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Thanks

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		I wanted to say thanks since you have done a couple of niceties for me (rollback, pending changes review) when I didn't ask for it (or even know to ask for it). I really appreciate it. It feels good to be part of a team working on this site. LizardJr8 (talk) 01:16, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi LizardJr8! Thank you for the barnstar and for the kind words. I appreciate it a lot! When I see users doing good things on Wikipedia and in the areas where they'd make good use of the tools - if they would qualify for the user rights if I were to ask them to request them in RFPP, I just give it to them. Why waste their time? :-) Thanks again for the kind message. You're doing well here, and I'm extremely pleased to see that you've put the rollback user rights to good use! Keep up the great work, and please don't hesitate to message me if you need anything at all. :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:47, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Michael's Meanies Copyrights

Hello Oshwah,

I'm Paul Carroll father of Michael Carroll he created "The Meanies" stress toys given to children with cancer, Michael passed away in 2014 and his Meanies are still being sent to hospitals, as for the copyright concerns, I created all this artwork it is not copyrighted by any other organization, please let me know what I need to do to rectify this concern

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MichaelsMeanies/sandbox

Thanks Paul Carroll MichaelsMeanies (talk) 02:24, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

See WP:Donating copyrighted content. —A little blue Bori v^_^v ^{Takes a strong man to deny...} 02:27, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hi MichaelsMeanies! Thanks for leaving me a message here with your questions. I'll be happy to answer them and help you. :-) A significant amount of text that you added to your sandbox page was copied straight from an external source word-for-word, which is a copyright violation - a policy violation that Wikipedia takes very seriously. This is why I removed the content that was in violation, hid the revisions, and warned you about this on your user talk page. Jéské Couriano pointed out above that you can donate copyrighted works by following the link provided in his response above.

Another issue that you should be aware of is the fact that you have a conflict of interest with what you're writing about. Creating pages and articles on subjects where you have a direct or personal conflict of interest with is highly discouraged behavior, and will likely result in your attempts to create an article on this being removed due to the conflict. I highly encourage you to write about subjects that interest you, but where you don't have this conflict of interest. This will make sure that all content on Wikipedia is written neutrally and written with the highest quality content possible. Please let me know if you have any more questions, and I'll be happy to answer them. :-) Thanks for the message, and I wish you well. :-) Best regards - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:33, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @MichaelsMeanies: First, let me say I am sorry for your loss, and I am very happy your son and others have turned this into something positive. I found the organization's web site and saw, unsurprisingly, that the large-city children's hospital nearest me uses them.

Now, back to all things Wikipedia: You should request to change your username. Usernames such as yours which are easily confused with organization names or which suggest they might be "handed off" to someone else in the future to "represent" an organization are not allowed. A name like Paul of Michaels Meanies would probably work. See Wikipedia:Username policy for instructions to request a username change. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 02:48, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

That username would definitely work. ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:57, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Revoke talk page access

Should User:JustinBoy1267 have his talk page access revoked for making legal threats? https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:JustinBoy1267&oldid=988932834 4thfile4thrank {talk} :? 03:08, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

4thfile4thrank -  Done. The user is abusing their talk page access regardless of their intent. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:10, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Follow-up question

Hey Osh, sorry for the follow-up question, but re: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/AjKa180, when you say Likely, do you mean the new accounts likely to each other, or likely to the Vijayclicker93 batch? Or both? Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:13, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi Cyphoidbomb! Sorry for not including any details. I'll make sure to be more specific with my findings in the future. I went and expanded the SPI report with more information. I based my findings in context with being socks of one another as well as socks of the master (as a whole). Please let me know if you have any more questions, or if there is anything else I can clarify. I'll be happy to help! :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:26, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Can you please delete this page?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Jangdigo 4thfile4thrank {talk} :? 17:48, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

4thfile4thrank -  Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:59, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Thanks for sorting the vandalism out SallyCarter (talk) 20:32, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi SallyCarter! Thank you for the barnstar! It means a lot to me and I appreciate the time you took to leave me this. You bet; I'm always happy to help cut down attempts at vandalism and disruptive editing wherever I can. If you need anything, let me know, and I'll be more than happy to lend a hand. ;-) Thanks again! ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:41, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Can Shawntheshipper's SPI be reviewed?

