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Welcome to my talk page! Pull up a chair, and feel free to ask me anything.

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Precious again

silent way
Thank you, skeptic violinist who knows "that men and women will act rationally when all other possibilities have been exhausted", for quality articles on language acquisition such as Communication strategies in second-language acquisition, for Performance calligraphy and Silent Way, for creating templates such as {{language education}}, for handling page protections and for creating harmony in mediation, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:28, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A year ago, you were the 563rd recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:20, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the reminder - it's a very nice welcome back from my short wikibreak. :) — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 08:11, 4 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sonia de Lorraine

Thank you. Much appreciated. I should like to take you up on inquiries at a later date, though I am most grateful for your offer today.:0)))

I've taken a look at your user page, and realized I've so very much to learn. Please, feel free to share with me, I would be most grateful. Until such time, it's been a distinct pleasure. Cheers, Sonia de Lorraine.:0))) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sonia De Lorraine (talk • contribs) 09:47, 4 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I can't thank you enough. So am I to understand, I do not edit of any sort while not logged in?!? Goodness, I much appreciate your help. I've had stalkers before, and I might add, that's very frightening. My feline was, well, let's just say, I appreciate your rescue more than words can describe. I think I shall not do another thing on this site until I've read the help page you'd sent me upon my initial sign up. I do have much to offer and would love to edit if I can when time provides. However, I am sure you tire of rescuing me each time. You are so kind for this virtuous act on my behalf. Most sincere regards, Sonia.:0))) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sonia De Lorraine (talk • contribs) 10:36, 4 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please check this edit It looks to me that the editing user places the signature of another user (who is in holidays...). Maybe You can drop me a note here where I'm dayly (open edit) Manorainjan (talk) 00:02, 9 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
That's just RHaworth fixing the page formatting - nothing to be alarmed about. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 03:31, 9 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Alisha Heng

Can you please allow me to write a page for Alisha Heng It would very much be appreciated because I have more proper sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mistyolper (talk • contribs) 13:26, 4 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Mistyolper: Hi there. I would create the page as a draft first so that you can show people that it is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia. Have a look at Wikipedia:Articles for creation for how to create a draft and have it reviewed. Best — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 17:39, 4 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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You can probably lift the ridiculously long protection on Direct2D now

The IPs were trying to say something that can (and now is) sourced from more intelligible sources than KBs, namely that there was a new version of Direct2D (1.1) launched with Windows 8, which was then made available for Windows 7 via a platform update. JMP EAX (talk) 21:00, 9 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The IP editor in question is rather clueless and stubborn in general; see Special:Contributions/175.138.233.253 and Special:Contributions/175.138.234.26 but the other articles where he got reverted (which is practically everything he edited in that run) haven't been protected that long. JMP EAX (talk) 00:46, 10 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not so sure - those IPs (presumably belonging to the same editor) have been inserting the same content into the article since 2012. The long-term nature of the disruption is why I protected the page for six months. I suspect that if I unprotected the page, they would put those KB links right back in. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 01:10, 10 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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07:43, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject Banners

Just thought I'd bring this to your attention: While a lot of the banners that have taskfroces assess the quality on the same scale as the parent project. Some are a bit more complex. For example Template:WikiProject Trains has a custom class mask for the parent. Some of the taskforces do not assess quality, some taskforces use the standard quaility scale, some use the extended scale and some use the same cuatom scale as the parent project. -- WOSlinker (talk) 21:14, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, these will all be supported in the final module, whenever it's ready. I hadn't seen {{WikiProject Trains}} before - that's an interesting one. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 06:20, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Lang-zh

It is transcluded by 1,100+ pages. Lower to semi-protection? --George Ho (talk) 07:08, 13 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. In the future, WP:RFPP is probably a better place to ask. Best — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 10:56, 13 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Lowercase sigmabot

Hy, Mr. Stradivarius. I saw that you have stopped lowercase sigmabot, the bot operated by Σ. I want to know why. You explained that the bot is edit warring itself in Turkey, but I do not see any edit warring from the bot. I hope you understand. Ping me if you have replied. I do not like watchlists. Yours sincerely, DEW. Adrenaline (Nahnah4) 09:12, 13 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Nahnah4: Here are the edits where it was edit-warring with itself. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 11:00, 13 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
On a related note, exactly what implications does the new {{pp}} template have on how we apply protection templates? →Σσς. (Sigma) 04:30, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@Σ: It doesn't mean we have to change anything. But if you wanted, you could tag pages exclusively with {{pp}} and not use any of the other protection templates. For some protection templates this will mean longer invocations, though. E.g. {{pp-move-vandalism}} would become {{pp|vandalism|action=move}}. The one existing protection template that cannot be produced with {{pp}} is {{pp-move-indef}} - we didn't implement it in the module as all it does is add categories. Also, you can now use {{pp}} as a direct replacement for {{pp-protected}}, as the latter now redirects to the former. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 05:38, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Redirection of Template:Pp-protected

