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Note: To any interested parties. This is my main account, there are no edits under my old IP address 109.224.128.22 (terminated March 2014); a few minor edits under my even older static IP address 87.127.178.158, my work IP address (but that is shared, and not all the edits there are mine) 193.113.135.87 or 193.113.135.112 I also have User:Ronjones for logging in outside home. Current address is IPv6 - somewhere in the range of 2001:8b0:9f0::/48

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CSD

Hi, Ronjhones,

Greetings! How could User:Vivek13791/sandbox not pass G11 esp. when his stated intent is to use WP as a business profile and uplift his business per this edit.G11 is applicable in any-space and this was not even close to the border-line.Anyway, all of your declined speedies are at MfD.Warm regards:)Winged Blades ^Godric 16:42, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

@Blades of Godric: It's a draft article - i.e not finished. Users are allowed to create drafts either in Draft space, or as a sub page of their user name - I've created most of my drafts that way, and at first there is no way they will pass the policies. Note it must be a subpage as they are not indexed by Google, unlike the main user page which is indexed (and can attract a U5 csd if found there). If you check the page HTML source, you will find <meta name="robots" content="noindex,follow"/> on line 21. An advert in a subpage, is hardly an advert if no one sees it... Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 16:50, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-47

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Recent changes

• If you use the Chrome web browser on Android you can see a download icon on the mobile website. You can download a formatted PDF. It will work in other mobile browsers in the future. [1]
• The abuse filter now has a function called get_matches. You can use it to store matches from regular expressions – one of each capturing group. You can read more in Phabricator.

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• Last week's MediaWiki version didn't come to all Wikipedias because of a database crash. It will be on all wikis on 20 November. [2][3][4]

Changes later this week

• There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

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• Language converter syntax will no longer work inside external links. Wikitext like http://-{zh-cn:foo.com; zh-hk:bar.com; zh-tw:baz.com}- must be replaced. You will have to write -{zh-cn: http://foo.com ; zh-hk: http://bar.com ; zh-tw:http://baz.com }- instead. This only affects languages with Language Converter enabled. Examples of such languages are Chinese and Serbian. This will happen next week. [5][6]

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The Signpost: 24 November 2017

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Non-free images

Hi. If I upload another non-free image, what size should I make it to comply with the smaller size requirement? Onel5969 ^{TT me} 21:06, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

@Onel5969: Easy choice...

1. http://web.archive.org/web/20160202074403/http://tools.wmflabs.org/image-resize-calc/ will work it out for you ----- OR
2. Just put {{non-free reduce}} at the top of the source text once uploaded, and it will be done for you in 24h.

Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 21:10, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, will do in future. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 21:13, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks

When somebody makes what I think is a particularly good or helpful edit, or completes a job that I started, I like to use the notification system to thank them, but for some reason the notification system doesn't extend to the deletion log. Since I'm quite active on the image front and constantly making more work for tireless editors like you to complete I'd like to thank you for your efforts. Here's the edit in question:

• 20:43, 24 November 2017 Ronhjones (talk | contribs) changed visibility of a revision on page File:Coleman logo.jpg: content hidden (Orphaned non-free file(s) deleted per F5)

..Just one of a great many, which I don't really have time to address individually. I wish that the notification could be extended to cover all kinds of edit. If you know of anywhere to request such changes please feel free to point them to this post. Regards, nagualdesign 21:06, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

@Nagualdesign: Suggestions to software changes can be made at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical) Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 21:12, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

 Done I left a message there. Fingers crossed. nagualdesign 02:09, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

Richardson family murders

Can you make any comment on the subject of the removal of the perpetrator's name from this article? The information has been revdel'ed more than 50 times from the article and its talk page, and you removed it 22:21, February 27, 2014‎ under OTRS ticket 2014022710014548 . An editor has restored her name twice and that editor and a second editor are arguing that the OTRS removal is irrelevant and that they may restore the information without discussing it with you, any other OTRS agen, or raising it on the OTRS board. The talk page thread is Talk:Richardson family murders#Adding daughters name, as she is now over 18 Meters (talk) 07:21, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

@Meters: Obviously I cannot say who the ticket was from. I think my text in the edit summary will convey enough of an answer. This was a one-off removal as (let's us say) a courtesy deletion, and then see how any consensus later evolved - I was not prepared to revert it again, partly because I don't know enough about any relevant US Law - we have the same system here in the UK, as Canada. Also at the time I could not find much supporting data (obviously the Canadian papers referenced, had removed those pages because of the time that had past).

