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This user helped get "Blueford v. Arkansas" listed at Did You Know on the main page on 3 March 2018.
This user helped get "Lafler v. Cooper" listed at Did You Know on the main page on 12 April 2018.
This user helped get "Napue v. Illinois" listed at Did You Know on the main page on 4 September 2018.
This user helped get "Regents of University of California v. United States Department of Homeland Security" listed at Did You Know on the main page on 2 February 2018.
This user helped get "Sessions v. Dimaya" listed at Did You Know on the main page on 8 May 2018.
This user helped get "United States v. Forty-Three Gallons of Whiskey" listed at Did You Know on the main page on 1 April 2018.
This user wrote "Lafler v. Cooper" which became a good article on 3 July 2018.
This user is a member of the Arbitration Committee on the English Wikipedia.
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Hello L235, you might be interested in the issue I am reporting as you have already been involved in it previously. It is about a bunch of IPs which are very likely (99%) related to an old acquaintance of en.wikipedia: a sock-puppet abuser who created about 50 socks to disrupt IPA transcriptions, obsessed especially with Italian names and words. The investigation I am referring to is the following: 84101e40247. The new IPs from which similar or identical edits have been done recently are the following: 95.235.116.126 (see: Loayur, Duelai, Ddgfs), 87.17.102.163 (see: Sasalikasty), 193.204.194.210 (see: Dyukpore), 79.30.8.179 (see: Vufroled), 5.90.255.50 (see: Ksyru), 79.49.65.250 (see: Fruial, Kilorty); it is also possible that there are some more, but for the moment these are enough to care about, right? I hope that you or someone else will take appropriate measures against this recidivous vandal! Thank you for reading :-) 198.46.84.16 (talk) 16:48, 25 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom German war effort case - Sturmvogel's evidence

G'day L235. I reckon Sturmvogel_66's post on the evidence talk page should have been on the evidence page? Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 00:42, 14 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) I think so too, especially since he obviously only put it on the talkpage because of the word limits (which many people ignored). I wrote privately to an arb on 11 June to suggest it be moved to the main page, but didn't get much of a response. Maybe you could raise it more formally, L235. Bishonen | talk 04:12, 14 June 2018 (UTC).[reply]
I think it's probably fine to stay there – I certainly don't recommend posting evidence on the evidence talk to get around word limits, because fewer arbs will see it and it may have less weight, but that's Sturmvogel_66's choice. Regarding word limits in general – I dislike intrusively enforcing them (by, say, cutting evidence off) and expending community time on a relatively minor issue, but I also really dislike giving people an unfair advantage for breaking rules. Arbitrators decide how much evidence to read and how much weight to give to that evidence with word limits (and any granted extensions) in mind, and I think that's a good enough incentive not to try to cheat the system – exceeding the word limit is a punishment in itself. Thus, my personal practice is to generally not take action on word limits until I have the agreement of at least one other clerk or arbitrator that enforcing the limits would be justified notwithstanding any possible disruption. If you want me to bring the evidence up with the arbs, I can, but I wasn't planning on it. Best, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 04:33, 14 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

You asked me to message you on the IRC chat... so here I am. ⇒ Lucie Person (talk|contribs) 00:02, 16 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

NPP Backlog Elimination Drive

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Your GA nomination of Lafler v. Cooper

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Your GA nomination of Lafler v. Cooper

The article Lafler v. Cooper you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Lafler v. Cooper for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Barkeep49 -- Barkeep49 (talk) 22:21, 3 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Edit Day

