User talk:Josh3580

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Congrats

Josh you are a major insult to my Ego you have beat me several times in reverting vandalism we need more people like you --Zaharous (talk) 02:47, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Aww shucks, tweren't nothin! Glad to help! Josh3580 (talk) 02:49, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

AWB and contractions

While contractions (didn't, don't etc) are discouraged on Wikipedia, they are not "typos" and should not be marked as such. (AWB Rule 4: Avoid making insignificant or inconsequential edits.) Furthermore, you are sometimes altering direct quotations! [1] [2] Please check your work so far and revert where necessary. Xanthoxyl ^< 10:33, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

I apologize for the corrections in direct quotes, AWB RegExTypoFix is supposed to automatically skip any contractions in quotes. The examples you gave had either no quote marks, or quotes that spanned across multiple paragraphs, which must have confused the algorithm. I apologize for those mistakes, that was negligence on my part for not paying closer attention as I was editing.

However, I disagree that contractions should not be expanded using WP:AWB. On WP:AWB#Rules of use, examples of inconsequential edits include:

• Only adding or removing some white space
• Moving a stub tag
• Converting some HTML to Unicode
• Removing underscores from links (unless they are bad links)
• Bypassing a redirect
• ...or something equally trivial.

According to WP:Basic copyediting, "Unless part of a quotation, contractions (don't, can't, etc.) should be changed to non-contracted forms (do not, cannot, etc.)."... This causes me to disagree that such changes are inconsequential. Also, the WP:AWB/Typos project recommends using the [[WP:AWB/T|Typo fixing]] summary for any corrections identified from the RegExTypoFix database, so that false positives can be identified and reported. I'm not sure how else to tag the edits, other than just typing "clean up," which is much less descriptive and robust.

Thank you so much for your feedback. It is always helpful to take a fresh look at things! I will pay closer attention in the future. -Josh3580_talk/hist 21:09, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

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Huggle 3

Hey Josh3580! I am Petrb, one of core developers of Huggle, the antivandalism tool, which you are beta testing (according to https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Huggle/Members#Beta_testers). I am happy to announce that Huggle 3 is ready for some testing. You can read more about it at WP:Huggle/Huggle3_Beta. Please keep in mind that this is a development version and it is not ready for regular use. That means you must:

• Watch your contribs - when anything happens you didn't want, fix it and report a bug
• Frequently checkout source code and build latest version, we change it a lot

If you find any problem with a feature that is supposed to work perfectly, please let us know. Some features are not ready yet, it is listed in known problems on Huggle3 beta page, you don't need to report these - we know it! So, that's it. Have fun testing and please let us know about any problems, either using bugzilla @ http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/ or #huggle ^connect. Please respond to my talk page, I am not going to watch your talk page. Thank you Petrb (talk) 10:57, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

Huggle 3 beta is out - and we need more feedback!

Hey Josh3580, how are you? I am Petrb, one of huggle developers, and you are currently subscribed as a beta tester of huggle on meta (meta:Huggle/Members. You may not have noticed, but this week I released first beta precompiled installers for ubuntu and microsoft windows! Wikipedia:Huggle/Huggle3_Beta has all the links you need. So if you can, please download it, test it and report all bugs that is really what we need now. Don't forgot that as it's just a beta it's unstable and there are some known issues. Be carefull! Thank you for helping us with huggle Petrb (talk) 16:21, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

Your stepping on my toes, bro!

