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Hi Serge. I just noticed a discussion (well, more a wall of text) from one editor named African pride479 who appears to primarily be a single-purpose account arguing about the South African singer Tyla's racial identity. They appear to have registered to Wikipedia with a blatant agenda and WP:BATTLEGROUND mentality, and are accusing the two editors who have replied in the thread at Talk:Tyla (singer)#Tyla ancestry fact checking thread. of having a bias to remove her African identity(?). Some choice quotes from their talk page screeds:
I thought this needed admin attention. Ss 112 21:28, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
Hey there! I'm doing a re-write of Kristian Bush. Ref 7, which is at the end of "1991–2001: Billy Pilgrim", seems to have a lot of detailed information, but the original link is broken. Simply looking it up yields no results, so where could I search to find the origin of this source if it's still out there? Panini! • 🥪 16:00, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
Hey Serge. Could you take a look at this edit, leaving aside my removal of the extra covers (which has apparently been discussed before and which I left alone upon my revert), and see if you think I did anything "not respecting (the) current MOS"? I've left a talk page message for this user, but I'm almost certain they don't know the current MOS. As I said, "all tables require captions now per MOS:TABLECAPTION and should have scope="col" to delineate what is a column header ( MOS:DTT). Third-level headings should follow second-level headings (and semicolons should not be used to bold headings) per WP:PSEUDOHEAD and removing links to common terms is per WP:OVERLINKING". I also linked to the RfC in 2020 that established all tables should have captions and pointed out it is part of WP:ACCESS. Ss 112 22:03, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
Hey Serge, also @ Ferret:: looks like Pjesnik21/ Jovarca1000000 is back on the range 95.156.155.223/16 (it might need to be adjusted)
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according to your style comment, then many of the other references would also need to be removed, e.g., Kiss. Carloscastenada1 ( talk) 21:46, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
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Does this make any sense to you? As in, I know it's nonsense, but I want to know if it's true nonsense. Like, there's literally no reason these words should be in a sentence together since they have absolutely no correlation and zero connection. Panini! • 🥪 05:10, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
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You have closed Nintendo discussion page without sufficient reasons. Also, what do you think led to the consensus to keep this in place? Wikipedia is not a democracy, and they don't have a good reason. If discussion fails to resolve the question of which style to use in an article, defer to the style used by the first major contributor. If this doesn't change you will need to change the rule itself for MOS:NUM. It should never have been changed at first glance, so I think restoring the prior that stood for 11 years is desirable over allowing a meaningless change contrary to guidelines to say seek consensus, to be considered the current date format. If it is not changed, it will only encourage people to try and support through meaningless changes under a vague edit summary without consensus on the article's talk page (and changers will hope it does not reverted, as the meaningless edit can just change a whole date format). If you don't change it, the wiki has a serious rules flaw. WP:EDITCON does not prevent MOS:DATERET. I don't feel any participation in messing with these rules. It should be written as "date format consensus is unclear, so we use the first major contributor date format per MOS:NUM". WAccount1234567890 ( talk) 04:50, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
I'm sorry for my actions today. I should have listen and respected to your opinion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ThatChemist25 ( talk • contribs) 02:04, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
Hi Serge. Not really that serious of a matter but @ Isaidnoway: and I had a disagreement yesterday (my time), and they're well within their rights to do so, but reverted my talk page messages, after answering me, with the edit summary "cbbw". I asked what cbbw means, and they, unhelpfully but probably predictably, reverted me again with "cbbw". I don't know why this editor is reverting me with some acronym whose meaning is known only to them. Not sure if it's some nonsense, but I can't get an answer out of them on their talk page so I thought I might try here. Edit: I might have cracked the code: "Can't be bothered with"? Isaidnoway, please LMK. You might have coined a new acronym that the Internet has not heretofore used. Ss 112 13:13, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
Just wondering if it's occurred to you that the "new" user you're mentoring isn't really all that new and is trolling to performative levels. WP:AGF can only be stretched so far... Bastun Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 15:41, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
Please suggest me improvements to the article because my peer review of the article left no answers and my talk page's section on the article is useless and you are the number one editor of the article. My goal is to get it successfully promoted to GA status or even FA if the improvements are big enough. Equal width ( C) 06:28, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
On Talk:List_of_best-selling_game_consoles#RfC:_Is_the_Valve_Steam_Deck_an_improvement_to_this_list? you wrote "Such a thing would need to be decided on its own article first, not on this list". How would we go about moving this RfC to that page? I don't feel confident doing that myself without possibly violating Wikipedia rules/guidelines and you seem a lot more knowledgeable about that. Would we also copy/move the whole preceding discussion from Talk:List_of_best-selling_game_consoles to Talk:Steam_Deck ? Your help is greatly appreciated. Terr-E ( talk) 13:47, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
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Hi Serge. After years of warnings from a multitude of editors and automated messages that their images either lack licensing or have been nominated for deletion ( see the history), the user H9v9n9 still sees fit to edit images of products from websites to crop out everything but the actual front cover, which I've been told by experienced editors in years past is not an acceptable thing to do as it is pointless to show the original unedited image as a "source" if you're going to just make a new image from it yourself (not sure if you yourself have much experience in this area and may have heard the same thing or think the same thing). I'm not sure if this is in one of our image guidelines but it seems to be a practice if not policy.
