User talk:CambridgeBayWeather

Convert Template

Hey CambridgeBayWeather,

I added some convert templates to List of Canadian tornadoes and tornado outbreaks. The User:Suckerpunch that has undone both my edits and said No need to add conversion rates - Canada uses Metric system.In one of their edit summaries. Is this true for that article/list or should convert still be used?

Thanks Cheers - Kyle1278 (talk) 11:37, 23 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Suckerpunch I agree with Kyle1278-2 in that conversions should be provided, in this case, as per Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers#Unit conversions. Wikipedia is for a general audience and not just for people that understand metric. In some cases, such as {{Infobox settlement}}, the conversion is done automatically. I also noted in this edit that southwestern was capitalised. However, as per Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Compass points that should not be a capital. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 12:16, 23 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your quick answer. Cheers - Kyle1278 (talk) 12:32, 23 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Also worthy of note Kyle1278-2, not everyone in Canada is entirely fluent with metric... I know some people that really only use it for speeds, distances traveled by car (i.e. kilometers and kilometers per hour), and temperatures (there is a reason that grocery stores still list prices of meat in price per pound, as well as per kg). While I was born after metrification (is that the word?), I didn't really utilize it in every day use (beyond what is listed above) until I was in my mid 20s. Even now, I still have to flip back and forth between metric and imperial depending on who my audience is. I would probably use imperial more so if I didn't spend so much time working in Asia, where most people don't know it.--kelapstick^(bainuu) 22:16, 23 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That is something I will definitely take note, thanks for mentioning that. Same here born after, but I still use a lot of imperial units for measurement. Being next to he largest uses of the imperial system has some effect. Thanks again! :D Cheers - Kyle1278 (talk) 13:49, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Mayuto Correa

Hiya! I found your name on the History tab of the article Mayuto Correa. Can you please leave a message over at Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard#Mayuto_Correa? Thanks in advance, (((The Quixotic Potato))) (talk) 21:05, 26 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again, good work! (((The Quixotic Potato))) (talk) 21:10, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Exciting times

What a day for Cambridge Bay! Are the relevant pages all up to your standards? Do let me know if there are any you want me to have a look at. Carbon Caryatid (talk) 21:11, 1 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Carbon Caryatid. All going fine here, how about with you? I need to take a run over to the river and see if I can get some updated pictures of Maud (ship). See here. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 21:36, 1 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I made a few improvements to Maud. (When I hear the name, I still think of the completely unrelated Tennyson poem, and the delicious criticism that the title had "one vowel too many". ) It strikes me that Wikipedia is weak on expeditions, historic ones at any rate. I had thought they would be well-covered: systemic bias working in their favour, but apparently not. Have you any thoughts on this? And are you involved with the Ultima Thule project you told me about? Carbon Caryatid (talk) 11:06, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. No I'm not involved with it. Still trying to research stuff for the expedition but without access to a decent library it's hard. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 01:05, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This is very cool! I wouldn't have known about this except that I am abusively stalking your talk page. Shock Brigade Harvester Boris (talk) 02:03, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I got some pictures earlier but still have to see how they came out. Also go a picture of one of our new fire hydrants. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 03:10, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting that the first pic there is of a hydrant in Charlottesville, Virginia where I lived for seven years. Small world. Anyway, do you need special hydrants because of the climate? Shock Brigade Harvester Boris (talk) 03:31, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure if there is anything special. They are laying an underground water line to have a utility system for the new Canadian High Arctic Research Station. Rumour has it that they are going to supply the new houses but I thought it would be for the station. Normally we get our water delivered by truck which is not something that could be practically done on a building that large. However, at this point they are beyond the houses and not going in the right direction for the station. They seem to be heading for the old water pump house. A friend of mine said that they have them in Resolute, Nunavut and when the RCMP house caught fire the hydrants were frozen. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 05:04, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

What is CEC in Taiga Shield Ecozone (CEC)?

