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You blocked this editor in October (and quite rightly so). I'm minded to give him another chance now - his first unblock requests were poor, but it sounds like he's beginning to understand. I would keep an eye on his future edits and will quickly reblock if there's any repeat of the problem. What do you think? -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 15:13, 1 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I know, I just thought that since you were in the mind to block the IP, Armburst probably deserved one too, after all the material was cited, just perhaps inappropriate. I think I'll keep an eye on the situation, Armbrust says this anon has edited from different IPs in any case so it may all come out in the wash once they reset their router... The Rambling Man (talk) 17:30, 3 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. I really need some administrator-to-administrator advice. Can you offer your opinions on Question 2 - 5 that I've posed at the top of this discussion?
Everyone else participating there is only focusing on Question 1, which I thought would be answered more quickly and straightforwardly, and is already being discussed at Talk:Kobe Bryant sexual assault case If you want to offer your insights on Question 1 as well, can you do so there? Thanks! Nightscream (talk) 05:15, 5 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I'm not sure what the deal was, and I was considering whether to block both of them, only him on nobody when I saw the AIV update :). I've only been back for a few days and I get the impression we get a lot of "almost bad faith" vandalism reports now :(. -- Luktalk13:44, 6 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This IP has done such stuff before, as can be seen from his edit history. He (or she I guess) also calls reversions due to vandalism an 'ethnic slur' presumably against Goths, Visigoths, Vandals etc (I mention this to clarify what the user's statements about ethnic slurs seem to mean)... Dbrodbeck (talk) 20:02, 6 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I saw this article on this song and was amazed on how expanded it was the last time I saw it. I thank you for your work on it as I'm researching Billy Squire this infamous video. GamerPro6400:28, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Template problem
I approved your Holden article. I had A LOT of trouble getting to the DYK nom template because the slash in the article title breaks the template. Go to WT:DYK to the nom, click on "review", try to edit, and you'll see what I mean. I only managed to do it after scrolling through your co
ntribs. Moral of the story: slashes are a problem with this template....PumpkinSkytalk15:57, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Rock Me Tonite
FYI, the image size was changed in Rock Me Tonite because it is too big for the section, causing the following History sub-heading to be incorrectly indented. We would appreciate it if you could find a way to have this sub-heading correctly display. Maybe we can just eliminate the sub-heading. Thanks. Truthanado (talk) 19:20, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Reconsider?
Hey DC, you blocked User:ManawatuNZ today because of user name, and I wonder if you might reconsider. Seems to me she is a keen newbie who could be encouraged, and I would guess the name she chose was simply because she is proudly from Manawatu NZ. Some of her edits so far are borderline, but some are good, and that's par for newbies. Perhaps if you unblocked, and she took note of messages left on her talk page, she would be a good acquisition to wiki. Worth a try? I see Skier Dude deleted User:ManawatuNZ earlier, so I will contact him tomorrow. Moriori (talk) 08:21, 9 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Help, I'm trying to create a new character template, but it won't let me change anything or add anything to a template on my "SandBox." Is there a way to do this? Musicfreak7676 (talk) 01:22, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
INY
Hi. It looks as if your e-mail isn't functional, or else I would contact you directly that way. It seems as if you might be a resident of INY, perhaps even a graduate of IHS. I grew up there, and went there, although I no longer live there (but my family is there). If you want to contact me, my email is functional. Beyond My Ken (talk) 06:38, 12 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I just asked if the commas were nedded in the episode counts as well. If they are I will put them right back. Please tell me. Got no intention to war again. Pleasw contact me on my talk page ASAP.Wingard (talk) 18:58, 14 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
They're going again, telling me not to change before it's uploaded onto a webpage, yet undid my edit then seconds later made the same edit I made. Can we block them again? Obviously their lesson has NOT be learned! MusicFreak7676TALK!19:11, 16 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I just asking for it to be done right. When it's been uploded on a webpage it shows it has aured. Please stop adding before that happens. What do you think? I think Days should be uploaded at soaoperafan.com and B & B at CBS before they're added to a template.
