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Well, isn't that sad ...

I hope you get a new account soon, Hafs! Curly Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 00:12, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, is someone helping Hafs get rid of the hacker/hacking? That is very strange and awful. I don't have any advice but I hope someone is helping her or finding someone who can. Softlavender (talk) 01:30, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed. Bgwhite is assistance being provided to this user via email and other backchannels? Irondome (talk) 01:50, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your attempted ping won't work since your four tildes were used with a typo version, so I'll ping Bgwhite .... See Irondome's question above. Softlavender (talk) 02:23, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Irondome and Softlavender: I know Hafs has had some help locally. Both Drmies and I are in contact with Hafs via email. Hafs mentioned being unable to log into Wikipedia as it was refusing their password. I've blocked Hafs account as a precaution. Bgwhite (talk) 04:39, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Bgwhite and Drmies: My concern is that if her computer is hacked, then how do you know her email is actually reaching her and not the hacker? If her WP password was changed, then the hacker had (and presumably still has) access to, and possibly control over, her email. You really need some way to ascertain that you are corresponding with Hafs and not the imposter. I know she's overseas for both of you, but is there any way you might call her? Softlavender (talk) 04:47, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Softlavender I have the same concern about Hafs email too. I don't have Hafs' phone number. Hafs never mentioned blocking their account, that is completely on me. :) Bgwhite (talk) 05:00, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Phil has her phone number and has in the past spoken to her directly (or at least met her in person, and thus presumably has her phone number), if you want to avail yourselves of her assistance. Softlavender (talk) 05:22, 30 September 2015 (UTC): edited Softlavender (talk) 05:26, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

My understanding, such as it is, is that Hafs feels there is some risk that this account could be used maliciously, so if it isn't blocked, it needs to be vigilantly watched. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 16:24, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Just for Hafs ....

A nice image [1]. -- Softlavender (talk) 09:50, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

This one goes with Softlavender's dog.

Drmies (talk) 14:25, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I really hope this is sorted quickly Hafs. This must be very stressful and I really empathise if you are feeling that way. I've never seen this situation before :/ It looks like our colleagues have the situation in hand, from the comments upthread. I hope this is cleared up quickly and you are very soon back! Kind regards, Simon, aka Irondome (talk) 14:38, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A Swedish pig for you

This one goes with Drmies's kitten and Softlavender's dog. Martinevans123 (talk) 14:59, 30 September 2015 (UTC) Not currently compromised by Piggate [reply]

A brown white-lipped tree frog for you!

Ich bin gebraunt weg. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 20:06, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"Jag är en munk". Martinevans123 (talk) 20:48, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"Je suis une grenouille croquante". Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 20:57, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A German Leopard slug for you!

What a magnificent beast! Notice it is crossing the road. Be careful Mr slug! From Simon. Irondome (talk) 20:26, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ouch! I thought slugs couldn't fly. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:43, 30 September 2015 (UTC) [reply]

Bad News

WMF reports password hasn't changed and CU checks look good. I've unblocked Hafs' account. Sorry for the bad news, but Hafs can vandalize our talk pages once again. Bgwhite (talk) 22:49, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers cheers cheers! Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 04:23, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Resilient Barnstar
	Welcome back. You've cheated death again. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 00:28, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

An aphorism frequently used by U.S. Navy Aircraft carrier pilots. To be compared with YGBSM! 7&6=thirteen (☎) 00:32, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A glass of Akvavit for you!

Hurray! Welcome back, Hafspajen! Here's a glass of Akvavit for you!

– Corinne (talk) 02:22, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hafs, where are you? I hope you are all right. We miss you. Corinne (talk) 19:06, 4 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Something sweet for you

What are you hinting, PCW? — | Gareth Griffith-Jones |The WelshBuzzard| — 11:50, 3 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No hinting, Gareth. I just thought it was a cute picture. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 21:23, 3 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

... there is an article, you may like. — | Gareth Griffith-Jones |The WelshBuzzard| — 13:09, 4 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

(runs off to get tubes tied) Kafka Liz (talk) 16:47, 11 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Something bitter for you

A great person from Sweden died, Henning Mankell, author of Chronicler of the Winds and of course the Wallander crime fiction. I met him in 2009. Both articles are in a sad state. Help? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:13, 5 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

But you're unable to edit any more, aren't you Hafs, because your account has been blocked as it was compromised, through no fault of your own, whatsoever. You'll have to forgive us asking you all the questions which you can't even answer. (Unless may you've now made a new account??) .... But Gerda's right you know.... he even does dogs! Martinevans123 (talk) 20:26, 5 October 2015 (UTC) very sorry, User talk:Ryk72 if my deeply bitter and sarcastic "humour", which has earned me multiple pictorial "gifts" from Hafs, over the years, appears to you as "trolling". Why not take a quick look at my very well-decorated Talk Page?! Some of us are big Mankell fans, you know??[reply]

It seems sometimes those cheeky Welsh trolls get a bit lost in translation... PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 21:58, 5 October 2015 (UTC) [reply]

Just 'cos you Saesnegs lost, there's no need to set our good womenfolk's hair on fire! "Red Fanny" (talk) 22:09, 5 October 2015 (UTC) [reply]

Account is unblocked but who wants to edit anymore if Floq doesn't (who once told me that I am so unbitter, - look under "blushing" on my talk)? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:31, 5 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Unblocked? Really? Then we await some response from Hafs with gleeful anticipation. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:13, 6 October 2015 (UTC) Yes, Gerda, so much better than being Bitter and Twisted[reply]

Here I preach letting go all the time but this was one of the hardest. Here I preach "he who speaks a word of consolation ..." (user page) but when I needed some that's where I would go. Tough. Beware, I may come to you now ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:08, 6 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

For some reason, this video always make me think of Wikipedia editing...... shake people too hard and they drop their books... PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 22:55, 6 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hope to see you hear again, Hafsterix. Drmies (talk) 19:28, 8 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

See you, guys, @Drmies, Gerda Arendt, Martinevans123, PaleCloudedWhite, Kafka Liz, Gareth Griffith-Jones, Bgwhite, and Softlavender:@Sminthopsis84, Sagaciousphil, Xanthomelanoussprog, Curly Turkey, and Joshua Jonathan: - Well, this is a bit annoying, no? But one just must ask the obvious question, qui bono? No, it's not Coat. He never wanted me to quit Wikipedia, he just likes to quarrel with me on art articles. And sometimes he does have a point too. No, this is different. This is a very different guy. It started discreetly in April and escalated like in July-August into something rather brutal. It is somebody who wants me to stop editing Wikipedia and doing all the things I did around. And he doesn't care if he is using illegal methods, like hacking. Somebody who has no respect for any laws, rules or fair play. Hafspajen (talk) 15:41, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Drmies, Gerda Arendt, Martinevans123, PaleCloudedWhite, Kafka Liz, Gareth Griffith-Jones, Bgwhite, and Softlavender:@Sminthopsis84, Sagaciousphil, Xanthomelanoussprog, Curly Turkey, and Joshua Jonathan: Hafspajen (talk) 16:47, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I literally have no idea. I consider the other suspect to be too much of an idiot to do something like that (but I know there is some evidence pointing that way). Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 16:51, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Dunno, somebody said that the more simple the more efficient methods. Hafspajen (talk) 16:55, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm with Xanterix. I think your email account got abused. It takes much more than an old(-fashioned) detective to hack a computer. Drmies (talk) 22:14, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, calm down, Drimatrix. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:37, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Skeptics, skeptics, skeptics. Yes, my email account got abused,Drmies. But it happened because the computer was hacked. And don't tell me that I put sensors in my own computer, and by the way what is that user Pnp_20001 doing on my computer? And the <Brother- device driver that just popped out of nowhere? And my passwords that were removed from my computers too, out of nowhere - suddenly nobody asking for password any more; I just got in - without any password control at all, just "welcome" - huh? Where did the password go?? Why was the screen getting black for hours? Who is closing the tabs on me the moment I go on Wikipedia from those computers? Who is logging me out from my own computer when I log in to Wikipedia? Where are all those weird programs coming form? Who changed my password on Wiki? Is that a poltergeist? Eh? And WHY would I invent such things, to start with, Drmies? Hafspajen (talk) 14:02, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

