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Sincerely,
RMaung (WMF) 15:39, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
Hey Serge. I have a question about inserting boxart images into Wikipedia. How do we do that? Can it be from Nintendo's sites? I thought about inserting some images into pages that have an insert on the remakes of like the Mario & Luigi remakes. Any advice? Or is that only exclusive posting to admins only? Zacharyalejandro ( talk) 02:24, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
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For your work on Skies of Arcadia, and being an all-around great admin to deal with. TarkusAB talk/ contrib 20:39, 24 September 2019 (UTC) |
I know there's not a lot of consensus for it. But I was wondering if you could delete the disambiguation page for N-Gage and have the N-Gage (device) drop disambiguator from its title. Blue Pumpkin Pie ( talk) 11:08, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
Sorry for responding so late. I forget to check back on talkpages a lot. Here is the link: Talk:N-Gage#Is this necessary?. Blue Pumpkin Pie ( talk) 03:43, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
Next time, actually read the linked MOS: "try to avoid using bold markup" and "Using a pseudo heading at all means you have exhausted all other options. It is a rarity." 184.71.94.130 ( talk) 19:32, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
Hey Serge! Been a while since we've talked, hope you've been doing well. Anyway, I just wanted to ask if you'd mind moving User:TheJoebro64/drafts/Dunkey to Videogamedunkey. I've spent a while working on this and think it's notable enough to stand as an article (I also asked Masem about it in July and he said he thought it'd survive an AFD), but the namespace is SALTed for vandalism. JOE BRO 64 01:13, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
Citation needed for that. Where are these masses of people who wouldn't consider the Nintendo Virtual Boy, home of games such as Mario's Tennis, Mario Clash, and Wario Land, not a Nintendo console? That aside, your reversion re-introduces a plain factual error into the article. Will you please consider yielding on this so we don't have to have an edit war over plain facts? Garrett Albright ( talk) 19:03, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
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RMaung (WMF) 20:40, 3 October 2019 (UTC)
I just wanted to thank you for all the work you have put into dealing with the IP editor at the BM article. It must be very tiring, and I have a lot of respect for you putting up with all of their nonsense. If only they would listen to your advice. Admins like you are very important to this project, and so thanks again. – Wallyfromdilbert ( talk) 21:26, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
Sergecross73, if this IP user is going to continue to list edits made by me while accusing me of acting in bad faith (even after you warned them [3]), is it appropriate for me to bring their conduct to ANI or RPP? I would have no issue engaging the user if they submitted edit requests with their changes and supporting sources, but their current actions on the talk page towards me seem like nothing more than continued harassment. – Wallyfromdilbert ( talk) 18:22, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
Your quote on your reversion of my edit: "It sure is. But you need to, you know, write about it. Not just drop a bunch of mundane quotes in quote boxes."
That is a pretty snarky, unfriendly thing to say. Apparently you want to discourage people from editing Wikipedia. It worked.
Those quotes I left had the information I was looking for, along with some great refs. So I stand behind that edit, but I'm not going to fight about it. If you wanted it to be better, you could revise it to be better. Now, without that information, it is missing the thing I wanted to know about.
dfrankow ( talk) 03:13, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
He’s completely wrong about this article has no evidence Metalcore is a fusion genre and it is it’s own genre the article has remained the same for years until he changed it Matt5804 ( talk) 19:56, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
Please do not interpret this message as anything other than a desire to bring our discussion to a peaceful conclusion. In regards to your thoughts here, I'm not sure if you made yourself aware of the entire situation before commenting. There is a long history in the article in question (and many other Black Sabbath articles) of editors attempting to add this genre without discussion, even after prior discussion has been against it, and that's important to know when you're evaluating and critiquing my decision to initiate discussion as I did. Additionally, the editor in question already clearly demonstrated a willingness to edit war over it, while also telling me to fuck off. And finally, this editor has already been warned multiple times over a period of months about adding genres without discussion, yet he persists despite knowing better. So I will make no apologies for choosing to initiate discussion rather than choosing the other options available. In light of all this, why on earth would you decide I'm the one who's being hot headed and needs to "cool down"? SolarFlash ( talk) 16:36, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
So on the We Came as Romans page, a user named Matt5804 is breaking the rules regarding the lead sentence on the band page. I changed the sentence from "... is a metalcore band" to "... is a hardcore punk band" as the latter genre encompasses ALL cited genres. I've been told about this rule on the Converge page in the past. In addition, this user only created an account just to mess up the article. Can you please deal with him.-- ULTRA-DARKNESS :) 2 CHAT 16:01, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
Matt5804 and
UltraDark - please discuss on the article talk page and come to a
WP:CONSENSUS. Here’s my two cents: Do the approach seen at bands like
A Perfect Circle or
Tool (band). Choose something generic like “rock” for the opening sentence, and then add all the intricate genre stuff to a “musical styles” type section (with sourcing.)
