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WP:CBAN for Krajoyn

On Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard, I have started a discussion of a potential CBAN of Krajoyn which you might have been involved in.

The discussion is linked at WP:CBAN for Krajoyn. Iggy (Swan) 19:21, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Iggy the Swan! Thanks for the heads up! Sorry I couldn't add to the discussion in time, but it looks like it closed and with the result I expected. Thanks again for the notice, and I hope you're doing well. Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 17:32, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
It was already archived before I logged in after the reply. What I'm not sure about (with this or ZestyLemonz cases) is how much of this would be effective as IP addresses can belong to anyone. I think they are not allowed to create anymore accounts (not 100% sure). However, enough support was there to ban Krajoyn. Iggy (Swan) 18:12, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Iggy the Swan - Well, a site ban won't truly stop anybody from creating new accounts or from editing against their ban - just the accounts and IPs that we've blocked with account creation set to 'disabled'. A formal ban in this situation just gives editors the ability to report and block on sight any users or IPs they identify as the banned user and with less "red tape" that may cause delays otherwise (if any was even getting in the way in the first place). Formal discussions and votes on community site-banning LTA accounts and those who have a clear agenda to disrupt the project using any means necessary is becoming more and more discouraged by their participants in recent times - mostly because such discussions aren't really necessary once a user gets to that level of disruption and abuse. At that point, they're pretty much treated as if they were site-banned anyways. The only thing that's missing is a formal discussion and close stating that "[User X] is now formally site-banned from the project".
Now don't get me wrong: formal ban discussions are important and absolutely needed for users that are repeatedly being problematic or disruptive and don't fall into the situation I'm referring to above. However, when it comes to accounts that are being blatantly abusive long-term, are clearly intent on causing any and as much disruption as possible (such as those listed as LTA users), and whom repeatedly switch IPs or create sock puppet accounts to continue their abusive behavior ... it just becomes obvious at a certain point. Having an official discussion and "pounding the gavel" to rule these users as officially site-banned just feeds them more of what they want, which is something we obviously want to avoid doing. What's still up in the air for the most part regarding the situation of LTA accounts and considering them site-banned automatically are just formalities - mainly closing an official discussion on this and updating policy to reflect what the community feels should be done (and what we're basically doing already). Once this is done, the process regarding this very situation will be made very much more easier and clear: we'll be removing the red tape that says that we need a formal discussion in order to... remove red tape... haha :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 18:42, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Threat by anonymous IP

I doubt it's serious, but I saw a threat against you (and, oddly, Cluebot) here per the reporting process. I alerted the emergency email and they're looking at it, but wanted you to have a heads up.

--KNHaw (talk) 23:42, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have seen people threating users, but never against Cluebot. TBH we most likely all have beef against Cluebot,(For stealing our reverts) but this is just insane. Lakeside Out!-LakesideMinersClick Here To Talk To Me! 13:38, 20 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@LakesideMiners: I have personally been requested to ban a vandal (by that vandal) and called a "stupid foo" saying they invented potato technology and I have seen others beg Cluebot to ban/block them, but outright threatening Cluebot? That is something I never thought I would see. I guess they didn't take the hint in the username that Cluebot might, you know, be a bot? LOL.
As for the threats against Oshwah, you acted appropriately KNHaw - good on you for reporting it. --TheSandDoctor (talk) 17:12, 20 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
My God! That is one of the best things I have ever seen! Lakeside Out!-LakesideMinersClick Here To Talk To Me! 17:22, 20 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the response. The account got banned within minutes of me sending to the email. It's good to know they have a fast response.
FYI, I also just let the Cluebot crew know about it. I think they'll find it amusing.
--KNHaw (talk) 18:07, 20 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@KNHaw:@LakesideMiners: I agree, that is why I saved the URL to one of those diffs locally (and found others via it). While (To be clear,) I do not condone vandalism in any way nor do I find it "funny", that was definitely...unique... IMO. I was glad when the account finally stopped (was blocked) but demanding a non-administrator and a non-administrative bot block their account, thinking the bot an actual person, was somewhat amusing. --TheSandDoctor (talk) 19:32, 20 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hey just following-up here: A big "thanks" to everyone who discussed this and for doing the right thing by reporting the threat to the proper channels. Best - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 17:34, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

page protection: Pocahontas

Hello. Could you please protect Pocahontas? the whole history is full of vandals. It was protected for some time, but now that the protection has expired, it's starting again. Thanks. L293D (✉) 02:30, 20 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi L293D. I'm not sure Oshwah is on right now. Anyways, I took a look and you are right. There is a history of pervasive vandalism going back years despite multiple temporary protections. I have indefinitely protected the article. -Ad Orientem (talk) 14:21, 20 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. L293D (✉) 14:23, 20 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Ad Orientem - Thanks for taking care of that request while I was offline - much appreciated! ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 17:34, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
NP. Happy to help. -Ad Orientem (talk) 20:27, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Log Redaction question

Hello Oshwah, in regard to the log redaction you made here, can you please review this deletion and provide an explanation for your redaction? (or reverse it). Thank you, — xaosflux Talk 15:01, 20 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Xaosflux - This redaction was made because I stated only a few minutes prior to an IP that if they created themselves an account and let me know what it was, that I'd manually confirm it for them. To keep this new account's IP address hidden for this person's privacy, I had those previous edits redacted. Because someone could easily see the messages between myself and the IP address (which just created and confirmed an account) and then look through my logs and see the account I flagged as 'confirmed' within that immediate timeline, I redacted the log of the account I manually confirmed so that nobody could do this. Please let me know if you have any further messages or concerns about this log redaction, and I'll be happy to answer them. Thanks for the message and for sharing your concerns about this log. Best - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 17:39, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
It looks like the IP to USER conversation has since been oversighted, is there still a reason this needs to be hidden? — xaosflux Talk 18:18, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Xaosflux - Let me take another look. Depending on what was suppressed, if someone can't establish the account's IP based on what was removed, then sure - I can definitely undo that redaction. Stand by. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 19:37, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Xaosflux - Meh, someone would have to dig and try pretty hard to connect these dots... I'll go ahead and undo the redaction to that log. Since enough time has passed, I'm not particularly worried about it. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 22:12, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, happy editing. — xaosflux Talk 22:21, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Xaosflux - I appreciate you for messaging me and asking about it. I mean, it really is a weird log that isn't typically redacted... But there was good reason for it ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 22:23, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

108.180.194.7

Would it be possible to revoke his talk page access? He keeps doing things like this:[1][2] --Guy Macon (talk) 15:51, 20 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Guy Macon -  Done. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 17:42, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Block evasion at article talk page

Hi Oshwah, it’s Bob, on the road. This [3] needs to be protected, since the vandal can’t disrupt the article. Thanks and cheers, 50.74.82.234 (talk) 02:57, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

 Done - L293D (☎ • ✎) 12:47, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Bob! The talk page has been protected by another admin. Let me know if you need anything else and I'll be happy to help. Safe travels! ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 17:43, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

messed-up redirect

Hi, could you please delete Wikpedia:~? I wanted to create a redirect but I didn't notice I had put a typo in the page name. (Actually, the redirect already exists as Wikipedia:~) Thanks. L293D (☎ • ✎) 03:33, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@L293D:  Done — xaosflux Talk 04:51, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Xaosflux - Thanks for taking care of that while I was away. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 17:44, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Glen Schofield

He has left sledgehammer games along with Michael Condrey to become executives in activision I hope you could update his page ASAP. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.99.60.159 (talk) 12:41, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If you're talking about changing or updating the article content of this person, you need to cite reliable sources with these changes per Wikipedia's policy on biographies of living people. If you have any more questions or need help, feel free to let me know. Thanks for the message - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 17:45, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

IP:119.14.62.94

Hello Oshwah, IP 119.14.62.94 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), whom you recently blocked, is again inserting unsourced information, this time on American Airlines. Not only have they started edit warring, but also left obscene comments - rather than any reason for their changes. Can I leave this with you please? Regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 19:41, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging @Primefac: as I do not believe Oshwah to be available based on recent activity --TheSandDoctor (talk) 20:11, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hi TheSandDoctor! Thanks for the message and for the heads up. It looks like the user stopped disrupting this article, but now I'm seeing edits being made to Thai Airways that I'm going to need to look into..... wonderful. Thanks again for the heads up - I'll go check it out. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 17:49, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
You're welcome, but it was David J Johnson that made the report, I merely pinged Primefac as (based on your contribs) you were not active at the time (I hope that that is okay). --TheSandDoctor (talk) 20:22, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Bah! Sorry... Must've copied from the wrong field and didn't catch myself :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 20:23, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
No problem! It doesn't bother me or anything (seriously, being pinged is something I don't mind and appreciate in discussions that I have taken part in), I just didn't want to take the credit for the report when I was not the person who made it . All's good --TheSandDoctor (talk) 20:35, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Annie Kenney