User Pnp_20001 is just a process Microsoft uses when installing a device. Perhaps you have a faulty device somewhere. Lots of people have their computers hacked, usually by criminals looking for credit card info and so on. However that wouldn't result in the kind of behaviour you describe. If your Wikipedia password is not obvious, then it's quite impossible it's been hacked except if you stored it somewhere where it could be found or if you happen to type it out each time you log in. NSA itself couldn't do it, not could people in Wikipedia itself give it away (because it's encrypted). I suggest you just get your computer serviced or get a knowledgeable friend to look at it. I also suggest you back up all your files right now in case it fails. 128.90.60.217 (talk) 15:43, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There are backed up like ages ago. And the rest of it, too. Since I am not to knowledgeable about computer, maybe that user:Pnp_20001 is OK, but the rest is still not. There are tons of things that happened with those computers, and it would take ages to describe all the weird thing going on. I rather won't discuss those things, because it is SOO OBVIOUSLY HACKED that there absolutely no doubt of it. The cursor moving all by itself, ^{(he is not using that any more)} tabs closing down when one I not closing them, flashes from the camera, programs added that there were not there the day before.... no doubt of it whatsoever, at all. Hows the weather over there? Hafspajen (talk) 15:51, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Weather's fine here. A bit cold. Those computers? Are you in fact part of a remote network? That would be very different. Minimum precautions would be switch off your computer each time you finish work. I should have mentioned you shouldn't store your password in your browser. That's not secure. Use a password manager. I'm just trying to reassure you. Anyone seriously hacking into your computer, NSA for example, wouldn't be doing that kind of stuff. You wouldn't know. 207.207.22.53 (talk) 04:54, 17 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No, not willingly part of any remote network - but I might have been MADE to be, AGAINST MY WILL, of course. By the way, the FIRST password was a crappy, old and very short one. I guess that was the beginning of all the troubles to start with... unfortunately. Hafspajen (talk) 14:55, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds like perhaps somebody broke in through Windows Remote Desktop. It's supposed to let a technician fix your computer from afar, but if hackers tricked you into letting them in through that door, they could take full control over your computer as you describe and install any type of awful spyware / malware / viruses they wanted to. You really need to either reinstall Windows or just buy a new computer, imo. Zeng8r (talk) 16:31, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Zeng8r - exactly. AND he is adding some kind of extra programs to it every time one reinstalls the Windows ... to, but I am glad you get it. Bercause that is exactly what is happening, and Bluetooth programs and family control programs are added and what not. And if I removed them, the next day were back again. And if you are inside a coputer, there is not much trouble changing a Wiki pasworh or whatever they like to do. RAT is probably involved too. And it is illegal, of course. Hafspajen (talk) 16:56, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oh dear, a rat in mi 'puter! How very unhygenic! Martinevans123 (talk) 17:45, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know the details of the recent troubles that Hafs has been having, but if an account has been compromised, it does seem more likely that someone just guessed a password or something similarly simple, because why would someone go to any more trouble just to cause mischief to a Wikipedia editor - especially to one who is interested in subjects like fine art and dogs? PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 22:29, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

NO, it was not guessed. It was nothing simple and obvious like I love Paley or I love MartinEvans or so. Hafspajen (talk) 12:54, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Probably one of those dastardly Bahamian pilots. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:33, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I hope "see you" doesn't mean "see you"—are you leaving permanently, Hafs? It's too bad you don't allow pictures of cats, because I saw a Kobayashi Kiyochika show recently and they had a "making-of" this picture, which used a ridiculous number of wooblocks (24, I think?), some of which were just subtle shades of green layered over other subtle shades of green. Curly Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 23:01, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
UH; no, Curly Turkey. Did you heard of the Shinto "dust of the spirit", that every Shinto Japanese must cleanse themselves: ” miserliness, covetousness, hatred, self-love, grunge-bearing, anger, greed, and arrogance"? We have no article on it... Hafspajen (talk) 13:06, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"I'll Be Seeing You"? Like Lady Hafs Day, maybe?? *sob* *sob*.... Martinevans123 (talk) 23:09, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I think I may have missed something here, so perhaps shouldn't comment at all. Kafka Liz (talk).

(... has never yet stopped me). Martinevans123 (talk) 22:07, 16 October 2015 (UTC) [reply]

Signpost FC

Hi, Hafspajen,
I don't know if you are still working on the Signpost article on Featured Content but this week's edition has just been posted, if you would like to help with some descriptions or resizing photos: Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2015-10-07/Featured content. Thanks for your help! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 16:14, 7 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

McCloskey

Hi, I'm interested in working on an article on William J. McCloskey and I see your excellent draft. Are you planning to publish? Happy to help!

Best, Subsidiaerie (talk) 18:32, 10 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Dr Livingstone, I presume? Hafspajen (talk) 15:19, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Giant virtual muffins

	Coffee-shop dodgem
	This reminds me a bit of you: prevented from using your computers by a malicious individual who tracks your every key-stroke, only able to edit wikipedia from coffee-shops, etc. No doubt you are as sweet as ever, even if a bit irritated. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 16:21, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

For you

This is for your contributions. Regards Ezaid Fabber (talk) 18:16, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sheesh! If we're going up market like that (and knowing you are such a keen birdwatcher...) you can even help yourself to some of these. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:39, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Something for Haffy

"Eat ur heart out, Tjalf Sparnaay". Martinevans123 (talk) 21:05, 15 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

GIGGLE. Hafspajen (talk) 13:06, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

pöpcørn

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:20, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Painting help line

I'm assuming the images on Kent Broadhurst are copyright violations. Bgwhite (talk) 07:22, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Looks as if he uploaded them himself, but without proving that he's the copyright holder. The source for the article (some kind of "filmpedia") asserts that he's painted over 2,000! Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 09:58, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Google Art

Hi Hafs- The gallery for the uploaded art is here. ~~One~~ Two done, let me know if the information (I'm using the artwork template) is what you need.--Godot13 (talk) 23:22, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to slowly go down the list. If there is something further down that you want sooner to work on, tell me...--Godot13 (talk) 04:56, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, Godot13 - doing well, aren't you. Soon will be 700 years since Martin took the hammer and posted those (99?) protestant theses, and he will be soon hot. A PDT on him should be on the way , but no FP on him yet. Those pics were mostly to you to play with, and get the feeling of it. When you are ready, more heavy stuff will arrive. The Boyar Wedding Feast could go already as FP - if only it had an article... This looks pretty good, as a reference. Hafspajen (talk) 14:59, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Bring the heavy stuff...--Godot13 (talk) 17:20, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