Sergecross73
msg me 22:45, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
I've given three days notice, yet Matt did it again. I'm not dealing with him any further. I need help on this one. ULTRA-DARKNESS :) 2 CHAT 00:09, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
Hi Sergecross73, I'm the guy that reverted your edit on the Static-X page. You mentioned that the manual of style says that dates of death should not be included in the member dates section, but I was unable to find where it is mentioned, is there any chance that you can point it out for me? as I said I have seen a lot of pages that have this, and would appreciate the clarification so I can delete it where I see it. I'm a fairly new contributor but I'm determined to make sure that my contributions have a positive impact. thanks Nial Ist ( talk) 14:51, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
Pretty much the subject, but i've always wondered where we post info on film/ tv/ video game casts of shows. Starbeam2 ( talk) 22:33, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
Hello Sergecross73,
I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Black Satellite for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly indicate why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.
If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.
You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks!
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Is there a rule or guideline when editors start accusing other editors of something over and over without proof? Blue Pumpkin Pie ( talk) 16:07, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:List of Toriko episodes#List of Toriko episodes#No removal of content no reverting each other please.... Lord Sjones23 ( talk - contributions) 08:08, 11 November 2019 (UTC)
JOE BRO 64 01:55, 13 November 2019 (UTC)
I can't see how anyone would think otherwise. The IP seems more interested in their own rants on the talk pages than in substantiating any claims, one way or the other. From a neuropsychological standpoint, it's kind of telling, but I agree that from an interactive standpoint it's just disruptive. I don't think feeding the problem is going to help. I never was good with barnstars or templates, but perhaps this hand-written Thank You will suffice. Zaereth ( talk) 03:49, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Television#Article hierarchy clarification. Lord Sjones23 ( talk - contributions) 22:53, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
Someone at this article keeps changing pansexual to bisexual without sources and tried to change the title of a source to be Gay instead of Queer. Help :c - Bryn (talk) (contributions) 19:01, 16 November 2019 (UTC)
I started a discussion on Talk:All the Small Things. Statik N ( talk) 03:06, 18 November 2019 (UTC)
Hello,
Google Code-In, Google-organized contest in which the Wikimedia Foundation participates, starts in a few weeks. This contest is about taking high school students into the world of opensource. I'm sending you this message because you recently edited a documentation page at the English Wikipedia.
I would like to ask you to take part in Google Code-In as a mentor. That would mean to prepare at least one task (it can be documentation related, or something else - the other categories are Code, Design, Quality Assurance and Outreach) for the participants, and help the student to complete it. Please sign up at the contest page and send us your Google account address to google-code-in-admins@lists.wikimedia.org, so we can invite you in!