File talk:Nanduri Sambasiva Rao Director General of Police Andhra Pradesh.jpg

Contested deletion

This page is not unambiguously promotional, because... (your reason here) --CSHN Murthy (talk) 03:10, 25 November 2017 (UTC) the article is not promotional; it deals with facts, and describe a person who turned a role model by ascending to highest position of State of Andhra Pradesh from a scratch. In Indian democratic and political system it is very difficult for a person, who hails from a low middle income group, to reach this position. The person is a pride of the town Ongoleby virtue of becoming an illustrious son of its soilCSHN Murthy (talk) 03:10, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

@CSHN Murthy: ??? I have not deleted any of your pages. Just a copyright image, as is stated on your talk page, and the editors there are correct that it cannot be a non-free image until he dies. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 16:52, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

Contested deletion

File talk:Nanduri Sambasiva Rao Director General of Police Andhra Pradesh.jpg‎;

I Contested deletion of the above file image under non-free content.However the story came under attack from another editor of wiki who responded to me saying that the content uploaded was under copyright holder and free license. In this context I wish to apologize because when I uploaded the image, it was this box which appeared after upload and it was written there as copyright holder and free license. I could have checked it for the non-free content policy of wiki which allows images/photos from public domain such as news papers and books besides websites. It also allows where there is no possibility of having a direct image of the object or person. I have uploaded the image of Sambasiva Rao, Nanduri from the linked in website available in public domain. Hope this satisfies you and I request you to kindly restore the image immediately. I am a regular contributor for wikipedia and am quite busy writing for the last one month for wiki under Asian month. I must also recall the call from wikipedia for uniformed forces. Hence do not block the story or remove the image. Though I am reading the relevant wikipolicies, I am failing in terms of searching and scrolling for ticking the exact item under which the image falls. Also some editors of wikipedia are not able to understand the socio and historical significance of stories I am writing for next generation wiki readers both within India and abroad. Kindly help and avoid blcoking the stories and images.CSHN Murthy (talk)

==Please reply on my CSHN Murthy at the earliest.CSHN Murthy (talk) 13:13, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

Replied on talk page Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 16:57, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

Women in Red World Contest

Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale! — Preceding unsigned comment added by post (talk • contribs) 26 November 2017 (UTC)

Eight years of adminship, today.

Wishing Ronhjones a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Chris Troutman (talk) 03:12, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

Doesn't time fly... Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 14:50, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

Protection - List of disability-related terms

Ron, you recently put List of disability-related terms with negative connotations under pending changes. In view of the continued high volume of IP editing, with no discussion or edit summaries, would you consider upgrading it to semi-protection for a period? It's a sensitive topic and there are lots of issues but they need talking about: Noyster (talk), 14:25, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

@Noyster: I see what you are up against. Protection level changed. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 14:52, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

Cold Water Cowboys file controversy

Hi. I have a question about This file. It is not part of the film, but a personal work (photograph) of the producer Tyson Hepburn. He asked me to upload this file. He is willing to give out this file under the Creative Commons licence and would like to have full version (not reduced) of this file available. How to proceed with this? He wrote an email to the OTRS team about this file, but go no reply and file still displays in its minimal version. -- Bbarmadillo (talk) 19:12, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

@Bbarmadillo: There are two e-mails on OTRS - ticket 2017112210009497 to photosubmission, where he has replied, and they have replied back and are now waiting for confirmation of copyright holder and the license required. Also ticket 2017112310014005 to permission-commons - who won't have a clue where it is as it's not (yet) on commons - that was 2 days ago and there is a long backlog there. I suggest he replies to 2017112210009497 - they will ask the same questions on the other ticket - when they get round to it. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 19:29, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

@Ronhjones: Thank you. Told him to answer ticket 2017112210009497. -- Bbarmadillo (talk) 03:58, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

Nazi eugenics

Did you mean to set full protection on this article indefinitely? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:49, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

@Oshwah: Probably not... Set to 1st Dec Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 14:53, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

User: MacTheSlayer

Hell Ron, Could I please bring to your attention the activities of MacTheSlayer (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) whom you blocked some time ago for three months. They have now resumed adding incorrect "sources" which do not agree with the quoted ideology. an I leave this with you please? Regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 14:38, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

@David J Johnson: Oh Dear... Checked last edit, the phrase added did not appear in the reference... Re-blocked. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 14:58, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

Ron, Many thanks for your help. David J Johnson (talk) 15:01, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

Outstanding contributions recognition

Outstanding Contributions Recognition

Ron, over the time I've spent here, I've seen you regularly and most diligently manning the speedy desk, and quite speedily at that. Your work and contributions are absolutely impeccable. I don't know how you've kept the motivation going on through close to the decade you've been an administrator, but what you're doing right now, makes you a true outstanding contributor, quite deserving of the "Outstanding Contributions Award" (I know, sounds tacky, but believe me, it works :D) Ron, keep up the great work! :) Love, Lourdes