History

Hafs, I think during Michael Sittow's lifetime, Reval (now Tallinn) would have been considered part of Livonia. No Estonian state existed until after WWI. Sca (talk) 16:59, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Correggio (Antonio Allegri) (Italian - Head of Christ - Google Art Project.jpg

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Correggio (Antonio Allegri) (Italian - Head of Christ - Google Art Project.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:26, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The boot is on the other foot

An alt images was added to the nomination. Could you check it, and modify your !vote according your preference. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:07, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That Hafterix guy adding it - is not me... Hafspajen (talk) 10:13, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep on pluggin'

	The tortoise and the hare
	Zakariya al-Qazwini's book. Iran, 19th century. Makes me smile and think of you. Best regards. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:45, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Which one? :) Hafspajen (talk) 13:57, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Probably not the snakes, although you seem to be amidst them (metaphorically speaking). 7&6=thirteen (☎) 14:15, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Artists

Achtenhagen's ladies look sort of buttery. Sca (talk) 15:33, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

So, what do you expect me to do with the Au reveil lady? Sca (talk) 16:03, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I thought the Pipe (wood) appears to levitate. Probably put in as an artistic afterthought, as it defies gravity in its placement. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:44, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:The artist Anne Vallayer-Coster.jpg

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:The artist Anne Vallayer-Coster.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:38, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Jagerswoning Rijksmuseum SK-A-1157.jpeg

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Jagerswoning Rijksmuseum SK-A-1157.jpeg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:43, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for decorating my drab talk page!

You're such a sweetheart for bringing colour, beauty, and big smiles into our lives! Bugs (big hugs)... always. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 21:05, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Foods for Haffy

Hi Hafs – In the process of populating the new Category:Food and drink paintings I just created, I found some unique images while performing some searches. Perhaps some of these may be contenders for featured image status...? Many more at Commons here. Cheerio, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 08:25, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Egg Dance, Pieter Aertsen, 1552
A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms, Pieter Aertsen, 1551
Market woman at a vegetable stand, Pieter Aertsen, 1567

Market Scene, Pieter Aertsen, 1569

Long no see

Logo of Okkulte DDR, DFG funded research on East German Occult experiences

I have been most time in the deWP again. Currently fighting an afd for an article about Esoterics and parapsychology in the GDR - if you have any ideas for pictures, youre most warmly welcome ;) Serten Talk 20:07, 28 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Serten, what have you done to yourself again?? Hafspajen (talk) 17:42, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Jonny Cash " I hurt myself today" is not my song. But ist been a while I been here. Serten Talk 06:38, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your signature I mean. It's not linked. What are you up to nowadays? Hafspajen (talk) 16:49, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

As said, I am back in der deWP mostly and provide some material for the deDYK. But I want to catch up here and take care of some loose ends. How about you? Great to see you back with wonderful pictures around. Serten Talk 09:05, 9 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Serten: I am kind of sort of back too. Got desysopped for cause. Unfortunately can't help you over at de.wiki - as you know I am barely literate in German. Yngvadottir (talk) 21:34, 9 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Great to hear from you Yngvadottir! I a happy to have my de:Bionade-Biedermeier past AfD. Just read it, if you like, for the fun of it. Serten Talk 14:17, 10 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That was fun indeed, but required me to almost totally rewrite - and update - Bionade. And have you seen this more recent dismissal? Hafs, "pugs are the new poodles". Yngvadottir (talk) 22:37, 10 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

My goodness, Tilman Allert would get blocked at the deWP ;) Thnx! I have to use it in User:Polentarion/lad. I myself got major flak on the Biedermeier - it went through AfD, AfD check and QS and is still being deemed as a shame for the German WP, the powers that be cut it down to stub level. One of the old hand saved its very existence by stating Ich denke das Hauptproblem ist, dass die Wikipedia-High-Society eben genau diesem Bionade-Biedermeier entspringt, gerne hässliche Ringelshirts (P: de:Armor Lux needs an article here) trägt und sich bei Manufaktum überteuerten Schnickschnack andrehen lässt. User:Polentarion/Anton, User:Polentarion/sandbox go occult. Polentarion Talk 22:05, 23 November 2015 (UTC) PS.: I wasn't aware, that Yngvadottir was into Autobahns, but I added some organic flavor there as well. Seifert was an Rudolf Steiner fan and a large guy in traditional Naturalprotection associations till long after 45. Yngvas Article is wonderful. I had some trouble to adapt, since my style is much more floppy in comparision. But I hope she's OK with my additions.[reply]

Thanks for the additions; I wrung them into shape, as I said on the talk page I had fitted quite a lot in already in different parts of the article :-) Glad you liked it, too. I keep finding these really big (or even basic - Tenement???) things that the English Wikipedia doesn't have an article on. ... I still haven't re-enabled my watchlist, by the way. For one thing, I now have very little time because of my job (can no longer edit from work, and have been working 6 days a week). So people need to ping me. Yngvadottir (talk) 04:14, 25 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Corncobs for Haffy...

Hi Hafs: Thanks for the ping notification (on another user's talk page) about matters regarding the Corncob article. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:00, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like you were busy eating them on your way here. :) Thanks for the doggy-bag... Hafspajen (talk) 15:28, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

NGA works

...ready for you...--Godot13 (talk) 05:01, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Requests for comment/5 millionth article logo

How about this one? Looks classic. Hafspajen (talk) 15:43, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Time is about to expire for comments. Your input would be helpful. Best. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 11:05, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You need to vote. That was the one I voted for. Two great minds going down the same path. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:49, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Just voted on it. Hafspajen (talk) 15:54, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent. I trust your eye and judgment. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:58, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hey! That was the one I voted for! Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 17:29, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

How wonderfully sympatric this is. Hafspajen (talk) 17:31, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps they'll all produce offspring. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:02, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Reference errors on 29 October

Hello, I'm ReferenceBot. I have automatically deleted myself. If you think this is good, you can bless my cotton socks! Thanks, ReferenceBot (talk) 00:23, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 07:57, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Bless you my child. And "blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl"... ^{(Deuteronomy 28)}Hafspajen (talk) 14:04, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Boyar Wedding

I only chose the painting because it looked nice... Now I'm getting sucked into researching it! ;-) I am going to the Smithsonian next week and, time permitting, will try to see the painting at Hillwood Estate (and ask if they have additional information). I'm finding all sorts of articles from the early 1900s (beyond what I've added to the refs already) and need to figure out how to organize the material. Here's a fun "fact" (but I want to find a second source to confirm it)- the American collector who bought the painting from the artist outbid the Tsar of Russia...--Godot13 (talk) 06:46, 31 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The newly married couple (Lady of Ceremony at right)

I was thinking about putting this css crop (links to the full painting) under the opening image, in the painting section. They are a main focus of the story... If we add the artist background or historical context above, it won't seem so crowded. What do you think?--Godot13 (talk) 05:42, 1 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

