User talk:Ritchie333

Keeping an eye on stuff. Meanwhile, here is some music.[1]

Coronavirus

Add your opinion here please. Philafrenzy (talk) 06:28, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Greyfriars, Winchelsea

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On yer shelf

You wouldn't happen to have ISBN 978-0-76790-956-3, I suppose...? Have a good weekend  :) ——SN54129 12:44, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

Fraid not. I can check in the library tomorrow lunchtime if you want? Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 13:13, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

Very kind offer, but I've made it far too complicated. I've cited it 24 times (possibly, or possibly not, all from different pages) and now of course I want to attribute page numbers to 'em—so have to look up each index page and find where i've used it. What a palava.

It's about £30 used; I got a good deal with the Trynka and Clayson books, less than a tenner for both, inc P&P. So it might be worth laying out for the other...could always give it me dad fer his birthday :D ——SN54129 13:26, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

I couldn't find the book in the library; also that book about old keyboards hasn't turned up yet. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 16:34, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

No worries, appreciate you looking. You got much on the Stones, early years especially? ——SN54129 16:39, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

This?

• Norman, Philip (1985) [1984]. The Stones. Ealing: Corgi Books. ISBN 0-552-12487-7.

--Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 21:15, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, Redrose64, d'you have that at arms length? ——SN54129 05:50, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

No. It's at the other end of the room, next to books about The Doors and the Sex Pistols. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 20:08, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

@Glimmer Twin, would you be able to go to the other end of the room, in your own time and have a look for something...? ...if it's not too late of course :) ——SN54129 20:21, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

Some nutritious non-Chinese space lettuce for you!

	The interstellar Lactuca sativa of wiki industry
	Escape the horrors of earthly Corvid-19 virus and enjoy some tasty space lettuce. Thank you for all your efforts. p.s. "My Hong Kong hovercraft is full of eels" Martinevans123 (talk) 13:36, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

Railway stations book

Did you buy that book then?♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:20, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

Which book? No, I borrowed them out of the library; or yesterday I had a bit of a blitz through stubs using the "reference only" books that were there. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 20:31, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

A Brucie Bonus for you!

	Brucie Bonus of a colour television with teletext
	Your closure of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hollywood or Bust (game show) made me laugh more than an AfD has any right to… YorkshireLad (talk) 18:21, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

"Nice to see you, to see you ..... err, where's everybody gone?"

What? Not the cuddly toy? Anyway, what did you think of the AfD, Bruno? It was like a whiiiirlwind of consensus to redirect so the history can be preserved to perrrrrfection! And Craig? One word - fab .... u ... lous, darling. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 18:26, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

This is fantastic. As the great man would say: you're my favourite. YorkshireLad (talk) 16:04, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Brendan Kavanagh

Would you take a look at the edits I've made to this article? Primary author is an admin, I was kind of shocked at what they were using for sources and would like a second opinion as I'm not much for music articles. --valereee (talk) 20:13, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

@Valereee: I haven't looked at the history, but I think what we've now got as an article is okay. I don't know if everyone will agree he's notable, but there certainly seems to be detailed reliable coverage spaced apart regularly that shows that he is well known for basically doing "stand up" piano performances in odd places. A few more sources like a piece in The Guardian or The Independent would help, but the Irish Independent is a recognisable national broadsheet source. It's had a pretty rigorous DYK review so I think what we've got now will be alright. I recognise the pianos at King's Cross St Pancras tube station immediately and walk past them all the time. PS: My initial response was "I'm not getting involved with that, it sounds like a drama magnet" then realised I was thinking of somebody with a very similar name. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 21:24, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

hahaha, yeah, there's no way I'd go anywhere near that. I removed half the content and probably half the sources for the Kavanagh article. Just felt like it was a pretty big change for something that had gone through DYK. --valereee (talk) 21:36, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Wincheap