I had an accurate statemant as an avid wikipediar and this is my life and I am a kaiserreich player who know true history — Preceding unsigned comment added by JackAnvil (talk • contribs) 16:21, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) Hello there JackAnvil, I assume that you are talking about the two (1, 2) edits that you made to Annie Kenney before adding this to Oshwah's talk page. In the case of the first edit made to Annie Kenney, the occupation was changed from " Political activism and trade unionism" to "Potential leader of Union of Britain", in the second you changed the "known for" field to read "Being a feminist and lame leader" (both of which Oshwah reverted). Considering that these two edits were the first that you have made with this account, if they were test edits, the best place to perform test edits without impacting current articles would be to do so in your sandbox (you can click the red link to create it). Otherwise, the edits you made could be considered non-constructive in nature. Regardless of which case it may be, they were rightly reverted as they were either test-edits on articles (which should be done in your sandbox) or were not constructive in nature.
I also took the liberty of looking into the other two contributions you have made, (1, 2) and they fall under the same category.
If you have any other questions (or if you would like to chime in Oshwah) please do feel free to do so. --TheSandDoctor (talk) 20:19, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia:Tutorial would also be a good place to start as it summarizes our project goals and may help to give a better picture of what is a constructive edit. (Wikipedia:Introduction or that might be a good place to start as well). --TheSandDoctor (talk) 20:38, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Can I get your input on an edit request

Hi, Oshwah. I'm asking you for some advice because I know you are more familiar with My Royal Young than I. This edit request seems innocuous and I was going to update it but then I saw that MRY had created his own LTA page and it occurred to me that this might be an attempt by that person to "put a notch in their belt", as it were. The CBAN doesn't change anything substantiative so it really does not need to be noted on the LTA page. It seems suspicious that a new anon user would both be interested in updating LTA pages and that they would be able to put together an edit request complete with diff. Any reaction you have to this is welcome. Thanks in advance. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 17:02, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Eggishorn, and thanks for leaving me a message with your concerns. Yeah, I'm suspicious as well - especially given that this IP made this edit request you linked, then immediately created a discussion on AN regarding that ban, followed by a new request at RFPP with a list of articles that MRY has apparently been editing... either this user is completely legitimate or this user is up to something. I'll assume good faith and simply decline the edit request. There's no need to update the LTA page with that information. Thanks again for the message - much appreciated... and quite... interesting... ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 18:03, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the reply. I'm glad that my concerns weren't completely off the mark. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 20:03, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Eggishorn - You bet; always happy to lend a hand ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 20:22, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

question about edit to AirPods entry

Oshwah, You wrote me to tell me that you removed an entry I made on the AirPods page because you felt that it wasn't "neutral" enough. What exactly did you remove, and why did you think that it wasn't neutral? My intention was to simply be fact-based. If I wasn't, I would like to learn how and why so that I can correct the content I originally wanted to add. Thanks! Michael MrGernBlanston (talk) 20:40, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@MrGernBlanston: While I cannot speak towards Oshwah's reasoning, I can clear up what was removed. If you click here you can see the edit where the content was reverted. Hope that helps! --TheSandDoctor (talk) 20:50, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@TheSandDoctor: Thank you! MrGernBlanston (talk) 21:09, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hi MrGernBlanston, and thanks for leaving me a message here with your questions. The edit I reverted was made by you back in May 2017 and is located here. The reason I reverted this edit was due to my concerns with the addition of this phrase, as well as how it was worded. It comes off as speaking favorably about the AirPods due to their price being lower compared to other models, as well as the fact that the words "true wireless" were put into quotations like that. While you certainly and most likely didn't mean to state or imply any point of view with your edit here, this phrase can be interpreted to be representing a point of view that isn't neutral. Please let me know if you have any more questions and I'll be happy to answer them and assist you further. Thanks again for leaving me a message, and I wish you happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 21:17, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

trouble with photo sizing

Oshwah, I recently made an addition to a Wiki page called "List of People From Chicago" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Chicago?wteswitched=1 ). I added an entry for a famous Chicago writer named Ring Lardner. Everything seemed to be going great, except when I added a photo. It seemed to be really big, and didn't match the size of all the other thumbnails. I used the Wikipedia "media browser" within the editing function, and selected an approved photo from the Ring Lardner Wikipedia page. I assumed that the photo would automatically be formatted for the small space within the table, but it didn't. Can you take a look at the entry I made and make a suggestion on what I can do to fix the photo so that it formats as a small thumbnail within that table view?

Any help you can give is appreciated, thanks.

MrGernBlanston (talk) 21:04, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) @MrGernBlanston: All those images are set to be 80px. Help:Pictures will probably come in handy. Essentially, you add the image and then, in source add "|80px" to it (minus the quotes and inside the closing double brackets (]]). Hope that helps! If you need any assistance, please let us know. --TheSandDoctor (talk) 21:20, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hi MrGernBlanston! Yeah, pictures and media can be tricky at times depending on exactly what you need to do with them or exactly where it needs to be added. It looks like your only issue, however, was that you didn't resize it to be the same as the other pictures in the same table. I saw that most of them were set manually to be 80px large, so I went and applied the same manual size to the image you added. Does that look better? ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 21:22, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
If you have any other questions MrGernBlanston, please feel free to ask them here, on my talk page, at the Teahouse, or to another experienced editor/admin (but please try to leave individual discussions centralized to a single page). --TheSandDoctor (talk) 21:26, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@TheSandDoctor: @Oshwah: Thank you guys very much! Is there a way to resize the images using the visual editing mode? Source editing kinda freaks me out.

Also, is there a simply way to hit "reply" to the comments you guys make to me here?

Thanks! MrGernBlanston (talk) 23:26, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Good questions, MrGernBlanston. I don't use the visual editor but last I knew, I don't believe it had that kind of functionality built-in. The change to an image size is more of a "code change" than it is a "content change". I'm sure there are tools to add an easy way to reply to messages in discussions like this one, but again - I don't use them. I do know that there's a project that's currently in progress with developing an overhaul to talk discussions like these and with one such feature being the ability to easily reply to a message and post it. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 23:30, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, ~Oshwah~!

@MrGernBlanston: It can be done. In the VisualEditor, click the image, click edit, go to advanced settings. In there you can change the size etc. Under "custom", don't worry about calculating the second column, it is automatically calculated when you change the first. --TheSandDoctor (talk) 23:38, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oh! Well there you go! Shows how little I've used / tried it :-D ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 23:39, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict) I just thought that it might be, so went through the editor and saw. Personally, I have never changed image sizes via the VisualEditor (I am comfortable with code), but do use the visual editor for copyedits etc as it is easier. Glad I could help! --TheSandDoctor (talk) 23:43, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, TheSandDoctor! Your responses are so fast and so thorough. The visual editor makes it much easier for me to make quick changes. Feeling more comfortable already. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MrGernBlanston (talk • contribs) 00:39, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Eric Branch

Hi sorry, I don't really know how to use the talk feature, so I thought I'd mention the edit I made here. I have redone my edit of Eric Branch_(murderer)'s page and left a source. Sorry for any mixup. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:341:8100:A808:B511:2179:9D8A:A7AD (talk) 00:50, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! No worries! Thanks for showing me a link to a reference. I went ahead and cited it in the article for you. Please let me know if I can do anything else for you. Thanks again and I wish you happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 00:56, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm...

I tried this and so far, it looks like this. Whaddya think? Progress? - theWOLFchild 01:28, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thewolfchild - Nice. Any good faith attempts to help a new user are always cool with me! :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 01:30, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Screw you

Don't worry i wont edit anymore things. I have a question. Are you in the wiki website exactly in this moment? Also, can you delete my account? I don't feel like doing it THANKS. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bwickhead (talk • contribs) 01:52, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Accounts cannot be deleted, sorry. Just stop using it and you'll be fine. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 01:54, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

My article

Hey,

The article you reverted about Young Thug was not vandalised. He changed his name to SEX, so I edited the article accordingly. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bandittx (talk • contribs) 02:22, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there Bandittx! Under normal circumstances, an edit such as this would indeed be considered non-constructive/vandalous (changing someone's name to "SEX"), but in this case, you are right, so I have gone ahead and reinstated the edit (with a citation added to dispel any doubt). In the future, with name changes it is a good idea to add a citation, especially if changing it to something that would normally be considered a disruptive edit. That said, thank you for bringing this up Bandittx! Happy editing! --TheSandDoctor (talk) 03:21, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, I owe you my apologies then. Sorry for misinterpreting your edit as vandalism. I can see now that it clearly isn't the case. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 03:24, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello oshwa. how are you? Remember the red dots. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.45.44.235 (talk) 02:33, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

CU

Hi Oshwah, have you thought about requesting the CU bit for use in your antivandalism work? And you can have you Northeastern weather back!; rain, ice and slush. The highway was okay but the access road was hoon-nation. :( L3X1 ◊distænt write◊ 02:56, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi L3X1! We just had some snow over here on the west coast, but it's mostly melted now :-). You're too kind; please, I insist - keep that weather all to yourself over there ;-). I have considered applying and will probably consider doing so on the next election, which is quite some time from now... who knows, we'll see :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 02:59, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Ok L3X1 ◊distænt write◊ 03:01, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm...