Reporting MusicFreak7676 for not listening to my words. Wingard (talk) 19:33, 16 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Soapoperafan.com is NOT a valid source. It doesn't matter if it's updated, it matters if it's AIRED. You undid my edit to DAYS, then re-did it yourself. You're showing WP:OWN and that's not allowed here. I am keeping this report to you. Your words mean NOTHING to me, since they make NO sense. Daniel, if I get blocked because of them, Wiki loses a valid member to this community because I will not be returning. MusicFreak7676TALK!19:36, 16 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Appears to be trying to set a record for non-utile use of Wikipedia. I have given him what appears to be his 17th "final warning" or thereabouts. I think you were the last admin to block him quite recently. Cheers. Collect (talk) 15:54, 19 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
They are continually telling me that the picture for Maxie Jones is not Kirsten Storms when in fact it is, and they are not proving otherwise. Their argument is completely false as I have promotional stills and other photographs from the photoshoot that prove it is Kirsten. They are deleted my talk on their page since they do not wish to seem wrong. But they are. Please help, they're edit-waring over it! MusicFreak7676TALK!21:44, 22 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi Daniel,
I read your justification for removal of my entry. Although I don't agree that the entry is superfluous, I will let it go this time as you feel strongly about it. (Kirovsky (talk) 19:34, 23 January 2012 (UTC))[reply]
You seem to have listed a page on a secondary school for CSD as A7. [1]. I assume it was a slip of the mouse, and you intended to put an unreferenced tag on it, so I did that. DGG ( talk ) 17:25, 25 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have removed the auto-unblock request from my talk page.
I am sending this message to all the people who have commented on my unblock request at User Talk:12bigbrother12#Caught in an Autoblock. I've removed the request because I have moved back out to university, where I have a different IP address and so am not affected by the block. I will be going back to my old (home) IP address in March where hopefully the situation should have resolved itself. Thank you for taking the time to deal with my request, If for whatever reason I'm not allowed to remove the unblock request I apologise and obviously feel free to revert the edit I made on my talk page. Thanks again. 12bigbrother12 (talk) 20:10, 28 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
In response to your questions regarding Joseph Paterno bio
Hi Daniel - thanks for responding. More specifically, I have attempted to include a direct quote from one of the Board of Trustee members in regard to the rationale for Paterno's firing given that the article, as it currently stands, has no such first-person commentary. It was initially met with a copyvio rejection, and then with a nuance rejection. I corrected both per the editor's request, yet no one has dealt with the corrections. The quote itself, from Kenneth Frazier, a key player in the Board's decison and CEO of Merck Pharmaceuticals, explains his thinking at the time, and was featured in a front page article on the New York Times. As the article currently stands, there is only an "anonymous" reference to the Board's actions. I have submitted this twice, both times correcting for whatever the "fault" may be, yet still this important historical interview is excluded. (Bagumba, an editor with priveleges to revise, had already said important quotes from the NYT article should be included).
I think there might be a lot of info missing from NCDC. I'm quite busy IRL right now, but I believe that info should be added before any further steps are taken. Also, there isn't consistency on whether it caused over $1 billion or not. Most sources I find don't include it among the billion dollar U.S. disasters in 2011 (see here or here). I tried finding a damage total, but I couldn't get anything good (just some figures from NCDC). --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 21:35, 3 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yea, the way I would've done the article is split all impact by area, but that tends to get rather generic. I'm not really used to (in my hurricane articles) having a separate fatalities section. I think it'd be a bit morbid to go into a lot of detail for each type of death, but I do agree that it's a bit short. In short, I'm not really sure. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 01:20, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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User:Goodbyz's claim in both unblock requests that the threat was not a legal threat within the meaning of WP:legal does not sit easily with me. When Goodbyz appeared at the Gingrich presidential campaign article talk page to advocate for the edit-warring multiple-IP user there (who promptly vanished, and has not reappeared therafter), Goodbyz was at pains to claim that the IP user is "an attorney"[2], and also claimed, at Goodbyz's UTP, that Goodbyz him/herself is the IP's "colleague",[3], i.e. someone with professional legal expertise of some kind. May or may not have a bearing. Writegeist (talk) 22:58, 5 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Daniel Case, thank you for your concern about my username. Well, I wasn't think about Wikipedia's username policy at all. Sure of course, I would change a new username if it does concern you. —Fbi205agent (talk) 05:03, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! :-) Are you going to take the warning above off the page as it's no longer relevant, right? Well, I am telling you the truth, I am still new to Wikipedia. But of course, I am still learning something new around on here. —Sheenmeister (talk) 04:26, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
MSU Interview
Dear Daniel,
My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, were it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.