It has been a long time since a checkuser has come there, and it has been pending on request checkuser for a long time. There are 8 socks on hold and it is very confusing what the case is about. It needs cleanup. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Shawntheshipper 4thfile4thrank {talk} :? 23:46, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi 4thfile4thrank! No worries; one of us will take a look. I'll be available to look at it tonight when I get home (if someone else hasn't already beat me to it by then). :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:49, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Louis Khoury

why are you removing my edits on Louis Khoury the information is factual i have grown up with him and he knows me so please add it back on their — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.158.21.100 (talk • contribs) 03:52, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi there! I'm not sure what you're referring to. I never reverted any changes you made to that article... ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:03, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

You should see this.

A vandal thinks you're holy. [1]. ~ Destroyeraa🌀 15:38, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Destroyeraa - HA! That's funny. :-P ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:29, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Vandal came back. This was too funny I had to make a page about it. User:Destroyeraa/FunnyVandal. ~ Destroyeraa🌀 17:04, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Destroyeraa: Love the matching talk page - "WikiProject Tropical cyclones" - hmm, I'm not sure which is harder to interpret, that or your typical end-times religious literature. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 17:19, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

@Davidwr: I didn't even notice the talk page! Lol! ~ Destroyeraa🌀 18:47, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Want to make it more funny? Do the "straight-up, by the book" attribution thing and put a filled-out, accurate {{copied}} on the talk page. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 18:50, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

I can't wait for the sequels: Oshwah as Buddha and Mohammed. BilCat (talk) 19:16, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

Suspecting COI & undisclosed PAID, how to proceed?

FYI

 – The talk continues at the User:Moonythedwarf's talk page in the thread User talk:Moonythedwarf#Suspecting COI & undisclosed PAID. --CiaPan (talk) 11:12, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

I noticed a new user account, editing articles which are closely related to its name. Additionally, the account name can be read as suggesting a shared use.

I suppose someone more experienced (and possibly with an access to some verification tools) could look at the case – but I have no clear idea how and where I should report it. I'll appreciate any hints regarding further steps I can take. --CiaPan (talk) 22:59, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

CiaPan, Hi! It's probably long delt with by now, but feel free to ping me or another UPE/spam handling editor if you need something handled in the future. —moonythedwarf (Braden N.) 19:41, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

So now it actually is dealt with (thanks again!), but it wasn't when I wrote the request above. --CiaPan (talk) 22:04, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

CiaPan - Cool, thanks for letting me know! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:08, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

You bet, I always love to keep others informed! CiaPan (talk) 23:05, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

Thank you.

In 2016, you deleted my page Hacker.io. I'd like to say, thank you! At that time, I thought that the deletion was unjustified, but now that I am addicted to Wikipedia, I deeply regret ever creating a page that was not only written about something that I made up one day, but literally written in the first person, let alone about a Scratch game whose Gamejolt release had two followers. I do believe that A7 applied in that moment. Thank you, yet again! JJP...MASTER!_{[talk to] JJP... master?} 17:39, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi JJPMaster! No worries! We were all new at one point in time, including myself. I've had articles that I created get deleted, too. It was disappointing for me, but I learned from it and I grew in my experience. Don't consider it a failure; consider it a success. You've learned and you've come out of it better than when you went in. :-) I appreciate the message and the very kind words, and I hope you have a great weekend! Please let me know if you have any questions or if you need any help, and I'll be happy to lend a hand. ;-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:13, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

Created a sockpuppet category

I have created Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of AbdulRehman sattar after your edits at User:Ahmad Muhammad Aftab & User:Bilal majid 123. Please let me know if I did it wrong.--CiaPan (talk) 13:23, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

CiaPan - I don't think you did anything, at least not that I see. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:14, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

Sahure Picture

Hi Oshwah, It appears that the picture accompanying the Feature Article today (Sahure) has been replaced with your user image.