Howdy! Just note this. I need you to use some common sense. (No offense. Got that, Oshwah? OK. Here we go!👍) So, please listen up. If Jake Steinfeld was born on February 21st, 1958, and it's February 22, tell me how he could still be 59. Do you need citations for THAT? (P.S. : Tell me on my talk page if you think I am being mean.)

-142.105.130.66 (talk) 03:00, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

<tps> You removed a template that automatically computes age based on birth date and left a manual edit that will never update. That's not common sense, is it? Acroterion (talk) 03:05, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict) Your edit here didn't just update the person's age to be from 59 to 60 - it also changed the year that the person was born from 1958 to 1959, as well as removed the template that we use (which automatically updates that information). This is why I reverted your edit. Please let me know if you have any more questions and I'll be happy to answer them. Thanks for the message :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 03:07, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You've got mail!

Hello, Oshwah. Please check your email; you've got mail!
Message added 03:13, 23 February 2018 (UTC). It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.

TheSandDoctor (talk) 03:13, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

TheSandDoctor - Just replied. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 03:16, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

oops, sorry

yes i was messing around and hit the publish button. didn't really mean to mess up kristie alley page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:5B0:4BD2:D4F8:5833:5CB5:B642:D389 (talk) 03:40, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) @2001:5B0:4BD2:D4F8:5833:5CB5:B642:D389: Mistakes happen. If you wish to experiment with editing, I would suggest using a sandbox (click blue text to learn more). --TheSandDoctor (talk) 03:44, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Were you aware...

That only 61 editors have made more edits than you? Color me impressed. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 03:58, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

MjolnirPants - Oh damn... I have almost 300,000 edits? Good lord...... ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 04:01, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Colour me double impressed. That is a LOT of edits (~281000 more than me! ). Keep up the good work! --TheSandDoctor (talk) 04:05, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Heh, well the edit count really isn't impressive knowing that (I'd estimate) about 90% of them are from recent changes patrolling... lol ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 04:10, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I did the math, myself, and you have about 25 times as many edits as I do (counting both of my accounts), and I'm a recent changes patroller, too. Though I often forget that I am for weeks on end. Speaking of which... ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 04:17, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I apparently need a hobby lol ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 04:33, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Seems to me like you have one already. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 04:38, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Same here MjolnirPants. Did the calculation myself. A little over 15 times my count haha. --TheSandDoctor (talk) 05:23, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I am sorry I thought the foundation of the act they introduced was the foundation date — Preceding unsigned comment added by 43.243.174.11 (talk) 05:07, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ahrar al-Sharkas

Somehow Ahrar al-Sharkas and my user page are interlinked and I would like them unlinked along with the artilce deleted, the material in the article isn't even about that group. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Takinginterest01 (talk • contribs) 05:38, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I just fixed the page moving and redirect issues for you. Please stop blanking the article. If you have issues with it, please discuss those concerns on the article's talk page. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 05:40, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This article for one is not relevant at all and two it leads to MY USER PAGE please delete it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Takinginterest01 (talk • contribs) 05:44, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Takinginterest01 - It's been moved back into the article space where it belongs. Your repeated attempts to move and blank it are disruptive - please stop. Why do you want this page deleted exactly? I don't understand... ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 05:49, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I was writing an article for a group in southern Syria active in 2014, but in my sandbox I was writing an article for a group called the Dzhokhar Dudayev Battalion which is active in Ukraine. I had to leave the Dudayev battalion page in my sandbox because when I tried to publish it, I got an error saying a page for it already exists but I didn't want my work to be deleted so I left it there and put in a request to an administrator to work it out.
Then I began writing about this other group in southern Syria in my sandbox but accidentally copied the Ukrainian group in instead then hit publish and some so I tried to move it back to my user page as I couldnt move it back to sandbox then from there I would just copy and paste the article's code into my sandbox and remove it from my USER PAGE and also to prevent it from being out on Wikipedia as it is all inaccurate, unfinished and an accident. Takinginterest01 (talk) 05:54, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Takinginterest01 - Okay, so it looks like we accidentally combined two articles into one then? Let me look at the history and see what I can do... ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 05:55, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Takinginterest01 - By the way, you know you're able to create more than one sandbox, right? You can use User:Takinginterest01/sandbox for one article, and then just create something like User:Takinginterest01/sandbox2 for your other one... :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 05:59, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
No I didnt know that but thank you for telling me, I think the best resolution to this situation would be to leave the page up but change it to "Dzhokhar Dudayev Battalion" I also dont want any articles leading to my user page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Takinginterest01 (talk • contribs) 06:01, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Takinginterest01 - Oh... well that's easy. Okay, I've moved the page to Dzhokhar Dudayev Battalion for you. All set! :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 06:04, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much for all your help Takinginterest01 (talk) 06:05, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Takinginterest01 - Hey, that's what I'm here for. You're quite welcome :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 06:06, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oshwah, Ahrar al-Sharkas is now a redirect to User:Takinginterest01/sandbox2. Was that intended? As current it is technically CSD R2 eligible. --TheSandDoctor (talk) 07:05, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, thanks. That wasn't supposed to leave a redirect :-). Fixed. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 07:08, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
No problem! (Unrelated) please check your email too when you get the chance. Thanks! --TheSandDoctor (talk) 07:10, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Done. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 07:12, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Shouldn't Mad Love (Sean Paul song) be at Mad Love (Sean Paul and David Guetta song)?

Hi Oshwah. I see you commented at WP:ANI under Giangkiefer's post and ended up doing a histmerge. However, shouldn't the article history be at Mad Love (Sean Paul and David Guetta song)? David Guetta receives equal credit on the song with Sean Paul. He's not a featured artist. This is why Hayman30 created their separate content at the title crediting both. Ss112 07:20, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ss112! I just moved the article to the title that was the shortest - I'm sure there's a title that's more proper or better than that one. If there is, anyone is free to discuss it amongst themselves (since there seemed to be disagreement) and move the article to the right title ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 07:24, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Duong Van Minh

You need to check the falsification of sources that he engages in, and edits such as [4] and [5] to see what this person is like — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bumbubookworm (talk • contribs) 09:18, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Bumbubookworm - That's something you need to discuss with the other user and on the articles' talk pages. Edit warring is not allowed; you need to engage in proper dispute resolution protocol and discuss this content dispute with the user. If they continue to disrupt and fail to discuss things in return, report them to the proper noticeboard - but don't engage in the behavior yourself... :-). Please stop making edits to these articles and start new talk page discussions. Thank you :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 09:23, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Well I didn't expect any better response from someone who doesn't actually write anything to encyclopedia, nor am I surprised that putting up falsified material on WP is perfectly ok — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bumbubookworm (talk • contribs) 09:26, 23 February 2018 (UTC) Can't you see that I was just minding my own business on Huế and was just removing a trivia section when he decided to follow me around and reinsert it just to try and get a reaction??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bumbubookworm (talk • contribs) 09:35, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If this is the case, then you're giving the user exactly what they want when you keep repeatedly reverting the article :-). Instead, you need to be discussing the issues with the user on the articles' talk pages or reporting the problem to the proper noticeboard if the issues can't be resolved. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 09:41, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, very clever, Mr Administrator, so everyone is equal even though one person is deliberately stalking the other person around and reinstating trivia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bumbubookworm (talk • contribs) 09:42, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I don't understand what you're trying to say. What I'm trying to tell you is that repeatedly reverting these articles and not discussing the issues with the user or reporting the user for disruption isn't going to resolve anything... ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 09:47, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Given that you never actually do any real editing, I'm not surprised you can't tell a clearcut case of stalking to simply reinstate trivia on an article that is otherwise of no interest to the other user. Nor am I surprised that you just simply quote mantras to try and sound smart — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bumbubookworm (talk • contribs) 09:50, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
If you don't feel that my responses and actions are satisfactory and you wish to escalate your concerns about this other user and what's going on, please feel free to file a report at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents and discuss the issue there. This will give other administrators the ability to review the situation. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 10:08, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

hello — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.208.152.39 (talk) 12:02, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thefanofwwe