The author of the name has been blocked, so I'm not able to ask him.Xx236 (talk) 09:07, 10 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Xx236. Wow, that took a while to figure out and involved going off Wikipedia to find it. It stands for the Commission for Environmental Cooperation who defined the ecozone and is used to differentiate them from ones designated by the World Wide Fund for Nature. See List of ecoregions in North America (CEC) and List of ecoregions (WWF). If you look at Category:Ecozones of Canada there are quite a few of them with (CEC). I checked the [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/Commission_for_Environmental_Cooperation&limit=250 what links here for the Commission for Environmental Cooperation and found on four links with (CEC) in the name, one is the above list, two were redirects and only one, Mixed Wood Plains Ecozone (CEC), was a proper link. I have a few other things to do but later I will go through them and add something like "as defined by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation" to the first sentence. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 15:50, 10 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you.Xx236 (talk) 07:17, 11 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Captain Asfandyar Bukhari Shaheed vs. Asfandyar Bukhari Shaheed

Hello CambridgeBayWeather. A few weeks ago you moved Captain Asfandyar Bukhari Shaheed to Asfandyar Bukhari Shaheed. User AbdulQahaar, a relatively new author, meanwhile reverted that move. I must say that I concur with your move and tried to explain the reasoning behind this to AbdulQahaar at User talk:AbdulQahaar#Captain Asfandyar Bukhari Shaheed. I hope this can be solved without an edit war, so if you want to move the article to a title without the "Captain" in front of it and keep Captain Asfandyar Bukhari Shaheed as a redirect, you would have my backing for this as I think this would be in line with the article naming practice on Wikipedia. --Proofreader (talk) 21:23, 13 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Proofreader. Thanks. I did move it back and left them a short note. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 04:48, 14 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Deh Cho Bridge

Thanx for uploading an image of the bridge, wikipedia really needed one! 24.108.58.49 (talk) 21:52, 15 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello CBW. I hope that you are well This was posted on your userpage. I have moved it here so you would have a better chance to see it. Cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 22:06, 15 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to both of you. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 07:54, 16 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Removing backlinks after deletion

Hi, I noticed that after deleting Francesca Hunt several months ago, you omitted to remove backlinks from lists etc where entries had been added for this non-notable person. Please note that this housekeeping task is mentioned in the admin instructions for the various deletion processes. If you normally do it but overlooked it on this occasion, please forgive my intrusion. Otherwise, I hope this is a helpful pointer. Keep up the good work! – Fayenatic London 12:06, 26 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Fayenatic london. I plead stupidity. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 14:56, 26 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Tigrinyas

Greetings! When you have the time, could you please have a look at Tigrinyas? As per the speculation template, the link-thrus which don't indicate that the individuals have Tigrinya parentage should be removed. Kind Regards-- Soupforone (talk) 15:24, 1 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Soupforone. Each one needs checking. I see that according to the source in his article that Nat Berhe is Tigrinya. Just an example. If there are sources then they should be copied to the Tigrinyas page. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 15:57, 1 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, that is what I had assumed. I verified the link-thrus, and the Berhe one indicates that his father was Eritrean and spoke Tigrinya. However, this doesn't necessarily imply that he was ethnically Tigrinya since the Tigrinya language serves as the de facto national language in Eritrea. As regards the other link-thrus, only the Afewerki and Meles ones appear to indicate that they were of Tigrinya parentage. Given this and the template instruction, what do you think is the best way to proceed? Kind Regards-- Soupforone (talk) 16:07, 1 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Soupforone. Just make sure that the ones that have sources are referenced. Then use the talk page to discuss the others. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 17:47, 1 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