Patr2016 (talk) 19:39, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Patr2016 the edits have been reverted along with the IP being blocked. -- LuK3 (Talk) 19:43, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

LOL wat? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:28, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

IP that's just been blocked calling you Jesus

See edits on Ascension of Jesus, Wikipedia:Requests for page protection and Wikipedia:Edit filter/Requested. Just thought you might want to see those edits, no idea why they mentioned you. Best wishes, Pahunkat (talk) 17:34, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

Pahunkat - I guess it might be the long hair? Other than that, I have no idea... lol :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:29, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

For being very nice to others

Carthago814 (talk) 19:57, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for the kitten, Carthago814! And thank you for the kind words. Civility and kindness goes a long way... :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:15, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

Re: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sahil9610

Since my knowledge of Global Wikipedia interaction is zero I don't know who to approach this: Please see this RFD on Simple Wikipedia. Two of the recently blocked sockpuppet accounts are there !voting Keep for this article, with the help of a few SPAs that are likely meat puppets (at a minimum). It's obviously tied to the widespread Sahnil Bhatnagar self-promotion issue here on EnWiki, but being cross-wiki I don't have any idea how to approach notifying the correct people to look into it. Do you have time to assist, or can you point me in the right direction? Thank you. | Uncle Milty | talk | 00:27, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Someone there noticed, and it's been taken care of. | Uncle Milty | talk | 22:43, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Uncle Milty RFD closed as delete and socks blocked following CheckUser on SEWP つがる Talk to つがる:) 🍁 21:55, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Request

I created two doppelgänger accounts-HurrricaneTracker495 and HurricaneTracker496. Can you please block them with account creation disabled, autoblock disabled, email disabled, cannot edit own talk page due to no reason for it to edit. Autoblock disabled so I can edit. --HurricaneTracker495 (talk) 23:48, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

HurricaneTracker495 -  Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:31, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

ArbCom 2020 Elections voter message

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Difficulty logging in

Hi Oshwah,

I am experiencing difficulties logging in. I have no idea why but I keep getting a message that my User name doesn't exist. How do I resolve this?

Thanks

Paul 2A02:C7D:3BA:3600:AC1C:6185:4867:BA05 (talk) 12:36, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Apparently the account is User:Schlechterwolf (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs).
It doesn't seem blocked: Special:Log/block/User:Schlechterwolf.
The most recent contribution was in Talk:Human foamy virus. --CiaPan (talk) 14:17, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

CiaPan - How do you know that this is his username? Just curious as to how you found out. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:46, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I can't speak for CiaPan, but I knew because of this. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 01:54, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi, Osh! Davidwr guessed it right. As your TP-stalker I have your TP in my watchlist, and as a high-traffic one it often appears among most recently edited, close the top of the list. And I just happened to see it at the very top with a big red light of 10KB deletion. Before reverting I looked at the diff and found out it was a self-revert by author, so I stopped for a moment and took a look at the IP-editor's contributions. There were (and still are) just two actions, an addition to your talkpage and a self-partial-revert. So I refrained from reverting and replied instead, based on reading the mentioned diff and some search on topics and quotation given in it. --CiaPan (talk) 11:48, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

PS. I'm going to e-mail you soon with some further notes on this topic. --CiaPan (talk)

CiaPan - Ah, thanks for letting me know! I appreciate it! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:17, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

Naturist Society

Naturist Society - I had made some edits on the page and now the page is being held. I am a naturist who was just looking to update some information that is on the Naturist Society website and in the Nude & Natural magazine. I also contacted Nicky Hoffman, publisher/co-owner of N magazine for permission to update the cover photo. You can reach out to her at [REDACTED - Oshwah] to confirm permission to the image. We as naturists are only trying to give current information to those that are interested in become naturists. Can you please put the page back out for people to see? Thank you a concerned naturist! CaretakerofN (talk) 15:13, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Just a naturist...? See also:

• above: #Suspecting COI & undisclosed PAID, how to proceed?
• and its follow-up at User talk:Moonythedwarf#Suspecting COI & undisclosed PAID

