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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by The Rambling Man (talk | contribs) at 19:36, 1 January 2016 (→‎My faith in administrators: rsp). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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File:God Save Our Homeland Ghana Instrumental.ogg

You deleted this as F8. Note that there is a different page, TimedText:God Save Our Homeland Ghana Instrumental.ogg.en.srt, which depends on this file. TimedText pages need to be copied over to Commons when a sound file is deleted under F8 as the subtitles otherwise stop working. --Stefan2 (talk) 01:37, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Stefan2: I have absolutely no idea. This wasn't on my radar. Could you post at VPT and send me a ping? Magog the Ogre (t • c) 06:11, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
See WP:VPT#Lack of notification of TimedText pages when doing actions on files. --Stefan2 (talk) 10:01, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Stefan2: do you know a way to test for inclusion via the API so that my tool catches it? Or, for that matter, anywhere so that I can catch it? Magog the Ogre (t • c) 18:04, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Using HTML, check if Special:PrefixIndex/TimedText:Filnemame.ogg returns anything, and if so, copy the content of those pages to Commons. With the API, you should be able to find the pages by using action=query&list=allpages&apfrom=Filename.ogg&apnamespace=710. You should probably also check if talk pages exist, at least if the file is available under a different name on Commons, and possibly for the purpose of adding {{talk at enwp}}. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:25, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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My faith in administrators

Shall I do something about one or few of them? I don't seem to get along with them at all. And I still have trouble with their attitudes, especially one of them. --George Ho (talk) 17:53, 28 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Mu ha ha. Send me to ANI or Arbcom or somewhere. See you there. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:14, 28 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@George Ho: please tell me directly what your problem is so I can address it. Magog the Ogre (t • c) 02:48, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I couldn't stand The Rambling Man's condescending and uppity attitude, especially towards me. Also, he gave me scornful and more than meaner responses, especially whenever my proposals fail to achieve consensus. Also, he makes sarcasm that seems less than kind and nice. --George Ho (talk) 04:49, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@The Rambling Man: if you are being a dick as described above, would you kindly consider not? Magog the Ogre (t • c) 06:57, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nobody gets special treatment. If one continually makes daft proposals or frequently wastes community time by creating solutions looking for problems, one should not be surprised that shorter and shorter shrift is given. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:39, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Magog the Ogre I have had an identical experience with The Rambling Man. Extremely rude. On his talk page, unprovoked, he called me "outrageously stupid, ill-thought out, dumfoundingly and astonishingly stupid" and he has also accused me of being a sock and acting on another editors behalf repeatedly, across multiple venues, with no evidence, despite my asking him to stop multiple times. SocialJusticeWarriors (talk) 13:12, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Most of your recent edit history consists of you attempting to provoke The Rambling Man. If you're so bothered by the outrageous admin, I suggest you stop poking him with a pointy stick. --Dweller (talk) 13:18, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
He is the one doing the provoking, following me from venue to venue making false accusations. What you see in my edit history, is me defending myself against his false accusations. SocialJusticeWarriors (talk) 13:23, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
And actually, what I said was "Still, best form of defence is outrageously stupid, ill-thought out, dumfoundingly and astonishingly stupid offence". If you wish to apply that to any one specific individual engaging in pointless chatter on my talk page (which arguably could apply to a few individuals) then that's not my problem. Meanwhile, you bring up an editor's autism as if it's something to joke about? Stay classy. The Rambling Man (talk) 13:21, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nothing is ever your problem, in your eyes. You go around being a dick, personally attacking people and slinging repeated false accusations, and it's not your problem. Take some responsibility for your actions. SocialJusticeWarriors (talk) 13:25, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I've got 99 Problems, but this "user" ain't one. Keep up the autism bashing, that's so niche. The Rambling Man (talk) 13:29, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘@The Rambling Man: I'm not sure if you're aware, but what comes across as hard-headedness for George is often just genuine inability to understand. Don't get me wrong; part of the problem is that he can be hard-headed, but the other half is that people assume he understands something which he doesn't. If you have a lot of time, I suggest reading the unblock requests at Special:PermanentLink/467405093. You'll see a lot of people yelling at George that he's clueless until his talk page access was nearly revoked. Only when the issue was spelled out in a very specific way did George finally understand and move on.
Given that you just mentioned autism in your post immediately above, would you be willing to spend a little more time helping us understand? I will do the best I can to help although I am not familiar with this subject matter. (fun read for extra credit: Wikipedia:High-functioning autism and Asperger's editors).
@George Ho: First off, sorry if I sound rude in my post above. To the point, though: The Rambling Man brings up good points. Please remember not to take things personally, even if people say things personally. If you find someone getting this upset with you, ask one of your mentors why it's happening if you don't get it. Magog the Ogre (t • c) 05:32, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, I do understand every word he is saying. However, I can't signal his emotions or perceptions about me. I can communication with people through text only. I can't see anybody visually. I appreciate your best to try to get him to understand me. I hope it's not in vain; TRM can be... you know. --George Ho (talk) 05:58, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
If you understand everything, why do you continue to waste so much time? The Rambling Man (talk) 10:35, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@The Rambling Man: please answer my question, preferrably without insulting one-liners. Magog the Ogre (t • c) 00:21, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
What question? "would you be willing to spend a little more time helping us understand?" No, I have no time for your or George's incompetence. I was shocked to the core when I realised how long he's been editing, that he continues to waste so much of the community's time and energy. It's wonderful that you wish to spend time trying to accommodate such a drain on our precious resources, but I will not tolerate such overt ignorance. I won't be continuing this discussion in this particular forum, I hope you can help George, I really do, it seems he could use it, but I literally have hundreds of things that are more pressing, one of which is to actively improve the content of Wikipedia. Happy new year. P.S. preferrably is preferably but that's your preference. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:56, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@George Ho: it seems TRM is unwilling to cooperate. I suggest you stay far away from him. If he harasses you, I suggest you ignore him. If he presses the issue, I suggest you tell him to go fuck himself. Magog the Ogre (t • c) 03:28, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
And I suggest you perform the latter on yourself in your own time. What an unpleasant individual you are. Happy New Year! The Rambling Man (talk) 14:47, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

What about ANI and all that? George Ho (talk) 19:30, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you can lodge an issue at ANI, that's commonplace for people who have contention with admins or other editors. As I said right at the top of the thread, if that's what you would like to do, then I'll see you there, although probably only for a few minutes. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:36, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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7&6=thirteen (☎) 14:40, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 30 December 2015

Hello Magog!

I have a question: If someone leaves their phonenumber in a sandbox, can we delete those pages? I would say that these examples fall under "Inappropriate or excessive personal information unrelated to Wikipedia" (WP:USERBIO). I have blanked them for now, but deleting them is probably better.

Maybe Template:Db-spamuser is more appropriate in Mauricio's case. Thanks in advance, The Quixotic Potato (talk) 03:26, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@The Quixotic Potato: two of those pages were inappropriate for various reasons. I talked to another administrator who decided to suppress the third one. Magog the Ogre (t • c) 03:48, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. Here is some more stuff I found:
I think they can all be deleted. The Quixotic Potato (talk) 03:51, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Deleted all above for various reasons. --kelapstick(bainuu) 04:03, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! The Quixotic Potato (talk) 05:02, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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