"Micro llamas" and "lego structure turtle building syndrome" there all real!!!! Look it up before you start stepping on my toes!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.67.150.247 (talk) 20:42, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

Please cite your sources if your edit contained a valid fact. The phrase "lego structure turtle building syndrome", as well as "lego building turtle disease" both bring up zero results in Google. Dubious at best, vandalism at worst.Josh3580_talk/hist 20:48, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

You must have laughed a bit I thought. I thought I might make your job as a page patroler a bit funnier seeing as though its the most tedious,boring,saddest and suicide enducing 'job' in the world and its people like me that keep you in this line of work. Love you!! xxxx — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.67.150.247 (talk) 21:00, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

Your comments could be construed as uncivil. I volunteer my time. My patrolling is at my leisure. You and I don't know each other at all, so let's keep our discussions to article content.Josh3580_talk/hist 05:34, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

Deleting my objective posts

Hello Josh, I'm not promoting the alf nor bite back, I'm telling the objective truth like a journalist, I'm doing what's right please look on there site left hand side below pgp key, they're not random links,they're citations. Here's the link: http://directaction.info/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.23.80.245 (talk) idiot (me), I accidentally I 1 000 000% assure you deleted these links, it was an error, sorry, now that I've told you that, I'll re-edit.

Hello. Deleting referenced content without discussion and consensus on the article's talk page is anything but objective, it is unconstructive. If you feel that the citations are not reliable, by all means start a discussion on the article's talk page, but don't unilaterally remove referenced material.Josh3580_talk/hist 20:44, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

Nicholas Serota

see the article talk page and edit notes. Please note article is about wp:alive Nonartinfo (talk) 20:47, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

Copyvio on Commons images

I noticed that you were listing for discussion on en wiki possible unfree images. Commons is much more strict on what is allowed and it is usually more straight-forward to tag the image as a copyvio on its commons page instead of tagging the pass-through en wiki page as you are doing. See Commons:User talk:BriannaBoyceLuv4 messages and links to see what was done. Geraldo Perez (talk) 02:15, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

• Thank you so very much. I am unfamiliar with tags and templates on the Commons. I will study up on it a bit more, so I know how to handle this in the future. This user was uploading multiple copyvio's, blatantly ripped from copyrighted sources. Thank you again for your help. Josh3580_talk/hist 02:25, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, it was pretty obvious. I'm always suspicious when I see a pro-level image added to an article. Usually a google image search or a search of Wireimage or Getty Images will reveal where it actually came from. Sometimes the EXIF will reveal the real owner. Commons admins want to see a link or some proof of copyvio before they will speedy delete images so a little research is required. Geraldo Perez (talk) 02:38, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip. I really do appreciate you taking the time to give me a hand. Josh3580_talk/hist 02:40, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

Undoing my edit on the "Libertarianism" talk page

My edit restored content removed by another, it did not actually delete content. It only appeared to due to the way the content was removed (hidden) by another editor "closing" the section. The section consisted solely of questioning the sources and neutrality of the article and a suggestion to make it more in line with Wikipedia guidelines on neutrality and the use of reliable sources.

I apologize if I didn't use the right procedure, perhaps you could clarify. Thank You, Lockean One (talk) 07:41, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

My apologies, Lockean One. I was patrolling recent changes, and saw where you had removed the |} template with no explanation. I did not intend to disparage your comments, nor to give you the idea that I am pushing for a certain point of view here. It was simply a recent change, that removed a template with no explanation in the edit summary. Josh3580_talk/hist 07:45, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

No problem, I just noticed your comments on the talk page right after I posted this. I'll try to remember that edit summary in the future. Thanks, Lockean One (talk) 07:48, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

Much appreciated. I didn't mean to "bite." But there are so many goofy kids just deleting stuff for kicks. That's what I am trying to stop, not people like you who are actually contributing to discussions. Once again, my apologies. Josh3580_talk/hist 07:54, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

Wiki Brah

So aren't you the just a good wiki-citizen, reverting all my edits right? Want to keep up with me every day, day in and day out, for the next ten years? Through the next three American Preisdents, our marriages, kids, grandkids, trips back to Brasil, all that stuff? You with me through all that, kiddo? You better watch your fucking shit with me, son, you have no idea what the fuck you're getting into. Obrigado, Dennys Fanatic (talk) 08:23, 14 December 2013 (UTC)