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Problems with one user

Hi GS, I hope you´re having a nice summer and that all is fine with you.

Regarding editing, there is one annoying user messing around the lists of notable players and former coaches in almost all club articles of countries of former Yugoslavia. They add enormous lists of players without any criteirum, and they seem not to speak English and understand the inclusion criteriums. Another anoying thing he does is to add nicknames into players/coaches links thus unlinking them. I already left him messages explaining things, but he ignores and din´t ever responded, and just kept on doing the same. Also, he never ever added a single source for any of his edits. I didn´t had much time lately, and I hoped he would understand and with time start doing things right, but unfortunaltely not.

These are the accounts he uses:

Just by seing his contributions you can hardly see any usefull edits, and a hell lot of useless stuff like enormous large lists of former players without any criterims, and delinking players and coaches links by adding the nicknames as he seems not to even understand what "link" is. These can be some exemples:

Adding players which clearly don´t belong to the criteriums of inclusion, or another typical edit of his
FK Modriča, just see the former players section. Yes, he adds every player he knows and he did this to every club article he edited.
See the Zmago Sagadin coach case and how he delinks article by adding the silly nickname, not even knowing the logic why he does that

I already left him messages, I see other people did as well. I hoped he would get tired or start to understand how things work, but unfortunatelly he didn´t and he left a hell lot of work of cleaning behind him. What to do GS? FkpCascais (talk) 16:06, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. The missfrtune is that I don´t have much free time lately, and it is a petty to loose time reverting all his edits. The problem is also the ammount of edits he does, and it would be needed at least some hours to return all things as they were before. I could (and will) do that, but unfortunatelly there is almost a garantee that next day the task will continue. I´ll see what happends and I´ll see if I can menage to solve it somehow... Kind regards :) FkpCascais (talk) 17:03, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

He just keeps on doing the same now with his IP account -_- FkpCascais (talk) 20:42, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The same exact editing patterns, same enormous former players list, inability to read inclusion criteriums and respect them, inability to use columns, neither one responds to talk pages, adds nicknames to links thus delinking player/coach articles, neither one of "them" edits basically anything else. If you just click 3 or 4 contributions of one and then of another one you´ll see it all. FkpCascais (talk) 01:45, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

For instance, take a look. Sometimes he seems to forget to log in and just edits as IP. He is from Bosnia, and added this enormous lists to most Bosnian clubs (specially the most obscure ones) but he streached his interest to all former Yugoslavia clubs, and often even goas further. And the main problem is that he ignores everyone (zero communication till now, and he has been here for some months now) and simply keeps on adding and adding players to the lists. FkpCascais (talk) 01:51, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

He seems to be Bosnian Serb as he made a major effort in expanding lists of mainly Bosnian Serb clubs, and even the name Zeljko is Serbian, and I am a Serb, so don´t think GS that this is some ethnic issue or something. I even had simpathy in the begining for him and though that would be good to have someone expanding those obscure club articles. However he is doing nothing else but makng these enormus lists, now to even main clubs from the region, and as he doesn´t respond and doesn´t change at all his edit pattern, he ends up being mainly damage. I made an effort some time ago to make short lists of only players with NT appearances to many of those clubs, and he messes them up all. FkpCascais (talk) 01:58, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I just saw what happend. He just continued doing the same, didn´t he? And zero communication. Lets see if he at least starts to make an effort to understand that wp is not his playgound to add every player he knows. Thanks a lot, he has been quite disruptive for long time now. FkpCascais (talk) 00:54, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case

I'm not done yet. Here's the true attempt. TheShadowCrow (talk) 22:36, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

August 2013

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'''Ferenc Deák de Kehida''' ({{lang-hr|Franjo Deák}}); 17 October 1803 - 28 January 1876) was a Hungarian statesman and Minister of Justice. He was known as "The Wise Man of the Nation".

