User talk:NativeForeigner

Less active than normal, but still around. Header ripped off from Anonymous Dissident (Thanks)

Please, be my guest, and whack me with a large trout if the situation demands it.

This user replies where he likes, and is inconsistent in that respect.

$\lnot \mathrm {TB}$Please refrain from using the dreaded Template:Talkback on this page multiple times in the same discussion (I'll have it watched after the first template)

Vote!

Formerly Redskunk (talk · contribs)

LGBT articles of Brazil

Hello! I am Brazilian and I need of you to correct my translation edits, please help me in the Changing legal gender assignment in Brazil, LGBT rights in Brazil, Recognition of same-sex unions in Brazil, Age of consent in Brazil, Prejudice in the Brazilian LGBT community. 28 December 2010 (UTC) User: Hentzer

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The Bugle: Issue LXXI, February 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks into two recent Milhist books Op-ed: Ian Rose discusses article assessments

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WikiCup 2012 February newsletter

Round 1 is already over! The 64 highest scorers have progressed to round 2. Our highest scorer was Grapple X (submissions), again thanks mostly to a swathe of good articles on The X-Files. In second place was Tigerboy1966 (submissions), thanks an impressive list of did you knows about racehorses. Both scored over 400 points. Following behind with over 300 points were Ruby2010 (submissions), Cwmhiraeth (submissions), Miyagawa (submissions) and Casliber (submissions). February also saw the competition's first featured list: List of colleges and universities in North Dakota, from Ruby2010 (submissions). At the other end of the scale, 11 points was enough to secure a place in this round, and some contestants with 10 points made it into the round on a tiebreaker. This is higher than the 8 points that were needed last year, but lower than the 20 points required the year before. The number of points required to progress to round 3 will be significantly higher.

The remaining contestants have been split into 8 pools of 8, named A through H. Round two will finish in two months time on 28 April, when the two highest scorers in each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers, will progress to round 3. The pools were entirely random, so while some pools may end up being more competitive than others, this is by chance rather than design.

The judges would like to point out two quick rules reminders. First, any content promoted during the interim period (that is, on or after 27 February) is eligible for points in round 2. Second, any content worked on significantly this year is eligible for points if promoted in this round. On a related note, if you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which would otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 00:03, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

United States Product Treemap from MIT/HARVARD -- EDIT ACCESS REQUEST

I am on a team at MIT/HARVARD doing work on Product Exports Maps as part of the Economic Complexity Observatory http://atlas.media.mit.edu/. The graphical output for these maps are incredibly useful for visualizing exports. The project hopes to add these maps to every country page on Wikipedia. We would like to put a map on the US page but it is semi-protected. Is there any chance you could allow me access?

The homepage for this project can be found at http://macroconnections.media.mit.edu/featured/economic-complexity-observatory/

Below is what the map looks like. It would go in the Economy section of the United States page. We have already placed these on a number of semi-protected country pages with editor permission. See example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany/

You can enlarge the picture to see more detail.

United States Exports (2009) by Product Category

Thanks very much.

Talmage Cooley user:doubleodd

The Bugle: Issue LXXII, March 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks into two recent Milhist books Op-ed: Hawkeye on Wikipedia collaborating with the AWM

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WikiCup 2012 March newsletter

We are over half way through the second round of this year's WikiCup and things are going well! Grapple X (submissions), of Pool B, is our highest overall scorer thanks to his prolific writings on television and film. In second place is Pool H's Cwmhiraeth (submissions), thanks primarily to work on biological articles, especially in marine biology and herpetology. Third place goes to Pool E's Casliber (submissions), who also writes primarily on biology (including ornithology and botany) and has already submitted two featured articles this round. Of the 63 contestants remaining, 15 (just under a quarter) have over 100 points this round. However, 25 are yet to score. Please remember to update your submission pages promptly. 32 contestants, the top two from each pool and the 16 next-highest scorers, will advance to round 3.

Congratulations to Matthewedwards (submissions), whose impressive File:Wacht am Rhein map (Opaque).svg became the competition's first featured picture. Also, congratulations to 12george1 (submissions), who claimed good topic points, our first contestant this year to do so, for his work on Wikipedia:Featured topics/1982 Atlantic hurricane season. This leaves featured topics and featured portals as the only sources of points not yet utilised. However, as recent statistics from Miyagawa (submissions) show, no source has yet been utilised this competition to the same extent it has been previously!

It has been observed that the backlogs at good article candidates are building up again. While the points for good article reviews will be remaining constant, any help that can be offered keeping the backlog down would be appreciated. On a related note, if you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:24, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Abuse Filter on the Article Feedback Tool

Hey there :). You're being contacted because you're an edit filter manager, At the moment, we're developing Version 5 of the Article Feedback Tool, which you may or may not have heard about. If you haven't; for the first time, this will involve a free-text box where readers can submit comments :). Obviously, there's going to be junk, and we want to minimise that junk. To do so, we're working the Abuse Filter into the tool.