CiaPan (talk) 15:19, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

@CaretakerofN: Please be aware Wikipedia is not interested at all what you (as an idividual, as an activist, as an amploee, as a society member, as a religious movement leader, as a company owner or anyone) are trying to tell others about you (as an individual, as an organization, as a movement, as a company, etc.). Wikipedia is not for promotion – and telling about yourself IS a promotion. Please kindly see our rules at WP:What Wikipedia is not as an extension to more fundamental WP:Notability and WP:Verifiability. Without knowing the rules defined in those policies (and following them) you have little chance your additions to the articles will be accepted. The more you're editing in a clear WP:Conflict of interest position, which is strongly discouraged here. --CiaPan (talk) 16:29, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi CaretakerofN! Thanks for the message. As CiaPan stated above, it seems like you have a personal conflict of interest with the articles that you're trying to edit. Editing articles that you have a conflict of interest with is high discouraged and will likely lead to that content being removed. Keep this in mind when you go to make any edits to articles here. It's better if you contribute to subjects that you're interested in, but where you do not have a conflict of interest with. This assures that all content is written to reflect a neutral point of view. If the owner of the copyrighted works wishes to donate that work to Wikipedia and allow us to use it in the article, they can do so by following the directions here and contact the foundation. Please let me know if you have any more questions, and I'll be happy to answer them and help you further. Thanks again for the message! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:21, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

What?

You've left a warning message about vandalism on my page. Can you please tell me what you think I've vandalized?! MeegsC (talk) 17:29, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

@MeegsC: THe edit was made by User:UserOshwash, seemingly trying to impersonate @Oshwah:. Opalzukor (talk) 17:33, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Opalzukor. I'd just figured that out and was coming back to delete my comment. MeegsC (talk) 17:34, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi MeegsC! I'm sorry to see that you were warned by someone trying to impersonate me. You'll unfortunately find that this happens a lot to me. I guess you can call it a "curse" that comes alongside with being a part of the community... :-/ Nonetheless, I'm happy to see that you figured this out and that you disregarded the message. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:24, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

No worries! Vandals can definitely be a downer here. :P MeegsC (talk) 22:31, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

Random warning

Hello. I got a random "final warning" for vandalism from you, which was reverted by another user on my talk page. Was that a mistake? — CuriousGolden (T·C) 17:38, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Oh, I read the previous discussion here and apparently it was someone impersonating you. Sorry. — CuriousGolden (T·C) 17:39, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

No worries, CuriousGolden. Apparently a lot of people were warned by this user... I'm sorry that it happened to you... ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:25, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

Impersonation attempt

​A few minutes ago, a user by the name of UserOshwash (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) started putting level 4im user warnings on the talk pages of seemingly random users (including me [2]), using your signature. This issue has since been resolved, however I wished to make you aware of the situation. Thank you for your time. Opalzukor (talk) 17:39, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi Opalzukor! Thanks for letting me know. This isn't the first time that it's happened, and it won't be the last. I'm sorry to see that it happened to you, and I'm glad that you disregarded the "warning". :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:26, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

UAK block evasion

Can you please place a rangeblock on 181.161.160.0/19 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · block user · block log)? This appears to be his newest (and current) range. All the edits since mid-November have been exclusively from this LTA. Without a rangeblock, the abuse is just going to accelerate and worsen, given this LTA's past behavior. A CU on the range should reveal the full extent of the recent socking (I expect multiple accounts to turn up in a CU). I would suggest starting with 1-3 months. Thanks. LightandDark2000 🌀 (talk) 21:14, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

It would be best for a hardblock, to show how much sockpuppetry occured. HurricaneTracker495 (talk) 03:01, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

LightandDark2000 - Hey, sorry for the delay responding to your request. It looks like this range is now blocked for three months, so we're all set! If you need anything else, please don't hesitate to let me know. :-) Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:27, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

Can you please run a quick CheckUser to check sleepers?

This guy has vandalised Vice President of the United States with over 10 socks in 24 hours. See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Ppoopoow2333. Best regards, 4thfile4thrank {talk} :? 23:34, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi 4thfile4thrank! *sigh*... Lovely.... It looks like the matter has been handled, but please don't hesitate to let me know if the issues continue. I'll be happy to take a look and see what's going on... :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:29, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Khilieexodia17

Hi Oshwah. Would you take a look at the SPI? 115.164.89.121 (talk) 17:47, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

 Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:41, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

A new sock(?) of User:Dangled10

Hi Oshwah,

Thanks for taking care of this yesterday. However, I fear they have struck again. I updated the SPI page with another CU request. Hopefully this puts a stop to the disruptive editing, had to check to make sure I wasn't 3RRing... Etzedek24 ^{(I'll talk at ya) (Check my track record)} 18:02, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi Etzedek24! Thanks for letting me know. I'll make sure that someone (if not myself) takes a look at it. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:26, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