Was this the intended result of your edit? Mjroots (talk) 05:57, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Mjroots: Whoops, I forgot to check for double redirects, and there were quite a few. Fixed now. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 06:05, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

edit request

Hi, I see you just made edit on Robin Williams. I negotiated acceptable language with admin John and received his 'thanks' for edit pm for my acceptance of his proposed language over 3 hours ago, but still no article action. Can you please make approved edit? It is already admin approved, just needs doing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Robin_Williams#Protected_edit_request_on_14_August_2014 Thank you Paulscrawl (talk) 22:27, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Paulscrawl: I don't think that there's a clear consensus for your request yet. Allow a little more time for people to comment, and then use the {{edit protected}} template above your request to alert patrolling admins. Best — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 22:35, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not asking for consensus on previously accepted content, but I might be asking for user ban - It was already in the article and only taken out by disingenuous edit of user who deleted content and added unrelated content of his own which later got deleted. See deletion of content with "Add details" edit summary Paulscrawl (talk) 22:45, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I can't see anything block-worthy there, and if you want a block, you should go to WP:ANI rather than an individual admin's talk page. This needs to be decided by finding a consensus, not by blocks, though, in my opinion. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 23:24, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Robin Williams

Can you please add this to robin williams page

The wife of Robin stated that the actor/comedian was sober at the time of death, but suffering from the early stages of Parkinson's disease, a progressive and debilitating neuromuscular condition — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oxo helen oxo (talk • contribs) 00:44, 15 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Oxo helen oxo: Hi Helen! You need to make an edit request at Talk:Robin Williams before this can be added to the article. I imagine that editors are already talking about this over there, in fact, so you might want to check the rest of the talk page first. Good luck. :) — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 10:42, 15 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your answer to edit requests

I found out you, recently answer a lot of edit requests as "Not done for now" and let they edit the sandbox page, and then reactive the request. I think it is bad.S/s/a/z-1/2 (talk) 23:09, 15 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Ssaz 12: Why do you think it's bad? The alternative is for me to write the code myself, which can sometimes be a lot of work. I will generally make trivial changes myself, but I don't think we should be equating "edit request" with "coding request". — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 23:13, 15 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

RFC

An RFC on an article you recently edited is being conducted at Talk:Joni_Ernst#RfC: Can material that is critical to the subject be included in the article? - Cwobeel (talk) 03:27, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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07:17, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

Edit Request: Catch shares discussion in "Criticism" section

Dear Mr. Stradivarius, Thank you for your advice related to my edit request on the EDF Talk page. I believe I have provide the information you requested, albeit a bit delayed. Would you be able to review the edit again? Thank you, Kent 21:47, 18 August 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kent Strauss (talk • contribs)

Zoe Quinn

I believe the sentence about Zoe Quinn being harassed on the Zoe Quinn page should include the word "allegedly", as there seems to be no evidence that she was harassed. The closest thing to evidence she provided was a screen cap of two mean spirited comments about her made by anonymous users on some message board. However, the comments were about her, but not directed at her. So, while not flattering, they do not qualify as "harassment." If I were to go on a message board and post that Bill Gates is a douche bag, you would not say that I was harassing Bill Gates. In order to harass Bill Gates, I would have to actually contact him and call him a douche bag. Simply stating my opinion that he's a douche bag on a forum not directed at him, and that he isn't required to read, does not constitute "harassment."

As for the harassing phone calls that Quinn claims to have received, I can find no evidence for this whatsoever other than her word for it. She may or may not have received harassing phone calls, but, unless there is proof that she did, it's important to clarify that this is only an allegation.

This is why I believe that the sentence on the Zoe Quinn page that reads "In attempting to publish the game through Steam's Greenlight service, Quinn was the target of harassment both online and through sexually explicit phone calls." should be changed to say "In attempting to publish the game through Steam's Greenlight service, Quinn was ALLEGEDLY the target of harassment both online and through sexually explicit phone calls." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Josephf5 (talk • contribs) 06:19, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Josephf5: There's already some talk about this at Talk:Zoe Quinn#"Alleged". You'll need to find a consensus there before the article can be changed - this message to me won't actually affect things much. And I recommend that you read Wikipedia:No original research first. Best — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 06:23, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Occupy Toronto WP entry

Hello,

My name is Antonin and I am a bottom-liner with Occupy Toronto. I came across your name while reading the Talk page for Zoe Quinn. You seemed to know a lot about WP's protocols and standards.

I've been concerned for quite a while about the WP entry for Occupy Toronto and its accuracy. Just looking at the sources and citations, they don't seem to adhere to the type of standards you listed in the ZQ talk page. It's also missing tons of legit and verifiable sources like The Toronto Star, CBC, NOW Magazine, and many more.

