User talk:HJ Mitchell

Currently very busy and slightly stressed in real life, so my editing is likely to be sporadic until mid-October

Hello and welcome to my talk page! If you have a question, ask me. If I know the answer, I'll tell you; if I don't, I'll find out (or one of my talk-page stalkers might know!), then we'll both have learnt something!

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Can you take a look at this?

Looks like MiszaBot archived my first request, so I'll bring it up again. Can you have a look at Silver Reef, Utah? I'm trying to bring it up to FA status, and I want as much feedback as possible (I will also add that I'm going to start a peer review soon). The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 15:32, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Ugh! I need to find a better way of archiving this page. It's too busy to leave things here much longer than 36 hours, but I occasionally get requests that need to stay here a bit longer. Anyway, I will look. I'm just trying to do a dozen things at once right now! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:15, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

Maybe you should put the archive time to 48 hours or more and just manually archive the discussions that require quick archival? And do feel free to take your time with this request; I'm in no hurry (in fact I kind of want to take my time here to ensure that the article is ready for FAC). The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 16:43, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Making sure MiszaBot doesn't archive this again. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 22:07, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

I will get to this, I promise. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:02, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Alright, thanks. I'm getting some help from Dianna, but you're welcome to jump in whenever you have the time. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 19:10, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Hello, HJ Mitchell. You have new messages at The Utahraptor's talk page.
Message added 17:22, 27 August 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

It may interest you to know that an old discussion on how to label Silver Reef (ghost town, unincorporated community, or semi-ghost town) has been brought up. I'd like your input here, as well, if you have the time. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 02:50, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Quick update: I have created a peer review for this article here. Feel free to leave your comments there if you like, or you could leave them on the article's talk page. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 21:09, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

Will do. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:44, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

WindSeeker Copy Edit Request

Hello, just wanted to ask you if you are willing to take a look at the WindSeeker article and tell me what can be fixed or changed. I am asking for this review because I will be nominating the article for FA status once I believe the article is ready.--Dom497 (talk)

((lang)) and ((cat handler))

Hello HJ Mitchell. I created the {{cat handler}} template. Today I noticed that a year ago you were involved in trying to deploy {{cat handler}} in the {{lang}} template, but that it didn't work. After some testing and staring at all versions of the code I finally found the error: {{cat handler}} was not the problem, instead you guys placed the ending brackets in the wrong place. The discussion at {{lang}} has already been archived, but for future reference I left a message in the archive explaining what went wrong. See Template talk:Lang/Archive 2#Change categorization method.

--David Göthberg (talk) 17:15, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

User:Lunarbot

Hi, I'd like to give User:Lunarbot some help. I can't see any explicit mention of the reason for the current block at Wikipedia:Username policy. Is this restriction documented somewhere else, or have I missed it? Andrewa (talk) 19:14, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

I believe he/she was blocked for having "bot" in their name. Check this out. Username Policy -Jer ^{Hit me up} 19:30, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Yes, the reason given [1] was your username indicates this is a bot account, which is currently not approved.

And this links to WP:U, and so did I above, and so now did you. But that page, which is a policy page, doesn't seem to me to sanction the block.

Or can you see a particular clause that does? Or is there another page that does? I thought WP:BOTACC might be relevant, but I don't see it there either (and it's a bit much to expect a new user to check this page before choosing a username in any case, surely). I do miss things, but I've tried to find it and failed, and that's why I'm asking for help.

Bearing in mind that this is a newbie we're blocking, I think we owe them some better explanation, frankly. They seem to me to have done all the right things. Andrewa (talk) 19:49, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