So a few things about the interviews:
Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.
Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.
If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.
Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.
Difiicult (talk·contribs) changed cited text at Peopling of India and is making unsourced and so far as I can see incorrect edits pushing the idea that the Dravidians settled Mehrgarh. Not sure what to do about this. Dougweller (talk) 09:59, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
I am sorry if it seems like i am pushing this idea..
the dravidians came from mesopotamia..a very highly civilized culture whereas the aryans came form a not so civilized culture (that is thousands of years ago)..I am actually deeply concerned as to why this group of people are not mentioned...Tamil is the most refined ancient language in the world..it has contributed to most of the words in sanskrit..most in fact all historians attribute the three major oldest civilizations in india..to the dravidians..not pushing it..apologies if i seem to do that..also dravidians are not just found in the south of india..they are found all over...but of course esp..in the south..as daniel pointed out..i need references..so i will do that... its like the western number system..which is being taught of as having originated in the middle east..but actually the indians in india invented the numbers...no big deal beacause they are similar people anyway..algebra..pie formula..sine cosine ..all come from India..bbc documentaries..
but i agree with Daniel..need to get references..otherwise it would be tragic..if we can only mention these three civilizations without mentioning the originators of them..Angkoe wat and other temples in thailand..built by dravidians... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Difiicult (talk • contribs) 12:05, 15 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Thanks for your note and the block. I know that, like so many other editors, I wish that we could just wave a magic wand and the damage to articles would stop. That, of course, will never happen so, like Sisyphus, we just have to keep working uphill and doing what we can. Thanks for adding your shoulder to the boulder. MarnetteD | Talk03:55, 14 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
(talk page stalker) Yes, thank you again, Daniel - and thank you MarnetteD! I was going to tag that one after I saw you on the trail a couple of days ago, and I got as far as making some reverts, but I got... distracted by other things. Long story ;> Nothing is ever going to get through to this vandal, and the efforts by you, Daniel and many others to revert and block this joker only reinforce to me that there are some damned good editors here who care enough about the accuracy of WP to never let garbage like the VCV tries to pull off get through. Thank you both again! Doctalk06:21, 14 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi again. Block is over and, sadly, same disruptive editing has resumed. At least they aren't IP hopping at the moment. As ever thanks for your time. MarnetteD | Talk00:18, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi again, DC. Block ended and same disruptive editing resumed. I do appreciate you taking care of this and I hope you have a good weekend. MarnetteD | Talk15:44, 24 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Jennifer Grey article: Sock puppetry and edit warring
Hi, Daniel. After I reverted what I thought was a bad edit to the Jennifer Grey article by an anonymous IP editor, the article was reverted by that and three other IPs, all of which are traced to the same area in Ireland, and all of which made the identical revert to the article. When I blocked the most recent of those IPs, an editor with a username account, whom I believe to the one and the same, again made the same edit, and I decided not to revert the article to the version I thought was appropriate, and tried to try engage him in discussion, since he has a username, and might have a valid point of view. But aside from one brief message, he did not engage me in discussion, and after weeks of not hearing from him, I reverted the article. He has now reverted it again. I have left one final message on his talk page asking if he will continue the discussion. If he does not respond within a reasonable amount of time, I will revert the article, and if he reverts it yet again I believe he will need to be blocked from an uninvolved admin. Will you step in if you contact you at that point? Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 08:58, 14 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
My understanding is that 3RR refers to edits made within a 24-hour period. He certainly did this on January 25 from his IPs, but not recently. Putting aside the fact that I don't know if someone will block an editor for violating 3RR if the edits were made from different accounts or IPs, I don't know if they'll do so so long after the fact, since they'll just argue that he hasn't done it since then.