I was wondering if at some point in the future (there's really no rush) you might help bring some depth and accuracy to the OT page.

I would of course be happy to help out but, full disclosure, I am a biased source. I lived at Occupy Toronto for 40 days and nights and I am still committed to the movement. If you Google "Antonin occupy toronto" you should get a pretty thorough idea of who I am and my level of involvement.

To be extra clear: I am not looking to make myself or anyone else look good. I would just like the page to be accurate and in keeping with Wikipedia's standards, for better or worse.

I can be reached at occupytofood@gmail.com. Thanks for your time.

Sincerely, Antonin Mongeau 216.155.145.67 (talk) 23:42, 19 August 2014 (UTC) Occupy Toronto[reply]

Hi Antonin! Sorry, but I don't really have an interest in the movement, and there are lots of things on Wikipedia that I don't have time to do. I don't mean to sound harsh, but I just don't have time to do all the things that I want to do on this site. You might have more luck if you ask at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Toronto or Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Canada, though. Best — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 23:47, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
You might also direct your question to Wikipedia:WikiProject OWS.--Mark Miller (talk) 23:50, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Three things

Hello again. My "things to ask Mr. Stradivarius" has risen to three, so I thought it was time to leave a message:

  1. Module:List/sandbox : I took a guess at how to add liststyle, itemstyle, etc as alternatives to list_style etc and it appears to've worked – if so, should making the same additions to the live version work without problem? (Changing names already in use may be a hassle, but I thought I may as well try to add and start using those already established by {{Infobox}}, {{Sidebar}}, etc.)
  2. Module:Parameter names example : If it's possible (and not too tricky) to do so, do you think it would be worth adding an option to present the code producing the example/demo beside the example/demo (in some kind of <code> or <pre> style)..? I'm wondering if it might, as I keep seeing the redundancy of e.g. code in a pre section followed immediately by the very same code used to call a template. I'd try to see if this could be done using wikicode/HTML, but there may be no point, either because it can't and/or the result might not translate to Lua and/or...
    (As there doesn't seem to be a template offering this already, perhaps it's something that's too self-referential to implement..?)
  3. What do you make of Template:Lua/sandbox (as appearing on Template:Lua/testcases)..? I'm also wondering if "Uses Lua" might be a more futureproof template name.

Regards, Sardanaphalus (talk) 17:49, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

3RR

Actually, that's 3 reverts, I should stop, but I'm not over. Crisis.EXE 04:40, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed you removed a section on Talk:Zoe Quinn under WP:BLPTALK. However, BLPTALK specifically excludes content that is relating to content choices. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced and not related to making content choices should be removed, deleted, or oversighted, as appropriate. Please consider looking over the talk page post and consider whether it was about content choices. If not, then I endorse the removal. If it is, then I would support its addendum back on the talk page. Tutelary (talk) 20:26, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's interesting that BLPTALK includes "and not related to making content choices", but you must be reading it wrongly, or the the wording must be incorrect. Do you really think it would be ok for someone to post "I support adding a section describing how this person eats babies" at a talk page? And it could not be removed because it was about "making content choices"? Johnuniq (talk) 23:58, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I think this is badly worded in the BLP policy. When I look at the wording as it was originally added, it seems to directly contradict the preceding paragraph. I doubt that an exception for material related to content choices was intended there, and I've started a discussion on the policy talk page to clarify this. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 01:55, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I just noticed an example (diff)—is this removable per BLPTALK? Johnuniq (talk) 00:16, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I am sorry for the shitstorm that occured on the Zoe Quinn talk page.

Your's truly- 24.170.47.108 (talk) 09:23, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please help on Opera Pics

