User talk:HJ Mitchell

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Thanks for a thing you know about...

... even if you don't, despite what I've somehow have had in my head for a couple of years, turn out to look remotely like Harry Morgan!

It's funny how minds work alike (in other respects); yesterday a colleague and I had an entire lunchtime discussion of the libel per se criteria with respect to a potential client, and contemplated the bar-exam-question-worthy debate of whether that person's particular issues met them. This name-expunged example here was so comparable I obliquely brought it up in the discussion, which is how this line of thinking on my part came to pass. More "curious" than "funny" is this phenomenon of ending up with a random stranger on one's Wikipedia watchlist whom one would never think about in a jillion years, much less with any frequency, and growing to be concerned for at least a few seconds a day for that person's fate as an actual human, and there's got to be at least a law review article in all of this even if not a maximalist novel. Cheers, H.J., from J.D. - Julietdeltalima (talk) 00:35, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

It is ... curious. Of course, we're not a court and the idea isn't just to limit potential liability; we apply common sense and consider the potential impact on somebody rather than just ticking boxes to determine whether something meets arbitrary criteria. But part of the reason I like doing what I do on Wikipedia is the intellectual exercise. In this case the benefits of getting rid of something far outweighed any benefits to keeping it, but justifying it is good exercise for the brain! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 13:21, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

Batch protection again...

I know I could learn how to do this myself, but asking you is easier, and I'm lazy. Our interstate vandal is back, see here and hitting Category:Auxiliary Interstate Highways. Can you put a long term (like a year or 6 months) batch protection on these? Grassy ass. --Jayron32 13:21, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks again! --Jayron32 13:05, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

You're welcome. I'm not sure protecting 300-odd articles isn't overkill, but I suppose there's no way to tell where he's going to pop up next. If there are any that don't need protection, hopefully somebody will unprotect them or give me a list and ask me to unprotect them. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 13:06, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

I've been working with someone in the edit filter department to get this figured out. –Fredddie™ 14:22, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

Yes, it's a bit tricky but I think I'm on to something :) Feel free to proceed with the protections for the being — MusikAnimal ^talk 15:05, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

I think we're all set. I've removed protection from the pages in that category. If you see any relevant edits getting through please let me know — MusikAnimal ^talk 15:30, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks MA. I'm all for more refined measures if they work. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:35, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

The West Country Challenge

Hi, Are you going to join in at: Wikipedia:WikiProject England/The West Country Challenge. I'd particularly appreciate your help with getting the right things included in the core articles & missing articles lists at this stage as we are still preparing for the contest.— Rod ^talk 21:22, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

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Less Vandalized Interstates could get Unprotecting or Pending Changes.

Just to remind you, On Wikipedia:Requests for page protection, I have requested half of the less vandalized pages in Category: Interstate Highway System for Unprotection and Pending Changes. Try to look at the pages history to determine whether we approve or decline it. You can also decide to block this IP or not too.