I know this, because (in answer to your other question), I didopen up an SPI case. And the editor who responded decided to take no action because, as he clueless noted, "The nonblocked IPs are quiet now." Apparently the fact that they went silent because the guy signed in to his username account, and because I stopped reverting in an attempt to engage him in discussion, either didn't dawn on him, or he doesn't care. And thus, yet another troublemaker who thinks he owns Wikipedia is allowed through the revolving door of Wikipedia's administrative incompetence. Nightscream (talk) 21:40, 14 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Sigh. Daniel the whole reason I contacted you was that if blocking became necessary, I would've needed an uninvolved admin to do so, something difficult to do, since I don't always know who will respond or be willing to intervene. Now, between offering your own opinion on the matter, and reverting, doesn't that mean you're no longer uninvolved? Nightscream (talk) 00:19, 15 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
It is customary, when applicable, for the opening sentence of BLP articles, especially those of entertainers, to begin with some version of "(Person) (born dob) is an American actress best known for her roles in...." The fact of the matter is, Cerenok is still revering the opening sentence of the Lead, and is still doing so without engaging in discussion. His reverts may be partially different, but isn't it a bit overly technical, and possibly hair-splitting, to argue that just because he has slightly changed the content of his reverts, that his behavior is not being intentionally disruptive? If he has a genuine belief that there's something wrong with the the wording, why not engage in discussion, as a good faith, if only to say something along the lines of "Um, okay, I won't put in Reckless any more, but can we talk about the precise wording of the opening sentence?" Look at his edit waring. Look at his sock puppetry. Does this come across as someone whose genuine intent is one collaboration and improvement? He's already engaged in sock puppetry, edit-warring and WP:OWN-type behavior, and the slight change in his most recent reverts hardly suggests that he has turned over a new leaf. If we have to regard each variance in reverts as a distinct, separate discussion, does that mean I have to leave yet another message on his talk page that he will ignore, and then wait another couple of weeks before I conclude that "Hey, maybe he's not going to respond to me." C'mon. Let's stop bending over backwards for people like this. Nightscream (talk) 01:49, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Made me think of the request for a photo of urban blight in the Clinton Historic District a while ago. Not sure what the question (answer?) was yet: [4]. In my defense, I didn't really venture very far off of Clinton Ave, for somewhat obvious reasons... upstateNYer22:57, 15 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for blocking that user. Their block ended quite recently, and unfortunately they have gone straight back to including nonsense in articles again. And once again, I am positive it is the same person, especially when you compare their edits. [5][6][7]CBFan (talk) 08:31, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Nightscream
I've been reading your comments with Nightscream concerning events at Jennifer Grey.
I am requesting that Special:Contributions/174.114.86.242 be warned for continuing to make edits to the General Hospital cast list, adding and removing people that shouldn't be added/removed. And also requesting the page be protected to autoconfirmed users only. With the incoming of OLTL cast members, the list is going wonky with people adding random dates and people as they so choose. MusicFreak7676TALK!18:24, 24 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
DYK for Redstone Inn
On 25 February 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Redstone Inn, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Colorado's Redstone Inn(pictured), originally a 1900s dormitory for unmarried male Colorado Fuel and Iron workers, had indoor plumbing, electricity and telephone when it was built? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Redstone Inn.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
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On 28 February, you unblockedAtab.ro (talk·contribs) to allow them to request a username change. However, as of 1 March, the user is still editing Tabula Association, the association with which the username is associated and for which he was blocked. Since the user did not use the unblock opportunity to request a new username, perhaps a more stringent permanent block is in order? WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!!14:52, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed that you have reviewed my self-nomination of Gilles (stock character) (February 21), for which I thank you very much. Unfortunately, I've also noticed an error in my hook ("two centuries" should read "three centuries"). I have tried to figure out how to fix this, but with no success. Is there a way it can be corrected before it's "published" (assuming it will be)? Sorry for the bother; I'm grateful for whatever help you can suggest. Beebuk10:30, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Need Some Assistance