Edit conflict in need of a quick resolution

Hi Oshwah, there is currently a larger edit conflict going on which has turned into sort of a frenzy and a smaller current conflict. Thepharoa17 is accusing Konli17 of being a sock and is serially reverting his edits with an edit summary only referring on him being a sock and not on content. I've seen you are one of the Sockpuppet investigation clerks and this Sockpuppet investigation needs some attention urgently as if not, it wouldn't be of service to the project. I would like to see some calmness again in the area.Paradise Chronicle (talk) 14:47, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi Paradise Chronicle! Okay, one of us will take a look. Thanks for letting me know. :-) Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:03, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Problem is solved. The editor is blocked.Paradise Chronicle (talk) 00:04, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Paradise Chronicle - Awesome! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:10, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Greetings

	Hope and Safe
	~ Happy Holidays ~ ~mitch~ (talk) 15:03, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

Mitchellhobbs - Thank you for the wishes! Wishing you a fun, safe, and healthy holidays as well! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:01, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Sorry you are being pestered

Sorry you are having to endure constant pestering by the guy borrowing your user page picture.

But on a humorous note, if you really are this guy can you give all of these guys a new one of these so they will "go and sin no more." davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 15:55, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi davidwr! HA! Oh well... You have to stand back and laugh at that kind of stuff. Otherwise, you'll just drive yourself crazy and become one of those "stick up their bum" administrators. No thanks - I'd rather be a respected member of the community instead. ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:03, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Well, you don't have to be crazy to edit Wikipedia, but I find it helps. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 00:43, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) If you weren't already crazy when you first joined Wikipedia, you will be before too long! BilCat (talk) 01:00, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

BilCat - HA! True in some ways. ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:33, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

I see you got bit by the same redirect-didn't-go-where-I-thought bug that frequently bites me

Too often I forget that WP:DONATE goes to the "where to send your money" page not to the Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials page. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 00:38, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Davidwr - Aww damnit, good call!  Fixed! ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:05, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Glory (Britney Spears album)

Hi Oshwah, I have a question. So recently Britney Spears’ album Glory was just reissued with a new single called Mood Ring, I made an edit stating that per Template:Infobox album states “The Singles from Oshwah template may be used as a miscellaneous addition to the infobox providing concise information about songs on the album that were released as singles during the marketing and promotion of the album.” So since the new single was released during the reissue and not the initial release of Glory isn’t it correct to have it be stated as a single under the reissue? Hopefully you’ll be able to see how I had it. Another user removed it, I immediately wrote a message on their talk page 3 days ago but it seems they are ignoring me since they have now been continuously editing. Hope all is well during the holidays!

Thanks! Pillowdelight (talk) 01:35, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

Hi Pillowdelight! Thanks for the message and for the holiday wishes! I hope you're doing well and that you're keeping safe this holiday season. :-) I'm not an expert when it comes to Wikipedia consensus and the specifics with songs, singles, albums, and infoboxes. I did recently help mediate two users who were edit warring over an issue with singles and albums, but I didn't weigh in on who was right or who was wrong (since, lol, I had no clue and it really wasn't relevant). I would think that you're correct; you would add the single under the re-issue album, since that album was released with the single - however, don't quote me on this. ;-) Who was it that reverted your edit? What did they state in the edit summary? Have they offered you any explanation at all as to why they reverted it? I can leave a message alongside yours asking the user to explain why they reverted their edit. They should be communicating with you over this, and they should be open to discussing it with you. Let me know. :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:40, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

RevDel request

Hello, I saw your name at Wikipedia administrators willing to handle RevisionDelete requests, so I thought I would send a request your way. Starting with this edit at Titoo, a redirect, copyrighted material was added from pogo.tv/shows/titoo/about.html. Currently the page is fully protected. I was told that it doesn't really matter since it is just a redirect, but I still thought it would be worth purging. Thanks either way! ‡ Єl Cid of Valencia ^talk 17:56, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