Happy First Edit Day, L235, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! ‐‐1997kB (talk) 12:28, 7 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Precious

supreme court

Thank you for quality articles around legal cases, such as Lafler v. Cooper, Blueford v. Arkansas and United States v. Forty-Three Gallons of Whiskey, for reviewing articles for creation, arbcom clerk services and kittens, for "I'm so glad I could help", - Kevin, you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:47, 17 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Gerda Arendt: Thank you! It means a lot to me. Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 04:42, 18 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
That's nice of you to tell a member of the cabal of the outcasts who has dangerous thoughts about WP's supreme court ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:43, 18 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I'm personally not proud of how I handled that. The Committee certainly makes mistakes, and it's important that we recognize them when we make them. Best, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 18:48, 19 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
spirale of justice
Well, sorry, I didn't mean you personally, but the waste of time I experienced every time when I met arbitration. I hope you had time for the whole thread, with design borrowed from one of its victims ;) - Thank goodness my last encounter with AE was in 2015, and I hope it will stay that way. The 2018 committee: I asked all candidates if they could agree with Opabina regalis, most said more or less yes, came the first case and they had forgotten ;) - Did you know that I made several related DYK? And like the pictured one best? With that in mind, you'll do your work best, and I hope for all of us that you won't have much clerk work and can enjoy free editing! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:25, 19 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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That thing you asked about

Email not needed, if someone wants to chase under this its not that beany. — xaosflux Talk 23:21, 20 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Nom

Great nom. Thank you. ―Buster7 ☎ 04:44, 16 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Always my pleasure Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 19:16, 16 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

RfA

For full disclosure - MelanieN asked me about nominating and I turned her down. I'll have a think about what I wrote at the RfA but I think you'll probably pass anyway so I wouldn't worry about it. I will say that I don't know why people can churn out good content like yourself and then get excited about stuff like SPI, but guess I have odd opinions at times. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 16:35, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Ritchie333: Thank you – that was very gracious of you. I will be sure to keep your remarks in mind Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 21:15, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Good luck!

Good luck with your Request for Abuse Adminship

I'm sure you're going to do fine :-)

Don't spend the week constantly watching the RfA.. - TNT 💖 19:11, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, TNT! That is one cute cat. I just look forward to the RfA being done, either way. Thanks, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 21:15, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
There'sNoTime actually wanted you to tell him that his emoji signature was cute, but I suspect he also likes the cat. TonyBallioni (talk) 02:37, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

More luck

It's my first time participating in a vote for someone's adminship. I never had any contact with you before but after looking at your edits, I know that you will might as well be an administrator. Good luck out there mate. CommanderOzEvolved (talk) (contribs) 06:36, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I hoped I would be speaking on behalf of the Counter-Vandalism Unit in regards to your nomination too. CommanderOzEvolved (talk) (contribs) 06:39, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The soft bunny of happiness and tranquility.

You're going to break records. Have a bunny! Anna Frodesiak (talk) 10:22, 31 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Merging SPIs

Hey, good to see your RfA's running smoothly, congrats on the WP:200 and an early congrats on your successful RfA, I'm glad to have you on the team. But, I was wondering what the SPI protocol is when one sockmaster is determined to be a sock itself (assuming both have an SPI already). Are we supposed to merge the SPIs, leave them separate, or does it not matter? Swarm ♠ 02:11, 1 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Swarm: Thank you! We usually merge the SPIs – in fact, we often do a full histmerge too. Just set the SPI case status to "clerk" and ask for the case to be merged into another – an adminclerk will take care of it Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 02:27, 1 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Awesome, thanks! Swarm ♠ 02:31, 1 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yay!!