Hi, perhaps you can help. I am having a problem with a user, User:Tvtonightokc, who is adding unverified, unencyclopedic, and unsourced content to numerous television station pages. The content in question is what newscasts called themselves over the years. For example, "NewsChannel 4", Channel 4 Eyewitness News" and so on. The content as been deemed unverified, unencyclopedic, and unsourced by a discussion and consensus, yet the user continues to add the information. I have asked, via his talk page and mine, to stop, but he literally posted to my talk page and the content in question. I have issued a manual final warning, but need an admin to step in before I go to AIV for vandalism. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 19:00, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Note: The last edit of this kind was on 2/29, but this is an ongoing cycle of edits from this user, it isn't likely to stop after a couple days "break". - Neutralhomer • Talk • 19:00, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, you're right: I had no idea how to (or if I could) edit the template itself. Merci mille fois. And, thanks, too, for adding the article to the other projects. I'll look into the Belgium connection; it sounds as if it's a go. Beebuk23:21, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
New Page Triage engagement strategy released
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I'm dropping you a note because you filled out the New Page Patrol survey, and indicated you'd be interested in being contacted about follow-up work. This is to notify you that we've finally released both the initial documentation about the project and also the engagement strategy, which sets out how we plan to work with the community on this. Please give both a read, and leave any comments or suggestions you have on the talkpage, on my talkpage, or in my inbox - okeyeswikimedia.org.
The en dash section of the MOS was changed sometime in mid-2011, requiring all en dashes that are part of compounds (like "New York–Pennsylvania") to be unspaced. (For what it's worth, this change happened during my hiatus last year, so I didn't know about it until very recently.) – TMF04:58, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, spacing en dashes if one or more of the components had a space was the standard until the aforementioned change last year. – TMF05:03, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I skimmed through all of the discussion, but it got twisted and tiring after a while, so I ultimately just skipped to the final summaries to see exactly what happened. As for when to use spacing now, I believe it's now limited to cases where the en dash is connecting dates, numerical figures, or other things along those lines, and even that has some different criteria which the MOS page does a decent job of breaking down. Things like "New York–New Jersey" are still unspaced according to the MOS, though (see "En dashes: other uses" section 2, bullet 1, example 3). – TMF05:15, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Indef block on DobbsheadVenerator
First off, thanks for the prompt block! [8] That being said, you cite him as a potential sock of User talk:BeneficialApartheidAdvocate, and I think that might be misplaced - instead, I wonder if they're both socks of SuperblySpiffingPerson, an indefatigable sockpuppeteer who's had several socks, to date, vandalize or otherwise disrupt the List of surviving veterans of World War I article and its talk page, many of them with equally bizarre usernames. Do you have any recommendations as to how I should further proceed, especially how one amends or reopens a sock investigation? Ravenswing 07:56, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, would you be kind enough to delete my half-completed application for Angela of the Cross to be in DYK. I can't make head or tail of the Bot request to complete section 3. Apologies that you have to deal with an idiot. Best. Richard Avery (talk) 11:03, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
DYK application
David,
Thank you that would be very helpful. I did have a tiny problem with an image(from the Spanish commons) for which I had made a reference in the text. I'd be happy to scrub the image and delete the reference in the text if that makes life easier for you. You're a diamond. thanks Richard Avery (talk) 19:37, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry, I feel like a rat abandoning the ship, but since I started this review a couple of things have happened that have indicated to me that I should not be reviewing. I left a note to that affect on the template and hopefully someone else will take it from here. Take Care--Ishtar456 (talk) 03:13, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Block question
Hello, I do not believe the block that you placed on Jmsager (talk·contribs) to be fair at all. His initial addition of unsourced content was correctly reverted by Andy4789 (talk·contribs) as an addition of unsourced content. However, Jmsager then re-added the information with a source four more times, only to have his edit reverted as vandalism each time by Wiki13 (talk·contribs). I do not think that it is fair to block the less aggregious violator of WP:3RR, particularly when the other person was repeatedly mischaracterizing an edit as vandalism and misusing rollback. Would you mind making things fairer (either block nobody or block both)? Thanks. Reaper Eternal (talk) 18:24, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Reaper, please see also my reaction on my talkpage. Hereby I also want to apologize to the user Jmsager which was blocked by my fault. I agree with Reaper above, that the user should be unblocked. Also, I admit, which I already said on my talkpage, that I made some bad reverts resulting in a unnecessary block. --Wiki13 (talk) 18:40, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Per WP:3RRNO I do not think this qualifies as an exemption. The addition of unsourced material is exempt from 3RR only when it involves controversial information about a living person. Although this does involve a living person I don't think it's controversial. Also, I note no attempt to discuss the edits outside of edit summaries was made by either user.
