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Tony Abbott

It was indefinitely semi-protected until switched to full protection. Can you restore indefinite semi-protection? --George Ho (talk) 02:21, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

Matthew Steen page edits

Katie,

Responded to your post on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Matthew_Steen page

Thanks, Steve SteveJEsposito (talk) 17:38, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

Matthew Steen Page deletion accusation?

Katie,

Re. the talk:Matthew Steen page. Sorry for the flood of messages on this. However, this part of Weathervane13's complaint is a bit disturbing: "A complaint and warning of vandalism was posted on the talk page the day after this was detected. However, the vandal deleted this from the talk page, although he started referencing vandalism immediately thereafter."

Shouldn't that show up in a history or something?

V/r, SteveJEsposito (talk) 21:19, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

@SteveJEsposito: Yes, it will show in the page history. You're allowed to remove any or all messages and warnings from your user talk page, but it's not acceptable to remove the comments of other editors from the article talk page. Honestly, I'd let it go at this point. If you get bogged down in stuff like that, the focus turns toward who-said-what-to-whom and away from fixing the article. I've explained to him that your edits aren't vandalism; it he persists in calling it that, there are steps that can be taken. I'll be offline this weekend upgrading the hardware in my MacBook Pro, so the BLP noticeboard is the best place to go to get lots of eyes on the issue. Katie^talk 06:43, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you User:KrakatoaKatie! SteveJEsposito (talk) 11:21, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

Greertaylor

Thank you, gosh.. I have been using wiki for years and years and just never had nerve enough to even look into adding an Article. But now I think I have added one that I believe should have already been there. But there is so much to read, absorb and the DO IT right! WOW! Hopefully I told his story ok. I did look at sources and redid the data in my own words. and of course NAMED my sources as I always do. But I don't know if I did it right??????? and I have to go back to the Museum and get the name of the books his data is listed in. And may I add photos,the Portrait in the museum, and I have permission from the owner, like one of his headstone..??? Again, Thank you.(Gene/History buff) CaroleGreertaylor (talk) 23:11, 16 October 2015 (UTC)Greertaylor §

@Greertaylor: No problem - we have lots of help available. Worry about the sourcing before you worry about the images. Images are optional but desirable; sourcing is mandatory. Take a look at articles on similar subjects to see how they're structured. That was a big help to me when I started.

Ah, images. Freely-licensed images of headstones in the US are usually covered under what's called freedom of panorama, so if the photographer/artist licenses it appropriately, you should be okay. (That's not always the case in the rest of the world, particularly in some EU countries. Italy is a good example.) A portrait in an American museum is a little different and much depends on when it was made. I would ask specific questions at WP:MCQ.

When you think your article is ready, you can submit it to Articles for creation and they'll give you feedback. Don't move it into the mainspace (meaning don't make it an article outside your user space) until you're ready, because you don't want it tagged for deletion while you're still working on it. Good luck, be bold, and have fun! :-) Katie^talk 06:43, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

With this ever dramatic world and winter coming, here's a cup of tea to alleviate your day! This e-tea's remains have been e-composted SwisterTwister talk 04:54, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Jamalul Kiram III

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Jamalul Kiram III. Legobot (talk) 00:00, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Vandalism

Hello and thank you for your edits. I take on board your comment that the IP vandal 202.137.241.195 (contributions listed below) did not warrant any action being taken as the nine previous cautions given on his or her talk page were insufficient unless the IP user vandalized after a level 4 warning.

However, would you agree that each admin's decision is personal and an admin may indeed decide to take a look at the long-term picture to see if there is clear evidence of long-term vandalism taking place, which may not have triggered a level 4 warning but which nevertheless indicates a pattern of long-term vandalism.

If you decide not to take any action against somebody with numerous cautions over a long-term basis, including recent cautions given in October 2015, then that is absolutely your right to make that decision and one that I fully respect.

However, the point I would make is that other admin do sometimes look upon things differently, as each decision is personal by each admin. And I did note that another admin appeared to agree with my analysis of long-term vandalism by issuing a 3 month block against the IP user, despite the vandal not making any further edits after I reported the issue to admin.

My contributions to the AIV thread were of course purely intended to attempt to reduce long-term vandalism, whilst at the same time respecting each decision that any admin chooses to make.

The 3 month block which has now been issued to the IP vandal demonstrates that admin each take their own personal decision based on what they believe the evidence to be. Hopefully we can continue to both fully respect each other's contributions in the desire to reduce long-term vandalism. Regards, Kind Tennis Fan (talk) 02:29, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

@Kind Tennis Fan: Welp. Normally I wouldn't say anything to something like this ridiculous attempt at a victory lap, but I've had a bit of a day, so what the hell – let's dance.

It's one thing to come here to ask something like, "Why didn't you block the IP/user I reported?" I'm always happy to explain any action or lack of action on my part, and I would have been happy to go into more detail with you if you had asked. It's another thing entirely to try and bait an admin into either questioning the actions of another admin or starting a wheel war (never gonna happen with me).

Therefore, the point I would make is that you don't 'fully respect my decision' not to block the IP, since you decided to come all the way over here and call me out on it after Materialscientist decided to block (his block is fine – I simply think that if you're going to talk about someone, you should do it with their knowledge instead of whispering 'another admin').

Since you're here and your comment clearly indicates you want some kind of response, here's some advice, so you don't dig yourself deeper into the hole you've managed to make: stop getting your feelings hurt when an AIV report or RFPP or any other request for admin action is declined for whatever reason, and stop going onto someone's talk page to call them out for doing/not doing the things you don't like/like. It's unbecoming and it's definitely not "kind." Katie^talk 00:54, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

please

Please see my comments on User talk:EdJohnston and help him if he is busy. I don't know if he is asleep or taking time off. He was on earlier today. Thanks. Tough sailor ouch (talk) 02:36, 30 October 2015 (UTC)