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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 67.5.192.83 (talk) at 21:54, 27 March 2016 (→False Accusation of "Vandalism" on article Terry Bean). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

An IP editor you've had recent dealings with

Hi. I noticed you had dealings with Special:Contributions/59.101.189.107 recently; they were just here too, and if this looks to you like repremandable editing, you might want to add it to their list. Why am I not warning them? I'm passing the buck (at least I'm honest). fredgandt 01:37, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Fred Gandt: Thanks! As it's nothing malicious, more like test edits like the previous ones, I will pass it as well. Widr (talk) 11:21, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I'm glad it's not just me :-) They seem more confused than hell-bent. fredgandt 15:53, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Fred Gandt: Yeah, all harmless so far. Widr (talk) 15:56, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Special Barnstar
my vote for your RFA! Winterysteppe (talk) 20:26, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Winterysteppe: Thanks! Widr (talk) 20:31, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A beer for you!

For the stress of the RfA. I think you will absolutely pass! :D Jdcomix (talk) 20:44, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Jdcomix: Thanks! Almost bedtime for me now, so I'll save your beer for later. ;-) Widr (talk) 20:50, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Some stroopwafels for you!

Thanks for this and congrats with your imminent adminship! - DVdm (talk) 10:30, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@DVdm: Thanks! Widr (talk) 10:32, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Widr: you did it! Yippy-Aye-O-Ty-Ay! - DVdm (talk) 19:53, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your RfA

Even though I don't vote these days, I still watch.

You're doing swimmingly!

(Partly this post is to give you encouragement. The other part is to revive the use of "swimmingly" as a daily word.)

Seriously, though, swimmingly, you are doing swimmingly.

Swimmingly yours,

Anna Frodesiak (talk) 12:57, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Swimmingly!

@Anna Frodesiak: Hehe, thanks for the kind words! Widr (talk) 13:09, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
And a belated welcome to WP:100. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 14:11, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Cyphoidbomb: Thanks again! Widr (talk) 15:05, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry!

This is a school computer, and the edit that was made on "Government of Russia" was definitely not constructive. I am ashamed that such behavior occurs at this school, and I am glad that Wikipedia corrected it. Thanks for notifying this IP address. Note: Since this is a school computer, a reply to this message may well go to the person who made that nonconstructive change in the first place, so please do not reply. JM 67.158.89.51 (talk) 19:22, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A cheeseburger for you!

Best of luck with your RFA, looks like you'll pass to me :) — Omni Flames (talk contribs) 22:46, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Omni Flames: Thanks! Widr (talk) 05:35, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

early but congrats!

Congrats on RFA as of now! Could change but unlikely to tip balance! Winterysteppe (talk) 05:06, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Winterysteppe: Thanks! Widr (talk) 05:35, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
To be saved until you become an admin. This must be stressful for you. Enjoy! Peter Sam Fan 19:14, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Peter SamFan: Thanks! Widr (talk) 19:20, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
You're welcome! Peter Sam Fan 19:20, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Username reports question at RFA

You've stated that you would block User:Channel2 per WP:ORGNAME and WP:ISU. A name such as that could refer to one of the organisations called Channel 2, but it could be an acceptable username, for example, if it's "Channel" with a number added because that name is already taken, or even a new account created by User:Channel. Unless there are edits that indicate a connection with an organisation it would be better to warn, and wait before blocking - it may be just a coincidence, as I assume it is with your username and the radio station WIDR. Peter James (talk) 23:43, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Peter James: Fair point, thank you. It's not rare that we have reports that are far from being cut-and-dried, so further examination is often needed. Widr (talk) 06:08, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

My question on your RFA "What is your legacy to wikipedia?" I like the answer

To be fair, I think my question was really swinging the hammer at you. It was a loaded question that could have been answered in so many ways, I would hav a hard time answering it too. I personally think you handled it. I like the confidence. Aisde from that, I liked that you are confident you belive your eits are good and positive so I decided to support you. All the best Winterysteppe (talk) 03:17, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Winterysteppe: Thanks! Widr (talk) 06:08, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The guy who erased everthing

I saw that the account erased your account and others. I actually laughed a bit. sorry but i did. Winterysteppe (talk) 20:59, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Winterysteppe: Yes, these attacks happen frequently, in various forms. Widr (talk) 21:04, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:66.169.189.4: Difference between revisions

66.169.189.4 is most certainly me, but nobody from this addy has ever contributed to wiki in any way. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.169.189.4 (talk) 05:42, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

There was one previous edit from this IP in September 2013, but that's ancient history and nothing to worry about at this point. Widr (talk) 05:57, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations!