Ideally it should have been reported to WP:ANEW instead of WP:AIV. Since it was reported to the latter, I evaluated it through that lens. All I can say to Wiki13 is to consider that distinction next time.
I do agree that Jmsager's edits are not exempt from WP:3RR. My complaint was that I don't think that it is fair to block somebody when somebody else has been even worse and yet to do nothing to him. I am not unblocking since I reinstated Jmsager's edit (and hence could be considered involved), but I did hope that you would consider unblocking him with an admonishment to try WP:EAR, {{helpme}}, or even WP:HD in the future rather than edit warring. Reaper Eternal (talk) 18:59, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your intervention against harassment on my behalf. Well, I bet there is a Wikipedia policy against me thanking you; something that states the potential conspirators and such ... but even if it exists, screw it. I believe you did a good deed and at least deserve a thanks.
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I see; I wasn't paying close enough attention (in any event we would have told him to request unblock under the other template). I have asked Circeus if Arealprize is the user the rangeblock's meant for. Daniel Case (talk) 15:55, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, i am planning to create the article shortly. My modus operandi is to redlink an article prior to creation, or if a subject is obviously worthy of an article.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 04:39, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have never heard of such a practice. I was not aware it was WP policy to disallow redlinks. how else can people be alerted to the need for new articles? Mind you, i have myself removed redlinks, but usually for, say the 5th alternate drummer for an indie pop band with one album released.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 04:44, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Assistance
I figured the best way to address this issue is to contact an administrator. User:Arjoccolenty is repeatedly adding unsourced speculation to the articles Hope Brady and John Black (Days of our Lives). Now, I was informed (rudely) by an IP that storyline sections of articles don't need references because the show acts as a source. Now, I can appreciate that, if the project page says so, but here's the catch....Arjoccolentry is adding WRONG information to the articles, and has already been warned about doing so. After I reverted the speculation over and over, he/she went to another user to "report" me, and has since gone to the IP to report me again. I haven't done anything wrong. According to the rules of wikipedia, "Unsourced controversial material can be promptly challenged and removed". I did what I was supposed to do by making my point on the talk page of Hope Brady. If the community decides to keep Arjo's wrong edits, then I won't argue. But I feel as though I'm being attacked based on trying to make things as verifiable and correct as possible. I understand this may fall under the heading of content dispute, but I just wanted your thoughts. Thanks for your time. Rm994 (talk) 03:21, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have found a user, who's been blocked, returning under a new name making the same exact edits they once made. And they aren't even trying to hide it. 97.88.38.179 and User:As1278 match exactly the blocked user User:As15878. Obviously, they have an issue with the idea that Lisa Niles is not returning to General Hospital at all. I don't know how to open an investigation to possibly block them, but I figured I'd bring it to your attention. MusicFreak7676TALK!01:41, 17 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I think that IP got a proxy because they're doing it again under Special:Contributions/97.88.1.212. They're doing the same thing, removing Kodi Kitchen and replacing her with Brianna Brown. It's getting tedious. Can we protect the page from IPs for a standing amount of time? Please? It's getting ridiculous to have to do this every day! MusicFreak7676TALK!22:14, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
They're still doing it, plus another user on the cast members page is adding random linking that makes no sense. I've warned them and I know they won't stop!