For this to work, we need people to write and maintain filters. I'd be very grateful if you could take a look at the discussion here and the attached docs, and comment and contribute! Thanks :). Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 18:25, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

I have been sent to a clerk with a sockpuppet investigation - I trust this is the correct page.

Jim Hardie

Now I am aware I have been in a battle with this user who has previously been blocked. Apart from sockpuppetry there are three issues. 1.Ownership of edits and refusal to allow edits 2.Playing one puppet against another 3.Destructive and carping remarks (see Cricket 1940-44) Sent to Admin - BlackJack Jim Hardie Sorry to come back but this is a blatant sockpuppet for God's sake. Pleae note the attacks made on Golden Age of Cricket by BJ and Cricket 1940-44 by JM - they are as plain as possible - same language, approach, phrasiology etc. Can we please have action regarding Jim Hardie who is a blatant sockpuppet of . Evidence - Jim Hardie has made over a hundred edits to pre=1800 cricket since 18th Feb whem user Blackjack(the only other regular editor of this area 'retired'. No other editor has made these type of edits except Blackjack - these being tidying of references etc. He has attacked the entries of another editor using the same language, the same phrases, the same inside knowledge that was used when BlackJack was previously identified as an aggressive sockpuppet some time ago. He has used 'pretend' conversations between himself and Blackjack in a manner seen previously when he was using BartMaverick, Orrelly Man, talk sockpuppets among others. To summarise - Hardie has been active since Blackjack went silent on similar pages - he edits the same esoteric edits using the same turns of phrase - attacks other editors in the same manner and has used similar expresions found on the Blackjack page and his Midnight Rambler and Stumpsite website.In addition Hardie posted a critic of BlackJack on BJ's page - BJ has NEVER failed to answer such postings but has been silent Jim Hardie is blackjack. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.155.74.151 (talk) 07:02, 16 April 2012 (UTC) This a typical post incidentally See a psychiatrist, will you? Cretin. Kind regards. --Jim Hardie (talk) 18:13, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Hello, NativeForeigner. The author of the above post, currently using IP 86.155.74.151 (talk · contribs), is the subject of Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Richard Daft. I see from his archive, now four years old, that you blocked one of his 50-plus sockpuppets in February this year. If you look at the posts he has sent to several other editors about this matter, you will see that some have told him they don't believe him and others have completely ignored him or given him warnings. His problem with me is that I raised the latest SPI and he is trying to "turn the tables". Kind regards. --Jim Hardie (talk) 20:07, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Hello again and thank you for your help. Very prompt and efficient too. The two IPs you left alone belong(ed) to a hotel and I think it is safe to assume the troll was temporarily resident there, so no need to take action. I merely thought they should be in the log for completeness so that the edits are not lost. Oh, and by the way, I am NOT BlackJack and I can easily prove it. Kind regards. --Jim Hardie (talk) 18:42, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

QuecyKeith

Hi! NativeForeigner and good day to everyone... I've already promised to wikipedia not to use other existing accounts I've made and use only my account QuecyKeith as to users guide policy to maintain only a single account...However, I'm sorry that I, sometimes forgot that I'm using my other account and edit articles without logging out. Honestly, my purpose of my other accounts is for me to have more storage for my article (sandbox) drafts because I'm new to this site. But one thing is for sure, I am presently not connected, nor even currently involved, in any of the organizations, institutions, or companies that I've previously create an article and submitted. As of now, I'm currently not employed and doing business on dried fish wholesale/retailing. I am aware, and informed, on the users (contributors) policy guidelines and so I'm begging you guys to give me chance to correct my actions. Any of your advice, suggestions, comments, reactions, and recommendations is highly appreciated...

I think, previously, I've already request a speedy deletion of my other accounts because I don't know how to. I promise, from now on, I will only use my account " QuecyKeith " as my official account on wikipedia. Also, I'm again requesting admins, to please speedy delete my other accounts for me not to be tempt in using it again...

And Please do give me a chance to further correct my actions and violations regarding wiki policies...--Michael Padada (talk) 15:32, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

OK. Thank you. If it is alright with you, I will block the Michael Padada account. In terms of sandbox drafts, you can have as many as you want on one account. Simply create multiple pages such as User:QuecyKeith/draft1, User:QuecyKeith/draft2 etc. Thank you for your openness. Is browneyes also your account? NativeForeigner ^Talk 15:54, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Yes, that's my account also. Thanks very much for your kindness consideration... and also for the tips...Kindly block Browneyespercy, SMSP (SMSPians), and Michael Padada...--Michael Padada (talk) 16:46, 18 April 2012 (UTC)