Time to start the pile of congratulations for a successful RFA. Winterysteppe (talk) 14:52, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

From me too. Wow you had a lot of participation at your RfA. Only one short of 200 supports! The new edit notice is doing its job. I didn't know you before but I followed your RfA fairly closely because I found it to be an interesting one, hopefully setting future precedent regarding content creation. Maybe I'll see you around again. Cheers, Jason Quinn (talk) 18:40, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Great job with your RFA, I'm sure you will be a major positive for en WP with the mop. Vandals beware... Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 21:35, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your request for adminship

Hi Widr, I have closed your request for adminship as successful. Congratulations on the landslide result and for your new place on WP:RFX100. As always, the administrators' reading list is worth reading and the new admin help pages are most certainly available if you feel that you might require some practice with the tools in a safe environment prior to applying them elsewhere on the project. Good luck with your adminship! Acalamari 18:18, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations! Hope this fits, don't worry nowadays you only have to wear this in waking hours! BTW some kind person put some useful admin stuff in my monobook. When you get bored of scrabbling down the back of the sofa for the right block message you might want to borrow it. ϢereSpielChequers 18:37, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Congratulations! It went swimmingly! Anna Frodesiak (talk) 00:00, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Bonadea: Kiitos! Had to thank you separately just because of the Finnish. Widr (talk) 10:18, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thank you everyone, and I do mean everyone who participated in my RfA and/or has made a comment here. I won't go on a spamming spree now to thank all of you individually; instead I will say that I'm most grateful and humbled by all your kind words, constructive criticism and the advice. I will keep it all in mind, and will continue to do my best for this project. Widr (talk) 20:21, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Some music

"Widr's Victory" (4 bars)
\relative ees'' { \key ees \major \time 2/4 ees ees8. ees16 ees16( f16 g16 aes16) bes8-. ees,8-. f8. f16 f8( g16 aes16) aes8-. g8-. r8 bes,8 }
(recording here.)

Not implying that RfA is a battle or anything! Not at all! Eman235/talk 22:00, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Eman235: Yeah, that's my soundtrack now. ;-) Widr (talk) 22:01, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Thank you for sorting that out. Much appreciated. :-) --Ches (talk) (contribs) 09:42, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Chesnaught555: No problem. Widr (talk) 09:43, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!!

The Special Barnstar
Congrats on becoming an admin! I expect we will run into each other around every week as I report vandals to AIV. Peter Sam Fan 12:16, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Peter SamFan: Thanks! That is likely to happen. Widr (talk) 12:20, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Widr: Told you we'd run into each other! Peter Sam Fan 12:42, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Peter SamFan: @Widr: same here. i do a lot of recent changes on IP addresses. Winterysteppe (talk) 13:21, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A cup of coffee for you!

Congratulations on your successful RFA! Here, have some home-brewed coffee to keep you energized! —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 13:15, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@K6ka: Thanks! Good to see you're still around. And I do remember how you already envisioned me with this mop some years ago. ;-) Widr (talk) 13:23, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Admin's Barnstar
As if you weren't decimating vandalism previously, you've immediately put your newfound admin powers to use by clearing out dozens of vandals with blocks. You're truly an asset, keep it up! TeacupY NottNott talk|contrib 15:38, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@NottNott: Thanks for the kinds words! Widr (talk) 15:39, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A beer for you!

I'm late to the party, but congrats! You've earned it. GABHello! 18:36, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@GeneralizationsAreBad: Thanks for the cold one! Widr (talk) 18:38, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Bread

Sorry, I hit rollback on that. Only after did I see you were the blocker. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 22:51, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Anna Frodesiak: Did you? I didn't even notice. That bread left quite a mess, but it gave me a chance to practice many new things. :-P Widr (talk) 22:55, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I did. It didn't really do anything. I just tend to rollback in that case if the user isn't around.
So, you used "nuke". Nice. Baptism by fire, eh? Say, do you have the thingy that makes blocked usernames appear in italic-strikethrough? It's good. Anna Frodesiak (talk)
I'm not sure of all that I've got. I've just copied things from others but haven't quite checked them all out yet. Widr (talk) 23:04, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, well if you don't see blocked usernames in italic-strikethrough and wish to, let me know when the dust settles and I'll give you the code. Best wishes and happy adminning. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:11, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, same to you! Widr (talk) 23:14, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
There was a sock drawer of other accounts along with this one, waiting in the wings for the autoblock to expire. And yes, it does appear that you have the markblocked script in your common.js. Congrats on your RfA as well! ​—DoRD (talk)​ 17:11, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@DoRD: Yeah, the script works now. Thanks for the support! Widr (talk) 17:18, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations!