Thankyou for your assistance with the school blocking issue, I have completed the edit that I was trying to make when the issue arose. Thankyou again... NotinREALITY03:46, 17 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
No worries on the changes. Let me know when your nomination is up. I'm trying to stockpile around 60 reviews as I have about 20 softball players and 40 field hockey players I want to nominate. (Hence my grumpiness over QPQ. I could get some one to nominate all 60 articles for DYK and no one would have to QPQ if that was done for me.) So yeah, happy to do DYK reviews. If I'm awake, at a computer and not working on my dissertation, I can probably review quickly. (Though it took about 20 minutes of reading the Gaines article because of the neutrality check.) --LauraHale (talk) 06:27, 17 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
DYK for Lloyd L. Gaines
On 19 March 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lloyd L. Gaines, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Thurgood Marshall said of Lloyd L. Gaines: "I have never lost the pain of having so many people spend so much time and money on him, just to have him disappear" 73 years ago today? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lloyd L. Gaines.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Hi. I fear I need yer help. Some ominous User "Iry-Hor" has started to change articles such as Raneb without giving any sources. Could you please keep an eye on that guy and the articles and eventually interfere? I don´t want any trouble. Cheers;--Nephiliskos (talk) 10:35, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
List of common misconceptions: Reagan in Casablanca
Hi there,
appreciate your effort in adding the information about Ronald Reagan being considered for Casablanca to the List of common misconceptions. However, over on that page we have introduced a rather strict set of inclusion criteria as the only way to keep all sorts of "common misconceptions" that aren't really all that common from clogging up the page. The Reagan entry you added is sourced to a book, so it is difficult to check if all criteria are fulfilled for those of us who do not own the book. I am sure people would accept a quote from the book. I have encouraged you to provide such a quote on Talk:List of common misconceptions. The relevant criteria for this particular item would be the second half of criterion two:
"2-The item is reliably sourced, both with respect to the factual contents of the item and the fact that it is a common misconception".
And perhaps also criterion four may come in to play:
"4-The common misconception is current, as opposed to ancient or obsolete."
Hello. I noticed you asked why Donald Fagen pronounces "Aja" the way he does on the Steely Dan album. I saw part of a documentary on the making of the album - Classic Albums: Steely Dan - Aja, released 2000, in which Fagen states the name comes from a Korean woman who married the brother of a high-school friend of his...I assume she pronounces her name the same way he sings it, though he may be toying/punning with the name, just as Steely Dan so often plays with lyrics.Minusminority (talk) 11:29, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for sorting out the sockpuppet thing, but.....
Familiar with seeing you writing DYKs on historic sites, but I was quite surprised to see you active in maritime law. Do you have any clue why the shark fins were named as a party rather than the owners of the fishing vessel? If any of the sources explained why, I missed it. Nyttend (talk) 03:16, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks a lot. Don't know how, but I completely missed the bit you quoted when I looked through the article. I can't remember ever encountering the name of an in rem case before, so this was quite the surprise. Nyttend (talk) 12:28, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks very much for the my first Barnstar for creating the Shark Finning Prohibition Act page. Yes, its absence was glaring, and it was right up my alley, being a fan of both the law and of environment/conservation issues. Also, I see that you live/lived in the Hudson Valley... I was born and raised in Wappingers Falls, and, having grown up travelling all along U.S. Route 9 in New York, was thrilled to see the quality of that page! Kudos! Grolltech (talk) 18:47, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This user keeps stealing/editing people's sandbox pages and moving them to actual pages without permission. They've been warned repeatedly by myself and they keep ignoring them. Please stop them. And I believe there is an IP that is the same user!! MusicFreak7676TALK!18:37, 4 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Daniel! German Wikipedia states that one of the reasons for doing perp walks is to break the suspect's pride and to facilitate getting confessions, and that these reasons would have been acknowledged by authorities. I can't find such statements in the English article. Is German Wikipedia correct? --Eike sauer (talk) 12:35, 5 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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This IP is a socketpuppet and is continuing to make edits that defy WP:YEAR and WP:V on several cast pages for General Hospital. They've ignored their warning and I'm tired of dealing with them. I'm trying not to edit war, but it's hard with this user's edits. Please take care of it. MusicFreak7676TALK!00:57, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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I'm just being a friendly neighborhood stalker gnome. I'll be happy to help with any minutiae if you decide to write up that Act's article. Circéus (talk) 22:50, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
User:118.137.73.76
Thanks for stopping this user. I can't believe that the Indonesia NBC/anime misinformation vandal had flown under the radar and struck again. I hope you know his MO by now.