CambridgeBay, it appears Soupforone deleted after his own personal analysis and requirements, Wikipedia:There is no deadline Why was there such a rush on his part to delete and give the opportunity for other editors to discuss each person, how can we discuss the Persons if they are deleted from the Notable Persons list with the links provided to their articles? How can we discuss and verify what isn't there anymore? At minimum, bring the Notable Persons in the article for different editors to go through each article and verify or edit? Otakrem (talk) 00:21, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Alright thanks, that makes sense. I already noted as much there [1]. I'll keep you posted. Cheers-- Soupforone (talk) 19:02, 1 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Alot of those people are/were of the Tigrinya ethnicity. Bahta Hagos was a AkeleGuzay Tigrinya. Ras Woldemikael was a Hamasien Tigrinya. Yemane Barya (Gebremichael) was a Tigrinya. Helen Meles is a Tigrinya. Nat Berhe's father is a Tigrinya. Outright deleting them is the wrong decision here. A Tigrinya person is an Eritrean who speaks Tigrinya as their mother tongue and who has ancestry in a village in one of the three Kebessa (Highland) Districts: AkeleGuzay, Hamassien, and Seraye. Alot of those people that have been deleted do meet this criteria. Every source doesn't have to say they are outright Tigrinya or of Tigrinya parents. I think it is best to revert your edits Soupforone.Otakrem (talk) 21:12, 1 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Otakrem. They need sources though. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 21:16, 1 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This is funny in the Tigrayan article, an entire list of "Aksumite emperors" are listed as Notable Tigrayans and Tigrinyas with no reliable sources and the sources do not even state they were Tigrinyas or Tigrayans. Yet these Notable Tigrinyas who most are living persons from Eritrea with Tigrinya names, are not considered Tigrinyas? Hahaha the irony of double standards in article logics.Otakrem (talk) 21:25, 1 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Otakrem. It is because they are living people that they require sources. See WP:BLP. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 21:30, 1 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Cambridge, not all of the People that Soupforone deleted are living persons actually, these are deceased persons: Aman Andom, Bahta Hagos, Ras Woldemikael, etc. So the deceased persons should be reinstated otherwise its a double standard to remove them here and permit "Aksumite kings" to be presented as "Notable Tigrayans" on the Tigrayans article.Otakrem (talk) 04:01, 2 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Otakrem, with respect, that is not how WP:QUESTIONABLE, WP:Common knowledge, WP:NOTMADEUP and Template:Speculation work. As CambridgeBayWeather explained, you can't just claim that so and so is of Tigrinya parentage (whether they are alive or dead). Per WP:BLP and the aforementioned policies, you first need to source this properly on their respective pages. Only then can they can be appended. The good thing about ethnicity is that it is relatively objective (as opposed to something artificial like race), and thus it is easy to substantiate within Wikipedia's policies. Just link their actual ethnic heritage on their respective pages, and we're good to go. This should be easy to do if they indeed are of Tigrinya parentage. Soupforone (talk) 16:00, 2 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree ethnicity is not always clear cut. Infact, a person can be genetically multiple ethnicities but identifies with their dominant grouping. This is not fair and a double standard when other Articles are permitted to do. Someone is of two-ethnicities then they would be identified in both Ethnic Articles. By your logic, I can go delete every Notable Amhara, Notable Oromo, Notable Tigrayan because none of those articles have this requirement that you are using here.Otakrem (talk) 03:17, 3 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A person can indeed belong to a single or multiple ethnic groups. However, on wiki, this parentage must be verifiable. One can't just claim that so and so is Tigrinya because it's WP:Common knowledge, he/she speaks such and such a language, was born in this or that district, or whatever. And yes, this and the other policies and guidelines above obviously also apply to the Amhara, Oromo, Tigrayans and every other actual ethnic group. Soupforone (talk) 16:20, 3 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Are you requiring that Eritrean Tigrinyas show their IDs in "reliable sources"? What exactly should a source say? Since obviously, you state that "district" and "language spoken", etc don't qualify for someone to identify their ethnicity? Seems you've set a Higher Requirement/Standard for Eritrean Tigrinyas. I will be viewing the Amhara, Oromo, Tigrayan pages to see if you personally will be deleting those Notable Persons also. Are you going to delete those Notable Persons from those Articles since they do not meet this Requirement? In 2 days, I will review those articles, if you did not delete those Notable persons from those Articles, then I will seek further administration support for Unequal application of the Wikipedia Guidelines. Requested Action from You:Confirm to me in 2 days with diffs and the Same Talkpage discussion on each of those pages.Otakrem (talk) 23:16, 3 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:There is no deadline. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 00:03, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That is understood, but I will be waiting for the same application of the guidelines for the other articles. Also, I would like clear requirements of what is considered an ethnic identification for some person (living or deceased) in their own article, since Soupforone stated that "speaking a language", or "was born in this or that district" is not enough, then this needs to be provided in a specific Wikipedia guideline. Fairness and Consistency in application of Wikipedia guidelines is all I am requesting here.Otakrem (talk) 00:11, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Otakrem, I don't have the time to do all that nor am I obligated to policy-wise. Should you encounter this, though, just make sure on your end that the link-thrus establish that the folks are indeed of actual Tigrinya, Amhara, Oromo, etc. parentage or belong to these ethnic groups' respective clans. This implies common ancestors, which is what actual, non-assimilated ethnic groups objectively boil down to. Soupforone (talk) 02:29, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Things like membership in Clans or subdivisions of Ethnic groups is not something captured for Every ethnic group especially one that does not communicate the breakdown of its ethnic group. This is an extraordinary expectation for the Tigrinya ethnic group. By using this logic, that means every Notable Person in any ethnic group without Online/Internet accessible documentation can be Deleted Immediately just as you have done with these Persons. We should come up with some criteria based on the available online/accessible sources not only for the Tigrinya but other ethnic groups in this situation. Do you agree? Otakrem (talk) 07:14, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It's actually pretty straightforward. Speaking Tigrinya (which is the de facto national language of Eritrea) or being born into a particular national district (no district is 100% Tigrinya) are not necessarily indications that an individual is ethnically Tigrinya. A person is ethnically Tigrinya if he/she has either Tigrinya parentage or belongs to a non-assimilated Tigrinya clan, as this implies the sharing of actual common/blood ancestors. Soupforone (talk) 18:03, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A Tigrinya person = Family language Tigrinya, Family origin (a village in AkeleGuzay, Seraye, or Hamasien), Tigrinya name(Gebremichael, Teklehamainot, Deres, Andom, Afewerki, etc), (Predominately Christian but some Muslim (Jeberti). Tigrinya is spoken by 60% of the people in Eritrea not 100%. The Tigrinya population is 50% of the Eritrean population. Tigrinya, Bilen, Tigre, Saho live amongst each other but the Tigre and Saho are pastoralist while the Tigrinya and Bilen are agriculturalists. A Tigrinya person does not have scarring on their face. Tigre, Bilen do use scarring on their face. "Non-assimilated Tigrinya "clan". By the way, the term "clan" is not used in the Tigrinya lexicon. There are plenty of books written on this and your constant deletion of because they meet these requirements is totally against Fact.Otakrem (talk) 19:25, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Well, that's rather ironic since the link you proffered on the ruler Woldemariam Solomon (whom you insisted was ethnically Tigrinya) indicates that he hailed from the "Hazega clan" [2]. This sort of thing and general unfamiliarity with website policy is what is the actual sticking point here, though it needn't be. Again, just link their actual ethnic heritage on their respective pages, and we're good to go. This should be fairly straightforward to do if they indeed are of Tigrinya parentage [3]. Soupforone (talk) 02:36, 5 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Go read the Tigrinyas Talkpage Discussion, I linked a better source on the breakdown of Tigrinya ethnic group and other facets of the ethnicities characteristics. And its not "Woldemariam" it's "Woldemichael".Otakrem (talk) 04:56, 5 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's better. Soupforone (talk) 15:58, 5 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Soupforone according to you: A Tigrinya person = Family language Tigrinya, Family origin (a village in AkeleGuzay, Seraye, or Hamasien), Tigrinya name(Gebremichael, Teklehamainot, Deres, Andom, Afewerki, etc), (Predominately Christian but some Muslim (Jeberti).. You have forgotten that many listed on that list are from the diaspora they do not need to be from a specific village, and every one of them had a Tigrinya name. as user:Otakrem has pointed out a source that they are Tigrinya speakers and have Tigrinya name will much do. Richard0048 (talk) 17:05, 23 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I never suggested that they had to be from a specific village or any of that stuff in bold (?). What I actually wrote was that speaking Tigrinya (which is the de facto national language of Eritrea) or being born into a particular national district (no district is 100% Tigrinya) are not necessarily indications that an individual is ethnically Tigrinya. A person is ethnically Tigrinya if he/she has either Tigrinya parentage or belongs to a non-assimilated Tigrinya clan, as this implies the sharing of actual common/blood ancestors. Please also see the policy links and CambridgeBayWeather's indications above. Soupforone (talk) 17:16, 23 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It will much do if the person has a Tigrinya name, alongside being a Tigrinya speaker or having Tigrinya parentage. One of them will work. As in the case Nat Berhe, a Tigrinya name and parent that do speak Tigrinya. Richard0048 (talk) 17:40, 23 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The thing is that many adjacent Falasha and other non-Tigrinyas have adopted the Tigrinya language and culture [4]. Therefore, a person is ethnically Tigrinya only if he/she has either Tigrinya parentage or belongs to a non-assimilated Tigrinya clan. Soupforone (talk) 02:51, 24 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The group you mentioned above does not have the typical names as people of Tigrinya, they are not even from Eritrea they are Ethiopians. Each and every name that were put on the list was a Tigrinya name, and if there is a source claiming that they are Tigrinya speakers, it is sufficient to add them to the list. Richard0048 (talk) 17:00, 24 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

