipedia page on request from her herself. She would actually like the page removed, if not the modelling references.
Many thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oriongrant ( talk • contribs) 15:09, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
I think personally that if someone makes a editing mistake you should cancel it and just leave it at that. Today my little brother came on to the laptop and just started to type, I got a message and I didn't know what to do — Preceding unsigned comment added by Guitars4ever ( talk • contribs)
Hi, I see you both deleted the added section and regenerated what was there before. I guess that is two points to discuss :)
I disagree regarding the additions being unconstructive. I don't feel you have had any time to examine the article to which it points and refers to and the amount of text is not dissimilar to that given to other ideas on what is bullshit. The idea is very much constructive as it provides a link between a real form of novel propaganda and the term which is used to describe it in the vernacular. If you don't believe this is the case please provide rationale for that.
With regard to what was removed. I felt the section read more like a dictionary than an entry to wikipedia. It was also about what Bullshit wasn't rather than what it was. Whether it stays or goes is something to discuss but is of secondary importance to me. Although it should definitely be edited whatever.
Kind regards
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REPLACE THIS TEXT WITH YOUR MESSAGE Mikebmr ( talk) 19:51, 10 August 2015 (UTC) Hi--- physician refers to medical practitioners: inclusion of 'chiropractor' within this definition is misleading and inaccurate and suggests that those of that vocation are equivalent to medical professionals in the diagnosis and treatment of illness, injury, or disase--which, by law, chiropractic is forbidden to do.
Hi--nothing wrong with the chiropractic vocation: however it is incorrect to assert that it is an equivalency to health care providers: there are lots of reasons for that, however the desire of those in the chiropractic field to state an association with the term physician should not be the merit for such inclusiveness here at the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mikebmr ( talk • contribs) 18:00, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
Dear Musik, I'm a newbie. We submitted a page /info/en/?search=Draft:The_CMO_Survey but never received confirmation that it was published. I just found out that it was but someone falsified the information. I have tried to edit twice but it was changed back even though I put in summary comments the second time as you recommended. Can you help me? Christine.moorman ( talk) 19:12, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for protecting our version. Peolle like ricky need to respect that we don't care about your notice boards or whatever say, they are just wrong. The WOP has already explained why the GRG is a reliable source. Please go and block ricky for disrupting the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.171.120.167 ( talk) 18:16, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
We have consensus. You protected the right version. Protect List of supercentenarians who died in 2014 too. Every version is going fine until the edit wars started. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.171.121.17 ( talk) 18:51, 14 August 2015 (UTC) Please comment at ANI. I collapsed the nonsense section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.171.121.17 ( talk) 19:15, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
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16:17, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
I wanted to ask you about another problem with this tool, which you help maintain. It seems that for everyone except myself [52] it is not working. Do you know why this is the case? Everymorning (talk) 15:19, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi,
I've had numerous problems with vandalism on a few pages. Unfortunately the user (definitely tied) has multiple cellular IP's it uses, severely interfering with my attempts to curb the vandalism. Overall, this user has reverted over 10-15 of my edits, with about 12 IP's. I have attempted communication through ALL the IP Talk pages, and usually the user taunts in reply. Recently (this has been going on for 9 days) this has become particularly frustrating, as I feel (even after opening a sock puppet investigation and No Original Research investigation) that I am the only one fighting this problem. A little background: This user has constantly added information about a "T-Squared Records", which cannot be found with any internet search and does not exist in this town. I had tried helping the user, but all attempts have failed. No response from CU's. Is there any help you can offer? This user must be having a kick since they haven't been blocked/banned yet.
Pages vandalized:
Open investigations:
Suspected sockpuppets:
Thanks - Garchy ( talk) 20:22, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for the advice! I'll keep an eye on it, and if it gets unmanageable I'll come to you. Thanks, Garchy ( talk) 20:05, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
i am creating a page for Rachael West but I got a deletion message. This is my first time using Wikipedia. Can you please help me so my page does not get deleted. You wrote on my page that you or someone could check it. I would appreciate any help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thescream80 ( talk • contribs) 01:51, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
{{ping|MusikAnimal}}
. That will send me a notification and I will see that you have replied. Best —
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talk 04:44, 19 August 2015 (UTC)Since IP 72.29.33.107's block expired, they have returned to make multiple unsourced changes across radio pages. No edit summaries, nothing. You were the last admin to deal with them - would you mind taking a look again? Thanks! Scr★pIron IV 14:13, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
And immediately agter the last block expired, they are at it again. Nothing on the talk pages, no edit summaries, just changing stations on templates and lists. I don't know if longer term page protection might be more effective? I don't know if they would just move on to different pages, or if a longer block is a better idea. I'm not certain if it is intentional vandalism, or just misguided good faith changes. The changes they have made have been surprisingly consistent. Scr★pIron IV 20:19, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
And here we are again, the individual changed IP's today and is back to the same behavior. They are now using 72.29.32.119. So far, I have kept up with the reversions, but I want to ensure that I am not hounding this user. I trust that my behavior in this matter has been acceptable. Scr★pIron IV 13:18, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi there,
I saw that you recently edited the article "Rainbow Loom" (bands) and I hope you can help me. I created an article for the UK band Loom, and I'd like to add a similar page redirect from "Loom (band)" to the "Rainbow Loom" article, and from "Rainbow Loom" to the "Loom (band)" article.