On 11 March 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Wincheap, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a pub on Wincheap in Canterbury is believed to be the oldest continuously trading in the city? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wincheap. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Wincheap), 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) 00:01, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for clearing everything up

The backward dates, I mean. I was wrong to insist they go forward and lead somewhere, despite still being right in retrospect. It may not have been difficult, with your suspiciously efficient superspeed, but the setup didn't seem easy. It was a dirty job that didn't need doing, but you did it for the community when everybody else left disappointed on a personal level. If you're ever running for Jimbo's spot, just know you deserve it more than the presumptive heir. He or she will still (presumably) take it, but knowing is half the battle, and half a battle won is impossible to lose. Keep up the medium fight! InedibleHulk (talk) 02:45, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

It all boils down to a simple premise - administrators should be removing obstacles to make it easier for the encyclopedia to be improved. In the pre-bit days, I remember saying something like "I don't have a block button, all I've got is communication to make things work". Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 10:35, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Speaking of simple, I'm a dolt. Meant to say this to Rich Farmbrough. On the bright side, you're also cool, just for different reasons! InedibleHulk (talk) 01:12, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

Draft:Holly Butcher

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KartikeyaS (talk) 19:30, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Hello, Ritchie333! Having an article declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! KartikeyaS (talk) 19:30, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Please pardon but I am confused here? KartikeyaS (talk) 19:31, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Is it a bug or you really submitted yourself? Anyway, I made a self-revert[2]. Sorry for the trouble. KartikeyaS (talk) 19:33, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

With my thanks

Hi Richie! I just wanted to publicly thank you and Valereee for both your nomination and continued support through the RfA process! You helped out more than you could know. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 19:46, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Lee Vilenski, happy to welcome you on board! Now go move some DYK preps to queue lol --valereee (talk) 21:03, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Holly Butcher (March 14)

Don't template the regulars
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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by DGG were: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved. If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Holly Butcher and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window. If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to Draft:Holly Butcher, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "{{Db-g7}}" at the top of the draft text and click the blue "publish changes" button to save this edit. If you do not make any further changes to your draft, in 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted. If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the reviewer's talk page or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors. DGG ( talk ) 02:06, 14 March 2020 (UTC) Hello, Ritchie333! Having an article declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! DGG ( talk ) 02:06, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

@DGG: Having an article declined at AfC does highlight problems with the process, but with 140 GAs I think I'll cope. Anyway, what exactly is wrong with the article; every sentence is cited to a reputable source and written factually and neutrally. I didn't realise an admin with nearly 100,000 edits is "new", but there you go. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 15:16, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

I apologize, but the real problem is the way our AfC templates work. I've asked many times for these templates to have a preview, so they can be edited before being sent--it would encourage people to actually look at them and modify them as needed. DGG ( talk ) 06:00, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

Destubathon

Your 40 score for England will take some beating! Penny and Kosack are about to overtake you though in counties done! Wikipedia:The Great Britain and Ireland Destubathon/Scoreboard. I'm planning on running one for the SouthEast in May but only 10 days. I think it's best we run these contests for no more than 10 days in future and we can do more of them and remain comfortable doing it. It's difficult to commit to something every day for a month but 10 days you can really go for it and hope for the best. I'm thinking of doing two 10 day ones for the SouthEast and London in the summer.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:48, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

Pandunia page

Hey you deleted a page for a conlang called Pandunia. The page was somewhat in its infancy since the language was still somewhat new. Based on the discussion for the deletion page, it seems it was deleted because most of the sources were from the website for the conlang itself. However, it has gotten some academic discussion and, given the small size of the conlanging community (especially for auxlangs), it's kinda a major conlang. There's a lot of community support. I hope to do some work on it as well. I was wondering what the process would be to reconsider its deletion since I think it was unfairly deleted and the discussion seemed to be dominated by people who weren't very familiar with the conlanging community — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tr3ndyBEAR (talk • contribs) 15:53, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

Restore Offensive Security or as a draft, if available?