Hi Oshwah. I noticed that you recently blocked User:Thefanofwwe for socking. The new user TheWrestlemaniaKing is making similar edits to my talk page as Thefanofwwe did. I don't know what other editor you determined Thefanofwwe to be a sock of, so could you have a look to see if TheWrestlemaniaKing is also? Thanks, -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:38, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Edgar181 - Can do. I'm taking a look now... ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 12:42, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Edgar181 - There's absolutely no doubt that these accounts are the same person. Shortly after Thefanofwwe is blocked, TheWrestlemaniaKing's account creation is logged. The user made similar messages on your talk page, and even spelled "confirmed" incorrectly the same way and on the same talk page (1, 2). I've blocked the account :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 12:49, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Also, to answer your other question: the edit made here by Thefanofwwe connects these two accounts to Trevor800, whose blocked as a sock of The abominable Wiki troll - a well-known LTA. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 12:56, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the quick response and cleanup. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:02, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Edgar181 - My pleasure ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 13:04, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have researched and now understand why my link to the Ernest Shackleford play would be considered spam. I do think The existence of the play is relevant information, I just think I chose a bad link in my first editing attempt. Is there a better way to reference the play in an external link edit? Perhaps a link to a review? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobbyterrell (talk • contribs) 12:52, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Bobbyterrell - Do you own or operate this website at all? Are you personally involved with it (or what it represents or the information it gives) in any way? ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 15:09, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

. Half a Wing, Three Engines and a Prayer

I changed the description from, "During WW2", to "Vietnam" describing Brian O'Neill's Military Service. The credible source is...I'm actually his son, Richard. He was born in 1949, so...he didn't serve in WW2. I was going to just write that as a reference but I didn't know if it would be considered serious. Should I just resubmit the change? What kind of language should I use to cite the source as myself?

I assure you he didn't serve in WW2, although whoever created the article had this misconception.

73.112.74.96 (talk) 14:03, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Mr rnddude - Good call. I reverted my change to the article - a big thanks to you both for messaging me and letting me know about this :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 15:12, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding your warning & suggestion

I was about to add references to it but it was reverted before I could do it. Although I'm not sure on what grounds you considered my edits to a Cricket page as non constructive (unless that remark was regarding winter Olympic page). Winter Olympic page is the same. It was reverted before I could add the deleted passage. I did deleted that to see if changes were happening cause the small edit that I was actually trying wasn't happening so I wanted to see if those edits were visible or not. Apparently those edits became visible the next day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.48.58.226 (talk) 14:26, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! I reverted this edit, which I believe to have neutral point of view issues. When you add "although none of them have gotten any significant opportunity as of yet" to your edit, it appears to be an injection of opinion - you state that these players haven't gotten significant opportunities to play compared to the others. This is why I reverted this edit. Please let me know if you have any questions and I'll be happy to answer them. Best - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 14:33, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Laudo Hayes Firm Day

This article was deleted several years ago as a blatant hoax. Can you please tell me what the deleted article said? Did it include any sources? Thanks. FloridaArmy (talk) 14:51, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

FloridaArmy - All it says is that Laudo Hayes Firm Day (November 12) is a holiday in Paraguay - nothing else. There are no references. Hope that helps :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 14:55, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Cool. Thanks. FloridaArmy (talk) 15:07, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
No problem ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 15:08, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding your warning & suggestion

I'm impressed you managed to judge that without actually knowing about Cricket or hk Cricket. Like I mentioned it was reverted before I could add links. Let see if I could explain what the text was about cause it's not easy to convey anything through text as much as sometimes different meanings can be drawn. I thought you were a troll but it seems you're not. Since 2017 5 teams took 5 Chinese players i.e. 1 each to play in the HK t20 Cricket tournament. That year was the 1st year for them to be included but they never set a foot on the pitch. This year all 5 got an opportunity to be part of the playing XI. It was 1 match for each of them out of the 4 matches their teams played. It wasn't significant as 1 player batted for 1 ball for his team & another was on the non striker's end when he came to bat so he faces 0 balls. The other 3 never made it to the pitch for batting. This usually happens with tail enders who come at the very lower order in batting cause their usual contribution is through bowling & not batting. They did however all fielded when the other teams batted & their teams were fielding but that also wasn't very significant as none of them bowled even a single ball. This was surprising since one of them was invited last year to Australia as a bowler to train with one of their teams. So they're indeed yet to be given any significant opportunity in the tournament while these same players do play in the annual East Asia Cup. Also I'm not aware on how to reply in the thread so I texted a separate message. I tried to find how to stay in the thread but I had better things to do than to keep looking. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.48.58.226 (talk) 15:20, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding your warning & suggestion

I'm impressed you managed to judge that without actually knowing about Cricket or hk Cricket. Like I mentioned it was reverted before I could add links. Let see if I could explain what the text was about cause it's not easy to convey anything through text as much as sometimes different meanings can be drawn. I thought you were a troll but it seems you're not. Since 2017 5 teams took 5 Chinese players i.e. 1 each to play in the HK t20 Cricket tournament. That year was the 1st year for them to be included but they never set a foot on the pitch. This year all 5 got an opportunity to be part of the playing XI. It was 1 match for each of them out of the 4 matches their teams played. It wasn't significant as 1 player batted for 1 ball for his team & another was on the non striker's end when he came to bat so he faces 0 balls. The other 3 never made it to the pitch for batting. This usually happens with tail enders who come at the very lower order in batting cause their usual contribution is through bowling & not batting. They did however all fielded when the other teams batted & their teams were fielding but that also wasn't very significant as none of them bowled even a single ball. This was surprising since one of them was invited last year to Australia as a bowler to train with one of their teams. So they're indeed yet to be given any significant opportunity in the tournament while these same players do play in the annual East Asia Cup.

Berlin

Hi Oshwa, thanks for your attention to the Berlin article. I wonder if you have any advice about how best to resolve the situation there? It seems to me there's a consensus on the talk page, but one editor doesn't acknowledge that, and it doesn't look like further discussion is going to help. I've never had to deal with this before, so I'm not sure what to do next. --IamNotU (talk) 16:27, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi IamNotU! It's good to run into you again :-). If the editor has been notified of the discussion on their user talk page, and (if not an IP) pinged in the talk page discussion directly so they receive an alert (basically, they know about it and they're aware that it exists) - and they continue to revert and change the article and without acknowledging or contributing to the discussion, then the next place for me would be to warn the user, and (if that doesn't work) report them to the appropriate noticeboard (AN3 or WP:ANI) to have the disruption looked into. At that point, if you tried reaching out to them, pinging them in the discussion, and tried to help them understand - all to no avail, it sounds like you've done what you'd reasonably be expected to do and it's time to escalate it. Please let me know if you have any more questions and I'll be happy to answer them and help you with anything you need. Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 16:38, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
They've contributed at length to the talk page, but it's clear at this point that further discussion won't accomplish anything. Their changes consist of replacing most of the photos in the lead photomontage with pictures of war memorials and similar subjects. Four other editors, including me, have tried to explain that we feel it's unbalanced and creates POV problems. But they don't accept the explanations or acknowledge consensus, and continue to argue and revert. We've tried to restore it to previous stable versions, but they always change it again. This has been going on for almost two months now. I think we need to go to another level, but I'm not sure where... --IamNotU (talk) 17:23, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
IamNotU - Are they edit warring? You can report that issue at WP:AN3. If it's not vandalism or blatant disruption but repeated behavior that needs administrator attention, file a report at WP:ANI. Repeated vandalism, blatant trolling, or other clearly bad-faith disruption can be reported at WP:AIV. This sounds like something I'd file an ANI report about if it continues after the article protection expires... ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 17:47, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Well, someone must be edit warring, since you protected the page for it :-) Maybe it's me, I'm not really sure... No one has broken the 3RR. It's not vandalism etc. Ok, I guess I'll try waiting until the protection expires, though I'm pretty sure what will happen. Thanks! --IamNotU (talk) 18:28, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
IamNotU - Oh yeah, there were disputes and edit warring by a few users - not just one ;-). What user are you referring to exactly? (Use {{noping|USERNAME}} if you want to avoid pinging the user in your response). ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 18:32, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
It's Kharon. There haven't been any disputes or edit warring lately except concerning them. In addition to the photos, there were some edits in the Recreation section that they kept reverting at the same time as the photos, with no explanation, but that eventually stopped. --IamNotU (talk) 19:30, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
IamNotU - Okay, that's good to know. Let's just keep eyes on things after the protection expires and take things from there. If things continue and warnings are left to no avail, file an AN3 or ANI or message me if you're not sure and I can take another look and help you from there. This way, we'll be giving the user a fair chance to correct these concerns while the article is fully protected and we can objectively look at their edits made afterwards to see if anything has improved or changed. If anything, it helps show that we've tried being reasonable, we've given the user fair warnings and notifications of discussions on talk pages, and given the user enough chances to participate and apply consensus. Keep me posted, and don't hesitate to message me if you need help or input with anything else. I'll be happy to lend a hand. Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 19:44, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, thanks. I expect I'll be back here on Sunday. Have a good weekend! --IamNotU (talk) 21:07, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
IamNotU - You as well! We'll talk soon. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 21:10, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Account Create and block request