• Oshwah let me explain the sequence of events here, so you can handle this. I obviously didn't, because I guess I didn't understand. I may have dropped the ball in the process. As Titoo, there was a request for page protection. By the time I saw it, it was a redirect, but I protected it. 1 There was a copyvio tag on the redirect, but I removed it. Didn't think it applied to a redirect. Then there was a subsequent RFPP note generated that told me not all pages in the request were protected. 2 I'm not sure if El cid, el campeador is requesting a rev del on the redirect page and its history, or if that history is now at Nipple tattoo. So, however you can take care of this is appreciated. — Maile (talk) 19:00, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
• Oshwah (talk page stalker) Additional information: From the looks of things, someone tried to hijack a redirect (edits from 13:47 and 13:48, 1 December 2020 (UTC)), El cid, el campeador put db-copyvio on it, a bot picked that up and flagged it as seen in the page's log, another established editor reverted el cid's db-copyvio, el cid then flagged it for deletion-revision, then Maile66 reverted that edit and protected the page.[3]
• El cid, el campeador It might help if you said exactly which revisions were copyright violations. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 20:33, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

Davidwr, the specific edits are here through 991721673, when the redirect was restored by Launchballer. In any case I apologize to everyone if this all caused more confusion than help... cheers ‡ Єl Cid of Valencia ^talk 20:47, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

@El cid, el campeador: So, basically just the 3 edits by 2405:... and the edit by you, all within 3 minutes of each other from 13:47-13:50, 1 December 2020 (UTC)? That should be easy enough for Oshwah to find. You can always go back and re-add a filled-out {{copyvio-revdel}} template if it's not fixed in a few days. Just put it below the #redirect line or on the talk page. If you put it on the talk page, use |details= to explain that the revisions are on the non-talk page.

Hi everyone! I managed to locate and revision delete the three revisions that contained the copyrighted content.

El cid, el campeador - Thanks for letting me know about the issue! :-) I guess I wouldn't necessarily count this as a situation (compared to most) where emailing me instead of publicly messaging me rev del requests is absolutely dire, but just note that revision deletion requests should usually be emailed to me instead of publicly messaged to me here. I have about 1000 users who actively watchlist this page, and if you've heard of the Streisand effect, I've seen in page statistics where this absolutely does happen and after users have requested revision deletion on my user talk page. Users will see the message, and then rush over to view the content before they lose the ability to see it. Obviously, this is no bueno and we should avoid it where possible. ;-) No big deal, just figured I'd let you know. :-)

Maile66 - No worries, mistakes and weird things happen. ;-) I run into things like this all the time... You receive a notice, request, or message, the page gets changed to something completely different (like an article gets changed to a redirect), and by the time you look at the page and the request, you're scratching your head asking yourself "what is this person talking about?!!" :-) You didn't drop the ball on anything; this project is not compulsory and you're never required to use your tools. I appreciate you for adding to the initial message and for providing those details. :-D

Davidwr - Thanks for requesting the specific diffs (even though rev del requests should be emailed, but oh well...). That was helpful in assuring that I was able to quickly handle the issue. :-)

Cheers everyone! Have a wonderful and safe holiday, and please know that my user talk page is always open to you should you have questions or need help with anything. :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:56, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

Your crazy hair makes my heart happy!

Hello Oshwah!

I hope you're well and healthy! My name is Brianne Derrah, I'm an Ojibway-Metis student at UWO and I'm part of the Endangered languages project on Wikipedia. I have some questions for you regarding legitimate sources in situations when sources that would be considered legitimate by Wikipedia's policies are few and far between. I realize that this falls under a relevancy issue, but in the case of endangered languages, I would argue that their lack of material is not a reflection of their relevancy.

In any case, I thank you very much for your kind attention and hope to hear from you soon!

Best,

BBrianneDerrah (talk) 20:00, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

What to do about this user?

Clearly a shared account, trying to promote Addictive Eaters Anonymous, but not obvious enough to report. See the talk of Addictive eaters and my talk page. See User:Vpkb2012 4thfile4thrank (talk) 20:00, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

Looking for your opinion on an editor

Oshwah, you're an Admin I trust. I would appreciate it if you would take a look at this editor – User talk:Lonniemitchell22 – and determine if you think it's time for some kind of block (or some other action). This user has gotten a plethora of Level 4 warnings, and it doesn't seem to be changing or improving their behavior one iota... Thanks. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 21:36, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

Yo!

Yo oshwah! How are you doing? Hope your safe! See you around! Signed,The4lines |||| ^{(You Asked?) (What I have Done.)} 23:08, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

How do I do this...

Can you tell me how I can write an article on Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by WOCWindows10 (talk • contribs) 15:51, 3 December 2020 (UTC)