Unfortunately I am heavily involved in some sort of edit war concerning the illustration of several Opera articles. Personally I feel persecuted by User:Michael Bednarek and I feel the urge to accuse him of vandalism because when ever I find a proper image showing an Opera scene he replaces it with architecture or the composer declaring that this is standard procedure. I am very desperate now (and upset). I want to use dispute resolution, but - having never done this and english not being my mother tongue - I don't know how to do it. He is currently destroying all my work in Ariadne auf Naxos, Der Rosenkavalier, Elektra and Salome. And I feel so humiliated. Please help.--Meister und Margarita (talk) 14:43, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Some of the discussion is going on in Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Opera, some on my talk-page, some on the talk-pages of the different operas. The problem is that this user is blocking also some of my work in German WP. So he reverted my edit in Die Soldaten (this is my version: [22]) is such a way, that the pic is now hidden somewhere below (this is his version: [23]). Should I, can I accuse this user of vandalism in what he did to my work within the last ten or fifteen minutes? I don't know what to do, I don't want to be accused of vandalism - as they already did in the Project Opera …. He also redid my work at L'Africaine and at The Magic Flute's Second Part.--Meister und Margarita (talk) 15:01, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@Meister und Margarita: I haven't looked into this in detail, but it sounds like this isn't vandalism - rather, WikiProject Opera seems to have worked out a consensus for what opera articles should look like, and your edits seem to go against that consensus. I might have the details wrong, but at the very least it's clear that no-one's edits here are vandalism. Now, a consensus doesn't have to last forever - it is always subject to refinement or change through reasoned discussion. First I recommend calmly raising the issues you are concerned about on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Opera, and if that discussion doesn't find a resolution you are happy with, I recommend filing a case at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard. They will help you with any extra steps that may need to be taken. Hope this helps — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 00:20, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
{{|}}. Thanks for your reply. I already visited Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard, there it said: If you need a helping hand just ask a volunteer, who will assist you. You are listed as one of the volunteers and so I came to you. Regarding the consensus: There is new consensus that the composer boxes be moved to the bottom of the page = exactly what I did. Nevertheless, Mr. M.B. is still insisting on the old Consensus and undoing all my work. IMHO it's now him standing up against the will of the majority. This is my complaint.--Meister und Margarita (talk) 07:37, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@Meister und Margarita: Yes, this is me giving you the helping hand right here. :) I'm afraid my powers as a volunteer at DRN are quite limited (and I haven't actually handled any cases there in quite some time). I can't, for instance, tell anyone to write the articles in a certain way. All I can help you to do is to find a consensus. And from your description here, it sounds like rather than an "old" consensus and a "new" consensus, and various people following each, what you actually have is "no consensus". And mediating a dispute which doesn't yet have a consensus is out of "helping hand" territory and into dispute resolution territory. If you've already discussed this on a talk page and haven't reached a satisfactory conclusion, then a full-blown case at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard is the way to go. But beware - they do require a talk page discussion, so you can't skip that step. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 13:06, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the explanation and your understanding.--Meister und Margarita (talk) 13:48, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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zoe quinn

Hello, I am very upset that the Zoe Quinn ewiki page isn't even mentioning the [redacted] saga, I have seen through the 5,000 word post (the zoepost) the [redacted] did happen, and I for one would want gaming history to know of this. I'm asking you for I saw you were the last to edit it and it been locked from the public from adding any amount of truth. I would like to see the proof within thezoepost be shown and taken as facts, with screen shots and all. I am unable to link them. For I'm stuck on my cell phone, but this is a matter I follow closely and want what I think is the best soure of information to have all the facts presented. Thank you for your time

This has all been said on Talk:Zoe Quinn already, but our biographies of living persons policy is very strict about the kind of material that we can add to the article, which is why the controversy hasn't been mentioned in the article. See here for the latest. Also, you need to be careful about what facts you include in your talk page posts, due to the section about talk pages in the biographies of living persons policy. I've redacted a couple of things in your post here. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 06:34, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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09:21, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

Appeal

My topic ban is about to expire. How would I go about making the appeal to have it lifted? Reece Leonard (talk) 17:30, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Reece Leonard: Your topic ban is indefinite, so it doesn't actually expire. After September 12, though, you can appeal to have it lifted. To appeal it, just start a new thread at WP:AN stating your case; if the discussion ends with a consensus to lift the ban, then it will be lifted. Best — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 21:47, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the help and your patience throughout this mess. Reece Leonard (talk) 23:25, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Editor Bias

Hello. I wanted to reach out and ask a question about the Zoe Quinn quagmire. I wanted to asked you spefically because you seem to be active there and trying to keep it objective and I might have evidence that some of the individuals participating in the conversations on the talk page have a personal tie to the subject. If I did, how would I go about addressing that? ~~Ron--70.185.196.205 (talk) 05:38, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The place to do that is WP:COIN. However, you should try and discuss this with the users concerned first, as COIN isn't meant as a first resort. Also, make sure that you read the conflicts of interest guideline, and above all, make sure that you don't violate the "outing" policy. The outing policy takes precedence over the conflict of interest guidelines. And it will probably help your case if you register an account. Unfortunately, due to various problems with sockpuppetry and throw-away accounts used for undisclosed paid editing, etc., many established users are more likely to trust users with a few hundred edits under their belts than they are new and unregistered users. Best — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 07:08, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, thank you for the help. ~~Ron --70.185.196.205 (talk) 02:01, 27 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Request for a Semi protection

Hi, can you add a semi Protection for the page Stateless nation to reduce vandalism. thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vatasura (talk • contribs) 18:45, 26 August 2014‎ (UTC)[reply]

Hi Vatasura. There haven't been any vandalistic edits since the last protection expired, so it doesn't look like it is necessary to protect the page just now. If it becomes necessary in the future, you can leave a request at WP:RFPP. Best — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 21:49, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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