Hey Oshwah, could you make an account with the username LakesideMiner and then block it so I can't be impersonated? I would do it, but I am at school and the school is blocked from account creation. Thanks! Lakeside Out!-LakesideMinersClick Here To Talk To Me! 17:51, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

LakesideMiners - Just create the account yourself :-). Go to Special:CreateAccount, fill everything out and create the new account, then when that's done let me know and I'll soft block it as a doppelgänger for you. Let me know if you have any trouble creating that account and I'll be happy to help. Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 17:54, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I created the account when I got home. The account I am writing this from is the account I need banned. Thanks. LakesideMiner (talk) 00:12, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
 Done. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 00:14, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What does it mean for an admin to review a User page

Dear User:Oshwah, It has been brought to my attention that you reviewed my User page. I know why you reviewed it, but I still wonder: what was the review, and what were the conclusion and results of said review? Caleb The Wipper (talk) 00:00, 24 February 2018 (UTC)Caleb The Wipper[reply]

Hi Caleb The Wipper! Welcome to Wikipedia! Having a page you created marked as "reviewed" simply means that an editor has verified that what you created wasn't vandalism, an attack page, or something that needs to be deleted. You can read more about this by visiting Wikipedia's guidelines on new page reviewing. Please let me know if you have any more questions, and I'll be happy to answer them. Thanks for the message, and I hope you have a great weekend :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 00:02, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your explanation and your review. Caleb The Wipper (talk) 00:43, 24 February 2018 (UTC)Caleb the Wipper[reply]

Caleb The Wipper - You bet! Come back any time you have questions or need help, and I'll be happy to led you a hand :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 00:44, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

James Laxer

Take a minute and think about just how pedantic and officious you're being. Nixon Now (talk) 00:29, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A URL to a blogspot is not a reliable source, and definitely not a reliable source to show that this BLP is dead. I'm sorry to have to go this far, but protecting this article from BLP violations is the top priority right now. Edits can be requested on the article's talk page. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 00:31, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You're making Wikipedia look ridiculous. Personal blogs are rs when it comes to noncontraversial facts about the individuals involved, in this case a son reporting a father's death. Nixon Now (talk) 00:36, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The source provided is: 1. Not secondary, 2. Not peer reviewed, 3. Not independent from the subject, 4. Not verifiable and could have been made by anyone with access to that blog, the list goes on... Also, that email you pasted here contains someone's personal contact information - I've removed and redacted what you added. Do not add transcripts of private messages like that again, please. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 00:42, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Obituaries are not academic articles and are not peer reviewed. You're not protecting Wikipedia's reputation, you're undermining it. Nixon Now (talk) 00:45, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Please refer to WP:BLPSOURCE and WP:BLPSPS if you have any questions about what's expected when adding controversial content to biographies of living people. This is a policy that Wikipedia takes very seriously and I have the responsibility to do what's necessary to protect the integrity of the article content and to enforce this policy when it's repeatedly violated. I'm not doing this because it's fun or because I get a kick out of it; I'm doing it because it's policy. I'm doing it because it's the right thing to do. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 00:56, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Now you're just being self-righteous. You're not doing the right thing, you're being officious, pedantic, and ridiculous and perpetuating something you know is factually incorrect (and no, a broadcast email sent to an entire university population is not private or confidential) Nixon Now (talk) 01:02, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Look, I'm sorry that you're frustrated and that this situation had to occur. Taking action that leads to the frustration of other editors is not something I enjoy doing - I'm sure you know that. I'm not here to butt heads or to "be victorious" over anything - I'm here to enforce policy and with the project's best interest as my top priority. I've provided you with all of the relevant pages that clearly outline the expectations of adding content to BLP articles and how to verify that your edits and references are in compliance with these policies. My talk page is always open to you, and you're welcome to message me here at any time and regardless of the situation or the issue at-hand - I honestly and truly mean that. Additionally, I will always treat you with respect and be willing to assist you regardless of any frustration or disagreements. I'm happy to answer any questions that you have regarding Wikipedia's BLP policy and what references are acceptable to establish verifiability with the content being added. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 01:17, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Will I be Blocked?

On my talk page, User:John from Idegon edited a section that someone else started. Because I wanted to address him alone, I copy-pasted his message onto a new section. He was so furious, he threatened to block me. Is what I did a valid reason to block me. please note that this is the third time he has threatened to block me. Caleb The Wipper (talk) 03:03, 24 February 2018 (UTC)Caleb The Wipper[reply]

Caleb The Wipper - No, I don't see a reason to block you...... but why are you asking John from Idegon not to revert any more edits you make to Wikipedia? And why are you promising to comply with Wikipedia's policies (things you must always do here) in exchange for him not to revert you? Are you saying that if he doesn't comply that you're not going to do these things? ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 03:08, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Oshwah, if User: John from Idegon does not promise that, then I would have only kept the promises that are required by Wikipedia's guidelines. However, I did change my promises from being conditional to being guaranteed after reading his response that claimed that I might be trying to promote CHS. Just because B would be true if A is true does not mean that B will be false if A is false. What do you think I should do about User:John from Idegon's threats and reversions?Caleb The Wipper (talk) 03:18, 24 February 2018 (UTC)Caleb The Wipper[reply]

Caleb The Wipper - You're making absolutely no sense... Usually when I offer to make a deal with someone, I promise to to uphold my end of the bargain if they promise to do the same. Depending on how to word your "proposition" and what you "propose", it can be fairly interpreted that if the other person refuses, they you refuse do the same. You admittedly messed around with John from Idegon's talk page by copying his message into a new thread, then you message him to try and negotiate a deal where you say you'll (in a nutshell) obey Wikipedia's policies if they never revert you again... yeah I honestly don't blame him for being a little bit frustrated with you at the moment... Instead of going on about John from Idegon and what-not, why not just leave the guy alone, man? What's the deal? ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 03:38, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oshwah, part of my frustration with this the 14 notifications I've gotten over it. Literally, I went to pick up my son and by the time I got home, I've got pings up the yingyang. The article in question is a pile of steamy crap. It's been on my list for 6 years, and every effort I've ever made to improve it has been slowly eroded away by SPA student editors. I decided yesterday I needed a break from the other extremely frustrating kerfuffle I've been embroiled in since the 1st of the year (I'm sure you know what I'm speaking of), only to arrive home to yet another problem revolving around an editor refusing to understand one of our most basic policies, V. I'm done but I'm gonna tell you, if he keeps pinging me, I'm going postal. (Figuratively) John from Idegon (talk) 04:29, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I assume we're talking about Carmel High School (Indiana). In that case, yes - Caleb The Wipper you're adding unreferenced content repeatedly to this article. Please don't make any further edits it until you discussed your changes on the article's talk page here first. These edits need an explanation. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 05:06, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
John from Idegon - I've protected the article, and Caleb The Wipper - I understand and believe that you're a new user and that you'd do well here after some correction, assistance, and mentoring - but I need to tell you... it looks you're starting to wear the patience of other editors here (one example being John from Idegon obviously) - I urge you to slow down, to listen to others and let them help you, and ask for help if you're unsure of what to do. If someone objects to edits you're making to an article, stop and discuss it. Don't keep adding it back. And for God's sake, retract that "deal" you're offering to John from Idegon on his talk page. That's just gotta stop... I'm available any time if either of you have any questions for me. Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 05:21, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Protection or not, I won't edit Carmel High School (Indiana) until the 23rd of march of 2018. this is meant to prioritize other users' edits over mine. Also, does deleting a deal count as retracting it? because if so then I just retracted the deal. Caleb The Wipper (talk) 02:13, 25 February 2018 (UTC)Caleb The Wipper[reply]
(talk page watcher)@Caleb The Wipper: Please see User talk:Caleb The Wipper#Removing posts from other editors' user talk pages and do anything like this anymore, OK? Moreover, there shouldn't be any need for you to make "personal deals" with other editors; just do your best to try and edit in accordance with relevant policies and guidelines. If you do that and make mistakes, then other editors will be more than happy to WP:AGF and likely try and help you sort things out. If you have a disagreement over content for other editors, then follow WP:DR. It's not going to make any difference as to how many personal deals you make with other editors if your edits are considered by the community as a whole to be inappropriate. The only deal you need to really make is to be WP:HERE and edit according to relevant policies and guidelines. If, however, you decide to choose a path that leads others to feel that you're WP:NOTHERE, then you're going to find yourself constantly having problems and most likely are going to end up being blocked by some administrator for one reason or another. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:50, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A page protection request I made...