We should think about a DYK nom for this (I hoped we had a little more time). In terms of off-the-wall type DYK facts we have two options: that the painting was bought by an American jeweler who outbid the Tzar, or that the painting was once in the collection of Robert Ripley (as in Ripley's Believe It or Not!)...-- (talk) 18:03, 4 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Godot13, I would go with the Ripley hook. And I would make it "pictured." If I am included as a cocreator, I have a spare DYK review I would be pleased to contribute. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 18:19, 4 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

7&6=thirteen- I'll leave that up to Hafs. I'm away until Saturday and my notes and additional refs for this are at home. I'll try to reconstruct what I can.--Godot13 (talk) 02:03, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, go for it. Where is the nomination, by the way, Godot13? Hafspajen (talk) 15:55, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The page became a live article sooner than expected. I get home Saturday and can add additional info and have the DYK submitted by Sunday with three nominators 7&6=thirteen, if that works...--Godot13 (talk) 21:09, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Here is a spare Template:Did you know nominations/Hold Me While I'm Naked review, which I contribute to the cause. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 21:12, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

7&6=thirteen- The article has been nominated at DYK, Template:Did you know nominations/A Boyar Wedding Feast can you check it over. I went with two versions of the same hook, if you have any other suggestions, feel free to add... I'm not sure if I made any other mistakes (DYK is not my strength...)--Godot13 (talk) 01:33, 8 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hafs- I ordered and received this book. I'm going to give it a read through and thought it may give the added insight to push this article toward a GAN for us...--Godot13 (talk) 03:20, 22 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Halloween cheer!

Happy Halloween!

Hello Hafs:
Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable Halloween!
– North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:06, 1 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Send Halloween cheer by adding {{subst:Happy Halloween}} to user talk pages with a friendly message.
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Happy (belated) Halloween! North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:06, 1 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

HHH Uhhuuu!! Hafspajen (talk) 14:42, 4 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

5 Million: Celebrate your contribution

	We couldn't have done it without you
	Well, maybe. But the encyclopedia would not be as good. Celebrate 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:16, 1 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Michel Sittow - Portrait of Diego de Guevara (?) - Google Art Project.jpg

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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Paul Delaroche - Napoleon Crossing the Alps - Google Art Project 2.jpg

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art project

Time for you to stop being lazy, and decorate this page:

User:Hafspajen/ACE2015

Who should be running this year? Who should be re-elected this year? What are the main criteria? And what sort of picture best tells the story of each potential candidate? Inquiring minds want to know.

WP:ACE2015 , rules are here , potential candidates must be willing to reveal their full legal name to WMF, age 18+, at least 500 mainspace edits. Self-nomination period is Nov 6th through Nov 17th.

Here are some people that ran last time, which is an example of a seriuz voterguide format, no pictures whatsoever.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Worm_That_Turned/ACE2014&oldid=634844511

And the final results:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Worm_That_Turned/ACE2014&oldid=638470547

I will work on gathering some data, and thinking up some potential candidates, as well.

p.s. Saw your talkpage-notice, requesting hauntingly-beautiful kitten-pictures, so here you go. :-)

HAHAHA!!!!! Hafspajen (talk) 17:44, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Schnauzing

75.108.94.227 (talk) 15:11, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Seventyfour, it's your fault that I nominate for FPs. You SAID I should start working on CAs, but that's not my strong side. So, I went in for FA.ARB But COM??? Are you CRAZY? I think you should try. Maybe they will accept an IP user... Nice pics those above!!!! Hafspajen (talk) 15:29, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA A CAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Hafspajen (talk) 15:30, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I DID NOT REQUESTWD HAUNTING CATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!Hafspajen (talk) 15

30, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

No, it says very clearly: "[Don't]...Put Pictures of tragic, haunted and ghastly things + cats on this page"

You should be happy that you are getting kittens. Here, have some more.

But on the serious topic, no Mandy, I'm not saying *you* should run for arbcom. You are a notorious wiki-criminal on the Swedish Wikipedia, you will never get enough votes to be on arbcom! :-) But what I am saying, is that you should write a nominations-guide, and a voter-guide. Instead of running yourself, you can just help pick the rulers of ~~Kvenland~~ Arbcom, with your wise advice. In other words, since I cannot be an arbcom candidate as an anon-editor (see rules), and since you are afraid of felines, I suggest we come up with some names to ~~trick into doing the dirty work for us~~ urge politely that they run for arbcom. Who do you know that has a lot of edits, and a lot of time on their hands, who would make a GOOD arbcom-member? Here is a good place to start, skim through this list of names, WP:List_of_Wikipedians_by_number_of_edits, then tell me which wikipedians on the list you know and like. 75.108.94.227 (talk) 15:44, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

How about Yngva?? Hehe. Hafspajen (talk) 15:51, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Would be an excellent pick, but would probably end in a ~~heart attack~~. Somebody more pugnacious, like a prizefighter. Strong-hearted, but also strong-headed. 75.108.94.227 (talk) 16:04, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, well, how about Drmies? Hafspajen (talk) 17:45, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe Xanthomelanoussprog? Has a cool head. Hafspajen (talk) 17:50, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Disqualified by having few edits, no time on their hands, and an almost complete ignorance of Wiki-rules. Also my head's jammed in an icebox. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 18:33, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Agree about drmies, but we will have to bushwack him, to get him to agree. Xanthomelanoussprog, is a wikipedian I've never met, but Hafs's say-so is a strong recommendation. But okay, since editcountitis was brought up, let us try this. Skim through here, and pick out the names you trust. (Hafs o'course... but also you too User:Xanthomelanoussprog, since you refuse to do the dirty job yerself :-) Here are the people that have 50k edits, are currently admins, never ran for arbcom before, and have been active in the past month:

Ser_Amantio_di_Nicolao
Bearcat
BD2412
Magioladitis
Materialscientist
Tassedethe
Woohookitty
Good_Olfactory
Carlossuarez46
Bgwhite
WhisperToMe
BrownHairedGirl
WOSlinker
Tim!
Northamerica1000
R'n'B
Epbr123
Gilliam
Discospinster
Nyttend
NawlinWiki
Keith_D
Mlaffs
Tide_rolls
West.andrew.g
Grutness
Dale_Arnett
Bhadani
Dbachmann
Mattythewhite
GiantSnowman
Drmies
MER-C
Michael_Hardy
Stemonitis
John
Favonian
Mjroots
Neelix
Fram
Plastikspork
Ezhiki
Rettetast
Vsmith
Ekabhishek
Ohnoitsjamie
Nlu
Xezbeth
The_Anome

Mindmatrix
Doc_James
Ronhjones
Closedmouth
SlimVirgin
Slambo
Edgar181
Diannaa
C.Fred
Acroterion
The_Rambling_Man
AnemoneProjectors
Beetstra
Daniel_Case
Anthony_Appleyard
Gaius_Cornelius
Redrose64
Trappist_the_monk
Hyacinth
Timrollpickering
Moonriddengirl
Bongwarrior
The_Bushranger
Bkonrad
Ground_Zero
Graham87
WereSpielChequers
Mark_Arsten
Kbdank71
Ricky81682
Missvain
JohnCD
Juliancolton
Deb
Meno25
Zzyzx11
Crisco_1492
JamesBWatson
Alexf
Gadfium
Bobo192
Acalamari
J_Milburn
Thumperward
Ahoerstemeier
TexasAndroid
MBisanz
Quadell
Djsasso