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Archive 70 | ← | Archive 72 | Archive 73 | Archive 74 | Archive 75 | Archive 76 | → | Archive 80 |
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Sincerely,
RMaung (WMF) 15:39, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
Hey Serge. I have a question about inserting boxart images into Wikipedia. How do we do that? Can it be from Nintendo's sites? I thought about inserting some images into pages that have an insert on the remakes of like the Mario & Luigi remakes. Any advice? Or is that only exclusive posting to admins only? Zacharyalejandro ( talk) 02:24, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar | |
For your work on Skies of Arcadia, and being an all-around great admin to deal with. TarkusAB talk/ contrib 20:39, 24 September 2019 (UTC) |
I know there's not a lot of consensus for it. But I was wondering if you could delete the disambiguation page for N-Gage and have the N-Gage (device) drop disambiguator from its title. Blue Pumpkin Pie ( talk) 11:08, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
Sorry for responding so late. I forget to check back on talkpages a lot. Here is the link: Talk:N-Gage#Is this necessary?. Blue Pumpkin Pie ( talk) 03:43, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
Next time, actually read the linked MOS: "try to avoid using bold markup" and "Using a pseudo heading at all means you have exhausted all other options. It is a rarity." 184.71.94.130 ( talk) 19:32, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
Hey Serge! Been a while since we've talked, hope you've been doing well. Anyway, I just wanted to ask if you'd mind moving User:TheJoebro64/drafts/Dunkey to Videogamedunkey. I've spent a while working on this and think it's notable enough to stand as an article (I also asked Masem about it in July and he said he thought it'd survive an AFD), but the namespace is SALTed for vandalism. JOE BRO 64 01:13, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
Citation needed for that. Where are these masses of people who wouldn't consider the Nintendo Virtual Boy, home of games such as Mario's Tennis, Mario Clash, and Wario Land, not a Nintendo console? That aside, your reversion re-introduces a plain factual error into the article. Will you please consider yielding on this so we don't have to have an edit war over plain facts? Garrett Albright ( talk) 19:03, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
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focus[ing] on how harassment and private complaints should be handled in the future, there is currently a global community consultation on partial and temporary office actions in response to the incident. It will be open until October 30th.
Share your experience in this survey
Hi Sergecross73/Archive 74,
There are only a few weeks left to take the Community Insights Survey! We are 30% towards our goal for participation. If you have not already taken the survey, you can help us reach our goal! With this poll, the Wikimedia Foundation gathers feedback on how well we support your work on wiki. It only takes 15-25 minutes to complete, and it has a direct impact on the support we provide.
Please take 15 to 25 minutes to give your feedback through this survey. It is available in various languages.
This survey is hosted by a third-party and governed by this privacy statement (in English).
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Sincerely,
RMaung (WMF) 20:40, 3 October 2019 (UTC)
I just wanted to thank you for all the work you have put into dealing with the IP editor at the BM article. It must be very tiring, and I have a lot of respect for you putting up with all of their nonsense. If only they would listen to your advice. Admins like you are very important to this project, and so thanks again. – Wallyfromdilbert ( talk) 21:26, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
Sergecross73, if this IP user is going to continue to list edits made by me while accusing me of acting in bad faith (even after you warned them [3]), is it appropriate for me to bring their conduct to ANI or RPP? I would have no issue engaging the user if they submitted edit requests with their changes and supporting sources, but their current actions on the talk page towards me seem like nothing more than continued harassment. – Wallyfromdilbert ( talk) 18:22, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
Your quote on your reversion of my edit: "It sure is. But you need to, you know, write about it. Not just drop a bunch of mundane quotes in quote boxes."
That is a pretty snarky, unfriendly thing to say. Apparently you want to discourage people from editing Wikipedia. It worked.
Those quotes I left had the information I was looking for, along with some great refs. So I stand behind that edit, but I'm not going to fight about it. If you wanted it to be better, you could revise it to be better. Now, without that information, it is missing the thing I wanted to know about.