It falls under misleading usernames, directly under the list of disallowed names there is a paragraph that reads "If you choose such a username, that account may be blocked – you are welcome to create a new and acceptable username. If you've inadvertently chosen an inappropriate username, you can change it – see below at Changing your username. If your username is considered borderline, you may be asked to change it voluntarily." -Jer ^{Hit me up} 20:15, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Actually, this might now be a sockpuppet case. Look who I blocked today.--5 albert square (talk) 20:16, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Andrew, it does state this in the username policy, "As part of the rule against misleading usernames, your username must not give the impression that your account has permissions which it does not have. Thus it may not contain the terms "administrator", "bureaucrat", "steward", "checkuser", "oversight", or similar terms like "admin", "sysop" or "moderator". Also, unless your account is an approved bot, your name should not be easily misunderstood to refer to a "bot" (which is used to identify bot accounts) or a "script" (which alludes to automated editing processes)."--5 albert square (talk) 20:30, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

I've now opened an SPI at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Lunarbot for both Lunarbot and Lunarbot99--5 albert square (talk) 20:48, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Why? They're obviously the same person, but regardless the template (template:uw-botublock) actually invites them to create a new account; the only issue is the bot username. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:57, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

ambox

Love your ambox An editor thinks something might be wrong with this page...... ever consider making it a template and creating a user page category and maybe even Wikiproject to go along with it?

Similar perhaps to the harmonious editing initiative a while back (which has gone a bit quiet lately), but content rather than behaviour focussed. I think it could be constructive. See also User:Andrewa/creed.

Anyway, I found it very encouraging. Hang in there. Andrewa (talk) 19:24, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Talesvara Siva temple - I

Hi there HJ. I noticed that you deleted the article Talesvara Siva temple - I. There is still an deletion discussion going on regarding it - I did not catch the copy vio before sending it to AfD. Since I've been pointed to the article on Bharati_Matha, I do agree that it should be redirected there. Should I withdraw the article and then redirect to Bharati Matha? Thanks for your help in advance. Jay _{Σεβαστός}^discuss 19:14, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Block of StraightShootinKindaGuy

Am I smelling another incarnation of MascotGuy, or is my nose in error? --Alan the Roving Ambassador (User:N5iln) (talk) 23:14, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Now you mention it, that's the kind of username he likes (he's prolific, but predictable!); I don't know much about his MO beyond the random account creations, though. You might want to ask an admin who deals with him more regularly (I don't go looking for nutters; I just block them when I see them). HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:17, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

I'll attach it to the (surely) ongoing SPI and see what rattles loose. Thankee. --Alan the Roving Ambassador (User:N5iln) (talk) 23:19, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Well they say a man can never have enough socks... ;) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:21, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

re: your message

Hi HJ, I've left a reply to your message on my talk page -- Marek.69 ^talk 23:46, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi HJ, another reply -- Marek.69 ^talk 00:04, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

User talk:Ehsonsaeed unblock appears to be waiting for your answer

Qwyrxian and AGK both appear to support unblock, but they are deferring to your judgment. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 04:38, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Looks like Qwyrxian has sorted it (I didn't realise they were still blocked, we discussed it a while ago). HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 13:26, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Edit War

Good call on this one [2], I was just about to chime in there when I saw you closing the matter. Stale edit war yes, but that situation and editor deserved a block, as he obviously hasn't learned from his previous two. Nice call.

I'm sure you're busy (I was the same for about a month), but did you ever get around to taking a look at my contribs after that last round of emails? If you're swamped right now, I completely understand. Just wanted to check. Thanks! Dayewalker (talk) 22:00, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. It's not one I enjoyed making, and I seriously considered declining it as stale (which is why I kept the duration short), but doing nothing suggests to all the wikilawyers out there that if you can stall for 12 hours, you won't get blocked.

Things are pretty chaotic here, and I won't have a reliable Internet connection next week. would you hate me if i got back to you in a couple of weeks? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:11, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Oh, not at all! I'm the one asking for the favor from you, it's no problem at all. Thanks in advance for the attention. Good luck with the chaos. Dayewalker (talk) 22:14, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Apologies

Hi, HJ; I've just noticed that I unthinkingly PROD-ed a Doctor Who article last night in violation of the terms of my unblock. I can assure you that this was an oversight and I will do my damnedest not to repeat it! Meanwhile, the PROD was removed and the article is now at AfD. Best, ╟─TreasuryTag►sheriff─╢ 08:10, 22 September 2011 (UTC)