Calliopejen1
Number_57
Dravecky
Rosiestep
Fayenatic_london
Rschen7754
Kuru
Antandrus
RHaworth
Jimfbleak
MilborneOne
Joy
DMacks
JaGa
Orangemike
PBS
NeilN
Cbl62
Olivier
J04n
Utcursch
David_Eppstein
Anna_Frodesiak
Sadads
MusikAnimal
Geschichte
Zzuuzz
DerHexer
Wknight94
Bbb23
Deor
Angr
UtherSRG
Mike_Selinker
Davidcannon
Joe_Decker
Necrothesp
RedWolf
Connormah
Zagalejo
Howcheng
Infrogmation
Jmabel
Postdlf
Masem
Nightstallion
Warofdreams
JoJan
Edward

Wtmitchell
DrKay
Buckshot06
JzG
BDD
Rlendog
Topbanana
Jfdwolff
HJ_Mitchell
IronGargoyle
Valfontis
The_wub
ESkog
Eleassar
Od_Mishehu
Explicit
Ron_Ritzman
Magog_the_Ogre
Malcolmxl5
Nv8200pa
BorgQueen
Stifle
Future_Perfect_at_Sunrise
RJFJR
Ponyo
Victuallers
Earl_Andrew
Fuhghettaboutit
Kudpung
Graeme_Bartlett
After_Midnight
Smalljim
Thingg
Gatoclass
Canadian_Paul
Dank
Elonka
Arctic.gnome
Titodutta
Yamla
Mufka
OlEnglish
Patrick
JHunterJ
Ianblair23
Ymblanter
Parsecboy
TheCatalyst31
Jenks24

Jayron32
Marine_69-71
Tom_Morris
GoldRingChip
Cuchullain
Jimp
Bencherlite
GB_fan
Mojo_Hand
Mike_Rosoft
Sphilbrick
Ceyockey
Tokyogirl79
Randykitty
MSGJ
B
Nakon
Allen3
Reaper_Eternal
Ynhockey
John_K
Cyphoidbomb
ChrisTheDude
Llywrch
Choess
Tedder
Beland
Ericorbit
MichaelQSchmidt
Rmhermen
Anne_Delong
Moondyne
Nev1
King_of_Hearts
Michig
AlexiusHoratius
Tinucherian
Mr._Stradivarius
Edokter
The_ed17
Emperor
Dennis_Brown
ProveIt
Gyrofrog
Dana_boomer
Ixfd64
Jerzy
5_albert_square.

Some of these names I recognize, and some you probably do as well. Let's pick some, and see if they can be urged to run. p.s. Have you seen the movie referent? 75.108.94.227 (talk) 22:40, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This is very funny ... do watch it to the end! [2] Rosemary Cheese (talk) 11:51, 7 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

WAHAAA; Rosy, Rosy. Hafspajen (talk) 13:54, 7 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Dennis Brown? Rosiestep? Bbb23? I've not heard of 90% on the list. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 14:05, 7 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Two of the three names you picked, I also have interacted with, and agree they would be good picks. (Plus I like the looks of Rosiestep, from scanning their recent contribs and their talkpage-interactions.) I also like Hafs's suggestion of Drmies, who I've interacted with, but will mightily resist I believe. Thus, I suggest we three, give those four, some peer pressure on usertalk, to see if they can be urged to run. Or failing that, to see if they can be urged to skim through this list, and pick some other likely potential candidate for arbcom. Arbcom elections demand a self-nom, so we have to be persuasive in our arguments. :-) I will make some posts, and ask hafs to decorate them for me. 75.108.94.227 (talk) 21:08, 7 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hafspajen , I mean Mandy , if you druthers -- will you please tastefully (no cats! :-) decorate the following:

User:Rosiestep is thinking it over. User:Dennis Brown is resisting, but has suggested User:Casliber (who is also resisting). User:Drmies is ignoring us with dignity, but will not be able to do so forever, because Hafspajen and myself can be very insistent wikipedians. I have also brought User:Bbb23 into the mess, who was nom'd for admin by Drmies and Dennis, and thus p'raps they'll try to pass the buck thataway once more? There are three candidates running at present, see WP:ACE2015/C.

User:Salvidrim! , first edit Jul'10 , rfa 107/33/6 in Jan'13 by Sergecross73/TParis , 18k edits , never ran for arbcom before
User:AKS.9955 , first edit Jan'14 , rfa WP:NotJustYet , 17k edits , never ran for arbcom before
User:Hawkeye7 , first edit Jun'05 , rfa 70/21/13 in Nov'09 by self-nom , 60k edits , never ran for arbcom before

Hafspajen, please look over the contribs of these people (see if they have added any pictures of cats especially! ick!) and then start your voterguide page at User:Hafspajen/ACE2015, with your initial thoughts on the candidates, and if you want, on potential candidates. 75.108.94.227 (talk) 10:45, 8 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A lot of good people on that list. Ask King of Hearts. Tedder. MQS. Jayron. Bencherlite. Ed. Gatoclass. Ponyo. Guy. Don't ask me--I don't know. Drmies (talk) 23:42, 8 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- MQS I never thought of, would be a fascinating member to have on the team. Big fan. --kelapstick^(bainuu) 00:01, 9 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

Hello, Hafspajen. You have new messages at Northamerica1000's talk page.
Message added 16:13, 6 November 2015 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.[reply]

Potential FP candidates. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 16:13, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Canaletto - Bucentaur's return to the pier by the Palazzo Ducale - Google Art Project.jpg

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Canaletto - Bucentaur's return to the pier by the Palazzo Ducale - Google Art Project.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:53, 7 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Canaletto - The Stonemason's Yard.jpg

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Canaletto - The Stonemason's Yard.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:13, 7 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Peter Paul Rubens - Abundance (Abundantia) - Google Art Project.jpg

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Peter Paul Rubens - Abundance (Abundantia) - Google Art Project.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:33, 9 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Co-nominate?

Hi Hafspajen: Per our discussion on my talk page, I have nominated A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms for FP consideration. The discussion is located here. Feel free to add yourself as a co-nominator if you'd like. Cheers, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 16:50, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

GOSH; uh. Well, Northamerica1000 - I suggest that you and Crisco 1492 (who uploaded the picture) write an article together, and then try to co-nom with HIM. That will surely do. In worst case I will help you guys to write that article, either way, you should co-nom with him, he is the one who uploaded of the pic... It's kinda his. Hafspajen (talk) 12:48, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I withdrew the nom, because people weren't supporting per a lack of content about the painting in the Pieter Aertsen article. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 21:59, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:A Boyar Wedding Feast (Konstantin Makovsky, 1883) Google Cultural Institute.jpg

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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Titian - Venus with a Mirror - Google Art Project.jpg

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Titian - Venus with a Mirror - Google Art Project.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:23, 16 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you! II

	The Barnstar of Good Humor
	For all the joy you give to others, I award you this barnstar. Happy posting! Softlavender (talk) 02:06, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

THANKS Softlavender!!! Hafspajen (talk) 13:38, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

meow woof (translation into Australian English, upper left Perth dialect: "Jeez, I leave for a day and there's a cat stuffed in the computer")

Neither is this one.