So on top of the Rainbow Loom article it can say:
"For the English rock band, see
Loom (band). For other uses, see Loom (disambiguation)."
and for Loom (band) it could say:
"For the plastic loom for rubber bands, see
Rainbow Loom. For other uses, see Loom (disambiguation)."
Thanks for your help,
BeeApril ( talk) 21:22, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
Please would you recreate Draft:Geoff Fincher, which you recently deleted, in my user space so I may work on it? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:44, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi MusikAnimal--sorry about that. I'm still learning the ropes, but the reason I did that was because there are two pages: College Union Slam Poetry Invitational and College Unions Slam Poetry Invitational. The former is not exactly what it's called--it's Unions instead of Union. Also, the former wasn't as up to date, as it didn't have the 2015 winners updated so I thought the latter was just a better result. To be honest, I was just trying to be helpful; in the future what should I do? AlecWinPE ( talk) 22:30, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
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13:02, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I just rewrote the article on Ulrike Haage accordingly to what I did on the german wikipedia. I left some you did write, just made an update. Hope this is OK with you. By the way I'm editing the German wikipedia from time to time. I know her personally and thought both the German and English should contain at least all her works so far. FYI, Her new solo album MAELSTROM will be out September 4, 2015.
Kind regards ( AufErsuchen ( talk) 18:23, 25 August 2015 (UTC))
(Redacted) I do not know how to reference the Registry of which he is in and is also in violation. Crimes like these should be part of a persons biography. Not including it when its absolutely true is a crime in itself. [62] 24.228.25.68 ( talk) 19:31, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
I noticed that you have been commenting on some inappropriate edits by editor MusicAngels ( /info/en/?search=User_talk:MusicAngels) and I thought you might be interested in my latest comment on a page reassessment that this editor requested recently: /info/en/?search=Talk:W._H._Auden/GA1
This editor seems to be conducting a new kind of edit war: Last month, I removed a few dozen improper hatnotes that the editor had created, and now the editor seems to be taking revenge with a reassessment request that has some very odd features in it. I'll be very grateful if you could look it over and draw your own conclusions. Thanks. - Macspaunday ( talk) 09:18, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
May I chime in to say that MusicAngels ( /info/en/?search=User_talk:MusicAngels) is the named creator of several very bad poetry pages that he refuses to let anyone edit or criticize. I am anonymous, yes, but I am a professor of poetry and there are quite a few of us startled by his pages and the lack of justifications for their existence. Now they are protected so that nobody can change them. They really are terribly terribly bad.23:01, 24 August 2015 (UTC)23:01, 24 August 2015 (UTC)23:01, 24 August 2015 (UTC)~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:147:102:B30:7DE7:2B1E:CEE2:B91A ( talk)
I have tagged all articles created by User:MusicAngels for deletion on the basis that they were not created by consensus.11:29, 26 August 2015 (UTC)11:29, 26 August 2015 (UTC)~~
nuts? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.185.75.74 ( talk) 18:06, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
There are no copyright violations of any kind in the article which fully attributes all of its many citations. The policy about valid forms of using old material in Wikipedia in new articles which have been reviewed and patrolled by WikiProjects and WikiPartrol are documented in WP:CWW (Copying within wikipedia) and in WP:Forking for Valid forms of use of old material within wikipedia. There is no copyright violation anywhere in the article of any kind and I have gone out of my way to bring the references up to date and ensuring that the links are working. Any flags for copyright violations should be removed since there is no copyright violation in the reviewed article of any kind. MusicAngels ( talk) 15:04, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for the added user priviledge, I'd be interested in your comments on my past editing history. Domo Arigato. Regushee ( talk) 18:44, 26 August 2015 (UTC) |