File

Greetings! File:Dgdfg.jpg seems to be a copyright infringement of a file originally published here. A user claims that that url doesn't exist, but it's working alright for me. The file also appears on an older webpage screenshot [5]. Is the url working on your end? Kind Regards-- Soupforone (talk) 03:07, 20 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Soupforone. Thanks. It was a copyright violation and I deleted it. I found the original here which was from 2005. Before it was uploaded here. Good catch. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 03:28, 20 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Extended confirmed protection

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Thanks for Terror Bay Help

Thank you for adding the map and making the other enhancements to the Terror Bay article! Dan Conlin (talk) 17:04, 24 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Dan Conlin. I was looking for the Inuktitut name which I suspect is on this atlas (to the east) but a lot of places don't have the English equivalent. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 19:41, 24 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I was wondering about the same thing. That Atlas is very interesting. So if I read it right orange dot, would the Inuktitut name for Terror Bay be "Amitruq"?Dan Conlin (talk) 03:08, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Probably. If you got to the map and type in amitruq it leads to the correct area. It gives 68°54′56″N 99°03′09″W / 68.9156163648901°N 99.0525042109555°W which is in the right area. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 07:02, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

B'Tselem

I'm a little confused by your decline on extended confirmed protection for B'Tselem. The general use guidelines are for when semi-protection is ineffective on any topic, but this page is related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. My understanding of WP:ARBPIA3#500/30 was that anyone under 500/30 is categorically prohibited from editing pages related to the conflict, regardless of how much vandalism or edit warring there has been on that specific page. If all edits from such users are going to be reverted on sight anyway, then why not put the protection on the page? agtx 14:19, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I was looking at Wikipedia:Protection policy#Extended confirmed protection. I don't really think that reverting a good edit just because it was an IP or didn't meet the 500/30 is a good idea. Right now the regular semi seems to be working. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 17:53, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

But I think ArbCom already decided that semi-protection wasn't working for any page related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. If we're doing a WP:IAR thing here, that's fine, you can tell me that. But my understanding is that per the ArbCom ruling, 500/30 applies without exception to any edits on pages related to that topic. Do you read it differently? agtx 19:16, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

From the Wikipedia:Protection policy#Extended confirmed protection it is not clear that the ArbCom ruling still applies. If it does why is it not included in that section. In four months I see only one reverted edit so it looks like semi is working. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 21:17, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

List of Adventure Time episodes

Hi! Is there anyway you could love the protection on this page just a little, from full protection to extended confirmed protection? I've been working for awhile on getting this article to the highest possible quality that it can be, and now I can't access it. The person who started the edit war has ~~only been on the site for 5 days and has only made 100 edits~~ been banned, so extended confirmed protection should prevent a repeat of what just happened.--Gen. Quon (Talk) 14:58, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Reduced to semi. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 17:55, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much!--Gen. Quon (Talk) 18:02, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring

I'm kinda questioning your judgment in deciding this case. While I do agree the protection was needed, the defending editor has exhibited a long-term pattern of edit warring, and was already blocked seven times for it, including the two recent blocks that occurred in a span of just two months. Electric Burst^{(Electron firings)}_(Zaps) 17:01, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not a fan of blocking in cases of edit warring, especially when two editors would have required blocking. My feeling is that if they are blocked then no discussion is going to take place. If the page is protected they at least the possibility for discussion is there. Of course they may not choose to use it. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 18:02, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

We have chosen to use it. Electricburst1996 has been hounding me and questions any administrator that doesn't indefinitely block me. Now, he is attempting to forum shop this to WP:ANI. Spshu (talk) 19:25, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Srictly Come Dancing Series 14 (2016)

Wikipedia is a site for everyone to use, regardless of whether or not they wish to set up an account. Please remove the protection to this article so that the founding principle of wikipedia can be followed by those of us who have relevant (and sourced) content to add. There are many who disrupt wikipedia with bad edits, but they can be undone with a flick of the cursor if they trouble you so much. Wikipedia is not a site simply for the elite or those who believe they own articles. If you don't like my edits, you can always undo them, but everyone should have the opportunity to make them. That's why wikipedia exists. Thank you. 61.220.162.2 (talk) 02:09, 29 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You have not made any edits to the article. I protected it due to a request at WP:RFPP and not because of something I wanted. If you have information to add then make a request at Talk:Strictly Come Dancing (series 14) using {{Request edit}}. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 02:57, 29 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No, I have not made any edits, because the page is protected, so I cannot. I'd have thought that was painfully obvious to the person who locked it. Wikipedia was not set up so that editors wishing to make constructive, sourced edits had to go begging to other editors with superior powers in order to make edits. Perhaps you weren't aware of that. I won't be making any 'requests' to edit an article that should be freely open to anyone to edit; something Wikipedia was specifically created for. Enjoy your power and control. I'm sure it makes you feel very superior.218.161.125.238 (talk) 09:42, 29 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

My edits/fixes were removed by accident

Hi there, I notice my edits/fixes for currency.wiki syntax were removed by Mascarponette here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Exchange_rate and protected by you. My edits has nothing to do with transfermate/tranferwise so my question is, how do I revert/return my changes back? Thanks Tomdavis1 (talk) 04:36, 29 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Go to Template talk:Exchange rate and use {{Request edit}}. Make sure to explain exactly what you want. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 04:49, 29 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]