Hi. I made a request for a small bit of protection for the Covington KY page, due to constant vandalism which involves to exact same issue each time from IP users. I really can not understand how, looking how many times this issue has taken place, and how often I have personally fixed it, does not constitute there being enough activity. The problem is that someone keeps changing the name of the actual, current mayor of Covington to that of a local bartender and musician. It has been happening for at least two years. And it has been changed for as long as well. Another admin called it vandalism. Is it really acceptable for this sort of obnoxious vandalism to keep occurring?

The people doing this have completely erased all citation links from the page while changing the name of the mayor from the real mayor to that of the bartender. I honestly thought Wikipedia had higher standards than this. I won't lie- I'm pretty vexed by this. I live in the city that this page is about. I try to help keep its image as nice as possible. And I have even met Kyle Knapp (who is seriously not the mayor) and I have a lot of mutual friends with the guy. I assure you that he is not mayor, and I assure you that the IP vandalism will continue. So I once again implore you to please think rethink this. All I am asking for is low level protection to keep the IP alterations from taking place. I counted six times on one page that this has happened. Why is that not enough activity to warrant such simple protection? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Digitalcomplex (talk • contribs) 08:52, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Digitalcomplex - We're talking about Covington, Kentucky, correct? If so, I've added pending changes protection to it for two months. Please let me know if I can do anything else for you. Best - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 09:23, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

How did you find the vandalism so quickly?

Hi Oshwah, just wondering how you noticed the dodgy edits so quickly on the Hanging Rock article yesterday. You reverted the changes within a minute or so of them happening. I guess there's software somewhere alerting you to possible cases, but in that case I'm curious to know where I can just a little about what it is and how it works. My best, A.

Aingotno (talk) 13:31, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, this is what I was looking for.
Thanks by the way for the ongoing work, comrade. Aingotno (talk) 14:12, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Aingotno - Yup, that's the place! Let me know if you have any more questions or need anything else. Best - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 14:48, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Proof

It will be interesting to see your prooof that she did not run away. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.170.187.17 (talk) 13:41, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No answer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.170.187.17 (talk) 14:28, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
(talk page stalker) How arrogant! Your first message was less than an hour before this. Do you imagine that you have a Service Level Agreement with Oshwah or something? 15-minute response time perhaps? Good grief. DBaK (talk) 14:33, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
(talk page stalker) Not only that, the burden of proof lies with the OP to provide a reliable source for the statement made at the article. Also, Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~). Eagleash (talk) 14:44, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

The change have done was correct so please dnt revert it — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hitesh singh poshwal (talk • contribs) 15:26, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No revert warring

Dear Oshwah,

There was some back and forth concerning the proper name for this queen (Blanche vs Blanca). The other person, however, seems to have understood that the correct common name for this queen is Blanca, as evidenced by the English-language publications listed as references. Since this other person conceded that full publications constitute reliable resources, I waited a few days, informed the person that if I did not hear from her/him, I would move the title to "Blanca". I have not heard, and so I moved the page. Please see the discussion under Talk. Poplar838 (talk) 15:56, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Poplar838, and thanks for leaving me a message here. Okay, give me a few minutes to finish a few things up and I'll take a look at the discussion. Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 16:02, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

List of the Dominicans President

Good afternoon:

The main reason I did edit was that the list included historical figures who were not presidents of the Dominican Republic. The list included Nuñez de Cáceres who was a temporary president of short-lived Republic, El Haiti Español. And then, it added Boyer and Pierre who were the presidents of Haiti and during the occupation of the eastern part of the island. The Dominican Republic was born as a political state in 1844 so to include historical figures who played an essential role in the politics of the island before 1844 is completely wrong from the historical perspective. Again, the Dominican Republic constituted a political state in 1844. If Wikipedia wants to highlight the critical roles these figures played, it is essential, but to name the as the presidents of the Dominican Republic before 1844 is misleading information. That was the reason for my editing. I research the politics of the Dominican Republic and Haiti. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Virgiliooaran24 (talk • contribs) 17:06, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

James Laxer's death

Hello, I see there has been a dispute regarding listing James Laxer as dead on his Wikipedia article.

I am James Laxer's grandson, Nathaniel Laxer, and I can most definitely assure you that James Laxer is unfortunately not with us anymore.

Now I understand that Wikipedia has intense rules regarding this, and with good reason, but I fail to see how a family announcement from his eldest son, a very reliable primary source on this matter, is insufficient to say that he is dead on Wikipedia. My father, Michael, who made the announcement, is a well known political activist and writer in his own right.

There has not been an official obituary yet, as there has not been a funeral planned yet, due to the fact that James died overseas and very suddenly, complicating and prolonging matters.

This message is not meant as a direct "call out" or anything of you or your moderating decisions, I am simply confused as to why the information is not being allowed to be updated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Papa Meme (talk • contribs) 20:55, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Papa Meme, and thank you for leaving me a message with your questions and concerns. Wikipedia has very strict policies and guidelines regarding articles that are biographies of living people and how to identify references are acceptable to cite as verifiable proof. To explain briefly: Wikipedia content (especially if contentious, controversial, or likely to be challenged) requires the inclusion and citation of a reliable source. We hold these standards very high and enforce these requirements very strictly in order to avoid having untrue, hoax, or unverified content being published as true content. Wikipedia is about verifiability, not about truth. It's better for the content on an article to be slightly (or even significantly) "out of date" but completely referenced, verified, and true - than to have content that is believe to be completely "up-to-date" with the latest information and be unreferenced, poorly referenced, unverifiable, and untrue. Once a reliable source is publish and found, the article can be unprotected and the information added. However, we must have an acceptable and reliable source first before this happens. Please let me know if you have any more questions and I'll be happy to answer them. Best - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 21:37, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again, thank you for your quick response and willingness to respond to my concerns.

However, I am still at a loss as to how a statement by the son of James Laxer, Michael Laxer (who himself has a Wikipedia page in which he is identified as James's son: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Laxer ), whether on his blog or his Facebook post is an unreliable source in this context. I can definitely see how these sources could be obviously troublesome or unverified in other contexts, but within this context, this just seems like too strict of an interpretation of the rules.

Unfortunately in this context, at least to me, right now, Wikipedia's article on James Laxer has information that is, frankly, incorrect and could cause misinformation and confusion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Papa Meme (talk • contribs) 22:05, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Papa Meme - You mentioned something important in your response - the fact that these sources are potentially problematic are one (of many) reasons why we cannot accept facebook posts, twitter links, blog posts, and other social sites to assert verifiability and that the content on the biography of a living person should be changed to state that the person is dead. These sources are not secondary nor are they independent of the subject, they're not peer reviewed for accuracy and verification, and while these accounts may be from close relatives or sources that know this person, we obviously cannot verify that these blog posts or social media updates were actually made by the owner of the account. Wikipedia has been in the unfortunate situation of having deaths be added to BLP articles as apart of large-scale hoaxes and trolling a number of times (and some of which that caused controversy and other major issues as a consequence). Because of this, we have strict requirements for what sources can be used to support content like this on BLPs and we scrutinize and enforce these requirements to protect the article from such possible events. Even if it means that the content isn't "up-to-date" for a few days or even a week, we'd rather be late with updating such content if it means that we've waited for reliable sources to be published and found and that the changes are credible. Remember: Wikipedia's content should always reflect verfiability, not truth :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 00:21, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, The news of James's death is now reaching established media.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/james-laxer-ndp-dead-1.4551337

I am sure this source is sufficiently, verifiable to allow the Wikipedia article to be properly updated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Papa Meme (talk • contribs) 21:44, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]


S&Y's "Robots Eating Breakfast" skit is classic, and difficult to find. Wikipedia's S&Y External link seemed a good place to provide it. Removal of the link seems a disservice to wikipedia readers. Please check the (non-commercial) link before you are so quick to act. https://superradnow.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/shields-and-yarnell/

I will not pursue this matter further.

RW - ((I am not logged in) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.183.125.142 (talk) 23:09, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What is your job?