dfrankow ( talk) 03:13, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
He’s completely wrong about this article has no evidence Metalcore is a fusion genre and it is it’s own genre the article has remained the same for years until he changed it Matt5804 ( talk) 19:56, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
Please do not interpret this message as anything other than a desire to bring our discussion to a peaceful conclusion. In regards to your thoughts here, I'm not sure if you made yourself aware of the entire situation before commenting. There is a long history in the article in question (and many other Black Sabbath articles) of editors attempting to add this genre without discussion, even after prior discussion has been against it, and that's important to know when you're evaluating and critiquing my decision to initiate discussion as I did. Additionally, the editor in question already clearly demonstrated a willingness to edit war over it, while also telling me to fuck off. And finally, this editor has already been warned multiple times over a period of months about adding genres without discussion, yet he persists despite knowing better. So I will make no apologies for choosing to initiate discussion rather than choosing the other options available. In light of all this, why on earth would you decide I'm the one who's being hot headed and needs to "cool down"? SolarFlash ( talk) 16:36, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
So on the We Came as Romans page, a user named Matt5804 is breaking the rules regarding the lead sentence on the band page. I changed the sentence from "... is a metalcore band" to "... is a hardcore punk band" as the latter genre encompasses ALL cited genres. I've been told about this rule on the Converge page in the past. In addition, this user only created an account just to mess up the article. Can you please deal with him.-- ULTRA-DARKNESS :) 2 CHAT 16:01, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
Matt5804 and
UltraDark - please discuss on the article talk page and come to a
WP:CONSENSUS. Here’s my two cents: Do the approach seen at bands like
A Perfect Circle or
Tool (band). Choose something generic like “rock” for the opening sentence, and then add all the intricate genre stuff to a “musical styles” type section (with sourcing.)
Sergecross73
msg me 22:45, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
I've given three days notice, yet Matt did it again. I'm not dealing with him any further. I need help on this one. ULTRA-DARKNESS :) 2 CHAT 00:09, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
Hi Sergecross73, I'm the guy that reverted your edit on the Static-X page. You mentioned that the manual of style says that dates of death should not be included in the member dates section, but I was unable to find where it is mentioned, is there any chance that you can point it out for me? as I said I have seen a lot of pages that have this, and would appreciate the clarification so I can delete it where I see it. I'm a fairly new contributor but I'm determined to make sure that my contributions have a positive impact. thanks Nial Ist ( talk) 14:51, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
Pretty much the subject, but i've always wondered where we post info on film/ tv/ video game casts of shows. Starbeam2 ( talk) 22:33, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
Hello Sergecross73,
I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Black Satellite for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly indicate why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.
If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.
You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks!
Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.
Willbb234 Talk (please {{ ping}} me in replies) 09:29, 27 October 2019 (UTC)
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Is there a rule or guideline when editors start accusing other editors of something over and over without proof? Blue Pumpkin Pie ( talk) 16:07, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:List of Toriko episodes#List of Toriko episodes#No removal of content no reverting each other please.... Lord Sjones23 ( talk - contributions) 08:08, 11 November 2019 (UTC)
JOE BRO 64 01:55, 13 November 2019 (UTC)
I can't see how anyone would think otherwise. The IP seems more interested in their own rants on the talk pages than in substantiating any claims, one way or the other. From a neuropsychological standpoint, it's kind of telling, but I agree that from an interactive standpoint it's just disruptive. I don't think feeding the problem is going to help. I never was good with barnstars or templates, but perhaps this hand-written Thank You will suffice. Zaereth ( talk) 03:49, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Television#Article hierarchy clarification. Lord Sjones23 ( talk - contributions) 22:53, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
Someone at this article keeps changing pansexual to bisexual without sources and tried to change the title of a source to be Gay instead of Queer. Help :c - Bryn (talk) (contributions) 19:01, 16 November 2019 (UTC)
I started a discussion on Talk:All the Small Things. Statik N ( talk) 03:06, 18 November 2019 (UTC)
Hello,
Google Code-In, Google-organized contest in which the Wikimedia Foundation participates, starts in a few weeks. This contest is about taking high school students into the world of opensource. I'm sending you this message because you recently edited a documentation page at the English Wikipedia.
I would like to ask you to take part in Google Code-In as a mentor. That would mean to prepare at least one task (it can be documentation related, or something else - the other categories are Code, Design, Quality Assurance and Outreach) for the participants, and help the student to complete it. Please sign up at the contest page and send us your Google account address to google-code-in-admins@lists.wikimedia.org, so we can invite you in!
From my own experience, Google Code-In can be fun, you can make several new friends, attract new people to your wiki and make them part of your community.
If you have any questions, please let us know at google-code-in-admins@lists.wikimedia.org.
Thank you!
-- User:Martin Urbanec ( talk) 21:59, 23 November 2019 (UTC)
Con you this to this other page because it has unnecessary disambiguation. ~SML • TP 18:12, 1 December 2019 (UTC)