This editor is simply fixated on cover artworks and it seems to be the main thing they do on Wikipedia—finding images to replace or tinker with. Do you think this is worth having a word to them over? I've left them a message but I'm not sure my word will change anything, and I'm almost certain this user has done this exact thing (cropping and refactoring images from websites, citing a source that shows a different image) in years past, has been warned for, and they're still doing it. They have routinely blanked their talk page, including a summary in Mandarin, the translation of which seems to imply that editors are "obsessed" with them(?). Ss 112 11:39, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello Sergecross73: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, MrLinkinPark333 ( talk) 02:35, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
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This is a great example of the usefulness of indefs. People can't just wait them out. Valereee ( talk) 20:29, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi, Serge, hope you're well. I was going to create an article for the above. It looks like this particular word combination is blocked due to some old shenanigans (which also affected the BV page), and can only be resolved by an admin. There was also a redirect--Dressed in Black (album)--that went to the above specifically, but now redirects to Dressed in Black as a disambig. Not sure what the best path forward is, but there are dozens of reliable sources for this (mostly on paper, which, working in an academic library, I use first). I was just going to remove the redirect, but thought I'd post here first. Sorry if this is confusing. Thanks for any advice. Caro7200 ( talk) 13:58, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
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Hi Serge. I just noticed a discussion (well, more a wall of text) from one editor named African pride479 who appears to primarily be a single-purpose account arguing about the South African singer Tyla's racial identity. They appear to have registered to Wikipedia with a blatant agenda and WP:BATTLEGROUND mentality, and are accusing the two editors who have replied in the thread at Talk:Tyla (singer)#Tyla ancestry fact checking thread. of having a bias to remove her African identity(?). Some choice quotes from their talk page screeds:
I thought this needed admin attention. Ss 112 21:28, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
Hey there! I'm doing a re-write of Kristian Bush. Ref 7, which is at the end of "1991–2001: Billy Pilgrim", seems to have a lot of detailed information, but the original link is broken. Simply looking it up yields no results, so where could I search to find the origin of this source if it's still out there? Panini! • 🥪 16:00, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
Hey Serge. Could you take a look at this edit, leaving aside my removal of the extra covers (which has apparently been discussed before and which I left alone upon my revert), and see if you think I did anything "not respecting (the) current MOS"? I've left a talk page message for this user, but I'm almost certain they don't know the current MOS. As I said, "all tables require captions now per MOS:TABLECAPTION and should have scope="col" to delineate what is a column header ( MOS:DTT). Third-level headings should follow second-level headings (and semicolons should not be used to bold headings) per WP:PSEUDOHEAD and removing links to common terms is per WP:OVERLINKING". I also linked to the RfC in 2020 that established all tables should have captions and pointed out it is part of WP:ACCESS. Ss 112 22:03, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
Hey Serge, also @ Ferret:: looks like Pjesnik21/ Jovarca1000000 is back on the range 95.156.155.223/16 (it might need to be adjusted)
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according to your style comment, then many of the other references would also need to be removed, e.g., Kiss. Carloscastenada1 ( talk) 21:46, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
Happy adminship anniversary! Hi Sergecross73! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of your successful request for adminship. Enjoy this special day! The Herald (Benison) ( talk) 04:12, 22 November 2023 (UTC) |
Does this make any sense to you? As in, I know it's nonsense, but I want to know if it's true nonsense. Like, there's literally no reason these words should be in a sentence together since they have absolutely no correlation and zero connection. Panini! • 🥪 05:10, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
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You have closed Nintendo discussion page without sufficient reasons. Also, what do you think led to the consensus to keep this in place? Wikipedia is not a democracy, and they don't have a good reason. If discussion fails to resolve the question of which style to use in an article, defer to the style used by the first major contributor. If this doesn't change you will need to change the rule itself for MOS:NUM. It should never have been changed at first glance, so I think restoring the prior that stood for 11 years is desirable over allowing a meaningless change contrary to guidelines to say seek consensus, to be considered the current date format. If it is not changed, it will only encourage people to try and support through meaningless changes under a vague edit summary without consensus on the article's talk page (and changers will hope it does not reverted, as the meaningless edit can just change a whole date format). If you don't change it, the wiki has a serious rules flaw. WP:EDITCON does not prevent MOS:DATERET. I don't feel any participation in messing with these rules. It should be written as "date format consensus is unclear, so we use the first major contributor date format per MOS:NUM". WAccount1234567890 ( talk) 04:50, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
