User talk:No Great Shaker

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Pending changes reviewer granted

Hello. Your account has been granted the "pending changes reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on pages protected by pending changes. The list of articles awaiting review is located at Special:PendingChanges, while the list of articles that have pending changes protection turned on is located at Special:StablePages.

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~ Amory (u • t • c) 13:39, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

Rollback granted

Hi No Great Shaker. After reviewing your request for "rollbacker", I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:

• Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
• Rollback should be used to revert clear cases of vandalism only, and not good faith edits.
• Rollback should never be used to edit war.
• If abused, rollback rights can be revoked.
• Use common sense.

If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! -- Amanda (aka DQ) 02:57, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

@DeltaQuad: Thank you again, Amanda, for doing this. I fully understand that it is to be used for vandalism only and will continue to simply undo genuine mistakes done in good faith. I think it will be very useful given some of the more extreme vandalism cases I've encountered, including one last night who "declared war" on me after I warned him! I'll let you know if I should have any problems but, per the final criterion above, it is all a matter of common sense and so it should not present any non-technical problems. All the best. No Great Shaker (talk) 05:01, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

Yep, no worries, this is just a standard template that gets added, I'm not worried about your edits specifically. -- Amanda (aka DQ) 05:12, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

Early life of Winston Churchill

There's a few references to Addison 1980 without a full citation, would you mind adding it? Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 00:58, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, Headbomb, well spotted. I missed his journal piece. Have included it now. All the best and take good care. No Great Shaker (talk) 09:11, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

If you install Svick's script per these instructions, you'll automatically be notified of these omissions. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 11:24, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Headbomb, I've done that and thank you again. No Great Shaker (talk) 14:17, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Rolling Stones edit

I am new to editing Wikipedia pages but if I understand correctly you have rejected my revision of the Rolling Stones page concerning when the band started using Toronto for tour rehearsals. I was the monitor engineer for the band from 1989 - 2003. The Steel Wheels tour rehearsals were in Connecticut and New York not Toronto. Voodoo Lounge tour rehearsals were in Toronto. I realise that working for the Rolling Stones for so long may have affected my memory but I think this is correct. Thanks Chris. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cwadeevans (talk • contribs) 11:22, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Hello, Chris. I'm afraid the rules are that a reliable secondary source must be cited per WP:V and WP:CITE. This is, however, a minor point and I'll accept it on the basis of your explanation. Thanks and all the best. No Great Shaker (talk) 11:33, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. I will try and learn how to cite secondary sources properly. Also is this the correct way to reply? By editing? Cwadeevans (talk) 11:55, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

That's right, Chris. As you've done here, just add a reply at the bottom of the discussion. You'll soon get used to to it. No Great Shaker (talk) 12:49, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

April–May 2020 GAN Backlog drive

		The Multiple Good Article Reviewer's Barnstar
		Thank you for completing 25 reviews in the April–May 2020 GAN Backlog drive. Your work helped us to reduce the backlog by over 60%. Regards, Harrias talk 08:19, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

Hello, Harrias. Thank you very much. That's a nice surprise – must admit I'd forgotten all about the backlog drive. I'm glad to see that the effort resulted in a 60% reduction. That's a big step forward and will hopefully make the process more manageable now. Well done for organising it and I think it will certainly be worth a repeat sometime. All the best and stay safe. No Great Shaker (talk) 09:27, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

Template:Cite EB1911

Thank you for this edit. If you make a similar contribution in the future there is a custom template for linking to EB1911 articles on Wikisource which fills out most of the fields for you called {{cite EB1911}} (see this edit). The template also places the Wikipedia article into some trace and maintain categories which helps editors who monitor for such links.

There is a custom template called {{cite ODNB}} which does something similar for links to the website of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (see this edit). On Wikisource there is also a complete version of the older Dictionary of National Biography for which there is also a customised template: {{cite DNB}}.

-- PBS (talk) 15:52, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, PBS, that's very useful to know as I'll be doing a lot more sourcing for the DOY articles. All the best and keep safe. No Great Shaker (talk) 15:56, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Glad the information is old help. Another useful source PD on Wikisource for which there is a complete version is the Catholic Encyclopedia for which there is a custom template {{cite CE1913}}.

There are many more PD dictionaries and encyclopaedias on Wikisource. Some more complete that others, and for which there are usually customised templates. I keep a rough (very rough) list at User:PBS/Notes#List of PD Templates. -- PBS (talk) 16:06, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

This is really useful, PBS. Thank you again. No Great Shaker (talk) 19:12, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Regarding reversion of pending edit

You will note that according to WP:NOTBUREAUCRACY: "A procedural error made in a proposal or request is not grounds for rejecting that proposal or request. A procedural, coding, or grammatical error in a new contribution is not grounds for reverting it, unless the error cannot easily be fixed." The pending revision to Second American Civil War was reverted by you due to the use of bare refs instead of citeurl. This error could easily have been fixed by changing the bare refs to a proper citation. You chose not to do this. This action goes directly against what Wikipedia considers standard practice. This is not an attempt at "backseat administration", but rather a formal complaint against your action in reverting an edit I took part in. --AquaBat777 (talk) 20:41, 14 July 2020 (UTC)