Okay, pay attention agent nejapsfaH. I will use your secret codename so nobody knows it is you. So, now we have some arby's people that wanna wield the sword of truth and balance the scales of justice. Or something.

But nobody can vote yet. People are still asking them questions. Other people are writing voter-guides. See these:

List O'Guide

Very helpful == User:Ealdgyth/2015_Arb_Guide_consolidation_chart

Updated & expanded comparison-chart, with 26 of the 27 'official' advertised voterguides == WP:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-11-25/Arbitration_report#Arbitration_Committee_Elections_2015_Voting
raw averaging predicts that the outcome will be Opa Cas Drm Kel ~~Tim~~ Cal Kei NEE Kud Gor...
...but the competition for seat#8 and seat#9 is reasonably tight, thus Hul and Kir and maybe Thr also have a non-negligible chance.

Advertised voterguides == {{ACE2015}}
Categorized voterguides == Category:Wikipedia_Arbitration_Committee_Elections_2015_voter_guides
Search for userspace voterguides == [3]
Also helpful == User:Fluffernutter/SinglePageAC_(A-K) and User:Fluffernutter/SinglePageAC_(L-Z)

#38 User_talk:AGK#My_thoughts_on_the_2015_ArbCom_election_candidates
#28 User:Begoon/ACE2015 , 100% finished , listed in comparison: Y
#05 User:Bishzilla/Vote_ACE_2015 , 85% finished , listed in comparison: Y
#30 User:Boing!_said_Zebedee/ACE2015 , 100% finished
#39 User:Carcharoth/ArbCom_Elections/ACE2015
#14 User:Carrite/ACE2015 (not being advertised) , 10% finished
#15 User:The_Lady_Catherine_de_Burgh/A_fool's_guide_to_the_2015_Arbcom_election (not being advertised) , 70% finished
#03 User:Collect/ACE2015 , 95% finished , listed in comparison: Y
#11 User:Ealdgyth/2015_Arb_Election_votes , 50% finished , listed in comparison: Y
#06 User:Elonka/ACE2015 , 80% finished , listed in comparison: Y
#40 User:Fuzheado/ACE2015
#08 User:HJ_Mitchell/ACE_2015 , 75% finished , listed in comparison: Y
#24 User:MONGO/Vote_ACE_2015 (not advertised nor categorized) , 45% finished , listed in comparison: Y
#42 User:MZMcBride/ACE2015
#41 User:The_owner_of_all/ACE2015
#10 User:Peter_Damian/ACE2015 , ~~70%~~ 80% finished , listed in comparison: Y
#16 User:Pldx1/ACE2015 (not being advertised) , 20% finished , listed in comparison: Y
#04 User:Reaper_Eternal/Election_thoughts_2015 , 90% finished , listed in comparison: Y
#07 User:RegentsPark/ArbVotes2015 , 75% finished , listed in comparison: Y
#43 User:SB_Johnny/ACE2015
#27 User:SilkTork/ArbNotes2015 , 55% finished (interestingly, measures likelihood of winning, rather than the usual support/oppose type of voter-guide)
#29 User:Sjakkalle/ACE2015 , 100% finished
#02 User:Smallbones/ACE2015 , 95% finished , listed in comparison: Y
#12 User:Tryptofish/ACE2015 , ~~10%~~ 100% finished , listed in comparison: Y
#09 User:Worm_That_Turned/ACE2015 , 70% finished , listed in comparison: Y
#17 User:Yngvadottir/ACE2015 (not being advertised) , 90% finished , listed in comparison: Y

#25 User:Ched/ACE_2015+ (not advertised nor categorized) , finished? (looks like no bangvotes being provided this year)
#01 User:Rschen7754/ACE2015 (not being advertised nor categorized) , finished (no bangvotes being provided this year)
#13 User:Hafspajen/Our_Canine_Conspiracy_Shalt_Firmly_Oppose_EVERY_Cat_Lover_Standing_For_Arbcom_During_ACE2015 , still not started yet Mandy , lazy lazy
#18 User:Guerillero/ACE2015 (not being advertised) , finished (no bangvotes being provided this year -- person is a sitting member of WP:ARBCOM)
#19 User:Salvidrim!/ACE2015 (mostly not advertised nor categorized) , 95% finished
#20 User_talk:Floquenbeam/Archive_8#Voter_guide.3F (not advertised nor categorized) , 55% finished (likely to remain unfinished/unofficial)
#21 User:Gerda_Arendt/ACE_2015 (purposely not advertised nor categorized) , finished ("NOT A GUIDE!" sayeth sweet Gerda :-) who voted)
#22 User:NativeForeigner/ACE2015_Guide (not advertised nor categorized) , not started yet , but funny picture ;-)
#23 User:SlimVirgin/ACE2015 (not advertised nor categorized) , 5% finished
#26 User:Nick/ArbCom_voting_guide (not advertised nor categorized) , 70% finished
#31 User:MurderByDeadcopy/ACE2015 , 100% finished... but somewhat whimsical singular criterion :-)
#32 User:WereSpielChequers/ACE2015 , 55% finished
#33 User:DD2K/sandbox , 45% finished (many of the "oppose" votes are by-default conditional opposes until further research is completed)
#34 User_talk:Iridescent#ACE2015_voting , 100% finished (purposely neither advertised nor categorized)
#35 User_talk:NeilN#My_Arbcom_candidate_preferences
#36 User_talk:Cla68#ArbCom_voting_guide
#37 User_talk:Dennis_Brown#Arb_Election_-_Opposing_All
#38 User_talk:Newyorkbrad#Poor_Bishzilla

Also there ~~will be~~ now is a signpost article (two articles kind of) ~~which comes out on Friday 20th or Saturday 21st or something like that~~.

Lastly, arb-voters ~~will start~~ have started casting their ballots on November 23rd , voting is open for a couple weeks, until December 6th.

Special:SecurePoll , must be logged in , not currently blocked , have 150+ edits to mainspace , and created your username before November 2015

Between now and then, lots of discussion about the candidates on their question-pages. You already asked one, I am writing up mine. Delightfully yours, 75.108.94.227 (talk) 04:04, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Updated some more... there are now 21 official voterguides and 21 official candidates. :-) 75.108.94.227 (talk) 15:32, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Update again: I added the cat to my NO-GUIDE, now that I am back to decent, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:40, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Gerda, you have been added to the categorized voter-guides. Do you also want to be added to the advertised voter-guides at {{ACE2015}} as well? Do you also-also want to be added to the WP:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-11-25/Arbitration_report comparison-chart in the WP:SIGNPOST right now? My interpretation of your voterguide would look ROUGHLY something like this, which you are free to tweak of course:

guide	Cal.	Cas.	Drm.	Gam.	Gor.	Haw.	Hul.	Kei.	Kel.	Kev.	Kir.	Kud.	Lfa.	Mah.	Mar.	NEE.	Opa.	Ric.	Thr.	Tim.	Wil.
Ger.^[a]^[4]	~	+	+				~	mu	+		~	~	~	~	y~	mu	+			y+	~

^ This is an exceedingly rough translation of Gerda's thinking, which necessarily involves a lot of guesswork and reading between the lines; she gives no explicit support-column, and no explicit oppose-column either. Those marked as Y++ were ones where she boldfaced their answers as being supported, the others are mostly spectrum-guesstimates, which are then re-calibrated to vaguely match the available slots.