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Signing off

Hi there Snowy, AL "here",

please read this message i sent to fellow wiki-boss User:Mattythewhite (see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Mattythewhite#Reply_-_Others), the part that starts with "On an unrelated note...".

Have a great one (and if Matty can't salt my user and talkpage, please do so), keep it up i know you will :) --AL (talk) 14:18, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Request for Arbitration case declined

This is a courtesy notice to inform you that a request for arbitration, which named you as a party, has been declined. Please see the Arbitrators' opinions for potential suggestions on moving forward.

For the Arbitration Committee, — ΛΧΣ²¹ 22:56, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Diego da Silva Costa

Good morning GS. Could you please protect Diego da Silva Costa to stop the "he has joined Liverpool" / "he hasn't joined Liverpool" farce. Thanks. John. JMHamo (talk) 06:58, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Is there valid justification to protect the page now? A lot of IP vandalism since I sent you this message this morning :) Thanks. JMHamo (talk) 14:34, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding WP:3RR.. I understand it but I thought that reverting vandalism was exempt, especially if there's a BLP violation, I would not revert something that was kosher. JMHamo (talk) 14:49, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If there is no reliable source provided, what then? Anyway, I know where you're coming from and I hope you know that all my edits are in good faith. I will always contact you or another Admin if I see something getting out of hand. JMHamo (talk) 14:58, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

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Size matters

Ha, SparkNotes already existed, though I didn't know about it until I got to the US, in 1995. Now, of course, they're online, as is that other one, forgot the name. Cliff Notes. Now, this complaint is a tad on the long side, but note that the three people claiming it was too long weren't even admins. (Yes, I'm somewhat elitist.) I think that if something's too long for you (I know how this sounds) you shouldn't...well, try to take it in, so to speak. Note also that a summary of the argument did not entice them to actually join the discussion. So, if "SparkNotes" points to an allegory, then the upshot is that our kids aren't reading any more/anymore. Also, happy (belated) birthday, you beautiful Yorkshire man. (I am trying to make sure I'm an equal-opportunity offender.) Drmies (talk) 14:47, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Random act of kindness

Hello GiantSnowman, Eduemoni has given you a shining smiling star! You see, these things promote WikiLove and hopefully this has made your day better. Spread the Shining Smiling Star whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or someone putting up with some stick at this time. Enjoy! Eduemoni ^↑talk↓ 18:17, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

OOpsie Eduemoni ^↑talk↓ 18:17, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Squad Numbers

Four your info only, all Premiership and Championship sides must have squad numbers under new rules. It is optional for League one and below.Blethering Scot 20:11, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker)I thought all Football League clubs had to have squad numbers? Is there a source for the above statement? Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 20:23, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) He means in Scotland. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 20:30, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Was in relation to this edit, in particular the edit summary.Blethering Scot 20:36, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

@Blethering Scot: - good to hear from you again. I suspected they might use squad numbers - it's a sign of professionalism after all - but there's nothing on the Accies' website confirming them. Giant Snowman 20:46, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Clint Dempsey

Hello GS. Could you please keep an eye on Clint Dempsey.. there has already been an edit war between two editors, breaking the 3RR. I have a feeling this could happen again. JMHamo (talk) 19:25, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Jordan Pickford

Could you please reinstate Jordan Pickford. He made his league debut for Burton today. Thanks, JMHamo (talk) 22:54, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of article

Why was article on Desmond Ravenstone deleted? References and links were provided, and the subject has been noteworthy in areas of both religion and sexuality. Sboitano (talk) 13:21, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, please restore, and please provide more specific information as to what is required. Thank you Sboitano (talk) 15:55, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mergim Hereqi

Hi there GS. Would you be kind and elaborate your reasoning behind this edit? I don't understand what you by "DENY" in the edit-summary. The IP made a change to the article, with a source that supports his change - just the way we would want every IP in the world to do it. Mentoz86 (talk) 15:21, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]