I don't know.... The vandal last struck in January, according to my list, using 180.243.229.15. At the very least, 118.137.0.0/17 can be blocked for another 4 to 6 months because of the long record in its block log alone, although I'm not sure which range 118.137.73.76 belongs. - 上村七美 (Nanami-chan) | talkback | contribs21:15, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This is a vandal who has been hitting Wikipedia repeatedly for several years now (adding shows to NBC's lineup for no known reason, not responding to talk page messages, etc.). Could you please extend the block you made?—Ryulong (竜龙) 00:24, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the IP block exemption, it's useful to me since I use remote desktop to my server to surf the web at fast speeds! --VittGam15:38, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Disambiguation link notification for April 20
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Sry bt tht :> and thanks for the 'star. If you have any idea how to expand this article further, please go ahead, I couldn't find much beyond what I wrote that would fit the article. And now, I am curious what will you choose for your 500-ed dyk? :) --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me16:54, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
DYK for Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc.
Hi Daniel. Thanks for your review of the article. I must confess I thought it had a few issues, but it looks like it still needs quite a lot of work. I'll make a start over the weekend with the things you've mentioned, but if you can do a more in-depth edit that would be fantastic. As regards the Washington Post, I think that would be very useful, and I've found an interesting review here which I'll factor into the text. I also like the idea of separating the British and American reviewers as that could provide a better structure for the section. Thanks once again for the comments. Paul MacDermott (talk) 15:02, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi again. I've been offline for a couple of days so apologies for the delayed reply. That sounds great. I look forward to reading your thoughts. Cheers Paul MacDermott (talk) 22:09, 7 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi, you recently blocked User:Joker j1993 for adding in member "positions" to K-pop articles, and I believe that Lowjoe89 might be a reincarnation (based on only one edit, but still... same format and everything). I left a note on his talk page, but I wanted to bring it to your attention in case the account needs to be blocked. Thanks, ClayClayClay06:40, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks; the thread in question was "A bit confused here", in which someone was unaware that there was any sort of log at all. Nyttend (talk) 20:51, 1 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
i request that you put orange boxes around bolck messages
why don't you put orange boxes around block notices? since it is common practice now to do so. why didn't you do that in User talk:70.133.157.30? - just asking.
Would you help me fix the image? I've been attempting to fix the image, but my changes won't appear when I click "show preview". Thanks, SwisterTwistertalk02:29, 7 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Daniel. Thanks for all the work you've done on this. I've just read through it and think it is excellent. I'll check through it again in the next couple of days then put it forward for FAC and see how it goes. Thanks again. Paul MacDermott (talk) 12:11, 16 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Daniel! You recently blocked the account Nemrs (which is fine by the way), at the same time you blocked his IP address. Unfortunately it is the address for ATT 3G wireless for the Capital square area in downtown Madson, WI. I and several people I know use IPads to edit and are unable to easily log on. I am now huddling at Starbucks. Is there anything that can be done? Capitalismojo (talk) 17:31, 21 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
204.48.1.190 and its matching IP 204.48.1.5 continues to make vandalistic edits concerning soap pages, despite continuous warning. Their obsession with beginning airdates and having consensus made, then going over such consensus, knowing it, is getting tiresome. They're disrupting articles and should both be stopped. They're the same person given their continous same posts, continuing conversations with me. They need to be stopped. MusicFreak7676TALK!21:59, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I debated coming to you as I'm viewed as using you as my "daddy" but I want my talk page protected from IPs coming on it to post on it. I have an IP, who keeps changing, re-adding their opinion and judging me without even knowing me. And I find it completely offensive and really deters me from even using Wikipedia in future use. It's obvious someone attacking me for no apparent reason whatsoever. MusicFreak7676TALK!22:37, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hello! Your submission of Redstone Coke Oven Historic District at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Mikenorton (talk) 21:34, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
the damage to articles would stop. That, of course, will never happen so, like Sisyphus, we just have to keep working uphill and doing what we can. Thanks for adding your shoulder to the boulder. MarnetteD | Talk 03:55, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
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