Gerda, let me know if you want to be "advertised" (which does not require a colorized chart), or even advertised-and-also-in-the-signpost. Best, 75.108.94.227 (talk) 14:15, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Smiling at your interpretation ;) - Don't advertise votes, but if you can advertise the thoughts, fine. For votes, go by Bishzilla, just double her line if needed. I - needless to say - didn't vote by answers alone, but by knowledge of the candidates. I supported the ones with some bold (Cas Drm Kei Kel Opa Tim), and opposed all others. As I said on the talk: I can't support an arb who voted for desysopping Yngvadottir. Everybody is free of course to draw different conclusions. I added some footnotes today, one being my surprise that nobody questioned my opening statement of question 1: "Arbitration findings and the wishes of principal editors govern the use of infoboxes in articles." They could all have said: "Really? How awful!" - Anyway, there was an interesting close, reopen, and then the wiki broke ;) - I have a banner on my user page for the secret slogan of Opabinia regalis: "Readers come first." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:09, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

chitchat

Mandy you work HARD, don't you. Delightfully yours, My Dear Special:Contributions Mandy. Looks like Your bot is archiving well, .... but why aren't they in your archive those? https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:75.108.94.227&diff=691337181&oldid=691317669 Hafspajen (talk) 13:41, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Nah, this is not hard. You can see how easy it is, I just copied the links from here, {{ACE2015}}. Plus added one other, that I saw via User:Rschen7754 usertalk. And missed one, adding it above.... If you wanna write one, you can. User:Hafspajen/ACE2015, it's not hard, just pick somebody else's and then make your own list of reasons to support and reasons to thump. No cat-lovers on arbcom. For sure. I'm maybe gonna write one, if you just wanna decorate something, and not "work". And will be asking some other people to write their own voterguides, respectable types like User:Dennis Brown, not canine-crazy artistaz like you dear Haffy. I mean, dear Mandy. I'm not sure if User:Drmies can write his own voterguide, to support himself! :-) Seems like self-dealing, vvurry nnotty!! ;-) So it is up to us rabble. Because it is templates all the way down, don't you know? 75.108.94.227 (talk) 14:18, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

ANd I will get NOT AN ADMIN CROSS CROSS CROSS- eh? Hafspajen (talk) 14:24, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You are not thinking hard enough, little rabbit. You are worried, that if you *do* write your voter-guide, you will be blocked? Making adminz angry! That is the least of your troubles.

But think about this! What will happen to poor agent nejapsfaH, if you do *not* write your voter-guide? Remember User:Drmies already knows where *your* little talkpage is! Eeeeek. :-) You got him into this mess,[5] he might be vengeful with his block button, and go completely rogue. Look here,[6] he already blocked poor innocent little User:Timtrent for interference. He seeketh the ultimate dirty mop, now! :-) 75.108.94.227 (talk) 15:17, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

How about this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:The_Lady_Catherine_de_Burgh/A_fool's_guide_to_the_2015_Arbcom_election Hafspajen (talk) 14:41, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, very proper! :-) But look here, another triplet comes out of the woodwork -- Category:Wikipedia_Arbitration_Committee_Elections_2015_voter_guides 75.108.94.227 (talk) 15:17, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

>>>>Indeed. I understand now how you feel. Hafspajen (talk) 15:23, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Added some more. Starting to be a party. 75.108.94.227 (talk) 13:49, 20 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Don't forget Iridescent's easy guide: vote for Cas and Opinia, oppose the others. Not my strategy though, would leave too much influence for those we have already, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:23, 20 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Added, thanks. But Gerda, you are mis-interpreting what Iridescent was saying -- specifically this bit ...

...there are a few weak "make up the numbers" supports...

That implies Iridescent is fully behind Casliber and Opabinia, and for *this election* at least, is also mostly behind Drmies, Keilana, and Timtrent. Which is only five of the nine open seats, so there is also a list of Weak Opposes, seven other folks that are the "lesser of two weevils [with the implication they are competing for a singly hypothetical open seat]" as is often said^{[citation needed]} in the USA and the UK, where first past the post voting system is commonly employed. Arbcom elections use a kind of approval voting, so the phrase is not exactly applicable in a parallel fashion... something more like "lesser of seventeen weevils competing for the remaining four open seats". As I read her recommendation, Iridescent is giving StrongSupport for two people, WeakSupport for three more people, and WeakOpposeButBetterThanTheAlteratives to an additional four-to-seven candidates. Pinging Iridescent, in case they with to set our conflicting reading of the tea-leaves straight. 75.108.94.227 (talk) 11:37, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

More accurate to say the first category is "definitely support", the second is "I can see serious problems and ordinarily wouldn't support, but will probably be better than an empty chair", the third is "will oppose but could be persuaded" and the fourth is "hell, no". There's absolutely no need to feel one needs to support nine people just because there are nine slots; there are advantages to broader representation, but also disadvantages. (Ever tried to participate in a fifteen-way conversation by email? It isn't pleasant.) It won't be a disaster by any means if only two, one or even no candidates reach the 50% mark, particularly in a year like this which IMO has the worst group of candidates since the days of Jimbo unilaterally appointing his drinking buddies; Arbcom could function perfectly well with three members, let alone ten. ‑ iridescent 11:53, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Okay thanks, that helps clarify. I think that the pool *is* reasonably strong this year, though I do think that plenty of people who should have run, and were arm-twisted to do so, could have made it even stronger. *cough*ahem*hack*hrrmm, pardon me, just clearing my throat.

Perhaps the evidence of 664 emails per day may have scared off some of the potentials; most common reason I heard for not running was "no time". Second most common was "not wanting to be trolled/doxxed/etc" which is probably more crucial of a flaw, but also a very tough problem to truly solve. I think part of the reason to have such a large committee, besides the need to have a reserve-group for when people retire midway through their arb-terms, is so that tasks can be divvied up ('many hands make light work')... but of course, arbcom is horrid at divvying things up (see the recent elimination of WP:BASC), so instead tasks get over-analyzed and too-much-conversation-not-enough-action ('too many cooks in the kitchen').

off-topic proposal to solve the woes of 15-person-discussions , by pre-emptively divvying up the case-load via PRNG rules

I would strongly support having each arb-case assigned to five randomly-selected arbs from the pool of 15, with the next arbcase assigned to five *other* randomly-selected arbs from the remaining pool of ten. The third arb-case would then be assigned to five randomly-selected arbs from the ten not assigned to the 2nd arb-case. The fourth arb-case would be assigned to five randomly-selected arbs from the ten not assigned to the 3rd arbcase, and so on. There would have to be a mechanism for the parties to appeal to the full arbcom... but rather than re-litigate the entire arb-case, it would be better just to have sanctions be appealed to the full arbs (as they already currently handle appeals thataway, post-BASC, this would involve no changes in the appeals-process, just in the case-acceptance and drafting-process). To keep things sane, I think a 2yea-2nay-1abstain deadlock would have to be defined as 'no consensus' for this proposal to work in practice, which would mean 3-of-5-agreement was needed for implementing any sanction or accepting any case. 60% sounds like about the right target. Also, if an arb was picked as a member of the five for any given case, but recused, another arb would need to be randomly selected, so that each open request had five *active* arbs working on it, and the 3-of-5-to-act math would work out properly.