Following the red link from Offensive Security Certified Professional to create the page, the following message was shown: "A page with this title has previously been moved or deleted. If you are creating a new page with different content, please continue. If you are recreating a page similar to the previously deleted page, or are unsure, please first contact the user(s) who performed the action(s) listed below. 15:44, February 28, 2017 Ritchie333 talk contribs deleted page Offensive Security (A7: Article about a company, corporation or organization, which does not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject)"... So... here is first contact... I don't know what the article contained before, but it's preferable to start from something than nothing. Thanks. -- Yae4 (talk) 09:29, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Nevermind, FYI, Newslinger took care of this already. -- Yae4 (talk) 13:32, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

New message from Serial Number 54129

Hello, Ritchie333. You have new messages at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Holly Butcher.
Message added 10:46, 16 March 2020 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

——SN54129 10:46, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Yeh Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke leads

Since a long time User:Krish990 consistently adds Rithvik Arora and Kaveri Priyam as Main leads along with the main leads Shaheer Sheikh and Rhea Sharma of Yeh Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke. Arora and Priyam actually play supporting role and not lead role which is even reflected in the category of their award won. Despite, he keeps specifying them as supporting role, he keeps them adding under main cast section stating their screentime while according to MOS:TVCAST they should come under recurring cast or supporting cast. Can you help me in stopping it as referred by User:Ravensfire Noobie anonymous (talk) 15:00, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Ritchie333, this is a continuation of this report. At that time, Krish990 was edit-warring against a different user, now blocked as a sock. They've made very few posts discussing this and don't really seem to be interested in anything other than their edit remaining. I blew up at Krish990 on their talk page and have back away and have zero interest in returning (sorry, just not worth the stress to deal with an editor that doesn't appear to want to collaborate). Noobie anonymous has tried discussing in a couple of places but there's no real change. Normally I'd suggest WP:DRN, but I'm just not sure if that's a viable option here. Just my thoughts... Ravensfire (talk) 15:26, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Oxford Circus

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Revdel request

Hi Ritchie, could you revdel this addition please? I reverted this morning, but only just noticed that the editor included personal details in the post. Cheers. Chaheel Riens (talk) 17:00, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Chaheel Riens: that revision has been removed. — xaosflux ^Talk 17:04, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

Proposed interaction ban

@User:Richie333. At 21:59 on 6 August 2018 you created a new section on the talk page of the former administrator User:Kudpung titled Baseless and shameful RfA votes [3]. Your edit began: I think it's off-topic for Jbh's RfA, but if somebody dragged Xxanthippe to ANI and proposed a one-way interaction ban with Megalibrarygirl, I would support it. You did not sign this edit but your edit history [4] shows that it was made by you. Can you advise me of the Wikipedia policies that led you to make this proposal for the interaction ban between myself and Megalibrarygirl? Xxanthippe (talk) 03:29, 22 March 2020 (UTC).

Xxanthippe, since you pinged me - knowing full well I am in semi-retirement - I would certainly be happy to chime in here on Ritchie's behalf. And while you're about it, could you please have the courtesy to finally explain why you found it necessary to mention Wikimania 2020 on the arbcom case. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 12:05, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

This is a bit old to be bringing up again, Xxanthippe. What's going on to dredge it back up? I'd completely forgotten about the incident and moved on. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 15:43, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Talk about old news, Xxanthippe. Can you advise us of the Wikipedia policies that led you to pose this question? Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:19, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

The Wikipedia policy invoked is Wikipedia:ADMINACCT Administrators are expected to respond promptly and civilly to queries about their Wikipedia-related conduct and administrative actions…. Administrators should justify their actions when requested. Also the ArbCom ruling that led to the desysopping of Betacommand [5] Due to the collaborative nature of Wikipedia, proper communication is extremely important, and all editors are expected to respond to messages intended for them in a timely manner and to constructively discuss controversial issues. This is especially true for administrators in regard to administrative actions. Such expected communication includes: giving appropriate (as guided by Wikipedia's policies and guidelines) warnings prior to, and notification messages following, their actions; using accurate and descriptive edit and administrative action summaries; and responding promptly and fully to all good-faith concerns raised about their administrative actions. I hope this answers your question. As an ArbCom clerk you have expertise in these matters. Xxanthippe (talk) 05:56, 24 March 2020 (UTC).