I wonder what your job is (on Wikipedia) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:387:1:817:0:0:0:73 (talk) 00:11, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm a volunteer just like everybody else here - that's it :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 00:23, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
And to show the community what a great head of hair looks like. --NeilN talk to me 00:29, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I'll accept that as part of my role here, sure ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 00:31, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

RevDel

Could you delete [[REDACTED - Oshwah] this edit]? The IP user added porn images. L293D (☎ • ✎) 00:41, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

L293D -  Done. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 00:46, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Edit to my talk page

Hey Oshwah! I saw that you reverted an edit to my talk page. What was it? I can’t see any difference in the two versions. Also, it appears that my page is not archiving properly. Did you or your crazy hair have anything to do with this?Lakeside Out!-LakesideMinersClick Here To Talk To Me! 00:56, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

LakesideMiners - I reverted edits made by a troll who was making changes to your page text. The diff is here. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 01:01, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Alex Ko

Hi Oshwah, I could use some help here. See the edit summaries, twin accounts removing templates, and the links to Harper Collins offered as a source. Thanks, 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 03:09, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I've blocked the user and semi-protected the page. Let me know if you need me to look at anything else, and I'll be happy to help. Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 03:12, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks--looks related to 66.65.42.40 (talk · contribs). The templates are pertinent--very little there is substantiated by those links. Thanks, 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 03:14, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Any time; always happy to lend a hand ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 03:15, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I think you forgot to put back the citation templates...I didn't want to re-add them in case there was a reason. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 03:16, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
HickoryOughtShirt?4 - Just fixed it ;-). ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 03:19, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Cool, and that IP is now blocked too ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 03:20, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Much thanks. I've left a note at my page for talk voyeurs, that the links to a publisher's website are insufficient, and the article needs to be refreshed with real sources. 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 03:21, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
You bet ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 22:37, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Alina_Zagitova

I have added the Olympic Athletes from Russia flag to the following page Alina_Zagitova There was previously the Russian flag in the info box section of repr but I remove that due to the Olympic committees ruling that Russia will not be recognised can you please take a look So that any edit warring can be prevented as I believe that the Russian flag should not be there Since she is officially not representing Russia. Thanks TucsonDavidU.S.A. 04:52, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

TucsonDavid - Seems fine to me so far. If people change or revert it, discuss it with them and try and come to an agreement. Just keep eyes on things and take any issues as they go if that situation arises - nothing else needs to be done in the meantime ;-). If things get out of control or if things become disruptive, let me know and I'll be happy to take another look. Let me know if you have any questions or if you need anything else - I'll be happy to help. Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 05:04, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Oshwah,

I do not have a source because I not find any sites that said anything notorious about his temper. I wrote about his fiery temper on 'Alexander Zverev Jr' wikipedia page, due to my observation on his matches, where he loses his cool and smashes his racquets in a lot of his matches. I hope that you can understand my side of view here.

Cameron — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.216.201.182 (talk) 05:48, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

VJ-Yugo

Hi Oshwah, I saw you blocked a sock of Vj-Yugo. I suspect there is another sock of them around [6]. Same kind of edit with this [7]. Ktrimi991 (talk) 07:46, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oshwah, since there is some suspicious activity by certain new accounts, I asked for a CU to look for other possible socks apart from Honk-honk-honk [8]. Cheers, Ktrimi991 (talk) 19:48, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Ktrimi991 - If there are suspicions with this new account, lets create a new SPI here - follow the instructions, create a new SPI with the master account name as "VJ-Yugo", and add the evidence to the SPI so that it can be looked into. Let me know if you have any questions. Best - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 22:48, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Yep, I opened a SPI and the account was confirmed [9]. Too bad VJ-Yugo insists on that kind of behaviour. Thanks Oshwah. Cheers, Ktrimi991 (talk) 20:01, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

itold the truth..M more even..M

whether you believe is UR choice..<M Now..M Now Goodbye..MM — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.123.150.84 (talk) 14:47, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Revert for "Blanca of Navarre" follow-up

Greetings, Have you had the time to check Talk at the entry for Blanca/Blanche of Navarre? I can see that you were very busy yesterday. You will see in Talk that the person who was reverting my change came to agree that "Blanca" is correct. Thank you.Poplar838 (talk) 16:02, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Poplar838 - Hi there! I haven't yet. Are we referring to the Blanche of Navarre, Queen of Castile article? I remember resolving a dispute / issue on this article regarding this person's name ("Blanca" vs "Blance") and other things... what's going on now? What do I need to look at? ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 22:55, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Good to hear from you. You did revert "Blanca of Navarre, Queen of Castile" to "Blanche of Navarre, . . .", but if you look at the discussion under Talk, you will see that the person who was reverting the entry to "Blanche" finally understood that "Blanca" is her common name in English. The only two studies of this figure in English (cited in References), call her "Blanca", so it is logical that the Wikipedia entry also use "Blanca" in the title. Please revert to "Blanca". Thank you.Poplar838 (talk) 23:20, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Poplar838 - I do see the talk page discussion here and I see that Adamgarrigus agrees with you, but the person you were having that page move war with (Surtsicna) - has not participated in the discussion and I do not see any agreement from this user about moving the page to this title. Can you include him in this discussion and work things out with him as well? ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 23:26, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again. What is the mechanism to do that? Since I asked Surtsicna to respond, and wrote that non-response would indicate agreement, I thought this was over with. But am happy to include this person if I knew how.Poplar838 (talk) 23:40, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Poplar838 - I've already pinged Surtsicna on this discussion herein my last response above this one, but you can ping the user in the actual talk page discussion (which is something you should do) by entering {{ping|Surtsicna}} in a response and it will notify the user of your mention of him. Please let me know if you have any more questions and I'll be happy to answer them. Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 23:43, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Done. I read instructions for altering articles, but I apparently missed the part about communicating with other editors. Where do I find that? I appreciate your help.Poplar838 (talk) 23:59, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Poplar838 - Have you gone through and completed Wikipedia's new user tutorial? Because if you haven't, you're missing out on a lot of things that you should know about, and this tutorial guides you through all of it (and is where you're taught how to ping, communicate, and collaborate with others). Go through and complete it - seriously. You're cutting yourself short if you don't, and the tutorial does actually show you important places and things to know. Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 00:04, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I saw your note on the Talk page. I hope this can be resolved soon.Poplar838 (talk) 00:03, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sure it will be. I'm here should anyone need help, so fear not ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 00:06, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I thought I had done that, but clearly, I did not expect to get embroiled in this discussion, and then I have to say, I got flustered. Will read again. BTW, where do you see that Adamgarrigus agrees with me?

It looks like his response here does this? I could be wrong though... in fact, I'd respond to that discussion and verify that this is what he's saying. I don't want to assume anything - especially if others don't see that clearly. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 00:23, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again. Two things: Surtsicna seems to have withdrawn from the conversation on this topic; and I thought the suggestion about contacting Adamgarrigus is a good one. But according to messaging that pops up, if I respond to his 2012 comment, all subsequent changes will be reverted. That would be a mess. So why don't we ping him instead? I would ping him myself, but now I am afraid to move without advice. I do not know what his idea might be, as the discussion you cite is about whether or not to call this person Queen of Castile, not about Blanca/Blanche. At the point that he commented, the name Blanche was being used. But my guess is that he would go with the usage in the two English-language publications about this personnage, which is to call her Blanca.Poplar838 (talk) 15:34, 1 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Monotreme edit

Sorry about the edit. Just some honest confusion about why marsupials (warm-blooded creatures, therefore being an exothermic reaction) are endotherms. [1] The last section on this page explains my confusion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.116.0.229 (talk • contribs) 25 February 2018 (UTC)

References

  1. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ectotherm

Newchic

I think this could become a page of relevance if it is about Newchic/Alphabetrade. What do You think? --Manorainjan 19:33, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Manorainjan! If you're talking about starting the article about this company, make sure that you read through Wikipedia's notability guidelines on organizations and companies, make sure that you fully understand it, and check that this company meets these guidelines before you decide to proceed and begin writing the article. Otherwise, the article (in one process or another) may get deleted and you'll be left disappointed and after spending numerous hours of time on it - all for nothing. Save yourself that disappointment - make sure the article subject is notable before you begin putting any time into creating or expanding it. Let me know if you have any questions or need any help with understanding Wikipedia's notability guidelines and I'll be happy to help. Good luck to you and happy editing ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 23:33, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A user who shouldn't have rollback

Bless you, Oshwah, but I started a thread here [10], and realized after the fact that you bestowed rollback on this user. Please feel free to chime in. Cheers, 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 01:24, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  • Just letting you know that I revoked rollback and Swarm revoked PCR. I know you are normally less active on weekends, so I didn't want the thread to go on forever for that user (and I hope you know I would normally never undo an action of yours without consulting you first ). Anyway, all the best! TonyBallioni (talk) 01:58, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
This was a good call - the user was clearly having issues associated with the role. Thank you Bob for filing the ANI, and thank you TonyBallioni for taking action :-). ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 22:19, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

BBC IP vandal

Hello Oshwah, The BBC IP vandal 86.8.33.92 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is now block evading by using IP 86.9.95.201 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) from exactly the same area of the UK and inserting the usual unsourced changes to BBC articles. With thanks for your help, David, David J Johnson (talk) 12:44, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

David J Johnson - Blocked the IP for 36 hours for block evasion. Let me know if you see any more and I'll be happy to take a look. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 22:35, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

19 kids and counting

I just happened to see on-line that Joy-anna and Austin had a son, his name was in the article. I edited "19 kids and counting" page to show that they had a son, his name and DOB. I'm not techno-geeky enough to change the color in the "grandchildren" chart or how to cite sources, but I would not have made the changes if I hadn't seen them on-line.