Be that as it may, I think your top-five are exceedingly likely to become arbs, including the first non-admin arb, from reading the voter-guide tea leaves. Inertia, and tactical voting, probably means that the other four seats also will be filled, though I'm detecting the whiff of an extremely strong antidisestablishmentarian sentiment in the wiki-air this time around. 75.108.94.227 (talk) 15:04, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

See my comments here for my thoughts on both how to address the over-large and over-worked committee issue, and on predictions. Basically, attempting to call this election is a fool's errand, as the talkpage-spamming of 100,000 users to vote means all bets are off. The 'electorate' in most Wiki processes consists of those with an interest and knowledge of the topic, whereas this one is going to be decided by an electorate of whom many aren't even aware Arbcom exists, and most have little idea what it actually does; consequently, the winners are likely to be the candidates who can spout the most convincing sounding platitudes, rather than those who are best suited to the job. ‑ iridescent 00:14, 22 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

... There's also now User:Sjakkalle/ACE2015 but I won't presume to figure out how to add it above. Still no ~~Hafspajen~~ Nejapsfah guide? Yngvadottir (talk) 12:21, 22 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Added, thanks. 75.108.94.227 (talk) 15:17, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Alice in Wonderland? Nope, Mandy in Wonderland

I'm shrinking... shrinking........[7] ...I see what you did there! 75.108.94.227 (talk) 14:58, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Slim is fit. You don't want to terrorize your poor Mandy-clubb with that kind of spaghetti you did to your last page. Think it will be soon peace and love and stuff. Hafspajen (talk) 15:03, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

     They're a maniac, maniac on the floor / And they're dancing like they've never danced before
                On the ice blue line of insanity / Is a place most never see
             It's a hard won place of mystery / Touch it but can't hold it

Woe unto the botmaster, for the bot shalt not obey, but turn upon thine archives and consume ALL! :-) 75.108.94.227 (talk) 17:43, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

AHHH! Hafspajen (talk) 17:45, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Userbox for you

Jonesey created this userbox. It would be very appropriate for you too. Bgwhite (talk) 06:18, 20 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This editor is almost as evil as Bgwhite's mother-in-law

Me too! User:Polentarion/lad provides a translation of a current German neologism. Feedback welcome. Regards. Serten Talk (renaming ongoing to Polentarion) 13:41, 23 November 2015 (UTC) HOW about this for a picture? File:Squirrel-lift.jpg Hafspajen (talk) 16:03, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This editor is almost as evil as Bgwhite's mother-in-law

Serten, why are you disconnected? No link to your userpage? Hafspajen (talk) 16:36, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Corrected now! A follower of mine, an infinite blocked candidate, had occupied my acccount name in trWP. Back to the roots then. Polentarion Talk 18:41, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

SERTEN, that's YOU: ! Hafspajen (talk) 15:50, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You said that. If you put it on my userpage, I will accept it ;) Sol lucet tenebris Polentarion Talk 18:46, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Art query

Hafs (or talkpage stalkers), Commons:Category:Paintings by Joseph Mallord William Turner is so subdivided I can't be sure, but I don't think we have Turner's Pope's Villa at Twickenham. I see umpty-bazillion versions at Google images. If we don't have it, could you please find a good one and upload it so I can stick it in Pope's villa? Thanks. Yngvadottir (talk) 21:41, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Stalkpage talker here… I had a look, and the only image of the painting on the web is an engraving after Turner (and not a very good one) (on a blacklisted site). I'm guessing that the original was a watercolour and is lost, like his one of Leicester Abbey. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 15:33, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

THAT category is a nightmare. Hafspajen (talk) 16:29, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Xanthomelanoussprog: ? See also this article, which I got from that search. The painting is extant but was whisked from a UK private collection to a US one. Yes, Hafs, the category made me cross my eyes, and I like Turner. Yngvadottir (talk) 21:16, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm… I'm so so wrong Sold on 9 July 2008 at Sotheby's Old Master Paintings Evening Sale- the image isn't available in the online archive. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 22:16, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Unobtainium

	You are sometimes elusive but always appreciated
	And/or missed. I did not know of Billingr. What a great story. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:12, 22 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Stay out of that mess. What those guys did is put together here: Lessons You Learn From Dating The Wrong Guy . Hafspajen (talk) 16:05, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Good advice. Well said. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:33, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Mythology is a collection of lunatics behaving weirdly. Hafspajen (talk) 16:34, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Some might say that about all religion. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:54, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

HAHAaa!! Hafspajen (talk) 17:55, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

LOl. Sceptical movement is strong in the WP. Beware! In my case - I valdesi sono tutti ribelli ! Polentarion Talk 18:45, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Here is a religious or mythological note (take your pick): Xenu? 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:53, 29 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Efforts to illuminate

	Champion of galleries
	Keep up the good work! Although we will not follow in these footfalls. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 18:57, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Abolition of Prussia

Siegesallee looks somewhat more acceptable now. Badische Grüße ;) Polentarion Talk 21:40, 24 November 2015 (UTC) PS.: The title is a disaster, but was a reasonable decision.[reply]

pronk?

Mandy, look at this:

selective breeding
- animal breeding
  - pet breeding / livestock / fur farming / etc
    - dog breeding

Do you want to start pet breeding, so we can show the naughty cat-lovers who is boss, on this here 'pedia? :-) Or maybe there is already an article about it, with a different name? I did not find one, though. 75.108.94.227 (talk) 13:35, 25 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Backyard breeder, breeding pedigree backyards since I-don't-know-when. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 14:00, 25 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Special musical treat showing a very well bred animal. Martinevans123 (talk) 15:29, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

MARTY!!!!!!!!Hafspajen (talk) 15:55, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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[1] This is an exceedingly rough translation of Gerda's thinking, which necessarily involves a lot of guesswork and reading between the lines; she gives no explicit support-column, and no explicit oppose-column either. Those marked as Y++ were ones where she boldfaced their answers as being supported, the others are mostly spectrum-guesstimates, which are then re-calibrated to vaguely match the available slots.

[a]

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 Gerda, let me know if you want to be "advertised" (which does not require a colorized chart), or even advertised-and-also-in-the-signpost.  Best, [[Special:Contributions/75.108.94.227|75.108.94.227]] ([[User talk:75.108.94.227|talk]]) 14:15, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
+: Smiling at your interpretation ;) - Don't advertise votes, but if you can advertise the thoughts, fine. For votes, go by Bishzilla, just double her line if needed. I - needless to say - didn't vote by answers alone, but by knowledge of the candidates. I supported the ones with some bold (Cas Drm Kei Kel Opa Tim), and opposed all others. As I said on the talk: I can't support an arb who voted for desysopping Yngvadottir. Everybody is free of course to draw different conclusions. I added some footnotes today, one being my surprise that nobody questioned my opening statement of question 1: "Arbitration findings and the wishes of principal editors govern the use of infoboxes in articles." They could all have said: "Really? How awful!" - Anyway, there was an interesting close, reopen, and then the wiki broke ;) - I have a banner on my user page for the secret slogan of Opabinia regalis: "Readers come first." --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 18:09, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
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