We don't personally know or know of each other, but I noticed you're a new administrator, so congratulations and thanks for protecting my talk page and taking care of that vandal. Amaury (talk) 23:54, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Amaury: Thanks and you're welcome! Widr (talk) 00:00, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I need help with this situation

I don't know what noticeboard I should put this on so I am asking administrators for help:

A user has made the page List of ships of the Second World War (A) and every other letter in the alphabet as an individual article. (List of ships of the Second World War (B), List of ships of the Second World War (C) and so on). Music1201 (talk) 00:16, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Music1201: Those seem to be valid creations. No need to put it on any board. Widr (talk) 00:22, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ok thanks. Music1201 (talk) 00:23, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies

I hadn't noticed the 1 hour expiry of your talk page protection. Back to work we go! 182.239.103.159 (talk) 01:50, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Evlekis sock with talkpage access

Asking you because you're one of the most recently active admins in the block-log and on AIV and the originally-blocking admin is off-wiki for a while, but any chance you could tweak the block on TrackerMartin to disallow editing their own user talk and then CSD their usertalk as attack page? This is rather egregious abuse of that privilege and as one of the many socks in Evlekis' drawer, they're not going to be unblocked anyway. I'd slap a CSD-tag on, but I don't want to feed the troll—also the reason I'm not going to one of the noticeboards with this (AIV would be useless, since a bot removes all already-blocked users; ANI and similar are just feeding them). AddWittyNameHere (talk) 20:24, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@AddWittyNameHere: Access revoked by me, pages deleted by some quicker ones. Thanks. Widr (talk) 20:39, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
You're welcome, and thanks. The other socks from the bunch this one originally was blocked in already had their talkpage access revoked, thankfully. (Made sure to check after finding this one) Also, (belatedly) congratulations on becoming admin! AddWittyNameHere (talk) 20:44, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much. :-) Widr (talk) 20:46, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
And has now returned as IP: 188.31.214.87 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log). Another case of already blocked, still has talkpage access. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 20:55, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
(talk page stalker) done, thanks. -- zzuuzz (talk) 20:58, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
zzuuzz beat me to it (again). Widr (talk) 21:00, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, then, @Zzuuzz:. Since it's Evlekis, I suspect there'll be opportunity for you to beat zzuuzz to it, though. Evlekis tends to be like the mole in a game of whack-a-mole. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 21:03, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

False Accusation of "Vandalism" on article Terry Bean

You made a false (and indeed foolish) allegation of "vandalism" on the Edit History page of the article "Terry Bean". No doubt there has been editing of material that the usual cabal doesn't like (because it shows Terry Bean as a child rapist, as he was accused by an Oregon prosecutor in 2014), but that doesn't constitute "vandalism". It is merely unwelcome editing that people who think they control that article do not want. Calling it "vandalism" is merely your ham-handed way to deal with the situation which you cannot otherwise control. 67.5.192.83 (talk) 20:28, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Changed to edit warring / content dispute. Widr (talk) 20:34, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Aha! So you admit you screwed up! You made the first accusation you could think of, no matter how false it was. And no, it wasn't "edit warring", at least not on my part. I am adding well-sourced material that others didn't want to see present on the article. That doesn't mean _I_ am guilty of "edit warring". They were removing the material I added, and they were doing so without using the Talk Page, as Wikipedia policy WP:BRD (Bold, Revert, and Discuss). They were, and are, refusing to discuss. Clearly you are sympathizing with them, and your actions help back them up. 67.5.192.83 (talk) 20:56, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Thomas.W: Thanks for letting me know. Widr (talk) 21:26, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Problem is, merely saying "going after Terry Bean" doesn't mean something against the rules, though I can see you'd like it to be against the rules. (If you could actually find something I'd done wrong, you'd have something more specific to say than "going after Terry Bean".) Stop pretending that the rules don't matter. I'm the one following the rules, you two thugs are two of the many people who are repeatedly refusing to follow the rules. A good clue can be had by looking at the Talk Page for Terry Bean: The people who are trying to "clean up" the article are exactly those people who refuse to WP:BRD (Bold, Revert, and DISCUSS) on the Talk Page. There is simply a group of people who are sitting on this article, defending Terry Bean despite his perversion, and you can't stand the idea of people who want to add (accurate, well-sourced) material that show him to be a child rapist. There must be a reason you defend him. You are probably aware of an old word that means, "that which sticks together". 67.5.192.83 (talk) 21:53, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

belated congratulations

I'm late, but congratulations on your successful RFA!
Allow me to impart the words of wisdom I received from the puppy after my RFA passed – almost nine long, sordid, I-oughta-have-found-a-better-hobby years ago:
  1. Remember you will always protect the wrong version. (I got nothing here. It's inevitable.)
  2. Remember you must always follow the rules, except for when you ignore them. Without exception, you will pick the wrong one to do. (See #5.)
  3. Remember to assume good faith and not bite. Remember that when you are applying these principles most diligently, you are probably dealing with a troll. (You'll attract many more of those now, because mop. They must like to drink the dirty water in the bucket.)
  4. Use the block ability sparingly. Enjoy the insults you receive when you do block, because really, what else is there to live for?
  5. Remember that when you make these errors, someone will be more than happy to point them out to you in dazzling clarity and descriptive terminology. It will not be a personal attack because we are admins and, therefore, we are all rouge anyway.
  6. Finally, remember to contact me if you ever need assistance, and I will do what I am able.


Katietalk 20:30, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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All rights released under GFDL.
@KrakatoaKatie: Hehe, thanks for this and for your recent support! Widr (talk) 20:42, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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