rachRach0581 (talk) 15:39, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

hello

Am new here need help to edit my page and stuff thank you can in advance — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rawle 55 (talk • contribs) 23:58, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Try the Teahouse for help. Regards, User:TheDragonFire300. (Contact me | Contributions). This message was left at 00:05, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That was not me - I have never been to that page you reference below

Hello, I'm Oshwah. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions —the one you made with this edit to Guajome Park Academy— because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 16:21, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

Information icon Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to Guajome Park Academy. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism can result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Snowolf How can I help? 18:57, 26 January 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jerryldixon (talk • contribs)

Jerryldixon - These warnings don't appear to be on your account's talk page - are you sure you didn't see those on the IP's talk page that you are logging in through? ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 00:58, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
(talk page watcher) Hi Jerryldixon. Perhaps you've been editing while not logged in to your current account. If that's the case, then any edits made will be credited to the IP address being used. The warning you've referenced above seems to have been added by Oshwah to User talk:99.203.11.32. Maybe that was you. You don't have to say (and probably shouldn't say either way) for sure; I'm just offering you a possible explanation. If by chance it was you, then you should try to edit while logged in whenever possible. An IP address may be shared by multiple people, but your registstered account is supposed only be used by you. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:06, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I think I might have accidentally deleted all of the article 98.109.25.211 (talk) 02:40, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Unblock request

I sincerely apologise in regards to the block, I believe I have some good to offer the community and I would like to continue to partake in that. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.77.223.90 (talk) 04:33, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

C'mon

C'mon Oshwa. You know as well as I do... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.13.229.105 (talk) 04:41, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Baaghi real edit has been done

Hello. I am djherosamar and you have wdit its real budget 37 crore but not box office so please do not change ok. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Djherosamar (talk • contribs) 05:16, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Talk comments by IP at Tabarnia

Hello Oshwah, How are you? I noticed that you removed comments by an IP at the talk page of Tabarnia (diff) I am also involved in that discussion, I have asked for WP:NOFORUM to be observed. is there another reason for the revert of the IP? Regards. --Crystallizedcarbon (talk) 10:10, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Crystallizedcarbon - It was in error. My apologies. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 10:56, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Not a problem, the long edit summary due to the poorly chosen title for the section makes the mistake easy to make. Regards. --Crystallizedcarbon (talk) 11:25, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

User:Sport and politics

User:Sport and Politics came back and responded to our only warning. The response she gave was not in keeping with the warning and I was left with no choice but to block her. Canterbury Tail talk 14:03, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Canterbury Tail - Sigh... Well, we tried. :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 14:07, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Now asking for an unblock as she doesn't get why she was blocked. Canterbury Tail talk 14:08, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Fun! ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 14:15, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Levi Sanders

I see this is redirected to Bernie Sanders#Personal life. Is there a deleted article hidden underneath the redirect? Thanks. FloridaArmy (talk) 15:14, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there FloridaArmy, there does not appear to be an article "hidden underneath" nor does any page with that title appear to have ever existed prior. (You can see the log for your self here). I also checked for an undeleted (just overwritten) article underneath and did not come up with anything (see here). Might I ask what made you wonder if there was? I hope that this was of assistance. If you have any more questions, please feel free to let us know. --All the best, TheSandDoctor (talk) (talk page stalker)
Thanks very much. Levi is the son of Bernie Sanders. Levi's step-sister is running for mayor of Burlington, Vermont. They're in the news and I was considering creating an article or perhaps redirecting to the congressional seat.. Probably a redirect to the race would be better but I doubt one exists. I though a previous article might have existed. I know "not-inherited" is a concern. If an article had existed I would rather use that then start fresh. I said hidden because if an article is deleted and then redirected I don't think an indication that there is deleted content is left behind. This is unfortunate. FloridaArmy (talk) 16:12, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@FloridaArmy: Each article has a "View logs for this page" link under the title. Clicking it will indicate if any deletions have taken place. Example --NeilN talk to me 16:21, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
NeilN, what do you mean by "under the title"? I'm not seeing a link for view logs. You mean there is a tool to search by title name? That's the above link? Thanks. FloridaArmy (talk) 16:34, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@FloridaArmy: Sorry, it's on the history tab like here and here. --NeilN talk to me 16:54, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

JavaScript Word Generator

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function word(let) {
var i, text;
for(i=0, text=""; i<let; i++) {
text += "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz".charAt(Math.floor(Math.random() * 26));
}
return text;
}
console.log(word(5));
There are no errors, but we want specific letters like e to occur to match the letter frequencies. Can you help me with that? (talk | contribs)209.52.88.162 (talk) 16:49, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Some help needed regarding alternate account created

Hi, I've created an another account named User:MustafaAliIsAPakistaniWrestler for the reason mentioned there, Only I need is that is it OK that I've created an alternative account? Thanks. CK (talk) 18:41, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

information Administrator note Strange that this is here since they already started a thread at WP:AN and already got a reply in the form of me blocking the alt account. I’d welcome further comment from either of you there. Beeblebrox (talk) 01:51, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
(Non-administrator comment) @Beeblebrox: Note that this was posted here before anyone responded at AN. byteflush Talk 02:34, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

BBC IP Vandal

Please see additional paragraph above on this problem. Regards, David J Johnson (talk) 19:56, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

School threat?

On this edit, combined with the edit summary, the editor seems to be posting a threat for a 'Madison central school' (which isn't exactly a specific location). Is this something that would require more attention or should it just be ignored? LynxTufts (talk) 20:07, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker)There are "Madison Central High School"s in Kentucky and Mississippi, and doubtless at least one middle and elementary school. It's very difficult to know to which this was referring. However, with a possibility space of only 2-6, it's not really much more difficult to contact the authorities.
While I'm normally quite the easy going guy, in this case, I would definitely pass this on. A CheckUser could get a geolocation on the editor to narrow things down, and they could pass on the name given in the edit summary. Stuff like this, it's really better to be safe than sorry. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 20:16, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I notified User:Emergency and revdeled. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 20:18, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@SarekOfVulcan: "Madison central school" is all over the news now after threats put it in lockdown. --TheSandDoctor (talk) 23:58, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, good, it wasn't us. Students reported him. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 03:28, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@SarekOfVulcan: I am relieved as well. I imagine/hope that the WMF will offer up that edit if requested & hopefully make it known to FBI or whatnot (about the edit). --TheSandDoctor (talk) 03:42, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

PHP Flip Coin

I am trying to make a coin flipper that flips a coin every second and sends it to the server and back to users. All I have is this:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Periodic Coin Flipper</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
function flip() {
if (mt_rand(1,2) == 1) {
echo "Heads";
} else {
echo "Tails";
}
}
?>
</body>
</html>
209.52.88.34 (talk) 23:21, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Kimberly Elise reply

I am replying to your message (dated 12/15/2017) to me regarding the Kimberly Elise page changes. This is my second time trying to contact you and I haven't heard anything back. Could you please tell me what is not neutral? Also why does her photo keep reverting to the old outdated one? I uploaded a current one that I own. I followed all wiki protocal when I uploaded it. Please respond so this can be resolved and we can get Ms. Elise's page accurate and current. Thanks GracieMnsotachicky (talk) 00:02, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hickory Dickory

It seems that I have been mistaken to have made an edit on a nursery rhyme. I only message to clear my name thanks174.109.212.153 (talk) 03:45, 28 February 2018 (UTC)wikitrice[reply]

(talk page stalker) Hi 174. Your IP address is dynamic: one day it could be used by one network, another day a completely different one, so indeed, you did not do that. !dave 15:58, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

How are you? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.16.24.39 (talk) 05:04, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Flagged user

Good day

Hope this email finds you well.

I'm Lynx Scar, I'm a passionate Wikifan and so I've decided to have my own account but everytime I make a edit it seems to be reverted.

Please assist as I'm trying to add content and all of it just scores low. I need help in on trying to add content cause I've checked this link out and it's not helping https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:As_of

Your assistance would be appreciated

Kind regards Lynx Scar — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lynx Scar (talk • contribs) 06:48, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong person

I keep getting messages that I've edited something and its been reversed, problem is i havent edited anything and the example you's have shown me, something about tanks from ww1 I've never even been on that page before so it doesnt make sense, you's have obviously made a mistake — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.122.252.69 (talk) 01:29, 2 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

RevDel request

Would you mind hiding an edit on Howie Stange, based on this [11].--☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(ring-ring) 01:34, 2 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) To me, it seems it is just routinal vandalism and that there is no particular reason to RevDel that edit. However, Oshwa is free to decide. L293D (☎ • ✎) 02:54, 2 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Why is PHP '’'partially case-sensitive?

PHP variables are case-sensitive, but not functions. Why not? Like this:
<?php
mt_rand(); // No error
MT_RAND(); // No error
$_SERVER; // No error
$_server; // Error
?>
:
Thank you, 209.52.88.74 (talk) 23:23, 2 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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