I'm sorry for my actions today. I should have listen and respected to your opinion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ThatChemist25 ( talk • contribs) 02:04, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
Hi Serge. Not really that serious of a matter but @ Isaidnoway: and I had a disagreement yesterday (my time), and they're well within their rights to do so, but reverted my talk page messages, after answering me, with the edit summary "cbbw". I asked what cbbw means, and they, unhelpfully but probably predictably, reverted me again with "cbbw". I don't know why this editor is reverting me with some acronym whose meaning is known only to them. Not sure if it's some nonsense, but I can't get an answer out of them on their talk page so I thought I might try here. Edit: I might have cracked the code: "Can't be bothered with"? Isaidnoway, please LMK. You might have coined a new acronym that the Internet has not heretofore used. Ss 112 13:13, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
Just wondering if it's occurred to you that the "new" user you're mentoring isn't really all that new and is trolling to performative levels. WP:AGF can only be stretched so far... Bastun Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 15:41, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
Please suggest me improvements to the article because my peer review of the article left no answers and my talk page's section on the article is useless and you are the number one editor of the article. My goal is to get it successfully promoted to GA status or even FA if the improvements are big enough. Equal width ( C) 06:28, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
On Talk:List_of_best-selling_game_consoles#RfC:_Is_the_Valve_Steam_Deck_an_improvement_to_this_list? you wrote "Such a thing would need to be decided on its own article first, not on this list". How would we go about moving this RfC to that page? I don't feel confident doing that myself without possibly violating Wikipedia rules/guidelines and you seem a lot more knowledgeable about that. Would we also copy/move the whole preceding discussion from Talk:List_of_best-selling_game_consoles to Talk:Steam_Deck ? Your help is greatly appreciated. Terr-E ( talk) 13:47, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
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Hi Serge. After years of warnings from a multitude of editors and automated messages that their images either lack licensing or have been nominated for deletion ( see the history), the user H9v9n9 still sees fit to edit images of products from websites to crop out everything but the actual front cover, which I've been told by experienced editors in years past is not an acceptable thing to do as it is pointless to show the original unedited image as a "source" if you're going to just make a new image from it yourself (not sure if you yourself have much experience in this area and may have heard the same thing or think the same thing). I'm not sure if this is in one of our image guidelines but it seems to be a practice if not policy.
This editor is simply fixated on cover artworks and it seems to be the main thing they do on Wikipedia—finding images to replace or tinker with. Do you think this is worth having a word to them over? I've left them a message but I'm not sure my word will change anything, and I'm almost certain this user has done this exact thing (cropping and refactoring images from websites, citing a source that shows a different image) in years past, has been warned for, and they're still doing it. They have routinely blanked their talk page, including a summary in Mandarin, the translation of which seems to imply that editors are "obsessed" with them(?). Ss 112 11:39, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello Sergecross73: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, MrLinkinPark333 ( talk) 02:35, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
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Please join us to help form a consensus if you are interested. Thank you!
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Template:Vectorman has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. -- wooden superman 13:03, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
This is a great example of the usefulness of indefs. People can't just wait them out. Valereee ( talk) 20:29, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi, Serge, hope you're well. I was going to create an article for the above. It looks like this particular word combination is blocked due to some old shenanigans (which also affected the BV page), and can only be resolved by an admin. There was also a redirect--Dressed in Black (album)--that went to the above specifically, but now redirects to Dressed in Black as a disambig. Not sure what the best path forward is, but there are dozens of reliable sources for this (mostly on paper, which, working in an academic library, I use first). I was just going to remove the redirect, but thought I'd post here first. Sorry if this is confusing. Thanks for any advice. Caro7200 ( talk) 13:58, 13 December 2023 (UTC)