Just wanted to be among THE FIRST to say it. Call it intuition or a gut feeling - I just knew. Ok, so now that you're loaded for bear, whenever you see [FBDB] after one of my comments, that means whatever I may have said is not a blockable offense. 😂 😉 Atsme📞📧 03:13, 2 September 2018 (UTC) strike & add-on dated 22:29, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I wouldn't want to jinx it. Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 03:42, 2 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Unless about 120 opposes were to appear out of the woodworks in the next 14 hours, I think you're a shoo-in. Congratulations, although I have no idea why anyone would be so masochistic as to want to be an admin on Wikipedia! All the best. Beyond My Ken (talk) 23:50, 2 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Congrats from a fellow Iowan. You may find this useful. Shock Brigade Harvester Boris (talk) 04:03, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Atsme was much more confident than I - I reckoned 1 hour was a legitimate time frame to think you couldn't be beaten ;) Nosebagbear (talk)
Your RFA has less than one hour left, and unless 33% of your supporters (.33 * 244 ≈ 86 people) move to oppose you in the next 60 minutes, I'll congratulate you now and welcome you into the admin corps :-). ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 12:50, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Congratulations on your successful RFA!
In a self-proclaimed RFA tradition, allow me to impart the words of wisdom I received from KrakatoaKatie after my RFA passed –
two years ago:
  1. Remember you will always protect the wrong version. (I got nothing here. It's inevitable.)
  2. Remember you must always follow the rules, except for when you ignore them. Without exception, you will pick the wrong one to do. (See #5.)
  3. Remember to assume good faith and not bite. Remember that when you are applying these principles most diligently, you are probably dealing with a troll. (You'll attract many more of those now, because mop. They must like to drink the dirty water in the bucket.)
  4. Use the block ability sparingly. Enjoy the insults you receive when you do block, because really, what else is there to live for?
  5. Remember that when you make these errors, someone will be more than happy to point them out to you in dazzling clarity and descriptive terminology. It will not be a personal attack because we are admins and, therefore, we are all rouge anyway.
  6. Finally, remember to contact me if you ever need assistance, input, or advice. My user talk page is always open to you and I'll be more than happy to help you any time you need it. :-)


~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 12:50, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
DISCLAIMER: This humor does not reflect the official humor of Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation, or Jimbo Wales, because if it did, it would be much, much better.
All rights released under GFDL.
If Oshwah is gonna rain on my parade, he should change my nine years (now eleven) to his two. ;-) Katietalk 14:19, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
KrakatoaKatie - Ahhhh! I thought it only said "a long, sordid, I-really-should-have-found-a-better-hobby years ago" - I missed the nine part apparently.... lol ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 14:24, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Congrats..The admins' T-shirt for you. CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 17:18, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
With 240 supporters, L235’s request for adminship is the seventh to pass in 2018 (image courtesy of User:Linguist111).

A barnstar for you!

The Admin's Barnstar
Congratulations on your successful RfA! We all knew you deserved the mop! SemiHypercube ✎ 15:46, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Other question about edit filter manager

Sorry to start two sections in a row, but–User:Maxim added the edit filter manager user right to you when making you a sysop. Did you also ask for that? If not, do you want it? I'm a bit confused by now, it could have been an error. SemiHypercube ✎ 15:56, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Just a tech note, you can self-toggle this off if you won't be working on "changing" filters; admin already include all the view-private your prior EFH access had. Best regards, — xaosflux Talk 16:35, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I think it should be fine – the bit will be on if I need to make changes/improvements and won't hurt if I don't. Thanks, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 16:56, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delivery

This came in the mail for you. I don't know if you want to keep it pristine in the box or display it in the corner. {{Administrator topicon}} Natureium (talk) 21:58, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Napue v. Illinois

On 4 September 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Napue v. Illinois, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1959, the US Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional for a prosecutor to knowingly use false testimony, even if the testimony does not directly relate to the defendant's guilt? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Napue v. Illinois. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Napue v. Illinois), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 4 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

WP:ARBGWE

Hi, would you mind setting up the shortcut to the Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/German war effort case? --K.e.coffman (talk) 19:06, 4 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@K.e.coffman: Done. Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 19:11, 4 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Huffpost vandals CU blocked

What did they expect to achieve? Doug Weller talk 12:24, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Good riddance. Thanks. Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 15:01, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

editor may have been blocked inappropriately

Regarding comments left on Brenae Wafto's talk: I did just watch ELon Musk state that his description on Wikipedia should be changed from "magnate" to "magnet" on Joe Rogan's podcast. An edit to Elon Musk stating that he is a self-described or self-professed 'business magnet' would seem to be appropriate, and punishing Brenae Wafto may be inappropriate. DanD (talk) 05:54, 7 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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