If ever there were an example of why such a sanction were necessary, dredging up an 18-month-old diff would be it. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:33, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

What precisely are you trying to prove here, Xxanthippe? And where's the answer to my perfectly polite and legitimate question? Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 07:46, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

@Xxanthippe: I did not propose any interaction ban, I merely said if somebody else proposed one I would have thought it was a good idea, because you were being annoying and disruptive towards Megalibrarygirl and you needed to stop. There are no administrative actions here. I am currently taking a break from Wikipedia as I have more important things to think about in my life at the moment, such as making sure I still have a job and a place to live, and also making sure my parents don't die of either COVID 19, starvation, or something else caused by a lack of available healthcare. Frankly, if you are concerned about an opinion I stated 18 months ago over all that, you need to get some serious perspective. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 09:55, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

I strongly deny that I was being annoying and disruptive towards Megalibrarygirl. I have had only a few interactions with her, and the ones I had were formal and courteous on both sides. Please justify your accusation with diffs or withdraw it. I am sorry that your affairs are being disrupted by COVID-19 pandemic. I am in much the same situation myself. Xxanthippe (talk) 08:21, 25 March 2020 (UTC).

WP:IDHT, WP:STICK is relevant reading. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 09:51, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Xxanthuppe the comment was in an ancient discussion that nobody was likely to look at again - I can't understand why you would choose to bring it up after 18 months, on what I imagine is one of the most-watched talk pages on Wikipedia. I don't think it's reasonable to ask Ritchie333 to dig through all the old discussions that led him to make that comment, especially at a time like this when he's got some very urgent other things going on. You're obviously unhappy about the comments, and I can't see any benefit to more attention than necessary being drawn to them, so I'd suggest you to agree to drop this and that this thread be quickly archived. Cheers GirthSummit _(blether) 10:30, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Xxanthippe Screwed up ping - what's wrong with my fingers? GirthSummit _(blether) 10:31, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

I agree that in the present circumstances it is not reasonable to expect Richie333 to search history for evidence to support his allegation of 24 March. I think that the right thing for him to do is to withdraw the allegation until he is in a position to muster evidence to support it. If he does that then, for my part, I will consider the matter closed until he or anybody else chooses to reopen it. Xxanthippe (talk) 04:18, 26 March 2020 (UTC).

I think what is going on here is that the coronavirus-induced lockdowns, self-quarantines, fear for one's economic situation or one's own (or relatives') health is causing people to become tetchy and argumentative. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 10:47, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Ironically, I'm on the front lines of this and I've been pleasantly surprised how people have understood. We closed medical offices, consolidated care and shut down our corporate offices. Shit was nuts the first fewq days last week then it calmed down. Good points and yeah maybe it is an issue here to be mindful of. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 10:50, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Xxanthippe, please do not post on my talk page ever again. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 20:45, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Elham Valley Railway

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You give up?

Sorry to see it. Good luck. Bishonen | tålk 00:31, 27 March 2020 (UTC).

From me as well. Sorry to hear the fog has descended ... it does seem we live in especially uninspiring times of late. Go well. JG66 (talk) 04:28, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

• sad whatever it is, will miss you and the hammond cat --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:01, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

I don't think "retiring" is the right answer; I'm not motivated to contribute much at the moment but I hope that will change. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 09:00, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

You have my sympathy. Nortonius (talk) 10:17, 27 March 2020 (UTC)